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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08
COLORED TROOPS.
TwO.Regiments to Be Recruited
For Philippine Service.

New York. Sept. S.-A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
orders will be issued from the war
department in a day or two announcing
the field and staff officers of two add
tionaI volunteer regiments. which viii
be organized after the manner Of the
so-calIed immune regiments sent to
Cuba. last year their company officers
and privates being exclusively cOlOred
men 1t is expected that these reg1-
ments will be recruited with greater
rapidity than the white regiments and
that experienced men will fill them 50
quickly that the two commands Will be
ready to sail for the Philippines early
regiments to the army almost exhausts
the quota of 5000 volunteers allowed
by congress There will then be p
regiments of ], 3O9 men each, which, with
the Porto Rico naval battalion OF 4oo
men, leaves a margin of only 1873 IN
the authorized strength, or not quite
enough for another regiment and
half
General Miles had recommended
three colored regiments while General
Otis had reported that negroes were
not desired in the Philippines, the
friendly natives being strongly preju-
diced against them Il is likely that
one Of the new organizations will have
its temporary quarters at Richmond
and be commanded by Captain William
p. Duvall, First artillery, who was
major in the inspector generals de-
partment and lieutenant colonel in the
ordnance corps last year.
The other regiment will probably be
organized at Amiston. Ala. All the
officers have already been selected for
the two organizations and il only re-
mains for the president to issue the
commissions and for the war depart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08

ers. In addition to this sum Admiral
Hichborn estimates that S, 9O0, 900 instead
of ships. There is reason to believe that
Admiral Crowninshield. chief of the bur
eau of naviga ton, will recommend in his
forthcoming report that the enlisted force
be increa sed to twenty thousand men and
will make estimates therefor. Admiral
Crowinshield viii also make ample pro-
vision for target practice for the service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08
LARGE NAVY ESTIMATES.
About $5o,OOo,ooo Will Be Required
For the Coming Year.

New York, Sept S-A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
The naval estimates for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1901. viii aggregate about
S5O. 900 900 This considerable increase in
the cost of the navy is due in great part
to the expenditures which viii have to be
made during the present and coming fiscal
year for the construction OF 81 vessels
building and the three battleships and
three armored cruisers which viii be con-
tracted for as soon as congress takes ac-
ton aiding the department to place
contracts for armOr- AdmiTalS HichhOrn
and Melville have estimated that $4,000, 600
will be required to meet bills of shipbuild-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08
is SHORT $4,000.
Nebraska National Bank Teller Miss
ing and His Accounts Incorrect

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 8.-A shortage OF
$4,000 was discovered Monday in the
Nebraska National Bank of Omaha and
the officials say circumstances at pres
ent point to theft unless an absent tell
er can give the explanation of his doc
tored accounts. The teller is Ned h
Copeland; for ten years he has held the
position of railroad teller.
The money was lost August ?. Fifteen
days later Copeland resigned his posi-
ton to go to Arion. Iowa. Copeland
visited the town but did not remain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08
CONVENT BURNED.
Inmates Escape In Their Night
Clothes Unframed

Ottawa, Ill, Sept. s.-St. xaviers
academy and the Sisters of Mercy con-
vent was destroyed by fire early this
morning. The inmates. sixty sisters
clothes without injury. The loss
amounts to SIS 600. Insurance $4,000
1t is thought the fire started from
timers furnace left in the new build
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08
A Gard of Thanks
pieces.

Mr.. John Nord desires to thank his
many friends and neighbOrs, for the
many kind acts extended, and the SYM
pathy shown, during the late sickness,
death and funeral of his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08
Steamer Aground.

Detroit. Sept. 8.-The passenger
steamer State of Michigan is ashore
at Colchester. The wreckng tug Sag
NAV has gone TO her relief. The State
of Michigan runs from Lake Erie ports
and Detroit to Machnaw. She was
bound down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08

long. When last heard from he was IN
Washington, d. c His present where
aboutS are unknown
The discrepancy is in the record OF
deposits of the Burlington Railroad
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08
MERRITT WILL GO.
President Decides to Send Aid to Gen.
Otis In the Philippines

New York, Sept. s.-A special to the
Journal and Advertiser from Washing
ton says:
After forty-eight hours OF almost
constant discussion among the presi-
dent, Secretary Root. Prof Schurman.
Senator Beverage. General Miles and
Adjutant General Corbin il may be
stated positively that General Merritt
will go to the Philippines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-08

Topeka was right at the front Thursday
when Admiral Sampson gave a reception
and banquet to the Boyd cadets on board
his flagship, the New York, at Philadel-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
Vote for Any Old Thing.

