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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
GAGE TALKS OF TARIFF.
Also Says Country Will Be Placed on
q Sound Financial Basis.

Cincinnati, O. May 31.='You may say
this regarding financial legislation: The
Republicans are going to make good
the promises made during the last cam
paign that they would put the country
on a sound financial basis.'
So said Secretary Lyman J. Gage in
an interview here today with a report
1T viii not be done at the special
session of congress- he added, be
cause the members are anxious to go
home, but I have the word of enough
congressman and senators to feel sure
in saying that it will be the first bust
ness taken up by congress next win
ter.
what ought to be done, but have them
formed, and President Mckinley and
are of the same mind regarding them.
They will be put before congress when
1t meets in regular session, and / am
assured by the leaders of the house
and senate that the question of a sound
currency for the United States is going
to be settled satisfactorily to the bust
ness men of the country and to the la
bOringmen also who believe in honest
money"
do you believe the tariff question
should have been taken up firSt?" Mr..
Gage was asked.
Il believe the tariff question had to
be settled, and the only way that con-
gress could go about making things
right was by taking up the paramount
question.
THE business CT the country has
been waiting for the tariff and the cur
rency questions to be settled. I don't
think it made much difference which
way the tariff question was settled. The
business men of the country have been
waiting until they know just where
congress stood before they went ahead
again.
: Il do not say that they are not wait
ing, too, for the currency question to
be settled, for they are. The currency
question is only one step in the right
direction, and of course there will be
some uncertainty and business may
hold back some until the currency
question is also settled. That it will
be settled satisfactorily, I am positive.
There is no doubt in my mind that the
evident near settlement of the tariff
question has already caused a moderate
revival of business. The return of
prosperity is slow, to be sure but it
already has begun all over the coun-
try, and I think there will be a contin-
ued growth of business"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
Hearts that are constant and pure
Hearts that are loyal and true;
Then give to the world the best YOU have
And the best viii come back to You.
EXPOSURE OF A FRAUD
Leads to Rejection of Bids for Supply
ing Maps to the General
Land Office

Washington, May 31.-After an inves-
tigatiOn that has been in progress for
some time, the bids for supplying pho
tographic maps. plates, etc, for the
general land office during the next f1s-
cal year have been rejected and new
bids have been called for to be submit
ted June IS. This action is the result
of a determination of Commissioner
Hermann that bids submitted should be
on an understanding that photO-Htho-
graphs should be made from pen and
ink tracings direct and not from photo
photographic copies, which are usually
worn and defaced.
This was reached after a thorough
inquiry which disclosed the fact that
the old practice had allowed original
plats. forming valuable records and
sacred" archives of the government
to be taken from the Office and photo
graphed without pen and ink tracings.
leaving the copies easily erasible with
little handling, though the object of
the work was to replace worn docu-
ments for preservation of the records.
The failure to make the tracings, it is
stated, resulted in saving of about
5000 to the contractors. When the
item was reached in the course of bust
ness a few weeks ago, it was held up
and all bids rejected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
EUROPEAN POWDER TRUST
Threatens to Invade the United
States to Offset the Tariff.

San Francisco, May 81.-California
bids fair to be early involved in the
war which the Nobel monopoly threat
ems to wage on American manufactur-
ers of high explosives. A London dis
patch quotes the chairman of the
stockholders meeting of the Nobel trust
as asserting the intention of the direct
ors to establish dynamite factories in
the United States to offset the tariff
policy of our government
The Nobel trust is a combination OF
European companies which has obtain
ed exclusive privileges for the manufac-
ture and sale of high explosives, such
as are used in mining in the TranSVaal.
Representatives of several of the prin-
cipaI cofnpa MES there have already
made overtures to the California dyna-
mite manufacturers to supply them
with powder. Figures have been furn-
ished showing that dynamite can be
made III this state and shipped to South
Africa cheaper than from Europe.
The inducement for the Nobels to en-
ter the United States is not only to
compete with home manufacture on this
coast where the principal ingredients of
dynamite are less costly than elsewhere
but to seek to regain the British Col
umbia trade, and to hold that of Aus
tralia and New Zealand which have of
late been cut into by the California
companies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
MRS. MAC. ON MARRIAGE.
She Asserts That Tt is Woman's
Highest Mission.

