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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
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From the New York World.l
Does anyone know what were the
three prominent topics of news in the
newspapers of last week? Or rather,
we may ask, is there anyone so ignor-
ant as not to know them2
From Washington the prominent
news was that of the Chapman case
and it's varied and important ramifica-
lions, including the rumored renewal
Of corrupt speculation by senators.
From Albany the prominent news
was the defiance of the antitrust laws
by the coal trust magnates, the spec
ulation as to whether the authority of
the state could be made to prevail over
the laW-brea king monOpOIstS of the
coal carrying trade, and the attorney
generals apologize and weakened
explanation of his course in pretend
ing at least to do his duty.
The third item was the evasion of the
plain. distinct and honest laws for the
taxation of personal property by which
the state and municipal governments
are annually defrauded out of millions
of dollars of revenue, the burden of
which is consequently thrown upon the
poorer and more honest taxpayers.
And yet a great many people are as
tonished and are unable to explain why
it was that in last years election $780,
600 votes were cast for the Bryan
revolt of the discOntented.
1T is the Pharisees who are doing
this" It was the law-defying trusts,
the political corruptiOnists, the IN
faithful public officers and the tax
lodging millionaires who fed the fires
of Organism last year-and who are
adding fresh fuel to the fire now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
HOCHIOJT WIPED OUT.
A Japanese Town Burned Up in Four
Hours.

Victoria, B. G. May 2O-The steamer
Empress of India, from Yokohama
brought news of a fire which completely
wiped out the town of Hochioji, in the
silk district of Japan. Nearly 1900
houses were destroyed and between forty
and fifty lives were lost.
All the houses were frah wooden
structures, and the fire took but short
time to sweep the town, giving the help
less members of the community little
chance to escape The fire started at 3
p. m. and by p. m. there was very lit
tie to show that there had been such
town as Hochioji.
Regarding this and other fires the
Yokohama Herald remarks: So long as
the japanese adhere to building their
houses of wood these catastrophes will
continue to be common. Moreover, the
natives are extremely careless with fire
and the almost universal use of kero-
sene, too often put into lamps of faulty
and dangerous construction, serves to
increase the number of conhagrations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
SENATOR RETURNS SALARY
Rudolph Lehfeld of Iowa Says He
Did Nothing to Earn 1t.

Des Moines, Ia. May 2O-State Treas
urer Herriott today received from
State Senator Rudolph Lehfeld of
Crawford county the warrant for $67s
mailed to the latter as pay for his serv-
ices as senator during the special ses-
sion of the legislature. Senator Leh-
field explained that he had not earned
the money and could not accept it.
His action breaks the legislative rec
ord in Iowa. Senator LehfeId was elect
ed to the senate against his will He
opposed the special session, and only
came to Des Moines when important
matters. such as the liquor manufac-
ture bill, necessitated his vote. He is
a Republican, elected in a Democratic
district in the landslide of 1895.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
MISS GARY IS ENGAGED.
Eldest Daughter of the Postmaster
General is to Marry Robert Taylor.

Baltimore, Mr., May 2O-The engage
ment of Miss Lillian Gary eldest
daughter of Postmaster General Gary,
to Mr.. Robert Taylor of New York
formerly of Cantorsville, Md, is an
nounced. Miss Gary has spent most
of the time in Washington since her
fathers appointment to the cabinet
and has taken her mothers place to a
large extent in the entertaining.
Miss Gary has been much admired
in Baltimore and Washington society
She has the charm of manner that dis
tinguishes her sisters, and is an ac-
complished musician. The marriage of
Miss Gary will leave only two unmar-
ried daughters, Miss Jessie Gary and
Miss Madeline Gary. Mr.. Taylor is
talented young lawyer. No date has
vet been fixed for the marriage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
ARBUCKLES HIT THETRUST
They Will Erect a Magnificent Re
finerY in Louisiana.

New Orleans, May 2o-The Arbuckle
company is about to contest the Lou
isiana sugar market with the sugar
trust. They have leased the fre-proof
cotton press, a splendidly located piece
of property on the river front, for one
year At the end of that term the
lessee has the option of the purchase
of the property, the stipulated price be-
ing $4,000.
It is understood that the Arbuckles
intend to erect a magnificent refinery
to compete with the Havemeyers, not
alone in Louisiana sugars, but also in
the output of the West Indies.
Three steamers arrived here today
loaded with raw and refined sugars
from Germany and Austria, all con-
signed to the sugar trust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
GIFTS TO A CHURCH.
J. Pierpont Morgan and Major Roe
Open Their Purses.

