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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15

phrases with which the Bible abounds
1t is recorded that saul eyed David
from that day and forward" His
later attempts to murder his rival
were only incidental and inevitable
outgrowths of his jealous hate; even
as Gains crime was the direct conse-
quence of jealousy.
Yet sauk was afraid of David. He
saw that the latter's very power to
exercise his own evil spirit was a
mark of inherent superiority. David
belonged to the royal race of helpers,
to whom men turn in time of trouble.
The fear of Saul had it's root in evils
instructive fear of good. The king
saw that Jehovah was with David;
he knew that Jehovah had departed
from him. Therefore his soul COVER
ed in the presence of the stripping
whom his insane jealousy sought to
STAY. The strength of a righteous
man or a righteous cause lies in right
evil is handicapped by its inbred fear
of the good.
The Opposite Growths.
Browning has written a great poem
on Saurs decline. The big, brave
kings doom had been pronounced by
the Prophet Samuel, because of his
selhshness, pride and disobedience.
The deterioration of SauPs soul is an
interesting study. He opened his
heart to all the baser passions. While
he still retained his regal state, he
grew weaker and weaker within, like
a forest monarch, afflicted with inward
decay. His fall was not sudden.
I'VE are not worst at once. The course
of evil
Begins so slowly, and from such slight
source,
An Infants hand might stem it's
course with clay.
But let the stream get deeper, and
philosophy
Aye. and religion, too,-shall strive in
vain
To turn the headlong current
All imperceptibly to himself, by
harboring petty, personal desires and
low designs, the king became a jeal-
Gus, sullen, morose, plotting, muir
derous mailman. Joy fled from his life.
and fear took its place. He ceased to
be attractive to those who had loved
him, or to himself. As he FASTENED on
to his final fall his tyranny grew, He
exercised his power most when he
possessed it least.
On the other hand, David developed
royalty. The very hardshipss which
Sauis jealousy made for him increas-
ed the kingliness of his character. He
learned to meet troubles unwhimper-
ingly; and to maintain his poise and
serenity despite all vexations and
cares The instability of mans favor
drove him to greater dependence upon
Jehovah. The very plots of Saul.
meant for his destruction, only in
creased his power, and his popularity
with the people. Unlike some mod
ern heroes. whose heads have been
turned by success, he behaved himself
wisely, and all Isreal loved him. The
very vindictiveness of the kings hat
red turned attention to him; and his
hardships became stepping stones to
power. David demonstrated that the
favor of the Lord, and real worth of
character are bound to prevail, in the
long run, over place and prestige and
power. 1t is better to be a first-rate
man in a second place, than a second
rate man in first place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15

Great whales and tiny fishes alike
make their home in the sea; even as
there Is room in the -all-enfoldtng love
greatest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
saul hath slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands"

The heart-burning which fills the
breast of the prima donna when her
rival gets more of the limelight than
she, or a seconds longer applause,
ffared up within Saul when he heard
the stripping hero honored above him.
He was Every wroth," lacking that es-
sential greatness which can view an
others triumphs with generous pleas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15

Like religion, the sea both separates
and unites the nations of the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15

Out on the sea men learn their lit
tleness; and they learn faith in the
PARKWAY stars, the invisible wind, the
currents and tide, and in
the Ruler of wind and wave
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
TWO HUNDRED IN PANIC.
Explosion at St. Paul Picture Show
CGuses Wild Rush.

Causes Wild Rush.
The blazing Of films used in a ste-
reopttcon exhibition created a panic
among 200 children who were gath.
cred at Hope chapel, st. Paul.
Many leaped through windows in
their fright and others tore down the
stairway pe:l nell and fell into pro-
miscuous heap into the street. Sew
eral children were scratched and
bruised, while the older people we're
considerably shocked by and un.
nerved by the explosion and the panic.
The machine was working in fine
shape when without the slightest
warning came a flash of white fame
that gave the hall a lurid and terrify-
ing appearance. Almost instantane.
ously there came a sound of breaking
glass in the rear. The children in tLe
dark room got wildly excited and tore
madly for the doors and windows. The
cries of the older people passed by un.
needed in the din. Girls and bows
Jumped over each other, knocking
down chairs and one another in a mad
desire to get out of the building.
At the door there was a mad scat.
ter. There is short turn leading to
the main steps and in the narrow pas
sage there ensued desperate strug-
gle among the children to gain the
open. 1t was half an hour before the
excitement subsided and all the chill
dren had been able to leave the build
ing.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
ENTIRE FAMILY HURT
Tornado Demolishes Farmhouse
Near Fairmont, This State.
SOME OF INJURED MAY DIE
Dwelling Completely Wrecked and Its
Occupants Are Blown into
Nearby Slough.

