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TOPEKA STATE JOUEXAL, THUIISDAY EVENLNG. MARCH 28, 1901.
G
FIXIilGJTOSTAY.
Episcopal Church Is Preparing
to Establish a Diocese
In the Philippine Islands With
a Ilesident IJishop.
T. CHUKCII CLUli
With lien. Greene and Capt. Ma
tan at the Head
Takes the Lead in the Import
ant JfroTemeut.
New York, March 23. Acting upon the
Initiative of Gen. Francis Vinton Greene,
Cupt. Alfred T. Mahan, U. S. N. t re
ared), George MacCuHoeh Miller, and
others, the t'hunh ctutw of New York
decided last night to take immediate
-steps to establish a diocese of the Pro
testant Episcopal church c.f America in
tlw Philippine islands", with a resident
J ishop and duly appointed ministers.
The general sentiment was expressed
that it should not be the purpose of this
hnn h to seek any proselyting in the
i lands. It was not the idea that the
new dix e se should be a missionary
parish but a regularly esablished branch
f the church that should w ithin a vei y
short time become self-supporting.
The president of the Church club,
O-orge SlacCull-K-h Miller, will appoint a
omii-.i Ui-e which will draw up a plan
tjv the establishment of the new dio
cese, ami the other church clubs of the
Vnited States will be asked to co-operate
in the matter. This will b the first
ilioces" of the Protestant Episcopal
hurvh of America, to be established with
out the confines of the United States
pr. .per.
Lfisoussing the proposition last night.
General Greene said:
'As regards the Philippine Islands,
there is no doubt now of the truth of
the statement that our first obligation
is. to remain in those islands and gov
ern them. To Rive them up to any other
tuition would be disgraceful cowardice.
To turn them over to themselves would
mean anarchy and lawlessness.
" It can be fairly said that we hope
to introduce in the Philippines. Porto
Itico and the other countries that have
come under our control a beftsr gov
ernment than they have ever known be
fore. We want to teach them to enjoy
freeOora whi.e respecting the rights of
ethers. It is our duty o establish the
Protestant Episcopal church in Manila,
han Juan an l other cities. We should
establish a diocese, with a bishop and
duly appointed ministers. The popula
tion there now the American popula
tion is made up of soldiers and civil
orheers. Such of these as want to wor
ship now have no chance to do so in
the way in which they are accustomed."
'The thousands of American women
end children in the Philippines In order
to worship must attend the camp sendees
conduct.".! by the chapiains. I have seen
as many as 6W soldiers at one of these
services on a day when the rain was
pouring- down.
It would do the natives good to see
a branch of the Protestant Episcopal
church established in Manila. It would
do more than anything else to establish
and spread American ideas there."
Captain Mahan said that the chief fac
tor lacking in the new island possessions
of the United States was an enlightened
public opinion. He continued in part as
follows:
"As regards political conditions, we
can well afford to leave them to the
government ft hich under the searching
light of Intelligent public opinion, will do
the best that can be dene for the "Fili
pinos. Put as regards Christianity, we
lind that thre unfortunately exist rival
ries and divisions of creed. I do not look
for any formal parcelling out of the isl
ands among- the denominations for pur
poses of missionary work as has been
suggested. I believe that in matters of
pinion, the fittest survive.
"It is the duty of our church to send
out its missionaries and to establish th
church In the Philippines upon a sound
basis. We should have no announced
purpose of making converts from other
forms of Christianity, hut if people want
to come to us we should be there to re
ceive them.
"All the church bodies should goahead.
Nothing wiil conduce so much to the
political health of these dependencies
as the free exercise of public opinion,
with all churches, through their mission
aries bavins an ample chance."
PHILIPPINE POLICY.
Corbin and Root Hope to Reach, Ma
nila at an Early Date.
New Tork, March 2S. A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Adjutant General Corbtn is actively
studying the gencral features of the new
military policy to be put in force in the
Philippines after he and Secretary Root
have visited the islands ar.d made a close
li-.soection of the situation. There is no
longer any doubt that Gen. Corbin will
go to the Philippines, and at present
there is no reason why Secretary Root
Khould not go. It is possible they may
start even earlier than was at first pp-p.-s,
d. Gen. Corbin said that General
MacArthur would be succeeded In coni
. msr d at Manila by Gen. Chaffee on June
30 and that he and the secretary of war
earnestly desired to be In the Philippines
before thjs transfer is made, in order
tha they may be prepared to give intel
ligent advice in regard to any change of
military policy which may appear advis
able It Is expected that at about the
Kama data the Taf t commission, will have
its work sufficiently advanced to take
the reins of government completely from
Boidlers and transfer them to civilians. It
is. however, impossible to forecast this
pan of the programme at present. Ail
that is definitely known i3 that Judge
Taft will become governor of the islands
whenever, In the judgment of the com
r: :..- ion. conditions fully Justify the com
i lete subordination of the military to the
civil authority.
Whenever the present military rule is
superseded by civil government the pro
cess of reducing the strength of the am.y
in -he Philippines from 60.000 to 40.000
will be begun. In fact. Gen .Corbin in
timates that this; process is already at
w ork, as it is probable that no effort w lil
b made to send regulars to take the
pla'.e, man for man, of the volunteers
whj are now being brought home for
muster out. No effort is being made to
push the work of recruiting for the "ii
additional regiments authorized by the
new army law. Gen. Corbin says that
the army when completely reorganized
wiil not consist of more than u,(X0 or
SP.OtO men. Instead of the 100,000 author
ized Horaeseekers' Excursions via Santa
I"e Route.
