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TO FIGHT IRISH CHAMPION
Tommy Burnes to Defend Heavy.
weight Title at Dublin.

! ommy BurneS 10 OeIenu .neaVy-
weight Title at Dublin.
Dublin, March 16.-Tommy Burns,
The American pugilist has arrived
here for his fight March II, when he
will defend the title of heavyweight
champion of the world against Jem
Roche, the Irish champion. Burns is
still suffering from an inhamed eye,
but he has definitely decided to go on
with the contest, as otherwise, he is
in better condition than he has ever
been, according to his own statement
and that of his trainers.
Richard Croker, who is one of the
syndicate which put up the money for
the fight and who travelled to Dublin on
the same boat as Burns to witness the
contest, believes that victory will not
be so easy as Burns expects. Burns
turns the scales at 16S pounds while
Roche's weight is 1856. The latter is
in excellent condition with the excep-
ton of slight cold.
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.FL0WERY KINGDOM
MAKES COMPLETE
BACK-D0WN
All Japanese Demands Have
Been Conceded
WILL SALUTE JAP FLAG
General Feeling OF Relief In Toxic
Over Settlement Of Tatsu Mara
E.---4 Affair.
WILL SALUTE JAP FLAG

Toxic, March ia satisfactory set
Element Of the Tatsu Maru affair is an
nounced. China has conceded all the
Japanese demands. She will purchase
the arms and ammunition on board the
Tatsu, and will hoist the Japanese flag
over the vessel. While the flag is be.
ing rehoisted, Chinese warship will
fire salute.
There is general feeling of relief
in consequence Of the settlement of the
incident.
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CHINESE INDIGNANT

Hong Kong, March 16.-At meet
ing in Canton over the Tatsu Maru
ter indignation was shown to be very
strong and IL diplomacy fails boycott
will be organized soon. During the
excitement the viceroy of Canton re-
signed rather than release the vessel.
The resignation was accepted.
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YOU SEE

innumerable Quack Claim, and In the midst Of
these you cannot discern anything True. No
wonder then. that you draw back.
But nevertheless you Must accept Diaduction
or Perish. Nature will not excuse you Obey
Her Mandates, however, and you will reap your
reward; for by Obeying you Command.
J.PB BRADLEY, Sec'y,
Fraternity of Duxanimae,
8rf Camp Aragon. Wo0df0rd. Vt
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MORSE ABLE TO PAY
Ex-lee King viii Fight Attempts to
Make Him q Bankrupt.

Make Him Bankrupt.
New York, March 16.-In. a. state
ment issued by Eugene P. Carver.
counsel for Charles w. Morse, de-
claration is made that the indicted
banker believes that he is able to pay
and with the cooperation of his credi-
tors he purposes to pay all his just
debts.
1t is contended that the banker is
solvent, and Mr.. Carter adds that all
attempts to petition Morse into bank
ruptcy will be fought.
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To Your Measure

seems this to be record breaking for
madeomeasure SUITS the more strange is Of the
panic Of last FALL but have produced very fine fitting
garments and this many have been added
to our already large list Of satisfied patrons
Drop in and look over the new wooens We build fine
made-to-measur, suits at $780, $22 and $25
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DeWitt's Little Early Risers, small,
ginew histle, breaking the hitch snap,
safe. sure little pills. Sold by ID. A.
Ward.
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Sl.6O

Hundreds of shirts Of the new
Spring colorings at $1.O0 and every
fabric tested tor strength and fast
ness of color. Truly this is very
great showing and extra good values
throughout.
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WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.
For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont fair and slightly colder to
night. Tuesday partly cloudy.
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SPRING SHIRTS

Quite the finest lot we ever had
cheviots, percales and madras, with
several special shirtings and nov
city outing with collar and cuffs at
tackled with tie of same material for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15
GOVERNOR HUGHES VICTORY.

