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DISTINGUISHED OEATORS ADDBESS
BJTLTJiJNTIAL BODIES.
CHICAGO IS HONORED
K'KDILEY AND STEVENSON SPEAK
THEKE THE SAKE DAY.
DAVE HILL WRITES TO TAMMANY
EISING UP AS THE APOSTLE
POLITICAL PURITY.
OF
riiilmlelphla lias an Old Fashioned Time.
feu Louts Fight Sham Uattles.
The Day Abroad.
Chicago. July 4.-The joint picnic of
Hi Air.Jr. p.,im)iB f i -k-.,.i
he Chicago Trade and Labor assein-
bly at Sharpshooters" park was the
leading "feature of Chicago's celebra
tion of the Fourth. In point of at
tendance at least, it topped all the
others, fully 20,000 people being on the
pround to listen to the address made
by Vice President Stevenson and Gov
ernor McKlnley of Ohio. Thomas J.
Elderkin. vice president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, presided
o er the speeehraaking of the program.
In a few words he introduced Vice
President Stevenson, who was greeted
With enthusiastic applause as ne step
ped forward The vice president's
speech was a revie.v of the trials and
hardships of the revolutionary patriots
and was replete with references to the
stirring Incidents of their heroic strug
Rle. In conclusion the vice president
made an eloquent appeal for preser
vation of the American school system
and for more cordial relations between
the laborer and hits employer. He re
ferred hopefully and with sympathy
to the struggle of Ireland for freedom.
STEVENSON'S ADDRESS.
Mr. Stevenson said:
Mr. President, Fellow Citizens Mor
tal eyes have never beheld a grander
assemblage than this. Words are in
adequate to express my appreciation
of your invitation to address the tens
Of thousands' of American patriots
who here and now honor this day.
We have assembled to celebrate
America's day. By virtue of edict or
proclamation other days have been set
apart to celebrate marked events in
history. But this our day comes un
heralded by edict or proclamation. For
more than one hundred years it has
been the day of days of America. Unmindful-
of party fealty or of creed, we
have assembled to do honor to the
memory of the signers of the declara
tion of indenpendence. These cere
monies, this coming together of the
people, notes the 119th anniversary of
the birth of our republic.
Prophet as well as patriot, John Ad
ams exclaimed: "We shall make this
a glorious, an immortal day. Our chil
dren will celebrate it with roar of
cannon, with martial music, with songs
of thanksgiving and with shouts of
joy." All of this, multiplied a thous
and fold, our eyes now behold. One
hundred and nineteen years from the
hour this declaration was signed
upon the southern border of the chain
of" lakes, midway between the oceans
a city has sprung into life contain
ing a population but little less than
that of all the American colonies at
the time this declaration was pro
claimed. Here, then, is the fitting
place, and this the hour, for the com
ing together of this vast assemblage
of American patriots.
One of the great students of history
hfcj said: "A people which takes no
pr&le in the noble achievements of re
mote ancestors will never achieve any
thing worthy to be remembered with
pride by remote descendants." It Is
meet, then, that we recall something
at this anniversary of a people who,
without the light of experience to
guide them, struck the masterly blow
for liberty The glory of such heroism
belongs exclusively to no ago or coun
try. It is a part of the common herit
age of our race. Whenever and wher
ever in the world's history any people
have struck a blow against tyranny it
has been against odds, and without
counting the cost. It was from an
English scaffold that Rumbold. the
patriot and martyr, exclaimed: "I
never could believe that providence had
sent a few men into the. world, ready
booted and spurred to ride, and mil
lions ready saddled and bridled to be
ridden."
Let us turn for a moment to the con
tinental congress assembled in Inde
pendence Hall, in Philadelphia, on the
Fourth of July, 1776. One act of insult
and oppression upon the part of the
crown toward the colonies had follow
ed another in rapid succession until
the time had come when the represen
tatives of the colonies were to decide
In favor of abject submission to tyran
n . or to resolve to be forever free and
indenpendent.
The declaration was igned; the die
was cast: a new era had been reached
in the world's history; a new govern
ment had been proclaimed: brave
words had been spoken; the gospel of
universal liberty had been proclaimed
to the world. For ages mankind had
believed "there is a divinity which
doth hedge the king." The world
was now startled from its lethargy by
the declaration that "-resistance to
t: rants is obedience to God." Govern
ments were declared to have been es
tablished among men for the benefit of
the governed. What a glorious in
heritance is that declaration! What
lofty statesmanship is breathed in its
every utterance! Well did the great
commoner of England exclaim: "The
men who can so write deserve to be
free!"
Whence came the men who sinned
this declaration? In what school of
politics or philosophy did they learn
these great truths? From the earliest
struggle for freedom to the days of
Thomas Jefferson the men who. in the
halls of debate or on the field of battle,
have been the eloquent advocates of
human rights, have sprung form the
ranks of the people.
