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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

THAT there ia thorough understand
ing between Mr.. Cleveland and the gold
gamblers of Wall Street there can scarce
ly be any doubt. The play of offering
the bonds to popular subscription was
made with the full knowledge that the
syndicate had already cornered the gold
wherever it existed in any considerable
quantities and that such a thing as gath
ering up $1OO,O0O,OOO from the interior,
widely scattered as it is would be next to
impossible. AS part of the plan to de-
ceive the people and to illustrate the
widely heralded helplessness of the gov
ernment-always of course on account
of the green backs-the syndicate imme-
diately announced that it must have all
the bonds or it would take none. That
there might be no possible doubt of
its getting them, Mr.. Cleveland now is
reported as considering the withdrawal
of the offer to the public and closing
with the syndicate, if it appears that
gold is being Withdrawn from the trea-
sury for the purpose of buying bonds.
J. Pierpont Morgan and his partners
may get the bonds. as it has been intend
ed they should from the first
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

EVEN Debs has at last come to the con-
clusion that trades unions are a failure in
the matter of remedying all the ills from
which the laborers of the country suffer.
Trades Unions are all right as a means of
maintaining wages, but they do not af-
ford work to the unemployed, and it is
the vast army of the idle workmen from
which the country is suffering. Men
out of work can no longer be purchasers
to any considerable extent, consequently
other workmen who found customers in
them for the products of their labor, are
also forced into idleness. This is why
the numbers of the unemployed increase
so rapidly in what are called bad times.
In an era of prosperity, work increases,
wages advance, and business grows in the
same ratio and on the same principle.
When one class of laborers is set at
work, they Immediately become purchas-
ers, and thus afford employment to an
other class and another, till the land
fairly huns with industry and enter
prise. This ia what would surely follow
the opening of the minis to silver.
There can be no question about it. An
expanding currency has never failed to
bring these results, and a contracting
currency has never failed to bring the
results first mentioned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
The United States courts will now have

HE United States courts Will now nave
an opportunity to square themselves
with the people and correct an impress
sion which has taken possession
of them to considerable extent
that these tribunals are partial to GER
tain interests. The court will be asked
to enjoin the thirty-two principal rail
roads of the country from acting under
the agreement which they have recently
entered into for pooling of their bust
ness. An injunction issued out of the
United States courts did effectual service
in suppressing a combination of railway
employees resulting in the Debs strike.
1t was alleged in justification of the
courts action that this combination,
known as the American Railway union,
was injuring the public business, inter
fering with the public welfare and VIC
lating the interstate commerce law The
same tribunal will now be confronted
with another and vastly more powerful
com bination organized for the same pur-
poses for which the A. R. .. was said to
have been formed. Will the courts
treat this rich mans combine in the same
way that they did the poor mans COM
bine; or will they decide after treating
the public to a mass of fine spun theories
and legal phraseology that the case does
not come within the law, or that the law
is unconstitutional?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
PARKHURST, PEsSIMIsT.
The New York RefOrmer see no Bril-
IiancY in the New Wear.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10. - DIR. Parkhurst,
in his sermon at the Madison Square
Pres byterlan church Sunday incidentally
touched on the prospects for the coming
year. There is not,' said he, "the usuai
New Years exhilaration in the air. We
are respiring everywhere an atmosphere
of distrusL There is among all classes
of people a sense of insta bllity. Nobody
knows what is coming. There is hardly
an aspect of life that is not marked by
some trace of doubt and unsettlement.
The times are hard; there is a cloud
over all prospects of the more prosper
GUS classes, and a feeling that the times
will grow worse. All of US are aggra-
waited by the echoes of war projected a
couple of weeks ago, and whose reverber-
ations have not died away yet
ITO this is added the coming Quadren-
ial national election, and as a wind up
and consummation of our woes congress
and the state legislature are in session,
and however true it is at all times that
we cannot tell what a day may bring
forth, it is true with an acute emphasis
when these two bodies are sitting, and
when the entire gamut of leg slative
possibility is spread out before them,
upon which they can execute their in
calculable extravaganzas ad libitum,
with only craft or caprice as their in-
SEPARATION. In view of all this it is not SO
easy a matter to face the future with Sc
renity and confidence"
In conclusion Dr. Parkhurst said that
it was true that the popular current was
setting in the direction of all that was
superficial, sensual, corrupt, and vicious,
and if not stopped it would end in putre-
faction It was better, however, to meet
the issue now than let the scourge fall on
the next generation. Whatever is be-
fore US this year." said he, nationally or
intern ationally, the end of the year will
find the world twelve months nearer the
fuldllment of its destiny and the com
ple;e coming of the kingdom of our
Lord "
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4 Remarkable Tree.

