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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
COST OF LIVING.
Mr.. johnson Says Wages Have
Kept Pace With Increase.
Shows That Ratio OfIncrease Is
Larger.
PRICES IN TOPEKA.
Show Larger Decreases Than
Other Cities In Kansas.
Attention Is Called to High Cost
Of Cereals.
PRICES IN TOPEKA

Labor Commissioner W. L A. John
son this morning gave out the results
of his exhaustive Investigations to de-
ternine whether the increase of wages
has been proportional to the increase
in the cost Of living expenses in the
state of Kansas during the years 1900
to 1904 inclusive.
According to the volurfnous tables
which MI johnson has prepared, the
Increase in the cost of commodities
coming under the general head OF gro
eeries has been 1885 per cent, while in
the same time wages have increased
1893 per cent, thus Indicating that
wages have Increased more rapidly than
the cost Of living.
Commissioner Johnson goes on to ex-
plain, however, that such q. conclusion
IS not entirely warranted, because of the
necessarily incomplete nature of the sta
tistics. He points out that on certain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
= CIerI.shin for Bigelow.

Leavenworth. Kan, june To-
Warden r. w. McClaughry of the
United States penitentiary has about
concluded to appoint Frank G. Bige-
low, the ex-banker of Milwaukee.
clerk in the record department of the
new prison. Bigelow has expressed
desire to go to work at once. and if
the prison physician decides that his
condition is satisfactory he viii be
transferred to the new penitentiary
Saturday, There are 800 prisoners in
the new penitentiary and ESQ IN the
old. Bigelow viii aid in keeping the
individual records. He viii be under
M. W. BTcCIaughry, a Bertillon expert.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
IS GOOD FOR OTTAWA.
City VIII Receive 10 Per Cent. Of
Gross Gas Plant Proceeds.

Ottawa, Kas., June ia contract
was approved by the city council last
night by which capitalists from Mer-
Ger, Pa, will construct a pipe line
from the Rantoul gas fields to Ottawa.
The work is to be done by the middle
of July. The local artificial gas COM
pany will distribute the gas at %. cents
a thousand. The city is to receive 10
per cent. of the gross proceeds an
nually and secure the plant when the
net profits have reached $4,000. The
Kansas Natural Gas company, whose
pipes come within a mile of town,
will be shut out of the field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
Excursion to Atlantic Coast.

Why not spend the summer down
east-at the seashore? Breathe the
health-gfving air. battle in old ocean,
and at night be Iulled to sleep by the
music of the restless. seething surf as
it dashes on the beach. You'll find
these and other attractions at Asbury
Park New York city is distant only
a couple of hours ride. Santa Fe is
the block signal line.
only $685. if you buy tickets June
% to July 1.
For full particulars apply to
T L. KING, Agent.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fs
Railway, Topeka, Kansas.
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commodities which comprise the larger
portion Of the necessaries of life, the
average per cent Of increase has been
more than 1886 per cent, while the
wages of the vacations which Mr.. John
son has selected have increased more
than the average because these voea-
! tons are the ones which are well or
gained and which have been able to
command the maximum of increase. The
report says:
No Increase for Clerks.
CLERKS are a numerous body Of wage
earners and theirs is the only vocation
in which there was no increase, but al
| though the BARRIERS increase was only
2.5 cents per hour in the percentage col
umn it adds a gain Of So per cent, and
the 2.8 cents per hour gain for the labor
ers was 1856 per cent, which increased
the general average proportionaily.
Thus it will be seen that perhaps one
Of the main reasons why the age rate
shows an apparent larger increase and
out Of proportion to the increase in the
retail prices is that the investigation
while covering 20 vacations and of ap-
I parently of a. representative character,
these 20 vocations are among the most
prominent and skiliful in the state and
it therefore goes without saying that
as a whole trade they are most thor
| oughIy organized and have brought the
greatest concentration to bear upon the
wage question thereby increasing their
wage rate somewhat higher than the
voluntary or eQualizing process usually
prevailing in the wholly unorganized
trades or vocations
High Prices of Cereals.
one of the important features of the
report is the high cost Of cereals, and
Mr.. johnson intimates strongly that
some sort of a trust or combine is re-
sponsible. After pointing out that the
general run of commodities show a
slight decrease in price during 1904 COM
pared to 1903, Mr.. Johnson says:
Notice that in group A we again ind
the peculiar mysterious influences that
marked commerce and trade in the fact
that the range of increases steadily
advanced in 1901 to- 1904 including
some great and powerful influence in
holding prices of cereal commodities up
to a high standard while other groups
of commodities dropped after reaching
1903 There is also a decline in the
general net averages from 1874 per cent
in 1903 to 1886 per cent in 1904"
The price Of meat, according to the
tables, was only 1854 per cent higher
in 1904 than it was in 1900.
The average increase in general com
modities was HOS per cent in 1904 over
1908.
Figures for Topeka
IN order to get the increase in the
cost of commodities. Commissioner
Johnson selected 70 different articles of
common use. and then applied to Is
merchants in each of the following
towns for their prices on these articles
during the years 1900 to 1904: Kansas
City LeaVenWorth. Topeka, Wichita
Pittsburs and SaIina. The following is
The summary oG the table which Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16

