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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06
PRESIDENT DIAZ.

De Ia Reforlna Soma GOO acres have
been set apart for the buildings and
grounds, and this area will be divided
into three portions-the Grand court,
the Mexican National court and the
Foreign court. A statue of Porfirio
Diaz, the president of the republic, will
be erected at the entrance to the Grand
court, and in the center Of the court
there will be a beautiful cleo trical ex-
hibit, while to the rear there will be an
electrical fountain and cascades. Differ
ent attractions will be placed at the four
corners, such as an old Mexican mining
camp, a scenic railway, a captive bal
loon and an Indian village. Palms and
orange trees will line the walks The
National court will be to the left. and
III it will be the Administration build
ings, buildings for each Of the Mexican
states and so on The Foreign court
will be to the right of the Grand court
In the corners will be Spanish, French,
American and German restaurants and
CAFES. while the center will be occupied
by something very similar to the Mid
way plaisance at Chicago. Everywhere
there will be beautiful tropical plants,
shr1bbery and flowers. The grounds
will be accessible by several lines Of
street cars and will also be placed in
connection with the chief railroads
Special privileges in the way of customs
concessions to exhibitors will be made
arrangements for cheap travel and trans
portation are being perfected, and the
Mexican government has assumed the
responsibility of diplomas and other
prizes. Machinery Will be admitted free.
The buildings will be as handsome and
imposing as can be put up in the time at
command, and they will be of such
substantial character as to be serviceablo
after the close of the exhibition.
Among the prizes to be offered will
be several for model houses and hotels,
and every lnducement to builders of
stone and iron buildings, which have
not heretofore been feature of the Gifts
of Mexico. Will be extended, with the
idea that impressive exhibitions of such
structures vii go a long way toward
inducing Mexican capitalists to erect
similar ones there. One of the chief
promoters of this exhibition is Viscount
R. de Cornely, who is director general
of the foreign department and had a
great deal to do with the Midwinter fair
at San Francisco.
| The following details regarding the
Mexican capital, current rates of trans
/ pOrtation Ghither and of living and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

tavos for the use of chair by the sids
of one of the chief avenues. All day
long the people of Mexico, rich and
poor, stylish and humble, promenade
or drive up and down these avenues,
and in no way can the visitor see SO
much of the Mexican character as to de-
vote an afternoon to this sort Of sight
seeing Although bull fighting is not
now patronized by the better classes as
it once was, and President Diaz did all
he could to suppress it a year or two
ago, it is still the favorite amusement
of the common people, and every fine
Sunday the seats about the bull ring
are crowded with eager spectators, some
times as much as 50 seat being paid
by those IN attendance. Bull fighting in
Mexico, however, is not what it is in
Spain. The horses used are generally
old, wornout animals, and the bulls are
frequently lean and spiritless Some
times, when bulls cannot be got, COWS
are substituted. Tt is needless to say
that in such cases the contests are not
exciting. In fact. the COWS sometimes
run away, to the great indignation of
the spectators.
The foreign population of the city of
Mexico is not very large, there being
more Germans perhaps than English
speaking people. Of the latter there are
about 400 or 800. but they manage to
support paper printed in the English
language entitled The Two Republics.
It is quite possible that this paper re-
ceives some financial assistance from the
government. At all events it never
tho
President Diaz, who is not only the
chief executive, but practically all there
is of the federal government, seems to be
very popular with the Mexicans and is
the soul of courtesy in his intercourse
with foreigners, especially those from
the United States He is greatly inter-
ested in the coming exposition, as he is
| in everything that seems to have tend
ency to introduce the spirit of progress
! in the Mexican capital. He is a fine
/ looking man, and his wife, to whom he
seems devoted, is a comedy woman,
/ though now bit stout They are often
| seen in the streets of the city in a car
| riage the president often goes on horse
| back, and both are cheered at every ap-
| pearance The president has done all III
| his power to hasten the completion of
| the great drainage works which were
begun 800 years ago, and it is hoped
that they will be finished next year.
The castle of Chapultepec, the resi-
dence of President Diaz, will overlook
the exposition during its continuance.
Chapultepee is noble edifice and has
been prominent in INSTRUMENTATION
history From its grounds the volcano
Popocatapetl can be plainly seen on
| clear days. NJ ]. DEXTER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

Dr.. LESLIE E. KELLEY has been
caught between the upper and neither
miIlstones of the courts. Judge Louis
A. Meyers of the Leavenworth district
has ordered him to appear in court and
divulgs the secret of his cure for the
drink habit At the same time an in
junction has been issued out of Judge
Saman's federal court at Milwaukee
restraining DR.. Kelley from divulging
the secrets of the gold cure. The public
will be an interested spectator in this
additional effort on the part of the courts
to usurp all the functions of government
1t seems that the legislative and exeeu-
tive branches of the government are no
longer needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06
FRESH PAINT, LOOK OUT,
The City Prison Will Soon be One of the
CIeanest Places in Town.

