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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-07
GROVER TO BE AN AUTHOR
The President Is Engaged in Writing a
Book Economics.

WASHINGTON, May 7-Mr. Cleveland
is to appear before his countrymen in
new role. He has become a literary man.
1t might be more correct to say that he
has long since been literary man. He
spent four years, more or less, in writing
book, still incomplete. which seems
likely to give him an altogether unique
position in our long line of presidents. It
is volume on economic science.
Mr.. Cleveland is presenting economic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-07
MAY JOIN THE ENEMY.
Five Thousand Troops S'art for the Island
of FOrmOsa.

Of FOrmOsa.
Hone KONG, May Five thousand
troops have started from Canton for the
island of Formosa in order to suppress
the expected opposition of the Black
Flags to the occupation of the island by
the Japanese according to the terms of
the treaty of peace between China and
Japan.
Many of the troops are unreliable and
likely TO join the Black Flags.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-07
ZINC WORKERS ASKARAISE
Tt Was Promised Them and They Want
It Now.

NEVADA, Mo. May AT a mass
meeting of zinc smelter work
ers last night committee was
appointed to call on the employers
to demand an advance in wages in ac-
cordance with promises some time ago
when cut was made to the effect that
when prices for ores advanced wages
would be raised
1t is believed that if the demands are
not conceded 2, 700 men will strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-07
win Fight SAT- Lake.

BOSTON, May 7.-Dick Moore, who is
training for his tight with Fred Morris,
has accepted the offer of purse by the
Salt Lake City Athletic club to meet Jim
Williams in July.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-07
O1nev Begins His Sneaoh.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Attorney Gen
eral Olney began to speak in the supreme
court of the United States on the income
tax at 2;20 o. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-07

George E. Brown aged 81, died thi
morning at the home of his brother
1913 Buchanan street, of consumption
The body was taken TO Whiting this al
ernoon on the Rock Island. He was
member of the !. o. o. f.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-07
state =. 5. Convention at saIina.

SALINA, Kan. May THE thirtiet
annual convention of the Kansas Stat
Sunday School association begins her
this evening and lasts until SATURDAY,
MANY delegates have already arrived.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

1t IL true that America now holds 4
yachting cup which she has not earned
and In that degree the prize Is made
valueless and barren OF glory. The
discredit lies In this fact, however, and
not In any Intentional unfairness on tho
part OF the American yachtsmen. The
latter may not have acted diplomati-
cally, but they have certainly violated
none of TIE rigid rules of the sport. II
could have been wished that they had
sacrificed technicalitics to the effort to
get II fair and adequate test of the
yachts, but tried by the rules of yacht
ing they come out quite as well as their
British opponents. who, threw up the
third race without trial, thus compel
ing his rival to accept the cup as a
scornfully presented gift The whole
affair Is unfortunate, but IL the British
observers Of the episode are going to
take the ground that Dunraven was de-
liberately cOzened out of the prize It Is
necessary to remind them, first, that
his lordship was honestly ana decis-
lively beaten In the first race; second,
that his opponents We're more than will
Ing to give him another trial In tho Sec
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

10 Denver belongs the glory. tine OF
her professors has casually ana be.
tween times made the discovery which
has puzzled learned men all their lives
and haunted them after death. lie has
discovered the missing link. He hns
1t In bag and It II what II commonly
known IN the white-faced capuchin
monkey. The professor announces that
1t IL the remains of the first man. the
origin OF the human race. what the
public doesn't like about the Denver
professor IL his claim and bold assur-
ance. Why does he insist that the
dried.up monkey Is the first man? 1t
might easily be the second or his cousin;
the mummy bears no ting testifying that
1t IL the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS but
tho professor will not be bluffed out Of
his original statement. He also has
the remains OF the first horse. but M.
turally he does not think SO much Of a
little thing like that. While he IL about
It he might remember that people
would be Interested In u mummy Of the
first kiss. or tho premier paid tallOrs
bill, or the original ancestor OF a Chi.
cagO alderman. 1t IL u matter OF regret
that this professor does not seem to
fully grasp his opportunities or rise to
the occasion.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

