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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-08-29

ALSO-Of, in and to all the undivided one
half part OF the following described parcel, con
tanning l3l acres OF land. more or less. situated
in Brady township. Butler county. Pa, bounded
as follows tOwiJ: On the north By lands OF
heirs OF Silas Cooyert, east by same and land
of Bredln and DOnaghy, south by land OF
Funk ct al, and west by land OF Thomas Allen;
30 acres cleared: log house erected thereon.
AISO-Of. In and 10 all the undivided one
half part OF the following described parcel con
taning SO acres OF land. more or less, situated
in Brady township, Butler county, Pa, bound
ed AS follows, tO-wit; on the north by land or
acOb ROhner. east by land or w Davis, south
by --- -. and west by Isaac Double:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-08-29
aLont lo acres cleared.


ALSO-Ot, in and to all the undivided one
h ali part Of the following described parcel,
containing - acres Of land, more or less, situ-
ated In Brady township, Butler county, Pa,
bounded as follows. tO-wit: Beginning at gum
tree; thence south IS Ia deg east G5.5 perches
TO a post; thence sou tn, deg west S6.3 perches
TO a post; thence south, SS ! 4 deg wesf, G5 ~
perChes TO a chestnut thence north, l.2 deg
west, $50 perches 10 the place OF beginning
log house. small orchard, to 10 acres cleared.
elzed and taken in execution as the property
OF Thomas DOnaghy at the suit OF Joseph l.
Puryis, guardian. etc.
ED No 65, September T., 1896. S Il Bowser atty
All the right title. interest and claim of ) k
McCraCken Of, In and to all that certain lot OF
land more or less, situated in the village OF
Middletown, Concord township. Butler county
Pa. bounded as follows, tO-Wit: on the moth
by church street. east by Concord Grange lot,
south by lot or Miss Annie Thompson, aud on
the west by lot OF GrOssman or Jane Young
with "A Two story frame house and other out
buildings erected thereon. Seized and taken
In execution as the property OF X McCracken
at the suit Of John ii Cumberland.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-08-29

There is agreat deal OF sickness in our
town now. There are two new cases of
typhoid fever. Our Post Master is very
sick with it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-08-29

The Committee on Resolutions had no
trouble excepting over the money plank.
Ritter, Of Philadelphia, offered as a sub
stitute a strong and direct declaration in
favor of sound money and against free
coinage, but it was voted down the fig
ures standing 70 to Is. AS the question
appeared TO be one that would not read
lily settle, motion was made to adjourn
to the Senate chamber where the COM
mittee could discuss it in comfort. This
motion was lost by the same figures, Rit-
er then offered the well-known sound
money plank adopted by the Union
League club, of Philadelphia. 1t was
also refused by a vote Of IS to II. No
doubt existed any longer that the COM
mittee had predetermined to adopt the
platform without changing dot on an
j, or cross on I. As nothing remained
except to report TO the convention the
platform already prearranged, the COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
WON'T NAME NOW.
Gov. Morrill, Considers the APP
pellate Court Bill
An Unconstitutional Measure
and Refuses
TO NAME JUDO ES
Until It Has Been Amended in
Such Manner
That P PoliticalAppointments are
Not Mandatory.

There may yet be no appellate court
Unless an amendment to the bill creating
the court passes both houses today there
is a general opinion that the law will be
declared unconstitutional.
1t was announced that the appoint
ments would be made this morning. and
it occasioned some surprise when they
were not announced 1t now appears
that the governor withheld the appoint
ments to give the legislature time TO
amend the law.
Gov st. John, who is in the city is re-
sponsible for the delay. When he
visited Governor Morrill, yesterday he
called his attention to the fact that the
law creating the appellate court made
members of the Prohibition party inel.-
gible to appointment, though it pro
vided that each of the other parties
should be represented in the new
court His words had some effect with
the governor and he consulted
lawyers who told him that Gov. st Johns
position was good one and that the bill
was probably unconstitutional
Governor Morrill, held u conferences
with the leading members of the senale
this morning and they agreed to rusn
through an amendment to the bill which
would eradicate the unconstitutional
feature and the governor agreed TO with
hold the appointments until the amend
ment is passed if it is today.
1t was reported this afternoon that in
view of the question about the constitu-
tionality of the law no appointments
would be made. A JOURNAL re-
porter asked Governor Morrill, whether
this was fact.
"No," said he, 81 have never said l
would not appoint l am bound under
the law to make the appointments,
whether the law is valid one or not. L
had conference with the members of
the senate this morning and they agreed
to pass an amendment this afternoon,
and | shall with hold the appointments
to give them chance to do g. IT the
amendment does not pass | will be
bound to name the members of the court
! Just the same"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01

