The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-27

Sarah Mckee, George Berry, Albert J.
Weaver. Wilbur f. Sinkhorn. and Will
liam Sproul.
Senator Aldrich has promised that
the Is per cent ad valorem duty on
pumice stone shall be raised to three
elghths Of a cent per hundred, the rate
Kansas and Nebraska producers have
asked.
The Washington Herald says: Kan
sas ought to be represented in the cabi-
net, according to Hayes /. Philips, of
Parsons, Kan, who is at the Raleigh
"Some Kansas statesmen who were
in Washington recently brought
story that Senator Bristow would OPP
pose Representative Charles +. Scott
for a cabinet position. Just what ails
Bristow isn't known. Woe be unto him
in Kansas, say the Republican leaders.
If he should prevent Kansas from get
ting a cabinet place. Everybody would
be out after him with an axe when he
came up for reelection as senator
kansas wants a member of the cab
met" continued Mr.. Phillips. land the
senator or representative who stepped
in the way and prevented 1t would ma
that he had started something that he
couldn't stop. 1t isn't likely that Bris-
tow would back Secretary Coburn for
the place because he would have TO
break with his closest personal and po-
liticaI friend in Kansas-Cyrus Leland
to do that Leland has no use Tor
Coburn and he would no doubt use
sufficient influence on Bristow to keep
him away from Coburn.
1.-THE wise ones who are responsible
for all this gossip are not sure just
when Secretary Wilson VIII resign, out
they feel sure that it will be some time
this year" added Mr.. Phillips.
Mr. Wilson wanted to break the
record of cabinet officer. By staying a
few months under the Taft admlnlstra-
ton he will have served longer IMAM
any other man in cabinet. President
Taft was willing to let him make that
record. But as soon as 1t IS MADE Mr.
Wilson probably will fix time for his
own retirement"
Mrs. Jennie H Benefel of White
River, Ariz., has requested the National
Tribune of this city to obtain TOT ner'
II possible, the present address OF VIII
lam Dix, a Kansan, and VINO was
Union soldier. She writes;
1T do not remember what state or
regiment he belonged to. He was cap
tured by the rebels and held as prls-
oner till the war ended when ne came
to my fathers home, in Madison county
Ind and remained some months w men
Mr.. Dix came to our home he was
skeleton-skin and bone-and came
very near dying from the erect OF ms
prison life After he got able 70 traVel
he left us / think, about 1860. since
than we have not heard from him He
might have been a member of a Kan
sas regiment, as he had brother. Re
ter Dix. in Kansas. William and Peter
Dix were my cousins
Rural letter carriers appointed for
service in Kansas: Reinhard Wehr ano
w. w. Savage at Hoisington; Edward
Il. Hilton and Iver Hilton at Att1ca;
James f. Baldwin and Cora B. Bald
win at Zenda: Robert F. wayne ana
Timothy Wayne at Greensburg; Ar
thur G. Geddings and Elmer c. Clyne
Henry H. Reinhardt at Bazine; John 2.
Halligan and Joseph T. Halligan at
Emmett; Carl L. Evans and William
Neu at Grainfield; Sebre w. Howard
and Oren r. Howard at McCracken;
Charles w Shearmire and Gilbert Nc
Donels at Modoc; Thomas u; Wheet
and Rudolph Maresch at Nekoma;
Frederick A. Nelson and John A. Mel
son at Ruleton; Robert F. Jack and
Amelia L. Jack at Russell; Alfred A.
Kitchen and James E. Warneke at
White CITY.
Rural mail routes ordered to be es
tablished in Kansas on July l:
Route No. 2 out of Cambridge. Cow
lev county; length, % miles; viii serve
10S families.
Route No. 1 out of Paradise. Russell
county: length, 271s miles; will serve
81 families.
county; length, 16 miles; will serve "a
families.
The Abilene postoff1ce has been allow
ed an additional city letter carrier, ef-
fective May l.
Willis r. Martin has been appointed
city letter carrier for the Winfield post