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r EVERYBODY 12 PAGES READ IT EVERYBODY 12 PAGES NEEDS IT LAST EDITION- THURSDAY EVENING- TOPEKA KANSAS- FEBRUARY 20, 1913- THURSDAY EVENING TWO CENTS 'FIVE CENTS IT IS UNCERTAIN. The Future of Madero, Ex President of Mexico. Will lie Share Fate of Brother, Gustavol WIFE WAITED AT THE TRAIN. And Wept When Orders Came That Madero Be Held. Zapata and Gomez Leaders Re fuse to Accept Huerta. Mexico City. Feb. 20. The Mexican capital was in a state of uncertainty this morning- in regard to the fate of the heads of the old administration. General Huerta's order preventing- the departure of Francisco Madero gave "rise to many rumors. Meanwhile the attitude of Zapata and Gomez leaders of the southern and northern rebels Is occasioning anxiety. Tfce closest es timates obtainable of the casualties during the fighting in the streets shows that about 3.000 persons were killed and 7.000 wounded. These are not government figures nor will the government be able to make any re liable calculation. In most cases no official records were made of the bodies which were gathered up, carted to open spaces out side the city and burned. Xumerous instances are known in which whole families were wiped out by exploding shells or by the fire of machine guns. The great majority of the dead were non-combatants, includ ing a large proportion of women and children. Estimates as to the loss of property are necessarily inaccurate. There is no doubt that the damage amounts to many millions. The families of those who stood high in favor with Madero, fearing retalia tion, have fled. Among them are the members of the Madero family. The wife of the ex-president has gone no further than their ranch near the Atzeapotzalco suburb but the other members of the family are suposed to be at Vera Crux. It was said the ex-president -was to be deported from Vera Cruz, much as Porfirio Diaz was sent away, and that this exile was to be a substitute for a tri:il for the murder of 'Colonel Riverol. whom he was accused of kill ing at the time of his arrest in the na tional palace. The formal accusation was made against him by Attorney Carlos Salinas before the attorney gen eral of the republic and it was declar ed the charge was to be left pending should he attempt to return to the re public. Many Adjudge Madero Tnsane. Another report was that the govern ment was considering the advisability of bringing him before a lunacy com mission. . Humors that all was not going well between General Huerta and Felix Diaz, were discounted today by the fact that the two held frequent con ferences regarding the conduct of af fairs and often addressed each other by their first names. Ambassador Wilson who has taken such a keen interest in the establish ment of the new administration, was in conference with both General Huerta and Diaz and was made the recipient of frank confidences by both. The cabinet at first agreed upon by Huerta and Diaz was confirmed in all respects except in connection with the ministry of finance in which Ksquival Obregon was substituted for Carlos G. Deeosio. The names for the portfolio were sug gested partly by Diaz and partly by Huerta. Apparently none of those close ly connected with the new adminis tration fear any untoward occurrences. The senate appears to be In thorough accord with the new government but there is no such hearty co-operation from the deputies. Many of the depu ties belong to the modern radical school of politicians and are inclined to look upon General Huerta and his govern ment with considerable suspicion. Notice of the Abdication. The wording of the joint resignation of Francisco Madero and Joe Pino Suafez was made public today. It is in marked contrast to the usual verbose documents written in such cases. It says: "In view of the events which have occurred from first to last in the na tion and for the greater peace of our country, we make this formal resig nation of our posts of president and vice president." The new administration is utilizing practically all the old machinery of government, although numerous offi cers were removed temporarily from their posts. .Among those were the chiefs of the department whom the sec retary of war placed under nominal arrest but released after a brief deten tion. Zapata Will Oppose Huerta. The activity of the followers of Za pata has been turned against the new administration, a small force of rebels was reported today In the neighbor hood of the capital and government troops were sent out against them. An unconfirmed dispatch says that Cuernavaca has fallen into Zapata's hands. Diaz Denies Responsibility. Felix Diaz today denied responsi bility for the execution of Gustavo Madero and Adolfo Basso, superin tendent of the national palace. The official report on the death of Madero says: "He was being removed from one part of the arsenal to another when he made a dash for liberty. The officers in charge fired at him and killed him." Basso, an old man, was killed inside the rebel lines. The death of Gustavo Madero is still a chief topic of conversation among the