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The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
PATENT LEATHER TRUST.
Combination of Eastern Concerns in
Progress to Control American Trade.

New York. April Negotiations are
almost completed for the amalgama-
ton of all the patent and enameled
leather concerns in Newark into one
great company, which shall control the
trade in the United States.
Walter W. Bostwick a New Yorker,
is the chief mover in the scheme which
is now approaching fruitiOn. He has
been working on his plans for several
months in Newark, and has, it is said,
substantially overcome all opposition.
There are 35 concerns in Newark en-
gagged in the manufacture of patents
or enameled leather and several other
firms which are partially devoted to the
production of one or the other arti-
Gle.
There are only three establishments in
the country outside of Newark which
manufacture the goods. The valuation
of the Newark concerns is between ST.
900, 900 and SO 600, O0O.
Mr.. BOstwicks prospectus contem-
plates the incorporation of the Stand
ard Paint and Enameled Leather com
pany under the laws of New Jersey at
a capitalization not to exceed five times
the total value of the plants absorbed,
or from $4,000, 900 to $15 600. 900.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
A HERO IN STRIPES.
Remarkable Incident in the Wyoming
PenitentiarY.

Laramie. Wyo., April 2S.-Capt. Var
mum, military instructor at the state
university, lectuTed TO the inmate of
the Wyoming penitentiary on Monday
afternoon, his subject being The Gus
ter Massacre" Capt. Varnum was chief
of scouts in RenO's command at the
time of the massacre and narrowly es-
capped being with Custer a t the time of
his disastrous fight on the Little Big
Horn Among other incidents of the
campaign Capt. Varnum described the
fighting which his command vase engaged
in when surrounded by Indians for two
days after the Custer fight. ThSy were
on a ridge in trenches some distance
from the river. While in this position,
they suffered greatly from want of wa
ter, and were compelled to send volun-
teers to the stream, who were exposed
to the fire of the Indians, while going
and returning. A number of the men
were killed and wounded while attempt
ing this arduOus task.
At the close of the lecture an affect
ing incident occurred. One of the pris-
Oners asked permission to speak to the
captain. He said; Captain, do you
remember me?" Capt. Varnum said:
Your face is familiar, but I cannot
recall you at this time" The convict
then gave his name, and Capt. Var
mum a once remembered him as one of
the members of his company at the time
of the fight who so bravely carried wa
ter through the fire of the Indians, fac
ing death every time the journey was
made. The man WV sent up for grand
larceny and has over seven years to
serve
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
TRADE WITH MEXICO.
of Capitalists to This Coun-
try Being Plan ned for Next
Summer

City of Mexico. April 2S.-The Nation
al Association of Manufacturers of the
United States and the Philadelphia mu-
scum are organizing an excursion of
Mexican capitalists business men and
other persons of prominence to the Uni
ted States, to start at the beginning of
June and return toward the end of Ju-
ly.
Gustave Niederlein of the PhiladeI-
phia museum is here to invite several
gentlemen to go on this excursion, of
which the object is to bring about closer
relations between representative men of
the two countries and to improve bust
ness intercourse.
Up to the present invitations have
been sent to the following persons:
Fernando Ferrari Perez, on behalf of
the general government; Pedro GOroz-
pa, representing the agricultural in
terests; Luis Lavie, representing the
mercantile community; EveradO He
gewisch, representing the manufac ctur-
ing interests; Lie Jose AIagara, repre-
senting the Mexico City Chamber of
Commerce.
The chambers of commerce of Guada-
lajara, San Luis, Vera Cruz, and other
large cities have also been invited to
send a delegate each, as have also the
various state governments.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
CLEvELAND'S SPEECH.
Opinion of Him as Voiced by Senator
Morgan and w. J. Bryan.

