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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16
NO IENCENT GAS.
Evident That Trust VIII Have It's Way
in Topeka.

The decision Of the United States
court of appeals handed down yester-
day at ST. Paul in the suit OF the
Omaha Water company VS.. the city OF
Omaha to the effect that the rates in
the franchise ordinance could not be
altered by the action of the city coun-
Gil on the basis that the franchise was
a contract and could not be impaired
by legislation has given the mayor and
the city attorney of Topeka a scare on
the proposed passage of the ten cent
gas ordinance.
That's one of the biggest PROPOSE
lions that the city has been up against
for some time" said f. G. Dreaming,
city attorney, in a conference with
Mayor Davis this morning. THAT de-
cisiOn of the United States court shows
how the law is apt to be Interpreted.
It very serious question whether
you can come in and change a fran
chise and put in a rate. That fran
chise is a contract. Take a contract
between two men and you can't change
the contrat without getting the con-
sent of both parties. The council wants
to handle this with great care, for II
you don't you are liable to run right
up against legal proceedings which
could tie this up for the next four
years to come. Why the gas company
could get out an injunction at any
time if you passed that ordinance and
that would tie things up in such shape
that they couldn't be Strengthened out
for several years to come. I should
advise that the rates Of all these other
cities round about be secured and that
q committee of citizens be selected to
go to New York and have a conference
with Mr.. Brady"
The mayor nodded his head in ap-
prevail That's just what 1 advised
the committee the other night" he
said. I'VE don't want to get mixed up
in legal proceedings which will make
things worse than ever. They sure
could get an injunction to stop US from
putting in a ten cent gas rate and then
where would we be? I have always
believed that the council did not have
the right to change the rates in a
franchise when it pleased it. Why,
what would a franchise amount to If
it would be possible to change the
rates whenever it felt like it2 What
would be the object of putting in any
rates at all in a franchise.
''That franchise is a contract and it
strikes me that the decision of the
United States court is just in the line
of what I have believed all along"
Eugene Hogan, attorney for the To-
peka manufacturers making the fight
for ten cent gas, and G. K. Holiday of
the gas company, both went to Kansas
City today to investigate into the rates
charged to manufacturers in that city
They Will also stop at Lawrence, Leav-
enWorth and Atchison before they re-
turn They will return to the city in
time for a committee meeting which
will be held Monday afternoon to fight
out the recommendation to be return
ed to the council that night.
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NORTH TOPEKA.


leave items for this column with Kim
BAN Printing Co.. 80 N Kansas ave-1
Petro & Woodford, prescription
druggists.
Richard Wright was in town today
from Granville.
T. J. Schenck made a business trip
to Rossville today
Miss Edna Willitts of Central avenue
has gone to Granville for a ten days
visit to relatives.
Charles NJ HeddIe, manager of the
Western Wooden mill, has returned
from short business trip to Colorado
Mr. Joseph Welke and sister. Miss
Hattie Welke, have taken rooms in
the stone house. corner Of Van Buren,
and Park streets.
John Richmond, of Kansas City, is
registered at the Union Pacific. Mr..
Richmond is here looking after his
property interests.
Mrs. John Anderson is expected
home tomorrow from a visit to rela-
tives in Chicago and to Miss Halle
Hamrick at Greencastle, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Charles Good
rich returned today from their we'd
ding trip to Denver, Colo, and are
a the J. B. Belts home, 1929 Quincy
street
At the Church of the Good Shepherd
tomorrow the services will be Sunday
school at 10 a. M; morning prayer
with address at II O'Clock. c. ". Nau,
lay reader in charge.
Children's day viii be observed to-
morrow at the Second Presbyterian
church. The services Will commence
at 10 o'clock and will include the
church hour as there will be no ser
mon.
Miss Ethel Glenn and Miss Lucille
Kutz are in Valley Falls the guests OF
Miss Goldie Smith. They viii also
visit Miss Glenn's grandparents Mr.
and Mrs. F'reeland, who live on a farm
near VALLEY Falls.
Mrs. ]. c. Bradley and daughter,
May. of Rossville are visiting Mrs.
BradIey's sister, Mrs. C L. Dolman, of
122 West Gordon street and Mr. Brad
leyss mother, Mrs. Bradley-Norris, OF
923 Van Buren, street.
Among the North side visitors today
were; o. P. Kennett and J. H Pen
nick of EImont, J. II. Mullin, Osawl0ie,
A Carlson, Granville, Mort Hutchin-
SON. Kiro Albert Reicherter and
daughter, J. c. McCoid, J. L. HOLSTER
all of Silver Lake
Howard White. formerly of North
Topeka. but now of The Needles. Cal,
is visiting old friends and acquaint-
ances here. Mr.. White is en- route
home from a business trip to New
York and Washington and will leave
tomorrow for his home.
Mrs. S. E. Cobb and little daughter,
Theo, of Burns, Kansas. are the guests
of their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs D. T.
Joseph, at their home near Shorey
Mr.. Cobb will arrive today for short
visit and will accompany his wife and
daughter home Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Beckstrom OF
/ Seattle. Wash, are visiting Topeka
/ relatives Mr.. Beckstrom was a resi-
dent of North Topeka some twenty
! three years ago, his home being or
/ Central avenue where the Parkhursi
house now stands, which property Mr.
/ Beckstroin sold to them when he lef
North Topeka. Mr. Beckstrom came
! to the North side this morning to lool
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Notes and personal Mention.

