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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
NOTHING so GOOD
AS the Topeka Festival, Says Con-
gresham Vincent.

Congressman w. d. Vincent and wife
returned home to Clay Center today,
having spent the week in the city. They
We're well pleased with the entertain
ment afforded them. Mr.. Vincent said
today:
Topeka deserves the highest praise
for giving the people such an elaborate
entertainment as we have seen this
week. I confess I have never seen any
thing of the kind as good as the Tope-
ka Festival. It would be a credit to a
city five times its size.
Visitors were well taken care of, and
so far as [ have heard, not a single COM
plant has been lodged against the en-
tertainment which 1 sincerely hope
will prove a financial success"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
TODAY'S MARkET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal

WHEAT-Wheat opened steady to-
day, at a slight advance, December 9014.
ga1nst yesterdays closing price of
901sc It was quoted at 90ssc inmedi-
ately. Liverpool was firm, showing a
slight advance at the close, notwith-
standing the weakness here. Argen-
tine reported of rain. The drought
" est is unbroken and very acute and
the weather bureau predicted fair
weather everywhere for the next Sc
hours. except possibly showers in Min
nesota and North Dakota. New York
reported exporters took 1874 900 bushels
there and 112, 600 blu. at outports. Clear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02

Those who believe chronic diarrhoea
to be incurabIe 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 [
found a remedy that erected a cure,
and that was Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy This
medicine can always be depended upon
for collie, cholera morbus, dysentary
and diarrhoea 1t is pleasant to take
and never fails to effect cure. %
and so cent sizes for sale by all drug
oistS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02

statement that 40 per cent of this years
crop is already out of farmers hands.
St. Louis picking up a lot Of wheat
through Allen @. & Co.
Worlds stock of lard not published
vet will show $1,000 terces decrease, this
IS the largest decrease for months OF
September known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
Kansas CITY ero luce MARKET.

Kansas CITY, OCT. 2
WHEAT-Wheat. hard. 1z@fc lower;
fairly active; soft firm; No. hard S21a
No 4, 1860: No. 2 red 90091; No g.
SIC: No. 4, S3@S5c: poor so; No ? spring
7707S: No 5, 1916.
CORN-Corn s. ghtIy lower, active;
No. . mixed Pa G25c.
+ OATS-Oats active, steady; No. 2
Write 20@21c.
RYEARye weak; No 2, 42c
HAY-Hay active, firm; choice tim
othy $500; choice prairie $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
Kansas CITY livestock Market.

CATTLE-Recefpts 800. Market
steady unchanged. Only retail trade
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market 5d10c
lower Bulk of sales So. S59$3. 95; pack
ers SO. 750$3. 951a: mixed So S51s4 O5;
porkers $4.000$4-05; pigs SO. 25@$3. 90
Lights S3.800S4.0 5
SHEEP Receipts 1000 Market
steady. Lambs $2.7505 80; muttons
81 CO0S3. So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
Fa11 Fes tival Pictures.

am prepared to take first class pho
t0graphs of floats, parades, decorations.
interior and exterior. John F. Strlck-
rott, view Photographic 531 Kansas
avenue, Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
Sugar and CoTee.

New York Oct. 2.
SUGAR-Sugar raw nominal; far re-
finfg 33sc; centrifugal SO tests 1916; re
fined steady; granulated 51sc.
COFFEE-Coffee dull; No. z, &c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
..Iomach viii

Don't nauseaIe youI stomach with
teas and bitter herbs. but regulate your
liver and sick headache by using those
famous little pills known as De Witt 5
Little Early Risers. C. W. StanSheld.
622 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
The Cotton Market .

