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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
ELLERY IS COMING.
Famous Band viii Play at Auditorium
in April.

Topekans who delight In band music
and who is there any place on the face
Of the earth that does not heartily en-
Joy hearing a good band have treat
in store for them q month herce
Ellery's band, which made such a
favorable impression here last fall IS to
give q spring music festival here dur
ing the latter part of April Announce
ment to this effect was made Saturday
by Mr. Francis Hardy -Votder. assistant
manager of the band. who arrived in
Topeka to make preliminary arrange
ments for the festival According to the
present plans the band viii give i've
concerts kere in the Auditorium the
first al the evening of April q. and two
concerts. afternoon and evening. on
each OF the following days. which are
Saturday and Sunday.
Since leaving here last fall. the band,
which is styled by critics as being Cne
Of the finest organizations of its Kind
has met with Unusual success. 1t IS
under the leadership of the famous
EerulIo and he has ffty-sfx men, all
musicians of the highest attainments
under him 1t played a four weeks en-
gagement at the Pc~tlaud Exposition
last faH and was awarded a gold r7edal.
During the winter Il sixteen weeks en-
Ragemcnt was played at Los Angeles.
The band is now tourlnr through the
southwest and 1l7vs today at Albu-
uueruue Tt has met with q wonderful
reception wherever it has played and
these receptions have been desc - for
It Is, without doubt a really - ark
able orcanization of musicians There
are bands. which make more noise, but
none watch interpret all classes of
music i'm such 2 DELIGHTFUL fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
BLOW THE OCTOPUS.
Bill to Take Tax OF Alcohol to Be Re
ported.

Washington. March 26.-The free al
cohoI subcommittee Of the house com
uittee on ways and means today agreed
TO report a free alcohol bill to the full
committee Wednesday next The fea-
ture Of the bill is that IT takes the in
tsr7aI revenue tax off denatured do
nestle alcohol for technical uses. in
Guiding lighting, heating and motor
uses. The bin is to &c into effect three
months from the date of its passage
The details of its administration are left
with the treasury department.
Tt is predicted the effect of the bill
will te a revolution i'm heating lighting
and furnishing fuel for motors. IS alcO-
hol VIII be cheaper than kerosene oil
or gasoline and can be made from any
grain vegetabl root or fruit contain
ing starch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
JUDGE GEIGER m TOPEKA.
Says It Is Hard to Tel About His
Judicial Fight.

Judge A. c. T. Geiger Of the Seven
teenth judicial district Is in Topeka to-
day. Judge Geiger's home Is Oberlin,
and his district comprises Cheyenne,
Rawlins, Decatur. Norton and Phillips
counties. A fight is being made on his
nomination for another term. Phillips
county has endorsed Judge Pratt, and
Norton county is likely to be for Judge
Hamilton. If Norton and Phillips get
together on one man. they can beat
Geiger, but it is doubtful whether they
can make a compromise. Judge Geiger
will have the support of Cheyenne,
Rawlins and Decatur counties.
Judge Geiger's daughter is attending
high school in Topeka, and he is related
to Emaheizer & Spielman, the Topeka
furniture dealers.
1T is hard to tell how the judicial
fight In our district will come OUT said
Judge Geiger today. 1T depends on
what Norton and Phillips counties do.
If they should combine against me, they
could control the convention.
"Our district is Republican, but was
elected Judge on the Populist ticket. My
election, however, was due to Republi-
can votes, and when the Republicans Of
the west part of our district wanted me
to be their candidate, I told them that
I would consent to accept the office at
their hands. The Republican party has
taken a political stand which meets my
hearty approval, and since the Populist
party has practically ceased to exist as
an independent organization, I prefer to
be known SIS a. ReDu blican."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
CURRY ALIVE AND WELL
Escaped Death in ATutiny at samar by
Swimming River.

Washington. March 26.-captain
George Curry of the regular army,
whose home is in Dodge City, Kan,
and who has ben serving as the gov
ernor of the Island Of Samar in the
Philippines, is alive and well and not
dead as was stated in the recent re-
ports of the mutiny on that island. This
information was conveyed to Senator
Long today by Secretary of War Taft
According to the reports received this
morning by Mr.. Taft from Governor
General Ide of the Philippines, Curry
escaped death by swimming the river
between Samar and Luzon.
Captain Curry enlisted for the war
with Spain with Roosevelts Rough
Riders and at the termination Of hos
tilities entered the regular army where
his promotion has been rapid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
AN IDEAL SPRING DAY.
It Followed a Half Inch Rain Which
Fell Last Night.

