The Topeka state journal. [volume], January 23, 1906, LAST EDITION, Image 1

About The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980

Image provided by: Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS

                
EVERYBODY
EVERYBODY
I PAGES
PAGES
READS IT.
NEEDS IT.
LAST EDITION.
TUESDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA. KANSAS, JANUARY. 23, 1906.
TUESDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
ft If V
'- V s K
ROBBERISGAUGHT
3Ian Who Broke Into .Merchants
National Arrested.
J list a Negro Sneak Thief Named
Williams.
Ml) THE JOB ALONE.
Lived in Basement While at His
Task.
Most of the Work Done in Day
Time.
TWO HOURS IN VAULT.
Smoked Cigarettes and Ex
amined the Papers.
Boasts That He (Jot Close to
$i:k,ooo.
Harry W. Williams, a negro. 3 0
years old. has confessed to the at
tempted robbery of the Merchants'
National bank. and is held at the
county jal!.
(
Harry Williams. the Limp Negro. Who
Broke Into the Merchants'
National Bank.
Williams was caught in Lawrence
Monday evening by Deputy Sheriff
Woodward, who arrested and detained
the. negro on account of suspicious c'r-cuinsiatici-s.
When Williams tunneled
into the bank vault he could find no
iniiiy. but he stole $8.91 worth of
stamps 1. - 4. 6. ? and 10 cent sizes
and when he reached Lawrence he i
sold the stamps for $1 to a hack I
driver, who at once went to the offi
cers and suggested that the negro
iniht be a postofTice robber. Leputy
Sheriff Woodward captured the negro,
and the!) telephoned Chief Goodwin,
who answered that he wanted Wil
liams and would be after him on the
first train.
Chief Goodwin and Detective Pavey
went to Lawrence last night and got
back with their prisoner about 2
o clock this ninrning. They ''sweated"
him until 4 o'clock this morning be
fore he made a full confession.
They had good evidence without the
confession, however. While mining
the concrete in the basement of the
bank the negro had taken off his
shoes to shake the lime out of them.
The insole fell out of one of the shoes
and the loss was not noticed. In
making an examination of the base
men', after the attempted robbery was
discovered Chief Goodwin found this
insole, and had it in his pocket. The
negro was made to remove his shoes,
end but on-? insole was found. The
piece of leather held by Chief Good
Mill fitted exactly into the other shoe.
After a long session with Chief
Goodwin. Sheriff Lucas and Detective
Pavey the negro gave up and made a
full confession. He said that he ma
the attempt, and made it alone. He
also gave a detailed account of his
movements. He commenced opera
tions on the bank vault Wednesday
afternoon and did not work on it that
Tiieht. but resumed work the next day
and did not stop except to sleep until
Friday night. when he had mined
through all the masonry and was
ready to break the cement floor.
He slept in the basement of the
bank, where he was not molested. He
waited until Saturday evening, after
the bank officials had left and then
taking a hatchet, broke through the
vault floor and began to work on the
safe. He kept this up until 10:30
o'clock Saturday night, when he gave
it up for a bad job, and went down
the street to hide the pocketbook con
taining' the stolen stamps. This was
hidden in the alley back of Peterson's
barn on Jackson street. After dispos
ing of the stamps, he washed up and
removed seme of the dust from his
clothing. At 12:30 he went to the po
lice station and asked to be allowed to
sleep in the jail, as he had no place to
go. Jailer Kenr.ey let him in, and he
was released Sunday morning. The
officers at roil call were told to take a
look at the negro, a? he had promised
to "fly" the town. He then went after
the hidden pocketbook and stamps,
and called at the house of his brother,
who lives near the Santa Fe tracks at
Fir?rt street. There he caught the rear
end of No. 6. and went to Lawrence.
He slept in the Lawrence depot Sun
day night, and crossed the street, to the
Santa Fe restaurant Monday morning.
It was at this restaurant that he sold
the stamps to the hack driver.
He told the officers that his grand
mother, Mrs. Mary Cook, lived at 1226
Lincoln street.
