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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-04
Vessels Collide. Man Killed.

Washington, Nov. 3.-Early today =
collision occurred between the NorfolS
and Washington steamer City Of Wash
ington and the Alexandria ferryboai
Lackawanna. bound from Washington
to Alexandria, in the Potomac river,
three miles below Washington. Samuel
Belanken was killed.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-04
First Voted For Buchanan

Denton. Tex, Nov. 3.-Charles
Smith, eighty-three years old. went
twenty miles to Prosper and cast his
sixteenth vote for a Democratic presi.
dental nominee.
Mr.. Smiths first vote was cast for
James Buchanan.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-04
Monthly Circulation Statement.

Washington, Nov. 3.-The monthly
circulation statement issued by the
comptroller of the currency shows that
at the close Of business Oct 81 the
amount of national bank notes in cir
culation was 665.S44192 an increase
for the year OF s55.s63,7 72e and de-
crease for the month of S9,76S.135.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-04
Patient Ends Life.

Terrell Tex, Nov. 3-Lou Lennon
of aMtagorda a patient in the insane
asylum. ended her life. She was found
hanging from an iron bar by string
taken from a straight Jacket She was
aged twenty-three.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-04
Arrested on Train.

Gainesville. Tex. Nov. 3.-Sheriff
Ware arrested Walter Jones on south
bound Santa Fe train. The prisoner
is accused of robbing ]. w. Ray at
Warren's Bend of nineteen $40 bills.
When arrested he had s135.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-04
Sick Man Suicides.

FL Paso. oNv. 3.-B. E. Hutchinson.
aged thirty-six years, of Midland, Tex,
touring over the country for his
health, suicided at Comstock.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-04
brakeman Loses His Life.

Columbia, S. c.. Nov. at. B. Pat
terson was killed in a railway acci-
dent in that city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
SIR THOMAS AGAIN.

Sir Thomas, the famous tea mer-
chant, and also noted for his desire to
Tiff the America cup. has decided to
challenge for it again. He offers to
build yacht of such size as the New
York Yacht club shall consider suit
able for the race. to be built under the
present universal rules of the club.
He hopes that his American friends
VIII see their way clear to meet his
wishes in the matter. The New York
Yacht club has not yet decided to ac-
cept the challenge under the terms
suggested by Sir Thomas. The propo-
sition appears to be a fair one. 1t
proves that Upton is a good deal Of
a sportsman, and that his yearning for
the America cup has only been stimu-
lated by the defeats he has borne.
If his proposition is accepted it is
his plan to build two yachts, and bring
over the one that proves to be the
better boat. The New York Yacht
club has surrounded the famous cup
with SO many restrictions that 1t
would seem almost impossible for any
one to carry off the prize. If anybody
is ever to accomplish the task the per-
sistency and liberality of Upton would
seem to mark him as the one most
entitled to the honor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
HE'S A REAL HERO.


We're looking up to Charlie Jones. His
foIkSes amt 50 much
His daddy is three-quarters Welsh, his
mother two-thirds Dutch!
his uncle runs the garbage cart. his sdD-
ter. Minnie. sews
Round. by the week, an where his broth
er Toms at. no one knows.
AT school he never took no prize, but We
don't care a boot.
For he's tn only boy in town ats got q
baseball suit.
Bill Thomson's got undershirt with both
tn sleeves cut OF,
An wears his sisters stockin's-says his
father wouldn't cough
Tn necessary shekels for a proper suit
an me
I got pair o. breeches made with draw
strings at the knees.
But Charlie Jones is sure the goods-th
sassy young galooti
For he's tn only boy in town ats got a
baseball suit!
I guess. they amt a TELLER but what lays
awake an means
At night, In pizen jellusy OF little Charlie
Jones'
His gray knee pants fits bully an the
waist is just as nice,
His stockin's-really boughten ones for
boys!-hes wore 'em twice!
When Charley plays tn girls comes out
an sets around t root,
Cause he's tn only boy in town ats got
a baseball suit.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
GLOBE SIGHTS.
lFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

