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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22
A New Dodge.

Hilary K. Adair, the western detec-
tive, said in Duluth of a wiretapper:
THE man escaped US. He had i'm
vented a new dodge. That, you see, Is
the trouble about the science of de-
lection. The minute we detectives
master all the old tricks, something
new springs up.
1T is rather like the story of the
thirsty butler. When you keep cas- k
of beer under lock and key in the cell
lar, only giving the butler the keys
when you want him to. draw you a
pitcher, then, if you ma Ike him whistle
all the time he is out of sight on this
errand, you are bound not to be de-
frauded. Ell Or so. at least, it was in
the past.
We'll, there was man who en-
gagged a new butler, and, as of yore,
the first day he wanted beer, he said:
James, here are the keys to the
beer closet. Take this pitcher down
and fill it. And mind you whistle all
the while you are gone
Yes, SIR said James, and he de-
parted whistling
''The clear, sweet notes of Home,
Sweet Home f1oated upstairs for q
minute or SO; then they ceased. The
master rushed to the cellar door,
James, he. shouted, angrily, what
are YOU doing?'
With gulp James answered:
Nothin's sir, only changin' the
tune"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRJcSS

The State Journal 10 s member % fhs
Associated Press and re~sivss the NIL day
telegraph report OF tnGat great news or
EaniZatlon for the exclusive afternoon
publication sN Topeka.
The news la received In The state Jour.
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22
Some. Amusing MISTAKES.

According to the Bluejacket. Rear
Admiral Evans, while travelling on a
steamer between Fort Monroe and the
exposition grounds, was accosted by a
lady passenger, who had a baby and
some bundles in her arms, with the
query: Are you going ashore here ?''
When the admiral said yes, she asked
him to carry her bundles. Certainly,
madam, only too pleased to- was the
quick reply. The admiral was in uni
form, and the lady took him for one
of the steamers officers or porters.
Petty officers Of the navy are fire.
quently asked to stop a trolley car, to
prevent a dog fight, or to say offhand
just when the next train will leave for
Oshkosh or some other way station.
The story is also told of a midshipman
in Washington, who was asked by an
old lady to carry her baggage, and ef-
fered him 10 cents as a tip. These
mistakes are due to the fact that naval
uniforms are so closely copied in the
dress of municipal. railroad and other
employees that it Is sometimes difficult
to tell the real from the imitation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22
MEBBE.

Senators Daniel, Bailey, Tf1lmar
and Culberson will attend the Bryan
hanouet in washington This looks
like the beginning of Democratic har-
mony.-Atlanta Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

1.-The woman 1 marry he said. must
be glad TO take me with all my faults"
| "Oh, she will be, 1.-THE girl replied. She Il
be so desperate that faults won't trouble
her"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

Nell think Maud has more color thar
her sister.
Believes; about so cents worth more
Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

The man who descended the stairs of
the Washington monument on his
hands was not quite SO silly as Inough
he had Jumped from the top.-PhiIa-
delphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

.swho were with you on the picnicr
THE usual contingent. Our sisters ano
our cousins and the ants. "-Baltirno1s
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

Teacher-Eddy. what makes the grass
grow?
Eddy-The grass has blades. an with
these it cuts its way through the ground
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

You can not marry my daughter, SIR
until her education is completed.
But her education can't be completed
until after she has married me."-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

Uncle Joe-Yes, Tommy, 1t is quite pos.
sible that there are people in the moon 8
Tommy-Well. what becomes OF them
when there isn't any moon?-Answers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

ION what grounds" demanded Mrs.
Strongmind. do you base the superiority
of MANI"
well" hesitated Mr.. Meekton, I'VE
positively refuse to have our clothes but
| ton. down the back. "-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

do you," asked Mrs. Oldcastle, be
lieve in metempsychosis? =.
well" replied her hostess, Il can
hardly say Metem may be ali right. but
to tell the truth I amt got much use fol-
the Psychosis family. Chicago Record
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

Overheard In Cambridge Hospital, AL
dershot. when the sick were being exam
ined: Military Doctor Ito Private Jonas,
of the Buffs)-Wel, my man, what's the
matter with you?
. Private Jonas-Pains in the back, sir.
Z Doctor (handing him few pills)-Take
you feel the pain coming on.-Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22

