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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
EXTENT OF THE SNOW.
II Spreads Over Many Western States
Severe i'm Northwest.

The snow furries predicted by the
weather men yesterday arrived early this
morning in the form of light sno ow
storm, about e-half inch falling in this
portion of the state At noon today the
thermometer registered 80 degrees
above zero.
Along the lines of the Santa Fe in
eastern Kansas a general light snow was
reported to have fallen last night and
this morning From Nickerson to Dodge
City one half to two inches of snow fell
last night. A heavy sleet was reported
to have fallen at Chanute.
Snow was reported to have fallen on
the eastern and western divisions of the
Rock Island early this morning, and a
general cloudiness with promise of fall
iug weather exists on all other lines.
The thermometer ranges from l8 to So
light snow is reported in Colorado
and at Ration, N. M.
In Texas the weather ia cloudy and
cool, and in southern New Mexico clear
and pleasant weather is reported.
The weather men state that il will be
generally fair tonight and colder tomor-
row, with more snow; bus if it once clears
up it is safe to say that there won't be
any more snow, in this vicinity at any
rate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
NOAH ALLEN, A TEXAN NOW,
And He is u Candidate For Congress
in the Tenth District.

Noah Allen, who was assistant attorney
general under the Populist state admin
istration until he had written more opin-
ions than the attorney general himself
and was removed from Office, is a caudi-
date for congress in Texas
in the Galveston district. The follow
ing dispatch announces his candidacy:
GALVESTON, Texas, March 3-South
Texas Populists held their primaries to-
day and elected delegates to the differ
ent conventions. Noah Allen, chairman
of the Galveston county Populists, is an
nounced as candidate for congress
from the Tenth district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
As to Climates.

"What terrible winters you have up
here!" exclaimed the shivering south
erner.
Yes; they're tough,'' said the Chicago
man. ''And when we have such morn
ing as this I've got to watch this left ear
of mine mighty close
whats the matter with it?''
t'I froze it when I was down in Georgia,
last winter ''-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
suoiIine the Romance.

A San Antonio bridal couple were trav-
cling in Mexico. She was very romantic,
and being at the hotel in Monterey she said:
''How lovely and romantic it is herel
De you hear the sound of the castanets?''
'tThatfs not castanets. A man in the
next room has chills and fever, and you
hear his teeth chattering. Texas Sitter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
HAS WEYLER RESIGNED
Rumor to That Effect Denied But Still
May True.

New YORK, March "a special to
the Herald from Havana says: The
startling rumor that Captain General
Weyler had resigned swept like wild
fire through Havana, originating from
an apparently worthy source. 1t was,
however, promptly denied at the Palace.
When Martinez Campos retired his re-
ported resignation was also denied in
Havana in official circles up to the last
hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
For value Received.

f'Who are you going to give your vote
to?'' asked the ungrammatical person.
The prospective delegate thoughtfully
clawed the roots of his chin whiskers. So
don't know jist who will git it, - he said
after pause, '-but, as fer givin it to any
body, that amt to be thought Nv fer a
mint. Votes is valuable. .''-Indianapo1is
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03

Bims-That fellow is clever actor. He
can take on anything with the greatest
ease.
Sims-Yes? That must have been the
man who took off my $25 overcoat last
night and left his $40 one IN place of it.
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
Hit It the First Time.

McFadden-W'y can't desc noospaper
guys write English? Wot does dis duck
mean by caIlin de play last night ''de-
cadent?''
Madden-I dunno wot he means, but
know de play was ''rotten. .''-Cincinnati
EnOrirAr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03

"Glass eating" observed a freak who
was as yet unclassiaed, sis a bad business.
A glass eater is thrown much in the way
of temptation. 1 have known several to
become addicted to the BOTTLE
The Zulu chief, to whom all civilization
was new, laughed boisterously, but other
wise all was intensely and oppressively
still-Detroit Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
$4,000 FOR A CARNArION
A New York Florist Purchases the
Sole Right to the "MurelIa.''

