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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
JENSEN SENDS IN RESIGNATION
New President of Commercial Club
Must Be Chosen.


w. F. Jensen, president of the To-
peka Commercial club rendered his
resignation to the board of directors
Monday afternoon and asked for an
immediate acceptance. Mr.. Jensen
has completed arrangements to move
to Salt Lake where he has interested
himself in a creamery and wholesale
produce esta blishment. A meeting of
the board of directors will in all prob
ability be held within the next few
days when action will be taken on the
resignation and successor chosen for
the place.
Mr.. Robert Pierce. the vice presi-
dent Of the club has declined to ac-
cept the presidency of the CONNER
cial club, the selection of a successor
Will probably be made from among
four men: ]. w. Robinson, T. f. Do
ran, e. H. Crosby or c. w. Merriam
A. B. Poole has been acting in the
capacity OF secretary Of the club since
the resignation Of Major T. J. Ander-
son, pending the selection of rate
clerk and may be permitted to retafr
| his place as it is said that the board
| of directors are not in favor Of pro-
| curing a rate clerk. The selection Of
/ such rate clerk was one of the pc
| schemes of President Jensen, though
1t was never done on account of thu
II hostility of q majority OF the boart
i Of directors to the idea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26


the plan, owing to- the fact that such
judicatories. do not meet annually.
There is no question of the acceptance
OF the plan by the Methodist Episco-
pal church, the Methodist Protestant
church. the Moravian church, the Re-
formed church Of the United States,
or the Reformed Presbyterian church.
The Baptist churches adhering as they
do to the independent polity in church
government, will be represented in
the council in a manner acceptable to
themselves" -
The National Federation of
Churches and Christian Workers is
to meet in Philadelphia in December
this year further to consider the plan
and purposes Of corporation. The
Rev. william Henry Roberts, D. D.,
is to be chairman of an executive
committee and the Rev. E. B. Stan
ford, D. D., secretary. The assembly
appropriated $500 yesterday for the
expenses already incurred in bringing
about the proposed Cooperation. r 2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
TALK OF fAiRCHILD.
Rmmor That He May Become Presi-
dent of Agricultural College.

e. T. Fairchild OF Ellsworth, Kan, state
superintendent of education for Kansas, is
looked upon as receptive candidate
for the job of president of the Kansas
State Agricultural college to succeed E. r.
Nichols, who has resigned to take effect a
year or two hence .y-s.rs --frse r
:. Mr.. Fairchild is not making an active
fight FOR the place, hut his candid0cy has
been mentioned in a com1nendatory article
in the last issue of the Kansas Farmer.
In order to become president of the Ag-
ricultural college Mr.. Fairchild would
have to resign his office as state super
intendent before the expiration of his sec
ond term. 1t is said that for many years
it has been Mr.. Fairchild's ambition to be
the head of the Manhattan school He
was at one time member of the board of
regents of that school.
There will probably be opposition to Mr..
Fairchild on the ground that he is not an
agricultural expert He has never had
any experience in agricultural work. But
it is not denied that he is an Organizer
and possesses a strong and progressive
executive faculty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
USES HIS AXE.
Sheriff WilkersOn on Smashing
Bent Today.
Destroys 700 Worth of Con-
traband Liquor.
EAf SMAkEsraaRAC RIOT.
Negroes and Whites Clash on
Kansas Avenue.
No One Is Seriously Injured or
Arrested.

