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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06
EX tr a
$50 p. m.
BIC SENSATION.
The School Fund Commissioners
Taken In.
A Lot of Fraudulent Bonds
Bought by Them.
The State Suffers Very Heavy
Loss.
ABOUT 10000 DOLLARS
Probably Lost Beyond Recovery
Through
The Carelessness or Incompen-,
tency of the
Officials. of the POpulist State
dmiuiSfrnf fiOn
Probably Lost Beyond Recovery
Through
The Carelessness or Incompen-
tency of the
Officials of the Populist State
Administration.

At $50 o'clock this afternoon big
sensation was sprung on the public. A
STATE JOURNAL reporter was among
the first to learn of it.
The state school fund commissioners
have purchased twenty-seven thousand
dollars worth of Hamilton and Kearney
county bonds, which have been declared
fraudulent, or at least were repndiated
some years ago by the counties which
issued them.
Governor Lewelling and the State
School commissioners have been greatly
worried for the last few days, but it was
not known till late this afternoon just
what the new trouble was.
The story in brief is as follows:
The state commissioners in charge of
the school fund are Attorney General
Little, State Superintendent Gaines and
Secretary of State Osborn.
About five years ago Geo. w. Crane
secured some Hamilton county bonds in
two lots of five thousand dollars each.
Later he placed the bonds in the hands
of the Bank of Topeka, Central National
and Kansas n National bank as collateral.
Some years after the Hamilton county
seat was removed and the county re-
pudiated the bonds.
Some days ago Major N. d. MCKINLEY
and a Mr.. Hornaday who formerly
worked in the state department told Mr..
the bonds.
Crane sold them one lot of five thou
sand dollars for three thousand and
afterwards made a similar sale of the
second lot
Mr. Crane supposed Mckinley was
selling them to some bond spectators
who were continually making offers for
for such bonds.
Great was his surprise when he learned
the school commissioners had bought
these bonds at par and accrued interest.
The first money he had turned over to
the bank, but the second $4,000 he re-
turned to the state treasurer.
The discovery that the commissioners
had purchased repudiated bonds has
caused a sensation in the state housetha
has not been equalled in many day.
The rest of the twenty thousand dol
lars shortage by reason of bad bonds is
through similar purchase of Kearney
county bonds made few days ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06
LOBDELL TALKED OF.

He Is Prospective Candidate For At
tOrney General
A new candidate for the nomination
fo- attorney general is one of the likely
results of the Republican league conven-
ton of yesterday. Hon. G. +. Lobdeli, of
Dighton, Lane county, who was chair
man of the Judiciary committee of the
last house and was member of the first
house of representatives which was con-
trolled by the Populists and the late Col.
Sam Wood, is thinking seriously of be-
ing a candidate. Mr.. LobdeH went home
this afternoon and said he would decide
within the next few days whether ha
would be candidate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06
JUDGE DUNDY ExcITED.
He Doesn's Like the Position Recent Il
ci-ions Have Placed Him In.

He Doesn't Like the Position Recent De-
cisions Have Placed Him In-
OMAHA, April 6.-The American Rail-
way Union today made application in
the United States district court to have
the salaries of the members of the order
on the Union Pacific road, which were
cut last August, restored to the old rate.
Judge Dundy was visibly excited
when addressing the attorneys from the
bench.
Said he: ssIf it is stated that such a
cut has been made in the wages of these
men connected with this organization
or outside of it-on this railroad when
others who are drawing higher pay have
been SO highly favored, ! will see that
those who are drawing less pay will be
treated the same way and | will advise
that the old pay be restored.
'sStill it is but fair TO the other side
that they should have notice. You have
to rely a great deal on the testimony of
railroad men in those cases and they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06

