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The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-24

virtue is its own reward. So, at least
'ne workers In the Crescent Tin Plate
mill have discovered. They have voted
10 protect the mill, but the mill votes
against protecting them. 1t imports
workers to take their places. If virtue
Is not its own reward, these Cleveland
tin workers have no reward at all for
their votes.-Cleveland Recorder.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-24

If only things were called by their
right names, nearly all wrong would
fall. 1t every time the word Sound
money" were used, scarce money"
were substituted, the gold standard
would be overthrown. Nearly all bad
pills are sugar coated.-Cleveland
Press.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-09-24

OUR government is republican only in
theory. 1t is a constitutional mon
arehy IN fact. The monarch's throne is
vacant. His functions are performed
oy the heads of our civil administration.
The provisions Of our federal const,tu
.ion are no longer sacred to protect our
individual rights, nor to fix the boun.
daries of legislation. Our judiciary rides
rough-shod over its provisions with i'm.
punity.-Winters Independent.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
WINTER TRIP TO KLONDIKE
A Scotch Explorer Will Take Party
From Spokane October 1.

Spokane Wash, Sept. 23.-Arthur
Jordan, a Scotch explorer, who claims
to be familiar with the country between
Spokane and Klondike, will leave here
with six men October l, for the Yukon
country. J. J. Brown is at the head of
a syndicate which is outfitting a party
to prospect on Stewart river. Mr..
Browns son Guy will be a member of
the party. They will go via Ashcroft,
taking the Hudson Bay trail there, to
Lake Leslie, down the lake to the Hoo
talinqua river. down that stream to the
Yukon, and thence to Stewart river.
Mr.. Jordan said today:
My plan is to purchase the more i'm
portant parts of the outfits in Spokane.
Duty will have to be considered by al
most all the stuff needed which can be
purchased here, and will not cost as
much with the duty added on the
other side. L find that a man can get
through with considerably less than
$500, especially if there is a party of six
going, in which case certain supplies
can be purchased and used in common.
There are number in town from Mon
tana and Idaho who want to go and I
am in receipt of letters from all over
the northwest. L am practically under
contract with the syndicate, who wired
me to return from Tacoma and cannot
make terms now with anyone else un-
less there should be a hitch in present
plans, which l do not anticipate.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
WHO HE Is.
The Marlborough Baby is Heir to One
of the Greatest Fortunes in
the World.

Here is the full title of the new great.
| great-grandson of Commodore Wander
bilt the Staten Island truck farmer:
He Is Marquis of Blandford and will be
upon the death of his father:
Duke of Marlborough.
Earl of Marlborough
Earl of Sunderland.
Baron Spence of Wormleighton.
Baron Churchill of Sandridge.
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince of Mindelheim in Suabia
From a worldly point of view the son
born recently to the houses of Marlbor-
ough and Vanderbilt is the most FORUM
ate youngster alive. In the first place,
he is heir to one of the greatest titles
short of royalty in the world, title that
carries with it half a dozen other distinc-
tions, any one of which will secure it's
owner consideration in any quarter of
the globe.
Equal in Importance to the name is the
wealth that he will inherit. What this
will amount to can only be roughly COM
puted. Even it's possessors cannot esti-
mate with exactness, so vast is the figure.
At the least calculation it will amount to
$4,000. goo; other estimates have placed it
at double the figure.
William K. Vanderbilt is the present
owner of this wealth. His present in
growing rapidly. This will go to Consul
elo, Duchess of Marlborough, and her two
brothers, Willie and Harold Vanderbilt.
By this computation the Marlborough
heir will come into a fortune from his
mother alone of $25OOO,OOo.
In addition to this, the heir of the
Marlboroughs is in line to succeed to a
share in the following properties:
A house at Fifth avenue and Fifty-sec-
ond street, valued at s1.50OO00.
A house at Newport-'Marble Han''-
valued at 81, 100000.
An estate at Oakdale, L. l., valued at
s75o, 900.
A steam yacht-the Valiant-valued at
s4OO, 900.
Family jewels, valued at 5000, 900.
His mothers dowry of $5,O00,000.
The Marlborough estates, including the
hereditary income of $4,000 a year.
The first Duke of Marlborough was
John Churchill; the new heir will be the
tenth if he survives his father. The first
duke was Englands great general and
to his military achievements the MARI
boroughs owe their position Blenheim,
the castle of the Marlboroughs, is named
in honor of the first dukes great victory
over the forces of Louis XIV. By special
grant the dukedom passed to his next of
kin on John Churchilrs death, he being
without male issue. So runs the title
today. To the next of kin it goes, ire
spective of sex. Therefore, had the pres
ent duke died childless. the title, the cas-
tie of B1enheim and the hereditary PEN
sion of $780, 900 would have gone to Corr
nelia, Lady Wimborne, the eldest sister
of the late Lord Randolph Churchill. And
Ivor Guest, Marlborough'S best man at
the wedding, would be Marquis of Bland
ford.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
HYPNOTISM PEEkSKILL.
Young Boys the Victims of Amateur
Operators

