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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-20
ttend to the company's business in

attend to the company's business in
the east.
The proposition was made to the
local stockholders that as soon as
$1,000 was put up the actual conStruc-
ton work on the railroad would beign.
The $4,000 was raised and grading
commenced. DR.. Hamilton states that
the roadbed has been graded for a
distance of about three miles west of
WaShburn college grounds. The
grading was interrupted in the first
instance by severe weather conditions
and before it was resumed the failure
of the Lamprecht Brothers occurred
and up to this time it has not been
resumed.
Dr.. Hamilton declared that the
completion of the road will open up
great possibilities and everything in
dicates that it will be a profitable en-
terprise and he believes Mr.. Curnick
will be successful in interesting the
necessary eastern capital and that the
railroad will be constructed and put
into operation.
President Holiday Refused to Talk.
c. K. Holiday. president of the To-
peka Southwestern company, when seen
by State Journal representative this
morning, refused to make any statement
whatever concerning the road and it's
future prospects.
W. c. Stephenson. another prominent
local stockholder. also expresses conf
dence that the Southwestern railroad
project will be pushed to completion. He
admits that there may be some delay
about constructing the road owing to the
time that will be necessary to secure a
new eastern agent to handle the bonds
and to secure additional eastern capital
he believes the road will
finally be built and that the project will
not fail
Lamprecht Failure Hurt.
E. B. Merriam in an interview with a
State Journal representative this morn
ing, expressed the opinion that the To-
peka Southwestern is still live project
I'VE were given a severe setback when
the Lamprechts in Cleveland failed"
said Mr.. Merriam, "and of course that
put US out a little. Mr.. Curnick went
east few days ago to try and interest
another company in the project of sell
ing the bonds and acting as finaneia
sponsor for the road. We all feel conf |
lent that he will be successful, and
when this is accomplished we will be |
ready to again start the construction
work.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-20
BIG CHICAGO RACE.
Autoists Will Compete for the Cobea
Trophy.

Chicago. March Chicago will
have full charge of the stock Chassis
road race to be run for the, Cobe-
trophy. The Chicago Automobile
club has decided to make the event for
the west and has advanced the dates
to June 1919. Mr.. Cobe has with
drawn his offer to the national or
ganization. The big race Will be held
in this section for two years but all
western clubs have the right to bid
for it annually. It embraces the ter
ritory from Pittsburg TO the Pacific
coast and from the Rio Grande to the
Canadian line
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-20
MISS THAW TO WE'D.
Young Marquis Teedoi to Become
Husband.

Chicago, March 2O-The Tribune
today prints the following special
cable dispatch from Rome:
Another international marriage is
about to enliven Roman society. This
time 1t is an American, Miss Thaw.
daughter of Alexander Blair Thaw of
Pittsburg, who together with his wife
and daughter, has been spending the
winter in Rome. The happy man is
the young Marquis Teedoli, member
of one of the best known and oldest
Roman aristocratic families"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-20
COMMISSION LOST.
Arkansas City Satisfied With Pres
ent Municipal Plan.

Arkansas City. Kan, March 2O.-At
a special election here Friday on the
proposition was voted down by a ma
jority of 153 out of a total vote of
447. The business element worked
against the plan and were instrumental
in voting it down. The total registra-
ton for this election was 1.400 The
next city election is April 6.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-20
inauguration Paid a Profit.

Washington, March 20.-At fnal
meeting Of the inaugural committee
today it was disclosed that the COM
mittee had a surplus after the pay
ment of all bills and the return OF all
guarantees, of about $4,000. Five
hundred dollars was voted to the wild
oW of T. M. Swami, a carpenter who
was killed by fall while working on
the presidents stand in the inaugural
ballroom.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-20
TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.
What to Do With Our Ex-Presidents
Fixed in Two Bills.

