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WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 23, 1S9G.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
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S!(IESSERENE.
ISo Further Had Results A n
Anticipated
From tlie Chicago and St. Ran
Hank Failures.
"WARRANTS A HE OUT
For the Arrest of Some of tl.
Officials
Cf tlie Failed National Rank o."
lliiliois.
A Bank at West Superior, Wis.,
IJreaks.
West Superior. Wis., Pec. 2.1. Th
3 sank of West Superior, capital $50.00
and $50,000 surplus, suspended opera
tioris this morning- as a direct result of
the failures of the bank:? of MinnesC't
and Illinois. The notice of suspe-nsio.
stated that the cause was the Bank o
Minnesota, but the Bank of Illinois
"weakened it considerably. At the No
vember statement the bank had de
posits of $7S.f47 and rediscounts of $1,
5"5. The ; .;.s and discounts were
$K5.971 : r, al estate assets.? 13. 119: bond.
and securities, $5, ."Id. and cash on hand.
J.-"2.25n.r,o. Of xhin cash on hand $20,000
was in the outside failures, which com
jielied the institution to close. The of
ficials suy they expect to resume and
pay depositors in full.
THE liA.VK OF MINNESOTA.
St. Paul. Ih-c. 23. State Bank Exam
iter Kenyon was still in charge of the
Hank of Minnesota at noon today, re
i ei s not havii ;.: been appointed. Mr.
Jven'on said he would not prep?are a
statement if a receiver was soon
ram.-d. as he believed would be done,
leaving that work to the receivers.
Frank Seymour hits been decided or,
for one receiver, but the second is yet
to bo selected. There is no excitement
today hi business circles, the assurance
that depositors in the bank would be
paid in full being suilioient to allay
ad fears, as it was made by different
foooiiholders of the bank, who individ
urtl'y I'.ejid more than pay the deposit
cos. Ail banks were transacting busi
ness as usual with no signs of trouble
anywhere.
CHICAGO FLURRY OVER.
Washiiieton. Dec. 2:1. Comptroller
TVkois today rec-ived a telegram froni
M r. MeKean, the temporary receiver
of the Bank of Illinois, saying- that the
tiurry occasioned by the failure had
subsided ecu that no further troubb
was anticipated.
HEAVY 1 ii Y GOODS FAILURE.
Sioux City. la., Dec. 23. The Par-For.s-F-elletier
Dry Goods company, one
of the largest houses of the kind in
Sioux City, did not open for business
today. The stock is in the hands of
tnortiragees. who hold claims against
the lirm for J!.1.K!3. J. V. Farwoll &
Co. of Chicago, for $34,424: Marshall
Field & Co. of Chicago, for $30,5t and
the Farmers' Loan & Trust company of
Sioux City. S2.0OH. are holders of first
mortgage, and H. II. Clartin & Co. of
New York hold a second rnortgrasw of
$17,172. No flsrure as to assets are
given. The failure is due to insuffi
cient capital and the sreneral strin-g-moy
of the times. No local lirms are
affected bv the failure.
SMALL BALANCE IN NEW YORK.
New- York. Dec. 2:?. Officers of the
National Bank of the Republic, the
New York correspondent of the Rank
of West Superior. Wis., say that th
latter institution had only a very small
balance here.
THE MINNESOTA BANK
Was in no Way Connected With the
Chicago Bank.
St. Paid. Minn.. Dec. 23. Judge Otis,
rf the Ramsey county district court,
has agreed to appoint Frank Seymour
cashier of the Merchants' Notional
bank, and an attorney, not yet decided
cm for receivers of the Rank of Minne
sota, which closed yesterday. The state
bank examiner is in charge of the bank
pending such appointment, and after
making an examination of affairs he
Fail he did not consider the failure a
bail one but expected that the bank
would resume business before long".
The oflWrs of the bank say they
have been hoping to carry the institu
tion through the hard pressure of the
-winter, but had found it too great a
task and concluded to call in the state
lank examiner and have him take
charge.
Their action may have been influen
ced lev the dealing house, which sent
word for them not to "clear." for the
hank closed soon after receiving tile
notice. The Rank of Minnesota was
the oldest in the eity and one of the
lo st known through out the west. It
had many eoresoondents. among them
lieins til" National Rank of Illinois, but
it was stated the failure of the big
Chicago bank had nothing to do with
1 hp ct--sing of this o tK-ern. The small
bank at the stock yards closed as a re
sult of the other failure was a branch
cf the Bank of -Minnesota.
The Rank of Minnesota has been
known as such since 1nn2. but prior to
toat date, from ls5ft. it was well known
as William Rawsoh & Co. The stock
holders of the bank include mane of
the leading capitalists of the cite and
state, and it is stated they will advance
money to put the bank on its feet again
very soon. At any rate, there is no
question that every dollar due deposi
tors and others will be paid in foil.
Tnej-e are numerous rumors ailoat in
r sard to other 'Parks in the eitv. but
f-.Il such rumors that could be found to
tive a name Wore run down and found
to be without foundation in fact.
