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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
LCHARLIE FA1R,S MILLIONS
VIII Soon Come Into His Share of His
Mothers Estate.

VIII Soon Come Into His Share of His
Mothers Estate.
SAN Francisco, March 2-Charles F.
Fair is millionaire in fact. To acquire
this capital he has disposed of all his in
terest in his mothers estate which now
belongs wholly to his sisters, Mrs. Gel
richs and Miss Virginia Fair Ia ex-
change for his surrender he received
100000 in cash and securities and salts
sactory covenants from his two sisters
for similar amount payable in April,
1897 The first half million was paid in
one hundred thousand cash and the bal
ance in productive gilt edged securities.
1t was after this agreement had been
reached that Fairs attorneys dismissed
the suit that tied up his mothers estate.
When the courts had decided that
Charles Fair could not get the 100000
which had been bequeathed to his
brother James because it was not pay
able until 1897, Charles was in a rather
bad way. About this time Charles and
his father became recouciEed and the
dead senator made himself the active
partisan of his son. He not only coun-
seled him to contest his mothers will,
but advanced him money to enable him
to do so and supported him while the
| suit was pending.
1t was at the instigation of his father
|
and that he voluntarily relinquished his
monthly allowance of $1,000 from that
source. Finally the suit was dismissed,
and an arrangement was made which
was mutually satisfactory.
/ Charlie needed money and got it. Mrs.
Oelrichs came Immediately into 81, $780,
900, and Miss Virginia Fair will have an
equal fortune when she is 25, in 1900.
They will have absolute joint ownership
of Mrs. Fairs estate, which is constant
ly increasing from its original value Of
four millions.
| A peculiar feature developed recently
is the Inconsistency of the late ex-Sena-
tor Fair While he was counselling
Charlie and expressing his disapproval
of trusts and of strangers and irrespon-
sible people being given such power to
handle other peoples money, he con-
tinually admonished his son to manage
his own Inheritance The first money
paid by James J. Fair to Charlie to break
the trust created by Mrs. Fairs will, was
given on Sept ii, 1894. One week later
the ex-senator made his own will Great
ing a trust ''contided to Strangers against
which he inveighed so vigorously and
for the legal destruction of which he
was even then advancing money and
continued to do so to the end of his days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
NEARLY BANKRUPT.
Victoria, Australia, Cannot Pay Her In
terest Much Longer

terest Much Longer
WASHINGTON, March 2-Sir Morton
Frewen, the English bimetallist, who has
frequently contributed to the free-silver
literature of the United States, and who
is at present in Australia studying the
financial problem has written Repre-
sentative Bland letter of coincidence on
his defeat in which he says:
81 am greatly concerned to notice
from the electoral returns that you, OF
all men, should have shared the fate
which has overtaken so many of your
party. Your exclusion from the fifty
fourth congress is very great loss to
the cause, that for more than all have
at heart, and / venture to write you
these few lines of regret and
sympathy. l have come over here
to endeavor to pursuade these
communities to demand direct
representation when another mon
etary conference is called. Hitherto
these communities of all others most
heavily indebted 100000 of people
with $2,O00,0 100000 OF outstanding debts)
have consented to be represented by the
bond holders. l regard the financial
situation here as most critical-lndeed,
it is now desperate The price of wheat
and wool has fallen to that point that l
am certain the great colony of Victoria
must default in the very near future up
on her foreign loan"
Prof Walter s. Haines of Rush Medi-
Cal College of Chicago, declares Dr.
Prices Baking Powder absolutely pure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
HONDURAS MUST ACT.
Uncle Sam win Not BE Trified with Any
Longer.


Longer.
CHICAGO, March 2-The Truth has
the following Washington dispatch:
The United States has determined
Honduras must comply with demands
for the punishment for the murderers of
an American citizen. Diplomatic means
having failed, the cruiser Montgomery
has left Mobile, Ala. for there to see if
the presence of an American man-of-
war will not have a wholesome effect
upon the Honduras authorities.
The instructions to the commander of
the ship are that he shall thoroughly in
vestigate the matter and shall assist the
American minister to that republic,
Pierce N. B. Young, in obtaining the
prosecution of the offenders.
The story of the murder of the Ameri-
can in Honduras, as told by the diplom-
attic correspondence on the subject is
unusually interesting. Some years ago
Charles r Renton, an American, pur-
chased an estate near Brewers la
COON, Honduras, aud a short dis
lance from Trujillo, and lived
there until March. 1894, when Mr. Rem
ton was set upon by a number of negroes
and Hondurians and killed. Mrs Renton
informed the Hondurian authorities of
the facts in the case and waited for them
to arrest and punish the offenders.
Patience finally ceased TO be a virtue.
She thereupon wrote to Secretary Ores
ham and substantiated her statements
with affidavits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
COOLER SUNDAY.
1t is Warm and Pleasant Today but There
VIII be a Change.

