The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-04
KANSAS CONNENT
DIFFERENCE IN LOCATION.

DIFFERENCE IN LOCATION.
TWO young men In Alabama got into
fight because they could not agree
which one should dance with fair
maiden whose attention both desired.
After the smoke Of the battle had
cleared away and the folks came back
from behind the outbuildings and in
from the fields and down off the roof,
| 1t was round that two men were dead
and four others were seriously injured.
Those who broke legs getting over the
FENCES and who injured themselves run
ming into trees are not listed in the in
Jured. The list includes only those
VINO were punctured by bullets or cut
with knives the guests had secreted
about their persons. The matter will
be investigated by the authorities who
VIII strive to find who sold the crowd
the whisky, for no real fight Is pulled
on at a dance without the necessary
nre water and fire water is not allowed
in Alabama
II fight with results so serious hal
occurred in Nicaragua this government,
considering the present fevered condi-
ton of the state department, would
nave Immediately ordered lot Of war
SHIPS prepared for action and, after
loading them with a large number Of
marines, would have sent the ships Off
at once for Central America to stop the
terrible SLAUGHTER in the name Of HUI
mainly or, on the quiet, because the
row was interfering with the business
OF some American company, which was
shipping bananas out Of the country.
1t Is believed the authorities in Ala
bama will be able to take care Of the
affair at the dance without the assist
ance of the national government. but 1t
is fortunate for the country at large
that the shooting happened In one Of
the states and not in Nicaragua or the
plunged into a war.-Wichita Eagle.
THE RULES BROKEN.
If the charges Of defrauding the
government of $30,000,000 by petty
thfeving are true. even in part. the
Sugar Trust stands convicted of being
the greatest hog. 1t has violated the
rules by which it is licensed to rob the
people. Other corporations have
maintained their respectability, and
have done very well with tariff pro-
lection of so to rs per cent on goods
in which the labor cost Is 10 to 13 per
cent. But no other combine has had
finer set Of tariff rules than has been
made to the order of the Sugar Trust,
nor has enjoyed them longer, or pros
pered greater. The people, largely
composed of ultimate consumers. can
be pardoned If they enjoy this punish
ment for petty thievery, which seems
coming to the Sugar combine. but it
would help them a great deal more IL
the legitimate and larger steal OF tariff
could De treated according 20 lll0
promises they voted for.-Atchison
Globe.
COMMENTS ON COOK.
There has been placed on exhibition
in Copenhagen, by the Scandinavian
Line, a huge volume, compiled es-
pecially to demonstrate the scope of
American newspapers. It contains
every printed reference to the home
ward voyage of DR.. Cook, on the
steamship, Oscar II. after his polar
exploration. The Scandinavian Line
commissioned a press clipping bureau
in New York to take up every refer
ence to the Oscar II that appeared in
the papers of America. The items
were gathered, mounted on leaves.
and bound in full Turkey morocco.
The volume is thirteen inches
wide, fifteen inches long and
half foot thick. It con-
tains more than four thousand items,
mounted four columns to the page,
aggregating $4,000 inches of solid
reading, and includes items from ev-
cry paper of any note in America
Hutchinson News.