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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

away so plugs Of tobacco a var in whis-
tim fur his dawg That's IS apiece, or
about so 600 a var sayin nuthin about
the trouble Of puckerln and the swarm il
the ressy dawg don show ap =
What 70 think Of it. kurnelsH
ABE. replied the colonel after closing
one eye and squirting across the street,
shake hands with me
iii do it. kurneI -
ego ar on top. You hev a clean
500, 900 out Of this thing within var.
If 20 had en- ready today, Id buy 200
niger whistles of 20 at 10 cents apiece =
d 20 mean it, kurnes'
Eur shore. Don't watt a day to gis a
patent on that thingr'
II won't wait an hour. Oh By the way,
kurnel -
"What is 1t, Abe9''
That's Joe TayIor's saloon right across
the road and betn 20 was kind 'nufF To in
vite me to Ticker I don mind if I ia ke
leetle 60 Z juice-just a 1eetle to keep tho
skin On my eyes from peelin OF, 20
know NJ QUAD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

won be over z or cents and the spring
VIII keep The sail goin 20 hours in place of
- No COW viii hsw to use an ounce Of
power. She kin jest tend right 10 the dairy
bizness and let the spring keep OF the flies.
Same thing kin be applied to bosses and
nevis to save and store up surplus power
How does it strike 20, kurnsE
LISA big thing. Abe-the biggest thing
I ever heard tell cft' exclaimed the colonel
as they shook hands
And one thing mo. Kurnel Dawson.
A feller might as well think out three or
70 good things IS one. 70 know all
about darkies, kurnelss
YES met up with darkies all my life .
Did 20 ever know one who didn' :
whistle
s.Umi Reckon most Of EN- whistle,
leastwise till they git purity old What S
the pint, AbesH
same as befos-lab0r savin. Invent
sumthin to save time, and thar money in
it-heaps Of money Yes. kurneI 8 darky
is a natural whistler. Begins when he is
or years old, keeps it up till he is So
whistles right along except when he
sleeps, and thar's nuthin feeble about it.
White man hardly ever whistles except
when he wants his dawg, and then he has
to throw away quid Of tobacco to git up
q decent whistle.
But the pint, Abs. p persisted the i'm
patient colonel
Save up all the darkv whistles, kurnel
store EN- up somehow fur the use of the
white man. I'll hsv it all thought out in
a week or 50. Thar ar no less than
7.s50,2 dawgs to be whisrled fur south
Of the Ohio river. Every white man throws
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

II suppose that you and your wife are
two souls with but single thought, 2
said his old friend Tom Dick, who had not
seen him since his marriage.
That about the situation, z said Henry
Peck, and about half the time she viii
not tell me what that thought Is 49, Truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

That's the third tack I have stepped
on. p complained Wheeler the night after
the new carpet had been laid II don t
believe could pick EN- up any faster II I
had pneumatic feet ''-Cineinnati En-
uuirer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
Prfde.

81 may not be very wealthy, but I can
afford my own carriage and pair, = said
the fond father as he wheeled his twins
along the sidswalk.-Yale Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
Not Used to Catching Anything.

after alIg-
No. He. "a detective ''-Dsroit News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

Robbins-Tt is said that two people can
live on less than one. How do you ae-
count for itg
Mack-N ecessity. Truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

Gallery God-Why don's those bloomin
singers sing 50 youse kin understand 'elns
Com panion-Dey wouldn't sell any song
books den Adams Freeman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
IEmELERs.

~-~|-~N~~-~-@-r1~------
TA8IEs B. HAYDEN. Jewelar and OpElcIau
- Complete stock of watches diamonds
silFerware, etc Eyes examined and speetAelas
properly htred-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02
MUSICAL
sIcYcLEs
CO a


CAPITAL CITY COAL CO. So Kansas ave.
= phone l5i- lest grades. lowest prices.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

< Pr CENT week prohts Is the average
- return on ms FIueEgarIon system send Tor
EaupAlas frae NJ. f. Forest 30 Broadway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-02