COTTON-Cotton closed easy; Mid
Uplands 61a; do gulf 81; sales $50
bales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
TheFeStiYaIS illustrated

Western Homes, the New Magazine.
will Issue "a Special Festival Num Der
November 1st. to be Illustrated by fully Two
Hundred EngPsa wings in half tone from
photographs and drawings of the Great Fail
Festivals and Carnivals of the west. as cele-
bFated at Topeka, Atchison. Leavenworth.
Wichita. Kansas City, Colorado Springs. } ocky
Ford. Grand Junction, Greeley, and other
points Pictures of the Para res,
Floats, Queens and Courts, KaruIvRl
knights aud Ladies', PyrOEechmIcs.
Indian Dances. sham BATTLES. and
hosts of Sketchy bitS-the life of the festivals
picked up by the a d of camera and pencil. A
special festival cover design painted by a west
ern artist viii be reproduced in coloTS by the
half tone process. Don't fail to secure at least
one copy as souvenir of the Festivals. Ad-
dress, W eSsern Homes Publishing
Company, Topeka, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02

RTrTTFR-Rutter steady; creamery
2O021c; dairy 14@17c.
Wheat reeeiDts 349 cars; year ago 10Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
Todavss Range of Prices

T7rrnished bv the ". a. Michael Conn
mission Co Brokers in Grain Provisions
and Stocks, 10 West Sixth Ave, Topeka.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

the country Of the cabinet meetings
that were being held in anticipation of
the assembling Of congress. Promi-
nence was given to the fact that the
president had "Iaid down. upon his
secretaries and insisted that economy
must be the watchword. They must
cut down estimates to the lowest pos
sible figure. And we were assured
that this would be done. What rea-
son is there for this cool assumption
of the Tribune and the other apollo
gists that it has not been done? Who
are these secretaries but the respon-
sible leaders Of their party? Who
more concerned than they in the sue
cess of the administration Of which
they are important parts? Who bet
ter than they know the necessities of
the treasury? On whom, If not on
them, lay the duty of praeticing the
needed economies? Is it their function
to demand everything and take what
congress may award? Has congress
not the right to expect that these de-
partment heads will advise it intelli-
gently of the sums absolutely essential
to the economical administration OF
their departments?
If then it be true that the fault lies
with the cabinet, that the several mem
Jbers have grossly oyer-estimated the
sums needed for their work; that they
have paid no attention to the rela-
ton Of income to outgo and have ask
ed sums that they know the revenues
will not acknowledgements transmitted
to congress with the tacit approval OF
the president-what is this but as Sc
we're an arraignment of the adminis-
tration as it's opponents could frameY
What is it but a direct charge OF
profligacy in the administration made
by it's own organs? If the statement,
the apology, of the Tribune Is well
founded, the responsibility for the an
ticipated deficits is shifted from the
secretary of the treasury, but to
whom? 40 the president and his as
sistants in the administration. And
all for what? To avoid the humilia-
ton Of admitting that the Dingley act
is complete failure as a producer of
revenue. Or, if this horn Of the di-
lemma be rejected, then to avoid the
other dangerous admission that Re
publican congress is so given over to
extrayagant expenditure that re-
trenchment is hopeless. In thus try
ing to wriggle out of one awkward
situation our apologists have foun-
dered into one fully as awkward. In
trying to escape from the effects Of
ed to accuse their administrators of
reckless profligacy. The responsibility
is shifted, but not removed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
1TALY,s TOBACCO MONOPOLY.

All governments, anxiously seeking
sources Of revenue, find in tobac-
co a convenient subject. From try
ing to stamp it out when the
American weed first made its in
roads on European habits, meth
DDS ranging from the counterblast of
King James to the beheading of offend
ing Turks and Persians, they have
come to taxing it heavily, thus retain
ing the notion that its use is a vicious
luxury, and therefore a good excuse for
subjecting it to an outrag eous taxation.
Mr.. Blaine, we believe, was the first
statesman with courage sufficient to
urge the reduction of its taxation on
the ground that it was no longer lux
ury, whatever it may have been, but
was now one of the necessaries Of the
lives of a vast number of the popula-
tion The habituated users of the weed
VIII readily agree with Mr. Blaine
But the fact remains that its use is
purely voluntary, and a tax laid upon it
81
one compulsorily paid. One can live
comfortably without tobacco, but can
not dispense with clothing, food or
shelter.
Some governments, as ours and
England's. get revenue from tobacco by
taxing the article while leaving it's dis
trfbution to private enterprise, and this
is found to work satisfactorily. Others,
as France and Italy, make the manu-
facture and sale of it a monopoly, try
ing to take for revenue purposes the
entire profits. France utilizes its
monopoly as a substitute for our pen
sion system, appointing disabled SOL
diers or their widows or superannuated
public servants as retailers Of tobacco
in it's various forms. Italy formerly
farmed out it's monopoly to company
which shared its profits with the state,
but the profits Of the company were so
great that the state decided not to re-
new the concession, but to take over
the entire business itself and thus keep
all the profits. Italy's finances have
been going from bad to worse for years,
and the prospect of getting the 10,O00,-
900 lire made by the company into the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
A CoRRECTIoN MADE.

