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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-30
STANLEY BESIEGED.
Over $4,000 Office Seekers Make Life
Burden to Him.

Wichita, Nov. 3O.-This week has
opened up with another rush of office
seekers from all over the state. fiocking
in and around the law office of COVER
nor-elect Stanley.
It is next to impossible to get through
the crowd. They line the stairway
leading up to his private office and in
the large, spacious rooms adjoining
every chair has been occupied by the
waiting aspirants since early morning
and continued until long after dark,
and all the time hundreds of letters of
application and Endorsement are piling
in. They are coming fast and furious
In all the history of Kansas old time
politicians say, they never have witness
ed such a rush for office. Out of the
600 places to beStOw within the next
six or eight months there is now an
averag of twenty applicants for each
place, making over $4,000 office seekers
about one for every twelve Republican
voters in the state.
All day long the stream of callers sit
around the governors office and chat.
The governor seems to retain his quiet
and affable manner. He does not seem
to ruffle easy, and all who go in to see
him seem to >leave in a pleasant humor.
Among the callers yesterday was
Farmer Smith of Mcpherson. He
called on double mission. One was to
lay before the gOVernOr-elect his views
concerning the embodiment of a recon-
mendatiOn in the state message asking
for an appropriation of $40, 900 to reim-
burse the railroads and counties for the
money advanced by them to enable the
state to make a creditabIe exhibit of the
products of the state of Kansas at the
TranSmiSSiSSippi exposition at Omaha
which has just closed.
During Farmer Smiths visit in the
city he did not have any hesitancy in
announcing that he was an applicant
for the appointment of insurance COM
missioner.
Another caller was Curly Harrison.
He had some eTrand of Importance but
would not let 1t be known. S. S. Bene-
dict, of Benedict, arrived in the city,
ate meeting to talk over political mat
tiers.
It was long after hours when the gov
ernor got ready to leave for home and
the telephone rang up. 1t was mes
sage from Judge A. H. SkidmOre Of
Columbus, Kan. He was on his way to
the city and requested the governor to
take supper with him at the Carey
Governor Stanley accepted. 1t was at
towards learned that Judge Skidmore
was here in the interest of Cherokee
county's candidate for railroad COM
missioner. He would not say who 1t
YVES.
The governor then left for his home,
after announcing that he had not yet
appointed a single applicant to office
and would not have any definite an
nouncementS to make before the last
of the week unless it happened that he
should decide upon his private secre-
tary perhaps during the next day or
two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-30
JAPAN WANTS WAR.
Must Fight Ultimately, So the
Sooner the Better.

London, Nov. 3O.-Serious misgivings
are expressed by those statesmen and
officials here who are in favor of the
maintenance of peace at any price at
the composition of the new cabinet at
Toxic, formed by Field Marshall va
magata, often described as the Moltl<e
of Japan, and to whom belongs all the
credit of the brilliant Japanese victory
in the war with China. The admins
tration which he has constituted, and
which comprises no less than four
members of the famous Satzuna fight
ing clan, is distinctly and admittedly
a war cabinet.
A war with Russia, would unite all
contending factions and would be a
most popular war with Japan. That the
MikadO'S government is getting ready
for something of the kind may be gath
cred from the fact that Japan has al
ready prepared an army corps of 200,-
600 men with food, furs and full equip
ment for one years campaigning in
northern latitude, while numerous small
text or another are quietly being ship
ped over to COrea. Several japanese
staff officers have been captured by the
Russians while making drawings and
taking notes of the MuscOvite positions
at Vladivostok and Port Arthur, and
have been shot as spies.
The navy has been immensely i'm
proved since the war with China. Large
purchases of guns and ships have been
made and they are of the latest pat
terms. Only recently have supplies of
distilled spirits been bought in America
and shipped to Japan for use in the
manufacture of smOkeleSS powder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-30
ALL ALBERTA'S FAULT.
Six SnOwstOrms Before Deem
Der Due to a Far-Off British
American Province.

