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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
Jr. Order of American Meohanio..

The officers Of Alexander Ham ilton Council
were installed last week by Deputy Thiesen in so
creditable manner without the aid of book that
the council rendered him vote of thanks
Tonight State Councillor Schaertzer, sccompa-
MED by delegation from the council from across
the bay, will pay visit to the council in Elm :
hurst.
The ish-pond party given by the California
Council Daughters of Liberty was well attended.
much enjoyment was mad and goodly sum was
realized for the benefit OF the councils fund for
the sick.
The Alameda County Union Committee elected
the following officers for the ensuing term: D. r.
Ford of Henry Clay Council p. j. NJ McCurry of
Custer Council, V. p; George Moening of Paul
Revere Council, s.; ]. A. Hopkins of Custer Coun-
Gil. T.
On the 18th of February Lincoln Council will
celebrate the anniversary of the birth of braha In
Hall.
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Order of Chosen Friends.

Grand Councillor Boehm and Grand Recorder
w allis will visit Woodland tonight 10 install the
officers of the council there. Thursday night the
same officers will install the oft ers OF Fidelity
Council at Redwood City and will initiate can
didares
Tonight Grand Recorder Wallis will assist al
the public installation of the officers of Garden
City Council in san Jose.
The grand cou ncilor was present at the installa
ton Of the officers OF America Council by Deputy
O'Brien last Tuesday.
On Friday night the officers of California Coun.
Gil were installed by Deputy Walter n. Brunt In
the presence of the grand councillor and the grand
recorder.
The officers OF Samaritan Council were installed
last Wednesday by E. NJ. Morgan, D. D., and those
of Paramount Council were installed on Thursday
by Deputy ]. L. Homer.
The initiation of a class of about twenty can.
didates by the initiatory team for Juanta Council
of Oakland has been postponed until next Fridas.
On the 26th the team will initiate four candid ates
for Home Council.
There will be fifteen assessments during the cur
rant
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MEEr1NG Nor1CEs-Continued.

FS DU TCH MINING AND MIi-LlNG
a>S CONF pany-The gular annual meeting or
the stockholders of the Dutch Mining and Mining
Company will be held at the office OF the COM
pany, rooms 81 ana So, Stevenson building. south
west corner California and Montsomery streets,
San Francisco, Cal, on MONDAY. the lSth day
OF Jan uary, 1897, at 2 o'clock N ,for the pur-
pose OF electing board of directors 10 serve Tor
the ensuing year and for the transaction OF such
other business as may be brought before the
meeting. Transfer books close Thursday, Janu
ary Ia, S97 at O'clock p NJ.
rsr. G. TRITTENBACH, President
GEORGE w. GERHARD, Secretary.
san Francisco, January z 1897
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re DIVIDEND NOTICE-DIVIDEND NO.
Ge~S 39 twenty-five cents per sharel Of the
HUTCHINSON SUGAR PLANTATION COM
PANY. will be held at the office of the Company
327 Market street, on and after Friday, January
22 1897.
Transfer books will close Saturday. January l6,
1897 at 2 o'clock NJ
E. H. SHELDON, Secretary.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
Young Ladies, Institute.

Miss Lizzie Terry, D. D., installed the officers Of
Branch No. last Wednesday.
Grand President Miss Sophie Grote paid visit
to Branch No. 2, at the Potrero, last w ednesday
Branch No As, at Port Costa, was officially
visited on Sunday. the 10th inst.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
BUSINESS CEANCEs.

NOFFEE SALOON AND RESTAURA
" must be sold. DECK EP, 1920 Market ST.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
SAN FRANCISCO CALL"

BUSINESS OFFICE OF the San Francisco CALI
40 Market street, open until II o'clock every
night in the year.
BRANCH oFFICES-527 Montgomery Street
corner Clay; open until e:3o o'clock.
339 Hayes street, open until $3.50 o'clock.
615 Larkin street, open until $3.50 o'clock.
eW. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets, open
until o'clock.
2blS Mission street, open until o'clock.
167 Ninth street, open until $3.50 o'clock.
1905 Polk street; open un Il 9:39.
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AGENTS ~ ANTED.