The City Prison Will Soon be One of the
CIeanest Places in Town.
Should some members of the Populist
police force stray into the city prison this
week it is probable that they would fail
to recognize the place. All last week
force of men was at work white washing
the walls of the prison aud painting the
woodwork of the outer rooms. until the
police headquarters is as clean as
house the first day after the spring
cleaning"
In the hall and also in the officers
room new floors have been put down.
The walls are painted, chiefly lavender
shade, and the floors are, given color
that is more yellow than anything else.
The women's apartment, with its newly
painted iron beds and snowy white walls,
looks more like an insane asylum than 4
Jail, and the mems corridor is cleaner
than it has been since the jail was built
In fact the work is not completed yet,
and the sign sfresh paint-Iook out" is
on every wall. Much of the work has
been done by the ''trusties," and it has
cost the city but little.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

but possibly the expense Of living viii
be greater.
The visitor to Mexico Is apt to be sur
prised at the high prices that are asked
for most things unless he realizes that
Mexican money is usually worth but
little more than half as much as United
States money. A meal such as would
cost, say, rs cents in large American
city will cost about 81. 80 in Mexico,
or about the same actual value, and the
+. fishes will be somewhat similar to
those. served here, saving that potatoes
will not be furnished unless called for,
and they will be expensive, and every
thing Will be very peppery and highly
redolent Of garlic. The walters do not
speak English, as a rule, though coca.
sionally one is found who can utter q
few words i'll the Anglo Saxon tongue.
The street cars are hauled by mules.
The tracks are barrow gauge, and the
mules are generally harnessed tandem.
The cars go careering through the streets
at about eight miles an hour and stop
only on thu corners. Open cars are little
used, but every one smokes in the cars
who wishes to. In fact, you may smoke
anywhere in Mexico save in the eathe-
draI, and the SWEETEST daughters of the
city are daily to be seen smoking ciga-
rettes in their carriages and in the public
gardens, where also the senoritas often
deign to refresh themselves with beer.
To most American travellers these same
senoritas are less oonlely than they are
expected to be, but this is somewhat due
to the largo amount of paint and pow
der with which they decorate their facial
epidermis.
Street car fares are centavos inside
the city limits and II centavos outside,
being about tho equivalent of 3 and
cents American money. Public carriages
are to be found at hack stands very con-
venientIy located. The hacks are blue,
red and yellow and are all about alike.
excepting for the color and the fact
that they vary in price accordingly.
Thus it costs 100 centavos OF S. an hour
for blue carriage, rs cents for red
one and so cents for yellow one If
you wish to stand well in Mexico, from
a social standpoint, you should never
patronize anything but blue carriage.
In many ways the Mexicans do things
in exactly the reverse fashion from
Americans For instance, the men wear
their hats in the theaters and the wom-
en- take theirs Off At some theaters
each act is a little drama by itself, and
between acts collectors come around to
take pay for the next one from those
who wish to remain. The performance
rarely begins before 9 o'clock and rare-
~ closes before 2 o'clock in the morn
ing. The hotels do not furnish meals to
their guests, nor are any restaurants
attached to these establishments, as
rule. At some hotels it is necessary for
the guest to furnish his own towels and
soap and a servant to care for his room.
A great feature of Sunday in the city
of Mexico is the music on the Plaza,
furnished by bands composed Of mu-
sicians of exceptional ability. It is a
favorite way of passing the afternoon Of
the first day in the week to pay 10 CEN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06
THE MEXICAN FAIR.
Our Sister Republic First Exuosi-
ton Will be Held Next Year.
EFFORTS ARE ALREADY BEING MADE


To Insure q Great success-B0me
Facts Concerning the Mexican Capt.
tai and the People Who Dwell There.
A year from now the big Mexican
World IS fair will be in full swing. This
exhibition was authorized by federal
concession on Jan. 9, 1895. will begin
on April ?, 1896. and viii remain open
for at least six months. Tt will be the
first big fair ever held in the sister re-
public and will include all kinds Of in
dustrial, scientific, commercial and ar
tistlc productions, embracing in fact,
the entire range of human activity.
The grounds upon which it is to be
held are situated below the castle Of
Chapultepec and may be reached by a
ten minute ride from the center Of the
City of Mexico, along the grand avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06
No Change to Chicaso.