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, March "a
New York florist. for the sole right to
the famous double carnation known
as the "Murella," has paid its
disceverer ten thousand dollars
The flower has been raised and owned
entirely by firm swnine a large green
house near Reads lake. The "Murella"
is one of the most beautiful earn nations
ever seen, being very large and of deep
red color.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
FOUR MILES FROM HAVANA.
Skirmish Betysen Spanish and Insurgents
in Sight of the Town.

in Sight of the Town.
HAVANA. March 3.-There was a COM
bined movement of Spanish troops on
San Francisco de Paula, four miles from
this city today.
Rifle firing has been heard from there
and it is believed engagement with
the insurgents is taking place. This is
believed TO be the closest the insurgents
have yet approached in force to the
ca apital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
Civilization,s Advantages.

IT am somewhat of a free and untram
meled child of nature, Mr.. Dismal Daw
son admitted, ''but they is some good in
civilization nuvvertheless. Wher would
be this sort of weather eff it wasn't fer the
iailsf"-Ind dianapolis Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
FIRE IN BOZEMAN TUNNEL.
Freight Cars PrecIpItated From the Tor
of the Mountain

ST. PAUL, March 3.-A Livinrston n,
Mont, special to the Dispatch saws:
Fire is raging as fercely as ever in the
Bozemau tunnel and from present Judi
cations the entire tim berieg, both old
and new, will be consumed.
The tunnel has caved in at the point
Wnsre the sky line crosses and some
freight cars have been precipitated from
the top of the mountain to the foot of
the tunnel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03

Ex-County Commissioner J. l. Camp
bell has withdrawn from the race for
mayor of Potwin, and someone else to
carry the Auburndale banner will be
named at a caucus to be held tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03

An error in last evenings JOURNAL
quoted Usage Shaft coal for sale by the
southwestern Fuel Co. at 81 so per ton.
1t should be 81. so per ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03

Smooth as silk is the way our collars
feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112
and 114 w. 9Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03

Smooth as silk is the way our collars
feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, ia
and LA W. Sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
TO FIRE AWAY.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick Wants Thor
OughgOing Tariff Bill
Passed by the Republican House
and Senate,
AND THEN LET GROVER
Veto It and Take the RespOn'
sibility.
Other Washington News of In
terest in Kansas.

From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March BIN spite of the
fact that the Dingley tariff bill is MS dead
as Julius Caesar. Representative Kirk pat
rick wants the house to try again, but
this time to frame a protective measure
along Republican lines. He doesn't be-
lieve in inaction, and would like to have
the house go right to work reforming the
tariff, present protective, specific duties
measure, regardless of its probable fate
in the senate and at the hands of the pres
ident. He even has some hopes that such
bill will be introduced.
In discussing the matter to the JOURNAL
correspondent he said: "The proba bility
is congress will not be ready to adjourn
until July anyhow, and we might as well
go ahead and deal with this question.
There are many members in the house
who feel the same way about it, and there
has been considerable quiet talk about
urging such action.
sin my opinion the house ought to go
to work at once to draft bill on pro-
tectiVe lines with specific duties. l am
in favor of bill modelled after the Nc
Kinley bill which would give even
greater protection to the farmers and the
agricultural interests of the west.
want to see law enacted which will not
give all the protection to the manufac-
rurers and other eastern interests, but
which will protect the west to a like de-
gree
"If the senate would not pass bill of
that kind passed by the house, and if the
! president wouldn't sign it, let the respon-
sibility rest with them. The house should
pass bill of that nature; it would then
nave done its duty and would have re-
lieved itself of responsibility"
OF course such bill as Mr. Kirkpat-
rick wants will be passed by the Reed
house, but Mr.. Kirkpatrick says there is
a disposition among many members to
force the question upon the leaders and
make them refuse to do it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
URT1s' SPEECH" ON HOG CHOLERA