Washington, March 2O.-Onee a
president always a government en-
pIoye if either of two bills recently
introduced in the house becomes
law. One offered by Representative
honorary members of the United
States senate for life and as such gives
them a salary of $4,000 per annum.
The other. introduced by Repre-
sentative Bennett (N. Y.), provides
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-20

that ex-presidents of the United states
shall have a seat in the house of
representatives with the right of de-
batting but not of voting. Under this
bill they would receive the same COM
pensation and allowance as members
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

ton Post Major HemphiIl asks how a
Texas man reconciles undying devo-
tion to william j. Bryan and all his
u~tterances with reverence for Joe
Bailey and all he does.
Major Hemphil's pet aversion has
now told his thought Of Joe Bailey and
has by inference read another Great
Statesman out Of the party. It does
not change the southern aspect. The
south is marking time and telling
stories until the tread Of destiny
brings the daybreak Of serious hopes,
ambitions and convictions to the dem
ocrats Of the section. The Post a
be polite to both Bryan and Bailey.
Major Hemphill can be impolite to
both. II the Post the in
terrogatory Of the News and Courier
1t will be with n OF the %unmeaning
sarcasms with which southern papers
while away a savorless period. Sena-
tor Bailey will not surrender his Arm
convictions of right and Justice even
IL his convictions are expressed in
ways that make Bryan's Denver plat
form a thing of laughter. Major
Hemphill asks the Post how such
things ian be. He cares not a pepper
corn that they are or how they can
be. Nor does the Post. They have
their little filings at each other, and Of
such is the state of politics in the
southland, Once there were men and
battles up and down the halls of ma
tional politics when there was some
thing, right or wrong, to fight over.
Now at best there is only gymnasium
practice, only the cap and bells tricks
II relaxation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
Oysters and Typhoid.

In Chicago n heslth commissioner
and the director of laboratories are
sharply at issue over the oyster. Not
over the "R" months, but over a
deeper question. Does the oyster
cause typhoid and other germ dis
eases or is 1t made harmless by a
power to destroy within itself the
bacilli2
1t is no trivial subject. Last win
ter several packers and supply houses
between Long Island and Pamlico
sound incurred heavy losses from the
popular fear that oysters carried ty-
phoid The great and historic oyster
trade OF the Chesapeake, employing
thousands Of persons, declined from
the same cause in a way to send the
demand down TO an alarming extent.
DR.. Biehn, director OF the city
laboratories. reports formally that he
learns from experiments that oysters
possess an inherent power Il destroy
typhoid bacilli. DR.. Evans, health
commissioner, wishes to be shown be-
fore DR.. Biehn's experiments are la
beled with the name Of Chicago.
Last winter the talk that frightened
the oyster men came from bacteriolo-
gists in New York and vicinity who
examined oyster for typhoid and found
enough Of the bacilli to raise a doubt
Of the prudence Of eating one of the
bivalves. DR.. Evans admits that he
never made a test himself and, while
he o not directly traverse the Biehn
report, he thinks that when other
psychologists have found the bacilli
1t iS his duty to make absolutely GER
tain the circumstances OF the Biehn
investigation and all the steps in the
processes employed,
1t Is . subject considerably greater
than benzoate Of soda. To hurt the
business Of pungies. bug-eyes, eanoes
and b~uy-boats In the Chesapeake
would cause regret. but the colon
bacillus and the typhoid germ eannot
be admitted to our tables If we know
how to prevent. Give the public all
the latest from all the oyster scientists
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Governor johnson of Minnesota Is booked
for the fourth operation for appendicitis
in the Rochester hospital, September l.
Three former operations are said to have
been incomplete,
The graft revelations in Montreal sent
a series OF shocks through the currents
OF public life In New York and Philadel-
phia. Getting caught puts Montreal graft
ers IN the amateur class.
william Jennings Bryan met his physi-
cal double at the recent Christian Endeavor
convention in 81. Paul, MINI, in Rev,
Hugh Wilson Of Toronto. The resemblance
is astonishingly close. The men became
warm friends and had a photograph taken
together.
In Georgia there is talk OF presenting a
medal TO the man who had foresight
enough to move 10 adjourn the recent ses-
sion Of the legislature, Had he thought
Of It sooner, doubtless he might have had
a statue or a granite memorial instead OF
a mere medal.
Former Governor Glenn OF North Caro-
lima Is on a vocal undertaking tour OF
northern cities. He Is shocked by the
shady things he il looking for. Like
things might be seen at home IL he choose
to look. but the northern outbursts bring
so much per shock, n he needs the
hEoa
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
Judicial Reform.


