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The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03

est discussion, the United States, having
made all concessions which it believed
just and fair, was obliged to insist that
its form be accepted. The publications
of the proceedings will show that moth
ing can be farther from the truth than
to assume that the United States adopt
ed towards Spain policy of stand and
deliver
with respect and endeavored to answer
with hrmneSS every proposition adVanc-
ed by the Spanish commission. For bet
ter, for worse, the work of the cOmmiS-
siOners is done and needs but the ratifi-
cation of the president, by and with the
consent of the senate, to become the
supreme law in the land 1t can not be
matter OF regret to any American that
the rising sun of the new year behOldS
the ensign of our glorious republic float
ing from the walls of MOrro, where for
SO many years the royal banner of
Spain has looked down on so much of
corruption, misery and shame. Tonight
not one foot of American soil remains
under Spanish domination and the peo-
pie so long oppressed are to have a new
birth of freedom This is not the time
nor place to discuss our policy in the
far east If this treaty should be ratified
it brings to the United States title to
the Philippine archipelago, to be dealt
with as the American people in their
wisdom may see fit. In one thing 1
think we are all agreed, that when the
line of our duty there has been deter
mined it must be discharged as becomes
a great free and liberty-loving nation,
Whether or not we have so willed the
days OF our international isolation are
past. It does not follow that the advice
of the immortal Washington to avoid
entangling alliances is less potent today
than when the words were written.
The American citizen has a right to
go wherever trade and enterprise may
legitimately seek an outlet for the pro-
duct of American thrift and industry
and there must follow, If need be- the
overshadowing protection of the flag
Other addresses were delivered as fol-
lows:
American diplomacy" Hon. ]. E.
Wingbrooks of Salem
The President" Judge Isaac H. Tay-
lOr, Carrollton.
"Beneh and Bar" Judge T. T. Nc
Carty.
The Army and Navy" Colonel James
G. Clark
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
HOUSE NIGHT SESSION.
Much Talk but No Legislation of Any
Importance.

The session of the house last night
was an unimpOrtant one. 1t lasted for
two hours, but in that time but one
measure was passed, and that was
Dill V3catlng a certain block in Wich-
alta addition TO the city of KinSley. Con-
siderab bic time of the session was con-
sumed by the Republican members in
horse play at the expense of a bill
introduced by Tapscott, PopuIist, of
Hamilton county.
The bill was one permitting George
Irwin of Syracuse to avail himself of
the privileges of the pharmacy law.
Several of the Populist members offered
amendments in good faith Incorporating G
the names of individuals in their re-
spective counties in the bill, and then
the Republican side took the amend
ment business up as a burleSQue. Try
of Bourbon sent up the name of G. H.
We1lman of Usage county, y,father-in-law
of Senator Horace Greeley Jumper and
a practicing physician, Fitzgerald of
Ford placed in an amendment the name
of a section foreman of Ford county
named Jones, and Brown of Cowley of
fered the name of Chas. Sessions, the
Topeka correspondent of the Kansas
City Journal.
Speaker Street explained that Well
man is practicing physician, Rutledge
of Sedgwick exposed the fact that
Jones is a section foreman, and all the
members recognized the burlesque in
the offering of Sessions name and the
amendments were declared out of or
der by Speaker Pro Tenn Weilep. But
the horse play had the effect of dis
gusting the ma ajority of the house with
that kind of a measure, and it was lost
by large vote
A bill by Rutledge of Sedgwick was
killed by a constitutional majority fail
ing to vote for it. 1t authorized county
commissioners Of counties above and
adjacent to the Arkansas river in Kan
sas to appropriate money to protect the
riparian rights of the land owners
therein against the diversion of the wa
ter from the Arkansas river in Colora-
do Fitzgerald of Ford and McKeever
of Shawnee declared that the bill would
benefit the attorneys of Wichita and no
one else, as if passed it would pile up
litigation, and many of the members
seemed to take their view of it as only
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
AFTER CUBAN RAILWAYS.
Syndicate of Chicago and New York
Capitalists Looks at Lines.

