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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
STEEL POOL
Formed by Nearly All the Steel
Manufacturers.
HAVE AN AGREEMENT
With European Steel Manufac-
turers on Prices,
Which Will Make the Combine
an Absolute Monopoly.

New York April .-Representatves OF
the twenty-one leading manufacturers of
Bessemer steel in this country are in ses-
sion here today. The following are pres
ent:
Carnegie Steel company, John G..
Leishmann. president, Hainesworth Steel
company Pfttsburg Geo. II. oliver. pres
ident; Jones & Laughlin Co. Pittsburg,
Willis L. King, general manager. Bethle-
hem Iron Co, South Bethlehem, g. B.
MCuvain. Cambria Iron Co.. JOhnstOWns
Pa, J. d. Stackhouse; Schoenberger
Iron q Steel Co, Pittsburg. Cen q. H.
FitzhUgh, Johnson Co. Cleveland. Tom
L. Johnson; King, Gilbert q Warner CO.,
Columbus, O., r.. NJ Gilbert; Illinois Steel
Co, Chicago: Cleveland Steel Co., Youngs-
town; BeIaire Steel Co, Bellaire, o., Cn-
ion Steel Co. Alexandra. Ind. Shenan-
doah Valley Steel Co. Newcastle; Mary
land Steel Co.. Sparrow Point Wheeling
Steel & Iron Co., Wheeling and Ashland
Steel Co.. Ashland. Ky.
One of the members of the conference
said that there would be no adjournment
until something had been done to regu-
late the amount of production It was the
intention of the manufacturers 10 COM
pIete their work as soon as possible and
while it was impossible to say what tho
terms would be. each company would
make a certain percentage OF the steel
for the coming year the allotment propa-
bly, to De made on the basis of the product
of each company during last year
The reasons given Tor the proposed
action are over production and tha
consequent fail in prices which had
made a combination necessary so that
the manufacturers may continue 10
run their works at profit. 1T has
been reported that the combination
which includes the makers OF more
than One-half of the steel product of
the world has come to some sort of an
ageement with the makers abroad
and that prices can be easily mann
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
FRIsCO's sTRANGLER.
julius Fastner, Captured in San Fran
cisco, Shows a w eak Brain.

San Francisco, April Julius Fastner.
who arrived in this city from Omaha
March %. was arrested last night and
held pending an investigation as to his
sanity
He is accused Of assauIting a young wo-
man. Her screams attracted the atten-
ton of the police and Fastner was taken
into custody after a desperate struggle
From papers found on his person it ap-
pears that this is not the first time his
mental balance has been questioned, he
having been examined as to his sanity
in Omaha and acquitted
Fastner answers the description of the
alleged stranger who has been operat-
ing in this city in every particular He
is about % years of age and has large
blue eyes and light hair, worn rather
long
When accused of being the stranger
Fastner admitted that he knew Irene
Phillips. but denied that he had attempted
to murder her. He confessed to having
ATTEMPTED to strangle his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
OAKLAND HOODLUMS
Tear Bicycles to Pieces and Egg Ri
ders Trial Today.

QeTS-4r1al 4OQaVs
Oakland turned out en- masse this morn
ing in Justice Guys court, filling the
court room. the halls, the stairway and
even the walk in front of the stairs lead
ing to the court room. DespOilers of BIZ
cycles and manipulatOrs of eggs as a
means of the determination of unwelcome
guests in Oakland's boundaries being on
trial was the cause of this crowd.
Jake Hohmaster was on trial for com
hitting these depredatiOns ca the night
of March 26. Dewitt Carruthers and
Walter PyIes went down to Oakland on
that evening to make a call, riding down
on their wheels They left their wheels
upon the porch, while making their call,
and in this time some Oakland boys and
two others from "up town" who had
come down that evening to have some
fun took the wheels off the porch, re-
moved the tires and handlebars, screws
from various parts of the wheels and
otherwise rendered it impossible for their
owners to use them
When Carruthers and Pyles got ready
to 20 home finding their bicycles in such
condition they started for the car and
were chased by the gang that had ruined
their wheels. Eggs were thrown, and one
of the boys in making the car was almost
pulled off by one of the young hoodlums-
Honmaster was tried this morning for
assault and the jury found him guilty
He was nned 81 and costs, the latter
amounting to a large sum. The boy i'm
rnediately took an appeal, and his bond
was fixed at S100.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
DIED OF SMALLPOX.
Vim. Pope, Editor of the "Cal,7 Died Of
the Disease.

