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AN INFERNO ITENT
HEART.
STOPPED every THIRD BEAT.
But Mrs. Strope's Heart Now no Longer Lags but
Throbs Regularly
From the Leader, Clereland. Ohio.

In large, commodious house at No. 104
Huntington Street, Cleveland, Ohio, lives
Mrs. Emily A. Strope, widow of the late X. NJ
Strope and she is the mother of young man
who has been, and is now one of this city's
successful and energetic pharmacists. Mrs.
Strope, who has lately recovered from serious
cardiac difficulty. when questioned by a re-
porter regarding her late illness, stated as
follows:
1.-TWO years ago, / had my first experience
with DR.. Williams Pink Pills. For q long
time was troubled with an ailment which
feared would eventually drive me crazy unless
! rid myself of it. 1t will sound strange, no
doubt, to some but my heart did not beat as it
should Its action was irregular. There
would be two pulsations, or perhaps three and
then sudden cessation. My heart seemed to
rest for the period of one or two beats, and
then resume its action. Sometimes such
lapses would not be so frequent as that but
scarcely day passed that they did not occur
1t felt as though something would strike the
heart with great force, and push. ii out of
place. During that period, whenever l lay
down to sleep or rest, my hands would become
perfectly numb and helpless. Icould feel the
temporary paralysis coming over them, but |
could do nothing which would prevent it. Ny
feet were affected in like manner, and had
considerable difficulty in walking when such
spell had possession of me. Naturally that
state of affairs completely upset my nerves, and
any one whose nervous system is well nigh
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STATE PRINTER.
A Letter from Mr.. Johnston Read in
the Assembly.

At last nights session of the Assem-
bly, the following letter from State
Printer Johnston to Speaker Coombs
was read:
Hon. Frank l.. Coombs, Speaker of
the Assembly-My Dear Sir: l address
you in your official capacity concern
ing certain charges that have been
made against the State Printing Office
and concerning a bill that originated
in your house, appropriating $50, 900 for
carrying ON the State Printing Office
for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Many charges of a Wild and fantastical
nature have been made against me
and the institution under my charge,
and / have hitherto refrained from an
swering them, because to those who
were familiar with the office the
charges were so ridiculous that an an
swer seemed unnecessary. But mas
much as a concerted attempt seems to
be made by certain persons to misrep-
resent the facts. / have been advised
by my friends that it is due to my
self that l made a statement concern
ing these matters.
In the first place, With the exception
of my salary and possibly a few dol
lars that ! may receive for contingent
expenses, l do not handle, and under the
law could not handle, one dollar of the
States money. Every claim charged
against the appropriation for the sup
port of the State Printing Office must,
before it is paid, receive the sanction
of the State Board of Examiners, con-
sisting of the Governor "a Democracy
and of the Secretary of State and At
torney General (Republicans). It then
passes to the Controller of State, who,
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shattered. can appreciate and understand ths
misery, chiefly mental, which | endured.
lost much sleep and rest and often | was COM
PEELED from sheer exhaustion to sit down dur
ing the day TO obtain some repose. But az
soon as | did so | felt that numb sensation
come over my hands and feet, and | rocked
violently In my chair TO drive it away, but
frequently TO no avail.
lone day my son. who was keeping a drug
store at the time brought me home some OF
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
and advised me to take them for my heart
trouble. j did so and soon began TO feel
better. | used the pills about two months
and they certainly cured ME, for now my
heart beats regularly and all numbness has
disappeared ami my circulation is in splendid
order"
We print the above hoping Mrs. Strope's
experience may be beneficial 10 others who
may suffer from arrangement of the heart.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain in con-
densed form all the elements necessary 10 give
new life and richness to the blood and re-
store shattered nerves. They are also a spe-
cifc for troubles peculiar TO females, such az
suppressions, irregularities and all forms OF
weakness In men they effect radical cure
in all eases arising from mental worry, over
work or excesSes of whatever nature. Pink
Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulkl
at Soc a box or six boxes for s.. so, and may be
had of all druggists, or direct by mail from
DIT. Williams Medicine Company, Schenec-
tadv n. Y.
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NO TORE JUDGES WANTED.
Statement i'm Regard to Court Busi-
ness in San Francisco.