Today has been an ideal spring one,
that is one Of the kind where the clouds
hang low, and from the generaI appear
ance Of the sky one is led to believe
that a storm of some kind is but a few
hours distant. The temperature has
been sinking steadily in accordance
with the prediction of the weather
bureau and at two o'clock is six degrees
lower than it was at sunrise this morn
ing
Sunday was the warmest day Of the
present month notwithstanding the fact
that there were showers every few
hours all day which finally eliminated
shortly after midnight in a typical
spring thunder shower in witch the
lightning flashed and the thunder
roared.
The precipitation for the past "a hours
amounted to 81 Of an inch.
The forecast for today indicates a
falling temperature with fair weather
The hourly temperatures for today
f4arx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
IOWA CITIES VOTING.
Municipal Ownership Is the Issue at
Many Points.

Des Moines. Ia, March Municipal
elections are being held all over the
state today. At Clinton. Waterloo,
Burlington and Des Noines the citi-
zens have tickets in the field and to-
day closes q warm campaign in an
effort to elect their men Municipal
ownership is also the issue in many
cities and towns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

Kansas City. March 26.-Informa-
tion was fled here today with City
Prosecutor Kimbreu against ffty-six
persons charging them with register
ing illegally for the coming municipal
election or with being accomplices in
the alleged illegal registration. Prose
cutor Kimbrell said that he would is
sue warrants on each information
some time during the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

Clarence ReeveIy, eolored. who was
recently fined SO for beating his wife
escaped from Dog Catcher Frazier this
morning while cleaning out the AUDI
torium. Frazier has been allowed TO
take prisoners from the city fail to
assist in the janitor work at the city
building, and has allowed a number
of them to escape
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
PATTISON is BETTER.
Ohio Governor Appears to Have
Chance to Recover.

Columbus. O., March 2e.-The physi-
clans attending Governor Pattison to-
day issued the following bulletin:
Governor Pattison has had a good
night and is comfortable this morning.
Temperature normal; pulse SO; respira-
tion 80
"E J. WILSON.
60 P. HOLT"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
8FacIzav in Washington.

Washington, March 26.-W. H Mac
kay, United States marshal, is here for
a Few days He had a conference to-
day with Congressman Calderhead and
Senator Long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

Chicago, March 26.-7 a. m temper
atures: Boston, 80; New York, Phila-
de1phia Sc; washington, "a; Ctncin-
natl. A; Chicago, 10; St Louis 58s
Minneapolis, "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

washington, March Forecast
for Kansas. Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday; colder tonight; warmer
Tuesday afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
HE'LL SOON BE IN
Announcement Of Murdock's
Senatorial Candidacy Expected.
Has Definitely Decided to Enter
the Race.
IT'S ANYONE'S FIGHT.
That Is the Way Contest Is Now
Considered.
Gossip From Washington of
Interest to kansans.

Washington, March 26.-Victor
Murdoek. representative from the
Seventh Kansas district, and pros
pective representative from the new
Eighth, is a fuIlhedged candidate for
the United States senate.
Mr.. Murdock confessed last week to
a Kansan who was visiting here that
he would be in the race.
Further. Mr.. Murdock stated that
publicity would be given his candidacy
in an official formal way, it is under
stood, in the near future.
Mr.. Murdock is ambitious to sue
ceed to the term soon to be vacated by
J. r. Burton. This is what was meant
by the reference in the Eighth district
convention that nominated him recent
ator.
The young representative hopes to
succeed by reason of a long list of as
pirants, scattered all over the state.
senatorial contest is "anyone's fight"
He does not believe that Mr.. Curtis,
NJ BristOW, or Mr.. Campbell, or any
other one Of the persons mentioned,
has anything like q cinch on the cleo
ton. He believes that there will short
~ be other announcements, which will
still further cOmDIicate the situation.
and render it the more reasonable for
him to hope to be the winner. In fact,
Mr.. Murdock goes so far as to predict
a candidate in the Fourth district.
about the only district except the Sixth
and Seventh which does not now have
q candidate. Whether Mr. Murdoch
thinks such a Fourth district candi-
date will be J. S. Dean Of Marion. late
United States district attorney, he does
not state.
The surprising thing about it is the
fact that Mr. Murdock's friends do not
appear to believe that Mr.. Stubbs is an
actual candidate for senator. There is
some ground for the suspicion that MI.
Murdoch really counts on the aid and
assistance Of the Lawrence man.
Mr.. MurdOck may be counted on
from now on as a sincere, earnest. and
hard-and-fast candidate for Senator
Burton's seat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

