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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-08

Probably ont of pure oostinacy, the gen.
tie citizen in spit of all exhortations to vote
early continues to vote late.
The Republicans in Denver won out over
the Populists. The issue was over which
loved silver more.
The Kentucky Republicans are right II
Dr.. Hunter can not ride that broncho he
should crawl off and let some one else risk
his neck.
The candidate is still running and he cries
in his dreams: Put cross in the left, IL
the LEFT square! Do you understand? In
the Left
Mr.. Bailey of Texts says a dress suit
places a man on a level with waters. What
is there against the waiter, oh, great, good
friend of the common people?
Bryan congratulates Harrison OF Chicago
'on the decided change in public sen,i-
ment." Notice he does not say anything
about the absence Of coercion.
Fort Scott elected Populist ticket and
the people there will now see Governor
Loedy 90 the grand handspring act OF re-
fusing again 10 abolish the police commits
sion.
Il seems a needless expense to keep a SEN
ate full OF idle senators. Why not turn
that whole branch of the government over
TO Hale and Morgan and let the others go
home
The safety OF an American is in a multi
plicity of elections. If we had an lee
ron only once IN every twenty-five years
how humiliating defeat woulc be. Now it
amounts to nothing.
The bluff in a man or nation disap-
pears as he grows larger. Venezuela. Cuba
and Greece are the only three countries
which at the present time are not letting
courage wait on caution.
The fact that Bryan when calling upon
Mckinley d. not sock his teeth into the
| leg of the pres.ndertt and rend him is dis
appointing to about an equal number of
| Republicans and Populist.
Every American should be free 70 go into
foreign countries and raise row. He
should feel Al all times that he has the
United States senate at his back and that
, no harm can cous 10 him
Young AIr. Harrison. now mayor OF Chi
cage Is less a denagogue and more de
cent man than Carter Harrison. his sire.
Garter Harrison senior was the most dan
gerous msa in this country.
The country Is sun the victim OF political
machines. In Chicago the Populis;s ard
Arizona republican., 1897-10-12

Continued on Seventh Page.)
Arizona republican., 1897-10-12

FIFTEENTH,
 That after said Lawler was made manager and took pos session of the said prop erty as aforesaid, said Seven Stars Gold Mining company contin- ued to make payments for and on &C., count of said Cowland contract as amended and modified in May, 1893; and, made each and every payment hereunder up to and including the month of August, 1893; which said payments and all thereof were made to, received and retained by, Lawler ana Wells, with full knowledge and notice of the facts and circumstances aforesaid. That said company did not make the payment which became due hereunder on the first day of Sep tember, 1893; and shortly thereafter said Lawler took possession of the said mines and mining prop critics, or continued in the possession thereof, which had been vested in him by and in the interest of the said Seven Stars com pany, and asserted and ever since that time has continued to assert that he no longer held or holds the same as manager for said company, but for and on his own behalf and that od said Wells.
 SIXTEENTH.
 That sometime during the month oi August, 1893, the defendant Griffin was appointed receiver of the said Seven Stars company, under and by virtue of an order of the court in Chancery in and for the state of New Jersey; that said Griffin did not, .nor has he ever taken or attempted to take, possession of the mines akd
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
WE MUST ANNEX HAWAII.
John W. Foster Takes That Position
in Lecture at Washington.

Washington. March 27-John W.
Foster lectured last night on the sub
ject of Hawaii He came out in
emphatic terms in favor of the annex
alton OF the island. He said the pres
ent government there is as fully de
jure government as it's predecessor,
that we have a strong equitable claim
to the islands. that the United States has
by means of the reciprocity treaty
brought life and prosperity to the ISL
ands. enabling its merchants and plant
ers to grow rich at our expense
He asserted that the Americans of
Hawaii are loyal and patriotic sons of
the fatherland and declared it would be
a cruel and undeserved fate to abandon
them to the rule of some foreign power
He stated that annexation presented no
political or administrative difficulty,
and the objection that there was 10
authority to annex territory not con-
tiguouS did not seem to have had any
weight with the executive or with con-
greSs when Alaska was admitted, nor
viii it. he added, with enlightened
statesmen today
The speaker did not regard the sug-
gestion of d protectorate as practica-
BILE. as he believed it would bring no
end of complications with foreign pow
ers and in domestic affairs. We must
either annex the islands, he said, or
leave them free to make such other al
lance as they may choose or as deS-
tiny may determine
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
HIS BOOKS NOT COMPLETE.
Complaint Made Against Gen. Brad
ford's Accounts as Appellate
Court Clerk.

