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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
THE 400 ENJOYS 1T.
Lunch at the Belmonts' While Anna
Held SINGS.

New York, Jan. 6.-Mr and Mrs. o.
H. F. Belmont gave their first entertain
ment of the season yesterday afternoon
at their residence, Madison avenue and
Seventy streetIt was a musical
luncheon, with covers for so. The dec
orations were of a holiday character.
with here and there palms and banks
of white and red roses. The luncheon
was served at small tables. Sherry had
charge.
A Hungarian orchestra and Anna
Held furnished entertainment for the
guests. Miss Held was scheduled for
two songs, for which she was to receive
a $500 check. En- Suivant lie Regiment
orously applauded that she sang again
and again. Her other songs were" Come
Play with Me" Il Want Yer, Ma Hon
ey" and Mile ColignOn."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
TIE FAMINE IN INDIA.

Narrowing Reports of SUFFERING Recefvs5
From American Missionaries.
The famine terror in India is in fnII
swing, and its grim shape casts a shadow
clear round the world. Forty millions
of British subjects are actually starving
to death. The drought which killed the
season IS grain harvest is now drying M
the wells, and the wretched natives are
not only suffering from lack of food,
but are in some instances perisbing from
thirst.
Rev. DR.. James L. Barton, secretary
of the foreign department of the Ameri.
can board of missions, gives out some
startling reports of the suffering which
is being experienced by the millions SO
far away. ''From so missions in In
dia," says DR.. Barton, 1--WE have re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
REINHART JURY SECURED.
Government Case Against the Santa
Fe Ex-President Seems Weak

Chicago, Jan. "a jury in the case
Of }. w Reinhart of the Santa Fe was
secured early in the afternoon and the
tflaI began by the statement of the at
torneys for the commission. The gov
eminent indicated that it was not sure
of its ground against Reinhart. In his
opening statement to the jury Attorney
Shields, for the prosecution said he
would prove the two deviations from
the rate as set forth in the Indictment
He coupled the name of Hanley with
the proof that would be submitted, but
said nothing as to Remnants part ex-
cept that the latter was, at the time of
the commission of the two alleged
.offenses, auditor of the road.
Senator Duncan, representing the de-
Tense, waving an opening address to
the jury, moved that Reinhart be dis
charged from the indictment on the
ground that the government had failed
to connect his name with it's statement
of what it intended to prove.
Judge Grosscup asked Attorney
Shields if he could prove that Rein
hart had anything to do with the devil
ations of the rate. The attorney for
the government replied that he knew of
no particular connection to which he
might refer but he did expect to show
during the taking of evidence that
Reinhart was a party to the transact
tions.
DO you expect to prove that Rein
hart was in Illinois at any time during
the history of these transactions? in
quired Senator Duncan of Attorney
Shields. I'VE can show that he was
not
Before Attorney Shields could reply
Judge Grosscup said: THE government
will certainly have to prove that. If
Reinhart was not in the state of Hi
nois at the time ne could not be guilty
1 will let the matter stand, however,
until after the government has in its
proof
The first witness was H. G. Taylor, a
former live stock agent of the Santa Fe
railroad, and the witness upon whose
evidence the indictments were found in
October, 1893. He was direct and posi-
tive in his evidence against Hanley, but
admitted that he knew nothing against
Reinhart He was subjected to a cross
examination by the defense. His tes-
timony was not shaken.
The cross examination of Taylor took
all of the afternoon and will be re-
sumed this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
SANS GENE BURLESQUE.
This is One of the Features OF the
Merry World Company.

