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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-17
Mrs Meredith All the Credit.

/ understand the impression with the
public is that am assisting Mrs. Mere
dith in getting up the opera "Cinder-
ella" and as 1 have not had anything
to do with it in any way,I wish to make
this statement in justice to her, as she
is working very hard and is entitled to
all the credit.
MRS. C. S. SUTTON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-17

at crave but One Minute" said the
public speaker in a husky voice; and
then he took a dose of One Minute
Cough Cure, and proceeded with his
oratory. One Minute Cough Cure is
unequaled for throat and lung troubles.
G. w. Stansfield. 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-17

Burning, itching skin diseases in
stantly relieved by De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve, unequalled for cuts,
bruises, burns. It heals without leav-
ing a scar. G. w. Stansfield, 632 Kan-
saS avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-17

The magic healer OF all Coughs, Colds
and Consumption is Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-17
POOR UNCLE SANE!
Any Sort of a N alton Can Thrash Him
in the Columns of the London Globe.

London, July 1.-THE Globe, in an ar
ticle treating of the Hawaiian situation,
says: sIt requires no expert knowledge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-17

The Monarch of Patent Medicines.
Beggs' Hair Remover. Tt makes Eew
have no hair. Take no substitute. At
druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-17

Broken edge collars made smooth by
Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-17

MRS. c. S. SUTTON.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
THE STORY ABSURD.
Ex-C1erk Gideon Denies Changine
Said Records Affecting the NJ

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Dee. 2O-F NJ
Gideon, the clerk of the general land office
who was referred to by Thos. Reddington
in the tetimony before the senate Pacific
railroad committee Saturday as having
changed the land Office records so as to
throw 100000 acres Of government land to
the Northern Pacific railroad has made a
clear denial of the charge. Mr.. Gideon
is a resident Of Washington and at his
home last night made the following state
ment:
THE story told by NJ Reddington is alb
surd, ridiculous and unQualifiedly false
and without foundation or color of truth.
The records of the land Office will vindt-
cate me, but I will now insist upon the
most thorough invest tiga ton and stand
ready at all times to answer any and all
questions so far as my connection with
the Southern Pacific lands, or any con-
nection with the land office are concerned.
l court the fullest inquiry into the mat
ter"
Mr.. Gideon was appointed to the Land
office from kokomo, Ind, in 1883 and was
in charge of the division adjustments OF
land grants. Upon ieaving the land office
he was employed by the Southern Pacific
as an attorney before the interior Depart
ment, remaining in their employ until
December 1894.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29

gneerS and the managers and division
superintendent. The operatives are prac-
tically all Chinese, and a foreigner cannot
compete with them. The highest salaried
natives are the telegraph operators at $40
per month. Engineers get from $40 to $50,
and train hands and train men $6 to SO
per month. All of this is in Mexican silver.
worth A cents gold on the dollar. The
roads are paying 10 per cent dividend
Another road is under construction from
Shanghai to Woo sung, IA miles, and
Chinese are doing all the work and on
Dec. 8 the first sod was turned on the
projected road from Hankow to Peking
the completion of which depends upon the
success of the Belgian syndicate in float
ing its loan.
Mr. Goodnow recounts the ambitious
schemes of Director Sheng OF the Imperial
railway, to create q vast system of rail-
ways in Central China, and encloses a
map showing the projects. He says Sheng's
plan is to build these roads as money can
be borrowed outside of China. He pro-
poses to couple with the railway loans a
government loan of $50 coo, eco to pay the
balance of the japanese war indemnity. In
this way the option of building the Chinese
roads would be held out to the parties
taking the government bonds, and the sup
port of foreign governments taking the
loan would be secured by the successful
syndicate taking the contracts to furnish
the material and skilled labor needed for
the railroads.
Mr. Goodnow points out that under these
conditions there viii be no market for
American railway ma Lerial or labor, unless
Americans furnish the money to build the
railways
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
INJUNCTION IGNORED
An Omaha Newspaper Defes the
District Judge and Says 1t Is an
Institution Wbirh the Court Cam
not Run.