The cat came back to Topeka, Kan
sas. the other day. Topeka is one Of
those places selected for Republican
dinners because Republicans are in
great swarms in Topeka, says the APP
peal to Reason. And now that we have
Il Republican administration from the
humble to the high, and now that Re-
publican policies meet us Oh every
untutored savage of malarial lands
because they have not learned as we
have submission that is the price of an
uneasy peace. Now, why this howl
flcm Topekaward? Just this. The
starch factory in that Republican vii
Iage has been absorbed by the trust
and closed down. "throwing many men
out of work." the papers complaining
state. Neryi sad, indeed. And now
the ''brsne<s men, enrag:d at being
deprived of the patry profits from the
scanty earnings Of the s.arch factory
employees, have held an dignation
meeting and denounced the trusts.
They still vote the Republican ticket.
however. All of which goes to show
that the brainy Republicans cannot
trace effect back to cauSe-tilal
they don't know a boomerang even
when it smites them. Better denCunce
he trusts again, business men, and if
that don't help get Mckinley to send
another regiment to the Philippines.
Cf that don't do it, raise the tariff on
starch. If that has no effect try re-
firing the greenbacI>s and 1ssuing bank
notes only, based on government bonds.
# still your starch factory don't open
form an alliance with England and
subsidiZe a cable to the Sandwich Is
lands. After that build a canal across:
Panama. Vote for expansion, the gold
standard and Mckinley first. last and
all the time. Don't read Or think. 1t
went pay. Let Others do your read
ing and Thinking, Always damn h"
Socialists every chance YOU get. This
last advice is certain to open the
starch factory in case all other meth
eds should fail.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
RISE OF AGNOSTICISM.

A passing phase of recent thought that
cisn1. 1t may be called the elimination
or advanced stage of the scepticism Of
the ihirties and forties. The relation Of
Hamilton and Mansel to it has been
pointed out. They prepare the ground for
Huxley, who had much Of the challeng-
ing temper then rife In England, but
mingled with scientific caution and re-
serve. A new attitude of mind was the
result, the outcome Of these two tenden-
cies. With much of The iconoclastic mood,
he did not countenance sweeping criticism.
He would not deny the possibility Of Lac
after death Or the existence of Supreme
Being. lie assumed the position of one
who is non-committal. Intellectual hon
csty compelled him to take some such
position. In the absence of positive proof
respecting certain theological and met
aphyscal conceptions, he preferred not to
affirm dogma tically whether they are true
or not. Recognizing that the boundaries
of The movable and unknowable $50
called are forever shifting, he maintained
4 suspense Of judgment. TO express his
mental attitude toward matters that he
Regarded as uncertain and unverifiable, he
coined the new term agnostic from tle
Greek word agnosco-"I do not know.
1t Was merely one Of the details Of Posi-
jjviSm brought into clearer relief, Hulk
lry's position being substantially that Of
Mill and Spencer. The doctrine was at
first m!sronstrurd, denounced, and laugh
"a at. Later, rs distinctive features were
seen to be not 50 very Objectionable after
all, aside from the weakness Of neya;on.
In ii1Ic. It received the qualified approval
II philosophers and lhcOlogiluS. For a
while Agnos,icism gave rise to ncated
l,ulrm:c$, but It's discussion soon ceased.
SELF Culture.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

