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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
SPALDING ASSIGNS.
He Turns Over Property and Securi-
ties Valued at 100000.

Chicago, April 15-CharIes w. Spal-
ding. ex-president of the Globe Saw
ings bank and ex-treasurer of the Uni
versity of Illinois, has made a vOlun-
tary assignment to the university
trustees of realty and bond securities
apprOXimating s4O0 600.
Some of the bonds conveyed to them
are now in the hands of Receiver Le
man of the Globe Savings bank, and
a desperate fight will be waged by the
depositors of the bank to prevent them
going to the university.
Criminal proceedings are to be
brought against the former treasurer
by the trustees unless they can be in
demnified for the money and bonds
used by Spalding. But suits are TO be
begun against the First National bank.
the Northwestern National bank and
the Metropolitan National bank to re-
cover. s242. 600 of bonds hypothecated or
sold to these institutions by Spalding
personally or through brokers'
Nashua n. H, April 15--SolomOn
Spalding, president of the New Hamp-
shire Banking company, and father OF
G w Spalding. president of the de
funct Globe Savings bank of Chicago.
has attached his sons farm at MerTi-
mac as security for his bond. The farm
is the most valuable one in this sec
ton and has been used for long time
by Mr. Spalding as a stock farm
A car load of horses from Red Oak,
Ia, arrived there yesterday. 1t is the
old homestead of the family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
IN SPITE OF HIS SCREAMS.
The Attempt to Force John Rousseau
to Marry Seems Unsuccessful

John H. Rousseau, the Parkdale
blacksmith who was made defendant
in a breach of promise suit filed in the
district court a month ago filed his
answer to the plaintiff's petition today.
The plaintiff in the case is Miss Verna
Stratton, young lady who resides
with her parents on Locust street.
In his answer Rousseau admits sew
eral of the allegations contained in Miss
Strattons petition. He states that he
accompanied the young lady to places
of worship at different times, and
few times escorted her to places of
amusement, but emphaticaIly AYERS
that he never at any time promised to
marry her. He also says that he pre-
sented her with a number of presents,
but that they were simply Christmas
and New Year presents, and not the
kind a man would present to the girl
he intended to marry.
The strong point Rousseau makes in
his answer is the statement that at the
time alleged in the young lady's peti-
ton she was not capable of entering
into a valid and binding marriage con-
tract. because she was then under age.
On this point Rousseau hopes to have
the case dismissed. AS his reason for
giving up Miss Stratton's company,
Rousseau states that she informed him
that her parents objected to his atten-
ton, and he did not feeling justified
in calling on her contrary to her pa
rents wishes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
WON'T STAND 1T.
Honduras Has Apparently Risen
in Indignation
At Having Been Sold to Chaun-
cey DepeW and Others.
UPRISING REPORTED
And the Entire Country Now
Under Martial Law.
Depew Has Evidently Bitten
More Than He Can Chew.

Washington, April 15.-United States
Consul Little telegraphs from Teguci-
galpa, the capital of Honduras, that a
revolution has broken out and that the
republic is now under martial law.
Yesterday a dispatch to the New
York Herald from Tegucigalpa, Hon
duras. said: The Honduras syndicate.
composed of prominent Americans, has
received from the government valuable
concessions. The syndicate is repre-
sented by Messrs. Henry L. Sprague
and Washington Vaneltine, and includes
the Astors, the Webbs and President
Depew of the New York Central rail-
way.
The concessions which have been
granted by the administration are of
the most extensive nature. The Amer
lean projectors are empowered to un-
dertake the building of an interoceanic
railway and to establish a steamship
line on the Atlantic coast to connect
with New York. The syndicate also
may organize banks in the Republic,
take measures to finance the foreign
debt, collect customs, administer the
general finances, control the mining in
terests of the country and arrange for
all immigration privileges.
The congress will adjourn Saturday.
The affairs of Honduras are progress
ing faVOrably and the administration
of President BoniIla is very strong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
A GREAT PRETENSE MADE
Of Closing the Joints and Now and
Then a Desultory Raid.

