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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

reached a friendly port. He is described
as a handsome mulatto who is very neat
In his dress and courteous in manner.
Maceo has marked talent as a leader
for liberty and is greatly feared by the
Spaniards. He and a party of trusted
retainers left Costa RIGA for Cuba March
% in the steamer Adirondack. The cap
tain refused to land them where they
desired, and it is said the passengers
killed the captain, ran the vessel ashore
near Baracoa and joined the insurgents.
Since Maceo has landed on Cuban soil
another great general, Martinez de
Campos. has sailed for the island He
is the man Spain expects will crush the
patriots with an iron hand. He has
been premier Of Spain and is generally
considered her greatest living general.
He has crushed Cuban revolutions be-
fore and will be a formidable foe, back
ed as he is by many thousands of Span
ish troops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25
MONROE'S DOCTRINE.
It Was Enumerated in His Annual
Message Dec. 2, 1928.
CAUSES THAT LED TO THE UTTERAECE

some Passages Have since Been Ac-
Written Law-The Result Of Eng
lands Attitude.
On Dec. 2, 1898, President Monroe
transmitted to congress a message in
which he set forth what he considered
the proper attitude of the government
of the United States toward the young
republics of South America and the ma
tions of Europe to which the people of
those Republics had formerly been SUBJ
iect. The passages referred to were gen.
orally approved by the voters of the
United States both because the senti-
ments mbodied seemed sound and be-
cause they were uttered during the SO
called era of good feeling, when there
was but one political party, previous
issues of contention having died out
and no new ones having arisen.
So thorough was the Endorsement of
Mr. Monroes Inference that it shortly
came to be termed ''the Monroe doc
trine, - and as such has received the in
dorsement of nearly every one ever
since. Just now a great deal is being
said in the newspapers about this doc
trine, the chief occasion being the sus-
picion that England is about to do some
thing in Nicaragua and Venezuela that
will conflict Herewith.
Like most utterances that come to be
taken as final by human beings, the
Monroe doctrine has received divers and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

A LITTLE Republican club in Oakland.
a suburb of Topeka. promises tn stand
by Governor Morrill, if he will do what
no other governor has ever done-en-
force the prohibitory law in communities
where the people are against it. It is
dlthcult to see how the governor can
overlook this generous offer.-Emporia
Republican.
OF course, this little Republican club
doesn't amount to anything. The COVER
nor doesn't need to pay any attention to
1t II he doesn't want to- The governor
can do as he pleases. On the other hand
the little Republican club, can do as it
pleases, too. 1t can refuse to vote for
delegates for Morrill, in 1896.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

THE fact that the government report
shows heavy increase in importations
is another of the many evidences of re-
turning business activity. 1t shows that
the people are buying more. The fact
that'they are buying more proves that
they are earning more money with which
to buy. If they are exporting less it is
because more is being used at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25
No Change to chicago.

The through service offered the travel
ing public by the Union Pacific system
and Chicago & Alton R. K is unsur-
passed The Perfect Passenger serv-
ice'' of the c. & A. with the well known
excellence of the service of the Union
Pacific assures the travelling public that
they "are in it" when they patronize this
popular joint line from Denver to Chi
cago and intermediate points. Pullman
Palace sleeping cars, dining cars and
free reclining chair cars without change
For all information call at 525 Kansas
avenue A. NJ. FULLER,
City Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25
SURPRISE E. ST. JOHN.
Rock Island Roads Former General Mana.
ger Presented With u Watch.

NORFOLK, Va. April 25.-John F.
Lacey of Chicago and G.. J. King of
Trenton, Mo, representing $50 engineers
of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway system, Sunday visited the resi-
dence in this city of Vice President St
John, of the Seaboard Air Line, and pre-
sented him with a magnificent gold
watch. Mr.. st. John accepted the gift
of his late subordinates in brief speech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

THE famous Iroquois club. the leading
Democratic organization of Chicago.
has decided against free silver by vote
of 4S to % This action causes no sur
prise. 1t was because of this sentiment
and the fact that he was not in harmony
with it that President Mcconnell ten
dered his reclamation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25
Lamp Among OIL Tanks.

