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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24
THE SENSE OF TOUCH.
The Point System of Reading for
the Blind.
THE OLD BLOCK IDEA DISCARDED.
First Invention Made by the Son OF a
Poor Weaver.
Especial correspondence

lSpec1a4 correspondence
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Rudyard Kip
ling is to talk to the blind through their
finger tips. 1.-The Jungle Book is to
be printed in characters that will con-
vey his story to the brain through the
sense of touch, instead of the sense of
sight, by the American Printing House
For the Blind The characters used are
what are known as the ''New York
point, " now generally accepted through
out the world as the best and simplest
medium of silent communication with
the minds whose windows are darkened
with the eternal shades of night.
1t was Valentin Hauy, the son of
poor linen weaver of Picardy, who first
conceived the idea of embossed signs or
letters to convey meaning to the blind
apart from spoken words. This was in
the year l771. Attempts had been made
before to educate the bid through their
sense of touch, the most noteworthy be-
ing that of Nicholas Saunderson, the
blind Lucasian professor of mathematics
at Cam bridge. He devised an arithmet-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

Mr. TRUEBLoOD's arbitration scheme
seems to be all right as a means of secur-
ing arbitration, but how does he propose
to enforce awards made under its pro-
visions Carroll D. Wright, United
States commissioner of labor, has made
a thorough study of the subject of arbi-
tration of labor troubles, and his con-
clusion is that there are many satisfac-
tory methods, if only both parties to the
disagreement are willing to abide by the
decisions rendered But where either
party to a controversy shall be unwilling
to comply with the orders of an arbitra-
ton commissioner, there seems no way
of compelling them to do SO. To illus
trate, suppose that the situation at Brook
lyn should be referred to board of arbi-
tration for settlement, and the board
should decide that the men are wrong,
and should continue to work as before,
where is the power to make them do so9
The proposition calls to mind the old
adage, that you can take horse to water
but you cannot make him drink.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

The swine predominates at Topeka.
Shawnee's representative has introduced
a bill to create court of appeals, to be
located at Topeka Why not move it
over into Missouri? 1t would be Just as
handy for the west two thirds of Kansas.
Garden City Sentinel
The court is to be formed to take care
of cases of a certain character. The west
two thirds of Kansas will have one of
these cases where the eastern third will
have ten. The court ought to be nearest
to the people who have business in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

NEW ADOBE HOUSE AT COLORADO SPRINGS.
about as ancient, and within its walls
Indian caciques, Spanish adventurers,
Texan invaders and American governors
have successfully sat in state Beneath
the shadow of its roof one of the mo 1t
successful American novels, ben Hur. -
was written.
General Palmer. formerly president
Of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad,
set the adobe house fashion in Colorado
Springs several years ago, and now
score of such houses are being built for
the fashionable inhabitants of Little
London, - as ex- Governor Waite once
termed Colorado Springs. Half breed
Mexicans have been imported to make
the adobes, and no one is considered
quite in the swim nowadays in Colo
RADIO Springs unless he has an adobe
house under way. The Mexicans closely
guard the secret of making adobe, but
the bricks are formed of loamy earth
containing about two-thirds fine sand
and one-third clay and a certain
amount of straw. The material is damp
ened and worked into proper consist
ency by treading with the feet, and is
then placed in molds 16 inches long,
inches wide and inches deep. The
adobes are dried in the sun and become
very hard and durable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24
LOCAL MENTION.

D.B. Groshong of Meriden has sold
John NJ. Goodno 200 acres of land in
section 13, adjoining the Swinburne
ranch, for $4,000
C. P. Murphy, young man 20 years
of age, who has been employed in the
Santa Fe shops, died at 8 o'clock Tues
day night at POI Chandler street. He
has for some time been suffering from
catarrh of the stomach which was the
immediate cause of his death. The flu
neral was held at the home of his parents
at Granville at a. N. today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

THERE is one particular merit in At
torney General OIney's proposed arbitra-
ton scheme and that is that pending a
settlement of difficulties a receiver may
be appointed for the property involved
SO that business may GO on and the pub
lie not be inconvenienced by the disputes
between the employers and employees.
If that were the law the people of
Brooklyn would not be walking now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24
NEW CORPORATIONS.

Companies Organized To do Business ia
Kansas Granted Charters.
The following charters have been fled
with the secretary of state:
The Western telephone company of
Atchison. Capital stock $4,000. Di-
rectors-F. NJ. Baker, J. w. Sharrard, NJ
J. Traverse, r A. Miller and E D. Mills.
The NJ. E. church of Vincent, Osborn
county. Trustees. L Whitley, Henry
Misemiller, F. P. Granthur, Ida J. Gray
and w. P O'Brien
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

~ The STATE JOURNAL is the only
paper in Kansas receiving the Full Day
Associated Press.
az MEMBER American Newspaper Pub
Eshers's association.
1.-THE STATE JOURNAL has the
handsomest and most complete web ster-
eotype perfeoting press.
10 Eastern Office, 70 Tribune Building.
New York, Perry Luksns, Jr., manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24
WILL HANG CHINAMEN.

