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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25

in session here Wednesday. About so
bankers were here from southern and
eastern Kansas. Congressman Chas.
f. Scott talked tc the bankers about
Panama. John r. Lfndburg of Pitts
burg, P. w. Goebel of Kansas City,
Kan; j. w. Marley of Oswego. Grant
Hornaday of Fort Scott, c. G. Chand-
Ter Of Wichita and ]. w. Perry of St.
Louis We're among, the speakers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25

!. A man who will de-
post 9 cents a day with
the Shawnee Building &
Loan Association, 115
West 9th Street, for five
years will be able atthat
time, to draw out 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25
FROM THE STREETS CENTER.
Garden City Telephone and Electric
Light Poles to Be Moved.

Garden City Kan, April 25.-The
telephone and electric light poles are
to be removed from the center OF the
streets here. This plan of action was
announced by the company some time
ago and the city council passed a SIM
liar ordinance at the last meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25
4 Wellincton WeddIng.

Wellington, Kan, April 25.-Mr. VIM.
L. Kerr, a prominent brick manufac-
turer of lola, Kan, and Miss Frances
v. Chastain, also of lola were married
here Wednesday. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Samuel Price
grandfather of the bride.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25
Drowned While FISHING.

Abilene, Kan, April 25.-James Look
er, a blacksmith, was drowned in the
Smoky Hill last night while fishing
His body has not been recovered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25

Alum is used in some baking pow
ders and in most of the so-called
phosphate powders, because it is
cheap, and makes cheaper pow
der. But alum is corrosive which.
taken in food, acts injuriously upon
the stomach, liver and kidneys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25
Big SNOW at st. Joe.

Big Snow at st. Joe.
st. Joseph, Mo, April 25.-Snow
fell here for several hours this morn
ing. the latest precipitation in many
years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25

The "Royal Baker and Pastry
Cook q containing over 500 most
practical and valuable cooking re;
postal card with your full address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25
The Worlds Greatcst CIairvoyant.

NTTITVOVdnT.
Opal st. Elmo, the clairvoyant
who recently located in Topeka at 2IO
East Fifth street, is daily mystifying
her callers by her wonderful powers
and some of the predictions made by
her have convinced the most skeptical
that she is all that she claims for
herself. the worlds most famous
clairvoyant.
This wonderful woman not only
tells accurately your past, present and
future, but can give you correct adj
vice regarding all business affairs, and
in fact anything you may desire to
know.
opal st. Elmo is permanently To-
ca ed in Topeka, regardless of the re-
port that she is here but Temporarily.
and as special inducements to an
those who have not as yet visited her.
she viii for the balance of this week
only, still continue to offer her read
ings at a great reduction from her
regular charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25
MAY NEVER BALANCE.
Surplus of One Cent ON Chicago Post
office Books for 10 Years.

Chicago. April 25.-For the last
sixteen years the Chicago postoffice
has had a surplus of 1 cent on its
books. No one has been able to find
the source of the surplus or to whom
the money was due until yesterday,
when w. L. Clucas, a special agent of
the North American Life Assurance
company, notified postoffice authorities
that he held a draft for enc cent on
the office 1t was issued on January
., 1891. to his father w. j. Clucas of
Lebanon. Ill.
w. J. Clucas was postmaster of
Lebanon, ILL.,, in the administration of
Grover Cleveland. AT the end of
CIeveland's term of Office Mr. C1ucas
sent in his statement r
1t then appeared that he had sent
in 1 cent too much. 1t was returned
to him in the form of a draft Mr.
Clucas wishing to keep the draft as a
remembrance. never cashed it. After
his death in 1899 the draft was turned,
over to his son who kept it as a relic.
After the settlement of the estate.
Mr.. Clucas found it never could be
cashed, as his father had not Endorsed
it in his name. For this reason the
postoffice auditor never will be able to
balance his books unless Mr. CIucas
takes the matter into court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25

Bankers Meet at lola.
lola, Kan, April 25.-Group 3 of the
K Ansas State Bankers association was
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
TIE INCOME TAX
Bryan's c ommoner.


