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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
LOST HIS CASE.
Regent Rogers Defeated in Su-
preme Court Today.
He Can Not Get Back the
Regency.
OTHER CASES SETTLED
Supreme Court Says Gold Brick
Gordon is Guilty.
But Gordon is Gone He Doesn't
Care.
OTHER CASES SETTLED

State Senator William Rogers can't
be state university regent, the supreme
court has SO decided.
The supreme court today decided the
two cases in which State Senator VIM.
Rogers was trying to reclaim his seat as
q regent of the state university Senator
Rogers brought one suit to oust .. l..
Moore from the Office to which he was
appointed by Governor Morrill,. and an
other suit TO compel Governor Morrill, to
recognize him as regent
The court decided both cases against
Senator Rogers and Dir. Moore who was
on Tuesday elected district judge in the
Eighth district is still regent
Justice Allen dissented in the decision
of both cases,
Attorney General Dawes said today
that when Judge Moore takes his office
of judge his office as regent will be de-
clared vacant aud that hereafter when a
man is elected or appointed to
one state Office while holding
another, the first office will be declared
vacant bv reason of the acceptance of the
second. This ruling will effect a num-
ber Of state senators and members of The
legislature who hold places on state
bolrds, notably Senator Wilcoxson on
the state board Of charities. Senator Scott,
a regent of the state university and Rep
resentative Seaton on the state board Of
public works.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
MONEY NOT TARIFF.
Senator Jones Says the Issue is
Clearly Defined.
Fight Next Year Will be on
Financial Issues.
TT ECINI0NN GHOW IT
ELECTIONS SHOW 1T.
Disciples of Gold and Silver
Knitted One Another.
Says There Will be a Silver
Party Next Year.

SAN Francisco, Nov. 9.-Senator John
P. Jones Is strongly of the opinion that
there will be a separate silver party in
the campaign of next year. The forma-
ton of such party is to grow out of the
coming silver conference at Chicago, he
thinks.
The Chicago conference is to take
place some time near the Christmas hol-
idays, in the hope that it may have an
effect on congress. A call is now being
prepared by the executive committee
which grew out of the Memphis confer
ence of last summer. This committee
consists of Congressman J. H Acklen of
Tennessee, NJ. w. Rusk of Colorado and
Joseph Batallal of Vermont
The American Bimetallic league, of
which General A. ]. Warner is chairman,
with headquarters at Washington, and
the National Bimetallic union of Salt
Lake, r c. Chambers, chairman, are
working in CONJUNCTION with it, says Sec
retary George P. keeny OF the local
branch of the American league.
MIR. Keeny has had frequent confer
ences with Senator Jones since he has
been here and he stated that Mr.. Jones
since the result of the elections in the
east has become known is particularly
anxious for the conference to be held.
According to Mr.. Keeny Mr. Jones ex
pressed himself as follows on the out
come of the elections:
Il think that the elections just held
have demonstrated beyond the possibility
Of any doubt whatever that the issue in
the campaign of 1898 will be fatty be-
tween the champions of gold and silver;
that finance and not tariff is to be the
only question, and that it can no longer
be settled within party lines.
'fThe gold and silver men knitted each
other in these elections regardless of par
ty. 1t is an object lesson to silver men
all over the nation. If the battle be-
tween metals be not forced now in
straight issue and along unmistakab BILE
lines. the gold brokers of London and
New York will dominate the govern
ment of the country for the next four
years also, whichever of the two old par
ties win.
THE best thing for the silver men to
do is to get together at Chicago and out
line a plan of organization for a COM
pletely separate and independent party.
The people have been pretty well edu-
Gated and they know quite we'll what
free and Unlimited coinage of silver
means to their business interests. In my
opinion distinctively silver party could
win"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE.

There was almost an insurrection at
the city jail this afternoon at 2:30 when
Kate Parish and Carrie Alexander, both
colored, who are serving time, had ter :
rife fight with the officers.
Jailer Disbrow went into the women's
apartment to see about the fire, when
they began calling him profane and
filthy names. As he went out the door
the Parish woman, who is large and
strong, threw chair at him.
Chief Wilkerson, Captain Gardiner and
others ran into the room. Kate Parish
had a long fire shovel in her hand and
de1ed the officers.
The chief advanced straight towards
her and when she struck at him Cap
tain Gardiner grabbed the shovel from
her hand. After struggle he over
powered the woman and took her to the
dungeon below. There she broke out
every window iu the room and had to De
put in the cell in the women's department
Meanwhile the Alexander woman was on
the war path, though i'll milder form.
She was also locked in the cell
These women are 80 low depraved and
fierce in manner that they are little bet
ter than wild beasts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
GOLD BRIcK G0RDON.
The Supreme Court AfIir1ns the Verdict of
GuiIty-Gortlou is Gone.

