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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
Discrenancv in Statements.

After dinner Joe Smothers resumed
the witness stand and Mr.. Hayden pro-
ceeded with the cross examination. The
witness had discarded the red striped
shirt which he wore before dinner and
this afternoon wore a shirt with loud
blue and white stripes.
The witness went over the evidence
brought out by the direct examination,
detailing the particulars of John Collins
visit to his home, and how he had ar
ranged with Collins for a meeting with
Jess Harper. Mr.. Hayden then asked
about "Speavey'' and found that his
name is Luke Gunther. He is a. one
eyed cOlOred boy who lives in Law
renee" said the witness. Smothers
then told how he went to st. Joe and
went to work for the water company.
He is now working for a packing COM
pany.
Q.-Where have you been during the
past few days?
A-Here at this trial.
Q.-HaVe been visiting?
Ayes, visiting some
Q.-Have you talked with Harbaugh
about this case?
A.--Yes; a little around the halls
here.
Odd you tell him you had a letter
when he summoned you to the trial?
Ayes.
Q.-What did he say?
A.-To bring it along.
Q.-Had you mentioned the letter to
any one?
Ayes, the night got it
Q.-TO whom?
Any sister.
Q.-What did you say?
Al read it over and said: What
does that John Collins mean? I have
nOthin' to keep mum.
Odd you say at the preliminary
that you did not talk to your sister;
that you told her the next day that YOU
knew nothing to keep mum?
Ayes.
Odd you swear that you told no
one but Mr.. Jetmore the day prior to
h TA1-ta1f r11ir1 oh
Q.-At the preliminary did you say
you had not shown the letter to Mr..
Harbaugh?
Ayes
Q.-Then why did you deny it?
Al don't think I did.
The witness said he told Harbaugh
about the letter two days before he
showed it to Jetmore, and exhibited it
to both of them. However, his testi-
mony concerning the letter and show
ing it to these men was today contra
dictory to that reported at the prelimi-
nary when SmOthers positively stated
that he had not shown the letter to
either of them. SmOtherS denied today
that he had sworn to the statements
attributed to him at the preliminary.
He pointed out one thing which he said
he had not sworn to but it had no con-
nection with the points IN controversy.
The defense then asked if the witness
had been provided with money to come
to Topeka to attend either the prelimi-
nary or the present trial. He said no
except the fees I collected, and 81
which I borrowed this time from the
lady with whom I board
Q.-Have you done anything else be-
side work for the water company in
st. Joe2
A.-.Xes. I sang with the slayton Jub-
lice singers.
Q.-What else?
Awaited on a table at a boarding
house.
Q-Anything else?
A.-NO.
Q.-Is it not a fact that part of the
time you have been playing piano in
a house of iIl-fame?
A.-NO.
O.-Do you know Will Torrent at
Atchison?
A.-NO.
Q.-Were you in his restaurant last
month?
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to come there to see him?
A.-No.
John Collins came to your house
how many times?
Advice.
Ole might have been there other
times and you not have seen him?
A.-Yes.
Q-Who else came at other times?
A.-Mr. Sweet from the Beta house.
Q.-What for?
A.-To get Joe to sing at the Beta
house.
Q.-Where was he then?
Al do not remember.
Q.-JOhn Collins then is the only
white man you remember.
Ayes.
Kitty Has No Idea of Time.
Of he came as early as January,
how long till he came second time?
Al do not remember.
Q.-Was it as much as a month?
Al don't rememb Der.
Q.-Was it as much as two months?
Al don't remember.
Q.-Was it two days?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-Then it might have been two days
or two months?
A.-Yes, sir.
Ole came each time in the even
ing?
Ayes, sir.
Q.-After the lamps were lighted?
Ayes, sir.
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ohicago Livestoek nTarket.

NnlCdEO,
HOGS-Estimated receipts today, 290a0:
left over. .565. Market fairly active. gen
orally steady. Light, S3.20d3.425a; mixed.
So 25d3.45; heavy So 20d3.4715; rough. SEQ
V'5;IV fTE&Receipts 900. Market dun and
unchanged.
SHEEP-Receipts, 5000. Market steady
Natives, $2.60G4.45; westerns, S2-9OQ4-S0;
lambs $3.75d55O
Yesterdays official:
CATTLE Receipts, 3,4S1 shipments, l.
O' SS;HEEP-Receipts. 1O.H9; shipments. B.
All.
SO 900.
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DOES PETTY THIEvING.
Santa Fe Troubled by Their Passen-
gers Losing Effects at Hutchinson.