Judge Fletcher N. Dean, who was
the other day rsHE sois1ted as one or
the associate justices Of the Arizona
Judge S. r. Peters of Newton, former
representative from the Seventh dis
trict.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

By reason Of the recent death of the
popular Representative George r. Pat
terson of Pennsylvania, Representative
P. P. Campbell Of Kansas goes one
notch nearer the head Of the house
committee on pensions. He Is now
No. 9.
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23
nncheInr. md orphnn..

A Chicago club woman. Mrs. Ahhie
$. Sheen. hsS new plan for making
II uncomfortable FOR bachelors. She
proposes that they should bc compel.
led 10 support AT least one orphan She
says II she had the framing of law
for the taxation Of bachelors She would
have each taxed for the maintenance
~ child now being cared for by m
Institution or 10y the state, She would
have that child educated. clothed ana
fed at his expense. and under pain Of
diverse penalties she would have him
brought into direct personal contact
with the child. No shlrkhg of respon'
sibllity can be- allowed under any cir
cumsianccs This Is serious matter.
Direct personal contact with the child
might make the bachelor shyer of the
matrimonial halter than ever. New
York Tribune.
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23
Cain1age
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae. d. d.

Los Angeles. Cal. June lin the
dramatic story of the queen of Sheha's
experience in the court of the wise
king the preacher finds lesson Of high
spiritual announcement. The text is
IL. chronicles iX, q. '"The onc-half Of the
greatness of thy wisdom was not told
mo"
II is ama2ing to find how much the
incidents and the thrilling scenes Of the
Bible are reproduced under other
naincs Ia the literary masterpieces of
the present day. Like the huge trees
Of lie Marposa grove. which anchored
their roots in the soil centuries ago
and have lately had tackled upon their
bark the names OF Grant" Lee"
'Washington. Dewey" or "Roose-
vclt." these old Bible scenes have been
rcchristcncd with modern names. But
they still remain the same old scenes as
the MarlpoSa trees remain the same old
trees. no matter what sisnhoards have
been nailed upon their sides. Further
more. many of our greatest writers at
trlhIir the strength of their books tO the
fact that they have gone 10 the sacred
writer's 10 find their inspirations. Most
of ny great characters and scenes have
hean drawn from Biblical lore" lately
wrote an English novelist. Some peo-
pie may not recognize their antiquity
because they are not Bible students.
Ent these supposed creations of my
brain lived thousands upon thousands
nf years ago. although have dressed
them w in modern clothes and given
them Anglo Saxon names" These are
not the identical words of the noted
English writer. cannot remember his
exact expression. but they convey his
confession just the same.
Now we can find the scene of King
solomon as n young prince. choosing
wisdom. reproduced in many different
literary masterpieces. Aphonsc La
MARITIME the great French poet, who
died IN lSia. gave Il beautiful dcscrip-
tlon of it in his story of King Nimrod.
This king had three sons. He offered
70 them three vases. the one OF gold,
the S''plil bl allll''I' wv ti'ii" W 'i"9'
The gold represented empire" the am
Der glory or fame" the third repre-
scented "wlsdow from God" Choose"
cricd King Nimrod. Choose" And
when the youngest son chose the vase
of clay King Nimrod said: Thou hast
chosen we'll. Thou hast chosen best Of
all. for the man who chooses wisdom
shall wave the sccptcr rs well rs mount
the throne of fame"
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23

