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LAST EDITION
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, AUGUST 29, 1900.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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IT IS FINISHED.
Hussia Considers the lYar in
China Oyer.
Will Notify the Powers of Her
Conclusion.
CABINET IS CALLED.
Meeting to Discuss the Chinese
Situation.
Party of Americans Reach Tien
Tsin From Pekin.
London, Aug. 29. A special dispatch
from St. Petersburg contains the asser
tion that Russia.almost immediately will
notify the powers that she considers the
relief of the Pekin legations as the final
accomplishment of the military task of
the allied forces.
Washington, Aug. 29. A cabinet meet
ing was called this morning at 10
o'clock.
The meeting was called for the pur
pose of discussing the Chinese situation,
although it is said that no news of a
eensational character has been received.
BRAVERY OF THE JAPANESE.
Yokohama. Aug. 11, via San Francisco,
CaL, Aug. 29. The probability of Mar
quis Ito's early accession to power with
a. strong party organization behind him,
Is dailv Increasing. It is felt on all
hands that in thecomingreadjustment of
Chinese affairs he is the one man to cope
with the situation, his influence being
almost as great in China as in his own
country. On the retirement of the pres
ent premier, Marquis Tamagata, it is
rumored that the latter will be raised to
the rank of prince.
Japan is rejoicing over the laurels her
troops are winning in China. Their feat
of blowing up the gates of Tien Tsin
was one of the most daring on record.
The wires which were to Ignite the gun
cotton refusing to work, one of the sold
iers deliberately went up to the gates
and applying a match was blown into
atoms as the gates came down. A sec
ond soldier then climbed over the inner
wall and in the dim light of the morn
ing opened the city to his comrades who
swarmed In while the astonished Chi
nese threw down their arms and fled.
Japan is quietly sending more troops to
China. Picked men are being dispatched
to supply the constant losses. The large
fleet of .transports is still in constant ser
vice bearing men and supplies.
PREPARING TO WINTER IN PEKIN.
Tien Tsin, Aug. 24, via Taku. Aug. 27.
Officers who have arrived here from
Fekin report that Gen. Chaffee, com
manding the American forces in China.
Is makingr nil the necessary, preparation-
to maintain 15,000 men through the win
ter. Fifteen of the American wounded, In
cluding the marines wounded during the
siege of the legations, have arrived here
by boat from Pekin.
Captain Meyers, of the United States
marine corps la suffering fronl typhoid
fever and cannot be moved.
A large batch of refugees are due here
tomorrow.
The American signal service corps, co
operating with that of the British, has
completed the telegraph line from Pekin
to Taku.
WINTER BASE AT TONG KU.
Tien Tsin, Aug. 25, via Taku, Aug. 27.
The commissary department is pre
paring to establish an extensive winter
base at Tong Ku.
Lieutenant Waldron of the Ninth Uni
ted States Infantry, received a serious
sniping wound while patrolling at Hoo
Se Woo.
The Russians, Germans and Japanese
are constantly pushing troops on to Pe
kin. AMERICANS AT TIEN TSIN.
ICopyright, 1900, by Associated Press.
Tien Tsin, Aug. 25, via Taku, Aug. 27.
Fifty Americans, including the Misses
Condit-Smith, Woodward and Paine,
have arrived here from Pekin, which city
they left five days ago.
TO OCCUPY PAO TING FU.
Berlin, Aug. 29. According to a dis
patch received here from Tien Tsin
Japanese forces are understood to be
now on their way from Taku to Pao
Ting Fu (capital of the province or Chi
Li) with the direct object of occupying
the latter place. The German vice ad
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armies ended with the fall or Pekin. ' auiea
miral at Taku reports the arrival at
Pekin August 22 of a German convoy
with provisions.
The railway from Tien Tsin to Yang
Tsun is working but from the latter
place to Pekin the road is in bad shape.
APPLAUD CHAFFEE.
London, Aug. 29. The afternoon pa
pers doubt that the rumors of peace
negotiations are well founded and ap
plaud General Chaffee's prudence In pre
paring for a winter campaign, as they
regard the activity of the allies at Pekin
and the difficulty of discovering a re
sponsible Chinaman with whom to treat
unless Li Hung Chang is able to place
himself In communication with the fugi
tive court and secure credentials satis
factory to all the powers as Indications
that the solution of the problem will be
more prolonged and more difficult than
previously hoped.
