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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
SMOOTHING 1T OVER.
Gold Standard Democrats Now
Say They Are Not Responsible
For the Threatened Removal of
Postmaster Pepperill,
And Attorney General Harmon Seeks
to Palliate District Attorney
Perry's Course.

a prominent gold standard Democrat
said today to a Journal reporter that
the truth of the sudden resignation of
". H. L. Pepperill as secretary Of the
Democratic state central committee
has never been told.
We are charged with being respon-
sible for the action of the postmaster
general but it is not true I wrote to
the department myself and SO did Mr..
Perry requesting that Mr.. Pepperiu be
not molested.
The truth of the matter is that the
men who are responsible for Mr.. Pep
periIl's resignation are the men who
were candidates for his place and they
are Of his own persuasion They are the
men that complained to the postofce
department and the gold standard
Democrats were not concerned in the
matter except to protest against his
Whether Mr.. Perry really was so
magnanimOus as to request that Mr.
PepperrlW be not mOleSted or not his
speech making created something of a.
stir in Washington and an issue of the
Washington Post this week contains a
long interview on Mr.. Perry's case, with
Attorney General Harmon. The Star
says.
Attorney General Harmon Is author
ity for the statement that the admin
istratiOn does not desire TO abridge In
any particular the political rights OF
federal officials nor to interfere IN the
slightest degree with free speech on
their part in the pending campaign,
providing this privilege is exercised in
proper and legitimate lines, and does
not take the form of personal abuse or
VilifcatiOn.
There is no similarity whatever, the
attorney general said, between the case
of District Attorney Perry and that of
the other district attorneys whom he had
removed from Office because OF their
political conduct. In the latter cases
the incumbents were running for cleo
tive offices contrary to the established
rule of the administration The admin
fstration is of opinion that it is subver-
sfve of the best interestsof the govern
ment fer its officers to engage in an ac-
tive canvass for election to another Of
fee. All the persons so offending were
given an opportunity to resign their
federal office and We're only removed
when they declined to do so. Outside
Of this the only removal on account OF
political activity has been that Of Dis
trict Attorney Lassiter OF Virginia, who
was chairman of the Democratic cam
paign committee in his district and en-
gagged in an active canvass
According to Attorney General Har-
mon no notice Will be taken of district
attorneys or other federal officials who
whether they are in favor Of Bryan,
Mckinley or Palmer or any other pres
idential candidate, provided they do not
neglect their public duties and also pro
Vided they do not OVerstep the bounds of
decOrum and prOpriety in their remarks
Although he did not say so outright,
the attorney general minated that an
an official who went out Of his way to
abuse or malign the president or the
mem bers of his administration because
of their public or private acts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
QUIT THE REPUBLICANS.
Master of the Michigan State Grange
Comes Out for Bryan.

Detroit. Mich, October 3I.-Ge0rge p.
Horton, master Of the Michigan State
Grange. and a lifelong Republican has
declared against Mckinley and for Bry-
an and for the free coinage of silver
This change comes late in the cam
paign and has caused a profound sem
satiOn in Michigan.
Mr. Horton is the wealthiest farmer
and largest landowner in Lewanee
county which is one of the oldest and
most populous in the state. He has al
ways been a Republican and says he
still is one bat belongs to the Teller
school and viii vote for q candidate
pledged to the free coinage Of silver.
He claims that farm property has
greatly deprecated and the cause of it
can be found in the existing monetary
system; he is opposed to its continue
ance.
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BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL.
Dun's Review Says it is Almost AboI-
ished Till After Election.


