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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-09
The Worlds Greatest Potentate.

AS -
From the purely financial point Of
view, however, Mr.. Rockefeller is easily
the worlds greatest potentate. The
car of Russia enjoys an annual income
of about $12, 000, 900; Emperor William,
as king of Prussia, receives a little less
than $4,000. 900; the emperor Of Austria
Hungary, $3.S75. 900; King Edward, ST.
225, 900, and the king of Spain, s 1000, 900.
In the expressive phrase of Wall street,
King John, as emperor of oil, king of
steel, banking and railroads, and
prince of several lesser dominions,
could buy and sell them all. II he had
to earn his present wealth at the rate
of two dollars a day, which many Of his
employees receive, it would take him
something more than $4,000 years to
accomplish the task, or considerably
longer than we have any record of in
human history. 1t is not merely the
number of John D. Rockefeller's mil
lions, astounding as is their total. that
is most impressive. 1t is the power
which they convey. By reason of his
ability to reward and punish, to make
and unmake values. to bestow riches or
ruin, ne is almost absolute master not
only of those enterprises in which he
holds a major monetary interest, but in
all those to which he cares to turn his
attention in any way. The enterprises
in which he holds investments aggre-
gate a capitalization of over $5,000,-
900, 900. Though he owns outright but a
tenth of this, he can sway the destinies
Of every company involved if he so dc.
sires.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-09

amusing diversion, to have in time
crushed all opposition and forced the
people and the state into submission.
John D. Rockefeller has been laugh
ing up his sleeve and serenely waiting.
It has amused him to read in the pa
pers that the Kansas legislature had
appropriated $4,000 for the estab-
lishment Of a state refinery to buck
against his $3.50, 000, 900 company. He
has been annoyed, perhaps, at the eff
fort to NEEDLE with his pipe lines, but
he has felt confident that the end
would come in victory for him and the
establishment Of his company in the
state on firmer basis than ever before.
He has mapped out a campaign OF
waiting. This great financier, this
$780, OO, 900 money bags, can afford to
wait, for his dollars work while he
sleeps, and he a keep busy banking
the $50, 900, 900 yearly income from his
investments while the poor Kansans
see their $410,00O refinery a sink hole
into which 70 pour the wealth Of the
state and he independent producers
there brought to a state Of sub
mission where they will be willing to
make peace at R~ockefeller's own
terms, and If reports are to be credited
Rockefeller's terms are never generous
except to the interests of Rockefeller
himself. He is never satisfied, it is
said, unlens he can buy at ruinously
low prices and sell at figures which
tell the story Of a fair (?) profit of
several hundred per cent.
Kansas Fires the First Gun.
Kansas seems to be always doing
things which other states are afraid
to DO, or never think of doing, and she
has fred the first gun in this ire
mendous war, and, as Lincoln's call
to arms in l'61 was met by the cry
from the different states: I'VE are
coming. Father Abraham, 10000
strong" SO the sound of Kansas first
shot at the oil octopus has aroused
the nation, and OF every hand, and
f,cm unexpected directions. reinforce
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-09
Bring Home Oriental Wallets.

"a peculiar fact that has received lit
tie mention" said a clerk in n of the
leading hotels, lis that it Is getting more
and more the custom of those who have
resided for any time in the orient to
bring at least one native servant home
with them. Every steamship now has
at least two or three of these servants,
and it is getting to be a problem for us to
dispose of them when their employers
come here. Japs are the most common,
although we have now and then a FIJI
ipino valet in the train Of an army Of
fcer."--San Francisco Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-09

Unless it is a case of clouds without
rain, and storm without wind, and cy-
clone without any twister, the tempest
which is gathering about the great
Standard Oil octopus is going to give
that many tentacled trust something
else to do in the e future besides
crushing out competition, forcing up
the price of oil, sucking in the profits,
and declaring the regular quarterly Giyi-
dend of Is per cent. to its greedy stock
holders.
A good many people are beginning to
think that the Standard is the key log
in the trust jam, which is dam
ming up the commercial, industrial
and financial streams of the coun-
try, and destroying the individ-
ual rights of the common people, and
that if the dynamite of equitable law,
and perfect publicity, car be touched
off, under this key log, so rs to COM
pei it to yield to a reasonable adjust
ment and just control, all the other
trust logs will float harmlessly down
the stream of the national life, and the
danger of unlawful combination will be
passed.
But however that may be, certain il
Is that a war cloud of ominous proper
tons is arising upon the horizon OF
the Standard Oil company's sky. II
began to gather in Kansas, that home
of the cyclone, and has spread unit
from Texas to New York and from
the Indian territory through the
prairie states of Illinois, Iowa and In.
diana to the capital city on the Pc
tomae, the ominous mutterings of the
coming storm have been heard. Hat
the Standard only had to deal with thu
situation in Kansas it would hav'
been the merest child's play, the mos
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-09
Hunnor.

