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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-06-07

reply is made. The committee on trans
portation was instructed TO act with Mr..
Wilcox.
The matter OF a telephone line to con-
meet with the one now running from the
headgate Of the sunnyside canal to
sunnyside was suggested by Mr.. vii.
cox. ID. X. McGinnis was introduced,
who said that only seven miles will have
to be built TO make the connection. He
said the company's line was extended TO
Toppenish, and referred the clsb to Mr..
Granger, who had charge Of the line.
Mr.. McGinnis mentioned the fact that
there is an extensive pototo crop planted
in Yakima county, and suggested the
establishment Of potato starch factory.
Matter referred TO the committee on
manufactures, with instructions to confer
with like committee from the Horti-
cultural society and with Mr.. McGinnis.
A. B. Ross urged that the club do
something toward Yakima exhibit at
the Inter stste fair at Tacoma, and moved
that q committee be appointed to look
into the matter. The motion was carried
and A. p. Ross, Z. II. Libby, Alex Mil
Ter, ii. C. Humphrey, c. 2. Wilcox, f..
+. Benson, d. r. McGinnis and w. ii.
Chapman were named MS such com.
mittee.
Mr.. Libby stated that Director Alria.
tore, Of the weather bureau at Seattle,
desired to come to Yakima and inquire
into the peculiar climatic conditions Of
central Washington, and moved that the
secretary be instructed to prepare letter
Of invitation from the club. urging that
said visit be made. Carried.
The chair suggested that in the matter
Of damages done to the approaches to the
bridges by high water that early repairs
to such approaches ought to be made,
and that in permanent way.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-06-07
Examine Our Prices.
Note the Drop in Ladies' Shoes.

ST. SO -. Ladies Low Shoes, Reduced to $50 81 90
So -. Ladies Low Shoes, Reduced to ST az
So so Ladies Low Shoes, Reduced to -. 81 60
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19

for several preceding years az this time,
and the holiday business looks almost
alarming
All the members Of the Ministerial
L MON have been sent invitations for the
formal opening Of the new BijOu opera
house. at which promenade and dance
are the prominent features.
Four mem bers OF Battery b Il. n. G.,
Of Topeka. have passed examination into
the regular army and will join the Fl
Riley hospital corps. They are A. G.
Duckworth. Frank Ross, o. ;. Taylor
and Percy Grail
j. S. Kellam has sold his restaurant on
the east side of Kansas avenue between
Seventh and Eighth, and together with a
young man named Nov ers from Silver
Lake, will open a livery barn on Quincy
street. between Fifth aud Sixth
On Christmas and New ears days
the postoHice will be closed with the ex
ception of the stamp and general deliv-
cry departments which will be open
from s to 10 o'clock a. m The carriers
viii make only one delivery, the early
morning one
Carl Osborn is the champion jumper
of the y N. c. A. gymnasium. His
record last night was feet and inches.
n els Dwelley won the pole vault at
feet inches. w. A Benson won the
1OO-yard dash in 30 seconds. r. 5.
Montgomery climbed a 10 foot rope IN
10 seconds.
Althea Briggs Stryker, president Of the
Kansas Suffrage Resubmission club, has
sent the JOURNAL about four columns Of
copy in behalf Of the position her board
Of the suffrage association takes in
asking the legislature to resubnit the
question. a. II. Case in a long article
declares it would be contrary to the con
atitution to grant the women the right to
vote for presidential electors, as asked by
certain suffraRists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
THE MUSIC WAS WAY Up.
No such Musical Features Often Seen in
Farce Comedy as Last Night.

