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The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

went. With bloody axes they blazed e
path across the continent With dyna-
mite they blew up the station at In
dependence, Colo. and other structures.
Ultimate defeat has met them every
where, and at times they have seemed
extinct but the murderous spirit of the
Molly Maguires appears to be un-
quenchable. When one died or was i'm
prisoned another rose to take his place.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

GrSeSZ ia HE recent outbreaks of
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- violence in the mining
lWb p ~ districts Of Idaho and
Bl4 R0I elsewhere seem to es-
WE k tablish the fact that
WA III the organizati n
II lfNwF4TSl known as the Molly
ASssz@4ZASez@ Naguires is still in
existence. The meth
ode which have eliminated in the as
eassfpation of a former executive OF
Idaho are precisely the same that We're
employed by that band Of revolutionary
nalcontents during their reign OF ter
ror I'm the Pennsylvania mining regions,
The intimate object of the Molly Ma
a-lires seems to be vengeance. There is
no pretense of a resort to extreme
measures in order that mankind or any
part Of il may benefit. The aVoWeo
purpose Of the organization is not the
attempted righting Of the wrongs OF
men. but the infiction of punishment
upOn those who have opposed its meth
DDS
That was the only apparent condem-
nation for Frank Steunenberg, the lat-
est victim of Molly Mcguire feroclty-
He was governor of Idaho from 1897 to
1901. He was man who had been al
lied closely with labor interests, union
printer. When he was elected governor
the lawless element believed that his
union affiliations would work to its
beneht and that he would wink at its
illegal tendencies.
The new governor was not at all that
sort Of man. He was a man of high
order of intelligence, fairness was his
motto and the enforcement of the law
was his chief aim in life. One of his
first official acts threw CONSERVATION in
to the camp of the enemies of law and
order. When he sought the aid Of the
general government to protect mine
owners against acts of violence, he for
feited the good viii Of every man who
had expected to profit from his nonin-
reference.
From the time when Stemenberg
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02
uTlLlzINe RINERs

According TO a German publication
Sweden is planning to use for electricity
every ounce of water now going to
waste over her falls and in her rivers.
Engineers are in the hills making SER
veys, and capital is getting ready for
the call that is sure to come just as
soon as the surveys are completed. The
same may be said of Norway, where
the waters have shorter distances TO
run. but are often of tremendous vol
uma
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

t@fSS f9NS.lt the world at large.
The appearance and
discipline OF the new
army amazed the military experts of
foreign countries who were present
Thirty attaches of other powers were
on the ground, and they are unanimous
In their verdict that the progress made
by the Chinese military department
during the last three years is little short
Of marvellous. There is no longer anv
doubt in the minds of American diplo-
mats in the. east that China is preparing
for some event Of supreme Importance.
What that move is to be is still a. mat
ter for conjecture
Coincident with this military activity
on the part of China is a CORRESPONDING
watchfulness on the part of certain
other powers, notably Japan and the
United States. The success of the fs-
land empire in the late conflict with
Russia has done nothing to heal the diff
ferences which arose at the time of the
war between these two oriental neigh
bors. China has been witness Of all
that her rival has accomplished. and
imitation is the strongest Chinese char
acteris1c. The japanese astonished the
world with their celebrity in accumulat-
Ing military strength, but the Chinese
are repeating the achievement with
even more speedy results.
America, too, has Incurred the enmity
of the entire Chinese nation. From the
Chinese viewpoint the Americans have
treated them 50 badly that any species
OF retaliation would be JUSTIFIED pro
vided It were severe enough. They
have done and are continuing to do
everything possible in the way Of com
mercial retaliation. American goods Of
Ill kinds are practically boycocted
throughout the empire. They look upon
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

called in the United states troops to do
the work his militia and civil officers
could not perform he was doomed.
When his dismembered body was scat
tered almost at the very threshold of
his dwelling by the explosion of a bomb
no one doubted that he had fallen a
victim to his effort to maintain the law.
and no one who was we'll informed
charged union labor with the crime of
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

