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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-12

WILL. SELL. At AUCTION. MONDAY and rtEsDA'
AFTERNOONS. at o'clock.
THE LIBRARY or THE LATE
Rev JOSEPH &. DUN A. ID. ID.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-22
THAT ATLANTA SPEECH.
Sorely Grieves Mayor Perry, Massa-
chusetts Veteran.

SOmerville, Mass, Dec. 22.-Mayor A.
A. Perry, a member Of Willard C. Kins-
ley post 139 G. y. r., has written a let
ter to the post severely cOndemning
that portion of President McKinley's
address at Atlanta suggesting that it
would be proper for the government to
assist in care and preservation of con-
federate cemeteries. The letter says:
perhaps it is better for me to stay
away from Grand Army gatherings for
a little time. at least, until I recover
from the shock of the statements lately
made by President Mckinley at At
1anta. 1 love the south and her people,
and no one rejoices more than 1 at the
splendid spectacle of reunited country
presented during the recent war with
Spain. But I cannot yet believe that it
is the duty Of the nation to give the
same attention to the graves of the
men who sought to destroy it as to the
resting places of those who died for it's
preservation.
God forbid that any word should
come from my lips or pen calculated to
revive the sad memories of the past.
Let US extend the warm hand of fellow
ship to our southern brothers. Let US
give them ungrudgingly of our love. But
let US not do any act or approve any
policy from which future generations
may infer that the great American re-
public. in the closing years of the nine
tenth century had become so blind that
she could not distinguish between her
SaYiOrS and her WOuld-b be deStrOyeFS."
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THE PROTEST AGAIN.
Republicans to Make Another At
tempt to Bring It Before the
House Tomorrow.

The Republicans are holding a caucus
this afternoon to consider ways and
means to further express their dis
pleasure at the converting Of the special
session They did not expect their pro-
test to have any effect on the legisIa-
ture and their only reason for present
ing it was in order to get it before the
people of the state.
'',The protest will be brought up in the
house tomorrow" said Captain Seaton
this afternoon, land we will ask that it
be spread on the journal. 1 do not think
that the house will be so discourteous
as to refuse but they may be- We can
not settle upon any line of procedure
until we know what the POpulists are
going to do We will. of course, try to
make use of the usual parliamentary
rules and usages, but a Kanass legisla-
ture pays little attention to parlia-
tary rules when it does not want to,
and as the Populists have "a majority
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-22
AMONG THE MIXES.
Representative of Chicago University
Starts to Explore Mexico.

Chicago, Dec 22.-Prof. Frederick
Starr, head of the anthropologaI depart
ment of the University of Chicago, left
for a trip among the semi-civilized
tribes of Mexico. He will spend nearly
four months studying these people, and
expects to return with photographs and
plaster casts that will represent races
never before studied The expedition
will take Prof. Starr among the Mixes,
a tribe that thirty years ago were can
nibals.
Prof Starr will be accompanied by
Manuel Gonzales. At the City of Mexi-
co his photographer, Charles Lang, Will
join him and later they will cimplete
the party of four by engaging a Next
can plaster worker. Oaxaca will be
reached by rail- but from there the jour
ney will be made on horseback, a dis
tance of 1000 miles.
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WE GET TIE SILVER.
Blanco Willed It to Americans Be-
fore Leaving

Havana. Dec. 22.--The military tele-
graph from Puerto Principe southwark
to Santa Cruz, the cable point, is near
ing completion. Thus wire connection
with General Carpenter win soon be
made.
Colonel Dunwoody of the signal corps,
says the telegraph will be built as if for
military purposes and will require land
line to Santiago as projected.
The war department has directed the
transport Chester to take General
Greene and his staff to Savannah She
will sail tonight.
Marshal Blanco, though not requested
to do SO by the American commission
ers, issued directions before leaving
Cuba that the rich silver palace table
service be left for the Americans and
that the magnificent furniture of the re-
ception room be also left for the Ameri-
can occupants. The official coaches with
the arms of Spain, and the furniture of
the treasury department, will be sold.
proposition has been made in the
municipal council to change the name
of Obispo street to Lee street. This
thoroughfare for a time was called
Weyler street. Action in the matter has
been deferred.
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WOULDN'T POSTPONE.
Judge Hazen Decides This Afternoon
to Push the Trial to an End.

