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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Which Will Be Passed by the
City Council
LOWERING GAS RATES
Movement Grows Out of th'
Water Works Case.
IF the City Can Regulate Prices
for Water
It is Assumed That it Can Also
Regulate Others.

The Topeka city council will make
an effort to give Topeka dollar gas at
the same time that the new ordinance
fixing water rates is passed.
A dollar gas ordinance has been pre-
pared by City Attorney Bird and will
find its way to the council through the
usual channels at the next regular
meeting. There is little doubt of its
passage and then will come the tug of
war with the gas company to determine
whether a rate of 81 for gas is reas-
enable.
The new gas ordinance is the out
growth of the water works controver-
sy. When the members of the city
council discovered that they had
right to regulate water rates they be-
gan to apply the rule to the other con-
Germs and found that the gas rates
which the people have been complain
ing about for SO long might be reached.
The rates now charged by the gas
company range from $1.40 to 81 per
thousand cubic feet of gas. Council
cry other city the gas companies do
not ask more than 81 for gas but in
Topeka they keep up the old schedules.
1 have no doubt the council will agree
upon a rate in the neighborhood of 81.
.'Mony people do not use gas now be-
cause the price is so high but there are
price is lowered to 81. I believe that
81 would be considered reasonable
rate in Topeka
The agitation of dollar gas in Topeka
died when the McIIvreid company ex-
pired There was much agitation at
the time because Mr.. McIlvreid applied
for a franchise in which 81 was to be
the maximum charge. But the scheme
fell through because Mr.. McIlvreid
could not raise Unnecessary funds and
nothing more has been heard of dollar
gas until during the past week when
the council has taken steps to regu-
late the charges made by the gas COM
pany.
Good lawyers admit that the council
has power to reduce the gas rates and
there is little doubt that the ordinance
will be passed though there is a dispo-
sition on the part of the council to
move slowly and make no mistakes.
If it was found that the rate fixed by
the council was too low the ordinance
would be overthrown in the courts.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
THE SHOCK KILLED HER.
Pathetic Death of Miss Clara HoR
man, a rising Young Artist.

Cincinnati, Nov. 20-A most pathetic
death in this city was that at IL o'clock
last night of brilliant young artist,
Miss Clara Hoffman. She was the
pride of the Cincinnati art school and
next spring was going to Europe to
complete her studies.
About the middle of September, she
took a row boat ride with Bruce Horse
fall, till then a reputable young artist
In the darkness, in the middle of the
river, against her piteous pleading he
DOTTED all his clothing except a bathing
suit which he had under his garments
and went in swimming. Miss Hoffman
never recovered from the nervous
shock and last night died from it's ef-
feet.
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TRAILS FULL OF SNOW.
Five and Six Feet Deep on the Route
to Klondike

Skaguay, Alaska, Nov. u, per steam
er AI-Ki, Seattle, Wash. Nov. 20.-On
the Skaguay trail the snow is fully
three feet deep. 1t is five or six feet
on the Dyea route. E. Irwin Halstead,
formerly of Tacoma, and" Charles z.
Warner, manager of the Pacific coach
branch of the Westinghouse Electric
company, whose headquarters are in
Tacoma, had an experience this week
on the summit of the Skaguay trail,
which nearly cost Mr.. Warner his
life.
On the summit he became exhausted
through travelling in snow nearly up to
his neck. He fell fiat on his face and
was unable to rise. Mr.. Haistead was
unable to carry his companion to a
place OF shelter, and but for the timely
arrival of a detachment of Canadian
police, Mr.. Warner would certainly
have perished before Mr. Halstead
could have procured aid.
and cared for. He soon recovered.
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BLooDED CATTLE SALE
Manhattan Agricultural College Dis
persion Sale Successful

Manhattan. Nov 20-The dispersion
sale of the entire herd of pure bred
cattle owned by the Kansas State Ag-
success iIele as the foioWing summary nm Viii
show:
Eight Short-horn bulls sold for $612,
average $3.50.
Ten short-horn females sold for $7O6;
average $70.6O.
One Hereford bull sold for $50.
Three Hereford females sold for $429;
average S143.
Two Jersey bulls sold for s187; aver
age SOS. 80.
Five Jersey females sold for $338; av-
erage 367. 60
-Four Holstein- -Friesian bulls sold for
$113; average S2S. %.
-Four Holstein- -Friesian females sold
for S235; average $58.75.
Total 81 head sold for 81, $40
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
TO SUE THE SANTA FE.
Victim of the Lemen Circus Wreck
at Hutchinson Wants $1,000.

