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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22

local machine shops have taken a lay
off for a few days and are visiting in
Kansas City. In a few weeks they
will leave for California.
The new charging plant at Argentine
which has been under process of con-
struction for some time, has been COM
pleted and is now in use. This greatly
facilitates the work of the electrical
department at that place.
Men. are at work today on new brick
sidewalks which will take the place OF
the old cinder paths around the Y.
M. c. A. building.
The meeting at the coach shops
Thursday will be under the direction
of the evangelists who are now holding
a series of revival meetings at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
r. s. Brigham Sec. and General Manager.
F,;,5Sr, tho danot 1

side of the Window at the depot is a
te1ephone. Between each station con-
stitutes a blocks~
Fireman Gus Lundquist has been sent
to DeSoto by the local lodge of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
for the purpose of helping in the recoV-
ery of the body of Engineer Bartel or
which he was a member.
One hundred and forty new members
have been secured for the r. R. Y. NJ.
c. A. already this month which is a
great showing for the membership
committee.
Fireman William Swearingen is lay
ing off on account of sickness in his
family.
Fred Moore and c. A Billion of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22

Third Christian church Rev J. V.
Combs will make the address, Rev. Nell
son Gardner will sing and Rev. 1. n.
Jet will play several cornet solos, AT
the meeting at the Third Christian
church tonight Rev. Mr.. Combs Will
speak on Christ and the Home" Thurs
day night there will be a meeting which
will be devoted more especially to the
men although the women are asked to
come and bring their husbands The
subject of this meeting will be Hunt
ing for a Man"
Sixty-two new volumes have been ad-
ded to the library of the railroad as
ISOLATION. The new volumes contain
works of E. p. Roe. Dickens and 9TH
ers and consist of poetry and assorted
novels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
MRS. HOFFMAN HAS THE FARM.
Court Says That She Has a Right
10 1t.

A family row over property is to be
aired in the supreme court in the case
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Martin against
Ellen K. Hoffman, which was appealed
today from Phillips county. Mrs. Hoff-
man is the mother of Mrs. Martin. and,
according to the papers in the case, the
mother and her, daughter and son-in-
law went into partnership on the pur-
chase of a farm.
Later Mrs. Hoffman purchased the
interest of her children, and made an
agreement that she should have the
farm for her home as long as she lived,
and then turn 1t over to her daughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
RAID THE BAD LANDS
Thirty of Uncle Sans New Recruits
Are in the Guard House.

Columbus. O.. Jan. PA number of SOL
diers from the United States recruiting
station last night raided what is known
as the bad Lands district and hurled
missiles through the windows of stores,
saloons and resorts. Major Glenn the
commanding officer. sent out a detail and
placed thirty of the marauders in the
guard house. The affair was the result
of a recent cutting ARRAY in resort in
which a soldier was worsted by a negro.
Last night the soldier, with a crowd of
able to find the negro, they started the
trouble. Major Glenn today said that he
would thoroughly investigate the trouble
and that the leaders would be amply pun
ished James Storms, of the latter,
has confessed and given the names of the
recruits, who are now in the guard house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
SAYS BRITISH ARE RIGHT.
French Newspaper Commends Action
of Jamaica's Governor.

Paris, Jan. 22.-The Ecclaire. IN COM
menting the American rebuff in the
island of Jamaica expresses the opinion
that Admiral Davis Intervention in ia
maca conforms with President Roose-
velt's words in October, that the con-
struction OF the Panama canal signifies
that America is policing the two oceans.
especially the Caribbean The English
were not wrong, it says. in distrusting
Americans who. with one foot in jamaica.
would soon have had four.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
Important Business Announcement

c. H. Morrison wishes to announce
that he has repurchased the Optical
Department which he sold year ago
to w. z. Battey, and that he will con-
tinue the Optical Business in connec-
ton with his jewelry store.
Mr.. Morrison is a graduate optician
and is prepared to meet any require
ments in the optical line, and wifi
make a specially of the latest discov-
cry the new Health Ray Spectacle
Lenses, the best on earth.
G. H. MORRISON,
los East 9Th st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22

