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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
STATE HOUSE BALL TEAM.
Marvellous Organization Being Formed
to Defeat Newspaper Men.

Tremendous excitement was oc-
casioned at the state house today by
the announcement that a state house
baseball team is to be organized. COM
posed exclusively of ex-professional
ball players now working for the
state.
The purpose of this aggregation is
to first challenge the newspaper men
of Topeka to a ball game, and later
play the Topeka White Sox.
There is a big fight now on for the
job of captain and manager of the
team. w. E. Davis and Jay Smith are
aspirants for this honor, and they are
working hard among their friends at
the state house to corral enough votes
to land the job. It is expected that a
primary election will be called at the
state house in few days to settle the
controversy.
The catcher of the state house
team will be Irv Cole. of the state
accountants office. who used to play
with the New York Nationals. He
was offered $4,000 year to continue
with the New York team, but gave up
baseball to accept more lucrative
job with the state.
Jay Smith of the superintendent of
insurance's Office. will do most Of the
pitching. Smith is tall, silent man,
q son of A. w. Smith of Mcpherson,
and is the inventor of the spit ball.
He also holds patents on several other
kinds of curves, equally as good,
which are being saved for the game
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17

WIN the newspaper men. Smith has
pitched great deal on his fathers
Dig wheat farm in Mcpherson county.
| First base will be played by Charles
barnes, the editor-statesman of the
Mar1as des Cygenes valley, and pres
ent insurance commissioner of Kan
sas. Mr.. Barnes has ancestors ex-
lending long ways back into his
tory, and not one of them ever
equalled him in playing first base
he can sing it. He is an all around
| man.
Second base, by unanimous con-
sent, goes to Charles Kellogg, the gov
ernors confidential stenographer,
who knows all the state secrets be-
fore anybody else. Kellogg held down
second base at Leland Stanford uni
Verslty for years and years, while he
was attending school there. It is the
| unanimous opinion in California that
| second base was, never held down
more firmly. and gracefully than dur
ing kelloggs long stay at Leland
stanford. Kellogg is a very noisy
player and is inclined to fight the UNI
pire.
Jacob Mohler will be at his position
as short stop, which he has played on
| every first class team in Topeka for
the past rs years. Mohler is always
| on edge for a game, and is in superb
| physical condition, due to much hard
OutuOOT Work collecting the material
| for the Coburn crop reports
| William E. Gladstone Davis. assist
| ant state auditor, will make his debut
| In state house uniform as WATCHDOG
| or the third sack. Davis saws he
won't play unless he can be captain
| and manager, but this is looked upon
| as a statement for the purpose of in
| fuencing the election. Davis comes
| from the Seventh district, and is I'M
| known to local fans. He may be an
| outlaw. His batting average, accord
| ing to the reports of the State His
| torical society, is 923.
| There is such a wealth of material
for the outfield that it is impossible
| to make any selection. It is prac-
tically certain that Clarence Smith,
secretary of the state tax commission,
will land one of the outer gardens
Smith is probably the greatest out
helder living. since Spec Hurlburt re-
tired from the game. Smith never
missed fly in his life, and is the in
carnation of personal devil to the
| pitchers.
Take it all around. the state house
| may have quite a ball team, provide ed
1t carefully avoids practice until the
day of the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
SAW THE WRONG TWIN.
Sewing Machine Company Loses Suit
for $4,000.

New York, April ia jury in the
supreme court before Justice Seabury,
rendered a verdict for $4,000 to John
Feisel, a 13-year-old boy, in his suit
for damages against the White Sewing
Machine. company. He was permanently
injured by being run over by one of
the company's automobile wagons on
June 15, 1906. Both his legs were bro
ken and he sustained severe internal
injuries.
Charles Feishel, a twin brother of the
plaintiff, was a witness in his behalf.
His resemblance to John is so strong
that he was mistaken by representa-
tives of the sewing machine company
who Investigated the case and reported
the boy to be in excellent physical con-
dition. 1t was only when the twins
were in court together that the in
vestigators discovered that they had
been investigating the wrong twin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
DIED FOR HIS KITTEN,
A Ten-Year-OId Boy Killed by an
Electric Truck

