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The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
MUST PAY THE FIDDLER.
Topeka Musicians Organize a Union
and Fix Rates.

Topeka has fourishing union of musi-
clans which has been organized for the
purpose of protecting professional musi-
clans and to avoid the difficulty experi-
eced cutting" on rates.
1t is known as the Topeka Musical as
sociatiOn and it has the following officers
President, Fred Nelson; vice president,
G. NJ. Lescher; secretary, S S. Snyder;
treasurer, VIM. Nelson, and the follow
ing composing the executive committee:
Fred Nelson, C. NJ Lescher, S. s. Sny>
der, W. f. Bailey, VIM. Nelson, Guy f
Morgan, F. E. Watson and Harry Stein
berg. The Topeka Musical association is
known as Local No. 36 of the American
Federation Of Musicians.
For several years musicians in Topeka
have been very independent in the matter
of playing for dances and entertainments.
There was frequent friction between diff
ferent orchestras and often cuts were
made in order to succeed. But now
nearly all the musicians of the city be
long to the association, and when music
is wanted a schedule of prices is submits
ted and the price must be paid or there
will be music. There are at present
Al musicians who belong to the union, di>
vided as to Instrumentation as follows:
Violin 10, piano Z, viola 2, bass 4, cornet
9, clarinet 4, trombone ? flute 2, bassoon
l. and drums 3. The scale of prices adopt
ed by the Topeka Musical association and
rigidly adhered to is as follows:
Opera houses-S2 per night per man; 81
per matinee per man. Leader to receive
81 extra on each performance.
Business openings-$2 per man, for either
afternoon or evening.
Hotels or estaurants-During meals,
not to exceed 11a hours, 81 per man.
Dancing schools-$2 per man until II
o'clock p. m.
Social dances, by dancing teachers-s2.5 80
per man until Z o'clock D. m. Dancing
teachers furnishing music for other par
ties shall conform to regular prices.
Dances, private or subscription parties
% per man until II O'Clock p m; 50 per
man until y O'Clock p. m; 81 per man per
hour after y o'clock.
Club parties, in series of six or more
$3.50 per man until y p. m; 81 per man
per hour after z; 50 cents extra for lead
er. Orchestra not less than six men.
Regular dances of permanent organiza-
tions-$2.50 per man until L o'clock p. m;
81 per man after Il.
Lodge work, entertainments, dances, or
both-$2 per man until IL o'clock p. m;
$. so per man until z o'clock p. m; 81 per
man per hour and a half after u.
Banquets and receptions-S2 per man
until IL o'clock p. m; $3 per man until u
o'clock p. m.
Afternoon receptions-$2 per man from
until o'clock p. m; $3.50 per man from
, until 6 o'clock p. m.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
WALES AND HIS WIFE.
The Prince and Princess Evidently on
Very Good Terms.

New York, Oct. 12.-NIiss Amelia Kuss-
ner, the miniature painter. has arrived in
America for a two months stay. She
has brought back with her a consider
able distinction achieved in the London
smart set, which hinged on the painting
of the Duchess of Marlborough. and ran
through series of noted English beau
ties. This was recently followed by the
honor conferred on her when the Prince
of Walese selected her to paint his por-
trait.
This" said Miss Kussner, when called
upon today at the Plaza hotel, ''is the
Princes personal gift to me" She dis
played a diamond ornament at her throat
representing Persimmon, the princes ia
vorite race horse, in full gallop. The
horse was made entirely of gems. the
jockey on his back wearing the princes
colOrs, red and blue.
How does the heir apparent impress
me? AS a simple gentleman. That's the
secret of his popularity He dislilles GER
emony intensely. That is the reason he
likes Americans so well. Once we had
begun the painting the prince became so
interested that two sittings planned
heightened into six. The Princess of
Wales was with US on nearly every oc-
casion. She would wander in to criti-
else and comment as any wife would.
Her relations with the prince are evil
IDENTIFY of the most affectionate charac-
ter
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
WEIRD SCENE AT A GRAVE.
Widow of the Man in the Coffin In
sists on Seeing Him.

