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The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
HANGING DOES NO.GOOD
Judge DOster on Question of
Capital Punishment.
Says Crime Does Not Decrease
Where 1t Is Practiced.
Other Members of the State. Admins
tration Do Not Share Gov.
Leedy's Views

Discussing Governor Leedy's recent
utterances concerning capital punish
ment Chief Justice Doster of the su-
preme court of Kansas said today to a
Journal reporter:
I do not believe in capital punish
ment- The theory of Governor Leedy
that if murderers We're compelled to
recognize that in taking a life theirs
would be the forfeit, and, then we
would have fewer murders is wrong
and is contradicted by the history of
criminals and legal punishment.
In the past ages when the list of
punishable OmenSeS was far greater
than now; when men were executed or
otherwise severely punished for trivial
Offenses and the number of capital
crimes was a score or more, as against
one or two now, crime was far more
prevalent.
The severe punishment seemed to
provoke rather than deter the commits
sion OF Offenses. Since we have become
more cOnsiderate and humane in our
treatment of the criminal classes, crime
has decreased in my judgment"
Governor LeedyS attitude on this
question is not generally shared bv the
state officers. State Auditor Morris is
the only one who stands by the COVER
nor and he comedies that capital pun
lShment should be meted out to crimi-
mails only in extreme cases.
EX-United States Senator John Mar
tin says: L do not believe that as a
ter the commission of crime. The five
minutes Of misery experienced in hang
ing ia my opinion, is not nearly so ter
riiyiUg as a life sentence at hard labor
in the state penitentiary.
Then when these criminals are con-
fined in the penitentiary they are of
osme benefit to the state because of the
work Which they do. A criminal after
execution is Of no benefit to any one
and I do not believe that he can be
successfully used as a warning to those
who come after him.
Associate Justice Johnston of the su-
preme court simply says: Il am op-
posed to capital punishment
W. +. Bush. secretary of state said:
Il do not believe that any person. oc-
Cupy1ng an official position has the
right, nor should he perpetrate deed
from which. as a private citizen he
would shrink
Capital punishment is Iegalized
murder
1t is not the severity of punishment
but the certainty of it which prevents
crime. It is also an historical fact that
as states and nations have become
more humane in their treatment of
criminals, crime has been on the de-
crease"
Attorney General Boyle: Z am op-
posed to capital punishment. I do not
believe that il prevents the commission
of crime In fact I am very sure that
statistics will show crime to be more
extensive in countries where severe
punishment is meted out to offenders,
than in those countries, where govern
ments have chosen to deal more hu-
namely with their criminal classes. The
theory of capital punishment. in Kan
sas, will never become a popular one"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
TICKET NOT HONORED.
Alvin Peter of Toledo Sues Railroad
for Damages.

Toledo. O.. Oct. 12.-Alvin Peter, one
of Toledo's wealthiest bicycle magnates
and the manager of the immense inter
ests of the firm of William Peter & Son,
was refused admission to Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern train at Cleve-
land Thursday evening, and as a re-
suit brought suit against the company
for $50, 900 damages.
Mr.. Peter was intending to return to
this city by means of one of the new
interchangeable mileage tickets issued
by the Central Passenger Traffic asso-
citation, and which has excited so much
ire on the part of the travelling public.
The user of such mileage is compelled
to sign a strip of mileage, which is
then exchanged for a ticket.
Mr. Peter signed the ticket with a
pencil and was told by the agent that
ink signatures alone are recognized.
He refused to comply with the request,
stating that the signature rendered was
legal He further informed the agent
that he did not have with him enough
money to bring him to Toledo, and was
told in reply that he could walk.
Fortunately Mr.. Peter discovered a
friend with money just at this juncture
and borrowed the needful currency
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
ANNA HELD COMES BACK.
Is Welcomed at the Pier by Her Bull
Terrier and Numerous Friends.

