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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
FOUND HIS $500.
Bank Tellers Discharged for Not En-
tering it Are Now Cleared.

New York, Jan. 25.-Up to last Novem-
Der Charles NJ. Horton and Edward M.
Farrier were receiving teller and assistant
receiving teller respectively of the Hudson
County National bank in Jersey City. At
that time they resigned under unpleasant
wealthy dealer in mules and has a mule
yard at Grand and Bishop streets. He is
year he Went to the ' BANK to make a de- de-
post of $500 In examining his bank ac-
that it was 800 short, and he found that
he had not been credited with the $500 he
spoke to Cashier J. Warren Hardenbergh
ABOUT it and Horton and Farrier were
toned in the presence of Mr.. Bishop.
had been, in the bank about the time he
mentioned. Mr.. Horton was under the
deposit but was not f POSITIVE about S'n it.
Mr.. Farrier was quite positive that Mr..
With Rm u The Books and deposit l sips lips
were e4amiped but no record Of The de,
had confidence in the honesty of the two
young men, but the circumstances were
quest.
Mr.. Bishop came to this city on
where he Keeps his valuable papers for
the purpose OF making a memorandum on
made: When he took the paper out of
the tin box and opened it he found five
remembered that the money was the $500
he thought he had deposited in the Hud-
he had been called away from the receiving
tellers window by an acquaintance just
as he was about to make the deposit and
realized that he left the bank without
making it. He was at the bank early
yesterday morning and notified Cashier
Hardenbergh of his discovery. The bank
Mr.. Horton and Mr.. Farrier were prompt
~ informed of their eXoneration. and am
pie apologies were made. Their former
places were offered to them. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Farrier will accept but that
Mr.. Horton, who has engaged in the coal
business at Bogota, N. J.. will decline the
offer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
DEPENDS ON THE LABEL.

The election of two socialists to mem
bership in the Massachusetts Iegisla-
ture, and the choice of a socialist for
mayor of Haverhill, have been produc-
tive of much discussion and comment
among the newspapers of the state. 1t
has been discovered that Mr.. Quincy,
the Democratic mayor Of Boston is
tainted"
The conclusion of the Fall River
Herald is that much of Mayor Quincy's
success sis due to the lack of terribly
ing labels on his projects"
The New Bedford Standard taking
up the subject at that point comments
as follows:
Everything is in a name, sometimes
Mr.. Quincy's schemes of municipal en-
terprise look to most of US a deal like
wedges for socialism,-but, so long as
he takes good care that nobody says
socialism in connection with them, they
meet no worse condemnation than is i'm
piled in calling them vagaries and ex-
travagances. Up in Haverhill, where
they have just elected a new mayor
tagged with a socialist ticket, people
are looking for all manner of revolu-
tionism, and seeing it, too, in very I'M
important occurrences. Still, they have
a more pronounced article of socialism
in Boston than in Haverhill, and 1t ex-
cites no tremors at all. The difference
of feeling is due chiefly to the difference
in labels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
OIL AND COPPER
Have Nearly Completed the Most
Gigantic Combination of Capital
in the World.

Chicago, Jan. ga special to the
Times Herald from New York says:
Full details of the Lake Michigan and
Montana copper mine combination,
represent 800, OOO, 900 of capital invested,
will probably not be made public be-
fore Saturday. Those interested in the
combination, which has been engineered
through A. S. Bigelow of the Butte syn
dictate, and Levy Mayer, representing
Lake Superior interests, are now hold
ing a meeting in the GiIsey house in
this city
1t is practically assured that, with the
exception of the Marcus DAILY copper
mines at Anaconda, the mines of the
small ones in Utah and Arizona and
possibly the Calumet and Hecla, all the
important mines of the country are go
ing into a syndicate, the financial head
of which will be represented by the
Standard Oil company's financiers and
the business end will be largely con-
trolled by w. A. Clark, the banker of
Butte.
The mines affected by the deal are
reported to be the Boston and Montana,
the Butte and Boston, the old Dominion
of Arizona and the Arcadian, Tam
marck, Osceola and Quincy of the
Houghton district, Michigan.
The new combination, for which the
name of the American copper company
has been suggested, intends to do a
heavy export business, the great profit
in copper now lying in the European
markets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
KANSAS NEWS.
CoffeyVille Pottery Plant Begins
Operations.
Has a Capacity Of 10000 Gal
Ions Per Week.
WAGES So TO 81 DAILY
Institution a $4,000 Factory
10 Men Employed.
Gas is Used for Fuel In Every
Instance.