New York, Jan. 3.-Tom L. Johnson, the
treasurer of the Nassau Electric Rail-
way company of Brooklyn, and other
street railway capitalists of New York and
Chicago have had representatives in Cuba
for some time past investigating the street
railway situation with a view of buying
the control of the principal lines.
Recent advices from Havana are to the
erect that steps have already been taken
Dy representatives of the Johnson Syndi-
cate to have valuations placed by ap-
praisement on several of the existing lines
of Cuban street railroad.
The syndicate is believed to have IS. OO0,-
019 Of available capital Four of the lines
Wnlcn the american capitalists proposed to
BUY are the MatanZas and Sabanilla, ex-
tending from Matanzas to Cienfuegos: the
western railroad, running out of Havana
and Pinar del Rio city: the Sagua rail-
road. connecting Caibarien with Puerto
Principe, via Sagua, and the Cardenas and
Jugaro company.
It is proposed that each property shall be
appraised by five men. two to be selected
by the American syndicate, two by the di-
rectors of the Cuban companies and the
fifth to be appointed by the other four.
There is also report that William c.
Whitney, Colonel G. B. NJ Harvey and
other New York men are endeavoring to
secure control of one more of the i'm
portant street railway lines in Cuba.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
ATMOSPHERE IMPREGNATED- WITH GERMS.
The Disease Proved Beyond Question be Infectious and
is Rapidly Conquerng the Country. Existence OF
Grip Germs Now Established Fact.

The recent action of the New York
board of health in declaring La Grippe
to be a contagious disease, as well as
the great prevalence of the disorder at
this time is spreading alarm through
out the land. This action was not taken
until the eminent scientists had posi-
lively identified the grip microbes In
all cases Of influenza or La Grippe these
disease germs are present in the secre-
tions of the nose, throat and bronchial
tubes. They are transmitted from per
son to person, by direct contact or by
tnhaling the germs floating in the air.
La Grippe is a dangerous disease. 1t
attacks the system in its most vital
parts. The nerves are weakened, the
brain is deranged, the heart is disturbed
and the appetite destroyed. The vitah-
ty is lowered and the resistive power is
wasted SO that pneumonia, heart dis
ease. nervous prostration and insanity
find easy victims.
No specific for the Grip germ has yet
been discovered, but the disease may
be easily prevented, or its effects over
come by the prompt use of DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine. This great nerve
tonic and brain food strengthens the
weakened nerves, rests the tired and
wornout brain, increases the vitality
and builds up the resistfve power so
that disease germs are harmless.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
IT is GONE.
The Unsatisfactory MetrOpol-
itan Police Law.
Wiped Off the Statute Books of
Kansas
BY THE POPULISTS.
Republican Senators Nearly All
Absent.
Eleven of Them Not Present to
Help in the Good Work.
BY THE POPULISTS.