OMAHA, Neb.. Dec. 56.-An important case,
of the court has come an issue here. On
Wednesday Judge Keyser of the district court,
issued injunction which forbade the World
Herald publishing reterring to resolution
of the license board passed Nov. 30 announcing
the determination of the beard to be governed
in granting licenses by FORMER finding of the
board that the World Herald the paper
or the largest circulation in Douglas county.
1t also enjoined the agents of the paper from
soliciting such advertisements. The World
Herald was not party to the injunction pro-
ceedings. but Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, publisher of
the paper, was served with the order He pub
World Herald from wi ich the following ex-
tracts are taken: II CO..! slider this to be an at
tempt to abrdge the berty of the press I
believe it to be malicious. 1 shall resist it by
all lawful means in my power and notify you
that the World Herald i5 institution cf the
In order therefore to this matter to the
test hereby publish. as have the right to do,
the following resolution of the license board
taken from its record:
i propose to have adye rtising solicited for the
World Herald IN the sbS.re as il has been in
the past. If you enioin from transact
ing my business you attempt to do
then no business enterprise is safe from judicial
tyranny"
AS soon the court opened this, morning
the court issued an order citing Mr.. Hitchcock
to appear and show cause why he should not
be punished for contempt The case is set
for hearing Saturday rl.rning and on behalf
OF the World Herald Mr Hitchcock will make
1T a test case to determine the power of a
judge to resist the liberty of the press and the
to interfere with the legitimate functions of
business enterprise.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
Quincy a Winner.

BOSTON, Dec. 22.-AIayor Josiah Quincy
democrat. was reelected today by de-
creased plurality over eX-Mayor Curtis his
opponent OF two years ago although the city
went Republican, at the state election last
Ihohth. Inc attempt to split the Democratic
vote in the city by vigorous work on the
part of Thomas Riley, running as a silver
Democrat, proved futile. His rallies were
crowded and his audiences apparently in
tensely loyal. but less than 5000 voters
supported him at the polls, the Democrats,
as a rule. remaining loyal to Quincy
Notwithstanding the strong effort which
was made by the Republicans to get out a
heavy vote in the suburban and Back Bay
wards. which usually poll heavy Republi-
can maJorities, Mayor Quincy made great
gains over the vote for Williams at the
state election. while in some cases there
was decided falling off in the vote of the
opposition. On the other hand. the usually
strong Democratic wards where the regis
tration for this election has been very
heaVy, did not show any special gains for
the Democratic candidate and in some
cases there was a decrease
Inc surprise of the election was the small
vote for Riley. Even in the wards where
ne made his greatest effort and where he,
was backed by young politicians who
claimed to have strong following only a
lew were found In his support at the polls,
while in his own precinct he received but
two votes.
The total vote was little more than that
of two years ago, when the registration
was GLASS, against 102,4SO for the present
election. The total vote for mayor, with one
precinct missing, is follows:
quincy, Dem, 80 ,70l; Curtis, Rep, 35 741:
Riley. Bryan-Dem., ,SS5; Goldstein Social.
list. 776.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
REVEALED INV TRUTHS
HENRY GEORGE EULOGIZED BY
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.
The Late RefOrmer Characterized A.
one of the Greatest Men Of
All Time.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 2O.-Wiliam
Lloyd Garrison, the well known Boston re-
former, addressed the Ethical Society to-
day on the life, character and work of
Henry George, whom he characterized as
one OF the greatest men of all time. He said
in part:
Never did knight of old fight more val
lantly to win back the holy land from the
saracen than did Henry George to win his
country from pauperism.
Long after we are gone, men will con-
template from various points of view this
Alpine peak of moral force. The sunset of
the nineteenth century will presage with
added glory the coming of the twentieth,
because he lived, thought and wrote"
The speaker briefly reviewed the main
facts of Georges earlier life and said that
1t was while he was in California in its tur-
bulent and primitive period that his great
work Progress and Poverty" grew upon
his hands and eventually came forth like
revelation.
Mr.. Garrison referred to Herbert Spenc-
er's rebuff of Mr.. George, whom he should
have welcomed as the brightest jewel in his
diadem, and. continuing, said:
When it became manifest that Progress
and Poverty was the bugle blast Of one
deeply in earnest, the battle ragged. Georges
demand that the immediate restoration of
land to those who Wero starving because
Of it's misappropriation was a heresy not
to be tolerated. For vested rights and
privileges were endangered by such teach
ings. Land owners were stirred to their
moral depths and cried 'robber. The whole
scheme OF taking land values only decreed
to be a scheme of spoliation, but it con-
stantly refused to stay SO. Its vitality is
remarkable and it will not down.
Concluding, he said: His participation
in the New York municipal campaign was
not prudential step; neither was the raid
of John Brown on Harpers Ferry, but in
the good times coming it will be granted
that Henry George has made his statue
place in Times Walhalla.''
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29