1.-THE cold weather and early snow
storms during the last month and
half were due to the high barometers
in Alberta said Weather Observer T.
B. Jennings. 1.-The particular reason
for so much snow was that the ground
not only in Kansas but in the whole
western region was never so full of
water at this time of the year as it has
been for the last six weeks. 1t must
be remembered that September and Oc-
tober were above the average in rainfall.
The cold barOmeterS causing the cold
weather precipitated the moisture in the
air. On account of the water in the ground
the air was full of moisture from evap-
grafton. The cold weather striking
the damp atmosphere condensed the
moisture and on account of the cold it
fell as snow. Had it been warm it
would have come as rain.
THE mean temperature for Novemr
Der was 40, while the highest temper
allure was rs on the 7th and the lowest 4
on the 23d The greatest range of
temperature in one day was 81 and the
least 5. The mean temperature for the
past ten years was Al, making a def
cheney 1 for the last month. The total
precipitation for the last month was lib
inches while the average precipitation
for ten years has been 1.21 inches. The
excess of precipitation since the first of
the year is 40 inches. Last month
had IL cloudy and II partly cloudy days
with only that were clear"
The forecast sent out by the weather
bureau is as follows: Partly cloudy
tonight with rain or snow in east por-
ton. Colder tonight. Thursday gen-
orally fair
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Market Gossip.
Furnished by the Wickham CommissiO
Co, 1I2 East Fifth street. Topeka Kan.

New York: Sales to noon, 22SS40 shares
of stock. - .
row: Wheat, 1lG cars; corn, 20 cars oats,
1870 cars; hogs, 10000 head 100, -,
Exports four ports: Wheat, 52L0e0 busn-
els; flour As. 900 barrels: corn, 1872. 600 bush
els; wheat and flour equal to 10000 bush
Northwestern receipts: This year, Min
neapolis 439 cars, Duluth lis cars; total
1a1,t tn 262 car cars. total rs cars.
Chicago receipts today; Wheat, ~ cars
corn, 176 cars; oats, 100 cars.
Liverpool: Wheat, sd lower; corn, Ad
lower. 1,,-.- 90 ooo -..,.z-.
Kansas City, 1000, lower; Omaha, $500.
steady. -oooo ,.
Kansas City, $4,000, lower; Omaha, l0'oOO'
steady-, . ..-.,,.-, ,,.s ,s rso,f,-
ing sales is the only explanation that may
be given for such moderate reactions as
The news of the day was distinctly 1aNor-
able, but part of II, such as some 81 me
railroad statements that were puDuSned.
had been anticipated some time ago by
persons who had closely studied the cur
narfment of The Stock Exchange the vol
pine of trading was larger than on the day
An exception to the course of the more
important stocks can be found IN the
Tobacco, after falling two points from the
highest figures rallied sufhclently TO close
Refining, however, scored a material adj
vance after good sized reaction from the
top price. The movement seems 10 have
been based upon growing conviction that
the regular 8 per cent dividend will be de-
clared upon Sugar common somIe EN- e IN ia
the early part Of December. OF the r rail-
way statements which were made puDlc
yesterday. that of the Reading system
stands peculiar, in that it shows heaNy
loss in surplus over fixed charges anu
taxes for the fiscal year to date as @eA ~
for october. In connection with TINS IL
is Important to note that advices from me
soft coal industry are foreshadoWlns me
possibility Of no mean Improvement in
thst direction. The railroads IN the
granger and contiguous regions, geIeIIally
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OPERATOR COMPLAINS.
Alleges Discrimination on the Part
of Railroads.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-At today's ses-
sion of the interstate commerce COM
mission which is investigating charges
of rate and facility discrimination by
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad COM
pany, Q. G. Blake, the Cincinnati coal
operator and complainant in the case,
testified that the practical operation of
his contracts was to make him pay
the regular scheduled tariff while other
coal handlers were obtaining lower pri-
ces. He also declared that in the New
River district the railroad company had
neglected to furnish him promptly, suf-
fcient cars for his business.
During his cross discrimination, Gen.
st. Clair of counsel for the railroad
company submitted in evidence, a, letter
written by Samuel Dixon, manager of
the Mcdonald Colliery company, and
the Sugar Creek Coal and Coke COM
nay in the New River district in each
of which Blake is interested, to Presf
ident ingalls, of the Chesapeake & Ohio
company in which Dixon said that
while the railroad had not furnished
cars enough to take care of the two
mining companies orders, yet to the
best of his knowledge there had not
been any discrimination against either
of the companies in the car supply.
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BUT TWO MEN IN IT.
Other Parties Booked for the Holdup,
Backed Out

