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--.'Tr 6 r EVERYBODY .0 -PAGES ! READS IT. MY EVERYBODY 10 PAGES NEEDS IT. 4 LAST EDIT! OIT. THURSDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, APRIL .13, 1905. THURSDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. 4 TOO SliiJT TIGHT. Epidemic of Smallpox Breaks Out in South Topeka. Garfield and Van Euren Schools Are Closed. TO BURN ALL BOOKS. Eoard of Health Will Await Kesults. Already Ten Families Placed In Quarantine. Dr. Ryder Says That Disease Is t'hickenpox. Smallpox ia epidemic form has broken out in Walnut Grove. Ten cases were quarantined this morning. A special meeting of the new board of health and the new city physician was calied by Dr. "W. D. Storrs, the retiring city physician, at 11 o'clock this morn ing. Orders were issued to the board of education to close Garfield and Van Euren schools immediately until next Monday, during which time the build ings will be fumigated. All the school books will be burned, and the board of education will be asked to .replace them free of charge to the pupils. Every pupil presenting himself for school Monday morning will be re quired to present a certificate from some physician stating that he or she has been recently vaccinated. There is some prospect that all of "Walnut Grove and the fair grounds may be quarantined from the rest of the town, but such a radical course is not likely unless the disease seems to be getting away from the health of ficers even to a. greater extent than it has already done. New cases in the following families are reported from the region in South Topeka between Kansas avenue and the fair grounds: G. E. Thompson, 1700 Van Buren street. Wra. Lietzow, 1719 Van Buren. Frank Wilms. 1828 Harrison. , J. E. Ogee, 2000 Topeka avenue. D. S. Hoatson, 121 West Twenty second street. C. S. Clary. 1619 Kansas avenue. W. L. Osborne, 1700 Kansas avenue. John Engle, 1707 Kansas avenue. George Stoneking, 1709 Kansas avenue. H. W. Naylor, 1711 Kansas avenue. .T. C. Rubow. 2200 Kansas avenue. This is only a partial list of the cases. New ones "are being reported continually. City Physician Storrs put ' in most of the morning riding about with one of the sanitary policemen examining suspected cases, and tack ing up smallpox quarantine cards. There are three houses in a row at Seventeenth and Kansas avenue and one across the street all under quar antine. A sruard is stationed there. Most of the cases so far reported are children, and it seems that these 1 children have been attending school, right along for the past three weeks, I some of them being broken out with the disease during this time. This afternoon City Physician Storrs and the new city physician, Dr. H. B. Hogeboom. who will not take office until next Saturday, will make an examina tion of the Sells circus outfit at the fair grounds. The people down in Wal nut Grove think that the smallpox started from some of the people who have come in here to work for the cir cus. It will be remembered that just about this time last year smallpox broke out among the circus employes, and half a dozen of them were put into the pest house while the circus was allowe'd to go on the road without them. The people in the infected district think that the contagion this year originated from the same sourc e, but this may be a mis take. The only dire.-t evidence which could he obtained this morning to indicate that there is smallpox in the circus crowd was the statement of the people living at 1111 Madison street, who are quarantined with smallpox. Some days a fro a man came to the back door "of that house and asked for something to eat. He said he was going to work for the circus. It was noticed that his face was somewhat broken out. While -e was eating, he was playing with the little girl of the family, and the littl girl is now sick with smallpox. u, a "ii"cuii to understand how the! smallpox could have become so preval- ; l-i, iU . ! ' 1 or lown without the Knowledge of the city physician. It ap pears from -the statements of persons living in that vicinity that there has been smallpox in that part of town for several weeks. The cases were not seri ous; in some instances, children hsvini til" disease were allowed to go to school all thiough the course of the disease This served to spread the infection nrnad.-ast. and the probability is that. Ihere will be dozens of new cases de velop even if the .trouble has now been There seems lo be some doubt in the minds of certain doctors a.s to whether this is genuine smallpox or on!v chi-kenpox. Tnere are a few cases of undoubted smallpox mixed in with the ?! T',-f?rS- a"',1 this wouW naturally lead to the conclusion that all the cases are smallpox of more or less mild tvne l nildren wno are sick are not confined to their beds. They are allowed "o pto about inside the house, stand at the open windows and doors, and otherwise expose themselves. rv1"- Ryder- chairman of the health and sanitation committee of the council, was called in the O.