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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
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THE caucus of democratic Senators
has reelected without opposition MIR.
German. of Maryland, as chairman. No
better selection could have been made.
MIR. German is a leader of men and his
four wears absence from the Senate was
seriously felt by every democrat in that
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
The Market,

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19

The House disagreed to the Senate
amendments to the urgent deficiency ap-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22

Look here said the housewife to
the match peddler. you were along
here two weeks ago and said you had
the best kind of parlor matches to sell. .
You speak the truth, num-
Il bought a quarters worth of you.
Pm saying you did that"
But there's not one that will light,
They are positively worthless
The man stood for a moment gazing
at her. and then tear rolled down his
chealz-
Well, what is it?'' she asked.
It's me feelins'. mum. You've hurt
EN- to the quickr' -
How sop
When 1 sold you them matches
took you for real lady, but I see that
you are not Had you been YOU would
have used them for toothpicks and said
never word to humble my pride,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

ltTOm the chicago NeWSI
Popular opinion is the most tickle thing
on earth.
Some men get good only when they get
too old to be bad
The compliments women fish for are not
worth catching.
Fortunate is the woman who has many
complaints and few diseases.
A man is seldom afflicted with the big
head unless he has a little heart.
A homely figure in petticOats may have a
handsome figure in the bank
If some men didn't have money women
would have no excuse for marrying them.
The average married man can't under
stand how Carnegie managed to save so
much money.
Posterity may see that justice is done a
man, but he would rather attend the trial
in person.
When young man is convinced that
there is nothing too good for a certain girl
he offers himself to her.
Women seem to think the way to show
men how easy a time they have running
their business is to tell them all the trou-
bles about running the house when they
come home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
ROOF FALLS IN.
One Man Killed and Two Seriously
Injured.

Marysville. Cal, Feb. 22.-The roof OF
a building which is being reconstruct
ed for a new theateF collapsed today on
account of a defective truss supporting
it from above. A number of workmen
and others were in the building at the
time. The dead are:
A. MERRY proprietor of the tneatef-
Injured.
Guy Huffman. carpenter. hip broken,
head and body Iarcerated.
Charles Baggea, head, arms and legs
lacerated.
No floor had been laid in the build
ing, and to this fact was due the escape
of several other workmen, as they fell
between the joists and were protected,
being liberated by the firemen and po-
lice.
Merry was standing in the center of
the building talking to Ed Fox when
the crash came and the joists of the
room crushed his head and body to
pulp Fox was standing directly under
the skylight and escaped injury. Merry
resides in Sacramento. He came here
a week ago and leased the building at
Second and High streets for theater
purpose. He brought large number of
artisans from San Francisco and was
hurrying the remodeling of the building
for vaudeville shows. He was well
known in many cities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22

Norton has strike among the dray-
men.
Many Sheridan county farmers are in
surfing the wheat against the hail
The fad at Cimarron this spring will
be light iron shoes. for the ladies'.
A new lawyer at sP1easanton is Eli
Cam. Here's hoping it won't be Dennis
before the new year.
Nickerson is going to have an "old
fiddlers' contest. Might it not be a
good idea to pass this up to the legis-
latuFe.
The editress OF the Louisville Tyre
hopes to see the day when she can say
I Bill White instead of William Allen
White"
Funny things happen even at Arkan-
sas City. Tall Bear and Miss Kickapoo
are to be married Easter. VIII there be
bonnet in the case?
An Ell Dorado woman is advertising
in the east for a husband. Somewhere
where the Jessie Morrison-Olin Castle
tragedy has not been heard of.
The carriers on rural route No 4, out
of Sterling. haven't missed a day But
gifts of sausage and spare ribs may
have had much to do with the matter.
The ladies' y. o. G. club at Troy has
been whining around for a month or so
because Of the chilly weather. This
week will see them in their kennels
again.
One Of the coolest days of the recent
blizzard a Stafford county boy "toted"
a pig 16 miles on his back Stealing
may be easy but this seems like case
Of hard work.
The Louisville Tyre editress says
spring is here because the red birds are
singing. But bless US. isn't the red bird
a regulation winter bird the same as
the lark a summer one.
Here's a good argument for q man of
easy habits" Clarence Balmer raised
Z 600 bushels of corn on one farm and
s, 900 on another in Woodson county,
mind you without cultivation.
During the blizzard of 1886 a Junction
City man had hog under a snow drift
q days while his neighbor had one Is
days Both were able to eat and lived
until the farmer decided they were fat
enough to die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
THEY WANT Mr.. GAGE.
Chicago Ffnancier VIII Be Invited to
Address Kansas Bankers.