populace. Many people to day sought for souvenirs of the dead politician and one person paid $2 5 for a fragment of his eye glass. Juan Sanchez Azcona. private secre tary of Francisco Madero, and Jesus T'rueta. Madero's chief supporter in the chamber of deputies, were added to the list of prisoners yesterday. They had escaped from the city in an auto mobile during the upheaval at the na tional palace but were captured be tween here and the coast. A telegram was sent today to the Paris residence of Porfirio Diaz, the former dictator, by Felix Diaz, his nephew, and Gen eral Huerta, the new provisional presi dent, in which the aged general was Informed: "You have been avenged against your former enemy." Mexico City, Feb. 20. The fate .of Francisco I. Madero, the deposed presi dent of Mexico was still in the bal ance this morning. Preparations 1-ad been made at midnight for his depart ure with the members of his family in to exile, "out these were suddenly halted by mysterious orders from General Huerta. The ex-president therefore at daybreak, was still in the capital. Senora Madero and the ex-president's two sisters and his aged father, to gether with the family of ex-Vice Pres ident Suarez waited at the station ready to depart for Vera Cruz and thence for Kurope. But at the hour which had been fixed for departure congress was still in session discussing the situation. Senora Madero and the rest of her party of exiles had waited impatiently for more than two hours when they were informed by Ex-Foreign Minister Lascurain that the ex- president "would be prevented from joining them on their journey." (Continued on Page Two.) SHOT ASJE RAN. Gustavo Madero Begged Pit eously for His Life. Most Hated Man in Mexico Clever Grafter. Mexico City, Feb. 20. When Gustavo Madero was told that he would be exe cuted he was in a terrible fright. He begged piteously for his life and tried to bribe his guards by promising un told wealth to them if they would per mit him to escape. Finally when he was being led to the wr.ll against which he was to stand he fell on his knees and wept and pleaded for his life. Suddenly he jumped up and ran in an attempt to gain his freedom, but before he had taken many steps he was brought down by eighteen pistol shits hitting him, making 36 wounds. The body now lies on a couch in the arsenal where it has been viewed by hundreds. The "Ley i"el fuego" is a pleasant old Mexican custom of taking a prisoner from one place to another and killing him on the way, the report being made that the prisoner attempted to escape. It is an easy way of execution without the process of law and thousands have been put away by this route. Mexico's Most Hated Man. New York. Feb. 20. When Gustavo Madero. brother of the deposed and imprisoned Francisco,' was shot dead in the arsenal at Mexico City at a mo ment when he turned his back to his guard, the "most hated man in Mexico" met the fate that has long been pre dicted for him.' Gustavo MaCero was universally re garded as the arch grafter of Mexico. He possessed a large share of the for tune of the Madero family, estimated at $75,000,000. but his portion of this es tate was said to be only a tithe of what he stole from the country's treasury. He was undeniably the directing power of the Madero administration, but even to his brother Francisco, the poet and idealist, he was accused of being a false counsellor. Gustavo's name had often been mentioned in connection with graver crimes than misdirecting the fi nances of his country to his own bene fit and he had often been threatened with death. He Lined His Own Pockets. Madero was a popular figure in New York and Washington while Francisco was getting his revolution under way in the state of Chihuahua two years ago. His good looks, fine education and lavish entertainments won him popu larity in the society of both cities. ' ut while in New York he was suspected of playing a double game. Here for the purpose of financing his brother's revo lution, he was said to have taken full advantage of the opportunity to line his own pockets in return for his prom ises of future gain to certain Broad way promoters. Madero left New York in March, 1911, going with his family to San Antonio, to take charge of the rebel Junta there. Later he joined Francisco in the field and when the latter triumphed over Porfirio Diaz, Gustavo moved to the capital with him and began his high handed play with Mexico's finances. One act of Gustavo's thr.t the ene mies of the Maderos never forgave was his forcing to the front of Jose Pino Suarez to take the position of vice president in .place of Dr. Vasquez Gomez, who at that time was a popu" -r hero as a result of his part in the Ma dero revolution, but who incurred the displeasure of Gustavo by differing with some of Francisco's policies. This act marked the beginning of the opposition to the Madero administra tion. Young- Madero Quits ScHool. Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 20. Evanisto Madero, a student at Cornell, heart broken at the execution of his brother, Gustavo, will leave the university and join his brother's widow in Monterey in a few days. The university will give him his di ploma by special dispensation. AFTER FUEL GO. Eight Indictments Against Officers California Concern. San Francisco, Feb. 20. Eight in dictments charging criminal conspir acy to defraud the U. S. government were returned here today by a federal grand jury against the Western Fuel company and seven of its officers and employees. Bold Holdup in California. Bakersfield, Cal., Feb. 20. While Izzy Rehfeld, a prize fight promoter, was counting the receipts from a box ing contest at his desk in a saloon at Taft late last night, he was held up by two masked men who raked the gold and silver, about $1,000, into a gunny sack, marched Rehfeld and the bartender to the end of the bar, back ed out of the door and escaped in the darkness FAVOR JGHOOLS. Senate Ways and Means Com mittee Is Liberal. To 3 Big Institutions $318,000 More Than in 1912-1913. TO STATE NORMAL $411,000. This Is $60,000 Over the Last Appropriation. Refused Request for $200,000 Main Building. With the senate ways and means committee decision on the amount of money to be allotted to the State Nor mal school at Emporia out today, Kans?- already has planned to appro priate more than $2,500,000 for the education of her students in the years 1914 and 1915. The committee re port on the money to be spent for the Sta' Normal provides for an expendi ture of $411,000 in the next two years. This is $60,000 more than the school was given by the last legislature and $287,000 less than the authorities asked for. The report that the ways and means committee will make to the senate some time this week, follows: For State Normal school at Emporia: 1914. 1915. Maintenance $165,000 $1,UW) General repairs, including restoration main bldg. and extension 40,000 35,000 Boilers 5,001) President's contingent fund. 500 500 The total for the year 1914 is $210, 500 and for the year .1915 is appro priated $200,500. Grand total, $411. 000. The State Normal authorities asked for a $200,000 general administration building but the ways and means com mittee would not stand for this. This was the only important request that was not granted. The senate ways and means com mittee up to date has recommended the appropriation of $2,673,000 for the three large educational Institutions of the state the univeristy, the agricul tural college and the normal school. This is $348,000 more than was given to the institutions in the years 1912 and 1913 by the legislature two years ago. The total appropriations up to date: Kansas university $1,260,000 State Agricultural college 1.002.0UO State Normal school 411.0C0 Total $2,673,Ui) BURNED TO DEATH. Seven Children Lose Lives When Home Is Destroyed. Parents Absent When Fatal Blaze Breaks Out. Harrisburg. Pa., Feb. 20. Seven chil dren ranging in age from 1 to 12 years, were burned to death last night when the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. eorge Smith, at Ebenezer near here, was destroyed by Are. The parents were absent at the time. The father and mother had been in the city (purchasing supplies for the family and made the gruesome discov ery upon their return. Many of the packages the parents carried were toys and candies for the children. Small charred bodies almost unrecog nizable among the smoldering ruins were all the evidence of what had been a lot of romping youngsters. The family had expected to move to a nearby farm today. NAME CANDIDATES Michigan Progressives Reaffirm Pledges of National Platform. Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 20. A street parade in which delegates and sympathizers joined featured the state convention of the Progressive party here. Satisfaction with the pro gress already made and optimism as to the -future characterized the utter ances of every speaker. Strong de nunciation was made of any sugges tion that the Progressives re-enter the ranks of the Republican party. Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, deliv ered an address during the afternoon. Candidates for justices of the su preme court, superintendent of public instruction and regents of state uni versities were named. - The resolutions adopted reaffirm the principles enunciated in the state and national platforms of 1912 and pledge the Progressive members of the legislature to lend their support to the enactment of the laws therein advocated. The resolutions also favor a con stitutional amendment providing for the recall of judicial decisions or con stitutional questions; advocate the em ployment of prison labor in the con struction of state highways and drain age' projects: endorse the farm credit system whereby the government may loan money to farmers at low inter est and favor the creation of a public service commission. KANSAS MINERS STRIKE Officials Call Out Two Hundred 3Ien Near Pittsburg. Pittsburg. Kan., Feb. 20. Two hun dred miners have quit work at mine 19 of the Wear Coal company at Edi son. The men struck at the order of Alexander Howatt. district president of the United Mine Workers of America. District 14 officials of the miners said the