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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
STOP THE SMOKE
Beautiful Cream COIOred Stone
work of the State House
Being Ruined.

Some of the members of the legisla-
ture have at last taken notice of the
great damage that is being done to the
state house by the smoke and SCOT from
the state house furnaces. The east wing
of the capitol especially has become be-
grimed and perhaps hopelessly black
ened on account of the coal smoke that
pourS over it every day. When the wind
is in certain directions the smoke does
not rise but curls down over the mason
~, and the result is becoming very evil
dent.
Representative Coy has introduced
for it's intention, at least. the correc-
ton of the smoke nuisance. 1t is as fol-
lows:
Whereas, The people of the great
state of Kansas have caused to be erect
ed q magnificent state capitol at large
cost; and,
Whereas, Said building is becoming
dirty and grimy by the SCOT and smoke
from the chimneys, and said building is
being greatly damaged thereby and will
become a nuisance and an eyeSore to
the people of this great state unless
prompt action is at once taken to pro-
tect and preserve the building from the
ravages of the SCOT and smoke; there
fore be it
Resolved, That the executive council
be instructed 20 take immediate action
looking to the consumption of the
smoke and SCOT emitted from the CHM
neyS by procuring smoke consumers or
other practical apparatus, in order to
protect the building from further dam
age.''
1t is entirely practicable to consume
this black smoke. The Edison company
in this city has recently put smoke con-
sumers on a majority of its boilers, and
as soon as the work can be completed
will have them on all of its boilers: The
effect is already noticeable and with the
improvement completed there will be
practical absence of the black sooty
smoke so disagreeable and destructive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
ASHLAND OR DULUTH?
Which Is the Terminus of the North
ern Pacific ?

Duluth, Mimi, Feb. 2.-Hundreds of set
tiers are affected by the decision handed
down by Judge Lochren. involving the ii
ern Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The decision gives the title of the land
to the Northern Pacific company. The
suit was instituted by the government to
have restored to the. public domain the
lands in question on the ground that they
had been inadvertently patented to the
railroad company.
The defense of the company was that the
lands of the company were a part of its
land grant and in the trial of the case
the matter was hinged on the interpreta-
ton of what was the true terminus of the
Northern Pacific railroad
Judge Lochren holds that the terminus
of the railroad is at Ashland, and there
fore that the railroad is entitled to the
lands, arguing that the title extends as
far it's terminus.
The secretary of the interior department
held that the grant to the Northern Pa
cific road terminated at Duluth. This is
directly contrary to Judge Lochrens rul-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
GOMEZ WON OVER.
Cables Mckinley That He Will
Take $3,OOO,OOO and Quit.

Remedies, Province of Santa Clara
Cuba, Feb. 1 (via Havana, Feb. 2.)-
Gen. Maximo Gomez, the commander
in-chief of the Cuban army, placed him
self squarely in position today as an ac-
tive ally of the United States govern
ment in the work of reconstruction of
Cuba.
AS result of the conference which
Robert p. Porter, the special commits
sioner of President Mckinley, has had
with Gen. Gomez, the latter cabled to
surfing him of his cooperation in dis
banding the Cuban army and in distrib-
uting among the Cuban soldiers the
s.. .O00, 900 appropriation for the purpose
Of enabling them to return to their
homes. Gen Gomez also telegraphed to
Maj. Gen. Brooke, saying that he would
accept the latter's invitation to go to
Havana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
PACIFIC CABLE OUTLOOK,
As Viewed by John A. Scrymser, Just
Returned from Asia.

