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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-11
MOORISH NKTRoN AT HONE


lent desire to establish a protectorate
over Morocco, the sultanate adjoining
Algeria on the southwest, if Germany
had not made up her mind to attach
that valuable and interesting region to
the empire. AS it is there are already
remonstrances, disputes, threats and no
end of diplomatic warfare. The kaiser
has paid visit to the country and
likes it. From the Teutonic standpoint
that is much. Meanwhile the German
influence in north Africa is tremend-
Gus.
Morocco is worthy the attention of
any nation desiring to add the element
of picturesqueness to its territory. It
is a land in which progress is unknown.
Progress is a word for which the Moor
ish dialects have no synonym. It is
not a desert, although it adjoins the
Sahara. 1t really contains much soil
of almost incredible fertility. 1t is
land. also, in which neither science nor
capital has ever come to the aid of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-11
FOurteen-year-old Lad. Worth $3O.OOO,OOO.
Who Will Try to Discover the
Elusive North Pole

small lad with shining eyes and a seri-
GUS look on his round face has already
announced his unalterable intention of
finding the north pole
Nor does this appear to be a sudden
whimsicality born of the excitement of
the moment or of the inexperience of
his years. The boys positiveness is
clearly the outcome of education, the
result of an unceasing drill in which
the glory of one possible scientific
achievement has been sung most eff
fectively. The lad is dominated by the
same desire that made his adopted
father the most generous patron of
arctic exploration the world has ever
known. The story of the project has
been pictured to the boy ever since he
was large enough to comprehend it.
For years it has been the one great
topic discussed in the Ziegler house
hold, and it is a fact that in the latter
part of his life the late Mr.. Ziegler had
small interest in any other. Thus it is
that now, lying on his couch and gaz-
ing out upon the ocean, the boy en-
thusiast spends his wearisome days of
waiting in watching the outsailing
ships and dreaming of the day when
he, too, may point his PROV north
ward.
Behind all this there is much that is
romantic and even pathetic. The
youthful heir to SO many millions was
born William Brandt, his father be-
ing William ZiegIer's half brother.
While Willie was still a baby it be-
| came necessary for relatives to under
take the support of some of the Brandt
children and Mr.. Ziegler proposed to
the Brandts that Willie should be given
to him for adoption. The Zieglers
were childless and wealthy. The baby
mother died about that time, and the
! father consented to the transfer of the
( little one to his more fortunate brother S
household.
From the moment of his entrance in
to his uncle's comfortable home the
boy was winner. He stilled the long
ing in their yearning hearts and in
| spired fresh interest in the lives of the
lonely couple. With that inexplicable
facility of adaptation. which is at once
so human and so touching this worthy
man and woman lavished upon the
child of their adoption all the wealth OF
their hearts full treasury. He ac-
copied their devotion unquestioningiy
and returned it in kind. Long before
he had outgrown the prattle of baby
hood he was as much a part and par
eel of the Ziegler home life as if he
were not a transplanted feature of it.
Until the elder Ziegler died, last May
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grants came from France and the CO.
lonial government began to show signs
of expansion. The troubles incident to
the Franco-Pruss war checked all
enterprise in this direction for awhile,
but as they began to recover from the
blow the French manifested a DISPOSE
ton to reach out and help themselves.
Affairs in Tunis, on the east of Algeria,
were a good deal mixed, as is not I'M
usual in an oriental state, and the
French government, backed by its
army in Algeria, assumed a protector
ate. European governments looked on