Coffeyville, Jan. 25.-Coffeyville's new
pottery plant, the Illinois Pottery works,
has commenced manufacturing for the
trade The big machinery was put in
motion this week, the men were in their
places and another Coffeyville industry
began work.
The pottery plant is situated in
large building northwest of the Katy
and Santa Fe junction in the north
part of town. The main building is a
large frame structure lined with brick,
while on the north is a ''wing" in which
the big kiln is located. Power is fur
nished from a 50-horse power engine.
The machinery is not complicated and
the process Of manufacture can be cas-
lily understood.
gallons per week, but this can easily be
increased. On the start, from ten TO
fifteen men will be employed, but their
wages will run from So to 81 per day
each. Their work is mostly of skilled
character and commands high wages.
The institution is about a $4,000 plant
and very creditable to any city in the
country. Gas is used for fuel through
out and the quality of the goods will be
money maker from the start and the
profits will be spent in making Corey
vile a good place to live in.
One feature of the new plant and one
that places it in touch with every cit
zen is the fact that every piece of
goods. no matter how large or small,
will bear the lettering Made in Corey
vile, Kansas" Wherever the goods go,
there will also go the name and fame
of CoffeyVille.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
LIGHT FOR VETERANS.
Electric Light Plant For the Soldiers
Home.

Leavenworth, Jan. 25.-Work on a
new electric light plant for the Sol
diers' Home is nearly completed and 1T
is expected that it will be ready for use
by February l. The plant is down by
the boiler house and is located in a fine
new building.
The plant will have two dynamos and
furnish power for 1900 lights. These
lights will be placed in all the buildings
and barracks and take the place of gas.
In addition to the small lights power
will be supplied by thirtysix arc lights
on the main parade, gates and various
points on the Home reservation.
1t has been very hard for veterans to
read at night with gas lights. Most of
the men are old and have poor sight
at best The lights for the barracks
are to be three-wire Edison and they
will furnish plenty Of light to read by.
1t is the intention to put in a storage
battery, and an effort will be made to
have electric fans for the barracks
during the summer.
The machinery for the new plant cost
about 81, 900. 1t was not found neceS-
sary to put in new boilers.
1t is said that gas costs $3.50 a month
and that electric lights Will cost the
government only $780,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
Some Overlooked Real Estate.

We have a new invoice of Pacific
ocean islands on our hands. British
map-makers have known the fact all
the time, but our own state department
has Just now found out that we own
the Phoenix, the Union and other large
groups of populous Islands in the South
Pacific by right of discovery and that
other nations recognize our ownership.
These islands were discovered by Com
modore Wilkes in 1888 and succeeding
years. He gave distinctively American
names to them, both as groups and in
dividually. Our trading ships and
guano companies for half a century
maintained a valuable commerce with
them. British official maps have always
marked them american" and no other
nation has ever disputed our Sover-
eighty over them. 1t is not often that
a nation thus forgets ats farms.-New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
A Society Bud.

Miss Lucy Bond Morgan is one Of
this seasons buds, but she is entering
on her career of fashionable life with
energy and zest that can come only
from great ambition and a large capac-
ity. Last Monday night, for instance,
Miss Morgan attended a dinner party.
then went to the junior cotillion, and
subsequently put in an appearance at
Mrs. Astor's ball. The following Tues
day she gave a luncheon party to sever
al other young ladies but recently intro
duced into society, and was as bright as
q button, although some of her guests
were not. Pretty good record for a bud.
Her luncheon, by the way, was very
pretty. The middle of the table was a
mass of pink roses tied up in different
sections so that each girl could take her
own bouquet home with her without
trouble The damask cloth was en-
droidered with pink griff1ns, and, alto
gether the effect was artistic as well as
emart.-From the New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
WOULD SUCCEED DREW.
w. s. CLANCY, an Active Business
Man, Enters the Race.