New York, April 17.-Ten-year-oId
Dominica ~Bello. gave up his life for
pet kitten yesterday. being crushed
under large electric truck as he
tried to rescue his pet. The kitten
was unhurt
Edward Flaherty who was running
a truck of the New York Edison com
pany, stopped in East Thirty-ninth
street. AS he turned on the power
to proceed again the kitten leaped
from the arms of little Dominica, who
was playing on the sidewalk and ran
under the truck
Thinking only of saving the ami
mails life, Dominica plunged under
the moving vehicle. One rear wheel
passed over his chest killing him in
stantly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
BOY TORTURED
BY AWFUL HUM0R
Almost Covered with Eczema-No
Nights Rest for Nearly Year
Feared Lifelong Disagreement
All Treatments Failed and Limit
of Endurance Seemed Near.
PERFECT RECOVERY
IS DUE TO CUTICURA

"With the exception Of his hands and
feet, my son Clyde (thirteen years olD
was almost completely covered with
eczema. Physicians treated him for
While they were very kind and did all in
their power, yet nothing seemed to re-
ieve him. And I had tried many rem
edies sent to me by kind friends but they
all failed. His head, face, and neck were
covered with large scabs which he would
rub until they fell off. Then blood and
matter would run out and that would be
worse. Many a time he looked as il
his ears would drop of. Friends COM
ing to see him said that if he got well he
would be disfgured for life.
when it seemed as If he could pos
sibly stand it no longer, I decided to
try Cuticura. bought a cake Of Cuti-
cura Soap, box Of Cuticura Ointment,
and a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent. l
used them in the evening and that was
the first night for nearly year that he
slept. This may sound exaggerated
to you, but in the morning there was
great change for the better. In about
six weeks you could not have told that
he had ever had anything wrong with him.
I treated him twice day for six months
and not a scar on his body. This story
may seem overdrawn, but neither words
nor pen can describe Clyde's suffering
and how he looked. Our leading ply
slclan, Dr. -, recOmmen0s the CuCl-
cura Remedies for eczema. Mrs. Algy
Cockburn, Shiloh, O.. June IL, 1907"
Frequent shampoos with Cuticura
Soap and weekly dressings with Cuti-
cura stop falling hair, remove crusts,
scales, and dandruff, destroy hair para
sites, soothe irritated, itching surfaces,
stimulate the hair follicles, supply the
roots with nourishment, loosen the scalp
skin, and make the hair grow upon a
sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp, when
all other remedies fail.
Complete External and Internal Treatment for
Every Humor Of Infants Children. and Adults
consists Of Cuticura Soap (25c) to Cleanse the Skin
Cuticura Ointment (50c.) to Heal the Skin. and
Cuticura Reeolvent 600 (orn the form Of Chocolate
Coated Pills 2sc per vial Of 60 70 Purity the Blood
Corp, Sole Props. Boston, 4ase
nVNAiied Free, CuticuFa Book On Skin Diseassa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
MORE NEW DWELLINGS.
Eighty-th Hundred Dollars Worth
of Permits Issued Today.

A total of $500 in building permits.
all of them for residences, have been
let by the fire marshars office. They
are:
Dwelling. $500. 1880 Topeka avenue,
L. F. Clearinghouse; dwelling, $4,000,
1856 Lincoln street. G. l. Clearinghouse;
dwelling, $1,000, 1916 Harrison street,
f. M. Eastman; dwelling. E. Sharp, ST.
800, 1918 Tyler street; dwelling, I414
Buchanan. 5000, VIM. Kulp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
No Strike in Montana.

Helena, Mont, April I7.-At con-
ference yesterday between the Mon
tana Operators association and the
United Mine workers. district No. %,
an agreement was signed, effective
until September, under the terms of
which operations at every coal mine
in the state will be continued unin-
terruptedly and all possibility of
strikes is eliminated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
He Lost His Other Eye.

