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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY.
Denver Cotton Mills Get q Contract
From Massachusetts.

Denver, Dec. -Colorado-made cotton
has won a victory in competition with
the product Of the big looms of the east
ern mills. Mr.. J. K. Choate, president Of
the Overland cotton mill, has just return
ed from a business trip to the Pacific
coast, where he closed contracts that
guarantees the steady operation of the
mills for the best part of coming year in
filling the contracts alone.
One of the big plums for which the
makers of cotton goods strive each year
is the contract for furnishing Claus
Spreckels with material for the manufac-
ture of his sugar bags. The contract
calls for an immense amount of material,
enough to keep a big mill in almost con-
slant operation, and the cotton makers
are naturally anxious to secure the work.
Heretofore the award has been given to
some of the large mills of Massachusetts.
There is always close competition and the
work is naturally done on a very narrow
margin of profit. Mr.. Choate decided to
take hand in the bidding this year and
succeeded in securing the contract, much
to the surprise and CONSERVATION of the
eastern manufacturers.
It is also understood that Mr.. Choate
has made contracts which will place the
product of the Overland mills into Bos-
ton, in the very heart of the eastern spin
ming district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
HUMAN ICICLES.
Open Boat Holding Four Frozen
Men Drifts Ashore.

New York, Dec. 2S.-A rowboat contain
ing four men, frozen and unconscious,
washed up on Rockaway beach today.
The mems feet We're frozen fast to the
bottom of the boat. They were carried to
a hotel, put to bed and restoratives ad-
minfstered. After four hours care they
recovered so far as to explain that they
had hired a rowboat from a fisherman
and had lost the oars and had been at
the mercy of the wind and waves all
night 1t is probable they will all re-
cover. Their names are:
Joseph Day, B. B. Black, James Room
and George Metzger, of New York city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
LOWER INTEREST RATES.
Savings Bank Men Say Reduction
IS Inevitable.

New York, Dec 2S.-With the an
nOuncementS of the dividends to be
paid next month by the various savings
banks of this CITY, there is a general
tendency to pay a lower rate of inter
est than heretofore, A few years ago
practically all the old banks were pay
ing interest at four per cent per an
mum, but gradually this has been
changed, so that next year the rate of
interest in many instances will be 80
per cent. President McMann, of the
Emigrant Industrial Savings bank,
said today:
Conditions are such now that the
various banks are not earning as much
as a few years ago and consequently
II is impracticable to pay a rate of in
terest that would tend to reduce the
surplus. The tendency is even towards
a lower rate, say 8 per cent; not this
year or even next, perhaps, but event
ually. Most of the per cent govern
ment bonds have matured, and but q
rev years can elapse before they are
all redeemed. While banks held these
bonds it was possible to pay per cent,
but now in taking care of the new bust
ness 1T is not possible for a bank to pay
more than 3% per cent on its capital.
money on call is at present very cheap,
ana there must be of necessity a re-
trenchment of some kind. Real estate
cannot be counted on too strongly, and
today we cannot get in some instances
more than AZ per cent on the very best
bond and MORTGAGE"
President ]. H. Rhodes of the Green
Wlch Savings bank said there was a
general feeling, especially up the state
that under the present conditions of
Investments, and returns per cent
was too high and undoubtedly the
bankers would welcome any general
movement to reduce the rate Indeed
MI Rhodes had been asked to lend his
influence in this direction. The fact
that railroads could refund their bonds
at 315 per cent showed apparently
that savings banks were in many in
stances giving a higher rate of inter-
est than conditions warranted Mr.
Rhodes thought that ultimately all saw
lngs banks would reduce their rate to
312 per cent and possibly to 3 per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
KANSAS news.
Aged Woman Fatally Burned
at BelOit.
PassesTOO Near a Fireplace and
Her Gown Ignites.
UNFORTUNATEFAMILY
Judge Riggs of Lawrence,
Breaks His Arm.
Fire at Americas Destroys a
Large Building.

BeIoit, Dec. 2S.-As Mrs. Samuel Devore
was visiting a neighboring family her
dress was ignited from an old fashioned
fireplace. and before help arrived she was
so badly burned from head to foot that
the doctors pronounce her case fatal
one.
The front of her body and limbs were
burned almost to a crisp.
The Devore family have been unfortun-
ate. A year ago their little boy died
suddenly, supposed to have been bitten
by a dog, but the doctor who attended
him saw no symptoms of hydrophobia or
anything about the boy to indicate that
he died from the effects of a bite from
a dog. The case was mysterious one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
A MIGHTY RAFT
Long as a City Block to Be
lowed Through Ocean Waves

few months raft containing 100000 feet
of lumber will be constructed in this city
and towed to San Francisco John Poul-
son of the firm of Inman 6, PouIson. own
ers of a large sawmiH here, designed the
raft and the firm will in a few days
begin construction of the raft. It will be
1856 feet long "a feet wide and viii be so
constructed that only small portion Of
the raft will be above the surface of the
water.
Several RATS of piling have been sue
cessfully towed from the Columbia river
to San Francisco, but the rafting of saw
ed lumber is a new undertaking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
TO ABOLISH PENSIONS.
Petition That Veterans be Paid All
at Once

