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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-13
NEED NOT GIVE AGE.
Statement Made in the journal
About Registration,
JUSTIFIED By LEGAL OPINION

OF Lawyers in TOpeka-The RegIstra-
tfOn Clerk and the COmmIssIOner
Need Enlightenment
The statement made by the JOURNAL
that it is not necessary that women or
any one else give their exact ages, in
order to be eligible to registration, is
endorsed by leading lawyers of Topeka
and it is safe to repeat that if you do not
desire to give your exact age, do not
do so.
The stubborn and unreasonable clerk
may refuse to register you, out do not
stop to argue the case with him. Ask
him to fill out a blank appeal to the
board of election supervisors who will
listen 10 it.
Following is what lawyers say about
the matter:
Ex-District Judge John Guthrie: 81
am fully conversant with the law and I
am satisfied that it is not necessary to
give the age to register. | know that the
statute says that a person must give his
age but that provision is not mandatory
The exact age does not determine the
qualifications of the voter and the pro-
vision in the law is not placed there for
that purpose elf | satisfy the commits
sioner that am above the legal age l am
eligible to registration. According to
his ruling there are great many people
in Topeka who cannot vote at all for
they cannot give their exact ages. If
the age must be given these people can
not be registered and that position makes
the commissioner ridiculous. Every one
knows that they could not be disquali-
fed because of the fact that the age was
not given"
| Captain Joe Waters said: "Of course
| they do not have to tell their ages. All
! that it is necessary to do is to satisfy the
/ commissioner that the applicant is over
the age which qualities him or her as a
| voter, and that is twenty one, as every
one knows. The commissioner was rig ht
when he registered Colonel Holiday, al
though he refused to give his age except
to say that he was over twenty-one, the
! qualified age: but he surely makes him
self ridiculous when he refuses to regis
| ter women who make the same answer"
Ex-County Attorney A. H. Vance said:
| 81 do not think it is essential that the age
| be given. The law does not mean that
the exact age must be given. 1t is
| only put there to determine the age
qualification OF the voter, and if
he is over the age required by
the law which makes him a qualified
elector, he is eligible to registration, and
should be registered though he refuses
to give his age"
Chairman P. I. Bonebrake, of the board
of supervisors, said: Il would not like to
say what we shall do until I have care
fully examined the law, but we will sure
| ly do whatever is reasonable. It seems
to me that the comm issioner should not
be small in a matter of this kind"
DR.. f. s. McCabe, who is a member of
the board, said: eve will do whatever is
justified by the law"
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small tea party Monday evening for her
mother, Mrs. Stewart and her husbands
mother. Mrs. LANCE.
Mr.. W. H. Nelson left for his home in
Smith Center today.
Miss May Davis will return from New
Mexico Friday.
Mrs H. X Devendorf who has been
seriously i'll with la grippe is improving
A yonng lady popular in the Oxford
circle will give party in the next two
weeks
The next musical event of Importance
in Topeka will be the Elk's benefit
travesty on "Romeo and Juliet" MIR.
II. L. Shirer has been cast for part.
Col George w. Veale, who has been
seriously Ill since Saturday evening, is
better today.
Miss Minnie Barnum has returned
from months visit with friends in New
ton and Wichita, where she was the
guest of honor at several social gath
erings.
Representatives Meredith and Satterth-
waite returned to the city yesterday
Mrs. Walter Horner will entertain the
Whist club of which she is a member,
tomorrow afternoon.
MIR. Ed Trow er, OF Leavenworth, is at
the Copeland.
Children's Festival.
The c. K. B. c. Benevolent society
gave a children's festival last evening in
the Harmony club rooms in the Masonic
building. This festival was in celebra-
ton of the fourteenth day of the
Hebrew month Ador, which saw
the deliverance of the Jewish people
from Humans yoke by the intercept
ton of Queen Esther. The occasion is
called the Feast of the Purim. The Ia
dies who had last evenings amusement
in charge were: Mrs. c. Praegheimer,
Mrs. S. Barnum and Mrs. S. Greenbaum,
| assisted by Mrs. J. Levi and Mrs S.
Snattinger. About sixty people were
present, half of them children. Dane
ing was enjoyed till 1870, when light
refreshments were served. After supper
the company again danced to the de-
lghtful music furnished by Messrs.
Kline and Cohn.
The Tuesday Night Club.
The Tuesday night coterie enjoyed
another of its informal dances at Weth-
erelPs hall last evening. The usual de-
lightful dancing was enjoyed by Messrs.
and Mesdames E. Ii. Crosby, s. Ii. Gar
denhire, Cartilage, Charles Guild, Frank
A Lewis, Terrence, D. J. Harding, Irv-
ing Doolittle Scott, Charles Eagle,
Misses Ona McFadden and Bessie Stew
art, Mesdames Scott Matson and Clara
Wiggin, Messrs. Ed Curry, Pegues, Mart
Wikldal, Charles Kleinhans and r. Z.
Jamison.
Dame Rumor has it that popular
member of the T. v club will wed a
young physician just after Easter.
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NOT AS BAD AS PARIS.
Chief Crowley COntradicts Max ORelIs
Statement About San Francisco.