Tor sAIE-NcAfee's fresh elder and cider
a vinegar. delivered daily. Leave orders aE
GIG Kansas ave.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-06-06

high salaried lawyer, the hlrellng
of some gigantic corporation.
There is one thing certain, there
can no great relief come from
such a source. Their interests
are not identical. The millionaire,
or the son of enc, who has been
raised surrounded by every lux
ury that money and influence
can secure, cannot appreciate the
meagre wants of the hard-work-
ing laboring man who tolls in
the dirt and CRIME from morning
until late at night for a paltry
dollar or a dollar and twenty
cents per day. House rent to
pay, fuel to procure, clothing to
be supplied, children to be cared
for, food to be purchased, and all
this to be done with thirty or
forty dollars per month. Not
half what one suit ofclothes costs
the man who makes our laws;
not the price of the making of
one garment which his luxurious
wife wears at a reception where
are gathered these law makers to
feast and lobby tor their pet
schemes. They don't know, nei-
Their do they care, how many
helpless women and children go
to their cherries homes and rn-
inviting beds with the wolf of
hunger gnawing at their vitals.
These aristocractic lawmakers
spend their time planning and
scheming for some great enter
prise that will increase some par
ticular property interest they or
their friends may have or wish
to become interested in. The only
time the laboring man is thought
of or taken into account, is when
election comes around and then
some willy scheme or fairy tale is
concocted to catch his honest
vote, cast with a hope that
better times and conditions will
come to assist him to live and
give his children an opportunity
to be put on the same plane with
the children of the wealthy so far
as education and a fair start in
the world is concerned. We do
not contend that a man is neces-
sarily worse because he is rich,
but it is a moral certainty that
he cannot fully appreciate the
wants and necessities of the
poorer classes; and we never
need expect any marked change
until the time arrives when in
+oor;+v instead IF money will he
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-06-06

ore OF the greatest rlCnneSS, per-
haps sixty, perhaps several hundred
feet thick. One mine has been bored
over three hundred and twenty feet
and no bottom yet.
I said "a solid bed of iron ORE" 1t
is solid only in the sense of being
continuous, and all iron from top
to bottom; but in most of the mines
the ore is far from being solid in
the usual sense of the word, for it is
loose like a bed of sand or gravel
and about as easily worked AS
soon as the surface dirt has been
stripped off, the ore can be very
easily loaded into the cars with
steam-shOvel.
Some of these mines are still the
property of the people of Minnesota,
but many of them are in the hands
of private owners.
The State charges royalty of
twenty-five cents ton. This royalty
is fixed by law and is the same tor
all mines, whether easy or hard to
work, and for all ore, whether low
or high grade.
The private owners, of course,
charge all the royalty they can get.
Competition among operators has
now fixed royalties at about fifty
cents ton, though some are paying
as high as sixty-f five, in mines that
are specially rich or favorably
located.
We can now begin to see how the
people are plundered and how the
monopolists wax fat.
Said the editor of The Nissabe
Range to me, as we were discussing
the situation: THE fee-owners and
and the railways have got the earth
and the rest of us are their slaves"
That he told but the truth will be
plain when we examine the facts.
THE BIWABIK MINE.
The title to the land on which this
mine is located is owned by John
NJ. Williams of Chicago. He bought
it some years ago for the pine TIM
Der and paid $1.25 per acre. Some
one else found the iron; some one
else digs it. All Williams does is to
graciously permit other people to
take ore out of the earth. For this
he receives twenty-five cents ton
from the Rockefeller combination.
Does Mr.. Rockefeller dig ore? On,
bless you! no. He can make money
easier than that. He and his COM
PAW allow the Biwabik Bessemer
Company to dig ore on condition
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-06-06
Monopoly and the Mines of
minnesota.
c. J. BUELL..

United States Marshal for Mime
sofa, that "when the Creator had
finished making the earth, he found
he had left fine assortment of rich
iron mines. Not knowing what else
to do with them, he dropped them
in the woods up north of Duluth;
and now the fellows that found
them there claim they can't dig that
ore with a steam shovel unless they
have a tariff to help Them
Whether or not the owners could
dig ore without tariff, true it is
that those same mine owners and
gang of iron land spectators or
ganized a mob and burned in effigy
in the streets of Duluth, the gallant
Major Baldwin, Congressman from
the Sixth District of Minnesota, be-
cause he ignored their threats, re-
fused to do their bidding, and voted
to put iron ore on the free list.
Whatever the injustice of the
tariff and it is great - however
much the tariff on iron and it's pro-
ducts has robbed the people for the
benefit of a few mine owners and
mapufa that robbery
has been gigantic, inexcusable and
iniquitous-th things are small
and puny when compared with the
stupendous system of plumber that
has been established in northern
Minnesota for the benefit of a few
monopolists who own the mines
and the railways that take the ore
to Lake Superior.
It is the purpose of this brief
paper to show how the system
works and to suggest remedy for
the evil.
Take your old geography and
trace through northeastern Mime
sofa what is marked on the map as
the Height of Land. This "Height
of Land" is a low, generally flat
watershed which divides the
streams that empty into Lake Supe-
rior from those which flow north
ward into Rainy River and at last
reach the ocean through Hudson's
Bay.
A continuous succession OF
swamp and low hills, heavily TIM
bered and thickly dotted with small
lakes-such is this Height of Land
in which are found the richest iron
mines in the world and by far the
easiest to work.
Remove a few feet of loose sand
and gravel, in places not more than
two or three, but usually from eight
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26

