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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
RRITAIN'S BIG FLEET
Is Now Assembling in the NORTH
Pacific Ocean

San Diego, Cal, Dec. 27.-The British
cruiser Leander, accompanied by the tor
pedo destroyer Virgo, have arrived en-
route to Esquimault. The two warships
left Portsmouth, Eng, last August, trav-
cling at an average speed of u knots.
The called at the principal ports of
South America. On the way up the Unit
ed States coast defense vessel Monterey
was seen at Magdalena bay. The Lean
der is a second class cruiser of 490o tons
and has a speed of Is knots. The Virgo
is one of several torpedo destroyers built
last year. She is reputed to have speed
of so knots. The two vessels will coal on
Wednesday and will leave for Esquimault,
calling at San Francisco on their way
The cruiser Phaeton. with the destroyer
Sparrow Hawk, are following the Lean
der and Virgo and are expected to ar
rive here within two weeks. The Phaeton
and Leander are sister ships, as are also
the Sparrow Hawk and Virgo
With these vessels added to the Esqui-
mault squadron, Great Britain will have
the strongest fleet by far that has ever
assembled in the North Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
A sALvATloNlsT COLONY.
1T Has Been Established In California OF
Entirely New Lines.

1T Has Been Established In California on
Entirely New Lines.
The Salvation Army has established
on new lines a colony in southern Cali
fornia. It is located near the small vii
lage of Soledad, Monterey county, and
is on the Southern Pacific railroad. The
land consists of a ranch of SIT acres,
which has been leased for a period of
four years, with the option of buying
on easy terms.
On this ranch the Sa1vationists ex-
pect to install about 400 persons. The
colonists will be men with families
who are wholly without means of pro-
viding for themselves, but they must
be able and willing to work. Unmar-
ried men or men with families who can
afford to pay their way will not be &C
cepted, for this colony is designed to
furnish a haven for unfortunate fami-
lies who will be rescued from starvation
and poverty in the big cities.
The land has been laid out into small
plots, on each Of which a small frame
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
William M'Neal of Topeka Fatally In
iured at St George.

ST. George, Kan, Dec. 27-WilIiam
McNeal, (cOlored) of Manhattan, form
erly from Topeka was killed here Sat
urday while attempting to aboard the
west bound passenger train.
McNeal got off of the east bound pas
senger, which takes siding for the west
bound train, and it is supposed that he
intended to return to Manhattan on the
west bound train. The trains meet at
the east switch and the west bound
passenger does not stop at the depot
McNeaI being a stranger, asked no
question but as the train reached the
depot, he attempted to aboard it and
missed his hold and was violently
thrown under the wheels and was ter
rfbly mangled. The coroner found let
tiers on his person, which proved his
identity His parents reside at Topeka
but their address could not be found
and at this hour had not been informed
of the terrible accident. He was a young
man, we'll dressed and seemed to be
very intelligent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
NATIONAL BANK ASSETS.
Wichita Stockholders Will Buy Them
in and Close Up Business.

Wichita. Dec 27.-John Davidson yester-
day received the following telegram from
Comptroller Eckels:
washington, Dec. "a, 1851 have wired
Receiver Ewing that if Judge Foster Of
fers sale of assets 1 have no objection.
JAS. H ECkELS.'
This is final. The assets of the Wichita
National bank will go to the stockholders.
Judge Foster said at Topeka that if he
had the disposition of the matter he would
turn the assets over to the stockholders
for the simple reason that they offered
more for the properties of the trust than
Mr.. Frazer of Ell Dorado, who first Of
fered to buy them
The stockholders have offered $1,000 for
the assets and promised an agreement to
pay the expenses of receivership and the
closing up of the business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
EXHIBIT AT OMAHA.
Sedgwick County Will Raise Her
Quota of $761.

