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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
TOO HUGH GOING AGROUND
And Captain Grant of the Liner New
York Resigns.

NEW YORK, March 4.-The steamship
New York, of the International Navi-
CATION compony's line, sailed today
under command of Captain Watkins,
Captain Grant, who was in command
of the steamer when she went aground
on Saturday, having resigned.
Vice President Wright announced to-
day that the company had yesterday re-
ceived the resignation of Capt. Grant to
take effect Immediately. II must say"
said Mr.. Wright, "that Capt Grants
resignation was not demanded by the
company. l have nothing more to say
about it."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04

''I don't see how you got your daughter
to give up boomers -
''Itold her they were not becoming"
''And did she believe it?''
'tNot when 1 told her, but afterward
got her dearest girl friend to tell her that
she looked too lovely for anything in
them.''
''And then?''
"Why, then she naturally believed me-"
Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
*. c. BOOK FIRM ASSIGNS.
The Old Established House of Brown
& Go. Tmrns Over Hts Stock.

KANSAS CITY, March 4-Tne Brown
Book s. Stationery company, one of the
oldest and best known Wholesale station
cry houses in Kansas City, has made an
assignment for the benefit of its credi =
tors.
The liabilities are placed at $4,000,
and the value of the stock at 529-31 Del
aware street at $50,O0O The Natio nal
Bank of Commerce is the heaviest or edi-
tor. Arba S. Van Valken burg, who was
named as assignee, Qualiti ed by filing
a bond for 100000 in the circuit court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
CALL TOSEE SUPT. NUDGE.

Wellington Railroad Men Who Were Re.
leased Come to Headquarters.
7. E. Purdy, formerly agent for the
Santa Fe at Wellington, c. D. Ige,
formerly cashier at the freight
depot, and 81. W. Cook, formerly
yardmaster at that point who were
released from the service of the road
several weeks ago for alleged com plicity
in plan to defraud the company, visited
General Superintendent Nudge this
morning for the purpose of asking for a
consideration of their case, with a view
to their reinstatement.
The matter has been taken under con-
sideration by Mr.. Nudge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
:MKINLEx AND THE BOSSES.
New York "worId" on the Fight or
Mckinley.

New York "WOrId' on the Fight on
Mckinley.
NEW YORK, March 4.-The "World"
says editorially: The indications are un-
mistakable that large majo rity of the
Republicans of the west and south
strongly favor the nomination of McKin-
ley Even in this state it will require
all the power of the Platt machine and
of the governors patronage to prevent
the election of Mckinley delegates in
some of the strongest Republican dis
tricts. An attempt by Platt to throw the
New York deleg alton as a unit against
Mckinley. with Governor Morton out of
the race, would surely be futile. The
Ohio leader represents as nobody else
does the policy of high protection which
is the Republican party's pivotal princi
pie for the coming campaign.
Yet il is equally obvious that the most
powerful bosses in the party are against
Mckinley. They dislike him only less
than they did Harrison. Platt in New
York, Quay in Pennsylvania, Reed and
his managers in New England, and
others of the most skillful politicians
will defeat him if they can. 1t is for this
purpose that they have instituted or en-
couraged the candidacy of various "fa-
Vorite sons," hoping to make the field
against Mckinley SO large that it can
be mbined to beat him.
Il is not likely that thew will sue
ceed The bosses very rarely control
national conventions. They were against
Cleveland in 1884 and in 1892. and vet he
was nominated They were against Har-
rison four years ago, and yet he pre-
favor of Mckinley bids fair to be ire
eiatfh1o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
BISHOP KENDRICk DEAD.
The Well Known Catholic Prelato at St.
Louis Passes Away.

ST. LOUIS, March 4.-Peter Richard
Kendrick, who for nearly half
century prior to three. years
ago was a Catholic archbishop of this
diocese died at 1:30 today il the S8th
year of his age. The old gentleman had
been in very feeble health for several
years and about two and a half years
ago Bishop Jno. J. Kane, of Wheeling.
was elected to an archbishopric aud sent
here to relieve him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
McK1NLEY ON FIRST BALLOT.
Claimed that He Already Has Votes
Enongh to Win.

