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MONDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, AUGUST 9. 1897.
MONDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS.
GANOVAS DIES.
Spain's Prim Minister is Shot
to Death
By an Anarchist Deputed to Do
the Deed.
THREE SHOTS FIRED.
One Enters Ganovas' Forehead,
Another His Breast.
The Assassin Was an Italian
Named Golii.
REVENGE PROMPTS IT
To? Horrible Tortures of An
archists at Mont Juich.
Horrors of the Inqnisition Re
peated by Canoras.
SAID TO RE TO RLAME
For All the Atrocities to Cu
bans Under Weyler.
Madrid, Aug-. 9. Senor Canovas del
Castillo, prime minister of Spain, was
assassinated yesterday at Santa Ague
da by an anarchist.
The murderer fired three shots, one
of which struck the prime minister in
the forehead, and another in the chest.
The wounded man fell dying at the
feet of his wife, who was with him,
lingering In agony . for an hour, and
then passing away with the cry "Long
live Spain," which were the last words
upon his lips.
Santa Agueda is noted for its baths.
The place is between San Sebastian.the
summer residence of the Spanish court,
and Vittoria, the capital of the pro
vince of Alava, about 33 miles south of
Billio.
The premier went last Thursday to
take a three weeks course of the baths
after which he expected to. return to
San Sebastian to meet Unifed States
Minister Woodford when that gentle
man should be officially received by
the queen regent."
The assassin was immediately arrest
ed. He is a Neapolitan and gives the
name of Rinaldi, but it is believed that
this is an assumed name, and that his
real name is Michele Angino Colli.
At a special meeting of the cabinet
today, under the presidency of Senor
CosGayon, minister of the interior, the
latter announced that he had been en
trusted by the queen regent with the
premiership ad interim.
The murderer declares that he killed
Senor Canovas "in accomplishment of
a just vengeance," and that the deed is
the outcome of a vast anarchist con
spiracy. He is believed to have arrived at
Santa Agueda the: same day as the
premier, and he was frequently seen
lurking in the passages of the bathing
establishment in a suspicious man
ner. Marshal Martinet Campos has gone
to San Sebastian to attend the- queen
regent. Senor Sagasta.the liberal lead
er, has sent the following telegram to
the government:
"I have heard with deep pain of the
crime that has .thrown us all into
mourning, and I place myself at the
orders of the government and of the
queen."
Most of the liberal leaders', have sent
similar messages.placing themselves at
the disposal of the government.
The queen regent, on hearing the
cad news, dispatched her own physi
cian, Dr. Bustos. by a special train
fmm San Sebastian. Later, on hearing
that Canovas was dead, she wired her
condolence to the widow.
The health of Senor Canovas had im
proved greatly of late. He had been
leading a very quiet life, although he
attended to the business of state
At the moment of the assassination,
he was waiting in the gallery of the
bathing establishment for his wife,
who was to join him for lunch. Sudden
ly, the assassin, who had the appear
ance of an ordinary visitor, approached
and fired at him point blank, one bullet
passing through the body and coming
out behind under the left shoulder, and
the other two lodging in the head. He
fell instantly and only recovered, long
enough to speak a few words.
Several medical men and his wife
were unremitting in their attentions to
the sufferer, but his wounds, unhap
pily, were mortal and he died in two
hours.
Extreme unction was administered,
amid a scene of mingled sorrow and
Indignation.
The assassin narrowly escaped lynch
ing at the hands of the waiters and at
tendants who rushed forward. De
tectives and. civil guards immediately
secured him. He was very pale, trem
bled violently, and evidently feared
that he would be killed on the spot. He
will be first arraigned before the local
magistrates at Vergara.
Her majesty has intrusted the pres
idency of the council to Gen. Azcarrag
al, minister of war, and the cortes will
be summoned, to reassemble on Tues
day. The greatest excitement and indigna
tion, prevail among all classes. All
the members of the diplomatic corps
have exnressed their sympathy with
the government. Many senators, depu
ties and generals, while expressing their
grief and indignation, have offered to
render to the government all the as
sistance in their power. It was at first
rumored that the assassin was one of
the pardoned Barcelona anarchists, but
this is not confirmed.
Paris. Aug. 9. At a special perform
ance given yesterday afternoon at the
Theater de la Republique for the ben
efit of the Spanish refugees in Paris,
' Tarrlde Marmol, the Spanish anarch
ist, who was formerly imprisoned in
Montjuich fortress, at Barcelona, de
livered a violent speech in the course
f which he urged that Senor Canovas
del Castillo should be killed. It is re
ported that he will be arrested.