IFrom the Atchison Globe
Boast of a thing. and it will fail you
Everything is all right until 1t belongs
to you.
There is not enough business now to tell
how IT. is
The better the doctor. the less he thinks
of his ability.
Those who ssk the most questions ie-
member the fewest answers.
An engagement mt is like tomorrow, bit
marriage is like today.
There is no yagrant notion in our nature
that Poets do lot encourage.
world that suits the people living in 1t.
In these modern times. a CHARGE Of
heresy is regarded about as serious as
charge * witcl craft
Since you can't guard your neighbor's
tongue, put a check on it by guarding
what you pour into his ears.
IT use a safety razor. but do not get
the results obtained by the advertisements
in the magazines" Watson.
When you present bill to dead beat,
he is pretty sure to say that some of the
There is this good thing about having
been in the grocery business. After re-
firing, a man knows how to select a good
chicken
The average man, when he goes off and
has "a good time" takes IL out of his
femily's hide on his return, by reducing
tie family's supply Of sugar and coffee.
A certain Coolidge man was often
pointed out as a Lucky Dog. Everything
1t turned out the other day that he was
bankrupt. and the day following the dis
covery he ran away, rather than face his
creditors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

that lay behind those lips. a glimpse q
the bare studio. the remains OF very
chair. over the back of which was
thrown Molly's coat and haiti all spoke
OF poverty. and the sort Of poverty that
The thought OF lovely Molly Fancher
o rdSn af, the stssts in and out Of s1
ings and never losing her bright. brave
smile OF hope and sweet content stirred
IT have come aHi to inform you of the
final disposition of your late aunt's for
tune" he said rather gruffly. adjusting
ms eyeglasses and taking an envelope
II don't believe we are interested IN
that. remarked Ralph smilingly. Miss
susan gave US our knockout blow several
months ago-you certainly haven't come
TO gloat over US, Mr.. Jones? Eth. MollyT
poor. but we are likewise awfuiiy happy.
MT; Jones; poor Aunt Susan didn't
the My layer assr r9ansy %eea s
know-in her youth she chose between
Is latter ana and sase,t and nd ss she niece G
was very lonely and unhappy woman:
she gave Miss Molly the same choice. not
she did want you both to be sure OF each
others love-" He paused and cleared his
throat as he rustled the document. II
tire estate to be equally divided between
Ralph Newcomb and his wife. Molly
Fancher Newcomb-"
Poor Aunt Susan-I misjudged her So,
covered from their amazement: but
love to think that she had such faith In
US both. after all! We have been very
happy, Ralph dear, even II we have been
poor" She moved to her husbands side
and slipped her hand in his.
said solemnly.
Mr.. Jonesspaused when he reached the
lower entrance nf studio 1gYf1AfpR and
leisurely lighted a cigar. Very wise for
woman-Miss Wood-very wise, in
deed" he said thoughtfully.-C
ed 1908 by Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
KANSAS CONTENT