ECHOES OF THE SSIASK.
Chicago Breaks Bus to the National
Bank of Illinois.
Chicago. Dec. 23. The failure of An
gus and Giidele. general contractor
the Ameriean Brewing. Malting and
Kievater companv ; the Ge,. .. vv -.'jse
Malting- and Klevator com; anv "and
Geor.ee A. Weisse. indi viduaiit v. " all of
theses iMSlnsr due to t he coiiapse of the
National Hank of Illinois and sma'd
runs on throe hanks are the echoes "of
the hank failures of yesteiday. Runs
"Were made on the Garden Citv Ranking
and Trust company. the Kiberr.ian sa'v
insrs bank and the Illinois Trust and
Savinj-s bank, but none of the runs
V re of much importance.
it officers of the Garden City Bank-
insar and Trust company had expected
-hat a run would be made upon their
institution and were ready to meet it.
They threw open the doors of the bank
an hour earlier than usual, as they said
they warned to t;et the run out of the
way. so they could transact their usual
ousimss without being- disturbed. Quite
i crowd of depositors had gathered at
the doors before they were opened, and
os soon as the bank was ready for bus
iness the depositors save the paving
p-U-s ail they cared to do. The run
.o,-pt up with energy for over an hour
ind then died away. At the close of
business hours the officers announced
hat the amount taken in was treble
liit paid out and the bank was de
clared in better shape that at the open
it g- in the mornins".
The ran on the Hibernian Savings
unk was of short duration as the offi-
-rs declined to make any payment on
ime deposits unless given 60 days no
tice. They said this was not because
oney were not prepared to pay all de
posits in full, but because they wished
i o avoid embarrassment to smaller
bankers who might not be prepared to
oay all their deposits at once and who
mifi-ht be place,! in an embarrassing: po
sition. The stronger banks were pav
ia.tr al! demands f..r time deoosits.
There was a slight run on the Illinois
Trust and Savings bank yesterda v.the
similarity of its name and that of the
National Rank of Illinois having- led
-onte depositors to believe that the
former was embarrassed. During- the
run in 1,-3:1, President John J. Mitchell
f the Illinois Trust gave orders to pav
all depositors who called for their mon--'-
This time, as soon as it became ev
ident that there was likely to be a
crowd in the bank, instructions were
given the tellers to serve the customary
60 day notice, but to pay all depositor's
who could show that they wanted $100
o men- money tor a legitimate pmrpose
The result was that the score or more
of people who had lined up at the pav
ins' teller's windows soon dispersed. Re -fore
the close of banking hours the ex
citement had completely died out. The
giving of the notice was sanctioned by
the clearing house committee and the
object was to give the smaller ones the
opportunity to point to its action as an
excuse for giving the notice themselves
which they did and thus effectually
stopped a run.
The Illinois Trust and Savings Rank
is said to have So.oo0.o00 in cash on
hand and is today loaning money in
stead of as in lsns. calling" loans in to
uemaus ot the savings deposi
tors.
"TRIBUNE" SPEAKS MILDLY.
Chicago Paper Very Gentle in Denun
ciation of Bank Wreckers.
Chicago. Dec. 23. The Tribune pub
lishes the tollowing editorial on the
wrecking of the National Rank of Il
linois: The failure of the Illinois National
unexpected and bad as it is. should ex
cite no feeling of distrust as to the
soundness of other Chicago banks. The
Illinois National has come to grief sole
!y, because of inexcusably bad banking
I he causes which ruined it do not ob
tain in the ruher financial institutions
of the city. They have been managed
prudently and cautiously and will be
unaffected by what has happened.
In the words of Comptroller Kc-kels:
"The failure of the National Bank of
Illinois is due to injurious, reckless and
imprudent methods followed by the of
ficers, and not checked by "the di
rectors. though their attention had been
individually called to the same and
over their individual signatures they
had promistd to remedy the weak
Points in the bank's condition."
The president of the bank was in
feeble health and not so prudent as he
had been in his younger days. The
second vice president was oversan
guine and was unmindful of some of
the provisions of the national bank act.
When these conditions exist, whether
in Chicago or in any other city, a fail
ure is inevitable.
The bad assets of the bursted bank
foot up $4. 54:!, 000. There may be realized
on them in the course of time $1,425,000.
The heaviest single item consists of
2.0.50 bonds of the Calumet Electric
raiiroad. on which the bank advanced
$2,475,000. This in violation of the stat
ute, which provides that the total lia
bilities of any corporation, company or
firm for money borrowed shall not ex
ceed one-tenth part of the capital stock
which, in the case of the National Rank
of Illinois, was a million dollars.
These Calumet Electric bonds are not
worth their face. They never were.
They may be disposed of in the future
for 50 cents on the dollar, or $1,425,0"0.
In that event the bank will be a loser
by its loans on them $1.050.0o0, or $50,
000 more than its capital stock.
