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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
WOULD NOT HEAR ST. JOHN
Father of Prohibition in Kansas Re
fused Hearing in w. G. T.
u Meeting

Olathe. Kan, Feb. Ex-Governor
st. Johns denial that he was under
fire at a meeting at the Baptist church
two weeks ago for signing a petition
for a druggist to sell liquor, and be-
cause a resolution protesting against
the granting of a permit was not voted
on at that time caused the w. c. T. u.
members to TedOuble their efforts and
they officially called another meeting
for Hayes Opera House Saturday night
The house was crowded and many
We're unable to gain admission. Rev.
Mr.. Goddard Palmer, ex-AttOrney Cen
eral Little, Captain Clark and Rev. Mr.
Stout spoke, after which resolutions
were offered protesting against the
granting of the permit. Major Picker
ing offered as a substitute long set of
resolutions praising the present law,
ending by protesting against any action
taken now urging that the matter be
decided by the probate judge.
St. John arose to speak for the sub
stitute and ex-Judge Hindman at once
called him to order. St. John maintain
ed he had a right to speak, and was
again called to order. In return he
called Judge Hindman to order.
Then confusion begun to reign. Hind
man wanted to explain the object of the
meeting, but St. John would not sit
down. In explaining, Hindman said
that the w. c. T. u had hired the
opera house. called the meeting and ar
ranged for the speakers, and that St.
John was not on the list. Mrs. McMil-
Ian chairman of the meeting, put a
motion TO lay the 1lCkeIluS HlOllOn on
the table and it carried, st. John still
standing, trying to talk
The chairman said: Governor st.
John in all kindness, I ask you to sit
down and not disturb our meeting"
St John replied: 4 demand the right
of free speech" whereupon he was told
he was not a member of the w. G. I.
U and notified that if he wanted a
whisky permit for a druggist he would
do well to hire a hall and discuss it
there.
For fully so minutes St. John main
tanned his position, and asked to be al
lowed to speak as a matter of personal
privilege. When it was found that St.
John would not be allowed to speak a
large part Of the audience who had
come expecting to hear treat, left the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
MYSTERIOUS LOST CAR.
This Mystery on the Santa Fe Was
Never Solved.

eft was soon after the road was
opened through to Burlingame and we
were commencing to get some business
said an old retired engineer. es, it
was as much as 20 years ago he ad.
ded rehectiveIy. I remember it as if
it happened but yesterday. 1 had been
raiIr0ading in the east and thought by
coming west and growing up with the
country and the railroad would GO pei
ter Wen I came and soon found my
self an engineer running between 10
peka and the end of the line at Burlin-
game One morning we left Topeka as
usual with a fast freight. Fast for those
DAYS. It took US all the morning to
make the run. We left the Topeka
Yards with orders in our pockets for
Pauline Just before getting to Pau
line we saw a handcar manned with
three men coming towards US at ter
rife rate I whistled and they stopped
and did not run into US but they tagged
US to stop. 1 never saw men look so
full of wOnderment as they did
WHY where is the wreck?' one asked.
There is no wreck that I know Of" I
why. didn't you run into a car loaded
NO. Who said sop I asked with
wOnderment in my turn
Why one run away from US out here
where we were working and it headed
for Topeka. We telegraphed to TOpe-
ka and they said your train had just
left. We were coming to the scene Of
the wreck"
L told them JheV were 1ISHL Al IHelt
upper story but I soon found out that a
car loaded with coal had gotten away
from them. The track all the way to
Topeka is down hill and when car
once gets away it will run clear through
the Topeka yards to TecunSeh if moth
ing stops it. The car had gotten away
about five minutes after we had pulled
out of the Topeka yards and everyone
thought we would certainly have head
end collision but what do you think?
We never saw that car Where did
it go to? Don't ask me. I have heard
of these strange things before but that
beats them all Nothing was ever heard
of the car after it left Pauline Some
people always doubted that it ran away
but it did and no one could doubt my
statement when 1 say we did not run
infO il. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Governor Leedy's Bill Not Free From
the Plague of All Legislation.

