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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

STEPHEN NJ KATZER- army, and Claude
II. Wetmore an ex-American newspa-
per man-were identified with plots
that failed and were compelled to leave
the islands. KatZer is an Austrian and
served for time in the Austrian army.
He then came to America, enlisted in
the United States army and was until
August, 1894. a corporal in Light Bat
terry f, United States artillery, stationed
in San Francisco
After his discharge last August Kat
ger thought there might be gold and
glory for soldier of fortune in Hawaii,
and consequently he sailed for Hohol1-
In. On the steamer he became acqUaint-
ed with Samuel Parker, one of Queen
Lils prominent partisans. and began
plotting for royalist uprising. Upon
his arrival in Honolulu he was to assist
in the capture of one of the island
steamers. but the provisional govern
ment frustrated the plot.
From that time the air as filed
with plots and rumors of plots, partic-
ularly the latter. Katzer was deep in
the confidence OF the royalists and join
ed the provisional governments police
force in order to spy out the weaknesses
tive building. He concocted a scheme
whereby the palace could easily be cap
tured, but che royaIists lacked nerve,
he says, and as the provisional govern
ment became acquainted with his plans
he left Honolulu i'll disgust and return
ed to the United States.
WetmOre, the other American plot
ter, doubtless hoped to overthrow the
provisional government and make him
self King Claude. He was born in Ohio,
made reputation as a newspaper man
by giving early and graphic reports Of
the Johnstown food and has at different
times occupied important positions on
many of the great newspapers of the
country. He was a borrower, a bigamist
and even forger, it is said, and was
as able as he was inscriptions He
went to Honolulu as the correspondent
of two New York and Chicago papers.
Upon his arrival he began plotting to
restore the queen and was soon at the
head of 200 would be revOlutionists.
The government learned of his plans,
however, and informed him that he
must leave the island at once or he
would be cast into jail. He left.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
SOLON IN TWO STATES.

George COuIsOn Goes From the Kansas
Legislature to the Oklahoma Legislature.
George II. Coulson, one of the leading
POpalist members of the houses of 1890
and 1892, is now in Oklahoma, and is
having his seat in the territorial senate,
to which he was elected, contested.
Mr.. COulson's family still reside near
Anthony, Harper county, but he has for
several months been on his claim near
Pond Creek, and was elected to the SEN
ate from the Tenth senate, or council,
district by about thirty majority.
A. Il. Burtis. one of the Republican
candidates for sergeant alarms of the
Kansas legislature who has some inter
est in Oklahoma today called at the of
fee of the secretary Of state aud asked
for certificate showing that Coulson is
still member Of the legislature and has
not resigned.
A certificate was given him showing
that Coulson was a member of the last
house and that his resignation had not
reached the Office of the secretary of
state.
The Republicans have big majority
ia both branches of the Oklahoma legis-
lature and Mr.. Coulson will no doubt be
unSeated,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
FINALLY GOT TO 1T.
Steward Butler Says He Now Has Those
Receipts.
Topeka. Kas.. Jan. 3. 1895.

Receipts.
TOPEKA, Kas.. Jan. g. 1895.
To the Editor of the State journal:
DEAR SIR: In your paper of yesterday
appeared an article referring to me
which was not fair or based on facts, and
/ wish to make the following statement:
I did receive contributions to the cam
paign fund from officers and employees
of the institution, and l turned over every
dollar received to Chairman Breidenthal
Mr.. Breidenthal sent me receipts for each
individual who had paid money. l have
not handed all those receipts to the par
ties to whom they belong, as l have been
very busy with my own work. No per-
son has called on me for the receipts and
some of them are yet in my possession.
l am confident every dollar paid to Mr..
Douthet or myself has been turned over
to the committee. | challenge my &C
cusers to show me one person who paid
me money who will say it has not been
turned over for the purpose for which it
was paid. Yours for equity,
JAMES BUTLER.
Stewart Butler may be right in saying
he has all the receipts in his possession,
but it remains fact that on account of
a press of other business, Chairman
Breidenthal did not until yesterday Sc
cure the signature Of d. c. Zercher, to a
large number of these receipts and they
could not have passed into Stewart But
ler's hands until yesterday.
Chairman Breidenthal says the state
central committee did not levy an assess
ment on anyone, but that all the coDtribu-
tions were voluntary. If any person
levied an assessment it was unauthorized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
PASSES ARE SCARCE.
Scarcely Any of the Incoming
Politicians Have Them.
TIE CARDBOARDS A RARE SIGHT.