AGENTS y ANIED.
A GENTS FOR MERCHANT TAILORING S
"A tab ishment; only experienced need apply.
625 Geary st.
A GENTS-A BOOK THAT OUTSELLS ANY
IA publication since Grants book Is General
Miles Personal Recollections"; every one want
the book written by the ecommander-in-chief Of the
United STATES army; first agents commission
S22 in 8 hours. Z. PERSON. manager subscrip-
ton department, The Whitaker & Ray Company
723 Market st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
STAND UP FOR TOPEKA.
A Young Man Tells Why He is Proud
of Her.

Mr. A B. Hulit, who is special agent
of the International Trade association
which is trying to make arrangements
for closer trade relations between Mex
leo and the United States, has written
the following letter to the Journal:
To the Editor of The State Journal.
ct have read your commendable ar
ticle on Young Topeka and it pleased
me to see embodied in the article the
principle that converted this region into
great state, with, great system OF
railroads and the best common school
system in the United States.
Il have for some time been travelling
extensively in the interests of a COM
pany which has its headquarters in To-
peka and which will represent in for
eign lands the largest firms in the Uni
ted States. In discussing our plans with
the new stockholders, I have frequently
been asked why the directors chose To-
pelxa for our headquarters. 1 have ans
wered that there are several reasons.
First because it is the home of the San
ia Fe railroad, and also because our
trade is nearly all with Mexico, and
the railroad systems of Mexico are prac-
tically controlled by Kansas men.
Because a Kansas man built the
first furniture factory in Mexico; a To-
peka man built the first large foundry;
a Topeka man built the first modern
brick plant; a Kansas man built the
great jetty system at Tampico and is
today building a railroad over the
mountains from the City OF Mexico to
the Pacific ocean, an undertaking which
no one but Kansas man would at
tempt. A Topeka boy is the manager
of the largest daily paper in Mexico.
Topeka is the home of the man, who, s
the United States minister to Mexico,
did more to build up our commerce
with than country than any other man,
and who commands the friendship and
love of all Mexicans. Topeka was Sc
1ected because it is one of the best
known cities in Mexico and because her
citizens stand higher than others there
Did it ever occur to you that the
hundreds of embezzIerS and criminals
who have gone to Mexico, not one has
been a Topeka man? I have visited
many cities, but I have never yet seen
one so clean as Topeka or so we'll kept
up Her churches, school houses and
public buildings are in better repair
than those of any city / have visited
1t is my judgment that there is not a
city in the United States that can boast
of q higher standard of morality than
Topeka 1 have never yet met Tope-
kean abroad who did not speak of this
and say he was proud of it. Neither
have 1 ever met a man from Topeka
who would not say: While Topeka is
quiet place, I would rather live there
than any place on earth, and L would
prefer to raise my family there
Il am always glad to return to Tope-
ka. and although there issa great deal
of talk of hard times in Kansas, it is
nv Judgment that the state is better off
financially today than most of the
states in the Union. There is not q
state east of the Mississippi river and
north of the Ohio in which there is not
more suffering than there is in Kansas.
600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
TWO HOURS OF DEBATE
Senators Try to Talk the Anti.
Pass Bill to Death.
Nearly Every Member Has Some
Amendment to Offer.
The Bel Will Probably be Buried Un
der the Various Changes Pro-
posed.

