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3d EDITION.
SATURDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, MARCH , 30 1901.
SATURDAY EVENING.
THREE CENT.
lORSE JVILL Wlfl.
He Will Undoubtedly Be One of
the Commissioners.
Balloting Today Assumes More
Definite Form.
ARE STILL QUIBBLING.
Adjournment Taken Alter Tak
ing II any Ballots.
Everything Then Pointed
Election of Morse.
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With three votes for Orie Morw. o.
Huichinson ard two for George Findlay
f T the railroad commission, the execu
tive council took recess until 2 o'clock
this afternoon. After much flirting ana
cajoling they are now in shape for an
election, which will be consummated late
this afttrnom. The last ballot taken wad
the 141st. It stood this way:
Stanl - y Morse.
Godaid Walker.
Cole Morse.
Grimes Findlay.
Nelson Find lay.
t 'ark Morse.
This crUcr was secured on the 139 i.h
hallot and stood firm for 3 consecutive
tiroes. Finding- themselves on firm
ground, every member of the cour. il
agreed to Clark's suggestion to take a
roc-"?s so that they could each dispose of
ids official mad which has been idling- up
whiie they have been riddling over the
railroad board election.
Morse lacks but one vote as it now
stands. General Godard is voting for
Wa'ker. He appears to be the most
vulnerable point of attack and would
undoubtedly trad one Morse vote tor
thrte for Walker. He might give the
cr.e vote necessary on some other deal.
It remains simply to ftet one more vot r
fir Morse, then the fight will turn upo;
the securing of the other Republican.
TODAY'S BALLOTING.
The Prst ballot tak n this mraritis
was the one hundred and s.ixtenth. It
came out the same as the first and last
c.f yesterday. Governor Stanley voted
for" Richter, Godard for "Walker, Cole
for McNeill, Grimes for Findlay, Nel
son for Findlay, and Clark for Craw
ford. This was a throat-cleaning play.
nd made way for the bringing out of
R. R. Rees as a new man on The next
ballot by Secretary of State Clark.
Frank Nelson tossed a complimentary
ballot into Topeka on the llSth, giv'mr
a vote to Tom McN'eal. He did not
stick to the rew MoNeal in the fisrht,
and the only result was to make Auditoi
Cc!e on the next ballot when he said
"McNeill" specify "C. A.," to distinguish
the Cherokee man from the Shawnee
county humorist.
When the Utitn ballot was reached Au
ditor Cole joined Clark in voting for
the miilers' and grain men's candidate,
R. R. Re-'S. Cole stayed by Clark, thus
giving Itees two votes, for three ballots,
then went hack to McNeill, the man
from his own district.
The council was in flirtatious mood
e-rtin now and began to trot out impusM
billtles and v. dees from the grave were
heard. There whs a strong suspicion that
someone was working a galvanic battery
w hen Prank Nelson pepeil up J. t Postle
thwaite. It was such a good lokf that
Clark mad- it t wo for him. George Cole
Vote.l tor Kd Weiiep next ballot.
"Oh?eet." interposed Godard.
-Why?" ukei eole.
"We're voting for Republicans."
"Does that make any ciiri'erenee as lona
as there is no show for the lmocrat?"
"No." reluctantly admitted Godard, ymt
The chair said proceed.
From thi point on there was little flirt,
ing un'il the denouement. Pole then threw
a vote 1m tor O. L. Short on the l:;;th.
Grime trave one to Walker and one to
Crawford on succeeding ballots, and j
coirap :iaTk vote.l for t-. t Way on th
rh a no two ballots next suet-
ding. I'p i
to this point Governor Stanley and God- j
arrl hiid voted for Richter and Walked
rspei T i 3y . wlili-nit vari.-t tion. Then on
the l.;-,uh Stanley led OiT The slump to
Morse. Cole came in r-ght tMhind and
Geore Cl.irk on the end. This prevail'-
till the r-vess was taken.
Givr:i oid aril did ret deviate from
Walker through the whole twenty-live
ballots.
PtiOGRKSS OF THE BALLOTING
Aod it tame to pass that nicht s-t-tl-d
fast upon the Philistines gathered
about th-3 convict-made, lacjuer table i t
the office of the Secretary of state of tile
corrmon wealth of Kansas. . As it ap
proached the fourth hour the spirit of
mirth appeared and the members of tir
xe utive council encaged upon the ;wd
uotis task of selecting a board of rail
I en 1 cotTindssi-'r.ers fll into a flirtation.
U'l p i SO lall ts had been taken Gi-ver-nor
Stanir'y was still voting for Richi r,
Att. rr.y C. n.ial Godard for Walkci,
Put rintendent N lsun and State Treas
iitei Grim s for Findiav. Auditor Ccl-
foi- T.. oct l v ..f St.. t ri;it-'- I
for Cra fi--.l.
