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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

The sagacity of a dog has brought
to justice a man now awaiting execu-
ton for murder in Valencia jail. The
owner of the dog was killed in a sud
den quarrel. and his body was secretly
buried by the murderer and his con-
federates. The dog witnessed the
crime and the burial, and succeeded in
ping from the criminals.
The animal returned to its masters
house, and by barking and running to
the door induced the dead mans ED
est son to follow. The dog made its
way straight to the grave, and began
scratching up the earth. The police
earthed.
The dog was still unsatisfed, and led
the way, following a scent apparently,
to a cafe in the town. where it sprang
at the throat of a man seated at q
table. The man was arrested, and con-
fessed to the murder of the dogs
owner-London Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
HVMOR OF THE DAY

4'PaW-uhi''
What is It, JOHNNY"
How did the world manage before Mr..
Roosevelt was born ?"-Louisville Courier
Journal
Il believe IN man climbing TO the very
TOP, remarked the elan who comments
which makes it very evident replied
Senator Badger, that you have never
You would have remembered the Jolt
when you dropped. Milwaukee Sentinel
next apartment sim taking les lessons II il
Then wen spend the winter in Berlin.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
you haven't any confidence in either
'.on the contrary, I have confidence in
say about each other are absolutely true
Washington Star.
You look weary commented the Arc
no wonder. replied the heavy-eyed
night
and six days 50 far.S9Detroit' ''' Free 11ss
,, That man is fully convinced that he
sun
Yes, He has stayed at home and
learned to believe in the truthfulness Of
the railroad folders. Chicago Record
Herald.
The monkey had used the cats paw for
pulling his ehestnuts out OF the hot ashes
Serves me right" said the cat, for be-
ing in such bad company I can't kick
Finding. however, that she could still
scratch, she proceeded at once to make
several long incisions in the monkeys
countenance-a feature Of the Incident
which escaped the historians Of that per
iOd.-ChicaEo Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchlson Globe. !

An old lawyer. like an old doctor,
makes few guarantees.
Give any woman a fair chance. and
she will boss any man on earth.
Humble pie is not so hard to eat
when it gets you your own way.
The spring chickens are now big
enough to whip the old ROSTERS.
When a man thinks it smart to
drink whisky there is no hope for him.
A woman with freckles is said to be
as sensitive as a man with bald
head.
Unless you slap some men on the
back, they think you are cool toward
them.
A mans life is so short. and his
years are so many before he gets any
sense.
he is that everybody in. the world loves
him.
After a man has made little money
nobody would know it if it wasn't for
his wife.
An Atchison girl has an ambition to
squeeze her waist down until it is no
larger than her leg.
A woman said today that she dis
liked another woman because she was
not true" SO few are.
Tell a man a funny story and IL he
doesn't come back at you, it's because
he doesn't know any
we are not so disappointed over the
loss of things we have as OF things we
think are coming to US
When a mans name appears in a
paper three times in succession, people
begin asking him how much he pays
the editor for his Duffs.
1t is hard to stop a man in an au-
tomobile In the first place he might
not be able to hear you. and secondly
/ If he does, he might think you want a
ride.
Those long kid gloves the girls are
buvinK cost more than q pair of shoes
still, the hands and arms have earned
something extra by going bare-legged
all summer.
Don't dislike anyone IL you can help
it, ana If you cant help It. then don't
think Of it all the time: a dislike thai
Is fostered and nurtured and thought
OF all the time finally makes the one
fostering it as narrow as cambria
! needle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
KANSAS COAAENT
TIE PRIMARY LAW.


The objections to the direct primary
system for the nomination of county
and state officers are that unknown
men would have to spend money be-
coming known by the voters, and that
in regions where population Is thickly
settled, men who live there might
bunch their friends and get an unfair
advantage. These reasons are just as
applicable to the present convention
system a sthey are to the primary sys-
tenn. If a man becomes we'll enough
known to guarantee the delegates OF
county convention instructtng delegates
to the state convention for him, ne
must go around and visit the voters,
and the candidates before state con-
vention from the popular sections OF
the country are better known ana
more likely to be nominated than Ine
candidates from the sparsely settled
sections.
But more than this these same OBJ
jections are equally good as applied
to an election The average voter IN
this part of the state knows niue Oh
Mr. Denton or Mr.. Ryker, for instance,
and the average voter in western Kan
sas knows little or nothing OF Cndrley
Barnes and S. F. Jackson. They go II
blind and seldom miss 1t and IN nom
mating primaries the same thing would
be true-with this exception, that py
the time a candidate had made hlmseiI
known to the voters at his party prl-
mary and during the campaign, WouI9
4
If he had any weak spots they would
become manifest before election. This
advantage would be with the voters
which is, of course. proper
The primary election law would give
every voter in the state exactly the
same influence in his party nomina-
lions that every other voter has, no
more or no less. An American should
| ask no more There is no reason why
the voter in Lane county should have
I more Influences than the voter in Lyon
county. Under the present system
Lane county has an advantage. In lsl1
/ ing candidates The only fair system
to every American citizen Is the p pr
mary system. 1t is the next step Ior-
ward in American politics For II
gives the American voter control tt s OF ms rs
/ tha high priests of politics. Eliminate
the politician and the p eopestl WV wi Ps
4taasa sAelrine special privileges. But
With the politicians making a , LIVING
out of the seekers for special prlVllS 55s.ss
| the people have poor show.-Hifn
/ poria Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
Forcinr the Millennium.

