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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08

dent Dole has been constantly in the pub,
lie eye during the last few years and
conspicuous he has established a reputa-
ton for being a good fighter" in any
HawaHs campaigns under the customs
that prevail in the United States prom
1SeS to be very exciting ana is long 10
be remembered from a number OF very
apparent reasons.
characteristics of the native Hawaiian
so well does ex-President Dole. In an
The native Hawaiian is by no means
a low order of man. L cannot compare
him with the negro. because L am not well
enough informed regarding the ablIltles
and capabilities of the negro. But do
race and make brilliant scholars, especial
ly in mathematics.
but have been to school with them, ana l
have never noted any especial limitation
If. however, there is any limitation. l
should say it would be in regard to alb
are richly endowed with a sense of the
dramatic and excel in the study OF Eng
lsh liteTature tipqaing the English classics
Being interested in their studies and
students and faithful workmen. They
have a respect for law and a love for or
on the islands, ana they fill offices in al
most every department of the govern
bench of the Circuit and Magistrate
Courts, and with few exceptions, compose
49,
seem that man who had observed them
as closely as these remarks indicate would
not be a bad man to govern them.
In appearance Sanford b. Dole is a
truly striking man. He is tall. is always
dressed in most perfect taste and his
snow-white hair, mustache and long
beard would give him a truly patriarchal
appearance if it were not for his erect car
ciage, the youthful appearance of his
complexion and his brilliant eyes. He is
exceedingly well bred in his manner,
which suggests that of an English duke
one of the proper kind-Out of a novel
and there is very little about him to sug-
gest the politician and diplomat that he
has proven himself to be in his admins
tration of the affairs of the Hawaiian
Republic the troubles with Queen Lili-
uokalani and Japan.
The next striking thing about the ex-
president is the extraordinary calmness
that pervades all his actions. A resident
of Washington, after Dole's first visit to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08
NEW YORK'S SKYLINE BILL.

The famous Skyline bill Is SAG agaisRt a be
buildings, Familiarity known as sky7scrap-
ers. ana preserves New aOI af Svsnis hing
into the clouds. 1.-The Cloud bilp' it was
When the first settlers chose Manhat-
what they did They little foresaW. the ne,
their act. How could they foreten that. n
two hundred years, the small island w0 QUO
be wholly inadequate for the people Wllo
wanted to dwell upon it. How could they
foresee the great crush ana Lame Jam ms
sled with each other for a place OF pusl.
ness and dwelling upon an lsland d, th Ia
ground floor, less than one million, nrr,
1t has been estimated th fnr+ ~ h1y Ne IN
homes, instead of on upper floors; ina, tnat
nine families out Of every ne ten ln Wcei for the
remaining tenth family ,a mako
To obviate the dtnc Ya2< has hag re si
ed to the sky scraper, the marvelously
high building which Lifts its hea and iT Winch
IS so tan that, like the leaning tower % %
Pisa it necessarily sia ant T and and
noot;nn of the earth Scientists now ind
that Pisa, did not lean; 1t ohlS 1iioiiiieo
| ~ ARCHITECTURAL EAIS.
At first it was great fun for the arcnl-
{ TSf,sI hotel opposite Central Park ac-
commodated guests with quarters upon
d der and laughed; Then me n9w 81 a2if
its sheet upon the seventeenth moor;
Then rose other buildings, taller E,; aho
Ten stores grew quickly to twenty
and now, it is not impossible to tn hir ef an
| building opposite the Postoftice;
TO reach your office, you take not not the ne
stop until it reaches the fifteenth floor.
When you go to lunch you go down to the
street enter another tall building, rise to
the sixteenth floor. Then you take a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08
THE GREATEST
STEAMSHIP.
The Oceanic, a New Ocean Greyhound
of England, Is the Monster
of the Seas

