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A TRUNK INCIDENT AT CADIZ
THIS TELLS WHY THE AMERICA
CAN'T GO BACK.
circumstance That Led Two Persons to
Curse Him and One to Thank Him.
Making . Majority Against Him
Diplomacy Gave Ramon All thc TIPS.

-DtpiDuI8fy SbNC NutbtOzi Ht ttt ssiJos
The hard feelings over the late Spanish
American war may all have passed away
in the south OF Spain, but there = n
Americana who isn't likely TO a X his
chances on a return to the chalk white city
of Cadiz. When he left there some months
ago three persons saw him of. Two cursed
him and the third thanked him. The
curses, being in the majority, deter him
from trying a return trip.
And so JOSS Lopez and the Capat1z spend
their idle days, which are many. objurgat-
ing the Americana chiefly, but Ramon
Calera not a little. The hotel porter doesn't
cunt.
The Americana walked out of the custom
house, or rather the custom shed, and
stopped, undecided where the sidewalk
ended and the roadway began. II was a
nice December day.
The merry bells on a small donkey draw
ing a large wagon gave ar impression Of
real winter a. they tinkled. The impression
was hardly borpe out by the sitting heat Of
the Gale de Ia Aduana.
The once beautiful pillars at the end OF
the street with the time rubbed inscriptions
telling OF the old glories Of Cadiz trembled
In the heat haze. Alongside the long wharf
and inside the basin the fishing boats
shrivelled In the sunglow.
, Out of the bright blue sky the sun shone
giaringly on the milk white city rising out
OF waves as blue as the sky above. The
odd conceit OF the appearance Of Cadiz
being like writing the word white" with a
pencil on a piece of blue paper struck the
Americana.
He smiled at a much powdered young
woman who tottered along on two high
heels. a black lace mantills draped about
her head and shoulders and every known
color and shade somewhere displayed
about her person. The sun had no chance
to burr her face. 1t had TO get through a
| thickness of ~-powder first. II, was In the
very moment OF smiling that Ramon Galera
approached and appropriated the Ameri-
cano. ''N r d
II might a. well he said right here tina
Ramon was and IL the most ingratiatin ?
personality In the world. 1t was therefor
that he was able to carry of The prize.
Jose Lopez and the Captain were no les
persistent, but they we're not 80 diplomatic.
Ramon said that he knew many Ameri-
canos, millionaires chiefly they must have
been, to judge by the sums they prese nted
TO Ramon, according TO his say so.
THE Hotel OF tho Lions Of Gold Is a very
good place." said Ramon, and he put the
tips Of the fingers Of his right hand To hi.
lips and blew away a kiss. thus making a
gesture Indicative OF all sorts Of comforts,
lmyur.es and convenience in the Fond
de los Leones de Orc. Would you lik ,
to have our trunk and bag taken there?"
Andalusians speak spanish quite after
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their own fashion. with the mouth full, "
the Spanish phrase is. 1t is quite incom
prehensible TO foreigners with very Sigh
Knowledge Of Castilian, and it took Ramo I
some minutes to get mis- introductory
statements down to a business basis.
Eventually 10 was done, but Ramon
learned that French was much better un
derstood by the Americana. The French OF
both contracting parties vas very i'm
perfect. so they understood one another
beautifully. .
Il am going to be here only a day or So
said the Americana. Il would like to
leave my trunk somewhere near the rail
road station so that it would be handy to
the train. Can that be done?"
-Assuredly," replied Ramon. 1T is but
O step to the railroad station and you may
leave 1t there by paying q trife for storage
IL Is indeed but a step from n place t.
the other in Cadiz. 1t il not a. great a city
as New York, for instance. But muu
bonto, always with the finger tips to the
lips.
Ramon, short but sturdy, shouldered the
trunk and was OF like a good fellow to the
railroad station. Ii was here that the
Americana, following, was intercepted by
a practically toothless young man, with
many days of beard upon his face, di-
shevelled Of clothing and wearing a por-
ter's knot. This person displa yed the
place where the teeth had been by o sweet
and courteous smile and handed over q
card:
Jose Lopez. Caballero.
Mozo en- la Estacion Central de los Ferrocar-
rfias AnAalueaa a In Ctudah ta EadNy
The name was In very pretty script. the
rest in severer type. Toothlessly, jose
Lopez, gentleman, also porter in the Central
Station Of the Andalusian Railroad in the
city OF Cadiz, asked for the privilege OF
bearing the Americano's trunk the short
few yards which remained.
Ramon shooed him away. Jose followed
into the waiting room. where presently was
held an extraordinary council. The drama
tbs pcrsone: .., .....
Ramon Galera. guide and interpreter.
II Capataz. or chief porter.
Jose Lopez. gentleman. porter. DC.
The Americano's trunk.
The Americana.
To mention them in the order OF their
importance:
III Capataz did not differ greatly In al
p~earance from jose Lopez except that he
was a tnfe less dirty and had a hatband
marked in ex-gold letters. -Capetns.' He
was not so sunny as Jose. but that possibly
was because OF his duties. When one has
four mozos TO look after and has to attend
to the baggage on two trains in and two
trains out every tw~enty-four hours except
Sunday, when there are fewer. one has a
ri!ht to look worried and act a trifie more
disagreeable than others.
Il appears that although ordinarily ons
might store a trunk there. in this case there
was something out Of the ordinary and Il
was unlikely that without permission Of
several exalted authorities it could bt
done.
Eventually. as the Americana preserved
ar appearance Of stony Indifference 10 al
the statements made to him by way OF
explanation by Ramon, the railway station
contingent acknowledged IL bad job anc
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CANAL BOAT ROOF GARDENS
FAMILY PARTIES FROM ar STATE
IN COMFORT HEEE.

