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TUESDAY E VEXING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, MAY 9, 1899.
TUESDAY EVENING.
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MUST jte SOLD.
Cilj Conncil Will Dispose of
the City Building.
Probably Be Little Trouble In
Finding a Buyer.
ORGANIZE COMPANY.
Plan to Form a Syndicate to
Secure Capital.
There Should Be Little Delay
In the Sale.
The city council was asked at its
meeting tonight to again make an ef
fort to sell the city building by sub
mitting it to bids or in any other man
ner thought best. The special commit
tee appointed by the Commercial club
to consider all matters pertaining to
the auditorium decided upn this course
at a meeting last evening.
The meeting of the committee was
presided over by ex-Mayor Fellows,
who is chairman. The other members
present were James A. Troutman, P.
W. Griggs and W. C. Stephenson. There
were also present Attorney General
Gudard, C. C. Baker and Michael
Heery.
The first thing that the committee
considered was whether there is any
way to build an auditorium without
disposing of the city building, and both
Attorney General Godard and James A.
Troutman agreed that it could not be
done under the auditorium ordinance
passed by the council submitting me
proposition to a vote of the people. The
only wav to accomplish it. they said,
was to pass another ordinance provid
ing for the erection of an auditorium
without selling the present city build
ing, and hold another election on that
proposition.
City Attorney Bird, who came in la
ter, said that the ordinance passed by
the council was what had been request
ed bv both the Commercial cluband the
council, and that the idea had been to
sell the present building before an au
ditorium was commenced.
Nearly all the members of the com
mittee said that the reason there were
r.o bids when the building was offered
before was because nearly everyone
thought that the council would not con
sider a bid of $50,000. and no" one felt
like bidding that .amount until they
knew Just what could be done with the
building.
T had a man who would have gladly
paid $40,000 for the building." said Mr.
Troutman. '-but he would not submit a
bid at that price because he did not
believe the council would consider any
thing less than $50,000. He has invest
ed elsewhere now."
Citv Attornev Bird said he thought
the building ought to be worth more
than $40,000. .
"I know of a man,' he said, 'who is
ready to lease the basement and first
floor of the building for $3,500 a year,
for one. five or fifteen years. The sec
ond and third floors ought to pay in
surance and taxes on the property. The
taxes will be about $S50 a year, and
the third floor is renting now for danc
ing purposes for $350. I think the build
ing will pay 6 per cent interest on $50,
oo." Mr. Bird further said Col. Veale had
suggested trading the building for an
auditorium site.providing the city could
get the kind of a site it wanted and suf
ficient "boot" to get full value out of
the city building. The suggestion was
looked upon with favor by the commit
tee, providing any one had that kind
of an offer to make.
Michael Heery was asked what he
thought the building was worth, and
said: "It is worth $50,000. but it may
not bring that much. In three years I
believe it will bring $75,000."
P. W. Griggs thought it ought to sell
for $45,000. and Mr. Godard expressed
the opinion that it would greatly ad
vance in value in the next few years.
W. C. Stephenson suggested that a
stock company be formed among To
peka capitalists to take the building off
the hands of the city.
Nearly all the members of the com
mittee thought that a purchaser for the
property could be found if the proper
effort was put forth, and upon motion
of Mr. Troutman the committee decid
ed to ask the council to submit it for
sale again, either by sealed bids, or in
any other manner it thought best.
I'ntil the building is sold nothing fur
ther can be done about selecting a site
for the auditorium.
FLOUR MILL TRUST
With $40,000,000 Capital Or
ganized In the East.
Chicago. May 9 The Post today says:
A gigantic combination gathering in all
the flour milling corporations at the
head of the lakes. New York city,
Buffalo and Syracuse, has been effected
and tomorrow the score or more of
mills embraced in the deal will be turn
ed over to the new management. The
consolidation is capitalized at $40,000,
000. Officers and a board of directors
have already been elected and the lead
ing spirits in the organization propose
immediately to revolutionize the flour
milling business of the country'. The
new corporation will be known as the
V. S. Flour Milling company: head
quarters will be in New York. George
Urban of Buffalo has been elected presi
dent and Charles Mclntyre of New
York, treasurer.
CALVE OFFERED $90,000.
Maurice Orau Wants the Foreign
Singer in New York.
New York. May 9. Maurice Grau has
offered Emma Calve $30,000 if she will
come here and sing next year. He has
agreed to contract for sixty perform
ances at $1,500 a performance. He de
clares that not only will Calve carry
$90,000 from this country, but he is
willing to guarantee that he will make
a good income for the first year of the
next century for himself.