No such Musical Features often Seen in
Farce Comedy Last Night
No matter what has been said about
Freeman's Funmakers. in regard to their
stealing gags, their skit ID a good one.
and viii always be remembered as very
good musical farce comedy-the funniest
Topeka has seen this year.
A good house in all parts greeted them
in "a Railroad Ticket at the Grand last
night Only one other company this
season has done a better business here,
and that was Corbetr's
sA Railroad Ticket" is a musical farce
comedy. There is lots Of fun and good
singing in it, and it is all we'll done.
There is nothing very wearying about It.
There were no bitches and everything
went with "snap and ginger" that showed
careful training in all lines Mr.. Free
man compels three rehearsals a week
James Kelly, who came nearer being
starred than anybody else, was good as
Chips, but there were better actors IN the
cast.
VIM Blaisdel, who played the part of
the ticket broker, was good enough, but
not 50 good as Arthur MoultOn used to
be.
About the best farce comedy part in
the piece is Percy We're, the collector,
played by Frank Gardiner. He was very
funny and his specialties were good
Harry Porter is young man who
made great hit with the audience last
night lie played three parts and play
ed them all we'll He first appeared as
Prof Rain bow in the scientific commit
tee, then as Tammany Hall and once as
Autograph Bill Porter has a great
face aud he nearly got it upside down at
times. As Autograph Bill, his song
"The Bowery Grip was about as good as
it could possibly be.
The women of the company were all
very good for farce comedy people and
their singing was superior to that usual
IL found with farces. No contralto has
been heard in Topeka since Scalchi was
here equal to Alice Garlic. It is more
melodious than ScalchL
Mrs. Louis Heck of Topeka, whose
stage name is Maybelle Eckert. has
very good li.tle part in Isabel and played
it we'll
Topeka people were proud last night
that Topeka musician. Louis Heck has
charge Of the musical department.
There is every evidence Of Heck's
training and energy in the manner in
which the musical features of the piece
are given. They are of a really superior
GRADE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
HAVE TO BUY JUSTICE.
That Is the Situation in Which the
Litigant
FINDS HIMSELF WHEN GOING TO LAW.

Every One from the COnstabIes Up
ward Seems TO Be Bent on PIuckIng
Him.
Kansas is one of the worst fee-ridden
states in the Union. and Shawnee
county gives up more than her share Of
the plumber. The members Of the bar
as we'll as men in other professions who
are familiar with the workings of the
county courts, realize this, and agree
that fees ought to be reduced radically.
Justice should be as nearly free as
pO5sl Die" 4 his Is the way one attorney
put it and he struck the keynote when
be said it. "Ihe justice courts he says,
ARE primarily the tribunals of the poor
dollars to one hundred dollars for a
little civil or criminal lawsuit Justice
ought to be cheaper than that don't
see why justice is a commodity that
ought to be sold at a high price reguIat-
ed Oy com blne. was once d justice of
the peace myself and l know the trouble
is not 50 much with the law It is with
the Justices. They put constructions on
il which its trainers never Intended They
charge for little details in case which
are wholly unnecessary The fault with
the law is that 1t is 50 loosely constructed
as to permit such practices. If justice
OF the peace were disposed TO observe
the spirit of the law and not use the
office as fee manufacturing machine.
as the JOURNAL suggests. they could be
a great convenience to the poor people
and valuable aid to sound Justice
Judge A. B. Quinton says he can
figure up, off hand, 1,SJO which he paid
into the district clerks office this year IN
fees, and suppOses there Is more. Mr..
QuintOn considers the fees he has paid
greater by far than the revenue he re-
celved from his profession 1t is not an
uncommon thing to see a lawyer pay $50
or $50 fees in case IN which his own
fee was represented by double X
Aaron Jetmore thinks the county
should be respOnsIble for none of the fees
IN z justice cOurt-that the lltIganls
should pay their own costs except where
pauper atfidavits show them to be unable
to pay, when the justice would get n0th-
ing. lie afford it. and poor people
ought to have some tribunal s.If 1 were
in the legislature" AIr. Jetmore says, "a
bill Of this sort would be the first meas
ure 1 would introduce"
The fight against fee-grabbing meets
with unanimous approval of the attor-
ne 5. and in fact every one else except
the Office holders themselves and their
subordInates. The lawyers as rule are
reluctant to make the matter an IndIYid-
ual fight, however, for they are depend
ent upon the district clerk and the
sheriff for many small favors, which,
if denied, would hamper them greatly
in their legal work. with absolutely no
redress. They could set US back eight
or nine months in a lawsuit merely by
ignoring common courtesies," one law
yer says. This is the reason the names
Of lawyers are not given in connection
with the fight on fees. After the bar has
taken a united action, as they propose to
do, they viii be less reluctant to tell
what they know about illegal fees. They
have nearly all had a taste of il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
PAPA LEASE.
Mrs Lease Says That He Is Much
Abused Man.