London, Aug. 9. The Spanish em
bassy in London has received two tel
egrams, the first briefly stating the fact
of the assassination and the second
coming direct from San Sebastian, stat
ing that Senor Canovas had been the
object of an infamous attack, but say
ing nothing about his death, and con
cluding with the statement that if the
outrage be of anarchist origin it has
no political complications, with the ad
ditional asesrtion that the whole of
Spain is tranquil, and that there is not
the least symptom of any alteration in
the state of public affairs.
The dispatch says the assassin is ap
parently an Italian.
For these reasons the Spanish am
bassador. Count DeCasa Valencia, in
the course of an interview, said:
"The belief that the crime is not po
litical, but the work of a fanatical an
archist, is borne out by the fact that
the criminal is an Italian. We all
know that of recent years Italian an
archists have been very active. Wit
ness the assassination of President
Carnot and the attempt on King Hum
bert, and other similar crimes."
The ambassador said he had wired
for details, but had received no reply.
The news of the assassination was
communicated by the Associated Press
to General Stewart L. Woodford, the
United States minister to Spain, now
in London, en route for San Sebastian,
where he had expected to present his
credentials to the queen regent in the
presence of Senor Canovas.
General Woodford was so overcome
that several minutes passed before he
could express his horror at the deed
and his profound sympathy for Spain
In her misfortune.
When he recovered from the shock
of thJ Intelligence, he said:
"This is terrible; most unfortunate.
The Spanish government and people
will have the sincere sympathy of all
friends of constitutional government.
It is too soon to "express any views as
to the effect which the regrettable
death of Senor Canovas will have up
on current questions. It will not affect
my movements however, unless it be
comes my duty to reach my post as
soon as possible In order to express to
the Spanish government the sympathy
of the American government."
ANARCHIST VENGEANCE.
Silling: of Canovas was in Revenge
for the Barcelona Executions.
Madrid, Aug. 9. The assassination
of the prime minister of Spain, Senor
Canovas del Castillo, who was shot and
killed by an Italian anarchist, whose
name is believed to be Michelo Angi
no Golli, at the baths of Santa Ague
da yesterday afternoon, was undoubt
edly cold bloodedly premeditated. Golli
deliberately watched for.an opportuni
ty to kill the Spanish statesman and
he only fired when he had no chance of
missing.
In fact, the assassin, who was ar
rested almost immediately after the
premier fell dead at the feet of his
wife, has declaimed as much to the
examining magistrate.
Further details of the assassination
show that Senor Canovas del Castillo
and his wife were present yesterday
morning at the celebration of mass in
the chapel attached to the baths.
After mass the premier was reading
and conversing with some reporters,
when the assassin approached and fired
three shots at him with a revolver, hit
ting him in the forehead, chest and
left ear.
The wounded man fell to the ground
crying:- "Long live Spain."
The premier was carried to his room
and expired at 1:30 p. m., after ex
treme unction had been administered
him by a priest of the Dominican or
der. The murderer, who was immediately
seized by the people who were in the
vicinity of the scene of the crime, was
severely handled and might have been
killed had it not been for the protection
afforded him by a number of civil
guards who soon ran to the scene of
the assassination. The prisoner, who
declared he had killed the premier "in
the accomplishment of a Just veng
eance," at first gave the name of Ri
naldi and claimed that the deed was
the outcome of an extensive anarchist
conspiracy.
Later, however, the assassin confess
ed that his real name was Michelo An
gino Golli, that e was 26 years of
ege, a native of Boggi, near Naples,
and that he left Italy and came to
Spain in 1SSS. After reaching Spain,
Golli, according to his confession, re
sided at Barcelona, and participated in
the doings of the various anarchist so
cieties of that place and vicinity. Af
ter sojourning at Barcelona for some
time, Golli visited" France and Belgium
and returned to Spain in July last. Af
ter his return, the anarchist seemed to
have completed the plans for the as
sassination of the prime minister. He
left Madrid for Santa Agueda at the
same time as Senor Canovas del Cas
tillo, and awaited an opportunity to as
sassinate the statesman.
In appearance Golli is of medium
height, wears a full beard and spectac
les and his demeanor is that of a quiet
law abiding citizen. He says he is sat
isfied with having done "his duty, and
asserts that he had no personal grudge
against the premier and was merely
obeying orders received from his su
periors in the secret society to which
he belonged. He frankly professes an
archist doctrine, says he was sentenced
in 1895 to IS- months imprisonment in
the jail at Lucera, Italy, and claims
that he escaped from there to Mar
seilles from which port he made his way
to Barcelona, Senor Canovas, wife of
the premier, who was but a short dis
tance away from her husband when the
crime was committed, rushed to his side
upon hearing the shots. As the premier
lay dying on the ground, she bitterly
reproached the murderer for his crime.
