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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18

Richardson, Bigham, BurkhOlder, Sea-
ton and DeBard all made speeches for
the bill; while Babb and Anderson, both
of Sedgwick county, were the only ones
who opposed it.
Speaker Osborn said that while the
legislature two years ago cut down the
salaries of all county officers it forgot
to cut off any of it's own Is cents a mile
both ways in coming to and going from
the legislature, when they rode on
passes, and it wasn't fair to the other
fellows.
Mr.. Bigham, of Morris, said 1t is cost
ing him $3.50 a day in Topeka, and $1.25
a day for a. clerk to take his place in
his store at home, so that he was get
ting just % cents day for his services
here and he didn't feel as though he was
getting rich very fast.
Mr.. Anderson of Sedgwick said: "If
hired hands were left to fix their own
wages they would have them away up.
The members of this house are leaving
this matter to the peoples hired hands.
instead of the people themselves. and
1t is to the interest of the officeholderS
to run the fees up as high as possible"
1t was evident that the house was in
favor of fees and salaries, and the mo-
ton to sustain the bill carried by big
vote, and the bill was considered sec
ton by section, but progress was slow.
The salary of every officer had to be de-
bated, and some member had to try to
get a better salary for officers who were
their personal friends
After supper the county attorney re-
ceived many eulogies from some of the
lawyers of the house who are partners
with present county attorneys, or who
have an eye on the office of county at
torney themselves, and the result was
that the salary of that office was raised
about 5000 per year above even what the
proposed bill anticipated.
There was no quorum during the
greater part of the evening session, but
many of the vacant chairs were filed
by county officers who had come to To-
peI.a from various parts of the state
they could for them, so that the dis
crepancy in the quorum was not very
apparent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18
THREE COFFEE WRECKS.
Plain Facts Worth Considering.

For the past six years, up to twelve
months ago, 1 was a perfect wreck and
slave to coffee. 1t kept me in a pros
trated condition continually.
Gradually my heart became affected,
and I suffered intense pain in the left
side and over the region of the heart.
Every now and then had nervous
spells that laid me up for weeks at a
time. 1 was also troubled with short
ness of breath whenever exerted my
self in any way.
1 could not lie on my left side and my
sleep was broken with severe pains
and smothering sensations. The doctor
told me that it was coffee drinking.
I put myself under his treatment but
did not leave off the coffee, and as I
obtained no help, became respondent
and gloomy.
By chance I learned of the Postum
Food Coffee, and concluded would try
and quit the coffee habit and use Pos
turn. After a, weeks time I felt greatly
improved, and continued using the Pos
tum and am still using it. My appetite
returned to me and L gradually regain
ed my health and strength, and am now
as we'll and hearty as 1 ever was.
have had no return of my heart trouble
since using Postum.
r. do not understand that Postum is
III ANY way d InedIcln0, OUT II is d
food, whereas the ordinary coffee is a
very powerful drug, as shown in my
case and many others.
Two of my near neighbors were ad-
dfcted to coffee, and it treated them
much as it did me. They are Mrs. NJ.
n. Powell and Mrs. Mary Pitts.
When they found what a change had
been made in me by leaving off coffee
and using Postum, they threw away
their old coffee pots, got some new ones
and began to use Postum. The first
time they tried it, they did not like it
very WELL but they soon found that they
had not allowed it to boil long enough
Now they are two as healthy ladies as
steal aches and ills all gone. They sleep
and eat well and seem to enjoy life bet
ter than they ever did before. Mrs.
Emma Harris, Paris, Miss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18
LETTERS OF LOVE.
Miss Smiths Are Filled With
Affection For DR.. Lowry.
Show an Earnest Desire to Help
Him Out of Debt.
HER MANY TRIALS.
Fears For the Safety of the
Doctor While Travelling.
Jury Seems Deeply Impressed
by Her Story.
Last Epistle of Miss Smith Read
Interest Increases.
HER MANY TRIALS.

