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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

gives an entertainment, supper, and
dance at their hall in Barrett's Block to-
night All are invited
The National Reserve Association
gives an entertainment, supper, and
dance at their hall in Barrett's Block to-
night. All are invited
A. N. Cross has moved his jewe Try
store from North Topeka to APT Kansas
avenue, nearly opposite postoffice.
4 meeting has been called to be com
posed of delegates from the Young
People's societies of all the churches on
the North side for the purpose of organ
ling a union. The meeting will be held
within two weeks. The purpose of the
organization is to enable the members to
carry on a more systematic line of work
in the departments and for social advan-
tages
Mrs. Dell Small ia expected home in a
few DAYS She has been in Illinois since
last summer on account of poor health
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07
SOME CHARITY CASES.
Pride and Other Things That Charity Folk
Meet With Sometimes.

Pride and Other Things That Charity Folk
Meet With Sometimes.
Proud indeed must a man be who
would think for an instant of his pride
when his family is suffering for food.
But there are a good many such people
just the same, and Mrs. Thorpe, who has
to do with pride and poverty as much
perhaps, as any other one Topeka person,
meets the combination often.
Here is one case among the many:
Just outside the city limits lives
hardworking man and his poverty
stricken family. Penniless is he and out
of work. Money is owing him, but he
cannot collect it and his children are of
necessity compelled TO remain away from
school. The wife is cripple.
1t has been suggested to him several
times that be could secure help from the
Associated Charities. but pride stepped
in the way and babe him ask not.
Necessity overlook him the other day
during the cold snap. and he found
he must have more and bet. er
clothing for himself and family. The
middle of the forenoon found him in
front of the police matrons's office his lit
tie boys hand in his, pacing the sldewalk
unce rtain whether or not to go in.
he boy went in finally and the father
remained outside until coAxed in by the
matron. Both were fitted and went away
happy.
There is another case that the po-
lice matron knows but which it
is almost imposs BILE to help be-
cause the mans pride stands
in the way. He is an old soldier who
fought in seven battles of the Rebellion
He lay six months in Libby prison. Two
years ago he lost his wife and six weeks
later his baby. Then his pension was
taken from him. 1t was not long after
that that his home and team were taken
| and sold under mortgage and it now
seems almost impossible to get work
that he may support his motherless chill
drsn. He was an applicant for posi-
| ton on the police force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

IT may not be known to the legislature
but the fact remains that the people of
this city generally, do not want 10 pay
for any $50 0OO auditorium. One reason
for the existence of this sentiment is
they want a bridge before anything else
A new bridge has been needed greatly
for many years, but it has not come. We
could get a new court house, q new high
school, coal hole and fair grounds
but no bridge Every public improve
ment made only protracts the time OF
getting a bridge. We must have bridge
some time. Let's drop everything else
till we get it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

THERE is disposition on the part of
q few members of the legislature to do
in an under handed way what they would
not dare openly attempt 1t is doubtful
if any member of the temperance
committee would be willing to go
on record as favoring a repeal of the
prohibitory law yet they are all willing
to favorably recommend for passage
bill intended to nullify it The evident
intention of Mr.. Hack busch's bill was
pointed out by the STATE JOURNAL when
it was introduced Attention is again
called to it. If it passes, no member can
afterwards plead ignorance of its effect
It means the reopening of the saloons in
Kansas under a system of fines which
will be construed into a license. The
prohibitory law is being assAiled from
every quarter and it will require the ut
most watchfulness on the part of its
friends to prevent its being materially
weakened if not entirely abrogatSd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07
SNAKES ARE TOOLS OF TRADE.
A Recent Federal Decision in New
York 40 Settlad a Casa

