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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
HONEST ABE. .. S. NJ.
Everything Runs to Obituary This
Week.

When 1 got into the edge of the Bebee
Settlement on my last trip FOUND
Uncle Hezikiah Bebee waiting at the
gate for me, and after we had passed
the time of day, he said:
Abe, you know we lost our little
! Susie about three months ago. we
haven't done any Dragging AROUND
about it, as some of the Bebees Woule
have done. but have just gone right
along and tended to business. However,
we have about decided to have a few
verses written on to the oecsaion-
wish you'd come in and see the old
woman"
went in with him, and when had
had a glass of cider Aunt Hannah said:
ITS this way. Abe: Them Horace
Bebees lost a boy about year ago
and they've got a tin peddler to write
some verses about it and are shown
'em all around. We wasn't goin' TO do
anything extra because our Susie died,
but if Eliza Bebee thinks she can lord
it over me she is greatly mistaken
want you OF write us something that
will knock the breath right out of her
verses. The idea of a tin peddler tryin
to compete with you in poetry. It's
a chance for both of us to get even, and
If you don't take advantage OF It you
are not the man I think you are"
AS the thermometer stood pretty near
near zero and I had double clothing on
all around, didn't know whether my
muse would grind or not, but after
swallowing another glass of cider as
hot as I could bear it 1 got to work
and turned out the following:
7Our little Susie's left her home
To seek her out another;
And all the children we have left
Is Sam, her little brother
Her age was five-our hopes were high,
But measles came a-stealin';
And ere we hardly thought her i'll
The funeral bells were pealing.
1.-The blow is hard for us to bear,
But we must bear ana suffer;
And keep in mind the solemn fact
It could have been far tuffer.'
ABE, there's nothing like it in the
heavens above or the sea beneath ex-
claimed Uncle Hez when 1 had finished
and read the verses to him; and Aunt
Hannah hustled around with tears in
her eyes and insisted on putting me up
two pounds of fresh butter to take
home. I promised to send them my
Photograph to put alongside a picture
of Shakespeare's and drove on, and
fifteen minutes later was at the house
of Emanuel Bebee. As there was no
mail for him I was going by when he
opened the door and called to me;
Hold on. Abel You've got to come
in q minute. M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

Kansas City grain arrivals for the
month of February tOtaled 2.S71, 300
bushels. as against 6O29. 100 bushels in
1904 and 5.551.10o bushels in 1903 The
greatest reductions both from a relative
and an actual standpoint occurred in
the receipts of wheat and corn although
there were heavy losses in the oats,
rye, and barley movements. Shipments
for the month reached a total of 2.071,-
200 bushels. which was not half the size
of a similar movement in 1904. and over
a million bushels less than that in 1903.
For the first two months of the current
year. total grain receipts at this market
aggregated 5.615. 100 bushels. and were
less than one-half of what they were
during a like period in 1904. and over 5
million bushels below a similar move
ment in 1908. Withdrawals for the same
periods were 4.491, 200 bushels in 1905.
10,1s4.400 bushels in 1904. and 1851, 200
bushels in 1903
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
MRS. JOB WEAKER.
Ottawa Woman Shows Signs of Fail
ing Strength.