There has been a good deal Of COM
plant made by Santa Fe passengers
about losing coats and grips at the
Main street crossing here while the
passengers are at supper. The police
and last night another complaint came
in.
F. c. Shoats. a passenger who was re
turning home to Rocky Ford, Colo, on
No. 1 last night missed an Overcoat
when he returned to the train from sup
per The matter was reported to the
police and the coat was found later at
a place where it had been pawned. 1t
was identified by a revolver and a pair
of gloves which were in the pockets,
and the police started on a, back trail
to find the man who pawned it. An
arrest was made later and the police
believe they have the right man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
SPECIAL DAYS.
Just Like the Worlds Fair Proposed
for the Collins Trial

Next Tuesday will be"Lawyer's Day.
in the district court. Following this are
likely to come, 'tGrocers' Day. Drug
gfsts' Day. Citizens Day" and when
Miss Babcock testiffes, Bailif John
Coyne wants to have Ladies Day"
The troubles of the bailiff are multi
plying.
The bailiff has not determined what
other DAYS besides ladies' day he viii
set apart during the trial, but says
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Next Week,a Witneasea.

Johnson Jordan, one of the principal
witnesses for the state, and the colored
man whom it is alleged John Collins
tried to hire to murder his father will
not be put on the witness stand until
next week. Miss Frances BabcOck of
Lawrence. will probably follow Jordan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
NO PLACE FOR CHILDREN.
Judge Hazen Stops Long Enough to
Make That Suggestion.

At yesterday afternoons session of
court, voices, apparently those of chill
dren were keeping up a hubbub in the
gallery. Judge Hazen called for order
once, but it lasted only a moment. He
stopped the proceedings long enough to
say:
1T seems to me this is no place for
children, especially children which keep
up noise, and they should be taken
from the court house,
The noise then subsidized
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o-Were you in any restaurant there?
A--Yes: -
A.-saturday before Thanksgiving.
Q.-since?
A.-No.
rent?
Al do not know.
Odd you meet a policeman named
Dickinson?
Al don't know.
Odd you say that you were to de
a witness in the Collins case and as
soon as you left the stand you were to
receive 81, 1000?
I did not said the witness with a
laugh.
Odd you tell owen McCaferty at
Atchison that you were a witness in
the Collins case and that the boy ought
to be cleared, and that as a reason
why he might not be there would be
considerable hired swearing among the
witnesses, and that you would be $1,000
better off?
A-No, I didn't say anything lket
that to anyone.
Odd you have conversation in that
restaurant?
Odd you talk to a white man there?
was being spent to convict John Collins
and that you would be a thousand dollars
better off?
DO you know H. G. Lett. at Atchi-
Odd you talk to anyone in his pres
about Thanksgiving, of this case?
A.-No. sir.
Q.-When were you there?
A.-Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Odd you talk to anyone in his prese-
ence?
Ayes.
Divine sitting by the stove in that
shop, talking about the Collins case, did
Lett say to you, 1T is strange they can't
find out who killed this man." and did
you say that they never would find out,
as only five of you knew who did it?
The examination of Smothers was con-
cluded al 2 20 o'clock, and court adjourned
until Monday morning at O'Clock.
The letter received by SmotherS signed
Turner Hall was then offered and accept
ed as evidence and made a part of the
the record.
Try to ImpeaCh Negro Witnesses.
The conviction Of John Collins upon the
charge of numbering his father depends
almost altogether upon the testimony of
the colored people with whom he is al
legged to have negotiated for the purpose
Of hiring one of them to kill ]. s. Collins.
The Impeachment of the testimony of
these witnesses is the main hope of the
defense. This was manifested this after
noon Just a few moments before the adj
journment of court by the crOss-examina-
ton of Joe Smothers.
The irnpea chment will be placed against
all of the main witnesses for the state and
the defense is now confident that it will
be able to succeed in this direction.
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EGGS-Steady. Fresh, zoe.
Kansas City Livestock Market.

