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The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The street cars have white yellow and
| red electric lights.
, Hugh P. Taylor of Santa Fe, NJ NJ, is
| visiting in the city
The Arion society last evening gave a
| ball which was largely attended.
The city street force worked all last
| night flushing and sweeping the streets.
Did you notice that each one of the
court ladies had beauty spot, on her
cheek?
The credit of the arrest of the high
way robbers belongs to Constable George
w. Jackson.
The handsome banner carried by A o.
U. w. lodge No. IL is the work of Mrs.
]. T. Porter.
The reform school band played "Stars
and Stripes Forever" and played it well,
in the fraternal parade.
Chas. Yost of Hiawatha, Kan, who
will attend Washburn college and play
on the foot ball team, arrived Sunday
Night.
Mr.. Charles Franklin of Wichita ais
| spending the week here and visiting his
many friends. Mr.. Franklin formerly
/ lived here.
Within five minutes yesterday afternoon
| there We're three narrow escapes from
| smash-ups near the corner of Sixth and
| Kansas avenue.
The sunfower degree team. Modern
Woodmen, the prize winners at Daven-
port, drilled during the line of march yes
| terday and were loudly applauded.
| ]. F. Dumont of the United States
| prison at Leavenworth arrived in town
yesterday and says that large delega-
| ton will be here from Leavenworth be-
| fore Thursday.
| Capital council No. 1, Knights and La
/ dies of Security, will entertain their visit
| ing members this evening by having their
| team exemplify the work, at their hall,
corner Sixth and Quincy streets.
| The Salvation Army yesterday after
| noon took advantage of the crowds on
| Kansas avenue and held q street meeting.
| The crowd around them was large that
| the police had to clear a way for pedes-
/ trians.
! Judge Hazen has refused the divorce
| asked for by Mrs. Jennie Green from her
! husband, George Green, who is a promi-
| nent farmer. Green is the man who spent
| five weeks in Jail for refusing to tell the
| whereabouts of his child.
| All floral carriages participating in the
! floral parade are invited to join in the
carnival parade Friday evening, the only
! requirement being that the occupants
shall be masked and that footmen be pro-
! vided to lead the horses.
| Yesterday afternoon a drunken man
| was hauled to the police station and
| when being searched he put a wad of
| something in his mouth. The officers
| noticed it and after prying open his jaws
| they found two SO bills wadded between
| his teeth.
The man who travelled farther than
| anyone else to attend the Fall Festival is
| Richard Colver, a newspaper man from
| Los Angeles. While Mr.. Colver is not
by any means new to Topeka, it is the
| first time he has been here for several
/ years. He worked on the Commonwealth
| when Topeka was not so large as it is
/ now. He is the hero of many exciting
| adventures when the rivalry between the
/ two morning papers ran high. After
/ leaving Topeka Mr.. Colver worked in
| Kansas City and Chicago and then went
! to Los Angeles.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
THE G. A. R CAMP.
Hundreds of Veterans Have Arrived
and More are Coming

Several hundred veterans arrived yes
terday to attend the Festival and i'm
mediately went into camp at the falr
groun Is where !, 200 tents have been pro-
yided for their use. Many more are ex-
pected today, in fact it is known that
they are coming and a crowd of 15OO
or 1000 is expected before the week
ends.
COLD. s. Elliott of Coffeyville is camp
commander and he has announced the
appointment of the following staff Off
GERS:
Chief of staff-Capt. T. S. Slower. To-
Ouartermaster general. Y. Niles.
Topeka.
Commissary general-L- G. Parker,
Surgeon general-w. H. Gill, Pitts
Judge advocate general-Ed S.Water-
bury, Emporia.
Provost marshal general-Frank Nc
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
Grath, Beloit.
apIain-in-chief-Rev. H. D. Fisher,

.Grath, Beloit-
Observation-Disclosures H. D. Fisher,
Topeka
Col Elliott's aides are members of
the Sons of Veterans appointed as fol-
lows: John Berry, and Tracy Learn
ard, Lawrence; J. s. Carpenter, Coun-
ell Grove; A. M. Sailors, Chanute; JOS
eph H. Young, Oberlin; o. H. Graves,
Emporia, and w. l.. Mendenhan of
Great Bend.
The camp is divided into sections cor
responding to the congressional dis
tricts of the state and the following di-
vision commanders have been named:
First division-Col. Ed B. Jones, Hol-
ton.
Second divisions. H. Andrews, Law
renee.
Third division-C. A. Mitchell. Win
field.
Fourth division-George Weber. Lyn-
don.
Fifth division-W. P. Mudgett, Green
leaf.
Sixth division-G. w. Matthews, ,Baw-
ker, Mitchell county.
Seventh division-J. Allen Porter,
Sterling.
officer of the day-Major W.B.Shock-
ley Leavenworth.
officer of the guard-Capt. F. C.
Swartz.
Col. Geo. E. Howard of Pittsburg, has
been appointed personal aide to Com
mander Elliott
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28