The senate has passed the house bill
by Mr.. Fairchild, repeating the metro
politan police law in Kansas, by a vote
of 26 to 8, and the measure requires only
the signature of Governor Leedy and
publication in the official paper to wipe
out the metropolitan police departments
In the cities of the first class.
Senators voting for the repeal
were: Armstrong. Anderson, Brad
dock, Caldwell, Campbell, Crossan, Far
reilly, Field, Fulton, Hart, Helm, Hell
mick, Householder, Johnson, Jumper,
King, Lewelling, Lupfer. Pritchard,
Reser. Ryan, Shaffer, Stocks, Stone,
Titus, thinner.
Those voting against the repeal were:
Andrews and Coleman, Republican, and
Cooke, Populist. Senators absent and
not voting were: Benson, Battey, For
ney, Hanna, Hessin, Lamb, Matthews,
Morrow, Sheldon, Ward and Young.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Congressman Charles Curtis has gone
back to Washington
It cost the city $3.S5 per light to light
the city during December.
There are 18 applications posted for
membership in the T. A A
Mayor Fellows has returned from q
business trip to Port Arthur.
The Workfngmen's Home Mission fed 800
poor people at dinner yesterday
The police department collected S1.032 in
fines during the month of December.
The council has ordered the sidewalk
raised in front of the electric light plant
AL Mooney is doing some rustling to Sc
cure his position of state house engineer.
The Topeka postoffice received 1.245 reg
cember-
Or. Thorpe of the First NJ. E. church
has gone to KanseS City to visit his
mother.
There were delivered from the Topeka
postOffice during December 641 special de-
livery letters.
Secretary of State Bush has moved to
and Lane streets.
Rev. NJ. c. Harlan is quite. sick with
the grip. He is the pastor of the First
The city dump is a poor investment. The
General Hugh Cameron came up from
Camp Ben Harrison yesterday to make
his New Years calls.
This is about the time that people receive
half dozen advertising calendars, keep
one and throw away the rest.
The refunding viaduct bonds, amounting
to $4,000, will be sold at the meeting OF
the council next Monday evening.
Books about Paris are in demand at the
reading up preparatory for the exposition.
Some of the hacks used for making calls
stopped in front of places Kansas ave-
nue. that raised a doubt as to whether
punch was being had in the residence por-
tion.
Register of Deeds Frank L. Stevens re-
ports that during the past year the earn
ings of his office have netted the county
81. 100. This is half the fees over 81 800
which the law allows him salary.
A member of the legislature was going
around the other day asking what
the difference between an octopus and
IAN octopi." These the kind of numb
skulls who make laws for us, and there
are lots of them.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
REFERENDUM IN SUMNER
County High School Matter to be Re
ferred to Taxpayers.

The people of Sumner county have
been involved for some time in a con-
troVersy concerning the management
of the high school in that county, but
according to the terms and provisions
of bill introduced in the senate by
Senator Forney and passed, the entire
question will be referred to the tax pay
ers for settlement.
The maintenance of the high school
was responsible for a warm fight during
the late election but at the next election,
upon authority conferred by Senator
Forney's bill, which now remains to be
passed in the house, the people of the
county will vote upon the question
whether or not the county shall con-
tinue the maintenance of the high
school.
The bill was passed in the senate un-
der a suspension of the rules and the
declaration of an emergency.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
DAYS WELCOME HOME.
President of Peace Commission Given
a Banquet

Canton, o.. Jan. 3.-Judge William
r. Day, presto mt of the peace commits
sion at Paris ant late secretary of state,
received a welco ne home last evening
which took the fo1 n of a banquet at the
Barnett house, given by the Stark Coun-
ty Bar association.
W. W. Lynch, who was Judge Day
law partner in their younger days. but
who now devotes his time principally
to railway managementS, was master
of ceremonies Judge George E. Bald
win, one Of the oldest practitioners at
the local bar and very intimate friend
of the guest of honor, delivered the
welcoming address, to which Judge Day
responded. Judge Day paid a high
tribute to the legal fraternity of Stark
county, closing with an eloquent refer
ence to President Mckinley, a member
of the association, reciting his devotion
to the country during the war and the
incidents leading thereto. He then
spoke as follows of the matters which
took himself and his colleagues to Paris:
Recognizing that there are certain
matters which may not properly be dis
cussed on an occasion of this kind I
think I may nevertheless say something
TO my brethren of the bar of the events
which have occurred in the period of
our separation.
IF 1 were called upon to state the
most gratifying circumstance of our
foreign relations during the war, it
would be found in the uniformly cordial
and hearty friendship of the English
nation before and during the struggle.
Observing the obligations of neutrality,
and never stepping outside the require
ments of international law. we had the
sympathy and good will of that great
power. 1 do not believe either nation
seeks or would be benefited by a formal
alliance.
Nevertheless, the existence of cordial
relations between people kindred by
blood, speaking the same language and
having the same ideals of civil liberty
and good government, is a fact, the
potency of which can hardly be over
estimated have been asked about the
work of the commissioners, viewed from
lawyers standpoint. 1 think I may
say something to you about it. If in
excess of the proprieties of the occasion
i shall ask you to treat it in profess
stonal confidence. On the 18th of August
the protocol of Washington was execut-
ed. 1t may be said to have been the
preliminary contract whose final execll-
ton was to be embodied in the treaty
AS to Cuba, Porto Rico. minor West
Indian islands, and an island in the
Ladrones, 1T was capable of execution
by simple deed of cesSiOn of these
islands, except Cuba, where final re-
lfnQuishment Of Spanish sovereignty
was required AS to the Philippine
islands, their disposition, government
and control, was left for final determi-
nation in the treaty. 1 have often been
asked how it was possible to make pro-
gresS in a commission having equal
representation from the two nations.
Whilst this fact did not prevent the full
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
HANNA TRIES 1T AGAIN.
Introduces His Bill for EIecting In
surance Superintendent

