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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
NEAR STARVATION
Nevada Towns Are Cut Of from
Food Supply.
Railroad Communication De-
stroyed by Washouts.

Reno, New, Aug. 25.-Cloudbursts
and washouts in Tonopah and along
the line of Tonopah and Carson and
Colorado railroads are the most disas-
rrous in the history of these districts.
On the Tonopah road all of the track
rebuilt after the last washout has
been swept away and it will be a week
at least before any traffic can be
moved. At Walker lake, near Haw-
thorne, the track is under three feet
of water for nearly four miles and the
lake has risen above It's level from six
to nine feet. Great chasms have been
washed in the desert and traffic is
in state of chaos.
Tonopah and Goldields, which are on
the verge of starvation, are being tenn
porarily relieved by the rushing in of
supplies via Groom Springs, Silver Peak
and Candelaria by wagon trains, but
this is only temporary as over five
thousand people must be fed in the diff
ferent camps and extraordinary meas
ures must be taken for their relief.
Food supplies at the camp are practical
" exhausted. Flour, bacon and all
staples have run out, and only canned
goods remain. With the resumption of
stage lines relief is hoped for. While the
situation is critical and much suffering
must be endured it is hoped that the
next few days will bring about better
conditions.
No lives have been lost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
CHANGING POLITICAL COATS.
IFrom the Washington Post.l

Ifrom the washington Post.l
The partisan press has already be-
gun giving prominence to announce
ments from men who have decided to
change their political affiliations in the
pending campaign, and from now until
election day we may reasonably expect
to find a large amount of this class of
matter in the public prints. If the man
who makes the change has been at all
prominent, his decision is heralded as a
stunning blow to the opposition, and
estimates are made of the very large
number of voters who will be influence
ed by his decision and who viii follow
his example. Each announcement IS
hailed by the political managers as in
dicating which way the wind is blow
ing, and, particularly thus early in the
campaign. is welcomed as presaging
general disaffection in the ranks of the
party from which the individual under
discussion has taken his departure.
We are of the opinion that too much
significance is attached to the move
ments of the political fiopper-and the
term is not used in any disrespectfuI
sense. The day of the bitter partisan
belongs to the past and to the men
who make their living by craftsmanship.
Party lines are no longer insurmount-
able walls, and party differences are
no longer marked enough to prevent
thinking men from being very liberal
in the selection of candidates for whom
they shall vote. This growth of nom
craftsmanship has been very rapid in the
last few years. and is shown in the
fact that in very many of the cities of
the country craftsmanship is not consid-
cred at all in municipal campaigns.
Twenty years ago non-partisan NUM-
cfpal election was almost an impossi-
bility, while the man who deserted his
party in a national campaign was de-
nounced as a turncoat and a traitor by
the members of his party and was ac-
corded a rather chilly reception by the
opposition. The Republicans who follow
ed Greeley in 1872 were bitterly assaiIed
and We're taken back into the party
fold only after they had repented and
served a proper probationary term. The
mugwumps who refused to support Mr..
Blaine were branded as party criminals
and denounced in scathing terms
Since that time the independent voter
has been accorded more generous
treatment. The men who bolted Bryan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.l

lfTOm the Hnliadeipnla record
1t isn't right to pay a left-handed COM
pliment.
The Athletics are hot stuff. in spite of
the fans.
The fancy baker and the iceman both
sell frosted cakes.
Liquid glances have made many a. fell
low solid with the girls.
Fingers were made before forks, but
spoons" are as old as love-
It's all right to be good, but don't be
known good thing.
When a girl reigns in your heart you
don't have to carry an umbrella.
It's the shadow of suspicion that
throws many man in the shade.
Many a jeweler wouldn't know a base
ball diamond if he should one
1t seems strange that people who are
stuck up seldom stick up for each other
1t doesn't take a hatchet-faced woman
to cut an undesirable acquaintance.
The hungry tramp steers clear of the
woodshed, in spite of the fact that it is
full of chops.
The explorer who is anxious to reach
both the North and South Poles surely
wants to go to extremes.
There is such a thing as being too well
known. especially if you want to borrow
and your credit is bad.
Sne-"We women always stand up for
each other" He-''Not in a crowded car.
You expect the men to do it then
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]