Reading, Pa, Oct PA scene, intense
ly dramatic and entirely unlocked for,
was enacted at a new made grave in the
Lutheran cemetery yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Peter Eyrich. No 2, who had been
separated from her husband for some
time and had just learned that her hus-
band was dead and about to be buried.
awaited the arrival of his funeral process
sion at the grave, and there, in the midst
of the mourners, she rushed up to the
brink of the tomb, held aIoft her mar
rfage certificate, and exclaimed in a voice
loud enough certainly for all present to
hear:
He is my husband. and I have a right
to see him. Here is our marriage certii-
cate, signed by Rev. Mr.. Steinmetz, who
is the pastor in charge here today"
Then Mrs. Eyrich confronted the Off
ciating undertaken and said:
You had better not dare to lower that
coffin, as I have right to see the re-
mains of my husband! 1t is true we were
separated, but we were never divorc-
ed
The now greatly excited woman brush
ed several persons aside. made her way
to the coffin and commanded the under
taker to remove the lid. He obeyed, and
then followed one of the most extraordin-
ary scenes ever witnessed in grave
yard. While the mourners stood spell
bound and aghast, the widow. fairly be-
side herself with grief and anxiety, stood
gazing fiXedly at the remains for mo-
ment, then, quickly STOPPING, kissed the
face of the dead man, sobbed and be-
came hystericaI and was only calmed when
Rev. Mr.. Connor. who assisted at the
funeral, gently spoke to her, and assured
her that there was no objection what
ever to the qualification of her meIan-
choly desire.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
WATER MAIN BURST.
Fashionable New York Flooded by
100000 Gallons of Water.

New York, Oct ia large Croton
water main burst yesterday at the corner
of Madison avenue and T7orty-eighth
street, the heart of the fashionable dis
trict, and wrought such havoc with prop
erty both near and remote, that not even
a partial calculation can be made of the
financial damage at present.
For blocks around scarcely a building
escaped injury from the volume of water
which poured into the streets and base
ments. The loss will reach far into the
thousands.
The damage by water extends as far
west as Sixth avenue and as far east as
First avenue. The sewers were chol1ed
by the great rush of water and then the
flood rose in the streets.
The big water main probably was
cracked by a blast which was fired in
sewer excavation. late Saturday after>
noon. Then, when the strain on the pipe
was greatest. it gave way and the flood
followed.
The breaking of a four foot pipe was
announced by a rumbIng noise which
awakened the people in the immediate
vicinity. Looking out of their windows
they saw a great geyser in the middle of
the avenue. shooting a vast volume of
water into the air, column so high that
it reached almost to the top of the cleo
trio light pole on the corner. Those who
had no view of the fountain heard a
mighty rush of water.
For five hours this column shot into the
air before it was shut off at its source,
and in that time 10000 900 gallons of water
had run down the avenue and it's side
street on either hand. All the streets
east of Madison avenue slope gradually,
and down them the water surged in tor
rent, flooding cellars and Easements The
most serious damage was done to the
building of the railroad branch of the
Y M c. A and to the KnickerbOcl1er
Athletic clubhouse. In the basement OF
the latter place the dynamos, machinery.
bowling alleys, bathrooms and big swim
ming tank probably have been ruined by
the flood. The club officials place the
loss at $4,000. The clubhouse will be
closed until the damage has been repair
ed. After five hours the flow was stop
ned. Almost without exception the houses
in the vicinity of the break were so flood
ed that they have been damaged from
$500 to 81 900. The residence of J. Hooker
Hemersley. William Eustace, j Talbot
and the clubhouse of the Delta Phi were
among those most damaged.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
COMING TO AMERICA.
Miss Come, the Irish Joan of Arc,
Wlu Speak in New York.


New York, Oct. 12.-Niss Maude Come,
been at the head of the Irish national
movement in France and whose efforts
to promote the establishment of the Irish
republic have met with wide sympathy
among the French people, is coming to
this country. She Will be the guest of
the Irish National Alliance of America
and win deliver several lectures here.
She will be at the Grand Opera House
in this city Sunday October "a. when
there will be a grand national concert
and a lecture by Miss Come. She will
probably speak of the coming anniver-
sary of the War of 179S," which is to be
celebrated next year in Ireland, and to
which thousands of Irishmen are eXpect>
ed to go. The proceeds of the meeting
will be devoted to the alliances Wolf
Tone monument fund.
Miss Come has devoted her time and
fortune to the cause of Irish liberty She
has been a foremost champion OF the sol
diers who have fallen in battle and of 1he
Irish political prisoners in English dun
geons. She is the daughter of a colonel
in a British dragoon regiment, and the
suffering of the soldier she witnessed at
different times on the field of battle
aroused her sympathy, and she has since
been an active champion of their rights.
She is persona non grata in England,
and has for several years lived in Paris.
where she established the L'Ireland Libre
a journal devoted to espOusing the cause
of Ireland and the Irish. She has been
the cause of arousing among the French
much sympathy for the Irish exile
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
SMOKED ABOUT POWDER.
a Private at West Point Placed in
the Guard House and Court
Martial Ordered.

