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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-27
'aWHERE DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES" .
GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OF
& Z O 10

Burgess, Drew, Elliott, attison, Round.
tree, Stevens and Stephenson-8. No
The title was read and amended so as
to read IAN ordinance relating to dead
animals"
bond of 5000 signed by ]. w Shat
fer as principal and Vincent Kaczynski
as surrey, for the faithful performance
of repairing the asphalt pavement under
contract, was presented and laid over.
Mr.. Bradford offered the following:
Resolved, BY the mayor and city c0un-
Gil: That the city treasurer be and he is
hereby directed to receipt to the county
treasurer of the county of Shawnee. for
the sum of one hundred and thirty five
IS 35) dollars, the same being the amount
due from Philip Mulane on account Of
special assessment by reason of d benefit
district created for the purpose Of open
ing an alley between Jackson and Van
Buren, streets and Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets. There being the sum Of
$500 allowed to said Philip Mulane as
damages to his property, and the sum of
$135 charged to the properly of said
Philip ALulune with which TO pay him.
self.
On motion the above resolution was
adopted
The following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Stevens:
Resolved, BY the mayor and council of
the city of topeka, Kan. that the city
clerk be and is hereby instructed TO adj
vertise for sealed bids for the construc-
ton of new sidewalks to be built in 1895,
the walks 10 be built of Shawnee county
vitrified brick.
On motion the above resolution was
adopted
Mr. Bradford offered the following:
Resolved, BY the mayor and city coun-
Gil of the city of Topeka: That the city
of Topeka extend to the Deep Water
Exposition association an invitation TO
hold a deep water convention in this city
at such time as it may designate, and
that the mayor appoint a committee Of
| three, with the mayor as chairman, to
confer with the association.
On motion the resolution was adopted.
Mr. Drew offered the following:
Resolved, That the city engineer be
and he is hereby instructed to direct the
contractor, J. w. Shaffer, to proceed and
repair the pavements of the city at the
contract price in the new contract in an
amount not to exceed one hundred dol
lars ($100) per month.
| On motion the resolution was adopted
| by the unanimous vote of the council.
j Mr. Bradford moved that Mr.. Burgess
be elected one of the committee of three
councilmen, with the mayor, which mo-
ton prevailed. The chair then an
! nounced the names of Councilman Brad
ford and Skinner as the other two mem
bers of the committee.
On motion of Mr.. Stephenson the coun-
Gil adjourned,
s. S. MCFADDEN,
City Clerk.
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COMPARISON.
Leavenworth and Wichita Growing
Over Figures
SHOWING ARRESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS

Made in Wichita, LeavenWOrth and
TOpeka-The Reason Why Topeka
shows the Most Arrests is Because
Druuks Are Not Arrested in the
Other Towns.
The newspapers of Leavenworth and
Wichita are endeavoring to make great
deal of anti prohibition thunder on the
plea that there is more drunkenness in
dry" Topeka than in both of the other
cities combined. The statement started
in Wichita that the number of DRINKS
that have been fined in the Topeka police
court since the first of the year is S31,
In order to refute this statement JOUR-
NAL reporter went over the police rec
ords from the time the present force has
been in Office February y to date 1t is
found that there were 200 arrests for
"plain" DRINKS, and 40 for being drunk
and disorderly-total 245.
By months the showing is as follows:
Drunk and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-27
MR.. GORDON JOINS A LODGE