The Supreme Court AflirIns the Verdict of
GuiIty-Gortlou is Gone.
The supreme court today decided the
case of Gold Brick Gordon and George
Gordon, the gold brick swindler, is de-
cided to be guilty and the decision of
Judge Hazen's court and the sentence
of five years at hard labor in the state
penitentiary is confirmed.
IL Will be interesting now to know
what the supreme court will do about
capturing Gold Brick Gordon and plac-
ing him in the penitentiary since his
cash bond was take up by his lawyers
with the consent of Harry Stafford aud
paper bond deposited instead.
The bond signed by Col. Patrick Coney
accompanied by a letter from Major J.
X. Hudson, which was endorsed by j. r.
NiuIvane, (the letter. not the bOnd) is on
file with the clerk OF the supreme court,
and Gordon's lawyers, W. c. Webb and
J. G. Waters, got the cash put up for a
bond by Gordon, but Gordon himself is
gone. When he learns of the decision of
the suprems court, will he come back
and volunteer to go to the penitentiary?
This is a plain case of 'tshenanagin"
with the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09

matter just as soon as you can reach a
policeman or telephone.
Last night Chief Wilkerson and Cap
tain Gardiner attended the minstrel
show. After it they watched for all the
colored people who came out.
81 must have seen 200 strange faces"
said the captain this afternoon. There
were lot of them. You haven't any
idea how many strange negroes have
come here since corn husking time. /
was down on Smoky Row this morning,
but none of them were there, and the
Row was about deserted"
Another officer said: "The trouble is
that the men (policemen) haven't paid
any attention to these strangers when
they came here. They ought to know
every one of them. Then when robber-
les occurred they would know from the
description whom to arrest They ought
to be watching all of them"
1t is doubtless these new corners to the
city who are doing all this mischief But
here we have lot of green policeme en-
(politicai workers) who don't know the
first principles of pursuing criminals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09

man Brown-Appeal from Ford county,
reversed. Louis Roser VS.. the Fourth
National Bank of Wichita ct al-Error
from Sedgwick county. affirmed in part
and reversed in part. The State of Kan
sas vs., C, II. Menke-Appeal from Reno
county, affirmed Hyde Park In
vestment Company vs.. the First
National Bank of Atchison-Error
from Atchison county, dismissed; the
State of Kansas vs. Osso Terresso,
appeal from Wyandotte county, affirmed;
the City of Erie VS. c ] Phelps, admins
traitor, error from Crawford county, af-
frmed; Nicholas McAlpine VS. Helen Z
Reicheneker & Co, error from Wyandotte
county, affirmed; George II Eli, ct al,
Exec & Co vs. VIM Y Pingry, error from
Miami county, affirmed.
Allen, j.
In re o. P. Massey, original proceed
ings in ndbeas corpus, petition denied.
J. B. Mcpherson vs.. the state of Kansas
ex rel. question of jurisdiction; jurisdic-
ton of supreme court upheld. In re
Charles Paschal. original proceed
ing in habeas corpus, petition
denied: the State of Kansas, ex rel, VS.
J K Bailey county clerk, original pro-
ceeding in mandamus, judgment for
plaintiff The State of Kansas, VS. William
J Reynold, appeal from Sumner county,
reversed: State of Kansas vs. Thomas
Davis, appeal from Jackson county, af-
frmed the A 7 s. S F Rid
Co VS. Patrick B Lanigan,
error from Johnson county affirmed;
George NJ Noble ct al VS. Willard X
Douglass, error from Jefferson county,
reversed; The State of Kansas vs. Frank
Earnest, appeal from Clark county,
affirmed; Granville P Alkman vs. W G
Edwards secretary of state, original pro-
ceeding in mandamus, writ refused.
Per Curiam.
Pratt, Simmons s. Co, vs. hittie Fair
field ct al, error from Atchison county,
dismissed; Adeline T. Grer VS. the city
of Salina. error from Saline county, dis
missed; I Nelson VS. VIM Buchanan,
error from Bourbon county. dismissed;
Capital Ins Co vs. " w Rayster. error
from Neosho county, dismissed: Western
Mortgage 6 Investment Company VS.
Sophia A Downs, ct al, error
from Wyandotte county, judgment for
plaintiff in error; Frank Carr VS. W B
Goodrich ct al, error from Republic
county, dismissed; City of Wich-
ita VS. Caroline Moon, error
from Sedgwick county, dismissed;
National Bank of Illinois VS. N. Emil
Bowers, error from Comanche county,
dismissed; Stephen G. Hinshaw vs.
Citizens' National bank of Emporia,
error from Lyon county, dismissed; Lucy
Balm vs I. Hood, ct al, error from Lyoa
county, petition for rehearing overruled,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
KANSAS BOY MURDERED.
Son of the Editor of the Oxford (Kan.)
Register Killed in Chicago.

