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29c for mems and boys ACC white shirts

execution of the work. and add consider
ably 10 the time and difficulty OF bringing
about the desired Improvements in the
railroad situation"
After a considerable number OF amend
ments, chiefly additions or Examinations OF
q word or words in various sections. the
report closes as follows:
Attention is invited to the fact that
under the terms OF the bill the company
would be authorized to acquire the
premises in square $50 now occupied by
the Senate stables and District engine
house No. g. The question of providing
premises in lieu thereof is left to Con-
gress.'
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proposed changes will exceed considerably,
even at the present time, the million and
a half dollars which the Government Is re-
quired to pay, and that the ultimate ben
efits will be Of still far greater magnitude.
How Ii VIII Affect Taxation.
ut is recommended that provision be
included in the bill that the property O.
cupied by the company under authority
conferred by the bill. should it become
law. together with the improvements which
may be put thereon. shall be subject TO
taxation by the District of Columbia the
same as other property in said District.
IN cases where the company cannot
agree with the owners for the purchase Of
any land, it is authorized to acquire, it is
believed that power should be given 1t,
where necessary, to take immediate pos
session Of such parcels as may be needed,
upon filing with the court good and suf-
fcient bond 10 insure the payment Of its
value when duly determined by the proper
authorities. II this is not done. cOndemna-
ton proceedings may delay seriously the
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A SURE CURE FOR GROUP.
Twenty-Five Years Constant Use
without u Failure.

The first Indication of Group is hoarse-
ness, and in a child subject to that dis
ease it may be taken as a sure sign Of
the approach Of an attack Following this
hoarseness is peculiar rough cough. II
Chamberlain Cough Remedy is given as
soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even
after the croupy cough appears. II will
prevent the attack 1t is used in many
thousand of homes in this broad land and
never disappoints the anxious mothers. We
have yet TO learn of a single instance in
which it has not proved effectual. No
other preparation can show such record
twenty five years constant use without
a failure. For sale by Henry Evans,
wholesale and retail, and all druggists.
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Commissioner Wight called at the White
House yesterday TO arrange meeting for
this morning Of the President and the local
Centennial Committee, that the latter may
present the report upon what had been
done while the Governors Of States who
are members were in the city last week.
The President will receive the committee
al 1880 o'clock
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Mrs. Chas. Smith. OF Jimes, Ohio. writes. Il
have used every remedy FOR sick headache / could
hear Of for the past 6fteeu years, but CaFter's
the rest
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lie for children's Nazareth" waists.

Nazareth the world over and
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Windsor ties and jabots, 9 cents.

punched a miscellaneous a-sik
bots at &c, which sell for several times much
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THE SENATORIAL ENQUIRY
Bank Accounts in Evidence in the
Case of Mr.. Clark.

Statements showing Large Deposits
Made by Members of the Montana
the Senate-A Conductor With Min
ing Interests and Much CRss.
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Most superb Day Train in the World.
The Royal Limited leaves Baltimore and
OHIO Railroad Station. New jersey Avenue and
@ street, daily. p. m. arrives New York 8
P. m. Splendid dining and cafe car service.
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offering styles Boys 4py Collars
IA and from 16 19sueh sell loo and 15e for
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lie for ladies' vests or pants.

Several dozen Ladies' Swiss Ribbed Vests and Pants all Of
made and fnished-will go at lie to close.
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The lexington Objections.

Taking up the subject OF the proposed
location of the railroad yard and freight
station the report continues:
THE bill provides for the location OF a
railroad yard and freight station on the
east side of the Metropolitan branch be-
tween Florida Avenue and T Street. The
lexington Citizens Association objects
most strenuOusly to the location Of a yard
and freight station in this territory. Their
grounds Of objection are that such an
establishment would affect most injurious
ly the value OF the contiguous property:
that the closure OF the streets necessitated
thereby would cut of all travel between
their section and the east. from New York
Avenue TO T Streets. and that large num-
Der Of residents in the county whose &C
cess TO the city Is by way Of the streets TO
be closed would be seriously inconven-
fenced.
TO obviate these objections they rec
ommend that the Metropolitan branch
leave the main stem Of the road at Ninth
Street east. instead Of at Third Street east.
as at present, thence run northerly. con-
Meeting with the present Metropolitan
branch In the vicinity OF Indianapolis
Street, Brookland. Under this plan. the Y
would be located about half mile farther
out in the vicinity OF the subdivision of
Fairyiew. and the yard and station would
be situated on a part of the old Ivy City
racecourse. about mile farther from the
centre Of the city than the site proposed
in the bill.
ITO these recommendations the company
replies that to place the yard and station
so far out would make IL impossible 10
carry on the business of the company. or 10
handle the freight with convenience to it
self or TO the Washington public; that the
land embraced within the would be ren.
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The phenomenal selling of mems shirts yet inauguraed
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10 and be sold at
cost al ar
of pay
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dered useless by the heavy grades; that
most Of the street spaces PROPOSED to be
taken have never been opened oTS improved,
and that all Of them are bounded by prop
erty which is owned by the company.
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Infants bibs today for. sc.
Infants kno;ted bootees, all coiors, &C.
Child's white aprons. emb. trimmed, z9c.
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Mems Shirts and Drawers of white wool fleece mernoshrts
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12
STRUGGLE TO Excel.