A tornado struck about five miles
east Of Fairmont, in Pleasant Prairie
township, causing havoc and disaster
on the farm of Albert Manly.
The tornado formed in the open
prairie and then made straight for the
Manly farm, blowing the farm dwell
ing house, barns and other buildings,
and the occupants of the house into a
nearby slough, where it completely de-
molished the buildings:
After leaving the Manly place ii
struck again ieto !ks open fields,
where it soon Spent its fury without
doing any further damage. The lorna
do. was accompanied by lightning,
thunder and rain.
Mr.. Manly and the members of his
family were seriously injured. His
aged fathers back was broken; Mr..
Manly's leg was broken; Mrs. Manly
and the baby were seriously hurt, the
child probably fatally, and nephew
of Fairmont received severe injuries
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
COMPROMISE BILL PASSED
Fourteen House Republicans Vote
With the Democrats. ..:

Washington, May 2S.-After much
preliminary work, more delay and no
little defiance the orders of Speaker
Cannon were finally carried out BY
the majority members of the house of
representatives when the conference
report on the financial bill was :iammed
through and unless Senator La Sol
lette of Wisconsin talks the bill TO
death in the upper house congress will
adjourn late this week after havin;,
enacted what the minority leader
John Sharp Williams described as the
"Cannon-Aldrich political emergency
bill" Senator Aldrich called it more
than half faith cure
The fourteen insurgent Republicans
who voted with the Democrats against
the bill were: Messrs. Cooper, Morse
and Nelson, Wisconsin; Brumm, Penn
sylvaaia; Fowler, New Jersey; Hill
and Henry, Connecticut; Lindbergh,
Minnesota: Murdoch, Calderhead and
Campbell, Kansas; Prince, Illinois;
Waldo, New York, and Darragh, Mich
lgan.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
LAUNCH GOES OVER DAM
Youth browns and Companion Has
Narrow Escape.


Narrow Escape.
Bern Livingston, second year stu
debt in the Northfield high school,
wa. drowned and Alison Blodgett, a
com panion, almost met a similar fate
wh''n their gasoline launch went over
the dam at that place. The disaster
occurred just below the lower bridge
ana between $50 and 200 people saw
the accident, but were powerless to
help the boys. Among the crowd on
the bridge was Blodgett's mother.
The two boys, Livingston, eighteen
years old, and Blodgett, seventeen,
went for a ride in Blodgett's launch
after school and had reached a point
abo,>e the dam where they brought the
lauhch around to go back up stream,
WI on the engine stopped and could
not be started. The water in Cannon
river is very high, running four feet
oser the top of the dam, and the swift
current swept the launch over before
the boys even had time to jump. The
launch sank at once, but the boys
fought hard for life, but the shores of
that part of the river are formed Of
perpendicular cliffs of stone and there
was no chance for the Swimmers to-
get ashore When they, reached a
place about a block below, where a
street comes down to the river, Ed
Rice swan out and dragged >Blodgett
ashore.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
RETURNS FROM The SOUTH

Minnesota Governor Discusses Alaba.
ma Primaries.
Governor John A. johnson has re-
turned to st. Paul from his trip to
Virginia and Alabama.
He was much impressed with the
growth and activity of some Southern
cities. Il found Norfolk, Atlanta and
Birmingham particularly alive" he
said, and in every way like Northern
'c1ties." 49,:
The governor did not discuss the
general political situation except to
say:
II got SO per cent of the Democratic
vote of Alabama in the primaries,
which was quite a satisfaction TO me-
l carried nine counties and in spite Of
the talk about steel trust support my
majorities did not come frc1n the iron
district. Mr.. Pry2n carried these
countless"
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
-FOUR ARE INDICTED.
Conspiracy Charged in ConDec-
ton With Cotton Scandal.
LEAK IN THE CROP REPORT
Theodore II. Price Of New York,
Prominent Operator, Among
Those Involved.

