rfrv,y it a . m it . m t 4rm m LAST EDITION. FRIDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS. AUGUST 10, 1900. FRIDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. it 4 I- PEACE OVERTURES Chinese Government Has Is - sued an Edict Authorizing Li Hung Chang to Open Negotiations. MOVING ON PEKIN. Combined Russian and Japanese Force From the North Is Marching Toward the Chin ese Capital. CABLE FROM CONGER. Minister Wu Ting Fang Has Received Another Message. London, Aug. 10. An edict emanating from Pekin and authorizing Li Hurts Chang to negotiate with the powers for peace has, it 4s reported from Shanghai, been received there. The correspondents at Yokohama again send the statement that a Russo Japanese force is moving on Fekln from the north. The movements and number of this force are, it is further asserted, kept secret in order to prevent the facts from reaching Pekin. The French consul at Shanghai says 3.000 Annamite troops will arrive there next week fur the protection of the French settlement. The Chinese merchants of Shanghai have petitioned the foreign consuls there to prevent the landing of troops, declar ing that it will create a panic among the Chinese. I.i Fing Heng, the former governor of fhan Tun, personally commanded 15,000 Chinese at Yang Tsun. A Chinese official at Shanghai, says 17 pirate's and brigands were beheaded at Canton August 8. Dispatches received here from Berlin pay that Emperor Francis Joseph and King Victor Emmanuel III have tele graphed to Field Marshal Count von Waldersee congratulating him on his ap pointment to the chief command of the allied troops in China. Field Marshal von Waklersee, it is an nounced here, will sail August 21. or August 22, from an Italian port and that he will go to Shanghai first. MESSAGE FROM CONGER. Washington, Aug. 10. The Chinese minister this morning received a lengthy cipher cable dispatch containing over 100 words from Minister" Conger, at Pekin, addressed to the state department. It is in the American code throughout but its contents are not known. Mr. Wu visited the state department to. deliver the message. The cablegram from Minister Conger was deciphered at the state department after considerable time owing to its length. The text has not been given out but has been forwarded to the president at Canton. It is substantially a dupli cation of the message from M. Pichon, the French envoy in Pekin. and indi cates that the eight foreign ministers at the Chinese capital agreed to send an identical message to their several gov ernments. The only new feature in Minister Con- I ger's message, from that of M. Pichon, is the list of American casualties. He reports seven killed and 16 wounded. Captain Myers and Surgeon Lippitt, who were among the wounded, are doing we'll. No action will be taken on the Conger message until President McKinley has been heard from. It is said at the state department that under present condi tions Minister Conger and the other Americans in Pekin will not be advisel to leave the Chinese capital with a Chi nese escort as all of the ministers seem to agree that such a departure would be very dangerous. NEW C HWANG DESTROYED New York. Aug. 10.-A dispatch to the Herald from Che Foo savs- -It is reported that the" Russians have destroyed the native city of New Chwang. CHINA'S DETERMINATION. New York. Aug. 10 A dispatch to the Herald from Tien Tsin, August via Che Foo. August 9. says Major Bkldell and two companies of American mannes and Captain Reilley's battery have arrived. tIwu Bixth cavalrv has disembarked at A gale at Taku delayed the landing of the American artillery and cavalry Two battalions of the Ninth and one of the I-ourtetnth infantrv and the American marines have orders to loin In the advance. Twenty-nine men of the Ninth infan try are on the sick list. The American forces lack a signal corps and surgeons A prominent American officer is au thority for the statement that the re inforcements were required to make the advance successful. The British men ordered to advance consist of l.sio Indian and 800 Welsh ne ,brS are J" strong force ten lies to the south of Tien Tsin They re murdering, pillaging and commit ng atrocities it ,c Prince Tuan has 1enPw and" Jo Led Oeneral Sung in his position twenty IT'iS northward, the dowager empress hnvli.. . ..