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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12
BEST EVER MADE.
Trial Trip of the New Battleship Wis
consin.

Santa Barbara, Cal, Oct 1.-THE
Wisconsin has just completed the most
successful trial trip ever made by a
battleship. and she is pronounced the
finest vessel ever turned out by the
Union Iron works. AT the start many
taiAgs seemed against a successful
tr4al- An easterly wind was kicking up
a choppy sea and threatening squally
voyage.
after a preliminary spin over a part
of the course, the big vessel steamed
full ahead, passing the eastern beacon
at 1920 a. m, at a speed exceeding 10
knots. The course was marked by the
battleship Iowa, gunbOat Ranger, train
ing ship Adams and cruiser Philadel-
hia. Between the Ranger and Gavieta
wharf the Wisconsin gained her maxi
mum speed of 1854 knots per hour, and
maintained throughout the westerly
course an average speed of 1883 knots
The average speed of the entire run, 81
knots, was 17.25 knots per hour. The
only other battleship approaching TINS
speed is the Alabama. which averaged
17-013 knots, and attained a maximum
speed of 1903 knots. The average num-
ber of propeller revolutions during the
western run was 1884 per minute, and
on the return 1875, a difference of only
19 of q revolution. So close a run has
never been made before The average
steam pressure was $50 pounds. and the
vessel was under forced draught. The
boiler valves lifted frequently. When
a her maximum speed the vibration was
Sl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12
REVOLUTIONARY LADIES.
Second Annual Conference is Held at
Lawrence.

Lawrence, Oct. 12.-The second annual
conference of the Kansas Daughters Of
the American Revolution was held in
Lawrence yesterday, and was attended
by delegates from the four societies in
the state. at Wichita. Topeka, Ottawa
and Lawrence. The morning session
was called to order by Mrs. John G.. Has
kell of this city, who turned the meet
ing over to Mrs. Katherine Lewis OF
Wichita, the state regent. Reports OF
the four chapters were heard and were
followed by a paper on THE Pawnee
Republic" by Mrs. George Johnson, Of
Pawnee Rock. The ladies' of Wichita
extended an invitation to hold the next
meeting in that city, the date to be Sc
lected later.
The meeting was held at the Unitar-
ian church, and at noon the Lawrence
ladies' entertained with a lunch. and
the work of the afternoon session was
begun by an address of welcome by Mrs
and the state regents address by Mrs
Lewis Of Wichita. Miss Benson OF OF
tawa, read a paper on THE Battle oS
Long Island ard the Jersey Prison Ship"
A paper by Mrs. A. H Thompson Of
Topeka, on "Old Historical Places %
completed the afternoon programme.
Last evening the ladies Of the Law
renee chapter gave q reception in New
Eldridge hotel parlors to the delegates
and to the Sons of the American Revo-
luton and those eligible to membership
in both of these societies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12
GROVER UNCHANGED.
Stands by His Letter Written
Five Years Ago.

Chicago. Oct IA special to the Tri-
bune from Louisville. KY, says ex-
President Grover Cleveland has replied
to a letter written by Mr.. John S. Green
of this city inquiring if the former pres
ident had changed his views on the
financial question, as expressed in his
letter to Chicago business men on April
-, 1895. Mr.. Cleveland in his letter
which is dated Buzzards Bay, October
Z, 1900, replied as follows:
r have received your letter inclosing
a copy of my letter written more than
five years ago to the business men of
Chicago. ] had not seen it in a long
time, but it seems to me I could not
state the case better at this time if I
should try.
then expressed in the least.n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12
THROUGH MARYLAND.
Mr.. Stevenson Leaves Baltimore
For a Day of Speaking.