The Oceanic which launched at
Belfast January IA is the greatest steam
ship ever built. in point of size and prop.
able speed. She was on the quays OF
Harland & Wolff a year and a half ago.
The Oceanic is 704 feet in length, 10
feet longer than the Great Eastern, which
has heretofore held the record in marine
construction She will sail between
Liverpool and New York for the White
Star line carrying many passengers
as can be seated in the great Metropoh-
tan Opera House.
She is not built for speed so much as
for comfort and convenience, yet she will
make the trip in six days, both summer
and winter Her tonnage is II ,040 gross
register. her beam rs feet. her depth "A
feet
In general construction, appearance
and interior arrangements the Oceanic
will be practically an enlarged duplicate
of the Teutonic and Majestic. She will
be fitted with quadruple expansion en-
gines of not less than 10000 horse power
Compared with other great ocean
grayhounds the Oceanic leads by a wide
margin. The St. Louis and ST. Paul are
each 555 feet over all, the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse $50 feet, "a feet shorter than
the new leviathan.
When seen in the open sea even the
largest vessel fails to impress the ordi-
nary observer with the Importance of her
dimensions. Half her great bulk is out of
sight beneath the water, and there is no
familiar object near with which to COM
pare her. But if placed on shore one
could fully appreciate just what a mon
ster the modern steamship is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08
THE WORK OF THE
Us. FISH COMMISSION
1t Is Busy Dredging the Warm
Waters of Our Coast for New
and Peculiar Species of
Fish Life.

The most fascinating work is that
which relates to the deep sea. Men who
have been on the United States Fish Com
mission for years say that they are al
ways interested in the products which are
hauled from the depths of the ocean. No
matter how often they have seen the
dredge come up to the surface, they are
always watching and waiting for the next
haul, sure that it will show them some
thing interesting.
The old saying that there are as good
nsh In the sea as ever were caught is true
In every sense, for not a year passes but
something new and strange is brought out
OF the ocean. Last year no less than sixty
new kinds of fish were brought up from
the deep sea depths to be named and class
lied in the hSh products of the United
WORKING THE DREDGE.
AT these wonderful depths and amid
the dredge of the Fish Commission is
operated day and night when the ship is
at sea. This dredge is nothing more nor
less than big scoop which is dragged
along the surface of the ocean floor So
fascinating is this work that even the old
est seamen aboard the ship, men who
have seen this dredge hoiSted from the
sea depths thousands of times, are always
as eager to see its contents the last time
that it comes to the surface they were
many years ago.
This fascination is experienced by the
officers as well as by the men. And it is
not wonderful that this is SO. The tales
that the seamen tell of strange finds are
sufficient to stimulate intense mental
speculation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08

! extra floors to the restaurant under the
sky. :rOIn which You Iook down UPON tae
men in the street as pigmies. Another
tall building, forty stories this time, is in
course OF construction.
This was plenty of fun for the builders
ana reaI estate owners at first, but one
foggy day New Workers got awakened to
the fact that their light was gone and
that the sky-scrapers had shut out, NOT
only the sunshine, but the air. The streets
seemed always to be damp and the wagons
moved as through alIeyways. while on
each side lowered the sky-scrapers.
1t is late, but never too late, to mend.
and now, New Workers are protesting
| against the tall building and using argu-
Skyline bill, which regulates the height
of these buildings and gives New Workers
a chance once more to see the light of day
WANT Low BUILDINGS.
the Skyline bill are the architects, VINO
want chance to build handsome build
The fire insurance companies, because
of the certain destruction of the sky
scraper in case of fire-for they cannot
The elevator firms and other mechani-
cal companies, because of the great risk
they run in carrying out and guarantee
ing their contracts.
me tenants. because of the fact that.
! unless they are immensely wealthy, they
must rise to the clouds to get office room.
The public, because its streets are
ever damp and its air ever confined and
So, New York has become the victim
of its own greed until the Legislature had
to be called in to control it.
New Workers claim that the skyline Is
ever changing. Patriotic city dweilers say
that, after an absence of six months. they
cannot detect the familiar outlines OF
their own city. Those who stay at home
shudder at sound of the builders for fear
that another square yard of their narrow
skyline is to be cut off
The Skyline bill, on the other hand
has thousands of opponents, many OF
whom claim that New York should shelter
| and protect its business interests; and
| that it should send it's jewellers over to
! Brooklyn to sleep, or lodge them New
Jerseys beautiful shore. along the
/ lovely banks of the Hudson. where so
many millionaires now spend their slime
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08

a picturesque cottage empowered in ferns,
palms and eVergreens. Here they neid
their Friday afternoon receptions, which
for a long time were a marked feature or
social life in Honolulu. These receptions
were most informal, but were always
marked with the most charming hospl-
tally.
Ex-Minister Harold Sewan first be
came figure in National affairs in 1895,
when he proved that while he was ms
fathers son he was no of his father
at least-as far as politics were concerned:
Harold Sewall is the second son OF Arthur
SewaI. of Bath. Me, who ran as Vice
President the Democratic ticket in the
campaign of 1896 He showed then that
he had no political affiliations with his
father and by his dignifed attitude in the
matter won many friends and admirers.
His interest in Hawaiian affairs has al
ways been of the keenest and he has a
islands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08
BYRON A FAV0RITE.
Cubans Prefer Poetry to Prose Every
Day in the Week.

