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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
IN OUR FAVOR.
While Kansas Pays But $277,-
900 Internal Revenue,
She Draws Over Six Millions in
Pensions.
IF THE OTHER STATES
Produced Less Whisky They
Might Show Better, Too.
Some Interesting FiguresAbout
Federal Taxat tiOn.
IF THE OTHER STATES

From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. kansas,
bleeding Kansas pays $277, 633 81 in
ternal revenue and she gets back in the
the form of pensions $6O84, 292 49," said
Representative Linney of North Caro-
lima, in the house debate on the pension
appropriation bill. This is very true, but
the answer might be made that if other
states produced less whisky they might
possess the same advantage.
The figures quoted by Mr.. Linney are
contained in the report of the commits
sioner of internal revenue which has just
been issued. 1t contains some interest
ing statistics. One fact mentioned has a
direct bearing on the bill which Senator
PETER has introduced in the senate to
prevent the issuance of internal revenue
tax certificates to persons not authorized
by the state to deal in liquors. This
item is that there are only thirty eight
violations of the internal revenue law in
Kansas during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1895. 1t shows how careful
persons are not to violate United States
laws in comparison with state laws and
what help such law as Senator Pef-
fer proposes, would be in the enforce
ment of state law.
The report further shows that there
are 30S cigar factories in the district of
Kansas which used $50, ,561 pounds of
tobacco and made 20. .425, 329 cigars. Not
a single cigarette is made in Kansas, ac-
cording to the report. This disregards,
of course, the dexterous youth who roll
his own.
Oleomargarine is made in Kansas by
three factories and sold by 101 retailers.
The amount produced the last fiscal
year was 7,189,335 pounds, which paid
a tax of $144, 4,54598
The state has only one sugar bounty
claim, which amounts to the triding
sum of $436.
The playing card tax of the district
was So, ,155.04.
Three fruit distilleries made 1912
gallons of apple brandy and 1.347 of
grape brandy. There is one bonded
warehouse, at Atchison, credited to w.
D. Stewart.
The statistics in relation to the income
tax show that the class which was most
largely affected by it was manufacturers
and merchants, while the smallest was
farmers and stock raisers.
The following table shows the number
of each class subject to that tax and the
amounts that they would have had to
pay had it not been declared unconstitu-
1iOnal.
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ToDAY's SILVER DEBATE.



WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-When the SEN
ate convened today it was technically a
continuance of the session of Thursday
as a recess was taken last night.
The silver bond bill therefore had i'm
mediately right-of- way with Mr.. Villas
(Dem, Wis recognized to speak. There
was very meager attendance.
Mr.. Allen Pop, Neh) called attention
to the absence of quorum. This neces-
STATED roll call, which brought sena-
tors from committee and cloak rooms
and disclosed 46 senator's present. one
more than a quorum.
Mr. Villas then addressed the senate.
He said among other things:
He had hitherto concluded that it was
the wisest policy TO sit quiet
and allow the silver advo-
Gates to do the talking as they
were in the habit of doing at the
ratio of about is to 1. but he had heard it
asked why the opponents of free coinage
did hot Justify their faith in debate
He divided the silver advocates into
thre classes: First those who were in
terssted in the silver mining; second,
heavy debtors; and third, those who be-
lieve in the principle of bimetallism.
OF the first class, he said
that they were few in number,
but wonderfully potential OF the sec
OlQ LQaL tH0y
if they did not shock it." The third class
he regarded as honestly mistaken and to
them he addressed his argument
"Bimetallism is" be said, "a high sound
ing. splendid word. If only bimetalIism
but alas, what is it and where is it!
Like dreams that wane before the
half shut eye, or gay castles in the
clouds that pass, forever fitting in the
summer sky. Always dancing before
the vision, always something tc
be gained, but never realized, the
glittering bauble has fitted on
afar before the fatuous pursuit or
which the public have so long been con
Quoted, yet always to disappear save il
the pleasing speech of silver advoca tes
while the realities of gain could be
matched by the other and mastering G
purposes
2:3O p. m.-The senate has agreed tc
vote on the silver bond bill at 2 o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
TOPEKA ALL RIGHT.
Among tine Favored Ones in Regard
TO Public Buildings