promoter and as fond of fun as Secre-
tary Taft, which is saying a good deal.
His humor is of the quaint and perva-
sive kind, and it made him very popular
in the Philippines. His frankness and
unmistakable sincerity of purpose dis
armed those who had made up their
minds to show bitterness against his
rule. and he leaves Manila with the sat
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

his taking off. There We're those, how
ever, who remembered the Molly Ma
guires, and Harry Orchard, the man
suspected of the crime. has a record
that the authorities declare is warrant
enough for his arraignment.
Driven from Pennsylvania after d
period of violence that Mortified the ma
ton. the Molly Maguires left a trail of
wreck. ruin and murder wherever they
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

Philippine commission by President
Mckinley, who admired him greatly.
General Wright is a typical southern
er. with the soft drawl in his speech,
the simple. genial manner, the all en-
bracing hospitality and the reverence
for women and for his status as gem
tIeman that are so characteristic of the
men of his habitat. He is a LAUGHTER
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

Secret recruiting went on constantly
In every mining camp, those favorite
hiding places for criminals who are
eluding the penetrating eye of the law,
there were always men who were will
ing to attend midnight meetings. bind
themselves by appalling oaths and VOWS
of vengeance and accept commissions to
add still further to their burden Of
guilt.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

epidemic. He was attorney general of
his state for eight years and owes his
title Of general to that fact, never hav-
ing been a military man of any degree.
Three of his sons, however, were in
the Spanish war. Mrs. Wright was
daughter of the famous Admiral Ra-
phael Semrnes of the Confederate navy.
The general was appointed on the
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

the exclusion act as a veritable declara-
ton of Uncle Sans hostility. It is i'm
probable that the American government
is at all disturbed over the Chinese
military activity but it is a fact that
the forces in the Philippines have re-
Gently been increased very materially.
It has just come to light that the
Pelzing authorities have ordered 1.O00.
Geo rifles OF the most modern pattern
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02
CONSTRUCTED PORT ARTHUR.

CONSf HUCIED PORT ARTHUR.
Major Welitscho. under whose super
vision Port Arthur was fortified. is re-
garded as the greatest living military
engineer He is now forty-eight years
of age. It was he who outlined the en-
tire plan for the fortified circle of noun
tains and hills surrounding the fortress.
and most of the work was carried out
under his eye.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02
A QUEER FACT ABOUT DEW.

Dew is great respecter of colors.
To prove this, take pieces of glass or
board and paint them red. yellow,
green and black. Expose them at night
and you viii ind that the yellow viii
be covered with moisture. the green
will be damp. but that the red and the
black win be left perfectly dry.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02
LUKE E. WRIGHT.

days. Luke was too young to partici-
pate actively in the civil war, but his
only brother, Eldridge. a captain in the
Confederate service, lost his life at the
battle of Shiloh. Luke was educated at
the Mississippi State university and
was admitted to the bar in his native
city. In 1878 he was very active in the
work Of relief during the yellow fever
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

as it is now planned before the begin
ming of next summer over 400, 900 men
viii be in active training under the
dragon flag. The men viii be selected
with great care and viii serve three
years as regulars and six as reserves.
It has long been a theory among
military observers that the material for
a powerful army was to be found among
the numerous races embraced in the
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

from European makers and 800 power
full batteries designed for Chinese for
tfcations. The new army viii num-
Der 1.250,000 men and viii cost $780,
100000. an immense sum of money to
be raised in a country SO badly govern
ed as China Two years ago the entire
effective force OF. the empire numbered
less than 100000. but today it consists
OF at least 100000 well trained men. and
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

Chinese empire. All that has been
wanting is proper leadership. That
prime essential seems now to be ex-
emplified in the person of General Yin
Tchang, China's greatest soldier, who
for the past three years has been repre-
senting his country at the court Of the
German kaiser. It is absolutely GER
tain. also, that the new army viii be
modelled closely after that of Germany.
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he recent retirement
of General Luke E.
Wright from the gov
ernor generalship Of
the Philippines has
been followed by his
appointment to the
Japanese mission and
the promotion of Vice
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