Kansas City, Feb. 1S-How to write
love letter was the lesson learned by
scores of curious women in Judge Slo-
ver's court From 10 O'Clock in the
morning until o'clock in the afternoon
they listened to the letters written by
Miss Martha Smith to DIR. H. S. Lowry.
the parties to the $4,000 breach of
promise suit that has been on trial for
several days.
The proceedings developed nothing
that was calculated to relieve the pub
lie mind of doubt as to the real merits
of Miss Smiths claims. The day was
spent in reading letters written by her
to DIR. Lowry while she was travelling
for him and these, similar to those read
before, showed her love for him and her
devotion to his interests, but in no
sense explained the secret of her Won
derful constancy, nor what DR.. Lowry's
real feeling was toward her.
Practically the entire correspondence
has been given to the jury and the
reading came to an end, at least for
some time, yesterday afternoon. When
he had finished Mr.. Beebe, one of Miss
Smiths lawyers, stated that he wished
TO take the testimony of two witnesses
(women) who had been patiently wait
ing nearly a week to tell what they
knew. The defense mildly protested to
this Introduction of fresh testimony be-
fore the examination of the first wit
ness, Miss Smith, was ended, but the
court thought the witnesses might be
heard. Each occupied the stand but a
few minutes and testified only to her
knowledge of the good character of
Miss Smith during 1893 and 1894.
Both of the witnesses were managers
of private boarding houses where the
plaintiff had lived for q few months
during the time mentioned. Each said
that Miss Smith had been irreproacha-
BILE in her conduct and had been reg
ular attendant upon church services.
Each said that DR.. Lowry was regu-
lar and frequent visitor of Miss Smiths
and that he often took her to the thea
ter, but at no time had there been any
indication that the relations of the two
were not entirely what they should
have been.
At the conclusion of this testimony
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18
TWO NEW LAWS FOR TOPEKA
Senate Passed Them in an "Omnibus''
Friday Afternoon.

In the omnibus of fifty bills passed
at one time in the senate Friday after
noon were two pertaining to Shawnee
county.
One authorizes the issuance of bonds
to refund certain county Indebtedness.
The other authorizes the school dis
tricts to levy a tax to pay the high
school tuition of pupils residing therein.
This bill was originally presented by
Senator Anderson to apply to school
district No. SO, the Nickle Plate district
but it pleased the committee on edu-
cation and was made a general bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18
DEPEW Is SICK.
And Congress of Railway Employees
Is Postponed.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Senator-elect
Chauncey NJ. Depew is confined to his
home with a slight attack of laryngitis
which will prevent his keeping an en-
gagement to address the congress of
railway employees at Chicago. The SEN
ater-elect last night received a tele-
gram from the managers of the con-
gress of railroad employees saying that
the conference would be postponed in
definitely until Mr.. Depew could be
present and deliver his speech in per-
son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18
IAN MAC LAREN LANDS.
He Will Make a Four Months Tour
in the West

New York, Feb. 1S.-Ian MacLaren
CThe Rev. John Watson) arrived here
from England on the Teutonic to begin
another lecturing tour in this country
principally in the west.
In an interview he said: ''It is with
much pleasurable anticipation that
am going to the great west. 1 have long
desired to see that land of promise
My tour, which will last nearly four
months, will extend as far as British
Columbia, and 1 shall come back to
New York from there to sail for Eng
land"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18
Santa Fe Wins at Newton.

Newton, Feb. 1S.-The suit of the
Santa F'e against E. Koran for forcible
detainor of the Clark hotel has been
decided in favor of the Santa Fe by a
jury in a justice court. Branine &
Branine, attorneys for Mr.. Koran have
appealed the case to the district court
and Mr. Koran gave bond for the pos
session of the property. The case will
probably come up in the May term OF
court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18

Coughing Injuries and infames sore
lungs. One Minute Cough Cure Ioosens
the cold, allays coughing and heals
quickly. The best cough cure for child
rem, perfectly harmless. Geo. w. STAINS
field, w. H. Wilson, A. J. Arnold & Son,
A. ]. Kane & Co., druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18

THE MILLS ADAMS CO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18
The MILES-Ad0771S Co.
SATURDAY. Feb. 18th.
N ONDAY MORNING

IH We will have on
III Display our New
Styles of Laces for the
Spring and Summer of
49," and we invite
your inspection of the
same. No newspaper
announcement can give
you an idea of the LACE
Show here. COSTUMES,
WRAPS, MILLINERY, all
call for LACES for TRIM
Ming, and the assort-
ment to be had here is
the BEST we have ever
shown.
PRETTY, ATTRACTIVE,
UNCOMMON THINGS,
which you III NOT SEE
ELSEWHERE, and which
you'll gladly welcome.
This Department has
just received a very
large assortment of VAL
LACkS, suitable for all
kinds of Trimmings,
and the Prices are con-
siderable LESS than we
have ever offered them
to you before.
The attention of
Dressmakers is espec-
cially directed to the
extraordinary show of
Trimming Laces.
THE MILLS ADAMS CO
The evening times., 1899-05-19
FRIDAY, MAY 19. 1899.
4 Prepcsterous Proposition.

