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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
HOME RULE PAYS.
Wichita Appreciates the Suspension
of the Metropolitan System.

Wichita, Sept. 2.-The taxpayers un-
der home rule are beginning to get their
lust deserts. Today is the end Of the
second month, and during the Two
months the police department under the
present administration has given to
City Treasurer Herman nearly as much
as was turned over in seventeen months
under the metropolitan system
For the month of July the total coll
lection of the department was $2,4982
After the expenses of feeding prisoners,
paying the salaries and other incidental
expenses, the city received $1,405.
Approximating for this month the city
will receive in round figures about $1,000
a gain of 5000 on the first month. The
expenses for August have been less
than in July on account of not having to
hire extra policemen. In July extra
men were employed on account of the
Fourth of July and the circus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

number of places the skin had been laid
open and the flesh was fevered and
raw. There was also a bump on the
child's head. Mr.. CroweIl turned the
little girl over to Doctress Howe to
have her bruises examined and dressed.
Lanier claims that he used nothing
but a switch and that the child de-
served all the punishment she got. Il
love that child as dearly as any one
can love a child,'' he said, but you
don't know what have had to put up
with" Whatever may have been the
offense the whipping was extremely
brutal and without any possible justi-
fication. Lanier is an industrious man
and the only charitable view that can
be taken of the affair is that the father
became enraged to such a pitch that
he didn't know what he was doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
SUPERSEDED By MACHINES.
Electricity Crowding Miners Out of
Kansas Mines.

Pittsburg, Sept. 2.-The Western Coal
and Mining company has begun work
on the construction of a 125 horse power
electric plant to operate machines at
its coal mine, and Superintendent Craig
thinks that inside of eighteen months
fully rs per cent of the mining in this
district, will be done by machinery.
He said that as far as his company
was concerned it complied with the law
and is going ahead to conformity with
the demand made upon the company by
the court.
At the time of the big strike a few
years ago, the Western Coal and Min
ing company had tried machines. They
were introduced only for one purpose.
The company knew it could operate
machines when it could not operate the
miners, and in this the machines were
a success, but the profits were not sat
isfactory.
The machines were taken out, and
declared impractical. Since then i'm
provements have been made in mining
machinery, until now they have such
a machine that is capable of doing mine
work most successfully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
VETERANS ARE EASY MARKS
A New Pension Swindle Has Come to
Light.

Columbus, Sept. "A sharp fraud
has just come to light in Lola and
Neosho townships, this county. Some
time ago a nice smooth gentleman ap-
peared in the above townships, called
upon a number of old soldiers and rep
resented himself as a government agent
looking up pension matters. After
making a nice little talk he would ask
the usual questions propounded by
special pension examiner, writing down
both questions and answers.
When through with the questions the
old soldier would be asked to sign his
statement. Without hesitation he
would take the pen and sign his name.
Nothing more would be heard of the
pension investigation until the old vet
would receive a notice that his note
payable to so and so. for the amount
of so many dollars would fall due on
certain date. The old soldier knew, or
thought he did, that he had no such
note out, and hustled around to see
what it meant, only to find out that
he had signed note for sum of
money instead of a statement as to his
record as a soldier, or his status as
na0SiODRr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
TO FEED VOLUNTEERS.
Preparations Being Made for the Mus
tering Out of the 22nd Kansas.

Leavenworth, Sept 2-Proposals have
been asked and will be opened today by
the post commissary of subsistence for
furnishing meals for the Kansas volun-
teers for such time during the month of
September as may be required by the
department The meals must be neatly
served three times a day, to be substan-
iaI and of wholesome quality, in suit
able portion of meat Cor fish, bread,
vegetables, sugar, coffee or tea, and the
usual seasoning.
The troops to be mustered out here
will be required to turn in all camping
and cooking utensils, and it will be
necessary to feed them af' ar this is
done as they will not be able to do their
own cooking.
Major Augur has instructions from
the war department relative to the mus
tering out oe the volunteers. He is di-
rscted among other thing to grant a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

