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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

Miss Jessie Schley is trying to rob her
uncle by asserting that it was she who
brought about peace between the United
States and Spain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

in my office and talk to people, but I don't
know when 1 will make any more
speeches.
morrow to spend Sunday. but expects to
be in his office at the state house most
of next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

A new peril to the trusts has ap-
peared. The hoopiron combine has
suceumbed to too much prosperity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

New York officials are looking for
good peuitentiary site. There will be
less trouble in finding suitable Occu-
pants for the building when it is erect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

It looks now as though an investiga-
ton committee viii be necessary to as
certain whether the Chinese emperor is
dead or alive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

If the Kaiser will never be satisfied
until he gets a drubbing perhaps Uncle
Sam might as well perform the task as
another. while he has his hand in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

Pm Pennsylvania shaking the plum
tree is interpreted as making another
draft on the public funds for money to
be used in private speculation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

With Belmont, Astor and Chanler
seeking an election to congress from
New York it looks as though the 400
were determined to be represented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

The New York voter now has the
choice of four state tickets and probably
the returns are not all in yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

The steady fall in the price Of sugar
IN the New York market seems to be
long time in reaching this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

In New York it is a case of Teddy or the
tiger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07
PEoPLE YoU HEAR oF.

General Denver, the man after whom
the Colorado city was named. is still
living. 1t has been his good fortune
to see his namesake expand from the
status of frontier village to the dig
nifty of a hustling western city, with
a population of no. OO
General Lee almost precipitated a
serious run on a bank in Richmond,
Va, the other day. He paused in front
of the bank to speak with a friend and
a crowd Immediately formed around
them. A timid depositor fancied that
g. run had begun and franticaIy de-
manded his money. The example was
followed and not for an hour or more
was confidence restored.
"Generar' Coxey once leased q farm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

''Generar' Coxey once leased q farm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07

TELEPHONES.
Business Office Bell Phone 10l
Reporters Room. BELL Phone ."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-10
OH THE SHAME OF IT.
T~REACHEROUS, UNPATRI
OTTO ~PLUTOCRACY.
The Money Changers in the Temple of
Liberty Ready to Speculate In the Car
mage of War and Coin Gold out OF Blood
and Tears of the Nation.

Tho neXt few years will settle the
question as to who shall rule this land
of ours, the people or the wealthy few.
1t will be settled by the ballot, and
settled right,
We all have Il ideal remedies for
h betterment of existing evils. but
the people of the United States must
combine to stop the advance of pluto
crazy. The condition that today con
fronts the nation is truly appalling.
The money power is going to make
one grand, supreme. desperate attempt
TO permanently enthrone the gold
standard in this country, and before
this terrific peril there should be no
place for party contention. All Am
orleans who are opposed to this evil
which SO palpably threatens our coun-
try should stand shoulder to shoulder
and act in perfect accord. Our glorious
republic, now united as it has never
been before. needs to be saved from
the impending doom sure to be it's lot
by the contamination Of the desires of
the worshipers of gold. With united
action on the part Of those who truly
believe this government is capable Of
taking car of itself, it can be done.
We have, as a government, entered
into the noble work Of rescuing starv-
ing people. The BEST blood of this
nation has chcerfully gone to the front
to fight for country and flag in this
righteous war now upon us; a war
that is truly the peoples war, since it
was the people who demanded and
secured it despite the efforts of the
peace-at-any-price plutocracy who
would have had it otherwise. to our
everlasting shame. But while we thus
send II soldiery to battle in the cause
OF M freedom, we must not forget
the duty we owe to ourselves. The
oar of the cannon must not drown the
voice of our own distressed. God for
bid that it should. Ill would it become
this government to fight the cause of
others and entirely ignore the woes of
its own people. But it has not.
Oppressive as they are, they are less
so than those of Cuba. We have
simply turned aside in our march to
liberty.to take a lonely wayfarer along;
the United States, itself a sufferer, has,
as did the Good Samaritan. stopped on
the road long enough to lend a helping
hand to one less fortunate. We glory
in the patriotism eNtant among our
people today. 1t augurs well for III
future. One, by one will the evils OF
the past be swept a..yay by the bless
irgs Ct the pSescat Jason ane
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-10
CONDENSED CUBAN CREAM.

