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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-28

and rent it to him cheaper than his
hoVel now costs him
This plan has been tried in Liver
pool and with great success. There
some years ago the municipality took
a lower part of the city that was inhab-
tied by beggars in cellars and novels
and tearing out the unhealthy districts
built it up again with an immense
apartment building, really palace and
house the same people there at less ex-
pense than they had been used to in
their former miserable quarters.
And the city is making money out of
it. 1T is estimated that this immense
building which cost the city half a mill
lion dollars viii be all paid for in 25
years and viii thereafter be practical
ly rent free Mo man there need be 50
poor that he must be without a home
and he cannot make poverty an excuse
for leaving his family.
Topeka and other American cities
could do this thing with as much sue
cess but the trouble is that we are not
get up to it.
In a word" concluded Mr. Wardau.
ali that aiIs the people Of today and
stands between them and happiness in
marriage and all other things is ignor-
anceH
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SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES

Salvation Army. Captain and Mrs
Hawk IN charge Hall, corner East
Fourth and Monroe streets Sunday
services, and 1890 a. M, 3 and p.
m. Junior company meeting at 1.45.
Christadeplhian meeting at 7O3 East
Eight street at IL o'clock. Subject,
-I1esurrection-Wh Will be raised and
receive everlasting life, who viii be
raised and condemned to a second
death. and who viii remain in the
grave and never be raised Proverbs,
21 Is.
DR. Grabendike will lecture and give
demonstrations Of psychic and clair
voyant powers Sunday, 8 p. m To-
peka Post hail. 420 Kansas avenue.
Subjects taken from the audience.
Rev T. j. Bloomfield of the old
Christian connection mot Disciple) will
preach at the Friends church on To-
pelZa avenue Sunday, at IL a. m and
7:30 o. M
Soul Culture society Meeting at 4O6
West Sixth street at 7:3O p. m. Ad-
dress by H. II. Brown upon Not Sym
pathy, but Courage"
Second United Presbyterian church.
corner Huntoon and Polk streets
Young peoples prayer meeting. 8: 30 p.
m. Dr.. Littlejohn viii preach q Thanks
giving sermon at IL a. M and deliver a
lecture at 80 p- m on the "Chronol-
Ogy Of the S0jOurn in Egypt"
The First Society of Spiritualists will
conduct q conference and test meeting
at 2.3O o. nl. next Sunday i'm Lincoln
Post hall Prof. A. wv. Connect Will
lecture at 1880 ia the same place.
North Topeka Baptist church, corner
Laurent ana Harrison streets Rev. W.
b. Hutchinson. pastor. Services ait III
a. m and 7.30 p. IA. Morning subject,
publishing the Gospel"; evening sub
jeet. Reason and Religion"
First Unitarian society Unity
church, Preaching at II a. m. by the
minister. Rev Abram Wyman. Sub
ject of sermon, Unapprecia ted"
Services at the First African Baptist
church Sunday, Rev. G. D. Olden, pas
tor, preaching at / a. m and p m
by Rev. D. Jones
First Church of Christ. Scientist. 210
West Sixth street. Services at IL a. m
Subject. search After Wisdom"
Sunday VIII be a grand rally day at
and Van Buren, streets. Preaching
Rev J. NJ Brown. Rev. w l. Grant
of the Shiloh Baptist church will preach
at p. m.
viii be held at the Wesleyan Methodist
church, corner Third and Jefferson
streets. Sunday at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon.
United Presbyterian. corner of Eighth
and Topeka avenues. Rev NJ. F. Ne
Kira han. pastor. Preaching tomorrow
at IL o'clock on THE Handwriting ON
the WALL" Preaching also at 1880 D.
nj Sabbath school at 10 q. m.
First Presbyterian church. Rev. w.
j. Sproun of Markle, Pa. viii preach.
Morning subject. Christian Unity
Evening services at 7.3O.
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ONE MORE WANDERER.
a Helpless Woman and Child With a
Curious Story.

