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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
KANSAS COAMENT
THE GUN AGAIN.

The murder of young Coons, at
Manhattan a few days ago was one
OF dozen CT more atrocious crimes
which have been committed in Kan
sas during the past few months
crimes which would not have been
committed, but for the foolish and
wicked custom of carrying weapons,
or keeping them within easy reach.
The man who killed the unfortunate
student is described by the Manhat-
tan papers as being of quarrelsome
disposition; dangerous man; he
mad been arrested upon several oc-
casions for violent conduct, and was
once tried for assault with intent to
XII. The only excuse that he has to
offer for shooting down an inof-
fensive young man is that people had
annoyed him by throwing pebbles
against his house, and he believed
that his victim had been thus en-
gagged.
Sooner or later there will have to
be come sensible legislation govern
ing the ownership Of deadly weapons:
regulations that will make il impos-
siole for dangerous or irresponsible
man 10 own guns or knives or other
implements which make him a men,
ace to society. An unarmed maniac
has more right to his liberty than has
such man as the Manhattan slayer.
yet the latter. though known to be
possessed of deadly impulses, was per-
mltted to run at large. armed. and
the inevitable result has been re-
corded.-Emporia Gazette.
THE NEW STYLE.
The modern novel is enough to
make the writers of the old fashioned
novels turn In their graves. In the
old fashioned novels the good women
belonged to the best families and 1t
was seldom married woman appear
ed on the page at all: II she did she
was a modelsof propriety and virtue.
II an old fashioned novelist had the
courage to introduce an actress on
his pages she was sure to be a wicked
woman and home wrecker. but the
rule was that the villainy was left in
the hands Of the men.
In novel which came out lately,
and which threatens to be a good
seller" the married women are the
rakes; their husbands come home
and find them in the arms of other
men. They smoke cigarettes, and toss
page of the book. The only good wom-
an in the book is an actress, and
the next to the best woman in the
DOCK is girl who clerked in a store
and afterwards became a member OF
the chorus. The actress works hard
and Whena man insults her by ask
ing her to share his life, without the
sanction Of the marriage ceremony
she draws herself to her full height
and says Cur" although her heart is
throbbing madly with love for him
But the men in the book are angelic
IN comparison with the women, with
the exception of the actress 1t Is
something of joke to have the men
and the actresses the good people in
the new novels. But the men will
never see the joke: they don't read
the novels.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01

Undoubtedly the best evidence that
could be furnished that the central
western and southwestern sections of
the country did not suffer much from
the financial panic which developed
just about a year ago is the rather re-
markable showing made by the Atch-
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway
company in its annual report for the
year ending June 80, 1908. Its earn
ings were such that after the deduc-
ton Of operating expenses. taxes and
fixed charges. It had sufficient moneys
left on hand to pay the usual remun-
erative dividends and then leave a sur
plus Of s1,Ss5.s7s. And surely these
1gures. on their face. can not be used
as exceedingly strong arguments in ia
vor OF any crying necessity for a gen.
eral advance in freight rates. These
unexpectedly excellent figures also
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
shoe shop on Pennsylyan,,

in a ladies' shoe shop on Pennsylvani,
avenue.
II want the neatest, daintiest pai,
of pumps you've got IN the house." he
declared. size three. last double Al
What color?" asked the salesman.
For a second Dick was stumped,
Then he remembered that the lost
pumps he had been fortunate enough
to get a glimpse of were brown. a
light, delicate brown
Brown" he said. "Prettiest shade
of brown you've got. I'll leave 1t to
YOU"
The salesman smiled. "All right"
he replied, 1--WE got something tha<1
will suit you. I'm sure"
Don't reckon he's been married
more than a week." the man thought
as he pulled a box off the shelves and
opened 1t.
Dick surveyed the pumps Neat.
stylish and pretty they surely were.
if he was any Judge.
I'll take them" he said.
In another ten minutes he thrust a
bundle between the curtains Of the
berth that he hoped still contained
Christine.
Here they are" he volunteered.
He heard her tear open the package
and toss the paper aside.
ties!" she cried. my, but you are
dear.'
A few minutes later they left the
Pullman together.
Dick" she asked sweetly as he
helped her down the platform, what
can I ever do to repay your
The chance. he thought. was now,
and he seized it.
by letting me buy your shoes al
ways. little GIRL" he pleaded quietly
"All right, I will, Dick!" she whis-
pered. For 1 don't know anybody
who knows how better!'-(Copyright
1903, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01