Anything that processes to be a re-
form Of our courts is hailed with ap-
proval. The public, for a century ia
miliar with the Anticipated procedure,
unnecessary supernumeraries, un-
trained officers, h~alf-baked judges,
loose regulation Of lawyers. excessive
cost of litigation and a dozen other
faults, assumes that any change would
be an improvement. The American
Bar association meating at Detroit
presents through a committee a gen
eral plan for recognizing state courts.
II includes a systematiEstion which
would have in every state three chief
branches, county courts, a superior
court Of FIRST instance and q final
court Of appeals. All judges would
be judges OF the whole court, assigned
to some branch or locality, but eligible
and liable to sit in any other branch
when necessary. The business admin
istration Of the court would be organ
lied 81 as to prevent duplication and
needless clerical work and reduce ex-
.penses to 1itigants.
The plan, II adopted, might effect
great Improvement in the conduct Of
courts, but It is proper to take into
account the weaving OF court pro-
eeedings into the whole fabric of law
n social as well az Industrial life.
A separation at a stroke cannot be eff
fected without producing some con
fusions and probably some losses to
the community. Courts are mostly
created by the constitutions Of the
states. 1t would be a work Of years
and probably Of prolonged discussion
to apply a uniform system to all of
the states. Those who are Jealous Of
state rights might not be ready to APP
prove a new system which would al
most certainly soon be afilisted with
the federal Judiciary and still further
obliterate state lines.
People who object to the old state
judiciary do not always realize that
efficiency is largely a personal ques-
tion more than one Of fundamental
organization. One judge can soon de-
moralize a docket and give a court an
unfavorable reputation when another
will set all straight in a few weeks.
One judge is a reliable exponent of
the law, but a careless business man.
Another is a poor lawyer, but a push
ing executive. These personal differ
enees are less common, but are some
times see also in the federal ju-
dietary, The greatest improvement
that could be effected In the state
courts would be a raising Of the stand
ards. Only an elevated view by the
people themselves and the test Of per-
sonal ntness would do this, The peo-
pie must be educated up to the point
not only Of demanding judges Of abil.
ity and capacity, but also of knowing
the difference between a strong Judge
and a weak one. The Bar association
plan might help some, but it gets down
finally to the selection of high stand
ard men for the bench.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
Politics In = Sninker

Southern democrats once exercised
more than a fair share Of national
power. From Jefferson 70 Buchanan
they moved the levers OF federal
action oftener than any other part of
the population. Suddenly they lost it
completely. For a time they were
embittered, alternately angry and then
hoping that the Joy OF directing the
nation might return. The last cam
paign turned them into a breed of
ironical seoffers. They have almost
ceased to take national politics seri-
ously. a regrettable condition because
they have a talent for politics which
for the country's sake should not be
wasted. They have g laugh, half sad
and half angry. ready for themselves
and for their party.
The Charleston News and Courier
has a special gift at emitting the seri-
Gus irony which so exactly expresses
the present temper of southern demo
Gratis. Over the shoulder of the Hons
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
MATED.

Madison Cawein in the Century,
Mabel has q Laughing eye
oh. the mischief in I'll
who'd net ieve to look N lie
IN II every miputef
Mabel has a roguish lip
ON, the red that wreRthes therel
Who'd not be the words that slip,
Or the breath she breathes, there?
Mabel has a dainty ear
Oh, the dearness OF i'll
Whoa not have II very near,
Like the flower above ite
Mabel has a darling foot
oh, the way she trips IT,
Who'd not love to be the boot
Fhat this moment clips itf
Mabel has a llsseme waist o.
Oh, the grace that molds ~
Who'd not be the belt that's placed
Round II, and that holds III
Oft and oft she smiles at me-
emilee, as she draws nearer.
How she loves nae! But, you see,
am Just her mirror,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

RESPONSIBILITIES which could never have
been anticipated By the admirers OF the sex.
Imagine yourself addressing q crowded
public meeting. Soon . brick crashes
through a window OF the hall; then another
brick nnounoes itself at a second point;
and, th~ereupon, at Intervals the yolisy Of
missiles betters the windows and dlsturbs
sensibly the quietpde OF the meeting. This
was the experience Of Secretary Of War
HSldane in Liverpool a sroup Of militant
s~uffragettss had occupied the roof Of a
nOishborIns building and for a time were
inVincible.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

AS the Red Shirts hold their reunion
Charlotte and Charleston debate
whether Anglo-Saxon civilization did
we'll in experimenting with the KIu
KIux and the Red Shirts. The contro-
versy is thiekened when the present
generation discovers that "the Red
Shirt was the badge Of democracy, and
in 1875 democracy meant d~ecency.p
How did all this come to be left out Of
the Denver platform?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
"He as Has aits.''
Philadelphia Record.