He showing made by
the reorganized Chi
nese army, which has
recently held its first
important maneuvers,
comes as a surprise to
the world at large.
The appearance and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29

lated and announced or declared. he might have learned something to his benefit: and if he will attend upon the the holding of t the ~ State primary in August. he will see the .particular mode of procedure required by law tor the canvassing the returns, and fol- mittee and the chairman of that body, He might also learn something from the proceedings of the Second ConRression- al Committee yesterday.
 man Arlington. and know that he is too fair and honorable to do any ono any intentional wrong, but all future fair and impartial. and 1t is most dangerous custom for the chairman to have such power and plain perver- SDa under S the hS law, for how easy ca Hi it would be for him to do wrong, and who would be. the wiser, or how could candidate help himself? trust It will not be done again in this county. In a pri- mary election, contest between me1n- bers of the same family, we cannot be too careful and should throw around to preserve the sanctity of the ballot and to secure to all fair and impartial treatment.
 Without taking any part in the dis cussion of which the above is a part, for the sake of historical accuracy, 1t Is well enough for The Advertiser to quote the exact language of Captain Mastin:
 The undersigned further requests of you and demand that all ballots cast In the several beats of said county at said election, be produced opened, count ed and compared with the several tally sheets used in said election. and vert- fled by you before declaring the res suit of said election held on said 18th day of March, and that the result or said election be determined by you af-- ter a full complete and true count ot said votes legally cast at said election, be counted and a full and complete varfication of said election be had
 Tt will be readily seen that the above asks for the doing of that by the County Committee which under Sec tions 20, 21, and 2e Of the Primary Eiec- tion law cannot be done except in case of a contest and to that extent the action cannot be legally at- tackled. As there is now a contest what was asked by Captain MastIn can be done and no doubt will be done.
 Editor Advertiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
LIEUTENANT GOV. CUNNINGHAM.

The Advertiser stated a few days ago | that 1t had good reasons for believing that Lieutenant Governor Cunningham would soon take the fI-ld and mlFe a vigorous campaign in "e in .. .t of his candidacy for Governor.
 It will be seen from a brief interview with him. published in this mornings issue of The Advertiser that he will open his campaign by speech at the court house in this city next Wednes- day evening. April 4. and from then on he will meet the people III all parts Of the State.
 There is ample time, five months, in which to present His claims and to explain his views and position. and he has acted wisely in holding back until the present time. It Is true that MT. Conner has been busy ever since he went into the office of President of the Railroad Commission in seeking to jDake progress in his hunt f,r tlic higher position of Governor, but we doubt if he has made any serious lodgment on the public mind. He has LlduS tuC OAlISESHt OA CAAdI StS dSAlH5L Democratic State officials members of Democratic Legislatures anu Constltu4 tional Conventions in his wi d att tempts to exalt himself as the only man in the State who stood between the people and their ruin at the hands of their chosen public servants Such violence as he has exhibited is more apt to react on him than to lead the public to believe that the long line ot Democratic Governors and Legislators from Houston to Jelks have been faith less to their trusts.
 The campaign will now grow in in- tcrest and we have no doubt of Cover nor Cupningham's ability to present his claims in a manner that will be edifying and instructive. He is thor oughIy at home in all matters of State policy and history and has something more. to commend him than one issue, which can be bet ter and more satisfactorily adopt ed under the administration of a calm judicial minded Governor like Cunningham than a passionate and prejudiced extremist like Conner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
Trying to NFisIead.