The Sheriff of Clear Creek County Says
Chinese Must Go.
DENVER, Jan. 24-The attempt to in
troduce Chinese labor in the mines at
Idaho Springs has been abandoned.
Sheriff Bell has notified the Wallace
Mining company that he would resign
rather than attempt to protect the China
men in this work and that he had no
doubt every Chinese miner in Clear Creek
county would be hanged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

THAT is not bad idea of Representa-
tive McCarthy's about making courts try
cases instead Of postponing from one
term to another, wearing out the litigants
and piling up an outrageous bill of costs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

THE legislature of Texas is wrestling
with the fee system. That and the issu-
ance of free railroad passes seems to be
doomed all over the country. Whenever
any measure of reform takes hold in the
south, there is great hope for the rest of
the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24
Weather indications

CHICAGO. Jan 24-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair and warmer tonight Friday,
fair and colder in the west portion in the
evening; southeast winds, shifting to the
northwest Friday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24
DICKINSON NOT AFFECTED.

Settlers in This County Are Exempt From
This Government Suit.
ABILENE, Kan, Jan. 24--The suit
brought against the settlers of Saline
and Ellsworth counties by the govern
ment by reason of the Union Pacific land
grants does not affect Dickinson county
residents as is reported
The lands of this county were bought
by settlers long before the grant in ques-
ton, and their title is clear. But one
man, so far as known in this county, is
included in this suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

ANY bill in congress endorsed by the
Kansas delegation ought to stand the
test of all the courts in the country since
after next March every member will he
a LAWYER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24
A MAN OF PRAYER.

Senator Lucien Baker Repeats One Daily
That His Mother Taught Him.
Senator Lucien Baker is not member
of any church, although he is a familiar
figure in several of the local churches in
Leavenworth. In conversation with a
Topeka pastor this week Senator Baker
said: 81 have never joined any church,
close it at night by repeating a little
PRAYER nv mother taught me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

IF Mr Sprague's bill should become
law there would no longer be scramble
for position on the board to examine
teachers. Think of having to hear forty
or fifty applicants for certificates try to
ginU
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

Besgs' Little Giant Pills
Are the most complete pill on the mar
ket, besides being the cheapest. as one
pill is a dose. and forty doses in each
bottle. Every pill guaranteed to give
satisfaction by W. r Kennady.
Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless
Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-.
cellaneous columns reach each working
dav in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people as can be reached
through any other paper This ID fac.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

Ladies can spend very pleasant and
profitable hour in the classes at the
Ladies' Gymnasium and Bowling Alleys,
No. 623 jackson street, Masonic Build
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

The local oratorical contest will be held
at Washburn January %. The winner
will represent the college in the state
contest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24
Reges, Little Giant PiIIs

Prescott & Co have removed to NJ
11S West Eighth street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

WHITING MACHINE USED IN POINT WRITING.
nished to the governors of all the states
of the Union, and that for 1894 shows
that printing for the blind has reached
vast proportions Printing is done in
line and point letter, but the greater
part of it in point, and all the standard
works in geography. history, poetry, the
drama, the arts, religion and music ara
furnished VINCENT S. COOKE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24
GREATEST IN KANSAS.
AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION:
$500

Fer the three dull summer months Of
1894 increase Of over afty per cent
IN o1e year.
OUR PROOF:
The issues Of the TOPEKA DAILY STATE
JOURNAL. for the three months viz. from the
1st day of June, 1894. TO the 3ISt day Of August,
1884, inclusive. have been as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

The skating at the fair grounds is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-24

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14

leading committees have literally
worked day and night to consider the
bills referred to them. They must be
read and discussed. Many of these are
long. so that the mere reading takes
time. Others must he discussed and put
into form. When ready to report, If
the committees do not report against
them they are put on the road to pas
sage To prevent fraud. the Constitu-
ton provides that each of them shall
be before both the Senate and House
three times before passage, and that at
the third reading the bill shall be
read in full. Many of these bills would
fill one and some two columns of the
Journal. How many such measures can
a body listen to and dispose of in
session of three hours? One thing the
majority in the Legislature can do, and
that is to select the measures which are
most important and push them to pas
sage
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14

