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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
LOCAL MENTION.

Ewing Herbert of the Hiawatha
World, is in the city.
Will Culp says that he killed twenty
snakes on Monday and Tuesday on his
farm
Roscoe A. Brewster of WellstOn. No,
has sold to Mrs. Maggie AinsWorth for
500 lots 4O2. 4O4 and 406 Swygart avenue.
The finance committee of the temper
ance committee is made UP OF g >. FL
lott. Joab Mulvane, S T. Howe ana W.
NJ. Welcome.
o. E. Comstocl1, president of the Sat
urday Bee Publishing company or
Hutchinson, transacted business at the
state house today.
Frank F. Davis of COncOrdia, repre-
senting Barton Bros, Kansas CITY.
spent circus day in the city with his old
friend and college mate, NJ. r. Cain
Councilman ". c. Stephenson says
that he is in no way connected in busl-
ness with F. A. Brigham, whose prop
erty was attached yesterday by Sher-
iff Kepley.
The announcement of the concert at
the circus last night was suppressed YsIth
little trouble. The concert man nad Deeh
fOreWarned and he desiSted with a grace
full bow and a grim
Through the efforts of Miss Winifred
Wagner of this city. Miss Neatly stevens
of Chicago. one of the most accoE1pllshed
lady pianists of this country. viii give a
concert at Library hall IN thls elty OliS
week from tonight
Mrs. Emma Busby has brought suit in
the district court for divorce from neE
husband William BuSby, a Santa re
eI-ritcbToaD They were married the lat
ter part of last month and on May 10
she states in her petition, ne drove her
from home Mrs. BusDy accompanied lsE
petition for divorce with the request Lnal
the Santa Fe company be en1Oined from
Da wing Busby wages until the matter IL
Settled, and this Judge Fazen granted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
CAN'T SHIP THE CORN.
$4,000 Tons of Corn Contributed to
India, Stored in Brooklyn
Warehouses;

New York. May 14.-NO arrangements
have as yet been made for forwarding
the $1,000 tons of corn stored in Brook
lyn warehouses to the plague stricken
districts of India. 1t is a mistake to
suppose that this is a matter which
rests with the custom house authOri-
ties.
Six weeks ago congress authorized
the secretary of the navy to charter a
steamship of American registry to con-
vey the contributions of food stuffs to
India. The contributions comprised
chiefly wheat, barley and rye, which
were sold and with the proceeds corn
was bought. When congressional au-
thority to hire a vessel was granted,
the contributions amounted to about H.
GOO tons.
Daniel H. Hawthorne, the deputy col
iector in charge of the marine division
Of the custom house. reported to the
secretary of the navy that a vessel
could be procured to carry the grain for
SO a ton. The rapid accumulation of
grain made il necessary to look for a
larger vessel, but one could not be
found There is no American vessel
available to hold 5000 tons. The only
vessel which will hold so large a cargo
Is the Hamburg-American Line steam
ship Philadelphia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
POLITICAL PABULUM
Provided by Patent Inside Companies
Makes a Big Muss.

The Kansas weekly newspapers which
are supplied with patent inSideS by the
Western Newspaper Union at Kansas
City, especially those maintaining
Populistic principles, are up in arms
against the company, because in the
plates this week appears a violent at
tack upon Webb McNau and the POpu-
list administration for the attitude OF
the insurance superintendent against
the life insurance companies involved
in the HillmOn case.
The article is especially bitter, but
is credited to Geo W. Martin in the
Kansas City Gazette
The Populist editors were in a di-
Iemma They were compelled to use
the patents or destroy the legality of
this issue of their paper. However, in
all of the papers appears explanatory
editorials denOuncing the NeWSpa per
Union and standing up for Webb Nc
Nall and the state adminiStra ton. The
editors are now taking up the cudgel
against the Newspaper union as evil
denced by the following letter, sent by
A J. Wright, editor Of the Lebanon
Journal, to the company in Kansas
City, Mo:
Il am astonished this morning to see
in the patent nearly two column aTt-
Gle in defense of the rOckieSt insurance
outfit that ever did business in Kansas.
If that article from the Kansas City
(Kan) Gazette is not a paid article, by
and for these monopoly insurance rob
bers. then the man who wrote it has
gone to a great deal of trouble to tell
a tissue of falsehOOd, fro first to last,
from purely patriotic motives, and a
desire to see justice done to q trio OF
poor down trOdden insurance cOmpa-
nies.
1T is a part of your contract with me
that these paid corporation articles do
not appear on the patent side of the
paper This one article VIII damage me
twice. possibly five times the value of
this weeks issue, and I cannot figure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
DURRANAs LATEST SCHEME
A Penitentiary Convict Has Confess
ed That He Killed Blanche
Lamont.

