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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
ALMOST A BLIZZARD.
Snow and Sleet Followed by Drop OF
Mercury to Thirteen Degrees.

The long expected change in the 10
cal weather conditions arrived last
night about 6 o'clock. This change
has been expected for over ten days,
so that it is duly appreciated here.
About O'Clock last night it began
to snow. 1t had, however. been sleet-
ing and raining nearly all afternoon
but the rain and sleet soon melted.
When it began to snow at 6 O'Clock
the thermometer had begun to drop
sufficiently SO that the snow remained
on the ground.
The snow was very light and was
slightly frozen. The snow continued
most all of,the night but on account OF
its extreme 1ightness in weight there
was but about an inch left this morn
ing. The total precipitation resulting
from the snow was g of an inch. This
Is more than the usual amount of pre-
cipitation from an inch of snow.
The thermometer has fallen a good
deal but it still lacks a whole lot OF
lowest point reached by the thermom-
eter is thirteen degrees which was
registered at 8 o'clock today. This
lacks three degrees of reaching the
coolest point of the winter which oc-
Cured on December 18th. The wind
this morning is fifteen miles an hour
from the north.
The local weather bureau has not
as yet received any reports from other
stations and they are unable to say
Just what the extent of the storm has
been or to issue their forecast of the
day. The storm. however, is thought
to have extended pretty generally over
this section of the state but is not
thought to have been severe at any
place. 1t is not unlikely that there
will be more snow today.
The weather man for tomorrow
saws that there will still be snow but
that if will be warmer. Tonight there
will be some more snow and 1t Will
be colder. There is light snow fall
ing this afternoon.
There has been a fall of .5 inches
during the last twenty-four hours
which netted a precipitation of 3
of an inch The wind today is miles
an hour from the north. The follow
to 70 tho tenperatllres for today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
THERE FOR BUSINESS
Western Implement and Vehicle Deal
ers Meet in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 15.-The
Western Implement and Vehicle Deal
ers' association met here today in an
nual convention with close to 1000
members present. Probably the most
important topic that will be discussed
will be that of abolishing the warranty
on vehicles. Secretary Hodges said
of the proceedings:
1--WE won't resolute on lot of legis-
lative stuff we want There won't be
any rate or car shortage fights started
by us against the railroads. We are
here for business"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
SCHENCK DENIES IT.
Hasn't Notified Jolntists to Close
Their Places.

In speaking of a story in a morning
paper to the effect that he had called
up number of jointists about the city
and notified them that they must close
at once, County Attorney John Schenck
this morning said: There is absolutely
nothing in the story at all. 1 did not
call up a single member of the jointist
fraternity as the story states and have
made no promises of any nature what
ever. AS soon as I am ready to an
nounce my policy it will be in another
way than notify the jointists. 1 have
made no such statements as were at
fributed to me in the article"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Baldwin, Kan, Jan. 15.-The Baker
university basket ball team defeated
the Crescent five of Chicago last night
by a score of Al to %. The Chicago
team was completely outplayed all the
way The score at the end of the first
half was % to g in favor of the locals.
The summary: Points awarded-Baker
2. Crescents /. Officials-Allen and
Flynn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
Floods in Kentucky.

Lexington, KY, Jan. 15.-Heavy
rains have been falling over Kentucky
for four days and reports today show
that every river and prominent stream
is at flood tide. In eastern Kentucky
railroad bridgesaarea being washed out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
ELECTION ILLEGAL.
Legislature Will Investigate j. H.
Harahan, President of L. c. r. r.

Springfield. ILL.,, Jan. 15.-In the senate
TODAY a resolution was introduced calling
for the appointment for special commits
sion to make thorough investigation of
the election of ]. H. Harahan to the pres
idency of the Illinois Central railway
The resolution recites that this body is
advised and believes that the election was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
NEW MAN IN DELAWARE
Harry A. Richardson Succeeds Alec as
United States Senator.

