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FRIDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS. AUGUST 10, 1900.
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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
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