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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THDKSDAT EVENING. JANUARY 2, 1902.
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN.
VOLUME XXIX No. 2
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FX7Z.X. LEASED "WTP-E REFOXIT
OF THE ASSOCIATES PRESS.
The State Journal Is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telestraph report of that great news or
ganization for exclusive afternoon publi
cation In Topeka,
The news is received In the State Jour
nal building; over wires for this sole pur
pose, busv through the entire day. A
complete copy ot the night report is also
received.
The story of damage to the peach crop
found it necessary to get In early In or
der to beat the one about the wheat, so
It is here already.
The election of a president and the
beginning of the Neely trial all in the
fame week indicate that there is some
thing doing in Cuba.
There was no fight to speak of when
Topeka voted waterworks bonds. There
was no cause for opposition. The bonds
have not cost anybody anything, and
don't seem likely to do so.
The first year of the new century has
given us wireless telegraphy and the
"JJrigible balloon. Any prediction of what
the new year has in store would be
more liable to fall short than to over
reach. It doesn't appear to seriously dam
age a man in the public estimation to
be rebuked by the war department. The
president has been through it, and can
form some Idea of how Miles felt when
Root scolded him.
In Leavenworth, where they have Just
voted bonds for the purpose of acquir
ing the waterworks, they may find,
like Topeka has done, that it is one
thing to yote bonds and another to get
the water plant.
Washington Post: The people of this
country stick stubbornly to the old
fashioned ideas of heroism. They insist
upon admiring the men who do the
fighting, much as they may deprecate
the necessity for it.
The American trust, like everything
else American, has begun to reach out
for new fields. The oil trust has invad
ed Russia, the tobacco trust has gained
a foothold in Germany, and the steel
trust has just begun to plant its ten
tacles in England.
What ails these New "Yorkers? As
soon as a man Is elected to the United
States senate he appears to feel called
upon to get married, regardless of age
or previous conditions. Right on the
heels of Depew's wedding comes the an
nouncement that Piatt is engaged.
In the political fight which is In prog
ress in Ohio the Foraker forces may
succeed in w hipping Hanna, but when it
cornea to doing it so that he will stay
whipped, why, that Is another matter.
Tour Uncle Mark is a man of wonderful
and varied resources, and It is not easy
to tell when he is knocked out.
There comes from the United States
minister at The Hague a flat-footed
statement that all the yarns that have
been circulated about the domestic
troubles of the Queen of Holland and
her husband were pure falsehoods, with
out -any foundation in' fact. Minister
Sewell declared that he has evidence of
the falsity of all the charges brought
against the prince consort. He denies
unqualifiedly the whole story of the duel
between Prince Henry and Van Tets.
He asserts, as one -having authority,
that not a cloud has darkened the home
life of the royal family of Holland.
New Tork has a new law governing
marriage, which went into effect yes
terday. The requirements of the new
law are as follows: The written con
tract must be signed by both parties
and at least two witnesses.
It shall state the place of residence
of the contracting parties and of the
witnesses.
It shall give the time and place of the
marriage.
It must be acknowledged by the par
ties and witnesses in the manner re
quired for the acknowledgment of a
conveyance of real estate, to entitle It
to be recorded.
It shall be filed within six months
after its execution in the office of the
clerk of the city or town where the
marriage took place.
When the certificate is presented at
the office of the town or city clerk, it
must be filed and entered in a book
kept by him in alphabetical order.
The fee for filing the certificate is 25
cents, and for a certified copy of a cer
tificate or contract, or entry, 10 cents.
SOLD UNDER FORECLOSURE
Luluth Transfer Railway Bought by
Bondholders.
Duluth, Minn., Jan. 2. The Duluth
Transfer railway was sold today under
foreclosure of bonds amounting to $1,
180.000, and was bought in by the bond
holders. Special Master T. H. Pressnell
made the sale under an order of the
Vnited States court, and there were no
bidders except John G. Williams, who
represented the bondholders.
The road consists of valuable termin
als in Duluth running from the heart of
tHe city up to Fond du Lac, and reach
ing all the manufacturing industries
and includes practically all terminal fa
cilities not now owned by the Northern
Pacific, Great Northern or Om;;na
ro5ds.