Calve is resting quietly and building
herself up to accei t Mr. Grau's offer
She is perhaps the greatest favorite of
all the foreign singers who have toured
America.
If she regains her health she will sing
t9 New Yorkers their favorite Carmen,
TO AUSTRALIA TO WED.
Romance of a Deaf and Dumb Girl of
St. Cloud, Minn.
St. Cloud, Minn., May 9. A sequel to
a pretty little romance, which had Its
inception years ago in the Minnesota
school for the deaf and dumb at Fari
bault, has just developed in the depar
ture from St. Cloud for Australia of
Miss Pearl French, the 22 year old
daughter of J. S. French, a well known
citizen. Immediately upon arrival there
Miss French will become the bride of
a young man named Eddy, who, lite
herself, is a deafmute.
Bride and groom, eleven years ago.
were pupils together at the Faribault
state school, and after leaving school
corresponded. Eddy is the son of an
advent missionary In Australia, who
went from Battle Creek, Mfch.. years
ago. With his mother he visited St.
Cloud last summer, when the courtship
actively began which will end so hap
pily upon the arrival of the next steam
er from San Francisco.
Miss French will make the trip un
attended. Extensive arrangements have
been made for her safe arrival there.
IDEA IS GROWING.
Kansas Towns Preparing to
Welcome Twentieth Kan
sas Companies.
The Twentieth Kansas regiment, its
different companies and the individual
members can not receive too much at
tention at the hands of the Kansas peo
ple when that organization. returns
from the Philippines.
Salina has started out on the right
idea. But the big reception for the en
tire regiment will be held in Topeka by
the Kansas people. The Salina company
will be entertained at its home by the
loyal people of that town. The Salina
Union has the following to say:
"The members of Company M should
be given a grand reception in Salina on
their return from the Philippines. The
reception should consist of a banquet,
appropriate exercises, and general re
joicing. The excellent work performed
bv Saline county's volunteers is deserv
ing of the best of recognition, and their
safe return will be additional cause for
celebration.
"Major Bishop would not have had an
opportunity to distinguish himself as
captain of Company M if the boys un
der him were not fighters. Therefore, it
is but fitting that Salina should honor
her heroes.
"The Twentieth Kansas is the pride
of the United States, and the Saline
county boys who have performed their
part to make the regiment famous
should be thought as much of at home
as the regiment is in the nation.
"Let the citizens of Salina get to work
and make preparations for receiving
Company M. The boys were given a
good 'send off when they left here and
they should be given a better 'send off'
when thev return."
The Kansas City papers are still sput
tering about the way the regiment was
treated while in camp at Topeka and
the conditions under which it left.
The following letter from Rev. M. F.
McKirahan is to the point. He was one
who tramped day after day between
the depots and the camp with the squad
of old soldiers who acted as a guard of
honor to the 3G companies that came
here:
To the Editor of the State Journal.
Much is being said of our treatment
of the Twentieth Kansas last summer,
now that - the regime.'.t has become
famous. I was in a position to see all
that was done and had a part in the
reception given the troops gathering
here, their treatment while here and
their departing.
While the authorities at the state
house seemed to be indifferent, their
shortcomings were more than atoned
for bv the citizens of the city and
especially the G. A. R. and their kin
dred associations. Every incoming com
pany was met by a delegation from
Lincoln Post No. 1. G. A. R., with a
drum corps, and escorted in good style
to the camp, except in a few cases
when we could not hear when they
would arrive. Several times we went to
the depot to meet a company, only to
discover that it would arrive at some
other time or over some other road.
The boys appreciated this attention
very highly and were profuse in praise
of their kindly reception. A Christian
commission was organized to see that
everything the boys needed was pro
vided. When the Twentieth was about
to leave for San Francisco, we arranged
to give them a big send off. and had an
escort in waiting, but Col. Little refused
to accept our offices, and instead of
marching the regiment in a body to the
train he sent it over by squads and
battalions, without giving us a chance
to do them the honor we desired. A
wagon load of provisions was in wait
ing at Lincoln Post hall but were not
sent for. We took them over and dis
tributed them to the boys on board the
train. A great crowd was at the depot
to bid them good-by. and everything
was done that could be done to treat
them right while here and send them on
their way with proper honor and re
spect. Vhen they return the old boys
of Lincoln Post will be ready to accord
them a royal soldier's welcome.
