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Ill '. 'V t Ik 10 CENTS. A WEEK. NI&TTION. TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL So ' ' 1 .3, 1894. TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. 1 t?'- i i 7 A' 7 1 . 1 i ft A TALE OF HORROR Told By Teachers and Employes at the Reform School. Boys Beaten and Maltreated by Supt. Hitchcock. CASES AKE CITED. Boys Lashed With Eawhides on the Naked Skin. Others Are Starved and Confined in Dungeons. Hitchcock Described as Brutal and Ignorant. ' There is more trouble at the Reform school, and trouble of a serious nature at that. If half the present charges are true the superintendent of that institu tion is a brutal man indeed, and has no business in the position which he occu pies. About 4 o'clock yesterday E. W. Jus tice, a teacher at the institution, came to the state house, saying that he could en dure the situation at the Reform school no longer. Three weeks ago E. W. Justice , ten dered his resignation, refusing longer to serve under Hitchcock. The state board of charities requested him to stay until the conduct of that institution might be investigated. Since then Justice says Hitchcock has made his life miserable. Yesterday the superintendent issued an 1 order summarily removing Justice, and appointed the shoemaker, whose name is Clark, in his place. Justice came at once to the city and called upon Governor Lewelling, Attorney General Little and other state officers. He made charges of a very serious nature against Superin tendent Hitchcock, which the board of charities will be asked to consider. Hoys Lashed on Their Rare ISsckif. About four weeks ago, it is charged, Hitchcock heard a little disturbance in the bath room, where four boys ranging from ten to lifteen years of age were bathing. He pounced down on the boys and wjih a raw hide whipped them un mercifully ou thir bare bodies. Justice, who was just outside the room, had heard no disturbance. Large welts were raised on the backs of the boys by the chastise ment. A short time afterwards another boy under Justice waa whipped in the same manner. Another instance of extreme cruelty is that charged in the case of Ym. Moon ey. The boy was working in the sewer on Friday, several weeks ago. Friday afternoon Mooney went into the tunnel and hid in the hope of escape. He stayed there Friday night and all day Saturday and was discovered and cap tured Saturday evening by Ed. Post, one of the teachers. He took Mooney to a room and was about to give him some food, as the boy had eaten nothing pince Friday noon. Hitchcock appeared on the scene about this time and said angrily "not a bite of food shall he have," and ordered him locked in the dungeon, a close, miserable room about 6x12 feet. Next morning ho was given food, but nothing more until Sunday evening. He was kept in the dungeon about a week before he was considered sufficiently punished for his infraction. Decibel ngr the Board. David Den if. an is another boy who was sent to the dungeon after being whipped by the superintendent. When the board of charities visited the institution, one of the teachers said, "Hitchcock had Den man taken from the dungeon, dressed and put among the boys in his. class. After they were gone he was returned to the place of confinement and kept there for several days." A short time ago the superintendent went to Cherokee county on a few days visit, and while he was absent Mrs. Hitchcock was in charge. She summoned the women of the institution and gave them some orders. Mrs. W. "VV. Wiley, the wife of one of the teachers, took ex ceptions to Mrs. Hitchcock's manner and resigned her position of housekeeper in one of the cottages. When the superin tendent returned he gave Mrs. Wiley a better petition. The men who are press ing the charges say that this was done to court Wiley's favor, in view of the pend ing investigation. Depends Wholly on Force. A teacher in the institution Raid? "Hitchcock doesn't use anything but force and ne is urnorant and inhuman. Ha never attempts to develop the better na ture of the boys. He interferes with the teachers, aud will countermand orders they make the day after they are made." If the state board of charities refuses to remove Hitchcock an investigation will be demanded of the governor at once. The charges have been formulated, and Noah;" Allen will appear before the board of " charities today or tomorrow and demand the removal of Superinten dent E. C. Hitchcock. D. T. Jones, an officer on the Topeka police force, Was discharged by Hitch