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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-13

sale druggists, for a number of years
with headquarters in Topeka has been
given the position of buyer for the chem
ical department of the store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-13

Ladies' Fleece Ribbed Vests, 22c
Ladies' Natural Ribbed Vests, Soc
Ladies' Non-Shrinking Vests, 4Sc
Ladies' Fine Scarlet Vests, 73c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-13

Clothing.
Overcoats in this sale for 81
Mems full suits, So
Boys full suits, 600
Mems pants, 9Oc
Boys pants. 30c
Duck overcoats, $e9S
Underooats. 99c
Jumpers, 25o
Felt hats, SAC
Mems and boys caps, 25o
Underwear, full suit, 48c.
White shirts, 35c
Flannel shirts, Acc
Colored shirts. $50
Mittens, 100
Neckwear, 10c
Linen collars, 10c
100 dozen mems and boys gloves worth
81, in this sale Acc
$50 dozen mems handkerchiefs, lie each
200 dozen nice handkerchief, &c each
Trunks, $175
Vailses, Use each
OYeralls in this sale, 40c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-13
Better Come Now

And set for your Xmas Photographic
You will get better satisfaction by avoid
ing the rush.
SNYDER, 632 Kansas Ave.
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Spring chickens, dressed, from zoe to
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-13

To have your sitting for Xmas Photos.
Try Snyder's Art Gallery.
652 Kansas Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-13
Hardware.

We have car load of Gold Coin stoves;
it costs as nothing to handle stoves but
little work; that is the reason we can
save you So to IS on stove; for an ex-
ample, ST. stove for $1250.
Hay forks 30
Scoop shovels 20
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srybody takes the JOURNAL
The herald., 1895-08-01
All ON ACCOUNT Of A. PA. IHE TRIAL OF |. DURRANT
Clash Between Rval nstit Only Four Jurors Have Yet
tOns Hourly Expected Been secured
POI ICE ANARCHY AT OMAHA MORAL WANTONS ACTIONS
Collision Between Tried Embrace the Repulse
Soon Happen Looking Prisoner
Woman Who
Il n Of Methods
Iauve eAppoInt Remains
Only Four Jurors Have as Yet
Been Secured
A MORAL WANTON'S ACTIONS
She Tried 10 Embrace the Repulsive
Looking Prisoner
The Chase for the Elusive Woman Who
Knew Durrant's Methods At the
Church Remains Futile

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3l.-Two ad
ditional jurors were secured today to try
Theodore Durrant for the murder OF
Blanche Lamont. Then the third panel
of seventy-five names having been ex-
hausted, an or Ter was issued for venire
of $50 new names. The additional Jurors
secured today are M. X. Dempster. a
commission merchant and N. Crocker,
contractor. Four jurors In all have so
far been secured. Counsel botn for the
prosecution and defense are pleased at
the character of the men thus far chosen
to try the case. Instead of being driven
as heretofore from the county Jail 10 the
city hall in the sheriff's private buggy,
Durrant was today conveyed in the ordi-
nary prison van with less notable prison
ers. He still continues to be the subject
of much hero worship. AS he was leav-
ing the court room a well.dressed ana
handsome woman rushed toward him
with endearing words and attempted to
embrace him. The sheriff protected Dur
rant from this admirer and also refused
to deliver the quantities OF flowers sent
to his cell by strangers.
The prosecution does not believe the
deposition Of Charles H. Clarke. the trav
cling salesman now in Boston, will aid
Durrant much. Should he return to tes-
tify he will be arrested. it Is said. at the
instance of former employers here for
frauds. The police are considering the
advisabilitv OF trying to extradite Clarke
and bring him back here SO tnat he can
be cross-examined.
The chase for the woman who. it is al
legged. was inveigled into Emanuel church
by Durrant and to whom he subsequently
appeared nude, still continues. The story
is to the effect that Durrant met the lady
under an arrangement to take her to II
marty or social gathering. Tho two met
in accordance with the agreement and as
they approached the church Durrant sud
denly thought of the books he needed at
the meeting. He induced his com panion
to enter the church with him. and left
her in u side room while he disappeared
into the library.
Soon. the story goes, he returned minus
his clothes. The lady. though half faint.
ing from fright, kept her presence of
mind, and by stratagem escaped with
out her hat and gloves. These articles he
handed out of one of the front windows
to her with threat of death if she
should say word about the affair.
This story is anonymous and no one
has come forth to substantiate it. The
show that there is particle of truth in
the accusation. Men and women are
found in abundance who say they have
heard other people say it was true, but
when pressure is brought to bear the
fabric collapses. Captain Lees. however,
still believes that the rumor has founda-
ton in fact.
The herald., 1895-08-01

