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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
GOOD LAW MAKERS.
Philippine Congress Is Pronounced
Success.


San Francisco, March 14.-W. Nor
gan Shuster, formerly collector of the
port of Manila, now a member of the
Philippine commission, and secretary
of the board of public instruction ar
rived here on the liner Manchuria.
He says that the Philippine con-
gress SO far has proved q success. The
native legislators have accepted their
new responsibilities insa proper spirit
and such laws as they have enacted
are good.
'The Philippines, he continued,
''need chance to sell their sugar.
tobacco and other products in the
United States. They also need CAPT.
tai to develop their resources, but will
get neither until the tariff is modified
in favor of the islands.
I'm spite of all obstacles. however,
wonders have been done in the
islands, especially in and about Ma
Mia We have now a good water
supply, scientific sanitation, a good
lighting and street car service and
first class shipping facilities. The har-
bors have been improved, and when
the tariff gives them a chance the
islands will be ready to take it."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
CAUGHT AT SEATTLE.
Bits of Wireless Messages From the
BattIeship Fleet.

Seattle, Wash, March 14.--Wire-
less signals and bits of messages from
the American battleship fleet at Mag
dalena Bay have been caught In
Seattle The operator at the wire
less station at the University of Wash
ington heard the vessels of Rear Ad-
rniraI Evans fleet signalling the Point
Iona wireless station. The signals
were faint and indistinct, but the
generator was able to distinguish the
repeated calls from the battleship
Kentucky for the Point Iona station
When the Point Iona station ans
wered and the message was sent the
operator could hear only bits or
words and was unable to, catch
enough of the signals to tell what the
message was about.
Later in the night the cruiser Mil
waukee in the harbor at San Fran
cisco, was heard in communication
with vessels at the target practice
rendezvous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
Rob the Bank of TyrO of So, 500
and Dash Southwark.
Posse of Citizens Quickly Form
and Battle Follows.
TO THE Usage HILLS.
Horses of Two of the Despera.
does Are Shot Down.
A Special Company Of One Hun
dred Are Closing In.

Coffeyville, Kan, March 1.-THE three
bandits who robbed the Tyro State
bank Of $500 at Tyro ten miles west
Of here. on the Missouri, Kansas s.
Texas railway. Friday afternoon are
now thought to be safely hid in the
Usage hills near Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Several posses of citizens chased them
In that direction last evening.
The bandits hid for time in a house
near Wann, Ok, and gave battle to a
posse which came upon them. Two
horses belonging to the citizens were
shot down and the bandits escaped, go
ing west for a short distance and then
turning south again. City Marshal
Lee, of Wann was shot through the
head by the bandits.
A special train left Coffeyville last
night for Dewey, Ok, with 100 armed
men determined to run down the out
laws.
May Hem Robbers In.
Early this afternoon it was learned
that the bandits were heading for the
heavy timber near the Caney river, 16
miles southwest of Nowata, Okla. 1t
it believed they will have to make a
stand here and that they probably will
give battle. The river is high and
they will have trouble in crossing it.
Posses from Coffeyville, Nowata and
Bartlesvil1e, all heavily armed, are in
pursuit.
Bandits Were Masked.
There were three persons in the Tyro
bank when two masked men Of rough
appearance entered. A third man re-
manned on guard outside The two
men inside ordered the banks presi-
dent, Joseph Lenhart; the bookkeeper,
Miss Grace DodsOn, and the Missouri
Pacific agent. S. L. Alexander, who
happened to be in the bank, to throw
I'D their hands All did Sn al Onoa
The men came in from the south
and stopped about quarter of a mile
from town where the horses were left
with one Of the men, while the white
man and the other Indian came on
into town.
Mr.. Alexander was standing at the
cashiers window with his back to the
door when the men entered. One
man covered him while the other took
care of ~Lenkart and the young wo-
man.,
Throw up your hands, he COM
manded, and they promptly complied.
All three were ordered to get down on
their knees behind the counter and
while the Indian kept them covered,
the white man ransacked the cash
drawer and safe. The three were as
sured that if they behaved they would
not be injured. After all the cash in
sight had been secured the three were
told to accompany them and all stroll
ed south to the point where the horses
were, when the three mounted and
rode south
The Tyro bank has deposits of
about $4,000. Tyro Is a village of
400 or 500 people and is about two
region is a part of the old stamping
grounds of the Daltons, the Henry
Star gang and Cherokee Bill sixteen
or seventeen years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
COOKE IS TIRED.
Eloping Preacher Says No Man Can
Buck the World.