These empire coat wraps are very
useful for dressy wear, the model OF
the one illustrated being of sllver-gray
cloth trimmed with embroidered bands
and gray velvet The little pointed
vest was made of these embroidered
strips An embroidered band also
den in the illustration, by the ermine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22

One of the fashionable guimpe bod
the under blouse of the model being of
cream-white accordion plated silk ba-
tiste mounted on yoke of heavy ecru
lace. The cloth part of the grown was
of lavender broadcloth. the deeply-cut
arm holes and yoke being trimmed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
RoosereIt Approvea 1t.

Washington, Jan. 22.-The presi-
dent has approved the joint resolution
providing for temporary leaves of alb
sence for homestead settlers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22

neck. scarf. The coat was laid in plaits
a the shoulder, the shoulder seam be-
ing strapped across with gray silk
cords and buttons. The revers were
finished by a folded scarf of gray vel
vet. and at the point of each rever was
attached large gray silk tassel. The
sides OF the coat were slashed and held
together by rows of gray velvet but
tons and cords.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
L. M. PENWELL.
Undertaken and EmOdimer.
SIT Quincy Street.
Both Phones io2
Geo. N. Ray. Assistant
SMOKERS FIND
LEWIS SINGLE BINDER
5ecIear better Quality than most 1of Cigars

She had a dispute with her daughter
and son, however. about the payments
on the place, and brought a suit against
them. The lower court held that Mrs
Hoffman had absolute title to the prem
Uses, and Mr.. and Mrs. Martin appeal
the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22

Pupil-"Do you believe in spelling re-
form?"
Teacher-"In your case do About
every other one of your words is spelled
wrong."-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22

with a cut-out band of white broad
cloth braided over in Greek key pat
tern in narrow lavender silk soutache
and silver cords. The fold laid inside
of this band about the armholes and
yoke and across the lower part of the
front was of lavender velvet to match
the cloth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22

to its pred
manufactured
well Kansas
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
Kahn Knows a Story;
Tells a Good One

There are few men in Congress who
can equal Representative Julius Kahn OF
California as the raconteur OF good
stories when he is in the humor. One
or his star "reminiscences deals with the
time when one of the Golden State s
ablest jurist, the late +. ID. MeKinstry,
was on the supreme bench Of California.
On this particular occasion the members
of the tribunal were examining a num-
Der of applicants for admission 10 the
bar. one of them admitted, after re-
peated questioning. that he knew moth
ing of the writings OF Kent, Blackstone,
Parsons, Greenieaf. or any other Of
the famous legal text writers. Justice
Mekinstry looked al the young man in
amazement, and tartly queried. well,
what do you know
The unabashed aspirant for a sheep
skin stood up, and proudly declared.
Your honGrs, / know the codes OF Cali
fornia backwards" McKinstry eyed
him for Il moment, and then. in a cOm-
passionate tone said: Young man,
you have my sympathy for the next
Legislature may repeal all you know
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
Call Sixty Witnesses
In Brownsville Inquiry
Senate Committee Will Examine All Officers
But Two and Many prVates Taking of
Testimony Begins February.

From sixty 10 seventy witnesses will
be called before the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs in the Brownsville
inquiry which # has been decided. viii
begin February 4. Ali the officers but
two Of the discharged companies and
many men viii be examined.
Already a part of these witnesses
have been summoned 10 appear on the
date named. week from Monday
While the committee has set out to be-
gin the inquiry with little delay, there
Is no serious expectation that a report
can be made this session. Everyone
expects the inquiry 10 drag along
through the summer. and the report
20 be made at the long session OF the
SiXtieth Congress. Then, If the critics
Of the Presidents course deem it adj
vlsable, the fight on the Administration
over the discharge OF the negro troops
can be reopened. While no decision has
been reached as 70 sending a subeom-
mittee TO Brownsville, IL is deemed like
iy one will be sent there later on.
The committee will not allow special
counsel 10 appear in the case. At the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25