New York. Oct. SIR. G. Dun & Co. s
weekly review says:
The market without anything but
politics to rule it is not often seen. Bus
mess is almost abolished until after
the election by the extraordinary pres
sure for money, by the indisposition of
anybody to sell who thinks a great
change for the better is near, by the
feeling that it is now of no use to con
tract or buy when so little time re-
mains before a decision and by the
general absorption of business men in
political activity
The feature of the week has been
the pressure in the New York money
market, in spite of heavy arrivals of
gold Quotations on call loans at 100
per cent or more have no real meaning
except that, with practically four holt
DAYS to come IN succession, there is
really no market.
Wheat has declined sharply. but is
rising again, closing about zee lower for
the week. Heavy realizing of the spot
sales, extreme monetary pressure in
carrying supplies and belief of foreign
ers that they can get what they want
at lower prices by present abstention
have materially helped the powerful
Chicago influence which has labOred
to depress prices. But the evidence of
demand abroad grows clearer and
wheat receipts heavy. 2S.756.644 for the
past four weeks, against 81. $50 964 last
year The enormous milling returns
are of especial value. showing that for
eign orders are preparing a great guam
tity of flour for export
These returns, not heretofore given
elsewhere. are instructive whenever the
market turns on the foreign demand.
atlantic exports for four weeks flour
included. have been S.026. 55S bushels
against 6,255, 412 last year. Higher prices
and actual famine in parts of India
have a speculative bearing, but are
really less important to the American
market than the news of decreasing
supplies.
Cotton has held up remarkably we'll
in spite of trade estimates of nearly
5000 600. Print cloths are a shade
higher but there is neither much sell
other descriptions.
The specula ton in wool continues
and has taken, during the past four
weeks, 1921, 100 pounds, against % 1855
$50 last year and %, 559 .053 in 1892. al
though less than one-half the capacity
Of the mills is employed. It is a graf
flying feature. however. that about y
establishments have started during the
week in confidence that business viii
be larger hereafter. There is a slight
improvement in the demand for light
weight woOlens.
Iron has been bought largely by spec
ulatOrs, 25, 600 tons Of bessemer iron at
RittSburg. raising the price 10 Sll 80, the
large quantity of grey forge raising the
price to 5000. and 20, 900 tons, nearly all
of northern. at Chicago Finished pro-
ducts unchanged in quoted prices al
though quotations are less shaded than
of late to secure business, and there is
strong belief that after a week there
will be marked change The known
orders deferred until after election.
Failures for the week have been go
in the United States against $50 last
year and 40 in Canada against 80 last
year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
J1m LANES COUSIN.
An Eccentric Character Who Inter
rupted a Burton Meeting.


Holton, Oct. 31.-Speaking Of eccentric
characters, Uncle Isaac Lane Of this
place ranks first
He is first cousin Of Senator Jim
Lane and cast his first vote for Andrew
jackson in 182S-32 years before Bryan
was born. He is enthusiastic for the
latter and viii vote for him next Tues
day.
An amusing incident occurred here
ing. Uncle Ike sat on the platform and
when N1r. Burton would say something
against Bryan and free silver, he could
be heard to mutter: That's a d
lie" Finally the speech grew so hot
he could stand it no longer, and so he
spoke loud enough for Burton to hear
him and said. That's a lie and you
know it,
Mr. Burton looked around, but took
no further notice OF the remark. as
Lane is about 80 years old and getting
quite frai1
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"a HOURS no CALIFORNIA.

Santa Fe Route California Limited.
Beginning November 4. the Santa Fe
route win resume its celebrated Cali
fornia Limited train as a semi-weelly-
service, leaving Chicago at 900 D. m,
Wednesdays and Saturdays. and Kan
sas city $50 a. m, Topeka at IL 80 q. m.
andDenver5 5: 80 D. m, Thursdays andSun-
days, reaching Los Angeles in 81 hours
and san Diego in 50 hours from Topeka
Returns from California Mondays and
Thursdays. Connecting train for san
Francisco, via MOjave.
Equipment of superb vestibuled Pull
man palace sleepers, buffet smoking
car and dining car Most luxurious
service via any line.
Another express train carrying palace
and tourist sleepers leaves Chicago and
Kansas city daily for California
Inquire of local agent, OF
w. J. BLACK,
A G. p. A.
Topeka. Kan
A., T. & S. F. Ry.
Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
KATIE'S LETTER CAME.
Mrs. Mckinley Answers a Missive
From q LITTLE Child.