Chicago. April IA dispatch to the
Tribune from Sheboygan, Wis, says:
After losing the sight of one eye by a
hot bolt flying into it. Arthur Beck
with, an iron worker, resumed work
yesterday wearing green goggles An
Italian he displaced hit him for re-
venge, smashing the glasses in his good
eye, and making him blind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17

Mrs. Barker-'I was given up by one Of
our best doctors, no hope, disheartened
took HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea as a
last resort; it saved my life Greatest
remedy for women. IS cents. Tea or
tablets. Fred T. Walker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
Governor johnson Coming to Kansas

A. Johnson and c. G. Schulze, assist
ant state superintendent of public in
struction. will leave for Lindsborg,
Kan, this evening, where the governor
is to address the students of Bethany
college next Saturday on the occasion
of the Messiah" festival at that place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
a Convenient Train.

For Topeka people who desire a fun
business day in Kansas City is the
Union Pacific No. 102 which leaves
Topeka every day at 7:05 a. M. ar
irving in Kansas City at $3.50 a. m.
You can get breakfast in the diner on
this train and dinner on No. 101 which
leaves Kansas City at p. M. reach
ing Topeka at 1885 d. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-17
Gold Starts Back.

New York, April 17-Lazard
Freres today engaged one million dol
lras for shipment to Paris on SATURDAY..
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07

retreat from a position now forced apparently by circumstances over which we have no control.
 Here in the State of Connecticut, where monopoly is not worshipped, though it is recognized in the acts of the general assembly. the choice has been between destructive competition, government ownership and natural monopoly in favor of the latter. In order that the principle of natural mo- nopoly may not eat us up, it is pro- posed to create a commission repre- senting the State which shall see to it that the application of the principle shall at all times avoid abusive con- struction on the part of those enjoy ing it's concession. The people are afraid of free competition and dread government ownership. They are not afraid. as creators. of their power to control the conduct of their creatures. Tn other words the issue is in Con- necticut not the condemnation of mo- nopoly but it's rigid control through the creation of a public utilities com
 mission, but it is not latter day Oma-
 ha doctrine.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
A NEW WRINKLE.

It has long been believed that some of the social stars of New York who can afford it have their own press agents, just as some of the theatrical stars who can afford 1t do It has also been believed that these press agents for the social stars earn their mon- ey in much the same way that press agents for theatrical stars earn theirs namely, by keeping their employers in the public eye either in soothing or an irritating way. But now comes a new story. It is that New York so- ciety star who is tired of publicity" has hired a press agent whose business 1t will be to see that she has privacy The duty of this official will be not to see that the lady is mentioned in con- neetion with facts only in the news papers, but to see that her name does not appear at all. No matter what she does or where she goes or whom she entertains, the new attache of her household must see that not a word of it ereeps into print Also this guardian of her privacy must see that she is never caught by snapshot.
 This doesn't look like new way to obtain publicity, but it may work so. It will if the sharp and shrewd that an attempt is to be made to beat them in their work. The press agent who secures privacy for his employer lin New York will we'll earn his money. and show ability that will enable him to earn more.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
Speaking of third terms, President Diaz of Mexico doesn't want a six teenth term.
SOME GERMAN ENTERPRISE.

German enterprise is not much less busy than United States enterprise. There is a plan now for the estab- lishment of a steam railroad ferry be- tween Sassnitz, in the island of Rugen. and the Swedish coast town of Trelle- borg, a few miles to the southeast of Malmo, at a total cost of between two and three millions of dollars. The Prussian minister of railroads, Herr Rreitenbach, argued in support of the bill outlining the plan that the es- tablishment of a direct connection between the Prussian and Swedish railroads was urgently required in the interests of the goods as well as of the passenger traffic. with which the existing steamship service had proved unable to cope. The success of the ferry route between Warnemunde and Gjedser, on the route to Copenhagen, Justified the sanguine expectations en- tertained with regard to the proposed connection. In addition to economic considerations in favor of the scheme, there was reason to hope that the new route would prove advantageous from the political poin. of view by still fur ther promoting friendly relations and intercourse between the two eoun- tries Four ferryboats are to be con- structed. two of which will be con- trolled by Sweden and two by the Prussian authorities. The line is to he opened for traffic in the summer of 1909. Sassnitz has been chosen as the Prussian point of departure in prefer ence to Arcona, which was originally suggested, because of the shorter dis
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
SMART, BUT NOT WHOLLY WISE.