New York, Sept. 23.-PeekskiIl is be-
coming alarmed over the action of a
number of amateur hypnotists. Sew
eral unpleasant occurrences have re-
suited, and it feared that some serious
harm may be caused if a check is not
placed upon the youthful exponents of
the art
Three young men not yet of age are
said to be able to play all kinds of
pranks upon their friends.
For some time there has been consid-
cradle complaint by school teachers
and parents of the condition of the
boys The victim in one case was
Floyd Hayes, who lives with his aunt.
His mother is dead, and his father is
away from the village most of the time.
This boy was what was considered IAN
excellent subject" and was so fire.
Cuently put into the hypnotic state by
those having the power to do so that he
wants to be put to Sleep all the time.
1t is asserted by his friends that he is
seldom entirely out of the power of the
spell-Workers.
One day last week he reached home
with his mouth bleeding, and an exami-
nation showed that one of his teeth
was missing. Further investigation
showed that he had been taken to DR.
F. L. Lockwood, a local dentist and
while under the influence of one of the
boys asked the doctor to extract a GER
tain tooth. He did not feel the tooth
being taken out, and did not know any,
thing about it until he had been awak-
ened and told what had occurred
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
TROURLEIN ALTON.
Colored Children Taken Back to White
Schools, But Are Ignored by
the Taachara

Alton, Sept. 23.-When the public schools
of Alton opened yesterday it appeared
that the effort of the board of education
to separate the white and the colored
children and send the latter to the new
schools built for them during the sum-
mer would meet with complete success.
The children took their certificates and
went to the new schools without a MUIR
muir and they attended there through the
day.
But this morning the colored folk re-
sorted to other tactics. They sent their
children back to the schools with the
whites and many of the mothers accom-
panied them to see that they were ad-
mitted. The children marched in and
took seats among the white children and
they were not moleSted by the teachers.
In the afternoon they returned again to
the schools set apart for the white chill
dren. This time they were accompanied
by some of the men, who marched them
into the rooms and left them there. The
teachers entirely ignored the colored
scholars and they We're neither told to
study nor called upon to recite. Mean
while the teachers at the colored schools
were without pupils and the colored peo-
pie say they will not have any.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
POPULIST LEADER
In Michigan Claims to Have Discov-
cred Political Malta.

Schoolcraft, Mich, Sept 23-Homer
Hoyt of Union City, a Populist leader
claims to have discovered a secret soci-
ETY. which has begun to work in this
state, and will soon have picked men
in every congressional and legislative
district.
These agents will take account of all
the wealthy men, the amount of money
each owns, where they live, etc, and
will ascertain the position of each legis-
lator on all questions relating to rail-
roads, mOnopolies, etc. This secret malta
or whatever it may be called, will
threaten wealthy men who .oppress la
Dor or favor such oppression, and de-
stroy their property, if not their lives.
Strict record in white and black will be
kept, and, as the organization is oath
bound, no one can ever follow it up.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
BIG APPLE ORDER.
Glover Leaf Railroad Wants 10000
Barrels in Arkansas

Sloan Springs. Ark, Sept 23.-The
largest single inquiry for apples ever
received in Benton county came to the
Sloan Springs Fruit Growers and
Shippers association today from the
Glover Leaf railway.
The inquiry was for 10000 barrels of
winter apples. to be delivered as soon
as possible to the Glover Leaf road at
Kansas City, who, it is understood are
buying for a New York commission
house. The shippers association an
swered that they could fill the or
der, and no doubt will book the
same as soon as a return message can
be received. The drought is Destroy
ing apples very rapidly and prices are
going sky-ward, $3.50 per barrel beine
paid to-day. One-half, if not more, of
the Benton county crop, has already
fallen from the trees. Shippers look
for 81. so per barrel soon.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
MORE CIVIL SERVICE NEEDED.