If the executive committee of the
State Bankers association can secure
him, Lyman J. Gage. who was a mem
Der of McKinley's cabinet as secretary
of the treasury, will be the principal
speaker at the annual meeting of the
bankers Of Kansas next June. If Mr.
Gage cannot be secured an effort will
be made ito secure Senator Beveridge.
The committee decided to hold the
annual meeting in Topeka on June 6,
and g. 1t met here two years ago
just previous to the great flood. While
the bankers hope that they will not
bring another flood they were so well
pleased with Topeka's treatment that
they want to come again.
Besides securing some speaker of ma
tional reputation from outside the state,
Governor Ifoch and B. P. Waggener
will be asked to make speeches, and if
they will consent similar invitations
will probably be given Z. F. Ware. and
Secretary Coburn. The details of the
programme have not yet been compile
ted The shop talk by the bankers
themselves has not yet been decided
upon.
I'VE expect to have q big meeting,'''
said J. B. Adams of Ell Dorado, Dresi-
dent of the association, today. There
are now between 500 and 700 banks in
Kansas, and nearly all of them will
have representation at the meeting"
The officers of the association are j.
B. Adams of Ell Dorado, president; c.
L. Brokaw of Kansas City, Kan, vice
president, and w. w. Bowen of Con-
cordia, secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
TIE FIVE MEN SQUADS.
Today Will See the Finish in AIilwau-
kee Tournament.


Milwaukee, Wis, Feb 22.-Today will
see the finish of the five men squads in
the bowling tournament of the Ameri-
can Bowling congress. Two Chicago
teams, the Gunthers No. 2, the Century
No. 1, with scores of 2,795 and 2,778 re-
spectively. held first and second place
in this division with the Farmers of
Cleveland 2,775, a very close third. To-
days program consists principally of
events in the doubles. Ward and Nc
Quire, also of Chicago, have a comfort
able lead in this class with a score of
1,177. Young and Newberry of Detroit
and Ahnet and Schuer of Milwaukee,
are tied for second place with I, 101.
William OFT of Lacrosse, with score of
sos is high man so far in the individuals.
Following are some of today's indi-
vidual scores:
J. Benter, Kansas City, 437; F. Kas-
ter, Kansas City, 496; A. Arson, Chi
cago, SAP; J. Martin, Des Moines, 400;
J. Hargraves, Des Moines, 514; ]. Doer-
ing, Peoria, 577; E. Kneer, Peoria, 504.
Five men team scores:
ST Joseph. St Joseph, No, 2,437;
Democratic club. Denver. 1856; Empires,
Seattle, 1886; Butte, Butte, 2.455; San
Francisco. San Francisco, 2,645.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
THEY HEAR A NOISE.
Friends of Railroads in Senate Get
the Word.