There is no doubt that we of the United States have been enterprising and smart, but we have not been In all ways wise So a movement is on foot in Australia to establish an eX- port trade with the United States in hard wood known as Australian elm, which is said to be an excellent substi- wagons and carriages. Australian pa- pers comment on the rapid exhaus- tion of hardwood timber in the coun- try and predict that the time is not far distant when American manufac- turers will begin to draw on the ex- tensive hardwood forests of Australia.
 This Australian talk and planning indicate that what our foresters have been telling us is painfully true. The rapidity with which our hard wood is being used up is startling Even as late as lS99 the three states or ohio, Indiana and Illinois produced 25 per cent of the hardwood lumber used in the United States; in 1906 they produced only IA per cent. In seven years both the States of Ohi, and h. diana fell off over 50 per cent. They have practically reached an end as great hardwood producers. Their num- erous hardwood using establishments are even now pressed for supplies and will largely exhaust their remaining remnants within a short period.
 It looks very much as if those who plant hard wood forests now would be smarter than those who have cut them down so rapidly and wastefully. Hard wood is going to be worth some thing in this country from now on.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
THE PRINCETON AXE.

The fact that seventy-three students have been dropped from the rolls of Princeton University for failure to pass their midwinter ex- aminations has been telegraphed over the country and has in each newspa- per office been viewed as live news. Those unfamiliar with the inside life at the institutions of education regard it as a reckless shortening of Univer- sity funds, while others have doubtless construed it to mean a low standard of scholarship as a possible result of inefficient instruction.
 As a matter of fact of course the dropping of so many men means only one thing and that low standard of work on the part of the students and a high standard of efficiency required by the faculty. The money problem does not enter into the matter at all. Universities and colleges cannot ig- nore the item of income but they can and do do that more often than they overlook the demands of scholarship. It would be manifestly absurd for a college to arrange it's standards with sole reference to keeping only the very gifted out. If it should do that the off, lending institution would harbor a queer class of youngsters On the oth- must maintain a standard of schol arship which all must reach up to and which means in operation the elimina- tion of that altogether too large col l lege crowd which comes to Yale, for example, for no serious purpose but for the sole purpose of putting in if possible into the brotherhood
 The argument which has thus far been successful in staying off the pro- posed increase of the tuition fee at Yale turns upon the democratic prin- ciples of the institution, which all agree must be preserved if possible. Numbers have a great deal to do with the enforcement of those princi- ples and 1t is at this point that stand ards as at Princeton, which weed out the Intellectually unworthy, come in to play an important part, Both Yale and Princeton, by reason of their at- tractive charms, are increasingly em- barrassed by the numbers seeking en- trance If they are to hold true to their ideals and their usefulness as the crucible in which men are made,
 they must require of every student something more than ordinary schol-
 arship. The students above the aver
 age should always be numerically in
 the majority or else something is
 wrong in the administration.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
WOMEN OF THOUGHT AND ACTION,

The women of Sandwich, Massachu- sets, are not suffragettes, or specially clamorous for any more rights" than they have. But they are women of thought and action who have put the men of Sandwich to open shame The men of the town talked some about the forest fires which threatened to destroy their property during the fall and about the recent burning of build ings in the unprotected neighboring villages. But the women appreciated the danger and took measures to ap- ply the remedy by providing funds for the purchase of a chemical engine and a hook and ladder truck.
 Whether the women of Sandwich
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
A WEEK.