The officers did not attempt to get
s.ny information of the negro until they
got back to Topeka at 2 o'clock this
scorning, when Sheriff Lucas was
watliag for them. Then they began on
.. . . , , h , i , i
him. but did not break him down com
pletely until 4 o'clock. They made him
take off his clothing. He wore a cap
with an ear flap, and in the folds of
this they found masonry dust. The
negro began to weaken at this, but
tried to explain that he had been help
ing tear down a house. In examining
his trousers they found small pieces of
tallow candle in one hip pocket, and in
the watch pocket some mortar dust.
Williams had washed his clothing be
fore the officers got him, but was un
able to remove all traces of his mole
like experience under the bank.
When shown the insole which Chief
Goodwin had found in the bank base
ment the negro gave up, and calling
Lucas to one side, said:
"I am upagiiinst it. I want to make
a statement and get off as easy as I
can."
They a-skd him if he wanted to make
a confession before the county attorney,
and he ,aid that he did, so County At
torney H ungate was sent for. When he
arrived at the county jail, the negro
confessed in detail.
In telling of his movements inside the
vault, an officer interrupted to tell him
that he had overlooked $180. This
seemed to make Williams feel sad, but
he continued his narrative.
The tools used in the attempted bank
robbery were stolen from the basement
of the Santa Fe depot, at the time when
Williams was a dfsh-washer in the
Harvey house. At that time in Decem
ber, he was arrested by Tim Donovan..
Santa Fe detective, and fined $15 in
police court. Beside stealing the tools,
he stole a suit of underclothes. He
served all but three days of his sentence
in jail, and was released Christmas day
by Chief Goodwin, as he had been a
model prisoner and a good "trusty."
The negro declares positively that he
was alone in the bank robbing venture,
and that no one knew of it but himself.
He has worked at times as a mason's
helper, and in this way gained a knowl
edge of stone work, which accounts for
his skill and neat;,3ss in removing the
foundation stones.
His cute manner of diverting suspicion
by going to the police station to sleep,
almost staggered Chief Goodwin when
he saw the negro in Lawrence. As
soon as he saw the man he recognized
him as the former "trusty" and knew
that he had slept at the police station
Saturday night. As the attempt was
supposed to have been made Saturday
night, he feared that the negro would
prove an alibi, but upon examining the
"bum book" at the station and discov
ering that the negro did not come in
until after midnight, his mind was re
lieved. The negro has been a transient, and
has no home, except when he stops for
a. few days with his brother or grand
mother in Topeka. He is an ignorant
looking fellow, but his scill in evading
questions proved to the officers that, al
though he was a failure as a bank safe
breaker, he was a dangerous criminal
and worthy of close attention. He has
been closely guarded by Jailer Lawsou,
and given not the slightest chance to
escape. This morning he was photo
graped for the rogue's gallery, and says
he will plead guilty and talce his sen
tence at the first opportunity.
The police are elated over the quick
capture, which is a testimonial in their
favor, nnd the fact that they beat the
great Pinkerton detective agency. TTie
underwriters of the bank have started
a swarm of sleuths from the Pinkerton
agency to investigate the robbery. The
sleuths will arrive in Topeka today,
twelve hours after the local officers
have secured a complete confession from
the culprit, and he is prac.tically on his
way to the penitentiary
Williams Tells His Story.
Harry Williams occupies the parlor
cell in the county jail and appears to
enjoy the notoriety which his perform
ance has given him. He is the first ne
gro ever arrested in this city charged
with such a crime as the one which he
has admitted and the history of crim
inology shows that it is rare thing for a
negro to be connected with as hazard
ous a calling as that of bank robbing.
Contrary to the expectations of the
police the robber is a rather a large
man and to look at him one would
suppose that it would be impossible for
him to make an entrance to the bank
through fhe tunnel which he dug. He is
about five feet six inches in height,
broad shouldered and of a rather heavy
build. He weighs about 173 pounds and
wears a number 40 coat.
In telling of his attempt to get rich
qui'k, which he seems to take par
ticular delight in doirg, he said: "I
was needing a little spending money
and some new clothes and the thing
looked easy to me and so I went at It.
I needed some one to help me, but you
can't trust these Topeka 'niggers' and so
I did the job alone. I never thought for
a moment of trying to blow the safe
open for I knew that I couldn't do that
in a thousand years. I intended to get
into the vault and work the comb'na
tion and I could have done that if it
had rot been for the time lock. I
worked for the Kansas City Safe com
pany for four years and I know how
those 'boxes' are made and how to open
them. It is an easy matter for s -man
who understands the business to listen
to the falling of the tumblers in the
door and get inside of most anv of te
safes which are made nowadays."