'To him that hath shall be given was
well illustrated in the recent Occur
d'Alene land drawings. The first prize was
taken by a man who registered 'Just for
a lark another. by a mihionaire's son who
Is roushing It In the timber to harden
his muscles, and 30 on. The drawings
were out OF the reach Of thousands OF
poor deserving men who are struggling
for life in our congested cities and who
would prize a homestead as a veFitable
gift from Heaven.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
LINES TO A SMILE,


Did YOU say that val a Panama hat ~
No" answered the merry waR Il said
1t was q Colon hat"
"A Colon hat"
Eyes. Colon IL near Panama, Boston
Transcript,
Rivers, I hear you were touched by q
p~tokpocket q few weeks ago. Did he get
anything worth m~entioninEf' -
u hope SO. l was Just Beginning to break
out With the measles" ~ChicaSo Tribune.
Lady-What makes these peaches so un=
usually high. my mRnf
Rooney the Peddle-weh, It's this way,
mem-they come from the top o. the treA-
Puck.
"Ruggles, who don't yeu let US handle
Why, dent I Why, treat Scott, / d.
other In town.
..Rut. you are always checking n out
again"
Well, doesn't that advertise your old
institution @chicago Tribune.
II wonder why All musicians nave to
Possibly because Of the natural affinity
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

At the recent primary election in
Omaha for the nomination Of all party
tickets. the total number Of votes cast
was s.41s. and the cost to the tax
payers almost 81 a vote, They come
high, but we must have them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Harriman's inclined railway IL as
famous as his endless chain Of rail
roads, To have a home entrance that
admits nobody who cannot set a bell
to jingling beats the castles of the
Rhine and the Businesses of the High
lands. In the Hartman era we sup
ply our own material for fairy tales
and strange adventures.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Some OF the returned colonies who
accompanied Governor shalienberger
out to the coast claim they made a
hit wherever they went. A prophet
e often appreciated more the further
away from home he goes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Texas knows its frying pan. The
Houston Post opposes the Charleston
movement to abolish hat utensil.
Abolish it, say the Post. and s5 per
cent of the South Carolina people will
on raw corn and boiled corn
field peas. Texas could live on pecsns
and upland rice.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

And now the Puritans at Lincoln
want to shut the state fair up on Sum
day against eve a sacred" concert.
Omaha had that out once in onnsc
tion with It's exposition, and extenda
sincere sympathy to Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

The Smith family has its ~euteness
still with 1t. A man OF the name went
to st. Louis to forecast the weather
and his first remark was, CLOUDY,
possible showers" st. Louis burst
into gleeful remarks about the Smith
brain.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

A book on the early history Of South
Omaha has just been published by the
association OF It's pioneers, Just think
Of South Omaha having al early his
tory before II has passed its quarter
century mark
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
Quick Flight of Composer.

1t had to come, the Flying Symphony. A
Hamburg composer, staak by name, has
announced the completion Of a symphonic
poem which unsteady depicts the flight Of
Bleriot across the British channel. The
wonderful composition begins with the
Marsellaise and ends with God Save the
King" Naturally the work is orchestrated
for wind strume My.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

On the spot observers say that
strangers and buyers are eFowding the
New York hotels, II that u all they
are doing New York must have Inn
proved since the young days Of the
present citisen Of middle age.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

II we could know whether 1t IL q
Joke or not We could guess at the
present state Of French humor. A
committee fined Bleriot, the pianist.
81 and then congratulated him. What's
the anGWsrf
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Who says the western farmer is not
progressivef Here is the Nebraska
State fair advertising, among other
features, a battle in the clouds with
IL that lie not calculated
to elevate agriculture, we wonder
what wouldf
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Secretary Maeyeagh recommends a
uniform currency for the whole world,
Dimes and dollars are as good as my.
but Americans will take anything
rather than have the crime Of '7S up
again for debate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

In . few years the United States will
need OAnada's wheat. wise men say.
Judging from the size Of the elevators
At Lake Superior ports and the length
Of the railroads, We shall have no
trouble AbOpt quick delivery.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
An ExagEerated EgO.