with varying emotions England was
in the habit of doing such things her
self, and she could not object con-
sistently. Russia was trying to gather
sufficient courage to attempt the same
trick in Asia, and Italy had begun to
do things in Madagascar. 1t was Ger
many alone that recorded a mighty
protest.
From that time to this the game has
been going on without much intermis-
sion. Germany has never shown any
inclination to permit the French to ac-
quire the whole of Barbary, as they
expect ultimately to do. There would
probably be no bar to Frances benevo-
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Gus and rather polished zealot who
figures so tremendously in the pages
of the Conquest of Granada" although
he is his lineal descendant. He has
long ago put off his bellicose nature
and has clothed himself in the gar
ments of the most unmistakable peace.
Almost every woman in Morocco knows
how to spin, and it is not easy to find
man who does not know how to
weave. Even though they are shep-
herds. they are weavers still.
Everything that is produced natural
ly in Morocco is of the very finest
quality In that fact lies the very ex-
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EI a'isIs,I'1',sfI OR many years the
Es@V779zzSl::: name of William Zieg-
g: .I::aA Ter has been a power
Ess - .::::::. in the American fin
e; .:::E::: anciaI world. Today
- 8 .:.::..:. its perpetuation and
EillllilII Hmlil its financial import
S---4AAa-S are centered in the
rather diminutive per-
sonaIfty of boy of fourteen, the
nenhew. adopted son and heir of the
man who made the name what 1T Is
The William Ziegler that was rose out
of the mist of obscurity to both fame
and fortune; what the William Ziegler
that is will do remains to be seen.
He is a manly little fellow, small for
his years, but endowed with an intel
lectual capacity which argues well for
his future To many boys of his ten
der age the sudden coming of an in
heritance of S30,000,0O0 would be a
fearful test. 1t cannot fail to be all of
that for young William Ziegler, boy
owner of the great wealth accumulated
nv the uncle for whom he was named,
known in commercial parlance as the
baking powder king" and in the scien-
tific world as "a searcher for the pole. -
Although somewhat understood, the
boy is sturdy and of a robust physique.
That he is of vigorous constitution has
been shown beyond cavil by his heroic
endurance of the consequences of a
serious accident which happened to
him during the Easter holidays. If he
had been anything less than a normal
rollicking, fun loving boy he would
have escaped this injury brought about
by the activity incident to a rough and
tumble pillow fight with some of his
schoolmates who were his guests for
the holidays. His condition has only
recently become free from uncertain
ty No less than three decidedly grave
surgical operations were found neces-
sary, and the lad is still interned al
the Ziegler summer home at Noroton
on Long Island sound. He is pro-
crossing so favorably, however, that ii
is becoming evident to his careful guar
dams that he is going to make a per
feet recovery.
Unusual as it certainly is, young Will
liam Ziegler seems to appreciate his
decidedly unique position. He appear:
to have obtained in some way a per-
fectIy definite understanding of the re-
sponsibilities which are incident t.
great wealth. Most remarkable of all
he has arrived at a stubborn determi-
nation to accomplish the purpose which
was so markedly the premier hobby o
the elder ziegler's later years-thi'
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the printers trade. But he was from
the first dominated by the determine
ton to win a fortune, and he saw little
opportunity to succeed in his chosen
calling, so he abandoned it and en-
gagged in several ventures, none of
which proved to be profitable. Finally
he became a druggist and soon devel
oped a remarkable fondnesS for chem
ical experimentation. He was especial
ly interested in the composition of soda
compounds and their allied salts. In
1863 Mr.. Ziegler removed to New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-11