The pOpulists of the senate and house
held a conference in the rooms of Sen
ator Allen and adopted the following
resolution:
Resolved, That we oppose an in
crease of the bonded Indebtedness Of
the United States, but we will PROMPTLY
and cheerfully vote all necessary
means to successfully prosecute the war
by authorizing further taxation, in
Guiding an income tax, and authorizing
the immediate coinage of the seignior-
age, anticipating the same by the is
suance of silver certificates, and by
authorizing such an increase of he
volume of legal tender notes as NAV be
necessary"
"Touch the button and the machine
does the rest Give the INSURGENTS
lots to eat and plenty of arms. etc:
they will then settle the Spanish diff
ficulty" without further cost to us. But
this policy would not suit the Hanna
bond syndicate; therefore it will no
be followed unless the people insist
The other policy is to lose about so. GOO
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-10

Dixon's line will be no more: the term
yankee will apply to all alike. and
sectionalisln will be buried. And there
will not be. in our thus acting together
in this moment of supreme peril. any
surrender of our principles. lone what
ever. We still recognize that pluto
cracy exists. in times of war as in
times Of peace. the same. save that the
money changers see greater chances
to coin gold out Of the blood and tears
OF the nation now than in times of
tranquility. EIeartless? Yes. damna-
bly, SO. Remorseless to an extreme
degree, the %plutocrats will stop 1t
nothing to carry out their designs.
and in the republican party of today
they find aiders and nbettors in their
conspiracy.
The nation is too deeply engaged at
present in its task Of correcting Span
ish abuses to heed its own woes. but
Watchful eyes are watching and master
minds are guarding, and all overt acts
will be noted and excepted to. and any
attempt of the goldbugs to betray the
nation while it is in grave peril will
be met and frustrated. Common sense
should teach the people of this country
that if it is able to GO to war and wage
the same successfully without the aid
or consent of any other nation, it
certainly is strong enough to engage
in the free coinage of silver and gold
at l6 to l without outside help Of any
kind whatever.
The closest cooperation possible
should be had in the election this fall
in Nebraska. In our humble Judgment
we cannot emphasize too strongly the
absolute necessity for vigorous oppo-
sition by the people to any further
extension Of plutocracy in u govern
ment. There is no doubt of the issue
in IL congressional elections. 1t is
not the question Of war, for on that
point we are all agreed. 1t is the free
coinage Of silver-gold recommendation
against bimetallisln:-certain bondage
under the one: certain liberty under
the other. The republican party stands
for bondage because it is thoroughly
committed to the gold standard. 1t
cannot plead for suffrage on the
strength of it's friendliness to silver
and for international bimetallism as it
did in 90. The people are thoroughly
aware it failed to secure it when given
the chance. The republican party says
we must have the gold standard as long
as European nations desire it. Bimet-
allists say we can have bimetallism
irrespective of the wishes or demands
OF any foreign country. 1t is for the
the voter to choose which he wants.
~
When it comes to explaining the
persistency with which the semi
annual school apportionment continues
to grow in amount under demo-pop
rule, the republicans sing very low
indeed. Republican soil seemed al
ways to blight the apportionment, and
it refused to advance. but in the soil
OF fusion honesty, propogated with
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-10

