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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

folded, fexed distorted, 1aminated, split
across and contaminated. And if there
is anything else twisted Or abnormal
which a local geology can be it is also
that. The results are claimed to be
splendid. All sorts of coal and mineral
formation are brought close together,
and all this with climate singularly
favorable to the white man.
And all this raises the old, old ques-
ton, Do some little sections of the earth's
surface naturally produce energy and
talent, or is it merely by the accident Of
superior people having settled in them?
Certain it is that long before Columbus
tradition ran that this section and the
adjacent parts of Tennessee and Ala
bama were inhabited by mighty race,
and the first white men found here the
most advanced Indians east of the Mis-
sissippi. When the Revolutionary war
ended, the best class of Tories in the
CaroHnas, chiefly Scotch, left their
homes and located among those Indians,
and hence it was that so years ago the
Cherokees had schools, churches, looms,
ironworks and printing presses.
But there are some dark shades to the
picture. Georgia sorrowfully admits
that she has nearly 5000 persons, the
great majority colored, in Jail, waiting
trial, or at hard labor for their offenses !:
that her present convict system is I'M
Qualifiedly bad, and that the great mass
of minor offenses among the blacks are
ignored because of their frequency. Tt is
an odd fact that Georgia was the last
colony to admit slaves, after protesting
for 20 years. Yet in 1860 she had the
largest number of slaves, and now has
the most colored people. What she has
done for them is shown in these figures ::
There are in the state 4 colleges and
other institutes for the higher education
of the coloEed; there are 2,750 public
schools, in which on the first of this
month were $50, 302 pupils, and in the
city schools are 4, SOP more, making
154, S04 colored children in the state S
schools. No comment could add to the
eloquence of these figures. And finally
it may be stated that Georgia contains
5000 miles of railway, exclusive of side
tracks; that their gross earnings for the
year ending June 80, 1894, were $17,
208, S24, and the railroaders say that in
the current year the sum will be 40 per
cent greater. All these facts have CON
| densed from many talks and reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29
LET Us COUNSEL TOGETHER


The STATE JOURNAL desires to invite
and urge every newspaper in Topeka to
help along the proposed September Fes-
tival in this city next year. Tho jour-
NAL does not desire to claim any particu-
lar credit for the suggestion that such an
undertaking be begun.
The idea of such q Festival can
scarcely be called an original one, al
though the ideas that will be suggested
by our citizens are expected to be
original.
We are endeavoring to get all our
business and professional men together
to help along Topeka and make her
great, now let all the newspapers join
hands for the same object. However
much we may differ in our opinions,
political, religious and otherwise, we can
certainly all work together on the one
broad platform for Topeka's good,
The JOURNAL hereby most cordially
and warmly asks the Capital, the Press,
the Co Operator, the Democrat, the Mail,
the Advocate. the Telegraph, the Lance,
the Ledger, the Call, and all other To-
peka papers, great and small. to unite
arm in arm to forward the grand re-
union of Topeka aud Kansas to be held
in this city next fall. Let US all work
for il, and we can have 100000 people
here.
Editors, let us get together as brethren
in this matter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29
GROWING OYSTERS ON TREES.

come detached and fall to the bottom,
together with the grown oysters Oh the
facines, are placed in these baskets for
storage and final growth. This plan has
given incredibly excellent results in
Italy, and in addition to the tree spat
collectors of Connecticut there is no rea-
son why the same method should not be
adopted along our coast, where the bot
toms are found to be unsuitable.
The popular belief that oysters can
only be grown or matured on the sea
bottom is hero finally refuted. They do
not need to be at the bottom to secure
their food AS a matter of fact, the
amount of food that is actually brought
to an oyster colony seems to be in direct
proportion to the volume of water pass
ing over it.
In South Carolina there are millions
of tons-over 20 miles-of oysters, or
more properly, oyster shells. The reason
that this is not greater oyster producing
field than either the Chesapeake or Con-
necticut grounds is simply because of
the asphyxiating condition of the in
shore bottoms. No trouble has been
taken to macadamize the bottom of this
naturally prolific oyster region, and, as
a consequence, the young oysters are
found in pyramids 10 and 10 feet high,
or growing on the piles and stakes along
shore. Because of their natural instinct
and it cannot be other than instinct
that causes them to cling to the wood
piles or crowd on top of each other
the Carolina oyster is exposed to the
sun and atmosphere for at least eight
hours out of the "a and cannot thrive
Their shells are almost transparent, their
shape is long and narrow, and for this
reason they have received the name
F'raccoons. " Considering the enormous
home consumption and expectation of
American oysters, it seems to me that
the great resources Of those great oyster
fields of South Carolina should be judi
ciously developed.
To give an idea Of how prolific the
oyster is I shall state that the average
| number of eggs in one female oyster is
135, 900, 900. And Professor Brooks of
Maryland once made calculation that,
taking eight matured oysters and assum-
ing that every egg matured from them
and their progeny for five years, the re-
suit would be a mountain of oysters and
oyster shells more than twice the bulk
| of the earth. So that were it not that
enemies destroy about 80 to 50 per cent
| Of the oyster eggs and young oysters,
and that man does not take proper steps
! to conserve greater proportion of them,
we would have this delicious and nutri-
tious fish food at price within the
reach of the poorest and in ample album
dance Rob T. WALSH
We can keep you clean-Peerless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29
Daily Average 1854.