(Signed), M. F. McKirahan.
The Commercial club will meet Wed
nesday night and appoint committees
to commence the arrangements for the
reception.
A NEW CUBAN FLAG
Has Been Provided by the United
States Government.
New- York. May 9. A Herald dis
patch from Washington says:
Cuba has been provided with a new
flag by the United States government
that was designed for Cuban owned ves
sels engaged in coastwise trade. It was
not desired to give these vessels the
American flag, as that would be a step
in the direction of annexation, nor the
flag of the Cuban revolution, for that
would be a step toward recognition:
accordingly the new ensign consists
merely of a blue field with a white
union. The vessels which fly this Sag
were formerly Spanish. In order to
preserve to the Cubans the coasting
trade of the island, a privilege of much
greater value to them than their slight
participation in the foreign trade, a reg
ulation was made when the military oc
cupation of the island began permitting
residents who owned vessels to continue
in the coasting trade on condition that
they abjured allegiance to Spain. This
regulation covered probably nine-tenths
of all the vessels owned in Spain.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, May 9. For Kansas: Gen
erally fair tonight and Wednesday;
probably cooler Wednesday; brisk south
to west winds.
HE IS AJAILURE.
Oil Inspector Spencer Does Not
Fill the Bill.
State Officers Will Request His
Remoral.
MANY COMPLAINTS.
They Come From Everywhere
in the Statet
Pays No Attention to Law in
Making Inspections.
Settlement With State Treas
urer Due Wednesday.
S. O. Spencer, Governor Stanley's
state oil inspector, is now being sub
jected to general criticism because of
his method of doing business, as dis
played to the state officers by a report
filed with the state auditor by the
Standard Oil company.
Some of the State officers condemn
Spencer freely and it has been suggest
ed that the governor will be compelled
to remove him from office, and an effort
is being made to prove to Stanley that
Spencer is wholly incompetent for the
work of which he has charge, although
it is unnecessary, the governor knows
it now.
The law governing the inspection of
on provides specifically that the local
or deputy inspectors shall collect tne
fees for the inspections and turn the
money over to the state inspector who
in turn shall deposit it in the state
treasury. The deputies are authorized
to retain 2d per cent of the amount coi
lected by them as salary for their ser
vices.
At the present time, as indicated by
the oil company's report, Mr. Spencer
nas collected the fees himself direct
from the company and turned the
money into the treasury. Now there is
no way to get the money out to pay
the deputies. The inspector himself
draws nis pay through the auditor's
office, the amount being fixed by law.
Tomorrow is the last day in which
the state oil inspector may file his re
port for the month preceding. This re
port will be stringently investigated by
Mr. Cole. The auditor has been inform
ed that Mr. Spencer has been traveling
on railroad passes but charges 'the state
mileage. If this be true the auditor will
reject the account and decline to issue
a warrant for Mr. Spencer's expense
bills.
Then the work is being delayed and
the companies handling oil are making
vigorous kicks about it. The local in
spectors have not been supplied with
the necessary instruments to do the
work for which they were appointed
and the inspector announces that 60 days
will expire before the instruments for
making inspections can be procured.
This works a hardship against the oil
dealers and they are not slow to make
their dissatisfaction public.
Complaints against Spencer have been
received from all parts of the state.
Men who live in the parts of the state
represented by the various state officers
and assistants have written to them
complaining of Spencer's alleged incom
petency and asking that something be
done to get rid of him. These com
plaints have reached the governor too,
and he is dissatisfied with Spencer's
work. The governor is seriously consid
ering the advisability of removing
Spencer and giving the place to some
other man. Mr. Stanley said in the
campaign:
"If after I appoint men to office and
find they are incompetent for the work
or negligent in their duties I shall re
move them at once. And, no man who
accepts an appointment under my ad
ministration will be permitted to take
the office until he agrees to vacate if at
any time I should find that the public
interests could be best served by such
action."
Upon this declaration of the governor
and the fact that he is really in earnest
in his efforts to give the state a good
administration the men who are dis
satisfied with Spencer's work rely for
success in their effort to have him de
posed. One of the charges made against
Spencer by his enemies is that, he lacks
mental qualifications to do the work.
Another is that he neglects the work
which he could do. Then he is charged
with openly violating the law by col
lecting -the fees for inspection direct
from the companies. The law specifies
that the deputies shall collect the mon
ey and then states that violation of any
provision of the law shall be a misde
meanor. The charge that Spencer has
violated the law in this particular is
sustained by the report filed by the
Standard Oil company with the state
auditor. This report is open to the in
spection of the public. It shows that
Mr. Spencer has collected $1,200 which
he will probably turn into the treasury
tomorrow.