Then lookv tde at Clark as if eleclri-fi-d
with an I"spiration. Verily one Finh
happy thought had come of a sudden
to me auditor, whi, haply, sat at the
r'irht of and one removed from ClerA
WilFon. George Clark irm rveniiig. a, el
coi..,eo,uently had the last vote, but one,
to cast on i ach ballot.
On th-" MUh round Cole tossed his vf t
to Clark's mar.. Crawford. Next ballot
he went back to his old love. McNitll,
and erav-eyed Clark, takirg the on-,
voted with hitn eratefultv. This was the
Fig. al for an audacious flirtation to sta."
and spread and be k pt going to the e.i 1
of t?e i h:prer. t.rimes, NelsHi. Coie
en Clark leaped into the game at on f .
alternatir.sr th-ir votes, relieving the
ruonot .:.- ard thus scattering their coir
pl:m. ntaries.
It was w t it ten in the law and the
prophets that r.o t lection would be coni
rassed on Friday, because of its time
hoi.ored tradition on being an unlucky
dav. pirhaps. ard it was safe baiting.
The quarb-tte had this fun all to them
'lvfs from the eightieth to the one hu "
dredth ballot Governor Stanley a-:d
Attorney General Godard vet y gravely,
bravely and naivly clinging to their fa
vorit. s Kichter and Walker up to that
point.
Sone odd combinations resulted from
tliis t'h tation. Some of the singles tutr.
"i up double and finally threes resulted
Richter drew thne on the ftlst ballot.
MoN'ieil teci ived three votes on the j2 1.
Wa.k-r lin-tt- doubles, likewise Craw
ford, freciu-ntly. But at the one hun
dredth ballot it had settled back to the
Id gr. uve and th-" hundredth ballot was
the am" as the Prst.
The council tried to adjourn, but roll
call Phoned three and three and 1 mor
t-rniv-iiuat Lallots were added to Lue
"?urnal.
INDEX OF TODAY'S rVR.
SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1901.
Weather predictions for the next 24 hourj;
For Kansas: Fair tonight and Sunday;
colder in east portion tonight; brisk
southwest winds.
IMPORTANT NEWS AND FEATURES.
Pages. . :
1. New York Tenement Kire.
Oxford Defeats Cambridge Crew.
Action Against Insurance Company.
Political Rallies Held Last Night.
St. Louis Exposition Committee.
Morse for Railroad Commissioner.
Continental Creamery Co. Enlarges.
Death of Roland Reed. (
2. Kansas News.
Sporting News.
3. Railway News.
Brief Telegrams.
4. Church Announcements.
R. G. Dun's Review of Trade.
Late Local and Telegraph News.
5. Social and Personal.
Snap Shots at Home News.
Japan Discusses War Possibilities.
6. Greater Liberty for Russians. ,
North Topeka News.
Baseball Washburn vs. State Normal
Markets.
7. Wants and Miscellaneous Ada.
8. Maj. Andre's Diary Found. 1
McKinley Congratulates Funston.
His Family Visit Aguinaldo.
$1,000,000 Fire in Richmond.
9. Kansans in Government Printing Office
Topeka Society.
News Summary of the Week.
10.
The Cuban Political Situation.
E. C. Stedman, Banker-Pcet.
Theatrical News.
11.
Nathan Hale at Crawford Monday.
Marine Band to Be at Auditorium.
Lella Fox to Sing Again.
Current Dramatic Gossip. i
12. Editorial.
Book Notes.
13. Woman's Page.
Correct Materials for Summer Wear.
How to Put on a Shirt Waist.
The Five O'clock Tea.
Popular Names With Actresses.
Table and Kitchen Menus.
li. Love Triumphs Over Religion.
Gossips Blamed From the Pulpit.
Millionaire Turns Woman Away.
15. Easter Fashions in Paris.
Spring Flowers as Table Decorations.
Mechanical Toys Are Educators.
IS. Story, "Arthur Maj ne's Temptation."
Humor of the Day.
patchwork. The 106th showed up as an
oddity. Three candidates with two votes
eacn Stanley and Clark for Crawforl.
Nelson and Grimes for Findlay, Godard
and Cole for McNiell. Clark, the last
vocer, lost count in the whirl of "trades"
on two succeeding ballots once when
Mc s'eil had three and he could h.iV.
given the fourth and craned over to
loo.-c at the clerk's book to be sure and
hold the deadlock.
J. C. O. Morse was first trotted "out
on the 112th ballot. Clark looked over the
list and named him for a vote. Cola
maae it two on the ll;5th. Cole sprung:
up C. L. Allen, of Fort Scott, for a vote
on the 114th and George Clark favor-d
C. L. Short, of Topeka. with "one mer-
tion
Ai'ter the 115th ballot another unsuc
cessful attempt was made to adjourn
b cause one man Nelson was out of
'hi old line. He had complimented
Walker that trip. But on the 110th Stan
ley said "Richter," Godard, "Walker."