We find the wonderful Bible char
actcr of young solomon being repro
duccd In Shakespeare Merchant of
Venice" When the young Hebrew
prince stands before God and says,
Give me now wisdom and knowledge
that may 20 out and come In before
this people. for who can judge this
people that is 50 grcait" We seem 10
see portia standing with her three
caskrts. the one of gold. the other of
silver and the third of lead. Then we
see the HVarciouS man reaching for the
caskct Of gold Then we see the
selfish man reaching for the caSkct
OF silver l.nt lastly we see the true
lover lifting up the caskct of lead.
And when HaSsanio close the leaden
caskct he won all that his heart could
wish. for he won fame and honor he
sides wisdom and love. Thus. as
Shakespeare and l.amartinc have their
heroes lift the vase of clay or the
caskct of lead. they say: We'll done.
Well done, thou sagaciouS man, All
success shall he thine" We seem TO
hear God speak TO the young Prince
Solomon these words when hc chooses
wisdom instead of gold. Wisdom and
knowledge is granted unto thee. and
will give thee riches and wealth and
honor such MS none Of the kings have
had that have been before thee. nei-
ther shall there be any after thee
have the like" Thus the fame and
II. . not sad
through his own country. hut also 10
the faithcst parts of the sea.
The scene changes. We are today
standing IN the navidic capital. There
Is great excitement everywhere The
royal oOurticrS are riding every With
cr The king guards are marching TO
ia. c.ty's gates The whole capital is
III gala day attire. What Is the mat
ter you ask why" says II courier,
hitting his chariot. do you not know
that the hrauiiful queen of Shcba from
the great nation of the south Is coming
to visit our king? She has heard SO
much Of the fame of Snlonon's wealth
and wisdom that she has come to test
them with her own eyes and ears Here
she comes with her courticrs now.
Make WAY there. Stand back There
is the king alighting 10 meet hcr. Are
they not glorious pair of rulcrsT
Was not this the welcome that was
given to the queen OF Shcba when she
came to prove Solomon with hard
questions?
You know the rest of the story. After
the queen af Shcha had seen all and
heard nh and communcd with Solomon
all that was in her heart, she turned TO
him ana said. 1t was true report
which heard In mine own land OF
thine acts ana of thy wisdom. Yes.
the reports Of Solomons wisdom We're
great. hut they were not exaggerated.
Indeed. they were uuderstnicd. For
after the queen of Shcha had gone on
enumcrating what she had heard. she
cries out IN the words ~ my text. The
one half Of the greatness ~ thy wis
dom was not told me-" Now as the
wisdom Of King solomon has always
been used by the pulpit commentators
as a symbol OF Gods wisdom, thought
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23

Then hc turns In an Indifferent way
AMI says To- the cxecutioner: Don't let
us be bothered any more about this
matter Let us compromise the case.
Cut the baby in two and give each
claimant half" The true mother at
once falls on her knees and begins To
beg for the life of her child "Oh. my
king. my king. my good king" she
said. Save the life of my baby. Let
this woman have the child II necessary.
hut save my baby alive" The other
woman uttered not one word of pro
test. She merely turned and said: "All
right Let the king kill the child. that
II bc neither thine or mine" No sooner
did she say this than at once IN that
open court solomon. with flashing eyes,
said: give tile baby to the weeping
woman. She Is the true mother" Was
Judgment ever better rendered. Gould
n better Illustration be- presented TO
show how christ is always the friend
~ the weak ana the helplcssf
Christ * such a saviour that though
we may come Ia him without friend
and reekinp with sin as social lepers,
though we may have sinncd not only
seven times. Int seventy times seven.
yet II we Will only come IN his dear
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-04
WOULD INCREASE THE EXPENSE
The Senate las passed the bit