1t Was Real Mean But They Used a SURE
Enough Goat; Ask Mr.. Gordon.
There was revelry by night and roar
ing good time generally at the hal! of
! Capital lodge No. 3, A. o. Q. W., AS
Kansas avenue, Thursday night
1t was the occasion of the initiation of
Charles Gordon into the order, and the
experience has doubtless left a lasting
i'm preston on his memory and other
parts of his anatomy.
Mr.. Gordon is not large, but he is a
very dignified man of middle age. There
were about 100 present and they were
well prepared to enjoy the initiate more
perhaps than the candidate.
The team was under command of Cap
tain Ed. Tower, and Past Master A ].
LoveIand took charge of the upright
but trem bling candidate, while the team
repaired to the ante-room to get ready
for business.
Mir. Gordon had bsen blindfolded.
"Let the candidate be turned toward
the west" said voice from somewhere,
and the candidate was.
"Bring forth the royal bumper from
Bumpersville, and let him bump"
The door to the ante-room was swung
open and there stood a No II bewhisker-
ed goat-a real goat. However, the can
didate did not know it. He would not
nave DSSn In6T6 II ne DaQ
Somebody squeezed the goats tail.
"Ba-ahr-rh," remarked the Royal
Bumper, and became a streak.
The streak struck Mr.. Gordon on the
east side and didn't leave him time to
take his bearings or his breath.
When they picked him up it was dis
covered that he had lost a good deal of
his dignity in transit
This was patched up hurriedly aud the
candidate was once again placed in the
center of the room. The goat was buslly
| devouring the contents of ritual and
had to be coaxed. He was once more
| headed in the direction of Mr.. Gordon,
but on the other side this time.
Suddenly the goats tail was squeezed
again and as he went between Mr.. Cor.
don's legs Mr. Gordon could not resist
| the temptation to sit down Things, in
Guiding Mr. Gordon, were now going the
goats way and he seemed to enjoy it 1t
was better than chariot race for him
! and he made the rounds of the hall half
dozen times with Mr. Gordon claspIng
his body in q warm and affectionate en-
brace
Mr. Gordon has experienced pleasant
er sensations But the crowd enjoyed it
and that was what Mr.. Gordon was there
for.
The candidate was not yet dead and
while preparations we're being made to
drop him over the precipice, he resisted.
The goat did no further damage than
to chew off part of Mr.. Gordon's trous-
ers leg during the wait.
This is the last lodge Mr.. Gordon will
join this week. He has given notice.
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He Was After Joseph.

was over in the Pennsylvania DEPOT
the other day when a train came in bear
ing a young man who stood over 6
feet high and had arms as long as the
picI7ets on fence. He was making in
quiries about the ferryboats when he
spied a loudly dressed young fellow not
far away whom anybody would have
picked out as travelling fakir. The
giant from the country made three long
steps and picked the fakir off his feet
and slammed him down, and as he held
him on the planks he said:
''Durn yer hide, but I thought I'd
run across ye ag'in some day. How s
the tooth powder swindle? How's sell
in a man sunthin that's split every
burned tooth in his mouth in tryin to
clean 'em? I'm goin to make a cold
corpse of ye in jest two minitsl''
But the police We're on hand to haul
him off and insist that he go his way
The fakir had been roughly used and
couldn't get his breath for several min
utes. When the big depot had got
through whirling around with him, I
asked if he had been in the tooth pow
der business, and he smiled in a sickly
way as he replied:
81 never was. He takes me for my
twin brother Joe, who goes about sell
ing that stuff It takes the enamel off,
but Joe keeps right ON selling it. Hang
that hayseed-he almost killed me -
"And you also have ine?" I asked
"Oh, yes. sell a sure cure for COLI
sumption for only % cents a bottle and
throw in pair of eyeglasses worth half
dollar with each sale, but that fellow
WASH after me. 1t was the tooth pow
der, and I must speak to Joseph and
warn him of the error of his ways. !"
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His Dire Revenge.

She was passing up Hastings street in
the cleaning as he was coming down,
and natural philosophy brought about a
meeting.
.'Miss Johnsin, kin I spoke to yo'?''
he queried as he halted
eyes, sab, - she replied ego kin
spoke right yere if yo' dun want to say
sumthin. -
''I'd RAIDER spoke to yo' in private -
''Yo' can't do It'll What yo' want to
say?'
s'Miss Johnsin, - he said after fidget-
ing about for moment, Ibid you go to
de patty wild dat niger Swiper last
night?''
Eyes, sab. -
can did he buy ice cream and can
dy?''
eyes, sab -
can took yo' to superb
eyes, sab. -
can danced cherry dance wild yo'?''
eyes, sab. -
An did yo' promise?"
81 did, an what yo' gwine to do
bout it?''
''What gwine to do bout it? What
gwine to do? I'ze gwine to get re-
vengel I'ze gwine to make it so drefful
bad fur yo' dat yo'll wish yo'd nebber
bin bon 20
'Hu How yo' gwine to do dat?
GWine to slash me wild razor?,'
"NO, ma am I'ze gwine to do wuss'n
dat. I'ze gwine right up an git married
to yo'r mudder, an afore night I'll be
yo'r stepfather an make de face of dis
airth so hot fur yo' dat yo' will be call
in upon de Lawd fur mercy! Good even
in, Miss Johnsin, I'll see you later p'-
NJ. Quad in Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-27
SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES.