Spencer's administration of the af
fairs of his office is the state house
joke. Not a state officer has a word of
luiiiiiieiiuaiiofi lor mm, out every cierK,
assistant officer and state officer criti
cises him at all times. Mention Spen
cer's name at the state house and who
ever happens to be in hearing will
say:
"I believe that is the governor's oil
man." 1
Mr. Spencer is the man who filed a
report in which he spelled Hiawatha
as follows: "heigherwather." This re
port was filed in the governor's office.
He is the man who in. speaking of tem
perature said, "foreign heat" when he
meant Fahrenheit, and at the same
time told some of his friends that
"specific gravity represents what any
thing is."
IT MAY KILL HER.
Wife of Hutchinson Murderer Moore
Unconscious Since His Sentence.
Hutchinson, May 9. After John Moore
received sentence for the crime of kill
ing his children he was followed to the
jail by his wife. After the parting she
clung to Moore until they were sep
arated by the officers. Then she
crouched on the porch outside, looking
through the bars down into the cell for
some time. When Moore was removed
out of her sight she walked alone to
the home of her father, M. W. Frank
lin, on Avenue B east.
After reaching there she sank into an
unconscious state in which she re
mained yesterday.
CARNEGIE SAYS WATCH
And Sea What He Will So With That
$100,000,000.
New York, May 9. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
Andrew Carnegie, asked to give his
reasons for selling his vast interests in
the manufacture of iron and steel, re
ferred with indorsement to an inter
view with him printed in a London pa
per today.
In this interview Mr. Carnegie was
asked if he had sold from fear or dis
like of the trusts and was quoted as
replying:
"The trusts have never frightened me
and the Carnegie Steel company has no
occasion to be afraid of them, as it is
the greatest property of its kind the
world has ever seen or probably ever
will see. I did not sell out because bus
iness was not prosperous; it never wgs
so prosperous, nor were its prospects
ever so good. I sold in pursuance of a
policy determined upon long ago, not to
spend my old age in business, strug
gling after more dollars. I believe in
developing a dignified and unselfish lifo
after 60."
Mr. Carnegie's attention was called to
a paragraph in a London paper which
referred to his famous declaration that
"to die rich is to die disgraced," and
he was asked what he was going to do
with the $100,000,000 he had amassed.
"Tell that editor," replied Mr. Carne
gie, "to watch and see. I hope I shall
not justify the definition, sometimes de
served, of a philanthropist as a man
with a great deal of money, but very
little sense."
Asked his opinion of the recent tri
umphs of American engineering firms
in beating English competition for the
supply of locomotives to India, etc., Mr.
Carnegie said subsequently: "As I have
been telling my native land for at least
15 years what was coming. I am not
surprised. The American is the most
alert, quickest and most versatile man
the world has yet seen. The American
workman is more skillful than any
other."
"But. Mr. Carnegie, the Briton has
got a long way ahead of the American
in the industrial struggle."
"Very good, but he has never before
had to compete with a man of his own
blood. He developed under more favor
able circumstances. To be sure there
is a great deal of 'kick' in the Briton
and the struggle will not be hastily
given over. When he has met superior
competition I have got faith in his abil
ity to change his methods and to fight.
One great obstacle which he must en
counter is the fact that minerals are
rapidly being worked out in the old
land, while in the new they are only
just being opened.
ALARM FOR ARMOUR.
Report Reaches London That
He Is Paralyzed.
London, May 9. It is reported here
that Mr. F. D. Armour of Chicago has
been stricken with paralysis. Mr.
Armour's representative in this city
said today that the latest advices from
him direct reported his arrival at Ham
burg very ill and that he proceeded to
a German spa to take the waters.
L-ENIED IN CHICAGO.
Chicago. May 9. Armour & Co. posi
tively deny the report said to have been
cabled from Hamburg that Mr. P. D.
Armour is seriously ill. They have re
ceived daily direct cables from him that
absolutely contradict any such report.
The last one came late last night. He
arrived well at Hamburg last week
and went to Nauheim yesterday in pur
suance of his original intention. He is
in good health.
ARMOUR HEARD FROM.
London, May 9. Mr. Armour's repre
sentative in London received a telegram
this afternoon denying that Mr. Armour
had had a stroke of apoplexy. The dis
patch adds that Mr. Armour has been
at Nauheim, about live miles rrom
Hamburg, for several days, taking the
waters, and that his condition has ma
terially improved since his arrival there.
