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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
WHAT SHALL THE END pEp

Under the caption 1.-THE Combination
Era" the New York Commercial prints
q letter from a correspondent in which
he propounds the following question:
What will be the effect of a contin-
uance of the consolidation of our pro-
duetive and Industrial interests upon
American commercial and business af
fairs?"
The writer does not attempt to an
swer his own question but proceeds to
call attention to the tendency toward
consolidation as follows:
Economy in cost of production is US
ually assigned as the cause for CONSOLE
dalton. This should mean a cheaper
article for the consumer. But this econ
ony Is obtained by lessening the num-
Der of employees through a closing of
such number of factories, for in
stance, as tends to create an oversup-
ply of commodities. These employees,
clerks and mill hands mostly, must
seek work in new fields. But, where?
And being idle, this will tend to lessen
the demand for goods, thereby causing
another of the corporate factories to
close and making more idlers, for we
know that population is not and can
not, keep pace with production.
New avenues of industry are not de-
veloping so rapidly that we can expect
to find every idle worker in demand.
These new fields will also consolidate
and we must take into consideration
the large growing generation, our chill
dren and our children's children What
dS their future. What business avenues
viii be open to them? Where can the
man or small capital DESTROYS OF estab-
fishing his own business, turn for a Sc
cure and profitable independent invest
ment?
1t has often been the case that the
promoters of these consultations of
capital withdraw shortly after their
plans have been successfully consum-
mated. With their realizations thew
embark in other similar enterprises
But the corporate body still exists, in
control of some article or commodity
which is in demand from one end of the
country TO the other. What guarantee
then, have the people that the price Of
that commodity will remain lower than
IN the days of competitive manufacture
or production? How are the people as
sured that their interests will not suffer.
some of them already, perhaps, being
deprived OF work?
Unless, 1t seems to me, the profits of
such corporation become so enormous
an to invite competition at the hands OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14

Tn every civilized country rich and
poor alike have found restored health
and new vigor in Paine's celery COM
pound.
Hard working people of ordinary
means are to be Congratulated says an
English writer in reviewing the scien-
tific work of the last quarter of CEN
fury, upon having SO easily within
their reach today a remedy which the
wealthiest and most influential persons
must themselves use, if they would get
the best that modern medical skill Of
fers. Paine's celery compound proves
that the science of medicine has kept
pace with the wonderful progress which
characterizes the life Of the present gen
Grafton"
The astonishing reputation that this
most wonderful of all remedies has ac-
quired is principally due to the word
of-mouth recommendation and endorse
1nent of men and women of the highest
business and social standing, as well as
those in humber but no less important
positions who have themselves discov-
cred it's merits.
Ade1ine, Countess Schimmelmann,
whose portrait is here given, in re-
cent letter to the Wells & Richardson
Company, speaks of friends of hers who
have been benefited by Paines celery
compound and who first advised her to
recommend it to her sick friends.
The countess, as is we'll known, is a
prominent member of the Danish court.
Her coming to this country has been
much talked of. Her real object was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
COUNTY PRINTING ROW.
Mitchell County Newspapers and the
Commissioners in Deadlock.

Be1oit, Jan. 14-The seven newspa-
pers, three Republican, two Popul1st
and two independent, and the county
commissioners of Mitchell county. are
in a spirited fight over the county print
ing contract for the year 1899.
Heretofore the Beloit Call and Glen
Elder Seminal have done the printing
for this county at 171a per cent of legal
rates. and the commissioners desiring
to have the work done for less money,
called for the lowest bidder, whereupon
all parties made bids. They were all
rejected because the commissioners
claimed they could not figure which of
two was the lower. New bids were call
ed for, but they were again rejected,
because they claimed three of the papers
had pooled issues. The newspaper boys
firing of this method of procedure, evil
IDENTIFY all got together and put in sep
arate bids, each one of which called for
full legal rates-and so the matter
stands. The board adjourned sine die,
leaving the county clerk to give the
printing to any paper he saw fit, until
the April meeting, when the matter will
again be taken up. This forces Mitchell
county to pay full legal rates for the
printing, instead of 1712 per cent as
heretofore. The interest in the matter
is intense, and the newspaper boys are
a unit. It is conceded by all parties
that the commissioners are beaten at
their own game, and have forced upon
the county several thousand dollars of
unnecessary expense, by their unwise
methods
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a new and equally as large antagonist,
the supply of the commodity dealt in
must be monopolized. Is monopoly de-
sirabIe? Is 1t for the best interests of
the country? Is it to be recognized as
an American institution, and as a need
of the business world of today and of
the futrue?
Our productive capacity has doubled,
il not trebled, our consumptive capac-
ity. This Is true, the world over. Is
there no remedy but consolidation of
interests? It is q well known fact that
many American goods are sold at low
purchased at for the home market. Is
this fair, equitable or just to the Amer
lean consumer? 1t may be argued that,
so long as he sells his labor at its mar
ket value, he should not complain at
paying the market value for his sup
plies. But why should he be compelled
to pay more than the foreigner who
buys these same goods?
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KANSAS NEWS.
Knights TempIar of Kansas
Formulate a New System.
Tactics That Are Military Yet
Not Too Technical.
At Newton Before tho Most
Noted Kansas Members.
First Work i'm This Line Given
i'm America.