The calm dignity with which this
revolution was inaugurated, the ties of
allegiance sundered, the solemn declar
ation made that henceforth these col
onies were to be free and independent
states, and the solemn appeal of the
representatives of the people to pos
terity for the rectitude of their inten
tions, is one of the grandest and most
Imposing events in history. When. In
all time, have any other people inaug
urated revolution and confronted death
v.ith such fearless dignity. No viol-nee
marked the grandeur of this
Treat act. But the calm recital of
vrongs and oppressions, is followed by
tb decisive step and the solemn ap
peal to the Supreme Judge of the
world. How striking the contrast
with other nations when in the throes
of revolution. The history of the re
bellion in England, which preceded
the commonwealth, is marred by the
violent disruption of parliament and
execution of Charles I. The oppres-1
sions and wrongs of the French peo
ple at the close of the last century
culminated in scenes of violence that
caused the streets of Paris to run
with blood, and the mob that ruled the
hour threw down at the foot of the
throne the head of a king as its gage
of battle. With none of its excesses
and cruelties, a spirit of earnestness
and daring: none the less character
ized the authors of the American revo
lution. Believing in the righteousness
of their cause, they pledged their lives
and their sacred honor to Its success.
The declaration of independence was
an important event In history, not so
much because it was a revolt against
tyrannical power, nor even because of
its assertion of the correct principles
which underlie the social organization.
Its chief importance grows out of the
fact that it was followed by the erec
tion of the Ainerlcan colonies into a
permanaent government, -having for its
corner stone the leading features em
braced in the declaration of independ
ence. It Is of value, not so much be
cause of its correct expression of a
Creed of human rights and correct prin
ciples of human government, but be
cause of the important practical re
sults by which it was followed.
On the 30th day of April, 1SS9, we
celebrated the first centennial of the
inauguration of Washington. Upon
that day the American people, from
the Penobscot to the Rio Grande, from
the St. John to the Columbia, did
honor to the memory of the first presi
dent of the United States.
Of Washington it can truly be said
that time has not dimmed the clorv of
Ji1?.?,.d achievements. During
'"'. passeo, a greai-
er than he has not arisen. A kind pro
vidence nas endowed Washington with
the qualities essential to successful
leadership. Not with the brilliant gen
ius of Marlborough, nor of Napoleon,
but with fortitude and endurance, pa
tience that never wavered, a courage
that counted no odds: and, more than
all, with a child-like and ab'ding faith
in the God of battles. Others faltered,
many grew -weary by the wayside, but
during the seven years' struggle along
the bloody pathway from Lexington
to Yorktown, this man, bearing aloft
the sacred ark in which were bound
up the liberties of his country, never
for a moment doubted the favor of
God, never for a moment doubted the
successful tesue of the struggle.
The century just closing has -witnessed
an enlightened, a humane pub
lic sentiment, in recognition of the
rights and dignity of labor, crystal
ized into law. The historian Hume, in
speaking of the condition of the Eng
lish law a century ago says: "The law"
prevented the laboring classes of the
community from combining together
against their employers, who. though
few in number, were powerful in
wealth, and might combine against
them, and determine not to give them
a certain sum for their labor." An
other English writer says of his own
country: "Down to the year 1S24 two
or three workingmen could not meet
together, though never so quietly, to
settle the wages they would work for
and during what hours, -without com
mitting an offense in the eyes of the
law, for which they were punished."
The keynote to what we today be
hold are the words of Adam Smith:
"Labor was the first price, the original
purchase money, paid for all things."
In this land of liberty, by earnest and
intelligent discussion, by freedom of
thought, of co-operation, of organiza- 1
tion and of action, labor has received
recognition. Here it has been clearly
established that the true relation of
employer and employed is not a con
flict but an absolute identity of in
terests. In determination of the rights
of each, the principle in action is
justice. What the closing century has
achieved for labor is its crowning
glory.
Today, my fellow citizens, enjoying
the liberty in the largest degree in this
favored land, our thoughts turn to un
fortunate Ireland, the ancestral home
of so many of our countrymen. Op
pressed by merciless exactions, with
cruel landlordism, the heritage of
j uacn succeeding generation, yet strug
gling against ouds tor a larger meas
ure of freedom. Ireland challenges at
once our sympathy and our admira
tion. May Ave not believe that the
morning of a brighter day is soon to
dawn upon that gallant people, and
that the fruits of centuries of op
pression, of suffering and of toil, will
be to them, as it has been to us, "in
dividual freedom and home rule."
We have entered upon the second
century of our national life. God
grant that we. and those who succeed
us, may not prove unworthy of those
who have gone before. That we may
not be unmindful of the sublime les
sons of the past. Then may we be as
sured that the bright sun which ush
ers in the third century of this republic
will look down upon a people happy
and prosperous whose hearts are
grateful to God that those who guard
ed and strengthened were counted
worty to be named with those who
founded this government.
McKINLEY'S ADDRESS.
Directly after the close of thp vice
president's address Mr Elderkin in
troduced Governor McKinley who was
very warmly welcomed. Hi remarks
were substantially as follows:
Mr President, members of the Illi
nois State Federation of Labor, of the
and My Fellow Citizens:! am glad to
Join you in observing this, our 110th
national anniversary, that we may ga
ther fresh inspiration in the cause of
human freedom and equality, and ded
icate ourselves anew, in common with
our fellow-citizens everywhere, to the
good work of maintaining the free gov
ernment which our fore fathers inaug
urated more than a century ago. We
are a nation of working people. Some
one has said Americans are born busy
and that they neer find time to be
Idle or indolent. We glory In the fact
that in the dignity and elevation of la
bor we find our greatest distinction
among the nations of the earth. The
United States possesses practically as
much energy or working power as Great
Britain, Germany and France, but the
American laborer not only does more
and better work, but there are more
skilled, intelligent and capable artisans
here now in proportion to the total
population than in any country of the
world. No other country can boast of
so great a per centage of producers
among her instructed population, and
nope other can point to so large a num- i
ber of enlightened and educated citi
zens, i
The census statistics of 1550 place the J
number of our citizens over ten years I
of aged ensmged In cainful occupation
at 22..T35.000, while Sir Michael G. Mul- '
hall the noted statistician, refers to the
fact that no other civilized country
could ever before boast of -Jl.OOO.OOO in
structed citizens. Indeed, we may find
In the able review of the industrial
activities of our country recently pub
lished by that distinguished authority
many striking texts for patriotic con
templation. He states facts verv frank
ly.
