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The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
British warshlp.

The new British warship Canopus,
is so armed that in five minutes con.
secutive fire she is able to pour forth
nine tons weight of pro,ectiles ahead
or aste:n, without exposing her broad
side. But the great feature Of the
vessel is her ram bow, which is placed
much higher thaa in any other ship,
being only seven or eight feet below
the surface of the water. 1t is
sheathea with two-inch thickness OF
nickel-steel armor over the ordinary
ironclad skin.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

India's area of wheat farms is now
about two-thirds as large as that OF
;he United States. The wheat is
,till'threshed by being trodden out
by bullocks and buffaloes.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

An Amsterdam paper states that the
1iminution in commercial value Of
agricultural lands in the Netherlands
IN the last twenty years amounts to
534, 600, 900 florins.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26
Gbe Sea Coast Gtbu.
Published every Saturday OF Bay St.
Louis, Miss.

Only 81, 900 Of the $4,000, 900 of
Prussia possess wealth representing
, au income Of $1,000 year, and only
$4,000 own property to the value of
1928, 900.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

The Irish Cyclist says; 1.-the but
'onless shirt, remarks a very much
married man, was invented at about
the period that woman took to bicy-
alas ~
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

Osaka has been called the New York
Of Japan. With the manufacturing
villages that cluster around it, it has
population of about million.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

The officers of leading London
hospital believe that the general in
crease of cancer is due to excess in
meat eating.
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

Asphalt pavement is slippery only
when it is not kept clean,
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

p. S.-A ft4:nd writes complaining
ly and wants to know why I said in
my last letter that Stonewall jackson
was not so ''brave" man as Lee. /
did not say it. / said SO broad man,
but the types got on bender and
made it brave, and they also made
VIM. Writ Van Writ, and they made
protest out of profert and they jum-
bled mp things generally .-BILn ARP
in Atlanta Constitution
The sea coast echo., 1898-03-26

Tho laboF commissioner of North
Carolina s2Iorts 299newspapers in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28
REGISTRATION FIGURES.
Fine Weather Makes Today's Regis
tration Larger Than Was
Expected.

At noon today the registration had
reached 1864 and the politicians again
hope to swell the number to at least
1900 There has been more of a rush
today than was anticipated and the Sec
ond ward which has been behind in the
proportion of registered voters has been
furnishing a large number of those who
have received certificates today.
An empIoye of the Santa Fe shops
said today: TT will be found that the
shop men have registered much better
than people think. I am pretty well
acquainted with the employees and I
think that they have all registered.
They have not been as slow as some
people have thought
The registration books will close at 10
O'Clock tonight for the general election.
Those who have not registered by that
time may still have until November 9
to register for the waterWOrks bond
election as the books will be kept open
for that purpose until then. Commits
sioner Yount has provided himself with
a rubber stamp with which all certifi-
Gates issued after tonight will be
stamped with the following inscription:
For Special City Elections 1885, This
will prevent people who register after
tonight from voting at the general cleo
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28
OLD INDEPENDENCE HALL
Is Rededicated as Part of the Peace
Jubilee at PhiIadeIphia.

Philadelphia, Oct. 2S.-PhnadeIphians
and their visitors again poured into the
streets today to seek positions to wit
ness the third and last of the great
peace jubilee professions. TOday's pro-
ceSsiOn was purely of a civic character
and was a most fitting wind up of the
weeks jubilee, the emblems of peaceful
industry following the display of the
nations prOwess in war.
The exercises Of the day opened with
the rededication of old Independence
hall, the historic building from which
the Declaration Of Independence was
read to the people of the new republic
on July 4, 1875. The buildings which
had from time to time since that date
been added for use as offices of the
municipal authorities have all been re-
Gently removed and the hall is now in
its original form, when occupied by the
United States congress and the ma
tionaI government officials.
The rededicatiOn exercises were pre-
sided over by Gov Hastings and were
opened by prayer by Rev DR.. Brown
son. The anthem, MY Country it's Of
Thee" was sung by 5000 pupils of the
public schools, accompanied with music
by the First Regiment band. The me-
mortal poem composed by Mrs. Florence
Earle Coates, dedicated to the peace ju-
bilee was read by Daniel w. Hutchins
principal of one of the public schools,
The anthem Columbia" was sung by
the scholars and then followed the ora
ton by Mayor Charles Warwick.
the Peyraa+ 1ISieI I ~ Gel
from which to see the procession. A stand
covered the sidewalk in front of the his
toric hall. erected for occupancy during
the parade by the 5000 school children
who had participated in the dedication
exercises.
The mammoth trades display. or what
was known as the civic parade, started
from Broad and Cumberland streets
promptly at II o'clock, headed by Major
General George r: Snowden and staff OF
thirty mounted aides.
The parade. was one of the grea tes- in
the history of the country. 1t was diV!d-
ed into ten divisions and it is estimated
that there were $1,000 men in line, besides
at least $50 floats representing in minia-
ture almost every manufacturing interest
in line
The weather was most deIightfuL
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DISCIPLINE YOUNG MEN.
Rev. Anna Shaw's idea of Benefit of
Short Skirts.