The senate yesterday afternoon took
8 couple of hours off and combined
pleasure with business by playing with
the anti-pass bill as introduced by the
committee on railroads. Amendments
were showered on the measure with
surprising generosity.
After spending the two hours of the
states time, the senate adjourned with
out taking any definite action on the
measure.
Section of the bill as introduced by
the committee provides that it shall be
unlawful for any railway company to
issue free transportation to any person
or persons except bonafide railway en-
plOyeS, the board of railroad commits
sionerS and board of railway assessors,
and that it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons, other than the ones
named, to receive such free transpOrta-
ton. The penalty fixed in the bill for
the violation of any of the provisions
of the act in a fine not exceeding 500 or
less than $50 for each Offense-
Senator Cooke asked that it be post
poned, as he had number of amend
nEents he wished to prepare and offer.
Senator HeSsin followed Senator Cooke
with a similar request, saying: THE
members of the senate should at least
be given sufficient time to purge them
selves of their passes before they were
asked to enter into the consideration of
the measure"
Senator Farrelly Pop., Neosho coun-
-
postpone the consideration of the bill.
He was followed by Senator Coleman
1Rep., Nemaha county,, also asking
that it be indefinitely postponed, stat
ing that he felt sure almost every
member of the senate had some amend
ment to offer to the bill, and that he,
himself, wished to present an amend
ment which it would take him several
days to prepare He said that the bill
was probably the most serious" meas
ure that had come before the senate,
and that the members, the men who
it directly affected, should not act on
it hastily.
The turn affairs were taking as a
result of his motion, did not please
Senator Cooke at all, as he is one of
the members who is pledged to work
for anti-pass legislation, and he said:
The members are entirely too willing
to allow me time to prepare my amend
ments. This is a serious matter to me,
and 1 want to see an anti-pass bill
passed by the Legislature. The members
can make all the fun they want of this
measure but it is one that is demand
ed by the people,
Senator HarriS-I derive a great deal
of satisfa ction from the remarks that
have been made in reference to this bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
TOPEKA SCHOOL BOARD
Adopts Resolutions in Regard to Text
Book Bills.

Book Bills.
To the Legislature of the State of KAN
SaS:
The board of education of the city of
Topeka, having carefully considered
the text book bills, senate No. 531 and
house No. sos, beg respectfully but ear
nestly to present what seems to its
members very strong reasons why
cities of the first class should either be
excepted from the operation of the bill
or should be given an option, at least,
as to it's application.
First-The needs of a country school
and of large city school system are
not Identical A set of text books suita-
Bile for use in a country school would
be inadequate to meet the demands of
a city school system. The city schools
are closely supervised and graded, the
country schools are graded only in a
general way and are usually classed as
ungraded schools. 1t must be appar-
ent to anyone who has had an oppor-
tUnity to inspect the work of the city
schools and of the country schools that
more freedom is needed in the selection
of text books for use in city than in
country schools.
for a five years contract is directly OPP
posed to the best development of the
schools through the introduction from
year to year of the best new thought,
modern methods and improvements;
and by removing the possibility of
change, teachers will inevitably drop
into ruts, lose some of their mental
activity and in a degree stagnate.
Thirdly such course the state, for
the sake of a gain in the price of books,
practically gives a monopoly for five
years to a publisher and thus shuts out
all effort of other publishers during
that period to introduce better books,
thus depriving the larger cities of their
proper right to obtain from year to
year the best books, even by an ex-
penditure that the taxpayers of such
cities may approve.
Fourth-The board of education Of
the city of Topeka has never in it's en-
tire history been under the domination
of a school book trust 1t has at all
times and still maintains its right to
introduce such books as it may decide
are for the best interests of the chill
dren in attendance upon it's public
schools and thus one of the main rea-
sons for the bill, as claimed by its pro-
moters, does not apply to it and pre-
sumably does not apply to other cities
of its class.
Fifth-The exception of cities of the
first class from the terms of this bill
will not in any way affect unfavorably
its operation throughout the state.
j. W. PRIDDY,
Pres Topeka Board of Education.
Attest: H. W. FARNSWORTH,
Clerk Topeka Board Of Education.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
HOUSE STOCK YARD BILL
Passes Last Night Without Any Op
position-It Reduces Prices.

The house in committee of the whole
last night recommended for passage the
bill submitted by the committee on live
stock, regulating the Kansas City stock
yards. but applying in a general way to
all public stock yards
The bill provides that any stock yards
within this state, into which live stock is
received for sale and which is doing BUSH
ness for compensation. and for the pre-
ceding twelve months shall have had
average daily receipt of 100 head of cattle
or 800 head of hogs 800 head of sheep,
is a public stock yard A public stock
yard operator is any person owning such
a yard.
Every such public stock yards operator
or operators, SHALL December 81, file with
the secretary of state, itemized certi-
fed statement, setting forth the number
of head of cattle, calves. sheep, hogs,
horses and mules received during the
year.
The bill provides that it shall be unlaw-
full for the owners, proprietors or en-
ployes of any stock yards, to charge
driving, yarding, Watering and weighing
of cattle. Is cents per head; calves cents
per head; hogs cents per head; sheep 4
cents per head, and there to be only one
yardage charge.
The bill provides that the feed fur
nished by the stock yards must be full
weight and the price not more than dou-
BILE the price the open market.
The bill also provides it shall be unlaw-
full for the owners or proprietors Of any
stock yards to prohibit the owner or
owners the agents of any dead stock
in such yard, to sell to any person, to
whom such owner or their representatives
may desire to sell
Any owner or proprietor who shall per-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