At 1 o'clock this morning a
lamp exploded in the back part
of the Capital grocery on East
Sixth street and set fire to the oil tanks.
For some reason the tanks did not ex-
plode and the prompt arrival of the fire
department prevented a serious fire. The
damage will not amount to more than
&1O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

PREPosTERoUs is the word used by
James B. McCreary of Kentucky in de-
scribing the proposition to open the
minis of the country to silver. He would
find an excellent field for missionary
work here in Kansas in explaining to the
people just how and why it is prepos
ferrous. The people are ready to have
the light turned on. If the gold standard
people have any facts to offer let them
bring them out Such adjectives as
'preposterous" will not convince any
body. Facts are wanted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

IT seems that the time has about ar
rived for hauling out the rusty old Mon
roe doctrine and setting it in motion. If
England is to be allowed 20 take posses.
sion of Nicaraguan ports for the purpose
of enforcing her demands We might as
we'll never say anything more about this
tradition. England never turns loose
anything until compelled to do SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

Is the through car service offered be-
tween Denver and Chicago via the Union
Pacific and Chicago & Alton r. R., which
is unexcelled by any other line Magni-
ticent Pullman sleepers. dining cars and
chair cars, run through daily without
change, Denver to Chicago via Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

The Leavenworth Times steals one of
the JOURNALS "Stories About Town"
We are accustomed to having our news
columns looted and plundered by whole
sale, but the products of fancy found in
the JOURNAL must be properly credited
We hereby request the Leavenworth
Times to make proper restitution of
the stolen property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25
Refused $4,000 a Year.

'WAsHINeTON, April 25.-H H Kohl
saat, the new owner of the Chicago
Times Herald, offered Mr.. Eckels, the
comptroller of the treasury, large sal
airy, said to be nearly $4,000 year, to
go to Chicago and become financial ed
1tor of that paper. Mr. Eckels has re-
fuaod the offar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

THE Truly Good of Topeka are talk
ing of establishing a daily paper. This
is a cruel stab at the JoURNAL-Ed.
Howe.
The JOURNAL knows of no more subtle
flattery than the above. We like it; give
us more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25
Weather Indications.

CHICAGO. April 25.-For Kansas: Fair
tonight; Friday fair and warmer, south
erlY winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

AFTER comparing what it denominates
the 'greenback absurdity" to the SSH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

112 and ia West sth. Peerless Steam
Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-25

Mr.. Ponds SIMMER School
Begins June 3, at Q a. IL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27

road whose total capitalization Is con-
siderably less than its actual cost of
construction and it's intrinsic value. Mr..
Blackstone is native OF Connecticut.
He was born at Beauford March 2S.
He spent his youth on a farm and laid
the foundation of his education by at
tending the district school in the in
tervals when farm work did not claim
him. Later he was sent to one of the
best known Connecticut academies.
which he attended until his health
broke down and he was compelled to
seek occupation which would give him
outdoor exercise. He Joined an engi-
neering corps engaged in surveying and
locating the New York & New Haven
road. He began as a rodman. but in
due time graduated as a thoroughly
trained, skilled and practical civil en-
gineer. He was appointed assistant en-
gineer of the StocX5ridSe s. Iittsfeld
road and was afterward connected in
the same capacity with the Vermont
Valley road. In 1851 he came west and
| took charge of the construction of a
| section of the Illinois Central. His head
| quarters were at LaSalle and the resi-
dents of that place elected him mayor,
| which is the only political office he
ever held. In 1856 he was appointed
chief engineer of the Joliet & Chicago
road, out of when the Chicago & AL
ton has actually grown. He was elect
ed president in 1861. and three years
| later, when the road became part of
the Alton system. he was chosen presi-
| dent of the new company. AT that time
the road had only 25e miles of tracks
Its present mileage ie over 1000 miles
Mr.. Blackstone has always been alert
to adopt new improvements. 1t was ar
Alton coach which was transformed in
to the first Pullman sleeper and 1t was
on the Alton the first dining-cars were
run. Jeffersonian simplicity is 6
marked characteristic of Mr.. Black
stone. He is easier of access than any
other railroad president in the country
He Is large-hearted and generous to
fault and recently established a publ,
library to the memory of his father IL
his native town.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27