Omaha, Oct 28.-Dress, particularly
the short skirted kind, was the main
topic of the WOmen's National Council
today. A report from the committee on
dress was presented by Mrs. Frances
w. Letter, of Mansfield, O. The dress
bulletins had to be suspended for lack
of funds
Rev. Anna Shaw, who presided; Susan
B. Anthony, Mrs. Louise Barnum Rob
bins of Adrian, Mich, Mrs. Clara Be
wick Colby of Washington, D. c., the
former president of the Nebras ska state
w. c. T. u, all took part in the discus
sion of dress reform and some interest
ing points were brought out, such as
mans appropriation of trousers, which
had been the invention of woman, when
man was the warrior and did not have
time to attend to any business, the effect
of short skirts upon the morals of young
men and the need of the latter to be
disciplined by the constant object lesson
of the former (Which was Miss ShaW's
idea) and finally the anatomical in
formation that the true dividing line of
the body is just below the stable ribs.
Mrs. Letter said the true art model
has no dividing line and when a woman
has a round form she is laced because
the true human form is oval She be-
lived the Russian law compelling girls
at school to leave off their corsets dur
ing physical exercises, ought to be
adopted in this country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28
CLUB WOMEN IN SESSION.
Ladies' of the Third Kansas District
Meet at Winfield.

Winfield. Oct 2S-Mrs. Geo. Ordway
in A well prepared address extended the
hand of welcome to the women OF the
Federated clubs of the Third district.
This being the first annual meeting OF
the Federation. Her address was re
sponded to by Mrs. Lucy B. Paulen OF
FredOnia-
The voluntary by Prof. E. ]. Leach
was fine and invocation was offered by
Mrs. S. E. Fink.
Short talks, all of an interesting ma
ture were delivered by different ladies
among whom were Mrs. S. r. Peters, Of
Newton: Mrs. H. G. TOler, of WichitS~;
Mrs Lizzie Kennedy, of F'redOnia, and
Mrs Duncan of Mexico. Mrs Peters
spoke of the work of the club women
Of Denver in decorating the rooms or
different school buildings with works of
art the influence of which had been
pronounced very beneficial to the stu
dents by the teachers. The morning
session closed at noon with music.
The church is handsomely decorated
with club colors all of the clubs of the
city being represented. At one end of
the building is a wheel made up of club
colOrs which attracts great deal Of
comment. Each club is represented by
a spoke made of their own cOlOrS and it
is truly a work of art.
Among the visiting ladies from the
outside arriving this morning are the
following: Mrs. Nellie w. Gates of
Chanute, Mrs. Lellie Cady, Mrs. Lucy B.
Lizzie Kennedy of Fredonia, Mrs. Grace
Potter Johnson, Mrs. w. H. Pottle, Mrs.
Alden F. Huse, Mrs. John Kroenert,
Mrs. Mason of Arkansas City, Mrs. s.
r. Peters of Newton, Mrs. II. G. TOIer
of Wichita and Mrs. Duncan of Mexico.
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KEPT IN HOT WATER.
ACMan's Life is Preserved for Three
Weeks by That Means.