Today, Tuesday, May 26, witnessed
the destruction by Shawnee county and
Topeka officers of $1,000 worth of
whisky, beer, alcohol and wine. Sheriff
j.. NJ. Wilkerson opened hostilities at 6
O'Clock this snrorrhng by opening his
stronghold in theb basement Of the
county court house and putting three
deputies and a force Of hired hands to
work dragging out the fruits of his VIC
tory over the jointists during the year
1907. There were stored there the
goods captured by the sheriff during
his term of office and the liquid alone
represented cash value of 81 800.
Three barrels of alcohol were first
emptied into the sewer and then the
deputies began work on the cases Of
beer and whisky. All the bottles were
emptied out and piled into a big dray
which was backed up to the door of
the court house basement and smash
ed with hammers. This dray was filed
to the top Of it's sideboards with broken
bottles before the work was finished.
The products OF Anheuser-Busch and
Schlftz and Pabst breweries were al
lowed to trickle away In company with
the liquid sunshine gathered from the
ancient mountains of Kentucky and
distilled by such old masters as Gug-
enheimer, R. c. Taylor and McBrayer.
The deputies and their assistants were
perspiring like deck hands when the
job was finished at 10 o'clock. About
Is cases of beer and whisky were des-
troyed and five barrels of whisky be-
sides the wine and alcohol. The signif1-
cant part Of today's destruction of
booze by the sheriff is that most of 1t
was captured last year. The lid has
been fastened on tight in Topeka dur
ing this year, and only the small cali
Der jointists with a wheelbarrow full
of stuff have dared to brave the law
as enforced in this county at this time.
Chief Of Police Eaton started In at
9 o'clock to destroy the stocks of goods
captured from F. M. Adams, Jennie
Morrissey. Jim Lester, George and
Andy Dupree. Bob Campbell and the
Germanias Aid society. This was COM
nosed mostly of beer and whisky and
valued at about $500. The chief had the
work done by TRUSTEES from the jail
under the direction Of two Officers. 1t
was a shame to make these TRUSTEES
destroy all this good booze. Tears ran
down their cheeks as they worked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
Presbyterian Church of America
Stands Ready to Unite.
With Any Organized Christian
Body of Workers.
PLAN OF FEDERATION.
Has Been Approved by Nineteen
Religious Bodies.
Plan to Be Further Considered
Next December.

Kansas City, May 26-The Presby-
terrain church in the United States Of
America now stands ready to coop
crate with any church in Christian eff
fort, and to unite with any church of
Presbyterian faith. This is decided by
the adoption of the report of a special
committee on cooperation and union
The report came up out of order and
was adopted with roar Of assent and
Henry Roberts, D. D., former modera-
tor, was chairman OF. the committee
This committee was appointed by. the
general assembly of 1907 and met, once,
December IS, 1907, in New York, after
the first meeting Of the council of the
States holding the Presbyterian sys-
tenn, to which council the members OF
the committee were delegates.
The subjects considered by 1t during
the year are:
First-Relations with the Reformed
church in the United States.
Second-Council of the Reformed
churches in the United States holding
the Presbyterian system.
| Third-The federal council or the
Churches Of Christ in America.
Fourth-Matters connected with the
reunion with the Cumberland PresDy-
terrain church.
Fifth-Relations with the Welsh
| Presbyterian church.
/ -Sixth-Relations with the United
presbyterian church. - "a.
| Begun in 1906
| The Reformed church in the United
States adopted a resolution in 1906 ex-
pressing the belief that the time had
the Presbyterian church in the United
| States, now in session here, should
come into closer relations. A similar
resolution was adopted in 1906 by the
Presbyterian church in the United
States, the southern body and the Uni
ted Presbyterian church Of North
| America. The churches mentioned
adopted a resolution in 1907 that the
| principle Of cooperation as, suggested
should apply with particular reference
sions, in the publishing of books, to
reduce cost of publication and that IN
1.-THE future there should be no unneces-
sary expenditure in Sunday schools IN
destitute sections which would amount
only to useless duplication OF effort.
This council is again to meet in New
Orleans, November IL, this year.
The Churches Included.
This plan of federation has been ap-
proved by these bodies:
Free Baptists.
Christians.
Congregational churches.
! Disciples of Christ.
Evangelical association s..
Evangelical synod.
Friends.
Evangelical Lutheran.
| Methodist Episcopal church, South
Primitive Methodist church.
Colored Methodist Episcopal.
/ Presbyterian church.
Il Welsh -Calvinistic Methodist OF
Presbyterian.
United Presbyterian.
Il Reformed church.
i. Reformed Episcopal churcn.
| Seventh Day Baptist. .
United Brethren.
United Evangelical.
The report further says:
1.-THE Protestant Episcopal church
has authorized its commission or
Christian unity to appoint representa-.
i, tives to the council. The supreme
judicatories of the other Christian
churches which took part in the inter
church conference of 1905 have no
as yet had an opportunity to act upor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
SOME ONE STOLE HIS HAY.
Topeka Merchant Was Afraid He Was
to Be Arrested for Theft.