Amusing Letter Received by Him From a
Constituent.
From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Many of the
constituents of congressman who receive
public documents do not pay enough at
tention to them to know what they are
about. Congressman Curtis tells funny
story concerning the treatises of the ag-
ricultural department on hog cholera,
which are now being sent out in large
mum bers The joke may be located on
the constituent or on Mr.. Curtis, accord
ing to ones desire
The constituent had received one of
the treatises on hog cholera under Mr..
Curtis's frank and he Immediately sat
down and wrote to Congressman Curtis
as follows:
"If you amt got no better speeches
than that one you made on hog cholera
you needn't send me no more of them"
The constituent doubtless supposed
that because the document was sent un-
der Congressman Curtis's frank it was a
speech of his and he thought more in
teresting subject might have been
chosen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-03
WHY SHE PREFERS WASHINGTON.

Because the CIimnts of Western Kansas
Disagrees with Her Health.
From the State Journals Special Cores pondent
WASHINGTON, March, 3.-Mrs. Althea
Briggs Sirvker OF Great Bend, Kansas,
is in Washington doing work for the
Populist newspaper union. Mrs. Stryker
has been in New York doing work for a
reform newspaper called "Humanity" in
the capacity of assistant editor but she is
now preparing special articles on the
different aspects of congressional life and
action for the association of Populist
papers before named.
She still continues to do some work for
the New York paper, Humanity" and
has several dates ahead for addresses be-
fore reform clubs She expects to occupy
the pulpit of the Peoples church in
Washington at some date before she
leaves town.
Mrs. Stryker says her health will not
permit her to remain at her home in
Kansas any length of time as the COM
parative high altitude aggravates a ner-
vous trouble which is brain paralysis.
In New York, she declares, she is per-
fectly healthy.
Mrs. Stryker will remain in Washing
ton some time preparing her articles for
the Populist press, some of which will
appear over her own signature She
expects to be in Kansas at the time of
the Hutchinson convention.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25
Senator Mitchell on Wool.

The advantage which the Australian
wool growers have over those OF the
Pacific states and territories in the one
matter OF freight rates places the lat
ter ut the mercy of the former In the
markets Of Boston and other eastern
cities. Wool Is shipped from Australia
STA 10 Boston, including freight. COM
missions, and all other charges OF hand
ling and transportation. for 1 cent
per pound. while freight rates alone
from most Of the shipping depota west
OF the Rocky mountains range from
ID TO 2.5 cents per pound, but this does
not include the cost Of transportation
and charges connected Herewith In
getting wool from the sheep ranches
20 the railroad and water depots, to say
nothing of commissions which inyari-
ably attach 20 the shipper before his
product reaches the manufacturcr.-
Hon. John II. Mitchell, United states
Senator. of Oregon.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25

Paper telegraph poles are the latest
development Of the art of making paper
useful. These poles are made OF paper
pulp. In which bornx, tallow, etc, are
mixed in small quantities. The pulp
is cast in a mold, with core in the
center, forming n hollow rod In the
desired length, the cross-pleces being
held by key-shaped wooden pieces driven
In on either side Of the pole. The paper
poles are said to be lighter and stronger
than those Of wood, and 70 be unaf-
fected by sun, ruin, dampness, or any
OF the other causes which shorten the
life Of wooden pole.--Natural Science
News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25
A CONTRAST.
Frse-rrads Policy IL Making II Less
sharp.


Free-rrads Policy IL Making IL Less
sharp.
/ have talked to hundreds of people
from Ireland. from Scotland. from Dem
mark, from Germany. from the noun
tains of Norway and Sweden, and they
all tell me that days work In the
United States goes further than any
where else in the world toward putting
a roof over the head of family, paint
on q cottage, music In the parlor. news
papers on the stand, carpets on the
door, dishes on the table, something to
eat In the dishes, and the divine light
OF love and Joy in the sweet faces OF
wife and children.
They have come into my Office again
and again, husband and wife together,
speaking In broken English the Ian
guage of the thriftiest countries in Eu-
rope. to ask my help and advice in mail
ing a little American money TO the old
world for father or mother or brother
or sister or sweetheart. living in lands
where the labor OF lifetime Is not
enough, after paying daily expenses.
to pay their passage upon an ocean
steamer. have seen their tears fall
ing upon the paper as they wrote out
their message of hope and courage from
the only country on earth where human
life Is lifted above the level of hopeless
drudgery for the poor.--Hon. j. r. Dol
liver, M. c., of Iowa.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25

