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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

If the backbone of the Russian war
party is not broken, at least It must
be badly bent.-Los Angeles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

The car is said to have six millions
invested in American securities. Do
you suppose he is interested in the
steel rail trust or the shipbunding
trust?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

Governor Douglas, the new Demo-
gFnfio governor Of Massachusetts, is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05
PRAISE AS IS PRAISE.
lie ON WINTER. s..

Togo deserves to be an American.-
New York Commercial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

And now the baseball rooter
Is tuning up his voice
So he can roast the umpire
In language strong and choice.
Brooklyn Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

He always kneeIed before the maid
And kissed her finger tips:
But he lost out. Another man
Came by and kissed her lips.
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

What do you mean by gong to bed
with your clothes orr
Why, I dreamed I went to a reception
the other night, and if it happens again
I want to be properly dressed-Journal
AmUsant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

Jack-Uncle John. do you believe in
dreams2
Uncle John-Why2
Il dreamed last night that you lent me
a hundred
Keep it, my boy; keep it.'-Petit Pa
risin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

What's the matter-Yvith the baby, Ka-
tie2' asked Mr.. Style as he passed the
nursery door where the hopeful was eX-
ercising his lungs.
Sure. the missus just passed by with
her new bonnet, sir, and it frightened the
little dear sir. ''-Yonkers Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

why is it, Mrs. Blinkins that you are
so reluctant to have our daughter attend
church more regularity" asked Blinkins,
with asperity.
Because, if you must know" said Mrs.
Blinkins, slowly and distinctly, the
churches are becoming dreadfully world
". Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

Jenkins-So you haven't left your pulpit
at the Center church after all? You told
me the Lord had called you to another
post.
The Rev. Mr. Wyse-I did think so, but
was mistaken. The salary was to be
less than what I now receive.-Boston
Tran ScriUt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

Shopkeeper-I beg your pardon, sir, but
one of those half dollars is counterfeit.
Customer know that; got it here last
week. Detects smile on shopkeeper's
face) 7 see you doubt my word
ShOpkeeper-Not at all, sir. was
merely thinking how remarkable 1t was
that you got this money here last week,
when I only opened today.
Customer murnurs something about
guessing he made mistake in the store,
and hurriedly hands out another half
Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

Miss Cityfit-Are boarders very thick
Town misunderstanding they are
when they git here but they're a good
deal thinner after they 'escaDe.-Chicago
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

The Rev. Mr.. Fourthly-My. dear, what
is 1t that seems to have such unpleas-
ant odor? Don t you notice it?
His Daughter-Yes. father. The cook
burned one of the chops.
/. The Rev. Mr. Fourthly-Oh, is that it I
am quite relieved. I feared it might be
tainted gas.-C1eveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

Inquirer Gust returning from abroad)-
What's all this scandal about young Bull
lion and Miss Sweetlps2
Cfoaker-Oh the old thing, you know;
first he wood and then he wouldn't then
she sued and he had to pay up, that's all.
Ally Sloper.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31
LIFE MEN OWN GUILT.
Equitable Directors Admit Some Of
ficials Violated Law by Deals.

