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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
FALL OF SNOWBALLS.
Remarkable Phenomenon on the
Saline River in Saline
County.

Prof. A. w Jones. of the Kansas
WESLEYAN university at Salina has writ
ten a letter to Weather Observer T. r.
Jennings in which he states that on
Friday, Jan. IA, there occurred in Saline
county, between Bavaria and the Sa-
line river, a fall of snow balls. In the
midst of the snow storm which began
in the afternoon, says Prof. Jones, there
was a sudden falling of snow balls va
rving in size from that of a baseball to
g punches of flakes as large around
as a half peck measure. Farmers VINO
came to Salina reported the case and
Prof Jones says that he has every
reason to believe their statements. one
farmer is said to have been hit on the
head with a large mass of snow and
knocked down. The snow balls 1ell IN
large numbers and traces of them re-
mained until the next day Prof Jones
reported the case to Weather Observer
Jennings and asked for an explanation
Spea king of it Mr.. Jennings said to-
day: TT is too bad that no photographs
were made of those snow balls for that
is better proof than words. Howey-
er the same conditions which caused
our hail storm last June might cause
q fall of snow balls. Their size of
course would be greater than the hail
stones, although would not be near as
dangerous. The sudden mixing of two
currents of air when there was molS-
ture in it, causing a whirling motion
to the atmosphere, is what forms large
pieces of snow or ice
THE snow balls might have been as
big as peck measures under these con-
ditionS."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
PRESS CENSORSHIP.
A Sweeping Measure Introduced in
the New York Senate.


Albany, N. Y Jan. Ex-senator Els
worth has introduced a bill which COM
bines the features of his anti-cartOon
bill of the last session with provisions
of wider scope touching the response
bilities of newspaper publishers and
editors. It provides that any persOn
who as principal or agent conducts or
engages in the business of editing, pub
fishing, printing, selling, distributing or
circulating any IicentiOus, indecent, cor
rupt, depraved or HbelOus paper or
paper which cOrrupts, depraves, de-
grades or injuries the minds or morals
of the public or its readers or of the
people among whom it circulates, is
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
victicn of any such offense shall be
punished by a fine of not more than
81 eco, or by Imprisonment for not more
than one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment for the first OffenSe, and
upon conviction OF any subsequent Of
fense shall be punished by imprison-
ment of not less than one year nor
more than five years, and in addition
thereto the defendant and his agents
and employees shall be prohibited from
thereafter publishing, printing, selling
or distributing such paper or any pa
per of the same name.
If the defendant is a domestic corpOr-
alton its charter shall be forfeited; if
a foreign corporation it shall be pro-
hibited from further doing business in
this state. It is further provided that
every paper published, sold or distri-
buted in this state shall set forth the
name of every owner publisher and
editor of such paper, or the names of
the officers of the corporation if the
publicantion be by a corporation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
SUDDEN END.
Mrs. HillmOn Has Dismissed
Her World Famous Case
Against the New York Life In
surance Company.
Claim to be Paid and a Great
Victory For McNal.
Is TIRED OF FIGHTING
The Great Insurance Company
is Winded
In Its Struggle With McNalI
and Cries Enough
AMAN WITHIRON WILL
McNa1 Shows Himself to Be
the Greatest "Fighter'
That Kansas History Has as
Yet Recorded.

The New York Life Insurance COM
pany this afternoon settled the ceIe-
brated HiIlmon claim. Charles F.
Hutchings. the attorney for Mrs. Hill
mon. arrived today to arrange the de-
tails. The company which had been the
backbone of the famous Hillmon case
has thrown up it's hands and offered to
pay the claim. There could be no OBJ
lection to such an arrangement and Mr..
Hutchings agreed to dismiss the case.
At 3 o'clock the details of the settle
ment were finally arranged. By the
terms of the compromise the New York
Life pays the total sum of the Hillmon
claim amounting to over 1000, and
each side pays its own costs. All the
unpaid costs in the federal court now
amount to less than 500.
Ed O'Brien, general western attorney
of the New York Life. arrived at 30
this afternoon and with him came
George ]. Barker, of Lawrence, who
has fought the case for the company
through the five trials.
Everything had been arranged be
forehand- A B. Quinton met the two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
College Encourages BibulOus
Habits Among Young Men.
BOLD DEFIANCE MADE
By the President and Alumni to
Prohibition Sentiment,
At a Big Banquet at Delmoni-
CO.'S Last Night.
After Wine Several TimesWhOIe
Room HOwIs Itself HOarse.

