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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
TELESCOPE PHOTOGRAPHY
Edison Developing a Method of Long
Distance Picture Taking.

New. York, Feb. 17-Thornas A Edison
says that by a new method of long range
photography with camera and telescope
now developing it may be possible soon
to take photographs as far as the eye can
see with a telescope. There's someone.
don't remember who, at work on the
idea now" said Mr. Edison. The expert
ments so far have been entirely success
full.
1t is very simple" said Mr. Edison
1t only means transferring the ref1ec-
ton of an object in the telescope to the
sensitive plate in the camera Any one
can do it with an ordinary good camera
and a fairly good telescope. Whenever
the eye can discern objects through the
telescope at just such a distance pictures
can be taken.
You could place a common six-inch
telescope on top of the City hall and get
in instantaneous picture of fire in F4ar-
lem. or collision down the bay, or any
thing of that kind With a larger or more
powerful telescope il would be just as
easy to photograph a yacht race miles out
at sea, providing. of course, that the at
mosphere was not too hazy- No special
scientific knowledge is necessary to rig
it uD.H
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

last campaign to be economical in your
legislative proceedings, and to cut down
appropriations, and you know as well as
l do that if you didn't make these prom
ises you wouldn't be here as members of
this senate, and some other man would
be occupying your chair. Now. if you
go to work and purchase white elephants,
take old hulls of buildings off the hands
of cities, at the next election you will find
yourself out of a job and more than that,
your party will be out of job also"
In reply to Senator Jumper. Senator
was absolute need for another normal
school, and the building that the city Of
Wichita proposed to sell to the state was
built especially for a university and was
perfect in every detail. He closed by
saying that SedgWick county was one of
the heaviest tax-paying counties in the
state, and that in the past twelve years
it had paid sufficient taxes into the state
treasury to build ten normal schools.
When Senator LeWelling concluded, SEN
ator Farrely moved that the matter be
ton prevailed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
ASLEEP IN A WINDOW.
Crowds Take a Look at Prof Flint's
Hypnotized Subject.

DR.. Herbert L. Flint ended his per-
Torrance at the Crawford Opera House
last night by placing in a hypnotic
sleep a Mrs. Frank, a. little woman who
travels with the company for this par
tcular purpose She was then placed
on Il couch, carried from the stage to
the window Of the Hub Clothing COM
pany and there remained during the
night and will remain up to o'clock
this evening. At o'clock she will be
carried back to the stage and aWak-
ened
This feature is an excellent advertise
ment for DR.. Flint, and a large audi
ence will undoubtedly witness the
awakening tonight. Crowds of people
have looked at the sleeping woman in
the store window today, and if all the
remarks made could be compiled very
long article would be obtained. Nine
out of every ten of the ladies who have
stopped at the window during the day
have made use of the expression. Isn't
that just awful2'' The suggestiveness
of death is uncanny.
The Flints performances are well at
tended. The engagement will close
next Sunday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
TOO MANY NoRMALs.
So Many Fighting for the Plum That
None May Ges It

The senate spent two hours yesterday
afternoon in considering the normal
school question, and at the end of this
time the problem was no nearer solu-
ton than when the operations com,
menced. Shortly after o'clock a special
order for the Consideration of Senator
dwellings bill providing for the estab-
lshment of a normal school at Wichita
was declared, and after llstenileng 70 me
amendments. the majority of the mem
bers at o'clock voted to postpone the
matter until O'Clock this afternoon
When the Lewelling bill was read, Sen
ator Lupfer offered an amendment which
caused the measure to provide IN add1-
establishment of a normal school at
either La Crosse or Ness City. To this
other amendment providing for an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the establishment
of a normal school at Concordia-
The amendment of Senator Mosher car
ried, but before the vote on Senator Ll1p-
fers amendment was taken, another
amendment made its appearance in the
rarely, and provided for a normal
school at Chanute, asking that $4,000
appropriation be made. This amendment
OF than Senator Lamb sent to the
desk, striking. out the names Ness City
OF or Ia crosse and substituting lola" in
fate Of the proceeding one.
Senators Lewelling, Wallack and Ryan
amendments, and termed the proceeding
horse play" and ''tomfooiery'' All de-
clared that each normal school PROPOSITION
should stand upon its merits
amendment was called for. Senator
against the establishment of an addi-
tional normal school He said: II warn
self to every member be he IseH nly
PopuliSt Democrat that every man
Of you promised your constituents in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

