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The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
COZ. SHAW,S FUNERAL.
twill Take Place at His Late Home,
Watertown, N. 2.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE remains Of
Representative Shaw. former command
er-in-chief of the Grand Army who died
suddenly in his apartments here yester-
day morning viii be inferred at Water
town, N. Y. The funeral party will leave
mere at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon over
the Pennsy lvania for Jersey City. At
that place they viii be met by Lafayette
post G. A. r., of New York, who will
escort the body across the ferry. The
party is due at Watertown at 9:20o'clock
tomorrow morning. DR.. H. L. Shaw,
SON Of the deceased, and Mr.. and Mrs.
II. III. Williams, the latter one OF General
Shaw's daughters, will accompany the
remains In accordance with the wish
Of the relatives of the deceased the fun
eral win not be in charge Of a congress
sional committee
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
HUNT FOR LOST CHILD.
Lucille Hartss Red Sled Set the
Town by Its Ears.

Lucille Hart, a little girl that has not
quite reached the age of years, stayed
away from home Saturday night in
manner unaccountable to her parents, and
as a result the police force and hundreds
of citizens kept a watch out for lost
tot over Sunday and the disappearance
was announced in the churches. The little
one was not more than block from her
home, staying with a little friend as
matter of fact.
The little girl is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin w. Hart of 800 Madison street.
She went out with her tiny red sled Sat
urday afternoon and that was the last
seen of her by her parents until Sunday
noon, when her mother found Lucille play
ing with her sled Fourth street around
tho corner from her home
Fears of accident, kidnapping and other
terrible happenings caused the parents to
search for the lost child far into the
night and notify the police. Sunday morn
ing the parents We're so worried that an
nOuncement was made from nearly all the
churches that the child was missing.
When darkness came upon the little girl
Saturday night she was playing with a
little schoolmate, Pearl Duncan, whose
father is proprietor of the Iindeu hotel,
Jefferson. Lucille. who was afraid of the
dark and correction for disobedience,
stayed on playing with the Duncan chill
dren. and was put to bed with them
childishly affirming that her mamma knew
where she was.
Sunday morning she played on, uncon-
scious of the furore that her absence had
created. When her mother appeared on
the scene and found the truant playing
with the other children in the street the
trailing her little red sled behind and tear
fully repentant
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
NEW "LADY BABBIE."
Little Minister Returns With New
Star.

'aThe Little Minister with a new
Lady Babbie," the same Gavin Dis
hort and company which played here
last season pleased a small audience az
the Crawford Saturday.
Whoever the Lady Babbie" may ba
she must follow the conception Of tie
part as given by Maud Adams. Last
season Adele Thurston played the part
in that manner and 1t has been said she
was equal to Miss Adams, Saturday tie
part was taken by Agnes Palmer. While
she is not quite equal to the former
Lacy Babbie' her handling Of the char
acter was by no means displeasing- Miss
Palmer has pair of eyes which aid her
greatly. first in the DensiVe and then the
one can blame the straight-laced little
minister for falling in love against his
VIII after he had said Women stand
forward with all the ministerial and
commanding air he possessed. Yet she
practices no acts in entrapping him.
Gavin Dishort the Little Minister" by
Ira Haids, is good He has improved
since last season. Frank E. Aiken. an
actor Of the old school who played the
thankless part of Lord Rintoul," was
perfect in his portrayal Of the stately
old English gentleman. Geo. K. Henery
as Rob Dow was as devoted to the
minister as the character could possibly
be. The four Elders viii ever be funny
No purer, cleaner comedy with more
Scotch Elders has even been conceived.
The atmosphere Of bonny Scotland
seems to have followed Barrie's pleas
ing story to the stage for it IS there in
the brOgue of the Dows, MealmOkers.
and Cruickshanks and in the "auld"
Scotch airs played between the acts.
AT THE GRAND.
Two fair audiences saw May Smith
Robbins in Little Trixie" at the Grand
Saturday. Some Of the specialties were
fair but as a whole the piece and the
star in that part have outhved their
usefulness The company was OF the
bargain counter kind--what was left af-
ter all the managers had taken their
pick and the result may by imagined.
There were people in the house who en-
joyed the performance and they were
disturbed by a few individuals who kept
up an audible fire of comment People
should learn that there may be others
besides themselves who have paid to see
the performance and that IL they don't
like it the best way to do is to leave.
People may get the impression that they
are i'll bred
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
DIsPOsING OF DE WET.
EngIishmen Offering Suggestions Re
garding the Matter.