The burlesque and the spectacular,
the operate and the vaudeville are
combined in the production of the
Merry World which will be seen at
the Grand opera House tomorrow
night The piece is described on the
programmes as "a bit of dramatic i'm
pertinence,'' and this probably fits the
production as nearly as any expression
could.
The company which will present the
Merry WORLD in this city tomorrow
night is said to be the original New
York cast, and comprises 80 people
coYnnanv. and the scenic effects are
said TO be of a high order.
In the burlesque on Mime Sans
Gene and ''Trilby," Vivian Patee, for
merIy of this city, takes the promi-
mont mart. During the present season
Miss Patee has received many compli-
nlentary notices at the hands of east
ern critics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
+. G. DE FoNTAINE.

ing almost at glance the chief Incl
dents Of battle as they occurred before
him on the confused, smoke swept field,
and he could picture with vivid truth
fulness the little incidents of the camp,
the march and the charge. All through
Virginia and Tennessee he followed the
main body of the Confederate forces, not
neglecting to keep an eye on the shift
ing seat of Confederate government.
His letters were signed "Personne, q
nom de plume which became as famil-
lar to every southern reader as the
name of jackson or Lee.
After the war Mr. de Fontaine went
north and for a long term of years was
connected with the New York Herald
in various responsible positions, warm
friendship having existed between him
self and Mr.. James Gordon Bennett. In
later years Mr.. de Fontaine contributed
to the magazines and wrote articles for
the American Press Association.
During this active journalistic career
he found time to publish ga History of
Abolition From 1887 to 1851, MAR
ginalia; or, Gleanings From an Army
Notebook, - ga History of Yachting In
the Old World and the New 1.-The
Burning of Columbia, - 1.-The Story of
the Great Eastern, - "a Cyclopedia of
the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens"
(6OO pages and now in its ninth edi-
tion), birds of a Feather; or, The Life
and Doings of Lord Dundreary, - "a
Popular History of America" and a sys-
tenn of condensed longhand' whereby
with but little study one is enabled to
greatly increase the rapidity Of his hand
writing AS shorthand writer Mr.. de
Fontaine is said to have been one of the
oldest and fastest in the United States,
two of his important works as a mere
lad being the official reports of the trial
of Professor Webster for the murder of
DIR. Parkman in Boston many years ago
and of General Dan Sickles for killing
Barton Key in Washington before the
war.
Mr. de Fontaine came of an old and
celebrated French family. Two of his
uneles were distinguished professors,
and his father, the Chevalier de Fon-
| taine, was one Of the loyal members of
the court of Louis z who accompanied
the unfortunate French king into exile
when he was compelled to flee from
Paris in 1880. The Chevalier de Fon-
taine came to America and married in
| 1882. Two years later his son was born.
In the course of a long obituary arti-
| Gle the Columbia Is. c. State says
HE was most lovable man, man
with soft, engaging manners, a courtly
gentleman of the old school, a man
that no city could afford to lose. He
was cultured and possessed of talents OF
rare quality. As a writer and con-
versationalist Mr.. de Fontaine displayed
powers that never failed to fasciDRte
those who were thrown in contact with
him. His Judgment was unerring- His
character was noble, and patriotism
was a part of his very SOUL"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
THE MATTER WITH KANSAS.