He had no explanation to make as to
why the brace and bitts were in his
outfit or why he removed the ornaments
from the outside of the safe.
Continuing, he said: "I went down
into that basement Wednesday after-
hoon and worked until I got tired, and
then even- day until I got inside the
vault I worked at the job. I did not
work at night at all excepting Saturday
night. When I would get tired of
working I would sit and listen to the
people in the bank. They seem to be
a lively bunch up there and have some
pretty good times.
"I was not afraid of being caught,
but I couldn't help thinking when I
knew that I was pretty nearly into
the vault that I might dig under the
safe and cause it to fall through and
catch me. When I got the hole
through the floor of the vault I had
no trouble at all. I crawled inside, lit
a cigarette and listened to the clock
ticking, and then I knew that I could
not get inside the safe, and I was mad.
I stayed in there for nearly two hours
and looked through things, but did not
expect to find any money."
When told that he overlooked $180
he admitted that he had been very
careless.
"Well, I got mighty close to $178,000
anyway," he said, resuming his story,
"and I suppose that I will get 178
years for -what I have done. After I
got out of the vault Saturday night I
went down and staid at the police sta
tion, just for a joke on the police
force. When I get out of this deal I
am going to hunt up that hackman
who 'snitched' on me and fix him. He
has a scar on one side of his face
from his ear to his mouth, and I am
going to put one on the other side so
that his cheeks will be mates.
"I am going to plead guilty, and I
guess that I will get along all right
over at Lansing lots o other fellows
have."
SICEO TO COME.
.Senators and l'epresentatives
Invited to Topeka.
All Named as Delegates to Semi
centennial Convention.
THEY'RE ROLLING IN.
At Least 300 Have Already
Received Credentials.
How They W ill He Made to Feel
at Home.
Please attend as delegate Semicen
tennial convention, Topeka, January
2 9. T. J. ANDERSON, Secretary.
Every member of the present Kansas
legislature forty senators and 120
representatives will receive the above
telegram some time during the next
few days.
It means that all of the Kansas legis
lators are appointed delegates to the
great convention to be held in Topeka
on January 9, at which time an ex
position will be planned for 1911 to
celebrate the state's fiftieth advent into
the union.
The delegates appointed by the cities
and counties of the state number al
most 300. More than 275 have so far
been reported. Increased by the leg
islators, representative hall will on
January 29 contain almost 500 active
and interested delegates to the conven
tion. The event promises to be a re
markably great affair. The 1911 ex
position will start off with a booming
roar of enthusiasm that will be heard
the nation over.
Talk about being taken care of the
delegates to the convention will re
ceive a welcome that they will never
forget. The streets of Topeka will be
swathed in flags and bunting, and at
night flooded in a fire of electric lights.
Every incoming train on Sunday ami
Monday will be met ' by a reception
committee, arid here is a pointer to the
delegates: "Make yourself known to
the committee: they want to entertain
you." Primarily each member of the
committee will be armed with pockets
full of street car tickets. They will
make it their business to see that the
delegates are taken care of, that they
get accommodations, that they are well
taken care of.
Representative hall will be decorated
as never before. But there will be some
thing more targible than all that. It
will be a continuous lunch in the ro
tunda of the capitol, leading off the big
hall. Eatables of every kind, and nlen
ty of good coffee will be on hand for
the refreshment of the visitors. Every
body will be taken care of
The decorations were this morning
piaced In charge of C. H. Trapp, by the
entertainment committee of the Com
mercial club. He will work with t- j.
Anderson, secretary of the Commercial
club, to induce every merchant in To
peka, and every business house to dec
orate. M. C. Holman was directed to
get plenty of music for the convention.
He promptly engaged Marshall's hand.
A press committee was ordered appoint
ed from among the Topeka newspaper
men who will take care of the visiting
editors.
This is but a meager detail of scope
on which the Semicentennial delegates
are to be entertained. It is but the
begirnirg. January 29 is to be one of
the events of Topeka's history.
ONE fcUCrTIllOUGH.
Vanderbilt Refused Mann's Second Re
quest for Money.