ing manufactured and sold in a small
way in Chicago. He had little money,
but his energy was something phe-
nomenai. Having satisfied himself that
the Windy City commodity was des-
tined to supply him with the means for
further expansion, he proceeded to &C
quire control of it. He travelled all
over the United States with a propa-
ganda so effective that he revolution
lied the long accepted process of bak-
ing and laid the foundation of the great
fortune which came to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-11
WILLIE zIEGLER.

the fortunate youngster had never re-
ceived the slightest intination that the
man who had responded so nobly to
all his needs was not his father. For
some time afterward he was permitted
to remain in ignorance of the true re-
lationship. On account of his tempo
rarily feeble condition it was thought
advisable to defer the confession. When
he was told he was neither startled nor
aggrieved. When he became conscious
of the fact that his own father was
alive and that his putative cousins
were transformed into brothers and
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country and It's lnnaDitantS DecOlASS u
especial interest This is accentuated
by the fact that the moment seems to
have arrived suddenly, and almost
with an international shock, when the
various powers are called upon to ex-
press once for all their ultimate inten-
ton in regard to the conduct of France
and Germany over the ancient country
of the Carthaginians.
For many years it has been no secret
other than a diplomatic and farcical
one that France has been engaged in a
feverish attempt to absorb as much as
possible of the territory known col
Iectively as Barbary. The French
were first to enter the lists and sue
ceeded in obtaining a firm foothold be-
fore the Germans awoxe to the merits
of the situation. The presence of
France in north Africa is the result of
an accident. In the sixteenth century
Algeria claimed to be a model eastern
empire but it's government was a
shameless absolutism, and its people
were pirates of an exceedingly degen-
crate brand. The country was so out
side the pale of civilization that it was
esteemed singularly virtuous act for
a Christian nation to send punitive
expedition now and then.
The AIgerines did not grow better
with age. In 1915 the United States
chastised them and year later a COM
bined Dutch and English feet lombard
ed the city of Algiers and put an end
to Christian slavery. In 1880 French
consul, who had been refreshing him
self rather too generously in the ba-
zaars, entered a mosque without re-
moving his top boots, mistaking the
sacred edffice for an inn. This ap-
parent sacrilege so Infatuated the
Moors that they put him to death.
France acted with great promptness
and sent an army to subdue the in
solent Moslens. The indignant French
men were not sent to demand an
apology and financial reparation. Their
orders were to conquer the country.
They found this not an easy thing to
do. 1t was accomplished only after
many years of bloody war. 1t was not
until 1847 that they succeeded in cap
turing the agile Abdel Kader, who
seems to have been very tough propo-
sition. Then they appointed military
governor and proceeded to rule the
country. They had plenty of discour-
agement. and it was several years be-
fore they could venture to replace the
military governor with a civil one
Finally, however. they did it and AL
geria has ever since remained a French
province.
IN the course of time many imn11-
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sisters it did not for a moment dimin-
ish the strength of the loving memory
in which he had enshrined the man
who had been so much to him. All that
he could be induced to say about the
matter was: He was my father.
shall never have any other, and I shall
do exactly as he wished
William Ziegler, the baking powder
king and pole searcher,'' made for him
self one of the most interesting careers
ever planned and carried out by an
American citizen. He was native Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-11
SENTRY GUARDS IDOL.

In Pegu may be seen an English SEN
try keeping guard over a Burmese idol.
The Burmese believe the idol is asleep
and that when he awazes the end of
the world will come. The sentry is
there to prevent any one from entering
the pagoda which is his place of repose
and awakening him. His SUMMERS
have lasted 5000 years.
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of that fact it is sad to confess that
there is so little raised that wheat flour
is rarely seen. Corn grows luxuriantly
and yields with generosity that would
inspire the envy of a Kansas farmer.
But he need not distress himself over
possible competition; there is very lit
tie raised. Barley grows almost with
out cultivation, but the Moor has never
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JApANEsE cons

1t is said that there are no fewer than
100000 gods worshiped by the Japa-
nese. Praying is made very easy. In
the streets are tall posts with prayers
printed on them and with small wheel
attached. Any one can give the wheel a
turn, and that counts as a prayer The
people in the second largest CT the $3.50
islands of which the empire is composed
worship the bear and reverence the sun,
moon, fire, wind and water.
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also is a vegetarian pure and simple.
All the fruits which have done so
much to enhance the reputation of the
Riviera come to their most satisfactory
perfection in Morocco, but there Is
actually a dearth. The vine is culti-
waited sparingly for the sake of the
fresh grapes and raisins, but no at
tempt is made to extend the culture
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Figs mature more evenly than at
Smyrna, but a fig tree is rarity. The
rural population is absolutely without
fruit of any kind
The modern Moor does not live up to
his ancient reputation for ferocity. He
is not at all suggestive of the impetu-
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heard of malt. He feeds on durrah, a
sort of millet. and he eats little else.
Sometimes he varies the monotony
with a few beans or little canary
seed, but he rarely touches flesh. Al
though his ancestors were pirates, the
Moor now leads pastoral life. and he
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husbandman. Agriculture is probably
at a lower ebb than it was in the days
when the envious sons of the Biblical
patriarch carried their empty sacks in
to fruitful Egypt.
There is no better wheat in the world
than that raised in Morocco. In view
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THE LATE WILLIAM z1EGLER

, city and became a dealer in bakers and
confectioners' supplies
It was while he was in this business
that he made up his mind to exploit
kind of baking powder which was be-
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Many rival enterprises of a similar
character competed with him from
time to time. but he found means to
outstrip all of them. Many tof them
he bought outright. in time uniting the
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Beaver, Pa. and with his parents re-
moved to the neighborhood of Musca-
tine. Ia. when he was young boy.
Like so many others who have become
representative Americans, he learned
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PROPOS of the recent
sharp interchange Of
diplomatic views be-
tween France and
Germany concerning
the future of Morocco
and the Moors all that
relates directly to
that north African
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-28
CAUSED By COLLAPSE
Floor Of an Old Church Gives Way
With Fatal Results.
ELEVEN ARE KILLED
fnnera! Services We're About to De
Held. and ReSidcs the Dead Ne.
gsoes Fnlly Fifty aore
We're Injured.