Washington, May 31-At the informal
reception at the White House Saturday
the question turned upon the subject
of matrimony.
Mrs. Mckinley talked so brightly and
enthusiastically upon the subject that
Miss Gary, daughter of the postmaster
general, who is soon to enter the we'd
ded estate, laughingly remarked that
Mrs. Mckinley might open a select
school for the instruction of future hus-
bands. Miss Gary's suggestion met
with general favor, and the discussion
was kept up at lively rate during the
remainder of the hour.
If there is one topic more than anoth-
er upon which Mrs. Mckinley wakes
eloquent, it is marriage. Above every
thing she extols the devotion of her
husband as an example to young men.
She unhesitatingly asserts that mar
rage is wonans highest mission when
coupled with the mutual respect which
begets perfect confidence. In the dis
charge of her domestic duties she be-
lieves that wife and mother finds her
truest happiness and reward.
While, owing to her delicate state of
health, Mrs. Mckinley has been com
PEELED to draw the line on interviews or
even personal statements that necessi-
tates the least exertion, she has candidly
expressed these views to her friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
HIS ANCIENT NOTION.
Judge Foster Still Firm in His Oppo-
sition to Prohibition.

Following Governor Leedy's speech
on the temperance question at Hamil-
ton hall, he received the following let
ter from Judge G. G. Foster of the
United States court in this city:
1T is some satisfaction to know that
you are to be governor during the time
for which the peoples elected you, al
though I did not vote for you-and the
attempt to bulldoze the chief executive
of the state by a handful of prohibit
tionists has been properly rebuked.
THE fact is, you have appointed
three good, competent men as police
commissioners for Topeka. They have
reduced expenses and enforced the laws
with reasonable diligence
1.-THE police force has some other du-
ties to perform besides hunting for beer
and whisky. and suppose that the
governor of the state can find more i'm
portant public duties than hunting for
joints.
IF your bold stand results, as I be-
ueve it will, in forcing this question be-
fore the people and having it settled
once for all, you will have rendered
the state and the cause of temperance
a service that will not be forgotten"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
TURNER'S ARE STRICT.
Have Followed Chief steels's Orders
Concerning Use of Liquors.

ct have been a member of the Tur-
ner society for Is years. said a promi-
nent German of this city today, and
never up to two weeks ago have I
missed drinking a glass of beer at the
hall on Sunday Now all we have to
drink is water and soda water
It appears that the Turner society
has regarded with a. great deal of con-
sideration the notice served on the Of
ficers by Chief Steele, and after using
up the supply on hand when the notice
was received has refrained from pro-
curing a further stock Mem bers state
that for two weeks past there has been
no liquor drank at the gardens or hall.
This state of affairs is not at all
agreeable to the membe of the So
ciety. A meeting of the officers and
trustees of the society has been called
for next Tuesday evening to discuss
the liquor question as far as it affects
the society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
AFTER FIVE YEARS.
De Wolf Hopper's Visit June 9 Will
Be His First Since 1892.

The appearance of De Wolf Hopper
in Eel Captain at the Grand Opera
House on the evening of June will be
his first appearance in this city since
1892. In that year the great comedian
visited Topeka in Wang" the opera
which really made him famous. and
his appearance called out an audience
which completely filed the Grand. A
similar audience will probably greet
him in "El Captain
Hopper's latest opera is said to be
his best, and it is certainly one of the
greatest successes of recent years in
the comic opera line. Some of Sousa's
best efforts are contained in the music,
while the book of the opera is witty
and humorous.
The sale of seats for lei Captain"
will open on Monday morning, June Z,
instead of on this morning, as
has been stated. The prices will be
s150, 81, IS and so cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
TAX FOR EACH AGENCY,
Is the Construction Put Upon the Lii
cense Law in Relation to In
surance Companies.

