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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

We had hat chusd Inexperienced der
fairsd convention in EIGHT years. Tree
tousand wissitors spendt a aferache of
den dollars each. Uf dis city you'd
eggsile der knockers We might hat dot
surplus efery year or such Els i'd
stands, der kickers und oder p.y's. are
in a fair way to kveer der viIlache.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

pollyticks- Vile loafng around der
Copeland der oder day. / shook hands
NIT fellers vich I had met dwenty
minutes pefore, ind said. How are
yah2 p ven it vas a feet dot I didn't
gift snordt how dey vas. Drink ISIS
nodt der only crime vich pollyticks
leads to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
DIsTRIBUTING THE Loaf

The insurance experts are putting in
a claim to having foretold TIE destruc-
ton of San Francisco by fire. But
they did not foresee it strongly enough
to induce them to refuse the risks
there. According to current reports
they seem to have preferred to take
the loss and then levy it on the bust
ness cities that offer better risks
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
MEEK

The lamb IS pictured as the most
harmless and trusting animal on the
footstool. But If you want to see an
animal that viii soutrank the lamb
about two to onss Just cast your eye on
a new made hubby as he patiently fol-
lows his better half to the Spring Open-
ing of Millinery goods '-Belleville
Telescope
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

Isn't it about time for Russia to do
some more revolving? Must be the
car is getting lonesome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
IFS PEcIILLARITY.

One peculiar thing about the grip IS
the fact that a man is twice as sick
after he gets wei as he was during the
first worst illness.-Austin Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

"a thoughtful Thinker writes some
s'Happy Thoughts in the Kinsley Mer-
cury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

Senator TiI1nan has some justihca-
ton for his latest indignant outburst.
He can't get 1nIo Inc Waite House even
to run through rate bill signal practice
with The president-Detroit Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

Mr.. Rogers says It isn't 50. So
lEhere. nowt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

You may be a ardent politician, but
ven you wake in der mornink oop nit
a dark prown taste. und feeling like a
nickel's wort uf cold fried aiggs, do
you gif a continental ding vot becomes
uf der coundry?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

blIIy Morgan says he is going to
Russia this summer. Poor old Russial
It will soon learn how little it has
known heretofore about the art Of
governmentzLawren World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

Dem vich addended der dry" ben
quid uf der Sadder-nicht club der oder
night will nod plane me fer vot I
write today, und es haf der word uf
der bunch dot dey iss all der beopIes
vich amoundt to anything, I dondt sec
w Shouldt care yot der comon beo-
pies tinck aboudt i'd.
Here's hopink dot I may nefer
again. on der biIlyfare, meet nit nv
oldt enemy. der "salade journalistic .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

A resolution to endorse Governor
Hoch was voted down in the Franklin
county convention. AS Henry Allen
say, There is no use in living ahonf
such things. lola Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

Owing to a shortage uf time und
space. der doings uf der Sadderday
Night club vas published yesterday,
und nodt held ofer fer dis colum, es
i'd should Ia peen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

Der abofe iss manufactured NIT
apologies to Jeltz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
ANOTHER GUESS COMING.

The German geographer who thinks
a period of seismic unrest has begun
and predicts a relay earthquake" is
entitled to his opinion, but 1t Is prob
able he knows no more about it than
the rest of US. and that is about moth
ing.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

disremember der ugzact Lating
name fer him, but der bug-hunting
perfessers ISIS herpy invited to again
look oop dot Osculatum Insectum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

woke COP Iasd night shaking
hands NIT myselluf IF dis conwen-
ton hadt nodt stobbed ven i'd didt,
would be shaking myseIluf fer der
drinks. AIitt-shaking, like OSCILLATION.
seems to be a microbe vich follers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
ERON OTHER PENS

ARE THEY OUTSIDE THE Law?
The plea of the railroad companies
subject to the terms of the interstate
commerce act is rather novel, but cor
poration lawyers have been looking
for years for a position where the COM
panies would be outside the law. and
this is their last discovery.-Omaha
Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
No Swiss En1igrants.