Kansas City Nov. SO.-A Star special
from Sedalia, Mo-, says:
The latest developments in the at
tempted robbery of the Missouri Pacific
train last night, lead to the belief that
the job was attempted by two men on
ly, Engineer James West and Switch
man Stubblefield. Robert r. Cunning
ham, a prominent butcher here, was or
iginally booked for a part in the hold
up, but he weakened at the last minute
leaving the work to be done by West
and Stubblefield.
West was the originator of the
scheme HE was short of money and
wanted to make "a raise " said Cum
ningham in a statement today.A broth
er of Vests was also booked to take
part but he enlisted in the army, leav-
ing the other three to carry out the IN
dertaking. The two prisoners refuse to
make any kind Of a statement beyond
the admission of Stubblefeld that there
was no third man in it.
Stubblefield's arm as the result of the
wound he received, viii have to be am
putated
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TODAY'S MARKET REP ORT
Furnished by the associated Press to
the State Journal

chicago, NOV. 81.
WHEAT-Today started easy and sc
lower all around, May opening at 65AG7sc
and December at 655sc. Heavy northwest
ern receipts were again a feature, Mime
apolis and Duluth reporting BOD cars.
compared with 328 cars last week and do
123 cars, Is of contract grade. Liverpool
at 80 p. showed 1ad5sd decline. Wea-
tnued heavy movement. Outside markets
were weaker than this on the December
option. One favorable influence was the
cash business done here, 100 900 busheIs
being reported sold for export, with other
orders in the market and fair prospects
for sales. Trading was exceedingly dun.
Selling pressure was light but buying or
ders were even scarcer and prices dropped;
MAY sold at 657s6I66c. sold off to 6534c sand
CoRN--Corn was duh and. easier, prin r,ei.
Tor shipping. Wheat weakness was
factor. Longs were moderate sellers,
shipping houses taking most Of the re- Offer fer
Continental demand was good. Prices
rallied somewhat on storm predictions; he
lower at 3414c, declined to 341sc and react
OATSNAinost nothing was done in oats.
one prices following corn huctua tions. Re
ceipts We're $50 cars. May opened a shade
lower at 269sQs4c, sold at 26l3c and react
PROVISIONS market for provis-
ions shared in the general dullneSS. Hog
receipts were again heavy, but this ap-
parently did not influence the market
much. The weakness of grain was given
lower at 1905 and held at that January
lard, unchanged at S4971a January ribs
opened 21kc higher at $3.50 and eased off
y R H1i RE 5 5YEcash. soa4oc.
RYE-November, SIC: cash, 52Ac; De-
CTIMoTHY ". November, SIPS; March. 81. IS;
| December, $2.25.
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to much and the prosecution will make
an effort to bolster it up as much as
possible.
Detective Dell Harbaugh attaches but
little Importance to the discovery that
Joe Smothers, who is an important
witness said in Atchison that he would
get $1,000 for testifying in the case. "No
one can say anything against Smoth-
ers,' said Mr.. Harbaugh, land the de-
Tense know that What he said in
Atchison was in a jocular way and he
never thought of it again.
Smothers is considerably worried over
the turn affairs have taken but he will
try to explain on the witness stand that
he meant nothing by his statement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-30

HOGs-Receipts. 47,o00 left over, 4572.
Market rather slow, prices steady to
strong. Light, $3.10Q3 371z; mixed, $3.50
S-421z; heavy, $3.1OQ3.45; rough, $3.104S20;
workers. 50. 300335
CATTLE-Recefpts, 1900. Steady to 10c
lower. Beeves, $405.75; cows and heifers,
S2GJ4 IS: Texas steers, So 10d4.25; Stockers
and feeders, 81. 906I4. 10
SHEEP-Receipfs, 20. 900. Market steady
to shade lower. Native sheep, So. 6OQ45O
westerns, $4,000 80; lambs, S. 75d5.50.
- Official yesterday:
HOGS-Receipts 41,513; shipments, SOP.
CATTLE-Receipts, $500; shipments, l.,
1S4.
SHEEP-Receipts. 54s2; shipments. l.
Estimated receipts of hogs for tomor-
row, AZ, 900.
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NO TREATY TODAY.
Joint Commission Sits "a Hours
and Adiourns.

ana AdJOurnS.
Paris, Nov. 30.-The joint peace COM
mission devoted two hours and a half
today from 2 to 4:3O p. m, to drafting
the three first articles of the peace
treaty protocol. dealing with the ces-
sion of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines, upon which the commissioners
agreed in principle.
A general discussion on the other ar
ticIes followed but no decision was
reached and the joint commission ad-
journed until tomorrow.
Madrid, Nov. 30.-The cabinets in
structions to Senior Montero Rios, which
were drawn up last evening, were to re-
quest the immediate release of the
Spanish prisoners in the Philippine is
lands. to negotiate navigation and tar
iff advantages in the Philippine islands
in favor of Spain, to obtain a ratifica>
ton of several treaties of commerce
with former Spanish possessions and an
arrangement of the debt of the Philip
pines, and if possible of the Cuban debt.
The government also agreed to refuse
a ratification of the protocol of 1875.
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CHASE COUNTY SUFFERS.
W. F. Dunlap, o le of G. g. Gillett's
Agents, Files $4Se,Ooo in Mort
cages.