Recent Federal Decision in New
York so Settled Case
Snakes are implements and tools
of trade" under certain conditions.
This important fact has been settled
with due judicial solemnity in the
suit of Miss JEANNE Magnon against
the board of general appraisers. Miss
Magnon is a snake charmer. She
came to this country on the steam
ship Bohemian on May 80, 1894. and
brought twenty-eight trained snakes
with her, which she intended to use
during her engagement at Hagen
backs exhibition. The collector of
customs decided that the twenty-eight
snakes were subject to duty as animals,
board of appraisers, which sustained
the decision of the collector.
Miss Magnon appealed to the
courts, and Judge Wheeler in
the United States circuit court of APP
peals, handed down a decision re-
versing the board of appraisers opin-
ion aud sustaining the plaintiff. 1.-THE
importer in this case" says the Judge,
sis q snake charmer end imported
twenty-eight snakes in her actual
possession and used by her in exhibit
tons of her skill in that profession
and which are not for sale. duty
was assessed upon them as animals.
She claimed they were free under
paragraph ess of the tariff act of 1890.
which exempts implements and tools
of trade, occupation or employment
These snakes are clearly instruments
within the meaning of the law They
are instruments with which she prac-
tees her profession, and are her pro-
fessional instruments. As such she
seems to have been entitled to have
them come with her duty free"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

ATLANTA CONSTITUTION: The conten-
ton of those who are opposed to the
free coinage of silver is that while the
demand for silver in this country would
increase the value of the bullion here, it
would have no effect on the value of bull
lion in Europe, and they point to the
caae of Mexico as a proof of their state
ment If the United States had no more
influence on the commerce of the world
than Mexico, or than the silver using
communities of South America and the
east, their argument would DO in the
nature of a seIf-evident fact But this
whole business is a matter of trade and
commerce-internatio exchanges
The people of the United States pro-
duce commoditie8 that Europe Is COM
PEELED to have It is to Europe's interest
to get these commodities as cheaply as
possible, and it is for this reason that
Europe has placed its influence behind
the single gold standard, which makes
the money owner richer and the COM
modify producer poorer. It ia for this
reason that the Constitution is in favor
Of the free coinage Of silver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07
NORTH TOPEKA.


Items of Interest from the North Side OF
the River.
Good line of Shawls at your own price
at the New Era.
Mrs. Wetherholt, who has been ailinR
for some time, is now dangerously sick
with pneumonia
Our Prices on Wool Hosiery will soon
close them.-The New Fra
Miss Ellen Heartburg. who has been
laid up week with mumps, has again
resumed her duties as teacher in Grant
school.
Broken. lots of Underwear, must be
sold at the New Era
1t took until about o'clock this morn
ing to clear the wreck caused by the col
lision of Union Pacific passenger and
Rock Island freight trains at the cross
ing yesterday forenoon on Tyler street.
Caps and BATS, Gloves and Mitts below
cost at the New Era
/ sell the genuine old style Usage City
shaft coal E P. Ewart, 1912 Kansas
avenue
Amos Beeler, the engineer who takes
the new engines out of the Santa Fe
shops for the first time and tries them
between this city and Meriden. is called
the heavy man in that department He
tips the beam at 800 pounds He can
also run a race of 100 yards with any
man in the shop.
Remember everything must be sold at
the New Era.
Headquarters for Camden coal Z. r.
Ewart, 1912 Kansas avenue.
The select necktis party which was
to have been given last nigns at Luken's
opera house, was postponed till Tuesday
NIGHT On account of the aaV0r6 weather.
Blankets, Flannels, Dress Goods
slaughtered at the New Era.
The National Reserve Association
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

In a sermon delivered at Atlanta,
Georgia, last Sunday, the Rev. Anna
Shaw said: '.The only crime that the
church has not been willing to forgive is
being woman. a man may be any
thing that is low and yet rise. He may
be drunkard, pugilist even and y .
reform aud be ordained and ill pulpit
A woman may have been born of the
best parentage. have lived a pure life in
every respect, yet she cannot preach be-
cause she is woman"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