Dover, Della, Jan. 15.-Harry A.
Richardson. Republican. was today
formally elected United States senator
to succeed J. Frank Alec. Both
houses balloted separately. In the
senate Il votes were cast for Richard
son. for Willard Salisbury, Demo-
crat. Richardson received rs votes in
the house and Salisbury 10.
The two houses in joint session will
ratify the election tomorrow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Forecast for
Kansas: Snow and colder tonight;
Wednesday snow and warmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

SCISSOR taking into consideration the in
crease or depreciation in the value OF
said property from time to time
Ilistrict Ownership of Text Books.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31
"<McRDS COULDN'T LOoE THAT CAME OVER
FACE"

''The funny part OF It was that treasure
had been layin' right there in the shiftin'
sands where them old sea rovers buried
It three hundred years afore, like as not,
with marry a Twin soul Z NEEDLE till me
an Sam come along, an then all o. a
sudden II seemed at II we didn't git her
covered from tn light o. day in hurry
there'd soon be a crowd gether round {
dispute our claim.
"Feelin' guilty that way, we lit in Z
cover tn chest, after first stuhln' our
pockets full o. doubloons an pieces o.
eight, an then made off for tn boat as
fast as we could waddle with tn weight
o. tn stun.
I'VE knowed old Barnacle { be one o.
tn greediest men that ever sailed tn sea,
an our Idly was e keep tn secret dark
for tn present an come back later an
git tn balance o. tn treasure. Plannin'
that way, we never thought ag'in o. water
till tn boat was hoisted' an then TIL way
tn old man an cookie pounced upon that
empty cask kind o. brought us to our
senses.
words II never describe tn expression
wot come over tn capting's face when he
found the caSk empty; an III allies be-
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

chest o. gold, sat Samuel Yes, sir; he
was THROWN handfuls o. tn glitterin' stun
in tn air jist 4 hear II come tinglin'
down over his bald head an otherwise
behAvin' like a Teller wot was bereft O.
his senses. made haste { jine Sam, an
as soon as 1 see tn stun was real old
Spanish treasure tn scene o. rejoicin' wot
follered beat tn one at tn spring
cit wasn't long afore our Joy give way e
fear an tremblin', howsomever, for all at
once hoarse voice sung out frum tn
cliff:-'Ahoyl there, you lubbersi It sed;
back to tn shipl'
"well, sir, we was too scared = look be-
hind us at first, but finally, summin' up
all our courage, we turned round, ex-
pectin' Z see tn ghost o. old Captlns
Kidd, mebby, but TO our great relief II
was only poor Pol, wot tn skipper'd sent
ashore t stir us up about fetohln' the
water.
''That scare put us on our guard, an
not KNOWN wot kind o. savages might
inhabit tn place, we begin q immagine
every rock an bush concealed an enemy,
an when tern or man-o'-war bird would
wheel down an scream over our shoulder
we'd purity near faint with fright
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

lieve he took It e be tn horrible joke o.
a pair o. loonyticks till his eye caught
tn sparle o. a string o. diamonds around
the Missin's neck, wot we hadn't noticed
before in tn excitement Then he sized
up our bulgin' pockets an tn cat was out
o. tn bag.
did we ever go back fer tn rest o. that
gold, you're askin'P Well, no; not exactly.
You see, everything's plain as daylight up
TO tn time where we come back with tn
empty cask, but frum there on's a kind O.
blank space never been quite able T.
hgger out Anyway, when come 70 in
tn M'rene Horspital tn young doc sed
we'd been picked up by a passin' ship in
d1erious condishun an tn story o. treas
ure was probably only Imagination.
"I don't go much on doctors, but there
was Sam with a entirely different yarn,
an when tn captlng come r'ard with an
other story that didn't gibe with Bills
or mine either, I had { kind o. give in
for tn time bein'. but 1 got tn papers
here, an If I'm ever in them latichudes
ag'in I'll md out which one o. us was
dreamin' or my name amt William Bumps.
A. b., an you can lay to that"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