The Kentucky Democrats engaged
Mr. Bryan for a whirlwind tour, ant
now are planning how to rebuild thei
fences and reshingle their barn.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

ing like child they rushed forward.
1t had al happened so quickly that
the men, paralyzed by horror, had not
thought they could help Pete until
1t was all over and the glory his.
Pete, pale and trembling with over.
exertion and excitement, felt Pats
big, brawny hand grasp his, and heard
him say:
God bless We, me bye. Ye saved
me Nora's life, and may the saints
presarve We and curse Pat Shannon eff
he don't behave we are the harvest
Frenchman out of Canada. Come down
the avening, and we will talk it over
wit ther gal. Niver yit was Shannon
accused Of ingrathitude, and by me
faith, I'm not agoing to establish a
precedent"
And poor, pale Nora, lying with a
badly wrenched ankle, looked up into
Pete's face and smiled her approval
and something else.
And Pete muttered to himself as ia
Their and daughter moved off:
by gosh, all right, upset girl just
same; make Pete nice little wife, Ell,
bumby, too, just same"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
WOULD GATHER THEM ALL in.
Minister'S Methods Likely to Attract
I; Large Congregation.

A resident Of Hudson, Wis, was de-
ploring the resignation Of Senator
Spooner.
"The senate can't afford to lose a
mind like that" he said. Il know the
man well. He practiced law in this
town for Is years or Whereabouts. He
won every case he set his hand to.
1T was no surprise to us Hudsonites
to find that John G. Spooner was the
finest legal mind in the senate. When
ne had a case on, we used to go in
droyes to hear him plead
I remember to this day story
that he once told in court in a case
where he was showing how. with
good motive, one might still do lot
of harm.
He said that two aged Scotch min
listers sat talking one day over their
church warden pipes.
Last Sawbath,' said the younger
OF the two old men. only three folk
cam to my kirk, and, since it was an
awful cauld, snawy, stormy mornin' I
JUST took them over to the manse,
read a chapter, gied them prayer,
and then, toN ward off the rheumatism,
guild stiff glass of the best whisky
The other minister smiled.
" Aweel,' he said, we will haze fine
congregation, my brither, the next
stormy day"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
.SPECTER RISES
BEFORE FRANCE
Vague But Firm Feeling That
War With Germany Will
Come Some Time.
regime Of Peace is Essential for So.
luton of Economic and SocioIogi
cal Problems Statesmen Are
Endeavoring to Solve.

Paris.--In the chamber OF deputies
on Friday M. Depressense, socialist
interpellated the government relative
to the attitude Of France at The
Hague peace conference. He re
ferred to Great Britain as "preco
cious instrument of peace for the
whole world" and declared that i'm
mense ornaments meant bankruptcy
for the countries adopting such pol
icy.
Foreign Minister Pichon in reply
remarked that the coming conference
was a veritable international parlia
ment. France would remain true ia
herself by playing an unrestricted
role of moderation and Cancellation
similar to that adopted by M. Bour
geois, head of the French delegation
to the peace conference Of 1899. The
names and regulations of the French
delegates, he added, guaranteed the
useful fulfllment of their mission
The chamber unanimously approx
ed the minister's declaration.
Perhaps none of the great Europ-
can powers, with the possible excep.
ton Of Italy, will enter The Hague
conference more embarrassed than
France. A regime Of peace is essen.
tial for the solution Of the great eco
nomic and sociological problems her
statesmen are undertaking to solve
at home. Yet in her relation to for
eign powers France has lived fol
years, and still lives, under the haunt
ing shadow of her mighty German
neighbor
Almost every Freedman feels
vaguely but surely that some time
France will again have to confront
Germany on the battlefield This
memory of the acute situation proceed
ing the Algeciras conference is still
fresh in the minds of those conducting
the government. and they feel that to
aggressively champion anything In
the direction of reduction or limita'
ton of ornaments would be to show a
weakness that might encourage her
old foe to aggression. Moreover.
to lesser extent the government
must reckon with certain revengfui
and militant spirit in her people
which manifests itself in keeping
fresh flowers forever on the statues
of the lost provinces of Alsace ana
Lorraine, and never gets tired of talk.
ing of revenge.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
HOPES ORCHARD WILL BE FREED
Widow of steunenberg Has Forgiven
Murderer Of Husband.