The electric currents which pass
along the trolley wires IRE reported to
have done much damage to the water
pipes and mains Of Omaha. South Oma.
I'm and Florence. Suit has been institut.
cd for the recovery Of $25O,OOO dam.
ages. and IN injunction Is asked for to
prevent the continuance Of the system
which Ia alleged to be destroying the
utility OF the water works system In
those places. "Electrolysis'' IL the
term used to. describe the action com.
planned Of. The electric current seeks
tho metal water pipe for the return
portion of its circuit and decomposcs
the metal principally ut the point where
1t leaves the pipe. Some months ago
there was discussion by experts In
regard to tho evil ana the best means
to he used for prevention. But It
would seem that those means have not
been employed In Omaha, or II used
they have proven inadquate. Perhaps
1t will he found that the trolley must
be discontinued Or that some other ma
terial than iron must be used for water
pipes. In the latter case the pressure
might have to be taken off the horizon
tai pipes, or most of them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

The rise In the tide of immigration
once more calls attention to the evils
that the country IL suffering ana likely
to suffer from the unrestricted influx of
people from Europe and Asia. The fig.
urcs of recent immigration are above
those for the corresponding months of
1894, ana the arrivals of aliens are now
nearly 10000 u month above those OF
the same period of last year. The fig
ures for the last fiscal year, when I'M
migration reached its lowest point,
show 27G,13G arrivals against 81, 6O5
for the preceding year. But the last
three months of the fiscal year just
ended show 122,050 arrivals against
0o,ssS for the corresponding period Of
the preceding year. 1t IL evident that
Congress should deal with the subject
promptly on Its meeting. In the pres,
ent state of the labor market of the
United States, even the addition of II
quarter Of n million year to the work
Ing population Is Il misfortune, and
the probabilities are that the influx will
continue to swell until it reaches the
100000 or 100000 that were annually
brought to this country few years
ago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

In the killing Of the descrtcr Cofrcy
at Fort Sheridan the United States
army has It's frat practical test Of the
new Krag-Jorgcnsen rifle. The cffcc.
tivencss Of the terrible arm will scarce.
~ be questioned. At fifty yards the
nickcl.plated cOnical bullet passed
through the head Of the victim. through
a live tree eight inches In diameter.
and. thirty yards beyond. buried itself
three feet Into the hillside. The dead
mans skull was shattered until only
the scalp preserved Its shape. The
Krag.Jorgensen rifle was designed In
the paradoxical spirit Of humanity to.
ward man. This unavoidable but sue.
ccssful test ut Fort Sheridan suggests
that II the weapon II 10 he accepted be.
cause Of Its clean-cut destructivencss.
there may be. In the future. q new dis.
tance.linc established ut which armies
shall engage In action. The horrible
shnttcring effect Of the bullet In Cof-
fcy's brain was due to the close range
ut which he received II. 1t II only he.
You'd 400 or 200 yards that the steel.
capped bullet adjusts itself to the Of
fects Of ritilng sufficiently to cut clean
wound. Mnnifcstly. then. two armies
engaged with the Krag-JOrgcnscn gun
at less range than this are. by force of
Inference. guilty Of barbarism. At
greater range the chances Of war are.
perhaps. greatly In favor OF human
targets escaping scot free. Aside from
speculative results. this new weapon In
the hands Of men In garrisOns con.
tlguous to civilization IL not rcassriring.
Targct.rangc practice. chance firing by
guards, as In the case Of COfrey. and
the chances Of accidental discharge OF
these terrible weapons give no one NIB.
sOlute immunity for many miles around
II Government post Even In the noun
tains Of Colorado protests have. been
made against target practice which.
with this new arm. II endangerlng tho
lives Of miners In the hill country. II
may come to DO questioned II the Gov.
eminent IL justified. especially In set
tied communities. In using such a wcap-
on In arming garrison guards.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28
clinglng with fierce tenacity to the last
and brightest jewel in SPANS colonial
THEY DID RI0HL,
olhN bl
crown.