Governor Hughes has won a great
victory for law and order, not only in
New York, but also throughout the
country, in forcing the legislature of
the Empire state to pass laws which
will prohibit betting on horse races at
the race tracks as we'll as in places
removed from them. For a number
of years an anomalous condition has
prevailed In New York concerning the
betting on races. 1t is forbidden by
the constitution of that state. But the
legislature a number OF years ago
passed hybrid sort of law which
made it crime to bet on races at any
place in the state except at the race
tracks. Under this law gambling of
tremendous proportions has been in
dulged in at the large race courses in
the state and also at poolrooms which
were run on the sly at other places
throughout the state. Governor
Hughes determined that this was an
evil which should be eradicated and
after a tremendous fight agains, the
gambling politicians who abound In
New York, and in both of the big
political parties there, he has had laws
enacted which will stop this gambling.
The cry has gone up that racing on
the enormous scale with which it is
practiced in New York can not be car
ried on profitably without betting, for
crowds sufficient to support it can not
be attracted to the tracks IL they are
not to be permitted to bet. 1t remains
to be seen whether or not this is so.
But it is far better that racing be
killed than that the constitution of
New York or any other state be pros
tituted for the benefit of a rev big
gamblers. who profit huge gains off of
hordes of small gamblers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15

mer vacation to farm labor, which is
especially severe on unaccustomed
muscles. School vacations are not de-
signed to supply opportunities TOT
earning money. but to provide periods
of needed rest, and II conditions were
ideal every student would so use MS
probably too scanty leisure.
Conditions are some distance from
the ideal, however, and as many city
boys simply can not spend their vaca-
tons in the play that is rest. it is pre-
sumably we'll that the state agricultural
commission is executing systematic
plan under which their boys are at
least saved the cruelest labor OF all,
which is that Of looking for employ
ment where every place has hundred
seekers, while by 1t the farmer, ever
complaining at the scarcity Of help In
his busy season, Is provided with the
hands to whom he Is supposed to be
willing to pay good wages.
Both boys and farmers are said to
have been pleased with the commits
sion's experiment as tried last year
on small scale, and certainly work
on a farm during the summer months
is more like a vacation than work In
a shop or Office would be. 1t is at
least a change of scene, with good air
to breathe in the daytime-as much
can not be said for the sleeping rooms
of the average farm house-and lack
Of skill will probably prevent the per-
Torrance, If not the imposition. Of
tasks unduly onerous.-New York
Times.
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IINCOLN's POOR PROPHECY

When Lincoln, standing in the Ma
tional Cemetery at Gettysburg, in the
autumn of 1863, said, The world will
little note. nor long remember, what
we say here" he did not fully realize
the effect that his words would have.
None of his utterances has been more
widely remembered and quoted than
this short but telling speech. 1t con-
tains but PCS words, and occupied in its
delivery less than three minutes. but it
was a most effective composition and
will never pass out of the memory of
men.
A new American line steamship has
been named the President Lincoln. and
recently a distinguished company of
Grand Army men placed a bronze me-
mortal tablet on the vessel. containing
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. And thus
in spite Of what Lincoln thought of
what he was saying at Gettysburg, the
vessal which bears his name will carry
the speech back and forth over the
Atlantic, and thousands, through this
medium alone, will read the words anil
note the sentiment of his wonderful,
utterance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15
FLOOD VICTIMS CARED FOR.

