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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-15
FEMALE PRISONERS.
Very Vain Creatures What Investigation
Has Shown.

Vanity in a female prisoner would
be merely laughable if if were not SO
sad to behold 1t is, however, the one
touch of nature which proves the hui
man kinship, and there is perhaps some
hope for even these poor, degraded
creatures if they are thus swayed by
such harmless emotions. Prison ma
irons would be perpetually busy if they
checked every attempt made by their
charges to adopt the last fashionable
coiffure; "fringes" are going out"
perhaps in general society, but they are
still amazingly popular in prison. Grim
inals will trim their hair as it pleases
them, and the wisest disciplinarian af-
fects to see nothing of the fringe. In
the same way, once when chignons were
in vogue, the female felt happy whose
locks escaped the prison scissors and
were long enough to fold over a pad
OF oakum. The ingenuity. again, with
which some prisoners will twist and
tErn their unbecoming uniform into
some faint notion of the fashions of the
day might have earned these artists
good wages in a dressmaker's rooms.
The writer has seen panniers counter
feited and polonaises, skirts draped or
tied back, dress improvers manufac-
tured out of whalebones or horsehair;
no doubt, when the present bell skirt
is faded out of fashion it will be largely
patronized in Jail. The craze for per-
sonal adornment leads women to skim
I the grease off their scanty allowance of
soup, with which they plaster their
hair. He once knew an aged prisoner
who was caught scraping the dust from
| the red brick cell wall to serve her as
rouge.
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TO-CHECk MORMONS.
Utah Democrats Will Reconvene
the State Convention.
Interference of Mormon Church
Must be Stopped.
is CALLED FOR OCT. 22.
Withdrawal of the State Ticket
to be Considered.
An Anti-Statehood Ticket May
is CALLED FOR OCT. %.
An Anti-Statehood Ticket May
be Substituted.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct 15.-The
Democratic state committee met here
last night and unanimously resolved
to issue call to reconvene the state
convention.
But one feeling prevails in regard to
taking action on the alleged interior
ence of the high officials of the Nor
mon church in political affairs and
that was that heroic measures must be
taken and the question of political
liberties of the people of Utah,
irrespective of party be settled once
and for all. The purpose of the con-
vention is to consider the proposition
of withdrawing the Democratic ticket
and substituting therefor an anti
Statehood ticket or taking some other
decisive step to stop church interior
ence in politics.
President Wilfred Woodruff of the
Mormon church, and Joseph f. Smith,
one of his two chief councillors, who,
with George Q. Cannon, his other
councillor, made the remarks which
have caused all the trouble, and are
out with manifestos.
Neither of these proclamations have
the effect of allaying public alarm,
and the feeling is more bitter than at
any time since the troubl commenced.
The call in part is as follows;
efforts are being made to cause the
people to believe that the dominant
church of Utah desires the defeat of
the Democratic ticket The Demo-
cratic party has no quarrel with any
church in Utah. Its grievance has
been caused by those who are willing
to drag the cross of Christ in the mud
and filth Of politics, to advance selfish
ends; therefore, in order that there
may be issued declarat on of politi-
cal and religious independence, the
Democratic state committee hereby
directs the reassembling Of the dele
gates that composed the original con-
ventiOn at Salt Lake on Tuesday,
October %. 1895"
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ton of Nebraska. Mr.. Thurston is at
present on the coast in the interest of the
Union Pacific railroad relative to the re-
ownership on two appeals from orders
made from the state of Oregon.
Mr. Thurston was inclined to be CON-
municative on matters pertaining to pol
itics, aud stated that Joseph Aianiey. the
national committeeman from Maine, had
expressed the wish to him that San
Francisco might be the next convention
place of the Republican party, and that
many of the other mem bers of the east :
ern states had expressed the same desire.
"As for myself" continued the seua-
tor, Il have not made up my mind. Il
is sure to 60 to either Chicago, Pitts
burg, or San Francisco, aud any one OF
the three places viii suit me-"
What do you think of the probable
nominee of the party?"
"Well, my state is rather inclined to-
ward Mckinley, but I hear Allison or
Reed of Maine frequently referred to as
available and safe Tor the party. Harri-
son, did you say? Never. He is entirely
out of the question. l believe there was
but it has about given out. Don't you
recall that old line, Thou dost protest
too much That applies to Harrison
He will never do"
"Wiil the Republican party give the
west a free coinage plauk?H
Eyes, l think SO. One similar to the
plank of the last campaign. but l don't
think the Repu blicans or the Democrats
either, will ever declare for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
without regard to any other country. l
think the money question will have TO be
settled in such a way that there will never
be any great disturbance in money values.
I have always thought that way, and can
not see it in any other light. So far as
the political situation is concerned, as a
whole, it is a little early to make any
definite statements, as they would be
somewhat in the nature of conjecture"
Senator Thurston will remain in Cali
fornia about week longer. and Will then
return to Nebraska.
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GUTHRIE, Ok, Oct. 15.-United
States Marshal Nix has word from
Lawson, east of here, that c. L. Miller
and wife were mu dered inscold blood
by unknown parties We Inesday night,
and Will Miller. the son, SO b dly
wounded that he cannot live. c. j.
Miller is Il brother of BRUCE Miller,
who was killed in the same manner
last fall. 1t is supposed that the Nc
Elroy gang. part OF which is under
sentence at Fort Sm tn sor the murder
OF Dutc John and Bruce Aliiler's wife
and child a year ago, committed the
deed
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vanderhilts May Make Up.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Oct. i5.-It has
become almost an accepted rumor
among the mem bers of the Four Hun
dred of New York that reconcilia-
tion is probable between Mr.. and Mrs.
William x. Vanderbilt, and that i'm
mediately following the marriage OF
their daughter, Consuelo, with the
duke of Marlborough, a second cere-
mony will unite the parents a second
timein matrimony. In the settlement
of the marriage contracts the duke of
Marlborough is understood to have re-
ceived SO, 600, 600, and an additional
$40, 900 was settled on Miss Con-
c17a1a
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ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 15.-The meet
ing of the Farmers National congress
yesterday furnished sensation in the
vote on an amendment to a resolut zion
petitioning congress to enact laws pre-
serving the parity of gold and silver
and providing for an international
conference. The amendment provided
that congress be invited to consider
how to preserve a ratio not higher
than Is to !, and it was lost by vote
OF 251 to i07. The delegates from the
Western silver states voted for the
amendment. .
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DELIVERY CONTRACTS.
The Illinois Supreme Court Decides That
They Are Valid.