CATTLE-Receipts, 500. Market I'M
erf Hg065a61$SsslEReceipts. 5000 Market steady.
Bulk of sales, So. 256340: heavies, $500
42i5: packers. So 25d3.471z; mixed, 81 goa
335: lights. S303 321z; workers, $3-3OqS.S2
pigs. s.. 80d g. 20. 30 ,-,. .,
Lambs $4d5.25; muttons, S20425.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
Kansas city Produce Market

Kansas City, Dec. B.
WHFAT-Ffrm No. 1 hard, 63q63i9c;
No. 3 5i1 621%a6Se: No. 3. 5sd6219c; No 2 red.
66Q67c; No. g. 64a66c; No. 2 spring Sic;
y G q + STEADY No ? mixed. 81a8114c;
No. 2 white. 311ac; No 3, SIC. .s,,ez.o.
RYE@Higher. No. 2, 4Sc.
HAY-Steady, unchanged -
16c. a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
Sugar Market.

New York Dec. g.
STJGAR-Raw firm. refined dull and
nominal Crushed, SIC; powdered, ossc;
eranuIated, SAC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
Range of Prices.

Furnished by the Wickham Commission
w. Chicago, Dec. B.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03

Ranges of Prices on STOCK
,-,.l7 h. the xVickham Commission
u1 To Htse+ E,ifth street Topeka, Kan
Co. IL Last New York, Dec. B.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-07
eRAU OUT OF covESr GARDEN.
He Is No Longer Director Of the Grand
Opera in the British Capital.

He Is No Longer Director of the Grand
Opera in the British Capital.
Maurice Grau has retired from the direction
OF the opera at Covent Garden. London. The
animosity existing between the factions in the
syndicate which gives the performances has
led him to take this step. as he is friendly to
the interests OF Lord de Grey and Henry HiG-
gins. while these two directors are opposed
by the new management. which will assume
control when the present leases to the opera
syndicate expire. Mr.. Grau made a brilliant
record there last year. and he reTires with the
reputation of having carried one season
through most successfully. He is in partial
possession to-day of all the leading operate
artists Of the world. and there is some probable
fty that he. with Lord de Grey and Henry HiG-
gins. may organize . company to undertake
performances at the Drury Lane Theatre. One
objection to this scheme is the fact that the
copyrights to many popular operas-including
owned by the estate OF Sir Augustus Harris.
and this is the interest With which Mr.. Grau Is
porter yesssrday that he was We'll satisfied with
the present situatton. as he would not. have
cared 70 continue in charge Of the direction Of
at the Metropolitan TO- the first time In several
6 SficR viii T'' Be beard as t sasann M aSnd Emma nsm,
Eames will repeat her familiar and beautiful
performance OF ene Countess. NINE. sem brich
has won some Of her greatest triumphs in the
role OF S~usGnRd. Edouard de Reszke. GIG-
seppe Campanari and ARostino Carbone will
ne in the cast. Zelie de Lussan. who has not
been heard here for three years. has come
from Philadelphia TO sing ChsT-1bino. She -
member. Of the Ellis opera company. now ing
ing in PHILADELPHIA
The programme fornext weeks performances
has been changed, Romeo ct J~uliette" will be
sun onM Monday night in place Of Faust" Nine.
Media is fond Of singing the role OF ,Julfstte. and
there are several other prima donnas in the
company who are anxious 70 appear in the
part. But IL T. Is sung frequently enough
as the beginning OF the season. the popularity
Of the opera, will be exhausted and the man
Nine. Melba will devote at least two of her
performances to that opera.-It. was announced
yesterday that she would also be heard in La
Melba Is under contract with Maurice GIau to
sing only i've or stx times ct the Metropolitan.
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FAD HAMMERS IN STREET CARS.
Woman's Health Protective Association
Undertakes to Reform Them.