should have notice, and l suggest the
propriety, when MIR. Dickinson returns, of
making the order.
s.Now have got myself into difficulty,
as you can readily see by following the
order Judge Jenkins made in the
Northern Pacific case when he allowed
schedule reducing the pay and
fixing in the order that the parties were
bound to comply with it when no notice,
not a minute, was given, | do not pro-
pose to get myself in that shape again,
and be denounced in open court where l
have to preside at times.
II followed his order, though mine
was less stringent than his when he did
not give the men minutes notice, and
now | am denounced all over the country
for doing the very thing he did, when /
was following precedent he set. Ny
term of court commences at Norfolk on
Monday, but if necessary l will postpone
that in order to have a speedy hearing
in this case.
In conclusion, Judge Dundy said:
''lf you want to make application to
have the old pay restored, / want you
and every other one of the employees on
the road TO understand that if they have
been wronged by the reduction that they
will not have to join any union in order
to get hearing; because, as / said be-
fore, I will hear one person that has
grievance, or | will hear hundred, or a
thousand, or four thousand -as they
claim to have in this union-and | will
make no distinction between the parties.
Il made the order in the first instance
when this order was made, on January
27th, giving and granting the right to all
employees to come into court and havs
the matter determined if they felt ag-
greaved But some of them instead of
doing that commenced firing threatening
letters at me and ignored the order /
made for their benefit
II simply authorized the receivers to
put into force the schedule that has been
made. / did not order them to; it was
wholly unlike the one in the Northern
Pacific case, there the Judge in maxim z
the order which l followed, not only did
what | did, but directed and ordered the
receivers to put it into force, and never
did that
IIaxx to hfa hon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06
WOLFF FOUND GUILTY.
The Jury Takes But Fifteen Minutes to
Reach Verdict

N III. Wolff. former agent of John
Wanamaker here, must 90. to the peni-
tentiary. The jury in his case was out
less than IS minutes this morning, when
they returned a verdict finding him
guilty of obtaining money under false
pretenses-
Wolf's case was finished and give to
jury few minutes before 8 o'clock last
evening. The jurymen were out about
twenty minutes, but could not agree,
but this morning it did not take them
long to reach a verdict Judge Hazen
will sentence Wolff at the close of the
trial of criminal cases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06
THROUGH A SANDSTONE.

HEr. Frey Took the Holland BOndhOIdern
Across the Maxwell Grant.
General Manager j. j. Frey says that
Adam Roelviuh and J. c. Lo man, with
whom he recently toured the Santa Fe
and the Maxwell land grant in New
Mexico, have gone east. and will sail for
few days.
The party's journey across the Ian d
grant. in which the Holland gentlemen
are largely interested, consisted Of a 30
mile carriage drive through a wind and
sand storm, that even Oklahoma can't
equal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06
ANEPHEW OF GREELEY.
Is the New Teacher of Psychology ae
Washburn.

Ie the New Teacher OF PSYCHOLOGY az
Washburn.
Prof. Clarence ID. Greeley, nephew OF
Horace Greeley, has arrived in the city
and has taken charge of classes in psy-
chology at Washburn college. Prof.
Greeley is not located here permanently,
but will remain till the end of the school
year He is the general agent of the In
ternatiOnal Law and Order League with
headquarters III Connecticut. lie gradu-
ated from Wash burn in 1888 and went to
Harvard afterward.
DIR. Peter McVicar, president OF the
college, who had charge of these classes,
will spend his entire time soliciting funds
for the college in the east.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06

President ]. p. Davis president Of the
Kansas Mutual Life association, today
invited Superintendent Of Insuraac.'
Snider to make an official examination
Of his comp any. superintendent Snider
commenced the examination his uiter-
noon and is being assisted by ID. X. Hits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06
GEN" FRYE HAD TO MOVE on
His Men Ofersd $3.50 a Day for One Year
but Wouldn't Accept

ST. LOUIS, April 6.-Under the orders
of the chief of police of East St. Louis,
'-Gen." Frye's Industrial army took an
other, but very short step toward Wash
ington this morning. Satisfied that the
railroads would not voluntarily transport
the travellers, Chief Walsh ordered Gen.
Frye to get his men beyond the city linn
its as soon alters o'clock as possible
Frye accepted the situation and after a
hurried, abbreviated breakfast consisting
principally of beans. he got his men in
line and moved from Camp Relay, in the
muddy bottoms of East St. Louis to a
point on the Collinsville turnpike Just
outside the limits of East St Louis.
There they halted and went into camp
again to await developments.
In the meantime the East St. Louis
police outposts have been reinforced
and orders issued to prevent the return
into the city limits of any of the men,
now that they have been forced beyond
the boundaries Just what will become
of the men is hard to say. They are
practically without food, and the east
bound roads refused to move them any
farther, both on their own account and
because of Instructions received from
eastern cities not to bring the wanderers
into their limits.
The lack of food for the men increases
as the citizens learn of the unwillingness
of the men to accept the offer of the
East ST. Louis water board of $3.50 per
day for one year for 200 men to lay pipes,
and unless something new developes
Frye may put into effect threat made
yesterday to surrender to the East ST.
Louis police as vagrants and thus COM
pei the city to care for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06
INDUSTRIAL ARMY MAD.
The Section at Riverside Thinks 1t Didn't
Get Enough Supplies