UP THE YANG TSE KIANG.
Paris, Aug. 9. Admiral Correjolos ca
bles that he is sending a gunboat from
Shanhai to ascend the Yang Tse Kiang.
BUSY WITH CHINESE PROBLEM.
Washington, Aug. 29. The calling of a
special cabinet meeting for this morn
ing to consider the latest developments
in the Chinese situation following a mid
night conference last night and several
similar conferences with Secretary Root
and Mr. Adee within the last two days,
emphasizes the amount of attention the
president is devoting to this trouble
some topic.
It is understood that the government
is better advised than it was yesterday
as to certain important elements of the
Pekin muddle.
Baron Speck von Sternburg, the Ger
man charge, saw Acting Secretary Adee
this mornng and it Is understood his
purpose was to talk over the question of
U Hung Chang's credentials. One ef
fect of Germany's refusal to accept LI
as plenipotentiary will be to delay peace
negotiations at least until Field Mar
shal Waldersee"s arrival In China, sev
eral weeks hence.
This fact is not contemplated with
equanimity by our government, the pres
ident being desirous of terminating the
present unsatisfactory state of affairs in
china as soon as this can be done with
honor and security, and providing the
objects laid down in his various notes
can be attained, he will consider that the
United States has performed Its duty
from a military point of view. There
fore if our government can find some re
sponsible person with whom to conclude
an agreement and such an agreement
can be arranged on a basis that will ful
ly conserve the rights of the United
States without infringing upon those of
the other powers, a speedy withdrawal
of the United States troops from China
may be expected and it is entirely pos
sible that Field Marshal Count Walder
see will not after all, exercise command
over any American troops in China.
Beyond a short message relative to the
situation at Amoy which is still regard
ed as threatening, the state department
had nothing to make public this morn
ing. The diplomatic rather than the
military situation, it still regarded as of
supreme Importance. Again. Mr. Wu, the
Chinese minister was an early caller at
the state department. He was much
disturbed in mind over the reiterated
report that the foreign admirals are go
ing to restrain Earl Li's liberty of com
municating with his own government.
The minister was indignant at the report
and was much comforted by the. assur
ance he had from Acting Secretary Adee
that the report was probably an old one
referring to the conditions that existed
at Taku before the beginning of the
march on Pekin. The minister was very
strongly of the opinion that any renewed
attempt to interfere with Li Hung
Chang cither in his movements or in his
communications with the imperial gov
ernment would prove most disastrous
in its effect upon the earnest efforts now
being made by the viceroys as well as by
the imperial government itself, he said,
to terminate the present hostilities in
China.
It is stated at the war department
that preparations are being made for
wintering 5,000 United States troops in
China. The report that Gen. Chaffee
was arranging to winter 15.000 troops
probably originated before the general
was informed that the troops on the way
to China had been diverted at Nagasaki
to Manila. These arrangements are made
in order to guard against a failure of
peace negotiations.
TWO CABINET SESSIONS.
Washington, Aug. 29. A special meet
ing of the cabinet was held at the White
House this morning at 10 o'clock. At
1:20 p. m., after having been in session
over three hours, the members separated
to meet again at 2:30. The meeting was
attended by all the cabinet members in
the city. Secretary Gage.Secretary Root,
Postmaster General Smith, Secretary
Hitchcock arid Secretary Wilson. In ad
dition, Acting Secretary of State Adee
was present. It is very unusual for an
assistant secretary to attend cabinet
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BUSINESSBEGINS
Annual Meeting of the Grand
Army Called to Order.
Mayor Harrison Welcomes the
Teterans to Chicago.
GEN. SHAW REPLIES.
Illinois Welcome Extended by
Department Commander.
Session Closes and a Reception
Is Held.
Chicago, Aug. 29. In Studebaker hall
this morning the veterans of the G. A.
R., who yesterday marched In parade,
turned their attention to matters of bus
iness. The annual meeting was formal
ly called to order at 10:30 by Commander-in-Chief
Shaw. The hour originally
set for the meeting was 10 o'clock, but
so many of the old soldiers were late in
answering the roll call that it was found
Impossible to commence on time.
General Shaw announced that tha
meeting would be opened with prayer by
Chaplain Grimm. The audience arose
and remained standing during the
prayer.
Mayor Harrison then came to the
front of the rostrum to formally wel
come the soldiers to Chicago. His ad
dress was happily received.