Murderer OF Husband.
Seattle, Wash.--A special to the
Post-Intelligencer from Walla Walla
says:
Harry Orchard has done many
wrongs, but l hope that he has re.
pented, now that he understands their
magnitude, and that he will be given
a chance to lead good, true and
honest life after the present ordeal
has passed"
This is the statement of Mrs. Frank
Steunenberg, widow Of the former
governor of Idaho, who was killed by
a bomb being planted by Orchard at
the gateway of his home in Caldwell
Mrs Steunenberg is attending the
annual camp meeting and conference
Of the Seventh-day Adventists at Col
lege Place, three miles west of Walla
Walla. She seems to be above hat
red of the man who killed her hus-
band, and her conversation would in
dictate that she has forgiven him.
AS to Meyer, Haywood and Petit.
Done, she expressed no opinion, say
ing she had not thought of their con-
nection with the case. She is lead
ing secluded life, spending most of
her time reading the bible and other
religious works. Her eye-sight is
poor, she says, and she prefers to
read something that will do her good
rather than the reports of the trial,
which, she says, tend to excite
rather than satisfy. She shuns pub
licity, saying that her statements are
often put in the wrong light, though
she does not avoid the subject of the
death of her husband when it Is
preached to her. She said:
The trial of Meyer, Haywood and
Pettibone is the commencement of
national struggle between the United
States government and organized
labor, and will eventually lead to
rebellion. Mr.. Steunenberg always
believed that struggle would come,
though he did not know when. When
he prepared his first message to the
public, after having been elected gov
ernor of Idaho, he was at loss as to
the position to take regarding the
unions, and often consulted me, but
finally decided that if any trouble
came up during his administration he
would be fair with both sides and act
as he considered right. When the
trouble did arise, Mr. Steunenberg
was greatly worried and one evening
after he had made his final stand, he
told me he thought it would cost him
his life"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
DESERTED WIFE AND CHILD
AND FLED WITH A WOMAN
Harry Orchard Had Bad Reputation
In Canada Suspected Fire Bug
and Gambler.

Toronto, Ont.-Alfred Horsley, alias
Harry Orchard, q cheese maker In 3
factory north of Brighton left this
part of the country about 1896. His
name is that to which Orchard con
fesses, and though the frequently
published Boise picture is not a good
likeness of Horsley, there is no doubt
here as to his identity.
Horsley was born Of respectable
parents, who kept a garden farm
about two miles from Wooler, small
place some eighty miles out of this
city
After working on the farm in his
younger days, Horsley became a
cheese maker at Wooler, going after.
ward to Brighton factory. Up to
that time his record had been good,
but he is said to have left the factory
after the occurrence of suspicious
fire. There was some investigation
of the incident, but nothing was
proved against Horsley.
Horsley was looked upon as good
cheese maker, and is described as a
hustler. He had an offhand manner
and made friends easily, but, as one
who knew him says, he did not i'm
prove upon acquaintance. Horsley
left the country, and not alone. 1t is
said he went with woman who later
returned to her husband His wife
was left deserted, and has lived at
Wooler up to this spring, where she
has supported herself by working in
an evaporation factory and for farm
ers. She has one little girl.
Even as boy" said resident OF
Brighton, "Horsley showed the spirit
of gambler, and he was always
fond of gambling. Wooler was quite
place for playing cards, and Hors-
ley was passionately fond of them. ;"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation Il
Corporations Gust Miners.

