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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
SCANLON MAKES A SPEECH.
A Campaigner From Chicago Ad-
dresses an Audience at HaniI-
ton Hall

The Little Prim' quarttete, com
posed of four cOlOred men, sang some
campaign songs at Hamilton hall last
evening which pleased the audience
very much. 1t was a Republican audi
ence, although there were lots of peo-
pie from other parties who came to
hear John F. Scanlon of Chicago. The
hall was partially filed.
Judge John Guthrie presided and he
introduced to the audience Rev. John
A. Bright, who, he said would sing
Throw Out the Life Line"
Mr.. Bright took occasion to make
some remarks to illustrate his song 1T
has been my privilege during this cam
paign to represent the clergy on the
stump" said he. Politics are in the
Bible. I'm glad to see so many ladies
here tonight. They can help US. And
I'm glad to see the boys marching in
their companies. Let the boys take off
their hats and hip, hip, hurrah for Nc
Kinley. It may bring back some poor
wandering Democrat or PopuIist to the
Rock, for all other ground is sinking
sand"
Then Mr.. Bright sang his campaign
song, Throw Out the Life Line
Mr.. John F. ScanIon was introduced.
He seemed very hoarse from much
speaking. He IS not an orator, but a
pleasing speaker
-Four years ago. said he, ''the Dem
OcratS asked to have four years under
Grover Cleveland and we would have
an Ell Dorado in this country. Has
one single promise of theirs been full
filled? The WOrkingman was promised
new dinner pals and good dinners. Now
the dinners and dinner pals are both
gone. The poor man now has to rub
his stomach against his backbone to
get up friction to fill the vacuum for
merly occupied by good Republican
dinners"
In speaking of panics, Mr.. Scanlon
said: Every panic for 120 years has
occurred when we have had free trade.
I come to talk against free trade, be-
cause all the enemies we have in other
countries and our own are free trad
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SCARED TO DEATH
Constant WhOOping of Gold
Standard Organs
Of Chicago About Panic and
Disaster,
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE
For the Suicide Of millionaire
Edison Keith.
Was Led to Believe That He
Would Be Ruined.

St. Louis, Sept. 23.-The Globe-Dem-
ocrat publishes the following special
from Chicago:
Edison Keith, millionaire and for 40
years a leading merchant of Chicago,
disappeared early yesterday morning,
and today it was learned that he COM
mitted suicide by throwing himself
into the lake at the foot of Thirteenth
street while temporarily insane.
Mr.. Keith carried $500, 900 life insur-
ance. He was a strong advocate of
sound money, and it is said the posi-
bility of the success of free silver so
preyed upon his mind that his reason
was unsettled. Sunday he seemed un-
usually depressed. He was troubled by
dyspepsia and insomnia At 2:30
o'clock Monday morning Mr.. Keith's
butler found him in his nightrobe pa
trolling the lower floor of the house,
carrying a candle. Mr.. Keith explain
ed that he was searching for medicine
and dismissed the butler. That was the
last any of the family saw him alive
This morning Elbridge G. Keith, pres
ident of the Metropolitan National
bank was notified of the discovery of
a hat and coat near the Weldon SIin
in the vicinity of the Keith home, and
identified them as the garments of his
brother. He had become apprehensfve
u MS DTOInefS cOnd1t1On and believes
his remains are at the bottom of the
lake, which is being dragged
MY brother was temporarily in
sane" said E. G. Keith, but in no
sense can it be attributed to business
troubles. Had he been in a, normal
condition he would have found every
reason for cOngratulation in the pres
ent condition of trade in his establish
ment, but his physical condition made
him morose. While he was at Rye
Beach he ran down to New York, where
wrote him a letter in an attempt to
cheer him up. I received a reply in
which he said, I am sorry I cannot
take that cheerful view of things
When he came home, September s.
we saw very soon that he was still
worrying about many things and his
family grew alarmed. AS he became
more fearful of the business and polit-
icaI condition, we could see that it was
only a reflex of his physical depres-
sion, and his friends did all thew could
to disabuse his mind of the views
winch bothered him. He would contin-
ually refer to possible financial evils. -
es, know am all right now,' he
would say, but a big change may come
after election -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
PRIEST. BAKER TO DECORATE
Will See That the Trolley Poles are
Made Pretty.