Baltimore, Oct. 12.-Former Vice Pres
ident Adlai E Stevenson, accompanied
by National Committeeman L. v
Baughman. chairman Of the Democratic
state committee Yandiver, and others,
left Baltimore at 8 o'clock this morning
for Frederick, where Mr. Stevenson will
deliver an address at the Frederick fair
this afternoon Leaving Frederick the
party will drive across the mountain to
Hagerstown, stopping at NIiddletown
and Boonsboro en- route, where short
speeches will probably be delivered by
the vice presidential candidate and 9TH
ers Of the party. There will be a meet
ing at IJagerstown this evening at which
Mr.. Stevenson viii deliver the principal
address
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12
LEAVING CHINA.
American Troops Are Departing For
the Philippines.

washington. Oct. 12.-Colonel Hum
phrey. quartermaster in China. has sent
a cablegram under today's date. to the
quartermaster general announcing the
first departure of the United States
troops from China This dispatch is as
follows.
Mia with forage. .quartermaster animals.
company d, Sixth regiment, United
States cavalry, pack mules belonging
To the Sixth regiment United States cav
airy. Transport Indiana viii leave this
pert on 11th with about 900 marines.
Entire command throughIy provided for
health good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12

American people are cencered on the city
of Scranton today and anxiousIy awaiting
the result Of this effort. 4 do not wish
you to accept one cent less for your ssA113T
1 do not wish the great Organiza tkozl
which has been built up among YOU to be
wrecked and ruined through any mistake
of mine or yours. If you legfslate wisely
and judiciously, 7 can see a destiny
brighter and happier for you and for
those who will take your places when
ture where the little boys will be in at
tendance at school, instead of wasting
their young lives away in the breakers
helping to earn a livelihood for their par
homes and happy smiling faces of the
wives and mothers will be in vivid con-
trast with the conditions of today.
COMMITTEES NAMED.
President A1itchelIs address was well
received.
The next order of business was the ap-
pOintment of the committee on creden-
members, three from each of the three
districts.
William Davis, Of Pottsville, known
as the golden MINER by reason of his
being the oldest working miner in the
anthracite region, was then introduced
and read short poem.
After the credential committee had
collected the credentials of the delegates
the convention at II o'clock took recess
until 1:30 p m, to allow the committee
TO examine the credentials and report
NO MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TODAY.
Shenandoah, Pa, Oct 12-General
Goblin says there viii be no movement
of troops homeward until after the
Scranton convention. His latest advices
are that quietness prevails throughout
the entire region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12
PLACE FOR COULTER.
Made Member of G. A. r. Committee
on Pen sions.

on Pen sions.
Chicago, Oct. 12.-Commander in Chief
Rassieur of the Grand Army Of the Re
public in a general order issued today,
announces his official staff and the COM
nittees which viii have charge of var
ious branches Of the Organization's work
during the coming year. The staff ap-
pointments are:
Inspector General-Henry S.Peck, New
Haven, Conn.
Judge Advocate General-James H.
Wolff, Boston.
Senior Aide de Camp and Chief of
Staff-Edward N. Ketchum, Galveston.
Texas.
Executive Committee of the National
Council of Administration-Leo Ras-
sieur, ST. Louis; Frank M. Sterett, ST.
Louis; william Armstrong. Indianapo-
lis; Thomas w. Scott, Fairfield, ILL.,; A
A. Taylor, Cambridge, Ohio; w. F. Con-
nor, Dallas, Texas; Nicholas w. Day.
New York; II. 0. Dodge, Boulder, Col.
o. H. Coulter of Topeka, Kan. is ap-
pointed a member of the committee on
TpusiOnS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12
Good Weather 10 Pienie.

The weather bureau promises good
weather Saturday for the Martins Hill
excursion and the football game. The
weather map looks clean and there are
no indications Of bad weather The fore
cast is "fair tonight and Saturday" The
maximum temperature yesterday was
60 and the temperature this morning az
II O'Clock WAS 66. Today's minimum
was a. The wind has been south Tor
several days and today blew ar the rate
o6 four miles an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12
MR.. WILLARD DENIES.
Says He Is Away On Personal Busi-
ness and Has Nothing to Tell.

The State Journal today received from
Frank G. Willard. at Chicago. the fol-
lowing telegram:
Chicago, H., Oct. 12-Have just
learned of statements in the State
Journal OF yesterday with reference to
me. Am here on strictly personal busi-
ness Frank Grimes had absolutely
nothing to do with my leaving home.
I never paid Frank Grimes one cent
of interest or bonus on state funds. nor
never agreed t. while connected with
the Merchants y -tional bank.
(Signed) FRANK G. WILLARD"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12

