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Mrs. Davis, Last of John Brown's
Brothers and Sisters.' "
Youngest of a Family of Six
teen Children.
TALKS OF BROTHER.
Says She Was Much Surprised
at His Exploits.
Admits That He Was by No
Means a Saint.
"Yes, I am the sister of a man
took up arms against his country;
.vno
who
attacked and captured a United States
arsenal and who was hung- a:? a felon
by the State of Virginia. I am tha only
susviving member of the family which
gave John Brown to the w-jild. I am
the youngest and the last of those 16
children who used to toil and roinp with
John when he was a boy, who prayed
wih him for the overthrow of slavery
when he was a young man; who had
faith in him through all the struggles
in Kansas; who trembled for him dur
ing his raid at Harper's Ferry and who
mourned over his execution in Vir
ginia." It was a little woman in the village of
St. Johns, Mich., who made this intei
e.uing statement as she rocked to and
fro, lulling a 3 months old grandchild to
sleep, says a writer in the Chicago
Times-Herald. There was neither boast
nor deprecation in tone or manner as
if- "Ayys-tJ
Mrs. Martha Davis, Last Surviving Sister of John Brown.
she talked. She spoke simply, but the
statement seemed to invest her w ith the
garb of another age, and immediately
she seemed to stand in the midst of a
wonderful array of distinguished fig
ures, .while the most dramatic priol of
our nation's history passed before the
eye of memory like a panorama. Here
was a woman who had been confided in
by a man who had attempted, almost
single-handed, to compel a nation to go
to war. They had read the same books,
learned the same religion, obeyed the
same parents, feared, wept and laughed
together, and it was to her that he
wrote that last letter of farewell from
his prison cell the day before his execu
tion. She is known in the community
where she lives as Mrs. Martha Davis,
and the town has honored her by beg
ging her consent to hang her picture in
its high school building, but never be
fore has one of her pictures been repro
du""d in a paper.
Mrs. Davis talked very freely con
cerning her brother and his deeds. "Oh,
yes," said she. "I am willing to be quo
ted, but I wish no notoriety for myself
or for my family, for we have never
earned it, and probably we. would never
have had the courage to do what John
did, and the fact that I am his sister is
only accidental, you see.
"As I look back upon the events of
my early life and think of John and
what he did I am, perhaps, a3 much
surprised as anyone at his raid on Har
per's Ferry. It did not seem like the
man that I had known, and then, al
though he had called on me at Graf
ton. Ohio, when on his way to Kansas
with cattle and guns in Tilt, he did not
tell me that he harbored any such
thought as organizing a mall band for
an aggressive campaign against the
south. In choosing a man for such a
deed one would not ordinarily have
picked him from among all the aboli
tionists of his time. He was never rab
id about anything else but slavery. He
was a mildmannered man. who, thougn
determined to have obedience in his
own family, was yet the kindest possi
ble father and husband. He was not
a public speaker at all. but he had a
strong personality which others trusted
and followed. We were all abolitionists
and called ourselves Christians, but
some of us were more tolerant than
John toward others who wanted to be
called 'slave-holding Christians.' He
would not tolerate any man's Christian
ity which permitted its possessor to
keep a slave." .
When asked if she thought that his
tory had done justice to her brother.she
replied: "No. I don't.' History has bee-n
very foolish. One class of historians has
called him a saint, but he was far from
being one. There were thousands of
other men who worked with him and
held the same convictions who were just
as good as John, but they have never
been mentioned for a place in the cal
endar of saints.
"Another ehl.t r.f titutnrtnn. had mrtfla
him out a fanatic and a fool. He was
neither. He was a great, strong man.
with strong convictions, who did not be-li-ve
that he rould conquer the south; but
thoneht that the Harper's Ferrv stroke
would a rouse both the nort h and the south
and would crystallize sentiment into ac
tivity. I never have believed that John
had much to do with the choice of his ca
reer. The times demanded some one who
would act, and he was but the instrument
lit the hands of some superior power. If
it had not been John it would have been
some one else at that time and it was
very natural that the man. whoever he
might be, would be prepared for such a
task in Kansas.
"It is war that makes warriors, and the
only war we had then was in that state.
The man for such a deed could not have
corau from any other part of the Union.
It no doubt seemed foolish to the people
of New York and Boston, but If the east
ern cities had been in the position of Kan
,sas. where slaves were being dragged into
them in spite of the sentiment and desires
of the people, the act would have ap
peared more rational. If such a thing
had happened in Boston, Wendell Phil
lips, with his temperament and defiant
spirit, would have been as likely to have
attempted some decisive stroke as John,
under the influence of his training- in
Kansas.