The perfect honesty with which pub
lie affairs are conducted in Switzerland
sells instalment Of SOLDIERS of the
Common Good" in the April number
of Everybody's. He says:
Whether we like or dislike the adj
mission, we shall confess, if we know
them intimately, that the Swiss fare
exceedingly we'll In Switzerland are
no trusts, no criminal conspiracies of
capital no Systems no Standard OIL
companies. no advancing and swelling
money autocracies to corrupt the
courts and seize the government no
special enactments for favored specu-
lators, no purchased elections, no po-
Htical bosses, no crooked congressme en-,
no greasy senators elected by the rail-
road companies, no public officers
maintained by thieving corporations,
no Aldriches. no Depews, no Platts, no
Forakerss no persons that in the least
resemble this precious crew. In Swift
erland Is no gang of public plunderers
operating under the shield of the gov
eminent, no theft of the public lands,
no exchange of campaign subscriptions
for government favors, no John D.
Rockefeller, no H. H. Rogers, no Ogden
Armour, no Pierpont Morgan ~ on a
great scale or a small is none of these
nor likely to be. Finally, in Swftzer-
land is no menace that the country's
resources will be absorbed by a few
individuals, no tremendous threat of
the accumulative power Of great for
tunes. It is no wonder that the Swiss
comes home
SOundIess Whispers to Ends of Earth.
tAll the far flung islands of the Pa
cific will soon be bound together with
the invisible chains of wireless teleg-
raphy." writes J. Mayne Baltimore in
Technical Wcrld Magazine for June.
From tall towers, already standing on
the top of a California mountain, an
electric current of unprecedented volt
age will flash signals which may be
heard not only in Hawaii and far-ofr
Samoa, but even on the eastern shores
the same time, ships, moving like atoms
across the face of the waters, may keep
in constant touch with land.
"Rising 300 feet into the air, the two
great towers have just been placed in
position on the very crest of Mount
TamaIpais. in Marin county, California,
about twelve miles on an air line north
Of san Francisco. These two gigantic
towers were constructed and hoisted in
to position by the Pacific Wireless Tel
egraph company, and are to be used IN
connection with its great Oriental and
Pacific coast system,
1.-THE bases Of the towers are $500
feet above sea level and are only few
miles from the ocean. From the long
line of glittering breakers, the apexes
af the towers rise 2, 800 feet; and they
can be distinctly seen for radius OF
fifteen miles in clear weather Per
hans there are no taller wireless towers
in the world, and certainly none oc-
cupying so lofty position above the
sea level.
ssThe current which will be used will
have the enormous potential OF 5.OOO,
600 volts and will throw spark M
teen feet long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

If the fire insurance companies in
their times OF prosperity would share
their dividends with the public there
would not be so much objection to
making the public share their losses
IN time Of disaster.-Philadel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
KAMSxS COMAENT
4 sERIoUs M1srAKE.

~'@@A~AONAo 4AA4R1 f4HAAAs
~ seems 70 the Gazette that under
the present circumstances. consider
lng the turmoil that is stirring the Re-
publican party, the nomination of p.
w Hoch for q second term would be
serious mistake it has come to a
point IN the party's history where a
new man is needed to inspire the
confidence of the people. On the
other hand, it is obvious that serious
Diunder VIII be made if he Is not re-
nominated. The people do not care to
support a party which does the baby
act IN two successive campaigns. and
refuses to endorse the man who Is
responsible as the head of the party.
This is the exact situation, and what
are entitled to.-Emporfa Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
AWFUL POWER OF THE VOLCANO

AWFUL POWER OF THE VOLCANO
Vesuvius is an adjustable or sliding
scale mountain Text books can hardly
hope to hit its height more than nine
years out of ten. Some eruptions add
10 per cent or more to the altitude of
its peak Others slice off large sec
lions of the famous cone. The latest
great convulsion of nature on the
shore of the Bay Of Naples seems to
have reduced the height Of the peak
by 500 feet and the crater Of the vol
cano is now nearly a mile in diameter.
Any comparison between such dis
plays of natures forces and the work
of man and mans machines is enough
to make trust magnates and captains
of finance hungry TO harness q few vol
canoes for power plants. One erup-
ton might mine coal for half the
world for a year in a few days
Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
REAP AS THEY SOW.

