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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30

Burton was not defensive, but often
sive. It was a war of conquest
Before Burton had been senator six
months he had alienated President
Roosevelt by recommending improper
men for federal office. His candidates
We're ignored and the men whom Presi-
dent Mckinley had named for Burton
were incontinently thrown out OF
office.
To win place for a follower Burton
forged a telegram from Congressman
Long indorsing the Burton candidate to
president Roosevelt, and when con-
fronted with his deed by the president
Burton tried to laugh it off.
He allied himself with the beet sugar
interest against the resolutions of the
Kansas Republican convention and in
violation of his promise to President
Roosevelt to stand by the administra-
ton in the campaign for Cuban reci-
orocitY.
He worked a shell game on the pres
ident by which Burton got RooseVelt's
signature to an Endorsement of a mid
way show at st. Louis and tried to get
the president to write letter indors-
ing a patent toy, for whose manufac-
ture1s Burton was an attorney"
He has sustained his Kansas reputa-
/ ton with remarkable consistency, and
has ended his political career by fur
nishing a horrible example to young
men who would go into politics as a
means of profit. He has been of no
! ASSISTANCE TO the IaIlTOaQS lQdI SlSCItQ
him, because he could not be trusted
with any important work. and his con-
nection with even a worthy minor
measure subjected 1t to suspicion. He
was always being searched for the
goods"
He has no philosophy of life. no hori-
zon beyond Office brokerage
| When he retireS from the senate he
will give up the ambition of a lifetime
and a great opportunity utterly fritz
| tered away.
He will go out of office poor in world
ly goods and still poorer in friends,
and robbed of his good name, the only
capital man may have who begins
life anew on the shady side of the hill.
He has fiourished and Haunted him.
self in the eyes of his people; young
men have seen his wicked prosperity
and have been misled to believe that
mere smaFtness pays.
Yet by the miserable tragedy of his
fall he has written for the whole 7 4
ton an object lesson in the profitable
ness of decency and of the simple life
with it's simple, homely rules of hon.
esty and it's plain, wholesome joys.
Providence economies in her warn
ings. She ruins few men utterly, b.Il
when she does break a man entirely
she makes the object big and the col
lapse terrible.
This haggard, nerveless man who sal
listening to the lawyers harangue The
jury. with his face in his hands, the
human pendulum that swung up anc
down the long corridors of the crimi
nal court in St. Louis, speaking to III
one, with blazing, terrorstricken eyes
waiting the clock around for the ju.1
to come in, that man should be pointaf
out to the young men of America Il:
the most tragic figure of his day-th'
man who went wrong.
There is something big and hiStrioni
in the calm way in which Providence
smiled as she took this man up to
high place, only to cast him down am
| crush him by the inevitable fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Usage City, Kan, March 30.-The
Democrats of Usage county held their
convention here yesterday, at which
all parts of the county were represent
ed Delegations were elected to the
Wichita and Topeka state conventions,
and the Fourth district congressional
convention, but no instructions We're
given. The delegations are as follows;
To the Wichita convention; Frank
L. Britain. Jacob Badsky, Charles
CAN'T, Chris Mccormick, V. v Ma
govern, John sBorst, j. S. Lane, John
P. Banker, James c. Trotter, Ben He'll
brun.
Forshay, George w. stores. ]. T. Plo.g-
man, r. H. Miles, A. B. Crun. Nicho-
las Nagenald, John Woodbridge, ]. Lyn-
don, J. n Sharp, Josh Harper.
To the congressional convention;
Lauer Eearly Carder, H. Judd, Ed Sill
vers, Geo Nj. Miller, w. H. Lewis, {.
H. Curtis, r. NJ. Morgan
Two Topeka men score in some
changes in the clerical force of the
Dawes commission. Dick" Rodgers,
son of A K. Rodgers. who has been To-
Gated at Tishomingo investigating con-
test cases in the Chickasaw nation, Is
advanced to be chief law clerk of the
Dawes commission, and he is succeeded
at Tishomingo by L. S: Dolman, Tor.
merly probate judge here. Rodgers
new lob is said to be one of the best
Jobs under the Dawes commission.
Holton. Kan, March 30.-A Jackson
county Democratic convention was held
| in this city yesterday to elect delegates
| to- the state convention at WICHITA, the
congressional convention to be held at
Holton and the convention to nominate
state officers. The attendance was
larger than at any previous Democratic
| convention held in Jackson county for
| the past ten years. The resolutions are
| silent in regard to candidates for presf-
dent, governor and congressman, but in
dorse J. H. Atwood fer national COM
nlitteeman, and w D. Kuhn of this city
for railroad commissioner. w. d. Kuhn
! is A large grain dealer and shipper, and
is known extensively over the First dis
trict
Ashland. Kas. March 30.-The news
of the conviction~o of Senator Burton ha:
stirred up the friends of Judge Price
ator if Burton is ousted. Judge Price
possesses eminent qualifica tons for The
place and would make a senator Of
whom Kansas need not be ashamed.
D. w Wheeler, chairman of the Re
, publican judicial committee of thu
Eighth judicial district, composed o
Dickinson. Marion, Geary, and Morris
counties has called meeting of tn
, committee for next Saturday. Tn
committee will then decide whether tn
delegations to the judicial convention
2 already named in Dickinson, Geary an
t Morris counties shall stand, or whethe
: primary election shall be held t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
FLAG WILL GO BACK.
Stars and Stripes to Be Re-
stored by Russians.