"The future, though. I am sure will
judge my brother better. It will not por
tray him as a saint or a fool, but will sim
ply record him as a courageous character,
who believed that the only solution of the
problem was to be found in war and that
some one must strike the first blow. He
struck it and paid for it with his life, but
the single stroke aroused a great nation."
"Your meditation for so many years
seems to have brought to you some very
reasonable conclusions," ventured the in
terviewer. "Well, you see John was a great deal
older than I, and doubtless I had in my
early days much of the reverence which
a younger sister often has for an older
brother. But it has been forty years now
since his execution, and through all that
time I have attempted to see him as oth
er see him, and then many experiences
have had a tendency to soften my nature,
and I am sure that I want him to live
in history for just - what he was. But I
was touched by a little tribute recently
paid to his memory by his own townspeo
ple of Ossawatomle. The visitors to the
cemetery in hunting relics had chipped
and marred the monument at my broth
er's grave until the stone was badly dis
figured. The citizens of the town made
up a fund with which they had the monu
ment repaired and an iron fence built
around it. It was not done at the instiga
tion of any of the family, for all of John's
living children are in California, but it
was a tender testimony from his old
neighbor's children that he and his deeds
are not forgotten."
"Don't you think that a great state like
Virginia might have been more lenient to
ward such a small and powerless force?"
she was asked, and replied in a surprising
way:
"No; John and his comrades were not
lenient toward Virginia and her institu
tions, and I never blamed the state as
many have. According to the national
and state constitutions. John was wrong.
No nation or state can tolerate the depre-
datlons of marauding bands of men, no
matter what their purpose is. We would
not tolerate it today. A band from an ad
joining state attempting to overthrow our
local institutions would be captured, pros
ecuted and probably executed as John
and his men were. Those who resort to
war know that Wiey may perish by it."
This seemed a remarkably clear state
ment to come from one so closely related
to the characters involved and the events
themselves.
"No doubt," she continued, "we have
wronged the south in many ways. In the
old days we thought that the only thing
l setureo was me. emancipation ot the
slaves, and we did not consider the con
dition the slaves would be in when they
became free. Several years ago, in con
versation with a southern lady, who had
been a slave holder. I became enlightened
vjieui. Lears streamed down ner face as
she portrayed to me the destitute condi
tion of the negroes. Many of them who
before the war had always had overseer
and master and cabin and foixi, after the
war immediately found themselves with
no.ning and without even a means of live
lihood. And It is because of the unnre-
pared condition of both the blacks and the
whites when slavery was overthrown that
the negro question is not settled yet. and
promises to continue a race war for many
years unless we find some just way to
settle the disputes and differences."
There seemed to le ma emotion in this
venerable little woman, who had felt the
first sharp thrust of the great American
tragedy, a-s she told the story of her
brother and his comrades, and thera was
no attempt to honor the family because
he had committed an act which will live
in the memory of men as long a.s the
history of the nation lives. The form of
Mrs. Davis never very tall is now some
what bent by the sixty-eight years she
has lived and the burden which she has
borne. Every dark hair has been sil
vered; the mouth ts firmly set. but the
eyes which have beheld so manv tragic
scenes and the mind which has carried for
forty years the memory of her brother's
dramatic deed's and tragic death, are as
bright as on that day when the national
arsenal at Harper's Ferry was taken. She
lives ner lite quietly on a farm three
miles from town, with no revengeful
thougnts to embitter her declining days.
There, interested in the common pursuits
of life, keeping herself informed concern
ing the best tnought of the times, lives
the youngest and the last of that historic
family which provided that first great
aggressive martyr who carried war into
the southern states, and with but twenty-one
other men captured and held a
United . States arsenal for . two days
agitinst state and national troops.
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Official Council Proceedings.
First Pttblistied in the Topeka. State
Journal June 0, 1900.
Council Chamber, Topeka, Kansas,
June 4, Hwo.
Council met in special session pursuant
to the call of the Mayor. Present. Miller,
Mergan, Myers. Elliott, Snattinger, Web
er, Chaney. Warner, Koundtree, Swend
son and Hughes 12. Absent, Betts 1.
Quorum present. Mayor Drew in the
chair.
The call for the meeting was read. It
is in words and figures as follows, to-wit:
tFirst Published in the Topeka State
Journal, May 31, 1900.