Ottawa. Kan, March 31.-Mrs. Caro-
line Job, the woman who was assaulted
in the Semple sanitarium last Tuesday
morning, showed signs of failing today,
and the doctors fear that she will not
recover. She seemed to be in more
pain, and not so cheerful as she has
been.
No reward has yet been offered by
the county commissioners. They have
held no meeting whatever, and seem to
be inclined to do nothing about the
matter.
sheriff Cody today went to Beloit
with girl for the Industrial school. HIS
trip had nothing whatever to do with
the lob case. No new evidence has
been secured by Sheriff Cody, and the
case is practically at standstlH.
About year ago Miss Minnie PIKE
an ottawa girl was ASA ulted N ~
similar manner to Mrs Job, and the
OFFICERS think that possibly there Is
some connection between the Two
crimes. This assault occurred between
the hours of II and CLOCK MISS FlAe
was asleep in her bed when she was
struck over the head with q brick by
her assailant. The blow was not heaVy
enough to render her unconscious, now
ever. and she struggled with the man
and screamed loudly for help. Her re-
sistance and her cries finally resulted
in causing the man to desist-
1t has always been the impression
that Miss Pike knew more OF the lden-
titv of her assailant than she was will
ing to disclose. for she refused to dis
cuss the matter with the officers or her
friends.
The assault upon Miss Pike was com
nitted on wild, stormy night, as in
the case of Mrs Job She was struck
over the head by her assafiant, as was
Mrs. Job. What the purpose of the as
sault on Miss Pike has never been maze
ance prevented a criminal attempt OF
some character.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
PSORIASIS
AND ECZEMA
Milk Crust, letter, Ringworm, and
Scaled Head, and Every Form Of
TOrturing, Disfguring HumOrs
from Infancy to Age.
CURED BY THE
CUTICURA REMEDIES

The agonizing itching and burning
of the skin, as in eczema; the fright
ft1 scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss
of hair and crusting of the scalp, as
In SCALED head the facial disfgure-
ment, as in pimp1es and ringworm;
the awful suffering of infants, and
anxiety of WORKOUT parents, as in
milk crust, letter, and salt rheum-
all demand remedy of almost super
human virtues to successfully cope
with them. That Cuticura Soap,
Ointment, and Pills are such stands
proven beyond all doubt. No state
ment is made regarding them that is
not justified by the strongest evidence.
The purity and sweetness, the power
to afford immediate relief, the Ger
tainty of speedy and permanent cure,
the absolute safety and great economy
have made them the standard skin
cures and humo1r remedies Of the
civilized world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
CON" MEN CAUGHT.
Four Men Arrested for Passing Bogus
Checks.

chase OF several weeks after per-
sons who have been passing bogus
checks on passengers on Santa Fe and
Rock Island trains in Kansas. culmina-
ted this afternoon in the arrest of four
men who are believed to be the guilty
persons. They gave their names as
Sweet Andy Jackson. j. H. Fenton, R.
". Lowe and W. K. knight. H H.
Germaine, superintendent of the San
ia Fe secret service, Carl Golf and Geo.
Helwig, two of his deputies, PatrolTnan
Mitch Bundy and Detective Josiah Ross
made the arrest. The men were caught
on the Melan bridge this afternoon
about o'clock while they were on their
way to North Topeka.
The game which the men worked,
while very simple, has probably been
decidedly successful. They would board
a train and commence conversation
with some man on the train who they
thought had some ready cash in his
pocket. Suddenly one of the gang would
ask his new acquaintance whether he
would cash a check for him, saying
that he needed some ready money; and
that the favor would be immensely ap-
preciated. To show that he was decid
" square, he would give the man
check for some large sum, ranging from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31


Doodle who never had a funeral? OF
course some one has died"
who and when2
"Aaron's father, who was living with us.
He died thirteen years ago. Don't say it
was too long al go. for I know better Here
is pencil and paper, and now you just
write something
And SO 1 pulled off my mittens and
wrote:
Tie sat in his chair one day and died.
And his age it was ninety-and-three;
And he left us to mourn as he went to his
bourne.
years nave gone by-a dozen or more,
But our hearts are yet heavy with woe :;
Poor grandpa loved cake, but not an atom
could take
Aunt Rachel showed her appreciation of
the verses by Immediately taking a pic
ture of Washington out of its frame and
substituting my work and by sending four
pounds of clover honey out to my cart
and as drove off to meet up with other
Bebees and the rest of the world L had
to realize more than ever that he who
axes the lamp of integrity for his guide
can't go far wrong.-(Copyright, 1905, by
T. c. McClure-0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

