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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
SEEKS TO JUSTIFY ITSELF.
a Juggling of Figures by the Present
Police Board.

NJ D. Henderson, secretary of the
board Of police commissioners has pre-
pared a comparative statement ana re-
port of the department covering rep
ruary March and April during Whlcn
time the PopuHst board has been IN
control and exhibiting also the record
of the department under the last three
months of Republican control 1t IS
like the Dot and kettle each trying to
prove itself a little whittier than the
other.
The expenses of the department as
shown by the report which IS made
from the official records during NoVem-
Der. December and January were So
11518. The expenses for the last three
months amount to $4,361.42, difference
of S752.76 in favor of the present board
or computed annually at the same ra-
ito a difference of over $4,000 per year
in favor of the present board
During February, March and April
the present force made 1856 arrests. The
Republican officers during the last three
months of their reign made 26S arrests.
In November the Republican OfhceTS ar
rested u gamblers. all of whom We're
dismissed. The POpulists in March ar
rested Is gamblers, all being convicted.
The number of persons pleading
guilty were as follows: November, 40;
December, 26; January, IS; February,
So: March, Is; April SO.
Number tried and convicted: Novem-
Der, %; Decem Der, %; January, 25; Feb
ruary, 13: March, 3S; April, Is.
Number dismissed: November, 50;
December, 10; January, "a; February,
10: March, 60; April, is.
Number turned over to the state:
November, 13; December, 2; January, 8;
February. s; March 10; April, 6.
Fines assessed We're as follows: No
vember, S514; February. SS73 80; Decem-
Der, $500; March, S1,245; January, $310;
April. 81 2S3
Amount collected: November, S347.O5;
December, $169.75; January, $113; Feb
ruary, S2434 March, S244S5; April,
$685.
Total amount of fines assessed for
three months, by Republican board, ST.
IA: by P0pulist board $3,4O190.
Total amount of fines collected for
three months, by Republican board,
1929. so: by Populist board, 11S3.26
Total amount of fines worked out, by
Republican board, no record; by Popu-
list board S146S. .25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
RIVAL BRADLEY MARTIN
London Society is Planning Some
Gorgeous Costume Balls

London. May S.-Society is already on
the qui vive in anticipation of the fancy
dress balls to be given by prominent
hostesses. They promise a commotion
approaching the Bradley Martins ball.
A feature of the Duchess of Devon
shire's will an oriental quardrille with
Lady De Gray as a Cleopatra and Lady
Dudley in a Byzantine costume.
Mrs. Arthur Paget, Lady Brooke and
Miss Muriel Wilson will give the sec
ond ball at Holland house. The guests
will appear in the costumes of their an
cestorS as painted by ainesborough
and Reynolds.
At Mrs. .Cavendish Bentinck's ball, the
costumes worn will be similar to those
which were the fashion at the beginning
of the reign of Queen Victoria.
Lady Naylor-Leyland, formerly Miss
Jane Chamberlain of Cleveland, o., will
also give a costume ball.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
BILLIARD A REsUBMIssIoNIsT
President of the Police Commission
SO Admits to a Journal Reporter.

President J 3. Billiard of the Topeka
board of police commissioners today
announced to a State Journal reporter
that although he voted originally for
the pronibitory amendment. that now
in principle he was q reSu bmiSsiOnist.
He also stated that when he assumed
the office of president of the board he
instructed his officers to obtain evil
dence against all places where the pro-
hibitOry law was being violated. Mr..
Billiard is a native of France.
Today Mr.. Billiard was seen at his Of
fee at the mill in North Topeka by a
State Journal reporter.
Mr. Billiard there are rumors of
your reSigning from the board. Will
you tell what you are going to do?"
I haven't even considered it," re-
piled he. Il see no reason why I should
resign I have tried to do my duty
have instructed the officers to get evil
dence against places where liquor was
sold and to close up these places. There
have been fifteen arrests and convic-
tions for selling liquor and either the
money has been paid or the men have
worked it out. No, I haven't considered
the matter of resigning."
Then Mr.. Billiard sought to vindicate
the action of the police board. He
spoke of the large number of arrests
and Of the revenues received The
substance of this is contained in a re-
port published elsewhere.
How did you instruct the officers to
collect eVid3nco2''
why, I told them to get information
against all ViOlatOrs of the law. 1 will
guarantee that if anyone furnishes US
evidence that the law is being violated
we viii arrest them Immediately Mis-
representations and giving only one
side of the question are not right. We
are entitled to a chance to show our
side of the question"
Il voted for the prOhibitory amend
ment," he continued, but 1 would not
do it again. l am a resubmissionist
in principle now. I don't propose to
lay myself liable to heavy damage suits
by arrest;ng people without evidence
Just because it comes out that there is
an open violation OF the law some place
in Topeka, that is not evidence Look
at the damage suits piled up against
John NJ WilkersonI I've got some prop
erty here. and 1 don't want that taken
away from me. I don't consider 1t my
duty to go about and secure evidence
against these places myself dldn [
take the office for that purpose. The
officers are hired for that purpose"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
VOLO ABANDONED.
The Army Retires on DOmOkOs
Before the Advance of the
Victorious Turks.