the state house has turned the pre-
sumption against any woman who is
not known but has to pander to the
caprice of men for position in the
house,
Continuing, the letter says: Zone of
the best Illustrations of the peculiari-
ties, if not the mistakes, of politics, is
in the selection of the present speaker
accomplishment to recommend him, we
have as yet been unable to distinguish
it. His mediocre ability compels him
to keep a man at his side to prompt
him in the control of the house, and,
by the way, the one he keeps is a Re
publican. His ability may be readily
sized up when you know that he in
trOduced Murat HalStead of New York
as the distinguished editor of the Louis
vile COurier-JOurna1. Such ignorance
is in fact inexcuSable.
Commenting upon the general ap-
pearance of the lower house, Mayse
writes as follows: after sizing up
the physiognomy of the average mem
Der, we are not so much surprised at
the legislation which often travestieS
the object sought"
In the issue of the Clipper of Febru-
airy u appears the following: 1.-The
state legislature seems to suggest itself
as being a miniature OF the national
legislature at Washington, and of the
latter you have all doubtless read of
how courtesans with their fine dresses
and Spit-curls, Suave manner. and gen
tie voices, have at every session APP
peared on the scene and dictated the
laws of the nation to your servants sent
up there to be dictated to by you alone
Well, this, as before stated, seems to be
sort of a miniature of that, and with
out going into the details, shall just
tell you how it is when one of you old
fellows come up here. If the house is
in session you can't get in on the floor
at all, unless some member or some
body else lies like the devil You will
have to go in as the brother of the
member, or some such may be. But,
if you should get in, you will doubtless
see more than one courtesan in the
seat beside some member of the house,
and she always gets in, too, on the
ground floor Now, bear in mind
that the members themselves tell me
of the character of these people, who
the older members say have attended
more than one session and ostensibly
a in some position, being cousin
@ 10 some member, who doubtless
has a nice wife at home. I do not
know the extent of their influence, and
do not say. as I do not pass even on
the integrity of members who act like
they have been plugged "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
Is IT A QUESTION OF CHARITY
Absurd Hypoth esis on Which Some
Populists Reason.

Frank Herald and a delegation of
local Populists appeared before the ex-
ecutive council today and protested
against the appointment of Frank Lew
cling as engineer at the state house.
dwellings politica l principles are
not questioned, but it is urged that he
does not need the place, because he is
already well supplied with the necessi-
ties of life. No action was taken and
Mr.. Lewelling will retain his position.
Mr.. Herald and a number of other
Populists seem to reason that the man
who needs the money moost is the one
that should have a state office. The
general idea on which this government
was founded is that the people will Sc
lect whom they want Public office
isn't a refuge for the mentally lame.
halt and blind The state house isn't
a poorhouse. The trouble with the
Populist party in Topeka is that there
are too many people in it who want to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
MADE scANDALoUs CHARGES
H. G. Mayse Expelled From the House
for Telling Some Shocking Tales.

On motion of Brown of Pratt today
the house adopted a resolution expell-
ing H. c. Mayse from the floor of the
house and ordered his name stricken
from the pay roll. He has been clerk
of the committee on livestock, but has
devoted some of his time to writing
letters which have been published in
the Clark County Clipper The COM
munications have reflected upon the
honor of the members and, it is stated.
contained direct insults to some of the
women occupying positions as clerks
This formed the basis for the sum
mary expulsion. Mr. Mayse in turn
says he will now open up on the
legislature and promises some sensa-
tional stories.
Portions of the letters written by
Mayse which created the trouble fol-
low:
In some instances members have a
daughter or probably some other fe
male relative employed as clerk or
StenOgrapher on some committee and
she sits around and draws So per day.
She is an object of suspicion by reason
of the fact that the customary female
parasite that usually hangs around
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
WESTERN ROADS BUY RAILS
Hetty Green's Son Orders 10000
Tons-Other Large Purchases