The Illinois Supreme Court Decides That
They Are Valid.
CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-The supreme
court has just handed down a decision
that will be of great interest to cattle
men and others interested in the
meat packing industries. In 1890
Pierre Wibaux, who owns a large
ranch at Wibaux, Mont, made a con-
tract with Nelson Morris to supply him
with all cattle of certain grade that
there were raised on the Western ranch
at given price. Shortly afterward
the price of beef took sudden drop
and Mr.. Morris offered Wibaux S25, 600
to be released from his contract
This the ranehman refused and
when the fall came on began shippin G
the cattle by the thousands. When
the account ran up to $40, 900 the Chi
cago packer notified him that he
would receive no more Shipments
contract or no contr act. Then Wibaux
began suit. The finding was in his
favor for S54, 500, but he was
denied ten per cent interest,
which he asked Tor An appeal was
taken by Mr.. Morris, when the second
decision was again. in favorof W1baux,
and in addition he was allowed he
interest. Again was an appeal taken,
and this time Mr.. Wibaux is again sue
cessful. The total amount nov due
the ranehman is a bout S75, 900 and Mr.
Morris will, besides, be compelled to
pay the large court costs which have
accrnad
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QUOTATIONS UNSETTLED.
Tho Cost of city Franchises and Alder
manic Price Lists.