There is an inherent love for contests
in America. In the older countries of
Europe this spirit is confined more en-
tirely to the people in the so-called
higher walks of life" but in America
there is no one so insignificant that he
does not take an interest in contests of
speed, science or endurance.
Prize fighting, or what is now called
glove contests" exemplifies this.
Nearly every state in the union has
enacted laws to stop the brutal sport -
but in spite of that fact these contests
appear to be growing in popularity
The people are interested in the strug-
gle of individuals for supremacy. The
fact that one of the contestants may be
killed does not enter into the question.
What they see are two excellent ex-
amples of physical manhood facing
each other in the arena, and like the
small boy their interest is keyed to the
highest pitch over the issue (which
will whip?''
This feeling, which is characteristic
of America, does not by any means in
dictate degeneration. 1t is rather typ
zeal of the restless struggle of the peo-
pie of America to excel. The lords and
dukes of America are those who tri-
umph by intellect or physical strength.
The people are continually striving to
surmount obstacles and rise higher, and
hence their great interest in all contests
for supremacy of whatever nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12
LONG DELAYED WORK.

The work which is being done under
the present administration towards the
completion of the state house is impor-
tant and extensive. The upper floors
are being covered with marble slabs:
the walls are being plastered, the cell
ings frescoed and that entire portion of
the capitol is being finished in a becom-
ing manner.
The state house work in the last few
years has been slow because of the po-
litical complexion of the legislatures
Managers in the party in power opposed
taxation for the completion of the
building, and when concessions were
made the levy was not sufficient to raise
an amount of money large enough to
make much of a showing on the great
mass of unfinished walls and floors and
ceilings.
The last legislature provided for a
reasonable levy, and the money which is
coming in is being expended in a judi
cious manner. The wisdom of the leg
islature in providing that work should
begin at the top floor and from there
extend downward has been questioned
by many people, hopeful of seeing the
handsome building sometime wholly
completed, but the council is working
in harmony with the law, and when
the third and fourth floors, which are
now engaging the attention of contract
ors authorized by the council, are com
pleted and opened to the public it will
be seen that the work is in keeping
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12
mARcH OF PROGRESS.

The erection of the new auditorium
is the beginning Of a new era in To-
peka- It is a great step in the advance
of the city. 1t means that the citizens
of Topeka are ready to make the cap
ital of Kansas the most wide-awake
city of the west.
There are other steps to be taken now.
One Of these in the immediate future and
for which preparations have already
been completed is the erection of a new
gas plant which viii furnish the city
with dollar gas-perhaps cheaper.
Another step is the securing Of the
new Santa Fe shops. This is a step
taken. 1t is a very important step in
be accomplished.
Still another step viii be municipal
waterworks. This, too, is important,
and it is probable that an entirely new
water plant will be established
Another step about which the people
have hesitated. but which will even
tually he taken, is the establishment of
a system of parks. The step has not
already been taken because the people
seemed to differ with regard to the de-
tails of the system. but they all want
parks and they win have them.
All of these things are for one of two
purposes: To make Topeka a city of
homes more beautiful even than it now
is or to increase its commercial ad-
vantages. There is no more desirable
residence city in the west than Topeka
with her broad paved streets, her beau
tiful trees. her elegant homes. her pub
lie buildings and her diversified COM
mercial interests.
But each of these can be improved
upon, and it is to improve the last OF
these that the home products exposi-
ton and street fair carnival will be
held this month. The greatest method
of education is through the eye. The
street fair exposition will bring imme-
diately before the eyes of the people
the commercial industries Of Topeka
and Kansas
It will teach the public that Topeka
makes butter that is sent to Europe
for Queen Victoria and the other nabobs
to eat on the morning biscuits, and
along with it Topeka sends the flour
with which to make the biscuits. II
will teach the public that pickles, and
trousers, and mattresses, and mirrors
and a multitude of other things are
made right here in Topeka, and thai
the goods are a better article than they
can send away and procure for the
same money. This is what the people
need to learn. When they learn this
they will support home industries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12
THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE.