The trolley poles on Kansas avenue
will be decorated after all.
The trolley company will do it.
Cliff Baker got home Sunday.
The attempt of the women's commit
tee to decorate the poles and string
garIands up the middle of Kansas ave
nue. fell through because the company
wouldn't allow the garlands-
Yesterday morning, the story is, Mrs.
Sutton of the ladies' committee met Mr..
Baker on Kansas avenue.
Aren't you going to put up those
decorations?' asked Mr.. Baker.
I'VE have decided not to- said Mrs.
Sutton, since your company wouldn't
let US do it the way we wanted to, but
I don't see why you don't go ahead and
decorate them yourselves. If you will
put the evergreens on the trolley poles
we will see that the flowers and roses
are put into them Tuesday night to be
ready for the Flower parade"
I'll just do that" said Mr.. Baker,
and he forthwith hunted up florist and
gave the order.
Every trolley pole on Kansas avenue
and Tenth street from the river to To-
peka avenue will be wound with aspar-
agus for the Fall Festival.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
CAMPAIGN BOOK READY.
The Dem mocratic Campaign Book Has
Been Completed.

Washington, Sept 8-Representa-
tive Benton McNillin of Tennessee has
completed the compilation of the Dem
ocratic campaign book of 1896. The
manuscript was submitted to Chair
men Jones and Faulkner, when Senator
Jones was here last week and they ex-
pressed entire satisfaction with the re-
suit. The book will be ready for the
public the latter part of this month.
The title page contains the admonition
of jefferson in his first inaugural ad-
ity in these words: Absolute acqui-
esence in the decision of the majority
the vital principle of republics from
which there is no appeal but to force,
the vital principle and immediate pa
rent of despotism."
Commencing with the Chicago con-
vention, it gives the platform recon-
mended by the committee on resoIu-
platform, the notification speeches and
letters of acceptance. In the first chap
ter it lays down the fundamental prin-
cipleS Of the Democratic party as ex-
pounded by Jefferson, Allen of Ohio,
Seymour of NewYork and Bryan. With
these it contrasts Hamilton's idea of
government. Ittakes up the silver ques-
tiOn and for 100 pages deals with that
topic. Among the subjects treated in
this chapter are Money of the cOnstf-
tuition; no flood of silver; the uniform
1873; the crime Of 1873; motives for de-
monetizatiOn; depreciation in values;
larger volume of money needed; Re
publicans seek change of contracts;
Secretary Carlisle's recent letter; Sen
ator Faulkners protest in reply; Mr..
Bryan's protest; opinions OF eminent
Europeans; opinions of eminent Amer
leans; ability of the United States to
maintain free coinage"
There are chapters on McKinley's 8
public record on the subject of silver,
Chinese immigration, the Force bill
and the effects of the Mckinley tariff
law.
The book in print will make about
$50 pages. The first edition consists of
10000 copies. The price of the volume
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
ST. LOUIS BIG HURRAH.
The Democratic Meeting There oc-
tober Expected to be a Monster.

The Dem mocratic Meeting There oc-
tober 8 Expected to be Monster
St. Louis, Sept. 29.-Preparations are
being made for the convention Of the
Association of Democratic clubs which
is to meet here in the Auditorium on
October 3. The convention will last
two days, and will bring to St. Louis
some of the biggest men in the Demo-
cratic party.
Among those who are expected to be
present are Vim. J. Bryan and Arthur
Sewan, and ex-Secretary of the Inter
ior Hoke Smith of Atlanta, Ga On the
night Of October 2, preceding the con-
vention, St. Louis will witness the
grandest outdoor demonstration Of the
campaign.
All the visiting clubs the city clubs
and the silver clubs will be in line and
if Mr.. Bryan and his associate on the
national ticket reach here in time they
will review the parade in which be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 men are expect
ed to take part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
HYPOCRITE SWENSSON
Who Wanted e'TO Mean Gold and Not
Say IT, in chicago.