When the final history of the floods.
which have ravaged various portions
of Topeka during the past ten days.
has been written. there will be one
chapter in it, at least. that will be
pleasing to contemplate. 1t will tell in
glowing terms of the women and girls
who are members of, and associated
with, the u. and 1. club and the officers
of the Provident Association for their
ready, efficient and self-sacrificing
work in extending much needed succor
to those of feeble means who were
forced to leave their homes without
moments notice and seek shelter where
they could.
Luckily for them the city had an
adequate place in the Auditorium, that
big and expensive building which some
folks are wont to frown on occasional
ly. but which has proven a blessing to
the people and the city in more ways
than one since it was erected. Here the
flood sufferers gathered. and in great
numbers on Saturday when the Shun-
ganunga Joined the Kaw in it's havoc
wreaking efforts. And the members of
the U. and 1. club and the officers of
the Provident Association were on hand
to care for them as soon as they ar
rived They were made more comfort
able than one would suppose, under the
circumstances. Food of good quality
and sufficient in quantity, a good por-
ton of it donated by the liberal res
taurant men in the city. was provided.
as were cots and bedding. In any num-
Der of instances clothing was supplied.
To many who were forced for the
time being, to accept of this bounty.
their stay in the Auditorium for cou-
pie of days and nights, has really SEEM
ed to be something in the nature OF a
picnic. In the adequate care which
was given, they seemed to forget their
Of the moment, and
wry face among them was hard to find.
There was every reason for wry faces
for a good many Of these unfortunates
had lost their all in the way of house
hold goods. or had had them damaged
beyond repair. Especially is this true
of the residents from the eastern and
southern sections of the city who were
literally overwhelmed by the sudden
and unexpected rise Of the Shunga-
nunga.
1t will be necessary to care for good
many of these folks for a day or two
until their homes can be made habitable
again and contributions in the way of
clothing of all sorts for men, women.
children and babies will be appreciated
by those who have worked SO hard and
with such success to make these vic
Tins of the flood most comfortable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15
HVAOR OF THE DAY

How quiet the office boy is"
'Yes-I just raised his salary. He thinks
it's a dream and Is afraid he'll wake up
Life.
Knicker-Funny. isn't It?
Bocker-Yes. the people who advise you
to go back to the soil never do IL them
selves.-Brooklyn Life.
Passenger-Say, conductor, that man on
the back platform just fell OF.
Street Car Conductor-That's all right.
He's paid his fare.-Detroit Times.
Political Manager-You don't seem to
like the looks Of the crowd at our ward
caucus.
The Other Man-Oh. I don't know
suppose they're the kind you have always
bought.-Chicago Tribune.
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stirring appeal to Great Britain to
keep up her martial strength and
there.is a great truth in the last STAN
"a which runs:
The grandeur of her deeds recall:
Look on her face so kindly fair;
This Britain! and were she to fall,
Mankind would breathe a harsher
air,
The nations miss light of leading
rare.
with all her faults, Great Britain,
during the past couple Of centuries
has been one of the greatest of COM
polling forces in the spread of
righteous civilization among the four
corners Of the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago Newa1

GFrom the Chicago News1
Many a man is too lazy to marry a
rich widow.
A beauty specialist sometimes en-
counters hard lines.
Most married men growl Just to
keep from forgetting how.
How much farther money would go
If it didn't travel so fast!
The young M D. doesn't try to cure
his sweetheart of infatuation.
How foolish a man feels when he
hears Of baby being named after
himi
One way to induce a little girl to
keep her hands clean is to give her a
pretty ring.
Where woman sees only a beauti-
full lawn. a man sees only trouble with
a lawn mower.
Some people are SO cautious that
they do not attempt to climb the lad
der of fame because they are afraid
OF getting a hard fall.
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most. She was watching Linda
There was an underlined fear that the
girls reckless spirit might lead TO
tragedy.
weeks passed. however. and moth.
ing happened, nothing except that
Linda grew pale-cheeked and thin.
and a note Of defiance rang in her
laughter. She was suffering, ana yet
defying the pain.
Then came a crisis. She was q mile
down the mountain road one day,
seated on a bowlder where she had Of
ten sat before, watching the highway
winding down into the lowlandS ana
the busy world she know not of, when
a human figure came into view. half
at that distance. A blush came to her
cheek and her eyes flashed. Tom
Salters was coming back at last.
She saw that he was dressed as she
had last seen him. and that he walked
with weary step and detected attitude.
Until he was within quarter OF q
mile the girl was blushing and trem-
bling. and ready to raise her hand and
shout glad welcome. Then she be-
she moved her eyes to note his prog
ress. He did not discover her until
he was within a hundred feet. Then
he dropped the satchel he was carry
ing and sprang forward with her
name on his lips.
The girl slightly inclined her head,
but there was ice in her look.
"And you won't shake hands! You
| won't howdy! You won't say -"
She motioned to him to sit at her,
obeyed. He waited long minute
and then In a husky voice began:
y II have come back to stay. / was
fool to go away. I was bon up yere.
an I might have knowed wasn't ftten
for down there. Mebbe somebody told
you that tried to be one Of 'em? Yes.
| I did. 1 wore shoes. wore store
| clothes. tried to talk like 'em an act
like 'em, but I wasn't fitten- thought
I might be. but I never could be. Won't
you speak to me, Linda? 2"
go on" she replied, still without
looking at him.
''Mebbe-mebbe somebody from up
yer told you about-about a gal down
love with her. an she-she made fun OF
| me. She laughed at me. An, Linda,
the fellers Knocked me an put upon me
an made game Of me. I dun couldn't
stand 1t no mo-. an 50 I have come
backbone back to you-all. Won't
you speak to me?'
For two minutes the girl sat and look
ed down the road as she had looked be-
fore. Then she rose. passed Tom and
| went up the road-went slowly up the
road toward home and never looked
back
Unlearned, unlettered and ignorant
| Of the ways Of the world, she had the
heart Of the highest woman in the land,
| and she demanded expiation for a
| lovers disloyalty. Her mother read in
| her face what had happened and sim
ply put an arm around her and whis-
pered:
There, there, child-by and by"
| One evening three months later Lin
da sat in the moonlight on the same
old log at the door. Again her elbows
| were on her knees and her face In her
hands. BY and by some one knelt be-
| fore her and lifted her head and looked
| into her eyes and said:
| Cant you do it now, Ldnda?"
| Yes, 1 reckon" she replied as she
gave her hand.
| And that, too, was '.just like wo-
neutrality-suspicious. 1908, by Associ-
ated Literary Press.)
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

