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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

Yes sir. For instance. there's a
mammoth winter storm landscape I've
just finished for Mr.. Mudd, the bonanza
king. It's called a Hailstorm in the
Adirondacks.' and a visitor who sat
down near it the other day caught a
sore throat in less than fifteen. minutes
The illusion is so perfect you under
stand. Why, 1 had to put IN the finish
ing touches with my ulster and Arctic
overshoes on"
Don't say?'
Fact sir: and then there's a little
animal gme I did for Gov. Glersins the
other day-portrait of his Scotch ter
rier Snap. The morning it was done a
cat got into the studio, and the minute
it saw the picture IL went through the
window like a ten-inch she'll"
did. eh2''
Yes: and the oldest thing about ii
was that when I next looked at the
canvas the dogs hair was standing I'D
all along his back like a procupine.
Now. how do you account for that2
Dunno"
1T just beats me When the COVER
nor examined the work he Insisted on
my painting in a post with the doc
chained to it. Said he didn't know
what might happen. San Francisco
Post.
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a Civil War Toast.

1t may seem rather trite to 90 back 70
civil war times for story. but an the
tales Of that memorable time have not
been told and as this one was a personal
experience Of relative OF mine. I can
vouch for it. have never seen il in print
nor heard any one else tell it.
My uncle. Major Thomas Rfdgly. was a
surgeon attached to Gen Grants start
1t was after the surrender OF VfcksbiIrry
The union forces had entered the CITY and
much merry-unakinE and entertaining
were going on. One night "a dimes
was in progress at which many northern
Officers and "A large number OF southern
ladies were present Many toasts had been
proposed and drunk. all OF them uractfrs7l-
~ in honor Of the successes OF the union
army and the men responsible for them
Finally one Of the southern ladies' "A
great beauty and noted for her Intense
partisan feeling for the south, arose and
said:
Gentlemen may I propose a toast7's
With natural gallantry and a little ire
pidatiun the ranking officer said: Ger
tainiy."
We'll. then. gentlemen. give YOU The
Southern Confedera CIV ~
IL was an embarrassing situation Fut
with hardly "a moments hesitation one 81
the northern ofIicers relieved the ten
sion.
Down with a.. gentlemen he crieJ
ana the glasses were drained without en-.
barrassnent and without dlsloyalty.-Lf1-
pincotts-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