There is a Maynard white oak tree
near Laporte, Ind, that may puzzle ma
turalists with the vagaries of it's
growth. The tree is nine feet in circum-
ference at the base, and there are no
branches of any size below fifteen feet
from the ground. There the great bole
divides into a number of limbs. Two,
leaving the trunk about twenty inches
apart, grow west, their lines diverging
for some six feet, and then each rend-
ing toward the other. Twelve feet from
the body of the tree they unite again,
making perfect oval, and out of this
grows two smaller branches. AS if not
satisfied with that expressed disregard
for the laws of nature, this old tree has
performed another feat. Six feet from
it's base grows another white oak, less
than half it's size, and no sooner does
the smaller tree arrive at the charmed
circles of those branching limbs than
one of them grows right into it, and is
absorbed. The second tree is very much
larger twenty feet from the ground
than at it's base.
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she was wen Posted.

'tOh, isn't it interesting, Julia, about
this Venezuelan trouble?'' said q woman
on the elevated train the other morning.
'tWhat Venezuelan trouble?' asked the
other woman.
''Why, don't you know? We're likely
to go to war with Venezuela, and it's all
on account dwell, declare, I've forgot
ten just what it's on account of, but it's
something or other to do with the tariff or
the income tax or the silver question.
Cuba's mixed up in it somehow, and so is
Samoa, and 1 won't be sure, but 1 think
England has something to do with it. You
just ought to read the papers. oh, they re
awfully thrilling! And, Julia, won't it
be exciting if there really is war, you
know? I suppose we shall spend all our
time picking lint and knitting socks and
singing Rally Round the Flag Boys,
the way my mother says they used to do
in war times. Oh, I've always been so
sorry that wasn't living thenl And to
think that there's actually going to be a
real live war after ALL
''When will it beginP" asked the other
woman
"Oh, they're not certain yet But it'll
be very soon. AS I say, think England 8
mixed up in it somehow, and you know
Enghshnen are dreadfully slow. I don It
believe they'll begin to really scrap until
the holidays are over''
fMy, what lot you knowp' cried Ju-
liza admiringly. 81 just wish I was as
well posted on politics as you are, dear"
81 have to be well posted, F" replied the
first woman. 'sYou know I'm chairman
of the politics committee in our woman
club, and once a week have to tell all
the others about what's going on all over
the world Why, when our club heard of
this Venezuelan affair they at once post
poned the meeting for the consideration
of is Browning Sincere In His Portrayal
of Sordel1o?' and appointed me to prepare
a paper upon The Political Situation and
How 1t Affects Women Clubs Ny dear,
I did nothing but read the newspapers all
day yesterday. That's the reason, Julia,
that know so much. You'd be just as
well posted, too, if you'd studied into the
matter as have. New York Evening
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

Fxnensixe Smoking.

