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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
FAMILIAR KANSAS NAMES.

Mrs. Mary E. Lease made p speech in
DennisOn, Tex, the other night to thirty
people. She once lived in Dennison
and was wroth at the small audience.
Congressman Vincent is informing
his friends, it is said, that he will send
them no garden seeds.
Ike Lambert is having his Emporia
residence treated to a new coat of paint.
Mail is visiting Washington with an
eye on the pOstOfice Of his native town.
Joseph Bristow is the youngest man
who ever held the Office of fourth as
sistant postmaster general.
Bernard Kelly preached PAS sermons
the past year, and brought up in full
the funds of nineteen churches. Then
ne has lectured for Epworth leagues,
G. A. r. posts and Relief Corps in many
instances.
Ed Hoch, in spite of the cash regis
ters. expert accountants and check sys-
TENS he sees all about him, maintains
that most men are honest.
Chief Justice Doster will be joined
by his wife this week. Mrs Doster
is a brilliant writer and an artist of
rare ability.
Judge Cunningham has been superin-
tendent of the Methodist Sunday school
at Emporia for tWenty-eight years and
last night started on his twenty ninth
year.
Brown of Pratt has bought a store at
Naron and will do a general mercantile
business.
Tim Mccarthy has backslid and gone
into politics again. Candidate for
mayor of Larned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

LOSS OF COL. TYLER'S HOME
Famous Paintings and Silverware
DESTROYED by Fire.

Tyler's magnificent residence. The Elm
on Pequot avenue, with all its valuable
paintings, elaborate furnishings. bric-a-
brac. musical instruments, silver. etc,
was burned early this morning, causing a
loss of over $780, 900. The insurance is $75,-
Co.,
The family records of the Osgoods, from
whom Mrs. Tyler is descended, and the
records of the Tylers for generations, as
well as many heirlooms, were also de-
Stroyed.
The family silver had been returned
from Tiffany's only a few days ago, and
was still incased, but it was impossible to
save any of it. Thirty thousand dollars
worth of jewelry were also destroyed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
TO STRENGTHEN THE LAW.
A Bill Which Will Affect 5000 City
Officials in Chicago.

Springfield. NJ, April In view of the
approach of the mayoralty election in
Chicago and possible sweeping changes
in city employees, considerable interest is
taken in a bill introduced in the state
legislature by Senator Morrison (Rep)
The bill amends the civil service law by
providing that all employees of the city OF
Chicago appointed prior to the taking eff
feet of the law shall be entitled to its fun
protection and shall have the same stand
ing al though they had passed the re-
ouired examination. Should the bill pass,
It is estimated that some 5000 employees
will be affected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
PLATT'S ELEPHANT SUIT.
The Case Will be Heard Before a
TammanY Judge.

c. Plat has been sued before Justice
Lynn, a Tamnany leader, for having
damaged the hide of an elephant, the
beast which has long been the animal
representative of the party of which
Mr.. Platt is the boss"
William w. Hart, a taxidermist and
the owner of the pelt, does not charge
Mr.. Plat with having inflicted the in
jury with his own hands. He says that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
seEX RAYS ~

Sack-cloth is a fashionable garment
the year round, but it is not always
worn in sight-Clay Center Times.
A lover isn't necessarily physically
disabled because he is afflicted with
serious intentiOns.-Smith County Pho
neer.
Whiting is the only town in the state
IN which the men outnumber the wo-
men at prayer meeting.-Whiting Sun.
Many an old farmer makes hay in
the country while his son shines in the
city.-NOrtOnVille Herald.
To stop that mad rush at Washing
ton Tor office, cut the salaries-Em-
poria Republican.
The peach buds in Doniphan county
were nipped by the frost, but the apple
Jack plants are doing nice1y-Hutchin-
son news.
The St Petersburg Otgalosl1i calls on
Russia to shed Christian blood for the
Turks. The Eagle has stricken the
Otgalosl1i of its exchange Hst.-Wich-
tia Eagle.
The corn which is planted in the flood
leads on to fortune and this is going
to be a wet year in Wichita
Eagle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

some novelties served up for the delec-
tation of these in New York, we should
offer up a vote of thanks because the
local managers show every desire to
preserve US in a peaceful immunity
from the fads which rage so fiercely
and spasmodicaIIy in Gotham.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
SECURED BY HENRY CLEWS
a Concession from the Venezuelan
Government for the Control of
Telegraph Lines.

