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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

boys We have no objections to being
called Jim. but when we are in our
office as mayor we expect and shall
insist on being addressed by our title
After we have thrown half a dozen
more of the crowd downstairs for un-
due familiarity the gang VIII probably
get it through their heads that there
is a difference between tweedledee and
tweedIedun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

The circulation books OF the Kicker
are open to all, and any wouId-be ad-
vertiser who wants to spend three
months counting up the number Of our
subscribers VIII be made welcome and
provided with a lunch at noon every
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

The Lone Jack Recorder says we are
liar when We state that it requires
one hundred and twel1ty-aeveu perfect
ing presses. running night and day, 20
work OFT the weakly issue of this pa
per. We never made such a statement.
Our eighty-f1ve presses are rumbling
away in plain view OF Ill, and It would
be silly in us to exagg the NUM-
Der. Try again. Mr.. Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

The position of sporting editor on
this paper is open to the right party
at a salary of 50 per week to begin
on. He must be well up on all sports.
able to shoot tWo-handed, and a man
who can bluff it out when covered with
a. gun by a cock-eyed, red-headed chap
who is looking for trouble. ANY other
sort viii waste their time correspond
ing with US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

We were feeling the other day that
we had got settled down for the win
ter, when Major Skinner stopped his
paper because we refused to pitch into
Nero and raise a row over the way he
burned up 8 good part of the business
district of Rome several thousand
years ago. Now we have got to ride
out to the majors ranch and exchange
fusillades with him, and It may be a
whole month before things will go on
as before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

They had a riot over at Blue Hen
Valley the other afternoon, in which
about thirty men participated and fred
an average Of four shots apiece When
order was restored It was found that
one man had nosebleed from having
been struck by somebody's elbow Ycu
can buy corner lots at Blue Hen for
ten dollars apiece. and they are con
sidered dear at that. No wonder Ari-
iona is kept out of the statehood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

The subscription price of the Arizona
Kicker is one dollar year, and no
premiums Of any sort are ofKered. FER
sons who are approached by solicitors
should demand their documents, and
where they cannot be produced. the
nearest vigilance society should be
speedily notified Where lynchlng
takes place we pay one-half the fun-
era15 expenses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

shall had had a thumb shot off by a
gang of cowboys from Big 4 Ranch.
we turned out Of bed with a couple
of guns and cleared the town within
ten minutes. The defeated broncho-
busters have sent us in word that they
viii hang US to a limb before the first
OF the year, but knowing how they
must feel we extend our heartful SYM
pathies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

An Eastern subscriber asks US by
letter if the climate of Arizona is good
for catarrh If he can sit in a poker
game for four weeks without being
shot he will begin to notice an i'm
provement in his ailment. and if he can
dodge bullets and stampeding steers
for three months longer he can con
slider himself cured. The climate itself
is simply bully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

Ex-Judge Trueman wishes to pub
licly deny the rumor that he has been
trying to get US ousted from the post
of the Gulch. and secure
The snpointment for himself. We
thinks our calling upon the judge with
a couple % guns had something to do
with the matter but we are willing to
give him the benefit Of the doubt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

Some three OF four weeks ago We
had n item IN this paper to the erect
fnwera ana drank out of a jug. We
understand that considerable hard
feeling has resulted. and We wish TO
explain that the item was written by
sI1s yTorse uditor and smuggled In
.vheu y,a were extra busy. IF he can
not substantiate his assertions he viii
be discharged. The most that We could
say personally against the WOLF creek
s,ss fq mat f1fov wipe their greasy I'm
gers 81, their hair after eating sand
wiches made of bears meat
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-31
PROF. OMORf
Of P EFA5f iF B0rEBIEo