Commander-in-Chief Shaw of the
Grand Army replied to Mayor Harrison
.for the members of his organization, ex
pressing the thanks of the army for the
hospitality shown them. His address
was as follows:
The comrades of the Grand Army are
deeply touched by the splendor of Chi
cago's welcome and the wealth of her
boundless hospitality. Your eloquent
vords find an echo in every heart before
you, and over all this broad land they
will charm and delight the aging heroes
of other times and other scenes, when
avar's hard sacrifices filled the nation
with mourning. Such unexcelled evi
dences of the patriotism and apprecia
tive gratitude of your citizens, as we see
on every hand on this great occasion
of the thirty-fourth encampment touches
us almost to tears, for it is 'sweet to be
remembered.'
On behalf of the Grand Army of the
Republic I thank you from a full heart
for your noble hospitality, and through
you the citizens of this famous city, for
the bright days prepared for the many
thousands who bore the burden of war in
the saving of the nation to full liberty in
the sixties. Over all the wide borders of
our united and happy country the sweet
music of concord and commerce fall upon
the ear, gladdening all hearts and pro
moting a concord as beautiful as it is
gratifying from every standpoint of citi
zenship and national glory. We now have
one emblem of our nation's peace and
power, and under it lies the promising
destiny Lincoln prophesied when 600,OU.000
of free and happy people should possess
our land.
Flag of the seas! On ocean wave
Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave.
Flag of the brave! Thy folds shall fly
The signal of hope and triumph high.
And may the blessings of Almighty God
rest upon all our people henceforth.
As General Shaw resumed his seat, J.
M. Longnecker, commander of the depart
ment of Illinois, arose to greet the vet
ernas in behalf of the soldiers of Illinois.
He made a happy little speech, which
evoked much applause. General Louis
Wagner, who responded for the members
of the army, was no less felicitous in his
reply, expressing the gratitude of his com
rades to the men of Illinois. This closed
the meeting of the morning, as immedi
ately after the conclusion of General
Wagner's address Commander Longneck
er, Mayor Harrison and General Shaw
held an informal reception lasting half an
hour.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention reassembled at 2
o'clock in the afternoon and this time
there were no preliminaries. The busi
ness was opened at once by General
Shaw, who read his annual report which
was in part as follows:
Comrades: The honor conferred by
my unanimous election as your commander-in-chief
one year ago, placed me
at the head of the greatest patriotic or
ganization in the world, and it has been
my ambition to worthily discharge the
manifold duties of this great office. To
this end I have devoted all my time to
the demands of the position in the en
deavor to make good my promise made
on entering upon the work that I would
try and make "a busy year among com
rades." My first official act was to send out a
fraternal circular letter to the comrades
of the nation, calling upon them to unite
in an earnest effort to build up our
membership through prudent and wise
consideration of the claims of comrade
ship. Special reference was made to the
"dropped" and "suspended" members,
and the need of Fraternity, Charity and
Loyalty, In the largest sense, in the line
of securing the aid and comfort of all
veterans of The Great War.
The result of this appeal has been
most gratifying as a whole. Department
commanders, aides-de-camp, and faith
ful comrades have , done much to
strengthen our noble order, through per
sonal efforts In behalf of this great or
ganization. THE PENSION QUESTION.
Your administration from the first re
garded the pension question as one of
paramount importance, and to its con
sideration brought the best available re
sources of the order. It was believed
that unless wise and desirable amend
ments were secured to the act of June
27, 1S90, during the year, there would
be grave doubts whether these could
ever be obtained. With this view of the
situation a plan of campaign was early
agreed upon, and the work begun. Your
commander-in-chief appealed to the
public conscience of the nation in two
addresses one delivered in New York
and the other in Washington in behalf
of right and righteousness concerning
the pension problem and demanding the
fulfillment of the pledged faith of the
people in all pension matters. These
addresses were widely distributed and
vitho-;t'lTiuch expense to our organiza
tion. .The result ot "llio ' ; uhlication of the
addresses was a deepen'; 'est in
this much discussed problem. Your pen
sion committee formulated such amend
ments as bore out the recommendations
of the thirty-third national encamp
ment, and pressed them upon the atten
tion of the congress with resolute cour
age and unfailing dignity and earnest
ness. To keep alive the interest in this
work, your commander-in-chief made a
tour of visitations through southern, de
partments and constantly pressed to the
front the objects sought In the legisla
tion In question. The claim made, was
that our pension laws were most liberal
and In the main satisfactory, and that
the complaints made were generally
against their Interpretation by those
.charged with their execution. To avoid
Irritation of an unhappy sort, amend
ments were thought necessary so as to
make clear the meaning of our pension
laws, beyond the changing rules estab
lished for executing them by different
officials.
