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FRIDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA KANSAS. OCTOBER 12, 1906.
FRIDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
HITS OUT HARD.
Senator La Follette Speaks at
the Auditorium.
For Nearly Three Hours Holds
His Audience.
HIS LAST IN KANSAS.
mil
Eater the Campaign in
S Isconsln.
Makes Only Slight Reference to
Senator Long.
When yuu see the face of Robert M.
La Follette, with its twinkling, genial
eyes, and rich depth of dimples, you
know why people call him -Bob."
About the first inclination a person
has is to say "Hello, Bob," when the
massive little senator from Wisconsin
extends his broad, firm hand for a cor
dial shake. "Hello Bob" fits very well
with the senators handshake. It is a
bifurated, double-barreled, double
action handshake with which Senator
I-a Follette welcomed the stranger to
his bosom. While he holds your right
hand In chancery, he swings in his left
to the shoulder, and gradually works Jt
around toward a half-Nelson, while he
says with a deep, modulated voice, in
tones fairly oozing sincerity:
"I am veiy glad to see you, sir!"
Between us. it must be confessed that
Senator Robert Marion La Follette is
not quite as Imposing in private life as
bis pictures would Indicate. He has u
ruddy face, which looks as though its
owner might be engaged in the culture
of farm products, instead of busily pur
suing the octopus on the lecture plat
form and in the halls of congress. But
there is that about this stubby, broad
shouldered little man that makes one
think of a section of granite wail,
against which the blows of battle might
fall in vain. "Rob" La Follette has the
build, the eye. the walk of a tighter,
but the mailed fist is gloved with the
diplomacy of the experienced politic
ian. "Where did you pet your fighting in
rtinct. senator?" asked one. of the peo
ple that met La Follette last night.
' 'Sly father was a French Huguenot.
My grandfather could speak English
only brokenly. My mother came from
North Carolina, but her parents were
Srou-h-Irisb. That must be where I
got it."
"Arc you going to keep up this fight
en Senator Long and other senators?"
"I'm going directly ba.'k from Topeka
to Wiseons'n. T want to get into that
eamp-iign thre. Some of the things
there a-e mighty interesting to ni. The
man who was nominated by the Repub
licans for governor has been my friends
for 1". yers. Though I did not support,
him in the primary. I shall support him,
on th" stum;.'. 1 b"!ieved that the other
candidate Mould follow my fight on
the public service corporations with
more vigor, but both candidates are my
friends."
"How does the new Wisconsin primary
election law work?"
' It's ail right. My advice to Kansas
is to get a primary law just as soon as
it can. But don't get one just like
ours. We ought to have some changes
made in ours. For one thing it should
he arranged so that voters might ex
press a second choice for candidates.
The time of the primary as fixed by
law is not good, because it conies right
in the midst of the tobacco harvest. We
will have to make the time either earlier
or later. We must also arrange to have
the polls open after 6 o'clock in the
evening. The principal trouble with our
law in the recent primary was that the
vote didn't get out as it should."
"Have you met Senator Benson, the
new Kansas senator?"
"I have met him, but am not very well
acquainted with him. I met him down
at Ottawa, the time Lawson and I and
other platform men were there. By the
way, do you remember reading that
piece that was written about my speech
at that time? People had the idea that
1 was going to talk about the Standard
Oil company. My subject was 'The
World's Greatest Tragedy.' As a mat
ter of fact the lecture is about Hamlet,
dome newspaper man wrote it up in
great style, and took Hamlet, Polonius,
Ophelia and the rest and showed their
connection with the Standard Oil com
pany. Oh, it was a great piece!" and
Senator La Follette leaned his head
back and let out a big, hearty laugh.
"Senator, had you noticed the com
ment which Congressman Charles Cur
tis made in regard to the Union Pa
cific influence In the last senatorial
election in this state?"
"Yes, I read that: did Curtis really
gay it? I didn't know" and La Fol
lette, placed his hand on the reporter's
shoulder and commenced to hug him
confidentially "I didn't know whether
Curtis denied that statement or not.
If he didn t it certainly looks as though
you people are going to have some fun
down here with vour senatorial elec-I
I
I
mi,ino a.n- !
? ou making m attacks on i
essman Curtis m any of your
"Are
luiiBiwi-niun u.t.j iii u.... .... .uui.
speeches.
"If you mean in regard to giving1
Curtis' record, I am not. I simply read
the roll calls in the senate on a few ,
measures.
