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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
TURNER IN FAVOR.
Washington Ex-senator in the Lead
for Vice President.

st. Louis, July 6.-Senator Bailey of
Texas and John Sharp Williams of Mis-
sissippi have succeeded in killing the
movement in behalf of any southern
candidate for the vice presidential NOM
ination.
Tennessee had instructed for Senator
Carmack and the delegation was in
clfned to press his candidacy. Senator
Bailey as a warm personal friend of
the Tennessee senator insisted that it
would be unfair to him and Carmack
fnation and would only accept it be-
cause the south should demand a place
on the ticket. He said that he himself
did not believe that it was advisable
for the south to present a candidate, as
there were no doubtful states in the list
and the Democrats should play politics.
With Carmack out of the way, the
south turned to ex-senator George A.
Turner, of Washington Even john
Wesley Gaines who early announced in
the most emphatic language that he be-
lieved the time had come for the South
to assert itself, had changed his posi-
tion.
"Other Southern Democrats do not
seem to agree with me- said Represen-
tative Gaines. land 1 am not inclined to
push Carmack against his own wishes.
Ex-senator Turner is thoroughly ac-
ceptable to me and the entire Tennessee
delegation. He has the warm friendship
and admiration of every delegate from
a southern state. AS a reconstruction
governor of Alabama, at that time a
Republican. he risked his life to protect
southern people. The south has never
forgotten it and the south will support
George A. Turner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
BIGGEST CONVENTION OF YEAR

difficulty even by those near the plat
form.
Mr.. Williams flow of oratory was in
terrupted for sometime. A response
of applause followed his denuncia ton
of the Republican claims of prosperity
because of the tariff.
Cries of louder were again heard in
various parts of the hall.
Il wish 1 had the lungs to speak
louder. but 1 can not answered MI.
Williams.
What did you say" came a voice
So rapidly did the noise increase
that Mr.. Williams began to address
himself directly to the persons on the
the galleries loud cries of time" and
louder"
Mr.. Williams with all the voice he
had left turned to the audience and
began talking upon the race question,
when he referred to the incident at
the Republican convention when a
colored child and white child were
both on the platform waving flags
during one of the demonstrations
there were cries of This is a white
mans country" So great did the
noise become that the sergeant-at
arms went down into the hall and Or
lice had difficulty in carrying out
these instructions. Mr. Williams had
by this time been speaking an hour
and twenty-five minutes
d
said Mr.. Williams, land if you are as
pleased to hear that conclusion as 1
am to conclude, this will be the most
delighted audience that ever existed.
Band Plays Dixie.
Mr.. Williams spoke but a few words
more and concluded his address.
greatly exhausted. The perspiration
was streaming from his face, his col
lar was a soft, white roll of linen, his
voice was worn to a frazzle, and could
no ha WIN he
stood. AS he finished after speaking
for one hour and 40 minutes, the band
struck up a medley of patriotic airs,
the stirring strains of Dixie calling
forth the wild cheers that never fail
to follow the tune no matter when or
where rendered
THE delegates are invited to visit
the exposition said Mr.. Williams
land the clerk will read the invita-
ton
The last few words were lost in
cries of Bryan" Bryan" that came
swift and thick from different parts
and it was full a minute before the
voice of the clerk was able to rise
above the tumult. Mr.. Bryan remain
ed quietly in his seat during the dem
onstra ton made by his friends and
gave no outward sign of his recogni- |
ton of the applause that had greeted
his name
Delegate Powers of Michigan was
by Chairman williams to
return the thanks of the convention |
to the exposition officials for the cour- |
tesy shown and made a brief speech |
Of acknowledgement.
The motion to accept the invitation |
with which Mr.. Powers concluded /
was adopted unanimously Sergeants-i |
alarms with bundles of tickets were |
at once sent through the seats occu-
pied by the delegates and alternates. |
handing them to the chairman of the |
delegation.
At $3.50 the convention adjourned |
until 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
RACES ARE CLOSED.
Large Number of Entries for the State
Fair.

The stake races for the Kansas State
fair at Topeka September y to II have
closed and all the entries have been re-
ceived by Secretary Samson.
The novelty of this years harness races
at the Topeka fair is that all the races
are guaranteed to fill and horsemen who
entered their horses on or before July J.
as required, are certain they will get a
race and this will mean to the public
that every race advertised will be raced
during fair week. Not race will be call
ed off
ninety-three entries. The eleven purse
races will close September 3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
John Sharp Williams of Missis-
sippi Temporary Chairman.
Issues ON Which the
Campaign viii Be Fought.
HUMOR AND SARCASM.
Republican Leaders and Plat
form Subjects to Ridicule
Many Assertions Made by the
Opposition Are Denied Flatly.