New York. Oct. 3L-Here is a charm
ing campaign story because it is out
of the common. The letter, too, WASH t
written by a precociOus child. but jvst
an ordinary, adoring little girl of Pater-
son, n j. Here is the letter.
ITO Dear Mrs. Mckinley: Oh. how
I would like to see you. If I was a lit
tie bigger L would walk to see you I
here the ladie I live with talk so good
about you. She is a Republican. I
am only 10 years old next month I
90 to the Sisters school and run Grants
night and morning FOR the ladie. Some
day hope I may be a president wife
AS I am sure you viii be Please an
swer my letter. Send me some little
thing to remember you. Ny little girls
friends say you viii not notace me. Be
cause am poor becose you are for the
rich. KATIE DOLAN-"
An answer came to Katie and she is
the happiest child in Paterson. She
coudn't read it very we'll but that didn't
make any difference. Enclosed in the
letter was a pretty pin, with a picture
Of the Mckinley homestead on it. Katie
wears the pin night and day.
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SEARCH FOR GRAVES.
The Grand Army Locating Dead Sol
diers at Washington.

Washington. Oct S1.-A committee. of
which DR.. j. c. Roob is chairman has
been appointed by the department of the
Potomac, O.. a. r.. to locate the graves
of the dead soldiers and soldiers buried
in Congressional cemetery. and to find
out their names and the facts concern
ing their service in the war and what
commands they We're attached to. The
exact positions of the graves Will be
placed upon a chart, and 1t is expected
that I'm the near future they viii be
marked with appropriate slabs
There are 500 or zoe soldiers buried in
Congressional cemetery. and il is said
that one man who formerly worked in the
cemetery possessed alone the information
regarding their identity. which he charged
literally for when the g. A. r. desired TO
designate the mounds of their dead COM
rades for decoration each May 3Uth-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31

Electric Bitters is a medicine suited
for any season. but perhaps more gen
eralls neeueu WAen tae languld, ex-
er is torpid and sluggish and the need
OF q tonic and Alternative is felt A
prompt use of this medicine has often
averted long and perhaps fatal bilious
1evers. No medicine will act more
surely in counteracting and freeing the
system from the malarial poison Head
ache, Indigestion, Constipation, Dizzi-
ness yield to Electric Bitters soc and
81 per bottle at J. x. Jones' Drug store
Fifth and Kansas Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
PECK an COLUMBUS.
Large Crowd and Fireworks Greet the
Former Kansan.

Columbus. Oct 31-About 5000 peo-
pie came to Columbus Thursday to hear
George r. Peck and assist in making
the last big rally Of the campaign a
success.
The parade consisted of 474 wagons;
ladies' and mems horseback clubs;
fambeau, gun and uniformed clubs;
and lastly the old soldiers. 1t was over
one mile i'm length
S. S. Kirkpatrick was the speaker Of
the afternoon and held the large crowd
with one of his splendid Republican
speeches. The night brought special
trains from the north and south. with
fambeau and torch light auxiliaries
and when the fire display began the
heavens were kept ablaze for half an
hour with one of the best pyrotechnic
displays of the campaign. Mr.. Peck
spoke at night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
MR. INGALLS, WRITES.
Urges All His Friends to Support a
Burton Candidate.

Leoti Oct 91-The letter below was
received by c. w Miller from ex-Sena-
tor ingalls, Tuesday morning in which
MI ingalls, plainly says he wants Rep
resentative Grimes returned TO the leg
islature, and that the caucus is where
the nomination for United States sena-
tor is decided and that Mr. Grimes will
abide the decision OF the caucus
t'Atchison, kan, Oct. TO- 1S96.=NTr. G.
w. Miller. tary--Dear Sir--I
would say now that it looks as though
Z should not be- able to visit your coun-
ty as I hoped and intended to do.
1T is Of the greatest importance that
the legislature should be Republican.
and I hope Mr. Grimes viii receive ev-
cry Republican vote in his district The
question Of my return to the senate
viii be decided in caucus. and I assure
that Mr.. Grimes viii abide the result
and accept the decision of the majority,
whatever it may be.
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tiers composing the name Of w.

the letters composing the name Of wv.
J. Bryan are plainly discernable-
Your CORRESPONDENT examined it to-
day in the. presence of several gentle
men and found it to be a genuine hen
egg. 1t is ia possession of a couple Of
ladies who have a QueensWare store
and has been kept in the house as a
curiosity since April or March last, but
the letters were not noticed until re-
Gently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
SANTA FE ROUTE.