DEATH OF A GREAT JOURNALIST.
IN the passing of Murat Halstead,
whose death was chronicled in yester-
oay Eagle, the United States has lost
writ. .. the last of its great wartime
NIiters. forty odd years ago his name
was familiar in every household in the
iano Tor his brilliant and vigorous ar
lIcies on the civil war. In those days
more tnan now, the war correspondent
mad influence upon the people for whom
he wrote, and when HaIstead said that
Grant or sherman would do so and SO,
the country had faith in them.
WI. Haistead, among the older peo-
PIE, VIII always be associated with Gin
titled with his profession there for sew
erai years. 1t was the stage Of his
dcu'itieS while he was in the full flush
OF ms editorial fame and the people
"a tne niodle states were his audiences.
ne entertained them well and made an
impress upon them that lived long
aIter ne went away to another stage
ana another theater where he was not
known SO well. Several years ago-15
OF more-he went to Brooklyn, New
pus VIII less popular success than he
nad with the Cincinnati Commercial
1dzelte 10 which he Joined himself
nearly 90 years ago
since retiring from the Brooklyn I'm
ION ne mas been doing odd Jobs in the
nterary line, among his later works be-
ing lie of William Mckinley, a BIZ
osraphy OF Admiral Dewey and a book
on the Galveston flood.
Elght years ago then over 20 years
VI age ne was selected by the Repub-
means to conduct a joint newspaper
discussion with Willis Abbott, who
acted for the Democrats, and even at
tnat advanced age he showed a mental
vlsor and resourcefulness that revived
the admiration of his old friends From
his birth at Paddy's Run, in Butler
county, Ohio, 70 years ago, to the day
OF his death he had lived an active and
strenuous life. and his biographer will
nave a fine field for eulogy when he
recapltulates the many phases of his
strong and splendid character.-Wich-
tia Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

A cow that had on a halter and one
good horn has strayed away from its
owner In Arkansas City.
Hutchinson is to have a new SIS 900
church edifce. It il to be built by the
folks there OF the Christian denomina-
ton.
Coffeyville has made a bid for a state
ted there recently at which were 100
guests.
An lola man is going to- try his luck
with some Kentucky beans. It Is said
that II planted now they will develop
quickly and bear until the frosts come.
Cupid Is busy in Cuba Last weeks
Daylight contained these two head
Opocensky." Evidently Cupid is good
linguist.
The town marshal at jamestown lined
up Ii Weary Wilfes last week and told
them more forcibly than politely what
they might expct II they insisted on
hanging around. They took his advice
and moved on.
concordia's recent revival did not pan
out as well as had been expected, either
from financial standpoint or from the
number Of souls saved. Maybe the
Concordia people were not quite as bad
as they had been cooked up to be.
Dickinson county is rejoicing because
Jim" Brady, who formerly lived there
and is remembered affectionately by
most of the older residents. will be
nominated for governor of Idaho by
exclamation, and probably will be elect
ed by snug majority.
A Great Bend girl. the Tribune says,
who attended a recent dance wore a
pair Of fine silk stockings of which she
was very proud. While sitting talking
to some friends her slipper fell off and
she pretended not to notice it. Finally
she stopped down to pick it up and al
most tainted. She had danced a hole
In the stocking and her toe showed
through.
Farmers and feeders will be inter-
ested in the outcome of a careful series
of experiments now being made at the
Kansas State Agricultural college by
the animal husbandry and chemistry
departments. It Is to determine the
real feeding value of alfalfa meal as
compared with alfalfa hay and prairie
hay. The feeding tests are carried on
with cattle and the digestibility tests
are earned on with four sheep. These
latter are the first of the kind ever
carried on in the west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
The doctor really prefers his pa
tents to be well heeled.
A fellow doesn't have to have
wheels in his head to travel incog.
The longer q man lives the more
he realizes what he might have done.
Take care of the to-morrows ana
the yesterdays will take care Of
themselves.
A man IL never too old to learn
that he knows lot of things he
ought to unlearn.
When a woman wishes she had
been born a man. very often her hus-
band says Amen"
Necessity knows no law" quoted
the Wise Guy mo; but 1t knows a
lot of lawyers" added the Simple
Mug.
The fact that 1t Is natural for .
woman to draw conclusions doesn't
necessarily indicate that she would
succeed in art
Nell-"The girl VINO marries with
out love deserves all that is coming
to her" Belle-"Yes; even divorce
without alimony."
Wigg-"That Chicago woman IL
rather changeable. isn't she?" Waxr
II should say she was. She has
changed her name no less than four
times since have known her"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
Faithful Horse Gets . Pension.