Chief Crowley Contradicts Max O'Re1Ps
Statement About San Francisco.
SAN Francisco. March 13.-Chief of
Police Crowley vigorously denies the
assertion of Max O'Rell that the illegiti-
mate children born in Paris annually
were not more than one third the number
of illegitimate children born every year
in San Francisco.
Chief Crowley says this city is not half
so immoral on the lines suggested as any
of the large manufacturing cities of the
United States, England or the continent,
where young girls and women are thrown
in daily contact with irresponsible males
of their own age. The chief does not
know where NJ. Blouet obtained his data,
but pronounces the conclusions false,
whatever the source OF his so-called sta
tistics.
''If we who have lived here all our
lives and have to deal with crime and the
element of immortality said Mr.. Crow
ley, cannot form any accurate estimate
on this illegitimacy how could stranger
and foreigner acquire such data? This
alleged French humorist is fakir of the
rankest kind.
at is an insult to compare San Fran
cisco to Paris, where the marriage laws
are looked upon by most in the light of
a useless encumbrance. If O'Rell were
here he would get what he promises
would be the treatment of Mark Twain
were the latter in Paris-his nose would
be pulled"
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WARNS COTTON GROWERS.
Cotton Manipu1ators Trying to De1ude
Them, Says Mr.. Lane.

Cotton Manipu1ators Trying to De1ude
Them, Says Mr.. Lane.
ATHENS, Ala, March 13.-Proctor II.
D. Lane, president of the American Cot
ton Growers Protective association, has
issued the following address:
ITO the Cotton Growers of the South:
81 wish to call the attention of the cot
ton growers to the strategic movement
being made by cotton maniptilators to de-
lude them into the suicidal act of plant
ing again large acreage of cotton.
81 warn the farmers of the south that
the price of the last few days is fictitious,
and is the product of a conspiracy OF
men TO Systematically rob the producer
of his legitimate gains 1t is delusion
and snare to catch the unsuspecting
farmers to inveigle him into the tolls of
another 100000 surplus, so that they
can bear down values lower than last sea-
son with an increased surplus"
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NANCY SYKES GREAT HIT
Played by an Actor Only a Year on the
Stage.

Stage.
With three rehearsals and only one
man that had ever played the piece be-
fore, "Oliver Twist" was put on at the
Grand last night by the Mckee Rankin
company.
The audience was large and was will
ing to admit that the acting of the com
pany or d majority of it was meritorious
but the piece itself is a nightmare of
the deepest dye and during the murder
scene in the fourth act, which was re-
markedly well played, though it is
most horrible scene, good many women
covered their faces and some in the boxes
retreated to the rear till twas over
Mr.. Rankin played Bill Sykes, and
Mr.. Dick us could not have imagined
more brutal character than Rankin made
it. 1t was natural and the murder scene
also Judging from what most people
have read of murders. OF course very
few of the spectators have ever seen
murder, consequently all they know
about it being "naturaP' is hearsay.
The Fag of Frank Sheridan seemed
rather weak at times owing perhaps to
his apparent forgetfulness but his strong
scenes were played with an energy that
brought forth sincere applause from the
audience Earnest Walcott as Fanny was
very well done. So also was P. 7. John
son as Vellum and l. E. Beach as Brown
low
Very good, too, was the acting of E.
O'Connor as Dawkins, the Artful Dodger.
To one young woman in the company
is especial credit due. The rendition
Miss Patrice O'Neil gave the part of
Nancy Sykes could not have well been
better and the audience attested its ap-
probation by giving her and Mr.. Rankin
two enthusiastic curtain calls.
The part is one that has been tried by
all the most famous women of the older
school and is looked upon as a E'test part'
by many now.
Until Miss O'Neil played the part last
night herself she had never seen it play
ed She got the part Sunday, had three
rehearsals and did it last night most cor
rectly and evenly. if she did get away
from her dialect once or twice for mo-
ment
1t has hardly been year since Miss
| O'Neil left the public schools of San
Francisco and joined Mr. Rankin and
wife in small parts, on the recommended
ton of a mutual friend. She has done
we'll, and will do much better.
Miss Isabelle Lincoln was acceptable
as Oliver Twist
The company will put on Mr. Rankin's
famous 'sCanuck" tonight
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ALABAMA POPULISTs.
Demand q Special Session of the Legisla-
ture and Deprecate Violence.