same time. Senator Foraker viii yirtu-
ally be the counsel FOR the troops be-
fore the committee. while Senator War
rem OF Wyoming. chairman OF the CON-
mittee, will cross-examine the witnesses
Tor the President The Constitution
League of New York wanted ez-GOVer-
nor Frank Black 10 appear. but this
Was refused.
Judge Advocate General Davis OF the
War Department, has had in connection
with tRe Brownsville matter an interest
ing tx. lerience with MingO Sanders. one
Of the sergeants discharged by the
Presidents order. Sanders called al
General Davis Office 10 be examined a
TO his eligibility for re-enlistnent- lie
applied soon after his company was dis
charged for the Brownsville rlOting.
Sanders was accompanied at the War
Department by his attorney. a eOlOred
lawyer. Both were willing 10 talk for
publication. but when General Davis
insisted on Sanders being sworn. his At
torney strongly objected, He fSandeFs)
would neither be placed under oath nor
would he answer questions. The efforts
OF th4. sergeant 10 get TGlnstateG ended
IN a dismal failure. and IN view Of this
il is unlikely the War Deparement viii
examine any more discharged soldiers
Of the three com! ,anies with view 70
Teinstating them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
Must Congress Wait?

Senator Beveridge mas put the
question of child labor in the United
States squarely before the people of
the nation. His address of Wednes-
day is not impressive in form alone
lit is a sickening array of specified
tions 10 make the country's heart
ache. We cannot plead lack of in
formation on the subject after this.
Well. what will be done about it?
The Senator's plan 10 deprive en-
ployers of the right TO ship the
products of child labor directly
across State borders-thOugh in
volving no right not now assumed
by the National Government in the
supervision of the liquor trade and
interstate cOmmerce-wili be talked
10 death this session. The several
States will either move along indif-
ferently, or legislate and fail TO en-
force, or legislate and enforce rigor-
ously; and they viii leave the same
old premium on negligence or crime
which is now offered the manufac-
turer in every State without effec-
tive prohibition of child labor.
This will be done about il. There
will surely be a wide reading of the
Beverage speech. There will prob
ably be other speeches. Every word
on the subject will widen the circle
of Americans aroused TO stop the
practice of making a profit out of
the lives of youngsters who ought
TO be in school, and handieapping
the next generation by depreciating
the quality of its citizenship. In
time that circle will draw tightly
about Congress. Then the National
Legislature viii act.
But it would be vastly better, it
would save thousands of lives and
secure them in a decent chance for
health and happiness, if Congress
did not wait.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25

There is trouble and grieving wherever
We go,
There Is always the trace OF the tear.
We cannot escape from the presence OF
woe.
Vice ever is lowering near
FOR eaeh who remains on his feet
through the strife.
A hundred men stumble and fall:
There are few who command in the
battle Of life.
But
It's a pretty good world after all
For each who may taste Of the honey Of
fame
Ten thousand must labor unknown;
The profits that many should rightfully
claim
A few carry or as their own.
From over the 81 as comes the waiIing
of those
That 70 greed and oppression are
The nations stun war aud the races are
foes
It's a pretty good world. after all.
But Yesterday one who had riches was
Kind.
Where, toiler had swOoned at his
And year after year we are leaving be-
hind
The errors our teachers uamask.
Each tomorrow ends Us Of every to-
day;
We still have tue great and the sman.
But the distance between them is
dwindling away
And
It's a pretty good world, after all.
S. Z. kiser in Chicago Record Herald
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
DENIES CANTEENS
ARE BEING SOUGHT
Veteran Says Endorsements
Are Procured by Organ
lied Bureau.
10 The Edltar Of The Washington Times

