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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-04-20
A PRIESTS NOBLE WORK.
His Glorious Self-Sacrifce In the Min
nesota Forest Fire.

neS0Ca Forest f1re.
The exploit of the brave engineer
who piloted his train through the tor
nado of flame in the Minnesota forest
fires and rescued swarms of terror
stricken refugees has made him famous;
but the self-sacrifce of poor parish
priest in Hinckley has hardly been
mentioned, although there was in it
much of the finest quality of heroism,
says the Youths Companion.
From the moment when the destruc-
ton of the town was menaced by the
rapidly advancing wave OF flame, he
ceased to think of himself and devoted
all his energies of mind and body to the
protection and rescue of others.
He went from house to house, warn
ing the inmates of their peril, and beg
ging them to take refuge in sand pits
where there was water. While panic
stricken men were Harvesting horses
and frantically seeking to escape into
the burning woods, he was calm and
collected, reassuring everyone whom
he met, yet pointing out the only
chance of safety.
He led one group after another to the
sandpits when they were beside them
selves from fear and excitement. When
one place of refuge was overcrowded
he found another, and begged the stray
glers to follow him.
The woods were flaming on every
side, and the refugees standing in the
water felt in their faces the scorching
breath of the storm of fire. The good
priest had words of encouragement for
all. He held children in his arms; he
supported fainting women when they
were falling from fright and fatigue;
he put the stoutest-hearted man to
shame by his GOODNESS, cheerfulness and
energy.
With his hat he poured water on the
heads of women and children in that
fiery furnace. He took the coat from
his back and tore it in half. One frag-
ment he dipped in water and bandaged
the forehead of a woman with child
clinging to her. The other half he
wound around the heads of two help
less children whose faces were scorched
with the heat of the burning forest.
Bareheaded and in shirt-sleeves he
stood among the dying and ministered
to them while he had strength to
stand, eyes to see and voice to utter
words of comfort and hope. His was
the spirit of self-sacrifice and of minis
try to the needy, and whether shown
in Catholic.or in Protestant it is worthy
of high commentator.
The flight of the train through the
burning forest was the more stirring
story in print, but what could have
been nobler or more heroic than this
devoted mans work among his flock!
There were deeds of valor and chiv-
airy before the walls of Zutphen in
Flanders, but one act of self-sacrifce
alone is remembered. Sir Philip Sid
ney, wounded, dying and burning with
thirst, put away from his own lips the
bottle of water which had been brought
to him in his agony and gave it to a
common soldier covered with gore who
had glanced at him wistfully.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-04-20

u1ar C sfa 90" Should be kept in her reo-
r u4ar stall fed regularly and Mig Leg
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
YHE LATEH. c. CORWIN.
Ills Funeral Takes Place at Hamilton.
Ohio.

His Funeral Takes Place at Hamilton,
Ohio.
The late Henry c. Corwin, mention of
whose death was made Saturday, was
borA and raised in this city and received
his education here. He was a nephew
of Ex-Governor Tom Corwin. At the
outbreak of the war he enlisted on the
first call for volunteers, in Capt Glenn
ROssman's company. which was recruited
in this city and was composed of as gal
liant a collection of young gentle
men as ever enlisted in the ser
vice OF their country. They were known
as the Hamilton guards. Mr. Corwin
served bravely through the war and at
the close of the rebellion he located Ia
| South Carolina, where he was appointed
collector of internal revenue by Presi
dent Grant. Subsequently he was elect
ed to the lower house of the South Caro-
lima legislature and afterward served
! two terms in the state senate. He was
| prominently mentioned for congress at
one time and he headed the Republican
delegation of the state to the Republi-
can national convention which
met in Cincinnati in 1875. Mr..
Corwin made the first break in the south
ern delegation that resulted in the STAN
pede to and nomination of Rutherford
B. Hayes. He removed to Kansas in
1880, and there engaged in business.
He organized a company for the build
ing of a dam above Topeka, an enter
prise of great magnitude, but the prof.
ect failed. Mr.. Corwin organized another
company for the same purpose, known as
the Anthony Dam Co.. enlisted abundant
capital in the scheme, obtained all neces-
sary franchises, devoted his time, talents
and money to the enterprise and was
about to see it fully successful when
death interviewed The Topeka STATE
JOURNAL and the Ttpeka Daily Capital
speak very highly OF Mr.. Corwin. The
remains arrived in this city at 6:35 last
evening, accompanied by the bereaved
widow and only son. They were taken
to the residence of DR.. W. C. Miller, on
South B street, from whence the funeral
took place at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
Rev. w. B. Pressly officiating. The
bearers of the pail were the deceased's
companions ina arms, Captain s. l.
LHommedieu, Captain George T. Ear
heart, George Z. Shaffer and John
Humphrey. The obsequies were at
tended by large mum Der of old and sor
rowing friends and the remains were
tenderly laid to rest in Greenwood GEM
etery. Among those in attendance were
Andrew Montgomery of Birmingham,
Ala, brother in-law of the late Mr..
Capitalization lO.) Daily News,
April g.
Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless
Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
TOPEKA LIBRARIES.
Stores of Books at the Capital of
Kansas
ABOUT THE STATE LIBRARY