The Anti-Pass Agreement Seems TO
Railroads.
There never was in the history of the
state such a scarcity of railroad passes as
there has been since Tuesday morning.
Members of the legislature coming in
from the remote corners of the state, say
they failed to see any passes on the trains
which brought them here.
W. II. Nelson, editor of the Smith
County Pioneer. who came in from Smith
Centre said he did not see single pass
all the way into Topeka and that there
was a noticeable absence of the large
number of passengers who are known to
ride Tree when they ride at all
In the crowd of politicians at the
Copeland there is, aside from the mem
bers of the legislature themselves, who
came ON trip passes, not single man
who will admit that he came on a pass,
aud most of them say point blank that
they paid their fares because they failed
to get passes.
the great crowd of changers on" who
have during the last decade been in the
habit of coming to Topeka at such times
as these just because they had nothing
else to do and could come free, are not
here this time, and it is generally agreed
that their absence is good thing.
The railroad officials who handle the
pass business are being bored to death
just now by some of the people who have
been refused passes the first time in
their lives, but the anti pass agreement
seems to be a reality and if everybody
pays fare the railroads will soon be re-
lieved of the free transportation fiends
and the passenger receipts will be in
creased.
1t is true that some people never travel
except when they get passes, but there
are large number of persons who have
to ride and if they can't get passes they
will put up the cash.
The pass agreement is all right as far
as it goes; now let us have law which
will make it misdemeanor and fix a
penalty for judicial, state or county of
ticer who takes or uses pass and the in
huenc9 of free transportation will soon
cease to be political bug bear in Kan
sas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
NEW CORPORATIONS.
Companies Organized To do Business
Kansas Granted Charters.

Companies Organized To do Business im
Kansas Granted Charters.
The following charters have been filed
with the secretary of state:
The Cummings Creamery company of
Cummings, Atchison county; capital
stock $4,000. Directors-B. W. Stone
cipher. J. d. Judah, Frank Carnes, Chas.
Lame and Geo. G. Butler.
The Pioneer Cemetery association of
Graham county. Directors-M. V. Nc
Kesson, J. c. Mcfarland, J. W. Mahurin,
George Clark. ]. ". Jenkins, B. c. Ken
yon and W. Ii. Miller.
The Overlook Creamery company CT
Overlook, Usage county; capital stock
$4,000. Directors-D. S. Fairchild, JAS
G. Kirkwood, Albert Radclif, w. W.
Ware, VIM. j. White, VIM. Clark and
Marshal Dodder.
The Fish, Tower and Doyle Commits
sion company of Kansas City. Kan; cap
ital stock 100000. Directors-Frank @
Fish, Horace Tower, Patrick Doyle, E.
@. Cox and c. a. GrambilL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

lions between the United States and the
sultan arising out of the recent massacre
of Armenian Christians, is a native of
Virginia, but an adopted son of Texas
He is SO years of age and has one of the
finest residences in Austin. He is also
the possessor of a magnificent ranch of
about 5000 acres a dozen miles from
the city He is graduate of the Uni
versity of Missouri, has enjoyed the
benefit of special course at Heidelberg,
Germany, and is very cultured and
we'll educated man. He speaks several
of the modern languages fluently, and as
he has been at his post over a year he is
probably able to exchange the time of
day with the 'unspeakable Turk. -
For number of years Mr.. Terrell
was reporter of the Texas supreme
court, and he has served as a state sena-
tor. He was at one time candidate for
the United States senate and was beaten
by John ST. Reagan. In April, 1898,
President Cleveland appointed him to
fill the Turkish mission, and the appoint
ment caused considerable newspaper
comment owing to the fact that about
80 years ago Mr.. Terrell wrote a poem
eulogizing John Wilkes Booth when the
actor assassinated President Lincoln.
Considered purely from the literary
standpoint, the poem shows imaginative
and constructive ability of high order,
and its gloom and imagery are some
what suggestive of Edgar Allan Poe.
One verse will suffice to show the char
acter of the poem:
Give him a sepulcher
Broad the sweep
OF the tidal waves measureless motion
In the arms of the deep
Lay our hero to sleep,
Mid the pearls of the fetterless ocean.
Mr. Terrell is man of considerable
wealth and is thus able to properly sup
port the dignity of his high Office at
Constantinople. The present negotiations
in the matter of thu proposed Armenian
investigation will doubtless give him
ample opportunity for the exercise of
his talent for diplomacy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