Last evening at $50 o'clock the po-
lice made a raid on the o. NJ B. joint
over the Rock Island restaurant on
Kansas avenue, just south of First
street.
Sergeant Owen, Detective Capron, Pa
trolmen Close and Fieger went to the
place and entered. The proprietor, Ed
Failer, was arrested, and the fixtures,
consisting of kegs of beer, pumps, glass
es and bottles were taken to the police
station. There We're several men in the
joint at the time and their names were
taken as witnesses.
Failer was locked in the city Jail in
default of 5000 bond. This morning in
police court he pleaded guilty to selling
liquor and was fined $100.
Failex' was arrested last summer for
selling liquor and was fined $100. His
place was in North Topeka, about a
block south of the Union Pacific depot
He worked out most of his fine, doing
duty as trusty at the city Jail.
Chief of Police Steele said today:
I gave Failer all the chance in the
world. I told him to close. One day I
went up in his place. followed IL
fellows in and saw them buy beer. 1
told Failer he would have to close. He
closed up and stayed closed for two
weeks. Then he opened up again over
the Rock Island restaurant, and 1 had
to pull him"
Since Chief Steele has had charge of
the police department there has been
but six raids on joints in two and one
half months The first one was made
r 6D- Zoy WHEN AIInQI W01IIQau, In9 GX-
policeman, and Jim Crow were arrested
at their place on Kansas avenue be-
tween Third and Fourth streets. They
were each fined $1O0.
March l3, Pink Pursley, a colored
man, was arrested and fined 500 for
keeping joint, and March 20, Hank
Vansciver was arrested at his place,
near the Kansas avenue bridge, and
he is now pounding stones for the city.
March %, F. M. Adams colored, was
arrested and pleaded guilty to selling
liquor He was again arrested on the
same charge April 3. but acquitted.
THE joints are closing up said Chief
Steele today. They are beginning to
get scared"
AS he said this young man who was
sitting near him, said:
Yes. the little ones are closing up,
but the big ones are running along just
the same"
DO you know of any big ones?" ask
ed the chief.
why, yes; a whole lot of them" re-
Piled the young man, '-and if you don't,
you're not onto your job
The chief was silent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
MORE STATE POLITICS.
Six Republican Candidates for Gov
ernor Already and Dark Horses
Being Groomed.

Cy Leland's slate for Republican can
didates on the state ticket in the next
campaign has aroused the friends of
other candidates who announce that
they are out to win.
Charles E. LObdeH was in the city
today and announced his intention of
making the race. Mike Sutton is also
here and says he is not running for
governor in the interests of Ed Madi-
own interests.
A man who is a close friend of +. B.
Dawes says that Dawes told him in
Kansas City few days ago that he
would run for governor if he got half a
chance.
John E. EIessin has declined until the
game gets little older. John SeatOn
is saving wood and saying little. With
this array of aspirants and the nomi-
Mating convention Is or IS months dis
tant, the fight is, to say the least, al
ready promising some interesting de-
YelOpmentS.
Phil Campbell. who talked the lights
out at the Kansas Republican league
banquet after he was elected president,
has uncovered his boom for attorney
general and turned it loose, spending
the time now wondering whether or not
it viii become moss grown or bright
and beautiful with the friendly embel-
lshments of supporters.
Mr.. Long is having no end of trouble
in settling himself and making up his
mind. He has written a letter to a
friend in EmpCria saying that he is in
do. He intimates that the nomination
for governor is practically assured to
him, also the nomination for congress-
man in the Seventh district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
PUT HIS FOOT DOWN.
Sherman Made Plain Talk to De
LONE Regarding Cuban Matters.

New York. April ia dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says:
The policy of the administration in ref
erence to Cuba is not likely to be crtti-
the score of Indifference to the rights of
American citizens. Secretary Sherman,
unlike Mr.. Olney, will see to it that i'm
priSonmentS of suspects entitled 60 the
definite period of time is no longer IN
dulged in by Spanish officials in cuba
He viii even go further and make 1t plain
to the Spanish authorities that they can
not in the closing decade of the nine
teenth century be permitted to carry on
war upon principles utterly al variance
with modern civilization. In short, no
tfce has been served on the Spanish gov
ernment-informally as yet, but still IN
unmtstaka BILE terms-that this govern
ment recognizes state of civil war on
the island of Cuba, which demands
treatment of prisoners taken in action
by either side somewhat different from
that which seems to have been accorded
to them thus far.
The immediate cause of this notice be-
ing served on the Spanish government
was, of course, the capture of the Cuban
General Rivera, and the report that he
court martial and shot.
The president Immediately after the
news of the fate in store fer the prisoner
was received, directed Secretary Sherman
templated action of Captain General Wey-
Ter. Upon second consideration, however,
the protest took a less formal shape. In
stead of being delivered to the Spanish
sent for by the secretary of state and in
formed as to the views of the government
in the matter. This verbal protest, it is
safe to assume, was no less explicit than
iousIy drafted. At any rate, it had it's
effect for General Rivera is still living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
MRS. LEASES REMEDY.
Says the Sole Cure for Legislative
Boodling is Socialism.