Arkansas City hose company, men
in charge of Chief Frank J. Hess.
Chief H. E. Hall, Parsons; in chief
buggy, two horse hose wagon, men,.
Abilene fire department, % men, in
command of Chief H. S. Folk.
Chief Sam Craig and Garden City
fire department, "a men, and Queen
Miss Anna Clark, riding white horse.
department, "a men.
Third division in command of H. H.
Ziegler, Junction City.
Reform School band.
The Santa F'e fire department had
three hose reels decorated with flowers
and pulled by white horses. Following
number. Following these We're II
small boys dressed in costumes of navy
blue with red shirts.
Capt. VIM. Bush and Junction City
fire department, 20 men.
Chief J. T. Grimes and Hiawatha fire
department, IS men.
Chief VIM. Young and Salina fire de-
partment, 20 men.
Chief James Folly and Newton fire
department, II men.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Assistant Marshal, H. F. Hall, Par
sons.
Cottonwood Falls band.
Representa- atives from various volun-
teer fire departments.
Chief ]. W. Galloway and Winfield
fire department, 21 men.
Chief T. Hargiss and Weir City fire
department, Is men.
Chief G. r. Mollahan and Peabody
fire department, 25 men.
Chief W. N. c. Riley and Osborne
fire department, 25 men.
FIFTH DIVISION.
Assistant Marshal, E. E. Babcock,
Topeka.
Second Regiment band.
Representatives from paid depart
ments in carriages.
Kansas City Pompier corps.
Topeka fire Department.
Hook and ladder company No. l.
Hose company No. L.
Hose company No. 2.
Hose company No. 8.
Hose company No. 4.
Steamer No. 2.
Boy hook and ladder company.
Chemical engine company No. 2.
Chemical engine company No. l.
Miniature hose reel driven by Bessie
McNair, and Sheriff Kepley's two chill
dren on back step.
Miniature hook and ladder wagon
driven by boys.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
The Beloit Delegation.

The following citizens of Beloit are
here to attend the Fall Festival: D.
A Freeman, the well-known Demo-
cratic politician of the Sixth district,
Carlos Dunn, J. D. Van Hook, Art Dunn,
Sam Hicks, Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Kicks,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bellows, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. H. Mccall, Mrs. J. D. Shook
and daughter Belle, Jake Hausser, Mr..
and Mrs. l. w. Parks of the Beloit Call,
father and mother of State Printer
John S. Parks, Misses Kate Smith,
Mia Baker, Alice Tanquary, Nellie
Flannery, Anna Kaull, LenOre Casey,
Mamie Dickie, besides DR.. and Mrs.
S. w. Kincaid, J. Burkefiele, Mrs. F.
NJ. Kaull, and County Superintendent
T. S. johnson and wife.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
PUT 1T IN THE PAPERS.
People Don't Read the Hand Bills
and They Litter Up the Streets.

The street cleaning department Is
having a great deal of trouble with
Topeka merchants who have not
learned that newspaper advertising is
the only kind that pays. They have
sent dozens of boys up and down Kan
sas avenue scattering handbills which
are received by the pedestrians and
tossed into the cutters to blow along
the street and litter up the pavement.
Though the street department has been
considerably enlarged they have been
unable to keep these papers off the
street.
The police department has been no.
tilted by the City Engineer to stop the
practice but nothing has yet been done.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
Guards Took French Leave.