Golli, in reply to the agonizing words
of the distracted wife said:
"I respect you, because you are an
honorable lady, but I have done my
duty and I am now easy in mind, for I
have avenged my friends and brothers
of Mont Juich."
Mont Juich is the fortress of Barce
lona, outside of which the anarchists
who have been sentenced to death for
recent outrages have been executed by
being shot in the back. The anarchists
recently executed outside Mont Juich
were the last batch of the men who
were found guilty of throwing a bomb
on June 7, 1896, into a religious proces
sion about to enter the church of Santa
de Lamar, UDon the occasion of the
Corpus Christl celebration. Twelve per
sons were instantly killed and about 60
others, several of whom since died from
their wounds were injured.For his crime
26 anarchists were sentenced to death
and many of them were executed. The
condemned men invariably shouted
"Long live anarchy." just before the or
ders to fire were given.
The Spanish newspapers express great
Indignation at Golli's crime, even the
journals that have republican leanings
praise the service of the deceased states
man. The Imparcial says:
"Yesterday will prove a black date
for Spain. The crime will centuple the
Indignation ' of society against this
would be destroyer."
A number of the newspapers appear
this morning, bordered in black.
A post mortem examination of the re
mains of the premier was made this
morning, prior to embalming them for
transportation to this city. The funeral
will be most Impressive.
The indignation expressed at the crime
is shared by all parties in politics and
it is generally believed that the mem
bers of the colonial secret societies were
concerned in the outrage.
It is reported that Senor Apidal, pres
ident of the chamber of deputies, will
be appointed president of the council
of ministers In succession to the late
premier at the expiration of the official
nine days mourning. The ministers for
the present will meet in council daily.
Golli developed in the examination be
fore the magistrate today that he suc
ceeded in firing two shots at the people
who arrested him before he was over
powered. The assassin calls himself a
"revolutionary anarchist."
TORTURES OF INQUISITION
Repeated at Barcelona Lead to the
Killing of Canovas.
New York, Aug. 9. The Tribune dis
cussing the events that led up to the
assassination of Canovas, says:
The anarchist movement really be
gan in Spain after the overthrow of
Isabella, when a portion of the Repub
licans, dissatisfied with the moderate
rule of Castelar, Gen. Prim and others,
started under the leadership of Contre
ras, the revolt of the "federalists "seiz
ed some iron clads in the port of Car
tagena and were finally subdued and
captured, but not punisned. The prin
cipal localities of Spain where revolu
tionary and anarchistic ideas have pre
vailed are the industrial centers along
the Mediterranean coast, like Barcelo
na, and which could be considered as
headquarters of anarchists In the pe
ninsula and especially since many par
tisans. of the Paris commune took ref
uge therein after 1871. The attempts
of the anarchists against society have
been numerous all over the Spanish
territory, but especially at Barcelona.
There within the past two years bombs
have been exploded in the Liceo thea
ter and in the public square at a mil
itary review by the captain general of
the province.
The latest and most horrible ex
ploit of the anarchists and the one
which finally has been the cause of the
assassination of Canovas, was the
throwing of bombs in Barcelona at a
religious procession last summer.
The government of Canovas display
ed great activity and ability in ferret
ing out the authors or instigators of
the Barcelona crime. Scores of anarch
ists were imprisoned In the Fortress of
Mont Juich, and their trial ended two
or three months ago to be followed by
the shooting of six anarchists in the
Mont Juich jail..
More than 50 were sent to prison for
life, and about 100 were expelled from
Spain. To their stories of the torture
that they have had to endure before
making avowals of their crime and
giving the names of their accomplices
can-be traced directly the assassination
of Canovas.
These stories have been published by
all revolutionary papers in Europe.
They represented the Spanish premier
as another Torquemada worse than the
famous chief of the cruel inquisition of
former centuries.
A civil engineer of Barcelona, Senor
Tarrida del Marmont, has published in
Paris under the title "The Inquisitors
of SDain," a condensed recital of the
sufferings and tortures which he and
his fellow suspects had to endure.
Ascheri, who, it seems, was the leader
in the murderous plot at Barcelona,
managed to write to some papers be
fore his execution, that he was com
pelled through horrible tortures, to ad
mit that he had for accomplices all the
men whose names were dictated to him
by the judge of instruction. Such stor
ies must have excited the vengeance
of the friends of the Barcelona anarch
ists, and the result is told by the ca
ble dispatch announcing the assassina
tion of Canovas del Castillo.
AS MAN AND CUBAN
Estrada Falma Gives His Views on
the Assassination.
New York, Aug. 9. A special to the
World from Turners, N. Y., says:
Estrada Palma, who is at the head Of
the Cuban junta in this country, in an
interview commented upon the assas
sination of Canovas as follows:
"While I have no sympathy with the
assassination, I cannot help feeling
that the act was one of retribution.