-born c ae and says that the disease is a mild form of chirkenbox. But Dr. Storrs the ci'v physician. ruled t ha Kit was smallpox and the house is now carded with that disease. Mr. Osborne said this morning: "Our little girl felt sick at her stomach the other day. and the next morning sh was broken out with little pimples We decided that the safest plan would be to take ail the children out of school We called Dr. Storrs to examine th case. He came down Wednesday night and pronourced it smallpox. Wishing to be sure, we called Dr. Ryder, who is not our family physician, and hence wouid not be inclined to give us the best of a decision. Dr. Ryder decided the case to be a mild form of chicken pox. But we decided to submit to the city physician's ruling, and let him put up whatever kind of a card he wanted to." The general sentiment of the people seems to be that the smallpox quarantine is unjust and that the disease is really chiekenpox. But there is a great deal of excitement about the whole affair. The first reports were that thirty new cases had been discovered this morning, but this proved to be incorrect. Dr. H. G. Hogeboom, who will tnke the office of city physician on April 15. said today: "This is a pretty hot reception which the town seems to have for me. We are taking energetic measures to protect the citv from a spread of the disease." I WO IfJDIGTLI Federal GrandJury Acts Against Beef Trust. Chicago, April 13. Two indictments were returned today by the special grand jury which is investigating busi ness methods of the meat packing companies. Bench warrants were is sued for the men indicted. Judge Humphrey, before whom the returns were made, instructed the government officials to keep the names of the in dicted men secret until the men had been arrested. The judge also order ed that no intimation be given con cerning the identity of those indicted or the nature of the charges. The indictments made today are said to have been the result of. the combined efforts of a number of secret service men.' Edward B. Fish, an employe of the Schwarzschild & Sulzbeger Packing company was followed to Windsor, Can ada, by secret service men and induced to return to Chicago. He was on the witness stand two days and it is said revealed information concerning an at tempt to influence his testimony. He has been carefully guarded by secret service men since his return and was before the inquisitorial body for almost an hour today. Fish was today held under $10,000 bondsr to insure his ap pearance as a witness. The two indictments returned today it is said are similar to the one return ed some time ago against T. J. Connors, general superintendent for Armour & Co. Charles Starek, national bunk exami ner of Cleveland, O., arrived here today in response to a request from Assistant Attorney General Pagan. Mr. Starek will take up an examination of the books found in six trunks taken from safety deposit valuts here. The trunks are said to contain books and records of the Aetna Trading company of this citir. IT IS A DOG-FALL American Book Company Divides Honors in Reading Circle. The American Book company won a dog-fall in its fight in the State Reading Circle board today. After a deadlock lasting for two days the American Book company made a deal whereby it got one of the two books which it desired adopted and allowed the other to go to Silver, Burdette & Co. Counting this adoption, the American Book company has secured seven of the ten books adopted in the last five years for the teachers' reading course, and Silver, Burdette & Co., have had the other three. The deadlock held this morningfor ten ballots, the four American Book com pany members of the reading circle board voting for Niver's History of England, and the other four voting for some of the other books submitted. The members who voted for the American Book company were State Superintend ent Dayhoff, C. G. Swingle of Manhat tan, W. W. Miiler of Osborne and J. F. Barnhill of Olathe. The four opposing members were W. D. Ross of Oskaloosa, W. W. Murray of Kingman, L. A. Park of Lyndon and Sullivan Lomax of In dependence. After ten ballots had been taken Barnhill moved that the book submit ted by the American Book company and Putnam's "pedagogics," submitted by Silver, Burdette & Co., be adopted by the board, and on that motion the break came. Murray and Lomax lined up with the American Book company mem bers in supporting the motion, but Ross and Parks voted against it, although they had been supporting the Silve.r Burdette book. Ross and Parks asked to have