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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
PoPULIsM AND REPUBLICAN
ISM

The Republican Legislature of Michi-
gan is considering the report of its
committee on railroads, which is de-
cidedly POpulistic in tone.
The principle of the initiative and
referendum, or the settlement of differ
ences by arbitration.is suggested by the
committee, another idea which in Kan
sas is regarded as a doctrine held only
by PopuIists.
The report of the committee referred
to was based principally upon the al
legations of Governor Pingree against
the pernicious practices of railroads in
his state. The governor in his mes
sage gave the subject considerable at
tention and urged the legislature to do
something to adjust existing difficulties
principally Determinations and excess
i've rates just as did Governor Leedy
in his first message and later in his
veto message on the railroad bill
The recommendations of the AIichi-
gan committee are as follows:
First-That a committee be appoint
ed by the governor to arbitrate all diff
ferences between shippers and the rail
roads.
second-That all freight traffic be
placed under the jurisdiction of the
state.
Third-That all railroad companies
be compelled to furnish cars to ship
pers within forty eight hours after hav-
ing been served with written notice for
the same.
Fourth-That all railroads operating
in the state be required to furnish stor-
age room for perishable freight until
they are able to furnish cars for the
shipment Of the same.
Fifth-That railroad companies be
held responsible and liable for damage
resulting from wrong delivery or loss
of freight shipped for destinations
reached by competing lines.
Sixth-All fast freight lines should be
compelled to incorporate under the
laws of the state and to maintain main
or general offices within the state.
The latter recommendation of the
Michigan committee has been suggest
ed in Kansas. but out of charity for
the railroads has not been enacted into
law.
The Michigan committee also recon-
mends that laws be passed regulating
switching charges and for the delivery
of cars; that the law fOrbidding dis
examinations in freight rates be amend
ed so that it's apparent broad discre-
tionary power will be removed and that
uniform freight bills be required,
showing the weight, rate and class
under which the shipment is forwarded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
IT STOPS THE BULLETS.
A Chicago Priest Invents a Cloth
That is Impenetrable.

Chicago, April IA clustered broth
er of the order Of the Resurrectionists
is the inventor of a bullet proof cloth
that if tests made yesterday are not
wholly misleading is likely to furnish
the great armies of Europe life-sav-
ing device of more value than any 9TH
er yet devised It yesterday remained
unprecedented after 80 steel-coated bull
let's had been fired against it. While it
is a. nfe-saving cloth. it is at the same
time an instrument of war, and the fact
that the man of religion in his little
chapel on Noble street. by the church
Of St. StaniSlauS, has spent four years
in perfecting such a. thing is explained
only by the peculiar origin of the cloth.
The night Carter Harrison was muir
dered the gentle priest was shocked
more than most people at the news and
like flash it came to him that a GER
tain arrangement might provide a bull
let proof cloth that would give safety
to those men whose official positions
laid them open to the attacks of fanat-
les. The idea grew upon Casimir
Zeglen, the priest and he has now spent
four years in experimenting with his
invention. A few months ago he found
himself almost successful, but still IN
able to reach the degree of perfection
in his cloth that he desired. The result
has been a gradual Improvement in the
fabric until the tests of yesterday
proved that the thin cloth would stop
the swiftest rifle bullet that guns could
fire.
The tests were conducted on the wild
Rogers Park shore of the lake in the
presence of three policemen. The bull
let proof cloth. or a piece of it a foot
square, was placed against an old pile
and, marking off a distance of $50 yards
a sergeant of police began firing. His
weapon was a 30-caliber Winchester
rifle, carrying a United States army
cartridge consisting of 220 grains steel
jacketed bullet. backed by 40 grains of
powerful smokeless powder. The gun
is the same, so far as its fire is con-
cerned. as the Mannlicher and other
rifles in use in the European armies
and the cartridge is also practically a
duplicate of those of the great war
powers.
But against the trihing piece of cloth
that Zeglen and Sarnecki made the
steel jacketed missiles stopped short,
went to pieces, and piled up one upon
another slightly within the surface of
the cloth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
CIRCULATION GROWTH.