Referring to bill now pending in
the Superior Court of San Francisco
that it be published:
San Francisco sends the following with
the request that it be published:
Eds. Record Union: Will you
kindly permit me the use of the col
umns of your paper to say a word
against the legislative bill to increase
the number of Judges of the Superior
Court of this city and county. The
Judges are all opposed to the measure.
To increase our number from twelve to
fifteen would make the court more
clumsy but not more useful. Many of
the departments are not busy all of the
while now, and the better plan would
be to give the presiding Judge greater
power TO reasstgn causes and distrib-
ute the business of the court For in
stance, it often chances, by the failure
of the causes on the days calendar TO
so to trial, that Judge of department
loses an entire day-sometimes more
than a day; and not infrequently more
than one Judge is thus idle at the same
time. The trouble lies in the system
of distributing business. After cause
is once assigned, if it is desired to carry
it to another department, under the
present system, the Judge of the de-
partment where the cause is then pend
ing must consent to the transfer. the
Judge of the department. to which it is
proposed to transfer must consent that
the cause be transferred to him, and
finally the order must be signed by the
presiding Judge. All of that proceed
ure is cum bersome and time consuming,
and it could be saved by a legislative
enactment giving to the Presiding
Judge plenary power to redistribute
and reassign the business of the court
at any time prior to the commencement
of trial according to the exigencies
of business. 1t would then be the duty
of the Judge of a department to notify
the presiding Judge when his day call
endar was unified or empty from any
cause, and the presiding Judge would
then Immediately transfer cause to
that department from some other de-
partment that was gorged. "a rule Of
court could readily be devised which
would require attorneys to give notice
a day or so before the day fixed for
trial as to the readiness of their cases,
and thus the Judge of a department
would, on any day, know what the
state of his calendar would be on the
day following, and he could then notify
the presiding Judge accordingly. In
this way all of the time or all of the
Judges would be filled, and such plan
would even place time at their disposal.
1t is the waste of time and the clumsy
and wasteful method, and the ill-con
sidered out good natured system OF
sending cases back to the Clerks office
when there is no answer to the call OF
the case on the trial or calendar day
that has clogged calendars and accu-
mulated the large number of causes
in the Clerks Office which apparently
are full of life and vigor and ready for
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IN THE ASSEMBLY.
The Merry War of the Printing Bills
Waged and Won.

Work on the special order for the
morning was begun yesterday immedi-
ately after the opening business.
The first on the file was the report of
the Committee on Contested Elections,
which had been printed in the journal,
and a resume of which was given in the
Record Union" of Tuesday morning.
Considerable discussion ensued. EN-
mons, explaining that, in his estimation,
the committee had cut down
the expenses in the cases more
than was just, moved that the re-
port be amended so that all moneys
actually paid out by the contestants
should be reimbursed
Leavitt objected that the amendment
was indefinite, and Emmons withdrew
the motion on the understanding that
he would take subsequent action.
Price of the committee explained that
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County and Township Governments
51S. 81, $50, 162. ia withdrawn. as
their substance is incorporated in the
general bfll; S35. adversely; S26. ia
vorably, as amended; SO5, to Judiciary.
Education-720 and 721 favorably, as
amended
Crimes and Penalties-S20 and S66 re-
referred to Judiciary; 156 and 500, ia
vorably.
Public Health and Quarantine-S02
favorably.
Constitutional Amendments-A. c. r.
l, for a convention to revise the Consti-
tuition, to be adopted as amended: A.
c. A. 10, regarding exemption from poll
tax, adopted as amended; \. c. A. 26,
for woman suffrage. favorably; A c. A.
~, declaration of rights, be adopted.
Banks and Banking-T44 and $40, ad-
versely.
Commerce and Navig,tion-562 and
GID, adversely.
Public Works-44S and A j. r. IL.
privilege of buying private property,
withdrawn.
Fish and Game-357, for the protec-
llon OF ShrlmpS, faV0rably.
BELSHAW'S BILL
The next to the last chapter in the
history of Belshaw's bill for the regu-
lation of the organization of the Legis-
lature and the number of attaches both
temporary and permanent was finished
yesterday afternoon, when the House
unanimously concurred in the few
minor amendments of the Senate and
the bill was sent to enrolment and
thence to the Governor.
just before taking recess, Cross,
Chairman of the Committee on Military
Affairs, offered a resolution that the
committee be permitted to visit San
Francisco on February 22d, to inspect
the National Guard, which will parade
that day, and the committee be al
lowed mileage. Lost.
The House took recess until 1:30 p. m.
The record-union., 1897-02-18
Evening Session,