The following is Prof. Omoris letter
to the Chronicle written from Homo
lulu:
To the Editor of the Chronicle
Sir. The object of the present note &c
to point out a few elementary princ'
pies of earthquake proof construction,
which are perfectly self-evidnet and
yet are entirely ignored in many i'm
portant buildings in San Francisco and
other places which suffered severely
from the recent great earthquake
To minimize the damage to a build
ing, the latter must be so constructed
that it is caused to move only slightly
by earthquake shocks and as a single
body. To attain this end several con-
ditions are necessary, the following be-
ing the most important:
First-Selection of the site The
earthquake motion depends very much
on the nature of the ground, being con-
sderably greater in soft. alluvial or
newly made soil than in hard or rocky
ground.
Second-The immediate vicinity of q
steep cliff or slope must be avoided,
unless proper masonry works are
erected to prevent the marginal vibra-
ton effect.
INSTRUMENTATION Greatest care
must be taken in making the founda
ton, especially when building on soft
ground. BY making the foundation
solid and large we attain a condition
approaching that of hard ground II
the foundation be weak and small, a
structure built on 1t virtually becomes
a collection of different bodies loosely
bound together, and consequently east
ly thrown in large movements.
A wooden house, with feeble and
half-rotten basement structure, is spe-
cially bad. A very little amount Of pre-
caution taken in strengthening the
joints will enable a wooden house with
good basement to resist an earthquake
however violent.
Fourth-Good material Of construc-
tion must be used The capacity of a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-31

brick wall or column to resist earth
quake shocks depends on the tensible
strength of the brick and mortar joint
If the tensible strength be nil, or if
the mortar be very bad. a thick wall
will be shattered just as easily as a
thin one. A house built of bad mate
rails is, therefore, entirely incapable
to Withstand earthquakes, however
thick the walls may be.
Fifth-Good workmanship. In cases
of brick or stone buildings the con-
struction must be carried on with the
utmost care. Good stones, bricks and
mortar would be absolutely of no avail
If the workmanship be not properly
executed. Dishonesty or negligence in
this respect in the case of schools, fac
tories jails and other public buildings
may be regarded as being criminal.
SiXth-Uniformity of construction.
This is the most important condition
to be observed i'm the earthquake-proof
condition A structure like the Call
building or the Palace Hotel is a very
good eXemplihcation of this principle.
A building whose different parts have
different modes of vibration is danger
Gus, the mutual destruction always
causing great damage. Thus a brick
chimney projecting through the roof
Of wooden house vibrate differently
from the latter, the result being that
it is invariably broken at the roof.
1t is necessary to make the part of
chimney above the roof of slight
material.
Again a high tower of steel say.
loosely Joined to a brick structure,
causes damage to the latter.
Churches generally have suffered
very badly because the construction Is
heterogeneous the tower being usu-
ally the source of destruction. Sml-
larly, parapet walls balustrades, etc,
are dangerous.
The best types of earthquake-proof
construction for large buildings seem
TO be re-enforced concrete and steel
frame brick structures.
Honolulu, (H, -, August s, 1906
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-31
M 10 T5 L JOE CO 81

MEMPHIS. Tenn. August 9.--Yester-
day morning while more than a hum
dred persons were gathered about a
fresh grave in Elmwood cemetery ex-
pecting to witness the solemn service
characteristic of the native of Hawaii.
a committee of six members of the
Royal Band We're i'm consultation with
Manager j. G. Cohen pleading that the
body of their fellow musician be not in
TERED I'm Memphis, but be held until
arrangements would be made for send
ing it back TO Honolulu No petition
or suppiication was ever more sincere
or appealing than that subm tied by
Spokesman w. :. ellis of the commit
tee appointed to prevent the burial Of
Juan Edwards in Memphis
Yesterday morning these Hawaians
fully recognized that Juan Edwards
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-31

committee to confer with Manager j.
c. Cohen that his argument was in
vain, \ strenuous halr-hour was spent
i'm discussion of the situation. The
committee was willing to make liberal
subscription to the expense of shipping
the body home for interment and it
pledged subscriptions from the other
members of the band. Manager Cohen
realized the futility of his position as
against the sentiment that was so pre-
Valent in the ranks of his band, and
stated to the spokesman of the COM
mittee that he would order the body
embalmed and held until further or
ders.
Had life been granted a reprieve
1t could hardly have occasioned a
greater outburst of gratitude than this
statement from Manager Cohen
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-31
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Honolulu, August Il, 1906.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-31
NOTICE.
OAHU COUNTRY CLUE.

