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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs Mary Reynolds. Of Watson,
Kansas died Wednesday of heart
trouble. Mrs. Reynolds was a sister Of
John and H. A. Whitlow Of Topeka,
and lived with her granddaught Mrs
Pearl Bursaw. She was IS years OF
age The funeral was held this after
noon az 3 O'Clock
The funeral of Albert Martin. who
died at his home, 224 Hancock street,
wednesday, will be held from the resi-
dence Friday afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
and a short service win follow at the
German Baptist church at 2:30. Rev.
c. L. Sorg win preach in English. and
Rev Hill will preach in German The
interment will be in Topeka cemetery
Mr.. Martin was g. years Of age, and
came to Kansas in 1866 He has lived
in Topeka 10 years, and was a barber
BY trade He is survived by his wife
and four children. Mrs A Mischke
and Mrs r Mitchell, of Helena, Okla
homa. Charles Martin of Cripple Creek.
Colo. and William Martin Of Topeka
Word has been received here Of the
death of Mrs. J. D. Stuart at her home
in Savannah, Ca Mrs. Stuart former
~ lived in Topeka. when Mr. Stuart
held a position with the Santa Fe rail-
road. he is now with the Georgia
Central. The following Is from St
Mrs. stuart died at her home in sa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
AT THE CAPITAL.
Return of Prosperity Is Looked
For in East.
Tariff Adjustment Expected to
Bring Peace and Happiness.
ALREADY is BETTER.
Business Improves on Prospect
For New Law.
New Drill Hall Is Planned For
Fort Riley.
ALREADY is BETTER.

washington. July 15.-That the full
tide of national prosperity will resumed
its flow lust as soon as the tariff bill
is passed and signed. or otherwise dis
posed of. is the almost universal opin-
ion among public men, 1t is likewise
the one thing in the situation which
gives cncer to Republicans. most OF
whom feel that the country is not sat
isf1ed with the measure.
The fact, however, that the bill Will
become law Is months before an elec-I
ton is altogether in favor or the he e
pubIicans ard they fully realize it,
They will stand a. vastly better chance
of convincing the country Of the merits
of the bill a year from November than
they would in the coming November
They anticipate that much Of the VIDE
spread disaffection VIII wear on, aIlyI
Democrats sadly admit that they think
the same way. Indeed. there is much
less confident prediction of Democrat
ic house next year than there was a.
few months ago. and the real reason
is that business has done what all re-
gard as a remarkable performances.
Right in the face Of tariI1 REVISION
there has been an Improvement IN gen
eraI business status IN the last lour
roorths which would be remarkable
even if there were pending no issue Or
dfnariIy calculated to disturb business.
The reports from all parts of the coun-
try agree on this point Members OF
the house who have flocked to town IN
the last week for the last scenes of tar
if legislation bring the same report
from all sections o. the country. Ihe
agricultural sections are facing crop
which is likely to break records, as
whole. while the manufacturing ana
commercial regions find their conditions
accurately rejecting those OF the IarIh-
ing country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

Congress is to be asked to provide
funds for an immense drill hall of a
special type for field artillery at Fort Tort
Riley. The plans contemplate a hail
175 by $50 feet, which is about tWlG VICE
the Size of an ordinary cavalry drill
han II will accommodate regiment
of six batteries of field artillery at one
time. and will be of great value in con-
nection with the work of the mounted
service school at Fort Riley
at Fort Riley. which are used about all
the time for the regiment of cavalry
stationed at the post. With the add1-
tionaI field artillery hall it is estimated
ahoI1+ eight hours every week day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

The Prudential State Bank, cornor
Seventh and Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

Work of repairing the large earth
redo4b+ at Fort Riley has been COM
menced. The work was constructed
during joint maneuvers of 1906, un :
der directions of the Third bat
talon of engineers and by the lanors
of ,ae,1Iar- soldiers and soldiers of the
militias of Kansas. Minnesota. Mis-
souri, and South Dakota. 1t is strong
fertilization, over 1000 feet long. A.
the time of it's construction it was used
in tests of high explosives by held ar
tiIlery-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

we make paint. Its real paint
ItsT soldw right The =. X Jones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

