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TOPEKA, KANSAS,
1, 1906.
MONDAY EVENING.
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In a Series of Prosperous
Commercial Years.
lanqfactures and Railroads
UiAftble to Fill Demands.
l,C00,O 00 FOREIGN EES.
Absorbed Without Glutting the
Labor Market.
Prices the Highest That Have
Prevailed for 22 Years.
New York, Jan. 1. Dun's annual re
View of trade for 1905, published today,
Bays in part:
In the history of the great nations, the
year OS05 stands out as the one of most
rapid progress and greatest success. It
has become so customary to establish
new records in this country of appar
ently unbounded resources and oppor
tunities that sties of unprecedented
achievements o,sion lime comment.
Yet the past year has been so excep
tionally prosperous that the attention of
a busy people should be called to some
cf the most noteworthy accomplish
ments. If over a miWon immigrants
were absorbed in a single year without
glutting the labor market in any other
nation, sociologists would ponder the
problem with amazeroe- but such an
unheard of occurrence in the United
states arouses little comment. So as to
reports of foreign commerce and prac
tically every measure of infernal trade,
to say nothing of agricultural produc
tion and transportation. The mileage
cf the railways has steadily increased
end the issues of stocks and bonds are
beyond precedent: yet the market value
of the sixty most active securities has
risen far above all previous records, the
earnirg are much greater than ever be
fore and frequent complaints have been
heard because traffic facilities w-ere in
adequate. Manufacturing plant's have
turned out quantities of products much
In excess of any earlier year without
causing accumulation; in fact, it was
often the case that goods could not be
delivered as specified, and in the iron
nnd steel industry orders will be car
ried over into 1!06 equal to the entire
ftnru;:l piorluetinn a few years ago.
Prices of comn .-dities, as shown by
I)un's Index Number, have risen to the
highest position in twenty-two years, a
striking evidence of the consuming ca
pacity of the people, for it is not possi
ble to maintain the quotations of an un
surpassed production of the various ne
cessities of life unless there is a com
mensurate broadening of demand. Fail
ores are fewer in proportion to the num
ber of firms in business and liabilities
are at the minimum ratio to solvent
ayments through the clearing houses
.r-.uh h.ie also rearlied a ncv ii.;'!.
ater mark. Faster than the growth of
t or ii I at ion rms been the increase in the
8'Tiount of money in circulation, the
a, crage now standing at the heretofore
vmequaled sum of $31.75 per captia, and
the stock of gold yi the federal treasury
has eclipsed all previous records of this
or any other nation at over $765,000,000.
Nevertheless, commercial and other de
mands have so drawn upon the available
Fupply of funds that rates for loans rose
fo high during "December as to suggest
the possibility of serious stringency.
This is another index that tells a story
of national prosperity to the student
of economic?..
Agricultural Results.
Industrial pursuits in the United
States have become so diversified that
it is no lorger possible to speak of this
country as a farming nation, and agri
cultural products now scarcely provide
more than one-half the value of exports,
whereas the percentage was formerly
overwhelming; nevertheless, prosperity
fnr the tillers of the soil brings success to
nil. Hence, the year's results on the
farms are watched with anxiety by the
manufacturer and the financier, quite as
much as by the agriculturist. Business
begins to feel the impetus or the retard
ing ir.fiuerce as soon as it is possible
to determine closely the size and qual
ity of the crops. Investors purchase the
granger stocks long before the roads be
gin to move the grain, and dry goods
jobbers feel the broadening demand, as ,
dealers in rural districts increase their
Hocks, without waiting for the actual
harvest if the outlook is bright. There
still exists some uncertainty regarding
the cotton crop but otherwise the final
otlioial report has been issued, and, if
the least favorable cotton estimates are
added, there still appears on the whole
Ihe best exhihit ever made in any year
on record. In addition to the liberal
calamities secured, the farmers have
been been frrtunate in obtaining most
profitable prices. Corn has made a phe
nomenal record of 2 707,9!iH.540 bushels
with an estimated value of $1. 116.696 738.
These stupenrlous figuec for a single
crop suggest that the farmers will be in
position to purchase freely of not only
the necessaries, but the luxuries of life.