An incident of exceptional brutality and
one which showed very conclusively the
meekness with which the emigrant sub
nlits TO such treatment. fearing II viii af-
feet his chances for being landed, occur
red after dinner this day.
A group from Potenza, in which we had
some friends. had all been very seasick.
but were recovering and just beginning o
eat and regain their strength Their din
ner was fresh and hot in their pan, they
having been among the last to be given
the lee of the last hatch aft on the fol
ward deck. and sat down to enjoy IL. On
the hatch was a young sailor. who had
bosom. and was sweeping the refuse and
filth off the hatch cover Already a pile
of repulsive dinner lsavings was gathered
on the hatch not three feet from the
heads of the POtenza group. He paused
in his work and noticed that they were
Just beginning their dinner. and in brutal
sport gave grand sweet with ms prom
to the heaped up refuge. which landed IL
all over the uuwamed circle. half filled
their dinner pans and completely ruined
their meal The sailor stood leaning ON
his bosom laughing at his clever trick
Not a word did the poor devils say. but
quietly rose. poured their spoiled dinner
over the rail. cleaned of their clothes as
well as they could and waited till sup
per to appease their hunger.
It was only the next day that a Greek,
who had been long enough In the states
to become a citizen and TO know his in
dividual rights, gave sailor severe
bee ting for jostIing the Greeks wife He
disa bled the German in just three blows.
Frank I.eslie's Monthly.
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075,0S4, as compared with $43s332, ia in
the same period of last year. In practi-
cally all articles of iron and steel i'm
ported there has been a marked reduc-
ton both in quantity and value as com
pared with 1903, but this is most strong
~ marked in pig iron, which alone
shows reduction of more than 10
million dollars. while steel ingots.
blooms, and bars show a reduction of
millions.
On the other hand, exports of iron
and steel show material increase. In
the ten months ending with April, 1904
the total exports of iron and steel. as
shown by the reports of the depart
ment of commerce and labor through
its bureau of statistics. amount to $50,
o94,415 against SO, SS9, 1852 in the cores
ponding months of the preceding year
an increase of nearly II million dollars;
while the single month Of April shows
an increase of about one and a half
millions as compared with April, 1903.
This suggests that the exports of iron
and steel in the full fiscal year will
considerably exceed 100 million dollars.
though it is hardly probable that they
will reach the figures of 1901. when the
total was III millions, or of 1900, when
the total was 122 millions.
The principal increases in iron and
steel exports occur in biIlets, ingots,
and blooms, which amount to nearly
21a million dollars in the ten months
ending with April, 1904, as against but
$65,174 in the same months of last year;
steel rails, $780, 1O7 in the ten months
ending with April. 1904, as against
$3.50, 695 in the corresponding period of
last year; locomotives. 1894. 225 in the
ten months of the present fiscal year,
as compared with but 81, 99S, 4s1 in the
same period Of last year; typewriters.
which show an increase of about a half
million dollars, and firearms, an in
crease of nearly a half million dollars
in the ten months in question, as COM
pared with the ten months of the pre-
cedtng year.
In locomotives the chief increase is
in shipments to Canada and Mexico. To
Canada the increase is about 600 thou
sand dollars as compared with the ten
months of last year, and to Mexico
there is an increase of about $50 thou
sand dollars as compared with the ten
months of 1903 and of over TOO thou
sand as compared with the correspond
ing period of 1902. In steel rails the in
crease in the ten months as compared
with the same period of last year is
about IA million dollars, the shipments
to Canada showing an increase of
about 25O thousand dollars, those to
Mexico over 10 thousand dollars, those
to Japan 200 thousand dollars, and
those to Other Asia and Oceania'
nearly half million dollars.
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LOCAL MENTION.

The final examinations at Washburn
college begin Thursday.
Mr.. L. J. Cristler, of Nashville.
Tenn, is here visiting his brother, Mr..
H. c. Cristler.
H. c. Austin, keeper of the Owl
restaurant, between Fourth and Fifth
streets on Kansas avenue, was arrest
ed last night on the charge of main
tanning a nuisance Two bottles of
beer is all the evidence the police
found.
The Sunday School Teachers union will
meet Friday in the Westminster Presby-
terrain church.
Mrs. L. c. Moore will speak al the Third
Presbyterian church on Fourth street on
Wednesday evening under the auspices Of
the ". c. 7. u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

The killing OF a number of nonunion
miners at Independence, Colo, by dyna-
mite exploded by an unknown hand
should cause little surprise. The con-
ditions which have prevailed in Colo
RADIO for months, resulting from the
miners strike, have been such as to
make some such result more than prob
able. Extreme bitterness has been
evinced by both sides to the contro-
versy. The powers of the executive
branch Of the government and of the
military have been on the side of the
mine operators. The strikers have ap-
pealed to the district courts but the
edicts of the judiciary have been dis
regarded On the very day of the ter
rible deed at Independence the state
supreme court handed down an opin-
ION sustaining the course of Gov. Pea
body in it's entirety. Nothing more IN
fortunate for the cause of the strikers
could nave happened than this whole
sale murder. A large portion of the
public is certain to hold the miners
union more or less responsible for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
PoINTED PARAGRAPHs.