Caracas, Venezuela April Jacob
Schmed, agent for Henry Clews and other
bankers in New York, has secured from
the government a contract by the terms
of which the American f1nanciers will con-
troll the telegraph lines of Venezuela for
30 years. The concession. which is of
great value will enable the syndicate to
construct cable. telegraph and telephone
systems in all parts of the country
New York, April Henry Clews said
last evening that Jacob Schmed. who had
secured a concession from the Venezuelan
government, is employed by his firm. In
securing control of the Venezuelan tele-
graph lines, the syndicate of which Mr..
Clews is the financial agent have paved the
way for the establishment of a new cable
system to South America, with branch
lines in the several republics. The field is
a fertile one, inasmuch as the cost of ca
bling to the principal South American
cities by way of Europe is now more than
81 a word.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

California Limited leaves Topeka
Thursdays and Sundays, 1888 a. m,
via Santa Fe Route. 81 hours to Cali
fornia. Vestibuled Pullman sleepers,
buffet smoker and dining car through.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Torturing, itching, scaly skin erup-
tions. burns and scalds are soothed at
once and promptly healed by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the best known
cure for plies. G. W. Stansheld, 632
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
The Rock Island

checking baggage to the Occident, the
Orient and intermediate points, and
will continue to do so. For rates, etc,
call at Rock Island passenger station.
Phone 1884
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
Weather Indieationa

Chicago, April For Kansas: Cloudy
tonight with local thunder storms in
extreme east portion; Friday partly
cloudy; winds shifting to westerly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Americans are the most inventive
people on earth. To them have been
issued nearly 600, 900 patents, or more
than one-third of all the patents issued
in the world. No discovery of modern
years has been of greater benefit to
mankind that Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, or has
done more to relieve pain and suffering.
J. W. Vaughn, of Oakton, KY, says:
II have used Chamberlain Collie Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy in my fam
lily for several years, and find it to be
the best medicine I ever used for
cramps in the stomach and bowels.
For sale by Druggists.
When you go East, take the Rock
Island Route.
California Express, every day in the
year via the Santa Fe Route, with
Pullman Palace and Tourist Sleepers,
leaves Topeka at 4:35 p. m.
Shirts. collars and cuffs Iaundered
TO look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry. 112 and ia West 9th st.
If you are going West or South, take
the Rock Island, it's the best.
Doctors and druggists concede to
Ayers SarsaDarilla the first place
among blood medicines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

If the hair is falling out and turning
gray, the glands of the skin need slim
ulating and color food, and the best
remedy and Stimuiant is Halls Hair
Remover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

the United States Express company, of
which Mr.. Platt is president, took the
epidermis to Newark n. J., for treat
ment, and that when it came back to
him it was full of holes. He wants sou
damages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Home-seekers' Excursions April 9Th
and goth via Rock Island Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
AnvFNr OF SPRING.

