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The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
MONUMENT TO PAINE.
Middle-of- the-Road Popu1ists to Help
Perpetuate Infiders Memory.

New York, May 16.-The only me-
mortal in this country of Thomas Paine,
the revolutionary hero a monument at
New Rochelle, N. Y. is to be perpet-
uated by money contributed by dele
gates to the late middle of the road
Populist convention at Cincinnati. When
Paine died in this city he hoped that
his body might be buried in a Quaker
cemetery, but the QuakeI's refused per-
mission. Cobbett, the English radical,
some time afterward took Paine'S bones
to England in the hope of arousing en-
thusiasm for Paine's doctrines. His OBJ
track of, so that Paine's grave is un-
known. The house in which Paine died
has been torn down to make way for a
street; the street called Reason street,
after Paine's book, THE Age of Rea-
son., has been renamed and Paine's s
farm at New Rochelle given him by
congress, has been cut up into town lots.
A few years ago a number of free think
erS erected a shaft and bust of Paine on
a lot that was part of the farm. Now
a boulevard will be cut through the lot
necessitating removal of the monument.
Captain Geo. w Lloyd of New
Rochelle, a delegate to the Cincinnati
convention, suggested to other dele
gates that it would be an excellent
scheme to buy an acre of land on the
farm voted to Paine by congress. The
place could also be used for Populist
conventions. He outlined the plan to
former Governor Davis H. Waite of Col
orado, who subscribed $780, Wharton
Barker. presidential nominee; Ignatius
Donnelly and Weller of Iowa pledged
$500 each and the land will be bought
and the monument preserved.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

Senator Clark of Montana has fore
stalled any action of the senate in the
direction Of expulsion by rendering his
resignation of the senatorship to the
governor Of his state. His letter of
resignation. and his speech before the
senate. were dignihed utterances, but
there was a distinct tone Of bitterness
pervading both. The resignation was
timed to reach the Montana capital
while the governor who is an anti
Clark man, was absent in California,
and the lieutenant governor who is a
Clark mah. is acting in his place. His
appointment of Mr.. Clark will be re-
garded by the public probably as a
put-up Job.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
Po1NTED PARAaRAPHs.

IErOm the Chicago News.
The best wheel Of fortune is honest
labor.
Many mans self-conceit is due to
his ignorance.
The ice man knows how to make a lit
tie go great weigh
The world is sure to hear from the
amateur cornet player.
A painless dentist is one who extracts
teeth without pain-to himself
The earth was made globe shape so
that it would be sure to go round.
Some men will do anything to please
their wives-except pay their bills.
Real happiness comes from reducing
our wants rather than gratifying them.
This is the Presidential bees busy
season
Some men are shortsighted who don't
wear glasses
A cycler may be indefatigable without
being tireless.
Some people fish for compliments with
bated breath.
The girl who can be won by fattery
isn't worth winning.
Department stores are the highways
and buy-ways Of life.
The people who ride chainIess wheels
should look out for chainless dogs.
Hoax-"He's a big gun in the church,
isn't hep" Joax-"Yes; he's a canon
A person may indulge in breezy con-
rs-saff Inn wit 4TOr1 71n4v =,
blow.
An uptown undertaken displays a sign
which reads: "a step in the right di-
rection.
No, Maude. dear. the old-fashioned
girls who used spinning wheels were not
all spinsters.
A conversationalist is a person who
talks continuously without saying any
thing.
The woman who doesn't think some
other woman homelier than herself has
yet to be born.
1t sometimes happens that the mar
who expresses himself in nowery term.
is a blooming chump.
When a woman has no troubles Of he,
own the chances are she will go over t,
a neighbor's and borrow some.
When you hear a man complaining
that he is tired of life the chances ar
that he has never made any gooO US
of it.
When an optimist fails in business h
consoles himself with the belief that hi
failure was due to his consideration
scruples.
Mr.. Buggins-"Shan I have time t
shave before we go out?" Mrs Buggin
No, dear; I'm all ready but putin
on my hat" Mr.. Buggins-''Oh, haven
you your hat on yet?" Then he shave
himself.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
Drug Store Arrest.