A strike. exceedingly out Of the or
binary, is about to occur in Paris. The
grave diggers and the undertakers' as
sistants of the capital of France are
dissatisfied with their pay and also
with the garb that they are compelled
TO wear. Inasmuch as their pay figures
UP about 80 cents a day. when they
work,and their costume consists of tall
black hat, finch looks as though it
had been vanished. a black coat OF
unsightly cut and peculiar black trou-
gers, It would appear that they are JUS
titled in taking the step they have in
contemplation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01

No longer will the divinity students
attention, at Yale at least, be con-
fined to delving in Sanskirt tonnes and
biblical Interpretation. Mental heal
ing, trades unIonism, practical poll
tics and the. peculiar problems that
arise between a pastor and the women
Of his flock are among the subjects in
which obstruction will be given this
year in the Yale divinity school. This
ought to go long ways in making
the divinity school more popular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.]

lFrom the New York Press.1
A good way to respect people Is nc
to get too intimate with them.
A man who can keep his mouth shu$
can pass himself Off as genius.
Every woman couId studv GEOGRAPHY
If she had to hemstitch the boundary
lines.
You can prove to some men that IT IS
worse to drink too little than too mucn.
A woman can feel pious when sne
beats a street car and puts the nickei
In the church collection plate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01

"Fingy'' Corners. chairman of the
New York state Democratic commit
tee, seems to be equally as loose as a
mathematician as he is in the use of
the English language. He has It fig
ured out now that Mr.. Bryan will car
~ New York by a majority of at least
one hundred thousand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
COMRADES.

The spellbinder sat in the gloom apart
With tear in his dimming eye;
with clutch. like death. at his aching
As the big parade went by.
He thought of the days when he held the
When his foes. they were strewn like
He was useless now. in this later age
OF the campaign photograph,
He watched the crowd and he heard the
TIL the notes of the tune grew dim:
hand
They had no use for him.
For box and squeak and a monstrous
He was cast aside like chafr.
And he cursed the day that speech was
In the throat Of the photograph.
And far from the depths Of the close
He could hear the needle screech,
He GOULD hear the cheers and the echoes
OF the ground-out keynote speech.
He clasped his breast with sigh OF pain.
And a groan-oh. q pitiful sound,
And the tears from his eyelds fell like
AS the photograph went round.
He thought Of the glitter of other days.
Of the honeyed word and the sounding
phrass
From the campaign textbook learned.
The arm appraised in a climax grand,
The cheer of the half-made vote,
Yet here was his job, on a wooden stand.
With a speech In It's metal throat.
And the thing went round with buzz
and whirf,
With scratch and scrawl and clink:
1t had wooden arms where the gestures
were,
But it never stopped to drink.
Then q taxicab went whizzing by
That he saw through mist all dim,
And a lean old cab horse wiped his eye
In sympathy of him.
j. W. Foley in New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01

speak volumes for the efficiency of the
officials charged with the management
and operation of this great railroad
property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01

Rev. Frederick E. Hopkins, Chi
cago divine, must be angling for the
honor of being considered the cham
pion pessimist of the age. He declares
that there is now no pretense of re-
spect, of regard. of reverence for law.
morality or Righteousness and says
that the conditions of the present day
are but repetition of the condition
Of the world when the flood came. He,
however, does not go so far as to pre-
dict another food to cleanse the pres
ent world of its wickedness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Something in the way of excitement
will be in order in Persia soon. The
shah has issued a manifesto ordering
elections and calling for the converting
of a new parliament on November IA.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01

People in western cities are apt to
think that they have unusual burdens
to bear in the way of taxes for the
administration of the affairs of their
municipalities. But they are far from
being alone in this regard. A recent
batch of census bureau statistics show
the total sum of the last annual levies
in the cities throughout the country to
be $6o7. 100000 and of that rather colos-
sal amount the levy for the expenses
of New York city was 294 per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
On Chain Gang in South Carolina.

