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~ any worse thar sand bliz-
ZaTd. that's clnch." Henry
T. Borden. "a New York.
who looks after the ranch mortgages
for big Eastern company, thus com
menCed at the Brown Hotel an account
Of "a recent experience which, he says.
is responsible for a large majority OF
the gray hairs that poke ont from JH-
Ger his hat, says the Denver Post
II had three TauChes-two IN Texas
and ore ia the extreme southeastern
portion Of New Mexico-tu examine and
report on 10 my Company." he cOnJiu-
ued "and 7 wound up ry work at the
ranch Of Jerry GARNER. about thirty
miles southeast of Carlsbad, y. n. l
had driven acro7s country. and now
Carlsbad was ny nearest railr Dad
point, and having d good horse and be-
ing told that the road was plain and
practically straisnt. ] had no hesitancy
Ia starting out without any guide or
even compass
"WeH. the day was dne. and during
the forenoon tie sun shouc actually hot
upon me and I logged along contentedlv
enough. About ! O'Clock / struck the
sandhIls that stretch clear on from
that point 70 the brakes Of the Pecos
across the famous stalled plains. and
that there was neither wateTcOu"se
spring ranch or habitation OF ans. kind
anywhere aIongs the route. 50 / had
given my horse chance for one last
drink before starting and had brought
along a couple Jf bottles OF beer and
some lunch for myself, as well as d
feed OF corr for the horse.
1t was we'll IN II l laid in even that
much In the way Of provision. for / had
not calculated on the ssn1h.ls nor bad
weather. and ] found that they made d
tough combination. The sun went be
hind thick clouds The wind came up
stronger and stronger, and a chiH got
into the air. began u scent trouble.
and 1 whipped uP and nit the road
harder
"W,H. sir. if you've never run against
a sladstorm you cant possibly st an
idea Of What I was uD against. Though
il was early in the afternoon, things toe
gan to get darker aud darker. and when
the sand began TO move. coming in great
cutting gusts aga inst nv face. | couldn't
see thing but my finish. and tile poor
horse tucked his head and snorted. and
yet heaved ahead the best he could.
After a little | found that We were
not in any road at all The sand had
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PepnSv'S Smart Bears.

- HE black bears Of Wheelersviile.
Pa. continue 10 hold the palm
for being the smartest of their
kind in this State
They have stripped the apples off the
orchard Of a small farmer living near
Cold Spring, the thievery being accom-
plished in two nights. Last summer. in
the neighboThood OF Wellsgrove June
tion. two cubs got 10 nos.ng around a
hand truck on lumber road and started
the thing down grade. one of the bears
on top OF IL. The bear had a sad fan
End a roll among the rocks. while the
truck went OF the track at a curve.
Between Wheelersville and Grover, one
midday last week a bear frightened
huclIsters horse until IN It's plunging
about IL scOoted crate of eggs and lwO
fTkins OF honey into the roadway from
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THE CRoMARTYRsHIRE.


crew were saved and have been
landed in England.
The vessel was one of the best
known traders on the Pacific coast.
There was never any difficulty in
getting men to ship in her, for the
superstitious sailormen felt sure
that they were safe enough on
board her. II was the fellow that
sailed on the other boat who had
10 pray to be delivered from the
Cromartyrshire. And a sigh of re-
lief went mp when the news came
that her misunderstanding days were
over. Wrecked is she? And a good
job. tool" is the universal comment
among the Sailorfolk where her
record was known and feared.
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out of the parlor. Iarhng ike a mad
thing with Mysteries.
They moved OF slowly. not know
ing wot to Do. as, of course. they knew
they dgrcn't 60 to the police about it,
Ginger Dicks temper was awful; but
Peter Ruszet said they mustn't give up
all 'ope-hed write 10 Ted Reddish
and tell i'm as a friend wot a danger
e was in. Old Sam didn't say any
thing. the loss of his uevy and tweuy-
five pounds az the same tine being al
most more than is art could bear.
and in slow. melancholy fashion
they walked back to old sam lodg-
ings.
We'll. what the bIazes is up now p
seS Ginger DICK, as they turned the
corner
There was three of four 'undered
people standing in front of the 'ouse.
and women's 'eads ca of all the win
ders screaming their 'ardest for the
police. and as they got closer they
card a inccssant knocking 1t took
'em nearly five minutes to force their
way through the crowd. and then they
nearly went crazy as they saw the
wild man with 'alf the windcr-bIind
missing. but otherwise well and 'arty.
standing on the step and giving rat
-tat-tats at the door for all e was
worth
They never got to know the rights
of it, Beauty getting 30 excited every
time they asked i'm 'ow he got on that
they ad to give It up. But they began
to ave a sort OF idea at last that Ted
Reddish 'ad been avIng a game with
EN-, and that Mrs. Reddish was worse
than Wot G was"
Copyright. 1901. by Dodd. Mead & CoD
The Washington times., 1906-12-02