It has repeatedly been reported that J.
J. Hill had acquired the road, but if he
doe it will have to be through the bond
holders, who will own it when the court
cor nm . the sale. Attorney Williams said
that the road will probably bw reorgan-
TIGHTMONEY.
It Causes Embarrassment of
Ererett-Moore Syndicate.
Committee of Clereland Hankers
Placed in Charge.
Cleveland, Jan. 2. A . committee of
Cleveland bankers has taken charge of
the various properties controlled by the
Everett-Moore syndicate. A statement
issued by the committee this afternoon
says in part:
"It became apparent some time ago
to some of the members of the Everett
Moore syndicate so-called, that on ac
count of the tight money situation in
the different, centers where they were
financing some of their enterprises, that
although in their opinion they owned
several dollars' worth of property over
and above their liabilities, that they
would be unable without temporary as
sistance to meet their obligations. Many
of these obligations arose1 from the fact
that the syndicate were engaged in die
construction of a number of enterprises
which were not yet fully completed, re
quiring large amounts of money to pay
for labor and materia in. the construc
tion." The syndicate was also recently dis
appointed in being unable to complete
the negotiations for the raising of a
large sum of money upon certain bonds
and stocks belonging to them which
would have furnished them with ready
funds and with negotiations they had
reason to believe until ten days ago
would result favorably.
"Some of the members of the syndi
cate when it became apparent to them
that many of their liabilities which,
were coming due about the first of Jan
uary could not be met, called together
some of their personal advisers to con
sult with them as to what was best to
be done.
"These gentlemen examined very fully
into all of the affairs of those compos
ing the syndicate, and were furnished
with very full and complete informa
tion. "They found further from their in
vestigations that in the telephone sit
uation while among its different ele
ments it had many companies that had
fully completed their equipment and
were on a paying basis, that there were
others that need material assistance.
"They also found that so far as the per
sonal affairs of the members of the syn
dicate were concerned that their equities
were, in their opinion, largely In excess
of their liabilities, and that in their judg
ment all of the personal creditors could
be paid without doubt from the assets and
several hundred thousand dollars put into
the completing of the properties.
"They found that there were in Cleve
land upwards of SO banks that were their
creditors and that these banks held the
choicest of the securities and the most
equities."
The Everett-Moore syndiqate own or
control many trolley and telephone lines
throughout Ohio and Michigan. Fol
lowing are the more important street
companies: The Cleveland Electric
Railway company, the Detroit United
Railroad company, the Cleveland,
Palnesville & Eastern Railroad com
pany, the Detroit & Toledo Short Line
Railroad company and the Lake Shpre
Electric Railway company and the
Northern, Ohio Traction company.
SUE FOR THEIR REBATE
Former Officers of National Aid
Sue the Banker's Union.
Three suits were today filed In the
Shawnee district court against the
Bankers' Union by L. K. Lewis, W. T.
Scott and W. T. Cooley, officers of the
National Aid, for $333 each. The suits
are for the recovery of the value of
promissory notes held by the plaintiffs
and due January L 1902.
The three plaintiffs were officers of
the National Aid association, and al
lege that they were promised these
notes as a rebate aa an inducement to
enter the Bankers' Union.
MORE FAILURES
But the Honey Total is Much Below
Last Tear's.
New Tork, Jan. 2. Reports to R. G.
Dun & Co.. show that the failures for
the year 1901 were 11,002 in number and
1113,092.376 in amount of liabilities while
in banking and other fiduciary institu
tions there were 74 insolvencies involv
ing $18,018,774, a total of 11.076 defaults,
and $131,111,150 liabilities. These figures
compare very favorably with the 10,833
failures in 1600 with liabilities of U4.