"You have endorsed Bristow for
United States senator from Kansas,
have you not?"
"I have said very frequently that I
believed Bristow would make an ideal
senator. I hope he gets the place."
Senator La. Follette arrived in To
peka about 5:30 Thursday afternoon.
He went to the Copeland hotel with
O. A. Coons of the Slayton Lyceum
bureau, and took a room On the third
floor. Not a single one of the. men in
charge of Republican headquarters
welcomed him. I-a Follette is not
"regular." He doesn't stand hitched to
the party band wagon, and the strict
partisan regards, him as an enemy.
"Have you been invited to visit Re
publican headquarters here in the
hotel?" was asked of Senator La Fol
lette. "No do they have headquarters
here?" he asked.
But the audience which greeted the
Wisconsin man at the Auditorium at
8 o'clock gave Republicans, Democrats
pnd all a chance to rind out exaetly
what La Follette has been saying to
w agitate the serenity of certain Re
publican statesmen. La Follette said
to a newspaper man before the lec
;ure: "There's no use in my giving out a
ewspaper interview; I say everything
CContinued on Page 12.)
CHARGED WITH THEFT.
Two Territory Men Indicted for Steal
ing Creek Kolls.
Muskogee, I. T., Oct. 12. W. T.
Martin, jr., a former employe of the
Daiu-fi commission and M. F. Dunievy,
a prominent real estate man, were in
dicted today by the federal grand Jury
here, charged with the theft over a
year ago of the Creek Indian rolls.
They were arrested and released on
bonds of SI, 000 each.
The maximum penally is a fine of
Si.Ouo or imprisonment for three years
at hard labor.
The roils were stolen from the gov
ernment officers. The present law,
which was introducer! by Representa
tive Murphy, of Missouri, at the last
setsion of congress, makes it a felony
to have in one's possession any Indian
roll.
City Water Plant Show
creased Earnings.
In-
New Building Will Be Erected
to House the Department.
The waterworks department of the
city will be housed in a new building
which is to be erected underneath the
city hall, in an area way which leads
from Quincy street.
There is sufficient space to erect quite
an addition to the city hall and extend
it towards the alleys in the rear mak
ing commodious accommodations for
the office force as well as repair and
store shops. For some time the city
has been casting about for a suitable
location for the offices of this depart
ment something which would be
handier for the public in the payment
of bills and at the same time provide
larger space for the working force in
the office. The offices are located on
the second floor at the present time,
necessitating climb up steep flight of
steps and a large number of those who
come up to the offices on business wan
der about in the halls at the city build
ing before finding the right location.
The result has been unsatisfactory and
has caused considerable complaint.
The nv addition in the area way
will conform in architecture to the re
maining part of the Auditorium, simply
adding to the ground floor space.
The repair shops are now located in
the basement of the building and are
dingy and Jesse Shaw, superintendent
of the waterworks department has ta
ken the. matter up with Mayor W. H.
Davis, who is for it. "I have always
believed that was the thing to do."
spoke Mayor Davis emphatically. "I
have said that it should be built from
the fi'-st. Most of the waftr bills are ,
paid by women anyway and they find
it a hard matter to climb the stairs and
then sometimes come up on the third I
floor in search of the offices. 1 haven't j
estimated the cost."
The board of waterworks trustees j
have approved of the plan but the
movement has never reached a defi
nite state until now. The building
commltte of the council will have the
matter of the details of the new head
quarters referred to them and the city
engineer will be instructed to draw
plans and specifications. The esti
mates will also be prepared by him
and it is probable that before the be
ginning of next year the new addition
will be completed.
The statement of the earnings of the
plant for the second quarter ending
September ?,0, 100 6, were made pub
lic today. The showing continues to
be of the encouraging order.
The plant earned $7,553.33 more
during the four months than was ex- i
pennea lor maintenance including new i
construction work. The total earn
ings for the period were $22,881.44
and the expenditure 1 5,328.11.
A balance on hand at this time
amounts to 18,587.22, but this includes
a balance left over from the previous
quarter. The receipts from the meter
rates are rapidly mounting upward,
indicating that the service is gradually
going over to a meter basis entirely.
The returns from meter rates are now
almost double those from the flat
ra tes.
CONEY DENIES IT.
Not in Campaign to Defeat
Campbell He Say.
Phil
It is announced in the Coffeyville Rec
ord that P. H. Coney, department com
mander of the Kansas G. A. R., will
open a campaign in the Third district on
October 20 for F. M. Brady, the Demo
cratic nominee for congress, against Phil
Campbell.