Assistant Attorney General George
Smelling is of the opinion that the pOr-
ton of the Leedy railroad bill which
provides that while an appeal is pend
ing in the supreme court from the de-
cision of the commissioners, the roads
must charge the rates fixed by the
board, is unconstitutional. He says
that. before the bill is passed, if it ever
is, that section should be changed so as
to permit an appeal in the usual way,
but compelling the road affected to put
up d sufficient bond to indemnify ship
pers for overcharges in case the SUI
preme court sustains the decision of
the railroad board. When an appeal is
taken from a lower court to a higher,
the Judgment of the lower court is al
ways suspended, and Mr.. Smelling says
there is no doubt but what any provis-
ion to take away the right of the su-
preme court to suspend the judgment of
an inferior court while the appeal is
pending in the supreme court would be
declared unconstitutional.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
WON'T MOVE THE LIBRARY.
Until It Can Be Put in a Room Suita-
BILE For It

It is likely that the state library will
not be moved from its present quarters
to the handsome new rooms in the third
story of the north wing of the capitol
building until after the next session of
the legislature.
Mrs. Annie L. Diggs, state librarian,
wants steel shelving and a marble floor
and the appropriation for the finishing
of the library rooms will not permit of
this expenditure. Gov. Leedy is also
in favor of steel shelving, and believes
it would be better to put in a substantial
marble floor, and he is of the opinion
that the library will remain in its pres
ent quarters until an appropriation is
secured for these improvements.
The matter was discussed at the ex-
ecutive council meeting Friday after
noon, but no decision was arrived at. It
is the general feeling, however, that the
library should not be moved until a
marble floor and steel shelving are pro-
Vided
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
He PROPOSES EVERY YEAR
But His Ladylove Always Says ono"
and Remains UnWed.


A Santa Fe conductor who has pre-
ferred run on the Rio Grande division
has a romance connected with his life
and as all rOmanceS require second
party the second party in this romance
lives in the quiet town of Emporia.
More than 20 years ago this conductor
paid marked attentions to a young Ia
dy the same lady who now lives in EN-
DOria and his love was told in that
same town. She did not love him. She
refused him and the Tilted lover went
to seek a balm for his wounded feelings
in the way of work and incidentally to
find his fortune. He has found it, down
in Texas on the Rio Grande, and he has
grown gray in the service of the ral-
road. And she still lives in Emporla
and has grown gray, too Gray IN
helping others who are in sorrow or in
trouble Ten years after her gal
liant lover first sought her hand in mar
riage she received a letter from the lar
off Rio Grande and the letter told De-
tween lines the story of a lonely lie.
The lover of her younger days had
prospered in accommodating worldly
goods and for the second time he asked
her to share his run with him." come
what would, disasters and layers, he
would be her protector until the great
semaphore dropped. She read the let
ter. her eyes filled with tears, but she
could not say she loved him. She did
not, but she would never marry any
one else, so each succeeding year, upon
the anniversary of his first proposal
and the anniversary of the day ne
wrote his first letter after ten years
sera "a ton he writes her a letter 1t
is short and contains no loving phrases,
but simply asks her the question old
More like a business letter than a love
letter but it brings tears to her eyes
that leave a mark upon her now faded
cheek She looks at herself in the
glass, she has grown old, her hair once
golden is now turned to gray she
wonders why he still writes and she
sits down and answers. Just simple
answer. she simply says no, seals and
addresses the letter and then follows the
even tenor of her way until the next
anniversary. 1t is the same as the one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
Seven Persons Killed and An
other Injured in an Omnibus.

Chicago, Feb. ga bus filled with
pleasure seekers was struck by a Grand
Trunk passenger train at the western
avenue crossing, south of Blue Island, in
the southwestern part of the city, at
O. clock Saturday night. Seven of the num-
Der were killed and the only other occu-
pant badly hurt.
The dead are:
Mary Rietz, II years old.
Jennie Willette, Is years old.
Sophia Van Buren,, Is years old.
Louis Sauerbier, IA years old, son of the
driver.
Thomas Hayes
Fred Pelky, 20 years old.
Unidentified woman, taken to West Har-
The train which coIlided with the omni-
bus was bound toward Chicago 1t was
behind time as it approached Blue Island
from the southeast, and was going at a
a curve in the road the train was seen
approaching. slight down grade pre-
vented the driver from stopping the We
hicle as it slipped on the ice and snow,
and just as the frightened horses leaped
across the railway tracks the heavy loco
motive struck the frail vehicle fairly in
the middle hurting human bodies and
fragments of debris far from the tracks
and continuing on its onward journey
stopped, passing over several bodies in its
progress
pleasure party, fourteen others who were
to have gone remaining to take another
bus The locomotive struck the omnibus
with such great force that two girls VINO
We're seated at the point of contact were
carried on the engine pilot Their pres
ence was not discovered until the train
had drawn back to the crossing They
were then removed and placed by the
roadside. They were among the first to
be identified, although their features were
frightfully mangled and their bodies torn
by the shock.
way from West Harvey to Blue Island
where surprise party was to be held.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
BIG BUG ONYX BEDS.
New Railroad Will Be Built
Through Them.

