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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
ALWAYS IN THE WAY. =
Played at Funeral Of a Marine II
Causes Trouble.

Washington, July 2.@ssAlways in the
way" is the title of a piece Of music
played at the funeral Of Private c. W.
Anderson of the marine corps at
Olongpo P /, and it resulted in a Sc
we're newspaper criticism and finally an
investigation by officers of the corps.
The report of the board has been
received at the department and its
findings say that the music played.
while having an inappropriate name.
was suited to the occasion and the
best the band could play, their roper
toire being limited
The newspaper which published the
article in Manila is severely con-
denned in the report The order for
the piece was given by Acting Drum
Major Walter Preston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
BONDS FOR SALE.
Secretary shaw Put $50, 900. 900
Worth on the Market.

Washington. July 2-Secretary
Shaw today offered to the public $40
100000 bonds of the Panama canal
loan, authorized by the recent act of
congress. The bonds viii bear interest
at the rate of 2 per cent, will be dated
August 1, 1905. and interest will be
payable quarterly They will be re-
deemable at the pleasure of the gov
ernment after ten years from date of
issue and will be payable thirty years
from date.
The bonds will be exempt from taxes
or duties OF the United States and will
be available to national banks as secur-
ity for circulation. The bonds viii not
viii have equal opportunity to subscribe
for them and the bids must be submit
ted TO the department on or before July
20. 1906
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
wRECAGE CLEARED AWAY.
OmciaIs Assign No Reason for the
salisbury Tragedy.

Salisbury. Eng, July 2.-The scene of
the disaster to the American Line spec
ial from Plymouth. having on board
the passengers who were landed there
from the steamer New York presents
little evidence today OF the havoc
wrought by the wreck of the express
train. all the Wreckage having been
cleared away. The engineering staff of
the railroad company are still seeking
an explanation for the immediate cause
Of the derailment. but thus far have
been una bic find one or are not ready
to say TO what the catastrophe is attrib-
utable.
No further deaths have been recorded
but Robert S. Critche1l of Chicago. and
Miss L. S. Griswold Of Heath near
Epson. passed a bad night Miss Mar
garet Rask, of Norfolk street. Park
Lane. London. whose legs have been
anputated and f. W. Sentell. OF Brook
lyn, n. z, are in a dangerous condf-
ton at the infirmary. Mrs. Frank ".
Koch of Allentown, Pa, and Miss May
Hitchcock. of New York, passed a fair
ly good night. and are doing well.
The inquest VIII begin at $40 this
afternoon. Only formal evidence will
be taken and the inquiry viii then be
adjourned.
The bodies Of the dead are stilI in the
waiting rooms Of the railway station.
Where no relatives are availa Bile the
Identification of the dead VIII be made
BY the doctor and purser Of the New
York.
The bodies Of the American victims
are being enabalmed for conveyance
home.
z. N. Sentel rallied somewhat as the
day advanced and after consultation
with the doctors, the chaplain Of the
infirmary was allowed to convey to
him the news Of the death OF his wife.
son and two daughters The heart =
rendfng udfngs overcarne the old gen
tleman and a serious relapse followed
but restoratives were successfully ad-
rninistered.
Replying to the sympathetic condoI-
ences of the American consul. Nfr.
Swain, Mr.. Senten said: IT will try to
show you that [ am man, although
I have 70 years to bear"
The mayor Of Salisbury in reply to
his message Of sympathy to the Amer
lcan ambassador has received the fol-
lowing.
Acknowledging your dispatch 7 has
ten to express the appreciation Of my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
ALTON CASE CALLED.
Judge Landis Takes Up Rebate Trial
at Chicago.

Chicago, July 2.-The rebate case
against the Chicago & Alton road and
two former officials of the company,
John n. Faithorn and Fred A. Wann.
was called today in the United States
district court before Judge lands. The
cure a jury
The three defendants are charged
in an indictment with having granted
illegal rebates on meat shipments to
the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Pack
ing company.
B. S. Cusey. formerly traffic man
ager for the packing company, testified
before the grand jury that rebates had
been given and it was upon his ev1-
dence that the Indictment was voted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
WHITE WAS AT HIS WEDDING.
Cossitt Second at That Function to
Meet Tragic Death.