The ease with which government Of
ficials in high places dispose of their
subordinates of the opposing political
faith. demonstrates the necessity of a
further extension of the civil service
regulations even to the heads of
departments. The interests of good
government and efficient public service
would probably be enhanced if these
rules We're extended even to the doors
of the cabinet chamber.
Heads of departments when so dis
posed seem to always find a way to rid
themselves of members of the political
party which at the time happens to be
out of control.
With changes in the political control
of the governmentsas frequent as they
have been since 1880 the demoraIizins
effect of such a condition must be ap-
parent.
Take the pension office in this city
as an example. Both of the leading
political parties of the country are
pledged to the support of the civil ser
vice principles and yet when ex-Gover-
nor Click assumed control of the office
he very soon found means to rid it of
a large number of Republican employees
to make room for other persons. These
changes We're wholly uncalIed for.
The pretext sometimes put forward
that the head of a department being
responsible for the workings of his
Office should be permitted to choose his
help did not apply, because Governor
Click had little to say in the naming of
mis- assistants. Nearly all were chosen
by his bondsmen or by politicians who
helped him to get the place Under
the new pension agent the same course
is in process OF repetition.
For what is done under the present
administration of the office, perhaps
Mr. Leland alone will be responsible.
1t is improbable that he owes a great
deal to any politician on account of Sc
curing his place.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
AFTER THE VERISCOPE.
w. G. 7. q. Fight on the Pugilistic
Pictures

st. Louis, Sept. 2S.-Mrs F. H In
gals, state president of the w. c. T. u,
is still determined to ascertain whether
the st. Louis Fair association cannot
be persuaded or enjoined from permit
ting an exhibition of the Corbett-Fitz-
simmons veriscope during the coming
fair. She said to a reporter:
Il cannot take any action on my own
responsibility and the initiative must
come, If at all, from our executive COM
mittee, which will hold meeting as
soon as our secretary, Mrs. Il. H. Hodge
man, returns to the city. She is expect
ed today or tomorrow.
4 cannot say whether there is any
law to support such a movement, but
if the committee so directs, it will not
take long to find out. And if there is
none, 1 suppose an appeal to the muni-
cipal assembly will lie, as the lawyers
say
I'm my opinion the exhibition should
not be permitted, law or no law"
Mrs. Ingalls, will first make an argu-
ment before General Manager AuII of
the Fair association.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
POWDER co. BOUGHT OFF.
Krupp Concern Will Not Operate at
Spotswood, N j.

New Brunswick, N. J., Sept 23-Sev-
eral months ago the Westphalian-
Rhenish Explosive company of Ger
many bought six hundred acres of land
near Spotswood, N. J., and awarded a
contract to freeholder F. H.Pownan to
erect buildings at a cost of $40, 900.
1t has been learned that the whole
scheme was one to injure the American
powder trusts interests in foreign
countries and to make it pay tribute to
Herr Krupp of Germany. 1t was bat
tie of trust against trust, and the Ger
mans won. The American trust has
agreed to pay all the expenditures of
the German trust, the latter still re-
tanning the ownership of the property.
The Americans also will pay the Ger
mans a royalty for surrendering the
American trade.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
BATHING SEASON OVER.
ConeY Island and Long Branch Sea-
son Practically Closed.