1t is Warm and Pleasant Today but There
VIII be Change.
1t is much warmer this afternoon than
it was yesterday, and the mercury is SO
above. According to Mir. Jennings, how
ever, it will be colder by tomorrow after
noon.
The temperature has risen consider
ably in Wyoming, the Dakotas and Min
nesota, where the barometer is now low,
but fallen in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
and Missouri, where the barometer is
comparatively high; it is quite uniform
this morning, the lowest reported being
20 degrees at Davenport and the high
est, 81 degrees at Cheyenne.
The barometer is lowest in Montana
and highest in Texas. Clear weather
prevails over Texas, Oklahoma, Arkau-
sas, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa, with
partly cloudy and cloudy weather north
and west of Kansas.
With the passage of the low, now in
Montana, to the east our winds will veer
to west and northwest, bringing colder
weather by Sunday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
DON'T LIKE COWARDS.

President Dole More Severe on Sympa-
thizers than Participants.
Honolulu, Feb %, via San Francisco,
March 2-While the government has
easily put down the revolt. it does not
take the most hopeful view of the situa-
ton. This is due to some extent to the
excitement of the moment
President Dole and his cabinet are dis
posed to adopt a more lenient policy to-
ward those captured in arms and those
suspected of sympathy with them.
The finest assortment of wall paper
ever carried by US; new spring styles
now complete. VAN HoUTEN.
720 Kansas Avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
HETTY GREEN'S LAWYERS.
She Changes Attorneys as Often as She
Changes Bonnets.

She Changes Attorneys as Often as She
Changes Bonnets.
New YORK, March Mrs. Hetty
Green, who has a new lawyer nearly
every time her famous case is called, is
again short on legal advisers. There
will be another postponement when the
hearing comes up again and there will
be new face at the bar, new, at least,
SO far as the case of Green VS.. Darling, is
concerned.
The hearing in the application for the
removal of Henry Barring, sole surviv-
ing executor of her fathers will, came
up in the Office of Referee Henry Ander-
derson. in the Miller building
Every body was Thunderstorm when
Mrs. Green said her council, Charles w.
Ogden, was in Texas, and that the case
would have TO be again postponed.
A wrangle followed, during which Mrs.
Green was as lively as usually and was
repeatedly called to order by the referee.
1T annoys me very much" said Mr..
Anderson, ''to remind woman of your
age that these interruptions are disagree
able"
The case was finally set for March %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
Mothers

have never found a preparation
so well adapted to the needs of
thin, delicate children, as SCOTS
Emulsion of Cod-1iver Oil, with
Hypophosphites.
Children almost universally
like the taste of it, which makes
its administration easy, and it
supplies their blood with the
food properties that overcome
wasting tendencies.
SCOTS Emulsion enriches the
blood, promotes the making OF
healthy flesh, and aids IN a
healthy formation of the bones.
Don't be persuaded to accept a
substitute.
Scott Bovine, NY. All Druggists. soc. and ST.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to tina
State journal