ter some Of her youngsters in the parlOr
of an American neighbor, who rejoiGed
in the possession of big Pennsylvania
coal stove. Now, the site of Matamoras
is not a tableland, but a coast plain
under the parallel of the central Sahara,
many hundred miles farther south than
Suez, where the mercury rises to 1C0
degrees F. in midwinter and snow is
seen only on the summit of distant
Mount Sinai. On the plateau of Tibet
boar frosts, it is true, are sometimes
seen under nearly the same latitude, but
on the seashore, east and west, the
twenty sixth parallel is a guarantee of
perpetual summer, even in years when
Picking and Yokohama are swept by
snowstor1ns. A gale like that which re-
Gently fringed the mouth of the Rio
Grande with shore ice would make the
citizens of Canton stare like Bedouins
drenched by a cloudburst.
Yet a polar wave in it's progress
across our national territory loses about
80 per cent of it's maximum horrors.
Freezing point weather at st. Angus
tine, Fla, means zero weather at Bos-
ton. A sleet storm on the Rio Grande in
plies a snow tornado on the Canadian
lakes. The humane turnkey of the CHM
neyless Mexican Jail who treated his
prisoners to a courtyard fire would
probably have taken the responsibility
of turning them loose altogether rather
than see them perish in the temperature
of north Michigan ice gale. At Fort
Brady, on the south shore Of Lake Su-
perior, the mercury has been known to
drop 40 degrees below the point which
Professor Fahrenheit considered the re
plus ultra of cold in any civilized coun-
try, and there are nights when mastif
left to shift for himself in the open air
would run the risk of freezing as hard
as the granite watchdogs seen in front
of our suburban villas.
The Teeth of Storm.
''I used to pity the first Napoleon IS
Eufferings on the Russian snowfelds, 4"
writes a press correspondent from st.
Paul, ''but have stopped that waste of
my sympathies since the day when the
crush of passengers in an electric car
tempted me to step out on the front
platform. / had thick shawl under my
fur cap, but we had not gone ten
squares before bounced back into the
sitting interior of the street car. The
half frozen grenadiers of the Corsican
| Caesar could march anyhow to keep their
blood in motion. but North American
| motorman has to stand still while his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07
Recipe For Sugar TaHx.

Put 2 pounds of brown sugar, with
half a cup of water, in candy kettle to
boil; add 4 ounces of butter Boil until
thick (not hard; flavor with lemon;
take from the fire; pour into well but
tered tins about the eighth of an inch
in thickness When cool, mark off into
squares; press nearly through to the bot
tom. When hard and cold, tap the bot
tom and sides of the tin to loosen the
candy; turn out and break apart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07
FREAKS OF CLIMATE.
DR.. FELIX OSWALD ON THE ECCEN.
TRICITIES OF THE WEATHER.

An Alleged Improvements and Shocking
ReIapse-Ice Storms In the Tropics-Ex-
p1oits of = Observation-Disclosures Tendon
Giles of Polar Wave.
TSpecial Correspondence
CINCINNATI, Jan. 31.-A friend Of
Scapegrace Sheridan used to tell anec-
dotes about profane old position who
renowned the use of liquor and became
q model of meekness Eyes, l know, -
said Sheridan, ''but heaven help the
passenger if your saint should break
loose again.
That proverbial recklessness of re1aps-
ing converts may account for the recent
freaks of our winter climate. Eastern
North America was supposed to have re-
linquished the penchant for those eli
matte brutalities which almost made the
Morse sea rovers ashamed of their dis
covery and came so near breaking the
moral backbone of the pilgrim fathers.
The middle states, from Michigan down,
had ceased to envy the thermal immu-
mites of the sunny south, and the lovers
of weather sensations had to cross the
Red River of the North to realize the
traditional accounts of an old fashioned
winter.
An Eccentric Blizzard
But our climate, like Billings trick
mule, now seems to have been behaving
itself only to get a chance for moro
effective trick. The holiday tourists in
Texas and the southern Alleghanies
were taken completely by surprise. In
Dallas, nearly 1000 miles farther south
than Rome, beer barrels burst in the
cellars, and cattle cars were turned into
beef refrigerators. The Tennessee rivers
became as solid as the Democratic plu-
ralities of bygone times. IN Memphis
oranges froze behind the walls Of brick
built warehouses;. "You went south in
time" congratulated frost abhorring
friend who was passing the holidays in
Florida. Eyes, l timed my trip all
right" was the reply. "but my mistake
consisted in not going little farther
south, say to Lima, Peru. I stopped
too soon and am now shivering in Vo-
1usia county, word which some Vassar
visitor probably intended to express the
convulsive deliciOusness of the climate.
Talk about holidaysp' he added. ''We
had the hottest terror of blizzard that
ever reconoiled a sinner to the prospect
of cheated hereafter. ="
At the Month of the Rio Grande.
A little farther west that same biz
zard swept clean down to our southern
frontier, crossed the Rio Grande and
broke the monopoly of the ice vendors in
Monterey, Mexico. At Matamoros, Mex
CO, the natives fed to the bake ovens
like Roman criminals to an altar OF
mercy. On the night of Dec 20 the
weather became so outrageous that the
prisoners in the town jail had to be
turned into corral to let them solve the
problem of survival around blazing
wood fire. A Mexican lady, with q
houseful of sick children, requested and
Of course obtained permission to shell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

