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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

An exchange says that New York is
now bossless. If this is true 1t is to
be hoped that Governor Hughes will
become a boss. New York Will not be
happy unless it Is boSsed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
THE RoosEvELr cars

An old lady cat belonging to the
Roosevelt children recently gave birth
to two kittens, and President Roose-
welt has named one OF them t'Bellamy'
and the other Maria, 1t is now UP
to the Storers to fwrite another letter
-Atchison Globet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

Just when the newspapers had
made uo their minds what to say in
their obituary of Castro. news comes
from Venezuela that he is recovering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

Ex-senator Burton is said to be "en-
toying good health" down at Ironton.
Mo. Still, 1t is hardly probable that
this will boom Ironton as a health re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

If Mr.. Curtis should go to the SEN
ate and then try to deliver his present
Job to d. R. Anthony. what would the
Leavenworth Post do about it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
A NEW EXPERIENCE.

The hand the government has taken
to compel the railroads to discontinue
rebates and special privileges to the
Standard Oil company is beginning to
bring results. The Independent oil
companies say that for the first time
in history they are beginning to get
square deal from the railroads.
Jewell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fuIl day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka.
The news is received in The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

The boy telegraph operator ought to
be abated along with the boy orators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

Tomorrow is the day on which Gov
ernor Hoch will write the legislature 6
little message of ten thousand words
or SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

This increase in the rent of post
office boxes leads to the suspicion that
a trust controls them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
"BUSINESs.''

Los Angeles women have formed a
100000 corporation on a paid-in
capital of 5000, and still there are men
who doubt the business capacity of the
gentle sex.-New York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

Since Congressman Curtis has
shown that letter from Speaker Can
non endorsing his candidacy for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
IN TEXAS.

Texas gives signs of approaching
civilization when its politicians may
hurl about eoithets with freedom and
without the fear of subsequent gun
play.-BaItimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
AN ESIDENT.

AS Palma has no record as a fisher
man. it is not clear what he is going to
do with the leisure he finds on his
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
HOLDING IT UP.

With William H Taft's protecting
arm thrown around it, the republic of
Cuba could not fail down If it tried
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
A BIG JOB.

E. H. Hartman is reported to have
said that he is willing to spend &c.,,
100000 in having Ex-Governor Odel1
Of New York rehabilitated. How
would you like to be so far down that
would take as much as that to re-
habilitate you?-Chicago Record
Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
A HOPE MANS HOPE.

The State Journal recently published
the picture of the new editorial pass
the Santa Fe was going to issue the
coming year. 1t consisted of a pair Of
good heavy shoes set in the center of
a railroad track. We hope the railroad
will get ours promptly January Hope
Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
IN PITTSBURG.

IN PIIIOBUF1G-
Notable loneliness in the streets of
Pittsburg since the issuing OF an order
to arrest all suspicious characters
Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

Washington dispatches indicate that
the Panama canal will be built by con-
tract, instead of continuing the plan
of building 1t by Brook
lyn Standard Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
TuRN IT ON.

Iennsylvania's new $2,0OO.0 90
chandelier might also be fit subjec
for little imelight.-Richmon
mes-Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
KANSAS cOMMENT
a NEW REFORM.

There IS one thing we should very
much like to see the coming session OF
the legislature take up and push to a
successful termination, which is, as we
look at 1t, of far more interest to the
people of the state than the raising Of
the salaries of the few judges of the
supreme court, which we think Is al
together wrong.
1t is our opinion that when people
are sent TO the penitentiary their de-
pendants should receive the money
they earn while thus confined, rather
than that some corporation or trust
reap the benefit of their labor through
the medium of the state. 1t Is all
wrong for those depending upon a
man sent to the penitentiary for some
crime, to be compelled to really sur
fer more than the criminal, through
out the time he is thus confined. 1t
rs means of making the innocent
suffer. and often in such a manner that
they can not prevent.
Would it not be far better for the
state to put the men sent to prison at
work improving and building our
highways, paying them a reasonable
sum for the labor performed, that
money to be paid to their dependents,
than the present method, wherein the
labor Is sold to corporations, trusts or
combines at a low price? The latter
plan Is the means of throwing hum
dreds of men out of work, or better
still, throwing thousands of dollars
worth OF work out or the reach OF
free labor to the convict shops, the
contractors making big profits in SELL
ing the product of their labor to the
general public at a high price.
Reader, just think of the people
whom you know, or have read of, If
not personally known to you, who have
been sent to prison. leaving behind
large family. in many instances, Who'll
ly dependent upon the charity of friends
or the public. 1t is not right, and it is
due the state to see that the wrong be
corrected. We hope to see the legisla-
ture take some notice of the matter,
and trust the papers of the state will
also take hand in bringing about
such measure;-Osage City Public
Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
TIA EFT

