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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-06-03
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-06-03
Editorial Comment

The above is a pretty fun statement
Of all that Is contained in this book by
Mr.. Bryan and others oi his way Of
thinking, more OF lees, ON the whole,
the book may be looked upon a. a cam.
paign document for the presidential
oontest ot l9o0. Nearly all the contrib
utors are political propagandists
Nearly an oi them Ncrc in favor Of go
ing to war with Spain, An oi them, ia
one way or another, criticised the al.
minlsiatlon for not taking up the
sword Cor the Liberation oi Cuba months
heiore il did - Gar as nE JovRNAl is
ooncened il was always in favor Of t,e
acquisition oi Cuba and the Hawaiian
Islands, In tayoring their acquisition,
Nc did not favor a war until war Mas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
THE STOCK YARDS CASES.
Are They Settled, or Will They be
Revived Z?

Judge A. H. Horton, Judge D. NJ.
Valentine, representing Attorney Cen
eral GODDARD, and ex-Attorney General
L. c. Boyle and Judge David Martin
are all in Washington this week in con-
nection with the Kansas City stock
yards cases. The motion to revive the
cases in the name of the present at
torney general was made by Judge
Horton. Mr.. GODDARD, upon being asked
what the effect would be in these mo-
tions to abate or revive, said that he
was not disposed to throw any obstacles
in the way of MIR. BOyle's motion to
dismiss the action, but hopes that the
question viii be settled at an. early date.
He appreheEds that if MI. Boyle's mo-
ton be sustained and the action be decid-
ed to be personal one against him. there
will be nothing to prevent the StockyardS
people from commencing new suits against
the present attorney general. and that the
entire litigation may have to be gone over
again.
Mr.. Boyle takes a different view. He
left Topeka a few days ago confident that
the long litigation against the stockyards
was virtually ended, that it could net be
revived and that the law should now be
enforced and made effective. So firmly
did he consider the cases settled that he
said he was going to Washington at his
own personal expense to present his mo-
ton to abate and be hand to make
wha tever argument was necessary. The
awaited with great interest by the live
stock shippers of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
EIGHT-HOUR DAY
And an Advance in Wages Decided
Upon by the Miners Scale
Committee.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 1S.-The miners
went into executive session Immediately
upon assembling today to consider the
report of the scale committee. The dis
cussion continued until 1 o'clock when
q recess was taken for lunch.
According to one of the delegates, the
committee reported in favor of a gen.
eral run-of-mine system and fixed the
rate at 80 cents a ton, an increase of a
fraction over cents a ton. The pres
ent rate for digging run-of-mine coal is
42.6 cents a, ton. 1t was also decided to
fix the rate for coal passing over an
inch and a quarter screen at 76 cents,
or 10 cents a ton more than the present
rate.
A material change was reported in
the differential as to machine and pick
mining. The committee favored baSing
the price for machine mined coal on the
rate in Illinois and fixing cents a
ton as the differential between pick and
machine mining.
The rate in the other states to CORES
pond, according to the present existing
differentialS, which were arranged on
account of the various conditions in the
different coal fields. This would make
the differentials in the Pittsburg dis
trict about Is cents instead of II cents.
The 8-hour clause was also reported
faVorably by the committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
PASSING OF THE AZTEC.
Found Today Only in Small Bands in
Isolated Mexico.

Many people make a mistake in
speaking of the Aztecs sweepingly, as if
Mexico were yet largely inhabited by
them. This proud, pathetic race, the
last of the races to flourish on the Mex
lean continent at the time of the Span
ish invasion, are now but few in num-
Der. The treasure of their kings buried
in the great lakes, their last monarch
hung by the cruel conqueror, their
beautiful valley given over to fire and
sword, their immense temples and wide
stretched city utterly destroyed, the Az
tees left forever the valley of Mexico
and a few of them are in refuge now
among the hills of Puebla, while others,
few also, are said to live along the Pa
cif1c coast.
The Aztec type is rare enough. IN
like the Toltecs they do not deform
their skulls. They are neutrality-suspicious.
with narrow foreheads, have fiat noses
sloping almost straight from the fore
head; black eyes, large mouth, thick
purple lips, short, regular teeth set in
rose-colored gums and thick, coarse,
black hair. They wear little or no
beard. They have a dull bronze-colOr-
ed skin, with a lighter hue on the palms
of the hands and the soles of the feet
and are ugly rather than handsome.
Such are the Aztecs as found today in
fragmentary bands and in isolated parts
of Mexico.-E. G. Butler in Chicago
Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
SPARE THE RCD.
Should Corporal Punishment be Ban
ished from the Schools.

