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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-22

bitter opponent of Mr. McCune; wasn't
that your reason? No. sir: oh. no.
Why didn't you send for the sheriff of
the county; didn't you understand that
1t would come under the jurisdiction of
the sheriff, crime of this nature, and
not of the chief of police of the city? I
never thought of it: the only man I
thought of in connection with the law
was Chief Pratt.
Didn't you think of Chief Pratt be-
cause you knew he was a bitter Oppo-
nent of Mr.. McCune? 1 did not.
By Mr.. Mansfield:
Did Mr.. Law tell you who made him
two cold-blOOded propositions? Yes, sir.
Whom did ne state? Stated that Mr..
McCune had.
Did he give the time and place? Yes,
I think he did.
Can you give them now? He told me
that Mr.. McCune had made this offer
to pay him for his vote on Tuesday of
last week.
At what place? My recollection is at
his headquarters. some time in the
evening of that day. as 1 remember it.
Was there any amount Stated2 L
don't recall that he stated any amount.
Where was the other place, the other
time and place? The other time and
place was by Mr.. McCune at his head
quarters that same day. Friday.
Was there any amount stated at that
time? L don't recall that he mentioned
any amount. no. my recollection is that
he stated that Mr.. McCune said in sub
stance cannot remember his exact
language. that Mr.. McCune had told
him that he had spent too much money
in this fight to lose it now, and he
wanted his vote, or that he needed his
vote. and that he was ready to pay him
for it.
No amount stated2 I don't recoIIect
that he stated any amount.
Did he say anything relative to
whether he proposed to accept or re-
ject the proposition? Yes. in this way,
that he seemed to feel the insult very
intensely; in his talk with me that
evening he resented it very much. and
said that he intended to expose him.
BY Mr.. Dickson:
Was Mr.. Law sober when he talked to
you Friday EVENING" Yes, sir
Entirely, so far as you could observe?
Yes. sir
Then a recess was taken until $50
o'clock p. m.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
Representative Smith of Weber First
Man On the Stand.

Representative Smith of Weber First
Man On the Stand.
s. 5. Smith was called at the begin
ming of the afternoon session. He les
tilted rs follows:
You are a member Of the house of
representatives. 1 am
Do you remember Mr.. Smith or Rep
resentative Law, in the presence Of Mr..
Johnson and yourself and any one else.
saying anything TO you respecting any
offer-imprODer offer which had been
made to him by Mr. McCune? 1 ID.
When and WheIe2 At the Knutstcrd
hotel. last Friday evening, or Friday
night, rather.
Where, if any place, did he tell YOU
that these charges were made-that
these offers We're made? He cold me
first in the public parlOr of the Knuts-
ford hotel: lie first told me that the Ct
fers had been made to him; he uold me
in the hotel
Where did he say they had been mace
by Mr.. McCune? He said they had
been made on the Tuesday night Dre-
and again by a representative u Mr..
McCune on Friday evening.
Did he say who the representative
was? He said il was Mr.. Sloan
Was the chief called in subsequently?
He was; yes, sir.
And do you know to your personal
knowledge whether the matter was laid
before the chief? 1 do. yes. sir: il was.
And other police Officers2 Not at that
time; there was another conversation:
the police officers We're there; after
wards it was 1 didn't hear the matter
laid before the other police officers.
Mr. DicksOn-YOu understand. Mr.
Evans. that this testimony is all incOm-
petent: we are not objecting TO it; it is
hearsay
HAD A PRESS TO SELL.
Cross-examination by Mr.. Dickson:
You reside in Ogden. do you? Yes, sir.
What business were you engaged in
there? In the newspaper business
How long have you been engaged in
the newspaper business? About seven
years.
You own a printing press there. do
you? Yes, sir.
When did you first get acquainted
with Mr.. McCune. about when? Well
it was a little before the beginning OF
the legislature, 1 believe, about that
time.
You met him shortly after the ses-
sion commenced, tOo2 Yes, sir.
Very soon after2 Yes, sir.
Won have solicited a favOr-yOu knew
at the time the session first met that
McCune was enc Of the candidates for
United States senator! knew Jhat ne
was; yes, sir.
And after, very shortly after the
opening of the session of the lcgisla-
ture. knowing that Mr.. McCune was a
candidate for United States senate.
didn't you solicit favors from him? DID
L solicit fayOrs?
Yes. No, not personally.
Yes. I mean personally? I went TO
him TO put a persons case before himi
that was an application for a position.
Let me ask you the direct question.
In few days after the opening OF the
session Of the legislature. did you not
90 u 10 Mr.. McCune's Headquarters
and meet him there personally? Yes.
81.
Didn't you say to him, explain 10 him,
that your wife was in i'll health, that
Won wanted TO send her to warmer
climate. and suggested that you
would send her to Arizona; that
YOUR means were limited. and
called Mr.. McCune's attention to
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PASTY CEREALS