solving the district. The reason set up
in the complaint is that fraud was per-
petratsd upon the supervisors and there
BY they we're induced to order the dis.
tfict formed.
The fraud Is stated to consist in the
fact that twenty-iive.of tho fifty signeis
OF the petition presented to the board
were not land owners in the proposed dis
trict, although shey represented that they
were. Milton McWhorter. one OF the di-
rectors, had decided twenty acres in small
lots to these twenty-five signers. but did
not deliver the deeds. and none of the
twenty five signers ever claimed the Ian
81, decided. The deeds were never record
ed,
The herald., 1895-08-01
WHERE IS COOK?
A Prominent S. p. Employee Unaccountabiy
Drops Out of Sight

Drops Out of Sight
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3l.-James D.
Cook, who for many years has occupied
a prominent position in the office of the
general passenger and tickst agent of the
Southern Pacific company, has disappear
ed, and General Passenger Agent L. II.
Good man and those imm ed lately under
him are very much concerned as to his
whereabouts. Cook has not been seen by
any Of the attaches of the passe niger de-
partment since last Monday, when he left
the general passenger office ct the conclu
sion of his days labors. Careful inquiry
has been made for him ever since, but the
only information obtainable is to the
effect that Cook was seen at Sacramento
on Tuesday of last week and later on in
Ogden. Cook handled all the money of
the general passenger department. The
railroad officials say his accounts are all
right. and are at a loss to acc cunt Tor his
disappearance.
Cook has always stood high in the esti-
nation of Goodman and the assistant
general passenger agents. and has been
regarded as capable and honest en-
ployee. SO much confidence was reposed
in him that at the time of the Half Mil
lion clubs excursion to the Los Ageles
Fiesta, Cook was sci cted from the office
force to 60 along with the excursion as a
representative and esort of that depart
ment. During the trip he handled
great deal of the companys money. but.
so Goodman says. his accounts were set
tied up Immediately upon his return, and
he accounted for all money handled dur
ing the trip.
From what can be learned Cook has not
left the city with the expectation of re-
turning in hurry, for he has carried
with him from his late residence two
grips ana all his personal effects. He is
an unmarried man and has been living
with his brother and sisters.
The herald., 1895-08-01
HAImes' He'll Kitchen

