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LA.ST EDITION.
BANK MEN HERE.
Kansas Association Will Meet
This Evening.
Reception at the Y. M. C. A.
for Visitors.
LAKGEST ON KECOKD.
Feature Is Address of Charles
P. Treat, U. S. Treasurer.
This Will Be Given at Audi
torium Tuesday Evening.
The advance guard of those who are
to form the twentieth annual meeting of
the Kansas Bankers' association arrived
In the city today and preparations are,
being made for the largest gathering of
this kind ever held in the state. Not
only will Kansas bankers be present but
the profession will be represented by
delegates from nearly every state in the
union.
A reception will be held at the Y. M. C.
A. building this evening for the visiting
bankers and their ladies for which in
vitations have been Issued. This recep
tion will make the formal opening of the
convention and will be followed by an
address to the bank clerks of Topeka by
George E. Allen, secretary of the Amei
lcan Institute of Bank Clerks the same
evening in Gemmel Hall.
Following the opening session this
evening, morning, afternoon and even
ing meetings will be held Tuesday and
closing Wednesday evening with a ban
quet give by the Topeka bankers in the
auditorium. The directors of the Y. M.
C. A. have thrown open the building to
the visitors this evening and will pro
vide amusements of different kinds
while the mandolin club of the associa
tion will furnish the music for the oc
casion. The second meeting of the session will
be held Tuesday morning commencing
at 9:30 in representative hall when the
address of welcome will be delivered by
Charies K. Holliday. president of the
Commercial club. W. R. Stubbs, presi
dent of the Lawrence National bank,
will make the response which will be
followed by the address of President J.
W. Marley of the Oswego National
bank. John R. Lindburg, president of
the First National bank of Pittsburg
and treasurer of the association, will in
troduce the treasurer's printed report
with observations on the "Honors and
Emoluments of the Treasurer's Office."
W. W. Bowman will read the secre
tary's report with remarks along the
lln of the work of the office and a
general talk on the condition of the
association. Bank Commissioner John
Q. Roj-ce will deliver an address on
"A Model Bank from the Viewpoint of
the Department." J. C. Nicholson of
Newton under the title of "Acts of the
Legislature of 1907 of Interest to the
Banks" will discuss the laws made last
winter effecting the banks of the state.
The programme will be interspersed
w!th music and as a concluding num
ber every visiting member will be ex
pected to make a speech, sing a song
or tell a story and no exceptions are to
be made to the rule. After the con
clusion of the programme the presi
dent will announce the appointment of
his committees.
The programme for the remainder
of the week is as follows:
Tuesday afternoon. Representative
hall. 2 p. m. Voices from the groups.
fimiiTie 1, J. H. Cohen. Seneca: 2. W.
F. H97.Fr, Lawrence: 3. L. L. North-
rup. Iola; 4. G. H. Bernard. Glasco; 5,
Thomas Atkinson, Sterling; 6, P. G.
Walton. Anthony. By secretary of
committee. J. M. Harper, Conway
Snrines. "Progress in Currency Dis
cussion." W. A. Calderhead, member
of congress Fifth Kansas district;
"Bank Audits," Myron A. Waterman,
Bankers' Trust company, Kansas City,
Mo.; "Excess Loans," J. T. Bradley,
national bank examiner; "Panama,"
Charles F. Scott, member of congress
Second Kansas district.
Tuesday evening. Auditorium, 8 p.
m. Music. Pipe orzan. Prof. W. F.
Roehr; Marshall's band; "Glimpses of
the United States Treasury," Charles
H. Treat, treasurer of the United
States: music, Marshall's band.
Wednesday morning, representative
hall, 9:30 a. m. Invocation, Rev. F.
X. Lynch. D. D., pastor First M. E.
church, Topeka; "Bank Housekeep
ing," Mrs. M. C. Bennett, president
. National bank of Ness City; Sym
posium: "Kansas Her Educational
Progress." H. Hill, Emporia, president j
State Normal school; "Kansas Her i
Constitution and Her Laws," Hon.
Silas Porter. Topeka. justice supreme
court: "Plutocratic Kansas," Hon. E.
W. Hoch. Topeka, governor of Kan
sas; "A Bunch of Legal Questions,"
discussion led by C. C. K. Scoville,
president Citizens' State bank. Seneca;
address "The Institute and Its
Work." George E. Allen, secretary
American Institute Bank Clerks, New
York.
