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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

at his own expense. This is not the first
time he mas displayed his hberality in
aiding the cause Of education. When he
removed to MenOminee from st. Louis
in 1889, one of his first acts was to estab-
ish manual training school. From a
small beginning the school has grown
until now it occupies buildings and uses
machinery that cost SIS, 600, all of
which the senator paid for out of his
own pocket.
His great hobby has always been to
help people to help themselves, and the
manual training school accomplishes
this object in a direct and satisfactory
manner. Senator Stout sees to it that
the very best instructors are employed,
and he takes a personal interest in the
progress of the pupils He is president
Of the Menominee board Of education,
and for several years has been one Of
the trustees Of the Dunn Comfy Insane
asylum. He is a life mem Der Of the Du-
buque Library society and a lifo trustee
of the EiHdlay hospital at Dubuque. He
was elected TO the Wisconsin state SEN
ate IN 1884 By his several philanthrOpic
projects he has given many boy the
chance to throw OF the handicap of
poverty and start from the scratch il
the race for fame and fortune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
STANLEY AS AN ORATOR.
His Illustrations of Speech in Parlia-
ment Are Very Striking

--4~-@- ---AS p ~AJ - u -4AAA4 b
London. April 8.-Henry NJ. Stanley,
M. P., is making as much noise as Mr..
Labouchere an absurdity of folly and
fatuousness. Mr.. Stanley has a friend
on the Figaro in Paris who interviews"
him constantly, and he makes many
speeches in northumberland in other
places when he is asked. He makes al
most as many speeches as MIR. Bayard,
who never missed an opportunity.
At first he stuck to manuscript alto
gether. But he saw the futility of that
when the liberal benches began asking
him questions. So he branched out
into the impromptu the other day and
havoc reigned around him. His first
downward gesture struck the high hat
Of Lord Cecil (son of Lord Salisbury
and sent it down over his lordship's
ears The next nearly dislocated the
jaw of a member on the other side.
The liberal benches rOared with de-
light
Stanley became more determined than
ever He was bound that they should
not make him sit down. His colleagues
got out of his way and gave him all
the room he wanted. He struck out
with all his might. Words might fail
him, but he kept his fists moving until
he had done with what he had to say.
But Stanley is cordially liked and res
pected by his unionist colleagues. His
advice is sought on all African ques-
tfOns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

Governor 1Iorrills determination TO
make a canvass for denomination has
raised an issue in the Republican party
of Kansas which Of necessity viii re-
move all opposition to him. So long as
he was passive. wanting a renomina-
ton but unwilling to authorize his
friends to make a canvass in his behalf.
other aspiranrs found encouragement
to oppose him. But now that he has
announced that he viii contest for an
Endorsement before the primaries, the
party, to be consistent, can do nothing
else than renominate him
In 1884 the Republicans went before
the people with a platform pledging the
party to a business administration Of
the states affairs. With that under
standing the people turned down the
Populist administration and elected Mr..
Morrill, and the rest of the Republican
candidates That these men have re-
deemed the party's pledge even Mr.
AIorrilTs opponents and their few fol-
lowers do not deny The affairs of the
state never before have been so eco
nomically or so successfully admins
tered. Business methods have been en-
ployed and practical rules of economy
applied something unheard of before
in Kansas politics. To do this it has
been necessary to relegate to private
life a lot Of political mendicants who,
in the public service regardless of their
fitness or of the needs of the state. This
unexpected policy was a cruel disap-
pointment to the old camp followers.
They became indictments and are now
going up and down the state demanding
the crucihxion of the administration.
But the party cannot consistently
turn this administration down. The is
sue has been made on the question of
economy and good government and to
refuse a denomination would amount
to a rebuke to fafthfulness.
The people understand this, and since
the governor authorized his private sec
rotary last week to say to the newspa-
per correspondents that he had made
up his mind to fight" it cleared the
atmosphere at once. There stiU is op-
position struggling feebly, but it VIII
disappear in time to restore party har-
mony before the nominating convention
meets. and Governor Morrill, and his
associates viii be renominated by ac-
Observation-Disclosures City star
The more the Kansas City Star says
about Kansas politics the sillier it
sounds. Tt doesn't know a thing about
what it is talking, and it never does
when on Kansas politics. It always
sounds as if some editor had been Civ
ing orders Now write a piece about
Kansas" and the tired editor goes
YEARLY to work filing space. The
people of Kansas don't want Nor
riH and they are not going to have him
There isn't newspaper in the state
supporting him. The sleepy Star
might get a pointer from that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
ApowAH. THE cAFIrAL or rIaRE.