Wichita, Dec. 27-Nr. E. s. Tucker,
commercial agent for the Kansas ex-
hibit of the Transmississippi and Inter
national exposition which is to be held
in Omaha from June to November,
1898, is in the city.
ing lis the only state west of the Mis-
sissippi river to the Pacific coast that
did not make an appropriation in or
der to be represented at the exposition.
In order that Kansas may make an ex-
hibition in keeping with all things
which are undertaken by Kansans, it
was decided to draw $25, 900 from the
different counties in the state, the
amount to be prOportiOnate to the as
sessed valuation"
The amount levied against Sedgwick
county is $751; and the Commercial club
have agreed to raise this amount.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
MOST GORGEOUS on EARTH
VIII Be the Meeting Place of the New
York City Council

New York, Dec 27-The aldermen
who will represent the city Of Greater
New York will sit in a chamber more
gorgeous than anything of its kind up
on the earth.
Oriental kings and princes have fine
throne rooms, but New YOrk's alder
men will legislate for the big town in
an apartment that would make the
Gaekwar of Barodia or the Nizam of
Hyderabad blue with envy.
A new interior is being constructed
in the city hall, the feature Of which is
the aldermanic chamber The room
consists of two court rooms thrown in
to one. 1t is lofty and spacious and its
walls are paved u feet high in solid
mahogany. The lockers in the coat
room are also of this precious wood
solid not veneered-and on the opposite
side an Italian marble staircase leads
to the gallery.
The several windows by which the
chamber is lighted are surmounted and
topped with heavy mahogany carving
a solid mahogany desk will be used by
the clerks.
Behind this desk is a chair as grand
any throne of the barbaric monarch
1t is a chair of solid mahogany, su-
perbly carved. Above it is a canopy Of
the same wood. supported by mahog-
any pilasters. Here will sit the pres
ident of the municipal board. Each
alderman is furnished a solid mahog-
any CDalIs with d SeclA VI tAlC AAAAS9N
Russian leather. The desks are also
mahogany. Desk and chairs cost $3.50
each
More than 81 600 in gold leaf was laid
upon the ceiling of the chamber. The
carpet was woven to order 1t has a
pile more than an inch thick and muf-
fies all noise. of footsteps completely.
There is a smoking room separated
from this chamber by plate glass
partition. Here the city fathers can
smoke and watch their conferees at
work
The senate chamber of the United
States is a commonplace affair when
compared with the meeting room Of
New Yorks municipal legislators. In
fact. there is nothing like this gorgeous
chamber in the world. 1t is unique.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
SOLDIERS HOME o. K.
Inspector General Will Recommend
No Change In It

Ieavenworth, Dec 27.-Ever since the
assembling of the present session of con-
eyress a report has been going the
rounds to the effect that Inspector Gen
eral John c. Breckenridge, U. S. A,
has recommended the transfer of the
management of the national home for
disa bIed soldiers from the present
board of managers to the war depart
ment with a view to placing regular
army officers in control. The official
reports of the inspector general have
reached. here and nothing is said about
such a transfer of policy in the man
agement of such home.
General Breckenridge, in a private
letter received here, and from which
the following extract is furnished
says: THE simple question is, what
ought still to be done that most wisely
conduces to the comfort of our disabled
volunteers and the proper execution Of
the laws already passed in their favor.
If the present board or it's individual
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
MRS. DAYS COUSIN BURNED
Her Clothing is Ignited From a Gas
Fireplace.

Canton, o.. Dec. 27-NIiss Clara
Shields. daughter of r. S. Shields, form
er United States district attorney, and
cousin of Mrs. Day, wife Of Assistant
Secretary Day, was severely burned at
her home here today. Her clothing ig-
nited from an open gas fireplace and
her father. answering her shrielzs for
help, found her in flames. The lower
portion of her body and legs were Sc
Verely burned and grave apprehensions
were felt at first 1t is now thought
however. that nothing serious will re-
suit. Miss Shields was to have ac-
companied the Days back to Washing
ton this week for a social season at the
capital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
Free Rural Mail Delivery.

Meriden, Dec. 27.-Frank Hurd. the
master Swallow, are making active eff
forts to secure free rural mail delivery
for the patrons of this office. Con-
gressmen Broderick and Curtis believe
it will be ordered by the postoffice de-
partment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
Flexible Bracelets.