As the grain crops began to move, there
was a return to the liberal exports that
had been missing in the two previous
years when this nation had little surplus
for customers abroad and the closing
months ot 1905 recorded a total value
of breadstuff's sent abroad greater than
in any month for over two years. Inso
far as prices were concrned. fluctua
tions were less wide than in the pre
vious year, early strength giving place
to less abnormal fimires as the crop out
look became assured, and the end of the
period produced prices 20 cents lower
than a year previous.. Western receipts
ar.d exports since July 1 show a large
increase over . the corresponding six
months of 1904. as might be expected in
view of the larger crop and lower quo
ts lions. Corn has'shawn less change in
ffimparison with last year's prices. Gin
tiers returns irdicate that the yield of
cotton will fall far behind the previous
record-breaking crop, even after making
proper allowance for the concerted ef
fort to hold the cotton by planters who
are now in financial position to carry
out such a plan. Yet prices have not
approached within about $25 a bale of
the high water mark of 1904 owing to
the enormous stocks carried over and
the loss in foreign buying.
Commercial Failures.
Incomplete returns of mercantile in
solvencies, exclusive of banking sus
pensions, were 11,592 during the year
3905, according to H. G. Dun & Co.,
with defaulted liabilities of $103,502.
P16, These figures compare with' final
tn,a of 12.199 failures and $144.-
203.31 1 liabilities in the previous
ypr while losses were still heavier in
10 3 In 'fact, it is necessary to go
back' to I860 to find a year when the
total defaulted indebtedness
was
smaller than in 1905. and
no other
j-enr makes as favora
ever two decades.
e an exhibit In
Ihe real signifi-
cance of 'his statement c.-.i.t... e
grasped unless it is understood that
the number of firms in business has
increased almost steadily, and the
amount of money involved has also
risen beyond all previous records, so
that the mortality would have been
actually diminished, even if failures
had been the same as in previous
years. But with insolvencies fewer in
number and liabilities smaller, while
the opportunities for disaster In
creased, the death rate has fallen
sharply, which attests the healthful
ness of the business situation. Th)i
point may be made clear by figuring
the ratio of liabilities to the total
number of business concerns. It ap
pears that this average was less than
SS0 for the entire year 1905, whereas
it was $111.30 in the previous year.
$122.33 in 1903. and $290.65 in 1893.
Even more striking is the proportion
of defaulted liabilities to solvent pay
ments through the clearing houses,
which was less than a dollar to each
$1,000 in 1905, against $1.28 in 1904.
$3.25 ten years earlier, and $6.39 in
1893. The insolvency record of 1904,
by quarters, shows the customary in
crease in the last few months over the
third quarter, but otherwise the year
sh'owed steady improvement from the
beginning. the first three months
recording much the largest number of
failures and amount of money involved.
BIGGEST Of! RECORD.
Topcka Scottish Rite Masons Will
Have Class of 200.
The Scottish Rite Masons expect to
have a class of at least 200 for the next
spring reunion. This will be one of
the largest classes in the history of
Scottish Rite Masonry, and the Topeka
Scottish Riters hope to break all pre
vious records in the size of the class.
Already over 100 have applied for
the Scottish Rite degree, and more
applications are coming in all the
time. Heretofore the fees for the
Scottish Rite degrees from the fourth
to the thirty-second have been $120,
but hereafter the fees will be $135.
Preparations are being made to con
fer these degrees in the new lodge
room which is being fitted up with
stage scenery, a pipe organ, etc., at a
cost of $15,000. Dr. C. B. Reed is
chairman of the committee in charge
of these improvements, and T. E.
Dewey, Geo. B. Penny and Wm. Sha
ver are acting as an advisory commit
tee on the purchase of the organ.
The membership committee is com
posed of C. A. Moore, L. J. Graham
and J. C. Payne. There will be mem
bers in the spring class from all parts
of the state.
LOOK OUT FOR THE LOW.
Bad Weather Said to Be Headed
Toward Kansas.
The new year has started off with
dull, dreary weather, and all indica
ftntio' r.f something worse w'thin twenty-four
hours. A large "low" appears
on the northwest corner of the weather
map, and seems to be headed for Kan
sas. " Observer Jennings says that it
will snow or rain tonight.
The temperature did not rise far
enough to hurt anything Sunday, 37
being the maximum for the day. This
morning the lowest point was 3 0.
At 10 o'clock this morning the wind
was coming from the south at the
rate of six miles an hour.
The temperature was at a dead
standstill, as may be seen by the fol
lowing table:
7 o'clock 33
8 o'clock 3 3
9 o'clock 33
10 o'clock 33
TO POLE 111 AIRSHIP.