New York, Feb ia dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
The dispatch which was issued yes
ferday by the war Office goes a. long way
70 prove that the big reinforcement of
80 900 men now under orders for the
Cape is really essential to the fulhllment
Of Fitchener's task. An engagement in
which the attacking force numbers 1000
Beers, and which results in at least "A
"a mere guerilla action Nobody nova
days affects to believe that the South
African campaign is virtually over and
II is quite evident a general surrender
of the Roer forces is not likely to take
place for some time to come.
Louis Botha failed in his attack on
Snith-DOrrien's camp, but although he
suffered severely he appears to have in
f7icted sufficient loss on the British
forces to prevent the repulse being
turned into q decisive victory. The
Beers everywhere seem to be displaying
increased activity, and peace proposals
are not likely to meet with a cordial
reception as long as the bitter feeling
between the Beers and BritonS in South
Africa lasts. In view Of this unsatisfac-
tory state Of affairs the announcement
TO parliament is awaited by the country
with the greatest interest.
Meantime nothing would delight Eng
lishmen so much as to hear that De
Vets persistent attempts to gain
footing in Cape Colony had at last
ended in his capture. Already irrespon-
sibIe people are beginning to advise the
military authorities what they should do
with htm, and one influential news
paper suggests, in the event Of his be-
ing caught alive. that ne should be tried
for murder
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
WILL CHINA AGREE.
Rev. DR.. Macarthur Declares Foreign
Powers Aided Celestial Empire

Kew. DIR. Macarthur Declares Foreign
Powers Aided Celestial Empire
New York, Feb 1.-THE Rev. Dr.Rob-
ert S. Macarthur, in a sermon last niSht
IN the Calvary Baptist church on the
subject, THE New China" said: It IS
now about 60 years since China first op-
ened her doors to the So-called bar BAR
ians The opium war, with all its evils,
was the hammer which shattered tie
door of Chinese isolation. The war with
Japan virtually broke down all her
doors. Treaty ports speedily multiplied;
she has now nearly 400 miles OF railroad
in operation and nearly 1000 miles pro
jected. Within the last five years cotton
spinning has become an industry, and
she has over 100000 spindles in over 1000
looms. Telegraphs are already dOmesti-
Gated, electric cars are now running and
four years ago the imperial postod1ce
was organized; clocks and watches in
China indicate that time is now an OBJ
ject Of consideration in that once dreamy
land A school for women is opened in
Shanghai, and in the same city another
for boys has been founded. 1t will sur
prise many to know that in a single year
nearly a million copies of the Bible, or
some part of it, have been circulated in
China
China is becoming modern. Anti
foot binding societies are growing in
number and influence. China is vastly
further advanced than was Japan 80
years ago. Who dares say that so years
hence China win not be largely occiden
tai, and dominantly Christian in relig-
ion2 She is the prize for commercial
ambition in America She is in need Of
all forms of manufactured products that
America knows how to supply. China
is to be the paradise for American enter
prise. Let no manufacturer and no
statesman forget that China is to be one
Of the greatest among the great nations
of the twentieth century.
Our friend WI Ting Fang will finJ
out that the missionaries are the best
friends Of his country; that he can best
advance its interests by a sympathetic
attitude toward Christianity and by re-
framing from unwise criticism Of the or
fieials of the American republic. We
shall soon welcome China into the great
sisterhood Of great, progressive, civiliz-
ed and Christian nations Of the earth. =
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
CUBANS ARE SUSPICIOUS.
Object to American Capitalists Build
ing Their Railroads.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE World says:
Cen A. G. Greenwood, Of this city, pre-
diets trouble in Cuba over the railroad
question The general was a resident
OF Cuba during the war and was the
commander Of volunteer regiment
from Chicago
General Greenwood was one OF the
first men to get concessions from the
Cuban government. securing permission
TO build a system of railroads over the
island. At the request of the Cuban
leaders. who thought that the building
of the roads would make trouble If it
WAS commenced before the settlement
rf all governmental difficulties, he
abandoned the project.
AT present" says General Greenwood.
''the people Of Cuba are in a turmoil
over the railroad question and threaten
TO take up arms again II the present
government does not discourage the
plans Of certain American and Canadian
capitalists. These men went to Cuba
and began to purchase land for the pur-
pose Of building a railroad buying it
outright. and saying that they would
risk their chances of getting permission
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
LEGISLATIVE SNAP SHOTS.