On April 2 and 16 will sell ticket" to
points in Arkansas, Arizona. Indian Ter
ritory. Louisiana, New Mexico, Okla
homa and Texas, at rate of one fare plus
J 2. 00 for th round trip. Tickets limited
11 days. Liberal stop-over privileges.
agsat far particular
A SFML AUDIENCE
Turns Out to Hear Mrs. Nation
Lecture at Lexington, Ky.
Lexington. Ky.. March IS. Mrs. Carrie
Nation opened her lecture, tour here last
r.lght, a small audience being present in
the opera house. She arrived from Cin
cinnati at noon, and after dinner in her
room at the Phoenix hotel and a brief
audience with reporters, she spent the
afternoon in sleeping.
Mrs. Nation's lecture on "The Home
Defenders" was in the main an impas
sioned review of her experiences in Kan
sas. She called on Lexington women to
follow her example in ridding the stata
of saloons. She started on a slumming tour
at 10 o'clock last night. Several saloons
were visited. A crowd of several hundred
followed, and the four policemen hud dif
ficulty in keeping them clear of Mrs. Na
tion. In one saloon she was jeered, but
boldly called the proprietors to task and
told them she would come back and
smash their saloons whtn she waa done
lu Kansas.
BIG OIL STRIKE
Vein Tapped Near Cawker City
Showing Splendid Flow.
Cawker City, Kan., March 2S. Oil has
been struck in paying quantities on the
thousand acre ranch of G. L. Hudkins,
nine miles north of this city at a depth
of 200 feet. Indications are splendid for
a bir flow of petroleum. There is great
excitement in this vicinity and Topeka
parties are already trying to lease twenty-five
adjacent sections.
BAD-MEXICAN LAW.
American Trainmen Suffer
Hardships at 1 Paso.
El Paso, Tex., March 2S Another crew
was thrown in Jail at Juarez today as
the result of the Mexican Central pas
senger train running over and killing a
Mexican. -This makes the second crew
within a week that has been arrested at
Juarez and incarcerated, bringing the
total up to fifty-two men. The law un
der which such imprisonment occurs is
an old one of the republic and dates back
to the year 18 10. The injustice of a sta
tute which provides for the incarcera
tion of a whole train crew, even though
the person killed met death through his
own carelessness, is stirring up the pcijr
of railroad conductors to a fever heat
and the matter is being agitated here
so strongly that it promises to assume
international proportions.
At the preliminary hearing of Engineer
Kelly ana B-i akemen Anderson and
Meagher, who composed the freight train
on. the Mexican Central when a tramp
was run over in the southern part of
the state of Chihuahua on March 19, al
though it "was shown the crew were en
tirely blameless, they were held at the
Juarez jail to await the pleasure of the
court which is to try them for murder.
The Order of Railway Conductors en
listed the services of United States Con
sul Kendrick. but the result was as
usual in such cases. A committee of
the local order was appointed today to
lay the matter before the headquarters
of the Order of Railway Conductors at
Cedar Rapids. Ia., and an effort will be
made to interest the state department
of the United States toward getting the
Mexican government by treaty to repeal
the obnoxious law which causes the im
prisonment of railroaders after accidents.
WHERE S EATON SCORED
Women Can Not Be Employed
by Railroad Board.
Captain John Seaton crawled out from
under the wheels of the bandwagon ir
the legislature long enough to fasten his
pet aversion of women employes to at
least onethecreations of the last session.
And that creation was railroad commis
sion. Mr. Seaton succeeded in injecting
an amendment into the railroad law
providing that clerks hired by it shall
be "qualified electors" only.
This precludes the employment of a
woman as clerk or stenographer.
Seaton made this fight from start io
finish of the legislature, but in every in
stance he was overruled and women,
were employed in the legislature and Jto
provisions made to shut them, out from
employment on the several other com
missions ar.d other appointive places
created. But Captain Scatot was chair
man of the committee on railroads for
the house and it jiow appeal's that he did
not forget to remember his hobby hie.
The provision was inserted, the bill
threshed out in caucus and when com
pleted, railroaded through both houses.
No particular notice was given to the
fact that qualifications were imposed
upon the commission's clerk and stenog
rapher, until now the time has arrived
that, in the lull of battle over the rail
road commissioners, the candidates for
the one or two little places that tha
boani will have to give out are looming
up.
The Third district has small hopes of
landing C. A. McNiell, its candidate, on
the board, but it has two candidates for
the secretaryship and one of them may
land. W .H. Nelson was an unsuccess
ful candidate for that position with. the
court of visitation. He ha.s better pros
pects this time. W. P. Mason, of St.
Paul, who was assistant chief clerk of
the house during the recent session of
the legislature ia here also with the place
in view.
It has been considered from the first
that Frank Flenniken is to be secretary
of the board, but a certain custodian of
political secret said then and now re
peats that Flenniken will lose out.
This is aside from the assertion made
by partisans that Flenniken is a resident
of Missouri. Mr. Flenniken has charge
of e pension office in Kansas City fo
Captain Corey. Mr. Flenniken's simple
answer is: "I have an office in Kansas
City. I've had it there for a long tiu-e.
My home is in Emporia."
Gen. Funston's exploit in the Philip
pines has taken al! the interest out of
the railroad commissioner fight today
There is more talk about the capture of
Aguinaldo than anything else" among the
politicians today and some slight atten
tion given to the seekings of the fellows
afur the little places. Harry Brent, of
Lawrence, who was stenographer to
Speaker Barker, Is here hustling for that
position with the railroad commission.
