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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
WANT NO TEXAS LINE.
Nj. A. Low Denies Houston & Texas
Central Story.

M. A. Low. general attorney for the
Rock Island railroad, has returned TO To-
peka from St. Louis and Chicago, where
he has been in conference with the other
Rock Island officials.
Mr.. Low denies emphatically and Dos
itively that the Rock Island or interests
friendly to the Rock Island are endeavor-
ing to secure the Houston and TeXaS CEN
trail railroad. He says;
The statement that the Rock Island
company by reason of the interest ac-
quired in the Chicago and Alton railroad
by parties Friendly to it has forced Mr.
f. H. Hartman to sell to the ROCK Is
lond company the Houston and Texas
Central railway any other railway IN
the Rock Island company nor those own
ing it desire to acquire any railway III
Texas owned or controlled by Mr.. HARM
man. and are making no effort to do so. -
1t is reported that at the annual meet
ing of the Chicago and Alton all interests
We're in harmony. 1t is stated that fne
road will be operated as an independent
railroad for the benefit of both the Union
Pacific and the Rock Island.
1t is said that when the Moore brothefs
and those associated with them had pur-
chased so large amount OF the Alton
common stock practically to secure a
controlling interest they expected that
they could play the Louisville and Nash-
willie game over again and force Mr.. Har-
riman to purchase their stock at a hlgn
price in order to maintain control
Hartman, who holds about all of the
stock of the railroad company. on which
the railway company, which operates the
road, has to pay per cent on the COM
mon and on the preferred, did not care
greatly, it is said, who held the common
stock of the railway, which pays no divi-
dends. He declined to pay a high price
for non-dividend paying stock. and the
compromise was arranged ON the other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
LETTER TO MADAME, BARTHoLDI
Ambassador Porter Offers Coincidence
ON Part of United States.

Paris, Oct. 6.-Acting on instruc-
tons from Washington, Ambassador
Porter today sent Madame BarthoIdi
the following letter:
"Madame-The death of the emf
nent sculptor who had always aimed
at giving to his works the expression
of some great idea of noble aspiration
has profoundly moved the American
nation, which has received from him
lasting proof of his sincere admiration.
AS the interpreter of these sentiments,
the government of the United States
has hidden me to say to you that the
Statue of Liberty enlightening the
world has rendered the name of Bar
tholdi dear to all my countrymen,
who join in your grief and that of tn e
artistic world. In acquitting myself
of this duty allow me to express my
personal sympathies and those of all
the members of the embassy who like
myself had with Bartho1di friendly re-
lations during the last twenty years
which have left in our hearts souv-
enirs we never shall forget.
st have the honor to be, your re-
spectful servant.
HORACE PORTER"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
NICE MAN. DAYHoFF.

State Superintendent I. L. Dayhom of
Topeka is here on school business MI.
Dayhoff is not at all reticent about
talking over the Comanche county bond
matter that has caused a stir in the
state offices and three libel suits against
the State Journal of Topeka. He says
the trouble stirred up does not worry
him in the least so far as any facts in
the case are concerned, but naturally
he is annoyed that such a report should
be circulated. The cause for the libel
suits would have never occurred, Mr.
Dayhoff thinks. had Mr.. MacLennan
been home when the first articles We're
published. They came out during his
absence from Topeka.-Emporia Ga
zette.
Mr.. Dayhoff is really so nice to the
man whose paper he claims is so ma
licious and vicious and mendacious.
will he please call at this office and
get a check for his one-third of the
$45. 900.
Mr.. Dayhoff is so small in some of
his CRAFTS (see State Journal October
4. 1904.) that perhaps he, will accept
1.98 in full satisfaction and dismiss the
case (which does not worry him in the
least
Mr.. Dayhoff does not think" correct
ly.
It may be true that Mr.. Dayhoff is
not at all reticent about talking over
the Comanche county bond matter"
There is a familiar quotation to the
effect that talk is cheap" A court
trial is another and a very serious
thing. Court trials are also expensive;
they cost money and they some times
cost candidates their Office. Mr.. Day
hoff and Mr.. Coleman and Mr.. Burrow
all talk very freely and even over
their own signatures, saying specifical-
~, definitely and apparently without
equivocation:
I'VE have instructed our attorneys to
demand immediate trial, to waive all
any agreement necessary to S-ing a
trial without delay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