Velestino, May 8.-The Greeks have
evacuated Volo. Detachments of ma
rines have landed from the British,
Russian, French, Austrian and Ger
man warships off that place to guard
the town.
The foreign consuls have arrived to
confer with Edhem Pasha, the Turk
ish commander.
Turkish troops are entering Volo.
The Greeks who fed to Halmyros will
rejoin the main body of the Greeks at
Domokos.
Athens. May S.-Riccotti Garibaldi's
volunteers started for the front yes
terday evening, marching to the rail-
road station shouting Long live the
social revolution These cries were re-
Sented by the spectators.
The minister of foreign affairs, M.
Skouloudis in an interview is quoted
as saying that the powers have not yet
taken steps to communicate with the
Greek ministry on the subject of inter
VentiOn, although he understood the
powers were discussing some form of
intervention. " neither it would be di-
rect intervention or simply mediation,
NJ. Skouloudis could not say.
In conclusion, NJ. SkOulOudis remark
ed The report that dissensions exist
among the ministers is absolutely false
We are ready to accomplish the heavy
task we have undertaken, and we can
not quit our posts without failing IN
our duty"
A dispatch from Arta says Fuad Bey,
the Turkish commander, through the
Greek priest at Arta, has issued proc
Iamation to the Christian population,
ordering them to lay down their arms,
as otherwise their villages Will be
burned.
The envirOnS OF kan1a, IN 1urhlSh
+ar1.itOrv are burning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
DEDICATION TOMORROW
OF the First Christian Church on To-
peka Avenue.

The handsome new First Christian
church edifice at 62z IOpeka avenue
will be dedicated tomorrow morning
The services will be elaborate ana I'M
pressive and the sermon will be preach
ed by celebrated divine, man OF ma
tionaI reputation as a minister and who
was also minister to Turkey under Ben
iamin HarriSOn'S administration.
DR. z. T. Sweeney, IL. D., of Column
bia, Ind. is the orator. He is a large,
fine looking man. possessing strong
voice and clear articulation. At the
dedication services he will speak upon
the subject The Power of God" In
the evening he will also preach upon
the subject, The Certainties in Relig-
10 reporter today DR.. Sweeney
said:
I am pretty we'll acquainted over
there. Ny heart is with Greece. There
is no doubt that Greece is whipped now
but the question is, how turkey VIII
fare in the settlement do not like
Germanys attitude At the close of my
lecture at the church on Monday night
1 viii answer any questions which may
be handed to Mr.. Boyle on Sunday. I
will speak a bout a trip to Jerusalem.
DR.. Sweeney has been chancellor of
Butler university, has had editorial
membership in the leading periodicals
of the Christian church and has taken
a prominent part in temperance work
in Indiana, being connected with the
Indiana anti-liquOr league In his book
of travels entitled, Under Ten Flags,
Bishop John H. Vincent wrote the in
PRODUCTION. At the Worlds fair he was
Ottoman commissioner to the exposition
and received a handsome gold medal
from his majesty, Abdul Hamid Khan
II.
DR.. Sweeney has dedicated over 100
churches and is spoken of in the east
as The Torrent of EloQuence-"
There Will be a hne musical pro-
e-ranlnle in connection with the dedica-
tory exercises. A chorus will sing sa-
cred anthems and special numbers will
be sung by a double quartette.
Prof ~. A Easton of Danville, Ill,
is expected to be present and lead the
singing He is celebrated singing
evangelist of the First Christian
church
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
CONDUCTORS GO THROUGH.
Train of Nine Pullman Coaches Stops
a Short Time in Topeka

A special train of nine Pullman
coaches, a dining car and baggage car
bearing 450 members of the Order of
Railway Conductors in the United
States, on their way to Los Angeles.
Cal, to attend the national meeting Of
the organization, passed through To
peka at II o'clock this morning. The
train started from New York city with
the delegates to the meeting from that
state, and through every state which it
has passed the list has been swelled by
one or more delegations.
The delegates will remain in Los An
geles all of next week, and after the
business portion of the meeting is con-
cluded will enjoy an ocean excursion on
the Pacific The delegates to the ma
tional meeting from the eastern dfvis
ion of the Santa F'e are Charles Short
of Topeka, H H. Brown of Argentine
and A. J. RAIDER of Usage City.
A train similar to the one which
passed through Topeka this morning
left st. Louis for Los Angeles yester-
day. Fully 1000 delegates are expect
ed to be present at the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
THE LEAGUE ADJOURNS.
Convention of National Municipal
League Comes to an End Today.