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. - The sub
committee of the house on public
buildings and grounds have agreed to
report favorably on public building
bills as 3 follows: Altoona, Penn
sylvania, $150,000; indianapolis, Indiana,
$1,25O,OO0; st. Paul, Mimi, in
creased limit cost to $1,000, 900;
Omaha, Mob. increased limit
cost $2,OOO,00O, Hot Springs, Ark,
100000; Oakland. CAL, increase limit
cost $350,0O0: Salem, Ore, 800, 900;
Spokane, Wn., $5OO.oOO; Topeka, Kan,
additional to complete building $780,
OOO
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AMISER WITH MILLIONS.
An American who Lived in Paris on
30 Gents q Day.

PARIS, Jan. 81 The American miser
who fell in a fit while walking on the
Boulevard des Copucins and was taken
to his lodgings, where he died,
was, it now appears, named Peters.
He had lived in the poor apart
ment ascertained to be his home
for about twelve years and in an inside
pocket of his coat was found an envelope
containing papers among which was
check for $29,OO0.
The envelope containing this check
was postmarked Boston and when the
miser's domicile was searched French
bank notes and American securities
were found in various places. The total
amount represented by these securities
and notes is 1,80O,O francs. Mr.. Peters
deprived himself of the necessaries OF
life, and only spent franc and halt
daily on his meals go cents)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
BATTLING WITH MUD.

The city street cleaning department
is doing extra work today, and the
force has been more than doubled. 1t is
a battle with the mud, and the mud
seems to have the better of the fight.
All the street crossings in the city have
been cleaned once and they are now be-
ing gone over a second time.
An attempt is Icing made this after
noon to olean West Sixth street where
the mud is very heavy on the pavement,
with the large scrsper. In other places
used,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
HONEST HORNY HANDED
Farmers Return Money With Inter
est Given Them when Crops Failed.

ST JOE, Jan. 31.-Today the secretary
of the Commercial club received draft
for $103 from Grand Island, Neb the
same being money and interest donated
by the jobbers of this city to Nebraska
drouth sufferers in 1894
A letter accompanying the draft says
the farmers who helped in '94 Used
good crops last year and are anxious to
discharge their obligations. The money
was sent as a gift, not a loan, and its
return was a surprise aud is something
unDracedente0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
TO BE A MONSTER.

Standard OIL Company to BE ReOr-
%anized With a Capital of $780,
100000.
PITTsBURg, Jan 31-An afternoon
paper publishes report that the
Standard Oil company is to be reor-
ganized as a corporation with a capital
of 100000, 900.
This is just twice the capitalization
of the original trust. Having been de-
clared an illegal ombination as at pres
ent organized it has been decided
to form a corporation. into which will be
more firmly com bined its field of produc-
ton, pipe lines ard refineries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
CENsURE OF GUILBEKr soUELOHED
Methodist Ministers Decline to Be Mixed
Up With the Affair.

CHICAGO, Jan. 81. = Methodist minis
ters sat down upon attempt, at their
meeting yesterday, to commit the associ-
alton TO a condemnation of the public
performance of Yvette Guilbert and
Endorsement of the protest of the w. G.
I. Z. against her songs in this and other
cities Rev Ii. s. Leonard opposed the res
olution as he said it Disseminated where
there were other amusements more de-
serving of censure. Rev. J. p Brush
ingham's imputation to Mile Guilbert Of
an opprobrious epithet resulted in objec-
tions which eliminated in the whole
matter being ruled out of considera-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
WICHITA'S MURDER CASE.
Williamson Acquitted of the Murder
rif Iaonard-

Williamson Acquitted OF the Murder
of Ii. II. Leonard.
KANSAS CITY, Jam 31-A special to
the Star from Wichita says: F. M. Will
hanson, one of the three alleged muir
derers of II. H. Leonard, was acquitted
of the charge today. The jury was out
all night and brought in its verdict at 10
o'clock this morning.
At the trial Michael Jordan, an inmate
of the soldiers bone at Leavenworth,
testified that Williamson and his divorc-
ed wife, Mrs. Irene Williamson Leonard,
had entered into a conspiracy to kill
Leonard in order to get the $4,000 in
surapce which Leonard carried in his
Wlfe,s favor. s5z.s- ssY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
OFFICE SEEKING THE MAN.