Neison and Grimes, "Findiav," Co'e,
"McNiell" and Clark "Crawford." so th
last was ffrst and the first last and the
councillors agreed to take a recess una!
9::i0 this morning.
By the trade and flirtation system the
several members had succeeded in com
plimenting the other fellows' candidates
to this extent:
Governor Stanley Crawford, Walker
and McNiell.
Attorney General Godard McNi 11
and Richter.
Supt. Nelson Walker.McNieEl.Crawford
anil Richter..
Treasurer Grimes McNiell, Richter,
Crawford and Walker.
Auditor Ci le Craw ford, Findlay.Rich
ter, Morse and Allen.
Secretary of State Clark McNiell,
Richter, Morse and Short.
NO ELECTION SECURED.
No very llnf ifnected tiicrt w-ns Hvpn t
election for railroad c immissioners when
the executive council took it up again at j
tne 42d ballot at 2:30 p. m. Everything
was up in the air again. The vote on this
ballot was as follows:
Stanley Morse.
Godard Walker.
Cole McNiell.
O rimes Findlay.
Nelson Findlay.
Clark Morse.
The same vote went again. Next bal
lot Stanley was for Richter and Clark
for .W. C. Millar. Clark had to pick up
the Ust ard find a man to vote for.
The advantage of this morning seem"d
to be lost for the time being. Three mur;
bal'ots were taken. The vote did not
vary. Sumley for Riehter; Godard lor
Waiker; Cole for McNiell: Grimes and
Nelson for Findlay; Clark for W. C. Mil
lar. But the end was postponed. The mcm
bets flew up a caprice and took a re
cess until 4 o'clock.
WILL TRY GAS.
The county commissioners have decid
ed in the interests of economy to try
lighting the court house with tras. The
court house bill for electric light is quite
high, owing to the fact that many
offices in the building are quite daik,
even during the day. and lights have to,
be burned all the time during- office
hours. Gas lights will be placed in each
office and will be burned for a time;
and the cost of the gas and the electric
lights will be compared.
i
TELL TIIE13 STORY
Hughes and Parker People Hold
Rallies Last Night.'
Small Crowd Turns Out at the
Auditorium.
WEATHER WAS BAD.
II. B. Welch, James A. Tront
ni an and James Mullen Speak.
David Orermyer the Principal
Orator For Parker.
The weather last night was not con
ducive to political enthusiasm or the
success of political meetings, but two
were held just the same. The Hughes
forces rallied at the Auditorium and the
Parker people at the Democratic Flam
beau club hall. The crowd at the Au
ditorium was very small for the Audi
torium, but in a small hall the show-ing
would have been better. Tne Parker
meeting filled the hall to overflowing,
but then it was held in a small hall.
It is probable that about the same
number of people attended both meet
ings. AT Tlffi AUDITORIUM.
For a week the Republican city cen
tral committee has been working hard
to have a good attendance. They sent
out invitations to the women, and the
precinct heelers were instructed to get
every voter out to the meeting, but of
course they did not figure on the rain.
They hired the Modocs and the Hoover
family to make music for the expected
great crowd, and when the crowd was
counted and it was an easy thing to
do the count showed just 456 people in
the immense hall.
T. S. Williams called the meeting to
order and introduced Samuel T. Howe
as the chairman. Mr. Howe said that
he was not a speaker, and would not at
tempt to make a speech. He said that
he did not believe a report whith he
had heard on the street that a large
number of Republicans would bolt the
nomination of Mr. Hughes. "I was op
posed to the nomination of Mr. Hughes
myself," he added, "but I am now for
the entire Republican ticket, and I be
lieve that all of the members of the
party feel as I do about it. The can
didates on the Republican tit-ket are
pledged to work for the moral and ma
terial good of the city, and this is a
platform which will win."
It. B. Welch followed Mr. Howe. He
said that he had always been a Repub
lican and had never bolted a ticket. He
seemed to feel the chill which prevaded
the meeting, and opened his remarks
with: "This is not a frost, it is the wet
that keeps people away." He was not
as radical as most of the other speakers,
and admitted that the people who did
not agree with him were honest in their
convictions. He said that the issue of
the campaign was not prohibition or
anti-prohibition, but was law enforce
ment, and that there were not two sides
to that question. "The criminal does
not respect the officer who wdll not en
force the law. He may use him some
time, but he will drop him soon," said
he.
He made a strong plea for party
fealty and said that unless the Republi
cans would stand by the nominees of the
party the party would go to pieces and
the entire state would be lost to the op
position. "A party to be effective must
have organization." he said. "To secure
organization there must be party loyal
ty, a purpose to allow the majority to
rule and abide by their decision. It is
disloyal not to stand by the nominee of
your party when you have taken part
in the primary. Mr. Howe supported
Mr. Warner in the primary and now he
is working for Mr. Hughes. Had War
ner been nominated I would have done
as Mr. Howe is doing now. Since the
primary 1 have learned that Mr. Warner
is a man with backbone. We did not
nominate him because lie would not
make us promises but we may use him
yet for he. is a good man and the city
needs good men. Mr. Warner could have
had the financial backing of the Kansas
City brewers by the winking of an eye,
but he would not wink.
