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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
The Cafes in Vienna.
TFrom the International Magazine

From the International Magazine.
Every one goes to them-men women,
priests and children The cafe is the CEN
ter of social life. 1t is there that the pol
latest play criticised and business trans
acted. At O'Clock in the afternoon it is
with difficulty that :. seat can be had in
one of these popular meeting places, for
at that hour every Viennese partakes of
his afternoon coffee, which fills the place
of the Englishman's 5 o'clock tea.
These cafes are regular reading rooms :.
some of them take as many as 800 differ
ent periodicals. and often fifteen copies
of the same paper ~ome popular Austrian
or foreign sheet-are on file. Let a for
eigner enter, and the experienced waiter
Immediately recOg niZes his nationality. If
he be an American, q, New York daily is
brought to him: If a Frenchman. a Paris
boulevard paper is laid before him, and
so on. If a Russian enters, cigarettes are
at once produced.
Cafes are for the Viennese a second
home. and they all have two kinds of
clients, the stammgaste. or habitues and
commonly called Wirthaus bruder (.cafe
brothers') have tables reserved for them.
and woe betide the man who ventures to
take possession of this sacred property
There are many Viennese who for the
past thirty or forty years have sat at the
day drinking the same brew of beer or
brand of wine and smoking the same
sort OF tobacco in the same old pipes. A
stammgast generally spends from three
to four hours every day at his cafe, the
natural result being a great loss of time
miserly. They live up to the German pro-
verb which seems to have been written
on purpose for them: 'Leben und leben
lassen'' olive and let Hye.")
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
DOCTORS ARE HERE.
Kansas Medical Society Will Begin
It's Sessions Tonight.

There are a number of Kansas doc
tors in Topeka this afternoon. They are
members of the Kansas Medical society,
and tonight they will assemble in Rep
resentative ha1l for the opening session
of the thirty-fourth annual meeting. 1t
is expected that at least. 100 visiting
medics will be here by night.
Capt. J. G.. Waters will welcome the
physicians to Topeka. This means that
the town will be placed at their dis
posal in flourish of entertaining
speech. DR.. A S. Embree will pray
for the assembled practitioners, how
ever, before Captain Waters makes
them a present of the city
The address of welcome will be re-
sponded to by DR. J. W. Porter, of
Pittsburg He will be followed by the
president, DR.. Charles Gardiner, of EN-
poria. With music and the report of
the committee of arrangements this
will comprise the opening session.
The first working session will be held
Thursday morning The meeting will
continue until Friday afternoon, and
a. number of interesting papers will be
read.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

The republic Of Brazil seems to share
the usual incapacity of Central and
South American republics to conduct a
successful financial administration. The
empire was overthrown in 1889 and
since then the amount due to foreign
bondholders has increased from S131,-
$40, 1896 to $2O9. liza, 1852 The internal debt
has been more largely increased, but
just what it is nobody appears to know
save that it keeps increasing. The rev.
enue, which was over $122, O76, AS in 1890.
Is steadily decreasing, and in 1899 fell
below s49,00O0OO with expenditures
twelve millions in excess. In order to
establish balance it is proposed to
suspend the payment Of interest on the
gold bearing foreign debt In other
words the republic is going into bank
ruptcy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
FOR DOWIE'S LION.
Buys Machinery and Will Import Ex-
perts to Make Lace.

Washington. D. c., May 2-John Alex.
Dowie. the well known faith healer, of
Chicago, and the general overseer of the
Christian Catholic church." was at the
treasury department today and had a
conversation with Secretary Gage and
Assistant Secretary Taylor.
He stated that he had recently pur-
chased at Nottingham, England, five ma
chimes for making Nottingham lace, as
well as other necessary machinery, which
he would set up near Waukegan, III. He
also had engaged under contract twenty
experts in lace-making, and his purpose
in seeing the treasury officials was to
learn whether there would be any legal
objection to their coming into the cOun-
try He was informed by the secretary
that the contract labor laws of the I'm
tied States made specific exception in the
case Of workmen to be employed in an in
dustry new to this country, and as lace
making undoubtedly was a. new industry
here there could be no objection to his
bringing over the men he had engaged.
DIR. DoWie stated that he had 10000 acres
of land near Waukegan. where his lace
plant would be established for the bSne-
fit of the members of his church COM
munity. and he expected to make the en-
terpriSe profitable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
BRYAN IN OHIO.
Democratic Leader Faces TO-
900 Voters at Columbus.

