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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12

second principle IS the same, and the
last is like unto st."
civil Service Reform in the West
was described by John Ella of Chicago
The speaker said civil service reform
was gradually remodelling primitive
political machinery and introducing
business methods in the government
through the middle west. The action
of the Illinois legislature in passing the
civil service bill a year ago last spring
was by no means as spasm0dic as it
seemed to the gentlemen Of the east.
One of the most notable effects of
the civil service law was that the Off
ces in the city hau were no longer
crowded with politicians after places
for themselves or friends, and so all
the officers, from the mayor down, We're
allowed to devote themselves to the
interests of the city whereas formerly
a very considerable portion Of their
time was absorbed in parceiing out the
plumber
II know YOU win permit me to say
without implying any discourtesy
whatever, that the atmosphere OF the
west seems more cOngenial to the
growth of civil service reform than
that of the east
I'm the west the growth of reform
In all its aspects seems to be rapid and
continuous. and yet healthy, and It
is already cropping out in practical
legislation in many of the states In
Chicago we shall get the entire city
service under the rules within nVe
years after the passage Of the law
even if we have to change the political
complexion of an administration some
time on purpose to do it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
Merit Makes It Famous.
The Only Remedy in the World, Ex-
cept a Surgical Operation, That
viii Certainly Cure Any
Form of Piles.
Form Of Piles.

The study of physicians the expert
ments of chemists, the loudly advertised
pretensions of quacks. have been for
years expended in one direction; to find
a pile cure that would cure.
The results have been number of
harmless and in most cases useless
olntments, suppOsitories and even in
ternal remedies, which the public have
weighed in the balance Of experience
and found wanting; nearly all of them
gave some relief but nothing approach
ing q radical cure resulted from these
preparations.
The remedy required is one which
will Immediately stop the pain so Sc
we're in many cases of piles, and then
by contracting the small blood vessels
(capillaries) to their normal size, pro-
duces a radical cure by reducing and
finally absorbing the tumors and heal
ing the indamed, raw mucous surfaces.
Until two years ago. no such remedy
had been produced. but at that time a
suppository was placed upon the mar
ket which has since proven itself to be
the long sought permanent cure for
this common and distressing trouble
it has rapidly become famous through
out the United States and Canada, and
is now sold by nearly ali druggists I'M
der the name of the Pyramid Pile Cure
1t IS now the best known. because it's
merit and safety have advertised it
wherever used. Tt has been advertised
by word of mouth, from one sufferer to
another; people who had tried every
thing else, even submitting to painful
and dangerous surgical operations
without avail have finally found that
piles may be cured without pain and
without expense, practically as the
Pyramid Pile cure is sold for the nomi-
nal price of so cents and 81 per pack
age
The Pyramid instantly stops all pain
and at the same time contain no CO.
caine. morphine or narcotics. the acids
and healing properties contained in the
remedy speedily remove. cause a health
full natural contraction and absorption
of the tumors; it VIII cure any form of
rectal trouble except cancer and ad-
vanced fistula, which. by the way.
nearly always result from negiecting
proper and timely treatment for piles
As above stated, can furnish you with
the Pyramid Pile Cure at so cents for
ordinary size or 81 for large package
A book on cause and cure of piles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
HOBOES TAKE A TOWN.
New Rochelle Raided by TrampsW Who
Act Like Desperados.

