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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
A NATIONAL DISGRACE.
Ii QuOr Saloons I'm she Capitol Scored
by Congressman Little.

Liquor Saloons I'm she Capitol Scored
by Congressman Little.
= WARRINGTON, March 14-During the de-
bate in the house on the inebriate asylum
bill, Mr.. Little of Arkansas raised objec-
tions to liquor selling in the capitol
building.
"The management of this building,
which should commend itself to the
moral sentiments of the people, has be-
come the object of their attention and
scorn," said Mr.. Little.
-, for one, believe it to be a public
disgrace. sir, that liquors are permitted
to be disposed of and sold in the capitol
building of this great nation.
''In all earnestness, I appeal to the
chairman of the committee to permit
this amendment, which / offer in good
faith. to be voted upon. I do think that
every member of this house ought to be
interested in driving from this capitol the
sale of liquor. 1t is not a question of
prohibition, but of decency. and l do
think it is a public disgrace to have open
saloons in the capitol building. They
are nothing short of that. You may rule
out this amedment, but l warn you
shall introduce an independent bill for
this purpose, and press it for decision.
Let US have our capitol building SO man
aged that We can welcome the visits of
patriot or saint, of our wives and child
rem, without the blush of shame"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
SCHEME TO EvADE LAW.
James Wakely Considering Proposition
to Have Fights on the Ocean.

James Wakely Considering a Proposition
to Have Fights on the Ocean.
NEW YORK, March 14.-James Wakely
of this city has received the following
letter, which he is investigating, and
if the project is approved by his at
torneys he will make an offer for the
Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight better than
that recently made by the National
Sporting Club:
Dear Sir: 1 have for sale floating
theater, built on a very strong vessel,
capable of seating 1 800 people. fit to
go to sea or any point along the At
lantic coast; would be just the thing
to use for boxing matches. She can
be lowed to sea outside the three
mile limit, which would take her out
side the jurisdiction of any country
and not amenable to any law. The
theater is fitted out complete with
stage, gallery, private boxes, seats,
cafe, living rooms and bath rooms
She is built extra strong, so as to
stand rough weather. She cost S40,-
900 and can be bought now for $lo, O0O
Would like to hear from you. Very
truly yours, T. H FRANKLIN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Three of a Kind In Looks.

Three mem bers of the house are SO much
alike in personal appearance and dress
that they are often mistaken for each 9TH
er and could easily pass for three brothers.
Their names are Monroe H. Kulp of Sha-
mokin, Pa. George Is. Mcclellan of New
York city and John Simpkins of Var
month, Mass, who enjoys the distinction
of being one of the wealthiest congressman
at Washington. Messrs. Kulp and Simp-
kins are Republicans, while Mcclellan is
a Democrat All three are heavy built,
stocky young follows without vestige of
hair on their faces. In addition to look
ing SO much alike in stature and facial ap-
pearance the triplets, - as their colleagues
call them, dress alike, and it is often diff
cult to distinguish one from the other
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Still ANOTHER CITY FLAG
Grand Rapids, Mich, Adopts One
niue and White Hinged with Gold.

blue and white Hinged with Gold.
GRAND RAPIDS Mich, March 14-The
common council has accepted city flag,
or emblem, and it will hereafter float
from the city hall flagstaff on state &C.
casions.
A local paper advertised for designs,
and committee of twelve prominent
citizens selected one proposed by Will
liam M. Clark from the 600 offered. The
flag is white. with strip of blue through
the center bearing the words Furniture
City" in letters of gold, and the corners
next the staff, red, with the representa-
ton of furniture factory in each. The
flag has fringe of gold.
Topeka will yet adopt a city flag,
since it is getting to be the fashion. The
proposition has been before the people
here once and was favorably looked on.
The favorits suggestion was field of
light blue silk with a big gilt sunflower
in the middle. and a picture of the state
house in the heart of the sunhower. A
suitable motto might surround the sun
flower
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
n;G ~
Lip Gone!