Curious Story.
woman with a 2-year-old child was
put off the eastbound passenger here
Wednesday morning because she had
no money to pay her fare, and her
uckeE expired at this point. She went
to the Russell House where she told
a pitiful tale. She said she had been
without food for forty-eight hours, and
was served with a meal by Lanlord
Patterson. The length of time she re-
NAMED at the table substantiated her
story She claimed that her husband
deserted her in Oklahoma. They were
burned out there, she said. and when
the house took fire she Jumped from
second story window with her child
injuring the child's spine permanently
and Gripping herself temporarily After
the fire her husband sold the land
pocketed the proceeds and deserted
her. She then went to New Mexico to
see 1T the curative powers of certain
springs would not restore her health
and that of her child. After awhile
she became penniless and started out
to reach Topeka, where she says her
fathers relatives live, and has been de-
pending on the charity of the towns en-
route. She gave the name of Mrs.
Rinehart and looks as if Mexican
blood coursed through her veins quite
freely. Her age is apparently between
p and 80 years. On Friday morning
Trustee Lester paid her fare as far as
EllsWOrth--RusseI Journal.
A woman thoroughly answering this
description reached Topeka yesterday
and was sent to Kansas City by Poor
Commissioner Hale and Police Matron
Thorpe Here the woman said her
child had been hurt by a fail. that her
name was Ivyl Benton, that her rela-
tives lived in Missouri, that her hus-
band left there TO so to the Cherokee
Strip two years ago, and that as she
had not heard from him she believed
him dead, and that she had gone to
California to find her parents and that
they had disowned her. She was on
her way back to Missouri, she said.
from California to her eastern rela-
tives. and had only 81 when she reach
ed Topeka Mrs. Thorpe thought she
was half breed Indian.
1t is possible somebody has been
worked.
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SOME PAVING no BE DONE.
Prospects of Certain Residence Sec
tons Being Improved Next Spring.

Prospects of Certain Residence Sec
tions Being Improved Next Spring.
City Engineer Barnes says that there
viii probably be some paving done next
season, but he is not vet able to say
how much. IA large faction i'm a block
may want street paved in front of
their property, but when il comes to the
final test and a petition is circulated it
is often found that there are not the
the petition.
There has been some talk of extending
the pavement on West Tenth street for
1t least another block Tenth street is
one OF the most used thOrOughfares in
the city and it is also one of the worst
and the people living in the western
portion of the city are anxious that The
pavement should be extended Tt is
not probable, however. that it VIII soon
be extended farther west than Polk
street because Bethany college would
pay almost half the tax for the two
blocks west OF Polk street and the coll
lege would not now consent to do this.
Another part of the city where there
Is some talk of paving is on Tyler street
north of Sixth street TO connect with the
Sixth street pavement
There have been no active steps taken
on either of the streets mentioned but
ST anything is done it viii be before
spring so there VIII be nothing in the
way Of pushing the pavement when
spring comes
The cost of pavements in Topeka has
been more than cut in two since the as
Dhait pavement which cost $3.50 per
square yard, was put down. The cost
pL paving the streets is consequently
much less of a burden than formerly.
Many of the residence streets could be
paved If the roadway were made more
narrow Thirty feet on many streets
Us enough
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An Attempt to Comb All Elements
on Reform Lines.

North Tonawanda, N. Y, Nov. Is
Edward Evans. ex-chairman of the Ma
tional Reform party. has issued a call
for q national conference Of reformers
The call includes the Prohibition par
ty, the Peoples party and the National
Reform party. No city has yet been de-
cided upon in which to hold the con-
vention, but it viii probably be Chi
cagD.
The object of the conference will be
the union of all the small parties, and
an attempt viii be made to induce these
parties TO fuse with the Democratic
party for future work BY doing this
Mr. Evans declares bimetallism with
out International consent will be more
easily brought about in the election Of
1900
The National Reform party was or
gained in the last campaign. 1t was
an offshOot of the prohibition party
and was organized at Pittsburg by del
egates who bolted the regular Prohibi-
ton party's nominations. The National
Reform party was composed of those
PrDhibitionIsts VINO favored the free
coinage of silver Their candidate for
president was Judge Bentley. of Lin
coin. Neb., a near neighbor of Mr.
Bryan
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Pyramid Pile Cure Cures Piles Quick
ly, PainlessIy, Without Danger.