San Francisco, May 14.-TheOdore Dur
rant, through his attorneys. will ask
Governor Budd today to pardon him on
the ground that the real murderer of
Blanche Lamont has at last confessed
his crime. The lawyers declare that they
have not been hoaxed, nor is it their pur-
pose to impose upon the executive. They
insist that in the person of John ROsen-
berg, convict al San Quentin prison they
have discovered the man who is guilty
of the horrors of Emmanuel church.
John Rosenberg has made a sworn con-
presence of several witnesses that he
killed Blanche Lamont at the instigatiOn
of a stranger and in consideration of the
payment of $500 for his bloody work. 1t
is with this sensation that the attorneys
will strengthen their case at Sacramento
today. The story and its details is one
of the most remarkable that has devel-
oped in the long case.
Rosenberg is a Russian sailor and
rived in this city sailing vessel from
Hamburg, Germany, during the last week
of March, 1895, or on the LIST day of April.
He is now serving a term for horse steal
ing and appears to be sane.
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DEPEW TO NEWPORT.
It Will be the First Season He Has
Ever Spent at the City by the Sea.

New York, May 14-The fact that
Chauncey NJ. Depew will have a cot
tage at Newport will be one of the chief
surprises of the season at that place
1t will be the first time that Mr.. De-
pew has passed a summer at the city
by the sea. He has thus far COM
municated the fact in confidence to only
a few intimate friends. No other single
individuals presence could posi- bly,
have such an effect on the seasons
gayety.
Mr. Depew has taken from William
A. Duer the Pinard cottage, which the
latter had engaged. Mr. and Mrs. Duer
have occupied this cottage for several
seasons They went abroad early in
Lent with their daughter, Miss Rather
inc Duer and having decided to remain
all summer were willing to sub-let their
Newport cottage.
Mr. Depew will be accompanied by
his niece, Miss Paulding. He doubt
less will distinguish himself by the
dinners he will give, and it is more than
likely also that he will give big dance
during the season at the Casino. He
had such a function in contemplation,
but it was nipped in the bud by an at
tack of illness just at the end of the
winter town social season.
That Chauncey NJ. DepeW is to spend
the summer at Newport for the first
time while Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt are abroad, is sure to Occa-
sion comment This will be especially
the case as there was a general talk
of a misunderstanding between them
short time agO. That such was the
reports, Mr.. Depew saw the Wander
bits off when they sailed last Sat
urday for England.
That there is a decided coolness be
tween Chauncey NJ. Depew and Mr.. and
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr, is an
ODen secret.
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DEPEW IN POLITICS.
Considered a Success in Securing
Places for His Friends.

ElaC6S A4S EEl0AOSs
New York May 14.-Chauncey Depew
is sometimes underes timated as pO-
HticaI factor; but, in the parlance of
the day. he gets there just the same.
1t is only a few days ago that he show
ed his power by obtaining Governor
Blacks signature to a bill, the enact
rnent of which was desired by the New
York Central Railroad company, and
now he comes to the front with an
achievement smaller, but no less sig
nificant.
Frederick w. Vanderbilt's name was
called on the list of jurors for the
county court at Poughkeepsie and
there was no response. The crowd
which had gathered to see million
aire do duty as a juryman was bitterly
disappointed, but the sheriff explained
that he had received letter from the
famous post-prandial orator saying
that Mr. Vanderbilt only makes his
summer home at Hyde Park and claims
legal residence in New York city, where
he paws taxes and votes. On this
ground Frederick w Nanderbilt,S name
was stricken from the Duchess county
iurv roll on Chauncey DepeW'S request
1t was three years ago that the mill
Honaire purchased the Walter Landon
estate at Hyde Park when his Occupa-
ton was described as that of a gen
tleman." and he is now erecting a man
sion there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
FIRE WRECKS IT.
LexingtOn's, (Ky0 $4,000
Court House
Totally Destroyed by Fire in an
Hour.
The Scene of VIM. C. Breckin-
ridges Famous Trial.
WOMAN TRIUMPHANT
The 5000 Statue by Hart
Was Ruined.
Portrait of Henry Clay is In-
cluded in the Loss.