NOTICE.
Mayor's Office.
Topeka, Kansas, May 31, 1H00.
There wilt be a special meeting of the
council of fh. city of Topeka, June 4th,
1W0. at 7:30 o'clock p, m., for the purpose
of hearing any and all complaints that
may be made as to the valuation assessed
by the appraisers as per their report now
on file in the office of the city clerk of
said city, of ail kjts. pieces and parcels of
ground liable for the cost of the improve
ment of grading, curbing and paving of
Woodlawn avenue from Willow avenue
to Ashland avenue; -Woodlawn avenue
from Ashland avenue to Park avenue.
Monpoe streer from Sixth avenue to
Seventh street.
Monroe street from Seventh street to
Eighth avenue.
Monroe street from Eighth avenue to
Ninth street.
Monroe street from Ninth street to
Tenth avenue.
Topeka avenue from Second street to
Third street.
Eleventh street from Harrison street to
Topeka avenue.
Harrison street from Eleventh street to
Huntoon street.
Taylor street from' Seventh street to
Eighth avenue.
Topeka avenue from Fourteenth street
to south city limits.
Also for grading and paving the alley
bounded by Seventh street. Eighth ave
nue. Van Buren street and Harrison
street, and the alley bounded by Topeka
avenue. Tyler street, Eleventh street
and iweltth street.
Also to hear any and all complaints that
may ba made as to the validity and fair
ness of the assessment of special tax to
be assessed and levied on all lots, pieces
and parcels of ground liable for such as
sessment for the improvement of said
streets and alleys.
In Witness Whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
city of Topeka to be attached this 31st
day of May, laoO.
(Seal) j. J. uKKw, Mayor.
Attest: J. H. SQUIRES.
City Clerk.
The report of the appraisers appointed
to appraise all lots and pieces of grounds
liable for the improvement of Topeka
avenue from Second street to Third street.
Topeka avenue from 14th street to the
south city limits, Taylor street from 7th
street to 8th street, Harrison street from
11th street to Huntoon street. Monroe
street from tjth avenue to 7th street,
Monroe street from 7th to 8th street. Mon
roe street from Sth street to 9th street.
Monroe street from 9th street to loth
street. Woodlawn avenue from Willow
avenue to Ashland avenue, Woodlawn ave
nue from Ashland avenue to Park avenue
and the allev in the block bounded by
Topeka avenue. Tyler street, 11th and 12th
street. Also the alley in tne DloeK pound
ed by Seventh street. Eighth avenue. Van
Huren street and tiarrison street, ana
Eleventh street from Harrison street to
Topeka avenue, by curbing and paving
the same, was presented and read.
The mayor asked if there was any per
son present having any complaint to
inake in respect to the report, to come
forward and make the same. There be
ing no complaint offered by any person,
the report was adopted by the following
vote: Yeas Miller. Mergan, Myers. El
liott, Snattinger. Weber, Chaney. Warner,
Koundtree. Swendson and Hughes 11.
Nays, none. i
On motion of Coufkcl'.man Hughes the
special meeting adjourned.
J. H. SQUIRES, City Clerk.
First Published in the Topeka State
Journal June 9, 19U0.J
Council Chamber, Topeka. Kansas,
Juhe 4, 1900.
Council met in regular monthly session.
Present, Councilmen Ketts, Miller. Mer
gan, Myers. Elliott, Snattinger, Weber,
Chaney, Warner, Koundtree. Swendson
and Hughes 12. Absent none. Quorum
present. Mayor Drew in the chair.
The minutes of the last adjourned meet
ing were presented and partly read, when
uixm motion of Councilman Betts, the
further reading was dispensed with and
the minutes were approved as printed.
The minutes of the special meeting of
May 25. 1900, were presented and read.
Councilman Hughes moved that the
minutes be amended by striking out the
words "Councilman Hughes moved that
the vote by which an ordinance relating
to the closing of business houses on Sun
day was ordered enforced be reconsider
ed," which motion prevailed, and on mo
tion, the minutes as amended were adopt
ed. -
Claims and accounts were presented
and referred to the committee on el:iims
and accounts who reported back the' same
recommending payment as follows:
General revenue fund ...$2,550.03
Fire denartment fund 2.286.31
Police department fund (General
revenue) 2.141.13
General improvement fund 3.179.30
Paving fund 7.IW7.21
Tenth avenue paving 4.290. i9
Park fund 3.327. U0
Topeka avenue repaying fund 3.S13.13
City hall fund 8.443.06
37."97.96
On motion the report of the committee
was adopted.