Meet Tragic Death.
New York. July 2.-Frederick Henry
Cossitt. who was killed In the wreck
of the American Line express at Sails
bury. England, was a nephew of Mrs
George Eggleston Dodge, and Of Mrs
A. D. Juillard, of this city. He mar
ried Miss Antonia Dugro, daughter Of
Judge and Mrs. P. Henry Dugro Of
New York, June IS. and the young cou-
pie were on their wedding trip. They
had planned to spend the entire SUM
mer IN travel in Europe, and Judge
and Mrs. Dugro were to sail for Europe
next Tuesday to join them
The wedding Of Mr.. Cossett and Miss
Dugro was a social event OF consider
able prominence, and was made unique
by college songs sung by friends OF the
bridegroom, who was graduated from
Princeton university only a week before
the marriage
The death of Mr.. Cossitt hag a
peculiar Significance in that he was the
second person present at his wedding
to lose his life in the two sensational
tragedies of the past week. Stanford
White. who was shot to death by Henry
K. Thaw in the Madison Square roof
garden theater last Monday night, was
one Of the guests at the wedding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
coon WEATHER AT LAST.
Temperature Keeps Below so Follow
ing last Nights Storm

With a good stiff breeze from the
northwest, and a cool breeze at that.
today was really a delightful one. To
be sure the sun was out with all its
summer strength but the heat of its
rays could be tolerated because Of the
breeze. The atmosphere had a fresh
ness, due to last nights storm. which
was a. greet relief over the close and
muggy conditions that have prevailed
during the last few. days Several times
during the day the sun was obscureo
but the clouds which got in the way
were not Of the storm sort and the in
dications are that the weather Will be
fair and warmer during the next few
davS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
HEAvY WIND FL BELorr.
Blew Down smokestacIs and unroofed
Buildings.

Beloit. July z.-The severe wind storm
Of Saturday evening partially rnroofed
the Beloit Milling company's plant, blew
dcwa the tail smoke stacks Of the mill
and the. electric light plant kyoke seversl
plants. broke down trees in all parts OF
the town, and destroyed a large amount
Of fruit.
The loss at the mill Is heavy. there be-
ing a large amount OF f7ouf and ground
feed water soaked. besidez the machinery
was deluged with water.
The farm house of Erank Rose was also
unroofed. and many stacks OF grsin blown
down Only shout one irch OF zain ze1A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
Hoch co. Il NfiesourI.

Governor Hoch VIII leave this evening
for Trenton, No, where he is to make
a speech Tuesday before the Chautau-
qua in session there. on Wednesday
morning. the Fourth Of July. he viii
speak at another Chautauqua in Pitts
burg. Kansas. and the same evening
he will speak at Monett No. where the
Chautauqua is holding forth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
HANGED AND BURNED.
Negro Pays Penalty Tor Usual Crime
in Indian Territory.

Chickasha. I. T.. July 2.-GuiIty upon
his o-=n confession Of crinainally as
having been positively identified BY his
victim. a negro was hanged by a mob
Of infuriated citizens near the scene of
his crime about IS miles east Of here
at an early hour Sunday morning. and
then burned on an ofl-soakeds pyre OF
logs and brush while yet alive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
JUMPS THE TRACK.
Car on scenic Railway Upsets-Ten
Persons Hurt.

st. Louis, July "A car IN the
scenic railway. filled with pleasure
seekers, jumped the track on a fifty
foot trestIe at Creve Coeur lake yes
terday afternoon. turned over but did
not fall of the trestle. Ten persons
were injured, several seriously, but
none viii die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

government and Of the American peo-
pie for the sympathy and aid shown
ait Salisbury in the terrible accident to
the American boat train.
WHITELAw REID
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
MAYOR AfcCLELLAN LUCKY.
Did Not Debarlz at Plymouth and
Reaches London safely.

E1tdCIl6s LOHu0n Shelly
London July 2.-Mr. r. Ridgely Car
ter, secretary Of the American enbas-
sy, started on a special train at 2:20
o'clock Sunday afternoon for Salisbury,
to visit the scene of the wreck to aid
the wounded and assist in the identifi-
cation Of the dead. Mr.. J. P. Morgan
left by automobile for Salisbury. Mayor
Mcclellan of New York. who was a
passenger on the steamer New York.
did not dCbark at Plymouth, but went
on to Southampton and reached Lon
don Sunday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

Oriental rugs selling out, S51 KAN
sas avenue. George Kazan, native
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