New York. Jan. 23. Colonel "W. D.
Mann, editors of Town Topics, was re
called to the witness stand today when
the trial of Norman Hapgood, editor
of Collier's Weekly, on a charge of
criminal libel was resumed. The charge
is brought by Justice Joseph M. Deuel,
a stockholder in Town Topics.
A copy of Town Topics issued in 1899
was hown the witness who denied that
Abraham H. Hummell, the lawyer, had
consulted him about an unpleasant par
agraph in that issue of the paper.
Colonel Mann then told of the begin
ning of his connection with Town Top
ics and how W. K. Vanderbilt came to
be a stockholder of the paper. Colonel
Mann said:
"In 1S78 I was connected with the
Pullman car company. When the
crisis came in Wall street, or I might
say the conspiracy," said the -witness.
"I found myself suddenly changed
from being a millionaire to owning
not a dollar and being $100,000 in
debt. It was at this time I became
interested in Town Topics and I went
to Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt and asked
him for a loan. I think he gave me
about $25,000. I told Mr. Vanderbilt
that I wished to get out of debt and
wished him to help me. He told me
what I owed him I need not worry
about. I sent to Mr. Vanderbilt and
told him I needed more money and I
asked him to take some Town Topics
stock as collateral security. Later he
returned my notes and the slock and
said he did not care to loan me any
more money, but he said he hoped I
would get on."
WOIILD'S AVTO RECORD.
A Mile on tlio Florida Coast in 32 1-5
Seconds.
Ormond. Fla., Jan. 2 3. A new
world's record for the mile of 32 1-5
seconds was made here today in the
opening day of the annual meet by
Marriott in a freak racer in the first
preliminary heat for the Dewar tro
phy. Earp was second.
Deaths.
New Orleans, Jan. 23. James De
Buys, a member of the New Orleans
cotton exchange and prominent in the
social and business world of New Or
leans, died suddenly today, aged 32
years.
El Paso, Tex.. Jan. 2 3. J. O, R.
Wilson, a member of the New York
board of trade, died here suddenly to
day of kidney trouble.
El Paso. Tex., Jan. 23. Judge S.
M. A-Shenfelter, who settled in New
Mexico in 1860 and was territorial gov
ernor for several years, died this
morning at Silver City of heart failure.
LID IS UFIED.
France Is Given to Understand
by Uncle Sam
That She Can Go Ahead and
Thrash Venezuela.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
Does Not Interfere W ith Such a
Proceeding.
French Cruisers Sail From
Trinidad for La Guayra.
Paris, Jan. 23. President Loubet
presided today at a cabinet council
held in the Elysee palace at which Pre
mier Rouvier announced that he had
received a communication from Am
bassador Jusserand to the effect that
the United States did not consider a
French naval demonstration against
Venezuela to be a violation of the
Monroe doctrine. France thus has her
hands free but the situation is un
changed for the moment as the coun
cil will not take decisive action until
the report of M. Taigney, the former
charge d'affaires at Caracas is re
ceived. The foreign office has received con
firmation of the press report that the
dean of the diplomatic corps and other
miners at Caracas have unsuccessfully
demanded explanations from the Vene
zuelan government, with reference to
their position after the Taigny inci
dent. French Cruisers Sail.
Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad,
Jan. 2 3. The French cruisers Desaix
and Juren de La Gavier, sailed from
here today presumably for La Guayra
Venezuela.
ONLY TWO WIRES.
Are Working Out of Chicago Today
Ob ing; to Storm.
Chicago, Jan. 23. The sleet and
snow storm which paralyzed telegraph
communication between this city and
othe- parts of the country passed east
ward during the night, but today the
wire situation is but little better than
yesterday. Out of a total of seventy
private wires between Chicago and
eastern points, but two were workmi
today and one of these was badly crip
pled at times. The other was divided
among commission houses, each firm
being allowed to u e it in turn for 13
minutes. r ,
Some of the in ters in order to'semi
their orders to New York, sent their
messages over private lines to . San
Francisco and from there back via S.i.
Louis and Montreal. The majority of
trains arriving in the city were late.
WHITE TO GO FREE.
Former Patrol Driver Won't Be Tried
After All.
The assault case against ex-Patrol
Driver Will White, which grew out of
the scandal in the police force and im
plicated Chief Goodwin some weeks
ago, will be dismissed in the district
court tomorrow morning.