The majority vote in the house to
continue the free seed distribution put
smiles on the faces of some of the
members who SOW theirs where they
expect to reap votes.-Birmingh
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
CALLED HIM BY NAVE.

u know" said a snart man who came
rushif.- into the office today, 1.-THE name
OF the Republican nominee for COVER
nor?' Who is it?'' the eager children
cried. His name" said the smart man
as he ducked through the door, His
name IS Dennis!" Some people think
they're so smart.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
THE "DOINcs" Al ToPEKA.


Nevertheless and Notwithstanding, the
state will survive the terrific tumuIt at
topeka this week. Crops will continue
10 grow and flourish, if the weather be
favorable 1t isn't we'll to take the To-
peka situation too seriously. I'VE must
make q stronger platform than rhe
Democrats" announced a frenzied
speaker at one of the ante-conventiofl
ceucuses last highland the air was
tense with excitement, if the newspa-
pers have reported the situation correct
". But making a stronger platform
than the Democrats doesn't consist in
out-snoutins the Democrats. This fool
lshness was gone over in the DAYS Of
1ree silver and government corncribs
and eVery-man-h is-own- mint Making
stronger platform than the Democrats
consists in making a platform that sp-
peals more strongly to the sober sense
or the voters who, regardless of party,
want to see certain reasonable things
done reasonably in Kansas-and it
consists in stamping that platform with
the seal of sincerity.-Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05
A sArIIRnAY sERnfoN.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fan.
Proverbs Il Is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25

One Of the funniest incidents in
base stealing ever saw happened in
Chicago one Of the years that Bill
LANCE led the league in base running.
1t was close race between Lange and
Hamilton for the honors and the sea
son was drawing TO a close. The game
was close and Lange led of in the
eighth inning with a two bagger. An
son went 10 bat and laid down per
feet bnnt, intending 10 sacrifice. He
went ont in a close finish at first, and
looking up, discovered Lang still
perehed on second. He was furious,
but that condition was mild compared
TO what he experienced an instant later
when Lang stole thire-aHd took the
lead for base running honors.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25
SOCIALISTS COLUMN
crhis space is hired by Socialist commitsee)

TIE Socialist movement attracts the
- with It's ideal side and attracts the
- with its material side. However,
.,s rish man with the courage Of his
kills rare bird. But there are some
Las, April we commented as follows
rrsp the fact that young Mr.. j. Medill
patterson Of Chicago, son Of the mil
| i naire proprietor Of the Chicago Tri'
,,--a ha5 left the editorial chair OF
,ts. paper and Joined with Judge
Tvrre IN his fight for municipal own
e-shiP:
..It's such an unusual thing nowadays
fs- man TO give up a fat job in order
TIA, be may the more freely express
Ii. political principles that the resig-
nation Of young Mr.. Patterson has at
trseted considerable attention through.
cat the country.
ais strange that men viii saeri.
Zee themselves materially for such q
verv dim ideal as is constituted by 8
reform like municipal ownership while
tber stand alOof from joining that ga.
liant and world wide army fighting
and fast eOnquering under the gloriou;
fbarrer Of Socialism. -
I seem TO have been pretty good
prophet in this instance, for now-jus'
one wear after nv editorial was writ
,er-Mr. Patterson has resigned bis
position as a member of the ChieagC
board II public works, 10 which he
had been appointed by Mayor Dunno
in order that he may throw in his for
tunes with the Socialist party.
NJ. Patterson is out with an oper
letter 10 Mayor Dune telling why h'
has made this move. In it he says:
1T was through a common behei
il the cause Of municipal ownership
of municipal utilities that 1 first be
came acquainted with you, and in thii
letter Of resignation desire publicly
10 express just how my views on thi'
subject have changed. They have no
diminished. They have enlarged / useC
10 believe that many Of the ills undei
which the nation suffers and by whiel
il is threatened would be prevente,
or avoided by the general inaugura
tion of the policy of ownership Of th'
public utilities. But my experience IL
the department Of public works ha
convinced me that this policy wonld b
not even one fourth of the way suf
feient.
"Take the ease Of Great Britain
where municipal trading has been de
veloped 70 a high and successful de
gree. The problem of the unemploye'
there Is fast becoming one OF ire
mendous and sad intensity. The evil
Of capitalism are. as far as one ear
Judge Of them, not affected by mum
eipsl trading.
"Take the ease Of Germany, wher
government ownership Of railroads ha
beer inaugurated and the munieiPs
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25