Admitting that some of the officials
have been guilty of improper and illega!
acts, the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety has joined with the State of New
York in asking for full investigation
in court of it's directors and officers. and
their alleged encouragement OF the
money of the society.
The document containing the admission
and request was the reply filed by the
forty-nine directors of the society to the
suit brought against it by the State 1t
was filed with Attorney General Mayer.
Thirteen charges are answered by the
directors. They admit the loan of $780,
900 to the Depew Improvement Com
pany and $685., 700 to the Mercantile
Trust Company. but waive responsibility
as far as the board as a whole is con-
cerned. indicating that Messrs. Alexan-
der, Jordan and Deming had the most
definite knowledge of these transactions.
The charge that excessive salaries
were paid 10 officers of the Equitable
is not directly answered. but admission
is made that under guise of salaries ex-
ccssive fees were given to certain Ecuit-
able officials who were also directors in
other companies, In defense the answer
states that these practices were not
known to tae whole board of directors.
Outlining their belief as to the best
policy to pursue in fixing the blame for
the Equitable scandals. the directors say.
first, that the blame FOR alleged cases OF
misconduct will be found to rest on indi-
vidual officers, aof not upon the direc-
tors as a body.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31
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1t seems natural that grating should
be found in the Agricultural Department.
Japan's war account amounts to $780,
100000. That is what is worrying Rus
STA mainly.
The logical time to kill the yellow
fever mosquito is before and not after
it does its biting.
So far as reported the greatest achieve
ment of the Fiala Arctic expedition was
its timely rescue.
There is a general clamor for an all
wool-and-a-yard-wide investigation into
the cotton scandal.
The assassin who shot at Pobedonos-
teff certainly ought to have been able to
hit part of his name.
Chairman Shonts and Engineer Ste
vens have gone for a visit to the principal
summer resorts of Panama.
That Pittsburg device for making 40
pies minute may make haste to appear
in the get-rich-quick lunchroom.
Norway and Sweden know of a better
way of settling disputes than by killing
off thousands of each others citizens.
The striking New York bakers seem
to have become crusty because their en-
ployers refused them more dough"
In trying to keep out Of the frying pan
of the newspapers John ID. Rockefeller
jumped into the fire Of the magazines.
Lawson failed to make as much of a
sensation as he had expected in Kansas.
Kansans are accustomed to strong winds.
Every NOW and then a bursting bomb
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31
All Aroand the Globe.

New York police made a raid on .
den of alleged swindling wire tappees
and arrested nine.
In fit of jealousy John Jebeles ia
tally shot Miss Leila Mcbride at Annis-
ton, Ala, and then killed himself.
Wallace Moore, alias Mark McGoff-
ney, who escaped from the Jeffersonville,
Ind. reformatory several months ago,
has been captured at Akron, Ohio.
Four bricklayers employed on the new
court honee building at Greensburg, Pa,
were probably fatally injured by the scat
fold collapsing. The men fell thirty feet.
Charles H. Deere, the Moline manu-
facturer. and B. +. Peek of Chicago
had narrow escape from being carried
over dam near Moline and drowned.
Mrs. WI Ting Fang, wife OF the for
mer Chinese minister to tho United
States, has defied the time-honored ira
ditions of her native land by returning to
China with her feet enlarged" to nor
NAL size.
Owing to his inability to withstand
the high temperature of Louisville, the
Rev. ]. Fraser Cocks of Canada, ~,r the
last two years pastor of the Alliance
Presbyterian church there, has rendered
his resignation.
Gov. Higgins Of New York signed a
reuuisition for Frank f. Hodge of Buff
falo. who is wanted in Pittsburs to an
swer a charge Of felonious assault and
battszy, alleged to have been ccs,mitted
BY him in his automobile.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31
10000 KILLED IN YEAR.
Railroad Statistics Give To.al of o.,
900 Casualties in 1904.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has given out very interesting statistics
in reference to the railroads of the Unit
ed States. Here are some of the data:
The total single track railway mileage
in the United States on June 80, 1904,
was 213,9O4.34 miles, having increased
5,927.12 miles in the year ending on that
date. This increase exceeds that of any
previous year since 1890.
The number of persons on payrolls
June 80, 1904, was 1 ,296, 121, or Gil per
100 miles Of line. These figures, when
compared with corresponding ones for
the year 1908, show decrease of 16,416
in the number of employees, or % per
100 miles of line. The par value of
the amount Of railway capital outstand-
ing on June 80, 1904, was $13,213, 124,-
679, which represents a capitalization of
$64, 265 per mile for the railways in the
United States
The number of passengers reported as
carried by the railways in the year end
ing June 80, 1904, were 715, 419, $50, in
dicating an increase of 20,52S,147, as
compared with the year ending June 30,
1908.
1He SIOSS edTHinSS VI INC iah""y .
were. for the year ending June 80, 1904,
81 ,975, 174.091, being 4,321, 1S4 greater
than for the previous year. Their oper-
ating expenses were 81, 33S. 500, 253, or
$S1 ,357 401 more than in 1903.
The total number of casualties on
railways the year ending June 80, 1904.
was 94,201, of which 1O,046 represented
the number of persons killed and S4.155
the number injured. In 1904 one pas
senger was killed for every 1,622, 267 car
ried, and one injured for every 1888
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31
JAILED FOR COTTON LEAK.
Frederick A. Peckham, Arrested a