William Pope. the smallpox patient
died at , o'clock this morning. 1t was
thought until yesterday that he would
recover and City Physician Mitchell
was of the opinion that he would re-
cover until yesterday when the crisis
came
The house is being closely guarded
and the quarantine viii be continued
until all danger is past. There viii be
no funeral and the body will be buried
tonight under the direction Of the
board of health.
POpe's family consists of a wife and
two children. Ia none of them has the
disease appeared. The three or four
people who were in POpe's house after
he was taken sick are being guarded,
but there is no Indication of the dis
ease i'm any of them
I'm the burial tonight" said City
Physician Mitchell, the greatest pre-
cautions viii be taken. Everything
ir the way of the patients clothing
viii be burned up and the body Will
be handled by people who have had
the disease.
THE history of the case viii show
that Pope had been affected with lung
trouble and when the disease reached
the secondary stage the fever affected
his lungs and he died. The change for
the worse came yesterday. The
house viii be kept under quarintine
for sometime and we hope to prevent
any new cases of the disease"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
BLOODY BASTIAN.
An AtrOciOus Murderer Equal
to the Benders
Believed to Have Been Brought
to Light
NEAR ROCK ISLAND.
Murderer Committed Suicide
When Discovery Was Near.
Bodies Found and Several Mys-
teriOus Disappearance.
NEAR ROCK ISLAND.

Rock Island. Ills, April 2.-Hundreds
Of persons today visited the Bastian
farm, which is under the possession of
Sheriff Hemenway and corps of depu-
ties. The finding of the decomposed
body Of John LOuderbouch under a pile
of rubbish Pn the farm yesterday
strengthens the general belief that
Henry +. Bastian was human fend
and that he committed suicide March
13 last because he feared his criminal
record was about to be laid bare.
Following is a list of men who work
ed upon Bastian's farm and mysteri-
Ously disappeared shortly after they
We're paid eff and discharged and all
Of them are believed to have been slain
by, Bastian
Fred huschmann, whose body was
found a ninth ago by the road a mile
from the Bastian farm.
John Louderbouch. vyhoe remains
were uncovered yesterday. more than a
year since he disappeared
Fritz Kiernzen, who has not been
seen or heard from since the spring Of
1854.
Marshall Lewis who also disappeared
Bastian testified at the Kuschmann
inquest that he had paid Kuschmann
huschmann rode fractiOus horse
Whleh returned to the farm without a
saddle. He said then he went i'm search
oI kuschmann and found him lying by
the side OF the road a mile away. on
this testimony the cOrOner's Jury re-
turned verdict of accidental death p.
a local paper called attention to q
number of significant facts that hau
been ignored by the coroner's jury
huschmann's OvercOat had been fot1f Z
IN the road folded up with the marks
Of bloody hands upon the back of it,
Two SILVER dollars was all the money
found in his pockets. although Bastian
sWore TO paying him $40 an hour pre-
Nl0us to the finding of Tia g body
The doctors examination of Kuscb-
mann's head after the inquest shovel
that the wounds had been inflicted bv
club instead of by horses hoofs. as
the coroner physician had concIud-
ed
When Bastian learned he was sus-
pected of the murder he told contra
dictory stories His name was also
connected with the burning of Farmer
McLaughlin's barn two nights before
the robbery. While the barn was burn
ing an attempt was made to rob Mo
Laughlin's house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
HOW 1T FAILED.
Fruitless Mission to Aid the
Cuban Patriots.
The Bermuda Tried to Land
Stores in Cuba
WITH LIGHTS PUT OUT,
But Ran Across a Spanish Gun
boat.
WasCOmpelled TO Land at Puerto
COrGeZ.
H0nduran AuthOritiesConfiscate
Stores and Ammunition.
WITH LIGHTS PUT OUT,
VasCOmpelIed TO Land at Puerto
COrtez.