Wednesday afternoon, representa
tive hall, 2 p. m.: "Laws Which
Kansas Banks and Kansas Peo
ple Need." Hon. T. A. Noftzger,
state senator, Anthony; "The Com
mercial Value of Good Penmanship,"
Prof. L. H. Hausam, Hutchinson;
'The New Assessment and Taxation
Iaw," Hon. B. P. Waggener. Atch
ison. Class meeting, conducted by C.
L. Brokaw, cashier Commercial Na
tional bank. Kansas City.
Wednesday evening, banquet by To
peka bankers.
The big feature of the session will be
the address "Glimpses of the
United States Treasury," by Chas.
H. Treat, treasurer of the United
States. This meeting will be held in
the auditorium on Tuesday evening,
which will be thrown open and a cor
dial Invitation is extended to everybody
to be present. Marshall's entire band
will be present and furnish an hour's
program interspersed by music on the
pipe organ by Professor Roehr.
There are 923 banks In the state and
most of them will be represented at
the meeting and it is estimated that
there will be between six and seven
hundred bankers in the city, many of
them accompanied by their wives and
families.
""We expect this to be the largest
meeting of the kind ever held In the
state." said Secretary W. W. Bowman,
"and I have had advice Indicating that
nearly every state in the union will be
represented. There are a number of
representatives of New York banks In
the city who have made the trip to
MONDAY EVENING.
see how their line of business is tran
sacted in this part of the country.
"The fact that we are to have the
treasurer of the United States on the
program should fill the auditorium to
overflowing Tuesday evening for
the doors have been thrown open to
the citizens of Topeka and an invitation
extended to them to be present.
"This convention should bring at least
1,200 people to the city for the pro
gram which has been prepared is a
most Interesting one to bankers and
citizens alike. An invitation has been
extended to Dr. Norman Plass to be
present and bring all of the students
of Washburn college with him and a
like invitation has been extended to
the high school pupils through Su
perintendent L. D. Whittemore."
So far there has been but one
change on the program announced.
Congressman Charles F. Scott has no
tified the committee that he can not
be present to speak on "Panama." On
Tuesday afternoon the visitors will be
given an automobile ride about the city
and will visit Washburn college and
the Country club.
Many of the bankers are accompan
ied by their wives and daughters and a
reception will be tendered them Wed
nesday afternoon at the home of John
R. Mulvane.
ON A MUDDYTRACK.
The Great Brooklyn Handicap Will Bo
It mi Before 30,000 People.
New York, May 20. All avenues and
lanes lead today to Gravesend, where
the great Brooklyn handicap will be
run this afternoon for a purse of $20,
000. Fifteen of the best horses in train
ing are carded to face the starter In
the classic event over a course of a mile
and. a quarter. Thirty thousand people
are expected to witness the race.
A heavy rain last night and threat
ening weather today indicated a course
of heavy going. Early books today
showed no favorite for the race.
Light exercise gallops were given the
contestants in the early hours today
but the dockers who fringed the rail
took no time of this as the horses were
only put through light paces.
All the horses showed in good form,
though there will likely be one or two
scratches unless the track dries out.
The class of horses which will make
the bid for the ribbon this afternoon
are said by the trainers to equal or
excel the fields which have started in
the Brooklyn handicap races of the last
one or two years. All the horses have
been carefully trained and bookmakers
have made no favorites. As the race is
the first big mile and a quarter hand
cap of the year, the question of endur
ance is one difficult to calculate and
give the race today an element of in
creased doubt. The starters include
the best three years in training and
they meet horses of the older class who
have established their claims for
speed and endurance. It is the young
ster against the old campaigner today
in the Brooklyn handicap and the con
test Ja an open cne.
The entries with weights, probable
jockeys and owner are as follows:
Accountant 126 Knapp: J. B. Braddy.
Gobet ween 120 J. Martin; E. R.
Thomas.
Dandelion 118 Radtke; F. R. Hitch
cock. Tokalon 116 Booker: J. W. Fuller.
Nelon 114 W. Dogan; C. E. Durnell.
Flipflap 112 L. W'illiams; J. A. Ben
nett. Oxford 110 Shiling; J. McLaughlin.
Buttling 107 Notter; J. L. McGinnia
Salvidere 107 Koerner; T. Hitchcock,
Jr.
Beacon Light 100 Lloyd; H. Headley.
Sewell 97 Horner; Brownleigh, Park
stable.
Arctic 97 Preston; G. J. Long.
Superman 95 Miller; James R.Keene.
Beuclalre 94 Swain; J. Lemaire.
Blandy 111 Mountain; A. Belmont.
Race goers started for the track ear
ly today and long before the bugle
sounded for the first race there was a
large crowd filtering through the gates
of Gravesend track. Trolley cars were
packed and each incoming train on the
elevated and railroad lines added hun
dreds to the growing throng.