The through service offered the travel
ing public by the Union Pacific system
and Chicago s. Alton R. r. is unsur-
passed. The Perfect Passenger serv-
ice'' of the C. s. A. with the we'll known
excellence of the service of the Union
Pacific assures the travelling public that
thew ~are in it, when they patronize this
popular joint line from Denver to Chi
caro and intermediate points Pullman
place sleeping cars, dining cars and
free reclining chair cars without change.
For I'll information call at 525 Kansas
avenue A. NJ. FULLER
CITY Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

Perhaps the most beautiful series of
pictures ever presented of the Rocky
mountains are to be found in collection
of fourteen original paintings, executed
by Thomas Moran for the May Cosmo-
politan. To those who have been in the
Rockies. this issue of the Cosmopolitan
will be souvenir worthy of preserva-
ton This number contains ifty-two
original drawings, by Thomas Moran,
Oliver Herford. Dan Beard, 81. III. Eaton,
F. G. Atwood, F. o. Small. F, Xix, ]. II.
Dolph, and Rosini Emmett Sherwood.
besides six reproductions of famous re-
cent works of art, and forty other inter
esting observation-disclosures eight in ALL
Though the Cosmopolitan sells for but
fifteen cents, probably no magazine in
the world will present for May so great
a number of illustrations specially de-
signed for its pages by famous nlustra-
tOFa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06
DEPEW SAYS IT'S A FAD.
f>aat is the Only Way He Can Account for
"Coin's School"

T4aat is the Only Way He Can Account for
"COin's School,"
ANN ARBOR. Mich May G.-Chauncev
il. Depew in his address delivered in the
university chapel made some very strong
remarks concerning Coins financial
school He said: SAT the close of this
nineteenth century they are met with all
manner of trying problems and public
difficulties and must fight according to
the new method, powerful assaults on
government and society. We do not put
down old heresies in the old way by
persecution because education is meet
ing them. As an instance will recite
the recent appearance of little book
known to the world as "Coin's Financial
School"
LET me say of it as my opinion that it
is full of lies, illogical arguments, false
promises, false conclusions, absurdities
and taking pictures, which, by the way,
form the best arguments in it. 1t is sold
bv hundreds of thousands and has con-
verted thousands to its absurd way Of
financial thinking. Unless its influence
can be counteracted it will revolutioniZe
public sentiment of our country and will
divide our parties on false political is
sues. 1t cannot be whipped out of the
public mind by ridicule.
at came when all was hopelessness
and seemed to offer the way to light
Still it is amazing how great has been
its success l account for it as fad. 1t
is for the universities and their gradu-
ates to overthrow such illegal fallacies
of the public mind. We find now that
socialism is also coming to the front,
anarchy is raising its head and all con-
ditions of unrest are bringing forth
fanatical ideas. Sill they need give US
no fear. The education of our people
will meet them"
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amusing ones self there may interest
those who think of taking in the exhibit
ton From New York the round trip to
Mexico costs $500. Add $40 for sleep
ing car accommodations and meals on
the trip, which occupies six days each
way, and the cost of going and return
ing would be $3.50. You can lodge, eat,
drive about IN cabs, attend the theaters
and amuse yourself in all rational ways
while in the city for about $40 week
Mexican money, or in the neighborhood
of S25 a week United States currency.
At this rate one can go to Mexico from
New York, remain a fortnight and re-
turn for little over 5000, the total cost
of the trip of course varying according
to your starting point. During the ex-
position the fare will be less. of course,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06
a Succession Fishing Party.

4 fishing party composed Of Hale
Richie, John Richie and Mike Thomp
son returned yesterday from five days
outing. With double team they drove
to Chase county to a place near Elm
dale, where the supply of fish is sup
posed to be the most bounteous in Kan
sas. They declare they caught more
than 200 pounds of fish, and they saved
a few of the large specimens which they
are showing to their friends. Among
them is large eel two and one half feet
long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is preparing
his party for the defeat which is certain
to. follow his administration of the ma
tion's affairs by telling them if they
don't follow him the Republicans will
carry the country. He knows very well
that the Democrats will not follow him
now that there are few more offices to
give out. He could buy them but he
cannot brighten or coax them The rank
and file of the party see nothing but
death and destruction ahead, and have a
mind to make their own choice in the
manner of their taking of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

KANSAS is not the only place where the
people refuse 70 tolerate that relic of
barbarism known as q pest house An
attempt was made to establish one for
smallpox patients near Cincinnati the
other day and an armed body of citizens
organized promptly and burned it The
result is the sheriff has the patient on
his hands and does not know what to do
with him. There is no sense in carting
=, ajax narson about tha nnAsntru i--@-5Aa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

HYPNoTIsM has again entered into a
murder case this time in Minnesota
Hayward, the man who instigated the
murder of Catherine Cling, has been con-
demned to death, while Claus Blixt. the
man who committed the murder. gets of
with sentence of imprisonment for life.
In pronouncing sentence the judge rec
ognized the plea of the murderer, that
he had been influenced by the will of
HAYWARD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

