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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

The worst thing, so far. in Gov. Nor
rills campaign is a slight indication
that the State Journal is likely to sup
port the governor--Sedan Times-Star.
Don't be alarmed. The Journal is
anxious to see its circulation continue
on climbing l. wouldn't do such an
unpopular thing as to support Morrill,
contrary to the wishes of two-thirds Of
the people of Kansas. 1T doesn't wear
any 81 brass collar OF an office which
accounts for the Times-Star's mucil-
aginous attachment to the Morrill, ad-
nainistration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14
NOT ON SUNDAY.
A Yale Rover Wouldn't Break the
Sabbath Day.

New Haven, Conn. May 14-Adgr
Desibour of the Yale navy today an
nounced that he had decided not to ac-
cept the invitation for the boat club to
attend the regatta in Hamburg, Ger
many. next July and had written the
Allgemenfer boat club. who extended
the invitation, his inability to accept.
His reason given was that the strain
in training for the Henley regatta was
so great the crew would not have suffi-
cient time to recuperate. It is believed,
however, the fact that the Hamburg re-
gatta was to be held on Sunday was the
chief reason for declining.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14
CARNEGIE ARMOR TESTED.
Found Satisfactory by Russian Agent
and Accepted.


Washington. May 14.-An S-inch Har-
veyized steel reforged plate has been
tested at the Indian Head proving
grounds.
The plate represents a total Of 600
tons of armor constructed by the Car
negies for the Russian government and
the test was entirely satisfactory. The
armor is intended for the first class
vessel Russia, built at St Petersburg
and successfully launched yesterday.
The dimensions of the plate We're ~
by u feet and nine shots in all were
fired at it, the points of impact being
not less than three feet from each other
and at least two feet from the edge.
Six shots were fired from a six-inch
gun at a striking velocity ranging from
], 1926 to 200 feet, and three from a four
inch gun at a striking velocity of 1850
feet.
None of the projectiles went through
the plate, and so far as could be ascer-
tanned the greatest penetration was
about five inches. Every shot embed
ded itself. while the butts were more or
less shattered. The plate developed no
material cracks, and on the showing
made the whole lot will be accepted by
the Russian government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

An experienced wheeiman says that the
valve of a tire should never be frightened
too much, and in no case screwed up with
a wrench or pliers. The little rubber wash
er which prevents the escape of the air
is very delicate, and while it may possibly
make the valve a little more secure for the
time being to tighten the cap to it's ut
most capacity, such procedure will in q
brief time ruin the rubber washer, and all
the tightening in the world would not
prevent its leaking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

Tt is noticeable that the Kansas City
Journal has quit making a fool of it
SELF on the financial Question-that is it
has dropped its free silver heresies.
This leaves the Wichita Eagle and the
Topeka State Journal as the only big
papers circulating i'm Kansas adv0cat-
ing this unwise policy.-Wichita Star
iRep)
The Eagle and the State Journal di-
vide about an the influential newspa-
per circulation there is in Kansas, too.
Now. watch the heather rage at that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14


Governor Morrill, very promptly called
out the militia in response to a tele-
gram from St. John, Kansas. The
trouble arose out of an attempt of the
local officers to arrest some gamblers
and swindlers connected with circus.
We commend the governor for the
promptness and energy manifested in
this case to enforce the law Now. my
dear governor. would it not do to show
some of the same kind Of energy and
promptness in enforcing the law in
Atchison, Leavenworth and Wichita
If the commissioners cannot enforce the
law they have the same right to the
aid of the militia that the sheriff OF St.
John had.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14
HE is A WONDER An CHESS

Napier, the Boy VINO Cheermates Experts
Without Hesitation.
William Ewart Napier, the phenomenal
boy chess player Of Brooklyn, was born in
Portland, Ne, in January, 1881. He is,
consequently, Is years old. There never
lived, perhaps, a chess player who so early
in life rivaled the performances of young
Napier. Before he reached the age Of 10
he had learned the moves OF the game, and
by the time he was I 2 he had thoroughly
mastered the theory Of play
In 1898 he entered the continental cor
respondence tournament and attracted
great attention by the brilliancy Of his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14
u lIerIden - -.