Responsible For Many Cases of In
digestion
Many cooks send cooked cereals to
the breakfast table in a starchy, pasty
and wholly indigestible manner. You
are sure of properly cooked dish
when Grape-Nuts are served, for abso-
lutely no preparation of any kind is
required: therefore. the flavor and ease
of digestion are just as intended by the
food experts who make Grape-Nuts.
Try them. Made by Postum Co., Bat
tie. Creek. Mich.
Leading &: eers sell Grape-Nuts.
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HEALTHY MATERNITY.
TWO Grateful Women They Have Received
Mrs nkhan.

The climax of life force woman is capable motherhood
The first requisite for good mother is good health
Health body health of the generative organs
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somebody else was at the other end
/ am not talking about that; | am
talking about this conversation which
you had with Mr.. Law fifteen minutes
after he had left Mr.. McCune and re-
turned He told me that he had been
talking with him about this thing
about the price of voting for him.
He told you?- And 1 Judge
Never mind what you would judge;
he told you that he had been talking
with McCune about a price for voting
for him? Yes. sir.
That was that same morning, was It?
Yes.
About twenty-fifteen or twenty min
uteS after they had Darted2 Yes.
Go on now, tell us the balance? Well,
1 have told you.
LAWS LIMIT WAS $1,000.
Now, 1 want to hear it again? He
demanded five thousand dollars from
Mr.. McCune, and he wouldn't give II
TO him: wouldn't listen to it, and ne
kept coming down, coming down TO
fifteen hundred, and that was his lin
II: he wouldn't go below that.
Exactly. Now, was that all that was
said? That was all that was said.
That was all that was said2 Yes.
He. came down to his limit. and
wouldn't go below that? Wouldn't so
below fifteen hundred.
And that was all that he said, wash
| it? Yes.
That is. Law said he wouldn't go be-
low the limit of fifteen hundred dol
| lars; and that was where they stopped i;
didn't he say that? He didn't say they
stopped there.
He didn't say they stopped there, but
that was as low as he would go? Yes.
Now, was anything else said don {
want your conclusions; 1 want to know
if anything else was said at that time
on that subject? No, sir.
Nothing else? That 1 recollect.
That was all that passed between
you and Mr.. Law at that time? Yes,
sir.
These other statements which you
have made were simply your conclu-
sions, were they not? Yes. sir.
And not statements which were made
20 you by Mr.. Law? Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Dickson-Did he say whether
McCune had accepted or had not ac-
cepted the fifteen hundred dollars? No;
he didn't say either way.
You say Mr. Law did ask you if you
heard what was said over the rele-
phone? He did.
Now. didn't you say, in reply to Mr..
Law, that you only heard word here
and there? Yes, sir.
Mr.. Dickson-He testified yesterday
to that
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Million been Benefited
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suffered
had
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The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-12
BRYAN YIELDS.
Comedies That There Are More
Important Issues Than
Silver.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct 12.-William J.
Bryan was interviewed here on the po-
litical issues, especially the Philippine
question. He said:
I'VE are planning to make things just
as lively in the campaign next year as
possible and I think we will succeed
better than in 1896 Former issues have
changed somewhat and new ones have
come in which strengthen our position
and will add many votes to our col
umn. I do not deem it advisable or
issue will be chief in Importance. Con-
ditions and circumstances may change
between now and then 80 as to make
certain issues of greater relative i'm
portance than now. Our issues of 1896
are just as important now as then;
others have arisen since then and still
more may come up"
AS to the withdrawal of troops from
the Philippines. A1r. Bryan dictated this
statement:
mo, I do not favor the withdrawal
of our troops. What I do believe and
have repeatedly announced, is that we
should at once declare our purpose in
unequivocal terms, so positive that the
Filipinos cannot doubt it, to grant them
full and complete independence, the
moment they have established a stable
government. I believe if we should
make such an announcement right now
the war would cease in a, very short
time and our troops. could withdraw
without laying down their arms in the
face of an enemy. Furthermore, I be-
lieYe if we had come out with such an
announcement in the beginning the war
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he is HEIR 10 $4,000.
Young Ed Toepffer Grows Weary of
His Hoxie Home and Runs Away.

