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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
UNIFORMED CITY EMPLOYEES
(From the Boston Herald.)

a.
New York continues to be in the van
of all our American cities in the matter
of uniforming her city employees. It was
Mayor Fernando Wood who many years
ago set the example, which has since
been followed in every great city by I'M
forming the policemen. Subsequently
the fremen We're called upon to follow
suit and then came Street Cleaning Com
missioner Warning, who ordered all his
street sweepers to array themselves in
white duck when on duty. And now Gen.
Coils has ordered the employees of his
great department of public works to wear
uniforms. and he sets them an example
by putting on the uniform himself. The
explanation of this movement is simple
Twice as much work is done now as I'M
der the old system. The uniform of all
laborers is conspicuous and leaving work
without permission is sufficient cause for
dismissal Another result is that the sa-
looms do not get any of the money of a
city employee till after working hours. The
example of New York is likely to be fol-
lowed in other cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
TOO MUCH FREEDOM.

wv. L. Sheldon's Lecture at St Louls.l
Vastly more attention should be PAID
by our legislatures and our mun1c1pan-
ties to the freedom allowed TO the
young. In the opportunity for IaWless-
ness given to young people not yer Out
of their teens, it would seem as II de-
mOcracy had gone mad. If you alloW
boy to act a man and give him the
freedom of a man, then by the time
he becomes a man he has lost his actual
freedom and no longer has real sell
control It is no wonder that we have
more crime in this country than they
have over in Europe. Stop to think that
according to the last official report or
the Jaller IN st. Louis, ABOUT oUO-Oi
over one-uuarter-of the inmates in the
jail for the year had been under ~
years of age. Do you suppose that
such youths, if they were innocent and
honest at the outset, will come out of
that place with the same honest char
acter as before? Do you know that Of
all the prisoners in the United States IN
the year 1890 Just about one-third were
under Is years of age, and that nearly
5000 We're not in their tWenty-first
year? A man does not commit crime
all at once The way must be paved for
it in the surroundings of his youth. And
1T is these surroundings which are so
appallingly neglected. If We wish to
stamp out crime this should be our
starting point.
In the third place, a cry goes up
from all over the land that we should
pay more attention to the jailS. It is
asserted on all hands by the best
authority that these institutions are
actual schools for crime. Surely at any
cost we should provide the man not yet
convicted with a cell of his own and
not ask that he be thrown in, whatever
his character, with a professional Grim
inal. If we keep him there for a num-
Der of months he should be supplied
with work and not allowed to suffer
that appalling deterioration which
must come from idleness. He should
be allowed the privileges of a man until
he has been proven in the courts not to
be worthy of such privileges. You will
perhaps assert al once that this cannot
be done because it will cost money.
That is all very we'll But it is a ques-
ton Of spending less money now, or a
great deal more money by and by Will
you invest something in keeping a man
from becoming d criminal instead of
being obliged to invest a great deal
more later on in Furnishing him for his
criminaity2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
BUTLER ON THE TARIFF.
Tells of the Kind of Protection Want
ed by the Farmers.

Boston, May 5.-Senator Marion But
ler was in the city yesterday.
Senator Butler gave his views about
the kind of protection that was needed
for the 100000 of farmers. who have,
he said, as much right to consideration
as the 1000 900 of factory hands. If
the Republicans by currency legislation
do not take the premium off gold, they
should establish export bounties for all
the staple agricultural products, to en-
able competition with the pauper labor
Of India and the Argentine The Pop
ulists do not favor the principle of ex-
port bounties, but the south and west
need some remedy to revive business.
The Republicans promised protection
against foreign pauper labor, and the
Populists would support such protec-
ton. An import duty on cotton would
not be effective: and, in fact, with the
small amount of merchandise purchased
from foreign countries, import duties
are not so important as the Republic
cans imagine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT.
Mayor Quincy on Municipal Progress
in Boston.