The age limit was removed from the
county classified service Wednesday
by the county civil service commits
sion. The resolution was presented by
Commissioner W. II. Boycc, and was
unanimously adopted. 1t was as FOL.
lows:
Resolved. That i'm the future cxami.
nations Of applicants for vacancies In
the classified service the limitations
Us to age shall be as follows: Male APP
plcants MUST be ~ years of age or
over. except in the case of messengers,
who must be II years of age or over.
Female applicants must he IL years
or over. No limit shall hereafter apply
us to the maximum age Of applicants.
hut the qualifications of all applicants
shall be tested by physical and mental
examination. All rules In conflict with
this resolution are hereby repealed.
The commissioners decided to issue
notices of an examination to be held
Oct. II. While the notice will include
all classes of the service. the COM
missioners especially need applicants
as physicians and attendants to III
the new positions in the Dunning in
sane asylum.
Pending the final settlement of the
i5.ycar age limit question. the city
civil service commission II invcsti.
eating arguments on both sides. A
decision will not bc reached until
Commissioner Waller returns from the
East.
The bill to test the validity Of this rule
Of the city commission was filed In the
Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon BY
william T.. Mason. The latter has ar.
ranged that the case shall be- argued
before Judge Gibbons Saturday. and
Corporation Counsel Beale was notified
of the arrangement. Judge Gibbons
will notify the remainder Of the Cir.
cult Judges Of the time set for the
hearing and will invite them all to sit
with him to consider the case. The
complainant In the bill IL John A. Barr.
u veteran Of the late war. who lives at
10 SangamOn street. lie Is taxpayer
In the City Of Chicago. lie says that he
was educated In college and has taught
school for four years. and verify he
lieves that he Is competent to iii any
clerical position required by the city.
but when he applied for an application
blank he was refused upon the ground
that he was too far advanced In years.
An examination Of candidates for
the position Of messengers was held In
the council chamber Wednesday. Tclc.
phone operators for the police depart.
ment were examined Thursday. An cx.
animation Of applicants for places In
the fire department will be- held Thurs.
day at Battery ID. On Saturday appli.
cants for appointment In the police do.
partmcnt will bc examined at the same
place.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28
Mr.. FELSENTHAL ron JUDGE.

Numerous friends of Eli Is. Felsenthai
are urging him to be a candidate for
Judge Of the Superior Court.
Mr.. Felsenthal IL In every sense q
Chlcagoan. lie was born here, receiv.
ed his early education here, and his
college training at the old University OF
Chicago. subsequently he attended
the Union College OF Law, and was
graduated In 1850. He has practiced
law In Chicago ever since. His first
partnership was with Judge Forester,
aud he was afterward associated with
Henry Wendell Thompson. lie Is at
present the senior member Of the firm
Of Felsenthal & DAncona. Mr.. Eel
senthal's practice yields him much more
than the salary Of judgeshlp, but he
would probably make the financial sac.
rihcc II he thought the people required
his services on the bench.
Mr.. Felsenthal Is the son Of Herman
Felsenthal. who has for many years
been engaged In the banking business
In Chicago, and IL now president OF the
Bank OF Commerce. Herman Felsen-
thai enjoys tho distinction Of having
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

Considerable speculation has been
awakened lately by the recent an.
hounccment Of some British alienists
that 10 far as concerns the people of
Great Britain insanity Is Increasing.
The recently published report Of the
commissioners In lunacy for the Brit.
lsh kingdom shows a marked increase
In the number of the insane. The sta.
tistlcs Indicate that twenty-five years
ago the proportion of insane In the
kingdom was al to 1.OOOOOO of popula.
ton. The figures for the year 1894
show a ratio Of 5SS to 1,OOO,OOO. Were
this Increase to be carried on at the
same rate II Is easy to figure out an
alarming number Of insane people and
q startling deterioration of the human
race couple Of centuries hence. 1t Is
to be remembered. however. that much
Of this apparent Increase Is superficial.
In the first place. the advance Of the
alIenists science has caused the quick
or apprehension of cases which a few
years ago would have been ignored as
instances Of mere eccentrlcity. The In.
creased accommodation Of the sylums.
also, have resulted I'm more general
resort to their use than heretofore.
Cases which some years ago would have
been set down as merely the result of
senility are now classified among cor.
tain forms OF mental disease and count.
cd as such. Individuals who would
formerly have been kept ut home and
Obsctrcd from the public statistician
are now sent to the asylum and counted
among the serious cases Of demcntia.
Above all. the advance In the methods
of collating and recording statistics has
resulted In the counting Of many cases
which formerly would have escaped no.
tice. Weighing these considerations at
their full value. It will be seen that the
apparent growth Of insanity In Great
Britain may In fact be no growth at all.
And as for insanity In this country,
there Ii no reason to suppose that It Is
becoming any more prevalent than in
the elder land. The talk about the
nervous temperament Of Americans
and the high tension under which they
live and work has had the effect of
securing an easy credence for the
stories Of dangerous tendencies among
the people. That there are tendencies
Injurious to nerve and mind no one will
deny. but. taking NIL things into con.
sidcratiOn and comparing the two coun.
tries-Off-sctting one peculiarly with
anOther--tlere II no reason to believe
that tho growth of insanity here Is any
more matter for alarm than II Is In
Great Britain.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28
What seems to be tho CROWN