Convention of National Municipal
League Comes to an End Today.
Louisville May S.-The business of the
third annual convention of the National
Municipal league was finished yesterday.
The league was called to order in the FIX
change hall of the board of trade by
Chairman George W. Ochs of Chatta-
nooga, at 1O:30 O'Clock. The attendance
was lighter than any previous meeting
during this session and the interest did
not appear great. Several papers were
read, dealing with municipal affairs in
Philadelphia. New Orleans, Providence
and ST. Louis. The paper THE results
of a victory for reform" the pro-
gramme to be read by Charles ]. Bona
parte of Boston, was passed, as Mr..
Bonaparte was unavoidably detained.
The papers read today We're as follows:
Municipal affairs in Philadelphia -
George Burnham. jr.
Municipal affairs in New Orleans" p"
Charles Janvier, president of the Citi-
zens' league.
Edwin D. McGuinnes, mayor of Provi-
dence.
The municipal condition of St. Louis, -
Frederick w. Dewart.
The league adjourned to meet at the
call of the executive committee. The
cities which are making a bid for the
next convention are Indianapolis, Omaha.
Denver Atlanta and Boston.
A drive over the city this afternoon and
a banquet at the Gait House this even
ing, have been provided as the closing
entertainments offered by the city COM
Tnittee
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PAPER COMPANY FAILS.
I. Owed the Manager $4,000 and
Couldn't Pay It

Cleveland, May 8.-The Cleveland Pa
per company has been placed in the
hands Of a receiver upon its own appli-
cation by Judge Dellenbaumgh- Nor
T. Horr qualified as receiver, with a
bond of $4,000
Nelson w. Taylor has been at the
head of the concern for many years.
and the company is indebted to him for
SeS.772 which is covered by mort gage.
The company states in its petition that
it is unable TO meet its claims It rep
resents that its property is worth $780,,
600 at a fair market value A tempo
rary restraining order preventing Tay-
lor from selling the property was is
sued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
TO MEET AT OTTAWA.
Kansas Federation of Clubs Appoint
Next Meeting Place.

Hutchinson, Kan, May S.-The Kan
sas State Social Science Federation ad-
journed yesterday. Ottawa was select
ed for the meeting place next May.
Delegates elected to the national bien-
NAL federation convention are: Mrs. w.
L. Moore, Hutchinson; Mrs. Toler,
Wichita Mrs. Byington, LeavenwOrth; !;
Mrs Waterman Stone. Lawrence. Fed
Grafton pin and colOrs were adopted
and standing committees appointed,
with the following chairmen: Litera-
ture, Miss MillisOn, Wichita; philan-
thTophy and reform, Mrs. Z. W. Sny-
der Leavenworth; art and archaeology,
Mrs. Waterman Stone, Lawrence; do
mestic and sanitary science, Mrs. Camp
bell. Wichita; natural science, Mrs NJ
Q. Miner, Hiawatha; history and civil
government Professor harrington, Pa
ola music, Mrs. G. J. Brown, Topeka.
The convention closed with the sing
ing of America"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
MIR. SHELDON IN SALOON.
Pastor of the Central congregational
Church Will Tell What He Saw.

A temperance mass meeting is to be
held at the Central congregational
church Sunday evening at o'clock
when the Rev. Chas. NJ. Sheldon. who
is prominent in practical reform work
will deliver an address on the condition
of affairs in Topeka. Mr.. Sheldon Wis
tied the open saloon which was oper-
ated here last week and it is under
stood that he viii give other informa-
tiOn of a startling character The
churches in the southwestern part of
the city Will probably not hold an even
ing meeting in order to allow their
members to attend the mass meeting at
the Central Congregational church
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wIsHY-wAsHY RESOLUTIONS
Adopted Against Morrill, a Year Ago
Not to be Repeated.