The announcement of our big and
brainy secretary of war that he would
not run away from it If the presiden-
tial nomination was offered him. will
be good news to those who have form
ed the idea that Taft is exactly the
man to step into Roosevelt's shoes. The
Taft boom will find strong Judgement
in Kansas.-I4eavenwort Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
EVOLUTION'S VIEW.

Man might be crawling on his all
tours yet if he had not found it more
profitable to employ two of them in
catching and grabbing.-Dallas News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
Would Be Grax-Headed.

The funny man sometimes got caught
mapping. Ex-senator Mason of Illinois
was Introduced to Digby Bell, the come
dian.
II see by the sprinkling of silver in your
hair began the ex-senator that you
are older than I had supposed you to be.
silver hairs don't signify age replied
the funny man 1T simply shows how
many OF my jokes don't CO."
"Great suffering Lazarus!' said Mason,
eff your theory were correct my hair
would be as white as snow"-Detroit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

to herself. But I could tame his
If 1 might only try!
That night in dressing-gown and
slippers she trailed into her sisters
room to have a few words with her.
Frances was sitting in a deep chair.
in shadow. her long. white,
lap. Her whole being was as motion
less as If 1t had lost all power of ac-
ton.
Honey" began Cynthia calmly, af-
ter making herself comfortable against
the rosewood bedpost, you can't abide
Mr. Birney Gates-oh, don't bother
about protesting, dear. Let US at least
be truthful with each other-you can't
abide him. and you love-the one who
gave you that little ruby ring
"Cynthia!' calculated Frances
sharply
Now, If Mr.. Gates would only set
you free and take me in your stead"
went on Cynthia evenly, pushing
q wavy lock Of copDer-colored hair, sit
would keep the money In the family
Just the same--and give you your
chance for happiness. Yes, and me,
too" she added with a slight blush,
''for Frances. you may not belisva It.
Z could really learn 10 be fond of 4s,r-
Fey Gates. II wovfcn't all be merely
ambition
The incipient smile about the cor
ners of the elder girls delicate mouth
gave way to an expression difficult to
fathom, as her eyes rested critically
upon the slight figure in the pale gray
dressing gown. Then slowly she shook
her head.
"Mr. Gates has loved me for three
years--not me. but my beauty. You
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-16