The assault charge was sworn to by
the parents of Prances Main who
claimed that their daughter had been
maltreated by the patrol driver. The
charge at the time caused great indig
nation and cost White his position on
the police force and started an investi
gation by the city council wheih caused
Chief of Police Goodwin considerable
uneasiness.
At the time of the assault the Main
girl claimed that she had been enticed
into an alley by the patrol driver w-hile
the chief of police and Mabel Scott
walked up an adjoining alley. The
story has since been denied and the
girl went before County Attorney Hun
gate and swore that the""story w-hich
she told and which caused the arrest
of White was entirely false. She
claimed taht she had been out too late
and that she had to tell her parents
something to excuse her conduct. As
she insists that her first story was un
true there is nothing for which White
can be held.
CLAP TRAP DEFENSE.
Is What the Federal Attorney Calls
the Packers Plea.
Chicago, Jan. 23. The government
through District Attorney Morrison
made its opening statement in the pack
ers' case today. The district attorney
entered upon his address to the jury
with such vigor that the attorneys for
the defense at once interposed objec
tions. "The claims of the defendants In this
case," declared District Attorney Mor
rison, "are only a part of their clap
tiap defense presented by men of in
fluence in the effort tt unfit the jury
for fair deliberation in this case. These
men have not only the ingenuity of
criminal lawyers, but they are corpor
ation lawyers trust lawyers."
Attorney William J. Hynes, who closed
the opening for the packers yesterday
with an attack upon the district at
torney made strong objections to the
statements of the district attorney and
the court was called oil for a decision.
It ruled in favor of State's Attorney
Morrison.
Another clash occurred, when the dis
trict attorney declared that the plea of
the packers that they are entied to
immunity was an "after thought.'
"These men." continued the district at
torney, indicating the attorneys for the
packers, -'while the grand pury was in
session went before the biggest law office
in the land and put forth every influence
to stop this prosecution. They said noth
ing about immunity then. Attorney S.
Miller, who appears here for the packers,
was there, but he never said one word
about immunity."
DEATHS AND FLNEKALS.
James Fitzgibbons, aged 49, died on
Monday night at Coffevville, Kan. Mr.
Fitzgibbons lives in Topeka at 225
Western avenue. The body will arrive
here tonight. The funeral announce
ment will be made later.
SOPHS SENT HOLiE
Eighteen Hoys Suspended at the
High School.
Charged With Daubing Yellow
Paint on Pavement.
HAD YELLOW COLLARS
But These Didn't Offend Says
Mr. W hittemore.
Suspension Is Indefinite Says
the Superintendent.
Because Harrison street, in front of
the school building, was lavishly
smeared with great daubs of yellow
paint this morning, eighteen boys,
members of the sophomore class of the
high school, who are suspected of hav
ing committed the offense, were today
indefinitely suspended.
The boys themselves do not believe
that the cause of their dismissal. They
say that they were dismissed because
they wore saffron hued collars and
blue neckties. Blue and yellow is their
class color.
Today was class day at the high
school for the class which graduates
tomorrow night, and a programme was
given. Events of this kind at the
school are usually construed by the
youngsters as being proper for the ex
ercise of special liberties. Class spirit
breaks forth in frothing torrents. It
has been the custom ever since the
school started, and in the old days
were signalized, not with the tame
wearing of colors, and smearing up
valuable property with hideous colors
of paint, but with rushes that were
sometimes rather dangerous.
But the succeeding generations of
control have put a stop to such hilari
ty, and the students are now content
ing themselves with wearing colors,
and with painting Harrison street red,
yellow, green, brown, white, purple,
etc., with their numerals.
Last night some of the students took
several barrels of yellow paint in front
of the building and from the looks of
things, used every bit of the stuff. They
decked the asphalt in a deep yellow
until it looked like an acre of sunflow
ers in the middle of July.
Csually offenders leave some thing be
hind them which helps to establish their
identity. In this instance it proved to
be the color, although Superintendent
Whittemore, who with Principal Miller,
suspended the boys, refused to give the
evidence which they had collected. The
color of the class is blue and yellow
and the spirit which the boys had spilled
over the school during the past few
davs, and the color which somebody
spilled all over Harrison street last
night, pointed them out as the guilty
ones.