Nemesis, armed with a lantern and
a crouch, is abroad, searching for the
man who stole his clover. 1t is I'M
safe to NOV your lawn until this hay
loser is abated, or locked in the fool
ish house, where he belongs.
About 10 o'clock last night. a man.
heavily laden with the delusion that
he was Old S1euth No. 2. wandered
east on Twelfth street until he came
to Van Buren,. He carried a lantern,
thing. He happened to be in dis
trict where the residents sometimes
NOW their lawns. and the fresh gass in
the cutters seemed to be his clue.
After turning south on Van Buren,. he
stopped in front of the residence OF a
respectable merchant, and shouted to
a lady who sat on the porch: IT wan,
to see the man of the house."
Mrs. Merchant called her husband
who came forth.
me-" roared the man with the lantern
land I have traced it to your door. J
want my hay"
This startling information staggered
the merchant for moment, but ne
managed to gasp: 'TWhat in thunde,
do you think I would want with YOU
hay? 1 have trouble enough gettins
rid of my own hay. beside, WHIT
would haul hay into the front door O.
| a residence?"
| oul nave traced II 10 your door,
yelled the hay hunter, land the trai
| stops here. I will have you arrested.
Again the citizen tried to reason
| with the idiotic searcher, but to n,
purpose. "The trail ends here" re
peated the stranger, land I shall ge
| the officers Then he went away
The householder waited patiently 70
the officers, but they came not.
| whether the man was lunatic o
not Is unknown to the Van Bure,
street citizen, who failed to secure tn
belliserent's name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
GRATrAN SUIT is FILED.
Takes q Hand in the Gulf Rate
g-ss Question.

Takes q Hand In the Gu1 Rate
orf Question.
q. f. Grattan today filed with the
interstate commerce commission his
intervening petition In the case brought
by Kansas City to annul the low rates
to the gulf on grain shipments. These
low rates were recently made by order
of the commission to correct the mani
fest injustice to Kansas shippers of
paying the tribute to Kansas City for
the long haup' to the gulf by that
route, instead Of shipping direct down
through Texas.
Mr.. Grattan says in part in his PEE
tition:
1.-THE board of railroad commission
ers aver that the grain raisers. ship
pers. millers, elevator men and other
occupations within the state Of Kansas
are concerned in the grain raised in
the state and in the marketing. mill
ing, grinding and all rights and bene-
fits incident to transit, cleaning. mix
ing and otherwise preparing the grain
for milling and grinding. IL q natural
advantage and rights Of cities and
people of Kansas and should be re-
tanned and enjoyed by the people Of
Kansas, and not be parted with OF
divided with others. It AYERS that the
people of Kansas have mills and ele-
vators OF suhlcient capacity to meet
all requirements and demands IN ~
above n&etet1s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26

acceptance on the part of the conferees
of the plan for compromise between
the Aldrich and the Vreeland bills,
which provides for the issuance of
emergency currency alternately under
both the Vreeland and Aldrich plans.
Both houses are making earnest pre-
parations to take up any report that
may be made and renewed efforts were
made today to hold members in their
seats. An investigation made by the
sergeant-at-arms of the house shows
that of the 1872 votes, 800 members of
both parties are now in the city. OF
these, 100 are Republicans and 100 DEM
ncratS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
WEST POINT BILL PASSES.
SIayden of Texas Attacks Govern
ment's Philippine Policy.

Washington, May 26.-In the course
of the consideration of the conference
report on the military academy bill in
the house today Mr.. Slayden, (Tex)
attacked the senate amendment pro-
viding for the education at West
lation, he said, simply bound the
United States by yet another tieN to
the Philippine islands.
1T is a cheap bride to the Fill
pinos," he charged, land one of Sc
ries of efforts to break their loyalty
to their own race and to the cause of
Philippine independence"
1t was not unlikely, he said, that
these Filipinos eventually would be-
come leaders in revolutions against
the United States. The association of
the United States and the Philippines,
he declared, was conceived in greed
supported by hypocrisy and will end
in disaster. He predicted that should
Secretary Taft become president, the
United States government would be
run "as a mere annex to the Philip
pine commission and valued only as a
Discussing the attitude of the peo-
pie of the Pacific coast toward the
Japanese he said:
."They talk about the yellow peril
and vote for black death. They may
some day have cause to regret that a
yellow sky in the east so absorbs their
attention that they can not see a
black cloud in the SOUTH"
Reply to Mr.. Slayden, Mr.. Holiday
of Indiana, said he was not afraid
of the bugaboo of a Philippine COM
plication in the future.
Messrs. Golden On. " Hobson
(Ala.) and Barker IN. j. also had a
kind word to say for the Filipino.
The report was adopted and the
bill now goes to the president for his
Signature = =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26