OAHU COUNTRY CLUB.
Oahu Country Club Assessment No.
1 of 40 per cent. ($1O per share) will
be delinquent September l, 1906. Sub
scribers to the stock of the above club
may receive their certificates of stock
by calling at the office of the under
signed, Pacific Hardware Co. stores,
Fort Street, Honolulu.
j. o. YOUNG,
Treasurer.
Honolulu, August II, 1906
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-31
HONOLULU LODGE GIG,
b. +. D. E.

Honolulu L dge No. GIG, B. P. o. E.,
will meet in their hall, on Miller and
Beretania streets, every Friday even
ing. By order of the E. r..
HARRY E. MURRAY, E. R.
HARR' H. SIMPSON. Secy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-31
j. c. COHEN.

j. G.
was HboU; TO he buried forever on for
eign soil ImHromptu d scussions of
the situation were held at first by little
groups Of s2mb, e-faccd men. whose
heads hung low and whose foreign ton
que spoke in whispers There was a
fraternalsm among these musicians.
That brCtherly interest and affection
revolted at the thought that the body
Of Juan Edwards could not be taken
back to the Pacific island home
The matter was presented to Man
ager j. C. Cohen Mr.. Cohen believed
that it were better that the widow be
saved her money for the necessities Of
life, now that she was deprived of her
husbands support. He advised the
members of the band to view the situa-
ton from a practical standpoint and
bury the body here
1t could raeiily be seen from the ex-
pressions on the faces of the six stall
wart Iawaiians who formed the chosen
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-31
FraternaI Meetings
HONOLULU AERIE I4O,
f. o. Il.

Meets on End. and 4th. Wednesday
evenings of each month at 1880 o'clock
in K. of P. Hall, King street Visiting
Eagles are invited to attend.
SANI'L McKEAGUE,, w. p,
H. T. MOORE, Secty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-09-06
M1aM dryKoeh ne
Nervous exbaustion invites disease.

Nervous exhaustion invites disease.
This statement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes a burden
and you cannot walk a few blocks with
out excessive fatigue, and you break
out into perspiration easily, and your
face fiushes, and you grow excited and
shaky at the least provocation, and
you cannot bear to be crossed in any
thing, you are in danger; your nerves
have given out you need building up
at once! To build up woman's nerv
GUS system and during the period of
change of life we know of no better
medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Here is an illus
tration. Mrs. Mary L. Koehne, 371
Garfield Avenue, Chicago, ILL.,. writes /:
81 have used Lydia e. Pinkham'sVegetable
Compound for years In my family and it
never ~disappoints; so when l felt that / was
nearing the change of life / commenced treat.
ment with it. I took in all about six bottles
and it did me a greatdeal Of good. It stopred
my dizzy spells, pains in my back and the
headaches with which | had suffered for
months before taking the Compound. feel
that if it had not been for this great medicine
for women that I should not have been alive
to-day. It is splendid for women old or young,
and will surely cure all female disorders"
Mrs. Pinkham, daughter-in-law OF
Lydia E. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, in
vites all sick and ailing women to write
her for advice. Her great experience
is at their service. free of cost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-09-06
W. ]. BRYAN'S MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN SPEECH