The class day exercises were set for
ten o'clock this morning in the High
School assembly room. As the dismissal
from the classes was given for attend
ance upon the program, Superintendent
Wrhittemore and Principal Miller noticed
that eighteen members of the Sopho
more class wore yellow collars and blue
neckties. Before they had a chance to
get into the assembly room, they were
all cornered togetheTJ and put into one
of the class rooms ami told to remain
there.
About one o'clock when the class day
exercises were over. Mr. Whittemore
and Mr. Miller went before the boys and
after a stiff lecture informed them that
thev were all suspended indefinitely,
that he had taken the matter under ad
visement, and would confer with the
board of education before making a
final disDOSition.
The boys were then dismissed. Leslie
Lewis, one of those suspended, wno
lives at 222 East Sixth avenue was seen
about the trouble and said: "Wre were
susnended because we wore these colors.
That is what I understood the whole
thing is about. We aidn't start any
scran in the building, or take part in
any rush. We were going quietly into
the assembly room, when Mr. Whitte
more and Mr. Miller took charge of us
and put us into a room and kept us there
until one o'clock, when he suspended
US."
Two of the boys suspended standing
close by were talking about the mat
ter. "Where is your blue necktie and
yellow collar?" asked one of the other.
"Oh," answered the other, "I hung
'em up on the chandelier in Whitte
more's office."
Superintendent Whittemore was
asked about the matter and said: "I
ssupended the boys because I am
pretty sure that they smeared the
paint all over Harrison street in front
of the building. They were not dis
missed for wearing colors, and the
boys all know that, too."
"What will be done about the mat
ter?" was asked.
"I do not, know," he answered. "I
have taken the matter under advise
ment and will consider it. The school
board meets on February 5, and I
may bring it up then. The suspension
i3 indefinite."
SMITH CASE IS UP.
Arguments in Kansas City Before
Judge Phillips Today.
Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 23. The de
murrer of Fred Dumont Smith, senator
from Edwards county, Roscoe Wilson,
postmaster at Jetmore, and T. E. Ryan,
formerly special land agent of the gov
ernment, against the indictment for con
spiracy preferred by a grand jury re
cently in Topeka, was argued before
Judge Philips at the federal court to
day. The point brought out in the main was
that the charge is iriade under one
statute and the indictment under an
other, and that they conflict. Ambiguity,
uncertainty and insufficiency of the evi
dence were also named.
The main part of the argument did
not begin until 2 o'clock this afternoon,
after the noon recess. T. E. Ryan was
the only defendant present. Their at
torneys are Rossington and Smith, and
Loomis, Blaih and Scandrett of Topeka,
and Lambert and Huggins of Emporia.
After the arguments of the defense,
Harry Bone, United States district at
torney conclued.
Judge Philips took the matter under
advisement, and will probably rot
render a decision for the present.
COLD SPELIj IS BROKEN'.
Mercury Reaches a Mark Above 40
Degrees Today.
The cold spell which nipped a few
ears and made coal business good for
a day or so seems to have departed
as suddenly as it came, and today is
bright and warm. The wind, which
has been blowing a gale from the
norm for several davs. has calmed
down to a gentle zephyr tempered
with sunshine of a summer day.
At o clock this morning the mer
cury stood at 12 above zero and did
not move until 10 o'clock, when it took
a jump of 13 degrees and has con
tinued its course ucward at a steadv
gait ever since until at 2 o'clock it
stands at 42.
The forecast indicates that the con
ditions w-i!l be about the same tomor
row as they are todav. and that if
anything there will be a rise in the
temperature, and a fair sky.
xne nouriy temperatures for todav
were:
7 o'clock 12
11 o'clock. .
12 o'clock. ,
1 o'clock . .
2 o'clock. ,
.30
.36
. 39
.42
8 o'clock 12
9 o'clock. .... 12
10 o'clock 25
GOT A SAFE CRACKER.
Refuses to Make Statement About the
Morris Report.
H. B. Odell, 33 years of age, is con
fined in the county jail under strong
suspicion of having looted a jewelry
store. The man was arrested on Kan
sas avenue at noon today by Detective
Goff, and when searched at the police
station, part of the plunder stolen from
a jewelrv store In Arlington, Kan., was
found.