Flexible bracelets, studded with gems,
according to fancy, is the fashionable
adornment for the wrist. The opal is
rapidly advancing into favor, for fash
ion in one of her strange freaks has de-
llared that the superstitious bad luck
so long attendant on the giving of this
jewel is a mere myth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27

Greensburg, Dec. 27.-The postoffice
fight at this place has grown very bit
ter The candidates are J. L PARCEL
of the Signal, and Sidney Shelton, q
real estate dealer, The matter has
grown so spirited that many of the
patrons are taking a part and it is
thought a dark horse will be brought
out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
Fortv Aneora Goats Drowned

Ottawa Dec CIV. H Woodlief lost
about 30 of his Angora goats last week.
The herder he left to watch them neg
lected his business and allowed the 500
goats to go wherever they pleased.
When Mr.. WOOdIef went to bring the
goats in that evening he found that
about 40 of them had gotten on some
rotten ice which gave way and We're
drowned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
Horton Has No Light.

Horton, Dec. 27-This city has been
in darkness for the past week in ac-
count of the abandonment of the cleo
trio light plant, which the stockholders
claim has been a failure financially
from it's inauguration. Gas will prOba-
bly, be substituted. as it will be cheaper
and more generally used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27

Coffeyville, Dec. 27-W. D. Driver. one
of the most widely known cOIOred men
in southern Kansas, died from pneu-
mOnia fever Saturday Mr.. Driver was
quite a noted politician, was a good
printer and had considerable nOtoriety
as a newspaper man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
Hiawatha Woman eiven Damages.

Hiawatha, Dec. 27.-Miss Lulu Sher-
rift, while visiting in Denver last fall
was injured permanently by the fall
ling of a telegraph pole. Miss Sheriff.
sued the city for $4,000. The supreme
court of Colorado yesterday allowed
her IS 100
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
Weather Indications

Chicago, Dec. 27.-For Kansas: Cen
orally fair tonight and Tuesday; var
liable winds,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
KISSES BROUGHT THEM.
How a Duchess Raised the Regiment Of
Gordon HIghIanders.

The British regiment known as the
Gordon highlanders, which has recently
been winning new laurels in northern
India, has been in existence for over 100
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Iii

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-ro-
Bac, the wonder-worlSer, that makes weak men
strong All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
Selling Out.

The entire stock until everything is
disposed of, Dry Goods, ClOaks, Blank
cts, in fact everything as we will go out
of business. The place is known as the
Golden Rod at ABB Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
WOman's Friend
The Great Medicine that Gives
Nerve Strength

Hoods SarsapariIla Makes the
Blood Rich and Pure, Creates an
Appetite and Restores Health,
Vigor and Vitality.
s'I feel that ought to write few
words in praise OF Hoods SarsapariIla,
which has done great things for me. I
was in a delicate condition and was sick
at my stomach and cOnstipated. I tried
remedies highly recommended for female
weaknesses, but the medicines brought
on other troubles. was SO weak I
could not attend to my household duties,
and then determined to try Hoods Sar-
saparilIa. After had taken this medicine
short time began to gain strength. I
Crew Stronger Each Day
until was able to work all day without
any inconvenience. have taken Hoods
Pills for constipation, and 1 am better to-
day than 1 have been for five years.
Since taking Hoods SarsapariIIa and
Hoods Pills feel rested in the morning.
am less nervous and am sure have
richer and purer blood. I have always
been bothered with scrofula, but now I
am rid of it. Before my last child was
born took Hoods SarsapariIIa, and
my girl baby was fat and strong, while
my other child was not well and lived
to be only two years oId.' MRS E. F.
DEAL, Box 419, Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Hood s p pariIIa
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hoods Pills are purely aeIy, vegetable care
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27

Shirts, collars and cuffs laundered
to look like new Iy Peerless Steam
Laundry, l12 and ia West Sth st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-27
Mineral Water

The finest in the west Come and try
IT. J. W. PHILLIPS.
612 W. Eighth st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08
4 PRINCELY HOBBY.
THE CHARM AND DIGNITY OF NUNS
MATICS