Son of the Editor of the Oxford (Kan.)
Register Killed in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov 9.-Mona D. McDon-
aid, the eighteen year old son of Charles
B. Mcdonald, editor of the Oxford, Sum-
ner county, Kansas Register, was muir
dered in cold blood, on his grandfather's
doorsteps, at 1926 Wentworth avenue, at
o'clock last evening.
The murdered young man was about
to conclude visit to his grandfather, an
electric light trimmer, who is employed
by the Chicago Illuminating company.
The murder took place within half a
block of the Twenty second street police
station and at O'clock in the evening.
Electric cars, filed with passengers,
were constantly passing the door where
the young man met his death. The side
walks were crowded with pedestrians
when the fatal shot was fired.
Bella Mcdonald, who is about 90 years
old and widower, lived alone in base
ment apartments in the building. About
six weeks ago Mona Mcdonald came
from his Kansas home to make him a
visit. Yesterday, as usual since his ar
rival, he accompanied the grandfather
on his rounds as an electric light trim
mer. The two men left the house about
4 o'clock in the afternoon. At o'clock
Mona returned TO prepare supper for his
grandfather, who was TO return about
o'clock. He descended the steps and
drew the key from his pocket. The
door was opened from the inside and d
man sprang out Mona McDon aid, it is
supposed, grappled with him, knowing
that he must have been an intruder. Two
other men followed the first and each
had revolver. One of these thrust the
weapon against McDonaId's head and
discharged it.
Mcdonald was conveyed 10 St. Luke's
hospital, but died ON the way. His gold
watch could not be found.
Inside the Mcdonald house everything
was awrv-
They must have thought I was a
miseE" said the grandfather. ii go out
in the morning early to trim lamps and
get home about noon. In the afternoon
about 4 o'clock make a second trip and
return about O'clock. l do not spend
any money and have a steady job. These
men must have discovered and studied
my habits, and thinking l secreted my
money in the house planned and carried
out the burglary. They were mistaken,
however, for had but a few dollars"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
FOOT BALL GAMES TODAY.

MANHATTAN FIELD. Nov. 9-CornelPs
foot ball team played the Princeton
eleven here today.
The play continued fast until near the
end of the first half. when the ball rested
on CornelPs 10 yards line. Score, nothing
to nothing.
Final score: Princeton 6; Cornell 0.
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 9.-Univer5ity of
Michigan Harvard game started at sos
IN a drizzliEg rain. Both are playing a
kicking game.
First half Harvard O; Michigan 0.
Harvard scored within two minutes
after time was called but no goal. Score
4 to 0.
Neither side scored in the second half
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 9.-University of
Pennsylvania 35; State college 4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
Dawes AMBITION.
Young Mr. MuIvane Said to Be a Candf-
date for Political Honors.