cock some time ago. Jones was the en gineer and his wife the laundress. Jones said Hitchcock was ignorant and cruel, and he will be a party to the charges presented. Wt Cialveston Harbor Poshed. Demvkr, April 13. The chamber of commerce has adopted resolutions urging Colorado's representatives in congress to use their influence to have the work in Galveston harbor pushed to completion, "so that the products of the 6tates west of the Mississippi river may be shipped to the markets of the world." Lon" Wiggin and Hattie Wigein, his wife, charged with burglarizing a house east of town and carrying awav house hold articles valued at $ 08, were bound over by Justice Furry today in the sum f 45500 each, which they furnished. JIISS POLLAl.. DAY. Attorney Wilson Asked to "Plead for the Dear Younc Girls." Washington, April 13 Judge Jere M. Wilson was complimented today by the presence of a large audience of his cul leages and of members of congress to hear his reply to the attacks of CoL Phil Thompson upon his client and the elo quent appeals of Major Ben Butter worth. A startling thing had been urged on the defendant's behalf, he said, viz: That this case in all its revelations should not have been brought. "Mr. Butterworth ha3 said that we are to blame for spreading pollution through this country. If what this defendant has confessed on the stand be true, it is pos sible that such things are to be redress ed. Is it possible that in the sunlight of bur civilization there is no redress? You can not tie a mill-stone around his neck and sink him in the sea for the fishes to feed upon; you can not shut him in a cage and double lock it to keep him from poilutiug the women of the country; you can not do that, but you can secure the redress that the laws of the laud have provided. "I suppose my friend Butterworth would say that if the third count in this indictment be true, he would banish the woman and send the man to congress. I stand here for higher womanhood. I stand here to demand the same standard from woman and man. I stand against such sentiments as this defendant has uttered, that such baseuess injures the man, but destroys the woman. Would the jury say that this defendant was to be admittedto their parlors and the outer gates locked and barred against the womanT" Here Mr. Wilson produced a sheet of letter paper and said that he could im agine the mothers of the land sitting up writing such letters as the imaginary one he would read. Of course it was sim ply imaginary, he said, but every one could see the feminine hand-writing as the judge held it up, and everyone knew that it . was one letter from the corres pondence he has received during the triaL It was in part as follows: 'Plead for the dear young girls. I cannot but feel how urgent it is for every one to watch and pray for them constantly. I was left in the w-orld young to care for myself and 1 can re member how men have tried to rob me of all that was worth living for. I have lived a pure life, because I early took the Lord for my guide, and if I had not come close to Him the way would have been very hard." WHERE THE LAW IS "WEAK it Doesn't Seem to Protect People on Soldiers Home Grounds. Judge J. A. Riner, in the federal court today, made an important ruling. It was in the case of John Bozcniau and Henry Harkins, from the National Soldiers' home at Leavenworth,-who are charged respectively with assault with intent to kill", and assault and battery. They were indicted by the grand jury in their first return made to the court, and they en gaged J. J. Hitt to defend them. Mr. Hitt took a demurrer to the indictment on the ground that there is no law cov ering assaults on government grounds where the state has ceded jurisdiction, as is the case at the Leavenworth home. Judge Riner sustained the demurrer and quashed the indictment, holding that there was no provision in the feder al court for cases of assault, the law pro viding that in such cases the laws of the state shall be operative. The judge held that the ceding of jurisdiction, as was the case at the soldiers' home, left a very de fective law, as the result of which an as sault on the grounds of the soldiers' home or similar places can not be punished in either the state or federal courts. aEM0CRATI0EDIT0RS. Annual Convention of Kansas Democrat Editors in Session at Flttsburs. Pittsburg, Kanv; April 13. The an nual convention of the Kansas Demo cratic editorial association is in session here to-day at the Stillwater hotel parlors- All of the congressional districts are