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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-13

White Honey Comb Bedspreads
at 75cts, S1.00, $l.25 and $150 each
only enough to last few days. L..
B. Kerr, Queen St.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-13

Reports have reached us that
during the day certain troubles
arose among the leading heroes in
Colonel McLean's brigade, always
ready to die (and do it AGAIN..
Where will the Colonel be if his
captains quarrel and get locked up.
The closing exercises of the Christ
Church Family School for Girls, of
South Kona, Hawaii, of which the
Rev. S. III. Davis is principal, will be
held on Friday, the 18th inst. On
the following day the school will
break up for the summer holidays.
If the Street Department would
only complete the Beach road in
stead of dumping rock at Magoon-
Willie and Velencia, and having a
portion of the road macadamized,
and another portion with loose sand
and overgrowing weeds, perhaps
people would be better pleased.
So quietly conducted is the Cri-
terion that it is a pleasure to drop
in there and take draught of that
wholesome and invigorating Seattle
beer while you have a social talk
with friend. Neatness, cleanliness
and good behavior is sine qua NON
to friendship here.
Those small fish shaped boxes
that puzzle all but gourmets con-
tain Sardines with Tomato sauce.
The round boxes have inside of
them Sardellen and Leber Wurst,
Roquefort and Brie and other dain-
ties. The home productions are
principally Guava Jelly and spiced
Pine Apple Pickle. Call on Lewis
& Co. to explain.
1t is stated that the management
OF the Royal Annex have decided to
adopt devices which will enable
members OF the'alphabetical societies
to visit the annex and admire the
classical paintings and statues re-
Gently imported by Mr. w. @. Pea
cock. Bathing suits Cat the rate OF
SO cents for two dozens) will be
furnished for the use of Correggios
"undressed" figures and the Mercury
will wear a collar and tie, as we'll as
the Diana whose slender neck for
some time has been adorned with a
naval ribbon OF the Saida besides a
tasty necklace. Our morals are i'm
proving and so is the Royal Annex
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-13
HONOLULUS.

sand If. from fifth inning.
sand CT. from fifth inning.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-13
House Painting and Paper Hanging
Fort Street.

Unexcelled by the trade and always
guaranteed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
An Tnternotional Flirtatiop.

The kaiser smiles at Russia, while England
smiles at France;
The Spaniard treats with England, while
Cuba looks askance;
Your Uncle Sam is guessing" and keeps
i others guessing too;
For not single nation knows what the next
may do.
The czar speaks well of England, but Wilhelm
gets a smile,
!, And France sits on the fence post and watches
them the while;
Your Uncle Sam is thoughtful, and wonders
now if he
Should cast his lot with Cuba or make Arme-
mia free.
There's turmoil in the Transvaal, and Kruger
hirts with all;
TAe=e's sport II yerezzele. from Turkey
comes a call;
sea,
But Uncle Sans uncertain Just where they
I Chicago Post. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
STATE HOUSE NOTES.

The statement of a Kansas City news
paper that State Superintendent Stanley
Is the only prohibitionist among the
state officers except Mr. Troutnsn is
denied.
It would be interesting to know if
Judge CaldwelPs campaign headquar-
ters are to be Topeka or Little Rock.
Cy Leland and Sam Peters were the
only out of town Republican politicians
in Topeka Saturday but they fixed
things.
A. W. Smith is now quoted as saying
he believes the Republicans of Kansas
will stand more show for success if they
nominate some man besides Morrill, for
governor.
There is now almost $1,OO0,eO0 in the
state treasury. Over 100000 has been
paid in during the last sixty days. The
taxes are almost all paid in.
1t would be interesting to know if ex-
Governor Click would resign his office
as pension agent if he should be nomi
mated for governor by the Populists and
Democrats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
AN ILLINOIS sOHLATTER.
Effects His Alleged Cures Through Spir-
itualistic Medium.


itualistic Medium.
Wilbur Hammond, a young English
man, % years old, whose home is at Bel
videre, Ills, has been causing consider
able commotion by posing as a sort of
Schlatter, but instead of meek and lowly
follower, like the quondsm Denver healer,
Hammond combines faith cure with spir
itualis1n, or at least pretends to effect his
cures by means of frances.
His medium is a German, and although
he is said to know not & word of the Ian
guago, when he is in the trance he speaks
German Huently, and after a short lecture
takes the patient by the hand and pre-
scribes for him
Hammond has excited so much interest
that he is now devoting one day each week
to his Sycamore patients. The homes of
those he visited were besieged by the sick
and the curious.
Charles Patch. an epilotic, feels greatly
encouraged after only a single treatment,
and Il. M. Stevens, who has been operated
upon repeatedly for a disease of the head,
claims to have been greatly benefited.
Mrs. L. NJ. Singer, who was thought to be
dying with neuralgia of the heart, is said
to have been restored to perfect health in
e few minutes. Mrs. Orion was cured Of
painful rheumatic attack, and Mrs.
George Mandler has had the gZowth of a
canceroUs tumOF stopped.
Hammond is slightly built, of medium
stature and boyish in appearance. His
education is only ordinary, as he did not
get any schooling until he was - years Of
ago and abandoned it before he was out
of his teens. His services are rendered
free.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
BUHDANT IMITATION EARTH
Project to Build a Gigantic Fac
Smile Globe.
TO BE 41S FEET IN DIAMETER
At Its Equator and to RevOIve ON Its
Axis Once I'm "a Hours.