IFrom the Chicago News.l
A woman's mind is as tickle as the
shape of her hat.
Some men actually know few of the
things they believe.
Many a so-called political boom turns
out to be boomerang.
Money taIks-especially when a long-dis-
lance telephone is used.
Man wants but little here below, but
he wants that little badly.
Many a man who takes himself serious
ly is regarded as a huge joke by others.
There's nothing so disgusting to a girl
as a young mans love for some other
girl
A woman thinks her husband is better
than she wants him to think she thinks
he is.
What jolly world this would be If ev-
cry man came up to the standard OF per-
lection he fixes for his neighbor.
:. Though a young man is willing to lay
his fortune at a girls feet he is seldom
willing TO lay a carpet for her after mar
rage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

IFrOm the New York Press
It's queer what lot of enjoyment some
people get just by spelling other peoples
enjoyment.
Generally a girl is pretty fond of you
if it makes her furious with you to have
anybody else find it out.
When a woman thinks that her friends
are too dressy for their age it is a sign
she would suspect she was getting old if il
was anybody else but herself.
When a woman has acted the very
worst she knows how there is scarcely
any way to mollfy her indignation ex-
cept to make an humble apology to her.
It's as natural for a girls shoestrings
to keep coming united when she has on
fancy open-work stockings as for man
to speak with a careless familiarity of his
rich friends when they are out of the
country.
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Kerns Didn,t Throw Glass.

c. w. Johnson, who was witness
at the fight in the Arion hall Sunday
night. made this statement regarding
it today: ct. NJ Kerns, who is men
toned in the newspapers as partci-
pant, went into the place with a wo-
man Some one insulted her, and he
knocked the fellow down. Then he
tried to leave the place, but w limb
Ter locked the door. Kerns knocked
Imbler across the hall Someone then
hit Kerns on the cheek with a beer
glass. and this started others to do
ing the same thing. That is the way
the fight actually occurred G. h
Porter was with me and witnessed IT,
Mr. Kerns did not throw any beer
glasses. but the other people did"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
UNION OF CHURCHES.
Canadian Presbyterians May Unite
With Those of United States.

St. John. n. B., June I'm the Pres
byterian general assembly the greeting
of the Presbyterian church of the Unit
ed States was presented by the Rev.
DR.. Chapman of Buffalo. He advocated
a union of the Presbyterian churches
of the United States and Canada. In
replying, Moderator Milligan said there
We're several reasons why such a union
could hardly be brought about.
A discussion of the proposed union of
the Presbyterians. MethQdists and Con-
grega tionalists in Canada resulted in
a motion that a committee be appointed
to confer with representatives of other
denominations and report next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

Most men-I hesitate to say all-have
been wrecked; every man. woman, and
child who has sailed the Labrador has
narrowly escaped. at least The fash
ion of that escape is sometimes almost
incredible. There are times. in these
wild northern seas, when the man is
but a pygrny before the forces into the
thick of whose dread passion his call
ing by chance takes him. The schooner
AIS Well (Which is a fictitious name)
was helpless in the wind and sea and
whirling snow OF a great blizzard At
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
THE IRON TRADE PENDULTrU

The foreign trade in iron and steel
viii show in the fiscal year which ends
with the present month a marked con-
trast compared with that of last year
The imports of iron and steel in the
fiscal year 1903 We're the largest since
1891, and with the exception of that
single year, the largest since 1888. In
the fiscal year 1904 they will be but
about one-half those of 1908. During
the ten months ending with April last
the total imports amounted to but s2S.-
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Level, Straight and Comfortable.

The roads of the New York Central
Lines, over which run hourly trains,
occupy the Natural highway between
the east and west. A water level for
one thousand miles between Chicago
and New York. along the shore of Lake
Erie and Lake Michigan. through the
Mohawk Valley and beside the Hud-
son River A route, level and straight,
and offering comforts and conveniences
unsurpassed.
Send a 2-cent stamp to George H.
Daniels General Passenger Agent.
Grand Central Station. New York. for
a copy of the Illustrated Catalogue of
the New York Centrals "Four-Track
Series"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
sfahI Picnic Jnne Is.

given at StahI's grove under the man
agement of Chief of Police sStahl will
be held June %. and Capt. Joseph G.
Waters will be the principal speaker.
The picnic grove is south of Auburn
two miles and is about miles from
Topeka There is always plenty of
good well water, lemonade. cratory,
fried chicken, people, and good times
at the Stahl picnicS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
WHERE is FRANK L. CLARK.
j. F. Emery Would Like to Have Him
Redeem $500 Check.