San Francisco, Feb. 2.-The steamer
Coptic arrived here from Hong Kong
and Yokohama via Honolulu today,
bringing a large number of army and
navy officers from the Philippines.
Among the passengers to arrive was
John A. Scrymser, president of the Pa
cifc Gable company. In an interview
he expressed himself as being encour-
aged to hope that the cable would be
maintained and operated by the United
States government. He was of the
opinion that private capital would not
take the risk of such governmental con-
troll.
Mr.. Scrymser was of the opinion that
no American cable could land in the
Philippines or on the ASiatic coast with
out the consent of English companies
which have controlling contracts with
the different governments, some of
which run until 1910. These are vested
rights and Mr.. ScrymSer thought that
the United States government can not
abrogate the contracts without paying
heavy compensation therefor, and that
the only way for the American cable to
gain access to Asiatic territory would
be through the liberal backing of the
United States government. Such a ca
bic is a military necessity and the
United States should have exclusive
control and be entirely independent of
foreign companies.
Scrymser says, is willing to go into
the proposition under certain condi-
tions. Regarding the cost of such a.
cable, Mr. Scrymser said that $40, 600, 900
would not cover the cost, for the reason
that a duplicate cable must be laid;
that should but one cable be laid it
would surely go wrong at some period
and that the duplicate cable would then
come in for use. Such a. cable would
require a. reserve fund of $500, 900 year
being set aside for a renewal of the
cable, twenty years being the average
life of such cable.
Lieutenant c. c. Calkins, who stood
on the bridge with Admiral Dewey dur
ing the bombardment of Manila, was a
passenger on the Coptic, with the fol-
lowing other officers of the army and
navy: R. c.. Allen, United States army /;
w. S. Badger, U. S. A; A. D. Brown,
U. s. N: G. Bloss, U. S. N; Ensign ].
S. Dodridge, F. Dorhmann, Jr., U. S.
N; o. H. Hilton, u. S. N; Col. ]. w.
Jones, U. S. VI; Ensign B. M. Lombard,
U. s. N; Col. H. NJ. LazeIle, U. S. A;
H. Middleton, U. S. N; Captain w. Nc
Lean, u. s N; Lieutenant J. F. Nc
MILAN, U. S. v; Lieutenant Command
er G. P. Perkins, U. S. N; DR.. J. Runk-
witt, F. D. Read, U. S. N: Lieutenant
S. NJ. Trite, U. S. N; E. NJ. Wilkerson,
U. S. A; Lieutenant F. A Wilder, U. S.
N; w. S. Walker, U. s. N; Captain
Wood, U. s. N.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
BIG PLANT
IN FLAMES.
The CIough & Warren Piano
Factory in Detroit
Is in a Fair Way to Be Entirely
Consumed.
STARTED LIKE AFLASH
And the Fire Spread so Rapidly
That the Employees
Had Barely Time to Escape by
Jumping Through Windows.

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 2.-The extensive
factory of the Clough & Warren COM
pany, manufacturers of pianos and
pipe and reed organs, is in flames The
indications are that the big plant on
Congress street west, will be destroyed
The flames broke out at e:S0 with
the suddenness of a fash, on the first
floor of the action department in the
middle section of the factory, which is
situated at Seventh and Congress
streets The fire spread with such
rapidity that the workmen leaving their
tools behind them, had only time to
grab their coats and rush for the exits.
Most of them managed to escape
through the ordinary means of egress,
but a great many on the lower floor
jumped from the windows without in
jury.
1t is expected that the plant will be
practically destroyed, as the inflamma-
BILE contents fed the blaze with the
greatest rapidity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
WINE MEN UNITE.
Manufacturers and Dealers in Cali
fornia Get Together.

San Francisco, Feb. 2.-The California
Wine-Makers' corporation and the Asso-
ciate Wine Dealers have effected ar
rangement by which they will cooperate
in the future. All their difficulties have
been settled and the judgment suits COM
promised. The associate dealers control
about IS per cent of the California wine
trade in the United States. Thus the
dealers and manufac cturers and growers
will get a fair division of the profits.
The wine-makers' corporation will be re-
organized on the present lines before the
coming vintage is ready and the dealers
promise to lend their aid and as
Sistance to the project. After the reorgan-
izatiOn they will control a t least 80 per
cent of the wine on the coast.
In this way the dealers will feel secure
in making their purchases, as they will
know that the same wine will not be sub
sequently offered at a less price than it
brought before.
Prices will be maintained and the mar
ket kept steady, as the two associations
will control the wine trade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
ROADS BLOCKED.
TranscOntinental Traffic is
Brought to StandstilI
On All Lines Running Through
Colorado.
A I'D. & R. G.. TRAIN.
Runs Into an Avalanche at
ShOShOne
Fifteen Feet Deep Causing a
Serious Wreck.