It appears from the statement of the
comptroller of the currency that this
irregular transaction on the part of
the bank was hidden from the govern
ment examiner. A part of the hold
ings of the Calumet Electric securities
were not made to appear on the books.
but were concealed in another account.
Had there been no World's fair the
bank would not have been caught in
this disastrous speculation. Rut for
that fair the Calumet Klectric would
not have been organized. Nobody
would have dreamed of investing
money in such an enterprise.
The bank has lost through E. S.
Dreyer & Co., one of the partners in
the tirm being a son-in-law of Presi
dent St hneider. half a million dollars.
Through Weiss, the brewer. another
son-in-law, it has lost another half mil
lion. Thus the fondness of an aged
and feeble bank president for his fam
ily has cost the stockholders a million,
tract In gr linn of Angus & Gindele iscon
tra, ting tirm of Angus it Gndele is con
si, l--red a dead loss. There are other
bad debts contracted while the bank
was paying a yearly dividend of 12 per
cent which foot up JSls.t)0.
So the bad debt account stands as
follows:
Calumet Electric $2,475,000
The two sons-in-law- 1, coo, OR
Angus & Gindele 250.0(0
Other bad debts MS.OOU
Total
May be realized on
Electric
4,543,000
Calumet
1,425.000
Net loss $3. lis 000
Ry the last statement the capital
stock, ear; ins and undivided profits
amounted to S2, 315.000. or a million dol
lars less than the shortage. In order
that the depositors may be paid in full
that million must be raised. It will
have to be done by assessing the stock
holders, who are good for the amount.
Xot so very long ago the stock of
the National Rank of Illinois sold for
$2-io a share. The present holders
could have sold out at that price. Now
tliey may have to pay over a hundred
dollars on each share. A person who
owned SIO.OOU of the stock of that bank
would have been justiiied a few- days
ago in saying- it was worth $25.0u0. To
day it is worth $10,000 less than noth
ing. The destructiveness of bad banking
never was more fully exemplified. A
president who was w eak and irresolute.
a vice president who was wildly reck
less and sanguine, and a board of di
reetors which seems to have exercised
no powers of direction have managed
between them to get rid of over $3,000,
000. Happily the other Chicago banks
are in the hands of men who know
what real banking is. Thev are. as a
rule, men of judgment and integrity.
KNOCKED OUT BREWERIES.
National Bank of Illionia Had Much
Money in Beer Making.
Chicago, Dec. 23. The American
Brewing:. Malting and Elevator com
pany, the George A. Weisse Malting
and Elevator company and George A.
Weisse assigned last evening in the
county court. The asisgnments of the
two companies which are Intimately
connected in business were brought in
to court together at G o'clock. The as
signee of the American company is the
Chicago Title and Trust company. The
George A. Weisse Malting and Eleva
tor company assigned to the Security
Title and Trust company, and that
company is the assignee of Weisse also.
No statement was filed as to the assets
and liabilities.
The failure of the two corporations
was the result of the failure of the Na
tional Bank of Illinois. The two com
panies were borrowers from the bank
and were indebted to it when it failed
to the amount of over $500, OoO. As
soon as the failure of the bank was
announced preparations were begun
for the closing up of the business of the
two companies. The corporations were
both organized through the efforts of
George A. Weisse, who is president of
the George A. Weisse Malting and Ele
vator company and a son-in-law of
President Scneider of the National
Rank of Illinois. The American Brew
ing:, Malting and Bllevator company is
the owner of the extensive malt houses
on North Ashland avenue, which are
leased to the other company and are
used by it in the manufacture of malt.
The American brewing, Malting and
Elevator company has a large brew
ery adjoining the malt houses and the
two are closely related in business, one
buying and selling to the other.
Judge Tlorton, earlier in the day, ap
pointed a receiver for the general con
tracting firm of Angus & Gindele on
the application of John Angus, one of
the members of the firm. The assets
of the concern were placed at $300,000,
liabilities at $250.. HW.
According to the bill, the National
Rank of Illinois, which failed, made a
loan of $250,000 to the firm and the sus
pension of that institution has nearly
destroyed the credit of the contracting
firm, so there was nothing left but an
application to the court for relief. The
assets were principally of reai estate,
notes, etc.
AN ANGRY DEPOSITOR.
Swears Out Warrants for the Officials
of the Chicago Bank.
Chicago Dec. 23. Two central detec
tives searched the town last night for
E. S. Drever and Robert Rerger. for
whose arrest, on a charge of embezzle
ment, warrants were sworn out before
Justice W. T. Hall by Frank E. Ken
nedy. No. 121 Dearborn street.
The firm of Dicks & Kennedy kept its
account at Dreyer's bank. At noon
Saturday. Mr. Kennedy made up his
daily deposit and took it to the bank.
Currency and checks aggregating $154.
15. The doors were closed, but on Mr.
Kennedy showing his book the door
keeper "permitted him to enter and a
receiving teller accepted the deposit.