The decision of Councilman c. ]. Drew
to enter the race for mayor has opened
the way for a new councilman in the
west end of the Fourth ward. Council
man Drew served two terms with credit
to himself and the ward and the people
of the ward are looking around for a
successor who will be progressive and
business like.
The only candidate in the field up to
this time is w. S. Clancy of the firm
of CLANCY & Morton, hardware dealers.
1t is probable that there will be little
opposition to his candidacy.
Mr. CLANCY belongs to the young
crowd. He is a business man of recog-
nized ability and has already made his
mark in commercial circles. There is a
strong sentiment in favor of young and
active men in the city council and Mr..
Clancy fills the bill. He has lived in
Topeka during the greater portion of his
life and has large property interests. He
would make an excellent representative
of the wide awake hustling element of
the city of Topeka and the people of
the Fourth ward are fortunate in haV-
ing him come forward. The west side
of the ward is entitled to the represen-
tatiVe and Mr.. CLANCY lives in that To-
cality. There ought to be no opposition
to his candidacy for it is a sacrifice
for a business man to look after the
welfare of the city at the munificent
salary of $50 a year, all the law allows
a councilman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
BETTER ROADS.
County Commissioners May Macad-
amize Roads Leading to Topeka

E. w Benedict has petitioned the
board of county commissioners to have
some of the roads leading into Topeka
macadamized. He has received no
promise that anything will be done bur
the members have assured Mr.. Benedict
that the board will furnish all the bro
ken stone necessary.
The prisoners at the county Jail who
are unable to pay their fines and costs
work on the rock pile and break a large
quantity of stone and it is this broken
stone that Mr.. Benedict thinks the
commissioners should utilize this stone
in a systematic manner by macadam-
izing the roads one by one. He thinks
that this plan, If followed out, will not
only prove of great benefit to the city
but will help the farmers who come to
Topeka at least once week to trade.
The macadamizing however will have
to be done better than it has been on
South Topeka avenue and East Sixth
street or it will be worse than none at
all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
KREBs MURDER TRIAL.
Husband of Defendant Tells of Quar-
rel Between Her and the Muir
dered Woman.

Junction City, Jan. 25.-John Krebs,
husband Of Mrs. Krebs, on trial for the
murder of Mrs. Lizzie Craig, was placed
on the witness stand yesterday and
gave in detail her relations with Mrs.
Craig. On the day of the killing his
wife, he said, came to the place where
he and Mrs. Craig were living and de-
nounced them. You have broken up
my family!'' his wife exclaimed, and
then got down on her knees and plead
ed with the Craig woman to leave. She
also said that she was not decent wo-
man, an assertion Mrs. Craig resented,
and the women quarreled. Krebs testf-
fed that he finally succeeded in quoting
the women and then went into the
fields. When he returned he found Mrs.
Craig, with her throat cut, dead in a
chair, but his wife had gone. Later he
found a bloody handkerchief in near
by cornfield.
The testimony relating to the finding
of the handkerchief in the cornfield
strengthens the defense, as the claim
is made that after Mrs. Krebs left the
house she did not go through the corn
field.
DR.. Meyer also testified. He said that
there was blood on Mrs. Krebs' hat and
cloak when he saw her, after the muir
der and that he also saw blood stains
on bedtick used by the kreinitz boys,
on whom the defense are trying to
faSten the crime
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
OUANTRILL'S MOTHER
Neglected by Those Who Fought on
the Same Side With Her Son.

