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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
MINT FOR KLONDIKE.
Canadian Government Will Also Fur
nish Miners DRAFTS for Gold Dust.

Vancouver, B. c., Nov. 6.-Ninister of
the Interior Sifton was presented an
address by the Vancouver board of trade
this morning. In the course of a lengthy
speech in reply, he said he had been much
gratihed by his reception on the Pacific
coast. While at Skaguay he had found
that the police transportation system
had practically broken down. This he
had set right again and had made
rangements for police posts every fifteen
miles from Dawson to Skaguay.
Next year every possible avenue into
the Yukon country from the coast would
be guarded by police and customs Of
ficers.
He had also made arrangements for
monthly mail service to and from Daw-
son during the winter.
He says no telegraph lines will be laid
this winter. The line wiH naturally go
alongside permanent route and it must
wait until that is decided upon. The
cabinet would select the best out of the
three routes, Chilkoot, White pass and
Stickeen river. Personally, he was in
cIined to favor the latter, as it was al
most a Canadian route He felt disposed
to allow the issue of miners licenses at
Vancouver. He said the government had
decided to provide escorts to miners in
all districts, to build treasure houses.
Arrangements will be made whereby min
ers can exchange gold dust for drafts
DayabIe by any bank in Canada The
government will seriously consider the
question of the establishment of Can
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
CLEVELAND INTERCEDED.
Asked Mckinley to Allow Judge
Tarsney to Remain.

washington, Nov. Ga bomb was
thrown into the camp of the Oklahoma
Republicans who are waiting here for
decision on their applications for places
on the bench in the territory. This was
a statement that ex-President Cleveland
has made a personal request of Mr. Nc
Kinley, asking him to let Associate JUS
tice John c. Tarsney. formerly of Kansas
City. remain in undisturbed possession Of
his position on the wool sack until the
expiration of his term
President Cleveland and Judge Tarsney
were close friends the last term the lat
ter served in congress, and when the Re-
publican house, under control of Speaker
Reed, threw out Mr.. Tarsney to make a
place for Colonel Van Horn. Mr.. Cleve-
land soon found a place for Judge Tars-
ney as an associate justice of the Okla
homa judiciary.
AS Judge Tarsney has nearly two years
of his term yet to serve, the Republican
aspirants for his seat are excited over
the possibility of waiting this long. Judge
Strang and B. T. Hainer are two of the
applicants who have their hopes fixed on
the chance of succeeding Judge Tarsney.
The statement that Mr.. Cleveland had
requested President Mckinley to keep his
battle-ax away from Judge Tarsney's Of
fetal neck is made by an Oklahoma poll
tician who ought to know what he is
talking about
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
AGRICULTURE IN ALASKA.
Com missioners Make an Unfavorable
Report to Secretary Wilson.

Washington, Nov. 6.-Dr w. H Evans
and Benton KILN. commissioners appoint
ed to investigate the agricultural possi-
biIites of Alaska. have submitted their
report to Secretary Of Agriculture VIII
/ son. The reports agree that while COM
paratively little agriculture exists there,
it is possible that enough of certain crops
and animals may be grown to sustain a
population, provided proper methods are
pursued.
While Director True of the division of
experiment stations doesn't regard as
feasible the establishment of agricultural
experimental stations there, he believes
that experiments may be carried on in a
number of lines with great success. The
two commissioners spent three months in
vestigating on the southern coast region
of Alaska The reports say cultivated
areas in Alaska are confined to small
kitchen gardens, in which are grown
many Of our earlier and harder vegeta-
bIes. Stock raising is carried on to a
very limited extent. The possible ex-
tension of the pasturage and gardening
area is quite considerable. Estimates are
made of an expense of $500 per acre in
preparing the soil for cultivation. What
agriculture there will be in Alaska will
be subsidiary to fishing and other indus
tries, according to Mr.. Killin's separate
lands and make homes.
At the present rate, Mr.. KILN says,
the salmon will soon be destroyed; they
are being fished for in spawning waters
to such an extent that they have no op>
portunity to propagate. Halibut, cod and
herring will last forever. Timber will
not go into the market until the yellow
fir or Douglass pine of the Pacific coast
is exhausted, as it is superior to the
Alaskan spruce or hemiock.
Alaskans will not feel the want of ag-
ricuIture. as freight from the coast ag>
ricultural districts is by sail vessel, and
cheap. 1t now costs but 80 cents a day
to provide food for miners at Turn Again
Arm, the most remote part of Cooks in
let.
He says the agricultural department
can do nothing in the way of expert
mental stations in Alaska, but can fur
nish information.
Grasses grow to great perfection. Lit
tie was seen of the cultivation of cereals
and small fruits. and berries abound,
though practically no attention is paid to
their cultivation.
AS to the country from the southern
boundary to Kodiak and Long island and
from the Pacific to the Alaskan noun
tains, the climate is extremely wet, but
not cold; winters are very long, and the
feeding period will be at least seven
months. The cereals will not ripen, the
vegetables will not mature.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
PENAL COLONY IN ALASKA.
New Jersey Congressman Will At
tempt to Found One

