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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
OUR SHAMEFUL STREETS
Half a Million Dollars Worth OF
Magnificent Pavement
Allowed to Become Full of Water
Holes,
Becluse 1t VIII Cost e Paltry S Is, 600
to Repair Them High Time Git
zens Bestirred Themselves
VIII Cost $4,000 if We
Wait a Year.

II will cost SIS 900 to put the asphalt
i, .s---- ors,-- o-~5f+io77 This
(,+-- r7-,-f,,ssr
is the estimate OF eilS 1--is iii99-
Barnes who has carefully canF assoc
the situation.
mat links like 4 large sum but fn
oo-7nsrfsor with the original cost Of
r1a r,averuant IL is not large. Tt is an
fr4,-1aratf-e necessity that the asphalt
T5s--ernerrs should be repaired with the
least rosefb1z- DELAY. Every hole in the
pavement is the father Of others and
esr-ary- Ta4 ii broken place is allowed to
III ADDS IA fba a5-ronse Of making the
5serafre
--bara are rq9 $40 SQUARE wards OF as
7,7,eIt ~, ,-ar,,ar7r f, me cf+v and the to-
al ocsf v,-ifI,o7l+ oonsiderine- the inter-
-. 5 e=f5 eeg 9r77 ,,-t,ar' This cosr is
,,-i-7-,-@7 ~, ----5s,,, i+5,-a ~ SIS 600 in
~ & - ,,--,-l,.5 q. l,9z srriCl1 r.
II ,--f-er, a. 7,es7-a f,,r- 1t4r,afrs that ouent
X 7,s--a MAJ. r,a7a before
Tho civ 0+4fcers saw that there will
MOI IS enough money available to
make the necessary repairs and that
~ civ cannot contract for work for
T-bfof, There is no money to pay and so
+te r7a,-ar,7ar,fs cannot be repaired
I5,-+ +i,.,- q7.17sr ra ~ar,aired
-rba -,a.-1a If rToDalza viii never sub
,5+ TX t-a destruction Of the asphalt
---e-,-eT+s ~ we want 10 throw
sTr71- ne ESQ 400 we have sDent2 If it
74-i11 oosf SIS 0e0 now It VIII cost $50. 600
49, vaar and the cost VIII be in
r~aasad as the time goes by unless the
,-arafrs are made.
shame on any man who would stand
fr +ra 77-or ST making our rnagnihcent
~ .yar0ants what thew once We're
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
BIRD AND oo-oPERATIoN
Secures Contributions From College
Professors for his Report.

Among those in attendance at the CO.
operative congress and Interested in
what lis being done and said is Labor
Commissioner w. G. Bird Mr. Bird
said today to a reporter IT am inter
ested in this work because I am going
to make that a feature of my coming
report, issued this summer.
Il viii devote some so or so pages of
my report to social problems, econom-
lie and other questions. and have in
vited a number of the leading students
Of sociologic and economic questions in
this country to contribute letters Al
most all of them have replied that they
would do so and am now receiving
letters every mail.
II have striven to get the profess
sors ia the leading colleges of the coun-
try to give me their views. Among
them is Prof. Bemis. late Of Chicago
university, and who contributed a pa
per to this congress now in session. The
Kansas State university is represented
by Prof +. w. Blackmar.
II think this question Of cooperation
and especially the profit sharing fea-
ture. IS one of the coming issues ana
viii be met and disposed of before
long. This was why I made it a part
of my report
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
FREIGHT cAR NO. 1o52s
Literally Perforated With Holes-Has
History

"
There is a freight car owned by the
Kansas City, TT. Scott & Memphis road
which has an interesting history. It
was originally designed for a furniture
car and bears the number 1926. Sew
eral years ago, it viii be remembered.
two men ROBBED the Missouri Pacific
depot at Lamar, Mo, and while trying
to escape shot and killed a Negro pO-
liceman at Fort Scott. The men after
committing this deed, boarded a Mem
phis freight train going out of Fort
Scott at that instant. The trainmen
were telegraphed to sidetrack the car,
in which the bandits were located. at
PleasantOn, which they did officers
from Fort Scott Immediately went to
PleasantOn and commanded the men 10
surrender. They refused and the au-
thOrites commenced to pour volley af-
ter vouey from their winchesters into
the car. They finally opened it and
found one of the men dead and the
other wounded. No. 10525 is the car in
which the bandits sought to escape. 1t
is literally perforated with holes, and
dozens of bullets can yet be seen
lodged in the wood work. The number
of this car is probably known to every
man on the Memphis system and at
tracts attention wherever it may go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11