Huntsville, Oct 2S.-The war inyesti-
eating committee devoted yesterday af-
ternoon to an inspection of the military
camp at this place. The commission
was divided into four parties for this
purpose and even then the task was not
accomplished until the day was well
gone. The camp was found in good or
der throughout. The men generally
were putting things in order very much
as though they expected to remain all
winter. There were several complaints
of poor tents and a portion of the First
Florida infantry, which is camped here,
was clamoring for stoves and under
clothing. A large majority of the men
at this point are regulars who partici-
pated in the Cuban campaign, and their
camps generally were as clean as well
kept homes.
The Fifth cavalry, which has been or
dered to Porto Rico, gave a calisthenic
drill, which the visitors enjoyed very
much. Dr. Conner and Governor Bea-
yer, who visited the general hospital,
found very interesting patient there
in a man in whom life had been kept for
the past three weeks by keeping him
immersed in water heated to 90 de-
grees. The mans legs had been arnpu-
tated at the hip joint because of the Sc
we're injury of the femoral artery. The
commission held a session at night and
after examining a few witnesses left
for Chattanooga at II o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28
GAGE TALKS TO STUDENTS
The Secretary Addresses a Business
College at Poughkeepsie

Poughkeepsie. N. Y, Oct. 28.-secre-
tary of the Treasury Lyman ]. Gage
made an address before the students of
the Eastman Business college last night
at the forty-ninth anniversary of that
institution. Secretary Gage was ac-
companied on his visit to Poughkeepsfe
by his wife and the Daughters of the
Revolution took advantage of the stay
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gage in the city to
give a reception in their honor
The secretary and Mrs. Gage arrived
from New \ Ork shortly after noon, and
were driven to Eastman park, the resi-
dence of Clement Q. Gaines The re-
ceptiOn was held in the old Clinton
house, the home of the first governor of
New York, now owned and occupied by
the Daughters of the Revolution From
three to five p. m, President and Mrs
Gaines received with Secretary and
Mrs. Gage in the picturesque old hall.
The opera house was crowded last
night. The students with one voice
gave the college yell and the secretary
bowed his acknowledgment. Mr.. Gage
spoke on 1.-THE Government as a Great
Business Organization" He gave an
extended description Of the operations
of the treasury department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28
INDIAN WON'T TELL.
Refuses a Bride to Reveal the Loca-
ton of Copper Deposit

Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. 2S.-The
tugs GoldenGate of San Francisco, and
c. c. Cherry of Seattle, arrived last
night from the mouth of Copper river
Alaska, with seven passengers. Among
them was NJ. J. Garretty of San Fran
cisco, who has spent more than a year
in a vain search for gold on Copper riv-
er He says:
Native float copper has been found
on Chitna river, IT'S miles from the
mouth of Copper river and a party of
prospect for the main copper deposit.
'Nicholi, known as the talking chief
of the Copper River Indians, claims to
know the exact location of a copper de-
post, but he refused offers of several
hundred dollars to guide people to it's
location. Indians use copper for maI1ina
bracelets and other ornaments, as well
as cooking utensils and the chief claims
that the whites will limit the supply
and thereby deprive many Indians of
means of making a living"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28

United States at Arequipa, Peru, in 1885,
and also superin tendent of d railroad.
During a revolution he was thrown into
prison and his life threa tened. His original
claim was for $200, 900.
The case of the United States was pre-
pared by T. w. Penfield, solicitor for the
department of state. It is a brief cover
ing less than "A pages, which contains not
only the argument, but a statement of the
facts, and upon this statement the award
was mace The amount of DANA geS
claimed by Secretaries Olney and Sherman
was $4,000, although Secretary Sherman
offered to compromise the case at $35. go
This was rejected by the government of
Peru The claimant receives $1,000 more
than the state department offered to take.
Mr.. Penfield in his brief declared that
Maccord was duly accredited officer of
the United states and recognized as such
by Peru and that barbarOus, inhuman
treatment was inflicted upon him law
lessly and arbitrarily and in contempt of
expressed treaty obligations for the pur-
pose OF. extorting money to overthrOw the
constitutional government of Peru.
Mr.. Penfeld quoted from a number of
cases of similar character to show that
international law had always awarded full
measure of damages for breaches of this
kind, and especially when committed
against the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28
He SAW ONLY STARS
After He Had Put Up $50 and His
Gold Watch