represented except the sixth. Officers for the ensuing year were chosen as follows: President, B. J. Sheridan of the Paola Spirit; vice presi dent, Mrs. Frank Lynch of the Leaven worth Standard; secretary, T. P. Fulon of the Pittsburg Messenger; treasurer, John E. Watrous of the Burlington In dependent. Leavenworth was chosen as the place for holding the convention next year on April 13. The editors are being royally enter tained by the citizens. They will be given a carriage ride this afternoon and a grand banquet at the hotel this after noon. DEMOCRATS JEERED. Republicans Hoot Them for Sot lifting Abls to Get a Quorum. Washington, April 13. The struggle over the adoption of the new rule to se cure a voting quorum was resumed when the house met today. The Repub licans made a preliminary stand against the approval of the journal. As soon as it had been read Mr. Boutelle jumped to his feet and objected and when Mr. Dockery moved its approval, the Repub licans sat silent in their seats. The prospec. of a quorum today was hopeless, and as it had been agreed to call a Democratic caucus to consider the rules, Mr. Dockery moved an adjourn ment and at 1 o'clock the house adjourn ed. The announcement of the caucus read from the clerk's desk was greeted with loud Republican cheers and jeers. ' 0 Emperor William in Vienna. Vienna, April 13. Emperor William arrived here today and was welcomed at the southern railroad station by Emperor Francis Joseph, ten arch dukes, the heads of the civil and military depart ments, the municipal authorities and by the German embassy and its staff. F. J. Rieger, a young German living near Tecumseh, has left suddenly for parts urnown to avoid being lynched by his neighbors. Rieger is charged by a little girl eight years old with an at tempted criminal assault that was only partially successful. COXEYJSJSQNL Leaves His Army in Mountains Today. He the It is Said That He Has Gone Ahead To Arrange For Provisions for His Followers. GO THROUGH KANSAS. Kelly'sCommonweal to Stop One Day in Denver, Then to Come East Over Union Pacific the TOPEKA TO SEE THEM. Will Go Through This City Monday or Tuesday. Addison, Pa., April. 13. The men in the army of the commonweal were early astir and joyously basked in the sun that for the second time in a week' arose clear and warm. The members of the army had a cozy nook in which to sleep, being Augustine's commodious barn. While a number dropped to sleep on the lirst floor the majority preferred the upper berth in the hay mow and enjoyed a comfortable sleep. Breakfast waa served at 7:30 o'cloctc, an hour earlier than has been the custom, by reason of a proposed earlier start of the caravan. The tramp today was through the high est portion of the Allegheny. This is the point where snow falls in July. While Gen. Coxey has very suddenly and quietly disappeared, it is not thought he has abandoned his cause. It is an nounced that his leaving was for the pur pose of looking after supplies, although Marshal Browne, in a general order, an nounces that they are already sufficient to feed the men to the Potomac. It is no secret that there has been a decided clash of authority .between Coxey, Browne and Smith, who is termed the "Un known." The latter thoroughly detest each other and it is not infrequent that they have a wordy passage at arms along the line of march. Browne's Daily Address. Lieutenant Browne today issued the following "general order." "Comrades: You have not only won the respect of every admirer of the heroic' but you have demonstrated in still more forcible manner the fact that you are not the lazy and vicious class that some of the newspapers brand you. On the con trary, you have proved pourself worthy of the proudest name on the roll of nations. "When I asked you if you if you felt like going out in the blinding snowstorm up the steep slope of the mountains, not knowing where you were to camp any more than myself, I confess I expected to see you falter. But every one of you responded except poor Frank Miller, commune C, group 16, a Pittsburg mill hand. He was too sick to go through, and was taken to a hospital. That the wind is sometimes tempered to the shorn lamb is exemplified in our unfortunate camp. "You need fear nothing more severe than you have experienced, on the rest of the journey, and when you reach the other side of the mountains your names will be emblazoned on the scroll of fame, As Henry V said to his men after the battle of Agincourt, you names will be as familiar as household words." Mary landers Oreatly