New Brunswick, n. J., Nov. 6.-Con-
gresham Howell of this city will pre-
sent at the session of congress this win
ter a plan for establishing a federal penal
settlement in Alaska. He will make this
the principal work of his term in Fifty
fifth congress. The scheme was evolved
by Mr.. Howell and julius Heidingsfeld,
one of his constituents The plan of a
penal settlement was started by the
breaking out of the gold craze. The idea
first suggested itself TO the congressman
during the extra session of congress,
when he had little time to develop it, He
spoke of il to Mr.. Hefdingsfeld and after
the session was over the two put their
heads together
The conclusion they arrived at was that
a penal colony for federal prisoners would
in any case be much more economical
than paying large sums to maintain pris-
oners at state penitentiaries. While there
the prisoners would be bettering their
condition. The Alaskan colony would
not have the hardships and cruelties of
Siberia, and the prisoners, instead of work
ing for autocratic master far away,
would be really working for themselves,
for the plan of Congressman Howell is
to have them work one year to pay for
their transportation and after that half
of their earnings is to be sent to their
families or near relatives depending upon
them, and the other half is to be present.
ed to them upon leaving the colony,
Modern appliances could be used to do
away with the rigors of the northern eli
mate, and escapes from the colony would
be undesirable if not impossible. 1t is
thought that such a colony would be
real preventive of crime and an actual
reformation for those who had committed
crime.
Mr.. Howell will have a bill providing
for a committee to investigate the feas>
ibility of the plan ready when congress
convenes. He will probably try to get
Speaker Reed interested in the plan, to
insure the success of the scheme.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
BOTH IN ONE COFFIN.
Aged Couple Die Within FewHours
of Each Other.

Indianapolis, Nov. 6-Mrs. Angelina
Mendehall died this morning at her home.
3l6 West Twelfth street, aged 81 years
Forty-fiVe hours before her husband. DR.
Elijah Mendenhall, had passed away at
the age of 81 years. The husband and
Wife We're buried this afternoon IN one
coffin, made double width. at Crown IIiu
cemetery.
A few hours after the husbands death
his wife asked that she be allowed to
see him once more before her death
When the coffin was placed by her he'd
she said: Il am glad he is at rest"
Those were her last words. For fifteen
years Mrs. Mendenhan had said that she
would not be present in life at her hus-
bands funeral even if he died first. for
she would join him in a few hours after
his death. The couple had four
sons, among whom was the late Rev. ].
w. Mendenhall. editor of the Methodist
Review of New York.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
HARPER WANTS MONEY.
Funds Needed for Another Dormitory
at Chicago University.

Chicago, Nov. 6--President Harper of
the University of Chicago is looking for
someone with about 1000 who will
build another dormitory for the use of
the Midway "coeds." The present wo>
mems haHs-KeIly, Beecher and Foster
have for some time been inadequate to
supply the demand for rooms which the
constantly increasing number of women
students has created, so that many of
the new ''coeds" have been obliged to se~
cure rooms in private houses. This condi-
ton of affairs is not approved by the au>
thorities nor is it acceptable to the pa
rents of some of the young women.
At a meeting of the trustees yesterday
plans drawn UP by Henry Ives Cobb
were considered. and it was decided that
another dormitory should be built between
Beecher and Kelly halls, facing Lexing-
ton avenue, and costing approximately
$4,000. It was decided that the authori-
ties should go on a still hunt for someone
with capital and sufficient generosity to
build the "coeds" another hall.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
WHAT TOPEKA MAY GAIN.