I went in to find a sort of family coun-
Gil in the Kitchen, and there was milk
and fried cakes as . side issue.
Its this way, Abe" explained Mrs. Be
bee when I had come to anchor among
them. 4 say that all the Bebees should
stick together and be friends, and I've al
ways stuck by the others: but I've been
finding out something mean about some of
EN- They are having poetry writ onto
some of the family that died. Me and
Manuel have always been agin 1t. but Ill
be summed if we are going to be put
down this Wayi We are Bebees, but the
rest of EN- must not presume too much.
They mustn't think they can grind it in
''WeII?" I asked, knowing full well what
was COMING
you are the person to write it,
But you haven't lost anybody by
DEATH
.sYes we have We lost a little boy nam
ed Willie about twenty years ago"
That's going back a long time" I said.
1T makes no difference. 1 have seen
poetry writ on to the sun, moon and stars,
and they are a heap over. twenty years
old. Manuel, you bring him some moro
milk and fried cakes and. let him get next
to the hot stove He don't get out O. here
until we have some poetry"
I am not a poet to struggle against the
pricks, and got right to work and made
a quick job Of it, as follows:
We mourn for him. our Willie dear,
Our first born little darling;
The chicken pox it came one night
And robbed US of our starting.
JWO-dnQ-IWGnIY
But still our. tears are falling;
And still hear his baby voice
Unto his parents calling.
OF all the Bebee children born
Our Willie was the dearest.
And to the angels up above
He's flying round the nearest
by the great horned cowt' exclaimed
Emanuel, as he brought his fist down on
the table, but that will knock the tar out
of every Bebee in the settlement Abe
done a of
that sheep ! killed yesterday is yours.
What dc you think Of It, map"
I ever looked into she replied, with a
proud look in her eyes yes, that puts
and If any OF the rest of EN- wants to
beat them verses they will have to send
lars. APE your wife ought to be the
proudest woman in all this world. Here
you not only carry the mail and are just
as biz a man as Uncle Sam. but YOU can
sit down with your feet on the stove
hearth and write the most beautiful poet
~ that any human being ever readi''
got away in good shape. thinking my
poetic day was ended, but as stopped at
Aaron Bebee's to leave his weekly paper
his daughter Susie was waiting to say
TO me:
Abe. ma wants you to come in min
whats up?"
Shell tell you If you don't come in
went in and Aunt Rachel said to me:
Abe, you know all about US Bebees
wei, after a fashion
We are all related, and we generally
stick together, but some of ,em are trying
to play dirt just now. They are having
poetry writ on the dead folks to frame
and hang up in the parlor''
You mean obituary poetry"
Yes, that's what they call it, and we
want some, too. If any of them get the
start of Aaron and me they have got to
get up early in the morning.
But you can't have obituary poetry IN
less some one has died. 1 explained
And hasn't some one died2 Do you
think we are the only Bebees in the ca
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

In order to obtain funds for highway
purposes Il bill has been introduced in
the New York legislature for a tax of
81 per horse power on all automobiles
above ten horse power. Freight carriers
are exempt. This law. it is estimated,
Will result in an income of at least
500, GOO the first year. and there is a
prospect that the amount will steadily
increase. The bill has been favorably
reported on by the committee and ap-
parently is pretty sure to pass. Since
the owners of automobiles are among
the chief agitators for good roads. they
are scarcely in a position to object to
the tax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

Prior to the present fiscal year our
exports to Asia and Oceania had never
reached so much as 100000 900. save in
the exceptional year 1900. when the total
was sos 305. 0s2, as compared with SOL
s27.67s in 1897. SIS. 295.176 in 1899, sos. !
2o2,11s in 1902. and $93,00202S in 1904 /:
while for the 8 elapsed months of the
present fiscal year the total has already
reached the unexampled figure of $685.
52s.412- The principal oriental countries
to which this 921s million dollars worth
of merchandise was exported are China,
e million dollars; Japan, % millions
British Australasia, II % millions;
Hongkong. nearly 8 millions: British
East Indies millions. and the Philip
pines. about 31k millions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
CAPT. GRAHAM'S CURE
OF Distressing Hunour.