mercial values have not declined with
those of wheat and cotton, were true. its
position might be tenable; but is is not
true. Not only have all commercial
values declined but wages also and the
opportunity to earn any wages at all.
Lack of ability of the people to buy is
what is the trouble with the wheat and
cotton market. This lack of ability
comes from paralysis of the Industries
of the country as result of placing the
finances of the country on gold basis.
The Picayune will probably never see
its error until silver coinage is restored
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
At the Sign CT the Hand.

She was guileless. innocent thing and
as she passed sign which read, ssGi9ves
cleaned and repaired" she thought Of
something all of a sudden and went into
the shop.
II believe you clean AMI repair gloves
here, don't your" she SAID to She clerk.
Yes, miss" he replied.
"Well, I have one at home that I'll SEND
down to you. 1t doesn' { need cleaning
very much, but want it repaired. I've
lost the mate to it,
Then she retired, and the clerk Is wait
ing and wondering how he will get square
with that sign.-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
A GROUP OF GOVERNORS.

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

BALL What I want you to do is to take
this here nickel and ask me to have a beer
with YOU
IL don't quite catch on
I'm tell you. If l go in and drink
with a fine, well fixed man like yourself,
[ kin afterward stand there and stow
away all the lunch L want to. If 50 in
lookin as l do, with my little old one
nickel, I'd get throwed out before / had a
chance to take more than four or five fork
fuls of the beans and sandwich or two. 4"
The deal was made.--Cincinnati FFib-
une
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

THE New Orleans Picayune asserts
that the low prices of wheat and cotton
are not due to cheap silver but rather to
overproduction of those staples, and I'M
dertakes 30 prove its assertion in a long
and labored editorial 1t is surprising
that there is still anybody left who hon
sasly believes in the overproduction the
DRY. In face of the fact that millions of
people in the world do not have a suffi :
cheney Of clothes the Picayune says there
is more cotton raised than the world
needs Notwithstanding the fact that
there are millions of people in the world
who do not get enough to eat, that paper
says there is too much wheat raised If
ths Picsyune's assertion that all COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
Totals

The STATE JOURNAL is the only
paper in Kansas receiving the Full Day
Associated Press.
ne Member American Newspaper Pub
lishers's association.
The STATE JOURNAL has the
handsomest and most complete web steT-
eotype perfecting press.
GB Eastern Office, 70 Tribune Building,
New York, Perry 1ukens, Jr., manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
GETTING EVEN.