Claimed that He Already Has Votes
Enongh to Win.
WASHINGTON, March - Mckinley
managers in Washington are now claim
ing that the nomination of their favorite
on the first ballot is certain. A week
ago General Grosvenor gave out an esti-
mate by states which showed that Nc
Kinley was even now but few votes
short of victory, and that he would win
beyond question on the second ballot.
Since then Gen. Grosvenor has amended
his figures and now insists that
the Ohio Napoleon already has votes
sufficient to win before wo-thirds of the
roll has been called at st. Louis. With
she present growth of Mckinley senti-
ment, in fact the general would not be
surprised If the convention decided to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
make it unanimous WITHOUT the formal

make it unanimous without the formal
ity of ballot.
General L N. Walker, comma nder-in-
chief of the G. A R. who was in WASH
ington the past week. had spent the pre-
vious week in New England, and had
taken some note of the political senti-
ment in that section. He is quoted as
saying that the masses of Repub-
licans in the states of New England were
overwhelmingly in favor of McKin-
Iey's nomination, and he believed that in
the industrial centers the Republicans
who were for Mckinley outnumbered
the others six TO one. He stated, also.
that everywhere he went throughout the
country he found the sentiment for the
OHIO candidate very strong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
CUBAN FLAG nc.
1t Hangs Across Ninth Street, Near
ssThe Junction. ON a Wire.

KANSAS CITY, March 4-Stretching 4
high in the air from the north side of the
Sheidley building to the south side of
the junction hotel is a telegraph wire.
From it floats an American flag and
another flag with blue triangle, single
large white star, instead of forty edd
small stars, three red and two white
stripes, instead of thirteen in red and
white.
The strange looking flag is that of the
new Cuban republic 1t was strung out
upon the wire by Captain D. s Harri-
man, who is a firm believer in the cause
of the Insurgents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
RECEIVERS $4,000 EACH.

48Essy EUM ANes WDJects 10 NOrtHeTN
Pacific Receivers Getting that
Much.
hearing of the accounts of Henry c.
Payne, Thomas F. Oakes, aud Henry c.
Rouse. as receivers of the North
ern Pacific company, has been
fixed for March 16 in New York
city. The hearing will be before Special
Master A. L Carey, and it is expected to
be more than ordinarily interesting as
the salaries Of the receivers is to be de-
cided.
1t is said Brayton Ives will oppose the
payment of $4,000 per year to each of
the receivers, which the final amount
calls for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
CANED THE SENATE.

Flood and Flanagan Settle It In Old Dom
nybrOOk Style.
RICHMOND Va, March 4.-Senator
Flood entered the senate chamber this
afternoon and walking up to Senator
Flanagan belabored him over the head
with a cane, in1icLing painful but not
dangerous wound. The assault caused
much excitement Flood was arrested.
The assault was provoked by the fact
that Flanagan day or two ago said on
the floor that Wood had "falsifed" him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
Tue seals Must Go.

WASHINGTON, March 4-The senate
committee on foreign relations today de-
cided to report the Dingley bill authOriz-
ing the determination of fur seals unless
England consents to further arbitration
without amendment. There was but one
dissenting vote which was cast by Sena-
tor Morgan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04

ssI'm afraid" she said severely as she
handed him sandwich, ''that you are a
hard drihker. -
q Madam replied Meanderitg Mike,
ssyer wrongs me-hohes' yer does. Eff yen
pervide de opportunity, I'll convince yer
dat I'm one O. de easiest drinkers on dis
hull route Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04

The following persons have left To-
peka within the past twenty-four hours:
Via Rock ISLANDS,. II. Harper, Muncie;
MIR. and Mrs. ". H. Stillwell, Hot
Springs; Charles HAYDEN, HoltOn Via
Santa Fe-Mrs. J. T. Brown, Leaven-
worth; c. F. Beebe. Engiewood; Geo
Chaplin, Leaven worth; J. J. Mulvane,
Chicago; w. w. Cook, oswego; II. w.
jackson, Atchison; John Frey, Manhat-
trn; Albert Parker, Pueblo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
silver MeetinE March 1I.

held at Hamilton hall tomorrow evening
under the auspices of the America
Bimetalic league has been postponed
until Wednesday evening, March IL.
An effort will be made to make the
meeting a big one, and the programme
is to be announced next Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
PIERPONT MORGAN'S NEXT.