- - euipie: i .L " "operative command Taku r,w:cupi"in o Tien Tsin and ,titShfte? ?hows a determination to luans scheme to escape h 5ative co'n who fought against the boxers and protected Christians "?,yJ"Ls sou,h of here has been missed by imperial orrier it is reported that friendlv Chinese are aiding the Pekin residents-with Food and ammunition, and that a new party of progressionists is developing in Pekin conditTn!8 retUrnins in a a"-ins FIGHTING IN THE NORTH ft- Petersburg. Aug. 10. -The Russian adm.ralty has received the following dispatch from Admiral Alexieff- "New Chwang. Sunday, Aug 5 The Chinese town of New Chwang. on the gulf of Llao Tung, was captured u gust 4. two warships taking part in the bombardment. The inhabitants were disarmed. The Russian war office has received OkoffV118 diSPatCh frm Kharbarovsk. Aug. S General Ren nenkampf, August 7. overtook and de feated the enemy beyond the Amur river, capturing two.gur.s. The battle was continued as far as Jgest During the evening of August 7, the Chinese assumed the - offensive on both our flanks. They were driven back with great loss. Rennenkampf has been re inforced with, infantry, artillery and cavalry. "The railway north of Tashl Tsao is in the hands of the Chinese, who de stroyed the station at Hai Cheng, Au gust 6, and damaged the line. Hal Cheng was recaptured after a, nobsti nate fight. "The mountain floods Interfere with, the reconstruction of the line." CHINESE CONSULS IN A BAD FIX. New York, Aug. 10. Chinese Consul Tchow Tse Chi and his staff are still holding forth at the consulate In this city, but the consular advices due Tues day did not arrive and are not expected now. Mr. Tchow says in an interview: "We want to say and do our duty, but in case of war diplomatic and con sular officials leave their offices to go to a neutral country to return home. There is no neutral country to which' we can. go, for the whole world is against China. I cannot return to Pekin and will not. "Then 'there are 25,000 Chinese in my general charge. What is going to become of the consular business, the volume of which is great? There is no other gov ernment's consulate to which to entrust it. "Then, since It is apparent that I should stay here and maintain my staff and officers and since that is very costly, how am I to do it without a govern ment? I can neither stay nor go away. There is the satisfaction, however, of knowing that my colleagues at Chicago, San Francisco and Vancouver are In the same predicament. "Minister Wu Ting Fang is in no po sition to offer me aid, for he may soon be in as bad a state as I am." . TEXT OF CONGER'S MESSAGE. Washington, Aug. 10. The department of state made public this morning the following telegram from Minister Con ger which was received by Minister Wu late last night, August 9, being contain ed in a telegram sent to him by the taoti of Shanghai. It was handed by Minis ter Wu to the acting secretary of state at 9 o'clock this morning: "Secretary of State, Washington: "The Tsung Li Yamen states to the di plomatic body that the various foreign governments have repeatedly asked through the respective Chinese ministers that we immediately depart from Pekin under suitable escort. The Yamen asks us to fix a date for departure and to make the necessary arrangements to do so. Our reply is that we will ask instruc tions from our governments and that in the absence of such instructions we can not quit our post. I must inform you that in order to insure our safe depar ture foreign troops only can safely es cort us. and they must be in sufficient force to safely guard 800 foreigners in cluding 200 women and children as weil as 3.000 native Christians who can not be abandoned to certain massacre. We can not accept a Chinese escort under any circumstances. All my colleagues are dispatching the foregoing to their respective governments. Of the Ameri can marines seven have been killed and 16 wounded, among the latter Captain Myers and Dr. Lippitt, who are getting along well. CONGER." This message is undated, but is sup posed to have been sent on or after the 5th of August, w hen the imperial edict removing the inhibition against the min isters sending cipher telegrams was re ceived by the Tsung Li Yamen. It sub stantially accords with the dispatch of the French minister, M. Pichon, to his government which was made public In Paris yesterday. MORE TEAMS FOR CHINA. Washington, Aug. 10. Orders have been issued for additional teams to be sent from Manila to China to increase the available transportation necessary for the movement of Gen. Chaffee's