GOV. THOMAS' DENIAL.
Says He Didn't Make Any Threats
Against War Department.
Denver. May 9. Governor Thomas,
who has been out of the city several
days, wired Adjutant General Corbin
upon his return late last night as fol
lows: "Reported interview of mine in Den
ver News concerning Colorado volun
teers is false and malicious."
The governor says he told the inter
viewer he had twice requested the re
turn of the Colorado regiment and
would renew the request, and that, as
the Spanish war had terminated, the
volunteers should be permitted to re
turn if they wished.
"Beyond this," says the governor,
"nothing was said except an expression
of a general nature concerning the
power of the government to call upon
the militia for service in an offensive
war."
BENNINGTON GONE.
Original Middie-of-the-Roader Moves
to Kansas City.
W. H. Bennington, who has been a
prominent figure in Kansas politics for
several years, has moved to Kansas
City, Mo.
Mr. Bennington is one of the original
"middle-of-the-roaders" and has been
one of the managers of the middle-of-the-road
campaign in Kansas for sev
eral years. He was one of the first
Populists in the state and helped organ
ize an independent movement after the
first fusion with the Democrats.
Mr. Bennington is a thoroughbred re
former and it is safe to say that he will
be heard from in Missouri where he will
probably open a law office.
Mr3. Bennington and the children will
follow him this week.
Disraeli's Nephew Hurt.
London. May 9. Mr. Coningsby Ralph
Disraeli, nephew and heir of Lord Bea
consfield. and member of parliament
for the Altrincham division of Cheshire,
was thrown from his bicycle at High
Wycomb today. He struck on his head
and was so badly injured that he had
to be conveyed in a cab to Hughenden
Manor.
Sample Treatment Free. v
A trial package of Dr. Miles' favorite
treatment, consisting of Dr. Miles' Re
storative Nervine. Dr. Miles' AntiPain
Pills and Dr. Miles' Nerve and Liver
Pills will be sent absolutely free of cost
to any person who will send name and
address on a postal card, requesting the
samples, and mentioning name of this
paper to
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
GIVILWAR.
Conflict Between Riral Factions
of Insurgent Army
Narrowly Averted by Entreat
ies of Aguinaldo.
CLASH OF AUTHORITY.
Gen. Luna Orders Gen. Mas
cardo to Send Reinforcements.
Mascardo's Refusal the Cause
of the Trouble.
New Tork, May 9. A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from Manila
says:
Only the entreaties of Aguinaldo
averted last Tuesday a civil war be
tween the forces of his two rival gen
erals, Luna and Mascardo. They were
actually drawn up in battle array.
This and a positive confirmation of
the news that Luna has been danger
ously wounded in the shoulder in the
battle of St. Tomas are the most im
portant items of intelligence brought
today by the army gunboats La Guna
de Bay and Cavadonga, which returned
from a brisk expedition up the San Fer
nando river.
It was immediately before the battle
of St. Tomas that the insurgents so
nearly arrived at the point of begin
ning to exterminate one another. Gen.
Luna when he saw that an engagement
with the American troops was inevit
able sent back an aide post haste to
Bacolor where Gen. Mascardo was, de
manding reinforcements. Mascardo's
reply was that he would take orders
from no one but Aguinaldo.
This defiance so infuriated Luna that,
in spite of the impending conflict with
the common enemy he took 1,500 of his
soldiery and made a forced march to
Bacolor intent on chastising his com
rade in arms.
Mascardo was nothing loth to fight it
out and ordered his command into line
of battle. Shouts of hatred and de
fiance were heard on both sides. Out
side the opposing forces, the insurgent
camp was all confusion.
Aguinaldo, terrified by the situation,
ordered his chief of staff, Co). Argueles,
to make peace at all hazards. The sol
diers loaded their pieces and were
waiting for orders to begin the on
slaught when Argueles galloped be
tvveen the lines, frantically waving a
nag or truce. There was an angry con
ference between him and the rival gen
erals. Aguinaldo was drawn into it.
With all the intensity at his command.
he begged Luna and Mascardo not to
plunge the Philippine forces into civil
strife, at a time when they were al
ready broken up and demoralized by
successive defeats at the hands of the
Americans.