New York. Sept. 23.-The Coney Island
season is closing. Yesterday 10000 peo-
pie turned up their coat collars and
braved the raw southeast wind which
blew sand into all eyes. Only a concert
hall or two will keep talent at work
hereafter.
After that comes "Get Away Day."
when the army of summer vendors and
showmen fold their seasons earnings in
their inside pockets and take leave of the
island. Natives will see them off in the
usual noisy fashion.
At Atlantic City the season had it's for
NAL close yesterday, and the balance
sheets showed the hotel keepers a clear
half million behind their last summers
receipts, The gim-crack men howl like
a lot of dervishes over the bad seasons
business, and the people who run board
walk shows are down in the mouth.
At Long Branch only two hotels are
doing business. Cottagers have the place
to themselves. Long Branch seems to
be the only place on the Jersey coast
where there are no tales of woe about bad
business.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
NOT A PINK TEA PASTOR.
Why the Rev. J. E Pounds Became
Unpopular at Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 2S.-The an
nouncement of the Rev. ]. E. Pounds
resignation from the pulpit of the
wealthy Central Christian church yes
terday was a great surprise to all ex-
cept intimate friends at the time, and
greater surprise today when it was
learned that the well known minister
was forced to resign by the aristocrat-
ic faction in the church.
The Rev. Mr.. Pounds was brought
here from Cleveland two years ago to
succeed the Rev. DR.. D, r. Lucas. The
church building is the finest of 19 own
ed by that denomination in the city and
suburbs, and in the last few years the
aristocrattc faction has grown rapidly
DR.. Pounds has been popular with the
poorer element of his large congrega-
ton, but he has never cut any great
figure at pink teas and polite functions
being considered entirely out of place
an the parlorS of some of his flock. A
member is quoted as saying today:
'One woman said to me recently she
wished we had a preacher she would
not be ashamed to introduce at her So
cial functions"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
"VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS" !"
Negroes to Quit the Republi-
can Party,

Baltimore, Sept. 23.-Great interest is
still exhibited over the sermons of col
ored preachers of this city on Sunday
last. They were delivered against the
Republican party for it's failure to place
colored men on legislative tickets.
Probably the strongest and bitterest
sermon of the day was that preached
by Rev. John G. Hurst, pastor of Wa
ter's A. M. E. church, one of the largest
in the city. The minister spoke very
plainly. He declared that the only
course open to self-respecting negroes
is eternal war on the men who have
heaped insult and humiliation upon the
race during the past two years. He
urged his hearers to go to the polls on
election day and cast a vote like men,
to wipe out the insults of their man
hood, offered by a party of mongrels,
who were a dishonor to RepublicaniSm
and burning disgrace to the memory
of Lincoln. Amid cries of I'VE will''
he advised them to vote the Democrat
ic ticket. Said he:
The Republican party must be made
to feel its impotency without the COLI
ored man, and Punishment from power
with biennial renewals of sentence
must be its fate until the sin is atoned
for. We are battling for political lib
erty, and the path of liberty lies
through blood and sacrifice. The ne
gro must be willing to suffer in order
that he may RISE
The sermon created the greatest en-
thusiasm. Similar sermons We're
preached in other churches
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
SITE FOR POE COTTAGE.
New York Officials Arrange to Have
the Building Placed in a Park.

New York, Sept. 2s.-Edgar Allen
1oes s Iame will be perpetuated in the
Sloners have decided to construct at
Fast one Hundred and Ninety-second
street and kingsbridge road. The board
mas approved the plans made by SUPER
intendent Parsons and S4D, 900 has been
voted for the work
Poe.s cottage, restored to something
like its condition at the time he wrote
me Raven, will be placed within the
beautifully laid out grounds Within so
teet OF the cottage a. statue of the Doet
viii be erected.
The rescue and preservation of Poe's
oiu nome is due to- the efforts of a few
paIrlotlc and literary people. Plans for
widening kingsbridge road had been
approved and the vanda1 hands of the
contractor were about to be laid upon
at, when Appleton Morgan and the
Shakespeare society stepped forward to
save it.
The intention of the city authorities
was TO treat it as they do other proDer-
~ in the line of improvements-tea IL
down and sell it for second hand Iun-
Der.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
BUTTERWORTH ROBBED.
Ex- Congressman From Ohio Has His
Watch and Diamond Stolen.