New York. Jan. 21.-With ringing cheers
that told their enthusiastic conviction. 335
alumni of Princeton university. at their
annual banquet last night cast defiance
in the teeth of those who criticised the
use of liquors in the famous Princeton
Inn.
Rev. DR.. Charles Woodruff Shields. who
resigned from the Presbyterian church
because of the condennations heaped up
on him for signing the application for the
inns license, was the especial object OF
the graduates approval AT every men
ton of his name they sprang to their feet
and cheered him. until from his seat at
the guests table he bowed nervous ac-
knoWledgements.
And President Francis l. Patton in
dorsed the graduates fully. In his speech
and was heartily cheered for his stand
The annual dinner of the Prince on club
banquet room at DelnOnico's was crowd
ed. The cOlOrs of Princeton were largely
in evidence
AS the spirits of the men warmed. the
representatives of the various classes gave
vent to their class cheers. From Sc to 81
the rattling Tiger, Siss Boom Ali" rang
out separately and in discOrdant concert
Suddenly plan of the representative
of the class of 'SS was carried out Chas-
posed three cheers for Dr.. Shields They
scores of old foot bah ''rooters." Thus
the alumni Of Princeton We're enthusias-
tempt to interfere with the right of
Princeton men TO drink malt and spirit
Gus liquors within the shadows of the
university building.
President Patton's speech dealt with
the ideals of the university and criticisms
freely made of her policy. His remarks
concerning the relations of the Presby-
terian church and the university aroused
great enthusiasm.
In regard to the Princeton Inn contro-
versy President Patton said: Il shall not
indulge in harsh language, though am
tempted to be Indignant when I think how
good men have been maligned and pure
have been iIuDUEnCd- 1 wish TO
turn to good account the criticisms that
we have received, ill-advised as many OF
them have been The friendS VINO s1Fe
us advice do not know our difficulties. and
I cannot stop to explain them, But one
drinking in Princeton; il viii only IN
crease the trade in Corkscrews.
The whole room rose at the words Ss-anu
cheer lpon cheer told the president that
the alumni indorsed his position.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
CALLS BLISS COWARD.
Senator Allen Defends a Dis
charged Woman Depart
ment EmplOye.

Washington, Jan. 21.-The senate has
agreed to vote on the Teller resolution
next Thursday before adjournment.
The resolution of Mr.. Allen, CNeb)
asking the secretary of the interior for
papers concerning the dismissal from
the pension office of Mrs. M. E. Rob-
erts, was laid before the senate. Mr..
GaIIinger moved to refer the resolution
to the committee on civil service and
retrenchment.
Pending the vote on that motion Mr..
Allen said he desired to speak briefly
upon the matter. Mrs. Roberts, he had
learned was a friend of former Secreta-
ry Carlisle from Covington, KY. She
was for years a member of the family
of James B. Beck, once senator from
Kentucky and her appointment was
made through Senator Beck's influence.
Il want to say" said Mr.. Allen, that
no self-respecting gentleman would
treat a woman as this woman has been
treated by the secretary of the interior
and commissioner of pensions. If this
administration is willing to injure it
self in this way, I am willing. If it de-
sires to hurry itself out of power, I am
desirous of fastening it's exit. But I
do hold, Mr. President, that it is not an
inherent right of the secretary of the
interior or the commissioner of pen
sions, to be brutal in their treatment of
clerks.
the commissioner deSTed place
of Mrs. Roberts for some hanger-on,
why did he aim a poisoned dart at her.
He must he a poltrOOn and coward in
deed who will make a convert charge
against a woman and refuse then to
state the charge.
Mr.. Allen referred to the position ta
ken by Mr.. GalIinger. Said the New
Hampshire senatOr:"If the senator from
Nebraska means seriously to impute to
me such motives as his language indi-
Gates, he is using unparliamentary and
unwarrantable language" Mr.. CALM
ger said he had learned something
about the Roberts case and was salts
fled that the senate was not the place
for the discussion of the details of this
case. In the privacy OF the committee
room the statements of Mrs. Roberts,
the secretary of the interior, the COM
missioner of pensions and others could
be heard upon the case. Then the case
could be properly discussed and invest
igated. Such cases as this have no
place in the senate chamber and it may
be possible that it will be the part of
gaIlantry to consider this case in pri-
Vate and in the end Mr. GalIinger
thought Mrs. Roberts would thank him
for the position he had taken in the
matter.
Mr.. Allen contended that there was a
hint of something vitality wrong in the
moral character of Mrs. Roberts. He
reviewed the case again and discussed
at some length its application to the
present agitation of the civil service
question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
BOYS KILL A TEACHER.
They Waylay Him and Beat Him
to Death.