The Home Road Offers Superior Adj
vantages to All Those Wishing
To Travel
Five trains east daily,
Five trains west daily.
Elegant equipment,
Magnificent track,
Superior eating stations,
First class dining cars,
The fastest time.
Union depot connections,
Through car service east,
Through car service west.
Free reclining chair cars,
The newest and finest sleepers.
The most improved tourist sleeping
cars run on any railroad
For tickets, sleeping car space and
all information see Cromwell & Jeffers,
in postohice room in North Topeka,
telephone s64. or at depot. foot Of Fifth
street, telephone $50.
w. c. CARNEY. Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
Waatarn Farmers eoing ID 1rarvIan d

Washington. Oct 31.-tThe tide of
immigration that has been from the
east to the west is turning" said B. c.
Dunbar of Webb City. Mo. at the Met
rOpoItan to a correspondent "A col
ony has gone from Illinois and Missouri
to the eastern shore of Maryland. where
the members viii engage in truck farm
ing. They viii be followed by others,
and a very considerable movement is
expected in the northwest among the
Swedes and NOrwegians, looking to re-
lnnNal further east
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
Campaign Guessing Doubtful

Holton, Oct. 31.-After some diligent
inquiry and after w c. Perry had
spoken for the gold Democrats and Rev.
Mr.. Bleds0e for the middle of the road
sters, it is found that the vote here
Tuesday viii be about as follows. Gold
Democratic, Il; middle Of the road Pop
ulist, l. zgkqpjjp jpjpnuun
ulist, i; Democratic uncertain. Repub-
lcan to be determined after Tuesday.
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Two Brothers Oppose Each other.

Salina. Oct 31-Out In Eureka town
ship a singular political situation ex-
lists. Charles Gllum and Al Gillum are
brothers, members of the same family,
but the former is a Republican and the
latter a POpulist. Each has been nom
mated by his respective party for town
ship trustee and both are making an
active canvass for the office.
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sod Liauor 81 III Iowa Dinine a.

Mason City. Ia. Oct 31.-The grand
jury of Hancock county has returned
an Indictment against J. J. NIcAvoy for
fhe alleged sale of liquor AIcAvoy man
aged a dining car for the Chicago. Mil
waukee & St Paul road, and it is all
legged sold liquor contrary TO the Iowa
law Although liquor has been served
on dining cars on many roads since the
passage Of the prohibitory law, this is
the first prosecution
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
"a TRAINS FAST RUN.
Covers 1875 Miles in Two Hours and
81 Minutes

Cleveland. Oct. 31--An Erie passenger
train broke the record for q run from
Pittsburg to Cleveland yesterday. 1t con-
sisted of q locomotive and five cars, con-
tanning 197 passengers who were mem
bers of the American club of Pittsburg.
The distance over the Erie and Pittshurg
and Lake Erie railways is 135 miles, and
there was q stop of four minutes at
Youngstown @. The trip was made in 2
hours and "a minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
Purchase of Land by Chicago Syn
dictate.

Galveston, Oct. 31-A Chicago syndi-
cate has purchased from Harvey VIII
son of Houston, a tract of 5000 acres of
land at Webster. midway between EIOus-
ton and Galveston. on the Galveston
Houston & Henderson railroad. 1t is the
intention of the syndicate to erect q
cotton gin. a factory for the canning of
Texas fruits and vegetables and to To-
cate a colony of northern farmers on
ahair land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
LOCAL DRAMATIC NEWS.