New York, Oct. 12.-When the big Ham
burg-American liner Fuerst Bismarck ar
rived today a little woman who stood in
the bow waving a dainty handkerchief
and talking excitedly to a young man be-
side her was the center of attention. A
big bull terrier led by tail man who
stood waiting on the pier barked violently
as he recognized his owner. She was
Anna Held. Her charms were unfaded
There were the same color and the same
red lips which say things in such an innO-
cent way, and the eyes which made her
famous.
Miss Held tripped lightly down the gang
plank followed by her maid. She shook
hands enthusiastically with a group of
friends who awaited her. and then threw
her arms around the neck of Tiger. Some
one told the little chanteuse of the adven-
lures which Tiger had experienced, being
lost in a strange land and among unsym-
pathetic strangers.
90" cried Anna, throwing up her hands
in horror at the terrible thought. IF you
had lost him forever I could not have for
given yOu-never-
4 am so glad to get back" she con-
tinued Il feel as if New York were my
second home. I was never better in my
life. Do I think I shall like singing in La
Poupee' as well as just singing my regu-
lar songs? o, yes. a thousand times bet
ter. 1 shall begin rehearsing at once"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
TWO TINES SENATOR.
Senator Elect Money is Appointed to
Fill a Vacancy.

Jackson, Miss. Oct. Gov. Nc
Laurin wired the Associated Press to-
night from his home in Brandon that
he had appointed SenatOr-elect HERNIA
do de Soto Money as United States
senator to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of the late Senator J. T..
George, whose term expires in 1898
Senator George before his death hav-
ing declined to again become d candi-
date for the high office, an election for
the regular term was necessary, and
the last Legislature, after a long dead
lock, elected Mr. Money for the regular
term, beginning in 1899
Mr. Money represented the Fourth
district Of Mississippi in the lower
house of congress in the 44th, 45th. 46th,
41th, 4Sth, SD and 54th congresses.
In accordance with the practice of the
Mississippi legislature of eIecting
senatorial successor two years before
the term begins, Mr.. Money at the last
meeting of the Legislature, was chosen
to succeed Senator George for the term
death of the latter. it has been general
ly understood that Mr.. Money would be
appointed to fill out the unexpired term
OF Senator George Mr.. Money has been
in Washington during the greater part
of the summer under treatment for an
affection of the eyes. He has greatly
improved and expects to leave for his
Mississippi home in a few days The
new senator was born in Mississippi,
August 26, 1899, and is a graduate in
law.
He has taken considerable interest in
the Cuban question. and last spring
made an extended visit to the island
to make a thorough study of the con-
ditiOnS there
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
ITHAPPENS RIGHT ALONG.
An Aged Woman Sick and Alone
Knocked About From Pill
lar to Post

A very old and infirm woman arrived
at the Rock Island depot last Sunday
from Kansas City. She came from some
where in Missouri but could not remem-
ber her name, nor the place from which
she started, where she wanted to go
nor even her own children's names. She
had neither ticket nor money. She re-
membered she was from Ireland fifty
years ago. When asked her name she
said Mary. repeating it until her voice
was a whisper. She was feVerish and
sick.
Mrs. Thorpe protested against send
ing her back sick and alone, but moth
ing else could be done. She refused,
however, to go, when the train came,
and Mrs. Thorpe had to call two officers
to put her on board.
She said her age was 81, but looked
much older She was neat and fairly
we'll dressed.
That proposed convention of Chris
tian churches to take action in regard
to the shipping about the country of the
sick and infirm hasn't been held yet.
Perhaps after the churches get through
putting their pastors out OF their pull
pits they will get down to some humane
Christian work that's practical
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
SAME OLD STORY.
Men of Brains Often Are Unap-
preciated by the Public.
All Great Discoveries Are Discredited
Has indicated Their Theories.


Time tells what can be done and what
is being done. Persecution stands in
the way Of progress. When we look
o1,a,, tho oa,,+1,,.i.se, ~, f7,,,7 aocb md e,-
..5s-..,5-1 - -
cry AhulVluual VINO mas au dhceu new
ideas has been prosecuted by the old
school or old fogies. Calico was per-
secuted and even executed because he
maintained that the earth revulved on
its axis. The great DIT. Pasteur OF
France was called a 01lack and Charlie
ton when he aruouuced that he had dis
covered a cnra for b,dronboria Nv.
Kaala1- vras d1bhad n r1,ac1r t1-ha,, h.
e,1,,5[7i,,,e5 20 +bs vt,,11d 80 H. III
cI1re dr11nkenness AGd So We an
search history and f,ld irn17r7ere lie
cases where mon were 1,erser71fe-d I'm.
advancing new ideas. even though sub
SEGMENT ages have prnVen them cor
rect
NayArtbaIasc n,-oe-rase and ir?4,roy-a-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
DUST FROM COOK'S INLET.
Miners Pan Out an Average of SIS
Per Day.

Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. 12.-As
an evidence that gold is found else
where than Klondike, the steamer City
of Topeka, which arrived last evening
from Alaska brought down an aggre-
gate of 100000 in gold dust from Cook s
inlet, the result of this summers work.
This amount is distributed among So
men who are coming out to spend the
winter in a place where climatic con
ditiOns are more favorable than the
country they have just left.
on the 22d of September 116 men left
Cooks inlet on the steamer Perry for
Sitka, where they took the City of To-
peka for Puget Sound. Thirty-One of
the party stopped at Juneau, W here they
will spend the winter No rich strikes
are reported at Cooks inlet. but the
average is IS in dust every day they
worked.
on rare occasions a man would pan
out SO per day, and often as low as SO.
Among the passengers were Robert
Michaelson, who has been in Cooks in
let for ten years and who is making his
first visit to the outside world in that
time. He brought out several thou
sand dollars. how much, he would not
state He also owns several very rich
claims, which he viii work next year
Michaelson will spend the winter at his
old home. Alcetes, S. D.
3. a. Schemzer has upwards of $4,000
after a stay of seven years. He is go
ing to San Francisco for the winter and
will return in the spring.
TT Rieley of New York, who went to
the inlet in March, 1886. and stayed
there all winter for the reason that he
had not sufficient money to pay his
way down, was also a passenger on the
Topeka today.
He is the owner of two quartz claims
on Bear Creek, in one of which the
ledge is two feet wide and assays $50
per ton. The other is eight feet wide
and assays $50 per ton. Rieley has with
him 5000 in dust which he washed
from a placer claim during the past
summer. He will return in the spring
with machinery for a stamp mill. Pro-
visions are reported as plentiful at rea-
sOnabIe prices at Cooks inlet.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
WHAT YOUR TRADEg
Each Trade or Occupation Has it's
Special Disease.

1t is well known among medical men
that certain diseases are more readily
developed in certain occupations than
in others. That each occupation has
its attendant physical weakness. Engi-
neerS, railroad men and similar Occu-
patiOnS suffer mostly from kidney trOu-
bles and men who are often exposed
to the weather suffer from rheumatism,
while clerks and professional men, in
fact the army of people whose business
keeps them indoors, are OftenuneS
great sufferers from piles and cOnSupa-
ton. In this connection the following
letter is of interest to people whose Oc-
cupatiOn will not allow sufficient out
door exercise.
Mr.. A. F. Calhoun, notary public and
jeWeler and matchmaker of Circleville,
w. Va, writes as follows:
I have been q severe sufferer from
piles for years and had tried many
remedies with but little benefit, when
about three years ago I saw the Pyra-
mid Pile Cure advertised and sent for
I was badly afflicted when I got it,
but after only two applications the
piles disappeared and from that~day to
this have never felt symptom Of the
disease.
1 feel that I cannot recommend them
to highly to sufferers from piles
The Pyramid Pile Cure is free from
cocaine, opium or any mineral poison,
absolutely safe, pleasant and painless;
sold by druggists at so cents per pack
age If there is any constipation the
Pyramid Pills should be used with the
pile cure. The pills are 25 cents per
package.
Any druggist will tell you that the
Pyramid is the best known and most
successful and popular pile cure ever
placed on the market and its reputa-
ton as safe and radical cure has only
resulted from the personal recommend
alton of people who have been cured of
this distressing ailment.
Send to the Pyramid Co, Albion,
Mich. for valuable little book on cause
and cure of piles.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
DECLINE CASH BALANCE
Was S25, 100000 in the Government
Treasury Last Year.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE annual re-
port of the treasurer of the United
States will show that on June 80. 1896,
the total available assets of the treas
ury were $S55 6S1. .321, and on June 80,
1897, they had Increased to 1914, 764, ,347-
OF these sums $30S. .354. .44S was availa bic
on June 80, 1896, and $3.50, ,295, ,424 on June
80. 1897 for the strictly fiscal operations
of the government.
On June 80. 1896 S547, ,330. 973, and on
June sc. 1897. 1891. 4S6. 653 was held on de-
pOsit against outstanding certificates
and treasury notes.
In addition to the net ordinary reve-
nues, the treasurer received $15,44S,970
in deposit for the retirement OF national
bank notes and SO, $50 in Tefunding GER
tificateS for conversion into bonds, 50
that the total income available for the
fiscal operations of the year was $363,-
173. .925. AS against this there was dis
bursed besides ordinary expenditures
the sum of $11.37S. SOP on account of
bonds and fractional currency, and the
further sum of 81 092. .355 in the retire
ment of national bank notes. making
available cash arising from these oper-
ations. therefore, was $25, OH O91.
In the issue Of paper currency. the
operations of the year, which amount
to 1914 S4S 600, was exceeded in only one
year-1S92-and then only by a narrow
margin.
The redemptiOns. amounting to $780,
10, ,020. We're also relatively higher. The
presentation of national bank notes for
redemption increased to such proper
tiOns as to OvertaX the capacity of the
force employed in counting ana aSSOrT-
ing and requiring considerable adVan-
ceS to be made out of the funds OF the
general treasury. By an increase of the
force. however, the arrearage of work
was brought up before the close Of the
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
R1roH1E's NAME
Must Go Upon the Ballots for District
Judge

