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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
FROM MASS. BAY TO RIO GRANDE.
Waterways Commission to Advocate
Extensive Plan of improvement.

Chicago, Oct. ga dispatch to the
Record-Herald from Moline, Ill, says:
DR.. J.. w. MCGEE, secretary of the
inland waterways commission in
speaking before the convention of the
Upper Mississippi River Improvement
association, intimated that the report
of the commission would advocate not
only the creation of a deep waterway
from the great lakes to the gulf, but
the improvement of all the MISSISSIPPI
PTS tributaries and the building of an
inside coast route from it's mouth east
to Massachusetts bay and west to the
of the Rio Grande. At the
banquet last night Congressman Daw-
son of Iowa, Lorimer of Illinois, MUIR
ply of Wisconsin and Senator A. J.
Hopkins and Lyman E. Cooley, en-
gineer of the drainage canal, spoke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
TX. U. ELECTION HARMONIOUS.
Only "a Votes Were Cast for New
Athletic Members.

Lawrence. Kan. Oct, 2s.-Only "a
votes We're cast today in the annual
election of student members to the
athletic board of the University of
Kansas, But one tickle was in the
field and it went through without any
opposition. The four new members are!
Crowell, Caldwell and Angeny of the
football team, and Priest. captain of
the track team, The retiring members
are Drummer, Donald, Ise and Putnam.
This is the first time in the history
of the school that the election has been
held without a fight between the diff
ferent factions at the university. The
ticket was Nominated by a barb COM
bination and backed by all the frater-
mites, and but little interest was taken
in the election. In last years election
more thai 1900 votes were cast as COM
pared to "a Tuesday: There has not
been a single political scrap of any i'm
portance in the university this fall. The
seniors started the peace movement by
putting a compromise ticket in the
field which satisfied both factions and
every class followed their example in
all class elections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
Board of Regents i'm Session.

Pittsburg, Kan, Oct. 23.-The state
board of normal regents is in session
in Pittsburg. The board comprises
President A. H. Bushey of Pittsburs,
Secretary L. B. Kellogg of Emporia,
J. A. Atswager of Hutchinson. N, F.
Armine of Council Grove and G. g..
MesserIey of Usage City. H. W.
Grasse of Lacrosse is not present.
President J. H. Hill of the Emporia
state normal and the state architect.
John F. Stanton of Topeka, are here
with the board. They visited the state
training normal in Pittsburg
and went to the site of the new $780,
600 building here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
GOOD PLAY is COMING.
Before and After at the Grand Opera
House Saturday.

A play of more than ordinary in
terest will be at the Grand Saturday
matinee and evening. 1t is Leo Dit
rickstein's comedy Before and After"
in which the author appears in the
leading role. The play is under the
management of Wagenhals & Kemper.
The play is said to be full of good,
clean honest fun, and of that whole
some sort that even a child may see
n being hurt. 1t is a play that
certainly kept critical New York in
roarS of laughter for more h three
nights, and which has been
equally successful in London, Paris
and Berlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23

General Booth Receivers.
Chicago, Oct. 23.-General William
Booth, read Of the Salvation army
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
A BOY TRIES SUICIDE.
A Runaway Lad Jumped in the Mis-
souri, at LeaEenworth.

LeaVenworth, Kan, Oct. 23.-AIsa-
low Cochran, is years old, tried to
commit suicide by jumping into the
river here Tuesday afternoon. He
made two attempts to drown himself
and a policeman finally arrested him.
ochra is the son of Sarah A.
Cochran. a widow, living in Pittsburg.
KAN He ran away from home and
was in La Junta, Col, where he
caught the train that brought in .
battalion of the Thirteenth infantry
and rode to this city. He is now will
ing to return home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
THE BATTLE OF THE BLUE.
Several of the Survivors Hold a Re-
union in Kansas City, Kan.