The statement of State Printer John
ston, with confirmation by Controller
Colgan, as printed in full in another
column, was offered to the House last
evening and ordered printed in the
journal.
The evening was devoted to second
readings on the Senate special file and
the only feature of special interest was
the debate over Doty's S. B. 81, TO reg
ulate and govern the operation of the
rock crushing plant at the State Prison
at Folsom, to provide for the sale of
crushed rock and the disposition of the
revenues derived therefrom.
Anderson moved to amend by substi-
tuting 90 cents for % cents as the price
per ton of the crushed rock, and was
supported by Treacy, who spoke the full
limit of his time and probably adduced
every argument in favor of the amend
ment that was known to that side of
the question. A still more gallant fight
however was made on the other side
by Ennis, Sims Clark, Cutter and
Bridgford and the amendment was lost
Anderson died hard, however, and Of
fered an amendment for 80 cents, and
then for 40 cents, only to see them fol-
low the first into oblivion. The bill
went to third reading.
A dozen or more bills were read sec
ond time. some few amendments, MAIN
ly technical, We're offered and one, With
ington's 5. b. 161, fixing the fees of
Notaries Public, was refused second
reading. Mead gave notice of motion
to reconsider. The House adjourned at
9:45.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
BY Arnerich-Giving a lien to black
smiths, WoodwOrkers, etc, upon vehi
Gle or implement upon which they have
labored or for which they have fur
nished materials.
By Treacy-Providing for the relief
of aged and INDECENT persons in coun
ties of the first class and making ap
preparation.
By Malcolm-To pay the claim of D.
Blanchard for supplying provisions to
Captain Ramon Pico Cavalry Company
in 1868.
By Power of Placer-Prohibiting
adulteration of food and drugs.
By Goodhu-Regulatin the impor
tation of diseased cattle.
BY Pohlman-To regulate the practice
of agriculture.
BY Elliott-Relating to claims for la
Dor.
BY Burnett-Relating to trials in civil
action.
By Robinson-Providing for the com
pletion of the revision of State school
books.
By Robinson-Relating to public
schools.
By Cutteq-For drainage districts.
BY Committee on Corporations-Re
lating to the powers of railroad corpor-
ations.
BY Houghton-To pay the claim Of
Napa County.
By Hou ghton-To pay claim of coun
ty of Tehama.
BY Guy-To pay the claim of the
Southern Pacific Company.
By Consolidating to salary Of Pri-
vate Secretary of Governor.
BY Cross-Amending Act creating
Commissioner of Public Work.
BY Cross-Amending Act organizing
Board of Railroad Commissioners.
By Cross-Amending Act organizing
Board of Bank Commissioners.
BY Cross-Amending Act fixing sala-
ries of Harbor Commissioners.
Committee substitute for bill to con-
struct State highway from Coultervllle
to Yosemite Valley.
Four substitute bills on State high
ways.
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CONTROLLER COLGAN'S STATE
MENT.