While, as stated, the country is practi-
cally cattle range, a good sized section
serves as grazing ground for sheep
The day of prosperity for this interest
which seemed as far distant as the mil
Iennium, now appears to be near at hand
So here is another piece of English
good fortune.
There is another syndicate which in
cludes among its members no less a
person than the Earl Of Dalhousie, as
we'll as Viscountess Cross, Lady Ham
llton-Gordon, the Marquis Cholmonde-
ley, and several others. Here is a hold
ing in a still different part of the coun-
try. for the lands of the syndicate COM
prise 100000 acres in Mississippi, in
Guiding cotton plantations, acres and
acres Of sugar cane, and enough swine
to stock a thousand farms. Think of
this, would-be land holders, and see
what joy 1t is to be a member of the
syndicate.
AS Americans say, however, there are
others. Lord Tweedale is a syndicate
in himself, and owns a clean l 1,3OO, 900
acres. Like most individual land own
ers with large holdings, his property
includes vast territory which, like
that of one Of the syndicates spoken OF,
includes immense tracts Of grazing land.
Nearly all of this immense possession
is devoted to live stock and hay. That
is, there are many acres of land sub
jest to irrigation and which are utilized
for the cultivation OF that prolific
growth known as alfalfa.
Next in the list comes one of the
very best known Of all British syndi-
cates-the Anglo-American. To the
man familiar with the live stock of Wy
oming and Colorado, there is no brand
more familiar than that of the lazy H.
Every stockman in Wyoming knows,
too, that every animal bearing it is
watched. The cattle thief steers clear
OF the lazy H brand, because he knows
that punishment would be swift anu
sure if he tried to hair brand any of the
company's cattle. The riders of the
Anglo-American company are old plains
men most of them, and thief had bet
ter have the devil himself after him
than one of them.
Another service which these syndi-
cate holdings perform for the English
is to serve as an asylum for the younger
sons Of aristocratic families who stray
long ways from the straight and mar
row path. It is astonishing to note the
number of Englishmen on these ranches
who bear marks of dissipation and who
are delighted with the wholly untram-
meled existence which the range life
affords. The cattle ranges have been
the saving Of many an Englisnman
whose start on the downward career
was eXcellent.-London Letter.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
LESS RATE OF INTEREST
Local Savings Banks Announce Re-
duction From Four to Three Per
Cent on Deposits.

In accordance with the newsprder of
things the local savings banks have begun
the reduction of the rate Of interest paid
on deposits, and the first MinneaPolis in
stitution to take the step is the Farmers
& Mechanics Savings bank, which an
nounces that after January 1 next - rate
will be reduced from to 8 per cent. This
step is found necessary because Of the
decreased earning capacity of money
brought about by the lower rates Of inter-
est throughout the country. President
Moulton, of the Farmers & Mechanics
bank, says that one urgent reason for
the step at the present time is the fact that
former loans made by the bank at higher
rate of interest are running out, and as
they become due are being paid The money
cannot be reinvested at the old figures, and
the choice had to be made between lower
interest or a proftless business,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
CHURCHES FOR RICH ONLY.
Poor People Not Wanted by Wealthy
Congregations of New York.