The Klondike proper-that is, that
portion Of the Yukon territory in the
vicinity of Dawson-as far as the in
dividual miner is concerned, is on q
rapid decline owing to the immense
area of ground being acquired by
dredging companies. One company
alone has purchased nearly all the
placer ground on the three principal
creeks, namely: Bonanza, Eldorado
and Hunker, and has bonded consid-
erably more on Dominion and other
creeks for various reasons. Where
formerly hundreds of miners were
working for wages Or working their
own ground, thus creating demand
for provisions, clothing, machinery,
hardware, ETC., and the transportation
from Dawson to the different mining
operations, now dredges are either OPP
Grating or in course of construction
Consular Reports. !.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
FACTS IN RUFF CASE.
French Restauranteurs Paid for Prs
lection Without Threats Being
Made.

San Francisco.-The proprietors be-
fore the fire of the five French res
taurants alleged to have been vic
timized by Mayor Eugene e. Schmitz
and Abraham Ruef, testified for the
prosecution on Friday in the trial of
the mayor for extortion. Two things
stood out most prominently when
they had finished. First, without ex-
ception they claimed to have paid into
the $4,000 protection fund because
they were satisfied that unless they
employed Ruef they would lose their
licenses and as result their bust
ness; second, without exception they
denied that any threat had been made
that they would lose their licenses un.
less they employed Ruef and paid
him, or that Ruef asked to be EN-.
ployed, or that he or anyone in his
behalf solicited the $4,000 or any
sum of money whatever.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
Senator MORGAN a Model.

Senator John T. Morgan, of Ala.
bama, occasionally writes magazine
articles which involve great deal Of
research, but he uniformly refuses to
accept pay for them. In the course
of his career many railroad passes
have been offered him, but he never
accepted any either for himself or any
member Of his family. Though over
80 years old, he thinks nothing Of
working half the night. The sena-
tor never haunts the departments
looking for jobs for constituents. OF
moderate means when he entered the
senate, he is now poor man, having
little or nothing but his salary.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
The Winning Of Nora
BY J. NEWELL COTTON
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

IRENE exertions, in stupefed horror;
! but as her voice appealed to father
and then to him, his nerve came back
He must save her, or die.
Swiftly he sped down the slippery
landing. The big stick was scarcely
Is feet from the PROSTATE girl, and
turning rapidly.
With keen calculating eye, he watch.
ed that crook in the stick. If he
could catch it right, when both ends
touched the outer skids, and the heavy
belly was coming up, he thought he
could check it.
Suddenly he lurched forward; the
sharp hook caught low and tore into
a firm hold. Almost as soon as the
hook struck the stick Petes feet met
1t, and back went his supple body on
to the "peavy" stock with all his
weight and strength He caught SO
low that when he threw himself back
his body touched the rollway.
Slowly the big stick lifted him,
partly checked by his sudden on.
slaught, until he was almost upright;
then with frantic snap he surged
back for the last time
The great stick trembled its length,
paused, slid a couple Of feet, then
stopped close to the body Of the help
less girl She was saved.
A mighty shout went up from the
landing men, and headed by Pat, cry
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
The Human Shield,

The advent of Decoration day caus-
ed Admiral Dewey, at recent dinner,
to praise the bravery of the American
troops during the civil war.
Both sides alike were brave" he
said. North and south, soldiers and
sailors. And the bravery Of the raw
recruit was thing to be seen to be
believed.
There used to be circulated,
though, good story about Connecti-
cut recruit. This young man, after he
had gotten initiated, fought heroical-
ly; but in his first engagement he was
very nervous.
"A chum of his was in the line
ahead Of him, and when the bullets
began to fly, the chum began to dogde.
"Thereupon the recruit shouted ex-
citedly:
Hey, Jim, don't duck. I'm be-
hind ye.'"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
Knox Endorsed for Preside

Harrisburg, Pa.-The endorsement
of United States Senator Knox for
the presidency, the nomination of
John 0. Sheath of Philadelphia for
state treasurer and the adoption of a
platform endorsing the policy and ad-
ministration of President Roosevelt
were the net results of Thursdays
Republican state convention The
platform adopted by the convention Is
departure from those of previous
state conventions in that more than
two-thirds of 1t is devoted to national
affairs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
Mayor Mcclellan Protests.