SARATOGA, May s5.-h the Presby-
terian assembly here. the committee ON
bills and overture reported upon the re-
quest that steps be taken 10 secure uni.
formity Of workmanship in all churches.
Il was recommended "that no action b
taken. as the present freedom is more
edifying than any stricinoss Of uniform.
ity conld be-"
The report Of the standing committee
ON work among frcedmen, was pre-.
scnted by DR.. Villcrey D. Reed Of
Philadelphia The report Of the board
showed receipts for the year to be eio,.
902 expenditures, siio,509. The pres
ent deb, Of the board is sl0,S7i. The
beard has under rs charge lSi ministers
Si4 churches and Sunday schools, "a
day schools with $50 teachers and a0ll
pupils. During the year ssSa have been
added % the churches. Freedmen have
themselves contributed $4,000 10 sup
port their churches and schools. At N,
close Of the report the assembly was ad.
dressed by DIR. Reed and Dr. L. p
COwen secretary Of the board.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26
How About Ig

what's the matter with Hearneg
Only one thing, and that Is she has no
base bali club.
There ls no excuse for Hearne to be
without good base ball club, for she
has enough Of the raw material 20 make
one Of the strongest amateur clubs In
the State,
The following Is letter received
nom the Bryan base ball club, asking
for game with our boys:
Bryan. Texas, s, lS96.
Manager Hearne B. b. c.,
Hearne. Texas
Dear Sir.-When is the earliest day
that yon can give us q game OF base
ball, and viii you play here OF will We
visit Hearneg
Railroad fare and expenses are ex.
pecled II yon visit ns the same thing
Thanking you In advance for An early
reply ! am, Yours truly,
CnAs CARR.
Why not stir up little excilemeul
ana arouse Heasne ffom her dealhllk.
slupoE and organize = base ball clab
and show Bryan a. well AZ all The sur
rounding towns that we are up 4
snuff and can give all who wish salts
faeslonl- -HeaEne Advocate.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26
THIN SAWYER MURDER
Ed Perry Arrested For the
Crime at Mansfield.
A LYScHIHG WAS TALKED OF.

The shsrin Took the Prisoner 60 West
Plains For safe Rssping-Ths Deed
Was Committed sometims last Week.
In which Three Members Of the
sawyer Family Were Killed.
MASsFIELD. No, May 25.--Prosecut-
ing Attorney +. H. Farnsworth Of
Douglas county, arrested Ed PeTy, the
supposed murderrof The Sawyer family.
at his aunt's. 10 miles southeast Of here.
Perry registered at the Arlington hotel
here from Kansas City, No. and claimed
TO be drumming for a Kansas City
whiskey house. When arrested he
trembled and cried. Excitement Is 20
high that through fear pf . lynching
Deputy Sheriff Co.'S left for West
Plains with the prisoner, where he win
be more secure from mob violence. A
message from the sheriff Of Greene
county says that the team, wagon and
harness have been found and that IL
was Perry who sold them. Tho bloody
clothes were found in the trunk in the
wagon, together with = saw and hatch
et.
The whole Sawyer family, consisting
Of father. mother and son, were found
in their home. one mile east Of Ava, Sat
urday, foully murdered. The hatchery
was complete. and for brutality rivals
the murder Of the MeeIu family BY the
Taylor brothers.
Ernest E. Sawyer. the young man,
had stab wounds IN the throat and right
breast. both jaws were broken. his face
was beaten into a jelly and there were
several large gashes In has head. He
had evidently been murdered at the
barn and dragged to the house. Blood
was found ON the harness and horse
blankets in the barn. and traces where
the villain had wiped the blood from
his hands ON the logs Of the barn.
Lafayette Sawyer, the father, had hin
skull crushed and the bridge Of his nose
broken.
Mr, Sawyer had the top Of her head
terribly mashed and her left hand
broken. evidently trying TO ward OF the
murdercr's blows.
The three bodies were piled under a
bed In the corner Of the house and Gov.
ered over with bedclothes and carpets.
The room IL a small log house, with two
doors aud one window. The doors were
both fastened and the blind was drawn
down. The floor Is covered with blood,
and shows signs Of a terrible struggle.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26
.SENSATIOAL SERMON.
II Is Delivered BY Rev. J. H.
Acton at Seattle.
GRAVE PREDICTIONS ARE MADE,