And the Topeka Free Circulating
=LIbrary-WhO Has Charge of the
Books.
Topeka has so very many things to be
thankful for and proud of that the mere
fact that she has two public libraries
either of which is unequalled in the west
has hitherto almost escaped mention.
But she has them just the same and
they are wonders.
The first and most extensive of course
is the Kansas state library which oceu-
pies a we'll appointed suite of rooms in
the north side of the east wing of the
state house basement
It contains a small matter of $4,000
volumes, and requires three persons to
keep the books we'll in order and under
record.
Mr.. ]. L. King, who has recently been
appointed librarian to succeed the la
mentsd Mr.. Dennis, lately deceased, is
rapidly getting into the work, which is
no small affair to be picked up in a
day.
The $4,000 volumes the library con-
tains are divided az follows: $4,000 vol
umes constitute law library, a COM
pleter than which is not to be
found in Sh west, and even this is
hardly so oS4plete as the Jane c. Stor-
mont medical library of 1000 volumes.
The remaining 1900 books are principal
ly scientific books and works of refer
ence. Some are bound magazines
The earliest official record of the state
library that Mr. King could flud was in
1862, in which year the state auditor was
librarian. and the number of volumes
numb ered 1914. Dr. d. Dickinson was
she first official librarian and was instru.
mental In getting a state appropriation
of $4,000 for the library.
New books are added to the library
every day, and there is a constant de.
mand upon the books of the institution
Any one who chooses to may go into the
library and consult any book there. and
the lawyers are permitted to carry the
volumes away for use in court whenever
they wish to. Nearly every law book II
the library has been in use by the law.
yers In the Hillmon case since it has
been on for trial this winter in Toneka
It is said the late legislature made
larger demand on the state library thar
any two previous Legislatures have eve
done.
When librarian is appointed he i,
appointed for term of four years. |
ts hardly political position for Mr.. Den
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

mis- was appointed nearly fourteen years
ago and nobody ever took the trouble to
reappoi2t him.
Mr. King has for assistants in his
work, Miss Alice Ordway and J. Falls.
They have been in the library for years
and know all about it
There are several other large law
being that of NJ. A Lowe, the Rock
Island attorney at this place. B. P.
Waggener of Atohisou, l. B. Wheat Of
Leavenworth, Judge Ellis of Beloit and
the university at Lawrence have splen =
did law Libraries.
Mr.. King has also in his custody for
the state over 10000 volumes of Kansas
reports. These are for sale and invoice
over $780, 600
In the city library there are about 49,
600 volumes, and of these not more than
/ $500 are fiction. They are largely books
of reference and scientific works.
The demand on the library is enor-
nous. On Saturday, February %, 641
books were taken out of the library.
That is the largest days business the in
stitutiOn has ever known.
The ladies' reading room in the west
end of the building has recently been
fitted up with shelves, and the public
documents have been put there 80 that
persons may consult th6m without Ap-
plying to the librarian or assistants.
| Like the vast majority of such
useful enterprises, the Topeka Ii
brary was started by women in
November of 1870, and during the fol-
lowing February was formally opened in
a store room on Kansas avenue with
two hundred volumes and was open for
business for one hour only on Saturday
afternoon of each week
The library grew rapidly aud changed
quarters often, finally moving into q
building of its own on the state house
grounds in the spring of 1888. This
building is a handsome one aud cost
$44, 900. The Union Pacific and Santa
Fe roads each gave S12,500 and there
were several private donations of $500
each.
The city now pays the running ex-
psnses of the library with u mill tax
The purchasing of new books Is done
by the aid of fund that brings in $40 s
month and is used for that purpose aleRs
The fund amounts to $4,000 and wai
donated as follows: Mrs Jane C
stormsnt. 5000; Barney Lantry & Son,
$1,000; The Westing house Air Brake
company, $1,000, and j. H. Hampson
$1,000.
Mrs. E. s. Lewis is librarian and good
one. She is assisted by Mrs. E. NJ Mat
ton, Miss Florence King and Miss Lot
Nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
POssprandially Speaking.