Kansas City, Kan, Oct. 2a.-Two
old men sat side by side on the stage
at the high school last night. They
were Judge John T. Burris of Olathe
Both men were delegates to the
Wyandotte convention in 1859 and it
was the first day they had spent to-
Sether since the close of the
ton.
The 6. A. R. posts met to celebrate
the forty-secohd anniversary of the
battle of Big Blue. There were tab
leaux and songs, then addresses.
Mr.. Burris made a speech, but Mr..
Mcclellan was suffering from throat
trouble. Two ex-governors, John P.
ST. John of Olathe and George w.
Click of Atchison, and Colonel George
w. Veale of Topeka, who was first
sheriff of Wyandotte county and the
commander of a division at the bat
tie, were also present.
There were fifty-two of us who
met in that hall on the river front m
Did Wyandotte,' said Judge Burris.
drew one of the best constitutions ever
framed in the United States and are
proud OF on work"
Besides the two men present the
surviving delegates are B. F. Simpson
of Paola and r. C. Foster of Denison,
Tex. Mr.. Foster Is now Ill.
Mr.. Burrfs spoke briefly of the con-
vention and then turned to the battle
of the Big Blue in which both he and
Mcclellan took part.
IT remember the dispatch I sent to
my wife the night after the battle. h
was in Olathe and this was the dis
patch: Been licked three times and
will renew the battle tomorrow
Next day, October %, we fought the
battle of Westport.
Ex-Governor ST. John and ex-Gov-
ernor Click spoke of early days in
Kansas. One had landed at Wyan-
dotte. the other at Quindaro.
1.-THE battle of the Blue" said Col
onel Veale. saved Kansas from the
raiders"
He told Of the fight at Hickman's
Mills and how he buried the twenty
dead of his Kansas troops In old
Huron cemetery and later removed
them to Topeka, and of the sorrowful
homecoming Of his troops to Shawnee
county. Colonel Veale was Wyandotte
county's first sheriff Inc 1t was he
posted the proclamation for the
first election there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
AT THE

Williams and Walker appear at the
Grand tonight where a capacity house
will greet these two colored comedians
and their clever Songs and
dancing, music and fun, are a matter
of course, and the levity of one scene,
which takes place at a church fair"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
FOR THE SOLDIERS HOME.
Several New Buildings to Be Erected
at Leavenworth.

Ieavenworth, Kan, Oct. 23.-Bids
have been received at the national Sol
diers' home for the erection of several
new buildings. There is to be a COM
bfnation barracks at a cost of $50, 900,
a Sic, GOO mess. hall. a 81, 900 chaplain's
quarters, an $4,000 quartermaster's
and a 81, 500 addition to the
mess hall. The contract for the erec-
ton of the buildings will be awarded
by the board of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23

Specialists are going back to natures
remedies as being the best HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea has been natures
best remedy for 80 years: Recommended
and used by specialists, ac, tea or lab
lets.-Fred 7. Walker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23

who has been i'll several day at the
residence of Commissioner G. A. Kill
hey, will start on his eastern tour to-
day. He has recovered his health al
most entirely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23

is said to be a tanda of comedy ex-
~cellence. 1t is rumored that there is a
consistent story n a plot to the piece,
but who cares? We go to see Will
Jams and Walker, and hear their songs
mot to listen to the playwright.
Lew D~ockstader's company, all told,
number 20 persons, go of whom are en-
gagged in the actual performances. The
minstrel of old would
shudder at the enormous expense sug-
gested by such an organization and
would scarcely credit the fact that
such a company could be managed with
profit. An absolutely new entirety is
promised for Mr.. Dockstader's en-
gagemeht at the Grand Friday evening.
The sale of seats opens this morning.
One of the best attractions of the
season will be at the Grand Saturday
matinee and night. The fact that it is
under the management of W~agenhals
& Kemper is a guarantee of its stand
ing. The piece Before and After" is
by Leo Ditrichstein and he himself is at
the head of the company.
you are supposed to be in bust
ness; and I find you hanging around
here" "Mr. Pickering, I've found
out tina a farm hand works fourteen
hours a day and gets $40 a month. A
bookkeeper works ten hours a day and
S6lS. SOO d HlOIlln. - RGIcId HILL
ager works six hours a day and gets
$4,000 a year. The president of a
life insurance company works one
hour a day and gets 500, 600 a year.
Now, I'm working just one-half hour
every day." The above is a specimen
of the brilliant dialogue in George
AIDES newest comedy Gust Out Of Col
lege" which will be presented at the
Grand Sunday matinee and evening.
Arthur c.. Aiston's splendid com
pany in the greatest success
of the period, "At the Old Cross
Roads" will be seen at the Grand next
Monday. 1t is an intense yet charm
ing story of southern life, well inter-
spersed with comedy. The press
from the Atlantic to the Pacific where
the play has been presented has been
unanimous in praising play and play
ers. The company is a very strong
one and contains only we'll known peo-
ple.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07