aTrs. Lease Says That He Is Much
Abused Man.
California reporter tried to get Mrs.
Lease to talk about Mr.. Lease. He
asked:
ssHow about Mr.. Lease and those socks
which the Kansas papers say he has to
darn when you are out on your cam
paignsG"
This was fun for Mrs Lease. She
gurgled with laughter and seemed to
thoroughly enjoy the picture of Papa
Lease at the family hearthstone maniDu-
lating a darning ball and needle, closing
the rents which had been worn in his
half hose, while his wife was wearing
holes in the Kansas atmosphere with her
eloquence.
"IEL Lease is a dreadfully abused man."
she chucAled. THE New York picture
papers have had lot Of funny cartoons
about hin-esp ecially J udge. But if I'm
such a terror they say L am, Mr.. Lease
ought to feel glad that I'm away from
home so much. even if he does have to
darn his own socks.
but what the papers say about me for
good or i'll doesn't worry me much. /
don't suppose l have seen one-tenth of
what the Kansas papers have written
about me. l have sort Of philosophical
way of doing my work according to the
best Of my ability and with the highest
lights given to me. Then l leave the
iudEment to the One who gave me nv
ability and who sheds the lights"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
ONE wOMAN's OPINION.
VI Sac 81. About eooa FurnItnrs

What She says About Good Furniture.
eyes. I've been in nearly all the stores
where they have Christmas goods for
sale. After viewing the matter all over
came to the conclusion to buy some
thing in the line Of furniture. Furniture,
you know, is SO practical, and this year
you can get SO many pretty things. Do
Won know. / was surprised at the extent
aud variety Of stock exhibited By one Of
our furniture firms They just simply
have everything one could wish for, and
such nice, tasty furniture it is, too. l
have been in quite a number Of furni-
ture stores, but some how or other l can't
explain it. their furniture always seems
so clean, stylish, tasty aud reasonable IN
price. Yes, have bought All this furni-
ture there, and right glad I am that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19

The Salvation Army VIII give It's third
annual dinner to the poor Of this city
on New Years day, instead Of Christmas
Owing to the late changes of officers in
charge, the time is too short to prepare it
for Christmas day. They Will endeavor
to feed 600 persons Captain and Mrs.
Dodds are in charge, and will need the
assistance of all, to make the dinner a
success. There will be collectors out
with subscription papers, to make a note
Of your donation, and if you do not come
IN contact with them, and can help eth
er with money or provisions. please send
to s. A. Headquarters, 709 Van Buren,
street. Topeka, Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
THE NEW OPERA HOUSE.
1t VIII be Opened with a Promenade
COncert,, Thursday Evening.

It VII be Uneneu Win 3 lCI Q
Concert Thursday Evening.
The "B1ou opera house" al 629 Quincy
street will be opened with Promenade
Concert from eight to ten O'Clock Thurs
day evening. Refreshments Will then be
served for an hour and there will be
dancing till midnight a large number
Of printed Invitations have been issued
and there viii be no charge Marshalps
full band viii furnish the music for the
Promenade Concert
This is a very pretty little theater and
has very pretty stage with very pretty
scenery painted in Topeka There are
eight large dressing rooms, four upstairs
back of the stage and four down stairs.
There is a nice little balcony and the
decorations are splendid d little statuary
being used to heighten the effect II.
w. Atkinson and j. c. Darling are the
proprietOrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
BOYS, GIRLS AND "KIDs. ;.