There is not more familiar figure
on the streets of Atlanta than the man
whose picture is here shown. Every
body knows him by sight and it will be
remembered that years ago he began
to wear on his upper lip, just under
his nose, a small piece of court p1as-
ter, not larger than silver half dime;
this plaster he has worn constantly,
though it gradually increased in size,
as everybody knows, until it was as
large as silver dollar. This man is
NJ. M. Nicholson, who resides at the
corner of Anderson and Curran SITS.
1t was thirty years ago, that he first
noticed tiny scale, like a piece of
wheat bran, on his lip. He at first
thought it only a fever blister, but it
was not long before his cheeks became
diseased and painful to the touch, and
he soon realized that he had fallen a
victim to that most dreadful disease
Cancer. 1t rapidly increased in size
and severity, and remembering that
his father had cancer when he died,
and that his uncle also lost his life by
this terrible disease, which destroyed
his tongue, throat and left eye, Mr..
Nicholson became thoroughly alarmed,
and realized that his condition was
more than serious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
MR.. AsToR IN ENGLISH EYES.
The Speaker Makes Few Remarks on The
Pail Mall Gazette's Owner

The Speaker Makes n Few Remarks on The
Pail Mall Gaxette's Owner
William Waldorf Astor has recently re-
ceived the gentle attentions of the London
Speaker in reference to his newspaper. In
condensed form its conclusions, printed
under the headline, "A Millionaire's Toy, :"
are:
ssIt is impossible to resist an impulse of
sympathy toward the deluded Mr.. Aston
He was entitled to the fun of seeing
his own opinions in print and the swelling
pride of feeling that he swayed the cur
rents of public opinion n both hemi-
spheres.
"We cannot walk in the newspaper re-
gion without looking for his great name,
gilded on the boards at the foot of the edi-
toriaI stairs, and wondering why this OF
that spot consecrated to journalism is not
marked by his colossal bust.
"Mr. Aston writes tales of medieval
ghosts and villains warranted to make the
stoutest circulation shrink.
''The Pail Mall Gazette is sTnitten by a
sobriety which is not the sobriety of high
thinking.
st had sobriety under Mr.. Morley,
brilliancy without shallowness under Mr..
Greenwood, a Curtius- jump-into-the-g gulf
unexpectedness under Mr.. Stead, merry
insolence under Mr.. Gust, but what on
earth distinguishes it under that tran
sient and embarrassed phantom SIP
Douglas Straight
is it possible that the millionaire can
feel any lasting pleasure in having created
a desert which offers up a sandy Difference
to his Judgment every dayf"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
TWELVE WAR SHIPS.
Uncle Sam ApprOpriates Money to Have
Them Put In Fighting shape.