army. These teams can be procured much soon er from Manila than from this country. INQUIRIES ABOUT BARONESS VON KETTELER. Washington, Aug. 10. The state .de partment today made public the follow ing: "At the Instance of friends of Baron ess Von Ketteler, the state department recently telegraphed the embassy at Berlin inquiring whether any news of her condition had reached the German government. The charge d'affaires, Mr. Jackson, telegraphs today, August 10, that no special advices had been receiv ed regarding Baroness Von Ketteler, but that it is assumed that she was well on the 4th inst. as the other members of the German legations were reported well." Baroness Von Ketteler is an American and before her marriage to the German diplomat was Miss Ledyard of Detroit. Her father is president of the Michigan Central Railroad company. MR. WIT'S BROAD SMILE. Washington, Aug. 10. The state de partment today received another cipher cable dispatch from Minister Conger, at Pekin, transmitted through the Chinese minister at Washington. It is substan tially the same as that of M. Pichon, the French minister, to his government, indicating that the eight beleagured ministers at Pekin had sent an identical note to their respective governments. It, however, gave the additional infor mation that of the American force of marines at Pekin, seven had been killed and sixteen wounded. Myers and Pip pit, two of the wounded, were reported as doing well. The dispatch told of the urgent efforts of the Chinese govern ment to have the ministers set a date for leaving Pekin, and of their refusal to comply without instructions from their governments. It also suggested taht the relief forces should be large enough to escort not only the ministers, but the large number of foreigners, women and children, and the many na tive christians. Some of the expressions were the same as those used by M. Pichon, and what difference there Is in the two messages is probably due to translation. The message came to the Chinese le gation at 12:15 this morning. The build ing was closed at the time, but the minister was aroused and came down to read the portion of it that was in Chinese. Most of it, however, was in the American cipher code, and its pre sentation to the state department was deferred until the department opened this morning. The Chinese minister called at the department at 9:15 and handed the message to Acting Secre tary Adee. who immediately set about its translation. It was then communi cated to the president and to Secretary Root and for a time the tet was not made public. Minister Wu appeared greatly pleased at this latest oppor tunity to be the medium of communi cation between the American minister and Washington, and the worn look of yesterday gave way to a broad smile. Aside from the contents of the message, it gave assurance that cipher messages were passing freely and that the Chi nese government was carrying out this part of its agreement. The action of the entire diplomatic corps at Pekin, in agreeing not to leave their posts without instructions from their governments, appears to settle that they will stay , in Pekin until res cued unless forced out by the Chinese, (Continued on Sixth Page.) ALL CONVICTED. Knights and Ladies of Security Conspirators Lose. Palmed Off Bodies of Paupers for Deceased Members. DETAILS OF THE PLOT. Discovered by .a Quarrel Among the Plotters. Planned to Secure $30,000, But Got Only $6,800. Dr. Michael N. Regent, Delia Ma honey, Nora O'Brien and JamesO'Brien were this morning convicted in Chicago of defrauding the Topeka fraternal In surance order, the Knights and Ladies of Security. Margaret Sheehan, an other defendant, pleaded guilty. The gang had planned to get $30,000, but were detected after they had se cured $6,800. They had a veritable corpse trust to palm off bodies as the dead members of the order. Bitter experience finally taught the medical colleges and other institutions which use cadavers in their business to form a combine, it is said, and the re sult was the organization of the Dem onstrators" asociation, of which Prof. William T. Eckley is the president and distributing agent. It is from this Demonstrators' asso ciation that Regent and his pals were accused of having secured under false pretenses the body which it is alleged they palmed off on the beneficiary or der as the corpse of Robert O'Grady, who is still very much alive. The Demonstrators' association