New YORK, March 4.-Upon what is
stated to be the best authority the
Worlds evening edition says that the
reorganization of the Baltimore s. Ohio
will be conducted by j. Piernont Nor
gan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
HOLMES MUST DIE.
The Supreme Court Refuses to Save the
COnde mined Murderer

COnde mned Murderer.
PHILADELPHIA, March 4-The su-
preme court today in a decision by Just
ice Williams, overruled all assignments
of error in the case of 81. 81. Holmes,
sentenced to death for numbering Ben
jamin +. Piizel. and confirmed the iudg-
ment of the court below.
Holmes has lately been making prep
arations for the gallows, and is said to
have sent for a Catholic priest who has
since visited him several times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
Wealthy Kansan.Dead.

lola, Kas., March, 4.-Mr. l.. L. North
rup, one of the most prominent bankers
OF southeastern Kansas, died yesterday
of nervous prostration, after an illness of
three months. His real estate is valued
at $500,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
GOV. GREENHALGE SINKING


LOWELL, Mass, March 4.-Governor
Greenhalge's condition remained un-
changed at noon. Pulse 40 to 145. Had
taken no nourishment since o'clock a,
IL. Not under opiates but unconscious.
Governor Greenhalge had rallied
slightly at 1:30 p. n.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
AHoids the REoner Ouestron.

CANTON, O., March 4.-Ex- Governor
Mckinley this morning was asked why
lie had not responded to the request
made by the Commercial Gazette. Gin
cinnati, for the views of the Republican
presidential candidates (himself includ-
ed) as to their positions on the financial
question. He replied that he had "noth-
ing to saw"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
CANT Elect RIaek onrn,s succsssor

CINCINNATI, March 4.-The Times
Star special from Frankfort KY, says:
As soon as the house embled today a
resolution was offered for adjournment
March II, one week earlier than the con-
stitutionaI Limitation. This is regard ed
as conceding that the present Legislature
cannot elect q successor to Senator
Black burn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04

CHICAGO, March 4-William J. Camp
bell. the Republican national committee
man from Illinois, and for years promi-
nent in the councils of the Republican
party, died this afternoon of pneumonia,
after short illness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04
Total cost of building

Total cost of building .... S164, 1868 Oh
The grounds have not been touched
and their Improvement and building the
retaining wall will cost not far from
lO.OOO additional
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04

E7ery body takes the JouRNAI.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-04

manner in which the Abyssinian cam
paign has been conducted. All sorts of
charges of gross incompetency are made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01

The colony speaks French-after the airy
manner Of Madame Frisbey. in Pendennis.
with fuency as the chief mark. Thank
heaven We Americans have not the broken
vowel. sing-song accent Of the English,
initiated by the clowns of the Nouveau-
Cirque, but there is a great deal Of the
same miraculous construction. Pendennis
famous 'Sincerement fache davoir use
sieur, ct qu'n donnait So parole CONNIE I'm
gentilhomme quill ne Pavait jamais. jamais
intende''-would pass muster easily enough
among us. Miss Connecticut" the eye
rolling, fan-tapping and facile ingenue.
through whom the colony has just been in
suited In lie Garnet du Diable,' the new
piece at the Varieties, speaks thus.
Thirdly, there is the colony's pale outer
rim. or aureole. poor-relation-like contin-
CERT. not rich enough to be full members
o'clock teas in hotel and boarding house
private sitting rooms. or the extremely
coy parlors Of furnished apartments, where
Miss Smith, whose voice is just like
Miss Brown, who has just gained a silver
medal for declamation-diction at the Rudy
Institute" and Mr.. JONES' who is studying
for the Paris grand opera" together with
Miss Robinson, who is going to give piano
recitals in America and her young friend,
Monsieur Dupont. the symbolist French
poet-sing with notes angelical to many
harp their own heroic deeds Their song
was partial, but the harmony suspended
ahem-and took with ravishment the
the symbolist poet has finished declaiming
III French, and well-gloved little hands have
clapped him frantically, the sweet lips muir
muir with a soft humility-you hear the
amiable hum and rafting Of cups and
SPONSOR course, l don't catch every
word HE speaks SO fast, you know,
"Oh, yes; UNDERSTANDINGS and there, you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01

