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The Washington times., 1906-06-28
Some Striking Changes.


The Senate has done much, in the
long session now ending, TO re-
habilitate itself in the public conf
dence. 1t comes out of the greatest
test in many years, with a record of
independence, progressiveness, and
devotion TO real public interests
which cannot but discourage the
annalists of its treason"
In its organization, the Senate is
essentially democratic. The House
is essentially oHgarchic. Despite
the clamor of many years about Sen
atorial delay and heedlessness Of
popular wishes, the upper body has
this session vindicated its rules. 1t
has proved itself capable of con-
structive craftsmanship. The House,
on the other hand, has proved itself
largely incapable of such accom-
Plishment
Anybody who has read the news
papers can number on his fingers
the men who have done the determi-
native work of the House this ses-
sion; but no man can do that as to
the Senate Representatives have
been bossed; Senators have cooper
ated- The latter can hardly even be
said to have been led
The House, under whip and spur
and promise of pork, passed a State
hood bill it did not like; and the
Senate had to make 1t over.
The House passed a milk-and-
water railroad rate bill; and the
Senate put teeth and horns and
vitality into it.
The Senate passed a meat inspec-
ton measure-passed it so prompt
ly that the House was forced to be
the deliberative body in considering
it. But there is only too much rea-
son to fear that the House con-
sidered it too much. As the bill
went to conference it lacked two
important principles which the Sen
ate had approved in spite of its
haste. If they are lost now-if the
Government must pay the cost of
inspection and the labels do not give
dates-the Senate will get full
! credit for having done its part and
the House will get full blame for
not having done its part.
The Senate passed pure food bill.
and sent it to the House. where
all arrangements were made to
smother It. The plan would have
succeeded but for exposure by the
press, forcing the hand Of the House
leaders. Then the bill was brought
out and passed, and went to con-
ference. In conference the Senate
strengthened it.
1t is not the House as a whole
that is at fault. 1t is the House
methods. 1t is the system under
which a little group of men are vest
ed with the sovereignty of the great
popular branch. Perhaps Speaker
Cannon and his lieutenants have
done as well as possible under the
system If so, they have merely
piled up proof that the system is
open to the most seriops objection.
in the comparison of accomplish
ments, of responsiveness to public
interest, of statesmaDly capacity, of
honesty of purpose, the Senate has
this session far outshone the House
To make proclamation Of this is n
pleasure, for the restoration of the
Senate to public confidence is most
suspicious event. Nothing will so
soon accomplish the re-populariza-
ton of the once popular branch as
the admission of the supremacy of
the Senate in the things that earn
title to confidence.
The Washington times., 1906-06-28

Other society news and gossip viii
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The Washington times., 1906-06-28
EDUCATION N0TE.

As showing the spread of education.
country correspondent informs us
that the owls in his part OF the world
have Je.@ CT saying ~Tu-whoO." on the
grouEd that 1t should be ito whom
This reminds us that much Of the
natural history taught in elementary
schools is bound TO be in sectarian
1sach1nE. ,..,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-17

The convention opens Wednesday, May
y, at 10 o'clock, in Aberdeen. There
will be five sessions, one of which will
be held in the opera house, when Lafay-
cite Young, of Des Moines, Iowa, will
deliver his address on Banking and
Commerce in the Orienr." This will
take place ON the evening of the
first days proceedings and it will be
followed by luncheon to members and
delegates at the Commercial club The
convention will be called to order by
President . l. Branson, OF Mitchell.
The invocation by Rev. j. NJ Campbell.
pastor of the Aberdeen Presby terrain
church, will follow, after which Gen.
S. II Jumper will deliver an address of
welcome to the delegates. The response
will be by G.. A Hutchinson, of Huron.
President Branson will then give his
annual address, which will be followed
by the reports of officers and delegates
to the Washington convention of the
American Bankers association.
The new city council, at Pierre, was
organized Monday night, of last week,
by the selection of l.. ii. Glow, as presi-
dent. Mayor Albright announced his
appointments as follows: w. ID. Old
field, chief of police; Auditor, Noah
Newbanks; night police, +. G. Gore;
city attorney, b. A. Thayer. All were
confirmed by the council The chief of
police was instructed to see that the lid
was kept tightly closed SO far as gamb-
ling is concerned, and that the saloons
be compelled to comply with the law
as to eleven oclock.and Sunday closing.
The thirty sixth annual meeting q
general Congregational association of
South Dakota is now in session at Red
field. An address of welcome was
delivered by Prof. Avery, of the Red
field college. An interesting address
was given through an interpreter by
Miss Williams, and Indian woman.
Rev. George Green, Of Fort Pierre. and
DIR. w. A. Rae, of New York, addressed
the association Monday evening. It IL
q well attended meeting.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-17