Newton, Jan. 14.-Last May the grand
commandery knights Templar of Kan
sas appointed Bestor C. Brown, now OF
Chicago; p. NJ. Hoisington, of Newton,
and e. w. Wellington, of Ellsworth, a
committee to formulate a system of
tactics. The idea was to secure tactics
that would be military ana yet not be
too technical and out of reach of small
communicates and Sir Knights not
adept in military evolutions. Last night
the committee reported, and the officers
OF Newton commandery No. 8, the crack
organization of Kansas, exemplified the
work in presence OF the following emf
nent sirs: George H. Jenkins, Kansas
City, grand commander; Charles H.
Jones, Wichita, grand generaIissimo; P.
NJ. Hoisington, Newton, grand captain
general; E. w. Wellington, Ellsworth,
grand senior warden; Thomas L. Bond,
Salina, grand junior warden; Henry c.
Loomis. Winfield, grand standard bear
er; Charles J. Webb, Topeka, grand
chaplain of guard; also William Shaver.
Topeka, past grand commander, and
Bestor G. Brown. So far as is known,
this is the first work in this line known
in America. The grand officers will pass
on the work today and then it will be
printed and used in Kansas.
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AaU1NALDo's aFREEDoM. "
TChfcago Tribune.l

IChicago Tribune.1
The continued hostility of Aguinaldo's
forces at Iloilo is something with which
the American people can have no SYM
pathy, whatever be the halo of sophis-
try that Senators Hoar, Mason, and
others may throw around it. Aguinaldo
wants to be dictator of the Philippine
Islands. There is no question of self
government at stake. Any such thing
as self-government is at present impos-
sible among the Filipinos- They are
no more capable of constructing a re-
public than they are of building rail-
way locomotive. No Spanish colony has
ever been able to organize a real re
public, and the Filipinos are even less
qualified for it than were the South
American countries that threw Off the
Spanish yoke for themselves. 1t is
simply question of whether Agulnaido
shall be elevated into tyrannicaI dc
tatorship by the United States, or
whether this country shall hold the SUI
prenae power in it's own hands until
such time as the natives have learned
the lessons of self-government under
American direction.
Aguinaldo's proclamation contesting
the authority of General Otis is moth
ing but a brief for himself. 1t is self
interest that aninates him and not any
demand of the Filipinos for self-govern-
ment. The appointment of General OtlS
as governor general of the islands dis
places him from the position he wants
for himself. He declares that the Amer
leans came to the Philippines to give the
people freedom and not to become mas
tiers of the islands BY. this freedom
he means a permission for the natives
to bow to his own sovereign behests-
When he calls upon them to unite and
fight for their liberty he is simply call
ing upon them to defend his personal
claims to be ruler of the islands.
1t is possible that this ambitious adj
venturer may be able to stir up large
faction to support his claims. Would
be dictators in Spanish countries never
lack for some sort of following. But
nothing is more certain than that when
the United States once gets it's bene-
ficent rule established, with all the su-
coordinate offices in the hands of the
more intelligent natives, the following
of Aguina1dO will dwind1e to significance
The people will be too well contented
with their genuine freedom to join in
any scheme to establish an arbitrary
dictator. 1t is only in the interim, be-
fore the natives can generally realize
the difference between Spanish and
American rule, that Aguinaldo can ac-
complish anything by his inf1ammatory
manifeStOS
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one of charity, for she is using her great
wealth and influence this winter in as
sisting the Danish people in the western
states. She is stopping in Chicago, and
from there writes her straightforward
pound.
Women who are easily excited, who
waste energy worrying over trif1eS, who
are often sufferers from sick headache
and nervousness, should read the plain.
unbiased statements of what Paine's
celery compound has done for other
women.
Among the diseases that cause vast
amount of needless suffering that may
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pound are biliousness, torpid liver,
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stipation dyspepsia and general ner-
VousnesS and debility.
No man or woman who is continually
ailing can successfully carry on bust
ness, or be of much real comfort to the
household
And only a thoroughly nourished
body that has all the used-up, and
therefore harmful material promptly
removed from the blood and tissues can
be healthy. When either of these vital
conditions of adequate repair or elm
ination are incompletely done. the
gans need just such help as Paine's cell
cry compound is fitted to give. No other
remedy is so valuable.
Where other remedies have failed,
Paine's celery compound will succeed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
$4,000 SPANISH TROOPS