Walter Wellman Has Been Commis
sioned to Make the Attempt.
Chicago, Jan. 1. Walter Wellman,
Washington correspondent of the Record-Herald,
has been commissioned by
his paper to build an airship and find
the North Pole.
As an assistant in this daring ex
pedition, Mr. Wellman will have the
services of Alberto Santos-Dumont of
Paris, who will have charge of the con
struction of the airship and will act as
aeronautic director and pilot for the
ship on its voyage toward the North
Pole.
The airship, the order for which has
been given, will be built by Louis God
ard of Paris, under the supervision of
M. Santos-Dumont, and will be com
pleted by the end of next April.
No definite date has yet been decid
ed upon as to when the explorers will
start on their journey, but it is expected
that everything will be in readiness to
get away next July or early in August.
SEND THE FIRE WAGONS.
Fire Marshal Wilmartli Ixioks
New Topeka Territory.
After
The first privilege which the citizens
of Heery and Norton's additions will
enjoy as residents of Topeka will be
adequate fire protection. Arrange
ments have been perfectd by G. O.
Wilmarth, fire marshal, by which the
chemical engine from No. 1 station
and the truck from No. 3 station will
cover all alarms from that district. The
North Topeka stayon is the nearest to
that district when the Sardou bridge is
used in crossing the river to the south
side.
f.VCALL IS OUT.
His Resignation Saiel to Have Been
Reluctantly Accepted.
New York, Jan. 1. It is made known
on excellent authority that John A. Mc
Call resigned on Saturday, the presi
dency of the New York Life Insurance
company, says today's Times, and that
his resignation was reluctantly accept
ed by the trustees of the company.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, Jan. 1. Forecast for Kansas:
Rain or snow tonight and Tuesday.
Temperatures of Largo Cities.
Chicago, Jan. 1. 7 a. m. tempera
tures: New York, Boston and St. Louis,
3i:; Philadelphia, 34; Washington, 28;
Chicago, 24; Minneapolis, 4; Cincinnati,
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1906
BUIUDIXG BIG AUTOMOBILES.
Smith Company Will Make 300 Ma
chines This Year.
Heavy purchases in automobiles will
be made by Topekans this spring.
The Smith Automobile company ex
pects to build 300 cars, and the ma
jority of these will be the large tour
ing type costing $2,500. At the pres
ent time the Smith company is build
ing 100 of these cars. Ten of them
will be for Topeka people, among this
number being Dr. L. H. Munn and Dr.
McClintock, both of whom hfeve cars
now.
The Topeka Auto and Cycle com
pany have placed orders for 13 Ford
cars which will be received soon.
LIKE THE KANSAS WAY.
Washington People Will Mark Old
Trait With Ceiucti'' Monuments.
Emulating the Kansas plan of marking-
the Santa Fe trail through the
boundaries of the state the state of
Washington is preparing to take care of
the trail which the pioneers used in com
ing into the Oregon and Washington
j country in the early days, in the forties
! and fifties, by building suitable monu
I rnents at certain intervals and marking
j it in such a fashion that the trail will
be clearly kept.
Ezra Meeker, one of the pioneers of
Washington who is in charge of the
movement, says:
"Monuments may be cast in cement
as enduring as stone and very much
cheaper. They will weigh less than 1,000
pounds and will cost about $10 after the
molds are made; if white sand is used
for the outer coating perhaps the cost
might run to $15, cased, ready for ship
ment. "Brass molds and no other, I think,
will answer, will cost approximately
$300, and would include historic designs
to show on the base, such as the trail
for the whole length, emigrant teams
on the road, a band of buffaloes. Inde
pendence 'rock and other natural ob
jects, as well as scenes of early life,
such as settlers' cabins, block houses
and the like. The base is intended to
be two feet square, thus giving ample
scope to impress many historic objects
to hand down to future generations."
The movement to mark the old Santa
Fe trail through Kansas still hangs
fire.
CONTAGION GROWING LESS.
Only 39 New Cases of Diphtheria
Quarantined Last Month.
There were 39 cases of diphtheria
quarantined in the city of Topeka last
month by the sanitary department.
In all there were 5 9 cases of con
tagious diseases of every description.
Next to diphtheria, chickenpox was the
most prevalent of the contagious dis
eases; there were 14 of these. One case
each of scarlet fever, whooping cough,
tvphoid fever and three cases of
smallpox complete the summary.