Larry King had his preliminary exam
inatiOn before Justice Guy this morning
on the charge of fleeing Walter Nichols
out of $50 and a gold watch in a three
card monte game.
When Nichols was placed on the stand
he told how he was approached sunday
afternoon by a man at the Santa Fe de-
pot and the same old story of how he
was asked to bet on the cards.
THAT man. said Nichols, pointing to
King, put three cards down on Il key or
a box and I was to bet which was which
Another fellow that was with me bet first
and won. Two of the cards had blue
stars on them and one had a picture of
an old man and an Old woman. The fell
low that was with me turned UP the cor
ner of the card that had the picture of
the old man and old woman on it"
You thought you had a sure thing, -
said Otis Hungate, "and thought you
would beat the old man at his own
g9s !9e2
Did you?'
mo. The last time we were to bet
him $3.50. The other fellow put up half
of it. and I put up $50 and my watch.
fellow told me to pick out the old woman
and old man card, and when I looked
two of the cards had the corners turned. -
Did you pick one up?'
Was it the one that won?'
Which one had the old man and wo-
man it?''
7 don't know. The one I got had
stars on it,
Then it cost you SIS to see stars?''
King was bound over to stand trial in
the district court for fleeing the young
man out of his money.
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Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal
Chicago, Oct. %.

Chicago, Oct. %.
WBEAT-A decline at Liverpool today
was emphatically over were weakening in
huences in wheat here at the opening. Re
ceiptS in the northwest were large, 1,OS3
cars, against S73 cars for the same day
the result of improvement in the wea-
Their yesterday, and as the weather today
gion was clear and cool it was argued that
the movement would be more pronounced
from now on. For awhile the market
showed a little firmness and December,
bid up to 663sc on buying against puts and
reports that Brazil was in the market Tor
wheat. About this juncture, however,
New York wired that foreigners were sell
ing quite freely of the December future
and everything here pointed toward an m
crease of a million and a half in the vs.
weak-kneed holders and they soon beg n
to unload December reached 66bc. Chi
cago received 23S car loads, as compared
with 140 a year ago.
ed Argentine shipments. together with The
break in wheat. weakened corn. Gables
were strong, however, and the market
firmed up. trihe, but soon turned weak
again, owing to heavy selling by commits
sion houses. December opened lslll4c
lower at 3fl4c, rose to 3274-ssc, then de-
oATSIOats were off fraction with
other grains. May began 1s9lc down at
24Ac, then advanced to 243sc.
PROVISIONS-Iibe receipts of hogs
provisions. Trade was dull and prices
suffered for lack of speculative demand.
January pork opened Sc lower at SO, rose
to $9.02l5 then declined to. $S:95; January
lard began 21a05c down at $4,000. 9215 and
weakened to S4.S7120D4.90. January RIBS
started a shade lower at $4.65 and sold off
BARLEYZ-C Cash, 36a47c
TIMOTHY-OctOber, Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28
MACCORD CASE ENDS.
Judgment Rendered Against Peru for
$4,000.

Washington. Oct. 28.-The award of the
chief justice of Canada, to whose arbitra-
ton was submitted the claim of Victor Fl.
Maccord against the government of Peru
for damages sustained by reason of m =
prisonment during one of the revolution
airy outbreaks there, has been received at
the state department. AIaccord is award
ed $40 600. The payment of this amount
will close a diplomatic controversy which
has been in progress between the United
States and Peru for some years, this gov
eminent having persiStentIy and fruftlcss-
" heretofore urged PREPARATION for Mac
cord.
The settlement of the case provides that
the money must be paid to Maccord within
six months from the date of the award.
by the United States and $1,000 by Peru.
were Pa1d before the terms OF the award
ernments The arbitrator was the Right
Hon. Samuel Henry Strong, P. c.
Maccord was the consular agent of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-28
Chicago Livestock Market.