Woman's Health Protective Association
Undertakes to Reform Them.
The woman's Health Protective Association
had an election in the Academy Of Medicine.
10 West Forty-third street. yesterday fore
noon. It was . quiet affair. considering that
women were conducting IL. A eomplete list
oloflcers was elected for the coming year, and
only one name on the ticket presented a mon!h
ago by the Nominating Committee was
scratched. Mrs. Katherine u. Young was
chosen to serve on the Advisory Board instead
OF Mrs. II. E. Sehoen. The result Of tbs cleo
tion follows:
Presidents-Ffrsf. Mrs. MARI A. Newton Sec
ond. Mrs. Esther Herman: Recording Seere-
tary. Mrs. J. Crowell; Corresponding Secre-
tary. Mrs. A. ". Berg; Treasurer. Mrs. A. H.
Spencer: Auditor. Miss T. Barcalow: Board
Of Observation-Disclosures N. Young. Mrs. G.
Fender. Mrs. G.. Fiske. Miss Mary Philips.
Mrs. C., L. Holt. Mrs. J. Herbert. Mrs. II. s.
Bell and Mrs. Il. L.. Wakeman.
In her annual report President Trautman
saIdi .,.,. =, ,.,.,...,. ,,,,. -
place In every ear Of, the Metropolitan Street
Year passes TO have similar placards in every
elevated and surface car In this city. and thar.
by a RYE Of each com pany: conductors will be
Chairmen OF our stable-refuse and G~hs-houss
committees have been vtgllant AMI those
abuses have been corrected through their Of
forts. We regret 10 say that with the chan re
in administration the store INSPECTORS were
abolished. but We trust that the Dresen, Presi-
dent Of the Board Of Health NAV sec the wis
dom OF reappointing them for the Deasiit or
the THOUSANDS Of employed.
Our Street Cleaning Committse has en-
tered many, very many, comnlnints during the
the Lax manner lp which the work was done
shows tho change In the disciplile'and that Col.
Waring IL no longer at the head Of the depart
ment. HAD be, been retained many excellent
results would have been accumulated from
the many undersigned plans he had In view.
and his life might have been snared ZOE MANI
years Of usefulness which would have been a
public benefit. The Loss our country has suS-
tnlned in the loss Of Col. WarinE Is almost lr-
reparable."
ali over the country we're takinG, up the line
81 work followed BY this association. At the
II something could not be done TO make neo-
pie move forward in the street cars. When
there ia plenty 81 room Ia front, said Mrs.
crowd each other in the rear Of the ears In the
rudest way. They ara absolutely without eoa-
alteration for the comfort OF others"
Well see -abOut that" said Mrs. Trngt-
man, An another thing we must do ell We
can 10 aid the Board OF Health in is 70 secure
waiting TO transfer and also tor the transfer
men, An empty ear should be placed at thS
corner al every street. where pRssengers ara
''"Hf think" said Mrs. schoan. that the most
In, Important work In our ~proytaes y 10 have
fronts pt.t e. the ears ts Rr0tect the drivers
aud motormen, such as the cars la phlladel-
phia and those on staten Island have"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-07

