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VOLUME XXXIX. NO. 168. WEDNESDAY. KANSAS CITY, NOVEMBER 25, 1896. TEN PAGES. WEDNESDAY. PRICE TWO CENTS. COOKE OK THE STAND. LOCAL MANAGER OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME TESTIFIES. CITES INSTANCES OF CRUELTY. GIVES RESULTS OF AX INVESTIGA TION THAT HE MADE. Shorrlncr Very Unfavorable to Gov ernor Smith Cooke Opponed 10 the Keeley Cure in the Home Prosccntlon Will Rest To-ilar. Leavenworth. Kas.. Nov. 2!. (Special.) The Soldiers' home Investigation was re name! this morning. "While nothing of a sensational nature was brought to light, there was much developed that was unfav orable to Governor Smith. The testimony of Colonel Sidney G. Cooke, of Herington, Kas.. local manager of the Institution, was, perhaps, the most damaging that has so far been adduced against the home manage ment. Colonel Cooke was the first witness, and his examination was conducted chiefly by Colonel R. W. Blue. In response to repeated complaints made to him, on the part of home members, he said, he went to the home, and ascertained by careful Inl vestlgatlon that marked cruelty was prac ticed on the inmates. He called the police force before him collectively and individu ally and -found that the forc) had lied to him, and bo then had Lieutenant Robert son and three of his subordinates relieved from the force. Colonel Cooke said he had officially en tered his complaint against the practice at the home of taking orders on pension mon ey In payment for the Keeley treatment. He believed that such orders were con trary to Jaw. He expressed himself as against the Keeley treatment at tho home, because it had a tendency to build up a favorite class and to promote Jealousies. He also said he thought that It was wrong for Governor Smith to hold the position of president of the National Keeley League, at a salary of $1,200 per annum, and he had entered his protest at the annual meeting of the national board of managers for the home. M. B. Lockhart, of the home, testified to rough and cruel treatment, saying he had seen Inmates "bucked," gagged and placed in straight Jackets. Edward D. Yager testified that he was downtown and returned to the home five minutes late; that he was arrested and taken before the governor, who said he must leave the home; that he was sent to Dr. Jones for medical examination and in a few days ho was discharged from the home. He complained to Colonel Cooke, who had him readmitted. Charles EllUon testified that a friend of his, named Hiram Greenwood, was confined in the Insane ward for four months without being examined, and that it was shown later that he was not Insane at all. Corne lius Shea, who hod been a member of the home police force, testified to cruelty on the part of the police force. Said he had peen men put in straight Jackets and de tained inithl condition over night. Nearly all of such punishment wa given to men under the influence of liquor. Colonel Cooke, the local manager, was recalled and in response to a query as to cruel treatment he had Investigated, said that a man named Moog, nearlj- 73 years of age. was arrested on returning to camp, for being absent without leave. Captain Drake, In command of Moog's company, told the officer of the guard that Moog was Kick and not able to go to the guard house, but ho was, nevertheless, locked up. Next morning he was taken before Governor Smith, who gave him thirty days on the "dump," and the following day Moog was removed to tho hospital, where he died In a very few days. "Next." raid Colonel Cooke. 'T Investi gated the case of a man named McDonald who was arrested in the amusement hall during an entertainment. He was dragged downstairs and was knocked down and was then thrown Into the guard bouse. The next day he had to be placed In the hospital for medical treatment." The Investigation will be resumed to morrow morning, when it Is expected that the prosecution will closd and the defense Will offer evidence In rebuttal. DIGGING FOR BURIED TREASURE St. Joseph Grocer Srnrchlngr for $35, IM( Supposed to Hnvc Been Hid den liy Stncr Robbers. St Joseph, Mo.. Nov. 21. Special.) About thirty-five years ago a stage was robbed at Belmont, and the robbers burled the $25,000 In cold they took from It on the highest peak of the bluds northwest of the city. That Is the legend that has been banded down since that time, and a great many people believe it. John Kralnbeuhl, n grocer at "Water and Pauline streets, be lieves that there is plenty of gold buried on the hills, and he lias been searching for l Three months ago. he hired a num ber of men and set them to work on the h'lls Thpy have excavated In several p!ntfcs and the trees near the summit have been taken out by the roots. Some of the cx?