PENSION COURT OP APPEALS.
The fact that different rules and dif
ferent Interpretations of the same laws
have been established In the execution
of pension legislation, makes It clearly
apparent that a pension court of ap
peals should be provided, so as to in
sure the fair and impartial judicial set
tlement of all disputed claims for pen
sions, in a competent court specially
authorized to deal with such cases.
Your administration brought this sub
ject to the attention of the president of
the United States, and submitted a bill
for its consideration to carry into effect
the recommendations made to him as
detailed in a letter accompanying the
same. It was afterwards decided to pre
sent the bill to congress and it was in
troduced in both the senate and the
house of representatives in the closing
days of the last session, too late to be
acted upon. This proposed bill provides
what is believed to be ample ways and
means for promptly and satisfactorily
adjudicating the more than 14,000 ap
peal cases now pending and in a way
just to applicants and to the govern
ment. The full details of this measure
were submitted to congress when the
bill was introduced, and to this interest
ing data reference i3 made for an in
telligent understanding of this most Im
portant proposed legislation. In view
of the conceded justice and need of this
measure by leading jurists of the coun
try, comrades are urgently requested to
do all in their power to secure its early
passage by congress.
The time has come for promptly dis
posing of all appeal cases in the pension
office before a Judicial tribunal worthy
of the veterans who saved this Republic
to full freedom In the 60's. From a care
ful consideration of the whole subject
your commander-in-chief feels that the
early passage of this pension court of
appeals bill would relieve public men
from a vast amount of letter writing
and secure prompt justice to all appli
cants for a pension, and place the pen
sion department on a basis of legal ad
judication of pension cases, at once gen
erally satisfactory and commandingly
just to all interests concerned. Gen
erous pension laws are one thing, and
their proper and legal execution is quite
another matter as the action of the
pension office furnishes abundant proof
during the past few years.
What is needed, beyond doubt. Is a
pension court of appeals to provide in
terpretations of the law in a competent
court, with high judicial functions, so
that there shall hereafter be no grounds
for charging that political consideration
of party policy, or the personal
ldiosyncracies of pension officials per
vert the true purpose of the pension
laws from being impartially carried out.
Your commander-in-chief has given this
proposed measure his hearty support,
and regards it as among the most use
ful and most desirable pension measures
ever introduced in congress. It should
early become a law, and so settle for all
time to come, the constantly arising ir
ritations and com;ii.-ints in the. line of
pension applicants. And this proposed
court should be desirable in settling
claims for pensions under the Spanish
American war and any future wars.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Profoundly impressed with the weak
ening way Memorial Day is being ob
served in the element of games and
diversions of one sort or another which
are more and more coming into view,
your commander-in-chief strongly recom
mends that it fall on the last Sunday in
May. If this change is made it is be
lieved from wide consultations and in
terchange of views that, that the holy
Sabbath day will preserve it from the
desecrations which now largely pervert
the tender associations of this unique
Memory Day from its original significa
tion. OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Following the address of General
Shaw came a long list of reports sub
mitted by the minor officials and the
various committees of the organiza
tions. The reports read were those of
the executive committee, council of
administration. Adjutant General
Stewart, Quartermaster General Atkin
son, Surgeon General Baker, Chaplain-in-Chief
Grimm, Judge Advocate Gen
eral Torrance, Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief
Robbins, Junior . "Vice Commander-in-Chief
Minton, Custodian
Holcomb, Inspector General Cummins,
committee on legislation of veterans in
public service and of the committee on
pension legislation.
The report of Adjutant General Thos.
J. Stewart was In part as follows:
The total membership of the Grand
Army of the Republic in good standing
June 30, 1899. was 6,905 posts, with a mem
bership of 2S7.981: on December 31. 1S99,
7,072 posts, with a membership of 287.368;
on June 30, 1900. 6,778 posts, with a mem
bership of 276,662. The gains and losses
for the twelve months ending June 30, laOO,
are as follows:
RECAPITULATION.