The Newark News prints the follow
ing which is both pertinent and timely:
THE time is close at hand when the
sands of property owners and gardeners
and general utility men will think they
ought to collect them in heaps and set
fire to them. And then what volumes
of dense acrid smoke, what coughing
and choking and sore threats and in
famed eyes there will be; and what
complaints to the newspapers and to
the city authorities and to health boards
to suppress the intolerable nuisance. In
very nearly every city the children will
play around these bonfires of leaves.
and the clothing of one or more will
catch fire and they will be burned to
death. There may even be an epidemic
of diphtheria, for some doctors hold
that the smoke of burning leaves irri-
tates the membranes of the throat and
predisposes them to the attacks of the
disease. Why not take this matter up
now, early in the season. and take some
effective action with reference to it? In
the first place fallen leaves should not
be burned in the cities for the reasons
given. They should be swept up and
carted away. But if some people will
persist in burning them, there is a way
to do it that causes but little smoke.
Do not put them in heaps; spread them
out thinly and the fire will devour them
quickly with but little smoke OF odor
But keep the children away from them;
their lives are too precious to be use
lessly sacrificed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

the small influence that the presiden-
tial election is having over general bus
mess in New York is said to be a mat
ter of much congratulation among bus
mess men and financiers. Business has
been less disturbed this year than at
any presidential campaign in the last
thirty years. Conditions are in marked
contrast to those presented in 1896 and
1900, when political scares were engi-
neered into political and financial
panics. Wall street may believe there
will be no change this year. or that a
change presents no cause for anxiety
which is very different from the politics
that held sway the last two presiden-
tial elections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
JAYHAWKER JOTS.

A Great Bend bootlegger really does
wear boots.
Peaches are a drug on the Smith
Center market at SO cents bushel-
her shoes that her gait is pigeon toed.
Tt was at Berne. of course, that a
wagon lead of hay was destroyed by
spontaneous combustion.
A CoffeyvilIe man searched for gas
leak with a lighted match. The sur
geon's bill would indicate that he
found it.
The opening day at the La Cygne
school disclosed three small boys with
gunnysacks, well padded with hay, un-
der their shirts.
An advance election bulletin from
La Cygne notifies the public that
the church ladies will serve dinner
and supper Nov. s.
The Clay Center black bird colony
which has been there all summer
thicker than hops selected October list
as the day for disappearing.
The Usage county poor farm can
boast of only a half dozen inmates
That speaks well for the 1904 crops
and Bailey's administration.
A travelling peddler was selling
ready made shirts at Anthony this
week. Those who tried them say they
were more ornamental than useful.
Speaking of hundred fold increase
where last spring a Smith county
farmer planted three pecks of pota-
toes, this week he dug rs bushels.
It's funny but the three automo-
biles owned in Butler county belong
to Augusta residents. Ell Dorado takes
their speed out in Walnut creek
launches.
The impression that Wichita is
fast town must be removed. A promi
nent citizen was arrested for running
his auto too rapidly through the
streets.
The banner Captain of Industry in
Morris county is the Wilsey woman
who put up 400 quarts of fruit this
season in addition to her other house
hold duties.
A sly Bourbon county hunter
worked off a dog scalp on the COM
missioners for that of a wolf. The
taxpayers are growing considerably
about such methods.
The boast of Lawrence is that there
was not a drunk or disturbance dur
ing the first days of the celebration.
The drug stores there sell different
whisky from those of Topeka, evil
denfIN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe. ]