er persons suspected of completely
have been cleared, one by one, till the
woman only faces the charge of first
degree murder. A great number Of
witnesses were on the stand and new
evidence brought to bear against the
alleged murd eress. Porter, a Pitts
burg boy, was supposedly stabbed by
Mrs. Akers, while being robbed during
the night of May %. Porter had been
married a short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
concerning Topeka

Johnson compiled concerning Topeka
prices:
1T will be seen that for the year 1901
as compared with 1900 the prices of 25
articles increased between las per cent
and SO per cent and the prices of II ar
ttcles decreased, ranging between PA
per cent and 24.2 per cent; while for
the year 1902 as compared with 1901 the
prices of 20 articles advanced between
1.03 per cent and 41.84 per cent, while %
articles decreased between 3.S4 per cent
and 45.78 per cent.
Tn 1903 as compared with 1902 thirty
six articles increased in value between
2.22 per cent and 81. per cent while nine
articles decreased between 1.78 per cent
and 1906 per cent.
During 1904 as compared with 1903
the prices of 80 articles increased be-
tween 2.70 per cent and so per cent
while 81 articles decreased in price be-
tween 160 per cent and 49, IS per cent.
During 1904 as compared with 1900
for the five year period thirty-nine ar
ticles increased in price, ranging from
2.41 per cent to so per cent and with
twenty eight articles decreasing, rang
ing from Isl per cent to 41.60 per cent.
Topeka is the only city that shows any
considerable decrease in 1901 and 1902
and the aggregate number Of decreases
for the whole period is greater than
that Of any other city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16

Erie, Kan, June 16.-Afters two
DAYS trial here in the district court of
Florence Akers, charged with the muir
der of Herber Porter in Chanute. the
jury took the case late last night The
murder trial has attracted great in
terest on account Of the peculiar
viciousness of the murder. Three 9TH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16

judges stand. and her victory was ex-
tremely popular.
Only once before has the Suburban
been won by a mare. That was in
1899, when the great Imp occupied
the place given to Beldame.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
Niagara Falls and Return $500
Santa En

Meeting Mystic Shrine. Tickets on
sale June 18th. 18th, 18th; return limit
June 25th but can be extended to leave
Niagara Falls as late as July 14th- Fer
full particulars address
T. L. KING, c. P. & Z. A.,
Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16

The expense OF the city was S215,-
600, leaving the city s4S.S35 behind.
There is $4,000 in outstanding judg-
ments against the city and sidewalk
bonds and paving taxes which has
been unpaid for years. Mr.. McAnany
said the city should have at least
$3.50, 900 this year. He asked an as
sessment and raise in valuation that
would give the city s35s,150.
The commissioners said that the
board would not increase the tax
burden and that the city officials
would have to solve the problem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
The Business Mans New York Train.

The Business Mans New York Train.
1.-THE Pennsylvania SpeciaI'' Eigh-
teen Hour Chicago-New York Train,
which began running on Sunday, June
II, will be emphatically the business
mans train. Full business day N Chi
cago before starting at 2;45 p. M
arriving in New York at 9:45 next
morning, after a Ia carte breakfast in
dining car. Full business day in New
York, starting on return trip at 1855 p.
m. on the Pennsylvania Special. reach
ing Chicago the next morning at S:55.
So can the New Yorker have a
business day in Chicago and return to
New York the same evening. By the
Pennsylvania Special he leaves New
York at 1855 p. m, arrives Chicago
1888 next morning. Leaves Chicago
same day at 2:45 p. m. and reach es
New York next morning at 9:45
o'clock.
For full information address Thos.
H. Thorp. T. P. A. rs U. S. Bank
Bldg, Omaha Neb-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16
CITY away BEHIND.
Kansas City, Kan, Finances Are in a
DepIorabIe Shape.