People go along for years suffering
with piles. They try this and that ana
the other thing; from carrying puck K
eye to getting treatment from physl-
clan. They obtain temporary relleI'
maybe, but they are never quite cured
little strain in lifting, excessive "a
tigue a little constipation or q lItle
dfarrhoea and the piles come back.
They don't seem to amount TO rnucn.
but they Danish sleep and appetite No
position is comfortable There is in
tense local pain and that dreadful feel
ing of weight in the perineum.
Maybe in the early stages some Of
the many salves on sale win afford tenn
porary relief. If the case is of long
standing there is only one speedy and
sure remedy. 1t is Pyramid Pile Cure.
Even in light cases it is the safest
thing to use Other applications may
cure and may not Pyramid Cure Is
always certain, always reliable, always
brings comfort at once It's prompt
use saves months of severe suffering.
In extreme cases it will save surgical
operations and their attendant dangers
and discomforts. 1t is better than a
knife VIII cure easier, quicker ana
safer. Thousands have used It Ihous-
ands have been cured by It, me
cost is trifiing compared with what 1t
does The price is 50 cents Most
anybody would gladly pay ten dollars
to be rid of piles
Druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure If
yours hasn't It he VIII get it for you
from the Pyramid Drug Co of Albion,
Mich, (sole manufacturers.l
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81 HOURS TO CALIFORNIA.

Santa Fe Route California Limited
Leaves Chicago 500 p. m. Wednes-
days and Saturdays, Kansas City $50
a. m. Topeka 11:33 a. m. and Denver
$50 D. m. Thursdays and Sundays,
reaching Los Angeles 81 hours and san
Diego in IS hours from Topeka. Con-
Meeting train for San Francisco, with
through sleeping car reservations, via
Mojave Returns leaving California
Mondays and Thursdays, and passing
through Topeka eastbound a $3.50 p. IN.
Thursdays and Sundays
Equipment of superb vestibuled Pull
man palace sleepers. buffet smoking car
and dining car. Most luxurious service
via any line
Another express train. carrying pail
ace and tourist sleepers, leaves Chica g..
Topeka and Kansas City daily for Call
ifornia.
For additional Information call on W
C. Garvey, agent, at passenger depot
foot Of Fifth street. Topeka, CTelephone
6S2) or on Cromwell & letters in post
office, North Topeka. Telephone 364)
w. ]. BLACK. A. G. P. A.
Topeka.
C. T. NICHOLSON. G. P. A..
A. T. & S. F. R'y
CHICAGO.
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SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