"Our own man is a good man, too, and
is made of good material. They say that
he makes too many promises but he
says he will stay with his oath of ofT'oe
and that is all we ask a man to do." He
then spoke of the Democratic platform
and of what Col. Hughes had done foi
the party in the state house war and
how the Republicans had promised
Hughes anything in their power. He
closed by predicting a glorious - ory
for the entire Republican ticket a- ;he
election next Tuesday.
Eugene Ware was to have followed
Mr. Welch but he was not in the meet
ing. James Mullen was the next on the
programme. He said that he wanted to
speak to the working men. He said that
every one should be for Greater Topeka
and should use their energies to keep
the city clean and pure. "We can rot
afford to support a man who will run
on a platform such as was written by
David Overmyer and adopted by the
Democrat meeting. We should not
take part in a thing which will bring
disgrace upon the city. It is the duty
of every Republican to support the en
tire Republican ticket and place in
power men who have the good of the
city at heart."
.Tames H. Guv nut the audience in
good humor by saying that he wa a '
Republican, a black Repu lean and
daring any one he looked at d'-ny it.
"I look upon this contest." he declared,
"as a contest between the Republican
and Dernociatic parties, and not as a
contest bciw i Mr. Barker and Mr.
Hughes. t is .or us to say whether the
Republican shal' be continued in
power .- s; "o mrk to the days
of Popc'':-m "'e of this city
do not vviii ' X-.. .. .ust ie affairs of the
city in ti e o..e ,s of the- Democrats for
they fear tt.. -.o results which always
follow a Uemoi ratio administration. The
colored p.eopie of the city will support
the Republican ticket as they always do.
You never hear of a colored man com
mitting suicide but occasionally a colored
man goes crazy, so once in a great while
you may hear of a colored man voting
the Democratic ticket.
"It is reported." he said, "that some of
the colored people will vote against the
Republican ticket Y- cause they have
bec?n offered jobs by the leaders. It lias
been my observation that the Demo
crat? rarely have any jobs to give out,
and when they do they keep them for
themselves. The negro gets nothing
from the Democrats before the election
but palaver and nothing after the elec
tion but hard words."
jaints A. Troutinan was the last man
on the pragramme. He did not like it
because Mr. Warner was not on the
platform, and said that if he had , been
Warner he would be on the platform to
help the meeting. He said that he was
a Republican, and that he stood before
the audience as a Republican represen
tative of law. "There was some talk be
fore the primary,'' he said, "to the effect
that if Mr. Warner had been nominated
another ticket would have been put up
by the law and order; people. There
was no truth in the report. The day
after the primary all contest faded and
the Hughes and Warner forces were
united."
He made the oft heard remark about
the eyes of the country being on To
peka and on the election.
"We hear talk that there should . be
no partisanship in municipal campaigns.
Be that as it may, there is not a can
didate in the field who claims to be non
partisan. Mr. Parker claims to be the
nominee of the Democratic party. I
deny this. The Democrats held no pri
mary. They held a meeting in a small
hall, and only a few Democrats knew
that the meeting was to be held. Not
one hundred Democrats are bound by
the result of the convention. It .war
only the fag end of the Democrats who
attended the convention. Mr. Parker
was nominated by a lot of bushwhack
ers." ;
He said the only Republicans who
would support Mr. Parker were . Nick
Chiles and Crook Wright, and that only
J the fag ends of the Democratic and
Populist parties would vote against Mr.
Hughes. He didn't like the platform
which was written by Mr. Overmyer.
and said that although the platform
consisted of 3,000 words six would ex
plain it all. "That platform amounts
to this." he said: "Resolved, whatever
is, is wrong."
He closed by assuring the audience
that there would be a great Republican
victory recorded at the pedis Tuesday,
but advised al! people who were inter
ested in good government to get out and
vote.
THE PARKER MEETING.
"Carrie Nation was responsible for the
nomination of Col. Hughes for mayor of
Top. ka," said David Overmyer in hi
speech at the Democratic meeting last
nigrt at the Democratic Flambeau club
rooms. And after making the statement
he proceeded to give a logical proof.
' f or," ho said, "it will be admitted by
ail 'hat the nomination of the Republi
can ticket was brought about by som-
thing very unusual. What happened?
Why Carrie Nation was imported in
here from some town in southern Kan
sas and immediately Instituted a form of
mob rule. And the nomination of Hughes
was brought about through this unnit
ural exictement of this unfortunate wc
mao. for she is crazy on this one sub
ject. I have nothing to say against her,
I believe she is sincere in her motives but
she is to say the least Just a trifle fanat
ic at the same time.