Mr. Elliott moved that the claim of Mr.
W. H. Barnes be disallowed, which motion
was lost.
Claim of William Pasley for alleged in
juries in the sum of $1.0x0 was presented
and referred to the committee on claims
and accounts.
Claim of Alice Tucker for alleged injur
ies In the sum of $3.0u0 was presented and
referred to the same committee.
Communication from J. B. Larimer ask
ing that the mayor and council Instruct
the street commissioner to allow' him the
necessary dirt for filling up to grade a
strip of land on Greenwood avenue, was
presented and read. Mr. Hughes moved
that the request be granted, and a vote
being taken the motion was lost.
Communication from the attorneys for
C. K. Holliday and Lillle H. Kellam, was
presented, read and referred to the com
mute on claims and accounts.
Communication from Bank of Topeka
signed by. J. R. Mulvane as President,
stating that the bank had purchased the
judgment in the case of C. K. Holliday
vs. the city of Topeka in the sum of J1.2 K3
was presented and referred to the com
mute on wavs and means.
Communication from Hall Lithograph
ing company submitting a proposition for
the publication of a map of the-city of
Topeka provided the city would place an
order for twenty mounted and1 one hun
dred maps in black only in sheets at a
cost of $600, was presented and read and
on motion of Councilman Chaney the
proposition was accepted.
c ommunication irom ity ooarti oi
Health statins: that a well at No. 1W9
West 12th street is a menace to public
health and recommending that it be con
demned and tilled up. was presented and
referred to the committee on health and
sanitation.
Win. Morris and J. H. Haynle, evange
lists, requested the use of the city park
for the purpose of holding a meeting
therein. Referred to the park commis
sioners. S. BaiTies requested that a lot owned
by him on West 16th street be filled In
with dirt by the city. Referred to the
committee on streets and walks.
Communication from Koehler & Reiss.
of Su Louis, Mo., enclosing plan, etc.. for
receptacles for waste paper and other lit
ter to be placed on the streets at con
venient places, was presented, read and
referred to the committee on streets and
Communication from J. T. Clark in re
gard to parks in Potwln Placer was pre
sented, read and referred to the commit
tee on judiciary.
Petition of A. B. Whiting as trustee of
Washburn college, and others, for paving
-of Piercy street from the west line of
Lane street to the west line of Williston
street, and Walnut street from the west
line of Williston street to the east curb Of
College avenue, and curbed with Fort
Scott blue sandstone, was presented, read
and referred to the commutes on streets
and walks.
The following reports of city officers
were presented and ordered placed on file.
The monthly reports for May. 1900, of
the city treasurer, food inspector, license
collector. weighmaster. weighrrraster
(North Side), police judge and superin
tendent of electric lights.
The following estimates were submitted
by the city engineer:
Fifth approximate estimate of Black,
Laird & Blackman for constructing cltv
building in the sum of $7,650; second and
final estimate of John Ritchie for curbing
Madison street from Fourth to Fifth, in
the sum of $57.2B; fourth and final esti
mate of H. I. Cook for paving Madison
street from Fourth to Fifth in the sum of
$234.80; third and final estimate of John
Ritchie for paving 13th street from Clay
to Buchanan, in the sum of $782.36: first
approximate estimate of Black. Laird &
Blackman for gas fitting city building, in
the sum of $lso.uo; seventh and final esti
mate of John Ritchie for curbing and
paving 10th avenue from Tyler to Lane, in
the sum of $4.029.!9; second and final esti
mate of John Ritchie for curbing and pav
ing Tyler street from 9th to loth, in the
sum of $1,722.48: third approximate esti
mate of John Ritchie for paving Green
wood and Willow avenues from Park
avenue to West St., in the sum of Il.iRS;
first approximate estimate of R. B. Kep
ley for paving alley between 5th and 6th.
Jackson and Van Buren streets, in the
sum of $1,407.60; fourth and final estimate
of R. B.' Kepley for curbing 13th street
from Clay to Buchanan, in the sum of
$99.22; second and final estimate of H. K.