The Green Coal co. want to thank
each one Of the POT boys and girls who
sent them advertisements i'm competition
for the two watches
Also we are sorry we could not afford
to give two dozen watches for there were
many ads deserving of a watch which
will bring none, because there we're only
two watches but lot of good ads.
The girls watch was awarded TO Lsona
L Dudley. 1877 Morris avenue, aud the
boys 10 Warren p. Clancy, 1905 West
Sixth street The committee VINO made
the award was Rev. ]. 3 Thomas, J. Il.
SQuires and T. A. Beck.
Now keep your eyes open for the ads
which will appear in few days, also
you unsuccessful boys. girls and kids"
keep your eyes on the Green Coal Co.'S
ads for some time.
You'll have to buy coal yourselves
later and you want to know where to get
il. also you'll see some Of your own work
in our future ads
GREEN Coal Co,
532 Kansas ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
INTERFERENCE.
The Chicken Fight as Free From MoIesta-
ton as a ThimbIe Party

No secret was made of the fact that
there was to be a chicken fight At the
fair grounds last night between Topeka
and Olathe birds for stakes amounting to
1920 and side bets.
Nevert heless there wasn't a city or
county officer in sight, and the disgrace
fal sport progressed as free from inter
ference az though it was harmless de-
batting society or thimble party There
we're 200 sports present, many of them
from out Of the city. There we're seven
fights and the pit was 10 feet square. AS
a rule the Topeka birds won Ex- Sheriff
Flora Of LeavenwOrth county was the
referee of the event. Ed HOssfeld
weighed the birds, Assistant State Audi
tor Mackey held the stakes, George Rus
sum tended door and Bill George han
died the birds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
sNAe SHOTS Al HOME NEWS.


SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.
This BE- mighty purity weather fer this season O.
An we'd better be enjyin it IS long IS it is here.
Iner's q heap AIS nice O. winter tin the sunny
Bit you bet She Ii make up fer it with a blizzard
later
Mrs s. ~ Gardenhire is in Chicago
Charles Blood Smith went to Chicago
yesterday
The Christmas folks are beginning to
come to town
a. IL Vance does not want to see Pot
win annexed 10 Topeka
Six new clerks have been added to the
force al Ettlnger's for the holidays
New gas lamps will be put in the three
county offices On East Fifth street
The large business houses on Kansas
avenue now keep open until 10 o'clock
i. ia.
for teachers to attend the state associa-
tion.
Judge Thomas Of North Dakota, who
vii try the HLlnon case, viii arrive
soon.
d. C. TiIlotson VIII address the Sons
of Veterans camp at Mankato Friday
night
slightly damaged b. ire about midnight
last night
Fred Garland, a crazy man from Lyon
county. was placed in the asylum last
evening
lhe social Purity league wants the
young son oI Nora hIine placed IN the
WI j. Black Witnessed THE Railroad
IieHet' from box last night Its in his
line Of business
ne county clerk Is drawing warrants
nesses of the grand Jury.
Pianos are SO common in Topeka that
there is one in an undertaker's room and
also one in a billiard hall
Topeka girl has capped the climax.
She spells her name neither May"
'9la e1 nor "9lat' but Neigh"
A IRE at 7.30 last evening slightly
damaged the house At 3S1 Hancock
street, occupied by y w Link
The particularly interested people
about town are beginning to BE anxious
about the chief Of police question
There will be no other show at the
Grand now until Christmas afternoon,
when Florence Bindley will be there.
James Murphy Of the mail carriers
force is very sick with typhoid maiarial
fever at his home at 405 east First street
The county commissioners have an
thorized Sheriff Burdge to have the heat
ing apparatus in the county Jail repair
ed
p
lrst Christian church has been post
poned until the nrst Monday in Janu-
ary
kew 9. b Howard is conducting revi-
val services at the Wesleyan Methodist
cnnreh' corner of Third and Jefferson
7-.-9-s-
tuii ns county clerks q tAe state VIII
80 VI 12li-la L5esln PEI *
-1-lAy ~AeRA Mc~ADs Will attenu the
1frs n,,vi. ana ~ ,,.ir. \; jul I'LL,
rs- 7ers-+e,,+ II =, .-s u sn9 - ~
havs sa1f --f- \. ~ S5
Home 1An
0o4 fo- v-or5 -, ~, ~, 49, 80. 80.
hsa, siler,1ss m, b,,;I,5s-. Iii - -
Ss4914eo va" oos
i ne santa - had another homeseek-
ana Te~e- go go .ss 800
T., rre,--i- ~ LIMOS
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@. r. Heise's grocery az $50 Kansas
avenue is closed This week be put the
KEYS under the door and sent note to
Psrkhurst & Davis explaining that he was
unable to meet his obligations He said
they were welcome TO his stock. On the
strength Of this letter Parkhurst & Davis
fled an attachment suit against the stock
and will in a few days assume possession
of if. as the writ will probably not be con-
tested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19

did Isn't it pretty You want to know
where l got this furnitureY Why, there
is only one store. l always buy there.
the firm of Thompson Bros, GIG Kansas
avenue"
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ROCKEFELLER.s NEPHEW.