does not do a general retail business, but under the law it may sell its wares to any under taker who wishes to buy a corpse for the purpose of dissecting It for his own instruction. In this case the Demonstrators' asso ciation is said to have been the inno cent dupe of Undertaker O'Brien, who is accused of having told Prof. Eckley that he wanted the corpse of an old man with bald-head and white whisk ers for his own private use. The need for this dead body was due to the peculiar operations of Regent and his colleagues in the order of the Knights and Ladies of Security, most of them were membrs of Council No. 420, whiqh has over thirty councils in Chicago. Regent and the others were accused of having put up a job to get their hands into the treasury of the order, and in furtherance of the scheme. Regent, who was examining physician of Council No. 420, passed Robert O'Grady and certified that he was a strong, healthy man. As a matter of fact, O'Grady was old and weakly. After he had been admitted and his life had been insured in the order for $1,900 the alleged conspirators grew tired of waiting for him to die, so- it was finally decided to get him out of town and secured an undertaker to play the part of his corpse. O'Grady was therefore sent to the Soldiers' home at Milwaukee, while Undertaker O'Brien, was instructed to get, the necessary corpse bv deceiving the Demonstrators' association. All the plans worked well. The dead body was obtained and buried at Forest Home cemetery, while just a year ago from the day the trial began, on July 23, 1899, the check of the na tional treasurer of the Knights and Ladies of Security was received and cashed for the full amount of $1,900. Three women and men tried were formerly officers of the Knights and La dies of Security. The defendants were Dr. Michael N. Regent, medical examiner of Illinois council, No. 420; Miss Margaret Shee han, former financial secretary of coun cil No. 420: Mrs. Delia A. Mahoney, for mer deputy of council No. 420; Mrs.Nora O'Brien, member of council, and James O'Brien, an undertaker. The counts in the indictments charged that the defendants conspired to defraud the society of money by substituting the bodies of policy holders. According to the evidence this fraud has been going on for four years. The specific charges upon which the former officers were tried was the sub stitution of the corpse of a pauper named Richard Morris for that of Robert O'Grady and thereby obtaining $1,900. Robert O'Grady was at the trial, having come from the old soldiers' home In Mil waukee where he had been sent. At the outset the defense which was represented by six attorneys, was given a surprise. When asked how they plead ed to the indictment the defendants an swered: "Not guilty" until the question was put to Miss Sheehan. She responded in a firm voice: "Guilty." "Have you been advised and do you understand the weight of your answer?" asked Judge Brentano. "I do." Over the body of the pauper supposed to have been, passed off for Grady, a wake was held in the undertaking es tablishment of James O'Brien. An ex pensive funeral was held, and all the rit ual of the society was observed in the burial. Robert O'Grady is the uncle of Miss Sheehan. The game worked well, until individ ual members of the band became anx ious to pocket all the spoils. After one pauper had been buried as a policy hold er it was charged that Dr. Regent had pocketed all the money. The women be came jealous and made threats of re vealing the secret. On the next deal Miss Sheehan was the fortunate one. Infor mation came to the supreme officers in Topeka and an investigation was insti tuted. The supposed corpse of O'Grady was exhumed, and on the toe was found a tag stating the body was formerly that of a pauper, who died at Dunning. A similar discovery was made In the case of James Kane, under whose name a body occupies a grave in Calvary ceme tery. So childlike and innocent did Mar garet Sheehan look with her big blue eyes and her shimmering golden hair when she swept into Judge Brentano's court room at the first day's trial that it seemed to many of the onlookers in credible that she has dealt in corpses in order to get money. This dainty-looking little woman made a full confession of the plot in all its details. Two years ago Dr. Regent was examining physician for council No. 420 of the Knights and La dies of Security, while she was its finan cial secretary and