His entreaties prevailed for the time
being. Luna soon returned to the front
after the commanding general had
promised mm reinrorcements, and or
dered Mascardo to be courtmartialed
for not having sent them at first. The
battle of St. Tomas followed and Luna
on whose ferocity in the field Aguinaldo
placed his chief reliance received
wounds that will disable him for the
rest of the campaign and may cause his
death.
MAJOR DIGGLES WOUNDED.
Manila. May 9. A reconnoitering
party from Major General Lawton's
command and which consisted of two
companies of the Minnesota regiment
and. two companies of the Oregon regi
ment under command ol Gen. Diggles
of the Minnesota regiment advanced
yesterday to a point near San Miguel,
which is about 12 miles north of
Balinag. There the Americans' were
met with a volley from a force of rebels
behind a trench. Major Diggles was
wounded.
CHARLESTON'S SECRET MISSION.
Washington. May 9. The cruiser
Charleston sailed yesterday from Hong
Kong for Aparri. a port on the extreme
northern coast of the island of Luzon.
The purpose of the visit to this place
is not explained in the cablegram from
Hong Kcng.
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS.
Twelfth Biennial Council Opens at
Kansas City.
Kansas City, May 9. Nearly 100 del
egates with as many more visitors,
from all parts of the country were in
attendance today upon the opening ses
sion of the twelfth biennial supreme
council of the Catholic Knights of
America. The feature of today's pro
gramme was the solemn high mass held
at St. Patrick's cathedral. The officers
and delegates formed in line at the
Coates hotel at 9:30 o'clock this morn
ing and marched to the church, headed
by the Uniform Rank company from
Vincennes, Ind., under command of
Gen. J. W. Norhaus, supreme comman
der in chief. The ceremonies at the
cathedral were impressive Father T.
F. Lillis of this city preached the ser
mon. At noon the first regular session of
the council was held at Lyceum hall.
The delegates were welcomed by Mayor
Jones. Edward Feeny of Brooklyn, su
preme president, responding. Frank
Walsh followed in an address on be
half of the Kansas City members. Rou
tine matters took up the remainder of
the session and an adjournment ws
had till tomorrow when the real work
of the council will begin.
In the afternoon the knights and
their ladies were taken for a drive over
the city.
f Mrs. Wallace Buys a Farm,
San Francisco, May 9. Mrs. Joseph
ine Wallace, mother of Edna Wallace
Hopper, the actress, has purchased
Souther farm,- near San Leandro. in
Alameda county, and the' place will be
transformed into a fruit farm and coun
try home. The Souther farm is one of
the best known properties in the state.
Besides being exceedingly fertile, it is
beautifully situated near the foothills.
It consists of about 300 acres. The
price paid is said to have been about
$100,000.
To Meet the Queen.
London, May 9. At the drawine
room tomorrow, Mrs. Joseph H. Choate,
wife of the United States ambassador
to Great- Britain, will present Mrs. and
Miss Bates, the wife and daughter, re
spectively, of Lieut. Col. Alfred E.
Bates, the military attache of the em
bassy; the wife and daughter of Mr.
Wm. H. Osborne, consul general of the
United States at London: Mrs. John B.
Mott, of Indiana, and Miss Ingraham.
GIRLS REMEMBERED HER.
Those Befriended by Her Sent Flow
- era to Mrs. Whitney's Funeral.
New Tork, May 9. Funeral services
over the remains of Mrs. Wm. C. Whit
ney were held today in the Cathedral
of the Incarnation, Garden City, L. I.
The services were preceded by a pri
vate ceremony at Mr. Whitney's home,
WTheatly Hills, conducted by the Rev.
Dr. W. S. Rainsford, rector of St.
George's, New York, of which church
Mrs. Whitney was a communicant.
The Right Rev. A. N. Littlejohn,
Bishop of Long Island, and the Right
Rev. Wm. C. Downe. Bishop of Albany,
officiated at the cathedral. Bishop Pot
ter of New York was unable to be pres
ent. There was a full choral service, the
music being given by the cathedral
choir of twenty-six voices. The hymns
were "Hark, Hark My Soul" and "From
All the Saints That From Their Labors
Rest."
The anthem sung was "Whoso dwell
eth under the defense of the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Al
mighty." The interment was at Douglaston.
During the committal service the an
them "I Heard a Voice from Heaven"
was sung.
The pallbearers were George Pollock,
Thomas Newbold, Robert Bacon, G. H.
Redmond, Gardiner G. Howland, George
S. Bowdoin, Frank Peabody and Thom
as Hitchcock.