Mr. Kennedy's action in swearing out
the warrants was largely induced by
the treatment he received at the hank
a few minutes before his trip to Justice
Hall. He visited the bank to make a
courteous inquiry and was told if he
did not leave the place immediately and
voluntarily, he would be forced to do
so under the escort of a policeman.
Treatment of this kind." said Mr.
Kennedy, "made me indignant and I
made up my mind that after I had lost
my money I was at least entitled to
civil treatment."
WHO IS THE GUILTY MAN?
Responsibility for the Chicago Bank
Failure Being- Located.
Chicago. Dec. 23. Wo A. Hammond,
second vice rjresident of the National
Rank of Illinois, who has been charged
with pulling the woo! over the eyes of
the directors of the defunct bank, would
not talk today when seen in his pala
tial home at Evanston. Through an
intimate friend, however, he made a
statement which is calculated to incul
pate several o ft he directors as well
as two or three men who are not con
nected with the bank.
The Post makes the above statement
and gives the following: "W. A. Ham
mond is to be made the scapegoat of
the failure of the National Rank of Il
linois," said the friend. "Hammond is
a broken man today, but he is not any
more to blame for the amount of money
loaned on Calumet securities than are
the members of the financial committee
of the bank and its directors. It was
necessary to the purposes of a man con
nected with the South Chicago City
railway and an officer of one of the
best known banks of this city to depre
ciate the Calumet electric roads stock
and to this end these two men brought
about the wre eking of the National
Rank of Illinois.
"Of the bank's funds $2,475,000 had
been loaned on Calumet securities. The
plan for wrecking was brilliant. Call
fiir an investigation, depreciate Calu
met stock and buy it. Then combine
this valuable property of 63 miles of
new track, equipment and franchise
with the South Chicago railway, event
ually combining with the Chicago City
railway, and make a fortune of mil
lions w ithin five or ten years.
"The truth of the matter is that tho
members of the finance committee and
certain directors of the National Rank
of Illinois have known the amount of
the Calumet loan and had hoped to
make individual fortunes on the suc
cess of the venture. Four years atto
W. V. Jacobs, who started the Calu
met road, borrowed $115,000 and paid it
up in full. After that the road passed
into other hands and a loan was made
on the securities, with the full know-ledge
of the finance committee of the
bank ami by President Schneider him
self. This loan was too large, but it
had been supposed to be for a few
weeks only, and the bank finding itself
involved either had to take the loss,
run an enterprise or go ahead."
FAILURE AT ST. LOUIS.
Receiver for the Southern Saving
Find and Loan Association.
St. Louis, Dec. 2.2. On application of
Walter F. McEntire, Judge Val'iant of j
the circuit court today issued a sum
mons returnable Saturday against the
Southern Savings Fund Loan associ
ation to re-ply to the injunetiem against
the company, for the dissolution of the
Continued on Third Page.
BLOODSHED
AR.
Thousands of Whites Arming
Against the 1J lacks,
At Paducah, Eddy vi lie, Prince
ton, Kuttawa, Wingo
AND OTHER PLACES
In Western Kentucky A Race
War Imminent.
Serious State of Affairs Over a
Wide Section.
Louisville, Ky Dec. 23 A special
to the Post from Mayfield, Ky., says:
At 4 o'clock this morning a detachment
of 30 whites from Fulton 30 miles away
came into the city armed to the teeth
and prepared to resist the negroes. Ed
dyville, Kuttawa, Wingo, Princeton,
Paducah and neighbrwing towns have
been asked for aid and companies are
being formed at each of these places.
The second regiment Kentucky state
guards at Paducah, has been asked for
a gatling gun and the piece is now on
its way to this city.
St. Louis, Dec. 23. A special from
Mayfield, Ky., says: The chances for
a big battle here are good. Special
trains have brought armed negroes and
whites to town, and they are preparing
for a fight. An attack is hourly expect
ed by the whites. Fully 500 whites are
armed, and it is believed as many ne
groes. Every man of this town, and every
body who can carry a weapon is on
guard, for an attack by an army of ne
groes is expected at any moment. The
whites are being reinforced hourly by
citizens from surrounding towns.
It is thought that there will be com
menced the fiercest war ever known in
the south.
For 4S hours news has been received
here from different points that the ne
groes were organizing in large bodies
for the purpose of visiting this town
and wreaking vengeance upon those
who lynehe-d Jim Stone Monday morn
ing, and followed this by whiteeapping
some of the colored families who live
on the outskirts.
Telegrams from Water Valley say
that the negroes who hatl massed there
were 250 in number, and that every one
has some sort of weapon. A half hour
later news of a similar nature came
from Wingo. These reports, in addition
to many of a similar nature received
from surrounding towtts. caused the
geatest consternation, and preparations
were made at once for a battle. Men
first saw- to it that their homes were
barricaded, as well as that could be
done, and then they proeeeded to the
hardware stores, where every one who
could use a weapon was handed one
until the entire stock was distributed.