Opelika News.
 Having used a number of columns of its, more or less. valuable space in recent issue to demonstrate as best it could. that heretofore the State of Alabama has never enjoyed the se-- cier, as just now occupies the guber- material chair in this State, 1t must have been awfully humiliating to The Montgomery Advertiser to have to con . the great fnancier had actually taken step that necessarily pl es upon the taxpayer of this State ! burden, amounting to the snug sum of one mill lion and eight hundred houand dol lars. The Advertiser admits that the failure of the governor to accept the bid for the bonds of the State that was submitted several months ago will cost the people of the State more than thirty thousand dollars per year. eacn year, for the next lift wears to come.
 In making the admission The Ad. vertier, as usual seeks to mislead the public. Among other things 1t says:
 Some might say the governor could. have waited longer and possibly have f1culty Is that the bonds are due in July. and that money must be raised to take them up. Resid"- = takea from two to three months to have tn" has delayed a public offering of them as long as was safe" .,
 NOW, or course, there are thousands of people in Alabama who do not know how long 1t takeS to get bonds en- graved. They are not expected to be in possession of such information. but it is fact that this paper would readily give bond and security to have such bonds as will have to be had engraved and delivered within twenty days at the outside and We make this statement for the purpose of calling attention to what sore straits The Ad- vertier is now put to trying to find some reason or justification for the costly action of its proclaimed finan- cial wonder in the person of the pres ent governor When The Advertiser says 1t will take from two to three months to get the bonds engraved, it seeks to mislead and announces as a fact something that is not true. It goes out of the straight and narrow path in it's endeavor to excuse q fatal mis- take to the people, made by the man it has sought to place high above all of his predecessors as a financial sue cess.
 When the administration of the two men is compared 1t is safe to say that in defeating Joe Johnston and electing Jelks governor, four years ago, the people placed upon themselves and their posterity a tax of not less than two million dollars, If Joe Johnston had had the job of refundihg the bond ed debt of this State he would have saved the tax payers at least TWO mil lions of ollars, an amouS' suhlcient to erect a capitol building ih keeping with the needs of this great State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
THURSDAY. MARCH .s. 1906.
succrss WILL COME.

The Advertiser has been much pleas ed to read in many newspapers pub fished in different sections of the coun- try hearty eommendation of the move ment for a Greater Montgomery. The object. the spirit and the anticipated success of the movement are all refer red to by the press in encouraging terms showing that the leaders of thought in many other cities feel a deep interest in what our citizens are proposing to do and what they intend to do
 The old adage that God helps those who help themselves" holds good with a city as it does with individuals, and the movement for a greater city is the first move in helping ourselves that will bring to Montgomery help from elsewhere. That help will come in the shape of increased population, increas- ed capital and increased trade and bus mess of all kinds. We encourage oth- CTS to bring their money to Montgom- cry and invest 1t by showing them that we are not afraid to invest our own. We encourage good people to come by letting them know the advantages we have to offer them and the profits they may expect from judicious and timely investments. :.~
 This is a movement in which all our people are interested and which should appeal to all There are many who are not able to give anything to the publicity fund being raised, just as there are many who are unable to invest in any of the industries and en- terprises that are now here and that are expected and designed to be Drought here, but notwithstanding their inability to help the movement in a financial way they may find ways by which they can be of assistance in such a worthy scheme as that which is now under way with such brilliant pros poets of success.
 And the object will succeed. It has behind 1t men who have no idea of failure The good of Montgomery is dear to their hearts. Its prosperity means good for all, and the profession al and business men who are at work for one hundred thousand population have double cause for putting forth their best efforts. Success will be a monument to their sagacity, energy and enterprise and it will mean increased business for industrial interests. Greater Montgomery means profit for the man and the firm and 1t means a greater prestige for the city, It is an ambition for which we should all work together. One Hundred Thousand is the reward and 1t Is coming.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
TODAY IN HISTORY.