At Its Equator and to RevOIve ON Its
Axis Once I'm "a Hours.
Elisee Reclus, the eminent geographer
and scientist, has just given to the world
a brand new project which is rather in
teresting. NJ. Reclus claims Paris as bis
home, but just now he is abroad at the
urgent request of the French govern
ment, for besides being scientist he is
an anarchist of the most pronounced
type. It was because of his activity in
this latter line that he was sentenced,
two years ago, to 20 years imprison-
ment. Owing to the fact that M. Reclus
was absent at the time of the passing OF
this sentence he is not now in prison.
His latest scheme shows that science,
and not anarchy, is uppermost in his
mind His idea is to have constructed
in some great city of the world gigan-
tic spheroid that shall be an exact imi-
tation of the earth in relative proper
tions as we'll as form. This, he says,
would be an imposing and permanent OBJ
ject lesson and would give students and
spectators as we'll an accurate idea Of
the typographical and gecdetic features
of the planet on which we live.
NJ Reclus has worked out the details
of his scheme and could supply much OF
the data necessary to carry it out. He
proposes to build a globe which shall be
exactly one one-hundred- thousandth as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
CLAIM AGENTS OR STATESMEN

CLAIM AGENTS OR STATESMEN
Almost all of the Kansas congressman
report that their mail has nearly doubled
in the last two weeks. 1t Wal already
large enough to keep them and their
clerks busy to attend to it. The increase
has made it necessary to work often
away into the night to clear it up.
Older members say that their CORES
pondence usually increases about this
time because the work of congress has
then had time to get before the country
and their constituencies are prolific with
suggestions regarding public measures
and requests for individual aid. Con-
stituents see something which has been
done for others and write to their repre-
sentative, "you did such and such for
that one. why can't you do it for me-"
Representative kirkpatrick, on account
of the special attention which he is Civ
ing to pensions, and his position on the
invalid pensions committee, has been
compelled to employ an extra clerk. It
will be seen that instead Of legislating
for the public good. onr congressman
are being turned into a mere pension
bureau and claim agency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

A LOCAL gold standard organ prints
the following, doubtless under the i'm
preston that its readers know no better:
Mexico has coined during the life of
the nation 1876 029,61 This accounts
for the fact that her silver coin is worth
only so cents on the dollar, as compared
with the money of other nations.
If this be true, which it isn't, how then
shall we account for the fact that the
silver coin of India, China and Japan is
worth 'only 90 cents on the dollar as
compared with the money of other
nations" These countries have had no
output of silver to spea of. 1t is worthy
of mentien in this connection that the
silver coin of all these countries is worth
100 cents on the dollar at homo and that
lie where the most of the trading of any
country is done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
CHARTERS FILED.

The following charters have been fled
with the secretary of state:
The Morrow Cemetery association, of
Morrow, Washington county. Capital
stock, 81, 600. Directors, B. F. Arwin,
Charles Halves, VIM. Cummins, b. A
Stoker and D. A. Lesher
The Wilder Brothers Shirt Co., Law
renee. Capital stock. 100000. Direc-
tors, J. Frank Wilder, Charles E. Wilder,
VIM. Fl. Lowe, Henry Kane and John
w. Bailey.
The Model Business college, of Edo
RADIO. Trustees. c. n. Parssos, h. W.
Schumacher, ]. A. Mckenzie, Ed. c. Ell
let aud ]. w. Heiser.
The Enterprise American association,
of Leavsnwerth, a charitable Institution.
Directors, D. II. Williamson, J. E. Wash
ington, P c. Fields. Dawson Self. Eu-
gene Lewis, John Kellum and Afford
McCanahan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

TIE treasury officials are said to be
indignant ever the fact that geld is being
Withdrawn from the treasury. with which
to buy bonds, and they talk of employing
detectives to follow the treasury gold
and see where it goes, Commenting on
the foregoing the Post Dispatch says:
This childish proceeding is in keeping
with the general course of the admins
traitor. What right have the treasury
officials to be Indignant with the men
who are Withdrawing the gold to turn it
back again in exchange for bonds? They
have freely given them power to do this
They have even nullified law in order
TO enable the bankers and fnanciers to
make the government their gold bank
upon which they can draw at will for any
amount and draw out its gold for the pur-
pose of selling it back. If the bankers
and fin2nciers use this power to the ut
most the administration has no reason to
complain. 1t is business.
The foolish Indignation of the admin
istration and the vain threat to cut off the
gold grabbers from the bonds are natural
phases of the policy of financial imbecil-
ity which has placed the government at
the mercy of a lot of sharks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
TO DAM NIAGARA.
Mr. Boynton Thinks 1t Can BE Done and
Advocates It.