The Coffeyville Journal says Coney will
speak at Chanute. Cherrvvale. Indepen
dence and other Third district towns. The
speeches are nnflr thf ansnfcfp if the
Soldiers' and Sailors' league,
, w h Commander Coney was asked to-
day concerning the truth of the statement
j concerning me trutn or tne statement
'nat he would enter the campaign against
Phll Campbell, he said :
"I know nothing whatever about this re-
i Know nothing
port. So far as I know it is untrue that
I will fight Phil Campbell. I know that I
have been invited to make some speeches
to the old soldiers in that section of the
tato. and have informed them that T
would comply with their request. What
ever the old soldiers down there sav goes
With me. If they want me to SDcnk I will
spnaK. ii tm-re is any report that I am
going to speak in the interests of Brad v.
it lias originated down there."
It is not unlikely, however, that when
Captain Coio-y gets warmed up in his ad
dresses he will take occasion to allude to
the fact that Congressman Campbell has
failed to live up to Coney's interpretation
of the old soldier preference law in th
appointment of postmasters, etc.
DINNER FOR FUfiSTON.
Cuban Veterans Will Honor the Kan
sas Fighter.
Havana. Oct. 12. Sccixtary Taft
will hold an important conference this
afternoon with a committee of eight to
represent the insurgents during the
recent peace negotiations and aiso
General Guerra and other military
leaders of the revolution who re
quested an audience. Their purpose,
it is believed, is to obtain from Mr.
Taft an idea of the intentions of the
provisional government, especial iv
with reference to political appoint
ments and the time f. r holding the
new election.
General Funston will be the gueA
this evening at a farewell dinner to be
5ivent in his honor by Cuban veterans.
IT PAYS WELL.
BUGiJlliO
John II. Mnlr&ne Sees Brilliant
Prospects for Topeka.
Santa Fe Shop Plans Mean In
creased Population.
OTHER THINGS IN VIEW
Council Grote Road Will Pro re
a Great Boon.
Prosperous Country to Be Made
Tributary to This City.
An abundant enthusiasm, prevails
with John R. Mulvane, president of
the Bank of Topeka,! over the prosper
ous future that is in store for this city
its certain and rapid growth in popu
lation because of the extensive plans
the Ate- 'jon, Topeka & Santa. Fe rail
way company has made for the en
largement of its shops and the build
ing of the new ones during the next
three years and Mr. Hulvane also
sees many other plans, which are in
the process of development, that will
add greatly to the general prosperity
of the city and stimulate its growth
along all lines.
"Topeka, well " and Mr. Mulvane
hesitated a moment during the course
of a talk today on the city's future.
"Well there are few cities in the
country, in this part of it at any rate,
that have such brilliant prospects for
an unusually prosperous future as
Topeka. My confidence that Topeka
would grow in population and in im
portance as a business center has
never been shaken, no matter how
dark the days have been in times past,
and that this confidence has been war
ranted is evidenced by the events
which are taking place and the plans
which are forming that will mean so
much for its development. These big
improvements which the Santa Fe has
planned for its shops here mean that
"he city will grow wonderfully in
population during the next few years,
p.nd the increase in population will
i n ecessarily make a big increase in all
lines of business.
"But there are other plans besides
those of the Santa Fe, large a? they
are, which will mean much for the
development of the city. Perhaps
none of these are more important than
the construction of the proposed rail
road from Topeka to Eskridge and
Council Grove.
"This railroad must be built and the
sooner the work is started on it, the
better it will be not only for Topeka
but the territory it will lap. It seems
that those who are promoting the affair
now are in a good way to secure its ac
complishment and every one should
lend a hand to sec to it that this rod
is built.
"Its proposed route goes through a
territory which is now well nigb barren
of ttansportation facilities. It is an ex-
' tremely rich and fertile country, which
abounds with prosperous farms and
j towr.s and which will develop quickly
; with an increased prosperity as soon as
it has some means of transportation
communication with a city of the size
: of Topeka. This road will make possi
, ble business communication with a
population of 100,000 persons and here
I in Topeka are just the facilities which
I sucli a territory needs to develop pro
. perly.
j "Here In Topeka is the largest
I creamery in the world and the men
I back of it will make it larger if the
j business warrants and the country- this
I road will run through is ideal for dairy
purposes. Here in Topeka there la dou
ble the cold storage facilities of any
other city in Kansas and this means
much to a farming community such as
this road will traverse and there are
countless other facilities in this city
which will aid in the development of
that country, and the development of
that country7 will naturally mean a
great increase in the business of this
city.