The police department has commenced
it's war against the drug stores which
are suspected of illegally selling liquor.
Special officers have been at work Sc
curing evidence, and Ralph Squires, who
has a drug store on the east side OF
Kansas avenue, just north of Eighth
avenue. is the first victim. 1t is claimed
that he was made an example ofbecause
his father is connected with the city ad-
ministration. Mr.. SquiTes and his clerk,
Henry Turner, were arrested late Tues
day afternoon by Chief Ramsey and
Ohicer Gilmore. The charge that is
booked against them is selling liquor
and maintaining a nuisance. There was
no raid however, because a druggist
has a right to keep liquor for sale under
his permit Any drinkables found in an
ordinary joint can be seized and con-
ffscated, but not so with a drug store
See Jones' ice advertisement on page 4.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
ARKANSAS RIVER CASE.
Kansas and Colorado Arid Lands
Might Be Reclaimed.


Washington, May 16.-The secretary
of the interior has sent to congress a
statement regarding the flow Of Arkan-
sas river at points near the Kansas
Colorado line and whether surveys have
been made of reservoir sites for storing
the flood waters of this stream in Colo
rado and Kansas
The secretary's statement gives fig
ures of the discharge of the Arkansas,
and the conclusion is reached that q
large amount of water which might be
saved goes to waste. and leads to the
conclusion that it will be possible to
conserve the waters of this river so that
they will ultimately reclaim an acre
age far greater than that now watered.
This can only come about, however,
by pursuing some systematic plan by
which the floods or excess waters are
held at points of greatest advantage to
all concerned.
1t is not probable that all of the, land
suitable for irrigation, especially that
in the lower valleys, can be watered,
but an increase in the available supply
would result in notably augmenting the
prosperity of this important region as
far east as the irrigated areas of Kan
SaS,
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
FATHER HAYDEN.S VISIT.
Will Leave June 4 For His Old Home
in Ireland.

Father Francis NJ. Hayden, pastor of
the Church of the Assumption, who will
celebrate his silver jubilee as a Roman
Catholic priest on Thursday Of this
week, viii leave Topeka June for New
York City and will sail from there five
days later for ireland. After visiting
his family in Ireland Father Hayden
will visit st. Peters in Rome, the shrine
Of Our Lady Of Lourdes at Lourdes,
France, and win see the Passion Play at
Oberammergau He will be accom-
panied by his sister, Miss Kate Hayden.
who makes her home with him in this
city.
The trip is in the shape of a Jubilee
gift from the congregation of the Church
of the Assumption. Father Hayden will
be absent four months and during that
time the parish win be in the exclusive
charge of Father Harrigan, the assist
ant pastor.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.

TFrom the AtchisOn Globe1
An Atchison woman who was sur
prised" by out of town company, hand
ed the company the key to her house
and left town.
If a woman is loyal to her kin, she
even hates the man who is a business
rival of her brOther-in-law' cousin
At what age in a woman IS it no
longer discourteous to entertain a sus-
picion that her teeth are too good to be
natural?
It is the experience Of older married
women that a. bride Is about six weeks
in descending from the pedestal to a
foot stool.
We wonder IL In the next world peo-
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
TO VISIT so CITIES.
Programme Being Arranged by Boer
ENJOYS.

New York, May 16.-Beyond a drive
through Central park and the principal
localities of interest in the city no pro
gramme was arranged for the Boer en-
voys today. They spent the forenoon
in answering kilograms from more than
sixty cities in the United States from
which invitations had been received.
An effort is being made to arrange a
plan so that the envoys can visit ma
jority of the cities. Probably they will
leave for Washington on Friday.
c. II. Vessels, one Of the ENJOYS, dis
credited the cabled dispatches to the
effect that President Steyn of the
Orange Free State is said to have lash
ed the Free Staters to make them fight.
He said the Free Staters were all work.
ing together and in perfect harmony
sI do not think that the stories pub
lished about the British successes are
neutral news, but highly optimistic
from a British standpoint" he con-
cluded
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
DOWN WALL STREET.
The Pennsylvania Will in Future
Have Its Offices.

New York, May 16.-The Pennsylvania.
railroad has taken a floor in the six
teen story building which is being
erected by the American Exchange Ma
tional bank in the Wall street dis
trict. The building will be finished by
next September and it is said the Penn
sylvania railroad will then move to this
city most, if not all of its general Off
ces, and will establish its permanent
headquarters, which are now in Phila-
delphia, in the city of New York.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
LOCAL MENTION.