San Francisco, Cal. March IL
Jere K Cooke. the deposed pastor of
the Episcopal church at Hempstead
L. L, who eloped with Floretta WhaI-
ey, about a year ago, and who, it is
said, telegraphed yesterday to Mrs.
Kezteh Whaley, the girls grandma 9th
er for help and that he and family
were Ill end destitute, was located in
this city last night. The couple were
found living in a suite of rooms on
ances, and with comfortable sur
roundings.
In an interview the former rector
admitted that he had telegraphed for
help and admitted that the struggle
of life had been too much for him
and that he had made a failure of ev-
erything.
1--WE are different from the Others
said Cooke. I'VE can not ask friends
to help US, because we threw aside
friends We laughed at the world
and the world will laugh at us. Lately
however, strong he may be or how
ever great may be his incentive, can
buck the world. 1t is older than us
and stronger.
In reply to the question:
"You are comfortable and seeming
ly have all you want?'' he said:
"It is not a matter of material com
fort, it's the knowledge that one is an
outcast. 1t is the understanding that
to the kind hearted you are an object
Of charitable curiosity and to the 9TH
ers just simple cad. These are the
things which no man can fight and
am just tired"
Cooke has some friends who say
that as soon as it is known that he is
in want there will be no trouble about
his getting everything he needs. They
say that 1t is only by reason of the
fact that he has not told any one of
his straits that he is in trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
MUNICIPAL RAIL WAYS.
Plan to Have New York Take Over the
Steinway Tunnel.

city of New York to buy the practically
completed Steinway tunnel under the
East river Corporation Counsel Pendle-
ton has announced that he has prepared
bills to be introduced in the legislature
whereby the municipality may be en-
powered to purchase railroads already
constructed or in course of construc-
ton.
Mr.. Pendleton decided that the board
of estimate Is as powerless as the public
service commission recently found itself
to order the purchase of the tunnel,
which Theodore P. Shonts and August
Belmont recently offered to sell to the
city for SPAS, 300 The pending legtsla-
ton. to be introduced Monday night N
both senate and assembly, is expected
to obyiate all difficulties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
MIXED FOG SIGNALS.
They Lead to the Grounding of the
British steamer Silvia.

Woods Hale, Mass. March IA
similarity between the fog signal on
the new Hen and Chickens Iightship
and that on the Vineyard sound light
ship is said to have been the cause OF
the grounding of the British steamer
s.. and St. Johns, N. F., on the Sow
ana Pigs reef at the entrance to Vine
yard sound, Just before daylight e,lLsi today;
whom were the crew of the wrecked
schooner Beta. expressed themselves
as willing to remain on the stranded
steamer until the tug Orion. which
was also bound east, made a trip to
this port for help. Arrangements were
made. however, to take them on this
noon and send them to Boston
AT the time of the accident there was
a thick fog, but the sea was smooth
and there was scarcely any wind. The
fog cleared later in the day.
The Silvia grounded within short
distance of the scene of the wreck of
the steamer Fairfax in November.
1898 and it was the opinion OF
mariners of this place that she would
nave considerable difficulty in extri-
eating herself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
MANILA IS PLEASED.
Preparations Already Under Way for
Reception of Big Fleet.