Pennsylvania papers are now saying
nice things about Kansas. The follow
ing is from the Pittsburg Times and
was copied in the Philadelphia TeIe-
graph of December 81:
kansas has not dropped from pub
lie attention as yet, and from time to
time somebody breaks into print to ex-
plain what is the matter with the
Grasshopper state. If, instead of try
ing to find out what is the matter with
Kansas, an attempt were first made
to find out whether anything is the
matter, the whole business would
come to speedy end. There
is nothing the matter with Kan
sas, unless it is disposition
to listen SO much to the delusvie tongue
of the Simpsons and the Leases that
the state is in danger of neglecting it's
opportunities.
kansas in 1860 was nothing. The
population amounted to 107, 600 pioneers
The improved property was insignifi-
can't That is what Kansas was for
a starter thirty-six years ago. At the
census of 1890. or in thirty years, the
state had grown to 1927, 0Go souls. and
its farm property alone, without count
ing city property, and the coal mines
and the oil region and the various fac
tories and other things, had climbed up
to a valuation of $685. 200, 900, or nearly
$4O0 of an average for every inha bitant
of the state. Now the total average of
property in the United States is but
about 81 900 for each inhabitant. Hence
it would seem that of farm property
alone Kansas in thirty years has ac-
cumulated half as much per capita as
the United States has accumulated per
capita in $50 years of all kinds.
1.-The total value of farms in the
United States is SIS, $50, OO0 600. That is
an average of $500 to the inhabitant, or
but half the average of the value of
the farms in Kansas. Kansas is mort
gagged on her farms to the extent OF
| S175, OOO. coo. But as an offset she has
| $12S, 600, 900 worth of live stock and SIS,
! 900, 900 worth of farm implements. And
sine raises each year crops to the value
| of $95, COO, 900.
Counting her city property and the
| value of her railroads, coal mines, oil
wells and everything else in the state,
| Kansas will be found to have nearly as
| big an average of wealth as the aver
| age to the inhabitant in the United
| States, and having accumulated it al
| within little more than thirty years
Kansas mas no more occasion 10 HldAt
/ a fuss than the man who lost distant
relative in Europe and gained a fortune
by it. There is nothing the matter with
| Kansas. What is affected out there is
| the diseased intellects of a few of hel
| agitators, and if Kansas pays no at
/ tention to them there will never be
| anything the matter with her. If she
| fools away too much time listening tC
the nonsense of the demagogue it may
| be different
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
FALL OF TT. SUMTER.
T. G.. De Fountaine Sent the
First News to the North.
Recent Death of the Famous War
Correspondent Recalls Some
Notable Achievements.

correspondent Recalls Some
Notable Achievements.
Very few of the men who told the
story of the war while the incidents
were still hot, who wrote of battles
while the thunder of the cannon vet
rang in their ears, are left. OF tho so
OR more war correspondents whose names
were household words in northern homes
80 years ago only handful remain
The men who told the story of the strug-
gle through the southern newspapers
were of course fewer III number. OF the
latter tho most prominent in his par
ticular field passed away the other day
in his South Carolina home. This was
Felix G. de Fontaine.
Mr.. de Fontaine made his debut as =
war correspondent at a period when this
country was passing through the most
dramatic crisis in its history. The south,
infamed to the highest pitch, had struck
the fatal blow. Fort Sumter had been
fired on and had fallen. The north was
in utter ignorance of the fact that the
conflict had actually begun. General
Beauregard, who had command of the
Confederate forces, had seized the tele-
graph offices in and around Charleston,
and not a word had been sent out. Mr..
de Eontaine. then a journalist in
Charleston, went to General Beauregard,
with whom he was on terms of friend
ship, and obtained permission to send
out an account of the bambardment. 1t
was his account. printed in the New
York Herald, which shook the country
from center to circumference.
Soon after this Mr.. de Fontaine took
the field as the regularly commissioned
war correspondent Of the Charleston
Courier. In concise, wildly written ar
tieles, which, although hastily construct
cd under all sorts of unusual conditions,
were examples of marked literary abil-
ity, he told the southern wives, mothers,
daughters and sweethearts how Jared it
at the front with their husbands, fathers,
brothers and lovers who wore the gray.
He had the wonderful faculty of grasp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
TO REGULATE FINANCE.
The Indianapolis Monetary Conven-
ton Will be Well Attended.

Indianapolis, Jan. 6.-The success of
the national monetary conference which
begins in this city on Jan II, is assured.
and it is now believed that between 450
and 500 delegates alone will assemble in
Tomlinson hall on that date The eX-
ecutiVe committee today issued an ap-
peal to the business men of the city
urging them to rise up equal to the sit
uation, wear a badge, meet and well
come the delegates. A meeting will be
held tomorrow for a general confer
ence looking to final action.
A number of cities and towns have
written to say that they have appoint
ed delegates without sending the names
of those selected. When the convention
meets it is expected that at least one
hundred delegates will have to submit
their names as delegates
Broken edge collars made smooth by
Fearless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