Joseph Griller, farmer living two
and one half miles east of Marion, lost
his barn by fire Wednesday after
noon. Loss 800, insurance $50. The
fire was caused by four-year old-boy
and match, which got together while
the mother went out to the well, a short
distance from the house, and the father
was out in the field some distance away.
Mrs Griller succeeded in getting the
live stock and harness out OF the barn,
but in so doing was severity burned
about the face ard hands.
PhillipSchenk, prominent BonHomme
county farmer, had no faith in saw
ings banks, so he made a practice of
keeping his cash in what he believed to
be secure hiding place. Evidently it
was not so secure as he supposed, for it
was raided by thief, who carried
away gold coin to the value of $1,000.
The house was entered while the mem
bers of the family were asleep and the
loss of the money was not discovered
until the next morning. Not the slight.
est clue has been secured which would
lead to discovering the identity OF the
thief
The records of the secretary Of state
show the filing of more than sixty new
telephone companies in the state for the
last ten months. Many Of these are
rural lines connecting the different
farms in the more thickly settled por-
tions OF the state and many small priv
ate lines are being operated without
incorporation, being used solely for the
the benefit of the few farmers who put
in q party line Of their own. Several
such lines are in operation in the
country west Of the river among ranch
men, especially in tine vicinity Of Leslie
where extend upon the reservation.
Another has just been filed, in the
Springs Mutual Telephone Company,
with headquarters ut Lebanon, Potter
county, with capital of 5000.
The Pierre city council has granted a
franchise to Noah Newbanks and Frank
Fischer to construct and operate a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-17

street railway system, the cars to be
operated by electricity, or by
gasoline moters. The franchise is to
run for twenty years and TO be forfeited
in case the cars are not in operation
three years from the date of the grant
ing of the franchise. The company
agrees to pay the city seven per cent Of
its earnings for the time the franchise
runs. A similar franchise has been
granted TO the same parties for Fort
Pierre. The limit of charge is five cents
a passenger between any two points in
either OF the towns, with an additional
charge of toll to be paid the bridge
company when going from one town TO
the other, that charge not to exceed
five cents passenger.
l. s. Horne, the state game warden Of
Colorado, has called upon the gov
ernor's office to settle the matter in
regard to game shipment Colorado
parties purchased four deer and an
antelope from parties in the vicinity of
Belle Fourche, to be taken to Colorado
for park purposes and when they began
preparations for shipment, they met
objections OF the game warden of Butte
county, who held that the state law pro-
hibited the shipment of such animals
from the boundaries of the state. Just
how the Colorado authorities will get
their deer remains to be worked out.
States Attorney Byron, Of Sully
county, was in Pierre in an attempt to
collect $3.50 of taxes claimed by the
county of cattle which were held in
that county by VIM. Meyers, ofSioux
Falls who sold the cattle, and they were
removed from the county without pay
ing taxes due. Meyer had deposit in
one of the banks of Pierre, and Attor-
ney Byron attempted to get possession
OF the amount of this fund claimed by
Sully county to be due as taxes on the
cattle.
The committee on arrangements hav-
ing in charge the fifteenth annual con-
vention of the South DAKOTA Bankers
association has completed its program.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-17
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK.
Webster, S. d.
David Williams, President.
John Williams $,

David Williams, President.
John Williams, Vice President.
A T. Cooper, Cashier.
Real estate loan With privilege
Of partial payments. No delay
in furnishing money and clos
ing loans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
B. r. T. HAS A PLAN.
Management stin Thinks It Can Col
lect Double Fare.