Winans for paving street car strip on To
peka avenue. 10th to 14th. in the sum of
$3,336.88; first approximate estimate of
Baker & Bradbury for grading Fillmore
fnpm 10th street to Huntoon street, in the
sum of $232.08: sixth and final' estimate of
Baker & Bradbury for grading 10th ave
nue from Tyler to Lane, in the sum of
$260.90; second approximate estimate of
M. F. Wall for grading Greenwood and
Willow avenues from. Grove avenue to
West street, in the sum of $7S2; second and
final estimate of Baker & Bradbury for
grading Tyler street from lltM" to 12th, In
the sum of $172.93: second and final esti
mate of M. F. Wall for grading R. Bu
chanan street and 13th street or Williams
avenue, from 33th to Lane, in the sum of
H35.66. and third and final estimate of
Baker & Bradbury for grading 13th street
from Clay to Buchanan street, in the sum
of $142.85.
The yeas and nays being taken, the esti
mates were approved by the following
vote: Yeas Betts. Miller. Merman. Myers.
Elliott. Snattinger. Weber. Chaney. War
ner. Koundtree, Swendson, Hughes 12.
Nays None.
Committee on streets and walks, to
whom was referred a communication from
the city engineer with reference to the
purchase of a street roller by the city, re
ported back the same with the recom
mendation that the communication be
placed on file, which was adopted.
Same committee, to whom was refererd
a communication from C. A. Starblrd, re
questing that lots numbered 134 and 136
on Sayweil street, be stricken from the
list of condemned walks, reported back
the same with the recommendation that
the request be granted. The report was
adopted.
Same committee, to whom was referred
the protest of D. A. Mulvane and others
to the construction of a sidewalk on the
east side of Lawrence street, between 11th
and 12th. reported back the same with' the
recommendation that the lots named be
taken from the condemned list. .The re
port was adopted.
Same committee, to whom was referred
a petition for a sidewalk on the north
side of 15th street from Monroe street to
the Shunganunga bridge, said sidewalk to
be 4i feet wide, reported back the same
with the recommendation that the peti
tion be granted. The report was adopted.
Committee on claims and accounts to
whom was referred the claim of Fred
Beeler in the sum of $63.85. reported back
the same with the recommendation that
the ciaim be rejected. The report was
adopted.
Same committe, to whom was referred
the claim of Dr. L. H. McKinney on ac
count of smallpox, in the sum of $150. re
ported back the same with the recom
mendation that it be rejected. The re
port was adopted.
Same committee, to whom was referred
the claim of Geo. S. Breyman for alleged
damages, reported back the same with
the recommendation that it be rejected.
The report was adopted.
Committee on streets and walks, to
whom was referred the following petition,
reported back the same with the recom
mendation that it be allowed and spread
upon the journal:
To the Honorahle Mayor and Council of
the City of Topeka:
We, the undersigned, residents and own
ers of property on Iane street. Piercy
street. Dillon street. Walnut street, Mul
vane street. Warren street. West street,
and Williston street in the city of Topeka.
and liable for the cost of improving
Piercy street from Lane street to Willis
ton street: Walnut street from Williston
street to Dillon street, and from Dillon
street to Mulvane street, and from Mul
vane street Jo College avenue, by curbing
and paving the same, respectfully petition
your honorable body to cause said Piercy
street from the west line of Lane street
to the west line of Williston street, and
Walnut street from the west line of Wil
liston to the east curb of College avenue
in the city of Topeka. to be curbed with
Fort Scott blue sandstone curbing four
inches thick, and paved with vitrified
brick on sand foundation: said pavement
to be thirty feet wide and to cost not to
exceed dollars per lot.
Washburn college, by A. B. Whiting.
Trustee, lots Nns. 34. SB. 38 Walnut street;
lots Nos. 83 to 97 Mulvane street; lots Nos.
86. 88. 90 and 92 College avenue.
James C. Holland, lots Nos. 1501-3-5 and
7 Piercy and alnut.
Thos. S. Syms, lots No. 1509-1511 Walnut
15th.
Charles M. Sheldon, lots Nos. 1515 Fif
teenth tPiercv) 1513 1517. 1519.
Mrs. S. E. Simonds. lots Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
and 12 Walnut St.
The New Hampshire Savings bank, by
A. 1. Daniels, agent, lots Nos. su-ja ana
frsc. 28 on WalnUt St.
Z. N. Adams, lots Nos. G2, 64. 66. 68, 70. 72
on Collpge avenue, of College hill.
Harriet E. Adams, for tract commenc
ing 20 ft. east of the N. E. corner of said
lot No. 72 on College ave.. thence east
along south line of 15th St.. 150 ft., thence
south 225 It.: tnence west l.Tt to tne auey.
thence north 225 ft. to beginning.