Weather Indications.
Chicago, July Forecast for Kansas.
Fair and cooler tonight and Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

child I almost completely ignorant anyantIv VIM
by snatches. incoherently, in a disoTderyS ,t Ma{
and all comes tO-so little. / am self-lhdu ;
rresolute. inconstant, stupidly vain anu teg tT
headed, as all people with weak chtFaCtiSSa ;iS
not brave l am not methodicai IN my ooIne liz
and am so lazy that for me idleness has Oeconie
almost necessary habit
This was written when his mind was. In racl'
working with remarkable vigor and indepeh-
dence and after he had published much that had
excited keen interest in his countrymen
There are many quaint and characteristic pas
sages new and old. among the "reminiscences OF
Tolstoy's childhood Included in this volume.
His first recollection is Of his swadding days.
when the rebel infant yelled with rage as ne
tried to free his closely bound limbs, Feeling
the injustice and cruelty of fate" He may well
testify to uncertainty to whether his impress
sion be dream reality. He was clever little
boy. given to eccentric performances such. for
example as casting himself from a second story
window In order to surprise the family. His sis
ter tells the story:
He remained in the alone when everybody
else went to dinner. He climbed up to the open
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

a[a 'as Rsa EaRsa ante The
seeg6 se eT6uHd %hat Tt was & &hapPenn struck
steward. and stepping outside, they FOUND Iyo yoe
vochka lying in the yard In a state OF unconscious
jury limited to os sight G0heao aod tae OF the
eighteen hours at stretch. and woke up quite
sound You may imagine what fear and anxiety
were caused by the queer little fellows unpre-
Once the idea struck him that he would clip
uring face which was never strikingly beauti-
full. and causing himself a great deal OF grief.
Who viii deny that there are glimpses in these
anecdotes OF traits still visible in the old man?
Tolstoy remembers for NJ. Birukoff's benefit a
fogging with which his French tutor once threat
ened him, and his boyish wrath at the thought of
such violence. VERY likely" he adds, this IN
cident the cause of the dreadful horror and
repulsion toward every kind OF violence which
L have experienced all my life" 1t was this
French tutor who used to say about the little
boy; &c petit a une tete; c'est un petit
Mohere-" The observation was not prophetic
for Leo Tolstoy viii never win fame for humor
The chapters on Tolstoy's military experiences
are of special interest to those who care to note
with what valuable literary material they fur
nished him. 1t was while encamped near Sebas-
topol that the boy OF twenty-three wrote In his
diary the sentences which were TO become more
or less the guide of his after life:
A conversation about divinity and faith sug-
gestted to me great a stgpendous, idea to the
realization of which / feel myself Capable OF d.
voting my life This idea Is the foundation OF "a
new religion corresponding to the present state
dogma and mysticism b practical religion. not
feel that this idea can be realized only by gen
erations consciously looking toward IL as a goal
one generation will hand on the idea to the next
and some day enthusiasm reason viii bring il
into being To act with deliberate View to the
rellSiouS union of mankind. this Is the LEADING
principle Of the idea which hope will conI0and
1t was the idea which on finally retiring to
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

that His "reminiscences. published elsewhere.
have also been judiciously used BIS private
letters, and those of his relations and friends,
have been drawn upon. and the store Of pict-
uresque detail has been increased by quotations
from countless books and articles, many of
them inaccessible to the American reader.
NJ Birukoff naturally writes in tone of SOL
emn alteration, but his compilation is so full
that the more judicial critic may easily frame
for himself a truthful portrait of the eminent
Russian in his youth 1t is to later volume
that we must look for the Tolstoy who is to
many men the inspired prophet. to many others
the wrong headed fanatic. In this opening vol
find the sensitive imaginative afec-
tonate child and the young man of genius, ar
dent, hot tempered. generous. of the earth
earthly, yet with intimations of the life of self
sacrifice which to become the head and
front of his doctrine. On his own unpleasant
traits in youth he is almost morbidly frank to-
day, afraid" as he says, "of the insincerity
incidental to every autobiography" Writing to
NJ. Brukof concerning the proposed reminis-
cences, he says: II have tried to think about it.
and 1 saw what a dreadful difficulty It Is to
avoid the Charybdis of self-praise (by keeping
silence about all that is bad) and the Scylla of
cynical frankness about all the abomnation of
ones life. Were a man to describe all his
odiousness, stupidity. viciousness, vieness-quIte
truthtully, even more truthfully than Rousseau
it would be a seductive book or article People
would say: Here is a man whom many place high
but look what scoundrel he was. If so. then for
US ordinary folk 1t is all the more admissible L"
This self-reproach was, the extracts from his
diary show, a regular habit OF even his fiery
youth One of these entries. made while he
was with the army in the Crimea, is, if we may
judge from other records unduly exaggerated:
/ ugly. awkward, uncIeanly and. IN the
worldly sense. uneducated; L irritable, a bore
others. rude. intolerant and bashfuI as q
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