New York, Aug IA unique plan to
meet the conditions which have arisen
over the refusal Of many passengers on
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.'S line to
pay a double fare TO Coney Island. will
be put IN practice by the company today
Heretofore the principal difficulty has
been experienced on the trolley cars
which cross the single fare limit Most
of these cars have been withdrawn and
those PASSENGERS who desire to visit Co
ncy Island viii be compelled to travel
the entire distance in elevated trains or
to transfer from surface cars to the ele-
waited at the single fare limit. It is on
the elevated trains that the new plan viii
be inaugurated. These trains will be in
two sections. Passengers who express a
willingness to pay the double fare viii be
placed in the forward cars, while those
who protest against the payment will be
placed in cars at the rear. It is the plan
of the company to make a canvass of the
train Immediately after leaving the single
fare line and when this is completed TO
cut off and side track the cars contain
ing those who refuse to make a second
payment
An OFFICIAL Of the company said today
that about 80 per cent of the passengers
over the line declined to pay the second
fare General Manager John F. Calder
wood Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.
said that the company is preparing to test
Judge GaynOr's decision that only one
fare shall be extracted from passengers
to COney Island.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
LOCAL MENTION.

MarshaH's band will give a concert
at the City park tomorrow evening.
Mr. R. E. Cowdrey. who has had
charge of the gas works for twenty
seven years, left today to accept a
position as superintendent of the En-
poria gas works.
State Bank Deputy Eugene Davis
yesterday Instituted the new bank at
Hillsdale. Miami county. It is known
as the State Bank of Hillsdale. and has
$4,000 capital. Charles K. Lee is
president and G. M. Brown is cashier.
Governor E. ". Hoch is in Eudora
today making a speech at the picnic of
the antihorse thief association. This is
the same organization which Tom Kel-
" addressed last year.
Miss Ethel Sheldon entertained at
her home on Western avenue last
evening in honor of Miss Ella Wheeler
Foley. This is the last of a series of
delightful entertainments for this
charming bride, whose marriage to
Mr.. Herbert Quirient Clayton VIII
take place at the home Of the brides
mother on Jackson street this evening.
They will so directly to their own
home IN Oakland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
OVERCOME By THE HEAT.
j. c. Delaney of Ulney. ILL.,, Found
Unconscious on Street.

The identity of the young man who
was stricken with sunstroke near the
corner of Fifth and Tyler last night has
at last been established. He is J. c.
Delaney and in company with his
mother was on the way from Ulney,
Ill, to Boulder, Colo. He took the
Union Pacific at Kansas City and at
this point his memory left him and he
remembers nothing that occurred later.
At Topeka he left the train without the
knowledge of his mother and while
wandering along the street in the neigh
borhood of Fifth and Tyler he was over
come by the heat and dropped to the
pavement.
Several spectators came to the rescue
and he was taken to the home of Chas.
Taylor, at ALP Tyler and DR.. R. o.
Rhodes was summoned. He found the
young man in q very serious condition
and he was taken to the Keith Rhodes
hospital. He was given the usual treat
ment for such cases but it required sew
eral hours for him to regain conscious
ness.
He is still in a critical condition and
it will be necessary for him to remain
IN the hospital several days His mother
has been sent for and will arrive some
tene this evening
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
HE'S A CHICKEN PICKER.
But Police Interfered Before Doyle
Had PIucIxed His Victim.

The city police picked up A. J. Davis
and Timothy Doyle this morning and
have placed a charge of vagrancy oD-
posite their names though the first
claims that he IS a cook, while Doyle
claims to be a professional chicken
picker looking for employment.
Then the police have a story which
differs materially from that told by
the. two prisoners, They claim that the
pair are confidence men who work olt
of Kansas City and were attempting
to work Topeka when captured.
They had victim hooked and had
hopes of landing him when he proved
that they had made a mistake by re-
porting them to the police. They had
employed him to go to some distant
town to work in a livery stable owned
by one of them. but had exacted 4 cash
deposit from their victim before the deal
could be closed.
The sum asked by them was just
about the size OF his check which he
had received Saturday night and as the
deal looked so queer to him he notified
the police and Messrs. Davis and Doyle
ate dinner today at the expense of the
city and will probably prolong their
stay for some time to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
ON The ROCK PILE
Twelve Year Old Paul Butcher
Uses a Hammer.
Tired Of Staying in Jail and
Being Idle.
ON RUNAWAY LIST.
Left His Home in Minneapolis
Bound for Frisco.
Is Started Back to His Mother
This Afternoon.