The large red flying squirrel is In
teresting, but not beautiful. 1t is
wholly nocturnal, and, like most noe
turnal animals, is extremely surly and
spiteful If disturbed in the daytime.
1t is as large as a cat, with face like
a rabbit. Its coloring is extremely bril-
liant for n mammal, and in general ap-
pearance 1t resembles some curious
monster in a Chinese painting. The fur
Is rich and deep chestnut on its back,
light chestnut below, it's head white
and it's eye dull pale gray.
The wide parachute membrane be-
tween it's legs is covered with fur, and
its tail is long, thickly furred and round
The squirrel does not ely" in the proper
sense of the word, but in the forest its
parachute membrane answers its pur-
pose almost equally as we'll as wings.
1t runs with wonderful agility up the
trunk OF tree and to the end OF a
branch. and then takes flying leap.
with it's limbs extended to the utmost
and the wide flesh membrane stretched.
This aerial slide" carries it forward
and downward to a horizontal distance
of perhaps forty or fifty yards. and 1t Is
noticed that, as in the case of birds
when making use of their powers of
descent with fixed pinions, the squirrel
throws itself upward and ascends
slightly at the close of the flight,
perching on the bough 1t aims at with
all the lightness of a pigeon descending
from a tower to some point upon the
roof below.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27
Revival of a Pretty Old Fashion.


A pretty old fashion, the fashion Of
Leechs Punch days, is being revived,
the fashion of white linen cuffs and
collars. Despite all the folded satin
collars and rosettes and ruches, and
bands of tailor-made gowns which
formed hard and fast line of color
round the neck, ones soul wearied for
lust that little white edging, finishing
off the dress, and looking so dainty and
neat, which is now reserved for the
nurses uniform. A clean collar, bit
of turned down spotless muslin or lin
en-, formerly gave the exact touch to a
lady's dress which the we'll brushed
silk hat gives to the gentleman's now.
But by degrees these prejudices were
swept away with the fashion OF caps
for young matrons; we grew accus-
toned to the unfinished appearance or
gown without a tucker, we even
learned to associate it with an idea or
smartness, and now our hardly earned
ideas must be dispelled, and we are
ordered to return to the era of collars.
Already neat little collars of muslin,
edged with lace, have made their ap-
pearance in the dressmakers shops.
Just that little white edging, finishing,
gal S1a to follow
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27
.r.d cr,,m Silent in tn, Rarn.

Duluth Mimi, Special.-Jesse Weld
man. an aged and wealthy resident of
Hartford. Todd county, is convinced
that a marriage between May and De-
cember is not the correct thing. He is
70 years old and a short time ago led
TO the altar Frances Skinner, miss of
16. Their happiness lasted precisely one
week, and now Weidmann is suing for
q divorce. The wedding was the swell
est event ever seen in Todd county, for
the groom is the most wealthy man in
the county and holds mortgages on a
vast amount of the farming property
which his neighbors occupy Saturday
last the whole country was thrown into
q state of excitement by the announce
ment that all was over between the
couple, and that legal separation
would follow. 1t is alleged that few
days after the ceremony Mrs. Weidman
brought a male friend to the house,
made her husband sleep in the barn,
and that plan was put in operation
to force the old man to make over all
of his property to his wife.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27