his estate the young man proceeded conscien-
tiousIy IL not always successfully. to put into
action "SeIf-a bnegation," he said, does not
consist in saying, Take from me what you
like; but in laboring and thinking In concert
with others so to give ones self to them Ihe
record in this volume of his early work for the
peasants as landlord. teacher and government
official Is an interesting one That work was
marked by incidents calculated TO stir the stin
choleric youths disgust at bureaucratic inter
ference and 1t may be that the difficulties under
which he labored prepared his temper for his
famous-and fooTish-quarreI with Turgenef.
description of which NJ Birukor derives. with
some additions, from the account OF NJ A Fet:
In the morning =. our visitors came down
at the samovar at one end Of the table and l at
hs 1b 1tae5 5 ost6 9g @ iSr Nh, my ep ef the seg AZ
Being aware OF the Importance which Turgenef
aGaed rebas se s Se S pesa I6 his English
gOverness Turgenef showered praises the gov
governess. with truly English practicality. asked
ter could use for 1O Charitable % purposes @NoS,"
said Turgenef. the governess requests my daugh-
Inendins them herself. return them to the own
And you consider this rightr' asked ToIstoy.
Od course do; IL brings the charitable person
And | think. that richly dressed girl who
false ard theatrical farce"
Il beg you not to say thisr' exclaimed Turgenef.
Il
Why should not 1 say what I convinced OFF,
answered TOStOy
Turgenef said: Then you think that do not
bring up my daughter PROPERLY
TolstOy's answer TO this that he thought
what he said. and without ventur+ng upon per
sonalities expressed his thoughts.
Fet had no time to cry out TO TUrgenef TO Do
slSt, when, pale with wrath. the latter said. If
You persist In speaking in this 1 viii box your
ears" With these words he left the table. and.
stepped into the next room he came back
ond after and said, turning TO Fet's wife: For
repent"
He then left the rootn again. After this the vis-
itors took their leave.
Tolstoy promptly sent his brother author
challenge, but the affair. after much letter writ
ing, adjusted-but not without lingering
rancor.
Tolstoy's cOUrtship Of the handsome young
Mile Sofya Bers is described here. partly in the
words of the countess herself: We thought"
she said. he courting our elder sister. and
my father was perfectly of it down TO the
| last minute when Tolstoy asked him for my
| hand" The young man proposed to Mile. Sofya
at the card table in primary letters after the
| fashion of Levin in Anna Karenina-"
| Here M Birukoff leaves the novelist. a happy
man and a busy one, struggling toward ideals.
| some of which noble and some fantastic
| Whatever they may be. the most captiOus critic
will acknowledge on laying down this volume
| that at the root OF them is a stern sincerity
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
PORTMANTE4U WORDS.
Not Quite so Good as Le,ois CoroTs

Not Quite so Good as Lepcis CGrrolTs
From Notes and Queries.
One Of the Oldest of these is slantendicuar
which appears in print so early as 1914 Bishop
WilbeIfOrce's squarsOn is often quoted but
not well known ones Most families have Invent
ed one or two, which pass current only in lin
tied circle. Among my own people I frequently
hear aggranOying, for aggravaUing and annoy
ing; brunch for a nondeSCript meal betw5en
breakfast and luncheon cirCument q COM
promise between circular and advertisement
etc. OF similar structure are shagarette. which
We employ for a cigarette of strong tobacco, and
shup, which stands for shut up
An old Yorkshire friend of mine (now dead
used the following words frequently. He thought
they were good English:
'Disastrophe" = disaster = catastrophe.
'InsinuendO' - insinUatiOn = innuendO-
'NietrOpOlypus" = metropolis r pOlypuS a
central diseased OvergrOvth. which was quite
the opinion my friend held of LOndOn)-
''SarcaSaraSnS'' = sarcastic = SarCaSTnS-
''SarCaSaraStiCal' - sarcastic : critical
Probably these were not conscious comoina-
tons, but were what their author would have
described "slipsUs tongua.' into which he
takes in writing. he modified into ''sIipsUs PEN
guR'
Kindred examples Though not strictly port
uanteau' words which I have found useful are:
"CheeroOk!" the exclamation Of OptimlSt
frog. in poem by one Of the students OF the
Pratt Institute. Brooklyn. N. Y.
"Cheepspeeps'' = cheerful people; a phrase n
vented by one who argues that birds are always
"cheeps." and say so themselves; and further,
that If people means several persons. one per-
son must = be a peep; OF which the plural IS.
naturally. peeps
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
BAL MASQUE.