the wagon and then started on a canter
up the road. The beast felI 10 and
grceGily devourej the eggs and honey
before the huckster got his frightened
horse stopped and Es-Urued with "A gun.
one morning less than a month ago
an engineer on an early freight on the
Susquehunna and New York railroad.
pulled his train up the Ellen town grade
through the Pleasant Stream timbers.
saw what he first thought was q man
IElns on tSe track few rods ahead.
BUT the object proved To- Oe q bear. and
as the engine approached BTuin sat up
on his launches and grinned defiance
at the locomotive
But a shr'il whistle from the iron
morse was too much for the bear. and
ne shambied of into the thicket Some
OF the trainmen OF the Susquehauna
anu New York carry rifles for chance
shots al inqulsitive bears alone the run
between MonrOetown and Ralston.
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t last the "CromartyrShTe," the wind-
jan1mer which cost the EveS of hun
dredS in the accident to the French
liner, has gone DOM off the coast
of South America, and lies a wreck
like her many pictimS. Fire, wreck,
and collision hare marked her ILL
fated career.
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Her specially was in bringing dis
aster 20 other vessels.
Vessel a Total Lost.
On her last voyage as she was
leaving Portland, Ore, she crashed
into a pier ana tore part Of il away.
And in the final wreck. when sail
ing under the command of Captain
Nicoll, she piled her ribs upon
Tetus Point, Chile. not a life was
lost. Vessel and cargo are d total
loss, but Captain NicoII and his
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ers ard their wives killed; of see
ing old men and young children
slaughtered or beaten back into
the water, of the weak ruthlessly
sacrificed.
Not Cromarty rshIre's Fault.
True all this was not the Gro
martyrshire's fault. She was dis
tinctly within her rights; she was
sailing under reduced canvas, her
fog whistles blowing every min
ute, well out Of the track of the
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ing event in her career of mishaps,
but il was not the only one. \ few
years before she had run into "a
crowded ferryboat when making
her way out OF New York. Panic,
screams, fainting women, scare
heads in the next days papers, but
no lives lost On another occasion
she ran into fishing smack, Ia a
snowstorm of the Grand Banks
but the crew managed 10 jump
clear and the Cromartyrshire pick
ed them up.
\ few years after.th sinking OF
the Bourgogne the CromartyrshiTe
caught fire of the east coast of
Africa. The fire turned out less
serious than it first seemed. 1t
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at all In subsequent Investigations
1t was thoroughly demonstrated
that Captain Henderson was not at
all to blame.
Ran Into Crowded Ferry Boat.
That, of course, was the crown
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Women Stabbed Like Sheep.

They swore that women were
stabbed like SO many sheep, that
the decks were slaughter pens,
that stewards, walters, cabin boys
who the day before had cringed
for a fee, fought to the boats,
sprang into them deaf to ,vomen's
cries and the wailing OF children;
that stokers, fremen and assis-
tant engineers. muscular, sweaty,
grimy, scared, and desperate ran
up from the depths Of the ship
and behaved like the demons they
looked.
Men told Of seeing their moth
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is remembered as one of the most
terrible tragedies of the sea. 1t
occurred at o'clock on the morn
ing of July 4, 1898, sixty miles
south of Sable island. The Bour-
gogne had left New York two days
before, with 739 souls on board;
SIT passengers, 222 crew. The col
Hsion occurred in a dense fog. La
Bourgogne was eighty miles of her
course. The French liner sank al
most Immediately. The Cromartyr-
shire with her bow smashed in
fioated on her collision bulkheads,
stood by all day and picked up in
her boats and received from La
Bourgogne's boats fifty-four of her
passengers and 1O5 Of her crew,
about 10 per cent of the fromer,
nearly 50 per cent of the latter;
not a child was saved. not a first
cabin passenger, only ten of the
second cabin; only one woman, and
she by her husbands bravery. And
the surviving passengers told ter
rible t. Ses Of the cowardice and
brutality Of the crew; of stokers
and stewards, walters, and sailors
driving women and children away
at knives points from the lifeboats,
which they filed; of struggling
men and women actually mur-
dered as they tried to climb into
the boats; of unfortdnates beaten
over the head with oars and iron
bars, and thrust away and held un-
der the water with boat hooks; of
life lines cut to which women in
the water clung and the shrielling
women drowned.
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NOT THE MAN FOR THE NAME.

