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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
W. A. CLARKE A VICTIM.
Millionaire Smelter Owner Suf-
fering From the Sulphur
Smoke at Butte.

Butte, Mont. Dec 14.-W. A Clarke,
the millionaire politician and mine
owner, and owner of one of the shelters
which causes most of the smoke which
has proved so disastrous to human life
in this city, is seriously i'll at his home
from a cold and sore throat, aggrava-
ted by the sulphur smoke.
A number of persons have died dur
ing the last week whose deaths. it is
alleged, were FASTENED by, if not act
ually caused by the smoke, many of the
victims being children. In the list of
i'll are few prominent people, as they
can afford to get out of town when the
smoky season comes on.
Many of the owners of snelters here
live in Boston and New York, and some
in Paris, the principal alleged Offend
ers being the Colorado Mining and
Smelling company, Patriot Mining com
pany, Montana Ore Purchasing COM
pany Butte reduction works. Butte
and Boston, and Boston and Montana
companies.
Last night the smoke was more dense
and suffOcating than ever and threats
of violence are openly made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
RAILROAD NEWS.
The Santa Fe Conscience Fund
is Increased S19.25.
4 LabOrer Who is Now a Chris
tian Surprised Mr.. Wilder.
A sCALPER'S TICKET
Which He Had Purchased, the
LabOring Man Said,
Was Defrauding the Company
Returns the Difference.

A man dressed as a laborer and carry
ing a lunch basket walked into the office
OF Mr. Edward Wilder in the Santa Fe
general offices a few minutes before 6
o'clock last night and inquired If he
was in the presence of the treasurer Of
the Santa Fe railway.
Mr.. Wilder informed him that he was.
Without saying anything further the
man placed his lunch basket on a table,
unbuttoned his overcoat and thrust his
hand in his trousers pocket Drawing
out a small purse he opened it, took
out one ten and one five dollar bill, four
silver dollars and one quarter, and
placing the money in front OF Mr.. Viii
der said:
That belongs to you
Treasurer Wilder looked up at the
man in establishment. How do you
make that out?" he asked.
The man had replaced the purse in
his pocket and was buttoning his over
coat. well, III tell you" he said Pm
a Christian now and that's what 1
wasn't some years ago. One day L
bought ticket over the Santa F'e from
Chicago to Kansas City in a scalper's
office in Chicago, and since I've become
a Christian I've decided it wasn't
square on the railroad. 1t was just like
defra uding the company out of the Diff
ference between the price I paid for
the scalper's ticket and the regular fare,
and l made up my mind that couldn't
be consistent as Christian without
paying that amount. have figured
that the difference with interest from
1889, the year I bought the ticket,
amounts to just S19.25, and there it is
in front of you. I expect to sleep better
tonight than I have slept for some
time"
The man had finished buttoning his
overcoat and had picked up his lunch
basket. Good day, sir" he said and
disappeared through the door
Mr.. Wilder never saw the man before,
and does not know his name The s19. 25
has been credited to the Conscience
fund -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
VISITS WITH GOV. STONE.
Gov. Leedy Makes a Few Remarks
Over the "Long telephone"


Late yesterday afternoon Governor
Leedy was sent for to come to Library
hall and participate in the long distance
telephone conversations which were be-
ing held there. The governor went
down from his office, and twas proposed
that he talk to Ex-Governor Stone, of
Missouri, who was in St. Louis. Gov
ernor Stone was called up and Governor
Leedy began to talk
Hello he said. rs this Governor
Stone?''
The reply was evidently in the affirm
ative, for he went on:
We'll. this is Governor Leedy. We ="
''Leedy, Governor Leedy. L-e-e-d-y.
Governor of Kansas
yes
LAS I was about to say, we are hav-
ing a long distance telephone party and
mem bership in the ex-goVernors as
ISOLATION in about three weeks and I
want to file my application for member
Ship
After Governor Stones reply, Cover
nor Leedy went on:
Il am glad to see you over the teIe-
phone although 1 have never had the
pleasure of meeting you face to face.
whats that?"
ooh, yes"
Special session? oh, haven't de-
cided''
This long distance telephone ar
rangement brings people closer to-
gether," continued the governor. ''You
remember formerly when Missourians
and KanSanS looked at one another
across the state line it was over a gun
barrel
Governor Leedy did nearly all the
talking, thereby keeping up the Kansas
reputation of ability to talk. After a
few pleasantries had been passed and
mutual congratulations exchanged the
visit was concluded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
FROM NEWTON.