On the 11th of last January ) b
Bradford, formerly attorney genera OF
clerk of the Kansas court OF Appeals Ior
the eastern district, northern dlVislon,
after having held that position Ior
period of % months. There IS now
nossibility Of a committee being ap-
pointed to investigate his accounts
When Mr.. BradfOr turned over the
office to his successor, w NJ. Thompson
a formal demand was made upon him
for statement showing the exact stand
ing of all accounts pertaining 10 cases
before the court of the eastern district
Although giving his promise to furnish
the required information, Mr. Brad1ofd
has up TO this time neglected to do so
and the judges of the northern ulVisioh
have decided that unless such state
ment is prepared by Mr.. Bradford be-
fore the next term of court in TINS dls-
trict in June, committee VIII De APP
pointed to examine into his affairs
while clerk of the court. In the mean
time no settlement will be made with
him in cases where he is entitled to
fees as having performed portion of
the work before his term of office eX-
pired-
1t is said that during his % months
in office, Mr.. Bradford kept neither cash
book or ledger. and that the only record
of the transactions of the court is found
in the appearance docket. This book 1t
is claimed, fails to show the disposition
of any of the costs in many of the cases
filed and decided in the court while he
was clerk, and on the whole affords but
little information in regard 10 the af-
fairs of the office
The law in reference to the appellate
courts gives to clerks the right to re-
tain 81 500 of the fees collected each
wear. the remainder of the amount col
lected to be turned over to the state.
When Mr.. Bradford retired from office
last January, he claimed to have re-
ceived but 81. 400 in fees for the y
months in which he acted as clerk. and
that under the appellate court law he
had a claim against the state for ST.
$50.
NIr. Bradford is. and has been absent
from this city for some time, and just
what he intends to do cannot be deter
mined He has already had three
months time in which to have furnish
ed to the court the required statement,
and he will now have TWO months long
er accorded him for this purpose. If at
the end of that time he fails TO comply
with the request of the court. an invest
igation will undoubtedly result.
A considerable amount is due Mr..
Bradford in fees in cases which have
been decided since he retired from Of
fee but all of this money the present
clerk will refuse to turn over 10 him
until some informa ton is afforded the
court concerning his transactions while
in that Office.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
HUBBARD is SPARED.
The Prosecution of Receiver of Snow
Hamilton Co. Dropped.

A. D. Hubbard, who embezzled over
81, 900 of the funds of the Hamilton
Printing company will not be prosecu-
ted. His bondsmen today paid $4,000 to
Receiver Spencer who succeeded Mr..
Hubbard and the matter viii be drop
ped. This was a compromise. Mr..
Hubbard partially reimbursed the
bOndsmen and they received almost So
O0O.
Receiver Spencer who has been doing
some very hard work on the muddled
affairs of the Hamilton Printing com
pany today succeeded in winding up
the business and no more will be heard
of the Snow-Hamilton trouble in the
courts.
The suit brought by w. H. Sears who
owned stock in the company was also
settled. \ board of arbitration COM
posed by George w Clark. and c. F.
Spencer arranged the matter satisfac-
torily and Mr.. Sears was paid s1,S17.6O
in cash today.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
BOSS TWEED PRAISED.
Mayor Strong Says He was Worth to
the City All that He Stole.

New York March 27.-The board of
estimates of this city today discussed
building and a new hall of records
building. Mayor Strong proposed to
have the city purchase for about 81, $780,
OOO block and a half of land facing
city hall park as the site for the build
ingS.
Comptroller Fitch urged economy,
pointing out that the new city's debt
Mayor Strong f1ared up and retorted:
4 don't believe you would vote to take
a cent of that debt back. When we
build a thing like this we want to have
something we can look back upon with
pride. Ii was in the Tweed regime that
the grand boulevard was built Even if
Tweed did take $4,000 or $780, 900 a
year, the improvements were worth
that; and in view of the parks boule-
wards and the like which Tweed laid
out, would be willing to vote him all
the money he took every year for the
rest of his life
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
Because All of the Powers Are
Backing Out
Of the European Concert in the
Greek Matter.
ANNOYANCE IS FELT
At st. Petersburg Over the Va
cillating Policy Pursued.
Sentiment is to Let Greece
Fight if She Wishes.