License Collector L. c. Bailey is max
ing things interesting for the insurance
companies and he has no ambition to
snatch the laurels from the brow OF
Webb Wilder, either.
Collector Bailey incidentally looked
nm tbe license law as applied to insur-
ance agencies. He discovered that the
law fixes a city tax of $25 on each
agency in the city. Some companies
have several agencies, but no company
cense collector holds that the company
must pay license for each agency. Many
companies have agencies in North To-
peka and these will probably pc closed
rather than pay the extra tax. g.
some conDanies may pay a tax for
more than one agency. but the general
result will be a consolidation OF ous1-
ness and the abolishing of extra agen-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
COLORED BOY IN ENGLAND.
Paul Laurence Dunbar Rather Upset
by Social Attentions.

London, May 31.-Paul Laurence Dun
bar, the young negro poet, has not been
financially successful as a reader in
England, but he is having an agree
able time socially.
THE American colored man here"
he says, ''is a good deal like boy just
out of school. He feels his freedom
and shows it ingenuously. When one
has not been allowed to stick his nose
inside the portal of the Hotel Waldorf
in New York and is refused entertain
nent at the best hostelries of his ma
TONS capital, to be welcomed at the
Hotel Cecil in London is, perhaps. q lit
tie upsetting. After finding ones self
excluded from the best restaurants in
America, or frowned upon in them, to
be seated and smiled at by the OBJ
sequious manager of F'rascati's is some
thing of a change"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
DOGS AND A BABY.
Decision by the New York Board of
Health on Their Relative Rights.

aSa4t1 on 4ne1r Relative kS1gg hts
New York, May 31.-Babes may cry,
but dogs must not bark. Such is the
edict of the president of the board of
health in a question which was ser
iously disturbing the peace in West
One Hundred and Twenty Fifth street
which is to Harlem what Broadway is
to the Tenderloin.
Next door to an undertaken lives a
grocer
There were rats in the grocer's eel
lar, so he got two terriers to protect
his poultry and vegetables and a New
foundland dog to protect the terriers.
There is no yard to the grocery, so the
dogs dwelt in the cellar. The under
taker complained to the board of health
that the dogs disturbed himself and
his wife and the babe within the house,
but the grocer contended that the babe
was the aggressor and disturbed the
dogs, and brought many witnesses to
testify to their excellent character. The
president of the health board ordered
the Punishment of the dogs, but the
baby reignS supreme.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31

simply fits the man to be an expert
scoundrel. Our country is in danger be-
cause corruption in our politics is as COM
mon as elections, and corruption in our
municipal and state legislatures is as
common as luncheon at noon.
In almost every municipal and state
legislature there is an organized bandittt
that demands tribute and sells legisla-
ton We know this to be SO. We do
not guess it. We all know it. You know
it in Philadelphia. And it must stop, or
it will stop the wheels of this republic.
1.-The influences are ripe and ripening to
destroy our government unless we turn
aside from the way we have been going
and adhere to principles rather than to
party. There are too many men who
would seorn dishonesty in private affairs
who encourage it in politics. Half the
world is going to the devil because no one
will shout out loud. The time has come.
if the republic is to be preserved, when
we will have to rebuke men out loud.
Men sneer at morality in politics, but
God knows there is hardly enough left Of
it in the politics of this country to sneer
at.
Many sigh and pray for prosperity and
many work themselves up into belief
that prosperity is speedily coming to
bless all our homes. But. my country
men do not be misled, but think and
reason and judge for yourselves. And SO
thinking and judging, don't you see that
before we can bring prosperity back to
remain we must remove the cause that
drove and keeps it in exile?
DO not forget that the humblest man
whose fingers drop a ballot helps to guide
the pen that writes the law that makes
right or promotes the wrong. If liberty
fails if the wrong prevail, we. the people
are to blame for we write the law.
What hope have I for the future?
Much hope but no confident expectation,
because I find so many men who for par
ty advantage trample principle under
foot. There are so many who have grown
discouraged and have quit trying to make
our politics purer and better. I find SO
many who are willing to buy legislation
as they buy corn and wheat.
Il prefer tyranny to anarchy. We win
have both, but anarchy first and tyranny
to escape anarchy. There can be no true
liberty without law, any more than there
can be order in chaos, or health saturated
with disease. I have confidence in my
country men. I have less confidence in
some who appreciate the opportunity our
free institutions secure, but fail utter
ly to appreciate the responsibility that
freedom imposes. But I know 1 stand
in the presence of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
Annual Meeting Of German Baptists,
Frederick, Nd.
Reduced Rates Via B. & O.