that cold puddle was about tn purtiest,
bit Of material scenery that ever busted
upon IN view O. two poor, famished ship
mates, an 'th' way we danced an shouted
an sung atween drinks soon had all tn
gulls an man-o'-war birds on tn island In
olAmor. Yes. sir; / think even tn old
man must a heard us frum tn ship by
tn way he run In as close as. he could an
stared at US through tn glass, his tongue
hanglu' out with thirst all tn time.
"As soon as we'd wet our whistles suf-
noient told Sam an Missin' Link t. hurry
down an fetch IN oask while I stood over
tn spring 4 make sure It didn't up an
vanish. You see, we wasn't just ourselfs
yet an not dead sure our good forchune
was true. Sam hung back some at tn fdy
O. leavin' the place, but after takin' two
or three big swigs t satisfy his mind It
was tn genoine article tn two o. 'em set
out fo- tn beach.
"well, sir. they hadn't been gone three
minutes, an I was Jist stoopin' over fer
another sup, when / was so startled by
series o. blood curdlln' yells an whoops
that tn next thing knew ia gone beam
end into tn spring an was takIn' fresh
water bath
II made sure poor Sam had been taken
! by some O. them cannybles wot frequently
lketches an eats sailormen, but as tn hub
bub continued l made out a sound like
larfn' and then I knew my old mate had
gone plumb daft.
tn prospect o. bein' left alone on that
island with a madman was not cheerln
one, an you can immagine my change o.
lfeeln's upon peekin around tn clin. for
right there on tn sand. In front Ca bts
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31
Description Island Thought by Many To Be That of Smaller
Trinidad Which Was Favote Stronghold for Pirates
in the Days of the Spanish Main

+" FTER fumbling In the depths OF a
battered sea chest the old sailor
nnally brought TO light a soiled
piece OF paper upon which was
roughly peneilled a seaman g chart
"Thls," said he, sis map OF
Missin Link Island, wot made at
tn time. an pitcher by Bin, 80 If nothin'
else II do but a yarn about buried treas
ure I'll spin you one wot is yarn, an 1t
befen myself right here at this identical
place where tn cross is marked,
1--WE was down IN tn Sou Atlantic, ]
reckolec an OWN 10 a storm havin'
bowed us out o. our course tn water had
run 80 low we was reduced TO two table,
spoonfuls day per man. We could a stood
that fur q time, but 4 make tn sitiation
more pleasant tn ship had been 80 worst
cd by tn gale she was almost at tn mercy
o. wind an wave, an arter tryin' fer three
days Z keep her headed for Rio Janeiro
we give up In despair an let her drift,
trustin' TO Providence. an in IN meantime
peFparin' for another world.
my mate, Sam. who wasn't overly
rugged, was tn tfrs 10 go on his head
an bein' nacherly thirsty chap tn way
he took on was somethin' startlin' 4 hear
It was plain frum tn start tn poor feller's
mind was ramblin', fer nothin' would dc
him but old Cap. Barnaele had a privi
cask O. me clear ice water hid som'erl
about tn wessle wot he was drlnkin' OF
co IN sly, an { see Sam slip around with
q eunnin' eye on IN old man all the time
was enough 4 set your nerves on edge
about THO time tn Chinese cookie, wot
was sufferln' as much as we was in his
own heather way, broke out O. III galley
ali at once, jabberin' 10 hisself an beatin
a fry pan Z scare tn thirst devils away
an Sam, who had got out thfship's auger
an was borin' holes In m deck In IN
hope o. strikin' a vein o. pink Lemonade
With cherries In IT, got a new idy In hi
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