ously wealthy man upon his DEAN.
The money belongs to the conamUnf
ty. Do not mistake me. / do not ad-
vocate the making OF a man pau
per or the pauperizing of his children,
but it is not the millionaire who made
the wealth. He did not make the ore
or the coal or the gold that he dug
out Of the ground. The Montana cop
per mine owner did MT make ms
Wealth. belongs in TIE abstract TO
the people who use ii and who pro-
duce the use which makes 1t Vaiu-
able. l am with the president, then,
to tax heavily by graduated taxation
every man. who dies leaving behind
him his millions, for | think that ex-
cess!ve wealth left to a child is an
injury to the child"
Mr. Carnegie might give other rea-
sons in defense of an inheritance tax.
Many of the large fortunes have been
acquired by the monopolizing OF
markets and by the bankruptcy Of
rivals The money collected. has in
many cases been collected by means
which are immoral if not Illegal, and
society could justify claim to part
as a fine
But, after all, there is a better
remedy than the inheritance tax if
the real purpose of the tax is to be
levied as a punishment Instead of
allowing the government to grant priv
iieges, to create fayors and to sell
immunity to great highwaymen, why
not restore the government to its le-
Ultimate functions and take away the
special advantages which have been
granted by law? If each individual
is put upon his own merits and left
to secure only so much as he can
earn, the fortunes will not be so fab
ulous as they are now. An ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure
according to the old proverb, and 1t
is certainly wiser to prevent unjust
accumulations than to permit them to
extend through life on condition that
the government shall at the end of
the life receive a share or the plum
der.
However, the discussion Of the in
come tax and the inheritance tax will
educate the people as to what has
been going on in the United States.
There has been good deal of educa-
ton already, and there will be more
when public thought is turned upon
the question of taxation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01

ter class, in the announced presenta-
ton of Wagner's magnificent spectacle
of ''Parsifal."
The. requirements of such produc-
ton, being of so high a standard, as
judged from an artistic and ethical
point of view, are of so varied and
exacting a nature as to- require the
most careful consideration on the part
of all concerned in us promotion and
Interpretation. The classic and deli
cate draperies used in ornamentation
and costuming, the antique style OF
furniture and appointments, and the
peculiar form of ancient architecture
necessary, all have TO be studied
closely and correctly reproduced or
the exquisite harmony of the entire
spectacle is sadly uiarred.
But over and above all these essen
tials of dress and scenery, the most
requisite quantity in the play itself
is the quality Of the individual artists
appearing in the different roles The
personality and temperament of each
actor must be noted and studied with
the purpose in view Of taking advan-
ta2e in the knowledge gained in as
signing the different parts. When
this is done intelligently. the dement's
secured are always recognized by
the management and audience and
prove a great help TO the artists Sc
lected.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01

The income tax which slept for
some ten years after the adverse de-
cision OF the supreme court is again
a subject for discussion The presi-
dents recognition has brought out
the fact thai quite change has gone
on in the public sentiment favorable
to the tax, but il has also brought out
the fact equally interssting.that the
republican leaders are not going to
favor the tax. The St Louis Globe
Democrat, which can generally be re
lied upon to take the side of preda-
tory wealth, calls a halt on the in
come tax II is afraid that so much
money would be raised by the income
tax that no import duties would be
necessary This suggestion alone
will bring all the beneficiaries of a
high tariff into opposition. They have
been collecting incomes through the
tariff, and out of pure gratitude ought
TO be willing to. pay an income tax,
but gratitude is not prominent quail
ty among those who enjoy special
privilege. They co1,a 20 regard them
as vested rights If the president I'M
dertakes to push the income tax, he
viii have to rely for his support upon
the democrats and upon those repub-
licans who are in a position to give ex-
preston to their sense of justice.
The Globe-Democrat editorial may be
accepted as evidence that there will
be strong plutOcratic opposition 20
the income tax.
The discussion. however, has
brought out the fact that some of
the rich men have come over to the
side of those who believe in the just
ness of the income tax. Mr. NJ E.
ingalls,, former president of the Big
Four railroad and an active opponent
of the democratic party in 1896, de-
clares that he is in favor of an in
come tax, but he does not want a
graded one. Mr.. Perry Belmont is
also in favor of an income tax, but
does not want it levied upon punt
tive principles, but as matter of
revenue. Mr.. Carnegie is opposed to
the income tax, but is in favor of an
tax. He believes that rich
men ought TO be compelled TO turn
over some of their surplus wealth at
death. At the Civic Federation meet
ing in New York the other day he
said: Our country fails in its duty
if it does not exact a share, tremen-
dous share of the estate of the enorm-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
VOX POPULI.
Christmas Reform.


