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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-14
NEW YORk's MYSTERY.
Effort to Unearth the Murderer of
Mrs. Adams and Barnet Continues.

New York, Feb. 14.-Roland Molineux
was recalled today when the inquest
into the death of Mrs Kate Adams was
resumed. He was asked to tell of any
dispute he had ever had with Harry
Cornish of the Knickerbocker Athletic
club and in reply said that their differ
ences of opinion arose in 1896, over i'm
proper language used in the club by a
man named French. MolineuX COM
planned to Cornish, but got no satisfac-
ton. Mr.. Molineux said that his next
difference with Cornish was in the be-
ginning of 1897 when he was asked to
get up an amateur circus for April 20.
He was chairman of the circus commit
tee and Cornish worked against him in
every way. Witness said that when
he first went to live at the Knicker-
booker club Cornish had the run of
the house and did pretty nearly as he
wished Through the influence of the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the club and the use
of his room.
The relations between Barnet and
Cornish were SO bad that Barnet wrote
to Cornish because he would not talk
to him.
When witness gave an order for some
new horizontal bars and they were de-
livered he found that they had come
from maker other than the one from
whom he had ordered them. The change
in the order had been made by Cornish.
Witness complained of this to Henry
Seers and Mr.. Ballantyne. cat the
same time" continued the witness. Il
showed Mr.. Ballantyne a clipping from
a newspaper containing a letter which
had been written to a. member of the
New York Athletic club, rejecting upon
it's president, Mr.. Barlow S. Weeks. Mr.
Ballantyne asked me if 1 thought it was
true Cornish had written such a letter
I said yes, and told him 1 could get the
letter, which did, and give it to him.
Mr.. Bailantyne then suggested that he
give a dinner to which Mr.. Watson, Mr.
Weeks, Mr.. Seers, Mr.. Adams and my
self were invited. This dinner was given
at the Union League club. The letter
was discussed at that time and Mr.
Cornish was reprimanded, although no
charges were preferred against him.
At that dinner an apology was extended
to Mr.. Weeks on behalf of Cornish
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NORTH TOPEKA.

Mrs. Schulz is i'll with grip at her
home on Curtis street.
Mr.. Ed. Schulze has resigned his posi-
ton with the Hub and will travel for
Otto kuehne.
Miss Josie Neff of Fairview, Kan, is
visiting Mrs. FauS and daughter Edith
of Van Buren, street.
Mr. William Green returned Saturday
from Dayton, Wis, where he was called
by the death of his mother.
Go to c. B. Lyon, D. D. s., for fine
dental work at popular prices. Office
511 Kansas avenue. Tel. 656.
The farmers of Soldier township are
circulating a petition that free mail de-
livery may be extended to their district.
Rev. Mr.. Shut came up from Over
Ward Smith wedding, which took place
at noon today
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Lukens of Rochester, who has
been very ill with pneumonia fever, is
now much better.
Miss Bessie Root, who has been COM
PEELED to take a weeks vacation on &C
count of the grip, returned to her school
in Silver Lake today.
The Argonaut club will meet this
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. C.. Nicholson. Roll call will be an
swered by quotations from Frank r.
Stockton.
The voters of North Topeka are very
much in earnest in their support of M
NJ. Hale for city treas urer and think
they are entitled to representation on
the city ticket.
The Ladies' Duplicate whist club met
yesterday afternoon with Miss Martha
Kimball. Mrs. Charles Conkle played
for Mrs. E. p. Baker and Mrs. G. F.
Kimball for Mrs. E. D. Small.
The illustrated lecture on the Passion
Play by Canon Bywater, which was to
have been given Thursday evening at
the Church of the Good Shepherd, has
been postponed until Thursday evening,
the 23rd.
Mr.. William Green and family expect
to move to their new home on the south
side the first of the month. Their
Mr.. Curry, who has recently moved
here from Ohio and assumed the man
agement of the J. Thomas planning mill.
Since the recent fighting in Manila
a number of persons have asked about
Company A of the Twentieth Kansas,
as this company has not been men
toned. Mr.. Bailey has received a letter
from his son, who belongs to Company
A, who writes that when the attack
was first threatened in December they
were given a hundred days rations and
ammunition and ordered to guard the
blockhouse in their district, and since
then have been doing duty there.
Willie Fry was given a pleasant sur
prise party Monday evening at his
home, S27 West Gordon street, the occa-
sion being the 10Th anniversary of his
birthday Refreshments were served
and games were played throughout the
evening. Those present were Misses
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GOES BY THE BOARD.
The Biennial Cigarette Bill Ends as
Usual