Ia IL not passing strange that the
democratic laborers OF the north. hun-
drcds and thousands Of them exiles
from ireland, forced from home bv
British free trade. should have Joined
hands with the democratic planters and
capitalists of the south In this shame
less attempt TO compel them
TO become hewers Of wood and
drawers Of water for their slaves
II came, suppose. from force OF habit.
IL was Drawn yielding 70 brain. The
wealth and intelligence. the political
head OF the party, was always in the
south. The northern wing was always
obsdient TO its imperious will; az In
everything else. 80 In this.--Hon. VIII
liam L. Frye, United States Senator. Of
Maine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25
pLAN on sEcoNp FLooR.

coai-rooms. furnace and fruit-room are
In the basement There Is n seat In
the grand hall and stairway leading
10 the basement. In the rear hall, be-
tween the hall and kitchen, there is n
wash bowl. The window showing on
the stair landing Is TO have art glass.
Shelves are to be placed in pantry and
closets. All materials are 70 be OF the
best of their several kinds. All hard
ware Is 10 be of n good quality and suit.
able for the purposes for which ii Is in
tended. GEORGE A. w. KNIT.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25

No eye. says the scientific writer, has
ever seen real fire. The flame IL leap
ing In strange, fatastic form, is or 20
inches upward from the coal and with
u Is good deal of black. sooty smoke.
The sooty smoke and the flames are one
and the same, with only difference
OF temperature. The SCOT which forms
the fame Is redhot. Every particle Of
the flame Is redhot coal or particle
Of carbon. The real fire we do not see.
The instant that the carbon atoms be-
come really burned, eaten up by the
oxygen of combustion, they are inyis-
ible. In burning three pounds OF car
bon. the heated state Of which gives US
flame, the fire work iH done by eight
pounds Of oxygen. The oxygen we do
not see. The carbon we only see just
before IL Ii burned. and the result Of
the burning Is II pounds OF the COM
pound Of oxygen and carbon, which ~
fnvfeible
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25

The MASSACHUSETTS, rnrsR Hssua - -
snaeos.s Int>rssts-
An exnnimn<3on Of the tgeosury -
ports showing the imports and ezpes>s
ofvarieusarticlcs indicate an enormous
increass In importation OF nearly all
Snrn products aimee the repeal o. che
Mckinley law. On nearly every such
article the new tariff reduced the rates
Of duty. On barley. for instancs. the
mckinley tariff was 30 cents per bushel;
the Wilson tariff named the rate ~ 30
per cent. I'D valorcm, which reduces The
actual rate TO about Is cents per bushel,
or one-half the Mckinley rates. On corn
the rate was reduced from Is cents TO 90
per cent I'D valorem. which h about
eight cents bushcl at present prices.
On wheat the reduction wss from 20
cents bushel TO 20 percent. ad valorem,
which amounts TO about ~ cents per
bushel. On eggs the rate was reduced
from i've cents to three cents per dozen;
on hops from thirteen to eight cents;
on fiaxsced from 30 cents TO 20 cents;
and on wool. where the rate was from II
TO IL cents per pound In some and from
81 TO 80 per cent. ed valorem in others,
the entire duty was removed. In other
words, rates Of duty was reduced about
one-half on all farm products, except
wool, and on that the duty was entirely
removed.
II Is not surprising then with rates on
duty reduced one-half on most articles
end entirely removed on others that
the farmers are finding the importa-
tons OF their productions rapidly In
creasing. In many cases the increases
have been something enormous. In the
last fiscal year under the Mckinley law
the importation of barley was but 7o1.-
600 bushels. while in tho first year under
the Wilson law II was 1925 900 bushels.
The number of imported animals. In
Guiding horses, sheep and cattle. Shore
than doubled, the total in the last year
Of the Mckinley law being ESQ. 900, while
In the first year of the Wilson law IL was
$4,000. In the last year of the Mckinley
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25