Highland Falls, N. Y, May 2o.-A
handsome new organ, costing Sc, OOO
was dedicated with impressive cere-
monies in the Episcopal church here
on Sunday, Archdeacon W. r. Thomas
officiating. The organ is the gift of
Major Charles F. Roe and Mrs. Roe
in memory of their son, Stephen Bogert
Roe, whose death occurred one year
ago.
Among those present at the service
were Mrs. ]. Pierpont Morgan and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Pierpont Nor
gan, Jr., John Bigelow and daughters,
Major and Mrs. Rec and a number of
West Point professors and army Of
ficers.
J. Pierpont Morgan and Major Roe
have each contributed IS 600 for the
erection of a new rectory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
Marvellous Results.

Frorn a letter Written by Rev. J. Gun
derman, of Dimonda1e, Mich, we are
ner1nitted to make this extract: II
have no hesitation in recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
eIl1ts were almost marvellous in the case
of my wife. While I was pastor of the
Raptist church at Rives Junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding La Grippe. Terrible par
oxysms Of coughing would last hours
with little interruption and it seemed
as if she could not survive them. A
friend recommended DR.. Kings New
Discovery; it was quick in its work and
highly satisfactory in results" Trial
bottles free at J. K. Jones Drug Store,
Fifth and Kansas Ave. Regular size
soc and 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
10000 STABLES MUST GO.
A Clause in the Charter Means TrOu-
BILE for BROOKLYN Tradesmen.


New York. May 2O.-Under section l.
312 of the Greater New York charter
all the horse and COW stables built in
the rear of tenement houses will be pro-
hibited on and after January 1. In
Brooklyn alone there are over 80 0O0
such stables, and the Greater New York
board of health will be compelled to
order their removal. Lawyer Steinert,
counsel to the present board of health,
said yesterday:
Although stables in the rear of ten
ements are barred under a law that ap-
plies to the present city of New York,
Brooklynites have been permitted to
erect such stables. After the new char
ter goes into effect Brooklynites will
find themselves high and dry without
room for their horses.
Section 1872 of the new charter dis
t1nctly specifies the occupation or
business prohibited in tenement houses
and then goes on to say: Nor shall any
horse, COW, calf, swine, pig, sheep or
goat be kept in said house or on the
shall not be kept in said house. but the
law as amended by the addition of the
words ON the premises thereof will
wipe out all stables ia the rear of tene-
ments.
Brooklyn has a great many tene-
ments with stables on the premises,
and their owners or lessees ought to be
informed of the true state of affairs
so that they can get stable room else
where. L Know of a number of livery
stables in the rear of tenements and
all Of these will go with the new order
of things. From Coney Island to Flat
bush there will be a cry of terror from
owners of pigstys and cowsheds which
are specially prohibited in the new
charter
1.-The section of the charter referred to
will prove a boon to the livery stable
keepers in the thicl1ly settled portions
Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
STORY ON GEO. R. PECK.
A Trick That Hib Case Played on
Him Years Ago.

Attorney Hib Case objects to the
methods which some of the railroad at
tOrneys adopt in requiring attorneys for
Htigants against the roads to take dep
Ositions at inconvenient times and
places.
often the railroad attorneys notify
the counsel for plaintiff in a damage
suit to take dispositions one day in
Kansas City, the next day in Omaha,
the next in st. Louis, etc, and in many
cases the plaintiffs attorneys are IN
able to make connections and do not
have the opportunity of cross examin-
ing the witnesses while the dispositions
are being taken.
Speaking of an incident of this kind
which happened to him several years
ago, Mr.. Case said:
"One time when I was attorney for
the plaintiff in a damage suit against
the railroad, Geo. r. Peck sent word to
me to make a trip around and be in
shape to take dispositions. I found that
I couldn't possibly get around to all
the places, as they came too fast for
train connections. You know the rail-
roads have lawyers in pretty nearly ev-
cry town. Well, told Peck that I
would get even with him for that. I
said: You can't come any funny bust
ness like that on me- Some time after
that I had another case against the
railroad which had a great deal of i'm
pOrtance. 1 sent word to George r.
Peck to be in Milwaukee, Omaha, Kan
sas City. AtchisOn, LeavenWOrth and
several other places to take dispositions.
And to fool him surely I named one
place 20 miles from Wichita before a
country justice of the peace.
7 really wanted him to be sure and
go there, for he would have to ride 20
miles in a buggy to that place. On the
day set for the hearing I INQUIRED at
Mr.. Pecl1s Office for him and they said
he had gone to Wichita. I kept my
face straight and walked out. I after
wards found out that he went to Wich-
tia and hired a buggy and drove that 20
miles on cold winter day and stayed
about all day with the justice of the
peace to take the deposition. But
didn't go there, and 1 hadn't intended
doing it. When George came back he
was very mad He said: You weren't
there, and you never intended going
there I told him that was so. and
added: George, told you one time I
was going to get even with you for that
funny business you played on me one
time. And I wanted you to go down
there and you bit at the bait Then he
said that he guessed it served him right
and I never had any trouble over that
again. But some fellows since then
have tried the same scheme on me, but
III stay with en-
No 1oafer in Kansas is ever too lazy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