Wichita, April 15.-Nrs. Mary E.
Lease gave utterance today to her
views on the legislative bribery invest
igation now being held at Topeka. She
accepts all the reports as being in the
main true, and adds that no one can
be familiar with the legislative his
tory in Kansas or any other state with
out knowing that all legislatures are
bribed by the agents of corporate
greed She says that a current
of dishonesty runs through the public
men of all parties, and that the So
called reforms simply means the turn
ing of one set of rascals out to put
other rascals in.
In view of the revelations of the in
vestigations being held at Topeka, she
saws that nothing is more evident than
that legislative degeneracy is ascend
ing and legislative dishonesty is at a
premium. She says the bill to reduce
express charges was simply piece of
legislative blackmal. and that one well
known politician stood behind it, ready
to defeat it or cause it to be withdrawn
for a price. After detailing at some
length the various sources of cOrrup-
+ion and boodling, she says the only
remedy is socialism, and that she ably
advocates in her communication.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
HUGE YELLOW WAVES
Sweep Over North and East
Omaha Borne by a Fierce
North Wind.

Omaha, April ia rise of three inches
IN the river and y strong wind from the
north may complete the work commenced
early in the week by the Missouri. The
flooded district in North and East Omaha
is this morning waste of tumbling yell
low waves, driven ceaselessly against the
hastily built dykes that yesterday check
ed their spread. The demolition of these
dykes will turn the flood loose on the
permanent entertainments that hold back
Cutoff lake and then the cataclasm may
be looked for. Cutoff lake rose more
than foot last night. 1t has established
communication with the river by the
eastern course and is now sending a small
stream over what was the upper end of
the lake in the time when it was still
part of the river. The hope is that this
will afford a sufficient outlet to relieve
the dykes at the lower end and thus pre-
vent the ultimate transfer of several
thousand acres of Nebraska into Iowa.
The stream from the lake to the river
runs west of the Columbia distillery and
east of the lard works. It has cut
bridge over the Missouri river. The wind
is driving more of the river through the
breaks into Florence lake than would
come through naturally and the course
from Florence lake to Cutoff lake is a
raging torrent. The houses surrounded
by water are still standing, but many are
being slowly undermined and must soon
fall There is little change in the Situa-
above water, and the railroads have their
threatened tracks well protected.
AT KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City. April 15.-Tde river this
terday, making three inches above the
danger line, and is still coming up slow
ly. The water is beginning to spread
out over the low lands and the rise there
fore Is now more slow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
A FINE EASTER SUNDAY,
s Quite Likely to Be Our Lot Says
Mr.. Jennings.

Weather Observer Jennings says that
from present indications he thinks that
Easter will be a clear. warm day. He
will not make a positive statement, as
he says that three days forecast is a
little too long to be accurate.
He said: There is a high in the
northwest and unless something unnat-
ural happens it will be here Sunday
and we will have fair weather. But a
low may equalize it before it gets
here If the weather service should
make a forecast for three days ahead
and the weather should correspond
with it. then they would get credit for
something they did not deserve; if it
should not be So then they would be
blamed for something which they did
not merit I look for fair weather,
but I'll tell more about it tomorrow or
Saturday"
The indications for tonight's weather
are that there will be frost. The min
imum temperature last night was As
degrees. The wind today is blowing
from the northwest, 81 miles an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
BLOWN OUT OF SIGHT.
Horrible Accident From the Prema.
ture Discharge of a Cannon on
the Yantic.

New York, April 1.-THE Herald this
morning publishes the following special
correspondence from Montevideo, Uru-
quay:
While the United States steamship Yam
tic was at stationary target practice d
Chico bank, La Plat river, about rs
miles southwest of MontevideO, = sick
enlng accident occurred.
The three required shots had been fired
from the sixty-pOund rifle the fore
castle and the S-inch rife forward. Three
smooth bore muzzle loader. and only ona
more shot was required from this lasc
gun to complete very successful target
practice.
count of the narrowness of the Yantfc
and Smallnesss of the gun pivots It was
necessary for the man loading the gun
to lean out porte clasping one arm about
sponge and the rammer with the other
arm, partly exposing his body in front of
the muZZle.
The bore had been sponged out with tha
sponge, freshly dampened at the divis-
ion tube, and the charge of eleven pounds
of black powder had been rammed home
by 2. Murphy, a seaman, assisted by O.
Gormensen, German on the other side.
c. Hayden, the COXSWain, was holding
his thumb on the vent in order to prevent
the air from reaching any lighted frag-
mentS of the previously exploded cart
ridge that might have remained in the
chamber.
Apparently none of the precautions ex-
tinguiShed the burning bits of cloth for
was Withdrawing the rammer and he was
blown off the boat. No trace of him was
cred and search made GOrmensen lost
one eye and the other was seriously in
jured and one arm was broken. Hayden'S
hands was badly burned and the upper
half port was shattered.
After the accident the Yantic returned
to MOnteVideO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
RODERICK'S BICYCLE GONE.
Senator Mason's Son Lost His Money
in the Globe Failure.