Unless the political whip is applied some
Of the Republican senators will vote
against the unseating OF Senator Fsoss-
The deed of trust bill which IS being
urged by Senator Cubbison has been made
a special order for II o'clock tomorrow
A majority Of the senators who spent
Sunday at home returned today IN time
for the senate meeting at O'Clock this
afternoon
aimed at the railroads had been passed
the railroads would go into receivers
hands mighty quick.
schools is here to work in the interest of
the text. book bill advocated by the
Teachers association.
Representative Ed Weilep proposes to
go after the coal trust in the same way
that he has made q strike at the lumber
trust if the session holds out long enough
Senator Porter is as much Of a Sunday
school man as is Governor Stanley He
could go home to teach his class in Pitts
burg.
Representative hall has sprung another
leak, in the southwest corner, and this
off till the roof is cleared Of snow and re-
paired.
All of the pages in the senate have ar
rived at the conclusion that they want to
be politicians when they grow. up, 50 they
the pages around.
The Pestana election bill will pass the
house with the amendment that the ma
Jor1ty party will appoint two judges in
stead Of leaving the appointment of the
third judge to the mayor or township
The sheriffs will make fuss if the sug-
gestions of the committee on charitable
institutions is followed and the sheriffs
are not allowed to arrest and accompany
insane persons to the asylums. It viii
make decided cut in their fees, and the
sheriffs, like all county and state officers,
are opposed to losing any of their fees
The township officers of Wvandotte
county will have a bill introduced chang
election. At present the township Off
GERS are all elected the same year, making
an entirely new board, and they want it
changed SO they Will be elected as the
county commissioners are, one for each
year
Senator Leidy Is opposed to the bill rais-
ing the salary of the judges of the su-
preme court on the ground that the Re-
pubhcans said curing the campaign that
the enlarging of the court and the doing
away with the appellate court would save
the state money The bill will call for
$4,000 more appropriation than is now re-
Quired.
T. J. Richardson, chairman of the house
committee on temperance. wears his
Christian EndeaVOr button in the laDel
OF ms coat in preference to lodge insignia,
nently. The temperance committee chair
manShlp is an important post this session
and the consensus of opinion is that it is
well filled.
Members who wanted to know'' caused
considerable time to be given to the bill
providing for the sale of the Peabody silk
station The commission which is to sell
4 Il IS ,glven, a range Of powers to sell it to
1he United states, # the general govern
rnent desires TO continue the experiments
in silk culture, for which purpose a SO. 600
appropriation bill has been favorabIy re-
ported to congress. The people of Pea
Jolltne said. to buy it for a college for
the Mennonite church.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11

crusade of Mrs. Nation, beginning in
anarchy, may crystallize temperance
sentiment into a catapult Of orderly
power to turn the dram shop into a
benefactiOn.
Certain forces Of enthusiasm which
begin in confusion become modified and
refined into mighty forces for moral and
social betternent" the preacher con-
tinued. Mrs. Nation. the Joan Of arc
Of modern times. is sincere. We can
afford to wait the outcome with pa
tience. Mrs. Nation is to the whisky re-
bellion what John Brown was TO the
Shareholders rebellion. There is in this
republic a deep undercurrent of protest
against drunkard- making which is liable
to break forth at any time"
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
WILL REVISE THE CALENDAR.
House Members Realize That They
Must Hurry.

The legislature begins it's sixth week
today with a hurried feeling and a re-
alization of the fact that it has been a
very good Legislature, because 1t has
not done much. There Is very little more
than two weeks left to come within the
fifty days limit. The railroad bill is held
off and is still to go through both house
and senate The Pestana anti-fusion
election bill has still to go by the house
Over 200 bills have been introduced and
a lot of them will die on the calendar.
The necessity to hurry has struck the
house and it has decided to have the
calendar revised at once. The move will
be made today and the committee on re-
vision appointed as the majority has
the understanding agreed upon this
time and the minority members bills
will have a hard row to hoe. The rail-
road and election bills viii be all brought
in and sent right on to the calendar sub
ject to amendment in debate only avoid
ing the losing of time in committee of
the whole and giving the Republican
band wagon a chance to prance sn over
the minority.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
REv1s1Ne cHARIT1Es 1Aws.
Committee Now at Work on New
Set