Chicago, Sept. .23.-Prof. SwenssOn, the
Swedish orator of Kansas, addressed
large crowd of the voters Of his nation
ality last night at Liberty hall, South
Chicago. The professor carries with
him an object lesson in the shape Of
copper dollar, issue of 1716, which he
saws never fails to convert a Swede
who may lean towards free silver.
This dollar weighs one pound 111z
ounces. and at the time of its introduction
as a medium of exchange in Sweden
circulated at 100 cents.
TSwensson is the delegate from Kan
sas to St. Louis who wanted to put
gold in the platform but not say it out
right His idea was to buncO the un-
thinking. Now he has a new swindIe
with which he is befooling the foreign
born population of Chicago. AS the
Journal said before, this man who
doesn't want to make an open manly
argument for gold, but wants to ''fooI'
people is a disgrace to Kansas.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
GOLD DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
Palmer and Buckner Have a Big
Meeting in Madison Garden.

New York, Sept. 23.-The opening of
the gold Democratic campaign took
place here in Madison Square Garden
last night.
THE big hall was beautifully adorn-
ed with the national colors and there
were huge pictures over the highly
elevated stage of President Cleveland,
Samuel ]. Tilden, MeSsrS. Palmer and
Buckner, Jackson and Thomas Jeffer-
son. In the center of the stage deco
ration was a large picture of the Ma
tlonal Democratic party's emblem in
this state, a full r1gged ship. A band
furnished the usual plea for enthusi-
asm by playing the national airs, the
audience heartily applauding each ef-
fort.
At first it was quiet, but the brief re-
marks of Chairman Flower seemed to
awaken them, for in a moment they
were shouting approval of the state
ments. The other pointed but brief re-
marks of the ex-governor were also vo-
ciferOuSly applauded and by the time
Mr.. Bynum began his remarks they
were very receptive and hearty in their
reception.
The meeting was called to order by
Robert E. Wyndham, chairman of the
Syracuse conventions state commit
tee, who introduced x-Governor Flow
er as the presiding officer
Mr.. Flower waited until the hearty
reception accorded him had subsided,
when he stated that the meeting had
been called to ratify the nominations
and platform of the National Demo-
cratic convention. at Indianapolis He
introduced w. d. Bynum of Indiana.
1t was near the close of the speech
that Candidates Palmer and Buckner
came in and ascended the platform
There were hearty bursts of applause,
the audience standing upon their feet.
The band added to the tumult by play
ing alternately America" and Dixie -
When General Palmer was introduced
he was received with vociferous ap-
p1ause.
He concluded as follows:
THE credit of the United States must
be maintained. The president must not
be invited to reputation. To thwart
these and other disastrous conse-
quences, the National Democracy in
vites the cooperation of their breth-
rem and of all the people" CTrenen-
dous applause.0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
COOKING BY STEAM ENGINE.
A Mighty Party Coming From lola
with a Queer Cookery.

Capt. T. S. Slower, assistant secreta-
r-v of state wants to rent a, ten or II
horse power traction engine during the
festivities.
McCook post G. A. r. of lola are com
ing to the reunion 200 strong, and per-
haps then some.
McCook post goes to reunions fire.
ouently and they have a complete
steam cooking outfit that they always
take along with them. They rent an
engine to furnish the steam and they
have everything lovely. The outfit con-
sists of five large galvanized iron
tanks. the largest holding 10S gallons,
the second just fits into the first, and
so on so that they can all be packed
and carried about over the country.
The steam is piped into the tanks
and turned loose in a jet at the bottom
of the tanks.
The largest tank is used to make cOf-
fee the next two are packed full of
beef and will cook two beeVes at once.
Beans are cooked and soup made, and
this with plenty of bread makes up
their bill of fare.
At the reunions that this post have
held at home they have fed as many as
$500 people at one time. The post also
have tables in sections which they take
with them and a. tent 60x40 feet that
they use as a dining hall. Any one
having an engine that they want to
rent during that week will confer
favor on Capt Stover by cOmmunicat-
ing with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
CAN CARRY rs, 900 PEOPLE
Street Car Company Says it Can Take
That Many to Fairgrounds.