To The Editor Of The Washington Times:
Some ore is evidently trying 10
manufacture sentiment for the restora-
ton OF the canteeH. and the news items
published in The various Washington
papers. indicate that II g very hard
work,
1t would be a strange thing if the ad-
vanccd ideas of the American people
could be twisted into believing that
an alcoholic appetite growing station
in the shape Of a cauteen was the proper
thing for the young men who enter the
army.
Il would be a strange thing 10 be-
lieve that the young men who enlist
in defense OF the countrys flag had no
other ambition except TO have a good
time" and that alcoholic beverages
served in canteens were necessary To
keep them out OF the low dives" in
the neighborhood
II would be strange thing il the
women of the country who have boys
= the army did not become hysterical
at the thought OF their sons having
created within them an appetite for al
cohOlic stimuIants by the country they
are serving.
/ deny most erphatically that any
large number of the veterans OF the
civil war favor the restoration of the
canteen, as claimed By some. and as
enc OF the boys who fought In said
war, ] consider such a claim a refiec-
ton upon the entire soidiery of the
country since its foundation, for soldiers
generally ara considered as sober.
moral. and upright as railroad. factory
ana mercantile employees. and il is not
found necessary TO establish q canteen
for them, Very respectfully.
JOHN J. COULTER.
Washington, ID. C.. January -, 1897
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
Lady Cook Helps Chun1
Of Her GirhOOd Days
of Olive Logan's Dire Poverty Ten
neSsee Clapln's Heart Is Touched and She
Makes Provisions for Her Keeping

NEW YORK, Jan. z5.-FrOm q shah
by little tenement, where she tried bit
terly and without success TO keep the
wolf away. 10 a permanent home "a
a luxurious apartment al the san Reno.
is the pleasant and richly deserved
change that the wheel OF fortune has
swung into the lap Of Mrs. Olive Logan.
And behind the wheel was the bounty
OF Lady Cook. once Tennessee Clafiin-
10th women were keen and undaunted
fighters OF the generation of woman
suftragists which included Susan D..
Anthony. Mary Livermo-e, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton. and Victoria Woodruff
Martin.
A few months ago Mrs. Logan's land
lord dunned her repeatedly and urgent
ly for rent; the grocery bills were IN
paid. all the sOrdid. miserable little de-
tails Of the business OF living were
pressing down on her with most pam
tut insistence. Now she never has 10
give a thought 10 anything. If she
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
As to Poets.

Magazine editors in particular and
the rest of Us in general received a
fearful jolt when came the solemn
assurance from the Rev. Newell
Dwight Hills, pastor of Beeeher's
old church in Brooklyn. that there
are not enough poets in this coun-
try!
BY the weary wings of Pegasus,
but we thought there had been for
some years a veritable epidemic of
poets in this country. Verify the
reverend Brooklyn clergyman has
never sat sad-eyed and disconsolate
at desk, elawing through stacks
of matter written in verse form and
accompanied by a note from the
authors giving assurance that the
matter submitted was poetry.
Ii is true. thank heaven, that we
have no Alfred Austin, but this is
against Mr.. Hills statement that
other countries have more poets.
The late Lord Tennyson wrote of
love almost necessarily, but have We
not a poetess who can put love
through more passionate contOr-
tions than any other catch-as-catch-
can poetess in existence or in his
tory? And then there is Bliss Car
man, who grinds out madrigals, ron
deauX, triolets. and even everyday
styles of verse every time he comes
within reach of paper and pencil, or
pen and ink, or even a typewriter.
And these are but two among
the great majority of the eighty
million souls in this country who
would become highly indignant
should one infer that they did not
write poetry 'as is poetry" In
deed, we have enough poets in this
country; We have more than enough.
We certainly have more good poets
in America today than any other
country can boast of possessing, and
when il comes TO bad poets and
near-poets and awful poets and
versitiers, We can stand erect as one
man, thrust our right hand majestic
ally into our frock coat and claim
the worlds record.
Ice harvesters are wanted in the
North every winter, grain harvesters
are wanted in the West very sum
mer, mill hands are wanted in the
East all the year around, while
Uncle Sans letter carriers are
growing round-shouldered deliver
ing-and returning the rhymed
GRANDCHILDREN Of vast army of
poets. Yet the Rev. Newell Dwight
Hills has the fortituoe to stand
forth and declare that this country
/ lacks poetsi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
.HARTJE OBJECTS
TO EXPENSE BILL