At o'clock this afternoon the district
court reopened. Judge Hazen asked
County Attorney Jetmore if he had any
thing to offer
Il am rather In an embarrassing po-
sition." said Mr.. Jetmore, rising to his
feet. ct find that it will be impossible
to secure witnesses to rebuff the last
testimony of the defense until tOmor-
row afternoon or the following morn
ing We are running down two lines
which, I think, will result in showing
the true situation of things. The true
situation, believe, should be shown to
the jury"
IF the witnesses can not be procured
before the time you have stated said
Judge Hazen, Il don't believe am
justified in postponing the case until
that time. feel that I should now
push the case along as rapidly as pos
sible."
I'VE might be able to get some of our
ing said County Attorney Jetmore.
Il don't feel that ought to keep the
case open that long" said Judge Hazen.
Gentlemen, the evidence in this case
is now closed
Picking up his instructions to the jury
from his desk, Judge Hazen turned
toward the jury and started to read his
charge
It was then a few minutes past 2
o'clock.
The reading of the charge consumed
a half an hour. At the conclusion
Deputy County Attorney Galen Nichols,
instead of County Attorney Jetmore,
took a stand before the jury box and
commenced the opening argument of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-22
He BURNED THE BOOKS
Employe of STANDARD Oil Co.
Testif1es to the Fact.

Cleveland, Der. 22-T{le taking of dep
ositions by Attorney General Monet to
attempt to prove that the Standard Oil
company had destroyed a lot of its
books and papers a few days before the
supreme court ordered the books to be
produced as evidence in the inIestiga=
ton of the Standard Oil company was
resumed today.
John AGcNierny of No. IS Oregon street
testified that he had been in the employ
of the Standard company for over two
years.
AIeNierny said that on Saturday
morning Nov. 10, he was erdefed to burn
a lot of the Standard Oil oompany's
books.
the furnace of the shops. Later in the
day he said he was ordered to go 10
the Euclid avenue Offices and get soma
boxes. The boxes were taken down from
the fifth floor in the elevator but some
one objected to their being taken out
of the front door FfereupDn the boxes
were taken back to the fifth floor.
AfeNierny said that he remained
around the Euclid avenue office until 5
O'Clock that afternoon and then the
boxes were lowered by rope and tackle
from one of the windows. He was as
sisted by four other employees OF the
company. The boxes were taken to the
eOmpaRy's warehouse. Phey remained
there until Monday. The witness said
that about 10 o'clock Monday morning
he and a man named Moran took 4he
books out Of the boxes and burned
them IN the furnaces. There were nine
boxes of books and six sacks of papers.
Some of the books were about 20 inches
high and others were much smaller.
McNierny said that the books that were
burned Saturday morning were taken
from the Euclid avenue offices Friday
night. He received his orders to get the
boxes from George Fields, the car shop
foreman.
On cross examination McNieFny said
that he and Moran burned the books
that We're destroyed Saturday morning.
Moran helped open the boxes and took
out the books and burned them. On
Monday Fields gave him orders to go to
the warehouse and get the boxes and
take them to the furnaces.
The regular Standard Oil company in
CURRY before Special Master Commits
siOner Brinsmaid was not taken up to-
day because Messrs. Rockefeller, Squire
and Severance, who were wanted to
testify, could not be found. Attorney
General Monet desired to proceed with
the hearing and to subpoena bookkeep-
ers and other employees of the Standard.
Attorney Kline for the Standard, OBJ
jected and argued for more delay.
Said Mr.. Monet: I'VE have been a
year and two months getting three
days testimony. We have met with
nothing but delays and the state is
ready to go on now"
Mr.. Kline stated, to the best of his
knowledge, Secretary Squire would re-
turn to Cleveland Jan. 4. He said Mr..
Severance had been out of the city for
several months and he did not know
where Frank Rockefeller was. He fur
Their said none of these gentlemen had
left the city to prevent service being
secured on them.
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ANOTHER JOINT CAUCUS.
The Mon Who are to Draft the Rail
road Bill to Be Named This
AFfarn Oou