New York, April 28.-Mr. Cleveland's
speech before the Reform club on Sat
urday night is regarded by many here
as direct bid for another nomination.
The tenor of the remarks of Demo-
cratic senators and representatives in
terviewed is expressed by Senator Nor
gan of Alabama, the dispatch says, who
said Mr.. Cleveland's speech was a di-
rect bid for the nomination in 1900, but
he fancied there would not be enough
Cleveland Democrats in the next ma
tional Democratic convention to make
a motion and secure a second.
What effect he was asked, will
Mr.. CleveIand's speech have on the fu-
ture of the Democratic party?"
None whatever" he replied. ''NO
Democrat cares what he thinks or what
opinion he expresses. He has Separa-
ted himself from the party which he
traitOrOuSly betrayed and for his own
peace of mind and that of his family
he should remain in the state of in
nocuous desuetude to which he has rel
egated himself by his own acts
In dispatch from Lincoln, William
J. Bryan, in part. thus comments on
Cleveland's speech at the Reform club:
Mr.. Cleveland recognizes that the
contest over the money question, in
stead of being ended, is just beginning.
He recognizes 1T as an irrepressible
conflict and in this he reasons rightly.
THE Democratic party will in 1900
reiterate its demand for free and un-
limited coinage at Is to 1 and it will be
opposed by those who at that time be-
lieve in a gold standard. This being as
certain as any future event can be- why
should those affiliate now who expect
to engage in combat so soon hereafter?
I'VE now have a harmonious Demo-
cratic party and we have a boiling or
ganizatiOn which claims to represent
another kind of Democracy. Let them
both exist and time will determine
which is fttest to survive.
IF any bimetallist is converted to
the gold standard he can join their or
ganization; if any gold Democrat re-
pents he can return to the fold.
However much we may differ from
Mr.. Cleveland we must admit his
courage. A less resolute man would
hesitate to assume the leadership of a
little band of 10000, many of whom vo-
ted the indianapolis ticket by mistake,
and then accuse $500 600 voters of be-
ing either designing agitators or the
dupes of designing agitato-s.
"A man of less self-reliance would re-
examine his own conduct to see Wheth-
er it was his folly or theirs Which sep
arated him from 5000 900 Democrats
who once idOlized him, but in the leXi-
con of Mr.. Cleveland's maturer years
there is no such word as mistake "
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
GOLDFINCHEs IN NEW YORK
Mr.. Fraser's Experiment of introduce
ing the English Songsters
Succeeds.
Succeeds,

New York, April 2S.-David Lovat
pertinent of introducing English gold
fnches in Central park, is elated by evil
dences that the experiment is a success.
A colony of these feathered beauties
now inhabits the upper part of the park
and makes the daylight hours melodi-
Gus.
In 1895 Mr. Fraser captured with nets
in the fields of Surrey and Kent y pairs
of the gOldf1nches. He brought them
over here and one day in February, 1885,
let them loose in the park at Eighty
sixth and Ninety-fourthS streets. He visi-
ted these points regularly for weeks and
found that the birds had begun to build
their nests and make themselves at
home. One pair died in a few weeks,
but the others throve. When October
came the songsters disappeared. They
had followed their custom of migrating
to a warmer climate. From England
they migrate in October to Spain, being
great travellers.
In the latter part of last March, Mr..
Fraser visited the spot where he had
loosed the birds in 1895, and was de-
lighted to hear their songs again. He
thinks they had been wintering in Flor
ling in the park. Their warble is like
the canary's. They have nested high in
the berry bearing trees near the conser-
vatOries. They are much handsomer
than the American family of fnches,
and smaller and more dOcile. The
males have a beautiful pIumage in
which crimson, yellow, black and white
are blended. The female shows a plum
age of black, crimson and white.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
WHILE MOTORMAN FIGHTS.
a Collision Occurs Killing Three Men
at Tampa.

Tampa, Fla, April 2S.-John Fore
paugh, the circus man, and two prOmi-
nent Spaniards of this city, named An
dresene Circas and Joaquin Sierra were
killed in railroad accident here last
evening. A fast mail train on the Flor
ida central railroad crashed into a
street car on a suburban electric line,
smashing the car to splinters, killing
outright the three men named and
throwing the other passengers some
distance from the track. The motor
man on the electric car is responsible
for the accident. There are no cOnduc-
tors on the line and the motOrman, with
his car running at full speed was en-
gagged in a fight on the rear platform.
The electric car dashed onto the Florida
Central track just as the fast mail ar
rived and was struck squarely in the
middle by the locomotive. Imma diateIy
after the accident the mOtorman He'd to
the woods and has not been seen since
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
WICHITA POLICE FIGHT.
Peace Has Been Restored and the
Usual Misgovernment Continues

Wichita, April 28-The controversy be-
tween Lewelling and the administration
has been settled and the effort of the
Lewelling crowd to secure the removal
of the present board of police commits
siOners has been abandoned.
This trouble first arose over the effort
of Rufe Cone. dwellings principal
mOuthpiece and servant, to dictate the
policy of the police commission. Fail
ing to do so, Cone opened up, aided by
Lewelling and soon had a rafting fight
going on between the two factions.
However, peace has been restored, it is
believed because the anti-LeWelling
crowd threa tened to carry the war be-
fore the executive council and force the
removal of Lewelling as a member of
the state board of railroad commission
ers. Upon the suggestion of such pro-
ceedings Cone and LeweIling took to the
brush and the announcement is made
from POpulist authorities that peace
has been restored
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
Mrs. LAURA E. MINIS.