This is the greatest showing the STATE JOUR-
NAL has ever been able to make for period CT
any six months in its history.
This is a greater figure than was reached By
any daily paper in Topeka for the year 1894
The American Newspaper Directory. issued in
June. 1895. and covering the year 1894. gives the
average daily circulation of the Topeka Daily
CAPITAL for the year 1854. as only s.744. These
figures were furnished by the publishers of the
Capital. TO the Directory, and are guaranteed to
be correct by forfeit of 500. which will be
paid TO any one dispFoving their correctness
The following figures, substantiated by sworn
statements in detail. giving every issue for ths
FIRST six months in 1873. 1894 and 1895. shows tbs
Topeka STATE JOURNALS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

THE administration asserts that the
sales of bonds since March 4, 1898. have
been necessary for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the wherewithal to redeem green
backs aud treasury notes. Since the law
provides that these obligations are re-
deemable in coin, and that bonds sold for
the purpose of obtaining a redemption
clearly consists of either gold or silver
why did not the secretary of the treasury
buy silver with the bonds since at the
prevailing prices he could have obtained
much more of it than of gold. This is
what he would have done if he had been
honest and had the interests of the people
ct heart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

a DECISION or sentence by court
from which there can be no appeal is
rare but there seems to have been one in
Judge Hazen's court yesterday It was
the disbarment of W. E. Dom. Why
can't it be arranged SO that all legal
matters could be settled in the same
way? Does anybody doubt that the ends
of justice would be just as effectually
served? And what an amount of time
and money would be saved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29
EMBkzZLED S1O9.OOO.

Ex-City Treasurer Boggs of Tacoma
Made an Enormous Steal.
SAN Francisco. Oct. ga Tacoma
dispatch to the Chronicle saws that ex-
City Treasurer BoEgs who held Office
from 1890 to 1894 is an embezzler to the
axtent of sos, ZOO, and that the sheriff is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

COMMENTING on the recent meeting of
the Republican bosses the Chicago
Times Herald says: "Woe be unto the
candidate who goes before the next
national Republican convention with the
backing of the Associated Bosses! 1t
Will be difficult to nominate him. 1t will
be impossible to elect him"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

REV. MYRoN REEDS remedy for cleo
ton frauds would doubtless possess the
merit of being effective, however hard it
might bear Oh an established industry
When man attempts fraud at the polls
shoot him on the spst, says the reverend
gentleman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

THE convention of liquor dealers at
their recent session defined their political
position in unmistakable terms. They
resolved to throw their influence against
any candidate VINO is unfriendly to
general liberty" This means that they
are against any Interference with their
Business. That is all the politics any man
in the whisky business has.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

1850
1854

Tho boast Of the Topeka Capital that it pays
more postage than Ill other Topeka dailies
combined, only proves Tie meagerness Of its
local circulation as compared with that of the
STATE Jos RN4L-as no postage is paid on any
circulation within Topeka Or Shawnee county.
The STATE JOURNALS local circulation is fan
and away ahead Of the combined circulation OF
all the other Topeka daiies.
The circulation of the Topeka Daily STATE
Journal in the towns near by and tributary to
Topeka is very large. as the evening trains Ii
various directions carry tho STATE JOURNAL.
giving its readers the first and latest Associated
Press and state news of the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

WHETHER the result Of design or acct
dent the public should feel grateful that
the Holmes trial was delayed until the
Durrant case was about ended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

AFTER yielding to The demand of the
powers the Turks proceed to kill another
lot of Armenians
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

on the road to Jacksonville. Ore, to ar
rest him.
The recent bank failures here have
disclosed the fact that Boggs, while
treasurer. deposited large sum of city
warrants in the banks, receiving credit
or cash. The warrants so deposited are
supposed to aggregate $4,000.
Subscribe for the Daily STArEJouRNAr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

CHICAGO. Oct 29-For Kansas: Fair;
followed Wednesday by showers in ex-
treme southern portion; slowly rising
temperature: easterly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29
Wonderful Growth.