St. Louis. July 6.-On assuming the
temporary chairmansnip of the Demo-
crat national convention, John Sharp
Williams spoke as follows:
This is an appropriate place and time
for a Democratic convention. The place
is st. Louis, the chief city of the most
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
BATTLE GOING ON.
British Are AsSaulting the
Thibetan Jong Fort.

Gyang Use Thibet. July 6.-Noon.-
The assault of the British troops on the
Jong fort is now in progress. They
have already captured the fringe of
villages at the base of the rock. The
Thibetans are fiercely resisting. Lieu
tenant Gurdon, of the Thirty-second
Sikhs, is among the killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
Governor Appoints Mr.. Kuhn.

w. D. Kuhn of Holton has been ap-
pointed by Governor Bailey to succeed
F. NJ. Baker of Atchison, recently de-
ceased, as a member of the state grain
inspection commission. The duty of
this commission is to fix the grades
of grain. Mr.. Baker was a Democrat
and the governor appointed Mr.. Kuhn,
another Democrat, in his place. Mr..
Kuhn is an expert grain man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
TRAIN OFF A BRIDGE.
The Brakeman Was Killed and Sew
eraI Passengers Hurt by Tornado.

Springfield, Ill, July ga Chicago,
Peoria & st. Louis passenger train,
due here at 7:3O o'cIock,was blown from
a bridge at Petersburg by a tornado
Thomas Wiley. the baggageman, was
killed and Is or 20 persons were injur-
ed A relief train was sent from here
with surgeons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
Weather Indications.

Chicago, July 6.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Probably showers tonight and
Thursday; variable winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-06
THE WEATHER TO-DAY.

The hourly temperatures recorded
by the government thermometer to-
day were as follows:
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Directly opposite the platform and
in the rear of the delegates is a stand
where a band of 80 pieces played
throughout the convention, filling in
the gaps with stirring music.
The galleries encircle the ellipse,
the seats rising on tiers. Seats on the
platform and one section of the gall
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Easter With
Cynthia ~
By JULIUS E

We started down the street, Cynthia
and |. For a wonder it was a remark
ably beautiful morning. The weather
MAI usually fixes things up so that Eas-
ter morning is a combination of rain,
slush, mud, ice, snow and everything
else disagreeable. But this morning
the sun shone bright and the balmiest
of balmy winds blew from the south.
"Oh, what a perfectly beautiful Eas-
ter" sighed Cynthia. Cynthia, by the
way, was looking unusually stunning
that morning. Il know the sermon this
morning will be a revelation and the
music an Inspiration"
And the new Easter bonnets an in
~toxication, especially to women" l put
in.
ooh, yes" said Cynthia, c%heerfully.
81 expect there will be lots of pretty bon
nets there. With all the attempt at
making the church a bower of loneliness
it would be too bad if the women wore
their Oldest clothes and their dowdiest
hats"
81 know one that didn't" | said.
"Well, you wouldn't want me to, would
your" queried Cynthia,
81 don't want you to be a hypocrite,"
answered.
"Hypocrite?' asked Cynthia, with her
great blue eyes wide open. She does
have such pretty eyes, does Cynthia,
How hypocrite"
"Oh, Cynthia, you know that you are
going to church just to show that stun.
ming gown of yours and that becoming
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
I STOOD AGHAST-!

new hat, and to look at the other wo-
mems hats and gowns, and to have them
look at you and go home green with
envy because you outshine them so. |
doubt if you will be able after church to
tell whether there was any sermon or not
or whether the choir sang, Awake, My
SOUL or Dear Old Southern Home
at isn't true" snapped Cynthia.
"But you will know" | went on, for
I was determined to awaken Cynthia to
a realizing sense upon this beautiful
Easter morning, whether Mrs. What's
hername's dress is tailor-made or one
of those bought things as you women
call them, and whether Mrs. Thingama-
bulbs gown is new or the same one she
wore two weeks ago at Somebodyoroth-
er's reception"
"You are provoking" said Cynthia.
81 wish, Cynthia" | said, mildly, that
your mind could be on the lessons OF
the day and not on fashions frivolities."
"You would like, then" said Cynthia
ito have me wear plain old clothes to the
Easter service?'
felt much encouraged. Cynthia was
serious. 1T would be better" said,
ito be dressed in rags and have ones
soul overlooking with the spirit of Eas-
ter than to wear fripperies that kept
ones thoughts away from the great les.
sons that we should imbibe upon this
day." l answered.
81 suppose you are right" said Gym
thia, slowly. But come, walk with me
back to the house. have forgotten my
prayer book.
All, the leaven was working. | hac
at least taken her mind off her clothes
long enough to remind her of her prayer
book. But l did not exult. 1t is not righ'
after convincing a frivolous minded
Young person of her sins to crow oyel
them. We walked back to the house il
silence. l knew Cynthia was thinking
over what | had said and it was well tt
let her ponder, for l f1atter myself hac
let fall a good many germs of truth.
smoked in the library while Cynthia
went upstairs after her prayer book
When she came down | stood aghast
She had on an old rainy day suit witt
short skirt and a hat that was two year!
old.
Cynthia" I gasped. What madcaI
| freak is this?"
"It's the nearest to rags I've got" sale
| CYNTHIA. Come, we shall be late tt
church"
l had to fairly go down on my knees
to make Cynthia go back and change into
her Easter suit. l wish women were
not so illogical.-Chicago Tribune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
NOTES OF THE FASHIONS.
New Features introduced in the Cos.
tunes of the Current
Season.