Ger of the most malignant type, and
after exhausting their efforts without
doing me any e ood, they gave up the
case as hopeless. When informed that
my father had died from the same
disease, they said must die, as hered-
itary Cancer was incurab1e. was
terribly reduced in health, and felt as
if my life was was ting away.
g At this crisis, was advised by a
friend to try S. S. s., and in a short
while the Cancer seemed more in
famed than before. I was informed
that was favorable, however, as the
medicine acts by forcing out the
poison through the pores of the skin.
"Before long the Cancer began to
discharge and continued to do so for
three months; then it began to heal.
I continued the medicine a while
longer, until the Cancer disap-
Peared entirely, and I enjoyed better
health than ever before. This has
been several years ago and there has
not been a sign of a return of the
disease"
Cancer is becoming a1arn1ing1y
prevalent, and manifests itself in
such a variety of forms, that any
sore or scab, it matters not how small,
which does not readily heal up and
disappear may well be regarded with
suspicion.
The fact that s. S. S. guaranteed
purely Uegetdble) cures hereditary Can
Ger, which is considered incurable,
places it without an equal as a
sure cure for all manner of real blood
diseases, such as Scrofu1a, Eczema,
Contagious Blood Poison, or any other
form of bad blood. Our treatise on
Cancer and Blood Diseases will be
mailed free to any address by Swift
Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
Reaections of q Baohe1or.

When a woman really loves a man she
can never admit to herself that she is dis
appointed in him.
The enmity which an old maid has for
men in a married woman is generally di-
rected against the moths.
Women may point the finger of scorn at
a man, but when it's a woman they go up
close and poke her with it.
When girl wears cheap dress, she al
ways lets on to the other girls that she
spends lot on what they don't see.
The average girl never gets more than
one chance to get married, because she's
always so afraid she won't get any more.
New York Press
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
Cancer
Can be Cured.

It is very often that the most insig-
nifcant symptoms are forerunners Of
the most violent disease. There is
not a more destr uctive disease than
Cancer, and in a majority of cases it
IS hrst indicated by a very small Pirn-
pie or sore, to which no attention is
attracted, until it before long develops
into the most alarming conditions.
Here is another case where the first
symptoms of a most violent Cancer
were too small to receive much notice
until the disease had fully developed.
Mrs. Laura E. Minis has resided at
Snithvi11e, Georgia, for years, andis
well known throughout the adjoining
country. In d recent letter she tells
of a wonderful case
She says: A small pimple of a
strawberry color appeared on my
cheek; it soon changed to purple, and
began to grow rapidly, notwithstand-
ing all efforts to check it, until it was
the size of a partridge egg. My eye
became terribly irf1arned, and was so
swollen, that for quite a while could
not see. The doctors said had Cam
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28

To have at home in the album book
That warn't much to decide, but wait,
Thar's trouble comm an lots to state,
Fer, though the baby enjoyed the ride,
Rocked in the wagon from side to side,
An never a time on the journey cried,
When we sOt him down in the pictur' tent
Whar they made tintypes fer the settlement
'INvuz change surprisin he underwent
Fer when he seen that contraption tall
What takes yer face yer clothes an all
Pinted at him he give a suuall-
His mother holdin, fer fear he'd fall
An they couldn't git him that time at all.
Then the man he held up dollar bright
An says: 'LoOk herei Now Wen git him
right
An the baby opened his mouth so wide
It looked like the dollar would drap inside.
But the man kept hOldin it fur away,
The baby laughin an in fer play.
Gan now" he hollered, s'weu git him shore, -
An pinted that thing at his face once more.
Lordy It wuzn't no use at all.
1t took his mother, the gals an all
To hold him still in the high old chair,
Kiclzin an screamin. They called him 'fDear''
An Honey an Purity, " but 'twarn't no use.
He kept yellin jest kicked loose.
How many times that feller tried
To git that baby can decide.
He give him candy, rattle-more
Things than they keep in a Christmas store
An lost six hours, he said, an then
He was one o the maddest O. pictur' meh-
An he says to the mother: "Ef 1 wuz you
I'd strop that baby; that's what I'd do,
Fer he's about the worst that ever seem
With temper pintedly bad an mean.
An now says he, '+you have got to pay
Fer all Of the time that lost today
An went on talkin in that ere way.
s."
Well, the mother she fell to cryin an
Told him he warn't much of man
To talk that way O. the sweetest one
An purtiest baby beneath the sun,
An she wuz certain he didn't have none.
Then I Clipped in, fer she kept on cryin,
An said, ''That young un, old boy, is mine"
An then we clinched, we fit an fout
Fer half hour or nigh about
Till the pictur' man wuz knocked clean out.
And the baby s pictur W1z never took
To keep at home in the album book.
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
FAITH CURE A GOOD THING
In Some Diseases, But Tt Is a Failure
in Stomach Troubles.