Some persons are so dry that you
might soak them in q joke for a month
and it would not go through thei- skin
Henry Ward Baecher,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-09

Representative Chitwood of Madison
county and Representative Lamar of Cal
laway look so much alike that one Is all
most tempted to ask them as the late
Senator Vest asked of the Siamese twins,
'Boys, are you brothersY" !.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-09

From present indications the general as
sembly will adjourn on March 20, this
date having been tentatively agreed up
on by a number of republican and dem
ocratic leaders Of botn branches Of the
assembly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
BATTENBERG.
WENT TO WRONG PLACE.
Fire Department BIisIed by a Telc-
phone Call.

The fire department was called out
this morning to an early morning fire.
An alarm was turned in at 1:47 a. NJ.
from 1886 North Kansas avenue. a
large double two story dwelling was
set on fire between the joists of the
ceiling of the first floor by matches
and mice. The lower floor was oc-
cupied by w K. Gardner with Il
grocery and meat stock, while the up
per floor was occupied by Mrs. L. +.
Drollinger. The damage on the stock
was confined to the meats, where a
loss of about $25 was sustained the
rest of the damage to-the building and
the furnishings to the rooms Will be
covered by $125. The building was
owned by Mrs. 5DroIlinger who carried
$4,000 insurance. The contents of the
meat market and grocery was valued
lat about $4,000 more with no insur-
ance-
Through the failure of the parties
te1ephoning to state whether the lOca-
ton of the fire was on North of South
Kansas avenue the fire department
made the run to south Kansas avenue.
the station at North Topeka naturally
not responding. In consequence when
it was learned that the location was
on the north side the hook and lad
der and the hose from station No. 5
were forced to make the run from
South Topeka to North Topeka. 1t
would confer a great favor upon the
fire department if calls sent in state
whether north or south streets are
meant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
: How Mr.. Stubs Handled the Oil
Proposition.
Went Down Under Wheels of the
JUggernaut.
DAYHOFF AND STONE.
Little Drama That Might Be
Appropriate.
Weapons of All Kinds Are on
the Stage.

The oil proposition was too numerous
for Horatius-on-the-br bridge Stubs. but
like the Hindu fanatic he went down
under the wheels of Juggernaut. You
will please observe, however. that he
picked out a soft spot in the road and
tied his toga over his mouth to avoid
inhaling dust He was assisted in his
wild effort to grease the track by TWEEN
ty-nine sturdy henchmen. They also
took precautions.
The oil trust was confronted by a
hard case. The buIl-headed legislature
ignored the trust kilograms and took
great and prolonged delight in reading
kilograms from the producers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
COL. LITTLE THE FIRST
He Advocated a ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ConstitutiOnaIity.