a Missourian named Henry Clay took
two drinks of whisky and dropped dead.
Which teaches US how futile II is 10
hitch a weakling to a great man 8
name.-Louisville Courier Journal.
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southwestern coast of
South America. Her bones lie
bleaching on Tetus Point, Chile,
and there be none to mourn her.
For during the thirty-seven years
of her existence she has earned a
reputation as a sort of "enfant ter
rible" of the seas. She has meant
well; her intentions have been of
the best-but she was always most
blamelessly in hot water, and what
is worse, always getting other
ships into trouble. So firmly was
her reputation as a hoodoo estab-
Hshed, that other ships avoided her
as they would the plague.
Marked for Misfortune.
The Cromartyrshire was an iron
ship, constructed at Port Glasgow
in 1879. She was 1854 tons regis
ter; 2,44s feet long; IS feet beam;
drew 20 feet of water, and carried
a crew of about 20 men, From the
day of her launching she seems to
have been marked for misfortune.
She has been caught in some of the
most fearful storms in the memory
of the present generation. She
has braved fire and ice. But col
hsions were her successful special
ty-collisions in which she was al
ways entirely blameless and in
which the other fellow invariably
got the worst of it. And a very
bad worst il was. y complete ac-
count of her mishaps would ill
fair sized volume.
In 1895, as a sort of coming of
age spree twenty-one years after
her launching, she colHded with
the French steamer La Bourgogne,
double her length, four times her
tonnage, ten times her crew, and
carrying more than 800 passengers.
She was seriously disabled; the
E-r.r.,l ffr.y. moe emil ..-,I ~
GOO lives lost. 1t was not the Cro-
martyrshire's fault-no indeed. But
the Cromartyrshire was, as usual,
there when it happened, and a ter
rible happening it was.
4 Terrible Tragedy.
That sinking of the Bourgogne
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was eNtinguished without serious
loss, but her commander, who was
then Captain Eeid, lost his life in
attempting tc jump into one of the
boats. This Is about the only case
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T LAST the CrOmartyr-
shire has succumbed to
her own "hoodOo." She
has been wrecked of the
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in her record of fatal accident TO
one of the men who sailed on her.
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
Lost in a Sand Blizzard

SNOW blizzard Is bad. I've
no doubt. but IL can't be
any worse thar, a sand bl'z-
Zard. that's d cInch." " Henry
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
4 Terrible Tragedy

That sinking of the Bourgogne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
Goats as Moving Machines

A flock of angora goats was put on
a rocky hillside that it was desired to
have cleared and gotten into grass,
says writer in Country Life in Amer
lea. It was such a tangle of brush and
briers that It was with difficulty one
could make a way through it. The
goats actually ate their way in until It
was penetrated with paths in all direc-
lions. After the leaves within reach
were eaten they would stand on their
hind feet with their fore-feet in the
branches and so eat the leaves higher
UP, or, If the brush was not too large.
would throw their weight against and
bend It to the ground where others of
the flock would help strip it of its foil
age The leaves would come out again
only to be eaten on then sprouts
would come from the roots to share the
same fate. until at the end of the sec
ond summer everything in the shape
of a bush not over six feet tall ex-
cept the pines and laurel was com
pIetely killed, and white clover was be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
NOW over $4,000
Topeka Population for This
Year Is Tabulated.
Shows a Small Increase Over
Last.