in the hands of board to be composed
of the Governor. Secretary of State and
Treasurer of State. That would simply
be parceling out duty and response
bility that belongs to the Governors Of
flee among other executive officers with
the obvious intent of placing the Repub-
licans at once in control of the boards.
The intent would be too obvious to adj
nit of defense. The rational and con-
sistent way is to leave the appointing
power in the hands of the Governor.
where it belongs, with a proviso that
not more than two members of any
board shall belong to the same party.
and put the Governor on his honor to
appoint boards that would run the in
stiturions on nonpart:san lines. In adj
dition to this the law should provide
that the superintendent of all the in
stitutions should beiselected with special
reference to qualifications for the posi-
ton, and appointments and promotions
of subordinates and employees to be
made on the merit system, no board to
remove a superintendent or employe
except for cause other than political.
This would be, at least, the beginning
of such a reform(in the management of
the institutions as the people demand
and as the Republican party is pledged
tn rive
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14
CARL HOFFMAN'S BOY.
Mr.. SctalegeI says 1t Was Murdered
by an Officer of the EIbc.

CLEVELAND. o.. Feb. &c. A. Hoff-
man, the Grand Island. Neb., survivor of
the Elbe, who arrived here yesterday Wis
tied the County Commissioners office to-
day, in company with Commissioner John
Viewers. and both were at once sur
rounded by an interested crowd. In con-
versation with reporter Mr.. H9ffman
made a sensational statement, signed by
Eugene Schiegel, one of the three male pas
sengers who escaped from the Elbe. Mr..
Schlegel swears that about 6 o'clock on the
day of the shipwrech he saw a uniformed
officer of the steamship take Hoffman's SON
from the lifeboat, in which he had been
placed by his father The boy was placed
on the deck OF the vessel and went down
with it. Mr.. Schlegel made oath that he
believes that the officer who took the boy
out of the lifeboat was a. Neussell, chief
engineer of the steamer, who was one of the
sixteen sailors TO escape. Schlegel charges
Neussell with having murdered the boy.
Asked to whether he intended to bring
suit for damages against the North Ger
man Lloyd Company Mr.. Hoffman said he
could not decide the matter until he had
seen his attorney. las soon as 1 arrive
home.' said he II viii go before an at
torney and make out deposition setting
forth all / know about the accident and
the conduct of the office rs and crew" Mr..
Hoffman left for his home in Grand Island,
Neb., at noon, via the NiclSel-plate road.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14

The ways and means committee of
the National House of Representatives
yesterday voted to report q resolution
authorizing the President to issue per
cent. gold bonds in lieu Of the 3A per
cent. coin bonds recentlr negotiated.
This is in accordance with the Presl-
dents suggestion in his special message
of the Sth inst, and while it shows
disposition on the part of the commit
tee to sustain the President it cannot
be regarded as foreshadowing the action
of the House. There is very little prob
ability that the resolution will pass the
House, and il it did it could not pass
the Senate. Meanwhile, the time for
any action is slipping by. The option
for the proposed change in the character
of the bonds will expire on the 18th inst,
and with that the chance to save the
government s16,i74,770 by the simple sug-
stitution of the word gold for the
word COIN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14
THE INDIANA PRESS.

In the railroad vernacular, isn't it about
time for the Legislature to drop her down
notch and get on little more speed for
the hill that IS just ahead. There is much
work to do, and the time. in which to do 1t is
limited Thsre is too much .'t9lkin' " and not
enough work.-Frankfort News.
While the Legislature is so anxious to in
vestigate the managers of different State in
stitut.ons it would undoubtedly find it profit
able aud interesting were il to Investigate
some of its members who introduce meas
ures and push bills designed for no other
purpose than for selfish ends.-GoShen News.
The action of the Indiana legislators in the
House on the anti-pass bill is not to be COM
mended, for the billiias BEEN virtually killed
by being reconlsnftted. sThey should display
backbone enough to. pass such q bill. In
diana is Willing to pay their railroad fare
and does SO, and there is no reason what
ever why any of them should have passes.
South Bend Tribune
The time has arrived for the Legislature
to letup on the work of introduction of bills
and to begin to indefinitely postpone the
great bulk of those that have been intro
duced and pass the few that ought to be
passed. If it will confine itself to maturing
and enacting into law dozen or two meas
ures this Legislature will go Down in history
as the wisest and best that ever assembled
at indianapolis Journal
Democratic craftsmanship has given In
diana the proud but high-priced distinction
Of having bigger bonded State debt than
either Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts,, M:ch-
gan, New ork, Ohio, Pennsylvania or Wis
consn. Indana's debt increased from 81. So
per capita in 1880 to So 50 in 1890, while Tam
many-ridden New York's debt was only SO
cents per capita. What q tribute this is to
the industry of the gang that has run this
State for the last twelve years.-Rushyille
Republican.
From the purely party standpoint of view
there is not the slightest advantage in hav-
ing sinecures maintained for the special
benefit of some real or alleged politician who
insists that he must be rewarded" The
creation of places in order to provide for inn
portuning ofiice-seekers is an abuse that de-
serves attention and remedy. There are
scores of understrappers already on the pay
rolls of the State whose services could be
well dispens cd with at great saving to the
treasury. The chief oil Inspector for in
stance, might be made to go the way of the
chief gas inspector to good advantage, and
there are rnanv other useless members of
boards and heads of bureaus and interme-
diate hangers-on who ought to be dropped
as a matter of eceonomv and IN Just ce to
the people, who are unfairly taxed for the
maintenance of Offices that are of no earth
~ use to anybody except the salary grab-
bling incumbents., And, above all, the LegiS-
lature should set its face squarely and firmly
against every proposition looking to the
creation of additional sinecures.-Lafayett
Courier
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14
THE LIMIT OF REckLEssNEss.