New York, Dec. 12.-An New Ro-
chelle, so to speak. stood at its guns
last night. The night previous a gang
of tramps held up the town in true
western style, and as a. result there is
not a man in ths town who didn't ad-
init he was afraid there would be a rep
etition of the raid.
Those tramps were nothing if not
bold They reached town at dusk and
began their work at once, not in quiet
sby streets. but in Main street, the
business quarter.
Gimme an overcoat, an be blame
quick about it, yelled a froWsy tat
tered individual bursting into the
clothing store of Samuel Cohen. at 327
Main street. If you don't I'll smash
the whole place up!"
Cohen yelled: his wife screamed. Up
stairs lives a policeman and the shop
keeper lost no time in leaving his wife
to face the tramp while he summoned
help. The tramp didn't wait for his
coat, but disappeared down the street,
while two other hobOes who had kept
guard out side made off, too.
Smash, crash, bangt 1t was a stone
ripping through the window of the
home of Mrs. Welles in Home Park. A
second later in piled a griny tramp,
who knocked over tables and chairs
yelling for money. The family was
sitting in the next room He didn't
brighten them for a cent, and when
truder he got out quicker than he came
In.
Robbery was holding high carnival
down on Main street all this time. VIM.
Weinstein had a case of rubbers stolen
from under his nose. Two silk waists
were taken from the counter of a dry
goods store. Butchers and grocers were
streaming into the police station and
telling Of sudden Onslaughts by hObOes.
who made off with whatever they could
lay their hands on. Other people We're
complaining that the hobOss had been
holding up passers- by and demanding
money Altogether the town was de-
morahzed.
catch himi He's run off with a
coat" cried a small boy, running into
the clothing store of another Cohen at
but he said he'd kill mel
Sure enough, there was a tramp
making of with one of Cohen's SO
evercOats He couldn't be caught.
Then the other Cohen up the street had
another visit from tramps. They de-
nanded hats all around on pain Of de-
nolishing the place, but they We're
frightened off.
At IL p. m. a strapping big fellow
walked into II eyer S. Nathan's hotel
at 145 FIugenot street. woke Mr.. Ma
than. who was doing in a chair. and
roared. Gimme a drink; I'll hook my
shoes for it"
Nathan was thoroughly terrorized
and handed Out a glass of beer Then
the fellow began to curse everybody
and began to clean out the place. Ma
than got back his courage and with
the aid of his waiter threw out the in
vader, who put up a stiff fight The
next minute a stone came crashing
through the s125 plate glass window
.Helpi" yelled Nathan. and the tramp
was arrested and locked up after half
the force had bound him hand and
foot.
He was James Gordon. % years old.
/ leader of the gang. He said that he
was from Albany and that ne had been
drinking alcohol. Then the police got
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
Ways and Means Committee Be-
gins It's Discussion.
Some Of It's Features Are Prac-
tically Decided On.
NO AID VALOREM DUTY.
The Reciprocity System May
Also Be incorporated.
Bill to Be Prepared at Once For
Extra Session.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE programme
of the ways and means committee to
prepare a tariff bill for the extra session
Of congress, was the only topic of dis
cussiOn about the house today and had
the urgent approval of the Republicans.
1t is expected that the bill will be
brought forward very early in the ex-
ira session and passed under a rule fix
ing time for debate, so that its fate will
be in the hands of the senate early. All
of the Republican members of the ways
and means committee have been re
elected to the next congress. and it is
assumed that Mr.. Reed will be again
chosen speaker and Will not change the
personnel OF the committee. so that
there is no probability any effort would
be made to do the work over again.
Today Chairman Dingley had a con-
ference with Mr.. McMillin of Tennessee
(the senior Democratic member of the
committed and officially stated the Re
publican plans. Mr.. Dingley said that
tne hearings probably would begin with
the holiday recess and continue through
the session.
1t is probable the Democratic ways
and means committee members viii
have a consultation upon the tariff
within day or two, although, of course
any opposition they might see Fl to OF
fer to the tariff programme would be
merely q matter of form. They are not
lands, the Independent silver mem Der
from Nevada, who is a protectionist, be
given Mr.. Crisp's chair at the commit
tee table. Speaker Reed seldom con-
suits with the minority about committee
appointments, and has not done so in
this case.
Certain features of the new tariff bill
have been practically decided upon al
ready by the Republicans. Chairman
Dingley is authority for the statement
that the bill viii be framed to prevent
the use of the bonded warehouses by
importers to escape the payment of du-
ties, as they were used when the Nc
Kinley bill was passed. To effect this
there viii be a clause providing that
goods in storage in bonded warehouses
when the new law goes into effect will
pay the rate of that law and not those
Of the Wilson act, in operation when
they were entered.
Those schedules of the Wilson bill
which have proved satisfactory, it is
said, viii not be disturbed
The Wilson act ad VaIorem feature
will be done away with
The reciprocity system may be eff
fected by the esta blishment of two
schedules Of articles on which conces-
sions are desired from other countries
one schedule for goods when imported
from countries which agree to reciproc-
ity treaties, the other asked for those
which are not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
M'KINLEY's SECRETARY.
Perry 8. Heath Will Probably be Sc
Iected by the Elect.