CHICAGO. July 31.-Miss Jennie
Thompson, known as Mrs. Evalyn Stew
art, is being looked for by glewood
police officers. Miss Thompson has been
living on May street near SIxty-sixth, but
in that locality she has been known as
Mrs. Stewart. The police have been in
formed today that she was employed by
Holmes as stenographer up TO a short
time before he left Chicago. Her state
ment is wanted in regard to what she saw
and heard in the castle while she worked
there.
cedar vat where 1t is said Holmes manu-
factured gas. The police are trying to
see if there is any connection between
this vat and the big tank that was uncoy-
cred Monday evening. -Four men also
spent the morning digging in the cellar
near the southwestern corner of the build
ing. Exrs,;msrts ,sers made today with the
liquid found in the bottom of the vat in
the cellar of Holmes house, and it was
found that whenever mixed with benZine
or kerosene it would emit vapor SO
deadly that no human being could I've in
1t. Whether or not Holmes used the
vapor for suffocating his victims is not
known. but the police are inclined to
favor such theory. .
Another link III the chain binding Gum
Ian to the alleged crimes OF Holmes was
forged today oy an admission by Quin-
lar, when ouestionei by Chief of Police
Badenoch. He said he vas hired by a
man named Allen TO go to Fort Worth.
At that time he was engaged, he said
he had only one days acq ,,aintance with
Allen, and on the following day he
started for Fort Worth. Quinan had
previously claimed that he had no knowl-
edge of any crime committed by Holmes
altough he had admitted that in Fort
Worth he met and knew a man called
Mascot. Now that Allen and Mascot
are practically proven to be one and the
same man, Quinlan's contradictory
statements have placed him in stIil
worse light with the police. The police
discovered today the means by which the
mark of woman's foot became pfinted
on the inside of the vault door. While
examining the oil under tie microscope
the expert got some of the oil on his
hands, and later placed two Of his fingers
on an iron plate in the laboratory. In
short tune afterwards he noticed the
marks of his fingers were distinctly
visible on the iron, and all efforts to rub
1t off were fltile, A test OF the acid oil
was then made, but finer test on this
point is to be applied. This discovery
will clear away a great deal of surmise on
the part of the police as to the theory
advanced that Holmes got small guam
tity of 3hls oil in bowl, added petrol
cum, or benzine, or even common kero-
sene, to it, and placed it In the vault. A
deadly gas would be given off immedi-
ately, and all Holmes had TO do was to
lure his victim into the trap and then
shut the door. Death would soon result
The explanation of the footprint on the
iron door is that one OF his alleged vie
tins. in her struggles, upset the bowl
of oil and placed her foot in the liquid,
which had run over the floor. and then
in her struggles placed her foot against
the door, leaving the tell-tale mark.
In addition to the other tests an effort
1eu bs made tomorrow to see if the vapor
The herald., 1895-08-01
She Wants Big Money From the
Electric Road
MINNIE SEEGAR'S SUICIDE
A Bill Counterfeiting Outfit Found at
Stockton
Suit Commenced at Fresno TO dissolve the
Sunset Irrigation District on the
Ground Of Fraud
Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.-Mrs.
James Mckee wants the courts to force
the Los Angeles Electric Railway COM
pany to pay her $17, 900. This money she
claims is due for the services of ner hus-
band, now deceased. as trustee for the
company. and for arranging the consolid-
alton Of the Los Angeles Cable Railway
company with the Los Angeles Consoi-
idated Electric company. Mrs. Mckee
claims that her husband was sent to Chi
cago to arrange details and that he was
to receive $40. 900 for this service. His
work in arranging the issue of the new
bonds was. sle AYERS. worth $40. 900 more.
making $780, 900 due him in all, and yet
$2500 had been his sole recompense.
The property of the Los Angeles Con-
solidated Railway company is now being
advertised for sale at the demand Of the
bondholders. whose interest was not paid.
Mrs. Mckee thinks her claims should
be satisfied before the proceeds of the sale
are distributed among the bondholders
and will so ask.
The herald., 1895-08-01
CIeWs That Lead to Naught

INDIANAPOLIS, July 31.-'I think
we'll have TO wait until Holmes tells
where TO find Howard Pitzel. He knows
and we cannot find out"
So said Detective Geyer who has been
in town over week hunting house sup
posed to have been rented by Holmes
while he was here. So far the search
has revealed nothing. Clews have been
plenty, for every day from one to a dozen
people call on the detective and in
mysterious ways tell him that they
have found the house that Holmes
rented. No matter how impossible the
stories seem, every one of them is inves-
ticated and now the detective says that
he has not the slightest clew to work on.
He says that he expects TO be recalled to
Philadelphia soon, and he says that if
the body of Howard PitZel is found it
will be because Holmes weakens enough
10 i ntorm the officers what disposition
was made OF ii. e.
The herald., 1895-08-01
Spring After a Gang

SAN FRANCISCO. July 91.-The an
nouncement of the intention of Edward
S. Spring to sue d. b. Lyman, superin-
tendent of the Consolidated California
and Virginia mine, for an accounting
of his stewardship and an explanation
of his tratficking in the stock of the mine,
has created sensation among the min
ing men and spectators here. TIE suit
will be commenced in the United States
circuit court of Nevada. Spring says he
does not want damages but he wants
to have the property properly cared for,
and the gang that operates the mine
broken. Spring charges that Lyman has
conducted operations and made reports
to influence the stock market. Spring.
who owns 20, 900 shares of the stock and
controls about 10000 shares says that
there is enough ore in sight to pay divi-
dends, and that it is we'll known that the
affairs of the mine are in better con-
dltion than they have been reported.
The herald., 1895-08-01
A Clash Between Rival Institu.
tions Hourly Expected
POLICE ANARCHY AT OMAHA
A Collision Between the Forces Must
Soon Happen
Commissioners Appointed by the Governor
Refuse to Step Out In Favor Of Legis-
lative Appointees
Assor,.,,d pre,. specisl wire.

