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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
His Wtfe Left Him.

Dyas l.. Francis today filed a petition
in the district court for a divorce from
his wife Vina Francis. charging that his
wife has abandoned him. They were mar
ried Nov 80 1900, and the petition states
that Mrs. Francis left the plaintiff Dec.
A. 1905.
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1tcre cases of Measles.

The following cases of measles have
beer ouarantined: H. o. Swartswound,
517 Van Buren, streefIO. F. Hasshman:
E1cbanan. s. s. Rice, 423 Taylor
street: p. J. Kershner, SIT Van Buren,
street
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Boiler ExpIodes killing Two.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Feb. "a tel
egram from Shawnee says the boiler of
a locomotive exploded in the Rock Is
land yards at that place at noon today
and two men were killed.
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EDMUND WALSH DEAD.
Prominent IeavenHorth Citizen Passes
Away at Age of 81.

1aa,-enworth Kan. Feb. 2S-Edmund
vTaTeh q nronoinent Democratic politician
Nv The early days of Kansas, died here
today, aged 81 years.
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ship Subsidy Debate Ends.

washington, Feb. 2S.-General debate On
the ship subsidy bill closed today and the
bill was read for amendment under the
five minute rule. A vote will be taken to-
morrow ats o'clock.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

An invisible instantaneous skin perfum-
ing beautifier. describes Satin skin powder.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Ralph Hummel will be
held Friday morning at ten o'clock from
the Third Presbyterian church and the
remains will be buried in Topeka GEM
etery. The funeral services will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. w. NJ. Cleveland
and the Rev. +. z. Mallory.
The five months old son of Mr.. and
Mrs John z. White died at 422 Fillmore
street this morning. The funeral will
be held from the residence Friday
morning at eleven o'clock and the re-
mains will be buried in Topeka ceme-
terry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

ling. O. M. whitlow, $1,000. lot 1s9
East Tenth avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28

desired.
Doster & Overmyer and Dave SaIlee
are the attorneys for the heirs-at-1aw.
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21
TIME TO CLEAN UP.

Kansas City Journal-Now ap-
preaching is the season Of
the regular spring cleanup, when pro.
perty holders are admonished to re-
novate their premises and thus contri-
butte to the health and beauty of the
city No doubt in due time the police
board and the mayor will issue the
customary warning that mean moth
ing at ALL and after great deal Of
! righteous clamor the whole thing, I'M
less new policy is pursued, will be
forgotten and the community will set
tie down to the familiar condition Of
filthy streets, disreputable sidewalks,
unsightly vacant lots and other evil
dences of negligent municipality.
1t is one of the mysteries of Ameri.
can municipal government that few
cities are kept in proper condition
of cleanliness. That cities as well as
individuals can be kept decently clean
has been demonstrated many times.
difficulty in this direction The gov.
eminent within the space of few
months transformed Havana from a
squalid, unsanitary, sewerless city In.
to wholesome and beautiful object
for sightseers. Some American cities
only a few. however-are kept clean
and attractive. There is no secret in
the process. Kansas City has abund.
ant ordinances under which the
streets and sidewalks may be made
and kept decent 1t only requires an
enforcement of these ordinances. All
winter long the streets have been in
miserable condition. If it wasn't
snow and ice 1T was dust or mud, and
the efforts of the superintendent of
streets were largely nullif1ed because
of lack of cooperation from other
departments.
Mayor Beardsley should begin on a
program that will insure city bean.
tiful during the coming spring and
summer. We are proud of our splen-
did parks and boulevards and Of our
fine residences and metropolitan show
places. But the downtown streets
should be clean, not only for a few
hours every morning, but during all
the hours of the day and night. This
is problem in practical municipal
government that cannot be met by
addresses before women's clubs. There
should be no need of asking the house.
wives of the city to shoulder the re.
sponsibility for enforcement of the or.
dinances Street cleaning is an affair
of the street department and of police
regulation. The appeal has been made
so often and disregarded so regularly
that there is no certainty of reform
But it is worth trying for and all good
citizens who want to see Kansas City
well presented to strangers and a
place of health, comfort and beauty
should aid the cause with all their IN
| fluence
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21
InfurIafefI