The house got into a discussion over
BenefiePs cigarette bill in the house
committee of the whole today, and it
resulted in hot words between Mr..
Benef1el and Mr. Marks of jefferson.
When the printed bill was distributed
to the house it was discovered that it
was the original bill that was printed
and recommended for passage instead
of substitute which had been prepared
by the committee on hygiene and public
health.
1T looks suspicious" said Mr.. Marks,
f'the way this bill is brought before the
house. I believe there has been a
forgery some where, or that recon-
mendation of the committee would not
appear on this BILL
While he was speaking Mr.. Marks
pointed at Mr.. Benefiel and glared at
him fiercely. Then Mr.. Benefiel arose
and glared back and said:
This bill first recommended
favorably by the committee and this
bill was then printed. 1t was then re-
called and a substitute reported, and
asked that my bill be printed and
placed on the calendar. The house or
dered it so and we are now considering
the original bill. 1 don't propose to
have this bill pigeon-holed and then
have the newspapers say that it was a
hoId-up bill, and that L allowed it to
die"
The house disputed over the matter
LOT SOME I1IIle, Dul DIT lSIlSlh LII. oAAOAACJp
the chairman of the committee, corrob-
GRATED Mr.. BenefieTs statement, and the
original bill was considered, but Mr..
Marks Immediately offered an amend
ment by substituting the committee bill.
Benefiel's bill prohibits the sale of
cigarettes and cigarette paper to any
one, while the substitute prohibits the
sale Of tobacco in any form to minors
under IS years of age. which is the same
as the present law except that it raises
the age from 16 to IS years.
Mr.. Ravenscraft, who comes from the
cattle country, said that he was OPP
posed to the original bill because 80
per cent of his constituents, who are
cowboys, smoke cigarettes, and he
thought they were able to take care of
themselves without being regulated by
the legislature.
Seaver, Wheeler and McKeever OPP
posed either bill. Mr.. McKeever said
that other states had anti-cigarette
bills, and they only encouraged boys to
be 1aw-breakers. Besides. cigarettes
could be sold in original packages not
withstanding any state law.
After considerable discussion the
enacting clause was stricken from the
bill, and it was killed.
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A CLAIM FOR $4,000
Which State Auditor Cole Thinks an
Unjust One.

State Auditor George z. Cole and w.
w. Martin of Fort Scott, who has been
state agent for Kansas at Washington, are
having a controversy in which the indica-
lions are that Mr.. Cole will come off vic
torious.
When the adjutant generals office paid
bills incurred by the equipment and de-
parture of the Kansas troops to the war
no receipts were taken, but in Mr.. Coles
office is a record wherein the persons to
whom the money was paid signed for the
warrants which were presented to the
A sum of $4,000 or $4,000 is involved in
The adjutant general sent his bill of ex-
penSeS to Washington, but the department
until the official had furnished receipts for
the moneys expended. This he could not
do.
At this juncture Mr. Martin comes into
Crawford was made state agent for the
collection and settlement of war claims
disposed of but the office has continued,
and Mr. Martin has held it for eight years.
This being a war claim" he wants to
superintend its settlement, and has bill
in the legislature to pay him 5000 for so
doing Mr.. Cole thinks the matter should
be settled without spending more than 2
cents for postage stamp.
Mr.. Martin has copied the records in the
auditors office, showing where the re-
ePts VEN gix e f for the warrants az ants and
rectness. This would enable Mr.. Martin
to proceed with the settlement which he
to appropriating the $1,000 mentioned for
this purpose and declines to attach his
certificate to the copy. of the records. In
partment at Washington.
Another feature of this affair is that Mr..
ruary IL. He holds over, but has not
been reappointed.
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Pensions for Kansans.

Washington, Feb. 14-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-John Dalton, Kansas City,
Sc; Jacob Ruff, Chanute, Sc; Joseph
Hoffwimer, National Military home,
Leavenworth, s.; John w. Weaver,
Seneca, Sc.
Renewal and reissue-wi1liam A
Adams, Lebo, &C.
Increase-John e. Brown, Bird City,
Sc to 50; George w. Stephens, Junction
SO to $17; James w Allison, National
Military home, Leavenworth, So to $12.
Reissue-Martin H. Murphy, Rock
ford, IS.
Original widows-Susan Stone, Gar
field, IS; Emily E. Dittemore, Sever
ance, $12.
acknowledgement January 81, minor
of George Gray, Winfield, SO.
Mexican war SurVivorS-IncreaSe-
Joseph NJ. Taylor, Seneca, So to $12.
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A FEW REMARKS.
Some Pointers on the Waterworks
Question From an Outsider.

