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methods, he practices the most crimi-
nal ones by forging notes and affixing
thereto the signature 81. NJ, Jr." 1t
is with anna re ment that we regard this
individual we caring the garb of the
Lords anointed. The matter rests.
with the public and it is for it to judge
1t is unfortunate that this indiscreet
writer should co ntinue his effort to
discredit the schemes and cast over the
two great religious bodies in question
the veil Of dishonor.
For cur part, we believe that their
motives are pure, that their actions are
legitimate and that the spread of the
%crk and the increase of the influence
of the organization has setuated them
in the propagation of their great subsi-
dizing plans.
For our part: we shall continue tc
carry aloft the banner of Negro indie
pendence and self-help.
We are are not ungrateful to oul
white friends. We thank them fol
what they have done, and believe thai
those ofthem who have our best inter
ests at heart, look fsvorably upon any
movement which betokeDs that WE
have reached that stage where we are
ready and willing to help ourselves and
to prove the race worthy of the mil
ions of dollars which have been ex.
pended in bringing it to a realization
Of ifa frno condition
A man who will never strike out fol-
himself will never learn to swim. A
race of beggars will never become
great people. Self-help mixed will
outside help will soon leaven the whole
lnto'self-help.
May the Baptist Colored People OF
this country profit by the past. return
thanks to the white people for their
aid, encouragement and support and
press forw ard to the tsble-land of ma
terial prosperity where concentration
Of thought and action. and money, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
VANDERBILT is FORGIVEN
First and Second Cornelius Broug hit
Together by Cornelius III

New York, Oct 18-The Vanderbilts
are reconciled at last. Cornelius Van
derbi1t Sr., has forgiven his son, Cor
nelius Jr., for marrying Miss Grace Will
son against the parental will. The
young man has come into his own
again and will inherit his share of that
500 1000, 600.
Baby fingers did it, assisted by a
pretty woman, who pleaded with her
father and her brother till they clasped
hands. The baby ffners belong to Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Ill, not yet 6 months
old: the pretty woman is Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilts
daughter, whose marriage was as hap
by and sunny as her brothers was bit
ter and stormy.
Mrs. Whitney succeeded in getting her
mother to see the wonderful baby, and
she was overcome. she talked to the
obstinate father. Chauncey DepeW aid
ed in the peacemaking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19

Charles F'rohman has organized to oc-
cupy that house during the season. The
piece to start with is called "On and
OFF, in the English. The original has
been in steady use in Paris nearly
year. The principal Wooes a sweetheart
while believing that a divorce has set
himself free from his wife, but is mis-
taken as to that, and hence his troubles.
Sol Smith Russell will appear tomor-
row night at the Montauk, Brooklyn, in
Uncle Dick a comedy which Martha
Morton has founded on a German orig
inaL The new character for the star
this time is man who, after amassing
wealth elsewhere, returns to the home
of his earlier years, hopeful of finding
there the restful simplicity of life which
he remembers fondly, but encountering
instead a family of relatives as selfish,
scheming and unlovely as those per-
sons who have made him weary and
cynical in the outside world. He there
upon sets out to reform his kin by graf
flying their hateful desires in order that
experience may change their minds and
hearts. In that scheme he succeeds by
means of good-humored tricks and we'll
meant devices.
The Grand Opera house for its weekly
change of bill offers an extravaganza
directly from Broadway. It is Mcclellan
and Kerker's Yankee Doodle Dandy"
transferred from the Casino, with cast
and scenic outfit intact. Walter Jones,
Thomas Q. Seabrooke, Madge Leasing
and Edna Wallace Hopper are still the
leaders of the company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
WHICH IS THE BETTER GUN
War Department to Investigate Mer-
it's of Army Weapons