The State Journal has been under the
Bresent management for ever eleven
years and it's daily circulation in that
time has increased from 500 to over H. 600
or an average growth of one thousand a
year.
The State Journal receives the full day
Ieased-Wire Associated Press report, is a
member of the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association has four linotypes,
fast Web Perfecting press etc.
The State Journal has a larger circula-
IN the great state OF Kansas. 1t requires
forty-three (43) carriers exclusive of
newsboys) to circulate the paper in To-
pelLa and suburbs
Don't advertise in the State Journal I'M
less you feel confident that its daily cir
culation exceeds II. 900. Any evidence ap-
parently to contrary Will De cheerIuIly re
ceived and proof produced to convince
the most SkePtical that we do not claim
anything about our circulation for which
we cannot vouch-
exclusive use a permanent home, a
handsome double front pressed brick
building of three floors The location is
one of the most eligible business sites in
avenue and Eighth street. The building
6s one of the most complete newspaper
structures in the west and has many uni
nue featueres-amOug these are conStruc-
lfiol and arrangement by which the four
1inOtypes are seen in operation behind
plate glass facing Kansas avenue and
also through q large glass window from
the business office.
The fast Web Perfecting printing press
is placed at the middle OF the north
ground floor, behind Is feet OF plate glass
complete view from the sidewalk OF the
wonderful printing machine, turning our
complete eight page papers, printed, rolo-
I'd and counted the rate Of between two
and three a second A press room bal
cony offers a similar view from the IN
side Of the building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
ONE Way 10 ENFORCE Law

The time seems to have arrived when
corporations in one way or another are
to be compelled to obey the law, the
same as individuals. Following almost
Immediately upon the supreme court
decision in the transmissouri traffic as
ISOLATION case is the Indianapolis street
car episode of this week.
The legislature of Indiana at it's re-
cent session passed a law making it il
legal for a street car company to charge
more than three cents for a fare in In
dianapolis. The companies at once be-
gan proceedings in the courts to pre-
vent the enforcement of the law but
before a ruling could be obtained the
governor issued his proclamation de-
claring the measure to be in effect.
The car company officials then deter
mined to ignore and defy the law and
instructed the conductors to collect five
cents and to eject all passengers refus-
ing to pay it. This course seems to
have been a little more than the citi-
zens could stand and they made it ap-
parent to the railway officials that if
those gentlemen persisted in defying
the law they (the people, would defy
another law to the extent of mobbing
some of the Offenders.
While not perhaps the most approved
way of settling controversies it was
successful and the citizens of Indianap-
oils will ride for three cents until the
courts order otherwise
There seems to be no just reason why
the people should wait upon the verdict
of the court any more than the street
car companies. It was a case in which
two bodies were ready to violate the
laws and the more powerful won pre-
venting any infraction of legal condi-
ton to either party.
1t has not been unusual for rich and
powerful corporations to stave off in
definitely and sometimes defeat objec-
tionable legislation by getting the mat
ter promptly into the interninable
round of the courts. 1t is not surpris-
ing that the people have grown tired
of bearing the burdens of these delays
and have begun to make the other fell
lows carry them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
BEATRICE HARRADEN.

CFrom the Boston Transcript
The new book containing two chap
ters by the author of Ships That Pass
in the Night" is called Two Health
Seekers in Southern California" A Los
Angeles criticism in Sunshine, after
paying tribute to Miss Harraden's grace
of style, says that "she is still English
enough to be capable of a startling dis
covery that California is no place for
walking. a nugget which would have
filed Bayard Taylor's heart with joy"
Yes, or John Muir's-he who tramped
the Sierras for a quarter of a century
Sunshine adds that Miss Harraden is
''over-conscfous of rattIesnakes-w which
do not hurt so many people in twenty
years in the whole southwest as Jack
the Ripper butchered in London in six
months" How comparative, after all,
are the dangers of 1ifeI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
LIMITATIONS OF THE DRAMA

CFrom Lippincott's for April.)
II can scarcely be said that there is
more than one political play on the
boards today, Notwithstanding the fact
that the political history of this country
abounds in dramatic incidents, situa-
lions and characters.
If 1 were asked 70 tell off hand why
il is So l should say because the
American dramatist has consented to
receive with blind faith the dogma that
love is the eternal theme of the drama,
and according to the spirit of the age
has allowed that central theme to ac-
Quire a monopoly.
The writer's who know society fairly
well and can picture love and the lover
in all plights, romantic and ludicrous,
have not as a rule, frequent OppOTtu-
mites to pry into the workings of pOlit-
zeal machinery.
Being able to dispose of their work
as it is. they see no reason for troubling
themselves about the matter. When.
however. some adventurous writer does
break away from conventions and ira
ditions, Shore Acres, or 'Pudd nhead
wilson is the successful outcome
hopeful signs, indeed, but surely not
the elimination of the American dra-
ma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
FEW DELINQUENT TAXES.
Topeka and Shawnee County Are in
Better Condition Than For Years.