THE Missouri solons are in the reform
ing business, as we'll as their neighbors
here in Kansas. A bill has been offered
forbidding horse racing, cock fighting,
and baseball on Sunday. The bill might
be improved by amendment, so as to in
clude the other six DAYS of the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

THERE seems to be q growing dispo-
sition on the part of states to extend their
protecting care over the citizen. A bill
has been introduced in the legislature of
Illinois to establish plant at public ex-
pense for the production of anti toxine.
1t is to be operated by the state board of
haAlth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

THE trouble over the election Of q
governor seems just beginning in Ten
nessee. The official count of the vote
has been made and II. Clay Evans, Re-
publican, has been sworn in, but the
secretary of state refuses to file the oath.
The Democratic party dies hard in the
south
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

4 CURIOSITY has been discovered. It
is a congressman from New England
who favors free silver. He was elected
last fall, which proves that the western
idea of financial matters is taking root in
the east His name is Holloway, and he
halls from New Hampshire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

HENRY B. BLACKWELL. the venerable
husband Of Lucy Stone, made hit at the
National Woman Suffrage meeting at
Atlanta by advocating the enfranchise-
ment of educated women and disfran-
chisement of the coIored men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07
NO ADVANCE ORANGES.

Thav Will Remain at the Price Fixed Be-
fore the Freeze.
Los ANGELES, Cal. Feb. 7-Notwith-
standing the increase of favorable cir
cumstances for California oranges occa-
stoned blythe Mediterranean freeze out, it
will not affect the price which was estab-
lished by the southern California Fruit
Exchange at the beginning OF the season.
The exchanges consider the prices high
enough to give the growers good profit
and they will adhere to them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

IF Topeka should get all the dams
that have been provided for by legisla-
tive acts here and at Washington We
would have power enough to operate all
the factories that would be needed in the
next century
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07
TEENS OF SUBSCRIPTION.


CHICAGO, Feb. 7-Forecass for Kan
sss: Fair and continued cold tonight;
Friday fair and warmer; north winds.
shifting to southerly winds Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

Ethyl Frances Baker, in her lecture,
ODER Ammergau and its Passion F!ays
ss.isted bv the Young Ladies o. B. club
of the United Presbyterian church. AT
Library hall, Feb. &
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

The Passion Play of 1890. Illustrated
BY 80 views, taken from the original
negatives Library hall, Feb 9Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-07

Iuxleside Seats on sale
at Sims. Advance tickets exchanged for
seats.
The morning times., 1895-11-19
DUNRAVEN MUST PROVE IT
Yacht Club Will Have a Full In
vestigation of His Charge.
Committee Appointed to Carry the
Matter Through, and His Lord
ship VIII Come to America.