113,236, of which 59 were banks for $35,
617,668. Manufacturing disasters in 190.'.,
numbered 2,441, with an indebtedness
of $44,960,983, compared with 2,409 in the
previous year owing $51,702,142, while
there were 7,965 suspensions of traders
for $52,060,640, against 7,844 in 1900 with
liabilities of $59,415,592. TJie defaulted
liabilities were 96 cents to each $1,000
of bank exchanges. A ratio to the num
ber of firms in business shows that the
entire amount of defaulted indebtedness
averaged $94.33 for each concern. This
amount compares with $119.63 in 1900,
while going back to 1893, the average
was $290.65.
In many ways the prosperous condi
tions in the United States were shared
across the northern border for commer
cial failures in the dominion of Canada
were fewer in number and smaller in
amount of liabilities than in five of the
preceding seven years. As to banking
insolvencies the statement was even
more favorable, no one of the earlier
years making as good an exhibit. All
commercial defaults numbered 1,341
with liabilities of $10,811,671, which com
pares with 1,355 in 1900 owing $11,613,208.
In manufacturing there were 2S9 fail
ures for $5,595,095, against 308 in the pre
vious year with liabilities for $3,021,665.
Trading failures numbered 1.029. with a
total indebtedness of $6,845,329, com
pared with 1,010, in the previous year
for $7,232,340.
ORPHANS' HOME THANKFUL
Ladies Acknowledge Gifts From To
peka People.
The ladies in charge of the Orphans'
Home association have closed up the
Christmas and New Tear's charities
and announce the following list to
whom credit is due for gifts for the
helpless little ones in their charge: The
Swedish Baptist church :the First Meth
odist church; Miss Wehe's kindergar
ten; public schools; Nickle Plate; T.
J. Coughlin & Martin, hardware; J. V.
Abrahams; Miss Josephine Shellabar
ger; Col. J. W. Brier; Granteer & Ober
ly; Mr. Frank Bonebrake; T. C. Thomp
son; H. J. Guthrie; Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks: Mrs. C. W.
Jewell; Mrs. H. O. Garvey; Mrs. C. F.
Spencer; Mrs. Harry Valentine; John
Schmidt; Charles Wolff; T. O'Neal.
Morgan's Magic Touch.
London, Jan. 2. The Cotton Seed Oil
company's shares hardened on the stock
exchange today on the issuing of a cir
cular setting forth that recent negotia
tions had resulted in J. S. Morgan &
Co. interesting themselves in the con
cern, end that the Morgans had been
allotted 100,000 shares of stock.
I We
Wilt
BEARSFRUIT.
Mexican Reciprocity Movement
is Securing Encouragement.
Secretary A. B. Hulit is Receiv
ing Many Letters.
HEARS FROM VETERAN.
Ex-Governor Crittenden of
Missouri Favors Plan.
Says It Is the Doctrine of James
G. Blaine.
A. B. Hulit, who was selected as cor
responding secretary to work up inter
est in the coming reciprocity conven
tion on January 21, is beginning to get
letters concerning it. Mr. Hulit has
written to a large number of manufac
turing Interests in the west, especially
in Kansas, besides governors and other
prominent men in the western states
which would naturally be interested in
securing as much Mexican trade as
possible. He has also written to vari
ous departments in Washington to se
cure data concerning Mexican trade
and other matters which will doubtless
be of interest to the convention.
Ex-Governor Crittenden, of Missouri,
has written Mr. Hulit a letter com
mending the movement and especially
the part Kansas is taking in it. Gover
nor Crittenden is an old-line Democrat,
but is a believer in the doctrine of re
ciprocity as laid down by James G.
Blaine. His letter is all the more in
teresting in view of the fact that he
was formerly consul general from the
United States to Mexico. He says:
"I have your letter and the State
Journal containing an account of the
meeting of which you write. I take
much interest in the subject, 'Reciproc
ity' discussed before the preliminary
conference, but, my dear sir, age with
its infirmities warns me to stay near
the shore and the family fireside. Mr.
Blaine had the wisdom to sea the value
of reciprocity.
"No on. who knew that great and
brilliant man, even as I did, doubted his
fidelity to the tariff question of other
days, but he saw the time was rapidly
approaching in this and other progres
sive countries when the tariff for the
few, should give way to a broader and
freer trade under the captivating term
of reciprocity. Had he lived in the
vigor of his splendid manhood to this
date that doctrine and his. seductive
statesmanship would have been in full
operation, and our immense volume of
trade, as large as it is, would have been
largely increased.