Mrs. Mahoney was deputy of the council. Then she goes on to say: "Delia Mahoney came to me in Jan-- uary, 1898, and wanted to know why I didn't have my uncle, Robert O'Grady, insured for my -benefit. She was then looking for money. I said he was too old and that I didn't think any doctor would pass him. She said she would have him passed If I would have him go up to be examined by Dr. Regent at Halsted and West Fourteenth street. "Uncle O'Grady said he was willing to be insured, but couldn't' afford to pay the premiums. I said I would do all that. So he went up to see Dr. Regent and Dr. Regent told me, when I saw him later, that my uncle was a physical wreck and couldn't join any lodge. About a week afterwards Mrs. Mahoney and I went to Dr. Regent's office, and he said he would pass my uncle for $500. Mrs. Mahoney urged me' to pay the money Dr. Regent asked and said it was worth it. I finally agreed to give Dr. Regent the $500 he asked. I'd have given him $1,000 if he had demanded it. I told the doctor I'd give him my note for the $500 and pay it when I collected the insurance. But he said he'd trust me without the note. ."Then the doctor wrote out the ap plication and I signed it in Uncle O'Grady's name. The doctor filled it out and I told him about the age and other details, answering all except the ques tions about the health and physical condition of the applicant. Dr. Regent filled those out himself. "I met Dr. Regent and he outlined a plan for getting a dead body to substi tute for my uncle, whom he had sent to the Soldiers' home in Milwaukee. Dr. Regent said he knew an undertaker who would do anything for him, because they were both Masons, and this un dertaker would get a dead man." RUSSELL DEAD, Lord Chief Justice of England Victim of an Operation. London, Aug. 10. Baron Russell of Killowen, lord chief justice of England, died this morning. Baron Russell had been ill for some time. Yesterday an operation was per formed, which the patient Is reported to have passed through In good condi tion. This operation, however, resulted In his death. Various reports have been circulated as to the disease from which the lord chief justice suffered. Accord ing to some his malady was gastric disorder, while other reports were that he had a tumor in the stomach. Lord Russell suffered from gastric catarrh. The fact of his illness was not generally known until It was an nounced at a consultation held yester day between Doctors Sir William Henry Brodbent, Sir Frederick Trever, Stephen Mackenzie and Samuel Herbert Habershon it was decided that an oper ation was imperatively necessary. It was afterwards said that the patient had stood the operation well and that his strength was maintained. At 6 o'clock last evening, however. Lord Russell took a turn for the worse, soon became unconscious and passed away peacefully at 3 a. m. The war office telegraphed' the news of the chief justice's death to his youngest son, Hon. Bertrand Joseph, who is at present serving as a lieuten ant of the royal artillery in South Af rica. The Hon. Charles Russell, an other son of the deceased, is now in Canada. The courts generally suspended busi ness today and the judges and other distinguished lawyers eulogize the de ceased chief justice. The premier. Lord Salisbury, will select the successor of Lord Russell with the queen's approval. Lord Alverstone (Sir Richard Webster) the attorney general and now master of the rolls, will, it is generally thought, be appointed lord chief justice of Eng land. OSAGE FUSIOMSTS. County Ticket Divided Between Pop ulists and Democrats. The fusionists of Osage county yester day nominated the following county ticket: Pepresentatives. Gus Larson, of Sjcran ton. and H. M. Thomas, of Melvern, both Populists: county attorney, A. B. Cram, Populist: superintendent. Mrs. Mary Kirbv. Populist; probate judge. C. Swart out. Populist: clerk of the court, Tom Miller. Democrat. Ex-Representative W. G. Jameson. Pop ulist, was nominated for state senator. Vanderbilt's Guess. London, Aug. 10. The Daily Express publishes an interview with William K. Vanderbilt whioh represents the American millionaire as saying that Mr. McKinley's re-election to the presidency is a moral certainty. Weather Indications. Chicago, Aug. 10. Forecast for Kan sas: Generally fair tonight and Satur day; warm weather; southerly winds. Baron Russell, Lord C ief Justice of England. FIGHTERS READY. Fitzsimmons and Ruhlin Finish Their