Canovas, more than Weyler, lias been
responsible for the cruelties practiced
by the Spanish troops in Cuba. It was
by his orders that women and children
were murdered and wronged. He de
served no better fate.
"His death will be to Cuba's advan
tage, for it complicates political affairs
in Spain. As the leader of the ma
jority, he was sponsor for Weyler. Hi3
rival is Silvela, the leader of the Con
servative minority. Should the queen
regent choose to continue the Conserv
atives in power, Silvela will be premier,
and that would mean that Weyler
would be succeeded by General Fota
vieja, who is now in the Philippine isl
ands, and belongs to the Weyler school
pf warfare.
"It is true that Silvela recently sug
gested that Cuba be given autonomy,
but he cannot maintain that position
as a Conservative leader. The Liber
als under Sagasta would Indeed grant
us autonomy, but we will accept noth
ing less than absolute independence.
For that we have sacrificed everything.
In any case the war must continue, and
aa long as it continues under Spanish
methods the sympathy of the world
will be with us. In the meantime the
political confusion in Spain can but
give us an advantage.
"It should be distinctly understood
that the assassination of Canovas is not
the work of the Cuban party. We do
not resort to such methods. The an
archists of Spain are for the most part
in the northern part of the country and
they are intimately associated with the
anarchists of France. They had long
threatened Canovas, who caused many
of them to be executed. Only a few
days ago several anarchists were exe
cuted in Barcelona, and I suppose the
assassination was the outcome. I do
not think the killing of Canovas was
due at all to any question of policies,
but merely a savage outbreak on the
part of some member of a dangerous
body of men. We Cubans have no
sympathy with such an act.
"As a man I deplore such a misfor
tune, but as a Cuban I cannot help feel
ing that I am benefited by it."
CANOVAS' SUCCESSOR.
Tho Cabinet Appoints a Prims MiniG
ter Ad Interim.
Madrid, Aug. 9. The cabinet sat until
2 o'clock this morning and decided to
publish in the Official Gazette today
which will appear with a black border,
the appointment of Lieutenant General
Don Marcolo de Azoarraga the minister
for war, as premier; ad interim.
Senor Sagasta has postponed his pro
jected visit to this; city.
In anticipation of possible disturb
ances at Barcelona the police force of
that city has been reinforced.
Later in the day it was announced
that the highest military honors will be
accorded the deceased at his funeral.
The court will however not return here
from San Sebastiaii. the summer resi
dehce to attend the funeral ceremonies.
The queen regent wtll be represented at
the funeral by the Duke of Solo. The
remains will be brought here on Tues
day. An Individual heard to express
sympathy with the assassin of the pre
mier and with his crime, has been ar
rested, r
A WARNING TO SOVEREIGNS
Is the Suggestion Carried to London
Newspapers by Canovas' Fate.- -
London, Aug. 9. The afternoon news
papers in their comment upon the as
sassination of the Spanish prime minis
ter express themselves on tWe same line
as the morning papers remarking upon
the incomprehensible idiocy of the mur
der of the man who was mainly re
sponsible for giving universal suffrage
to Spain. They also advocate the sup
pression of anarchy by force, pointing
out that the history of nihilism in Rus
sia proves that force consistently and
steadily applied ,is the remedy for
clearing out, the. pestilent gang. The
St. James Gazet- i regards the death of
Senor Cano, iel Castillo as being a
heavy disaster f-tr Spain, adding:
"Canovas was ntt great but he was
a statesman. During the Cuban crisis
he governed with esergy and if he had
been a very great man he might have
told his country that they must alter
their ways of dealing With the colonies
or be prepared for evil times. But the
Spaniards would hardly listen to such a
lesson even from the tongue of an an
gel.Maybe if he had the choice, Canovas
would have preferred the martyrdom
which has overtaken him rather than
to have lived to see the collapse which
is only more threatening to Spain. In
the meantime the murder will destroy
the already unstable administration
and in the pick of a successor of the
late premier, the queen regent's posi
tion is most difficult. She may be driv
en to call upon some soldier, Campos or
Polavieja, which would be a misfortune-
to Spain abroad. The crime must
have one consequence' to make the
kaiser and his brother sovereigns less
disposed to adopt gentle methods with
socialism."
UPSETS THE POPE.
He Telegraphs to Madrid for Details
of the Assassination.
Rome, Aug. 9. The assassination of
the prime minister of Spain, Senor Can
ovas, has caused a feeling of horror
here. Many flags are half masted. The
premier, the Marquis di Rudini, and the
cabinet ministers paid personal visits
today to the Spanish embassy.