A dispatch was sent from htre to
Fulton as soon as the alarming reports
began to come in. asking aitl of the
white citizens at that point. A reply
came at once, stating that a. special
train would be chartered, and a body
of armed men would reach here as soon
as it was possible.
Reports became so alarming that the
fire bells was sounded, and all of the
citizens assembled in the public square
where they remain, expecting the at
tack at any hour.
A message from Paducah stated that
a body of negroes was being organized
there.
A body of citizens of Fulton reached
town last night and they report meet
ing a mob of 200 negrejes. every one
armed with a rifle, on the outskirts of
town. No attempt was made by the
blacks to interfere with the F"ulton
people, and it was evident the former
are waiting for reinforcements.
LATER FROM .MAYFIELD.
Louisville. Dec. 23. A special from Mav
field. Ky.. says: The body of Wm. Suet,
colored, was found today lying in a side
slrret. It is knovvn now that- he wa
killed last night by the armed whites
who have been organized for protection
in the race war and were patrolling the
streets last nittht. Suet was pursued
and shot in the back.
All sons of rumors are current about
a mob of negroes coming into. town to
night for vengeance. None of the mer
chants of this place will sell a weapon
or ammunition to n -groes. A large force
of armed whites will patrol the streets
tonight and every precaution is being ta
ken to prevent the general outbreak of
negrees. that is threatened. Messages
from Paducah and other surrounding
towns warn the whites here to be on their
guard.
GIVE THEMSELVES UP
The Two Bankers for Whom Warrants
Were Issued.
Chicago, Dec. 23 2:30 p. m. E. S.
Dreyer and his partner. Robert Berger
of the banking firm of E. S. Drej-er &
Co., which collapsed Monday as a re
sult of the closing of the National Rank
of Illinois and for whose arrest war
rants were issued last night.gave them
selves up today. Arrangement had al
ready been made for bonds and the
two Viankers were promptly released.
Dreyer and Rerger are charged with
receiving a deposit on Saturday last,
knowing their bank was insolvent.
EAST PACPEK CHILDREN
Philadelphia Ledger Thinks Kansas
Should Save its Corn for the Waifs.
Washington. D. C. Dec. 23. The Phil
adelphia Ledger today has the follow
ing editorial:
"Kansas is preparing to send a train
load of provisions to the destitute of
Chicago mid New York. At the same
time Kansas is raising a protest against
the dumping of New York pauper child
ren upon their soil, a practice, she says,
that has gone beyond the limits of both
charity and forbearance. Kansas has
a surplus of corn and New York of
pauper children, and as each piys the
freight en its product it would seem
most economical for Kansas to keep its
corn at home to feed the children sent
to it. Rut there are other considera
tions which have doubtless convinced
'.tie Sunflower state in taking the action
it has."
Try us on collars. We can make then
look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry
112 and 114 W. Stb st. 'Phone 332.
K,join on suot-tdiaosojtj jno.C sjibx
anua.ve TSisatloj, pun iRxtj
STEEL POOL INTACT.
The Combination Will Still Continue
to Control the Market
Pittsburg, Dec. 23. The Bessemer
Steel association, better known as the
steel billet pool, is still intact, reports
to the contrary notwithstanding. One
of the leading members of the organ,
ization, who has returned from the
meeting in New York, in an interview
said: "These sessions were secret and
some misleading information has been
put before the public. I can state
positively that the pool, as the news
papers call it, is still in existence and
that it has not been dissolved, as stat
ed. The only firms out of the com
bination are the Bellaire Steel com
pany, which withdrew: the Shoenber
ger company, which never went in, and
a small concern in Indiana.
"A committee of three was appointed
to look into the situation ami it will
make a report within two weeks, when
another meeting will be called. In the
meantime the market will be open and
prices will be anything that manufac
turers can get for their products."
The member of the pool did not want
to predict what the prices would be.
but was emphatic that the organiza
tion would not go to pieces.
Another manufacturer said as to
prices that billets were being sold as
low as $15.50 a ton, and he believed
some makers were putting billets on
the market at even a lower rate. This
is ridiculously low, when it is consid
ered that the price fixed after the or
ganization of the pool was $20.25 per
ton at the maker's mill. He also said
that some of the members of the pool
are now selling billets at an actual
loss.
CAB DRIVER STRIKE.
Several Riots Have Occurred in New
York City.
New York, Iec. 23. Christmas shoppers
have suffered considerable inconvenience
as the result of a strike of the local cab
drivers. PJIvery cab company in this city
is affected by the strike. Several riots
have occurred in the neighborhood of
Madison Square, and in one of these
scrimmages Mrs. C. Oliver Isplin. one of
thf1 4()ijf narrowlv escaped being" hit bv a
brick.
Today the New York Cab company
started out half a dozen cabs under po
lice escort, but the attempt to resume
business proved abortive.
Four non-union drivers were assaulted
during the day, and one of the number
was quite seriously injured.
The stablemen have organized in sym
pathy with the drivers.