The population of Topeka for 1906 is
1900, this is as near as the estimate
can be returned by the board of asses
sors.
Thii " Juld mean that the increase in
population of the city was very slight
over the report submitted last year at
this time by the board. However, the
board acknowledges that the entire pop
ulation is probably greater than its re-
turns and says with frankness that it
doesn't believe that 1t has reckoned for
all the inhabitants. VIM. Henderson, a
member of the board, said: We have
not secured the actual entire popula-
ton I think there is no question but
what we passed over some inadvertent-
" can't help but believe that there
has been a greater increase in the pop
ulation than our returns Indicate
The county assessors who have just
completed assessing the property liable
for taxation report total value Of real,
personal and railroad property subject
to taxation at $12.125, sol. This is an
increase Of $506 0S6 over the total valu-
alton as returned last year. The in
crease is a notable one and proba bly,
will result in a reduction in the amount
of the tax levy in the city. The total
valuation is distributed as follows:
Real property, 1901, 440; personal pro-
perty. $2,514, 490: railroad property,
s619, 566. The total last year was SILL
SIS, $40.
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NOT A VOICE RAISED.
Saturdays House journal Approved
Without Dissenting Vote.

Washington, JuHe7 4.-The threaten
ed "insurgent'' dem onstratiorI gro win 8
out Of the report Of the confarees in
the statehood bill which seemed i'm
minent on the converting of the house
today did not occur. the journal beins
approved without a dissenting voice.
Mr. murphy (MoD had offered a
resolution on Saturday discharging the
conferees on the statehood bill land
that it shall be in order. Immediately
without debate for the house to pro-
coed to vote on the Question. shall the
house agree to and concur IN the SEN
ate amendments -
This resolution was held not 70 be
privileged or parliamentary AMI the
speaker amid a great deal of confusion
had declared the house adjourned al
though Mr.. Murphy had appea, I'd from
the decision of the chair AMI insisted
that a square deal ought to be given
even the opponents of the conference
report.
The dove of peace seemed to hover
over the house when it convened to-
day the minority leader. John Sharp
Williams, intimating that he would be
good for several days at least, givin;
the speaker every opportunity to give
the house a chance to vote on the con-
ference report
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
MILLIONS IN WAGES.
What Is Expended and Value of Pro-
ducts III Topeka.

Each year when the assessors go
about the city of Topeka making up
the valuations, they must ask each
industry they find what its invested
capital is. how many men and women
are employed. what the amount is
paid in wages, the value of the raw
material, and the value Of the produc-
tons
When the assessors today filed their
reports, they presented a supplement
tary statement covering these ques-
lions. 1t shows that the total amount
of capital invested In 365 Topeka in
dustries is Ss,16O,315. The Santa Re
does not give its figures. In these 365
concerns are employed SSH males
and 888 females The amount paid
in wages is $3,49O,212 annually. The
value Of the raw material Is $10.466,
932. The value of the production is
s18,3S6, O76.
The following table shows the num-
Der of industries of various kinds. the
capital invested, and the value of the
r1rn6Icfinnq-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04

Almost any flowers which an old
fashioned garden affords are lovely for
a June wedding. and those who have a
wedding in the family this month need
not be concerned about the arrange
ments A bay window is often used as
the place for the bridal party to stand,
and this lends itself particularly we'll
to decoration.
The curtains can be drawn together
and edged with delicate vines. Be
tween each window section. tall ever
green tree planted in a large pot,
painted white. can help make a most
graceful background A low table
covered with a white cloth can be set
at the back of the bay window. Upon
this may be placed a vase of blossoms
of any desired hue. and two tall brass
candle sticks holding lighted tapers
A small white rug upon the floor in
front of the table, marks the spot
where the clergyman is to stand
Curving outward from the front of the
bay window small evergreen trees,
also in white pots can make a green
chancel boundary; leaving an opening
at the center where the bride and
groom will stand
Another pretty arrangement is to
have screens placed at the back af the
bay window. covered with sprays of
graceful bloom. The ceiling of the bay
window can be covered with wire net
ting and massed with laurel leaves or
other dark green; and hanging from
this can be numerous lengths of fine
wire or string wound with vines and
each holding from its tip end a spray
of blossoms roses, snowballs.
peonies or lilies could be used, and the
effect is lovely. White ribbons can
form an aisle at the time of the bridal
procession If wished these ribbons
can be held by four little girls dressed
In white and crowned with flowers
The June Housekeeper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
FOR THE NEW DEPOT.
Railway omciaIs Comforting with the
Kansas City omcials.