the minutes show that they protested against the America-.) Book company's book on the ground that it was more properly a text booit ;o- the seventh and eighth grades and not a suitable book for a teachers' reading course. This afternoon the board is taking up the approval of books for the pupils' reading course. It has been the custom of the board to approve all good books submitted for the pupils' course, and school boards then purchase, what they want for school libraries. From the list of approvals the manager of the pupils' course selects fourteen, two for each grade, and when a pupil finishes the course of reading he or she is given a diploma. There is nothing compulsory about it, however. J. E. Mathers of El Dorado is manager of the pupils' course. The teachers' reading course comes nearer being compulsory, for from the hooks used in the course the state board of education sometimes selectes books for the teachers' examination questions. inese books are retailed to the teach ers at 90 cents each. Of this the publish ing company gets 75 cents, and 15 cents is allowed for cost of handling and to pay the expenses of the members of the reading circle board in their meet ings. The secretary of the board, who looks after all correspondence end other matters with the book companies, gets a salary of about $150 a year out of this fund. Some of the members who were oppos ing the Amerian Book company tiitd to get an adjournment this morning, hut Superintendent Dayhoff objected on the ground that the newspapers this after noon might say something, about the board, and the adootions ought to be made before that happened. GVESTS OF LADY CCRZOX. Ail Who Were Injured by Karthquako Are Invited. Simla. India. April 13. Ladv Curzon, wire of the viceroy, has invited all the Europeans and Indians injured during the recent earthquakes who are able to he moved to come to the Walker and Ripon hospitals at Simla as her guests. -1 he invitation was sent through the lieutenant governor of Punjab with an intimation that the American vicereine will gladly defray their expenses. Weather Indications. Chicago. April 13. Forecast for ivansas. snowers tonight and Friday easterly winds. Will FOR BURTOf Kansas Senator Again Indicted in St. Louis. This Time Charged With Accept ing $3,000 Fee. ARE THREE COUNTS. Cover Those Upon lYhich He Was Tried. Also Another Payment of Five Hundred Dollars. Attorney Dyer Says Trial Will Be in May. St. Louis, April 13. United States Senator J. R. Burton of Kansas was reindicted by the federal grand jury today on the charge of accepting: fees to the amount of $2,500 from the Rialto Grain & Securities company of St. Louis, in whose behalf it is alleged he acted as an attorney before the postoffice department at Washington. The new indictment contains five counts. The first three specify that Senator Burton made an agreement to accept $2,500 to look after the inter ests of the St. Louis concern. Senator J. R. Burton, Who Was Rein dicted Today. Count No. 4 charges that he received a $2,500 fee and No. 5 an additional fee of $300. I Recently the United States supreme ! court reversed the case of Senator: Burton who was convicted of unlaw- I fully accepting fees from the Rialto company on the ground that the money he received was not paid, ac cording to the evidence, in St. Louis, and hence was without the jurisdiction of the St. Louis federal court. The new charges contained in the indictment set forth that Senator Bur ton received $3,000 and made the agreements referred to in counts 1, 2 and 3, while in St. Louis. District Attorney Dyer said today that the retrial of Senator Burton would take place some time in May. It apparently did not take the fed eral grand jury long to decide that Senator Burton ought to be indicted again. If there are no motions in the case to be argued, it can come up for trial next month. The new indictment evidently cov ers the ground that Senator Burton entered into a contract to represent the Rialto company in its troubles with the postoffice department in Washington, and that he received a fee for it. The violation of law all rests in the taking of a fee for his services. Special stress is laid on the receipt of the $500 fee, which is the one that Senator Burton received in cash in St. Louis. Whether there is any new evidence in the case is not indicated. The total amount which Burton was alleged to have received when he was first in dicted, however, was $2,500, while this time he is alleged to have received $3,000, which looks as though a new payment has been uncovered. In the next trial the arguments con cerning whether the fact that part of the money was received by Burton in Washington will not be made, as that is the principal point on which the United States supreme court passed. It