New York, Jan. 14-Brigadier General
ClouS, secretary of the Cuban evacuation
commission arrived from Havana the
Ward line steamship City of Washington.
Lieutenant Barnes. and his aides. Captain
Il. e. Calhoun and Captain James Hart.
General Clous brought with him several
large boxes containing the records of the
commission, war relics and a small can
non. The cannon came from Havana and
Spaniards in the seventeenth century.
Speaking of the work of the commission.
General Clous said:
We were treated rather coldly at the
first, but both the United States and
Spanish commissioners were soon on
Spanish 'manana' to overcome. We
pected to get through our work much
sooner than we did, but the cry was al
ways manana. 1t was only by the most
persistent work than on January l of this
year 1876 Spanish had left the island.
There are now in Aatanzas II, 600 Span
ish troops and in Cienfuegos 1900. These
will probably be out of the island by the
middle of February. The conditions in
Havana good though there is more
then it must be remembered that the
United States has not. been in control there
as long as it has at Santiago. The char
liable organizations in the city of Ha-
vana are doing good work. There are at
present 100 sick Spanfards in the Havana
hospitals.
The health of our own troops continues
good
When asked his opinion regarding the
concen tration of custom receipts at Ha-
vana. General CloiIs said:
The island should be run as a whole.
If the receipts in Santiago are sent to Ha-
vana, Santiago will probably receive back
its share"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14

meeting, 10 a. M; preaching at IL a. m.
and 7:30 p. M; morning subject, Com
mon Salvation; evening subject, 1.-The
Sword of the Spirit" There will be
good singing at all these services. Sun
day school at p. m; young peoples
meeting at $50 p. m.
Grace Cathedral-Right Rev. F. r.
Millspaugh, D. D., bishop; Very Rev.
John w. Sykes, dean; Rev. Maurice ].
Bywater, canon: 1880 a. m, holy COM
munion; $3.50 a. M, Sunday school; IL
a. M, morning prayer and Htany, SER
mon by the Right Rev. F. r. Mills
paugh, D. D., bishop of Kansas; offer
tory solo, Lord God of Israel" and
Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord" A.
G. CoIlingwood and quartette; 1880 p.
an, bacca1aureate service, choral even
song. The sermon will be preached by
the Right Rev. Bishop Millspaugh.
Church of the Good Shepherd, corner
Topeka-9:30 a. m, Sunday school; 1880
p. M. evening prayer, sermon by the
Rev. Canon Bywater-
St. Simon's church, corner Western
avenue and Seventh street-9:30 a. m,
Sunday school; 4:30 p. M, evening SER
vice, sermon by the Rev. Canon By
water.
Calvary chapel-3 p. H.. Sunday
school; p. m, evening prayer and ser
mon by Rev. Joseph Wayne.
First Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. E. L. Thorpe, D. D., pastor-9: 80.
class meetings; 10, probationers' classes;
II, sermon by Rev. DR.. Swaney for the
woman's Home Missionary society;
2:SO, Sunday school; A. Epworth league:
1880, sermon by the pastor, What
Shall We Do With Our Boys?"
First Baptist church, Rev. NJ. L.
Thomas. D. D., pastor-Services at IL
a. m. and 1880 p m: Subject of morning
sermon, How to Bring Men to Christi
subject at 7:3O, "a Great Gulf Fixed"
Mr.. w. NJ. Shaver will have charge OF
the music and render a solo at each
service. Sunday school at $50 a. M !;
Christian Endeavor, $50 p. m. Madison
mission, 2:30 p. m; prayer meeting
Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
Services at the Second United Pres
byterian church, corner of Huntoon and
Polk streets. at the usual hours, by
the pastor, DR.. James White. Subject
IN the morning, 1.-The Royal Arch; in
the evening, why I Am a Christian"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
.The Heart of Maryland