"I deeply regret he could not have
lived to reap the benefits of his ripened
and ripening views, but like many of
the pioneers of science, he died before
the maturity of his plans, and of his
discoveries. When he passed away,
truly a great man had failed in Israel.
Reciprocity is a long step in the right
direction, and when once taken cannot
be receded from but can be made more
advantageous by another and greater
step in the same direction.
"I an as you will see as near a free
trader as circumstances will permit. I
state what I know to be a commercial
fact when saying there is no cereal,
agricultural or pastoral state in the.
United States that would be more
greatly benefited by reciprocity, (the
more the better,) than Kansas. It
should be in the forefront of the battle.
Its name as such a leader at a time like
this would b. worth ten thousand men,
and there is no state in the great west
that could send forth more able advo
cates of Mr. Blaine's doctrine than
Kansas.
"The west should and will sooner or
NEURALGIA
We suggest curing a pain in
the face by taking Scott's
Emulsion into the stomach.
Usual way of treating neural
gia is to rub liniment on the
outside. That's only a make
shift Scott's Emulsion is nerve
food. Scott's Emulsion feeds
and strengthens nerves.
For an obstinate neuralgia,
for nervousness, for nerve
weakness take Scott's Emul
sion. It's nerve food and nerve
strengths
We'H lead yon . little I. try, if 70a 111c..
SCOTT & BOWNE, Pud stmt, N.W Y.xk
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TOMORROW
To the Mothers in TopeRa :
If you miss our Bargain Children's Suit Sale Tomorrow at the selling out of
the CONTINENTAL you will miss the biggest Bargain yet. They have
been marked way down and must go. s5 g j
Boys' 2-piece Suits.
Boys9 3 -piece Suits.
The Continental carried none but the best and we want to sell 873
of them tomorrow at 40, 50 and 60 Cents on the Dollar.
Remember the Place, 617 Kansas Avenue.
later get away from that old effete doc
trine of a tariff for protection of our
"infant industries," and enter upon that
other and later idea of reciprocal rela
tions for self defense. We must enter
on broader fields with newer ideas. Out
skilled artisans and modern machinery
scoff those old time worn, shop worn
theories.
"We are now beginning to be the
leaders of the .world, in war and peace,
and the stronger we are on peace ideas
and the preparation for the mainten
ance of our trade, the stronger we will
be upon that of war. I hope the day
may never "come when it will ever be
come necessary for our country to en
gage in any war other than the great
commercial wars now raging between
the great leading nations of the world.
'Peace hath her victories no less re
nowned than war.' Tours truly,
"THOS. T. CRITTENDEN."
FOR LOVE'S SAKE.
New Tork Girl Has Risked
Loss of Millions.
New York, Jan. 2. Fannie Rayne 11c
Comb has risked the loss of millions ior
love's sake and has just married Lewis
Herzog. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke at
the brick Presbyterian church, this city,
in the presence of a few of the young
people's friends. The bride is a daugh
ter of the millionaire James J.'McConib,
who died on March 31 last at Doha's
Ferry. , . : ;
Mr. McComb objected to Mr. Herzog
as a prospective son-in-law, and a few
days before his death h. added a codicil
to his will which has deferred the wed
ding until the present. Mr. McComb's
fortune was estimated at the time of
his death at upward of (20,000,000. By
th. provisions of hla will, .which has
been in existence for years, his daugh
ter Fannie would have received upward
of $4,000,000. By the codicil it was pro
vided that if she were married to Mr.
Herzog she should be cut oft with an
income of $15,000 a year during her tile,
$300,000 to go on her death to each of
her children absolutely. Soon after her
father's death Miss McComb, through
Attorney W. W. McFarlane, brought
suit against the Title Guaranty and
Trust company, executors of her fath
er's will, seeking to have the courts de
clare the new codicil void. The courts
refused to consider the question prior
to the marriage of Miss McComb.