Washington, May 30-Almost stimuli
taneous]y in Washington and New
York indictments were returned
against Theodore H. Price, promi-
nent New York cotton operator; Fred
erick A. Peckham and Moses Haas,
both of New York, and Edwin S.
Holmes, Jr., of this city, formerly as
sistant statistician of the department
of agriculture, for alleged participa-
ton in government crop report leaks.
Price is charged with having con-
spired with the other three men to
furnish advance information regarding
the crop reports of the department OF
agriculture and Price, Peckham and
Haas are charged with conspiring to
bribe Holmes to shape the official re-
ports to suit their interests.
According to one of the indictments
Price made $750,000 as result of his
advance information regarding the re-
port for December, 1904, and paid
Haas $125,0OO out of this sum. The
indictment charges that Haas paid
Holmes $1,000 for information on the
June report of 1905. The second
count of the Indictment says Haas
and Price cOnspired to bribe Holmes
to arrange the June report so as to
show greater cotton crop than the
information in the statistician's Office
justified.
The other indictments charge the
three New York men, in eight counts,
with bribing Holmes for the informa-
tion and with conspiracy to shape the
report as mentioned; charge Holmes,
Peckham and Hass with conspiracy to
defraud the government by getting in.
formation in advance; and the fourth
Indictment charges Peckham and Haas
only with conspiracy to bribe Holmes
to give out advance information.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
CIRCUS TRAIN DlTCHED.
Runaway Empties Cause Wreck Near
Alpha, MINI.

Runaway Empties Cause Wreck Near
Alpha, MINI.
A special circus train, carrying
tWenty-six cars and pulled by two
engines, was wrecked in an extraor-
dinary manner two miles west of
Alpha, Jackson county, on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road.
Five empty box cars on siding were
started in motion by a terrific wind
and, running into an open switch,
struck squarely upon the main track.
The empty cars then rushed down the
steep hill with the speed of a passen-
ger train and crashed into the ap-
preaching circus special. The empty
cars we're smashed to pieces and the
circus train was wrecked and thrown
into the ditch.
The engine crews jumped just in
time; and the circus performers, who
were In the last car, were badly
shaken up. but none seriously injured.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
SMELL WILL BROKEN.
Jury Returns Verdict in Sensation al
Lawsuit.

Clinton, H., Nay o9.---Tho jury in
the Smell faSe, e: G. .;:, H." ,:ecn out
siA hears, hroUs!! III 4 ,ardic, setting
aside the will. The jury was unani-
nous in declaring its belief that Colo
hel Smell was of rns9rnI mind.
The case was Given to the jury
by Judge PhilhrooA after he had
read his instructions. which both sides
regarded as favorable. TIE case has
been on trial here in the circuit court
Tor ten days and is The second attemnt
10 break he will OF Colonel Tom Smell
millionaire, which cut Smells only son
Of with an annuity of $50.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
CONGRESS ADJOURNS !
Final Hours Marked by Filibuster
In the Senate. ~"
IA Toilette LEADS FIGHT
Was Assisted in Attempt to Defeat
Compromise Currency Bill by
Messrs Stone and Gore.

Washington, May 30.-Just ten min
utes officially before the hands of the
big round clocks in the chambers OF
the two houses of congress pointed to
the hour of midnight the first session
of the Sixtieth congress came to a
close
In the house the closing hours were
characterized by singing of songs by
Republicans in honor of Speaker Can
non and by Democrats in the interest
of William !. Bryan. The excitement
which was great at times, finally sub.
sided and the session closed with good
fellowship among members.
The senate was extremely quiet dur,
Ing the closing hours, held together
only by the necessity of remaining in
Bession for the engrossing and signing
Of bills.
The last days of the senate will be
memorable on account of the flibuster
Of Measrs. la Toilette, Stone and Gore
against the emergency currency bill,
by the remarkable interpretations OF
the rules which go far to establish
aloture In body noteworthy for the
Freedom Of debate and by the final
passage Of the currency bill.
At 4:3O o'clock the senate adopted
Me report of the conferees of the two
houses of congress on the Aldrich-
V1eeland emergency currency bill by
the decisive vote Of 43 to 22, and thus
was taken the last congressional step
necessary toward the enactment of
emergency currency legislation. the
legislation toward which congress has
directed it's principal effort since it
convened last December.
The downfall of the fllibuster was
Inevitable. Nine-tenths of the sena-
tors were opposed to it, but it was
marked by the breaking of all records
In the length of speeches, Mr.. La Fol-
lette occupying the floor for over
eighteen hours continuously, speaking
from II o'clock Friday morning until
after 7 o'clock on Saturday morning.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
WITH SOLEMN RITES.
Cornerstone Of Pro- -cathe dral Laid in.
d Minneapolis.