When man talks about damming the
Niagara river, it would seem as if he had
q pretty large project on his hands. Yet
this is what Mayor n. S. Boynton of Port
Huron, Mich, is seriously considering,
and he talked with Senator Brice the other
day for quite a while upon the subject.
"Since 1885, said Mayor Boynton to
reporter, ''the level of the lakes has de-
creased five feet. This is not guesswork,
but the result of actual measurement.
Last year, owing to the deepening of the
channel, the water in Lake Huron was
lowered nine inches. My idea is that if
dam about four or five feet high be thrown
across the Niagara river at Grand island,
about half way between the falls and Buff
falo, it will cause the water of Lake Erie
to rise, it will Increase the depth of water
in the Detroit and st. Clair rivers and in
Lake St. Clair. Another dam at the south
ern end of Lake Huron, just above Port
Huron, with a canal and lock around it,
will bring back the water to its normal
level in that lake, and perhaps another
dam might be necessary at ST. Mary's riv-
err
'fHas the expense been Calculated"
''No, but all the engineers with whom
have consulted say that the scheme is
feasible, and that the result would be as l
anticipate. 1 am sure that it would not
cost more than is now being spent in deep
ening the channels in the lakes and riv-
ers, and I am certain, too, that the cost
would be as nothing compared to the bene-
fetal results which would follow. Wash
ington Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
! VENBzUBLA's OIL GEYsERs.
Sand Hill Cratsrs That Spout Boiling Wa
ter and Petroleum.

ter and Petroleum.
"People have been talking a good deal
about Venezuela lately said Major J.
G. Steele of the western Pennsylvania oil
country, but haven't heard of any one
mentioning the curious petroleum deposits
of that country. I was in Venezuela
few years ago and visited the district
where petroleum is found and was moro
than astonished to learn that 40 years
before we began to use petroleum as an il
luminant in this country-where we hailed
1t as a discovery-the natives of that part
of Venezuela had been using it for that
purpose. There are many curious oil wells
and reservoirs of petroleum in the United
States and other countries, but none so
amazing as those of Venezuela.
''In the division of Venezuela known as
Colombia petroleum springs are abundant.
1t is in that district the natives have
burned petroleum for more than three
quarters of a century. 1t is used without
refining, or was when was there. Per-
haps some enterprising Yankee has got
there with refinery since then. If none
has, there is fine opening for one. They
Gull the petroleum oil of Colombia On
the plains of Ceniza both asphaltum and
petroleum deposits have a wide field.
Nothing had been done five years ago in
the way of developing any of these oil or
asphaltum districts. The petroleum is
light in color and gravity. 1 have never
heard of any other locality where there are
natural spouting wells of petroleum. The
natives have only one use of asphaltum.
Years ago some Venezuelan who used
boat smeared its bottom with asphaltum
to make it water tight. Barnacles are
great nuisance to boatnlen along the coast.
After awhile it was noticed that no barna-
Giles attached themelves to the boat that
had been smeared with asphaltum. Since
then every native paints his boat from
keel to gunwale with asphaltum and deies
the barnacles. New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
eHas the expepse been calculatedP''
Popular Felix Faure.

Felix Faure, the president of France,
has sought popular favor more persistently
and to better purpose than any other chief
executive of that republic, and the latest
sign that success has crowned his efforts
comes from fareff corner of the world.
He has graciously consented to the request
of the citizens of a town in the New
Hebrides that he become godfather and
lend his name to their tiny municipality.
Since the beginning of the new year, there
fore, the town of Faure-Ville has been in
= existence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
LATE CARPET CLEANING.
Boys with Carpet to be Cleaned at Ten
O'Clock at Night and Arrested.

The other night about ten o'clock
Officer Ewing found two colored boys,
George Bently and Ellis Banks. with d
large roll of good carpet carrying it
somewhere.
where are you taking that carpet?"
asked Ewing.
Taking it to be cleaned" said the
bays
what made you so late about it?"
asked Ewing.
I'VE had been playing football" said
the boys.
Later the carpet was found hidden in
a coal house and Saturday the boys were
arrested. They were turned over to the
state TODAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
Equal SuRragEsts Take Action.