"One half the people who enlisted in
her crusade did not believe in her meth
od but went into the thing with the re
lief that it could be turned to partisan
uses "
The Democratic meeting was well at
tended. All the available space in the
hall was used while a great many had
to stand up in the rear of the room and
in tm hallway leadi:ii? -o the club room.
J. W. Blcesom, ex-councilman from
the First ward was chairman of th?
meeting and the speakers were Albert
Parker, W. E. Atchison, Michael Heery,
and David Overmyer.
Continuing Mr. Overmyer said that
you could hear a great deal said con
cerning the election next Tuesday . "A
great effort is being made by one party
to draw- the party line very close. It is
really pitiful to read the morning paper
and watch its efforts to whip the Re
publicans into line. It has evidently for
gotten to say anything about the Demo
crats and Populists for the moment. The
trouble is evidently in their own party.
Buc what causes it?
"In the history of the rule of one party
for a considerable length of time abuses
arise. The candidates begin to leavn
tha a nomination means an. election and
it !j taken advantage of by unsvorthy
lnen to make unworthy uses of it. When
the primaries came there was great,
excitement, and something unusual oc
curied. Warner had a majority of the
male voteof the city, and had a major
ity :'n every precinct in the city but ore.
"But by hauling women and others
who have no right to vote to the polls
the balance was turned the other way.
The ore faction voted young girls from
Washburn college: they voted young
girls from Bethany college, and above
all. girls were taken from the theater,
actresses, and voted. And it was by
such methods that the nomination was
secured.
"There was a secret organization
made up in this city of about 1,000 mem
bers. It must have been a thousand, for
one minister said to me that he knew
that there were that many members
of it. And it is a fact that one day
three dozen revolvers were sold - at
Thompson's hardware store, and at an
other five dozen were sold. And it is
safe to say that at least 500 or 600 re
volvers were sold in this city at that
time.
"And what was this for?
"Was it to carry forward the work of
God? To do the will of Christ?" he
asked in awed whispers.
"There was a day and a night when
we did not know whether our property
was safe or not. Now the people pro
pose to vote for Parker and good gov
ernment instead of folly and hypoc
risy. "Now Colonel Hughes is a good fel
low," but here he was interrupted by
shuts of dissent. "I said 'good fellow,'
and I meant 'good fellow,' " reiterated
Mr. Overmyer in stentorian tones, and
it went at 1 1 -it. "But you will remem
ber the ol i hdage of our f ethers about
t: e ;t ; to 1 being paved with good
in rmijiis."
Here he switched off to the water
works question. He said: "There hats
been some attempt to show that our
platform did not mention the water
works ques.ion. I am right here to tell
you it did. and it did not mention it in
a half-hearted way, either.
"Colonel Hughea and Mayor Drew
were elected on a waterworks platform
two years ago, and what have thev
done? They took the wind out of our
sails by adopting a waterwor-cs plat
form before we had the opportunity.
Two years have slipped by and the
waterworks nlant, tha; is assessed at a
value of M00.0OO, and for which $800,000
is usked as the purchase price, is still
the master of the situation.
"Our laws are explicit on the subject.
Every community has by this time be
gun to realize that the municipal owner
ship of public utilities is the best thing
for a municipality. The laws allow the
city to erect or by a process of law con
demn and buy an existing plant. The
present administration which was elect
ed to secure the waterworks has let two
years slip by and nothing has been ac
complished. "Colonel Huehes' motion in the council
recently to 'instruct the city attorney to
Continued on Sixth Page.)
kick mn out.
Suit Commenced to Expel 50
Fire Insurance Companies.
Action Eased Upon Kansas Anti
Trust Law.
MOOTED KATE SHEET.
It Again Forms Grounds For
Court Procedure.
Penalty of 1,000 Asked From
Each Conceru.
THE COUNTY BEHIND IT
Galen Nichols Brings Action in
District Court.
Temporary Injunction Against
All Companies Asked.
Countj' Attorney Galen Nichols brought
suit in the district court this .morning
against 59 insurance companies .doing
business in Topeka to prosecute them
under the trust laws of 1S97.
The 59 companies mentioned are all
known as "union companies" and the
petition names them as subscribers of
the rate book issued by the "Eldridge
Inspection Bureau." County Attorney
Nichols' suit against them means that
if judgment is recovered against them
each company will be liable under the
anti-trust laws of 1897 and he asks for
a penalty of $1,000 apiece and a penalty
of $100 a day apiece for all that continue
to do business after the judgment is re
covered and that they forfeit all their
rights and franchises. The suit will be
known as "The State of Kansas versus
The Aetna Insurance company" and is
the first case to be brought under the
anti-trust law. The statute provides
that the attorney general may bring the
case in any county but also gives the
county attorneys the same right.