The prospect that the Chicago & AL
ton may come into possession of
the Kansas division of the Union Pa
cff1c railway is one possessing no small
Importance for Topeka and her com
merctal interests
Such a change of ownership or man
agement would give the city another
through line to Chicago and what she
does not now possess a direct through
line to St. Louis. The Alton is a good
substantial concern and would prove a
valuable acquisition to the capital city
of Kansas
The Union Pacific has never shown
that consideration for Topeka which
the citys Importance as a business
point seems to warrant, nor anything
approaching that degree of considera-
ton which has been shown by the San
ia Fe and the Rock Island. Topeka
has received from the Union Pacific
management about the same attention
that has been given to RossviIle or any
other town between Kansas City and
Denver-no more and no less.
Perhaps it may be considered i'm
proper to criticise a business concern
for managing its own affairs in it's own
way, on general principles, but the peo-
pie have had a sort of a proprietary in
they We're built.
The Kansas division is one of the
most valuable pieces of railroad prop
erty in the western country, traversing
a rich section of the state, connecting
two great trade centers and possessing
a capacity for being operated at a min
imum expense
Notwithstanding all this it has not
met its obligations, hence the sale un-
der foreclosure proceedings which will
take place December Is.
A suspicion has arisen in various
quarters from time to time that the
management has been in constant
dread lest the road would make too
much money. Given a motive, and
there would be little difficulty in trac-
ing out settled determination to
wreck the road dating back many
years.
AS an instance, it is asserted that the
company's switch engines at Denver
have frequently had all they could do,
in pushing out of the yards loaded
freight cars which shippers were anx-
Gous to send east b. so direct a route
and through Kansas City.
Under the management of the Alton
of course all this would cease. The Al
ton is in the railroad business for the
purpose of hauling freight and passen-
gers. With the Kansas Pacific in new
hands a so per cent increase in the
traffic passing through this city would
not be too much to expect.
The road will prove a profitable in
vestment to anybody that gets it at
$4,000, 600, the amount of the govern
ment's claim. When it has passed into
other hands Topeka may begin to think
about a union depot
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
FOR zoo ANIMALS.
Prices Paid by Museums at Hamburg,
Germany.

Cincinnati. Nov. 6.-"What does an ami
NAL like that cost?''
This question, Superintendent Stephen
says, is asked oftener than any other by
people visiting the Zoo How old the
animal is, what it feeds on, would it
harm person who went into its cage, is
it bad fighter, does it breed in captiv>
ity?-such questions as these are not ask
ed more than about once where the cost
is asked a hundred times. But that's the
American of it. The annual confidential
quotation of prices of Zoo animals was
received from the worlds principal and
greatest animal mart, Hamburg, Ger
many yesterday, by the Cincinnati Zoo.
and in view of the fact just stated its
leading features will prove of interest,
and the more especially since figures of
this kind are rarely got hold of by the
press or public.
Among these confidential quotations are
the following, they being net:
Female Indian elephants, six feet high
trained to do several tricks, carries six
people in saddle, 1880; female elephant.
five feet six inches high, no tricks. 81 800;
young, fresh imported male elephants.
four to five feet high, from Burmah ST.
600; females, 81 100; zebras, 5 years old, per
pair, $4,000, and both broke to drive in sin.
gle or double harness; eight-months-old
zebra, male, $3.50, and females months old
$3.50; Nubian wild ass, years old, $500;
wild asses from the Russian steppes, per
pair. $500; double bumped camels, per pair
$500; llamas years old, per pair, $3.50;
Axis deer from India, per pair, $500; Ska
deer from Japan. per pair, $50; water>
buck antelopes, years old Country not
given), per pair, $3.50; Bengal tigers. male
years old, female 8 years old. a pairS1. .750;
Nubian lions, 6 years old, per pair, 81, 500;
Nubian lions, 21z years old per pair, ST.
900, and IA years old. 5000; female jaguars.
IS months old, each 1925; pumas, 8 years
old. per pair. $500; India Ieopards, male,
$175 each; striped hyenas, each, $75; Rus
sian wolves, each $1O0; young polar bears,
per pair. $3.50; polar bears. 18 months old,
$3.50, and fully grown, $1,000 per pair;
young Russian bears, $3.50; African and
Indian porcupines, each, $40; male kanga~
roo, s125; beaver rats, $50 per pair; male
ourang-outang, Z years old, $500.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
BOYS DEFECTIVE SIGHT.
When He Tried to Study in School
the Letters Became Transposed.