The autumnal festival and G. A. r.
reunion at Topeka viii be one Of the
greatest events occurring in Kansas
for years Besides the gorgeous dis
plays OF the productions of Kansas and
the reunion Of old comrades around the
camphress Mckinley viii be present
and positively deliver an address AS
be VIII be the most famous parsonage
in America the attendance win be
great and the success Of the reunion Is
assured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

81 never seem to be able to agree with
you, p" she said.
'sYot, % be retorted, ct distinctly remem-
Der your being on my side upon one &C.
casion.
So saying, Adam threw a triumphant
glance at Eve and took a turn around the
garden alone.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

Topeka IS obliged to improve what
ever of interest she is TO offer to the G..
A. r. Mckinley has consented to be
the lion of the occasion and an effort
VIII be made to corral Thurston of Ne
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Standard.
An effort VIII also be made TO get Bob
Fitzsimmons or Paddy Purten to en-
terrain the Leavenworth people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

Jim Troutman isn't mixed UP I'm any
Of these nl-smelling, $500, A.W Smith
Morrill, deals "a man with a good clean
record is something to be proud Of ia
Kansas politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

Howell Beaconstreet-Aly cousin from
Connecticut is a strange lad.
Mrs. Beaconstreet-Wh do you say so2
Howell Observation-Disclosures night he said
TO me- You don't know beansi" Why,
mother, the Ieguminose are the study of
lifetime l-Truth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

You don't want torpid liver You
don't want a bad complexion. You don't
want a bad breath You don't want a
headache Then use DeWitt'S Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills.
Geo. W. Stansfeld, 632 Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

Sunday School Teaoher-Don't forget,
my children, that you are all called upon
to do penance. Of course you know what
the word penanoe means?
Bright Sohelar-Yes, siri Pennants is
what the league feHers play for Yonkers
Eazeffa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14
THE STAR GROCERY
Wholesale and Retail.

THERE'S an elastic stretch given to every dollar
brought to this store. GU send half dollars our
way and we send dollars worth Of goods back in return
Can you better at any other store in town? Satisfac
ton guaranteed with every article sold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14
,aaNHNeea3sS,,ea,>.
Weather Indications.

Chicago, May 1A-For Kansas: Fair
and cooler, with light frost in north
west portion tonight; fair Friday; west
arly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14
BREAKS ALL RECORDS.
The Topeka Daily State Journal now
has a circulation OF
IO,678

which is greater than that Of any
daily or Sunday paper in Kansas
CIRCULATION STATEMENT FOR
MARCH, 1896
The issues of the Topeka Daily State
Journal from the first day of March.
1895. to the 81st day Of March, 1896 in
elusive. have been as follows;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

QUEEN 20 THE May, BURTON
IL u IT, Burton fails to be elected
United States senator. it is freely pre-
dicted by his friends that the disap-
pointment viii be great enough to I'M
dermine his reason. For a year past
he has abandoned his home and prac-
tfee at Abilene, and devoted his time
to making a campaign of the state
There is not a county he has not visited
and very few country school houses
that have not resounded with his reel
tations of "Curfew." and I'm to be
Queen % the May. Mother" He real
ICES that ne has a greater hold upon
the politicians than upon the people,
and has opened headquarters at a hotel
in Topeka. where he can meet the wire
pullers. The objection to Burton is
that he has a past.-Atchison Globe.
The rroutman Republican club Of
Topeka has issued ana address
to the people Of Kansas in
which Mr.. Troutman is painted as a
little below the angels and by long odds
the best and ablest man Kansas has
ever produced. We do not doubt Mr.
Troutman's eminent fitness for many
things He is fair lawyer, a good
speaker and a nice fellow. This year is
not his year, however. We make the
prediction that he cannot and VIII not
carry Shawnee county as against Gov
ernor Morrill,. His hackers are a lot Of
sour stomached, disgruntled have beens
who have NOT had any say in state poll
ties or even i'm their own county poll
ties in ten years. They are, as a rule
far inferior to their candidate and sim
ply hope TO ride into Office on his band
wagon The business men of Topeka.
the fellows who run things. who roll up
the majorities for the party in that
county are all for MorriI.-Kinsley
Mercury.
Pray where did the Kinsley Mercury
get all its information about what
Shawnee county is going to do. There
is scarcely a Republican in Shawnee
county for Morrill, If Morrill, is by po-
litieal crookedness foisted on the Re
publican party, the chances are To-
peka's $500 Republican majority VIII
roll up the other way. over q thou
sand good Republican votes were cast
for Robinson in Topeka some years ago /
because Humphrey was unpopular.
Morrill, is Just three times as unpopular
as Humphrey was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