Is when nearly everyone feels the need
some blood purifying, strength invig-
Grating and health producing medicine
The real merit of Hoods SarsapariI1a
is the reason Of its widespread popu-
larity. Its unequaled success is its
best recommendation. The whole sys-
tenn is susceptible to the most good
from medicine like Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla taken at this time, and we would
lay special stress upon the time and
remedy. for history has it recorded
that delays are dangerous. The re-
marl1a bic success achieved by Hoods
Sarsapar1lIa and the many words of
praise 1t has received, make it worthy
Of your confidence. We ask YOU to give
this medicine q fair trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
BOILERS TRANSFERRED.
Those in Use at the Shops Here Sent
to Western Points.

Two of the three boilers. which form
erly furnished steam for the Santa Fe
shops in this city. and which We're re-
placed in position. we're found on in
spection to be in fair condition, and ac-
eordingly given q thorough course Of
repairing. One of these boilers has al
at La Junta. Col. and the other wiz
shortly be forwarded to the shops at
Arkansas City. This viii give the La
Junta shops three boiler power, and
the Arkansas City shops two
The third boiler was found to be prac-
tically worthless, and has been con
signed to the scrap pile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11

John Hunter was arrested yesterday
afternoon by the police charged with
stealing part of a stove from q Mrs.
Mary Brown near the Santa Re shops
Hunter is cOlOred- He heard that there
was a warrant out for him and going
to the station gave himself up. He
viii be tried This after mon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
lie oFFTCTAL VoTE.

The Council Makes a Canvass Of the
Vote Cast at the Recent Election.
The official canvass of the vote at the
recent election was made. The totals
are as follows.
Councilmen-First ward-J. ID. Patti
son 81. J. b. Billiard 124 A. Brown 36s
Pattison's majority 151. Second ward
w. c. stephenson 437, NJ Oswald 222:
StephensOns majority PA Third ward
&C. II. Nettels $50. Fourth ward
James Burgess 279. Fifth ward. S.
Warner 142
Board of education-S. c. Miller 1892.
j. B. McKinney1216: Edward Wider
1929: J. III. Squires 1926; Ira. o. Howe
1850.
COnstab les-Josiah Ross 1865. Fred
Stonestreet 1877; w. H. Williams 1898.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
g Z7''
Bids Colds BegOne

The Magioian's Wand Is Not More
Potent Than ssvsnty-ssvsn.
az" cures Colds, La Grippe, InfIu-
enza, Catarrh, Pains in the Head or
Chest, Cough, Sore Throat, General
Prostitution and Fever.
''77' viii ssbreak up'' a Cold that
s'hangs on and yet ''zz' is
NO BETTER
than DR.. humphreys Homeopathic
Specifies for other diseases. of which
ne makes a series, described in his
Manual, mailed free.
Disordered Stomach, Dyspepsia. In
digestion and Weak Stomach carry in
their wake more misery than poverty.
Specific No 10 relieves promptly. and
by its continued use a perfect and per-
manent cure is assured.
Rheumatism. 1t was, indeed. for4r-
nate for sufferers from Pheuraf5sr,
when Dr. humphreys discovered bie
Specific No. IS. it acts upon the i,ar
and Kidneys, eliminating Uric ACID
from the blood; the cure follows swift
and sure.
80 s1a Az, bottles Of pleasant pellets. 1T tba
49,. -oSSAeti sold by druggists OF sent On ~
Se-Rs or price, 25e OF I'VE for 81 Nav be -
.i-sl. humphreys Medicine CO III 4 sc
~ ttiAAA 16.i NeW York % -@e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11

Twenty-Five Italians. ranging in
ages from Is to 40. passed through To
peka yesterday afternoon over the San
ia Fe en- route to San Francisco. All
We're OF recent import, none of them be-
ing able to speak a word Of English
Ihe1r tickets through to San Francisco
hsld oeen purchased IN Europe, through
the agency OF the Old Dominion Steam
snip line me men VIII work as cheap
laOOrerS IN the vineyards Of Calif0F-
MIA.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
HIS FACE BADLY CUT.
A Brakeman of the Santa Fe Forced
Through a Car Window