Lexington, KY, Jan. 25-William T.
Woodward, the horseman, who was in
Guerrilla QuantrilPs command when he
sacked Lawrence and murdered all male
inhabitants, was appointed a committee
to bring QuantrilPs mother here from her
in the st. Joseph's hospital, the associa-
ton to pay her board. He brought her
last March. She was placed in a room
to herself. Some of the Daughters of the
her once or twice. Mrs. Quantrill learn
ed that some of the ladies said she ought
not to have been brought here by the Con-
federate Veteran association. None. of
any member of the Confederate Veteran
asso citation called her during the past
She feels as if the Kentucky Confeder-
ates do not wish her to remain here, and
she wants to go back to Canal Dover,
where she says she can die among friends
hospital tell her she is welcome to stay as
long she lives, but she declares she will
return to Ohio in the spring If possible.
Mrs. Catherine c. Quantrill is 70 years
more years. She is a woman of fine sensi-
bilities and resents the accepted stories of
her sons career of numbering. She de-
west in 1857 and she will not allow any
one to say that he ever became bad. She
regrets having come to Kentucky. She
her sons comrades lived near here which
is not the case, and she finds that ex-Con-
federates here were not even in sympathy
with him and his work.
Il had rather be among the Union SOL
diers of Ohio, she said the other night,
''for they all know that whatever my son
did I was in no way to blame. / would
Dover, who fought. against my. son. than
I can feel with the Kentuckians, who
fought in the cause he did,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
Sewers WAS NOT DEAD.
Man Reported Dead Investigating the
Death of His Son.

Fred Sewers of Wichita who had a
brief career as assistant superintendent
of the Topeka Reform school is in To-
peka today. A report was sent out from
Kansas City early in October that
Sewers had been killed by a railroad
train but it was his son Charles who
lost his life in that manner and Sewers
is now making an investigation of his
death. He thinks his son was murder
ed and he has been in Kansas City try
ing to have his death investigated by
the grand jury.
FREDERICK A. Sewers, of Wichita,
father of the dead boy, yesterday filed
information with Prosecuting Attorney
Reed to substantiate his charges that
his son had been murdered and the case
was given to the grand jury, then in
session. Owing to the fact that an inn
mense mass of evidence had been Sc
cured and it would take at least week
to examine all the witnesses and &C.
eide whether or not to return an indict-
ment, the case was left over for the
next grand jury to act on.
1.-THE official records in relation to the
death of Charles Sewers show that on
the morning of Thursday, October 6,
1898, his dead body was found lying on
the tracks of the Memphis road just
south of the viaduct and near a culvert.
1t was badly mangled and showed evil
dence of having been run over by
train. An inquest was held by the coro-
ner of Wyandotte county, and verdict
of death from unknown causes return
ed.
Frederick Sewers, the boys father,
was notified at Wichita, where the body
was sent together with lot of letters
and papers taken from 1T. For some
reason Mr.. Sewers was inclined to sus-
pect that possibly his son had met with
foul play and when the box containing
these letters and papers was received
by him. he turned it over to two Wich-
tia detectives, Messrs. Sutton and Wood.
The letters were blood stained and after
examining them Mr.. Sewers says they
told him it was very evident the blood
had been sprinkled on it as it plainly
showed it could not have soaked through
the clothes. With this clue to start with
Mr. Sewers began an investigation that
has lasted for months and ended when
he presented the information he had
gained to the prosecuting attorney"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
Summer Shirt Waists.

The Gotten shirt waist has made fits
annual appearance. Some say the shirt
waist is especially suited to the needs of
the poor woman, but experience has
proved that her rich sister finds just
as much use for it. There is nothing
startlingly new about the first display
of waists. For the most part they are
made of fine ginghams and cheviots in
delicate colorings, and are somewhat
less fancy in design than those of last
year. Most of the materials are striped
either vertically or in Bayadere effect.
White waists promise to find even
greater favor than formerly, and some
of the shirt waist girls have already de-
clared their intention of wearing no
other-From the N. Y. Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
FROM sPIKETowN BLIZZARD.

u AS@A- e~AS O@-A@c6O 4AAb0AAS.l
Cold.
No sunstrokes.
Get in your coal
Euckwheat cakes are ripe.
Eat EN- with sorghum. Yum! Yumi
Ye editor is recovering from the la
grippe.
The pump at the Barker corner needs
a new sucker. Eth, Barker?
Mr.. and Mrs. Hank Humpendyke are
rejoicing over a son and heir. Weight
10 pounds Name him after US, Hank
Don't steal the reading of the Biz
card. If you are too poor to subscribe
call at this Office and we will give you
a copy.
Reader, what you owe us on subscrip-
ton may be only a trifle. but we need
it. Fetch it on We can't run this pa
per on faith and onions.
Volney Winterbottom has bought a
new pair of boots and a bottle of hair
oil. We've got our eye on you, Vol, old
man. Where were you last Sunday
night?
Phil Shackleford went to Chicago last
"Wednesday with a load of stock. He
came back with his hair parted in the
middle. We suspicion that he went to
see the cat show.
Tom Vanderpool, our gentlemanly
and accomplished barber, has our
thanks for the largest crookneck squash
We have seen this season. When you
want good shave or a neat haircut
don't fail to call on Tom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
BELASCO'S TAB SYSTEM.
Gets Clippings of the Comment on
His Company by Topeka Papers.