Thomas A. Edison. celebrating his
ffty-ninth birthday. prophesied that
the world would soon have flying ma
chimes, cheap automobiles, and dozen
other marvellous things.
ssDo YOU think. sir" said a young
lady reporter, that the world will ever
be Christianized?"
Mr. Edison smiled.
mot only do think So, he said,
ssb4,t I think we shall both live to see
it, just look at the way these big i'm
nroved machine guns are wiptng out
the heather. Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
me Tmxurious AUTOMOBILES.

There is practically nothing that a
modern Pullman car contains from
the sleeping berth on, that can not be
built in miniature and placed in an
automobile for practical use either in
the city or while touring. In some
cars complete cellarettes are designed
in compact form and placed on the
running board. They are fitted with
bottles and glasses, corkscrews, etc,
all silver mounted, and the spiritus
fermentf is kept cool by a cleverly de-
vised ice chest, which is part of the
outfit Such a convenience may cost
anv sum from SIS up according to its
elaborateness and completeness
Country Life in America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

one of our wise men who has just
returned from an expedition to the
upper Nile claims to have added / 600
years to history by showing that the
earliest authentic date was 4241 B. G..
IF We keep on going back LOCO years
at a clip we may yet reach the period
Of the origin of our modern jokes
louisville Courier-Journal-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

editorial excursion that is proposed for
the middle OF November, to be run to
the City of Mexico. According to the
rulings concerning the new railroad
law, no excursions of this character
will be legal after January l. After
that editors viii have to pay fare on
their excursions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Reading between the lines of their
sneechex ard open. letters, it can easily
he seen that Roger Sullivan has made
money out of his gas dealings with a
political attachment. and that Colonel
BRYAN has made money out of his
political dealings with q gas attach
Tnent.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
A pREsSING NEED.

The cause of justice would be
served more speedily if the governor
of south Carolina would quicken his
pace in the prosecution OF the lynch-
20 -.,i1o cheered him at. Greenwood at
fbe close of his eloquent" appeal, and
then proceeded about their murder
Gus business.=Boston Evening Trans
cript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
THEIR FUTURE WORK.

A Worcester man wants to teach all
the rniddtes the new language, Esper-
anto. He makes his suggestion at an
fnopportune time. The middies will
have their hands full for the next few
months learning the simplified spell
ing of their own Boston
Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Whatever a boy wants to make -
b,,nseif. the first Foundation stone to ne
laid is a thorough common school e s'.,1o
81 The boy who wastes his time
s III In school is Tobbing the man nc
Is go going to be 20 years hence---Jeweh
Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[FrOm the New York Press.I

IT IULH lIIs NV AUl Gao-I
Girls would learn 70 swim much
easier if It weren't for the water.
When q girls hair Is in your face it,
electricity thrills you to do something
that shocks her
What makes a wonan's frocks cFst
so much Is tho hats and hosiery that
have to 60 with them.
There are 50 many sins committed
by US all that If the devil does beolx-
keeping he must have to enter them in
punches as sundries-
A woman thinks she could afKord to
keep more servants II her husband
smoked and drank less and nan
that he could aAord 20 smoke and
drink more Il they kept fewer ser-
vat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

The good people Of Buffalo who OBJ
fect to any form of gambling in their
beautiful city will nevertheless take a
keen interest in the game Of bucking
the tiger during the Democratic State
vention.-Indianapo News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
A .IoLT.