THE COIN COLLECTOR. BY w. Carew Hazlitt.
Illustrated Octave PIP. 2N. Cfhe Collector
Series) Longmans, Green IL Co.
This volume is the first in series destined for
the use Of the amateur, but written by experts.
and therefore as authoritative as many works
OF a more elaborate nature. The erection of
standard has wisely been left to Mr.. Hazltt.
He writes out Of a full mind and while he gives
the reader a great deal of solid information, sys-
tomatically arranged, he writes in such lib
eral spirit to obtain and hold the attention Of
collectors more enthusiastic than erudte. 1t is
true that he draws the line at the introduction Of
anecdotes into his pages He goes no further
into the personalia to say, Of his fascinating
subject than to point out the first numismatic
collector of importance, Prince Henry. eldest
son Of James |. Until he formed a cabinet the
connoisseurs of England and the Continent were
far less interested in coins, except as a means
to an end than IN books. manuscripts paintings,
statuary, ceramics, bronZes and gems But
when ne died in 1912 his medals and coins had
a value placed upon them of $4,000, and from
that day to this the numsmatist has had con-
siderable place in the hierarchy Of collectors.
Mr.. Hazlitt is modest, but We are disposed to
elevate his hobby to pretty high point. Ger
tainly il is one of the most aristocratic in the
list. With limited means may form an ex
ceIlent QiInited) collection. Built up with a law
ish hand the coin cabinet may be made Of
the noblest historical gatherings in the world a
great company of precious discs, each one or
high intrinsic value, considered SO much
metal and each one infinitely more precious as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

If. lOme of the pedants would have us be-
lieve .he classic cOincrs were working in the
same fl I'D with the classic soul 49, by do they
not show to-day the same hal ~? As a mat
ter of fact. the coins Of Yfst show an i'm
mense variety; there are fta<,ther records of his
tory more minutcly ndvduazed, more ex-
plicit in each to the smallest feature OF
the person concerned.
This brings up the artistic significance or
numsmatics In their purely plastic relations
the best coins of the past-and the 1{are consid-
cradle in number-belong among the great art
works Of mankind Forlorn is the collector who
takes no account Of this facet Of his absorbing
subject Happily Mr.. IIaZlitt will recall him
from any disloyalty to the men who made
ancient and medieval and Renaissance coinagcs
extraordinarily beautiful We do not praise them
too highly. Consider the scale upon which even
the largest coins have been modelled Whin
almost grotesquely small limits they present
often a grandeur unrivalled among works three
thousand times their size. The old die en-
gravers worked the scuptors worked, they
modelled their coins with as much breadth as
fnesse and their art was in the noblest sense
plastic, rendering the human physiognomy with
the greatest force and precision and vitality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

she is more careful than persuasive; when she
attempts to work out an involved plot she Is
more ingenious than clear or dramatic but II IL
without much effort that she throws an air of
mystery over her pages. The eerie note comes
unsought and brings a hint Of originality with
It. II Miss Robinson is to make the most Of 1t,
however. she will have to cultivate brevity.
When she confines herself to a few pages. as in
"a Return to Nature" she is interesting and
effective When she stretches out her narrative,
as in the initial story in the volume, her grasp
upon the reader reaxeS
Tenderness without haccidity is rare In French
fiction; hence book like Jules Claretie's
Observation-Disclosures" Is boon. The trans
lation noted above Is fairly we'll done well
enough at least to convey the half pathetic half
humorous intention of the author IL not to re-
produce the grace and vivacity of his style.
Jules Claretie has a natural gayety which has
long kept him one of the most readable and
most stimulating Of contemporary French
writers. In this biography Of an Intellectual yet
somehow noble and touching character he has
pathos without hysteria irony Of the utmost
delicacy. feeling for frustrated ambition which
makes him positively edifying Moreover this
book has all the virtues man of letters could
give TO it without being dry or shallow. AS a
rule the fiction of man not dedicated wholly to
the art is worthless NJ. Caretie is one Of the
most versatile men Of his day. and it IS not as
a novelist that he is chiefly known. Neverthe-
less. "Brichaneau-Co nedien," might be the
work Of a past master of historical and bio
graphical romance, so brilliantly SO sympathetic
cally, so spontaneously is il written.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