Her Mother.
ooh Beattie, what a dear, delightful
little hat! What is it?''
Beaver
: Trimmed with those sweet little tails.
Now take it off and come and sit down
by the fire and tell me all the news.
Why, it must be six months since we last
'met-just when you got engaged to Reg
gle, you know. Give me your gloves, dear.
That s ri-oh, Beattie!''
Whats the matter?"
"Where's your ring?''
my engagement ringf"
yes
''Its off,
81 see it is. Have you lost itP''
I'm not speaking of the ring, Nab
I'm speaking of the engagement.
''What-the engagements off?'
YES"
Goodness graciousl What's hap
pened?"
tsAhl"
"Have you thrown him overs"
"No.''
"Then he's thrown you over9"
eyes,
"Who for?"
"You'n never guess"
"Then I won't try. Who is it?"
"I'll tell you presently"
t'Shall you have him up for breach?"
ono"
"No? You don't seem to mind much"
II don't mind at ALL
"Oh, BeattieI Can you sit there and
tell me that you don't mind losing ever
so many thousands of pounds?"
Pm not sitting here and telling you
anything of the Sort
''Then wasn't it true that Reggie would
o0r1p in tO haaT.G of r1Onpv xUhnTl his father
died?''
Quite true, and that's just it..
''What do you mean? Why can't you
speak out and tell me instead of being SO
mysterious?'
well Twill Reggie is going to marry
my mother"
''Wha-a5!"
"My mother has cut me OUT
"Gracious goodness
"She's only 35, you know, and"-
but does she love Reggie?"
"Ahp'
''Does Reggie love her?''
s'He's smitten, fascinated, believe"
''How long has he known herr"
'Only since she returned from Cannes
about a month
''Reggie's only a boy. However did
your mother manage it?''
''She's much prettier than I am, and
WELL there you are"
"Reggie'll be your father instead of
your husband
Isn't it funny? But funnier things
may happen than that
.'sWhen did you know?''
Last night. My mother knew WASH t
desperately fond of Reggie, and she then
told me that she was, SO just gave him
to her.
land his money!
'sAnd his possible money"
''Well, his possible money. But what
puzzles me is that you take it all SO quiet
ly."
I'm perfectly satisfied.
''You seem quite to lose sight of the
fact that Reggie is the only son of 8 very
rich father. -
"That's just what don't lose sight of.
That's why I'm SO satisfied
s'I've no patience with you
my mother has certainly cut me OUT
"Well?"
stBut I've cut her out. >"
stHoW?''
"And Reggie OUT
s'How?''
ssI'm engaged to his father
Goodness gracious mel Then you will
be Reggie's mother"
''In a way"
"And he'll be your father. and you'll be
mother-in-law to your own mother, and,
oh, dear me-haz ha, hal"-Buffalo Elk
press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

THE Wichita Beacon prints the fol-
lowing pertinent paragraph regarding
judicial matters in Kansas:
Two suggestions have been made in
reference to judicial matters. One is to
increase the number of supreme Justices
because the supreme docket is SO far be-
hind. Another is to cut in two the num-
Der of district judges. It has not oc-
Cured to any legislator that the latter
course may remedy the former difficulty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

The following extract from an edito-
rial article in the Atlanta Constitution,
would indicate that that paper is far
from being in accord with its party, or
the present administration. 1t says:
when the people of the United States
compel their official servants to restore
silver as part of the primary money of
the country then they will have perma-
nent prosperity and not before"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

TEE movement to abolish the fee sys-
TEN in state, county and municipal offices
has struck Missouri In commenting
editorially on the subject the ST. Louis
Republic prints the following:
The fee system has been one great
source of corruption and evil wherever
it has existed. 1t has always carried in
its train more or less discredita BILE deeds
at which honest men learned to wink.
It has done more, perhaps, than any one
mistake to debauch the people and event
ually ruin many who tried to serve the
public under its corroding influences
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

''Do you loved me, mammal
eyes, my child
''But not SO much as love you, Fam
sure
why not?'
Because you have 30 divide your 1oye
between me and my two sisters, whIe
have only one mamma TO love. Figaro.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

Excuse me,'' said the seedy man, 81
ding up to the well dressed citizen, If I
don't mistake, you are just going into the
saloon to buy a drink or cigar or some
thingf'
II am going to buy myself a drink, :"
answered the citizen, with an accent on
the pronoun.
"oh. didn't want to brace you for no
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

large number of
political adven-
turers and SOL
diers of fortune
who have been
active in nuner-
Gus plots looking
to the restoration
of the deposed
queen. Two of
them Stephen
NJ. Katzer, an ex-
corporal of the
United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

EMPoRTA Gazette: The business men
of Kansas turned out and restored the
Republican party to power. That is one
reason why Major Hood will be sent to
the United States senate. He is a special
representative of the business interests
of our state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

CONGRESS does not seem to have
learned anything during the holiday re-
cess. The house has resumed consider
alton of Carlisle's currency bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

THE women of Memphis seem to have
stuck to their resolution to boycott Col.
Breckenridge There were but nine
present in an audience of TOO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
whither Are we prifting?