b. a.
pushed into Tigre and established mill
tary posts AT first their movements
across the province were a succession Of
victories, and it looked as if they were
about to gobble up all of Abyssinia.
When King Menelek became thoroughly
aroused, however, he got together a big
force and drove them back. but not IN
til they had marched clear across Tigre.
The most recent and most disastrous
batt1s of all occurred in the mountains
north of AdOwah, the capital Of Tigre.
All of the province is higher above the
sea than Mount Washington, in New
Hampshire, and several Of the peaks
rise many thousand feet higher. lit was
in the rocky passes and defles Of these
mountains that Menelek trapped tho
Italians and killed them like rats.
Adowah is q town Of from 3, 600 to
6, 900 inhabitants, its population varying
at different times of the year, like other
African towns. The streets are crooked
and hilly, and the buildings are of
stone, with clay roofs. There is only
one building Of importance in the town,
and this is the cathedral, which was
built several years ago by an Italian
architect. The Inhabitants are Chris
tians. The weaving of cotton cloth is
about the only industry worth speaking
of. 1t does not look much like a gay
capital, according to European or Amer
lean standards, but in Africa it is con-
sidered a place Of considerable impor-
lance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
He HAS SETTLED DOWN.
Frank James Is Now a Doorkeeper in
a st. Louis Thee ter.

Frank aLneS Is N OW a DOOrk6eper IN
a st. Louis Thee ter.
st. Louis. April 8-when 1 passed
into the Standard theater last week. q
tall, slender man, with a restless gray
eye, took my ticket at the door. No one
who did not know would have taken
him to be one of the best hOrsemen who
ever strobe a horse and the most match
less shot with a navy revolver which
the great Missouri valley country has
produced. The man was Frank James of
the famous James brothers, Missouri
outlaws, whom 20 years ago and less
mothers used to mention when they
wished to terrify their children into
good behavior and whom all men feared.
But Frank James has settled down now.
There is nothing formidable about him,
although I cannot look at him without
imagining he would be a veritable tiger
if once aroused. For the past few years
be has made St. Louis his home, and
nothing has occurred to mar the serenity
Of his life. Formerly he was much in
terested in racing and was well known
figure on the blue grass tracks. Before
that he was a clerk in the shoe depart
ment Of general store in Dallas.
There is only one state Of the Union
where Frank James d0esn It venture even
at this late day-that is. Minnesota.
They haven't forgotten the Mortified
raid up there. After this diversion Frank
and Jesse James rode out of the town
and barely halted their horses until they
reached Waco. Tex. asked James about
Jesse S family. Mrs. Zerelda James, his
widow. who was formerly a schoolteach-
or in Kansas City and q very beautiful
that city, and her son, jesse James, Jr.,
is q trusted employee Of the Armour
Packing company there. He is about 90
years old. The James boys uncle was
long one of the most respected residents
Of Kansas City, founder Of an extensive
crockery business and a pillar Of Cal
vary Baptist church. Others who figured
in the great James drama are now wide
" scattered. Ex-Governor Crittenden Of
Missouri IS consul to Mexico for Uncle
Sam. AID. VANCE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
THE ROOT OF WEALTH.
Canaigre the Coming Plant That VIII
Make a Great Industry.