Philadelphia April 2.-If the latest
advices from Peurto Cortez which came
by private cable prove trustworthy,
the hIibustering steamer Bermuda is ia
a sorry plight. She is reported to have
been seized by the government Of
Honduras for violation of the neu-
trality laws. to have suffered a confsoa-
tion Of her entire cargo of guns, pow
der. dynamite, machetes and other
munitions of war intended for the
Cuban insurgents.
The message which brings this dis
neafEenlng news to the Cuban sympa-
Lhlzers- explained very briefly why the
Lei muda failed to land her cargo
1ney say that an attempt was made
TO land on the southern coast of Cuba
near Cape COrrenUOs. at night She was
discovered however by the crews or
spanish gunbOats. which like the Rar-
muda had hidden all their lghts from
view and were patrolling the vicinity
ing
Information as to the exact place Of
landing had ben procured from persons
on board the Bermuda and it was cabIed
to Havana and known to Gen. YVevIar
before the vessel left Somn1ers Point n
b. with Cen Garcia and his compatriots
on board.
What has become Of the 40 passengers
Of the Bermuda is not known. but it IS
claimed they were landed on the coast
Of Province of Pinar del Rio This In
formation is not credited however as If
IS plainly stated I'm Puerto Cortez that an
hands left the vessel there and none of
them were able to dfsembarz i'm Cuba.
Moreover it would have been practically
useless for them TO have landed without
the supplies of which Gen Maceo is sorely
fn need.
He has now an army Of 5000 men poor
ly armed and practically without food
or the opportunity TO get any. because of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
GENESSEE RIVER WILD.
Causes a Bridge to Sink and Brighten
Railroad Passengers.

Rochester. n. Y, April 2.-The Cen
esee river is higher than it has been
before in twenty years. 1t is over its
banks in the lower part of the city, and
has washed away part of the Erie
tracks. The houses are surrounded by
water and the occupants have had to
desert their homes. Exchange street
from CIarissa to Court. nearly a mile
in length is several feet deep in water
The city is much excited over the sit
uatiOn for it is feared that should the
river banks give way, there would be
a great rushing of water over rhe larger
portion of the residence part of the city.
A fast passenger on the Central rail
road going east over the bridge over
Black creek between here and Church
Vile, was so badly shaken up that sew
eral of the passengers We're thrown
from their seats. The iron trestle work
of the bridge had gone down nearly
eight inches. the stone work on the west
side of the bridge having been under
mined by the high water The discOv-
cry was made just in time to stop a
fast freight that was coming from the
west The bridge is gradually sink
ing and in spite of the efforts made to
save it, the belief is that it will soon
give VaV-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
STUDENTS ON A STRIKE.
viii Not Listen to Lectures by Dr..
Wilson of Allegheny Seminary.

Pittsburg. April 2.-The senior class
at the Allegheny Theological seminary
has gone out on a strike ON Rev John
wilson d. d. the professor OF church
history and refuses to recite to him.
~ far their revolt seems to be a sue
cess AT least the class has had no
church history since the holidays
Among certain members OF the
church there has been much opposition
TO DR. Wilson is claimed, ever since
he was elected three years ago. and
the resuI is two factions are developing
i'm the United Presbyterian church.
Several members of the board We're
seen and all say the trouble has been
patched. but it leaked out that one
member of the board has theatened to
resign. Allegheny seminary is govern
ed by the synods of New york. Ohio,
northern Pennsylvania and Pittsburg-
Tt has always been orthodox and has
eraduatd many of the most famous
ministers of the United Presbyterian
denomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
NO AGREEMENT YET.
Jurors in the Hilmon Case Hear the
Instructions Again.

Instructions Again.
Another night was spent by the Hill
mon jury in the jury room with two court
baliffs as guards. When they came out
this morning their announcement was
we are stin unable to agree.
At 10 o'clock Judge Williams called the
jury in and read them lecture. He
urged that they would agree upon a YER
dict. Public justice demands it," said
he, and hope you viii use every reas-
enable effort to secure an agreement In
all my experience in your state I have
never had a hung jury. I try TO make the
case as clear as possible and viii be ex-
tremely sorry if this is to be the first
case in which the jury disagrees."
Judge Williams called attention to the
fact that the litigation was costing a
great deal Of money. The jury listened to
the venerable judge until he had finished
and asked that the instructions be read.
The jury then retired but as they started
out Foreman Banks said I'VE have had
the instructions read three times and still
there is no change and see no hope Of
an agreement
Study the evidence and try to agree
gentlemen" said Judge Williams.
The attorneys for the Insurance com
panies think that the jury is almost even
ly divided, while the attorneys for Mrs.
Hillmon claim it stands ten to two in her
favor. They name Foreman Banks and
Juryman Clark, young man from Fort
Scott as the men who are holding out for
the companies. However no one knows
how the jury stands for the bailin is
keeping a very close guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
UNFRTENDLY TO BLACKS.
New York Methodist Conference
Turned Down a Resolution.