LFrom the Atchison Globe.I
We haven't seen a child whipped in
years. and are glad of it.
There is one good thing: worthless
men are not prominent IL Atchison.
1t is said of an Atchison woman that
she is kin-ridden. So many women
are.
When a brakeman calls for hash at
a boarding house, he calls for Dukes
Mixture.
If you don't believe in a thing your
self, don't expect to make any one else
believe in it.
If you allow yourself to be bought,
the only thing to do is to stay bought.
Lysander John Appleton says he
will get a divorce. We wonder he
didn't get it forty years ago.
As we grow older, we find that we
are not 50 insistent In demanding a
turn at holding the baby.
After some men have been married
a few weeks, they begin to look as IL
they lived with a step-mother.
An Atchison man is SO henpecked
that he uses his wife's initials instead
of his own in signing his name.
An Atchison woman has undergone
so many operations that 1T is said all
she has left to cut off are her arms
and legs.
If a boy is bow-legged. squirt eyed
and freckled, tell his mother he is
beautiful and she will suspect no sar-
caSTn.
There is certain period in a boys
life when he is interested in nothing
in the world but eating, and finding a
cure for warts.
One of the penalties in having a
wife's love is that it is easier for an
agent to work her into getting her
husbands picture enlarged.
In remembering to keep ones chin
up, stomach in and shoulders back,
there isn't much room left for remem-
bering where one is going, or why.
An Atchison man is pretty ornery
but then he has reason to be: He
married a woman with grown chill
dren whose first husband deserted heE,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
BURIAL OF HARCoURr
Is Attended by the Family and Ten
antry Only.

London Oct 6.-The remains of Sir
William Vernon Harcourt. who died
on aSturday, were buried in the family
vault at Nuneham, Oxford, today
with the utmost simplicity and privacy.
Only the family and tenantry were
present simultaneously memorial ser-
vice was held at st. Margaret's church.
Westminster, where Representatives of
King Edward and the Prince of Wales
were among the immense congrega-
ton, which included Ambassador
Choate, Mrs. Choate. John r. Carter,
second secretary of the embassy, and
the other ambassadors and ministers,
cabinet ministers and personal and po-
liticaI colleagues of the deceased
statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR ARBI-
TRA1TON

IFrom the Washington Post.J
The public has been kept pretty we'll
Informed as to the reports of the an
thracite coal supply ready for ship
ment, and has therefore not been par
ticularly concerned over labor disputes
between the miners and operators, as
1t is generally known that the supply
now in stock in the anthracite region
is sufficient to meet all demands for
some months and to make impossible
q repetition of the coal famine which
followed the strike two years ago. On
this account but little general atten-
ton has been paid to the dispute be-
tween operators and workmen which
has just been finally adjusted by a de-
cisicn of Judge Gray. 1t is interesting,
however, to note that the question I'M
der dispute was quite as important as
that which led to the former general
strike in the anthracite region.
Mr. Carroll d. Wright, the umpire
chosen in most of the disputes, has set
tied a score or more of questions to
the satisfaction of both parties to the
difference. In the matter of providing
for the payment of and the manner of
choosing the checkmen and weighmas-
tiers. the operators refused to accept
Mr.. Wright's finding, asserting that it
gave an undue and unjust advantage
to the labor unions. For a time, fol-
lowing this refusal of the operators.
there was A healthy prospect of a
strike involving nearly 100000 anthra-
cite miners but both parties finally
agreed to refer the matter TO Judge
Gray. chairman of the original anthra :
cite strike commission. Judge Gray's
decision, which practically affirms the
ruling of Mr.. Wright, has been ac-
cepted as final, and there is now no
danger OF any labor troubles in the
anthracite region.
The consumers and the general pub
lie have no special interest in the de-
tails of the dispute, which related
largely to technical matters connected
with the operation of the mines, but
all good citizens must be gratified at
this evidence of the success of the ar
bitration plan in the adjustment of la
Dor disputes Employers and employees
are learning the meaning of arbitra-
ton They are learning that it does
not necessarily mean either justice or
right, but that it means concessions,
give and take, and the cultivation per-
force of the spirit of willingness to
compromise. to adjust differences, out
of which invariably comes pretty gen
eral fair play. Both of the parties to
the differences in the anthracite region
have learned to accept and abide by
adverse decisions, the first essential of
successful arbitration They are both
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
Mountain Air to Blame.

