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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06
SILVER Is SECONDARY.
Ex-Congressman Warner of Ohio De-
clares That Other Issues Are
More Important

Chicago, June "a Washington spe-
cial to the Record says:
Representative Adoniram Judson
Warner of Ohio, president Of the Ma
tional Bimetalljc league. and for years
one of the most pronounced silver men
in the country, has startled his political
friends in Washington by declaring
that free coinage must be a secondary
issue in the next campaign
THE Democratic party" he says,
will stand by the Chicago platform
The money plank will be as full and as
strong as if there were no other issue.
The money question has lost none of it's
Importance, but in the meantime other
questions of greater Importance have
arisen. I would be in favor of making
a declaration against trusts as if that
were the only issue, and the same
against Imperialism and the Philippine
war. Within a short time the country
will awaken to the existence of three
stupendous combinations wo1 king to-
gether and controlling minor contriput-
ing trusts.
First, there will be combination of
the great lines of transportation: next
in Importance. and ultimately cOntroll-
ing the rest. is the banking combination,
and third the great iron and steel COM
bination. 1t will not be long. in my
judgment, before these combinations
represent a capitalization of 81 600 000,
900. and they now present the problem
of the utmost Importance. demanding
the immediate attention of the Aneri-
can people and taking precedence over
all others, for they will reduce the
amount of labor employed. determine
the price of products and destroy COM
petition.
Furthermore, an effort VIII be made
a the next congress to redeem the
greenbacks and give the national banks
entire control of the currency. This
phase of the money question is likely to
attract more attention for the time be-
ing than free-silver coinage. None the
less they are deceived who think the
silver question is finally settled. There
was much wisdom in the reply of the
Scotch preacher when his congregation
wanted him to pray for rain. Yes, he
replied, when the wind gets in the
right quarter
From this it Is inferred that Mr. War
ner believes that further discussion of
the silver question would better be post
poned until the conditions are more IA
vorable, and his suggestions are likely
to create considerable discussion
Throughout the country.
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was not due to the fact that Parsons
over-bid Fort Scott as it has been
charged by some of the Fort Scott
men"
Mr. thinner was asked why he had
destroyed the ballots cast during the
voting. He replied by saying:
The committee authorized the tear
ing up Of the ballots"
And continued Zimmer. Frank
Reeder did not attempt to prevent my
tearing them up" This statement Reed
er also vouches for but says:
4 have no recollection of the COM
mittee's authorizing the destruction of
the ballots"
Representative R. b Moore of Mar
shall county who is charged with hav-
ing betrayed Clay Center and his own
congressional district. now claims that
he did vote for Clay Center. He admits
going to Parsons later but saws that he
started in with voting for Clay Center
and kept it up for Is ballots. The Clay
Center people do not believe his state
ment- There is evidence that Reeder
Bigham and Tom Anderson voted con-
sistently and regularly for Clay Center,
making a total of three votes. When
the fourth vote was given to Clay Cen
ter it came from Wright OF Stevens
county.
Senator John Fulton was question
concerning the part of the Doodle trans
action which he is charged with. He
said:
They say I got 81, 600 do they? Wen
that's a joke young fellow I didn't
get a cent from Parsons. I did not get
a cent from any other town either. I
had good time at Parsons but that's
all there was to it. I received no mon
ey-not a single cent-from any town
seeking the asylum.
There is another thing which I want
to say said Mr.. Fulton, '-and that is
this: There were IA towns after the
asylum. But one of them could land it.
That has been accomplished and the
people who are disappointed are raising
a howl and charging DOODLE -
Representatives. of Stevens was
supposed to be one of the last men who
would vote for Parsons He lives in
the extreme western portion of the
state and it was natural to suppose he
would vote for some western town Clay
Center people claim that he was di-
rectly pledged to vote for that place.
A friend of Wright was detailed to
look after him. He is a Populist and
Reeder was the other house PopuIist
on the committee. This friend is also
Populist and he kept close tab on both
Wright and Reeder- The night before
the three men were in room at the
National and both Reeder and Wright
clasped their friends hands and enter
ed into solemn compact to stand by
Clay Center. Mr.. Reeder kept his word.
The committee which located the
asylum is in session, in a sort of way at
the Copeland today. Major Anderson.
the secretary of the committee is in
Leavenworth- and will not return until
this evening. He has the records of the
committees work and was expected to
be present at the meeting today. Moth
(Coutfn1,ed on sixth Pa@e1
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LEEDY HERE.
Ex-Governor Thinks He Has Struck
1t Rich.