An observer Of social customs said yester-
day; Tho winter season In New York II grow
Ing shorter every year. and the time Il not far
distant when Il will be limited to January.
February and March. Those are coed months
not 10 DO In the country. New Workers OF
wealth are building country homes on Long
Island and in Westchester county. where they
may live comfortably nine months OF the year.
Golf and other outdoor sports are RESPONSE
bic for this shortening OF the city season. We
are growing TO like the English idea OF coun-
try life. and as this becomes more evident [
venture to prophesY that New York society
will undergo radical changes. 1t will be d.
vtist more distinctly into various sets. and 1
am. OF course. speaking now merely Of people
OF wealth and assured social standing. It
was noticeable during Horse Show week. this
and think chat Indicated not only visitors
from other cities. but also the fact that New
that theI NV were pe' s sRYfPliH yinF h the country. ana 4
dozen years ago nj that ssnsou OF the year
these same people we're established In their
TO keep up q w~ell-appointed house In New
York for the sake Of using II only three months
OF the year, nut thatis what we are coming to.
in my OPINION"
A collector and dealer In antiques died in
Flushing 4 few days age. leaving q storehouso
filed with old furniture and curios. among
WV van 1NNVANA NNS(h1 "hA~AA WIZ 1h
posed to run q year with one winding. Much
Of his old furniture he had picked up at Long
Island auctions before tho professional collec-
tor became we'll known. 1t served his uur-
pose best 10 remain in Flushing and sell his
articles there rather than open a shop in New
York. The average amateur collector thinks
that he Is getting a much better bargain II he
finds n dealer in an out-of-the- way corner. and
the wise dealers know this. Not far from
New York there Is an antique shop VIII fch was
grated on q tin store about three Years ago,
and It has dourished amazingly. The pro-
prietor Of the tin store had an extra room
which he decided to turn into an antique. shop
rather than rent IL TO o Chinaman for q lam
dry. and accordingly he bought some cid pieces
and swung out n sign. His town In filled with
city Of the combination Of tin ware and an
tiques appealed TO them at ence.
A message that was brought to Col. Rbose-
welt recently from a seven. year-old admirer
pleased the Goyernor-eleet q great deal. The
lads father had Just said in his hearing Il am
going out to Oyster Bay to see Gov. Roose-
veit."
rs he going to be Gov. Roosevelt after this?'
asked the young one in tones indicating dis
He is said the father.
Well. tell him for me-" said the youngster.
with the emphasis Of disgust. that II I'd a
thought. he was the sort Of man who would
change from being q Colonel to be n Governor
would never have worked Tor him the way l
The Governor-elact sent word back to ais
critic that nobody had to call him Governor
who did not want to dc so, and for his own
part he would rather be called Colonel"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-07
ARTIST PREMr,s DEATH EXPLAINED.
Doctor and Druggist Completely Exoner-
ated by the Autopsy.

Doctor and Druggist Completely Exoner-
ated by the Autopsy
An autopsy on the body OF Arnaldo Premi. the
artist who died on Sunday night at Bellevue
Hospital shortly after taking medicine that
was prescribed for him by q physician. com-
pletely exonerates the druggist who prepared
the prescription and also DIR. A. Fanoni Of &c
West Tenth street. the physician in the case.
Morgue BY Coroner's Physician O'Hanlon and
disclosed that the man had died OF natural
causes. principally Of a cerebral hemorrhage;,
cine to cure an attack of indiGestion. and the
prescription was given with that intent. 1t has
was put up at A. T. Waiting l. Co.'S drug store
at ia University place. The result OF, the au-
physician. as the maj had simply wrongly di-
agnosed his case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-07

BAIEY.-on Tuesday, Dec. 4, At his residence,
238 West Ijoth st., New York, Isaac G. Bailey.
in his Tad yenr.
Funeral services on Thursday, at 8 P. N. Inter.
ment private. New Hampshire papers plsase
copy.
FITZSIMONS.-on Monday, Dec. s., 1898. at her
residence, 10 West 45th st., Mary. the beloved
wife of Michael Fitzsimop,. aged az years.
Funeral services at the Church Of the Holy limo.
cents, aTth st., between Broadway and Ith nv
on "Wednesday morning, Dec. !, at 1890 o'cloc,
Please omit flowers.
FLANA6AN.-stster ANGELA FLANAGAN. snperi.
Dress OF St. Elizabeth's HUME for Girls At Mount
Loretto, Staten Island.
FuneruIat Mount Loretto ON Friday. Dec. q AZ ID
An special car will be attached 10 train CON.
Meeting with boa, leaving Staten Island FERRY Al
o O'Clock. r
FOLAN.-on Tuesday. Dec. q, Elyira L. Folap, be.
loved wife of James "A. Polan.
Funeral services Mt hsr late residence. 400 Wss,
l2sd street. Thursday eysuin1. DAG. a Al q o'cIock
Members OF Z. A. Kimball Poat. 100 n r.
Ha4kins's Zouayes Association, Americas Loslr.
s35, Y. A. H., and p. A. Kimhall Council. O. Il,
r.. arc inyttsd.
KILPATRICK.-ou Monday. Dec. d lana IA.
ward Kllpattck. in the spth year of hia ass
FUNERAL services at his late rssid nee, a43 Was,
s1th st., on Wednesday evening at $40 o'ciook
fntsrneut AZ Woodlavn IN Thur.aav morntr.
LAISG.-At DunelIen, n. j., on Dec. ), 1905. :sa.e
W. LANG AGED 30 YEAR, q months z davs.
tgnd the funeral sarytces at IN. Brisnd.' M..,ine