''Do you think passes have had influ-
ence on railroad legislation?"
'sYes, think they have"
do they have any effect on the opin-
ions of Individual members?"
'Yes, they do. / am frank TO say it
would influence me to a certain extent"
''What do you think of the Gardenhire
at is good bill and ought to pass. No
one who has pass ought to be ashamed
of It am in favor of giving mem bers of
the legislature $40 day and sending
them to the penitentiary if they take
passes"
Mr. Funk, asked about the pass system,
said: ,.--..,...
ut is an outrage on the state The
constituents of the members are
largely to blame for II. They
hound them to death to get passes
and if they do not they cut their Threats
politically when they come home. They
say, why, he couldn't even get pass
When the mem bers do get passes from
the railroads they cannot help but feel
that it is only decent to reciprocate the
favor. If get lot of passes for friends.
when railroad legislation comes up and
the man who gave them to me sits right
up there in front and looks me straig ht
in the eye it is impossible not to feel the
obligations [ am under to him. I've been
rode by constituents asking passes until
l am sore, but have had to refuse them.
The Gardenhire bill is good, but 1t
doesn't go far enough. What we
ought to have is something
to protect US from our constituents"
Mr.. Cannon also said the people were
largely to blame. "They send up and
ask for transportation, and they say their
member is no good if he doesn't get it.
The member feels that if he doesn't take
privileges some one else will be getting
something that he isn't, and he accepts
them. think there is no doubt that
some members are Influenced strongly
by such favors in their action on railroad
legislation" ..-..--..-.-----
Mr.. Campbell of Stafford said: at is a
vicious system. The matter isn't so
much with the men as it is with the Gus
tom, which is wrong. | don't mean to
say that all men are Influenced by such
| favors. but some undoubtedly are.'
Mr.. Johnson, of Anderson, didn't think
the acceptance of passes made any diff
ference at all with district judges. He
said he had had long experience with
cases in district courts, and couldn't re-
member a single instance in which a
! judge had showed any partiality for
railroads. In regard TO Legislators Mr..
! johnson said: Il don't think any mem
Der is small enough to be bribed by a
pass If he is he can be bought in other
ways also"
"Do you not think liberal distribution
of passes would have its effect on large
body, taking men as they run, as in the
legislature, so as to influence their &C
| tion?"
"Well, taking large number of men,
1 think it might"
The opinion of Mr.. johnson was that
on the whole passes didn't make any diff
| ference at al. in legislation. or in the de-
cision of cases at law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
APPoRTIoNMENr BILL.
The House Committee Takes Up the ]
Today.

The House Committee Takes Up the Bill
Today.
The house committee of the whole
took up the Blair congressional appor-
tionment bill this morning. 1t was evil
dent from the start that the shoe string
arrangement of the Fifth and Sixth dis
tricts wouldn't "go," and the friends of
the bill were prepared to make conces-
sions.
Mr.. Frazer of Harvey offered his ap-
portionment bill as a substitute for the
Blair bill, and it was adopted The
Frazer bill, after a great deal of bicker-
ing and amending, was changed in the
manner which follows, recommended
for passage and is now on third reading:
The First, Fifth and Sixth districts re-
main the same as under the present ap-
portionment Bourbon county is taken
from the Second district and added to the
Third Cowley is taken from the Third
and placed in the Seventh. The Fourth
drops Butler which is then added to the
Seventh. The Seventh drops Reno and
retains Barber. All counties west, of
Reno and Barber to make up the new
Eighth district. This arrangement leaves
Long in the Seventh where he is now.
and puts Speaker Lobdell with his con-
gressional aspirations in the new Eigh nth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
LOCAL MENTION.