Life In Erie Basin or Coenues sbip Has hts
Advantages These bays Canned Van
dc,Iile apd Cooling Breezes available
Pleasures Of Canal Boat Trips.
This is the season when tho Erie Canal
navigator, sometimes irreyerently referred
10 N n ~canaler, takes along his family.
generally numerous and nearly always a
DIT brighter than the average upstate
residents, to keep him company.
b canalboat owner, as a. rule the
skipper also, 10 the properest man between
Buffalo and New York city in the period
when his children are on vacation. He
believes in education and he sees to il that
the little folks get as much of It as may be
had by attendance at the public schools
Of h various towns along the line Of tho
Erie.
The youngsters look forward TO July
and August. because they know that they
will get a heeting glimpse of many cities
OF their State and maybe "A week or more Of
pleasure In the biggest show town Of the
continent. It is not far from Erie Basin or
Coenties slip, where the boats tie up while
waiting for cargoes, to Coney Island. Life
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THE LONG alaska TRAIL.
In summer = Lonely, FIowcry wsy--NiiShty
Different In Winter.

Different In Winter.
Our trail still leads TO the north along
the great Government road from White
horse to Dawson, a gold seeker writes In
Hunfcr-T ruder-Trnppey. IL is about $50
miles, well timbered all the way with spruce.
poplar and cottonwood. some jack pine
just starting inthick masses of many acres.
Forest fires ten years ago grove most Of
the game and fur TO other parts, yet we see
fresh signs OF bear and fox in the dusty
road every day for miles and miles. Some
duck. mostly mallard. canva back and
black duck. geese and swan show up nearly
every days travel.
This IL the middle of May-the grass Ia
four inches high. blue and white flowers
along the roadside. some strawberry bios
SONS, n yet a pane Of glass frozen in our
camp kettles each morning. Fruit is killed
1000 miles south.
This Government road il a solitude in
summer. not a person for a hundred miles,
but in winter when the ice tops travel on
the mighty Yuk o River, then this road is a
wide awake, thriving, busting, hustling.
get there runway for t~hetraders and miners.
Great o u six horse sshge slam through
thisr road night and day from both ends.
Change horsesrevery twenty-five miles at
hotels called roadhotees. The charges at
these roadhouses are Si.SO for each meal,
81 for bed. sisfor handout lunch; beer, dc,
rs cents per drink. hay and oats S to 10 cents
pei, pound. The hay comes from Spokane
and the oats from Manitoba, both points
about. 1850 miles away. Both articles are
first class.
We were overtaken on this road by four
droves Of beef cattle Of 175 head in each
drove. They were shipped from Calgary.
Canada and Seattle, Wash, zoo miles by rail.
1000 by sea, then 10 miles by rail, 40
miles on foot, then by boat $50 miles to
Dawson. 400 miles to- Fairbanks. Feed.
both oats and hay. averages sie0 per ton.
The first cost of cattle is about $40 per
head. They are stall fed until three years
old and weigh from leo to 200 each, the
best in the land. The freight on zach il
moro than 500. The feed and care another
800.
They sell in Fairbanks for $3.50 TO s4Oo
each. The man who Works the pick and
shovel pays for sll. Chuck steak, o5 cents;
I bone steak. 90 cents; hest outs. 81 per
pound ,f.. 'f....
One herd lost five head through the ice;
the next day the next herd lost nine head
at the same place. They vent under the
Ice in twelve feet Of water. The miner
must pay for this loss also. The hay each
herd OF 125 eats costs about 500 each night
on the road. One herd was short a man
to drive. so the younger OF US two gold
hunters went for five days At $40 per day
and expenses to help out.
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Surveyor and Panther.