This day. forever the most illustrious
in our history.is crowned with patriotic
memories. It belongs to our history,
and celebrates that only which Is grand
and inspiring in history. Every meo
ry. every tradition, every event about
it must inspire eery parrot with true
homage to country and with hope, cour
age and confidence for the future. I;
is the baptismal day of freedom.
Peace, order and good will among the
people, patriotism in their hearts;truth
and honor, honesty and justice in the
executive and jdiclal and legislative
branches of the government, municipal
state and national, all yielding respect
and obedience to the law. all equal be
fore the law alike amenable to it
such a condition will make our govern
ment too strong ever to be broken by
(Continued on Second)
IS A CASE CELEBRE
TESTIMONY IN THE ' PAM0U3
ITSHEA TRIAL AT HENNESSEY.
Mrs. Wilhite, Who U "S'owDcad, and Her
C'uargo Against the Postmaster of the
Oklahoma Town Arthar, Her Sod. and
II in Testimony on the Stand, in Which
He Gives the Particulars of the Assault
Bat Without Anything Directly In
criminatingIntense Feeling Among
the People and the Court's Warning.
Hennessey, O. T., July 4. (Special.)
The McShea case is a cause celebre in
Oklahoma. McShea was postmaster
Hennessey and a. highly respected citi
zen. Some weeks agt Mrs. Wilhite, a
widow, had 5iim arrested for assault,
charging that he broke into her home
and attacked her. Mrs. Wilhite has
since died, her friends claim, from in
juries received at the mands of McShea.
The feeling on the matter is intense
here. During the testimony of Arthur
Wilhite, the little" boy, the defendant re
quested the court to clear the hall if
the audience made any further demon
strations. This the court did, and the
audience which had been appaiently
with the prosecution quieted down.
The case is boing heard before Justice
Gaskill. The prosecution is represent
ed by J. B. Moffat, county attorney,
and J. C. Roberts. The defense is
taken care of by Lee M. Gray. Antribus
and Stevens, J. B. Roark and Noff sin
ger and Nagle.
The testimony of the boy, Arthur Wil
hite was as follows:
United States of America, Territory of
Oklahoma, Plaintiff,
vs.
Isidore McShea, Defendant,
Before R. R. Gaskill. a justice of the
peace in and for Hennessey township,
said county and territory.
Question What is your name?
Answer Arthur Wilhite.
Q Where do you live?
A I live right down here in-town.
Q What is the name of the town you
live in?
A Hennessey.
Q How long have you lived in Hen
nessey? A About one j'ear.
Q How old are you?
A Thirteen.
Q Where did you live before you
came to Hennessey?
A In the country.
Q With whom did you live in the
country?
A I lived with my mother and sister
and brother.
Q How far did you live from -Hennessey?
A Ten miles southwest.
Q Is your mother living now?
A No sir.
Q How long has she been dead?
A I do not know just how long.
Q Well, about how long do you think
It Is?
A About three weeks I guess.
Q Is your father living?
A No sir.
Q How long has he been dead?
A Four years..
Q What was your mother's name?
A Nancy E. Wilhite.
Q Have vou ever gone to school?
A Yes sir.
Q What reader do you read in?
A Second.
Q Have you been sworn to testify
in this case?
A Yes sir
Q When were you sworn?
A Today.
Q By whom were you sworn?
A I do not know the fellows name.
Q If he is in the room point to him.
A Here witness points to the justice.
Q What did you do when you were
sworn ?
A I held up my hand.
Q Do you. know why you were
sworn ?
A Yes sir.
Q Why were you sworn?
A To tell the truth.
Q What would happen to j-ou if you
did not tell the truth after you had
ben sworn?
A I might be punished.
Q Do you know Mr. McShea, the de
fendant in this case?
A Yes sir.
Q You po'mt him out to the court
will you if he is in the room?
Her witness points to the defendant.
Q What Is he holding in his hand?
A His hat.
Q Did you ever see him down to
your house while your mother was liv
ing? A Yes
Q When was that?
A I do not know jut when it was.
Q How long was it before your moth
er died?
A About a week or two, I think.
Q Did you ever see him down there
befqre that time?
A No s'.r.
Q Do you know what time of the
day or night It was?
A No sir
Q Was it daylight or dark?
A The sun was down.
Q You may tell the court here now.
what you saw Mr. McShea do down
there that night to your mother.
A Must I toll It ?:
Q Yes. tell all you know about it.
A Ma was sitting there in the house
and he came up. riding on a bicycle.