Lawyer Tin 1994)-You want a varce
from your wife? On what ground?
Husband (sobbing bitterly )-Nongap-
port, ma'am. 1 have had to earn my s:iv-
ing for whole year. And l was raised,
oh, so delicateIy Chicago Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
TERRELL AND THE TURK:

Various Qualifications of the American
Minister at Constantinop{e.
Alexander w. Terrell, envoy extraor~
binary and minister plenipotentiary Of
the United States to Turkey. who is
Uncle Sam IS mouthpiece in the negotia-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
&fovos nj Cost

Having rented part of my store room
will close out my entire line of 'sGoId
Coin" and Stewart" stoves at actual
cost. MARION SHELDON,
7O2 Kansas ava
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
A Modest Effort.

Teacher will award the medal to the
boy who suggests the most appropriate
motto for the schOolroom.
Dick Hicks-We study to please.-New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

"It's all wonderfully interesting, - said
one of the fair visitors at the big packing
house, ''but the odors are very trying.
why, I don't observe any odors, " eaid
the one whose husband is a naturalist
Chicago Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
TWO SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE.

How Katzer and Wetmore Endeavored to
Restore Ex-Queen LiIiuOkalani.
Hawaii, since the downfall of Queen
Liliuokalani, has been invaded by a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04

Weather Indications
WASHINGTON, Jan. forecast for Kan
sas; Fair and warmer tonight; Saturday
fair; southeast winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
rERMs or SUBSCRIPTION.
GREATEST IN KANSAS.
AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION:
800

Fer the three dull summer months Of
1ae4-an increase Of over fifty per cent
in one var.
OUR PROOF
The issues of the Topeka DAILY STATS
JOURNAL for the three months, viz. from the
1st day of June, 1894. to the 31st day of August,
1884, inclusive. have been as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-04
Save the Pennies.

But what to do with them has been the
problem The Savings & Loan As9ocia-
ton, 10 West Sixth street. has solved
the problem. They are furnishing their
depositors with pretty little bank that
can neither be picked nor unlocked ex-
cent bv the secretary. They pay 6 per
cent interest upon deposits and when it
amounts to one hundred dollars, per
cent. The plan is especially attractive
to ladies and children.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-06
TWO COMP ANIESRAISED
BOATS HAVE BEEN CHAR rEunD
ON WHICH THEY WILL EN-
BARK ON THE GULF.
Names of the Members OF One Com
pany-rctition to Congress Ask
ing for Recognition.


Longyiew. Tex Oct h-fsneciaiN
Martinez varrar pho,ns b.. a.. -.
-. "eipa nus io' many
."uHtha peeh actlls as drummer for
hotel of this place. His Identity and
nationality were for "a Ian, ,t,,a ~
susnoo,aa ,a.,.,,,,.,.,'S INC vi"
HOt"i'hstahulhs ms dark
mar ana eyes of inky blackness. For
the past few dnys he hns hean cirnu-
latin, , rati,t,,, ,.... -
1880" w 0'"sreAs urging
that the united states recognize the
Cubans as belligerents. and TO this
petitlon he secured n i,r,.o n,,,,,,o,. -,
.t,.,,,.,, -, Va
s'sh"'ures' iulIy lVVo having signed 1t.
Ihis caused an inquiry into his ante
cedents. when IL was discovered tbot
bo y,os ,,I,.- 20
naive VI Nupi. anu that ne
served IN the ten years rebellion OF
that island and rose TO the rank of
naior
nj,
me Peutloh IL appears, has been
something OF blind, and under cover
of 1t he has secured two companies
OF troops 10 serve. in Cuba. one white
and the other colored. The call was
able bodied men from is to 40 years OF
age, to join Southern exploring COM
pany. and n substantial compensation
was offered to those who would 10.
Under this guise two companies were
organized.
Your correspondent having reminded
Phelps that the steamer James Wood
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-06

Gle of disorder. The game was won by
the Cleveland clubs superb playing.
The visitors were unable to hit Young
effectively, while Mcmahon was pound
ed for seven singles and four doubles,
three of which would have been three
'baggers at least but for the ground
rules. Cleveland opened in the first
inning with three runs, repeating the
doese in the seventh and clinching
1t with one in the eighth. The Orioles
got their only run in the eighth Score:
Cleveland .......3 o o o o 0 3 0 IL II 2
Baltimore .....0 o o 0 0o10-1 2
Batterles-Young and thinner. Nc
Mahon and Robinson. Umpires-Hurst
and Mcdonald.