Captain w. S. Graham, 1927 Eof
St., Wheeling, w. Va, writing under
date of June "a, 'o4, says: " [ am SO
grateful want to thank God that a
friend recommended Cuticura Soap
and Ointment to me. I suffered for a
long time with sores on my face and
back. Some doctors said I had blood
poison, and others that had BARRIERS
itch None of them did me any good,
but they all took my money. NY
friends tell me my skin now looks as
clear as a baby's, and I tell them
Cuticura Soap and Ointment did it. -
catieqEa so.p, Ointment and Pills are sold Throughout
TIE World Potter Drug Chem srp.. Bosisn Sole rona
a. ssnd tor "a How % Cu-u Every auEaur"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

The effect of street railways in con
centrating business is evident, although
there are no satisfactory statistics re-
garding the degree to which the business
of cities has become concentrated in
narrow areas 1t has been estimated,
however. that the daily movement of
people into the central section of Chi
cago. by means of the surface street
railway alone, is about 225. 900. while a
still larger proportion of the traffic of
the elevated railways is to and from the
same business center, which has an
area Of scarcely more than a square
mile. 1t has also been estimated that
the day population of Manhattan Is
land below Canal street is about half
a million greater than the night popula-
ton. A large proportion of this enor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
KAISERIN HAS A FALL.
German Empress StmmbIes While Wis
iting an Old Castle.

Messina, Sicily, March 31.-The
German empress, who arrived mere
March rs on the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern, went on an excursion
today to Taormina castle While COM
ing down q steep path her majesty
stumbled and fell forward to the
ground. Princes Eitel Friedrich and
Oscar, her sons. and the imperial suite
rushed to her assistance, but the en-
press got up alone. By quickly ex-
tending her hands over her face her
majesty saved it from injury. The
backs of her hands were scratched ~
the stones. The excursion, however,
was not interrupted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Matte 3. Kahr died today of
heart failure at the age of so years,
at her home at No 1912 Tyler street.
Mrs. Kahr leaves six daughters and a
son. They are Mrs. Jarvey Hayden of
Port Arthur, Texas, Mrs. Charles
Jacobs of Cincinnati. Miss NJ. B. Kahr.
Mrs. Catherine Crawford. Mrs. Eliza
beth Cammeck and Mrs. Frank
Squires of Topeka and Mr.. Andrew
Kahr of Kansas City. The funeral
announcements will be made later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
CHAPS, windburn bIemfshes healed by
Satin Skin Cream. Use is proof CSC.
TO CABINET.
President Meets With His Advisers
Last Time for Two Months.

Washington, March 31.-President
Roosevelt and the members of his
cabinet conferred together today for
the last time before the president goes
away on his southwestern trip and
probably he will not meet more than
two members for about two months.
1t was stated authoritatively that mat
ters in relation to Venezuelan affairs
were not mentioned nor was there any
discussion of the European rumOr
that President Roosevelt is to be desig-
mated as mediator in the peace nego-
tiations between Russia and Japan.
Authority was given for the denial OF
this report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

The indications are that the present
spring viii see more aliens coming to
the United States than during any pre-
vious season. Last week there were
$4,000 Of them and this week promises
$4,000 more The authorities say that all
records are to be broken. Isn't it about
time to look around and see if our as
Eimilation department is in good work
ing Order2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN a PANIC
Lightning Struck the Flag Pole on the
School House.