"And perhaps one of the most import
ant featuies of a part of the country
that this road will tap is the fact that
within striking distance of the line are
some of the finest sandstone deposits
in this part of the country. This stone
is particularly adaptable for building
purposes and when this road gets in op
eration there is no doubt that large
quarries will be operated there as the
stone can be placed in this city at a
reasonable figure. This will mean much
to the building interest in this city and
as much more to the building in the
growing cities of the state and in near
by states, where substantial stone
buildings are being put up, particularly
in Kansas City.
"Under present conditions builders all
over the state and in Kansas City arc
forced to send as far away as Indiana
for sandstone, and these sandstone de
posits, which are lying right at our
doors, are superior for building purposes
to most of the sandstones in the coun
try. "The construction of this road will
mean much to Topeka and to the terri
tory it will run through and there ought
to be little trouble in financing it.
"When the large financial interests in
the east who are ever on the lookout
to invest their money in such enter
prises awaken to the fact that Topeka
within the next few years will be a clty
of considerable proportions, there wid
i v.c o t-hVi nn trieti- nan tn hnilfl inlpr.
urban lines with their terminals in the
city, and which will stretch out in ex--ery
direction into unusually rich terri
tories." "There was one thing I did not like to
see the other day," continued Mr. Mul
vane, "and that was the statement of
W. J. Black in th State Journal, that
in time the Santa Fe would probably
route its through California passenger
trains via the Emporia cutoff, and
which would preclude their going
through Topeka. If the Santa Fe does
this, it will lose all the California busi
ness from Topeka and intermediate
places and this business is considerable.
j and no one knows it better than the
Santa e people, j ney tried a similar
plan some fifteen years ago. but it only
lasted a couple of months arid the
trains they took aw ay from Topeka were
soon brought back here. And that is
what w ill hapoen, I believe, if they at
tempt to do the thing again. When I
get a chance to see President Riniey
of the Santa Fe I will tell him that 1
think lie will make a big mistake, if
tbe-e through California trains are no
routed through Topeka."
Weather Indications.
Chicago. Oct. 12. Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Satur-
day;
warmer tonight: cooler Saturday.
he nnypT, die.
Couple Recently Married in
Topeka Bought Death.
Mrs. N ebb Shot Husband, Then
Herself.
MAN WAS TOO NERVOUS
So Woman Held the HeTolTer
Herself.
Doctors Told loung Groom He
Had Consumption.
.Smithvilte. Mo.,
Oct. 12.-
Jesse
Webb, who yestei uy was shot by his
wife, who then ki!1 'd herself In carry
ing out a suicide ; .ct eDtered into by
the young couple, .as much improved
this morning and i- y recover.
Jesse Webb and i is young wife, who
was formerly Inez Waikup of Fairfax,
Mo., wese marrieJ in Topeka about a
week ax. They came to Topeka from
St. Joe?ph where .Mr. Webb was em
ployed in an insane hospital and where
Miss Waikup was visiting a sister.
Their return te sr. Joseph was quickly
followed by the announcement of
physicians that M Webb's life was in
danger on account of consumption.
The young coupie decided to go south
for a change of climate on the advice
of his physician. While on the train
en route to Hot Springs young Webb
was overcome hy a hemorrhage and
they left the train at Smithville, Mo.,
and went to a hotel.
Fearing that the dread consumption
would soon separate them, they agreed
to die together. As a result of the
death compact, the young bride is dead
and the husband is near death with a
bullet wound near his heart.
The shots, according to the weakly
whispered story of the husband, were
tired by the wife with his sanction. He
said that he preferred death to separa
tion from the woman he loved, but
did not have the courage to kill her
and himself. Mrs. Webb, however,
said that, she was not afraid and agreed
tn first kill him and then end her own
life. One shot she aimed at his heart!
and then turned the weapon against
herself, making mire of her purpose
by shooting herself three time?.
The Bride .19 Tears Old.
The. story preceding" and leading up
to the tragedy in the lives of the two
youhg persons is tinged with romance.
Webb was an employe in the state hos
pital for the insane its St. Joseph, Mo
for the last two ycarst He is 2fi years
old. Eight months ago Inez Waikup,
19 years old and unusually pretty, left
the home of her father, L. H. Waikup
of Fairfax, Mo., to go to St. Joseph on
a shopping trip. In St. Joseph she went
to the home of her sister, Mrs. B. C
Robinson.