Those desiccated meats ready for the
army?" asked the purveyor to the king OF
Mbwpka.
IAN but that prizofghter. just can't
get him to dry up at all, . was the reply Of
the foreman.-Indianapo Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14

Sunday: no issue.
The total number Of copies printed in
the month named above. 277.65O, di-
vided by g. the number ofissues, shows
the average to be 1067s. This is q cor
rect report Of the issues of the Topeka
Daily State Journal for the month OF
March. 1886. as stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

Daily edition. delivered by carrier. 10
cents a week to any part Of Topeka or
suburbs. or at the same price in any kan
sas town where this paper has a carrier
system.
I3y mani. three onths.-..........-..---.S 90
BY mail one year -....-.---..-.-. g 90
Weekly edition, per year------.....----s 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-14
cHEckERs AND CHESS.

Checker Problem No. sT2.
Blacks. 70 IL q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

is woman Of strong domestic tastes
and takes an interest in public life only
as it concerns Mr.. Foraker. When she
was married, her husband was strug
Cling young lawyer, and in every one of
his political contests she has been his
most helpful companion, the first to
whom he turned in the hour Of defeat
for consolation as we'll as for congratu
lation in the flush of victory.
Mrs. Foraker is the daughter of Heze-
kiah Bundy of Wellston, O., who was a
congressman during the war. She was
educated at the Ohio Wesleyan Female
college and met Mr.. Foraker in her
school days. She is the mother of five
children-Joseph Benson, Jr., who has
been associated with his father in the
practice of law for some years; Flor
ence, who made her debut in society last
year; Clara, aged 10; Julia, aged Is,
and little Arthur, who has arrived at
the age of 8 and is the pride Of the
family. Mrs. Foraker says that her mis-
sion in life is to look after her family,
but she has found time to give much at
tention to church and mission work as
we'll as to society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

ONLY two out of twenty six railroads in
Kansas aid dividends last year. If the
stock had never been watered, and the
roads had not been bonded so heavily
that the earnings have always gone to
pay interest," they might perhaps have
had handsome surplus on hand, from
which to have paid dividends in bad
year. The sympathy sometimes express
ed for the unfortunate railroads is IN
called for. The managers, themselves,
brought on the trouble. Besides they do
not lose anything. Whoever heard of
any man actually putting his own money
into the building and stocking of a west
ern railroad. Whatever the stockholders
do advance is paid back to them from the
proceeds of the first bonds sold More
money is always borrowed than it costs
to build and equip the roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

ANTHRACITE coal, which last fall sold
at S. 10 per ton here in Topeka is now,
under the management of patriotic Mr..
Morgan's syndicate sold at $11, and with
an additional 80 cents to the wholesalers,
which is promised, will be $12 ton
soon. 1t is not claimed that there is any
scarcity, any addition to the cost of pro-
duction or any increase in freight rates
The price is advanced simply because
Mr.. Morgsn's syndicate has it in its
power to do so and nobody can prevent
it except the attorney general whose
business it is to enforce the anti -tru st
law and he will not. Officers who do not
perform their sworn duty should be
turned out and others appointed. And
people who will not obey the law, but
use their wealth to Cypress the people
should have the means of oppression
taken from them II coal were some.
thing that the syndicate had produced it
might be viewed in different light but
it isn't It is something created for the
use of all and no enc should be permitted
TO exclude the people from its use by
placing the price at such = figure that
they cannot buy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