Kansas City, Kan. June 16.-Mayor
w w. Rose and E. S. McAnany. city
counselor, appeared before the Wyan-
dotte county commissioners, sitting as
a board of equalization, and asked
that a raise in the valuations of prop
erty liable to taxation be made. Ac-
cording to their figures the city is run
ming behind from 100000 to $50, 900 a
year and is now $3,o48,s77 in debt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-16

Painful cracking. chapping. tender skin
healed healthy by Satin skin cream. 25c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15

,h like bear as to brighten anybody.
de, -. Esther Revell,
It School, 1906 Sheridan Avenue s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15

that the author of the slangy
paper is not a real nice little boy
or girl. Such expressions as, III
tell you,' "You would better
believe" "You can bet," etc,
ETC., do not add to the strength Of
a narrative. They are utterly
useless; there is nothing so ef-
fective as a direct Statements in
plain, vigorous English. If
Juniors feel that they simply
must use some additional form Of
emphasis to make a sentence or
situation stronger, or somebody
in their immediate neighborhood
will be in danger, then certain
phrases are permissible: 81 as
sure you that so-and-so hap
pened;" cit is certain,' ETC.,
together with other phrases
which Juniors may come across
in their. reading. : Contractions,
such as couldn't, can It, won't
and I'll, while not being exactly
wrong, are not considered good
or so forceful as the words writ
ten in full.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15
KITTY TRULY UP A TREE
So Far So Good but the Trouble Was That There Was
No Way Of Getting Down.
(Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize.

:
(Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize.)
7 was too bad that such pretty kitty should be for
L saken by the people who lived next door. Yet it
was true. When they moved out to the lake for the
summer seemed to think Of the kitty who in the
past had guarded the winter home from destructive little
mice Tabby had, long before this event, made fast
of several of the neighbours and when in dis
tress did not want for place to sleep and something
loss and frequently took long rambles around the neigh
borhood apparently in endeavor to find her parents
One day as Miss Kitty was returning thru an alley
along side of the fiat in which lived, vicious
dog sped her and in the twnkng Of eye gave chase
of climb for the kitty be killed by the
dog. Nothing being better than telephone
POLE Miss Kitty Cat with agility than grace rap
idly climbed to place Of safety After several min
nes Of barking the dog evidently to the conclu
that his prey had escaped and vanished around
the Once up the pole the cat found that she
really and truly was up tree;0 she was afraid to
down Severed Of the ladies living tho block tried
to coax hef down. but all That kitty would do cry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15
TIME TO VANISH.
(High School Credit. }

- = - (High School Credit.) ~.
A LOAD Of wood had been dumped in tho yard, and
r took off my apron laid aside my daughterly
responsibility to become the Of the household. But
altho liked that office preferred company; and 50,
beaming benigny the small boy found in the yard,
I asked him if he wanted to play a game. Now it
CHANGED that said small boy mbued with a most
fitting sense of my ingenuity and acquiesced joy
fully
showed him the woodple and told him that it repre-
scented shipwreck and that the ifesavng
whose duty to the victims from the storm
As it was showing, tho game quite realistic. We
struggled boldly up tho slippery incline and slid gay
down with baskets Of slabs;-nay pardon me- the suf
ferers,- caring little for tho bumps and shocks
eeived After several boatloads" Of victims had been
for Identification. There very many dead, in
fact all the Slabs that the small boy queried after
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15


geons or towers where beautiful
princesses were imprisoned and
releaced by princes charming;
and the strongholds Of fighting
barons. Gabaren was also a hol-
low sphere, a curious inside world
Of storybook people, and king
dom in cloudland. It was the name
of savage race, of spirited
young colt, of a soaking, an In
dian chief, an enchanted isle, q
dishwashing machine, an ugly sea
monster, a good knight, an indo-
lent fellow in quest Of Lazyland,
and an uncommon man who used
his brain" Those were strenu-
GUS times, in the days of Gaba-
ron.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15
THE WEEKS ROLL or HONOR
(See Editorial "Original.")
MINNEAPOLIS PRIZE WINNER