Ouu& Ed 4OepuSE 0HOWS w OHEy "a
His Hoxie Home and Runs Away.
Hoxfe. Oct. 12.-Ed Toepffer, 16 years
of age and worth $4,000, was arrested
in Cripple Creek Monday and Will be
returned to his home.
TOepffer is the Wayward son OF a
good family in HOxie, and not more
than three months agO his grandfather,
a very wealthy old cattleman, died and
left as the lads share of the estate the
sum of $50, 900, intended to be used for
the expense of his education and start
him in life as a business man. Ed was
given plenty of spending money and
with the perversity of youth took to
gambling. The restraint of his parents
became irksOme, and one night about
two weeks ago he ran away.
Young Toepffer, to elude his father,
was obliged to leave the house after
midnight. and, while in the act of dress
ing, was frightened by sounds from
another room Snatching a blanket
from his bed, and with this his only
covering beside a night shirt, he tramp
ed through a rainy night to a station
five miles away. Here, in some manner,
which is still to be explained, he Sc
cured about $50 and bought a cheap
suit of clothes He started at once for
Denver, and was well on his way before
his parents spread the alarm. He
reached Denver a week ago last Friday,
and spent time enough in the lower
section to lose all his change at craps"
About the time the police here were
notified of his disappearance and start
ed to look for him, he went to Cripple
Greek, and got job in a mine
TOepffer's uncle, W. F. Schultheis, an
attorney of HOxfe, went to Denver last
week in search of the boy. He tele-
graphed to Colorado Springs. Receiving
no immediate reply, Mr.. Schultheis
came back to his home. But a man in
Cripple Creek, with whom young Toepffer
was boarding, sent word to Colorado
Springs. A message from Detective
Cook yesterday to the Cripple Creek
arrest. Schultheis has gone after the
boy.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-12
HOME FORUM TROUBLES
Topeka Members Do Not Like
the Method of Settling
Death Losses.

Another fraternal insurance organiZa-
tion, which has a lodge in Topeka, is in
trouble with it's members. 1t is the
Home Forum, which has headquarters
in Chicago, and which is said to have
a large membership in Illinois.
The Topeka forum was organized in
1892, and up to a few weeks ago it had
sc members. but recently one-third of
the number have dropped out and join
ed other orders.
The trouble was brought about by the
sIowness of the main office in paying
the death claims of members of the
Topeka forum. Several months ago
man by the name of Johnson, who held
a policy in the order and had his mem
bership in the Topeka forum, was kilt
ed by train out in Washington. 1t
took five months to get his insurance
money from the head forum in Chicago,
but the local forum attributed it to the
fact that his death occurred so far from
home.
Last spring Mrs. John Wilton, who
was insured in the order. died and the
proof of death and other papers were
duly forwarded by the local forum to
the head officers in Chicago. Weeks
elapsed and the claim was not paid. H.
O. Austin, who is president of the To-
peka forum, took hold of the matter
and wrote to the head officials about
the claim but still no settlement was
consult Superintendent of Insurance
Church about the matter, but Mr..
Church said he could do nothing be-
cause the order had no license to do
business in Kansas.
Then it was that the members Of the
Topeka forum began to drop out and go
to other orders. Mr.. Austin wrote to the
head forum, demanding to know why a
license had not been taken out as pro-
vided by the Kansas laws. The presi-
dent of the order replied that he did not
know that it was necessary, but Super
intendent Church states that an organ
izer of the order was around his Office
much of the time for a week talking
about taking out a license, during
which time he was in communication
with the head officials concerning the
matter.
About three weeks ago Mr.. Austin
wrote to the head forum that if Mr..
Wilton's claim was not settled at once
the entire local forum would go in a
body to some other order This letter
brought the chairman of the auditing
committee out from Chicago to settle
the claim He made promises that the
laws of Kansas should be complied with
and the forum decided to retain it's
charter. But in the meantime one-third
of the Topeka members had gone to
other orders.
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MRS. pIees PRESIDENT.
Equal Suffrage Members viii Appeal
to the LegisIature.