The government has published a map
showing for each state in the Union
the number of unmarried men and IN
married women over 20 years of age.
The man who does the figuring for the
New York World makes therefrom the
following Deductions:
With a peculiarly childlike faith the
census officials believe they know the
exact ages of all the unattached fe-
grouped in five-year periods. In that
particular the statistics are manifestly
Enthusiastically, but apart from that the
figures are absolute.
And they are very astonishing. They
show definitely that the surplus wo
man" is a. myth. There is no surplus
OF women. There is a shortage of 3,
10000 There are in the United States
and only 1924, 494 unmarried women
above that age.
But this is the least astonishing part
of the matter. The chart shows that in
absolutely every state there is an excess
OF bachelors over maidens.
Even in Massachusetts, where tradi-
ton fixes the home of the surplus wo-
man" there are 226, OS4 available bach
elors and only 219. 255 spinsters.
In Rhode Island there are 2 per cent
more bachelors than unmarried women,
in New Hampshire 9 per cent, in Con-
necticut 20 per cent, in New Jersey and
Virginia p per cent, while in Idaho the
excess of bachelors over maids is LOCO
per cent, there being 16, 5S4 unmarried
men and only ,426 single women. Wy
oming and Arizona closely follow, while
all the far western states have reason
to regard woman as one of the pre-
cious metals because of her scarcity.
But the one fact of greatest interest
is that there is in the country not one
single state which has not men enough
to furnish a husband apiece for all its
S90men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
MARRIED IN AN ORCHARD.
It Was a Secret Wedding and the
Brides Mother Object.

Leavenworth, Sept. "A secret we'd
ding that occurred in High Prairie
township is causing considerable an
noyance to the mother of the bride. The
couple is Edward N Chamber, aged Is,
and Idena Bell, aged %, and they were
married August % by J. T. Schiefer,
justice of the peace.
Mrs. Bell, the mother of the bride, is
a widow She was in town today with
another daughter investigating the case
for the purpose of taking steps for a
legal separation. Mrs. Bell is of the
opinion that the wedding must have
occurred in her orchard as the girl has
not been off the farm for some time.
The girl is said to be weak minded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
DECREASE OF DEBT.
Treasury Statement for August Shows
a Reduction of $34, 799,711.

Washington,S Sept 2.-The monthly state
ment of the public debt shows that on
August 81 the public debt, less cash in the
treasury, was 81, O12 SO, III, which is a de-
crease for the month of 1874, 7S9, III.
This decrease is accounted for by a cor
responding increase in the cash on hand,
due to the receipts from the war loan. The
debt is recapitulated as follows:
Interest-bearing debt. 1922, 212, 500; debt
on which interest has ceased since matur-
ity 81 259, O3O: debt bearing no interest 1888 -
$50, 81; "a total of 81 ,357 S01. This amount
however, does not include $55S, 046 933 in
certificates and treasury notes OutStand-
ing, which are offset by an equivalent
amount of cash in the treasury. The cash
in the treasury is classified as follows:
Gold, $253, 1913; silver, $513. 400 1874; pa
per. S93 084, 055: bonds, national bank de-
posits. etc, $67, 282. POI aggregate, 1927, IA
646. Against this aggregate there are out
standing demands amounting to $632, 657, -
the treasury of 1924. 487. OS4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
HUNTED A MAN YEAR.
Stole Wheels From His Hosts Wagon
to Repair His Own.

