The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-26
ON THE NORTHS SIDE
David Bowie Talks About Situa-
tiOn in England.
Says There Is Talk of a Tariff
There.
LAUGH AT MRS. NATION
Kansas RefOrmer Wasn't Taken
Seriously, He Says.
Suffragists Are Regarded in
Somewhat Similar Light.

4 "A
faction in England is working for a
| tariff According to him hard times
are prevailing in England.
everywhere l went people would
ask me about leading American poll
tlclans,' said Mr.. Bowie this morning
The English have a good opinion of
Roosevelt and also of Taft At the
same time they seem to have consid-
erable admiration for Bryan. although
they do not know as much about him
as they do about the other two.
Inere is a movement on foot for a
tariff As you know, England is the
However. as other countries are i'm
posing duties on goods, some of the
English want tariff not as a pro-
lection for their own industries, but
other nations. For instance, the
French have imposed a duty on Not
lngham lace, and result the ship
ments of lace to that country have de-
creased. A great part of the English
people would like to have some means
of retaliation for such measures.
1t seems for some reason or other
that not near as much stuff is being
shipped to America lately as hitherto
In fact there is something approach
ing a panic in parts of England. In
London there are man unemployed
and I saw in that city HEADQUARTERS
where provisions were given to the
needy. The arrangements were some
thing like our soup kitchens.
These conditions are said by some
to be the aftermath of the recent
Boer war and others say that they
were augmented by the panic in the
United States year ago last fall
AS to Carrie Nation, well she is just
laughing stock wherever she went,
but she seemed to make money every
place. At least she drew large crowds
to her performances in the music halls
of London. / do not know what the
future effect of her work, or rather
-11i will hn
I'm the same class with Carrie are
the suffragists. Nearly every one
makes fun of them and they are not
taken very seriously"
Arthur J. Ashpole died at the home |
of his father in Lecompton about II
o'clock yesterday morning. Tubercu- |
losis was the cause: The funeral will
tist church at IL o'clock tomorrow |
morning. The body will be buried in |
the Topeka cemetery.
Mr.. Ashpole leaves two children.
His wife died about three months ago.
Mr.. Ashpole was clerk at the post
office for a number of years. He re-
signed last fall on account of his poor
health.
Hannah M Warnock. aged 73 years,
died at her home at III Morris street
about 10 o'clock last night. Old age
and complications caused her death.
made later. Her husband is very low
at the home. The Warnocks came
from Birmingham county, Ohio, about
twenty-five years ago.
Look at these bargains: Sugar. 20
pounds, 81; boiling beef. cents a
pound; shoulder boil, &c a pound;
chuck steak. 8 pounds for 25c; Navy
Red River seed potatoes, 81 bushel;
sausages, lie a pound; coffee, 10 cents
a pound; flour, $1.40 sack; apple-but-
ter and jells, 4 dozen glasses for 81;
3 gallons of coal oil for 40c. c. W.
S27 North Kansas avenue.
About 10 o'clock the other night a
young man who stays at a North To-
oeka boarding and rooming house, came
down the stairs from his room and
walked into the dining room where the
was sitting. There was an air
IF suppressed excitement in his manner.
The landlady knew at once that there
was something out of the way as the
ad was very bashful and had never
come into the room except at meal
lines. In fact, his bashfulness is so
anything in the Wv of woman. SO as
he lad entered the room, the landlady
ooked up enquiringly:
What is the matter?" she asked.
With much faltering and bluShlng the
-oomer replied: II
"Why-er-I-I-think that some one is
n-that is-it seems that some girls
I mean, that I believe mistake has
oeen made.
nean?" questioned the mystihed wo-
nan.
WELL came the reply, when went
% my room just moment ago, 1 saw
TWO gir-weH, it appears that some
1ne got into the wrong room. That is,
.hey went into my room instead of
heir own"
A light of comprehension dawned on
he landlady. She remembered that she
lad remarked at the supper table in
he presence of the young man that
some new girl boarders were coming to
-oor11 at her house. However, the young
ng and just to see what he would say,
she asked: why didn't you make them
get out?'
The youth became more embarrassed
and confused then ever. Because he
answered, as his face assumed the hue
IF Kansas sunset. why because, they
vere-weIl. they were attired for sleep
ng and, in plain English, they had re-
.ired and seemed asleep, so 1 thought
t would be more in place to have you
notify them of their mistake.
Il will do that at once. You just wait
lown here and l will tell you When 10
,ome'' was the reply.
With that the landlady ascended the
stairs and went to the boys room She
apped on the door. but as there was
10 answer. she opened it. II
On the pillows of the bed she saw two
leads covered with luxuriant hair Two
arms We're lying outside of the coverlet
There were indications that dainty fem
nine nightrobes incased the bodies be-
onging to the arms. II
The landlady approached the bed. sud
lenly she gave suppressed laugh and
-anked down the cover. AS she did so, |