The height of the ridiculous varies
according to the feet and inches in
mems stature.
X X
It is quite as important for a per-
son not to tell all he knows as it is
for him to know anything.
X X
The geniuses of today do not, like
DIR. Johnson. touch every post they
pass. They touch every friend.
K X
An interesting interpolation is as
to what men would be like If they had
the power to make themselves over.
X y \
Maybe fashions change because of
their desires to dodge some of the
people who insist on following them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.]
The fellow who pats himself on the
back has no difficulty in standing
pat.
When a man has toothache he is
apt to envy the fellow with false
teeth.
Even with an extensive vocabulary
it is possible to be a man of few
words.
Lots Of men never know which side
of the fence they are on till they fall
off.
Unfortunately a mans obituary no.
tice always comes too late to get him
a job.
Love will find a way, but it takes
something more substantial to pay the
way.
Blobbs-"why do those two girls
both hate you so?" Slobbs-"I told
them they looked alike"
There are people who seem to spend
all their lives trying to catch up with
their good resolutions.
Blobbs-"Do you think we shall
ever discover the secret OF perpetual
notion" Slobbs-"Its merely a case
Of making both ends meet.
The dead are soon forgotten. In
fact. most of US are lucky if we are
not forgotten while we are alive.
Some men want the earth, but the
fact that it revolves on it's axis proves
that there is enough of 1t to go
around.
Any man can be thankful for what
he gets, but few Of us consider that
we ought to be thankful for what we
don't get.
Hoax-.Do you have easy hours IN
Toov-HNn-
have frequently worked IL hours at a
stretch
Doctor-'If you suffer so from cold
In the head sould advise a nightcap.
Patient-'-To apply-er-internaiiy OF
externally? p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Everybody has a hoodoo these days
Whoever saw a man and wife who
were both red headed?
The younger your daughter, the
more apt she is to love you.
Every woman thinks the other wo-
mems troubles could be cured by GER
tain wall notices, II they would only
read them.
A woman doesn't have much respect
for her mothers opinions when she
buys her wedding clothes. but she has
great deal when 1t comes to taking
care of her first baby.
This is the time of the year when
that old tradition that drinking milk
and eating cherries at the same meal
will cause death, stalks around and
wags an empty skull at you.
If a rich woman is also a manhater,
she gives most grudgingly when help
ing some widow with a lot Of children.
being Of the opinion that such a wo-
man is only getting her just desserts
for ever getting married.
You can often tell how much care
she does her hair. She stops wearing
it In a loose. fluffy mass on the too
of her head II she has to work and
worry, and twists 1t in q hard little
knot that greatly resembles a door
knob.
There are certain articles used in
every house that no one but the moth
er will buy. Who buys the fine tooth
comb. for instance? Not the girl of
16. She Is too proud. But wait until
she is IS and has a husband who snubs
her and children who cry at night.
She would Just as soon go down town
then and buy fine tooth comb as
not. -
Every man believes that, although
he may not be as good looking n this
man, or as smart as some other man.
the charm about him Is that he IL
different from other people, Every
man believes in his heart that he is
different" from anyone else In the
world, though. as q matter Of fact. We
are all terribly alike. We were All
cut by the same pattern. and have not
changed materially since.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15