Indianapolis. Dec. 28.-The veterans
of the war in this city are signing a
petition to congress asking that the
United States settle with the pension
ers on what the petition terms "a 20
year plan"
The suggestion is that every man and
woman on the rolls be paid at once the
amount he would receive if he contin-
ued to draw a pension at the present
rating for 20 years. 1t is explained that
the government might, within one year
after the adoption of such a plan. make
and at the end of such period be ready
to go out of the pension business per-
manently One of the arguments put
forth in support of the suggestion is
that by adopting such a plan the gov
eminent could at once abolish the pen
sion department. The veterans are
generally signing the petition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
NEW HOSPITAL ROOM
At the City Prison Where Injured
People May Recsive Attention

City Physician NJ. r. Mitchell will in a
few days fit up an office in the city Jail
building at Fifth and jackson streets
He will retain his main office in the city
building. In the new addition recently
made to the old jail building a hospital
room was provided. 1t is the rear room
on the second floor An operating table
is being made for the room. a cabinet for
holding bandages, medicines and surgi-
cal instruments was built, and the room
will be made ready as an emergency hos
pital, where people taken in charge by
the police will be operated on.
The hospital room is a light one, well
ventilated. and will greatly facilitate the
city physicians work in attending to
emergency cases. Formerly when an in
jured person had been brought to the po-
lice station and an operation was neces-
sary, the patient was placed on an ordin-
airy table and police officers held him
while the doctor made the necessary sur
gical repairs. Now the patient will be
placed in a clean room where proper
treatment can be given him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
BEaINNING OF THE END.

Inorga nizinga coal combine which viii
control a natural product of the earth
from the time it leaves the bed until it
reaches the consumer, the trusts are
probably twisting the last strand of the
rope which is ultimately to hang them
The people have submitted to the
gathering in of a large portion of the
earth, Offering only feeble resistance,
possibly owing to the fact that they
have hitherto been permitted to par
ticipate in the profits growing out of
the working Of the claims. If they are
now to be defrauded from this share in
what is sometimes mentioned as the
common heritage Of man, they are like
" to rebel to a purpose.
From the complete control of the coal
output it is but a step further to the
control of the bread and meat supply.
Il good start along these lines has al
'eady been made by the packing house
men and the biscuit trust.
In discussing the proba BILE results of
the Morgan coal trust the New York
World says:
The coal trusts current dofngs call
attention to the fact that monopoly in
its onward and practically unimpeded
march over law, over courts, over the
rights of the people, is entering the last
stage of its natural and inevitable de-
velopment
At first the trust barons We're content
with the control of the sources of the
various necessaries of civilized life.
This control they gained with some
difficulty They were Inexperienced.
They had to fight the hot resentment
Of the people, showing itself in vigor-
Gus action by legislatures and prosecut-
ing officers.
But as the barOns learned their bust
ness. as they grew rich. as they estab-
Ished lines of communication and I'M
Outstanding with political parties and
potentates, the opposition to them be-
came mere matter of noisy pretense.
1nthe five years monopoly has marched
on the double-quick. and has not been
in the least impeded by the uproarious
discharges from fake antitrust batter
les.
Now the monopolists in coal. oil &C.,
are reaching out for the absolute con-
troll of products from the time when
they leave the earth until they reach
the hands of the consumer.
If the present pace should be main
tanned what would be the result?
It would not be long before every pro
duct that is called necessary of life
by civilized man would be in the abso-
lutte control of a few groups of men
working through corporate forms The
independent producer. whether of raw
or finished products the jObber, the re-
taller, in brief the independent citizen
would disappear. All would be serv-
ants of the few men in whom would be
centered enormous wealth and enor-
nous power. They alone would be free
IN the highest sense of that noble dem
Ocratic word
They could say with Louis XIV,
THE state, it is Wet"
What curious, perverted realiza-
ton of the socialists dream of univer-
sal cooperation and abolition of pri-
vate ownership
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
CURTIS BILL ENDORSED.
Committee Recomm His Indian
Bill for Immediate Passage.