Columbus, o., May 2.-Mr. Bryan
awoIe at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning IN
Port Huron Mich, and, without breakE
fast, started for Columbus Q.
After Mr.. Bryan arrived in Columbus
a strange thing happened.
The two most incorporating and
radical free silver men in Ohio, General
Warner and Allen w. Thurman, called
on Mr. Bryan and urged him not to
consent to have sixteen to one" men
toned in the Kansas City platfron1.
Gen. Warner was an original free sll.
yer leader, the founder and president OF
the Free Silver league and most des-
perately honest and aggressive b1metal-
list. 1t was Mr.. Bryan's statement that
brought him to the leader of the Dam
ocratic party to plead against q re1ter-
alton of the ratio Of 16 to 1 as vital
present issue.
''The conditions today are not the
conditions of 1885," said Cen Warner.
F'We have been fighting for an ade-
Quate supply of automatic money, and
no bimetallist cared whether the money
was yellow or white, so long as there
was enough money The new discov-
cries of gold and the enormous output
of the gold mines have entirely changed
the conditions. We have money enough
now.
In 1896 the whole annual production
of gold and silver was only $500, 1000.
Last year the production of gold alone
was more than $3.50, 000, 900. But for the
interruption of mining by the Boer war
the output of gold alone this year would
have reached probably $500, 100000. Our
platform must be scientific; it must &C
cede with facts. 1t must recognize the
changed situation. The ratio is unim-
portant The important thing is to have
enough money. We should point out to
the country the fact that the present
| high prices are due to an increased sup
ply of money, which prove the quanta-
tive theory of money"
Mr.. Bryan was firm in his position
| that it would be unwise to make any
| departure from the position Of the party
in 1896.
A great multitude roared a welcome
| to Mr.. Bryan in the Auditorium at
| night. The vast structure was crowded
to it's utmost capacity and hundreds
were turned away. There were fully
10000 in the building
Scores of Democrats who voted
| against Bryan in 1896 were observed III
] the audience. No such Democratic meet
| ing as this was seen at this stage of the
| campaign four years ago 1t was made
evident that Mr.. Bryan faced reunited
| and REINFORCED Democracy.
After declaring that the money q1es-
ton would never die so long as English
/ financiers were able to control the finan-
| cial policy of the United States, Mr..
Bryan devoted his main speech to the
| trusts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

It was fitting that the president should
name Sanford B. Dole as the first gov
ernor Of the new territory Of Hawaii
A proper respect for the principle Of
home rule demanded as well as the
fact that he was so largely instrumental
IN bringing about the conditions which
made such an act possible. The
Hawaii bill which has become a law
and under which the appointment was
made establishes a complete form of
government for Hawaii, with a COVER
nor and other executive officers, a leg
islature of two branches, and a judicial
branch, consisting of a supreme court,
circuit courts. and inferior courts. 1t
also provides that Hawaii shall be rep
resented in congress by a delegate, who
shall have a seat in the house Of repre-
sentatives, with a right to debate. but
not a vote. This delegate is to be chosen
at an election of the people. The tariff
laws Of the United States are extended
over the island. and the territory OF
Hawaii is specifically made "a customs
district of the United States" with
ports of entry at Honolulu, Hilo, Ma
hulrona ana Kahului
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.
Carnegie Says Trusts Should Be En-
couraged.