After the bountiful repast the tall, dark
native at the head of the table arose.
81 have" he said. ta toast to propose,
the sentiment of which will find an echo
in every breast.
Tumultuous applause and cries Of
"Hear Hear!" broke in upon his elo-
quence.-
And that is, he resumed, "'To the
Stranger In Our Midst -
Yes, the after dinner speech, the first
glimmer of civilization, had reached them,
with other fads of the occident.
However, vegetarianism was not one of
these. New York World.
Everyb body takes the JOURNAL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
Went to an Ocullst.

Friend-Did you go to that fashion,
able oouIist, as I suggested?
Nearsight- Yes; he examined my eyes
and gave me a piece of paper showing
the sort of glasses needed.
''Why don't you get the glasses?"
s'No money left. New York Week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
Always In Sight.

Nodd-Yon say your baby is months
old and hasn's cut a tooth. Are you
sure?
Todd-Ws;l, I guess so. There is
plenty of opportunity to see them if
they were there. -Brooklyn Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneOus columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people as can be reached
through any other paper. This ID 4 facs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

Subscribe for the Daily STATE JOURNAL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

Lace Curtains nicely done at
TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

''The best thing you can do, = said the
prisoners attorney, will be to plead
guilty and throw yourself on the mercy OF
the COURT
but I'm not guilty. answered the in
dignant prisoner Il won't confess to s
thing didn't do. !"
''Then we'll get continuance of the
case for six weeks, and you'll have to lei
your beard grow. If we go to trial today,
your mug will turn states evidence
against you.-Chioago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

112 and ia West 9Th. Peerless Steam
Laundry.
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Everybody takes the JOURNAL
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-11
A GREAT MISTAKE.

No account seems to be taken OF
the BuLLErrN's repeated warning
that a great mistake has been made
in linking the cause OF annexation
with the cause Of the opponents OF
Clevelaud's administration in the
United States. One OF the most
foolish exhibitions of this course yet
presented is an interview with w. A.
Kinney given by the Advertiser.
Mr.. Kinney made flying trip across
the States, stopping to attend to his
private affairs in Utah, aud becomes
possessed with tho notion that he
has been enabled to gauge he senti-
ment OF the American people from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, aud from
the Canadian border to the Gulf OF
Mexico. He ventures to say:
As to the prospects Of anuexa alton,
that we will be a part OF the United
States as son as the present admin
istration is over and tn, next ono
gets to work. Ga the matter Of an
Dexaiion OF territory the people OF
the United States will have the say.
Administrations, business combines
aud prominent statesmen conttol
many public matters often involving
millions, without consulting the peo
pie, but annexation OF territory is OF
such public interest that tta wish of
the people cannot be- lodged or sat
aside. What their will is will be
settled definitely and officially at
the next presidential election, but
they are already speaking in a way
that is significant. The number Of
newspapers in the United States
hostile to annexation are very few
aud far between, and that is q very
significant fact.
Mr.. Kinney proceeds in a similar
strain, only growing worse, until,
after repeating the stale expletives
OF cuckoo" aud "mugwump," be
presumes to say that, whatever way
the national elections go, it is con-
ceded on all sides that Cleveland
and his following will simply be
buried out OF sight by unanimous
consent" This is pretty language
to hold, truly, by late official aud
later agent OF the Hawaiian Govern.
ment toward the Administration oil
the United States, proverbially oul
greatest and best friend, as she i
our cearest neighbor, when that Ad
ministration is to govern the rela
tions OF the United States TOWARD
the Republic OF Hawaii for almost
two years to come. Even il the in
coming Congress should resolve il
favor OF annexing these islands
Mr. Kinney knows that it viii
not have a two.thirds majority
for that purpose, without which
it will not DO possible tc
overcome the opposition the Presi
dent may off 'r to the scheme. 1t i.
folly for Mr. Kinney to predict wha
The people Of the United States vii
do eighteen months from now, il
their passing upon the results OF Mr.
Cleveland's administration. Bsfor,
now it has happened that the Stat,
elections OF two years aud even on,
year before the presidential election
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-11
Timely Topics
March n, 1895.