-avations are thirty feet deep and forty or fifty feet across the top. A great trench has Ieen dug In one place and the ground has been torn up nil over the highest peak. Krainl-uhl says he did not find any money, bm neighbors pay he did and that he has the whole treasure in his possession. TO VOTE ON POSTMASTER. Context nt Srilnlln tn lip Settled at a. Primary Election Next Month. Si-dalla, Mo.. Nov. ;. (Special.) Another campaign Is on In Sedalia. and the contest now Ls over the postmastership of this dry. Tho term of Postmaster V. P. Hart, the present Incumbent, will not expire for a year and a. halt, but to end the contest fcr the office, which was started even be fore Majnr McKinley was elected president, the Republican city central committee has ordered a primary election to be held on December II. The candidates, who are prominent local Republicans and popular citizens, are Oaptain John M. Glpnn. com mander of the Republican Flambeau Club and deputy county clerk: W, M. Johns, Jr., chairman of the Republican county com mittee. David J. Temple, an ex-passenper conductor, nnd William LaTour. who has gained t celebrity as a photographer, faptaln H. C. I'emuth, who was post master of this city for fifteen years, will probably enter the race. WARNING TO OKFrCEHS-ELECT. Muxt File Statements of Their Cnm- linlmi Expense nt Oner. Jefferson City. Mo.. Nov. 21. (Special.) Secretary of State Lesueur gives out the fallowing: "Persons elected to ofllce In the various counties of the state nt the late general ectlon who fall to file with the clerk or the county court a sworn statement of their expenses and a duplicate with the recorder of dee-is. within thirty days after tlie election, canrot be commissioned. The time explrrs on December 2. only nine days from to-cay. Persons elected to state and district ofiWs must file tb-ir statements with the secretary of state within the same PRAIRIE FIRE IN OKLAHOMA. Sixteen Person Reported Burned to Death by Flame Started liy Outlaws. Oklahoma City. O. T., Nov. 2 .(Special.) A band of outlaws closely pursued by a posse of deputy United States marshals started a prairie fire in the Seminole coun try this morning to aid them in making their escape. The fire swept over a large area, destroying everything combustible in its path and causing the death of several persons. One account is that no less than sixteen persons perished In the flames, but this story Is not credited. Nearly all of the persons reported burned to death were half-breeds. It is declared that the lives of the dozen or more pupils at a. Catholic mission school, near Rochelle, were saved only by the greatest exertion on the part of the sisters of the Institution, who fought the flames with, blankets, and by "back firing." Authentic information concerning the re ported holocaust will not be available until to-morrow, as the scene of the fire Is far from a. telegraph office. TWO CHILDREN PERISH. Burned to Death in the Seminole Res ervation Fire Loss of Life May Be Heavy. Perry. O. T., Nov. 24. (Special.) News reached this city to-night of the burning of the two children of ' William Bledsoe, near Sasakwa, in the Seninole nation. For the past two days furious prairie fires have swept over that country, aided by pre vailing winds, and it is feared that great damage has been done to property and much stock lost. Bledsoe and his wife were away from home and had left the children, a boy and a girl, aged 12 and 11 years, to look after the farm during their absence. The fire swept down on the place unnotic ed by the children until too late for them to seek safety by flight. The only means of escape left open for them was by going to the cellar under the house, but as the house burned the timbers holding the floor gave way, letting the floor fall on the children, holding them down until burned to death. It Is feared that later reports will bring news of great loss of life. LITTLE AUTHENTIC NEWS. Stories of Heavy Lom of Life Not Credited at Guthrie. Guthrie, O. T.,Nov. 24. (Special.) A furi ous prairie fire has been sweeping over tho Seminole reservation since early this morn ing. Authentic news is almost unobtain able, but It is creditably reported that two children of "William Bledsoe, a farmer, have been burned to death. "Wild rumors are flying around to the effect that fif teen or sixteen halfbreeds have lost their lives, but there seems to bo no foundation for them, although they have been tele graphed to newspapers all over the coun try MR. BRYANJN DENVER. The Hero of a .Lost Cause Receives, the Adulation of Ills Centen nial State "Admirers. Denver, Col., Nov. 21. If "William J. Bry an had come to Denver as the conquering hero, whose victory presaged the restora tion of