St. Louis. Jan. PA special to the
ost-Dispatch from Anna, Ill. says that
John MCGOWAN, aAyoung teacher from
Williamson county, H., who has been
teaching the "Cauble school" in the
northern portion of Alexander county,
has died from injuries inflicted by two
pupils, Henry and Scott Jordan 19 and
20 years old respectively.
MCGOWAN made a rule for all pupils
to greet each other upon entering the
schoOl each morning and to show some
resepct for one another. The Jordan
boys did not like the rule and disobeyed
It. This resulted in a whipping being
given them by the teacher The boys
later waylaid MCGOWAN while on his
way to church and gave him a fatal
beating. They were arrested and are
being held at Jonesboro pending the
verdict of the corOner's jury and the
action of the grand jury. For a time
there was much feeling against the
boys who have confessed and a lynch
ing was feared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
AT SEA
Vessels Going to Destruction
All Along
The British Coast Last Night
and This Morning.
STREWN WITH WRECKS

London, Jan 21-The British steam
er NIareca, Captain Land, which arriv-
ed at Cork January s, from Baltimore,
and was bound for Newport, is ashore
west of St. Hovens Head, southwest
coast of Wales. Thirteen of the crew
are safely landed but four were killed
on board the steamer from some cause
and six who left in boat were out all
night.
Limerick, Jan.21.-The British steam
er Lord O'NeilI, Capt Ferris from Bal
timore, January 16, for Belfast, struck
on Blasket islands at the entrance of
Dingle Bay west coast of Ireland dur
ing a dense fog and foundered. The
crew all saved and has been land
ed here
London, Jan. 21-The British steam
er SaItram, Capt. Owen from Calves
ton, December % via Norfolk, January
3, for Copenhagen stopped off the Liz
ard this morning: She signalled that
she was disabled, her engine having
broken down.
London, Jan 21-The small steamer
Herbert fOundered off Guns island
County Down, Ireland, seven persons
being drowned, the captain alone be
ing rescued. The captain says the crew
took to the boats. His boat capsized,
but four men, himself among them,
held to the keel. Gradually the others
dropped off. exhausted. He was res
cued after II hours in water in a heavy
gale. There has been no sign of the
other boat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
CLARkSON GIVES UP.
Notifies Chicago Insurance Of
fees That Topeka Rating
Bureau is Abandoned.

Chicago, Jan. 21.-Harrison Clarkson,
manager of the rating bureau at Tope-
ka, Kan, after a conference with Chi
cago managers, has decided to abandon
the bureau and cancel the subscription
of the companies.
The suits instituted by Mr.. Clarkson
to restrain Webb McNan, insurance
commissioner, from interfering with the
bureau, to which the companies were
made party, will be continued, as the
managers wish a decision on some of
the points involved. The commissioner
ruled against the bureau under the an
h-cOntract laws of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
MAKE 1T A WHOPPER.
Mai. AndersOn's Idea of What
the Commercial Club
Should Be.