King Humbert has telegraphed his
condolences to the queen regent and it
is expected that the crown prince Vit
torlo Emanuel prince of Naples, who is
now cruising on jiis yacht will proceed
to Madrid.
The pope Is greatly upset over the
news of the assassination and upon re
ceipt of the news immediately sent to
the Spanish embassy for details of the
crime. His holiness telegraphed on the
subject to Madrid.
ASSASSIN IS A PRINTER.
Was Known in Barcelona as a Kill.
tant Anarchist.
Barcelona, Aug. 9. Golli, the assassin
of Senor Canovas del Castillo was
known here under the name of Achil
loli. He formerly worked as a compos
itor and was also known under the alias
of Jose Sonto. He was classed as a
militant anarchist and was an intimate
friend of Ascheri, the perpetrator of the
outrage in the Galle de Cambros. Golli
fled from Barcelona after the outrage
referred to.
SPAIN KNEW IT.
Had Warning of the Anarchists' In
tentions Toward Canovas.
London, Aug. 9. A special dispatch
from Madrid received here today says
the Spanish government was aware
that a meeting of anarchists was held
early in July and that it was decided to
murder Senor Canovas del Castillo be
fore August 15 and to assassinate Senor
Sagasta before August 30.
FORETOLD BY A GYPSY.
Canovas' Violent Death was Predict
ed Years Ago.
Malaga, Aug. 9. Old inhabitants of
this city relate that when Canovas del
Castillo was a young assistant master
at a school here a gypsy woman told his
fortune. She predicted that he would
become great and would meet with a
violent death.
SPANISH SECURITIES DECLINE
News of the Assassination Causes a
Fall of Half a Point in London.
London, Aug. 9. On the stock ex
change here today Spanish securities
fell one-half point on the news of assassi
nation of the premier Senor Canovas
del Castillo.
C. N. RIX STABBED.
Former Topekan in an Affray at Hot
Springs, Ark.
Hot Spring's, Ark., Aug. 9. President
C. N. Rix of the Arkansas National
bank and Colonel John J. Sumpter, a
prominent real estate and insurance
man, had a difficulty on the street Sun
day afternoon which came near ending
in the death of the former. Mr. Sump-tea-
used a stiletto, with which he in
flicted several wounds before the fight
was stopped by bystanders. Mr. Rix
was unarmed, but, being a much taller
man than Mr. Sumpter, prevented him
by his long- reach from stabbing him in
a vital part of the body. He was badly
disfigured about the face and received
several wounds on the arm.
Mr. Rix formerly lived in Topeka
and is well known by the older resi
dents. Members of his family frequent
ly visit here.
KANSAS GAINS 30,000.
Population of the State Now Going
Steadily Upward.
The population of Kansas as returned
by township assessors, through their
county clerks, has been tabulated by
the state board of agriculture, and the
total is 1,366,789, or a net increase of
30,130; 67 counties have gained 41. 729;
the smallest gain is 1, in Harper coun
ty, and the largest 1,268 in Crawford
county. Shawnee gained 2,525 ; 38 coun
ties lost 11,662, the smallest loss being
2, in Lane, and the greatest, 1,681, in
Bourbon.
F. A. Feak,Dentist, over Crosby's etore.
MAD AT THE TOWN
John W. Bookwalter of Spring
field, Ohio,
Gives His Home Town the Mar
hie Heart.
HE SAILS FOR EUROPE
After Placing on Sale HisLarge
Property Holdings.
Has Long Cordially Hated the
City and State.
Springfield, O., Aug, 9. The leaving
of John W. Bookwalter, capitalist and
globe trotter to take passage for Eur
ope last week, marked a turning point
in an interesting story of wrongs or
imagined wrongs on the part of a city,
of futile outbusts of resentment on the
part of the citizen and of his deep ha
tred for the place which by virtue of
his heavy holdings and his semi-occasional
returns to look after them is
called his home.
Prior to going Mr. Bookwalter put
all of his properties except his interest
in the James Leffel & Co's turbine wa
ter wheel shops in the hand of an agent
to place on the market. The principal
property for sale is the Lagonda hotel
block valued at $150,000, the site being
admittedly the most desirable in the
business portion of the city. On an op
posite corner is the Bookwalter block,
another business and office building, val
ued at about $100,000. Half a square
south on Limestone street is the Grand
Opera House, valued at $25,000. These
three blocks and other valuable real
estate Mr. Bookwalter propses to get
rid of mainly for the reason that they
are part of Springfield.
The water wheel factory, being a sol
idly established money maker, which
constantly returns a large per cent, is
withheld from the general order. His
dislike of the city and objection to ap
pearing in any way identified with its
interests. Its pride and Its progress is a
potent motive. Mr. Bookwalter's poor
opinion of the town Is open and fre
quently expressed. A discussion of the
city at any time invariably draws from
him an emphatic execration of its mun
icipal spirit.