GOV. LEEDY'S LITTLE JOKE
He Wants the Question of Military
Precedence Settled.
There are a good many men in the
Populist party that would like to be
appointed adjutant general. Some of
the parties that would like to have the
place are A. J. Davis, the man who
held the place under the Lewelling ad
ministration: F. M. Eastwood of Gir
ard, W. S. Cain of Atchison, Joe H.
Jones of Chetopa. H. N. Boyd of Belle
ville, Major Chas. McCrum of Garnett,
Hirah Allen of Williamsburg, W. H.
Sears of Lawrence, and the najnes of
J. J. Miller and H. C. Lindsey of To
peka are also mentioned for the place.
The parties who want the place were
somewhat excited by a remark that is
credited to Executive Clerk Fleharty.
It is reported that he said in the office
of the Dutton House: "We will short
ly name an adjutant general, probably
before the time for the inauguration."
When Governor Leedy was apiproach
ed on the matter today he said:
"Well, I supipose that I will name
one some time that is. if the law- is
not changed. You know, the news
papers have this matter all fixed up,
and they know better who will be ap
pointed than I do yet. As I am in
formed that the law stands, I will have
to make an appointment. and will prob
ably do so some time between now and
the middle of January. I have heard
that the legislature is going to abol
ish the office, and if that is the case I
might hold this appointment up till I
can see what they tlo. I have not
made up my mind as to any particular
man yet. By the way, I would like to
know something. I have heard that
the newspapers say that the legisla
ture is going to abolish the office of
adjutant general and put the work on
the governor's executive clerk. Now,
my clerk happens to be a minister: if
this is done and there comes a war
and my clerk gets on some old white
circus horse and rides around with the
soldiers, what will be his title? Will
he be a minister, a clerk or a general?
I also wish that the papers would fig
ure out where he would be entitled to
ride whether it would be proper feir
him to ride in front of the colonels or
whether he would have to ride behind
them."
The reporter suggested that if there
was any fighting to be done the proper
place for the adjutant general would
be as far in the rear as was possible.
"Well," said the governor, "I see that
you know the proper place for a gen
eral: you talk like you had been in the
war.
"No," said the governor, laying aside
faeetiousness for a. moment. "I don't
know what I will do in regard to that
appointment yet. I am going home
tomorrow on the 4 o'clock train and
will take a week's holiday. I shall try
to see if 1 can think of something to
sav in a message to the legislature. I
think that I am entitled to a little rest
and have decided to take Christmas
week. I won't be here next week."
A 84,000 VERDICT.
A Chicago Firm Which Brings Suit
Finds Itself it the Toils.
After being out nearly all night the
jury in the I'nited States circuit court
in the case of the Independent Electric
company of Chicago against Donald
Rros. of Atchison brought in a verdict
for Donald Bros. The electric com
pany sued the firm for the purchase
price of some mining machinery to be
used in a mine near Atchison. The
amount claimed was $4,000. The firm
brought in a claim for $10,000 darr-ages
because the machinery was not what
it was represented to be and the jury
decided that the firm had been dam
aged and gave them a verdict for $4,
4oo. in the trial of the case the ma
chinery was brought into court. There
were two dray loads of it and the jury
was shown why it failed to do the w-ork
olaimexl for it. It recpuired nearly a
week to try the case.
XMAS Ii. il. RATES.
SANTA FE ROUTE-HOME ROAD.
Tickets at one and one-third fare for
round trip, sold December 24, 25, .31 and
January 1, to all points with in 200
miles. Final return limit January 4.
MADGE IS GOME.
A Pretty Fifteen Year Old Girl
Disappears
And Henry Stoops, Manager of
a Chicago Roofing Co.,
HAS HE EX ACCUSED
Of Abducting the Girl and Tak
ing Her to Chicago.
She Is a Daughter of J. D.
Wallace.
Stoops Placed Under Arrest
and Released on Bond.
Fifteen year old Madge Wallace, who
is pretty and who lived with her par
ents at First and Adams streets, is to
day a wanderer in the city of Chicago
and "Henry or Harry" Stoops, manager
of the Guaranty roofing- company of
that place, has been arrested charged
with her abduction.
Six weeks ago Stoops with a gang of
22 men came to Topeka for the purpose
of putting slate roofing on the buildings
in the Santa Fe yards, including the
paint shop and round house. He visit
ed the boarding house kept by Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace and engaged board for
the workmen he' employed.
Manager Stoops did not stay with the
men but took his meals up town and
roomed on Tyler street. He was at
the Wallace home frequently, however,
and the pretty face of Madge Wallace
attracted his eye. The girl paid no
particular attention to Stoops for some
time but after a while there were hur
ried conferences between the two which
were scarcely notic-d by the family,
and no one knows what was said.
It is probable that Madge Wallace
was dazzled by what Stoops told her of
the splendor of Chicago and the big
wages she would receive if she were
employed there. bn'1 day Manager
Stoops found Mr. and Mrs. Wallace to
gether and to them he unfolded his in
tention of taking a girl from Topeka
to work for him. He saixl nothing about
Madge then, and Mrs. Wallace kindly
consented to assist him in finding a
domestic.