Kansas City. Kan. Oct. 1.-THE six
teenth annual convention of the Equal
Suffrage association of Kansas, which
has been in session in Kansas City,
Kan, for the past three days, adjourn
ed last night. A resolution was adopted
at yesterday afternoons session which
provides that an appeal shall be made
to the next legislature asking that the
suffrage question be submitted to the
voters of the state. The delegates all
pledged themselves to work in harmo-
ny, and put forth every possible effort
to bring about getting the question be-
fore the people. A vigorous campaign
is TO be Waged from now until the next
legislature cOnvenes.
The following new officers were elect
ed:
President-Mrs. Annie L Diggs, To-
peka-
Vice president-Mrs. Laura M. Johns,
Salina.
Recording secretary-Miss Matte
Toothaker, Kansas City, Kan.
Corresponding secretary-Mrs. Abbie
A. Welch, Cedarville.
Treasurer-Mrs. Henrietta Stoddard
Turner, PaOla-
Auditor-Nrs. Emma Troudner, Car
bondale.
Parliamentarian-M Luella Kray-
bill, Winfield.
Attorney-Mrs. A l. Haskell, Gay
lord.
Organizer-NIiss Laura A. Gregg, Gar
nett.
Member of the national executive
coInmittee-Mrs. Anna c. Wait, Lin
coin.
Delegates to the national convention
Mrs. L. L. TOothaker, Kansas City,
kan; Mrs Phoeba Bare, Baldwin; Mrs.
Judge Johnson, Topeka; Mrs. B. B.
Baird, Eureka; Mrs Mamie K. Garrett,
ElDOradO.
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ment Of this county and his own keen
business instincts made him wealthy.
He has divided his property very large
~ among his children but has enough
left for himself. His son, James, has
5000 acres of land and is worth 800 600,
and sold this fall $4,000 worth of cat
tie which gives an idea of the extent of
his business. His son-in-law, Allen Nut
tie, has 5000 acres of valuable land and
is rated at the SIS, 600 mark. John Hen
ley, another Son-in-law, has $500 acres
of land and is reasonably worth $50, 900.
And still another is Geo. c. Haver with
1000 acres as fine land as there is in the
county and has a mark of $50, 900. COun-
ty Commissioner Washington Teter is
worth $4,000 and has a. handsome farm
Az miles northeast of Ell Dorado. Still
another son-in-law, J. b. Stone, now of
El Dorado Springs, Missouri. is worth
$50, 600, and Mrs ElWOOd Marshall, his
daughter, counts her wealth at $40, ,000
Mr.. Teter's ability as an accumulation
has descended to his children and they
are rated among the most substantial
and honorable citizens of the county.
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Wichita Will Have a Corps of
Mounted Police.
Will Ride Bicycles and Wear
Big Guns.
RESIDENT STREETS.
To Be Patroled and Alley
SkuIkers Promptly Arrested.
They viii Be Especially Useful
Street Fair Week.

Wichita, Oct 12.-Chief of Police Cub
bon seems to be endeavoring very earn
estly to improve the police department
of the city and make it well nigh per-
feet in every branch of police duty.
Yesterday he concluded to put a corps
of mounted police to patrol the resident
section of the city. These policemen
will ride bicycles and will be well drill
ed in the methods of chasing the willy
burglar and shooting direct from his
wheel without dismounting to take aim
They Will cover all of the principal res
ident streets and will be given orders
to arrest all suspicious-lOOking charac-
ters, and especially skulkers whom they
see in the alleys or about peoples
homes without a ready explanation.
This decision was reached yesterday
after reports of two burglaries had
come to the police department. The
of street fair festivities. when numer-
Gus questionable characters will visit
the city and great many people Will
want to leave their homes and come
down to the festivities. While the
mounted patrol will not be Instituted
especially for street fair week, it is de-
sired to have them in nice working or
der for the street fair and take all pre-
cautions against all kinds of crime.
The OrderOf the new chief was warmly
commended last night by the council
men and others interested in the city's
welfare. Wichita already had the rep
utatiOn of having the fest police force
of any city in the state, considering the
number of men on duty, but there has
tion for the resident portion, especially
in busy times.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-12