This curious aversion to the town of
his marriage, his residence for a quar
ter of a century and of his rise from
small means to immense wealth is of
many years standing. It is said to date
from legal complications growing out of
an accident which happened during the
building of the Bookwalter block many
years ago. General Moses B. Walker of
Kenton, fell into an excavation which it
was alleged. was left unguarded. The
city was drawn into the long and ted
ious damage proceedings which result
ed and a decision unfavorable to Mr."
Bookwalter was finally rendered.
Thereupon he conceived that he was
deeply wronged and held the city to
account for it. Since that time many
things have happened to more firmly
fix this impression in his mind, and he
has several times evinced a spirit of
retaliation. His defeat, as the Demo
cratic candidate for governor in 1882
served also to sour him on the state in
which Springfield is located.
A PLEA TO LEEDY.
A Petition Asking Him to Al
low "Clubs" to Rnn.
Governor Leedy will soon receive an
enormous petition begging him to. al
low the "clubs" to run in Topeka, The
petitions have been in circulation sev
eral days and it is claimed that there
are 2,500 names on the papers and they
will be ready for presentation to the
governor some time this week.
The preamble to the petitions Is
lengthy. It covers three typewritten
pages of foolscap. It says that the po
lice have put a stop to the running of
clubs in Topeka and that the clubs
were being conducted in a legal man
ner. Notwithstanding that fact they
were compelled to refrain from dealing
out liquors. n
The whole blame is placed on the po
lice department and Governor Leedy is
asked to give orders to allow the"clubs"
to continue in business in a "legal
manner."
The Free Silver Colored Flambeau
club is one that is taking a hand in the
matter. S. L. Carr, a member of the
club says that they received notice to
quit serving their members with liquor
and that other clubs in the city receiv
ed the same notices from the police.
Carr said to a Journal reporter: "I
do not believe in allowing some clubs
to run and closing others. It is not
fair and we do not believe in that way
of doing business."
Another man who is circulating a pe
tition is Thomas Mooney who has been
arrested for running a joint on East
Fourth street but who has recently
been in charge of a "club."
This petition is supposed to ap
ply only to places which are regularly
chartered as "clubs." It includes O.
M. B. lodges and all places which keep
up an appearance of an organization
as co-operative saloons.
The resubmissionists will be able to
put Governor Leedy to the test through
their petitions. He must say "yes" or
"no." It is safe to say the governor
wishes the whole whisky business were
in the hands .of the local county of
ficers end that the metropolitan police
law were at the bottom of the Atlantic
ocean. He could then wash his hands
of the interminable local fights and
wouldn't have everybody running to
him to interfere in the saloon business.
The special session of the legislature in
October might be used to get rid of the
metropolitan police law. Topeka would
like to take care of her liquor business
in her own way and so, no doubt,
would every other town in the state.
It is too early to tell positively
whether the closing of the Topeka
joints was really made in good faith
or not. Saturday evening several
places resumed business. It is evident
that not all of the jointkeepers believe
that Chief Steele is sincere they know
something about him.
Last week Police Commissioner Keith
went personally and made an investi
gation of a place where he heard liq
uor was being sold. He saw enough
to convince hiro that the law is be
ing violated, and said: "I shall see
Chief Steele about this."
One Language Too Many.
Pittsburg, Aug. 9. Nowaski, the Con
nellsville agitator, who addressed the
meeting last night in four languages, was
expelled from the camp and ordered to
stay away for using profane language In
bis speech.
AFTER A BIKE THIEF.
He Stola a Wheal From the Copeland
and Escaped to Kansas City.
W. W. Webb made a loan to a mem
ber of the National bicycle racing team
in this city Saturday, the borrower
leaving his bicycle with Mr. Webb for
security. Saturday night the wheel
was stolen froro the lobby of the Cope
land, where the wheelmen were stop
ping. The theft of the machine was
not discovered until yesterday after
noon. It has been found that the thief
took the wheel from the hotel Saturday
evening and went to the Santa Fe depot
just as the train was ready to start for
Kansas City. By dint of much hustling
he got the wheel checked to Kansas
City and got on the train.
- Officei-s are in pursuit of the thief and
it is expected that he will be appre
hended and tho wheel recovered today.
SANTA FE COLLISION.
Bear End Bumped Up Between
Passenger Trains at Bur
lingame This Morning.
A rear end collision between two sec
tions of Santa Fe eastbound train No.