decided that the receipt of money in Washington constituted an offense there and not in St. Louis, where the check was sent from, and the St. Louis court therefore had no jurisdiction over it. xmm KILLS RIVAL. Both Parties to Cripple Creek Tragedy Were Married. ' Colorado Springs, Col., April 13. A special to the Telegraph from Cripple Creek says: Mrs. S. W. Vidler, the wife of a well known newspaper man, shot and in stantly killed Mrs. H. C. Douglass of Colorado Springs in the National hotel here this morning. Mrs. Vidler, who was very much excited, rapped on the door of a room in which were Mr. Vidler and Mrs. Douglas. Mr. Vidler opened the door. His wife entered and immediately shot Mrs. Douglas in the breast. Mr. and Mrs. Vidler were arrested. They have three children, the oldest 11 years of age, but have not been living together lately. After the shooting Mrs. Vidler be came hysterical and bewailed her act. She was released on a bond for $5,000. No charge was made against her hus band and he was set free this after noon. Xewsiiapcr Retraction Bill Defeated. Harrisburg. Pa., April 13. The session of 16 of the Pennsylvania legislature closed today. One of the last acts of the house was to defeat the Goehring newspa per retraction bill. by ' ' y r fx WINDY AND WARMER. That Describes the Weather Condi tions Today. Today's cloudy weather bears out the forecast of the weather bureau for Kan sas as "showers tonight and Friday." Today's corn and wheat region bulle tin says: "Clear weather prevailed this morning in northwestern Kansas, cloudy weather in southern and eastern Kansas, northern Oklahoma and south western Missouri. The temperature has risen over the district. The tempera ture has risen in all districts except the Minneapolis and Louisville districts, where it has fallen." The maximum and minimum temper atures recorded by the Kansas stations for the 24 hours ending this morning at 7 o'clock were as follows: Baker 60, 36; Concordia 64, 36; Dodge City 60, 34; Fort Scott 6S. 38; Macksviile 62, 36; MePherson 66, 42; Osage City 66 34; Russell 64, 34; Sedan 64, 42; Topeka 66, 36; Wichita 64, 40. 7 o'clock 48 o'clock 62 o'clock 62 o'clock 64 o'clock 66 8 o'clock 51 9 o'clock 55 10 o'clock 59 Yesterday, maximum 66, Wind, five miles east. minimum 45. TANDARD HEARD. Their "Wichita Attorney Files a Paper Today. Asks to Have Charges Made More Specific. The Standard Oil company desires the state of Kansas to be more ex plicit in the charges which the state makes against that company. In oth er words, it has filed in the supreme court a motion "to make more definite and certain" the petition in the suit filed by Attorney General Coleman to oust the Standard from the state. The motion was filed today by R. R. Vermillion of the firm of Stanley, Ver million & Evans of Wichita, who are the accredited attorneys for the Stand ard in Kansas. Attached to the mo tion with Stanley, Vermillion & Evans is the name of Arthur D. Eddy, chief counsel for the Standard. There are seven roints which the Standard wishes to have more explicit. They are as follows: First, to state definitely what rights, privileges and franchises the Standard has violated, what corporate powers it has abused, and what particular acts it has committed against the laws of the state of Kansas. Second, to state more fully the terms and the nature of "certain trusts and monopolistic agreements" which are al leged to have been made by the Standard, and whether or not. these agreements were joint agreements with all the rail roads and companies named in the peti tion. Third, to state definitely what officers of the various railroad companies com pose the traffic associations that are named in the petition" as being in on the agreements. Fourth, to state definitely who the officials were with when the alleged contracts and agreements were made. Fifth, To state what amount of capital the Standard has combined with the other companies named and to give the names of the "certain favored producers, mer chants and dealers" with whom it is al leged agreements have been made by the Standard. Sixth To state specifically the price which the state alleges was fixed in the pgrecments with the associations named, to which the state objects, and explain how the public is injured by the price. Seventh To give the names of the stock holders, directors or officers of the Stand ard who are alleged to have formed com bines with the associations named in the petition. t Of course it would be absolutely im possible to comply with a motion of this kind and set forth this information, but the Standard says it is necessary in order to properly defend itself. It says it wants to know definitely what the charges are against it. The closing paragraph of the petition is as follows: "This defendant