James Wick is in Usage City tOqay on
Jack Frost did some clever window
trescOing last night
The Jolly Jumpers danced at Hud-
sons hall last night
Mrs Major Vim. Sims has gone to Illi-
nOis to visit her sister.
Atchison girls chew gum, but Lawrence
girls walk on all tours
The people of Rossville are rehearsing
for an old folks concert
This is the sort of weather, the base
burner falters in its task
The civil docket in the federal court
Will be cleared up next week.
There are eight candidates for the po-
sition of postmaster of Topeka
The Silver Lake township Sunday
School association meets tomorrow.
The Saturday Night club viii hold its
first meeting Of the season tonight.
There was enough frost on the windows
this morning to amuse the children.
County Superintendent Stout is spend
ing his time visiting country schools.
The certificates of election are being
filled out in the county clerks office
A literary society has been organized at
ElmOnt but no debating viii be allowed.
Mr. w NJ. Shaver has been appointed di-
rector of the Washburn college glee club
Tt is getting to be quite dangerous to
write anything at all on postal cards
Smoky Row is small in area. but its
wickedness is out of all proportion to its
size.
Congressman Broderick owns a large
farm near the northern line OF Shawnee
Jessie Deever has sold to John W
Carey for $500 lots z, and g. block 2,
Thirty poor people were fed at the First
African Baptist church Thanksgiving
The Rossvine Times has been discon-
tinued, leaving that village without
newspaper.
The annual Shawnee county farmers
lIlst1 luts W III Ds Heiu a. AAAssloH SeH1e1
A5Al AlOll'44-
Dld you see the meteor last nlghtF II
~ iH11ei.,,1 6,,ii,7fr,l55 i-ee
Jun 'ia- outiUiii5-
H. r. Hilton OF TINS city VIII make
~ T. u n le.l-as I, ~ IA
4iCl-- - - - 80, 49,.
MIS- r. r. " 9rlSy VII ~ lea sl.I Ine gospei
row afternoon az 40
Some Of the newspaper cuts OF Chalr-
man Breidenthal make nm look ike an
overgrown school boy.
The residence of Il. G. Foster, princi-
pal Of the Harrison school has been fum-
igated for scarlet fever
gradually Improving from the effects OF
his stroke OF paralysis
The candidacy Of P- y. Gish for cap
fun among local Populsts.
Farmers in the vicinity of Topeka say
that many cattle that have been turned
into stalk fields are dying.
There are eight members of the senior
class at Bethany this year. This is the
largest the class has ever been.
Of +ra +l,i,-+,- 4-o,,,er 1a7,z boardars At
the w F college 8ga cottages but 1T three
remained there for Thanksgivina.
NJ TD~--i7 r--7e,. Of T7osexri4ls 1,,,s7~s7
q. ~ - > - ~ 49, = - IS19,,-e 49,
davis work for a man is so bushels
NJ r-,,,,,,,e,-.fs1 .1,,l, has received -
lsTes oI1antirI- IF literature from the
~ - rs f $500 IL -, sI ~
~ - 5 - - ~ 49,,
~, - Oi5eii1s "a ,r,-lli - , -
s fo ~ [,aetiq- 1siff farmers -
alLslil7V AOi d iile91iii7 80 . ?
me anRgaI eons shoo OF SoiqlgF
E1T--
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comes with rush Consumption has been
frequently pronounced incurable It Is not.
El1y stage. But if the sufferer ueglects to
take the proper remedy IN the proper way,
death is swift and certain
Consumption ike almost all manner of
disease has its inception IN tho of all
embracing disorders They are 1mper-
feet digestion - irregular bowels and
90 impure blood" They are trip1ets. One
IS dependent for existence upon the other
Cure one, cure all Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery Is the best of all known
remedies for this disorder. It corrects dis
ordered digestion, invigoTates the liver,
regulates the bowels. makes the blood pure,
and the nerves strong 1t is the great blood
maker and flesh builder. il makes the
muscles 6rm and springy. Tt soothes and
luvlRorates the nerves. 1T tones up body
and brain. Tt cures ninety-eight per cent.
Gf all cases Of consumption
Mrs. Rebecca F. Gardner. Of Grafton. York
ed one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE pounds. I was
taken sick and reduced in health and broke ont
He treated nay disease but failed to do me any
good, and fell away to 60 pounds. began us
thank God and you began % improve. When
began taking the Discovery my weight was GO
only taken Two Doettes cannon say 100 ulucn
about the medicine NV husband is one of the
happiest men in the world He says I look
younger than did the nrst time he ever saw n e.
and that was fifteen years ago Well Doctor, I
a well woman, and do all OF my houseWorE.
tend to fowls and COW and do some work IA
afe garden. II is q miracle that cured
Health and happiness formed partner
ship in the garden of Eden It has never
been dissolved. You cannot have one with
out the other. Constipation IS the usual
cause Of ill-heaith. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets are tiny, sugar coated gTanules.
They cure constipation One Is a gentle
laxative, and two a mild cathartic- They
never -gripe- Druggists sell them
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HOMEsEEKERS' EXCURSION

Via Santa Fe Route-Ths Home Road
On November 3. November IL. Deem
Der and December 15s the Santa F'e
route. the home road, viii sell round
trip tickets at one fare plus $500 to
points in Arkansas Arizona. Indian
Territory, Louisiana, New Mexico Ok
lahOma and Texas good fifteen days
going, TO return any Tuesday or Friday
within final limit of twenty-one days
For additional Information call at
passenger depot foot of Fifth street
telephone So. or on Cromwell and JEFF
Iers at pOstOnce North Topeka. tele-
phone 364.
" Q GARNEY Aeant-
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The Discovery Saved his Life.

Mr.. 9 Caill0utte, DRUGGIST, Beavers
Vile Ill. says. To DE-. Kings New
Discovery owe my life Was taken
with La Grippe and tried an the phv-
EiCians for miles about, but of no avail.
and was given up and told I could not
live. Having DR. Kings New Discov-
cry in my store 7 sent for "a bottle and
began it's use and from the first dose
began to get better, and after using
three bottles was up and about again.
lit is worth its weight in gold. We won't
keep store or house without it, Get a
free trial at j. K Jones drug store. 9Th
and Kansas avenue. Regular size soc
and SL00
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To St. Paul and Minneapolis Via
BURLINGTON Route.