What seems to be the browning trl.
umph Of bureaucratic idiOcy has Just
been achieved In Colorado. where some
troops were ordered to make u three
days forced march and by way of or
pertinent were forced to sustain them
selves on some indigcstible compounds
which u war department genius has In.
vented AZ compressed food" The
soldiers tried their best to get away
with the experimental rations, but after
one day Of compressed soup and coffee
tablets were seized with violent pains
and could not proceed. Tho medical
officer who IL charged with the duty OF
measuring ana weighing the victims
Of this experiment to sec how II works
tclegraphcd to headquarters for food
and assistance. In reply he received
the notification that the experiment was
to be thoroughly tried and the men
would have to remain on the march,
and the compressed diet--two days
longer, no matter what happened. An
ordinarily humane man would hardly
think OF treating his dog to the war
departments compressed food" II the
dog showed suffering after the first
doses. Apparently the master mind
which conceived the Colorado expert.
mcnt Is not embarrassed by consldcra-
lions Of this sort, however. The master
mind was bent upon a scientific re-
search into caked food tablets, and
when u well.Ordercd, red-tape.bOund.
slothful. bureaucratic intellect IL "set"
upon given purpose nothing less than
u dynamite explosion can disturb It.
TO the claims OF common sense and
reason 1t IL as dead as a picked her
ring. 1t Is not even likely that the
Officiallsm which begOt this idiOtic OK
pertinent will repent Its work until the
Job Of experimenting on soldiers di.
gestive capacities has been carried out
to the bitter end. 1t Is at least to he
hoped, however. that the war depart
ment Mt Washington will hear of this
experiment and trouncc something like
horse sense into its singular Denver
dependency.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

Among the gentlemen who have been
named by their friends for judicial
hOnors this fall II In conceded that
Hiram Blaisdell, the wcll-knOwn attOr.
ney In the Unity Building. will De nOmi.
mated by the Republican convention AZ
u successor to the late Judge Blankc. Of
the Superior Court, Mr.. Blaistlell was
born In Orleans County, Vermont, In
1917. After attending different SEM
inarics In Vermont he read law with
Judge Rcddcld. Of the supreme Court Of
Vermont, and was admitted tn the bar
In 1871. lie removed to Bay City,
Mich.. In 1873. where he practiced law
for six years and was elected To the
office of Commissioner of the Circuit
Court. In 1870 hc went to Montana
and participated In the trial Of the tlrst
case ever tried In the District Court OF
Custer County. soon after the Organiza-
ton OF that county. lie removed to
Denver, Colo. In the fall Of 1850, where
for ten years he made his dOmiclle and
acted rs general counsel for about six
different corporations. These undoubt-
edly were the best ten years of his life,
being continually engaged In corpora
ton work, thus thoroughly equipping
him for that branch Of the law practic-
ally and theoretically. He was also u
director In, rs well as general counsel
for, two national banks.
Mr.. Blalsdcll came to Chicago some
five and u half years ago, and has made
u specially of corporation law, personal
injury and railroad eases, In which he
has built up a very large practice. He
II not an oftice-seeker; In fact. he re-
fused the appointment of Interstate
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28
SPAiN IN AMERICA.