their prestige vanished, they still illus
trate in themselves the law of the sur
Vival of the fittest
This precious tribe live in a queer set
tlement called Indian Town" in King
William county, Virginia, twenty-one
miles due east of Richmond, and one mile
east of the historic white House,"
where George Washington was mar
ried to the beautiful widow Curtis.
Their reservation, comprising 800 acres,
ceded to the tribe by the ancient colon
ial assembly of Virginia, is an oddly
formed neck of land almost entirely sur
rounded by one of the serpentine curves
of the Pamunkey river, not far from its
debouchment into York river. The place
is connected with the mainland by
narrow strip of sand the isolation and
protection afforded by this peculiar sit
uation have no doubt saved these In
dians from determination. About one
third of the reservation is good farm
ing land and the remainder consists of
woods and low swamps. we'll stocked
with deer. raccoon, otter, muskrats.
mink, redbirds, wild geese. ducks and
| turkeys.
There are now 90 Pamunkey Indians
actually present on the reservation
proper and 80 more residing on another
small reservation IL miles northward,
| on the Mattapony river, besides 20
| others employed in service as boatmen
on steamers plying the Virginia rivers,
making a total of las Pamunkeys now
| living. In appearance they are dis
tinguished by the usual copper-colored
skin, high cheekbones. straight. coarse
hair and dark eyes. They are not par
ticularly strong or robust, and their
average longevity is somewhat lower
than that of their white and colored
neighbors.
The eastern Cherokees, toward whom
the Pamunkeys are now turning long
ing eyes. are vigorous, thriving peo'
pie, occupying territory of their own ir
the southwestern part of North Caro-
lima and contiguous portions of George
Alabama and Tennessee, numbering
2,SS5 souls. There are 1870 of them ir
North Carolina, 9S6 in Georgia, 31S ir
Tennessee and Ill In Alabama. All are
self-supporting citizens, moral, law
abiding, industrious, comfortably fixed
and wear citizens clothing. The onl!
aid they receive from the United State!
government is for their schools. Th
males and females are about equal IL
number, and inasmuch as a consider
able portion of each are still unmarried
albeit of marriageable age, they fulfil
in the judgment of the Pamunkeys. a.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27
TIE KINEToPHoNe.
AR. Edison Is Now Experimenting on
Life-Size Figures.

nrr. Edison Is Now Experimenting on
Life-Size Figures.
The kaleidoscope is the name decided
upon by Thomas A. Edison for his la
test contrivance. 1t Is a combination
of the we'll known kaleidoscope and
phonograph, and 1t gives sound as we'll
as action. The new machine resembles
the kaleidoscope closely, with the addi-
tion of rubber tubes and ear pieces by
means of which the voices of the sub
jects shown may be heard. The mat
ter of combining the two machines
was, according to Mr.. Edison, very
simple, the only obstacle being to get
them to work in perfect accord. That
Is, the kaleidoscope and phonograph had
to be started at exactly the same time
or the action and sound would not
come in together. The machine in its
present state is small, and the pic
lures produced are only the ordinary
small ones of the kaleidoscope. The
problem that MIR. Edison has now set
out to solve is the production of life
sized figures, and he says he will get
the machine in working order in three
| months. HIS ldea Is TO throw Ine llle-
sized pictures of the kaleidoscope upon
sheets by means of the stereopticon,
and to produce the sounds through
trumpets attached to the phonograph.
In experimenting for the production of
| life-siZed pictures many obstacles have
been encountered. Tho machine re-
quires larger film and more power
full light, and the pictures produced
must be fiawless. In the small ma
chimes slight flaws are not noticeable,
but when these pictures are magnihed
500 times to make them life-size, the
deviation of hairs breath will amount
to an inch when shown on the paper.
The slightest waver will spoil the pic
ture. Mr.. Edison is enthusiastic over
the kinetophone, and he says he will
be able to produce grand opera with it,
besides many other things. "In fact,
he said to a Sun repor ter yesterday,
"the field of usefulness OF the kineto-
phone is without limit"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27
Instinct Betrayed Him.

A curious story is told by Vienna
correspondent of London News. A
young man, the representative of a
large firm, who carries a large sum of
money with him, recently spent the
night at a hotel at Presburg. AS usual
he remained some time smoking in bed.
Suddenly the burning cigar fell to the
floor. He bent over to eXtinguish it,
when he saw a hand projected from
under the bed put the cigar out. 1t
made him very uncomfortable. He lay
awhile, and then, saying aloud, How
very cold l shall get my coat" he
Jumped out of bed, flew to the door and
cried for help. The would-be robber
was caught. He confessed he knew the
occupant of the room had money, which
he hoped to get while he SLEPT. He had
been fireman formerly, and could not
resist the impulse to eXtinguish the
burning cigar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27

