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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14

HE government commission to inves-
tigate the Pullman strike has submitted
its report The commission finds that
no general organization Of railway en-
ployes was attem pied until after the
formation Of the General Managers as
ISOLATION and that the American Rail-
way union was a measure or self de-
Tense on the part of railway en-
ployes. rendered necessary BY the en-
crOachments Of the railway managers.
1t finds that the General Managers as
ISOLATION has no Justification in law 1t
places the response bility Of the general
strike and its attendant consequences of
destruction Of life and property on the
General Managers association on account
of its refusal to arbitra1e. 1t finds that
some Of the demands of the Pullman
workmen were unjustifable; but that
the action Of the company was also I'M
just aud unreasonable 1t points out and
condemns the fact that government Off
GERS TO the number Of 5000 were placed
under the pay and control OF the railroad
corporations and says il is a dangerous
precedent 1t finds that the officers Of
the American Railway union at no time
participated "a or advised intimidation
violence or destruction of property and
that but a snaa number of strikers were
engaged in v-oiative Of the law The
commission suggests that contracts pre- :
venting employees from joining labor or
CARNATIONS should be made illegal The
weakest part Of tho whole document is
the suggestion that both the parties to
labor controversies shall do what is right
If that had been done there would have
been no necessity for the commission.
What il needed is legislation on that
subject and preventative legislation at
that Remedial or punitive laws are Of
mo avail. such laws should be framed As
would render occurrences like those OF
last summer impossible. No amount Of
fines or imprisonment Of the mem bers. of
either party to the able would restore
human lives sacrificed or the propertv
destroyed. The commission offers no
suggestions On this line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14
LOVE LAVE IN LIFE.

1t Doesn't Make Any Difference If 1t
Isn't Fresh With Youth.
Age seems to be no barrier to Cupid's
gatling gun and it ring the bell at
80 as easily as at 20.
Yesterday a nice appearing old couple
appeared before Judge Elliott and re-
quested to be one for better or for worse.
He was II; she was 70. Their names
were Carlton Wyman and Harriet K.
Davis.
They were happy in their new found
love. There was the hectic flush upon
their cheeks that always comes of love
or Indigestion.
Trustingly she placed her hand in his
and gave into his keeping all that was
left Of her life.
Happy will be their married life-no
mother in-Ia~ They live In Parkdale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14

The new laws have been issued and have
been printed With the decisions in their
proper place, making a valuable digest for
the use Of mem bers.
The St Louis councils are literally and
enthusiastically providing for the enter
tainment Of the supreme council in 1885
in a spirit which 1nsures a reception of
that distinguished body of which neither
Arcanumites nor ST. Louisans viii be
ashamed
Monoosnock council Of Leominster,
Mass, has fund for providing fruit and
flowers for the sick, which are sent not
only to mem bers, but to mem bers of their
families. and in case Of death Of a mem Der
or any Of his family the committee on re-
lief see that everything is provided for the
comfort of the family.
COrbett Challenged
To prove 'Snow's Pine Expectorant" will
not KNOCK Out" any COLD or COUGH IT
Is GUARANTEED. For sale BY all drug
gists; price % and SOC bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14
kNIeHTs o. PYTHIAs.
Steady Growth of the Order In Illinois.
Sword Thrusts.


Sword Thrusts.
The report of the grand chancellor OF
Illinois shows that, while the order has
not grown this year as it did in the three
preceding years, on account of the general
etagnation of business A new lodges have
been esta blished, with net gain of 3, 500
nemb beers, making a membership of 3S, 600
in the state. The uniform rank has grown
in great favor. Under command of Gen
eral J. Fl. Barley it has been given a new
impetus. Better discipline and better
Knights have been the result. Professional
gamblers, saloon keepers and bartenders
are debarred from membership
The salary Of the grand keeper of rec
ords and seal of Missouri has been raised
from 81, 600 to 81, 900 per year.
Number of lodges in New Hampshire,
Al; total mem bership, 1869; expenditures
during the year ending July 81, 50, $50;
total assets, $50, 600; total grand lodge re
ceipts, 50, 191; balance of cash on hand IN
the hands of the grand treasurer, 81, 22o.
There are /, 1875 Knights in Delaware, q
loss Of Il from last year.
Boston lodge has asked permission to
initiate candidates for less than the regu-
1ation fee, but other lodges object vigor-
ousIy.
Missouri has made q net gain Of 800
members in the uniform rank for the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14
RED MEN.
Information Concerning the Degree o
PocahOntas