Training. Candidates For Fistic Champion ship in Fine Form. KANGAROO IS FAVORED Public Inclined to Giye Slight Odds on Cornishman But the Akron Giant Is in the Best of Condition. BOTH ARE CONFIDENT. Lanky Bob Denies He is Trained Too Fine Says He Knows. A Record Breaking Crowd of 1 5, 000 Will Witness the Mill. New York, Aug. 10. Comparatively few wagers have been placed on the fight which is to take place in Madison Square garden tonight between Bob Fitzsimmons and Gus Ruhlin. Of the few wagers placed odds of 10 to 8 were laid that Fitzsimmons would win. Those who pin their faith to Fitzsim mons believe that his experience, orig inal tactics and great generalship, to gether with his great hitting, will more than offset Ruhlin' s advantage in weight and youth. The principals are resting today, pre paratory to the struggle which is billed to begin at 9:30. Fitzsimmons has sent word that he will come direct from his house to the garden. " Ruhlin will go to some hotel contig uous to the garden and show up in the garden at about the same moment as Fitzsimmons. Both men claim to be in better condi tion than ever before. Fitzsimmons says that he never has been in as prime con dition as he is now, and that he expects and believes that he will be able to end the fight in the first round. Ruhlin will spend most of the day at Billy "Madden's house. He will be ac companied to the garden by ' Charley Goff and Madden, who with Corbett will be in Ruhlin's corner during the fight. Behind Fitzsimmons will be Bob Armstrong, Dan Hickey, Fitzsimmons' traim- and sparring partner; George Dawsun of Chicago, and Jeff Thome. Among those who predict victory for Fitzsimmons are George Siler, Jerry Dunn, Sam Austin, Al Herford and Tom .Sharkey. Some of those who are con fident that Ruhlin will win are Al Smith. George Considine and Kid McCoy. Fitzsimmons weighs 168 pounds while Ruhlin tips the beam at 190 pounds. Several good judges who watched Fitzsimmons critically while at his work expressed the opinion that the former heavy weight champion was a bit drawn. They thought he had trained too fine. When Fitzsimmons' attention was called to this he said that he cared .little for the opinion of others and added that he was the best judge of his own condi tion. Ruhlin's friends can. find no flaw in the physical condition of the "Akron giant." They say he is physically fit, and are confident that he will take "Lanky Bob's" measure when they meet tonight. Ruhlin expresses himself as satisfied with' his condition and told a party of friends that he will defeat Fitzsimmons as handily as he did Shar key. From the present outlook there prob ably will be 15,000 persons to witness this bout, and the fighters are to re ceive 50 per cent of the receipts, the winner taking 75 per cent. Charley White will be the referee. It is said that there are some weak points in Ruhlin's sparring and that there is more force than direction to his blows. His defense is faulty, and unless he covers up more effectively when he be gins to trade blows with the Cornish man, he is liable to have trouble very early in the proceedings. So far as the physical part of him Is concerned, Ruhlin could not very well be better. Cleanly built, broad shouldered and firm of flesh, he would be the beau Ideal of a Queensberry athlete were it not that his movements when he is sparring suggest that he is slightly muscle bound. He looks and carries himself a good deal like a graduate or a German turn ing school. Ruhlin as best is not very communicative and is saying little. He has trained faithfully, with Corbett as his adviser, and says he is onto Bob's entire repertoire of jabs, jolts, swings and solar plexus discoverers. His line of battle was decided upon yesterday afternoon, after a conference with Cor bett and Madden. Fitz did his last active work Tuesday. The same night a correspondent found him behind the scenes at the opera in the Bergen Beach Casino, which is just across the roadway from where his cot tage is located. The big Cornishman was received by the girls of the chorus, and seemed to relish the fun. He romp ed around like a boy, and was the same good-natured Fitz. "How do you feel," was the stereo typed query thrown at Bob, and while he looked as if he was tired of answer ing such a chestnut he replied readily but tersely, "Great." ft apparently sum med up the situation, and his looks do not belie him. "I feel immense," he continued. "My hands are good and my arm is in splendid shape. Hot towels turned the trick for that wing after the doctors had baked it and I had tried about every means of loosing It up that ingenuity has devised. The treat ment was a bit heroic, but they did the business, and that's what I want." After promising one of the chorus girls to help get some relation in th business Fitz told a few funny stories and laughed and kidded with his friends. TO TAKEjBOBS." 