There are several wealthy men in
London who are reputed to spend over
$4,000 per year on cigars. This is con-
sidered very large over there, but sew
era1 American millionaires are said to
exceed this. One of them is reported
as spending $1,000 annually on cigars.
An English nobleman who married an
American woman, who brought a bag
of money with her, has astounded Lon
don with his extravaganza in cigars.
He pays about $500 monthly for them,
and always trades with one dealer, who
posts a sign to that effect in order to
attract customers. Several prominent
Englishmen, among whom is said to be
Labourchere, buy cigarettes imported
from Turkey, at a cost of 10 cents each.
One of them smokes and gives away
100 in day, which is probably the rec
ord for expensive cigarette smoking.
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w. 3. STATIONS GUARD.
The Colorado Springs MiIIiOna1 re
Wants Beggars Kept Out.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Jan. 10
More or less apprehension has been cre-
ated in the minds of number of ladies
by the presence of a man who strobe
back and forth on the east side of Ne
vada avenue, between Carwell and Bijou
streets. There was an air of mystery
about him which was solved for the first
time today An inquiry as to his bust
ness elected the response that he was
an officer deputized to guard the resi-
dence of w, S. Stratton, and to keep
from entering on his premises a certain
class of persons who have recently been
causing the mu1ti-millionaire a vast
amount of annoyance by their begging
and their attempts to get him interested
in all sorts of schemes. The guard re-
mains on duty from dusk until the family
have all retired.
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A Pious Wish.

He had asked her at the wind up of a
rather heated debate to leave him alone.
In fact, he limited that she was talking
too much.
''You don't deny my right Of free
speech?" she said.
sob, no, not for minutel I just wish
one thing, though
f'WeH, what?''
''That we lived in Chicago
t'Now, what's that got to do with it?''
''Why, they're suffering Sunday closing
strictly there, you know. So your voice
would get outlawed one day in the week,
at any rate
Then lie fed to the club.-American
Commercial Traveller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

Boss PLATT is keeping up the pretense
that Levi P. Morton is an actual candi-
date for the Republican presidential
nomination. This is done in the interest
of the Reed combine of which Platt is a
member. Morton will be put forward as
the candidate of the gold men. There
will not be enough of them to nominate
him and the opposition will be invited to
compromise on Reed, who, SO far as any
expression which he himself has vouch-
safed on the money question is concern.
cd. is not known to have any opinion. In
this way Plat has two chances at nam
ing the candidate.
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FROST Is CHAIRMAN.

The Santa Fe Man Made Chairman of
the State Irrigation Committee.
The president of the Kansas Irrigation
association, ). II. Churchill of Dodge
City has named as the associations ex-
ecutive committee. John E Frost, To-
peka, chairman; G, w. Watson, j. l.
Bristow, F. D. Coburn, w. G. Edwards,
D. NJ. Frost. J. NJ. Munger, P. T. Ian
caster and J. Geiersler.
Mr., Churchill says the Watson law
passed by the last legislature compelling
farmers to pillow fire guards has been a
great success in Weatern Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

THE bond syndicate doubtless deserves
all the criticism it receives from the
press and public, but it should be re-
membered that it could not do a thing in
the direction of looting the treasury were
1t not for the connivance of the president
and the treasury officials themselves,
who, in effect, open the doors and invite
these favorites to help themselves.
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characterIstios OF th. .oId Roman.

CharacterIstics of the Old Roman"
.sThurman's most notable character
is.ic in the senate" says ex-senator Ed
munds, was his command OF pure,
strong English. He was powerful in
debate, never mineing matters, but
calling things by what he considered
their right names. He was brave in
his convictions, and was always work
ing for what he thought the good Of
his country. and not for the hire. AL
though 1 did not agree with him upon
political matters, could not help lik-
ing him for his earnestness. What he
did was done because he considered it
right"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
WAsHBURN's CONTEST .

The Literary Societies Will Debate To-
night at the College.
Following is the programme of the
contest between the literary societies at
Washburn college tonight:
Hungarian Dance. Observation-Disclosures.
- Misses Harrison and Ingalls,
Debate, question-Resolved that Eng
land has a better form of government
than the United States.
Affirmative-Thos. Gray, E. C, Goodno.
Negative-F. P. Strong, j. A. Newell,
Wind in the Trees" Miss Townesley
Closing speeches by the leaders, Mr. :.
Thomas Gray and Mr.. F. P. Strong.
Music by the Glee club.
Decision of judges.
There ia to be no charge for admission.
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PINGREE TRIUMPHS.