New York. Mayor George B. Nc
Clellan has made public his message
to the state legislature in opposition
to the bill passed for a recount of the
votes in the last mayoralty election In
this city. "The bill Is, on its face
says Mayor Mcclellan in his message,
dishonest and unfair" He notes the
failure to provide for full recount
of all the votes, and declares that he,
as a successful candidate, is denied
the right of asking for recount In a
single one of the districts other than
those named In the bill
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
PROTECTS "GRAss WIDOWS"
ENTITLED to Same Rights as Those
Whose Husbands Are Dead"

Toledo, GA divorced woman,
whose husband is living, is to be class.
ed as widow. The appellation "grass
widow" won't do.
Such is the Interpretation given .
decision rendered by Judge R. W. Tay.
Ter In the United States district court
in the interesting case of Ella e. Giles,
bankrupt.
Mrs. Giles, on June % last, was ad.
judged a bankrupt by the federal
court. Harry Leyison was appointed
trustee. Petitioner asked that she be
allowed, as exempt under the Ohio
statutes, her household goods and q
lot worth about $500, situated in North
Toledo.
Fordyce Bedford, United States
bankruptcy referee, allowed the first.
named exemption, but upheld the trus.
tee in his finding that the bankrupt
was not entitled to property under the
state law.
AS a reason Mr.. Bedford certified to
Judge Tayler that 'she was denied the
right to the real estate because she is
not widow, and because she is not
an unmarried female having in good
faith the care, maintenance, and Gus
tody of any minor child or children
of deceased relative, as required by
section 544l."
Judge Tayler holds that Mrs. Giles
is entitled to the exemptions asked
for, 1t therefore follows that grass
widows" so-called. can benefit under
the Ohio statutes, which resolved into
an interesting question for the fedora.
court. Judge Tayler set aside the de
cision of the referee in hankrnptcY.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
Cavern Under St. Louis.

ST. Louisa portion of Washing.
ton avenue Immediately west of the
intersection of Jefferson avenue
dropped twelve feet below the surface
on Friday morning by the collapsing
of the roof Of one of the natural I'm
derground passages known as Uhrig's
cave. The main underground pas,
sage way is thirty feet below the sur
face at Washington and Jefferson ave-
nues and has five branches which ex-
tend in different directions for mile.
Their existence was discovered in
1866.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
Socialists Spoil Coronation jubilee.

Budapest,-Emperor Francis Joseph
arrived here Friday afternoon for the
celebration of the jubilee of his coro.
nation as king of Hungary, June 5,
1857. The socialists seized the occas-
ion to make demonstration in favor
of the extension of universal suffrage
to Hungary. The great crowds which
assembled in the streets during his
majesty's journey from the RAILROAD
station to the palace greeted him
with shouts of Give us universal sui
frage." The police pushed. back the
people with drawn swords.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
COULDN'T STAND DISGRACE.
Suicided Because Husband Was Ac
cused Of Numbering Her Mother.

Berlin.-A dispatch from Karlsruhe
to the Lokal Anzeiger says that Mrs
Karl Fku committed suicide BY
drowning on Friday in lake near
Pfacffikon, canton of Zurich, Swift.
erland. Mrs. Hau was the wife OF
Karl Hau, professor of Roman law in
George Washington university, who
is charged with the murder of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Moliter, at Baden
Baden, in November last.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
What He Would Have none.

Wilhelm-Well, old man, I haven't
seen you for an age. And how do you
find matrimony suits you?
Johann (sighing)-Its an expensive
joy; if | had only known what l had
to pay in milliners' bills
Wilhelm-You would have remained
single, Ell?
Johann-No, / would have married
the milliner.-Lustige Batter
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
An Artistic Idea.

Il don't mind paying for a picture
IL it's good, natural likeness" said
the rich man to the fashionable ar
tist. to whom he was to sit for his
portrait.
20, 1t is quite characteristic and
natural, assure you," replied the ar
fist. II fatter myself that easy atti-
tude with your hand in. your pocket
Is quite neat touch"
And SO it proved when the bill came
IN
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

Author says that 1t is not painful to
starve to death, but as he has not
tried it more than three or four times
we will have to accept the statement
and suspend Judgment
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
A Good Charger.

Client--Didn't you make mistake
in going into law instead of the army?
Lawyer-Why?
Client-By the way you charge,
there would be little left of the enemy.