Governor Leedy said last night: 81
received no invitation to attend the
temperance rally last night but would
have responded to a request to make
speech
One of the officers of the State Tenn
perance union when asked why the
as one of the spea kers, replied 10 a
Journal reporter:
You viii remember one year ago we
REID a similar meeting and asked Gov
ernor Morrill, TO attend. He did so and
made a wishy-w -washy speech with the
result that the resolutions which were
adopted We're very mild and but little
active energy was manifested because
he was present"
The committee which arranged the
meeting discussed the advisa bility of
inviting the governor but decided not
to DO so. as it would be fmpolite to in
vite him to a meeting to hear harsh
things said about himself
Ottawa Chatauqua Assembly, June II
TO 70. One fare via Santa Fe.
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WashOut in Colorado bitches
Part of Train No. 6.
Airbrakes Act Promptly and
Lives Are Saved.
ENGINE GOES DOWN,
And is Followed by All But the
Sleepers.
Engineer Madigan's Rib BrOk-
en-NO Serious Injuries.

Pueblo, Col, May Strain No. G. linn
tied, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railway which left Denver for Chi
cago at $50 o'clock last evening was
wrecked about 2 o'clock this morning al
Mile Creek just east of Lamar, Col. The
train was proceeding at its usual speed,
when without any warning the engine,
tender and baggage car plunged into
the treacherOus stream that had be-
come swollen, evidently from q cloud
burst Fortunately for the passengers
the a1rbrakeS closed down and held the
remainder of the train on the track,
which do doubt saved a terrible slaugh-
ter, as almost every seat in the cars
was occupied. Engineer John Madigan.
whose nome is IN La Junta, stuck to
his engine and went down in the wreck
but was not killed. A number of trampS
who were stealing a ride on the bag
gage car were carried down. A special
train with physicians was Immediately
dispatched from La Junta and is now at
the wreck doing everything possible for
the unfortunate victims So far as
known no passengers were injured.
Two trampS, names unknown, were
stealing a ride on the pilot. One had an
arm and the other leg broken.
A flood caused by heavy rain last
night had undermined the foundations
of the bridge.
The report of the accident as given
out in Topeka is in some particulars
different from the Associated Press re-
port. 1t IS as follows
Santa Fe passenger train No. 6 due
in this city this afternoon at f o'clock
was wrecked last night at 2 o'clock at
Morse, fifty miles east of La Junta.
The accident was caused by a WaShOut
due to an unusual circumstance. A
heavy water spout caused an irrigation
ditch to break and the rushing out of
the water carried away about fifty feet
of track.
The train was running at a fair rate
of speed when the WaShOut was reach
ed. Without warning the engine, bag
gage car, mail car, smoker and chair
car plunged into the breach the sleep
erS remaining upon the rails.
Engineer John Mddigan, well known in
Topeka, and one of the Oldest in point
of service with the Santa Fe, had one
rib broken. He stayed with the engine.
Two trarnpS were stealing ride on. the
pilot One had one arm broken. the
other had a leg broken.
No one else was injured.
Today No. 5 going west was stopped
at the scene of the washout and Will be
returned at once. No. 6 from Denver
today will also come to the scene and be
run back to Denver. By this evening
a track will be constructed around that
which is washed out and the trains will
run through. Until that is done, how
ever, transfers will be made across the
break.
Plug trains take the place of the reg
ulaT trains today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
CALL FOR BLOODHOUNDS.
a Colorado Town Wants Some to
Catch Burglars

Colorado Springs, Col, May 8.-Dep-
uty Sheriff Bramlett has received a dis
patch from EIbert asking him to come
out at once with his blOodhounds, as
that place had been raided by a band
of desperadoes, who had looted the
stores Mr.. Bramlett left Immediately
Elbert is a small town on the Gulf road
40 miles north of this city.
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CONGRATULATIONS.
Telegram From Mass Meeting at
Highland to Mass Meeting
at Topeka

The following telegram was received
too late to be used at the meeting last
night:
Highland, Kan, May s.
Chairman Mass Meeting, Hamilton Hall,
Topeka kan:
The people of Highland in mass meet
ing assembled send cOngra tulatiOnS on
your efforts. w. w WHITNEY,
Chairman.
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rangements for the meeting do not fall
through.
1t IS very doubtful whether David
Overmyer will put himself on record as
against the enforcement Of law and
whether lie would wish to speak from
the same platform as G. E. Foote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-08
Iowa Can nTake Whiskv.