If troubled with rheumatism, give Cham
berlain's Pain Halm a tria'. It will rot
cost ynu a cent if it does no good. One
application will relieve the pain. It also
cures sprains and bruises in one-third the
time required by any ether treatment.
Cuts, burns, frostbites. ouin?.ey. pains in
the side and chest, glandular' and other
swelling are quickly r-.irJ by 4DoJy-'ir
lu Kvery bottlo warranted.
THOSE-TAX LAWS
What Their KeYisIon Means
For Topeka.
Would Raise Assessed Talue to
$30,000,000.
BETTER FOR EVERY ONE
Rate Would Be Much Lower
Than Now.
City Officers Will Take a Hand
in the Work.
The city officers of Topeka are greatly
interested in the assessment and taxation
commission which was anointed accord
ing to the bill which passed the legisla
ture last winter. The commission will
hold its first meeting in May and will
hold another meeting later in the year.
It will recommend new assessment and
taxation laws and It is likely that the
next legislature will enact a law embody
ing the recommendations of the commis
sion. The city officers are interested for vari
ous reasons, the principal one being that
under I lie present law the assessment
made by the assessors works to the dis
advantage of a city of the tirst class,
which must float bonds for municipal im
provements. Assessors in Kansas under the present
law will assess property at anywheie
from one-half to one-tenth the value ot
the property. It is true the law states
the assessment shall be at the full value,
but there is no penalty for the violation
of the law and it might as well be off
the siatutes as to be on; it would save
printer's fees.
If Topeka was assessed at the actual
value the assessment of this city woul-1
be at least thirty million. This would
show up well for out of town purposes,
such as selling bonds, offering induce
ments to prospective buyers of real estate,
etc. In the cities of the east all property
is assessed at actual value and th bonds
are issued and sold on that vau .lion.
The bond buyer looks at the rate of bon-1-ed
indebtedness when he buys bonds. He
will see that Topeka is bonded for almost
6 per cent. That is very high. and. as a
consequence, the bor.ds offered for sale
by this city will not jell at par if thev
carry a rate of interest as low as 3 per
cent. If this cy was assessed at the
actual value h bonded indebtedness
would not be mo., ft an 2 per cent, and
a 3 per cent bond wi uld sell at par or
above par. The bond buyer does not stop
to ask how property is assessed in the
town, anil neither does the prospective
purchaser of leal estate they ask the
rate of the bonded indebtedness and the
rate of taxation. They will not listen
to such taik as is put no by every tax
laden community that the assessment is
made at one-fourth the actual valuation
they have heard that talk before.
What the citv officers of Topeka and
the other cities of the first class want
is that the commission shall ask that a
law he nassed making It obligatory thft
property be assessed at its actual value
and that a Ipilurg to do so on the part ot
the assessor shall constitute a felony, if
this was done he rate could be reduced
at least one-thi.-d of what it is at presen-..
It does not take a smart man to see the
value of this.
Unless this is done the city of Topeka
and otner Kansas cities have reached the
limit of issuing bonds unless they are
willing to sell them at a gr-at reduction.
The present method ot assessment works
a great hardship on t" - poor man and
this was (iiscusbi.l by several of the of
ficers in talking of the subject this morn
ing. An incident like this was cited: A
man who has S0.'- worth of properly
in sight nothing was said of the bonds
and stocks a man of this weaith would
have secreted from the assessors is as.
pessed at JlOO.Oeo. He pays taxes on that
amount and escapes taxes on the $200, 0"d.
A poor-man who owns a home w-orth $3,
ooo is assessed at $1,000 and escapes taxa
tion on 2,t. One rich man would es
cape more taxes than 100 poor men would
escape.
The mistake of undervaluation by the
assessors was - riginally begun to avoid
state taxes. One county commenced it
and all the other counties followed suit
because they feared they would pay more
than their share of state taxes. If all
the counties assessed at actual value the
per cent of state tax would be reduced
and it would injure no county.
The commission will be asked by the
citv officers and by ail the men who are
really interested in the matter to insist
that the legislature recommend that the
assessors in the state make their assess
ments at actual value or go to the peni
tentiarv. Incidentally it may be added that if the
water company paid taxes on the amount
that its engineer said that its plant was
worth that is. the amount they wanted
the city to pay for it the rate of taxation
in this citv would be reduced so muchthat
the taxpaving property owners would
think the rhillenlJum had come. They are
row paving on a little more than $1W.i:i0
and they say the plant ia worth over
$700,000.
DEATH OF L LTBQBY.
Weil Known Topeka Young Man
Dies in Arizona.
A telegram from Phoenix, Ariz., re
ceived today, announces the death ot
Lewis L. Roby, son of Dr. H. W. Roby
of Topeka. last night.
Mr. Roby was a prominent young man
and was for many years manager of the
Topeka linseed oil works. 1-ast fall he
was transferred to Omaha- where he had
charge of the Linseed oil works there.
He has been in failing health for several
months, and six weeks ago went to Phoe
nix, Ariz., hoping to ba benelited by the
change of climate.
Mr. Roby was a young man of unusual
ability. He was a prominent figure in
church work as well as in business, and
wits universally respected. Five ye;irs
ago he married Miss Ruth Nash and he
leaves one child, a girl 3 years old.
The body will be brought home and th.e
funeral will be. held in Topeka.
ONIJt oOO SEATS LE FT.