"I want a country girl." said he, "to
help my wife. The Chicago girls are
too flip."
Afterwards, it is stated. Stoops seized
every opportunity possible to talk with
Madge Wallace. Once he said to her
oldest sister, "Margaret, would you like
to have your sister go to Chicago to
work for me?"
"No, sir. I should not," replied Mar
garet Wallace. "My sister is too young
to go away from home. She is not able
to take care of herself. Do you know
that she is only 15 years old?"
"That can't be," replied Stoops. "She
is surely older than that."
Nothing more was said about the em
ployment of a girl, and Sloops soon left
the house. He came as usual afterward
to pay Mrs. Wallace for the board of
his men but seldom stayed more than a
few minutes.
On December 14 the work was com
pleted, and Mr. Stoops went to the
boarding house to make the final set
tlement. He completed his business
and left the house. He had not been
gone long when Willie Wallace, a
younger brother of Madge, came run
ning to the house in great excitement.
"Madge is over cm Crane street with
Mr. Sloops." said he. Margaret Wal
lace went at once with herbrother. and
she found Madge in earnest conversa
tion wdth Stoops at Crane and Jeffer
son streets.
"I wish you weiulet leave my sister
alone. You know she is not content
with her home and I do not think you
should try to persuade her to leave,"
said she to Stoops.
The man made a bow, protested that
he meant no harm, and lifting his hat
walked away. The same day Stoops
went to Kansas City, and the following
day the men left the boarding house.
December 15 is pay cloy among the
Santa Fe employes, and it was accord
ingly a busy day at the Wallace house,
where the boarders came to settle their
bills. Mr. Wallace, who works in the
Santa Fe shops, was tired and went
to bed early, leaving his daughters,
Madge and Margaret, in charge of the
house.
It was 12 o'clock when the girls re
tired to their bedroom, adjoining the
large dining room on tho west. The
bed chamber occupied by the sisters
is on the first floor. The two girls went
to bed and Margaret Wallace knew
nothing more until she was awakened
by her mother early in the morning.
As she arose she saw that her sister
was not in the bed. It was unusual for
Madge to arise before her but she was
not startled. She dressed and went to
the kitchen.
"Where is Madge," she asked of her
mother.
"I have not seen her." replied Mrs.
Wallace. "Isn't she in bed?"
Margaret rushed back to her bed
room. Her sister was not there.
Some time in the night Madge had
arisen, dressed and left the house with
out disturbing any one. She had stolen
from the bedroom through the dining
room and out onto the street by the
dining room door, which was Rft un
locked. No one in the! house had heard
her. but it is customary for boarders
to come in the night and a noise would
not have been noticed.
Then it was that the father and moth
er thought of Stoops, iiis talk of hir
ing a girl, his conferences with Madge
were recalled, and the family at once
concluded that she had left the city
with Stoops.
On the outside of the bed room win
dow before which Madge slept the fath
er found the print of a man's har-il and
he thinks that whoever took his c.iitigh
ler away tapped on the window to it t
her know that he was ready.
The girl left the house without money
and with no clothing except tiutt she
wore.
Mr. Wallace found at the Santa Fe
depot that his daughter had le-ft on
the e-arly ni.jrning train for the ea.t.
He also found that a man answer?, lg
the description of Stoops left on LJ'ie
same train but was not seen at tlie
depot in company with his daughter.
Mr. Wallace is of the opinion tho t
Stoops returned to Topeka on thv
night train from Kansas City the even
ing that his daughter Madge disappear
ed, lie? saw a mar. who mot Stoops in
Kansas City on that day and he in
quired what time the train left for To
peka. The officers at Chicago were notified ,
at, once, but nothing was heard until to
day, when Sheriff Kepley reeeiven! a
telegram signed by Inspector Fitzsror
ald, which said that Stoops had been
arrested but was released on bail and
his hearing fixed for December 2H. The
officers do not understand why he was
released nor why a date should be set
for his hearing in Chicago for a crime
committed in Topeka.
A Journal reporter called at the Wal
lace home today. Mr. Wallace had been
informed of the arrest of Stoops in Chi
cago. He appeared bowed down wilh
grief, and his eyes filled with tears as
he talked.
"My daughter was of a happy dis
position, but she had an accident when
she was three years old. She fell into
a bucket of hot starch and it injured
her spine and there were times w it, :i
she was not herself. Except when siie
got those spells she seemed very happy.
She was the light of our home, was a
good musician and would often play
and sing.
"I did not think she would go away.
When Stoops talked to me about get
ting a girl I did not think that his in
tentions were gooei ami 1 said so at the
time, but I did not think he wanted to
take our daughter.
"I am satisfied that when she left
home it was with good intentions ;ind
that she expected to get a place where
she could get good wages. I can see
now what Stoops intended to do and am
satisfied that he induced our daughter
to leave us."