THE Topeka Journal is endeavoring
to secure the nomination of Judge .. r.
Peters for chief justice. 1t is not known
whether Judge Peters would accept
nomination to any office at the present
time, but he is one Of the states strong
est men, and would receive a large and
enthusiastic support for any position to
which he might aspire.-Kansas City
Journal.
If there is anything the STATE Jour-
NAL has set its heart on, it is the nomins-
ton of Mr.. Sampeters for supreme JUS
tice. If he can't be got in any other
way, let him be kidnapped. As is well
known, Judge Peters won't accept
Office of any kind. 1t always has to be
inflicted on him with the fat side of an
ak. But this time-only this once-per-
haps he will listen to the walls of all
Kansas and consent We wait breath
lessiy for the answer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

PATRIOT J. PIERPoNT MORGAN has an
other great scheme for benefiting the
people. He has organized a syndicate
which has obtained control of all the an
thracite coal fields. He will not only buy
the peoples bonds, but he will sell them
their coal. He will, of course. charge
them about $3S, 100000 more for their
coal this year than they paid last year,
but even patriots must live. They can't
exist on air. Aud the people will let him
sell them their own coal, placed in the
ground by the great Creator for their use,
at his own price, because they would not
be Outdone in patriotism even by Mir.
Morgan, rich as he is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
WEYLER THE TERRIBLE.
The Man of Blood and Iron Sent by Spail
to ScOurge Rebe1lious Cuba.

The Man of Blood and Iron Sent by Spain
to ScOurge RebeIlious Cuba.
Spain has sent new man to crush
the struggling and ragged army of Gu
ban patriots who are fighting for liberty.
General Campos, the pacifcator, has
gone, and Don Valeriano Weyler, known
as ''Wey1er the Terrible, - "the ferret, -
''the man of blood and iron, is on his
way to succeed him as governor general
He is reputed to be man capable of al
most any cruelty that serves his purpose.
The Cubans know him and his methods,
for he fought under Campos in the West
Indies II years ago. They say that he
spares neither women nor the aged and
is as ready with the torch and the
thumbscrews as with the sword.
General Weyler is now about Sc years
of age, and he has been a soldier nearly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

THE wheat rate from Chicago to
Kansas and Nebraska points has been cut
in two by the railroads. Kansas people
are more interested in a reduction of
ra.es on grain leaving the state than they
are on that coming in. This reduction
may be of benefit to Kansas millers, but
the only effect it can have on the people
is to lower the price of their wheat by
placing it in competition with the wheat
of Minnesota and the Dakotaa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

THE manner in which the goldbug
papers harp on the taking up of the
bonds by the people would be laugh
able if the matter were not so serious. It
is probable that not more than 100000
of the entire issue has been subscribed
for outside of the banks and not more
than one million out of the hundred out
side of the largo eastern cities. The
Morgan crowd gets one-third of the
whole amount. Are they the people7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
A SEMICENTENNIAL.
Half a Century of Science at theSmitE1-
Sonian Institution.
INDEBTED FOR ITS EXISTENCE TO THE
LfberaIfty Observation-Disclosures mo
Had Reen Snubbed by Society.