State journal
CHICAGO, March 2-Wheat was easier
today The chief cause of the weakness
was the fact that the cold wave which
was expected to injure the unprotected
plants in the west did not materialize.
Short sellers regained their courage.
May opened 38c lower at 544, sold
from 541s to 543s, and reacted to the
opening price.
Corn was in sympathy with wheat and
on larger receipts than expected. May
opened &c lower at 541s and sold to
Oats followed corn. May opened no
lower at 294. sold to 291s
Provisions were slightly lower on
moderate selling and the weakness in
grain.
May pork opened ~ cents lower at
S1035.
May lard sold at $685.
Estimated receipts today, 16, 900;
official yesterday, 1921; shipments.
8.419; left over 1000. Market opened
stronger closing weak. Lights, 5000
4.2O; mixed $3.40@430; heavy $3.95@
AS; rough, $40O@4.10.
CATTLE-Estimated receipts today
800; official yesterday 4.419; ship
ments 3469 Market strong.
SHEEP = Estimated receipts today
1,OOU; Official yesterday 4, 8t4S SUPP
ments 2,444. Market firm.
Kansas city Market
KANSAS CITY. March 2-CATTLE-Re
ceipts, $780, shipments. 1900. Market
steady to strong. Texas steers 5000
455; Texas cows, $275@3 90; Colo
rado steers, none on sale; beef steers.
81 7505.75; native cows, $1.50@4 40;
stockers and feeders, $2OO0400; bulls,
$225@4O0.
Hoes = Receipts. $500; shipments,
800. Market steady. Bulk of
sales, $3.S5@410; heavies, $40O@415;
packers, $3.8J@415; mixed, $3.80W4O5;
lights, So 65@3.65; workers., S3.SO03. S5i
pigs, $36003.75.
SHEEP - Receipts, 1900; shipments
none. Market steady
WHEAT-Higher. No 2 hard, 5215 053;
No red, 53c; rejected, AZ.
CoRN-No. 2 mixed easier. 4Oc; No.2
white, H@15c lower, 40c.
OATs-N01c lower; No mixed
28M@29c; No. white, Sic.
RYE-Firn. No. 2, SIC.
| FLAxSEED-DulI. $1.28.
BRAH-Firm at 67@69c.
HAY-Steady but dull;
BUrTER-Weaker. Creamery. 1711 020;
dairy 11@15.
| Eaas-Weaker at TIC.
| See the trapeze performance by "tha
perfect woman" Mile. Capitaine.
Edison's Kinetoscope Exhibition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
BOB WANTS THE MONEY.
FitzsimmOns Says He Will Fight Cor
bett Anywhere Earth.

NEW YORK, March "A special to
the World from Buffalo, N. Y, says:
Bob Fitzsimmons was seen by d cor
respondent at the Court street theater,
where he is showing, and asked if he
would consent to fight Corbett in Guth-
RE, Oklahoma. He said: 81 will fight
earth. l will go to Florida, or Louisi-
ana. or Oklahoma, or to the Fiji islands
if necessary. All l want to be assured
of is fair treatment, and a certainty of
getting the purse if l win"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
THREE'S A CROWD.

Not More than Two People Allowed
Together at Martins Ferry.
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, March 2-The
order of Mayor Westwood, to the special
police guard at the Buckeye glass works,
to dispense all crowds of over two assem-
bling on the streets near the works, was
enforced last night, and caused consider
able feeling among the strikers.
Late last night brick was thrown at
Policeman Mitchell, and an employe re-
turning from grocery. Ford Ritter and
his daughter were stoned this morning
on their way to work.
Manager Humphrey was escorted to
and from a social assembly last night by
policemen. The output of ware is in
creasing.
Pinfr rnn ..f Ii.,i.,-. nnt,o-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Crew Is Rescued From an Old Sinking
Vessel.

NEW YORK, March 2-The Wilson
steamer Colorado, which reached port
today from Hull England, brought the
captain and crew of ten men of the Ger
man bark Norma, picked up in latitude
"a. longitude % The Norma, which
was an old vessel, was loaded with dye
woods from Buenos Ayres to Antwerp
On the 10Th she encountered heavy
storm, which caused her to leak badly
When the Colorado came in sight, the
water had made such gain in her hold
that she was about to sink.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
A PROFANE JUDGE.
He Is Arrested for Swearing in q Public
Conveyance.

Conveyance.
SToUGHToN, Mass, March 2.-In the
district court Judge Bushrode Morse was
arranged on the complaint of F. w.
Marshall, editor of the Sharon Enter
prise, charged with using profane Ian
guage in public conveyance and vio-
lating the town bylaws
The case. which was tried in the de-
PENDANTS own court by Judge Hum
phrey, created considerable interest and
the court room was crowded. At hear
ing lasting several hours, the defendant
was discharged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
GEN. RICE, EDITOR.
Gen. John H. Rice viii Start a Daily
Paper at Seda1ia.

Paper at Sedalia.
SEDALIA. March 2-(Special) Ar
rangements were completed today for
the publication of a new Republican
daily in this city. General John II. Rice,
for years editor of the Fort Scott, Kas,
Monitor, will be editor and he will fur
nish large proportion of the capital,
and the remainder will be provided by
Sedalia and St. Louis parties. The new
paper will be stalwart Republican in
politics. The first number of the news
paper will be issued inside of thirty days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
New neck bands put on your shirts at
TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY.