From the Philadelphia Public Led
ger-Scottish folks are proverbially
canny and prudent in money matters
and the following shows that the
younger generation is no exception tc
the rule:
A teacher in a lowland school was
taking mental arithmetic with a class
OF boys. She asked one urchin:
How much would your mother give
you to buy four pounds of tea at one
and six a pounds"
I'VE ne'er get sac much at once as
that num-"
Never mind that. Four pounds at
one and six?"
But we Gamma afford the one and
six, mum. We always haze the one
and twa."
Answer the question. What would
she give you to pay for four pounds
of tea at
"Nawthin', num-
What do you mean by 'nothing?'
Shed ma gle me only bawbees
She'd tell me tae ask the mon tae pit
it doom"
ooh dear! Oh dear! But .suppos.
ing she did,"
With a plying smile came the re.
ply:
"a can see ye're meier met ma
mither, num-"
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which the .Wippinghams had lived be-
fore the hideous brand was put upon
his name, when he had looked upon
the girl as his sweetheart and was
waiting only for the opportunity to
ask her to become his bride. Turning
sharp corner he almost ran into the
arms of a young woman.
Minnie" he gasped.
Not Robert!" she cried half in fear
and half in establishment. "Oh, dear!
oh. dear! how awfully ill you look!
But how-how are you here? Where
were you going? Why are you dressed
in those rags? Are you disguised?"
II was coming to see you, Miss
Wippingham," he replied, speaking
rapidly. Coming to show you the proof
of my innocence. I have escaped"
But / don't live there now" she
answered, land my names not WHIP
bingham any longer. Don't let us
stand here" she added hastily; 1--WE
shall be seen.
"You are married." he asked.
Give been married three years. l
have a 2-year-old daughter" she said
smiling" married Arthur Rock
You must remember him. He did not
mean to do you the harm he did, but
you know the counsel would force
him to speak"
And are you happy?"
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ouStec him from control as dogs of
he'll. The sermon concludes:
Il shall return, and with ruthless
hand shall exterminate the vipers
and the dogs OF hell that now hold the
high places in the city of Zion
They dreamed, and in the grossness
of their dreams they thought that they
had prevailed over the first apostle.
And now, priests and elders of Zion,
shall return to strike ye down. I
shall return in another form, brighter
and more beautiful and a thousand
times more terrible, to cut We off in the
midst of your sins, and to win back
Zion for the truth and for them that
held to the word and did no evil.''
All of which Is rot, pure and sim
pie, yet to many Of the weak souls
who gave Of their means to pile up the
Dowie millions and who meekly fol-
lowed his banner until another "pro-
phet" gained the ascendancy, it will
be accepted as the divine word.
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green and swells in radiant receipt
The HOTEL CLERK

Who is the most evied and bedia.
monled among men? The hotel clerk.
Who runs away with our heiresses?
The hotel clerk. Who gets the straight
est tips Oh the stock market? The no.
tel clerk. Whose pride goeth not be-
fore destruction, and whose glory Is
never dimmed? The hotel clerks. So
runs the accepted catechism. Now, a
truth-seeker In Chicago rises to say
that the average hotel clerks chance
in life is trifle less than nothing. He
can't marry for he is compelled to live
in the Motel. and his wages won't pay
his wifes board Even as bachelor
he finds it hard to save money When
he reaches the age limit not a high
one-he Is displaced by a younger man.
There are then three things for him.
He may become night clerk in coul,.
try hotel, job that he rose from
years before; he may be put in chargt
Of a check room, and look to tips for
most Of his pay; or he may try to get
other work, using UP his savings mean
while, and end his life in the aims
house. Not cheering concept IL and
practically useless to the humorist.-
Golfers Weekly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21
MRS. SARAH JONES DEAD.
Aged Salem Lady Passes Away After.
Short illness.