New York. May 2.-Andrew Car
negie, in an essay in the May Century,
entitled Popular Illusions About
Trusts" advocates great aggregations
of capital as of benefit both to rich and
poor He says: Every attempt TO mo-
nopolize the manufacture of any staple
article carries within its bosom the
seeds of failure. Long before we could
legislate with much effect against
trusts there would be no necessity for
legislation The past proves this. and
the future is to confirm it. There
should be nothing but encouragement
for these vast aggregatiOnS of capital
for the manufacture of staple articles.
LAS for the result being an increase
of price to the consumer beyond a brief
period there need be no fear. On the
contrary. the inevitable result of these
aggregations is, finally and perman-
emily, to give to the consumer cheaper
articles than would have been other
wise possible to obtain; for capital is
stimulated by the high profits OF the
trusts for a season to embark against it.
THE result is very soon a capacity
of production beyound the wants Of the
consumer, and as the new works erect
ed are of the most improved pattern
and capable Of producing cheaper than
the old works, the vulnerable trusts
are compelled to buy and capitalize at
two or three times their cost. There
is thus no danger ahead to the eommu-
/ nlIy from IFuSLSs nor any cause Tor
fear
Competition in all departments of
human activity is not to be suppressed.
| Already the ghosts Of numerous depart
ed trusts which aimed at monopolies
have marched across the stage of hui
! man affairs, each pointing to it's fatal
| wound, inflicted by that great correct
| i've, competition. The only people who
have reason to fear trusts are those
| who trust them.
I'VE conclude that this overwhelming,
| irresistible tendency toward aggrega-
ton of capital and increase of size in
every branch of product cannot be ar
rested or even greatly impeded, and
that, instead of attempting to restrict
either we should hail every increase
as something gained. not for the few
rich, but for the millions of poor. seeing
| that the law is salutary, working for
| good and not for evil.
Every enlargement is an improve
| ment, step by step, upon what has pre-
| ceded. It does not tend to make tbs
/ rich poorer. but it does tend to make
the poor richer in the possession of bet
ter things and greatly lessons the wide
| and deplorable gulf between the rich
and the poor.
Superficial politicians may for g
/ time deceive the uniformed, but more
and more will all this be clearly seer
/ by those who are now led to regard
/ aggregations as injurious"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

LFrom the Chicago News.1
An upstart-the beginning of pros
perity.
What loan-sum life the pawnbroker
must lead.
The jolly barber is always ready to
scrape an acquaintance
A pessimist is a person who believes
that whatever is is wrong
A man wisely makes use of the pres
ent when he sells a duplicate wedding
gift.
The woman who marries a blockhead
doesn't care to celebrate her wooden
wedding.
The trouble with most men is that
they have to die before they are fully
appreciated.
The employer who works harder than
his clerk evidently believes in the force
of example.
The young man who embraces his
best girl shows his love in a roundabout
way.
A woman never thinks of anything
| special she wants to say until some
other woman is talking.
1t is such an easy matter Tor the dV-
erage woman to cry that there is no
danger of her having water on the
| brain.
| Success is the result Of perseverance
Many a boy who began by turning a
| grindstone grew up and became an
/ organ grinder.
A St Louis undertaken advertises
| that he can furnish everything requi-
/ 1Tr, 10, Dc c.ryf
IDENTIFY a doctor as well as an under
| taker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
INSPIRES THE MUSE.
Newspaper Correspondent Write of
Mayor Drew and "sapho."

Recently there appeared in an eastern
paper the following clever stanza:
Two actors one day
into a game of poker blew;
Three aces Anna Held
Three kings John Drew.
This melted Charles Blakesley tc write
the following stanza incident to the pro-
duction of sSapho'' here. 1t was printed
in the Kansas City Times this morning;
The mayor tried to run a bluff
On Sapho and her crew,
But Sapho drew a full house.
What did the Mayor Drew?
1t is possible that Mayor Drew may
answer the question asked by showing
up flush of policemen's clubs
In such event. however, according to the
rules of poker, he would lose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

Labor strikes are always expected on
May 1, but the number developed this
year is unusual. The aggregate Of those
who have voluntarily become idle
reaches far into the thousands. Shorter
hours and more pay are the chief de-
mands though some have other griev-
ances. There has not been time in
many years when the conditions were
so favorable for success. The demand
for labor and it's products Is great and
employers can i'll afford to stand out
against any reasonable demands. If the
strike shall grow and be long continued
1T may become an important political
factor as similar movements have been
known to do before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
SETS FIRE TO A BABY.
Woman Mistakes Carriage For Kit
chen Stove While in a Trance.

