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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27
REPORT OF THE coMM1rrEE
In Favor of the City Ownership of the
Waterworks.

Following is the report of the special
committee:
The committee charged with the dutv
OF inquiring into the subject of the wa
terworks bond proposition as submitted
to the people to be voted upon at
special election, November 18th, sub
nit the following report:
The first question to be determined is
whether municipal ownership of water
works is desirable and is it more bene-
fetal to the municipality than private
ownership. On this point we submit the
following facts and information drawn
from a published and reliable source,
the Manual of American Waterworks:
''Of the 3,196 complete works in the
United States, ], $50 or more than half
are owned by municipalities, which they
supply, and 1,4S9 by private companies.
One Of the most significant things re-
dency to public control in the larger cit
les. OF the so largest cities in the Uni
ted States, only nine are now dependent
upon private ownership. About 200 cit
les and villages have changed from pri-
vate to public ownership, and only one
tenth of the number from public to pri-
vate. Massachusetts takes the lead of
the states in changes from private to
public ownership. Thirty companies 10
Gated in different cities. have given
away to public ownership generally
through purchase"
In summing up the advantage of pub
lie ownership as against private owner
ship, we have taken IS cities owning
their plants, with population ranging
from $4,000 to $1,000, nearly all of them
with about the same population as To-
peka We now give the comparative
rates of charges in these various cities:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27

"Probably no single drug
is employed in nervous dis
eases with effects so mark
eddy beneficial as those of
cod-liver OIL
These are the words of
an eminent medical teacher.
Another says: " The hy-
pOphOsPhites are generally
acknowledged as valuable
nerve tonics. -
Both these remedies are
combined in SCOTS Emul-
sion. Therefore, take it
for nervousness, neuralgia,
Soiatica, insomnia and brain
exhaustion.
soc. and $r.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27
A CAPTAINS COMMIssION
Awaited Lieut.. Kelly on His Return
From Alaska

Washington. Oct. 27.-Major General
Miles has received a telegram Irohl
TfaTtenant L. s Kelly at Vancouver
barracks. Washington, saying that he
had lust returned from trip through
the unexpIored region Of Alaska as far
as Tanana river, and is now ready LOT
cher service. This officer is a noted
scout having served CALAMITY with Cen
Miles in most of his Indian campaigns.
He entered the wilds of Alaska early IN
the sDring and knew nothing of the war
with Spain until his return to ciyihza-
ton During his absence he was com
rnissioned a captain in one of the I'M
mune regiments, but owing to the Iact
that he was beyond the reach of com
rnunication, the commission was not is
sued. Now that he has returned to the
United States, however, the original
plan will be put into effect and he viii
be appointed a captain of one of the
immune regiments for service in Cuba
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27

Now if we admit the desirability OF
municipal ownership, then comes the
question of cost to the city to construct
or acquire a plant. The proposition
presented to the people to vote upon
reads substantially as follows: To vote
bonds to the amount of $4,000 to con-
struct a plant as follows. A sultaDle
building. boilers, 500 horse power, pumps
eleven million gallons per "A hours ca
nacitv. with suitable wells, 81 miles of
pine ranging in size from "a to SIX
inches five hundred fire hose MIGRANTS,
and 25 steamer hydrants, with fixtures,
appurtenanceS and connections to make
a Derfect and complete plant and sys-
tenn Now if instead of constructing
such a plant the present plant IS pur-
chased. the ordinance relates its capac-
ity as follows: Suitable buildings as at
present located, boilers, 404 horse power,
pumps, eleven and one-half million gal
Ions per "a hours capacity, with suitable
wells, A miles of pipe, ranging from IL
to four inches, 81 fire hose MIGRANTS.
This with its fixtures and appurtenan-
ces makes a complete plant as now in
stalled
Now it must be assumed that the city
engineer, who has drawn plans ana
made estimates has carefully consider
ed the cost of the plant proposed by the
city, which cOntemplaIes water service
to the remotest parts Of the city, ana
has capacity to serve a population OF
SO, 600, but we find we have plant now
in place, owned by a private corpora
ton
As a plain, sensible business measure,
if bonds are voted. we should at once
try to purchase the installed plant, to
use it to the extent it can be used to
accomplish the purposes of a new plant
Then extend and improve such plant,
until 1T meets the requirements of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27

cisco and Portland, is via the Union
Pacific The service of the Union
Pacific to all principal western points
is unexcelled by any other line and con-
sists of Pullman Palace Sleepers, Pull
man Tourist Sleepers, Chair Cars. Din
ing Cars meals la carte.)
For time table and full information
call on F A Lewis, City Ticket Agent.
J. c. Fulton. Depot Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27