Washington, Oct 19.-The war depart
ment has ordered a board of officers for
the purpose OF determining the relative
value of the Krag-J orgensen gun of the
American army and the Mauser rifle of
Spain. The test Is to be made just as
soon as possible.
Since the campaign Of Santiago a
question has arisen as to the superior
ity of the two weapons. While the
American gun stood the severe test it
was subjected to in a damp climate
and in repeated rain, a number of the
most prominent officers are of the opin-
ion that the Mauser is perhaps the bet
ter gun. The test is to be a severe one,
and it is to be made under all conditions
that could possibly be encountered in
warfare.
Major Barry, the ordnance officer at
Santiago, reports that the shipping Of
the captured arms and supplies to the
United States will soon be completed,
and that many of the Spanish rifles are
in excellent condition and ready for ser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
NEW ARMY SOCIETY
To Be Known as "Army of Santiago
de Cuba" Starts With $4,000
Mem bers.

New York Oct ia society to be
known as the Society of the Army of
Santiago de Cuba is now in progress of
formation. It will in a sense resemble
the G. A. r. and will number $4,000
members The membership of the So
ciety will consist of all officers and SOL
diers of the United States army who
constituted the expeditionary force to
Santiago, and who participated in the
campaign between the dates of June IA
and July II. The purpose of the soci-
ETY. is to record the history and conserve
the memory of the events of the cam
paign. It is expected that local auKil-
larry branches will be established in
many cities throughout the country.
There are to be three classes of men,
bershfp. First, original members; sec
ond, members by inheritance, and third
members by succession, to consist
of those blood relatives Of the members
of the first and second class to whom
in the absence of lineaI descendants, the
right of inheritance may be devised by
decedent members. The principal Off
GERS of the society are as follows: Pres
ident, Major General w. r. Shafter;
first vice president, Major General Jo-
seph Wheeler; secretary and treasur-
er, Major Alfred c. Sharp; register gen
eral Major Philip Reade; historian, Ma
jor G. Creighton Webb.
A committee consisting of General
William Ludlow, Lieutenant Colonel
John Jacob Astor and Major G. Crefgh-
ton Webb are preparing suitable badges
for the order.
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NO FAITH CURE.
ABOUT sTUART'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
They Cure Stomach Troubles and In
digestion Anyway, Whether You
Have Faith in Them or Not.

Mere faith will not digest your food
for you, will not give an appetite, will
not Increase your flesh and strengthen
your nerves and heart, but Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets will do these things
because they are com posed of the eie-
ments of digestion, they contain the
Juices, acids and peptones necessary to
the digestion and assimilation of all
wholesome food.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest
food If placed in a jar or bottle in wa
ter heated to 80 degrees, and they will
do 1t much more effectively when taken
into the stomach after meals, whether
you have faith that they will or net.
They invorate the stomach, make
pure blood and strong nerves, in the
only way that nature can do 1t, and
that is plenty Of wholesome food well
digested. It is not what we eat, buN
what we digest that does US good.
Etuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
by nearly all druggists at so cents for
fun sized package, or by mail from the
StaaEt Ca Marshall Mich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
DOMINION STEAMERS.
Contract Awarded For the Service Be
tween StJohn, N. B., and LiverpooI

Contract Awarded For the Service Be
tween StJohn, N. B., and Liverpool
Montreal, Oct. 19.-The fortnightIy
winter service between st. John, N. B.,
and Liverpool, for which a subsidy Of
$40, 900 was voted at the last session of
the Dominion parliament, win be pro-
vided jointly by the Allan and Domin-
ion lines. the contract having been
awarded to those companies.
The arrangement provides that, while
the vessels shall start from St. John,
they shall make Halifax a port of call
inward and outward. 1t is identical
with that Of last year in all important
respects, excepting that the service
Will be performed by the Allan and
Dominion lines instead of the Beaver
line The contract covers a. period of
six months beginning with November
and ending with April. The Allan and
the Dominion lines have for years made
Portland their winter port, giving the
Canadian winter ports of st. John and
Halifax the go-by. It is the policy of
the present government to build up the
Canadian maritime cities and to en-
courage Canadian carrying companies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
TELEPHONE PROFITS
Of Ohio Bell Companies Shown by
Testimony