In response to a request by the
G O b e for correction Of an article pre-
viously published, the last issue of
Harper's Weekly contains the following
amende honorable:
st. Paul and Minneapolis being in the same
state, ON the same river, and only ten miles
apart, 1t is necessarily evident to every IN
prejudiced person that their names and
qualities are interchangeable at will, and that
when you speak Of one, meaning the other.
it serves all practical purposes just as well
as If you named the one you meant. 1t is
hard, however, to make this simple geograph-
ical fact acceptable to the two cities con-
cerned, and perhaps it was to be expected
that reproacheS should come to the Weekly
from st. Paul because, the other day, in
telling about the plans for the new public
library in New York, it named as one OF
the seven jurymen who arranged the compe-
tition and passed upon the plans Mr. Cass
Gilbert of Minneapolis" Mr.. Gilbert lives.
not actually in Minneapolis, but few miles
outside of that city. in st. Paul. He is the
architect Of the new Minnesota state CAPT
toll which is also in st. Paul, and is so dis
tinguished an architect that perhaps it is
excusable for the st. Paul people to want his
place of residence to be accurately stated.
We imagine that if the writer lived
or owned real estate or was interested
in a business in either Of these cities,
he would soon understand that the OBJ
lection to confounding them rests not
upon sentimental grounds, but on a
very practical foundation. Unfortu-
nately, in the past, the 'interchangea-
bility'' of their names has taken the
singular form IN certain Eastern pa
pers of publishing all murders, bust
ness and bank failures and items Of
general disaster from both cities under
a ST. Paul date line; while for the Min
neapolis heading were reserved all dual
city credits for intelligence, progress
and prosperity. Of course the Weekly
is not one Of these chronic offenders,
and its correction is honorable to itself
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
OUR MINISTER TO CHINA.

The president supplements his ap-
in the person of the unvarnished Good
now, with that of a minister
plenipotentiary to the land of
the Acknowledged Celestials in the
person of the fussy and feathery
"CoI" Charles Page Bryan, Of Chi
cago. John can be safely relied on to
attend to all business" that comes in
his way, while the Colonel" can be
as serenely depended upon to furnish
the frills and flounces of diplomacy.
We all knew who Goodnow was, and
the president is thought to know more
of him than he did when he redeemed
Hanna's promise to give John some
thing good in return for unhorsing
Minnesota's favorite son, but if Mark
foisted an egg of doubtful freshness on
him it must be said he took the egg
and it's odors heroically. But we are
finding out who is this "Col." Bryan,
whom the president has yanked UP out
of the undistinguished mass of our
citizenry and set where curiosity busies
herself in finding out who he is.
He is from Chicago. That may or
may not be commencing fact. Some
good things come out Of Chicago and
many bad ones Likewise as to men,
If Col" Bryan is one of the good
ones he has not made the fact prom
inent outside of very narrow Chicago
circle. We learn that he is a very
fussy individual, fond Of feathers and
not particular whether they are his
own or borrowed ones. That other
Dawes whose surname should be Jack
whom the president called out of Chi
cago to try and fill Comptroller Eckel's
place, is a plain bird content with his
own plumage, but this Bryan, it ap-
pears, is another Jack Logan,
not unwilling to parade himself
in the plumage Of other and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