IL. - ffI.V a.
His victim was a white man. On the
next day q white man was tried on
charge Of rape OF . ,c0lorea girl and
convicted Of assault and battery and
given SIX months IN jail and nifty
dollars fine" Our correspondent
then adds that the colored people,
'of course, think that great injus-
tlce has been done tn and sug-
gests that we comment editoriRlly On
the case, We can only say that IN
Justice Of this Kind Is unfortunately,
not limited to Harrisonburg, or to
this particular crime. Even In the
the ordinary police courts of many
Southern cities there is one kind Of
justice for whites and another kind
for blacks. If we did not believe.
, however, that under pressure from
the higher-minded men Of the South,
this condition OF affairs is bound to
grow better, we should be discouraged
indeed. tits pleasant to record that
the last Atlanta grand jury recon-
mended- the. establishment of the
sorely-needed reform farm for Negro
boys of the criminal class. The
Baptist Minister'S Conference has
! also endorsed the project after hear
| ing the earnest plea OF the Rev. T..
/ r.. Carter, q colored clergyman. A
similar farm for white boys has been
most successful. >s.
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white man for killing a Negro, on the
ground thatit was his duty to save tn,
life OF his client, and he promises to
volunteer his services to defend the
next Negro on trial for his life who Is
not able to retain counsel.
The attorney In question, as was
said. had stood, before that time, high
In the regard Of many Negroes. They
voted for him and other members of
his family whenever the opportunity
presented itself. but they are wiser
now. They are not versed in legal
ethics and for that reason 1t will be
all but impossible to make them un
derStand that 4 lawyer must stir up
the fires OF race prejudice, must mag,
Nifty the vices and minimize the virtues
Of the race Of the murdered man to
save the life of a member of his own
rece when the most the prosecution
hoped for was Imprisonment for a
short term.
1t may be, as he says, that he has
AoAO Du1 ANC6lO ScIVdutS ABOUT MS
house and that he will defend with
out pay the next Negro on trial who
Is not able to pay for counsel, but was
he justified In stirring up the fire
which every citizen, who has the well
fare of the state and nation at heart,
is endeavoring to quench? Is he not.
like so many men who boast Of their
trlendliness to the Negro, sacrificing
the many for the few They would 90
any length for some faithful retainer;
they would divide their last crust with
some individual Negro whom they
know; Uncle Ned" or Aunt Dinah"
or their descendants to the fourth gen
Grafton are always welcomed with
open arms; but their knowledge of
and sympathy for all other Negroes
might easily be placed upon the point
Of a needle
Senator Tillman boasts Of his Negro
plantation superintendent, of his eff
forts to smooth the path of life for
this and few other black men, but
his next breath sears the budding as
spirations of people. Is not the diff
ference between our attorney and Sen
ator Tillman simply one Of prom. m
ence?
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should IN Glowed 70 take its cSarse.
For This no class of cittsers is NOR.
thankfdl Than the clientele Of The Ad.
vocate. Smshg which is numbered the
best citt.snS of the city. nor does any
one NdeplSs ,more than thet the com.
missionS6tthe crime here which has
broughtShtDld woe and misery to hun,
dreds ofcommunities throughout the
southlsndss -; g..
1T iaSAs3l wind that blows nobody
good @ Advocate hopes that the
local detIaetA,s OF the Negro will how
revise their opinion that he alone Is
guilty 'of the unmentionable' crime. for
the guilty parties in the cases mention
ed above were white, as was true In the
half dozen or ore'murders committee
here IN the past twelve months. AZ
yet the Negro has proven immune to
the epidemic of crime, with which this
community is affected, and when the
day of retribution comes as it surely
Will, when1the people tire of the laws
delays and-the leniency of the courts
and juriee. 1t is to be hoped that he
will be as innocent then as he is now.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-16
DARKEST AFRICA.