The delinquent tax list which has just
been printed is not so large as it was
last year and very much smaller than
it was three or four years ago.
The most appreciate change is in the
townships in which the country is given
over to farming. In Silver Lake town
ship not single piece of land appears
on the delinquent list. In Rossville,
MenOken, WilliamspOrt Dover and
Monmouth there is but one in each of
the townships named. In Topeka. Sol
der and Mission township the list is
larger because they include boom ad-
ditions to Topeka. In Tecumseh there
are but three pieces of land on the list
and they are not large
An examination of the list printed
viii prove that the condition of Topeka
and Shawnee county people is inprov-
ing. When taxes are paid promptly it
indicates a healthy condition and es-
pecially is this true when applied to
farmers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
NEW YORK oUTDo1NG KANSAS

CFrom the Springfield Republican,
The hoopskirt statesman of Kansas
who proposed to enact the ten com
mandments into law excited derisive
laughter throughout the land, and no
where was the chuckling more audible
than in the imperial state of New York.
Here then, in the Empire state, should
we expect legislators to wear no hoop
skirt regalia when performing the SOL
emn ceremonies of craftsmanship. But
ones disappointment is profound. No
Populist vagary surpasses in foolish
ness the anti-cartoon bill that passed
the New York senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17

Missouri University Students De
clare War on the Unsightly
Appendages

Columbia, Mo, April 17-Those OBJ
structive unsightly and utterly useless
tags appended to the shirt fronts of
men and boys must no longer be worn
by the students of Missouri university,
so say the students themselves. "A num-
Der of them recently met and decided to
request all the other students to re-
move the tags and if they refused to
use force and cut them off.
Students armed with knives and scis-
sors stood in front of the law building
this morning and collected shirt tags
by the hundreds. Whenever a student
refused to mutilate his own garment he
was thrown to the ground and the tag
promptly cut from his shirt. The stu
dents are preserving the tags and some
of them have a large number.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
The pursuit of

vote insufficient time to eating
resting, and sleeping, that death is the
tempter that holds out money as bait. If
a man will take proper care of his health, he
will feel like work, and will find that he can
do all the work that he cares to do within
working hours.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
gets man into working shape and keeps
him there. 1t invigOrates the liver, keeps
the digestion in working order, the appe-
tite hearty and keen. It keeps the blood
pure and plentiful. 1t keeps out and drives
out impurities and disease germs. 1t wards
off nervous and wasting diseases. 1t cures
% per cent. of all cases of consumption. It
is the product of the hfe-work of an emil
nent and skillful specialist, DR.. R. V. Pierce,
for thirty years chief consulting physician
to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, at Buffalo, n. Y. Druggists sell it.
Mrs. I. F. Coates Of Blythebourne, Kings Co,
N. Y, writes: Three years ago, I was SO sick I
could not eat, sleep or walk, for coughed all day
and night. My weight reduced from $50 to
I27 pounds. The first night that slept for hours
at time, was after had taken three doses OF
fensive matter expectorated grew less every day
and when had taken the whole Of one bottle
could sleep all night without coughing, and have
been well ever since and weigh rs pounds"
A good, practical medical book is worth
more in homo than thousand novels.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
is that kind of book. It contains !, oOS
pages and over 900 illustrations A new
edition given away absolutely FREE. If you
want paper-covefed copy send Fl one-cent
stamps the cost of mailing o7lLF) to Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
N. Z. For cloth binding, 81 stamps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17

learn some other trade. He has no bus
mess in advancing mere personal opin-
ion in opposition to the combined and
unanimous voice of the masses, who
know a hawk from a hand saw and are
fully competent to distinguish an air
ship from a little planet tWinkling mill
lions of miles aMaY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17

Grand total of copies printed during the
three months. 81 SO
which is the actual number of days of
issue. shows that the average number of
complete copies printed per issue was
71,917.
This is a correct report for the three
months Of 1897 and is made for the pur-
pose of being placed on file and securing
an accurate and exact circulation rating.
fSIe0ed-l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
Weather In dications