better birds. Logan, it will be
recalled, made a "holy show" or
himself at the czar's coronation, trick
ed out in the uniform Of an officer OF
our army, with his manly breast
blazoned with all the Grand Army
badges his father had accumulated
during a somewhat lengthy member
ship in that organization. The Rus
slams had never heard of our Grand
Army and naturally took the badges,
regulation, reunion and others, as the
ribbons of some order of American
nobility or reeognitions by grateful
government of gallant and distinguish
ed services on bloody battlefields.
But our Col" Bryan is another Jack
Logan. His honored sire was one OF
our worlds fair commissioners, VINO
iourneyed over to Europe to invite the
effete monarchies to send their repre-
sentatiyes over here and see what
an ALFRED big country we have anu
what we had to show as the result Oh
Columbus venturesome voyage In ms
little bark some four hundred years
ago. And he took the "Col.," his son
and heir, with him, for his health, may
be, for his instruction, perhaps. Among
the wearing apparel with which the
son prepared for his suitable array
when in court presence was a brand
new uniform of a colonel of our army,
and he had some cards neatly engraV-
ed with the name Of '.Col. Charles Page
Bryan, U. s. A" He wasn't colonel
nor anything else in the army, not even
a corporal, but that made no difference
with Chawles. And he wore his UNI
form, with it's double row of buttons
and shoulder straps with gold eagles
roosting in their centers, and SWORD
about his legs, when in Rome, SO our
military attache at that legation IS
quoted as asserting; wore them at re-
ceptions and actually reviewed the
troops that preserve the Eternal city
from another invasion of the Huns
and Vandals, but not from the shams,
appearing and posing as an officer OF
the army Of these United States. All
Of which goes to show remarkable
wisdom in his selection as minister to
the land where feathers and yellow
Jackets and pig-tails and fuss are the
evidences of rank and authority.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
At THE HOSPITALS.
How Christmas Was Observed in the
Sick HaIIA.

There were glad hearts in the chill
dren's ward at the city hospital yes
terday and other patients throughout
the institution for time forgot their
ailments in the pleasures of a Christ
mas observance provided by the hos
pital authorities For the little invalids
there was a gaily decorated Christmas
tree upon which dangled gifts with the
name of each child. Dr. Ancker dis
tributed the presents while the little
ones gased enraptured at the prettily
lighted tree, with it's spangles and
glare, and occasionally broke into Joy
Gus CALCULATIONS that they had not been
overlooked in the Christmas festivities
that they had heard so much about.
The convalescing patients were also
remembered about the tree with ap-
prcpriate presents. and to those who
could not be about gifts were distrib-
uted throughout every ward. The oc-
casion was a bright spot in weary
desert to many of the hospital suffer-
ers, and doubtless as much enjoyed by
those who provided the entertainment
At st. Joseph's hospital the day was
not formally observed, but each patient
was remembered with a present Those
in charge at St Luke's provided a tree
for the children Christmas eve. and
distributed presents among the other
patients yesterday
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
THE CHARITY BALL.

With great pleasure the G o b e
urges upon all its readers to support,
as far as lies within their means and
their power, the admirable public insti-
tuition which appeals to them
through it's annual achievement, the
charity ball. We call st. Luke's hospI-
tai a public institution advisedly be-
cause, although not under the direc-
ton of the authorities or supported by
the public funds, the work which it
aims to do is of public character and
would eventually become a charge of
the public purse.
Thus far the charitable side Of the
beneficence of st. Luke's hospital has
institution of a larger financial back
ing. 1t has been made what it is by the
splendid energy and philanthropy of
the ladies Of st. Paul, and it has been
those that were general to the COM
munity and some that were particular
to itself, which would have been fatal
to any concern less intelligently and
ably supported. It's purpose is to be-
come a strictly charitable institution
as soon as it shall have obtained a
foundation and an income that will
enable it to pay its fixed charges. To
even maintain it in active operation
and in the performance Of it's great
and useful work, it requires a larger in
come than can be obtained from the
ordinary munificence Of private indi-
yiduals, added to receipts from such
patients as are able to pay for their
care. Therefore, the appeal is made to
the public in the annual charity ball,
and we hope that it will be answered
generously.
Some adverse comment has been
caused by the increase Of the price of
tickets, but this is not based upon
good reasoning. The charges that have
been fixed upon by the management
are not excessive, as compared with
those in other cities like this, or with
the necessary expenses Of their under
taking. A fee of $40 for a ticket that
admits three persons to an entertain
ment SO complete in It's appointments
as this Is sold, not at an excessive, but
at a very moderate rate. Whether the
sum be great or small, however, the
knowledge that all the receipts are to
be applied in the cause of suffering
humanity should open every generous
heart and purse. We hope that the
charity ball of this year. which has
been fixed for New Years eve, will be
as great a success financially as 1t is
heartily to the interest and Iiberality
of the people Of st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
SHIFTING THE RESPONSIBILITY.