This morning the residents of Green
vile will witness for the first time
negro women at work on the streets.
For some time 1t has been felt that
the women who have been convicted
before the recorder and who were
therefore put on the gang had become
a source of trouble. For that reason
they will be given light work on the
streets. such as cutting grass.-Green-
vile News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-03

In The Making of AIaddalena, In
which Miss Mary Emerson Will be
seen Mt the grand in the near future.
Miss Emerson has n very delightful
and to her. the most Interesting part
In which she has appeared. Playing
the part OF an italian girl. seemed at
first thought. not so hard. though dI-
alects are usually very difficult for
women to acquire. go over to
Rome said Miss Emerson's friends,
you will find out what an Italian
girl would do; what she would say and
how she would dress under similar
situations to those In which the au-
thor has placed Maddalena." That
seemed good advice. and in the sum-
rner as soon a sthe first two acts were
completed, Miss Emerson went to
Rome and live in the quarters in
which the first two acts are laid
Then came the return to New York.
Maddalena comes to America, and
her gradual Development had to be
shown. Her knowledge of American
speech and customs had to be en-
larged little by little Finally. Miss
Emerson attended the schools where
English IS auEht to Italian pupils. In
the evening came the dinners atSAzre
different Italian restaurants of the
great city Having secured an Italian
teacher Miss Emerson studied the
Language in good earnest, for there
Is a great deal of Italian that NADIA
lena must speak. and she is now a
very proficient italian scholar. In
the end, Maddalena is shown as q
woman, educated and capable. and
has shown it, with its lights and
shades, is said to be one OF the finest
pictures that any OF our contemporary
artists have given US.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-03
CH1LpREN WHO Are sICKLY

Mothers VINO Value their own conn
fort and the welfare OF their children
should never be without a box OF
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children. Tor, use throughout the sea-
son. They break up Colds. Cure
Feverishness. Constipation. TeethinE
Disorders. Headache and stomach
troubles. THESE POWDERS NEW
Err FAIL. Sold by all drug stores.
csc. Don't accept any substitute. a
trial package viii be sent FREE to
any mother who viii address Alien 8.
olmsted. lie Roy. n. "
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-03

m ~ elll x
the 5trs
nee Pas and 3Enise
ttridss fiiF. - q NTfasieel az 51fayi
VILE the Rev 1fF. 1Indsbh5
Pefh yferfah ef'I5ysEnar o. =,
A large cohtpany presert-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-03

one END OF the unlted States to the
other His wonderful techhidue. his
erefii frsiS mt 10 detail IA putting on
hts production 3 the Httle things
that count In arFanging plans, tables,
etc, 50 as to make the pictures COM
plete Mr.. BelaBco has been KNOWN
to send TO Japan for trtn1ets In or
der TO make the production true TO
life.
Mr.. Harry d. Carey. a rising young
author and producer, has patterned
after Mr.. Belasco In naging 1T =
ooint to secure the things essential
10 make q successful play. Mr.. Car
ey. whose latest success. @1Gontana,', =
has made such decided triumph for
the last FOUR years throughout the
United States has undertaken greater
pains to put q Montana on the road
tl1i sseason. In as much as he has had
all wearing apparel characteristic of
the West made by an old scout right.
on his own ranch In Montana.
Mr.. Carey has also added to the
production of sMontana' wonderful
scenic and electrical effects. 1t Is I'M
this that Mr.. Carey can be compared
TO Mr.. Belasco. in his wonderful eff
fects his electrical apparatus, cost
ing more probably than any drama
OF this type on the road today.
His characters are all drawn sol
true to nature In "Montana-" With al
story that combines love. heart fTss
terest and bright snappy comedy.
which places Montana In the front
ranks OF the Western plays. AT the
Grand Saturday matinee and night,
December :.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-03