The politicians were revelling in two
bits of gossip last night. The one re-
ceiving the most attention, as told by a
Republican to State Journal reporter,
Mr.. Low has told Mr.. Grimes to tell
the TRUTH
Mr. NJ. A. Low. do you mean?"
Yes, SIR
''Have these men been in conference? %
mot exactly a conference was the re-
ply, s'but they have talked it over"
How is this known?" asked the re-
porter.
Il am not at liberty to say that
Are you sure?''
Yes. Mr.. Low has advised Grimes
not to attempt to dodge the proposition
and has told him to tell the truth
Grimes needed no advice in that mat
ter, did hep" was asked
NO, L guess not; but Mr.. Burton has
been working among the politicians in
an effort to have something done to
shield Crimes
Is it the opinion that Grimes is guilty
of the charges?''
Call it what you will" replied this
Republican politician, but everybody
knows that this interest business, or
bank rakeoff, has been a habit in the
treasurer's office for many years"
Mr.. Grimes friends are responsible for
the rumor that the suit against Mr.
Grimes is to be dropped.
County Attorney A B. Crurn of Usage
county, said last evening: so far as T
am concerned there is no intention of
dropping the suit. have no doubt Mr.
Grimes would like to have it dropped. y
The dispositions of Mr. Grimes and the
officers of the Merchants National will
be taken at 10 o'clock Saturday morning
before Justice of the Peace w. S. Me
Clintock-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12

Chicago, Oct 12-Forecast for Kansas g:
Fair tonight and Saturday. varia bic
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02
m1KeD3o3, A3dQTSo3 : Foster.
Just a Word to the School
Teachers and their Friends.

It's just three months till the close OF the contest
that will decide who is make that free trip to the Paris
Exposition. The real time for you to win the race has
now, and every vote counts Of course we have
way of telling who is ahead but from observation be-
ieve that there are several teachers who running so
close together that if the closed now there
would be mighty close figuring to the result 1t
you nothing help your school teacher friend by
ing for her. You entitled for every dollar
you spend here and guarantee the price Of any article
you buy here TO be Lo7V lO7eran the article
pattern be bought elsewhere. tin day, 7veek
month later you find the thing Ozver elsewhere make
a claim UPON as and ii 7vW be allowed at once.
In our new you'll find the helpful service
have tried give you in the old You'll find
different conditions better surroundings greater facilities
your needs but will be the satisfactory service
The things just keep tumbng in every day, ex-
cept Sunday and have few odds and ends every de-
partment that must get out of the way for them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02
If You See 1t In Oar AID, It's So.
MCKennon, Anderson & Foster.
A Mothers Reward.

A young student atone of the large
art institutions decided this winter
to try for prize. He was under
twenty, and his competitors were all
older than he. He wrote his mother
about it, begging her to come and
pose for him, saying that he knew
he could win if only she were his
subject. She bad a large family at
home to look after, and small baby
hardly two months cd. Moreover, the
spring had come, never an easy time
for "A mother to break away, pick IN
a small baby, and establish herself
alone in distant town. merely to
sit model for a son. Most women
would have hesitated, as hoped for
priz 4s being uncertain quantities.
particularly for boys still in their
teens, and present home duties be-
ing, according to all rules of logic,
paramount. But this mother did
not hesitate. Her son had asked
her to come, and so proved rare
loya.,y. That was enough for her
AT great inconvenience to herself
she went, though cheerfullv, and tho
picture was painted Now the
papers announce that the young boy
painter has won the prize! This
will send him for wo-years' course
of study in Paris.
1t is like some old story of the
masters, aud certainly few sweeter
stories of painters and their mothers
have ever been told.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02
Light From Sewage.

Chicago's proposition to use the power
Of the water rushing through its sewage
canal for Lighting its city, moving its
drawbridges and operating its water
works plart seems to be a remarkable,
though logical, addition to the original
plan of its sewage canal.
The plan is undoubtedly feasible. At
Lockport, where the controlling works
are located, the water falls distance of
perhaps twenty feet into the Despaines
River. Such fall of such volume o f
water would be amply sufficient for al
purpo es intended, and might in addi-
ton supply manufacturing establish
ments. The falling waters would oper-
ate big turbine, which would run dy-
namos, and the current could with little
loss be sent the distance of twenty
eight miles between Chicago and Lock
port. Buffalo gets all the power it uses
for lighting the city and for opera
ting its street cars from big turbine
which uses an infinitesimal portion of
the power of the water that goes over
Niagara Falls, twenty-four miles away.
Some cities have put their waste and
sewage to use in fertilizing farms, but if
Chicago carries out its present project
it will be the first city to draw light from
Its sewage.-St. Louis Republic.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02