Tho Cost of city Franchises and Alder
manic Price Lists.
Have you got your plans all laid for
your vacation" asked the man in the
plaid suit.
I'm not going to have any, re-
turned the young man with the dark
mustache.
why not?"
''Ive got too good a scheme on hand
and it will occupy all my time until
the council meets" he replied.
What's the council got to do with
ii? '
Everything. It's to be an alder
manic price list"
Giving the cost of aldermen"
mot quite, but it is something Of
that nature" explained the young
man. you see, the trouble is now that
people who want streets or franchises
or anything of that sort have to go it
blind. There is no telling what it will
cost before they get through, and so
lots of people who might go into the
market and buy a street or two are
frightened of, My idea is to simplify
all that by getting up price list that
will give all the information desired
and put franchise seeker in a posi-
ton where ne has a basis upon which
to work. I'd charge for streets at so
much a block. grading the price ac-
cording to their location, the incon-
venience of tearing them up would cost
and the amount of kicking that would
be likely to be made against the alder
for divine t1r,c riChtC
then I'd have a regular scale of prices
for franchises of all descriptions, so
that any promoter desiring to get one
could sec at a glance how much it
would cost. Where honest franchises
are desired I would have fixed price,
but where the rights are wanted only
for sand-bagging purposes, why, then,
OF course, the aldermen would come in
for per centage of the Doodle. 1 viii
consider the matter Of wholesale orders
also. Corporations or individuals who
are constantly doing business with the
council should be entitled to a reduc-
ton from retail rates. They might
make regular contracts with the alder
men for the delivery Of such goods in
the way of streets or franchises as
they might desire, the price to depend
upon the amount Of abuse the alder
men have to stand for giving them
away. AS long as the city's rights are
! disposed of in the way they have been
it seems to me it would be more salts
factory to get the whole thing down
to 4 straight business basis. Then
both the aldermen and the corporations
would know just where they stood.
That's my plan, and if it's adopted l
think I should be well paid for it, in
addition to having a statue Of myself
put down on the lake front as one OF
the great benefactors of the city,
Ex.
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THENEW CUP CHALLENGER
Charles Day Rose Is Half Canadian and
Half Yankee.

Charles Day Rose, who has attained
worldwide notoriety at a single bound
By challenging for the Americas cup
directly Oh the heels of Lord Dunraven' IS
withdrawal in disgust from the races
with Defender. is the second son of the
late Sir John Rose, a Canadian baronet,
and is really half Yankee because of
the fact that his mother was Miss En-
NETT Temple of Rutland, VT. This fact,
however, does not seem to have dan. p
ened his English patriotism, for he IS
very much in earnest about capturing
the America s cup and taking it back
to dear old ''Lunnon. - What further
detracts from the enterprise as a purely
British affair is the fact that an Amer
lean horseman named Lowe is also in
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terested in the syndicate which is plan
ming to build the Distant Shore, as the
new challenger will be named.
Rose is well known On the other side
as horseman and as the owner Of tho
fast yacht Satanita, which was designed
by ]. NJ. Soper, the expert who has
been commissioned to build the Distant
Shore. A number of years ago Rose was
one of the notable athletes Of Montreal.
He was q feet runner and ranked as the
best man at a mile in the vicinity Of
Montreal. One Of his opponents was the
late c. D. Armstrong, an athlete con-
sidered one of the fastest men in Canada
inside of GOO yards during his best days.
Rose is a native Of Montreal and is a
man about 40 years of age. His father
was born in Scotland, but was educated
il Canada, and there began his very
successful business career, the fruits of
which now enable his son to indulge in
the expensive luxury of international
yachting Sir John Rose removed to
England about Is years ago and assum-
ed the management Of the Prince of
Wales financial affairs in the duchy Of
Cornwall He was a shre1vd business
man, and, it is said, greatly improved
the financial condition of Albert Ed
ward during his regime in Cornwall
That his son is a thorough sportsman is
evidenced by the fact that his challenge
is absolutely unconditional
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REBELS USE DYNAMITE. n
Operations With This Explosive Causing
spain Great Uneasiness.

HAVANA, Oct 15.-The recent use of
lyman tie by the insurgents along the
line of the railroad is causing the au-
thorities grave uneasiness, and it has
been considered necessary for them
to employ some special measures
to suppress the practice. With a
view to checking it, Captain General
Martinez De Campos has published an
order that all trees and bushes shall
be cut down and all huts shall be re-
moved within distance of 200 yards
Of the railroad track on both sides 1t
is further ordered that no one shall be
allowed to approach the trains. Vio-
lators of these orders are to be sum-
marilv court martialed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-15
JOHN L. HEARD FROM.
Sullivan Makes a Speech at Benefit
Given to Him at Jersey City,