Cant look wen. eat well or feel
well with impure blood feeding your
body. Keep the blood pure With
Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat simply.
take exercise. keep clean and you
will have long life.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-03

1t might be interesting to learn OF
methods used by different authors
and producers of plays. For instance
the name of Belasco Is known from
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-03

SWEET MnLoDY FLoUR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-28
Presidential Candidates Sweep
ing Down Home Stretch.
New York Regarded as Vital by
Bryan and Taft.
KERN is IN INDIANA
Hisgen Is Spending the Day in
Connecticut.
Eugene V. Dcbs Is Still Cam
paigning in Illinois.

New York Oct 2S.-Midweek of the
last week of this remarkable presiden-
tial campaign finds the political battle
at it's height and the heavy artillery"
of the two leading parties at work
chiefly in New York city and state.
That New York is regarded by both
as of vital Importance in the canvass
IS evidenced in the presence of both
presidential candidates and the Repub-
lican vice presidential candidate in or
near this city. John w. Kern, the Dem
ocratic candidate for the vice presi-
dency continues his tour of Indiana.
Mr.. Hisgen, candidate of the Inde-
pendence party for the presidency is in
Connecticut today; Chain and Watkins
of the Prohibitionists are scheduled to
speak at Atlantic City and Baltimore
and E. V. Debs is preaching the Social
ist cause in Illinois.
OF the members of the cabinet. Sec
retary of State Root is to speak to-
night in Cincinnati, Secretary of War
Wright at Richmond. Va.
At the same time in every nook and
corner of the country, speakers or
lesser note, members of both houses of
congress. candidates for all manner of
office, state and local and just plain
'spell binders" in halls. from cart tails
and barrel heads are pounding away,
each at which he regards as the "ene-
If by the verdict of the people in their
wisdom his ticket wins; dire calamity
If the people in their Ignorance elect
the candidates of any other party.
All preparations have been made to
make tonight's Taft demonstration the
real climax of the Republican cam
paign. Fifth avenue will outshine
Broadway when a great parade of Re
publican clubs moves down that thor
oughfare. From F'ifty-ninth street to
Fifteenth street, the avenue will be
olaze of light from searchlights, red
fire and the illuminations of clubs and
private buildings. Fifty bands of music
will give a martial air to the big dem
onstration. At Madison Square Garden,
where Mr.. Taft. Governor Hughes and
others expect to speak. General Horace
Porter will be the presiding officer. In
addition to the presidential candidate
and Governor Hughes speeches viii be
delivered by Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts, and George A. Knight
of California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-28
IDLE WOMEN.
The Greatest obstacle to Progress of
Suffrage Movement.

Chicago, oct. 2S.-Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw. president of the National Amer
lean Woman Suffrage association, ad-
dressing an enthusiastic rally of Chi
cago suffragists, held in the assembly
hall of the fine arts building, said:
zone of the greatest obstacles to
woman's suffrage we have in this
country today is our great body of idle
women. The industries that occupied
their grandmothers do not occupy the
granddaughters, and thus has been
taken from these women the oppor-
tunity of being producers of wealth.
''They are consumers, not producers.
We are depriving them of all incentive
To intellectual advancement We are
using the states money in educating
them and then throwing them back on
the state as dead lumber. We are
sending girls out from our colleges
with the desire to serve and are giving
them nothing to do. There are not
enough professions to go around and
What else are we offering them ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-28
POWERS BORE DOWN.
They Forced Bulgaria to Disband Her
Reserves.