The following from the pen of a New York writer on the great ques- tion of railroads in line with Justice Gaynor's remarks at the business mems banquet: "The railroads are public servants. They are not simply private business affairs, on level with cotton factories or iron foun- dries. They have been given a prac- tical monopoly within their own fields of activity. and the state has exercised its sovereignty in securing them the right of way. Corporations thus favored must keep the public in- terest in view, as we'll as the interests of their stockholders. They must give such a direction to their business as will protect the community from grave injuries. to the extent of their ability. They have encouraged large districts to depend upon them for fuel instead of growing 1t in some shape at nome. Iney must not postpone this business. which they themselves build up. to some other sort of busi- ness which yields a larger return. They are in virtual agreement with those communities to keep up the supply of fuel. and that agreement must be kept If 1t Is not, the time cannot be far distant when the gov ernments of the states and of the na- tion will take over the property of the railroads, to manage the business of transportation in the public inter- est. and divide among the stockhold- CTS just so much of the earnings as remains after this duty has been dis charged.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07

Those who fear that the use of de-
 natured alcohol in the manufacturing of chewing and smoking tobacco may
 have some deleterious effect can re-
 lieve themselves of such fear. The denaturing agent provided is solu- tion of nicotine and as nicotine is the agent of tobacco can do no harm whatever. One hundred gallons of the denaturant is composed of eighty eight gallons of water and F gallons of an aqueous solution of nicotine; of 40 per cent strength. Into this 1000 gallons will be put two-fifths of pound of blue aniline dye. One hun dred gallons of this denaturant will denature ten thousand gallons of pure ethyl alcohol which quantity is sufficient to flavor two million pounds of tobacco. The dyes are merely to give sufficient color to the denatured alcohol to warn persons handling it that it is undrinkable. Spread over two million pounds of tobacco the amount of the dye to the pounds Is infinitesimal The aniline dyes to be used are the same as those used in coloring candies. and the blue dye is used in much larger quantities in whitening sugar. The manufac- turers of tobacco are greatly pleased it is said at the decision of the con- missioner of internal revenue.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
THURSDAY, FEB 2, 1907.

Germany has been having it's share of strikes, the number having in- creased steadily during the three quarters of 1906, amounting to PAT in the first, 655 in the second, and 77S in the third quarter. Of the strikes in tile third quarter 14O were entirely successful, 364 partially so, and 27S were unsuccessful. During the three quarters 35t5 establish ments were affected by strikes, of which S16 were obliged to close down completely. The largest num- ber of striking workmen at any one time was 72.173: that of workmen compelled by the strikers to quit was 3,336. The total number of striking workmen was 162, TAI. Lockout were resorted to by 847 establishments, 133 being closed down entirely. The number of workmen employed in the third quarter of 1906 was 76, against 24 in the second and 67 in the first quarter. Of the 76 lockouts during the third quarter 16 were en- tirely successful, AS had a partial and F no success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
CHAMPIONS OF DREYFus.

Long before it was known in
 France that Dreyfus was innocent when only there was a pale possibility that injustice had been done-men started up in all ranks of society to demand a fair trial and new trial;
 but the preliminary fight was long and apparently hopeless. There were only two people in all the world who knew he was innocept-his wife and his brother Mathieu. And they could say only: "He is innocent, because we know him and love him." And these two began the pathetic struggle to make the truth known. Each of them bore the name most hated in France. To whom cold they turn? They sought help where they could find 1t.
 The first man whom they con- vinced of the innocence of Captain Dreyfus was Bernard Lazare, a needy pamphleteer; and then Joseph Reinach. The choice of this latter champion, more than anything else, was the cause of the sullen bitterness with which the revision was fought. Joseph Reinach had been driven from public life by the Panama scandal Personally, he had taken no part in that financial crime, but the head of it all was his uncle and father-in-law, the Baron Jacob von Reinach of Hamburg. who killed himself a few hours before he could be arrested. Tens of thousands of French homes had been ruined by the robber baron; the name of Reinach did not smell sweet. It was with such assistants that Madame Dreyfus and Mathieu began their long battle.
 Reinach. skilful politician. re- alized that new trial depended upon the sudden awakening to public opin- ion. First of all. it was necessary to find a man of known honesty and high repute who should identify him. self with the cause. Henri Rochefort refused; Jaui ss refused; Yves Guyot refused; finally, the old Alsatian sen- ator, Scheurer-Kestner, was won over. and a plan was laid to bring the half-forgotten case before the public. Vance Thompson, in Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
HEARD IN PASSING.

