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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03
KANsAs P4R4GRAPHs

Mayetta has unloaded the first load Of
sand for her new creamery
"Hi 8" is the way they designate a
popular game Of cards at j. O.
Hutchinson has a jeweler named Coin,
but he doesn't get into peoples pockets.
A poetical effusion on the defeat of the
Populists, is held at the Lincoln Republi-
can Office for Identification.
Mr.. BarfoOt lost d finger while coup
ling cars near Ellsworth. Where he lost
his shoes hasn't been related.
Nine hundred dollars was Kansas Uni
versity's share Of the gate receipts at til q
football game in Kansas City.
Some prosaic Kansas towns have ar
ranged for lecture courses for the winter
but Leaveaworth is to have a series Of
cock tights.
Newton thieves are dreadfully anna
flourish Burglars there overlooked =
fat pOcketbOok because they couldn't
find the pocket to a woman's cloak.
Four single men at Hoyt have built
new dwelling houses which looks a
great deal as if there were four men who
were not going to be single long.
A restaurant where you can smoke and
read has been opened at Emporia. which
is the terror Of all the married women ia
town who want their husbands to stay
home nights.
All the tailors at Emporia are at pres
ent rushed with business. When hard
times come on people are sure TO avail
themselves of opportunities to get some
thing for nothing.
The return of young man and his
bride from their wedding tour, and the
birth Of a pair of twins, are the only
things Of any importance that happened
ia NJ edicine Lodge last week.
Farmers in Lincoln county are having
wheat stolen from them in quantities Of
from 80 to 800 bushels Pretty soon peo-
pie will have to put locks on their wells
TO keep the water from being stolen.
HOvt 10 entering on an era of prosper
ity. Among the late Improvements are
a 50, sou school house, a creamery whose
capacity is 1900 pounds of milk daily,
a large hay storage warehouse and Two
large ice houses
Atchison Globe: Since it was said
Leavenworth was shipping apples to
Queen Victoria, every Kansas town is
making the same claim. We have q few
Ben Davis apples we viii ship to Ii
Hung Chang If some one will pay the
freight
Lincoln Republican. The merchants
got a spell on them Saturday. and sold
- pounds of sugar for a dollar all day.
That was the same as giving away about
two pounds with each dollars worth sold.
1t was ike swapping dollars and paying
10 cents TO boot each time. About TWO
trades like that would break us
a. Mitchell county farmer went to town
and sold some hogs for $03, bought IS
worth Of groceries and started home. On
the way hiQhwaymon held him uD and
took his money They counted it and
then asked him where the other So were.
He said he bought groceries with it
They then took the groceries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03


Calamity bowling Is extremely fool
ish; that il calamity bowling as generally
understood. viz: calling the ordinary ad-
versities of life, disaster aud giving IN
due importance to ordinary misfOrtunes.
But the scene that was Witnessed in
Chicago a few days ago can not be called
an ordinary one, and to cry out against it
is certainly not calamity bowling.
A business firm Of that city advertised
that ~all poor deserving mothers who
were in need OF charity would be given
q Thanksgiving dinner" In response to
this advertisement 8 600 women appeared
in front Of the place Of distribution.
Inside the room three and one half
tons OF beef cut in pieces averaging
three and one half pounds each had been
stacked up on the floor. In another
corner were 1000 loaves Of bread. of
in one end of the room stood half
dozen barrels filed with packages, each
containing one-fourth Of a pound Of tea,
while piled up in the window were 200
dressed chickens Besides these there
were half a dozen cases Of port wine,
which was to be given TO those who were
Ill or weak.
A description Of the scene that ensued
when the distribution of the food began
is given in = local paper.
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock, the appoint
ed hour, the door was thrown open and
the hungry were told to come in and get
their baskets filled.
The struggle became fercer. Baskets
were crushed fiat. They we're only safe
when held above the heads of the cfowd
One raised her basket high up. The idea
spread and in another minute the crowd
was shut in by a close roof of baskets Of
all kinds and sizes.
"This brought many nearer the door
than before, and again the struggling
was renewed Clothes were torn from the
women. One small boy, who had wedgsd
his way to the center Of the thrOng was
crushed until he tainted. An officer
carried him out of the crowd to
neigh boring physicians Office, where his
injuries were attended. Half a dozen
women, weakened by hunger, could not
stand the struggle and sank to the side
walk insensible. They were carried in
side the store. and after being given
some Wine, were allowed 20 remain until
strong enough to 20 home with their
Well-tilled baskets.
Dozens. upon dozens bravely 70 ught
until they reached the tables from which
the food was handed them, only to be-
come suddenly weak and faiEt These
were led to chairs by some Of Mr.. Stsg-
ers assistants and allowed TO recover
from the struggle"
Such scenes as these make US doubt
whether civilization and enlightenment
have done for humanity in this country
all that has been claimed for these agen-
cies. 1t Is horrifying to think of 5000
women, many Of them III. struggling for
food When the mere getting Of food
becomes such warfare what opPortuni-
ty is there for elevation of humanity. for
culture, refinement and brotherly lover
To remedy such a situation az this is
more important thantarif bills, Nicaragua
canals, a new navy, or even the appoint
ing Of people to office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03
CAME IN ON THE TIDE
CONGREsSMEN WHO WERE LANDED
BY THE POLITICAL WAVE