Denver, April S.-A distinguished
party of capitalists from New York
and elsewhere, headed by ex-Postmas-
ter General Thomas I. James, arrived
in the city yesterday in two special
ty consists chiefly of members Of the
Anglo-American Canaigre company
who have been travelling through the
west to determine upon the location Of
farms for the cultivation of canaigre
root, or upon means for the extension
Of the cultivation of canaigre by far
mers and ranch owners
Much importance attaches to the
visit of the party to Colorado because
Of the fact that no canaigre is raised
in the state. Notwithstanding the i'm
pOrtance Of the plant in tanning. The
company which the party represents
is immensely wealthy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
TIMBER CLAIMS.
If There Ever was q Man Who Raised
Ten Acres This VIII Interest Him.


Ten Acres This VIII Interest Him.
A ruling by Commissioner Lamor-
eaux has been received at Mr.. Hit
United States land Office which viii in
teIest what few Kansas timber claim
ants there are. About 100. 900 timber
culture claims were taken in Kansas
dozen We're successes. The trees
would't grow. In rare cases they have
however
Heretofore it has been obligatory
upon claimants of timber lands that
proof of possession and compton
should be recorded in the local land Of
fee This necessitated a great deal
of travelling, for persons who lived out
of the land Office district in which their
land was located
If man in New York had a claim
in Kansas he had to come to Kansas
every six months and prove up" until
his claim was paid for and became
his.
The new law and rule obviates all
this and gives the New York man with
a Kansas claim the right to stay at
home and send his sworn statement of
proof
The new section reads:
That timber culture claimants shall
not be required in making final proof
to appear at the land Office in which
proof is to be presented or before an
officer designated by the act of May
26. 1890 within the county in which the
land is situated but such claimant
may have his or her personal evidence
missioner or a clerk Of any court Of
record under such rules and regula-
lions as the secretary of the interior
may prescribe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
BOOKS FOR FARMERS.
Travelling Libraries to FIJI a Long Fell
Went In Wisconsin Homes.

Travelling Libraries to Fiji Long Felt
Went In Wisconsin Homes.
Here comes the library" This viii
become a familiar announcement in the
rural districts Of nor thern Wisconsin if
the scheme of State Senator Stout Of
Menominee is extended to other counties
besides his own. Senator Stout's novel
project is to establish a system of tray
cling libraries in the country districts
in order to give people to whom public
libraries are practically inaccessible the
benefit of useful books and the best lit
erature. The details Of the plan have
not yet been announced, but it is prob
able that wagons loaded with books viii
make their regular weekly calls at the
farmers homes, just as the visits Of the
butcher and notion peddler are made
now.
The practical philanthropy of this
scheme is at once apparent. Senator
Stout is to give it trial in his county
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

For Chief Of Police, But Andy Fuller
Didn't Want 1t.

When A. K. Rodgers was appointed
police commissioner he was the second
choice of Governor Morrill,. The place
on the board was first rendered to Capt.
"a. NJ. Fuller and declined BY him after
he found that the conditions prescribed
would not be granted by the governor
When the position was rendered to
Captain Fuller he said that he would
accept if the governor would consent
to a complete reorganization of the po-
lice force Il cannot take the position
with things in their present condition"
said he Il think that about half the
members Of the police force should be
discharged and their places filled with
men who would make good patrolmen.' p
The terms laid down by Captain
Fuller were not agreed to and he de-
clined the appointment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
THE ABYSsINIAN WAR.

The lEountafnuus Region Where Esarntia-
ris Forces Came TO Grief.
Tigre, the scene of the campaign
which has proved SO disastrous to the
italian forces under the command Of
General Baratieri, is the most northerly
province Of Abyssinia. TiRre is bounded
on the north by the Italian colony Of
Erythrsa, and it was under cover of an
alleged dispute about the boundary line
that the Italian forces over a year ago
began their invasion. Asmara, q little
town Of great strategioaI Importance,
has been held by the Italians for eight
years, bat the Abyssinians have always
claimed that it was in Tigre. To pre-
vent this place being taken the Italians
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

Cy Leland has again assured the re-
porters that nothing but his withdrawal
can prevent the denomination or Gov
ernor Morrill,. 1T viii be noticed that
he has never said the governor viii not
withdraw. -Emporia Republican.
Cy Leland having picked out kan
Eas' governor for her. Kansas should
acquiesce. OF course there are many
people who want Troutman. but If Lee
land says Troutman is not best for US
Of course he knows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
Of course he knows