st. Louis, Feb. 1.-THE collapse of
the steel trust and the consequent de-
cline in the prices of steel rails to SIT
DER ton has already begun to exert z
stimulating influence on the iron and
steel industry. The st. Louis agents of
the Carnegie company and the Illinois
Steel company are keeping the wires
hot closing deals.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail-
way company heads the list with an or
der for ten thousand tons of steel rails
placed with the Carnegie steel company
This means 100 miles of new track
somewhere between here and Galveston
and steady employment for hundreds of
men for months to come
The Frisco also awaited itself of the
tempting opportunity afforded by the
prevailing low price of rails and placed
an order with the Illinois Steel company
Cor eight thousand tons. The Missouri
Pacific fell into line with an order for
5000 tons and news comes from Texas
that e. H. r. Green of the Texas Mid
land, has just closed deal for 20, 900
tons There is particular significance
in Mr.. Green's purchase, as it means
not repairs, but extensions. The great
er part of the Texas Midland track has
been recently laid, so that if Mr.. Green
new rails are put down anywhere, they
must go to extending his line. To a
friend who arrived from Texas, Mr..
Green admitted that he intended to use
the rails just ordered in building more
road. His extension will doubtless be
to Dallas and from there south.
President Conner of the Dallas Term
inal railway arrived in this city yester-
day. He is in the market for three
thousand tons of rails.
The agent of both the Carnegie com
pany and the Illinois Steel company are
reucent Is to what orders they have
placed further than those above noted
but it is known that together they have
received orders for thirty thousand tons
to be laid in the immediate vicinity of
St Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
BICYCLES as Baggage.

The bill requiring railroad companies
to transport bicycles as baggage has
been recommended for passage by the
house judiciary committee. The bill
was first referred to the local judiciary
committee, which recommended that
the bill be not passed. Mr.. McKeever's
request that the measure be recommit-
ted to the judiciary committee, was
granted and he has secured a favora BILE
recommendation upon it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
TO UNITE DEMOCRATS.
A Meeting for That Purpose in Pro-
gress in Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE first meeting of
the National Municipal association was
held today at the Great Northern Hotel
The aims and objects of the association
are to relieve if possible many of the exist
ing evils in municipal government.
1t is the purpose of this organization
to bring together the best representatives
of the Republican and gold Democrats
who worked hand in hand during the last
campaign. The officers are G. J. Corey
President; z. G. Smith. secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
LEGISLATIVE NOTES

The house has concurred in the SEN
ate amendment and today passed the
bill by Merrill of Sedgwick repeating
the law providing for the appointment
of jury commissioners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

get a means of living out of it. The
elias sof Topeka citizens whom the Pop
ulistS so much want to join their ranks
cannot but regard with contempt the
action of this kind of Populists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

The only bills passed by the senate
yesterday afternoon were the house
measures recommended for passage by
the committee of the whole on the
afternoon before. The bills were all
local in nature and of minor import
ance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

The new banking law prepared by
the senate committee on banks and in
surance Will come UP for consideration
by the senate as a committee of the
whole tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
A special order for this measure has
been declared for that time. The new
law is based on the law recommended
by Bank Commissioner BreidenthaI in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

William Rogers was confirmed as
regent of the state university by the
senate in executive session yesterday
evening The motion to confirm was
carried by a vote of IS yeas to IL nays.
Two Republican members, Senators
johnson and Sterne, voted in favor of
the confirmation, and three Populist
members, Senators Crossan, Hanna and
Sheldon, opposed it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

Try rs on collars. We can make them
look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry,
liz and ia w. 8th st. Phone 332.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
Mineral Water

The finest in the west. Come and try it
J. w. PHILLIPS. 612 W. Eighth Ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17

his last report, and will undoubtedly
pass both houses of the legislature.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-08