Editor Pensacola Journal:
You have told us what Stark Co.
has done on Christmas day but it will
bear reading again. Here it is:
Eugene Matthews, editor of the
Starke Telegraph and candidate for
speaker Of the next house in the last
issue of his paper says:
We had delightfully."- quiet and
pleasant Christmas in Starke and so
far as we have been able to learn
here was not disturbance anywhere
in Bradford county. 1t Is a great
deal more satisfactory to the Tele-
graph to print this modest paragraph
than to have to call into use flaming
headlines followed by the story of
bloodshed, heart-broken wives and
fatherless children and the other sick
ening details of the crimes that go
hand in hand with the drunken orgie.
God be praised for the day of better
things, and may He keep us steadfast
in the nearer doing of His will
Christmas in Pensacola, if we judge
from what we see, hear and read,
should go by some other name No
holiday observed in honor of any of
our great men is degraded as Christ
mas day is here. In this city with a
population from all parts of the world.
lit is hard to live up to the will of
our Savior and say, Peace on earth
and good will to men," but We can
say to the saloons: IF you must
have one day for free whiskey. let
it DE on some other day than our
Christmas holy day" and to the toters
of guns pistols and fireworks: Keep
your powder for the Fourth of July,
that is now the patriotic day of all
America"
We want Christmas cheer. the more
the better, but not the kind that de-
grades homes, fills our police courts
and our jails, and takes the bread
from the mothers and children of
many of the homes in this city.
What Starke county has done Es-
Gambia should do.
VIII not the Confederate Veteran,
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
the Christian people generally join
hands for a reform of this kind for
1907?
KRIS kRINKLE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
In Safe Hands.

Chairman Burton, of the house riv-
ers and harbors committee, has desig-
mated our distinguished representa-
tive, S. NJ. Sparkman, to make up the
estimates of funds needed for river
and harbor improvement in Florida,
Georgia ami South Carolina. 1t is I'M
necessary To say that Florida'S inter
ests are in safe hands, and that Mr..
Sparkman will advance Tampa's in
terests to the extreme limits of pro-
priety. The congressman attended
the sessions of the rivers and harbors
congress in Washington, and, without
question, will be heartily in favor OF
the proposed annual appropriation of
$50,000,000 for this most important
work, and he may be relied upon
to see that full justice is done to the
demands of our splendid Queen City
of the Gulf for the deepening of her
beautiful bay-Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
Give This Wretch
the Limit of the Law.

Il the charge lodged by the Mobile
authorities against stranger there
who is alleged TO have procured {.
young Florida girl for immoral pur-
poses can be proven, the wretci.
should be given the limit of The Law
for his crime
No penalty is too severe for the per
son who viii commit such crime as
that and no leniency should be shown
WREN one is convicted of it.
We trust that the Alabama autBori-
ties viii dc their duty and that JUS
tjce will be administered in accord.
ance with the mans deserts.
We also trust that the girl E1ay be
I euurned 20 her parents and that The
good influences of a good hor,a NAV
hereafter be her refuge and he
shield.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
ADJUSTMENTS.
"The One Woman"