Detroit Council Sustains His Action
in the Street Railway Controversy.
DETROIT Mich, Jan. 10-The veto
by Mayor Pingree of the Tom Johnson
street railway ordinance was sustained
by vote OF the common council. A
great crowd was in attendance at the
session. This brings to an end a street
railway war that has been waged for
over four years in this city, and has end
ed in triumph for general cent fares,
free transfers, and practical municipal
control of the street railway corpora
tiOnR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

IT seems that fine distinction is made
In Venezuela between revolution and
treason. This is probably owing to the
fact that revolutions are of SO common
occurrence as to be considered quite a
matter of course. Now, however, when
the country is on the verge of foreign
war. the president has declared the par
Elephants in the present revolt, guilty of
kreason
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I'm Accordance yvish the Facts.

Before the English missionary was hall
gone the king of the Ooglyzooks suddenly
gasped, turned purple, and, falling under
what would have been the table if canni-
balls ever used such things, expired in
great agony.
The coroner's jury sat on him at once.
"Died from foreign subject lodging in
his throat, was tho verdict. New York
RRnnrflnr
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In moving for the enforcement of the
prohibitory law in Leavenworth and
Atchison, why do not the members of the
State Temperance union include Fort
Scott, Wyandotte. st. Marys, Marysville.
Junction City, Abilene. salina and hun
dred other towns in Kansas, where there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
FOUND A S. BILL.
A Dog Which Seems to Know the
Value of Money.

George c. Stoker. who lives in North
Topeka, has a small terrier dog which
he now considers very valuable.
Yesterday the people in the house
were attracted by something scratching
on the outside of the street door. Mrs
Stoker went to the door and there stood
the dog with a five dollar bill in his
mouth. The animal seemed perfectly
willing to give up the money. 1t ia sup
posed that while playing on the sidewalk
the dog picked up the bill which had
been dropped by some one passing by.
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Reflection ON Him.

Uncle George-Got trusted for itP Very
badi When 1 was young man, always
paid cash for everything I bought.
Frivolous Nephew-You don't mean to
say that your credit was SO bad as thatf-
Boston Transcript.
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KANSAS is placed in a very peculiar
position by the laws relating to the re-
apportionment of the. state. The legis-
lature doesn't want to meet and nobody
wants it to meet, and yet if it does not,
complications may arise in the future on
account of its failure to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

GENERAL HARRISON can now go on the
shelf with David B. Hill. He also has
offended the women, by refusing to join
the society for the prevention of cruelty
to animals and children.
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have discovered better way of silenc-
ing Colonel Ingersoll than trying to
answer his arguments. They refused to
permit him to lecture in the city.
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oysters AreT Too Cheap.

BALTIMORE. Jan. 9.-The Fait & Stagle
company, oyster packers assigned this
morning to John S. Gibbs. Assets are
given at $50 900; and liabilities probably
exceed assets The cause of the failure
is excessive competition and the result
ant low prices.
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A Born Fighter.

s'No, sir, man with face like that is
never a coward. -
chow do you know?''
Its SO homely that he couldn't have
any fear of spelling it. ''-Chicago Record.
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JUST when a more peaceful feeling
than has existed for some time was set
thing down upon the country Corbett has
broken out again.
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A Blea.ine In Disguise.

Hogan-And do yez bear Clancy amy
i'll will for the t'ump he gev yez?
Grogan-Oi do not. Sure, the tooth
he knocked out was wan Oh had been
wantin to hev pulled for the pasht two
months. Sin dianapoIis Journal
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Sparr!ng Wfth barley Corn.

Fl. Bradshaw, one of the young men
who boxed at the Athletic exhibition at
Hamilton hall last night was afterwards
arrested by the police for intoxication.
He pleaded guilty this morning and was
fined So which he started to work out.
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is just as much reason to believe the law
is violated as in thesetwo cities? If the
remedy of an assistant attorney general
has been successful at Wichita, why do
not they insist that it be applied all over
the state?
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Doubtful.