Ex-Governor John w Leedy is in
town today. He came up from Law
renee at noon, and will probably remain
until tomorrow.
The formers chief executives COM
plexion is considerably darker than it
was when he left here at the expiration
of his term. the result of outdoor work
at his mining lands near Galena- In
this connection he corrOborates the
story that he has struck 1t rich by say
ing that there is every Indication of
valuable deposit of ore on the land own
ed by the company in which he is in
terested.
I've always found that you had to
dig for any money you got" said he,
and that's what I'm doing. a fellow
can have lots of fun in politics but there
isn't any money. that is, unless you
have an asylum to locate or something
like that
But somehow or other I was never
lucky that way" he added.
Ex-Governor Leedy says that he has
no political aspirations and is out of
politics "Of course 1 always expect
to have a few friends 1 will endeavor
to help any time 1 can" he said. but
that is much interest as intend to
take in politics in the future
In reference to the snubbing of Ed
Little by Governor Stanley he simply
remarked that Ed has too much sense
to have expected anything else from
such a crowd, and was probably not
diSa appOiuUed.''
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ALL HAD CONSUMPTION.
Herd of 81 Cows From Which Gov.
Tanner Got His Milk.

Chicago. June 6--Governor Tanner.
at the stock yards. witnessed the slaugh-
tering of twenty-seven COWS in a test
conducted by the state board of health
and the state board of live stock COM
missioners. Twenty were found to
be in an advanced stage of consumption
and the other two had well developed
cases. This herd came from a dairy
farm in Sangamon county that supplies
the governors household with milk and
he expressed himself very forcibly on
the subject.
That test demonstrates" said he.
1.-The danger that constantly cOnfrOntS
the public and proves that the live
stock commissioners should be invested
with power to examine every herd in
the state, whether private or not. DR..
Lovejoy tells me that this herd is the
worst that has been met yet. Why,
they were simply rotten with disease.
which must certainly spread the germs
of tuberculosis"
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WHY THEY REJECTED 1T.
g. A R. Objected to the Design of
a Floral Tribute.