r. MANNING. IN THE LONDON oUTlooA-
In the avenue the flutes
Lead the motley crew along;
Lovers, strumming on their luteS
Sell their sorrow for song.
Coluntine and Pantaloou'
Masques and Shepherdesses' Ho'o
Underneath the silver moon,
And the statues seem in love
Slender branches weave net
Biue, against the silver SKY;
And the polished dolphins, WEI
In their polished basins lie'
Where the water in the light
Deiicately mirrors, pale,
All the moving colors bright
OF our costumes floating trail
s1,,tes and masques and statues seem
Not to be at all; but keep
All existence as a dream
On the borderland of sleep
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
THE NORTHERN YoVELISTS.

From The Westminster Gazette
The younger among the Northern realistic
novel writer's taught in the schools OF France
have learned their lessons not wisely but TOO
Well They have swamped the bOOkStallS N
Northern Europe with material which is 0otC-
ing III not piQuant, but which has taught the
average reader to abstain from purchasinS any
volume the authors name OF which is not some
guarantee for the tone and tendency OF a work
But, strange TO say, the younger and young au-
thorS who model their stories the work or
the extremists in the French naturalist and i'm
preSSioniSt schools have not realized one iDpor-
tant fact which is patent TO all readers who are
able to compare modern French novels with
those written in other languages. They make
no allowance for the difference OF lanGUaSe
and forget or ignore that things which may be
said in French without greatly offending are
coarse and revolving in an idiOm lacNinE the
subtle grace that suggests an atmOspEerc -
apologize perStage in the most risQUe F'rer.
story. This defect is apparent even in works
OF German writer's. though the wealth OF The
German language mitigateS the evil 10 some
extent When q Scandinavian tongue Is Isod
the result is still worse.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
abe Aesp'2Dotk g1ibaa's&
SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1906,

How did Charles Dickens propose 10 emu hne
Mystery of Edwin Brood" the mover WINCH was
only half done when the pen dropped 1rolh Ine
diving hand? This is q question WHICH HAS pio-
duced various foolish books and many useieSs
ESSAYS most of them being the outcome vi
catchpenny self-seeking. The last ulihg "hlcn
certain commentators and eXploiters have peeh
willing to accept has been the noVellst own
statement in regard to the plot as given to ms
friand and confidant John Forster. They nave
even descended to grotesque abS1rd1ty IN the
effort to show that while Forsters recouecuohs
were accurate in some respects they were III
accurate in others which. to reasonable people,
seemed equally logical and credible Let us
hone that the contribution to the discus
sion recently made by DickenSs youngest
daughter. Mrs. Perugni will deliver us from the
tiresome flood of conjectureS and theoretical
conclusions She defends the accuracy of ForS-
fer and the sincerity of her father in communi-
cating to his old friend the plot which he had
finally determined upon. From this it appears
that Edwin brood was IN truth killed by his
uncIe-and here, in addition. should be cited the
testimony of Charles Dickens the younger, who
positively declared that he had heard from his
fathers lips that brood was dead. Mrs. Peru
gini insists also upon the novellsts genuine
interest in the psychology of the situation; "he
was quite as deeply fascinated and absorbed in
the study of the criminal Jasper as in the dark
and sinister crime that has given the book its
title" The originality of the story he told
Forster was to consist in the review of the MUIR
.derer's career by himself at the close, "when its
temptations were to be dwelt upon as If not he.
the culprit but some other man were tempted
We may we'll believe. therefore, that he did not
feel it to be necessary to the originality of his
story to use the hackneyed device of keeping
supposed victim alive to confront the criminal
In the last chapter