Information Concerning the Degree Of
PocahOntRs.
The first prophecies of a newly institut-
ed council shall at the end of her term
receive the degree of Past POcahontas, and
her certificate of such service shall be
transmitted to the great council of her
jurisdiction.
No member shall be eligible to the chief
taincy Of Pocahontas of the great council
unless she shall have served one term as
an elective chief in a great council
The first prophecies Of a council or of a
great council shall be entitled to the de-
gree of Past Pocahontas or Past Great Pc
cahontas, as the case may be.
After a great council has been instituted
one great sun, Past Great Pocahon tases,
only shall be eligible to the chieftaincy Of
great prophecies
A great council may establish it's own
fees for adoption, providing such adoption
fee shall not be less than fathom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14
MASONIC.
sEas0as Manufactured by WholesaIe-Eszs-
ern Star Notes.

ern Star Notes.
We thought we did things on a large
scale IN this town, says the New York Dis
patch. but some Of the stories we read Of
work in other jurisdictions greatly dis
counts the wholesale Masonic degree manu-
factories of this city. Here is a sample.
Monroe chapter /. Detroit, some time since
conferred the Royal Arch degree on 10
teams or 80, in one evening. A chapter
in Georgia in 1892, when organized, con-
ferred the degrees upon 81 candidates
The work began at 1 p. N. and closed at
midnight. Talk about lightning expressI
Well, we are slow, with only % at clip
ST. Louis has % lodges, with 3, AGO mem
bers, and total assets of $50. 2O7. A.
Minneapolis has lodges, royal arch
chapters, 2 councils, 8 commandments 4
bodies Scottish Rite, 4 chapters Order OF
the Eastern Star and 1 temple Mystic
Shrine.
The grand commandery of Missouri has
adopted resolutions requiring recorders Of
constituent communicates to report tbs
names of nonafiIiated Sir Knights residing
in their Jurisdiction in their annual re-
turns
The grand secretary of the grand lodge
Of Indian Territory reports memb ership
Of 2, 1913.
There are six chapters Of the Order Of
the Eastern Star in Kentucky, and the
propriety of organizing a grand chapter is
being discussed.
There are IS chapters Order of Eastern
Star in Michigan, with 6, 1894 members
New ork has 81 chapters Order East
ern Star, with 4, 47S mem bers, and pays
its grand secretary $500 per annum salary.
The degrees Of the Eastern Star are five
IN number, and those entitled to receive
them are Master Masons, their wives,
widows, sisters and daughters. The mem
bership Is between so, 600 and 90, 600 in
the United States.
st. Paul has lodges, 3 Royal Arch
chapters, / council, 2 communicates, 4
bodies OF the Scottish Rite, 2 chapters Or
der Of the Eastern Star and l temple Mys-
tic Shrine.
California has 90 chapters Order Of the
Eastern Star, with 1000 members, and
pays its grand secretary $500 per annuIn-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14

CHAUNcEx II. DEPEw suggests taking
the liquor question out of politics,
Probably the most effectuaI way to do
that would be to wipe the liquor traffic
out Of existence. Whisky will be an
element in politics a. long as there is
money to be made out Of its manufacture
and sale. It doesn't matter what privi-
leges liquor dealers are given they
always want more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14

AMERICA can get ahead Of European
pauper labor sometimes after all VIM.
G. Norris, representing a Chicago syndi-
cate, has just secured the contract for
furnishing the Japanese army with
canned beef from the house Of Armour
fl Co, aud also a contract for 100000
worth of cast iron pipe to be used in ex-
tending the Toxic waterworks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
GREATEST IN KANSAS.
AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION:
$500

Fer the three dull summer months OF
1894 an increass. Of over fifty per cent
In one year.
OUR PROOF.
TIE issues OF the TorEKA DAILY STATE
JOURNAL for tbs thTes months. VIZ. from the
list day Of Juhe. 1884. to tho 3lst day of August.
1894. Inclusive have been follows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14

WAsHINGroN, Nov. 14-Forecast for
Kansas: Fair and much warmer tonight;
Thursday fair. with colder weather by
evening; south winds becoming north
west Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14

Headache Is the direct result Of indi-
gestion and Stomach Disorders. Remedy
these by using De Wits Little Early
Risdrs and your Headache disappears.
The favorite Little Pill everywhere. J.
K. Jonea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-14