II is simply absurd to suppose that the
Cubans should surrender their arms to
other than United States authority. How
General Brooke could have conceived the
idea that they should be permitted to turn
them over TO the mayors of the different
cities is as hard to understand as the
mysterious connection between the moon
and the madhouse.
For il must be understood, first, last and
all the time. that while We have sympa-
thized with the Cubans in their misfoT-
tunes we are not disposed 20 ignore the
fact that they are a trsache:ous lot They
are not at all grateful for what We have
done FOR them. and a man or set OF men
in whom the quality OF gratitude is Jack
ing can be relied upon to be dishonest.
There is no use mincing matters with
wasted upon them. They must be treated
like children at school, for they need
schooling in every sense of the t5rm.
Perhaps it is not their fault that at this
stage of the worlds history they are in
such a rudimentary condition, for much
Of that may be explained by their long en-
forced subservience TO the Spaniards.
We have assumed responsibility for
Cuba. and whatever the future OF the ISL
ard-whatever the system of government
there established-we cannot permit the
natives to run away with themselves. \
stern poEcy is oftentimes the wisest. And
just now sternness would seem to be in
particular demand
The evening times., 1899-05-19
Enxli.h Manufacturer..
frrom the Eno;neer;rr w,o,,;r, /,

trIViH the engineering uaSuEincD
The American manufacturer is never
satisfied until one man is attending as
many machines as possible. or until each
machine is turning out its maximum prod
uct. He demands more from the machine
tool maker than does the English manu-
facturer. He expects and receives assist
ance in the way of improvements, by
which he can cheaper his products and
improve the quality. Generally speaking,
European manufacturers do not keep SO
closely in touch with makers Of labor
saving machinery and improved tools as
do American they are not so well posted
as to the latest designs: they stick to this
or that maker Of lathes or milling ma
chimes. and are with dif1culty induced to
transfer their patronage. They have been
we'll served for the last, fifty or sixty
years: why disturb the routine of ofiice
work by introducing new name into the
hooks? Old Age has its disadvantages.
Many European manufacturers are buying
obsolete and lnntiQuated machinery for
purely sentimental reasons. Business con-
neetions between manufacturers and ma
chine e-tooI makers arc. still maintained
which were established as Tar back as the
time when American manufacturers were
buying mnehtAery from England. Such
ties are not easily broken In. this light
the. to ap American. exasperating con-
servatism Of many European manufac-
turers IL easiiS explained. tT---s
The evening times., 1899-05-19
ACCEPTS THE 1nEv1rApLE.
Letter of Charles Francis Adams I
nm Anti-E1xnannaon Gnfherfun

Letter OF Charles Francis Adams to
an Antt-Expans1on Gathering.
Boston, May 1s.-Charles Francis Ad-
ans was expected to speak at last nights
meeting OF ant-expansionists in Cam
bridge. but he sent letter instead, which
was read at the meeting. In this letter
Mr.. Adams, who has heretofore bsen con-
sidered a pronounced anti-expansionis.,
urges the antis to make the best Of the
Situation. He expressed regrets that the
Administration should have taken its pres
ent attitude toward the Philippine ques-
tion. charging that 1t is in imitation Of
the British colonial policy, but goes on to
say:
Under these circumstances the true
course for the anti-imperialists would
seem TO be devoted to the utmost extent
possible. though not under the English
system, the policy and principle Of auton-
omy, the fact Of the native home rule.
We should endeavor to limit the interfer-
ence Of the United States to an absolute
minimum, and as ! understand it this is
also now the wish of the Administration
so far as it has wish or policy of its
own. Here is a wide field for the exercise
Of useful influence is open to Us.
Il do not. therefore. feel disposed at
this time further to protest or to indulge
in harsh or unnecessary criticisms.
Rather ! would heartily cooperate. In
this life we can rarely have our own way:
but when the course Of events has made
it clear. as now, that our way is no longer
open, 1t is the course of wisdom to do
what is in our power to eliminate as far
as may be the evil we fancy we see in
the policy imposed upon US. originally mis-
taken"
The evening times., 1899-05-19
An Artist Trick.