Denver, Feb. 2.-AH transcontinenta1
railroad lines leading through Colorado
are tied up by the snow. Eastbound
trains from Salt Lake on the Colorado
Midland and Denver & Rio Grande
roads are stalled at Glenwood Springs,
being unable to proceed further because
of the snow on the tracks. The west
bound trains on these roads have push
ed through the drifts as far as Eagle
Pass, where they are now blocked.
Train No. 1 on the Denver & Rio
Grande ran into a snow slide near
Shoshone, about nine miles from here.
The mail car telescoped the tender and
the baggage car was jammed into the
mail car. The mail clerk and the bag
gagemaSter were severely injured. Their
names have not been learned. The slide
which caused the disaster is about 100
feet long and Is feet deep. The road
will probably be blocked until late this
afternoon.
BLIZZARD IN IDAHO.
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 2.-One of the most
severe bliZzards in the history of Idaho
is raging in Lemhi county. A message
from Red Rock, Mont, the junction,
states that all traffic over the stage
line to Solomon City has been suspend
ed. Great loss of stock is reported and
several people caught by the storm in
the mountains, it is feared have per-
ished.
ZERO IN WASHINGTON.
Spokane, Wn., Feb. 2.-The tempera-
ture has hovered around zero for the
past "a hours. A clipping wind has
blown steadily out of the northeast,
which makes the weather bitter cold.
Passengers coming in from the north
ern country report 10 to 20 below in
the Kootena country of British Colum-
bia and on the Colvil1e reservation. At
Tekoa, Wn., Earl Brunner, aged was
frozen to death while going to school a
mile and a half in the country.
TELEPHONE POLES BURIED.
Denver, Feb.2.-A special to the News
from Aspen, Col, says:
The excitement caused by a report
that a number of men and horses had
been buried and, perhaps killed in a
snow slide near Independence proves
to have been premature. A string of
horses were started through the snow
to this place from Independence in
charge of two men. An avalanche over
took them, burying the horses, but the
men escaped. A crew of telephone line
men sent the news to Aspen saying
both men and horses had been buried,
and it was assumed here that the crew
and their outfit were referred to. This
proved to be a mistake.
The snow is very deep in this locality,
in some places completely covering up
right telephone poles. Slides are fire.
Quent but no fatalities have been re-
ported.
SHOWING AGAIN IN DENVER.
Denver. Col, Feb 2.-The mercury
reached 10 below zero last night. 1t was
below at o'clock this morning, drop
ping another degree before o'clock, when
the weather again began to moderate. 1t
began showing at that hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
REsUBm1ss1oN DOUBTFUL.
The Petitions of Prohibitionists Are
Having Their Effect.

Senator Campbell in charge of the re-
submission resolutions in the senate,
claims that this body will declare in IA
vor of this proposition.
Senator Hessin claims ''the only cor
rect poll,'' and says resubmission can
not get through the senate this ses-
sion.
There are two great influences at
work in the legislature. One favors re-
submission; the other opposes it. The
constituents of the members of the two
houses, are sending in voluminous pc
titions against resubrnission. In the senate
this morning, 9 petitions, containing 1900
signers, against submission, were pre-
sented by the following senators Cooke,
Hart, Sheldon, Reser and Helmick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
BEFORE THE COURT.
The Legality of the Special Session of
the Legislature.

The legality of the special session of
the legislature is being argued today
before Judge Hazen of the district court.
The arguments will not be completed
today. This is the mandamus suit of
ex-Lieutenant Governor A. NJ. Harvey
to compel State Auditor Cole to approve
his warrant for services as presiding
officer of the senate
Attorney General A. a. GODDARD open
ed the argument at IL o'clock. Associ-
ated with him is D. r. Hite of the firm
of Keeler SS Hite who will argue a new
question which is embodied in a new
answer filed today. Hungate & Thomp-
son will answer Attorney General God
ard and G. c. Clemens will reply to Mr..
Hite.
The new points raised in the docu-
ment placed on file today refer to the
terms of the members Of the legislature
who constituted the special session and
claim that they were not the legal MEM
berS but that the members elected in
November should have assembled in
response to the call of the governor
The other point is embodied in the
following: THAT no material changes
had been made in the charges of rail-
road companies doing business within
the state Of Kansas for the transporta-
tion of person or property within two
years prior to the issuing of said procla-
nation and none were threatened or
impending at the time such proclama-
ton was issued and no unusual or ma
terial change had taken place affecting
the nature of such traffic and transpor-
IaIlOn WIN regard TO the reasonable
ness or unreasonableness of the prices
charged therefor by said corporations,
nor were any such charges threatened
at the time such proclamation was is
sued"
Attorney G. c. Clemens comment on
the new matter in the answer was:
1All 1T amounts to is the lawyer way
OF saying two times two make four"
Mr.. Clemens version of the point with
reference to the qualifications of the
members of the special session was as
follows: 1.-THE constitution does not say
when the terms of legislators begin.
They are therefore in it as soon as
elected. Hence the house at the special
session should have been the new
house. Comment of other side -
'boSh.'"
Attorney General GODDARD in his argu-
ment closely followed his opinion which
created so much unfavorable comment
from lawyers. He held that as the
proclamation of the governor did not
state that an extraordinary oc-
casion existed he did not
consider the occasion. of enough
Importance. He said that all
the presidents who called special sessions
of congress recited facts which in their
opinions constituted an extraordinary
occasion Every man woman and
child in Kansas knows" said Mr.. God
ard, that there was no extraordinary
occasion for calling the legislature to-
gether."
Attorney General GODDARD was follow
ed by o. E. Hungate who quoted num-
erous authorities showing that the ques-
tion of calling a special session is dis
cretlonary with the governor and the
courts can not inquire into his acts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
HALF A BLOCK BURNED
In the Heart of the City of Colum.
bus, o.