Alarmed. Baltimore, April 13. A special to the Sun from Frederick, Md, says: The people of Frederick are becoming very much exercised over the statement made by lion. Jere Jackson of Chicago, who passed through Frederick for Washing ton a day or two ago. Jackson said the Coxey army of which he claimed to be the advance guard, would pass through Frederick the 22nd or 23 of this month. Many persons speaking upon the sub ject say the governor of Maryland ought to prevent this influx of undesirable men to the state. If the Coxeyites ever reach Washington, Maryland will not only suffer by the passage through of it of the army, but will be the disbanding place of men from all sections of the country. The probability of the army invading Maryland is made more certain by the non-action of the governors of other states, who seem to act wisely in not only speeding the army through their states, but in giving them all the recruits possible. , ROYAL WELCOME AT CHEYEXSE. Bakers Work All Night Baking: Bread for Gen. Kelly's Army. Cheyenne, Wyo., April 13. The In dustrial army under Gen. Kelly break fasted to-day at Red Buttes, the first sta tion east of Laramie. Cheyenne will supply the next meal. All the bakers in town have been working all night bak ing bread and 1,500 loaves and three beeves will be given the army when it reaches here. The general desire of the army is to be taken to Denver, and ' while the route after leaving here has not been definite ly decided upon, it is probable that Den ver will be the objective point. Dispatches from Union Pacific officers who are on the industrial special train state that the men are orderly. The army will reach here at 3 o'clock today. COMING THROUGH KANSAS. Kelly's Army Determines to Come Through this State Going: East. Laramie, Wyo., April 13. Kelly'a army has decided to go to Denver, stop one day and then go to Kansas City, where they expect help from the Popu lists. They will reach Denver oa Saturday morning-. A CALL FOR TROOPS. They Are Wanted at Dunbar, Fa., to Corn the Coke Strikers. IIa:r:ri8:btjh.g, Pa., April 13. A call has been received at the executive depart ment from Dunbar, in the Coke regions, for troops. The situation in the southern end of the region is said to be -critical, while in the southern district the works are grad ually in operation. A dispatch from Pittsburg says that Chairman Frick and Secretary Lovejoy, of the Frick coke company, have re ceived no information that would indi cate the necessity for calling on the troops. .The Pittsburg dispatch says: A message received at the executive department late last night from L. & W. R. Wister ifc Co., of Dunbar owners of the Dunbar furnace, stating that the situation justi fies the governor in calling out the troops. The firm complains that their men are willing to work, but that they are intimi dated and obstructed by the strikers. Governor Pattlson is in Pittsburg to day. -There is nothing at the adjutant general's office to indicate that the troops will be called out. Private Secretary Tate intimates that the executive will not call out the state guard unless the sheriff of Fayette county notified him that he has exhausted his' power to pre serve peace, and asks the assistance of the military. ALL EXCITEMENT. Steeples and Towers Black With People ; Armed With Spy Glasses. Usiontown, Pa., April 1& The south ern section of the coke fields has been the headquarters of the strikers today, and between 400 and 500 armed men have been marching through the regions sur rounding the towns since daylight. The excitement has been at hijhwater mark and the towers and steeples have been black with people who. with glasses are watching the actions of the mob. ERIE'S AiiMY. It Arrives at Vandalia Where the City Supplies It. Vandalia, Ills., April 13. The first California regiment of the United States industrial army, numbering about 400 men, under the command of Gen. Frye, arrived in Vandalia this afternoon. The army presents a desti tute appearance. By an act of the city council, provis ions sufficient for the meals will be pro vided for them. UKY MAY SLIP THROUGH Although He Seem Eqally Guilty With the Other Men. .The three men who are charged with burglarizing a Rock Island freight car last Friday night and stealing twenty dozen overalls, were given their preliminary hearing before Justice Chesney this morning, and they were bound over to the district court in the sum of $500 each. The men who are bound over are Charles Anderson, Sam Levy and James Herrington. The evidence against