Mr. HORACE WHITE, who makes
lame attempt to answer "Coin," says the
question is not what dollar will buy
but what a dollar is That's it And
who determines what dollar is? Under
the constitution of the United States
that power rests with congress and no
where else The trainers of that docu-
ment made no provision for an interna-
tional conference. They were building
an Independent nation aud they said
congress shall have power to coin money
and regulate the value thereof
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

PROF. ]. LAWRENCE LAUeHL1N of the
Chicago university, in letter denying
that he ever attended "Coin's" lecture,
says: "The book ('Coin's Financial
School') is filed with so many false and
misleading statements that have
deemed it unworthy of notice." Not
withdrawing this, Professor Laughlin is
occupying nearly a column day in the
editorial space of the Chicago Times
Herald in replying to these "misleading
statements"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

ED HOWE has learned his sound
money lesson, and last week disposed
of the entire currency question in a
column editorial. He constructs Is to /
to mean IS silver dollars to one gold dol
lar. The remainder of the article shows
about the same knowledge of the ques-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

to get him out of one neighborhood
and into another. If a man Is attacked
by a contagious disease he should be
ahut M in the place where be happens
to be at the time, and be taken care of at
the public expense. IF the laws do not
provide for this. they should be made to
do "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06
WufoY1 Paclfic Route.
WHAT YOU WANT

Is the through car service offered be-
tween Denver and Chicago via the Union
Pacific and Chicago & Alton R. R., which
is unexcelled by any other line. Magni-
ficent Pullman sleepers. dining cars and
chair cars, san through daily without
change, Denver to Chicago via Kansas
CiEv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06

The "honest money" advocates assert
that the silver dollar was never the unit
of our monetary system Why then was
it deemed. necessary to pass law in
1878 making the gold dollar the unit of
vaIuo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-06
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z CHICAGO. May 6-For Kansas, Colo
RADIO, Nebraska and Wyoming, generally
fair tonight and Tuesday, southerly
winds.
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suburbs. or at the sans pries in any
Kansas town where this paper has car
risr system.
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Editor and Proprietor.
Sworn to and subscribed April 2. 1895
tsEALl E. NJ. CocKRELE,
Clerk of the District Court,
Shawnee County. Kansas
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SUNDAY: no ISSUE.
The total number of copies printed in the
three months named above. 739 669, divided by
~, the number of issues, shows the average to
be o,6O6. This is a correct report of the issues
Of the TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL for
the three months as stated.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-02-22

otafing date the Attn day
aiay, A. d. 1872, made and executed by Asa II.
Curtis and Jane Il. Curtis, his wife, of Porter, Van
Buren, county, Michigan, to Peter Walker, which
said mortgage the nth day OF May, A. ID,
1892 filed for record in the Office of the register of
deeds for Van Buren, county, Michigan, and by said
register duly recorded in liber 80 of mortgages OH
page 118.
And whereas, by the terms and provisions of said
mortgage, it is agreed that should any default be
made in the payment of the interest to become due
thereon any part thereof, any day wherein the
same is made payable therein expressed, and
should the same remain unpaid and in for
the space of thirty 1901 days, then and from thence
forth after the lapse of the said thirty 1901 days, the
mortgage at his option, might declare the whole of
the principal and the interest of the said mort
gage &c be due and payable Immediately.
And whereas, One Hundred and Forty Dollars
S14O.00l of the interest became due and payable
said mortgage by the terms thereof, the 4th day
A n vhi aaiH Ia att nm
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-02-22


the last will Hd sesssment of said deceased may be
proved, allowed and admitted to probate such and
that administration of said estate may be granted
to Henry ID. Kipp, to some other suitable person.
Thereupon 1t is ordered that Monday, the 18th
day of March, 1895, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
be assigned for the hearing of said petition and all
persons interested in said estate required to APP
pear session of said court then to be holden at
the Probate Office in the village of Paw Paw, in
said county, and show cause, ii any there be, why
the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted.
And il In further ordered that said petitioner give
notice to the persons interested in said estate of the
tendency of said petition and the hearing thereof,
by causing copy of this order to he published in
the TRUE NoRTdERNER, a newspaper printed and
in said county of Van Buren,, for three
successive weeks at least previous to said day OF
Nearing.
S5taos6l BENJ.F. HEKERT. Judge of Probate
0RTGACE SALE Whereas default
wi having been made in the conditions of q GER
tain indepture of mortgage bearing date the 29th
day of August, A. u. 1891, made and executed by
Kate Donovan of Arlington, Van Buren, County
Michigan, to George Il. Breck of Paw Paw, Michi-
gan, which said mortgage the 29th day of
August A. ID. 1884, filed for record in the Office of
the register of deeds for Van Buren, county, Michi
gan, and by said register duly recorded in ber Al of
mortgages on page 1873, which said mortgage
afterwards and on the 7th day of September, A. ID.