1t Surprised Some or Them as Much as It
Did the PubIic-Owens OF Kentucky and
Howard of Alabama-I5ynu Successor.
Changes wrought by Time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

1t Surprised some or Them as Much as It
Did the PuBIic-Owens OF Kentucky and
Howard of AlaBama-I5ynum's Successor.
Changes Wrought by Time
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29--The Repub-
Iicans viii have fun getting the Fifty
fourth congress in order and putting
the right men in the right places. for it
is the uniform testimony of all the old
members that there never has been so
much absolutely new material At least
100 of the new members of the house
are new in almost every sense of the
word, and half of these were nominated
for fun and elected by what the Demo
Gratis consider a mysterious and aff1ict-
i've providence. In truth, one of the
very new members from Indiana ex-
presses it correctly IN saying. There
viii be at least one remarkable feature
Of the Fifty fourth congress-the fact
that I shall be in it, for between you
and me I had as little expectation of be-
ing elected as Of being struck by light
ming. - Already ludicrous stories come
from every one of the large western
states of how this or that local politi-
clan who took the nomination just to
fill out the ticket was dOated in by
the unexpected deluge. There are sto-
ries of ambitious young lawyers who
made the race just to get acquainted
with the people, of retired business men
who accepted the nomination just for
the honor of it and neither made speech
IS nor spent money, Of laborers and Ia
Dor organizers who were nominated be-
cause they could add strength to the
county tickets. and Of at least five who
were nominated because of their nOtOri-
Gus eccentricities, by which they were
expected to inject some fun into the
campaign.
The Raw Material.
An old member thinks that cheap
joke in the play Of ''The Texas Steer
about Indiana congressman who were
afraid of the cars when they first came
here may be realized, and 1T Is serious
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03
The raw Material.

An old member thinks that cheap
joke in the play Of ''The Texas Steer
about Indiana congressman who were
afraid of the cars when they first came
here may be realized, and it IS serious
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

the only course left for Kolb He has
appealed to the people twice. and their
verdict has been Over-ridden. 1t would
be useless TO repeat it. If the senate
shall see 1T TO Go him justice, it viii be
q long step toward honest elections IN
the south
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

MIR CAIDERHEAD Of Riley county is
now being doomed for United States sen
ator. Dir. Calderhsad's boom may have
originated in Wall street. They have
heard that he is opposed to the best
financial terests of Kansas, is gold
bug after their own heart, and such a
man from Kansas could do much to keep
the west from getting her dues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

EUGENE FIELD says In the Chicago
Record: 1T is rumored that the Popu-
list party ia dead ia Minnesota BY the
way, the Republican party died in 1890
and again in 1892. and the Democratic
party Las been dead, of and on. for the
last thirty years It seems to be fair
question. Docs death kip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