Baptist ladies', assisted by Florists
Hulse. Groves, Bird & Rodmaa. and
Keith, invite you to 629 Quincy street
Wednesday afternoon and evening and
Thursday daytime. Admission 10 cents.
Refreshments served
The advocate., 1894-12-26
A PAIR OF CRANKS.
BY H. M. GREENE.

to the needs for which part of this
money must go. Foot by foot, the
monster enters the house never to 90
out again until he bears it away on his
back.
Calvin and Nettie were not fools.
They did not squander the means thus
obtained. But there were many needs
in the little household-there was no
question of that. Some farm machin-
cry was Indispensable, and Calvin was
too good a husband to hold that no
sewing machine was needed on a farm
save a wheat drill. So, after the pur-
chase of span of horses, of articles of
various kinds deemed necessary by the
committee of the whole of the little
council, and the setting aside of sufi-
cient to meet a years interest, the
amount was almost gone. Henceforth,
time brought to this ill,fsted home but
the daily shortening of the chain which
their own hands had fastened to the
black rock Of bankruptcy.
The advocate., 1894-12-26
CHAPTER XIV.

THE ALLIANCE GOES INTO POLITICS.
Among the few outside pleasures of
the lives of our humble friends was at
tendance upon the Alliance meetings
held in their neighbOrhOod. Especially
were these meetings welcome to them
during the long winter evenings when
the weather did not absolutely veto the
trip to and from the place of assembly.
AS each member in turn was the host,
the emotions of hospitality were added
to the other enjoyments Of the sessions,
and the gatherings came to be awaited
with as much desire and were as much
reviewed sfterWsrd as the more pre-
tentiOus meetings of urban society.
In addition to these social aspects every
session of the Alliance was school,
wherein much valuable information
pertaining to every phase of their in
dustrial life was obtained by the mem
bers.
Calvin, on account of his knowledge
of law, now much rusty from disuse,
was soon recognized as one of the most
influential members. In all questions
involving legislation he was authority.
Nettie, respecting the Well-obserVed
law which teaches members of her
sex to be mute in the assemblies of
their lords, made but little impression.
Her abilities as a housekeeper and a
hostess were warmly commended as the
rotation of appointments brought the
meeting to the Calvin house, but else
where she was quiet and almost silent
when the club was in session. In their
discussions at home, however, Calvin
often noticed and admitted the clever
ness of her perceptions and the force of
their expression.
But even he was surprised one even
ing at her abilities in the comprehen-
sion and statement of public questions.
1t was in very fully attended meeting
of the Alliance, in the course of which
the chairman insisted that some of the
sisters present should speak. The topic
was the "Good of the Alliance" and
after a suitable silence Nettie arose.
Her voice sounded strangely foreign to
herself for the first sentence or two.
Then she forgot herself and the great
deep of her long imprisoned thoughts,
kept even from her husband, burst
forth in impassioned speech.
"I am glsd," she said, "to accept
this opportunity to speak. A woman
8 hould not speak so often as man,
b ut she should be able at all times to
The advocate., 1894-12-26
CHAPTER XIV.-CONTINUED.