Uncle Sam ApprOpriates Money to Have
Them Put In Fighting Shape.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-Provision
for putting several craft of the navy
into condition for service as soon as
possible was made by the House com
mittee on naval affairs. Commodore
Hichborn, chief of the bureau of con-
struction and repairs of the navy de-
partment made a request for a special
appropriation of $3.50, 900 to be availa-
BILE for immediate use, explaining that
several gun boats and other craft could
be put in shape tc go into commission
if needed for comparatively small eX-
penditures, and that the department
considered it desirab bic that the work
should be done without delay.
After some discussion the committee
decided to add the appropriation asked
for to the general bill, which is being
framed, and to make the amount i'm
mediately availa BILE. To partly bal
ance the allowance for Com modore
Hichborn's bureau, the general apprO-
priation therefor was cut down from
S., 400, 900 to 81, 25O, O0O.
There are twelve boats which the
department wishes to put into condi-
ton for service and for which the ap-
preparation was asked. Some OF them
are new craft and others old ones now
out of commission. The boats and
amounts thought necessary to expend
upon them follow:
Miantonomah, S17, 900; Bennington,
sc, 600; Baltimore, $50, 900; Petrol,
$4,000; Mohican, So, 900; Pensacola
and Swatara, SO, 900; Atlanta, $25, 900;
Fortune, S29, 900; Standish. So 900;
Ranger, $50. 900; Vesuvius, 1000.
The remainder of the item is for
miscellaneous repairs.
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Giving up entirely his business, he
went to Cincinnati and remained for
several months under treatment of a
celebrated specialist. He was after
wards treated in E1rnira, New York,
where the cancer was twice removed,
but he declares that death was prefer
able to such treatment. 1t returned,
however, and the disease seemed to be
of a most virulent type; the doctors af-
forded absolutely no relief, the cancer
spreading all the time, eating out en-
. tire1y the. partition in the nose, as well
as the upper lip and gums.
''So1ne months ago." he says, 81 be-
gan to use S. S. s., though 1 admit with
little faith that it could cure me, but to
my surprise, a few bottles afforded
some relief. Thus encouraged, 1 de-
termined to give the medicine a thor
ough trial, and it was not long before
the progress of the disease seemed
checked. I continued the medicine,
and remarkable as it may seem, am
cured and feel like have new life.
can talk more distinctly, for the fesE
has begun to grow back around my
teeth, where it has been literally eaten
away. s. s. S. is the most wonderful
remedy in the world. and as my condi-
ton is pretty generally known, every
body will agree that the cure is indeed
a most remarkable one. S. 5. S. has
given me new hold on life, and 1
shall certainly sing its praises the re-
mainder of my days.
The above is but one of many re-
markab1e cures being daily made by
S. S. S. Cancer is becoming alarm
ing1y prevalent, and rnanifests itself
in such a variety of forms, that any
sore or scab, it matters not how small,
which does not readily heal up and
disappear, may well be regarded with
suspicion. We will gladly send to any
address, full accounts of several other
cures fully as remarkable as this one.
For real blood troubles, S. S. S. has
no equal. It wipes out completely the
most obstinate cases of blood diseases,
which other remedies do not seem to
touch. s. S. S. gets at the root of the
disease, and forces it out permanently.
S. s. s. is guaranteed purely vegeta-
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cure for Scrofu1a, Eczema, Cancer,
Rheumatis and all traces of bad
blood. Our valuable books will be
mailed free to any address. Swift
Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
BROWN CASE CLOSED.
The Accused Minister Makes a Pathetic
Plea for AequittaL

Plea for AcquittaL
SAN FRANCISCO, March l4.-Rev. c.
o. Brown concluded his address in his
own defense before the Congrega-
tional council yesterday. He made a
personal appeal to the council, pictur-
ing the distress of his wife and sons
and of his aged parents in Cleveland.
He said if the council pronounced
against him he would never see his
parents again. He said that if the
verdict was adverse, every black
mailer in the country would raise his
serpent head and hiss in victory.
The address was concluded amid a
burst of applause and loud hurrahs
from the audience. One man arose
and with tears running down his
cheeks cried: sc. o. Brown is the
bravest man in California. 1 move
that he be the next mayor of San
Francisco" Continued cheers fol-
lowed and DR.. Brown was surrounded
with congratulating friends. The
council then went into executive ses-
sion to deliberate upon the evidence
and formulate a verdict.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Congressman Robbins Unseated.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-After two
days debate the House, by a vote of
173 to SO, unseated Caster A Robbins,
from the Fourth Alabama district, and
decided that his Repu biican opponent,
w. F. Aldrich, was elected and emit
tied to the seat. All the Repu blicans,
with the exception of Mr.. White of
Illinois, and the Populists and three
Democrats, Messrs. Cobb, Dockery and
lie Almond of Missouri, voted for the
majority report. The ffty-nine votes
against the Represen tative were cast
by Democrats, with one exception.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Archbishop Kenrtck.s VIII.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, March lathe will
of the late Archbishop Kenrick was
filed in the Probate court yesterday.
1t was written by himself in 1888. To
Rev. Philip P. Brady, now deceased. he
bequeathed all his personal and real
property. There are several codicils
The first, drawn up in 1880, provides
for the payment of annuities to a num-
Der of relatives. The second codicil,
written in another hand than the
archbishop's, conveyed to Arch bishop
Kahn the immense church property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
M'KINLEY MUSIC.
A Popular Melody Which Will Be His
Campaign Song.