who daily speak less French than they
would speak if they were in New York. In
New York they would hunt out French
cafes and restaurants and scrape up French
acquaintance there for the simple pleasure
of conversing with them. In Paris days
go by with scarcely more than orders to
the cabmen and the servants.
Experience of tourists and knowledge of
the American colony in Paris forces one to
the conclusion that most Americans who
know French stay at home. Americans in
Paris are divided into several classes:
Tourists
Ladies who bring their daughters with the
view of perfecting them in French, music
and art.
Students of the Latin Quarter
Residents in love with the gay capital.
Business men, who come and SO.
Business men, who come to stay and
with these, American doctors, dentists and
artists.
The class Of American residents in love
with the gay capital marks itself off sharp
ly into three subdivisions.
There are the Americans who. by BIRTH
marriage or opportunity, affect French So
ciety exclusively. Whatever may be
thought, they are but a handful, and are
to all purposes French. The COLONY" to
the colony's regret, scarcely knows their
name. They are as bound to be exclusive
of real American acquaintances Phil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01
WIND PULLED HIS TOOTH,
He Tells the Story Himself and 1t
Must BE True.

lie TelIS the story Himself and 1t
Must BE True.
From the Louisville Commercial
One of the queercst pranks of the wind
during the cyclone the other night hap
pened at the co-rer of 9th and jefferson
streets. John Gazzullo. the night engineer
at the city hall, has been suff ering from
tootn2cho for some time, and has been tell
ing his friends that he intended to have the
acher jerked out as soon as he could screw
his courage up TO the point. On the night
in question his tooth ached SO badly that
he could hardly hear the wind blow. He
was desperate. Borrowing a gum overcoat
from one of the policemen about the police
station, he started out just as a funnel
shaped cloud was scudding along. He
reached the corner of 9th and Jefferson
streets, and was about to turn the corner,
when a gust of wind struck him and lifted
him off his feet. He might have been car
ried over to the court house yard and
drowned in the fountain but for his pres
ence Of mind in grabbing the iron railing
that runs around the steps leading down
into the basement. He chung there for q
moment with the wind right in his face
He turned his head, and as ne did so there
was a sudden jerk that dislodged his hat
ard fairly unraveled his red necktie Then
there was a lull, AMI when he crept back
into the station house he made the startling
discovery that the aching tooth vas gone.
The wind had pulled it. He tells the story
himself, and if 1t is not true, Mr.. GazzolIo
has grossly deceived HE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01

krow-enougn to get the sense of it, you
krow.''
Wonder of wonders! the part is greater
thar the whole! and from sucn scattered
scraps as 'L'affreux passe." Mes fautes ct
mes douleurs, Amour pale. aurore
future" they are able to make out the
sense of a symbolist-or cymbalist-poem
which has no sense in it.
All this means simply that knowing
French is a vague term, and that Ameri-
cars who have not 'perfected' themselves
Paris need not feel unduly timid in the
presence of returning colonists. There are
ladies wfo lived twenty-five years in Paris
and whose French sounds like the grinding
of coffee mill. The secret is told in
word. Practically every American in Paris
hears daily so much more Nouveau-Cirque-
clown French from English and American
lips-"AOh yes! je raimay toojoor bocoo
fCrr!''-than real French from French lips
that his main practice consists in hearing
and repeating this sloppy "Americo-Parisi-
enne' dialect.
All the bad oranges are in the same bas-
ket, and they mutually rot each other.
There is no help for 1t in Paris. If you go
off by yourself in French family you Will
not get enough to eat; if you live in the res
taurants and cafes you will fall into the
absnthe habit; if you live in the Latin
Quarter your morals will be corrupted-if
ycUr morals are not corruDtible you will
soon cease to live in the Latin Quarter; If
you spend your days with French teacher
way out of it.
Knowing French'-from the point of view
of the American in Paris-generally means
one of two things. % You understand
easily and completely theatrical pieces, If
you are close enough to the stage to hear
we'll. You comprehend the jokes, illusions
and half slang expressions of the day, be-
cause you read the French papers and are
posted. You may or may not be able to
completely follow a lecturer at the Sor-
bonnie You understood everything that is
said to you in the ordinary course of con-
versation and explain yourself at length
with case in kind of French which is
fluent and Ineligible, but liable to funny
breaks, often grammatical, with crooked
gendeTs oftener by literally translating the
good English language into French words.
This is the high state Of proficiency, not
attained by one in twenty.
Co. The ordinary sense of knowing
French is to be able to stumble through
a book or newspaper, understand next to
nothing at the theater, be able to catch a
great deal of formal conversation on ia
miliar subjects and reply in mixture of
good familiar phrases and bad breaks and
guesses. Frequently the sentence breaks
down before 1t reaches it's end-a shrug
or wave of the hand more Frenchy than a
Frenchman ever made bridges over the
gap to the next plunge. Struggling is
cheap. STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01
WATER NOT POPULAR.
Medical View of It's Use Three Cen
turtles Ago.