Washington, Dec. 27.-The senate and
House subcommittee on Indian Territory
affairs today considered the Curtis bill in
joint session. Colonel A. S. McKennon
of the Dawes Indian commission review
ed the situation in the territory and advo-
Gated ratification of the treaty made with
the Seminole tribe, the only one of the
agreements in shape for such action. As
to tOwnsites, he suggested requirement
of title by the Indians to their lands
through partition proceedings to be insti-
tuted by them in the United States courts
against the tribal governments after the
allotment of lands in severalty.
Satisfactory negotiations with the
tribes. he said. was almost an impossible
ity, and he pointed out that action on
the part of congress in the way of gen
eraI legislation for the whole territory
was necessary. The committee urges that
the Curtis bill with amendments, be
passed this session. One of the amend
ments proposed by some of the members
of the subcommittee provides for a di>
vision of the fee of the land instead of
its mere use. in case the members of the
tribe affected should prefer this system.
This amendment would give the Indians
the alternative of taking individual allot-
ments with full title to the lands, or
their mere use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
ONE IN EVER FOUR
One Person in Every Four Suffers
From Piles.


About one person in every four sur
fers from some form of rectal disease.
The most common and annoying IS
itching piles, indicated by warmth,
slight moisture and intense itching in
the parts affected.
The usual treatment has been some
simple ointment or salve which some
times gives temporary relief, out noth-
ing like a permanent cure can be eX-
pescted from such superficial treatment.
The only permanent cure for 1tchlng
piles vet discovered is the pyramid
Pile Cure, not only for itching piles,
but for every other form of piles, blind,
bleeding or protruding. The first APP
plication gives instant relief and the
continued use for a short time causes
permanent removal of the tumors or
the small parasites which cause the in
tense itching and discomfort OF itching
piles.
Many physicians for long time sup
posed that the remarkable relief af-
forded by the Pyramid Pile Cure was
because it was supposed to contain CO
caine, opium and similar drugs, but
such is not the case. A recent careful
analysis of the remedy showed it to be
absolutely free from any cocaine, OPT
UNI, or in fact any poisonous, injurious
drugs whatever. Sold by druggists at
80 cents per package
Send to Pyramid Co, Marshall, Mich,
for free book on cause and cure OF
piles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
FLIMFLAMMED THE BIRDS.
Boy Got the Sparrows Drunk and Sold
Their ScaIps.

Quincy. Ill, Dec. 28-The English
sparrow bounty law is now in force in
this state, and up to noon yesterday
County Clerk Lane, at MacOmb, in Nc
Donough county, had taken up 1000
scalps Of the birds. The clerk was con-
siderably puzzled that $50 should come
from one boy.
1t now develops that this boy has
been putting up a job on the sparrows.
He has been getting them drunk and
capturing them while they have been in
a helpless state of inebriety. The boy
soaked wheat in alcohol and scattered
it where the birds frequented- They
partook of the wheat and soon their
systems had acquired a jag. They
would then cut up all sorts of capers
adm end their debauch by falling into
the hands of the boy.
Shirts. collars and cuffs laundered
to look like new Ivy Peerless Steam
laundry. l12 and ia West 8th st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
GUILTY OF LIBEL.
Negro Editors Fined and Sent to Jail

Negro Editors Fined and Sent to Jail.
Galveston, Dec. 2S-W. L Jones and
w H Mobiles, two negroes, who con-
trolIed and edited the Times, a weekly
published here, have been found guilty
of libel Jones has been committed to
the county Jail for u months and to
pay the costs in his case, aggregating
S77. So Noble was. fined 800 and has
been hired out under the county con-
Wet act, the amount of his fine and
costs to be paid in II monthly Install
ments.
The cause of their offense was the
publication of slanderous articles re-
fiecting upon the conduct of the con-
ductors of the Galveston City Street
Railway company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

mystic Cure" for Rileunsa tism and
Neuralgia radically, cures in to DAYS.
It's action upon the system is remarla-
Die and mysterious. 1t removes at once
the cause and the disease Immediately
disappears. The first dose greatly ben
efits.
Promise City Iowa. says: I bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheuma-
tism, and two doses of it did me more
good than any medicine I ever Took
70 cents. Sold by Swift & Holiday
Drug Co., 523 Kansas avenue. Topeka
There is one good restaurant in To-
peka, that's the Cremerie, 726 Kansas
avenue, Scott & Scott.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
A Hot Time at Solomon.

Abilene, Dec. 28.-Solomon City had
the hottest time Christmas eve the old
town has witnessed in years and the
news has just been made public. A big
crowd celebrated the arrival of Christ
mas eve by q big drunk and numerous
fights, in one of which Jack Leasure, a
saloon keeper was pounded out of all
resem blance to a human being by Scott
Johnson, an employee of the sheep yards.
Leasure's nose was broken in the melee
and his face pounded into a jelly, while
Johnson was also considerably pound
ed up. None of the other fights were
so bloody.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

a piano in the parIor for the chumps to
play on.
Did you ever know a private owner
who could keep his horse looking de-
cent in winter?
Express sympathy with a man. be-
cause he has a cold, and he viii cough
again. to get more sympathy.
An AtchisOn man received a Christ
mas present by mail today that did not
cost to exceed ten cents. There were
twenty eight two cent stamps on the
box
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
Open One Cent Lunch Counter

New York, Dec 2S.-One-cent coffee
and lunch stands for newsboys and
bootblacks are to be established in var
ious parts of the city under the super
intendency of a young hustler, who was
once a newsboy himself The first of
these stands was opened today on the
Bowery. Within a week there will be
a dozen in operation. This means an
other cut in the price of meals on the
lower East side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
Pierpont Morgan in This Too.