I, Edward p. Cogan, State Controller
Of the State of California, do hereby
certify that all money expended for
the State Printing Office has been paid
on claims presented to and allowed by
the State Board of Examiners and paid
upon warrants issued from my office
and paid by the State Treasurer.
l further certify that the State Print
er collects no money himself. and that
1t is impossible for any money to be
spent except upon claims allowed by
the Board of Examiners and by the
Controller.
1 further certify that the State Print
er draws no money himself except his
salary and small items for postage and
travelling expenses, and that all war
rants are issued to the party directly
who performed the services or fur
nished the supplies, and that warrants
are delivered by me TO such persons
only or their authorized agents.
l further certify that there are vouch-
ers on file for every claim that has been
allowed against the appropriation for
the support of the State Printing Office.
and that my books correctly show the
amount of money that has been allowed
and expended for that purpose, and
that there is not and cannot be, any
discrepancy between my accounts and
the accounts of the State Printer au-
thOrized by law TO be kept.
E. p. COLGAN, State Controller.
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Afternoon Session.

a resolution by Holloway, to pay the
Postal Telegraph Company SO 30 for
telegraphing Senate concurrent resolu-
tion, relating to the famine in India, to
Senator Perkins, was adopted.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FILE
A. B. 6S1, by North, concerning
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THE SENATE
rade a Record on File Clearance at
Yesterdays Session.

Routine business was transacted IN
the Senate at yesterday mornings ses-
sion. and barring one short acrimoni-
Gus debate nothing transpired TO ruffie
the dignity Of the body in its delibera-
tionS.
THESE WITHDRAWN.
: ON morton of Simpson, 5. b. 51S, OF
1,,,,icb na is the author relating to dock
eting judgments, and making une same
a lien upon real property: ana . d.
426. by Morehouse, relating TO 1uos-
ments. were withdrawn ON recoiii-
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Office The State Printing Office col
lects no money Of its own. and handles
no money, and it is absolutely impos-
sible for any discrepancy to exist un-
less it be by collusion with the Board
of Examiners and State Controller and
State Treasurer
1t therefore is apparent that charges
Of this nature are absolutely ground
less.
1 would respectfully ask that this
communication be .Iead in your House
and printed in the journal. l have the
honor to remain your obedient servant.
A J. JOHNSTON.
Of G,a nfH,o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

Forney introduced 50 of this number
Senator Farrely came next with 81
Senator thinner introduced 80, Senator
Titus 29, Senator CrOsSan %, Senators
Lewelling and Lupfer p each. and
Senator Helm 20. Senator Ryan in
troduced s. which was less number
than any other silver member pre-
scented. Senators Sheldon, Braddock
and Helmick each fathered Z bills. On
the Republican side Senator Sterne in
troduced the greatest number. He pre-
scented q, while Fulton introduced but
2 Each of the committees made at
least one report although the commit
tee on county seats and county lines
made but one The committees on
mines and mining and public buildings
made two reports each twenty-five
senators acted as chairman of the COM
mittee of the whole. Senators King and
Forney served in that capacity four
times each Leave of absence was
granted at various times to each of the
Populist senators except Braddock
Campbell. Harris. Hart. Helmick
Householder. Mosher, Pritchard and
Titus. The Republicans who did not at
any time secure leave OF absence
were Battey, Coleman and Fulton The
governor transmitted 36 messages to
the senate. With two or three excep-
lions these were approvals OF bills or
appointments of officers in cases where
confirmation was necessary. Only Il
petitions We're presented SiXty-five
senate bills became laws The total
number of employees of the senate, aside
from committee clerks. was IS.
The house journal contains 1880
pages. In the house there were 105
employees. of which 43 were committee
clerks and stenOgrap piers Two years
ago the Republicans had twice as
many One hundred and fOrty-nine
petitions were presented. In the house
the Craftsmanship Of the committee of
the whole was given to but five differ
ent members. They were Brown of
Pratt, Barley, Fairchild, Brown of
CoMley and Hackney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
BAPTISTS ELECT OFFICERS
Report of Committee on Education
Submitted.

Pittsburg. May ZO-The second days
session of the American Baptist Home
Mission society was called to order by
President Porter at 10 O'Clock this
morning. There were fewer present
than at the opening yesterday, but the
church filed up before the meeting
was well under way. After devotional
exercises, the first business was the
election of officers, which resulted as
follows:
President Stephen Green. Massachu-
sets; vice Presidents. W. G. Crimson,
Illinois, and c. W. McCutcheOn. New
Jersey: treasurer, d. A Waterman,
New York; assistant treasurer, W. z.
Plant, New York; recording secretary,
A. s. Hobart, New York; correspond
ing secretary, T. J. Morgan. New York;
auditors Edgar L. MarstOn, New York;
L. P. Payne, New York; members Of
the board, VIM. Phelps, Stephen II.
Burr, D. A. Waterman, P 3. Hull, L.
J. p. Bishop and c. B. Garfield, all Of
New York; Edward J. Beckett of New
Jersey.
Prof. Whiteman. D. D, then present
ed the report of the committee on ed
ucation.
The rest of the session was taken UP
with discussion of the report
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
POOR SHOW FOR CREDITORS
Monroe Salisbury Owes $155, 900 and
has $500 With Which to Pay It.