IN lie air of the ear was blue wi IL
smoke. Above the hum Of con-
Il verSatiOn a voice in the rear clll
Of the car was raised in protest. Con-
vrrsation ceased and everyone turned
eNpectant faces TO the rear Of the car.
Cant do anything for you. You'll
have to get off at he next station"
The grey eyes looked Off across he
Dakota prairie, and the lines about the
1ucuth frightened. The conductor
passed into the next car. The pa<sen-
gers looked curiousIy at the man sill
ting so quietly in his seat. Had MS
clothes been all there was to speak for
Linn the verdict would certainly been
adverse. But there was IL look of de
termination about the mouth and Of
defiance in the eyes that looked OUT
into the bitter December twilight, that
spoke in his favor. He was Young anal
locked strong. His face and hands
had that shiny CRIME that is a comni-
nation Of carroll and coal-tlust His out
e. coat had no buttons, and was pinned
at the throat and tied around the midi
die with rope.
The train whistles for a station.
There was the usual tendency among
t he passengers to fall over the forward!
seats as the brakes ground and the
train stopped.
Some watched the man whom the
conductor had said was to get of
there. Others looked for the station.
There it was. \ water tank and tool
bon. Not another house in sight.
Miles and miles in every direction wa;
the Dakota prairie and the gray De-
cember twilight over it.
The conductor came in followed BIZ
his two assistants, leaving the door
open.
'Come. you'll have to get off here,
young feler.'
Then Brass-buttOns and the Blue
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

cold nowadays. After my conversa-
tion with DR.. ]enroSe. began an all
ovcr-thc body wash every morning, us
inc my bare hands and the quart Of
water in my room. This grew from 4
habi, into a luxury which l would not
willingly forge Z single morning.
Use the watt, that has stood in the
room over nigh Use the bare hands;
they warm the water sufficiently. II
is better to use The water cool enough
10 create a reaction. Follow up with
Il very vigorous rubbing. Keep it up
summer and water, until the habit is
firmly fixed.
T never 1re:uaed that habit could
be so thoroughly fastened upon me as
this is. Why. if | am upon Il sleeping
car, in the morning in the wash room,
after washing face. I wet a towel, and
| taking this with a dry towel, I retire
10 IL toilet room. and dropping off all
my tlOtllnS lllOlSleI every part ol
the body with the wet towel and fol-
low by wipine md active rubbing.
then. after dressing. go out upon
the patf form and inhale and eNhale
! the ozone of the fresh air of the morn
| inc. This done and J. am feeling as
fresh and as much invigorated rs
though [ had the most refreshing sleep
in my bed at home.
! Summer and winter, warm room or
cold room. it makes no difference.
wherever 7 NAV be [ have that morn
ing wash. am so thoroughly imbued
with the idea that it is the one great
secret of perfect health and long life,
that 7 would have the regular daily
wash in the coolest weather of Alas
ka. in the hottest season OF Africa.
whether on a railroad train. in the
army. whether travelling by caravan
Or prospecting for gold-a daily morn
ing wash and a hard rubbing anyway.
and then afterwards something to eat.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
Victory for Prosperity
RAGS RODE AFTER ALL WITHOUT
PASSES AND FREE OF CHARGE.
From The Prison Mirror.

coats approached Rags gingerly, and
laid a hand upon his shoulder. This
was the signal for Il general assault.
One grabbed an arm, another a leg,
rHd the third his coat collar. Directly
they were struggling on the floor, with
AIMS and legs and hands and feet.
no" Rags was under and then Brass
bottoms was under, then both went I'M
d. together.
Eager faces crowded about. Passen-
gers from the other car gazed over
each! others shoulder through the open
door. But the scene is closing now.
rIry had him at the door. He seemed
TO have given up the struggle. Down
the steps they drag him, off onto the
frozen ground. There YOU are, Rags.
May the Dakota winds speak gently
to YOU and the winters night close
srf1ly down upon you. The thrice
frozen ground at your feet you will
no; find harder than mems hearts.
The conductors watch chain is in
four, one cuff link is gone, and blood
is on his under lip. One of the assist
ants walks lame and the sleeve is torn
entirely out of the coat of the other:
I'M, ''the country is saved" The man
is put off.
The next day the following appeared
in the Minot Courier:
TRAMP FROZEN.
Last night, just before midnight, as
Nc. IA. east bound, was pulling into
s.. six miles west of here, the engin-
Ger discovered the form of ii man lying
in the middle of the track. He i'm
mrdiately reversed all steam and put
Oh brakes. but was unable to stop be-
fore he had struck the body The re-
mains were badly frozen, and it is i'm
possible to say whether he was alive
when the engine struck him. The re-
mains will be taken to Grand Forks for
interment.
Md SO Rags got his ride after all.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

engaged to James G. Blain, Jr.. report
which neither will affirm or deny. BY
a strange irony of fate the young man is
the same who was reported at one time
engaged to be married to Kaiulani; and
SO the Princess, deprived Of love and
life, is literally given over into the hands
Of her living rival,
Miss Beverages future is unknown and
unconjectured even by the closest friends.
Endowed with sufficient riches for
"enough' she need not work except when
her hands itch for the clay; and only
when she finds a subject that attracts
her. She travels in Europe long seasons
at time and her dearest friends say
that they know not when nor where TO
find her.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
IBlST OF K.tIlLANf,
\ Committee Of Native Ha,vaiianS to
Visit ire.