Short illness.
Salem. March 19.-Mrs. Sarah Jones
passed away Sunday evening at 7:15
o'clock after a very short illness of
neuralgia Of the heart. She was about
the house Sunday and MS well as usual,
when she was suddenly stricken.
Mrs. jones fell and broke her hip
last fall end suffered greatly with it for
some weeks, but had recovered so she
could walk with the aid of a cane. She
was 73 years of age. She was twice
married and was the mother of six chill
dren: Frank Wolf of Hedrick; Mrs
Will Conrad of Salem, by the frst
marriage. George, Charlie and Silas
Jones and Mrs. Otto Davidson, by the
second marriage. Mrs. Jones was a
woman much respected by every one
and will be greatly missed by her rela-
tives and friends. The funeral services
will he held at the NJ. e. church this
afternoon at 1920 o'clock.
Other Salem News.
Saturday evening at tn, opera house
the Ladies' Aid society Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church had a sale Of
Easter Novelties and served an excel
lent supper from which they realized
nice sum which will be used for the
benefit Of the church.
On Saturday, March 8, Mrs. Anna
Ratliff celebrated her ninetieth BIRTH
day anniversary.
Robert Ratliff of Enterprise, Kansas
and Mrs Susan Dysart of New Sher-
on are guests at the home of their
mother, Mrs. Anna Ratliff.
j. C.. Maris was business caller at
Ottumwa recently.
Rev. w. s. Right and Chrles Schu-
bert spent severl days of last week in
Chicago.
Hal Huxley went to Keokuk Mon
day where he has employment with
the Huiskamp shoe factory. Fred
Huxley has gone to Mooar to serve at
the powder works.
Prof Clark was called to conduct
Of Mrs. Nelson at Summitville, Thurs
day.
Rev. G. B. Hankins, pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal church of Lovilia
was called to conduct the funeral SER
vices of Mrs. Munsey Graham, which
were held from the Bethany chapel ut
IL o'clock Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. M. d. X. Weimer, after
spending few days with relatives at
this place returned to her home at
Fairfield Tuesday The M. d. K. Wei
mer family will soon move to western
Nebraska, where they have purchased
large tract of land.
o. H. Cook, who has been suffering
from dislocated shoulder, is some-
what better.
G. O. Johnson of Rhodes was greet
ING Salem friends last week.
Ira Kerr has gone for an extended
stay in Oregon.
Mrs s. w. Stanley of Fort Madison
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21
THE FAITHFUL REPoRTER-A
TRIBUTE

Baltimore News: The other day in
Philadelphia there passed away the
oldest reporter. He was 81 wears of
age, and he had seen s'xty-five years
of active service. He died and was
and true to the traditions of his craft.
But may not we of the editorial de,
partment make the passing of this
veteran worker in the ranks the text for
remark or two on the sterling worth
of the reporter and the all too little
recognized service that is rendered by
him to the profession of journalism
and to the interests of humanity?
He is the backbone of modern jour-
nalisn, is the same quiet, self effacing,
gallant fellow, the reporter. By some
tradition as old as printing the man
who writes must have other than a
pecuniary motive. Perhaps the idea
and the practice rest on the theory that
1T would spoil the man who lives by
his pen to be fat and sleek. Big pay
would exterminate the breed. All the
same, the modern reporter is an am
bassador to all the powers that be, II
without the purple of his office. He is
the confident of the great, but must
keep bis trust as matter of course,
and with no special gratefulness from
anybody. He is the daily companion
of the mighty, but must put on no
'lugs" He is patronized by his intel
lectual interiors, but must give no
sign of his martyrdom to the superior
ity Of ignorance The glory that he
makes for others is not for him. He
must rest fameless, nameless and con-
tent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21