A new guest arrived at New
Hampshire farm house where a Bos-
ton gentleman happened to be hold
ing forth on the piazza. The new
conner was much impressed by the
speakers fiuency.
ct declare he remarked to the
landlord, that man has an extensive
'voca bulary. hasn't he2''
The landlord was nightly pleased.
THAT'S So he said. That's what
mountain air will do for a man. lie
amt been boardin' with me but Two
weeks, and / know he must have let
his waiStband out much as four
times."-Rochester Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
BROWN Is IN JAIL.
Man Who Jumped Bond in Topeka
Held at Sedaiia

David Brown, the negro who is out
on $1,000 bail and who is wanted to
stand trial for attacking the two stock
men, w. T. Sanford and Joseph Burt.
is under arrest at Sedalia, Mo. and
has been bound over to stand trial.
Brown was bound over in the court
Of Topeka on the charge of assaulting
Burt and Sanford with intent to kill.
Joseph Johnson was convicted on the
same charge and is now in the county
Jail under sentence to the penientiary.
Browns bond was signed by Nick
Chiles. Brown jumped his bond.
Now he will be brought to Topeka if
the Sedalia authorities will deliver
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

His age seemed to be about years.
He had on blue jumpers and a blue
shirt. In his two small hands was
rather large sized coal shovel. and the
industry with which he was shoveling
the mud up into pile was revela-
ton to the old white wings corps.
The young man insisted upon his
rights as a cleaner of the streets, and
made teams turn out for him. He
kept right on with his work and paid
no attention to anybody.
Usually when a kid chooses to in1i-
tate something he chooses a fireman
or a policeman. But this little fellow
had a new line. He was playing
whitening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
BARRETT CALLED OFF.
All His Speaking Dates Have Been
Cancelled for the Present.

New York, Oct 6.-Chairman CorteIyou
of the Republican national committee will
go to Washington this evening to attend
the funeral of the late Postmaster Gener-
al Payne. 1t is expected that Mr.. CorteI-
you will discuss campaign matters with
the president while in Washington.
Engagements for a speaking tour of
John Barrett, minister to Panama. have
been cancelled and no further arrange
mentS will be made until after Mr.. Bar
rett has made his report of the situation
in Panama to the president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
Jews Don't Trust Russia.

St. Petersburg, Oct. 6.-Reports re-
ceived at the ministry of the interior
indicates that the Jewish revolutionary
band are displaying renewed activity in
the dissemination of pamphlets urging
their co-religionists not to rely on the
promises of the government and as
sorting that the remedy is a revolution
Within the past fortnight many of
these pamphlets have been seized at
Kishineff, Sauvalsky, Gome1, Odessa
and ViInai and arrests have been made
at each of these places. The pamph-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
ELKs TO GIVE A SHOW.
Lodge May Present Robin Hood This
Fall.

The Topeka lodge of Elks is planning
to give a theatrical performance again
this winter, very probably before Christ
mas.
Some are in favor of giving the pretty
opera robin Hood and others want
to give a farce of some kind in which
may be introduced vaudeville features
and speeialties by the many local vau-
deville celebrities.
Meetings will be held during the COM
ing week at which these details will be
decided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

President Roosevelt already has Sc
lected two members of his next cabinet
If he should have the naming of an
other. They are John Hay and Geo. b.
Cortelyou- When did another president
take the people into his confidence to
the extent of letting it be known before
election who are to be members of his
official family?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

let's circulated at Odessa urged an anti
war demonstration on the occasion of
the emperor's recent visit to that city.
but according to reports received, no
disturbance occurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

Present indications are that if Roose-
welt lose New York, OdelI will be held
responsible for it. Republicans of the
Empire state may have made a mistake
In turning down Boss Platt. 1t might
have been better from the standpoint of
practical politics to have let him alone
for the few remaining years of his life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

The decision of the Wisconsin su-
preme court in the La Toilette case ap-
pears to be victory for the principle
OF states rights in politics. The court
held that that recognition by the ma
tional Republican committee was of no
force within the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

learning that concessions are better
than either idleness or strife. The sue
cess of the arbitration plan in the
Pennsylvania mining region marks
long step toward general Industrial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
MRS. NATIONS HEARING
Acted AS Her Own Attorney in Wicf-
tia Trial.