Hutchinson, Nov. 20.-Ed Ward, one
of the young men who was hurt here
in the Lemen show wreck on the Santa
Fe is in the city. Ward is looking up
evidence preparatory to bringing suit
against the Company. The young man
believes he Will be successful in getting
damages to the amount of several
thousand Gollars.
He is now looking up evidence as to
the cause of the wreck. and has en-
ployed Attorney Davis OF Eureka TO
look after the case. He will bring suit
for 81, eco.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
m1roH1ER BROUGHT HOME
Body of the St Louis Suicide Taken
to PaoIa for Burial

Paola Nov 20.-C. W. Nitchler re-
turned home today with the body of his
brother, R. A Mitchler, from st. Louis
where he committed suicide some days
Globe hotel.
While an endeavor was being made
to communicate with the friends and
family of the suicide in order to save
him from a pauper's grave, the remains
were kept for seven days by the city
undertaken in St. Louis after being
embalmed. Eventually c. W. Mitchler
was located at PaOla.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Two.Cent Rate is Sought.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 2O-The
travelling men of the state are signing
a petition to Governor Pingree asking
him to call a special session of the leg
islature to enact a two cent a mile rail-
road rate. They are dissatisfied with
the interchangeab bic mileage book. and
the notifications made at the meeting
of the central traffic association are
unsatisfactory. They want a book that
is good on the trains, and if it is not
granted Will work for q fiat two cent
railroad law
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
PLACE FOR SAMPSON.
Son OF Editor Sampson of Salina,
Slated for an Alaskan Office.

The Abilene Chronicle says: w. 3.
Sampson, of Salina, is to be appointed
postmaster of Skaguay. Alaska, the
base of supplies this side of Klondike.
Mr.. Sampson is a graduate of state un-
iversity. class of 81, and recently has
been doing reportoriaI work on his
fathers paper, the Salina Republican
Journal. The appointment comes by
virtue of the pull that Mr. SIMPSONS 5
friends have with Fourth Assistant
Postmaster Bristow. He will probably
leave for Alaska soon after Thanl1sgiv
ing.
AS Skaguay is sWarmlng with treas
ure- seekers, eager to rush into the
Klondike as soon as Chilkoot Pass shall
open. the Office is likely to be an import
ant one.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
FLYER FROM NEW YORK.
New York Central to Carry Mail to
Chicago in Quick TIM

Chicago in Quick Time.
New York Nov. 20.-With the change
of time Sunday November u, the New
York Centrars fast mail train viii leave
New York at S:45 a. m, arriving in
Chicago next morning at 7:20, by the
Lake Shore. making the run in % hours
and 50 minutes.
At Albany this train receives the mail
from Boston and New England by the
Boston and Albany. and takes the
through mail to the west. not only from
New York, but also from all important
New York state points, including Buff
faIo, and delivers it in Chicago in time
to connect with the early morning
trains by all the great through routes
This is the fastest time ever made be-
tween New York and Chicago by a reg
ular mail train except the New York
CentraTs Exposition flyer, which made
the fastest time between New York
and Chicago for a period of 173 days
during the Worlds fair, in 20 hours.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
PASSENGER WAR ON.
Wisconsin Cen traI Has Made Open
Rate of 50 From St Paul to Chicago

Chicago. Nov. 2O.-The war between
the Chieago-St- Paul lines has began.
The Wisconsin Central has announced
that it would make an open rate OF IS
between Chicago and st. Paul and
1fiunea polls to become effective at once.
This is a cut of S3-5O from the present
regular rate.
The Wisconsin Central had announc-
ed yesterday that if something was not
dOre at once to straighten out matters
it would ma Ike an omen reduction in the
rates. The ether roads did not take it
seriously. and to show that it was not
blufffnE, and that it was determined to
fight for its traffic, the Wisconsin Cen
tral made the reduction today without
giving the other roads as much time to
sJraighten out matters as it had said it
would The news of the reduction was
a surprise to the competitors of the
Wisconsin Central. but they lost no
time in declaring that they would make
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Road to the Whita oaks ronntrv.