The state election board has decided
that the name of David Ritchie shall
so upon the official ballot as the Dem
Ocratic nominee for district judge in
the district composed of Lincoln, Sa-
line, Ottawa and Ellsworth counties.
The Democrats attempted to keep
Ritchie's name off the ticket al
leging that no convention or com
mittee had selected him as the candi-
date and that without such prelimi-
nary action he could not Iegitimately
claim a place on the ticket.
Ritchie claimed that there was no
Democratic judicial committees in the
counties comprising the district and
that his nomination by Democrats at
a meeting" held for that purpose was
regular. This contention was sus-
tanned by the board composed of State
Auditor Norris. Attorney General Boyle
and Secretary Bush.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
CONGER DOWN ON HANNA.
Incidentally He Repeats Blaine's Al
legged Conversation Against
Prote ction

New York. Oct. 12.-Colonel Conger of
Akron, o., has for years been stalwart
Republican. but he has no love for Mark
Hanna. In a statement specially pre-
pared he gives his views on the tariff and
the senator. Mr.. Conger says. among
other things:
I'm 1891 I went to Bar Harbor to see
Mr.. Blaine about coming to Ohio or writ
ing letter in the interest of Mckinley.
5000 Republicans in Ohio who We're off
on Mckinley because they thought Blaine
was opposed to him at that time. I was
there three days. and during those three
days had many talks with Mr.. Blaine on
the tariff question.
Mr.. Blaine said he was very sorry
the Republican party. while it favored
protection, was drifting toward McKin-
leyism. McKinleyism he interpreted as
meaning that the measure of protection
granted to industry was being based
largely upon the amount of money that
the industry would pay into the cam
paign fund. I said to Mr.. Blaine:
60 What effect does this have upon the
cause of protection%
He repied: 1t makes it unpopular
with the people. Under high protection,
or class legislation. 10 per cent of our
people pay the expense. This 10 per cent
includes the trusts of the country, while
our farmers and our ordinary laboring
men constitute about 80 per cent Of our
great consumers
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
JUDGE CALLS A HALT.
A Colorado Court Attacks "GOv-
ernment by Injunction"

Denver, Colo, Oct. 12.-Judge Wilson
of the court of appeals, with Judges
Thompson and Bisseu concurring, has
handed down an opinion in which he
makes q vigorous attack on govern
ment by injunction" In the case of H.
Schradsky versus the Apple Clothing
company, wherein the plaintiff was Civ
en- perpetual injunction by the lower
court restraining the defendant from
advertising a certain stock of goods IS
bankrupt stock, the court of appeals
reverses the decree and remands the
cause to the trial court with instruc-
tiOns to dissolve and dismiss the bill.
I'VE cannot approve a practice" said
Judge Wilson, nor subscribe to a doc
trine which permits the exercise by the
courts of the extraordinary power of
injunctiVe relief for every wrong or
infringement upon the rights of another.
Such q course of procedure, if carried to
its ultimate natural conclusion. would
tend to entirely subVert the fundamen-
tai principles upon which our system of
laws is founded
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
SOME MAD POLITICIANS.
Both Republicans and Populists in
Some Townships Fail to
File Tickets

Winfield, Oct 12-In some of the
townships of the county there will be
some mighty mad men on election day.
Both the Republicans and Populists in
some townships have failed to file their
tickets with the county clerk as re-
quired by law and now it is too late.
The result will be in these townships
there viii be but one ticket on the bal
lot and the other fellows Will have to
vote that ticket or not vote at all.
In Grant township the Populists fled
their ticket as a Free Silver ticket
but as there was no such party named
on the ballot last year according to the
new law they cannot get on the ballot
this year.
The Populists will not be represented
in Beaver. Grant. Maple and Vernon
townships and the Republicans in Har-
Vey and Liberty townships.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12