Kansas City, Mo, March 31.-While
sixty-five children were playing in the
grounds of the public school at River
view. Kan. across the river from here.
today lightning struck the flag pole on
the building, shattered the cupola and
caused oanic. A few of the children
We're stunned and three or four were
struck by flying splinters from the flag
pole. Edna Patton. aged years, was
badly hurt. but Will recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

Congress viii be called together in
extra session October 16. If it is de
sired to collection mileage a second
time perhaps it viii profit by recent ex-
perience and adjourn long enough be-
fore the regular session begins to afford
a plausible excuse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

If Admiral Rojsstvl.aslSy ever meet
the real thing in the matter of Japa-
nese torpedo boats, he is likely to con-
clude that he was mistaken, after all,
about those he thought he saw in the
Nror+l, 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

The silence with which Japan has re-
ceived Russia's intimation of the terms
on which peace can be had, indicates
that the mikado has not lost anything
I'm that line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

Perhaps Mr.. Rockefeller finds it diff
ficult to understand why preachers are
so much more particular than legisla-
tors about the kind of money they re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

railway car operated by gasoline is
the laaest- Soon perhaps rails VIII be
laid on all the country roads and every
farmer viii have his own car for carry
ing himself or his produce to market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

1t is reported that the car tried to
commit suicide recently. This was
waste Of effort on his part If he viii
show himself in public without guards
his subjects Will do the rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

WaTeIIOUNCs SCI OH \ IIC.
SevastopoL March 31.--The ware
houses of the Russian Steamship COM
pany are on fire. The cOnfagration,
which was of incendiary origin, has
done a great amount of damage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

The voices of the Russian grand
dukes are still for war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

Excursion to Kansas City, Santa Fe.
Sunday, April 2. Round trip SIPS.
Tickets at Rowley & Shows and Santa
Fe depot Train leaves $50 a. m.
Everybody invited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

Piso's Cure for Consumption gives relief
in cases of coughs and colds. 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-31

See our Mems and La
dies Shoes for $3.50, $1.75
and $500. They are as
good as you can buy else
where for SOC more in
price.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-01
PLANS FOR MORE SIDEWAYS
New York Opens Bids for Structures
Costing $3.50, 900, 900.

New York, March 25.--Plans for SUBJ
ways to cost $3.50, 900, 600, submitted
by the New York City railway company
and by the marlborough company were
made public today by the board Of rapid
transit commissioners. The plans OF
the New York City railway company
call for an outlay of $l65, 900, 900. Au-
gust Belmont's plans for additions to
the marlborough system provide for the
expenditure Of s65, 900, 600.
The marlborough company's plans
call for four-track extension of the
present subway from Grand Central
station to l49th street, the Bronx, ON
the East side; an extension on the
West side from Times square to the
Battery; two additional tracks to the
Second avenue elevated, and extensions
and loops ON Manhattna island and in
Brooklyn.
The plans of the New York CITY rail
way company provide for three com
plete new lines paralleling the present
subway, with cross-town line at
Thirty-fourth street and the BROOKLYN
bridge.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-01
SINK AT DOCKS.
Damage to Ocean Liners in Collision
Worse Than Thought.

| Halifax, N. s., March 28 1900 The two
ocean steamers. the Partisan and the
Albano, whose | 800 passengers were
saved from possible death at sea after
the collision between the two vessels
| off the harbor's mouth yesterday by n
thrilling 15-mile race for shallow water
showed plainly today how serious was
the accident, the Partisan resting on
the bottom at her dock and the Al
bano's fore peak being full OF water.
The Partisan, which came up the har-
Dor at o'clock last night with gap
ing hole In her starboard side from the
Albano's sharp PROV, filled gradually
during the night, and at dawn her
engine room had been flooded, her
hrea extinguished, her lower deck was
awash and her keel resting In the mud.
A large part Of her cargo Is damaged
by water. but the bulk Of the mail.
consisting 81 400 sacks, WAS recovered
in good condition.
The statements of the two command
ers OF the vessels as 10 the probable
cause OF the collision are conflicting.
and The courts will be- invoked to place
the responsibility Proceedings have
been begun In the Admiralty court
against the Hamburg American COM
pany, owners OF the Albano, and today
that steamer was libeIled for 1850, 900
damages In behalf Of J. Il A. Allan,
owners Of the Partisan. Later 1t was
announced that counter suit would be
brought by the German company.