lFToIn the chicago News.
Liberal-minded women can't keep Sc
crets.
Truth is stranger than fiction-to the
chronic liar.
Money is always a satisfactory trav-
cling companion.
A blooming idiot isn't necessarily the
flower of the family.
The man who thinks twice before
speaking seldom says anything.
There are more cases of indifference
at first sight than there are of love.
A hobo dentist is touring Ohio. His
specially is inserting teeth in pies.
If there is one thing thinner than
water it is the blood of your rich rela-
lions.
Wise men sell good advice, while fools
pay for the privilege of giving it away.
It's a mean automobilist who will
run over an innocent child-unless he
is in an awful hurry.
A man never realizes the true worth
of his wife until she gets sick and he
has to cook his own meals.
The bachelor who never growls about
the weather would make an excellent
husband of the meek and lowly variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
PRODTGAL RETURNS.
George Poole Comes Back Home After
Absence of -Four Years.

New York, Aug. 25.-There was great
rejoicing at the home of Mrs. Judson
Poole at % Clark street, Jersey City,
because of the return of George Poole,
a son. Four years ago he left home,
without telling his mother, and enlisted
in the navy. About the same time
another George Poole, resident of
Newark, enlisted
After Mrs. Poole learned that her son
was in the navy she wrote to him each
month. but received no reply. The rea-
son for this was that the Newark
Poole, attached to the cruiser Buffalo,
received the letters, and did not know
who they We're from. Mrs. Poole's son
was on the Massachusetts.
Mrs. Poole went to the navy yard and
inquired for her boy. An officer of the
Buffalo said he was on that vessel, and
summoned Poole to the deck. It was
the Newark Poole. With heart nearly
breaking MIS-. Poole returned to her
home, and that same evening her broth
er ran across the Jersey City Poole in
the Pennsylvania railroad station. He
said he was on his way home. When
he arrived there was great rejoicing.
The Newark Poole Joined the family in
their reunion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.l
How a girl enjoys her braid when it
is long enough to hang around her
neck in front!
When a mother has all her work
done up and sits down to rest, the
baby discovers it and wakes up and
cries.
When pa gets mad there may be
some in the neighborhood who think
he had cause, but are there any in
his family?
We should really be kinder consid-
ering that all of us are undergoing the
same kind of sorrow: Growing old to-
gether.
When a girl has a girl visitor with
all kinds of glad clothes, the parade
on the main street begins earlier, and
covers more circuitouS route.
A girl will leave a fine home to fol-
low the fortune of a poor young man
as cheerfully as she will, little later,
give up her slice of cake to the baby.
The man who says "Oh, Fudge"
when he feels profane, may be a bet
ter example to the children, but some
how it doesn't seem that he would be
much of a protection against bur-
glars in the night.
This is the season when a man goes
home hot and cross from the office
and his wife meets him hot and
cross from the kitchen, and Peace
hikes out the window to remain till
the sun has gone down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