Mrs. L. c. Conwell, an aged lady who
died Wednesday at Granville, was buried
in the Topeka cemetery. She was the
mother of Frank Conwell.
The city primaries should be open all
day. That will give merchants, laboring
men and all a chance to vote. A free,
fair expression is all that is desired.
A horse hitched to cart belonging to
the Capital Grocery company ran away
on West Fifth street this forenoon. The
driver was thrown out, but escaped in
jury.
Chief Wilkerson, who went to Emporia
last night to look up the record of the
suspect, Whitten berg, who had a suspic-
ious check for $2O6, telegraphed to the
police this morning that he had also
plumb which was stolen from the
hitching rack by the court house nearly
two weeks ago. Nelson has gone to EN-
poria to see about it
In the case of Il. E. Fletcher, who sued
Soldier township for $3.50 as salary of
road-overseer, the jury after being out a
long time brought in a verdict in favor of
the defendant, yesterday.
The case in which Martha Harrison of
Holton, is suing the Masonic Mutual
Benefit association for $4,000, is on trial
in the district court today. Mt. Harrison
was insured for that amount and disap-
peared in March of 1888 It is simply a
small edition of the HIllmon case.
Mary E. Graham complained to the
police this morning. that she had lost or
had stolen from her gold watch. She
was in a Kansas avenue store between
Fourth and Fifth. to trade and took it out
there. She missed it soon afterward
She lives at Carbondale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
TWICE HANGED.
"A Shocking and Disgusting Occurrenc,
At An Atlanta Execution.

a Shocking and Disgusting Occurrence
At An Atlanta Execution.
ATLANTA, Ga, March Joe Dean, a
coal black negro who murdered a. B.
Leigh, well-to do farmer of Campbell,
for his money and afterwards confessed
to the crime, was hanged in Fairburn
today. By order of the court the execu-
ton was to be private. but the
crowd of 5000 excited people that had
assembled tore down the high fence
around the gallows and made it public.
The wretched man had to be hanged
twice
The first time the rope broke. Like
a dead man he was taken back
on the scaffold and again swung
off. Meantime his hands had be-
come uptied, and in his frantic
contortions he disrobed himself The
drop fell at 1885, and eleven minutes
later he died. During the morning,
Dean, in response to his earnest entrea-
ties,3 was allowed to make speech
from the court house steps, He de-
scribed his murder of the old man, and
said love of money and ignorance and
the devil had done it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
LIKE AN OLD STATE.
Oklahoma's Case of Official BOOdlina
Shocking in the Extreme.

Shocking in the Extreme.
KANSAS CITY. March IA special to
the Star from Guthrie, o. T., says: The
committee sent by the legislature to in
vestigate the agricultural college, re-
ported today. The report said that from
its foundation four years ago, it had been
mismanaged and the funds corruptly
used and squandered.
From the very first down to the pres
ent time, no proper books had been kept
and many thousands of dollars are unac
counted for in any way. The boarn of re-
gents allowed each other amounts rum
ming up into hundreds of dollars Tor SER
vices never performed, sent each other
on trips to colleges in different states at
public expense and per diem, etc.
One regent was for long time super
inteudent of buildings at five dollars per
day, and drew this pay regularly every
day for nearly a year-Sundays in
cluded-while no building was 60
ing on. Others served as purchasing
agents at five dollars day, and
expenses with authority to purchase any
thing they saw fit They bought horses,
cattle and hogs at double and treble their
value, and in many cases the amount
collected by the purchasing agent for
his services amounted to more than the
exorbitant price paid for the animals
A political favorite had been paid
$500 as secretary and did not serve
on an average of five days month, a
man was employed as superintendent of
far ming at one hundred dollars a month
who knew nothing about practical farm
ing.
The report winds up with the state
ment that the committee believes that
there have been some honest men scon-
nected with the college, but they have
always been greatly in the minority.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
To
Members
and
Officers
of the
Legislature.

Before leaving for home you should
order the TOPEKA DAILY STATE
JOURNAL.
We promise to make it interesting.
The space now set aside for the
Legislative matter will be filled with
additional telegraphie, political and
state news.
You can't afford to be without it.
In any town where we have a car
rier system the price is ten cents
week, delivered. Elsewhere by mail
the price is ninety cents for three
months, cash in advance; sixty cents
for two months.
The JOURNALS motto is, First Of
all, the news.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
Asylum APPROPRIATION.