Demand Special Session of the Legisla-
ture and Deprecate Violence.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 13.-The
Alabama executive committee of the
Peoples party met here with q large
attendance last night Capt. B. F. Kolb
and candidates on his ticket were pres
ent. Shortly after the meeting conven-
ed, Chairman Adams read lengthy
communication from Kolb, in which he
urged upon the committee the necessity
for calling a special session of the legis-
lature
At midnight the convention adjourned
after having adopted an address to the
people of the state in which they de-
clare for law and order and deprecate
any unlawful undertaking. They score
the Democratic party for its alleged fail
ure to fulfill promises by passing a con-
test law which does not apply to Kolb's
case.
They do not deem a dual government
advisable, claiming that should one be
established, Cleveland would send federal
troops to Alabama and put down their
government They set up the claim
that one hundred thousand voters have
petitioned congress to establish a Re-
publican form of government in Alaba-
ma, which they claim does not exist
They endorse Captain Kolb's resolu-
ton that special session of the legis-
lature be called. They conclude by
mapping out plan of campaign
strengthening their organization and
predict national success next year
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MUSICAL ITEMS
OF Interest to Lovers of Music In Topeka
and Else where.

Of Interest to Lovers of Music In Topeka
and Elsewhere.
Miss Edna Parkhurst will sing
beautiful new sacred solo entitled
''Plains of Peace" by D'Auvergne Bey-
nard, during the morning service next
Sunday at the First NJ. E. church.
The little "Scene de Ballet Au Gillet,"
as played by the Mozart symphony club
Monday evening captured the audience
completely. 1t is strikingly reminiscent
of the popular "Loiu du Ball." by the
same composer.
Kansas lenors are just now much wor-
ried over difficulty which appears in
the contest song "Salve dimora," from
Gounod's Faust, in the shape of S high C.
Miss Stella Wallace. one of Topeka's
favorite vocalists, left yesterday for
Chicago, where she will take course of
vocal training in ore.of the best colleges
in that city.
Mrs. II. E Hortoa's accompaniment
on the organ, at the Amphion concert
Monday evening, deserve special praise,
having been very artistically rendered.
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IN SOCIETY CIRCLES.
Recent Social Events in Topeka
and Vicinity.
GENERAL NOTES OF SOCIETY.
Personal items OF Interest About To-
peE<a People and Visitors in Town.

Personal items OF Interest About To-
peIxa People and Visitors in Town.
During March the Shakespeare club
will meet with Mrs. Furman baker.
Col W. H. Rossington has returned
from st. Louis
The Chaldean club, which is studying
German literature, meets Thursdays with
Mrs. w. w. Mills
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hull will leave
Thursday for Denver, Col
Mrs. Roblee and daughter Ollie have
returned from Texas.
Mrs. John Gray is visiting Miss Kate
Kessler.
Miss Glenna Cross will go to Emporia
Friday to visit her aunt, Mrs. Il. C. Cross
Miss Emily Van HOuten is recovering
from an indisposition of several days
Miss Lillian Gemmell is in Chicago to
attend grand opera.
Miss Esther Jenness left yesterday for
Chicago.
Mrs W. McA. Green, who has been the
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.
Van Houten, returned to her home in St
Joe yesterday.
Mrs. W. Littlefie1d and Miss France re-
turned yesterday from Chicago
The younger crowd will dance at
WetherelPs hail tonight complimentary
to visiting young ladies.
Miss Lillian Frazier of Hiawatha will
visit the Misses Moon in the near future
Mr.. and Mrs. p. @. Noel have returned
from an extended eastern trip
Miss Ina Hopkins is the cashier at the
new dry goods store.
MIR. Bert Platt of st. Louis, formerly
of Topeka, is in Topeka en- route to Salt
Lake city and the Pacific coast
Messrs. Warren Akers and Rassie Ben
nett have issued invitations for must
Gale to be given at the Bennett home
Saturday evening.
DR.. and Mrs E. C. Chapman of Fort
Madison, Iowa, came over yesterday to
attend the Hogeboom- n ewton wedding.
Mrs. NJ. Levi and Miss Fannie McCas-
lin have returned from the east.
Miss BERTHE Ryus left today for Kansas
City for a visit of several days.
Mrs. c. S. Baker has been seriously i'll
since Friday with the grippe.
Mrs. Jennie Hayes and family have
moved to 1916 Taylor street
Mrs. Edwin LANCE entertained at a
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GIVES WATSON A CHANCE.
Congressman Black of Georgia Resigns,
aud New Election is to Be Had.