PITTsBURG, Jan. 25.-J. Scott Fer
guson, attorney for Augustus Hartje.
has filed his objections 10 the $50. 900 bill
Of expenses rendered By Mrs. IIsrtie ia
connection Nth the Hartje divorce trial
Hartje most strenuously objects 10 the
eharse OF Slsosl.2 5 OF detective agency
Hartje. He also objects strongly 10 the
item CT SO 10 be paid to Tom Nadine,
whom he named as correspondent in the
case.
Objection is also made 10 an Of tie
olheF items ia the list. with the exeep-
ton of 1886 for witnesses ana their ex-
renses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
JAPANESE LABOR
REACHES TEXAS
Wages in State Go Up so
Per Cent Owing to Big
Crops.

SAN ANTONIO. Jan. 25.-Never be-
fore in the history of Texas has the
demand Tor all kinds Of labor been so
great ana The supply is less than has
been before noted
As a result, wages have increased a.
least - per cent. and the quality OF
Ia Dor has deteFiOrated. The only relief
that has come has been by the heavy
influx Of japanese from Mexico. These
are arriving on an average OF fifty
day. and the movement seems 10 be
permanent Many OF the japanese have
been 90 Mexico several months. and
others are just arrived from Japan.
They are attracted 10 this country BY
the high wages offered and the better
conditions surrounding labor. They went
10 Mexico in the first instance at the
behest OF active immigrant agents, ana
with contracts for employment.
The scarcity of labor in Texas is due
10 the immense crops and the great vol
Hme or Industrial Improvement IL Al
sections Of the State
There is more building under way in
this State and q greater acreage OF new
land being prepared for planting than
ever before IN the entire history Of the
State
The railways have been unable 10 keep
up with the freight movement, and all
lines are c0nEeSteu ald all the equip
Inent in service all the time.
Land values are going higher day by
day and the boom that is on promises
10 rival that of western Kansas in 1883.
Large ranches that were on the market
two years aro at s. an acre are now sell
ing readily at $, and the demand FOR
tracts for colonization purposes IS very
brisk at that price
In the southwestern part of the State
these ranches ere being planted 70 citrus
fruits and cClVeT-ed into truck farms
II is on these farms that the greater
number OF japanese immigrants md
suitable and profitable employment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
SULTAN'S FORCES
Hem IN RAISOULI

TANGIER. Jan. 25.-Raisoun. yester-
day was surrounded by Kaid AIehalla s
forces. in ZelIars stronghold A courier,
who arrived here today reported that
Mehalia's troops advanced and burned
a number OF villages of the rebellious
tribes before striking the MansOurs in
force.
1t was announced that another attack
on the rebel fortidcation would be made.
but there is much skepticism among the
foreigners here. VINO generally regard
the pursuit OF RaisOuu as being an opera
bouffe performance. believing that the
bandit chief VIII be allowed 70 escape,
and Mehalla viii return here empty
handed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
Certainly, Rectifying
Relates to Liquor

Representative Fred lands OF Iudi-
ana. was coming 10 Washington over
the Pennsylvania railroad the other day
and with him was Representative oil
colt OF New York.
What's that building-a distiilery D
Mr. lands asked as the train passed
the big gray buildings of the District
WOTkuuuse.
Il believe b. has something TO do with
th4. Hguor business" SIR, Olc0tt an
sWere1 Il think IL is known as rec
tlfyiug estab llshmeEt'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-25
Senator's Metaphors
Make Decided Hit

Senator Stone OF Missouri doesn
often speak in the Senate. hut when he
does he is listened 10 with the closest
attention. He delivered "a carefully pre-
pared speech on the unendlng Browns
vile affair, and under the influence OF
his eloquence he wandered away aim
lessly at times from his written text.
Then he got twisted up in his meta
phors. For example he said: 1.-THE SEN
ator from Massachusetts tMr. LODGE
demands his mOdicum OF aromatic salVe
and the Senator from Ohio fMF. Fora
kerr demands the laurel wreath without
a missing link. The galleries and the
Senate laughed and the Missouri states
man seemed quite pleased at the hit he
had made