The first detail of men summoned be-
fore Major General Charles McCrum
at the headquarters of the K. N. G.,
for an explanation were those detailed
for guard duty last night. About nine
o'clock it was discovered that no guards
were on duty at camp headquarters and
the officers feared that the prowIing
marauders who might chance to pass
might be successful in relieving them of
cons derable property and clothing. Ac-
cordingly guards were posted but not
until the sergeant of the guard had
been reprimanded for his neglect.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
ALL TEAMS MUST PAY
At the Fairgrounds-No Vehicles
Will be Admitted Free

The gate keepers at the fair grounds
are having a great deal of trouble with
teams. People drive to the grounds
after the parades and pretend that they
do not know that there is charge for
teams at the gate. The Committee of
Fifteen made the restriction because
teams are not wanted in the grounds
and persons who have no tickets had
best keep away. The force at the gate
has been doubled and those who do not
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
Rather Meager Decorations on the
Curb Wires on Kansas Avenue

Curb Wires on Kansas Avenue.
There is a great deal of dissatisfac-
ton among merchants over the decor
ations put up along the streets by L. M.
Wood The cost was betrayed by pri-
Vate subscriptions and the subscribers
expected more for their money than
they got. The little streamerS which
are in the festival colors have in many
places blown together leaving the bare
wires as the only adornment. Mr..
Wood should make some arran gements
to repair the decorations before tomor-
row. Some people are so sarcastic as
to compare the pennantS to postage
stamps. To give any satisfactory ef-
feet at all the streamers should have
been at least a yard long.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28

Walter L. Russ, ex-secretary of the As
sociated Charities and who founded the
Waits home, was yesterday awarded a
divorce from his wife, Carrie L. Russ,
on the ground of abandonment. Mrs
Russ was given the custody of their only
child.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28

At present the whole world is wonder
ing at the tremendous sales and desira-
BILE effects of Beggs' German Salve.
Druggists sell it.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
Special Trains to Atchison

Will leave Topeka via Santa Fe Sept.
%, 20, so and October at 1880 p. m. or
after the exercises are over.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
POSTAGE STAMP REMNANTS.

purchase tickets will not be allowed to
enter the grounds with their teams.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Editorial Views or Our Contemporaries on
Matters OF Interest.
Woonsocket Reporter: President.
elect Mckinley has administered o fit.
ting rebuke to the narrow and un-
American spirit of religious bigotry
tina. finds organized expression in the
A. p. A. by offering q cabinet position
to distinguished Republican who is a
member of the Roman Catholic church.
Judge McKenna is ga worthy represen-
tative both of great State that has
not received that recognition in the
cabinet to which her wealth and geo.
graphical position entitle her, and of a
great religious body that includes a
large proportion of the American peo-
pie. In establishing this double prece-
dent the President-elect has acted
wisely, justly and fearlessly; and good
men of all parties who are not blinded
by intolerance will love him for the enc
mics he has made, if there are any such
among the narrow-minded.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15

players. Take Doe ard Cottsr. for
instance. While they are good fellows
of tho floor, at times their men are
made very uncomfortable BY abuse and
criticism delivered in voice audible to
the audience and the opposing team.
This sort OF thing does not tend to
make player try very bard 10 redeem
. poor play and is apt to have . :demor-
alizing effect on team work. With Capt.
Whiting il is different, and il he has
anything 10 say on the floor 1t is in the
way of encouragement and not blame.
What 10 the result Every man on the
team will break his back to win the
game in the way the Captain wants il
won. This is the secret Of Hobe's sue
THE TOURIST.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15
TOUR ABOUT TOWN

There was something wrong with
those bogus kilograms recently foated
in Providence. In no way was there
any reference to the fact that Mr.. So
and-So's mother-in.law was coming
down to spend couple of months.
About every man, woman and boy
who owned or could beg or hire con-
trivance fitted with runners appeared
to be abroad Yesterday, for 1t was ideal
weather for sleighing. AT the same
time q good many OF them were un-
doubtedly surprised when they left the
city behind and branched out into the
country. There is curious variety Of
snow on the ground, there being long
stretches ~ bare as they are in August
-
met G. +. Fisher, postmaster Of
North Attleboro, q few evenings ago,
and had pleasant chat with him. He
il gold Democrat and feels confident
that he will retain his place under Nc
Kinley. No Republican aspirant has
yet appeared, and Is Mr.. Fisher had .
large Republican support when first ap-
pointed and il very popular in the town.
it looks a. IL he would land all right.
e..
The letter carriers felt the effects to.
day.of st. Valentines day by IN in
creased amount Of mail.
1t may not be out OF place at this
time to say word regarding the Cap
tain OF our own polo team-the quiet
man, who believes in playing the game
and not talking about il. Did any
patron of the game ever see Hobe "calI
down any Of his men on the floor, or
lose his temper with one OF his players |?
When the Captain has any thing TO say
in the way Of criticism IL is said in Q
! quiet way and aside from the other
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15

times will not make their camp In that
part OF Rhode Island st least.
In addition TO this 10 tho cheering
intelligence that the Westerly Woolen
Company have again resumed work for
the first time since last June. In other
parts Of the State the temperance OF
good times is noted in . general way
by increased orders for the mills and
the general flow Of trade. Good times
are not to be wooed and won in day,
and We think the majority OF people
who are dependent upon their own ex-
ertions understand this. II the wheels
OF prosperity are running smoothly
within year we will have no grouDd
for fsultfinding. What is true OF Rhode
Island is truc OF other States. Depres-
sion is going around with black eye.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15
PAWTUckET.