Senator Hanna has introduced in the
senate the measure which he presented
and met with defeat two years ago,
providing for the election of the state
superintendent of insurance by a direct
vote of the people.
The proposition is as follows:
fHThat the office of the present state
superintendent of insurance of this
state shall expire on the second Monday
of January 1901, and to fill the same
there shall be elected at the general
election in November, 1900, state
superintendent of insurance, for term
of two years from the said second Mon
day Of January, 1901, and at every gen.
eral election thereafter there shall be a
state superintendent of insurance elect
ed, who shall serve in such capacity for
the term of two years from the second
Monday in January next succeeding his
election, and in case of vacancy in said
office, not hereby provided for, the ex-
ecutive council shall appoint COM
petent person to serve until the next
general election and qualification of his
successor"
The phraseology of the bill did not
suit the senate and on motion of Sem
ator Hessin, the senate last night re-
ferred it to the committee on state af-
fairs for reconstruction.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
NEW COURT FOR CHEROKEE.
House Bill Taken Up by the Senate
but No Final Action Taken.

The senate late Monday afternoon
took up the bill which had passed the
house. creating a new court in Cherokee
county Senator Ryan offered a sub
stitute for the original bill which takes
Crawford county into the district,
virtually creating a new district, with
one Judge who will alternate the terms
OF court at Galena and Pittsburg. The
substitute on the suggestion of Senator
Lamb, provided also that a majority
of the voters of each county must vote
in favor of establishing the new court
of common pleas before the proposed
law can become operative. The substi-
tute was adopted by vote of 21 to 2
An amendment providing that the sal
ary of the judge of the court be paid
by the two counties and not by the state
was defeated by a vote of 13 to 10.
The senate, after the reading of the
fifth section of the bill, adjourned until
7:30 d m.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
III was pdsstu Dy q NUIS OF
Metropolitan Police Law.

The Harbaugh bill, providing for hail
insurance, was passed by a vote of rs
to 3, shortly after the opening of the
house yesterday afternoon. 1t provides
that 80 persons or more may organize
mutual hail insurance companies for
mutual protection.
On motion of Brown of Pratt, the
house then went into a committee of the
whole for the consideration of the rail-
road committee bill supplemental to the
railroad measure. This is the bill franz
ed by G. c.. Clemens and changes the
law governing private corporations so
as to make it possible to enforce the
regulations and orders of the court of
visitation.
Fitzgerald of Ford, Republican, offer
ed an amendment to section of the
bill, which provides that no railroad
company shall transport any property
for any person, save for charitable or
granted shippers generally, allowing an
exception in favor of the household
property and personal effects of railroad
employees. Fairchild of Kinghan, at
once opposed the amendment, saying it
was clever trick to kill the effect of
the measure. Fitzgerald yelled for
recognition as soon as he heard this
and securing the floor, said:
Il want to tell the gentleman from
Kingman that he lies when he says this
amendment is a trick. 1t is simply a
feature of justice to railroad employees
and he knows it. His statement was
his party into line"
Fairchild did not resent the remarks
of the Republican from Ford and sim
ply laughed. The amendment was put
and to the surprise of the Populist lead
erS, carried by a vote of A 10 AZ.
When the result was announced
Brown of Pratt jumped to his feet and
moved that the committee rise and re-
port progress and ask leave to sit again.
This was done on the idea that the
amendment was dangerous to the bill
and a saving measure. The motion
carried and the house resumed regular
business and took up the third reading
of the bill repeating the metropolitan
police law.
The measure was not opposed and on
final vote the bill was passed by vote
of 76 to IA
During the passage of the repeating
measure Brown of Pratt, had been on
still hunt for information. He dis
covered that the amendment proposed
by Fitzgerald to the Clemens bill was
not damaging to the force of the meas
ure, as he had supposed, and he quickly
communicated the news to his asso-
ciate leaders on the Populist side. So
when the Fairchild bill was disposed
of he again moved that the house go
into committee of the whole for the
further consideration of the Clemens
bill.
The amendment of Fitzgerald was
allowed to stand and the reading of the
measure was resumed When the sec
ton in reference to strikes, which forms
a basis for the strike section of the rail-
road bill. was reached. Brown Of Cow
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
SENATE WORK DELAYED
Because the State Printer is Unable
to Keep Up.