L. W. Wilson, lots Nos. 24 to 26 Dillon
street.
C. O. Knowlcs, Bennett R. Whe!er. re
ceivers. Investment Trust Co., of Amer
ica, lot Nos. 1. 3. 5. 7. 9. 11. 13 and 15 West
st: lots Nos. 2. 71. i3 and id Dillon st.
Thurston Place addition.
F. M. Silencer, lots Nos. 8, 10, 12 Dillon
street.
A. C. Axtell. S. y, lots No. 67. and all
lots Nos. 65 and 63.
Robert Stone, for heirs of Jesse Stone,
deceased, lots No. 56, 58 and 60 on Warren
street.
Ella C. Traver, lots Nos. 52, 54, and 56
Walnut st.
Sarah A. Lvman, lots Nos. 40. 42. 44. 46
and 48 Walnut St., addition to College
hill.
F. T. Lvman. J. S. Lyman, lots Nos. 44,
46 and 48 Walnut streat.
The yeas and nays being taken, the re
port of the committee was adopted by the
following vote: leas tseiis. AAiner. iViei-o-sin
Mvers Elliott. Sn;UtinEer. Weber.
Chaney. Warner, Roundtree, Swendson
and Huehes 12. Navs None.
The bond or yi. w. tiiimore, as city
jailer. in the sum of $5o0. was presented
nnrl the same being only partly executed
the clerk was instructed to return the
same for correction.
Bond of R. B. Kepley for the faithfu
performance of his contract to construct
certain stone sidewalks, in the sum of
$5,000, was presented, read and the clerk
was Instructed to return the same for
correction.
Bond of the Merchants' National bank
as a depository for the public moneys of
the city, in the sum of $5o.0o0. signed by
the president and cashier of the bank and
the United States Fidelity & Guaranty
Co. as suretv. was presented, and there
being nothing attached to show that
the officers of the company have thei pro
per authority to sign the bond, it was or
dered to be returned for such correction.
Proposals of sundry bidders for grading,
curbing and paving were opened and read.
Messrs. Betts and Myers were appointed
as tellers.
Richey & Ramsey for Improvement of
Eleventh street from Harrison street to
Topeka avenue; Topeka avenue from 14th
street to south city limits'. Topeka avenue
from 2nd to 3rd, Colorado red sandstone
curbing at 55c per lineal foot, paving with
vitrified brick on sand foundation.
What is Good for The Landlord
is Good for The Guest.
What Will Help Others Will Surely Help You Read What Landlord
Kelley, of Waterloo, Ind., Says of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin:
Watkhloo, Iwd., December 7, 1899.
? Whom tt May Concern:
I was troubled with a dull pais in my stomach for six months, and 1 tried ail tha
doctors in town and they did me no good. So I saw Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
advertised and after taking three bottles- was cured, and have never been bothered
since. I can't make this too strong to suit the circumstance.
ALFRED KELLEY.
Proprietor Locke's Hotel, Waterloo, Ind.
SOLD BY
R. W. Squires, 732 Kansas Avenue.
A. 0 Rosser, corner 1 0th and Topeka Avenue.
Swift & Holliday Drug Co., 523 Kansas Avenue.
A. S. Kane &; Co., Family Drug Store, 832 North Kansas Avenue.
$1.24 9-10. For the improvement of Taylor
street from 7th to 8th street. Colorado red 1
sandstone curbing at o5c Der lineal foot.
paving with vitrified brick on sand found
ation, $1.26..
R. B. Keolev oronoses to Imnrove all
blocks calling for Colorado red sand
stone, provided he be allowed td use Fort
acott blue sandstone at 4dc ner lineal
foot.
R. B. Kepley proposes to improve Mon
roe street from 6th avenue to 10th street,
Harrison street, from 11th to Huntoon .
street, as follows: Fort Scott blue sand- I
stone curbing at 45c per lineal foot. Elev
enth street from Harrison street to To
peka avenue. Topeka avenue from 14th to
city limits, topeka avenue from 2nd to
3rd. Fort Scott blue sandstone curbing at
45c per lineal foot. Woodlawn avenue
from Willow avenue to Park avenue. Fort
Scott blue stone. 4oc per lineal foot.
O. Swanson proposes to improve Topeka
avenue from 2nd to 3rd, Eleventh street
from Harrison to Topeka avenue, red Col
orado sandstone curbing. 54c per lineal
foot, white Colorado stone, 52c per lineal
toot, rort eott sandstone, 44c per lineal
foot, paving with vitrified brick on sand
founuauion, $1.24 per square yard, iron
crossing plates. $6.75. Monroe street from
6th avenue to 10th avenue, Taylor street
from 7th to 8th. the same as above.