Associated Preas Special Wire.
OMAHA, Neb.. July 31.-The situation
in Omaha over the effort of the A. P. A..
to get control of the police force ia hourly
becoming more serious. Two police forces
will be doing business in the city within
twenty.four hours-the present force, de-
irving authority from the present police
commission, and a new force, under au-
thority of police board to be appointed
some time tonight under alleged author
ity of a new law passed by the last legis-
lature, in effect at midnight.
A collision is imminent. The A. P.
AS have organized and armed a police
force 10 90 their bidding. Walter Seeley
who was sent over the state by the A. P.
A. combine to feel the pulse Of the state
militia and find out if they would ct in
case thsy were called out by the governor
to suppress trouble in Omaha, returned
tonight He reports that the soldiers did
not give him much encouragement, as
they will neither resign nor refuse to
fight if ordered into the field by the ex
ecutive His mission was to get resigna-
tions to be presented only i'll the event
of call to arms.
Church Howe says that Tom Majors
has rendered his services to the A. r.
A., to take command of the A. 7. A.
forces in Omaha on Thursday. Not to
be behind his friend Majors. Howe has
volunteered to assist Adjutant General
Barry.
The present police commission has
given out theil ultimatum on the situa-
tion as follows:
Believing the law passed by the last
legislature depriviug us OF the offices to
which we have been duly appointed by
the governor. who under the constitution
Is alone clothed with executive functions,
and believing furthermore that the act by
which the present board is proposed to
be abolished is null and void. we deem it
our duty to continue in the discharge of
the functions vested in us by the charter
under which the city of Omaha is gov.
erned ~
The herald., 1895-08-01
TO FOIL TRAIN ROBBERS
A New Way for Casting Precious net
Bricks

A New Way for Casting Precious netal
Bricks
SAN FRANCISCO. July 31.-The fire.
quency of the successful train robbing has
changed the system of casting bricks
long in vogue at minting assay offices
throughout the west and the government
will soon follow the example set.
Speaking of the matter today, Colonel
John Orolett, formerly mavor at Silver
Bow, but now of Butte, Mont, said ::
Assay offices at Helena are now reueiv-
ing large amounts of gold from the north
ern mines and it nearly all comes in
bricks foot long, six inches wide and
three inches deep. l recently saw a bar
that weighed neary $50 pounds. being
worth over $50. 600. The bullion is now
cast that way to prevent loss in train
robberies., 1t would be almost impossi-
BILE for road agents to hide or suddenly
carry away giant bar like that"
The herald., 1895-08-01
THE STANFORD CASE
Preparing for q Reversal of U. S. Circuit Judge
Ross Decision


Ross Decision
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.-The
record in the case of the United States
against Mrs. Jane l.. Stanford was today
filed in the United States court of appeals,
where the governments special attorney.
l.. d. McKissick. hopes to secure re-
versal of the decision recently rendered b.
Judge Ross.
"On next Monday l will appear before
the court of appeals and endeavor to
have special day set aside for hearing
the case," said Mr.. McKissick. The
same arguments made in the lower court
will be made again and about the same
length of time will be required. The
case will probably be set for some day, in
the early part of September, but that
must be determined upon by the court.
1T will require some time for both
sides to prepare for the hearing and have
the briefs printed. The brief to be- filed
by the United States will be ready in
about two weeks"
The herald., 1895-08-01
Arrested for Embe z element