Members In good standing June 30,
lbOO 2S7.9S1
Gains by muster in 8.901
Gains by transfer 4,123
Gains by reinstatement 11,937
Gains from delinquent re
ports 6,515 31,476
Aggregate 319,457
Loss by death 7,790
Loss by honorable discharge, 983
Loss by transfer - 3,958
Loss by suspension 18,189
Loss by dishonorable disch'ge, 174
Loss by delinquent reporta. .. 10,956
Loss by surrender of chafer, 745 42,795
Members in good standing June 30,
1900 276,662
Members remaining suspended June
30, 1900 29.'
Total born on rolls 306,136
Reports received from departments
show 9,669 members were dropped from
rolls, having been previously sus
pended. Unusual interest has been manifested
in our order during the past year. Com
rades have been more active than for
some years heretofore. The losses from
all causes reported during the last
twelve months have been . 11.319 less
than In any year since 1893. The death
rate has increased from 2.78 in 1899 to
2.S0 in 1900.
Upon "receipts and expenditures" the
report says:
There has been a marked increase in
the sale of supplies; this, however, is
spasmodic and will not continue. The
sale of supplies in 1899 was $5,149; in
the year that closes with this encamp
ment the sale of supplies has been $6,
231. The per capita tax, however, con
tinues to be less in amount with each
year. The aggregate of total receipts
for the year ending with the encamp
ment in 1900 is $13,339 an increase of
$832 this year over last. The expense
account is $1,887 greater for the year
1900 than for that of 1S99, and this does
not include any salary whatever for the
adjutant general. Another item of ex
pense which Is not included is that of
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END OF TAX SALES
County Commissioners Abolish
the Old System.
No One But Owner Can Redeem
Property.
TO HAVE THREE TEARS
At End of That Time County
May Sell. "
Change a Good Thing For Tax
Payers.
The county commissioners have de
cided to abolish the annual tax sales
and to have the county treasurer bid In
all land to be sold for taxes In the name
of the county.
The county treasurer has had printed
2,500 tax certificates to use at the an
nual sale which was to have been held
next Tuesday morning at the treasurer's
office when about 500 pieces of Shawnee
county land with unpaid taxes amounting
to about $25,000 were to be sold. The action
of the commissioners was formed in the
following resolution passed Tuesday af
ternoon: Aug. 28, 1900.
Resolved, That this county adopt and
accept the provisions of the acts of the
legislature of 1891 entitled "An act reg
ulating the sale of real estate for de
linquent taxes in such counties as shall
adopt the provisions of this act.
T. P. RODGERS, Secretary.
The sections of the act regulating the
sale are as follows:
"It shall be the duty of the county
treasurer to bid off in the name of the
county all lands advertised for sale for
taxes, for the amount of the taxes and
the charges thereon, and no bids shall
be received by said county treasurer.
"In all counties adopting the provis
ions of this act, the county treasurer
shall not accept from any person or per
sons, except the owner, his heirs, ex
ecutors, administrators, assigns, or any
mortgagee of real estate sold for taxes
or his assigns, the sum of money equal
to the cost of redemption at that time,
for any tract of land or town lot sold
for taxes, and shall not give any person
except the owner, his heirs, executors,
administrators, assigns, or any mort
gagee of real estate sold for taxes, or
his assigns, a certificate showing that
said lands had been redeemed; but all
the lands so bid off by the county for
taxes shall be held by the county until
the expiration of three years from the
date of sale, subject only to the right of
the owner, his heirs, administrators, as
signs, and mortgagee of real estate sold
for taxes, or his assigns, to redeem the
same; and if at the end of three years
from the date of sale, said lands shall
not have been rtdeemed, the board of
county commissioners of said county
shall then dispose of said lands under
the general provisions of the law in
force."
The board of county commissioners in
1892 discussed the matter of adopting the
act and after writing to ail the counties
in the state and finding that about 75
per cent did not adopt the act it was de
cided not to adopt it. The commissioners
have resolved to adopt the povisions
of the act in order that the county mav
receive the benefit of the 15 per cent paid
on delinquent taxes. Heretofore the in
dividuals who have bought up the tax
certificates have received the interest.