Pittsburg, Sept. Harry Basshore, alias
Harry Baker, was committed to jail yes
terday by Magistrate McKenna for 10
days. He is being held to await further
examination BaSShOre is wanted in Leb-
anon. He is a painter and travels through
the country with a wagon.
He stopped in Lebanon with John A.
Heilman. One of the wheels of his WA
gon had given out. During the night he
went to Heilman's barn and took a wheel
from the wagon of his benefactOr. 1t was
larger than the wheels on his own wagon,
so he had to take the other three, after
which he drove away. This was over a
year ago, but Heilman has been hu . ing
him ever since. He was arrested on re-
quest of the Lebanon authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Some criticism is being directed at
the departure of General Merritt from
Manila It should be remembered,
however, that the general has left a
mighty good man to look after things
in his absence. American interests in
the Philippines will not suffer while
George Dewey is there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
TO PLAY FOR PRIZES.
Pick of the Kansas League to Go to
Albuquerque, N. N.

Wichita, Sept. manager McCIoskey
of the base ball team has selected the
following players to go to Albuquerque,
N. M, to play for the big prizes at
the base ball tournament there:
Catcher, Menefee; pitchers, Cooper,
Eyler, Stricklett; first base, AcCIoskey;
second base, Rothermal; short stop,
Raymer; third base, Kruger; left field,
Mayer; center field, Cole; right field,
Chamberlain.
This list comprises the pick of the
players in the late lamented Kansas
league and should play fine ball.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
FIRST NEGRO GRADUATE.
Kansas Normal Alumni Has Now q
Colored Member.

John R. Smith has the honor Of being
the first negro to ever finish a course
at the Kansas state normal school.
Mr.. Smith attended school here
several years ago and was in the senior
class of 1898. but did not complete all
the work. He returned this summer
and finished his course. Mr.. Smith is
one of the most popular young negroes
in Kansas. He is connected with the
Kansas City, Kan, schools. He is a
good orator. His many friends of Wyan-
dotte county, two years ago, urged
President Mckinley to appoint him
consul to MaritiuS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
STUDENTS OF THEOLOGY.
Young Ministers Gather at Salina to
Study.

Study.
Salina, Sept. 2.-The annual session
of the Sumner school of theology is now
in session at the Kansas Wesleyan uni
versity. The session win last ten days.
About thirty-five young ministers
have arrived already and more, possibly
to make the attendance forty, will be
present during the session. This sum-
mer school is a feature of the southwest
Kansas conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. and is held each year
as an assistant to aspiring young min
listers of the conference who are en-
deavoring to secure license. The corps
of instructors is as follows:
President, Rev. L. o. Housed, Of Nor
ton, presiding elder of the Norton dis
trict; teachers, Drs. Cleveland, Schuy-
Ter, Stolz and Revs. Stauber of Jewell
City; J. N. Clark of Stockton, J. s.
Clark of Solomon, T. Smith of Colby,
w. c. Litel of Covert and J. P. Allen
of CLYDE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02


and not looked bored.
After suspicion has perched on
mans shoulder he can't stand on a
corner long enough to light a cigar that
people don't accuse him of waiting for
some one.
Keeping a lot of chickens fastened in
a little chicken coop on the sidewalk
in the hot sun, and usually without
water, never yet tempted any one into
buying a chicken for dinner.
A man does not usually think much
of his church, but when he gets mar
ried, he has his pastor, all the same,
particularly if his intended shows a
disposition to clamOr for hers.
If the engagement lasts long enough,
the girl grows careless and makes her
appearance before her steady in her
kitchen clothes and with her hair un-
cOmbed. Then Love, in the mans heart,
folds it's tired hands on its breast and
breathes its last.
-
An Atchison girl who a year ago
drew $50 a month for sitting in a cool
office and pretending to work, and
whose wages went on while she took
two weeks vacation, is spending her
time this summer in making bread in
hot kitchen. putting up fruit and doing
other homework, without getting a cent
of wages. What happened to cause her
so much sorrow? She resigned her pO-
sition last winter and got married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
RECEIPTS ARE DOUBLED.
Internal Revenue Tax is Paying the
War Bill