pPrences before. We find 1t i'm.
possible to practice "reciprocity"
with monorolies, combines, trusts,
or soulless public corporations. No
newspaper can. and he true to the
people. The HERALD has made
its bed and is willing to vest
upon IL We realize fully tina. we
cannot serve both the corporations
and the people, and have deliber.
ately cast our lot with the people.
We have no sympathy or love and
very little tolerance for aggraDdized
capital, under any of lis many
aliases, and expect nothing from
them except boycott and abuse.
The HERALD has managed to exist
nearly 90 years without the Cum
berlanG Telephone and Telegraph
Company, its patronage or its in.
strumeDt, and Is bit too old to
learn this late the trick of how to
"bend the pregnant hinges of the
knee, that thrift may follow fawn-
ing"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02

OUR distinguished citizen, Col.
Census Commissioner Archibald
Hughes, in his speech at the repub
lican pow WOW last Friday, endorsed
TIVE nerve" of the usurper Taylor of
Kentucky, and said if Clay Evans
had had the nerve to hold on to the
gubernatorial chair of Tennessee by
calling into use his gatling gun, the
party would have sustained him.
Doubtless 50. But the redoubtable
Colonel should bear in mind that
Mr. Evans never had any guber.
Material chair to hold to, neither any
gatlin guns at his command. How
ever, this is no new doctrine for
Col. Hughes to preach. In the Opera
House here in Columbia several
years ago, when he was candidate
for Congress, he spoke in favor of
the Force Bill and if it were not for
the Democrats and the minority
members of the Republican party,
the election next fall would be held
under Federal supervision with gat-
ling guns guarding the polls. That
is why the best people Of the South
have always repu1iated the Repub.
lican party.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02
TOO EXPENSIVE
Are the Methods Used in Quarantining
County Smallpox Patients.
The System Not Only Costs the County
$50 Per Day, but is Utterly
Ineffective.

The following notice was signed
yesterday by Judge Looney and
County Court Clerk Thomas, of the
County B Dard Of Health, aud Gu
tered on the minutes Of the Board:
1.-THE present system of quaran-
timing that has been adopteu-that
il, quarantining patients in their
own houses and furnishing them
with supplies during their illness
ia not in any way decreasing the
spread of the SMALLPOX in the county.
Therefore. from and after this date
said uuarantines will cease and such
patients as are unable TO provide
themselves with the necessaries of
life shall b. removed to the pest
house"
To find out the full meaning and
purpose of the notice. a HERALD re-
porter sought Judge LoOuey and
questioned him in regard to the m IT
ter.
1.-The present system Of quarap-
timing aud caring for smallpox pa
tients throughout the county" said
the Judge, in answer to the report
er's query, sis not only utterly in
operative, but has become the source
of large and unnecessary eXpense
to the county. Do you know" he
continued, "how much it is cost
ing the county day?"
The reporter said ne did not.
"Well," he said, "since the first of
January it has been taking about
$50 odt of the county's treasury each
day. But this would not be so bad
il we could see that any good was
being accomplished. Ga the con-
trary, the methods pursued by the
| County Physician are doing
nothing whatever to prevent the
spread of this disease through
out the county. Whenever a case
of smallpox is found in a negro
family, the county physician notl-
| fies them to quarantine themselves,
and the entire family is then fur
nished with provisions until the pa
tient RECEIVERS. No other Testric-
tions are thrown around them, and,
of course. in most instances, no heed
if given the physicians orders, and
the negroes continue to go
around as usual, faring 5umptu-
ously every day at the couuty's
expense. To stop these eX-
pensive and Ineffective methods
and save the county a large sum of
money, was the purpose of the ac'
ton taken by Mr. Thomas and my
self yesterday. OF course we want
the patients cared for in the best
manner possible, bur there is no use
in paying out $50 day and then get
no results. The county has a pest
house, and is willing to provide for
such patients as are not able to care
for themselves"
When asked why County Physi-
clan VOORHEES,, the other member OF
the County Board Of Health, had not
signed the notice, Judge Looney
stated that the doctor had been
asked to do so but declined, stating
that he wanted time to consider the
matter and consult with the City
Board of Health in regard to Co
operation in compulsory vaccina-
ton.
DR.. VOORHEES, will also have DR..
Albright come out and look over
the situation in this county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02