Washington. Dec. 12.-Information of
a trustworthy nature is to the effect
that Charles G. Dawes of Evanston,
Ill viii decline the private secret ary-
ship to President Mckinley which he
was offered while in Canton few days
ago, and that Major Mckinley will Of
far the place to Perry s. Heath, who
was literary director for the national
committee during the recent campaign
Mr.. Dawes declines on account OF his
business interests and because of the
small salary paid the private secretary
of the president
Perry S Heath. who was formerly
Washington correspondent and later
editor of the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette is now travelling la Mexico.
AS winter comes on. look out for
those sharp. acute pains in the arms.
back or leg. don't let rheumatism get
deadly grip on you. Economy Bone
set Cordial'' is both preventative and
curative. For sale at all drug stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
AIRMOTORs IN GOTHAM.
q New Locomotive to be Tried on the
Sixth Avenue Road.

New York, Dec ia locomotive
without any snokestack win be expert
mentally working on the elevated raile
road within a few weeks, and drawing
a train of five cars between the Bat
terry and Fifty-eighth streets on the
Sixth avenue line.
It win be of exactly the same length
q s the present locomotive. on account
of the requirement of the line regard
ing stopping exactly at innumera Bile
track signals. It will also be of the
same weight. But there VIII be no
steam and no dust and no smoke, for
the motive power will be compressed
air alone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
A DULUTH BANK FAILS.
The National Bank of Commerce Has
Closed its Doors

Washington. Dec 1.-THE comptroI-
Ter of the currency has received notice
Commerce of Duluth, MINI. At the
last report this bank had a capital Of
$1,000 Individual deposits, S67, ia de-
mand certificates of deposit s29. 528;
notes and bills rediscounted. $40 coo.
Notice was received also of the fail
ure OF the First National Bank of Nj
agara Falls. The banks capital was
500, 600; individual deposits, s11S. 267.
demand certificates outstanding, S16,-
639; notes and bills rediscounted, S29, -
SIS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
MR.JAMEs LIKEs THE WEsT
One of the Few Actors That Can Now
Play "Spartaeus-"

After an absence of over half dozen
years Louis James returned to Topeka
this morning. Mr. James Will appear
at the Grand this afternoon and even
ing presenting the new comedy MY
Lord and Some Ladies'" and the his
toriea1 play, "Spartacus, the Gladia-
tor"
A reporter for The Journal met Mr..
James this morning He greets a Wis
itor with a handsha1e that speaks Of
muscles like iron.
DO you know said Mr.. James. that
YOU live in one of the greatest states
in the Union? AS I rode through your
fertile lands, rich with a soil that
spells fertility in every pillow furrOW,
in every rise and fall of its gentle I'M
dulaHOns / have been admiring and
wondering over the strides taken by
your Kansans during the past few
years. Although Z have not played
here for some time I have always re-
membered Topeka for the Intelligent
appreciation which my efforts have
met with here. The public has no idea
how much an actor enjoys intelligent
ways the truest natteTy, it is the rec
OgnltiOn of good work at appropriate
times that an actor loves best, and in
this i have found Topeka. audiences as
keen as any i'm the world 1 can say
that / have found as cultured audi
ences in the west as anywhere and the
wild and WOOlly west is as refined and
capable of discrimination as the east
which openly speaks slightingly Of the
vest
Speaking of his productions Mr.James
said: TT has been my ambition to
play 'Spartacus for many years and
at last / have been able to realize my
ambition. Tt is a role I love for its
splendid possibilities and its assOcia-
tiOns. My managers, AIessrs. w azen-
halls and kemper have given it Su-
periOr production, too expensive for road
purposes. 1t is the largest production
of its kind I ever saw and you know I
have been with Booth, Barrett, Jeffer-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12

Fritz Miller of Mount Vernon. James
Bybee OF Cincinnati and John Kenney
OF Laight street, New York city
Gordon was identified as the man
who broke into Mrs. WeIles' house,
and yesterday Justice Lambdane fined
him $50 and sent him to Jail for six
months. The others got SO days apiece
in the Westechester county Jail at
White Plains
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
Denuer Bank Reopens.