Washington April Ex-senator Ma
sons son ROderick. a lad of years
called his father up on the long dis
tance telephone from Chicago the day
following the Globe Savings bank fail
ure to tell him about it. The young
man had $18 in the bank which he was
saving to buy a bicycle. This is the
conversation which passed, as nearly
as the senator can remember it:
Papa, the bank has busted.'
Yes Roderick, 1 read about it. How
is your mammal
MY eighteen dollars is gone, papa
Yes
My bicycle is gone, too
Yes; that's too bad, ROderick."
''Wel1, do get a bicycle anyway?"
At this point the wires began to buzz
and the senator told his son that he
couldn't hear.
DO get the wheel?" the young man
screamed over the wire.
''Wen, Roderick," answered the SEN
ator, you get the Endorsement of your
congressman and will see what can
do for you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
Wants to be Sue OF the Side.

Elizabeth Myers, who is just at present
the plaintiff in a damage suit against
the city of Topeka in the district court
asked leave of Judge Hazen this morn
ing to amend her petition, and the case
will now go over until the Septem Der
term of court 1t was set for trial next
week Mrs. Myers is claiming dam
ages for injuries caused by a defective
sidewalk and the amendment to her
petition will consist of changing the al
legation that her left side was the part
of her body injured. and stating that it
was her right side instead. Some time
ed that she specifically state at what
part of her body she was injured. and
She filed an answer stating that it was
her left side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
DISPOSED OF THEIR BABY.
Indiscreet Kansas Couple Leave an
Infant at St Joseph.

st. Joseph, Mo, April 15.--NTiss Min
ME Brown, a girl of 20, whose home is
at Clyde, Kan, and Frank Green. sta
ton agent of the Rock Island at Whit
ing, Kan, came to st. Joseph yester-
day with a 2-months-old baby. Yes
terday evening Green left the city.
Early this morning the girl was
found wandering the streets and the
baby was missing. The babe was 2
months old and Miss Brown is it's
mother. She said Green was its father.
The girl admitted that they had come
to this city for the express purpose of
getting rid of the fncumbrance. They
succeeded, but how is a mystery. The
girl says they left the child on a door
step in the eastern part of the city. She
could not locate the place, and it is
feared the child may have been muir
dered. The mother is detained at the
DOlice station
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
Expected to Come Out in the Trial of
DeBoissiere Case.

Robert Stone has been notified that
his motion in the De Boissiere case to
file an amended petition has been al
lowed
This will open the case up to some
sensational charges by the attorneys,
the substance being that there was
conspiracy to defraud the old French
man out of his property. 1t is charged
that w. H. Sears, who invested money
in the state printing plant under State
Printer Snow, and L. c. Stine were at
the head of the conspiracy, and that
Sears attempted TO have De Boissiere
will his property to him. Failing in
this. it is charged that a deal was made
by Stine by which the property was be-
queathed to the odd Fellows and Sears
was paid about SIS 900.
The odd Fellows refused to accept
the gift and the property is in the
hands of trustees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
CLEANING UP THE CITY.
Careless Hauling of Refuse Along the
Streets.

Street Commissioner Ramsey is hav-
ing trouble with people who do not
clean their alleys and he is also look
ing up an ordinance which viii prevent
the careless hauling of refuse over the
paved streets.
Street Commissioner Ramsey said to-
day: People who haul refuse from
the alleys as a rule load their wagons
so heavily that when they drive up the
street much of the load shakes off. It
makes a bad looking street and is not
conducive to health besides"
The city engineer has discovered an
ordinance which provides penalties for
just such carelessness and the atten-
tiOn of the police department viii be
called to the violations. The ordinance
also prohibits emptying water on paved
streets or washing buggies on the
streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-15
sLAUGHTER OF TURKS.
Two Hundred and Forty Killed and
Wounded in an Engagement

London, April 15.-A special dispatch
rom 1 Oonstantlnople says that in the
last encounter between the Greek ir
regulars and the Turkish regular troons
the latter lost 24O killed and wounded
the dispatch adds that Edham Pasha
the turkish commander-in has
Telegraphed to the Turkish authori+ies
at Constantlnople that unless he is or
dered to cross the frontier and take nm
a position on the plains of ThessaI1t
his present position is intenable oyvin.r
20 the constant attacks of the CSreel2
Insurgents who have entered the rTi1rl[-
ish lines by stealth and also in consa-
quence of the excitement among fba
troops, especially the Albanians
The Turkish ministers. IL is f11r+bar
announced, have informed the snItar
that war should be declared against
Greece The sultan. who objects to
war. has not replied to this recomulan-
datiOn of his ministers.
Canea, Crete. April 15=Austrisn
torpedo boats were fired on today bv
the insurgents near Kissamo while
CHASING Greek blockade runners There
has been sharp fighting around Gambia
between the Turks and the insurgents.