A committee Of the executives of the
railroads which are members of the
company that is TO erect a new union
depot at Kansas City. Mo-, are in that
city today comforting with the local off,
Gals over the plans for the new sta
ton. This committee consists of B. L.
Rock Island & Pacific railway and
chairman of the board of directors of
the new depot company; S. NJ. FELTON,,
president of the Chicago & Alton Rail-
road company, and j. W Kendrick,
second vice president of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway company.
With this committee is John NJ. Egan,
who is to be elected president of the
new Kansas City Terminal company
and who viii have charge OF the erec-
ton of the new station.
The committee is comforting today
with the city officials over the ordinance
which is to be presented to the Kansas
City council tonight to provide for the
closing Of number of streets and 9TH
er concessions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
NO BUSINESS DONE.
The Senate Adjourned When Death of
German Was Announced.

Washington, June 4.-The senate
adjourned Immediately upon reeeiv-
ing the announcement of Senator
Gormans death. No business what
ever was transacted, even the reading
of the journal being dispensed with.
There was an unusual number of SEN
ators present, and all were manifestly
impressed by the solemnity of the oe-
casion.
Appropriate resolutions were adopt
ed and committee to attend the fu-
neral was appointed as follows:
dessrs. Rayner, Allison, Morgan, Hale
Aldrich. Teller. Gallinger, Elkfns,
Martin, Tillman. Clay. Spooner. Kean,
Bailey Blackburn, Clark (Mont.), and
Overman-
After the senate adjourned the desk
and chair formerly occupied by Sen
ator German were draped in deep
black in accordance with the custom
in such cases. The house also ap-
pointed committee to attend the fu-
neral
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
Dunkards in Conference.

Dayton, o, June The yearly con-
vention of the old German Baptist
church of America, commonly called
the Dunkards, opened a weeks session
today at Englewood, near this city It
is estimated that there are 5000 dele
gates and visitors present. They have
been coming from all over the United
States for the past ten dyas, in We
hieles, on the trains, many walking
They are camping in the woods and
are being fed on the grounds. The
church has decided that next year 1t
will hold its convention some place in
California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
spreckeIs' Daughter Married.

New YORK, June 4.=Mrs. Emma
Watson, daughter of Claus Spreckels of
San Francisco, was married in this city
on Saturday to John W. Ferris of San
Francisco. A report of the marriage
was made on aSturday but later was
denied by the rector of the church in
which the ceremony was performed.
The denial and the resulting confusion
were caused by the fact that the min
lister who ofhciated made no report to
the rector and after the ceremony left
the eitx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

F. Worcester died at his farm six
miles south of Topeka Sunday at the
age of rs years of paralysis. The fu-
neral was held at the Pauline church
this afternoon at 2 o'clock and the in
terment was in the Linn Creek ceme-
terry
Miss Mary Flenniken has received
word of the death of her friend Ida
Austin Shanklin. at Colorado Springs
on the 10Th of May. The remains Of
Miss Shanklin. was was a graduate of
Bethany college, we're taken to Tren-
ton, Mo, for interment.
John NJ Bryan, aged II years. died
at his home, 1903 North Logan stree,
at O'Clock Sunday. The funeral an
nouncement will not be made until
later.
The funeral of John Heritage. who
died at his home in Oakland Friday
at the age of 50 years. was held from
the North Topeka Baptist church at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon, interment
being in the Rochester cemetery.
A. G. Miner died at his home in
Highland Park Saturday afternoon at
the age of "a years from paralysis
with which he was sticken several
years ago. The arrangements for the
funeral will be announced later.
Mrs. Melvina Simpler, aged IS. died
at he. home, corner of Eighth avenue
and Taylor streets. this afternoon at
1870. She was sister of DR.. S E.
Martin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04

Attorney General Coleman submitted
to the supreme court this morning a
motion for the advancement of the case
of the state VS.. the city of Lawrence.
This Is the case involving the liability
OF Lawrence for 800 600 worth of bonds
issued as a bonus for securing the loca-
ton of the state university at that
place. Lawrence had refused to pay
the bonds on the ground that the leg
fslature exempted the city from pay
nnent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-04
LOCAL MENTION.

The W. C.. T. L. will meet at the
home of Mrs. Allen. SOC West Sixth
avenue, at p. m. tomorrow
Miss Ella Stockham will entertain
the following girls at dinner this even
Ing at her home: Miss Elsie Yeweli
Miss Mamie Mcclure. Miss Eva
Shoals, Miss Mae oliver. Miss Beatrice
Oils, Miss Sara Shuart Miss Olive
shuart and Miss Lucille Ward