Ter Of the currency has given permis-
sion to the failed American National
bank Of Denver to reopen for business,
it having complied with all the condl-
lions imposed by him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
santenc ed I'd be shot.

salt Lake. Utah, Dec. 12.-At Ran
dolph Utah, today Judge Hart sen
fenced Patrick Coughlan to be shot on
December is for the killing of Oh1cers
Dawes and Stagg last year. The eX-
ecution will take place in Rich county
near where the officers were Killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
Santa Fe Route-The Home Road

Homesee kers excursion tickets on
sale Dec. 18th
only 81 hours Topeka to California
via this route.
For additional Information call at
passenger depot foot of Fifth street,
telephone So or on Cromwell & LETTERS
at postoffice North Topeka telephone
96i. w. c. CARNEY, Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12

old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys Will
fnd tile true remedy i'm Electric Bit
ters. This medicine does not stimulate
aud contains no whisky nor other in
to7licant. bat acts as a tonic or alter
alive 1t acts mildly on the stomach
and bowels. adding strength and giving
tone TO che organs- thereby aiding ma
ture in the performance of the func-
tfons Electric T3itteTs is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion. Old peo-
pie md it just exactly what they need.
price so cents and 81 per bottle at J.
X Jones' drug store. Fifth street and
Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12

The old way of delivering messages
by post-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. c. W..
Stansdeld 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
Queen LIS Plans

san Francisco. Dec 1e-Ex-Oueen
Liliuokalani said today that her stay in
san Francisco would be brief She is
already preparing for her early de
parture for Washington, where she
hopes to meet her niece, Princess Kau-
lani. The ex-queen has arranged to
attend the horse show tonight.
Try US on collars. We can make then
look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry
1I2 and ia W. sth st. Phone 1872
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12

The Monday night attraction at the
Grand Opera House viii be Robert Il.
Graham in the comedy drama An
American Girl" Graham has appear
ed in Topeka several times and viii be
remembered as the star in The Little
tycoon
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-18
Pree Pills,

Send your address to H. +. Bucklen
q Co., Chicago, and get a free sample
box Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince Of their merits
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of
constipation and sick headache. For
malaria and liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are guar
anteed to be perfectly free from every
deleterious substance and to be purely
vegetable. They do not weaken by
their action. but by giving tone to
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular slzs % cents per
box at Murphey-Van Petten Drug
Co.'S, Las Vegas and East Las Vegas,
and at wholesale by the Browne &
Manzanares Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-18
Harper's Bazaar
IN 9

The twenty-nip'h year of HARPER'S
BAZAAR, beginning in January, 1895, fiuds
1t maintaining is deserved reputation both
as a Fashion journal and a weekly peri
odical for home reading.
Every week the BAZAAR presents beau
tiful toilettes for various occasions, SAN
DOE, BAUDE, and CnAPuIs illustrate and
engrave the rest designs from the finest
models In Paris and Berlin. New York
Fashions epitomize current styles In
New York. A fortnightly pattern-sheet
supplement with diagrams and directions
enables women to cut and make their own
gowns, and is of great value to the pro-
fessional modiste as well as to the amateur
dr. ssmaker. Children's Clothing receives
constant attention. Fashions for Men are
described in full detail by a man about
town. Our Paris Letter, by KATHARINE
De FOREST, is a sprightly weekly recital
of fashion, gossip, AMI social doings in
Paris, given by a clever woman in an en-
Pertaining way.
Both the serials for 1896 are the work OF
American women. Mrs. Gerald, by
MARIA LOUISE Pool, is a striking story OF
New England life. MARY E. WILKINS, in
jerome, q rOor Man, discusses the al
ways interesting probls m of the relations
between labor and capital. Short stories
will be written by the best authors.
special Departments. Music, The
Outdoor Woman, Personals, What We Are
Doirg, Women and Men, report and dis
cuss themes Of immediate interest.
Answers to : correspondents. Cues
tions receive the personal attention OF the
editor, and are answered at the earliest
practicable date after their receipt.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-18
Tho First portrait Of Burns.