er kills many ducks.
Every careless man will finally be
tempted to be dishonest.
Men do not learn half as much by
experience as they should.
A boy can ride a bicycle whether he
owns one or not, but a girl has to have
her own wheel to learn on.
The most disagreeabIe laugh in the
world is the laugh of the old woman
who laughs from force of habit
Potatoes without salt cannot be more
tasteIess than the kind of absentmind-
ed kiss most husbands give their wives.
There is one thing about having trou-
BILE: only live men are bothered. Dead
men never have anything to worry
about.
You can't tell if a woman is a neat
housekeeper until you have tasted her
stewed prunes. If they don't taste
gritty, she is all right.
No man is ever candid when talking
about love to a woman. But every
man knows a great deal about it, and
freely discusses the subject with men.
Now that the fishing season has com
menced you may be interested in know
ing the ruling prices. Bale Waggener
who went to Doniphan lake to fish yes
LGEQdy, says ne bought SIX very SOOQ
croppie for a quarter.
An Atchison girl who has done her
share of dreaming of marrying a man
named Clarence Leroy DuVa1, or some
thing like that, has undergone such a
change of heart that she announces
with great pride her engagement to
Jake Ratschmidt.
Every once in a while the story is
told of some eloquent preacher raising
a. vast sum of money in few minutes
to apply on a church debt. It is never
told outside of the meeting of the
church trustees, that raising" this
money isn't collecting it. Men get up
and promise large sums at debt-rais
ing service, which they make no effort
to pay afterward.
It is to be hoped that the graduates
of Friday nights class Will look pref
ty. What they say will not cut any
figure, but if they look pretty while
saying it, the audience will enjoy itself
while learning how the great people
of the past refused to let their pathway
be INSTRUCTED by trif1es There will be
a great deal of Onward and Upward
talk that will have a wearisOme tenden-
cy. We have little time to practice any
Onward Upward theories, but it is not
unpleasant to hear a girl in a white
dress and blue sash talk about it, pro-
viding she looks pretty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
There is a Wave of Prosperity.

At the Rock Island depot ticket Of
fees Agent c. E. Bascom says that
there seems to be an evidence of the
wave of prosperity, as large numbers of
people are buying tickets for trips. At
the Santa Fe depot numerous sales are
also reported. Many tickets from for
eign countries to Topeka have been
sold. showing that there will be many
additions to Topeka's colony of for
efgners It is reported that several
Topeka people will visit Europe this
summer and the railroads are making
preparations for the trips.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
.SOLACE FOR HUNTER.
Will Be Minister to Peru When His
Bribery Case is Over.

Frankfort, KY, May Ex-senator A.
D. James, who has been rendered the
appointment for marshalship for Ken
lucky, returned from Washington to-
day
He said w. Godfrey Hunter had been
rendered one of four places by McKin-
ley and that he would accept the post
of minister to Peru.
The appointment will be made as
soon as the bribery indictments are dis
posed of. Hunter held a conference
with Mckinley last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20


all the same he will have running ac-
count TO settle with Spain one OF these
days.-Ottawa Republican.
The United States senator's who are
now preparing long speeches on the
tariff must not be deceived by the pro-
verb that talk is cheap" It costs the
United States a heap of money.-Hutch-
1nson News.
Word comes from the orient that the
famous painter, Munkacsy, has sue
cumbed from OverwOrk. 1t is to be
hoped the malady will cross over to
the western world and attack some peo-
pie here.-Arkansas City Traveller.
Those patriots who have gone to
Greece to see real battle might have
saved good round sum and avoided
numerous little inconvenience by pro-
viding themselves with tickets admit
ting them to view the kinetOscOpic pic
lures of the late Carson City mill
LeavenwOrth-
One of the unfortunate things in pol
itics is that men who would successful
" serve the country If they had a
chance, are always defeated by a blind
unreasoning set of ballot thrOwers-
Wichita Beacon.
There are 10000 strawberry pickers
at work in the Missouri patches. They
seem to eat the good berries and put
the others in the boxes--Abilene Re
hector
H.
A part of the fun of the regular army
just now consists of making forced
marches of ten days duration on short
FatiOns. The army is trying to find out
just how near a man can come to starry
ing to death and yet pull through
Lawrence Journal
II
It is easily understood now why the
Greeks made such a creditable showing
at the Olympian games at Athens last
year. They excel particularly as sprint
ers.-Lawrence World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
FLOWERS FOR THE POOR.
Chicago Mission Begins Its Summer
Work of Cheering Hearts.

and boxes of violets, apple blossoms,
tulips and the rest of the seasonable
spring flowers will be heaped upon long
tables at the Athenaeum building and
Memorial Baptist church this morning.
Maids and matrons belonging to the
Chicago Flower Mission will meet and
spend the day sorting the posies into
punches to send to the hospitals and
down into the tenement districts.
It is the opening of the years work
of the Flower Mission, and every week
throughout the summer as long as the
out-of-0oor blossoms are to be obtain
ed, the mission Will send them out to
the poor and the sick.
The flowers are sent in from country
towns in Illinois and nearly all adjoin-
ing states
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
W. e. ENGLISH FINED.
City Court Assessed Penalty of $22
Against the Millionaire.