The work of the senate has been fire.
quently delayed because bills, journals
and calendars were not speedily return
ed from the state printer, and at times
the senate has been compelled to wait
until the printed matter arrived
Last night, on motion of Senator I'll
tus, the secretary of the senate was in
Structed to call upon the state printer
and punch him up" ascertaining if
possible the cause of these delays, and
urge the Importance of rushing the
work.
Senator Lamb Republican. said: 'I
hope this resolution will not prevail, be-
cause it is a reflection upon a state of1l-
Ger and bad thing to put in the rec
ord"
Despite this protest the resolution was
adopted.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
DON'T NEGLECT
A COMMON CASE OF PILES.
Tt May Lead to Serious Results.

~ nay ACd0 TO serious hGSult1-
When people generally understand
that all such fatal diseases as fstula.
ulcer of the rectum, fissure, etc. almost
invariably begin in simple case of
Piles, they will learn the wisdom of TAX
ing prompt treatment for the first an
pearance of trouble in this quarter. The
pyramid Pile Cure will certainly cure
every form Of piles, itching, bleeding
protruding or blind piles, and hundreds
OF hVes have been saved by using this
cneap but effective remedy right at the
start, because at such a time a single
package will affect cure, while in the
GIG chronic. deep seated cases, several
packages are sometimes necessary be-
tore a lasting cure is affected.
physicians are using the Pyanid Pile
cure IN preference to surgical oDera :
tons and with uniform success Tba
remedy is prepared by the Pyramid
Drug Co, Of Marshall, Mich. and for
sale by druggists everywhere at 90 cents
and 81 per package
ef piles> @-AA cure
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
La erippe Successfully Treated.

''I have just recovered from the Sec
ond attack of la grippe this year" says
Mr.. Jas. A Jones, publisher of the
Leader, Mexia, Texas. I'm the latter
case I used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, and 1 think with considera BILE sue
cess, only being in bed a little over
two days against ten days for the form
er attack. The second attack I am sat
isfied would have been equally as bad
as the first but for the use of this rem
edy as 1 had to go to bed in about six
hours after being Struck with it, while
in the first case / was able to attend
to business about two days before get
ting down. " For sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-03
Rheumatism Cured in "a Hours.

T. J. Blackmore. of Haller & Black
more, Pittsburg, Pa, says: "A short
time since 1 procured a bottle of 'Afys-
tic Cure 1t got me out of the house
in twenty-four hours. 1 took to my
bed with rheumatism nine months ago
and the Mystic Cure is the only medi-
cine that did me any good. I had five
of the best physicians in the city, but
received very little relief from them.
know the Mystic Cure to be what it is
represented and take pleasure in rec
ommending it to other poor sufferers. -
Sold by Swift & Holiday. druggists, 523
Kansas avenue, Topeka