New York. April 2.-The color lire
was distinctly visible for short time
in today's session of New YOrk's Meth
0dist Episcopal conference. 1T was
preciDitated by a resolution of Rev
Delos Luu of Woodlawn, which room
mended that the general conference
take under consideration the advisa-
bility and the expediency Of putting
a coIored man on the bench of bishops
G. III. McAnery as an attempt at Especial
legislation for the colOred race, MANY
Of whom, he said had shown them
selves ungrateful for favors received
Take Fred Douglass" continued Mr..
BfcAnery. who was held uD as an
Ideal by those Of his race. In what way
did he benefit them And when he
died did he leave a penny for their inn
provement2'
Several other members spoke in
the same strain after which the resO-
luton DISAPPEARED from sight without
having been put to a vote, or laid upon
the table.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
FRIGHT AT STATE HOUSE.
The Dynamite Shell That Kept Them
Al IN q Terror.

4u5 dynamite S4elA 40aG kept 4n61
All in a Terror.
There is still trembling in Frank
Flennikens Office at the state house
and when Mr.. Flennilzen trembles folks
know it in the next block.
Mr.. Flenniken is secretary of the
state board Of railroad commissioners
If anybody has noticed what ap-
peared to be an earthquake shock
lately that is what it was.
About two weeks ago a peddler ap-
peared in the Off with what he said
was a new kind of stick mucilage.
Nobody wanted any 50 he left a sam
pie.
After he had gone it was discovered
that the stick mucilage was not only
in the shape of cartridge but that it
was a cartridge shell. cap and all.
Nobody remembers who made the
discovery. Nobody stayed to see and it
is lucky that it dropped into a waste
basket full of paper or the state house
might have been blown up right there
and the railroads would have gone on
charging pound rates for cattle ship
ments without any interference what
ever.
When the force came back to work
a few steps at a time after having lis
tened carefully for several minutes for
enough courage to fish the Internal ma
chine out Of the basket.
''Whatu we do with it2" asked Mr.
Fulton from behind the door.
Throw it out of the window" sug-
gested Mr. Gillully.
mo. The thing might go off and
blow this whole end Of town up" yelled
Mr.. Flenniken.
So it was put carefully away in the
center Of a soap box full of cotton till
yesterday when a reporter, who was
looking under the tables and behind
the desks for news discovered it.
What's this thing?" he asked as he
knocked it against the iron vault door
Don't do that" yelled everybody as
they snatched their overcoats, 1T $
loaded"
And then the reporter was told the
story.
1t takes more than a. little thing like
a dynamite cartridge to bluff news
paper man who has had any experience
in the business, and the reporter took
out his knife and proceeded to peel OF
the paper shell.
The other people in the room got
their windows UP So egress would pe
easy and uninterrupted
But there was no need Of it, for after
all the cartridge contained nothing but
mucilage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
CAPITOL UNDERLINED.
a Gang Of Men Seek to Wreck the
Mississippi State House.

Jackson, MISS. April 2.-An attempt
was made last night to wreck the state
capitol At 10 o'clock while Secretary
of State Power was engaged in his
Office at the capitol he heard a noise
outside.
Going to the window he saw several
men digging at the wall between the
door and window His appearance
frightened them away and an lnvestt-
cation showed that two pieces of stone
about two feet square had been re-
moved from the wall. Had the work
some on a little longer a section of the
wall about four by twenty feet would
have fallen thus wrecking the whole
building.
Strenuous efforts were made dur
ing the recent session of the legislature
TO provide for new building but moth
Ing was done in the matter and it is
thought that some miscreant took this
means of securing Immediate action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
HOLMES SETTLING UP.
Although he VIII Hang on May z
ne Grows Fatter Every Day.

Philadelphia. April 2-H H Holmes
the condemned murderer of B.F. Pet
eel and the suspected murderer of sew
eral others sent for his attorney TO
settle his affairs, particularly those re-
lating to the real estate held by him in
Chicago and Fort Worth
The titles to several properties that
were owned or We're supposed to have
been owned by Holmes viii be under a
cloud unless he straightens out sew
eral disputed points. This he is now
trying TO do.
Holmes is to be hanged May T. but is
in splendid spirits and prides himself
ON his excellent appetite. Since the
day the death warrant was read To-
him, he has gained several pound in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
THE EHARRIsON WEDDING.
Mem bers of the Ez-President's Caoi-
net to Attend the Ceremony.