Finally one of them who had vainly at
tempted to gain a reprieve for a fine
looking bottle Of McBrayer whisky,
picked up bottle Of ginger ale and
wanted to drink it. He had the stomach
ache, he said, and was sick all over be-
cause Of this shameful waste.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
KNOCKED OFF A POLE.
Charles Gilliland. Bell Telephone Line
man Is Injured.

Charles Gilliland, a lineman in the
employ of the Bell Telephone company,
fell from the top of a twenty-foot tele-
phone pole at the corner Of Curtis and
Railroad streets this morning and was
severely bruised. He was at work
among the wires at the top of the pole
when he came in contact with a high
tension wire and received a severe
shock which knocked him from the
pole to the ground. He was taken to
Christs hospital and while his injuries
are serious it is thought that he will
recover,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
EMERGENCY CURRENCY
Issued Under Both Bills Is the Plan
Favored

Washington. May 26.-The numerous
official meetings among Republican
senators and representatives which
have been in progress during the past
few days. eliminated this afternoon in
a formal conference between the Re
publican conferees of the senate and
house on the currency bill. The con-
ference adjourned shortly before 2
o'clock with the understanding that
another meeting would be held later in
the day. From admissions made by
members of the conference it is un-
derstood that while no positive agree
ment was reached there was general
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
Three Victims OF Gas,

Chicago, May 26.-By the death OF
George Roberts, jr., today Of Harvard
street, the list of fatalities caused by
the escape of illuminating gas In the
Roberts household has reached three.
George Roberts, ST., and Anna Roberts,
10 years old, died two days ago. Two
other sons are in q precarious condi-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26

Bessie Taylor filed suit in the dis
trict clerks Office today for divorce
from Edward Taylor. She alleges
abandonment in her plea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26

1.-THE Protestant Episcopal church
has authorized its commission on
Christian unity to appoint representa-
tives to the council. The supreme
judicatories of the other Christian
churches which took part in the inter-
church conference Of 1905 have not
as yet had an opportunity to act upon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
ALL Get LETTERS
Every Republican Member Of
the National House
Is Urgently Requested to Re-
main in Washington.
CONFEREES ARE BUSY.
Trying to Fix Up a Satisfactory
Currency Bill.
The Two Houses Still Appear to
Be Far Apart.
CONFEREES ARE BUSY.

prospect for agreement on a currency
bill. you are urgently requested to re-
main until a vote is taken. The great
Importance of this legislation to the
country and the manifest interest of
all sections therein, requires that ev-
cry member shall remain in his seat
until action has been taken. =.
e.. %SigHed)r -,.z= sz...5--5 .--.-4 So al
-@sfse ? "JAS. FRANCIS BURKE, r
Acting Republican whip"
Currency was today easily the para
mount topic at the capitol. Begin
ming with the effort at compromise
between the .Aldrich and the Vree-
land bills which was begun yesterday
the subject continued to maintain its
place as the one matter of real inter-
est. There were number of confer
ences last night and long before the
house met at IL o'clock and the SEN
ate at noon, the Republican leaders
at both ends of the big building. could
be found in groups of three or four
and messages were sent frequently
from one group to another.
At the house the Republican con-
ferees on the currency bill Messrs.
Vreeland, Weeks and Burton, were
early in close conference, while a
similar meeting was in progress in
Senator Aldrichs room which was
participated in by Senators Aldrich,
Hale and Allison, the Republican
senatorial conferees and it was un-
derstood that the two delegations
would later hold a joint conference
before taking the Democrats into
their confidence. For the present
they are proceeding entirely upon the
basis of the compromise between the
senate and house bills, which has
been outlined but with the quite gen.
eral understanding that even If such
q measure should be reported II
would be so violently antagonistic that
in all probability it would be impos-
sible to mould into law.
The opponents in the house of the
Aldrich bond scheme still declare
most emphatically that it would be
Impossible to get a majority for II
there while it is said quite as positive.
:. ly in the senate that even if the com
promise could be gotten through the
house it would require at least q
month to pass it in the senate.
There is very strong pressure from
all parts of the country and especially
from bankers everywhere for legisla.
ton. They are saying to congress thai
If there is not some currency legisla
ton before adjournment a serfou.
panic may be feared and this line o.
argument is counted upon to forct
the Democratic senators to yield tt
the passage of any bill that may b,
reported.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-07
The Onion Dodge.