Cornerstone OF o-Cathedra Laid in
Minneapolis.
With all the solemn splendor and
dignity characteristic of Roman Cath.
olic ceremony, the effect of which
was heightened by a crystal blue
sky, the ceremonies attendant upon
the laying of the pro-cathedral
cornerstone at Minneapolis were
carried out to the minutest detail be.
fore vast concourse of people which
extended for blocks around the review
ing stand. 1t was an epoch.makine
event for the church, not only in Min
neapolis, but the Northwest.
For more than an hour and a half
devolt parishioners from the two
cities, as well as scores of communi-
ties In the state, filed past the review
ing stand, 10000 strong. This tribute
to the strength and influence of the
church was viewed by distinguished
prelates from various parts of the
country and The apcst ?lic delegate
from the Vatican at Rome, the Assem-.
blnge including archbishops, bishops,
monsignori and abbots. Following
the sacred rites at the laying Of the
cornerstone a multitude surgsd about
the speakers platform and the review
ing stand. Including both those seat
ed in the stand and the thousands wro
packed the street it is probable that
fully $4,000 persons attended the cerc-
m9!aisg; S'aa''s: "a. ,*<'>'--
The actual rites attendant upon the
laying of the cornerstone were per-
formed by Monsignore Diomede Falco-
MO, apostolic delegate The opening
address was made by Archbishop John
Ireland, followed by Governor John A.
Johnson, representing the state; James
J. Hill, the foremost figure in the up-
building of the Northwest and dis
tinguished patron of the church; Nav
or J. G. Haynes, representing the CITY
of Minneapolis; F. A. Crosse, WHO
spoke for the laity of the city, and w.
P. Devereaux, representing the pro.
cathedral executive committee.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Cuts His Throat With Razor.

Charles Soderlind, prominent
farmer residing near Ivanhoe, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat with
a razor. He went to the haymcw to
kill himself. Soderlind was tho vnor
Of section CT land, had : :e..y OF
money and was vice president OF ;nc
First National bank pf 1,a:.iioe. He
had been clerk of his township for
eighteen years and was president Of
the Farmers Institute Elevator com.
pany of 1vanhoe. Temporary insanity
brought on by melancholy and i'll
health is believed to have caused the
act
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
MURDERER Is CAPTURED,
Young Man Who Killed Woman ir
Church Behind the Bars.


Fond du Lac, Wis, June 1.-Grant
Poole, who shot and killed Mrs. e. H.
Orvis at the Methodist church at Oak
field as the congregation dispersed
from the morning services, was cap
tared BY farmer named Morgan near
the village Of Ladoga, eight miles from
Oakfield. Poole was turned over to
officers and was at once brought to
this city and landed in Jail. ~...
Poole has been madly In love with
9IeGe Qryfs. the daughter of the dead
woman, and his attentions toward her
have not been countenanced by the
family or the young woman.
His victim was fifty years old and
daughter Of Abel Bristol, the banker.
Grace, the daughter, is twenty.one.
The Orvis family is prominent in the
county and Mrs. Orvis was the social
leader of the village and highly re-.
Spected.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
WHOLE FAMILY BROWNS.
They Were Celebrating Payment OF
Mortgage on Home.

Philadelphia, June IAN entire
family, consisting OF William Eidel-
man, aged thirty-eight years; his
wife, Eliza! e'h. IA Fl .ir:y aven. and
their two H.! ,'ret;. .il!::i. /" ea even.
teen, and William, aged seven, were
drowned in West PensauHea creek. he
low Riverton, N. j., by the capsizing
of a small row boat.
The family was taking an outing
partly in celebration OF the fact that
the father had just cleared off the
mortgage On home lie had purchased.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Hart Case is Ended.

Francis B. Hart, the Minneapolis
attorney, has been denied re-
argument in his case by the special
supreme court and will now have to
take an enforced vacation of six
months during which he will not be
allowed to practice as an attorney at
law in this state. An order was filed
by the special supreme court with the
clerk of the supreme court denying
Captain Harris petition for a reargu-
ment in his case and vacating the stay
granted some time ago. He criticised
the state supreme court.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Southern Industries Resume.

Birmingham, Ala, June with
the resumption CT mines. furnaces and
other industries this week 5000 men
who have been idle OF practically SC
for several months go back to work.
twenty-five hundred resumed in mines
and coke ovens. The others will fol-
low as the furnaces are stocked with
the result of their labor. 1t is also
understood that the United States
Steel corporation viii begin in the
iron territory a general revival of ac-
tivities that will give other thousand;
work in the near future.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
BOYS HOLD UP TRAIN.
Rob Passengers on Great Northern in
Montana.