A Popular Melody Which win Be His
Campaign Song.
Vocal music by glee clubs and male
quartets has long been a feature of politi-
cal campaigning in the south and west,
and the custom is growing in popularity
in the east. The first formally adopted
melody for the presidential campaign Of
1896 is Down ON the Ohio, - a negro mel
ody written by Miss Edith Kingsley of
st. Louis.
The song was heard recently by Govern
or Mckinley while in Cincinnati, and he
was much taken by the title and the easy
melody. The song was at once accepted by
the governors campaign manager, and is
sung at all Mckinley meetings. The cho-
rus, which will naturally be given politi-
cal wording later on, is at present as fol-
lows:
By-by, don't you cry.
+. Oh, hush-a-by, my babyt
Your mamma'n soon be nigh,
And den wen take you sailin
While de moon am high
Where njggers love to go
Down on the Ohio.
Papa'n take his little baby boy. +
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
4THE GRAND DUKE.r
GILBERT and Gullivan's Latest Opera Pro
duced In London

Gilbert and SutA1V0nB LATEST ORer9 EEo-
duced In London.
II fs unfortunate that the Turkish quar-
rel and the Venezuelan difficulty are lit
tie too late to receive some Of Mr.. Gii-
bert's satirical shafts, but everything else
down to date is played upon IN his latest
production, 1.-THE Grand Duke just now
first performed in London, including the
peacock feather, royal decorations and
awealthy members of the brewing interest
TO the ueeraQe elevated At the very out
set the GiIbertian advice to brides is given,
in chorus which may prove popular,
thus:
If he acts unkind1y,
Shut your eyes and love him blindiy.
Should he call you names uncomely,
Shut your mouth and love him dunbly-
Should he rate you rightly, leftly,
Shut your ears and love him deany.
Other characteristic lines are the throne
song of the Prince of Monte Carlo:
Take my advice, when deep in debit
- Set up a bank and play roulette.
At once distrust you surely lul
And rock the pigeon and the gull.
The bird will stake his every franc
In wild attempt to break the bank,
But you may stake your life and limb
The bank will end by breaking him
Then there is a Greek scene where every
drawing room is an attic, a consplrators
association, in which
Ere you open conversation with another soul
You must eat sausage roll.
There are hundred more quips and
fancies. Every bar of music bears the
stamp of it's composer, but it is lighter
than any of his previous operas The
two musical gems of the piece are qu1n-
tet in the first act and a mock mad scene.
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Senators BY Popular Vote.

WASHINGTON, March 1i.-At full
meeting of the com mittee on privi-
Ieges and elections, Senator Mitchell,
chairman of the committee, was au-
thOrized to report his joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States prov1d
ing for the election of United States
Senators by direct vote of the people.
The vote in committee was five 20 four
in favor of the amendment, three Re-
publicans and two Democrats voting
in the affirmative, and two Repu bic
ans and two Democrats against.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Mr.. Heatvo,e,s Handicap.

Representative Heatwole probably has
the honor of being mistaken for more dis
tinguished men than any other member of
the house. He has been told thousand
times that he looks like the late Repre-
sentative Shaw of Wisconsin; almost every
day some one addresses him by mistake for
Internal Revenue Collector Joe Miller and
Saturday as he stepped out of the state,
navy and war department one of the sena-
tors seized him by the hand in the most
cordial manner and said:
How do you do, Mr.. UhIf"
'SThis thing Of being mistaken for so
many great men, said Heatwole, "keeps
a man busy trying to maintain some little
individuality and standing of his own. -
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
In ColIusion with outlaws.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-There was
something of a sensation in the house
committee on judiciary when letters
were read from express companies de-
nouncing the court officials of the
Indian territory, and accusing them
of being in collision with the outlaws
of that section who have been robbing
the companies by holding up trains.
For this reason the companies ask
that the bill to extend the jurisdiction
of the Texas and Arkansas courts over
that country should become law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
A Fort Scott Couple Elopes.

Fort SCoTT, Kan, March 14.-WiIl
Dawson and Miss Lizzie Parks, two
well known young people of this city,
eloped yesterday, going to Kansas
City to get married. They were unable
TO secure carriage to drive them to a
railroad junction north of town and
enlisted the services of a draw wagon
for that purpose. Dawson and another
young man admirer of the young
lady had had an alteration over hel,
and while visiting away from home,
he met her and induced her to go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14

LONDON, March 1.-THE officials of
the National sporting club say they
have not yet offered a purse for
match between Robert Fitzsimmons
and James J. Corbett, and that no
articles have been sent by this club to
the United States for their signature
They add that they are quite prepared
to arrange a meeting on certain con-
ditions, one of which is that Corbett
must make an apology to the club for
his statements rejecting on it's mem
bers, made after his return to the
United States from England.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
FORT ON PUGET SOUND.
The Government Will Establish a
Military Post Near Vancouver.