Church Day;Eustasius. Sun rises at 5:4s; sets at s;12.
 403.-Battle of Pollentia and defeat of the Huns under Alario, their leader. his passage to France, seized by an English corsair at Flamborough Head, and conducted to the English Court.
 17s6.-La Cherette executed; this commencement of the French revolu-
 iso5.-Aaron Burr started on his trip West to Louisiana and Blennerhas-
 iSOs.Ioporto. in Portugal, taken by the French under Soult, and pillaged in spite of that Generals endeavors
 1Sil.-Bo aaparte had his headquar- ters at Troyes, from whence he moved by forced marches to Paris, by the
 182s,-The castle of Rumelia in Tur- key surrendered to the Greeks under
 fssO.-There were but seven navy yards in the United States.
 1s4l--E. Pendleton Kennedy. of the United States Navy and commander of the battleship Pennsylvania, died at
 is4s.@The Lahore war being finished to the British Crown.
 1S53.-A Democratic conspiracy dis eighty six persons arrested.
 iS55.-The State prison at Nashville. Tenn, burned.
 1S6i-A party of blockade runners captured at Poplar Creek, Ind:
 1864.-Civil war existed in Edgar and Coles counties. Ill, body of arm ed Confederate sympathisers being en- camped near Charleston, with Onion soldiers whom they had taken prison CTS.
 1gs5.--A member of the North Caro- ready to take the oath of allegiance and to ratlfy the slavery abolition amendment to the constitution.
 1S74.-The Cincinnati, Ohio, County Trea surer's office attacked by a mob of rioters, who burned the courthouse and killed several members of the militia
 1S94.-Silver Democratic leaders held a conference at Washington on the proposal to ''cut loose" from President Cleveland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
SIDEWALK PENCILINCS
esoverner and Immigration.

T would rather have one satisfied immigrant in Alabama" said Governor Ielks than a half dozen immigrants who are not satisfied with conditions
 This. point was made in reference to the quiet but aggressive campaign which the Governor is making in connection with the Alabama Immigration Bureau to bring a number of white laborers to this State in time to work on the crops Of this year. It has been frequently said that immigrants are held out pic-- lures of too roseate a nne when they are. told of their proposed new homes and when these new homes are reachd they are naturally discontented. So 1t Is the purpose of the Governor to have every immigrant seeking infornia- ton as to Alabama to be informed ac- curately and truly. Many immigrants, used to the most substantial buildings of the northern farm house. have been greatly disappointed at the Southern buildings. not recognizing that the eli mattcal differences make 1t necessary to build differently
 The Governor is anxious that every immigrants be Informed as to just what sto expect in Alabama. He believes that the inducements of the State are sufii- cient without additional coloring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
DIR. CUNNINGHAM
VIII Make a Vigorous Campaign--He
 Has Many Sacrifices.

VIII Make a Vigorous Campaign--He
 Has Many Sacrifices.
 Birmingham Ledger
 The proposed talk about Lieutenant Governor Cunningham switching his candidacy from the gubernatorial race to the Senatorial succession fight Is the merest rot" said a friend of Dr. Cum ningham's this morning. Tt is in my province to know that Dr. Cunningham has never entertained such an idea- 50 far as his actions and his expressions are concerned there are absolutely no grounds on which to base the conclu- sion that he would quit the race for the Governorship and run for alternate
 'Dr. Cunningham has been In public life for over twenty-five years, ana there is nothing in his record to indl- cate that he is given to changing with the wind or going off on tangent. He has stated time and again that he dld not desire to impose an eight or ten months campaign on the people of thls State His record talks for itself and he and his friends will be emlnentiy satisfied if the people of the State VIII
 bn bT tb hs Tnd0rd ths he SeG made while in the Legislature. President o5 the Senate, Lieutenant-Governof ana acting Governor.
 "Dr. Cunningham made a great sac- rifice when he ran for Ideutenant-GoV- ernor. He made another sacrifice when he declined to stand for reelection to the State Senate. He would have been elected without opposition, and subse- quently named as President or the sen ate and would have succeeded Governor Sanford Yet to show that he was not prompted by ambition. Dr. Cunningham firmly refused reelection.
 When the fght came up for Lieuten- ant Governor he took the stump in sup port of the new constitution when that Instrument was being bitterly attacked. Ingratitude is one of the chief charac- teristics of the human race, and pr: Cunningham has been made a victim of this weakness The work that he has done for his party and for the people of this State has all been forgotten in the excitement that has sprung up over a campaign of down with the railroads.