Lexington, May 14-Fire broke QUE
in an attic of the court house here at
9:45 a. m. and in a few minutes the up
per story and dome were all in flames.
The fire department seemed unable to
make an impression. Hart's statue.
Woman Triumphant" bought by Lex
ingtOn women for IS 600, was in the rO-
tunda. The records of the county were
carried out.
The court house was completely burn
ed, and in an hour nothing remained
but the walls. HaTt'S beautiful master
piece was destroyed in an attempt to
remove it. Many of the lose records
were carried out and others are in q steel
vault in the basement The court house
was built ten years ago at q cost OF
$12O, 600.
The fire started in the jury room
which was vacant. The county school
superintendent was conducting an eX-
animation of 80 school children in the
court room and they We're all rescued.
The firemen were helpless in the be-
ginning and soon deserted the court
house to save surrounding buildings. A
high wind prevailed and for time the
danger from flying emberS. Bucket and
garden hose brigades put out many in
cipient fires. Central and First Nation
al banks and the offices of the Leader
fire and were quickly emptied Of books
and records.
When the fire was under control ie
was found that the first floor and The
basement were partly saved but del
uged with water. In addition 10 the
total destruction of the Hart statue
many valuable paintings in the court
house were lost. These were portraits
of Henry Clay, Richard Menefee, Wm-
T. Barry and other famous Kentuck-
ians, painted by Aealy, Sully and other
noted artists.
The loss on the building is $50, ,O0Os
insurance $40 200.
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LIKE FATHER LIKE SON.
Revolver His Father Used for
the Same Purpose.

Kansas City, Mo, May 14-Harry E.
Hazen, 21 years of age,@ committed sui
eide here last night in room over a
Walnut street saloon, where he was
drinking and carousing with another
youth and two women, in whose pres
ence the tragedy occurred. The young
man took his life with the same re-
volver which his father, w. E. Hazen,
a special examiner in the service of
the federal department of justice, killed
himself three years ago.
For months the young man has been
employed in Kansas City paper house,
but at frequent intervals he was morose
and downcast and he had repeatedly
threatened to end his own life. In
spector Hazen, the youths father, had
planned to drown himself in Lake To-
hoe, near Carson City. New, but chang
ed his mind and shot himself after
writing and sending to a friend a
tragic poem entitled, "Tohoe Gives Not
Up Its Dead The son recently wrote
a similar letter to a friend here, en-
closing copy of the poem, on the back
of which he had written the following:
Father was right; will go the same
WaV"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
CORD ON DOOR KNOB.
Clever Ruse of a Murderer to Give
Appearance of Suicide.

Paxton, Ill. May 14.-Fred HOLMAN,
alias Hartman, was hanged in the Jail
in this city this morning in the pres
ence of about fifty witnesses. Prof.
Blome, one of his spiritual advisers,
read on behalf of HOLMAN a statement
from the scafold declaring his inno-
cence and asking that his body be sent
to Grand Haven, Mich, and placed be-
side that of his wife and child.
Hoelman was hung for killing Mrs.
Weibke Geddes. having been convicted
on circumstantial evidence. Mrs. Ged-
des' body was found with a cord
around her neck and the other end of
the cord fastened to a door knob. He
is believed to have killed several other
women in this part of the state in the
same way, but escaped suspicion and
arrest, the coroners' juries rendering
verdicts of suicide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
MORE TIME
Asked by Topeka Architects to
Prepare Plans
For the Auditorium to Be Built
In City Park.
COMPLAINT is MADE
That Three Days Was Too Short
Time
To Prepare Suitable Plans and
Drawings.
COMPLAINT is MADE