1t is no mere sickly sentimentality
that would Danish corporal punishment
from the class room. Under more hu-
name mana cement the standards of the
school have risen and the humanlzlnS
influences have become greater. We
to know that harshnesS begets harsh
ness, hardness, and cruelty. The world
reflects the spirit in which we meet it;
and this is nowhere more evident than
in the class room. A harsh word,
sneering remark, the cynicism of the
teacher, are reflected by sensitive chill
dren; while undue severity and corporal
punishment make impossible spirit of
harmony and interest and the feeling
of mutual cooperation, which should
be called forth in the ideal relations of
firm, consistent, generous treatment of
young child. as of an older person,
has an appealing and controlling force.
This is pre- eminently true of the nor
NAL child, of child in which the sense
impressions have been on the whole
favorable to happy social relations;
where the ''Sense-means of cultivating
virtue" have been present in early
childhood in the home; where the child
has gained, from the action of those by
whom he is surrounded and in the salts
faction of his physical needs, an impulse
which awakened love and gratitude to
those who satisfied these needs, and
trust in those who protected him in
danger; where those who have directed
him have been as inflexible as nature
toward his irregular desires; where he
has become accustomed to yield his
wishes to circumstances, to a conSidera-
parents.-Miss Julia Buckley in January
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
CLASS LEGISLATION
Is What a Topeka Doctor Calls the
Medical Bill.

DIR. Charles E. Hulett. an osteopath
practicing in Topeka, like many others
not representatives of the old school of
medicine, is very much opposed to the
enactment of Senator Hanna'S proposed
law which will virtually drive him Ou1
of business. DIR. Hulett says:
I'VE have many broad minded physi-
clans who do not wish to regulate or
drive out the Christian Scientists, divine
hea1ers and massage doctors, but they
are interested in driving out the sharks
who pretend to be physicians and do
practice what they term medicine. In
poisOns and should be governed by some
new law as there is danger in such
practice. No one ever heard of a mas
sage doctor killing a, patient. Many OF
the representatives of the old schools of
medicine practicing in Topeka today
recommend and use massage treat
ments for many Of their patients.
THE proposed law is class legislation
of the worst kind and it's purpose is to
create medical trust which has been
declared illegal, under just such laws as
this, in Ohio, Iowa and many other
states.
This is really a renewal of the fight
between the various schools of medi-
cine. The passage of a law by the San
ia Fe railroad compelling the other
railroads to use the Santa Fe smoke
stack on their engines would be no more
unreasonable than the law proposed by
Senator Hanna"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
DEATH TO WOLVES
Is Involved in a Bill offered by Ward
of Wallace

Representative Ward, of Wallace
county, has introduced a bill in the
house to compel the county commits
sioners of every county to place a boun-
ty of from 81 to So on wolf and coyote
Scalps.
Under the present law commissioners
may offer bounty if they want to do
so, but few of them do. Mr.. Ward says
that his county is overrun with coyotes,
but if the commissioners offer a bounty
on them, the surrounding counties will
not do so, and the result will be that
wolf scalps will be brought in for a
hundred miles around, while if all coun-
ties will pay bounty no county will
impose on another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
400 HOUSES BURNED
By Belligerents in the War in
Samoa.