Despite the gloomy weather outlook,
a large attendance was promised.
Scores of, automobiles carrying large
parties fwept through Brooklyn Streets
hurrying to the race course.
PRAISE BUT NO PRIZE.
Armour's Team Attracts Much Atten
tion nt London Horse Show.
London. May 20. The team of big
gray draught horses which Deiong
to Armour & Co. of Chicago, which
have been attracting so much atten
tion among horsemen since their ar
rival In England, made their first ap
pearance at the 2 20th annual carthorse
show held in Recents park today.
The magnificent horses, which are
larger than the largest English horses,
with their brilliantly mounted harness
and Immense truck, more 'common In
the United States than here, were the
center of attraction and the means of
instilling more interest In the show
than has been displayed for some
years.
There were 960 entries -for the
prizes offered for the best turnouts of
various descriptions of horses used
for delivery purposes. The Armour
string did not compete for any of the
prizes for which only London horses
were eligible, but won praise when
they passed before the judges.
twenty-six Injured
Passenger Train on the Georgia Cen
. tral Is Wrecked.
Macon, Ga.. May 20. A passenger
train on the Central of Georgia railway
was wrecked today at Hillsboro, 35 miles
north of Macon. Twenty-six persons
were Injured, none fatally. Two coaches
were overturned.
Demand 10 Per Cent Advance.
Providence, R. I., May 20. A re
quest for an advance of 10 per cent in
wages to take effect next Monday,
will be served at once upon all mill
owners in Rhode Island who have not
already signified their intention of
following the lead of Fall River and
New Bedford in advancing the wages
of the textile operatives. This action
was voted yesterday at the annual
meeting of the Rhode Island Mule
Spinners' association, held In Paw
tucket. The proposed advance, . al
though asked by the mule spinners as
an organization, was requested for all
textile operatives, weavers, loom fix
ers and slasher tenders as well as the
spinners.
JURY INJIGHT.
Prosecution in the Haywood
Case Is Satisfied
With Those Jurors That Are
Now in the Box.
SIX CHALLENGES LEFT
But the Defense May Not
Exercise Them.
Gen. Bulkeley Wells Arrives to
Testify at Trial.
Boise, Idaho, May 20. After a
quiet Sunday intermission the trial of
William D. Haywood, charged with
the murder of Frank Stuenenberg,
opened this morning- for the eighth
day of the jury getting. According
to latest reports the prosecution will
not exhaust any more of its challenges
on the talesmen now in the box and
while the defense, with six peremp
tory challenges in reserve may re
move one or two more from the box
as it at present stands, there is some
prospect that the peremptory chal
lenges on both sides are about over. If
these reports are true there is a pos
sibility of securing a jury without
having recourse to a new venire.
Among the witnesses who arrived
late last evening was General Bulke
ley Wells, who has been a pictur
esque figure connected with the story
of the difficulties between the West
ern Federation of Miners and the
mine owners' organization. He is a
wealthy mine owner himself and it
was at his mine the Smuggler Union
mine of Telluride. Col. that Arthur
Collins, the manager, was killed dur
ing the latest trouble in that state.
General Wells, since that time, has
ben unremitting in his determination
to hunt down the men concerned in
the assassination of Collins. He was
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brought Haywood and Pettibone from
Colorado to Idaho at the time they
were arrested in Denver under extra
dition warrants. He will be one of the
witnesses for the state when the case
opens.
The Proceedings.
There was a scant attendance of spec-
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morning, and the court took up the
worn or niung me vacancy t i iii-u
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lenge. The Haywood family was ab
sent. A number of witnesses. Including
Bulkley Wells of Colorado, were in the
court room. The prisoner sat close to
his counsel and frequently consulted
with them as to tne talesmen uimcr ei-
When today's court session opened
clarence . uarruw iui wir ucicuc . - -. .
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Cleroq. a rancher who was called Into
seat No. 5 In the jury box just before
court adjourned last Saturday. After a
long examination uecieroq uei-micu
that his mind was pretty well made up.
He was excused.
Nearly half an hour was consumed in
tv. &Tamtnatinn nf the next talesman.
Georee W. Masters, a rancher, who
came to Idaho from Kansas. He finally
asserted that the opinion, which at first
he had stated was not a fixed one, would
require strong evidence to remove. He
said he had read the socialistic papers
rohih Via hin nut in his mail box for
several months past. Because of his
opinion Masters was challenged by both
sides and stepped down.