Over 3,000 Tickets For Marine Band
Concert Have Been Sold.
Nowhere will the f nited States Marine
band lace a finer audience than in To
peka. With the immense Auditorium
filled from floor to roof next Monday
night it will be a sight which will nerve
Vncle Sam's red coated musicians to
their best efforts. With an instrumenta
tion that includes 19 li Hat clarinets, 9
cornets, a double quartette of French
horns and quartettes of saxophones,
trumpets and trombones, "The Star
Spangled Banner" during which the
audience is expected to stand will fit
tingly introduce an evening of patriotic
demonstration and fervor.
On the roster of 75 men of the band
is George Sousa. librarian. Ke is a
brother to the famous John Philip Soua.
The position of librarian is a necessary
one with such a great organization, and
a considerable part of one car on the trip
is fliled with the hand's music, of which
George Sousa has charge.
It is estimated there are 500 seats left.
Three thousand have been cold. The
sale continues at Stanfield's drug store
with unabated fervor and there is
scarcely a doubt that every chair will
be taken. Notwithstanding the unprece
dented demand chairs in the best section,
the parquet, may still be had in good
locations. They are going rapidly, how
ever. The band will arrive Monday noon
from Kansas City over the Rock Island
in its four cars and leave in the morn
ing for St. Joseph, Topeka being the
orly city in Kansas to secure a concert.
The concert will be given at 8 o'clock
and the doors will open at 7, to allow
seating the great crowd without con
fusion. ;
FUfiSTOf GETS
AGUINALDO.
(Continued from First Page.)
Aguinaldo. His adventure was watched
with interest and much anticipation and
the successful termination of the enter
prise will cause rejoicing riot only in
Kansas, but over our entire nation."
Lieutenant Admire, who is one of the
ten men with General Funston. ia a son
of J. V. Admire, receiver of the King
fisher land office, formerly editor of the
Osage City, Kan.. Free Press. Lieuten
ant Admire enlisted in this city for ser
vice in Cuba and then went to the Phil
ippines. COMRADES IN ARMS.
Men Who Served Under Punston
Proud of Their Old Commander.
Capt. Dan F. Craig, of Garnett, who
commanded company G of the Twen
tieth Kansas, and later served as an
officer in the Thirty-sixth infantry, is in
Topeka today, having just been must
ered out of the service. He left the
Philippines in January.
"I am delighted at the news that
Funston has captured Aguinaldo," said
he. "I have the greatest confidence in
him, and f"am more than proud that this
work should have been done by a Kan
sui. When I left the Philippines there
was a diversity of opinion about Aguin
aldo, and many thought he was dead. I
was not in Funston's command, and
never saw him after he returned to the
Philippines."
Capt. Clad Hamilton, who is now
county auditor, always has been a
strong Funston partisan, and he is es
pecially delighted.
"He is the bravest and luckiest fellow
on earth," said he.
"It was just like him, and I am not
surprised. He was alw-ays ready to take
any chances to accomplish his object,
and it seems that a strange fate follows
him, and helps him to success and saves
him. from harm."
PARENTS ARE TOXJJ.
Nws of f?n. Funston's Achievement
Ctirri x i a His Old Home.
Iola, Kan., March 28. In the little
farm house of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Funs
ton, parents of Gen. Funston, there is
joy and pride that are too deep for
words. Five miles from telegraph wires
and the daily papers, the news of the
crowning achievement of their son's life
was brought to them by the Associated
Press representative. Air. Funston was
across the fields husking corn when told
the news. He leaned against the wagon
and exclaimed in his deep roar: "Well,
that is certainly gratifying."
As the details of the early dispatches
were read to Mr. Funston, who was
without glasses, he drank in every word,
his face beaming with satisfaction.
"It certainly adds a crowning glory to
his career. I was afraid when he starr
ed cut that he might be the dupe of ti-ei
treacherous natives. At first I doubted
the truth of the story, but the moi'e I
thought of it, the more credence I gave
it. This is the first time I ever saw his
mother worry.
"Ohf it is the biggest thing of the cen
tury so far," Mr. Funston exclaimed as
he throught the matter over. "I den't
know what Fred will do. He wrote thr.t
he expected to come home next summer,
but might go back, as a civilian of
course. Now- the government may give
him something that would change his
mind. I don't want to say anything
about that."
Mrs. Funston was found at the house.
She was nervously exciied over the news,
her face beaming and her eyes dancing.
She was too nervous to sit still, or read
the paicrs, but looked long at the head
lines telling of the capture and the pic
ture of her son. Her eyes grew dim, and
she said:
"I never lost faith in Fred's lucky star
before, but I had a feeling that this time
he was risking life and everything on a
high take and that the end would be dis
astrous. I was afraid that those scouts
would turn traitors to him instead of re
maining traitors to Aguinaldo."
Tonight with a band and a delegation
of several hundred enthusiastic rooters a
trip from Iola will be made- to the Fun
ston home and a jollification held.
NOT MUCH OF A HERO.
CoL Corliss Saya Aguinaldo Had Lost
His Prestige.
Denver, March 2S. Col. A. W Corliss,
who returned last week from th. Philip
pines was highly pleased to learn of the
capture of the rebel chieftain Aguinaldo.
"But it would have been better if a mule
had kicked the little upstart to death,"
said Col. Corliss. "The question now 19
what will we do with him?.