Col. Ed c. Little, of Abilene, is the orig
NAL state oil refinery man in Kansas. He
was the first to declare that Kansas was
| big enough to tackle the Standard Oil
/ company. In a Republican speech made
at Salina during the campaign he advo-
Gated retaliatory measures against the
trust and said the state should establish
| Colonel Little thinks there is. no doubt
about the constitutionality of the law that
has passed the house and senate. In this
Every time a man objects to a law and
! cant think of anything else he says it's
unconstitutional They say this bill to
| establish an oil refinery at the peniten-
tiary is unconstitutional because 1t VIII
only employ fifteen men and IS a subter-
tionaI prohibition of subterfuges' The
laws are full of them, upheld by the
How many convicts would be 'consti-
tutionaT? Sixteen, or seventeen, or eigh-
teen, or how many? Suppose the NUM-
fifteen, could they refuse to dig coal? If
it got down to five or six they could sit
back and say, This is no penitenttary-
Bring somebody to sweep out our rooms
It's Unconstitutional to make five men
work if these great constitutional law
yers are right. And suppose it is a sub
terfuge. Does that make it any the less
Let a convict in the Peru penitentiary
employ one of these constitutional attOr-
neys and go into court and say: I was
confined me in the Peru subterfuge It's
unconstitutional and Illegal, and I demand
my liberty. 4IlS is penIenIldrY.
How long would his case last? The
court would say: There's the stone walls
and the iron bars and the armed guards,
and there's your job. Get to work He
would lockstep OF muttering. This is no
penitentiary.' amid the horse laugh of the
other convicts.
They may get some constitutional
lawyers to say it's no penitentiary, but
every man inside will swear it's a peni-
tentary all right.
". r. Wilson used to have little joke
he was fond of. He would ask a young
man, Is the sun round or opadue2 II
alive now he could phrase it differently
by inquiring, Is this penitentiary or a
subterfuge?' The poet tells us stone
walls do not prison make nor iron bars
a cage, but he didn't expect anybody to
be 50 illogical as to believe him.
our constitution prohibits internal
improvements by the state That was
aimed at canals, highways, railroads and
the like, as any student of American DO
litical history can tell you. Nobody even
pretended before that it left any leeway
for the fellows in the penitentiary to de-
eide at which job they should serve out
a sentence at hard labor. And if it's a
good enough pen. for Emmett Dalton, I
think it's good enough for John d. Rock
efeller. They could much more reason
ably call the coal mine an internal i'm
provement.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16

and typewriter matter Strikes atti-
tude !. T. and recltes):
To this. the alleged legislature, greeting
AS one sEgrieved and hunting trouble.
Nv twitter for a spell. There Is
Among your number one rapscallion
It is my duty to destroy. Therefore
To introduce the following scathing.
"a VoIcE5-Let the scathing scalder
be upon
The table planted (ANOTHER
VOICE. Second the motion
exit D. leaving trail of blue smoker.
Act III-(Enter D., bearing Ioao OF
swords, six-shooters and Krag-Jonn-
sonbar rifles. BUSHES upon s.
D--Now, by my whiskers, slrrah,
thou shalt smell
The brewing birthstone of undying
LeaVenworth.
Here are deadly weapons Take your
choice. (Withholds swords, guns. ETC.,
and losses pair of 80 cent boxing gloves
to So Draw, draw and defend thee.
exit S through transom.) n VOICE:
near center stage.
And now Brother Bill
Hackney viii kindly lead while we do
sing
That classic hymn entitled thus:
HOT AIR.
(Curtafn).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
STAR THEATRE DOES WELL.
Attendance This Week Has Been
Encouraging.

The Star Vaudeville theatre has
been enjoying a very successful week.
The bill is considerably better this
week than it was the opening week,
and the attendance has been excep-
tiOnally good.
Nicola, the juggler. is the feature of
the bill. A contortionist. who was not
advertised, has been secured and is
appearing at each performance. The
moving picture this week is amusing
and the illustrated song is being well
received.
Three performances are given daily,
one in the afternoon and two every
evening. Souvenirs will be distributed
to the ladies tomorrow. There will be
an entire change of bill Sunday after
noon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
NORTH TOPEKA.