Columbus, O., June 6.-The G. A. R.
posts of Columbus received consider
able notoriety last week on account of
having refused to receive a floral trib-
ute from ex-Confederates of the south
to place on the graves of Union soldiers
here. The floral committee which re-
jected the emblem has prepared a
statement explaining the matter. The
report says:
THE committee feels that it is due
the members of the Grand Army of
Columbus that they give their reason
for rejecting the emblem. The person
in whose mind the design of that en-
bIem originated has by his statements
placed the committee in a false attt-
tude so far as rejecting the emblem is
concerned.
THE chairman in accepting the
wreath did not know what entered into
the formation of the emblem. When it
was learned that the design contained
the emblem of the American flag, sup
ported by an arm clothed in the Con-
federate gray above, and an arm cloth
ed in blue beneath, many members of
the Grand Army of the Republic en-
tered their protests against the placing
of the emblem upon the mound in Ian
guage that could not be misunder-
stood.
In regard to the Objectionable feat
ures of the emblem, the gray arm being
placed not only above the blue. but on
the emblem at all was the only objec-
tion to accepting the emblem
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cident with his message to Mr.. Schur-
man a cablegram was sent to General
Otis. with instructions in line with the
presidents belief that the restoration of
peace can only be recommended by the
complete subjugation of the Filipinos.
General Otis will continue his military
operations throughout the rainy sea-
son.
1t is apparent that the president does
not look for the close of the rebellion
until the Filipinos are convinced of the
military superiority of the United
States. The concessions already offered
are liberal, the administration believes,
and as far as the president can go with
out authority from congress and il is
doubtful if the new propositions made
by the commission have received his
approval.
The war department is preparing
plans to send the six thousand men
needed by General Otis to make up the
thirty thousand which he says he must
have in order to control the situation
Regiments viii probabI be Withdrawn
from Cuba and Porto Rico sufficient,
with other regulars, to be taken from
the United States to make up the num-
Der desired.
The state department has received
word from the cable company operating
in the Philippines that the cable to
Cebu is now open for business
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county will be against everything YOU
want. You have been false to your
promises and we'll take the only means
We have to get even-that it to fight
you and your friends as long as we have
life to do it,
Then Mr.. Osborn supposed he was
naming a Salina committee Not a
single member of the committee from
the house of representatives. Osborns
selection, voted for Salina at any time.
The only vote Salina received was from
Ex-Governor Lewelling who as a mem
bre of the senate was put on the COM
nittee by Lieutenant Governor Richter.
Hence Osborn stirred up a hornets nest
by failing to keep his promises and the
conditions under which he was Iaboring
have been unintentionally exposed by
the result of the vote.
The interest centering in the charges
of corruption is intense and additional
some of them Senator Henry thinner
said today:
The man who says that I received
$4,000 for voting for Parsons tells what
is not true. I have heard the rumor
that I was paid $1,000 in cash but I
want to say that I did not get a cent for
my vote. The committee located the
asylum at Parsons and has secured one
of the best sites in the state. I regret
however, that the institution was given
to Parsons L wanted Fort Scott to
have it,
In the senate Senator thinner and SEN
ator Farrelly became close friends.
They have been together much since
the legislature adjourned. Mr. Far
reilly and his friends counted on Zim-
mer. and people generally believed that
thinner would stand by Chanute in the
contest for the asylum. Mr.. thinner
said today:
4 did not vote for Chanute When the
voting began 1 started in with Fort
Scott 1 stayed with Fort Scott until
it looked like Clay Center was getting
into the game in big shape then l went
rn Do
feather in my cap to have secured the
asylum for Fort Scott because that
town is in my congressional district -
Asked if he intended to run for con-
gress, Mr.. thinner ignored the ques-
ton, but said:
Il also want to say that my voting
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CRIPPLE CREEK OUTPUT.
Its Value Is Figured Out to Be Sc. 25
q Second.

Colorado Springs, Colo. June 6.-The
New England and Colorado Copper
Mines company, operating near Salida,
Colo, recently shipped 1887 pounds of
ore to the Philadelphia refining and
smelling plant at Pueblo. Returns show
that the ore carries IL ounces Of silver,
.05 ounces gold and S.8 per cent Of cop
per, the gross shipment being S216. 80,
or s153-3S net. Another shipment, nearly
ready, from a 3-foot vein of oxidized
ore. may yield 25 per cent of copper
Denver mint receipts thus far IN 1899
aggregate $S,312 267.75. against $780,
S57. .0S for the corresponding period of
1898. The gain, 1851. 81. indicates a
total for the year of $25,0 600, an ex-
cess of $4,000. 600 over last year.
The Stratton Independence mine is
now outputting $500 900 a month Grip
pie Creek mines. according to the May
record, are yielding 1895 tons of ore
daily, worth s54.219 95. This is s., 259 IN
hour, or about 1876 a minute, or about
S6.25 a second
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that it will be pushed in the courts The
governors attitude indicates that he is
in sympathy with the injunction pro-
ceedings which are being prepared be
cause he believes that this will bring
the controversy into court and furnish
an opportunity for explanations under
oath.
Governor Stanley said today: 1T is
very unfortunate that this scandal has
become a part of the work of the leg
islatiVe committee. The whole state is
deeply interested in this matter and the
charges of corruption which are flying
around will make a bad impression in
the minds of the people.
Il am very glad to see the movement
favoring an investigation of this mat
ter because it should be cleared up.
I know of no law under which the ex-
ecutive department may take it up but
I hope the matter will be taken into the
courts and aired.
IF the transaction was an honest one
there can be no harm to investigate it.
If it was dishonest this fact can not be
established too soon to suit this admin
istration. We do not want to be made
a party to diShonOrable or bOodlinS
transactions and if such have taken
place the guilty persons should be
brought to justice and exposed before
all the people.
SO far as am concerned have no
definite knowledge of these matters. I
have been told that some mem bers of
the committee were unduIy influenced but
the persons who have been furnishing
the informal tion have not offered evil
dence to sustain their charges. I re-
alize that it is an easy matter for these
scandals to gain circulation and fire.
ouently too, without much foundation.
but the statement of the members of
the committee that Doodle was offered
certainly can not be discredited-'
Senator John Fulton denies that he
was pledged to vote for Clay Center.
Will the senator kindly furnish answers
to the following inquiries:
Why was he prevented from taking
a place on the committee when its ap
pointment was first authorized2
Why he, when first asked about the
matter said he was in favor of giving
the asylum to the western part OF the
State2
If then he did not promise to vote for
Clay Center?
If the friends of Clay Center did not
doubt him and go and see Mr. Leland?
If Mr. Leland did not satisfy the
frierds of Clay Center, not the least of
whom was the Rock Island. that Fulton
would vote for Clay Center2
If after that had been done the friends
of Clay Center united and secured the
appointment of the senator on the COM
mittee2
There is another feature of the work
Steve Osborn, the speaker of the house.
put Salina into the race for the asylum
as a back-fire against Clay Center. Os-
born had made some promises on COM
mittee appointments which had not been
redeemed when the legislature adjourn
ed. One of the Clay Center men went
to Osborn and abused him for his posi-
ton and said among other things:
From now until the resurrection Clay
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LAY DOWN ARMS.
Rival Factions In Samoa Sub
NIT to Commission.
Surrender Their Implements
of Warfare.
GERMANS GET IN LINE.
Act In Conjunction With the
Other Powers.
1t May Be Decided to Have No
King.