The new way of handling the sale of
such lands may be a detriment to the
loan companies as they can not take an
assignment of tax certificates to protect
their interests when taxes on property
are In default. When the loan compa
nies are compelled to redeem taxes on a
receipt their only recourse is to fore
close. Under the previous way they got
tax certificates which drew interest.
With the new way there may be a good
many properties go to the county at the
end of the three years that might other
wise go to Individuals.
The new manner of handling delin
quent taxe3 may be hard on the mort
gagors of property with delinquent taxes
as foreclosures may follow as the loan
companies can not bid in the tax certif
icates on the property. The general rev
enue account may be short for a time
and the treasurer may have to stamp
warrants "not paid for want of funds"
as the new way of handling the delin
quent taxes means that the county must
have the money on hand to pay the
taxes on the land bought in by the coun
ty. It depends upon the amount re
deemed. The commissioners have taken the ac
tion in hopes that it will benefit the
county. If It is found that it does not
the action can be reversed at any time
according to the provisions of the stat
ute. In speaking of the new way of
handling the delinquent taxes Assistant
County Treasurer W. S. Eberlee said:
"With the new way the county is ex
pected to get the benefit of the 15 pep
cent interest instead of its going to the
individuals. This may be a good thing
to the tax payers. It may be hard on
the loan companies and mortgagees.
When loan companies take assignment
of tax certificates they often carry
them for the mortgagor at 8 and 10 per
cent interest which saves the mortgagor
the difference between that and 15 per
cent interest. About 75 per cent of de
linquent tax lands are mortgaged."
Most of the western Kansas counties
have adopted the provisions of the act.
Many persons interested claim that it
does. not work to the interests of the
counties and that after the three years
have elapsed the counties -are at last
glad to throw off the interest of thi
taxes of the land that can not be sold
and to even discount the taxes accrued.
PRIZE FIGHT BULLETINS.
The last big prize fight to be held be
fore the expiration of the Horton law
permitting glove contests in New York,
will take place tomorrow evening at
Madison Square Garden between James
J. Corbett, former heavy weight cham
pion and "Kid" McCoy. The State Jour
nal will bulletin the fight by rounds with
the assistance of the Associated Press,
which will flash the details directly into
the State Journal office. The fight will
probably begin about 9 p. m., Topeka
time.
Venetian Anarchist Arrested.
Buda Pest, Aug. 29. Guiseppe Tomasio,
a Venetian, who is believed to have been
an accomplice of Luigi Lucheni in the
assassination of Empress Elizabeth of
Austria, has been arrested here. He was
seen with Lucheni shortly before the as
sassination, but disappeared. He has been
living here under the name of Josef Gres.
9,000 KMGHTS.
Participate in tha Parade of the K. of
P. Military Division.
Detroit, Aug. 29. The military divis
ion of the order of the Knights of Pyth
ias did itself proud in Its biennial parade
and 4he vast crowds who witnessed the
pageant gave enthusiastic approval all
along the line of march. Nine thousand
uniformed and iielmeted knights and
musicians' marched In rapid and orderly
manner over the route of five miles, and
were officially reviewed first by Supreme
Chancellor Sample and before dismissal
by Major General Carnahan, comman
der of the uniformed rank.
The Ohio brigade, with more than 2,
000 men in line, was the leader In point
of numbers. Indiana came next in size,
and Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michi
gan were also leaders. Very few states
were wholly unrepresented.
All traffic in the down town streets
through which the parade passed was
suspended, street cars were stopped, and
on Woodward avenue where the throngs
massed most thickly, ropes were stretch
ed along the sidewalks leaving the broad
avenue clear. The only drawback was
lack of horses. All the headquarters and
most of the brigade officers were well
mounted, but a considerable number of
the regimental field officers were afoot,
the local committee having failed to pro
vide horses enough.
BRESCI SENTENCED.
Short Work Made of King Hum
bert's Slayer.
Milan, Aug. 29. The trial of Breaci.the
anarchist, who on July 29, shot and kill
ed King Humbert of Italy at Monsa
while his majesty was returning from a
gymnastic exhibition, opened here today.
An Immense crowd of people gathered
about the court from early morning
seeking admission to the court room
where only a few places were reserved
for the ticket holding public The hear
ing began at 9 o'clock.