The Hawaiian CLUB Of Honolulu con-
sSting Of the Wcal;hicr class Of natives
has about determined to ask the services
Of Miss kuchnc Bcveruge, the sculp-
trcsS, 10 mould Il bust Of their dead young
rulcr-for TO the last they persisted in
thinking that some day kuiUilni would
lead Them either as Il Queen or is a
DircctrcSs-GvnCrll appointed BY the
United States.
When they first proposed 4 monument
to kaiuluni 10 nc placed in tn. old pace
it was suggested hat they apply to some
English sculptor, us kuUllHi WAS cdu-
Gated principally n England. Eu, upon
consideration. ana W:lun her love for
America Wis taken into the Argument,
it was decided that 40 uur cou ii DO
Justice TO the Am-ricuniZcu Hlwit1
Princess ~ we'll as an .Am-ricd IN; and they
could think o. none ytilc" who could cl-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
oinches and hurts: but because it is I'm

pinches and hurts. but because it is I'M
just.
''The city for the people, has been
the rallyino call in most of the large
European cities. ana in some great
gains have been made. Here in our
own country. San Francisco. boston.
New York. Chicago. and many another
city is roll<ine to the call.
Let us awaken for the call-"A cry
for the peoplc!'' Our homes for our
children." 1t is indeed worth stri;-
ing for.
And when in after years we shall he
able to look back on the gains we
helped to win. the satisfaction we feel
will more than repay the labor. Rally
friends, let us win "a City for tho
Pecple!"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

SAN JUAN DE Puerto RICO. April
.>.--Mr. Edwin NJ. Arnold. who has ar
rived by Tn" steamer Philadelphia, an
::"u!lrcs thy immediate establishment here
81: The American Colonial bank, which has
y. III organized by Mueller, Schal & CO.
Of New York. in cpnjunc:i ION with Puerto
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN.
Elizabeth 3arret browning.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Do YOU hear the children weeping. 0
my brothers.
Ere the sorrow comes with years.
They are leaning their young heads
against their mothers
And that cannot stop their tears.
The. Young lambs are bleating in the
mradoWS:
The young birds arc chirping in the
The young fawns are playing with the
shadows:
The young flowers are blowing to-
ward the west:
Tut the young, young children, 0 my
brothers.!
They are weeping bitterly.
They are weeping in the playtimc of
the others.
III he country Of the free.
Do you question the young children m
their SorroW
Why their tears are falling SO:
The old man may weep for his tomor-
Which is lost in long ago:
The old tree is leafIesS in the forest:
The old year is ending in the frost:
Tie old wound, if stricken. is the sorest
The old hope is hardest to be lost;
But the Young, young children, 0 my
brothers..
Do you ask them why they stand
Weeping sore before the bosoms of
their mothers,
FL our happy Fathcrand?
''For all day the wheels arc droning,
turning:
Their wind comes in our faces,
Til! our hearts turn. our head with
pulses burning,
And the walls turn in their places.
Turns the sky in the high window
blank and reeling,
Turns the long light that drops
adoWn the wall,
Turn the black flies that crawl along
the ceiling
MI are turning all the day, and we
with all.
And all day the iron wheels are dron-
ing;
And sometimes we could pray,
@, We wheels (breaking out in mad
moanng),
Sion. be silent for today!'''
Aye. be silent! Let them hear each
other breathing
For a moment. mouth to mouth:
Let them touch eacl, others hands. in
fresh wreathing
or their tender human youth:
Let them feel that this cold metallic
motion
Is not all the life God fashions or
reveals;
Let them prove their living souls
against the notion
That they live in you or under YOU,
D wheels!
Still all day the iron wheels go on
ward,
Grinding life down from its mark:
And the childrcn's souls, which God is
calling sunWard,
Spin on blindIv in the dark.
They look up with their pale and sunk
en- faces,
And their look is dread to see,
For they mind you Of the angels in
high places.
With eyes turned on Deity.
elbow long" they say, chow long, 0
cruel nation,
Will YOU stand to move the world OIL
Il chilu'S heart
| StHc down With Il mailed heel its pa ;,i-
! IL zion.
And tread onward TO your throne
amid the mart?
Gun blood SpIashrs upward. o "uid-
heaper,
And purple shows your path:
1'u1 he chiId'S sob in the silence cllr>-
es deeper
Than the strong man i'm his wrath.
HlST OF KAIlLANI.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