Painting and papering, hanging; work
guaranteed, at the lowest rates
VAN HOUTEN,
720 Kansas Avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02

San Francisco's able chemist, Dr. w.
T. Wenzell, declares DR.. Prices Baking
Powder absolutely pure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02

Prices Cream Baking Powder gives
absolute certainty of success to cooks
It's absolutely pure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02

EHOR TRADE-HandSone well bred mare
"A with standard colt at side. for ladies bicy-
Gle; also No. 1 watch for set light double har-
ness. A. B. c. Journal Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

TOR RENT-Gnt edge store room between
4 9TH and Sth on Kansas ave-, April 1St S.
NJ. Wood s Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02

Pictures of living action.
Edison's kaleidoscope Exhibition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02

T OST-Large red COW with halter on. Please
~ return to 720 Monroe ST., North Topeka
and receive reward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02

Wall paper, new spring assortment.
now complete; finest stock ever carried
any season. VAN HoUTEN,
726 Kansas Avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02

See the trapeze performance by "the
perfect woman" Mile. Capitaine.
Edison's Kinetoscope Exhibition.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-01

Very Sudden Collapse Of the
Secretary Of State.
Desperate Attempts Were Made t.
Keep Him Alive,

The nation mourns for one Of her ilu7r-
oussOns Secretary of State Walter &. Gresham
Is dead There is multiplied evidence
of genuine sorrow ON every hand. The end
came suddenly, but before darkness spread
her canopy over the capital tidings flashed
from hOtise to house with electric swiilncss
that the country prem cr was dying, Truer
friend and Drawer man never lived than Gen.
Gresham. He gave up his life for his coun-
try as truly, herOically and as grandIy as
he could upon the field Of battle. He has
fallen in action. Ii he could have chosen
the manner of his death 1t would have been
that way. His death vas quiet, All pcr"eg-
tible beating of his pulse had ceased two
hours before, and life had been kept in his
body by artificial means. BY his bedside,
wheU he died, were MrI. Gresham, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrews and Capt and Mrs. Fuller,
relatives Of the family.
In the next room were Charles liamlln AS
siStAnt secretary Of the treasury, chief clerk
Rcniek OF the state department, Assistant
Secretary Of State Ohl ami col. II. e. Corbln
of the war department. Gen, Greshnm's
GaUntess herosm in the front Of the light
won for him the undvny friendship of the
matchIess Grant, and the bond Of rhivalric
regard between the two men was sundered
only by the death Of the great rhieftnin
When the dashing young general was
dragged bnck from the teeth Of the
enemy at BlId Ridge desperately, and
it was then thought fatally wounded one
July day in 1864, Gen. Grant felt that he
had lost II comrade who hai grown dearcr to
him than brothec. II has always been one
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-01
WALTER @. GRESHAM.
Born Near Iancsyillc' Ind, Edu.
Gated II Lawyer and Soldier.

tattu u LAW yer ana SOluIPf.
Walter Q. Gresham wu' born near Xanes-
vile, Ind, March II. 1882 HIS ancrs-
.ors were among the early settlers of the
state, his grandfather. George Gresham, hay
ing cmigratcd from Kentucky in 1909. His
Hther, william, was born in Kentucky in
1902, and his mother. who was Davis of
scotch lri h descent, was born in Vir-
gha They had three sons aud two daugh-
ters. The father. while sheriff OF Harrison
county, was shot by Levi Sipes, an outlaw.
After spending two years at the COrydOn
seminary he went for one wear to the Bloom
ington university, and then returned to
orydon, ont OF money, but much better
prepared Tor the practice of law, which by
this time he had fully decided to follow. He
continued his studies under Judge Porter,
who took great pride in him. aud he was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1854. lie entered the
,rlny at the breaking out of the war. He
joined Shermrn's army and advanced into
Georgia. In 1865. when an agent OF state
was to be appointed. Gresham was chosen by
the legislature lie held the office until
1871.
Judge Gresham male his mark as juris
in the decision he gave in the intricate Wa
bash railway case, exposing the whole
scheme of Gould and his partners to defraud
the lawful creditors an administering a re.
buke the like Of which has rarely come from
the bench. While postmaster general under
Pres Arthur. the I.1uiSianr lottery, n de-
moralizing and debauching power, was tn,
most objective point of Gresham,s re
form crusade. His term in that Office
also witnessed the reduction of letter postag,
from three cents to two cents. and the increas,
of weight allowable from half au ounce to III
ounce. A reduction of rates for newspaper
was also feature of his administration, ant
In the matter of fast mail service he achieved
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-01
CARLOADS OF FLOWERS.
Enough to Cover the Chicago Gene
terry Where Confedprates Lie.