west Point, N. Y, Oct. 12.-Notwith-
standing he had been ordered three
times by his Captain not to smoke in
one of the buildings of the ordnance
department, Private W. c. Whitney of
the ordnance department insisted on
smoking his pipe in a building full of
powder and shells.
Whitney came here about six months
ago and enlisted in the ordnance depart
ment as a machinist. When Captain
Bruff asked him why he smoked in
the powder house he became very in
solent and said he thought he knew
what he was doing. He was put in
the guard house and a general court
martial of which Captain James Par
ker is president, has been ordered to
meet for his trial.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
ENGLAND's GREAT STRIKE.

A labor strike is about to be inaug-
urated in England beside which all pre-
vious strikes in the worlds history
will seem insignificant. 1t will involve
80 federated labor unions with an ag-
gregate membership of 100000 men.
These men Will not go out on ac-
count of any direct grievance. It is a
sympathetic strike. It is the OutgrOwth
of a movement started by the engi-
neers some months ago. The engineers
in one department of industry demand
ed an eight hour day. The demand was
refused. They struck-about $4,000 of
them. A sympathetic lockout on the
part of employers followed, and $4,000
engineers We're thrown out of employ
ment. This has been the situation for
some months.
The federated unions have been sup
porting the strikers financially, ana it
has been expensive. 1t is evident that
they have decided to end the present
situation.
There is no question of wages, unfair
treatment or lack of employment 1t
is all question of hours.
The trouble seems to have arisen at
an unfortunate time for all concerned,
and especially so for the employers.
Every factory in England has been run
ming at its fullest capacity for a long
time and most of them have orders
ahead sufficient to occupy them for
many months Wages are better than
for years and there We're no idle men
among those who cared to work until
this strike came
It seems possible to learn a lesson
from the situation in England. 1t is
that contests between employe and
employer-between labor and capital
are inevitable until the government
undertakes in some way the regulation
of affairs and the settlement of dis
putes.
It has been made clear that strikes
are not dependent upon any special
conditions. They take place in good
times and in bad times; under free
trade and under a protective tariff; in
times when work is plenty and in times
when work is scarce; under high wages
and under low wages.
It seems, therefore, that the political
economist, who has been endeavoring
to solve the strike problem by seeking
the cause and trying to remove it. has
been wasting his time His task is
like that of a man who endeavOrs to
drain pond without damming the
streams that feed it.
There must be some plan devised for
settling disputes of this character as
soon as they arise and in a manner that
will cause them to stay settled. That
this should be done and soon, is a mat
ter of the greatest moment to the pub
lie. which is frequently the greatest
sufferer.
The people have a right to protect
themselves against the consequences
resulting from the quarreIs of their
neighbOrs. and sooner or later they
will do it. The posi- ibility of an occur
renee like that at Hazleton a short
time go should not exist.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
Notice for Bids.

The Board of Trustees of State Char
table Institutions of Kansas will re-
ceive bids until Wednesday noon, Oct
ober 13, 1897, for the construction Of a
dam across Cedar creek, near Olathe
Kansas. Specifications for said work
may be seen at the State House Archi-
tect's office. Topeka, or at the State
school for the Deaf, Olathe. A certt-
5ed check for five percent of the
amount of the bid must accompany
each bid.
Bids will be opened at the Cover
nor's office, Topeka, Wednesday noon,
October 13 1887. All bids should be
addressed to W. L. Brown, Pres, To-
peka. Kansas, care of Insane Asylum.
The attention of bidders is called to
the provisions of the eight-hOur law.
S. G. WHEELER.
Sec Board of State Charitable Institu-
tiOnS.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

Those twelve Missouri women who
have kept a secret for seven years
could meet occasionally and tell the
tale to one another. 1t isn't like q
real secret which must be kept under
lock and key.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

Santa Fe special leaves for Leaven-
worth at 7:15 tomorrow morning. Re
turning, leaves Ieavenworth at 1890
D. N. Only $1.67 for round trip.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
Leavenworth and Return. $1.e7

Santa Fe special leaves for Leaven-
worth at 7:15 tomorrow morning. Re
turning, leaves Leavenworth at 1870
p. m. Only $1.67 for round trip.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
All Aboard for Leavenworth.