This is n Postoface That Comes Under
Mr.. Kirkpatrick's Notice.
From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Representa-
tive kirkpatrick considers that he has a
queer case on his hands, strange because
Ii postotfice is going about looking for
the man to be postmaster. The effice is
Austin in Neosho county, which was dis
continued some time ago.
Patrons asked for its re- esta blishm ent
but no Democrat can be found who will
take the place of postmaster. 1t is a
small postoffice and unlucrative. Until
a Democrat can be found whose love of
Office is greater than his love for sordid
gain the postoffice will continue non est.
PENSIONS GRANTED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The follow
ing Kansans have been granted pen
sions:
Original-Thomas Johnson, Indepen-
deuce, William Cushen. Nat Mil. home,
Jacob f. Miller, Wichita.
Restoration and reissue-Edw. Brown,
Belpre.
Increase-Fraucis NJ. Jones, Willard;
Arnold Slime. Axtell.
Reissue-John Harvey, Garden City.
Original widows, &c.-Frederick ID.
Gould (father) Caney, minors of Henry
Schaible. Kansas City.
Mexican war widow-Zarilda J. Vigus,
Severance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 31.-A special to
the Star from Abilene says: Abilene
Populists held large mass meeting to
aid in securing the Populist state con-
venrion here. A committee of 100 will
90 to Topeka to work for 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
For over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, cures wind collie, and is the best
remedy for diarrhoea. twenty-five cents
a bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
xvErrE eUILBERr TO MARRY.
Teddy Marks, Her Manager, is Said to Be
the Happy Man.

the Happy Man.
NEW YORK, jan 31.-It is rumored
among the theatrical folks that Mile
Yvette Guilbert, who has been coming
money ut the Olympia and in the west,
will, upon the eve of her departure for
Paris, announce her engagement TO marry
Teddy Marks, her business manager.
She has many times said she would
never marry, but it has been known for
a long while that Mr.. Marks stood high
in her graces. He met her in Paris in
1891. and they became warm friends.
Guilbert will return to this country
next season during the months of De-
cember, January and February. Her
tour will be under the direction of Teddy
Marks, and will include San Francisco,
New Orleans and this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31

Wants your order for coal, try him, his
prices are right. his Bell Tel. number is
$50, Har. Tel. 180 and his place of busi-
ness is 918 East Fourth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
WHO DID POISON THEM?
Fifty Died at Homestead of Poison
ing, But Dempsey isReleased.

PITTsBURGH, Jan. 31.-Hugh Demp-
sey the ex-district master work
man of the knights of la
Dor, sentenced to the penitentiarv
poisoning of non-union men at the
Homestead steel works after the great
strike of 1892, was released from prison
at 10 o'clock this morning.
Arrangements are being made by the
labor leaders for a demonstration to cele-
brate Dempsey's pardon.
Following close upon the release
of Dempsey comes a startling story
printed in the Commercial Gazette that
nearly fifty persons have died from the
effects of the blood poisoning at Home
stead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
Taxner q CO.. Eoston. Fail.

BOSTON, Jan. 31-The brokerage firm
ofAGeorge H. 5. Tayner 6 Co., this city,
with branch offices in several cities in
New England, suspended payment to-
day. No account of the assets and liza
bilities can be made today.
S1bsor;ha for Tho 1or1.r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31

Commencing February l, 1 will sell
for strictly cash. GEO. E BROWNE,
1905 Topeka ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31

The daily STATE JOURNAL at news
dealers anywhere in Kansas. Ten cents
per week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31

ing his choice for president, saying it is
pretty we'll known in his district for
whom he is and that is enough. He says
he has a choice but doesn't care to make
it public in an interview. 1t was sug-
'gested to Mr.. Long that he was put
was the supposition in his district and he
had eaid his choice was we'll known in
his district, Mckinley was probably his
man.
Mr.. Long smiled and said he didn't
care to express himself in an interview.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31
FIRE BOOKS AT PETER.
Some of the Amusing Circumstances Mr..
PETER is the Victim Of.