And he came up and stopped at the gate
and went to talking, and my mother
went out th-re and they stood there in
the gate and talked n little while, and
my mother told me to go and get some
wood, and I went out and got it antl
when I was coming back they were still
standing there and talklnc And then
McShea he ran in the hous and went
in the kitchen, and my mother went In
to get a match to light the lamp with,
and then he ran in and caught hold of
her arm and threw her down on the
bed. and then she s-ays don't, you ar
hurting me. and then she slipped away
from him and ran out door, and then
he ran right out after her: then -when
they got out there I do not know wheth
er he wnt off nr stayed there.
Q Where was you when McShea
threw your mother on the bed?
Q By the court Ws that all vou
saw at that time? I
A That was oil I saw at that time.
Answer to question by counsel I was
layinc on the bed
Q Which bed did McShea throw your
mother on?
A In mine and my brother's bed.
Q Had you been asleep at that time,
or do you remember''
A No sir: I was not asleep.
Q I meant by that. Arthur, had you
been asleep up to this time or before
he threw your mother on the bed?
A No sir. I was not asleep; I had just
gone to bed.
Q Had you taken your clothes off
and gone to bed regularly?
A Yes sir
Q Was there a Hgbx In the house at
that time''
A No sir.
Q How do you know Um; t)e per
son who threw your mother on tbe bod
at that time was this man McShea?
A I ssw him.
Q Had you been lying there with
vour mother all the time up to this
time?
A Yes.
Q Had you ever yeea McSfcea at yeur
house before that time?
A No sr.
Q Now. when he threw roar mother I
on the bed. hownear were they to you?
A He threw her right down, upon
my feet.
Q Where was this. Arthur; I mean
where did this take place?
A Down there at our house.
Q In what town was that? '
A Hennessey. '
Q In what county.
A Kingfisher couirty.
Q And in what territory?
A Oklahoma.
Q How Jong ago was it that this
took place ?'
A I do not know just when it was;
it was about three weeks ago I think.
How were yiour windows fastened up
at that time; .the windows in your
house?
A The one in the east side ht.d a
window light in ,it. and the one had
screens over it.
Q Had any person done anything to
either one of these .windows about that
time?
A No sir: I nailed vthe screen over the
window just the day ,befo.
Q The day before wjiat?
A That McShea broke it off.
Q Well you do not mean that you
saw McShea break .the windows do
you?
A No sir.
Q Now just tell the Judge how you
nailed the screen over 'this window at
that time.
A I nailed it with four or five nalis
down on the corner and up along the
sides.
Q When was it that you nailed this
window with reference to when McShea
was there?
Q The day before.
Q Did you see this window the next
morning after McShea was there that
night.
A Yes sir.
Q What condition was the window
or screen in at that time?
A The screen it was up one corner.
Q Exlpain to the court what you
mean by saying one corner was up.
A He had pulled the screen off of the
nails.
Q How big a place was pulled off
the nails?
A I do not knerw how big it was.
Q Was it large enough for a cat to
get in?
A Yes sir.
Q Tell the court as near as you can
how large the space was.
A It was torn up about a foot and a
half.
Q Take this block of paper here and
show the court how the screen was torn
off of the window.
A It was just about that long, and
one corner turned up like that, and it
was big enough for a man to get in.
Q You did not mean to say that that
window wus about as big as this paper,
did you?
A No.
Q Did you look at this window the
next morning after McShea was there?
A Yes.
Q Did you do anything to that,
screen after he was there?
A Yes sir; I nailed it up. My mother
told me to nail it up arid I started to
get the nails and hammer and the girl
that was staying at our house nailed it
up before I got back.
Q And when had you nailed it up be
fore this time?
A I nailed it up the day before that.
Q Do you know whether your broth
ers and sisters -were asleep or not a.t the
time McShea threw your mother on the
bed?
A Yes sir.
Q Were they asleep or awake.
A Yes sir; they were asleep.
Q. How old are your brothers that
were in that bed?
A Both of them were in .that bed;
one was 9, and the other wa3going on
6 years.
Q How long had you been in bed?
A I do not know just how long it
was.
Q Was it light or dark inthe house
at that time?
A It was dark.
Q What time were you inthe habit
of going to bed then, Arthur?
A I do not know; some times I would
go to bed before sundown, and some
timess after.
Q You say you do not have any
recolection about how long you had
been in bed?
A Nor sir.
Q Did your brothers and sisters, go
to bed that evening the same time you
did?
A Nor sir; they went to bed before I
did.
CROSS EXAMINATION BY XAGLE.
Q How long did you say you lived
in Hennessey?
A About one year.
Q Before you came to Hennessey you
lived in the country ten miles?
A Yes. f
Q How old are you now?
A I am 13.
Q Are you 13 past?
A No sir; 13 the 13th of this month.
Q This time that McShea was at
your house you saw him there that
night, did vou?
A Yes sir.
Q Did you ever see him before that
time?
A Yes sir.
Q Dkl you see him often before that
time?
A Yes sir.
Q About how long before your moth
er died was it that the defendant was
down to yourhouse?
A It was about one or two weeks.
Q Po you remember what time the
defendant came that evening?
A No sir.
Q Did you ever see him before that
evening?
A No sir.