HOGS-Estfmated receipts today, e. 900;
left over, 1O411. Market active firm.
Lights, $1,000. 80; mixed, S3.35Q3. rs; heavy,
So 25d3.75; rough, $3.25Q3.40.
CATTLE-Receipts, 5000, including 1,509
westerns. Market dull, weak, sc lower
than Monday. Beeves, $3.S50545; cows
and heifers, .$1.754450: Texas steers, 81. 800
$50: westerns, $3.50@450; stockers ana
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market steady.
Native sheep, g. s0Q470; westerns, $500
460: lambs, $4d6.10.
Yesterdays Officials:
CATTLE-Receipts, 11,77S shipments, s.
SHEEP Receipts. 1880; shipments. 81
4O7.
Estimated receipts of hogs for tomor-
row, q, 900.
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HE RAN FOR CONGRESS-.
Now He is Advance Agent of FIay
Which PAYS Better.

Fitzgerald Murphy, the man who per-
petrated 1.-THE Silver Lining, 1.-The drama
which had for it's hero William Jennings
Bryan, and which was started out two
years ago to be feature in the ma
tonal campaign, was in town yeSter-
day. Mr.. Murphy is now advance agent
of the Davis & Keogh company repre-
senting Daughters of the Poor
Mr.. Murphy hasn't been in this line
of theatrical business long. Only three
weeks ago he was defeated for congress
on the fusion ticket. His defeat rather
Disguised him and he says that for a
while at least he is through with active
participation in politics. In the mean
time he will produce another piece, this
time melOdrama, and the name of it
will be "A Crank from Kansas
"I have had the central character of
this piece in my mind for some time, -
said Mr.. Murphy. He is typical
in the west, an old fellow with long gray
beard his WhiskerS shaded yellow at
the corners of his mouth by the con-
slant use of tobacco, an old spring
overcoat on if it is in summer or an
cient ulster if it is winter, and in his
pockets of this portion of his apparel
invariably repose pamphlets of a Wis
ionary political nature. A pair of steel
trimmed spectacleS sit upon his nose he
talks with a queSulouS tone, and he is
always ready for an argument in de-
Tense of his pet theory. Some years ago
Richard Mansfield told me that pathos
was always acceptable in any class of
stage production, and around this char
acter I intend to build a melodramatic
story in which pathos will abound
made up my mind some time ago that
the most appropriate name I could hit
upon for a piece with such a central
figure was A Crank from Kansas -
Mr.. Murphy thinks he will have his
new piece finished and ready to stage
by the opening of next season. He says
failure because even the people inter-
ested in the free silver cause failed to
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Co, ~ East Fifth St, Topeka, Kan.


Co., 112 East Fifth St, Topeka, Kan
Chicago: Privileges good next week:
Puts December wheat, 63c; calls December
wheat, 7019c; puts May corn, 33c; calls
Chicago: This is the day to buy wheat,
in our opinion.
Chicago receipts today: Wheat, 2S7 cars;
corn, 23f cars; oats, l46 cars
Northwestern receipts: This year, Min
neapolis 5S3 cars, Duluth 500 cars, total i
0S3 cars: last year, Minneapolis 773 cars,
Duluth 100 cars, total S13 cars.
Liverpool: Wheat 13sd lower, corn IN
Receipts of cattle: Chicago, $780, steady:
Kansas City, $500, steady; Omaha, $50,
Receipts of hogs: Chicago, 80, 1000. steady;
Kansas City, u,0O0, steady; Omaha, 4.5O0,
steady.
New York: The news yesterday was Of
a nature to encourage the stock market
The turbulence OF the mob in Paris on Inc
diplomatic strain between France and
England was materially Iessened. .Tudg-
ing from the actions of the foreign inan-
tfai press on both sides of the channel,
early reports of possible breaking OF IN
the peace negotiations between the Uaited
States and Spain were repleted before the
Spanish commissioners had yielded the
point of insistance that this country m
any treaty of peace should assume Spain s
Indebtedness, grated upon her Cuban col
ony. An encouraging feature OF yestsr-
days market was the increased relative
Importance of the railway list. The up-
ward movement in St. Paul had a decided
a speculative leader in the present state Of
speculation. stands in general estimation
as the best representative OF conseiNst-
tive management working 10 secure an
earning capacity which will practically
defy hard times and assure to the com
mon stockholders almost with the SAFETY
that attends the guarantee of a bond, lhe
rate of dividend which is declared.
New York: Sales to noon, 1885 shares
Chicago: Estimated receipts for tomor-
row: Wheat, S1s cars; corn, So5 cars; oats,