- "I do not consider the capture of Agui
naldo the most important thing that
could have happened, though It may
have the effect to send all of the rebels
tumbling into surrender as fast as they
can. Gen. Trias who surrendered a few
days ago was more important to my
mind than at.? of the other fellows. The
Filipinos have come to appreciate that a
hero who hides out in the bushes ana
keeps away from the front as much as
possible is not much of a hero, and
Aguinaldo has lost his old time prestige.
"Now I hope to hear of the capture
or surrender of Gen. Caillies. He has
more influence arid following than Agui
naldo has had. When he is captured, or
surrenders, hostilities will be near an
end."
BRYAN WILL WAIT.
Wants to Be Sure of It Before Ex
pressing an Opinion.
Lincoln, Neb., March 28. W. J. Bryan
was informed of the capture of Aguin
aldo and asked for an expression, of
opinion.
Mr. Bryan was notified by telephone
of the news of General Funston's cap
ture. He had retired but answered the
call and evinced his interest in the re
port, but no great surprise. He was
told that there could be no reasonable
doubt as to the authenticity of the
cablegram, but positively declined to ex
press an opinion until he was more fully
nformed and personally satisfied tnat
there had been no mistake.
Mr. Brvan of late has been giving less
attention to the Philippine question, and
though his interest has not ceased, he
has paid more attention to domestic
problems.
SKETCH OF AGUINALDO.
The Filipino General Is Not a Bril
liant Scholar.
General Emilio Aguinaldo y Fama,
president of the so-called Filipino re
public, is a little more than 20 years old.
The story of his life has recently been
told by his friend and associate. Ramon
Raves Lala, a distinguished Filipino.
Aguinaldo was bom in Imus, a vil
lage near Cavite. His father was a
w-el!-to-do planter, and the son when
quite young was sent to the College of
St. Jean de Lateran. He afterward ma
triculated in the University of St.
Thomas, in Manila. To give a Manila
youth such an education costs not less
than 1.2Q0 francs a year, and the father
was obliged to exercise much self-sacrifice
to permit his son to complete his
course of study.
While in these schools, the young man
who was destined to lead the Filipino
revolt against the authority of ' the
United States received a. careful drill
ing in Spanish and in the Latin classics.
In the latter part of his course in the
university he also studied physics, meta
physics, theology, jurisprudence, la w and
medicine.
As a student Aguinaldo showed no un
common brilliancy and gave no promise
whatever of distinction. He left the uni
versity without having completed his
course, but subsequently resumed his
studies in the normal school conducted
by the Jesuits.
Not long afterward his father died,
and Aguinaldo was forced to return
home to look after his patrimony, which
had been threatened by lawsuits insti
tuted by the Order of Recoilectos, an
organization composed of the great land
owners of the colony.
His more recent history is told in the
history of the Filipino revolt, which he
has led.
THERE ARE OTHERS
Sisto Lop9z Says and the War Will
Be Continued.
Boston, March 8. Senor Rixto Lopez,
formerly secretary of Aguinaldo, was in-
formed of the Associated Press report
this morning announcing the capture of
the noted Filipino leader and asked if
he had any comment to make upon it.
Senor Lopez expressed doubt as to the
correctness of the report, but said that
even if it were true, there were other
Filipinos besides Aguinaldo who would
take the leadership and that the
defense of the Filipinos would
continue. The policy of the latter would
not be affected. Senor Lopez would not
talk at length, saying that he would
prepare a statement for the press in a.
lew days.
The anti-Imperialist league has ar
ranged for a mass meeting in Fanueil
on Saturday evening. Ervmg Winslow
the secretary, could not be se.en this
morning.
END HAS COME
Kansas Semi-Centennial Exposi
tion Association Closes.
The final wind up of the affairs of the
Kansas Semi-Centennial Exposition
company was made this morning at a
meeting of the stockholders and direc
tors of the association in the office of
the secretary of agriculture, F. D. Co
burn.
The surplus of the assessments on the
capital stock of the association which
remain in the hands of the treasurer of
the association will be transferred to
the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Atchi
son. Much talk has been heard on all sides
recently in favor of maintaining the or
ganization of the Semi-Centennial assoc
iation and giving an exposition in 1911. The
board of directors of the association feel
that this move would not be advisable.
That if an effort is made to give an ex
position in this year another company
would better be formed to look after
the project.
With the closing of the efforts of the
association one of the most laudable
movements in the history of the state is
closed. The holding of an exposition such
as was planned by the promoters of the
fair would have accomplished more in
advertising Kansas than anyother thing.
While the promoters of the exposition
are not sore and knocking on everyone
and everything in general it may be
truthfully said that a great mistake was
made when the project was killed in the
legislature.
BURGLARS AT WORK.
Crack a Safe Less Than Two
Blocks From Police Station.
The Singer sewing machine office in
the Office block on East Fifth street was
entered By robbers last night and the
safe was robbed of J12. The police were
called there early this morning, and they
found that the work was done by ama
teurs. The place is less than two blocks
from the police station,
When the men in the office left last
night they say that the safe was locked,
but this seems to be contrary to the
facts in the case. The police found that
the- door of the safe had been opened,
and that the doors to the inner apart
ments of the safe had been broken open
with a hammer and tools which were
evidently taken from a blacksmith shop.
The tools were found in the room. There
is no clue to the burglars, but the offi
cers are working on the case, and some
thing relative to the case may be
brought out in a few days.
FIRE ON TOPEKA AVENUE
Old Bethany CoUege Building
Damaged by Flames.
Shortly after noon today fire was dis
covered on the roof of the old Bethany
college building between Eighth 'avenue
and Ninth street on Topeka avenue now
used for the Kansas Theological school.