The Populist members of the house
held another caucus today to consider
the question of additional janitors and
other minor employees, but nothing of
importance was brought before the
caucus.
At a joint Populist caucus this after
noon the committee to draft the rail-
road bill will be named from the rail-
road committee of the two houses. Each
of the two railroad committees will
name three of its members to act on the
joint committee, and they will confer
with Attorney General Boyle.
1t has been pretty definitely decided
that one of the features of the bill will
provide for the election of the entire
board at the election next fall, when
there will be no state election on hand,
and after that there will be one member
elected each year.
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TODAY's MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal

Chicago. Dec y.
WHEAT-Wheat today showed the same
remarkable strength and activity that
characterized the latter part of yester
days session. The opening was at a
was lost before heavy buying started.
There was a disposition at first to take
BT2Ts a5d tbiy GK og 7 6n earlY
prices for a short time. Liverpool was
ssQS4d higher. hardly up to expecta ions,
and northWe stern receipts were fairly lib
eral, Minneapolis and Duluth reporting
1853 cars. compared with f0T cars last
week and 407 cars year ago. Chicago
Commission houses reported some foreign
selling of May wheat at around the open
opened shade lower at 6S14QSsc. 1t sold
at 6s5sc, then under gradually Increasing
buying. well distributed. the price slowly
advanced to 6SHc- offerings were well
absorbed and the demand continued good
even at the higher prices. At the top
realizing became very heavy and May re-
CORN-Corn was active and strong.
There was a very general demand, local
fiuctuated rapidly. Receipts were light,
36S cars Gables showed a sharp advance.
May opened Sc higher at 31HSl1sc, ad-
Vanced- again to 367sc-
OATS-Oats were comparatively quiet
aliziDg by recent buyers. but prices were
sustained by the strength of wheat and
corn Receipts were 294 cars. May opened
unchanged to Ac higher at 2I4ZT14c and
held at &c
Professionalism were strong
and fairly active. Outside interest was
quiry for all kinds of product. Yard prices
were higher Selling was scattered.
RYE-December, 541ac; May, 54c; cash.
TINIOTHY-Decemb Sz.25; March. 81 30
EiI77AN-Cash northwestern, S1.151z; May,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-22
BULLDOG IN THE SENATE
Named "Ingersoli'' Shows His Teeth
at the Chaplain Who is About
to Prav

Lieutenant Governor Harvey's bull
dog, attempted to interfere with the di-
vine services at the opening Of the SEN
ate session today.
''Ingerson'' is the name of the dog
and he sits on the floor besides the lieu
tenant governor, during the session of
the senate.
The senate chaplain had not reached
the city this morning and Senator
Lamb was called upon to offer prayer.
AS Mr. Lamb advanced to a position
beside Mr.. Harvey, 'Ingersoll" set up a
growl and manifested a desire to con-
sumo parts of Mr.. Lambs wearing ap-
parel. Major Harvey soon put down
the rebellion, and the prayer was offer
a6
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DE RESzKE's sCHEME.
To Build an Opera House at the Place
Vendome

Paris, Dec. 22.-Jean de Reszke IS
spoken of here in connection with a
project of building an opera house on
the site of the present Etat Major Of
fees, in the Place Vendome. Plans are
said to be completed.
NJ. de Reszke is stated to have ad-
vanced the bulk Of the capital. It has
been impossible as yet to get a cOnfir-
nation of the report, still it IS a fact
that musical and artistic Paris is dis
cussingathe matter.
NJ. de Reszke is said to have an idea
of resuscitating the glOries of the
Theater des Italiens and forming his
repertory of masterpieces from the
modern and ancient composers. Gluck
and Piccini alternating with Mozart,
Weber and Wagner.
He is also reported to have in contem-
platiOn the establishment of a conserve
tory attached to the theater, an indie
pendent school of acting and singing be
ing included in the scheme.
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ssBURY ME ANYWHERE
Message Left by a Woman Suicide in
Column us Hotel.

Columbus, o., Dec. PA well dressed,
refined looking woman went to the Chit
tenden hotel last night about 9 o'clock
where she registered as Mrs. Ashton of
Pittsburg. She was assigned a room
in which she was found dead today.
having committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid. Two envelopes were
found in the room, one with money to
pay the hotel and the other addressed
to the chief of police containing the
following note:
My husband having died and left
me alone, I do not care to live. There is
ST in my purse in my corset waist.
Bury me anywhere"
The note was printed with the evident
purpose of Disgusting the writing and
all marks had been carefully removed
from her clothing, by the woman. The
deceased appears to be about 35 years
of age
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ROOSEVELT TOO BUSY.
Declines to Arbitrate the Window
Glass Dispute.