Apia, Samoa, May 31--via Auckland, n.
H.. June 6--Malietoa and Tamasese have
visited the members of the Samoan COM
mission on board the United States trans
port Badger and Mataafa visited them the
following day. Neither of them was rec
ognized as king. Mataafa expressed will
inSness to abide by the commissioners
decision and blamed the Europeans for
the trouble here The commissioners in
formed him that they had power to es-
tablish a government with or without a
king Mataafa thought the Samoans
should have a king, but expressed willing
ness to disarm his followers and leave the
matter in the hands of the commission.
The Germans acted for the first time in
many months with the representatives of
the other powers and have officially sent
The naval authorities and the mission
societies have submitted their views to
nation fixed May p as the date for the
natives to surrender their arms. Mataafa.
however, asked for an extension of time
guns On Board the Badger. The Maiieo Eeo
toanS are now disarmed.
The UAited States cruiser Philadelphia.
May 21 and the British and German 71a5f con-
suls, Mr.. + F. Maxse and Herr Rose,
Queen Victoria's birthday was cele-
brated with great rejoicing by 5000 strong
men men OF the Malietoa party attending the
festivities at Malinuu. in the presence of
the British consul and naval officers. The
ish and Americans and they marched to
the graves of the Germans who were slain
in the battle Of FagaIt in 1873. The Amer
leans fired a salute over the German
graves
are freely submitting their grievances TO
the commission: but the natives brought
mere from other islands at the time of
the disturbanc will be returned to their
homes and all the Warships will proba bIy
leave Samoa at an early date.
The chief justice. Mr.. w. L. Chambers
VIII continue the sittings of the supreme
court.
92nap RT WiIhsm bhsIF3aS Self the newly arrived
The commissioners are reticent but it
IS understood they are considering re-
as established by the Berlin treaty and
that the number of officials may be re-
duced.
The residents of Apia express dissat-
fsfaction at the indications given by the
commission that the rebels viii not be
for arms Illegally Imported. They CON
slder TINS a bad precedent, but il is ad-
action of the commissioner
The American engineering staff has ar
rived here and will proceed to erect a
naval jetty and coal stores ar Pango
Pango.
Judge MuIligan. the former American
compensation claims and defend Mataafa
But the commission has intimated that
no, no notice viii be taken of the claims
the commission will ask each power to
compensate its own citizens or subjects
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Washington, June 6.-The secretary
of state has received the following ca
blegram from Bartlett Trip, the Uni
ted States representative on the Sa-
moan commission:
Apia, May 81. via Auckland N T.,
June 6.-Mataafa disarmed. over 500
rebels surrendered. (Signed)
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FATE OF THE PELICAN.
The Loss of the Steamer No Longer
Doubted