A circular has been received at police
headquarters of this city saying that
reward of $500 has been offered for the
arrest of Samuel Bitter. aged twenty
i've years who recently escaped from
Jail at Hutchinson, Kan. where ne was
under sentence of life Imprisonment for
murder He has a sallow complexion
and is said to be morphine and
cfgartte fiend He is slightly stoop
shouldered and has a slouchy walk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15


The Washington Herald says; GOV
ernor Stubbs, OF Kansas, is speech
maker of the first water" said ). n.
Young of Kansas City. at the Rlggs
yesterday. There is not very mucn
srinpIing water ard -EdoWery sympos-
il1r1' in his talk Rather he pounds
aVyay ike a sledge hammer, and al
ways has something to say.
But Stubs is not to be taken aWsy
from his office by the glory of the Chau-
tauora. plaudits," continued Mr.. Young.
aT5A doesn't mean to- cast any ref1eetlon
on anybody, but he says that he THINKS
ii is the duty of the governor or ran
sas to stay at homo and atteno 70
business. That is his platform on that
subject. but the governor Will make
some speeches this summer, ana posi-
blv some on Chautauquas platforms,
Though he will mott take any pay 1or
his work. = ~
going TO fail behind its record TINS year
for producing spellbinderS-, -Inere aIe
lots of orators in Kansas plenty OF
+1ayn in fact. the woods are full of
men who know what 'peroratton means
A man has to get into the nmehght IN
order to ascend the -Chautauqua Pldt-
form. and, noting the big array OF
Kansans selected to charm AUDIENCES
bv the wise lyceum managers, 1t Is eVl-
dent that Kansas has been doing some
thing So, when the Sunfiower natives
&c away from home this summer anu
drop into a big Chautauqua audience
| somewhere. they need not be surpris =
ed to hear the chairman announce Inc
sneaker from Kansas.
Il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

Mrs. John W. Bischof. formerly Miss
Elsie Bond, of Emporia, Kan; and
widow OF the famous organist and
composer who for many years pre-
sided at the organ of the First Con-
gregatfonaI church Of Washington, is
now taking the place that Prof
Bischor filled. ana is conducting the
choir of the church. Mrs. Bischon is a
niece of David Roberts OF Usage City.
Kan. employed in the government
printing office
The First Congregational church is
attended by many Kansas people,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

Every mans, youths
and boys suit Of clothes
in this store positively
Notwithstanding all our
finest blue serges a n d
blacks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

Mems Porous knit
Underwear - shirts
and drawers = sell
everywhere at SOC.
Bargain sales re-
duce to 39c. Or
Priced here. AOC
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
rHE .MraHr HAVE REEN.r

Speaking of what might have
 been." The New Haven Register says: Had x-President Roosevelt been any, where near the scene of the bloody
 battle which took place in the desert l outside of Tangier, Morocco, the other day.. between the Sultan's forces and the rebel tribesmen, Instead of in an other part of Africa, who can say what might have happened? Does anyone believe that such a trifie as interna- tional laws would prevent his taking part in a shindy in which the dis
 patches say. the field was 2 shambies. hundreds of men. We are further told that the ioyalists fought with fanati- cal zeal before fleeing. but could not withstand the terrible onslaught of the
 rebel forces.
 Does anyone think that if our war
 lord was in the neighborhood he could resist the temptation to rally the flee ing loyalists a Ia Winchester, and like 6 Sheridan wiring victory from defeatf The reputation of tour war lord"
 as a soldier rests on about as himsy a. foundation as does his reputation as
 statesman and reformer. Of course
 there's. .nos telling what hes might have
 dons hhder the 'cireImstances referred
 to. He has such a confirmed habit of
 putting in where he has no business
 that he might have joined one or the
 other side in the Moorish affray-and
 would have cared very little which side
 he was on. Almost anything might
 have been" where Roosevelt Is concern ed, except the right thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