died. But the feline has become a
household fixture and will be retained
as long as it lives.
The item that lit lemons have been
picked from a jamestown tree this sea-
son is sent out in good faith from Con-
cordia-
Two Leavenworth women who
fought over a man were given go days
eacn by the court. How that fellow
should puff up.
While a noisy jag may often come
from a still there's an impression out
that much of the Topeka whisky is
made on the spot.
An Abilene Democratic candidate for
Judge promises his wife silk dress II
she can make his dream that he VIII
be elected come true.
Mr.. Dan Patch will be one OF the
principal goers at the Topeka state fair
this fall. AS an attraction Mr.. Patch
is some pumpkins himself.
The ladies of the Christian church at
Augusta will serve sherbet at a city
park social. They should make an en-
deavor to have Bishop Potter present.
The Beloit Gazette has it figured out
that lightning has destroyed more prop
erty and life so far this year than in
any other similar period in the history
of Mitchell county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York PreSs.1
A man gets along beautifully with his
wife by mail.
Generally a girl has to be awfully sus-
picious of a man to go buggy riding with
him.
The fine thing about being rich is you
can admit you are not without people say
ing you are failure.
A girl can nearly always get interested
in a man who has the fascinating quality
of getting interested in her.
Generally the man who wants to borrow
from you comes to you smoking a better
cigar than you can afford.
woman has no doubt she is econo-
electric light instead of gas to save
matches
What woman worries about is if it
will seem frivolous of her when her son
gets to be president to call him by his
first name.
The girl who first bleaches her hair
seems to think she has done something
almost as smart as the boy who smokes
his first cigar.
When you squeeze a girls hand either
she thinks it was an accident and gets in
dignant or she thinks you did it on pur-
pose and she pretendS not to notice it.
A woman can defeat the coolest logic
that ever was thought out with two
tears and a pocket handkerchief.
Living in the suburbs is terrible
temptation to miss the last train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
LAYHAWKER lots.

Burglars are so hard up at Winfield
as to break into editors homes
A Salina small boy is wearing his
arm in a plaster cast the result of an
unsuccessful slide from the chicken
house roof.
In order to get cheaper rent a Cof-
feyvil1e man offered to take a haunted
house.
The largest watermelon Emporia has
been able to discover tipped the scales
at forty-seven pounds.
According to some of the stories from
Coffeyville truth doesn't always lie
at the bottom of an oil we'll
An unpatriotic Wellington man is GO
ing clear to Wisconsin for a bride
What's the matter with Kansas
A black cat came to the home of IN
Atchison family less than a year 70
and since then four near relatives@ lave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
WANTED TO FIGHT INDIANS.
Small Boy Leaves Home to Hunt
ScaIps in Westchester County

New Rochelle, ". Y. Aug. 25.-De-
prived of his rifle, cartridge bee, and
bowie knife. with which he expected to
slay Indians in Westchester county,
Lester KatZ, IA years of age, sits in
police headquarters az New Rochelle.
wishing that he was home with his
mother. 30"
The police are uncertain as to wheth-
er the boy lives in Bayonne, N. J., or
in Philadelphia, as he has told several
different stories about the location of
his home. In the police court Magis-
trate Edgar Phelps held the would-be
Indian fighter until Captain Timpons
could communicate with the police of
the two cities and learn which one ne
really hailed from.
The boy is small for his age, has dark
curly hair, and an extremely light COM
police wore a complete military uniform.
He was found late at night on Huguenot
street, recruiting a band of boys to ac-
company him on expedition against the
redskins. He had gathered about six bows
around him, and nearly every one was
armed. One had stolen bicycle to take
along, another had his sisters dress suit
case packed with atoms. The leader of
the gang was armed with a small rifle,
and it is said he had fired several shots
when he had been interfered with by
Policeman Harrington swooped down up
on the Indian fighters and confiscatcd
boys were allowed to go, but the ring
leader was held. When the young pris-
oner was searched it was found that he
had only 10 cents. He deplored the fact
that he had been captured alive. The bar
rel of his rife was cracked. He first said
his name was Harry West, and that he
Timmons that he was Lester Katz of 604
Kensington avenue, Philadelphia.
Il ran away from home, he added,
because i would rather tight indians
than to school. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

swear out warrants for three men,
who, he says, are trying to murder
him to reap the reward which the
doctors have offered for his corpse.
About six months ago he was treat
ed for throat trouble at a local hos
pital The doctors who attended him
said that he had a remarkable
physique, he declared, and that he
would make a most interesting Sub
ject'' for the dissecting table. Mr..
Ripple paid no attention to the re-
mark at the time, but ever since he
left the hospital, he said. he has been
followed by paid emissaries of the
doctors, who are trying to kill him
and sell his body to the surgeons.
He said that three men had several
times put poison in the glass from
which he drank ice water, but that
each time he foiled them by washing
the glass before drinking from it,
Justice Grammar told Mr.. Ripple
that he would not issue warrants for
the three men unless they assaulted
him, and advised Mr.. Ripple to tell
some of his relatives of the plot
against his life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
Too Much for the Panther.