< Incredible as it may seem,' said the detective. there are many shoplifters who steal by the agency of the onion These men. before setting out upon their contemplated crimes, eat of raw onions abundantly. Then they stroll Into the silversrnith's or the haberdasll er's or the jewellers that they propose .to rob
 < < "'Show me those large solitaires SUI rounded with pigeon blood rubes please,' says the jewel thief.
 2 "The clerk brings forth the tray of gems and, bending over 1t, the thief sighs with admiration. His face close to the clerks. he signs again. And the Fclerk's nostrils quiver. and he turns away his head. The inspection of the diamonds continues for some minutes. Throughout it the thief keeps breath
 ing hard, the clerk keeps turning his head away. and hence 1t is no wonder, at the days end, that couple of costly
 rings are missing York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-07
: E7 .5.- .. l..- .f 7e- E El ..
 Advantages Of hacnesa

The truth Is. l fear. tiat m2ehs-
 aas great advantage over s:1ntt
 5anity Is always careless. Madness :. always careful. There is great de;! of falsehood In ths notion that truu must necessarily prevail. There Is th.- falsehood to start with-that If mai has got the truth he is generally happy And If he is happy he IS generally lazy. The incessant activity, the exa= gerated intelligence. generally belong to those who are little wrong ant Just little right. The whole advan tage of those who think that Bacon wrote Shakespeare. says Gilbert J. Chesterton. writing in the Illustrated London News, lies simply in the fact that they care whether Bacon wrote Shakespeare. The whole disadvantage of those who do not think it'lles in the fact that they do not care about it, The sane man who Is sane enough to see that Shakespeare wrote Shake speare is the man who is, sane enoueh no< to worry whether he did or not
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-07
A Fjaht In the Air,

". E. Webb, the author of Buffalo Land" tells this cat story:
 The chicken hawk of the west is g savage and dangerous enemy, but once one of these air pirates got worsted. ! was sitting in front of the doctors of dce when a hawk shot down with won derful rapidity of wing-so fast thai It's shadow seemed hardly to reach the earth before It's body. 1t bounced upon the doctors favorite kitten, which lay asleep on the grass, and made off with It. At an elevation of about fifty feet epuss recovered from It's surprise and went to work for liberty. Its feline mind was exercised to astonishment and wrath Twisting like weasel, Its claws came uppermost, and to my straining gaze a sight presented itself much like feather bed being ripped open in mdair. The amazed L,- :" A received new light on the subject Of prey. let go and made off like baGlT plucked goose, but the cat came safely to earth--on it's feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-07
Al His Word

Many postoffice names are queer enough to make one desire an explana ton of them. Sometimes the explana- ton is queerer than the name itself. A minister in Cass county wrote to Washington In behalf of the residents of a growing hamlet asking that g postof11ce be added to it's institutions The request was favorably received, and he was asked to suggest name that would be acceptable to his neigh
 bors He replied that they were not hard to please so long as the name was peculiar The postoflice department took him at his word, and Peculiar is the name of the office to this day Kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-07
Tho Crafty Brother.

A man had two sons. The elder was virtuous and dutiful, the younger wick. cd and crafty. When the father was about to die, he called them before him and said II have only two things of value-my herd of camels and my blessing. How shall I allot them?'
 Give to me-" said the younger son thy blessing. for 1t may reform me The camels I should be sure to sell and squander the money" -=
 The elder. disgusting his joy, said that he would try to be content with the camels and pious mlnd. It was 90 arranged, and the man died. Then the wicked younger son went before the cadi and said: Behold, my brother has defrauded me of my lawful her. itage He Is so bad that our father, az Is we'll known, denied him hls blessing Is It likely that he gave him the cam els?'
 So the elder brother was compelled to give up the herd and was soundly bastinadoad for his rapacity.