The witness went on to say that he
never saw McShea there after that
evening. He also testified that he heard
his mother and McShea talking, but
could not distinguish the words, al
though he was trying to overhear. The
examination then continued":
Q About how long nftpr you went to
bed was it that you saw him (McShea)
coming in'
A T do not know; three or four min
utes, I expect.
Q You had not got to slpeep yet, had
you?
A No sir.
Q Did your mother come in right be
hind him or along beside of him?
A She came right behind him.
Q When McShea came in the door
did you hear him say anything?
A No sir.
Q When your mother cane in the
door, did she sav anything?
A No sir.
Q After they came in did they sit
down on chairs?
A No sir.
Q After they came in the door where
did they first stop or stand?
A Mr McShea he Tan in the kitchen
and my mother she stayed In the front
room.
Q Dkl you hear McShea say any
thin? in the kitchen.
A No sir.
CJ The cupboard Is In the front room
sr the room you sleep la?
A Yes sir.
Q Did she get a match?
A I do not know whether she did or
not.
Q Did she light one?
A I do not 'know.
Q How do you know that It '-was 3
match that she went to the cupboard
for?
A She raid so.
Q What did she say?
A She waitedtl she got a match and
Ht the lamp.
Q Then after she said that, what did
she do?
A She ODened the safe, drawers and
went to looking for a match. I
Q Did she strike a match and light j
a lamp?
(Continued os Third Pa)
DIDN'T UNCORK IT
PBOHIBITTOHISTS express hot
THEIB WRATH AT MORRILL.
Xettlng In Topeka, They Utilize the Morn
ing Hours In the Consideration of Sta
tistical Reports From Various Towns
Governor Morrill Addresses Them In
the Afternoon and Reminds them of the
Potency and Necessity of Favorable
Public Sentiment No Good Chance to
Get at the Governor Kansas News.
Topeka, Kan., Jly 4. The convention
of the State Temperance union assem
bled here today, filling the largest hall
In the city. Delegates to the number
of over six hundred presented their cre
dentials. The morning was devoted to organi
zation and to general responses to
three questions, namely:
First How many tippling places in
your city?
Second What efforts are being made
to enforce the prohibitory law.
Third What is the local sentiment?
Responses were mainly from smaller
towns and generally noted the senti
ment favorable to the law and the fair
ly successful efforts in its enforcement
There was no response from Leaven
worth. A delegate from Atchison said the
saloons had been closed there since
Saturday night. A Fort Scott delegate
said the same thing in reference to his
town, but that previous to Saturday,
Fort Scott had seven or eight open
saloons.
The commltte on resolutions is as
follows: S. O. Thatcher, Lawrence: A.
Vance, Topeka: D. W. Eastman, Em
poria: R. R. Hammond. Baldwin; J. M.
Miller, Council Grove; E. M. Randall.
Leavenworth: L. L. Robey, Topeka;
J. D. Wood, Halstead; J. E. Earp, El
Dorado; M. M. Beck, Holton.
General interest was felt on the ques
tion whether the resolutions would con
demn or favor the governor. The com
plexion, of the resolutions committee
was mixed. At noon an adjournment
was taken till 2 p. m.
ADDRESSED BY MORRILL.
Fully 1,000 people were present at the
afternon meeting the principal feature
of which was the address by Governor
Morrill. The governor expressed a deep
and sincere interest in the temperance
case and asserted his readiness at all
times to coperate with the friends of
prohibition in enforcing the law, but
voiced strongly the conviction that a
vigorous and well-defined public senti
ment is essential to aid officers in the
work of enforcement.
The resolutions lay special stress on
the duty of all officers of the law to en
force its mandates, and the willingness
of the people to stand by them in the
performance of this duty.
There is no doubt that the sentiment
of a majority of the delegates was
strongly antagonistic to Governor Mor
rill, but the opportunity did not pre
sent itself for his enemies to uncork
the vials of their wrath and criticisms
of his course were generally veiled. To
night's meeting was a large one and
the speakers were inclined to be moro
bitter towards the administration.
DAWES DRAWS THE LINK.
Officials Who Charge Four Dollars a Day
for Hotel U11U Called Down.
Topeka, Kan., July 4. Attorney Gen
eral F. B. Dawes rendered an opinion
yesterday afternoon In which he held
that the state auditor cannot legally
audit the vouchers presented for pay
ment by the members of the board of
directors of the Hutchinson reforma
tory as mentioned in the Capital yes
terday morning. The opinion is ad
dressed to State Auditor Cole.
The attorney general begins with the
consideration of the three vouchers,
one from each member. which are
made out as follows: "Seventeen days,
per diem, $51; 17 days hotel bill, 54 per
day, $6S; 17 days traveling expenses,
?276.3J, total 5393.34." Mr. Dawes then
says:
"Now as to the first item for seven
teen days work at 53 per day; I will
say that this claim Is all right, provid
ed the work has honestly been done
by members of the board. I would
suggest, however, that you do not aud
it the claim, even for the per diem of
the members, until they itemize the
claim by stating when and where such
work was done.
"The next item of the claim, 'seven
teen days hotel bill, at $4 per day. J6S,'
should be carefully Investigated be
fore the same is audited, or any war
rants drawn. Four dollars per day for
hotel bill Is, to say the least, uncalled
for and extravagant in the extreme. It
is not for me to say that this money
was not paid out by the members of
the board, but I will sav before the
claim is allowed and a warrant drawn.
the member presenting such a claim
should be compelled to set out when,
and where, and under what clrcum-
stances, he paid such exorbitant hotel
bills. Xo such charges are made any
where in the state of Kansas.