It was reported early this afternoon that
several senators who have been intending
to vote against the Carver railroad bill
have decided that they do not want to go
on record in that way, and plan was
therefore laid to defeat the bill in some
other way strong protest against
the Smith bill has been going up over the
state and petitions for the Carver bill
have been pouring In on the senators. It
is said that Senator Porter Of MontgOm-
cry this morning received over a hundred
kilograms on the subject, while Senators
Brewer, Chapman and a few others were
remembered by some of their constitu-
ents in the same way.
Consequently those who are opposing
railroad legislation that will do any good
have become frightened and it is said that
they have given up the hope of fatty beat
ing the Carver bill on the floor OF the
allowed to go through with some amend
ments tackled to 1t, one of which viii pc
TO strike out the clause authorizing the
railroad commissioners TO proceed IN the
adjustment of rates on their own notion
This win necessitate a conference com
mittee and there the railroad interests
hope to sufficiently emasculate the Dill
as to make it comparatively harmless
Then If railroad legislation ts a failure
the senate would throw part OF the odium
for the failure on the house. At present
the house stands unanimously FOR the
Carver bill and its defeat would be laid
wholly at the door Of the senate-if 1t is
defeated-Rnd the senate wishes to escape
any such calamity as that.
The friends of the Carver bill hope to
have enough votes In the senate to pass
it. but they fear that it viii be very close.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
TO BEGIN ON BRIDGE.
Foreman Arrives and VIII Commence
Preparatory Work.

W. A. Hey, a representative of the
Marsh Bridge company. arrived in the
city today, and viii commence the
preparatory work of construction
upon the north approach to the Melan
bridge by the fore part of next week.
Hey is the foreman who will have
direct charge of the work. The first
piece of construction will be the erec-
ton of a pile bridge to take care of
the traffic. The present wooden ap-
proach will have to be removed to
make way for the false work on the
permanent structure The pile bridge
which will be constructed will be built
to the west of the Melan bridge and
then be joined to it just south of the
first arch. The railing along the side
Will have to be removed to permit ac-
cess from the Melan bridge to the pile
bridge. The expense Of taking care of
the traffic falls of course Hpon the
Marsh Bridge company. Some of the
machinery is expected. here Friday
or Saturday from Chicago. But a
small number of men will be brought
along by the company from Des
Moines, the rest of the labor being
hired from here. When the concrete
work commences the number of la
borers employed will be in the neigh
borhood of fifty. Until that time there
will be but a nominal nunH)er en-
gagged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
BRENNAN ON way.
Attorney for Foster Lessees Is Coming
to Topeka.

Chicago, Feb. 22.-John H. Bren-
nan, a director in the Indian Territory
Illuminating Oil company, the lessee
of the Usage oil lands, was in Chicago
on his way to Topeka for the purpose
of getting the Kansas legislature to
rescind its recent action regarding the
Illuminating Oil company.
'Two-thirds of the stock of the COM
pany." said he, lis owned and control
led in Wisconsin. The Standard Oil
company is not directly or Indirectly
interested in the stock We sub-let and
each sublessee controls his own oil and
sells to whOmsOever he pleases. The
sublessees are corporations and over 3
600 people are interested in them. We
get a royalty. The action of the Kan
sas legislature was taken without a
hearing. No investigation was made so
far as our company is concerned. Steps
will be taken to present our side of the
case to the legislature with the view of
the resembling Of their action
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
SUES MOTHER-IN-LAw.
H. w. Jones Charges Her With Alienat-
ing Wife's Affections.

A suit was field in the district court
on Tuesday afternoon by H. w. Jones
against Hannah Whitsen and Ebba
Oleson for $4,000 damages, on the
charge that the defendants alienated
his wife's affections.
He complains that while living with
his Wife's mother. Hannah Whitsell
she and Mrs Oleson told his wife
scandalous untrue things about him,
and tried in every way they could to
poison her mind against him, and that
finally on February 10 of this year
they made him leave the house and his
wife. and locked him out so that he
could not see her.
The plaintiff is an employee of the
Santa Fe, Ind says that he is fully
able to care for his wife. He says
that his trouble so unnerved him that
he was incapable of holding his posi-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
NO MORE FLOOR PASSES
People Must Keep Out of House After
This.