Two splendid through trains each day
from Missouri River points to the north
via the old established Burlington
Route and Sioux City line. Day train
has handsome observation Vestibuled
sieepers free char cars, and dining
cars (north Of Council Bluffs. Night
train has handsome sleepers to Omaha,
Council Bluffs and Sioux City, and par
Ior cars Sioux City north
Consult Ticket Agent.
/. W. WAKELEY
Gen. Pass. Agent.
St Louis. Nh
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PEFFER'S FAINT HUMOR.
Cuba May Afford Learned Gentlemen !
an Opp ortunity to Air Their Views

an Opportunity to Air Their Views.
New York. Nov 2s-In response to
inquiries as to what win be done in the
case of Cuba at this session of congress
the Journal has replies from many SEN
ators Senator PETER replied as fol.
lows.
have no information, but I presume
the president favors keeping affairs in
would avail itself of any sort of OppOr-
tunity to resent undue Spanish aggres-
sions. I am satisfied Mr.. Cleveland's
idea is that the attitude of this govern
ment should be maintained strictly
within the lines of the established
usages of nations-that one nation
ought to take no part in the local quar-
rels of another nation. As to what ac-
ton congress may take. I don't know.
Resolutions may be called up that are
now pending to enable gentlemen to
air their views.
w. A. PETER,
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MANsFIELD'S FINE SMELL.
The Actor Objects to Swine Depart
mant Of N. z. Live stoek Show.

New York. Nov. 2S.-The interest in
the swine department at the livestock
show in Madison Garden was increased
when it became known that MI Rich
ard Mansfield had registered siren
u0us protest against the "demnition
odor." that he claims ascends to his
august nostrils in his dressing room. in
the Garden theater. from the Twenty
seventh street annex As the annex is
kept excep tionaly clean. and the only
decided odor is that inseparabIe from
the presence of "swin barrels" the
consensus Of opinion was that the illus
tri0us actor was drawing largely or
his Imagination.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ashby are the
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DANGEROUS SURGERY.

Death Followsthe Surgeons knife
Not the Surgeons FauIt,of Course
He Can't Help It-You Can.
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The old way of delivering messages
by pest boys compared with the mod
ern telephone, illustrates the old tedi-
Gus methods of breaking colds COM
pared with their almost instantaneous
cure by One Minute Cough Cure G. W.
Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue.
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AT nrSt 1li-fiealtn
creeps up slowly,
but at last it comes
at a gallop and
the rider is death.
OF all known forms
of ill~health and
disease, consump-
ton IS the most
insidi0us- Its ap-
pr0ach Is slow and
stealthy But at
the last d ath
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Broken edge collars made smooth by
Peerless Steam Laundry.
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Davies Lumber Co. sells Coal. 100
Kan. ave. Phone 800. Prompt delivery.
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Davis Lumber Co. sells coal 100
Kan ave Phone $50. Prompt delivery.
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The old lady was right when she said
the child might die If they waited for
the doctor. She saved the little ones
life with a few doses of one Minute
Cough Cure She had used it for Group
before. G. w. Stansfeld. 632 Kan.Ave.
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Goodwin Coal Co.. sos East Sixth st.
The King. of Pills Beeehams-Beeeham
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Mr. and Mrs Harry Ashbv are the
parents Of a son, born this morning.
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TO UNITE ALL FOR SILVER.

" = 7 = 7 7 III
Senator from Kansas.
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NEWS.
Burglars Get in Their Nefarious Work. Sunday
Evening.-Other Matters.

Richmond, une S.-(SpeciaD.-A. s.
Alexander's paint shop on School street
was entered by burglars. presumably
boys. Sunday evening. and divers articles
of value taken. Among the things miss
ing are six revolvers, one dozen boxes of
cartridges and a cyclometer. Entrance
was effected by breaking a pane of
glass in a windo in the east end of the
building. Mr.. Alexander is Of the opinion
that the theft was committed while he
and his family We're at church. The
value of the stolen property is estimated
at about so. There is no clue to the
parties.
Rev. +. w. Weber preached the bac-
~calaureate sermon to the graduating
class. Richmond High school. at the Uni
versalist church. Sunday morning. The
church was prettily decorated, the chan
Gel being a veritable garden of wild ana
cultivated flowers. The sermon was prac-
teal and contained more han an average
amount of good sense.
Nathaniel Leighton. a young man of
rar. promise. was before justice court.
Monday morning. for being guilty of UNI
due levity on the Sabbath. He admitted
having falling from grace and was fined
IS and costs. He paid.
While returning from Gardiner in COM
pany with Lorenzo and Charles Cookson.
Saturday evening. George Brick, a vet
eran of the late war. was thrown from
riding and sustained serious injuries. He
was attended by Drs. c.. w. and w. N.
Albert Eidder, a well-knOwn citizen.
broke his leg at behring's ice houses on
swan Island. Monday morning.