1.-THE Heart of Maryland" the play
written for Mrs. Leslie Carter by David
Belasco, will be seen at the Crawford
theater on Tuesday evening, January
a. OF course, with the absence of Mrs.
Carter from the cast the piece has lost
its chief attraction, but it is said to be
in the hands of a competent company.
Mrs. Carter is now appearing in 'ZaZa
in New York city. Besides THE Heart
of Maryland" four other attractions are
booked for the Crawford theater the
week of January %. alone in Greater
New York. on Monday evening, 1.-THE
Pay Train" Wednesday evening, "A
Bachelors Honeymoon Thursday and
Town Topics Saturday.
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TWO TRUSTEES ESCAPE.
Escape From the Federal Prison With
But Months to Serve.

Leavenworth, Jan. 14.-Charles Jones
and William B. Smith, two TRUSTEES at
the penitentiary, made their escape
Thursday night at o'clock from the
boiler house at the coal shaft
The police here were notified, but
they found no trace of them.
Smith and Jones were both on duty
in the boiler room of the coal shaft,
working at night. Both men were trus-
ties and had less than two months each
to serve.
They went to work as usual last night
and were thought to be at their proper.
stations until it was discovered by the
Waterman while making his rounds
that they had left. 1t was believed the
men came north toward the city, but
no trace of them was found.
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CABLE FOR PHILIPPINES.
Ship Expected to Start With Material
In Month.

Washington, Jan. 14.-General Greedy,
the chief signal officer, has gone to New
York to look after the execution of con-
tracts for the supply of ocean cable
for the Philippines. The arrangements
are coming along rapidly and General
Greedy expects that within one month
at least his specially chartered cable
ship will have started from San Fran
cisco for the Philippines, carrying the
cable which is to connect the principal
islands of the northern group with the
American headquarters at Manila.
One of the first link to be supplied
will be line between Manila and Iloilo,
the islands first to be connected with
Manila will be Mindora, Masbate, Sa-
mar and Leite. Later on the cable may
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
I. C. TO QUIT NEW ORLEANS
Railroad Will Move It's Docks and
Wharves Twelve Miles Away.

New Orleans, Jan. Att became
known today that the Illinois Central
Railroad company through its chief en-
gineer has asked one of the largest con-
tracing firms operating in the south
to make a bid on the cost of moving the
Stuyvesant docks, wharves and termin-
ais, including the 81, 00O, 900 elevator, to
Avondale, twelve miles up the Missis-
sippi river, and above the New Orleans
city limits.
This action is the result OF the freeze
out policy of the Orleans 1evee board
and the city council in refusing the Illi-
nois Central adequate facilities for
reaching it's present terminals. The re-
port has it that a 100000 terminal
will be established at Avondale.
President Fish and General Manager
John T. Harahan are at Hammond, La
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
LOCAL MENTION.

Fred Anderson, of the Topeka Cash
Dry Goods store, lost a valuable dog
this week by distemper. He brought
the animal with him from Denver a, few
months ago.
Col Inman is putting the finishing
touches on Buffalo Jones' book, Forty
Years of Adventure IL this book
reads as well as Jones talk it will be
an entertaining volume.
The large and useful calendar issued
by the well known advertising agency,
N. w. Aver & Son, Philadelphia, is one
of the very best for office use. It is
sent postpaid for 25 cents.
Mr.. T. P. Culley has been in Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
FAMILY OF FIVE DROWNED,
All Within Short Space Of Time, in
Kentucky.