Is Hawaii to be without a
cable through the action of the
United State Congress, or will
the people here awake from
their sleepy ideas and tell I'm
Gle Sam to do something or
let England have Necker Island
and go ahead with the work.
Hawaii is as much in need of a
cable as any place on the globe
and other governments need
the cable to Hawaii as much as
we do. Why then should the
government that feels a fatherly
interest in a country stand in
the way Of its development.
Suppose the manufacturers
of the Avery Plantation lmple-
ments would refuse to send
them to this country would it
be considered a square deal2
The planters on Hawaii who
are using these different imple-
ments are we'll satisfied with
them and are willing to recon-
mend them to other managers.
They are coming more and more
into general use; in another
year there will not be a planta-
ton on the Islands that will
not use them. The following
letters from such prominent
managers should be convinc-
ing proof of their superiority:
OYoMEA SUGAR COMPANY, I
PAPAIKoU, HAWAII. Feb. %, 1881
Mr.. JonS A. Scorr, Wainaku, Hawaii.
DEAR SIR The Onomea Sugar
Company has now in use three Of
the Stubb's Dieeers.
l thiuk these machines are in,lis.
pensable for the proper cultivation
OF rattoons.
We have never had an implement
that would so thoroughly loosen the
earth around the stools. and put the
soil in such condition that the air,
moisture and fertilizer would so
readily find access to the fus roots
OF the cane and the soil around
them.
l am glad to testify to the merits
OF these tools. The Sugar Land
Disc Cultivators arrived too late for
much use in the cultivation OF the
last young plant and rattoons, but |
b.lieve they will prove to he very
useful aud labor-saving implements
ia districts where cane is raised
without irrigation.
Yours truly,
WM. w. GooDALE,
Manager Onomea Sugar Company.
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Sigus are oven now appearing OF a
reaction from the popular sentiment
that produced the Landslide" OF
last autumn. Trade is reviying at
home, and American securities re-.
covering their standing abroad.
Conservative writer's in bighclass
magazines are uuqualiiiedly cum-
meuding the action Of President
Cleveland in taking the bull 10y the
horns, as he did in the great bonds
sale, to maintain the national credit
1T all hazads. The Wilson iar.H
bill is having better results, il trade
and revenue returns mean anything.
than the Mckinley bill Governor
Mckinley declines to stand for re.
election in Ohio, aud on his present
tour in the East is dumb as an oyster
on public questions.
When Nc. Kinney says, regarding
public sentiment on annexation, that
the people of the United States
seem to have made up their mirds
aud are waiting simply for a chance
to vote,' Ire ought To- know he is
talking sheer nonsense. There is a
multitude OF questions to decide the
presidential vote, and it is dollars
to doughnuts that the Hawaiian
question will not stand even tenth
ON the list in the oder OF import
auce OF those questions. 1t is prob
able that Mr.. Kinney himself, II he
has a vote in Utah and could exer-
else il, would not vote for Repub-
lican candidate il the issue was sill
yer, for there is not q more infatuat-
ell silvsrite than he living, and silver
is to be- one Of the crucial questions
throughout the West. When he
talks again, about the preponderance
OF press influence for annexation,
facts are not forthcoming to back
him up. After the organization OF
the Republic OF Hawaii, many lead
ing papers formerly loud for anney-
alton suddenly evinced a disposition
to let the islands float on their own
bottom, so that they could prove il
they had ballast enough to follow in
tow Of the American ship of state.
Mr.. Kinney or anybody else will
never know what the sentiment Of
the United States will be upon an.
nexation, at the next presidential
election, until the people OF that ma.
ton have well.considered the course
OF this country, since the revolution
OF 1893 and since proclamation OF
the Republic, in bringing into the
islands thousands upon thousands
OF elements insoluble in American
Institutions as contract laborers,
antagonisticalIy to the settled poll y
of the American people.
A juncture has been reached in
Hawaii where many OF the original
and for some time inveterate oppo-
nents Of the Provisional Govern.
ment and Of the Republic regard
union with the United States as the
only sure preventive OF political
confusion in Hawaii. This section
OF the people, together with the
original backbone OF the new re-
gime, cannot but lament that agents
OF the Government, such as Mr..
Kinney, should prejudice the cause
by their silly importation Of Ameri-
can partisan politics into the ques-
ton in this country, much more as
appears to he the case at the very
capital OF the United States.
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BY AUTHORITY.
WATER NOTICE.