The report of Secretary Gage to con-
gress, informing that body that the
income would be insufficient to meet
the expenditures for this fiscal year
within some 100000 and those Of the
following year by some $21 ,000, 600, was
such a wet blanket on the faithful
and loyal organs that had been so
stoutly assuring the country that the
Dingley bill was all right and getting
along finely, that there has followed
some remarkable sduirming The New
York Tribune, the most expert Of all
the wriggling crowd, finds the trouble
to be in the estimates on which the
secretary bases his conclusions. He
has simply sent in the estimates made
by the heads of the several depart
ments Of the sums needed by their
branches for the ensuing two years,
and, if these requests oare complied
with, there will be, of course, treasury
deficits. But the estimates are abb
surdly extravagant, and thus the
whole question comes to be one of
appropriations says the Tribune.
Which is precisely what Democratic
papers have been insisting ever since
the surplus was transformed into a
deficiency. $3.50
But is this true? Some time in No
vember the faithful chroniclers of the
doings Of the administration informed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

public fisc was too alluring to be resist
ed. They applied principle growing
in favor with US, that if there is to be
monopoly the government, representing
all the victims of it, should administer
it.
The experiment has been in operation
several years, and, much to the dismay
of the finance department, the income
is diminishing. AS the clear profit of
the business was rs per cent, a decrease
in income naturally caused uneasiness,
especially in a country troubled even
more than we are with deficits. An in
quiry into the causes of the decrease dis
covers what one might expect from
governmental administration of a pri-
vate enterprise. 1t is found that the
desire to gain revenue, to widen the
margin Of profit, has led to the purchase
of foreign tobacco, mainly Of American
growth, Of lower and lower quality,
while maintaining the retail price. An
tSNNNAAAN~A
istic idea of using the monopoly to fos-
ter the production of native tobacco,
and Italian-grown tobacco outranks the
worst mundungus that ever polluted
our air with it's vile odor. The result
is diminished use of tobacco and the
resulting diminution in revenue. Should
this policy be continued sufficiently
long it is possible that Italy may do
what knout and scimitar were unable
to accomplish, make her people nom
users of tobacco by the simple process of
making it at once so vile and so costly
as to compel its disuse. But, however
that may be, the case is useful as an
other illustration Of the results of gov
ernmental monopolization of the field of
private industry.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26
LIBRARY TAX QUESTION
To Be Considered by the Chamber
Tomorrow.

There will be an important meeting
of the chamber of commerce tomorrow
morning at the usual hour. The cham
Der generally adjourns for the hol1-
days, but owing to several matters or
Importance which have been laid over
for a number of meetings, the recess
will be waived this year. The special
order on the library tax question will
be taken up and several committees
have reports to make. The committee
on state affairs, to which was referred
Maj. Espy's resolution seeking to in
crease the garrison at Fort Smelling,
will make it's report to the chamber
tomorrow.
Secretary Tallmadge has a full half
dozen invitations in his possession from
the management of number of big
industries in the city inviting the
chamber to visit their establishments
in a body, which will be acted upon
after the first Of the year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

NJ. H. Novothy editor OF the only Populist
paper in the county, dropped off the Tuesday
morning train and spent the day smoking
good cigars on Picture Smith and kicking
our job press.-Stephen Leader
1t is just such pictures of the delights of
rural journalism as this that make the crlbbed
and cabined workers on metropolitan papers
sick with envy, and their manly breasts to
heave with signs and their hearts to burn with
envy. What would they not give for chance
to drop off train" and spend day "smok-
ing cigars on Picture Smith," or any old
Smith. and wreak their vengeance on the
cigars by kicking a job press?