From an interview in Young Women
with Mrs. d. o. Hill of Edinburgh, the
famous sculptor and sister of Sir Noel
Patton, it is learned that she is i'll pos
session of an oil painting which she be-
lieves to 'Je the first portrait Of Burns
which ,Nasmyth executed. The pub
Aslfef FOR whom Burns sat to Nasmyth
explained to the painter: "You will
find MI. Burns rather v at hav-
ing his portrait painted. Try to put
him at his ease" Accordingly when
the poet arrived Nasmyth said as he
stood beside his easel: Nov, Nj.
Burns, sit down for half an hour, and
we will have q chat while | finish off
this work. Then l shall be ready for
you"
The poet sat down and talked away,
little dreaming that the painter was
rapidly transferring his animated face
to the canvas. According to Mrs. Hill,
Nasmyth painted his well known por-
trait of Burns from this first sketch.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-18
flB BAIkY WTlBl
Cast Las Vegas, Se# AeAisy,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
The Censor In lsu.sll

Professor Nikiticuko's memoirs ara
likely to be interesting. He was former
ly Mt the st. Petersburg university, and
gives some account OF the ways Of the
censor in Russia. The censor once sent
for the writer OF q dream book, and
asked him why he believed that the stars
had nm influence on mems lives. AS the
author could give no satisfactory ex-
planation the book was condemned.
The censor Jeiagoff ordained that a pas
sage i'll q book on Siberia, stating that
dogs We're used in that country for drag
ging carts, must DO cut out, "because
this statement had not yet been Endorsed
by the government. Some years ago
there was a cattle show at Warsaw, and
n Polish paper spoke about the Mecklen-
burg. COWS to be seen there.
1T would be better il you said Span
ish," said the censor
May I ask whyi"
Don't try to humbug me, sir. You
were thinking of the grand dukes of
M~ecklenburg when you wrote that, and
they are related to our dynasty"
Paintings also are subject to censor
ship. The painter Alchimovicz painted
a picture called advice From the Land
lord, in which some peasants were rep
resented going to the lord of the knout.
The ensor said, peasants must not
ask advice Of their landlord, but get il
from a government official" When
Alchimovicz called his picture "Engag-
ing Laborers, - was allowed to ex-
hibit it.-Realm.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-18

A friend Of miro who has just re-
turned from Italy, where he has been
,sxaaAaeEing for several months, told me
all amusing story with regard to one Of
those railways that disfigure the high
places of that delightfulcountry, though
doubtless to the lazy and the invalid
they are a blessing and a boon. My
friend was seated in one Of the cars
near o stout English matron as they
made the ascent of a certain mountain.
land where should we go, conductor,
if the brake would not work." asked
The stout lady in vile Italian.
The conductor ~courteously explained
that in such circumstances there was a
second brake, a duplicate safeguard,
which might be relied upon in such an
unlikely emergency.
"And where should we go, conductor,
if this second brake would not work."
repeated the persistent stout one.
"Ah, madam" replied the official,
with an inimitable shrug and smile,
that would depend on what our lives
had been. sketch.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-18
An Untimely Hymn,

1t is very often tho case with an ex-
cessiyely demonstrative individual that
he loves the shout and song more than
the contribution box. I think it espe-
cially true in the case Of IN old colored
brother of my acquaintance who holds
a membership with the African Metho-
dist church in q certain city.
Just before the close Of service the
minister announced that a collection
would be taken and added, "Will some
brudder please start an appropriate
song?" The request found q ready re-
Spouse in Brother G., who immediately
started that old familiar hymn, yield
Not to Temptation, and the collection
box passed unheeded b .-Ram's Horn.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-18
A Radical Correction.

A daily paper publishes the following
&C. rection of an article which had APP
peai,, I'd in its columns the previous day:
Yesterday we gave the particulars
tof a fire which had occurred in the town
tof Barrie, mentioning the names aud
surnames of the victims. Having OBJ
tanned further information, we hasten
TO rectify certain inaccuracies in the re-
port of the sad event. There were no
victims, since the fire III question never
took place. We may add that the town
of Barrie does not exist. Motto per
Ridpra.