At present out of this number the
following cases are still under quar
antine six cases of diphtheria, three
of chickenpox, one of rwphoid fever,
one of scarlet fever, and one of
whooping cough.
In all 6 3 fumigations were made by
the department.
IN MEMORY OF DEAD.
Lincoln Post Holds Services for De
ceased Comrades.
Memorial rervices were held Sun
day by the members of Lincoln post,
G. A. R., in honor of their comrades
who have passed away during the past
year.
Nine of the members of Lincoln post
have heard the summons from the
other side and answered the roil call
from over there. They are Phillip
Sprague, Hiram Lee, Andrew J.
Rhodes. George H. Evans, Joseph Mc
Cray. Charles Little. James L. Shella
barger, and Hugh D. Fisher.
Post Commander George A. Huron
was in charge of the services and
called upon Adjutant J. M. Miller to
read the records of the deceased com
rades. Adjutant Miller in turn calied
upon the following veterans, who re
sponded each for his deceased com
rade: J. S. Wear. J. E. Pennick, J. C.
Collins. Elias Shull. A. M. Russell. H.
H. Louthan, J. W. Sidwell, and George
A Huron.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
LOSES J!iS KIND.
C. E. Carpenter, Old Resident of
County, Is in Custody.
Thought He Had Killed a House
.Breaker.
IN CIIAliGE OF MASONS.
Believed That llii Derangement
Is of Temporary Mature.
Served as Expert Accountant
and a Cornell Graduate.
Clarence E. Carpenter, civil engi
neer and expert accountant, who lives
at 234 Tyler street, was taken in
charge early Sunday morning by the
police. His mind is unbalanced, and
he will be held in custody until the
Masonic order, of which Carpenter is
a member, can do something; with him.
It is generally believed that his de
rangement is temporary.
Mr. Carpenter is an expert account
ant and bookkeeper, and has been em
ployed irregularly in the office of I. S.
Curtis, clerk of the court; Ralph Gaw;
county auditor, and other county
offices.
Saturday he appeared at the clerk's
office and acted in such a manner that
the clerks in the office considered him
unbalanced. He seemed to think that
he had killed one of several men while
they were trying to break into his
house on the previous night, and that
the sheriff and county attorney were
conspiring to arrest him. Early Sun
day morning his family called up the
police because he was acting strangely
and searching the house for imaginary
enemies with a hatchet.
Mr. Carpenter has been a civil en
gineer of high standing, and built sev
eral railroads into Chicago. He is a
graduate of Cornell university, and
one of the best educated men in
Shawnee county. He has lived in To
peka a long time. He is now detained
at the city jail.
CONFESSED TO MURDER
Sunshine Bloodworm Tells Carl Law
son About Kansas City Crime.'
Sheriff Lucas is holding a negro at
the county jail, who is wanted for a
murder committed in Kansas City last
August.
Sunshine Bloodworth, a Topeka negro,
was arrested Sunday for assaulting a
negro woman with whom he had been
living. After he was locked up in the
county jail, Deputy Sheriff Lawson dis
covered in some manner that the negro
was wanted for murder. He notified
Sheriff Lucas, and they sweated Blood
worth until he confessed the crime. He
admitted that in August he killed a
negro named Jake Bailey, over a crap
game, at the corner of Twentieth and
Cherry streets, in Kansas City.
The county officers called up the
Kansas City police station Sunday
night after securing the confession from
Bloodworth. and the negro will probably
be taken back to stand trial for murder.
BRYANS RECEIVE.
With Acting Governor General Ide in
the Philippines.
Manila. Jan. 1. Brilliant receptions
were held today by Major General
Corbin and Acting Governor Ide. The
Bryans received with the latter.
Aguinaldo and many other former in
surgent officers attended.
On Wednesday Mr. Bryan will leave
for the southern islands.' Captain
Moss, General Corbin's aide, will ac
company him as far as Borneo.
James Clyde 'Wallace.
The noted palnvs.t and pFychic at the
Victoria, lis West Sixth street, between
Kansas avenue and Jackson. No ray
unless you are absolutely satisfied. I
guarantee an absolutely truthful read
ing that shall advise and help, no mat
ter what your trouble;; ara.
1906
COUNCIL. MEETING TONIGHT.
Ixt
Contracts for Construction
Fifth Ward Fire Station.
of
The council meeting which has been
previously announced for Tuesday
will be held this evening.