Until October Is inclusive, the Santa
Fe Route will sell tickets to Leaven-
worth and return at one fare, final re-
turn limit October IS
On Wednesday a special train will
leave at 7:15 a. m. The Modoc club
goes on this train
Remember the 7:30 a. m. train runs
every day and is fast train
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

A man makes a life time friend out
of a woman if he ever happens to rec
ognize her as her younger sister in a
crOWd.-Arkansas City Traveller.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
NEW ENGLISH BULLET.
Concave at the Striking End and Cal
culated to Make q Bad Wound.

London, Oct. 12.-The government is
considering the question of adopting a
new lead bullet invented by a Birming-
ham firm.
Instead of a conicaI top the new bull
let has cUp-Hke cavity in it's striking
end. When it first enters the flesh the
front of the bullet acts like a punch
cutting a clean round hole, which does
not close up. Then the missile COM
Travelled six inches it produces a Jagged
hole three or four inches in diameter
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
Unolalmed Freight sale.

Takes place at A T. &. S. F. Ry. Cos
Freight warehouse, commencing 9 a.
m. Thursday, Oct. IA, '97.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

utation. he never took his degree. Mr.
SWinburne lives near London, but he is
rarely seen in society. One of the most
pleasing traits in his character is his
devotion to children.
=
When Prof. VirchOW was in Russia a
few weeks ago he was waited on by a
deputation of female physicians. who
came to thank him for having thrown
open his lecture room and laboratory to
a Russian woman at a time when the
German universities did not yet admit
female students. VirchOW, in reply,
invited Russian female physicians to
make use of his pathOlOgic and ana
tonic museum at Berlin, which has re-
Gently been enlarged.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
Leavenworth and Return. $1.e7.

Santa Fe special leaves for Leaven-
worth at 7:15 tomorrow morning Re
turning. leaves LeavenwOrth at 10: 80
p. m. Only $1.67 for round trip.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

It's worth remembering that the fris-
kiest colt doesn't always make the best
plOw hOrse.-Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

Potatoes are getting so high that
they'll be growing them on trees next
season.-Ottawa Republican.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
Weatner Indications.

Chicago. Oct 12.-For Kansas: Fair
tonight and Wednesday slightly warm
er Wednesday; variable winds.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

Some men regard religion as a trusty
horse to carry their heavy loads over
the rough places. If there were no
burdens to carry and no rough roads to
travel they would have no religion
Atchison Champion
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
"EX" RAYS.

A French savant says love is a dis
ease. And we might add, it is cOntag-
iOus. Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

In the old fairy tales the hero's enc
mics had way of making themselves
invisible. The southern doctors are
Just now having a similar experience
with the yellow fever NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ia EagIe.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
PEOPLE YOU HEAR oF.

It is announced that Nine Colette
Dumas, the daughter of the late Alex
ander Dumas, is about to marry Dr..
Meta
During the last u months the retiring
lord mayor of London. Sir George Fau-
del Philips, has raised SO, 500, 600 in char
liable funds.
President Kellogg has been given full
executive control of the University of
California. Heretofore responsibility
was divided with a committee of re-
gents.
IT. NJ. Stanley has accepted an invi-
tation to be present on November 4
next at the opening of the extension of
the railway to BulowayO Mr.. Stanley
left England for Africa Oct. 9.
Col. Chandler. secretary of state of
Georgia, once saved the life of Neal
Dow when the latter was a war pris-
oner in Pensacola Fla, and an enraged
mob was clamOring for his life.
Prof. G. H Darwin of Cambridge
England. win lecture in the course of
the Lowell lectures" given in Boston
this year. Prof Darwin is the son of
the famous scientistSCharles Darwin.
The eminent widows of France seem
to be an unusually contrary lot. Nine
Alexander Dumas refuses to permit
the publication of any OF her husbands s
ulaEuSGLLp plSs anu AIIIe- CTOunOQ stead
lily opposes the performance of anv Of
the composers early works. Nine. Mac
Mahon and Nine. Carnot have both de-
clined the pensions offered by the
state.
The last survivor of the old band of
abolition agitators is Parker PIIlsbury
who lives at Concord, n. H, and is stiu
in comparative good health at the age
of SS, his birth year having been the
same as that of Lincoln, Gladstone and
Darwin. James Russell Lowell wrote
of him in 1916 as brown, broad shoul-
dered Pillsbury, who tears up words
like trees, by the roots"
Algernon Charles Swinburne the poet
Is one of the most eccentric individuals
in England. He is a perfect master of
Greek and French, but it is his delight
TO pretend to be entirely iIliterate and
though he left Oxford with a great rep
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