Passengers on the Fort Bragg Lumber
company's road were treated to novel
sight Wednesday. As the train bearing
Willis passengers was coming through a
deep cut large panther was noticed on
the track ahead. The engineer put ON
speed to try and catch him. The pan
engine with it's mouth open and eyes
flashing until it was only a few feet away
as if bidding defiance.
It then dashed up the cut ahead, but
as the train kept gaining the animal APP
parently decided to risk everything and
made a spring up the precipitous side of
the cut. Missing its footing. the panther
fell back and rolled under the wheels
its head being cut completely Off. The en-
gineer and fireman have secured the hide
and it will adorn the cab.-Sacramentc
Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
MOVE ON DRUG STORES
Temperance Union Brings an Injunc-
ton Suit.

Application for temporary injunc-
ton against Frank Keith, H. H. Keith
J. w. Kramer and M. c. Hammatt was
filed in the district court this afternoon
by Senator J. K. Codding, as attorney
for the State Temperance union. The
application is made by w. L. Dexter,
who charges that the four defendants
have been violating the prohibitory
law since January 1, 1908 by selling
liquor without requiring an affidavit,
selling to inebriates. allowing liquor to
be drunk on premises and selling to
persons whom they knew did not re-
quire liquor for medicinal, mechanical
or scientific purposes.
The application is submitted with
transcript of the police court trial of
Frank Keith for maintaining a NUS
ance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

in 1896 and the men who left the Re
publican party in that year on the sill
yer issue have been again received in
the councils of. their parties, and the
way is now apparently free for man
to openly declare his change of party
af1,iation, no matter how prominent he
may be. If his reasons for the change
are sufficiently strong to leave no
question of his motives. The independ-
ent voter is a prominent. if not a
dominant, factor in American politics
today. and it is unquestionably good
thing for the country that he is. There
is no danger OF any great harm coming
to the nation so long as the balance OF
political power is held by men who re-
fuse to allow their thinking to be done
by party bosses, by men who consider
personal fitness of candidates and
worthiness of principals above orders
of leaders and declarations of party
platforms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
LAUGH NEARLY KILLS GIRL.
Six Specialists Nurse Her Back to Life
After She Bursts an Artery.

Mount Vernon, N. Y, Aug. 25.-Six
New York specialists are nursing Miss
Elizabeth Bath back to health and
vigor, after she nearly died for in
dulging in a joyous laugh.
Miss Bath was visiting an aunt in
this city when a party of young peo-
pie were discussing the amusiEA in
cidents of a country Fourth of July
celebration.
Miss Bath laughed so heartily that
she burst an artery in her brain and
she dropped to the floor totally para
lyzed.
For two weeks she was in coma
tose state. At the end of the third
week of her trance Miss Bath recov-
cred her voice. and, though unable to
move a muscle, couid speak in a
whisper.
Then it was discovered that she had
been paralyzed by cerebral hemorr-
hage brought on by laughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
Asking Too Much.

Sir he said to his iceman, 81 must
refer you to the fact that I'm paying YOU
for IS pounds of ice per day"
Yes"
And 1 have reweighed the pieces for
the past week and found them short by
five pounds every day"
But it's not my fault" protested the
iceman. You must blame Nature for it.
This ice was frozen up into TWENTY-FIVE
pound cakes all right last winter, when
along came a January thaw and melted
off Is per cent. / can run an ice wa eon
all right after my twelve years expert
ence, but hang If can stop a January
thaw turn blizzard into baIny
breezesi''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
JERRY SIMPSON OUT.
Indications That He VIII Be Defeated
for Congressional Nomination.