Dainty little Charlotte Learn, who
as Sally, the KloEdike Kid, has been
winning golden opinions from the
theatre goers as well as the critics
where ever The. One Woman" COM
pany has appeared will he Is years
old on st. Patriek's day.
In order that the fifteenth anniver-
sary of her arrival on this sphere of
action might be duly celebrated Man.
ager Hamrick asked Miss Learn what
she wanted for present.
The demure child said in her saucy
way that she wanted each of her
friends to give her a penny for every
year of her age, and that nothing but
nice, new pennies would pass current
in her birthday bank.
On hearing this Austin Webb Sc
cured large number of coin mailing
cards and started an endless chain
among his friends and now the mails
are busy In every town is large
number of letters filed with fifteen
new pennies, and containing all sorts
of humorous birthday. greetings for
Miss Learn
The New York Telegraph printed
the story and many readers of that
paper remembering Miss Learns
splendid work when in The Little
Princess" looked up the route of THE
One Woman" and added their mite
to the deluge.
Stage Door Johnnies have also
taken a hand, and if the penny crop
holds out Miss Learn will soon be able
TO retire from the stage and go into
the banking business. Actor Webb
says this penny chain goes to show
that 1t pays a girl to tell her age. He
also adds that possibly in few years
Miss Learn will be more reticent as
to the exact number of pennies that
number her years.
She will be here Thursday night
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
Presidency of Senate.

It is probable that DR.. TheOp- West,
state senator from this district. will
become a candidate for president OF
the senate. He is receiving some
very encouraging endorsements, and
wnen We consider his qUaliHcaions
and fitness for this important position
we feel like insisting upon I'm max
ing the race. 1t has been long
time since Jackson county has asked
for al honor Of this kind, hence We
feel that we are entitled to it. DR..
West is peoples man, and is not
allied in any way with the corporation
or railroad interest Of the state. We
trust thar he viii conclude TO enter
the contest and that his colleagues
viii appreciate his worth sufficiently
to elect him.-Marianna Times-Ccur-
ieT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
CASE OF MRS. MYERS is
NOW UNDER AMUSEMENT

Kansas City, Dec. 31.-At the close
of arguments in the United
States District Court today in the ha,
beas corpus case, Instituted by at.
torneys OF Mrs. Aggie Meyers, SEN
fenced TO hang January 10, Judge
Phillips announced that he would take
matter under Amusement until Fri
day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01

For the information of Brother Col
Inns, of the Tallahassee rue Demo
crat We will state that The Journal
did not endorse the sentiments ex-
pressed by the South Florida paper
in regard to what The Journal said
about those railroad assessments not
being published. We simply said the
True Democrat had not published the
figures, and the comment was made
by the other paper. We wanted to
see the figures in print ana now that
the True Democrat has published
them We are satisfied. The figures
are very. interesting and The Journal
may have more TO say on this subject
later on.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
Endorses Frank Clark.

Members of congress who, fearing
the influence il might have at home
refused 10 grant themselves a decent
salary for their work, were short
sighted. We do not want cheap men
in congress On the contrary, the
very aOiest men of the nation are
needed there, men who can easily
make twice I'VE thousand d year. Con
gressmen are expected TO entertain
literally, and how in the world can
this be done on the present salary?
II looks as though only rich men or
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
j. Ed. O'Brien.

The latest candidate for governor
of Florida, according TO the Lake City
Index, is Hon. J. Ed. O'Brien, OF Pen
sacola. The Record knows absolute
~ nothing about the gentleman, but
is willing to believe the Index when
it says that this distinguished gen.
tleman has many friends throughout
Florida who will be glad to see him
thus honorod. He has always been
prominently identified with the best
interests of the state, and his recent
victory in congress in the pilotage
legislation has given him consider
able national prominence. Ed is
jolly good fellow, and if he enters,
will sweep the western part OF the
state like a cyclone. st. Augustine
Record
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01

The court of general sessions in
New York has affirmed the decision
of the police court in the case of En-.
richo Caruso. charged with annoying
a lady in monkey house at the zoo
Caruso's lawyers have appealed from
this decision and will carry the fight
through all the courts -Caruso
will pay the fine of ten dollars.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
Pope Reese.