Boston, Oct. 19.-Testimony in the
case of the state of Ohio, against the
Central Union Telephone company of
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois is being taken
at the office of Lincoln & Badger in an
ticipation Of the trial of a suit in Ohio
to determine whether the state has the
right to tax a telephone company for
the real value of a telephone or whether
it can merely tax the concern for the
nominal value of the instrument.
The witnesses were John z. Hudson
and w. r. Driver, president and treas
urer respectively of the American Bell
Telephone company. 1t was disclosed
by these two gentlemen that under the
contract of the two companies the orig
inaI rental value per annum of such in
struments in com bination in Ohio terri
tory was s14 for each subscriber, but
the values had been gradually reduced,
until last year there was a net rental
value to the American Bell Telephone
company of about $3.50 for each set of
Instruments The value for the last few
years would be $41, according to the
contention of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
TOM WATSON'S PAPER
Passes Into the Hands of the Sheriff
for Debt.

Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 18.-The Peoples
party paper, the strongest organ of the
Populist party in the country, mas
much as Tom Watson has been contrib
uting editorials to it ever since it's
establishment in 1891, went into the
hands of the sheriff today. Watson is
president of Our Publishing Com
pany," which issues the Peoples party
weekly paper, but some time ago he
disclaimed any connection with debts
made by the concern. Mrs. Mackie
Sturgis HoIcombe, one of the brainiest
young women of the state, has been
secretary and treasurer and virtually
business manager of the paper ever
since 1895, and conducted it through
the troublesome months of 1896, when
Watson was using it to cast his pic
turesque eIoquence at Butler and his
fusion element.
For the past year, so Mrs. Holcombe
claims, her salary has gone to meet
pay rolls and current expenses, and,
seeing no way out of the difficulties, her
attorneys have filed a 1aborer's lien
against the paper for $500. This marks
the death of Populism in Georgia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
LIKE SMALL LAKES.
Irrigation Reservoirs Near Lamar,
Col, Have Shore Line of so Miles.

IRRIGATION Reservoirs Near Lamar,
Col, Have Shore Line of so Miles.
Denver, Oct. 19-Governor AIva Ad-
ans, Attorney General b. L. Carr and
Register L. c. Paddock OF the state
land board have returned from Lamar,
where the party, in company with Plat
Rogers and w. M. Wiley, made an in
spection of the properties of the Great
Plains Water company. The object of
the trip was to report upon the ad-
visibility of selling to the Great Plains
company 5000 acres of state school
land for which the company has ap-
piled. Speaking of the result of his OBJ
servations, the governor said last even
ing:
of Lamar is on the same general plan
as the system of great lakes in the
northern border of the United States
The reservoirs have a com b1ned shore
line Of more than sixty miles, and when
they are filled with water will be the
largest body Of water between the Mis-
sissippi river and Salt Lake. The reser-
voirs will float steamships and form
a center of health resorts and hunting
preserves, such as are now unknown
in the west. The system is fifteen or
twenty miles north of the Arkansas
river. and the climate and products OF
the region elicit the highest admiration
from visitors. The reservoirs are con-
nected with the river by canals through
which it is proposed to let the food wa
tiers Of the Arkansas find their way IN
the spring. One Of the reservoirs is 10 W
partly filled with water"
The school land was selected IN the
region a number of years ago when
the rain belt' was pointed out as the
most promising district OF the state
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Old World continue to send undesirable
people to us, according to Mr.. Watchorr-
Bremen IS the German port from which
come many of the immigrants to the
United states. The. agents of the steam
ship companies collect the immigrants
from all parts of the world at Bremen and
then send them to the United States
Mr.. WatchOrd states that the trend of
all European laws is to foist upon this
country undesirable people.
English steamship agents are, of course,
well posted on ali that goes on in this
country in the enforcement of the inmi-
era ton laws. AS this enforcement grows
more vigorous the Immigrants are shipped
to Canadian ports. This practice is. daily
the increase, and thousands of immi-
grants are coming into the United States
through that country.
It is thought that the industrial commits
sion will investigate these questions thor
Oughly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
MONEY FOR MISSIONS.
In Less Than an Hour $96,824 Was
Collected in New York City.