Columbus, o., Feb. 2.-The most ser
iouS migration which has visited
Columbus since the million dollar Chit
tenden hotel fire of 1898, occurred last
night Half a block of fine buildings
in the heart of the business portion of
the town has been destroyed. The
fire is thought to have started in the
basement of the Dunlap building Occu-
pied by the Chicago Bankrupt Clothing
company. 1t swept up the elevator shaft
and soon the whole building was ablaze.
Several alarms were sent in and the
whole department, although doing their
best work, seemed to have little effect
in staying the progress of the flames.
The audience in the High street theater
which is across an alley from the burn
ing block, was dismissed in a hurry and
this crowd was soon swelled to enor-
nous proportions by a mob of excited
people from all parts of the city.
The fire soon communicated to the
Jones block on the left and Soulder &
Bright building on the right and these
with the wholesale millinery store of
Soulder & Bright and the store of D.
S. Ambach, clothing, were as complete
wrecks as the Dunlap building. A fire
wall, four feet thick, separated the fine
block of Green, Joyce & Co, wholesale
dry goods and notions from the others
but this was no barrier and at o'clock
the fire had eaten its way through and
was burning hercely in the upper stor-
les.
At 11:50 with scarcely any warning
the front and rear walls of the Dunlap
building, as though rent asunder by an
explosion, fell, one on High street and
the other completely filling the alley in
the rear with bricks and debris
The loss is estimated at $3.50 900.
A few engines are still pumping water
on the ruins, and, although everything
seems sheeted with ice, there were lin
gering evidences of fire.
There We're no lives lost so far as
known and only two persons We're SER
iOusly hurt, Fireman Jack Welsh and
Miss Carrie Johnson, a spectator.
A list of the injured and the nature
of their injuries follows:
Fireman John F. Donohue leg
crushed by falling debris.
Fireman Jack Welsh, bruised; taken
to hospital
Fireman Patrick Durcan. arm hurt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
THE NEW DISTRICTS.
Proposed to Make the Eighth All of
the State West of Russell

The question of a new apportionment
of the state into congressional districts
was sprung in the house today by the
Introduction of bill by Mr.. Beezley of
Edwards making a reapportionment.
By its provisions the first district
loses Shawnee and Jackson counties,
but gains Wyandotte, which has al
ways been a source of trouble in the
second.
The second district gains Usage and
COffey and loses WyandOtte.
The third loses Cowley on the west
but gains Greenwood and Woodson on
the north.
The fourth is all torn up. It loses
CONTINUED on sixth Pagel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
SENATORIAL BALLOTING.