On the night of January 14 the jewelry
store owned by J. E. Meek, of Arlington,
was broken into by robbers, who blew
the safe with dynamite and escaped
w:ith about $1,000 of watches, diamond
rings, watch charms and other jewelry.
A full description of the goods stolen
was sent out to the officers of the state,
and the Topeka police received one of
the cards. The Arlington officers had
no clue to the identity of the robbers,
but offered $100 reward for their cap
ture and the return of the goods. To
day Goff arrested the man on suspicion,
as he had heard that he was trying to
pawn a watch. At the police station
two watches, two rings, a diamond and
a bloodstone, and a Masonic charm
were found in his pockets. Odell is
badly injured by what at first appeared
to have been a load of buckshot. When
examined by Dr. VanHorn, the injuries
proved to be the result of an explo
sion. Both arms and one leg are badly
lacerated, and the wounds are at least
a week old. He explained that he had
been injured in a mine explosion, but
the officers are certain that he was in
jured while blowing the safe at Arling
ton. The numbers of the watches found
in his possession tally with the descrip
tions of two of the time-pieces listed
in the Arlington loss.
END OF ORDER 78.
Reported That It Is Rescinded Means
Ixss of Many Pensions.
Department Commander P. H.
Coney has received from Washington
information that Eugene Ware's fa
mous pension order No. 7 8, providing
for old age pensions, has been de
clared invalid by the attorney general
of the United States. If the report
is true, it will have the effect of taking
away pensions from a large number
of veterans who have recently been re
ceiving them.
The order provided that veterans
of 6 2 should have a pension of $6
per month, 65 would get $8 per
month, 6 8 would get $10 per month,
and 7 0 or over $12 per month.
Eugene F. Ware, former pension
commissioner, who issued order No.
78, said today:
"I have not heard whether it is true
that this order has been declared in
valid, but I should not be surprised if
the report is correct. I believe in the
order, and in the spirit which it man
ifests. Age is a disability. An old
man is no more able to make a living
than a one-legged man, or a one
armed man. That is the basis of the
order. I think it is good sense and
good law. If the order is knocked
out, I suppose all the pensions grant
ed under it will also cease."
Mr. Ware stated that he could give
no estimate on the number of pen
sions which would be affected, but
that it would be much in excess of
10,000.
JOE WHEELER ILL.
The General Is Suffering From an At
tack of Pneumonia.
New York, Jan. 23. That Brigadier
General Joseph Wheeler of the. United
States army, retired, has a mild attack
of pneumonia, was announced today at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Sterling
Smith, in Brooklyn, where General
Wheeler is ill. The following an
nouncement is made by Mrs. Smith to
day on authority of Dr. McCorkle:
"General Wheeler was stricken with
pleurisy Thursday night, pneumonia
developed Sunday. Dr. A. J. McCorkle
is In charge of the case and had Dr. E.
G. Janeway in consultation Monday.
The case is a mild one, temperature
being only about 100. He is resting
easy and we hope for a speedy recov
ery. His son, Major Joseph wheeler,
jr., and two of his daughters are with
him."
HAGERfMM GOES IN.
The Xew Governor of ew Mexico Is
Inaugurated.
Santa Fe, N. M Jan. 23. Herbert J.
Hagerman was inaugurated governor of
New Mexico at noon yesterday in
the hall of representatives in the pres
ence of a large assemblage. Governor
Otero introduced Mr. Hagerman and
Chief Justice W. J. Mills in the pres
ence of the entire supreme bench ad
ministered the oath of office. Gover
nor Hagerman made an address in
which he lauded President Roosevelt
and Secretary of the Interior Hitch
cock and delivered a warning against
permitting the usurpation of power by
a minority of a few to the detriment of
the many.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, Jan. 2 3. Forecast for
Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday, rising temperature.
First Demand of the United
Mine Workers of America
Will Be to Include Southwest ia
the Conference.
CHILD LABOR DEMAND.
Gives Rise to Prolonged Discus
sion in Convention.
Amendment Admitting Anthra
cite Districts Is Defeated.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 23. The Uni
ted Mine Workers of America oday
began consideration of the report of tha
scale committee by sections.
It was decided that when the joint
conference between the miners and the
operators meets Thursday morning tha
first demand will be presented to the
operators for their rejection or accept
ance before any other demand is made.