.Miss Waikup ha intended ' to pen.l
only a few days in t. Joseph. By ac
cident, "however, she met Webb, and
it is fiaid to have been a case of love
at first sight. The return- home was
postponed from day to day and from
week to week, the young woman re
maining at the - home of her Bister.
Finally the young people decided to
get married and came to Topeka . for
that puipose.
The Husband Too Nervous.
In telling his story Webb said that
the hemorrhage brought them to a
realization of the rapiu progress of his j
disease and convinced them that a i
speedy separation was inevitable. It !
was then that they began to talk of
death. The subject was first suggested
last Monday. The bride insisted that t
she would rather face death than !
separation from her husband, and
after they had talked the matter over
for a time the undertaking did not
seem so terrible.
The decision was not finally reached
until Thursday morning, however, and
then Webb confessed that he was too
nervous to use the weapon. The young
wife at once volunteered to accom
plish the task herself. After tender
farewells had been said Mrs. Webb
pressed the revolver agaiust her hus
band's side and fired. Believing that
she had killed him, she then shot her
self four times, three bullets going
close to the heart and one entering the
head just behind her left ear.
The shots were heard by many, and
when the door of the room in the
Peddicord hotel, in which the tragedy
occurred, was forced open, Webb was
lying unconscious on the bed. his wife,
already dead, lying beside him with
her head pillowed on his arm. The
revolver lay near her hand.
Asked That He Be Allowed to Die.
The body of Mrs. Webb was removed
to another building. Webb was re
stored to consciousness and managed to
tell his story. He insisted upon knowing
the fate of his wife and when he learn
ed that she was dead, Webb asked that
no attempt be made to save him.
"I love her and want to be with her,"
he said.
Before lying down to die the two had
written, sealed and stamped three let
ters and had also written two open
notes. The letters were addressed to
Mrs. Webb's father, L. H. Waikup of
Fairfax, Mo.; her sister, Mrs. Robinson
of St. Joseph, and Mrs. Minnie Hart of
Tulsa, I. T., who was a friend o both
the husband and the wife. These letters
were placed in the postoffice without
being opened.
One of the notes was addressed to no
one and was as follows:
"We were married one week ago in
Topeka and love each other dearly, and
have decided to end it together.
'J. B. WEBB AND WIFE."
' The other note, which was addressed
"To the Landlady." read:
"Please notify my folks at St. Joe,
my father at Fairfax and W. L. Webb
of Edgerton.
"J. B. WEBB AND WIFE."
Webb Had a Draft for $200.
The property of the two was ca the
train ou which they started for Kan
sas City and went on to that place.
Webb had a draft on a Kansas .City
bank for 200. His relatives are said to
be In comfortable circumstances.
Line Drawn on Game Wardens.
Washington, Oct. 12. According to an
order just issued by the war clepartment
the fish and game laws of a state aw
not operative on a military reservation
over which the United States has ac
quired exclusive jurisdiction. The order
states that a warden of other state or
local officer, who persists in attempting
to enforce those laws within the limits
of such a reservation after having been
ordered to desist therefrom, should he
removed from the reservation.
All IDEAL DAY
For the Fourth Struggle Be
tween the Teams
Brings Out. Thousands Upon
Thousands to the Game.
OVATION FOR SOX.
Notwithstanding Halm's Broken
IS ose He Is Playing.
Browu for the Nationals and
Altrock for Americans. -
Chicago, Oct. 12. The fourth game of
the championship series between the
National and American leagues was
played today on the grounds of the lat
ter club before the largest crowd that
has as yet witnessed the contests.
The disagreeable weather of the past
four days gave way today to something
like normal October conditions and it
was possible to keep still for a few in
nings, without courting pneumonia. The
higher wind, too, that has been such an
unpleasant feature of the post season
games thus far, was absent and this
lent an added joy to the occasion.
It was believed before the games that
the pitchers would be the same as those
of the first game when Altrock of the
American league, team and Brown of
the Nationals were pitted against each
other.
Betting now is practically even money
on the series. The day was ideal for the
contest. The sun shone brilliantly and
the wind had lost its chill. Long before
il o'clock the enthusiasts began to form
in line at the various entrances all eager
to get the pick of the choice seats. Us
12'.ao o'clock, between 3,000 and 4,000 per
sons were on hand. As was the caso
yesterday the bleachers filled tip rh-m
and were congested before 1:30 o'clock
Ilahn, who had the bridge of his
nose broken in yesterday's game, was
out in uniform today and prepared to
take his place in right field.