Bresci sat in the dock calm and al
most Indifferent. His counsel,' Signor
Martelli, head of the Milan bar and the
anarchist writer, Signor Morlino, made
requests on various grounds for an ad
journment, which were refused. It is
said that Bresci wrote to the judges de
claring he would not reply to the Inter
rogatory. While the indictment, which was very
long, was being read, Bresci was appar
ently unmoved and scanned the faces of
the audience without any signs of fear
or effrontery. The indictment showed
that the assassin indulged In Incessant
target practice and that he prepared
bullets so as to render them more dan
gerous. The witnesses were then introduced.
There were eleven for the prosecution
and five for the defense. The examina
tion of Bresci followed.
He declared he decided to kill King
Humbert after the events of Milan and
Sicily, "to avenge the misery of the peo
ple and my own." . He added, "I acted
without advice or accomplices."
The prisoner admitted the target prac
tice and the preparation of bullets. He
spoke in a low, firm voice and said he
fired three shots at three yards with
his revolver. Two wooden targets were
here placed on the table before the
judges.
Two hours suspension of the court en
sued and then the witnesses were heard.
A brigadier of gendarmes, Salvatori,
recapitulated the story of the assassina
tion of the king. He said he saved
Bresci from the crowd, who nearly
lynched the assassin. Bresci when
rescued was covered with blood.
General Avogadro Des Contes Di
Quinto, the king's aide-de-camp, who
was with his majesty, when the latter
was killed, recounted how the king was
shot, saying that the king tried to reply
to a question of the witness after the
crime. His majesty started: 'I truly
think ."
The king stopped In the middle of the
sentence and said 'yes' and then expired.
The testimony of Witnesses Galimbert
and Oliviers did not adduce any new
facts.
The royal groom, Lupl, deposed that
he seized Bresci by the throat. A wit
ness named Ramella. who lodged with
Bresci and a friend three days prior to
the crime, said the prisoner was always
perfectly calm.
Bresci, at the close of the trial, was
pronounced guilty and was sentenced to
Imprisonment for life.
ROOSEYELT BUSY
Preparing For His "Western Speaking
Tour.
New York, Aug. 29. Governor Roose
velt is busy at his Oyster Bay home
making the final arrangements for his
trip through the west. He said today
that he would come to New York Friday
morning, spend the day there and go to
Albany in the evening. Saturday night
he will leave for Chicago. He will leave
Chicago Monday night for Saratoga, and
will attend the Republican convention
there Tuesday. Either Tuesday night or
Wednesday morning early he will start
for Detroit.
MORE PLAGUE.
Two Girls and a Boy Stricken
in Glasgow.
Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 29. Twogirls
and a boy, members of isolated fami
lies, have fallen victims of the bubonlo
plague, though the medical authorities
assert that the attacks are less virulent
than in the cases which have already
proved fatal.
In the event of a further spread of the
disease, Glasgow shipping will probably
be quarantined.
He Wants to Be President
Bayamo, province of Santiago de Cuba.
Aug. 29. At Manzanillo yesternay General
Bartolome Maso declined the nomination
for delegate to the convention, in spite
of the great pressure brought to bear on
him, claiming that it would identify him
with some political party, and that his
acceptance would defeat his ambitions for
the presidential nomination to which' he
aspires.
Nominated For Congress.
St. Charles. Mo.. Auk. 29. Hon. T. S.
Flagg, of Pike county, has been nominated
tor congress Dy tne Aepuoncans ot the
Ninth district.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, Aug. 29. Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and probably Thurs
day: warmer in west portion tonight.
continued warm Thursday; southerly
winds.
FIRST TOJCORL
Clay County Instructs For Sen
ator Harris' Re-election.
His Term Does Not Expire For
Two Tears.
DEMOCRATS ALSO ACT.
Their Convention Endorses the
Course of the Senator.
News of Interest Concerning
Politics and Politicians.
The Democrats and Populists of Clay
county were the first to declare for the
re-election of United States Senator .W.
A. Harris at the expiration of his pres
ent term in 1903. A senator la to be
chosen at the legislature of 1901, next
January, and the term now held by Mr.
Harris expires two years thereafter.
The Clay county Populists endorsed!
Mr. Harris by the adoption of the fol
lowing resolution:
"Resolved, That we endorse the acta
of W. A. Harris, our United States
senator, and call special attention to
his efforts in saving millions to the peo
ple of the nation In the collection of tha
Union Pacific debt alone; and we here
by Instruct our candidate for state sen
ator to work and vote for his re-election
In 1903."