Frederick A. Peckham, Arrested at
Saratoga, Held in Default of Bail.
Success has crowned the first stage
of District Attorney Morgan II. Beach's
investigation of the scandal surrounding
the manipulation of the cotton crop es-
Inmates of the Department of Agricul-
ture. Three indictments have been re-
turned privately by the federal grand
jury in Washington.
One of the men indicted has been
arrested at Saratoga. He is Frederick
A. Peckham of New York. After hear
ing before United States Commissioner
Charles M. Dawson. Peckham was
placed in the county jail at Ballston in
default of $4,000 bail. The others IN
dicted are Edwin s. Holmes, Jr., a for
mer associate statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and Moses-Haas, a
former departmental employee, but now Of
New York.
1t is understood the indictments charge
conspiracy to defraud the government.
Mr.. Holmes was dismissed from the gov
ernIkent service in July because OF
charges made by the Southern Cotton
Association that be had juggled the cot
ton crop reports and given information
on the report to favored spectators.
Haas and Peckham were the favored
spectators, according to the statement
of another New York speculator, L. 8,
Van Ripper, who declares he had himself
received information from Holmes
through Haas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31
EARTHQUAKE AT MANY POINTS
st. Louis, Springfield and Memphis
Among Cities Shaken.

st. louis, Springfield and Memphis
Among Cities Shaken.
st. Louis and its vicinity were Wis
tied by an earthquake Monday night
shortly after IL o'clock. Three dis
tinct shocks were felt by thousands of
persons in Missouri and neighboring
States. While the tremors lasted
scarcely a minute they were distinct
enough to awake sleeping residents Of
the city, to cause dogs to bark and
children to cry out in alarm. The
shocks, from comparison of the time
they were felt in the districts visited,
seemed to travel from east to west.
There was only an infnitesimal period
between the shocks. The trembling of
the earth was accompanied by a dull
rumbling noise which sounded like the
passing of distant freight train
Springfield, ILL.,, experienced IN
earthquake shock at II ID p. M. The
disturbance lasted fully a minute. APP
parently the waves moved from west
TO east, as persons in their beds at the
time report a rocking in this direction.
Dishes were ratified in pantries and
closets, windows were shaken in their
easements and there were other evil
dences of the disturbance. One house
hold reports plates dislodged from
rack
Reports from neighboring towns In
dictate the upheaval was general
throughout the central portion of the
State. Mrs. Caldwell, wife of Con-
gresham Ben f. Caldwell, says that
at their country home near Chatham
the shock was especially severe. Sew
eral families in the village of Chatham
were aroused by the disturbance, and
some were frightened by it. The up
heaval was followed by a thunder
storm
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31
'MALADY Is CHECKED.
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION Is
WELL IN HAND.
Expert Thinks Epidemic in New Or
leans Will steadily Decrease from
Now On = City Quarantines Against
Its Own and Surrounding States.