There need be no fear that the city
railway company will be unable to
furnish street car accommodation to the
immense crowd of people Fall Festival
week. When President Harrison visi-
ted this city some years ago the Rapid
Transit company, with twenty-five less
cars, handled $4,000 people, and the
present railway company says it can
accommodate $4,000 people per day.
Arrangements have already been
made by the management Of the city
railway for handling the big crowd OF
next week, and every car owned by the
company is now in readiness to go into
service. Seventy-five cars are owned
by the company, and of this number
only % are used in regular service This
leaves So extra cars that can be placed
in service next week
The machinery at the motor plant
has been thoroughly overfhauled and
the big $50 horse power engine will be
placed in operation Monday. This,
with the 250 horse power engine now in
use, will give sufficient power for Oper-
ating the additional cars.
Special cars will be run on all lines,
and it is probable that a schedule for
Festival week will be arranged. Fifty
extra men will be added to the force of
100 now employed, and four transfer
men will work that week instead of
two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
FIREMFN TO CAMP.
How the Visiting 'Laddies'' are to be
Disposed Of

Chief Wilmarth of the Topeka fire de-
partment says that the gathering of
firemen from all over the state next
week will be the largest one which has
ever assembled in Kansas.
Chief J. P Cadden of the BeIOit fire
department and president of the State
Firemen's association. will arrive in
the city Monday with his department of
25 men and one hose truck. ManifoEd' 5
band of sixty pieces will be on the same
train, and a whole lot of Beloit people.
ManifOldS band has recently pur-
chased new uniforms just like those of
Marshal1's band and next week the two
bands will play together on several Oc-
casions. This will make band of
over 100 pieces, and as ManifOld's band
is next to AIarshaIPs in excellence, the
music will be fine.
AT Camp Miles many of the visiting
firemen will camp. Some of them will
stay at the hotels, but the majority will
be quartered on the plat of ground just
west of the little police station in the
northwest corner of the fair grounds
Tents and straw will be furnished them
free and a large sign will designate
their headquarters.
In the parade the special feature OF
the Topeka department will be the min
iature hose wagons, one primitive one
with volunteer fremen and the other a
modern hose reel.
The Santa Fe fire department will
also have miniature fire wagon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
HOME FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Men are Going to Look Neat in
New Things.

Everything about the fire stations is
being frightened up for the Fall Fes-
tival and the firemen will appear with
new caps and lapel badges. The cap
badges are about two inches in dame
ter and the lieutenants' badges have
on them but one trumpet, the captains
two trumpets, the assistant chiefs three
trumpets and the chiefs five trumpets.
The officers will wear lapel insignias
of office. They are the regulation lapel
badge which the city firemen wear.
they are IA inches in diameter and
have the trumpets on them, but not
the number of the station.
Chief Wilmarth will announce his
aides in the parade as soon as he can
hear definitely from all departments.
The horses and trucks which will be
here from other towns will be quar-
tered at DR.. McCurdy's and Gilchrist's )
barns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
SIZE OF THE FLORAL PARADE.
From Present Information It Will be
a Mile Long.

Although the order of the procession
has not yet been arranged fully, the
Fall Festival Flower parade is begin
ming to assume something like recog-
nizable proportions
All the floats people have not yet re-
ported to Mrs. Ailliken. chairman of
the general committee, but she is as
sured of at least ten, and knows of at
least ten more that expect to enter but
have not yet notified her officially
The first float will probably be that of
Kansas and Topeka" The float of
the most Importance in the parade is
the one in which Flora the queen of
the day, will ride, but it has not yet
been placed, and will likely be reserved
for a place near the middle of the pa
rade. Other floats are: Orphans Home
Ladies Circle of the G. A R., Lincoln
Post, Topeka Post, Naomi Rebekah
Lodge, Otto Keuhne, Equal Suffrage
association and two from the fire de-
partment.
The carriage or vehicle part of the
parade will be participated in by at
least so carriages. Mrs Sutton, chair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
son OF HIS FATHER.
Another One Coming to Kansas
Young Jim Garfield