The Auditorium association has not
yet decided upon the plans for the
building. But two plans are proposed
and there are changes to be made IN
case either is accepted, and the asso-
citation has not yet been able to get
together on the plans.
An informal vote was taken and re
suited in an almost unanimous cnolce
of the plans proposed by ArchltecJ
Stanton, but nothing has been done 10
ratify the vote
There is some dissatisfaction among
the architects concerning the manner
in which the association advertised Tor
the plans. They claim that not enough
time was given to prepare the plans.
State Architect Holland IS one OF
those. I wanted to present some
plans" said he. but there is no use
of talking Of preparing plans in three
days I could not do it. 1 think that
the committee should have given al
least two weeks. In that event L
would have prepared plans to be sub
mftted 1 would rather not present
any plans than TO put in some that
would not be a credit It takes STUDY
TO work out building such as this VIII
be and no one can do himself justice
in three days.
Architect H. NJ Hadley says he ex-
pected to be in the contest but could
not be for lack OF time. Il was out OF
town - said he, land when / got back
I found that the committee had adver-
used for plans and it was then too late
to do anything"
The Auditorium association has been
working very slowly in accepting plans
and if more time had been given at
the start ii is probable that the matter
might have been disposed of in one
sitting.
There are no obstacles in the way of
the building after the plans have been
agreed upon The association is ready
TO commence active work at raising the
first installment of money necessary to
complete the building. The delay in
accepting the plans viii be made up oy
the association in short time. The
plans Will be adopted within a day or
two
The building of the auditorium issuch
an important matter that all the archi-
tects should be given an opportunity
to submit plans The committee nor
the people do not want to be restricted
to lust two plans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
ONE NEGRO GOT AWAY
And a Posse is Looking for Him-He
is Wounded.

San Augustine, Tex, May 1.-two ne
groes on the farm of George and Felix
Johnson. white went to the latters
house and renewed a quarrel previously
begun. Other members of the Johnson
families interfered. When the fight
ended it was found that Theodore No
bles was suffering from two wounds
He died in short time. George john
son was struck on the head with a gun.
He is insensibIe and his condition pre-
cariOus. Aaron Johnson was wounded
in three places. Felix Johnson was shot
in the arm and leg. William White,
one of the two attacking negroes had
his skull fractured and was also shot
through the body. A posse is searching
for his son the other negro who is also
wounded
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DAILY LYNCHINGS.
One in Alabama and One in Prospect
in Texas.

in Texas.
Huntsville Ala. May IA third ne
gro is reported to have been lynched
near jeff, Ala, last night. He was i'm
plcated in the wholesale poisoning of
the Kelly family.
The latest victim of mob violence
is Jim Nance, alias Williams, a dis
charged negro Iaborer, who is thought
to have instigated the poisoning by the
girls in order to wreak vengeance up
on the Kellys The cOroner's jury to-
day returned verdict in the case of
the two lynched girls of death at the
hands of unknown parties.
Nacogdoches. Tex, May 14.-East of
here, in Sabine county, as the result Of
trouble between a negro family named
White and a white family named john
son, Theodore Noble, white, was killed;
William White, colored. killed, and three
men seriously wounded. John White,
colored, is being pursued and a lynch
ing is DrOba BILE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
ORE DUMP FALLS
Killing Ten Men and Boys, and
Wounding Several Others.

Nashville. Tenn, May IA Florence,
Ala, special to the Banner says:
A terrible disaster occurred at Pinck-
ney, Tenn, ore mines, 80 miles from
here yesterday, beginning at 3 O'Clock
The new tipple, or ore dump, so feet
high, fell. killing ten white boys and
men outright and seriously WOunding
several others.
Those who are seriously injured have
broken legs and arms and crushed hip
bones and internal injuries At least
half of those who are injured will die.
All of the killed and wounded were on
top of the tipple when it collapsed. On
~ two escaped without serious fnjur-
les. One young man seeing his danger
In time. jumped 20 feet to i tree and re-
ceived slight scratches, and another
jumped to the ground, turning over sew
eral times and alfghted on his feet only
Bpraining his ankle. The cause of the
collapse is unknown. The dump was
a new one and was tested with 20 cars
of ore less than a month ago. There
was only a small weight on it when it
fell
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SHOT AT THE EDITOR.
Senator McMullin Tries to Kill Col
Smithe. of the Arkansas Gazette.