Frank Marcellus, a rancher, originally
from Illinois, was excused by consent
after he stated that he had some preju
dice against circumstantial evidence and
T .3 on iiTimm 1 ifipd OTlinion.
George Powell, also a rancher and a
native of Kansas, finally proved accept
able to both sides and took his place as
juror No. 5. Mr. Powell said he had
neither opinion nor prejudice in the
matter. He is about 60 years of age
with grizzled beard.
The defense then was called upon to
exercise its nrtn peremptory mnicn.
It was aireeiea against juncn
George Fletcher, president of a local
i tha flpt talesman called to
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replace Chlnn. He said he-had a very
strong opinion and was quickly excused.
Frank Gess. a farmer and stock raiser,
declared an opinion as strong as the
preceding talesman and was also allow-
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against capital punishment, and Sumner
Dee, a merchant, naa exprceu iuu
strong an opinion.
The next man up for examination was
Forest See, rancher ana biock grower.
TTi. i nroo flron Me stenned aside.
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Crawford Moore, another banker, was
quickly challenged for bias. Lee Scrive
ner a farmer, was called into the box
as the luncneon aajuunuurui uum v
m., was ordered.
SAYSlFS A FARCE.
Sherman Bell Declares Trial of Min
crs' Officials In Idaho Is Unfair.
Denver. Col.. May 20. General
Sherman M. Bell, who commanded the
state troops In the trouble with the
Cripple Creek miners under the ad
ministration of Governor Peabody, has
not been called by either side in the
Ham-nod trial at Boise, though he
knows much of the inside history of
the Western Federation oi fliiners.
"T shall not appear as a witness,"
said General Bell, "except of my own
volition, but if any attempt to job the
prisoners is made, or any attempt to
us.? me as a tool by either the Western
Federation of Miners or the mine
owners. I give notice now that I shall
take a hand.
"Why should they try these men In
Idaho? During the troubles here and
before the murder of Stuenenberg
there were seventy-five persons killed
in Colorado; and yet they take men
from Colorado to Idaho to try them
for crimes committed in Colorado.
Why don't they try them here? Is it
because they are afraid?
"The whole thing is a farce. It is
unfair and un-American. I detest the
principles of Moyer and Haywood, but
I think they should get a square deal,
and you take men from a state where
the alleged crimes were committed to
a place supposedly hostile to them in
another state, I don't call it a square
deal."
TOPEKA, KANSAS, IAY
RADICALS STAYED AWAY.
While Russian House Discussed Plot to
Kill the Czar.
St. Petersburg. May 20. Before to
day's session of the lower house of
parliament, from which all the radical
renresentatlves were conspicuously ab
sent Premier Stolypin made a formal
announcement of the discovery of a
plot to kill the emperor. Grand Duke
Nicholas and himself, and a resolution
expressing the great Joy of the house
at his majesty's escape from the dan
ger and deep satisfaction tnar. me
criminal conspiracy was so fortunately
frustrated was unanimously adopted.
The social Democrats, social revolu
tionists, part of the" group of toil and
others were absent from the house
when the resolution was presented and
adopted.
SCHMITZ ARRAIGNED
Beginning of Trial Is Postponed tn-
til Tuesday.
San Francisco. May 20. Mayor
Eugene Schmitz appeared for trial to
day in Judge Dunne's court on five
grand jury charges of extortion from
local keepers of rencn restaurants.
Rv reouest of the prosecution the
hearing was delayed one day in order
that counter arnaavus may oe pic
pared against Schmitz's motion for a
change of trial judge.
Assistant District Attorney neney
created a surprise by announcing that
the state has no present intention oi
asking the court to take the mayor in
to custody pending hia trial. Schmitz
is at liberty under nve Dan Donas ag
gregating $50,000.
The mayor, accompanied by his
counsel, took a seat between the coun
sel table and the table reserved tor
the newspaper men. He looked pale
and glum. Rudolph SprecKels, Elisor
Biesv and Special Agent .tsurns won
seats near the counsel table. The
room was crowded, even the aisie
spaces being filled. 7
Before taking up ine senmuz near
ing Judge Dunne continued by consent
for 30 days the case of perjury against
Chief of Police Dinan and the cases of
conspiracy against Dinan and Abra
ham Ruef.
When Judge Dunne called tne
Schmitz case his attorneys announced
that the defendant was ready for trial.
District Attorney Langdon stated
that on Saturday -night last the de
fense had served on him a notice, or a
motion for a change of trial : judges
with copies of affidavit in support of
the assertion that Judge Dunne is bias
ed and prejudiced against Schmitz. Mr.