The action of the Democratic and sill
Yer State members of the Senate
finance committee in resolving to report
in favor of the free coinage of silver is
the latest ultimate blunder that the
can make to cause distrust and to
smother the slowly reviving business of
the country. 1t is also the limit of
financial stupidity. 1t is even worse than
the Cleveland-Carlisle scheme to re-
viye State bank circulation. If there
We're any probability that it would be-
come a law business would be para
lyzed and a financial panic of vast pro-
portions would follow. 1t cannot be-
come law this session nor during the
next Congress. STILL these reckless
Democrats in the Senate and the silver
Senators have shown what they would
do if they had the power. More than
that, they have given European govern
ments ground to hope that eventually
the United States will enact free sill
Yer coinage law and thus relieve them
of the necessity of participation in the
restoration Of silver to full money power,
thus preventing reconciliation by in
ternational action.
There was never such a fragrant piece
of jobbery before Congress as the prop
osition to stamp 60 or 70 cents worth
of ssilver bullion lone dollar" for the
sole benefit of the owners of silver bull
lion, because it is simply adding from
30 to 40 per cent. to the wealth of the
holders of silver bullion and silver-mine
owners the world over. And the people
work for wages and salaries. because
it means that the dollar in which they
will be paid instead of being kept at
par with gold by the present system,
would be worth no more than it's value
in bullion when used to purchase bread
and clothing. The title of such law
should be IAN act to take from the
wage-earner part of the value of his
earnings and confer it upon the silver
millionaire. Nor would it give the
debtor any advantage, since from the
silver Senator Stewart, of Nevada. to
the general lender OF money. they gen.
orally have clause in their mortgages
which declares that payment shall be
in gold or it's equivalent.
This is the sort Of measure which
Senator voorhees, has led off in forcing
upon the country instead of taking the
wise course of convincing Europe that
it must join the United States in re-
storing silver to an honorable equality
with gold
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14

Sullivan, Ind: The standard silver dollar
has the same legal-tender quality has
gold, and it has always had. The silver dol
lar was dropped from the coinage system
in 1873 The coinage has simply been
limited since 1877. At the present time
the so-called seigniorage of the sill
Yer bullion owned by the government can
be coined. The subsidiary silver coins,
dimes, quarters. etc. are legal tender to the
amount of so. The salary act known as the
salafy grab of Congress was passed as a
part of the legislative appropriation bill as
conference agreement, March 9. 1873 1t
took effect, so far as executive officers were
affected. March 4, 1873. but was retroactive
in regard to members of Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14
Order Anecting Letter Carriers.

WASHINGTON. Feb. i3.-First Assistant
Postmaster general Jones has issued cir
cular to postmasters at free delivery offices
holding that hereafter a letter carrier who
Is member of the local board of examiners
shall receive fun pay for each day he is en-
gagged with the other members of the board
in conducting a civil-service examination.
and the substitute carrier who serves his
route on such days shall be paid at the rate
OF the compensation of the letter carrier.
The orders of this Office fixing and defining
the duties of letter carriers. shall not affect
a letter carrier on the days he Is actually
employed as a member OF the local board of
examiners conducting 4 civil-servlce exam
ination. The eight-hour law however, must
be strictly complied with, and under no cir
cumstarces should a letter carrier be per-
United to consume more than eight hours
pei. day as member OF the local board of ex-
aninerS''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14
No person at all familiar with Senator

No person at all familiar with Senator
Voorhees, bad record and general I'M
soundness on financial questions could
doubt that he would fail in every emer-
gency involving the national credit and
honor. 1t was his vote as chairman of
the finance committee that decided in
favor OF reporting free silver coinage
bill. He probably thinks his action will
be popular with his party in this State,
which is his highest conception Of states
manship, but even in this he is doubt
less mistaken. The Joirnal has none
too good an opinion of Indiana DEM
ccracy. but it does not believe ma
jority OF the ruling element in the party
are In favor OF free silver coinage under
existing conditions. Senator Voorhees,
is worse than his party. and if there is
still a deeper depth in the slough of
financial unsoundness he can be depend
ed on to find 1t.