Some of the Am using Circumstances Mr..
PETER is the Victim OF.
From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator PETER,
on account of the prominence he has
taken in financial discussions has become
a target for all the financial publications
and books which are got out. Whenever
a man writes book on the money ques-
tion he fires a copy at Senator PETER.
Senator PETER says his mail contains
on an average of one day of this class
of publications. Only occasionally do
the authors or publishers ask pay for the
books, most of them being sent with
compliments.
Sometimes Senator PETER is asi;ed to
contribute gratuitously to the contents of
book and then is asked to buy copy.
The most striking case of nerve which
he has run against was that of a woman
in w ashington who asked him to con-
tribute to book she was getting up in
order to help her and further requested
ii certain amount from him, to put his
picture in it.
The senator piled that he didn't care
to expend money in that way. This
mado the woman mad and she wrote
back in a tone great deal more inde-
pendent than when she solicited aid to
help her along.
1mpos.ors of this kind are plentiful in
Washington as they make public N en-
the objects of their attack.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-31

You can reach the court house by tax
ing the West Sixth avenue cars and
walking one block north on Van Buren,
street.
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WHO Is LONG FOE ZOE PREsIDENT:

Everybody in Kansas and from Kansas
Has Expressed Himself Except Him.
From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Election COM
mittee No 2 of which Chester l. Long
of Kansas is member, has had most of
the contest cases which have SO far been
reported on in the house. 1t was this
committee which decided Hon. Tim
CampbelPs case and compelled that dis
tinguished New Yorker, author of the
remark that "the tariff is thing of duty
and a jaw forever" to return to the
peaceful walks of everyday life.
The greatest rush of work of course
with the elections committees is at the
beginning of the session because it is the
first business of the house 10 determine
VINO are entitled to seats. Mr. Long
says the committee has been in session
so much as frequently to prevent
the attendance of its members
on the sessions of the house. Committee
meetings and an enormous correspond
ence fully occupy his time, Mr. Long
says.
He refuses to be interviewed regard
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DOMICILED
IN A RUIN.
A MAN WHO Is COMMENTED WITH
HIS LOT AND LOOKS UPON To-
BACCO AS THE STAFF OF LIFE.

No man ever selected a more desolate
spot for his home than did Edwin King
when he built his big house on a marsh
on the eastern shore of San Francisco
Bay, near where the Alameda River comes
in, nearly thirty-five years ago. 1t was
out of the world then, and it has remained
so ever since.
Why King built this house is something
OF a mystery, but the story goes that he
had some idea of turning the miles of
waste tide-land around it into fields of
wheat. But his plan was never carried
out, because he and all the mem ers of his
family were taken sick on account of the
malarial influences of the marsh. One of
sons died, but he did not give up his idea
for nearly ten years, until he was nearly
bankrupt and physical wreck. He tried
to sell his place, but nobody would even
have it as gift.
Where King and his family went is not
known. He had no neigh bors, and the
people in Alviso with whom he was
acquainted are all dead.
The old house is still standing, but is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-17
INDEPENDENTS FOR sPRECKELs
Strong Resolutions in Favor of Good
Measures and Clean Men.