Upon all maCCerS relaClng 10 neE Cap
ture, treatment by the savages, and es-
cape, she was as persistently mute as
the dead. During such questiOnings,
however, it was noticed that she would
occasionally laugh, if a low note of
something about equally compounded
of sad and gleeful sounds, should be
given such aname. UpOntWO subjects
the old woman displayed commend
able degree of feeling. She often
worried over the absence of Habakkuk,
and was frequent in her visits to the
little grave, upon which she would
daily deposit some tribute Of flower or
rude doll OF other toy of her own con-
struction or purchase. She came at
length to believe that she met little
Nettie in person there, and often
brought back to her mother messages
from her precious dead, who was very
much alive to the beWildered intellect
of poor Deborah.
So, little by little, the poignancy of
grief wore away, and the bereaVed
couple could bear to speak of the de-
parted, briefly and sorrOwfully at first,
but after time in the comparison of
memories of her charming words and
ways, the tedium of the long, lonely
evenings came to be perceptibly les
sened, and little Nettie, never so much
alive to their comprehension as then,
came to represent to them fortunate
pioneer into happier life. Death had
left life to solsce the stricken souls,
who henceforth believed in the eter-
nifty of human existence mora cordi-
ally and unquestionably than in any
fact established by daily contact with
their senses.
But as the years passed they brought
little increase in material prosperity
to the hard-working couple. The horses
were redeemed, but one of them soon
after died, and Morgan, the dear, old
hero Of the Indian raid, sucCumbed to
the effects Of age and labor so as to be.
come a confirmed invalid. He was
able only to wander over the prairie IN
the summer, dragging his stiffened
limbs up to the stable for his allowance
of grain and for the nights lodging. 1t
was necessary, therefore, to get new
team. And in order to purchase ita
mortgage upon the farm was invoked.
A mortgage is monster. 1t comes
into hapgy home smilingly. 1t purrs
softly of the pleasures and benefits
which follow in its train. 1t only asks
to enter, but it bears away most houses
it enters. 1t has done more to gener-
ate and germinate that foul enemy of
mankind, poverty, than all other causes
combined. Shall plead in defence of
this statementp
Once the dream of the mortgage
comes to the unhappy man or woman
caught in the tolls of the money mas
ters, there is no peace until the crime
is committed. How little thing it sp.
pears to pledge away a homel 1t will
be only for a short time, a very short
time, and then the place, vastly bet
tered by the improvements provided
for by the benefcent loan, will be clear
Of debt sgainl But the money once in
hand, or the remainder after cost of
abstracts, of examination, Of execu-
- 2. .Ao.2 ,rko- o-,o-,o,,a r,ho nm
The advocate., 1894-12-26

women heIp TO save IL. 1C is 8 saying
that in every crime there is a woman.
1t is as true that in every reform there
is woman. When l remember Jsel
and Judith, the heroic JeWesses, Joan
D'Arc and Charlotte Corday, I recall
that wOmsn's head has been as strong
and skillfull to rid the world of tyrants
as the hand of any man could have
been. 1t is too late to hold that woman
cannot dare and do the utmost to be
done for any cause. Wherever and
whenever great wrongs are to be struck
down our sex has not eVaded RESPONSE.
bility. We have so often rushed to the
front that man has no right to question
either our courage or our value in the
vanguard of good movements"
By this time she spoke with fuency
and ease, and the attention of everyone
in the room was fixed upon her.
"Now, l do not propose to traverse
this ground longer. only alluded to
this fact to show that my speech to-
night is not impertinent or unpreCe-
dented. want to talk business to you,
brothers and sisters, and if 1 may set
in motion tonight ball which will roll
until the abuses of our times are rolled
off the stage, shall be willing to be
considered a crank, or whatever else l
may be called
Chairman slyly clutches the gaVel.
The rules of the Alliance forbid the
agitation of any political or religious
questions therein, and the last SEN
tence made him uneasy.
"Perhads," Nettie continued, "you
are somewhat nervous for fear that |
will transgress the rules of our society.
Never fear. Yet, l would amend those
rules so as to permit the discussion of
any topics which interest the minds of
men and women. [ count it not only
ill-adVised to prevent free and proper
talk on all subjects but a serious i'm.
pediment to the usefulness of the Alli-
snce. We all like to eat pie, at least
all men believe, do, Eyes, and you
betP from auditors awaiting the sa-
worry supper), yet because we are di-
Vided in opinion between the relative
excelleneies of different kinds of pie,
we should be unwilling to rule out all
pie from our tables. Men live, move
and have their being in politics and re-
ligiOn, and women are interested in
whatever men engage. Some of you
fancy that everything in your lives
leads into religion. know that every
thing in the life of an American citi-
zen leads into politics. The prices of
his land, his grain, the very food and
clothing which he buys are subjects of
political action. Politics, as the science
of government, controls and dominates
all our motives. Why, then, should
we be afraid to discuss these great
themes on which depend our present
comforts, and upon which may hang
our future hsppinessP
"No, Mr.. Chairman, am not tres.
passing upon the bounds of debate and
l do not intend to trespsss. 1 only
want to tell womsn's story and leave
you to decide upon it.
81 was a worker for my daily bread
almost as soon as l knew myself to be
a human being. l was in every sense
alnna RpcansA / WAS of Mnmankind-
The advocate., 1894-12-26