Morning street costumes are destined
to keep a tailored severity.
Handwork is more in evidence than
ever in the fashionable wardrobe.
Motor fashions have given rise to a
rubber hat for street wear on rainy
days.
Pearl buttons or buttons covered with
the fabric used for the suit will appear
on both classes of linen costumes.
The white leather belts with stitched
and a%ppliqued pieces of silk are consid-
cred quite suitable for wear with a lace
waist.
The sleeves of the distinct tailored
waist, as quoted by the leading author
lty, are noticeably smaller than were
those of last season.
Cushion lace in small crocheted rings
and occasional buttons will be used for
the decoration of boleros, where heavy
effects in lace are desired.
The dressy skirt, unlike the short
skirt, is conspicuous for horizontal trim
mings, and, unlike the short one, it is
full from the waist line.
Flax is an important contributor to
the new fabrics of the season and the ef-
fects erstwhile confined to wolfe and
Examines are now to be had in great
variety in these materials from the finest
linens in all colors sometimes open
worked, to the coarsest cheesecloths.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Reins and Rains.

There is a story, showing something
of the intricacies of the English Ian
guage, of a business man, who, know
ing nothing of horses, took his wife
for a drive. He was anxious about
the disposition of the horse he was to
drive and was assured by the livery.
man, from whom he hired it that the
animal was perfectly safe as long as
the reins were not allowed to become
mixed up with his tail. The city man
hesitated, but was encouraged to pro.
coed by the assurance, "If you just
keep the rein away from his tail he
will be all right"
AS he returned the horse in the
evening the liveryman said: well,
l see you have had no trouble"
ooh, no." said the man; I'VE had
only one shower while we were out
and my wife held her umbrella over
his tail while that lasted"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
to melody? No more could she sing witt

to melody? No more could she sing with
q heart that throbbed only to pain.
A ray Of spring sunshine crept in
between the folds Of the window cur
tain. She arose. and drew the shade.
Agnes Norwood had once been a
part Of that world of brightness and
beauty to which she seemed to belong;
but her Gethsemane had come at the
supreme hour of her life-at a time
when she was radiantly happy-and
it's dark shadows had wrapped them
selves so closely about, her that
she had not since been able to pene-
trate their gloom. 1t was in May that
she had promised to be Arthur Came
ron's wife. Before the June roses were
gone death had claimed him. There
had been a. short illness, a sudden
alarm, and then the end. The brilliant
young life had gone out.
When Agnes strove to recall what
had taken place in those awful days
of darkness and hopelessness she had
a confused sense of the solemn hush,
the sorrowful faces, and a kind voice
that tried to point her to the STARS
shining through, the cypress trees
The only reality was the great wave
Of desolation that had settled down into
her heart when that which represented
all that life had for her was carried out
of her sight.
Since then the days had come and
gone alike, as one long painful dream.
In vain had the anxious parents and SYM
pathetic friends tried every expedient
to waken within her the old passion
for music. In those other days Agnes
sweet voice had thrilled large audiences.
The congregation Of the First church had
not forgotten the Easter solo of last
year. They were eager to secure the
same singer for the coming Easter. But
Agnes refused to see any one, and in an
swer to all entreating letters on the SUBJ
ject wrote a firm refusal-it was impos-
sible for her to sing.
When the church bells rang on Easter
morning there was no music in the
chimes to the heavy-hearted girl. Their
notes Jared upon her sorrow. The per-
fime of the Easter lilies in the sunny
bay window of the breakfast room op-
pressed her. When a robin, one of the
earliest of the season, alighted in a tree
by the open easement and poured forth
his little soul in a burst of melody, Ag-
mes involuntarily put her hands to her
ears. At last she impulsiyely donned
her wraps and fled from the house.
The home Of the Norwoods was well
out on the outskirts Of the city. Only
a mile away was beautiful Woodvalc
cemetery. Spring had come early. The
snow was nearly gone, and in places the
ground was already quite dry, This
Easter morning a south wind blew softly
and the warm sun fingered lovingly on
! the low mounds in the sacred city Of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Prescott and His Mother.