4 MINNEAPOLIS PRIZE WINNERS.
Esther Reve Seventh Grade Lake Harriet School, 1905
Sheridan Avenue s.
Ruth Rohr, A Fifth Grade School,
Avenue s. s - s.
~. HONORABLE MENTION. Ill.
Katherine Fede, Eighth School, 1923 Co
lumbus Avenue.
Wellington Haldeman Seventh Grade, Mann
1900 Columbus Avenue. 81
Alice Gunderson Grade, Madison School,
Eighteenth Street.
sixth Grade Nineteenth
Avenue s.
MacC1atchie Grade School,
Emerson Avenue s.
Anna Griggs sixth Grade Sheridan School szs Main
Street NE
NORTHWESTERN PRIZE WINNERS
Alberta Dawson, Eighth Grade Hawley. MINI.
Dora Mcbride, Sixth Grade, Cavalier. N. D.
HONORABLE MENTION.
Beatrice Lane, Seventh Grade, Chatneld
Eighth Grade Barnesvile Mimi
Sixth Grade, Dasse MINI.
Sixth Grade Cleopatra School, Osakis
HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT.
Len1rt, Eleventh Grade, North High School,
Washington Avenue N.
Clarence Shannon, Ninth Grade Grand Rapids, MINI
Agnes Peterson, Ninth Grade Dasse, Mimi
Edith Lindberg, Ninth Grade, Cokato Mimi
Helen Rushfeldt, Ninth Grade, Hawley, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15
A REALISTIC BEAR.
The Littlest Cousin Made Prepa-
rations to Cry,
(Prize.)

\HrlZe.)
ttAH, Esther, won't. you play
" bear with Raymond and
metz said my little cousin one
beautiful. afternoon. Of course
I was reading a very Interesting
book; but I had been told that 1
must always play what my com
pany wanted to, no matter if it
was babyish. I went crawling
around on the floor, having a
very pleasant ~ time, till 7
was tired and let Raymond be
rbear.'' But he would not play
very long SO I had to begin my
Journey over the carpet again. I
looked up presently and saw my
littlest cousin with his hands
over his eyes, trembling and
ready to cry. I became a girl
again and rescued him from the
"naughty bear" as he called
me. I did not know before that
1 looked so much like a bear q
B Seventh Grade, -.'. ..
Lake Harriet School. 400
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15
REAL LIVE HEROES
Minneapolis Juniors Tel Thrilling Tales OF People
! and Treasures Rescued from Something OF
/! Somewhere .-~'' -.t'
3oPIC-"FHE RESCUE"

OCCASIONALLY it seems necessary 70 admin
lister gentle reproof to Junior writer's for
being out Of style; no, not style Of Easter
bonnets OF gay neckties, but style Of writ
ing. As rule, the individual style Of writ
ing, ones very own way Of expressing his
very own thoughts, is something that de-
velops with age and experiences; and some
times it is even necessary for people to
study the style Of gifted writer's and work
hard to gain for themselves a ready and Wig
orous way Of putting their thoughts into
words But this particular preachment does
not concern individuality in writing SO much
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15

Al 1st kind thought to lady and she went to
her fat and tephoned to tho humane society
. man 80 the rescuaI -, -Ruth Rohr,
Fifth Grade, 1929 Fourth Avenue g.
Garfield School. .:-....> i - = ;-z::~ ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15
LEARNING IN BITES
Bug Edible Lessons Leave No
Room for Pie.

Bug Edible Lessons Leave No
Room for Pie.
(Prize.)
N0H, I. AM so tiredl It is
= " read, write, CIPHER and
spell all the time. If there were
only an easier way of getting an
education how happy I should
he.'
Suddenly a fairy appeared by
my side. "I will take you to
the land ruled by King Gabaron,
and show you how people get an
education there, if you desire it. -
ooh, yes, I am ready for any
other way"
= The fairy carried me over
mountains, thru valleys, across .
great body Of water, and then to
a sunny island, where she placed
me in a schoolroom.
I glanced toward the master;
he was giving out the lesson in
history. "You may eat the next
ten pages.'' Oh, what a long les
son and what did he say" eats"
Oh, my, what alright idea! In
geography he gave us three pages
including map of Europe. How
much easier it was to eat a map
and in some mysterious manner
be able to know all about it, than
it was to draw it! And our
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15