Mr. Wallace says he will go to Chi
cago as soon as he can get ready and
make an effort to find Ids daugh'er.
No word has been received from her
either from the Chicago police or any
o her source and Mr. Wallace is afraid
that Stoops may have dropped her oh'
at some town along the route to divert
suspicion.
Manager Stoops is a comparatively
young man though he has a wife and
two children in Chicago. During the
six weeks he was employed in Topeka
he made a half dozen trips to Chiceigo.
He dressed well a.nd gave the impr, s
sion of being a man with ple-nty of
money.
Sheriff Kepley will wire for particu
lars of the arrest and he may go to
Chicago himself this evening to investi
gate the case.
AFTER THAYER'S LIF
A Crazy Man Attempts to Kill tiie
Kansas City Merchant.
Kansas City. Dec. 23. Oscar O. "VVahl
fieid, president of the New York whole
sale clothing" house bearing his name,
threatened to kill AV. B. Thayer, of the
firm of Emery, Bird. Thayer & Co.. in
the latter's olrice here late yesterdny
afternoon. Wahlfield was arrested last
night, but the cau.se of arrest was not
ma de known till tail a y , when he w a s
declared to be insane.
Wahlfield was arrested last Saturday
on the charge made by Mr. Thayer of
parsing a worthless cheek for $:;0...
Wahlfield had received f b)0 of tI,"
amount and yesterday, after riavw-i-been
released from jail, went u Tha ytr
and demanded the remaining S'n.
When payment was refused Wahltiell
made as if to draw a. revolver an-l ru-- i
ed at Thayer, crying the whiie: "i'l!
kill you; I'll kill you."
He was overpowered by two clerk
in the office before ho could d a r.y
damage, and was lodged in jail. Wit M
field will probably be ordered sen?
to some asylum. He was once wealth,
and is well known both here and in
New York. Financial reverses are res
ponsible for his condition.
STRIKE AT 1I0ST0X.
Conductors and JMotormen Threaten
to Tie Up West End Line.
Bosfon, Dec. 2.1. The conductors and
motormen of the West End Street rail
way held meetings in all the divisions
last night, which did not terminate un
til this morning and voted to demand
the formal recognition of the Conduc
tor's and Motermen's union, in case
recognition is not accepted by twelve
o'clock tonight the men say the road
will be tied up. There will probably
be a conference this afternoon.
STR I K E DECLA 1 i E D.
Boston. Dec. :, 3 p. m. President M.
L. Young of the Conductor's and Met
ermen's unir.n. has decl:;red a strike on
the West End railroael eompany to
take place at o'clock tomorrow m,., ru
ing. Over 2.000 men will go out. The
grievance of the men chiefly results
from the refusal of the company to
sign the annual usual agreement.
WHERE IS THE HOT SPELL
We Were Promised for Christmas
Mr. Jennings Sticks To It.
Weather Observer Jennings states
this afternoon that the weather has
changed slightly since yesterday, and
gives as his authority the thermometer.
The thermometer very kindly bears out
Mr. Jennings' statement by re-gislering
a temperature at 2 o'clock this after
noon 37 degrees lower than that regis
tered at the same hour yesterday. The
wind is also blowing in from the- nonh
at the rale of 13 miles an hour this aft
ernoon, whereas it was blowing at half
the stieed and from the opposite direc
tion 24 hours ago.
Not withstanding the appearance of
the weather today, Christmas may be
pleasant after all. The predict ion s.-n t
ottt'by the weather bureau today stales
that fair weather will come fooay and
tomorrow- with rising t e-mperautre to
morrow. To this prediction Mr. Jen
nings adds his opinion that warm
weather will be clue in this territory
about noon tc,morrow.
The Denver Baok Vreckers.
Denver. Deo. 23. Charles II. Dot
Sidney E. .McClurken, the con
and
ted
Commereial bank officials, gave b,
in the United States court for $lo
for their appearance on January 22
which time " udge Jlall will pasu s
od
000
at
;,-n-iot-
tenet-. t. e. Miner, who was coo
ed with Dow and MoCiurk-m. has
yet givcm bail and is still in the- ,
tody of Deputy Marshall Roe, hur:
for bondsmen.
"Katy" Train Dispatcher Sulc-Jej.
Parsons, Dec. 23. E. H. H oo-ak r.
chief train dispatcher of the )!io.,ri.
Kansas & Texas railroad in this city,
committee', suicide yesterday by r'n.
ing himself with a revolver. Tb - aus
leading to the- act are shrou leei in royo-te-ry,
although it is hinted boat ctri k
and financ-ial trouble .are responsible
for the deed.
Siamese. Assault a U, S. Counsi!.
New York, Dec. 23 A special to the
Herald from Bangkok says: A num
ber of Siamese seddiers attacked and
wounded Mr. Keliett, CnitcKi Stat?-a
consul gemerai here. They eiernanaed
the release of a consular cierk who,
they alleged, had been unjustly arrested.