New Chwang, March 90-Under
strong representation made by United
States Consul Henry B. Miller that the
civil administrator had invaded neutral
rights when he ordered the lowering or
the American flag from building be-
longing to American citizens, even
though it was done through the appre-
hension that the flag was Illegally USED
bv Chinese for the purpose of resisting
police inspection, the civil admins
traitor has promised to duly and in
proper form through the military to
raise the flag over the building from
which it was removed The British nag
which was ordered taken down will
also be allowed to remain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
TILE SERMON.
(By William Allen White in the Chi
caEo TTibune.l

cagO Trbune.)
The conviction of United States Sen
ator Joseph r. Burton of a. felony in
connection with his official conduct
will surprise no one in Kansas. Few
of his senatorial associates will be even
mildly astonished. Buttons character
has been we'll known in Kansas for
twenty years, and in the senate, while
been Stunned by the decent element
there for two years, and his name has
been written among the impossibles.
For a dozen years before he went to
Washington as a senator from Kansas
he was a professional candidate for
senatorial honors. He hal served q
term or two in the lower house of the
state legislature. where lie openly So
licited brides and was charged dozens
OF times in the newspapers Of the state
with being boOdler without the
slightest resentment upon Burton's
part. Time and again perfectly rep
utable and financially responsible
newspapers have charged Burton with
violating every obligation of life,
social. moral, political, and financial,
and he made no attempt to bring these
newspapers to the bar of justice.
His most ardent enemies promised
nothing more for him when he was
elected to the senate than that he
would reform.
His election was due to the influence
of railroads in state politics. Every
local attorney for the Rock Island, the
Missouri Pacific, the Santa Fe and the
Union Pacific who had any influence
was at Topeka working for Burton
Peremptory orders came out of Chicago
and St. Louis in the campaign which
ended with Burton's election demand
ing that local Kansas railroad lawyers
support Burton or lose their places.
A railroad has a right in politics fol-
defense. but the railroads campaign fol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
BURTON HARRISON DEAD.
He Was Private Secretary to Jeher-
son Davis During War.

Washington. March 30.-Burton Norville
Harrison. lawyer of New York husband
of Mrs. Burton Harrison. the author. and
father of Congressman Harrison of New
York city, died here last night aged %
Death resulted from a general break
down. due partly to old age. during the
private secretary, remaining with him in
the relation almost son as we'll as of a
secretary to the end of the war. He
shared in the capture of Mr.. Davis rather
than forsake his fortunes at their fal
Mr. Harrison was secretary to mayor
instrumental in the prosecution of the
Tweed ring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
california A Farm for You.

Are YOU satisfied at home? Or do YOU
xvieh t, better yourself? You should in
vestieate What the San Joaquin valley
- California has to offer hustlers In
that great valley is grown nfne-tenths
of the L. s. Taisin crop. and millions of
Pan nroftably raise almost everything
there. Good farms at cheap prices. Low
ATE coionist excursions in March and
April on the Santa Fe. Write for
pamphlets to T. L KING, A, T. & s.
z. Ry.. Topeka. Kansas
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nanuar secures New charter.