Peach blossoms are whispering the
sweetest things of spring.-New Orleans
Picayune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Hear Primwest & Rose Mfnstrels
Thursday night at 704 and 706 Kansas
avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Picayune.
Now that the sun has crossed the
line, the winter blockade IS broken
Spring is here, even though 1t be with
wet feet and tangled hair.-NeW YORK
Mail and Express.
A small boy rolling joyfully on the
grass in City Hall park and a ponce
man vainly shaking his club at him
through the wire fence was an incident
observed yesterday. 1t is sure mar
binger of spring-NeW York AdVer-
tiSer.
The season is unusually mild and
fine this spring, but that does not alter
changed from April 1 TO May 1. -Four
years out of every five, the weather at
the end of March is such that families
cannot safely go through the ordeal or
moving from one dwelling to another,
especially if there are invalids to be
cared for or very old or very young
members of the Observation-Disclosures
Leader.
The spring is opening up SO glorious
ly that the spring poets would be ex-
cused for getting enthusiastic over IT,
The weather is 'seasOnable' to an al
most perfect degree. Except for the
floods which are but local compared
with the vast extent of the country, ma
ture promises a year of good crops.
Even the overlooking rivers are a sign
of natures bounty, which man has not
yet learned to manage and store for fu-
ture use. Everything points to year
of natural prosperity, the principal fac
tor in which are seasOnable weather
and the resulting good crOps.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
Nor is it any wonder that, in view of
all these pleasant things, and still more
pleasant ones in anticipation, that even
the poets feel the fever and cannot
keep back their thoughts. No one can
blame them, even if their rhymes are
not always OF the best. Here is part
of one that comes from a young lady
who is now at school, but who is able
to sum up a very considerable amount
of idea in a very small amount of
space:
Hail. glad spring!
Sunshine so sunshiny,
Rain so moist and wet.
Leaflets small and tiny
Grass and violet,
Hail, everything!
Hail, sweet springl
Hail. balmy airi
Vernal equinox,
Easter bonnet fair,
Brought in paste board box,
You sweet thing!
-Ra1fi00OVa American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Broken edge collars made smooth By
Peerless Steam Laundry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Now that the sun has crossed the
line, the winter blockade is broken
Spring is here, even though it be with
wet feet and tangled hair.-NeW York
Mail and Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Tickets for Primwest & Roses Min
strels, % cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

When you go East, take the Rock
Island Route
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Ike Lambert is having his Emporis
residence treated to a new coat of paint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

To stop that mad rush at Washing
ton for office, cut the salaries-Em-
poria Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Whiting is the only town in the state
IN which the men Outnumber the wo-
men at prayer meeting Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Sack-cloth is a fashionable garment
the year round but it is not ALWAYS
worn in sight-Clay Center Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Many an old farmer makes hay in
the country while his son shines in the
city.-NortonvilIe Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
Mineral Water

MIueI6L " hui
The finest in the west. Come and tryit
7. W. PHILLIPS. 612 w Eighth Ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

A J. Richards of the Wellington
Mail is visiting Washington with an
eye on the pOstoffice of his native town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Mrs. Mary E. Lease made p speech in
Dennison, Tex, the other night to thirty
people. She once lived in DennisOn
and was Wroth at the small audience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

When you go East, take the Rock
Island Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Judge Cunningham has been superin-
tendent of the Methodist Sunday school
at Emporia for tWenty-eight years and
last night started on his twenty ninth
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Joseph Bristow is the youngest mai
who ever held the Office of fourth as
sistant postmaster general.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Congressman Vincent is Informing
his friends, it is said, that he will send
them no garden seeds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Brown of Pratt has bought store a
Naron and will do a general mercantil
business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Chief Justice Doster will be Joined
by his wife this week. Mrs. Doster
is a brilliant writer and an artist of
rare ability.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Tim Mccarthy has backslid and gone
into politics again. Candidate for
mayor of Larned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Ed Hoch, in spite of the cash regis
tiers, expert accountants and check sys-
TENS he sees all about him, maintains
that most men are honest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
GEN. FUBNTEs ARRESTED.
San Francisco Firm was 20 Get NJ some Q
His Alleged Guateaaiau Eoety.

San FRANCISCO. Nov. 13. Gen. Daniel
fnentes, who led tho recent revolution against
bhrrios In Guatemala, was arrested to-day for
deot, but was released on bail. Fuentes says
no Is the victim of a conspiracy between Guat.
emalan Consul Carilla and the Schwartz Broth
ers' agents for Barrios. The Schwartz Brothers
say mai Fuentes owed them $4,000 and that
they feared he was about to leave tho city.
Aeron Pasadas, a wealthy Guntemalan, rave
bail FOR Fuentcs. Tho latter says he has kept
an open account with Schwartz Brothers for
years, but he does not know how the account
stands.
Guatemalans here say Schwartz Brothers arc
trying to get hold Of the money Fuentes OBJ
tanned when he seized the :Quezsltenango OF
the coast of Mexico two weeks ago. There
were on board fifteen boxes of specie, amount
Ing In all to $4,000. Although bearing an
other name and consigned to firms In this city,
1t was understood the money belonged to Fuen-
Observation-Disclosures entertains this suspicion.
and 1t Is said suit was brought on this ac-
count.
The account is Of long standing" said Mr..
Schwartz after Fuentes's arrest. And / have
received information that Fuentes brought q
lot Of money with him, and for that reason l
don't SEQ why he cannot settle. 1t Ia well I'M
derstood that he and Morales plundered the city
before they evacuated II, and 1t is possible this
money Is part Of the spoils. We k~now:Fuentes
has boon spending money lavishly since he ar
rived here"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
FOUR BANKS 90 UNDER.
Indiana Hnatitutions Owned by weathers and
WiIlstt Close Their Door.