strike was brought on by the re fusal of the operators to fire shots in the mine according to an agreement. Howatt issued orders requiring the men to remove all their tools from the mine. TRUST IS CHARGED Attorney General Brings Action Against McCaskey Register Co. Every Effort. Made to Stifle Competition Charge Says. "KNOCKERS" MADE AND SOLD. In "Grave . Yard" Other Ma chines Were Shown as Junk. Employees of Other Concerns Bribed, Complaint Says. Cleveland,' O.. Feb. 20. Sensational charges of violations of the Sherman anti-trust law are leveled at the Mc Caskey Register company in a civil suit filed here today by order of At torney General Wickersham. ' To ac quire a monopoly of the interstate and foreign commerce in the sale of ac count registers, appliances and sys tems for keeping credit accounts, the company its. officers and agents have, it is charged, wrongfully and fraudu lently obstructed and suppressed the business of competition, bribed their employees, employed agents to spy upon their business, have waged an un fair campaign of patent suits and threatened suits, and of other unlawful methods to stifle corpetition. The federal district court here- was asked to restrain the defendants from further monopoly and to prohibit a series of alleged unlawful and unfair practices. Among- the defendants is John H. Jones of Kansas City. Mo. - The de fendant company is said -to- own ex clusively the Dominion Register com pany, Ltd., of Toronto. Canada, which also maintains an agency in London. A campaign of ' "fierce and ; unfair competition" has been planned or con sented to by officers of ,the company the government alleges, a force of spe cial men, some times called the "fly ing squadron" or "knockout men," was employed, it is declared to impart to salesmen and agents instructions to de stroy the business of competitors and for the purpose of interfering with ne gotiations and inducing the cancella tion by the customers of their contracts of sale with competitors. Agents were also - employed, . it is charged, to spy upon the business of competitors and fraudulently obtain information as to their sales and ship ments and the addresses of their cus tomers or prospective' customers. ' Business Secrets Purchased. Employees of competitors were se cretly engaged, it is" charged, to furr nish officers of the clWendant compSiiy with confidential information con cerning the business of competitors. Defendants are declared to. have in structed agents to procure information from employees of railroads, express companies and hotel companies and others as to plans and shipments of competitors. The government asks for an injunction to prohibit the brib ing of employees of railroads and ex press companies to obtain such data. Employees of competitors are alleged to have been coerced, persuaded and paid to abandon their employment, violating their contracts, to come with the defendant company, bringing with them as many as possible of their as sociates and all the available informa tion as to competitor's business. A. multiplicity of suits and threat ened suits have been brought, it is charged, against competitors for al leged infringement of patent rights in a systematic campaign of harassment. Home defendants are alleged to have studiously copied advantageous feat ures of competitors' products and at tached them to the McCaskey account register. They are declared to have built registers known as "Knockers," resembling the machines of competi tors and sold them without regard to cost to rnin rivals. Defendants are charged with having maintained a display room known as the "grave yard' or "bonfire" at its factory at Alliance. Here it is added, were ex hibited pictures representing pile of de vices of competitors being burned as use less. , The following were named as defend ants: The McCaskey Register company; Al fred G. Riley, Stewart S. Kurtz, Samuel G. Zimmerman. Edward A. Langenbacli and Austin Lynch of Canton. Ohio; Henry Pollock, Theodore C. I'ran. George . Russell. Wm. G. Famum, Milton Bejoc.1 and Grant Kizer of Alliance. Ohio; Josiah W. Phipps, Boston; Charles T. Baxter, New York city; David C. Bower, Pitts burg; Harry Rowley. Chicago; Wm. Hughes, San Francisco; John H. Jones, Kansas City, Mo.: Fred Schneider, Seattle- Geo. Haves, Memphis, Tenn. -. Lesiia G. Salor. Atlanta and Edward T. Bing ham, Washington. P. C. ASSAULTED COURT London Suffragette Threw Law Books at Judge's Head. Of Course She 3Iissed Him Charged With Incendrism. London, Feb. 2 0. Suffragettes paid another havoc working visit to the Kew botanical gardens today and fired a large refreshment payilion which burned to the ground. Two women were arrested. The voung women gave their names as Lillian Lenton and Joyce Locke, each 22 years old. They were caught while running away from the scene of the fire. Each carried a bag contain ing a dark lantern, some cotton soak ed in oil, a hammer and a saw. When brought up at- the police court the magistrate refused to allow them bail. They were told by the court that their offense was not po litical, but higjily criminal. Miss Locke