New yo-l1 Feb 2S.-Tia.ven ne
groes were k,lled ami upwards Of fifty
injured, some fatally. by the collapse
Of the flooring Of the Fleet Street Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal church IN
Brooklyn Monday night OF those kill
d eight were women. two men and one
a child. The building WIS an ancient
ramshackle frame structure. erected
sixty years ago. I'm the heart of the col
ored section Of Brooklyn in Fleet street.
near Myrtle avenue. Arrangements had
been made to hold funeral services Of
one of the older members of the church.
and the auditorium. which is Oh the
second floor Of the building, was crow j.
ed with an audience Of upwards of 300
persons
The congregation was waiting in
silence for the arrival OF the body when
a spliutering Of tImbers was heard, and
In an instant the half Of the auditorium
nearest the door collapsed. carrying
down more than a loo persons, VINO
were crushed in the wreckage q the
flooring and pews The remainder Of
the congregation. finding themselves
cut off from the door and expecting
every instant that the remainder Of the
flooring would collapse, fought madly
TO reach the windows. aad in some in
stances leapei from them and sus-
tanned serious injuries.
The cause OF the collapse was the in-
cayed condition Of the beams and sup
ports q the floor
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-28
ELLIS COUNTY FAIR.
Arrangements Being Made for IL To
BE Held at Ennis.

The work Of preparation for the
Ellis County Agricultural Fair and
Live Stock Association rs moving
along nicely This institution gives
splendid promise OF being the great
est Industrial move ever recorded TO
the credit nf Ellis county The men
an charge of th- work are pr8o-
cal business men and backed hy ex.
perience as promoters.
The Fair will bee held on septem
her ~. gH. 81. ~ and -. This will
give tTe Iass .aeted full Of fun.
excitement aud general interest and
sill he r-sI Iefee da, for EIus
county There ~tI br amusement
provided Cos everybody The speed
way a.lE be- special attraction aud
thc agricultural horticultural. live.
Aiuck arr aua ufhe~ exhibits will he
ouotuuaH uunt uf intefrw
Boott8 viii he erected tar yarlaa.
dispiat and .hs Hues pens alH 1fau
ths attention ne rataefa af uue aul
mall poultry esq
THE aEFienltsfat department wu
nhow what ths aoii ot EiHs count,
pF~dutsa and flumsnas uf fRogls
from aIsisuf qlAees are srs Ego maks
az thsif Maids fbea aud there o..
cas- their loss rn sb3s fsF0rns land
Buyera and asltea af rpeE af al
aiusis Ulll bH ksFe
aru sfs slFssaF 81 eors uclIdiul
soashs sshthlisaa han ana sfnn5
stand amd i-raa'lfFInH zee ni.
Erumnaa @safa ~ tbe gT Then.
wtll t.e Rgsmfv ~ &sfef and shaa.
aad 4 wti - assishsfal RELIEF
from hamdrsim 10 GO oar and aee 20,
FAIR Tor ! ahe@* sewk EGa8a Ness
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FATAL FIGHT.
Two Brothers Killed and Negro Was
Also Wonnded.

Also WcnadeG.
yazoo city, Miss. Feb, 2s.-A Gifl-
Guilty occurring between Ed Stevens, a
prominent planter living near this city,
and four negroes, le7 to the killing u
stevens and his brother, W. III, Stew
ems, and the woLnding Of n~gro nam
ed Wilder. one Of the slayers Of the
Stevens brothers The negroes escap-
ed. A sheriff and posse are row scour-
ing the country for the quartette Of
blacks
Details regarding the killing q the
Stevens brothers. which occurred on a
plantation two miles from this city, are
neager Ed Stevens. IL is said. hal
g rssa 70 che cabin 81 Wilder, near the
formers home. and had hecoHs en-
gagged in a quarrel with him. Wilder )
wife and two other negroes. W. I'll,
Stevens running up TO the cabin. tried
10 quiet the disturbance. Later the
quarrel was renewed ard he FASTENED
back to the sLeFa when he saw Wild
er's wife rush anon his brother. w
NJ Stevens ra ise shotgun and firsd at
the woman. Wilder and mis- companions
promptly drew pistols and fired on the
Stevens brothers, killing both.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-28
NOT \ PATENT MEDICINE.
Hyomei, the Guaranteed Catarrh
Cure, Prescribed by Physicians.