G. W. Fouts. postmaster ~ Riveztor
Ia, nearly lost his life and was robbed
Of all comfort, according 70 his letter
which says: "For 20 years had
chronic liver complaint, which led tc
such a severe case Of jsundies that ev'
en- my finger nails turned yellow; wher
my doctor prescribed Electric Bittersi
which cured NE and have kept NE vel
FOR IL yearS" Sure cure for bilicus
ness, neuralgia, weakness and an ston-
aeh, lver, E0ney and bladder troubles
A wo1darfnl TOME At J. c. Perry,
drug store. 50 eent&.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25

ownership Of public utilities Is para.
mount. In that empire the rich con
time to grow richer and the poor grow
poorer with an aeeeleration hardly less
than that SO evident in the United
States.p
1t has only taken a year for Nj
Patterson. the municipal ownership
man. 10 blossom into a full hedged So
eialist.
If his rapidity Of movement is any
quage of the speed the other Hearst
Dunne- Municipal Ownership men are
coming along. then look out for the
Socialist landslide.
Even staid old Philadelphia is keep.
ing step, as may be judged from the
following letter:
''The City Party 'vigilsnt' COMMITTED
Of Three thousand
Philadelphia. Pa, March Il, '06.
..Editor of wilshire's Magazine:
.sDear Sir-The following authentic
pa agraph appeared in the Philadelphia
lie lger Of March 6:
Reginald Kaufman in New Move;
Reginald Wright Kaufman has an
nouneed his resignation as viee-ehsir'
man Of the City Party executive com
msttee of the Eighth ward. Mr.. Kauh-
man declared that he was led TO sever
his connection in order TO join the So
eialist movement. II is said that Mr..
Kaufman has been in Connecticut near
Noroton, where millionaire J. G. Phelp:
Stokes has been holding SOeialistic
conferences. Both are graduates Of ST
Paul's school and said TO be great
friends.
"Mr. Kaufman was a powerful force
in the recent elections in this city
which resulted in the overthrow Of the
old Republican gang and surprised the
whole country. His ward was the
ward of [. S. Senator Penrose, and yet
il was carried for reform. 1t is the
"sweli'' ward of the city, but had
heretofore always gone Republican by
thousand-large majorities; 1t now has
reform majority of 500. This wa:
recognized as largely due 10 Mr.. Ksuf
mans efforts. and his going over Il
the Socialist party has been the cause
of considerable dismay 10 the "Re
formers.
He is a constant contributor 10 the
magazines. and also a novelist, as yoU
may see by consulting ''Who's Who
in America Very truly yours, Fred
er;ek Wm. Unger."
II is really absurd or any rich mar
with au ideal 70 rest anywhere between
Capitalism and Socialism
Another movement showing the trenS
Of the times was the recent eonferene'
Of both prominent ''reformers" snC
Socialists from all parts Of the eoun
Try at the magnificent country resi-
denee Of Anson Phelps Stokes at Moro
ton. Conn.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25
Great Base Running Feats
Continued from page three.)

Continued from page three.)
70 third, and Kuehne stretched to get
the ball just as Foster, leaping through
the air. landed on his chest with both
feet and kicked him half way TO the
grand stand. Foster came home run
ming backwards and yelping with de-
light at Kuehn-sn6 then got sore
because he was called out.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25
Tor wsSk, L&as'~
Portland, Ore

weak, EeEIy people .,,ss
.sIf / could Oaly ss' !,
-.,,s nOuriss ne sA ~
strength" they DO 70. !. W.,
them. they gain - -. !, 80,
stronger. The tAs' = :. - y
too weak 20 psrfor' ~ =
little appetite they - -. - !
~a.s Tie NOoa bs''.. !. ~ !
ss sss ratsry, bringing &c, 9 ) =
.osIl. with loss Of n.,..,, !, ,r >.
,iO.. Rsrs is I. res. pss
tha. acts in the Tss.l ls'S~w'
%. ~, SO !" GA sy al s.sn' ~
- - ssu' IS boxes r. = ~
b. foss yoa eat i.,. -. q 2.
n.ling sssA ard ''''. 4. - !
an appetite sss.1~
nAaas sos.s.anss
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25
HORSE RACING
AND EARTHQUAKES