This early declaration for Mr. Harris,
two and one-half years before his time
for re-election, Is in advance, of the ac
tion of other counties of the state, bu
in view of tha fact that the senate,
which is elected this fall, holds for four
years, the members who next January
vote for United States senator, will
bave the same office to perform two
years thereafter. So, if the Clay county
senatorial candidate be elected this
year he will have two votes during his
term of office.
Clay and Dickinson. counties are Irv
the same senatorial district. Should E.
C. Little enter the race, the action of
Clay qounty would embarrass him be
cause it's an unwritten political law
that a man seeking this office should
have the support of the legislative
members from his own district.
The Clay county Democrats adopted
the following endorsement of Mr.
Harris:
"Notwithstanding the fact that Kan
sas has two United States senators, so
far as heard from W. A. Harris only,
has intelligently represented the people
of this state, and for his advocacy of
measures which have become laws mil
lions of dollars have been saved to the
people.
"We demand his re-election two years
hence and instruct our nominee for
state senator, C. B. Hoffman, if elected,
to use all honorable means for his re
election at that time."
The Populists endorsed the Republi
can congress by adopting the following:
"We approve the action of congress
in. refusing Roberts, the polygamist, a
seat in its halls; and while we rejoice
at this as a mark of moral progress yet
we are reminded that under our present
Republican administration we have an
nexed lands wherein slavery and tha
harem still exist. And we deplore tha
fact that our president, the partner of
Providence, should sanction those twin
evils, forbidden by the constitution and!
the laws,, by guaranteeing to the Sulii
their slaves and their concubines. W
believe that the five thousand doilarsl
paid by us annually to support tha
king's harem In the Sulu islands couldi
have been used, and should have beeni
used. In the United States to a better
purpose."
ROOSEVELT MISSES TOPEKA.
Capital City Not Included in Bear
Platform Itinerary.
Morton Albaugh, chairman ot tha Re
publican state committee has returned
from Chicago where he planned, with the
national committee, the Roosevelt trii
through Kansas. Of the arrangemenC
made Chairman Albaugh says:
"Oovernor Roosevelt will be In Kansas
September 2S and 29. He will enteiS
Kansas from Colorado on the Rock Isl-
anJ -U'lll BTIPfllf frOTTI the TeB.T Dlat-
form of a special train, starting in at
TV- Ctr,na will i TT1 ot 1 ' h 1 1 1 i FI J -
burg. Smith Center, Mankato, Belleville,
Clyde, Clay Center ana Mannattan. At
Manhattan the special will be trans
T"nt(m T;i rl fin fop Salinaj
and short stops will be made at Junction
City and Abilene.
"From Salina the train will run ta
Hutchinson, reaching there at 8:30 p.
m., where Governor Roosevelt will ad
dress the state encampment of the G.
A I Tha fnllrtwlnff HaV will Vl it )PT1 F
on the special In southeastern Kansas
but the itinerary has not yet Deen ar
ranged." BOL.TER IS NOMINATED.
Fuslonists Name Ex-Republican For
State Senator.
There were three aspirants for state
senator nominated Tuesday. R. B. Ward,
Republican, was renominated by the
Republicans of Cloud and Republic
counties. Mr. Ward Is a member of tha
present senate. He lives at Belleville.
Charles Shaffer of Harvey county was
named by the Fusionists of Harvey and
McPherson counties for senator In a
convention held at Mound Ridge.
J. T. Cooper, who fof several years
was paid by the people of Wilson county
for serving as clerk of the district court,
having been elected by the Republicans,
was nominated for senator by the Fu
sionists in the Thirteenth district com
posed of Neosho and Wilson counties.
Cooper until recently has been an active
Republican,
Parsons McKinley Club.
The Republicans of Parsons have or
ganized a McKinley club, the following
officers having been elected: President,
W. A. Martin; vice presidents. A. M.
Sauber, W. L. Bartlett, J. M. Birt. ani
L. S. Boyer; secretary, W. J. Crossau;
treasurer, J. M. Gregory.
Marshall FusionSsta.
The fusionists of Marshall county in a
convention held at Marysville nominate. I
the following ticket: State senator. M.
M. Haskins; clerk district court, Frank
Bell; county superintendent, M. M.
Schmidt; probate judge, George T. Em
mert; county attorney, John A. Brough
ton; commissioner Second district, M. I
Dunc&a.