2 occurred at 6:40 o'clock this morning
at Burlingame station. This is the
train that usually goes east through
Topeka at 4 o'clock a. m. The second
section chashed into the rear of the
first section with considerable force as
it was leaving the station after a stop,
but no one was seriously injured.
Mr.G.H.Eflgeworth of Ottawa, a pos
tal clerk on the first section of the
train, sustained the most severe injur
ies. While making ready to jump from
his car his head was caught between
the rolling door and the door frame and
badly cut.- His injuries were dressed
at the Santa Fe hospital in this city.
A number of the passengers were
shaken up and bruised by the shock of
the collision, but none injured so se
verely as to necessitate their leaving
the train. Mr. E D. Kenna, general
solicitor of the Santa Fe, occupied a
special car on the rear of the second
section, and was in bed when the col
lision occurred.
None of the cars in the two' trains,
or either of the engines were damaged
to any extent. A number of drawheads
were broken, but these were temporar
ily repaired and the trains proceeded to
Topeka. The collision delayed the trains
but 40 minutes at Burlingame.
Train No. 2 is due to arrive in this
city at 4:45 a. m.. It was over two
hours late this morning and was run
ning in two sections on account of un
usually heavy traffic. Both trains
were running at a high rate of speed In
the attempt to make up time.
Train No. 2 is a through train and
does not usually stop at Burlingame.
This morning, however, the first sec
tion carried passengers returning from
California who reside at Burlingame,
and when . near ing Burlingame station
the conductor signalled the engineer to
stop. Hardly had the train started
after allowing the passengers to alight
when the second section dashed around
the curve and crashed into the rear
car.
The first section was in charge of
Conductor McKay and Engineer Mc
Keon, and the second section in charge
of Conductor Peterson and Engineer
Jones.
Both engineers saw the opposite
trains, and while Engineer .Jones was
endeavoring to stop his train, Engi
neer McKeon was doing all in his pow
er to get out of the way. By the first
section moving away the force 'of the
collision was considerably broken.
None of the trainmen were injured to
any extent. The fireman on the en
gine of the second section jumped be
fore the trains came together and es
caped with a few bruises.
G. H. Edgeworth, the postal clerk,
who was severely injured, was an eye
witness of the collision, as he was
looking out of the mail car door at the
time He said:
"The track curves in a very mean
way at Burlingame station, and the en
gineer of the second section was unable
to see the first section until he was al
most upon it. It is also a bad piece of
track to'start an engine with a heavy
train on, and for this reason the en
gineer of our train was unable to get
out of the way. The trains were be
hind time and were making fast time
and while they were at a safe distance
while both were moving, the time lost
in coming to a full stop and letting
the passengers off was sufficient to
bring them together. It is something
unusual for No. 2 to stop at Burling
ame, and the engineer on the second
section was of course not expecting it."
The affair will be investigated by Di
vision Superintendent McClellan.
ON A PECAN TREE.
The Body of a Negro Murderar is
Ssen From the Annie Laurie.
"Vlcksburg, Miss., Aug. 9.John Gordon,
alias Lewis Nelson, the negro who mur
dered Wm. Allen at Brunswick, on July
15, by clubbing him with a gun barrel and
who was captured in Louisiana yester
day was hanged by lynchers some time
last night. No inquest has been held so
far and details cannot be had.
Gordon killed Allen, a much respected
white citizen, in a very treacherous man
ner. He was captured by three negroes,
while engage in a game of craps, after a
desperate struggle. -
He was brought to Brunswick last
evening and when " the steamer Annie
Laurie passed there this morning at 3
o'clock his body was seen dangling from
a pecan tree.
BANKRUPTCY.
Total Spanish Revenue Scarcely
- Eqnals Interest Charges.
London, Aug. 9. The foreign office
report dealing with Spanish finance
was issued Sunday, giving approxi
mately for the first time the total Span
ish debt. This, including Cuba,
amounts to no less than $1,765,000,00. in
gold, with a charge for interest of $70,
000,000. -
Beyond this is $19,000,000 inter
est for liabilities on operations in Cuba,
which means 25 per cent additional to
the debt. This, of course, means ut
ter bankruptcy to a country whose in
come is $150,000,000.
ThrougH Train to Buffalo
Will leave Kansas City, August 21, 1897,
at 6:20 p. m. via Santa Fe Route. This
train will haul the through Pullman
palace and tourist sleepers and free
chair cars carrying the Women's Relief
Corps and the Ladies of the G. A. R.
from Kansas points. Nearest Santa Fe
agent will tell you when train will
leave stations and Junctions la Kansas.
MADMMU.00SE.
William Maddox, the Muscular
Young Farmer of Valencia,
Jumps From a Bnggy While
' DriTing Through Seabrook. '
HE WAS BEING TAKEN
To the Asylum From W hich He
Was Released
A Few Months Ago as "Cured'
Said to be Violent.