Ike Robbins. a brakeman on the San
ia Fe, working with Conductor Gorreu
on train No 80, met with a painful ac-
cident while on his run between Ar
gentine and EmpOria- The train made
a sudden stop and Mr.. Robbins was
thrown forward through the window of
the cupOla Of the cabOose. severely lac
Grating his face on the broken frag-
ments of glass. He was brought to En-
pOria where his wounds We're dressed
He returned to his home at Argentine
and viii be obliged to retire from his
duties for several days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11

train No. 3 passes through Topeka day
after day with the Pullman cars al
most entirely unOccupied- Meanwhile
the expense remains the same
The officials of both the operating
and passenger departments state that
the limited train service viii be estab-
Ished early in the fail. Immediately
upon the commencement OF California
travel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
DON'T Raad This

Unless you wish to know that Beggs'
DiarrhOea Balsam is thebest medicine
on earth for summer complaint. Never
fails. Cures every time. Equally good
for children Sold and warranted by
all DRUGGISTS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
NARROWER WALKS.
East Side Walzs VIII Be Built -Four
Feet Wide

Councilman Roundtree introduced an
ordinance reducing the width of new
pflck walks to four feet on the follow
ms streets South side of Tenth Wash
lngton to Hancock; south side of
Eleventh, Washington to Chandler:
north and south sides of Twelfth from
w ashlngton east to city limits; west
tenth
The width is changed because the
streets are very narrow and there
hicles to pass if the walks were the
REGULATION width six feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSION
April z and 21 and May s, 1S96-The
Great Rock Island.

VIII sell tickets to points in Okla
homa. Texas. Arkansas. Missouri zrf-
iona and Indian Territory, at one fare
plus 81 for the round trip. For tickets.
reservations and all information call
on your nearest Rock Island agent
A. NJ FULLER, City Pass. Agt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11

Happy Jack Stevens arrested yes
terday afternoon for driving too fast
over the Kansas avenue bridge but he
failed TO appear against him in police
court and the case was dismissed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
HOMESEEKERS'
EXCURSIONS.
Santa Fe Route-One Fare tPlus So
for the Round Trip.

These tickets viii be sold to various
points in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas.
Missouri, Arizona and Indian territory
The dates of sale viii be April 21st,
and May 5th, with final limit Of p
days from date Of sale. For tickets and
all particulars. call on
J. P. ROWLEY, City Ticket Agent,
Santa F'e Route. Topeka, kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11

Quick in erect, heals and leaves
no scar. Burning. scaly skin erup-
lions quickly cured by DeWitt's Hazel
SaIve Applied to burns, scaIds, old
sores 1t is magical in effect. Always
cures piles C. w. StansdeId, 632 kan
sas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
IT WAS LOST.
The Gas Meter Inspection Ordinance
Almost Forgotten.

= ~ y = 1-Ses4 -UaP ocl4oH -IuLl slll5
Almost Forgotten.
Councilman Skinner inquired what
had become Of the ordinance requiring
the testing Of gas and electric light
meters There was a motion to sus-
pend the rules on that ordinance" said
he, and it was afterward agreed that
the ordinance should be referred and
nothing has been heard from the or
dinance since. I would like to have it
called up"
Clerk AcFadden-'It was referred to
the committee on lights and has not
been reported
we viii look up the ordinance" said
Councilman Elliott, land report at the
next meeting"
The matter was then dropped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11

viii accompany the engine to that
point and remain temporarily for ser
vice on that division Engine 912. of
the Richmond make. was turned out of
the shops today, and viii be sent to
Ration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11

vitality exhausted by OverwOrk or
disease, is quickly restored by use oG
Ayers Sarsapariua-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
Co q 80 ~ Apieoe.

An ordinance was passed apDroprfat-
ing 1928 to pay the cost of the city cleo
ton which was nearly 80 cents for
every vote cast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11

The committee on city buildings re-
ported the estimate of the city engineer
Tor cementing the floor Of the cell room
at the city prison and recommended
that the work be done under the su-
pervision Of the engineer and street
commissioner. The work viii be done
at once and viii cost 800.
Voting at so Canta Anieoa-
, 1896-11-07
Morning Advertiser 22nd Oct

INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 21..General Harri-
son arrived at his home in Indianapolis
tonight at 4:49. file left New Albany at 10
o'clock this morning, and made eleven speech
es before returning here. There were nota-
BILE gatherings at Salem, Orleans, Bedford
and Bloomington.
At Salem General Harrison said in part
Mr.. Bryan proposes to abandon Tie Soney
system we have now, and to introduce tho
free coinage of silver. When a change is
proposed the first thing yon want to do is to
ascertain what the present conditions are, and
then how they are to be changed. The pre-
sent conditions are that we are a bimetallic
country. We are coming both gold and sill
yer as money-about four hundred millions
of silver, and about six hundred millions Of
gold aAd paper money, based on and redeem
able in coin. Every silver dollar and every
paper dollar is maintained on an equality
with gold. You don't stop to look at it you
don't consult a bank director further than to
see whether it is genuine. If it is not count
%ereit, it goes. and it goes for one hundred
cents on the dollar, paper money, goN money
and silver money.
Cannot alter a Standard.
The Democrats say that this is practically
the gold standard, aud so it is and they say
they want a double standard. Now, | ask
you to bear with me while | speak on this
, 1896-11-07