Wilstt Close Their Doors.
INDIANAPoLIs, Nov. 13.-There Is intense ex-
toner at English and throughout Crawford
and Perry counties tonight over the collapse Of
four banks. which will affect nearly every man
OF means in the two counties and seriously Grip
pie the local oficeholdcrs. including the County
Treasurers and Township Trustees, all of whom
deposited trust funds with the broken banks.
The crash anne without warning, for no one
suspected that the four institutions which have
gone under were not ON a safe financial foot
ing. AS late as yesterday afternoon each Of the
banks continued to receive deposits, and when
they failed to open their doors this morning.
there was CONSERVATION among the business
men, some of whom had deposited 30 closely
yesterday afternoon that they did not even have
change TO begin business with this morning.
4 Q banks were owned by J. II. Weather. and
II. II. .Willett. One had been established at
English, another at Marengo. another at Can.
MELTON, and a fourth at Leavenworth. The
capital stock of each WAS $50 900 and the de.
posits averaged about $75 900. being heaviest
at this season OF the year. when county taxes
have all bern paid and the Treasurer has do.
posted tho money. The revenue collected for
school purposes. was all on deposit In the banks,
and IL 10 now believed that nl of the public
schools In the two counties will have to be closed.
as the Trustees have lost all their money.
Treasurer Brown of Crawford county had
Sl3,50o on deposit. He Is completely prostrhtod
from II 900 to so, 800, and nine of them have
been caught in the four banks. President VIII.
lett of tho L~eAvenworth Bank has not boon at
the Office for several days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
TEE ~ENo1xEERs, STRIKE
Discussing the Terms en- which Another Geo.
ference wall ne Held.

ference wall Ne Held.
Special Cable Despatsh to THE Sun.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-The nineteenth weekly
distribution of strike pay to the engineers was
made to-day by the Amalgamated Society of
Engineers. The amount disbursed was 24l, 600.
which was received by IS. 700 mon.
The only present obstacle to tho holding Of Q
conference to arrange . settlement Of the strike
is the question of who will act as Chairman.
The engineers desire that @. T. Richie. Presi-
dent OF the Board of Trade; Lord James. Chan
cellor of the Duchy Of Lanca ter. or some other
prominent politician, act in that capacity. but
the employers insist that no outsider shall par
ticipate In the conference.
The employers propose that representatives
from each side sit in adjoining rooms and that
each have its own Chairman. through whom all
communication shall be made. A preliminary
meeting will be held on Monday to discuss tho
conditions of the conference. The employers
are unanimous in their determination 10 insist
that henceforth no restrictions shall DO placed
by the men upon the productiveness OF machin-
cry used in the shops.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
FERDINAND AND HIS MASTER.
The Prince ana nais People Think the Sultan
HAS Used Thsu uhabstiy.