New York, Oct. 19.-In exactly 81 min
utes and Is seconds the sum of $50, 1924
was raised yesterday by the Christian
and Missionary alliance for the pur-
pose of spreading the gospel Sn foreign
lands.
Today the annual convention Of this
association was brought to a close and
the annual offering was taken.
This is the seventh year of the estab-
lishment of the Christian and Mission
airy alliance. It's work is to carry the
gospel into unevangelized countries. It
has missionaries in China, Tibet, jap
an, Congo, the Soudan, India, South
America and the West Indies. Last
year S146, 32O.55 was collected through
out the country for the missionaries in
those countries OF that sum $145, 1854. "a
was disbursed. In the last seven years
it has spent $655,655 in the orient and
South America
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
NEIGHBOR-CHAIN MOVE.
a New Altruistic Scheme Invented
by Theodore Seward.

New York, Oct 19.-The neighbor-
chain Is the latest movement to be
started by Theodore F. Seward, whose
Don't Worry clubs were one of the nov
elites of last winter The idea Is Dor
rowed from the endIess-chain method
of raising money, but it is exceedingly
flexible In It's operations, and it is not
necessary in order to be a link that
one should induce others to do likewise.
IF, however, one wishes to start a
neighbor-chain after the most ap-
proved method the following directions
shouF be observed:
wv lite to three persons about report
ing themselves as links, and ask each
to write to three others, with a request
that they also continue the work. When
practicable let the three persons spoken
to be of a different religious faith from
your own. Begin the practice of deffn-
itely and earnestly sending out thoughts
of love, sympathy and helpfulness each
day, if only for a very few minutes. Let
loving wishes and prayers first go out
to the whole round world, thus sur
rounding it with an 6nvisibIe chain of
love. Distribute 1ink-cards, or cards
of membership, reading as follows:
I wish to be a Link in the
METEOROLOGICAL
to develop my own spirit of love and
charity, and as a Bond of Fellowship in
the Univerity Brotherhood of Man.
Motto-LoVe your neighbors and re-
spect him in his beliefs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
FIRST CURFEW LAW CASE.
George Smith, an Evanston Newsboy
Cantured by Police.

Chicago, oct. 19.-After a year of oper-
atfor within the precincts of aristocratic
borne fruit and Alderman STOW. father Of
the ordinance. feels that he has done
something for the good of the coming gen
Grafton The curfews first victim was
captured by Sergeant Waldron Saturday
night after a chase Of nearly three miles,
through alleys, highways and byWays.
Georgia Smith colored newsboy, 10
years old, who has peddled papers to as
sist his mother in providing for the fami-
Iy's needs, was the one captured. He
had been with a crowd of boys engaged
in upturning ash barrels in the alleys The
boy was turned over to his mother, it be-
ing his first Offense- Chief Bartram has
offered to promote the desk sergeant to
the position of truant officer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
KINETOSCOPE'S CONVERTS.
Six Hundred Sign the Pledge During
g Novel Temperance Crusade.


New York, Oct. ia total of 900 tee
tota1ers is the record of a six nights
kaleidoscope revival which came to
close last night in the First Methodist
Episcopal church, Camden, N. ].
At the rate of 100 teetOta1ers per night
for a mere kaleidoscope, the people of
Camden are wondering whether the
drink habit might not be routed utter
~ by employment in church of real live
actors and actresses.
To the pastor of the church. Rev.
John Handley, belongs the credit of hav-
ing introduced into Camden the kline
toscope treatment for inebriety. He is
also the author OF the device of making
the slaves of drink pay the expenses of
their own emancipation. In other words
an admission fee of 10 cents has been
collected at the church door.
Camden took kindly to the kineto-
scope. Plays were given on the screen
such productions as Ten Nights in
Barroom'' and THE Biggest Devil in
All America Every movement of the
actors was recorded, but no speech was
heard. Nevertheless, the people flock
ed to the roll to sign the pledge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS
Diverted to Canada, Whence They
Cross Into This Country.