There will be brought to Chicago. ILL.,, 10y
tho dedication of the confederate monument
at 0akswoOds cemetery on May 30 the most
distinguished aSscmhlago of officers ot both
the Union and confederate armies that
has ever gathered in the West The
citizens OF Chicago have made am
pie arrangements for their cnterta n
ment. One feature will be a reception and re-
union, which will 90 a long waytoward more
firmly comenting fraternal bonds between the
North and south In that reunion there Will
be no North, no South, but pure American
sentiment and that patriotism under the stars
and stripes. There is to tie no display OF the
confederate cOlors
Already Il carload of flowers, trees PLANS,
mOsSes and magnOliaS for decorating pur-
poses has been started from savannah. Cars
of horaI offerings from Atlanta and Charles
ton are also coming shipments will b,
made from Pensacola and Mobile, and ear
load will be attached in the express leaving
New Orleans. With all these flowers there
will he enough TO almost cover Oak
woods from one end to another. The
Chicago Veteran Association, an or
ganization of Union Veterans, will
place cross eight feet in height on the monu-
ment All the guests arriving direct from
Washington will come in Il special ear aud Il
special train will also come from the south.
Rooms have been reserved for the entire party
at tho Palmer House, as the guests Of the
owners
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-01

Mystery surrounds the strange case
of IL. II. Holmes, alleged life insurance
and fire insurance Swindler and sus-
pected of darker crimes. About all
the elements of tragic interest are pres
ant in abundancc-not one, but at least
three women: jealousy, murder, arson.
bold swindleS Much of it is involved
In doubt. much else shrouded in abso-
lutte darkness But To thoughtful per.
sons who have carefully perused Mr..
Holmes confessions we think one point
will be toIcrahly clear-namely, that
Mr. Holmes suffers the disadvantage
Of having spent his boyhood in coun-
~ where no cherry trees grow in the
front yard; that his father never gave
him little hatchet Not that Mr..
Holmes lied necessarily when he gave
, the police that startling account of how
Miss Williams killed her sister and he
threw the body in the lake, but that the
context inevitably suggests that the
narrator was Il man who could lie II
he wanted to. There may he many hor-
rible details of Holmes career yet to
be unearthed and proved, but 1t Is well
to bear in mind that so far as he has
been shown TO be only Ntksr cheap
sort Of small swindler.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-01
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Attorncy-Gencral kmowItOn's Dccis.
ion on the TubercuIOsiS Bill.

Below will be found the decision rendered
hy Attorney General knOwIton Of NaSsnrhu-
-ettS n 10 the ron~ tutiunIlity Of the IHY-
mCut of the "Suun, .iuc' O unsOund cattle.
DESTROYED by order of the inspectors ap.
pointed for that purpose. The at;urncy-gcn-
era says The provisions Of the lHw SEN
ate bill 2OD. - far as they authorize pro-
cecings against diseased cattle, tainted food,
.tr.. are clearly within the police powers con-
fcrred upon the Legislature by the cOHstitu-
lOn.
The general principal upon which thes"
eases are defined is tnat to constitute pub.
lie Use there must be Il direct relation be-
tween the promotrrOf the object. Of the ap-
preparation and the public good. Simply
stated, the legislature under our constitu-
ton has no right to take money
10y taxation from one TO enrich anO her; ;
and it is of no consequence how merltor-
ioUs upon general considerations the posi-
ton Of the recipient may be. Money raised
by taxation can only he used for public pur-
poses. Nor is the Legislature the final Judge
OF whether the purpose be public. The cN-
tent and value to be used. amt the wisdom
and propriety of the appropriation arc mat
ters exclusively within the province Of the
| Lngisiaturc; but whether the expenditure
prDuosed is for private or for public objects
in the legal sense, is lOr the determination OF
th' judicial poS'r. I.Owell v Boston, I'LL
Mass, 4ii, 49, 1913.
Applying these principles to the bill in
question. am of the opinion that in SO far
rs it requires the payment OF Il fictitious value
in all cases to the owners Of cattle killed as
diseased and consequently worthless it is an
appropriation OF public money for the bene-
fit Of individuals 1t takes money from the
common fund contributed by all all citizens