Sitting in Judgment on one of the
most faithful OF city employees. the sink
ing fund commission, after mature de-
liberation, yesterday decided that Dan,
who for nearly 20 years has served the
city night and day, is entitled to a
pension and a home for the rest of his
life.
Dan is an ambulance horse, which for
10 years has pulled one Of the many
ambulances of Bellevue hospital In
fire and death and all sorts of danger
he has been ready to perform his off,
cial duties. and now. being "a years old,
he has grown too old and the depart
ment Is anxious to pension him.
For years Dan has been the princi-
pal actor in newspaper stories about his
bravery, and several times by his
horse sense" he has done the right
thing at the right time. Under the red
tape laws which bind the city a horse
owned by Bellevue hospital cannot be
given away. Lovers of horses in Rhode
Island who wanted to provide a resting
place for Dan in that state had made
application for him. But he could not
be given away until various routine
arrangements had been agreed to.
1t was discovered by the citys legal
experts that Dan would have to be
transferred to the sinking fund, and
then either to the fire, police, or street
cleaning departments. which. in turn,
would transfer him to the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
and it, agreeing to the transfer. could
give him to the Rhode Island men.
Such a transfer was made yesterday
the street cleaning department being
the intermediary. Commissioner Cro-
we'll agreed to the remainder of the
routine and promised that Dan should
find a home where he can MUNICH grass
and have everything but exciting am
bulance life for the rest OF his days
New York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
DANGEROUS SPORT.

OAiS AiA5tAt iSSShlAy dS q DdllOOH was
flying over Battleboro. Vermont, a pair
of hoodlums or idiots took shots at 1t
with their rifles. Both balls penetrat-
ed 1T. But fortunately it was not dis
abled nor was either of the occupants
injured. 1t is not known IL they took
it for some strange fowl or were only
a couple of reckless fools. Two men
have been arrested charged with the
crime of shooting with intent to KILL
and If convicted it is reasonable to
suppose that they will have to serve
term in the penitentiary. That will
be light punishment for such an offense
but If they get something like what
they deserve it may at least serve as
a warning to others of their kind that
taking snapshots at balloons is not a
safe proceeding, either for themselves
or the aeronauts.
With all the improvements, inven-
tions and discoveries Of recent years in
the art of aerial navigation the fact
remains that ballooning in any form is
a dangerous business or pastime at
best. Accounts are constantly appear
ing Of accidents and fearful catastro-
Plies resulting from attempts to con-
quer the "viewless fields of air." even
when the attempt is made by the most
experienced experts, and 1t is impossi-
BILE to deny that there is always dan
ger from both natural and construc-
tive cases. The most SkilfuIly built
airship that can be made by man may
have some fault or some weak place
that will not become apparent until 1t
gives way at a critical time and brings
death to the adventurer. And then
again. although the machine itself may
be perfect in construction and man.
agement there are always atmospheric
conditions to fear, and sometimes these
bring disaster to those who venture
above the solid earth.
All these dangers and possibilities
are to be expected by those who at
tempt to navigate the air, and any
properly informed person who ascends
in any kind of a flying machine does
so with full knowledge that there can
be no such thing as absolute assur-
ance of safety in connection with such
diversion or experiments. If they have
paid any heed to records and reports
they must understand that trying to
play the part of bird has it's unpleas-
ant features.
Now. II in addition to all these known
and apprehended dangers the balloon
is to become the target for idiots or
hoodlums to try their craftsmanship
on, the dangers of air travel will be
vastly magnified and the risks immed-
lately increased. Some of the modern
rifles carry a long way. and one Of
the bullets might strike an occupant OF
a balloon, or might make a rent in
the gas bag that would cause it to lose
it's buoyancy and return to earth in a
greater hurry than would be safe or
pleasant for the navigators. These
Battleboro men may have thought IL
good fun to take a crack at a balloon
but the courts should teach them that
1t is a kind of sport that will be ex-
ceedingly unpleasant for those who in
dulge in it, and will also put other
alleged sportsmen on notice that they
had better go out after other game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
(From the New York Press.J