Little Rock, Ark, May 14.-State
Senator McNuuin of Yell county this
forenoon made a desperate attempt on
the life of Colonel J. n. Smithe, editor
of the Arkansas Gazette.
At an early hour Senator McMullin
entered the private Office of Colonel
Smithe, drawing a revolver and at the
same time demanding an apology for
editorial utterances made by the lat
ter in regard to the senator's action in
defeating the railroad commission Dill
When this was not forthcoming, Sena-
tor McMuIlin fired point-blank at the
colonel. who sprang to his feet and
struck McMuIlin's arm, causing the
bullet to miss his body by few
inches. McMullin was taken to jail
but later released on bail.
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out how you expect me to do business
enough to pay you with these paid Re
publican corporation articles on the
patent, in direct opposition to all the
work of the home pages.
This is a political article of the very
crankiest and meanest order, and
shall claim a violation of contract and
refuse to pay for the issues as often as
they occur. Don't try to make me be
lieve that Geo. w. Martin of the Kan
sas City (Kan.) Gazette is originating
or publishing such ffOwery tales a 5 that
in defense of insurance companies just
for his health; and then I suppose it
was mere accident that it got into the
patent as a matter of news -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
GOVERNMENT MAKES DEAL.
Buys the Property of the Mononga-
hela Navigation Co. for $3,674,421

washington. May 14.-The secretary of
war has accepted the award made by the
jury of condemnation in the case of the
property of the Monongahela Navigation
company and has requested the attorney
general to take the necessary steps to
transfer the property to the United
States The jury estimates the value of
the property to be transferred at So, ga, ,421.
If the attorney general is satisfied in the
matter of title and the navigation COM
pany does not appeal to the United
States supreme court from the award,
Secretary Alger will draw a warrant for
the sum named. in favor of the naviga-
ton company and then all the improve
nents made in the navigation of the
river by that company Will become the
property of the United States.
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AWARDED SIX CENTS.
End of a Libel Suit Against theBuffalo
Express

Buffalo, N. Y, May 1.-THE suit of
Tyndan Palmer against George E. Mat
thews & Co. proprietoCs and publishers
of the Buffalo Express, was tried and
decided today in part of the supreme
court.
Palmer brought action for $35, 900
damages. The alleged libel was the
publicat ton in the Express on October
l, 1893, of a dispatch from Philadelphia.
The item was printed in many newspa-
pers throughout the country. The jury
returned verdict awarding cents to
the plaintiff
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Rev. Mr. Billingsley's Accident.

Rev. /. K Bilingsley had a narrow
escape from severe injury late yester-
day afternoon. He was riding south on
Jackson street on his bicycle when he
met a man in a one-hOrse buggy. The
man was driving rapidly. and as Mr..
BilIingsley turned to the right the
driver turned his horse west on Sew
enth street. In an instant there was
a crash and the minister was lying on
the pavement while his bicycle was
crushed and rendered useless. The
man who ran over the minister did not
stop his horse after the collision.
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No Fakirs With the show.

City Treasurer Elliott says that for
the first time in the history of Topeka
not a fakir's license was issued while
She big show was in Topeka. As rule
sellers follow in the wake of a circus
and they all secure licenses from the
city to carry on their business. This
year not a SINCE one applied for q Ii
cense. Treasurer Elliott says that the
managers of the show do not allow any
fakirs to follow them if they can help
it. and they seem to have succeeded at
least in so far as Topeka is concerned.
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TO FIGHT OUR TARIFF.
Austrian Manufacturers Call for Our
International Agreement

Vienna, May 14-At a large conven-
tion of Austrian manufacturers held
here today it was resolved to call up
on the government to undertake to con-
clude international agreements with
European powers with a view of eff
fectiVeIy meeting the common danger
prohibitive tariff policy of the United
States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-14
MILLIONAIRES CAN'T SPIT
In streetcars Any More Than Hod
Carriers

San Francisco. May 14-W. B. Brad
bury. a local millionaire, has been sen
fenced to "a hours Imprisonment in
the county Jail for violating the civic
ordinance prohibiting expectora ting
on the floor of street cars.
This was Bradbury's second offense.
He claims the privilege of splitting
when and where he pleases as an inal-
ienable American right and will make
a test case of his punishment.
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MRS. MORRIS WINS.
She is the Widow of the Man Whose
Heart was Taken Into Court.

Pittsburg, May 14.-In the United
States circuit court the jury in the case
of Mrs. Louise Morris against the FL
deity and Casualty company of New
York rendered a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for S11,12O, in full amount of
the policy.
Mr. Morris was killed by falling from
a slxiff into Lake Chautauqua. The in
sIlrance company refused to pay the
policy. claiming that he died from heart
trouble and was not drowned.