"The next Item', 'traveling expense,
5276.34." should not be allowed in my
judgment under any circumstances.
You should require the members to
itemize said traveling expenses by stat
ing when, where and hojv such travel
ing expenses were Incurred by the
members of the board. It was not for
board bills, because they have present
ed a claim for 54 per day for this pur
pose. There is only one thing that I
can think of that this Item could have
been for. and that would be for car
fare, and 5276.34 would pay car fare at
3 cents per mile, the rate In Kansas,
for 9.214 miles, and it would keep the
board traveling at a rapid rate on a.
speclal train the entire time for which
they claim compensation to travel thl3
number of milts."
Referring to the amount of money
expended for traveling erpenss th
statute says that the managers shall
receive in addition to 53 per day com
pensation, all actual necessary ex-
ir:. cu .... Cv c,a . w j
memoers maae unnecessary ouuay o.. ;
money on me .rip inruugn me aai .
incurred any exiens-s above and
0&
yond the appropriation of $50) they will
have to take their chances on havisig
some future legislature make an ap
propriation covering the excess. With
regard to the bills presented for rail
road fare Mr. Dawes says: "If they
had free transportation they have no
J right to charge car fare." A the
statute says they shall have oaly
actual "expenses."
The vouchers presented by tfa" mem
bers of the board aggregated I1.SZC7S
but there remains in the fund for the I
fiscal year Just closed only 5LG7. As to
paying tht; member of the board from
any other fund or the appropriation
for the ensuing fiscal year the a:- , 0 f 7- ar ne wa. iown paunan: t lh eesatnilt th ow
torny general holds that It would be I "!Wlx? blra UP whn b mo- vmtioa lok rwwi until Ipft.
whoilv illegal and that the members ' ojk1 tor m to go away and ttouW Tb w- atwit VjO d!cr&ir prr
cannot secure the amount of the abov , f oX j1 . Mother took blm j , A ,. afrnooa i3. T&- ?
mentioned voucher from any oth-r wo. wbn J wnt to xtl Mm a arca' j Ura(,Q , occupied -with ps',
fund whatsoever. This will deprive " be left tht now and wen: orcr to ,y i-ro;r jj v lorlf. mn J IX aad
them of a large amount of money as Brown. , , .jj IL (Vjo- f AHmkU. C. Mr.
the claims presented are greatly in ex- j Are yoa tJirrj your father Ij dead? : Jdphlai Hnry l VrKJ-. Ky . -
cess of the amount appropriated. Jn ' wa asked. . ,,,. eoavesiJ, fe bbalf Qi -
making out the vouchers tha board Trx, I am verry rry. I bt him is , j, rajrragfi.
marked them "Miscellaneous appro- j f-def en and can prov U." - Tn nrartoo adjnd At ocidc
priation. which indicates that thy Ater w qvrzUm on Us part of! vaX $ ocfclc uxjukw mentis U
did not expect to secure tb morrey Smith ax to w tht t kiwyer i j .j. jj, commit!" n ra!tJ fc
from the rorular appropriation raad4 bir th reporter Ifi. s -,-. Th rroJaUoc wMI hv irs
to run -the institution until Jun a When vhl that bl fatbr wa d-nd Jr frr, fT
made by th legislature. In conclcd- n made only ftt remark abw quoted, j osAXar BotJr t Us Carols ad
tag his opinion Mr. Dawes says. , and wnt right on talking. If fe a j liPr j,9 dJj3t toalcst-
tain only to per ditrm and xpes.c .
of members of th board. Uonvy ap- j
propriated for maintenance, repair
building, parciari of csnjxrsctios. ma-
PULLET1N O-
STfje ffiidjita Imlg Xfaglc
Wichita, Pridaj; July 5. 1895
Weather for Wichita today:
Fair; warmer; seataerly winds.
Snn-Rl.. 4:44; sets, 7:35.
Moou-Full.
INDEX OF TODAY'S IMPORTANT NEWS
l'aces.
1. Celebration of Independence Day.
McShea-Wilhite Trial at Hennessey.
Prohibition Convention In Topeka.
Fatal Rioting Occurs in Boston.
2. AHx and Mascot Against Their Records.
Rloomers Win the 1'rixe at Walt ham.
3. Bis Attendance at the Ball Came.
Corbett Ready to Take on Jackson.
Lost Relatives Sought In Oklahoma.
C How Sedgwick County Celebrated.
Wichita Tennis Club Meets Defeat.
John Leech Suicides at Kansas City.
G. Jim and Bob SUe Each Other Up.
Women Who Keep Light Houses.
7. "Old" and "'ew" Woman Discussed.
8. Kodak as a 1-ifc-PrescrTcr.
terlal and machinery, cannot be used
for any other purpose than that for
which it was appropriated, aa'l there
fore cannot be usea for payinf the per
diem and expenses of the mesibers of
the board. The other appropriation
for the reformatory is section 177 of
chapter 1. laws of 1S33, and reads as
follws: "To the board of managers of
the industrial reformatory at Hutchin
son, for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1S95, 5600: for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1S96. 51.S0O; for the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1S97, 51.SO0.