Boston, May 5-AIayor Quincy had
an especially interested audience at the
Twentieth Century CLUB last evening
when he delivered an address on Con
siderations on Municipal Progress in
Boston
The mayor practically divided his
subject into two heads, one being the
organization of the legislative branch
of the city government, the other the
nomina ton of all municipal officers by
direct vote in public caucus. By way
of Introduction, he said: I'VE have
made such progress in municipal effort
in Boston that there is every encour-
agement to continue in the work We
have all the requisite intelligence in
Boston, and all that is needed is that
public opinion should become more ac-
tive, more aggressive; that those who
now take more or less passive inter
est in municipal politics shall be
brought to make that interest an ac-
tive one
The mayor advocated a point which
he said is not in the bill now before
the house. It is in effect that the voter
shall be permitted to mark his first,
second and third choice on the ballot.
Suppose, he said, that there are five
candidates, A. B. G.. D and E. on the
is the smallest and therefore the least
effective, it would be transferred on the
second choice, to the vote Of D, and
thus remain within the party. This, in
the opinion of the mayor, would express
the will of the majority of a political
party. The matter of elections in eau
cuseS, he went on to say, lies at the
root of the matter, and if we can lift
the caucuSeS up to a higher plane, and
make them really primary elections, we
are going to have q far-rea ching and
vigorous influence over the body poll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
RETURN oF THE RoB-o-L1NK

CFrom the Columbus, O.. Dispatch.)
The bob-o-links have come back and
their tinkling song and ecstatic flight
were hugely enjoyed by the people who
got out into the fields before Sundays
tempest broke.
Robert O. Lincoln has been heralded
in song and has been made immortal
by the poet. He can be heard at his
best on the state university grounds,
out near Nelson's mill on Alum creek,
and in the fields near Worthington. In
his black and white livery he is a
beauty and as he 1utters and sings. his
somber-hued mate sits on a convenient
swaying weed and sizes up a convenient
tuft of grass on which to set up house
keeping.
and white coat fox a brown corduroy
suit and starts south. On the Delaware
river he is shot as the reed bird; fur
Their south he is the rice bird. Thou
sands of them are killed and shipped to
northern epicures.
Fasteners of the olden school say
that Robert doesn't sing here as he used
to, but his song is good enough for Ohio
people.
It is a song without words, a poem in
full flight, harmony multiplied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
OSTRICH BOY RAYED
After Partaking of a Hearty Meal of
Nails, Tacks and Screws.

Philadelphia. May 5.-Dr Arthur
Goodspeed, assistant professor of phys
les in the University of Pennsylvania,
has taken a successful picture, by
means of the X-ray process of the
stomach of a man commonly known in
this city as the Ostrich Boy" who is
famous for his ability to swallow nails
and pieces of metal without injury.
This man requested DR.. Goodspeed to
make the experiment and the latter
was only too glad to do so. The "Os-
trich Boy" at a hearty supper of a
number of nails, tacks, screws, etc.
duplicates of which were laid aside for
reference, and after finishing his re-
past submitted to the ordeal of having
a picture of his interior taken.
DR.. Goodspeed, with his improved ap-
paratus, made an exposure and the
plate was successfully developed, the
positions of pieces of metal showing
plainly, thus throwing great light on
one of the most wonderful anatomical
phenomena of the age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
INJUN LOSES HIS COAT.
It was Gift From Buffalo Bill and
Chief Josepn's Grief was Great.

New York. May 5.-That one should
steal that for which he has no great
crying personal need is something
which Chief Joseph, the old Nez Perces
warrior, who was recently in this city
cannot quite fathOm- He is just now
puzzHng himself to account for the visit
a thief made to his room during
his stay in this city. William F. Cody
had given an overcoat to the OLD scalp
He hung it in the closet of his room
in the Putnam House.
He went over to the Fifth Avenue
hotel Wednesday to pay his respects to
General Miles. When he returned to his
room he decided to take another peep
at the coat It was gone. Five sec
onds afterward everybody in the hotel
knew that something was wrong with
the old Indian Such was Joseph s
grief over his loss that Colonel Cody
could only assuage it by purchasing an
other coat for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
KINDERGARTENS TO UNITE
First Definite Move to Unite the
Pennsylvania Schools.