The raflnin has started up again.
Engineer Robert Mcclure of EmpOria
Is in the city today.
Night Baggageman Perry Norton as
reported sick.
Engine 2S6 has been sent to the To-
peka shops for general repairs.
repair yards for light repairs.
r. A Finch of the telegraph Office
spent yesterday in Sedgwick.
Carpenters Rounds and Eatinger put
snow pillow on engine 247 after 1 O'Clock
this morning.
Boilerwasher Louie Hennig was at
work again this morning after several
days absence.
Mrs G. NJ. Whit and son departed
for Salina today to join Mr.. Whit who
IS now employed on the Union Pacific
with headquarters at Salina
Chief Engineer Earl and Ernest
Nudge of his staff are near Ponca City
today experimenting the work of put
ting in soundings in the Salt Fork.
Engine 2240, the Dodge City switch
engine. is ready for service and Will
probably be sent to the terminus of the
Middle division in a few days
Charles Bruce has returned from
Sedgwick and was at work on the bolt
cutter again this morning, and Owen
kinsey was in charge of one of the drill
presses
Engineer Harry Jones has been as
signed to the run in passenger service
maze vacant by the resignation of Engi-
neer Mckeon, between Newton and To-
Deka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14

en- out yesterday, many old-time pass
fiends are given the cold shoulder. It
covers the issuance of both annual,
monthly and time passes NO free
transportation will be given to en-
ployes of foreign roads unless the re-
quest is signed by the president, vice
president, general manager and general
superintendent of the applying line.
Representatives of Street or cable rail-
ways, refrigeratOrs and tank lines and
coal agents are cut off. Annual or trip
passes for charitable and personal pur-
poses may be issued at the discretion
of the different companies, but these
applications must go through the clos
est scrutiny. officers of railroads less
than so miles long will be given no ex-
change dnnualS, and lines of less thar
100 miles will get but three
Business men, shippers or others in a
position to influence traffic will not be
passed under the title of bondsmen or
directors in auxiliary corporation They
must pay their fare or walk. All land
and immigrant agents, unless in the
regular employ of a company, are shut
out. Agents of fast freight lines Will be
given free transportation over the roads
on which their lines operate, but If they
desire to travel free over any other
road they must apply through the ex-
ecutive officers of the company with
which they deal. Heads of commercial
freight bureaus will be granted faVOrs
provided their requests are faVOra bly,
acted upon by the committees.
PrOprietors, managers and employees
of hotels will be treated the same as or
binary mortals and will be given no
passes. This, of course, will not apply
to managers of eating houses located at
stations along the lines of the roads
parties to the agreement. officers of
railroad labor organizations will be IA
vored to the extent of trip passes Emi-
ted to 80 days, but the issuance of these
is at the discretion of the managing Of
ficers of the railways. Representatives
of social, secret and educational con-
Germs are also tarred by the edict.
The Santa Fe, Rock Island and Mis-
souri, Pacific have entered into this
agreement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
HER BED HELD IN HOOK.
When It Was Understood That There
Were No Charges on It.

els there anything I can do for you
madam?'' asked Sergeant Donovan of
a woman who stepped into the office at
the police station and looked furtively
around.
Yes. I want my bed,' she said and
she looked at the sergeant through the
meshes OF the wire screen in front of
the desk.
Eyes my bed. l stored it with the
McBrides on the corner of Crane and
Kansas avenue. My name is Ashton,
Lizzie Ashton, and [ want to get my
rightful property. I stored two trunks
in the basement and was to pay 25
cents a month. The bed was to stay
on the first floor and they was to use
it." and she talked so fast that the
sergeant could only get about every
other word.
but. do tried to interpose the Of
fcer.
"And there was to be no charges and
now they want to charge me 20 cents
a day for keeping that bed. It's high
way robbery, that it is, and want my
property
But we can't go and get it for you. -
said the officer.
'fWeIl, what are the police for I would
like to know she said with a flash in
her eye. When she found that the pO-
lice would not go and get her bed she
left in high dudgeOn,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
GOULD'S "VIEW-HALLOO!'
Bought His Own Hounds and Hunters
in Tipperary, Ireland, Last Summer.