method of electing United States sem
ators. There is noticeable everywhere
a distinct movement toward democracy
in its broadcast sense. In all the coun-
Il les which 1 have visited there is a de-
m1nd that the government be brought
nearer TO the people, In China a con-
stttution is under consideration. In ia
pan the people are demanding thai the
ministry, instead Of being chosen by the
emperor from among his particular
friends. shall be selected from par!ia-
ment. and be in harmony with the DOM
inant sentiment. In India there is agl.
tation in favor of a native congress-. In
Russia. the car has been compelled to
recognize the popular voice in the. es-
Enlistment of a douma, and throughout
Europe the movement manlfestS itself In
various forms. In the United States this
trend toward democracy a taken the
form of a growing demand for the cleo
ton of United States senator's by a d.
rect vote of the people. 1t must be diff
ficult to overestimaIe the strategic adj
vantage of this reform, for since every
bill must receive the sanction of the
senate as well as the house of repre-
sentatives before it can become a law,
no important legislation of a national
character is possible until the senate is
brought Into harmony with the people
| am within the limits of the truth when
l say that the senate has been for some
| years the bulwark of the predatory
wealth. and that it even now contains
so many members who their cleo
ton to favor-seeking corporations, and
are so subservient to their masters as to
| prevent needed legislation. The popular
branch of congress has four times de-
clared in favor of this reform, n two
thirds of the states nave demanded it,
n vet the senate a~rrogantly and lmpu-
IDENTIFY blocks the way.
The Income Tax.
The income tax. which some in our
country have denounced as a socialistic
attack upon wealth. has, l am pleased tc
report, the endorsement of the most
conservative countries in the old world
1t is a permanent part of the fiscal sys-
tenn of most of the countries of Europe
and in many places it is a graded tax
the rate being highest upon the larges
incomes. England has long depended
upon the income tax for a considerabl,
part of her revenues, II her Englisl
commission is now Investigating TIN
proposition to change from a uniform t.
a graded tax. l have been absent to-
long to speak with any authority on TIL
public sentiment in this country at thi
time, but | am so convinced of the JUS
tice of the income tax that l feel sur
that the people will sooner or later de
which will specifically authorize an in
come tax. and thus make 1t possible TO
the burdens of the federal government t
be apportioned among the people i
proportion to their ability to bear then
1t is litsse short of a disgrace, to on
country hat while it is able to com
mand the lives of its citizens in time {
war, it can not, even in the most eX
IRENE emergency, compel wealth. to bea
it's share of the expenses of the govern
ment which protects it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-09-06

larger volume Of money for which they
commended. We who favor bi-metalism
are satisfied without victory II the
friends OF mono-metalism. are saut
with theirs. And we can invite them TO
a contest of zeal and endurance in the
effort to restore to tle people the rights
which have gradually been taken from
them by the trusts.
Campaign Contributions.
The investigations which have been In
closed the business methods OF those who
a few years ago resented any inspection of
their schemes. and AID their rascality un-
der high sounding phrases. These lnves-
LEGATIONS have also disclosed the source
of enough campaign funds which have
been used to debauch elections and cor
rupt the ballot. The people see now what
they SHOULD have seen before, namely:
tina no party can exterminate the trusts
SO long as it owe its political success
TO campaign contributions secured from
the trusts. The great corporations 90
not contribute their money to any party
except for immunity expressly PROMISED
or clearly implied. The president has
recommended legislation on this subject
but SO far his party has failed to respond
this baneful influence is eliminated, and
l hope that the democratic party VIII not
only challenge the republican party TO
bring forward effective legislation on THIS
subject, but will set an example by re-
fusing to receive campaign contributions
from corporations. and is opening. the
hooks so that every contributor of any
considerable sum may be known to the
public before the election. The grea'
majority of corporations are engaged IN
legitimate business, n have nothing
to fear from hostile legislation, and the
officers should not be permitted to use
the money of the stockholders to advance
their own political opinion. Contributions
should be individual. not corporate, ant
no party can afford to receive contrlDu'
tions, even from individuals. when thu
acceptance of these contributions Sc
cretly pledge the party to a course whlcf
1t can not, openly ayow. In other WORDS
politics should be honest, and / mistak'
present conditions in America If they, d.
NOT receive improvement in the conduc
of campaigns.
The Paramount Issue-Trusts.
While men may differ as to the relativ'
jmnortance of issues, and while the mex
congress will largely shape the lines upol
which the coming presidential campaigl
will be fought, l think 1t is safe TO sa,
that the issue in the minds o
a large majority of the people is tn
trust issue. l congratulate Presiden
Roosevelt upon the steps which he ma
taken to enforce the antitrust avs, an
INV qualification is not lessened by IN
fact that he has followed the democrati
rather Thar the republican platform |
every advance he has made. 1t mas pee
a great embarrassment, to him that tn
nIatform upon which he was elected wa
filled with praise Of the republican PAL
TVS record rather than with promises {
reform. Even the enthusiastic suppol
; given him by the democrats has enapie
the champions of the trusts 70 taunt ~
with following democratic leauefsnlp. II
has probably gone as far as he coul
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-09-06