The petition in the case alleges that
the companies are doing business in
Shawnee, duly authorized and licensed
and that they pay fees to the superin
tendent of insurance. In citing the
charges the petition says: "That each
and all of said defendai t corporations
unlawfully, illegally and wilfully mis--used
and abused, and do now so misuse
and abuse, their franchises, rights and
privilegegs as fire, lightning and storm
corporations authorized to do business
under the laws of the state of Kansas,
in this, to-wit: That each and all of said
defendant corporations, by themselves
and through their authorized agents and
-representatives, have unlawfully, illegally
and wilfully created, entered into, and
become members of and parties to a cer
tain trust, agreement, combination, con
federation and understanding with each
other, and with other fire insurance cor
porations and associations of persons to
unlawfully, illegally and wilfully reg
ulate, fix and control the cost and rate
of insurance to be paid for insuring
property in said city of Topeka, county
of Shawnee, state of Kansas, and in
other portions of said state and to un
lawfully, illegally and wilfully prevent
competition in said business in said
county and state.
"And the said defendant corporations,
members of and parties to a certain
combination are commonly known as
'Union Companies.'
"That said defendants, and each and
every one of them, in person, or through
their agents and representatives as
aforesaid, have bought, become sub
scribers to and take a certain rate book
or books and map or maps, compiled,
made and published by a person or per
sons, commonly known as the 'Eldridge
Inspection Bureau.' That said Eldridge
and others associated with him, compile
and publish said books and maps in the
city of Topeka. county and state afore
said. That said books and maps give the
cost and rate of insurance against rtre
and other casualties, to be paid by citi
zens of Kansas for policies issued upon
property in said state by said defend
ants. "That said Eldridge Inspection Bureau
further supplies the said defendants and
their agents with supplemental slips or
sheets and supplementary maps, giving
information concerning the risk and the
consequent cost and rate of insurance on
any property not originally listed and
mentioned in the said rate book and map
aforesaid. That from time to time, be
cause the building of new buildings, and
for the other reasons, that said Eldridge
Inspection Bureau send out supplement
al slips and maps to the said defendants,
or their agents, herein mentioned giv
ing a modified or changed rate of in
surance on certain pieces of property al
ready listed in said rate books and
maps. The said modified and changed
cost and rate of insurance Is adopted by
said defendant insurance corporations,
and each and everyone of them, and the
individual owner of said property is
compelled to pay the cost for new insur
ance according to the rate and cost men- ,
tioned in the said supplementary slips
or maps.
"That said Eldridge Inspection Bureau
is the successor to the Clarkson Inspec
tion Bureau, and is operated and run in
the same manner as that was, and by
many, if not all. of the same individuals
who operated, controlled and owned the
said Clarkson Inspection Bureau. That
on or about November, 1S97, the saia
Clarkson whose name appears in the
name of the Clarkson Inspection Bureau
as aforesaid, discontinued his said pub
lications of rate books, maps and slips,
because of the fact that the superintend
ent of insurance of said state prohibited
the defendants and all other insurarce
corporations from using the said rate
books, maps and slips, ruling that the
said use was an infraction of the anti
trust laws of said state. That the said
Eldridge Inspection Bureau was there
upon organized and began its business
and operations to take the place of the
said Clarkson Inspection Bureau and to
continue the business in another name,
but in practically the same manner as
theretofore conducted by Clarkson and
which Clarkson had discontinued for the
reason aforesaid; that the said defend
ant corporation, and each and every one
cf them, were subscribers and took the
rate books, maps, supplementary slips
and sheets of the said Clarkson Inspec
tion Bureau, and w hen it was succeeded
by the said Eldridge Inspection Bureau,
said defendants, for the unlawful pur
pose and design of evading the iaws ot
the state of Kansas, subscribed, ordered
and purchased of the said Eldridge In
spection Bureau the books, maps, and
supplementary - slips and sheets afore.
said, irtending that the said books, maps
and siips were to be unlawfully taken
and used by them the said defendant
corporations for said purposes."
The petition goes on to state that cer
tain agents in the state under the "com
mission agreement" who act for mem
bers of the trust are not allowed to
handle the business of any non-union
company. The petition further says:
"The;, said defendant corporations in
pursuance of the object, intention and
purpose of said defendant corporations,
have wilfully and unlawfully agreed,
combined and confederated with each
other, and with other fire insurance cor
porations, to form an insurance trust
and pool as aforesaid, to regulate, ltx
and maintain the cost, rates and pre
mium to be charged by each of said de
fendant corporations for insuring the
different designated classes of risks on
property against loss by fire."
-The petition asks that under the law
all the companies forfeit their franchises
and that judgments for $1,000 apiece be
placed against each company, and that
meanwThile the companies be tempo
rarily enjoined ' from using the rate
boeiks.