The B. & o. r. r. will sell round-trip
tickets from all points on its lines west
of the Ohio River. for ali trains June
?, and A. inclusive, valid for re
turn passage until June Both The rate
from Chicago will be $17.25, and cor
respondingly low rates from all other
points on its lines. Tickets will also be
placed on sale at all coupon stations
throughout the West and Northwest.
The B. & 0. operates a double daily
service of fast express trains from Chi
cago to Frederick with through Pull
man Sleeping Cars. The scenery along
the line of the B. & o. is unequaled on
the American Continent and is seen at
its best at this time of the year.
For further particulars address 3. NJ
Austin, G. P. A, Grand Central Station,
Chica go. Ill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
ROBERT GAYLOR'S PERIL.
Comedian Overcome by Gas in Bath
at Mount Glenn ems. Mich

Mount Clemens, Mich, May 31-Rob-
ert Gaylor the Irish comedian was
overcome by gas at a bathhouse Satur-
day and was unconscious for two hours
before he could be moved
In spite of repeated warnings to
guests at all the lighthouses not to
turn on mineral water unless an at
tendant is present. many people suf-
fer the penalty every season of trying
to crafty their curiosity.
Gaylor had taken his bath and then
turned the faucet and allowed the clear
mineral water to run over his neck and
chest, the result being that he almost
lost his life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31

The figures expressing theSe per-
centages of increase between 1860 and
1870, and 1870 and 1880 are of no value
owing to the omission of the ninth CEN
sus. Throwing this out of account it is
seen that with the exception of the de-
cade from 1900 to 1910, the increase of
the white has been at a greater rate
than that of the negro in every case,
and that during the last ten years the
increase has been nearly twice as rapid
For the United States as a whole, in
1890, there has been relative decrease
of negroes of $50 to each 100, 900 whites
as compared with the relative increase
from 1870 to 1880 of 634 to each 100 900
whites. In the South Atlantic division
there has been a relative decrease in
1890 OF 4,S52 negroes to each 100, 900
whites, and in the South Central divis-
ion of 4,584 negroes to each 100, 900
whites.
There you have statistics based upon
figures furnished by the United States
government 10 they lie2 If so the
government census lies. If they be true,
then comes the bare incontrovertible
fact that the negro as a race is passing
away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
RAILROAD REPORT.
Assessors Will offer Their Figures
and Conclusions This Week.

ME report of the railroad assessors
will not be made until the middle OF
this week.
The report is ready. but it has not
been approved by Secretary OF state
bush. Treasurer Hehebower and AT
torney General Boyle II they sn4olo
apt C%oyer mo Harvey and Auditor Nor
a ris the the report viii be made at once;
Fi7 if if they should not be suited it will
take some time to fix up the 4s hgurespr
It is reported that the missouri "a
oifc % assessment has been lowered.
el9 The prediction is that there win b be
no end Of trouble from the g &c ERR as $
Office if there is reduction , IN fne fo7.
sessllr1il T,eedv regards that company
e q one Of the arch enemies of POpulist
railroad legislation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31