San Francisco, Jan. 1S-A cablegram
to the Call from Auckland. New Zea-
land, under date of January Is says:
When the Oceanic steamship Alameda
left Apia, June 20, a revolution had
broken out on the Samoan islands and
was being waged with much bloodshed
and great destruction of property. The
warships Fake and Porpoise, the latter
IN command of Captain Sturdee were
then at the islands and were taking
part in suppressing the rising.
On December 81 the chief justice de-
termined in favor of Malietoa Tanu,
claiming Mataafa was barred by the
treaty of Berlin. On January l, 5000
of Mataafa's followers rose in rebellion
and defeated 1000 of Malietoa's men,
ambushing them and killing Is natives
and wounding many. The rebels have
burned 400 houses and raZed the towns
on OpuIa. The bread fruit trees have
been cut down in may places. The for
eignerS are uninjured.
The crew of the Porpoise is guarding
the mission as a refuge for Malietoa.
The three consuls have signed procla-
nation recognizing the Mataafa party
provisional government, pending in
StructionS from the powers. with PreSl-
dent Rafael as executive head.
On the 9Th instant, Rafael rose con-
curing, proclaimed the supreme court
and took possession declaring himself
chief justice. He asked Mataafa Tor 5UO
men and was refused.
CONSULS PROTEST.
The British and American conSulS
united in a strong protest against the
action of the president of the municipal
council.
On the 18th Captain Sturdee, Of the
PorpoiSe and the two consulS, declared
the action illegal. The Porpoise cleared
for action and landed a force of ma
rines. His force was unopposed and
took possession of the court Chambers
was reinstated and the British and
American flags hoisted over Chambers
house and the court house. The provis-
ional government wrote to Sturdee on
the 18th that he would seize Malietoa
and take Tamasese off the Porpoise by
force, if necessary, deprive them of their
titles and desert them. Chambers is
residing on the Porpoise. The British
and American consuls have protested
against any infringement of the Berlin
treaty. British residents have taken
refuge in their consulate and the Amer
lean residents have taken refuge in the
mission. An American warship is ur-
gently needed here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
WHO OWNS THE HAT?
Conviction of the Gay Burglar Turns
on the Identity of Hat

Joe Coats, the negro who is charged
with burgIarizing the home of F. c. Gay,
on Harrison street, is having his trial to-
day in the district court
The burglary occurred on November G..
Anna Dahlen, who was employed as a do
mestic. at the Gay home, was awakened
early in the morning by a man in her
room. She got hold of the burglar; and
a hand to hand fight ensued, in which the
young woman was severely choked: The
away and he fell downstairs and escaped
through back door, but he left his hat
behind him.
1t was this telI-tale hat that led to the
arrest of Coats, who had been employed
as coachman by P. G.. Noel, who lived
in the house before the Gay family &C.
cupied it. The hat was, a cheap. white
by a piece of crepe which was wound
around it. His mother had died a short
time before and he was wearing mourning.
The defense is trying to prove abb,
and today the county attorney was sur
prised when they produced a hat exactly
like the one found in the Gay home. crepe
and ALL Coats said that the hat left by
the burglar was not his hat at all, but he
claims the hat which was produced in
court today. The hats are so nearly alike
that it takes an expert eye to detect the
difference.
Anna Dahlen identified Coats as the man
with whom she had the struggle, and the
prosecution is relying upon her testimony
for conviction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
TAX REFORM
As Embodied in the Bill offered by
Representative Brooke.

Another reformation along the line Of
assessment and taxation has been I'M
dertaken by Representative Brooke, CT
Shawnee, in his bill providing for a
county board of real estate assessors.
Under the present law the township
assessors are supposed to assess real
estate every two years. AS a. matter of
fact they generally only copy the list Of
the two years previous. regardless OF
the changes that may have taken place
in the value of the real estate. In the
course of time, under this system, glar
ing inequalities in taxation have been
brought about in every county in the
state as is shown by the last report of
Labor Commissioner Johnson
To correct this Mr.. Brooke would
have a real estate assessor elected from
each commissioner district in the coun-
ty, the three to form a county board Of
real estate assessors. He would make
1t their duty to carefully readjust the
assessment of all the real estate in the
county once in five years. This, he ar
CUES, is often enough in a state like
this where the values do not change
rapidly. In the other four years he
would require them to carefully report
all improvements on or depreciation in
real estate, such as the erection of new
buildings the burning or tearing
down of old ones. In this way Mr..
Brooke thinks the inequalities in real
estate taxation would be adjusted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
CoY's BALLOT LAW
Provides for Doubling the Size of
Election Boards.