root: Ny heart sank at the thought of it, but it in
stantly rose again when remembered the method.
found it rather difficult to swallow the lessons, but
thought should get used to it it did not take long
The next day had the dates and the of
men at the tips Of tongues The small countries of
Europe did not trouble at ALL and cube root could
ever have been hard7
But now something else troubled After eating
50 much knowledge had for pudding and pie,
so begged the fairy to take back home really
thought after that that it easier to read, write
pher and spell. Alberta A. DAWSON
Eighth Grade = Hawley, MINI.
SAPHIRA ANABEIL CHRISTINA
This Lovely Princess Had Exciting Birthday Adven-
ture AS Long AS Her Name.
(Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize)
NICE upon time the Nowheretes, subjects of Cab
~ aron, king of Nowhere decided to hold festial in
honor of the eighteenth birthday of Princess sapha An
abel Christina daughter of the king. 1t intended
surprise to the princess she had been sent visit
her aunt who lived in city in distant part of the
kingdom. Her birthday June %, so it had been
planned that she should home the day before The
king sent faithful followers to escort her home but
it time of peace, the escort not very large
She did not reach her home however for long time.
While they coming along, not thinking of any dan
ger they reached forest where large band of armed
attacked them oyerthreW all the escort but one and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15
DA VS. OF GABARON
Northwestern Juniors Chronicle Exploits of Peo-
pie and Ingenious Arrangements of Things
Once u pom Time "
ToP1c-'N THE DAYS OF GABARoN."

BARON was name to conjure with. Not
that it always belonged to magicians and
enchanters and wicked witches and such
Juggling folk; as often as not it was worn
by kingly men as gracefully as crown Of
gold or laurel wreath, and their deeds of
valor, of construction, of wisdom, of BEN
efcence, shed luster upon the name 50 long
as it was remembered by grateful people.
Gabaron was the name of cities, also; an
cient cities Of curious architecture and odd
people divided attention with progressive
cities whose inhabitants were unnaturally
int and nnsooscod oil tho
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15

it does what might be called refinement elegance
First all slang expressions instead of adding
story they very apt suggest to careful reader
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that existed and which never existed.
Gabaron the Of castles; the meeting place Of
stars Destroyed by Thor that the stars flew all
tba CHI n sim tbaro tba Ann
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-07-10

eieenartiees Be-
t r gsmanDper pplfihrte Der
Sif9bdder Yeter Sduls in Mann>
betm. 8uben. Dor eintser Seit NUTS
Den bon Mannbeim aus bur1 cine nit
4oam Slider 9 "a unterf9risbene
poittarte BEL Der Gif9banblune bon
Gdboff in 9eeftemiinbe anbertbalb
Gentner Gif9e fir 30 Mart beftelt.
Die Slide tpurben on Ben in Dem be-
aei4neten 9aufe ipobnenoen Speifez
pirtb 9lnSfeas Gtf1er seIiefert, Ser
aber Die Innabme pertpeiSerte. Dars
auf tpur6e 6te Senbuns. tpie iibliG.
bonn Babnamt perfteisert, uno Sdu!S
erbtelt filr d9t Mdrf ben 3ui4laa,
bate alfo elm gang hibfdes 9ef9dft
eemadt. Mm sIeiGen Sage beftsnte
er u auf feinen Namen telesrapbif9
BEL gdboff ebenfaIs Siids. Ser @ers
ba4t Ser Girina. bab S9uIs aud Der
BeftelIer Der erften Senhung fetn mDge,
beffGtiete f9. Gtn S9riftfa9perHGn>
bigger beaeiGuete S9uIa NIT auer Be-
fimmtbeit ols Sen @4reiber Der poHs
tarte. Oas @eri@t p~erurtbeilte ben
-S1lanmeier au bier MoGkn GefGnga
nib uuo 400 Wars Celebrate.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-07-10

runs Der Wirtbi9aftsn not6ig if.
absr bic puritanii9en Werriidts
bsiten, usl4e unisre polisei unterfuben
ioQ, gum S@aosn Der Si9erbeit bon
9ebsn unb gissnthum. io0teH In unie'
rem @smsinmeisn ni9t ldnger geouloet
tperoen.
@erbre9ergefinbel ma9t f9 CUR 3sii
In unfsrsn StraBen In unoeri4dmter
Weife brett. Siefes 3u lnterbrtiden
unb aus Der Staot aa jagea, 1T Die
erfe pfi9t unferer YSi4erbeitsbe-
bbrbe". sic mub bic gan3e poli,ei.
ma9t Der Staoi auf bieien ieoem gtr'
ger 10 tpi4tigsn puntt eonaentriren,
man foa lieber benz Surft Der gar9er
5rsibsit espdbrsrt als ben @erbre@ern.