Military Post Near Vancouver.
New YORK, March 14-The estab-
Iishment of large military post at some
point on Puget sound, opposite the Brit
ish naval station ate Vancouver, is now
under consideration by the war depart
ment and will be undertaken within the
next few months. GeneRal Merritt has
come to Washington at the direction of
Secretary Lamont to consult with the au-
thorities regarding the most advanIa-
geous locality for the post.
Congress has authorized the establish
ment OF the post, bull so far has made no
appropriation for the erection of the
buildings. An examination of the va
rious points suitable for a station has
been conducted by the board, of which
General Merritt is president, and its re-
pott was submitted to Secretary La
mont this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14

MOUND CITY, ILL.,, March I4-Dill
Taylor. Robert Taylor and wife, and
another son and daughter of Dill Tay-
Tor, living near Craig, ten miles from
here, were poisoned from drinking
coffee last night. Dill Taylor died
and the others are expected to die at
q N NJ firna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Explosion of an Oil Can.

WICHITA, Kan, March Ia Miss
Katie Wrinkle, a young woman of
Peck, twelve miles south of this city,
was burned to death yesterday by the
explosion of an oil can. Mrs. Meyers,
who tried to save her, was also burned
so badly that there is little hopes of
her recovery. A hired hand was badly
but not seriously burned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Reed Men Claim Guthrie.

GUTHRIE, Okla, March z4.-The Re-
publican caucuses and primaries were
uproarious affairs. Both the Barnes
and Reed factions did their best to
capture the organization and carry
things their own way. The Reed men
claim to have large majority of the
city delegates, but the county, outside
of the city, will undoubtedly be large
ly for Mckinley, and the county con-
vention will be holly contested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Iowa,s Anti-CIearette Law.

Dies MONIES, Iowa, March 14.-The
anti-cigarette bill, previously passed
by the house, passed the senate yes
terday, and unless vetoed, will go into
effect July 4. The bill prohibits bot h
the manu- facture aud sale of cigar
cites and cigarette paper, except by
3cbbers, for use outside the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Held Up a KATY Train.

GREENvILLE, Tex, March 14.-The
nor Inbound Katy was boarded by
masked and armed man who entered
the sleeper and went through the pas
sengers- The amount secured was
small. AS the train neared the city
he jumped off. He had a confederate.
Officers are on the trail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Another Spanish Flag Rurned.

SMYRNA, Del. March IA About
forty boys burned a Spanish flag late
last night in the center of this town.
A large crowd of citizens watched the
cremation. but there was no attempt
made to stop it, although no marked
demonstration was made. The bows
had previously paraded the tow with
the foreign emblem, accompanied by
two American flags.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
Two Insurgent Leaders Dead.

HAVANA. March 4-Confirmation
has been received of the reported
death of. the weI1-known insurgent
leader, Barillo Guerra. He was shot
in the forehead with a rifle bullet and
died Instantly. Zayas, another leader
of the insurgents, is suffering from
serious rifle shot wound in his face.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Hawley. from the committee on mill
tary affairs, made a report authorizing
the secretary of war to issue Spring
field rifles to the national guards of
the various states and territories in
exchange for the rifles now held by
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
No Priests in the 1nsurgent Camn.

HAVANA, March IA Advices re-
ceived here from the province of Santa
Clara say that the insurgents forbid
the country families from going into
the town in accordance with the or
ders of General Weyler. Gomez is
also reported to have declared it to
be unnecessary to baptize children or
to perform the ceremony of marriage,
and it is stated that there are no
priests in the camps of the insurgents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-14
a Tilted Lovers Crime.

BENTON HARBoR, Mich, March IA
Infatuated by the refusal of Miss Ger
trude Bailey to longer accept his at
tcntions, Archie Belangoa, young
Frenchman, went to her home, and
after shooting her dead and attempt
ing to kill her sister and mother, he
went to the woods and committed sui