Daily average for f7st six
months Of 1898. .......
Daily average for first six
months Of 1924 -.......
Daily average Ger 1rst s-x
months o. 1895 ........
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10
certs week to any part Of Topeka or
suburbs, or at tbs same price in any
Kansas towa where this paper has osr-
rier system.
By mail, three months 80
81 mail, enc Observation-Disclosures. ESQ
Weekly edition, per year...--..... 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29
Breaks All Records.
The
Topeka
Daily
State
Journal.

By its sworn detailed statement of circulation
for the first half Of the year 1895, it is shown to
have circulation. during the first six months
as stated of a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29

We can keep you clean-Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia w. Eighth.
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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
The Olympia Trial Satisfactory.

San Francisco, July 16.-The official
report of the final trip of the United
States cruiser Olymia has reached the
navy department, and the officers who
constitute the board of inspectors have
each been furnished with an approved
copy, signed by Secretary Herbert.
The result is gratifying to the secre.
tary, who doubted whether the Olym-
pia could make twenty knots steaming
under natural draft. The crack cruiser
made within two-tenths of knot of
this speed during the recent trial in
Santa Barbara channel for four hours.
With ordinary steam pressure the
cruiser made 1910 knots with ease.
The displacement was $40 tons greater
than on the trial trip for acceptance
from the contractors. There are few
minor defects in the auxiliary machin-
cry and magazine compartments, none
of which is the fault of the builders.
The ammunition hOists, while being in
all respects according to plans, in the
opinion of naval experts are not of the
best device. The Hartford, now in the
drydock, will be ready for release this
week, and as soon as the bilge blocks
are set in the Philadelphia will be
locked, inspected and painted.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
The COrbett Divorce.

New York, July 19.-There was an
other hearing today before Referee ia
cobs in the suit for divorce brought by
Mrs. Ollie Corbett. Miss Mary King,
a member of the dramatic company
with which James Corbett travelled,
continued her testimony as to the rela-
ton between Corbett and the woman
Vera. Miss King related instances of
a display of affection as the company
was travelling in railway cars. In
Corning, O., she had seen upon the
hotel register the entry, -. ]. Corbett
and WIFE" 1t was agreed between
the counsel if the referees report should
be favorable to the plaintiff, alimony
would be fixed at 800 a week. Ad-
journment until July 26, was taken in
order that testimony might be obtained
from the West.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
THE GIRL WAS DEAD.
She Had Shown Signs o Life, However
and Burial Was Postponed.

She Had Shown Signs o Life, However,
and Burial Was Postponed.
Hartford, Conn, July ia doubt
at the last moment that the young girl
they were burying was actually dead
lea to postponement of burial SER
vice at Torrington. 1t was the most
unusual and thrilling grave-side epis-
ode that has ever happened in this
state, and caused great excitement.
Miss Eichner, the daughter of Will
from here, committed suicide by TAX
ing a dose of rough ON rats. The cause
of the suicide is said to have been a
cruel rumor. Her father received a
letter from man who charged Miss
Eichner with improper conduct She
Indignantly denied the report, but the
story SO preyed on her mind that she
determined to end her life.
When the casket was opened for a
final view of the remains, several
friends noticed that Miss Eichner' S
countenance was flushed and life-like.
There was a good deal of color in the
face and the hands felt warm. The
more they thought about it the more
the young lady's friends became con-
WINGED that if she were buried she
would be buried alive. Finally they
protested, and the body was returned
to the house. A physician was sum-
moned, who pronounced the young
woman dead, and after watching the
remains all night for signs Of return
ing life the body was buried.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
THE NORTHERN LINES
Efforts Still Making to Consol.
idate the Two Roads.
A THIRD COMPANY Is TALKED OF
This Is Because Minnesota,s Laws rre-
vent One Company Controlling the
Stock of a Competing Line.

New York, July 19.-The Evening
Post prints today resume of the ne
gotiations for consolidating the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern rail
roads under one management. After
stating that the laws of Minnesota,
under which the Northern Pacific was
organized, provide that no railroad
company shall consolidate, lease or
purchase, or in any way become
owner, Or control, any other railroad
company, or any stock, franchises,
rights of property thereof, who owns or
controls parallel or competing line,
the Post says:
ut is not difficult to understand that
the principal participants in the guar
antee syndicate do not like to give up
expected large profits, and that they
are endeavoring, though recognizing
the necessity of abandoning the Lon
don project, to accomplish the purpose
in another way. For instance, the
lawyers are studying the question of
forming a third company under the
laws of another state, which shall ac-
quire the stock of the Great Northern
and reorganized Northern Pacific, and
thus unite the two corporations; but
counsel freely admit that such a prop
OsitiOn would be in conflict with the
spirit, if not the letter, of the laws Of
Minnesota.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
Price of Grain Bags.