ToM III JUm0IrI GIlu-e.--

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~ y r. I,>celleS z. WE aHH Of A.. ,.
L'otlNs " l',j.th"lsI ~" la.6, aHd Lon
1"'.' '.I'Nel 'i '"o'''' 'Ie $ AIIep-
10y 'aS. Ne'" .'hI New l.IN. A reporter
,"S 0''''''' '',oI viewed '.'" 'i 'Le sub
I''' - Dt 'i"'e 'e'"t'" daall,c% and
-N'',,lgl
We, I '.IiN | ca|' 'c.J You Iacthln8
'"""' '"o Grunge '.a1' 2 J1htaiea aud ITS
l'o>II['s 10y 'H' present ">'" -. led Nr
'"'NEetI'> I'D answer To- Il qIe~tl'l. On the
woe 0'o PROSPECTS 81 jA eia1E" ttaIe are
'"', "t 'i'. misfortune + ilO JlaaIct pee
bT -.tl.i '.eiI tIaii lo' soon e toIr ID is
J I'' "eI'it u ~ I'H IHe| don take suiti-
'''I' pans 'h siz'li& =. amt iLelesuIt IS that
Mi'e ''e5 may MAKE mule money while
'Il "i',A'l Is empty i..> NlI make nothing
VIZ, 'ie "'"'Ne' Il i.I.
1le IlI'' market '> fj"lrrt 3s Won know
1' |I2i'h1 HuGtuaiIoh>: lAc IW 81 supply and
1''l'l1 Is meyer more appucut than lu tic
I!"Ii 'lade.
N"", Just look az the position of oranges
'-d"l, amt consider how TIE American mar
NrtNlII hr affected understand tacro are six
lI'uNlhd h'Ilcla ~ erangss being slapped to
america ny the Andes, tina Ardandhu will
take a lot and the Bergen Will also take sevo-
raj Thousand barrels Of oranges, Then thoIe
are tine regular shipments cf the Kerr limo
ana jAe boston Fruit Compary-now whe4l
such a quantity II oranges IS shipped the
market must taII. prices VIII 90 down. The
Tact IS There are too many people shipping at
one tune; and. moreover. a considerable
quantity Of the fruit is being shipped before
1t IS is III proper condition.
''Nhat would | suggest That the people
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-17

from Mallory, with very few departures
from the original text.
A new edition of the works of James
Fenimore Cooper, the Mohawk edition.
has been projected by MeSsrS @. z. Put
MANS Sons. 1t will be completed in
thirty-two volumes, and be similar in
appearance to the Hudson edition OF
Irving, published by the same house.
The first volume of the edition. The Spy,
shows that the publishers have attain
ed their aim, of giving to the reading
public the handsomest priced set of
Cooper that has thus far been placed
upon the market" That there is room
among us for a good uniform edition OF
Cooper'S works there can be no posi-
BILE doubt, for he is one of the fathers of
our literature, and, whatever may be
said about the ingratitude of re publics.
this country certainly cannot be charged
with neglecting the memory of its Ii
erary pioneers.
At the quarterly session of the Newark
Teachers institute, Mr.. Hamilton w.
Mabie spoke on Literature as a Source
of Personal Power. He said in part:
Freshness of spirit is one great power
to be drawn from literature. 1t is the
quality of youth, and one great charac-
teriStic of great men and women is their
eternal youthfulness. If had my way.
/ would compel everybody to read Homer
through at least once year. Homer
not morbid word in his books-none of
that modern disease of introspection,
which seems to permeate all modern lit
erature, until you and l have come to
think that broken heart. diseased
mind bottle of ink and ream of paper
are all that is necessary to write mod
ern novel;
The English comic weekly, Judy, is to
be edited by woman, Miss Lillian De-
benham, who is also the owner of the
paper. Miss Debenham will have an ex-
cellent opportunity to prove whether or
no she possesses the humorous quality
which is said to be lacking in women.
1t is reported from Constantinople that
an ancient and beautiful manuscript
copy of the Gospels, dating back to the
sixth century, has recently been found in
Asia Minor.
Mcmillan G. Co. will shortly publish
The Daughter of Stole, by Cornelia
Atwood Pratt
Also The Interpretation of Literature,
by Prof. Crawshaw, and History of
American Literature, by Prof. Catherine
Lee Bates of Wellesley college.
]. b. Lippencott Co. announce great
reduction in the price of Lippincott's
Gazetteer and Lippincotts Pronouncing
Biographical Dictionary. They have in
prepare ton also new edition of Cham
hers Encyclopedias al "a remarkably
low figure" All of these are standard
works.
The reviews generally praise Grace
Ellery Channings The Sister of Saint.
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THE INVENTION OF THE BICYCLE