A DENVER HORROR.
Boy Killed and Sister Assaulted
by Unknown Man.
Denver, Colo., Jan. 2. At 9 o'clock
last night an unknown man attacked
Harold Friedborn, aged 15 and Flor
ence, his sister, aged 16, while they
were skating on a small pond near their
home in North Denver. The boy was
struck on the head with an ax and in
stantly killed. The girl was then as
saulted. Some time later she recovered
consciousness and reached her home.
The police were notified and the entire
force is now searching for the murderer.
The little girl gave a fair description of
the man. She says she bit his finger
severely and the police hope 'this may
aid them in his apprehension.
A SECOND SUBWAY.
Boston Will Present a BUI to
the Legislature.
Boston, Jan. 2. The great and general
court of Massachusetts was convened to
day for the session of 1902. Rufus A. Soule
of New Bedford was re-elected by the
senate as president and the house elected
James J. Myers of Cambridge speaker for
the third time.
The senate includes 33 Republicans and 7
Democrats, a gain of two Republioana,
compared with last year. The house has
167 Republican.. 72 Democrats and 2 So
cial Democrats, a gain of 14 Democratic
representatives over last year. There is a
tie in one district. . It is expected that
the session will last well into June.
From the present outlook the most im
portant measure that will come before
the legislature is the bill for a second
subway in Boston. A bill passed last year
was vetoed by the governor, but it is ex
pected that this year's measure will be
framed so as to meet the governor's ap
proval. Asphalt Company Defaults.
Philadelphia, Jan. 2. The actual default
of the National Asphalt company which
was anticipated several days ago and for
which receivers have been appointed, oc
curred today when the payment of $500,000
due to the sinking fund and as interest on
bonds was not made. Of the half million
dollars. $300,000 was due to be paid to the
Land Title company by the Asphalt com
pany of America. This amount forms the
sinking fund which is to be.pald annually
to the trustees of the asphalt company.
The National company's payment of $50,
000. which forms the sinking fund and
which was to be turned over the Equita
ble Trust company trustee today was not
forthcoming. On National 6s interest for
six months, amounting to $500,000,- was
also due today, but this was not met.
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AX THE CONTINENTAL!
YOUNG BOY SUICIDES.
for Slight Reprimand Smith
Center Lad Shoots Himself.
Smith Center, Kan., Jan. 2. Ralph
Best, a boy 12 years old, living south of
town, shot and killed himself Monday.
He was living with his uncle, J. J. Mun
day, his parents both being dead. Early
in the morning he and his cousin rose as
usual and did the customary morning
work around the place. At the barn
they had a little disagreement over
which should open the barn door. When
they returned to the house Mr. Munday
reprimanded the boys, sending one to
help his wife, and the other, young Best,
was told to go upstairs and remain until
he was called down to breakfast. With
in five minutes a shot was heard and the
boy was found with a bullet hole
through his body, it having entered near
his left nipple. Death came in a few
minutes.
PENSIONS FOR EMPLOYES.
Flans Proposed to Retire Old Men in
Civil Service.
Washington, Jan. 2. While the civil
service commissioners are elaborating
a set of regulations that have for their
purpose the dropping of a number of
employes in the different departments
who, from age or other reasons, are not
capable of performing the amount and
character of work required by the pub
lic service, a number of congressmen
have been pressing a plan to place an
age limit on service in the departments
and to retire on pensions all who have
reached the ages prescribed and to pro
vide them with pensions.
AH of the departments have not yet
made their reports, but those that have
been submitted may be taken as a fair
sample of the conditions in other de
partments. In the treasury department, for In
stance, the reports show that there are
431 employes who are 70 years of age or
over. There are 2,070 employes in the
department who are more than 60 and
less than 70 years of age. There are
19,605 employes in the department. In
the agricultural department there are
2,729 employes, of whom 172 are more
than 60 years of age, one being 83. In
the state department there are three
employes over 70 years of age and 10
over 60, of a total of 98 employes. In
the department of Justice there are 326
employes, 20 of whom are over 60 years
of age, 10 of them having served more
than 20 years in the department. In the
labor commissioner's office there are 101
employes, 12 of whom are over 60 years
of age. In the interstate commerce
commissioners' office are 125 employes,
nine of whom are more than 60. There
are 3,645 employes of the government
pritning office. One is S3 years of age,
one is 82, 33 are over 70 and 212 are over
60. Five men have been employed 40
years, 10 have served 30 years and 36
have been employed between 30 and 40
years. There are 86 employes of the in
terior department who are more than 70
years of age.