A warrant was issued Monday for
Frank l. Clark. who is wanted here
on the charge of obtaining money I'M
der false pretences. Clark induced J.
F. Emery, of the Sixth Avenue hotel,
to endorse check for 5000. The check
was drawn on the Bank of Topeka, and
an investigation after Clark had flown
proved that he only had a deposit of So
in the bank.
Saturday evening Clark went to
F'reidberg's jewelry store, and made ar
engagements for the purchase of $500
worth of diamonds. He drew a check
book and wrote out a check for the
amount, but Freidberg refused to ac-
cept it without the endorsement of
some one he knew. Clark said that he
could get Emery to endorse it, and did
so. Clark had BEEN stopping at the
and gave out the impression that he
had plenty of money. To secure Emery,
Clark gave him a check on a Cairo. Ill,
bank for $3.50. This check has not been
tried, but is thought to be worthless.
Clark left the hotel that night and has
not been seen since. 1t is suspected
that he went east on the Rock Island.
Clark told different stories about him
self while around the hotel He told
one man he was bOOkkeeper for a Nan-
sas city dredging company, and let it
out quietly to others that he was a
civil service inspector.
The police were watching him
through Semi-Centennial week, but
caught him in no crookedness, and he
was not molested. He received money
frequently from some eastern point,
banked it and checked it out again.
The local officers think Clark is a
member of the big Felix gang of
swindlers and pickpockets. of which
two members are now awaiting trial
in the county jail.
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an THE WORLDS FAIR.

49, Subscribers of the State journal
visiting the Worlds Fair may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address in St. Louis at the rate
of 80 cents a month. The last edition
of the State Journal reaches st. Louis
the following morning. The paper
can be sent care of the Kansas build
ing, If desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
THEATRE ORDINANCE.
Mayor Mcclellan Signs One That Is
Declared to Be Prohibitive.

New York, June An ordinance regu-
Iating the construction of new theaters
has been signed by Mayor Mcclellan. It's
formulation was resultant from the Iro-
quOis theater horror and under the new
conditions erecting new play houses here
will be an expensive operation No
changes are provided for the theaters al
ready in existence, but hereafter it will
be practically necessary to have a 14-foot
court at both sides and in the rear of
buildings with a seating capacity of more
than 1900. Managers declare this require
ment practically is prohibitiOn.
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Prince Pm Lun at St. Louis.

St Louis, Mo-, June Prince Pu
Iun of China has arrived here for a
two days stay in St. Louis. He is
stopping at the Washington hotel with
Mr. Wong and his suite. After the
unwilling June of the portrait of
Empress An, which is on the way here
with an escort of prominent Chinese,
Prince Lun will return to China.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
EXPECTED LARGER REDUCTION.
Some North Topeka Property Owners
Wanted so Per Cent.

Some property owners in North Topeka
are complaining because the reduction on
real estate in North Topeka was not
more than . per cent. Some of them
wanted a 50 per cent reduction.
Not all the North Topeka property own
ers, however, are Directing and many Of
them are satisfied and have told the board
of equalization that the reduction of =
per cent on all property in the city north
S H. Haynes, who lives in North Topeka
and also owns q farm on the north side,
says that all the north side property Own
ers who have talked to him have been
satisfied with the % per cent reduction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
GOES REPUBLICAN.
Oregon Returns Present Congressman
by Heavy NIajorities.

Portland, Ore, June Returns from
yesterdays election are coming in slow
ly, but the Republican victory is grow
ing hourly. majorities for Binger Her
mann and J. N Williamson, the Re
publican congressional candidates from
the First and Second districts, increas-
ing as the returns come in At Repub-
Iican headquarters it is said that the
Republican majority will exceed 10000,
overreaching the most sanguine eX-
pectations. of the party leaders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
Rural Routes for kansas.