the accused men was complete,. Officers Owen, Blumenstock, Capron Arterbridge and Hicks told of the arrest of the men and the discovery of the gbeda The foreman of the Rock Island freight depot at Kansas City, was on hand with papers to show that the consignment in question was sent by freight to Schilling Bros', at Herington, last Friday afternoon; and the freight agentat Herington said that when an inventory of the car was made it was short one case of dry goods. After consultation with their attorneys, Joe Ensminger and W. E. Dom, the men decided that anything they might say would be of no avail, so they waived the testimony for the de fense. J. C. Ury of Topeka, who is the fourth man involved in the robbery, is being examined this afternoon. The original charge against him, that of larceny, was withdrawn and another complaint which charges him with receiving stolen good3, has been filed in its place. A STRIKE ORDERED On the Great Northern Koad by the American Hallway Union. Minneapolis, Minn., April 13. A spe cial to the Journal from Spokane Falls, Wash., says: A general order has been received here to all members of the American Railway union employed on the Great Northern to stop work today at noon. The order says: "Do not go to work until the restoration "of wages paid in August, 1893," and is signed by J. Hogaa and Roy Goodwin, committee. Aoout 150- men are affected here. It is be lieved they will obey and trouble is anti cipated. Both employes and officials of the road In the Twin City deny that any strike has been ordered, or that there will be one. They know of no order to strike, nor of any disagreement between the company and its employes. Ordered West or Minola.N. D. St. Paul, April 13. One of the local officers of the American railway men's union says that a strike has been ordered on the present Great Northern railway west of Minola, N. D., unless the com pany agreed to the men's terms by 1 o'clock to-day. The eastern division is not yet organized for a strike. He be lieves the company will temporize and thereby prevent an immediate strike. HOT AGAINST HILL. Democratic National Committeemen Do Not Lilte His speech. Washington, April 13. The Examiner has sent telegraphic requests to the chairman of the Democratic national committee of the various representative states requesting expressions of opinion on the attitude of Senator Hill, of New York, toward the Democratic party. The representatives show an almost unanimous sentiment in opposition to Senator Hill's course. Some of them as Bert that he is no longer a Democrat, and advise him to join the Republican party, whose policy of protection he so unad visedly upholds. A minority of the answers attempt to laud or excuse Sena tor Hill, while a few decline to express an opinion. Uen. Sloeum Minkins Fast. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 13. Gen. H. W. Slocum is weaker today. He had a sinking spell last night. AHOTHERJICTOBY. Judge Dundy Orders Former Wagres Restored To Union Pacific Employes at All Points. SOME SHARP WORDS. Says Judge Caldwell Misstated the Facts, And Took Malicious Pleasure in Restricting Him. Omaha, Neb., April IS. Judge Dundy has ordered the wages of the Union Pa cific employes restored to the old rate. This applies to all the employes of the Union Pacific, whose salaries were cut last September. The order directs the receivers to restore the old wage sche dule, "so far as it relates to the men rep resented by the petitioners and others similarly situated; and in cases where the men receive less than $60 per month the increased pay shall commence on the first day of March last and in all cases where the men receive $60 per month or over the increased pay shall commence on the first of the present month." The opinion rendered in connection with the order is a very extensive one, covering the entire history of the wage troubles on the Union Pacific road and the hearing before Judge CaldwelL Judge Dundy declares that Judge Cald well in his famous order misstated facts and took' malicious pleasure in passing strictures on him. Affects 6,000 Men. The decision affects nearly 6,000 men in the employ of the company. During the course of his opinion, J udge Dundy said: "A week or so ago, the trainmen in the employ of the Union Pacific had a hearing before Judge Caldwell where the wage question was under considera tion. That case in all essentials particu lars was the same as this one. A written opinion was filed in the case. "Some facts are stated in the opinion one or two important