Manila. March Interpretations have
already begun for the reception and
entertainment of the officers and crew
of the American battleship at this city.
The formation of large reception
committee made up of Americans and
Filipinos will be undertaken immedi-
ately. Officials here expect that large
squadron will be left at this port as
the decision of congress to make Ma
Mia, a naval station will require the
presence of a big feet.
The people Of the islands are highly
pleased at the action Of President
Roosevelt in sending the ships here
and are anxious to learn the date of
their arrival so as to make the nee
sary preparations to receive them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
CYCLE OF WAGNER.
Conried Announces Production of the
'sNieblungen Ring

New York, March 4.-Closing the
season of grand opera at the Metropol-
itan opera house. Manager Conried an
nounced yesterday a cycle of PERFORM
ances in which the four mystic dramas
of Wagner's .Nieblungen Ring will
be presented. The cycle will begin
Monday evening, April Ii, and continue
on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
evenings of that week. Nine. Fremstad
is announced to sing in "Rheingold'
and '-Siegfried;" Mime. LETTER Burck-
ard will take the leading feminine
roles in Die Walkure" and ''Goetter-
dammerung." Mime. Morena's only APP
pearance will be In Die Walkure .
Burrian and Burgstaller are the lead
ing tenors for the series. Gustav Nah
Ter is scheduled to conduct die
Walkure" and "Siegfried,'' while Alfred
Hertz will occupy the conductors chair
at the performances of "Rheingoid''
and "Goetterdammerung."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
Girl IL Years Old Attempts
Suicide in New York.
Five Of Her Childhood Friends
Had Gone Before.
WENT EAST TOGETHER
One by One They Gave Up the
Battle With the World.
All Went From st. Paul About
aYear Ago.

New York. March IA startling
story OF how I'VE young gtrh who
came to New York from 81 Paul lit
tic moro than year ago died each by
her own hand. was told today by IT
year old Helen Baxter, after she
nad made vain effort to end hor own
life Helen said she was one of the
party OF six girls, who came to Esw
YORK to make their way in the world
after receiving q course of trainins
In business school in Minnesota.
She turned on the gas In her room
Last night but was found In time this
morning for her Life to be sawed
When asked why she had tried to end
her Life the girl astonished the ambu-
lance surgeon and others who had
crowded about by her story of the
fate of her friends.
why should I not be allowed 20
de-" she asked. MY five girl friends
after we Left school. have all commit
ted suicide I want to die as they did
and join them
Was it q suicide pactf' she was
asked.
my five friends are all dead and
they died as they chose" was her re-
ply.
The girl refused to give the names
Of any OF her girl friends A short
time after their arrival in New York.
Sne S61os one OF the girls married. Sho
did not live happily with her hus-
band. however, and killed herself a
few months afterwards. In the mean
time another girl had been seeking
employment without success. She
sought death and found 1t by the
same way her friend had. The next
to go in the same manner, according
to Helen's story was one of the girls
who had fallen a victim to a mans
false friendship. With three of their
number dead, the three that remained
worried constantly, and when hard
times came and employment was
hard to find, two of the three volun-
tarily followed their friends to the
grave That left Helen alone. Then
man came into her life. The man
was represented to her as immensely
wealthy, she said, and for time she
was happy Then he suddenly sailed
for Europe. She had nothing more to
live for, after that, she said, and de-
cided to join her five friends in death.
Helen said her father is dead, but
that her mother still lives in ST. Paul.
She refused to give her mothers adj
dress. When it was found that the
girl would recover, she was taken to
police station and locked up charg-
ed with having attempted suicide.
In the girls room were found sew
eral picture postal cards from South
Bend, Ind, and from Revere, Mass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
I Of federal inspectors and prohibition Of

Of federal inspectors and prohibition of
the use Of other grades.
Considerable opposition has DEVELOPED
among the grain traders to the pro-
posed plan for the reasons that there
of inspectors; that it is impossible to
have one set of grading rules apply to
the entire country and the merchants
consider the proposed interference In
their business by the government as
unwarranted. The present grading of
cereals is almost entirely by boards Of
trade and similar bodies and Is thor
oughly satisfactory. 1t is claimed, to
those dealing in the commodities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
MARK HANNA WEEDS.
He Is a Grandson of the Dead Poll
tician of That Name.