All Tuesday afternoon Paul Butcher
a 12-year-old lad who ran away from
his home in Minneapolis. Mimi, sat on
the stonepile at the city Jail and crack
ed rock along side Of the vags, criminals
and drunkards.
However, this is not a case for the
various humane societies. as the boy
was there of his own freewiH and lust
because he was tired of sitting about
the jail and wanted to be at work at
something. He is an unusually bright
and interesting little chap and SAYS thas
he ran away from home because his
parents have separated and that his
mother has large family Of small chill
dren to support
One evening last week while one Of
the officers was watching iucorni1a o
Santa Fe trains he ran across the how
and suspecting that he was q runaway
took him to the station where he frank
~ admitted that he had run avav from
up north and that he was bound for
work.
His frank and honest WAYS won a
place for him in the hearts of the on
GERS and he was given a place to slaep
apart from the prisoners A telegra m
TO his mother was not delivered and If
was then that one Of the officers found
employment for him in the cigar fscforx,
Of Scion MCGEE. Here. too, he was thought
. -@e-N Ia Va - ttlE proprietor and
men and they had made arrangements
70 buy him suit of clothes and an
prentice him as a cigarmaker and the
little fellow was having the time of his
nfa
telegram was received from the
mother later and this morning a ticket
arrived and he Will sent back to his
home, and in the meantime the bov
mourns for he was brought back to
the prison where he awaits the ticket
and the order which will take him
back to his home
During his stay al the city prison he
has been kept in one Of the rooms Of
the woman's ward and permitted to
wander about the building at his pleas
.ure as he has said that he viii not RIM
away and his word is good with the
policemen.
The officers had an occasion to use
the room last night that he has been
occupying and when they tried the
electric lights there was not a one maj
would emit a single ray of light The
boy was called in and admitted that he
was TO blame for the lights being ont
Of commission, but offered to fix them
for the officers.
He was placed in the room again and
when he was through with his work
che lamps were IN good shape again
with the exception Of one. and he an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
AMERICAN ARRESTED.
Russians Turn Him Loose on Request
of Our Consul General.

St Petersburg. Aug 15.=Prof.
George H. Blakeslee of Clark univer-
sity. Worcester Mass, who was accom-
panied by NJ. n. Lubesky, a newspa-
per man. was arrested near Volo-
kamsk yesterday as a suspicious char
acter, alth ough he had a certificate Of
identity from the American consul
general, Mr.. Smith Of MOSCOW. and
was on the point OF being sent to Volo-
kamsk, when he was released by order
of the governor general at the request
of Consul Smith who in the meantime
had been apprised by telegraph Of the
situation
Prof. Blakeslee is one of a number
of Americans travelling in Russia
studying the political, social and econ
onaic conditions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
FUSED WITH WIFE
Then Otto HUM Takes Poison
Today.
Doctors Say That He will Die
Before Night.
NOT FIRST ATTEMPT.
Tried Once Before, But Wife
Saved Him.
Doctors Puzzled as to Nature of
Poison.

Otto HUM, a meat cutter employed
at the Shawnee grocery attempted to
commit suicide al the residence of Nollie
Douglass. 307 Quincy street some time
last night and though he is alive the
chances are against his recovery. He
has been living with his wife between
Fourth and Fifth streets on Jackson
street but had quarrel last night
These .quarrels have been frequent of
late and last Saturday one of unusual
violence occurred when he poured some
thing out of a box and attempted to
take it. telling his wife that he intended
to kill himself and end it all. She knock
ed the box containing the powder from
his hand and a partial reconciliation
took place.
When the quarrel was renewed last
night he left, telling his wife that she
would never see him again and went
to the house on Quincy street where
he was found this noon and rented a
room for the night. One of the wo-
men about the house noticed loud
snoring and, pushing the door Of the
room open, found that the man was III
and at once summoned the police, who
in turn called Coroner Keith.
On a stand in the room was small
box which evidently had contained
morphine. as it was so labeled. but It
was empty, and the supposition of
those about the place as we'll as the
police was that he had chosen this
route.
When DR.. Keith arrived he made an
examination and said that while the
man was evidently dying from some
kind of poison that it was not NOR
phine. Huhn's heart action is very
weak and there is but little doubt that
he will die before night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
WALKER. PLAYED POLICEMAN.
Result Was That He Landed in the
City Jail.