Leave items for this column with Kim
ball Printing Co., e12 N Kansas avenue
w. E. Warrin was in town today from
Valencia.
G. Brockerman made a business trip
to Hoyt today
Ellis Kempton of Granville was in
town yesterday
G. r. Dreamer and family have moved
from the south side to 419 Grant street.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Stone have gone
to housekeeping at 1888 Harrison street
S. L. Courtney has returned from
Chapman and a short visit to Abilene
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Bigger and family
are moving from North Topeka to
farm south of town.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ruff have returned
from a visit of two weeks to relatives
at Rossville, Silver Lake and Menoken.
Mr.. John Nystrom who has been i'll
at his home, 1919 Jackson street, with
the grip was able to be down town to-
day. -r
Miss Nellie DoImanswho has been con-
fined to her homie for the past two days
with grip was able today to resume
her work at WashbuTn college.
Mrs. S. c. Kessler and daughter Dora
have returned to their home in Hills
borO after a weeks visit to Mrs. Kess-
ler's cousin, Mrs. J. c. Steviclx Of sos
Monroe street.
Miss Frances Brown. will move shortly
from 920 Harrison street to rooms IN
the DR.. Mitchell residence, corner OF
Gordon and Van Buren, streets.
The fire department was called out
this morning at 1850 o'clock to the frame
store building at 1884 Kansas avenue.
where fire had started between the
north waH of the building. The store
room is owned BY Mrs. Edward Drol-
linger and the Drollinger family make
their home in the second story while
the first floor is occupied by w K.
Gardeners grocery store. The origin OF
the fire is supposed to have been the
work of mice and matches. A large
hole was burned in the side of the
building but the damage will not exceed
500 while the grocery stock was dam
aged both by fire and water The build
ing was insured but there was no insur-
ance on the grocery stock. There was
some delay in the departments reach
ing the fire owing to a misunderstand-
ing of the location. The alarm was tel
ephoned in and the operator at the cen
trail office failed to understand the num-
Der so sent the department to Four
tenth and Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
EXTRA IN OCTOBER.
Presidents Course in Case Railroad
Bill Fails to Pass.

Washington. Feb. Representa-
tive Townsend of Michigan, one of
the authors of the Esch-Townsend
freight rate BILL had a talk with the
president today regarding the pros
poets for the enactment of the meas
canvassed the situation pretty thor
oughly, expressed the opinion that
there was a chance for the passage of
the bill by the senate at the present
session After his talk with the presi-
dent, Mr. Townsend said that in the
event no legislation on the rate ques-
ton was enacted at this session an
extraordinary session of congress
would be called by President Reose-
Welt for next autumn, perhaps in Octo-
her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
GIGANTIC MONOPOLY.
Is. What Secretary Hitchcock Calls
Territory Oil Lease.

Washington. Feb. 16.-Secretary
Hitchcock today gave out a statement
arraigning as a gigantic monopoly
the present lease by the Indian Terri
tory Illuminating Oil company of the
right to prospect for oil and gas
throughout the entire area of the
Usage Indian reservation, and explain
ing the agreement reached several
days ago as announced in the Asso-
ciated Press dispatches for cutting on
more than one-half of the lands oper-
alive under this lease during the next
ten years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16

and turned loose In the Kimish and
! Little River mountains, in the Choctaw
nation, for the use of the Indians. They
are now very near extinct many of
| these hogs are sold to museums, others
| are shipped to Kansas City market and
eight or ten are butchered each year
Tor home consumption. In these days
/ or Poland ChfnaS, HerefOrdS, and other
new breeds which promise so well, it
may be interesting to try the merits of
the mule footed hog. In the last two
years I have sold great many to
shows and museums while many others
have been shipped to almost every
state and territory in America / con-
slider them the coming hog in the Uni
ted States for many reasons. They new
er have the cholera, the round hOOf or
mule foot seems to exempt them from
that dreaded disease
Senator Conner does not confine him
self to raising mule footed hogs but
raises Shetland ponies. He has made
several trips to the Shetland islands to
buy new stock and he is known over
the country as one of the foremost and
most extensive Shetland pony breeders
in the country. Senator Conner has
trained many troupes. of performing
ponies and sold the troupes to exhibi-
ton companies. Senator Conner is par
ticularly fond of animals and he has
park in Labette county stocked with 16
head of deer.
Besides being a senator and stock.
raiser this same man is known as Doc
Cincinnati College of Medicine and
Surgery in 1861 and after the war, in
1867, he went to Labette county and
was a trader among the Usage Indians.
He traded for buffalo robes, buckslSin
and ponies. He was president of the
Labette City Tow company and one of
the Oldest settlers in the county
Labette county has long been repre-
sented in the Legislature by physicians.
DIR. Conner defeated Dr. George War
rem Gabriel. a Democrat. who was sem,
ator from Labette in 1901 and 1903 and
since 1877 had served in five legislatures.
Senator James L Martin. who rep
resents Woodson and Allen counties in
the senate. was in the house two years
ago. His promotion came quickly for
one term in the lower house was suffi-
cient to graduate him to the upper
house.
Senator Martin. Martin of Woodson,
to distinguish him from Martin of Bour-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
Investigation Is Stoned.