Garrett, Oct. 27.-The Santa Fe is to
have a new depot at once, to replace the
one destroyed by fire. c. E. ElmOre, a
railroad, contractor at Chanute. viii do
the work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27

Ask for "Gipsy Queen its merits try,
Strictly pure; none better you can buy,
Acme of perfection! A poets dreamI
Gypsy Queen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27


ally dead The young woman to whom
the future IS a dreary waste, the young
wife who IS a helpless nervous invalid
the mother whose babes are a burden in
stead OF blesslng,-au these. unless they
take the right measures to recover their
health, are better dead than living In the
majority of cases these ghosts of women
owe their condition to weakness and dis
ease of the distinctly feminine organism
Frequently they have been deceived bv
the incorrect diagnosis of some obscure
physician and do not understand the true
nature of their trouble. It only costs a
1wo-ceut postage stamp for a woman to
write and describe her condition to Dr..
R V. Pierce, an eminent and ski1ful special
1st, for thirty years chief consulting phys
tcian to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute of Buffalo, N. Y. He will answer
letters from ailing women without charge.
he IS the discoverer of DR.. Pierce's Fa-
Vor1te Prescription, the greatest of all
knOVVu medicines for women 1t acts
directly on the delicate organs concerned
IN maternity and makes them strong,
9ealthy and vigorous. II banisf1es the in
olsPoslt1ons of the anxious period and
MAKES 0aby's- coming easy and almost
painless It cures all disorders and dis
Placements and checks exhaustiug drains.
. Previous to motherhood nv wife was very
SICK, writes Dennis H Couuellv. ESQ. of Clear
Water, Wright Co, MINI 81 Two bottles of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription made her well
and strong
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill
tousness and constipation, One a dose.
They never grIPes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27

locate in their midst a valuable manu-
featuring industry.
With these facts, figures and sugges-
lions, this report is respectfully sub
mitted-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27
New Santa Fe Depot for Garnett.

with cement Portland) add one-half cent
per square foot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-27
Think of liv-

Think of Iiv-
ing a year or
two after one
is dead; dead
i practical in
and purposes,
with the auto
of death in
ID on brow and
and lip.
o u 5 a nd Is of
women live for
a year or two
after all help
fuIue 5 : and
happiness have
| gone out of
their live S.
When a woman
becomes hope
lessly helpless
and unhappy
she IS practic-
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
Another ngwlv .anbolnted goutliefn


Another newly appointed southern
postmaster, this time white man, at
Ada, Georgia, has been assassinated.
His political opponents induced one set
of bondsmen to withdraw, and when he
went out and got another set, the gang
met him on his return and shot him
down in front of his own door Evidently
a postmastership in the south will have
to be rated among the exceptionally
perilous occupation by the insurance
companies. Happily the earlier South
Carolina outrage has stirred such indig-
nation among the press and people Of
the south as has seldom been exhibited
over lynchings 1t is the most hopeful
sign yet given Of the approaching re-
form. That is the way it will have to
come-through the press and people.
Until the proper sentiment is estab-
lished, laws and officers will be but
feeble restraints. The report Of the gov
eminent agents, that the two Seminole
Indian boys who were burned alive for
murder in Oklahoma, were fifty miles
away from the scene at the time of the
killing, should have a depressing effect
upon the lynching industry, but expert
ence seems to show that 1t won't.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03