The plan of the civil service commission
for securing more effective service in the
department is to adopt regulation, which
will provide for an examination, with a
minimum grade.
Another plan that has been proposed
and embodied in the bills that have been
introduced provides for a pension system
and compulsory retirement when a fixed
limit is reached. This provides that 2
per cent of each civil service employe's
pay shall be deducted and placed in a
pension fund. Any employe, after ten
years of service, who may become phys
ically or mentally disabled may retire and
receive a pension amounting to 75 per cent
of the amount that was Deing received
at the time of the retirement. Every
employe who reaches the age of 60 years,
after having been in the service for 30
years, may retire and receive the 75 per
cent pension. Every employe who reaches
the age of 70 years and has been 35 years
in the service, will be compulsorily retired
and receive the pension. It is also pro
vided that any .mploye leaving the ser
vice without being qualified to share in
the pension benefits shall be entitled to
repayment of such sums as said employ,
has paid into the pension fund.
There are many supporters of this meas
ure in congress and out of the agitation
for the adoption of the bill, or out of the
regulations that are being considered by
the civil service commission, some action
is looked for that will tend to settle the
problem that is causing the department
heads no little worryi
TRIPLETS AT KILMER.
Two Boys and a Girl Born tot Mrs.
Pattenson, a Negro Woman.
Mrs. Pattenson, a woman living at
Kilmer, celebrated the new year by
giving birth to triplets yesterday. Two
of the trio were boys, the other a girl.
All three of the children are alive and
well. The combined weight of the three
babies is 164 pounds. Mrs. Pattenson
is a negro woman, and is "doing well."
Golf Tournament at Lakewood.
Lakewood, N. J., Jan. 2. A mixed
foursome golf tournament was begun
today on the links of the Lakewood
Country club. The qualifying round
was at 18 holes handicap medal play.
! the first and second eights to continue
i tomorrow and Saturday at handicap
j match play for cups presented by Mrs.
j George J. Gould and Mrs. Clarence M.
! Roof. The entry list while not large
! was fairly representative. The weath
I er was clear and cold.
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Boys' Vestee Suits.
Boys' Russian Blouse Suits.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S PLANS.
To Wait and See What is the Pleasure
of Congress.
New Tork, Jan. 2. Park Benjamin,
who has been a personal friend of Rear
Admiral Schley for ' many years, was
asked today regarding the admiral's
plans for the future and the report that
friends of Schley would ask congress
to vindicate him by retiring hi3i on full
pay and reimbursing him for the ex
pense of his trial.
"Congress," Mr. Benjamin said, "has
gone back to its constituents. The rep
resentatives have gone home and will
get the opinion of the country on the
whole matter. When they meet again
in Washington they will have received
instructions from the people who elect
ed them. I think Admiral Schley is
waiting for that. I do not think he has
made any plans or will until after con
gress has expressed its opinion or
taken its choice of the various plans
that have been suggested.
"Twenty-five or thirty bills, looking
to some recognition of Schley, have
been introduced. I do not think Schley
himself will do anything in connection
with them. He does not want to press
himself before the public, but will wait
and see what is the pleasure of con
gress. His friends have no doubt that
the feeling throughout the country is
in his favor. He has been through a
terrible strain for three or four months,
and at present wants rest. Everybody,
so far as I know, is advising him to
take it. Admiral Schley is not a vindic
tive man, but is very good-natured. I
think if congress wishes to vindicate
him he would be very glad, but if not
he will bow to the will of the people.