No one should Confound Hyompi
with the patent medicines that are
advertised 90 cure catarrh n Is as
far superior 10 them all as the dia
mond is more valuable than cheap
glass. Their composition Is secret.
hut lyOmei gives it's formula 10 all
reputable physicians
its base is abe valuable eucalyptus
OH. famous for its 1utisgptie quail
Ties. This is combined sith aromatic
and healing gums and hatsams. max
lDs 81 pare liquid. which. when used
n 'hr uyumei pocket Inhaler. uIls
rhe lir YOU breathe with ncrm-ktH-
ns iLEfaan-siea5ruTlns and haaling
powers chat hlIis a}5 catarrhal eprma
there may be- iu the throat. nose
and lungs
Hov foolish e. f. 10 tFy 10 rufc
-afarfh tF ssatlaWlHe tshlefa or
uIuidR Tire uun natural sal ta
.nre this disease aud 8li uthgF Ah.
raaes uf the usfataFe Organs .s to
breathe Hfomel
Fhts treatment has been So sIt.
,HfuA eBFin& 80 mgF Ceut ~ Hi
eH u have uaea H. Thar HF0msi
uuw eu.A ay Ho8d i Martin um1si
an aaHuiate guarantee fa fvfaaH ths
nauHt IL f 1aes muf eus~ Nuu tmt
90 Visa @h#fsseF ia haytnE il} afnel
f go 4Q~s sut pssse#aa HuHsa "a go@wff
tn GORE Be- e0aiA nof - aold Jpss#
iris Flan
Tbs complete fisn&nsl suftif gsstl
alae aaa u4fnHFisss a. iuhAieT.
1ottie - Asognvl ama dfurnef
n ~ lnnaleF sall .zsg 3 Lifetime sua
ssldiiiunal lsssfl@s e gItas4ssl can -
obtained saf ta esutk.
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CROSSED Sr4AkfE.
Advance Of the Japanese. However, IL
Checked By Russians.

ST. Petersburg. F'eh, = Accord
ing to the Associated Press dispatches
from Mukden the Japanesas Sunday
evening crossed the Sbakhe river. bgf
the place 81 cvassias was eliminates
by the censor. The advance was
checked by Russian retnfarceneuts
This is ih@ most Important news "a
the scere ~ war Fighting is contln-
uinE on the Russian left flank with in-
dicatious that tha Japanese are f3aE-
ming a demonstration against the cen-
ter, bat TIE Russians have their posi-
lions iutprt euab8e
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Youth Only Excuse.

ST. IetcrHhuEg Feb 2s-Y Yielding
To the demard of the Tinted states.
Russia has not only ordered he Of
ficers ~ the cruiser Lena who vta-
l9tea their parole 70 return 10 san
Francisco. bat has reduced them ore
grade ~ uBuisamenf. T7he only ex-
oass crefes wgs their Youth
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wass=suxsam Feh sx-Taz@ senats
connsFwsA tss~fA ~ EEaa~y - AF~
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-28
WORK or THE SOLONS
Cemmiiiees Deyeiias nseh Time to Con-
Siderins Consolidation Bills.

Austin, Tex. Feb. 2s.-The ques-
tlon of raising the revenue for the
support of the state and TO pay the
present deficit is far from being set
tied, although the Williams bill has
been passed up to the senate by the
house, and no doubt other bills will
be there before this is printed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-28

Senator Davidson has formulated
a table showing the average number
of students, patients, etc, In the
asylums, university and Agricultural
and Mechanical college to each teach
er or other employe There is one
employe in the university to every
ten students. The asylums require
one employee TO about five or six
patients.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-28

fhe Ladies FafRlshina ssseletv
@isi Hoga = aussnems session a thw
nngl~ ~ NJ BETTE faanKhun Thara-
aaS afternoon = o'rioek- ~
uatf7A@wFM are gmzaamsass Ia attend
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