numsmatist will fight through thick and thin
He Is fighting for more than an idea. Ascribe
the heads on antique coins to the worship OF
this deity or that. and you take away nne-tenths
or the interest in the coins. Abstractions
Impressive, especially when they beautiful,
but the human race has a stronger claim upon
our sympathies. 1t is on their human side that
numismatics are fairly Incompatible.
There is curious witchery about the old
Greek and Roman heads, nay, about the long
series OF coins mnted all over modern Europe.
The student is rendered breathess before the
list OF princes empowered a: one time another
IN modern and medieval history to coin money
or their own. But he is enchanted by the spec
tacle or those rulers az, in the tiny records of
his cabinet, they reveal their eternal traits the
passions which link them to ourselves Even
aside from the explicit proof, offered by more
than one antique coin, that the engraver OF the
die had human image in his minds eye he
worked, there Is confirmation in the endless
variety Of the coins for that theory which assigns
the bulk Of the heads on Old coins to vertable
models. Greek sculpture, for all its subtle varia-
tions, shows US how the religious types Of that
civilization became to a great extent crystallized
not to say stereotyped in certain definite forms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

which augurs well for the ultimate symmetry
of the encyclopedia Fine writing is excluded,
and science takes its place. The account or
bulls and bull fighting in Part III, written by
Mr.. Walter Buck. Is a little model or us KIND
Never before has an English writer discussed
what might be called the technique of the ring
with such fulness and lucidity. The whole es-
sential history Of SPANS great sport Is here
set forth and the illustrations are exactly the
ones to complete the readers knowledge Ameri-
can bison receive full justice in Part H.
and Mr. Knowles contributes a paper on base
ball which believe the most ardent lovers OK
our national game will find adequate and SYM
pathetic
Octave Thanets row book, The Missionary
Sheriff has attracted attention to a certain eX-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

the record Of some remote ruler, or some long
disappeared but once splendid state. we are
glad to see that Mr.. HaZlitt has courage enough
TO part company with many numismatists and to
abandon their old theory about the religious
significance of the antique coinages. 1T may be
true" he admits, that the lineaments found on
urban or municipal pieces were intended to per-
sonify the tutclary genius Of the locality" but
no knows that we have no more convincing basis
for this hypothesis than for the other. "Nu-
merous are the instances writes Mr.. Hazlitt,
"yyhere the likeness stamped on an acient Greek
coin carries with it conviction that it Is neither
more nor less than idealized transcript OF the
face Of the sovereign in whose name the money
vas struck" For this conviction the wise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08
LITERARY NOTES.

The Macmillan Company announces book by
Colonel Henry Imam, late of the United states
Army, called THE Old Santa Fe Trail III 10
composed of military and hunting yarns, Win
sketches of many famous old trappers ana
scouts. Kit Carson is one of the figures por-
trayed. Colonel Inman's book deals, OF course
with the period before the railroad HIS last
pages deal with the arrival of the first train
Mr. James Payn has for several years been
suffering under great physical disability but MS
courage and energy never fail him. ana ne Is
about TO issue a new novel, "Anothers Bur
then" 1t is odds that ii will be "A cheerful book
in spite of the authors own burden Of pain lie
is one Of the precious opkmists in English let
tiers. His novels are always readable, and al,
ways calculated 10 put the reader in good
humor
Mr. John Lane began with Max Beerbohm's
Fairy Tale for Tired Men," a series OF 'Bodley
Booklets in which he has just issued skit
about as funny. 1t il called THE Quest OF the
Gilt.Edged Girl" and IS a neat little parody
by Richard de Lyrienne" of n recent novel
which does not need to he named. Try as he
might the author OF this parody could not be as
silly as his original, but he shows that he can
be much more amusing. Meredith is the Eng
sh we'll of English undefined"-that Is not
amazing. but it is beyond Mr.. lie Gallienne, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

there some rhymes which the latter might
envy. For example, apropos Of angling:
Ills sense OF etiquette is fine
POlitencsS is his Whim-
He always drops the fish u line
TO come and dine with him.