looked On as shs protector of every womsn. and 1t would be considered an insult to both sexes to even suggest that they should not ride in the same cara.
 Either 1t was different in New York or somebody thought 1t was different, for one of the roads tried the expert- ment of separate cars We do not now call to mind whether there was any demand for this arrangement. or whether the road officials merely thought there was. but at any rate they gave 1t . fair trial for three months and found there was no call for sex segregation. We are told. as matter of fact, that the women re- fused to patronize the special cars set apart for them. thus showing that they were not in favor of the arrangement. At all events. the experiment showed that the segregation of the sexes is not necessary or popular.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
A NEW SOUTH AFRICA.

Uniou ef 6tAtes Consummntion of Fifty
 Years of Planning.
 The action of Natal in accepting the scheme Of South African union, despite some features of 1t which seem to discrimi- at dissdysntase. assures the eonsuinina- aSa %or. V or s iss. ss in view for fty years. and been ls the forsmsst issue of south African two from each colony, set out for EnsIand before the Imperial parliament. and 1t is hoped that the instrument viii be enacted into law before the British legislators ,s Sis, perse for their summer vacation. when that is done each of the four colonial gov ernments vii appoint . member of the com mss,on which ,s to ds,lt non tn. woTf ws,cs hoped @ sessRlf wiil ss % sompis.sa Sy the time ,bs date win probably be set at the 1st of Jan uary next. which win be particularly app-o- priate as the tenth anniversary of the estab- iia. Tn the early part of next year. then the first general election in the South Afri- can union will be held, and the first rar- iiament of the union will assemble wisntn year from the present time.
 We have spoken of this union as having been considered for the last fifty years. Al the British fias. and at times-as just be- fore the Boer war--for secession from fhe British empire and union under the "Vierk- ieur" and incidentally under German pro tection The former of these plans has now been adopted and the new union VIII doups. less be one of the most loyal members of the British empire. It was just short of half . century ago that writer In the Quarterly Review. of London remarked that of ali the dependencies of Great Britain none had been a source of more anxiety and at times of greater vexation than the Cape of Good Hope. while, speaking of Natal which then had only 6,550 white inhabit- ants to io2.105 negro natives. he quoted with approval a statement that history does not present another instance in which so much security of life and property has been enjoyed" as had been experienced by those few colonists in the midst or that multitude of sAyages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
The Awakening in Georgia

Nashville American.
 The Atlanta Constitution says that sham reform has had it's day in Geor- gia: that the people have tired of false pretense and false premise. and will have no more of it. The Constitution s dislike of the retiring Governor may inspire its utterances, but the Hon. Clark Howell, its editor. Is usually sentiment in his State. and his expres- sion must be given due weight
 The elevtion of Governor Smith was most popular .aIn in Ge1rsia; .hs TO the the hour; yet when he came asking an en- dorsement of his ofhclal acts they set him aside for a man in no sense his
 There were no doubt various ele- ments contributing tv this result. The railways had a hand fin it. The anti prohibitionists were also active Tor ly that the people. had made up their minds to destroy their idol and set up a new one in his place.
 The Constitution says the result was was A protest against sham reform. and doubtless it was The people. misled, at last awoke to find that the spacious promises of reform were piecrust; that They made up their minds to get back to sound principles. Therefore they turned down Smith and put Brown in.
 The result In GeorSla IS lkely to have its counterpart in Alabama be- fore long. Sham reform has about had its day In. that State also. There are abundant signs of an awakening among the people all over the State. As 1t was in Georgia. and as 1t Is likely to be in Alabama, so 1t promises to be in a number of other Southern States where the so-called reformers have been promoted to the head of the table and then spoiled the feast through un- wise and unnecessary acts.
 The sham reformer Is never a fixture. He struts his brief day across the stage, and, then passes into the wings. The people soon see through the tinsel, and once they do. 1t is back to the sticks and to oblivion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
DEER HERD RAIDS CROP.
Minneapolis Journal.