William Gustavson, aged 80 years, and
Topeka, were married this morning by
Judge Dolnan.
A claim against the estate of Thomas
Buckman has been fled by Dr. S. G.
Stewart for s27 for medical services
Word has been received that Stephen
died at st. Louis May 9.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
Wvoming Republicana.

Cheyenne, Wyo., May 16-The Repub-
lican state convention for the election
Of six delegates to the national conven-
ton and the nomination of a candidate
for congress met at II O'Clock today
with 11S delegates. The morning session
was characterized by harmony through
out Temporary organization was ef-
fected and committees on credentials
permanent organization and resolutions
having one member from each county
were appointed. The convention took a
recess until o'clock
An Initiative Dog.-"Bixby's dog is a
great imitator. He can stand on his
hind legs and drink from a bottle" Il
suppose he has often seen his master
do that''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN NEW
YORK.

Mr.. Mckinley received a plurality of
$1,000 votes in New York in 1896 and
yet there are Democratic politicians
who assert that Mr.. Bryan might carry
the state this year.
This seems like a stupendous propo-
sition. but here are the figures these
same politicians point to showing the
alections since 1872:
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

Dom Paul is not so badly whipped
that he is not willing to take on an
other antagonist. At least his report
ed action in ordering the representative
of Portugal to leave the Transvaal is
Indicative Of that frame of mind.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

Trendall, an onIooker, was shot in the
hip. Flatley is seriously hurt. B. B.
Campbell, a conductor, is said to have
shot both men.
A squad of fifty to seventy-hve police
men suppressed the riot
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
CURTIS AND BAILEY.
They Send kilograms of Congratula-
ton to Republican Convention.

The following telegram from Con-
gresham w. J. Bailey was read to the
convention:
greeting. Republican success this fall
means continued prosperity. I believe
your action today will be such as to
meet the approval of the people and you
can depend upon me to do my share
in placing Kansas in the Republican
column in November"
The convention gave three rous-
ing cheers for Mr. Bailey.
Charles Curtis sent the following to
the convention:
Il congratulate the Republicans of
Kansas on the bright outlook for our
party.
1.-THE brilliant record of the admins
tration furnishes a splendid foundation
for platform and guarantees success in
November"
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
ouAKER REFLECTIoNs.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
T Some people are so busy talking that
they haven't time to think.
Look out for the fellow who wants
to wear the first straw hat
The social scale is not Ife's most re-
liable weighing machine.
Some husbands are so henpeeked that
they daren't write a capital I.
FHguratively speaking the Judge is
sometimes obliged to sit on the jury.
Lots of people who inherited their
money haven't the cents they were born
with.
Wherever there is a gap in the noun
tains you will generally see a yawning
chasm.
It isn't always the man who gets up
earliest in the morning who rises in the
world.
No, Maude. dear. we have never heard
that policy players were partial to the
shad roe.
Circus lemonade is probably red be-
cause it bushes for it's sins of omission
and commission.
Some fellows would do anything to
get married, but most of them prefer
to do a father-in-law.
| Nell-''Where is she suing for her di-
vorce 2" Belle-"Out west, somewhere
think the place is called Sioux City
why did you release the third base
man?' asked the fan. Because he nev-
er brought in a rum replied the mag
nate. "Ah, see,' said the fan; ''yor
/ wanted a run for your money"
!
Blobbs-"I thought you said there
were eight murders in the melodrane
you advised me to see. 1 only counted
| seven" Slobbs-''You seem to forge
the murder of the Queens English"
The man behind the gun, dear knows,
Has done enough of slaughter.
/ The man with the hoe keeps up his pose
But the man behind the garden hose
! Makes every one take water.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
REPUBLICAN.