Bridgeport, Mass, March 4--Mark
A. Hanna, son of Daniel Hanna, and
grandson of the late Marcus A. Hanna,
and who is a freshmen in the Shelf
field Scientific school at Yale universe
ty, was married to Miss Adele Pratt
of Elmira, n. Y, last evening, by JUS
tice of the Peace Hull Mrs. Hanna
is the daughter of Mrs. Agnes Muir
dock Pratt of Elmira. She met Mr..
Hanna at a hop given under the aus
pieces of the college at Medford. Mass,
where a brother is a student
Town Clerk Weber, who issued the
marriage license and Justice Hull state
that they had promised not to make
the fact of the wedding public for a
few days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14

which Carnegie donates a library. Mr..
Reeder dumped a mail sack full Of
garden seeds into every postofffce in
wallace county last week.
The stuff is on. Wallace county
Is for Reeder."
The Ellsworth reporter, on the 9TH
er hand. thinks that Congressman
Reeder's frank is going to get him in
to all sorts of trouble. 1t says:
Our congressman takes a strange
way of putting forward the claims OF
his favorite candidate, Knox. In send
ing out. under his congressman 8
frank. parts of congressional reports
and other reading matter, there is
inserted little pamphlet with Knox's
picture on the front and containing
newspaper clippings and indorse-
right to do as he pleases, and Is his
own judge for himself as to what Ii in
good taste, or right. or wrong, but we
do say that this Is the first time We
ever heard OF q congressman using
his frank as such to boom a presiden-
tial candidate, and It looks to Us .
most dangerous practice for any gov
eminent to permit. Tho congress-
mans frank It seems to N, II Tor him
to use for the benent of tho people
and to aid him to be more useful AZ
a representative of the people, ana
whom It has come to such pass tnat
candidate It IL time to be alarmed.
Smith County Pioneer: ALI VIII
hanson Of the Messenger has given up
the fight to make that paper q sue
cess, and notified the owners, Joe
Wright & Son, to come and take 1t.
ALI has accepted q position with the
Pioneer. We know nothing OF the Iu-
ture plans of the owners OF the Mes
senger. While they are business COM
petitors we are going to wish them
success in the newspaper business,
whether they remain here or go to
some other field. We understand the
Mo-, will be here in a few days to take
charge of their property.
W. r. Stubs has announced the
following dates for speeches: Belle
Vile, March 16; Leonardville, March
IT; State Agricultural college. March
1S; Lawrence, March 20, before meet
ing of principals of Kansas high
schools; Hutchinson March "a; New
ton, March 81. It is expected that the
vacant dates between these engage
ments will be filled in during the next
few days.
ridge Star, and one Of the senate read
ing clerks, is out with an editorial en-
dorsement of J. N. Dolley for re-elec-
ton to the senate. It is said that
when Busenbark was elected reading
clerk Of the senate, he was supposed
to be a friend OF the machine" but
that he became Disguised with the
work of the lodge" and switched.
Busenbark says in his paper: This
district has never been more ably or
better represented in the interests OF
the people than by Senator Dolley."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
GRAIN DEALERS OBJECT.
They Oppose Proposed Change In
Manner of Classification.

WASHINGTON March 14.-Representa-
tives of the grain growing, shipping and
exporting interests from the principal
cities of the country, met in conference
today under the auspices of the Grain
Dealers National association to con-
slider matters pending in congress, pro-
viding for the establishment by the
secretary of agriculture Of classification
and grading of grain, the appointment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
1t Is warmer Again.

The weather today has been de-
cidedly warmer than yesterdays. It
is almost as warm as some of the
weather which is experienced in mid
summer. There is a slight drop in
the temperature promised for tomor-
row, a drop of about twenty or
twenty-five degrees. But this how
ever, won't make thu weather very
much cooler than TO-DAY. The wind
this afternoon was twenty miles an
hour from the northwest. The fol-
lowing are the temperatures as
,e.aor6ed for today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
He Has Preached in Kansas.

Parkville. Mo. March 4.-Rev- David
r. Bindman died here yesterday aged
81 wears He went to California from
Pennsylvania in 40 and served through
fine civil war with the Union army At
the close of the war he entered the
Presbyterian cnu n; iow serving snd r IN the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
want Fry Act Suspended.