Harrodsburg, KY, Jan. 14.-Danie1
Jennings, tobacco grower, and his son
Samuel were drowned in Cedar Run
near Bardsville yesterday. Jennings
and his son were trying to save some
tobacco from a basin near the over
flowing creek, which was very high and
swift owing to heavy rains. No one
witnessed the accident but it is general
ly supposed that the boy first fell into
the stream and the father in attempting
to rescue him lost his own life. Yester-
days accident wipes out the entire fam
lily by drowning as Jennings wife and
two daughters were drowned in the
Kentucky river some months ago.
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and organs for the 1899 trade that he
intimates will open the eyes of prospec-
tive purchasers. Don't fail to notice
his lad in another column.
A colored social club has been or
ganized in North Topeka under the
name of the st Elmo club" Mrs. NJ.
D. Jones is president; Mrs. Eppie Small,
vice president; Miss Coda Elder, sec
rotary, and Mrs. Lucy Mccartney,
treasurer.
Lulu Green had Joanna Dupree ar
rested and tried yesterday in Justice
McClintock's court for assault and bat
terry. It was a common. every day
Smoky Row fight. The defendant was
acquitted and the county will pay the
costs, amounting to about $18.
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Pensions for Kansans.

washington, Jan. 14.-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-Louis M. Warmth, Nation
al Military home, Leavenworth, So;
Frank Fisher. Leavenworth, SO; Enos
Dixon, Phi1lipsburg, So; John Meyer,
Valencia, Sc; Hiram w. Valentine, Fort
Scott, So; Peter Rome, Kansas City, $40.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Graves, Kansas
City, Sc.
Increase-James f. Fitch, Minneapo-
lis, Sc to So; Joseph T. Caldwell, Ghetto
pa, SIT to $50; Smith H. Priddy, King
man, $14 to SIT; Joseph H. Myer, Cof-
feyville, $12 to SIT.
Reissue-Ehjah Pennicl<. Kansas City.
&c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
OTTAWA COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Proposes to Build Big Hotel On the
Lottery Plan.

Ottawa, Jan. 14.-The Commercial
club of this city proposes to build a
hotel large enough to be g. credit to the
city.
The plan to build the hotel is to give
a grand concert at the Rohrbaugh and
sell 100000 tickets to this concert at rs
cents each. This will raise $25, 000 VIII
sell these tickets in and out of Ottawa,
any place they will buy them. Every
person who attends the concert or has
a ticket will be entitled to participate
in a grand free distribution of presents,
which will be donated by the citizens
Of Ottawa.
The new $4,000 hotel will be given
away as follows: Five certain tickets
will receive $4,000 each in stock In the
hotel,
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TO SHUT OUT JAPANESE.
Immigration Laws to be Extended to
Hawaii

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Per-
kins of California, has been advised
that the authorities of Hawaii had
given permission to bring 5000 more
japanese laborers into the islands. The
news came from William NJ. Price, spec
ia1 immigration commissioner at Homo
lulu, to Commissioner T. V. Powderly,
who notified the senator.
Senator Perkins Immediately went be-
fore the committee on education and
labor and secured a promise that it
would prepare and push a bill extending
the immigration laws of the United
States to the Hawaiian islands, in order
to exclude the further importation of
Asiatic laborers.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS
officers This Afternoon Through It's
Board of Directors.

The directory of the COMMERCIAL club
will hold an election late this afternoon to
elect officers.
There is little doubt that R. S. Brigham,
who has been vice president OF ciub Tor
idency. He is an active worker in every
thing for the welfare of the city and the
directors want active man at the mead
of the organization. Mr.. Charles Wolff
has been mentioned for the presidency
but Mr.. Wolff does not want the position.
Major T. J. Anderson will be reelected
secretary. There is no objection to his
reelection and the large membership and
enlarged influence of the organization is
directly due to his efforts. There are no
other candidates for the place.
F. o. Popenoe will be reelected treas
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MILK FOR TIE CREAMERY.
An Usage County Farmer Finds IL
Paid to Handle Cows.

Burlingame, Jan. 14.-During the past
year William Droege took 81. 900 pounds
of milk to the creamery. 1t averaged
four pounds of butter fat to each 100
pounds of milk. The highest price re-
ceived per pound was IS cents; the low
est, II cents. Thirteen COWS produced
the milk and raised some calves. That
was an average of $23.54 to each COW.
Along with that he got back 40, 800
from $50 to 500 for feeding purposes
He sold thirteen calves at $12 each,
which should be credited to the COW
account, besides feeding considerable
skim milk to his hogs.