The Tallahassee Sun has been
sizing I'D the various candidates men
toned for speaker of the house in
the next legislature, and seems to
think that Hon. r. Pope Reese. of
Pensacola, is better qualified for that
place than any others mentioned for
the honor. Mr.. Reese is a young
man of demonstrated force and
ability. and while we have not heard
d great deal about him. what we have
heard is to his credit The Demo
crat is playing no favorite in the
speakerShip race and has no choice
to urge at this time The candidates
thus far mentioned are all gentle
men of excellent repute, but there is
time enough yet for US to express a
definite preference.-LiVe Oak Dem
Ocrat-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01

The state papers are still discuss
ing thu vagrancy question. What
they want TO do is TO get right after
the officers-the men who are respon-
sible for the presence of these va
grants. The Fort Myers Breeze in
discussing the question says:
The cry for labor gets worse in
stead OF better Editor CaldweIfs sug-
gesuion to the governor TO instruct
every sheriff in the state 10 enforce
the vagrancy law, was not a-bad sug-
gestion by any means. and should be
acted upon by the governor. There
are many loafing negroes and gam
blers in the cities and smaller towns
If forced to work would greatly relieve
the labor situation and diminish the
number of negro criminals in the va
r1ous courts Of the state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
The Year Just Past
And the Year to Come.

The year 1905 has been one of IN
edualled prosperity for the city of
Pensacola and the whole of West
Florida. Business has been good
work has been plentiful, wages high
and the work of developing the al
most unlimited resources of this
section has been carried on energeti-
caliy and intelIgently. And, best OF
ali. the outlook for the year 1907, is
Ell that could be desired.
Pensacola's progress and prosperity
during tho year Just closed has been
phenomenal and all indications point
to the fact that the Deep Water City
viii soon take her proper place among
the leading cities of the glorious
southland.
Oar commerce has steadily incTeas-
ed and, lad it not been for the terri
fic September storm, the total of ex-
ports and imports would have exceed
ed any previous year. ALI things con-
sidered the showing will be an ex-
tremely creditable one.
As jobbfng center Pensacola is
rapidly forging to the front and, even
now, the entire territory naturally
tributary to this city is covered by
travelling men representing the up
to-date firms Of this city, who carry
nearly every article that is demanded
by the trade.
immigration to this section is in
creasing and many prosperous homes
are now in evidence where, a few
years since, nature reigned supreme.
Those who have found homes in this
section are prosperous and contented
and their success is the biggest ad-
vertisement that West AIorida could
possibly have.
The year 1907 has much in store for
Pensacola and the whole Oh West Flor
ida and as the people of this section
are alive to their individual interests
and the welfare of the state as whole
it is safe to say that this year of grace
will be record breaker in all lines
of commercial, Industrial, municipal
and personal endeavor.
To its thousands of readers The
Journal wishes a most happy and
prosperous New Year, and is sincere
in the belief That happiness will be
forthcoming 10 each and every one
of them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
Speakership Contest.

Representative MacWilliams, of St
Johns county, is being mentioned as
a candidate fo- speaker of the house
Eugene Matthews. Of Bradford -coun.
". has been spoken of for some time
Both are strong men and either would
fill the position with dignity.-Bar-
tow Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01
AMBASSADOR REID 10
NOW IN WASHINGTON
specIaI IA rn. InurnaI.

Washington. Dec. 31-The Ameri-
can Ambassador to Great Britain and
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid arrived here to
day and are the guests OF Admiral and
Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles. Miss
Boardman has invited dinner to
them on January 2, the dinner 30 be
followed by a reception and Mr..
Richard Townsend will give a dinner
in their honor on January f.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01

Those justices of the peace who
colldn't understand Why their COM
missions read first Tuesday after
first Monday" can solve the puzzle by
looking at the calendar today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01

The last issue of the Gainesville
excellent likeness of President Al
bert Alexander Murphree of the Flori-
da Female College. DR.. Murphree is
one of the ablest and foremost educa-
tors in the south. and higher honors
are in store for him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-01

We are assured that extreme care
has been taken by the management
Of the forthcoming production OF
~Parsifal" in all these matters, so that
one can look forward to a spectacle
that is in its entirely harmonious
and critically satisfactory production.