It was an awful jolt on the presi-
dents spelling reform order when
some reckless lawyer OF Washington
aug ~ an old statute of congress fix
Ing Webster's dictionary as the stand
ard authority for spelling in all public
ocuments-Atlanta News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

A Texas man writes a long letter
speculating on what would happen If
the earth should slip on its axis Per-
haps Joseph w. Bailey thinks that is
What has happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Speaking Of the defeat Of La Fol-
lette's candidate for governor in Wis
consin, the washington Register says
Senator La Toilette ''had better clean
UP his own back yard before he comes
to Kansas to instruct people concern
ing their representatives in congress-
That is just what he did, but while
he was out in Kansas 1t appears that
the other fellows came around and
tipped over the slOp barrel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Some way Senator Longs assertion
that L.aFouette is more of Populist
that Jerry Simpson doesn't scare Re
publicans as it might have done at
one time. Only a few months ago most
IL the Republicans agreed that Jerry
was a pretty good sort of an Individual
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

rrhara Is no occasion lot MIS-. LUIS
,,,o-tb to become ''stuck up over the
Gr,,,,I,1Iss affafr. The writer OF this got
S-e,,eht in a lam of people once at Kan
sas city who wanted to get slgnts -
Ss,o,Ser cleveland, and if we had weigh
~ ~ eEa Sns+ead of 125 we would nave
been crushed.-Holton Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

The people of Atlanta had no
authentic news of the race riots there
during Sunday. The newspapers agreed
to issue no extras. fearing that the
news would only add fuel to the flames
of race hatred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

New York evidently doesn't believe
1t takes long to find out all the bad
things a candidate ever did. Here both
parties have just named their state
tickets, and the election is less than
SIX weeks away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

The southern way of putting it-by
the Jacksonville Times-Union: AT
lanta is the first southern city to adopt
the northern plan of killing innocent
negroes when the guilty cannot be
c;iueht'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

If the Topeka man who is now com
ing to the front in Dowie's Zion doesn't
put Voliva over the ropes. he won't be
living uD to the Kansas reputation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

v'ce-President Fairbanks came out
70 Colorado Springs and pail nigh
tribute to the West by saying it is The
bone Of a progressive race" Put we
have known that for years. Mr. Fair
banks ought to Dig UP something new.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Out at Salina it was discovered that
man had come from New Jersey and
committed bigamy. The authorities,
it is stated, promised not to prosecute
him il he would leave town. What a
splendid way to enforce the 1awi Act
ing or this theory, burglars can go to
Salina and burgle, and they will not
be prosecuted if they will leave town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

You will note that there were no at
fernpts to hide behind technicaHties in
the case of Banker Stensland. Oeca-
sionaly the law and the courts operate
with a surprising swiftness in this
country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

It is not believed that the service Of
Secretary Taft will be necessary in
dealing with this outbreak in Mexico.
President Diaz isn't Palma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

IF people are going to be so cranky.
pretty soon it will be absolutely dan
Eerous for a United States senator to
turn an honest penny or two by being
.'connser for some trust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Tuesday it was said that the Repub-
ucans of New York were "up in the
air" But they appear to have lit on
their feet all right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

1t is extremely dincult for anyone
who has ever been to Kansas City to
imagine why a man should be in such
a. hurry to get there as to pay out 500
good dollars to beat a regular train in.
II he were going the other way, there
might be some explanation for It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Ford county would like to make a
Few remarks to Secretary Wilson about
the seni-arid belt. It has rained thir-
teen inches there in four weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

six weeks from today we viii al
know whether the country is saved OF
lost. according to which party we be-
long to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Those Texans have got Senator
Bailey to the point Of making explana-
tions-which is a danger signal for a
politician.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Talk Of the Long-Curtis combine has
now given way to reports of a Hoch-
Curtis deal. How devious are the ways
OF politics!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Governor Cummins says he is still
for tariff revision. Why shouldn't he
be. That is the issue on which he won
his great victory in Iowa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

As soon as Taft gets through down
in Cuba. he had better be sent for to
intervene between Stubs and Bale
yVaggener.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Spain is probably glad that it isn't
mixed up in this Cuban revolution any
way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

How would It do to let Bishop Nc
Cabe and the Sultan Of Turkey fight
St out alone?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

General Grant says that 90 per cent
OF the army's troubles are due to bad
whisky. How many are due to good
vsrhis1xv2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

Senator Allison can now sympathize
with Senator Bailey OF Texas. And Sen
ator Allison Is Senator Longs ideal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
prrnRE AND AFTER.