New York, May Mrs Thomas
Cunningham, wife of a landscape gard
ener living in South Brooklyn, went into
a trance Saturday and while obliviouS
of what she did kindled a fire in the
baby carriage, standing beside her
kitchen stove, and burned her 3-year-o
daughter Mary so seriously that the
child died within a few hours.
Not until today did the poor woman
come out of her deathlike sleep. When
she learned what she had done she fell
into swoon and awoke in such a. con-
dition that 1t is feared she will be men
tally wrecked for life.
For a long time the woman has been
subject of comment by her neighbors.
They said she had spells" She would
go into a sort of trance and sometimes
remain in it for hours. Sometimes she
would lie still and rigid. At other times
she moved about, but did not seem to
know what she was doing. She acted
like a SOmnambuliSt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
CAPITAL co. LAW SUIT.
Fight Over Paper Bill Again Before
District Court.

The suit of the Remington Paper
company of WATERFOWL, n. Y, against
the Topeka Capital company is being
heard in the district court
The paper company sued some time
ago for the payment of several notes
against the old Capital company for
which We're given in 1892. Judgment
was given the paper company by the
jury in the district court. The case was
appealed to the supreme court and after
two hearings the case was sent back
to the lower court for a new trial. After
this trial the case will undoubtedly be
appealed and if judgment is finally
given against. the old company the
stockholders in the old company will
ness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
STILLWELL NAMED.
Election of Officers Gives Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient For
NAL Existence.

Kansas City May 2-The directors
of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
railway, chartered last week at Topeka
today elected the following officers;
A E. Stillwell, president; Enrique c.
Creel, Chihuahua, first vice president;
S. A. Witherbee, Detroit, second vice
president; w. w. Sylvester, st. Louis,
third vice president; Alonzo Fernandez,
St Louis, fourth vice president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

The house has at last taken up the
Nicaragua canal bill. One important
obstacle to the enactment Of any meas
ure looking to construction has been re-
moved by the act of the Nicaragua gov
eminent in multiplying the concession to
the maritime company. If Mr. Hunt
ington can be squared in some way
something may be accomplished yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
Silk Shirt Waists.

Choice of $3.50, $3.50 and $500 Silk Shirt
Waists-None prettier to be found
All up-to-date shades-in this sale
choice ........... .............$A.6
$2.25 quality silk-faced Shirt waist-for
flyer Observation-Disclosures. .$1.4S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
SAW NO ENTHUSIASM.
@. g. Sholes Marvels at Its Absence
at Dewey Reception.

Mr.. c. G. Sho1es, superintendent of
telegraph of the Santa. Fe, returned today
from Chicago. While there he saw the
parade after the arrival of Admiral
Dewey and the big military and civic
parade yesterday morning.
Mr. Sholes says the most noticeable
feature of the celebration was the lack
OF enthusiasm Thousands of people
lined the streets along the line of march.
but aside from hand-clapping, there was
practically no demonstration as the Ad-
miral passed.
The celebration has been responsible
for a nom de plume for Admiral Dewey,
Mr. Sholes states He is now referred
to as .Mrs. HaZen's second maize,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
NEW ELECTRIC LINE.
Charter Granted For One in Two
Kansas Citys.

An application for a charter for an elecc
trio railroad between the two Kansas
Citys and Olathe, has been filed with the
secretary of state The capital is 81. 900. =
600, and the company has forwarded 1927
for the charter fee.
The headquarters of this new organiza-
ton are in Boston, where the majority Of
the stock is held.
The offices of the road are to be at
Ienexa, midway between Kansas City
and Olathe. The principal promoter Of
this new line. which is independent of
the proposed Kansas City-Topeka line, Is
George TYrOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
RAILROADS FOR RUSSIA.
Nearly Thirty Thousand Miles Built
During the Preceding Year.