The dissipation of the war cloud that
arose from the wreck of the Maine gives
a clearer view of the larger Cuban ques-
tion, which it had obscured for the time
being, and which seems to be regarded
with more seriousness by the officials
in Washington. There is unlimited field
for speculation, which may be profitably
dispensed with and the results left with
time to develop and with the adminis-
tration to settle. Nevertheless, there
are some facts that viii have to be rec
ognized. The first is that if the evidence
indicates that the Maine was destroyed
by any outside agency whatever, Spain
will be at much greater disadvantage
than ever before in answering the de-
mands and the suggestions Of our gov
ernment as to the termination of hos
tiIities in Cuba. If there is such a state
of anarchy in the island that a warslhip
of a friendly nation cannot enter Haya-
ma harbor on a friendly visit, without
danger of being sunk, the civilized world
will applaud us for putting stop to the
struggle; and there are said to have
been recent intimations from abroad
that the time has come for us to stop
it. That the settlement of the Maine af-
fair would be apt to be followed speedily
by the solution of the entire Cuban
question was pointed out some time
ago, and that is precisely what is now
said in Washington, with some show Of
quasi-official warrant. Cuba has be-
come an intolerable nuisance and must
be mitigated. Whether this would mean
the recognition Of Cuban independence,
or whatever our policy should be, may
be safely left to the administration
Some weeks may be needed to bring it
about, but the course Of events seems
headed toward intervention. What
would be the consequences of this cam
not be predicted with such jaunty non
chalance as it was some months ago
Nobody need be told that it might end
! in war, for the preparations of the gov
ernment are sufficient acknowledgment
of this; yet, only the fire eaters predict
| it point blanc. English and French ex-
pressions have been strong in the mat
ter, and English and French sympathy
are not being extended to Spain, but
to the United States. The whole world
| is tired of the Cuban racket.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
Settles NERVOUS BANKRUPTCY.

Investigation shows that men who sue
oeed are men of brains-strong nerves
supply the vital forces which people with
active brains and bodies require BICOLA
ILLS ILLS feed the nerves-make the mind
blood and give perfect health to Men AND
WOMEN The Turner'S of Philadelphia
make BICOI4A PILLS.
J. p; Buckley, chief clerk, National Ho-
Tel, Washington. D. c., testifies that he
was all run down-was a shadow Of his
former self-BICOLA PILLS gave him
wonderful relief-he gained over twenty
pounds after using them
WORCESTER AGENTS.: Bufiington's
Pharmacy, Bush & Co, w. S. Flint, J. F.
Suerin F. NJ. Harris & Co, H. II.
O'Rourke & Co.
TURNER'S LITTLE LIVER TURNER'S
"A very small pill. Turns your liver. Cure
SICK iousness-Indigestion
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
IN HIS NEW OFFICES.

Mr. F. p -Shumway, who, for nearly
quarter of a century has had offices
in the Ballard building, II to % Brom-
field street, Boston, has just moved to
the splendid new jewelers. building,
corner of Bromfeld and Washington
streets, where he will continue his ad-
vertising business, and jobbers who de-
sire to increase their sales in either
America or Europe. Mr.. Shumway has
made marked success by so directing
the advertising of small concerns that
their business has grown 10 large pro-
portions, and he now numbers among
his clients several of the largest houses
Of this country Mr.. Shumway is held
in high esteem by the newspaper fra
ternity who appreciate his uniform
courtesy to them, and his invariable
habit of paying every bill promptly and
they will all wish him increased pros
perity in his new offices.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03

A Washington correspondent who has
been looking over the appropriations for
the year, has figured up total of $780,
O00 900 set aside for expenses directly
arising from the war which the supreme
court declared ended in 1866. Among
the items are pensions, unsettled war
claims, court of claims cases, record
and pension office, national cemeteries,
artificiaI'lAnbs, soldiers homes, military
parks and memorials. This list it will
be observed, does not include the inter-
est on the enormous public debt which
was pilad up almost wholly by the ex-
penses of the war. The public debt
statement for the month just closed
showed net liabilities of more than one
billion, one hundred million Of dollars,
thirty-two years after the close of the
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03

1t seems to be accepted as fact in
Washington that the administration
does not intend to go to war in Cuba
merely on humanitarian grounds-a fact
which should be self-evident That
was cited as one Of the possible reasons
for intervention, both by President
Cleveland and by President Mckinley,
in their respective messages to. congress,
but it was cited only in connection with
other motives that would be operative
at the same time. 1t is instructive to
read, too, that the New York Suns
story, that March had been perempto-
rily set as the time when the insurrec-
ton must be ended, has been denied
emphatically by a high ofIicial' There
was a bunch Of allegations pinned to
the Suns statement that are disposed
of at the same time.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03