thereupon hurled at the magistrate a big law book, which nar rowly missed his head. She then fought desperately against the war- J dens who were assigned to remove ner to a cell. On a previous occasion three months ago Miss Locke threw one of her shoes at the head of an Aberdeen magistrate. She was charged with carrying the explosives to a hall where Chancellor Lloyd George was to speak. STATE SALARIES. Legislative Investigation to Be Continued. Case of Crumbine Is One in Point. . HE DRAWS $4,000 FROM K. U. But Does Sot Touch $2,500 Al lowed by State Law. Doctor Given Hearing to Ex plain to Committee. Following an investigation of ex penditures of state institutions and state departments, the house ways and means committee is trying to solve the question as to whether Dr. S. J. Crum bine is donating his services to the state in the capacity of secretary of the board of health, or whether his $4,000 pay check from Kansas univer sity is in reality a douDle check and covers hia services both in Topeka and Lawrence. Dr. Crumbine is dean of Kansas University Medical school. He is also secretary of the state board of health. In looking over the records, the house ways and means committee found that the doctor had not touched his $2,500 salary as secretary of the board. But a little further investigation revealed the fact that he had drawn a $4,000 annual salary from the maintenance fund of Kansas university. Now the la-ar specifically states that no person shall draw two pay checks from the state of Kansas for services covering a si -lilar period of time. Did Dr. Crumbine do this? That is the question which the committee is anx ious to determine. In a debate on the floor of the house this week, Mike Frey of Geary county made the asser tion that Crumbine was receiving two pay checks. Technically that was in correct. Yet in the minds of some of the members of the committee, there is a question as to whether the Kansas university check does not in reality cover Dr. Crumbine's services to the university and to the state as well. Else, members argue, why should the doctor continue to devote time and service to the state in the fulfillment of his wdrk as secretary of the board of health? When the legislature met two years ago, it appropriated $5,000 to pay for Dr. Crumbine's services for two years. Only the previous session, the legisla ture had increased Dr. Crumbine's pay from $1,500 to $2,500 a year; and just a few years before that the salary had, been raised from $800 to $1,500. -"So yhea the ways "irffer means "com mittee pegajv to" took arund.aJoit,: then. found that the $5,000 appropriated for Crumbine's services has never been used, but that he has each month drawn $333.3.3 from Kansas University. The investigations of the committee were reported to Dr. Crumbine and it is stated that he had requested a hearing. It will probably be granted. But the things which the committee will want to know concern whether Dr. Crumbine's service to the university are really figured at $4,000 a year, or whether they are figured at $1,500 a year and a check for $4,000 issued in order to cover the pay check provision of the law and permit the collection of two salaries? Or, the committee will ask, if Dr. Crumbine's services were really worth $4,000 to K. U., why did he devote his time to the board of health and charge nothing? And again, if the doctor's services to the uni versity are worth $4,000 and not $1,500, why was not his entire time devoted to the university work? Concerning their findings, the com mittee will make a legislative report. Members of the committee admitted to day that they had investigated the case, but declined to make a statement until Dr. Crumbine had been given a hearing. One of the really surprising votes in the house this session was taken Wed nesday afternoon when that body by a bare majority passed the bill pro viding that United States senators shall be nominated by a plurality vote and not by the vote of legislative dis tricts. Although the pian to nomi nate United States senators by popu lar vote was made a portion of the party policy to "trust- the - people," many of the Democratic members from western Kansas voted to leave the law just as it was written several years ago. Not until after there was a prolonged call of the house, did the house members vote 65 to 53 to nom inate by plurality vote. The house greeted a' favorite sen ate bill with a club Wednesday af ternoon, then threw the measure out the window. That vote occurred on the bill by Senator Bowman which regulated the affairs of the innocent and in offensive real estate agent. Some of the members contended that the provisions of the bill made it im possible for a real estate man to col lect a commission for ,his services. They enlisted the support of their friends to beat the measure and it was defeated 63 to 27. Tannahill's little bill providing for the branding of the bulk weight of all products, aroused a small riot in the house Wednesday afternoon and brought forth suggestions for some 50 amendments. It provided that a 48 pound sack of flour should be