Ell Paso. Tex. Nov. 20.-Today the
contract for the construction Of FL Paso
q Northeastern road was awarded to
George 5. Good e Co. of Loeb Haven.
Pa This road opens up to El Paso the
rich gold. silver and coal fields of the
White Oaks country and one of the fin
est agricultural and stock countries in
the west. Vast quantities of material
for the new road are arriving and the
contractors viii begin throwing dirt
Monday
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Imrroverasnt Ii WeIIiugton.

Wellington. Nov. 20.-The santa Fe
Will put in at this point q new platform
consisting of paving brick which Will
be laid about the union depot in the
place of the OLD wooden platform now
in use there. A new wooden platform
was at first ordered to be built at a cost
of s.. 600, but upon Teconsidering the
matter, the company decided that a
brick platform would be cheaper.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20

tional Military Home, Leavenworti1;
James Ryan, National Military Home.
LeaVenWOrth.
Restoration and increase-Jesse
Fletcher, dead, Mcpherson.
Increase-Allen w. Bingamon, Gar
nett; Charles H. Fowler, Altamont; Mil
ton Sanders, Arkansas City; Robert A.
Cook, Glasco; VIM. H. Thomas, E1Do-
rado; Samuel Bennett, Reno.
Original widows, s,etc.-Virginia Fletch-
er, Mcpherson; Minor of Samuel A.
Gregg. PottaWatomie
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
NO. Z NOT 20 CHANGE.
Santa Fe VIII Continue to Run to
Iarned and Jatnora

There seems to be an impression
among the people living along the San
Ia F'e line west Of Newton that after
tomorrow, when the supplementary
time card goes into effect on the Santa
Fe. the destination of train No. Will
be changed. The only change the new
time card viii make in train No. viii
be in the running time west of Newton,
the wait at Newton for the fast mail
causing the train to arrive at the towns
west of that point later than at present.
The train will run only as far as
Larned and Jetmore as at present.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
He Refused to Give Bond.

Fort Scott, Nov. 20-The federal
authorities arrested Nichols O'Keefe.
cigar manufacturer of Caney, on the
charge of obstructing a revenue col
lector. He became indignant and re-
fused to give a 5000 bond, and is in Jail
in this city. Deputy Collector Peck
complained to the grand jury that
O'Keefe persistently refused to allow
him to check up his stock, and he was
indicted
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
COLONY FOR COLORADO.
Fifty Thousand Colonists From Ger
many Seek a Home.

Denver, Nov. 19.-CharIes Kuharich,
secretary of the CrOatian Colonization
company of New York city, is now in
Denver making his headquarters with
the Colorado immigration and DeveI-
opment company.
He represents about 1000 families
that are now ready for western inmi-
grafton with many more to follow Mr.
kuharich has made a close study of
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Masonic Cathedral for Wichita.

Wichita. Nov. 2O.-The Scottish Rite
bodies of Wichita have arranged for the
purchase of the Young Mems Christian
association building for the sum of $20,
600. The building is a beautiful stone
structure and was occupied during the
boom. 1t will be transferred into the
finest cathedral and Masonic head
quarters in the entire southern juris
diction of the order.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Proved TO be an Enid. o. T.. Man.

Burlington, Kan, Nov. 20.-The float
er found in the Neosho river near Le
roy, proved to be G. E. Hentig, of Enid,
0. T., brother-in-law of G. W.Slaugh-
ter, of Leroy, where Hentig was visit
ing. He had been fishing. The corO-
ner's verdict was accidental drowning.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Ottawa Republican Not Sold

Ottawa. Nov 2O,-The Republican of
this city has not been sold or changed
hands in any manner, says Mr.. Finch,
proprietor. The story sent out to the
contrary was a mistake
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Prof Henry Caiderwood Dead.

London, Nov 20.-Henry CaIderwood
professor of moral philosophy in the
University of Edinburgh, is dead.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20

Washington. Nov. Extensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-Jarnes Claiand, Newton;
Adam Shade, ,ATulvane; Samuel A. Gregg
Onaga.
Additional-James II. Palmer. Ma
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
New Kansas Postmasters.