It has been proposed to adopt Admiral
Dewey's report as the Judgment of con
gress; to restore Schley to the active
list; to keep him on the retired list and
give him full pay, as was done with
Admiral Jewett, now living, or to make
Schley, Sampson and Capt. Clark all
vice admirals. None of these proposi
tions would involve any investigation
by congress.
"I don't think, however, there is any
desire on the part of Schley or any of
his friends to press these mattens at
the present time, but, rather, to wait
and see what the people think about it,
as expressed by their representatives at
Washington. With Schley the great
point was the cowardice charge. The
rest did not interest him, as those
things had been settled by the president,
the secretary of the navy and the sen
ate, and he did not ask for an investi
gation of them. But he did wish to be
exonerated from the charge of cow
ardice, .and he was exonerated."
WILL TAKE DEPOSITIONS
Druggists Expect to Get at Bottom of
Gray Case.
Joseph Reed has given G. C. Clemens a
written invitation to file a brief in tha
habeas corpus action of A. L. Gray in the
supreme court. Reed is attorney for
Gray. This is the case in which Mr. Cle
mens, together with Eugene Hagan and
Harry Bone, has filed an intervening peti
tion in behalf of a number of Topeka
druggists, charging that the suit Is
brought as a result of collusion between
Gray and Chief Stahl in order to have
the supreme court uphold the Hurrel law,
and it is intimated that it will not be very
hard fought.
The Interveners have served notice on
Mayor Hughes. Police Judge Lindsay and
other city officials that they- will takts
their depositions in the case.
"It is charged in Gray's petition," said
Mr. Clemen, today, "that the police court
will proceed with violations under the
Hurrel law regardless of Judge Hazen's
decision anarchy. W. take the position
that the city officials are not anarchists
and we lukve summoned them so that we
can take their depositions to prove that
they are not anarchists. I am opposed to
anarchy."
The druggists who have been arretted
by the city authorities for violations of
the prohibitory ordinance are anxious to
have Judge Haz?n's decision stand. If,
aa they charge, the Gray case is brought
in the supreme court as a result of col
lusion with Chief Stahl and little argu
ment was introduced in opposition to the
Hurrel law, the supreme court could
scarcely do otherwise than hand down
a decision upholding the law, which 19
the thing that Is feared by the anti-prohl-bitionlsts.
That is the reason they are
anxious to get into the supreme court
suit.
Th. Martindale Case.
An amended petition in the Martin
dale case has been filed in the Shawnee
district court against I. E. Lambert, R.
T. Beatty and Calvin Hood, charging
them with conspiracy to illegally dis
pose of the property of William Martin
dale, vice president of the First Na
tional bank of Emporia, which failed
some years ago. The amended petition
makes E. F. Brown, of Chicago, who
was appointed in 1900 to succeed Mor
ton Albaugh as receiver, a defendant to
the suit as well as all the creditors of
the defunct First National bank of Em
poria. Martindale asserts that his prop
ertyvwas worth more than the amount
obtained. Mr. Beatty, trustee, made a
report to Judge Phillips under whom
the case had its hearing, that she best
offer he could secure for the property
was a bid for $41,000 from Calvin Hoed,
and it was so sold.
A Deep Mystery.
It is a mystery why women endure
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lessnegs, melancholy, fainting and dizzy
spells, when thousands have proved that
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ney trouble," writes Mrs. Phebe Charley
of Peterson, la., "and a lame back pained
me so I could not dress myself, but Klec
tric Bitters wholly cured me, and al
though 73 years old, I am now able to do
all my housework. It overcomes consti-
Eation, improves'appetite, gives perfect
ealth. Only 60c at A. J. Arnold & Son's
drug .tore, 821 North Kansas avenue.
THAT BIBLE PLAN.
American Secular Union Attacks
Board of Education.
An atheistic society with headquar
ters in Chicago has issued an 8-page
pamphlet on the subject of the contro
versy between the school board and J.
B. Billard concerning Bible reading lu
the public schools. The society men
tioned is the American Secular union.
The pamphlet is addressed to the board
of education of Topeka, Kan., and is
signed "The American Secular Union
and Free Thought Federation."