urged by the people of both Missouri
and Ransasyas secretary Of the interior
under President Hayes, on account OF
his familiarity with western affairs. He
was again elected to congress in 1878,
and as a candidate in 1894 he overcame
a majority of more than 5000, which
his opponent had received at the
previous election and claims the seat
on the ground of frauds at the polls
which have been admitted by the OPP
position to an extent that leaves little
doubt as to the outcome. AS politi-
clan Col. Van Horn has been accorded
great skill and sagacity, and for more
than twenty-five years he has been an
influential member of the national or
state committees of his party.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27

A peculiar and fatal accident hefel
George Brady, son of Nathaniel Brady
of Homing Falls, w. Va. recently.
Young Brady was riding frisky young
horse, and the animal ran off with him.
Passing under q large apple tree grow
ing by the roadside, the boys neck was
caught in the forks of two large limbs,
and his neck forced up into the crotch
of the limbs. The horse was going very
rapidly, and the force drew his neck into
the forks of the limbs so tight as to hold
him there, strangling him, and causing
death before assistance arrived, al
though several persons were near at
hand. The horse ran on, leaving the
boy hanging by the neck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27
He Re,,sbes Nails and racks.

New Haven, Conn, Special: 1ale
students and professors were surprised
today by an exhibition given at the
medical school by Sam Harrison. who
poses as the human ostrich. Harrison
is % wears old. Before the exhibition
he showed IA chest expansion. He be-
gan by eating broken glass, and fol-
lowed it up with several lathe nails, four
inch screws and seventy-five ordinary
lacks. He next bit off the blades OF
two pocketknives and swallowed them,
drinking a glass of water after each
act. At the close of the exhibition Har-
ripon showed a chest expansion OF five
inches. He offered to allow any reput-
able physician to cut him open for $3.50.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27
Pleasure O, Yawning Conc.

Miss Cora Hull of Steubenville, Ohio.
Is in a sorry predicament. The other
morning when she awoke she threw
back her head and yawned, and at the
same time something snapped and
sharp pain shot through her head. Her
mouth was stretched wide open. and
she could not shut it. A physician dis
covered that she had dislocated her jaw.
and pressed 1t back to the proper place.
She will have to be careful the physi-
clans say. how she laughs or yawns in
the future, as the tendons being weak
ened, the accident is likely to occur
again.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27
Men Will Be Excluded.

The board of control of the Woman's
college of Baltimore has issued an order
which will bar men from the eXhoits
to be given by the gymnasium classes.
In their gymnasium exercise the young
ladies wear a pair of wide Turkish
trousers. They have noticed that the
attendance of young men has peen
steadily increasing, and it was for TINS
reason they asked for the new order.
The order is also to apply to amateur
theatrical entertainments. in when
some of the young ladies necessarily
assume male characters. Those Oh the
girls who think their sisters entirely
too prudish went about the college to-
day with Grape on their arms and
dressed President Goucher's china-dos
in mourning.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-27
ROBERT T. VAN HORN.
The Man Who Is Contesting for Tars-
ney's Seat in Congress.

Few men have taken a more active
part in the development and progress
of the great southwest than Hon. Robert
T. Van Horn of Missouri who is con-
testant for the seat of John c. Tarsney
in the coming congress. He was born
in Pennsylvania, of revolutionary stock,
in 1924. He became printer while still
boy, and in 1855 became a resident
of Kansas City and founded the Journal
newspaper which, under his long editor
ship has been one of the leading COM
mercial and political papers of the west.
He was elected mayor of Kansas City
in 1861 on the Union ticket and soon
after organized the first troops for the
union army raised in western Missouri.
He was major and lieutenant colonel
| of the Twenty-fifth Missouri Infantry
and made an excellent record at Lex
ington, Shiloh, Corinth, and participat-
ed in many important movements in
the south and southwest. His services
were so greatly needed at home to direct
| the destinies of the wavering state,
however, that he was elected to the
senate of the state while still in the
field. and in 1864 he was elected to con-