The T. T. Thimble club Will meet
Friday afternoon, June %. at the
home of Mrs. E. H. Ebey, 324 Shaw
nee avenue. POtwin-
Mrs ". w Walker and son Balm.
of Minneapolis. Kas., will arrive We'd
nesday to visit Mrs. T. c. Whiteker
and Mrs. E. H. Ebey.
DR.. and Mrs. James Mes. of Sharon,
Conn. and DR.. Frederick H. Mes, Of
New York arrived today to be the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene F..
Ware.
Mrs Frank Davis, of 1871 Western
avenue. and Miss Sarah Mcclellan viii
go to Leavenworth next week to at
tend commencement at st. Mary's
academy. Mrs. Davis daughter Edna,
who is in school at St. Marys, will
return home with them.
Miss Hazel Kelly. Miss Evelyn
Crowther and Miss Mary Connors will
Leavenworth, next week for the sum-
I.eavenworth Post: Mrs. w. J..
Black, of Chicago, and Miss Lottie
Atchison left today for three weeks
visit in the City of Mexico.
Mrs. Frank r. Millspaugh returned
today from a visit in Omaha. Bishop
Millspaugh will return next week.
Mr.. Arner Robenson reported for
duty at West Point yesterday and
was enrolled among the United States
cadets He visited Chicago, Boston,
New York and Montreal on his way to
West Point and stopped day with
Mr. Richard Hall at Phillips academy,
Andover. Mass
Miss Anna Pauline Moore, of Hol-
ton, Kas.. is here to spend Sunday with
Miss Dollie Curtis.
Mr. Jack Piper who has been in
Topeka since the first of January. left
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

An eastern magazine has notified the
police to be on the lookout for graft
ers who are offering subscriptions to
the magazine for $3.50 and promising
clock or a set of dishes as free
premium The gang was working in
wichita Monday, and may arrive in
Topeka at any time. They carry
fraudulent advertising matter and re-
ceipt blanks. and seem to be doing
a land office business. Therefore be-
ware of any such offer, and notify the
police at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16
Tnclalmed Wagon Department.

The police have a new department
now. It is called the unclaimed
wagon" department. and a vacant lot
has been secured for a storage place.
Several decrepit. vehicles have been
lowed in behind the Black Maria to-
day and more will be deposited. Per
sons who fail to remove their wagons
from the alleys when notified by the
police will find the same slowed awat
in the police lot, with a cost tag at.
fached.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Mrs. Clyde NJ. Lawrence entertained
at dinner last night for Miss Eda
Smythe of Denver. The other guests
were Mrs. Charles Decker of Lawrence,
Mrs. Frank Strawn, Mrs. W. o. R1gby.
Mrs. Blanche Wilson Mcdowell, Miss
Nell Wetherholt Miss Julia Whitmer,
and Miss Lulu Fordyce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16
st. Paul Gets Pitcher Kelsey.

st. Paul. Iune 16.-President Len
non of the St. Paul baseball club has
announced that he had bought Catcher
George Kelsey from the Temple team
of the Texas league. and that Kelsey
would join the st. Paul team in Column
bus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16
Notice-Rock Island Kansas City
Service.