Blackburn correspondence Kansas Cify Timss.
A surveyor employed by the st. Louis.
Barticsvilie and Pacific Railroad Company,
which purposes to build a line from Joplin.
Mo, to Pond Greek. Okla. saw a remarkable
sight through the glass OF his transit %instrI-
msnt while running a survey on sand Creek.
hfteen or sixteen miles northeast OF Paw
huska, In the Usage Indian reservation,
RECENTLY. The country ut that place Is broken
and indented with canyons.
The surveyor had turned his instrument
to see the ragmsn behind him, The nagman
was seen plainly. but beyond the IA xman
about 100 yards was something. that caused
The surveyor TO gasp In nstonishment. 4
large panther, At the edge OF n small clearing,
was gazing intently at the surveyors. Through
the glass the panther every movement could
'ths beast. which quickly ran into che urbsr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
Photograph or Hindu women.

From The Shanghai Mercury.
The curious fate of "A photograph taken
In the mills during the late factory commits
sion comes from Bombay. II contained ,
party of three Hindu women who quite
understood the taking OF "A picture and came
with alacrity dressed In their best: they we're
taken in q group with several Mohammedan
men.
Alasl The canons Of decorum were broken.
When the photograph appeared the lurking
objections Of caste took concrete shape. 'Ihe
shameless ones were boycotted, no one would
10 near them or touch them, other women
would not allow them to go to the same wells
for water, stall holders and shops refused
their wares.
Finally the injured women petitioned one
OF the agents of he mill TO apply TO the Cow
eminent for the return Of the negative. This
was done. the offending negative was handed
to the husbands of the women and was i'm
mediatsly dashed IN pieces.
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Example Or VANITY.
From The indianapolis Star.

From The indianapolis Star.
Apropos Of vanity. Secretary Root told
about a politician who. the day before he
was TO make n certain speech. sent a forty one
page report Of II to all the papers. On page
20 appeared this paragraph:
But the hour grows late, and I must
Close" rNo. mol Go oni Go onl-l
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THE GENTLE CRATER
by o.
Shearlnq the Wolf.

Copyright. 1907. nv $. - Mcclure co. IN United states
and Credt Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
DEADLY RAILROADS.
A German Official Declares United
States Holds the Record.

Berlin. July 25.-Herr CUTLERY, an Of
fetal of the Archive bureau of the Prus-
sian railway administration, has pre-
pared a comparative table of statistics
of those killed and injured by railways
in various countries. He finds that both
absolutely and relatively the railroads
in the United States are the most dead
ly The United States has more mile
age than all Europe, but even taking that
into consideration, the United States
holds pre-eminence in proportional fig
ures Out of every thousand railway
employees the ratio of the number in
jured each year is as follows:
United States, 43.5; Switzerland, 25.3;
England, 11.S; Belgium, IL; Germany
"a
Out of every ten thousand employees
the relative figures of killed are: United
states, 26.1; England, 1913; Switzerland,
80; Russia, 7.S; British India, 81; Bel
gium, Al.
Herr Cutlery finds that in single
year. the fiscal year of 1902. 1865 per-
sons were injured in the United States.
of whom 60, 900 were employees and $500
were killed, of whom $500 were en-
ployes.
In the matter of travellers injured.
France holds the lowest record in the
world. United States shows proportion
etely four times as many injured as
Russia, twenty times as many as Italy;
as England, twenty; Belgium, eight;
Switzerland. four; Germany, twice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
NO JAPANESE WAR.
Lieutenant Charles McH Eby Here
With Troops Talks.