of Havana, but Byron's popularity is shown
by the multitude of his works on sale.
sDon Juan seems to be the favorite,
partly. no doubt. because of it's Spanish
subject and partly because of it's literary
pangency-a favorlte quaIty among
themselves OF course. the larger part
of the stock on the book shelves is made
up of the work of Spanish writer's, classic
and modern. The people read Cervantes
with as much avidity as if he were satiriz-
ing the weaknesses of others instead of
their own.
The style of literature preferred by
people so near our own door is a first a
shock to us. but We soon get used to it
Any kind of poetry sells in Cuba, while
prose works go begging
The people have natural tendency
toward singing. music, and dancing. Tow
ard the beautiful things in life. Toward
the ideal, rather than the real.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08

Not only does the dredge bring, up llv-
ing things but also things believed to re-
late to bygone ages-matters of import
ance to anthropologists, geologistdS; anu anu
bedded in the earths crust many lessons
that to-day shed most P3weT ,f1anl[ Hgd'
bIIt also of the animal and vegetable
Kingdoms from almost the beginning OF
life The dynamic force of the ocean -
the greatest known. 1t wears away con-
tinents The pulverization gradually ma
a place on the lowest levels OF the ocean
Here thew are found by the dredge OF the
fish boat. ~
MANY of these fish are extremely pretty,
rivaIIing the speckled trout and the
picturesque salmon. Others are only Cd
It is thought that many new. edible
fish can De added to our list of things TO
eat by these recent discoveries, and SO the
fish commission will have an unitarian
mission as well as a scientific one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08
4 NORWEGIAN
MACHINE.
A Sailor Who Has Got Tired Of tn
Seas Has Decided to Try the Air.

John Christian Jonasson. a Norwegian
sailor, in whose brain the flying ma
chine idea bided for some years, recently
came out with a model which he claimed
would fly. Here is his description OF ms
invention:
There are two wings, each sixteen
feet long. They are oval in shape, and it
is my intention to initiate them with gas;
calculate be sufficient to support my
weight and the weight of the car. The
wings follow the curve of the boat on the
inner side and are attached to mechan-
ical device of my own invention which will
enable me to move the wings as rapidly
as L like. The rudder is built upon the
plan of the tail of bird and is ten feet
long and eight feet in diameter at the
outer edge. Between the rudder and the
body of the boat is a large canvas pro-
peller having four blades, and there is an
| auxiliary propeller in the bow of the
| boat as large the one in the stern.
which can be used to propel the boat in
| one direction can be worked against
| each other in case the rudder should be
disabled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08

To the average man or woman almost
every place on the earth's surface arouses
the sight of its name, and it is COM
mOnplace that the picture presented to our
mental vision is invariably that associated
with the early history of such a country
or such a locality.
think of it as the land Of - Gordon and
Kitchener; rather do we recall the country
Cleopatra; the country of the Pyramids,
the Sphinx, the sluggish Nile To speak
caesars And 1n efSi e sag Ao to pass in
memOry's panorama succession of pic
p!aces-an the wild and barbarous beauty
of Oriental life.
recently come into the possession, or I'M
der the government, of the United States,
fantastic, feats of imagination. among
those who have never Travelled in the the
States have a regular govarnmente lines
of steamers and, in short all the APP
pendages of our modern civilization.
there sfili hangs over the piace the at
South Seas. And When he %! Speak of them t.rn
our thoughts are filled with pictures of
a semi-saVage race, but gentle Withal,
leading, careless existence under the
which the fires burn brightly after night
fall, and the chocolate-co.ored natives go
through weird dances, their bodies-fes-
TONED with ropes of brilliantly coIored
Notwithstanding in the light of the
With these pictures before US it comes
as a kind of shock to run across a para
graph in a newspaper that President Dole.
of Hawaii, is about to begin vigorous
campaign for the Governorship of that
territory" and that he has a formidable
rival for the post in the person of ex-AIin-
lister Harold Sewan.'' This para graph also
states that dole and SewaIl own the two
leading newspapers in Honolulu, and nei-
Their hesitates to use the columns of his
own paper to further his own interests -
That is the kind of a paragraph that
brushes all the Phantasies about ianguor-
GUS life in the South Seas out of ones
head and arouses thoughts of the yearly
electiOneering. when the stump-spea ker
never ceases from troubling and the can
didates know no rest
For that it will be a vigorous cam
paign who is even slightly IA
miliar with the careers of the two men
who are electioueering for the governor
ship will have the slightest doubt. Presi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08

small elevator which whisks you up three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-08
PRINCE JAMES MARRIAGE.