From the New Orleans Timcs-Democrat.)
II used to wonder Often" said New Orlean,
art lover, .'how the ultra imprcssionists managed
10 paint those pictures that seem such daubs
close at hand and such marvels Of detail at a
distance. call TO mind, for instance a picture
I lately in New York. 1t was called "A
Street in Milan and represented a view between
Of tall houses after a rain When l first
studied 1t l could barely discern the general
subject. 1t was. to all appearances, the craziest
conglomeration Of helter skelter pigment l ever
laid eyes on. Big, meaningless gobs Of paint
stuck out all over the canvas, and the entire
composition was full Of inexplicable smears and
splotchcs. But when I found the right distance
my eyes keyed themselves all OF a sudden to the
work and l fairly gasped at the YeaIism Of the
scene that appeared, as il by magic in the frame
The whole thing seemed to papitate with life
the drenchcd atmosphere, the intricate architec-
turc. the glints Of sunshine on the chimney
pots. the little pools Of water between the cob
blestones. the wrack Of storm clouds breaking
and glowing in the strip of sky--I can't begin
TO describe tit was a marvel, and yet, by Joye,
at arms length it was daub! I've asked sew.
eral tip-top artists how the mischief they could
tell what they were doing when thy painted
such pictures and their answers were interesting
and substantially alike. They told me that they
kept continually leaning back and looking at
the canvas with nearly closed eyes. That shut
on enough light to give them approximately
the effect Of distance -
The evening times., 1899-05-19
ALL WANT TO GREET DEWEY.
Mayor Van Wyck's Trouble In Ar
ranging Il Reception Committee,

Mayor Van Wyrk's Trouble In Ar
ranging Reception Committee.
New York, May 19.-When Mayor Van
Wyck was empowered to appoint COM
mittee of citizens to receive Admiral
Dewey on his return to the United States
he said he would announce the names of
those whom he wished to serve on il in a
few days. He has changed his mind. and
he now says that he does not know when
the reception committee will be appointed
The trouble is that about 10000 men
have notified the mayor. that they would
like to help arrange the city's greeting to
the Admiral. and the mayor does not like
the task of choosing from among them
1t was his original intention to appoin.
committee of 2S0: but when the applca-
tions began to pour in he said that he
would change the number to 1880. Every
mail has been bringing new applications.
and now the mayor is in a quandary The
and some men will have to be disappointed
1t was thought this morning that in view
of the large number of applicants Mayor
Van Wyck would not decide on the make
up of the committee for at least a week
AS more names keep coming in. however.
every day he may decide to act without
delay. so that he may tell the late appli-
cants that they are too late. 1t has been
about decided that the big committee shall
be divided into subcoJpmittees. The mem
bers of these snal~ committees will ar
range the details fof tAe reception. and the
fact that so many imen have expressed a
desire to serve makes 1t certain that every
field will he covered
The evening times., 1899-05-19
The Truth of the Matter.

1t is delightful to hear that Commission
er Hess is shocked" at the revelations be-
fore the Mazet Committee. He is onefourth h
of the New York Police Commission.
That he is in blissful ignorance of the fact
that New York is wide open city is
certainly astonishing in view of his promi-
nence-or notoriety-as "a man about
town." Whatever criticism may be made
of the various witnesses, however. it re-
mains true that New York is today being
governed in exactly the sort Of way it
wants to be governed. 1t is a democratic
city. @it demands democratic and liberal
Interpretation of the law, and it is getting
il, If one may judge from the manner in
which the Raines law is administered
There is sense in the suggestion that
If vicious resorts be permitted to exist
in open violation of the law because they
pay tribute to the police, it would be ad-
visable to legalize and license them and
divert the revenue from the police to the
public treasury. If it be impossible to
trace bribery and corruption direct to the
police departmental it be impossible to
suppress wrongdoing-why. let it flourish
in the open as it does in some of the
Western cities
The evening times., 1899-05-19
DOinEs at The Hague,