Leave Topeka 1870 a. m, arrive kan
sas city els a. m; leave Topeka 8 q.
m. arrive Kansas City 9:45 a. m. Re
turning. leave Kansas City $40 .. m,
arrive Topeka 1855 p m; leave Kansas
CITY 9:35 p. m. arrive Topeka 11.1o 2.
m. For additional train service ae9
time card on next to last page OF Jour-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Miss Julia Whitmer is giving a Ken
sington this afternoon at her home on
West Sixth street. The invited guests
are Mrs. Bert Fesler of Duluth, Mimi,
Mrs. Charles Decker of Lawrence, Mrs
George Mccoy. Mrs. A. A. Hayes, Mrs
Charles Joslin, Mrs. John Green, Mrs
Ralph Clauser. Mrs. Charles Rice, Mrs
Clyde Lawrence, Mrs. Frank Strawn,
Mrs. Will Rigby, Mrs. D. H. Martin,
Mrs. Ernest Vorheis, Mrs. W. E. Heath
erly, Mrs. B. T. Payne, Mrs. Nelson
Petro, Mrs. Bert Lucas, Mrs. John
Snattinger Mrs. Frank Lagerstrom,
Mrs. Charles Lagerstrom, Mrs. T. E
Carpenter. Mrs. George Givens. Mrs. M
F. Rigby. Mrs. G. F. Lux, Mrs. Charles
Wolfe, Mrs. James B. Doncyson, Mrs.
Eldon Morse. Mrs. J. K. Bair, Mrs
Morris Schlegel. Mrs. Mollie Radcliffe,
Mrs. Hugo Heine, Mrs. Wing of Lin
coin, Neb., Mrs. Herbert Harris, Mrs.
Elmer Beynon, Mrs. William Ramsbar-
ger. Mrs. F. W. Morris. Mrs. F. A.
Robinson, Mrs. A. H. Purdy. Mrs. Carl
ton Sawin, Mrs. Harry Guthrie, Miss
Eda Smythe of Denver, Miss Agnes
Walsh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Mrs. Edwin C. Fox will entertain the
Iolanthe club Tuesday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Mrs. George o. Wfmarth win enter
tain the Aid society Of the First Con-
gregational church at a thimble party
Wednesday afternoon.
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Denver. Colorado Springs, Pueblo and
7e1rrrn 81 20 Santa Ee

Tickets on sale daily, good returning
as late as October 31st, liberal stopover
privilege allowed. Fast Colorado Flyer
+. 7m Topeka 1875 p. m. arrives Colo
rado early next morning. Rock ballast
track and Harvey eating houses. 7. L.
King, c. P. & T. A.. Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Mrs ". ]. Wilson gave a dinner last
evening for Miss Marie Rickenbaeher,
at her house on Garfield avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

We wish to extend our thanks to the
friends who assisted US in our late be-
reavement, especially to the L. a B.
L. E., and the L s B. L. f., and also
Mrs. ". c. Sherman.
Mr.. and MRS. CHAS. Leaf,
216 Klein Street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Miss Irene Baker. Mr.. Charles Baker,
Mr.. Ray Etuyre, Mr.. golIand. and Mr..
Frank Baker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

The NJ. ". club was entertained by
Mrs. L. Bear at Camp Highland in
Highland Park Thursday afternoon.
The guests besides the club members
were Mrs. Milton Brown, Mrs. J. W.
Going, Mrs. c. c. Campbell. Mrs.
Anna, Tasker. The hostess was assist
ed by Miss Jean Campbell, Miss Grace
Beard and Homer Bonebrake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

The following girls composed a
picnic party at Tecumseh Thursday:
Miss Jean Rogers, Miss Marguerite
Parkinson. Miss Florence Wilson. Miss
Marjorie Rogers. Miss Enid Stricken,
Miss Verna Worley, Miss Annetta
Nichols. Miss Mary Parkinson, Miss
Lois Stricken and Miss Janet Thomp-
son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16