san Francisco. Nay 20,-The petition in
insolvency of Monroe Salisbury. invOl-
untary insolvent. was filed al the office
OF the county clerk OF Alameda county
yesterday and the showing made is any
thing but encouraging to the numerous
creditors. He places his liabilities at
Sl55-5S1 and says his assets amount to bun
500 in personal property. all exempt from
taxation.
There is some encoura cement in the
fact that he owns personal property in
Chicago estimated TO be worth 525O.o0o.
but mOrtgaged to the extent OF $3.50, 900
However. that too. is Offset again by the
fact that Salisbury IS defendant in suits
commenced against him by the United
States government in the northern dis
trict of California for S209 So, with inter-
est at per cent since 1892.
Most of the claims are not secured,
but those of Wells Fargo for promisory
notes and interest are, and that bank
has already brought suit to foreclose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
WANT ANOTHER POOL.
Small Iron Manufacturers are Still
Dissatisfied.

Pittsburg, May 2O.-The smaller man
ufacturers of steel rails and bilIets are
billet and rail pools They were not suit
ed with their allotment, but the disrup-
ton Of the pools, it is said, brought no
relief
All kinds Of rumOrs have been in cir
culation, but the large manufacturers
say they have no intention of going in
to another pool at least for the present
The trade papers intimate that there
is some talk of organizing the rail and
billet pools and also the wire nail pool
and that when it is effected. steel rails
will be advanced to S2S and billets to
turer said today that the reports eTna-
mated either from the brokers who have
large stocks on hand and want to IN
load, or from the smaller manufacture
ers who would now be satisfied with the
pool allotment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
STILL BRANCHING OUT.
Another Big Topeka Firm Will Dou-
BILE in Size.

After June 1 the W. w Manspeaker
Mercantile company Will occupy the
entire lower floor and basement of the
Manspeaker-H entig building at 704 and
706 Kansas avenue. AT present the
Aanspeaker company occupies but the
one room and basement at 704 Kansas
avenue, but on that date the partition
separating the two rooms will be torn
out and the entire ground floor of the
building thrown into one large store
room
Mr.. Manspeaker has been in business
in Topeka for % years, and he says that
his business has never been better than
at the present.
Since the first of the year" said
Mr.. Manspeaker trade has been stead
IL increasing and collections were new
er better than at present"
As the business of the company is
exclusively retail, this statement from
Mr.. Manspeaker speaks for the pros
perity Of Topeka.
MI Manspeaker says that he intends
making his store one or the finest re-
tail grocery stores west of Kansas City
The first floor of the Manspeak er- Hen
tig building was built as one large
salesrOom, occupied by the George w
Wood Carpet company, but after Mr.
Wood died the company closed out and
the floor was partitioned into two store
rooms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCTA-
TON MEETING.

For the meeting of the National Ed
ucadonal association at Buffalo in 1896
the excellent service given bv the
Union Pacific was commented on by all
who had the pleasure of using that
line. This year our educational friends
meet in Milwaukee. Wis. July to g.
and members of the association and
others from points west of the Missouri
river should by all means take the
Union Pacific
The service of the Union Pacific
via Omaha or Kansas City is the very
best. The equipment consists of hand
some day coaches. chair cars, Pullman
buffet and drawing room sleepers din
ing cars and buffet smoking and Ii
brary cars Fewer changes than via
any other line. One fare. plus g 50, for
the round trip will be the rate from all
points west of the Missouri river for
this meeting
For illustrated matter, folders, etc,
call on or write
Z L. LOAIAx
G. P. & 7. A, Omaha