Black. Laird & Blackman propose to im
prove ail alleys and streets as per list in
call for special meeting dated May 31, 1900.
readjusting old paving or guttering on
sand foundation, 25c per square yard, pav
ing with vitrified brick on sand founda
tion, $1.30 per square yard.
Hanley & Wall propose to Improve Mon
roe street from 6th to 7th. Monroe street
from 7th to 8th. Monroe street from 8th
to 9th. Monroe street from 8th to 10th.
grading at 24c per cubic yard: also the
grading at the same price, alley between
Van Buren and Harrison, 7th and 8th
streets: alley between Tyler. Topeka ave
nue, 11th' and 12th streets: Topeka avenue
from 14th to south city limits: Harrison
from 11th to Huntoon; 11th street from
Harrison to Topeka avenue; Tayi jr street
from 7th to 8th. To grade Wood law a
avenue from Willow to Ashland. Wood
lawn from Ashland to Park avenue at 25c
per cubic yard, and Topeka avenue from
2nd to 3rd at 22"c per cubic yard.
Mr. Swanson having submitted the low
est bid for curbing and paving Taylor
street from 7th to 8th, Monroe street from
6th to loth. Topeka avenue from 2nd to 3rd
find 11th street from Harrison street to
Topeka avenue, it was moved by Council- !
man Myers tnat tne contract Tor sum
improvements be allowed to him at his
respective bid.
Councilman Koundtree moved to amend
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enmia r,iii ,. n.,t .,ir, ,.? th
council, wmcn motion prevailed.
The mayor appointed as city phvsician
H. B. Hogeboom. The yeas and nays
being taken the appointment Was con
firmed by the following vote: Yeas Betts.
Miller. Mergan, Myers. Elliott, Snattinger.
Weber, Chaney. Warner. Roundtree.
Swendson and Hughes. Nays None.
Councilman Roundtree moved
that the
vote bv which the petition of J. B. Lari
mer, requesting that a certain lot be tilled
to grade with dirt by the street commis
sioners, was rejected, be reconsidered,
which motion prevailed, and on motion
the same was referred to the committee
on streets and walks.
The mayor appointed H. J. Bevelle, T.
L. Ross and J. W. Hall as appraisers for
all property liable for the improvement of
Willow- avenue from Greenwood avenue to
Woodlawn avenue. Third street from
Quincy to- -Monroe. Piercy street from
Lane street to Williston street. Walnut
street from Williston street to College
avenue and Tyler street, from Sixth ave
nue to 9th st. by grading, curbing and
paving the same.
The yeas and nays being taken, the ap
pointment was confirmed by the following
vote: '-Yeas Betts, Miller. Mergan. Myers,
Elliott". Snattinger. Weber. Chaney. War
ner. Roundtree, Swendson, Hughes 12.
Nays None.
Councilman Hughes introduced "An or
dinance to appropriate money out of the
general revenue runa. nre aepartmeni
fund, police department fund (general
revenue), general improvement fund, pav
ing fund. Tenth avenue paving fund, park
fund. Topeka avenue repaving fund and
city hall fund." Sections 1 and 2 were
read and adopted by separate votes. The
ordinance was then put upon its final
passage and passed by the following vote:
Yeas Betts. Miller. Mergan. Myers. El
liott, Snattinger. Weber, Chaney. Warner.
Roundtree. Swendson and Hughes 12.
Nays None. The title was read and ap
proved. Councilman Hughes introduced "An or
dinance to appropriate money out of the
general improvement fund to refund poll
tax collected in 1900." Sections 1 and 2
were read and adopted by a separate
vote. The ordinance was then put upon
its final passage and passed by the fol
lowing vote: Yeas Betts. Miller. Mer
gan. Mvers. Elliott. Snattinger. Weber.
Chaney, Warner, Roundtree, Swendson
and Hughes 12. . Nays none. The title
was read and approved.
Councilman Hughes offered the follow
ing resolution, which was referred to the
committee on streets and walks:
Resolved. That the city engineer be in
structed to put In raised crossings for
pedestrians at street intersections on the
paving now being laid on Greenwood ave
nue. Councilman Swendson offered the fol-'
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That In order to complete the
record, the city clerk be hereby instructed
to furnish to the county -clerk and regis
ter of deeds, certified copies of ordinances
recently passed changing the names of
certain streets in the Third and Sixth
wards to Garfield avenue.