1t would be difficult to imagine a bet
ter illustration of shortsightedness than
the opposition manifested by some of
the Santa Fe shop men to the PROPOSE
ton of voting bonds for the purchase of
the land needed by the company for the
proposed additional improvements. The
reason given the pledge solicitors has
been that the Santa Fe is now making
reductions in the force of workmen at
the shops.
It is true that the services of a num-
Der of men employed in the Santa Fe
car department in this city have been
recently dispensed with. 1t is also true
that further slight reductions may be
made. But not one of the men has lost
his position permanently. The move is
temporary one. induced by the excel
lent standard to which the freight
equipment of the road has been raised
by continuous work during the past
several months. Reductions of this kind
are annual happenings, and no class
knows it better than the shop men. The
wear on box and stock cars incident to
the rush Of spring traffic will shortly
make the employment Of the dis
charged men necessary.
If the reductions made were of a per-
manent character. the opposing shop
men might be excused for their short
sightedness- Even in that event, how
ever, the action of the company would
fail to provide a reason for the opposi-
ton. The purchase Of the land means
the establishment of additional shops,
and additional shops means additional
workmen. The number of men so far
| laid off does not exceed so. The i'm
! provements which the company pro-
| poses to make as soon as the land is Sc
| cured will provide places for at least
/ 500. It is queer philosophy to oppose
| the means of a permanent benefit be-
cause it would come from the same
/ hand that at present is forced by condi-
tons to withdraw its benefits temper
/ arily.
There is another point in reference to
this matter. The majority of the men
employed in the Santa Fe shops live in
the vicinity of the shop plant. The
shops have made East Topeka. The
value of the property in that locality
is due wholly to their establishment
Any additional improvements would
serve to increase values The larger
4 the plant the more valuable the land
which offers convenient homes to the
men employed.
Attention is not called to the short
sightedness of some of the shop men
through fear that their stand in oppos-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12
s1ArEMAKER IS BUSY.

Although several months must elapse
between now and the time of casting
votes for the presidential electors by the
American people, a great many fore
casts of how the electoral college will
stand Nov. are being made.
Both the Republican and Democratic
prophets have produced a convincing
array of figures which shows that Mr..
Mckinley or Mr.. Bryan, as the case
may be. can not possibly lose.
Well may the good people of the United
States view with alarm these state
ments. With one president they know
what to do but with two there is every
reason to believe that more or less con-
fusion will follow.
But to cast aside this lighter view
there is one state that each party
prophet claims as individual property
that should be classed as doubtful. And
that IS Indiana with it's Is electoral
votes.
The Democratic gains in the recent
municipal elections all over the state
have been made the basis for some ex-
ultant figures by the Bryan leaders.
While these claims are probably exag-
gerated since the contests turned, in
some instances, on local affairs which
nave no pEaIluB on national elections
yet the fact remains that the state OF
Hoosierdom needs to be carefully looked
after by both political parties. The
state has a record for political summer
saults hardly less notable than that OF
New York
Republican in 1880 by about 5000 votes
1t switched around to the Democratic
column in 1884 by about the same ma
jority Four years later Harrison was
successful by the narrow margin OF
5000 but in 1892 the president lost his
own state by 1000 votes. In the stat,
election Of "a Indiana returned a Re-
publican plurality of about $4,000 but il
1886 this was cut down by the Demo
Gratis to $4,000.
This record indicates a state of affair!
that does not warrant either party il
counting on the certain support Of In
diana. Benjamin Harrison. Gen. Lev
Wallace and Senator Beveridge are op
posed to the Porto Rican policy of tn
present administration. This is anothe
reason why no slatemaker should ado
this state to any other column than tn,
doubtful one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12
wANrED-AN AMERICAN TYPE

Where, between the Atlantic and Pa
cific, the Canadian border and Key
West, is to be found the typical Amer
lean man or woman? Is there a per-
son sufficiently cosmopolitan to stand
among the national characters of the
world as typical representative of
America?
Other nations are represented in pic
ture and story by characters admitted
by all to be representative of their ma
tive countries. Germany has her Hans
and Gretchens, France her Jeans. and
Lisettes, Norway her Johns and Sophies.
America has the shrewd Yankee and
the busy New England housewife, as
portrayed by Alice Barber Stephens,
the society woman and club man of
New York, as pictured by Charles Dana
Gibson, the Kentucky colonies and the
handsome southern women and their
noted hospitality, as described in story
by James Lane Allen; Frederick Rem
ington finds his types in the west and
the breezy characters of the ever NOV
ing frontier have had their romances
chronicled by Bret Harte. All these
characters are typical of the localities
from which they come. but none rep
resentative of the country.
The westerner would scorn to have
the well dressed society of New York
furnish the national type of man or
woman. These same society folk would
never vote to have the unpublished Yam
kee accept the place of honor. The
Yankee in turn would object to the
southerner as the characteristic type of
the nation. No such character as is rep
resented by Uncle Sam is found south
of the Mason and Dixon line nor west
of the Mississippi. Even the Goddess
of Liberty looks more like a Grecian
than an American.
The typical American must have the
shrewdness of the Yankee. the grace
bred of society, the hospitality of the
southerner and the sang froid of the
westerner. Can such a character be
found? Would the American school
marm'' and the persistent book agent
be finally called on in case of emerg-
ency?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12
SPHERE OF THE HORSE.