facts are omitted entirely. I propose to give a history of the case and the reasons that lead to, making of the order that has been so ex tensively criticised and denouueed. This I do here and now because it is the only opportunity I have had for stating the reasons on which action was based. Much of the opinion has been devoted to the occupation and business qualifi-, cations of the receivers who happened to be appointed ; without consulta tion with the senior circuit judge "Much of it is devoted to the alleged' character of the injunction allowed, and which was under consideration by the court and much of it is devoted to that part of the order which authorized the receivers to put the wage schedule in force on the first day of March 1894. The author of that opinion seems to have ta ken great if not malicious pleasure in passing his strictures on what had been done in connection with the matter then under consideration No One Questions the Right. "No one probably questions the right to do so, but many, very many, have questioned the good taste and decency of the manner in which the hearing was had and the opinion prepared. "The reasons for revoking my order are not made to us. It cannot be con tended that- the portion of the order in question was contrary to law or justice or reason, and that it was revoked for such reasons. The only reason thought to exist for its revocation is that source from which it emanated. Hereafter if any of these poor men have a grievance they want heard in court, it may be some what expensive for them to travel eight or ten hundred miles fprn here to hunt up the Source of power' the 'fountain head of justice,' before whom an appli cation might be made for leave to file a petition asking to have the wrong re dressed, which right was fully accorded to all such by order in question, until it was revoked." ' - TO FOLLOW IT UP. State House Official Well Pleased With Their "Republican Scandal Unearthed." In regard to the irregularities of the last Republican administration of the state school fund commission, which is printed on another page. State Superin tendent Gaines said this afternoon: "This affair will not be allowed to go unnoticed although Coun ty Attorney Safford refuses to prosecute. Governor Lewelling will au thorize the attorney general to prosecute and all the interested parties will be ar rested and if they get out of the scrape by pleading statute of limitations all right. We don't know whether the lim itation act applies or noC Ex-Attorney General John N. Ives, who was a member of the state school fund commissioners for two years " just prior to the present administration, and who is familiar with the transactions, said: "Mr. McGinley obtained those warrants in a regular way as he was the authorized agent through whom the school "fund commission pur chased bonds from the various Counties and school districts. , In several instances I do not know whether those cited today are the ones I knew about or not, but on several occasions Mr. McGinley made use of the funds entrusted to hia care, but he made everything good when it was demanded. While his transactions were irregular, I do not think a criminal charge against him would hold. "Wr. Winans was very much worked about the affair and he did hia utmost to straighten affairs out as soon as it was discovered." carriage licenses have been issued by the probate court to William M. Miller and Mary A. Seybold of Richland and to Fritz Higart and Hattie Zeiger of St. Marys. Shirts mended by the Pesrlesa. DAVID FIELD DEAD. The Distinguished Jurist Passed Away at New Vorlt Today. New York, April 13. David Dudley Field, the distinguished jurist and writer on law reform, died today at No. 22 Grammercy Place. Mr. Field arrived from Italy only last Wednesday on the Columbia. He had gone abroad to take Christmas dinner with his only child, Lady Musgrave, and to attend the 21st - birthday celebration of his eldest son, Dudley Field Musgrave. His daughter is the "widow of Sir An thony Musgrave, who was governor of Queensland, Australia, when he died. She is living at East Grinsead in Sussex, about twenty miles from London. Hu then traveled about on the continent and took the steamer from Genoa for home. He has been at his home at 22 Gram mercy Park since his return and waa thought to be in good health for a man of his age 80 years. He was taken with pneumonia Wednes day night. He had expected to spend the summer among the Berkshire hill.-, where he was born. He was engaged in writing his autobiography. Only la.