Langdon asked that the case go over
until Tuesday to give the prosecution
time to prepare counter affidavits.
Mr. Campbell asked that the district
attorney serve him with copies of the
counter affidavits during the day and
this was agreed to. ."The assistant dis
trict attorney set the -defense at ease
by making the foTWwing statement:
In view of unautnortzea statements
in the local press and on account of
the understanding that may have been
assumed from them by the defense I
desire to say that at this time the state
has no present intention of asking the
court to order the defendant into cus
tody pending his trial." ,
Adjournment was thereupon taken.
Mayor Schmitz, accompanied by two
of his attorneys, left the court room
immediately, elbowing his way
through the crowds to his automobile,
which stood at the curb on Wrebster
street. He was watched, curiously, out
of sight.
TO AVOID THE FIGHT.
Chairman of Presbyterian Temperance
Committee Makes Unusual Slove.
Columbus. O., May 20. On high au
thority it is stated that Dr. Henry K.
Dosker, chairman of the standing com
mittee on temperance in the Presbyter
ian general assembly, has determined
upon an unusual move In hope of keep
ing out of the fight now on. He will
some time today return the overture re
ferred to his- committee, back to the
committee on bills and overtures. The
overture which is causing the row de
clares to the effect that the church fed
eration on temperance should be con
demned, and recommended that the
church give hearty support to the anti
saloon league.
' Dr. Dosker's action is being criticized
by many commissioners. The question
is scheduled to come up next Friday.
The most important report today was
that of the committee on administrative
agencies, to whom were referred at the
last assembly the overtures oi in
synods and Presbyteries asking that
consideration be given to the advisabili
ty of consolidating the church boards.
On this topic the committee simply re
ports progress, asks to bd continued and
advises against commencing by consoli
dating any two or more of the boards,
advising if action be taken it cover all
boards at once. The committee report
ed at length on the improvement of ex
ecutive oversight and direction.
The committee deplores the fact that
the church unit itself is the only unit
thoroughly organized. It advises giving
Presbyteries and synods the power to
appoint executive commissions with ad
ministrative powers only, of which the
moderator of the respective synods and
Presbyteries shall be the head. It ad
vises a similar committee for the assem
bly to act as a sort of directory coun
sel for the moderator and which may
be given the work of some special com
mittee. The counsel, it advises, should
be composed of the moderator and the
two presiding ex-moderators and three
classes of four men each, one class to
retire each year. It advises also that
the terms of all synodical and Presby
tery moderators be made one year. The
board of missions of freedmen made its
report today.
Fatherland Labor League Formed.
Hamburg. May 20. The Fatherland
Labor league, consisting of 37 labor
unions from all parts of the empire,
was organized here yesterday for the
purpose of "combatting the errors of so
cial democracy and its terrorism in
business and politics." Telegrams ex
pressing warm sympathy with the ob
jects of the league were received from
Emperor William- and the Imperial
chancellor. Prince von Buelow.
Mediation r-t Kvansville.
Evansville, Ind., May 20. State
Labor Commissioner Woerner today
arranged for a conference this after
noon between the strikers and repre
sentatives of the company, the men to
appear as individual employes and not
as members of an organization.
20, 1907.
1RS. GOULD SUES
Howard Gould's Wife Asks for
Divorce and Alimony.
The Pair Have Lived Apart for
Eight Months Past.
ALLOWAXCETOOSMALL
She Receives Only $5,000
Month to Live Upon.
New York Police Department
Involved in the Case.
New Tork, May 20. Differences of
long standing between Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Gould culminated today in
the service of a summons and com
plaint in suit begun by Mrs. Gould in
the supreme court for a limited di
vorce. Clarence J. Shearn is Mrs.
Gould's attorney in the suit. De
Lancey Nicoll, as Mr. Gould's repre
sentative, accepted service of the pa
pers. Mrs. Gould seeks a decree of
separation on the ground of abandon
ment, and does not make any sensa
tional allegations in her complaint.
It is probable that the main legal
contest will be on the question of ali
mony. Since Mr. Gould has lived
apart from his wife he has given her
$5,000 a monin ior ner raanneuaiitc.
She asserts that this sum is inade
quate, and that her husband's income
is sufficient to justify him in paying
her twice as much. It is said that
members of the Gould family held a
council to discuss the question wheth
er Howard Gould should pay her
$120,000 or even $100,000 a year and
that their decision was that her de
mands were excessive.
First Fight Over Money.
In the litigation the first move will
probably be a motion for alimony and
counsel fees, ana unless some agree
ment is reached in the meantime this
application will be sent to a referee,
who will determine how much should
be paid pending the final adjudica
tion or tne case.
iwr. and Mrs. Gould . were married
at the Holland House, in this city, Oct.