New Orleans. believing that she has
the yellow fever situation within her
borders well in control, to protect her
self will now quarantine against the
rest of the State, where the pest cpl
demic is extending to an alarming ex-
tent.
That the fight in the city is well in
hand is shown by the statement of
DR.. John Guiteras, the yellow fever
expert, who has been watching devel-
0pments and who says: Il now believe
the Marine Hospital Service has the
New Orleans fever situation under
control. 1 believe the number of cases
will grow less each day until by the
middle of September there will only
be sporadic cases of fever in New Or
leans. 1 am convinced the spread has
been checked and that the disease
will be stamped out before frost. The
most important thing right now is for
New Orleans to protect herself against
the importation of fever cases from
the infected points in the State"
Mayor Behrman's office is over
whelmed with letters, many from
cranks, but others from well meaning
persons, who offer specifics against
yellow fever. Many of them are
germicides. The Mayors reply to
these communications is that the fever
is being fought on the principle that it
can alone be transmitted by means Of
the mosquito.
A special train carried DR.. ]. H.
White, surgeon in charge; DR.. Ed
mond Souchon, president Of the State
Board; DR.. Beverley Warner and Col
onel Charles Janvier to Baton Rouge
for a conference with Governor
Blanchard. They stopped at the pest
holes Of infection at Sarpy, Reserve
and other points up the valley road.
They will begin this fight more active
ly at once. At Baton Rouge they ar
ranged with Governor Blanchard for
a drastic campaign in the State, where
the fever has obtained a foothold on
sugar plantations. Detention camps
will be reversed. Instead of OBTAINING
people who want to get out into the
State they will prevent people from
injected points from getting back to
New Orleans.
The worst nest thus far discovered
is that at Leeville, near the mouth Of
Bayou Lafourche, where there are III
cases of yellow fever and over 200
cases of dengue fever in a settlement
of 400 people, and where num-
Der of deaths have occurred. At
one time only one doctor was on
the scene and his difficulties were
increased by the fact that the set
Element lies on two banks of a rath-
er wide stream A new center Of in
lection was reported at Terre Aux
Boeufs, in st. Bernard Parish, where
five genuine and three suspicious cases
were found.
Mississippi City. Miss. reported
three new cases. Suspicious fever has
developedtin other sections of Missis-
sippi and Governor yardaman is as
drastic in his measures to stop it as
he was to keep it out. Governor Var
daman wired the Foster Greek Lum-
Der Company at Dayton, Miss, that
unless the State health officer was al
lowed to investigate suspicious fever
in their lumber camp he would send a
detachment of State militia to Dayton
to force the investigation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31

Lightning struck a street car in New
York, causing panic in which fourteen
persons were injured.
A franchise was granted by the City
Council of Hattiesburg, Miss, for a
$125, 600 underground telephone system.
The New York joint legislative COM
mittee appointed to investigate life in
surance conditions has selected Charles
e. Hughes and James McKeen as coun-
sci. and it is likely that Joseph II.
Choate, former ambassador at the court
of st. James, will be advisory counsel
Theree negro employees of the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad at Mont
gomery, .ila.. confessed to thieyery of
freight aided by forging way-bills, which
Melted $1,000 in two years.
William Warner, United States Sem
ator from Missouri, was caught in
somnambulistic walk on Burlington
sleeper. He was standing off an appli-
cant for Office when awakened by the
porter.
The report of Commissioner Yerkes,
of the Internal Revenue Bureau, shows
the receipts from internal revenue during
the year ending July 80. 1906. amounted
to 1884, 1877 ,976, an increase, as compared
with the fiscal year 1904 Of 81, %. 195.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31
UE4z EIA[2E&{5TS
49, e
5000

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, prime heavy,
$500 to $685.; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $40; wheat, No. =, 79c to Soc;
corn, No. 2, 53c to soc: oats, standard,
25c to &c; rye, No. 2, 5Sc to Coo; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $500; prairie, 5000 to
$1,000; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
dc; eggs, fresh, 16c to 1Sc; potatoes,
per bushel, 3Sc to 44c.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 to
S5.75; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to S6.45 !;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to 5000;
wheat, No. 2, Soc to SIC: corn, No. 2
white, sac to SOC; oats, No. white,
25c to &c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $50; hogs,
$500 to $6.35; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, zoe to Sac; corn, No. 2,
sic to 53c; oats, No. 2, 24c to 26c; rye,
No. 2, 5Sc to 60c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to S5.15:
hogs, $500 to $6.40; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, SIC to Sac; corn.
No. 2 mixed, sac to soc; oats, No. 2
mixed, 24c to 25c; rye, No. 2, SIC to
SOC.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2. SIC to S3c; corn, No. 3
yellow, SIC to 5Sc; oats, No. white,
&c to Csc; rye, No. 2, 5Sc to Coo.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.05 to SLOT; corn, No. 3, 53c to soc;
oats, No. white, 26c to Csc; rye, No. 1,
59c to Gle; barley, No. 2, Acc to soc;
pork, mess, $14.50.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, SIC to
SEC; corn, No. 2 mixed, sic to SIC;
oats, No. mixed. Doc to &c; rye, No. .,
SAC to &c; clover seed, prime, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $500.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $5.65;
hogs. $500 to $6.45; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, 85c to SEC;
corn, No. 2, Coo to Gle; oats, natural.
white, soc to Bic; butter, creamery, 19c
to Bic; eggs, western, Zoe to 22c.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31
Money is seen to be in
CHICAGO.