Pittsburg. May 5.-A state organiza-
ton of Pennsylvania kindergarten as
sociations is projected by the Pittsburg
and Allegheny Free kindergarten as
sociation. call for an expression Of
feeling on this subject was issued yes
terday by Miss L. Macfarlane. the To-
cal secretary, to all kindergarten organ
izations throughout the state. OF these
there are but few free associations. If
the general tenor of the replies be IA
vorable, a call will be sent out for a
convention to meet here before the close
of the present school year.
The majority of the existing organi-
cations are tributary to the Tnterna-
tional kindergarten union. but with the
rapid growth of the work throughout
Pennsylvania the need for a central or
ganiza ton in the state has been deem
ed impera tive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
THE SENATE TARIFF BILL

Senator Jones CNev.) yesterday cast
his lot with the Republicans on the tariff
measure, thereby enabling Senator Al
drich, in charge of the bill, to report
it to the senate promptly instead of
having it delayed indefinitely by the
desire of Democratic members to dis
cuss it.
The bill differs so widely from the
Dingley bill as to be practically new
measure. Among its notable features
are q duty of 10 cents a pound on tea.
the addition of A cents a barrel to the
internal tax on beer and a duty on
hides.
It is to be hoped that this attempt to
tax tea viii not result as disastrously
for the takers as did an effort in the
same direction in the latter part of the
last century. Tt is expected by the
committee that about SIC, COO, 900 in rev.
enue will be raised on tea Last year
there was imported a total of some
thing more than 100000 pounds at a
cost of about $12.OOO,OOO. Add to this
a tariff charge of SIS. 500, 600 and it will
readily be seen that the price of tea
to the consumer VIII be almost doubled.
But the levy1ng Of duty so likely to
prove unpopular must needs have some
strong recommendation, and the pronni-
nent feature Of the tea duty is its rev
enue producing quality.
The increase of the tax on beer will
be productive of much additional reve-
nue. and is not likely to be felt by the
consumers unless it should lead to
smaller glasses, which is improbable.
The manufacturers and the dealers
must stand it.
The placing of a tariff duty on hides.
which have so long been on the free
list, is understood to be a bait to catch
the votes of western members for the
bill as whole. 1t IS strongly opposed
by Senators Hoar of Massachusetts and
FRye of Maine, who represent a shoe
manufacturing region.
The Democratic members of the SEN
ate perhaps cannot do better than
hearIen to the advice of the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. It says:
1.-THE Democrats who pretend to be-
lieve the Dingley bill would harm the
Republicans would be doing a good
work for their party by letting it pass
without any unnecessary delay. A
policy of obstruction would certainly
anger the people and hurt the Democ-
racy. Let the Democrats refrain from
putting barriers in the way of the bill
ana allow IhaI measure q IalF chance
to reveal itself on the statute book.
The Republicans are willing to stand or
fail on the popular judgment which the
Dingley law will evoke
AS was expected, the retroactive
clause of the Dingley bill was omitted
and the senate measure was made op-
erative from July l.
on the whole, it may be said that
the new tariff bill is much short of the
Dingley document as a protective meas
ure but far ahead OF it as a revenue
raiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

A 16-year-old Syrian girl, who is vir-
tuous and we'll behaved, spent two days
and two nights in the Topeka jail last
week. because she had been detected in
peddIing some knick-knacks about
town without a, license The same pO-
lice force that arrested this girl march
up and down every day in front of 40
or more joints which are selling whisky
without a license, but which are never
called to account by the law. The Syrian
girl evidently has no political pull
Abilene Chronicle.
This police force represents or per-
haps misrepresents an administration
which claims for itself that it is the
protector of the oppressed. The trou-
Bile is that the administration starts the
machine and then turns away and
leaves it running. The police board it
self seems to care for nothing or to be
interested in nothing. Nobody ever
hears from it not even its subordinates.
1t seems to be paralyzed and to have
lost the power of speech, not to say of
action
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
KENTUCKY SADDLE HORSES.