A big union of all the business men of
Topeka is Major T. J. Anderson's idea
Of what the Commercial club should be-
He has started out to bring about this
result, and says that if it can be ac-
compllshed the organization will be-
come the leading factor in the further
development of Topeka
Major Anderson assumed the duties
of his position as secretary of the club
this week, and is now soliciting mem
bership among the business men who
are not already members of the club.
Several new members have already
been secured, and by the next meeting
of the club he expects to have a good
list to present. He says he will devote
all his time at present to membership.
On two or three occasions during the
past year the club has discussed the
question of reducing the initiation fee
and monthly dues, but no action was
ever taken on the matter. To carry
out Major AnderSOn'S idea of com bin
ing the business men of the city in the
organization this may be deemed nee
essary, and the matter will probably be
taken up at the next meeting Of the
club.
Mr. E. L. Copeland, cashier in the
treasurer's office of the Santa Fe, be-
lieves that if the dues and initiation fee
were reduced, many of the Santa Fe
men, heads of departments and others
who are property owners here and have
the welfare of the city at heart, would
gladly become members of the club.
At present Treasurer Edward Wilder is
the only Santa Fe man identified with
the organization.
With a large membership secured, Ma
jor Anderson declares that the club will
become a power in the development of
Topeka, and be the means of bringing
industries here and increasing the pop
ulation. He feels confident that the fu-
ture of the club will be a credit to To-
pel1a and to Topeka's best interests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21

March 1, will be readmitted to Kansas
by Webb McNaH.
The celebrated Hillmon suit was
brought by Mrs. SaIlie F. Hillmon, the
widow of John W. Hillmon, who prior
to 1879 was a miner, freighter and cow
boy on the western plains, and who in
sured his life for $4,000, with annual
premiums of over $500 in the Mutual
Life Insurance company of New York,
the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
company of Hartford. and the New
York Life Insurance company of New
York, some two or three months before
his disappearance in March, 1879.
This case has been in the courts for
the last Is years, and has been tried by
five jurieS, and no final decision has yet
been reached. It was claimed that Hill
mon was accidentally shot at Medicine
Lodge. on March II, 1879, by his travel
ing companion, John H. Brown. The
insurance companies claimed that a
conspiracy was formed consisting of
Levi Baldwin, John w. HillmOn and
John H. Brown, and that HiIlmon's life
was insured, and that Frederick AdOl-
phus Walters was murdered by Hill
mon, and his body attempted to be
palmed off on the companies as Hill
mons.
When a Journal reporter told Webb
McNalI that the case against the New
York Life was to be dismissed by Mrs.
Hillmon he was wonderfully pleased.
We'll we'll" he said, that does sur
prise me-
Mr.. McNall settled back in his chair
and reflected over the matter for a mo-
ment, when he again gave expression
to feelings of pleasure at the outcome
of the matter.
Upon being asked what action he
would take upon the company's appli-
cation for admission to Kansas. which
will follow the settlement of the suit
the superintendent said:
while 1 have no official knowledge
at this time that this settlement has
taken place or is to take place, but if
it proves to be true. so that there is no
more litigation pending in this state
against the New York Life Insurance
company for unpaid losses, and they
comply with the terms, conditions and
requirements of the insurance depart
ment of the state of Kansas, which I
presume will be done, I know of no
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21

take less than our claim but we would
not compromise"
This appears to be a complete victory
for Insurance Commissioner Webb Nc
Nall, who after this case had been
fought and refought- in the federal
courts until the entire United States
was sick of hearing of it, stepped in
and cut the Gordian knot. He ordered
the companies to pay the claim or quit
business.
With the judgment of custer against
the Mutual Life of New York against
it in the supreme court the New
York Life realized that a further fight
would be useless, so the Hillmon case,
so far as that company is concerned
has been settled and the company at
the beginning of the new license year,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
FRENCH WARSHIPS.
Are Ordered to Reinforce the Squad
ron in Chinese Waters.

London, Jan. 21.-A special dispatch
from Paris, published this afternoon.
says orders have been received at Cher-
bourg and Toulon respectively to i'm
mediately prepare the battleship Bruix
and the battleship Vauban to reinforce
the French squadron in the far east.
Paris, Jan. 21.-The news that the
French war ships Bruix and Vauban
have been ordered to sail immediately
for China is confirmed. The two ships
will sail on January "A, Monday next.
Admiral De Beaumont has been ap-
pOinted COMMUNICATIVE chief of the
French squadron in the far east He
viii hoist his flag on board the Vau-
ban
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
MORE ABOUT THE CASE.
Details of the Death of HiIImon and
Beginning of Litigation.