Denver Feb. 2S.-"Contracts have
been asked for by a road that runs
through Arizona for the extension of its
line to the Big Bug onyx district, which
viii open UP one of the largest onyx
beds in the United States" said Ralph
Dillon of jerome, Ariz., at the Brown
Palace hotel. THE road asking for the
bids is the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoe-
nix. The extension will ne 40 miles
in length, running from Prescott to the
center of the Big Bug mining district.
The district is very rich in all kinds of
minerals, being especially noted for the
hundreds of acres of onyx beds that are
in it. This building material has not
gained much of a reputation throughout
the country owing to the fact that the
wagon charges to get it out so increas-
es the price of it that it could not COM
pete with the other onyx in the market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
KEPT HIS WIFE'S GRAVE.
Man Refuses $4,000 for the Burial
Spot

Oakland, Cal, Feb. 28.-The death of
Henry Odenkerchen, who was for many
years almost a recluse in the lonely
hills of AItamont, has revealed a story
of lost fortunes and devotion to a dead
wife's memory.
Thirty-five years ago he was one Of
the Wealthiest Inhabitants of New Ha-
ven, Conn. He was identified with the
Winchester Arms company, having
many large contracts with that corpor-
alton.
He lost his fortune through a ship
wreck, which carried to the bottom a
cargo Of ammunition and arms in
which he was heavily interested. Before
he came to California his wife died. Her
remains were inferred in a New Haven
cemetery. AS the city grew, it encom-
passed her resting place. A short time
before his death the husband refused to
accept $4,000 for the plot. He was
postmaster and express agent at Alta
mont, but his business ventures in this
state did not prove successful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
A GREAT BIG BoGY.
Fears of q Democratic Party in Kan
sas Which is Only a Myth

The question of recognizing the Dem
ocrats on the state ticket to be nomi-
mated soon is really becoming a ser
ious matter at the state house The
state officers are in favor of treating
the Democrats fairly, but there is not
one among them who wants to step
down and out, to make room for a
Bourbon.
Uncle Dave Hehebower has temper
arily abandon his efforts to stop smOk-
ing in the state house and make swear
ing a social diversion instead of the
weather. in order to suggest that the
state officers draw lots to decide who
shall get out of the way for the Demo-
Gratis
This suggestion meets with some fav-
or. but each of the state officers hope
to escape being compelled to give. up
his place on the ticket. Until the Dem
ocratic committee, appointed to confer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
SERVED THOMAS RIGHT.
Gov. Leedy Says the Reformatory
Authorities Were Justified.

Gov. Leedy stated today that there
would be no removals of any of the Off
GERS of the Hutchinson refOrmatory
who took part in the terrorizing of
Wade Thomas, the negro prisoner, with
red hot irons.
There will be no removals at ALL"
said Gov. Leedy emphatically today
The negro tore up his bed and threat
ened TO brain any man that came near
him, and the officers had to do some
thing to brighten him into subsection. 1
don't propose that negro convicts shall
run state institutions, and the officers
are there for the purpose of making the
prisoners obey orders. The fellow was
not burned at all with the exception of
his hands, where he grasped the irons
in trying to push them away. The irons
were resOrted to as the best means of
getting the negro under subsection, and
they were simply poked in toward him
until he backed into corner and threw
up his hands. There was no attempt to
place the irons against the negro's body
and there will be no changes at all on
account of the affair."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28