head. Yes, sir; he come over TO me very
serlouslike an proposed that we eat tn
cook. You see, he argyed that IL tn pagan
hadn't fed US 30 much salt horse we
wouldn't drunk up all tn water. which
sounded fair, an it wasn't no moren right
he sed. 4 have little genoine Chinese
chop suey fer change o. diet
Matters had come 70 this pass when
Missin 1--WE called him Nissin' fer short)
sighted tn island / got marked down here.
which we arterward named Missin Links
Island in honor o. tn discoveror. for as
tn rest O. us had long since abandoned
tn watch If it hadn't been for that faith
full oritter we'd a probably drifted by our
only chance O. salvation fthout ever
lookin' over tn side.
"You can't imagine how tn sight O. land
put new heart In us, an In less time than
4 It takes T. tell about It we'd lowered a
boat, an, tumblin' in with an empty casl,
was pullin' fer that chunk O. terrinrma
with might an main. tn capting, bein' a
cautious man an havin' a mortal dread
O. cannybles, perferred I remain on board,
aggreein' 4 stand on an on with tn ship
till we returned with tn water.
ut was only a small island, as we could
see, mostly rock an fringed with eocos
palms. but surrounded by jagged cora
reefs that kept up a high surf even when
} tn weather was calm.
4 "As soon as we could beach tn boat you
better think we started on a mad search
for water. payin' no attention 20 pizinoul
reptiles or tn thousands o. land crab
that went scramblin' on into tn bushes
with noise like tn rattle o. dry bones
Ughi They was enough 4 make you
iesh creep, was them land crabs, bu
you bet we didn't stop 4 exantn' the
species none till we struck signs O. fresl
water, wot led up a little gully 10 a nn'
cool spring.
; "say, 1 want 4 state right here tina
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31
Q aylAlM peoPOeyEO We EAT TIE COOK ="
Startled by Strange Voices the Two Terrified Sea-
men, Thinking the Place Bswitched, Hastily
Rebury Find and Escape to the Ship

Narrator Hopes Some Day to Return for Wealth and Holds in
His Possession Various Charts and Sketches Which
Go Far to Substantial the Yarn.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

r FTER fumbling in the depths Of a
battered sea chest the old sailor
nnally brought TO light a soiled
piece OF paper upon which was
roughly pencilled a seaman's chart
The Washington herald., 1907-08-28
Telephone In Menico.

Frcm the Mexican Herald
Within the next six weeks the Mexican
Central viii have another copper tele-
graph and telephone wire stretched be-
tween Aguascalientes and this city. The
new wire will be used both for the tcle-
graph service and for the telegra phone,
which is now installed at Aguascaiientes.
The longest circuit in the world for these
instruments is nov, and for some time
has been. in use on the Mexican Central
between JimeneZ and Juarez. Il is 80
miles long and daily conversation Is car
ried on between these points and with
Chihuahua by means Of the telegraphone.
The company is making plans TO install
the instruments on all its trains on the
Chihuahua division so that in emergencies
the conductors Of a train can talk with
headquarters. At several other points
along the line the instruments will be in
stalled in the near future. and II is
thought that under the merger all the
trunk lines Of Mexico will be equipped
with the ingenious appliance
The Washington herald., 1907-08-28
Judge Parker.s annual Address