The farm products exported from this
country during the last fiscal year are
valued BY Secretary Morton at s62S.-
600. 900. These farm products are largely
consumed in England By men who are
engaged in manufacturing English and
American raw material into finished ar
ticles Of merchandise which are brought
back and sold here What a wastei
These farm products should be con-
sumed by American workmen and
American factories on American soil
Why Isn't it done? We still have a pro-
tective tariff It is certainly not a reve-
nue. tariff or we wouldnt have to borrow
money All the time. These immense
exports are a terrible drain on the
wealth Of the country and If kept up will
ultimately lead to bankruptcy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

INAUGURATIoH day has come and gone
in Alabama without bloodshed or trouble
OF any kind. It is evidently Captain
Kolb's intention to carry his contest to
the United States senate. There is no
other tribunal before which he can get q
hearing. II seems 70 be a part Of his
plan to have his faction elect a United
States senator, who viii contest the seat
Of the person elected By tho other fac
ton. While the man returned By the
Kolbites can hardly hope TO DO seated,
he will have an opportunity OF proving
80 the country the charges Of fraud and
hallot box stufing. This appears 70 be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

CHICAGO. Dec. 3.-Forecast for Kan
Has. Fair aud warmer tonight and
Tuesday winds becoming southerly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

The president in his annual message
modestly informs the country that we
viii go into debt $4,000, 900 more during
the coming year, and then asks for S52,-
100000 for the war department and wants
a lot OF cannon mounted at various
places along the coast. When an indi-
vidual ID running behind he 10 always
told 10 economic at least to the extent Of
doing without luxuries. Big guns are
certainly not necessities at present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

KoLB did not fight. and it is occasion
for rejoicing that there has been no
bloodshed ia Alabama There would
probably be little grief felt IN the coun-
try at large if some Of the Bourbon bal
lot box suffers had bitten the dust, but if
Kolb can bring his case strongly before
the public without bloodshed, so much
the better. The assembling of the Kolb-
ties at Montgomery and their moderate
and dignihed protest mas impressed all
who have read of the affair, with a belief
that Kolb has every ground for a contest
and that a thorough Investigation Of cleo
ton methods 10 Alabama is needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

~ asserted that warnings not to blow
ont the gas viii have to be printed very
large in all the hotels. A disguised and
defeated Democrat from Ohio predicts
that it viii be the famous 20 Connor
legislature over again, a legislature
IN which 80 or so Democrats were nom
mated for fun and elected because the
Republicans staid at home that year
For raw material it may equal that leg
islature, but there are too many talent
ed leaders in the Republican majority
to allow it to repeat that curious histo-
~. Assuming that when all the contests
are settled the Democrats viii have no
more than 20 members left, and that the
Republican majority over all Will be
about 49, the interesting question
arises, How many of these new men viii
prove real statesmen and become per
manent figures IN politics? Certainly
not more than a dozen If we may judge
from the congresses elected in the great
revolutions Of 1854, 1888. and 1890
A Chesterfield
Hon. William G. Owens, who sue
ceeds Defendant Breckenridge, enjoys
the rare distinction Of being the only
new Democrat about whom there is
much curiosity, and the Kentuckians in
town tell US that he IS to be the Ches-
u
him as a man of most commanding pres
enee, courtly manners and persuasive
address, nodded by nature for a presid-
ing officer and qualified for 1t by some
experience In fact, he once presided
over a national convention and did ii
so gracefully that he IS still rememb Der
ed by those then present. He is withal
somewhat sporty as Kentuckians
say, very fond of a good horse and apt
to stay with the races SO long as they
are lively. Republicans, however, are
already saying that his opponent, George
W Denny. viii get the seat. Lafe
Pence speaks IN very high terms of Hon
John F. Shafforth, who defeated him.
Ndissourians are far from communica-
tive in regard to their new members,
and, as to Illinois, the testimony is gen
eral that the now Republicans begin
their records here. It is from Indiana
that we hear queer and conflicting stO-
ries. Hon. Charles L. Henry, who was
defeated by Mr. Bynum in 1892 and
who this year returned the compliment
with high interest, is about 45 years
old, a native Of the district and reared
in Hancock county, rather diminutive in
stature, with a weak voice and not very
impressive presence He makes no pre-
tensions to oratory and is what is called
III lual STATE a poor stumpef, out IS
a splendid worker, hustler in a cam
paign-in fact, a ''plunger and good all
around mixer. He was graduated in
law at the state university at Bloom
ington and has practiced in Anderson,
Madison county, where he lives, but
since the discovery Of natural gas he
has speculated heavily and won and lost
in such rapid succession that his fnan-
cial condition is matter of dispute. He
is chief stockholder and operator Of the
street railways in Anderson. and his only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