Walla Walla, Wash, July 17-At a
meeting of the directors of the state
penitentiary today the price OF grain
bags was reduced to 40 cents each.
This is to compete with the reduction
made by sack merchants who have been
gradually cutting under the price OF
penitentiary made sacks. Directors
Nye and McInroe said that, although
the Calcutta sacks were not as good
quality as those made by the peniten-
tiary, dealers could not afford to sell at
the price they quote and if the state
were undersold it could cause the same
result as in California that was shut
ting down the penitentiary jute mill,
thereby eventually raising the price of
bags very materially. 1t is said here
that the grain merchants have greatly
overestimated the wheat yield and they
ale burdened with an oversupply OF
sacks. The output of the penitentiary
is about 1000, 900 sacks annually.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
SfiI1 Another Trust.

New York, July ia local paper
saws: Stockholders in the various dry
dock companies in this vicinity have
been informed by circular that the
control of the properties has been
bought by a combination Of capital
represented by w. P. Shaw, of Wall
street. 1t is proposed to consolidate all
interests into a single company, and to
pay to the original stock dividend OF
3 per cent annually in the form OF
rental. Those in control will then as
sumo all expenses. They are said to
have thirds of the stock in their
possession, or within reach, so that
consents by the remaining one-third
will be merely formal. Profits in the
dry dock business have been very small.
The best known of them, the Erie
basin, has paid no dividends, it is said.
Since competition and low rates are
said to have made the business unprofit-
able for several years, the managers
of the new enterprise are credited with
an intention to advance rates one-third
as soon as they take charge, and thus
restore the properties to a dividend
paying basis.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
Co,xeS*nu Wants the Fight.

Dallas, July 2O.-Galveston wants
the Corbett- Fitzsimmons contest pulled
off on that island. Capitalists and
business men of that city have appoint
ed a committee to come to Dallas and
make a proposition. President Stuart
said today that the proposition was lib
eral, including ground and building
free. He says there is strong opposl-
ton to the fight at Dallas, threats hav-
ing been made to stop the construction
of the building as soon as it is begun.
The contracts of the fight, Stuart says,
read. Texas" and not Dallas" and
there will be no complication In
change of location.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
BILL DOOLAN IN LOVE
The Outlaw Is Now Anxious
to Reform.
HE Is PLEADING FOR LENIENCY
One Of His Victims in Passenger
Train HOld-Up Has Since Be-
come His Wife.

Perry, o. T., July 17.-When Bill
Dalton, Bill Doolan and other mem
bers of their band held up a train near
Gainesville, Tex, two years ago, Doo-
Ian, with Winchester in his hand,
went through the passenger cars and
robbed the passengers. In one of the
cars was Miss Belle Bailey, who was
on her way to Purcell to teach school.
Doolan was attracted by her and in
quired where she was going. Soon
after Miss Bailey had taken charge of
the school a stranger appeared in Pur-
cell. He gave his name as Billiard,
and began paying attentions to Miss
Bailey. Some of her friends warned
her to keep away from the man, but she
refused to send him away. He would
go away frequently for week or two,
but always returned to see the girl.
One day Billiard was at Miss Bailey's
school when Dan Spars, deputy
United States marshal, rode up. He
recognized Billiard as Doolan, and
started to draw his revolver, but the
outlaw drew his first, and forced the
officer to dismOunt, and hand-cuffed
him. Then he said that he had wanted
to reform, but the deputies would not
let him. Miss Bailey, who witnessed
the incident, cried out to her admirer:
"Who and what are your
''I'm Bill Doolan, the much-read-
about outlaw" was the quick response.
Six months later Miss Bailey left
her school and has not been heard of
since. Since then Doolan has been
making every effort to secure leniency
from the authorities. 1t is believed
Miss Bailey is with him as his wife,
and is working for his reformation.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-07-25
TONNES SUCCESSOR.
The Office Will Not Be Filled for Sew
eral Weeks Yet.

The Office viii Not Be Filled for Sew
eral Weeks Yet.
San Francisco, July let is not
expected by the Southern Pacific Of
Gals that successor to the late A. N.
Towne, as second vice-president and
general manager, will be selected for
several weeks. 1t is possible that the
directors may decide to make no new
appointment. 1t is not improbable
that the directors may save part OF
Towne's salary of $25, 900 by combin-
ing the duties he performed with those
of some other official, thereby saving
$4,000 annually. H. E. Huntington,
the nephew of G. P. Huntington, and
his assistant, is now in the East, but
started for San Francisco upon hearing
of Towne's death. His election as Sec
ond vice-president is considered prob
able. The Southern Pacific directors
will meet tomorrow, but will transact
no business further than to adopt reso-
buttons for Towne's demise. If new
general manager is appointed, the
choice will lie between w. G. Curtis,
assistant general manager, and j. A.
Fillmore, general superintendent.