Congregations of New York.
New York, Nov. 22.--Rev. DR.. Hen
ry Frank, of Dover, N. j., week or
two ago made a tour among some of
the churches in Greater New York and
was surprised to discover that some
professedly Christian churches favor
an aristocracy Of wealth that seeks the
humiliation Of the masses and mani
tests the utmost contempt for the poor.
He went in the garb of respectable
mechanic to see whether any wealthy
church would receive him cordially.
In one church he stood seventeen min
utes and then went out because no
usher offered him seat. In another
church he took a seat, but soon large
man laid heavy hand upon his
shoulder and brusquely demanded to
know what right he had there, and
ordered him out. In another he stood
eleven minutes waiting, hat in hand,
to be asked to take a seat. The ushers
eyed him from head to foot, and, judg-
ing from his appearance that he was
a poor mechanic, supercilliously passed
him by. Every movement they made
seemed to say: Get out Of here" and
therefore he left
He visited five churches and was
treated similarly in all. At the close
of the day he was fully convinced that,
while mechanics may be exemplary
Christians, their presence in the
wealthy churches of Greater New York
is not tolerated.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
continual game park covering thous-

continual game park covering thous-
andS of acres.
Such is the more than a beginning
of a repetition of English and Irish
landlordism in America-in which the
west is not alone.
great number of Protestant meet
ing houses are closed either all or part
of the year ,and a circuit mission sys-
tem-an economic union Of several
churches, is in practice, and older pas
tors are set aside penniless and home
less in some cases-to give way to new
men, young and tough enough to do
double service.
That these changes are in any way
related to bad economic conditions and
discouraged industry does not seem to
gain an entrance inside the ordinary
cranium. A. j. CHITTENDEN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
WARNING TO RAILROAD MEN.
Consul GOOdnOw, of Shanghi, Advises
Them Not to Go to China

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 20.-The first
report to the state department from United
States Consul General Goodnow at Shang-
hal contains a warning to American rail-
road men not to go to China for employ
ment. Says he:
THE American only invites starvation
who comes here without definite con-
tract of employment with some reputa BILE
firm made before he leaves America. I
must advise United States railway en-
ployes that there is at present no market
for their labor in China, and should more
roads be constructed there will be a mar
ket only if these roads are built by Ameri-
cans.
The consul general says he has had many
inquiries from American railroad men as
to the chance for employment in China. so
he describes the small Chinese railroad
system to show the hopelessness of look
ing in that direction for work. There are
only two railways in operation, with a
total mileage of 2931a miles. They employ
only q foreigners. OF whom four are en-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
1t May Be.

All, it may be! Oft meseemeth, in the
days that yet shall be,
When no slave of gold abideth 'twixt
the breadth of sea and sea;
Oft when maids and men are merry, ere
the sunlight leaves the earth,
And they bless the day beloved, all too
short for all their mirth,
Some shall pause awhile and ponder on
the bitter days of old,
Ere the toll of strife and battle over
threw the curse of gold;
Then 'twixt lips Of loved and lover SOL
emn thoughts of us shall rise,
We who once were fools and dreamers,
then shall be the brave and wise.
William Morris.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
No Specie Basis.

Boise, Idaho, Nov. 13-The Boise
Sentinel, official organ of the Peoples
party of the state, announced in its last
issue that henceforth it will fly the
banner of fiat money instead of free
silver at 16 to l, the attainment of the
latter being considered too remote to
have the desired effect in muzzling the
cured controlling interest in the Sem
tineT.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29

If Were Not Then Nothing Would Be
A jelly-fsh swan in a tropical sea-
And he said: 'This world it consists Of
Me;
There's nothing above and nothing be-
That a jelly-fish ever can possibly know,
Since we've got no sight, or hearing Or
smell,
Beyond what our single sense can tell,
Now, all that 1 learn from the sense Of
Is the fact of my feelings, viewed as
such;
But to think that they have any ex-
ternal cause
Is an inference clean against logical
laws,
Again, to suppose, as I've hitherto done.
There are other jelly-fsh under the sun,
Is pure assumption that can't be backed
By jot Of proof, or a single fact,
In short, like Hume. l very much doubt
If there's anything else at all without
So come at last to the plain conclusion,
When the subject is, fairly set free from
conclusion.
That the universe simply centers in me,
And if I were not, then nothing would
be-
That minute shark, who was strolling
by,
Just gulped him down in the wink OF
an eye;
And he died. with a few convulsive
twists
But somehow the universe still exists
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29

Mankato, Mimi, Nov. 23.-The
schedule of the liabilities of John A.
Willard, who assigned last week, have
been filed. The grand total is S1,473,-
300. The direct liabilities are 1922, 723.
The assets are $S49,O0O. This is the
largest failure ever known here.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
The Only Things Left.