Young Mr.. MuIvane Said to BE Candi-
date for Political Honors.
The very latest political story affecting
Shawnee county politics is that Dave
Mulvane is to be candidate for state
senator next year in the interest of ]. r.
Burton for United States senator and
that he is to receive the support of the
Capital, which is to be the Mulvane-
Burton organ.
There are already two announced can
didates for the state senatorship in Shaw
nee county. Our present senator, Billy
Sterne, wants to be reelected, and c. p.
Bolmar is ambitious to represent the
county in the upper house of the state
government.
1t was as much as three months ago
that word was given out at the Copeland
one morning after j. r. Burton had been
IN town, that Shawnee county must send
four Burton votes to the next legislature,
three representatives and one senator
Senator Billy Sterne is a pronounced
ingalls, man and of course Mr.. Burton
doesn't want him to be one of the four
and c. P. Bolmar is decidedly anti Burton
with Ingalls, leanings.
The only thing to be done under such
circumstances was to have a true blue
Burton man brought out and as Dave Null
vane developed into hustling politician
during the senatorial fight last winter he
was selected to make the race for sena-
tor 1t is so early, however, that there
may be slip of some kind. and if by
any chance the Capital should turn into
other hands it is possible that some other
man may be selected to do the Burton
work in Shawnee county.
A prominent member of the Republi-
can county central committee said to a
STATE JOURNAL reporter this morning:
Yes, guess Mulvane is really candi-
date and l know that already the same
Republicans who boast that they defeat
ed Burdge are preparing to make Null
vane state senator in the interest of ]. r.
Burton"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
BAD SCHOOL BONDS.


State School Fund Investigating Commit
tee Makes Its Final Report.
The state school fund investigation
committee appointed by the last legisla-
lure has filed its final report of its in
vestigations with Governor Morrill,.
This report shows that on October 28
when the count was made the state own
ed $6,099,27 in bonds, including state,
joint district and fraudulent bonds.
The committee says the six mil
lions i'll bonds are practically
good. The committee then makes
a list of bonds of doubtful value incIud-
ing bonds of kearney, Hamilton and
Scott county amounting to $1S3.963 and
a list of absolutely worthless bonds
amounting to $116.900 This last
includes the 100000 of Lawrence bonds,
commonly known as the university bonds.
The committee recommends that the at
torney general commence suit to collect
the defaulted principal and interest on
the bonds of doubtful value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
CLEVELAND SAYS NO.
Expresses Himself to Cabinet
Officers Regarding Sd Term.
If it Goes Beyond Talk He
Will Stop It.
REGRETS THIS TERN.
He Seems to Wish He Hadn't
Been Reelected
n0ocn,f Ex-or1 Doc;,o ~ T-4uouoo
.EGRETS THIS TERN.
Doesn't Even Desire to Influence
the Nomination.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. g. President
Cleveland has taken notice of the third
term talk. He has told a member of the
cabinet that he will not permit his name
to be considered in connection with
the nomination next year. The
expression came about through
conversation started by the mem-
Der of the cabinet regarding
party plans next rear. In what this
secretary said there was an intimation of
a desire to know the presidents personal
intentions. MIR. Cleveland responded
promptly and plainly. He gave the
secretary to understand that his mind
was fully made up, and that if the third
term movement progressed beyond talk
he would stop it.
With another member of the cabinet
the president has gone still further in
declaration of his position on the coming
campaign. He not only told this SECOND
secretary that be was not to be consider
ed as a possibility, but he added that he
had no wish to exercise any influence up
on the party. He said in about so many
words that that there would be no admin
istration candidate for the presidency.
and he bade this secretary exercise his
own inclinations in the coming cam
paign.
Members of the cabinet regard these
expressions as definitely settling both the
third term movement aud the question of
administration influence being given in
any direction
Ia his recent conversation with those
members Of the cabinet TO whom he
talks most freely the president has said
that it will be a glad day to him when
he gets out of Office. lie has said that
he never returned to Washington with
such reluctance as the last lime. His
language justifies the Inference that he
regrets his presidential career did not
eud with one term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
NOT AFRAID OF SNAKE BITES.
An Old Florida Negro Claims to Have
an TnfaIlibIe Cure.