states that it is neces sary for the plaintiff's amended petition to be made more definite and certain in all of the foregoing particulars in order that this defendant may fully be advised as to the exact charges which it is re quired to plead to and meet the proof." GRAND JURY REPORTS. Xinetecn Indictments Returned Out of 23 Cases. The federal grand jury, in session since Monday, made its report to Judge Pollock this afternoon at 2 o'clock and was dis charged. Nineteen true bills were found out of twenty-three cases considered. The jury did no "trust-busting," as was expected. It has been thought for some time that the agitation which has been going on in this state against the Stand ard Oil company would result in the tiling of complaints against it before the federal grand jury when it met here this week. That dici not prove tc be the case, how ever. "Nothing came up at all concerning trusts," said Assistant United States At torney McKeever, who has had the jury in charee. "The matter was not mention ed in any way, or any phase of it." It is understood that none of the true bills returned carry with them anything of great magnitude or unusual impor tance. Most of them were for violations of the mail laws, the sending of obscene literature by letter and the sale of liquor without a government license. A grand jury always returns its true bills sealed, and the names of those prosecuted are not made public until their apprehension takes tlace. This grand jury made a record for fast work, as have, most of the grand juries recently under Mr. McKeever's direction. The consideration of twenty-three cases in thre davs and a half is rapid proced ure. A grand jurv gets $3 rier day and there are twenty of them. Witnesses, and there were about one hundred present this week, receive $1.50 per day. So it can be seen that the hurrying of the work means a big saving of money to the government. Drowned Herself in Bath Tub. Chicago, April 13. The body of Mrs. Grace Loomis, who claimed to be the wife of Charles Locmis, said by her to be a millionaire, was found in a half rilled bath tub in a fashionable board ing house in Michigan avenue today. The body was fully dressed and lay face downward in the tub. Frequent threats made by Mrs. Loomis that she intended to kill herself leave no doubt that the case is one of suicide. Domes tic trouble is thought to have been the cause. AiiieiH-an Squadron to Visit Kunipe. Cherbourg. Anril l: It is reported that an American sauadrcn will visit this port during the summer This is favorably commented upon in connection with the report from Germary that an American squadron will visit Keil tit the time of the reg-atta there thssummer. IIEABEDJI. E. Ftnssian Fleet Was Sighted by P. & 0. Boat April 11. Forty-two Vessels Counted Mov ing at Good Speed. RUSSIANS ADVANCING. Report Driving Japanese Out of a Position. Admiral Togo Is Reported to Have Five Battleships. Singapore, April 13 The Russian fleet was in latitude 8 degrees north, longi tude 108 degrees 55 minutes east at noon April 11. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Newbo, which has arrived here, reports having passed no less than 42 vessels there. They were steering north northeast at a speed of eight or ten knots. The position of the fleet was then about S00 miles north-eastward of the Natuna islands (which lie between the MjpJay peninsula and the west coast of Borneo) and more than 200 miles south east of Cape St. Jacques. This course indicates that the fleet was not going to Saigon, French Cochinchina. Russians Advancing. St. Petersburg. April 13. A dispatch from Gunshu Pass, dated yesterday, says the Russian advance detachment on the Mandarin road pushed forward April 11, and bombarded Machantzy at Midday. The Japanese infantry and cavalry hurriedly vacated the plain, leaving their dinners, maps, etc. Togo's l-'ightinff Strength. London, April 13. The Daily Tele graph's Tokio correspondent this morn ing in a comparative statement of the strength of the fighting fleets of Japan and Russia claim that the Japanese have five battleships. The Daily Tele graph considers this disposes of the ru mor that the battleship Tashima was sunk by a Russian mine off Dalny in June last. Dispatches from Chefoo in June last, stating that the Japanese battleship Yashima had been sunk by a mine off Dalny were denied by the Japanese, but a dispatch from Paris November 3 to the Associated Press upon high authori ty reports the sinking of the vessel. May Be Togo. London, April 13. The correspondent at Labunan (off the northwest coast of Borneo) of the Dally Mail says that re ports sft-e current that large fleets have been sighted south of Borneo. May Seize Formosa. St. Petersburg, April 13. 