turtles Ago.
From the Hospital.
It needed very bold man to resist the
medical testimony of three centuries ago
against water drinking. Few writers can
be found to say good word for it. One or
two only are concerned to maintain that,
when begun in early life, it may be pretty
freely drunk with impunity,' and they
quote the curious instance given by Sir
Thomas Elyot in his Castle of HEALTH"
1541, of the Cornish men, many of the
poorest sort, which never, or very seldom,
drink any other drink, be nofwithstand-
ing strong of body and like and live well
until they be Of great age" Thomas Co
gan, the medical schoolmaster of Maaches-
ter fame, confessed in his Haven Of
Health" 1889, designed for the Use Of stu
dents, that he knew some who drink cold
water at night or fasting in the morning
without hurt; and DR.. James Hart, writing
about fifty years later, could even claim
among his acquaintance "solne honorable
and worshipful ladies who drink little other
drink, and yet enjoy more perfect health
than most of them that drink of the strong
est" The phenomenon was undeniable,
but the natural inference was hone the less
to be resisted. Sir Thomas Elyot himself
is very certain, in spite of the Cornish men,
that there be in water causes of divers
diseases, as Of swelling of the spleen and
nVer he complains oduly also that 1t
f1itteth and swimmeth," and concludes that
Ito young men, and them that be of hot
compilations, it doeth less harm, and some
times it profiteth, but to them that are
feeble, old and melancholy, it is not con-
venient." Water Is not wholesome cool
by itself for an Englishman," was the YER
sion of Andrew Borde-monk, physician,
bishop, ambassador and writer on SANTA
tomas the result of a life's experience.
And to quote the "Englishman's Doctor"
Both water and small beer we make no
question,
Are enemies to health and good digestion.
But the most formal Indictment against
water is that of Venner, who writing in
1922, ponderously pronounces 'tto jewellers
In cold countries it doth very greatly de-
| ject their appetites, destroy the natural
heat and overthrow the strength of the
stomach. and consequently confounding the
connection, is the cause of crudities, huc-
| tuations and windiness in the body"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-01

TO perfect her knowledge simply, not to
learn the language. Reading French is one
thing, but speaking 1t is another. And I'M
Outstanding French when spoken is another
story still. What chance has the nice Amer
lean girl to perfect her rickety "Je suis,
tn es. il est during the year or less that
she stays in the gay French capital, when
all her friends at home are envying her?
She comes with her mother. and they settle
in a high-elass boarding house. They have
a bed room and a private parlor. Mademoi-
selle unpacks her banjo. her piano music
her boarding school photographs, her ten
mis- caps and fraternity ptnS-the triumphs
of her bow and spear-and settles down to
a Partisan winter of pleasure and profit
The boarding house is one selected from
the Paris Herald or the Galignani advertis-
ing liSts-indeed, there are no others-or is
one that has been recommended to them by
q friend or travelling acquaintance. After a
week of lonely stumbling about extortionate
hotels they are delighted to find peace and
plenty, with the accents of the dear old En-
glish language all round aDout. 1t is as
easy as eating to take cab to the bank, to
the shops and to the newspaper stand of