The following are the names of the
56 companies named as parties to the
suit. The companies are all licensed
to do business in Topeka:
The Aetna Insurance Co.
The American Fire Insurance Co,
American Central Insurance Co.
Boston Insurance Co.
Connecticut Fire Insurance Co.
Fire Association of Philadelphia.
Firemen's Fund Insurance Co.
Franklin Insurance Co.
German American Insurance Co.
German Alliance Insurance Co.
Greenwich Insurance Co.
Hanover Fire Insurance Co. :
Hartford Fire Insurance Co. '
Home Insurance Co.
Insurance Co. of North America,
Liverpool r London & Globe. i
Merchants' Insurance Co.
Milwaukee Mechanics' Insurance Co.
National Fire Insurance Co.
Niagara Fire Insurance Co.
Orient Insurance Co. I
Pelican Assurance Co?
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co. '
Phoenix Insurance Co.
Providence Washington Insurance Co.
Queen Insurance Co. of America.
Reading Fire Insurance Co.
Springfield Fire and Marine Insur
ance Co.
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Traders' Insurance Co.
United Firemen's Insurance Co.
British American Assurance Co. '
Commercial Fnion Assurance Co.
Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co.
Imperial Insurance Co.
Lancashire Insurance Co.
Liverpool & London & Globe Insur
ance Co. of London.
London Assurance Co.
London and Lancashire Fire Insur
ance Co. i
Manchester Assurance Co.
'National Assurance Co. . , I
Northern Assurance Co. ;
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
North British and Mercantile Insur
ance Co.
Palatine Insurance Co.
Phoenix Assurance Co. of London.
Royal Insurance Co.
Royal Exchange Assurance Cex '
Sun Assurance Co. '
Union Assurance Co. 1
Western Assurance Co. '
Indemnity Fire Insurance Co.
Mercantile , Fire and Marine Insur
ance Co.
Palatine of London Insurance Co.
Magdeburg Insurance Co.
SIMILAR SUITS ON DOCKET.
Two other cases similar to those filed
by County Attorney NichoU were com
menced in the dfstrict court a year ago.
The cases were brought by Ferry &
Doran for Frank Thomas against the
Springfield Fire and Marine and the
Traders' Insurance company for $1,950
damages in each case. Thes suits pre
civil suits for the recovery of damages,
but are essentially the same as the
cases brought by the county attorney.
Thomas was agent for union companies
and because he acted for a non-union
company the union companies took their
business away from him.
STAR FOR FUNSTON.
Executive Council Asks Govern
ment to Honor Soldier.
Governor Stanley and the executive
council sent the following telegram to
President McKinley this morning:
"This state is proud of the achieve
ments of her gallant soldier. General
Frederick Funston, and earnestly urges
that he have fitting recognition for his
recent brave act in the capture of
Aguinaldo."
The sentiment of the council is that
nothing less than a brigadier general's
star will be fitting recognition. A
medal, which seems to be the fetrm of
reward indicated in late dispatches, is
in their consideration more esteem than
recognition.
PLACES ALL FILLED.
Members of the St. Louis Expo
sition Committee Named.
Washington, March 30. The St. Louis
exposition committee will be announced
tonight or Monday, and will contain the
following names: Ex-Senators CartPr of
Montarjic McBridge of Oregon, Lindsay
of Kentucky and Thurston of Nebraska;
ex-Representative Glynn, of Ohio; ex
Representative Allen, of Mississippi; E.
D. Scott, of Arkansas; John F. Miller,
of Indiana, and F. A. Betts, of Con
necticut. Kansas with two candidates for ap
pointment on this commission is not
recognized. Less than twenty names
were under consideration for the ap
pointment of the nine men who will
form the commission.
Congressman Curtis was the champion
of John E. Frost, of Topeka, in Wash
ington. Mr. Frost had the support of
the state house officials, a number of
high railroad officials, both here and in
the cast, and the aid of several poli
ticians of note in the east.
Senator Burton was in the field for
Senator Carpenter. The remainder of
the Kansas delegation was also divided.
There is hardly any doubt that if the
Kansas delegation in Washington had
stood together for either of the candi
dates for the appointment one of the
places would have been given to Kan
sas. Mr. Frost's possibilities without
the support of the whole Kansas delega
tion were very bright.
The remuneration by act of congress
of each member of the commission is
fixed at $5,000 per year. He is also pro
vided with necessary- clerks and stenographers.
BABIES liUHLI
FeOLKIIlDOWS
Little Ones Sent FlyingThrongii
the Air by Jlothers
In Effort to Sae Them From
Death by Burning.
CAUGHT JSY POLICE.
Not One of the Lot Sustained
Serious Injury.'
Fire in a New York Tenement at
3:30 in the Morning.
One Woman and Two Children
Perished in Building.