Denrer March s0-A charter for the
new csty and county of Denver created
~ Tecer,f legislative eractments has
been adopted. An election of city o.
ficers viii take place on May II. Fac
lions of the Republican and Demo
cratic party fused to defeat the first
charter submitted. They joined IN
sunport of the second draft and their
united effort secured its adoption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
BOWERS DID NOT APPEAR.
Did Not Want to Debate Freight
Rates With Paul Morton.

San Diego. March 3o.-In response to
sundry assertions by w. W. Bowers
that the Santa Fe made practice OF
discriminating against San Diego IN
freight and passenger rates, vice Pres
ident Morton, Mr. Chambers, Mr.. Bid
delI Mr. Bissell and other officers OF
the railroad took the subject up with
the directors of the Chamber OF CoEEs5
merce. although with the understA 9H-
ing at the start that the Organization
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Mob Is Repulsed.

La Crosse, Wis. March So.-As the re
suit of an alleged assault by Charles
Powers, a Milwaukee railroad brakeman,
Ipon Inez Drake, aged 10 years, at Lanes
b6ro Mimi mob of 20 Infatuated citi-
zens stormed the village jail IN an at
tenpt to lynch the prisoner. The mob was
repulsed by Marshal Galhngnam ana d
band of armed deputies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Gaeta. italy, March S0.-Emperor Will
liam on board the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern left here today for Mes
sina, Sicily, escorted by the German
cruiser Prinz Frederick Karl
Buffalo. March 30-Of the "a delegates
to the Democratic state convention
chosen at the Erie county primaries, Il
are instructed to vote for Judge Alton
b. Parker for the presidential nominal
ton.
c,armi. Ill. March 3e.-The little Wa
bash river is rising at the rate of an
inch an hour. The entire east side is
under water. Hundreds of families are
homeless, and the loss will reach hum
dreds of thousands OF dollars
Ell Paso, March 30.-The Juarez. Mex
leo. smelter and concentrating plants
were destroyed by fire today Loss
$4,000
Manistfque. Mich, March s0.-Frank
F Manson. a member of the i'll fated
Arctic expeditions commanded by DE
Long. is dead at his home here. Rear
Admiral George w. Melville is now the
sole survivor Of the expedition.
Cleveland. March sO.-The Standard
Oil company has reduced the price on
all grades of gasoline one cent per
gallon.
Boston. March 30-wallace H. Ham.
formerly Boston manager of the Amer
| lean Surety company of New York and
who pleaded guilty to embezzlement OF
nearly $780, 900, was today sentenced 70
serve not less than Is nor more than 20
wears in the state prison at hard labor.
Washington, March 30-Postmaster
| General Payne sat up for some time to-
! day and was able to move about without
| using crutches It was his best day
since his attack began
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
SNAP SHOTS ATHoMENEws

Kitty ashore. ~
Is the heart of YOU sleeping2
You with the laugh. and the wonderful
Faith, if you knew how the dull hours.
Cry for your face-as the Banshee that
Lifting white arms to the moon in the
skies
You-even you-would give heed to my
And Ming me thought ere the sound of
it dies.
Kitty ashore,
Is the heart. of you sleeping?
Kitty ashore.
Is the heart of you waking2
You with the curls and the fiower-sliIn
hands;
Here is a heart that is yours for the TAX
ing
Here is a life to obey your commands
Come to your own from the sun-smitten
landsi
Come-for the waves of my sorrow are
Here. at your feets on the alien sands.
Kitty ashore,
Is the heart of you waking?
Fannie Heaslip Lea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
WABASH TO ST. LOUIS.
worlds Fair Route" -@Follow the
Flag"

only line to Worlds fair main en-
trance Five daily trains from Kansas
City. Shortest line. Ask your agent
for tickets over the Wabash.
L. S. MCCLELLAN,
Western Passenger Agent,
Kansas City, Mo.
H. c. SHIELDS,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Kansas City. Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
THE FALL OF BURTON.
A Sermon from w. A. White on
the Senator's Conviction.
THE TEXT.