The latest rumor about this interesting
young man is that the Pope, with the
consent of the Queen Regent, was en-
deavoring to bring about marriage of
Princess Mary of Austria with Don Jaime.
with a view to avoiding bloodshed in
Spain. This programme, it has heretofore
been stated. contemplates the abdication
of King Alphonso and the accession to the
throne of Spain of Don CarIos's son.
Don Jaime.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-23
roR sAIE-REA1 EsrArR.


4 good 5 room house, North Topeka.
$500 500 cash, balance monthly payments
A room house on Jefferson between
9TH and 9Th east 'front.' Wen ana clstern. son.
$500 to 500 cash, balance monthly pay
~ lots on Chandler between 3rd and 4th
a nice room cottage, 10 feet ceilings, eel
lar, well water at the door, nice grape
arbor, elegant shade Price $1,000; $500 to
$500 cash, balance monthly payments.
This I is a bargain. gs p roor, ho,,.o 3-u+
hall and stair cellar. Well and clstern and
barn, on east side. Price 1000; 800 cash.
oalance monthly pa PayHqe1Hite; ySqa1ise,, o. ,o. o,a
cellar. well water, coal shed and outbuild-
1ngs- Price $500; small payment down, bal
ance monthly payments
Monroe St, east front room house on
& fae 6ear a1 OF 06 s66 to Wi s6 0eE des for Pa
room between 3rd and 4th on Jefferson,
cellar, coal shed and outbuildings- Price
IL lots on Tyler between 9Th and 7th,
large two story room residence. front
hall, hall and stair, hard oil finish, cleo
trie lights, nicely painted and papered-
monthly payments II desired
Nice room house between 3rd and 4th
all around. Price 81, 200; $500 to $400 cash,
balance monthly payments.
business buildings on East 4th street
for. Price g 200 rents for $2S per month
or 16 per cent on the investment. This
is snap.
~ lots east front on Jefferson between
4th and 5th, $500.
IL lots on Quincy between 3rd and Ath,
room brick cottage, well and cistern,
sewer connection, splendid story barn,
paving and sewer paid for. viii offer for
a few days at $1,000; part cash, balance
time to suit.
> lots on Polk near 18th, room frame
residence, hot and cold bath, water closet,
marble face basin, sewer connection,
steam heating plant, gas and gas fixtures
hot and cold water, cistern, pump in sink
$500 barn at the low price OF 81 100 if taken
soon; part cash, balance time to suit pur-
chaser. For further particulars call on
w. Q. STEPHENSON & CO.
609 Kansas avenue lover Rigby'sO
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OR sALE-REAL ESTATE
REAL Observation-Disclosures

FOR SALE-BARGAINS-
VESTAIENT PORPERTY-
houses, rooms each, lots, east front
on Adams near shops Pays II per cent
interest, 81, 900.
Property on South Kansas ave, pays
II per cent, 81. 900.
Van Buren business property; pays 10
per cent net on price 81. 900.
Kansas avenue property, between 4th
and 5th, pays about per cent net.
room house. east of track pays II per
cent net price $500.
4 room house, Lowman hill, pays u per
cent net on price 500
Small properties, east side. paying Is
Many other bargains just as good
Fine room house, modern, on Lincoln
near 8 tn.
3 fine lots on Western ave, near 10th,
room house on Monroe. good location.
hard pine nnish, good condition 81. 500
room house 1-3 lots, good barn on Lo-
s room house. lots Western ave-. near
= room house, east side, good location,
room house west part of city, blocks
from paving, 2 lots, east front S1,O0O less
for cash
Many other houses in all parts of the
city at low prices.
SUBURBAN
A fine acre tract in good location, near
city; a beautiful park, highly improved.
"a to 81 lots on East 10th St, near car at
all or half.
FARM PROPERTY
$50 acres of good bottom land, miles
from postomice, $1,000 house. barn and
other improvements, rent will pay 8 per
Houses and farms for trade.
Clear lots and land to trade for equities.
EMMETT Z. ROUDERUSH
lis ". 9Th. Phone 267.
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NOTICE.