March has been 'in' a week, and during that time 1t has gone the rounds of the menagerie. And if there are any animals that are not in the menagerie 1t is possible that March will discover and exemplify them dur ing it's remaining days. There is time enough for it to do almost anything in. and the planets are said to be fa- vorable for such doing. So perhaps 1t will be wise to expect much of March, that is, much more Of course we have already had enough, but March some- times delights in giving good measure and making up for whatever the rest of the winter has lacked, But let it March as it will. Its days and it's ways are limited. The mounting sun has its glowing eye on it, and it can't look that sun in the eye without wilting some. Let it bluster like Chaos or go on and out like lion. It has got to go out, which is happy thought.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
What Is thl Aaswerf

The pupils in arithmetic
 VIII please stand up and try To hgure out some problems which Confront the public eye. If thirty million dollars fine Is charged to make amends For high finance. how much will tha Affect the dividends? When Harrisburg puts up a house To shelter politics. How much is paid for common stone And how much for gold bricks? When Count Fucashi sets himself To win an heiress great, In figuring up the household funds, How much will he donate? If twice the stenographic force With courage all sublime Should go to work, could canal Be built in half the time? If any candidate should get
 The votes he thinks his due How many would the other men Find left when he got through?
 The Washington Star.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
DIGGING IT.

We do not wish to hurt the feelings of the French, who lost three or four hundred millions in digging a canal that they didn't dig. but it is proper to point out again that the United States Is actually digging the canal. From s6.000,0O0 to 113,00O, 900 cubic yards of material remain to be lexcavated to complete the Panama canal, and the rate of excavation has been steadily increased until it is now practically S,ooO,000 cubic yards month. With as many working days in February as March will have that figure would have been exceeded. As 1t was the ex- cavation for twenty-five working days amounted to 2,s45,sS0 yards, which breaks all previous records. At the present rate the excavation of the canal can be completed, allowing for emergencies. in three years.
 Which indicates that Chief Engineer Goethals knew what he was talking about when he said the canal would be done in 1915. It has so often and so mathematically been shown that when it was done it wouldn't pay that there is no need of showing that again But it Is barely possible that there
 ay be some unperceived mistake in that calculation Anyhow,it will be well enough to wait and see, especially as that is the only way to really find out It wont be long to wait at the longest
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-07
HABITUAL.

conquer"
 "Yes; I vote for Bryan St. Louis Dispatch.
 Howard-rll bet you a kiss on the result of the next Presidential election. Evelyn-Isn't there any election be- fore that?-Brooklyn Eagle. She called her little doggie Birch"
 Wheneer she called him in; You see she called him Birch because His bark was very thin
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. They say money ruined him"
 Yes. it did
 How did he get t?'
 He didn't get it. His rival had it." Chicago Record Herald
 Young man." demanded the girls father. have you a settled income?"
 "Yes. sir It has just settled s5 a be able to keep his job at any price, you know."-Chicago Record Herald.
 Justin" said Mrs. wyss.
 "Yes," replied MT. Wyss.
 will you speak a kind word to Fi- do and make him wag his tail2 He hasn't had one bit of exercise all day" -Lippineott's
 Well, my wife and I have been mar fred thirty years now without a Qudt cl.
 What do her friends say to that?"
 What they've always said. Say it can't last Washington Herald
 She Kept Tab: Father-What time did that young man leave? Daughter Just when you got home from the club, mother returned from her card party and Susan came back from her night out.-Afilwauke Wisconsin.
 Don't complain" said Uncle Eben. 'hecause you has to work yoh hardest foh somebody else. an don seem able to do much foh yoh own comfort. De bes' rabbit dog a runnin' is failure when it comes to ketchin' f1eas. - Washington Star.
 'Speaking of matrimony, said the portly passenger, this car couldn [ hold all the women I have married. . What exclaimed the hardware drummer. Do you mean to say that you are bigamist?" Certainly not,