Otto Eckstein in his slzit at the Grand
last night betrayed the fact as might
have been expected, that Wichita is
greatly worried about what Topeka
thinks about her. Topeka thinks moth
ing about Wichita. His references to
political and prohibition matters were
scarcely understood. Not one person
in dfty knew what he meant when he
spoke Of Marsh AGurdocks rebellion. %
Marsh is not near as famous outside OF
wichita as he is IN Wichita
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

Atehison Globe: The Ottawa, Kan,
authorities have novel plan Of making
people behave themselves. "A sick
tramp was picked up on the streets and
taken to jail. His disease developed
into smallpox. and now Ottawa police
haven't a thing to do the town bad
men behave like leading citizens for
fear Of being sent to Jail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

Holt (1G89), in bis Oxford days, was
not above taking purses. and long after
ward. when going circuit as judge, he
one day recognized a man capitally con
victed before him as an old accOmplice,
and, having visited him in jail, asked
after the rest Of the gang and received
for answer, All, ny lord. they are all
hanged bat me and your lordship. -
temple Bar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

A Chinese university, after a Euro
pean model, viii soon bs estao ished in
Tien-tsin. Charles j.. Tinney, All
American, is to be the head Of the uni
versity, one Of the chief objects Of
which viii be to cultivate technical sci
ences. The teachers viii be foreigner
and natives. The university is to
opened next autumn together with 8.
preparatory school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

We gather from the Topeka papers
that the capital city wants to build an
auditorium but dare not--Abilene Re
dector.
This is a dare that Topeka Is going
to take. Topeka is as certain to have
an auditorium as it is to nave a bridge.
Il We have 70 vote bonds to &c. Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
HE BEGAN no 90 DOWN.
W. S. Chlds' Character Began to De
cay at S5 Most InexplieabIv.

Hazen has sentenced for some time
was w. S. Childs, to whom he present
ed 3 years in the penitentiary yester-
day afternoon. Child's failed to return
a hired horse and carriage to the liv-
cry barn of Lodge & Colvin in North
Topeka
DO you know what pleading guilty
20 TINS charge means" asked the
Yes, you honor I know all about it %
You look to be pretty old. Mr.. Childs,
old enough to know better than to do
q thing like this"
Il know it, judge, do know better.
I am 81 years old, and have been a
respectable and well to do man But
at the age of IS I began to go down,
ana now and he did not finish the
sentence.
Chuds has been out Of the peniten-
tiary but short time. Rough
READY used to know him there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

Editor and Proprietor.
Weather Indications.

Chicago, April S-For Kansas. LO-
cal rains tonight and Thursday; cool
er; northerly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

which is greater than that of any
daily or Sunday paperiin Kansas.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT FOR
MARCH. 1896.
The issues of the Topeka Daily State
Journal from the first day Of March.
1896 to the 31st day of March. 1896, in
elusive. have been as follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

Inc totaI number OF COPIES printed N
the month named above. 277. $50, di-
vided by Is, the number ofissues, shows
the average to be 1868. This is cor
rect report of the issues of the Topeka
Daily State Journal for the month Of
March, 1896, as stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

Best and quickest shirt. collar and
cuff work in the state. Family wash
it at home, at
TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

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, 1896-04-08

Renew your mortgage through Saw
fngs and Loan association. Sixth and
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

Try our collars. We can make them
look ike new Peerless Steam Laun-
112 and IA W. Eighth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08
BREAKS ALL RECORDS.

The Topeka Daily State Journal now
has a circulation of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-08

Subscribe for the STATE JOURNA
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Everybody takes the JOURNAL.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-07
Condensed Testimony.