Denver, Feb. 16.-Investigation OF the
alleged bribery and intimidation in con-
nection with the eight hour bill before
the legislature has been abandoned.
The committee appointed by the house
to investigate the charges made by
Representatives J. F. Melton and c. E.
Street. Democrats, reported today that
these two members had apologized for
their remarks rejecting on their fellow
members and recommended that the in
cident be closed. The house accepted
the apologies and discharged the COM
mittee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
NOTHING MORE DANGEROUS

Than Cutting Corns- The Foot-E ase
Sanitary Corn Pad cures by Absorption.
An entirely new invention. The sani-
tary oils and vapors do the work DO
not accept any substitute. Insist
upon having The FOOt-Ease Sanitary
Corn Pad Identical in merit with Al
lens Foot-Ease (powder), but in shape
and form best adapted for the cure of
Corns. Sold by all Druggists Csc. or
by mail. Sample mailed FREE. Adj
dress, A lien S. Olmstead, LIE Roy, N. X
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
On Trial for uxorcide.

New London. Mo. Feb. 16-The
prosecution today began the introduce
ton of evidence in rebuttal in the case
of DR.. T. Jones Watson of Denver,
charged with the murder of his wife.
The defense closed its case by placing
DR.. Watson on the stand. He de-
clared the death of his wife was due
to an accident. Mrs. Watson WAS
killed while driving in a buggy with
her husband. The prosecution claim
that she was poisoned and cite the
conditions under which her body was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
Meeting Commercial Club.

All members of the Topeka Com
merical club are hereby notified that
there will be a special meeting of the
club held this Thursday evening,
February 16, at 8 o'clock p. m, at the
club rooms for the purpose of consid-
ering pending railroad legislation.
c. K. HOLIDAY. President.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16

On February 21st and March
It'll and 21st special homeseekers
tickets will be sold to Galveston. FIT
Worth, Dallas, Houston, san Antonio
and other Texas points at the extremely
low rate OF $500 for the round trip.
Points in Pecos Valley and return $40
FL Paso and return $26-50. Rate of one
fare plus $500 to points IN Oklahoma,
Indian territory. Arizona, New Mexico
Arkansas and Texas, tickets limited to
81 DAYS from date of sale and stop
overs allowed on the going trip within
Is days
For full information, literature, etc.
address It. L. King, c. p. and T. a.,
Topeka Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
TinfIgav For police Judge.

F. P. Lindsay who is a candidate
for police judge occupied that posi-
ton under the Hughes administration
and therefore has had some expert
ence in the Office for which he is a
candidate Mr.. Lindsay has a wide
acouaintance among the residents OF
the city and has been more or less in
local politics in a prominent way for
the past several years. He believes in
the rigid enforcement of the city's
ordinances
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
f. L. NIPPs FOR COUNCILMAN.
Well Known Agent of Missouri Pa
cific a Candidate.

F. Z. Nipps, candidate for council
man from the Third ward has been
the resident agent here for the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad for the past iS
years He has a multitude of friends
in the city and probably is as well
known as any of the candidates for
councilman from that ward who are
making the race this spring. Mr..
Nipps stands for the enforcement of
the ordinances on the city's books. He
resides at 1927 Harrison street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
DeadIocls Is Unbroken.

Jefferson City, Mo, Feb. 16.-The
deadlock over the selection of a United
States senator remains unbroken. The
twenty-fifth ballot resulted:
Niedringhaus, IS; Cockrell, 16;
Kereus, Il; Mckinley. 4 Reichman.
1. There were seven pairs and 81
votes were necessary to elect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16

bon, did his cam
paigning for the
senate while he sold
muslins, prints and
silks from behind
the counter of his
dry goods store at
Yates Center. But
while Senator Mar
tin is a dry goods
merchant, and has
been in a dry goods
store much of the
time since he was
10 years old, he is
nnlff.ciar En-. r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16

from Labette City.
This strange breed
of porkers instead
of having the clo-
ven hoof usual to
swine have solid
h o o f S resembling
mule feet.
In describing the
mule footed hogs
Senator G o n n e r
said: These hogs,
some so years ago,
W ere originally
brought from the
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