Judge Alton B. Parker, in his annual
address as president Of the American
Bar Association. takes substantially the
same view Of the scope of the interstate
commerce clause Of the Constitution as
Senator Knox in his recent Yale ad-
dress. 1t may be inferred also froT. one
expression in Mr.. Taft's Columbus speech
that the Secretary Of War would not
materially dissent from the interpreta-
ton Of that clause held by Judge Parker
and Senator Knox. as well as by many
other publicists. Judge Parker answers
in the negative the question whether
Congress may constitutionally control
the manufactures and other productive
interests of the States, and supports the
proposition that production is not com
merce. An attempt 70 deny to the harm
less and useful products of a State entry
into interstate commerce." says Judge
Parker. would violate the letter and
spirit Of the Constitution" The bearing
Of this on national legislation for the
regulation OF child labor. and on Mr.
BTyan's plan 10 control and prevent
monopoly by means of Federal license
! law is obvious. It should be observed.
however. that Mr.. Taft thought it prob
able a Federal license law might be
framed so as to be constitutional His
objections 10 such law were based on
other than constitutional grounds.
| Judge Parker makes this noteworthy
comment on the use Of Federal injunc-
tons 10 nuIlify State railroad rate legls-
/ lation:
"A statute upon the face Of which no imperfeo-
ton appears. and which viii stand. unless it can be
proved that It win prevent the property Affected
from earning reasonable return for the Investment
is preslnptTely constitutional It's operation there
fore, is not matter to Be suspended for light rea-
sOns Indeed. I have no hesitation in saving that
in many such cases appeal to the discretion Of
/ Judge that injunction issue could well be denied
/ until after trial"
Judge Parker urged both State and
! Federal courts 10 bear IN mind that
comfy which has thus far enabled the
dual jurisdictions TO work together har-
moniously for the public good" What
he called the indignation OF the govern
ing forces" Of the State. Judge Parker
attributed to a belief that the Federal
/ injunctions were but the elimination
Of a series Of assaults by the Federal
government on the State governments
"a somewhat exaggerated and inaccurate
| characterization. we should think. OF the
actual happenings in those States where
| Federal court processes have been re-
sisted.
We concur with Judge Parker's op-
timistic opinion that out of the earnest
but s0metimes reckless groping of the
people for remedies for corporate abuses
good win come, even IL attained at the
! expense Of some disturbance of the rights
Of innocent and honest investors. That
is sacrifice, as Judge Parker says, that
must be made for the eountry's neces-
stiles, and perhaps it will not be so con-
siderable as the enemies of reform pre-
dict Anyway. it is impossible TO over
throw hoary abuses without jarring
somebody.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-28
SEES POLITICS IN IT.
New York Paper Thinks Naval
Move Otherwise InexpIIcabIe.

Move otherwise lneXplicabIe.
From the New York World
We had refrained frora commenting on
Mr.. Roosevelt's battle ship order in the
hope that some plausible, acceptable ex-
phantom would be advanced by the ad-
ministration to destroy the circumsantial
evidence Of mere spectacular personal pol
itics. But no such explanation has been
made. On the contrary, the details OF the
Newberry programme make the appear
ance Of the cruise more sinister and dis
quieting. II Mr.. Roosevelt is not using
the navy 10 capture delegates to the Re
publican National convention, what is he
doing? II he is not taking the risk OF
disturbing peaceful relations with a
friendly power in order TO restore his
tarnished political prestige on the Pa
ctfic Coast, what is he going? If ne is not
employing the naval power Of the United
States TO further his personal political
programme, what is he doing?
Mr.. Roosevelt may not desire a renomi-
nation He may not be hiding his own
candidacy behind the sheltering form OF
William H Taft But is it possible that
he is determined 70 employ the same
ferocity OF energy in naming his successor
that he employs in serving himself?
The Washington herald., 1907-08-28
OUR TRADE WITH CUBA.
Imports Growing More Rapidly
Than the Exports.


Than the Exports.
From the New Tcrk Times
Naturally our trade with the Island OF
Cuba has greatly increased Of late. In
the last fiscal year it amounted 70 Sl4s,-
1864. But OF these figures Ss7. Al, $50 rep
resent our imports from the island and
A9,SJ5,2l4 our exports 10 Cuba In our
commercial statistics imports and exports
do not usually figure In that proprtion
The United States imported last year
81 iS4,4Z1, 425 worth Of merchandise, while
I'll. country's exports brought a return OF
Sl.SS0, So. 6s7- From Cuba, however. We
get sugar and tobacco, while the Cubans,
although their trade with US is growing.
still depend largely on Great Britain and
Spain for their imports. The American
ization' Of Cuba is q fact. but the process
is not 50 rapid as we sometimes fancy In
period Of fifteen months recently Cuba
received 1900 Spanish immigrants and
only SO from the United States.
Cuban tobacco forms . large part Of
cur yearly imports from the island, and
helps TO account FOR the excess Of the i'm
ports over the exports. Yet It fills com
paTatively small part in our yearly to-
bacCO trade. Last year about S,e00 600 600
cigars. including stogies. were manufac-
tured IN the United States. The imports
Of cigars from Cuba did not greatly ex-
ceed 66,003.e0 or less than ! per cent OF
eight billion. Still the imports OF leaf To-
baccO from Cuba must be very large 70
account for the annual manufactue here
Of about l0o.eo9,e0 clear Havana
cigars