5:59 p. m. The news of the northward move ment of Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron and his evident intention to accept battle whenever Admiral Togo chooses to offer it has for the present stilled all activities in the direction of peace and the foreign dispatches re lating to the voyage of the squadron are followed with the most intense in terest. The admiralty volunteers no infor mation regarding Rojestvensky's plans, whether his immediate destination is or is not Cape Pedarn (on the east coast of Cochin China), but in naval circles the impression prevails that the squadron will continue northward to the straits of Formosa, where if Admiral Togo does not elect to give battle or is defeated Admiral Rojest vensky may seize a temporary base in Japanese territory and if it is consid ered advisable, he could there await the arrival of Admiral Nebogatoff's division. It is rumored that there is a force of riflemen on board the Russian transports which could be landed for the purpose of co-operating with marines in the same fashion that the United States established a base Guantanamo. Cuba, in 1898. Other naval men think that Vladivostok is the only base the Russian admiral has in view. There is an embargo on news from Vladivostok concerning the Russian cruisers Rossi, Gromobi and Bogatyr and it is supposed, though the ad miralty does not confirm the supposi tion, that they have put to sea to ef fect a diversion and prevent mine laying. Considerable irritation is manifested in naval circles at the activity of British ships in Chinese waters which are repofted to be steaming from Hong Kong to Singapore and their ac tion is attributed to a desire to keep in touch with the Russian squadron and report its movements to the world at large and to Great Britain's ally in particular, as happened in the case of the British armored cruiser Sutlef which arrived at Singapore. Straits Settlements, yesterday, and reported having passed the Russian second Pa cific squadron at daylight April 11, steaming north. Minister of Railroads Hilkoff has left St. Petersburg for Siberia to su perintend the improvements being made on the Transsiberian railroad and the inauguration of the river ser vice in Siberia. Reenforcing Vladivostok. Tokio. April 13. It is reported here that the Russians are continually reenforcing the garrison at Vladivos tok and that the work of strengthen ing the fortress is constantly progress ing. It is said that the plans of the Russians contemplate a garrison num bering 100.000 men with 500 guns. Many additional batteries, redoubts, barriers and pits are in course of con struction and enormous stores of am munition are beiner accumulated. The Russians, it is said, hope to so equip the fortress that it will be capable of withstanding a siege. Must Want a Fight. London, April 13. British naval men comment on the lack of secrecy regarding Admiral Rojestvensky's movements since his arrival in far eastern waters. The fact that he is keeping to the main trade route, al though knowing his squadron would constantly be sighted and reported by passing vessels as they continue, clear ly shows the Russian admiral is keen ly anxious to meet Togo and fight it out to a finish. The Raleiyii Follows Rojest vensky. Washington, April 13. The navy department was advised of the depar ture today of the cruiser Raleigh from Labuan. on the north coast of British Borneo, where she was dis patched by Rear Admiral Train to observe the movements of the hostile fleets for Cuyo in the Philippines, a point about 400 miles to the north east, between Palawan and Panay islands. It is Indicated that the Re leigh's commander obtained informa tion as to what he believed to be the contemplated course of the opposing war vessels, and has shaped his course accordingly. It is about a two days sail to Cuyo. Russians Have Been Reenforced. Paris. April 13. Captain Rode telegTaphs to the Matin that he has been the guest ul cpn. ivauioar, commander of the sec ond Manchuria army at th Russian front. The captain's observations showed that the Russian army had been reinforced and is prepared to renew the battle. The troops maneuver daily in battle formation. The Japanese cavalry advance guard, the dispatch adds, is hardly 10 miles away and frequent cavalry skirmishes take place. The prisoners captured have sabre cuts on their head showing hand to hand skirmishes. INTENSE EXCITEMENT. Coffeyville Whites and Xegroes on Verge ol Race War. Coffeyville, Kan., April 13. After the arrest of nine ringleaders, the negroes, who have been threatening trouble for the past twenty-four hours, began to leave the streets. At 5 o'clock last even ing six more negroes were arrested without trouble. Four hundred deputies were sworn in with orders to shoot at the slightest provocation. White men are still patrolling the streets. Two