Mere faith will not digest your food
for you viii not give you an appetite,
strengthen your nerves and heart but
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will do these
things, because they are composed of
the elements of digestion, they contain
the juices, acids and peptones necessary
to the digestion and assimilation Of all
wholesome food.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets will digest
food If placed in a jar or bottle in wa
ter heated to SO degrees. and they will
do it much more effectively when taken
into the stomach after meals. whether
you have faith that they viii or not.
They invigOrate the stomach, make
pure blood and strong nerves, is the
only way that nature can do it.and that
IS, from plenty of wholesome food we'll
digested. 1t is not what we eat. but
what we digest that does US good,
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
by nearly all druggists at 80 cents for
fulI sized package, or by mail from the
Stuart Co, Marshall. Mich.
Send for book on Stomach Diseases
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
DEMOCRATIC TACTICS.
Are Expected to Delay the Tariff Bill
Till August.


Washington, April 28.-The Democratic
mem bers of the senate finance committee
today followed their refusal of yesterday
rect to the senate with the announcement
that they would expect to be given op-
portunity for a thorough examination of
all the schedules of the bill amended
before it is reported to the senate They
have already employed one expert and
will employ others to take up the bill in
their behalf as soon as it IS presented to
them. They expect to be able to examine
the bill sufficiently to permit 1t to go to
the senate in about two weeks after they
receive it.
There has been some talk among the
Democrats of granting hearings Dy the
full committee but this proposition does
not appear to have met with general fav-
or. The Democratic members of the
committee fear that insistence upon this
course would be construed into a deternl-
nation to delay this bill, which, they IN
sist is no part of their programme
bers may have the effect of causing q
tpOnement of the presentation of the
bill beyond Thursday Some of the Re
publican committeeman now say that they
day morning, as there are stn various
matters which are not definitely decided
and which it becomes absolutely neceS-
sary TO fix before going into the full com
hope of presenting the bill Thursday but
are less hopeful than formerly.
The Republicans think they discover IN
the present attitude of their Democratic
sage of the bill which they had not
previously counted upon. and are making
their preparations for a long siege in the
senate as well as in committee. Some Of
not become a law before the first or
August,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
BLAINE IN. MARBLE.
Beautifully Executed Bust of the
PIumed Knight by Trentanove.

Washington. April %. The artistic
world here and the legion of friends OF
James G. Blaine are greatly delighted
with the latest production of Trenta-
move. the distinguished sculptor, whose
statue of Pere Marquette in Statuary
hall is pronounced the best in the capi-
tOl.
This last production is a bust of the
Plumed Knight. 1t shows the dead
statesman in the prime of his career
long before the dread disease was born
within him. The likeness and express
sion are lifeliI1e. His Oldest friends say
they feel as they gaze on his well-known
features as if they were to hear him
speak.
The artists join in the warmest COM
mendation of the exquisite workman
ship of the sculptor. The marble is
from the finest quarry in Italy. The
work was done in TrentanOve's home in
Florence. The artists skill has enabled
him to counterfeit to a remarkable de-
gree the heshy texture of the states
mans face in its different gradatiOns
frs4n the softness around the eyes to
the tensenesS across the cheek bones.
The sculptor is being shOwered with
gratulations and they are well de-
served
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
FISHERMEN EAT MATE.
shipwrecked and Starving They Turn
Cannibals.