Journal well says, In speaking of the
question of his candidacy. that ito the
democratic party IL brings squarely
home the issue whether IL is to continue
to be the party of jefferson. jackson,
Benton and Cleveland. or whether IL Is
to set up strange gods and lend the
priceless prestige Of It's name and his
tory 20 an alien faith" Jaclxson's
financial doctrine In rejected by the
uarrises and Bates Of Jaclxson's party
In his state, and the Vests and BANDS
OF Bcnton's commonwealth disown the
principles OF Benton's creed, The
democracy of the earlier age was blind
and pervcrse ON some questions. but Il
was always clcnr-visioned on the mon
etary issue In whatever shape II pre-
scented itself In the "30's,r "40's" and
$685." when the democratic party was
run by statesmen, he would have been
bold man who would rise up in dem
ocratic council and propose a financial
policy which would repudiate half OF
the existing debts and cut down the
workingman's dollar to so cents.
There Is not the faintest probability,
of course, that Carlisle can get the can
didacy. Carlisle's doctrine n the doc
frine of the majority OF the democratic
party, and IL will be Endorsed. In one
shape or other. by the national conven-
ton. but the convention will look else
where for a nominee. A sound-money
man will be selected. but Morrison.
Campbell or Whitney viii be much
stronger In tho convention than Car
Isle can be. While the secretary Is
able, honest and true TO the traditions
OF his party In it's best days, he Is not
personally popular. and he could COM
mand little support In the convention
outside of his own state, except In New
York or New England. Yet Carlisle Ia
more prominently identified with the
honest money cause than any other
democrat except Cleveland. and his
nomination would place the party back
on its old base on the finance issue and
put IL in shape to take advantage OF
the conditions when fortune, some time
In the future. again turns In its favor.
st. Louis Globc-Democrat
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25

The latest scientific novelty is pat
emit phosphorescent mouse frightencr
which Is guaranteed 10 scare super
fluous rats or mice out Of the most rat
ridden house. II II the life. sized image
OF cat, modelled In plaster of paris or
terra Gotta. painted and bewhiskered
with realistic effect. IL 10 made In sit
ting position, its head turned Sideways,
and its eyes staring straight ahead.
These eyes are thickly coated with
luminous paint, and shine grewsomely
In the dark. All that In necessary 10
to place the cat on the floor near
mouse hole and walt for tho results.
Tho unfortunate nibbler dsres not come
out while the frightful cat apparition
stands In front of the hole. and the
mouse stnrves 20 death.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-25

law the importations Of hay amounted
10 $4,000 TONS, while In the first year OF
the wilson law they amounted 10 eTS,-
600 tons. The importations Of fax in
the last year of the Mckinley law was
1000 tons, in the first year OF the Wilson
law 1900 tons. OF hemp, the importa-
tions In the last year of the Mckinley
law were less than 1000 tons, while in
the first year of the Wilson law they
were over 10000 tons.
The following table will show in de
tail the quantities of farm products i'm
ported In the first year of the Wilson
law compared with the last fiscal year
Of the Mckinley law. These two annual
periods are selected because they are the
ones most readily touching the dates nj
which the new law went into effect.
The governments official statements
are made up either by fiscal years end
ing June 80, or calendar years ending
December 81. AS the new law went into
effect August 2s. the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1894, and the calendar year be-
ginning January 1, 1895. are the annual
periods most nearly touchine-<he date
OF the change from Mckinley tariff 10
the Wilson-Gorman tariff. tits interest
ing. therefore, TO compare the importa-
ton Of farm products during these two
periods. In few cazss where the fir-
ures cannot be obtained BY pounds,
bushels or tons. the values are given.
The following table shows the impor.
tations Of farm products under the Nc