The Cars Peace Conference assembled
under sunny skies. 1t was fitting that De
Staal, Russian Ambassador to England
Should be chosen president. His speech
of acceptance was that of a trained diplo-
mat. who has learned that language can
conceal thought as well as express it.
The Conference will consider every ne-
gotiaton aiming to avert war that has
been made since the first Napoleon So
ii has no easy task on its hands. Napoleon
were he alive today would probably calmly
smile in the direction of The Hague.
There is a wide field of work before the
delegates. The Conference is divided into
three general sections, one considering
questions relating TO disarmament, another
the laws of war and mediation. and the
third. matters pertaining to arbitration.
Yesterdays session lasted less than half
an hour. and then the delegates adjourned
until Saturday. When they get through
with their labors and finally adjourn. it
will probably be for year or so in order
that the home governments OF the various
representatives may have opportunity to
ponder the suggestions which have been
made
The evening times., 1899-05-19
OVER A CENTURY OF LIFE.
Mrs. Coats Celebrates Her One Hun
dred and Second Birthday.

Mrs. Coats Celebrates Her One Hun
dred and Second Birthday.
Philadelphia, May 19.-But little touched
with the infirmities of age. Mrs. Mary p.
Coats yesterday celebrated the 1920 ami
versay OF her birth. Father Time had
evidently occasionally forgotten to turn
his hour glass. for, as she sat in her chair
at the cozy home. Of her daughter, Mrs.
Mary A. Funston. 3l2l Westmont Street.
last night. receiving the congratulations
Of her friends. she discounted the more
than century Of her existence by at least
twenty years. Her eyes are still bright.
and the soft coil Of hair, Just the color Of
ripened corn silk. that was fastened with
comb on the crown of her head, would
be the pride OF many a woman of half
her age. Her vision is SO unimpaired that
she reads and writes without the aid of
glasses. and the hand-shake with which
she greeted her visitors was full of vigor
Until a year ago Mrs. Coats was able to
sew. and less than four years ago attended
entirely to her own room, and would
permit no one else to assume this work.
A twelvemonth ago. however, she expert
enced sudden loss Of power in the lower
limbs, and she is confined to her own
room, and obliged to move about in a roll
ing chair. which she propels herself. The
upper portion Of her frame is apparently
as robust as 1t was twenty years ago.
Forty-three direct descendants yester-
day rendered their congratulations to Mrs.
Coats
The evening times., 1899-05-19
HENRY B. HYDE's WILL.
Disposal of the Estate of the Lat.
Insurance President.

Insurance President.
Riverhead. L. l.. May 1?.-The will Of
Henry B. Hyde. late President Of the
Equitable Life Insurance Society. was
probated before the surrogate here yester-
day. The value OF the estate is given as
$500, 900 personal and $780, 600 real property.
The will is long and has three codicils. 1t
is dated September. 1895. To William II.
Mcintyre Mr.. Hyde's private secretary. it
gives s.. 000 and to Camille Everaud. ser
want. is left $500 year so long as she
shall serve Mrs. Hyde. Henry B. Hyde
Ripley. grandson is to have $4,000. To
Annie F. Hyde. the widow. all the house
hold furniture. silver. works of art. horses.
carriages, and farming utensils are be-
queathed. All the rest Of the property is
left to the executors in trust for Mrs. Hyde.
but II she remarries, James Hazen Hyde.
the son. is to have s25, 900 year out of the
net income. After Mrs. Hyde's death the
property is to be divided equally between
the testator's son and daughter. James Ha-
zen Hyde and Mary Baldwin Ripley.
Mr.. Hyde also provided for his son and
his wife by trust deeds. The will men
tiOns a trust agreement by which certain
stocks are conveyed to his son and codi-
Gil provides that certain transfers made to
the wife and son shall not be affected by
the Will. A codicil dated September IS,
1895. gives to the daughter $4,000 a year
out of the estate during the widows life
time. codicil revokes the appointment
of Louis Fitzgerald as executor. The ex-
ecutors OF the will are Annie Hyde. James
Hazen Hyde and James W. Alexander.