FROM ST. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A "trek" Of $1,000 Negroes from the
coast region Of Africa to escape Ger
man colonial methods has ended at a
point in the interior from which re-
ports came during the week that only
1000 Of the original $4,000 survived.
In the Congo Free State" King Leo
pold is said to have derived person.
al income Of $4,000 in the last 10
years from territory the natives Of
which are under his absolute personal
control. 1t Is from this territory that
the most atrocious cruelty has been
reported as practiced against natives.
Under this system, as it now exists,
not only In German-Africa and in the
Congo, but In British Africa as we'll,
the "chattel slavery" Of the past has
been supplanted by tribal slavery, to
which the natives are consigned by tn,
Government for the benefit Of private
corporations chartered to exploit" the
country and open it to civilization. !"
The colonial empires Of the last 10
years have already duplicated the
worst Of the Middle Ages.
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down an inch oritwo, between the con.
Vu'sjvely Struggling shoulders, hts M,
We has lost Its stature and symmetry,
and his face has become a decidedly
unhRndsome thing to look at. He
seems . very apostle Of the diabolical
evangel Of hate. The Jekyl Tillman Is
none too attractive, and the Hyde TIL,
man Is hideously repulsive &---t---
This description Is drawn IN all its
rare descriptions by tho MorKantowu
Post. Nothing could be more unbeau.
tlful than snarls and scowls. The Ian.
gaage does not own words that are
harder or more Jagged at the corners,
and the dictionary is searched In vain
for satisfactory and satisfying exple.
t1Ves until the word explorer encoun.
ters the snarling, scoWling serpentine
So.
People who do not know how. to
lake the Hon. Ben ought not to. sub
scribe Tor his lectures, The lecturer
1T Is noted, makes announcement to
MS audience that he can talk to them
on one OF three subjects 1t Ia like.
wise noticed that his audience usually
votes for the talk on the Race, Prob.
lem, with It's snaris and scowls on the
sue. With all OF its pretensions to
culture and higher education there Isl
some surprise attached to the discov,
cry that MorgantoWn would invest in
IAlman at all. orr having contracted
Tor him would ,pretend to be shocked
upon the delivery of the goods.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-16
WESTFELDT'S NERVE,
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Mr.. WeStfeldt has written q letter
to the British Ambassador at Washing
ton complaining that Pennsylvania
Negro has been appointed to- one >of
the Cecil Rhodes scholarships at OK
ford University He gives the am
bassador fair warning that the appoint
ment of Negroes to these scholarships
Will make them, very unpopular In the
South. The reply of the ambassador
to this somewhat impulsive note has
not been made public, but in the mean
while the Chronicle will say a few
things which the ambassadors would
do we'll to adopt
In the first place, nobody in the uni
verse outside of the South cares
whether these scholarships are unpop-
ular in the South or not Beggars
must not be choosers. The scholar
ships are in the nature OF a charity
and If the South does not want them
1t can leave them alone, but it Is an
exhibition OF monumental cheek in the
Southern people to accept them and
then undertake to say who else shall
receive them and finally threaten not
to receive them If they are bestowed
on some one else.
This ungrateful and absurd letter
Of Mr.. Westfeldt would not have been
quite so bad IL the Negro in question
had been a New Orleans Negro or q
Southern Negro, but he was g. Penn
sylvania Negro, and still the Southern
man assumes to dictate his status in
conformity with. Southern notions and
threaten Southern displeasure If any
one objects TO his. mandate. In other
words, the South wishes to Ak the So
cal status Of the Negro not. only for
the South, but for the North and for
Great Britain. as well"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-16
EAGLE KIDNAPs BOY.
Attacks Eighty oar-Old Who Has u
Narrow Escape.

Clarksburg, May 15.-The word
has just reached here Of the narrow
escape Of the young son Of D. M. Riff
fee, a merchant, near Confluence,
this state, from being carried away
by an immense bald eagle. ~
Mr.. Riffee writes to Q friend here
that the bird, which attacked his
little eight-year-old son in q field
near their home day or two ago
was the largest that was ever seen
in that section Of the" country and
was sufficiently large enough to car
ry the lad away with it, 49,.
Mr.. Riffee and his two sous we're
out in field taking o stroll and the
little fellow was some rods away
from them when the great bird
swooped down upon him. The little
fellow was greatly heightened and
his sudden dash from within the
claws Of the great bird, IS all that
saved him from a terrible DEATH
The screams of%the lad attracted
the attention. Of his father and older
brother and when they appeared on
the scene the bird flew to the noun
tains nearby. The young lad; who
had the narrow escape, was found
crouched down in the bushes nearby
a Justly frightened boy.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-16
MORE SAN FRANCISCO RIOTS.
Worst Days Record Since the Turk
d, Street Battle. :