There is nothing of particular im
portance to come up for consideration
with the exception of opening the bids
on the construction of the new Fifth
ward fire station.. The estimate of the
city engineer was for $3,228.60, it is
understood that the bids submitted are
above this estimate.
An inspection of the district com
prised in Norton and Heery- additions
will be made by Fire Marshal Wil
rparth Tuesday with an idea of becom
ing familiar with the conditions there.
OUTLAND IN CHANUTE.
Washburn Coach Will Officiate at r.a
llarpe-Chaiiuie Game.
Old veterans of the gridiron from
Yale, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Nebaska
and Kansas university will mix this
afternoon again when the La Harpe
and Chanute teams meet each other.
Dr. John Outland and Sam Lakin left
this morning for Chanute, whiere they
will officiate.
Both of these teams have a reputa
tion that is something big in southern
Kansas. They play with a fierceness
and a vim which gainsays any sneer
that they are getting old. The line
averages of both teams are heavy.
The members are all engaged in busi
ness in th'e two gas towns and play
football for the fun that Is in it. In
cidentally Dr. Outland does not be
lieve that the ten yard rule will
lessen the danger of injuries from
playing the game. "I do not believe
that it will lessen in the least the
tendency to injuries which has raised
such a storm of protest over the coun
try. Furthermore the interest in the
game is not heightened." With the
new rule enforced, line plunges will
be seldom attempted, since the players
will understand that end runs will be
the only hope of making the neces
sary distance, the defense against them
will be simple and practically certain.
The game simply simmers down to a
punting duel.
"Had we played under the new rules
during the past season I don't believe
any of the teams we plaj'ed against
would have scored a touchdown on us
except by a fumblo, nor do I believe
we would have scored agr.inst them
except in the same way. A no score
game is always unsysfactory to one
side, generally to bo," " end any chUnge
that will increase number of no
score games will be unpopular.
"I believe in Socker football for
grammar schools and high schools, but
I do not believe that will ever take the
place of our present game in the uni
versities and colleges. By careful at
tention to the physical condition of the
men, greater penalties for rough play,
and strict interpretation of the rules
by officials, football can be preserved
as it is now, the greatest college game
in the world."
SENTENCED QUICKLY.
Forty Hours After Passing Bad Check
Man Is in Penitentiary.
Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 1. Justice
was quick in the case of Charles Box
well, a young man received at the state
prison from Crawford county, Kansas,
to serve from one to ten years for
forgery in the second degree and his
case will go down as a most unusual
one.
Boxwell was employed as a driver
for a Pittsburg grocery firm; at 8
o'clock in the evening he passed a
forged check. At midnight he was ar
rested, the following evening at 4
o'clock he was sentenced to the state
prison. In approximately forty hours
the voung man had committed a
crime, been captured, arraigned in
court, convicted, sentenced and started
to the prison.
Holiday Greeting to Fitz.
Washington. Jan. 1. In explanation of
the report that President Roosevelt wrote
a letter to Bob Fitzsimmons. expressing
his sympathy with the pugilist in his re
cent defeat, it was admitted at the White
House that the president had sent a let
ter. It was denied, however, that the
president had made any reference to the
fiht in which Fitzsimmons lost. The let
ter was a brief one, carrying holiday
greetings. A year ago Bob sent the pres
ident a horseshoe inkstand, made with his
THOUSAMDS G0L1E
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tou irresiuent aim isirs. xiousts-
velt Receive the World
And Its New Year's Greetings at
the White House.
NOT FOR SIX YEARS
Has There Been a Vice Presi
dent in the Rsceiving Line.
Fairbanks Was First to Wish a
Happy Kew Tear.
Washington, Jan. 1. New Tear's
day at the national capital was ob
served with all the traditional bril
liancy which time and custom have
decreed shall characterize the official j
greeting of the New Year, and another
was added to the long line of recep
tions at the White House, where Pres
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt received the
people of the world, whatever their
race or creed, of station high and low,
who filed past till their numbers
reached up into the thousands, each
of them bringing a "happy New Year."