Kansas City, Nov. 30.-A special to
the Star from Abilene, Kas., says an
important addition was made today to
the amount of the Gillett paper by the
compilation of mortgages in Chase
county. there being found there $489, 900
in mortgages given largely by w. F.
Dunlap, who was Gillett's agent in that
county and some by G. r. Troxel.
About 5000. head of cattle have been
found there.
Nothing more has been heard here
from Gillett 1t is now known that he
had an Abilene attorney with him at
Fort Worth the day before he disap-
peared, showing that he was fixing his
affairs for flight.
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SNOWMAN ROBINSON.
frankie Bailey Files Claim Against
His Property.

Cincinnati Nov 30.-A suit will be
filed in the courts in few days against
the John Robinson estate Frankie
Bailey, one of the burlesque beauties OF
Weber & Fields New York Permanent
Burlesque company. will be the plant
iff She was the wife of Frank Robin
son, who died years ago, and who was
a son of John Robinson, the famous
Snowman Miss Bailey says she is en-
titled to a distributive share of the Rob
inson estate. which has been refused
her. She has retained Rankin Jones
TO secure her claim. Miss Bailey
made her first appearance on any stage
at the Walnut street theater several
years ago, in David Henderson's Ali
Baba. Her appearance in tights Gre
ated a lot of talk among her husbands
friends.
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COTTON MILLS QUIT.
Will Not Reopen Till Strikers Give
In.

Augusta, Ca, Nov. 3O.-After run
to allow the operatives to return to
work, the mills have given up the at
attempt as the strikers remain firm.
Today the Sibley, King and Langley
they will not be run again until the
operatives signify their intention of re-
Stunning work under reduced wage scale.
The Warwick mill, the smallest in Au-
gusta, is running. Mr.. Clark, the pro-
prietor has Withdrawn from the south
ern manufacturers and restored practi-
cally the old wage scale, except a cut
of one cent a side on spinnerS.
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ONE MORE GILLETT CASE.
st. Joe Bank Brings Suit in RepIevin
Against Colorado Cattlemen.

A third replevin suit resulting from
the collapse of Grant G.. GilEett, the
Woodbine cattle king, has been filed in
the federal court. It is brought by the
Central Savings bank of ST. Joe, and
is against AIvine c. Dake and E. A.
Keller, the Colorado cattle men who
were included in one of the first two
suits
to $500, and 81. 600 is asked in damag-
es. The petition specifies 500 two and
three year old cattle with double bar
brand on left loin, together with 5000
tons of alfalfa and 1000 tons of wheat
and oats straw. The cattle are valued
at $4,000 and the feed and straw at
$1,5OO
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JOE JoHNsoN's TESTIMONY
Will be Corroborative of That of
johnson Jordan.


Joe Johnson, an important witness in
the Collins case arrived in Topeka to-
day. Joe Johnson is the negro who
could not be found for long time after
the murder and it was limited that the
defense had him singled out as the man
upon whom the crime was to be laid.
Johnson kept away from Topeka He
was not here at the coroner's inquest
nor the preliminary. The attorneys for
the state kept up a search and finally
found Johnson in Nebraska He agreed
to come to Topeka and testify at the
trial.
The Importance of Johnson's testi-
mony rests in the fact that he is the
man whom Johnson Jordan claims was
present when he had his first interview
with John Collins Johnson will cor
roborate the testimony of Jordan so
far as the first meeting is concerned
but there his connection with the case
stops.
The more testimony of a. corrOborative
nature that can be found the better for
the prosecution. Johnson JOrdan'S I'M
supported testimony would not amount
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IT WAS THE WOMAN.
Garden of Eden Story Does Duty for
Murderer.