The first thing the house did this
morning was to agree to the conference
committee report on the appropriation
bills for the asylums at Osawatomie and
Topeka The only change made was in
the deficiency appropriation for the To-
peka asylum. This was cut from $4,000
to $1,000.
The house this afternoon, as soon as it
convened after recess, passed the con-
gressional apportionment bill as reported
by the committee of the whole this morn
ing. The vote was 78 to 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01

The bill amending the appellate court
bill to remove any doubts of its validity,
was sprung in the senate at '3:15
this afternoon by Chairman Dennison
of the Judiciary committee Besides
changing the provision said to be illegal.
it gives the governor until tomorrow
night to make the appointment of appel
late judges. The bill was read three
times and passed within ten minutes.
The house will take it up and pass it
just as soon as it reaches that body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE.
Senate Bills That Will Go Through the
House.

Senate Bills That Will Go Through the
House.
The house yesterday skipped the
bills under the head of third reading aud
went into committee of the whole. These
bills were recommended for passage:
Senate bill No. 1O9, an act to prevent
the obstruction of highways, and provid-
ing penalty therefor, by Senator
Parker.
Senate bill No. 125, Substitute for
house bill No. 98), an act to provide for
engrossing and enrolling bills and reso-
lutions for the legislature by means of
printing. By Senator Cooke.
Senate bill No. 324, an act relating to
the use of the halls of senate and house
of representatives, and amendatory of
section 26 of chapter 166 of the laws of
1879 By Senator billiard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
THE "CHAIR" RESOLUTION.

The Customary Present to the Newspaper
Men Talked About.
The senate today spent nearly an hour
talking about a resolution to present the
senate press representatives with the
chairs they have occupied during the
session Senator Jumper of Usage fought
the resolution, and Senator Parker, who
said the senate was robbed dry in the
matter of furniture every year, also op-
posed it Senator Thatcher and Senator
Dumbauld favored it as matter of cour-
tesy. Senator Leedy introduced the reso-
luton. 1t was referred to the committee
on ways and means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
NOT AFRAID OF THE SENATE.
House Passes Mr.. Lambert's Bill Despit
His Fears.

Representative Lambert's bill fixing
the com mpensation of the regents of the
state university, state normal and state
agricultural college was taken up in the
house today MIR. Lambert himself
moved that the enacting clause be rec
ommended stricken out, as he didn't
think it would pass the senate, though
it was good bill
Mr.. Robinson moved to amend by rec
ommending its passage. This motion
prevailed and the members had the
laugh on Mr.. Lambert by passing his
bill over his head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
A NEW BRIDGE BILL.
Cubbison Gets a Bill Through for Cor
poratiOns to Build Bridges.

Another act for the relief of Kansas
City, Kansas, passed the senate today. It
is house bill. This is a Cubbison bill
and was championed in the senate by
Senator Taylor. 1t is a bill empower
ing the mayor and council of cities of
the first class to unite with a corpration
in the construction of bridges or via
ducts,
1t seems that in Kansas City they have
a bridge or two that is tottering and un-
safe, worse if anything than the Kansas
avenue bridge at Topeka. The town is
too poor to build bridge of its own, but
with the aid of a corporation the two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
MUNICIPAL POWERS.

A Bill Passes the Senate to Help the
Smaller Cities.
The idea of municipal ownership OF
public utilities took the form of a tangl-
bic bill in the senate today; and what Is
more, the ~bill was passed. Senators
Parker, Dumbauld and one or two 9TH
ers voted against it The bill seeks
to enable cities of the second class
to do what cities of the first class are al
ready empowered to do to degree,
namely, to purchase. or construct, and
maintain its own waterworks and electric
light and gas plant
The bill is one by Senator Baldwin, by
request.
Senator Landis spoke eloquently for
the measure, maintaining that municipal
ownership of public or quasi-public util-
tiles was along the line of advanced pub
lie thought
Senator Brown spoke also of the adj
vantages of the drill, and told how, be-
fore Garden City built her water plant,
the insurance rates were so high that
there was practically no insurance avail
able, but since then insurance rates are
at normal figure. "Even the Santa Fe,"
he said, "pays the city $500 ayear to let
its engines drink our water"
Senator Thacher wanted Lawrence ex-
cluded from the operation of the bill, but
an amendment to this effect was defeat
ed by to 22
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01