No man should get puHed up OF III II
self and imagine he IS born to rule Inc me
1'So1,S MANY a gentle eyed, meek little
vi - 10 is as ,sl1v as a mouse while he
ing courted. becomes a roaring lion I'M
mediately after marriage.-Osoorlle
Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED 9tSEsS~-

The cubans should also Remember
the Maine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27
MS FRIENDS OUGHT.

B5ornstierne Bjornson ought to be
an enthusiastic advocate OF spelling
reform in Norway Baltimore Ameri-
can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

r7-.-o A1phorse and CASTOR act Dy
which Hutchinson deprived LeaVen-
worth of the cellar Championship IN
the western Baseball association was
right decent1y done by the salt pack'hs
town I.eavenworth Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

It is expected that big crowd Of
xsnasa editors win SO on that state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-27

taW-uh!
What IS It, Johnny2''
How did the world manage before Mr..
Roosevelt was born ?"-Louisville Courier
Journal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-24
COURT THROWSOUI
OIL TRUST VERDICT
Conviction in Ohio Comes to
Naught, Lack of Jurisdiction
the Grounds,

Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 24.-The Stand.
ard Oil company won victory in the
common pleas court here today, when
Judge W. S. Duncan decided that the
probate court had no jurisdiction in
the suit brought against it in the pro-
bate. court, and threw out the recent
verdict Of guilty against the company.
Prosecutor David some time ago fled
an information in the probate CONT
against the Standard, charging it With
violating the antitrust laws of the
state. He maintained that he could
get actio nquicker against the company
by this proceeding than thru indict-
ments In the common pleas court.
May Take 1t Higher.
The Standard attorneys commended
that the probate court had no iurigdic-
tlon In the matter; that if there had
been violation Of the law, the prose
cutor should have proceeded against
the company thru indictments.
This point was upheld by judge
Duncan, and the case is thus thrown
out OF the probate court. This deci-
sion in no way affects the indictments
recently returned in the common pleas
court by the grand jury against John
u: Rockefeller and the other officials
OF the company, charging them with
V19ia!lng the ANTITRUST laws.
It is understood that the prosecution
WILL appeal the case to higher court.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-24
New Building to Adjoin the Present Struct.
ure Fronting on Fourth Street.
POWERFUL QUAKE
. FELT OYER WORLD
Mighty lei mors Registered by
SEES bia tphs in Widely Sep
aMted Observatories.

Washington, Dec. PA special bull.
letin issued by the weather bureau to.
day says:
1.-THE seismographs of the weather
bureau recorded two earthquakes OF
considerable magnitude. From the ap
pearance of the records we are led to
conclude that the earthquakes origi
mated at widely separated localities
but this cannot be definitely deter
mined.
The first tremors were recorded a,
1:5O:5l pm. of the 22d, and the maxi
mum motion Of very short duration oc
Cured at 2:22:40 pm. The record end
ed at about 8 pm. The strongest mo
ton was recorded in north. south di
rection and amounted to IT milimete,
displacement of the ground. The dis
placement in the east-west direction
was only 3 millimeter.
The second disturbance was record
ed just after IL NJ, Dec. %, and the
motion in both north-south and east
west directions was greater in both
components and lasted longer than in
the first earthquake. The first prelimi
nary tremor began at l2:37:35 pm, the
strong motion beginning at 12:49, anc
lasted from three to four minutes. The
maximum displacement in the east-west
direction was IT. millimeters, and Is
millimeters for the north-south com
ponent; The end Of the record occurred
at 1921 pm.
AS far as can be Judged from the
records, the second disturbance was moi
at so great distance as the first one
but both disturbances must have beer
at several thousand miles from Wash
ington,'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-24
SISTERS Fight A
DUELFOR LOVE.
Fatal Outcome of Tangled Cuban
Romance-Authorities Are ~.
Investigating.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Havana, Dec. 24.-The report Of q
duel between two sisters has just
reached here. Maria and Carmen Hi
dalquez lived on a farm near Las La
Jas. Not far away on another planta
ton worked a handsome chap named
Juanille, with whom both were in
love. Juanille seems to have divided
his attentions.
Some days ago the sisters had thei,
first open quarrel about the young man
together at daylight. Carmen came
back alone. Questions disclosed the
fact that each had taken a revolve,
and gone to lonely tobacco field tc
fight duel
Search revealed the body of Maria
on the adjoining estate of Maguajara
Carmen has not, yet been arrested, but
the courts are Investigating the case.
The sisters previously had been de-
voted to each other. One report from
Las Lajas has it that they did moi
shoot at each other, but drew lots t.
see which should have Juanille, who
since has disappeared.