Manila. March 14.--Ti1e assembly has
instructed its delegates at Washington
to ask congress to perpeIuaiiy suspend
the Frve shipping act. This action is
declared to be necessary at once in or
der to prevent the destruction of ship
ping interests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
newton "A. Washburn 27.

TON Athletic club defeated the Wash
burn college basketball team here last
night in a fast game by score OF A.
TO 81 Sfler, Newton center, starred
the feature of the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14
Weafher lntfications.

Chicago, March 1.-Forecast for
Kansas: Partly cloudy tonight and
Sunday; colder Sunday and in north
portion tonight.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-08
WHY A MAN DRINKS.
Julian Hawthorne In the Cosm


Julian Hawthorne In the Cosmo-
politan.
AS a rule, man drinks 20 excess
with a pretty definite end In view,
namely that he may thus acquire
power TO be something more than he
naturally L. He Is depressed, and he
wants TO be cheerful; he is timid. and
desires to be brave: he is cold, and
wishes to be warm; he is feeble. and
wants to be strong he Is below par,
and aims to be up TO the mark. Tn
other words. he takes alcohol just as
a weak monarch hires mercenaries---
to defend himself against stronger
enemy. But the weak monarch has
to pay his hired troops high wages,
and sometimes they turn upon him
and crush him. While they are
willing TO help him, they seem to
make him strong, but II is not with
his own strength, but, in the end, at
the expense of It. Alcohol is the
drunkard's mercenaries; its aid is
treacherous; Il lies In wait to betray
him. He struts for while and glor-
ifies himself oE its proves, which
he arrogates as iis own; but his self
deception is patent, and is presently
exposed. In short, excitement from
drink imposes upon a man self
hood which is not his own, but q false
and monstrors exaggeration of 1t; at
first 1t seems to give him strength or
faculty beyond his normal, but anon
II hurrles him into folly and danger,
and ends by sousing him ignobly and
helplessly into the gutter.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-08

Georgia and other states have demon,
strated that the industrial education
started In our state colleges should
DO extended into system of agricul-
| tural high schools and into our city
high schools. The trend has been to
organize an AGRICULTURAL high school
for each group of about ten countlee.
and to develop mechanic arts cduou-
ton, both in separate city high schools
and as courses Of study IN general city
high schools. Minnesota and Nebras-
ka led in devisinE and developing
schools OF agriculture of high school
grade articulating with the college
above, and with both tho rural schools
and the farms below. More recently
Alabama and Georgia have taken the
lead In establishing ono OF these
schools IN each Congressional district
Minnesota and Nebraska have agricul-
turnl high schools with 600 and 800
students. respectively. Nearly all the
graduates of these schools go back to
the farm. a very small number go
into other vocatlous and probably 10
per cent go forward into collegiate
courses in agriculture. most Of them
to become agricultural techuicians
These schools have demonstrated so
effectively that farm boys and girls
can be educated for country life and
returned to country life that every one
who looks into the work OF these in
stitutions is ready to promote this
Kind Of schools for the entire country.
The author of the Davis bill is con-
vlnced that the passage of this meas
ure would not be an experiment, be-
cause agricultural high schools and
mechanic arts high schools, both In
GLIDING Industrial work for women in
relation to the home. are recognized
as among our most successful institu-
tions. He thinks that within few
years after the establishment of agri-
cultural high schools. the feverish de-
sire to leave the land and go to the
city viii have been removed. Farms
as places of business and farm homes
as places to develop splendid families
will be appreciated at their true Am
erican value.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-08
Y. NJ. AND Y. L. CONFERENCE.

The thirteenth general annual con-
ference of the Young Mems and
Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement
associations OF the Church OF Jesus
Christ of I4atter-day Saints WIN be
held In Salt Lake city. on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, June 70, 10 and
l4, 1908 All officers and members cf
tho associations arc requested to be
present at all of the meetings of the
conference, and n cordial invitation is
hereby extended to tho Saints generally
to attend tho meetings to be held in
tho Tabernacle on Sunday, June ID, at
and o'clock.
JOSEPH +. SMITH.
General Superintendent Y. NJ. NJ. l. A,
MARTHA II. TINGBY,
President Y. l.. M. l. A.