This gemand is that districts 13, 14, 21,
24 and 2,5, and all outlying districts
whose operators are willing to partici
pate shall be admitted to the confer
ence. These districts consist of the states
of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Michi
gan and the southwest. The mir.srs
decided that all the delegates to the
convention will remain in the city and
should the operators refuse to admit tha
districts named, the conference will en-i
until a session of the convention of the
miners is held and the dehifates will
then be called together to consider fur
ther action.
The sections demanding a general ad
vance of V2yz per cent over the scale,
demanding a run-of mine basis, de
manding a differential of seven cents
between pick and machine mined coal,
demanding a uniform day wage scale
and demanding that all yardage and
dead wood be advanced the 12'-; per
cent, were adopted by the convention
and the demand that no boy unsier 15
years of age shall be employed in or
around the mines was then taken up.
It caused a prolonged debate.
An amendment providing that it be
demanded that three anthracite districts
be admitted to the joint conference was
defeated.
The operators of Illinois, Ohio,
Indiana and Western Pennsylvania
have begun to arrive for the confer
ence. From their conversation it is
believed that among the demands the
operators will make are a reduction of
wages of from 10 to 15 per cent, an,
improved system of settling local
troubles and protection against stam
pede strikes.
im BE HADLEY.
Attorney General of Missouri Orator at
Kansas Day Club.
It is highly probable that Herbert
S. Hadley, the attorney general of
Missouri who has been making busi
ness pick up for Henry H. Rogers and
other Standard Oil people, will be tha
speaker of the evening at the Kansas
Day club banquet to be held here
January 2 9. Mr. Hadley has agreed to
come in case he is not obliged to go
back to New York to resume tha
Standard Oil investigation. Hadley
would be a big card for the Kansas
Day club at this time.
George E. Tucker of Eureka, presi
dent of the Kansas Day club, will ar
rive in Topeka this afternoon and will
have a conference with Secretary'
H. England. It is expected that defi
nite announcement will be made con
cerning the Hadley matter.
Other spellbinders for the banquet
will be Representative W. E. Archer,
Horton; E. C. Arnold, Iola: W. E.
Brodie. Wlnfield; Thomas E. Wagstaff,
Independence; George E. Tucker. Eu
reka; J. B. Wood, Concordia; Guy Bis
sell, Phillipsburg; Carr W. Taylor,
Hutchinson.
SUIT IS DISMISSED.
Federal Court Throws Out Case tt
Xew York Life.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 2". State
Insurance Superintendent Vandiver to
day received notice that 'the federal
court has dismissed fhe suit filed bt
the New York Life Insurance com
pany to prevent him from enforcing his
order of ouster from the state.
A motion was filed in the supreme
court today by Attorney General Had
lev asking that the court consider some
briefs in the case pending here to de
termine the right of witnesses to refuse
to answer questions filed in the New
York court. Mr. Hadley has depar" '
for Cleveland, O.. to resume taking tes
timony in the oil cases. It is stated
as probable that officers of the Repub
lic Oil company, will be called at wit
nesses. GOLF IX MEXICO.
Amateur and Professional Tourney
Opens With Many Ties.
Mexico City, Mex., Jan. 23. An unus
ual number of ties and a difference of
only nine strokes between the winning
pair and the 13th pair was the result
of yesterday's golf match in the ama
teur and professional contest. W.
Smith, Mexico, and A. G. Lockwood.
Massachusetts, held the low record of
145; Alexander Campbell. Brooklyn, and
F. W. Lewis, Boston, were second with
149. Andrew Kirkaldy, and F. W. Lew
is, Boston, were second with 149. An
drew Kirkaldy and C. E. Cummins
scored lbi.
WASHOUTS IX TE.VXESSEE.
Streams Break Their Ranks and Dam
age Many Bridges.
Knoxviile. Tenn., Jan. 23. Due t
excessive rains in the mountain re
gions, streams in this section are out
of their banks. On the Norfolk &
Western above Bristol, Tenn., two
bridges were washed out j-esterday.
On the Southern railway a newly con
structed bridge at Embreevilie. Tenn,.
was damaged. On the South and
Western railway two bridges wer5
badly damaged. Many miles of track
are under water.