Bagley-That's the young Englishman
who came over to try to marry old Rocks
ly's daughter.
Gagley-How is he getting along?
Bagley-He's not quite sure. He called
on Miss Rocksly last night. The old man
kicked him out, and she asked him to call
again.-Truth.
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TEMPERANCE DAY.
The Fourth Sunday in Febru1ry to Be Set
Apart for Observance.

Apart for Observance.
At the executive meeting of the Kan
| sas State Temperance union following
the general meeting of Tuesday, on sug-
| gestion of I. E. Stephens it was voted to
make the fourth Sunday in February
temperance day.
The ministers throughout the state
Will be requested to properly observe it
as such.
Sufficient data of non-partisan char
acter will be sent out, upon which intel
llgent addresses can be based The day
Will also be previously advertised
through the press.
During the past few weeks Mr.. Steph-
ems has raised by cash and subscriptions
nearly 5000 to pay the expenses involved
IN movement of this kind. The sur
plus will be used in scattering literature
broadcast throughout the state, in the
prose cution of vioIaters of the law, and
IN lnaugurating movements to effectual-
ly arouse temperance sentiment in be-
half of the maintenance of the law and
its more rigid enforcement.
Helping Him Out.
Briggs-Strange what will sometimes
happen to a man. You know Miss PIN
leo, don't you?
Griggs-Oh, yes, very WE'LL The girl
from the south who is visiting here?
Briggs-Ycs. Well, the other night I
called on her, and hearing that she was
about to return I asked her if 1 could be
of any service to her, and she said she
would like to have me get her o railroad
ticket, secure a section and SO forth.
Griggs-And you did SO?
Briggs-I did, old man. I put up $50
for that ticket.
Griggs-Didn't she offer to pay you?
Briggs-Certainly, at the time. 1 said
no hurry-to wait until I got the ticket.
You know girls don't think about those
things-don't realize the value of money.
Griggs-Certainly not. But didn't she
pay you at all?
Briggs-No, she didn't. I saw her off
last night, and the thing must have slip
ped her mind. Places me in an awful fix.
Griggs-I see. Makes you short, doesn't
it?
Briggs-No name for it. Don't know
what I'll do, old fellow.
Griggs-But she's good for it?
Briggs-Oh, certainly. The merest hint.
Griggs-I see. A delicate matter. She
will probably remember it soon, but you
naturally feel that you don't want to
mind her of it.
Briggs-That's it. Could you
Griggs-Why certainly, old fellow. I
think can help you out. Only too glad.
Briggs-By Jove, you are the right sort
of a friend.
Griggs-That's all right. I'll drop her
line and tell her to send me the money,
and I'll turn over what's left after I've
paid myself what you already owe me-
New York World.
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not STRICTLY Professional.

''That young doctor makes an immense
number Of calls on Mrs. Oglesby. Is she
very sickS''
mo. She is very pretty Truth.
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"And gen seek a place to lay your
head?''
The wayfarer smiled wanly.
sfPlaces, she answered, for she wore
wig and didn't care who knew it
Detroit Tribune
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A roraodo Boat Blown Up.

MILAN, Italy. Jan 1O.-The boiler of
a torpedo boat on Lake Maggoire ex-
ploded to-day, sinking the vessel and
drowning twelve persons on board
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Weatner Indications.

CHICAGO. Jan. TO- - For Kansas: -
Fair tonight and Saturday; slightly cool
er tonight southwest winds.
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Smooth as silk is the way our collars
feel now Peerless Steam Laundry, 112
and ia w. 9Th.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10
cents week to any part Of Topeka or
suburbs, or at the same price in any
Kansas town where this paper has car
Tier system.
BY mail, three months. 80
By mail, one year. $50
Weekly edition, per year .......... so
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Mineral Water.

The finest in the west. Come and try ft
J. W. PHILLIPS, 612 W. Eighth ave.
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Goodwin Coal CO.,
COZ Kansas avenue