Hs Pictured the Present Condition of
the World In the Darkest Possible
colors and Propheslsd = speedy Rev
oIuiloa, Which Would Be Made at
the Cannons Mouth n Necessary.
SEATTLE. Wash. May 25.-Dr. J. II.
Acton, pastor Of Ae First Unitarian
church, In preaching the baccalaureate
sermon In the University Of Washing
ton yesterday, developed a sensation by
picturing the present condition Of the
world In the darkest possible colors and
prophesying a speedy revolution In the
United States, which, he said, would be
accomplished lat the cannon's mouth II
need be" and which, he predicted,
would overturn the existing order Of
things and radically modify the nation
al government. Comparing this ooun-
try with the Roman empire. he said:
Rome could levy taxes At the win Of
her leader. declare any complaint trea.
son, marry her daughters for money
and titles. punish servants tardines.
with death. let thief and murderer -
free with a mild reproof and mako
slaves Of the profoundest philosophers.
What less than this Il America doing
todayi Rome's moral poverty settled
her doom. Oh. my country Is Il trus
Of theei The last appeal Of an out
ragged nation is revolution. For AmeFica
now there IL no other redress.
1--WE do not want new hands at tbs
helm, but a new ship. A revolution Il
at hand, but IT needs not be a nationa
ruin. Foundations. long considered d
vine, viii be torn up constitutions, Ions
considered sacred, viii be changed
There IL a great loss and a great upheav
al near AZ hand. Do you ask me how
these great radical reforms are 10 BE- In
auguratedi / win tell yon. BY th'
power Of an intelligent decision BY thi
explosion Of expanding indignation ; b.
the final climax Of a fruitless patienc
which has AZ last eliminated in a resist
less fury Of the tempest"
The sermon has provoked severe cEiti
cism, as II Is known that no such senti
menis are cherished in the university.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26
WORK FOR T'HIS WINK
Programme Marked Out For
the Senate and House.
BUTLERs BOND BILL DEBATE.

n Is How ON In the senate and an
Eaort VIII Be Made 20 Prevent
Vote By Opponents Of the BiI-Finai
Adjournment Depends Upon President
Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Tho outlook
as 10 the line Of proceeding In the sen.
ate during the present week Is not very
clear. II Is the general understanding
that the debate on Senator Buffers
bond resolution win continue today and
possibly longer. but II It holds beyond
today there viii b. an effort to displaoe
il with the general deficiency appropria.
sion bill, This is the only one Of the
appropriation bills which has not re.
ceiyed attention, and a. It has now
been reported the members Of the ap-
preparations committee are now very
anxious to take IL up at the earliest prac-
ticablo date.
On the other hand Senator Butler,
who has charge Of the bond bill, feels
that II vote is not had on his bill be-
fore this appropriation bill Is passed Il
may be impossible TO hold a quorum and
viii, therefore. insist upon going for.
ward TO a finish before the deficiency
bill Is considered
The opponents Of the bond bin will
try to prevent a vote being reached at
al all, and some Of them win obstruct its
progress 10 the fullest extent possible.
The talk is general that the date Of the
final adjournment win depend almost
entirely upon the length Of time the
president may hold the river and habor
bill
Senator Allison expresses the opinion
that in case Of early action by the presi-
dent. whether favorable or adversely,
that the senate would be prepared TO ad.
journ by the first Of next week.
The housa Is rapidly clearing the
desk for final adjournment. Conference
reports are likely to consume a large
portion Of the time of the house this
week n they did last. In the last days
Of session little indulgence is given
members by the operation of the rules
in matters Of high privilege like con.
ference report questions can be hroughi
20 a vote at the viii Of the leaders.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26