The new STATE JOURNAL home is
one of the neatest and most unique
! buildings i'm the state model
newspaper structure. Its fast web
press and its Iinotypes are on the
the ground floor, behind plate glass,
affording a never ceasing attraction
to the passerby on the sidewalk.
The public can see and time the
printed papers and know that over
ten thousand are issued daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06


rious Christian churches. A great deal
of secrecy is being observed by the Mus
sulmans interested, for they expect that
the Christian ministers will resist the
completion of the project il every posi-
BILE way. They claim that it is not their
intention to make converts to their own
religion, but to prevent their young men
who come to this country as students
from wandering away from the faith OF
Islam.
The leader of this syndicate of pious
Mussulmans is Hassan Ben Ali, an
AmericaDized Arab who has lived in
New York for many years.
Hassan Ben Ali says that there are
600 Mohammedans in New York and
that they are anxious to have the priv
lege of worshiping according to their
ancient faith The funds to build the
mosque will be contributed by Mussul-
mans in the orient. In addition to the
main portion of the temple, there will
be separate apartments where the proph-
ct can be worshiped in seclusion- The
sunset call of tho muezzin will be dis
tinct novelty to New Workers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
ARABS IN AMERICA.

They Propose to Build a MohammedaA
Temple In New York.
The cosmopolitan features of New
York city are to be still further empha-
sized by the erection in the heart of the
metropolis of Mohammedan mosque.
an oriental structure, with spires and
minarets, where the doctrines of the
Koran will be expounded and from
whose lofty balconies white robed priests
will daily call the faithful followers of
the prophet to prayer.
The new mosque is to be erected by
seven oriental societies. whose leaders
say that their main object in having a
public place of worship in that city is
to prevent the proselyting of young
Arabian students in America by the va
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
TO CONVERT NEW YORK.
A Million Dollar Fund Guaranteed to
Hire Halls.

New York, Jan. 6.-To convert every
sinner in the Greater New York-that
is the object of a great scheme of re-
ligious revivals which began Monday.
The revival meetings which were
started in this city by Dwight L. Moody
in the fall, and which achieved such
remarkable results at Cooper Union,
will be continued now, with Mr.. Moody
and the Rev. A. c. Dixon at their head.
But there is a much more important
plan in prospect.
So very strongly impressed was one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

If Colonel John Hay shall be appoint
ed as the successor of Thomas F. Bay
ard, it cannot give him the distinction
which attaches to him as the author of
Jim Bludsoe,' Little Breeches'' and
Signing the Pledge"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

The American Newspaper Directory
each year gives the TOPEKA DAILY
STATE JOURNAL a guaranteed cir
cuIation. The directory for 1896
guarantees that the circulation
was larger than that of any other
Topeka daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

New Building - double front, three
floors, prominent corner = erected
for the exclusive use of the publica-
ton and business of the STATE
JOURNAL newspaper-no job office
or side issues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

If Senator PETERS banking bill pro-
vide against failures of banks and re-
sulting suicides of the officers, it is
timely
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

The STATE JOURNAL has forty
three regular route carriers in To-
peka and suburbs. These carriers
alone are paid over $40, 900 a year
for circulating the paper in this
community.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

If, in the effort to adjust the cattle
schedule in the new tariff bill, the com
mittee can ascertain the wishes of the
beef combine, it will probably be safe
in pursuing an opposite course.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
The Pope Able to Resum Work.

Rome, Jan. 6.-The pope is pronoun-
ced to be we'll again, after the slight in
disposition resulting from the exertions
attendant upon his Christmas and New
Year receptions. and Will resume his
duties tomorrow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

Senator PETER is one of those who do
not believe that the currency question
was settled by the recent election and
he has therefore asked for a commits
sion to inquire into it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

There are no secrets about
the STATE JOURNALS
circulation. A detailed
statement, signed and
sworn to, is issued annu=
ally, showing the circu-
Ration for each day in
the year. The statement
is sent to directories and
furnished advertisers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06
HOW WE GREW.