Its an iii earthquake that shakes
nobody good
The recent seismic disturbance in
Frisco, which was caused, it is alleged,
by a favOrite winning at Oakland
certainly was good to the pikers, On the
coast who were on the verge Of enter
dug for the Rocky Mountain handicap
and found free transportation CRATE
full and comforting.
They came east in parlor cars in
stead Of taking the jumps. Besides.
the feed mans shack was shaken down
and he couldn't expect to collect
bins after that happened. The worst
part Of the affair is the stories that
have been brought east in the free for
al fugitive trains.
"Busy Jimmy according 10 the
dope, was sitting in a quie; little poker
game on the fourth floor Of hotel in
Frisco at S a. m. on that fsteful morn
ing. The gang was on the final round
of dollar ante jaekpOts. The man in
front Of the gun had opened il for s25
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25

Frank Hutchinson, the writer-ear-
toonist and race expert, is telling a
story about the innate spirit Of gamb-
ling among race track men When the
earthquake and the FIRE drove them
out Of their quarters down town in
Frisco. Hutch and q friend fed and
were driven back. block by block, un-
/ I'll they were esmped on the beach
At the foot of the cliffs far out towards
Gift House. There they set Up tent
and remained during the days Of des-
truetion.
one morning the climbed the cliffs
to watch the burning city.
"It viii sweep everything clear out
to the sea" mosned man standing
near them.
"No," said Hutch, they'll stop
it,"
sIn bet 8 bottle Of wine they
don T., ssid the man, forgetting his
alarm and his moaning as his sporting
blood arose.
.'You're OF" said Hutch.
The next day when they ascended
the bill again to view the ruins and
the FIRE had been checked he met the
same man.
"You owe me a bottle Of wine, " said
Hutch.
Yes" said the fellow, and, diving
into a tent, he came forth with quart
of champagne. BE was a saloonkeePer
and all be hsd saved was a wagon load
of champagne, which he had stored in
his tezt.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25
NEW LOCAL TRAM

From The Dallss to Mss q.
Southern at sisp
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25

Train also stops az La''1a
nomah Falls and Collin& 's
Southern passengers. inssas
ing at Biggs, viii Be 'i'h
Dalles promptly where sis
train for Portland, ecnins
/, as q. present, or taErs ~
they may desire.
Rates and particulars n' -
agent or writing TO .,uT
A'-' ALc
General Pssz
Portland, Ore.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25


s25 without batting an eyelash-
BUSY Jimmie had just picked up
his cards when the earthquake struek
His hand vibrsted in front Of his face
so wildly that he saw four aces ard
he had raised the pot $3.50 before the
ceiling fell.
Another Of the sufferers, declares
that. on the first day of horror, while
the FIRE was raging, he was fighting
his way through the upper part Of
Market street. when he encountered q
friend, striving TO get down town
Better take to the hills" he ad-
vised his friend. alt is terrible down
town"
81 must reach the ferry grOzned
the friend. II must get TO Oakland. =
"You re as safe on the hills as II
oakland
.sI know that-but I've got a good
thing at the track todsy-it II be good
as 20 to land 1 must get there"
Il required some argument to prove
10 THE fellow that little thing like
an earthquake would stop the races
I'm glad the earthquake came when
II did. end not during the races re
marked one old sEager.
.'Tbe last time an earthquake hat
Frisco was back two years ago-and
it cost me pale Of money.
"'I went TO the track that afternoon
20 PLAY a horse named Plant that was
touted 20 me as a good thing. He was
in the third race and got 25 TO ! for
most Of my money.
Turning into the stretch ne was
leading by four lengths and running
easy When that earthquake came. II
wasn't much Of quake-but IL was as
bad for me as if it had been as hard
as this last one. Ny horse simply got
bis legs tangled up in that earthquake
and before he got Strengthened ont
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25

three others had passed him and he
finished a bad fourth"
.swhy didn't the earthquake shake
the other ho-sesi'' inquired one one Of
those never sufficiently Informed per
sons who was listening.
s.wer. In tell you II was this
wav. Nv horse evidently Just landed
with bis forefeet on the ground, and
an the others were just rising from
the ground. 50 they didn't get shaken
az hard as mine did. At least that
was the only way ever could ex-
plain il.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-25
Train schaau,.

Initial Tip Sunday, Nay a /,