The Hartford republicans elected President Luther of Trinity college to the state senate last fall and now he has shown his utter ignorance of the rules of the game by favoring an equitable minority representation on the legislative committee Evidently they do not teach the real science of politics at Trinity: but then. perhaps they encourage fairness and. justice. which. after all. are nearer to genu- inc statesmanship than narrow parti- sanship is.-Provhence Journal
 It is rather surprising to those at 6 distance to find in the editorial col- umns of the Middletovn Penny Press an indorsement of the notion that the city attorney was under 10 obligation to give a legal opinion to the mayor. but very likely it is to be accounted for by the fact that the question tn- volved vas that 0f . d1wing &
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
NO WAR, sAys TOKYO.
Aelki AutAerissd te Declare Japa
 Absolutely For Peace.

A0lki AutAerissd te Declare Japan
 Absolutely For Peace.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The Japa. nese embassy received the following telegram from the minister of foreign affairs at Tokyo:
 "The New York Times having ad- dressed . telegram directly to the i'm perial government to ascertain the at titude of Japan (with regard to the San Francisco school incident, you are authorized to make . categorical declaration of the absolutely pacific in- tentions of Japan"
 Neither Ambassador Aoki nor any of the embassy stan has taken seriously any of the war talk that has gone on at intervals since the San Francisco school question became an interna- tional incident. So little weight was given by the embassy to this phase of the controversy that no report of 1t was telssraphed to the Japanese gov ernment.
 One particular feature of the war talk seems to have been especially the cause of anxiety in Tokyo. and that was the report that Ambassador Aoki had presented an ultimatum to Secre- tary Root. Such . report as that was too ridcidulous to be teIegraphed to Tokyo or for the embassy to deny. but 1t manifestly gave concern to the Jap anese government that such . thing could 6nd expression or belief in this country.
 The impression prevails at the en- bassy from the dispatches It has rs- ceived from Tokyo that the Japanese takes all this war talk to mean that there is . serious belief hers in the danger of hostile outbreak.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
B.pu.ik Re.f.,ea 10 h,s Doen.

NEWARK. \. j.. Feb. f.-Frank Ba- nusik. who murdered Thomas Hon at Montclair on the night of Jan. .. 1906. will be hanged fin the county jail here today. The condemned man is resign ed to his fate and promises to go to the gallows bravely, and in order to exhibit bis contrition be asked that he be permitted to crawl to the death im- plement on his knees. The request of course was denied It Is likely that Banusik will be the last murderer to he hanged in New Jersey. as hanging is soon to be abolished in the state and eIectrocution substituted.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
SIMPSON JURY OUT.
Counsel For Defense Claims Wife h
 . Conspiracy.

. Conspiracy.
 RIvERHEAD, N. Y., Feb. 7.-Ths defense and the prosecution having finished summing up their respective cases for and against Dr. James w. Simpson, who is accused of having killed his father-in-law, Bartley T. Hor- her, but who claims death resulted from the accidental discharge of . shotgun, the court charged the jury, and verdict is expected during the course of the day.
 In his address to the jury Mir. Man. ton, counsel for the defense, said the prosecution of his client was the result of a conspiracy instigated by Mrs. Simpson, who wants to rid herself of her husband, and so, with $15,O0O of his money in the bank, she has him clapped into jail and then goes out driving on Sunday with another man." He declared the prosecution had failed utterly to make a. case, against Dr. Simpson.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
NEW JERSEY SENATOR.