The first day of the year dawned
bright and crisp, a heavy frost melt
ing in the early morning by a flood of
sunshine. By 9 o'clock the long line
of citizens who were to be received
after the representatives of the sov
ereigns of the world and the various
officials of the American government
had pased down the receiving line, be
gan forming in front of the White
House gates and by 11 o'clock, the
hour for the reception to begin, the
column stretched along the front of
the state, war and navy buildings and
gave promise of one of the largest re
ceptions in the history of the White
House. Eleven o'clock was the hour
set for the reception of the vice pres
ident, the members of the cabinet and
their families. For the first time in
six years today a president received
the good wishes of a vice president on
iew Years day, the late Garrett A,
Hobart having been the last vice pres
ident present at the White House on
this occasion.
Shortly before 11 o'clock the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt preceded by the mili
tary and naval aides to the president
ana tne several White House aides all
in special full dress, descended the mar
ble stairway leading from the second
floor. Entering the blue room they took
up their position to the right of the
door leading from the red room. The
first wishing them a happy New Year
were the vice president and Mrs. Fair-
bank, who passed behirxd the receiving
line pnd stood to the right of .Mrs. i
Roosevelt. Next came Secretary and
Mrs. Root, who while not attending
their first New Year's reception as
members of the president's official fam
ily today for the first time held the
ranking position.
In the order named there followed
the Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Shaw, the Secretary of War and Mrs.
Taft, Attorney General Moody, Post
master General and Mrs. Cortelyou,
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Bona
parte, also new comers at the White
House on New Year's, the Secretary of
the Interior and Mrs. Hitchcock, the
secretary of agriculture and the secre
tary of commerce and labor and Mrs.
Metcalf.
All took up their positions in the re
ceiving line to the right of the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt. At th'e president's
left was his military aid, Colonel Charles
S. Bromweil, superintendent of public
buildings and grounds, who made the
presentation to the president. Nearby
was the president's naval aid, Lieutenant
Albert L. Kay. Opposite Mrs. Roosevelt
was Major Charles L. McCawley. United
States marines, who made the presenta
tions to her. In single line facing the
president and the receiving party were
members of the president's staff, young
officers of the army, navy and marine
corps. The unform for the day was spe
cial full dress, which is always worn by
officers when at the White House. (The
aides were:
Captain A. Harding. IT. S. M., Captain
Dan T. Moore, of the artillery. Captain
Fitzhugh Lee of the cavalry. Lieutenant
Robert L. Berry of the navy. Lieutenant
Flysses Grant, third, of the engineer
corps, Lieutenant Philip H. Sheridan of
the cavalry and Ensign Adolphus An
drews of the navy.
As soon as the president had gath
ered about him his official family, the
doors of the red room were again
swung open and in a clear voice Col.
Bromweil announced the acting dean
of the diplomatic corps, the ambassa
dor from Austria-Hungary and
Madame Hengelmueller. For the first
time in five years the familiar figure
of Count Cassini, the Russian ambas
sador, was missing, and in the absence
of Baron Ma3'or Des Planchez, the
Italian ambassador who succeeded to
the deanship, the place of honor at
the head of the corps was today held
by Mr. Hengelmuelier, who was in full
uniform and wore the many decora
tions conferred upon him during his
diplomatic .career. After the Austro
Hungarian Ambassador and Madame
Hengelmueller had bowed before the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
shook their hands, Mrs. Hengelmueller
stepped back a pace. He then pre
sented, as did the other ambassadors,
the members of their staffs to the
president,
DEATHS AD FUNERALS.
J. B. Carter, age 75 years, the father
of Mrs. Frank Grimes, died at the
Grimes home, 1435 Harrison street, of
o'clock. ThefuneWT was held from the
house at 3 o'clock this afternoon and
was in charge of Dr. S. S. Estey. In-
terment was in Topeka cemetery. Mr.
Carter has made his home with Mr. and
Mrs. Grimes for the past nine years.
Harriet H. Gardiner, age 85,died of
old age at 615 Topeka avenue this morn
ing. The funeral will take place from
the house at 1:30 o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon. The interment will be in
Foster cemetery.
Saloma E. Dyal, age 25," died of pneu
monia at 124 Quincy street this morning.
She was the w ife of W. A. Dyal. The fu
reral will take place on Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house.
Interment will be in Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Harriet H. Gar
diner will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 1:30 from her late Tiome, 615 Topeka
avenue. The burial will be at the Fos
ter cemetery and will be private.
PRISOIIS ARE FULI
Russian Government Has
doubled Its Efforts.
Ee-
To Prevent a General Revolt la
the Empire.
SEARCH AND ARREST.
Revolutionary Leaders Are Givea
Little Rest by Police.