Atlantic City. n. J., Sept 23.-One of
the boldest highway robberies and hold
ups which have ever come before the
police in this city occurred yesterday in
broad daylight ON South Carolina ave
nue., near the beach, one of the city's
busiest thOroughfares
The unfortunate victim was ex-Con-
gresham B. F. Butterworth of Ohio
Shortly after o'clock last evening he
boarded one of the many buses which
carry passengers in the city, and asked
TO be driven to the beach, Before the
vehicle had proceeded a square, the man
who was on the front seat with the
driver suddenly turned around and be-
fore Buttervorth, who was the only
passenger, was aware of his intentions
the man grabbed him by the throat and
threw him to the floor of the wagon
His watch and diamond stud. which
was worn in his cravat, We're deftly re-
moved, and with the aid of the driver
Butterworth was pitched out of the
wagon to the ground, and in a few min
uteS the bus was out of sight.
Butterworth iInmedia tely reported the
robbery to police headquarters, and at
a late hour at night the highwaymen
were captured and placed in Jail
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
The Gran dest Remedy

Mr.. r. B. Greeve, merchant of Chill
howie, Va. certlties that he had con-
all medical treatment that money could
procure, tried all cough remedies he
could hear of, but got no relief; spent
many nights sitting up in a chair; was
induced to try DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry, and was cured by use of two bot
ties. For past three years has been at
tending to business, and says DR.. Kings
ever made, as it has done so much for
him and also others in his community.
DR.. Kings New Discovery is guaran-
teed for Coughs, Colds and Consump-
ton 1t don't fail. Trial bottles free
at Swift & Holiday Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
COLORED COOPERATIVE co
Negroes Put Up a Building and Will
Run a Foundry at Chattanooga.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 23.-The
Southern Hollow Ware and Foundry
company, organized and operated exclu-
sively by negroes, is an experiment about
to be launched in this city to test the ca
pacity of the negro for management of
his own affairs.
The company is organized on the Coop
erative idea, and each man is to give to
the business so much of his time. The
plant when completed, will make stoves
especially, but is designed to do all kinds
of foundry work The main foundry
building is 1OOx25 feet, with a number of
outbuildings and anneXes. These build
ings have been completed by the stock
holders working at nights and at odd
times, so as not to interfere with their
work on the outside, each one of them
having a job with or the other foun-
dry establishments in the city. The build
ings were erected from second hand ma
terial, bought here and there in job lots
The cupola is new, and cost about $2Oo
They have acquired by industry and hard
work engines. boilers, molds and all need
ed lesser tools, and will have their shop
perfectly completed at the opening on
the 1st of October. They expect to make
about Is stoves a, day, and they already
have promises of orders sufficient to give
them a start The plant will give en-
ployment to about so colored men, when
running full time. In addition to making
stoves, they expect good business doing
piece work for the other foundrfeS and
iron works about the city, as they will be
able to work cheaper than any other con-
Germ in the city.
The men back of this enterprise are all
hard working, sober and industrious, and
deserve and are receiving the greatest
encouragement and consideration from
the whites of this city. The idea of
building and operating the foundry orig
mated with the president, G. H Ferran,
who is a mulatto, formerly a slave, be-
longing to an old and wealthy Alabama
family He was the plantation black
smith, a man of colossal frame and a
model of manly physique. He is at pres
ent employed as head molder at the Citi-
co furnace of the Roane Iron company.
He works all day at Citico and walks
home in the evening, a distance of two
miles, and works half the night on the
buildings of his foundry.
The company has not borrowed a cent
of money and it will start entirely clear
of debt, and Ferran says it will never
owe a cent of money it can't pay by |
check at any time. There are five men !
like Ferran in the company, but none
with his intelligence and knowledge. The |
plant has been paid for by the savings |
of these gritty men out of small wages.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
CHARLES A. DANA ILL.
Noted New York Editor Seriously
Sick at His Country Home.

New York. Sept. 2S.-Charles A. Dana
the aged editor. is seriously i'll at his
summer home, West Island, Glen Cove
Drs. W. H. Draper and J. W. Brannan
of this city are in constant attendance
at his bedside. Mr. Dana does not re-
gain his strength as was hoped and is
troubled greatly with nausea, lack of
appetite and insomnia. He suffers also
from neurosis of the liver. For days
he has eaten scarcely anything. Sew
eral times in the last month he has had
alarming painful attacks in the night.
These have weakened him greatly.
Mr.. Dana has borne his long illness
with fortitude. Walking through his
estate he would stop and recognize his
old employees and speak a cheerful word
to each. He has become somewhat dis
heartened, realizing that he has gained
little strength.