-t Wednesday he remarked: "My one great ambition is to have my codes adopted all over the world. They are written and published. It is only a question of time when they will be accepted." David Dudley Field was born in Had dam, Connecticut, in 1805, and was edu cated at Williams college. He was ad mitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced the practice of law in New York City. He gained destinction by his writing on law reform aud was appointed in 1807 president of a commission to digest a political code, a penal and a civil code. He was a brother of Cyrus W. Field and Stephen J. Field, justice of the United States supreme court, and was the oldest graduate of Williams college, Laving been graduated in 1825. WHAT ARE KANSAS HOOKS i Miss Carrie Walson starts an Interact ing UlacuMioa. At the session of the Kansas Academy of Language and Literature this morning Miss Carrie M. Watson of Lawrence, read a paper on "Bibliography of Kan sas," in which she reviewed the varioiu works of Kansas authors. She read several short poems. A gen eral discussion was had alter this paper. It was proposed that a list of all Kansas books be made. Prof. Whilteni:n wanted to know what "Kansas book.-'' should include; whether i-y Kansans, or books about Kau nas. Dr. Peter McVicar said: "Ic is said that people in registering at tho hotels in the east would sign themselves, formerly from Kansas.' .Now they si in themselves 'never in Kansas. " lit moved that the academy make a lit-! ul' all books written by Kansans, all written by people who were formerly Kausan.-, aud all books relating to Kansas. Tiie motion carried. Miss Wafsou will 'have charge. Prof." A. G. Cantield gave a short tallc on "Kansas Literary clubs." The Kansas Academy of Language and Literature met in its second session this morning at the Washburn college chapel. Miss Adelaide Stich played a pleasing piano solo, after which Miss Viola V. Price read an interesting paper on "The Growth of the Arthurian-Legend." Miss Price is a teacher in the Southwestern University at Winfield. Her paper waa full of new ideas. "The Faust Legend," by Prof. Robert Hay, was an interesting paper. Prof, Hay i3 a geologist of wide renown. Mrs. II. G. ioler of North Topeka, read a paper of interest, entitled: "Key notes Major and Minor." One of the finest papers of the mornin g was read by Miss Florence Reasoner of Leavenworth. It was entitled: "A Study of Matthew Arnold." Miss Reasoner i not only a very attractive young lady, but is an excellent writer, and her paper was much enjoyed. She told cf tlm works of Matthew Arnold and of hi3 dis position and temperament. This was followed by a vocal solo by Miss Edna Pierce. It was the "La Mia Picerella," by Gomez, and she rendered it in an excellent way. In the programme this afternoon aro Dialect Notes, W. H. Carruth. Ph. I)., Lawrence; a dialect sketch Formerly of Kansas, William C. Campbell, Topeka; a dialect poem United States English, Joseph G. Waters, Topeka. The Use of Psychology in Self-development, F. S. Blayney, Ph. D. Abilene; College Reading, the Rev. W. A. tuayle, Baldwin; University Extension, F. W. Blackm'ar, Ph. D. Lawrence. A supper will be served to the mem bers of the academy at 6 p. m. today ia the Washburn Library building. This evening Bishop J. H. Vincent will deliver an address on "Out-of-School Culture." WOMEN ADMITTED, lloston's Kxclusive University Club Opens Apartments to Women. Boston, April 13. The exclusive Uni versity club will open apartments for women in its elaborate club house on Beacon Hill. The new suite will consist of a parlor and dining room in the present structure and a room about thirty-rive feet square will be constructed on the water feiJe, commanding a fine view of the river Charles. The changes, it is thought, will be completed in about two months. JENKINS DECISION. It Will Ite Iltnd.il Io wn in Relation to Bondholders Tomorrow. Milwaukke, April 13.' At 2 o'clock" tomorrow afternoon Judge Jenkins will hand down his decision on the applic a tion of certain stockholders of the North ern Pacific railroad for the removal of the receivers Richest Man in Missouri lnd. St. Louis, April 13. John T. I)avM rated the richest man in Missouri die ! at his home here to-day of kidney dis ease He was 52 years of age and was the son of Samuel C. Davis who coming here from Boston, Mass., was the pioneer wholesale dry goods dealer of this city. John T. Davis' wealth has been esti mated at $25,000,000. He leaves a widow aud three children, two of them grown soasV