Sullivan Makes a Speech at Ben eft
Given to Him at Jersey city,
JERSEY CITY, N j., Oct 1.-THE
benefit boxing exhibition for John L.
Sullivan, given last night by the Hud
son county Athletic club, filed the
big Oakland rink Sullivan and ex-
! Champion Paddy Ryan boxed three
rounds. In response to call for c
speech Sullivan said: 4 am pretty
good Old has been I have always
made mistakes, but l have a warm
heart. 1 have always been an Ameri-
can. When foreigners came here to
fight 1 did not go to a newspaper
office to put up money ana talk through
/ the newspa pers. But the newspapers
! have always treated me kindly and
| don't want to say anything against
them. 1 have never been defeated
I but once, and that was by the present
| champion. l wish him success. But
l wish to say this, now, I am not his
| friend
The last remark made a sensation:
| Parson Davies introduced Paddy Ryan,
who get almost as much applause as
| Sullivan. The ex-champions boxed
! lively, but struck no heavy blows.
Sullivan was the more aggressive, but
I honors we're about even. A score of
| light and medium weights gave exhibit
| tons.
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DEBATE, Ohio, Oct. 15.-Mrs, John
Langdon, the wife of a farmer living
near here, gave birth yesterday,
within space of three hours, to Ave
children, all of them males. The five
children are apparently fully devel-
oped. though frail specimens of hui
manity, and the attending physician
believes they will all live. Mrs. Lang
don has experienced no serious results
from the extraordinary ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
She is past 80 years and has three
other children. She weighs 140 pounds
and her husband 165.
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MISSOURI FARMERS.
First of Series of Forty institutes"
Held at Laddonia.

Held at Laddonia.
LADDoNIA, Mo-, Oct. 15.-The Mis-
souri, Farmers Institute, the first of a
series of forty to be held in the state,
began here yesterday. The Institutes
are held under the auspices of the
state board of agriculture for the dis
cussion of agricultural and horticult-
ural topics, and considering such other
subjects as will continue Missouri in
the front rank among live stock breed
ers and agricultural producers of the
world. Hon. T. 3. Terry, of Hamil-
ton, Ohio; Professor H. j. Waters,
Missouri College of Agriculture, and
Hon. N. F. Murray, of Oregon, Mo,
spoke yesterday. Mr.. Terry's address
on Glover Raising" was especially in
teresting and instructive; also that of
Mr. Murray on Apple Raising"
State School Superint endent Kirk
addressed the NEE ing last night.
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CHnIICoTHE, Mo-, Oct. 15.-The
mysterious murder and attempted Gre
nation of the body of the victim on
the Patterson farm ten miles south of
here, Saturday night, was cleared up
to-day SO far as the identity of the
body is concerned. 1t p1 owed TO be
that of William S. Ellis, aged about
80 years of Chillicothe. He was I'M
r1aarriad
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Game Protection Demanded for Mission
aries as Is Accorded Travellers.

8aIl1e FrOtectlon Demanded Tor MisslOn-
aries Is Accorded Travellers.
SYRACUSE, N Y, Oct 15.-Yester-
day was the last days session of the
national council of the Congrega-
tional churches of the United States.
Among the subjects on the program
were Universal Peace, y Marriage
and Divorce" prison Reform and
Sunday Observance. The commit
tee on protection of Americans abroad
submitted resolutions through the
Rev. B. G. Northrup of Clinton, Conn.
declaring that ''our citizens engaged
in religious and educa tionaI work
abroad are entitled to the same pro-
lection from the American govern
ment as is given to the traveller or
trader -
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WORSE THAN SUPPOSED.
No Account Did Justice the Great Storm
Along the Mexican Coast.