Washington. Nov. O.-Fourth-class
pOStmasterS have been appointed in
Kansas as follows:
Diamond Springs. Morris county, A.
Loomis; at Mound Valley, Labette
county, w. ThralI.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Where Days are sunniest

And most captivating-inv TO out
door life-thats California. Engage
berth now on the California Limited
via Santa Fe Route.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
Postmaster at oIathe.

Washington, Nov 2O-The president
has appointed Frank r. Lanter post
master al Olathe.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20

Do not wear impermeable and tight
fitting hats that construct the blood
vessels of the scalp. Use Halls Hair
Renewer occasionally, and you viii not
be bald.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20

D. L. Sullivan of St Louis is giving a
course of religious lectures at the north
west corner of jackson and Fourth
streets which viii continue this and all
next week at O. clock and S O'Clock p. M.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20

ne AA0 dAA A5 tO4AA
but failed. We called
several physicians but
the spasms continued.
her tongue became
partially paralyzed
and the doctors said
she would never talk
again. Night and day
we watched the poor
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20

on ThanksgiVlng Day VIII permit at
tendance at the foot ball game in Kan
sas City to leave here at 7:30 a m. and
leave Kansas City at 9:20 q. m. There
are other trains, too. Round trip tick
cts viii be sold for $500 on November
p and 25 and limit to November 26.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-20
SANTA FE AT OTTAWA.

the same rate as that announced by the
WISCONSIN Central
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-03-25
Money in the Mouth.
Selected.

| selected.
"Did you notice that?" asked DR.. J
| J. CLARK, of this city, to me as we were
riding on a Sutter street car.
What he drew attention to was 8
Chinese passenger, who, when asked
for his fare, took nickel from the in
terror of his left ear and gave it to the
conductor.
at was with view of drawing youl
attention to dangerous practice that
asked you to look at that Chinaman,
said the doctor, and then he nudged
me to look in the direction of a we'll
dressed lady who had a moment before
taken her seat and fumbllng in he1
purse for her fare. She found the coin
she was in search of and placed it be-
tween her lips while she closed he1
purse, and then taxing the coin from
her mouth held it in her hand until 1t
was called for.
II suppose you saw that lady place
that coin between her lips? p. said the
doctor.
eyes what of that? I haye seen
that done hundred times"
"Did it ever occur to you that the
practice is dangerous one and the
source of more disease than many peo-
pie imagine? Does that lady know
where the coin was before she placed it
in her mouth? May it not have been
in the ear of her Chinese laundryman
or cook, or may it not have been in the
pocket of some individual afflicted
with a contagious disease? If it was
in the ear of an individual who had an
affection of that organ the microbes Of
the disease would cling to the coin, and
when placed between the lips, If there
should happen to be a cold sore there
or, as it often happens, rupture of the
tissue, the germs of disease would find
lodgment there, and the person guilty
OF the practice would wonder how it
happened that there was anything the
matter with her The microbes of con
tagious diseases will attach themselves
to coin, and now you can see how easy
it is to transmit disease not only by a
cold sore or lip that is what is COM
monty called cracked but by lnhala-
ton.
ssThe practice" added the doctor
with some vehemence, "is not only
dangerous, but it is positively disgust
ing, and / cannot understand why so
many ladies are given to it."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-03-25
Wealth and Ambition.

Selected.
The desire to be wealthy is natural tt
all men, and if 1t were not a component
part of human nature, mankind woulc
still be cropping in the first stages O
civilization. This desire creates the
ambition for engaging in enterp rise'
which, while they enrich the pro
moters, are of common benefit to all
men. Every extension of commerce
every industrial enterprise and every
work speculative in its character origi
mates in the desire to increase fortune
and add to the power its possession
gives.
In this age of wealth-getting, its ac
QUESTION has come to be looked upon
as the sum total of all earthly desires
as the one thing that ambition should
strive for and as the full measure of it,
reward. But ambition, to be noble
and of use to the world, must aim high
er than the acquisition OF wealth
Riches alone can not bring honor,
power and the grateful remem brance
of tellowmen. Every name in history
that appeals to sentiment, gratitude O,
the reverence of mankind gained emin
ance in fields of endeavor far removed
from the avenues of wealth-seeklng
Cresus lives in history because of the
wealth he possessed, bnt around his
memory there is clustered no virtue, nc
attribute of manhood, of inherent
worth or of nobility of character and
no lesson that can be drawn from his
life other than monitory. Every name
that adorns literature, the arts and the
sciences is there by virtue of the SER
vices they have rendered in their re-
spective fields, and in all the factor OF
wealth seldom appears. Prof. Agassiz
expressed the true spirit Of ambition
well-directed when he said that he had
no time to fritter away in making
money. Ambition that is actuated by
the sordid motive of acquiring wealth
for the pleasure it gives, or Is supposed
to give, has no value to mankind, nor
can it bring happiness or contentment
to the one who centers his desires on
attaining it.
Ambition that is noble and generous
and which aims to accomplish some
thing that will reflect honor and good
purpose fulfilled, has little regard for
riches, or the vulgar adulation it
brings. Whatever is done we'll con-
scientiously and with unselfish motives
is always rewarded with sufficiency,
and whatever exceeds that is tempta-
ton to misuse the whole.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-03-25
Odd Bits Of News.
Selected.