st. Petersburg, March 27-In the
most important quarters here much an
noyance is felt at the signs Of the vacil-
lating policy shown by the powers at a
moment when the greatest firmness is
necessary.
The feeling here is that the other
powers are trying to place Russia in
the undesirable position of shedding
Christian blood.
The Otgoloski publishes a very strong
article on the subject and thinks Eng
land is going TO esta ablish herself in
Crete, and as Crete is not what the
Dardanelles are to Russia, the latter
would not go to war about it
Crete can only be pacified by she'd
ding Christian blood, but orthodox Rus
sia cannot do so. England has done 50
before and can do it nOw,'' says the pa
per.
In diplomatic circles the position is
looked upon as very embrOiled, and the
Greeks insist upon fighting, they should
be allowed to go on and be beaten 1t
is considered that after all the center
of interest is entirely concentrated on
what is taking place on the GrecO-Tur-
kish frontier.
Russia would probably undertake the
pacification, but with another power
Canea. March 27-The fighting con-
tinued until late yesterday and at Ner-
okuru, half way to Malaxa. The fort at
PerivOlia has been destroyed.
Firing has been proceeding since
morning in the direction of ApOkovona.
where the Christians are bombardtng
the block house, protecting the fort of
Tzeddin.
Corfu. March 27-A body of armed
Turks from Epirus threatened to mas
sacre the people of village near Say
ada, opposite Corfu. The massacre was
averted by the agent of the Austrian
Lloyd Steamship company, who gave
warning to the authorities.
New York March 27.-Seventy Greeks
sailed for Athens on the French steam
ship La Champagne today.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
MISSOURI'S WHIPPINGPOST
The Lash Again Applied to Refractory
State Prisoners.

jefferson City, March 27.-The whip
ping post has been revived in this state
after four years of disuse. 1t is simply
one of the pillars of the stairway to the
dark cell room. When a prisoner is to
be whipped he is handcuffed and fast
ened with chains to the pillar. stripped
and the whip SO applied that for days
he remembers it because. of the pain.
Under the present management Dep
uty Warden Tom Bradbury does the
whipping, using large raWhide which
would raise welts on the back of a
mule. Sometimes there is no fixed
number of blows, but sometimes the
Iashes are numbered.
A few days ago a young negro re-
fused to work in the shoe shop, and,
when his foreman tried to force him to,
fought back and knocked him down.
The refractory man was sent to the
whipping post at once. When he had
been thoroughly punished with the
rawhide he announced a change of heart,
and went back to his task apparently
satisfied. He worked industriously,
and by night had earned 80 cents for
the state.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
MADDEN TO RUN AGAIN.
Candidate for Congress in the New
Fourth District.

John Madden of Emporia. to a Jour
nal reporter today, stated that he will.
at the proper time. ask the Populists of
the Fourth district to renOminate him
as q candidate for congress. With
Shawnee county out of the district, Mr..
Madden feels that the election of the
Populist nominee will be secured be
yond any question.
Mr.. Madden said: Last year l made
the campaign at the earnest solicitation
of the Democratic and Populist leaders,
when it was hopeless. Now that there
is an opportunity for me to be elected.
1 think it would be at least ungrateful
for, the party to turn me down. I have
not taken any part in the campaign
thus far, but at the proper time L will
go before the people of the district and
ask them to renominate me.
H. B. Fleharty, executive clerk in the
office of the governor. has the support
of a number of Populists for the nom
inatOn.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
MRS. BEARDsLEY REMOVED
Her Place is Given to Daughter of
the Late DR.. McLalIin.

Adjutant General Hiram Allen today re-
moved Mrs. Fannie Beardsley of Topeka
from the position of clerk in his office and
appointed Miss Lena McLallin, daughter
of the late DR.. S. McLallin, editor of the
Topeka Advocate. to the position, the
change to take place May l.
This action created considerable sur
prise among the friends of Mrs. Boards
ley,whO has occupied the position through
Governor Lewelling and Governor Nor
rilrs admins ira ton. and also for several
years prior to that time. She was eff
cient clerk and was re-appointed by Mr.
Allen very soon after he was named oy
place pays $50 per month The death Of
DR.. McLallin recently left the support OF
his family to his two daughters, and the
clerkship given Miss McLallin is undoubt-
edly in remembrance of the many years
of service for the reform party done by
DR.. McLallin.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
BIG STORES WILL GO ON.
The Bill to Abolish Them Dies in the
Illinois House.