A few weeks ago the editor was taken
with a very severe cold that caused him
to be in a most miserable condition 1t
was undoubtedly a bad case Of la grippe
and recognizing it as dangerous he
took immediate steps to bring about a
speedy cure. From the advertisement
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
the many good recommendations in
cIuded therein, we concluded to make
a first trial of the medicine. To say that
it was satisfactory in it's results is
putting it very mildly indeed. It acted
like magic and the result was a speedy
and permanent cure. We have no hesi-
tancy in recommending this excellent
Cough Remedy to anyone afflicted with
q cough or cold in any form-The Ban
ner of Liberty, LibertytOwn, Maryland.
The % and so cent sizes for sale by all
druggists
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
HAD HER IRE UP.
Woman Rushes Into Lincoln
Post Hall and Demands
Beer Money.

David 2. Lamb. who takes care of Lin
coin Post hail. was cleaning up yester-
Gay noon when a woman who lives in
Parkdale rushed upstairs and into the
rooms and demanded OF MI Lamb:
L want YOU to give me back the money
my husband spent up here Saturday for
beer. Now 1 want il right back You
hear what 1 say2 He spent the afternoon
UP here Saturday and you took all his
money for liquor Now / want it back
The janitor was greatly surprised by
the woman and said, Your husband
didn't get any liquor here Saturday. You
are mistaken"
No I'm not. A man who would sell
liquor would lie, too, and 1 wouldn't be-
lieve You under OATH screamed the in
furiated woman Now. you can either
give me back that money or III have
this place pulled, and don't you forget
Mr.. Lamb smiled, and then calmly said:
'AH right. If You are going to have
this place pulled I want you to know
that my name is Lamb and that this is
Lincoln Post hau No. / C. A. r."
Don't give me any of that" replied
the Parkdale woman, Il don't believe
that"
But a veteran who was in the hall and
knew the woman approached and said:
Mrs. --, he is right. This is Lincoln
Post hall I think you have gotten into
the wrong place, for there is never any
liquor allowed up here. This is a Grand
Army hall"
The woman glanced about her and saw
the flags draped about. and pictures of
veteran heroes, etc. Then she blushed.
and excusing herself for getting into the
wrong place, she started away still in
search of the place where her wayward
husband had squandered his money on
Saturday. What was the hall she was
looking for2
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
UNFADING COTTON DYES.
Special Fast Diamond Dyes for Cot
ton, That Will Not Wash Ous
With Soap or Fade in the
Sunlight

1t is absolutely impossible to get a
fast and satisfactory color on cotton
from the same dyes as used for wooden
goods, and for that reason Diamond
Dyes have a specially prepared line of
fast colOrs for cotton that will give per
feet satisfaction. Be sure to get the
fast cotton dyes, and you can make
coIors that even washing in strong
soapsuds and exposure to the sunlight
Will not fade
Do not risk spelling your goods with
dyes that claim to color both cotton
and wool with the same dye, as they
are liable TO ruin your material and
cause the loss Of your time and work.
Some dealers try to sell new and un-
tried dyes in place of the old reliable
Diamond Dyes, but this is simply be-
cause they can buy them cheaper than
the Diamond.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
FORTY THOUSAND BACKEKS
Secure a Government Job for the
Daughter of Alexander Campbell

Washington, Oct 12.-Mrs. Virginia
Campbell Thompson, of Ohio. viii be
given a position in the congressional
library. il compliance with the wishes
of more than 40 0GO petitioners who
have indOrsed her application. This is
the best-attested prayer for office pre-
sented during the Mckinley admins
tration. The signers are all said to be
members of the Campbelhte, or Chris
tan church
Alexander Campbell, father of Mrs.
thompson, was the founder of the
Campbellite denomination, and his fol-
lowers have united in an effort to
procure governmental employment for
his daughter. Among the petitioners is
Mrs. James A Garfield widow of the
former president. The position to be
given Mrs. Thompson viii not have a
salary of more than $1,000 or S1.500 q
year.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-12
rheumatism Cured in a Day.

Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 8 days.
It's action upon the system is remarka-
bic and mysterious. It removes at once
the cause and the disease Immediately
disappears. The first dose greatly ben
efits.
T F. Anthony. Ex-POstmaster of
Promise City Iowa, says: I bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheuma-
tis1n. and two doses Of it did me more
good than any medicine I ever took
rs cents Sold by Swift & Holiday
Drug Co., 523 Kansas avenue, Topeka.