the ASEE6rS BECAME auSpOSS0.
Auburn Nov. GA strange case of de-
fective vision is now being diagnosticat-
ed by an eye and ear specialist of this
city. A bright 13-year-old boy was
brought to the doctors office few days
ago by his parents, who told a remark
able story of the youths affiction. The
boy had been dismissed from school a few
days since by his teacher. who said that
the youths mind was a blank and that it
was impossible to teach him anything.
The boy complained that when he tried
to study the letters in his text book would
apparently become transposed. For in
stance the word CAT would appear to
him A-T-C or TAG. In consequence,
when the youth came to recite his les
sons as he had learned them, the teacher
did not know what to make of the strange
words and sentences.
The trouble is believed to be due to
a weakness of the optic nerve, and by
careful treatment the physician believes
that the boys eyesight can be corrected
so that he will be able to see things as
they really are.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
AT OMAHA EXPOSITION.
Western Governor Urges HIS State t.
Arrange for an Exhibit

Denver, Nov. GA special to the News
from Cheyenne. Wyo., says:
Governor Richards today sent letter
to each of the counties of the state call
ing attention to the Transmississippi ex-
position at Omaha.
After reference to the character of the
exposition he recalls the fact that a bill
providing for state exhibit by Wyoming
failed of passage in the last assembly and
he therefore urges the counties to take
the matter up and make arrangements for
proper exhibits of their products and
resources
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
ALL DANGER ENDED.
Memphis People are Invited to Come
Home

Mempbis Nov. 6.-The Memphis board
of health announces that by reason of the
recent heavy frosts in this vicinity, all
danger from the yellow fever is at an
end and that persons who have left Mem
mis- on account of fear of the disease
may with safety return.
Fhere is possibility of another case or
two being announced. the victims being
Darsons who had contracted the germs
bafora the arrival of the frost. But no
new cases can be contracted after this
time.
The board also lifts all quarantine re-
strictions except such as have been ap-
piled to those cities along the Gulf coast
where the fever still RACES unabated.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
GEORGE BANCROFT'S HOME
Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs Will Improve
the Homestead of the Historian.

Newport. Nov. 6-Aiss Virginia Fair,
sister of Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, who
has just returned from San Francisco,
came to Newport last night to visit Mrs.
Arthur T. Kempt. Mrs. Oelrichs, who
is the owner of a summer residence here
owned by the late George Bancroft, the
historian, has arranged to materially i'm
prove the property.
She proposes tearing down the cd house
and to erect a palattal villa upon the site.
Her plans have been drawn and accepted.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
ALASKA OIL
Found to be Worthless as an Illumi-
nant.

have been made recently in the daily pa
pers to the discovery of lakes of petroIe-
um in Alaska. A Standard official receiv-
ed two samples of the so-cal1ed Alaska
petroleum. Both samples were sent to
the Eclipse Refining company at Frank
lin, Pa, and an analytical test was made
by the company's chemist, who found that
as an iIluminant the oil was of no value
whatever.
The only use to which the oil could
be put is lubricating. This sets at rest
any doubt as to petroleum lakes" of the
ice-bound regions of the north depressing
the industry in home markets. In fact
there is not an oil development in the
United States that produces so base an
article as that found in Alaska.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

Warning: who suffer from
coughs and colds should heed the warn
suffering and fatal results by using
one Minute Cough Cure. 1t is an in
faIIible remedy for coughs, colds, Group
and all throat and lung troubles. G.
W. Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

in Atchison the members pledging
themselves not to furnish any refresh
ments, and the usual contest to V1o-
late the rule is beginning. If one wo-
man gets out a few apples. the next
woman to entertain the club gets out
apples and cookies; the next woman
serves apples, cookies, nuts, etc. 1t is
a silly row, but the rule not to serve
anything to eat is sensible, and all SEN
sib Bile measures are regularly violated.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
YOUNG FAIR RETIRES.
Will Sell His Racs Horses and Quit
the Turf

San Francisco. Nov. 6.-Char1es L. Fair,
son of the late Senator James G. Fair.
has announced his retirement from the
turf.
Mr. Fair has been a liberal patron of
racing for several years, but has met with
nothing but hard luck. All his horses
will be sold.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
SCrOfuIa EruptiOnS
Little Girl the Victim of Impure
Blood - Suffered intensely Until
Hood,s SarsaparIlIa Cured.