The floral offerings were remarkable
for their beauty and their great num
ber. Among them were bunches of violets
and roses from working girls whom
Mrs. AVhitney had befriended. More
than 300 persons went to Garden City
from New York on a special train. The
party included Mrs. Frederick May of
Washington, mother of Mrs. Whitney:
Frederick May of Boston, brother of
Mrs. Whitney; H. W. Whitney of Bos
ton, a brother of Mr. Whitney; Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. K. Vanderbilt, jr.. O. H. P.
Belmont, Mrs. H. McK. Twombley, Wm.
L. Elkins and P. A. B. Widener.
RALEIGH AGROUND.
Captain Coghlan Expects to
Float With High Tide.
Charleston, S. C, May 9. The cruiser
Raleigh which was to be present at the
Confederate reunion, went aground
early this morning about 30 yards out
side of the south jetty. She is lying
easy and will probably be floated at
high tide this evening. It is not be
lieved she has sustained any damage.
Captain Coghlin declined assistance
from all tugs.
TAKES TO THE WATER.
The President Will Begin the Baths
at Once.
Hot Springs, Va May 9. The Presi
dent and Mrs. McKinley. Dr. Rixey of
the navy. Assistant Secretary Cortel
you, Mr. Barnes, a White House sten
ographer and the executive servants
reached here at 8 o'clock this morning.
Their special train - was an hour
ahead of its scheduled time and thus
the arrival at the depot was without a
crowd of natives, or guests. The party
was met by Mr. Sterry, the manager of
the Homestead, and entering the hotel
by a side door, their presence was un
known to any save Secretary and Mrs.
Gage, who welcomed them in the ap
partments set aside for them. Dr.
Rixey examined the bath houses im
mediately and the president will begin
taking the baths today.
WILHITE OFFERS THE CUP
"Emporia Man Stimulates Interest in
''State Tennis Tournament.
The state tennis tournament will be
held in Topeka this summer and inter
est in the games has already received
an impetus by the offer of a $50 cup for
championship. This generous induce
ment to the players comes from O. M.
Wilhite of Emporia, the proprietor of
the Mit-Way restaurant.
The cup will be put up with the un
derstanding that a player must win it
three times in succession before it be
comes his property. The Emporia
players are preparing, so they say, to
keep the' cup in that city. There are
some tennis players in Topeka who hope
to bring the cup here during the tour
nament and keep it.
The Topeka Tennis association has or
ganized for the season, having secured
a number of new members. The old
players, about all of them being cham
pions of one kind or another, are al
ready in the game, and there will be
plenty of work done before the state
tournament which the players hope will
put them in shape to vanquish all
comers.
DENVER PRIZE FIGHT.
Frank Bartley and Matty Matthews
Spar to a Draw.
Denver. May 9. The work of Frank
Bartley of Chicago in the twenty-round
fight with Matty Matthews, of New
York last night, which ended in a draw,
proved a revelation to the spectators,
who did not consider him a match for
the New Yorker. In the whole contest
Bartley easily outpointed Matthews,
but the latter showed wonderful powers
of endurance. The number of fair
blows landed by both men was 72, of
which 39 were marked in Bartley's favor
and 33 to the credit of Matthews. The
best work of Matthews was in the
ninth, fourteenth, sixteenth and last
rounds.
FILIPINOS SHUT OUT.
Refused a Landing on United States
Shores.
San Francisco, May 9. United States
Immigration Commissioner North has
refused to permit the landing of ten
native Filipinos who arrived here a few
days ago on the steamer City of Pekin.
The natives are under contract to ex
hibit in a New York museum. Commis
sioner North takes the position, there
fore, that because of their agreement
to place themselves on exhibition, they
are contract laborers, and as such are
not entitled to land in this country. On
the other hand the Filipinos claim that
they are actors and not laborers. They
will probably appeal the case to Wash
ington.
Wrecked on Kangaroo Islaijd.
Adelaide. South Australia. May 9.
The British ship Loch Sloy, Capt. Nicol,
from Clyde on January 5 for Adelaide
and Melbourne, was wrecked on Kan
garoo island on April 24. Five passen
gers and twenty-five of the crew were
drowned. Four of those on board the
ship escaped from the wreck, but three
of them are still wandering in the bush.
KANSAS MILLIONS
Farmers of Sunflower State
Filling the Banks.
Increase of Orer S 1,000,000 In
Deposits.
ONLY PART OF BANKS.
National Banks Not Included In
Summary.
Figures by J. W. Breidenthal
and Therefore Reliable.