fostering care. and fertilized with wise
management, it tool root instantly,
and has EVER since continued to grow
and grow, its tendrils ever increasing,
until today it enfolds the school chill
dren with more loving arms than ever
heretofore: and Nebraska may vet see
Honest Jake Wolfe's prophecy of nine
months school for every district in the
state fulfilled by the grace of an ever
growing division Of public school
moneys.
#*x
The republicans talk of Webster. he
OF cheap wheat" fame. for senator to
succeed Allen. Farmers. remember
what Mr.. Webster said about cheap
wheat, and see that Senator Allen sue.
ceedS himself.
~
The republicans are greatly worried
over Bry ans appointment as colonel
Of the Third regiment. Ten to one he
will discomft his enemies in this as he
always has been able to do. Trust
Billy to confound the goldbugs.
H WIN. SMITH.
John Sherman Twenty Years Ago.
Times change. Parties change. Pol
iticians change. But principles have
the immutability of truth. Back in
1878 John Sherman, in a private letter
dated March 80 of that e expressed
the sound doctrine in respect to the
kind of money ''honesty'' requires
should be paid the borders of our ma
tional bonds. Twenty years ago Mr..
Sherman, then Senator of the United
States said:
MY construction of the law is the
result Of careful examination. and l
feel quite sure an impartial court
would confirm it if the ease should be
tried before a court. Your idea that
we propose to repudiate or violate a
promise when we offer to redeem the
principal in legal tenders is errone.
Gus
II think the ~bondholder violates his
promise when he refuses to take the
same kind of money he paid for the
bonds. If the case is to be tested by
the law then l am right. If it is to be
tested by Jay Cookies advertisement
then l am wrong. ! hate reputation
or anything like it, but we ought not
to be deferred from what is right fol-
fear of undescrved epithets. If undel
the law as it stands the holders of five.
twenties can only be paid in gold, the
b%ondholder can demand only the kind
of money he paid, then he is a repu'
diator and eXtortioncr to demand money
more valuable than he gave.
::Truly yours,
John SHERMAN
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-10

The New York banker tells the bank
er OF the South what PRINCIPLES he
must folio" politically and in a bust
ness way. The New York banker is
subject to the dictation of London. We
are like a fan. From one center. Lor-
don, comes the edict to New York.
From there it is distributed to the va
rlous parts OF the United States, and
the people are subservient to a system
the fountain head of which is in Eng
land, the active body in New York and
its tributary element in every CITY of
che United States.-The Caucasian
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-10
John SUERMAN.''

JOHN Sherman is in his dotage now
and his sun has set. He favors paying
the bondho!ds r. in gold, or in what
yer is the best money IN the world"
But if what he said in his prime, two
decades ago vas good law and good
morals then, it is good law and good
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-10

Americans by Cuban malaria and incur
a billion of Londed debts. That is
what Hanna wants as the neXt best
thing to placing Cuba under the feet
of corrupt and cruel Spanish govern
ment.-San Francisco Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-19
!: Porto Rito'$ g.;
!: Nightingale:


another man hold the chief civil Of
fee. They wished also to elect theie
own provincial governors, instead of
having them sent over by Spain, who
appointed them not because Of their
fitness, but because she wished them
out the Spanish West Indies and even
appointees shed tears on leaving their
beloved Spain, but swore upon their
honor to return again as soon as they
had stolen enough to pay their debts.
Another thing the native Porto Ricans
wished was freedom of the press. The
captain generals regulations demand
ed that at least four hours before any
paper was issued the proof sheets
should be sent to the censor for ap-
proval. His blue pencil was judg-
ment against which there was no ap-
peal,
The signorita spoke elo1uently,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-19

Lola Rodriguez de Tic is a woman
with three regulations, each Of them
excellent and extraordinary. She
ranks high among the worlds conch-
ologists, as a poetess she is read with
keen emotion and delight wherever
the Spanish language is understood,
and as a public speaker she is one Of
the leaders of Porto Rican thought.
An exile from her native island Of
Porto Rico, and refugee from Cuba,
whence she fed from the wrath of
Weyler with her husband, also an ex-
lie, some time before the butcher was
recalled, she is now living in New
York city, with Signor Tic and their
daughter, a graduate in philosophy of
the university of Havana. The Tic
home is charming center of the in
tellectual life of the Porto R1can col
ony and affords an admirable illustra-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-19
CHAPTER XI.