Frank Won Kulkow was arrested last
night by Deputy Constable de la Monte
and Deputy Constable Shaw OF Fresno,
on warrant charging him with embez-
Element. Won Kulkow was wanted in
Fresno for horse stealing, but escaped and
came to Los Angeles. He was located
by Constable de la Monte in a house on
Also street near the river, where he was
living with a colore1 woman. The
officers watched and caught him last
night as he was entering the house. He
will be taken north TODAY
The herald., 1895-08-01

gwen off by the liquids will burn. If the
oil was part OF Holmes gas making
machine. This was not done today, as it
was feared that the vapor might be highly
explosive. and precautions to prevent a
catastrophe were taken.
The police were today informed that at
the time Holmes was first supposed to
have left Chicago he did not go any
farther away than the stockyards district,
where he opened a restaurant under the
name of II. H. Howard. He employed a
number of young women mattresses and
is said to have had new force nearly
every day. Among them were two girls
who came from Wisconsin.
A few nights after they began to work
the peighborhood was startled by female
screams coming from the Howard retaur-
ant. Several men ran to the building
and were in time to see the two girls as
they ran out of the hall which led into
the house. rhey we're clad only in their
night clothes and it was some minutes be-
fore they could be quieted sufficiently to
tell their story They said they had boen
slee eping together and had been awakened
by a man who gained an entrance to their
room and who had placed white clcth
over their faces. They thought the cloth
had been saturated with chlor0form..
Neighbors took the two girls in and cared
for them, and before tho police had an
opportunity of arresting Howard he dis
appeared. :
sHarry Walker of Greensburg. Ind, is
now believed by his friends to have been
q victim of Holmes.
Walker. it is said. was induced by
Holmes to have his life insured for $l0,-
900 in Holmes favor. He came to Chi
cago and in November, 1898. wrote to
friends that he was at work for Holmes.
Suddenly his letters ceased. but search re-
vealed no trace of him in Chicago.
Tho Williams sisters were TO-DAY traceQ
by detectives through several boarding
houses until in May, 1898. it was claimed
they lived with Mrs. Moss, 63l Sixty-fifth
street This Mrs. Moss denies and said
her boarder was Miss Cigrand, who is said
to have disappeared in December, 1893.
Letter Carrier Mott says he delivered
Minnie Williams mail to her. The letter
carrier is said to have been friend of
Minnie Williams and the police will in
terivew him
The herald., 1895-08-01
LIKELYzTO CALL NOW
A Box With counterfeits Found and a Dunn
my Substituted


STOCKTON, July, ,31.-A box addressed
to man named Hill has lain in the ex-
press office here since last February. and
on being opened by the sheriff today.
was found to contain the plates and $500
in counterfeit greenbacks, which were
undoubtedly part of the plant of the man
Dean, who was arrested in Oakland some
time ago.
Dean had printing press and inks
in the basement of his house there, but
the plates and stock of goods were carried
away by his partner. A box Was re-
moved from that house after the arrest
OF Dean, and this is evidently the one.
The partner has never been found. but
when be calls for dummy box lett in
the Wells-Fargo office for him he Will
he exposed. Deans wife was arrested at
the time, but was released when 1T was
shown that she spent the counterfeits be-
lieving Them to be genuine.
The herald., 1895-08-01
AN AWFUL FLOOD
Destruction to Life and Property in New Mex
leo Reported FrlghtfuI


ALBUQUERQUE NM. July 31-News
reaches here tonight OF fearful flood at
Socorro, N. NJ, seventy-five miles south
of here on the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fo railroad. The destruction OF
life and property at that point has been
something frightful.
For several weeks there have been very
heavy and frequent rains all through
New Mexico, and this week the elements
have been at their worst, doing great
damage to railroad and private property.
1t is,without doubt the greatest hood IN
the history of the territory.
Only the most meager information has
been received as to the extent OF the
trouble at Socorro. but it is known that
fifty houses have been destroyed. The
bodies of six Mexicans who were drowned
have already been recovered. and il is be-
lieved that large number OF others have
also perished. How many cannot be ac-
curately ascertained until the water re
cedes, Of which there is little probability
tonight.
The herald., 1895-08-01
Big Reward Offered

SACRAMENTO. July 31.-Wells, Fargo
& Co. have concluded to offer a reward OF
$12, 500 for the return TO them of the S53.
600 which Brady and Browning obtained
in the hold-up of the overland train at
Sheep Camp crossing in October last.
The unsuccessful search for the sacks of
gold, which brsdy in his confession says
were hidden in the brush about mile
from Washington, prompted the company
to offer the reward.