Minneapolis Journal.
 Farmers living along the Nishna River in Western Iowa. a short dist ance east of omaha and between the towns of Avoca and Western, are con- fronted with a uniQue condition. Their crops are being eaten up and trampled into the ground and they are powerless to prevent the wholesale destruction because the laws of the State do not permit the killing of deer.
 A herd of nearly 400 deer Is roam- ing about the country eating the young and tender grain and tramplng into the ground what Is not eaten. There is no open season in Iowa when deer can be killed, and the killing at any sea. son subjects the killer to fine of $1Oe and costs
 Collection of the herd was hobby of William Cuppy. one of the pioneer residents of Avoca. a rich farmer own. ing several thousand acres of land. much of 1t being along the Nishna River. Upon the death of Cuppy. the administrator of the estate was at . loss to know what to do wish the anl- mals. Tn time the court ordered di. vision of the property and the settle ment of the estate. The land was sold. and all the personal property except the deer was disposed of. No person seemed to want the deer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
THE EMPIRE OF INDIA
! ASPZRA7YOMS oF LNDL.
n. E,~sl..;e Il A..kir.

army ths army appropriation has bsen increased each year and the irrigation schemes arc not carried out.
 Such is the nature of the extremely practical reforms which the Indians say they cannot hope to zee accom- plished until they are given the right to make their own lAwa levy thetr own taxes. and vote their own budeet. The purely sentimental craving for liberty" has Q surprisingly small part In tho agitatioh Like all great suc- cessful revolutions in history, the In- dian unrest is founded upon. an econe omic and commercial basis. fss
 It must not be taken for granted that India is unit upon these quen- tions. India is united upon no ques- tfon. The aspirations and hopes of the Indiana who captain the hosts of the discontented are plainly the result Of English education, European trainipg and Western thought The Tory party in India is thoroughly conservative and Oriental. When the Government was obtaining the views of the leading the Reform Scheme. some of. the replies were distinctly reactionary one blood thirsty old Moslsm said that the Government, instead of givinE the right to. vote, ought to hang few people every year on general principles just to show how powerful 1t was.
 Khan Bahadur AurangSeb Khan, . retired tax commissioner, is very much opposed to the reforms and the policy of giving natives seats on the legis- iative and executive councils. He said: No. sahib. 1t will not do. con- suit us If you wilLs but do 1t secretly., It is not right to. put people in oppo- sition to government. The 6akAr~- that is, the British Governments In .in- dia--is wsii-meaning. but it has made two mistakes. First, 1t has giyan education to people unntted for it: and, second. 1t has put the tenants above the people above itself No. sahib. It is not right to mention the name of Councils where the people may hears It will spoil them. The Goyernment1s 1s well-meaning. let 1t rule. e." ,ssss k s
 Whether the Indians. If given the power of self government. would he capable of bringing about the desired reforms 1t Is impossible to sky The Indian National Congress is . purely native, body which has held annual meetings for quarter of century to discuss the needs of the Empire It's resolutions have been carefully pre- seated to the Government, and have been carefully filed away. Except in bringing the people of different parts of the nation, and of dinerent relig- ions, into contact with each other the Congress has accomplished little. Since the beginning of the present unrest. one session broke up in a fight be- tween the Moderate and the Extreme parties The English opponents of re- form point to the Congress as proof that the Indians are wholly unfit to manage their own affairs. But If that Congress were invested with power to do, something more than pass resoiu- tions, there might be difference. Whatever ones opinion of the fitness of Indian for autonomy, the sober and practical character of the reform pro- gram compels respect.
 Y F(Copyright 1909. by :, Frederic T.
 Haskfn.) TomorrOw---The Empire of rndfa. vII--Constitntion ana Gcvernment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
HAVING TROUBLE,