sliver and the return of prosperity in Colorado, he would not have received any more enthusiastic' greetings than those given him to-day. The occasion of his visit Is the twentieth anniversary of the admission of Colorado to the Union. Be fore being nominated for the presidency he had agreed to speak at the exercises in commemoration of this event. He ar rived at 7:15 o'clock this morning and was met at the depot by a commit tee, including T. M, Patterson, C. S. Thomas and Mayor McMurray. Even at that early hour several thousand people were assembled about the Union depot who swung their hats and cheered lustily. Mr. Bryan was driven at once to the resi dence of Hon. C. S. Thomas, where he breakfasted and remained until 10 a. m., when he went to the Brown Palace hotel to attend a reception given In his honor by the women of Denver. The interior of the hotel was tastefully decorated with flags and punting. Mrs. T. M. Patterson, president of tho Equal Suffrage Association, presided. In Intro ducing Mr. Bryan, she said: "Women of Colorado, I present to you the first presi dent of the twentieth century. "William Jennings Bryan." Mr. Bryan spoke for half an hour, being frequently interrupted by enthusiastic ap plause from 2,000 women, who tilled the ro tunda and balconies of the hotel. After tho speechmaking, the ladles filed past the stand, shaking hands with Mr. Brj-an, while the Colorado State band played popu lar airs. As a souvenir. Mr. Bryan was presented by the ladles with a memorandum book of Colorado chased silver, having declined to receive any gift of great value. A remarkable ovation was given to Mr. Bryan this afternoon when he was driven through the downtown streets In company with Senator Teller. Congressman Towne and other prominent champions of free sliver. The throng was so dense that Mr. Bryan's carriage had to be stopped every two or three blocks, and he made about a dozen short speeches. He was wildly cheered all along the route. At the state house grounds there were fully 20,0(0 people assembled. Including 5,0fii school children. Mr. Bryan made a few remarks .and then returned to the Brown Palace hotel. Ilrnn May Lose an Elector! Richmond, Va.. Nov. 21. An elector may be lost to the Democrats In Virginia bv the .ame technicality that caused the board officers to give Flood the certificate for congress in the Tenth district. Somo of the votes intended for Charles M. Wallace. Jr., were returned without the "Jr." and others for C. M. Wallace. Jr. Five Repub lican electors had more votes returned than Charles M. Wallace. Jr.. but as all live cot the same number, the board has not decided how to award the certificate. Republican Senator to Caucus. Washington. Nov. 24. There is such a di versity of opinion among Republican sen ators in the city as to the course to be pur sued at the next session with reference to the tariff that It Is considered quite probable a caucus w'-U be held very early ln the session' to decide upon a line of action. To Succeed III Fnthrr. Atlanta, Ga.. Nov. 21. At the Democratic congressional convention to nominate a candidate to succeed to the unexpired term of Hon. Charles F. Crisp. Charles R, Crisp, eldest son of the late ex-spcaker. was nom inate.! by a rising vote. Mr. Crisp will be elected without opposition. He Is a young man just 2! years of age, and will be one of the youngest men ever in congress Anil New Jrnwy Used to no Doubtful. Trenton. N. J.. Nov. 24. The board or canvassers to-day computed the official lot;or ew Jsey. The official plurality for McKinley and Hobart is S7,!)2. The to tal averare vote for the Republican elect ors was 221.S67; for the Democratic elect ors. 133,675. Ofllrlal Vote or Illinois Springfield. 111., Nov. 24. A tabulation of th ofllrlal vote of Illinois for president show the following vote: McKinley W4 - 2S; Hdilnlcj-'s plurality. 1U.1SS. COMES ODT AT LAST. BREIDENTHAL A- CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. FORMALLY DECLARES HIMSELF. YIELDS TO THE I3D70RTUNITTES OF HIS FRIENDS. HI Enemies "Will Make an Organized FlKht to DOTrn II I m Pop Con ference Not a HottIIdk Suc cess The Vote for State Officer. Topeka, Kas., Nov. 24. (Special.) State Bank Commissioner John W. Breldenthal is now an avowed candidate for Tinted States senator. The formal announstgant was made to-'day. Ever since the sweeping fusion victory In Kansas, Brelilenthal.who, as chairman of the Populist state commit tee, furnished the brains for the. campaign of the Popocrats, has been lionized by the great majority of his party. They claimed that he was entitled to the best ofllce with in their gift, and Immediately beseeched him to permit the use of his name as a candidate for United States senator. At first he refused to