1t is becoming more and more evil
dent that the action taken by the
Nashville conference is all that there
is left on which to base Populist or
ganization. Milton Park, Dallas, Tex
as, is chairman of the organization
ommittee.-Chicago Express
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-29
4 Democrat Elected.

MERIDEN, Conn, Dec. 22.-The city election
held here yesterday resulted in a Democratic
victory, Amos Ives, the Democratic nominee
for mayor defeating his Republican opponent,
Arthur S. Lane, by $50 majority. Democratic
aldermen and councilmen were elected in three
OF FIVE wards.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-20
VICTORY FOR THE CITY.


OLYMPIA March rs-Tn. sunre,ne
court today affirmed judgment Ia the
street grade assessment case OF the CITY
OF Seattle. respondent, VS.. Galleries.
oDonnen, appellant, ard the GUARANTEES
Loan and Trust Company. defendant. Tns
assessment IN question was for the grading
OF Terrace street. but the points Involved
were entirely OF legal character. The
case was one OF the many heard In the su-
rerior court. but covers over a hundred
IL gnicn one OF the points vas raised
IL seems that many suits were COM
rneaced under the old practice act. but the
summons did not issue until after the new
procedure act OF iS<s3 was passed The de-
Tense %as that tie old act was repealed
without saving clause IN the new &C.
and therefore. al suits not edfu5tcated
fell with Il. AS the statute OF limitations
would have run against the causes OF
action, had the defense preVaiiaa the clty
would have lost a conkiaera hle gum.
NO less important Is the other point IL
involved the question whether the cause
OF action accrued on the first or the last
day OF delinquency. the city maintaining
that II was the last day, ard the defense
that the statute began 70 run from the
frs; day. The city's view was sustained
by Judge Langley IN the lower court, and
his judgment is affirmed. Pratt & Riddle
appeared for the city. and Dore & Gross
for the appellant.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-20
WOMEN FINED.
The Police Make 81 Round-Up of Ten
derfoin People.


Thirty-nIne women. some of whom were
good-looking and some of whom were not.
crowded the municipal court yesterday
afternoon in obedience 70 a summons from
Chief Of Police Reed. IL meant the inaug-
uration of the policy previously mem
toned several times In the Post-Intelll-
gencer. ALI the women pleaded guilty ex-
cept one, and she is considered by the
police TO be as notorious as possible. Her
name Is May Howard. Attorney Melvin
c. Winsteek appeared as counsel for
about thirty Of the prisoners, and before
sentence was passed made plea In which
he said that the women could not possibly
pay severe fine. Judge Bogue said that
he was inclined 10 be lenient. as the city
had been spared the expense Of trial. but
his decision would be guided TO certain
extent by the policy OF the chief OF police
as TO the frequency Of the arrests.
II understand the women viii be arrest
ed once in two months" said Mr.. Win
stock. Chief Reed entered the court room
a few moments later and said that Mr..
Winstock was correct In his statement.
'I VIII impose a nne OF so In each case"
said the Judge. Some OF the women looked
distressed. Mr. Winstoek then asked the
court to give time in which TO make pay
ment. "Af fires must be paid by the
first OF April" replied the Judge.
A large number Of the women paid one
half of the fine. and In some instances'full
payment was made. Attorney Hawkins
represented some OF the defendants. and
his talk TO the court was on the same line
a that OF Mr.. WInstock. Ths receipts as
announced by Clerk Crawford were si75.
Not one-half OF the women on the official
list were IN court yesterday. Another
crowd viii be UP today.