12,1898. She was an actress, ana was
known by the stage name of Kath
erine Clemmons. Before she met Mr.
Gould she had appeared as a star with
the financial backing of Colonel Wil
liam F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), who lost
a great deal of money in the venture.
Mr Gould's courtship attracted con
siderable interest, as it was generally
believed that his marriage might in
volve a sacrifice of $5,000,000.
Under the terms of Jay Gould's will
tt nnv nne nf his children married with
out the approval of the rest of the
family, that child was to forfeit one
half of his interest in the estate. At
the outset Howard Gould's brothers
and sisters were opposed to his union
with Miss Clemmons, but they finally
gave their consent. . George J. Gould,
the elder brother, was one of the guests
a tva wrlrtinsr and there was no inter
ference with Howard's fortune, then
estimated at $10,000,000.
Hobnob With Royalty.
Mr. and Mrs. Gould passed their hon
eymoon on their yacht, the Niagara,
where thev have since entertained many
notable persons. - Emperor William . of
Germany visited them on the Niagara
at Kiel: King Oscar of Sweden had
lunch on the yacht and Grand Duke
Alexis of Russia was another of their
guests. After living for a time at 29
West Fifty-seventh street, Mr. and
Mrs Howard Gould moved to Sands
Point L. I., where Mr. Gould had pur
chased a large estate, and they erected
one of the most imposing country
houses in the neighborhood of New
Tork. They separated about eight
months ago and Mrs. Gould is at the
St Regis hotel, while her husband is
at" the Waldorf-Astoria. Their friends
hoped for a reconciliation until recent
ly when their affairs took a turn that
seemed to preclude the chance of
Mrs' Gould has complained that she
has been surrounded by spies and that
she could not take a step outdoors
without being followed. This- was one
of her greatest grievances until a man
with a criminal record and known to
the police as "Big Bill" Hawley began
an action against Delancey Nicoll for
services!. Mrs. Gould was led to believe
that her husband had conspired witn
Hawley and others in- an attempt to
injure her reputation. Then, as no
agreement had been reached in regard
t monev matters, she instructed her
lawyer to sue for separation.
Causes Police Shake-Up.
The efforts of enemies of Mrs. Gould
to use the city detective department
in spying out her past life so that her
husband might And evidence on which
to combat her suit ror divorce ma rair
to cause a big ehake-up in the police
department.
Police Commissioner Bingham an
nounced today that there would be
things doing, and his announcement
proved such a shock to Captain Wil
liam McLaughlin that that official Im
mediately took to his bed. He had
been ordered to appear at police head
quarters today and explain his actions
in connection with the Gould case, but
he sent word that he was too 111 to
leave the shelter of his home. The
tone of his letter indicated that it
might be some time before he recov
ered. . .
Commissioner Bingham sent Cap
tain McLaughlin a letter last night.
The messenger demanded a receipt
for the communication and Captain
McLaughlin gave it. His note repre
senting himself as ill and asking for
sick leave was received at headquar
ters at 7 o'clock this morning.
Makes Sure of Receipt.
The commissioner was asked if it
was usual to demand a receipt from a
police officer for a communication
from headquarters. He said it was in
special cases where the commission
er wanted to be sure that one of his
subordinates received a letter or an
order. During the illness of Captain
McLaughlin the investigation will
proceed under trie direction of Third
Deputy Commissioner Hansen.
Tt is reported that a former high
official of the police department who
retired some years ago is the man
who enlisted the aid of Captain Mc
Laughlin, Lieutenant Peabody and
others in the detective bureau in the
work of ferreting out Mrs. Gould's
past life. .
The old official, it is alleged, has
never hesitated to admit that he owed
almost all he had to Jay Gould's pat
ronage, and on at least one occasion
he exerted his all-powerful police In
fluence to save George J. Gould from
a situation that promised serious em
barrassment. George Gould, it is well-known to
his friends, was most bitterly opposed
to the marriage of his brother and
Miss Clemmons, consequently when it
became desirable to "get something"
on the former actress the elder Gould
was sought out and suggested to Cap
tain McLaughlin that the authority
that goes with a department detec
tive's badge might aid materially in
the fine-tooth combing of the New
York tenderloin.
Commissioner Bingham In his In
vestigation has already learned, he as
serts, of how McLaughlin, then in
charge of the central office detective
bureau, plotted to meet Mrs. ' Gould
and draw her into a trap.