RIVERSIDE, CAL. April 6.-The indus
trial army enroute here is camped about
ten miles from this city. 1t is under
stood that they are indignant over the
treatment accorded them by the people
of South Riverside, who did not furnish
them the supplies that they expected.
The marshal of this city and the other
officers will meet the army today and es-
cOrt it through the orange groves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06
WILL SELLS SHOW.
Arrangements Being Made Today Tor
Its Railroad Transportation.

Its Railroad Transportati0n.
Willie Sells. OF the Sells & Rentfrosv
circus, this morning made arrangements
with the mechanical department OF the
Santa Fe for cars with which to transport
his 9.great aggregation of colossal
ders" during the coming summer season.
The show will leave Topeka about May
first, and will take westerly course over
the Santa Fe- The list of towns to be
visited has not yet been agreed upon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-06

tant general Cnder the QlrecLlOn OF
Major O'Brien gatling gun was placed
in front of the city haII'and loaded for
action.
The gun was placed in charge of mill
tiamen with instructions to take no action
until word was received from the ma jOr
Sheriff McKillican and Chief Schaffer
held consultation, and it was decided
to drive the Industrial army out of the
city at o'clock in the morning.
The excitement at the city hall was
now running high. The officers were
arming themselves with pistols, clubs
and W inchester rifles. Sergeant E1etch-
er commenced to organize the men into
a company, SD as to be ready for action
at q moments notice. AT 12 30 no word
had yet been received from Sacramento
and the militia were waiting orders to
move and assist the police.
The mayor and the council were still
at the city hall, and finally sent the chief
of police and the sheriff to make a final
request of Superintendent Wilder for
passenger coaches Wilder refused,
and further preparations for war imme-
force consists. of tifty-eight men, and
they were all on duty.
General Alarm Sounded.
At 2 o'clock a. N. a general alarm was
sounded by the fire bells. and the citi-
zens fastened to the city hall. Then
IFS and were armed The fire depart
ment also responded, and were armed
with ak handles. Then the city's forces
marched to the tabernacle, where the in
dEstrial army were peacefully slumber
ing. They were rudely awakened and
ordered to move out. The men refused,
and things looked ominous. Consulta-
tions were held on both sides.
Finally the police arrested leader kel-
ly and several of his men, and penned
the rest of them in corner of the Iaber-
nacle. They still refused to move un-
less their leader was returned to them,
and the police held another consultation.
1t was propored to handle the army by
force At last they decided to release
him, and Kelly was carried back on the
shoulders of his men amid enthusiastic
cheers. He made a speech to his fol-
lowers counselling moderation, and urged
them to comply with the demands of the
people of Oakland. In the meantime
arrangements had been made with the
Southern Pacific company for eight box
bars.
Acting under Kelly's advice the in
dustrials agreed TO submit peacefully,
and at 500 ID. formed d line, and es-
corted by 200 armed police and citizens
marched to Sixteenth street station,
where they entered the box cars. and
shortly after o'clock the train pulled
out for Sacramento.
Odkidnd neaVed anOtn0r Dlg sign OF
relief and went back to bed. At Sacra-
mento the army will be reinforced by
about 300 more men, and unless the rail-
road company agrees to take the whole
lot still further on the journey across the
country, trouble is almost certain to en-
sue.
Acting on the advice of Mayor Pardee,
the council has passed resolutions giving
notice that the city in future will refuse
to permit the invasion of her territory by
any organized body of destitute men;
also it will refuse to feed or shelter any
body of destitute men who may enter the
city; also it will enforce the laws against
vagrancy, begging, street parades or
disorderdy assemblages.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
NEARLY: A LYNCHING
THREE DULUTH MEN ARE MOBBED
AT TOWER, MINI.
They Were Suspected of Swindling
Settlers Out of Their Lnnd-The
Men Roughly Handled and Two of
Them Narrowly Escape Lynching.