The people of Kansas have plenty of
money in the banks and the prospects
of a first class crop give promise of
largely increased bank accounts.
There is now deposited in the state
banks of Kansas alone the sum of $23,
042.878.29. These figures are shown by the bank
statements received by Commissioner
Breidenthal for the period ending March
18, 1899.
The returns on ithe quarterly state
ments for April 5, 1898, practically a cor
responding period last year, show that
patrons of the state banks had on de
posit $22,318,164.98.
This shows an increase in favor of the
present year amounting to $724,703.31.
The increase would have been over one
million dollars in deposits were it not
for the fact that two of the largest
banks in the state recently went into
the national banking system. These
were the Wichita banks, which carried
deposits amounting to more than $500,
000, which would have made the total
amount of money in state banks reach,
over a million, two hundred thousand
dollars more than at the same date of
last year.
FOR MEMORIAL DAT.
Commander Coulter Issues an Order
Urging Its Observance.
O. H. Coulter, department commander
of the Kansas G. A. It., is sending out
general order No. 2, pertaining to Me
morial day, May 30. He urges a strict
observance of the day and counsels
the members of the organization to see
that no soldiers' graves are neglected.
He says: .
"In twining wreaths on the monu
ments to leaders we pay tribute to those
who were led. A rosebud on the grave
of a soldier or sailor symbolizes our love
for the memory of all who wore the
union blue, whether they sleep amid
monuments of marble or rest in the
grave of an Unknown."
The last national encampment of the
G. A. R. provided that Lincoln's address-
J at Gettysburg should be made a fea
ture of all Memorial day exercises. This i
will be read at every celebration of that .
character in Kansas this year.
CUT TELEGRAPH BILLS.
Auditor Cole Forces a Compliance
With the New Law.
The telegraph companies evidently
fear the power of the state and have
accepted a reduction of their charges
for messages in compliance with the
provisions of the new law.
This action on the part of the com
panies was not caused by generosity on
their part, but the reduction was made
by State Auditor Coie in issuing war
rants for the payment of the monthly
teleeraph bill. The companies pre
sented their bills made out at the usual
rates charged for the transmission of
messages, but Mr. Cole would not audit
them in this condition. He went to
work and cut the bills down to the rate
authorized by the new law and then
said he would issue the warrants.
The telegraph companies accepted the
reduction without a murmur. Some
time ago the companies announced that
messages would not be accepted from
the state officers and charged subject
to settlement the first of each month.
When this became public a new tack
was taken and the officers announced
that the companies would not change
their method of dealing with the state.
This came after Mr. Cole had an
nounced that he would not audit the
vouchers at the old rates. He was as
good as his word and the bills were
paid on the basis which was fixed by
Mr. Cole.
HE DARES TO SPEAK.
Republican Protests Against Crip
pling ol Educational Institutions.
Charles F. Scott, editor ot the Iola
Register, and a member of the board
of regents of the state university, has
written Governor Stanley a strong let
ter protesting against the proposed in
vestigation of William Rogers of Wash
ington, the Populist member of the
board. It will be remembered that
Rogers was ousted from this position
during the administration of Governor
Morrill by an investigation arranged
and conducted by Cyrus Leland.
Rogers was convicted of every charge,
as a matter of course, and removed.
When Governor Leedy came into office
he re-appointed Rogers. Now some of
the Republican politicians want to get
rid of Rogers and another investigation
is suggested as the proper method.
Mr. Scott says Rogers prevented the
removal of Chancellor Snow by his
Populist regent associates; that he is
an ardent supporter of the university,
and that he is an honest and conscien
tious member of the board. Leland has
threatened to file complaints against
Rogers.
Takes the White Veil.
New York, May 9. Sister Imelda
Theresa, the former Salvation Arm v
brigadier, whose conversion to the
Catholic faith a little more than two
years ago created a stir in the army
ranks, assumed the white veil last Sun
day in the chapel of the mother house
of the congregation of St. Catherine de
Ricci of the Third Order of St. Dominic,
at Albany.
To Drain 30,000 Acres.
Wabash, Ind.. May 9. Contracts were
closed last night for the largest ditch
ever dug in Indiana. It is known as
the Bear Lake ditch, lies chiefly in
Noble and Steuben counties, and will
drain 30.000 acres of land. With its
branches, it is seventy miles long, and
the total cost is $55.000.
Von Diedrichs to Rest
Berlin, May 9. Admiral von Died
richs has been granted a leave of ab
sence of three months.