Wichita, Kan. Oct. 6.-Carrie Nation
and her followers were given preliminary
hearing today on the charge of destruc-
ton of property. They acted as their own
Mahan Supply house is not owned by the
Anheuser Brewing association, the COM
plainants. The testimony is all in, but
The arguments will not be heard until
tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
ar THE WoRLD.s FAIR.

Subscribers to the State Journal
visiting the Worlds Fair may have
fhS paper mailed regularly each day
Go any address I'm ST. Louis at the rate
on thirty cents n month. The last
edition OF the State Journal reaches
er- Louis the following morning. The
paper can be sent care OF the Kansas
building. IL desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
Judge Pollock at Fort Scott.

Judge Pollock concluded his session
OF the federal court at Kansas City
KAN, on "Wednesday and opened court
at Fort Scott this morning. Nothing
was done at Kansas City beyond fixing
up the cases in such a manner that the
law points can be argued and will not
interfere with the jury trials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
A NEW WHITE WINGS.
Small Boy With Mania for Cleaning
the Streets.

Topeka's streets will be clean in
the future. The street commissioner
has received a new adjunct to the
street cleaning force. He was at work
this morning in the middle of Kan
sas avenue, between Eighth and Ninth
streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

A poultry raiser is said to have sue
ceeded in developing breed of chick
ems the ROSTERS of which do not crow.
They might find favor with the defeated
party next November
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
Eouinoctial Gale on English Coast.

London, Oct. 6.-An equinoctial gale
of some severity visited the English
coast during the night, but to the pres
reported. A few fishing boats have
been wrecked and four men were
drowned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

The fact that foreigners are buying
American manufactured articles at a
less price than they are sold for at nome
appears to settle the question of who
pays the tariff tax,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

Col Bryan is now a grandfather and
may be regarded as approaching the
eligible age for vice presidential candi-
dates on the Democrat ticket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06

About the worst setback that the
Democrats have had is due to the fact
that James X. Jones. former chairman
of the national committee has resumed
his election forecasting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
roo LAVE no CLASSIFY.

LOST-Heavy built black and tan dog;
when last seen wore collar with tag No.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
MANY TRAINS COMING.
Santa Fe Depot Will Be Busy Place
Tonight.

The Harvey hotel at the Santa Fe
depot here will be busy place tonight
from about five o'clock when eight east
bound passenger trains of the Santa Re
from California which were delayed by
the Colorado and New Mexico floods
and were detoured around via Fort
Worth only to be again delayed on &C
count of the high waters in Canadian
River in Oklahoma, will reach here.
Traffic is gradually beginning to re
sumo normal conditions on all railroads
although many trains will nave to be
detoured for a week OF more to come.
Ardmore, l. r., Oct. 6.-Several
through trains on the @Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe from California are
tied up here unable to reach the main
line at Purcell on account of the Ca
madam river flood which has damaged
several thousand feet of track. Sew
eral hundred passengers bound for the
Worlds fair and the east, detoured via
gulf lines on account of floods in New
Mexico, have encountered the same
trouble north of here. Nearly all lines
in the territory are affected by the
high water. A large force of work
men is at work repairing the damage.
Service will be partially resumed to-
night. California excursionists are IA
tfgued, having been delayed west of
Albuquerque for several days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-06
SOMETHING GOING. ON.
Unusual Bustle Noticeable in Streets
of Mukden.

Mukden, Oct $3.50 p. m.-Something
unusual is in the wind. A great hustle
is now noticeable. The streets are
thronged wit hhurrying crowds and in
Vulnerable carts and pack mules.