New York, March SO. Mrs. Esther
Cohen and two of her children. Benjamin
aged five, and Sophia, nn-tl ore. perished
by the burning of a five story t-neiu i;t
house at Delancey and Norfolk street
today.. In the panic which occurred
mothers lost fheir reason and threw
their children from the windows to t'o?
street below. That all were caught by
the police and firemfn and escaped ser
ious injury seems almost a mira .le1. Foi
lotving is a list of the injured:
Max Salisburg. 20, burned about lie"
face, hand and body.
John J. Ilenrdon, detective, cut on
hands and face by falling glass.
Michael Oestfeldt, suffering from shock
and contusions.
There were thirteen families in t'v
house. The file was discover.".! at 3:1!')
o'clock by the wife of the janitor, who
aroused her husband, and together they
went to the front of the house, giving
the alarm.
On the top floor of the tenement live 1
Morris Cohen, his wife and their chil
dren, Sophia, Harry and Benjamin. The
flames were already through the roof
when they were awakened. F.seape by
the hallway was cut off. Groping their
way through the smoke to the window,
Cohen picked up the boy Harry and can
ing to his wife to follow, got out on the
fire escape and started to d-Jscc nd. Mt.-
Cohen carried the baby in her arms and
the boy Benjamin followed, out on tee
fire escape, the flames and smoke which
burst from the windows below them,
separated the members, of the fan-i'y
and only Cohen and the boy reacr.c I
the street.. When the firemen vveio
finally able to reach the top floor t hex
found the bodies of Mrs. Cohen and lh
other two children blackened arc! burn
ed, lying on the fire escape binding.
The damage by the fire In estimated at
$10,000.
ABSORB EIGHT MORE.
Continental Creamery Co.
Largest in World.
Sow
The Continental Creameiy company
today closed a deal for the eight cream
eries which were the property of tin!
Enterprise Creamery company, of En
terprise, Kas. The ' creamer les are lo
cated at the following places: Enter
prise. Solomon, Navarre, Shady Brook.
Woodbine, Manchester, Oak Hill on I
Suiyville. Trfis maku a total of 1 i
cieameries owned by the Continental
Creamery company, which is the large.si
creamery institution In the world
The officers of the association are: J.
S. Parks, president: W. F. Jansen, vice
president; C. II. Patterson, seeietaty
and treasurer.
OXFORD WINS RACE
Beat the Cambridge Crew by a
Half Boat Length at Putney.
London, March SO.- -The closeness '.f
the finish of the Oyford-Ciirrihn Ige boat
race, which was roiti'e tids inornin.T
over the course from I'ulpey io Mott
lake, which is olllciaily given as Inn
fifths of a length, is evidence of the dor
gedness of the contef-t. Cainbt idee w on
the toss and chore the Stony rlie.
half gale was blowing .r"?:j the sotiti -west
as the time for the .sfirt drew ruar.
and the wat -r was so tuiii-n that io"
choice of positions was ce.nsioered a.
gretit advflni?.;.'.'. r.tid but for the r.'-n-ernlship
of Cuime-Seymour. oxford'
stroke, it. might easily huve given the
ra"e to the light blue. As It wan tii
spectators were tteated to a rare race,
the rivals leading aittiriately until they
reached Thorneyeroft's, whoe tt looko 1
as if the odd were on Cainbr idge.
Shortly afterward Ctiime - Seymour"
called " upon his men. and a desM'iaic
race ensued aior.g the banks of tl e
meadows.
Cambridge though dii trcsseil replied
splendidly to the Oxonians' c'.rillernre,
and shot by Barr.e's brine lookn.ir I.V;
winners. It ws. however, an expiring
effort, and Oxford, keeping an even pao...
wore dow n the opposing en w. and won
by a half length in 1'J minotcs and ::i
sc-eonds.
It was a grand race and both i i '
were greatly distressed at the fir.isn.
ItOL AND liKlilTl) E A 1 K
New York. March .10-
da;
the actor, died in this city today.
lioland Reed, actor, born Phil: on lphi;e
1S;.2. of a theatrical faruib . took chil
dren's speaking parts at Walnut St r-":
theater. Philadelphia : follow. i;u' M- '-Immi
davs Joined company of Airs.. JmIhi Io ,.
Arch Street thcitier. Later w;i" I r-t
comedian with numerous cent i -it i n- ; he
came a star in his own eon,.Hev in 1:
in "Cheek": has since prcduc-.I rTcotv le
gitimate comedle. Iriebirting " H u Ml tnl . ' '
"Th Club Friend." 'The U-.nw'i Hater, '
"'nnoeent as a Lamb." "Tin- I'oio, in o
"A Man of Ideas.' "Dakota." "HU
Father's Roy. I'he Wrong Mr. Wright."
etc.: was trie original Koko in "Mikado"
In the United istates.
Weather Indications.
. Chicaeo, March .10. Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Sunday; colder
in east portion tonight; brisk southwest
wiad.