No other state has swung from side
to side with almost pendulum like reg
ularity as has New York, as the above
figures show. In the last twenty years
the Democrats have carried ten elec~
tions and the Republicans nine there
having been no general election last
year.
The above table shows not only the
independent character of the voter in
that state, but some wonderful revolu-
tions at the ballot box.
Thus the Republicans carried the
state for Grant by SO, ,524 in 1872, and the
Democrats elected Tilden governor by
almost the same plurality two years
later. Cleveland carried the state for
governor by the enormous plurality Of
192,854 in 1882, and the Republicans
elected the secretary Of state the very
next year by 1858. Harrison received
a plurality Of 1900 for president in
1888, while Hill carried the state for
governor at the same election by 1911.
To cap he climax, Mckinley had the
unprecedented plurality of 26S, 46S in
1896, and the Democrats elected Parker
chief justice the very next year by the
handsome plurality Of 6O.SS9. And
Roosevelt won only by a scratch in
1s9S-due, as Senator Platt said after
the election, to Croker's action in "op-
position to the independence of the ju-
dietary"
This survey of the elections in the
last 30 years proves that New York is
at the best a doubtful state under or
binary political conditions.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
WILD With Eczema
Fire Could Not Have Been More
Painful.

4" After spending two years in TAX
ing all kinds of medicines that were
suggested for eczema, but without
avail, my mother was induced to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla. The result was
wonderfully gratifying. Her limbs
had been terribly lacerated by the dis
ease, and there were times when fire
could not have been more painful.
She was, in fact, almost wild. Two
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla COM
pletely cured her, and not a trace of
eczema was left" E. W. DECKER,
Gardiner. N. Y.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

The periodical fires in the Chicago
river have been cast in the shade by
the partial burning of the water palace
at the Paris exposition.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

If the remaining presidential nomi-
nations had not been preempted so far
in advance Pennsylvania might have
captured the whole lot
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

Those gentlemen who are being
chased by the vice presidential nomi-
nation should try the injunction as a
means of protection
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

Ex-President Harrison has again an
swered the question, What shall we do
with our presidents?" by joining a golf
01.rh
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

If Mr.. Bristow shall take his AK with
him to Cuba some lively work in the
deeapitation line may be anticipated.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
Eat Wen. sIeen we'll.

" Hoods Sarsaparila has been a
great blessing to me. / was weak,
irritable, tired and nervous; had no
appetite and was always sad and des-
pondent. One day / got hold of q
little book about Hoods Sarsaparilla.
looked it over and resolved to try 8
bottle. I was better before it was
gone, so I kept on until l had takel
five bottles. I can now sleep well
feel cheerful and can do all my work
including plain sewing, and l cal
walk two or three miles day. l an
55 years old and now feel that life i
worth living" Mrs. EMMA SMITH.
GO E. Mitchell St., Oswego, N. Y.
Critical Period OF Life.
{" ] took Hoods Sarsaparilla during
the critical period of my life, and now
at the age of so years, 1 am stron,
and healthy. It is a great medicin.
for the blood. I find Hoods to be th
best" Mrs. II. PoMRoY, p Lansin,
Street, Auburn, N. Y.
You can buy Hoods Sarsaparilla
any druggist. Be sure to ask for Hood
and do not accept any substitute.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

In Sulu Society.-'sIs he a bachelor?''
Comparatively; he has only twelve
wives. Life.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

DR.. S. G. Stewart has filed claim in
the probate court against the estate Of
the late Darius Baker for s463 for med3-
cal services to the deceased. The bill
shows 50 visits at 81 a visit and $50 for
a surgical operation DR.. Stewart at
who were sick with typhoid fever.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
4 Word About the Ice Trust.

The purpose of this combination is
to drive retail dealers out of the busi-
ness. Here is the proof
Within three days after the consum-
nation of the ice deal, one of the
manufacturers of ice advised two
dealers to quit - saying the dealers
were out of it. On the day the Trust
took possession, the price was raised
so cents per ton; thirty days later it
was again raised 80 cents per ton, the
Trust continuing to sell to consumers
at last years prices.
To be sure, the Trust offers to en-
ploy the dealer, providing he will sell
his teams and outfits, thus placing him
at the mercy of the Trust. Trust tao
tics the world over are to throttle
competition and then raise prices. 1t
lies in your power now to rebuke this
particular Trust and save money for
yourself. Address orders to
r. E. JONES,
III East Norris St.
Telephone 4ao. Or Stop the Wagons.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

In justification Of his failure to meet
his financial obligations the Sultan OF
Turkey might point to Philadelphia
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