Washington, Oct 19.-Commissioner
PowderIy of the bureau of irnrnigra ton
has received a voluminous, but important
report on the diversion of undesirable i'm
migrants from the ports of the United
States to Canada from which country the
immigrants easily cross to the United
States. The report was written by Rob
ert Watchorn, an immi grant inspector, de-
tailed in June last to visit Europe to
study this question as well as to ascer-
tain the truth of reports that the Italian
government has regularly employed Off
Gals stationed on the steamboats, sailing
for this country to coach immi grants as to
answers to make secure landing here. A
report has not been made on this state
ment.
Mr. Watchorn finds that nearly every
country of the Old World has stringent
laws against immigration, the result being
that this is the one country on earth left
open for undesirable immigrants The
contested and fssterinE Quarters Of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
OMAHA'S SHOW PAYS.
Fifteen Days of the Trans Mississippi
Exposition Still Remain.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. ia cash balance in
bank exceeding 100000 now stands
to the credit of the s-AIississippi ex-
position, with fifteen days of the show re-
naming.
All railroads in this territory have made
a half a cent a mile rate for the last week
of the fair.
With other attractions, chief among
which is the live stock show, it is certain
revenues for the remaining fifteen days
will more than meet the liabilities,
to say nothing of the salvage. Should
this prove true the stockholders will re-
ceive rs cents for every dollar invested
and possibly 80 cents.
jubilee week. Total to date, 2,1S1 ,292.
Average attendance last week nearly 45, 600
daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
ENGLISH AFTER OHIO BEER
Syndicate is Negotiating For All the
Breweries in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Oct. 19.-The prospects are
that the big deal whereby an English
syndicate is to secure through purchase
possession of the Cincinnati breweries
will be completed some time during the
present week. All of the preliminaries
have been arranged, but there is yet
some difference between the syndicate
and the Lion and Herancourt brewer
les.
1t Is understood that the difference
is in regard to the price, but it will be
adjusted satisfactorily before many
days have elapsed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
QUEEN LOUISE MEMORIAL.
Metropolitan of st. Petersburg CeIe-
brates a Memorial Mass.

Moscow. Oct. 1s.-Bishop PaIIadius.
orthodox Russian metropolitan of St
Petersburg, today celebrated mass in a
memorial service held in honor of the
late Queen Louise of Denmark. The
Grand Duke Sergius, governor general
of Moscow, and the Grand Duchess
Eliza beth attended the service, after
which both left town.
NJ. Goremykine, minister of the fnte-
r1or has gone to inspect conditions in
the famine stricken provinces. He will
determine the truth of the stories of
distress that have reached him and will
decide what measures of relief are nee
essary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19
OMAHA EXPOSITION.

June 1st to October 31st the Grand
est Exposition.
Except Worlds Fair) ever planned in
the United States. Located within
cheap and quick access of the entire
Missouri and Mississippi Valleys, at
your own doors Through tickets be-
yond omaha allow stop-overs. Reduced
excursion rates to Omaha Take the
Burlington Route, the old and firmly es-
tabIished line to and through Omaha IN
any direction.
General Passenger Agent.
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager,
St Louis, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-19

cisco and Portland is Wis the Union
Pacif1c. The service of the Union
Pacific to all principal western points
is unexcelIed by any other line and con-
sisfs of Pullman Palace Sleepers Pull
man Tourist SIeepers, Chair Cars, Din
ing Cars. meals a la carte.)
For time table and full information
call on F. A. Lewis, City Ticket Agent.
J. c. Fulton. Depot Agent.