consider the matter, but It finally dawned upon him that a six year Job at $3,000 per year was not to be sneezed at especially by a member of the party which would pass Into history within the next two years, or four at the outslde.and he began to think. The more he thought the stronger the pressure became. The temptation to-day reached that point where he was unable to resist longer and he gave it out that he would enter the race. Asked by the Journal correspondent to-night con cerning his candidacy Mr. Breldenthal said: "I don't care to say anything except that I have finally consented to become a can didate. My friends have been urging me to give them permission to go to work for me and I have concluded to do so. I am on quite friendly terms with all the candi dates and hope to continue my relations with them, regardless of the result of this contest. So far as I "am concerned, no personalities will be Indulged In." "While Breldenthal's name has frequently been mentioned as a senatorial possibility, yet there was considerable uncertainty at tached to It. Now that he has' announced himself as a candidate the various factions In the Populist party which are opposed to him for anything will unite and make an organized fight to down him. A JOB F0RED LITTLE. GovernorEIect Leeily Selects the Ab ilene nolter for HI Pri vate Secretary. Topeka, Kas., Nov. 24. (Special.) Governor-elect Leedy to-day announced the appointment of Ed C. Little, of Abilene, as his private secretary. This takes Mr. .Little outf'Ure-Tace forTJnlted States senator. The position of private secretary pays $2,000 a year, beside offering great oppor tunities for a man of thrift. Little was United States consul at Cairo. Egypt, under President Harrison. He was a Republican until McKlnley's nomination, when he became a free sllverite. since which time he has been drifting by easy stages Into the Popullsjt party, wb.ere he landed to-day. A KANSAS TURKEY IN CANTON. Mrs. Convene, of Penrl, Sent It for Major SIcKInley's Thanki- jclvlnjr Dinner. Canton, O., Nov. 24. Word received here announces the "largest turkey raised In Rhode Island" on the way to Canton for the president-elect's Thanksgiving dinner, and a gobbler of liberal proportions came by express this morning. The latter was shipped with the compliments of Mrs. N. P. Converse of Pearl, Kas., and was cap tive in a much labeled crate. Among the Inscriptions' were the following: "From an S00 acre farm with but one Republican on It." "Send the boy orator of the Platte a few of the wing feathers, so ho can fly up Salt river." "Crown of thorns, cross of gold: they will lie Idle four years; labor Is too busy to wear the one or occupy the other." "Hurrah for McKinley, but drop a tear for poor Kansas. Down with Popo crats." KANSAS ELECTION FRAUDS. Hundreds of Indian Territory Resi dents Voted In the Sun flower State. Topeka, Kas.. Nov. 24. (Special.) The election frauds perpetrated by the Popu lists in the counties along the southern border of the state will be the subject of a judicial Investigation, according to Lit Crum. of Oswego, who came to the state capital to-day. He says that hundreds of residents of the Indian Territory came across the state line and voted at the re cent election. The scheme was aH put up in advance by the Populists, who had con trol of the election machinery in those counties. A committee has been selected and Is now engaged in working up evi dence, not only against the Illegal voters, but against those who engineered the deal, and a number of election Judges and clerks. He says some arrests will soon fol low. PEPPERELL VISITS TOPEKA. At Populist Headquarters "Working for Ills Friends. Topeka, Kas., Nov. 24. (Special.) W. H. L. Pepperell, who resigned his place as secretary of the Democratic state central committee during the campaign In order to hold his position as postmaster of Con cordia, was in the city to-day for the first time since he received orders from Washington, to give up one place or the other. He was at Populist headquarters for a short time, but said his visit had no political significance. "Just say I am out of politics." said he. "I am here on busi ness." It Is known, however, that he Is In politics, and that he Is pushing the claims of some friends for places under Leedy. A. A. STEWART SIDETRACKED. One of the State Prlntershlp Candi dates Ont of the "Way. Topeka, Kas., Nov. 21. (Special.) W. I. Brown, of Kingman, candidate for state printer, made a deal whereby he goa one of his opponents out of the way to-day. A A Stewart, of Manhattan, was also a can didate, but withdrew from that fight with the undemanding that Brown would help him get the office of superintendent of the deaf and dumb asylum at Olathe. It Is un derstood that Brown became alarmed over the rapid rise of the stock of E. F. Heigler, Continued on Second Pace. The Kansas Pop Lender Wants Pie HAS FLED TO MEXICO. RESULT OF THE NEW YORK HER ALD'S BOGUS DIVORCE EXPOSE. GUILTY ATTORNEY CONFESSES. ADMITS THAT VOtt ?350 HE FORGED A DECREE OF DIVORCE. Retnrned It In Exchange for the De cree and Letters Rnadolpb. E. llnnter, of Oklahoma. City, the Sinn-Crime Nevrs In General. - Perry, O, T- Nov.'21.