Springfield, Ill, March 27.-In the
house today Mr.. Nohe of Cook asked
unanimous consent to have the senate
department store bill read a first time.
Objections were interposed, and after
a short debate a motion to table the
measure was carried.
To all appearances the anti-depart-
nent store bill is dead There is little
President Gilman and other remaining
members of the Chicago Business Mems
association, who came here last Tues
day to lobby for the passage of the
measure, left today, saying they would
not return.
The conviction seems to be growing
upon them that the cordiality shown
their measure was due in large part to
considerations that were purely politi-
cal.
There has always been in the house
Il strong undercurrent against the
legislation sought, that is beginning to
become more and more manifest. The
political advantage to be gained by the
passage of the bill is almost entirely
dissipated by reason of the fact that the
big party organizations in Chicago are
committed to t,and each has been trying
to outdo the other in maneuVering for
the support of the smaller dealers
The defeat of the bill is a great sur
prise to those who have been most act
i've in the crusade against the depart
ment stores In the municipal campaign
now in progress in Chicago each of the
parties have an anti big store plank in
their platforms.
After the Chicago business men had
succeeded in getting their bill through
the senate with only four negative votes
they thought the fight had been won.
Ex-senator Solomon, who remained at
Springfield to represent the business
men, says that the only mistake made
was waiting until the legislative session
had nearly ended before pressing the
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
PERFECTLY AWFUL.
Poker Games Go Unmolested While
Police Ferociously Jerk Penny
Watchers.

Two patrolmen last night caught two
men gambling in South Topeka and ar
rested them. Toby Reece, aged 10
years. and Harry Sims, aged "a years,
both colored, were shaking up money in
a hat and then picking out the coins
which turned up as one of them would
call This was at 80 o oclock-
The police show remarkable zeal IN
snatching into jail some trivial Of
tenders like these While more serious
gambling goes on undisturbed An
other case of straining at a gnat and
swallowing Il camel. Thousands of
dollars changed hands in Topeka on
the Corbett- -Eitzsimmons fight. That
was gambling. Why didn't the police
arrest the parties? Simply because they
we're afraid TO. But helpless negroes,
without influence, are yanked before
the bar without Ceremony.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
EGG CASE FILTERS CHEAP.
Iowa Shippers Find it Profitable to
Own Their Own Strawboard Plant

Burlington, Ia, March 27-Several
months ago the egg and butter dealers
of the state became dissatisfied with the
action of the American Straw board trust
which furnished them with the egg case
filters and charged exhorbitant prices
therefor. The Shippers Strawboard and
Filler company was organized to operate
the old Tama mill
The report turned in at a meeting just
closed in Burlington shows that by the
operation of the Tama mill the price of
the filters to Iowa dealers has been re-
duced 40 per cent below the trust price.
A semi-annual dividend of 10 per cent was
also declared. The trust had been making
a profit of nearly 100 per cent off the
Iowa dealers. 1t was decided to continue
the Tama mill operation and to invite out
side trade. At the meeting We're not only
delegates from all over Iowa, but from
Wyoming. New Hampshire, Missouri,
Illinois and other states.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
SIEZED HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Attachments Against Furniture of
Ettlinger Being Moved to
Kansas Citv,

The household goods of S. Ettlinger
We're attached today by Under Sheriff
Lucas on three claims aggregatin over
s7OO. two of them are held by firms in
Chicago and the other is a claim of W.
w. Manspeaker for 5000.
Mr. Ettlinger is in business in Kan
sas City and this morning his family
had the household goods loaded into
wagons to be taken to the depot to be
shipped 10 Kansas City. Before they
could be put on board the cars the at
tachmentS were served and the goods
We're taken to the old Ettlinger store
room on Kansas avenue and unloa ded.
Attorney DoWney appeared while the
goods were being taken from the wag-
ons and made formal demand for
them in behalf of Mrs. Ettlinger who
he says owns the goods.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
MRS. CURTIS VERY ILL.
Grandmother of Congressman Curtis
Not Expected to Live.

Mrs Curtis, the venera bic grand
mother of Congressman Curtis is SER
.ously Ill at her home on Curtis street
Her sister Mrs 4Wilgam Hubbard of
Boswell. Ind, and her. sons .. A. Curtis
and John Curtis of Newkirk. Ok Chas-
Curtis of Lawrence. Kan, and her
daughter Mrs Daniel Armstrong of La
Crosse, Kan. have arrived here 10 be
al her bedside. kilograms have been
sent to Mr. I. P Curtis and William.
Curtis of California and Mrs. Chas. La
TOurette of Gunnison, Col, and Chas.
Curtis of Washington, D. C
The venerable lady is one OF the old
est and most respected citizen IF the
North side, having resided there before
Topeka had an existence.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
APRIL TERN OF COURT.
Assignment of the Criminal Docket
for the Term.