when Holiday was reached he said
Why. guess he said All today :,
We'll, that's pretty close, tell me the
next
Shot to- said the traveller when ChO-
teau was reached. Shot to what?
Pieces
Wen, try the next?' said the knight
of the grip.
Wider. is what I make it," when
Wilder was called.
See the luncheon but the traveller
could see no luncheon when Cedar juno
ton was passed.
Were here" was what Weaver
sounded like.
Your Dora" when Eudora was
reached.
Lawrence could not be misunderstood
but Lake View sounded like Like you"
The last station was Topeka with
every letter sounded clear and distinct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
RAILROAD PRONUNCIATION.
What the Station Names Between
Topeka and Kansas City
Sound Like

ct remember that some years ago the
Topeka Express, or as it is commonly
known The Plug" used to be the butt
of many joke. The poets even i'm
mortalized it." remarked u travelling
man who makes frequent trips from
Kansas City to Topeka. well, for my
part 1 think there is just as much hu-
NOR to be heard and seen on the Plug
now as there ever was The traVe- ing
man seated himself comfortably in the
rear seat of the last coach and re-
marked: Tell me what the brakeman
says when he announces the stations"
The person asked to translate the rail-
road vernacular was not acquainted
with the names Of the stations and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
so1diers, Homo Phvsician.

Thomas H Grisham of Cottonwood
Falls, president of the board of mana
Dodge City, in a letter to the Journal,
denies that there has been any disa-
greement among the members of the
board concerning the appointment of
a physician for the institution. Mr..
Grisham says: ''Whoever furnished such
information to the Journal misrepre-
scented the matter. The members of the
board did not criticise Mr.. Kerr for
Dr.. Franklin not to go to the institu-
ton, having revoked the appointment.
which was, at best, but temporary
endorse Mr.. Kerr's action and beg to
assure the public that there was no
row among the members of the board;
no trouble of any kind"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
VAN osrRAND a CANDIDATE.
Marion County School Teacher Wants
to Be State Superintendent.

B. D. Van Ostrand, superintendent of
the city schools of Marion and ex-coun-
ty superintendent of Marion county,
has announced his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for state super
intendent of public instruction
Mr. Van Ostrand's crowd has been
arranging for his campaign for some
weeks, but this is the first public an
nouncement of his intention to enter
the race.
He says: "I am now a candidate for
the position and will use all honorable
means to secure the nomination"
Mr.. Van OStrand is a young man, but
is prominent throughout the state, es
pecialIy among the teachers of the pub
lie schools and the workers in educa-
tional lines. He has lived many years
at Marion. He has always been Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
TAX ON REPRESENTATION.
Democratic Delegates Must Contri-
butte $5 Each to the Campaign
Fund

Delegates who participate in the state
Democratic convention at Atchison will
be expected to pay IS each for that
privilege. This is the method adopted
by the Democratic state committee to
raise funds for the inauguration of the
campaign.
There are 472 delegates entitled to
seats in the state convention according
to the basis of representation agreed
upon by the state committee. When the
delegates are chosen each county COM
mittee will be requested to forward to
the state committee So for each delegate
This will raise a total of s., $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
STRANGE CHICAGO LILY.
Florist Grows a Gala the Leaf of
Which is CoIored Like the
Flower

Chicago, Feb. 28.-AIbert Fuchs. a
North Side florist, mas succeeded in
growing specimen of the Gala lily, the
strange feature of which is the remark
able transformation of the leaf into
flower
This leaf is almost identical in its col
oring with the flower proper The edge
shows the natural green, while here and
there are hecks and stripes of the same
color, which promises to disappear en-
tirely.
When this happens the leaf will pre-
sent the exact color of the flower. The
result was obtained by special care in
feeding and by a chemical process
originated by Mr. Fuchs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
FITZ Will MEET MCCOY.
81 Will Fight the Miserable Upstart
the Moment He Puts UP the
Money! Says Lanky Bob.