Little 9Th the SGCHlEH u AfNtP@IG
Blood - Suffered Intensely Until
HOODS SarsaparllIa Cured.
"When three months old, my little
daughter had eruptions on her face. I
was obliged to keep her hands tied at
night and it was necessary to watch her
during the day. She would scratch her
self whenever she got the chance, until
her clothes would be covered with blood.
We concluded to try Hoods Sarsaparilla,
because I had great faith in it, and after
awhile we could see that she was getting
better. People often asked How did
that child burn her facet? and they said
she would certainly be left with scars, but
she was not. 1t is now year since she
was cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla and her
face is as smooth and white and soft
as that of any child" MRS. WTLBUR
WELLS, Warren, Conn.
NIB. Be sure to get Hoods because
Hoods SaTSapagiIIa
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S.
-. cure Liver Ills; easy to
Hoods Pills take, easy to operate. 25G.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
Weather Indica tons

Chicago, Nov. 6.-For Kansas: Fair
tonight and Sunday; warmer in north
portion tonight; southerly winds
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
GROVER. JUNToR.

Mr. and Mrs Grover Cleveland an
nounce the arrival of new mugwump
at Chicago Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
Mineral Water.

The finest in the west. Come and try
It. J. W. PHILLIPS,
612 W. Eighth st.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

Mr.. Cleveland and Mr. Harrison have
demonstrated that one thing we can do
with our eX-presidents is to congratu-
late them.-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
To Cure a Cold in One Dav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure, 25cs
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

When you put your opinions against
the opinions of all other men, you are
likely to be called a crank, and you de-
serve to be.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06


grow fat, what must Grover Cleve-
lands weight be by this time?-CIeve-
land Leader.
But the advent of Grover, jr., impos-
citizens upon Mr.. Cleveland. The
country will demand of him that he see
to it the young gentleman does not
learn to smoke cigarettes, play slug
ball, become a dude with a valet and As
suits of clothes, manage horse shows
and attempt to run a blind pig, or try
to travel on his fathers reputation
Chicago Tribune.
Grover Cleveland, of Princeton, N J.,
IS happy and prosperous. There came
to his home yesterday the lOng-lOoked-
for son, and the three girls of the
household will probably desert their
dolls and turn in alteration to the real
thing The young gentleman is not
expected to play half-back with the
Princeton football team very much
earlier than November 1, 1917-Chicago
News.
The ex-president is famous as a de-
voted husband and father; indeed a
certain quality of homeliness of char
acter has endeared him to many who
are among his most strenuous oppon-
ents in politics. AS for the mother of
the new born babe, it truly may be
said:
None knew her but to love her,
None named her but to praise.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

It will be a little rough on that new
Cleveland boy when he grows up to
cans he was born in New Jersey.-Chi-
cagO Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

Give a boy of twelve a task, and ev-
eryone else in the family assumes the
task of seeing that he does it.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

Unless a woman's hand writing
makes all her letters look like tooth
picks, she plainly belongs to the dust
covered memories of yesterday.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

If laughing really makes a person
grow fat what must Grover Cleve-
lands weight be by this time?-CIeve-
land Leader.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

We have noticed that when a man
becomes engaged to be married, he
never brags about it.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

The annual dispute is arising be-
tween the men and their wives over
Thanksgiving dinner. The men feel
that they can be more thankful if no
company is invited on that day. and
their wives insist upon having family
reunions.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

Every fan, card clubs are organized
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

If you are determined to spoil any
children, spoil the girls. When a
spoiled girl is grown, she gets married
and the knowledge that she is spoiled
is confined to her family. but If a boy
Is spoiled, the world finds it out, and
It ruins his business.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe

When sick. the best thing you ca
take is a rest.