The Americans appeared on the field
at I. o'clock and immediately got into
batting practice and such a rousing
reception given each man has never
been heard before in a baseball park.
Rohe Is suffering from a s-plir finger
on his throwing hand which gave, him
much pain. Davis was out in uniform
for the first time during the series. He
still complained of his sore back, but
said he would try to get back in the
game if possible. Manager Jones,
however, said he did not. believe he
would take Rohe out of the game even
though Davis did play. It was there
fore taken for granted that Rohe
might take TanrHhill's place.
The Nationals arrived at 1:30 and
were enthusiastically greeted.
At 2 o'clock the crowds outside the
gates were the greatest ever seen on
the south side. It was impossible to
get Ntreet cars through the throngs.
President Comiskey said he believed
20,000' persons were on hand by 3
o'clock.
The lineup and batting order is as
follows:
Nationals
Americans
Hahn, rf.
Jones, cf.
Isbell, 2b.
Tiavis, ss.
. Donahue, lb.
...Dougherty, If.
Rohe, 3b.
Sullivan, c.
Altrock, p.
Hoffman, cf
Sheckard. If
Schulte, rf .
Chance, lb
Steinfeldt. 3b...
Tinker, ss ..... .
Evers, 2b.; .,.!.;
K'ing, c
Brown, p.......
COiES OFF THE BALLOT
Name
of Socialist-Labor Candidate
Removed by Court.
St. Paul. Minn., Oct. 12. The su
preme court today ordered the name of
John W. Johnson of Minneapolis, Socialist-Labor
candidate for governor,
stricken from the official ballot.
The name of John W. Johnson was
added by petition which was filed last
Saturday just before the time for mak
ing nominations by filing petitions ex
pired. John A. Johnson, the present
governor, is a candidate for re-election
on the Democratic ticket. As
soon a John W. Johnson's name was
filed the Democratic state central com
mittee, claimed that the nomination of
John W. Johnson was irregular as
many names on the petition were
those who had already voted at the
primaries.
r.lOfIT PELEE ACTIVE.
Sends a Shower of Ashes Over Nearby
Islands. Basse Terre, Island of Guadeloupe, Oct.
1. A violent eruption yesterday of the
Mont Pelee volcano, Island of Martinique,
caused a rain of ashes over the south
eastern part of Guadeloupe. The Soufrere
volcano on this island shows no signs of
activitv.
St. Thomas. D. W. I., Oct. 12. From
October 6 to October 1" the atmosphere
here was thickly charged with fine vol
canic ashes, equalling in density any ob
served during the worst eruptions of Mt.
Pelee. which apparently is strongly dis
turbed. ANOTHER PLEASANT DAY.
The Weather Mai Says Tluit Tomor
row Will Be htill Warmer.
The temperature for today shows an
increase of ten degrees over thai of
yesterday. The maximum for today
up to press time was 7$ degrees. The
wind is very fierce today, blowing at
the rate of sixteen miles an hour. Be
hind the wind comes the warm
weather.
It will be much warmer ionight than
it was last night. Tomorrow will see
cioudy weather and threatening rain.
However, it is not expected that rain
will come. The warm weather will
continue all day an dthere will be a
slight drop towards evening.
The temperatures for today are as
follows:
7 o'clock 53'11 o'clock 70
S o'clock 57!12 o'clock 74
9 o'clock 2i 1 o'clock 76
10 o'clock 66' 2 o'clock 78
MAYBE DOUGLAS AGAIN
Former Governor Is Asked to Take
Place of Moran.
Boston. Oct. 12. A special to the Globe
from Portland. Ore., says:
Ex-Gov. w. L. Douglas, who is now in
Portland on a pleasure tour of the west,
may become the Democratic nominee for
the gubernatorial chair of Massachusetts.
Since he has been in Portland he has re
ceived word that John B. Moran. who re
ceived the Democratic and Independent
league and Prohibition nominations for
governor, will withdraw.
Mr. Douglas stands ready - to succeed
District Attorney Moran if he is satisfied
that the cause of Democracy and tarifT
revision in his state demands his return
to politics.
FEUD SLAVE PEN.
Subway Diggers in Philadelphia
Make a Discorery
At Depth of 100 Feet Below
Stephen Girard's House.