THE TEXT.
United States Senator Burton of
Kansas was convicted in the United
States district court at St Louis of
corruptly using his official position to
protect a bucket shop. He was found
guilty on five counts and can be sen
fenced to prison for ten years aid
fined $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30

nominate the Republican candidate for
judge. 1t is contended that the dele
gates already named were elected be-
fore any convention was called, and are
therefore not legal. Should primary
election be called there will. of course,
be no need of delegates. The friends OF
Judge Dickerson of Marion favor the
primary election idea, while the friends
of Judge Moore of Abilene want the
delegates already elected to stand and
a convention held.
David D. Leahy, secretary to Con-
gresham Murdock. who was taken
seriously ill when he came home three
weeks Ego to attend the state and Sew
enth district congressional conventions
at Wichita, has recovered and returned
to Washington.
Speaking of Dave Leahy, it is in
teresting to note that when Burton
was elected senator Mr.. Leahy re-
ceiyed two votes in the Democratic
caucus for the minority nomination
Now he is secretary to a Republican
congressman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30

was thirteen months old. He is now
two years and four months, AID has
never had the slightest return of it. l
am very grateful for the benefits dc
rived from your remedies, and shall
feel it a pleasure to make their value
known. For confederation of this
statement you may refer any one to
Mrs. Williams, As Michacls RoSd. Alder
shot, or Mr.. Gunstane, 40 Victoria
Road, Aldershot, to whom we recon-
mended the remedies for a skin humour,
which they also cured. You are at
liberty to do what you like with this
statement, as I should like all to know
of the value of Cuticura."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30

w e QOLlCeu Hu
mprovem ent at
once, and within a
fortnight the run
ming had ceased
and the scales were
nearly all dried off.
and in a month his
face was perfectly
clear, not a spot
left. 1 have en-
closed photograph
Of him when he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
WILLIAM nERBERT QUIRK,
No. l West End Cottages, Ruywood
Road. n. Southampton.

Sold thruughout shs World cutisuru Rssovsnt nc
u fora Chocolate Coated Pills, 23c- per vial Of 90,
ontrasat &c. Soap, 2se- Dsposs London. q Charter
hodss SCI Paris Rus de IA Paixi Boston, ~ Columbus
Ava f1ftag DEng Chem CoEp, Sole PropE1etoTs.
H7-5<1d for 8 How 70 Cure Eczema"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30

Everybody reads the State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30
BABY QUIRK'S
QUICK CURE
OF T0turing Eczema
by CutiCura
When All Else Had
Utterly Failed.

"My baby, Owen Herbert Quirk, was
AFFLICTED from the age of six weeks with
a losthsome running eczema, almost
covering his face. I took him to Drs.
and of Victoria Road,
Aldershot, and he was treated by them
for three months, but got much worse,
and was a sickcning sight to look at.
/ saw an advertisement of the Cuticura
Remedies, and got the Soap, Ointment
and ResolVent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30

Cleveland, March 30.-The Standard
Oil company has reduced the price on
all grades of gasoline one cent per
gallon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-30

Eel Paso, March 30.-The Juarez. Mex
leo. smelter and concentrating plants
were destroyed by fire today. Loss
$4,000.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-08-03

And what is worse than this, the
average man who has acquired an
automobile wants to start right out
and show everyone else how fast it
can 60. The speedy road machines
are the most expensive, and he is
just as anxious to have il appear
that be has high priced machine
as he is to have machine at all.
The result is that though he is not
master of his machine, and has ac-
quired little practical knowledge of
it's construction, he drives it to the
full limit of its speed every time he
grasps the lever. This is one Of
the cases above mentioned where
the driver has neither skill nor
sense, and it's only a question of
time when he will lose control of
the machine, or when something
will break because of improper adj
justment of some of the parts, and
some one will get hurt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-08-03
A Sweet Breath.

Is never failing sign of a healthy stomach.
When the breath is bad the stomach is out
of order. There is no remedy in the world
equal to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for curing
Indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach dis
orders. Mrs. Mary s. Crick Of White Plains,
KY, writes: Il have been dyspeptic for
years; tried all kinds of remedies, but con-
tinued to grow worse By the use of KoMdol
I began to improve at once, and after TAX
ing few bottles am fully restored in
weight, health and strength and can eat
whatever like" Kodol digests what you
eat and makes the stomach sweet. Sold at
Hitchcock's Drug Store.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-08-03
MOST IMPOSING PAGEANT.
Templar Parade to be Greatest Event on
Pacific Coast.