The committees on charitable fnstitu-
visfng the laws relating to the eight
charitable Institutions of the state.
Some of the laws are obsolete and 9TH
ers are conflicting and the idea is to
bring them up to date.
The work is being done by Senators
Ward, SinOns and Householder, and
Representativ Ha11et. Lund. Luling
and Adams of Meade. They have been
at work for some time but it viii be
week before they complete their task.
One of the important changes win be the
will be no arrests OF insane persons and
the sheriff will have nothing to do with
them as they will not be sent to jail at
any time or for any cause, and the use
of handcuffs will be prohibited. A jury
viii not be called unless the party re-
quest it and all trials will be conducted
by commission of physicians who will
hold the trial either at their office or at
the patients home. An attendant from
the asylum or friends of the patient will
accompany insane persons from their
treat insanity as a mental disease and
not as a crime. so arrest and other
things suggestive of criminality will be
done away with. The committee desires
to put the mana cement of the charita-
BILE Institutions upon a humanitarian
basis and to remove every possible fea-
ture which might have a depressing ef-
feet upon the patients.
The ideas suggested by the National
Association of Charities and Corrections
have been followed as closely as possi-
change and modify to suit the present
conditions
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
NEPHEW OF THE POPE
viii File Claim for Damages for Prop
erty Destroyed in Cuba

New York. Feb. ia special to the
World from Washington says:
II IS believed in ecclesiastical circles
that when the Apostolic delegate, Mgr.
Martinell. is elevated to the cardinalate
the official messenger to apprise him Of
the fact viii be Count Giovanni Pecci,
the nephew of the Pope. The consistory
at which the nomination is to be made
probably will be held in March.
The count is TIE owner Of immense
estates in Cuba During the revolution
much OF his property was destroyed. 1t
is said to be part Of the plans of his
holiness not only to honor Mgr. Martin
ELI by the selection of his nephew as
the official messenger. but also to give
the count an opportunity to look after
his financial matters
Tt is presumed that Count Pecci win
take this opportunity Of fling claims for
damages amounting to several hundred
thousand dollars.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
A POOR BREAKFAST.
Very Few People Eat a oOod Breakfast

Very Few People Eat q Good Breakfast
IAN want for breakfast is a roll and
n cup Of coffee"
This remark is heard not only in
hotels, restaurants and lunch rooms but
at is the usual breakfast order in the
home circle as well After a twelve
hours fast it would seem that the first
meal Of the day should be a hearty
substantial one. and if we all lived nat
urai, unartificial lives, it would be SO,
but none OF US do, hence breakfast is
a. mere pretence
Says a latter day philosopher: During
many years of active business life. /
never remember having eaten a good
substantial breakfast but supposed it
was Of no Importance until began to
lose appetite for lunch and dinner.
My physician told me I was a victim
OF nervous dyspepsia and must take rest
and recreation as no medicine would
reach the trouble but this advice I
could not Follow as my business affairs
would not permit it. and to get relief
4 reSorted to medicines and DerScrip tfOns
and ir was purely accidental that I hit
upon one remedy which did the busi-
ness While in a drug store one evening
noticed a number OF people buying
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. a widely
advertised preparation for stomach
troubles. and the force Of example was
TOO much for me and bought a fifty
cent package.
4 took a tablet or two after each
meal. and in a week my appetite pick
ed up. began to feel my old ambition
for work returning and could eat a good
breakfast because T wanted liz, and from
that time to this, take Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets as regularly as take
my meals, not because I now have any
trouble with my stomach, but because
4 don't want to have.
A hfty-cent box Of Stuart's Tablets
VIII last me a month and keep my diges-
Hion Ia good order, and I know of no
better Investment 8 business man can
make
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
COST WAS OVER $4,000.
January Expenses of State Institu-
tions Were Heavy.