Duluth, May 19.-An attempt was
nade at Tower this morning to lynch
Harry Moe, a Duluth land attorney,
end two other nen. The attempt is the
result of the bitter feeling which has
existed for some time between settlers
and timbermen. The settlers have al
lesc6 that Duluth attorneys were max
ing contests against their homestead
fill gs either to levy blackmail or to
force then to give up their claims to
wealthy lumbermen. Moe has been in
telested in many Of these contests AMI
there has, been u particular bitter feel
ing against him. There have been fire.
quent threats Of violence, but that of
to-day was the first outbreak. With
Moe were his son, w. H. Cook, who
has made reputation as confession in
cases by Moe, and Finley Morrison,
who has represented the lumbermen in
l.un orcrs contests. The party was at
tackled this morning by 100 men led
by Mike O'Keefe. All were badly
beaten. Cook. who was the only one
armed, forced his way through the
crowd at the point Of pistol and
locked himself in the baggage Car of a
train made I'm for Duluth. The crowd
took Moe and Morrison, put ropes
around their necks and would have
strung them up but for the intervention
of Mayor Shepard, who induced the
crowd to desist. Moe and Morrison
We're dragged to the depot and put on
board the train for Duluth. Noes in
jUries are serious.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
THE MARKETS.
Lateat Quotations From Grain ann
Live Stock Centers. s!..slt5sE

AaeCAS 0uOtAtAOnB ITO" UFu1n .AMeA
Live Stock Centers.
Chicago, May 19.-Wheat firm; cash,
IS 3 &c; July, IS 34c; September,
81 l &c; December, Coo. Corn st eady;
cash, 36 1-2c; July, 81 3-8c; September,
38c. Oats steady; cash, 33c; July,
30 Lie; September, 25 7-8c.
Minneapolis, May 19.-Wheat y May
opened at 5Sc; highest, 5Sc; lowest,
5Sc; closing, Sc; July opened at 81 7-Sc;
highest, So 1-2c; lowest, SIC; closing,
81 5-Sc; September opened at IS 5-Sc;
highest, IS 34c; lowest, IS 1-8c; closing.
IS Lee. On track-No. 1 hard, 60 3-4c;
No. 1 Northern, SO Lac; No. Northern,
81 sac.
Chicago, May 19.-Cattle-Prime to
extra native steers, $4.15a4.35; medi-
m, $4a4.1O; others, $3.75a395. Hogs
Rough heavy, $4.25a4.5O; packers and
mixed, $4.75a4.SO; prime heavy and
butcher weights, $4.S5a4.9O; assorted
light, $4.S5a4.9O.
st. Paul, May 19.-Hogs STEADY; quail
ity only fair, with very few poor
butchers offered; yards cleared early to
r ekers. Cattle-Prime steers, $3.25a
3.65; good steers, $3a325; prime cows,
$2.5Oo3; good cows. $2.25a2.5O; common
to fair cows, $1.?5a2.25 light veM calves,
$3a4; heavy calves, $2a3; stockers, S1.75
a2.25; feeders, $2.5Oa3.25; bulls, $1.5Oa
90.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
The Theory OF Hail.