hundred business and profession al men are. acting with the police force and are on the streets. They are arm ed with guns and revolvers and are de termined that idle and criminal negroes must go. Some of the deputies are men who fought the Dalton gang, among them John Kloehr, who killed three of the outlaws in that memorable fight. The fifteen captured negroes were sent last evening to the county jail at Inde pendence. The negro who assaulted Mrs. John Griffith is still at large, although the police are closely following a new clew that they believe will soon result"in his capture. There were no further signs, of trouble today, the ringleaders among the unruly negroes having been placed in jail. Five hundred deputies are still on duty with instructions to shoot upon the least provocation. Mayor Vaughn issued the following proclamation : "To the citizens of Coffeyville, greet ing: The recent crimes in this city and the lawlessness of Tuesday night have made necessary the proclamation that no crowds or groups shall assemble on the streets at night the rest of thisweek; that no person, white or black, except ing officers and sworn deputies, shall be allowed to carry firearms; that the most stringent measures are now in force to wipe the city clear of the law less and vile class. The officers have instructions to promptly and sternly enforce this edict to the full letter. Let all classes of citizens, black and white, take warning." Wichita. Kan., April 13. F. M. Stev ens, of this city, left last night for Cof feyville, taking with him his two blood hounds which will be used in hunting the negro who assaulted Mrs. John Griffith, of that place. CARNEGIE WONT DO IT. WashHmrn Not to Have a Million May Get $250,000. Des Moines, Iowa, April 13. President Bradley of Iowa college at Grinnell has announced that a plan was recently pre sented to Andrew Carnegie, which, if adopted, will mean the gift of a sum aggregating $12,500,000 to fifty colleges located in seventeen of the middle west ern states. It is proposed that this sum shall be apportioned among the various colleges at an average of a quarter of a million for each institution, $50,000 to be used by each school for a science building and the remainder for an en dowment for that department. This proposal was outlined to Mr. Carnegie after the failure of a request for the gift of $1,000,000 each to the en dowment fund of Iowa college at Grin nell. Colorado college at Colorado Springs, Knox college at Galesburg. 111., Beloit college at Beloit.Wis.. and Wrash burn college at Topeka, Kan., Mr. Car negie stating that he was unwilling to single out so small a group of colleges for special favors. six rob'a bank. Wife of the Owner Is Shot In the Neck. Churubusco. Ind.. April 13. Six men to dav robbed the urivate bank ot Oscar Oa'ndv & Co. of $A.50 Mrs. Gaudy .wife of the banker, was shot in the neck by one of the robbers, all of whom escaped. Three explosions set off in wrecking the safe brought a number of persons to the scene. Two robbers on guard armed with rifles warned them not to approach the !,,. u,-,ri fired a number of shots to fcfrighten those who came too near. After securing the money tae iiiuwo juu.,. into a buggy and droe at a gallop to ward Hiritertown. two of them firing at their pursuers until out of sight. Mr Oandv and several others started in pursuit in "an automobile. Surrounding towns were notified and posses soon start ed from several places "busyHbee" is sold. The Fair Mercantile Company Buys Out Abe Steinberg. The five and ten cent store known as the "Busy Bee" and operated by Abe Steinberg, was purchased this morning by The Fair Mercantile company, who oper ate "The Fair" store at 618 Kansas ave nue. The consideration was W.000. The stock will be sold out at its present loca tion, 628 Kansas avenue. Negroes to Compete for Medals. The annual declamation contest for the B P Waggener and O. A. Taylor gold medals will be held at Shiloh Bai'tist church tomorrow night at S o'clock. This contest is given annually under the au spices of tiie Topeka Industrial institute and is participated in by young men from the ward and Sunday schools of Topeka. Many of the Sunday schools are repre sented by young men from 'the high school. There will be several musical se lections bv the students of the industrial institute. "The public is invited to be present- Temperatures In Large Cities. Chicago, April 13. 