Much excitement was aroused by this
fire owing to its location. A crowd of
from 200 to 300 gathered in a few min
utes. The fire department made a quick run,
but by the time the first hose wagon
reached the building, the whole of the
roof of the north wing was in flames. It
soon spread to the roof connecting the
north and south wings.
But a short time after the chemical
engine arrived and the stream was be
ing played on the flames, two lines of
hose were laid and the flames soon ex
tinguished. The roof was completely
demolished, the firemen having to chop
through to get at the flames on the in
side of the garret. The damage to the
building is slight.
Canon Bywater of the Episcopal
church lives in the north wdng of the
building and J. M. Davidson in the south
wing.
Check to Smelting- Trust
Trenton, N. J., March 28. The court
of errors and appeals this afternoon by
a vote of 9 to 5 decided to reverse the
chancellor's decision in the American
Smelting and Refining company case.
Today's decision orders the issuance of
an injunction restraining the American
Smelting & Refining company from
taking any further action in the matter
of increasing its capital stock or ac
quiring by purchase, the property of M.
Guggenheim's sons, unless it shall be
made to appear Irm final hearing that
the stock to be issued for the purchase
of the Guggenheim plant does not ex
ceed the value of the property to be ac
quired by the purchase.
Insult Over the Telephone.
Tipton, Ind., March 28. Richard Dar
nell, a prominent lawyer, was today shot
and instantly killed by a man named
Beasley. The killing grew out of an
insult alleged to have been offered by
Beasley to the wife of Darnell over the
tp!nhone. A mob is being formed to
lynch Beasley.
READY FOB WAR.
Mrs. Nation Will Descend on
Atchison and Leavenworth.
"Tell the Home Defenders to get ready
to attack Atchison and Leavenworth, as
those two must be cleaned by the wo
men and, the hatchet, as the beer soaked
officials and bribed pulpit will yield to
nothing but one last resort." This is tha
word which Mrs. Nation sends the State
Journal from Cnclnnati: She has a
number of engagements for lectures in
Ohio and Kentucky and after those she
expects to return to Topeka, about April
2. She was very unwilling to leave Kan
sas and has allowed her manager to
make no further dates in the east.
Mrs. Nation was much shocked by
conditions at the National Military home
at 2. eavenworth. In her letter she say:
"Will the government riot and glory '
the death of its veterans. Yes, not only
blood, but the souls of the veterans are
casl into the hell of drink under the ad
ministration at Leavenworth."
She says nothing further about the at
tacks at Atchison and Leavenworth, but
it his been intimated that joints run in
the buildings of Col. D. R. Anthony will
be the first to suffer.
The letter In full is as follows:
Cincinnati. March 2S.
Dear Journal: Got here last night,
had a pleasant trip over the O. B. The
conductor made the trip one of the
pieasantest car rides I ever had. My
manager had made but four dates, and
I asked that site make no more as it was
against my will in first place to leave
Kansas. Tell Home Defenders to get
ready to attack Atchison and Leaven
worth, as those two must be cleaned by
the women and the hatchet as the betr
soaked officials and bribed pulpit will
yield to nothing but one last resort. Oh
the shameful murders of the old soldiers
at the Home. The governor would rot
allow me even to speak to- them five
minutes, and they looked like a poor lot
of aged and suffering and helpless pris
oners. Many of them were beer-drugged
and had lost the visage of manhood,
having exchanged that for the sot. Poor,
poor slaves; and thjfse are far more in
need of freedom than the slaves of the
sourh were for whom this government
shea its best blood. Will the govern
ment riot and glory in the death of its
veterans, yes not only blood, but the
souls of the veterans are cast into t.-.e
hell of drink under the administration at
Leavenworth.
CARRIE NATION.
REESE WINS.
Decision in Habeas Corpus Case
Sustained U. S. Court.
St. Louis, March 28. The United
States court of appeals today rendered
a decision upholding the lower court in
releasing on a writ of habeas corpus
John R. Reese who was charged with
violating an injunction restraining strik
ing miners and others in Kansas from
interfering with the operation of mines
there.
DE WET REPORTED TAKEN.
Portsmo- th. Eng.. March 28. The eve
ning News 01." this city publishes a state
ment to the effect that General De Wet
has been captured.
New Tork Sailed Today.
Washington, March 28 The New York
sailed today from Tangier to Algiers, re
suming her voyage to Manila.
Congressman Miller Hero.
Congressman J. M. Miller of Council
Grove visited the state house today
Congressman Miller has just returned
from Kansas City where he attended the
meeting of the Methodist commission to
consider educational interests in Kansas,
Hj is looking after the candidacy of
D. W Finney from the Fourth district
for a place on the board of railroad com
missioners.
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Chicago, March 28. CORN Early busl
ness In corn was light and the tone of
tne market a trine easier on clearing
weatfier, improved grading of fresh ar
rivals and reported freer country offer
ings. May opened unchanged at 42iiC and
sold to 4214-'a-5sc during the first few min
utes, but reacted to 42-'h,c following this.
Receipts were 1S3 cars, 37 of contract
grade.
May corn set a new high mark for Itself
later, touching 4:ic. The close was strong,
?C higher at 42Tc.
WHEAT The wheat market was dull,
but supported yesterday's late advance
fairly well. Steady cables were a help,
but liberal receipts and the Price Current
report declaring crop conditions good
caused a slight reaction. May opened a
shade to 1c lower at 7d7sc to T7'q "c, and
sold to Tofa-e. Local receipts were 6i
cars, none of contract grade, while Min
neapolis and Iiubh reported 3'4 car.",
against 377 last week and 4H6 a year ae-o.