Great Falls, Mont, June IA north
bound Great Northern passenger train
was held up near here by three boys,
aged from fifteen to seventeen, who
are under arrest. T.
The train was run onto siding by
the bandits, who fired a fusillade up:
and down the train. William Demp-
sey, an Augusta rancher, was shot
through the leg in attempting to es-
cape from the train after it had
stopped.
Conductor Hayes was compelled by
the robbers to precede them in pass
ing through the cars, carrying a
in which the passengers were invited
to dump what cash they had about
them
Most of them deposited from 81 to
$40 and the booty of the desperadoes
is not believed to be greater than sew
eral hundred dollars.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
new HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS

oend an uninstructsd Delegation to
Denver.
- Concord, N. H., May 2s.-The Demo-
Gratis of New Hampshire met here in
state convention, adopted a platform
Of party principles and elected four
delegates at large to the Democratic
aatienal convention.
The platform calls for an immediate
revision of the tariff.
An attempt to insert in the platform
, resolution favorinx the presidential
candidacy of William j. Bryan was
defeated by a most pronounced ma
)ority, but the Bryan supporters were
victorious in selecting as delegates at
large the men on their own ticket.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Chicago Grain and Provisions,

Chicago, June 1.-Wheat-July,
90A @90%c; Sept, S7%c; Dec, Ss%c.
Corn-July, 6S1k@6SAc; Sept, $3.50
66hc; Dec, 57hc. Oats-July, old,
46Ac; July, 45Ac; Sept, 37%c. Pork
July, $13.721a; Sept, $13.97k. But
ter-Creameries, 1S@22c;- dairies, 16
@n20c. Eggs-l4c. Poultry-Turkeys,
14c; chickens, 12c; broilers, per dozen,
$250Mt.OO
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Mime c,,cIis Cci r:o .vne j.

VIII e number Of wci':;Men nearby
ari ltT CO: ::pa:lioE s;.:c:s scaice.y
4 hundred feet away HORACE Thonp-
IN. eleven years olt,, son OF Z. l..
=. I.ompson, grocer Ct Minneapolis,
slipped IN the bank Of tie M:ssiss; pDi
river and sank to a silent death in tie
river. ''..-.e drowning tco.: piact, ;:l.t
south OF tie s.. .aul rjads L2idge,
twenty feet Oh the ST. p;;::l s.d>, Vi ,4.e
Twin City boundary line: .-.-. i
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Falls Dead on Wife's Grave.

Tragic features a:ter:|cd the Nerc~
rial day exercises at Calvary ceme-
terry at St. Paul. Timothy J. Nc
Carly, an aged and we'll known resi-
dent of that city, fell dead while p!ac-
ing flowers On Lis wifes grave. Apo
pleXy was assig:ed rs the cause. Later
DR.. J. NJ. Finne.l, delegated by Cor
oner Mile" TO view The body, suffered
stroke of aroplexy while en- route
to '!e % e:c"s. Ills CT, ..n is
uEi;C ser;, :.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Two Brothers Are Drowned.

Edward and William Maureke, ten
and twenty-four years old, drowned
in a lake north of Austin when the
boat in which they were rowing cap
sized. Another brother, aged nine
teen, was also member of, the party.
He was rescued by Herman Baudler,
who happened to be passing in boat
near the scene of the accident.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Chicago Union Stock Yards,

Chicago, June 1.-Cattle- -Beeves,
$4.S0@735; Texans, $4.60@570; West
ern cattle, $4.50@5.75; stockers and
feeders, $3.5O@ $40; COWS and heifers
$2.30Q36.15; calves, $4.75@6.25. Hogs
Light, $5.25@5:65; mixed, $500
$40; heavy, $5.25@5.s71k;.~ rough,
$5.25 D5.40; good to choice heavy,
$5.40@5.67k; pigs, $425@5.20. Sheep.
$3.60@5.25: yearlings, $5.5O@6.25;
lambs, $4.50@6.7O.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Cleveland Continues to Gain.

Princeton, N. J.,' May 30--Alrs. Gro.
YER Cleveland, her children and her
mother, Mrs. Perrine, have left here
for West Ossipee, n. H. 1t is said
that Mr. Cleveland will join his fam
Ny there shortly. All reports from
Lakewood regarding Mr.. Cleveland's
hsalth are of an encouraging nature.
No reoisivs vsts Of u to %, and thus
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
sTEEEERsoN's BODY FOUND
Corpse Of Minnesota 'consressman's
Son Recovered.

The body of Benjamin J. Steener-
son, private In the marine corps,
who was drowned last February while
attempting to save the life of his com.
panion, John M. Mcintosh of Pennsyl-
vania, was picked up off Prudence
island near Newport, R. l., by fish,
erman. Steenerson's father is Con.
sressman Halvor Steenerson of Mime.
sofa,
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, June 1.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, s5.o0@6.,5; fair to good,
$5.00@5.75; gccd 10 choice COWS and
heifers, S4.50M5.50; veals, S3.75G5.OO.
Hogs-$5 30 M5.4O. Sheep-Wethers
S4.50@5.0o; good to choice lambs,
$5.50@575.