To the Editor of the State Journal.
Several years ago the stock of the
water company was held by a number
of our own citizens. To encourage a
home enterprise a charter was granted
by the mayor and city council to the
water company which did not contain
single restriction to safeguard the in
tereStS of the people. After few years
of operation one of the stockholders,
Mr.. Joab Mulvane, approaching the
wonderful value of the franchise OBJ
tained from the city without the pay
ment Of a single cent, with more
shrewdness than his fellow stockhold-
ers possessed, went to his associates
and secured an option upon their stock
at a nominal value, and then started
for New York to sell the plant to ex-
perts. They offered him 5000 cash.
He accepted the offer, came back and
paid to his associates the amount Of
their option, and without the expendi-
ture of dollar outside of his expenses
to New York, he cleared in the neigh
borhood of 100000.
The New York purchasers being still
higher up in the game Of finance, ex-
pended $4,000 for improvements, bond
ed the plant for $1,100,000 and stocked
it for the same amount, and have bled
the people of this city to pay the inter-
est on this outrageous capitalization
ever since. The exorbitant water rates
in this city the people have been COM
PEELED to accept, because under the fran
chise granted their only relief was to
stop using the water They have wait
ed -impatiently for years for the fran
chise to expire so that they could get
out of the clutches Of the New York
and New Jersey vampires. AS the time
approaches, however, the water COM
pany has determined to make one more
determined effort to get renewal of a
franchise that experts value at $1,000
900.
Dave Mulvane has been their attor-
ney for years. He also owns the Daily
Capital. He has filled it's columns with
criticism of Mr.. Chas. Drew and his
friends. A few months ago Mr.. Drew
stood up in the city council and moved
that the Capital be made the official pa
per of the city. There was nothing too
good to say of him then. But now when
they are playing for a million dollar
stake, and knowing that Mr.. Drew can
the citizens of Topeka, they open up a
fight against him, and use ev-
cry effort to divert the minds of the
people from the main question in issue.
They have forced Mr.. Brooks to say
that he favors the city owning the wa
terWorks in the face of the fact that
Mr.. M. c. Holman, one of the leading
merchants in the city, says that Mr.
Brooks told him less than two weeks
ago that he was absolutely opposed to
the city owning the waterworks.
The people Of this city cannot be
fooled. They want some reason for the
course of the morning paper in making
fight against Mr.: Charles
lar with the city's affairs, man of
strict integrity and unblemished char
acter, and whom every one respects,
and in favor of Mr.. Brooks who has
the city'S interests.
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A CRAVE GIRL.
Extinguishes Fire But Badly Burns
Her Hands and Clothing.
[From the Mcpherson Republican

EFTrom the Mcpherson Republican,
The other morning when Hattie
Hecket1orn was going to school she
stopped at one of the patrons to let two
little girls ride. AS the weather was
very cold, the father of the little girls
placed a hot brick in the buggy, then
threw a quilt over the little girls. In a.
short time one of the little girls said
''she was too hot" and when Miss
quilts in the buggy were af1ame.
She commanded the little girl to be
quiet and tried to smother the flames,
but as they had got such start her
clothes were soon afiame. She then
got out of the buggy and put the fire
out with snow. Then she snatched the
burning quilts out of the buggy and
commanded the little girls to get out.
BY that time the buggy was afiame.
By putting snow the vehicle she
soon extinguished the fire. Miss Heck
ethorn's hands and clothes were badly
burned and all the wraps in the buggy
were completely consumed by fire.
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ROCKEFELLER AND FLOWER.
Secure Control of the Southeast Kan
sas Oil Fields

Pittsburg, Feb. 1.-THE Tribune says:
The Tribune is reliably informed that
the deal it reported as having taken
place about ten days ago was all right
and that the papers transferring the
Layton smelter interests, both of this
city and in the lola gas field, were
passed yesterday to the hands of the
representative of the new syndicate in
which the magnates are Paul Morton
Rockefeller Flower and others.
The deal is important one for
Kansas-especially for southeast Kan
sas-and it is the beginning of a de-
velopment of industry in this district
the like of which no other spot on earth
has before this generation0witneSsed
This new syndicate now has control
of the gas supply in the Kansas fields
the gas interests now being held by
the Palmer Oil Co., which is a side in
veStment of the Standard Oil Co., that
Mr.. Rockefeller controls.
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A Butler County Farmer Has a
Cement Bonanza.
An Inexhaustible Supply of a
High Grade Article.
HYDRAULIC WORKS
To Cost $4,000 Will At Once
Be Erected.
Once Had a Big Deal With a
German Syndicate.