MADISON. Wis, May a5.-General In
cius Fairchiid. who died Saturday, viii
be buried with all Of the military cere.
mony with which his rank As brigadieI
general is entitled. Governor Upham
has charge Of the arrangements and hs
has selected Adtutant General Charles
King 10 look after the details. General
King win have personal charge Of the
military escort. The funeral win taks
place from the house At O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon. No sermon viii b
preached nor viii the remains lie IN
efata
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26

Our ladies' wheel arrived yesterday
and is on exhibition In lianway's
big show windows. tits as pretty as
any one could wish, light as could be
desired and needs only rider TO make
Il complete. The wheels speak for
themselves, and the Gladiator Cycle
company are disposing Of enough ol
them 10 keep mp q prosperous business
at tS5 per wheel. The Gladiator Cycle
company says the wheel Is worth thai
money, aud they guarantee their goods
4. g. Dun & Co, and BFadsireet tell Al
tnat the Gladiator people rank high Il
the commercial world. Enough said.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26
MLLEp ovER rEN cENrs.


CHICAGO, May 25.-A quarrel over 10
cents resulted in the killing Of Joseph
Hackercck at South Chicago last
night. He was shot three times in the
head by vensel Eisenheimer. a neigh
Dor. Hackereck sent his young sOn
with 10 cents to buy pail Of beer. The
boy on his way to the saloon lost the
money under sidewalk whore Il was
found by one Of Eisenheimer's children.
This fact was discovered by the Hack
creek family who insisted on the return
Of the coin. A terrible row cnsued dur.
ing which Eisonheimer drew a big re-
volvw with the fatal result above stated.
The murderer was captured and locked
m
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26

BROKEN Bow, Neb.. May a5.-Henry
Walker, residing near here. murdered
his wife sunday. He purchased . re-
volvcr and deliberately arranged all de.
tails. His excuse was that she had at'
tempted 20 poison him. and he killed
her rs matter Of selfprotecsion. The
murderer a a wealthy farmer.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26

BOSTON, May 25.-Th S-masted
schooner Mary sprague, lumber laden,
was towed into this port last night in
9 sinking condition. She reports that
on Friday night. in South channel, IN
the fog. she collided with an unknown
schooner, which was 90 badly cut down
that she must have sunk In q few min
utes Nine men and one woman were
seen on board the unknown schooner
and II ls feared they were drowned
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26

Waco, Tex. May 2a.-A disagree
ment between young men IN an Austin
avenue restaurant was followed by q
vOlley Of pistol shots. Mirrors vert
shattered and walls deiaced. lsa Gas.
senheimer. 4 sneclaior. Got a small cali.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26
CHARGED WITH ENTERTAINMENT.
Franeis }. kieckhefer Arrested by the
Authorities ~ washington.

FFaneis }. kieckhefer Arrested by the
Authorities ~ Washington.
WASHINGTON, May s5.-Francis ].
Kieckhofcr, late chief Of the bureau Of
accounts and dishursing officer Of tho
state department, was arrested here on
three warrants, charging him with en-.
bczzlement. They are under tho dates
Of July 2, 1895. els. .a29; Aug. 10. 1895.
e2see. and Oct. %, same year, sl6, ,ss7.
The prisoner said that he was very
much surprised at his arrest that ho
had anticipated nothing Of the kind and
was guilty Of no wrong. He has been
out Of the Office some time. but has ~
manned in the city. The shortage IN
his accounts has been stated 20 approx.
mate slS7 600
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26
SAYS ne IS From TExAs.
J. n. short Fouad ~ Mellas with uls
Threat Cut Prem EAr 10 Ear.

MoLINE. Ills. May ga stranger.
apparently travelling man, s5years old
and Q feet high, weighing about 700
pounds, brown mous,ache, was found
Sunday morning sitting on a wall BY
che sidewalk on Bluff street with his
throat cut from ear to car. A trail Of
blood several blocks long led 10 his dis.
oovory. At the police station he gave
the name Of J. NJ. short Of Texas and
he said he jumped from Rock Island
train the night before 10 escape a man
who tried 20 murder him. bat he refused
70 talk further. A bloody pockotknifo
was found in his pocket. also eia and
two gold watches. His throat was sewed
mp and he was taken 10 = hospital. He
may recover.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-26

ar ballet in the jaw bone. Il ranged
downward and came ont near the chin.
Afiidavits were made charging h.
Gassonholmer and Z. W. Brown with
assault with intent 10 murder. Both
gave bond. The origin Of the quarrel
was remarks about lady.