The Senate has passed the bill
increasing the pay of members of
the Legislature to 81 day, and it
is probable that the House also
will pass it. The Savannah News
thinks if it should become law
there would be movement at
once to increase the compensation
of all the employees of the General
Assembly, and, perhaps of the
various departments. And there
are bills to increase pensions which
are regarded with favor, and other
bills providing for special appro-
priations of one kind and another.
Therefore, the News adds, if
there is an increase of $50, 700, 900
or so in the next tax returns the
increase in the revenue will likely
all be absorbed in increased ex-
penses and special appropriations,
leaving little or nothing for the
betterment of the schools.
The point the News wishes to
make, however, is this: If the ex-
penses of the Legislature are to be
largely increased why not give the
people chance to say whether or
not they want annual sessions of
that body? There seems to be good
reasons for saying that the people
would be satisfied with biennial
sessions.
Biennial sessions would cut leg
islative expenses in half; and there
is no need for annual sessions.
That there is not has been fully
demonstrated by nearly every
state in the Union. Georgia is
one Of three or four states that
stick to the annual session system.
And the greater part of every ses-
sion is taken up with purely local
matters that could be attended to
just as well under general laws.
1t is probable that the people
will not object to an increase in
the compensation of members of
the Legislature, provided the ex-
penses of that body are cut down
by the adoption of biennial ses-
sions. Anyway, they should have
chance of saying whether or not
they want biennial sessions. 1t is
the duty of the Legislature to pro
vide for submitting that question
to them at the next state election.
If that isn't done there may grow
upa strong sentiment against max
ing the pay of members of the
Legislature 81 day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-04
rHE CHARGES wERE SUSTAINED

The investigation into the charg
es preferred by Mr.. Anderson on
the floor of the House to the effect
that officials of the Cotton Grow
ers Association had been dabbling
in cotton futures and having in
terest in an Atlanta bucket shop,
have been fully sustained. The
entire case was referred for inves-
tigatiOn to a committee selected by
President Harvie Jordan, with the
result that Mr.. Anderson is sus-
tanned entirely in his charges. The
committee found that Richard
Cheatham, secretary of the Cotton
Growers Association, had dealt in
cotton futures although Cheatham
claimed that he "only acted for a
friend" Another official, Arthur
Fairchild, with the title of "mana-
ger Of the bureau of publicity" it
was shown, owned or had owned
stock in an Atlanta bucket shop.
1t is not know what will become of
the matter, but there is nodoubt-
ing the fact that the conduct of
these officers will very seriously
impair the usefulness of the South.
ere Cotton Growers Association.
The farmer who tolls and sweats
to make his cotton balls is certain
ly not going to put up money to
sustain in luxury, at fat salaries,
men who back the futures market
which agency controls and manip-
ulates the price of cotton and gen
orally to his disadvantage.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-04
JAWS AS WEAPONS.
Chief Means OF Defense Among Al
Old World Apes.

Chief Means of Defense Among All
old World Apes.
Among all old world apes the teeth
are the chief weapons for defense
against natural foes and for combats
for mates or tribal supremacy. The
CANNES are in most cases enormously
developed, inSomuch that i'll informed
naturalists have suggested that near
relationship must exist between the
primates and the carnivora. AS mat
ter Of fact, these formidable teeth have
nothing to do with Authorization, but
are as purely weapons Of war as are
the bayonet and the Maxim gun. In
practically every emergency demand
ing unusual energy, obstinacy and
courage they come into play.
In every conflict with the world, the
flesh and the devil-as such things are
understood in pithecoid society-the
temporal and masseter muscles are the
chief arbiters of war. To become q
great and powerful anthrOpoid it is alb
sOlutely and brutally necessary to have
a large and strong jaw, to give them at
tachment to the teeth and good lever.
age to the muscles. That for an i'm.
mense epoch our prehuman ancestors
achieved success in life in like man
ner is as clear as the print of Maya"
to those who have learned to read ma
lures handwriting.
Since those days of true Arcadian
simplicity our life has become bewiI-
deringly complex and our methods for
settling social difficulties have changed
generally for the better. But here, as
in so many other instances, the habits
of past age have left an indelible i'm
press on the nervous system.-Black-
woods Magazine
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-04


Mayfeld, KY, Atlanta, Ca,
Washington, Pa, and Desoto, Mo.
figured in dispatches, each with a
case of a negro assault on a white
woman. The Kentucky negro was
tried and hanged with mobilize
promptness, the Georgia negro was
shot dead, the Missouri negro is
being hunted by men with guns,
and the Pennsylvania negro is in
jail. Four cases far apart. The
black shadow covers more terri
tory than it once did. Nashville
American.