Area-S 3-4 square miles.
SIT in 1896, an increase OF
q per cent. In 8 years. .ss
Bamks-Three National; capital and sur
pIus 81 %, 600. Three institutions for saw
ings.
Vsyuation-$a2,6 ,612, ,4s4. Net debt about
four millions. Tax rate, $1.65 on each slOO
worth of taxable property.
Nectric Raiiways-A miles, connecting
with all suburban towns. Three systems
the Pawtucket Street Railway, running in
the city and suburbs; the Interstate Rail-
way, running to Attleboro and North At
tieboro; and the Union Railway routes,
running between the city and Providence.
The Interstate has "a miles of road in all.
Manuf Observation-Disclosures thread mills,
print works, machine shops and foundries;
cotton, wooden and hair cloth mills.
Roilroads-On the main line of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; {;
distance to Boston 40 miles; to Providence,
the capital OF the State, miles; 1876 trains
pass through the city daily.
ScAools--25 school buildings; IL brick
and modern structures; number of teach
ers employed, 13o; one business college;
three large and modern parochial schools.
7Ae Home of Cotton Industry in Amer
ica-First cotton spinning frames in the
soustry were put in operation on July II
Of 1870. Cotton Centenary Celebration was
lreld Sept. 20, 30, and Oct. 1, 2, Sand a, 1890.
World Renowned Water Works-Water
pressure in Main street square 10 pounds
to the square inch; water mains 6S miles.
HSghurays-Total length of streets, 12S
niles; six miles of paved streets; 13 miles
Of roadway macadamized.
Sewers-An excellent system OF 3S miles.
Under the Guidance of 22 Churches
Many with magnificent edifices. Aggre-
gate church property nearly = million
dollars.
Excellent Paid Fire Department-Few,
If any, cities can show such low rate of
Ere losses.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15
What Made II Yawu1

Travel, which adds charm to the con
versation of an agreeable person. some
times renders bore more tiresome thar
ever.
And there l stood. Aunt Susan" sait
Miss Porter's slow speaking but long wind
cd nephew. who had been droning on
about his summer In Switzerland. fol
some hours since the old ladys eyes hat
begun 10 droop in the lamplight-"
there stood Aunt Susan with the abys
yawning In front OF me -
William, " said Aunt Susan speakins
as one who has long kept silence. WA
that abyss ayawning before you got ther,
or did IL begin wardy"-Exchange.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15

Tho Gloom and Silence OF Nature Have
Painful Effect ON Humanity.


Painful Effect ON Humanity.
r. Talbot Kelly, the English artist VIII,
illustrated Slatin Pasha's Fire and Swor,
In the Sudan" has written a paper fo
The Century which he calls "In the Des
ert With the Bedouin." Mr. Kelly ha
drawn number Of striking pictures fo
the article. A bit of his description is al
follows: Night in the desert Is very solemn
Surrounded by these sandy wastes melting
in the gloom, the silence of nature is al
most painful, and the occasional howl Of Q
jackal or neigh of horse only serves Il
aocentuate the succeeding stiffness, while
the wonderfully rare atmosphere makes
the stars appear of such unusual size anC
nearness that one feels oppressed with .
sense of lonely littleness. am often aske(
how j occupy my time in the desert. NJ
reply is, Painting" Everything Is paint
able, and the desert Is always beautiful
Infinitely varied In texture and local color
prolific of wild flowers and insect life, III
interest Is unending, while its tracklesl
expanse undulating to the horizon scent
like an ocean suddenly petrified into abso
lutte rest, and impresses the mind with q
sense of vastness and repose which moth
ing, in my opinion, can equal
Again, as the effects Of varying weather
pass over the silent land, how perplexine
are the quick transitions from gray u
gold as passing sunbeams play hide anc
seek among Its billows, or when the whit.
heat of day gives place to the violets and
yellows Of sunset Added to the intrinsic
beauty Of the desert itself are the innumer
able subjects" always ready to hand
now goatherd watching his flock. or a
party Of Arabs exercising their horses
about the tents domestic duties in fail
swing, a negro slave roasting coffee over a
fire of cobs. black robed women fitting
from tent to tent, or a group of gayly
dressed children the girls playing "knuc
klebones" In the sand. the boys as usual
indulging in the mischief readiest to hand
Everywhere picture' An artists para
disc indeed, the only drawbacks of which
are ones utter inability to accomplish a
tithe of the subjects surrounding one. and
the discomforte and hardships of It's life.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15
A SCARE FOR RUBBER.