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 12. Subway
workmen, digging for the foundations
of the new tunnel station today, un
covered, at a depth of 100 feet, what
is plainly an old slave prison. The pen
is composed of narrow cells in three
tiers, with three foot corridors be
tween. Heavy iron bars covered the
windows and in each cell were man
acle supports.
Directly above the prison is the
house of the late Stephen Girard, an
eccentric rich man, who gave Girard
college to Philadelnhia. It has lnnr
been handed down in local history that
Girard drove a brisk slave trade and
that the basis of his s-isrnntie fortune
came from that source. The estate is
now estimated at several millions.
Girard came to Philadelphia in 1774.
In the war of of 1812 he made his his
torical loan to finance the country. Af
that be worked among the yellow fev
er victims in Philadelphia after nearly
every one else had fled the city. The
origin of his fortune has always been
a mystery.
The old Girard house is within half
a block of the Delaware river, from
which secret access would have been
easy.
John W. Jordan, librarian of the
Pennsylvania Historical society, said
that he had recently visited slave dun
geons under an old house in Elkton,
Md., which corresponded exactly to
those found today.
A curious circumstance connected
with the discovery is that for years a
legend of haunting has hung around
old Water street, betwpen Market ami
Arch. Stories of underground shrieks
chain rattling, blows and all the other
manifestations have been told. Houses
near tne old Girard plaee could not
be rented because of this.
SAUNA TOWN RCW.
Contest Over Creation of New Ward
Gets Into Court.
David H. Shields, mayor of Saiina,
Amos Godfrey, city clerk, and the
members of the city council today ap
pealed to the supreme court from the
decision of the lower court in the in
junction suit which was brought
against them in the name of the state
to prevent their pla nof calling an
election on August 16 under a new
division of the city inot wards.
Saiina was divided into four wards
by an ordinance enacted in 1879. Since
that time there was no change in the
ward boundaries up to July 16, 1906,
when by resolution the city- council at
tempted to create a new ward, to be
known as the Tihrd ward. On appli
cation of David Ritchie and others, the
attorney general allowed the name of
the state to be used in beginning in
junction proceedings to prevent the
holding of a special election called for
Auguast 16. The complainants won
their case and secured an injunction
in the lower court. The court held
that as only four members of the
council voted for the resolution it was
not lega'dy adopted by a majority vote,
and further that it is contrary to law
to create a ward by resolution.
ADJOURN FOR FUNERAL.
Counsel in Standard Oil Case Agree on
One Thing.
Findiay. O., Oct. 12. After a two
hours session today the trial of the farmers is one which the merchants de
Standard Oil company of Ohio, charg- j sire to cater to such an establishment
ed with conspiracy against trade was j would not only be popular with and
adjourned until Monday. The ad- appreciated by the farmers and thei:'
journment was agreed on between families but would also be of benefit tr
counsel out of respect to the memory j the business interests of the city,
of former Judge Burkett, whose fu-1 In most cities where places of thi
neral took place here this afternoon. ' sort have been put at the disposal of
The proceedings today consisted of the farmers the expense of creating
the taking of testimony of three wit-' them and operating them is born by
nesses summoned by the prosecution, the municipal authorities. Topeka's
By evidence of countv recorder title financial condition is such at the pres
was established in the Standard to a ent tlme ,nat tne city fathers would
certain lot in the citv of Findlav on probably hesitate a long time before
i which is located their local oil dis-
Itributing station for the local retail
trade. Oil Inspector Shaffer testified
that the oil sold at retail in this lo-
'.,iii x u, r.hfair,H th
Refining company at Lima. At Up-
per Sandusky also in his inspection
territory they received the oil from
greater
r part of the session, showing
lethod of purchasing crude oil
the met
from producers. He said that the oil
he purchased and paid for by beep's
checks was transferred to the order
of P. S. Trainor, of Oil City. Pa.
ANOTHER FOR KANSAS.
The Salt Trust AV111 EreH hii Addi
tional Plant.
New York. Oct. It. Official announce
ment ia made by President Fuller of the
International Salt company that the cor
poration has acquired a new process from
foreign interests for the manufacture of
salt and that the company has decided
upon the erection of eight plants, which
wiil be equipped with the new appa
ratus. Of these eight piants there are now
being constructed two in the western
part of New York state and one in Kan
was. As the result of this process the In
ternational Salt company, according to
Mr. Fuller, will be in a position to turn
out salt at a much lo-wer cot of production.