"This last appropriation is the one,
and the only one to which the mem
bers of the board can look for their per
diem and expenses, and as only 5600
was appropriated for the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1S95. that amount is
all that can be paid said members un
der any circumstances."
HE KILLED HIS OWN FATHER.
Fatal Blow OUen Martin .Smith By His
Son John at Leavenworth.
Leavenworth. July .4 Yesterday
morning trouble occurred between Mar
tin Smith and his son, John A. Smith,
aged 21-years that resulted in the
father meeting his death from a blow
delivered by his son. The fatal blow
was dealt In the morning and he died
at 7:50 last night.
From all that can be learned the
Smiths have not been living together In
harmony for some years. The father
and mother quarrelled and the son and
father often engaged In fights.
Yesterday the elder Smith was en
gaged In digging some potatoes, that
his son planted at their home on Ohio
and Nineteenth streets, when the son
came along and wanted him to quit.
They had some words and were about
to fight when the son struck his father
twice with a five pronged potatoe fork,
breaking two of the prongs off and frac
turing his skulL , .
After being hit the father managed to
make his way to Brown's asylum when
it was seen that he was badly hurt and
he was brought down to Dr. Moate's
office. On making an examination, the
doctor found that the brain had bozi
injured ond he gave it as his opinion,
that the wound would prove fatal. He
did what he could for the unfortunate
man and he was taken Foon after to
Brown's asylum to be car"d for.
On account of family troubles Is was
not thought advisable to take him to his
Ciome. His wife Is said to have evinced
little interest In him and the three dau
ghters are the only ones of th family
who did. Smith remained under Mr.
Brown's car until he died last night.
He has lived In Leavenworth many
years and was a stove mounter by
trade. He worked at the Great West
ern stove works for a long tlmtr. but of
late has been In the milk buhrMs in a
jmall way and gardening a little. His
family eon.Msts of a wife, thre daugh
ters, two of them small, and the son
who caused his death.
After word wa3 brought down town
that Young Smith had struck his father
Detectives Sutton and Jon"? went to
the Smith home nnd placd him under
arrest. He did not expect them, and
was given no show to get away.
Yesterday afternoon Mr Phllx
Brown went beforo Justice Johnson nnd
swore out a warrant for Young Smith.
and h was takn from th city to the.
I county jail
ijerore he was remox'ed to
the latter place. h wa taki-n before
! Justice Johnson and placed under VJVi
bond, and nis trial set for nxt Tuesday
After the new of hJs father's death
last night, a Times reporter called nt
the county Jail and found him lockrd
up securely In on of th strong cells
on the top tier. He talked with much
freedom, and when asked for his side
of the trouble, said-
"Mother and father jangled a good
deal, and father abused mother. A few
days ago fathr-r sold a wheHbarrow to
spit mother, and Brown bought it Jut
to spite hr, as she used It around ih
houjy. The truth is, father la lazy and
would not do much."
"Did you have any trouble with your
father?" was asked.
"Yes. we dkl not get along well to
gether, and I have not be-n m-lag at
home kxt-ly. but rented a place rlo to
rrtf..r .arwi mv rtMf - .,. !...
I keeping hou for m. FatlH-r abused I
m Not many months ago I came home j
drunk wb-n he beat me terribly while ;
I could not defend myself. He called a ;
policeman to arr9t m when we wi'nt
idown wwn tOK"thT in my wagon and
I tr'-atfd the noHcman on the road antl
cor hm ru to haa, hm hom&
pvunr-,; bating m oberd m ur "
-,. .- ,v. .,-,.,,- .ir
Fnfhr t rflrtntr mv rutt, r,A
- .. " " -m J -b.WS
T 4kAtlNVl ,.. t.M.1 .'.. -- 1 .
i m. tr-'u,ui stt- ihu uuni r,ius;a, aau
want-d him to stop I cam down
to
s 7iixhr. and told fajm to quit II
got road and naW b had bad Tough
of my interferrJng. -rod bean rolling p
sis lvs to Tight. Mother raid
Don't hav any trouble Sn father j
said. I am going o bamnvr h at
t I
him. and dam nmr fell! HItt, fr
I backed, whan mother ran in btwn
an, and raid. Tn't fight ' I got hold
of the potato fork tnd RtrucV at fcim
once, when be caught ta tAtrx on hi j
"? g??k. JaSn an3 hU hia 0a '
tbHead and laid him oct" !
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time for drtakinx- H m ar"ted I
otc Ir bdax a,n oceomptSa in the-!
taHng of na? borct bat bVcoi 3tf j j
of It ail rlsrtat.
RIOT SPREADS DEATH
EAST E0ST0I THB S0EIB OF DIS
0&DE& AND BLOODSHED.
PARADE BROKEN UP
"LTrrLB BED SCHOOL HOUSE" IS
THBP0I5T0P JLTTAOIl-
STONES AND REVOLVERS USED
JOHN WILLIS, A LABORER, SHOT
AND IKSrAKTLT KILLED.
Head Split Open and Nomi Cat OffTro
ble Hue to DUpUytnc u A. 1. A.
Hevice la a 1'arade.