Seabrook Congregational church, SER
vices 11:15 q. m, subject, "Chrstian
Truth in Christian Song" evening ser
Vice 8 p. m, temperance lecture by
County Treasurer Frank StahL
Sunnyside Congregational church, Sun
day school p. NJ, preaching service 4 P.
n. j. E. Kirkpatrick.
DR.. Ida c. Barnes will address meet
ing for women at the Young Woman's
Christian association, 60 Kansas avenue,
Sunday afternoon at Ais o'clock.
North Topeka Baptist church, Rev. W.
b. Hutchinson, pastor. Service at II a.
m, subject of sermon, Prosperity"
Union service in the evening.
First Presbyterian church, Rev. S. B.
Anderson, d. D, pastor. Morning sub
ject, John 3, Is. Messrs. Lawrence aud
Waters will sing duet at the morning
service. Evening subject, unfinished
Lives" The Santa Fe" octette will as
sist in the evening music
First Baptist church, Rev.J. B. Thomas,
pastor. will preach at the usual hours.
Morning topic, "Hope;" evening topic,
The Young Woman of the Period"
Baptism in the morning. A prelude adj
dress will be given by a representative
of the Y. W. C. A.
Second Baptist church, First street,
Rev. G. D. Olden, pastor. Preaching at
l. L 8 y.
m. Address by Mr.. A. A. Roby.
There will be Union holiness meeting
at the Wesleyan Methodist church.
corner Third and jefferson street, 8
o'clock Sunday.
United Presbyterian, corner of Eighth
and Topeka avenues. The pastor, Rev.
NJ. F. McKirahan, will begin tomorrow
at II o'clock a series of discourses on
Samuel"
First Society spiritualists. Lincoln
Post hall, East Sixth street Conference
meeting at II a. m. At D. N. lecture
Mani"
Church of Christ, Scientist, 21O West
Sixth street Bible lesson services at II
a. m, subject. "Israelites Journeying to-
ward Canaan"
Brethren (Dunkard) church, Oakland
Preaching at II a. m and 8 p N. to-
morrow by Elder Vaniman.
Services at Liberty Mission, corner
Fifth and Lelnnd, Sabbath, July 20: 8
D. m, Judge Huron. of the N. E
church, will deliver the address.
| Cumberland Presbyterian church, cor
ner of Polk and Huntoon streets. Preach
| ing both morning and evening by Rev
II. Bell, the newly appointed pastor,of ST.
| Louis.
Madison street Baptist church, W. F.
File pastor. Sunday school at 10 a. IN.
Instead of the sermon at II report of
the National Baptist Young Peoples
union at Baltimore will be presented by
! the pastor
German Luthern church, corner of
Van Buren, and Second street, C. F.
Graebner, pastor. Services tomorrow at
| 10 a. N.
First English Lutheran, preaching at
| II a. N. by the pastor Rev. A Z Wag-
ner. Subject Loyalty" No evening
service.
Grace Cathedral, corner Polk and
Eighth streets. Holy communion at
8 O'Clock a. m. Morning prayer. litanv
and sermon by Very Rev. Dean Mills
paugh. Subject "Every Man has Some
Faith"
ST. John A. NJ. E. church. Morning
subject, "a Gosple Sermon" Evening
subject, "What We Need in the Way of
| Reform" -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-27
SKETCHES BY M.QUAD
He scented q CALAMITY.