ATLANTA, Ga, March 13.-The resigna-
ton of J. c. G. Black as congressman
from the Tenth district was today accept
ed by Governor Atkinson, who will, at an
early day, call an election to fill the va
cancy.
This is the district represented in the
Fifty-second congress by Tom Watson,
(Pop.) and in 1892 by Black, who defeat
ed Watson, and in the last election again
contested the seat. Black was elected on
the face of the returns, but fraud being
charged on both sides, he has resigned.
and the race will be run over again, this
time under a new and strict registration
law passed by the last general ass emily.
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NEW NATIONAL PARTY.

To Hold Its First Conference at Republi-
can Party's Birthplace.
PITTsBURa, March 13-Delegates are
arriving to attend the conference in this
city tomorrow to discuss the formation of
a new national party which shall have for
its principal object the abolition of the
drink traffic aud the free coinage of sill
yer.
Among the speakers who will be pres
emit are Mrs. A. NJ. Rice and Mrs s. d.
Perkins, of Cleveland. The conference
will be held in Lafayette hall, which is
of historical interest as being the birth
place of the Republican party.
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NORTH TOPEKA.

Items of Interest from the North Side of
the River
Winter is hard fighter.
c. s. Martin, of Salina, was in town
today.
Redmondville has not furnished a SEN
sation for long time.
w. A. Penny went to St. Joseph this
morning on business.
Mrs. Ball is severely i'll with tonsilitis
at her home in Shorey.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Tracey of Shorey
are the parents of new woman.
Rev. r. H Barnes of Beloit, is here
to attend the funeral of Bishop Thomas.
c. L. Kidd, travelling freight agent of
the Illinois Central, was up from Kansas
City today.
Bert Green and Harry Nichols foated
down to Lake View looking for ducks
yesterday.
H. N. Cline is making some improve
ments and additions to his home on Kan
sas avenue.
Daphne, the young lady who dispenses
spray at the Z. P. fountain, looked cold
in the storm this morning
w. c. Sly is opening spring millinery
at S42 north Kansas avenue.
The Rock Island has been sending two
car loads of potatoes d week to Okla
homa which have been loaded by north
side potato raisers.
O. D. Skinner is a candidate for coun-
Gilman from the First ward. Mr.. Skinner
is a wide awake man and would make a
profitable servant for the people.
Farmers coal l sell it.
f. p EwART, 1912 Kansas ave.
Doubtless the next time you take a
<r;~ hn roiIrOod will fh q
brakeman sing out at some point on the
line, sTriibyville, Trilbyville"
j. NJ. Turner of Pratt, visited friends
here today on his way to Chicago
to meet his wife. Mr.. and Mrs.
Turner will also stop here on their way
home
See4he Kinetoscope at Arnold's Drug
Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Acton arrived from
Wymore, Neb, this afternoon, to make
this their future home. Mr.. Acton is a
cousin of the Forbes brothers, for whom
he will work.
For one week only at
Arnold's Drug Store.
The kaleidoscope.
w. A. Quigley, at one time an employe
at the Santa Fe offices, has been added
to the office force at the Union Pacific
freight depot on account of a rush of
business and Mr.. Sherburne's absence.
NJ c. Holman, one of the present coun-
cilmen from the First ward, is a candi-
date for re- election. He is one of the
representative business men of the city
and has displayed great energy and
ability in filing the office.
John Bradbury, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Bradbury of the Silver Lake
vicinity, and Miss Bessie Robinson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs E. B. Robin
son of Menoken township, were married
today at the home of the brides PARENTS.
Mr. Bradbury has rented farm and the
newly welded couple will make their
home near here.
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SILVER DEMOCRATS.
They Are Going to Call a Convention i
Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March 13.-About
fifty prominent Democrats met here last
night and took preliminary steps to or
ganize a state Free Silver Democratic
league. Captain Joseph F. Johnston,
who last year opposed Governor Oates
for the Democratic gubernatorial nomi-
nation, presided.
Several speeches, heartily endorsing
free silver, were made and a committee
was appointed to call a convention to eff
feet a perm anent organization and to is
sue an address to Democrats and invite
prominent speakers to address the meet
ing.
Senator Morgan will be among the
speakers. The date of the convention
has not yet been fixed
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snectators Esught Too.