II IS only two or three years ago since
many articles were written under the
title THE Passing of the Horse 1t
was freely predicted that the horse
would soon pass from the sphere which
he occupies and in his place would be
installed the machine. There was good
reason for this prediction for the price
of horses had fallen below that of cattle
and good animals were purchased for
as little as $40
But the horse has secured a new lease
on popularity and a good horse is now
almost an expensive luxury. His I'M
popularity of a few years ago was prob
able due as much to the bicycle as any
thing else but it has been discovered
that the horse and bicycle occupy en-
tirely different fields. It was predicted
that the automobile would further
crowd him off the field of usefulness but
in cities where the automobile is used
the price of a good driver has gradually
advanced and people have concluded
that the automobile and the horse oc-
cupy different fields
There is life in a horse and nothing
can fill his place. There is no feeling
like that experienced by the man seated
comfortably behind a handsome animal.
He does not trust to mechanism or his
own efforts. He has before him living,
breathing machine, the model of animal
beauty which obeys his slightest touch.
There is no gearing to be displaced and
no discomfort from hill climbing. The
exhilaration he feels as he is whir1ed
over the paved streets or dirt roads can
be secured in no other way.
The horse is here to stay. His sphere
is beyond the ingenuity of man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12
DAY oF TIE sNoB.

One of the traits of humanity most
frequently encountered in society, and
in the every day walks of life, is that of
snobbishness Few people are entirely
free from it; it may not show on the
surface, but it is apt to be there and
will crop out when occasion offers.
Snobbishness is inherent in many peo-
pie and their environments foster the
tendency until it becomes a fixed trait.
Americans are considered by foreigners
to have a monopoly of this undesirable
trait, and as an example the growing
frequency with which rich American
women go abroad and buy titles with
their millions is cited. This is partly
true but the foreigners are apt to over
look the fact that they themselves are
guilty Of the same fault when they look
with contempt at these socially ambi-
tious Americans, and ignore every
one who is a step lower in the social
scale than they.
The snob has many vagaries; there is
the blue blooded dame who places her
self on a pedestal above the common
herd" which cannot trace it's ancestry
back to the landing of the Mayf1ower;
then there is the person with the newly
acquired riches, whose possessions are
glaringly new and modish, and who
prides herself on the fact that she can
outshine her acquaintance.
But the worst of all are the little
snobberies that we see every day. For
instance the transparent wiles of the
| ambitious woman, DESTROYS of entering
| the portals of society; she carelessly
leaves her invitation to some important
function, open to the view of the casual
caller; hte cards of the nobodies
who call are carefully concealed while
those of the important personages are
much in evidence.
Nearly every one has seen instances
of people purchasing garments at cheaI
| stores, removing the tags and inserting
| those of popular cOstumers, cutting
| their acquaintance on the street be-
cause they chance to be with some one
a little above them in the social scale
and various other acts which Stang
them at once as snobs.
Snobbishness is one of the most dis.
agreeable traits a person can possess
and it is a deplorable fact that many
people cultivate it rather than endeavol
/ to overcome it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-12


The trees are turning over new leaves.
Doctors are mourning the demise of the
grip season
The girl who paints her face sails under
Any man can run into debt. but he'can't
get out of it so quickly
It's much easier to keep track of where
our money comes from than where it
goes.
When pawnbroker dies and his wife
conducts his business, she becomes loan
widow,
most uncertain thing in life?" Cynicus-
"a woman's age"
The new woman may be an affection f1,yct
says the Confirmed Bachelor, but she
isn't a marker to new baby
Hoax-'T,hat Iong-haired. poetical friend
of yours bought me a drink today" Joax-
"A literary treat, eh?
Nell-'T hear you've left your new job
in the hair-dressing establishment
BELIEVES; was afraid I'd dye an old
maid.
No. Maude. dear, we have never heard
that people who don't pay their bills pre-
fer soda water, because it's charged.
Tommy-"Pop. what does Quo vadis
mean2" Tommy's Pop-''It means means with,
thing Nom doesn't know that, or she d
be yellin' Quo vadis' at you every time
you went OUT
Blobbs-''You know Lazibones, who has
been an invalid for so many years? Well,
he's cured Slobbs-'rhe rest cure did it,
l suppose" Blobbs-''No while he was
taking it he lost all his money. Then he
tried the work cure, and he's well"
I'D die for your the lover cried,
While lines of grief played round his
brow.
you needn't mind the girl replied;
81 know too many dead ones noWG