San Francisco, Cal, June 6.-The
Merchants Exchange has received from
the Northern Pacific Steamship COM
pany, a genuine sigma ture of a. H. Pat
terson, first officer of the steamer Peli-
can, which, according to a message
picked up on the shores of Portage Bay,
purporting to be signed by Patterson.
was lost while enrOute from Puget
Sound to China. Some doubt was ex-
pressed as TO the genuineness of the
signature and hope was expressed that
some ruthless joker was playing a hoax,
but a careful comparison OF the sigma
lures dispels the idea and shipping men
are convinced that the Pelican found
cred
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BROKEN PLEDGES.
Promises Don't Count With
Legislative Committees.
People Are Asking Who Can
Be Trusted.
GOVERNOR INDIGNANT
Wants Charges of Corruption
Sifted to Bottom.
Whole State Is Aroused Over
Latest Scandal.
MIR. FULTON'S PROMISE
Some Questions That Gentle
man Might Answer.
Senator thinner Denies That
He Was Paid $4,000.
Whole State Is Aroused OVel
Latest Scandal.
MR.. FULTON'S PROMISE
Some Questions That Gentle
man Might Answer.
Senator thinner Denies That
He Was Paid $4,000.
Gentleman From Brown Rushes
Forward With DeniaIs.

Governor Stanley is excited over the
turn the location of the new insane
asylum has taken. Like every one who
believes that the honor of the state is
at stake he is indignant and is eager
for an investigation He does not care
to institute the Investigation but hopes
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Citizen of Pennsylvania and
Heir to a Fortune
MysteriousIy Disappears While
In Chicago.
HAD LOT OF MONEY
Murder and Robbery Are Sus-
pected by His Friends.
Was Taking POSTGRADUATE
Course In Medicine.

Chicago. June 6.-Dr. z. A. Russell.
prominent physician of Butler. Pa,
and heir to a large fortune. is missing.
and it is feared by his relatives that he
has been robbed and murdered. DR..
Russell came to Chicago early in Feb
ruary to take a post graduate course in
medicine. He received a large sum OF
money about May 10th, and has not
been seen since that time. A brother
of the missing man, A. E. Russell. is
in Chicago trying to trace his relative.
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ANDREE MESSAGES
Continue to Be Found With Estab-
lished Regularly.

Christiania, June 6.-According to a
dispatch from MandaI- the most south
ern town of Norway, two boys on May
IA found on the north coast of Iceland
a small cork case, containing a slip
of paper dated July II, 1897, signed
"Andree, Strindberg and F'raenckel,'' -
and bearing the words "All we'll.
Thrown out about longitude 81. latitude
unknown Professor Andree's brother
thinks the case was probably one of the
letter buoys with which the Andree ex-
DeGition was provided
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Fined Every Man In Town.

Princeton. KY, June every man in
town was fined today for contempt of
court. A petition had been signed by
all the citizens asking the grand jury
not to indict the insurance companies
and no indictments were found. The
commemorative attorney moved to
proceed against the signers for con-
tempt of court. The judge affixed the
fine at one cent and the defendants ap-
plauded the decision.
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Depew to Watch the Frencb.

London, June 6.--Senator-elect Depew
with his son. Chauncey NJ. Depew. jr.
will leave for Paris tomorrow 1T is
impossible to say what will develop in
France as the outcome of the present
political conditions" he remarked to
the correspondent of the Associated
Press. land I propose to watch events
there for a week or so myself
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SM0THERED.
Three Men Buried Alive In a
Slate Quarry.

Allentown, Pa, June 6.-Three men
were smothered today in a cave-in in
Ed Peterson's slate quarry at Berlins-
Vile The dead are:
ROBERT SNYDER, leaves widow and
seven children
children.
AMMON BEERS. single.
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Weather Indications

Chicago, June 6.-For Kansas: Show
ers and proba bly, thunder storms to-
night and Wednesday,; probably cooler
southerly winds, shifting to northerly
"Wednesday.
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To New Gold FiaIds

San Francisco, June 6.-The steamer
Queen has sailed for Alaska She car
ried a large number of passengers,
some of whom are destined for the Cape
Nome district. which some people credit
with being richer than the klondike.