France is about to erect a statue to
Michaux as the inventor of the bicycle.
Scotland denies the claim for the
Frenchman and declares that to Kirk
patrick Macmillan, a clever Dumfries-
shire blacksmith belongs the honor of
making the first bicycle. the prototype
of the fleet safeties of today. The name
of Gavin Dalzell is also mixed in the
controversy but it is clearly shown that
Macmillan's bicycle antedates those of
both Michaux and Dalzell by five or six
years. Unfortunately, the inventors
themselves are dead, or it might be pos
sible to secure at once a settlement of
the question and an acknowledgement
which in these days would be considered
of great Importance.
James Johnston, a director of the
Glasgow Cycling club, has been at con-
siderable pains to discover the dates of
the first manufacture of the Macmillan,
Dalzell and Michaux machines, and he
unhesitatingly declares that the honor
of inventing the bicycle belongs to the
former. Macmillan died in 1878, at the
age of s. years. His bicycle dates back
to 1S39-40 according to evidence sup
ported by several standard works on
cycling. The nassell claims to the honor
of making the first bicycle Mr. Johnston
diAposed Of in an interview with q son Of
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COMMENTS
BY BEN S. nay

1 have so much on hand to throw the
X ray upon the brains of these solons Of
Los Angeles that Aunt Sally will excuse
her Ben while he tries to discover the
cause and the strange effect woman suf-
frage has upon these particular brains
and all the rest of the genus homo who
have put themselves on Record" as SUI
preme judges of womans sphere and
what is the matter with myself and
others that it acts differently on some
others of the sex that are able to put
woman on par with man.
The truth is / never saw a man. and
I've studied the genus pretty thorough
ly. possessed of dual intellect, capable
of representing woman and himself at
the same time, or that he can claim any
divine prerogative or authority over wo-
man. There seems to be no great DIFF
ference in the species excepting the ac-
cident of sex. AS to wisdom. inteli-
gence, justice and common sense they
are about equally divided. Thousands OF
women all over the land are heads of the
family anyhow, supporting some idle,
shiftless, drunken brute, who does the
voting while she does the supporting
one of these solons asserts that where
women have been given the ballot she
failed to use it properly. Something IL
the matter with the veracity of the gov
ernor of Wyoming. for instance, or is 1t
his oWn?And another, well he acknowl-
edge that men are on a rather low
plane, that cuts pretty deep. AS have
always had such a high regard OF my
own ability, character and all the other
etceteras, | feel / had better steer
clear of politics myself or l might be
dragged down to the level of these men.
Here's one with the whole decalogue
down pat: received his communication
direct from the Lord 1.-The government
and the church rests in the hands of
the head of the family, and the head of
the family by Gods own institution Ia
man" Some mighty poor heads he
picked out at times and uncean hands
to rest the government in. I tell you meg
are complex lot. One has all the divt
ity; another has level considerably be.
low the average. Some think woman too
pure to stir the political pot: another
that only the worst element want the
ballot-"the best women stay at home;"
another declares that she will bring her
religion into politics: the next one as
serts that too many of the women are
inndels, agnostics, etc. Some say women
know nothing of politics; the next fellow
VOWS she is better Informed than the
average man on these questions because
she has more leisure; a smart one with
a surplus of intelligence denies woman
has any, and the very next one you meet
aflrms she is intelligent. A wonderfully
bright orotist says women don't stop
to consider" and the first man run
plumb against on the question decides
at is because she will weigh we'll men
and measures" before she votes that he
wants her to have the suffrage How
in the world can fellow decide or ex
tricate himself from such a hetero-
geneous. mixed M. conglomerate mass
of ideas? IT would be a good thing N
have the whole lot turn the rays of com
mon sense upon themselves ana see inst
how idiotic they look.