Topeka. Kansas. Sept. 10. 1899.
Councilman ROundtree introduced the
following resolution, which was
adopted:
Whereas, Lot number 533 and the
north half of 635 on Kansas avenue in
the city Of Topeka are below grade and
are in such condition that stagnant
water and other putr1d animal and
vegetable matter accumulate and stand
upon said lot number 633 and the north
half Of 635 Kansas avenue. in such man
ner and to such extent as to be dele
terious and injurious to the health Of
the inhabitants of the city Of Topeka
residing in the vicinity thereof, there
fore, be it
Resolved, By the mayor and council
Of the city of Topeka, that the cOndi-
ton of lot number 633 and the north
half of 635 Kansas avenue is hereby de-
clared to be a common nuisance, and
that said stagnant water and putrid
animal and vegetable matter be re-
moved from the same and that they be
filed with dirt to the established city
grade Of the alley. within forty days
from this date. and be it further
Resolved, That the city marshal is
hereby instructed to serve a certified
copy of this resolution upon the owners
of said lot number 633 and the north
half of 635 on Kansas avenue within
three days from this date and If per
sonai service can not be made upon said
owner or owners, then this resolution
shall be published in the official city
be it further
Resolved, That in case the owner or
owners of said lot number 633 and the
north half of 635 on Kansas avenue
shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply
with the direction of this resolution
within the time herein specified. then
said lot 633 and the north half Of 6S5
on Kansas avenue shall be filed up to
the grade of the alley at the expense
of the city by the street commissioner,
under the supervision of the city engi-
neer who shall keep an account Of the
cost of filing said lot number 633 and
the north half of 635 on Kansas avenue
and report the same to the mayor and
council
I, J. H. squires. city clerk OF the
city of Topeka, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing resolution is a
true and correct copy of the original
resolution now on file in my Office.
In witness whereof have hereto set
my hand and attached the Official seal
of the city this 18th day OF September,
1899. J. H. SQUIRES.
City Clerk
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Governor Stanley went to Meriden to-
say to speak this afternoon at an A Q.
e. ". picnic A large crowd of Tope-
ka people, prominent among them be-
ing members of the organization with
their families went to Meriden, leaving
Topeka at 11:25 on a freight train 10
which was attached a special car for
their accommodation. Among other
speakers who Will be present is John
H. Crfder of Fort Scott, grand master
workman of the Kansas lodges The
picnic is to be followed by an evening
anfarfainmenf
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-23
WICHITA WOMAN'S FIND.
Discovers an Old Certificate of Deposit
For $4,000

Wichita, Kan, Sept. 23.-Mrs. Julia
Binhead. a widow living in this city.
has found a certificate of deposit for
SO. 600 issued by the Bank of Trenton,
Tenn. January %. 1858 It was deposi-
ted by her brother. William L. L. Rich
ardsOn of MacOupin county, Ill, who
entered the army. After his death she
could not find it and it was discovered
while she was Overhauling some old pa
pers- The bank is not in existence now
bur suit will be brought to recover the
amount. The claim has reached $751;
o0n
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-23
Anonaad of Rohharv.

N. o. Charlesburg accused James
Jones of highway robbery. The two
were out together for a good time and
became so intoxicated that when
Jones was arrested for the crime
Charlesburg was taken along charged
with being drunk. Jones' defense is
that Charlesburg never had anything
to be robbed of. The police consider it
rather a good defense.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-23
SCOTTISH RITERs.
Advanced Degree AIasons Visit II
Topeka

AOpeka-
Topeka Consistory No. / was honored
Friday night by an official visitation
from Martin Collins, SO, grand minister
OF state OF supreme council A & A s.
r. for the southern Masonic jurisdic-
ton.
Addresses were made by William
Green in behalf of Topeka and by NJ
NJ. Miller in behalf of the state. The
addresses were responded to by Mr.
Collins After the addresses a banquet
was served. Among those from out of
town We're: J. D. Harrington. David
Passon and Alfred Whitman. Lawrence;
William J. Puett and J. Giles Smith,
Wichita: J. H Lieyman and J. F. Let
ton, Fort Scott; Harper Cunningham,
Guthrie Ok; DR.. f. J. Lutz, Kansas
City kan; r. n. Hershfield, Kansas
City. Mo: z. T. Carr. LeavenwOrth;
William Busby, Parsons, and Charles
Shedd, Whiting.