People who are in the habit of staying
up all night to .''hear the returns on
election nights will be glad if a bill
introduced into the house today by Rep
resentative Coy becomes law.
1t provides for an election board of
six Judges and four clerks, half of them
to be a receiving board and the other
half counting board. There are to be
two ballot boxes and at the end of
each hour the receiving board is in
the ballots have been deposited over to
the counting board, who shall proceed
to count. In this way the ballots will
all be counted in hour or two after
the polls close, whereas now it some
times requires all night.
To be sure, an election board of ten
members would take in nearly all the
voters in some short grass precincts.
but it would be a blessing to the large
majority of people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
JUMPERS BILL PASSES.
Allowing Usage City to Vote Special
Levy For School Purposes

BY the passage of a bill introduced
by Senator Jumper this morning, the
board of education of Usage City, will
be authorized to levy a tax not exceed
ing 20 mills on the dollar for the sup
port of the public schools.
Mr.. Jumper also introduced a bill
granting Mordecai Lester, a minor of
Usage county, power to exercise the
rights of majority, and asked that the
rules be suspended and the bills placed
on second reading. The school bill was
advanced.
Senator Lamb said the Lester case
should go through the district court,
but Mr.. Jumper said Lester had no
bills of this character should not be
passed, especially when a method of
procedure is provided in the courts.
Senator Farrelly also opposed the
proposition, and said. the Legislature
should adopt a resolution to prohibit
bills.
Senator Jumper said: t"The men who
have spoken against this bill are law
yers, and 1 suggest that there be added
an amendment, prohibiting the passage
of any bill which would deprive a law
yer of a fee
Senator Lamb: ct want to say that
If the senator from Usage will bring his
boy over here and let US have a look at
him,-wen draw the petition for him
and not charge a cent
I'D want a better lawyer than either
OF you exclaimed Jumper.
WELL said Lamb, bring the boy up
well get pass for him-and then get
the best lawyer in the state to write
the petition to the court and not charge
him a cent. No lawyer in Usage county
would charge a boy for such a SER
vice"
Upon a roll call the motion to ad-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State journal.

Chicago, Jan. IL.
wHEAT-Traders in wheat today had
not recovered from the depression caused
by the error in Russian shipments, and
as Liverpool and the continental markets
showed a decline the market here opened
very weak. May started Ad3sc lower at
700701sc, touched 701sdAc for moment
and then slipped off to zoe on a lack of
speculative demand. The market rested
at that price on outside buying orders and
a little buying for the long account, when
returns from western primary markets be-
gan to come and showed a decided falling
off in volume, the market became firmer-
May was bid up TO 70AGasc. Receipts
here were 1874 cars of which IA graded con-
tract. Minneapolis and Duluth received
Az car loads, against 400 last week and $50
the corresponding day year ago.
CORN-Lower cables and the weakness
in wheat started corn shade easier. May
opened unchanged at 365sda4c, sold spar
ingly at 365sc, then declined to 361zc- Re
ceipts were light, 337 cars, and when the
country began to send bullish adviees in
regard to diminishing stocks of old corn
and light movement in the future. the
crowd became anxious to get back what
they had sold early and May advanced to
3e5sG%c.
OAT5Oats followed the other grains.
Trade was dull and cash demand poor.
Receipts were 10 cars. May began
shade lower at 274zQssc and ranged be-
tween 211sQssc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
A $4,000 MONUMENT
To the Memory of Kansas Soldiers
Proposed for Capitol Grounds

If the bill introduced by Representa-
tive Ward, of Wallace county, becomes
a law, the state house grounds will be
beautif1ed by $4,000 monument. The
bill provides that a commission of five
be appointed by the governor who shall
superintend the erection of a monu-
ment on the state house grounds in
memory of the Kansas soldiers who
gave up their lives in the Spanish
American war. The bill carries with it
an appropriation of $1,000 for the mon
ument, and it provides that the COM
to the state, so that the entire amount
shall be used for the erection of the
monument
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
For Through Mail Service.