Lakewood, N. J., Dec 14.-Unfavor-
able weather has delayed the opening
of the hunting season beyond the usual
date, and it is not settled yet whether
or not the Ocean County Hunt and
Country club will run it's pack as last
year.
It is settled, however that George J.
Gould, president of the club, will follow
his private pack, and it is his wish that
all interested in the sport will Join his
parties. which will hunt twice a week.
Mr.. Gould was NJ. r. H. of the club
hunts two years ago, and is an enthu-
siast in crOss-country riding and polo
He has for some time had the idea of
used part of his time abroad in pick
ing up horses and hounds.
The stable on his estate, with thirty
or more horses and polo ponies, has
four splendid hunters, brought from
Tipperary county, Ireland, and in his
kennels are fifteen couples of hounds
trained by the veteran Burke, of Tip
perary hunt fame.
OF the hunters Mr.. Gou1d's choice is
Shamrock, a beautiful black mare, well
up to his weight. The other hunters
are Beresford, bay gelding; Lake
wood, a chestnut, and The Widow,
rangy gray mare, all of which are
trained to the sport. The hounds are
young, strong and fast animals, and
the training they have had justifies
great expectations.
James Butte, an experienced cross
country huntsman, has the details in
charge, and has arranged with nearby
farmers for riding rights over their
fields. He has had the pack out for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
A FLEET FOR HAVANA.
Four More Warships Ordered to Gu
ban Waters.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Brooklyn,
Texas. Castine and Reso1ute have been
ordered to Havana.
While there is not the faintest desire
to convey a threat in the dispatch OF
these warships to Havana, it may be
noted that when they lie within the
harbor they will hold the town in per-
feet subsection 1t is sUrmised that the
suggestion came from Admiral Samp-
son who is now in one of the suburbs
of Havana as a. result of the unfortu-
nate eruption Sunday night at the Ho-
tel Inglaterra. At any rate the event
brought the authorities to a sudden re-
alization of the exact state of affairs
in Havana and the imminent danger of
another such outbreak, which perhaps
might run into the proportions of a riot
and cost many innocent lives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
CENTRAL BRANCH ITEMS.

Downs. Dec. 14.-The Missouri Pacific
depot here has been furnished with up
holstered chairs.
1t takes a ''pusher'' most all the time
to help the freight train over the grade
on the South Solomon branch.
From Is to 25 car loads Of freight is
almost of daily occurrence for the towns
on the South Solomon.
w. e. Fallas, agent at Kirwin, has a
layoff for two months. His place is
filled by J. B. Benham, the old reliable
relief agent of the Missouri Pacific. Mr..
on the Missouri Pacific road.
on the Missouri Pacific road.
Elmer French, a brakeman on the
middle division IS laying off on account
of an accident he sustained by the Civ
ing away of a hand hold on top of a
car.
The Missouri Pacific is putting in
wells and water tanks at Burr Oak and
Logan.
The Missouri Pacific ice house at
Downs is being rebuilt. 1t has been
destroyed by fire the second time.
An Atchison travelling man named
Bush succeeded in putting to sleep two
drunken passengers on the North Solo
mon train who were very insulting in
the presence of the lady passengers in
the car at the time.
William Landers, conductor on the
run round the horn, from Stockton,
Downs and Lenora, is an ordained min
lister of the Latter Day Saints creed. He
has been in the service of the Missouri
most pains taking and efficient en-
pIoyes on the system. He is a firm be-
lever in his chosen religion, and repre-
scented his church in the general con-
ference in Independence, Mo, in 1895.
He lives in IenOra, and every Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Landers teach a bright
Sabbath school class in their religion at
their pleasant home. In February a
district conference of Latter Day Saints
will be held at LenOra-
Waconda Springs, ClaudeIl and Big
Bend are the only stations on the Cen
trail Branch division of the Missouri
Pacific without agents. The two form
er haven't depOts; that at the latter
has the windows boarded up, and the
people have petitioned the railroad
commissioners to open it.
E. P. Waggener of Atchison. general
attorney of the Missouri Pacific, writes
to a business man at Kirwin that his
company will not do anything with the
matter of putting on a passenger train
service on the North Solomon branch of
the road until it was settled whether
the Missouri Pacific was going to get
permanently hold of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
8. P. INTO GALVESTON.
The Huntington System Acquires
Land for Terminals.