The Dundee (Scotland) Courier has
sent two lady correspondents, Miss
Marie Imandt and Miss Bessie Maxwell,
on tour around the world to investi-
gate in different countries the condition
of women. They expect to travel 26, 900
miles in the course of their inquiry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01

Partisan women are, some of them,
wearing hand painted gowns. One in
which we'll known leader of fashion
in that city appeared was of dull white
silk and had over the plain faring skirt
large painted baskets loaded with flow
Frs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01

Governor Budd of California has init
mated that the friends of woman suf
frage will be wise not to send him a bill
that they do not wish to become law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
A U. w. Goes to Leavenwortb.

WICHITA, Kan, Mar. 1.-The Grand
Lodge 4. o. U. W will complete its bus
mess today, and adjourn to meet next
year at Leavenworth. The per capita
tax for the ensuing year was fixed at one
dollar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
MORE MEN CALLED OUT.

Work is stopped on the YerlSes and AstOr
Mansions.
NEW YORK, March 1.-The board of
walking delegates this morning called
out between 500 and 600 men who were
at work on the hotel Savoy annex the
mansion of Millionaire c. L. Yerkes, and
the new Astor mansion. The strike is
sympathy with that of the electrical
workers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01
Richard O,Gsorman Dead.

New YORK., March 1.-Richard O'Gor-
man. the eminent Irish nationalist, scholar
aud orator, died last evening at his home
in this city aged 70.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-01

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might dig up enough to make the i'm
provemene wanted.
This bill is to permit this to be done. 1t
may come in handy for Topeka if we
can't get bridge any other way. Senator
Taylor amended the bill so as to exclude
any possibility of corporate control or
monopoly of the bridge.
Evening journal., 1895-05-31
-sooIal and .Personal Notsg.

Miss Florence Brown and Warren
Brown have returned home from visit
10 friends az Trainer, Pa.
Miss Nora Barrett returned to her
home Ia Dover to day after pleasant
visit 20 Wilmington friends.
Representative sypherd, Of Dover, and
Superintendent Holiday, of the Delaware
division were in Wilmington yesterday
J, ] Leach, of Saginaw, Mich a
former resident Of this city, is visiting
Mrs. Richardson, at No sos Washington
street.
Miss Gertrude CASTOR will spend the
early Summer with friends in New
England.
Mr. and Mrs. Jo7eph 2. Bailey have
returned to this city from q three
months trip through Mexico They were
accompanied by Joseph Bailey, Jr., who
has been on q Mexican ranch for two
years The party returned BY steamer
via Vera Cruz
Mrs Henry NJ. Rumsey, Of Salem, \
J is on a visit to her daughter, Mrs
Thomas Tstnell
Charles n. Foley, Of Chestertown,
Md is registered at the Hotel Jen
nings.
Mrs Margaret Mulrooney will sail from
New York for Liverpool, on June b
on the White Star Line steamer Teu
tonic
Mr. aud Mrs. Mortlock and family, o.
Banoroft's Banks, will sail for London
on the White Star steamer Britannia, OF
June -
J. Ernest Smith is somewhat bette
to-day
Mrs. Charles H. Wright, Of No. CO.
Delaware avenue, and Miss Palmer, vii
sail on the st. Louis on her maiden tril
to England. They will remain abroa'
about three months.
Hugh G. Browne is in lNew York.
representative Edward S Burton, Of
Millsboro, Del, is IN the city.
J.H Craig and w. Lee sWszey. .
Delaware City, are IN this city on visit
BM. Hszsn, Of Millington, Nd, |
here on a visit to friends.
James A Evans. Of Georgetown,
registered at the Merritt House.
About sixty members Of the Lsde
Aid Society of the German Lutbera
Church OF this citv pienicked on "a
Snyder farm, near Newport, yesterda
afternoon.
Representative Wslter Money,
Townsend, was in Wilmington 70 ds,