member of that body has stepped
down? Spooner has patched I'D as
many compromises as Clay ever did.
Whenever there has been a. tangle in
Spooner has been called in TO straight
en- it out. In the tumultuous politics
OF the past few years the Wisconsin
stateInan was handy man tc have in
the national lawmaking body No
body else could fix up the truces which
abled the Porto Rico and several of the
Philippine bills to get on the statute
book. On the Panama canal question
congress was tied in harder knot
than it was tied on the Missouri admis-
sion issue three quarters Of a cen
tury ago. Spooner stepped in the later
case Just as Clay did in the earlier one,
and the problem was solved.
Seldom does distinguished senator
in the prime of life voluntarily step out
of the chamber. The latest man of ma
tional note previous to Spooner to do
this was Edmunds, of Vermount, who
is still alive. and who could have been
in the senate yet If he had wanted to
remain. Edmnnds too, was something
Of compromiser. He reconciled the
various partisans on the polygamy
lSouO vi loi1S e1So, civ XIV dlo LlScbo vi Us
on the statute book. Like the Wiscon-
sin man. he was great lawyer, and
was something of an orator Like
him, also, he was personally popular
on both sides of the chamber, and al.
so popular with the presidents of his
own party.
The senate has many hard fighters
left. 1t has Foraker Hale, Beveridge,
Lodge and few others ON the repub-
lican side who can be relied on to give
and take hard knocks for their party.
Tillman and Morgan, on the democratic
side, are of the same order Foraker
and Tillman have something OF the old
Donnybrook disregard for causes and
consequences in their scraps. but they
are useful men in their chamber in
emergencies. Knox is probably the
best lawyer in the senate, now that
ISpooner has passed out, but Knox lacks
the dexterity Of the Wisconsin, man
in establishing armistices and in recon
Cling the irreconcilable. In the fra
cases of the future in the senate the
Wisconsin peacemal1er will be missed
by his old colleagues and by the coun-
try.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21
RYAN WITH PREsIpENT.

The critics of Thomas Fortune Ryan
whom the Hearst cartoonists delight to
picture in satanic robes, have been Civ.
en- body blow by few brief sen.
fences given out by Mr. Ryan for publ.
cation. 1t was breaking silence
maintained for years, but Mr.. Ryan
will be the gamer as it shows him in a
better light than he has been most oft.
en- viewed in. The interview was Civ.
en- out by Mr.. Ryan after the recent
furry in Wall street, which he, by
heavy buying, did more to break UP
than any other man. He said:
II believe that if Mr.. Morgan's visit
to the President Is followed, as ii
should be, by representatives of all our
great business interests, it will dc
much good. l also believe that the
Presidents attitude toward corpora
lions is much misunderstood by the
general public. 1t is unfair to assume
that it is his desire to hamper the bust
ness interests of the country.
i am, however, convinced that he
proposes to enforce the laws as he
finds them on the statute books. And
l think that the sooner the business
men of the country conclude to go to
work to aid the President in solving
the difficult problems confronting him
every day the sooner will confidence
be restored and the business of the
country move on without interruption
So far as general business is concern.
ed, the only fault to be found with it
is that it is too active"
Mr.. Ryan does not defend the &C.
tons of tho corporation heads whose
own misdeeds brought upon them ex.
ecutive and legislative interference
His words are an admission that the
laws have been violated and he. for
one, would see the corporations and
the government in closer touch, each
demanding its due from the other and
each laying aside the suspicion of the
other so long nurtured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21
THE LOT OF THE COUNTRY EDI
TOR.

Lincoln star-The country editors,
who used barrels of ink in printing
the praises OF prominent citizens"
who wanted to be elected to the lesis-
lature, have expected little in return
and have got just waat they expected.
The customary dose was measured
out to them by the senate today when
the members of that body refused
to recommend bill which would
have made it easier for the country
printing office to handle the ballots
just before election time. The pre-
sent ballot is SO long that the ordin.
airy press can not print it. BY placing
the names in two columns the country
printers could have taken care Of the
work at much less expense. But the
country editor need expect no favors.
His mission in life is to help elect to
the senate and house men who forget
him as soon as they arrive there.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21
BRYAN, BEANS AND DESTINY.