The star attraction at the Grand Op-
era House next week viii be Walker
Whiteside in Hamlet" The following
of him is credited to the Cincinnati En-
quirer of last April:
1T was a veritable treat osit through
the story Of Hamlet with Walker
Whiteside 1T is not a wonder that he
has captured metropolitan audiences,
nor that the critics have halted to seri-
Ously consider the faireSt, most youth
full, scholarly for his years and grace
full withal, that aspired to the kingly
crown of the worlds tragic star. 1t
would not be policy or justice to SO
fronlS a man as Mr.. Whiteside, nor
would he permit it. to say that he is the
equal of Booth, but the spirit of abso-
lutte fairness to the aspirant, modest
though he be, is that people who last
night found their palms meeting in aD-
precia ton inVOluntarlly found them
selves comparing the Hamlet of Mr.
Whiteside to the Hamlet of Mr.. Booth,
and then congratulating themselves
that each century supplies man
.Charley's Aunt which Topeka has
laughed at and welcomed several times
viii be at the Grand next Wednesday
night. 1T is perhaps the funniest of
comedies.
The American Dramatic company
will open weeks engagement at the
Crawford Monday night in Shadows
of a Great City" Monday Will be la
dies night. The usual popular prices
VIII prevail
There will be a rousing temperance
meeting at the North Christian church
Sunday night. Good speakers. Special
music.
Mineral Water.
The finest in the west. Come and try Il
J. W. PHILLIPS. 612 ". Eighth Ave
Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia West 8th
When the stomach is in good order
disease cannot obtain a hold. Keep it
in trim by the use of Economy Bone
set cordial" For sale at all drug
stores.
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CONFINED no WANTS.
Business, Says Bradstreet's Goes No
Farther Than Mere Necessity.
New York. Oct. 31=Bradstreet's

New York. Oct. 31.-Bradstreet's
says:
Business in staple lines is confined to
immediate wants. interest in the cleo
tion absorbing attention. The volume
OF trade IS smaller than a week ago,
and viii continue restricted until the
results of the election are known Ad-
vices from important distributing CEN
tiers report that leading commercial and
industrial houses take a hopeful view
of the business outlook, and expect an
early revival of demand, based on the
anticipated success of the sound money
issue.
An encouraging feature is a. further
advance in the prices Of leather, wool,
bessemer pig iron, wheat, Indian corn,
lard. raw and refined sugar and for
crude and refined petroleum Only
moderate orders have been placed for
wooden goods for spring delivery but
manufacturers are disposed to buy some
raw material.
Total exports of wheat, flour includ-
ca as wheat from both coasts Of the
United States are 1884, 600 bushels this
week, exclusive of shipments from Cal
weston, no report of which has been re-
ceived as compared with 3. ia 600 bush
els in the corresponding period of 1892
Exports of Indian corn amount to g.
597. 900 bushels this week, nearly 100000
bushels less than last week, one-thlrd
more than in the corresponding week of
1885, fifteen times as much as in the
corresponding period of 1894, and three
times as much as in like weeks of 1898
and 1892
Mercantile failures throughout the
United States have declined in number
this week. the total being 246, against
2g2 last week 299 in the same week one
year ago.153 in the corresponding period
two years ago, and as compared with
353 in the like week of 1898
There are 81 business failures report
ed from the Dominion of Canada this
week. against As last week and a like
number in the same week one year ago,
but as compared with 46 two years ago.
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FOR PULPIT STATEMENTS.
DR.. Lyman Abbott May be Sued by an
EZPolics Cantain.

New York Oct 31-Ex-Police Captain
ETichael Doherty, who is nov in the cider
business on Washington street, opposite
the bridge in Brooklyn. threatens to
bring an action against the Rev DIT. Ly-
man Abbott, pastor of Plymouth church
for statements that the reverend gentle
man is alleged to have made concerning
the ex-captaiu from the pulpit.
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Love Feast at Hamilton Kan.

The Republicans are preparing to
have a love feast" at Hamilton hall
Monday evening when there viii be FIVE
minute speeches by all the candidates.
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