-(SpecIal.) Attor ney Randolph E. Hunter, a prominent member of the Oklahoma City bar, has skipped the territory for Old Mexico, on account of the recent expose of the New York Herald relative to the granting of bogus decrees of divorce in Oklahoma to certain New York parties. No small sen sation was produced by the statement that a prominent attorney of Oklahoma City had, in answer to a decoy letter, obtained for a person In New York, who assumed the name of "Mrs Sheridan" a bogus de cree of divorce, for which he received $330. Suspicion soon rested upon Lawyer Hun ter and the rumor became general that he was In some manner connected with the frauds, and, finally, the matter was fixed almost to a certainty on him as the guilty man. His partner, with whom he was asso ciated In the practice, demanded an ex planation, which was evaded with unsatis factory answers. The pressure at last becoming so great that he could no longer resist It, and the talk of an Investigation caused the young man to make a confession. He stated that he had answered the decoy letter, and. In her reply, Mrs. Sheridan promised to pay COO to begin with, and $150 more when the decree was granted. He stated that he obtained the $200 and then made out the bogus decree, forging tho name of the clerk of the court, for which he received tho balance of the $3.7) promised. After the matter had been closed, the people In New York who represented "Mrs. Sheridan" wrote Hunter and demanded $000 hush money or they would bring suit against him for the fraud perpetrated. Hunter says he Immediately wrote them, stating that if they would return him all his correspondence and the bogus decree he would return to them the $330 which they had paid him. This he stated they did, and he returned the money paid, but the revelations were too sensational and the criminal nature of his action so en compassed him with the fear of arrest and punishment that he fled. Hunter is 30 years old and single. He spent his boyhood days at his home at Bedford, Ind., graduated with honors from the Cincinnati Law school, and became a, prominent politician of his native state. Before he' came to Oklahoma, three years ago, he had a prominent position in the treasury department at Washington. He was highly esteemed socially and by the members of the bar at Oklahoma, and his downfall was a sensational surprise. HARRIS0N'SH0USE ROBBED. Burglar Visit the Ex-President and Oct a Gold Watch, and Some Money. Indianapolis, Ind., 'Nov. 24. Burglars vis ited the residence of ex-Prestdent Harrison on North) Delaware street at 11 o'clock last night. While Mr. Harrison and the mem bers of the family were In the lower part of the house, the thief or thieves nimbly climbed upon the porch and entered the library window. From there they went in to Mrs. Harrison's room, where a gold watch and a small sum of money were se cured. It Is believed the thieves were frightened away, because nothing In the other rooms was disturbed. The watch be longed to Mrs. Harrison's first husband and was highly prized. General Harrison has asked the police to put forth every ef fort to recover the watch, and has offered a reward of $30 for Its return. SHOT HIMSELF WITH A MUSKET. An Independence, Kas., Yonos Man Attempts Sniclde. Independence, Kas., Nov. 24. (Special.) E.Hole, a young man 23 years old, attempt ed suicide on the main street of this city last night. He had been drinking some during the afternoon and last evening came up town with an old musket. He BREIDENTHAL BOLTS. for nimself, hut Is Too Virtuous to It Be "Senator Breldenthal." told several of his friends good-by. saying that It would be the last time they would see him. His brother, suspecting some thing was wrong, followed him and was horrified to see him step out Into the street, carefully place the muzzle of the gun against his forehead, and pull the trigger. The load tore out one side of the boy's face, and he now lies unconscious and dying at his father's home. It Is thought that his action was due to de spondency caused by ill-health. QUARREL ENDS FATALLY. Dead Bodies of Herman Myer and Nora Richardson Found at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 24. A newsboy discovered the dead bodies of Herman Myer and Nora Richardson lying on the sidewalk in pools of blood in front of a