Des Moines, Ia, May S.-Gov. Drake
today signed the new state liquor law,
including the sections allowing man
ufacturing.
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Ottawa Chatauqua Assembly, June 1
10 p. One fare Via Santa Fe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-08
PQE
what t Es sad whas Is Appears to Ee
 at varyl9 Ages.

Wh&g Ay zS AaA VI ta3tg Ae 8aDE2aA9 tO E-e
 at Naryi9s hges.
 Asls the first half dozen people yea meet What is p0atfy?' and the rese t will be something Iiko this Five out the six will look hurt ab your sprtasing such a question upon them and ggy lamely. Oh t'swhaa the lines rhyme you knowl'' and the sixth will be an noyed because, for the lie of him. he can say what it is and is afraid you ! think he doesn t know Ae to the fhgln- ing definition, beware hew yoa accept it, innocent and simple I looks Ap- piled, it will inevitably leaa you 70 the conclusion that sIzanEaf aad Evan gelines areit poetry, but that ssIittle Jack Hornef is
 The neaning Of ths word 3pagtry" varies, too, with eur o@a age Five. year-oId thinks "sieg a Song q Six pence and sSimFta simon the great est masterpieces of poetic thought; 15 won look as either, but p8feB over tt9 aIngoldsby hegoads, tho Ancient Mariner, and, for 2 change. the cheer. ful Burial o9 Sif John Moore 99 dreams away Sunday afternoons oF I Maud, ," q l pgisstaly de5s1mjaas Q be a Iennyson, tQo, some day. whi4e 25 hasn't time to read poetry.
 there . known T5JaI5s rat always seem 10 48e deserving Of our greatest pity sfha Village Black amith' aud s'Gasaliancs We give them all the little aIsa,reea6le joes t5 do-all the kicks fa3I ta fheHrHhara. and nono of the halfpaHae.
 # conf paper 16sa S hard ab fai 9 joke, ho falls AssK upon ono o4 e5hei of them, while th y they are bota hacked and manglsd a5a taEtuEad n tne schoolroom alone is positively cruel. and, outside it's four walls, all the le. ward they get is general disfa9or. to sa8 nothing of social oblivion aHd defisioa
 But long after school has been left be. hind the boy Of the burning deck aal the smith with tha brawng arms tula round upon IS and take their levengG for all the obloquy and hard work heaped upon them.
 The5 haunt us and bring in theii train thoughts NO woula rather not think We don't go much mind tha memories Of aingy sehoolr99ns aaa fpg and tears aad smudged copies that they force upon rs, CT even of Aalf h9laa spent in durance vile, but u is net Of these alone that they remind ue No They hint tt the sad and foolish iga8lla days and tho long dead loyes and hope and aspirations that haye filed oaF lives since and we find ourselves eaat atEasI 5H4 what we are with @alas ND We98-@loe often, alas, bitter taacshti
 After all, the graategf and best poetry IS uawrit6ea and VIII over remain so Our aweates8 Ioyo songs come rippIia2 over the n2eaaogs with Inc breeze that rocks tho gtasses ia Che long, soft sun. mer eYenine car rssades5 dirges moan through tho yoo4s in the dark NoTom. Der days. when 2 damp mist hangs gray and palI-lika over tho h5llaand the de d leaves rustic a GAongh swept by ths feet of a ghostly funeral traia while fol thrilling dramas and great grand enScf we need but Q look rorad IS i4so thg faces and lives Of living mon and wom en. --Exehange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-08
New gorE y,nj3sie y.il,Tav,es.

Tho facts which Tha Book Bay er pro eents relating to the oirrulation of bgoki in New York city through free oireulat ing libraries cannot be quostfoHed seaai as is the aggregate aumberof booka tsls. en, when compared with tha popaia. tion, U is nevertheless satisfactory 0 learn that there are sano few flee 1ibf1. ries which oan show thag, as io raade :, they have ore The following is from The Book Fager artioie:
 How wos ally New York is behind other cities # the country in bringing books within reach Of tlle Hassa8 is seen from q com. aeis0n o9 fha freo circulat ing library Yatens Last year, for ex ample, thei was circulation in New York of something o78 r l. 000 000 vol. umes by libraries that received q tos.l appropriation from the city of $65,o GOO. h the same year the Boston Public library oirlulated $50. 600 volumes and received $i75, 900 frem the city; ths Chicago Public library circulated i, 150. GOO volumes {tho passion for reading being more general even than in Bos tonl and rF sivei SPA. eco. the GisYs- land Pubho library circulated b96, 00t volumes and received ga0, eG0. end the St. Louis Publio library received ths same asa0una for n circulation oe 9a3. GOO