Pottowatomie reserve last week, and that
Frank Bourbonnais attempted to shoot
Charley Chapeau. but the cartridge-~u.
his revolver failed 70 explode; Chapeau
then fired twice, both balls taking effect
in Bourbonnais' shoulder. The matter
is being kept very quiet. and it is not
known how serious Bourbonnais' inju
ries are.
Lincoln Post Omcers-
At the annual meeting of Lincoln post
Saturday night the following officers
were elected for the coming year. Henry
Laptad, post commander; J. n. Miller,
senior vice commander; G. 9. Stoker,
junior vice commander; w. p. Steward,
auartermaster; @. w. Burdge, chaplain;
DR.. j. NJ. Tobias, surgeon Delegates TO
the state encampment, Peter Hell Geo.
w Burdge, John Neil, ID. A. Mulyane.
aud Rev NJ. f. McKirahan.
Rock Island
Playing Cards.
No. COL Kans. Ave.
Window Glass at Holmes Drug Store.
Good work done by the Peerless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03
TERMs ID gggssRIPTIoN.
GREATEST IN KANSAS.
AVERAGE DAILY CALCULATIONS
8, 800

Fcr the three dull summer months Of
1894 an increase OF over fifty per cent
II enc year.
OUR PROGTs
Ire issues OF the TOPEKA DAIRY STATE
JOURNAL for the three months. VIZ. from The
lsE day Of June. 1854. to the 3fst day of August,
1884. inclusive have been as follows.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-24
Our Old Friend, the Clown.

The fall season opens with Il touch of
unaccustumed lyeliness. as if it intend
ed. without more ado, 10 try conclusions
with what is elemental and permanent
A wonderful downpour of rain has
washed the summer away in this region,
and the early morning air is charged
with suggestions of frost.
After the rain came the circus, and it
had hardly come and gone before the
bill boards and waste places of the
town began 10 whisper of another cir
Gus TO come, and all in adjectiyes ten
feet long and eXclama ton points fifteen
feet high. BE The season summer or
fall, the small boy is very much in it
when the circus comes TO town, and
when one circus is followed by another
that loudly threatens to lay all other
shows in the shade his happiness ought
to be complete.
IL used TO be so in the old times, and
those who were small boys long ago,
and who have had the good sense not
10 permit the passing years to make
them anything but big boys. have as
keen Il relish for the circus now as they
ever had. And yet the small boy OF lne
present day lacks one element of enjoy
ment that was very important to the
small boy a generation ago. He sees Il
great deal more. The modern circus is
a brilliant and bewildering mass of all
that is marvellous, but when the old
BOYS go, depreciation on edge and an
ticipation with its bristles up they find
something missing. A programme, all
spangle and glitter, passes before them,
tangled mass of color, splendid pa
gcant of modern invention. The wild
sweet cornet overbears the pulsations of
the trombone as well as the clamor of
the kettle drum. The riders come and
go in three rings. the tumblers whirl
and the dancers fit about; but there is
something lacking. The old boys look
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-24
Five-Cent Cotton.