Lieutenant Charles McH. Eby, quar-
termaster, commissary and advance
agent for the second squadron of the
Second cavalry. L. S. A, arrived in
town bright and early this morning, to
see that accommodations were provid-
ed for the squadron which arrived
from Fort Riley at about 1880. and is
now encamped at the fair grounds
I'VE are on our way from Fort Riley
to Fort Des Moines. Iowa. said Lieu
tenant Eby. I'VE will march as far
as Fort LeavenwOrth. and then take
the train. They want to get us to Des
Moines in time to participate in the
maneUvers of the Iowa National guard
and We couldn't make it by marching
The Second squadron consists of four
troops. E, F. G and H. The total
number of men is $50. At Fort Des
Moines we will be joined by the other
troops of our regiment, the Second
and for the first time in a number of
years the entire regiment will be to-
gether One squadron is at Fort
Smelling, Mimi, one squadron is up in
Montana"
What seems to be the idea of the
army officers about the Japanese war
talk ?" was asked.
Up at Riley they seem to generally
believe that it is hot air. and newspa-
per talk They don't expect any war
with Japan"
Lieutenant Eby returned from the
Philippines about a wear ago. In
speaking of them he said:
whether the islands are worth hav-
ing is not a matter for me to discuss.
Those who are posted on commercial
and strategic affairs are the ones to
decide about that 1 know that the
natives over there are a worthless lot.
Still, had pleasant time on the
islands, and enjoyed myself.
1t has now been decided by the
government to send the negro troops
to the islands. Heretofore the gov
ernment has not deemed 1t advisable
TO send negro troops to the islands,
and the negroes have waited a long
time for their turn to go. Now they
sible''
The eight officers of the Second
squadron will be entertained this even
ing at dinner at the Elks by-Adjutant
General Hughes and the resident off,
GERS of the Kansas Natinnal s,1ard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
HANGED ON THE QUIET.
Madame Fromlzina Refused to Ask
the Gar for Mercy.

Moscow, July 25.-With the OBJ
servance of the greatest privacy.
Madame Fromkina, who in March last
attempted to assassinate General
Rheinebot, the ex-perfect of police,
and who in May made an attempt to
murder the inspector of the political
prison here, wounding him with a
pistol which had been mysteriously
smuggled into her cell, was hanged
in this city at sunrise today.
The authorities made every effort
during the past fortnight to persuade
the woman to plead for the mercy of
the emperor, but she obstinately re-
fused to do SO. Her parents inter-
ceded with the throne in her behalf,
but their efforts were unavailing.
Madame Fromkina was not charged
with actual murder, but accused of
making several Intellectual attempts to
kill officials. 1t is believed that her
mind was unbalanced and that she
suffered from hysteria.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
COME IN ON TOPEKA.
More Survivors of the Columbia Reach
San Francisco.

San Francisco. Cal, July 25.-The
steamer City of Topeka arrived here to-
day with the following survivors Of the
Columbia wreck:
w. H. Smith, San Francisco.
Miss Alma Osterberg, Cleveland.
C. c. Roland, Spokane.
Phil Ashford, Livermore, Cal.
J. F. Kavanaugh, Oaklsnd-
H S. Keever, Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H Decker, Tesla, Cal.
Mrs. H c. Shaw, Stockton.
A. Winkelbeck Dunn, Poplar Blun,
Mo.
Miss Lulu Hansen, Minneapolis
Members o the Columbia's crew VINO
arrived on the same vessel were W. 7.
Lawrence. ]. ]. Fogarty, A. st. Clair,
c. E. Nolan, r. Engman and Purser
ByrneS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
C0NEY MUST FIGHT.
Three Other Candidates in Field for
Commander in Chief

Saratoga. N. Y, July 25.-The follow
ing outline for the program for the G.
A. r. encampment is announced:
Saturday, September Z, Commander
in-Chief R. B. Brown will open head
quarters at the United States hotel The
Grand Army posts as they arrive will
be quartered at the various hotels and
boarding houses.
Tuesday, September 10. will be devot-
ed to the welcoming of the chiefs and
members of the Grand Army of the Re
public Governor Hughes has accepted
an invitation to be present and an in
vitation has been extended to President
Roosevelt.
Wednesday, September II, at 2
o'clock, has been set for the great pa
rade.
Thursday, business matters will be Ia
ken up and will be concluded on Fri
day.
Saturday will be a day of excursions
Every indication points to a hot fight
for the office of commander-in-chief
Already several candidates have appear
ed in the field with a large number of
s11Dporters These are General Charles
q Fsurton of Missouri, Chester Burrows
of New Jersey, General w. T. Wilder
of Tennessee and Patrick Coney of KAN
sas.
other than for the office of command
er-in-chief there will be little competi-
fi0u.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
NOT A MAN IS LEFT.
Women Assume Direction of Affairs in
Hungarian Town.