by dear thir,'' began the young
man as he lot go of a lamppost on JEFF
ferson avenue and zigzagged out in
front Of a passing policeman; ''my dear
thir, do you observe my condition.
You have been drinking too much, -
replied the officer
''Yeth, too, too much. Wouldth you
notice it hin my gait?''
Most certainly. -
ssAnd when I speakth to you does my
speech betray me?''
eyes, it's plain that you are tight -
''Thay, officer continued the young
man, tits not a regular drunk, it'll it?''
E'No-Only tight. -
g can geth gait on me?"
sob, yes -
"And 1 can thee?''
eyes"
''And my talk it'll pretty near all
right?''
Eyes. it is. Are you on your way
home?''
'Yeth. Thee me walthl Ith that
good huff walth to get home on?''
Il should think SO. Got your door
key?"
"Here it ith-thee? Put it in the
door and turn it-tho. Have I got my
hat on?''
eyes"
"Clothes or all righth?'s
eyes
Nothing wrong except too, too
much condition.
"That's all Now, then, get brace
on yourself and make start -
ST will. Officer, observe me. I brace,
I start. My legs wobble, and thee two
sidewalks. But thath all the better for
me-. Get home with as fatht with two
sidewalks. Good night, officer Not a
regular drunk, but jess too, too much
inebriated condition. Two Sidewalks
That foot on one shidewalk-zhis foot
on t'other. Sho long"
The officer saluted in return and had
got 80 feet away when the young man
lurched over the fence and hung on to
it, while he called through the dark
ness:
t'Shay, officer! Two sidewalks aw-
full nice thing for me, but suppose I
find two houses when get home-two
houses-two doors-two keyholes Shay,
find noth'e young man in inebriated
condition and shend him along to take
other house, won't you?''
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Police Judge Hatton of Wichita gives
the number of DRINKS for the same
period as 1873, and at Leavenworth the
Times figures out that there were only
113 arrests for drunkenness.
The Leavenworth Zines, speaking edi-
torially, says:
Statistics furnished by the police judges
show very plainly the amount OF drunkenness
in Topeka. where saloons are closed. as COM
pared with Wichita where till the last week or
two, saloons were permitted. From January
up to the present time there have been 33l ar
rests for drunkenness in Topeka and only 1873
| i'm Wichita In this clty the number is lower
! Stil-only 113. There are two interesting infer
enceS to be drawn from these figures and facts
One Of them IS of great Importance. and that is
the clear proof afforded of the inetficacy of the
prOhiblt0ry when it is enforced. 1t distinct
| ly increases intemperance. Let Christians and
! temperance refOrmerS make an accurate note
of 1t in their memories. Let them draw fair
| conclusions and reason without prejudice, and
they Will see that their own cause is retarded and
| injured. he second inference is of less
| consequence, but il is curious: Topeka. which
wOrLh in a sanity. sIckenlng cant. and advocat-
| ed that they be chastened and made good like
! Topeka ls-Why. Topeka IS the most drunken
place in the state.
Losing sight for moment of the fact
that Topeka is cons derahIy larger than
either Wichita or LeAvenwOrth. the rea-
son for Topeka's showing on arrests for
drunkenness is obvious In Topeka
drunk men are arrested, in Leavenworth
anu w lCHlta lH0Y are mol IN Topeka,
drunken man on the streets is taken to
the city prison; in the liquor towns they
are such common sight that no notice
is taken of them. At Leavenworth sol
diers from the Home and from the Fort
! when drunk are not arrested unless
wildly disorderly. In Topeka drunken
man is corralled before he has an oppor-
| tunity to insult women and make ID nui-
sance. of himself. Atchison women have
/ to stay home from prayer meeting in or
der to avoid insults from drunken men.
In Topeka drunk man is such rare
object on the streets that he is a curios-
ity; in the "wide open" towns they are
found on every corner and loating at ev-
cry stairway.
This is why Topeka's police records
show so many arrests for intoxication.
If the Leavenworth or Wichita police
undertook to arrest every drunk man
they would have time for nothing else
and circus tent wouldn't hold all the
culprits. Both of the towns that are
BOOSTING of their sobriety are full of
blear-eyed, red-n osed buns and soaks
who are ever present living monum ents
to the saloon.
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AConnend~bIe Work.

From the Kansas City World:
In order that it may concentrate its
business the Kelley institute of Kansas
has closed the institute at Topeka and
moved it's headquarters to Kansas City.
Kas. The institute located at the latter
place has been the most successful one
in the western country, and has become
famed all over the United States on ac-
count of its treatment of a large number
of Indians. 1t is the only institute in the
country at which full blooded Indians
have been treated.
1t has also borne the distinction of
having the patronage of every large firm
and corporation in this section of the
country.
One railroad has furnished it over
sixty patients, and every railroad run
ming in and out of Kansas City has one
or more employees who have been saved
by taking a thorough course of treat
ment at this institute. The institute has
been in active operation for over three
years. and during that time bias treated
hundreds of patients, not one of whom
has ever claimed that there was a re-
turn of the appetite for stimulants or
that they have received anything bnt
benefit from the remedies. The RENE
dies of DR.. Kelley have saved over
200. 600 people, and have stood the test
of fifteen years, and yet it is a strange
thing that occasionally some one will be
found who will take some imitation of
this treatment because it is cheaper.
1t will be well for everyone living in
Kansas City to remember that there is
no Kelley institute in Kansas City, Mo,
and that the one located at Kansas City,
Kan, is the only one located in Kansas,
and the best equipped in the western
country.
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First published in the Topeka Daily
State Journal, July 81, 1895.
Council Proceedings.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
TOPEKA, KAs., +
July "a, 1895.