Kansas City Journal.-We are i'm.
PEELED to reprint herewith tele.
graphic item of unusual interest from
were needed we only plead our desire
to give renewed assurance of our poll.
tical fairness in calling attention 70
the important auguries of an opposi.
ton candidate:
Petersburg, Ind. March 13-On
the day that William j. Bryan was
nominated for the presidency Mrs.
William Loveless, one of his admir-.
ers, plucked long bean from it's stem
in her garden and hung it in her bed.
room, naming it the Bryan bean. Sew.
eral days ago she noticed that the
bean was taking on a greenish appear.
ance. When she looked at it again
she noticed that the pod had swollen
to it's original size and the beans with.
in apparently had swollen, while the
pod was as green as the day on which
she had plucked it from the stem Mrs
Loveless regards the circumstances as
the certain forerunner of the nomina-
ton or election of Bryan next year.
The miracle of resurrection and re.
juvenescence of this remarkable In
diana bean is a startling vaticination
OF the Great Commoner's future. We
can trace the categorical parallel of
Bryan and the bean to the final end
of each-the soup. Bryan was himself
plucked in the green of his youth
when he hung as pendant fruftage
from the vine of political party
doomed to succumb to an early frost
The political bean was suspended in
place that was shielded from the
storms of partisan warfa- 2. But now
there are signs of resuscitation. Indi-
cations of original green have made
their appearance and the man has
swollen to first proportions. We all
know that Bryan is a has been," SO
to speak, but like Mrs. Loveless' cher
ished vegetable the Nebraskan has
the ability to flourish without support
or attachment
Indiana, incubator of genius, poe
tic realm smiling beneath the gentle
regency Of sceptered Muse, to you and
Mrs. Loveless we bow our thanks for
the allegory of the virescent bean. AS
the meek and humble seed "riseth up
from the soil and groweth for its
time" SO riseth the politician. Bryan
is our good green statesman of the
Platte forever young and forever
swelling with ambitions ap. He may
be plucked before he is ripe and hung
UP in the nations bedroom to parch
and wither, but when the season of
political influence comes around how
well he reflects natures blush of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21
The CARDS oE LEE

Life's but game of cards we all must
play,
With Fate the dealer; in a puzzling
The deck is stacked upon us, and the
hand
We sometimes hold we cannot under
stand,
For one a full house always, and 70,
one
A busted straight or flush, so luck
will run;
A queen for an unworthy knave's
abuse,
And for king woman who's the
deuce;
Diamonds for some, but better one
true heart;
For Others. clubs; and spades when all
depart.
Through life we plunge or pike; we
practice guile;
Bluff maybe; try to win each others
pile;
Until Death calls us, whereupon we
The table, with few behind to
grieve,
1HSl SdlHef III our CHIPS, Wnlle out
ward goes
The soul upon that journey no one
knows
Grant when at last we stand at heav.
ems gate,
Where Peter, from Missouri lies in
wait,
That we can show him; grant up
there that we
Can tell the good saint with con
science free,
Master, l know not whether I made
good;
But still played my hand the best ]
could.
And on the square" then even with
our sin,
Perhaps we'll hear those blessed
words, Come in''
IT'S not the cards that count beyond
the skies,
1t is the way they're played wins Par
adise!
Malcolm Douglas in Puck.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-21
powIE DIED A MouNrERANk

When the announcement came that
John Alexander Dowfe, the se1f-styled
prophet" was dead, and that when
the end came it was to find him de-
serted by his family and followers,
the people generally we're inclined to
pity. But when, before the funeral a
vitriolic sermon was published which
had been written by Dowie just few
weeks before his death, it was realiz.
ed that in death Dowie was the same
mountebank as in his life time. The
sermon makes it plainly evident that
Dowie did not forgive his enemies be
fore he died., as he lashes those who