Budapest, July 25.-The lure of the
United States as a land of opportunity
and wealth to the people of Hungary
has brought out curious state of affairs
in the little village of Kerisova, near
Lugos, that at the last census had a
population of $500 souls. One by one the
male residents of Kerisova heard the
call across the water, and they emigrat-
ed in patches until such time as the
mayor was the only adult male to re-
main by the village. Finally he also sue
cumbed to the reports of good wages and
golden chances in America sent back
by his fellow townsmen, and, packing
his trunk, he made his way to the emf
grant ship at Fiume.
As a result of this exodus of males the
women of Kerisova have just elected a
young woman to the position of mayor
and other female residents have been
elected to fill the remainder of the
municipal offices. The statutes in Hun
gary provide that no female shall hold
of the law the presence of the women in
office is Illegal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
WAS LABELED POISON.
Insurance Agent Finds Evidence in
tho Perkins Case.

Lawrence. Kan, jury 25.-There
must be a big showing of hands in
Kansas City. Kan, when the hearing
upon the motion to exhume the body
of L. H. Perkins is called in federal
court. before Judge Smith McPher-
son today.
The Mutual of New York will show
what evidence the company possesses
to lead 1t to believe that there is
poison in the stomach of the man who
it alleges took a large dose of poison
to defraud 1t and other insurance
companies out of more than half a
million in life insurance.
1t is not known what this evidence
is. except that an insurance detective
has said he is ready to swear that he
picked up. upon the Perkins's house
roof. a small folded paper bearing the
word poison" as though the pack
age had contained a dose of the dead
ly drug 1t is the theory of the COM
pany that Perkins went out upon the
roof. took the poison. let its effect
come on, and tumbled off the roof
while under its influence This in it
self is not generally considered to be
enough evidence to form basis for the
motion to exhume. and the public
here is awaiting with marked inter-
est the developments at the hearing
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
WHEAT MEN ARE HERE.
Want Grade Changed But VIII Prob
ably Fail.

At a meeting of the Kansas grain
grading commission being held here to-
day, a large delegation of Western Kan
sas wheat raisers and grain buyers ap-
peared, and made a plea for a reduction
in the standard weight for No. wheat
from SO pounds to 81 pounds, and a
similar reduction in lower grades.
The members of the commission are
]. T. White of Ottawa county; Geo. w.
Click of Atchison, and J. w. Corey of
Mcpherson. John w. Radford, state
taking a prominent part in the proceed
ings.
At the conclusion of the morning ses-
sion, Mr.. White said: ''I do not think
the commission will make any material
changes in the grading as adopted for
the 1906''
Among those present at the meeting
today in the governors office were c. P.
Ketelson and A. c: Bailey Of Kinsley.
c. F. Randall, S. f. Cross and A. T.
Gallamore of Lewis, ]. w. Lockman of
Wellington, and several parties from
Ellsworth. w. J. Graham and Frank
E. Essex, Kansas City, grain buyers.
were also present, and several millers
were represented.
The Kansas grain raisers seem to
think that if the weight of No. 2 wheat
is reduced to 81 pounds. it will help the
Kansas wheat raisers. They say that
in most other states the No. 2 standard
is 81 pounds, and that when grain is
bought on the Kansas market, the Kan
SaS wheat raiser gets pay Tor better
wheat than is generally sold at No. 2
wheat.
A. c. Bailey of Kinsley submitted the
direct proposition to the board that the
standard of No. 2 wheat should be re-
duced to 81 pounds.
Some of the grain buyers and millers
thought that the change in the standard
would not make any special difference
because of the fact that the buyers in
spect the wheat and decide from an iE-
spection whether they want to pay the
price asked, regardless of what the
grade may be.
State Grain Inspector John Radford
submitted for the consideration of the
board the national standards adopted by
the grain congress. These standards
have been adopted In. a number Of diff
ferert states, and some believe they
should be adopted by Kansas
what we want" said Mr.. Lockmar,
'is a grain standard which won't be
changed every year. What's the use of
having new set of grades for every
crop, anyway?
mo use at ALL" replied Mr.. Radford.
1--WE should fix some grade and stick
to it,
The session of the commission is con-
tinuing this afternoon.