Prescott was not only we'll born, but
happily born, writes Rollo Ogden, in
the Atlantic, His heredity was nice
ly fitted to his problem of life. From
his mother, Gov. Wolcott thought, he
derived his ''unfailing spirits" In
Pierce's Life Of Sumner" there is q
record of a conversation at dinner,
where Webster, Ticknor, Sumner and
Prescott were present, among others.
The talk turned on the question, what
most vitality shaped mems characters
and activities. Some said one thing,
some another. "Mr. Prescott declared
that a mothers influence was the most
potent He was a living witness. All
the accounts which Ticknor piously
gathered from Salem contemporaries
agree that the boy William had his
bright vivacity from his mother.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
MANIA FOR GIFT-GIVING.
Singular But Agreeable Craze Tha'
Has in Several Instances Seized
Upon Persons of Means.

A singular rival to kleptomania has
made its appearance among the we'll
born and wealthy. Instead of falling
victims to the irresistible propensity for
stealing which characterizes klepto-
maniacs, states the Chicago Tribune,
sufferers from the latest affection seem
filled with a desire to get rid of every
thing they possess, and do so by lavish
ly bestowing gifts in all directions. Sew
eral cases of g~iftomania-as doctors
have named this curious complaint
have lately been exciting the interest Of
the medical profession, not the least re-
markable Of which is that of a young
married society woman who moves in
the highest circles.
Some time ago she developed a craze
for making presents to all her friends
and acquaintance, and the habit grew
upon her to such an extent that she
spent all her allowance in order to sat
isfy her passion for giving. The con-
slant demands which she made upon her
husbands purse and check book at last
aroused a suspicion in his mind that she
was losing money by gambling. Inves-
tigation, however, 0 o proved that this
suspicion was wrong, and the remarks
which he heard from friends and &C.
quaintances ultimately enabled him to
discover the manner in which his wife
disposed of her money.
A Snnnia1icf u-oc oo11od ~ ubN 81
vised a foreign tour, stating that fresh
scenes and the excitement of travelling
would probably have the effect of eff
facing the craze from the mind of the pa
tient. This advice was duly carried
out n resulted in a complete cure.
Not quite such a happy ending, how,
ever, attended a bad case of giftomania
described by a well-known physician a
a lecture some time ago. The victim
was a man who had retired from bust.
ness with a comfortable fortune, but in
two years he had almost ruined himself
by his mania for giving. He would leave
home in the morning with his pockets
full of money. which he distributed in.
N'SNi dLiohS ally UtSSdIs
whom he happened to meet. Further.
more, he forwarded checks for consid.
cradle amounts to charitable institu
lions all over the country, and when a
last his bank balance was exhausted HI
began to sell his property in order t.
satisfy his craze.
Such actions naturally led his friend,
and relatives to imagine that the mai
was not quite sane, and an authority OF
mental diseases who was called in pro
nounced the case to be one of acut
giftomania. So excited and violent dit
the patient become on learning tina
steps had been taken to prevent him Civ
ing away anything more that it wa,
deemed advisable to place him unde,
actual restraint.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
In Austria and Hungary.

In the Austrian Tyrol Easter pranks,
like our April fool day jokes, are perpe-
trated. Hospitality is universal at this
time and nobody asking for shelter is
refused. A. Hungarian Easter custom
in the Kalaka. 1t consists in the farm
ers gathering together the corn or hay
and doing a day or two of labor gratis
for their poorer neighbors who cannot
employ hands. The wife of the peasant
for whom the work has been done awaits
them with an excellent supper. This is
generally followed by a dance, and the
festivities are kept up until morning.
Albany Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
AN EASTER
MESSAGE

Agnes Norwood sat alone in her room
where, indeed, she sat always, now
her face buried in her hands. She was
not weeping. 1t had been long-oh, so
long-since she had shed tears. She
only strove to shut out from her mind
the vision of a happy world that Knocked
her grief. What was Easter to her,
Easter with its joys, its glad songs and
beautiful flowers? If those who called
themselves her friends could understand
how they probed the unhealed wound
Of her aching heart, would they be so
th%oughtless as to urge her to sing. How
could she sing, she whose song had been
so sudden and ruthlessly hushed months
ago? Can the woodland songster f1utter-
ing among the dead leaves, its breast
pierced by an arrow, tune its little throat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Thermometer at 80 Below.

The coolest place on earth inhabited
by man is Verkhoyansk, above the
arctic circle, in northeastern Siberia.
The thermometer there drops to 80 de-
grees below zero in January, but
sometimes rises to Sc above zero in the
shade in July, dropping, however, to
the freezing point on the warmest
summer nights. The hottest place in
the world is the interior of the great
Sahara desert, in Africa. where the
thermometer rises to 122 degrees. The
wettest place is Greytown, Nicaragua,
where the mean annual rainfall is 26O
inches. The place of least rain is Port
Nolloth, in South Africa, where less
than an inch sometimes falls in a
year..