properly branded and labelled, that a bushel of corn, oats, wheat, apples and potatoes and a long list of other products should be treated in like manner. A few of the members discovered that this plan meant a real hardship on the farmer and wanted the new system tried only on the merchants in town. There was a oflod of oratory in which the 72 farm ers were pitted against the 53 men from the little towns and cities. And after an hour of right lively debate, the house recommended that the bill be re ported for passage with a list of amendments attached that resembled the tail of a kite. Doors of the house of representa tives will be locked to women and chil dren next Monday night when the house considers as a special order the Scott matrimonial bills and the bill (Continued on Page Two.) OPPOSED. AND R. Speaker Brown and Democrat Leaders Switched. Forgot Campaign Promises for Personal Desires. AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE. Refused to Check First I. and 1 B. Matter Up to Them. State Fair Proposition Hold Up of Boll Call. Forgetting their party promises for an I. and R., their campaign speeches and their fervent prayers on the floor of the house, western Kansas Demo crats laid aside their convictions of yes terday to land today a state fair for Hutchinson. In this effort they were joined by a sufficient number of east ern and central Kansas members to over-ride a motion to postpone consid eration and a motion to refer the state fair fight to the voters. Added to the inconsistency of the Democratic house, was the evident juggling of the vote in the hands of the clerk and the refusal of Speaker Brown to compel the announcement of a vote before the Hutchinson lobbyists had time to change three votes on the floor. Those were the features of the first two hours of the fight for posses sion of the state fair plum. And in their ambitions to salve a possibly not over indulgent constituency, the back bone principles of a party were forgot ten. Both the bills providing for a fair at Hutchinson and the one providing for a fair at Topeka were called up under a special order. Graber defend ed the Hutchinson claim and Robert Stone told why the state show should be in Topeka. With a map in his hand. Graber ex plained why the town in the midst of the western Kansas sand hills should be selected. He dwelt at length on the fertility of the sand, the geographical location of his town and readily i.c cepted the committee amendment re moving the clause calling for an appro priation to go with the taking over of the Hutchinson institution. Stone's Xew Plan. Stone cited to the house members the fact that only the state fairs lo cated in a oapitol city were successfiil. (Continued on Pus Two.) THE U. S. VIEW. Stability of ew Mexican Gov ernment Depends on Liberality. If Huerta Will Allow Keal Pop ular Elections He May Endure. Washington. Feb. 20. The stabil ity of the new government in Mexico in the opinion of officials here, will depend entirely upon the extent to which Huerta and his leaders are will ing to recognize the directing powers of the Mexican congress. Consequent ly they are waiting with interest the hourly developments. So far as the record goes, the forms of the Mexican constitution appear to have been observed, in the perfunctory elevation of the minister for foreign affairs to the presidential office for an hour or two before his replace ment by a provisional president chos en by the congress. The real test is looked for in the provision for the holding of popular elections and the willingness of the defacto government to surrender con trol to the officers chosen by the peo ple. So long as Mexicans alone are in volved in the summary executions and deportations, there can be no inter ference on the part of this govern ment, although it has been suggested that possibly Ambassador Wilson and other members of the diplomatic corps in the City of Mexico might un officially use their influence for mercy. Meanwhile there is nothing for the U. S. to do at this juncture but to permit the situation to develop normally, in the expectation that the Mexican peo ple will be able to erect a permanent government representing their wishes on the wreck of the Madero establish ment without the aid cf outside in fluences. War department officials to day were at a loss to understand the complaint from Governor Colquitt, of Texas, against the policy pursued by the administration in the conservation of peace along the border. Brigadier General Steever has established what thj soldiers regard as a most efficient military patrol along the northern boundary of Mexico, and although he is in a position to know the precise conditions in the neighborhood of this line, so far he has failed to report any cause of complaint which Gov. Col quitt has mentioned. The general staff feels it unnecessary to add to the bor der patrol. - KANSAS MINE ON FIRE. Blaze in Leavenworth Shaft Will Prob ably Burn a Week. Leavenworth. Kan., Feb. 20. A fire which started in the mule stables in the north shaft of the. Home Riverside Mining company is still raging and