Las Vegas, N. NJ, Aug 25.-The ter
ritoriaI Democratic convention to nom
mate a delegate to congress was called
to order by w. H. HopweIl, chairman of
the territorial committee. Antonio
Joseph, former delegate to congress
was named temporary chairman. There
are only two candidates for the nomf
nation, George p. Money OF tf1fs city,
son of United States Senator Money, of
Mississippi, and Jerry Simpson, of Ros-
well, formerly a Kansas congressman.
Indications point to the selection of
Money on the first ballot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

Hester Wilson, an ola colored wom-
an, was adjudged incompetent in pro-
bate court this afternoon, and a guard
ian appointed. The woman was about
to dispose of her properly at a figure
far below what it is worth, and citi-
zens who wished to Keep her from
losing it brought proceedings Rob-
ert Keith, a colored man living north
Of the city. was appointed guardian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State SournA'
away during the summer may haso
the paper mailed regularly eacn uAs
to any address mt the rate on thirty
cents m month. Address changed as
often as desired. While out OF town
the State Journal will be to you like
m daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
AT THE WORLDS FAIR

Subscribers to the State Journal
visiting the Worlds Fair may nave
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address In ST. Louis at the rate
OF thirty cents N month The last
edition of the State Journal reaches
ST. Louis the following morning. 1he
paper can be sent care of the Kansas
building, II desired
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
1;c,.et RroI.ers sentenced.

ST. Louis, Mo, Aug 25.-Judge Ryan
has fined Robert Boyd and David H.
Grimes ticket brokers, and given them
Jail sentences for violating fnjunctions
issued by the court restraining them
from dealing in nom transferable rail-
road transportation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
AFRAID OF DOCTORS.
Baltimore Man Thinks Physicians
Want His Body for Dissection

Baltimore, Aug. 25.-That doctors
are seeking his life in order to have
his body for dissecting purposes is the
conviction of Mr.. Henry Ripple, .
years old, who says he lives at 2O25
East Jefferson street. Mr.. Ripple
called on Justice Grammar, at the CEN
trail police station, and endeavored to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

The northwestern wheat scare seems
to have turned out much like the recent
one in Kansas. The damage is now
known to have been grossly exaggerat-
ed. It Is nearly always so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
ACTIVITY ARM DRY.
Indications That Colorado Troops Will
Be Called Out Again.

Denver Col, Aug. 25.-It was announc-
ed at the state house today that the offi-
GERS of the guard in this city had been
notified to hold themselves in readiness to
take their commands to Cripple Creek at
a moments notice. Adjutant General
Bell refused TO confirm the report, but
there is activity at the armories.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
Mckinley Club Raided.

The mckinley Clup," the negro
joint located in the basement of the
ChiIes building on East Seventh street,
was raided by the police this after
noon, but no arrests made. The keep
ers of the place escaped by rear
door, leaving a key of beer which was
confiScated by the officers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

Another governorship for one who
was reckoned among the presidential
possibilities is suggested in the talk of
Hearst for the Democrat nominee in
New York. The list no wstands-Cleve-
land, Olney, Hearst
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

The car celebrated the christening of
the royal infant by doing a good many
things that he should have done long
before this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
THE BRIDGE OPEN.
First Car Runs Over 1t Wednesday
Evening.

The first car was run over the street
railway bridge at p. m. Wednesday.
Additional piles are being driven to-
day to give it greater strength and it
will be in continuous service this
week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

Russia is not too badly whipped to
bluff the remainder of the world and
defy the neutrality laws by keeping
her warships in the harbor Of Shang-
hal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
Marion and Return 1913 Santa F,

Thursday. Sept. LIST, opening day
of the campaign. Senator Fairbanks.
Sentor Long, E. w. Hoch, twelve
bands, Glee club, parades, free re-
freshments. Special train from To-
peka a. m. returning after the
doings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

The hay fever sufferer possesses one
advantage over many of his fellow men.
He doesn't need a doctor to tell him
what ails him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
New York Money Market.

New York Aug 5.-CIOse-MONEY-
Money on call easy, zsn1h per cent, clos
ing bid 1 and offered at l per cent; time
liberal supply; 60 days, 2AG212 per cent;
80 days, "a per cent; 8 months, S1s per