ElDorado, Feb. 14.-Jerome Dillenbeck
has on his farm in Fairview township
an unlimited supply of what has been
pronounced by experts to be the best
natural cement yet discovered in the
United States.
His farm is six miles west of town.
Mr.. Dillenbeck says that a party will be
here soon who will erect large hydraulic
cement works on the place and prepare
it for market. The works will cost from
$25, 900 to $4,000 and will have a large
capacity.
Mr.. Dillenbeck further says that one
time he had nearly completed a $4,000
deal in regard to this deposit with a
German syndicate, but that the election
of Cleveland and the subsequent hard
times interfered with it, and he had
been unable to do anything about it
since then till now.
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A PLAGUE OF THE NIGHT.
ITCHING PILES AND OTHER
RECTAL TROUBLES EASILY
CURED BY A NEW AND
SAFE METHOD.
A Remarkable Number of Cures Made
by the Pyramid Pile Cure.

About one person in every four suf-
fers from some form of rectal disease
The most common and annoying is
itching piles, indicated by warmth.
slight moisture and intense, uncontroll-
able itching in the parts affected.
The usual treatment has been some
simple ointment or sa1ve which some
times give temporary relief, but nothing
like permanent cure can be expected
from such superficial treatment.
The only permanent cure for itching
piles yet discovered is the Pyramid Pile
Cure, not only for itching piles, but for
every other form of piles, blind, bleed
ing or protruding. The first application
gives instant relief and the continued
use for short time causes a permanent
removal of the tumors or the small par
asiteS which cause the intense itching
and discomfort of itching piles.
Many physicians for a long time sup
posed that the remarkable relief afford
ed by the Pyramid Pile Cure was be-
cause 1T was supposed to contain CO.
caine, opium or similar drugs, but such
is not the case. A recent careful anal
ysis of the remedy showed it to be alb
solutely free from any cocaine, opium,
or in fact any poisonous, injurious
drugs whatever. ...
For this reason the Pyramid Pile Cure
is probably the only pile cure extensive
ly recommended by physicians, because
II 10 80 Sdle, 50 prompt IN the relleI ar
forded and so far as known the only
positive cure for piles except a surgical
operation.
In one year the Pyramid Pile Cure has
become the best known, the safest and
the most extensively sold of any pile
cure before the public
Nearly all druggists now sell it at so
cents and 81 90 per package.
Address the Pyramid Co., Marshall
Mich, for book on cause and cure of
piles and also hundreds of testimonials
from all parts of the United States.
If suffering from any form of piles ask
your druggist for package of Pyramid
Pile Cure and try it tonight.
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calla-lily dies.
Take away from the average wom-
ans mind what she thinks about the
neighbors, and you will have left her
religion and what she thinks the neigh
bors think about her.
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Nicola Chitman, Nellie Blossom, Norma
Grover, Maud Maze, Annie Myers, Ger
trude Fry, Maud Chitman, SySlia John
son, Arlora Rice, Maud Savage, Mamie
Hall, Goldie Fry, Hervey Hackford,
Tom. Maze, Fred Deppe, George Saun-
ders, Lou Osualt, Dare Stewart.
Mrs. Lyman of $50 Jackson street was
the hostess yesterday afternoon at a
delightful rainbow party. The house
and across the arch which separated the
parlors was a large silken rainbow from
which depended numerous small, col
ored cords. Each lady was given the
end of one of these and told to follow
where it led and find the pot of gold.
The gayly colored cords were twisted
in and out and led the ladies a merry
Brown found at the end of her string
the prize, an ornamental ink stand and
penrack. The guests then tried their
skill in a memory contest. Each lady
was allowed to view the contents of
the china cabinet for three minutes
and then write down as many of the
articles as she could. Mrs. Colvin had
a handsome rose bowl. Mrs Voiland
was consoled by yellow kid. The in
vited guests were Mrs. May Brown of
Omaha, Mrs. Samuel Ashmore, Mrs. F..
p. Baker, Mrs. r. B. McMaster, Mrs.
Thomas Voiland, Mrs. E, D. Small, Mrs.
Jerome Colvin, Mrs. Eta Lacey, Mrs.
Charles Small, Mrs. A. M. Baird, Mrs
Rowley, Mrs. J. F. Buck, Mrs. William
Green, Mrs. James Stansield, Mrs w
s. Hamrick, Mrs. Thomas, Miss Jessie
Warner of Wilmington and Misses
Katherine and Bessie PennelI of Atchi-
son.
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PUT ON EXHIBITION.
Kansas Children to Be Brought to To-
neka to See the Legislature