Signs multiply that the rubber ex-
element is not yet over in Rhode ISL
and. Beginning with the withdrawal
OF Joseph Banigsn from the trust and
his setting up of an independent plant,
rubber gossip hereabouts has been
more or less tinged with acrimony. But
now there comes rumor that Banigan
proposes to let 60 of large amount of
stock, and the active agent in bringing
him to this decision is said to be Sena-
tor Clarence Lexow of New York. To
be more explicit, the rubber magnates
fenr that their trust is going to be
hauled over the Goals of official in
quiry, like others that have been noted
heretofore.
So far as Lexow himself is concerned
we are not 80 sure that he wants to find
anything wrong with the trusts, Lut he
may have to. He is conducting the
trial, and obstinate witnesses will some
times tell the truth, however much the
Judge may wish to escape hearing it.
It really makes little difference what
Lexow's real motives are. The result
of the investigation is to send cold
tremors running down the spinal col
umns of the trusts. Like the ruler of
certain region (said to be the ter
minus of the route called Good Reso-
lutions) who,. when prostrated by i'll
ness, solemnly contracted to become
monk, the trusts are now pledging
themselves to go and sin no more. They
are not afraid OF Lexow, but Of the
New York Senate that Lexow repre-
sents, and the probable effect of its de-
cision upon other States; and BE-
quence il that many Of the stockhold-
ers will take the first opportunity to
unload their holdings.
The rubber trust is no saint. It has
all the bad qualities of these combina-
tions Of capital and mighty few good
ones. It is an octopus. 1t sees dan
ger ahead, and SO Mr.. Banigan, who
still holds considerable of the trusts
ptOCA, SohCo tuC AuAbnGSo AA 6CssAhS
out Of the wet as rapidly as possible.
There will be more to follow. We had
expected, indeed, that the smaller fry
would show their heels to the enemy
first, but, as Mr.. Banigan is q man
learned in rubber love and one who
would not quit good thing until it be-
came necessary, We are constrained to
believe that this investigation OF trust
methods is really q serious matter-for
the trusts. A good scare is whole
some dose for man sick with evil, and
il fright will help reform the trusts, we
are for fright.
Just what effect the investigation
will have upon the fortunes Of Banigan,
the isolated maker of rubber ware of
Olneyville, X. J., We do not dare pre-
dict. MIR. Banigsn, we understand,
does not consider himself trust.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15

Brown University has wen in a nota.
BILE ease at law. Having put portion
OF its endowment funds into business
block in Providence, as an investment,
the city proceeded to tax il like other
property Of its class. The college au-
thorities resisted, as its endowment
funds are by provirion in its charter
altogether exempted from taxation.
The court sustains the contention OF
The trustees.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15

We hope that the Rhode Island en-
thusiasts who are admiring the new ar
mory soon TO be dedicated at Fall River
won't fall into the error of forgetting
that Fall River isn't in Rhode Island.
We need such things hereabouts.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15

AcElroy, the all-round crook, is b
good sample Of how executive clemency
can be betrayed. He was loosed from
Maryland prison on the assumption
that his regeneration had been COM
pleted, but il seems that he merely
feigned religion and repentance.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15

There are said to be only four towrs
in Rhode Island that have no public
libraries, and the number that have
suitable library buildings 10 considera-
BILE less than that.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15
GOOD SIONS.

The people OF East Greenwich re-
eeived with Joy the news that the Phe-
mix wooden mill, lately deceased, had
been purchased and that work would
soon be resumed. This means that
work will be provided for the old oper-
stives and that the anticipated hard
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15

We don't see why robbers are vast
ing SO much time cracking safes and
robbing private residences in Provi-
dence. Why don't they chip off piece
of the new State House That is about
the most costly thing we know of.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-15

Company ID, F. l.. l., is the recipient
OF some pretty hard glances just at
present. Even the abandonment Of
the proposed New York trip is laid at
its doors