\ decided novelty in the way Of
newspaper enterprise is announced
from Lapland. The first paper in 'hA,
country has appeared. 1t is written
upon IL single sheet of paper: and is
published every Sunday at Il town will:
al unprono''nceabe name. Up to the
present the journal has only half Il
dozen subscribers. and every issue IS
welcomed with loud applause.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

TOLEDO, o. Arril N.-MIi Brown.
,,:,,lliju.n; on thu, staff of Gen. IIartsuff
during he, LAKE war. ui,rl here in,lly aged
-. He wuS one Of the most prominent
men in q. ~ Il. circlyS III Ohio.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

The cost Of the worlds wars sine"
he Crimeun war has been S12.26%.OnO.
600, or enough to give Il couple Of SOY
ere GINS to every man. woman and chile!
on the rIOl)c
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

'Wlrn il woman ucifcS the world for
her love.
With minimizing courage She throws
down her glove.
liti :Nur'-DIadr dnzZlcS her enemies
The rnb|,Hrl' Behind her. forgotten
il lr>.'
But Il man when rllaIIenrrl in loves
court to tilt
May loosen the >Nord-hja'Ir. may grasp
Il, The lIiIt.
Md though willing ~ shield Whatever
he loves.
In rnc",'n'rrin~ the world, Doe his
ti"h, iu%--Milh gloves.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

More men have died and are buried
in The iSthmlIS of Panama. along lhI
line Of he proposed canal. than en-
NY equal amount of territory in the
world.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

Fine British government. as Il starter,
has appropriated $10.0O0.ono for Acquire
ing the Telephone system Of the coun-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-29

In all the time since hen ii y, 49,
ri,irnt eau nh1 Il cold. r"t'I'' "''>"!'''''
" throw it Off in three days by abs: IL
rnrr in eating, Ivy freely drinhin" anl
daily rubbing.
B,i, the facts are that seldom take
The times., 1899-07-05
THE OLDEST INHABITANTS.
The association Holds Its Annual
Patriotic Exercises.

Patriotic Exercises.
The Association of the Oldest Inhabi-
tants of the District of Columbia celebrated
Independence Day by appropriate observ-
ances at their hall, in the Corcoran Build
ing, yesterday morning. AT 10 O'Clock the
association convened in business session
and for over an hour business of routine
character was transacted. During the
business meeting the committee appointed
some time ago to prepare portrait of the
late W. W. Coreoran, an esteemed MEM
ber f-the association reported. The por-
trait was exhibited by the chairman of
the committee, ]. A. Wineberger. 1t vas
considered an excellent likeness. At the
close of the presidents address, on motion
of Joseph Prather the committee was
thanked for its services and discharged.
An election was held and the old off,
GERS were chosen to serve again as fol-
lows: John Marbury, jr., President; John
W. Clark. William Boron, F. s. Kern, y.
ID. Larner, F. w. Brandenberg, Joseph
Prather, Jacob Yeihmeyer. B. C. Wright.
G. H. Langley, p. NJ. Dubant, A. H. Ragan,
Philip May, and Rudolph Eichhorn, Vice
Presidents: Joseph Prather, Treasurer; DR..
J. T. Howard. Corresponding Secretary;
b, W. Reiss. Recording Secretary, and ].
A. Wineberger, Marshal and committee on
nominations.
Al the close OF the business session the
patriotic exercises of the day were held.
B. c. Wright read the Declaration of In
dependence after which the audience
Joined in singing America" Jean +. p.
Garennes followed with an eloquent ora
ton. The audience sang Aud Lang
Syne." after which refreshments were
served and the association adjourned.