THE administration cannot pride
itself on its m lnagemept of the colo
MES. 1t has made a mess in the
Philippines, where bloody and I'M
necessary war is still raging. 1t has
made mess in Porto Rico, where
the people are starvitg and COM
mercial slavery is offered them as a
substitute for their present destruc
tive tariff. 1t has made a mess in
Hawaii, where the people find them
selves deprived of power to APP
propriate money to fight devasting
plague.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02

Lors of strange things happen in
this old world. If the phosphate we
now find at our very doors and are
giving away at nal'rJ prices, was
in some remote state or country, we
would all want to rush there and buy
it. BLESSINGS brighten as they take
their flight" We will all be sorry
when it is 100 late, that we did not
organize small companies of our own
and buy some Of these rich finds al
the give away prices at which for
eign capital is picking them up.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02

CRoNJE has capitulated, uncon-
ditional!y, the London advices tell
us. PITY tits, tbs true" The
Booers are brave people, and they
were fighting for their free dom from
the Oppressors wrong, and the quiet,
peaceful enjoyment Of a land they
had discovered and settled, and re-
CARELESS of the effect it might have
on the Wall Street money market,
we had wished for them trium-
plant success.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02

THE Hon. Luke Wright, recently
appointed Que Of the Philippine
Commissioned by President McKin-
ley, in an interview says:
~ acc opted the appointment be-
cause am in entire harmony with
the policy of retaining the Philip.
pine Islands, at least until we have
had an opportunity to sec what we
can make of them. and because
believe that nine tenths OF the peo-
plp Of Tennessee think as | do on
the subject"
When you read the above, and
consider how absurdly extravagant
it is, then you will realize how radi-
cal and visionary man Mr.. McKin-
lays appointee is, and how abso-
lutelv unfit Tor the important posi-
ton he holds.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02
Columbia, Tennessee, March ?, 1900.
CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE co.

Elsewhere in this Issue Mr.. Leland
Hume answers Citizens" card OF
last week
Mr.. Hume, it seems to ne, ascribes
some credit to the Cumberland Tele-
phone people that they do not de-
serve. He says thei" policy Of de-
veloping exchanges has proven very
popular in the diff rent states, and
the large development in Maury
county is due to the excellent SER
vice and reasonable rate offered by
the Cumberland people"
In the first place the service is not
excellent to hurt, and in The second
place the rate to stores and offices is
not reasonable at all. They charge
three and four times az much as the
Citizens' CO., and in addition charge
toll every chance they get.
But aside from that, he speaks of
these rates and this development be-
Ing "ofered by the Cumberland peo-
ple." Not bit of it, Mr.. Hume.
The development your company has
made in this county was forced upon
it by the Citizens Co., and you know
1T. And the residence rates you
give you would never have given
except to meet the established rates
of the Citizens Company Your
company does give better service
than it did; the Citizens Co., makes
it 90. Your company does charge a
more reasonable rate to residences
than it did; the Citizens Co., makes
it so. Your company is a sight
more civil to the public than 1t was ;
the Citizens Co., makes itso. What
ever OF benefit the people of Maury
may have derived by recent
changes, either in the Improvement
of service or concession of rates. is
to the credit of the Citizens Co., for
they compelled you TO it. They made
you show that much of the white
feather" to say the least of it.
The Cumberland Telephone CO.,
is no worse, no better, than any 9th
er soulIess corporation doing bust
ness in this State. They are as
grasping in their greed, as exorbi-
tant in their charges, as arbitrary in
their rules, as grinding in their
policy, as combined capital usually
is, and that goes 20 the limit oil
mans ingenuity or human endur-
ance. 1t would be sad day for this
county if the Cumberland Co.
should ever be allowed to monOpo.
lizs the field. Then indeed would
they "laugh at our calamity anc
mock when our fear cometh."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-02

IN the meantime, the phosphate
magnates are making preparations
to relieve the earth of its treasures,
the farmers are getting ready to
"tickle the SOIL" and the pearl
hunter is dreaming of mussels and
wealth galore. TO all appearances,
there will be busy times in these
"diggin's" when the blue-birds come
again.