Had Been Snubbe0 by SOc1ety
The Smithsonian institution has been
established just so years, and the regents
at q recent meeting decided to observe
it's semicentennial in an appropriate
manner. Their plans for doing this bring
forward the fact that it is to an Eng ish-
man that America is indebted for this
great storehouse of science. In a rather
obscure English cemetery in Genoa lie
the bones of James Smithson, who left
his whole fortune to the United States,
a country which he had never seen, for
the purpose of founding an institution
for the dissemination of scientific knowl-
edge. A simple monument of marble
marks the grave of this broad minded
Briton, but his memory is to be further
honored by the erection of two bronze
tablets, one on his tomb in Genoa and
another in the English church in the
same city.
There will also be issued a semicen-
tennial volume, giving an account Of the
origin of the institution and summing up
the results of its half century of work in
all departments of science. A simple re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

also won fame GENERAL wEYLER.
during the Carlist war in the Spanish
peninsula and was claimed as the
adopted son of Teneriffe. His success as
civil governor as we'll as his prowess
as a soldier won for him as reward
the post of captain general of the Phil
ippine islands, to which possessions he
brought peace ia his own peculiar way.
Later he returned to Spain and held high
military positions in the provinces of
Barcelona and Catalonia.
When the news that General Weyler
was to succeed Campos was announced
in Havana, there was begun an imme-
date migration. The Spanish residents
of the island who feared that they might
be suspected Of sympathizing with the
insurgents were in a hurry to get away
before the arrival of "the ferret. :"
When the new governor general heard
of the exodus, he is said to have remark
ed, "Yes, many are leaving now, but
more will follow them when get to
Cuba. - The news of the appointment
was also heard with alarm by the mis-
sionaries in Cuba. DIR. Tichenor, secre-
tary of the home board of Baptist mis-
sions, who has just returned from Cuba,
says that he expects Weyler will drive
every missionary from the island and
even suppress the work of the Red Cross
society,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
Quits.

Among the advertisements in Ger
man paper there lately appeared the fol-
lowing: 1.-THE gentleman who found
purse with money in the Blumenstrasse
is requested to forward it Is the address
of the loser. as he was recognized :"
few days afterward the reply was insert
ed, ''The recognized gentleman who
picked up purse in the Blumenstrasse
requests the loser to call at his house"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
Eton and Sailor Suits.

The appropriate dress costume for
boys not more than l l years old, as de-
picted and described in the New York
Herald, is the Elton suit in black. The
long trousers, the low cut waistcoat,
the round jacket and the Elton collar
look very swell and lead by natural
sequence of events to the tuxedo suit
and then the full dress suit
Started as a fad by one or two fash
ionable women, the fashion has now be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

all his life. At
the age of SO he
was promoted to
the rank of lieu
tenant general,
and appointed
captain general
of the Canary is
lands in recogni-
ton of what was,
to Spanish eyes,
brilliant work in
the San Domingo
campaign. He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Mrs. Foraker Is Expected to Shine In the
Senatorial Circle.

ETrs. Foraker Is Expected to Shine In the
Senatorial Circle.
Now that Mrs. Foraker is to go to
Washington the gossips of the capital
are wondering whether the little cool
ness between her and Mrs. Cleveland,
which grew out of an incident that hap
pened ten years ago, will be forgotten
or revived. AS the wife of the newly
elected Ohio senator she will necessarily
visit the White House more Or less, and
the situation is viewed with interest.
But Mrs. Foraker will not lack for
friends in the capital. for she is REIN
ed, intellectual woman, with charming
manners and a natural gift for social
leadership. During the two terms which
her husband served as governor of Ohio
she made the executive mansion the
center of social attraction in Columbus.
Mrs. Foraker is at 40 still handsome,
and her portraits bear a striking resem-
blance to those of Mrs. Cleveland. She
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

WHEN Bill Buchan announces that he
wants to go to congress through Repub-
lican votes, old Jim Legate might as we'll
come out, too. If Kansas Republicans
have lost all self-respect. they will send
Buchan; but they haven't lost it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

THE Emporia Republican sets almost
a column and a half of type now and
half column of that is devoted to To-
peka or the STATE JOURNAL. Such ex-
travagance il ruinous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

Weather Indications.
CHICAGO. Feb. 13-For Kansas: Fair
tonight and Friday; variable winds.