spendthrIft.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 19.-J. n. Lang
don of Philadelphia, nephew Of John ID.
Rockefeller the oil king. has enlisted ia
the navy and is to take a clerkship
aboard the old ship Independence, az
Mare Island Langdon seems To have
caused his rich relatives a deal Of trou-
BILE. He arrived here some weeks ago
from Japan, Contracting "A big bill at the
Palace and California hotels scattered
ored.
He was a guest at the University club
where he left large wine room account
for his sponsor to settle. and engaged in
various financial operations, purchasing
a $4,000 equipment from Stude bakers
carriage house for which he did not pay.
Langdon's eastern friends came to his
rescue on the understanding, il Is said,
that ne enter the navy, securing an easy
berth with very small salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
NEW CORPORATIONS.
Companies Organized To do Business i
Kansas Granted Charters.

Kansas Granted Charters.
The following charters have been fled
with the secretary of state:
The Spearville Coal and Mining com
pany; capital stock, $1,000. Directors
J. +. Baird, H. ". Dorsett J. II. Lei
digh, J. B. Paige, P. J. Upp.
The Farmers bank of Gardner Kas.:
capital stock, 5000. Directors-E. P.
Shean. Art Bigelow, G. B. Armstrong. Y.
r. Ellis, Q. d. Sheah, c. W. Hale, F. w
Sponsable, w. T. Kelly and w. J. John
atom.
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Word comes from all quarters that the
neatest and most satisfactory dye for col
oring the beard q brown or black is
Bucking hams Dye for the Whiskers.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Probably 70
meet the emergencies OF the rebellion.
the Peruvian government has already
increased the duty on cigars, cigarettes
and tobacco from other than south and
central American countries
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Opera glasses-the largest assortment
and lowest prices-at Swift & Holidays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19

A Kodak makes a good Christmas
present Swift & Holiday have them.
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10 and ia West 18th. Peerless Steam
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Window Glass At Holmes Drug Store.
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Good work done By the Peerless
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stantiaI and something that
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does not cost too much. WE
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Are what you are all looking
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-10-11

TIE EASTERN WAR.

The HsH~tr~f~r t.aar-ffan. Ia Al Arsfrg-
hstsf~atiy Inspired Iufsna.t@- That L.
pan Nili >at b. I--rnaEttesi To settle
aiaas With China Bar Thzt It Win -
usa- an international Affair.
MASe Hf~rEIs. fs-t 6.-Ths. Guardian
>ay> that English diplomats in Japan
cabled to Lonsioa on September -. the
destination of the serret expedition
which left lIirsshima last week. and
al>o described the policy that the
japanese goverumeu; would adopt. in
the event of the eollap>. 81 China.
Russia and England. however. have dc
cidei that the settlement II ths. trouble
between China and Japan shall h an
international. AMI
~oT NEEELY 4 JArNNFsE AFFAIR
and this fact has tended t. make the
Japaue>s angry tsermany and France.
the Guardian ssys- concurred IN the
plan to make the settlement an inter
national matter The poiicv Of the
nitcd states government j. uncertain
II has leen the Tendency of the nifed
States for the last twenty YEAR t.
strike out it, own line on eastern queS-
tions without negari - ether powers
IsrAN- n HER PRESENT Noon.
viii pay no heed to anv representations
made by the posers unless they shall
he accompanied by tangible evidence
of the intention 10 hack them upL IL
was to authorize this. according t. the
Guardian. that the ministerial council
Of Thursday was summoned The
paper further says that after show
ing Of force Japan would he told that
England desired that an armistiee b
established aud. on behalf II Euroue
would Immediately call an interna
tional conference