Kansas City Times: A song recital
was given by Percy Hemus in the Pep
per auditorium last night. Mr.. Hemus
Is baritone with lyrical propensities
and a tendency to overlook the truism
that good wine needs no bush. Charles
Santley, the great English baritone of
the last century, achieved all his eff
fects and his achievements were quite
considerable without once permitting
himself the luxury of histriOnic ex-
pedients, and the voice Mr. Hemus
possesses is quite good enough to JUS
THY similar observance. His opening
number the Caro- Mic Ben of
Glordam, was almost artistcally per-
feet. The notes of the middle and up
per registers were fluent and in
Variably produced without one broken
tone. and if the middle register suf-
fered from too much tremelo, that is
a trivial fault common to many Italian
baritOnes and is often necessary to the
expression of genuine emotion. 'Crea-
tons Hymn by Beethoven, and Itch
Grolle Nicht' OF Schuman were other
important numbers. Rudolph King
was the accompanist. Altogether there
were two numbers on the programme
varying in their catholicity of selection
from the Pilgrims Song of Tschafk-
owsky to the utterly disappointing
and untuneful Mother O Mine" by
Tours The applause of the audience
Hcreased with each new effort Mr..
Hemus was. in the end. as enthusiastic
as his audience He was born In Kan
sas and has come from New York to
this city to spend the summer. In New
4ork his position in the musical world
is well established
Mr.. Hemus formerly lived in To-
peka and has many friends here. He
Will probably give a concert here dur
ing the summer.
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That is II YOU want to have fun and
keep cool. Vinewooc.
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People sending items to this department
of The State Journal viii confer a favor
by giving the full first name or two
initials. with all proper names. Items
must be accompanied by the name and
address of the writer OF they can not be
pubIished.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Rube and His Troubles.
Laugh till you split. HaIe's tours,
Vinewood, Zoe.
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A girl who has three or four rivals
who cause her lots of trouble was talk
ing to a man friend about getting mar
RED. urging him to the step and sug-
costing. as a good match for him, one
of her rivals. My dear" he said to
her solemnly, L would do anything
for you but I simply can't marry all
OF Toms girls, you know"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Important Change Of Time on
Santa F'e.
Sunday. June 18th.
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with alacrity and next day called her
up to tell her that he had selected
and invited the girl of his choice. She
was rather taken back by that, being
accustomed to choose his company for
him. But the leader of the revolution
went farther: when the picnic day and
supper time arrived and the lunch
basket was opened instead of fried
chicken and salad and hard boiled
eggs and all the usual picnic delicaeies
that the picnic organizer had expected
there was nothing but sandwiches and
four potato chips.
Miss Maude Grimes will entertain
Tuesday night for Miss Katharine
Sneve of st. Paul, limiting the invita-
lions to the members of her chafing
dish club who will be asked for an ali
night party and their men friends who
VIII spend the evening informally.
Mr.. P. L Bonebrake gave a family
dinner at the Country club last even
ing. In addition to the family Mr.
Bonebrake's cousin Miss Adams of
New Orleans. and Miss Mary Thomp-
son were present.
A Topeka man who has a positive
genius for the inopportune recently
made engagements with two girls for
the same night When he discovered
his mistake he decided to compromise
by telephoning another girl and asking
her to go driving. BY some mistake
on the part of the telephone operators
1t happened that while he was talking
to the third girl the other two girls,
who had both conceived the notion of
calling him uD at the same moment,
cut in on their respective lines and he
was in a position from which it would
require a strategist to escape with dig
nifty. Stories usually stop just when
they threaten to become interesting
and that is the fr011bie with this ono.
deponent sayeth not how he got out
of the awkward situation but prob
ably the circumstance Of distance
helped some.
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Mrs S. D. Cooper viii give a thin
bic party on Monday at her home, sos
Lincoln street in honor of her twin
grandsons, Jack and Mack Hobson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Miss Jean Parkhurst will entertain
next week for two prospective brides,
Miss Berenice OFT. invitations to whose
wedding to Mr.. J. Bartholomew Whe-
Ian, June 27. at the home of her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. s. S. OFT, were is
sued yesterday and Miss Lillian Han
son, who VIII be married the 9th to
Mr.. Jesse FIetcher
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Mrs. z. H. Ebey. Mrs. w W Harris
and Mrs. F. S. Baker gave 8. picnic at
Ninewood Thursday evening for their
guest, Miss Gertrude Alcock Of Cha
mute. Those present were, Miss Ger
trude AIcocl, Misses Edith and Nellie
Phelps, Mrs. VIII Lyen, Mrs. Davis,
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a Topeka girl has a reDufafIo- for
getting UP pienics, arranging the
crowd. the place and other details and
making the men do all the work and
supply the conveyances and the lunch
con. Recently one of her Victims
planeed an insurrection. When she
buggasted another picnic he agreed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