Col. W. F. Cody, (Buffalo BUI) it Is
alleged, was offered $25,000 to tell
what he knew of Mrs. Gould's past life
but indignantly spurned the proposi
tion and enlisted on the side of his
former protege.
MONOPOLY IN OIL
Commissioner Smith Shows
Existed for 35 Years.
It Has
Washington, May 20. That the his
tory and present operation of the
Standard. Oil Interest "show through
out the past thirty-five years a sub
stantial monopolization of the petro
leum industry of the country, a delib
erate destruction of competition and a
consequent control of that Industry by
less than a dozen men. who have reap
ed enormous profits therefrom," large
ly through abuse of transportation
facilities, is charged in a report Just
submitted to President Roosevelt by
Commissioner of Corporations Herbert
Knox Smith.
Part one of the report was made
public today and other "part will fol
low. Certain information acquired is
withheld for the present, in accordance
with instructions of the president, who
feels that their publication might in
terfere with the prosecution or the
government's suits pending against the
Standard Oil Company, and its sub
sidiary companies. The report con
tains the net results of a study of the
petroleum business during the year
1904.
It Is the first statement of the oper
ations and methods of the Standard
Oil company, by which, the report
states, through "scandalous railway
discriminations" and other unlawful
devices, thev have secured and mam
tained an "exclusive domination of the
petroleum industry."
Flagrant Abuses Alleged.
It Is stated that in 1904 the Stand
ard and affiliated concerns "refined
over 84 per cent of the crude oil run
through refineries: produced more
than 86 ner cent of the country's total
output of illuminating oil; and trans
ported through pipe lines nearly nine
tenths of the crude oil of the older
fields and 98 per cent of the crude oil
of the midcontlnent fields."
After the railroad rebate was aban
doned, the company, the report con
tinues, -was able to "establish a system
of secret, or open discriminations of
rates in its favor throughout practical
ly the entire country. Having estab
lished Its monopoly of the pipe line
business, the company substantially
rafnw3 tn act as a common carrier."
It is shown that the Standard con
trols not only the wholesale, but also
the-retail trade In oil.
In conclusion, the report says It Is
apparent that the dominating position
of the Standard Oil-company, in the
oil industry has largely been secured
bv the abuse of- transportation facili
ties first, by flagrant discriminations
obtained from railroads; second, by a
refusal to operate Its pipe line system
so as to extend to Independent inter
ests the benefits to which they were
both morally and legally entitled,
while at the same time the Standard
has prevented such independent inter
ests from constructing lines of their
own.
PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.
Only Remedy Is to Pick Them Off
Xight and Morning.
Washington, May 20. The bureau
of entomology today issued a warning
to the people of western Missouri ana
Eastern Kansas of the certain return
next month of the locusts which did
so much damage to shade three last
vear L O. Howard, chief entomolo
gist 'savs the broods this year will be
the 'largest yet, and unless combatted
will do untold damage to shade trees
and young orchards.
"Ordinary repellant substances, such
as kerosene emulsion or carbolic acid
solutions seem to have very little effect
on these insects," he says. "However,
craved with Bordeaux mixture
nm. -crash are aDt to be avoided by
cicada. The most reliable means of
protecting nurseries and young or
chards is by collecting the Insects in
bags or umbrellas from the trees early
In the morning or late in the evening,
each day."
KANSAS GIRL HONORED.
Only Woman In the World to Attend
The Hague Conference.
Washington, May 20. Because of her
knowledge of international law and
precedents. Miss Margaret A. Hanna, a
Salina, Kan., fcirl, has been selected to
accompany the delegates of the United
States to the second nague tuuterenic
this summer. She is the only woman
in the world so honored.
Miss Hanna is known, in Washington
as a woman diplomat, and is said to
be as well pofted on international af
fairs as Secretary of State Root him
self For several years she has been
private secretary to Second Assistant
Secretary of State Adee. She is the
daughter of E. P. Hanna, solicitor in
the office of the Judge advocate general
of the navy.
Indians Quit the Grounds.
Mayetta, Kan., May 20. The May
etta team won a forfeited game, 9 to
0 from the Pottawatomie Indians
Sunday, May 19th, by them leaving
the grounds in the sixth inning. The
score at time was 6 to 7. in favor of
Mayetta.
Panic at cliool Commencement.
Fort Gibson, I. T-, May 20. Three
negroes are dead and fifteen seriously
Injured as a result of the panic in the
opera house at midnight last night,
started by Hayes Thompson overturn
ing a lamp during the graduating ex
ercises of the negro schools.
SPRINGASURPRISE
Dark Horse Wins Secretaryship
of Tax Commission.