St.Johns. N. F.April 2S-The French
fishing vessel Valiant from st. Malo,
for Miquelon, struck an iceberg on the
Grand Banks on the 18th inst, and al
most Immediately foundered. She had
70 fishermen on board. and all took to
the boats. Only one of these boats has
thus far been heard from. When il
left the vessel it's complement was sew
en- men.
Three of them perished from expos
ura and hunger. The bodies of the
first two were thrown overheard, but
the survivors, in their desperation, were
driven to eannibalism. and ate the
third The boat was picked up by the
schooner Eugene which arrived at St.
Pierre today. The survivors are in a
bad condition. They are frost bitten so
that their arms must be amputated.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
MILLS IN DIFFICULTY.
Serious Situation in New Bedford,
Mass, Over the Condition Of
Three Plants.

New Bedford. Mass, April 28-The
city received another shock today when
it was reported that three more mills
were in financial difficulties. The tr0u-
bles of the Bennett and Columbia mills
have caused the banks to be careful,
and the latest difficulty precipitated
when the holder of the note of the How
land mills notified the company that
full payment and not a renewal was de
sired The mills now supposed to be in
VOlved are the HOWland, ROtch and
New Bedford. It is not believed that
the situation is very bad. but it is likely
that stockholders will suffer a loss of
25 to 40 per cent.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
1,4OO HOTELS WILL CLOSE,
If the Raines Law Amendments are
Strictly Enforced.

New York, April 2S.-Of the 2.OS2 no.
tells in New York city it is estimated
law amendments are strictly enforced
Chief of Police Conlin says that il a
certified copy of the amended law ar
rives today he will give instructions to
the department to put the new prOvis-
ions in force at once. That means that
nearly three-quarters of the hotels that
have heretofore been serving drinks
with meals on Sunday cannot hereaf-
ter keep open on Sunday.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28

s"That's the second time that deaf mute
has been to see me because he had sprained
fingers on both hands, - remarked the sur
geon.
He seems peculiarly afflicted, - replied
his assistant.
Eyes. He let's his feelings run away
with him. He can't go to a baseball game
without letting his enthusiasm go too far
when he roots for his favorite team. -
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28

REDUCED Rates TO ST. Louis.

For the National funniest. Gymnas-
tic Union, to be held at St. Louis May
6 to 9, 1897, the Union Pacific will sell
tickets at rate of one fare for round
trip. Tickets on sale May and from
points in Kansas. Nebraska and Colo
rado.
The Union Pacific and connections is
the best line and offers the fastest time
and best accommoda tions of any line.
For further information apply to
F. A. LEWIS,
Agent
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28

fBut your blawsted people are so bloom
ing Ignorant" complained the British
tourist.
''Lawst night in the pawk, the band
played God Sy7e the Queen, and lot of
young chaps broke out singing something
about sweet land of liberty. ''-Detroit
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
Leading Up to 1t.

"And now," said the African trader to
his shipping clerk, 1--WE put poor Jim in
this cask of rum, and I want you to send
it home to his folks. Have the news bro
ken gently to his widow, you know am
just telegraphing her that he left here in
his usual spirits. New York Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
CUT GLASS WORKS SOLD.
Plant Which Cost the Village of Kent
$4,000 Brings S7.O5O.

Ravenna, O., April 28-The Dithridge
cut glass works, an industry which or
iginally cost the village of Kent $780,
600, was sold in Ravenna today by Sher-
iff Long for $7,050.
Marvin Kent was the purchaser. The
sheriff has been trying to sell it to sat
isfy creditors, who were turned down
by the refusal of the Kent council to
pay the interest on the bonds during
the past year.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28
OLIVE OILS RIVAL.
French Olive Producers Want High
er Tariff on Cotton Seed Oil.

Paris, April 28-The French olive oil
producers, finding themselves unable to
meet the cOmpe etitiOn of the cheaper cot
ton seed oils from America, have be-
gun an agitation to have the tariff in
creased from 37a cents a gallon to or
cents.
America sent to Narseilles last year
112, ,627 barrels of this oil, or nine-tenths
of the entire amount imported.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28

"Mrs. Swellton doesn't admire the new
fad of removing bonnets in theaters. "
''Why not?''
1.-THE first time she removed hers she sat
on it, New York Sunday Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-04-28

Mrs. Henpeok-I see a man out west
sold his wife for $12. What do you think
of that?
Mr. Henpeck-She must have been
good one.-Town Topics.