CITY II AS OriE HEED
Place of Best and Retirement
for Farmers' Families.
Should Be Adjunct to PnblU
Market or Exchange.
PLANS DEVELOPING.
Merchants Say Get Together
and Establish One.
Suggestion Made That Commer
cial Club Take.lt Cp.
A crying need in Topeka, one which,
will do much to make the city popu
lar with the great number of far
mers and their families, who find it
necessary to do business here, and
which will attract to the city maiiy
raore farmers, who now find it con
venient to trade elsewhere, is the es
tablishment of a sort of a farmers' ex
change or public market, similar ti
those with which many other cities iu
the country are equipped.
And a most important adjunct of
such an establishment, and on which
is particularly needed in Topeka, is a.
good substantial building in which can.
be fitted up rest rooms for the wives
and children of the farmers who come
j to town with them and need just such.
i Places to rest and fix up after a long
! and tiresome drive from their home
in the country. Under the present:
conditions there are practically no fa
cilities of this sort. in the city, unless
it is the hofels which could not be
patronized except at considerable ex
pense. Many farmers. with their
wives and families drive ten, twelv,
fifteen and even twenty miles in the
morning to reach the city to do their
week's trading, and there is actually
no place for the women and children
to go and rest up before starting on
their trips around to the stores.
During the past few months ther
have been many complaints from far
mers to merchants of a lack of such
a place in the city, and the merchants
have been told that many more far
mers would come to town oftener and
their wives would do more trading in
the city, and less with mail order
houses, if there was some place here
for them . to make their heaaquarters
while they are in town. A number of
I the mercantile houses have thought
, that it might be advisable to set
! apart- rooms in their stores for th
benefit of the farmers' wives nd
children, but sruch places -would hard
ly fill the bill. What the women of
the farm need and want is a central
ly located place wher-3 they can be
driven as soon as the city is reached
and where they can takt-a good re.,
brush the dust from fheir clothes and
fix up generally before starting
around to ihe stores.
A building with rooms for this pur-'
pose, on the site of a farmers" exchar.g"
or public -market could be made larg
enough so that the upper story could
be used as a hall by the farmers for
holding meetings of one sort or anoth
er. There are three granges in this
vicinity and a majority of the member?
of each' of them are generally in town
on the, same day and It would be con
venient for them to hold their meet
ings here. Then this hall could be used
for the holding of lectures for farmer'
on a variety of topics of Interest to
them, for which there would be no
trouble in making arrangements with
the professors of the State Agricul
tural college and the state officials who
look after the agricultural and horti
cultural interests of the state.
As to the scope of the farmers' ex
change, it could be made as large or
small as desired. At any rate them
ought to be lots of room for farmers
to stall their wagons and sell their
stuff direct to the- public if they care
to do so, and there ought to be facili
ties for them to auction oft such as
they might desire. They could be charg
ed a fee for stalling facilities or for
auctioneering privileges and the mon
ey so collected could be used towards
the support of the undertaking and
make it self-sustaining.
There is no doubt that an establish
ment of this kind would be most popu
lar with the farmers and their families,
and would attract any quantities ni
them to the city who are content to do
their trading in the smaller surround
ing town, and what they cannot buy
a tViocic nlofoo anmira l,rrttion
mail nrrier hnna. 4s the, frflo r,f h
tnp woura sec 881116 a ot mon
sufficient to provide such a place, al-
though the' sum needed ?;ould not
necessarily be large. It wou.d not b
necessary to buy a vacant plot of
ground suitable for the purpose. It
?p"J,d 1e rfnted for Ume b', 5 3""i
if the vnture Pved successful could
lt m wa without asking ai i
fh tt. nt, h y,.-. ,,-...
gested by soe ot the merchants tha
thls a marter which should be taker.
up and pushed to a conclusion by thi
Commercial ciuh.
One suggestion is that the Commer
cial club should form a stock company
for the purpose and sell sxock to the
merchants of the city. There is little
doubt that this stock would be taken
up in short order by the business men
as they are all alive to necessity for
such an establishment. In this way
each business man could invest an
amount of money in the venture which
would be proportionate to his business
interests and the drain on no one man
or firm would be heavy.
Machinists Win Strike.
Knoxville. Tenn., Oct. 12. Lo.al
Southern railway machinists and help
ers who went on strike at Coster shops
here last Monday, today received or
ders to return to work tomorrow. They
say they obtained the full concession
demanded, an increase of 25 centa p
day.