Pittsburg, Dec. 22.-The arbitrator in
the window glass dispute have been
unable to secure an umpire and Presi-
dent Rlrns instructed the representa-
tive selected by the window glass work
ers to demand a settlement today. Gov
ernor-elect Roosevelt of New York was
agreed upon but he declined to accept
sd wing he was too busy. The arbitrator
are now considering two propositions
one to select the umpire by drawing
Bucl1ner of Kentucky to name a suit
able person. When asked if he would
attempt to close the factories controlled
by the com bination, if an agreement is
SYSer
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NORMAL SCHOOL QUESTION.
A New One Will Probably Be Estab-
lished.

The normal school question is already
being agitated among the members who
cation consisting of E. L Ackley, Geo.
NJ. Culver and W. T. Short arrived last
night from Concordia to get acquainted
with the members and present the
claims of ConcOrdia, for a normal school.
1t is expected that the new legisla-
ture will ablish at least one and pos
sibly two new nOrmals, owing to the
crowded condition of the one at EN-
poria If one of these goes to the north
ern part of the state ConcOrdia expects
to get it.
AS soon as the new legislature con-
venes a large delegation will come down
to lobby for the school. W. T. Short,
who is already here. is Republican rep
elect, Geo NJ. Culver is a
Populist and county attorney elect, and
Mr.. Ackley is prominent Concordia
attorney.
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CAUCUS ON RAILROAD BILL.
The Populists Appoint Committee to
Decide on the Proposed Bill.

Inc EOPHl46bS appoint G0am1GE6S TO
Decide on the Proposed Bill.
The fusion forces held their first joint
caucus to consider railroad legislation
In Representative hall last night. 1t
was presided over by Senator Lewelling
and Representative Outcalt was elect
ed secretary.
The caucus opened with a discussion
over whether or not newspaper men
should be excluded. A few of the mem
bers said they did not intend to do any
thlng that they were ashamed of and
they We're in favor of leaving the DELHI
eratiOns open to the public, especially
as the newspapers would get hold of
them anyway, but the majority drought
differently and the newspaper men were
excluded.
After the caucus had SO ordered Ser
Beant- alarms Dunsmere established
a. tEaeha, but owing to his lack of ass
slstants It was difficult for him to keep
1t maintained fer awhile, but later in
the evening all reporters left that end
Of the building.
The caucus lasted until about mid
night. The sentiment of the caucus
was practically unanimous that the
board of railroad commissioners should
consist of three members and that they
ought to be elected by the direct vote
of the people There was some differ
ence of opinion as to how the commits
siOners should be elected, whether at
large or by districts. The majority were
in favor of districts, but there was an
other difference of opinion as to how
the state should be divided. One propo-
sition was that it should be divided by
north and south lines, but the objec-
ton to this division was that it would
be too unequal. Another proposition
was that it should be divided by lines
running lengthwise through the state;
but this was objected to because it
would bring too many diverse interests
into each district. A third proposition
was that the western half of the state
should be one district and the eastern
half should be divided by an east and
west line. This would throw the wheat
and cattle shipping interests into the
western district, the mining interests
into the southern, and the Missouri riv-
er cities and manufacturing interests
into the northern. The matter was fin
ally left to a committee. The drafting
of the bill will be left to three members
of the railroad committee of the house,
three members of the same committee
from the senate and the attorney gen
eraI After it is drafted it will be thor
oughly discussed in caucus before it is
introduced for passage into either
house.
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18-year-old son of Mrs. Margaret Crosby.
a wealthy widow living in Edgewater, a
suburb of Chicago, shot and instantly
while Nye was trying to serve a writ Of
restitution: The writ was based on a
mortgage for $4,000 which had been fore
closed on the Crosby homestead. The Of
hcer was warned by the boy not to at
the threat and attempted to tear out a
window. The boys mother and grand
mother were in an upper room at the
time.
The boy said he had been instructed to
shoot anyone who attempted to enter the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-22
Chieago Livestoek Market.