When the dead body of John w. Hill
mon was found in the road near Medi-
cine Lodge in the spring of 1879, it did
not create much of a sensation. Such
things were not unusual there. It was
reported as a case of accidental shoot
ing, his travelling companion. John w
Brown, admitting that he did the
shooting. a coroner's jury composed of
farmers was empaneled and it was
found that he was killed accidentally
and he was buried in Barber county.
Just before Hi1Imon had started on
his trip to southern Kansas for the pur-
pose, as he said of starting a sheep
ranch he had taken out $4,000 worth of
life insurance divided as follows: New
York Life $4,000; New York Mutual
$4,000 and Connecticut Mutual. $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
AUTHOR OF NIC0DEMUS
And ''Marching Through GeOr-
gia'' to Have a Monument.

Hartford. Conn. Jan. 21-A move
ment has been started in this city by
a number of prominent G. A R. men
toward the erection of a suitable mon
ument over the remains of Henry Clay
Work, author of Marching Through
Georgia "Nicodemus'' and other war
lyrics, and whose grave is unmarked by
any distinguishing tablet
MiddletoVvn, Conn. was the birthplace
of Work, but the greater part of his life
was spent in this city and he died here
in 1884
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
More Snow for Tonigbt.

Weather Observer T. B. Jennings says
that there is proba bility of snow tonight
in Topeka and vicinity. The minimum
temperature for the night was 23.5 de-
grees. At midnight the temperat ture was
80 degrees Mr.. Jennings says that the
weather will be cloudy tonight and Satur-
day Today makes the fifth consecutive
d. v nf clOIldS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
BUTT A ROLLER STEAMER.
Ernest Bazin, Inventor of the Curious
Craft, is Dead.

Paris, Jan. 21.-M. Ernest Bazin, the
inventor of the roller steamer, is dead.
NJ. Bazin had projected a vessel which
it was claimed would cross the Atlantic
from FIavre to New York in about four
days The vessel named the Ernest
Bazin, was launched August 10. 1895, at
St Denis The vessel it is said, has
met some of the expectations of her in
ventor but the principle upon which
she is built does not seem to have
gained favor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
Another Company Settles.

webb McNan, superintendent of in
surance, has received information from
Kansas City, Kan, that the MetropOH-
tan Life Insurance company has made
settlement upon the policies of Mrs.
Pertha E. Emery. 1t will be remem-
bered that her heirs held two policies
upon her life, and the company refused
to pay. For this reason the superin-
tendent last spring revoked the license
of the company for doing business in
this state. The case was set down for
trial January 8.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
INDIA ISSUES PAPER.
Money stringency is Relieved by In
hation With Currency Notes.

Calcutta Jan. 21.-The bill intro
duced by Sir James Westland, the
finance minister of the council, on jan
uary IA, providing for the issue of cur
rency notes in India against gold was
adopted today with the condition that
the secretary of state be given the op-
ton of paying gold into the treasury
provided India pays an equal sum into
the currency department here. The bill
has already relieved the stringency of
the money market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
BLIZZARD OUT WEST.
Snow in Great Drifts in Streets
of Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs Jan. PA blizzard
is sweeping over this part of the state;
it is very cold here and a high wind is
piling the fine snow in great drifts
The storm is very severe in the Grip
pie Creek mining district and the wag-
on roads are impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
HAYSLIP ACQUITTED.

The jury in the case against Al Hay
slip for selling liquor returned a YER
diet for the defendant this afternoon.
Judge Hazen permitted the witnesses
to swear that they bought ~hop tea
instead of beer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
HANGING NO. l..
First Execution Resulting From the
Series of KILLINGS at Mobile.

Mobile, Ala. Jan. 21-Jefferson. alias
Jack Knight, Of Pensacola. Fla, was
hanged for the murder of Frank Dantz-
Ter today
This was one of the series of killings
which caused great excitement in Mo
bile at the close of last July and Knight
was placed in jail with great difficulty
The condemned man made a full con
feSSiOn-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-21
SIXTH TRIAL IS SET.
The Other Companies Must Settle or
Try 1t Again.

Before going to California Judge Fos-
ter set the Hillmon case for trial, the
sixth time, February 14th. Unless the
Mutual Life of New York and the Con-
necticut Mutual settle their part of the
case, as the New York Life has done,
the trial will again drag it's length
through the courts.