vacant house on Bergermyer avenue this morning. The hand of Myer clutched. .aJ K-caliber revolver, every chamber of which wasempty. A large jagged hole was i In the region of his heart, while three bullets had entered the woman's body Myers and iuc iUal,u vvoman were eacn aoout .a clothimr. which were mM at th morirue. a mimher of lm-p Wtnr : found which had passed between the two. In one of these letters, written by the woman, Myers was urged to come to Haughville ind marry her at once. The correspondence also showed that the woman was soon to become a mother. Myers is thought to have killed the woman "the state blind asylum at Nineteenth and and taken his own life as the result of a ' Morgan streets. These people, and the var quarrel between them. Nora Richardson ' lous forms of disease or accident which was a working woman and Myers was a laborer and formerly lived on Northwest street. The coroner will hold a post mortem on the bodv of the woman. IN JAIL NOW FOR BIGAMY. Crnel Nebraska JJecelver to Ife Well Punished for Ills Doa ble Crime. Warrensburg, Mo., Nov. 24. (Special.) Charles E. Jenkins was arrested yester day at Jefferson City just as he was re leased from the penitentiary after serving a sentence. On March 12, 1E33, Jenkins and Miss Myra T. Tl J...nl.4.. . - -!....... tT. . .,.., ... ,. 1,.UUUC.-.UCUW i cnine, weighing about 300 pounds. This county farmer, eloped to Warrensburg and is attached to the wire of an ordinary in were married. They went to Belton to live, I candescent electric light, the current be but a few weeks later It developed that ' ing multiplied by the apparatus. The tube Jenkins had abandoned a wife and sev-; through which the rays ere presented to eral children in Nebraska before coming the senses of the afflicted person "is known to Missouri. He was arrested and taken to r as the fluorossope. It Is held to the head Clinton, the county seat of Henry county, of the sightless person, either In fmnf where he was allowed to plead guilty to seduction, as he could not be Indicted there U1 UlfttAMIJ. LitZ TC13 BCIIICUUCU IU LWO years, and while serving his time the girl whom he had deluded and betrayed com mitted suicide at her father's home In Montrose. The Johnson county grand Jury Indicted Jenkins for bigamy and he will be tried at tho January term of the criminal court. Those who are familiar with the details of the case express the hope that he may receive a heavy sentence. DETERMINED TO KILL HERSELF. .Mande McDonald, of Fort Scott, Takes Another Dose of Poison. Fort Scott. Kas., Nov. 24.-(Special.) ! M not describe the form of objects Maude McDonald, a handsome young : P'aced before her. woman of the town, who has gained con- I r'J?SbarVJ tninlis that tho apparatus siderable noteriety by her frequent at- ' able WlmlVnll0'f Uesrei .,hat wi." en" tempts at sulc.de first by taking em- ' conl.dS. egree of cTar'-alhat balmlng fluid, next hair dye, and then ' it may be simplified so as to be moreread strychnine. made another unsuccessful at- , Hy adapted to the use of blind persons tempt on her life here to-day by taking a Dr- Robarts adduced from the experi large dose of strychnine. As on the former lr,nts that the retina of the eye is not the occasions, her life was saved by the prompt ? "JLLP0. . ?f ?ontact at which an object use of the stomach pump. She declares bufhtt thJ rl1iofmnWebeJ!Sl,,M1 she will yet succeed In baffling her friends hlbPSMa'aSSMSl and the physicians, and end her own life. ' one. In case other portions of the eyeball j remain intact. He contends that, by use of Killed nimself While Drnnlc 1'SL' r?yf ,t,ne "' L'ht or shadow Is 1 presented directly to the corpora auadra Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 21. (Special.) gemina, or germ of sight, located between Herman Wolters, a teamster, committed the cerebrum and cerebellum.on a line with suicide here this morning about 3 o'clock .h.i. ,,.v ht- fmir, rrnm th -....l-.t bluff, a distance of fifty feet. It is'thought ne Kinea mmseii uecause ne nau securea a divorce from his wife yesterday on the ground of desertion and she obtained pos session of the children. Store nnrned by Ilnrglnrs. Fort Scott. Kas..Nov. 24. (Special.) Early this morning the general store of White side & Stroud, at Uniontown, eighteen miles west of here, was entered by burglars who set fire to the building, which, with Its contents, was totally destroyed. There Is no clue to work on. Burglars Frightened Array. Fort Scott. Kas,. Nov. 24. (Special.) Early this morning burglars broke into the Un.iri T.4ncD JP- T'mrnr 1.n ... Til... SnrSW,.;; VT X. CX tt.rm:n mS, r" "",J,- r.X ..ri.. Z"7lt we .Thanksgiving dinner of the Ameri ...cut..... ..j u..u.i. .uj c:i.lhcta cuijr thing. They made their escape on a hand car, which they abandoned near this city. Gallatin, Mo.. Prisoners Escape. Gallatin, Mo.. Nov. 24. (Special.) George Adams, a housebreaker, and Charles Dav- Continued on Second Page Participate In n Pie Conference. Will MAY THE BLIND SEE? MARVELOUS RESULTS ACHIEVED AT ST. LOUIS YESTERDAY. EXPERIMENTS WITH X RAYS. PERSONS TOTALLY BLIND HELPED TO DISCERN OBJECTS. Some Without Eyeballs Made to See by the Use nf the Flnoroneope New Theory as to the Function of the Retina. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 24.-(Special.) Dr. Heber Robarts conducted a series of Inter- tins experiments with "X' rayu at his office- " Morgan street, to-day. with a view to ascertaining whether the blind may be able to see by the aid of rays. The fact that Dr. Robarts intended to conduct ovnHmont nt hio ,- io.i . .k ,. of about forty sightless persons at his of- ! fice- Am"S them were a few pupils from caused the loss of sight, afforded Dr. Robarts ample opportunity for testing the effect of the rays on 6lghtless persons. The doctor considers that he made the most extensive and thorough test that has ever been made In this line. He is highly gratified with the result of the experi ments, and said, after finishing the test, that It had been a success beyond his ex pectations. Even persons whose eyeballs were missing were able to distinguish ob jects with a clearness that surprised the experimenter. In some cases, however, no impression was made on the senses of the patients. The apparatus used Is known . the Nicola Tesla apparatus, a complicated ma- . . ... , .MJ, ' fore the useless eyeballs or sockets in the , case of persons whose eyeballs are gone at the side of the head, and then at the back of the head. Some of those enabled to see found the result best when held at tho back of the head. One case was that of Patrick McMahon. 7t years old. who hnrt nnt no,. .n..t.i.. j for thirty years. His eyeballs were totally ! destroyed. A plate of lead was moved back and forth over the fiuoroscope when ne exciaimea: "t see." The object appeared to him as a mere shadow, but he was able to tell its form. Still another case was inaL oi jiiss Kittle Helmke. aged 24 years, a DUDll Of the hllnri noli.n, n.l. i 1 -- recollection of ever havlnrr seen riHB. I Shewas able to distinguish shartna-s hi. "; ,' I "r """r Vi "IT Posterior wall .f '.he skull than to the face. This con- face. This con- direct? a " nancen'"" 'worK nirror Is orkK on pnjsioiogy, ne sayu, even fh. 1n.B ... T-hli.K V. !.. .1 -., . vflt .V .. ...w. du " "re iciuu receives the impression of the object, as does the Dre pared plate of a camera. by.hRobart!SimentS " l con(lu: TO DINE WITH THE O.UEEN. Ambassador and Mrs. Bnyard to Eat Turkey at Windsor Castle. London, Nov. 21. Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, the United States ambassador, and Mrs. Bayard were "commanded" to-day to visit Windsor castle on Thursday next and dine with the queen. Mr. and Mra. Bayard will also sleep at the castle that night, and .. ' Vl Mr. uayard, in consequence, has been ob- ncl his engagement to preside can colony here. Chinese Diplomntlr Clinngrs. Pekln. Nor. 24. Lo Sengle.Wu Ting Fang and Hwang Tsun Hslen have been appoint ed respectively Chinese ministers at Lon don, Washington and Berlin. Yang Yu. the . Chinese minister at Washington, ha3 been i transferred to St. Petersburg. Tl 111 TIE 11. ULTIMATE EFFECT OF THE SANTA FE RECEIVERSHIP ACTION. AS FORESEEN BY MR. G0DDARD. ALSO BRINGS DISCREDIT UPON THE STATE OF KANSAS. MOTION TO REMAND THE SUIT. ARGUMENT WAS CLOSED YESTER DAY IN THE FEDERAL COURT. Question of Jurisdiction Discnvscd Case Taken Under Advisement Burllnprton Passenger Of ficial Visit Kannns City Railroad News. Topeka. Kas., Nov. 21. (Special.) The argument on the motion to r?mand the Santa Fe receivership cass to the Jeffer son county district court was concluded in the federal court this afternoon and Judge Foster took the matter under ad visement. He will render a decision next Monday. The argument of the most public and general Interest to-day was that of Assist ant Attorney General Goddard. Judge Myers had refused to reccgnlze Mr. God dard In the case in the state court and had stricken his amendments from the record. The strange relations existing between Judge Myers and the assistant attorney general made the remarks of Mr. Goddard very Interesting. He said: Mr. Goddnrd'ft Speech. "I desire to close this matter briefly for the state. This case was brought to the attention of the attorney general's office on the 6th day of November by the gov ernor of the state of Kansas. On the next day, a message was delivered at the attor ney general's office from Governor Morrill in the following words: " 'Topeka. Kas., Nov. 7. 