Washington, Sept. 2.-The monthly state
ment of receipts and expenditures of the
government for August shows that the re-
ceipts from all sources aggregated SAL
1872, 707, an increase of $22, 759, 093 over Au-
gust, 1897. The receipts from the several
sources of revenue follow:
Customs, $16,249, 699; internal revenue,
$24 015, 934: miscellaneous, 81 SIT 073.
The expenditures for the month aggre-
gated S56, 260 III, an increase of $50. 672, go
The heavy increases on both sides of the
ledger are due to the war expenditures on
the one side and the internal revenue law
on the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

GFrom the New York Press
The average woman hates to kill a
chicken till after she has learned to
give the baby its bath.
No man ever wears underclothes that
aren't patched unless he is a prince or
a bachelor.
If husbands had to buy their wives
new trousseau every six months there
would be fewer divorces.
i
If you want to keep on the right side
of woman make her afraid to get on
the wrong side of you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Worcester Spy: Springfield is about
to lose a famous landmark by the de-
molition of the house owned and occu-
pied by John Brown, so years ago, at
Main and Auburn streets. The hero of
Harper's Ferry was then in the wool
business. His old home gives place to
a modern structure of brick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
DROWNED AT TYBEE.
Lieutenant Morgan and Six
Men Perish.

Savannah, Ga, Sept. 1T is just re-
ported that Lieutenant Morgan, United
States engineer corps, was drowned off
Tybee in the storm, with six regulars. He
went out in a yawl to rescue the soldiers
of the Italian bark. The yaWl capsized
and Morgan and his men were drowned.
Lieutenant Morgan was a Georgian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Inquiries sent by the New York Her
aid to the members of the Democratic
national committee as to issues and
candidates for the presidential cam
paign of 1900 have elected replies which
indicate a general desire for Bryan on
the old platform
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

A Colorado miner who has made a
stake in the KIondike announces that
he is going to put on a stage line be
tween Ponce and San Juan, in competi-
ton with the Spanish diIigences, re-
duce the time by six hours, and coin
rlrnfif
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

That President Mckinley is of a for
giving disposition is amply proven by
his kindness to Ambassador Hay, I'M
less the president has never read Lit
tie Breeches"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

The annexation of Jamaica appeals
strongly to the American public at this
particular season of the year when
there is so great a demand for ginger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Post-Dispatch: The women of the
United States have played a grand part
in the care of our soldiers. How much
better they might have done in the
place of the incompetents who have so
neglected our heroesI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Some friend of Secretary Alger should
manage to inform General Miles of
what Car Nicholas is up to before the
warrior from Porto Rico lands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

furlough of thirty days to every mem
Der of the TWenty-second Kansas de-
expiration must return to Fort Leav-
enwOrth to be finally mustered out.
Soldiers who participated in any of the
campaigns will be granted a sixty days
furIOugh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

The cars peace note may be produc-
tive only of war after all. It is said
that Kaiser William intended to do the
same thing as soon as he got to Jerus-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

The war with Spain has ended but
another war for humanity has begun,
which though bloodless bids fair to be
a hard fought one. 1t is between the
people and the military place holders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

After the cars peace scheme is car
ried out the next thing in order will be
an international law against carrying
concealed weapons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

The Democratic nominee for governor
of Georgia declines to read the gold
men out of the party. All Democrats
look alike to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Chicago News: If it keeps up its
record it would be more appropriate to
call that Montauk enterprise Camp
Takeoff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Secretary Alger seems to be getting
another round robin" this time from
the public and the newspapers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

It has always been expected that the
millennium would be ushered in by a
person far different from the car of
Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
PEoPLE you HEAR OF.