-. Money is seen to be in
uIlIdUU. increasing request for
- commercial uses, and the
discount rate moved slightly upward.
Business conditions reflect steady ex-
pansion in new demands and the
movement of leading commodities.
railroad facilities being tested to the
full extent throughout the West.
The marketing of grain has contin-
ued on an enormous scale, the quantity
handled here aggregating 13,171,157
bushels, against 1O,455,575 bushels last
week, and S,7S3,964 bushels year
ago. Notable gains appear in the re-
ceipts of wheat and barley and also
in -four. In iron ore and forest prod
ucts the recent augmentation is main
tained, lumber received being 1905
OO0 feet, against ~, 1S7, 900 feet last
week and 4,134,OOO feet 4 year ago.
Other receipts of structural material
remain heavy. Consumption of build
ing stuff is unprecedentedly rapid and
prices have rising tendency for ur-
gent supplies. The Commercial Asso-
citation registration exceeds that of
last week, testifying to a continued
large influx of visiting buyers.
Manufacturing branches exhibit
steadiness in both production and for
ward orders, while price lists have a
firm tone. Finished steel continues in
good demand, particularly for structu-
raj purposes, ship-building and factory
use. More activity is noted in imple-
ments, hardware and machinery The
demand for lumber and mill work is
more pressing, owing to the rush of
building operations here and at other
points.
Failures in the Chicago district
number 20, against 33 last week and
% year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-31

Mary Mapes Dodge, editor Of the St.
Nicholas Magazine, well-known au-
thor, died at Tannersville. N. Y
The first filtered water entered the
mains Of Washington, D. c., the other
day from the s4.500.00O municipal fltra-
ton plant.
DR.. John f. Russell of the Post Grad
uate hospital. New York, has found
cure for consumption in the juice OF COM
mon table vegetables.
James Hazen Hyde has sold his
famous country place on Long Island,
preparatory, it is believed. to making has
permanent home in France
President Roosevelt unexpectedly Wis
tied the submarine torpedo boat Plunger
and spent fifty minutes beneath the
waves, dashed to fury by storm
In Newcastle, Pa, fire destroyed the
extensive plant of the Newcastle Forge
and Bolt Company. The loss is estimated
at 100000 Six hundred men VIII De
thrown out of employment
The estate of d. p. Morgan has been
robbed of 81, 900 through forgeries COM
mitted by clerk Of the estate at Morris
money in playing the races.
Two hundred people engaged in a fight
at Luna Park, Pittsburg, caused by
Charles Jules Miller, a negro. of the
registry department of the Chicago post
office, who entered a cafe with negro
woman.
One man was killed and FIVE persons
were injured in a trolley car collision ON
the Brooklyn bridge in New York. Two
surface cars, directly under the stone
arch on the Brooklyn side of the bridge,
met in a rear-end collision.
In resisting a highwayman in the
street in the heart of the Hyde Park
residence district of Chicago, Mrs. F. A.
Mize was shot to death. The murderer
escaped with Mrs. Mics purse, contain
ing an unknown sum of money.
Six thousand union carpenters of Bos-
ton receive an increase of wages under
the decision of Judge George L. Went
worth, to whom, as special arbitrator
the employers and unionists submitted
the question of a new working agree
ment.
Twenty persons were injured, some of
them seriously, in a collision between
two trains in one Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit terminals at Coney Island. The
wreck was caused by train entering
the terminal and striking a crowded one
about to leave for the city.