1SK. "To the Hon. F. B. Dawes. Attorney General of tho State of Kansas. " 'Sir: In pursuance of the authority In me vested by the statutes of the state o,t Kansas. I hereby direct and require you. as the attorney general of said state of Kansas, to appear forthwith for said state, and prosecute a certain suit now pendln; In the district court of JenTerson county, in said state, entitled. The State of Kansas -Against the Atchison; Topeka & Santa, Fo Railway Company, filed In said court No vember 5, 1S06, and take such action there in as may be necessary to protect the In terests of the said state of Kansas. "E.N. MORRIIX. Governor.' "Section 71 of chapter 166 of the laws of 1S79 In relation to state officers reads as follows: " "The attorney general shall appear for the state and prosecute and defend all ac tions and proceedings, civil or criminal. In the supreme court in which the state shall be interested or a party, and shall also when required by the governor, or either branch, of the legislature, appear for tho state and prosecute or defend In any other court or before any officer In any case or matter, civil or criminal. In which tho state -may be a party or Interested. "At that time- the attorney general was absent from the city. After an exchange of messages between him and myself. Gov ernor Morrill and I took this matter under advisement and considered what should bo done for the best interests of the state and what was our duty In respect thereto. I will say frankly to your honor that we looked at the law upon which this action is based, and looked to see what benefits would accrue to the state of Kansas by reason of Its prosecution. I must &ay that we failed to find any benefit accruing from, a law, which. If applicable to railways, provides that the right of way ct this railroad company from the northeast to the southwest corner of the state must bo divided Into small parcels and sold at pub lic auction, and the proceeds, after pay ing the expenses of the proceedings, re turned to the corporation owning the prop erty. Wonld Destroy the Property. "Looking directly at the results of this action, we foresaw that the carrying out of this suit would mean the absolute de struction of the property, nothing moro nor less; for the selling of the property of the company In such a way would certalnly menn that. This was the only direct re sult which we could see to nccrui to tho state. We endeavored to look at thl caso broadly, as sensible men should, anil to take a reasonable view of the whole situa tion. We considered the effect which the commencement of the action would have ami had already had upon the credit of the state of Kansas, we considered the chances of ultimate defeat In the cause. I say, we took all ef these thtnes Ir.tD con sideration In determining what our rourso should be with regard to the case. When we considered, in connection with the case, the very ugly rumors which mete tnen be ing circulated regarding the conni t.on of certain Individuals therewith, the reasons why it has been brought, our first judg ment was that the cas" should be dismissed from the courts, and that it was the duty of tho executive officers of the state to get rid of It as speedily as poib: but upon m further consideration we thought: Here la a law of the state of Kansas, standing up on the statute book?, and it It our duty to enforce all the laws of the state. We had faith In the courts of this country, and determined to leave It to the law to say whether or not this law should be held to be applicable In this case, and If so, whether or not it should be carried out. "Acting upon that theory. I filed the amendments to the petition which now ap pears in the record of the cause. I set forth In addition to the facts already stated facts which I knew to be absolutely true, nnd no one has ever questioned the truth of one word contained In the amend ments to the petition. "I deem It. If your honor pleases, an honorable thing for an attorney to give to the court before which he practices the truth regarding the case that Is bring considered. This Is especially true of a public prosecutor. I filed these amend ments so that the court might know more regarding the case that was to be tried. If the case can be heard before the court It was right that the hearing should be as speedy as possible, and by filing these amendments I placed the case In such a position that a demurrer could be filed to the petition and all the questions of law Involved In the case and which must ulti mately be considered heard upon the de murrer, and a speedy conclusion reached. If the amendments so filed raised a fed eral question or made It appear plainer that there Is a federal question In the Continued on Sixth, Face.