Sofia, Bulgaria. Oct. 2S.-The de-
cision of Bulgaria to disband it's re-
serves and make a financial compensa-
ton to Turkey was brought about by
the presentation of what was practical
ly all ultimatum by Great Britain,
France and Russia who were support
ed by Germany and Italy.
Identical notes from the first named
three powers were presentd to the
Bulgarian government. They demand
ed the disbandment of the Bulgarian
reserves within three davs and the
promise to send delegates to Con-
stantinople to negotiate the question
of financial compensation for Turkey
1t was made clear that on compliance
with these demands depended all hope
for the recognition of Bulgarian inde-
pendence. In reply to this communica-
ton the Bulgarian government signi-
fed its willingness to- conform to their
demands therein set forth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-28
CATHOLICS Celebrate.
Founding of the Diocese of Boston Is
Commemorated.

Boston. Oct. 2s.-With most of the
highest officials of the Roman Catholic
church prelacy in America present.
the impressive ceremonials of a
solemn pontifical mass of which Most
Rev. Diomede Falconio, papal dele
gate to Washington. was the cele-
brant, the five days observance of the
centennial anniversary of the found
ing of the diocese of Boston was be-
gun in the cathedral or the Holy
Cross today. Archbishop William H.
O'Connell of the Boston diocese. in his
giving for the blessings God has
granted us during these nrst hundred
years of Boston's existence as a
diocese
Besides the church dignitaries there
were also present Governor Guild,
Mayor George A. Hibbard and other
representatives of the state and city
governments and the judiciary
The great cathedral has been Ella
borately decorated for the exercises of
the week. The pulpits, railings, and
other parts of the interior were hung
with laurel wreaths. The altar itself
was draped in red.
The streets leading from the rec
tory to the cathedral had been roped
off for the procession of the clergy
which slowly and solemnly wended
it's way, headed by acolytes, choristers
lowed by the monsignoria, bishops and
archbishops and finally the officers of
the mass. Archbishop Falconio and
Archbishop O'Connell were seated in
the sanctuary where episcopal
thrones, elaborately draped, had been
arranged on either side. The visiting
prelates were seated at either side of
the two thrones. while the parish
priests occupied reserved seats in the
body of the church.
Among the well known prelates
present at today's services were:
Archbishops Farley of New York.
Quigley of Chicago, and Keane of
Dubuque, Ia. Bishops Beun of Spring
field, Hennessey of Wichita. O'Con-
nell of the Catholic university at
Washington, Allen of Mobile. Fitz-
maurice of Erie, Pa; McFaul of Tren-
ton, n. j.; O'Connor of Newark, N. J.. /;
Chatard, of Indianapolis, Ind; North
rop of Charleston, S. c., and Burke of
st. Joseph, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-28
TAFT HAS A COUGH.
Interrupts Him Twice in Seven Min
utes Speech.

New York. Oct 2S.-Judge Taft's
voice plainly showed in his early
speeches today the strain to when
it has been subjected, and at Bethune
street. where he spoke for seven min
utes he was twice interrupted by hts
of coughing. He appealed for support
for the Republican ticket to the END
and that returning prosperity may
continue to return.
1--WE have had a panic. period OF
depression" said he. but 1t did not
reach west of the Mississippi river for
l have been there and they did not
know about it,"
The farmers are prosperous he said,
and all that is required for prosperity
to be general is for those in control OF
capital to invest.
Nov those of you who are in con-
troll of capital to invest or if you had
control of capital which party would
you prefer in power to bring you an
adequate return on that capital?" he
asked. would you prefer the party
that for ten years past has shown you
the greatest prosperity the world has
ever seen, or a party whose leader has
been proposing economic reforms for
the past - years only to abandon
them one after the other? Who to-
day believes in the free coinage OF
silver? Yet that leader for three
presidential campaigns advocated 1t as
the panacea for all our ills:
Judge Taft said the president has
the power under the statutes to prac-
tically put the country on silver
basis, and asked if the man with capi-
tai to invest would not hesitate before
investing his money if such candi-
date was elected.