The grand parade of the Knights
Templar, to take place on Tuesday,
September 6, is destined to be the
most imposing pageant and the
greatest display ever seen in the
streets of San Francisco. 1t is con-
1dently expected that fully 10000
Sir Knights will be in the parade,
making line about four miles in
length, and not less than 20, 900 per-
sons will line the thoroughfares to
witness the grandest and most
brilliant spectacle ever seen on the
Pacific coast, one that may not oc-
cur again during the life of the gen
Grafton. In that line will be some
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-08-03

But the automobile is a different
proposition. 1t is heavy enough to
acquire dangerous momentum,
even at moderate rate of speed,
and when the driver loses control
the consequence is most always
serious to some one. To reduce the
dangers of automobiling to a mini
mum two things are required:
skill in handling the machine and
good judgment. One of these things
is often lacking, and sometimes both
of them. When both are lacking
look out for trouble. The large
road automobile is a complicated
piece of machinery. 1t is not so
large, complicated or dangerous as
the steam locomotive, but it ap-
proximates it SO closely that there
is nothing else to which it can be
compared. Men are required to
serve an apprenticeship of two
or three years duration before they
are considered competent to run
locomotive, but they drive big
three seated road automobiles
through crowded streets of the
cities without having served an ap-
premiership.
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ing, though anyone can tell when
one assumes a speed that is dan
gerous on crowded street. When
a policeman arrests a man for driv-
ing faster than the law allows, he
does so upon his own estimate of
the speed, and in that event the
man arrested can get any number
of friends to swear that in their
opinion he was not exceeding the
legal limit. Again, it is matter of
common remark that policemen are
very reluctant about arresting the
owners of automobiles, and some go
as far as to claim that the police
in Minneapolis has been secretly in
structed not to arrest any man who
is well known in the city for this
offense, but to make an example of
non-residents and people who are
lacking in influence. This is not
true in St. Paul. Some of the hot
test and wealthiest sports of that
city have been arrested and heavily
fined for fast driving.
But the prejudice against auto
mobiles, and most of the trouble
caused by them, will in time disap-
pear. Their use as novelty, or a
plaything, will be discontinued,
and they will reach a utility basis,
like that of the horse or bicycle,
and will be accepted and looked
upon in a matter-of-fact way. People
will have learned their construction
and how to operate them, just as
almost every woman knows how to
operate "a sewing machine. Their
speed will be governed by neces-
sity and propriety, the same as
horse is driven, and they will
cease to be looked upon by any
class as distinctive badge of the
wealthy aristocracy. The present
trouble, like everything else, will
regulate itself in time.
The time of year has again ar
rived when the grain experts go
about the country to estimate the
coming wheat crop. In northern
Minnesota there was much low land
that was under water during seed
ing time and could not be seeded.
This will reduce the acreage to
some extent, but the growing crops
as a whole, never looked more
promising, and only reasonably
good weather is needed to insure a
magnificent harvest. Not another
drop of rain is needed. The
Red River Valley, proper, which,
one year with another, gives a bet
ter yield of hard wheat than any
other locality, is suffering this year
from excessive rains, and the crop
will not be more than half it's nor
NAL yield; but on the uplands on
either side of the valley the pros
poets for a good crop are the best
in the country's history. Some es-
innate an average of 20 bushels to
the acre. In a short time the ex-
perts will publish their estimates
of the prospective yield of Mime
sofa and the two Dakotas.
w. NJ, T.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-08-03
TWIN CITY LETTER

Automobiles in the Cities Ordinance
Regulating Their Speed Practically a
Dead Letter Purchasers Feel Above
Receiving Instructions But Delight in
Showing Speed Of Their Machines
This VIII End When Novelty Wears
OFF and a Utility Basis is Reached The
Coming Wheat Crop.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-08-03

In most cities, perhaps all of
them, the speed of automobiles is
regulated by ordinance, but the
law is practically dead letter.
There is no way to ascertain pre-
cisely how fast an automobile is go