Nhfon H2rperS WeekIy.)
kentuckians have bred saddle horses for
beauty and charm, and have got them
There IS = charm about Kentucky horses
| that no other American horse has No
other animals l have met in the country
exist in the memory with quite the fascina-
ton of certain horses. I have seen in
Kentucky. There was for instance, a few
miles from Lexington, q roam gelding that
had this Fascination to a high degree. He
had the graceful Kentucky characteris-
tlcs-and yet with difference. His beau-
ty appeared particularly in the shape of
the rump and in the carriage of the tail
Ihere was an exquisite trick in the con-
formation of the quarters. Charming and
very Kentucky you say as you looked
at them, and yet you felt you had never
seen quite that before It was perhaps q
bold fight nearer the Kentucky ideal that
you had seen This quality of the figure
was certainly due to an infusion of the
Denmark grace The tell was the other
chief beauty There was an airy grace in
the carriage of it which reminded YOU of
the fortunate work of some architect or
genius. What have you done to him p"
L said, referring to the graceful lightness
with which the tail was held. Nothing
ss-id the farmer "as you drive out of the
gate you will see his old dam in the pas
ture to the left, and you will see that she
carries just the same tail that he does"
l did look at the mare on the way out
and it was SO. This carriage of the tail
IS also Denmark characteristic 1t is
said, by the way, that this tail has been
transmitted to the Kentucky horse from
the Arab progenitor of the English thor
oughbred and that the trait is due to the
fact that the hair was not allowed to
grow upon the tail OF an Arab till he was
five years old; the custom of keeping the
tail shaved, observed through many gem
erations made it thus light and easily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
eek RAYS.O

The Greek generals may not be good
fighters but nobody can deny they are
frst-class foot racers.-H
News.
Out in western Kansas where there
are no circuSeS the parents say: Now
Johnnie. if you will be good l. Will take
you to the creamery. abilene Rehec-
tor.
We shouldn't wonder if Uncle Sam
had to give Japan licking yet. The
Japs have had the big head ever since
they cut off a few pigtails from John
Cinnamon. But they won't take any
hair from your Uncle Sanuel-Cha-
mute Tribune
It is said that the oratorio Elijah will
soon be given in Wichita This will be
a treat indeed.-Wichita Beacon
If times are hard this spring the dis
plays in the millinery stores do not in
dictate it.-Lawrence World
An Alabama man came home yester-
day and found no dinner ready, so ne
have everything her own way.-Abilene
Reflector.
Recent photographs convince u, US that at
the original boomer girl was Turkish
man--Arkansas City Traveller
Ulysses Grant Mckinley lives in
Geary county. A man with that name
should be able to take his pick of the
fat places at the national pie counter.
Abilene Chronicle.
Not to be born at all is to millions the
greatest blessing.-A!tchison Champion
It's Turkeys creditors. not her friends
she has nOne-whO are backing her.
Ottawa Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following real estate transfers
have been filed with the recorder of
deeds:
W. T. Pence to Chas. D. Caldwell and
Raymond P Caldwell, for $1,000; the
northeast quarter of the northeast
quarter of section Is, township 10, range
IA containing 40 acres.
". S. KaIe to w. H. Warner. for
81 500; lots 266. 26S and 27o on Buchan-
an street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

Kansas has more ex-governors living
than any other state in the Union.
They number seven, and all take part
in the affairs of today. They rank in
matter of age as follows. George w
Click, 20; John P St John, "a; E N.
Morrill,, GO; Samuel ]. Crawford, 81;
Thomas Osborn, 81: L. U. Humphrey,
So, and L. D. Lewelling, ~. -----4---
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

Mrs John B. Henderson, wife Of the
ex-senator from Missouri. is a strong
advocate of woman's suffrage, and is
authority for the statement that most
of the ladies of Washington's official
circle are of the some opinion. Mrs.
Henderson is known as the possessor of
much personal beauty, skill as an ar
list and unusual mental attainments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
Weather Indications

Chicago, May 5.-For Kansas: Pro
badly local rains tonight and Thursday /;
variable winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
PEOPLE you HEAR OF.