New York, Nov ls.-TbeNew York Yacht
Club, at Que of the largest and most rep
resentative meetings ever held in its club
house. took action this evening ON the
charges which Lord Duuraven has made
over his signature in tue London Field.
committee, composed Of William c.
Whitney, J. Pierpont Morgan and George
l.. Rivcs, was appointed with fun power
to take such action In the name OF the
club as they deem proper
The clubhouse was filled with the most
substantial members OF the club. The
gentlemen present acted as one man in
taking the first step toward investigat-
iug the ugly charge OF fraud which has
been made.
While IL Is proba blc that there was no
one present who gave the least particle of
credit TO Lord Dunraycn's accusation, yet
it was the sentiment of the members that
the late challenger should b. given every
opportunity To prove his charges.
A letter from ii. Maitland Kersey, the
American representative of Lord Dunravcn,
was read, stating that Lord Dunra ven had
cabed today announcing his willingness
To come over and place himself at the dis
pOsal Of any investigation committee that
might he appointed.
Commodore L. II. Brown presided at the
it4'fAhiEs hui'u was li'ii III
model room of the club. The room was
packed TO suffocation with gentlemen Of
wealth and distinction, Mr.. William c.
Whitney, Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan, Mr..
George J. Gould, Mr.. c. Oliver IseIin,
.ex-Conmodorc James NJ. Smith, eX-Comp-
troller Myers, L. s. Willard and scores OF
other men OF national repute were present.
The article in the Field was not read and
only one speech was niade-that by Lewis
Cass Lcdyard, who presented the TesO'
lutions, which were adopted.
a letter from c. Oliver Iselln, placing
bis end OF the controversy In the hands OF
the club was read, and also letter from
Mr. Kcrsey stating that Dunravcn would
come to America II desired
4 committee was then appointed in which
is vested the authority to take what action
IL thinks necessary.
The committee will, in all probability,
inform Lord Dunraycn of their appoint
ment and ask If he desires TO be present
at the inquiry which they will make III
reference to his charges.
The morning times., 1895-11-19
JCRY COULD NOT AGREE.
Mrs. Margaret \. CoIliIIs-McCanun
FroSt's Triul A Failure.


Margaret \. insMcCnuna-FroSt was
put upon trial yesterday morning before
Justice Cox in Criminal Court, No. .. The
evidence Of about one dozen witnesses was
taken, arguments OF counsel were heard,
and about 800 O'Clock the jury came into
court to make its announcement.
The judge, having asccrtained that there
was No probability OF an agreement being,
reached, dismissed the jury.
The defendant was charged with having
married Robert Frost while former hus-
band, Charles B. McCanna. was stilI liv-
ing, and with full knowledge OF the fact.
she went upon the stand and sworc that
neither marriage was legal.
Her two alleged husbands swore to the
contrary, and Father McAtee. a Cath
Olic Clergyman, testified positively TO the
latter marriage, while Father Mackin, an
other clergyman, gave evidence which,
while not positive, was nevertheless cor
ruborative of the first husband.
The facts were moi clearly shown, how
ever, and the jury was ma bic to agree.
The circumstances shown To have sur
rounded the second marriage were such as
10 leave a doubt as 10 its binding force.
IL was strictly private, no license pro-
cured, and the parties had been living
together prior to its consummatiOn. A
child had been born prior, and the pos
session OF the offspring Is said to be tue
real bone of contention.
IL is understood that upon the next trial
the evidence of one or two young ladies
now in baltimore, who secretly witnessed
the last marriage, viii be introduced.
The union with McCanna is alleged 10
1899
The morning times., 1895-11-19
W. A.. c.
ENDEAvoR MASS MEETING.
Enjoyable Programme Prepared for
Friday Night at Calvary

The Christian Enueavorers will doubtless
De out in fun force at the missionary mass
meeting, To be held in Calvary BAPTIST
Church, Friday evening OF this week. The
leading local workers say that tue pro-
gramme is the best which has ever been
provided for any meeting OF the union, and
look forward to Il most profita bic evening.
DR.. Greene, the pastor Of the church, viii
welcome the speakers and the audience to
the beautiful new ediflce, and the president
or the union, Mr.. Niles Al. shand, viii
preside.
The addresses viii be OF more than usual
interest. Mr.. Sherw wood Eddy, OF the
Student Volunteer Movenieht for Foreign
Missions; Miss Ella d. MaeI.aurin, of the
American Baptist Missionary Union, and
Mr.. John Wills Baer, general secretary OF
the United Society OF Christian Endeavor.
Boston, viii he the speakers. Miss Carrie
kidwcT stewart will sing solo.
The visit Of Mr.. Baer ui this city at this
time is OF peculiar interest, since he comics
not alone TO address the meeting hut also
TO confer with the committee OF '96 with
reference TO important matters concerning
the convention To be held here next July
The committee will meet Sir Bacr at
dinner at the Ebbitt Friday afternoon, and
previous to This time fndiy iiiIal members
of the committee viii CuHfer. with him about
the special branches Immediately under
their charge.