Galveston, Dec. 1.-THE Galveston
City company. as the owner of certain
fats along the bay front, today an
nounced that it had accepted the offer
Of Coils P. Huntington for ten blocks
extending from Forty-drst to Fifty
first streets, the same to be used by
him for wharf and terminal purposes.
The consideration is 5000, 600, one-fOurth
to be paid in cash and the balance in
three equal annual. installments.
He binds himself to spend at least
$4,000 within two years in dredging a
channel and in otherwise putting the
property in condition for business. The
contamination of this deal means that
the great Southern Pacific system is
coming to Galveston with its railway
and steamship interests. The little
place of Algiers, across the river from
New Orleans. has long been the eastern
terminus of the Southern Pacific. 1t
was there the five steamers of the Nor
gan line touched and where all freight
went from rail to ship side. The i'm
pOrtance of Galveston as port has
long been recognized by Mr.. Hunting
ton and his associates, but all attempts
to get the Southern Pacific here failed
until ground for terminals and a wharf
was offered to him. The acceptance
of Huntington's proposition by the city
company closes the DEAL and the work
of Improvement is expected to begin at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14

Kirk Shaw will begin work the first
of the year as assistant inspector.
Owing to the rush west of here, n
great many men from the eastern and
cutoff divisions are in use on that part
of the system.
Engineer Miller and Fireman Bryant
have returned from Newton.
Jim Grissam, machinists was on duty
yesterday.
Engineer Harry Jones has secured the
Topeka-Newton run vacated by Engi-
neer McKeen.
w N. Breen, day engine inspector,
was off duty yesterday morning.
Switchman Lee Orr and wife left Sat
urday morning for Shirley, Ind, to at
tend the bedside Of Mr.. Orr's sister,
who is dangerously sick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
FIRED ON A FUNERAL.
Bullets Strike the COffin-Bat-
tie in Havana Streets.

Havana, Dec 14.-When a funeral
procession which was escorting the
hearse containing the remains of Jesus
Sotolongo, who was killed Sunday night,
reached the corner of Infanta and san
Jose streets, a violent ARRAY took place
between the membe of the funeral
party and some employees of the mill
tary hospital The following were
wounded:
DR.. Belancourt. Cuban deputy for
Santiago; Rafael Portuondo, Cuban
deputy; the Cuban general, Vidal; the
Cuban colonel, Rivas; Francisco Lucas
Blanco, a Spaniard; Ramon Garcia, a
Spaniard; three women and two chill
dren.
Garcia, who was stabbed, may die,
and Portuondo was badly hurt.
One version of the ARRAY is that the
military hospital employees and a num-
Der of the Spanish privates who were
standing in the hospital pOrtico, refused
to remove their hats when requested to
do so by persons in the procession
Thereupon the Cubans, it is alleged.
tried to knock off the hats, and a fight
ensued-
The privates fired upon the process
sion, the windows Of the hearse being
broken and bullets striking the coffin
Knives and pistols were freely used.
The procession, which consisted Of $50
carrfa ges. continued to the Cuban camp
near Mariana, where military hOnOrs
were rendered. There were more than
fifty wreaths of flowers from the friends
of the dead man and the procession and
ceremonial were virtually a demonstra-
ton against the Hotel Inglaterra out
rage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
A WEAK CASE
Is Being Made Against Mrs. Bot
kin by Delaware Witnesses.