Here is more evidence of prosperity.
The bank clearings for the past month
throughout the country were the larg-
est on record for February The total
for n cities was $5,533, 0OO, 900, which is Z
per cent smaller than for January, the
preceding MONTH but 81 per cent larger
than for February Of last year, and ga
larger than for February of 1892, the
year before the panic" For the first
two months of the present year the to-
tai clearings were S11,527OOO, 900, which
is AZ per cent larger than for the same
months of last year, and per cent
larger than for the same period of 1893
Only two of fhe cities thus reported
show smaller clearings than in Febru-
ary of last year. An increase is a good
thing, but the dimensions of it are bet
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03

1t is clear that what the yellow ones
do not know about war as well as
about rumors of war is not worth
knowing. Several times they have had
occasion to tell Gen. Miles, Secretary
Long and sundry officers of the army
or navy that they did not know their
business, and that what they said about
it was rot" One of the newspapers
proved conclusively that Gen. Miles did
not know how completely and invncibly
New York was fortified. 1t was shown
with remarkable 'clearness, also, that in
spite of his official ignorance of such
things, there were transports enough to
convey several times the number of
troops needed for the occupation of
Cuba. OF course, with such in
competent men at the head of
the army and the navy, a move should
be instantly made to displace them and
put the yellow kids in command. Then
we should see what we should see. One
achievement must be conceded to the
yellows, however. They have started a
regiment Of cowboys from Colorado and
a band of Apache Indians from Georgia.
These are moving with the utmost Sc
crecy, their stealthy and catlike prog
ress being all unknown to everybody,
save the ever active yellow correspond
ents. who write war news in their
dreams. How the whooping cowboys
and Indians are to get across to Cuba
without being seen is not yet told. Per-
haps they are going to swim.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03

The report that the senate will reject
the nomination of Henry Demas for
naval officer at New Orleans is good
news. To quote Daniel Webster's words
in more important case, it was "a NOM
ination not fit to be made" There has
never been the slightest evidence to re-
fute the charges of shameful conduct ON
the part of the nominee, and it will be
a blessing if the administration can be
rid of him. This is one of the occasions
when Mark Hanna was badly taken in,
and the senate will save him from get
ting the worst of a bad bargain.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03

The shipment of 500 pounds Of Con-
necticut creamery butter to London ev-
cry week has prompted New York pro-
ject for shipping New England butter
to Hong Kong, port which at present
gets it's supply chiefly from Denmark,
France, Australia and California. The
price paid there for the commonest
brands is SS cents gold per pound. Yam
kee butter seems to find more than a
fair market in England, and there is
encouragement to believe that the effort
of the dairy division of the department
of agriculture to force the expectation
will succeed. The present department
officials are making an enviable rec
ord
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
TRINITY JR. BPwoRTH LEAGUE

The Trinity Methodist Junior Epworth
League semi-annual election of officers
took place at the church Wednesday af-
ternoon. The following officers We're
elected: President, Ernest Seaver; chair
man of spiritual work Emma Legg
mercy and help, Gertrude Petit; liter
ary work, Marion Perry; social, Harold
Mills; secretary, Elwin Bartlett; treas
urer, May Wiley; organist, Ethel Tain
tor; musical director, E. N. Northrop;
special committee, Ernest Cole, chair
man; Ethel Moffatt, Lulu Barker, Mar
garet King. There will be an installa-
ton service. SUNDAY, March Is.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03


The actual revenue surplus for Feb
ruary was $1,O73,1 The treasury state
ment contained Pacific railroad item
of 100000 that needed to be de-
Quoted in order to make the presen-
tation accurate-and Ineligible. There
fact of surplus of any dimen-
sions in the revenue for February. The
receipts for the month have averaged
more than a million a day, making the
annual amount something like 1910 00O,- :
600, which is enough to support the gov
ernment, and that is what we are all
looking for The February customs re-
ceipts were $15,O406S1, or some $4,000
more than in January. The rapid in
crease of the revenue during the last
ten days may ibe taken as an indfca-
ton of what is in store for us, especial
ly as receipts at this season of the year
are commonly light. The total for the
last day Of the month was $1,S75, $50,
which comes near being a record-break-
er for February. For the eight months
of the fiscal year there is an apparent
surplus of 5000 1876, This, however, in
cludes all the Pacific railroad receipts,
which of course have no place in the
computation of revenue. Eliminating
these items, there is an actual deficit of
$49, ,92s72O. The remaining four months
of the year will probably reduce this,
though it may not cut it to the dimen-
sions of Secretary Cages estimate of
SIS, 10000 Still, we are doing pretty
we'll, with the largest February receipts
since 1892 and the largest daily average
for the fiscal year.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03