American Sugar Refining company out
side of the grinding season."
mo, sir
Witness said he was confronted by a
similar state of affairs with the coffee
kings and the American Tobacco COM
pany- If he did not sign the factors
agreement with the concerns, he could
not continue in business, he said. The
witness added that if there was a larger
tariff put on foreign sugar, his firm
would have to go out of business or take
the alternative and sign a factors
agreement. Several witnesses were on
the stand as to the working of the COM
bination of the coal companies, the
greater portion of the testimony being
a refutation of any agreement to con-
troll prices. This closed the taking OF
testimony for the present.
The committees report should be
ready March LIST, but Chairman Lexow
announced that he would ask for an
extension until March 9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

The committee on railroads was harsh
ly criticised for not reporting an anti
pass bill sooner, and now lind that
some of the members are in doubt as
to whether they want such a measure
or not. 1 don't want this bill indein-
itely postponed. Personally, I am in
favor of this kind of legislation, and L
want to see the matter settled. If we
cut off the issuance of passes. the earn
ings of the railway companies will be
materially increased, and two years
from now we can reasonably reduce
the passenger fare to two cents a mile
This bill is simply preparatory to re-
ducing the passenger rate.
Senator Farrelly-I don't believe
there is any demand for this kind of
legislation. And I don't believe that
if this bill was passed the penalty
could ever be enforced. I don't believe
you can make criminal that which isn't
criminal. I think the passage of such
a bill would simply give the railroad
companies an opportunity to refuse
passes to those to whom they don't
care to extend the courtesy. I have
never met an Individual who refused to
accept pass.
The vote on the motion to indefinitely
postpone was then taken and the mo-
ton lost.
Senator Farrelly next moved to strike
out all of section 8. IF we are to have
an anti-pass law said he, '-let US have
one that is an anti-pass law that makes
no exceptions" This motion carried.
stitute for the bill which remained, the
following:
"All persons holding offices, entitled
to mileage under the law, that receive
passes from the different railroads, shall
have their mileage withheld and every
railroad company shall cause to be
printed the names of said officers and
the numbers of their passes, in the Of
ff1cial state paper at the end of each
month
In support of his substitute Senator
Ryan stated: There is paid out at
every session of the legislature, mile
age to the amount of 100000 and that
it is probable there is not one of the
members of the legislature who does
not ride on a pass. Such a substitute
as is offered would probably save the
state large amount. Anti-pasS 1egis-
lation was aimed at state officers and
members of the legislature more than
any other class of persons
Senator Lamb (Rep., WoOdson cOun-
ty) moved to strike out the enacting
clause. In support of this motion he
said: Il see no merit whatever in this
bill, and I don't think the people of
Kansas are demanding such legislation.
1t has remained for the politicians to
pie are suffering from an OVerabund-
ance of passes
On vote the motion was lost.
Senator Titus then offered an amend
ment to take the place of section 8, pro-
viding for q. reduction of one cent in
the passenger fare per mile. No sooner
was this amendment read than Senator
Farrelly moved that the committee rise,
and the motion prevailed. AS soon as
the report of the committee was read,
the senate adjourned, leaving the mat
ter to be decided today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
NEPOTISM AGAIN.
Another Bill Introduced to Prevent
It's Practice.

Another bill against nepotism was in
troduced in the house today by Repre-
sentative Taylor, by request. The bill
is aimed at county and municipal Off
GERS and provides that such officers shall
not appoint to positions of trust any per-
son related to- them "by affinity or con-
sanguinity, within the third degree as
computed by civil law"
Persons now holding office, il the bill
should pass, in violation of its provis-
ions, shall receive no compensation
therefor, and hereafter shall file afh-
davits showing that no such relation
ship exists.
The bill has gone to the committee ON
state affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
MORE AUTHORIZATIONS.
Seven More Measures Get Through
the Senate.