Chicago, Ill, April 17.-Forecast till
p. m. Sunday: For Kansas: Generally
warmer tonight and Sunday; fresh TO
brisk southerly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
Daily Average ll,9l7

The issues of the Topeka Daily State
Journal Of Topeka, Kansas. for three
months from January 1st 1897 to March
31st, 1887, inclusive, actual number of COM
below:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17
1s.NMNAza1gs,n,>es
Editor and P

Editor and Proprietor.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
9Th day of April. 1897
A A MAJORS,
(Seal) Notary Public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17

Shirts. collars and cuffs Iaundered
TO look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry. 112 aid ia West sth. st
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-17

The City of Mexico is a delightful
place in winter, but in summer
Why except summer? Up in the
heat is tempered to an agreeable cool
ness. Result: Summer climate is en-
Joyab1e.
The potent charm of a people distinc-
lively foreign makes the journey to
Mexico well worth it's cost any day in
the year, and the cost is moderate.
Round trip excursions over the Santa
Fe Route. Free literature describing
Mexico. Address W. J. Black, G. 2. A,
A. T. & s. F. Ry., Topeka Kan.
The black Orphan Knight colts at
the fair grounds are certainly q hand
some lot and well worth drive down
to see them. Read ad. elsewhere.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-25
The People, Bargain Store!
ALWAYS TIE LEADER IN LOW PRICES!
For this Meek Phenomenal Bargains in Every
Department. "
SPECIAL BARGAINS in LADIES'
SKIRTS AND SHIRT WAISTS

& CHECKED SKIRTS, YARDS WIDE.
REGULAR PRICE, sl.75-OUR PRICE,
Sl25.
BLACK FIGURED BRILLIANTISE
SHIRTS, FULL YARDS WIDE, REGU-
LAR PRICE. s2.co-oUR PRICE. $50.
PLAIN AND FIGURED BRILL1AN-
TINE SKIRTS AT $500, $3.50, $500, $3.50.
% DOZEN LADIES SHIRT WAISTS,
IN BLACK AND BLUE AND WHITE
STRIPE SArEEN, AT &c. EACH.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-25
CITY ORDINANCE II
AN ORDINANCE.

PERSONS AND LICENSES FOR
THE PAYMENT or INTEREST," ON
TILE CITY DEBT, INCLUDING THE
SPEC1AL WATER TAX, AND no
PRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR BE-
GINNING JULY 1Sr. 1897 80 N - I.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-25

s,sasnirty years IS a long time to fight 81
s sRsa., "a trouble as piles, but .Iacob
' Sts.n rf Unlonyi;lc Pa, strurrie1
a HE l,2n 2, before he tried De Wits Witch
{ nants, SAVE, which quickly and perma-
St Y: sczefna and all skin affections : NJ
! 81 y orfolk; r. L. a Wa III ar
acton; ITuitt &c Smith, Rerkley. :
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-25
BUSINESS COLLEGE,
The Gfrted States Of America.
EaStcrn District Of Nirir nj,

WHEREAS, ON THE 22D DAY OF
7APRiL, 1897 Peter Qu.lcn. Master.
etc, filed his libel in TIL, District Court
Of the United States for the East District
of Virg MA, against the Barge Brandy
wine, her boats. tackle, apparel and fur
nitule, in cause Of savage, civil and
maritime. And whereas by virtue Of pro-
cess in due form Of law, % me directed.
returnahle on the = day or Anrii 1897, |
Brandywine and have her In my custody
Notice is hereby given, that q District
Court will be held in the United Sta1ea
Court ROOM IN the City OF Norfolk, on the
It'll day OF May. 1887, for The trail Of said
premises, and the owner or owners, and all
tercst, are hereby cted to be and appear
at the time and place aforesaid. TO snow
cause If any they have why final dGclnc
should not pass as prayed.
J. NJ. IIUDGlNS. L, S. MARSHAL
By THOS. II. CROSS, Deputy Maishai
nO22-l2i -- ~ -- 49,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-25