U. Marangom gives very Interesting
theory of the genesis, structure and the
metamorphosis Of hail, phenomenon
IN which electricity plays an important
part. Heretofore the hailstonc has
Deen, to the popular mind, simply mois-
lure that has been CONCEALED in falling
through strata Of cold air, but it's pro-
auction Is now shown to involve so
many swift. elaborate and intricate
processes that the lively, bounding lit
tie sphere attains Il new scientific in
terest. The raw material upon which
nature is about to work it's alchemy
the hail cloud, is first drawn out by the
wind in the form of an horizontal
tongue. 1t becomes rapidly evaporat
ed. producing an intense cold. There
are thus formed flakes of dry snow.
which. by friction against the minute
drops OF water, become charged with
negative electricity. and are then at
tractcd by the positive electricity of the
drops of water. The snow flakes be-
hind the cloud. j. c., to the windward,
are covered with Il layer Of ice, at first
dry and then moistened. Recent re-
search has shown that they are ut the
same time charged with positive cleo
;ricity. and are driven in IN outward
direction by the positive electricity Of
the rain drops. Being thus cooled be-
low zero. they break through the cloudy
stratum, and. becoming charged anew
with negative electricity, they are coat
ed with a new snowy layer and are
again attracted by the cloud Each
hailstonc, taking Il wavy line, becomes
of opaque and transparent matter, and
is ultimately thrown to the right or the
left, occasioning thus the roaring noise
Which precedes the fall Of hail, which
then takes place in two parallel bands,
separated from each other by region
Of rain.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
The Grand Masters Paw,

st. Paul. May 19.-The grand lodge,
A. o. U. W., which has been holding its
has adjourned. ]. Il. Porter of AIankato,
Joseph Eckstein of New Ulm and George
M. Lang of Window, We're chosen as
Representatives to the meeting Of the
supreme lodge. The A. o. U. w. Guide
was chosen as the official publication of
the society, and it was decided to at
tach salary of $1,000 to the position
Of grand master workman. The date Of
meeting has been changed from the sec
ond Tuesday in May to the fourth Tues
day in March.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
Gen. sheldon.s Son III.

Brookings. S. D., May 19-Gov. c. II.
Sheldon was called from Pierre Tues
day by Il telegram on account of the Sc
rious illness of his son, who is attending
college in this city. The young man had
been i'll some days with what was sup
posed to have been the humps. and no
physician was called, but as he grew
worse a physician was called and it was
found that he had diphtheria in serious
form. BY careful nursing and close at
tention being given him by the doctor,
he is much better at this writing, and
there is every reason to think the scri
GUS period is passed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
MINNESOTA WINS
In the OratOrical Contest With Iowa
Iniversity Students.

In the Oratorical Contest With Iowa
University Students.
Iowa City, Iowa, May 19-The Min
nesotas won the debate last night with
Iowa university. The quality Of thu
contest can best be expressed in the
language of the dissenting judge, James
Marshal, president of Coe college: First
my markings indicate that the debate
was drawn, both equally argumcntive,
able and eloquent; secord, if the other
judges are a tie, my casting vote is with
the negative The judges were James
Marshal, of Coe college; J. T.. Harlan,
vice president Of Cornell college, and Rev.
John O'Farrell, pastor of st. Patrick s
church, Iowa City. The question was:
Resolved, That international bimetalism
is correct in theory and capable of be-
ing applied in practice" The Minncso-
tas were represented in the affirmative by
w. II. Cole, Edward T. McCoffery, l..
E. Green, and Iowa on the negative side
by Il. N. Hendricks. M. Il. Lumbar and
III. +. Williams. The nest effective and
eloquent speaker for the affirmative was
McCaffery and for Iowa was II. T.
Williams. McCaffery's closing speech
was especially telling.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-24
MAY BE POSTPONED.
The Trial OF the Bankers Lloyd al
Fargo. n, ID.

Jamestown, N. D., May 10. - There
seems to be some uncertainty as to the
trial of the case against the Lloyds, bank
ers, which comes up at the term of
United States circuit court now in session
at Fargo. The case will be called, but
whether the actual legal h,ttle will be
held isndoubtful. At least such is the
present Outlook. Important developments
in tic fight are looked for. Both sides
ere sparring for advantage. The ,resig-
aatSon of United States District Attorney
amp Of this city, and the appointment
'SDd subsequent death of Attorney
O'Brien Of Devils Lake, and the very
recent appointment of Attorney Tracey
Bangs of Grand Forks have thrown OBJ
staclcs in the way of a speedy trial 1t
is stated that the government intends
to have competent legal talent in charge
o. the case when it is tried, and that
the present district attorney does not
feel able to take tie responsibility at
this time. although he could avail himself
of the assistance of Attorney Camp. 1t
is intimated that the case may be post
poned for several months.