Owing to the fact that the sargeants-
alarms have been unable to preserve
order in the hall of the house, the
speaker this afternoon issued an order
resembling all floor passes. There was
a large and emphatic protest on the
part of pass holders, but the peace and
quiet of the house was somewhat i'm
proved.
The house was this afternoon forced
to adopt the omnibus plan to clear
the calendar of local bills on third
reading About sixty FOCAL bills to
which there was no objection were
read by title,~ placed in the hands
of the members and read in concert.
This is a system to which Speaker
Stubs objects. Stubs was not able
to be present on the floor of the house.
however, as he has the rheumatism
and is Obliged to stay in his private
rooms at the rear of Representative
hall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
GLOBE sIGHTS-

From the AtchiSon Globe.
1t takes a con1ding disposition to
feel confidence in a man who wears
an overcoat trimmed with fur.
The Keep Up society is a new one.
The members claim that they are
keeping up, though they should really
be in bed.
The rich who can afford hose.
shoes and rubbers. are walking bare
foot In the snow. taking the Kneipp
their toes are out shouldn't envy the
rich so much. No poor man ever had
to try the Kneipp cure.
It's a foolish man who can be
spoilt by a compliment. Every book
agent makes a speciality Of compli-
a victim that he is SO prominent that
his name will help him with others.
If a man says we are eight feet tall
we know better.
An Atchison man finds that when
he has helped his wife buy new car
to buy pianos for their school, that
the fund he has intended to devote
to new furniture for his home is all
used up. He figures that he has
helped buy six pianos for the public
schools.
We have lately been immensely
amused over a "joke'' we intended
playing on Edward Box, of the Ladies
Home Journal. Mr.. Box has written
US a letter on the Globes twenty
was to edit it; to cut it down before
printing in the anniversary edition
next Thursday. Mr. Box has done SO
much of this editing that we
give him a dose of his own medicine.
But on looking the letter over. we find
it so good that we intend to print it in
full. Another joke spoilt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
sIMaIERwELL GETS LEAVE.
Principal of Grant School Takes Vaca-
ton Because of Sickness.

A special meeting of the board of ed
ucation was held this morning to act
upon the request of E. A. Simmerwell.
principal of Grant school. who desired
a leave of absence for the remainder of
the year. The board granted the re-
quest and appointed S. F. Wright, the
outgoing county superintendent, to fill
the vacancy. Mr.. SimmerweH asked
for the leave of absence on account of
the sickness of his mother.
Two rooms in the new manual train
ing high school are now occupied by
classes in carpentry, wood carving and
CLAW modelling. To attest the popularity
of the new course between 125 and $50
students are now enrolled in those var
iouS branches.
THE schools over the city were given
a holiday today in memory of the birth
day of Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
BIG DEBATE IS ON.
carver Bill Before the senate This
Afternoon.

At o'clock when the senate met
to consider the railroad bills under q
special order, Senator Dumont Smith
moved that the committee of the whole
take up the minority report The mo-
ton carried. This motion brought the
house bill, known as the Carver DILL
before the senate
The two bills. the house bill known
as the Carver bill and the senate Dill
known as the Smith bill, reported Dy
the minority and majority of the SEN
ate committee on railroads respec-
lively, had been ordered printed In lots
Senator Stewart moved that the
committee report the house bill with
the recommendation that it be passed.
This brought forth a storm of pro-
test. The motion was withdrawn
Senator Young moved that the mi
nority report be adopted All motions
were sidetracked and the Carver
house bill was given the right OF way
read by the reading clerk and consld-
cred by the senate committee of the
whole.
The order of the senate that no per-
sons other than those connected with
the senate be admitted to the floor was
not enforced. The galleries were
crowded.
Senator Porter, of Montgomery, Of
fered an amendment to the house bill
that the railroad companies be COM
PEELED to furnish passes to members OF
the railroad commission. state officers,
members of senate and house and SUI
preme court during their terms Of Of
fee.
Senator Waggener asked:
ssXVouid not furnishing transportation to
members of the supreme court IN light OF
a recent decision, increase their sala-
RESP"
Senator Porter said he offered the
in order to settle the present
talk about passes.
Senator Waggener offered as a substi-
tute that it shall be unlawful for rail-
roads to issue passes to any but employees
of a railroad company"
And also that it be unlawful for any
one to accept transportation.
Senator Young said the bill should not
be loaded down with amendments and
that anything relating to passes and to
prohibit them would not be contained in
the title of the bill and would make a law
uncOns titutional.
Senator Porter of Crawford wished to
amend by inserting the section of the
present railroad law on the subject of
Masses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22