San Francisco, May, 14.-Today
was the worst day rot Violence in
the street car strike since the Turk
street battle. The foren6on passed
with but little disturbance, but
throughout the afternoon, from 10
,,unui z stones, few on ,M4saion street
from Fifth to 'Twentieth, a distance
OF about three miles. Though near
ly one hundred policemen,, a few Of
them mounted, were stationed along
Mission street, violence was not pre-
vented and, few arrests We're made.
Several passengers wereNs< assaulted
by the crowds, numerous strike
breakers were struck &and glass
smashed Persons alighting from
the cars were chased and Id some In
stances knocked down aAd beaten.
Mayor Schmitz and the committee
of f1fty have spent the day IL per-
sistent efforts to formulate some
definite plan that will make for in
dustrial peace and the restoration
Of normal activity, but without sue
cess. Governor Gillett has decided
to make his headquarters In this city
indefinitely for the purpose Of CIV
Ing the situation his personal obser-
walton. :, .....' =.
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HAS MADE GREAT PROGRESS
In the Selection of the Jury for tho
I Haywood Trial

Boise, Idaho, May 14.+rrSubstan-
tial progress toward the formation Of
a jury in the trial OF William H.
Haywood for the alleged murder OF
Frank Steunenberg was made on this,
the third day Of the trial.. The sell
ection Of talesmen was halted for
three solid hours over chairs five and
SIX, but once those seats had been
filed, progress was very rapid. At
the adjournment for the day counsel
s&oE the defense had completed the
examination, and temporarily passed
the tenth talesman. They have but
two more to examine In chief and
the reservation to reexamine If they
desire to exercise the right, two Of
those temporarily passed today, so
with reasonable progress the twelfth
talesman should be passed tomorrow
in time to open the way for the first
preemptory challenge, whose exer-
else marks the entry to the final
stage OF the formation OF the jury.
Counsel for the state still adhere to
the belief that the jury will be COM
pleted by Saturday.
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NO EXAMINATION MADE.
Catherine Pace Refused to Submit
YesterCIay

Yesterday.
Catherine Pace, the young girl,
who Is alleged to have been assault
ed by Robert Mays, was taken to the
office of Drs. Hughey and Mcmillan
yesterday afternoon, but she refused
to submit to an examination and the
physicians have no evidence that she
Is the victim Of criminal assault.
The little girl cried necessarily yes
terday afternoon before she was TAX
en- to her home by her father, ask
ing all the time for her father to
take her home.
Yesterday afternoon it was stated
that the case would be dropped and
there would be no prosecution, but
this Is untrue, and preliminary
hearing will be given Mays in a few
days. It is rumored that the girl
will be sent to tile girls industrial
school, as her mother Is an invalid,
and Is unable to give the child the
needed attention.
Notwithstanding many exaggerated
reports on the streets, there seems
20 be practically no sentiment ex-
pressed on either side and many
think that when the prisoner tells
his story there will be a new aspect
Of the case.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-16
MAJOR DELMAR SOLD.
Champion TrOtter Of World Brings
$4,000 at. Sale.

Cleveland, o., May 15.-At the
Upton Blue Ribbon sale today Major
Delmar, the most conspicuous Amer
lean trotting gelding was sold to
William Bradley, Of New York, for
$4,000. Black Lock went to the
Thiseldeune stock farm Of Randall
Ohio for $4,000 and Geo. C. brought
$4,000, the purchaser being the
same as purchased Major .Delmar.
The two first named were part OF
the Billings stable,
The otherprinclpal sales today
were: Morning Star 2:04 "a B. G.
ny Star Pointer, Thiseldeune stock
farm Of RandaH, Ohio, $4,000. Blu
gle ~ McKerron, Tbiseldennez stock
farm, $3.50. Imogene, Paoli, Pa,
Master McKerron, Thiseldeune
stock farm, 81 sos. -.
Mazette, e. l.. Peckhaul, Black
we'll Oklahoma, $500.
Glad News, Wellington, Ohio,
$1,625. ''''
Claritaw,- Hudson River stock farm
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, $4,000.
Seal Pointer 3. II. by Star Point
er, e, G. E. Wilson, Of Chicago, ST.
Gallagher, $50 -; B. @ nv
Royal Rysdk, to Brown and Wright.
OF Windsor, Ontario, $2,700.
Inner Guard, B, G.. by Guardsman
to 3. F. White, East Aurora. Nav
York, $2,450.-%I 1% - t"',E> y i"