HOGS ESTIMATED receipts OF hogs to-
but firm at Yesterdays best prices. Light,
S3.15d3S71z; mixed. $3.25d3. As: heavy IS. 20
G3.47lk: rough. So. 21d3. .: workers. $50
TTLI1-Receipts, 5000. Best grades,
hNl0c higher. others steady. BeeVes S.. 90
as; cows and heifers. sat %; Texas steers,
S320T4.60; stOckers and feeders, 81. sO'd4.S0.
SHEEP-Receipts. 13, 600. Market steady.
Natives, S2.5O0425; westerns, S3d4 is;
lambs S375d5.40
Yesterdays official:
Receipts, 1922: shipments, SAT.
CATTLE-Receipts, S,776; shipments, O.
sHEEP-Receipts 8.456; shipments. s19.
Estimated receipts of hogs for tomor-
row, . 600.
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FELL FROM HIGH PLACE.
Prominent Society Man in Serious
Trouble.

Toledo. O., Dec. 22-William G.
Spaulding. cashier of the German
American bank at Port Clinton, and
Mrs Martha e. Jameson of this city
have been arrested on the charge of
causing the death of Miss Amy Meeker
by performing a criminal operation
upon her It is said that Spaulding has
made a confession.
The dead woman was a daughter of
Captain Aeeker, a well known farmer
of Ottawa county, who lives at Locust
Point few miles west of Port Clinton.
Spaulding is connected with the promi-
nent Spaulding family, fruit growers.
He was prominent in Port Clinton So
ciety
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Thought the Fuse Had Failed.

La Grande, Ore, Dec. 22-An explos-
ion of dynamite occurred four miles
west of Huron, in which five men were
seriously injured, two of whom will die
The names of the injured can not be
learned Three heavy blasts of dyna-
mite were placed in the rocky side of
the canyon to be excavated and fired
Two exploded but the third was slow
and the men thought the fuse had fail
to the hole, when the charge exploded
with terrific force.
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MILES TO RESPOND.
To the Toast esprit of New England"
at Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Dec. 22.-Major General
Nelson A. Miles, u. S. =, is here to-
day to respond to the toast, The Spirit
of New England" at the annual dinner
of the New England society at the
Grand hotel tonight. The general is ac-
companied by Mrs. Miles and by Colonel
NIichIer of his staff. While here he is
the guest of his kinsman, Mr.. Frank
Wiberg of Clifton. He returns to Wash
ington on Friday morning.
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Great Northern Buys a Steamer Line.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 22-The Her
aid today says: Positive assurance has
been received that the Pacific Coast
Steamship company, with all it's. access
SORES and ramificatiOns, has passed into
the hands of the Great Northern Rail
way company. The object of the unex-
pected business coup is to bring the
Great Northern system into the field as
a competitOr for California business.
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$4,000 VOLUNTEERS.
The Cabinet Instructs Alger to Mus
ter Out That Number.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The cabinet de-
cided at its meeting yesterday that ex-
listing conditions justified a further re-
duction of the military forces of the
United States, and the secretary of
war was instructed to arrange for the
immediate muster out of $4,000 volJIn-
teers. The details for the execution of
this order have not been arranged. Sew
eral of the volunteer organizations in
the Philippines undoubtedly will be in
cluded in the number.
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RILLy lGoRaAN,s JOKE.
Don't See Why Legislature Wastes
Time on Railroad Legislation.

son ; Tgi tn q oilg nv
publican members of the Legislature,
talking of his state printer boom, but
il is up hill work trying to interest
them in anything but the special ses-
sion just at present,
These fellows are thinking altogether
of miner matters, such as railroad leg
islatien and the like" said Mr. Morgan
facetiously today. 'aThey don't get
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Bolivia Revolution Growing.

New York, Dec. "a Herald dispatch
from Bolivia says that the revolution is
gaining in Importance and strength. Gen
eral CacereS has arrived at Sucre from
La Paz. An advance force has been
started in the direction Of Oruro to en-
counter President AlonZo'S troops. The
latter has ordered the Bolivian represent
atiVes at MolIendo. Peru, to impede all
tmportations FROM La Paz.
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70 Philadelphia and New York Vie
Washington.

On and after Christmas, 1898, the
Vandalia Pennsylvania Short Lines will
sell tickets to Philadelphia and New
dalia-P Pennsylvania System, and allow
ten days stop-over at the National
Capital. For further information ad-