The Kansas railroads have hit on a
plan to give the youth OF Kansas some
ideas of parliamentary usages- They
propose to make rate of one fare
for the round trip for all college stu
dents and school children who want to
come to this city and see the legislature
in session. But few children outside
of this city, and many college students
as well, know anything about the
workings of the state legislature. 1t is
some times hard for grown people who
are familiar with them, to understand
them. AS an educational move the
Kansas lines will give the children and
students an opportunity to at least
view the august body of legislators in
session.
The Santa Fe expects to bring several
coach loads of university students and
city school children from Lawrence to
Topeka Friday. Many of the school
children of Horton and Holton will
probably be brought to this city by the
Rock Island next week. Children from
other parts of the state and students
of different colleges will come to To-
peka from time to time before the adj
journment of the legislature.
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ANARCHY IN SAMOA.
Annexation Is Regarded as the Only
Solution.

Auckland, N T., Feb. 14-Advices re-
ceived here from Samoa under date of
February reports that anarchy and
rebellion still prevail there. The pro-
visional government persists in inter-
fering with the British subjects and al
so with servants of British residents
The decision of the triple council in
the matter of the kingly succession is
anxiously awaited. Annexation is look
ed upon as the only possible solution of
existing difficulties. 1t is stated that
even Mataafas followers would prefer
English to German control
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CURTIS HONORED.
Made a Member of the Commit
tee on Financial Legislation.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Gen. Grosvenor
of Ohio, chairman of the Republican
caucus today announced the appoint
ments of the following members of the
house as members of the COM
mittee on financial legislation, pro-
Vided for by the resolution of the Re
publican caucus: Representatives Hen
derson of Iowa; Payne of New York;
Dalzell of Pennsylvania; Kerr of Ohio;
Hawley of Texas; Lowering of MaSsa-
chusetts; Pearce of Missouri; Curtis of
Kansas; Loud of California; Babcock
of Wisconsin and Morris of Minnesota.
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part.
Real gratitude is never ashamed {
humble benefactors.
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this particular breed 1t was due to his
qualifications as a manager and an au-
thorlty that the famous Sunny Slope
shortly before the failure of the First
National bank and the suicide of the
president, Chas. Cross, who owned the
terest in the farm, cIairlins. this was
his contract with Mr.. Cross. He lost
the suit and was elected from the farm.
He was then taken down with nervous
prostration from which his death oc-
Cured. He was one of the oldest citi-
zenS of the county
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WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Another National Fraternal Meeting
in Session in Toneka.

over 200 delegates are In Topeka to
attend the national meeting of the
Woodmen of the World. The delegates
aref rom Nebraska, North and South
Dakota Missouri, Indian Territory, Ok
lahoma and Kansas.
The session will be held in Metropoli-
tan hall commencing with an open
meeting tonight. City Attorney w. A.
S. Bird will deliver the address of well
come and A. S. Churchill, ex-attorney
general of Nebra ska, will respond. Ad-
dresses will also be made by John 7.
Yates, sovereign grand clerk of the or
der, and others.
The meetings will continue Wednes-
daV.
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CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Will Be Discussed at a Meeting at the
City Hall Tonight.

There will be a meeting of the friends
of c. J. Drews candidacy for mayor at
the city building tonight. The cam
paign will be discussed informally and
short addresses will be made by some
of the workers in the campaign.
The meeting will be held in the coun-
Gil chamber or in the office of the COM
missioner of elections. 1t is an adj
journed meeting but all who are friends
Of Mr. Drew orw no desire to hear the
issues in the campaign discussed will be
welcomed.