Copies of this circular were received
today by the members of the board, by
newspapers, officials, and a great many
others in Topeka. And it is putting it
mildly to say that the literature of tbo
union is very interesting.
The pamphlet which is directed es
pecially against the board of education
is supplemented with various other
tracts on the general subject of athe
ism, some of whirti are illustrated, and
marked with red ink. One of the
pamphlets has a picture of Justice Dav
id Brewer, and the quotation, "This is
a Christian nation." Then follows a
rare collection of ridicule tand sarcasm
directed against the Bible and its usa
in the public schools.
The address to the board of education
is bold and arrogant. It refers to vari
ous members of the board by name, and
adds a few luminous adjectives to thoea
who were in favor of the plan of th
Ministerial Union. There is a good rea
son to believe that the pamphlet was
prepared in Topeka, and sent to Chi
cago for publication and distribution.
It bears the earmarks of, a Topeka
product. . ,
In explaining the object of the union
in sending out pamphlets, it is stated:
''It was stated in our yearly report
that the day of lecturing - was nearly
over, and at best was but ephemeral,
but a propaganda with leaflets h.13
proved itself very efficient when con
ducted on proper lines. Which is to
keep a close watch of every movement,
and always let the opposite party be the
aggressor. They will make advances
in their usual egotistical attitudes, as
follows: 'We are holier than thou," and
'We are in the right because we have
the majorityon our side, as also the law,"
when they are advocating or attempting
to force or continue some unconstitu
tional measure upon the people, as tax
exemption, Bible reading and hymn
singing in the publio schools, or the so
called Sunday laws. Then is the time
to circulate leaflets (and notify head
quarters), because when they fall into
the hands of those who are but slight
ly advanced on the road to free thought,
it starts them to thinking, and thought
is certain to lead to freedom t and those
bigots who are at the head of the move
ment will retire from the arena, seeing
that the injustice and hypocrisy of their
actions will be thoroughly exposed if
they keep up the battle. Besides they
may make an attempt to prove us where
we stand (as they think in the wrong),
and by these means set some others
thinking such thoughts as they dared
not do before, and then the bonds of
superstition will be loosened, and the-y
will become freemen, instead of slaves
and dupes of the Christian superstition."
LOCAL MENTION.
E. B. Jones of Hoi t on Is here today.
R H. Bartlett is out after a severe ill
ness of three weeks. .
Wallace Lee, of Kansas City, who Is
attending school at Golden, Colorado,
is here today to visit his cousin, Wallace
Thompson, of No. 607 West Tenth
avenue.
Dr. A. H. Thompson has returned
from Chicago where he has been in at
tendance at the midwinter meetings
of the Associated Naturalists" society.
Walter Watterskag, of the Santa Fe
cabinet shop, cut his left hand badly
Tuesday evening by getting it mixed up
with a rip saw. He will not lose his
hand, however.
Chas. Ost, a Santa Fe man who runs
a drill press at the Santa Fe shops, lost
the first finger of his left hand this
morning by getting it caught in the
cogs of the machinery.
Judge Phillips is here today. The
hearing of the Kearney county bonds
cases that was to have been begun in
the federal court today was post
poned by Judge Phillips.
Mrs. Anna Wallace, colored, died New
Year's day at her homs. 1420 King
street, of apoplexy, at the age of 74.
The funeral was held fro.-n the resi
dence at 1:30 today.
Quite a large number of Topeka peo
ple are planning to attend the theater
at Kansas City this week. The engage
ment of Sir Henry Irving and Ellen
Terry at the Auditorium beginning to
night and lasting the remainder of the
week is the attraction.
One of the new Santa Fe engines ar
rived in Topeka today one of the two
which were ordered, and which will be
the largest engines in the world. The
one at the Santa Fe shops is No. 988,
and is what is called a decapod. It will
be at the shoos for several days.
David Schurta and Wm. E. Black,
machinist helpers at the Santa Fe shops,
were riding on top of an engine cab in
the Santa Fe yards this morning and
were pushed off the cab by a wire which
was strung across the tracks supporting
a crane. Th.y fell on the boiler of the
engine, and were considerably cut and
bruised.
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