Senator I. D. Young of Beloit has
Withdrawn from the race for the Re-
publican congressional nomination in
the Sixth district What's he going to
do now with that wonderful personal
PLATFORM of sixteen more or less
sturdy planks which he went to such
great pains to draw up ana on which
he intended to make the race for the
nomination? If 1t were not for the
fact that the planks are too heavy to
float, he might cut it up, make a boat
out of ii, and do rescue work in the
flooded territory of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15

There never was a national conven-
tion of any party, or a large assem-
blage of any kind, that did not con-
tain a few men who would insist on
having their little joke. And the Re-
publican national convention. about to
convene at Chicago, is no exception.
The fine Italian hand of the jokers.
who are already on deck at the Windy
City. is shown in the suggestion that
Dave Mulvane has a chance to get
the vice presidential nomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-15
KANSAS COlAAENT

GERMS LURK IN PLAYING CARDS.
Inc latest scare comes from London
IN dispatch which declares that ugly
microbes Turk in playing cards that
have been used too often
All sorts OF suggestions occur to the
renectlng mind in connection with
these playing card germs: The char
acter OF the germs is varied and they
acter Of their victims
FIRST the hearts are liable to con-
tain the most germs because they are
often selected for trumps in whist
which the average whist player is
noted more than for another. it is fru-
gaIlty with trumps. He will cling to
ms trumps until the last few tricks.
thus subjecting them to inoger contact
with the germ laden fingers.
Charles Lamb, the noted writer and
wit (1775-1S34) once remarked to his
partner at whist: eff dirt was trumps,
what an invincible hand yours would
be!' Now it not infrequently happens
that hands, clean before the game, be-
come decidedly unclean in the process
of play. A delicate, we'll manicured
Iady, mas been known to soil her hand
and arm by hiding an ace up her
sleeve: The most innocent beginner
has often become tainted within and
without by reneging and capturing
trick later by that procedure. The
microbe has left the card and, crawl
ing along her hand, has entered her
very soul.
There is no limit to the suggestions
contained in the London dispatch and
the moral is clear.
Buy a new deck and wash your
hands. incidentally giving your soul a
scrub, at the end Of eacn game
Wichita Beacon.
A NOBLE SPIRIT
Sunday priest was attacked in a
~ g Trf Irr-
morning services. The members OF his
flock who were filing out OF the church
saw man spring upon him from be-
hind and stab viciously at the father.
and the injuries inflicted may cause
death. There is apparently no cause
for the crime, and it is the opinion of
the people who are in a position to
know that the assailant was temper
arily insane.
The case is in many respects similar
to that of Father Leo Heinrichs who
was killed at the altar of his church
in Denver on Easter Sunday. In that
case the murderer was a man whose
mind was beclouded with the teachings
Of death which he had absorbed
through his study Of anarchistic tracts
strangers.
In the more recent case, the assailant
Of the priest was a member OF his
parish, prominent farmer and one of
the most liberal contributors to the
church. What caused him to commit
the crime remains largely mystery.
1t is even more peculiar case than
the Denver murder.
But perhaps the most remarkable
part of it all was the first utterance
Of the priest who, stricken from be-
hind first thought of the man who had
attacked him and said he must have
been mad. There should be no effort
made to punish the would-be murderer
until his sanity had been established,
said the priest. He was sure the man
who attacked him must have been
mad.
attacked in this manner would first
have asked that mercy be shown their
assailant. There is no nobler spirit
than this.-Salina Journal