through successive generations and you
will find the mental activity increasing
and the body growing stronger as the
pure Saxon is approached. When the
last drop of tainted blood is eliminated
the man stands forth in his full mental
and physical vigor.
TT has been demonstrated conclusive
1y where mulattoes cOnsort together the
offspring grows lighter in color and
healthier in mind and body with each
generation. The power of the white
blood in the parents is ever working the
change.
LAS in the beginning we all had one
father, we are sprung from the same
stock. Ham was a white man until his
skin was blackened by climate condi-
tons There is no evidence that he was
born black
LAS 1 said before, the negro cannot
hold his own with the Anglo-Saxon
has shown this to be true for all time.
The shorter lived mulatto is the conse-
quence. His increase clinches the ar
gument.
1T is the evolution from the black
to the white. Intelligence should throw
down the prejudicial barriers we have
raised between ourselves. The eleventh
census shows that out of a total popu-
lation of 81. 622, 250 the persons of negro
descent numbered 7,470, 040 Excluding
the small percent of Chinese, Japanese
and civilized Indians, it is seen that the
white constituted $3.50 per cent and the
negro II. 90 per cent of the whole popu-
Iation returned in 1890. Ten years ago
there We're 6, $50, 1913 persons of negro de-
scent in the country and the proper
lions of the two races were Sc "a white
and 1872 negro. Here is a table show
ing the number of white and negro at
each census during the last century,
hi T.cf1 -aa 4rrf ofIS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
WIRE ROD CORNER.
Boston Syndicate Said to Have Con-
troll Over All But One Mill.

Pittsburg, May S1.-The Chronicle
Telegraph says that it has just leaked
out that the output of wire rods in this
country has been cornered.
This has not been effected, says the
article in the usual manner, through
a combination arrangement of the man
ufacturers. The work is believed to
have been az. urnPl shed by a syndicate
of wire nail manufacturers operating
fro III Boston
1t is reported that the syndicate hes
sec 1red control of every rod mill but
one, either through leases or ty con-
tracts for the entire output
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
Prof, Wood. gives the proportions OF

These tables continued Prof. Wood
"shOw the increase of the whites and
the decrease of the negro except in 1910
and 1880. In 1880 the apparent decrease
of whites and increase of negro is due
to the deficient enumerat ton of 1870.
In this period of 100 years the pro
portion of white has increased from
S0.73 to $3.50 per cent, and that of the
negro has diminished from 1927 to IL 60
per cent
Here is a table showing the percent
ages of increase Of the two races since
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIA-
TI0E MEETING

For the meeting of the National Ed
ucationaI association at Buffalo in 1896
the excellent service given by the
Union Pacific was commented on by all
who had the pleasure of using that
line. This year our educational friends
meet in Milwaukee, Wis, July to 9.
and members of the association and
others from points west of the Missouri
river should by all means take the
The service of the Union Pacific
via Omaha or Kansas City is the very
best The equipment consists Of hand
some day coaches, chair cars, Pullman
buffet and drawing room sleepers, din
ing cars and buffet smoking and Ii
brary cars. Fewer changes than via
any other line. One fare. plus $3.50, for
the round trip will be the rate from all
points west of the Missouri river for
this meeting.
For illustrated matter. folders, ETC.,
call on or write
E L. LOMAX,
G. P & T. A, Omaha.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
NFTDEL TURNS CATHOLIC.
Learned to See the Light Through
a Friend.

Baltimore, May 81---EdWa5rd5 - 80 g =
Marble, the veteran actor ana re- I'M
ist' a MAO f naS Se Of Bob Ingsrson. has
been converted and received INTO the
Catholic church. -, Nav II at
The baptism took place 81 n N his
e st It the D officiating priest being Rev;
vgiIliaTa A McLouchlin, Of St.SleL, edst
Cafholic church of PhiladeIp M =! q $50 -
friend of the actor. who was nlnlseiA an
actor, before he became priest.
- ~ affectg from er-eating-BEECH-
A Ms PILLS.
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Ottawa Chatauqua Assembly. June II
to Is. One fare via Santa Fe.
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Vigor, both of mind and body, is the
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Mineral Water

Mineral Water.
The finest IN the west. Come and try It.
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We do mending and sew on buttons
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