David Belasco, "the master of stage
craft" who is responsible for 1.-The
Heart of Maryland has a system by
which he keeps tab on the company
is a man whose business it is to clip
from the newspapers of the respective
cities in which the play is presented
every line of comment, good, bad or in
different, and send it to Belasco in New
York city. If he fails to send a clipping
from every paper he invariably receives
a letter from the playwright, asking for
an explanation. Belasco keeps a news
paper directory and the route of the
company ready at hand, SO that he
knows where the clippings should come
from and what papers should be repre-
scented.
in the New York office. Very often the
manager is compelled to write letters
of explanation as a result of Mr.. Belas-
cos newspaper clipping system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
FORT HAYS RESERVATION.
Citizens of Ellis County Want Tt For
a Normal School Location.

Ellis, Jan. ga meeting was held
recently by the city council to take &C
ton in regard to securing the Fort
Hays reservation and locating state
normal thereon.
After talking the matter over, the
mayor appointed committees to take
such action as they think proper in the
matter
elect Reeder intends going to Washing
ton soon. He has been interested in
this Fort Hays reservation for some
time and has consented to come over
and assist our county in securing the
reservation from the government to the
state of Kansas. The arrangement is
to learn what day Mr.. Reeder will be
over. In order to show that this is not
a deal in the interest of a few real
estate dealers, everybody in the county
is invited to be present on that day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
LET EXPANSION ALONE.
More Business and Less Buncombe
Asked For In the House.

Representative Harris expansion res
olution shared the same fate as the one
which was voted on this morning, and
was indefinitely tabled this afternoon
The motion to table was made by
Scott of Elk, and it carried on a roll
call by a vote of SO to SO. The Repub-
licans were badly divided on the prop
osition. Brooke and Gillespie said they
didn't believe in any "buncombe' reso-
lutions like the one before the house.
Dawes and Gregory said they were in
favor of expansion, but they didn't ap-
prove of the Joshua and rams horn"
stuff which was included in the resolu-
ton.
Wheatley said talk about "buncombe''
resolutions came with bad grace from
the men who had been introducing
those kind of resolutions during the en-
tire session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
THE AIR SHAFT.

IF'rom the Usage City Free Press.1
Two liars never agree.
=
If some men had horse sense they'd
run away.
First come, first served"-a canniba1
maxim.
The best record is always made on
the inside track.
-
''No fool like an old fool" but there
are more young fools.
A gossip doesn't have to wait until
after death to be damned.
Marriage is lottery in which some
people don't have half a chance.
Here's an old one, but it isn't so bad:
''Why is a widower like a baby? He
cries a great deal at first, but soon be-
gins to take notice, and it's very hard
to get him through his second sum-
mo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25

Senator Andrews bill providing for
the raising of a fund by taxation for
the purpose of improving the highways,
should specify what kind of roads are
to be made. Millions of dollars in time
and labor have been spent on Kansas
roads and there is little to show for the
outlay. After the country road over
seer and his gang get through with n
road it frequently is the case that it is
worse than before. The dirt from the
sides is hauled into the middle and the
center of the road becomes almost I'M
fashionable mud when rain falls on it.
System in road making is needed first
and then money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-25
Dues of New York clubs.

The Lotos club in New York has in
creased its dues from $50 to SIS. The
dues of nearly all the first class clubs
are SIS to 500 a year. The Union, the
University, the Union League, the ST.
Nicholas, the Racket, the New York
$75, while those of the Lawyers the
Manhattan, the Metropolitan and the
Progress are 500. The initiation fees
range from 800 to $500. The annual in
come of the Union League club from
dues is over $12O. OO0. In these days when
club members demand entertainments
and all sorts of attractions it is abso-
lutely necessary either to increase the
dues or increase the membershi p.-Mail
and Express.