-Councilman Hughes offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That the mayor and council
of the city of Topeka deem it necessary
.for, the best interests of said city that
Piercy street from the wet line of Lane
street to the west line of Williston street,
and Walnut street from the west line of
Williston street to the east curb line ot
College avenue, be graded and paved
thirty feet wide with vitrified brick on
Sand foundation and curbed with Fort
Scott blue sandstone.
The yeas and nays being taken the reso
lution was adoptwl by the following vote:
Yens Betts. Miller. Mergan. Myers. El
liott. Snattinger, Weber, Chaney. Warner,
Roundtree, Swendson and Hughes 12.
Nays None.
Councilman Elliott offered the follow
ing resolution, which Was adopted:
Resolved, bv the mnvor and council nt
the city of Topeka. That the city clerk
is hereby instructed to strike off lot No
15 Kansas avenue N. from the list of
sidewalks to be constructed in 1300.
Councilman Hughes offered the follow
ing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, bv the mavor and council of
the city of Topeka. That the city clerk
is hereby Instructed to strike off lot Zi
Elmwood avenue from the list of side
walks to be constructed in 19ti0.
Councilman Snattinger offered the fol
lowing resolution which was referred to
the committee on streets anil walks:
Resolved, by the mayor and council,
That the Intersection of West 13th street
and Buchanan street, facing Throcp s
Third addition to the city of Topeka. be
paved.
Councilman Chaney offered the follow
ing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved. That the mayfir be and he is
hereby Instructed to give notice in the of
ficial city paper of a special meeting of
the council on June 18th. 1900. at 7:30 p.
m., for the purpose of hearing any and
all complaint that may be made as to the
report ot tne appraisers tor tne opening
of Klstler street: said report now being
on file with the said city clerk.
Councilman Hughes offered the follow
ing resolution, which was referred to the
city engineer.
Re it resolved, bv tne mayor
arm coun-
ell of the city of Topeka. That whereas
a certain resolution was fluly passed In
Mav. 1899. authorizing the mayor in con
junction with the city survpyor to ascer
tain and settle the disputed division line
between the citv park and the land owned
by H. C. Root, lying north of the citv
park. That in pursuance of said resolu
tion the true and correct division line was
located and esuiDiisneo. anu a ineiHdii-
oum l aereemeni staiiriuii n.v.
sion line was dulv executed by the city of
Topeka and H.C. Root, dated the 18th dav
of Mav. 19. and thereafter on May 19rh.
1899. duly recorded in the office of the
register of deeds for Shawnee codnty,
Kansas: that said division line so lacated.
is as follows, to-wit: Commencing st a
point six hundred and twelve and four
tenths (612.4) feet northerly on the east
line of Harrison street from the northeast
cornerof Harrison street and Kirst avenue
in the citv of Topeka: thence easterly
wifh an angle in the city park of 98 de
grees 44 minutes with the east line of
Harrison street five hundred and 4-ighty-flve
and seven-tenths (585.7) feet to a point
two hundred and forty-nine and fifty-five
hundredths (249.55) feet northerly from the
south line of Crane street and forty (4u)
feet westerlv of the center line of city
sewer: thence northeasterly forty (t feet
distant and parallel with the center line
of citv sewer to the north line of said lot
five (ot. Said easterly line making an
-note if 138 detrree 50 minutes with the
center line of said sewer; the angle being
taken on the. Koot side, the Intersecting
point being marked by cast iron pin, the
same as used in the city Work.
And whereas, the original resolution has
been lost or mislaid, therefore, be it
Resolved, That tbe action of the mayor
and city engineer so ascertaining and
locating said division line, is in all things
fully ratified and confirmed and said divi
sion established as set forth in said mem
orandum of agreement dated May 18th,
1899.
On motion the council adjourned te meet
Friday evening June 8th. 19"0. at 8 o'clock
p m. J. H. SQUIRE3City Clerk.
Marshall's Band. .
Marshall's band will render an in
teresting programme at their concert
tomorrow afternoon.
"For five years, I had bleeding plies and
could not work. I was Induced to try
Beggs' German Salve, and it gave me
such quick relief and the cure is so per
manent. I want everybody troubled .with
this annoying disease to know of It. E.
F Walker. Alton. 111. R. W. Squire.
Pharmacist, 732 Kansas avenue.