7 a. m. temper tures: New York, 48: Boston, 42; Philadelphia, 46; Washington, 48: Chicago, 34; Minneapolis, 2S; Cincin nati, 4 2; St. Louis, 52. BELIEVES! ALL. Governor Hoch Gives HisOpinion of the Bihle. Accepts Even the Whale Story, He Says. THE IDEAL CHURCH Should Have Best Buildings Grounds and Preacher. Start of a Thriving New Church on West Side. "I believe in the whole of the oM Book even including the whale story," said Governor Hoch Wednesday after noon in an address- at the dedicatory exercises of the Central Park Congre gational church. Governor Hoch out lined to his audience his opinion of tha ideal church. "In my opinion the Ideal church," said he, "should first of all be architecturally perfect, whether it costs $300, $3,000 or $300,000. It should be the prettiest building in the community in which it is situated. It should have an ideal situation, that is the best situation that can be had, I hope that when you hav built your church that you will hava a carpet of green grass about it and beds of flowers. "Then the church to be ideal should have an ideal pastor. A pastor who Is pious. Who loves God supremely and his neighbor like unto himself. Tha the church should have an ideal con gregation. A congregation which be lieves its church to be the best church and Its pastor the best pastor In tb world. A congregation which la not al ways fault finding but overlooks the blemishes and lives in harmony and sweetness." Other speakers who participated were Rev. Charles A. Finch of the First Christian church, Rev. H. A. Northcutt Of St. Louis and Rev. Wm. Irelari. Gov ernor Hoch was placed down on tha programme opposite, "As the Spirit Leads," but instead chose his own sub ject for an address when he arose. Rev. Mr. Finch made a brief address on"Fel lowship." He was preceded by Rev. Northcutt who gave an address on "The Ideal Church." The history and growth of the church were given by the Rev. Mr. Irelan who is president of the offi cial board of the Central Park Christian church. There was nothing especially notable about the dedicatory exercises of this suburban church except beyond wrhat it in itself represented. The Central Park Christian church is the history of small things made over into large possibilities. It is scarcely eight months ago that the church wjis first founded with a membership aggre gating 69 persons. Today the church has a membership of 119,.. jt has pur chased and paid for three lots, the church site, and is now erecting a frame church with a seating capacity of 300, costing upwards of $3,500, a part of which has already been paid lor. The fight which led up to this foun dation has been a vicarious one extend ing over a period of three years start ing with the establishment of a little Sunday school above a store building which flickered with increasing life and then waned away and completely died out. Then the spirit of militancy awoke again and some of the sturdy souls fought for the founding of a new church and won. For the past eight month3 the congregation has been holding ser vices in a little frame tabernacle at the corner of Sixteenth and Clay streets. The new church is located at the corner of Sixteenth and Buchanan street. In a way the church is typically pioneer. It is the outcome of a series of revival meetings which has led to a permanent organization. It is located in a portion of the town which is just beginning to become thickly settled, a suburb which is becoming a part of the city. Rev. A. V. Leeson has been chosen as pastor and will regularly act In that capacity. LAW IS TOO NARROW. Xo Redress for Discriminations in OH Price Says Judge Madden. Emporia, Kan., April 13 Dennis Mad den, an Emporia attorney and ex-district judge, who was hired by the Busi ness Men's association of Cottonwood Falis to start a case against the Stand ard Oil company for alleged discrimina tion aeainst the people of Chase county, announced today that the anti-discrimination law passed by the last legisla ture was too narrow, and that the as sociation has no redress. The law covers discrimination against competitors, but makes no provision for discrimination between the producers and the dealers. Oil at Cottonwood Falls sells for 25 cents, while at Em poria the retail price is 13 cents. TV0 PERSONS INJURED Train Ditched on the Tazoo and Mis sissippi Valley. Vicksburg, Miss., April 13. Two a.cnria woro ininreil in a derailment early today of a northbound passenger train on the Yazoo & Mississippi Val ley road near Hardee station. The in jured are: James Decoureney, express mes senger. Adelaide Smith, a negress. The ditching of the train was caused bv the opening of a switch leading to a saur track. SEWER GAS EXPLODES. St. Ixiuis Sti-eets Damaged a Distance of Two Miles. St. Louis, April 13. Sewer gas that had accumulated in the conduit of the Union Electric Light & Power com pany along Jefferson avenue, Cass avenue and Garrison avenue was ignited by some molten metal acci dentally "dropped into the conduit by workmen today and the explosion re sulting damaged the streets for two miles, broke windows in dwelling's and burned four workmen about thel faces and hands.