cuba and Porto Rico. says the Times.
Herald, are the last possessions of
Spain In the new world. Once the mis-.
tress Of half the continent. to this com.
plexion has II come ut last-these two
islands Only-where once she held do
miniOn from Florida and Louisiana to
Terra del Fuego.
The beginning OF the end with Spain
in America commenced In 1S13.14,
when BuenOs Ayres threw of the span
ish yoke. The United States. under the
presidency Of Madison, was the first
power to acknowledge the belligcrent
rights Of the insurgents, q lead that
was soon followed in Europe. Spain
then complained that vessels were At.
ted out In the United States to cruise
under the insurgent flag, and, properly
enough, Congress passed severe laws
against such violation OF the comfy
Of nations, but nevertheless the sym.
pathles OF the American people were
strongly expressed In favor OF the rev.
OlutiOnlsts.
by the time Monroe was well estab-
iished in the presidency the revolt
against spain had extended from
Buenos Ayres nOrthward 80 IN to
comprise the whole Of South America.
with the exception OF Brazil. which
was under Portuguese dominion. aud
eventually became an independent EN-
pire.
In 1921 we purchased Florida from
the Spanish government. and that In
q measure left US free to consider our
relations to the South American States.
Then came the demand that their in
dependence should be recognized. and
foremost In making this demand was
Henry Clay, the master spirit In the
American craftsmanship Of that period.
In 1872 the United States took the ini-
tiative and first among all nations rec
ognized the independence Of the South
ern American States. from Mexico to
Buenos Ayres and Chile This action Of
our government was soon followed by
the European governments, ana as u
consequence the Spanish power was
driven from South America.
1t was at this time that the so-c'illcd
Monroe doctrine was first announced by
John Quincy Adams, Secretary ~ State
under Monroe.
Spain, exhausted by the Napoleonic
wars and distracted by internal dissen-
sions, had called upon the other Euro
pean governments To assist her In re-
gaining possession Of her colonies. Can
III a
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

II Turkey persists in her refusal to
grant the reforms in Armenia which
the civilized world demands she will
be dismembered. This Is what Premier
Salisbury tells the Turkish Minister in
England. There Is ring In this warn.
Ing which recalls the days when Palm.
erston was at the head of British az.
fairs. Dismemberment will have to
come sooner or later. and It would have
come long ago IL there were any chance
for q division Of the Sultan's assets
satisfactory to all the nations wanting
a share. Dismemberment Is the only
thing which will teach Turkey any.
thing. The only good Turk Is the dead
'rurk
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

due to misinformation. Writing of the
convention Of 1880 and tho third term
attempt. President Andrews says that
the convention, being DESTROYS to pla.
cate Senator Conkling, nominated Gen.
Arthur for Vice President. On the con.
trnry, HOLLAND" says the Senator
counscled Arthur not to run and was
much displeased when he failed to fol.
low his advice. This is undoubtedly
a correct statement Of the affair, rs
Holland" says that Gen. Arthur after
the convention told him "that Senator
Conkllng was clearly opposed to his
accepting the nomination and that he
himself said to the Senator that It was
a very high honor. one not likely to
come a second time to any man: that
II was to be rendered In cordially and
that for that reason his own judgment
was that he should accept It,"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-28

Railroad Commissioners some years ag0.
His numerous friends Of both political
parties are urging him to allow his
name to 20 before the next Republican
convention az candidate for Judge of
the Supreme Court, although he can
hardly afford to leave his practice.
Never having taken sides In the war;
fare now going on between the city and
county factions. and rs the sentiment
among Republicans tends In favor Of
dark.horse. the nomination will pr0ba-
bly, fall to Mr.. Blaisdell. unless he
should decline 1t.
A large portion OF the litigation now
carried on In this county consists of
corporation. railroad and personal in
jury suits and owing to the experience
Of Mr.. Blaisdell In that department, II
elected, he would he able to make
rapid progress with such cases, thus
saving tho county large expense and
relieving the docket Of its present
crowded condition. Mr.. Blalsdell IL of
u kind and genial disposition, modest
and unassuming In manner. ana has
the confidence and esteem of all those
with whom he comes In contact. and
the present members Of the bar and
judiciary speak Of him In the highest
terms.
Mr.. Blaisdell now resides In South
Evanston. where he lately removed
from the South Side, and IA Evanston.
on account Of Its great Republican vote.
will undoubtedly claim u representa-
tion upon the county ticket 1t IL not
unlikely that he may be selected for ju-
dicial hOnOrs. His nomination will be
equivalent to an election and will afford
qualification to his many friends.