[From the New York Press
A woman wants somebody else to
fatter her; a man can do it to him.
self.
bad thing about people having a
lot of money is how sorry they are it
isn't more.
A woman has to brag about her
family If it's only how they have al
ways been respectable.
A mans excuse for being irritable
at home is that if he wasn't all the
rest of the family would be.
What a woman like, about riding
in somebody else's automobile is
hoping the people 1t tries to run over
will think it's her own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

OF this sort begun in any community
In the country that was not given its
full supply of this same sort of cold
water" All that some men seem to
live for is to do what they can to OBJ
struct each and every proposition that
will be of immeasurable benefit to the
localities where they reside and make
their living. The thing to do is to dis
regard these individuals as though
they never existed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

Mr.. Bryan and his friends need not
fear any determinations from Jim
Guffey and his followers at the polls
because of the unceremonious way in
which they were prevented from par
ticipating in the Democratic national
convention. Pennsylvania always goes
so overwhelmingly Republican at a
national election that any help from
Colonel Jim and his disgruntled CO.
horts will be superfluous in placing the
electoral vote of Pennsylvania against
the Nebraskan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers Of the State Journal
AWAY during the summer may haw,
the paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address at the rate OF ten cents
n week or thirty cents a month (by
mail only.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
State journal win be to you like q
fiaily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

A correction. Through an oversight
II was stated in this column recently
that New York had only sixteen cam
didates for the Democratic vice presi-
Dental nomination. 1t has developed
that she has nineteen. Apologies,
thousand apologies are rendered for the
unintentional injustice done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

It's been discovered that the chan
mel of the Kaw river Is narrow. Some
thing like that was to be expected.
Narrow is something of a synonym for
mean and if there is anything on the
face of the earth that has more mean
err attributes than the Kaw 1t has not
been found out as yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

And now the Democrats are insisting
that he ride of Theodore A. Bell of
eight miles on a hand car so that he
could get to Denver to deliver his
speech as temporary chairman of the
Democratic national convention should
go down in history and song along side
of the famous rides of John Gilpin.
Phil Sheridan and Paul Revere. What
will be their next demand?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

an Illuminating page in the political
history OF this country even though he
goes down in it as the thrice defeated
presidential candidate. But there are
many people besides himself who hon.
estly believe that this time Mr.. Bryan
will be successful. This is statement
of existing facts, not an opinion.
The national political contest is now
On in earnest and 1t will be a battle
rOyal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10
JOURNAL ENTRIES

An honored name is particularly
desirable if it's bank that honors it.
= x \
After a man is married he soon
gets over the illusion that a woman's
mo" means Eyes"
Because a girl is spirituelle that
doesn't necessarily mean that her
mother is a medium.
y \ n
If a man gets hit with a police
mans club or a sandbag he does not
need to be an astronomer to see new
stars.
=
It's evident that the admonition to
love your neighbors was pronounced
before the days of the lawn mower
and the photograph
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

Inappropriate weather conditions
are ever prevailing in Kansas so
what's the use of kicking about them.
Here it is the second week in July and
the temperature during the nights
and early mornings borders on that
which would be expected around the
first of January
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

Tom Johnson's defeat among his
friends to represent Ohio on the Demo-
cratic national committee is being
looked upon as evidence of his being a
victim of his own progressiveness. 1t
is, moreover, a severe setback to his
political ambitions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-10

Exceedingly refreshing has been one
feature of the Democratic national
convention in these modern days of
cut-and-dried political affairs. The
platform was made on the spot in the
good old fashioned way. 1t was not
written in advance and forced down
the throat of the committee on resolu-
tions as other platforms have been.
And Mr.. Bryan and his friends, with
their overwhelming control in the con-
vention. could have done this very
thing If they so desired. To be sure
Bryan sawed out and dictated certain
planks all right. and rejected some
timbers that were on the ground.