William Maddox, the man who about
two months ago disappeared from Val
encia and whom it was thought had
been murdered or drowned, is running
at large in th" vicinity of Seabrook west
of the city, a raving maniac.
At the time he was supposed to be
drowned and the river was dragged for
his body he was away somewhere- and
returned a few days afterward with his
mind unbalanced. He claimed that he
had been set upon by a gang of thug3
and nearly killed. He was strapped to
a cot and brought to Topeka where he
was tried in probate court and found
to be insane. He was taken to the To
peka Insane asylum and in a few days
therefter his reason returned and he
was released as sane. He returned to
his home near Valencia and has since
attended to his business as if nothing
had happened.
Yesterday he went crazy again. A
neighbor was delegated to bring hiro to
Topeka where he would be turned over
to the authorities and taken to the in
sane asylum. It was thought that
Maddox would go quiely with the
neighbor and would not suspect the
purpose. But the maniac seems to
have been shrewd enough to under
stand. As the two were riding through Sea
brook addition last night about twelve
o'clock one mile west of Washburn col
lege, Maddox sprang from the buggy
and declared that he intended to steal
some apples. The neighbor called to
Maddox but he ran swiftly through an
orchard and disappeared. He was pur
sued but search failed to find him and
Sheriff Kepley was notified. The sher
iff's force has been looking for Maddox
in the country west of the city, but has
not as yet captured him. He is vio
lently insane and threatens to harm the
people who oppose him in any way. He
is a -medium sized man of strong build
and would make a desperate struggle if
cornered. He is about 27 years of age
and-has a -wife and family.
HELP OUT OUR TEAM.
Benefit 'Game for Purchasing ' XThi'
forms for Topeka Ball Players. .
Topeka people will be given an oppor
tunity next Thursday to demonstrate
whether they believe this city is wide
awake enough to support a base ball
team. On that occasion the Topeka and
Abilene teams will p!a a benefit game and
the management of the home team ex
pects to be able to buy a full set of uni
forms with the proceeds.
The team is now playing with a motley
set of uniforms ranging from Guy Mc
Fadden's old St. Louis Brown suit to
Cochran's crimson one which he used
-somewhere once upon a time. No team
could play good ball in such dilapidated
faded unuorms. some of them showing all
the colors of the rainbow. Our boys are
made fun of wherever they go on account
of their shabby clothes. This is a mighty
bad advertisement for Topeka.
Several patriotic gentlemen who believe
Topeka should be represented on the base
ball diamond have supported the team.
They include E. L. Copeland of the Santa
Fe, Wallace Rynerson, J. F. Myers and
others.' They have struggled against odds
and have put up the frequent deficits out
of their own pockets. They do not expect
to make any money but would like to see
the team at least pay expenses.
If it were not for the poor suppert
given it would not be necessary to play a
benefit game to get uniforms. But the
people now have an opportunity to re
deem themselves and they should not neg
lect the opportunity. Ball players say
that better crowds turn out at Abilene,
Junction City and Emporia than are seen
at Topeka. The "knocker" needs to be
squelched. If the games were properly
patronized the team could be greatly im
proved. BOTTOM FELL OUT
Of a Cloud at Lamed Sunday Horn,
ing Four Inches of Water.
Larned, Kan., jf ug. 9. A terrific
thunder storm broke over this city at
an early hour Sunday morning, contin
uing until daybreak. People were driv
en panic-stricken from their beds and
sought refuge in their cellars. The
heavens were a constant sheet of flame,
which, with the violent peals of thun
der and a downpour of rain that almost
amounted to a cloudburst, caused many
people to spend a night of terror. Four
inches of water fell here in less than
three hours and reports by wire indi
cate that the rain was general, but not
so heavy, "throughout the southwestern
portion of the state. With the evception
of several farm animals killed by light
ning the storm did no damage in this
vicinity.
FOSTER VISITS M'KINLEV.
After a Long Private Talk He Leaves
for Washington.
Plattsburg, N. T., Aug. 9. The twenty
first Infantry gave a dress parade and
were reviewed by the presidential party to
day. After the parade the president and
Mrs. McKinle, Vice President and Mrs.
Hobart, Secretary of War and Mrs. Alger,
President's Secretary and Mrs. Porter,
Whitelaw Reid and wife and Warner Mil.
ler, left for Burlington, Vt., on the Wash
ita, where they will be received by ex
Governor Woodbury.
John W. Foster returned on Friday from
his special mission to European countries
on the seal question and reached this city
early in the day and afterwards was ad
mitted to President MeKinley's apart
ments. There he remained for about two
hours with the president, vice president
and secretary of war. He left at noon for
Washington.