In 1855 the circulation was. -. 800
January /, 1891, were printed 3,125
Daily average for year 1891. 1880
Daily average for year 1902. 5000
Daily average for year ISo3... 6,213
Daily average for year 1894. SAILS
Daily average for year 1885, 9,217
Daily average Ist mons. 30. .1O. e25
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

Four Linotype machines installed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

In the fifteen months last past
these are some of the results that
have been reached:
Made a showing sworn detailed
statement circulation exceeding
that of any other Topeka daily:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

Paper enlarged from six column quarto
to seven column quarto.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

Reached daily average for first six
months 1896 of Io.o25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

Broken edge collars made smooth by
Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-06

D. N. SEVERANCE,
726 Madison.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-02

thing of shreds and patches that the
senate proposes to make OF this treaty.
It becomes the bounden duty Of every
man who believes In the principle Of
arbitration to fight strenuously against
the entirely new conception which the
senate offers to the country of arbitra-
ton agreements, exalting itself into
party thereto with the full prerogative
Of veto by the vote of one third of its
members.
Ardently as we have favored a gen.
eral arbitration agreement and hoped
for It's adoption, we desire to see the
senate abortion beaten absolutely. We
urge every man who respects himself
and the country that has honored him
to vote against 1t, and we have no
doubt that when this body, which has
become alien to the American people
and constituted itself virtually an ir-
responsible house of lords among US,
shall have done it's worst, that English
monarchies will be called upon to cor
rect the abuse of American democracy
by rejecting with contempt the arbi-
tration arrangement as amended out Of
existence by our senate.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-02

Its financial scheme I'm not even toiera-
BILE In these times Of necessary econ
omy, and in the face Of the continuing
necessity Of holding down city coun-
ellis, elected for short terms and prac-
tically irresponsible, from plunging the
city once more into the quagmire Of
reckless expenditures from which It
has been extrfcated by so many years
Of heavy taxation and self-sacrifce
If the chamber Of commerce and the
representative men Of this city are as
much in earnest in behalf Of economy
and in preventing the possible return
to the regime of municipal prodigality,
they will stamp with their disapproval
a scheme Of government that opens the
door once more to practically unlimited
expenditures and another era of in
f1ation Of the city's debt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-02
FITNESS RECOGNIZED.

The action of the board Of control
yesterday in re-electing DR.. Ancker as
city physician will meet the hearty ap-
prevail Of the people Of st. Paul. II
there is one post more than another
where fitness and demonstrated ability
should be the sole test for office, 1t is
this. If there is one place where neither
political nor personal considerations
should have weight, and where every
argument for rotation in Office fails, it
is in the administration of the city and
county hospital. 1t was because these
principles were recognized, and the
work that Dr. Ancker has done has
received public commentator, that he
is reelected to the position which he
has filed so creditably. 1t is a deserv-
ed honor for him, and it is a good thing
for St. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-02

Billy" Mason Is rafting around in
John M. Palmer's shoes and don't know
that they are world too big for him.
He tells the correspondent Of the Chi
cago Tribune that, without violation
of any confidence, I can say that the
debate Of the arbitration treaty in
executive session has been almost stu
pendous in its Importance" When he
came down to Washington he was
"red-hot for the treaty." but, after lis
tening to the debate, he is dead against
it. Anyone who knows BILLY" and the
figure he uses to measure his own i'm
portance will appreciate and enjoy his
estimate of the almost stupendous i'm
portance" of the "orgy Of loquacity"
over the treaty
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-02

AT last we are getting It, The show
billed by the Advance Agent Of Pros
perity is arrived and on the boards.
Prosperity has come, and the Dingley
bill brought it-no, started it. 1t Is
not here, but is coming. It is on the
way. 1t started IN England and Is
coming over by the shipload. London
wires that every industry is rushing
exports to America in anticipation Of
the development of the Dingley chrys-
ais into tariff bug. ship owners are
finding difficulty in handling the bust
ness offered. Their regular ships have
been filled with cargoes long in ad-
vance Of date Of sailing" 'Rah for
Prosperity; but who'd a thought Of its
coming under the British flag?