Tiie Price Current said only a small pro
portion of winter wheat had been dam
aged and that the weather on the whole
was unfavorable to insect life.
May later touched 75Aic but rallied to
7o"gi7)C in sympathy with corn strength,
closing- unchanged at that price.
OATS May oats opened a shade Iowpf
to a shade higher at 2c to 21ic and rulel
dull and practically unchanged during
the fore part of the session. There were
moderate sales against country accept
ances. Receipts were 114 cars.
PROVISIONS The volume of business
in provisions was extremely light. The
market opened firm on light hog receipt
and higher prices at the yards, but eased
later on selling by packers and local op
erators. May pork opened t-.c higln
at $15.75 and declined to $15.45. May lard
opened a shade up at $8.07i2 and sold to
$8.024 and May ribs unchanged at iS.OO,
easing to $7.95.
FLAX Cash northwestern. $1.57: No. 1,
tl.55i'1.56; May, $1.54"i'& 1.55; September,
$1.44-;i 1.16.
RVK March. 51c: May. 61Hc
BARLEY-Cash. 8St;Msc.
TIMOTHY March, $4.05.
Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicae-o. March 2S. CATTLE Receipts.
10.000: steady to strong: butchers' stock
strong ana active; goou to prime steers,
S-i 'i5f16.no: poor to medium. ?."!.7'a 4.W:
stockers and feeders. $3.1u't4.75: cows. Si1. '"5
!?!4.4o; hellers. $L' rt7-l.iv: canners,, s-J. "
2. GO; bulls. $2.75i4.4: calves. $4.25. 5 7f:
Texas fed' steers. $4.00 5.00- Texas ;- -as3
steers. S3.4ffift4.0tf; Texaa bulls. J2.Tof.3.73.
HOGS Receipts today. 20.i: estimated
tomorrow, l..0ot'; left over. 5.44S: steady.
closing stronger: top. J,.1;. Mixed and
butcher. $5.S5'SiS.la: good to choice heavy,
$i;.o. 6.15; rough heavy, $s.45-'i5.95: light,
is.t'.'l5: bulk of sales. $5.95-'a6.iC4.
SHEEP Receipts. 1R.0: sh'-ep strong:
good to choice wethers. $4.0'S.05: fair to
choice mixed. Sl.3t.'a4.&3: western sheep,
tl !-iv,,f; nr.. ve:irline-s. S I.SO-I; 5.1 5: natise
lambs, $4.75fio.40; western lambs. $5.1'"t5.4 .
Official for vesterdav; Receipts: Cattle,
2 PS hogs. 27.3K6: sheep, 1.245. Shipments:
Cattle, 6,14; nogs, o,u-s; ssneep,
Kansas City Livestock.
TroQa ritv March 2?. CATTLE Re
ceipts, 5.000. including 3') Texans: beef
steers steady, cows strong; stoekers and
fePcj,.rs, steadv to weak. Native beet
steers, $4.60fe5.0: Texas steers, 4.1w34.W:
Texas cows. $2.5'i3.I5: native cows and
heifers $2.75fil.S5: stockors and feeders.
$4.25l!5.25; bulls, $2.254.75; calves, $4.5r(j.
HOGS Receipts. 13.000: market steady
to strong: bulk of salea, $5.S5ti5.:'S: heavy.
$5Stvi.05; packers. $5.S54i5.U": mixed. $-A0
: Us-M. '5.75n5.3C': yorkers, $5. 705. to:
pigs. $5.10 a.&J- '
SHEEP Receipts, 6,0wO: market s'sady.
Muttons, $4.2ia&.W; lambs, $0.1 vS'S.ii.
New York Honey ITarfcet.
New -York. March 2S . MONEY Monr
on call steady at 2:2 per cent: prime mer
cantile paper, CPa'd-i1. J-r cent; Ri.erilj.if
exchange steady, with actual business la
bankers' bills at t4.!U'-f 'c ftr denmnl
and at U-i':?i for sixty davs: post.-d
rates. J4.S5V and $4.SS; commercial biilM,
4.Mii4.Mi2.
fr'1 1Y ER Silver certificates. S.OoOounOf
sold at 5'c; bar silver, .r-sc: Mexican
dollars. 4:ic.
BONDS Government bonds firmer; refunding-
2s. registered, P.: column. l'V-;
Ss. registered. 111: coupon. Hi"-,-. rw 4.
registered. 1.18t: coupon. l:4: old 4,s. rfe.
istered. li:P-i; coupon, 1H2; &s, registered,
lllls; coupon, 111!,.
Sugar Market.
New York. March B.-SrOAH-Tiair.
firm; fair refining, 3 17-32c; centrifugal -5
test. 4 J-32'l-1tki: molasses sugar, 3 k-S2
5-lGc: relined rirrn: crushed, $5.75; powder
ed. $.".Ti5: granulated, $5. jr..
, COKPLE Dull; No. 7 Rio, 6"7c, nominal.
Butter Market.
New York, March 2S. PI'TTER-P'ronrj
fresh creamery, I0'y22c: factory, lliil4ic
Kansas City Produce
Kansas Citv. March 2t WH EAT Miy.
67c: July. t:4o; cash. No. 2 lou d, 6:u ;ue :
No. 3, 67fea (feic : No. 2 red, 71(j7Sc; No. 3,
fcV(7'"o.