lions doing business with each other,
and then proceed to swindle the stock
holders of the various corporations Tor
which they act. No man can serve
two masters. and the director who at
tempts to do so will fail. no matter how
much money he makes before his failure
is discovered. Many OF the trusts con-
troll prices by the same methods. The
same group of men secure control OF
several competing corporations. and the
management is thus consolidated
Suggests Remedies.
1t is worth while to consider whether
a blow may not be struck at the trusts
by a law making il illegal for the same
person to act as director of officer of two
corporations which deal with each other
or are engaged in the same general BUSH
ness.
A still more far-reaching remedy was
proposed by the democratic platform of
1900, namely the requiring of corpora
tons to take out a federal license before
engaging in interstate commerce. rms
remedy is simple, easily applied and COM
would not embarrass legitimate corpora
tions-it would scarcely Inconvenience
them-while it would confine the preda-
tory. corporations to the fate of theii
origin. juht as a license to sell liquor
! leaves the possessor of the license to sell
only in accordance with the laws of the
| state in which he resides, so a corporate
license granted by a federal commission
"oula " tSAAN ~ IN Shh -
each state to regulate foreign corpora
tions doing business within its borders
If corporations were required to take on
a federal license. the federal government
could then issue the license upon thu
terms and conditions which would pro
tect the public.
Corporations Have No Natural Rights
A corporation differs from a human be
ing in that it has no natural rights, ant
as all of it's rights are derived from TIN
statutes. 1t can be limited or restrained
according as the public welfare may re
quire. The control which congress ha
over interstate is complete
and If congress can prevent the transpor
tation of a lottery ticket through tn
malls, by the express companies, or b.
freight, it can certainly forbid the us
of the mails. the railways and the tele
graphs to any corporation which is en-
deavoring to monopolize an article 9
commerce., and no party can long be cred
tied with sincerity if it condemns tn
trusts with words only and then per
mits the trusts to employ all the instru
mentalities of interstate commerce in tn
carrying out it's nefarious plans. 1t
far easier to prevent a monopoly tina
to watch it and punish, 1t, and this pre-
vention can be accomplished in a prac
tical way by refusing a license to an
! CORPORATION which controls more than
certain proportion of the total products
this proportion to be arbitrarily fixed 9
a point which will give free operation t
3 competition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-09-06
Atmospheric POISONING,

The protests against the automo.
bile omnibuses Of London have re-
ceived a powerful reinforcement by
a declaration of Sir James Dewar on
the chemical basis. He is undoubted.
ly among the high chemical authori-
ties of the world, and his condemna-
ton of the motor buses and freight
vans seems conclusive unless inven-
ton provides %innocuous motive power.
Sir James Dewar states that the
combustion Of petrol or gasoline in
these motors throws off vast quaint.
ties of noxious gases. Some Of these
are absolutely poisonous and all in.
furious. He holds that the air of Lon.
don is bad enough already without
the addition of carbonic acid gas, the
sulphurous gases, and, worst Of all,
the asphyxiating carbonic oxide.
Moreover, while he admits that sci.
once can improve motors, he declares
that 1t is impossible for 1t to burn pc.
troll and render the resulting gasea
innocuous.