Washington. June kansas rural
free delivery routes to be established
July L: Blue Mound, Linn county
(additionaD Length of route, % y
miles; area covered, 3 8 square miles;
population served, 416; number of
houses on route, 104. Rago, Kingman
county: Length of route. % miles;
area covered, 80 square miles; popuia-
ton served, 4O4; number of houses on
route 101
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired While out of town
the State Journal will be to you like
. daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
AGAINST AFFILIATION.
HarbOr Masters and Pilots VIII Not
United With Federation.

Detroit, Mich. June THE Tribune
says that Detroit harbor maSters and
pilot association voted unanimously
gainSt the proposition to affiliate with
the American Federation of Labor.
The Free Press says that several De-
troit members of the Masters and Pr
lots association received kilograms
from Cleveland saying: 1T is all off;
get under COVER
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The body of Theodore Van Dusen Of
Chicago. who died in Rockford. Ill, last
week, will arrive in Topeka tomorrow ut
noon on the Rock Island. accompanied
by the wife OF the deceased and her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs ". n. Gregory. Inter
ment Will be made in Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

Opposition to the Panama canal
snelved German. It is possible that OPP
position to the retention of the Philip
pines may relegate Mr.. Bryan to the
German class of politicians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
MELBA TO BE HERE.
The Famous Prima Donna Here in
january.

Melba and her company will be here
about January 20 at the Auditorium.
S. Kronberg of Kansas City was in
Topeka today making the advance ar
rangementS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
Charged to Medical Students.

Knoxville, Tenn, June 7.-Develop-
ments today connected with the find
ing of a dismembered female body in
the Tennessee river Sunday go to show
that the police theory of its being the
work of the medical students is the cor
rect one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

The Hartford Courant" prints the
following obituary on the remains of
the Worcester Spy" its neighbor,
which recently suspended publication;
The once famous worcester Spy
died yesterday. The holder of two
mortgages on the property declined to
make them worth still less by paying
for another issue; and so there comes
at least a break, if not a collapse. Our
memory is not to be depended upon alb
Solutely so far back, but, if we are not
mistaken, the Spy was started in
Boston before 1.-The Courant' was es-
tablished in Hartford, and that was in
1854. The Spy was removed from
Boston in the s.7os'' and that removal
broke a record and enabled our paper
to call itself the older; for our claim
has been and is that we are older than
any other paper published in one town
and under one name and continuously
The Spy" was at one time a great
force in its then large field. 1t died
of neglect and it has been a long time
dying. For at least 25 years it has been
weak and dwindling. The aim of it's
management was given once in this
Office as TO see where to save a dol
lar" If you want to find a newspaper
that Is conducted that policy, you
must dig for it; it is sure to be run
into the ground There is probably no
other industry in which expenses have
increased so amazingly as in the news
paper business. The management that
was doomed. With its long and hon
orable career, its traditions running
back before the Revolution, and the
growth and prosperity of the city of its
publication. the Spy had a great op-
portunity-and failed to improve it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

An old pun has been brought out in
a new dress by the Washington Post
in the following: IF it is decided to
land marines at Tangier, it is probable
that Sultan Aziz will wake up some
morning to find himself sultan Aswas."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

The Japanese are reported to have
set June 20 as the date for the fall of
Port Arthur. The telegraph editor OBJ
jects to having the time fixed so near
that of the Republican national conven-
ffon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

David B. Hill continues to play
"svengan'' to Judge Parker's 'Trilby."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07

win General Grosvenor kindly fur
nish the country some figures on the
Wisconsin vote next fall?
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Newark News: Heretofore expansion
and boom have accompanied the in
crease in supplies of gold, and reaction
the falling off in production. Today
and for six or more months we have
been witnessing a decreasing volume of
business, with gold coming out of the
ground in larger quantities than ever
before and the great South African
mining companies planning to utilize
the services of 5000 coolies in the Rand
in order to get the metal at the min
imum of cost. It is argued, therefore,
that the current trade depression win
be short-lived, because cheaper gold
means that it will take more of it to
purchase other commodities, and that
it will. consequently, enhance prices,
the ultimate stimulus of incentive to
tarffic and, therefore. to a boom.