~ CEAI4J 4144A AAOt5e1A0 2-A4OS 8AAAs
During the Preceding Year.
Moscow, May 2.-The department of
railways has just issued a statement of
railway construction for 1899 showing
the completion of 1886 miles of rail-
road OF this total length, 9,205 miles
belonged to nine private companies. The
state divided the remainder with twen-
ty-twO companies.
Three thousand and eight hundred
miles of railroad were built in Asia
According to the official statistics, the
state owns 1850 passenger and $3.50
good locomotives, $3.50 passenger cars
and 1859, 400 trucks and freight cars-a
total of 1852, 056 cars of all kinds, in
Guiding locomotives.
During the year the railways carried
81, 492. 900 passengers. The gross receipts
for 1899 were 327 900, 900 rubles (s165, 405,
000). The working expenses were 1885,
100000 rubIes ($100, 1885, 00) and the net
profit for the year was 100000 1851
$50 0OO),
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

love as rats have long been Of cheese.
It is a rare woman who can clean
house without a row with her husband
After all. hasn't it occurred to you
that you get the greatest comfort out
Of the plain, plug people?
There is always great promise Of
comfort in a friend with whom you
have not yet become well enough ac-
quainted to quarrel
A woman who has never learned the
habit, has no right to say her husband
should quit smoking: she does not
know how hard it is.
When a thoroughly domestic woman
looks particularly serene and happy, it
means that she has just taken a fine
baking Of bread out of the oven.
Some people may have wondered
why Lysander John Appleton never
tells any jokes when his wife is around.
This is the reason: in telling a favor
lite joke about a brown hen, she always
interrupts, and says the hen was
white.
Young girls with lofty aspirations
are often misunderstood in this vulgar
world. An Atchison girl soaked her
pillow with tears one night, because
her soul yearned for the Unattainable.
Her mother saw the wet pillow next
morning. and, being too prosaic to I'M
| derstand poetic souls, is doctoring the
girl for night sweats.
All sorts of ridiculous bills are intro
| duced into congress. One last week
provides for a pantheon in Washing
! ton, devoted to busts of famous women.
| The women deserving such honors are
/ the faithful homekeepers, and as their
/ names are not known outside their own
dooryards, there would be some diff
1 Guilty in finding them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
CAR REPAIRERs JOIN STRIKE

Buffalo, N. Y, May 1.-Two hundred
and twenty car repairers, inspectors
and blacksmiths and machinists of the
Erie road have struck in sympathy with
the CentraPs men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

The Philadelphia Call proudly an
nounces that only $1,000 Of the conven-
tion fund remains to be raised. If the
past rate is maintained this should be
forthcoming by the time the nomina-
lions are made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
THE WOMEN DID 1T.
Iowa City Will Issue Bonds to Erect
New School Building.

Iowa City. Iowa. May 2-The women of
High school building, to cost. together
with the heating plant, $4,000. Had the
election been left to the men alone the
proposition would have met defeat, but
the women voted 455 being in favor of the
new school and eighty-six against it. The
men voted 435 for and $50 against. The
proposition to issue ten-year 4 per cent
bonds for the Improvement was carried
by a. majority of 249.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

In calling the inhabitants of Porto
Rico fellow citizens" Governor Allen
gave an exhibition of his good will even
though the term is not warranted by
the facts. Porto Ricans can not be our
fellow citizens while they are subjects
of a special system Of taxation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
Mavor Jones to Learn Coli.

Toledo, o., May 2.-Mayor Jones has in
terested himself in golf to a considerable
extent. Commenting on the new public
links, he remarked that it was game
for rich people alone and for selfish peo-
pie Exceptions to his statements were
park board, resulting in an agreement by
the latter to teach the mayor all the de-
tails of the game. They will begin this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

The incorporation of the siege1 Cooper
company with capitalization Of $25,-
600. 600, probably means the establish
1nent of more department stores in other
cities besides those operated by the firm
in New York and Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
DAvITT LEAVES PRETORIA
Irish Elk Member of Parliament Gives
$50 to Begbie Explosion Fund.

Pretoria, May 2.-Michael Davitt, ex-
member of the British house of COM
mons, who came to the Transvaal os-
tensib1y as a newspaper correspondent,
left last night on his return to Europe
He has contributed 910 for the relief
of the sufferers by the explosion in Beg
bies engineering works at johannes
burg
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

Alunkacsy is dead. The picture,
Christ before PLATE" which brought
him greatest fame was exhibited in To-
peSa some years ago and was seen by
a large portion of the people in the city
and the surrounding country.