Fun and Music at CarousaI,
newood-Everybody rides.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

An unfortunate bachelor who IS a VI
olent opponent of race suicide and
thinks all men over % should be mar
ried is getting interested in a girl who
is known to be engaged to one man
and to have two or three others in
tensely interested in her Now is not
that a characteristic example OF the
irony Of fate?
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Mrs David f. Palmer gave a sun
per last night for Miss Abby Ware and
the members Of her bridal party and
her house guests here for the wedding
Covers We're laid for twelve. The table
oecoratlons were in pink. green and
Whlte- me dining room and table
We're lighted with green candles and
at each cover was a small green and
white basket filled with pink ana white
sweet peas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-16

A Topeka woman went to a party
yesterday afternoon wearing a very
pretty sheer, white summer gown. but
forgot to put on her petticoats. She
didn't discover the omission until after
sne arrived and had been standing
about in the sunlight for half an hour,
Then her hostess came to her relief
and lent her an underskirt.
The statesman., 1906-02-02
made the promises.

made the promises.
All this is bad enough but not con.
tent with despising and misusing us,
this crowd has deliberately thwarted
the will of the great body of Republi
can voters and imposed their will
upon the convention denying to color
ed people representation on the leg
islatiye ticket and are thereby directly
responsible for the shameful laws on
the Colorado statutes whereby col
ored girl is at the mercy of the lecher-
Gus instincts of white men without the
same redress which is given a white
girl in the courts. 1t may seem little
to prevent the nomination of cOlored
man for the legislature. but when
thereby is lost all our hope for the
protection of our young womanhood.
the case becomes important. We
know of our own knowledge tnat the
nomination of j. w. Jackson would
have met tine approval Of the Repub-
lican county convention year ago,
yet by the will of this star chamber
assembly he was not.
ii is habit to ascribe to the party
the bad deeds of coterie of carpet
bag statesmen. Nothing is more
wrong. The party is good but the
machine is rotten. ROTTEN, Every
Negro who believes In square deal
and who believes our womanhood de
serves as good protection as white,
Will do well to keep his eye not on the
jumping jack bu, on the unho,y agent
that Is actuatinG its movement.
The party is not TO blame. When
wrong masquerades in the clothes OF
The statesman., 1906-02-02

state. And now we come to the most
shameless of all political ingratitude
Brooks told us face to face that "he
could only secure one such place in
six months" referring to federal po-
sitions for colored Coloradoans. He
has been in Congress four years. II
has been year since he said this yet
he has not single appointment to
his credit. Wonder if he thinks to
cozen us forever, or is he foolish
enough to think few letters full of
regrets for his inability to make good.
will satisfy?
Richard Broad is trying to run the
state and especially such part OF it
as will elect Guggenheim senator. If
he wants colored votes for his wishes,
it is passing strange that he does moth
ing to further his interests with us.
The same is true of John +. Vivian and
all the other suns and stars that give
light to white voters but are In the
eclipse for us. Some day when votes
are to be influenced this precious
crowd will have the colored janitors'
pay at the postoffice raised from $540
per year to 500 which the white jan.
itor gets and then will expect us TO
be thankful. Six places in the mint
were promised by some of them and
more by others. Yet now when a
dozen Negroes have qualified they ex-
cuse themselves by pleading the civil
service regulations. 1t is odd that
they we're unmindful Of this when they
The statesman., 1906-02-02
PUT THE BRAND ON THEM.

Three years ago the editor of this
paper called upon several of the Re
publican leaders who shape the ac
tions of the party In this state and
after setting forth the situation of
colored Republicans, was given as
'surances that all was not being done
for the colored brother that he de
served and each one Of them
promised that he would add all he
could of influence and effort to giving
him what was due. But alas for our
hopes. That very year saw the killing
of a resolution which was presented
to the state convention asking that
the state organization denOunce the
crimes against colored Americans.
The Colorado type of politician
abounds in oleaginous suavity and
promises but does nothing except to
convince one that all men are liars
until they prove themselves truthful.
One of these oily bosses was Frank
Howbert who is so powerful now in
building up faction and securing
places for his favorites but who has
yet blank page for the good things
he does for Negroes. The chairman
of the state central committee Is an
other. Congressman BOnynge and
HOgg have done nothing to show that
they even consider their colored con-
stituents. But they have the excuse
that Congressman.at-large Brooks is
the dispenser Of patronage for the