Frank o. Briggs, Graduate of West
 Point and Ex-Mayor of Trenton.
 TRENTON, N. J., Feb 7-Frank o. Briggs, who has been elected United States senator from New Jersey to suc- ceed John F. Dryden, is native of New Hampshire and was born in 1850. He studied at Phillips Exeter academy for three years and then entered West Point Military academy, from which he graduated in 1872, receiving the commission of lieutenant
 After his graduation he served with the Second cavalry until 1877, resign ing from the army in that year to en-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
DENIES lUaDLn UT rAlntR-IN-LAN
Prisener Tells Story of Alleged Ac- cidental Discharge of Shotgun In His Hands When Horner
 was Killed

RIyERHEAD. N. Y., Feb. M- = Dr. James W. simpson. the dentist who is on trial charged with the murder of his father-in-law, Bartley T. Horner, was the first witness in his own defense, the court having refused to dismiss the indictment. Dr. Simpson said he was born in Ridgewater, Va, studied at the University of Maryland and subsequently lived in Galveston, Tex, until the flood of 1900. He was not permitted to tell how he saved his wife's life in the flood.
 pr. simpson denied positively that he intentionally shot his father-in-law. He was cleaning the gun in the kitch. en and was explaining to the Polish chore boy how to "break" 1t when it was accidentally exploded. He did not know Horner had been shot until he heard him cry out, My God, doc tor, what have you done" From that moment. he declared. he did every thing to relieve the sufterings of his father-in-law and in comforting his wife. He denied much of the testi- mony given against him by his wife and bis mother-in-law.
 On cross examination Dr. Simpson denied that he had threatened the Polish chore boy. Frank wisnewski.
 Did you not tell him that if he said about the happenings of that night you would accuse him of having shot Hornsrr' asked the district at- torney.
 T dld not"
 In reply to another question simp- son said that in spite of all that has happened he still loves his wife and his mother-in-law, both of whom ap- peared on the stand against him as witnesses for the prosecution. T love Mrs. Homer almost as much as if she were my own mother" be told the dis trict attorney when asked what were his feelings toward his mother-in-law.
 There was a surprise in the court when Samuel E. Frank swore that the shells exhibited in court were not those found in the gun after the shooting.
 Neaph Apgar. . frearm expert testi- ded that the gun with which Horner was killed could be discharged without ! finger being on hammers or triggers f the hammers were cooked The ex- plosion could have been caused by the breaking of the gun. be said. the pull upon the hammers being unsafe and fhe right firing pin loose and out of ,rder
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
Dead and Buried f. s..vs..k.

NEW MILFORD. Conn. Feb. I- William H. Cook. aged about fifty. was found dead and buried in . snowbank in Falls Village. near the railroad sta ton He was . painter and decorater. said to be of NfIlerton. \. Y. where he leaves two ehilsiren- It is believed that he had been drinking and that he had lain down to sleep Monday Dorn1ng before the storm sef h He was foOd by IaborsEB sh0vsllnG 0sw,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
HORSE MUST NOT SHY AT MOTOR

Horses have no business to be frightened at motor cars. Such is the latest decision of NJ. Sere dc Riv- ieres. the Good Judge" of Paris. A case was brought before him by the owner of two horses which had been frightened by the passing of two motorcycles on one of the public highways in the department of the Somme. The driver. In trying to master the horses. was run over by the cart The owner sued for dam ages. The judge decided they were not due. as horses ought be trained so as not to shy at the noises of motor vehicles. If peasants had no motor cars on hand to supply the object lesson. % much the worse for the peasants
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07

ter the employ of John A. Roebling's Sons company at Trenton. With this firm he served as an engineer, finally entering the financial department
 In 1899 he was elected mayor of Trenton and served until 1902. Upon the sudden death of George B. Swain of Newark he was appointed state treasurer by Governor Voorhis in 1902. This office he held throughout the ad- ministration of Governor Murphy and in the administration of Governor Stokes.
 MT. Briggs is chairman of the New Jersey Republican state committee.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-07
Nebraska LeGisIatare Thanked

Nebraska Legfslature Thanked Them.
 LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 1.-The Ne braska legislature has adopted resolu- tions of thanks to Representative c. L. France of Syracuse and Mrs. France for the splendid service they have rem dered the state in bringing into the world fifteen children. Copies of the resolution which so strongly praise the defenders of the antirace suicide idea have been sent to Governor Sheldon and President Roosevelt.