CORN May, Wic: cash. No. 2 mixed,
SSLic: No. 2 wliPe. S!i.',',4oc; No. 3. Ss'-iC.
OATS No. 2 white, 2'2c
R V E No. 2, 61c.
HAY Choice timothy, $10.50ill; choice
prairie. .TMi'J.
HITTER Creamery. 37'ti20c; dairy,
fancy. 10c.
EGGS Freh, lie. I
Receipts wheat, 75 cars.
Cotton Market.
New York, March 28. COTTON Sp"
closed quiet, 'ic higher; middling uplanu,
8 3-lGc; middling Gulf. S 7-iuo.
Topeka Markets Today.
Topeka, March tt.
CATTLli
COWS $2.5013.24.
HEIFERS $3.0'K 3-50.
calve a
HEAVI-St-W 3.50.
LIGHT (Under 2oo lbs) $4.0o?-.&a.
ITOG3.
LIOHT $5.0OTI5 i -,.
HEAVY AND M F. I ITI'M J5.0Ofi5.GS.
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEAT tii'i'Utlfic.
NO. 2 CORN 31 ,c. -NO.
2 WHITE CORN 32;iX
NO. 2 OATS 24c. .
PRODUCE!
BUTTER 16c.
EGGS 9c.
HAY $0. 00fi7.00.
Topeka Hide Market
Topeka, March 23.
GP.EEN SALT fTHKb-;.-.
GREEN SALT. HALE CL'RED-0.
NO. X TALLOW Jc.
Market Gossip.
Furnished by J. C. Coins, Commission
Merchant, Gndn, Stocks and Provisions,
Receiver and Shipper ot Grain.
Opening Liverpool cables: Wheat and
corn Vd higher.
Chicago: Receipts hogs, 20,000; cattle,
10,000.
Kansas City: Receipts hogs, 13,000; cat
tle, S.otm.
Omaha: Receipts hog. 3.5"0.
Chicago: Cables are ullvlitiy higher, but
domestic news bearish. Trade is very dull
and It does not require much i'orce to sis
tain prices. The trade runs quickly on
either side. :hurt covering advanced trie
market half a cent yesterday near U.
close.
Northwestern receipts: Mi-meapolis 7 T ,
cars, la-st voar ?22 cars; Duiuth 57 c.
last year 174 cars.
New York: Stocks open strong, prf"
clally in the fancies. i-ow priced tft
are "in good demand also. Good voiuioo
of business in tne ATcnisons.
Chicago: Receipts wheat hti cars, grace I
none: corn cars, graded 27 cars; bitil
ltl4 cars, graded 13 cai-s.
Closing IJverpoul cables: Wheat, J
higher: corn unchanged.
Kansas City: Receipts wheat 75 cars,
last year 50 cars: corn 14 cars, last year
14 cars; oats 6 cars, last year 2 cart.
Chicago: Total clearances wheat anil
flour, as wheat, 6'oim bushels; corn, 843.
OOO bushels; outs, i,5ot) bushels.
Chicago: Privileges good tomorrow:
Puts Mav wheat, 755c: calls, 70,c; put
May corn. 42'sc; calls, 43;,c; curb. Mar
wheat, 75Tc.
Kansas Citv: Privileges good tomorrow;
Puts May wheat, IVTHc; calls, 67'lio; puts
May, corn, f-'S'c: calls. 3'e.
Chicairo: E timated receipts for torcor
row: Wheat. 65 cars: corn, 2VU cars; ota,
2o cars; hogs, l'",tf) hfad.
Ranpe of Prices.
Furnished bv J. C. Coins. Commission
Merchant, Orln. Stocks and Provisions,
Receiver and Shipper of Grain.
Chicago, March
Article. Open Hljjh Low Clow Y.
WHEAT
Mar 74-4 74
Mav ... 75:i-?i 7o7i-7S 75 75 -. a-76 T5..-78
CORN
Mar .... 41 i 41.
Mav ... 42:4 43 42 42:, 42Va
OATS-
Mar "'' ?'
May ... 2o-25,i 25V 2o 2oVa 5&-iV
PotiiC-
Mar la W
May ...15 75 15 75 15 47 15 47 35 15
July ...15 10 15 10 15 07 15 07
LIa?T. 8 'i2 8,5
May ... 8 07 8 07 S 07 8 Of 8 o5-07
RMr 7 8-
May -ANSCrrY.71 SW
WHEAT
May ... 7H 676. 7 !7H 6.'4
July ... W, tet:, s-6v8 lib1, tiS'i
CORN . ,
, April ?-fi'i S"
May ... 3ir,i 3t' S" 4-
July SK-.-i 8V vs
Range of Prices on Stock.
Furnished bv J. E. Call. Commission.
Grain Provisions. Cotton and Stock. Of
fice 110 West Sixth street. 'Phone 4-i.
Correspondents Christie Grain and StocK
Co.. kansaa City, Mo.
New York, March 2S.
Stocks.
lOp'n High) Low ICl'ee Ye.
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J. C. GOINGS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
Stocks, Grain and Provisions.
Receiver and Shipper of drain.
Milling wheat a specialty. Consignments
solicited.
113 Ea3t FlfVi Stress. Topait. Kinn,
we resoeotfully solicit your cairnt-i.n
and offer careful and honest eiicuttoo ut
orders.
iM.ajin note: e ar represents in
Kar" City by The F. P. Smith t'omm -
sio o.. mernners or llie Kansas c iy
Ron of Trade, and are mnkim: :-
cialty of executing orders io thi uuri-.