MARsHALLrowN. Iowa, n arch 13.-Jim
Sellers, the colored welterweight cham
pion of Iowa, met his frat defeat last
night, being knocked out in the four
teenth round by white man named
Greenwood near Webster City. An all
ronnd fight among the spectators fol-
lowed the announcement of the result.
Many eyes were blackened aud heads
bruised A number of arrests viii
probably be made.
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ENFORCED THE TRUTH.
A Populist Paper Was Published Only to
Give True Legislative Reports.

RALEIGH, n. c.. March 13.-The daily
Caucasian representing the Populist
party of the state.) will suspend publica-
ton on Thursday. The suspension is
purely voluntary and this action was de-
cided on after wide conference by cor
respondence and otherwise with the
Populists all over the state.
The publication was begun for the
especial purpose of enforcing correct
newspaper reports of the legislature and
it will suspend with the adjournment of
the general assembly. 1t will resume
publication with the opening of the next
political campaign.
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WAS A "BOLD OPERATOR. -
And He Operated So Boldly He Burst
For 100000.

For 100000.
ELYRrA, O.. March 13-The failure of
G. A. Budd & Co., of this city, extensive
hide dealers, who had headquart ers in
Cleveland and Boston, appears to be
much worse than at first reported.
1t is today asserted that the liabilities
will reach close to 100000 and all the
available assets have shrunk to less than
$4,000.
Hal Muzzy, the silent partner in the
900 TO A. H. Johnston, Eugene Mussey,
David II. Baldwin and Geo. H Ely, pres
ident OF the Northwestern Creamery Co.
of Chicago, who have deposited collate-
raj to amply protect all banks. Mr.
Muzzy is known as one of the boldest
operators in the country.
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Larsest snelter in the Country.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, March "a
Cablegrams have been received here
stating that money has been raised in
London to build at Colorado City the
largest smelter in this country. 1t will
be equipped with a special treatment
adapted to the handling of the low
grade Cripple Creek ores.
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YdI6'S La Fp6CkId
Death TO Frecbles.

Nine. M. Yale was re-
Gently asked the question
which Of her discoveries
she considered the most
wonderfully Her reply was
as follows: La Freckla, be-
cause it unmasked my own
face from a filthy mass of
freckles and gave me the
beautiful roseleaf complex
ion which you see and which
has been admired by the
people of every nation. Be
fore [ discovered La Freck-
Ia [ was a freckled face
individual Disguised with
my own appearance. To-
day | am the envy of every
woman who 1o6EA at my
skin.
La Freckla will remove
any case Of freckles In ex-
istence and leave the skin
as transparent as crystal.
One or two applications re-
moves tan and sunburn. 1t
takes from three to nine
days to destroy every trace
of freckles. 1t is the only
remedy known to the world
that does this. Now is the
time to use La Freckla, as
it strengthens the skin, re-
moves and prevents freckles
and sunburn. $1.OO per bot
tie. Sold by all druggists or
NINE. NJ. YALE. Temple of Beauty. IA
Safest, Chicago.
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ThOs. L.. j ames Eade Mayor.
TENAFLY, n. j., Merch 13.-Ex-Post-
master General James was elected mayor
of this place yesterday. There were
about 500 ballots cast
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LONDON, March 13.-One hundred and
twenty diamond cutters from Antwerp
sailed from Liverpool for New York OF
the steamer Majestic today.
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Diamond S,utaers Coming.

A grand treat at the Grand opera house
Monday, March IS.
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Secure tickets for Mondays exhibition
at the Sims drug store tomorrow. Tick
cts 25c No extra charge for reserved
seats except in parquet and two rows in
balcony, which are 1Oc extra.
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Buy granite ware of Sheldon