James R. Garfield Of Ohio, SON Of the
''martyred president will spend one
week making Republican speeches in
Kansas during this campaign. The
state central committee received assur-
ances today that he would be here. al
though the exact date has not yet been
fixed. Mr.. Garfield has served as state
senator in Ohio, and is one of the best
campaign orators in the country.
G. P Lincoln of Michigan, deputy
commissioner of pensions under Presf-
dent Harrison, has also been billed to
speak at the following places: EudOra
October s; Florence, October Z: Edo
rado, October 8; Arkansas City, OctO-
Der 9; Winfield, October 10; Grenola
October u; CherTyvale, October 13;
Pleasanton, October IA.
Major William Warner will devote a
week to Kansas, from October 5 to 10
at these places, in the order named:
Columbus, Girard, Fort Scott, Paola
Leavenworth and Emporia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
THEATERS FESTIVALWEEK
John Dillon at the Grand, Sam T.
Jacks Show at the Crawford

John Dillon, who was at one time one
of Americas best known comedians,
will be the Fall Festival attraction at
the Grand Opera House. He will open
on Monday night with Wanted, the
Earth" and will repeat it Wednesday
night. Tuesday and Thursday nights
he viii put on "A Model Husband be
has grown old in these plays
One of the features of the engage
ment will be that one or two OF the Desg
boxes will be reserved and decorated
for the use of distinguished G. A. r.
guests each night.
The Festival week attraction at the
Crawford will be one of Sam T. Jacks
companies In "Orange Blossoms" The
advance agent describes it as an ag-
eregation of pretty girls, witty come
dams, and bright speciality stars"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
sTRIPPED THE COUNTRY.
Scarce a Green Thing Left Near To.
peka Because of Fail Festival
Decorations.

Scarce a Green Thing Left Near To-
peka Because of Fail Festival
Decorations.
Whence this awful devastation, laying
waste the state and nation,
Leaving naught but desolation where
was happiness before?
Why this leaving all fOrsaken, fields
appearing brown and bakin',
CIeanly stripped as by rakin'; will
you put me next, LenOre?
Have grasshoppers got their work in;
is the chinch bug darxly lurzin' q,
That we're robbed as by a jerxin', as
we've sometimes been of yOre?
Has drouth been here this summer?-
If there has it was hummer,
And a mighty wicked conner" and
it left US pretty sore;
Every leaf and vine and flower stripped
from Natures beauteOus bower
By an awful, ruthless power, leaving
barrenness galore.
Has a prairie fire been raging, has a
civaI war been waging,
Has a cyclone been here caging, after
ruin, wreck and gore?
Were to have a celebration, that shall
wake the state and nation,
And we're after decoration" calmly
answers sweet LenOre;
That's why things look so fOrsaken,
wreaths and garlands we've been
maxim,
Every branch and leaf we've taken
and we wish we had some more. ."
F B.
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LOCOMOTIVE ExPLODES.
One of the Drive Wheels Hurled 400
Feet-Terrjble Destruction.


Peoria, ILL.,, Sept. 23.-The boiler of a
80 ton ten-wheel locomotive on the Big
Four railroad burst at Pekin last even
ing, hurting the enormous engine more
than 100 feet, partially demolishing a
large factory, killing the fireman and
breaking nearly all the glass within a
quarter of a mile of the scene Of the re-
markable accident. Pieces of the en-
gine were picked up 1000 feet away,
and one of the big drive wheels was
hurled 400 feet from the track.
James Long, the fireman, was thrown
many feet in the air, had an iron bar
driven through both legs above the
knee, and was terribly scalded. He
died in a few hours.
The engine was standing 100 feet
from the Cummings header works when
the explosion occurred and $50 feet of
the wall of the building was crushed in.
No one was at work in the building or
there might have been more fatalities.
The engineer says there was but $50
pounds of pressure, the normal figure,
and that there was plenty of water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
INGALLS, in Other states-

The item that has appeared in some
of the papers that Senator ingalls, has
decided to accept the invitation of the
national committee and spend two
weeks in October speaking in other
states seems to be so far without foun-
dation. The senator had not decided
as to what he would do when he left
the city last night and many of his
friends here are urging him not to
leave the state at all