Winstead, Conn, Dec. est is announc-
ed here that J. Pierpont Morgan and
Thomas A Edison have purchased inn
portant water privileges on the Housa-
tonic river at Falls Village and will erect
a number of new Edison ore separators.
They control valuable ore beds, a canal
and other equipments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
Judge Riggs Breaks an Arm

Lawrence, Dec. 2S-Judge Riggs met
with a serious accident yesterday while
coming from his home to the court
house which made it necessary to dis
miss court for the day. He was in his
carriage when an axle broke, throwing
him violently to the ground, breaking
Il bone of the right arm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
Fire at Americas.

Americas, Dec 28.-The large two
story house of NJ. A. Reeve occupied
by A. Austin, caught fire and burned to
the ground in 20 minutes yesterday. The
residence was only insured for 5000. To-
tai loss about $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
SALVATION ARMY WORK.
Feed Many of the Poor at Abilene
and Dispanse Clothing.

Abilene, Dec. 2S.-The Salvation Army
did a good work here Christmas among
the poor.
They fed 81 people. In addition,
baskets We're sent to 10 homes where
the people were too i'll or destitute to
come out, and 81 pieces of clothing,
five pairs of shoes, two pairs of rub
bers and five childrens hats were
given
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
Death Of MRS. Ed Wood

Lawrence, Dec. 28-Mrs. Ed Wood. a
prominent teacher of this city, died
suddenly yesterday. She was a sister
of Professor Carruth, of the university,
and for many years a teacher in the
public schools. For the past few years
school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. Csc. The genuine has L.
B. Q. on each tablet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
Salvation Army's Good Work.

Hutchinson. Dec 28.-The Salvation
Army fed over geo people and sent out
So baskets for deserving poor for
Christmas and Sunday dinner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
NO SUNDAY FUNERALS.
Bishop Horstmann sends a Letter TO
Youngstown Churches.

Youngstown, O., Dec. 2S.-Bishop
Horstmann today sent a passionate letter
here, which will be read in all Catholic
churches, forbidding Sunday funerals
after January, except in case of neces-
sity from contagious diseases, and then
only hearse and three carriages will
be allowed.
1t is expected the Protestant clergy
here will take the same action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

The Cremerie's new place. 726 Kansas
avenue. SCOTT & SCOTT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

Mrs. NJ b Ford, RuddelTs, Ill, suf-
fered for eight years from dyspepsia
and chronic constipation and was finally
cured by using DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for all
stomach and liver troubles. C. W.
Stansfeld, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

Moved four doors north to 726 Kan.
Ave, Cremerie-Scott & Scott
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

People with hair that is continually
falling out, or those that are bald, can
stop the falling. and get a good growth
of hair by using Halls Hair Remover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
CHICAGO NEWS PROVERBS

maiden's blush is the pink Of pro
priety.
Some men try to do others they are
dunned by.
Sunshine viii eventually. puncture the
thickest cloud.
The beauty of the winter girl may be
only sealskin deep.
There are usually a few flies on the
honeyed phrases of lovers.
The small boy thinks the road to
knowledge has too many branches.
The older we grow the greater the
lack of knowledge we discover in 9TH
eTs.
It is never too late to learn, but we
sometimes learn that it is too late
We see no reason why the spirit Of
mortal should be proud, unless he owns
coal mine.
When boy gets his first watch he is
never satisfied until he can prove that
some Of the parts are missing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

There are usually a few flies on the
honeyed phrases of lovers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28
GLOBE SIGHTS

CFrom the Atchison GlobeO
Nothing looks so well, or eats so
poorly, as roast pig.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

L we ran hotel We wouldn't keep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

The small boy thinks the road to
knowledge has too many branches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

The older we grow the greater the
lack Of knowledge we discover in 9TH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

The people who work and get genu-
lnely tired, never use the word
weary"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

It IS never too late to learn, but we
sometimes learn that it is too late
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

We see no reason why the spirit of
mortal should be proud unless he owns
a coal mine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

When a boy gets his first watch he is
never satisfied until he can prove that
some of the parts are missing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

The beauty of the winter girl may be
only sealskin deep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

A maiden's blush is the pink Of pro.
priety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

Some men try to do others they are
dunned by.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-12-28

Sunshine will eventually puncture the
thickest cloud