The British postmaster general an
nounces that he has come to an agree
ment with the National Telephone com
pany. under which the government will
purchase and assume control of the tel
ephone business. The government al
ready has 1910 miles of trunk tele-
phone lines, with 255 postonices open
for telephones, and in 1903 the number
of connections made was 11.574. 229
The National company has been operat-
ing under a license from the postonice
department, paying royalty for the
privilege. The new arrangements will
give the postonice department entire
control over the telephone business.
This is to take effect in 1911
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
NEW HOUSE BILLS.

The following new bills were intro
duced in the house today:
945, by Mr.. Grass-Relating to the
salary of the deputy bank commits
sioners and clerks.
946, by Mr.. Young-Concerning
surface waters.
947, by Mr.. Adams-Relating to the
operation of street cars insan cities OF
the first class having a population of
over %, 900. and providing penalties
for violation thereof.
948, by Mr.. Adams-In relation to
the wages of persons performing
manual labor and providing for lien
therefor.
.s4s, by Mr.. Guyer- Prohibiting the
selling and giving away of cigarettes
and cigarette paper.
$50, by Mr.. Turner-ProV1dlng Tor
a judge pro tenn. in certain cases.
951 by Mr.. Brady--Fixing the sal
aries of the county commissioners OF
Douglas county, Kansas, and repeal
ing chapter PSF of the laws of Kansas,
1901, being an act entitled An act
regulating the salary OF the county
comm ssionerS of Douglas county, and
repeating all acts and parts of acts IN
conflict with this act" approved Feb
952 by Mr.. EIamersly-To incorpor-
ate the town of Ransom Ness county,
Kansas. as a city of the third class
953 by Mr. Eddy-To provide Tor
the building of waterworks in the city
of st. Marys for the protection of GER
tain business property therein, and
the issuance of script therefor upon
petition signed by majority of the
resident taxpayers in the territory
herein described. and providing for
the levy of taxes to maintain the same
and pay the said script.
954 by the ways and means COM
mittee, by direction of the house
Making appropriations for the execu-
tive and judicial departments of the
state for the fiscal years ending June
so, 1906 and June 80. 1907. and de-
fciencies of 1905
955. West. Clerk hire for treasurer
and clerk, Edwards county.
$50. Freser Prohibiting quail shoot
ing in certain counties.
957 Fisher. Relating to internal i'm
provements in cities of the second class.
95S. Pomeroy. Providing methods of
payments for county clerk hire.
$50. Brown of Sherman Authoriz-
ing crop experiments at county poor
farms.
$50. Hackney. To prevent waste of
natural gas.
961 Adams. Issuing of stock by do
nestle and foreign corporations.
962 Brierley. Making appropriation
of ST 900 to st. Joseph hospital, Con-
cOrdia.
963. Bergman. Relating TO salaries
in bank commissioner office
964 Beeson. Relating to guardian OF
insane
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-22
SINGLETON DOESN'T LIKE TT.
Kingman County Man Seeks Release
From Penitentiary.

A habeas corpus suit against the warden
Of the state penitentiary was filed in the
supreme court today by the attorneys for
B. c Singleton, who is serving an indie
terminate sentence for the killing of A
Richard. The defendant pleaded guilty to
manslaughter in the fourth degree in the
Kingman county district court and was
sentenced to hard labor in the Deniten-
tiary The warden will answer the sum
mons, but will not have to bring the pris
oner along.
An appeal case from the sentence of the
same Kingman county court was also filed
today. Ed Shaw, charged with forging
and uttering an instrument in writing,
was found guilty of forgery in the fourth
degree and sentenced to the penitentisE'y.