Lieut.. Totten says that he predicted
the present Greco-Turkish war some
time ago from data in the Bible, and he
adds that the two crucial days of the
conflict viii be June p and September
q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
Sir Walter Resant

Sir Walter Besant thinks it would
be a capital thing to have a general
holiday for all English speaking peO-
pie. He suggests April acknowledgement
birthday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

A nephew of the king of Siam is a
military cadet at WOolwich, England,
and one of his sons, who is preparing to
enter the British navy at Greenwich.
has won his way to the heart of the
English by his skill as a football play
er.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

Mrs Humphrey Wards suit against
W. T. Stead for infringement of copy
right in publishing too copious extracts
from ''Sir George Tressady,' in his
view of the novel, was settled by Mr..
Stead's promising to submit his reviews
in the future to book publishers. and
to withdraw from circulation his penny
condensation Of the novel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

Ex-President Harrison has been made
an honorary member of the Delta Chi
fraternity by the chapter at Ann Ar
Dor university. He is already a mem
Der Of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity,
which he Joined al Miami university,
his alma mater, during the early years
of that fraternity,s existence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

The Greek generals may not be good
fighters but nobody can deny they are
frst-class foot cers-Hutchinson
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05
GLOBE SIGHTS.

(F7rom the Atchison GIobeO
Sentiment is a very pretty thing, in a
7-year-old girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

1t is said that the oratorio Elijah will
soon be given in Wichita. This will be
a treat indeed.-Wichita Beacon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

If times are hard this spring the dis
plays in the millinery stores do not in
dictate it.-LaWrence World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

An Alabama man came home yester
day and found no dinner ready, so h
killed his wife. The new woman can
have everything her own way.-Abilen'
Reflector
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-05

Recent photographs convince US that
the original bloomer girl was Turkish
man.-Arkansas City Traveller.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-04
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. December 3.-There was an
extremely poor demand for cattle and it
was almost impossible TO affect sales, even
at further concessions. Most sales were
made at prices 15da5c lower than a week
ago. Extra, beef steers sold at s. 15do 80.
while common to choice Were s. l5go TO.
Stockers and feeders sold at 81 0Vdf 10,
bu Is, cows and heifers from 81 5tn2 % ter
the poorer classes Of canning cows TO s. 81
IA 90 for choice bulls. Calves sold at So CO
al 90 for best grades.
Trade in hogs was fairly. active at yes
terd,ay's closing prices. Sales were at an
extreme range of 50 15a3 so; heavy pack
ers. 50 15d3 so, and the bui1 of the hogs at
SO 3Cd3 A.
There was a fairly active demand for
sheep and lambs. but supplies We're eX-
cessfve. Sheep sold at 81 S5G4 CO. chiefly
at So 50d4 50, fed western going at 81 5oGl
4 80. Lambs sod al 50 75d5 so, very few
very numerous.
Receipts-Cattle, 5000 head; hogs, 81 900
head; sheep, 9,000 head
EAST LIBERTY, Pa. December s.
Cattle steady; prime. 81 l0G4 50; common,
So 25a3 60; bulls, stays and COWS 81 o0a
co.
Hogs. slow; prime mediums. 50 4oa3 so;
best Workers. So 45d3 80; common to fair.
50 4013 40; heavy, So 1913 As; roughs, 81 %
03 25
So 00Gl3 Go; choice lambs, S 6od5 So; COM
mon to good, 81 50d5 so.
. zeal caves, 80 JUul ".
EAST BUFFALO, N. ", December s.
Cattle about steady
Hogs. Workers, good to choice. $ sea
8 81; roughs. common to good. So OGd3 10
pigs. common Co choice, So SOFAS 80.
Lambs, choice. s. 70Q5 IS; culls to COM
mon 81 seas q.
Sheep choice to selected wethers, 81 5oG
IS; culls to common, s. O0d3 IS.
CINCINNATI, o., December 3.-Hogs,
active and lower at 81 1908 40