net 20 AbteAu L145 OoA54AAOAys
New York. April 2-It is said that
less than 100 Invitations have been is
sued for the Harrison-D -Dimmick we'd
ding at ST. Thomas church on April 6.
Among those who viii be present in
addition to the relatives of the bride
and groom are John w Foster, eN-
secretary of state; Charles Foster. eN-
secretary of the treasury; Redheld
Proctor. ex-secretary of war; John
Wanamaker ex-postmaster general;
William II. H. Miller. ex-attorney gen
eral; General Benjamin F. Tracy, eX-
secretary of the navy; John w. Noble
ex-secretary of the interior. and Jere-
mlah Rusk eX-secretary of agriculture
All these gentlemen served in the
Harrison cabinet and 1T is expected that
all VIII be in attendance at the we'd
ding of their former chief General
Tracy viii, it is said. act as best man
to General Harrison. and the bride viii
be given away by her brother-in-lav,
Lieutenant q il. Parker. U. S. N, of
the cruiser New York.
There viii be NO reception i'm New
York, nor viii there be q wedding tour.
After the marriage General and Mrs.
Harrison VIII leave for Indianapolis.
1T is said they have planned to spend
the summer in the AdIrOndacks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
MAYOR GREEN MAD.
Asks DR.. Parkhurst to Retract Asser-
tions About BinghamtOn.

New York. April 2-George E. Green
the mayor Of Binghamton, has writ
ten q letter to the Rev DIR. Charles
H. Parknurst, taking him to task for
a criticism which the minister re-
Gently mlde of that city
DR.. Parkhurst said that Bingham
ton was a hotbed of Tammanyism of
the Croker type
"Binghamton is a law-observing
city. Such q thing as open saloons on
sunday is unknown lit is safe to as
sumo that more than nine-tenths Of
Inc citizens including the officials Of
BinghamtOn. have sympathized with
the efforts of the officials of New York
city in enforcing the law. Mayor
Green adds that the affairs of the
city are administered honestly and
economically and that everything is
done openly and above board He
thinks that DR.. Parkhurst's structures
are uncalled for and demands an apoI-
ogy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
CLEVELAND AS A HUNTER.
Some Sarcastic Resolutions on the
Presidents "Ducking1 Qualities.

Frederickstown, Mo. April 2.-The
Madison county Democratic conven-
ton yesterday adopted this resolu-
tion
Resolved, That we congratulate our
weighty chief executive, Grover Cleve-
land, upon his newly acquired repu-
tation as a successful duck hunter, and
that we greatly regret that he has not
given more time to waging an unspar-
ing war upon the focks of threaten
ing and dangerous mallards, springtails
and canvas backs and less time to CO.
operating with foreign money lenders
for increasing the bonded Indebtedness
of an already overburdened people by
additional issues of interest-bearing
bonds payable only in gold"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
A NEW REGENT.
S. J. Stewart Appointed on the State
Agricultural College.

Governor Morrill, this morning ap-
pointed Samuel j. Stewart of Hum
boldt to succeed Harrison Kelley OF
Burlington on the board of regents of
the state Agricultural college at Man
haitian
Kelley was a Populist member and
made no effort for e-appointment
president FairchiId, of the college,
asked me to appoint a practical farm
er." said Governor Morrill,, and I Sc
lected Mr.. Stewart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
Captain Booth Appointed.

Captain Henry Booth of Larned has
been appointed by Secretary of State
Edwards to the place of chief clerk in
his Office made vacant by the death of
George Sells. Captain Booth is one of
the we'll known Republicans Of kan
sas and a past department commander
0f the g. a. r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
Goes Into BasehalI

Mark Putnam. for several years
clerk in the Wells, Fargo Express Of
flee in this city. has resigned to take
the position of express messenger on
the santa F'e passenger train between
LeavenW0rth and Holiday. MESSENGER
Campbell. whom Putnam succeeds has
Joined the LeavenWorth baseball team
and VIII play third base Archie Barnes
has taken Putmans place in the To
peka Office. Messenger Putnam took
charge Of the rnn Hastarlau
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-02
Curtis to Report the Indian Bill.

From The State Journals Special Cor.
Washington, April Curtis has been
instructed by the Indian committee to
report bill for government for Indian
Territory which sub-cOmmitte has
been working on. The bill Is substan-
TALLY the same as Curtis own bin on
the subject. one feature gives 5uris-
diction to United States instead Of the
-Ear.-iEorH oourts-