A man stands no chance of hain,, oloa4
ed to the mayorship of a city unless he
enjoys the confidence and esteem az his
l1eI;l1 nelgh1bors; George W. Humphrey is the the
popular mayor OF Swanton, Ohio, and un1
lows: This is to. certify to our appreeia-
ton OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, Nv
family and neighbors have tested ii. and
coughs and colds. George w. Humphrev :,
Sold by Whittier Drug Company 10 Main
street; Bush e Co.. S. Front street: A. a.
Woodward, SSS Main street,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
WINSOR'S LINE.
Only Direct Line TO PhiIadelnlia

Every Wednesday and Saturday at 8 D.
dence
For Freight Only.
steamships Norman. A. S. Megathiin,
Saxon. S G. Sherman.
NO wharfage and no rehandling. Goods
received daily and forwarded promptly
Connects with Pennsylvania Railroad also
Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship
Co, for Savannah
Freight forwarded to all points in the
sor's line
For further information apply to
GEORGE =. KILTON, Agent, Ives
GEORGE G. ECKHARDT, Agent, 45S
south Delaware ave, Philadelphia, Pa.
p: B. SAMPSON, Gen. Man, Boston.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
GRAFTON.
MILKMEN WANT A SHARE OF
PROFITS.

MILKMEN WANT A SHARE OF
PROFITS.
The local section of the New England
Milk Producers Union held meeting
in the office of John e. Mcclellan, Tues
day evening, and considered the price
of milk for the next six months There
were about 20 present and they all stood
strongly for an agreement with the con-
tractors, which will give the farmers a
better chance to secure their share Of
the profit.
A. A. Simmons delivered an instruct
i've address on American paper
money" before a large audience at
Grange Hall last evening.
Rev. F. D. Penney OF the Lincoln
Square Baptist Church Of Worcester
will tell of his travels through the Bible
lands at the Baptist Church this eve
ming. The ladies will have their usual
meeting in the afternoon and serve a
supper in the early evening
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
RUTLAND.

Tuesday was children's day for the
Farmers Club, and a large number of
children and citizens were in attend
ance. The entire entertainments was
furnished by young people. Music was
furnished by Wheeler Bros Orchestra
The committee having the entertainment
In charge We're Mrs. Abbie G. Hunt and
Mrs. Eva c. Dudley. ''i-N
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
WORCESTER.
THURSDAY. mARcH 3. 1ses.

Fifteen hundred dollars worth of gold
and silver dust is pretty good pay for
sweeping out the smokestack of the
government assay office in New York.
Forty-six years have elapsed since the
last sweep, but the gold and silver has
been kept as safely as in cold storage
or safe deposit vault. Every year the
sweepings of the mint floors in Phila-
delphia yield a tidy sum.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
On our SC Counter.

Today will be found some unusual
Bargains that cannot be duplicated fol
double this price.
The American Cutlery CompanX's
Victor Brand Bread Knife, at only. 4
5 cents
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
A Lamp Occasion.

This is the season of the year when
lamp manufacturers who find their
stock too heavy. are willing to dispose
of it at most any price. We have been
very fortunate in securing one Of these
bargains at a price which enables us to
offer them to you at LESS THAN ONE
HALE their real value.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
$1,5o
A Big Bargain in
Ladies' Hosiery

ON CENTRE BARGAIN COUNTER
TODAY.
1S5 dozen Ladies' Extra Fine Black
Cotton Hose, with double soles and
heels. Hermsdorf dye. These were Sc
cured for US by our representative in
Chemntz, at a mere fraction Of their
cost; they so on sale today at............
8 pairs for SOC
This is a RARE BARGAIN, and one
that you should not fail to take advan-
tage Of