'Boer -Plot Discovered in Pre toria Startles the British. London, Aug. 10. A special dispatch from Pretoria says a Boer plot to make a prisoner of Lord Roberts and shoot all the British officers possible . discovered Thursday included the recapture of Pre toria and the shooting of Lord Roberts-, and to induce the burghers to rise en masse. A number of suspected accom plices of the conspirators have been con ducted across the border. The British au thorities are awakening to the danger of allowing Boer sympathizers to remain in Pretoria, and the issue of passes to the burghers has been stopped. Everything was prepared In the plot to make Lord Roberts a prisoner and shoot the British officers, and the conspiracy was only discovered at the last moment. The conspirators numbered about fifteen. They had planned to set fire to the houses in the extreme western part of the city, hoping that the troops would be concen trated there. The plan was that then the conspirators were forcibly to enter all houses occupied by British officers, these having been previously marked, and kill the occupants. All the Boer sympathizers were acquainted with the plot, and sev eral had been told off to secure the person of Lord Roberts and to hurry with him to the nearest commando. Horses had been obtained for this purpose. Then the British learned the names of the ring leaders, who were put under arrest. The affair created a tremendous sensation. DEBS ACCEPTS. Sends a Letter to the National Secretary of His Party. New York, Aug. lk-cJSugene V. Debs and Job Harriman, the Social Democratic party's candidates jor president and vice president, have sent their letters of ac ceptance to William Butzher, of Spring field, Mass., national secretary of the party. Debs says that he seeks no per sonal preferment. LEE MANTLE FLOPS. Silver Republican Leader Returns to the Gold Ranks. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 10. A Butte, Mont., special to the Pioneer Press says: Ex-United States Senator Lee Man tle, chairman of the Silver Republicans, has written a letter formally renounc ing his allegiance to that party and go ing back to the Republican party. Mr. M&ntle says in effect that the silver question is dead and that it has been abandoned practically by the Demo cratic party and even by the Demo cratic delegates from Montana to the national convention where the delegates from this state and the committee on resolutions refused to vote on the 16 to 1 question. "To my mind, the paramount issue today is the issue of maintaining the honor and dignity of the nation and the supremacy of its flag, wherever it is rightfully floating. It is the Issue whether we shall preserve the fruits of all the blood and treasure expended, and all the splendid courage and pa triotism exhibited. in the cause of hu manity and in the defense of undeniable rights, of whether we shall resolutely discharge the great obligations which have developed upon us, or whether we will abandon our advanced position, throw down our arms, cravenly hoist the white flag and admit to the world that we are incapable of solving the prob lems which confront us." PRIZE FIGHT BULLETINS. The Fitzsimmons-Ruhlln prize fight will be bulletined by rounds by the State Journal tonight. The fight is scheduled to take place at Madison Square garden in New York city and will be called promptly at 9:30 o'clockNew York time or 8:30 o'clock Topeka time. A megaphone will be used and there will be no difficulty in hearing the rounds read. A description of the fight will be flashed directly from the ring side into the State Journal office by the As sociated Press and will be read to the listeners in front of the State Journal office without delay. ' "Window Glass Trust to Resume. Pittsburg, Pa.. Aug. 10. The officials of the American Window Glass company announce that all factories In the country controlled bv that combine will be started up September 1, with the exception of the Ihmsen plant in this city. No date has vet been fixed for a wage conference with the employes and window glass manufac turers. . It is expected that the matter will be fixed up at a conference next week at which the blowers and gatherers will be granted the same wages as the same class of workmen will receive from the American company. Manchester's Fiancee. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 10. Miss Helen L. Zimmerman, whose engagement to mar ry the Duke of Manchester is announced by the duke's mother, is the accomplish ed daughter of Mr. Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, a man of considerable wealth and active in railway and other large industrial enterprises. Miss Zim merman is his sole heiress. Hamburg' Plague Patient Died. Hamburg, Aug. 10 The plague patient who was discovered August 6 on board a vessel in the harbor is dead. FOLLOWSjrNALL Insurance Commissioner Urges Hillmon Settlement. Claims Credit For Payment Made by Mutual Lifo. URGING THE OTIIEK. Trying to Induce Connecticut Mutual to Settle. May Never Be Necessary to Serve the Execution. Since the Mutual Life of New York has settled with the plaintiffs In the Hillmon case It is hinted in administra tion circles that the Kansas insurance department had some influence In bringing about this settlement. Inquiries for Information concerning the attitude of the Insurance depart ment elicited no information yesterday, but last night it was admitted that the department has ruled that the com panies must settle. Attorneys representing the plaintiffa in the Hillmon case first called upon the insurance department officials m the Mutual Life case. The department held that the company was liable, and sug gested settlement. That case was disposed of and now the same attorneys have called upon the department asking that the license of the Connecticut Mutual be revoked unless the company should make a prompt settlement of the Judgment, in cluding interest, which amounts toi about J15.000. The state department Is now urging the Connecticut company to settle. When Webb McNall attempted to force a settlement on the part of these companies his action was the subject of a general text on the stump by cam paign orators. The federal court has Isued an order of execution in favor of the plaintiffa In this case who now seek to have Uie company driven out of the state be cause it is not rushing up to the coun ter to settle. The Connecticut Mutual has property enough in Kansas to pay several Judg1 ments of this kind. Relatives of Mrs. Hillmon-Smith, who live in Topeka, say that she is not exerting any influence to have the Con necticut Mutual's license revoked. Her attorneys, who have fought her battles for over twenty years, have a right to urge the settlement Of a claim which is musty with age and Mr. Church should be upheld in what he is doing. The in surance companies have had all the opportunity in the world to disprove these claims. FIXED AT LAST. Neely Will Not Be Tried Until After the Election. New York, Aug. 10. John D. Lindsay, counsel for Charles F. W. Neely, who is accussed of the embezzlement of Cuban postal funds and against whom there have been proceedings for extradition to Cuba said today that he had made application to Judge Wallace of the United States court located at Albany, yesterday, for a writ of habeas corpus for Neely. This, Mr. Lindsay said. Judge Wallace had denied. "Judge Wal lace did, however." said Mr. Lindsay, "allow an appeal to the United States) supreme court and issued an order di recting the marshal to keep Neely here pending the appeal." Mr. Lindsay explained that the su preme court will not meet until next Oc tober when he said the appeal would ba argued. "We have simply raised a constltu- tional question," said Mr. Lindsay. JAIL NEARLY DESERTED. Only Eight Prisoners Now Held by County Authorities. The county Jail is almost deserted. It does not seem to be a favcVite summer resort. There are eight prisoners there while there have been 60 housed there at one time. The reason is not because the world is getting better but becausa many of the prisoners have been let out by the order of the county commission ers upon the agreement that they pay their fines in the installment plan. FINAL CUT In Prices of Men's Fins SHOES Tomorrow all $3.50 and $4 Men's Tan Shoes . . . $2.50. Hanan 85 Tan Shoes, PO n C cut tomorrow to only ip O I t $3 Black or Tan Mens' AC Shoes, cut to 1 .U J 2 and $1.50 Men's AA Shoes, cut to I a U U i r f