Trade at II. Klaumann's where you
can get any thing you want in grocer
les, flour and; eed.
Car load of choice Minnesota pota-
toes at Klaumann's. They are fine
cookers. Try them.
We use nothing but the purest drugs
in our Prescription work at the
Crystal Drug Store.
New Orleans Sugar, % pounds for
S1.OO. Fine graduated 81 pounds for
S1O0. H. Klaumann.
The finest line of cutlery in the
county. fully warranted, can be
seen at Bartels' & Son.
Chas. Mendell, the Moran pOstmas-
ter, was in lola Monday on his way
to Topeka on business.
PLUMBING A complete outfit
of gas fittings at w. l.. Bartels d
Sons. Prices lowest.
Call ana examine the DeKalb hog
fence, the most perfect one on the
market. J. w. COutant.
Harry Bassett returned home to
Moran Wednesday evening after a
weeks visit with friends here.
You can get all kinds of fresh and
salt meats, all the time and fresh fish
most of the time at R. L. Harris.
Misses Louise DeClute and Clara
and Hazel BOwlus returned Monday
from a weeks visit to Lawrence.
Oculist Eye Specialist, of Kansas
City will be at GofFs jewellery store
Friday and Saturday of this week.
Klaumann took in 200 rabbits We'd
nesdsy, at 25 cents a dozen. He says
they are worth twice that for chicken
feed.
You can't be we'll if your blood is
impure, but you may have pure blood
and good health by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
Ladies, wonderfully soft, luxuriant,
beautiful hair is produced by Dan
derine. Try it. For sale by Camp
bell & Christian.
can make all good farm loans at
lowest rates either with private home
money or eastern money, no delay.
JAMES MCCAIN.
Miss Daisy Hobart, Homer Hender-
son and George Freeman returned to
Baldwin Tuesday to resume their
studies at college.
w. F. Kennedy, of Wise neighbor-
hood, celebrated the New Year in a
most appropriate manner by joining
the REGISTER crowd.
The school board at Humboldt are
talking of issuing bonds to sink gas
we'll with view of securing fuel for
the two school houses.
Hon. John f. Hessin, ssnator-elect
from Riley county, is attending court
here this week in the interests of the
American Book Company.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-08

Miss Sadie Reimert went to Kansas
City Friday night last on business
connected with the Art Studio.
There is man in this town who
will not subscribe for the REGIsTER
because he doesn't believe a word ii
says" and yet he nearly annOys the
life out of one of his neigh bOrs Dor
rowing it before the neighbOr has had
time to read it. He is big man in
body; but we can't help thinking
sometimes what a misfit his soul must
be,-a mere rudimentary soul rattling
around in 200 pounds of flesh!
The Kansas City Star has the fol-
lowing pleasant mention of the recent
marriage of DIR. Jones, a brother OF
our Superintendent:
on Wednesday evening at ) O'Clock, Miss
Winifred Deuel. and DIR. W. X. Jones were
married by the Rev. DIR. Charles b. Mitchell.
on account of tae illness of Mrs. Deuel. the
wedding was quiet one and the ceremony
witnessed by only the near friends of the
contracting parties. Miss Deuel. has made
her home in Kansas City during the last
year, having lived formerly in KeOkuk, Ia.
DR., Jones, though a young man, is quite
well known in this city, having received his
education here, He is a brother of Mrs. Ida
Reese, principal of the Oakley school,
Some calamity bowler struck J. C..
Beatty the other day with this in
quiry: "Where is that wave of pros
perity you Republicans prOphesied
was coming along with Mckinley?
With corn at II cents and hogs at
$3.50 it doesn't strike me that the
wave is coming very fast" "That's
all right about hogs and corn" Joe
replied, "BuE how does $50 for last
springs calves strike you? And $25
for yearIings? And 1915 for fat cat
tie? Why don't you tell it all, while
you are telling?" Mr.. Beatty is one
of those "lucky" men who always
just "happens" to have lot of fat
cattle in Kansas City the morning the
marke strikes top. and he isn't worry
ing bit about the wave OfprOsperity,
The Rev. E. b Shawhan, who will
be pleasantly remembered as the
evangelist who assisted Rev. Pulliam
in the grove meeting here last sum-
mer, has taken charge of the Helping
Hand Institute at Kansas City and is
doing a great work there for the poor
and unfortunate. The scheme adopt
ed by the Institute is to issue EN-
plOyment check books which it sells
through solicitors at 81 each. There
are twenty checks in book, and each
check 'entitles the bearer to suffi-
Gent employment, under the Help
ing Hand Institute, to earn three
meals. one nights lodging, shave,
hair cut, library, medicine and med
ical service" Charitable citizens buy
these books and when applied to for
help, give one of the checks to the
applicant, thus relieving genuine dis
tress without danger of imposition by
the professional beggar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-08