10 DOZEN LADIES' BLACK SATTEEN
SHIRT WAISTS, LATEST STYLE DOJ-
BILE JOINTED YOKE, BACK AND
FRONT, EXTRA FINE QUALITY SAT-
TEEN, MADE TO SELL AT s1.25-WILL
SELL THEM WHILE THEY LAST AT
75c.
LADIES PERcALE SHIRT WAISTS,
UNLAuNDERED, AT 25c.
IMMENSE. LINE or SHIRT WAISTS,
NEW DESIGNS, AT SIC, 49c., TIC, sSc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-25

ENGINES. BOILERS, SAWAlN.h ana
IL l.lIs lntiGn!i.>Is q tlG must .:A-
EroV,u patterns. L,.so iei,A!ll:G ~ i!lr
shortest not &C. lArt.ctut.l a.t,.nl.,.,s -
steamnuat work. DUNAI.S pATI@NT
BOILER TUBE FERRUi.ES are III.
only perfect remedy for ieaLy boiler Tubes.
They can be inserted in 4 few minutes ay.
anv engineer. and are warranted TO stop
telks
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-25
: LICEN SEE q,

Section CC.-That for the year beginning
,ne iirst Day III May, 1887. and for each
sons, firms and subjects hereinafter ma med
shan be as follows. and tls same licenses
Dany or corporation rs is required Of per
sons or firms for conducting business:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-25
SCHEDULE A


Agents for selling books each SIC per
year; for less time $3.50 per month
Agents, land, each $50.
Agents for labor. each $780,
Agents, each agent or firm for renting
houses or collecting rent, $50.
Agencies, mercantile, or reporters report
ing standing OF merchants and others
Artists. daguerrean or photograph, s35
per ycaE for less time. S. per month.
Attorneys-at-law. licensed from one TO
der ten years, $50: licensed ten years and
oyer, $40, provided that no attorney-at-law
snali pay, more than $40 whose receipts
are less than $500 per annuIn
ConVeyancers and Architects, each lie.
ensed from one to live years, S25: licensed
over FIVE years and under ten years, $50:
iicensed ten years and over, S75, provided
that no conveyancer Or architect shall paw
more than $40 whose receipts are less tha n
$500 per annun.
All persons other than duly licensed at
torneys-at-law who for compensation or
reward. shall prepare deeds, CONTRACTS, 3,
wills or other writings, Shall be deemed
conceyanccrs. and ali persons who. for
compensation. furnish plans and speciGca-
t ton, FOR erection or Improvement of build
the meaning Of this section.
Physicians, Surgeons. Veterinary Sur
seems. op!icians, oculists. Dentists, Giro
podists. Civil Engineers and Surveyors.
each licensed from one to fve years. $40:
licensed over five years, and under ten
years. S?9; Licensed ten years and over.
shall not be more than $40 per nnnum If
the receipts be less than $500 per annum.
Boarding houses, each, $40
Barber shops, each, Sl2 per year for MOI
more than three chairs and $500 additional
for each chair above three.
Bill posters, each, $25
Restaurants, Eating-houses and Dairy
Lunch-roGms. each, $40 per year: for less
time, $500 per month. Any person who
shall cook or otherwise furnish for com
pensation, diet or refreshments of any
KIND for casual visitors to his house and
sold for consumption therein. ana who is
house, shall be deemed TO keep d restaIi.
rant. eat ,ng-house or dairy lunch-room.
| Cook Shops or Stands, each, $40 per ven ,.
! for less time, $500 per month
| Livery Stables. EACH $50, and an add.
| tional tax Of 20 cents for each stall in the
stable, and an additional! tax on each cart
(! dray CT wagon, as provided by ordinances
| entitled Carts. Drays and Wagons"
! Dealers In Cattle, Sheep or Hogs. If no,
sold al public auction, each person, firm OF
| corporation, 500.
! Dealers in Horses or Mules, If not sole
Mt PUBLIC AUCTION, each person, firm OF
corporation, 500
Storage and Impounaing. on every house
/ yard or lot, S25. "
| The Norfolk Street Railroad COMPANY
for the first twenty cars, 500 per car: n,
each car above twenty cars up to fart,
cars, $40: on each cal above forty cars
/ $50 perjyear, or any part OF year
| Stations Or Jacks Keepers, for cyer1
animal let to mares, $40.
| Physicians, Surgeons, Veterinary Sur
geons. Dentists, Opticians. Oculists. Chiro
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-25

Sa., Y eye pert, IS located per
IN m nations free H