Valerie Ross was in her room alone.
Her face was pale, but her eyes
shone triumphantly.
Her plan had worked even better
than she expected. The loss of the
diamonds and plate and Alices disap-
rearance were now locked upon as
pre-arranged events.
The country rang with the news
of the young C-untess Darrell's
elopement and robbery.
Two days had elapsed, and as vel
no trace could be found Of the
fugitives.
Valerie saw n thing of Roy during
this time. He was shut in his OWL
room, hiding beneath the disgrace.
His mother was an altered woman
She seemed suddenly aged.
The loss of the diamonds was Z
sorrow to her, but she grieved fa1
more over her sons acute pain. ShF
knew alone what Alice's flight mean
to him-not disgrace only, but desc
lation and a broken heart, for Roy
loved now as he never had loved be
fore.
Valerie's sympathy and tenderness
were very soothing to her, but brought
at the same time a sigh of sorrow az
she thought of her sons wrecked
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-19

though guardedly of all these things.
She besOught Spain to give a
mothers love to her child, far from
her, almost hidden in the bosom of
the sea, and she prayed that the child
should show herself worthy of such
'ove and deserving of perfect trust.
The grace of the speakers manner,
the beauty Of her language, won all
hearts, and the brave words she
spoke wrought her audience to the
highest pitch Of enthusiasm. In
day she had added to her fame
throughout the island She was poet
ess and prophecies in one. Her col
,ege address was the beginning of
an active propaganda in Porto REQ
that ended only when she and her
husband were offered their choice
between jail and the wide, wide
world.
La RaZCn and La Patria were sup
pressed, but the words Of the patriot
editor remained in the minds of the
people. Even captain general can
not impriso1 an idea. Nor could the
! ballads and poems of the sweet singer
; Of the hills be exiled. The first vol
! ume, "Mes Cantares," appeared il
1876, and soon was in every book
! stall in Mexico, Central America,
South America, the West Indies and
even in Spain. A second volume ap-
peared in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1878,
j followed by "Mis Poesias,' in 1880,
and mi Libro de Cuba" in 1892 In
Caracas a warm friendship sprang up
between the TICS and Profess IT Hos
tos, who was then at the head of ed
ucational affairs in Venezuela. The
TICS are enthusiastically expectant of
good results from the professor s
present mission to the island, whence
he was banished many years ago.
| After two years in Caracas new
governor general came from Spain to
Porto Rico and the poetess returned
to her native island, where she and
her husband continued the work they
had done so much to promote in
earlier years. In the meantime Sig
nora Tio's poems were gaining fame
for the authOress. An Italian critic
known as Amicis, was adding to his
reputation by translating them, Fas-
teurath was calling them to the at
| tention of the Germans and several
| French critics, among them Pierre
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-19

ton of the hospitality for which Porto
Rico is so famous. There the poetess
holds court, and with her husband,
formerly the editor of those outspoken
papers, La RazOn and La Patria, de-
bates before her friends upon the fu-
ture of the island they love so fondly.
Signora Tic, ''the nightingale of the
hills" as the Porto Ricans call her,
was born in the Villa de las Tomas,
San Yerman, in September, 1851. Her
grandmother had been writer OF dis
tinction and an admirable linguist.
Her father was IA doctor of laws, e
scholar and an eloquent advocate with
practice extending over the whole
island. His example was her inherl-
, lance. She learned uncOnsciOusly
from him. to speak directly and agree
ably and to write gracefully. He was
an autonomist, though at that time
the government Of Porto Rico forbade
the use of that word by any political
party on the island, saying it was only
! a synonym for separatist. The
daughter took kindly to- her fathers
ideas, and when hardly in her teens
was an apt scholar and soon composed
wrote many popular songs and ballads
full of the spirit of freedom. These
had wide circulation and were the
lullabys of many a Porto Rlcan
household.
DR.. Nalverde, a political exile from
San Domingo, and a friend Of SignOr
Rodrigue, Interested himself in the
girls education, being attracted by
her gift of poesy. and instructed her
ir the Spanish classical style. she
was an out and out separatlst. she
verse that attracted attention through
ont of the way. These worthy Spanish
in Spain. In 1873, the year that saw
the end of slavery in Porto Rico Lola
Rodriguez, then just p years olo'
made an address at the graouaClon
EXERCISES of the college in Mayaguez.
She was the first woman IN the lsiano
to speak publicly before an audience
# was a time of much pol1tlcal ex
citement. Porto Ricns were eager Tor
reform. They wished Spain TO sep
arate the military and civil Depart
ments of the government. Iney were
willing they said, to have captain
General but let him conf1ne hlmsel
t. military affairs exclusively anu IeC
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-19