Los Angeles, Gala, Nov. 3O.-JOhn
Hancock who has just been taken to
San Quinton to serve a ten years SEN
tence for burglary has confessed that
he and Winifred Myers murdered DR..
Engelke and Pete Edmiston, on the
desert in southern Nevada, over a year
ago. Hancock says the crime was
planned by the woman with the object
of securing the horses attached to the
wagons belonging to their victims in
order that they might continue their
journey to Salt Lake, their own horses
being tagged out. Miss Myers, now Mrs.
Gross, recently made a statement ac-
cusing Hancock of both murders and
asserting her own innocence.
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HE FORGETS.
CONTINUED from First Page.l

Q.-Then what?
A.=Went down stairs and outside and
talked to the officers
O.-Then2
A-Saw what I thought was lump
OF clay on the kitchen roof.
Q.-What did you do?
A.-Helped Heartburg on the roors
O.-What did he find?
A lump of clay.
Q.-What was its condition?
At was old.
Did you see any tracks on the
roof?
A-No.
Did you examine all the places
where a person could get up on the
roof?
A.-Yes.
Q-Find any tracks?
A.-No.
ANY signs of anyone having pass
ed over the roof?
A.-No.
Q.-When did you next make an ex-
animation?
A-With Sheriff Cook.
Odd you go out on the roof?
A-YeS
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Mss BABooCRs TEsTIMoNY
Will Probably BE Not Heard Until
Next Week.

The probabilities are that Miss Fran
ces Babcock of Lawrence will not be
placed on the witness stand In the Col
Inns case until next week.
The prosecution will dispose of the
policemen first and then examine the
negroes. This with the vigorous cross
examination is likely to occupy the re-
mainder of the week. These witnesses
will precede Miss Babcocx, who will
probably not be examined before Mon
day or TUESDAY,
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New york Money Market.

NEW OK, MY.
MONEY-Money on call, nOminally 2u2le
per cent: prime mercantile paper, 514u4A
Der cent: sterling exchange steady, with
az for demand and at $4.S1Aa12 for sixty
DAYS: posted rates. 81 S2d4.83 and S4.S51p
4 Sc: commercial bills. S4.S012
SII.V ER-SilVer certificates 607246lHzc;
bar silver, $3.50; Mexican dollars, 461zc-
BONDS Government bonds easier. IS.
1854 new As, registered, 1211A; coupon.
l27i5: As, 1903. ex-int.; IS, coupon. 1928; 81,
of go 1929
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Kansas City Produce NIarkss

Kansas City, Nov. go
WHEAT No; hard. 66sq64c; No. 2, ga
8, 61a65c; No. spring 60q62c; No 3, 56
060c.
white 311bc; No. 8, Sic.
OATS-Firm. No white, 29Q2913c.
RYE@Steady. No >, 4Sc-
HAY-Steady, unchanged.
BUTTER-F irm. Separator, &c; dairy,
Ice.
EGGS-Firm Fresh. zoe.
Receipts of wheat. 76 cars.
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Wreck on the Mobile g Ohio.

ST. Louis, Nov. 3O.-A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Red Bud, Ill, says
a freight train was wrecked near Ora
Vile, on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, 80
miles south of here today. Fireman Re
gle was killed, Engineer Goodin scald-
ed, Conductor Ashby and Brakeman
Hunt seriously injured.
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Habit.

The land of promise was almost before
them. Let us on - they cried.
Whereat their leader rushed forward
with more speed, for it had been his habit
when he was running a street car, to do
even so when any one wished to be let on
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
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Mortified Mistress-Verena, the guests
are not eating their oyster pie. What is
the matter with it2
New Cook-I dunno, mem. I put in
half a cupful of sugar for every pint of
oysters. Mebby that wasn't enough, mem.
Chicago Tribune.
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Peddler-Here is a little device which
will keep you from losing your lead pen
ellis.
Watts-I've found a better scheme than
that have quit lending them.-New
York Journal
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Policeman Fieger Testifies.

Policeman George NJ. Fieger was then
placed on the stand. Mr.. Jetmore con-
Quoted the examination.
Q.-Where were you on the morning
of May 13?
Al responded to Heartburg's whis-
tie. Met Jenkins and we went to the
Collins residence about $40.
Q.-Who did you see at the residence?
A.-John Collins came to the front
door and called US.
Q.-What did he say?
A.-COme here; here's the place.
Odd you pass into the house?
Ayes.
Q.-Who was with John?
A-Grace was behind him.
Q.-What was she doing?
A-Crying.
Q.-Was John crying?
A-No
Q.-What was his manner?
Ale was excited and unstrung.
Q.-Was he crying?
A-No.
Q.-Where did you go?
A.-Passed into the room where Mr..
Collins was.
Q-Who did you find there?
Airs. Collins and DR.. Tefft- Mr..
Collins was on the bed.
Q.-When you met Grace in the. hah
was she dressed or in her night dress.
Al can't say.
Q.-What did you see in the bedroom?
A=Dr Tefft was worIing-f1xina
something on Mrs. Collins back where
she had been scratched by shot
O-Then what did you do?
A-Went out into the hallway,
Q-Who was there?
A-John Collins.