Owing to tho d ought and scarcity f
wa'e., The resident. -uovc J i'd s'r'et and
on the ,lopes If Pu chhow' II II ere re-
Que TED 10 collect what wa'er they may
re, uire for II useh"ld Purposes ,eL",ou
the h,uts VI 8 and 10 o'clock A. ".
ANDREW RKOWN,
Superintendent llon"lntu Water Works.
Honolulu, Apt II, 1895. 1871 4
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THURSDAY, APRIL IL, 1895.

Another historical fiction is killed.
General Harden, who captured jeff.
Davis, says the rebel president was
not in woman's clothes at the time.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-11
WATER NOTICE

Holders Of water privileges, or thoss
paying wa'.r es, are h rehy notifed
that the hours 'or IRE. alton imposes Ire
from : to s o'clock 4. II. AID to u o e ock
p. N. ANDREW Brown,
supcrintent,nt o. Water Works.
Approved:
]. A. KING,
Minister ~ the Interior.
~ nolnlI. March -, 10. l2".H
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HUTCHINSON PLANTATION COaPANY,)
NAALEHU, HAWAII 7
March lst, 1895,

HUTCHINSON PLANTATION CoAPANY,)
NAALEHU, HAWAII.
March LIST, 1895.
Z. Il. HENDRy, ESQ, Hawaiian Hard.
ware Company.
DEAR SIR:--ln answer to your let
ter inqniring about the Avery Stub
BILE Digger and Fertilizer D'stribu-
tor, l would say that the fact that
we have Just received the second
Stubble Digger speaks for itself.
We have dug over four hundred
acres OF Tattoon stools and consider
it will be a great benefit.
The Fertilizer Distributor is a
good thing and has effected a mate
rial saving OF labor in the applica.
ton OF Fertilizer and applies it bet
ter than can bs done by hand.
These machines are very simple
and we'll constructed aud we have
had no trouble with the working Of
them and we consider them one OF
the most useful labor saving ma
chimes that eau be used on planta.
ton. Yours Truly.
g. G. HEWITT,
Manager II. s. p. Co.
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UN4 .0aNH I, lllItin.
Piodged 10 mither Sect nor Purity,
But Established far The Benefit ~ AR.
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HAKALAu, HAWAII,
February IL, 1895
Mn. Z. r. HENDRy, President and
Manager Hawaiian Hardware
Company, Honolulu, Oahu:
We use the Avery Stubbls Digger,
Fertilizer Distributor and Cane
Cultivator. They save labor and do
the work claimed for them. The
Stubble Digger l consider a parti-
cularly good implement.
Yours truly,
GEO. Ross,
Manager Hakalau Plantation Co.