Lott, were putting them into copy
for the Partisan publishers. In Spain
Mendez Pelayo, a member OF the
academy, a distinguished critic, called
a meeting Of his confreres, among
whom were Peuaranda, Balayuer,
Campillo and Lepoldo Alaz, who sent
a testimonial Of congratulation to
Signora Tic and a diamond brooch in
the symbolic design Of harp This
IS the proudest of her possessions.
She wore it when she sat for the &C
companying picture.
In 1887 Porto Rico was again too
uncomfortable, owing to official per-
secuticns, and the Tios came to New
York, whence they soon went to
Cuba. Then the poetess, who for
some years had been gathering and
classifying the shells Of the Antilles
as a recreation and diversion from
her political and literary work, made
the acquaintance of several eminent
naturalists, who brought her to the
notice Of their friends in other parts
of the world. She received many con-
tributions from distant lands. One
enthusiastic cOnchOlOgist in the
Philippines, no less a perso lage than
the captain general himself. wrote
that the interest her exquisite verse
had awakened in him had been aug
mented intensely now that he learned
from his esteemed friend, Carlos de Ia
Tore, that the queen of verse had
rare knowledge Of shells as we'll as
rythm. He begged her to accept a
few specimens from the island of the
Pacific. With the letter came a COM
plete co1ecti IN of the shells of the
Philippine islands.
While the TICS were in Cuba Sig
norita Tic entered the University Of
Havana and in due course was grad
uated from the famous seat of learn
ing with the degree of doctor of phil
o5ophy. Signor Tic was busy with
his editorial work and the pOetess
carried on her propaganda against
Spanish oppression. In 1892 her
fourth volume of poems appeared and
the Spanish speaking world accorded
it a hearty welcome. The outbreak
of the revolution gave much encour-
agement to the cause for which the
TICS had dedicated their lives, but
with the coming of Weyler they soon
suffered persecution compared to
which their troubles in Porto Rico
we're mild indeed, and they were
glad to escape with their lives.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-19
OFFER FORT MACKINAC.

Marquette, Mich, Sept. 14.-Peter
White, president, acting for the Mack
irac Island state park commission,
has rendered the government the free
use of Fort Mackinac and all unoccu
pied buildings therein, as well as the
buildings outside the forts walls and
such outlying camp parade grounds
as may be desired. The legislator
has conferred on the board power to
convey the title of the fort and imme-
Giate1y adjacent grounds to the United
Safes free upon the assurance that
the same will be occupied for military
purposes. Mr.. White and the COM
mission have been for some time en-
deavoring to induce the government
tc again occupy this beautiful island
fort
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-09-19
CURRENCY DEBATE BEGINS.
Leading Advocates of All Systems in
Session at Omaha.

Omaha, Sept. 14.-One of the most
distinguished gatherings of financial
students thai ever assembled opened a
three days session of the monetary
conference at the Nebraska building,
at the exposition grounds, Tuesday
morning. J. Sterling Morton is pre-
siding. Horace White Of New York,
Edward Atkinson, Congressman
Fowler of New Jersey, Editor Robin
son of The Railway Age, Louis r.
Erich of Colorado Springs, ex-Sena-
tor Carey of Wyoming and Gov. Les
lie H. Shaw of Iowa, arc to take
part in the program. Messrs. War
ner, Towne, Bartine, Weaver, Rey-
nolds and other leaders of the silver
and paper money sides took part in
the debate Tuesday.
Almost a mouth-to-mouth contest
between the gold and silver sides,
with the middle-of-the-road editors Of