of ficials say that it may be a week be fore the flames are finally extinguish ed. Nine of the ten mules kept at the bottom of the shaft died in the fire. It may he necessary to wait until the blaze works itself to tne ajrshaft, a distance of three hundred yards from the stables, before it can be extinguished- Weather Forecast for Kansas. Snow tonight or Friday. Bank of Topeka. Complete savings department. Adv. SHE TOOKS4,700. Did 3Irs. Morrow, Instead of Just $3,000. And She Says She Is Entitled to Money. A SUIT F0R DIVORCE. Follows Husband's Charges of Yesterday. Wife Makes Many Charges and Wants Share of Estate. A sequel to the sensational story of robbery and flight, told to the police yesterday by Isaac N. Morrow, of Shorey. was filed In the district court this morning in the shape of a suit for divorce brought against the Shorey merchant by Mrs. Medora E. Morrow. Briefly Mrs. Morrow says she took $4,700 instead of $3,000, charged by her husband, but she considered it her money. She did not leave town, nnd never was in an automobile yesterday. She has suffered abuse, she says from her husband for year, culminating yes terday morning when she declares he, threatened to "blow her brains out." With her petition fordivorce she filed a certificate of deposit from the Mer chants National bank for $4,580, de posited in the same of Charles W. Bower as clerk of the district court, and she asks the court to keep con trol of the money until her suit is ad judicated. Excessive jealousy and a tendency to intoxication led to all their trouble, Mrs. Morrow says. Her petition charges that the year after their marriage, which occured June 15, 1897. in Topeka. he began a system of abuse. She cites an instance where she says he struck her in the face, another where he kick ed her with a heavily booted foot. She says he has called her vile names, and that at one time he fired six shots at her from a revolver, only being pre vented from killing her by a neighbor who, seizing the weapon, caused th shots to go astray. Then she avers that she has been the business head of the Morrow family for many years. While they lived en a farm near Topeka she managed the place, superintended the picking and sale of small fruits, doing the work of a man in addition to her household work, and that through her efforts they accumulated about $10,000. Later they moved to Shorey and after open ing the store there she says she ha managed that, and that her husband has done notjiiim but sit around and drink. Their property is estimated to tsmtti olio cava d Knnt f AAA . warrant for the arrest of the alleged fugitive has been withdrawn and never will be served. .The county officers feci that there is no need to interfere In a. quarrel between husband and wife. Thu incidents this moning, however, furnished a dramatic climax to the scenes of yester day when Morrow was plainly anxious to see his wife landed behind prison bars. Morrow is one of the largest men, physically, in the county. He iH said to measure 6 feet 6 inches In height and t weiga close to 300 pounds, all .of winch is brawn and bone. He is able to look dowi even upon Tom Lillard. assistant county attorney, who is considerable bigger than the average. His wife is an ordinary sized woman, and is more than ordinarily attractive. The fight over the estate, which the wlf.i asks to be divided between them promises to keep the courts busv for some time. SNOW IN LOS ANGELES. Miniature Storm Causes Short Halt In Business. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 20. For th first time in many years Los Angeles was visited by a miniature snowstorm Wednesday afternoon. Following a heavy hailstorm in the morning snow fell for several minutes shortly after 2 o'clock. The flakes melted almost as fast as they fell, but Jhey proved astonishing ly interesting to thousands of people on the streets. For a short time busi ness in many offices and stores was entirely suspended while a large por tion of the populace watched the flakes fall. DIAZ FOR PRESIDENT. Felix Will Make Race at Next I elec tion. Mexico Cfty, Feb. 20. Felix- Diaz will enter the race for-the presidency. Pro bably General Huerta will not run against him. One reason why Diaz made no effort to secure the provis ional presidency for himself was his wish to be entirely free to organize and direct his party in tiie coming cam paign. THREE DAYS BATTLE. Losses Heavy and Neither Allies r Turks Gain Advantage. London. Feb. 20. A terrific three days' battle between 100,000 Bulgarians and 70,000 Turks at Bulair has Just con cluded according to a dispatch today from Constantinople, each side is said to have lost Z.ovv men. Enver Bey. leader of the young Turks, is reported among the wounded. TODAY IN CONGRESS. Washington, Feb. 20. Senate met at noon. Began debate on river and har bor appropriation bill. Finance committee endorsed odge bill for tariff commission of five mem bers. House met at noon. Resume debate on Sundry civil appropriation bill. Chairman Hay, of military affairs com mittee, introduced bill to reduce num ber of officers allowed each army regi