New York World.
A former governor of North Carolina
traces the decline Of France and Portugal
to Sabbath dissertation and foresees the
ruin Of the republic through Sunday base
ball. Fhat is, presumably. n the German
or Japanese invasion is delayed long
enough to cav anything to be ruined.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

II Senator Aldrich must have a cen
trail bank, let him have Rockefeller
and Carnegie Incorporated as an insti-
tuition of issue. All they need Is a
trihe more of life insurance.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

II the country needs a censor of
motion pictures 1t needs a sitter for
the book trade. Not because books
are wicked. but because they are not
always worth reading.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Halley's comet is still coming. SO
is a currency bill. Everything COM
hines to produce a nervous feeling.
Even the cotton market is waiting for
somebody to buy the new staple.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Some Of our suburbanites want the
school board to reduce the high school
tuition for .nonresidentsg Why
should it be reduced? Why should
people residing in the city pay school
taxes to furnish high school facilities
for people who move cut CT tie city
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

The garbage contractor Is asking
for a new contract with additional
concessions, before his old contract
expires. setting up the ground that By
advice OF hts attorneys hts old con
tract was illegal. II he gets his e
contract Inc later discovers that It
does not suit him, presumably he will
have his attorneys pronounce that.
too illegal. If we are to have a new
garbage contract, let US have one that
lis binding on both sides.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

The Charleston News and Courier
win not stop hacking at our most
solemn statesmen. 1t q
new volume called Running Again;
by a N~ebraskan."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

This habit of calling the Dartmouth
college Ease and the Fourteenth
amendment the causes of corporate
voraeity looks like the beginning Of
a movement against the G. A. R.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
Make It -Four.
Chicago Tribune.

Mr.. Bryan meditates a three years visit
to the old world, to study conditions and
pick up a few more new ideas Many Of
the able democratic editors are making
haste to suggest that he ought to devote
less than four years to this important
ash
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Big ships out near Norfolk are
shooting at $1,000 a shoot, and the
people are still thinking of the grain
crops. One thing al a time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Governor shallenberger's labor day
proclamation is out. 1t is up to Mayor
Jim" to produce a proclamation that
will see the governor and go him one
better.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Chicago refuses to deduct a single
head from It's 100000 population.
When Eve lake towns have 100000
people we repeat that there is an i'm
perfect national balance.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

At last reports there was a feeling
Of unrest at Havana. Has 1t taken the
rest cure. or does 1t only lack funds to
finance an excitement.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
poraFIly shOpIa have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed ms often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28
In Other Lands

sads YACHTS on whnt IL TrHns-
pirtnG Rmeng ths HpaF ana
Par Nations o. she HaFth-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

From all accounts Massachusetts, is
now one great peace society. Wal is
nothing but dirt and hunger, and not
q bit neat and nice.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

That Kansas town is at liberty to
suspend the anti-swearing Law until a
soaking rain turns up.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

II Ambassador Thompson buys the
PAn-American railroad, we put in a
bid for Omaha for Its northern ter
minus.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

That seYen-toot-four-inch man in
Kansas would have the best Of it at
Rheims.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

when Union Pacific dropped did the
giddy investor call 1t segregation Of
assets2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

DIR. Strumpell will live in fame as
the man who discovered that Mr.. Har-
riman's spine is worked by his
stomach.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

II don't see how a policeman can fail to
get on the trail of anything OF anybody"
Why necessarily p
Because we always associate q copper
with q scent 9Baltimore American,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

1T Is very nice to be saved, but there
is nobody to borrow an umbrella FROM
III complained.
Thus we see all situations have their
drAwbacks.-New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-28

GEORGE b. TzSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence mi sworn TO
before me this ID day Of August leQs.
tseail N. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.