Judge Hazen will open the April
term of the Shawnee county district
court one week from next Tuesday
with the lightest docket of any term
since he has been on the bench Less
than 300 cases will come up for trial,
and of this number criminal actions
constitute but %. The assignment of
the criminal docket has been made and
is as follows:
TUESDAY, APRIL 6.
State VS.. Hines and Jordan.
State VS.. Red Irwin.
State VS., John White.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL z.
State VS.. James Kelley.
State VS.. J. w. kinSello.
State VS.. Mallory.
THURSDAY, APRIL 8.
State VS.. johnson.
State VS.. Gala han.
State VS.. Roberts.
State VS.. Felker-
State VS. Craiger.
FRIDAY, APRIL 9.
State VS.. Laura Smith
State VS.. Schwaln.
State VS.. Quick.
State VS. Smith and Smith.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10.
State VS. Atkinson.
State VS.. Cunningham.
State VS.. Jordan.
State VS.. Hughes.
MONDAY, APRIL IL.
State VS.. Dupree.
State VS.. Wilson.
State VS.. Keck.
TUESDAY, APRIL 13.
State VS.. Calvin Hayes.
OF the tWenty-three criminal cases
set for the April term probably the
most important are the cases of the
state against Samuel Quick, Thomas
Wilson and Calvin Hayes Quick is a
white man, a barber by trade, VINO IS
charged with criminal assault on the
person of his wife's sister, girl under
IS years of age. Thomas Wilson is the
farmer who made an assault with an
ak on Perk Hill, another farmer, on
the afternoon, OF March 8, and after
ward drove to Topeka as fast as he
could travel and gave himself up to
Sheriff Kepley, saying that he had
killed a man. His charge is assault
with intent to kill. The charge against
Calvin Hayes is that of embezzleTnent,
brought by a produce company which
shipped him a consignment OF apples
for sale on a percentage basis
Pete Callahan, LIE Roy Roberts, DICK
SchwaIn and Andy Dupree will all be
tried on the charge of selling liquor.
James Kelly and John Mallory are
charged with burglary and larceny, the
first for burglarizing the house OF Jonn
March and the latter for breaking into
the residence of Nate Williams. Hines,
Jordan and Atkinson are the three col
ored boys who broke into HordS Shoe
store. and Red Irwin and George Du-
pree are the boys who broke into a
freight car in the Santa Fe yards
Tom and Ella Smith are two colored
residents of Smoky Row arrested with
lin Richardson on the charge OF high
way robbery. Laura Smith Is a
Smoky Row character charged Win
robbing Dick Brookins, a colored man,
in a room on lowers Kansas avenue
The charge against Green Cra1ger IS
grand larceny in stealing hides from
the Wolff Packing company, ana hih-
seIlo is the man arrested on the Union
Pacific train for pocket-picking. Jor-
dan and Hughes are two coloreo men
held on the charge of forgery
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
MAI. INMAN'S NEW BOOK.
To Write the History of the Wild
West Show for Buffalo Bill.

Major Henry Inman has been en-
gagged by Buffalo Bill CIV. F. Cody) to
write the history of his wild west show.
ana especially the story of his triI,
through Europe. The history will be
published in book form and put on the
market.
Major lnman will begin the work in
rev months. going to Mr.. Cody's
nome where the two Will work together
the latter furnishing the facts and the
former putting them together in an at
tractive shape
During the last few years Major In
man mas been working on the history of
the Santa Fe trails. He win complete
the book this week and leave at once
for New York to put it in the hands of
his publishers.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-27
BLISS MAKES CHANGES.
Recorder of the General Land Office
Given a CIerkship.

Washington, March 27-The announce
ment of official changes ordered by Sec
retary Bliss was made today Z. p
Halsted of Massa chusetts was ap-
pointed superintendent of the pension
office building and John Hancock OF
Florida, formerly superintendent was
appointed chief of the stationery divis-
ion of the pension bureau; vice A H.
Parr of Pennsylvania. resigned.
Don P. LamOreauX OF Wisconsin, con-
fidential clerk to the commissioner of
the land office has resigned L. O. G.
Lamar of Mississippi recorder of the
general land Office was transferred to
an 81 800 clerkShip.