Boston. July i. The Fourth of July
parade of the patriotic societies of Boa
ton nnd vicinity at Eeast Boston thla
ufterncon ended In a pitched battle be
tween some of the paraders and spec
tators. In which sticks, stone and re
volvers were used with fatal efTect.John
"Willis, a laborer of Eest Boston, one of
the spectators, was shot and instantly
killed. Michael Boyle of Eeast Boston
had his heal split open by a dub and
now lies dying at the city hospital. A
young man named Stewart had his noe
cut off with a sabre In the hands of one
of the paraders, Patrick Kclley sua
tained a severe scalp wound, whether
from a club or a- bullet Ij not known,
and Otilcer A. S. Bates was hit in th
mouth by a brick thrown by ome per
son unknown ami lost several teeth, be
sides suffering from severe laceration
It is claimed that the trouble all re
sulted from the persistence of those who
managed the parade in Introducing a
n feature a Hoot presenting the "Little
Red School House," which from its as
sociation as the emblem of the Ameri
can Protective association, has become
obnoxious to many persons, especially
those who do not sympathize with the
A. P. A. movement The Fourth of July
committee refused to permit -his fea
ture to appear In the parade i .d thco
desiring to prevent It, tried to have an
order passed by tho board of alder
men, but fulled.
TROUBLE WAS EXPECTED.
So great was the interest excited bjr
this controversy and the expressed dt
termination of the paraders to dlapkiy
the school hou, that fully 20,000 visit
ors gathered at East Boston. The po
lice otllclah?. In anticipation of any hos
tile demonstration, had a force of 350
men in addition to the Eaat Boston,
force on duty, but they marched ut the
head of the procession.
At several points the feeling of the
crowd was given vent In hlste at tho
1,600 paraders and the school hounc,
but further demonstration was not
made until the rear of tho parade had
reached Putnam' atreet, when th
crowd tried to overturn the last car
riage. "Word wns acnt to the front for
police assistance and a, pquad oC
twenty otilcers was fenC back. A.
sklrmmlsh followed betwoen the crowd
.and otilcers, nnd Michael Doyle re
ceived a fractured skull. A man namt
Stewart, of Brooks Btreet, had hi
nose cut off by a sabre In the hand of
Albert E. Andrews, of Everett, prlvu-t
in the Itosbury hore guards.
REVOLVERS ARE USED.
"When the parade broke up and tho
who hud participated were proceed
ing companies to the ferry, a group of
between sixty and seventy was ur
rounded on Boarder street by a. crowd,
who commenced hooting and throwing
Htones. A dozen revolvers were drawn
and In response to the fusilade of
stones, eight or nine shots were flrctl.
The tiring of the revolvers brought a:
large 1-ody of police to the spot And
the mob was iioNn dUpemd. As th
Fcene was clearer, the officers found
John "Willis dead in the street with a.
bullet hole In th right !d and Pat
rick A. Kelly lylngborIou!dy wounded
about the head. It wan learned later
that several othjr pcronn had twen,
ellghtly Injured, all of whom wen?
taken away by their friend.
The police arrested Harold Brown
and John Ross as the people who did
the ehootlng. It Is claimed by nix wit
nesses that Brown did tho ihootlnjc
which killed "Willis and woundwi
Kelly. Ross i eaJI to have injured
several othra who were taken away
by their friends. Willi, the murderwi
man. was a laborer by occupation, and
leaves a widow and nix. children. Thcro
is dey filing ovr the affair through
out tho city tonlgnL
rouitTii or jui.v accident.
One at Ktlilwatrr'a CIUxn ta Isrrr of
Lotlag III. Life
Stillwater. O. T July 4. FpIaL
A horrible accident occurred in our city,
yesterday evening. by which Hccry
Kl!r will probably loe hi llfr. Out
citizen wer making an effort to cl
brate the Fourth in a manner tefiitfnir
the occasion, and give all an opportun
ity to enjoy thmelven.
Mr. Keller bng rady to do hia part,
bunted up an old sxrn that had bt
"ri LT ?" 'Ll
fJSL .TiJCE?
ut own f it not being
occasion.
conjiid?rrd
Fafe had bon cat away and thro-wrr
ad. But b4ng venturciom. he con
ctodd to run tb rUk and fire It tff
times t any rlik. Vrvm all acoovntA
h" 5mti to bav? bn Ioadtose It and
trad placed th char In Us proper
plac and wi In tn act of drawing thtr
ram rod from the arun. who It ircot ott
fmm pn? unkixr n can-?, blowlac til
right arm to p-c, and nhot tb rod
into hL5 brert. penrtrsiicj? hia rtffbt
Juryr. &ad -tcarmg a grat fcoJ In frl
abdomen. lie raa carried bora and
!Dr. W,n Piatt and lirphy ifcmraon
d. Tby amputate hit arm at tb
holdr. and drd his woanda, but
t nay that he can set recover. Jlovrcvcr.
Hi" 7-l".
Mr Xriitr i one if oldest and sx:
f"80 raKKra t uwri.
rOI'M-IAT ARC I .if flKMfO..
Kenutekj Jiit- CraTMtimi All K4y im
! KiUa&
Lmrfirrtn Ky.. JaJy . To PorrsMtt
jte eoavention mt her-today. Aitr
i lmr.rry organization asd a?-
imr.rry
Cfcrrtland. O, July - Tsht C3!T?i&&
City Fonc compaoy fca caascd
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