Selected.
Over 100000 cat skins are used
every year in the fur trade.
The Maine bear is fast becoming a
tradition. There is talk OF abollshing
the $5 bounty on bear.
A Philadelphia woman has sued her
heartless husband for divorce because
he has forbidden her to eat pie.
Bangkok, the capital of Siam, is a
floating city, containing 10000 houses,
each OF which floats on raft of bam-
boo.
A pearl that was afterwards sold to a
]eweler for $75 was found in the glzzard
of a turkey in London recently.
The London school board forbidding
collections in schools was suspended in
order to allow subscriptions to the In
dian famine fund.
It is said that Missouri dealer who
recently shipped several hundred mules
TO johannesburg, south Africa, realized
$3.50 to $500 each on them.
Denmark's foreign egg trade has
grown to tremendous size, mainly with
England. Twenty years ago the annual
Danish export of eggs was 6OO, 600, now
it is reckoned at Ill 100000.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-03-25
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mill
hons of mothers for their children while
teething, with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and Is
the best remedy for Dlarrhoea. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer imme-
diately Sold by Druggists in every
part of the world. twenty-five cents a
bottle. Be sure anu ask for Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take
no other kind. l q 1y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-03-25
Something to Know.

It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bltters.. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys, and aids these organs In
throwing off impurities in the blood
Electric Bitters improves the appetite
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very best
blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it
Sold for Soc. or $1.O0 per bottle at e
T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drug Store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-03-25
SCOTLAND NECK N. c.. THURSDAY MARCH 25 1897

~ will wait on you now" said the
| polite attendant at DIR. Whitehead'
Drug store as he handed out boxe
DR.. DaYid's Liver Pills for a dollar
Best on earth for all Bilious and Live
| troubles.
the Rebellion, battle between broth
ers to have been forgiven as soon al
ended, if Lincoln had lived. Ever
admitting that the Titantic struggle
was thrilling, what meaning has it iol
the twelve million emigrants who have
landed and multiplied since then? Oul
heroes are mere names to them, and
the point at Issue something that they
have never seen. The boy of Other
lands can know that the blood of his
kinsmen has wet the earth to keep in.
violate from conquest the spot on
which he stands. Thrilled by thei,
deeds he can swear to dare what they
have dared and can sanctify himself to
the task left by them. But our boys
father may not so much as know the
smatterings OF our language, and prob
ably may understand still less of our
history. The average American youth
is therefore entirely deprived of person
al touch with warriors who haye fought
for "Home and Native Land" What
he learns of welfare and our country s
battles must be from the unimpassion-
ed pages of school histories.
Because some, even many, nations
have reached their highest civilization
by means of continuous battles and be-
cause the redolence of human blood Is
not on every page of our history there
are not wanting those who can foresee
no bright future for us, ordained, as we
are, to isolation. and peaceful develop
ment. They fear that our civilization
will come tumbl1ng around our ears
some day because there is no over-mas-
tering call to arms and to the subjuga-
ton of self that war entails. The fear
is not ill-founded, neither is it unan-
swerable. The attempt will be made
in this column to show that "peace
hath its victories" and quietude its
problems that there are calls sharp
and decisive, away from selfshness,
and that whether the answer of our ma
tion is to be satisfactory to all demands
placed upon 1t, depends on the young
people OF the present dag.