Robert Walker, who drifted into Topeka
last winter when the fighting game was
at its best and participated in several Of
the mills, in several cases winning secoad
ed with disturbing the peace of the pro-
prietor and boarders at the old Nickum
hotel.
The proprietor charged him with imper-
sonating an officer and threatening him
unless he complied with his request to be
mans wife. Walker claimed that his
search was at the request Of the husband
of the person for whom he was searching.
After a lecture of considerable serious
ness by Judge Urny. Walker was told
TO go his way and keep out Of affairs Of
a similar nature on the theory that the
next one would land him IN the city
prison to say the least
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
BIG OFFER FOR o'BRIEN
To Fight sam Berger in Frisco in
september for $4,000.

Philadelphia. Aug 15.-A cable mes
sage has arrived from Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien announcing the acceptance
Of $4,000 purse to meet Sam Berger
in San Francisco in September.
The purse will be the largest offered
for fighters since Fdtzsimmons and Hall
fought in New Orleans in the early Gus.
The offer to the heavyweights comes
rom Eddy Graney. the San Francisco
boxing promoter. Berger's manager &C
3ected the offer last night, so It looks
If this important contest of heavy
.veights IS assured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

New York, Aug. -MONEY-11oney on
call steady. 3614 per cent. ruling rate 81,
closing bid and offered at 81 per cent.
Time loans strong. Sixty days, 45k65 per
cent; 30 days. 505M per cent; months,
5SzfI6 per cent.
CLOSE. Prime mercantile paper 55zd6
per cent; sterling exchange easy. at
81 S47014 S49< for demand and at %s1S6G
1880 for 60 day bills; posted rates, s. 8215
64S3 and S4S514Q4S6; commercial bills,
s. s1%04 S15k
sTLVER-Bar silver CSC; Mexican eoI-
s BEao.NSiB5iss-.eOvsrnmens bOnds strOns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
ARE TURNING OUT on.
Independents Rehneries Appear to Be
Doing Business.

Eight independent oil refneries re-
ported oil for inspection during the
month of July, according to the report
of State Oil Inspector L. T Hussey.
filed today. The total production of
kerosene and gasoline from the Kansas
independents was 1855 barrels. The
production of the various refineries was
as follows:
Uncle Sam 4s1; Great Western 500;
Webster s.: Stewart Is; Kansas City
Oil and Gas company 1888; Superior
2s6; Sunhower 200; Paola 100.
The total amount collected in oil 81
spectfon fees during July was s., So. %,
of which s2,0s0.92 was turned over 70
the state treasurer, the rest being paid
out to inspectors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
SHOT THROUGH HEART.
Victim Is Expected to Recover by the
Doctors.

Hattisburg. Miss. Aug. 15.-With
one bullet through his heart and an
other through his temple, entering at
one side Of the head and coming out
at the other, Charles Williams, a ne
gro of this city has survived for three
days and the prospects are that he will
eventually recover. The wounds were
inflicted by IS caliber revolver fired
at short range by another negro. VIII
liams fell over as though dead, but
when the undertaken arrived the
wounded negro. was able to sit up.
Since then he has. been eating heartily
and the physicians venture the opinion
that he Will recover
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

and that if a new che was procured he
could fix it. Then he told the officers
that his father was an electrician and
that he had learned the trade from
him several years ago and he is but
twelve years of age at the present
time He viii leave this afternoon for
his former home after having made a
fair start for his destination, consid-
ering the fact that he started without
money and with but general knowl-
edge of the direction he was to travel