San Francisco, Dec. 14.-The Botkin
case is proceeding with great rapidity
The cross examination of the witnesses
who have already appeared has been
gone through with rapidly and the at
torneys for the defense have not been
at all severe in their questioning. 1t
is presumed that their great effort will
be made when it comes to the connect
ing of the poisoning with their client.
Mrs. Botl1in appears to be getting more
nervous under the strain. She has re-
peatedIy declined Invitations to Ques-
ton witnesses.
John B. Pennington, father of Mrs.
John P. Dunning and Mrs. Joshua
Deane, was the first witness called at
today's session of the court. His testi-
mony was unimportant.
DR.. L. H. Bishop, who attended Mrs
Dunning and Mrs. Deane during their
illness, testified to the symptoms of the
victims and his treatment Of them. He
admitted that he did not know what
had caused the death of his patients
until after a, chemical analysis of the
candy had been made and that his first
impression as to the cause of the trouble
was ptOmaine poisoning. He described
the sufferings of the patients during the
early hours and said they were exactly
similar. The witness suffered at the
hands of Lawyer Knight. who ques-
toned him on his knowledge of poisons
and their symptoms. He admitted that
he did not know the nature of the ill
ness of Mrs. Dunning or Mrs. Deane
and that he did not know until two
days later that they had eaten candy
DR.. Downs of Dover, who also at
tended Mrs. Dunning and Mrs. Deane,
gave testimony similar to that given by
the preceding witness.
DR.. Wolf, analytic chemist, who
analysed some of the candy sent to
Mrs. Dunning. testified that he ana
lyzed three pieces of the candy and
found about half a grain of arsenic in
the three pieces. He identified some of
the candy but could not identify the
box. His testimony was of an expert
nature.
The supreme court has disposed of
the contention of one Harper, that the
superior court lacked jurisdiction in the
case of Mrs. Botkin. In answer to the
petition of Harper that the supreme
court pass upon the question, the su-
preme court wrote across the back of
the petition:
The within petition is hereby denied.
'M'FARLAND, Chief Justice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
wHoM GOULD HE TRUsT.
An Engineer Relates Some Experience
to an Inquisitive Old Lady.

She was an elderly woman. How
many summers she had seen no one
could say but she had shivered through
enough winters for her hair to be
good so shades of white and rather
Scant.
She sat Sn the waiting room of the
Santa Fe depot at Newton and about
every five minutes asked some one
when her train would leave and then
wien it was finally announced to be
late she went over and talked to the
ticket agent about his religious beliefs.
She talked that poor, lone ticket agent
within three degrees of a spasm and he
was certain that if the train had not ar
rived and taken her away when II dld
she would have been guilty of his death.
Before the train went she handed MIN
a bunch of tracts. The agent was de-
termined to get even with an engineer
who was dead heading" home on that
same train with the old lady, so he told
the engineer that she was friend of his
and wanted him to look out for her.
He said he would and sat in the same
seat with her. She talked to him from
Genesis to Revelations and back again.
He was becoming exasperated.
do you always put your trust in the
Lord 2" she asked.
I used to-" he said.
''Why don't you now?"
"Well, I'll tell you. 1t was like this.
he said, Ct was making a run with so
cars of freight over the mountains ard
when we reached the top everything
was all right. We started down the
other SIDE or the mountains ana the
train got to going rather fast. put
on the air 1t did not work. I tried it
again. We were going faster and fast
err The air positively would not work.
Still we gained speed until we were
simply flying through space, it seemed
like, and I was willing to bet a hun
bred to one shot that we would cut a
new right of way at one side of the
track before we got to the bottom.
put my trust in the hand brakes and
gave the whistle cord some pretty hard
jerks in calling for those hand brakes
to go on I thought it was luck we
had a good lot of cars with plenty Of
good brakes. On they went. I could
hear them grind but it did no good. I
had put my trust in the wrong thing,
so then I put it in the Lord and when
woke up lying at the side of the track
a little while later and saw the train
all piled UP in heap I decided there
was no place where a fellow could put
his trust and be sure of safe keeping
when train was running away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14
is IT POLICE CASE?
The Department is Considering the
Question of Gun Barrel.

John Kisner took his rife to a gun
smith in North Topeka to be repaired
and he claims the gunsmith changed the
barrel and put on one that was in
feriOr.
He was among those who went to the
police station yesterday to have their
troubles adjusted. He did not know the
name of the man who repaired the gun
but said his place was on Railroad
street near Kansas avenue.
Chief Strauss scratched his head and
consulted Sergeant Donovan on what
he knew about law but neither could
tell exactly whether changing the gun
barrel came under breach of promise or
whether it was assault and battery but
the owner of the gun didn't care which
it was just so he got the same gun
barrel. The police force have taken the
case under advisement and in the mean
time the rabbits may rest easy.
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concession from Cuba.

concession from Cuba.
I'm the case of Porto Rico, where the
people have as yet expressed no desire
for an independent government we
might with propriety declare our will
irgness to annex the island if the citi-
zens desire annexation; but the Philip
pine islands are too far away and their
people too different from ours to be an
nexed to the United States even if they
desired it,
Colonel Bryan left Savannah last
night for Washington and will arrive
there this afternoon. He intends to en-
ter actively into the fight against the
colonial policy.