Suoet DNA0otcN " ~
LONDON, Nov. l3.-Tho sultan's special press
manipulator took pains carly In the week
TO send long kilograms to tho newspapers in
London, Paris, and Berlin pointing out that
there 10 not the least truth in the reports that
the Bulgarian question has promised to reach
an acute form. The fact is that this little
tiff between Ferdinand and his SuZerain.
whose boots no was licking only a few
months ago, 10 really rather awkward and
may become dangerous. Tho Prince says
he was so devoted to the Sultan because his
Majesty promised him all Bulgaria yearned for,
including tho berats for Bishops, commercial
agents In various places In Turkey, and railroad
functions galore. 1t was on the strength OF
these promises, made previous to the Turko-
Greek war. that Bulgaria kept quiet
Toward the close OF the war Prince Ferdinand
went to Constantlnople ana was treated by the
Sultan with a degree OF fatherly affection which
deeply moved all beholders. Tho Sultan de-
clared with q culver in his musical voice and
moisture In his beautiful eyes, ride Minister
Terrell, that his dear Bulgarians should have
their hearts desires. But he was worried and
overworked, and they must really lot him finish
the Greek business first.
Prince Ferdinand went away. proud and
happy, and took care to let the world know
what no was going 10 get. lie also repressed,
with great vik0r, the malcontcnt buiRorldns
who wanted Bulgaria to take what seemed to
be the heaven.sent chance of advancing into
Macedonia.
Now the Prince and his Government and peo-
Pile are beginning to feel that they were fooled.
They are quite right. Tho Sultan says there
has been an unhappy Misunderstanding. He is
quite willing to grant berats to tho Bulgarian
Bishops in Macedonia, but on the condition that
two-thirds of tn" population desire them. Prince
Ferdinand is afraid to accept this test because,
although the majority Of the people of Macedo-
MIA are Bulgarian, they arc not all in favor of
the Bulgarian Church, as the Sultan well knows.
Then again, says his Majesty. permission for
commercial agents will DO given as soon as the
Bulgarian Government has defined their func-
tions; but such . definition Is distinctly incon.
venient, as the agents arc destined solely for
political work. As for the railroad functions,
they will be established. says the Sultan, with
tho winning smile which wrought such havoc
with Minister Terrell. just as soon as the
finances of the empire will permit.
All these matters may. at first sight. soem OF
remote interest to Americans. but within them
lie dangers which may, at any moment. set tho
sible. Tho Bulgarian agent at Constantinople,
this week, has been using strong. not to say
impudent language; yet the Sultan has not
had him kicked downstairs. Tho little Prince
ling's antics amuse his Majesty. It Is too ridicu-
lous for Bulgaria to talk Of proclaiming her
independence and other awful things when .
great Turkish army Ii in the field within strik-
ing distance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
DUKE OF rEox WEEDS MONEY.
Tho Death or the Duchess Leaves Him with
Nothing TO Live On.

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spso'a' caoe Despo'e" 10 fHhs BUN
LONDON. Nov. 13.-Certain newspapers are be-
traying considerable anxiety In regard to the
future OF the Duke Of Teck. The death Of the
Duchess has left him without means. his friends
declare, and it Is imperative that the Commons
be called upon to do something for him. which
Is euphemism for voting him a pension. Ac-
cording TO others. the Duchess's estate will pro-
vide the Duke with $4,000 a year.
The facts appear to DO that the Duchess left
no will, mainly because she had nothing to
leave. She enjoyed an annuity from the State
OF $25, 900 q year, and nobody who knows the
Duke Of Teck will be surprised to hear that she
spent every penny az soon as 1t was received.
The Queen undertook to look after tho career of
the children, and 30 far she has performed her
self-imposed task with undeniable success, for
the Duchess's only daughter is the wife of .
prince, who one day will DO King OF England,
and the eldest son has been comfortably married
to the daughter OF q millionaire, the Duke OF
Westminster. The Queens arrangement left
the poor Duchess leisure end money to provide
for her husband. and that of itself was o pretty
steep task.
1t would scarcely have been worth while pub
licly to discuss these personal Affairs OF the
royal family had not the Duke or his friends in
vited such consideration. But as he 10 clearly o
candidate for g State pension. 1t 10 permissible
to say that the Duke Of Took has been In o con-
dition of peouniary embarrassment for many
years. that his royal note Of hand has long been
well known in usury quarters, and that his
thriftless conduct had been o continual cause OF
worry to his wife. Recently he has been trying
to obtain an income by mixing himself with q
Joint stock company in transactions some Of
which are not altogether above suspicion. He
is heavily concerned In . syndicate formed Q
vear aoo for exnloitiuo Britiah Columbia. and IL