John Smith, Hoch's Executive
Clerk, the Man,
TOOK MANY BALLOTS.
Reported That Each Member
Had a Candidate.
Trouble About Securing Loca
tion for the Commission.
John Smith of Marion, executive cleric
l: the office of Governor B. W. Hoch,
was on . Saturday afternoon elected
secretary of the state tax commission at
a salary of $2,000 a year.
r.mith was a compromise candidate,
elected on the twefth ballot. Each of
the members of the tax commission
voted for a different man. 8. C. CTum
nier was for D. Y. Wilson of Belleville.
Samuel T. Howe was for James E. Lari
mer of Topeka. James Humphrey was
for Henry Jacobs of Abilene. There wu
no change in the first eleven ballots.
Then the commissioners came to the
conclusion that they would have to take
a compromise, and John Smith was se
lected. Smith was strongly endorsed by
Governor Hoch, and Hoch's endorse
ment went a long ways with the com
missioners, whom he had appointed, and
who were holding their meeting In the
governor's office.
As the State Journal announced would
be done on Saturday, Clarence Smith of
Topeka. was elected clerk of the com
mission, at a salary of $1,200. These ap
pointments are both for four years, and
become effective July 1.
John Smith, the new secretary, is at
present Governor Hoch's executive clerk.
He has held that position since Hoch
was elected governor with the exception
of a short time when he acted as private
secretary. He is from the governor'a
home town. Smith has lived in Marion
county for twenty years. He was for a
time principal of the Hillsboro schools
and afterwards taught In the Marlon
city schools. He has also at intervals
edited Governor Hoch's paper, the Mar
ion Record.
"He was a very successful teacher,'
says Governor Hoch, -"and Is fully com- -
petent to handle the afTalrs or tne new
office. He can do a number of things
you Topeka people know nothing about.
He can write and he can make an ex
cellent speech. Above all, he Is cour
teous, conscientious and modest. He Is
the kind of man that makes an excellent
official." '
Room Fight Not Settled.
The partial determination of the ex
ecutive council to use the Academy of
Science rooms for the tax commission
is meeting with a good deal of oppo
sition, both from the academy and
from the tax commission. There is a
marble floor in the main room of the
Academy of Science, as that room' was
built and Intended for a public mu
seum. It is the only'room in the west
wing which has a marble floor. But
if the tax commission moves In there,
this floor will have to be carpeted, and
this will cost $500. It will also be nec
essary to build some partitions
through this large room, which will In
volve more expense, and with all these
changes, there is no vault for the stor
age of documents in these rooms. The
tax commission would either have to
get along without a vault, or there
would be the heavy expense of build
ing in a vault.
The expense of moving the Academy
of Science collections to the top floor
would also be large, both on account
of the size of the collection, which in
cludes practically all the Kansas min
eral display at the St. Louis exposition,
but also on account of the expense of
providing shelving for the library of
the academy, which consists of about
8,000 volumes. v
Members of the academy, including
some of the leading scientific men of
the state, are expecting to meet with
the members of the executive council
today, and protest against the removal
of the academy collection and library
to new quarters.
The tax commission wants the exe
cutive council to give it the rooms now
occupied by the travelling libraries
commission, and it Is possible that new
quarters may be found for the travel
ling libraries, and the tax commis
sioners given these rooms.
RIFLE CONTEST.
Carried on on Oppolte Sides
Continent.
of the
Annapolis, Md., May 20. A rifle
team of ten men representing the ca
det corps of St. Johns military college,
Annapolis, Is today engaged in a match
at the Maryland militia range at Glen
burnie, about fifteen miles from this
city, against opponents who are shoot
ing over the national guard rifle range
of California- Their adversaries are
the members of a ten-man team from
the University of California. The
match will be shot on the two state
ranges clear across the continent from
each other but the scores will be close
ly kept by neutral referees and ex
changed by mail.
PAT CROWE ON TRIAL.
Must
Answer for Crime Charged
Against Him In 1905.
Council Bluffs. Ia., May 20. Pat
Crowe, the kidnaper, was this morn
ing placed on trial on a charge of
holding up and robbing two street cars
on the night of July 4, 1905.
Crowe, together with another man,
was Indicted while he was on trial in
Omaha for the kidnaping of Eddie
Cudahy. The cars robbed were on the
Lake Manawa Una of the Omaha and
Council Bluffs street car system.
Seventy dollars was secured. Crow
has pleaded not guilty to the Indict
ment. Weather Indications.
Chicago. May 20. Forecast for
Kansas: Partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; warmer tonight and In east
portion Tuesday.