We are the depot of Allen county
for Lamps. T. M. Bartels.
Rye -four and pure Buck-whest
Hour at Brigham & Munger's.
G. NJ. Nelson is helping the treasur-
er through the rush this week.
Restaurant to sell, good location,
good trade. BOstwick & Acers.
Money to loan on improved farms,
lowest rate. Bostwick & Acers.
Mrs. Welker and DOllie returned
Monday from visit to Liberal, Mo.
Pure maple syrup and pure apple
vinegar, at Cowan & Ausherman's.
If you have any tin work don't fail
to consult prices of w. L. Bartels g.
Son.
If you have any tin work of any kind
that you want done, get w. II. Roots
prices
Trade at H. Klaumann's, he sells
cheap and pays more for country
produce.
If you want to get the straight of it
and all of it, you have to take the
REGISTER.
J. A Ramsay, of Garnetl, is attend
ing court here this week as agent for
Crane & Co.
We have farms to exchange for city
property, call and see us or write,
BOstwick & Acers.
P. A. Holden, one of our "smelter
boysn went down to Pittsburg Tues
day to visit awhile.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-08

We regret to learn of the serious ILL
ness of Mrs. Wilcox, who lives south
of town. The old lady is in her 85th
year.
Chas. Hauser, one of the best and
best known farmers of Cottage Grove,
was in lola Wednesday, and will get
the REGISTER hereafter.
Geo. S. Mills, of Moran, came in
Tuesday to order the REGISTER. He
has gone to work for the Standard
Cabinet Company.
Mr.. Geo. Baumgartner returned to
Chicago Wednesday after a very
pleasant visit of some weeks with rel
atives and friends in lola.
There are q bOnud volumes of the
lola REGI STER in the State HistOri-
cal Society at Topeka, being a COM
plete file from 1873 to date.
We have grocery stock and fix
lures to the amount of S2400, doing q
good business to exchange for an so
or 100 acre farm. Bostwick & Acers.
Elliot Reynolds, a young lawyer
who was located at Moran awhile and
became somewhat notorious, has been
sent to the Missouri penitentiary for
forgery.
Mrs. S. c. Givler and son Ollie ar
rived Tuesday from Lexington, ILL.,,
and will make their home here in the
future. Their friends are glad to
have them back again.
Thousands have been cured of
badness and other diseases of the
scalp by Danderine. 1t will cure
you. Guaranteed. For sale by Camp
bell & Christian.
DR.. J. R. Pepper, the new dentist
whose coming was announced last
week, will be ready to receive pa
tients at his office over Northrup's
store tomorrow, Jan 9.
had very severe case of dandruff
all my life. Have been permanently
cured with Danderine. l recommend
it in all diseases of the scalp.-Dr.
Bronson, Guthrie, o. 7.
The case of the State VS. VIM Keith
for selling liquor came before Justice
Potter Tuesday, and was continued
until this morning on account of the
absence of the prosecuting witness.
J. A. Robinson is entertaining his
brother, Warren Robinson, and a
friend, James Babcock, of Renssel-
lear, Ind. The gentlemen are here
with view to locating a manufacture
ing plant in lola.
Talking about the money there may
be in COWS, farmers wife near lola
bought COW December 6, 1895, for
$40, and in the eight months follow
ing she made 1862 pounds of butter
which she sold for $3.50.
Blue Mound San: Capt. H. F.
Travis and wife, of lola visited A. H.
King and family from Thursday until