are free and innocent. Go and sin no
more, lest worse thing oVertake your
No recompense for lost time, while 1
was under arrest; nothing to atone for
the unspeaksble insult of night in
Jail, nothing for the stigma of being
published as felOn; nothing but re-
lease from unjust imprisonment, so
graciOusly granted that some might
even take it as benediction. All this
by the law. Now, who makes the law?
Men, of course. Who executes the
law? Men still, of course. Who suf-
fers most by the execution of the law?
Women. Oh, yes, they do, in thou
sand ways might mention. Only
when women can help make and exc
cute the law will l concede that the
justice man affords his felloWman is
the justice woman expects to receive.
"Don't be uneasy, Mr.. Chairman, 1
am not on forbidden ground, surely.
The relation of woman to political
questions cannot be a political question
of itself, for woman has no such rela-
ton. But this will not always continue.
There will come political party wise
enough and brave enough to contend
for the political rights of woman, and
such a party will sweep the country
like whirlwind. And that brings me
to what l rose to say"
Really, Mrs. Calvin" the chairman
interposed, 81 hate like thunder to
break in on your pretty speech, but
your kinder goin' agin' the rule, ye
know"
"Perhaps 1 am, Mr.. Chairman" she
good humOredly answered, "and tell
you what L propose, will sit down,
and after supper, as it will not be late,
| should like to talk more freely than
| can do here. If anybody feels like
losing half an hour to hear me, l
promise not to exceed that time"
This proposition met with universal
favor, and therefore after a hearty
meal, thoroughly enjoyed by all, Nettie
found that every one remained to hear
her speech.
She felt impelled to say much and de-
termined to plunge at once into the
heart of her subject.
eff woman fails to get justice from
man, because men make and admins
ter the laws, how much better off are
you farmers who really have no voice
in either enacting or executing the
laws? Who are your members of con-
gress, of the legislature? Lawyers and
bankers. Who are your state and
county officials? Bankers and law
yers. Where are the farmers? What
opportunity have they for making laws
which shall be for their use and benefit?
Who makes the cut-throat mortgages
that lie like a curse against so many of
our homes? Lawyers and bankers.
You know this. You have talked oft
often. Now let US see if we cannot do
something.
"We can do something in the Alli-
ance which will not be contrary to the
rule on politics and religion. Let US
resolve to vote-really, 1 forgot that
cannot vote, and that l am politically
on the same level with felons and
idiots, and below a nigger-but you
men can vote, and l ask you to vote
ONLY for those candidates who will
Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1894-08-09

nen werslei9 ousbalten. Die Nus
bilbuns Der 9ruppen 1T i4le9t, ibre
Ausrlit,ins cine mo- m6slid nod i6le9-
tere. Sic enormen Worrdtbe BON Waf=
fen unb Munition, tpelhe Gbina in ben
letten Sabren -3umeilt rleconobdnbis"
-ansefauft bat, iinb sr6Btentbeils per=
aItet unb bon 3iueifelbaftem 8ertb
aud 1T bic MfaiIe bes 9eeres barouI
nidt einseubt. Mebnlih perbdlt es fd
nit Der dineliiden Glotte. Sbre Yan=
3eri1iffe finb in europa sebaut nno an
it4 permutbli9 gut eenu9, aber bic dime
iii4en Oficiere baben ni4t selernt, oa
NIT um3useben.
Sas britiI9e ltrtbeil, behen 9oupt.
puntte mir porftebenb tpieber seeeben, II
por benz Musbru9 tbatid9li9er Jeino.
ieIisfeiten sel9rieben poroen. Die lett
bergen Greisnine beitdtisen ieine &i9'
tisteit. (Ans b. W.)
Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1894-08-09

bepartement, ,pie bies nod Der 9tone-
Bin Der Gaq iein tpiirbe, nidt in ieiner
Wirfiamteit seldmd9t merben iollte.
Ser Sefretdr eripdbnt ben 8eriAt ber
BON Sefretdr Softer einseiebten Gin
manoerunss nsscommiif Der ii4 iiber
ben nlelben @eeeni itanb ebenfals ableb=
nenb ausIpriht unb bauptldhli4 at,-
fibrt, baB baburd internationale 8er-
tpidlunsen berbeisefiibrt peroen f0nnten,
bab ben GnnIuln baburdh 4fihten iibers
tragen ,piiroen, bic bas internationale
@edt ni4t anerfenne, unb bab eine
smeifello1e 6olse ietn piirbe, oab eine
niebrisere 2laHe BON Ginmanberern nad)
ben Ser. @taaten fommen miroe.
MuBerbem uiirben benz Sdobamt gr6=
Bere Roiten er,pa9len unb bic Dampfer=
eeiellidoften ieber @erantwortlihteit
entboben 5ein.