Harrisburg, Feb. 2.-Fourteenth bal
lot: Quay 1O4; jerks 79; DalzeI Is;
Stewart 8; Stone 6; Huff z; Irwin 8;
Rice 1; Widener 2; Tubbs 2; Smith 1;
Ritter 2; Markle l; Grow 1. Total 232;
necessary to choice III; paired IS; alb
sent without pairs 1.
DELAWARE.
Dover, Del, Feb. 2.-Thirty-f1r bal
lot: Gray Is: Addicks IA; Dupont 6;
Willis 4; Nicholson 4; Chandler 3; Hig-
gins i; absent 5.
NEBRASKA.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 2.-The only fea-
ture of the senatorial ballot today was
the gain of another vote for Thompson
and the loss of two by Reese to Hay
ward. The vote was: Allen Pop.) 81;
Hayward So; Webster 10; Thompson 9;
Field 4; Reese 1; Foss 1; Adams L; Hin
shaw l; Lambertson 1; Cornish 1; Van
Dusen 1. Total 126; necessary to a
choice "a.
UTAH.
Salt Lake, Utah, Feb. 2.-Three more
senatorial ballots were taken today
without change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02

Fireman Bob Kerins, knocked from a
ladder and painfully bruised.
Miss Carrie johnson, badly injured by
being run over by a runaway fire truck.
The losses, roughly estimated, are as
follows:
Green, Joyce & Co, building, $3.50 900;
Green, Joyce & Co., stock, $600, 900; Dun
lap, building, $75,0 900; Chicago Clothing
company, stock, $4,000 Soulder,
Bright & Co, building. SIS. 900; MacCau-
ley, millinery stock, $25, 900; Jones build
ing, $4,000; Gratigny, restaurant, un-
known; Columbus Electric Co., $500;
Columbus Gas Co., $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
w. w. Phelps Made Treasurer.

Mr.. w. w. Phelps, who was private
secretary to General Attorney NJ. A
Low of the Rock Island for several
years and later with the late Joseph c.
Wilson, while acting as receiver of the
Santa Fe railway, has been elected
treasurer of the Midland Terminal rail-
way with headquarters in Denver. Mr.
Phelps is widely known in this city. Mr.
W. K. Gillett, formerly general auditor
of the Santa Fe company, was elected
president and general manager of the
same road. He will also make his head
quarters in Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
WAS THERE A ROW?
Russian Ambassador Stricken
After a Talk with the
Kaiser.

Berlin, Feb. 2.-The Russina ambassa-
dor here, Count Won Osten-Sacken, at the
with Emperor William at the court ball
yesterday evening, was carried to his
home in critical condition, suffering from
a paralytic stroke. The emperor and the
members of the diplomatic corps today
made inquiries at the Russian embassy
as to the sufferers condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
Rebels Land AT Colonia.

New York, Feb. "A dispatch to the
Herald from BuenoS AyreS says: a
group of Uruguayans headed by Col
Tezanos, mayor of Isumendi, proceeding
from Argentine has disembarked at
Colonia- A police force attempted to
oppose the invaders but without sue
cess. At various points in the republic
have occurred uprisings without impor-
tance but the rebels are we'll provided
with arms and ammunition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
Louisville Theater Destroyed by
Fire This Morning.
Blaze Was Started by a Live
Wire In the Scene Room.
A $4,000 PROPERTY.
ssNight Ow1'' Company Was Oc-
cupying the House
And Suffered a Loss Estimated
at $4,000.

Louisville, KY, Feb. 2-The Bucking-
ham theater. formerly the Grand opera
house, located on Jefferson street be-
tween Second and Third, was destroyed
by fire at an early hour this morning
The fire was caused by live wire in
the scene room, and although a general
alarm was turned in, it burned so fierce
ly that the entire place was soon de-
stroyed. The loss is placed at $4,000,
partially covered by insurance.
Fred Riders Might Owl' company,
who were playing at the theater this
week, suffered a loss of $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
"A. TRoUTMAN DECLINES.
Does Not Seek a Place on the Court
of Visitation-WouldN Not Take It.

J. A. Troutman today said: "I am
very grateful to the Journal for the
kind words expressed with reference to
me in connection with a place as Judge
upon the court of visitation created by
the special session of the legislature
However, I wish to say that 1 would
not take the place were it rendered to
me. I do not seek it and would not
have it under any circumstances"
Being asked for his opinion of the law
creating the court he said: ct believe
the law will stand in the courts.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-02
TO MANILA IN 81 DAYS.
Quick Trip Of the Buffalo Via the
Suez Canal

Washington, Feb. 2-The Buffalo ar
rived at Manila today. having made a
record breaking run from New York
to Manila in 81 days. She has aboard
about 700 sailors to relieve men in Dew
ey'S fleet whose time has expired. She
will be used as a regular transport for
men and naval stores. making regular
trips between Manila and San Francisco
every three months