SAN FRANcIsco, Oct. 15.-The Pacific
coast steamship company, owner of the
steamer Willamette Valley, has at last
received letter from Capt Won Helms
of that steamer, giving an account of the
storm which swept the coast of Mexico
and nearly destroyed La Paz
. Captain Won Helms letter indicates
that the destruction caused by the hurri-
cane was far more general than might
have been inferred from the telegraphic
dispatches San Jose del Cabe was badly
damaged and Mazatlan suffered heavily.
The Willamette Valley escaped the storm
by anchoring in Magdalea IA bay.
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LONDON, Oct. 15.-Mrs. Alexander,
the poet, is dead. She was formerly
Miss Cecil Frances Humphreys, and
was the wife of the Right Rev. Will
lam Alexander, D. D., B. c. L., Bishop
of Derry and Raphoe. She was the
author of Moral Songs" Hymns for
Children and Poems on Old Tesla
uent Subjects,
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Bank Cashier Arrested.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col, Oct. IS
Fred W. Farrar of Perry. Ok, was
arrested at the Elk hotel upon IN
structions from Sheriff John A. Han
sen Of Perry. Farrar was cashier OF a
bank in Perry, and is charged with re-
ceiying deposits after the bank became
insoIVent.
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DEs MONIES, Iowa, Oct 15-One
hundred and twenty delegates,
representing over 100 miners, met at
assembly hall yesterday and unani-
mously decided to declare for a raise
of ten cents per ton on all
coal mined within the district,
said raise to take effect the
10th inst. The committee previously
appointed to wait upon the operators
reported that some were willing to
grant the raise and others will grant
it November l, while others will give
the raise as soon as the miners are
able to fill the operators cheap coal
contracts. Unless the raise is given
on the 10th the miners will strike.
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sunk in Fifteen Minutes.

LONDON, Oct. l5.-The German
steamer Emma collided with the
French bark Pacifque' off Spurn Head
on Monday morning, and the Pacifque
sank IN fifteen minutes. Twelve per-
sons were drowned. including Captain.
Cagarro ofthe Paci6que and the pilot
The Emma was badly damaged.
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calculated by DAYS In anticipation of
the speedy outcome, District Attorney
Barnes and his first assistant, Edward
Peixoto, are whipping their rebuttal tes-
timony into shape and order, SO that it
can be placed before the jury with even
more CELEBRITY than their case in chief.
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1T3 Pound rurlnkiu

The STATE JOURNAL makes big blow
about 70 pound pumpkin, and says it
is the largest in Kansas. Wabaunsee
county can not only mate their 10 pound
pumpkin, but has one that is 43 pounds
larger We claim the blue ribbon for
-Eskridge Star
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The Maud Lewis Case Begun.

ST. LOUIS, No. Oct. l5.-The case
Of Maud Lewis, who is charged with
the murder of State Senator Peter
BTorrissey last May, was brought up
for trial in the criminal court yester-
day and q jury secured.
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Small Lamps.

Small incandescent lamps, usin
secondary batteries weighing about
half a pound, are used for night serv-
ice in the German army. 1t has been
suggested that they be used with bal
looms for signalling, and the bicycle
corps use them in recon offering. The
small accumulators have been supplied
TO powder magazines and artillery de-
pots.
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Peoria to Be headquarters.

GALEsBURG, Ill, Oct. 1.-THE com
mittee of the Brotherhood af Railway
Trainmen has been considering bids
for the permanent headquarters of
that organization, and accepted the bid
Peoria III.
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Are Now Workiug Fun NINA,

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Oct. 15.-The en-
ployes of the Union Pacific and Mis-
souri, Pacific railway companies are
working full time now for the first
time in three years.
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Chicago, Pittsburg or San Fran
cisco Will Get It.
ANY WILL SUIT HIM.
Says That Harrison Will Never
be the Nominee.
Old Parties Will Not Declare
for Free Silver.

SAN Francisco. Oct. 15.-"The loca-
ton of the next Republican national con-
vention lies between three cities. San
Francisco, Pittsburg and Chicago" said
National Committeeman John n. Thurs
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The Junction CITY Daily Sentinel. after
an existence of about a year, has suc-
cumbed to its fate
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The best SaIve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fee
blains, Corns and ali Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles or no pay re-
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded Price
% cents per box. For sale by ]. 4.
Jones, sol Kansas ave.
Any one who is suffering from Consti-
patton or Indigestion would do we'll to
try Beggs' Little Giant Pills. They give
perfect satisfaction. Sold and warranted
by all druggists.
Smoke "Little Gem,' best &C cigar made.
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The "Aurora." pure Havana, best 10c
cigar in the city
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Try Wsshburn's pure apple cider, IS
cents per gallon.