"A Cincinnati business man is quoted
as offering the following advice for the
good of the town."
Always register.
Always attend primaries.
Always vote.
Talk we'll of your city.
Spend your money with its merchants
Clean the fronts of your buildings.
Remember, encourage and reward
good officials.
Remember the others too.
Merchants, watch your freight rates.
Push your export trade.
Reduce the Disagreement of YOUR
streets by posted ads
Stamp tax them and get a revenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-12
EXPERIMENT IN STATE OWN
ERSHIP

IFrom the Chicago Tribune.I
When the Boston and Albany railroad
was chartered by Massachusetts the
right was reserved to the state to pur-
chase the road for the amount of the
investment OF the stockholders, plus
any deficit below 10 per cent dividends
thereon. Owing to the high profits re-
allied by the road, this right of pur-
chase is now OF value to the state How
much it is worth we shall probably
learn definitely before long, since the
question OF purchase is considered.
It's prominence at the present time
s. due to the proposal to lease the road
to the New York Central railroad com
pany. An attempt on the part of the
directorate to put through this lease at
an annual rental of 81 per cent on the
stock has been blocked for the present
by the stockholders. The Boston Post
asks: why should it not be a good
thing for the state to buy in the road,
and then lease it 70 Mr.. Vanderbilt for
the profit of the public treasury Sew
eral other papers indorse this PROPOSE
tion and ex-senator Dawes is lending
his support TO the idea.
There is no valid objection against
the states taking advantage of this
right, provided it is ready, as a matter
of public policy. to become the owner
and Iessor-there seems to be no pro-
posal for state operation-of railroad
system Moreover, Massachusetts has
lately taken a step in the public own
ership Of transit facilities which, though
EmaIla3n comparison, involves the same
principle as this project. The Boston
subway was built by a state commits
sion. As practically owned by the city
taf-BaatOl. AID is lassed to the Boston
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-12
AN EMPoRIA WEDDING.
Mr.. Cyrus Sprague and Miss Bertha
Newman United in Marriage.

Emporia. Oct 12-At high noon We'd
nesday at the residence of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. New
man, their daughter, Bertha Elizabeth,
was united in Wedlock to Mr.. Cyrus Ed
ward Sprague, the Rev. Frank Ward
pastor Of the First Congregational
church, officiating
The wedding was a notable affair
the bride being the Oldest daughter of
probably the weaithiest and leading
merchant in this portion of Kansas.
The bridegroom is a son of Col. z. T.
SpragUe, a contractor of this city.
The ceremony occurred in the parlors
which were tastefuHy decorated and il
Illuminated for the occasion. The we'd
ding march was played by Mrs. Flora
B. Kenny.
The brides attendants were her
younger sister, Miss Nellie as maid of
honor, assisted by the Misses Kate
Sprague, sister of the groom, Hannah
Edwards and Sarah Swan.
w K. Cundif of st. Joseph, Mo. act
ed as best man, and was assisted by
Carl Haywood of Emporia, and Earl
and Albert Newman of Arkansas City.
bride.
Master Calvin Newman and Ned
Sprague were the pages.
The bridal gown was of white crepe
de chine, satin finish, trimmed with
embroidered chiffon and lace. All the
gentlemen wore full dress suits for the
occasion.
Immediately after the ceremony, fol-
lowed by an elegant wedding dinner,
the couple took the 2 o'clock Santa Fe
train for st. Joseph, No, where the
groom holds a position in connection
with the ToOtle estate, and at which
place they propose to make their home.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-12
MAYOR MUST MAKE ANSWER.
Judge Holt Orders City Officials Up
For Contempt.

Kansas City, Oct. 1.-THE new out
break of smallpox in Kansas City, Kan,
has brought up many Complications and
has resulted in the arrest of Mayor
Marshman, Alderman Meyers and AL
derman Mendenhau Of the board of
health for contempt of court
on July II last the court enjoined the
city from placing any smallpox pa
tients within a radius of One-half mile
of the H w. Merrill property in north
Kansas City, Kan. The new pest house
which was located several weeks ago,
is in the prohibited territory, and yes
terday when two smallpox patients
were taken there the property owners
in the vicinity appealed to Judge Holt
for relief. The court ordered the arrest
of the city officials, and the case will be
heard on October Is.
In the house at 31S Minnesota avenue,
the 20 people held under quarantine