Fx-President Casimfr-P erier of France
and his wife are making a cycling tour
through the midland counties of Eng
land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

The Madrid government has at last
ordered the removal of the mines which
were not in Havana harbor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

During the last few months Dom Paul
Kruger has begun to assume little
more of the pOmp and ceremony of a
president, and now has seven troopers
to escort him from one government
building to another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Jean Richepin, the famous French
playwright was only few years ago
a porter in a Partisan hotel. He is said
to have gypsy blood in his veins, and
has led a wandering and picturesque
life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
BIG GERMAN FESTIVAL.
It Has Big Name and VIII Be Held
in Junction Citv

Junction City, Sept. 2-The second
annual Zweites Saengerfest des Kan
sas Saengerlzreises, to be held in juno
ton City from September 20 to and in
Guiding the 22d, promises to be an oc-
casiOn long to be remembered in Ger
man circles. The local committee is do
ing everything possible to make the
meeting a success, and the members
are getting the warmest kind of assur-
ances of large crowds from a distance.
Topeka, Wamego, Abilene, Alma En-
terprise, Chapman, Salina and other
cities are preparing to send large repre-
sensations.
A limited number of tickets will be
sold to the grand ball, but to preferred
parties including Americans. Those who
buy first will be first served.
The skating rink is to be used IN con-
nection with the G. U. T. hall A park
in the rear of the hall has been fenced,
so room will be available for a large
crowd.
Christian Endeavor Meeting Ends.
Clay Center. Sept. 2-The ninth dis
trict associat ton of Christian endeaVorerS
closed a three days session at this
place The Ninth district embraces
Washington, Clay, Riley, Cloud, Mar
shall and Geary counties. Seventy-hve
delegates were in attendance and many
distinguished speakers addressed the
convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

H. NJ. Flagler has purchased from the
British government the old barracks at
Nassau, on the island of New Provi-
dence, for $12, 500 and will build a hand
some hotel on the site. Nassau is in
the Bahamas, on the direct route from
here to Cuba, and is touched at by all
the steamboats,. It is a great health
resort and with all the coming travel
between here and Cuba will undoubted-
ly have a boom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Lord Charles Beresford is so pestered
with applicants for his signature that
he has decided to charge half a crown
for it and distribute the proceeds among
the several deserving naval charities in
which he takes a keen interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02
GLOBE SIGHTS

TFrom the Atchison GIobe.1
The honeymoon lasts with a couple
so long as they can sit alone together
and not looked bored.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Shafter, Sampson and Alger have
been lit" Who is next?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-02

Mark Twain writes that ''it feels so
good to be out of debt that have can
celed a number of lecture engagement
in Australia. I have no respect for
man who goes about robbing the public
on the platform unless he is in debt"
Giuseppe Verdi the great Italian COM
poser, though not completely recovered
from the blow of his wife's death, is
making progress with his new opera,
the theme of which will be Nero. He is
at Montecatini. the italian Carlsbad,
where public attention, his pet abomi-
nation, is causing him much annoy
ance.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1898-11-24
Receivers Sale.

The Wagner Electric Manufacturing
Company, ct al. vs., The Columbus Gas
Company. In re. Receivership of Col
umbus Columbus Gas Company.
Ry irtue Of and pursuant to, the de-
GREE OF the Honorable A. NJ. Byrd,
chancellor, ~ the special October term,
1898, Of the chancery court of the coun-
ty of LOwndes, state Of Mississippi, rem
dered in the above styled cause, the
undersigned receiver of the Columbus
Gas Company, will on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 9TH 1898.
at the court hous door in Columbus
LOwndes county, Mis- issippi, betw cen
the hours OF II o'clock a. m. and Sd. m.
offer for sale at public vendue to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described property m said decretal or
der of sale, tOwit:
That certain building situated on lots
and 2. in square No 0, north Of Main
street, Columbus, Mississippi, known
as the electric power hous'
One Dynamo, ENoiter and Fixtures.
One Automatic Engine so horse DOW
er, AID Tubular Steel Boiler, with all
httiugs and attachments herewith.
said property sold for endorsements
Of Specific Liens, as adiudged by said
court. All OF said machinery is in first
class condition, and is situated on said
das Plant grounds, in said square. and
viii be gladly exhibited to persons de-
string TO purchase or examine.
j. y. ARMSTRONG,
Receiver of the e. lumbus Gas Co
Terms Of Sale fash. This Nov. %. '98.