TOPEKA STATE JOURNALS cents
per month. by mall
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

pie have to get off the sidewalk to make
room for the citizen who had the long
est funeral.
This is the season when a wife sug-
gests to her husband every evening
that he cut the grass and water the
lawn while he is resting"
The people are becoming more sensi-
BILE: the number who pray an hour for
something that could be obtained by a
half hours exertion, is decreasing.
Leave screens out OF your bedroom
windows, and you will find the fly an
invaluable help to you in carrying out
youthful ambitions to rise early and
amount to something in the world.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

When doctors fail try Burdock Blood
Bitters. Cures dyspepsia, constipation;
invigorates the whole system
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16
Intending Exhibitors

Should apply at once to Commercial Club
headquarters. Photographs and designs
Of booths on exhibition at all times.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-16

See Jones' ice advertisement on page 4
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-12

| history Of the state. He has been
with us and for us In the sunshine
and the storm, in the security of
peace and the carnage OF battle, %
our desnatlon and our uphuilding. 10
our sorrows and our joys, in our ter
rible undoins and our glorious re-
| habilitation. He has hUnOred every
demand which Mississippi ha. ever
made upon him: rather let me say lie
never waited for the demand. Will
ing to spend and be spent for his peo-
pie, with clear eye and nerves well
strung. he watched for every opportu.
nifty Of service, and in every crisis
WAS ready to throw himself into the
breach.
When the leader Of our lost hopes
and the martyr Of our cause, like
stricken lion, languished in an alien
dungeon he flew to his relief and
facin. the fr0wns Of au angry govern.
ment, and defying the wrath Of Il |
malignant faction, stood ready to de. |
fend him before a hostile court
against the charge OF treason.
When the black heel was on the |
white neck, and citizens OF MissiSslp- I
pi, because goaded beyond endurance,
they were not sufficiently docile and
subservlent to suit the purpose. Of
an alien dcspOtism, were rushed be-
fore packed Federal juries, predestn-
ed to be sent to Federal dungeons, he
stood forth their champion without
fee or emolument or any hope Of re-
ward.
When the tempest Of war, over
turning the fabric Of our political
and social life, had left but chaos,
when our people, vanQshed, in bat
tie, stripped Of power, subjected to
the domination OF aliens and robbers,
had well nigh lost all hope for he fu-
ture, his brave heart catght rcsOlu-
tion from despair. His bold words
aud undaunted front first inspired
the people OF Mississippi with the
hope that they might yet again 5e
free. lie canvassed the state against
the champions Of black radlcalism at
Il time when at every appointment
he ha2arded his life. and this he did
As freely as if it had been the merest
Lrihe.
And when Il PROSTATE people reused
themselves and ylrded their lOins
that they might make determined
struggle for the rescue Of their civili-
,aLion. Robert Lowry, like Henry Of
Navarro was always far in the front
If the fight; and wherever his brisut
Continued on sth pare.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-12
lTHE SPEECH tDE
. HON. w. N. COX,
,ln sEc0kDIKe GOVERNOR | 0WRY'S
NOMINATION.
SOne of the Grandest Oratorical Ef-
forts Ever Delivered in the
House Of Representatives.
A Real Gem.

Tie following Is the address dcllV-
cred by Hon. W. NJ. Cox, before the
demorra SIC caucus in Sec0nding the
nomination Of Gov Lowry for Uni
ted States st uator:
Mr.. Chairman. Senators and Repre-
ta,ives:
We are entering now upon a most
hiqh and responsible duty. No more
important function can be performed
BY the legislature Of an American
commonwealth than the election OF
It's representatives in the senate OF
the United States: for thei not only
represent the political convictions
and purposes Of their people, but to
the world they are the types OF its
character and life
lean approach that high duty upon
this occasion with none other than a
FEELING Of deep solemnity. If the gen
t)eman whose candidacy l shall es.
pouse Upon this floor receives yohr
nomination, | cannot exult over the
yanauished, but should he be defeated
tf will bc to me not merely dlsap-
poIntment, but a sorrow.
Mississippi isa proud state. She
has made proud record. She has
contributed to the service OF the re-
public long line Of illustrlous states
men,. distinguished, not more TOT
their abilities. their attainments ana
m,triotism than for lofty and rugged
integrity Of character, for unsllllled
honor in public and private life and
for unselAsh and anwaverins devotion
70 tho commonweal.