An Old Florida Negro Claims to Have
an InfallibIe Cure.
The Jacksonville (Fla) Citizen: The
wonderful results of the snake cure Of
81 Forman, the old negro snake charm
er. were shown yesterday morning,
when he cured himself of the bite of
rattlesnake. Forman was exhibiting
his collection of rattlers at the corner
of Hogan and Bay streets, and while
handling a large rattler that he cap
tured at Fort George few days ago the
snake struck at him and managed to
inflict two wounds on his left hand.
Forman went on with the performance
and did not seem to mind the bite at
all, until he felt in his pockets and
found that he did not have a bottle OF
his remedy with him. He then went
into Williams drug store and satur-
ated a handkerchief with ammonia and
wrapped it around the hand. The per-
formance was then finished, and he
started for home to apply the snake
cure. He took some of the remedy in
ternally, and wrapping piece of cloth
around the hand he came down town
again. Forman was seen last evening
and showed the wounds on his hand.
There were two bites about an inch
apart, and about one inch long. He
stated that when the snake bit him his
hand commenced to swell, but as soon
as the remedy had been applied all was
over, and he says that he will now suf-
fer no serious results. The hand win
pain him for a few days, and will then
be as well as ever, with the exception
of two scars that are always left by
snake bite. Forman was asked about
his snake cure, but he declined to say
of what it was made. He stated that
he obtained the receipt from an old
Seminole Indian, who made him swear
never to reveal it. Forman claims that
the remedy is an infallible cure for
snake bites, and, as an evidence of its
merits, are scars made by snake bites
all over his hands. He has never made
any Of it for sale and he has never made
any test of it, so far as is known, on any
norson other than himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
IS PEKIN IN DANGER?
Large Force of RebsIs, 6 1000, ThreAts
the Chinese Capital

Largo Force of Rebslr, 10000, Threaten
tho Chinese Capital.
LONDON, Nov Especial dispatches
received here from Shanghai say that the
rebel Dungans in the northwest of China
are mostly armed with rifles of Russian
manufacture. It is added that their
leader, while maintaining strict disci-
pline among his followers accords for
eigners benevolent protection.
He has sent a sort of ultimatum to the
imperial government announcing his in
tention to advance on Pekin should the
answer prove unfavorable. The rebels
are now said to number $4,000 men
and the imperial forces are re-
ported to be utterly incapable of
resistance and to be committing excesses
in the territory under their control.
Whole towns aud villages are said to
have been subjected to rapine, and the
fields in their neighborhood are said to be
Uttered with corpses of men, women and
childra0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
APOPULIST VICTORY.

One Township of Shawnee, That of Ross
Vile. LOST on Township Officers.
There was one township in Shawnee
which elected complete set of Populist
officers this fall. The township is Ross
vile and the officers elected were L. T.
James, trustee, by Go majority; w. s.
Jameton treasurer, by 4 majority aud c.
E. Van Week clerk, by 8 majority. The
same township gave Burdge a majority
of 16
There were only two other Populist
township officers elected. They were
George Kemble, treasurer of Dover and
]. B. Reed, treasurer of Tecumseh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
REVENUE LEGISLATION.
Mr.. Hepburn Thinks Republicans VIII
Tax Lumber, Wool and Beer.

MT. LAepDurn IhInks HepuDUcans VIII
Tax Lumber, Wool and Beer.
New YORK, Nov. 9.-In speaking of
the probable financial Legislation at the
next session of congress. President A. P.
Hepburn, of the Third National bank and
former comptrolls1 Qf the treasury said:
From talks with Representative Reed,
Senator Carter and others the general
idea seems to be to pass a revenue bill
covering lumber wool and beer so as to
furnish the revenue required. Then if
the bill is vetoed by the president they
will be able to throw the responsibility
for its failure upon him.
'In the meantime we may have to have
another issue of bonds. Secretary Car
Isle is going to propose, I understand,
specific legislation in order to place the
responsibility on congress"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
TO PREVENT LYNCHING.

South CarOIina Convention Proposes to
Punish Officers Who Allow 1t.
COLUMBIA. S. c., Nov 9.-The princi-
pal action taken by the constitutional
convention today was the passage of an
anti-lynching provision. 1t provides
that if any prisoner in charge of
sheriff or other state or county
or municipal officer is seized and taken
from such officer through his negligence
permission or connivance and suffer bod
lily harm or death such officer shall be
removed from office and shall be ineligi-
bic to hold another if upon trial he is
convicted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09

Charles n. Crittenton, Of New York,
will speak on the Florence Mission
rescue work as carried on among the
erring women in New York, Chicago,
Denver and other cities, at 7:30 g. m.
Tuesday, the 18th, in the First N. E.
church, and on Wednesday at the same
hour at the First Congreg gational church.
The meetings are free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09

NEW York, Nov. - The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Reserve, increase, $I,665, $50;
loans, decrease, $4.769, 800; specie. in
crease, $210.500; legal tenders. increase,
$973, $40; deposits, decrease, 1926, 900;
now hold $19, ,260,05O in excess of the
requirements of the % per cent rule.