Chicago, Jan. 18.-The Rock Island
managers are trying to bring about an
arrangement for the esta blishment of a
through mail service from New York to
San Francisco which will do away with
transfers at junction points. The pro-
posed route is over the New York Cen
trail to Buffalo: the Lake Shore to En-
glewoCd, near Chicago; the Rock Island
to Omaha; the Union Pacific to Ogden,
and the Southern Pacific to San Fran
cisco. Twice a week sixty tons of mail
come from Europe destined to trans
pacific countries. This mail could be
rushed overland by the proposed route
in from six to eight hours less time
than the fastest time now made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
CHICAGO LET IN
On the Appropriation for Pneumatic
Tube Mail Service.

Washington, Jan. 18.-The house COM
mittee on postofhces and post roads to-
day restored the appropriation of $225,-
600 for the pneumatic tube service
which was stricken from the postoffice
appropriation last week. The appro-
priation is for the continuance of ser
vice in New oYrk, Philadelphia and
Boston Later in the day upon the ur-
gent solicitation of Representative Lor-
inner of Chicago the committee decided
to remove the restriction as to the cities
where the appropriation shall be ex-
pended and to increase it to $500, 600.
This will give Chicago and other cities
an opportunity to fight for a portion of
the appropriation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18

Furnished by E. NJ Strawn Broker
Bldg. Seventh and Kansas ave. Topeka,
Kan. Telephone No. 637.
Liverpool: Wheat. I'D lower; corn, I'D
Receipts of hogs: Chicago. $1,000. strong:
Kansas City, 17,OO0 strong; Omaha, 5000.
Receipts of cattle: Chicago. IA 500. steady;
Kansas City, 1000, steady; Omaha. $500,
steady.
Chicago: Estimated receipts of hogs for
Receipts at Chicago: Wheat, 1874 cars:
corn, 331 cars; oats, 176 cars.
Liverpool, second cable: Wheat sd
New York: Wall street is full of talk
are the Words nost monlV heard
reaction is due. it is argued At the pres
ent moment, therefore, the main consider
market is as weak as some persons claim
that it is. There is no doubt that in the
profit-taking There is some me dispute tts' as
to the extent of stop-loss orders held by
brokerage houses. 1t is also argued by
many prominent brokers that margins
have been well maintained, and it is GER
tainly a fact known to all business houses
IN the street that many buying orders are
l, or per cent There is nothing in
the legitimate situation to encourage the
ward tendency of securities is imminent.
The latest government bond issues that
We're 3 per cent are selling at the extreme
on basis OF 212 per cent. Prime corporate
313 per cent bonds are now commanding
par There is little demand for the dis
counting of mercantile paper for the rea-
son that general business is unusually
sound and healthy and manufacturers are
financiering their own improvements and
extensions. The foreign monetary stu
alton is obviously growing easier The
reduction in discount rate of the Imperial
by rumors that it's example would be soon
initiated by the Bank of England.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
Will Do to Hold a State Fair in Sena-
tor Kings Mind.

The executive council of the state in
addition to the troubles it already has,
will if Senator Kings bill become a
law, have more sorrows in connection
with the work of selecting a place where
a state fair may be held each year.
The bill provides that the council may
designate, each year. some agricultural
society which is entitled to membership
in the state board of agriculture, to take
charge of a fair and confer upon the
event the title of Kansas state fair. For
this fair the bill appropriates $4,000 out
of the general revenue fund and the
state board of agriculture also furnishes
81, 600 for the same purpose, making an
annual provision of $4,000 for premiums
and expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
Leavenworth Soldiers Home Report

washington, Jan. 18.-The secretary
of war today sent to congress the re-
port of the inspector who visited the
soldiers home at Leavenworth, Kan.
The report says: t"The general condi-
ton of the home seemed to be excellent.
At the date of inspection there were
present 2,543 officers and members and
absent 1913 members, showing a total of
1871 on the rolls, exclusive OF thirty-six
temporary members. There were no
vacant beds in the barracks, and but
sixteen in the hospital; and forty-six
men were sleeping on floors and over
300 in easements. The capacity of the
home has been severely taxed. The dis
cipline seems well maintained