The local equal sufragists have passed
a set of resolutions and will send them to
five insurance companies that are doing
business in st. Louis under a general
agency. This agency had in its employ
a Mr.. Getz as an agent. Getz died aud
his wife took up his work to support her
childien. All the other agents struck,
saying that poor weak man stood abso-
Iutely no chance at all where there was
a woman solicitor. The general agency
stuck by the woman and it and its com
panies were expslled from the local as
aociation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
stole From Gourdain.

When one prisoner steals from another
it looks as though the traditional 'honor
among thieves" finds its exception.
Frank Clark, a coIored stone FOUNDER at
the county cooler, stole q hair brush be-
longing to Louis A Gourdain in the
prison the other day, and only the threa
of the dungeon made him produce it. At
first he showed fight to Jailer Larry Shee-
han, but the latter "bIuffed" him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

WE learn from the TOPEKA JOURNAL
that ''the people are sharpening an AK"
Perhaps they are getting ready to cut
off their subscriptions 10 "half-and- half''
papers and subscribe for papers of
definite principles.-Kansas City Journal.
This is amusing from the K. c. Journal
with Col. Van Horns socialist editorials
in one column, its headline editors blue
striped Republican headlines in another
and its rank Populist articles in
another with all the people who hold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

GRADUALLY the money is being &C
cumulated in the New York banks, with
which to buy the bonds next month
Since the bond call was made the reserve
fund in the banks has increased $40, 000,-
600. Thus is the money stringency in
creased and the currency of the country
Withdrawn from legitimate business
channels by the presidents financial sys-
TEN. 1t is plain to be seen who will get
the honda
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
NOW A STATE BANK.
First National Bank of Mcpherson
Becomes = State Bank.

The First National bank of McPher-
son has been reorganized as a state bank.
The reorganized bank, which will be
known as the First State bank of Nc
Pherson, filed its charter with the secre-
tary of state today Its capital stock is
$1,000. and the directors named in the
charter are Royal Matthews, A. E.
DwelIe, Chas. Wheeler, A. e. Spilman,
W. P. Pierce, W. ]. Lloyd, and J. F.
Ladarar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
A Padereuski Club.

There are a score of youths in the village
of Riverhead in Long Island who have
organized Paderewski social club. This
Is not tribute to the great piarist's abili
ties as musical artist, but rather mark
of esteeSs e his Pralife hair. The youths
cannot play the piano, but they can grow
hair and are doing it. Each has a bushy
cluster of locks, and the man who will sell
them good strawberry bleach will make
money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
arolsan Let Ont.

Governor Morrill, has committed the
sentence of A. ]. Nelson, a Wyandotte
county man, who was sent to the peni-
Tertiary in 1898 for burglary and lar
ceny. Nelson was sentenced to serve
six years and the governor has now CON-
muted his sentence to three and one half
wears. With his time RENTED for good
behavior this will let Nelson out now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

THERE will be room in the various
national conventions this year for almost
every man In Kansas who has an am
bition to be delegate. She is allowed
20 delegates in the Republican conven-
ton, 10 in the Populist, and so in the
Bmetallic convention, with the Demo
cratic apportionment still to be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

mortgages or obligations on the concern
writing long winded articles of every
shade of opinion for its columns. The
STATE JOURNALS circulation is only in
creasing at the rate of about so a day,
which is more than can be said of the
antiquated old sheet of Qn) "defnite
principles" at Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

THERE are but three states which will
be allowed moro delegates than Kansas
has in the Blmetallic convention called
at ST Lonis July %. They are Colorado,
Texas, and North Carolina. The appcr-
tionment is based on the number of free
silver voters as shown by the records of
the American BimetalIic leagne,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

A PENNSYLVANIA judge has ruled that
In order for public official to make
case of libel against a newspaper he
must establish the fact that the publica-
ton was malicious or was made without
the exercise of due diligence in ascer-
tanning the facts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
Dick COIYer.s Row.

The Les Angeles Empress of a recent
date printed column story about Dick
Colver, former Topeka newspaper re-
porter. Colvsr is now having trouble
with the Los Angeles police, because a
detective on the force locked a man up
and kept him in jail three days without
a warrant. While Colver was remonstrat-
ing with the officer the detective assault
ed him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

THE name of Sidney Clark, who is not
unknown in Kansas politics, appears in
the membership roll of the national exec
utive committee of the American Bimet-
allie league. He represents Oklahoma
on the com mittse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

]. R. BURToN's friends could forgive
him for being bad man, but since the
StLouis interview they can't forgive him
for being q fool.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
weather indications.

CHICAGO. Jan. 27.-For Kansas:-Fair
and warmer tonight and Tuesday: south
erly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27

We aim please our trade-Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia West 9Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-27
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

rai1y edition, delivered by carrier, 10
cents week to any part Of Topeka or
fuburbs, or at the same price in any
Kansas town where this paper has car
1ier system.
Ey mail, thres months. go
Ey mail, one year $50
Weekly edition, per year 80