Three or four months ago The Con
stiturion, discussing the probable as
well as the visible effects of the re-eS-
adjustment and ratification of the sin
gle gold standard 10y the refusal of
congress 10 substitute democratic legiS-
lation for the Sherman act, inquired
whether the farmers of the south would
he compelled by the constantly incrcas-
Ing value of money, based on gold, to
sell their cotton crop for > cents pound.
The inquiry appeared to worry some
Of our goldbug contemporaries They
protested against such suggestions.
The Charleston News apd Courier de
c;ared that the idea of~siyc-cent cotton
was prepoSterous. and ii made other
remarks characteristic Of the profound
ignorance that the average goldbug
brings 10 bear on the discussion of the
money question. But the farmers of
Georgia woke up yesterday morning to
discover that five-cent cotton was in
plain view. They woke up 10 discover
that the crop on which they place their
main dependence has fallen in the last
four years nearly cents a pound.
Meanwhile we have what the goldbugs
call Sound money" and everything is all
serene FOR those who get their incomes
from bonds or from fixed salaries
During the last four years cotton has
fallen from II cents a pound to less than
q. The goldbug professors ana apollo
gists declare that the fail in prices is
due To improved machinery. but we
should Ice glad for some of them 10 send
us photographs Of the improved machin-
cry employed in the production of cot
ton that will Justify the reduction of
nearly $50 ON every ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
bale sent TO market The farmers can
produce cotton at no less cost now than
they could i'm 1890, and they can pro
duce it at very little less cost than they
did in 1873. But twenty-one years ago
a farmer could pay debt of 500 with
a fiye-hundred- pound bale of cotton, but
now he is compelled TO produce nearly
four bales To pay the same debt, or the
same amount OF taxes.
And yet we are told that the farmer
is better off now than ever because he
has Sound money" This is the con
ISOLATION that all the people get when
they protest against the robbery that is
going on under the operations of the
single gold standard. They are warned
To hold up their hands and make no
cutlery because the robbery is going on
in the name of sound money" 1t is
rs if train robbcr should quote from
the New Testament while taking the
purses OF the passengers.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-24

Savannah, Ga, September hp.-Sena>
tor F>strick Walsh spoke at the theater
tonight 10 a crowed house. About eight
hundred people were gathered in the theater
to hear him. He was introduced to the au-
dtence by Hon. +. G. duBignon, chairman
Of the democratic executive committee of
Chatham county.
Mr.. Walsh took up first the matters
which he held were responsible for the
financial depression that has recently passed
over the country. He dwelt at length on
the tariff, showing that while thirty-seven
senators We're ready TO pass the Wilson
bill as IS came from the house, the opposi-
ton of five made the senate compromise
the only possible measure that could be
carried. The income of the sugar trust, he
said, had been reduced. but it should be
wiped out. he took strong stand in favor
OF the income tax, for which he said the
people should be grateful to the democratic
party and that not only $4,000 600 but S1OO-
0OOoO0 of the governments revenues should
be raised from such tax He announced
hlmseit IN favor of the free coinage of ST.
ver saying this government should have a
financial policy of its own and that the only
ratloa. and the established one was I6 to l.
Mr. Walsh was frequently applauded and
was wildly and enthusiastically congratu-
lated at the conclusion of his remarks.
He leaves the city tomorrow morning for
Atlanta
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-24

peculiar warfare has been going on
in western Colorado for more than Il
year.
1t seems that the ranchmen in this
part Of the state object to the presence
OF the sheep men, but the latter for
some years past have been steadily
marching into the beautiful Platte coun-
try with their flocks Of sheep which de-
stroy vegetation and pollute the noun
tain streams Last Tuesday a number
of ranchmpn surrounded two hocks of
sheep. They drove one over Il high cliff
and slaughtered the other flock in Il
corral killing altogether about 5000
animals. and MORALLY wounding one Of
the herdcrS
The sheep men have armed themselves
and are now guarding The outlets of
the valley intending TO attack the ranch
men il they return to commit further
outragcS There is no prospect of an
amicable settlement and il is likely
that a series of bloody fights Will take
place before peace is restored
Colorado has been especially unfor-
tunatc during the past two years. and
the friends of law and order feel dis
hoartcned. Most of the trouble is due 10
fine fact that the state is under populiSt
rule AMI Governor Waite has encour-
aged the anarchists by his extreme
methods and Incorporate talk. Cap
ital ana enterprise are leaving, immi-
grants Shun the state. ana the best citi-
zenS fear that they will he plunged into
Il guerrilla warfare if the governor and
the popuists remain in power much
longer. II may be that martial law win
have to be proclaimed in the interests
of peace.