Four Columns of Troops Cea
verging Toward Riga.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 1. The policy of
repressing the revolutionists continues
with a vengeance. The announcement
that they proposed to carry on a guer
rilla warfare until a general armed re
volt is prepared has stimulated the
government to redoubled energy.
A band of terrorists is known to be
at work here and last night there were
wholesale searches for suspects. The
city prisons are so overcrowded that
hundreds have been removed to Sehlus-
selburg fortress and to the fortress of
St. "Peter and St. Paul.
Government spies are at work among
the workmen and revolutionary societies
with instructions to give warning of
meetings which are immediately sur
rounded, the members searched for arms
and the ringleaders taken into custody.
Nevertheless the workmen's council and
the executive committee of the revolu
tionists are managing to evade arrest
and are meeting each day at a different
place in the outskirts of the city. The
patrols are understood to have ordera
not to spare bullets if they are attack
ed by persons using bombs or revolvers.
Women in the Council.
Mjtau, Courland, Russia. Jan. 1 Four
columns of troops, principally cavalry
and artillery ,are converging towards
Mitau and Riga.
The insurgents in the towns held by
them are instituting a social Democratio
administration as if they were in per
manent possession. At Frankenbeig, a
woman of seventy and two girls sit la
the new council.
To Exile Whole Communities.
Riga, Government of Livonii, Russia,
Jan. 1. Three policemen were killed
during the night. The workmen are
again threatening to strike in order to
obtain the release of the arrested dele
gates. General Count Sollogub, the new gov
ernor general of the Baltic province
who is marching on this city with a
large force of troops is expected here
Wednesday. It is reported that he will
issue a proclamation warning the pop
ulation of the consequences of the vio
iu.iuu ol ni;u-tiai law and threatening
to try offenders by court martial and
exile the entire population of communi
ties which decline to yield.
IT MAY BE A "SWAP."
Said That E. D. MeKeerer Will
Assistant Attorney General.
Ba
It appears that E. D. McKeever, who
just completed a four years' term as
assistant United States attorney for
Kansas, and Judge J. S. West, assistant
attorney general for Kansas, who re
signed a few days ago, have "swapped"
positions.
McKeever is to be offered West's po
sition tomorrow upon Atorney General
Coleman's return to the state house. He
could not be found this morning and
therefore a statement could not be ob
tained. Clad Hamilton is said to have
refused the position, or rather an
nounced that he would not consider it
even if it were tendered him. L. B.
Beardsley of Russell, Kan., is mentioned
for the position and, according n the
status today, it will go to either hint
or McKeever with the latter the favor
ite by long odds.
It was not known until today that Mc
McKeever s name has been considered
at all. The fact that Coleman wants
him to take the place was given out by
one of Mr. Coleman's closest political
friends this morning. He said that none
of the men Mr.. Coleman would like to
have are rustling for the job, though,
there are a number of lawyers in tne.
state who would like to have it.
JUMPED TO HIS DEATH.
Santa Fe Fireman R. B. Sellers Killed
on Oklahoma Division.
R. B. Sellers, of Arkansas City,
fireman on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway, lost his life in a
wreck of a freight train early yester
day morning on the eastern line of the
! Oklahoma division of the road. Had
Sellers not jumped from the engine he
would have come through the wreck
without a scratch.
This freight train was a heavy one
and was plowing along south bound
near Kendrick, a small station about
100 miles south of Arkansas City,
about 6 o'clock yesterday morning,
when the tender of the engine jumped
the track. There is quite a deep fill
where the derailment occurred, and
the tender followed by fourteen freight
cars plunged into it. Sellers happened
to be looking backward at the instant
the tender left the track, and evident-
! ly without considering the situation at
au ne jumpeu . e
Ha
jumped on the side the cars were de
railing on, and before he could regain
his feet and get out of the way the
wreckage piled up on him and he was
killed instantly.
The engine was derailed but did not
leave the ties, and Engineer Tully, who
stuck to his post, got nothing more
than a bad shaking up. Most of the
freight cars which left the track were
filled with corn. None of the train
crew, with the exception of Tully,
were injured in the slightest way. It
took a number of hours to clear away
the wreckage and open the line, which
is used almost exclusively for freight,
for traffic. The cause of the derail
ment is not known.
"I thought he was going: to buy
a seat
in the stock exchange."
"So he was, but he had to use the mon
ey elsewhere. He had to buy two ;!
at the opera to please hi wife." Finish
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