Edwin Snyder. secretary Of the state
board of charities, has made his report
for January. The state Institutions for
the month spent s50,226.26 as follows:
For maintenance and repairs, $685. "a;
for salaries and wages, $14, ,230.3 32- This
is greatly in excess of the usual month
" expenditures for the reason that a,
large part of the six months supply of
goods bought at the December letting
was delivered and paid for during the
month.
The number of patients and inmates in
all institutions January 81 was 2, ,948, and
the number Of officers and employees was
527.
The cost of the OsaWat0mie asylum
for the month was SIS, ,234.55. There are
1,021 patients in that institution, and
162 employees The present value OF the
buildings and equipment is placed at
$650,000.
There are SO inmates at the blind
asylum at Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
an joaquin. s5: I.apiz. so. T

San joaquin. s5: I.apiz, 510. Total, 25.-
SS4
This absolute change of front. has q
deep significance to a soldier who Tor Two
years has closely studied these people,
their customs and their mode of thought
They have prated about their former gov
ernnent, but now they are coming over
to the Americans with a rush, and they
are warm, too, in their enthusiasm
with the island Of Panay becoming
Americanized at the rate Of 1,5oo day
the end is in sight. Divested of the sup
port from the towns. the bands Of insur-
gents that still exist must langu1sh and
disintegrate, and when they can no longer
operate the native scouts and police can
soon (and with much delighD wipe out
the other bane-the ladrones. or robbers.
Then the few remaining problems viii
rapidly solve themselves
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
MRS. NATION is WRONG.
Secretary of New York W. G. T. q.
Does Not Approve of Her Methods.

New York, Feb. 11.-Mrs. Julia L.
Gates, recording secretary Of the New
York County w. c. T. T., discussing the
methods of fighting saloons adopted by
Mrs. Carrie Nation. said: Il do not
approve of Mrs Nations battle-ax
methods. While she may not be tech
nicaIly violating the law, according to
the way it is interpreted in Kansas, still
as a matter of fact her course is one
opposed to law and order and therefore
is to be condemned by the union, be-
cause our whole fight is against law
lessness. For the union at large to in
dorse the methods of Mrs. Nation would
would not be consistant with our con-
stitution If we are ever to succeed in
crushing the power of the saloons it
must be by legislation, not by the
hatchet-
1T would be impossible for Mrs. Ma
ton to smash saloons in New York as
she has in Kansas, as she would be ar
rested Immediately and would be forced
to pay the damage she had done. She
could not hope for any help from the
local branches of the union"
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
AGENT OF LIPTON
Arrives in New York to Prepare for
Yacht Magnate's Coming.

New York, Feb. Nv. A. Melville,
one Of Sir Thomas Lipton'S secretaries,
arrived on the Umbria- He was met
by E. w Phillips, of the office of David
Barrie, Sir Thomas New York repre-
sentative. Together with Mr.. Barrie
and Mr. Phillips, Secretary Melville will
do much of the work preliminary to the
cup races
There are contracts to be made for
tenders, berths, stores. riggers, ship
chandlery, dry docks and maps, pieN6,
pilots and a thousand different kinds of
supplies for the Upton feet. The e1eri-
cal work in connection with this dstail
will keep the secretary in New York
until after the races
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
SO MUCH AND NO MORE.
Appropriation For Completion of
State House Must Finish It

The bill appropriating 100000 for the
was recommended by the committee on
ways and means Of the senate will be
amended VIXEN it comes W for final
passage. A majority Of the senators are
tired of the biennial appropriations to
complete the state house and they have
no hesitancy in saying So
Senator Branine who objected to the
bill when it came up in the committee
of the whole will offer an amendment
which will probably be adopted.
The amendment will be to the effect
that the contractor who gets the job
will give a bond that he will actually
complete the work for the amount ap-
propriated. The appropriation may be
raised to $1,000 to which the senators
would not object If they were assured
that the building would be completed.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-11
DEATH OF CAPT. Mccoy.
Joplin's First Mayor Expires at At
lanta, Ga.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb 11-Captain ]. H
Mccoy, well known to those interested
IN gold mining in Georgia, is dead from
a stroke Of paralysis at the Hotel Al
hambra, aged 20 years.
Captain Mccoy came to Atlanta some
ten years ago from the west where he
had spent his life as a miner. He was
one of the Argonauts of the days of
49 and rounded the Horn when the
California fever was at its height. In
the mining camps of the western coast
the Rockies and later in the lead ex-
citement around Joplin, Mo, Captain
Mccoy was a prominent figure. He was
the first mayor of Joplin