It is announced that Nine Colette
Dumas, the daughter of the late Alex
ander Dumas, is about to marry Dr..
Meta.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

Those who believe chronic diarrhoea
to be incurable should read what Mr.
p. E. Grisham. of Gaars Mills, La. has
to say on the subject. viz: I have
been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea
ever since the war and have tried all
kinds of medicines for it At last I
found a remedy that effected a cure
and that was Chamberlain Collie, ,Chol-
era and DiarrhOea Remedy This
medicine can always be depended uDon
for collie, cholera morbus, dysentary
and diarrhoea. 1t is pleasant to take
and never fails to effect a cure. 25
and so cent sizes for sale by all drug
giSts.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

LeavenwOrth and return at one fare,
81 Sc until Oct. Is via Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

President Kellogg has been given full
executive control of the University of
California. Heretofore responsibility
was divided with a committee of re-
gents.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

During the last u months the retiring
lord mayor of London. Sir George Fau-
del Philips, has raised 50. 500, 600 in char
liable funds.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

Fl. NJ Stanley has accepted an invi-
tation to be present on November 4
next at the opening of the extension of
the railway to Bulowayo Mr. Stanley
left England for Africa Oct g.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

Col Chandler. secretary of state of
Georgia, once saved the life of Neal
Dow when the latter was a war pris-
oner in Pensacola. Fla, and an enraged
mob was clamoring for his life.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

Prof G. H Darwin of Cambridge.
England, viii lecture in the course of
the Lowell lectures given in Boston
this year. Prof. Darwin is the son of
the famous scientists Charles Darwin.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

Is one of the most eccentric individuals
in England. He is a perfect master of
Greek and French, but it is his delight
to pretend to be entirely iliterate. and
though he left Oxford with great rep
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

This above all take great PRIDE and would call p
who IS thinking of buying Wrap of any kind, to visit
out with fully onehaf garments than previous
load this stock have marked them very close-a fact
convinced when you once look through
Middletown transcript., 1897-03-13

exor 5itantly high in Mexico, because they
have to be paid for abroad in gold, and the de-
probation of their money is so great that il
requires nearly s. in silver to pay 81 in gold.
Although our own silver dollrr contains leg
fine silver than the Mexi, :, .-s Easss
ours is nearly equal IN ext sags ta
two OF theirs. because here tAs coinage is linn
tied and the government issues TIE coins on
its own account and has pIeGgcd it's faith azd
credit to keep them rs good as gold, pledge
that has been faithfully kept up to this time
Notwithstanding the complaints and denuncia-
tions of our free coinage opponents. Under
our policy the dollar paid to tho laboring man
for his wages is just as good and will purchase
Just as much in the markets as the dollar paid
to the bondholders or to any other class of
creditors, but il we arc to lave free and un-
limited coinage Of legal tender silver for the
benefit of the owners Of the bullion the gov
ernment and tho people at large would have
no interest whatever in the coins, and it would
be grossly unjust to require the government
TO keep them equal in txthailg goELie value to
gold. The do;lars, as rt;IIIy IS ccined, would
be delivered to tho own rs af the bullion free
OF charge, and the government would have no
legal or mor.-i right to tax all the people of
the country in order to procure gold with
which to redeem these private coins. The
value Of our dollar would, therefore, be no
greater than tho intrinsic or commercial value
Of the silver contained in it., and its purchas-
ing power in the markets would be diminished
about one-haE, hut the wages Of labor would
remain, for long time at least. substantially
at the present rates. or, if they should be nom
inally increase on account of the depreciation
OF the currency, experience Ia the past shows
that they wouii not increase in proportion to
the increase in the prices Of commodities.
Rises in the rates Cs wages take place very
-.owly while me prizes Gf cctliiiot:ifls-s move
rapIniy, at st'lAo reFioeS ciEitslfsg several
Times in the course 0f s:i:.'., Il y. Ai.G these
movements a:e aiH.t.s is-: i;s... ;.Gd
more harnfriiShtn ti,'' Z. - .i.cs Ii Il! ~ L.,
settled css.lI:iIiLn