Indianapolis, May 2O.-The city court
imposed a fine on a millionaire today in
the person af ex-Congressman VIII E.
English, against whom Dr. Quincy Van
HummeI had filed charges of malicious
trespass, carrying concealed weapons
and assault and battery. Mr.. English
pleaded guilty to assault and carrying a
pistol and he was fined collectively $22.
The Van Hummels occupy the old Eng
fish homestead for institute purposes, ana
the original dispute arose over the sur
render value of the lease, Mr. English
wanting possession in order to proceed
with the erection of his new hotel. The
immediate cause, however, was the for
chile means used by the ex-Congressman
in getting possession of the family mir
ror, which graced the Van HummeI man
tie, during which doors were broken.
blows were exchanged and pistols were
drawn. The Van Hummels tried to prose-
cute Mr.. English's confidential secretary
for assault, but the state dismissed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
w Gather Indications.

Chicago, May 20--For Kansas: Fair
tonight and Friday: cooler in east por-
ton tonight; westerly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

Attend the Nfid-Continent band prom
enade concert and ball at Hamilton hall
tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

Don't thin your blood with sassafras
or poison it with blue mass; but aid
Nature by using DeWitts Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for consti-
patton, biliOusness and stomach and
liver troubles. They are purely vege-
table. George W. StansfeId, 632 Kan
Sas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work. Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia West Sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

We take special pains in laundering
ladies' shirt waists Peerless Steam
Laundry, liz and ia West Sth st
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

No 1oafer in Kansas is ever too lazy
to pick greens for his wife to. cook
Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
eek RAYS

Nobody gives weyler any credit but
all the same he will have a running ac-
count TO settle with Spain one of these
days-Ottawa Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20
GLOBE sIGHTS.

(From the Atchison Globe.)
A man who wears a hunting suit nev
er kills many ducks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

A boy can ride a bicycle whether he
owns one or not, but a girl has to have
her own wheel to learn on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

The most disagreeable laugh in the
world is the laugh of the old woman
who laughs from force Of habit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

Every careless man will finally
.ernnted to be dishonest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

You can't tell if a woman is a neat
housekeeper until you have tasted he1
stewed prunes. If they don't taste
gritty, she is all right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

Men do not learn half as much by
experience as they should
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

No man is ever candid when talking
about love to a woman. But every
man knows a great deal about it, and
freely discusses the subject with men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

An Atchison girl who has done her
share of dreaming of marrying a man
named Clarence Leroy DuVa1, or some
thing like that, has undergone such a
change of heart that she announces
with great pride her engagement to
Jake Ratschmidt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

Potatoes without salt cannot be more
tasteless than the kind of absentmind-
ed kiss most husbands give their wives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

There is one thing about having trou-
BILE: only live men are bothered. Dead
men never have anything to worry
about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

Now that the fishing season has com
menced you may be interested in know
ing the ruling prices. Bale Waggener
who went to Doniphan lake to fish yes
terday, says he bought six very good
croppie for a quarter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-20

There are 10000 strawberry pickers
at work in the Missouri patches They
seem to eat the good berries and put
the others in the boxes--Abilene Re
hectOr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-26
TAXING Up ABANDONED FARMS.

An EVIDENCE OF AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY IN
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
there were scores OF abandoned farms. which had
not been cultivated for several years, all over
Eastern Pennsylvania. In Berks County alone
these farms numbered about one hundred They
ranged in size from ten 10 seventy-fve acres. The
average was forty acres. To-day few OF these
properties are idle. They have been rented
and are now occupied. This is one OF the most
noteworthy evidences of an improvement among
the agricultural classes. The demand for farm real
estate has for the last three months been steadily
Increasing Both buyers and tenants are much
more numerous than year ago, and the Price
OF land has increased at least 10 per cent one
cause OF this increase Is the advance In the price
OF grain. Continued hard times in cities and bor-
oughs have caused some men with large families
10 leave their town homes and settle down on
small farms where they expect 10 be able 10 i've
well without the exerton that is required In the
CITY or borough 10 support family ana tney can
keen All their children at work and yet have them
al home II Is predicted that by next spring the
abandoned farm" will be entirely thing OF the
past in this section Of the State.