As a committee of the whole yesterday
afternoon the senate recommended for
passage seven additional appropriation
bills There now remain but six appro-
priation bills onathe calendar
The bills recommended for passage are
the following:
An act making appropriation to the To-
peka insane asylum for the construction
of a ward building, including heating,
lighting eQuipping and plumbing the
same. The amount of this appropriation
is $50, 900.
An act making appropriation for the
current expenses of the Topeka insane
asylum for the years ending June 80. 1898,
and June 80, 1899
An act making appropriate for water
supply and fire protection. porches to
main building, school furniture, laundry
and sidewalk for the soldiers orphans
home at Atchison.
An act making appropriations for con-
veying prisoners to the penitentiary for
the years ending June 3d. 1898, and June
80, 1859.
An act making appropriation for the
purchase of marble bust of the late eX-
Governor Charles Robinson, to be placed
in the chapel of the university of Kansas
An act making appropriations for the
university geological survey of Kansas
and providing for the publication OF the
An act making APPROPRIATIONS for the
state soldiers home at Dodge City, for the
years ending June 80, 1898, and June 80,
1899
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
A BOA SWALLOWS A LION.
A Thrilling Situation in a Circus at
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 26-The win
ter quarters of Lemen Bros circus in
Argentine were thrown into the widest
confusion yesterday through careless
ness in handling a boa constructor.
Around a big stove in the stables the
attendants had placed several boxes
of snakes and between the boxes and
the stove they had made bed for
William Mckinley" a lion whelp that
was born in the stables three months
since.
Through somebody's negligence the
cover of a boa constructor was left I'M
fastened. The monster reptile, rails
ing the cover, poked it's head out and
looked for something for dinner. The
highly priced whelp was nearest at
hand and it was only a moment before
every animal in the menagerie was in
the widest excitement. The wall set
up by william Mckinley aroused
the mother of the whelp, which was in
a cage near by, and the roar which
she led out was added to by the trump
citing of the elephants and the cries OF
all the other animals.
The attendants, after taking precau-
lions against the general outbreak,
rushed to the rescue of the highly
priced young lion, which, by this time,
had ceased to yelp. The boa constructor
had seized the beast by the hind quar-
tiers and by the time the reScuerS came
only the head and neck of the brute
protruded from the jaws of the monster
reptile They tried first to pull the
lion away but failed. Then, seeing that
action must be quick, knives were pro-
cured and the head of the boa conStr1c-
tor was cut short off, lion Wneip >
brute could not be at once liberated,
for he was firmly locked in the jaws OF
the snake After more cutting and
considerable prying, MilnaIn NcK1n-
alive and seems little the worse for
the experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
THEIR CONSTITUENTS WRITE.
The People are Getting Tired of In
action and Protest.

Representative Walters of Labette
county today received the following let
ter from a Harvey county Populist: AL
low me to congratulate you in calling the
attention of the legislature to our late
state platform, and previous state and
II do not know how the feeling is else
where, but the delay of the legislature to
enact promised legislation is the subject
of general comment. have heard twenty
old line Populists say this week that they
had voted their last People Party ticket,
if something was not done.
1.-The party will be ruined and never re-
cover from such disappointment. There
anxious for the organization of the So
cialist party and they could lead off with
several hundred followers. Another ele-
ment will return to the old parties, which.
at least, don't disappoint the people
There won't be a skeleton of the present
organization left If something isn't done
and that-Quick.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26

init violations of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of a niSdeneanOr, and upon con-
viction shall be fined. for the first Of
Tense not more than 800; for the second
offense not less than 500 more than 5000
and for the third offense not less than 500
nor more than $500 and by imprisonment
in the county Jail not exceeding six
months for each offense or by both such
fine and Imprisonment.
For each subsequent offenSe a fine of
not less than 900 and imprisonment for
not less than six months The attorney
general and county attorney of any coun-
ty is authorized to institute proceedings
to enforce the provisions of the law.
The favorable recommendation upon the
bill was reached without opposition.