The Independent Political Club held its
regular meeting Wednesday evening, when
some resolutions were adopted on the ac-
ton of the late Republican convention az
to the Nicaragua canal and refunding bill
as follows:
WHEREAS, The financial and industrial con.
dition of the people of the United States and
of the State of California has steadily been
growing worse and worse under Democratic
rule; therefore. be it
ReSOlUed, That we, members of the Indepen-
dent Political Club, do most honestly petition
the people of this State to put forth their ut
most endeayors 10 return the control of the
Government, both general and local. to the
Republican party.
RESOLVED, That we do individually and as
members of the Independent Poll tical Club
oppose and condemn the bill or act looking to
the refunding OF the Pacific railroads indebt-
edness.
Resolved. That the completion of the Near
aqua canal would be vast benefit to the peo-
pie of the Pacific Coast and would lead to
great reduction in the rates of transportation
OF our products 10 Eastern points; we do there
fore petition our representatives in Congress
to use their best endeavors to secure the pas
sage OF bill looking to the speedy completion
of such canal.
Resolved That this club feels special pride
in and that it does most heartily ana enthu-
siastcally indorse the action of the lateRepubli-
can convention in doubly honoring the Hon.
J. d. Spreckels by electing him as one of the
delegates-at-large to the Republican National
Convention at St. Louis and in electing him
National Committeeman from this State.
Resolved That under his leadership the In
dependent Political Club freely and conf
IDENTIFY believes that the Republican party viii
achieve one of the grandest victories ever
known in California, and to this end hereby
pledges its unwavering support.
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the In
dependent Political Club, hereby ratify and
indorse the action of our executive committee
in favoring the adoption OF the new charter
for San Francisco.
Resolved That we hereby tender them our
encouragement and support in their deter
mined efforts to improve the present system of
the government of San francisco 10 insure the
ratification of the new charter by the people
at the next election, and its subsequent ap-
prevail by the Legislature of the State.
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LADIES' AND BABIES TEA.
Happy Entertainment at the
Little Sisters Infant
Shelter.
A Charity That Is Crowded for Room
and Is Forced to Turn Little
Ones From It's Doors.

The little inmates of the Little Sisters
Infant Shelter, at 512 Minna street, were
happy yesterday, because it was holiday
at the home. The directors and officers
had decided to give a tea to the friends of
the shelter and prepare small feast for
the little babies and the older children
who are under their ministering care.
Quite a number of ladies responded to the
invitations extended, but the attendance
was not as numerous as this charity de-
served, and this is more remarkable when
it is known there was no charge and that
it was only an invitation to those who take
an interest in such work, to see what is
being done for helpless little waits.
The little ones and all seemed to appre-
ciate the visit and did what they could to
make themselves agreeable. They were
all attired in their best and looked neat
and tidy, as they always do, and under the
supervision of Miss Josie Kentley, who is
as a mother to them and whom they all
love devotedly, marched into the class
room and after saiuting hose present with
curtsy formed in a circle and for want
of room and seating accommodations
squatted on the floor, cross-legged, like so
many little Turks.
i
Little Low-backed Car" for the children
Master frankie Phelps, a bright lad of
about years, spoke few words of well
come and thanked on behalf of the class
all the good ladies who had looked after
their welfare. He was followed by little
Miss Nettie Perkins. who sang 1.-THE Star
spangled Banner" and then another little
miss, Nellie Phelps, sang song of child
hood. The class sang in chorus and then
tea was served.
THE trouble with our home" said Mrs.
7. G. Taylor, the vice-president, ''is that
it is TOO small and it is in an out of the
way place"
But it is crowded to its capacity and we
are forced TO refuse other children for want
of sleeping accommodations" added Mrs.
G. Z. Cooper, the president.
"Yes," continued Mrs. Taylor "we're
doing all that we can to make pleasant
home for our little ones, and would do
more II we had but the means and the |
room. We have utilized every inch of |
space, and we have been forced to crowd |
the beds one against the other in the !
rooms we use for dormitories. While it is |
true that the children have fairly COM
Portable quarters, this place is not what it |
should be to carry out the purposes of our
organization. We have been looking for |
and awaiting some kind-hearted person to
come along, as they have it in the fairy
bookstore who will say, Here is a home |
for your little ones; large and sunny.
healthy grounds, where they may play |
and thrive; take it, and may God help YOU |
in your work. but we are still waiting for |
that person of generous impulse. Until |
such does come forward we will care for |
our little ones and educate them to the |
end that they, in time, shall grow up good
and useful mem bers OF society"