Cleveland O., Feb 2S.-Champion Bob
Fitzsimmons expresses a willingness to
fight Kid Mccoy. FitzsimmOnS says:
I will fight Mccoy any time he puts
I'D enough money to make it worth my
while Mccoy and Rubin have no
more right to fight for the champion
ship than yellow dog. I will fight
Mccoy any second that he puts up the
stuff. Mccoy is a miserable upstart.
He has been q little successful and it
has made him daffy. The Kid has the
swell head and he thinks he is in the
heavyweight class. 1 will show him
how TO fight if he has the long green to
back up his bluff"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
DEPOT is DESTROYED.
Fifteenth Street Station of Z. C. Met
ropoIitan Company Burned.

Kansas City. Feb. 2S.-Fire was dis
covered about II o'clock last night at
the Fifteenth street depot of the Met
ropohtan Street Railway company. An
alarm was turned in and ali the fire
companies in the city went to the
scene, but. owing to its long distance
from central points, the fire had gained
Such Roadway that little could be done
by the department
Ihls depot. located at Fifteenth and
AskeW streets, was the terminus of the
Independence electric line, where pas-
sengers We're transferred from the FIT
cars.
During the last Carnival week the
platform to the south of the depot fen
under the weight of the crowds waiting
for cars. About 40 persons we've iDi1i17
ed by falling to the ground, 20 feet be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
R. r. CALCULATIONS.
Short Methods Handy for Railroad
Men.

The following are some short calcula-
tons that come handy to a railroad
man when he wishes to determine some
calculation in a hurry:
ToreckOn the number of tons of steel re-
qu1red in laying a mile of track multi
ply the weight of the rails per yard by
II and divide by and the result will
be the number of tons required. A
railroad ton is always 2,240 pounds.
To reckon the number of acres in a
piece of ground multiply the number of
square feet by % and point off five deci-
NAL places.
To calculate the speed of a train run
ming over 80 foot rails count the number
of clicks of the trucks made in passing
over the rail joints and the number of
chicks in q seconds will be the number of
miles being made per hour.
while the rules are not expected to
give exact answers the results will be
found so nearly correct that they will
DO for anything but close figuring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
SHELTER FOR TREGO co.
The Artz Mining Company to Erect
Zinc Plant Near WaKeeneY.

ent publishes the following: IF. B.
Johnson of Topeka, one of the head
pushers in the zinc mining business in
Riverside township, spent Sunday in
Wa Keeney. He says that inside of 80
days work will be commenced on a
large smelter near their mines. The
building and machinery is to cost about
SIS, 900 or 500, 900 and to have a capacity
of disposing of 12O tons of ore per day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
L. A. w. CIRCUIT.
Dates Given Towns for the Meet
Starts With Atchison June "a.


The Kansas division League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen will this year attempt the
largest racing circuit on record in this
state. The racing board at a recent
meeting held in SaHna voted to request
the following towns to accept the dates
given for a circuit meet:
June p, AtchisOn.
June ., Leavenworth
June q Ottawa.
June Is and % Lawrence
July 1 and 2, Topeka
July 4 and 3, Salina-
July g. HeringtOn.
July s. Council Grove.
July II. EmpOria.
July Z and Is. Newton.
July IA and 10. Hutchinson.
July IS Wichita.
July 49, Winfield.
July 20. Arkansas City.
July p. EldOradO.
July -. Eureka
July %. lola
July g. Chanute.
July p. CoffeyVfIle.
July IS Parsons.
July %. Fort Scott.
July %, Galena-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28

with the Populists, completes its work,
the matter will remain unsettled.
The Populists don't seem to have ia
ken into consideration that there are no
Democrats in Kansas except those who
belong to the state central committee,
and some dozen or more who are such
for purely Office seeking purposes. There
are no rank and file'' Democrats any
more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
Sentence Commuted.

Gov. Leedy today commuted the SEN
in the Hutchinson reformatory, so that
the boy will be released on March 1.
Blower was sent to the penitentiary for
larceny from WyandOtte county, but
tory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
MOB DEMANDS BREAD.

Serious Riots Take Place at Gallipoli.
Constantinople, Feb.2S.-Serious bread
riots have taken place at GallipoH,
where a mob has attempted to burn
the government offices. The police made
Sc arrests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-28
Governor Budd win Try It.

San Francisco, Feb. 28.-The Chroni-
Gle says: Gov. Budd has informed his
friends that in view of the retirement
of Senator White, he will be a candi-
date for the United States senate pro-
vided the next legislature is Demo-
cratic