Chas B. Hood, Broker and Manu-
facturers Agent, Columbus, Ohio, Ger
titles that DR.. Kings New Discovery
has no equal as Cough remedy. j.
ID. Brown, Prop. ST. James Hotel, Ft
Wayne, Ind, testifies that he was cured
of Cough of two years standing
caused by La Grippe, by DR.. Kings
New Discovery. b. f. Merrill, Bald
winsville, Mass, says that he has used
and recommended it and never knew il
to fail and would rather have it thar
any doctor, because it always cures
Mrs. Hemming, 222 E. 25th St, Chica
go, always keeps it at hand and has ne
fear of Group because it instantly re
lieves. Free Trial Bottles at w. Ii
Styer's Drug Store.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-07
In The OIL Fields.
OH. MARKET

The Thompson Oil Company's No. 8
on Riley at Cutler, which was shot last
week, has been cleaned out and will be
started pumping today. 1t is expected
to prove equal, if not superior, to Nos.
and Q.
Riley & Company on the A. Lavelle
farm are down 200 feet and the Cutler
Oil Company on Ross about 600 feet
Thomas Riley and others are starting
shallow well on the Follett farm at
Federal creek and expect to drill a
number of holes in that locality.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-07

The Alabama Legislature is consider
ing bill which in effect licenses man
to kill anyone whom he believes to be a
despoiler of his family. 1t might prop
erly be entitled an act to legalize homi-
eide, the fundamental principle that
every man accused of crime is entitled
to a trial by a jury of his peers being
wholly ignored. 1t is not to the credit
of any Legislature that 1t should seri-
ously consider such proposal, and the
assurance that the author of the bill is
lone of the foremost lawyers of Ala
bama" must be taken with pinch of
salt. 1t is SANDER on the Alabama
bar
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-07
a POSSE AFTER THEM.
Two Brothers Suspected of Foul Deed
Near RJckport.

Near RJckport.
PARKERsBURG, Dec. 5-An armed
posse of men are out securing the
country around Rockport for the per-
petrators of the brutal assault upon
Mrs. Samuel Stephens. A suspicion is
now current that the supposed tramps
are two brothers residing over the
Writ county line on Tucker creek, who
have bad reputation.
1t seems, from the latest account of
the outrage, that Mrs. Stephens was
busy about her household work Thurs
day evening her hus band being out in
the field at work when the two alleged
trarnps came in and without wasting
words proceeded to criminally assault
her, her cries being unheard by her hus-
band.
After accomplishing their hellish
purpose the supposed tramps fed and
are still at large.
Mrs. Stephens, who is the mother of
little child only tile over month
old, was in critical condition for a
while, but her condition is now i'm
proved
The Stephens reside about a mile
from Rockport near the Writ county
line
The feeling in the neighborhood
against the perpetrators of this fend-
ish deed is intense and it will go hard
with them if they are captured.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-07
SOUND MONEY IN TIE NORTHWEST.

So far as we haYe observed, the East
ern press and the Eastern public have
not yet done full justice to the election
returns of the great Northwest. In
view of the deep solictude manifested
during the campaign by people in the
vicinity of New York regarding the
situation in such States as Iowa and
Minnesota, for example, it is somewhat
amusing as well as instructive to note
the fact that the aggregate sound
money majorities in a compact region
belonging to the trade zone of Chicago,
and including northern Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, and Wisconsin, were very
much larger than the aggregate sound
money majorities given by the City
cent populations. Where New York
gave Mckinley plurality of less than
215, 600, a like population in the West,
including Chicago and territory tribu-
tary to that city, gave plurality of
about 400, 900 votes for the Mckinley
electors. The only Western State that
voted for Mr.. Bryan by a crushing ma
jority was the mining State of Colorado
"a State in which for a number of
years all parties, Republican, Demo-
cratic, and Populist alike, had been un-
qualifedly in favor of free-silver coin
age. e.-December Review of Reviews.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-07

The Thompson gasser is being con-
nected by pipe line 10 Beatty Il Co s
wells which are being drilled in and
will furnish fuel for the same. This is
the only gasser yet struck in the field
and is more valuable than an oil well
us source of fuel. The difficulty and
cost of getting coal to the field is great.
The cost of coal delivered at the fields
is from 20 to % cents per bushel. Sen
tinel.