Washington Is one of the States that is trying to regulate things, one of It's latest efforts being the enactment of law or laws to prevent cigarette smoking. Of this effort The Chatta- nooga Times says:
 l They're having trouble with their antf-cigarette law out in Washington. Judge Mann, of Spokane, had a couple of .friends' before him and discharged both with the observation that. in his belief. "a cigarette is small cigar, but as for calling some tobacco rolled up in a paper a cigarette, I cannot see | 1t that way" Legislators will have to be more particular hereafter In de- 1ning the things they wish to prohibit. For instance, when they come to put ban on smoking. they will have to tobacco. etc. Certainly the answer. in the Spokane court, of one of the &C., cused II wasn't smoking; 1t was the tobacco" would seem to defy contra of technicalities, who shall say that the answer was not sufficient to justify | the discharge of the offender, since 1t was not he but the cigarette, that was smoking?
 While the reply of this accused per- son may have been somewhat flippant. | we suspect tHdt IL WOuiu Ho'o pN~AiSN his accuser to tell wherein it was faulty. Judging from various refer- ences we have noticed in the news papers we must conclude that Wash ington Is furnishing another example of the absurdity of trying to make everybody good by drastic legislation. It is a species of reform that is apt to defeat It's own purposes because 1t un- dertakes too much, and because public sentiment will not sustain 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

After all these years the French peo- pie have discovered that a person of the name of Jacques de Romas devised lightning-rod two years ahead of Benjamin Franklin, and they are in q hurry to erect a belated monument to his memory Some of the French al- ready claim that not Washington but Rochamb eau and de Lafayette won our war of the Revolution. Perhaps we shall next learn that the Declaration of fndependence was really written at Paris and by native of France Macon Telegraph.
 The French are a long time finding out what should be matter of record ed history. if there is any truth in It. | which there is not. They can neither disturb Franklin nor discredit his rep utation as a discoverer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
WEARING c0rroN CLornns.

An earnest effort to persuade the
 men of the South to wear clothes made
 of cotton goods would be . long step towards lifting the price of cotton by creating c new demand for 1t. The Southern organisations which meet and resolve to secure higher price for cotton could adopt . more practical course for the increase of the price of cotton by popuiarizing the wearing of clothes made of cotton and manu- factured in Southern states.
 Many papers, throughout the coun- try commented upon the cool and at- tractiye suit of cotton goods worn by Vice President James s. sherman. Any body that knows anything about clothing knows that the coolest and
 most delightful summer clothing Is made of cotton. We have had in the South various organizations which have endeavored by action. one way or another. to get better price for cotton. The quickest way to secure a better staple price Is to increase the demand. No more effective means, to enlarge the. demand for cotton could be found than to induce Southern men to wear clothes weaved of cotton. Vice President shermans summer suit of cotton is only type of others worn sometimes In the South. but as . rule our people prefer to buy the hot wool ems. manufactured In New England. Of all the conventions called to im- prove the price of cotton there were probably not half a dozen members who wore cotton clothes. But enough suits of cotton weaved clothes have been made and worn in the South for 1t to be known that they can be made quite as attractive and much cooler
 than the high priced woolen goods from the north.
 The mills of the South would be glad to supply demand. They can weave the goods; all they need is purchasers for them after they are made when half the men in the South dressed in cotton weaved clothes in Southern
 mills. more will have been accom-
 piished by that fact for the raising of the price of cotton than has been done
 in all the conventions by all the or-
 ganizations. which have struggled with
 the question.
 Let us do something practical
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1soe.
Governor Hadiey. of Missouri. in |


 Governor Hadley. of Missouri. in signed article, declares that trusts should no longer be tolerated" That is easy to say. and the same might with truth be said of great many evils. but finding the remedy Is quite diff fsrent matter. Most people who are not Interested in. or benefited by. aetrust Of some kind win agree that they should be suppressed, but the man who can tell how they are to be suppressed and done away with has yet to be found. If the Governor will come for ward with plan that will prove both practicable and effectiye he will be looked on as a public benefactor and friend of the people. It Is easy enough to say that anything Is wrong and should not be tolerated but ridding the country of the wrong is quite different.