July "a, 1895.
Council convened pursuant to call.
Present, Councilmen Bradford, Burgess,
Drew, Elliott, Roundtree, Stevens and
Skinner. Absent, Fulton, .Pattison
and Stepnenson--3 (Pattison andStephen-
son came in laterl
In the absence of the mayor and presi-
dent Of the council. the city clerk called
the council TO order, and on motion OF
MI Bradford, Mr.. Burgess was elected
president pro tenn. A quorum being
present at roll call The following call
was read:
COUNCIL CHAMBER, !
TOPEKA, HAS,
July "a, 1895 !
To the members of the City Council. Topeka,
Kansas
CONTINENTAL special meeting of
the City Council is hereby called to meet
at the Council Cham Der this "Wednesday
evening at 1870 O'Clock, for the purpose
of considering the following business,
viz
An ordinance relating to vehicles, &c.
An ordinance relating to dead animals
in the corporate limits of the city of To-
| peka.
To consider bonds.
To consider resolutions.
JAMES BURGESS, Co,,o;,r,or,
| GsEAL1 W. &. STEPHENSON, !
Attest: S. S. MCFADDEN,
City Clerk.
Mr.. Skinner introduced ordinance No.
1897, being IAN ordinance relating to
vehicles, amendatory of and repealing
! ordinance No. 1875, approved July Is,
1885," which was read the first time. On
motion of Mr.. Bradford rule IS was sus-
| pended by the unanimous vote of the
| council, and the ordinance was read and
considered by sections, and on separate
motions sections one, two, three, four and
five were adopted. The ordinance was
then put upon its final passage and
passed by the following vote: Ayes,
! Councilmen Bradford, Burgess, Drew,
| Elliott, Roundtree, Stevens and Skinner
| 7. The title was read and agreed 10. Pat
tison and Stephenson came ln.)
| Ordinance No. 1898, being "An or
dinance relating to dead animals in the
corporate limits of the city of Topeka"
was called up by Mr.. Bradford, and sec
| ton five was read. On motion to adopt
Sir. Bradford moved to amend section
five by striking out after the words low
est "possible rate" and inserting instead
Ibid approved by the couucil," which
| amendment was adopted. Mr. Skinner
moved to further amend the section by
/ making the bond to be given five
hundred dollars instead of one thousand
dollars, which motion was adopted. On
motion section five was adopted as
amended Section six was read and on
motion to adopt the section Mr. Skinner
| moved to strike out all that part of the
section relating to the fifty dollars
license Fee" The motion was lost, and
section six was adopted without amend
| ment
Sections seven, eight. nine and ten
were each read and considered separately
and on separate motions were adopted
! The ordinance was then put upon its
final passage and passed by the follow
ing vote: Ayes-Counciimen Bradford,
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MADE A HIT WITH IRISH.
Col. Haines, Delegate to the Railway
Congress, Pleases Them.

LONDON, July 27.-Most of the Ameri-
can delegates to the recent international
railway congress have returned here
from tour of Ireland, whore they were
grandly treated
Colonel Henry s. Haines, president of
the American Railway association and
vice president of the Plant system, was
spokesman for the Americans and scored
a tremendous hit in a speech which he
made at Galway, which city is making a
great effort to induce large ships to call
there.
So when Colonel Haines said that the
American delegates felt at home in Gal
way. because it was so near America, the
Galway men went wild with delight and
called the gallant colonel the American
Daniel O'Connor
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Patents granted to citizens of Kansas
for the week ending July %, 1895, re-
ported through the Office of ]. F. Beale,
solicitor of patents, 9O8 G street n. w,
Washington, D. c.: P. c. Forester,
Leavenworth, scroll former, tool for
binding metal strips; Ed E Fuzell,
Larned, pump; Henry Mehl, Bushton,
pump; J. s. TuttIe. Burns, horse power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-27
THAT HOT DAY.
1t Matched Out Chicken on a Shelf I'm
Ottawa.
(From the ottawa Bulletln.)

(FrOm the Ottawa Bulletin
The other day Riley Rathburn pur-
chased some eggs at the store and took
them home.
that Mrs. Rath burn heard cheepiBg in
the pantry and on Investigation found
that one of the eggs had hatched and a
motherless chicken had come to light
With little care it has become a thriv-
ing chicken.
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Enough.

''Do you think, young man, that you
can give my daughter all she asks for?''
questioned papa grimly.
@I-aw-think SO, SIR murmured
the lover bashfully. ''She says she wants
only me- Tit Bits.
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To THE EDIToR-Please inform your read
ers that I have a positive remedy for the
above named disease. By its timei5J- nse
manently cured. [ shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy free to any your
readers who have consumption if they viii
sendme their express and post Office address
E.A-Slocum, C., 183 Pearl ST., New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-27

The Royal Baking Powder is made
from the very finest and purest materials
and costs much more than any other
brand, which accounts for its superiority,
although it is sold 10 consumers at the
same price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-27

The Royal Baking Powder is recon-
mended by the best authorities on cuis-
inc. Its sale is larger than that of all
other cream of tartar baking powers
com bined. and it has more friends among
housekeepers than any other similar ar
ticle.
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The free-for-all and 2:1O races at Hol
ton will be interesting.