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The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
PROBING FOR FACTS.
Investigation of Wardner Riot
ing Is Commenced.

Washington, Feb 20.-The hearing of
witnesses in the investigation of alleged
improper action by the United States
military officers at Wardner, Idaho, be-
gan today before the house committee
on military affairs. The room was
crowded and among those present were
Brigadier General Merriam and Gov
ernor Steunenberg of Idaho. Before be-
ginning the committee adopted a form
of procedure offered by Mr.. Hay of
Virginia that the witnesses for the
complainants be first heard with oppor-
tunities for response from the other
side.
The first witness, A A. Frazer, a
lawyer of ShoShone county, where the
trouble occurred, testified that the civil
courts were doing business at the time
when martial law is said to have been
in operation.
Representative Lentz, who conducted
the inquiry explained that this was a
groundwork for judging the need of
martial law.
Fred c. Robertson, a lawyer of Spo-
kane, told of visits to the scene of the
riots, including what he termed the
bull pen" and gave a detailed descrip-
tion of the mines where the trouble oc
Cured. He explained the friction grow
ing out of the employment of non-union
miners by the Bunker Hill mine, the
gathering of 1000 miners on April 29
and the destruction caused by the dyn-
amiting of the Bunker Hill plant. Gov
ernor Steunenberg proclaimed that a
state of inSurrection existed and sever
al men were arrested and put into the
bull pen Mr.. Robertson applied
for writs of habeas corpus for the ar
rested men, but the courts held that
they would not interfere with the ac-
tion of the governor which in effect the
witness said was a suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus
Mr.. Robertson was continuing his re-
cital when the committee adjourned un-
til tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20

been justifabIe. But it would seem as
though the debt that II was meant to
cancel has been wiped out by this time,
so that the appeal Of the shoe manufac-
turers might now receive attention.
Mr.. Batcheller is president OF the f.
and A. H. Batcheller company, one of
the best known shoe manufacturing
concerns in the country, and his re-
marks and deductions may be accepted
as representing the intelligent public
spirit of the whole industry. The occa-
sion was the annual dinner OF the New
England Shoe and Leather association.
held last evening, which, as the repre-
sentative body in this industry, put it
SELF on record a the very outset as OF
posed to the measure Manufacturers
who are being exhorted through gov
ernmenta1 reports, to build up a for
eign trade in footwear, ask, very nat
urally, that as a preliminary to an ag
gressive campaign on their part, the
duty of Is per cent upon their raw ma
terial be removed so that they shall not
be hampered by conditions that do not
prevail among their. competitors They
have listened of late to Consul Mon
aghan's optimistic accounts of how the
people of northern Europe are anxious
to buy our shoes and have read as we'll
the consular letters of the same tenor
sent from time to time from Canada,
Australia and other countries, until
genuine enthusiasm has been awaken
ed
This legitimate impulse to expansion
must be repressed, however, because
it is at war with the policy of a re-
strictiye tariff upon the raw material,
for which politics and not business is
alone responsible. That we have in
creased our exports in shoes is nothing
to the point. This has been accomplish
ed in spite Of the tax, but the German
makers are now fast duplicating our
styles and workmanship, and American
manufacturers realize that very soon
small fractions in cost will decide the
day for them The is per cent now i'm
posed upon hides, if not promptly re-
pealed, will suffice to turn aside the
new current of prosperity from foreign
markets for our products.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20

jected. He said Mr. Clark had made
showing of all his political expenses ana
sonal and business expenditures.
The question was raised in connection
with a correction made by Mr.. Clark of
his testimony of yesterday concerning the
date of his presentation of S., 600 to Rep
resentative Day. He said that instead of
doing this on February I, he had done It
on March l. The prosecution contended
that if one mistake had been made others
were likely to have been.
Mr.. Campbell said that all the opposi-
ton asked was that the committee or
some one appointed by the committee
should have the opportunity of examining
the books. The prosecution had no desire
to pry into his private accounts or be
present at the examination. No decision
was reached ana Mf- Slark was excused
concerning incidents growing out of his
visit to Helena on a special train in con-
nection with c. W. Clark and Mr.. Whit
more on August last
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20

Everything appears to come the way
of the paper trust. The province of
Quebec has Disseminated against the
other provinces of the Dominion by an
order in council putting a stumpage tax
on pulp wood, cut on crown lands. of
sL90 cord with a rebate of $3.50 a
cord in case the wood is manufactured
into pulp in the province. Pulp wood
cut to be taken into the province of on
tario or into the United States must
pay the full stumpage tax of $3.50 a
cord of 128 cubic feet. This heavy tax
IS ingeniously laid to avoid the form of
an export duty. The tax must greatly
embarrass American and other owners
Of crown land timber. Other provinces
are complaining, but are not likely to
bring a change, as Ontario has passed
an order in council prohibiting the ex-
port of pulp wood from crown lands on
any terms. Canadian pulp wood is ac-
cordingiy tied up securely The only
way to use Canadian wood from crown
lands in the two provinces is to man
ufacture it in those provinces.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
TEN HOURS ON ICE FLOE.
Perilous Trip on the Hudson by Fac
tory Employees.

New York Feb. 2O.-Two men afoat
on an ice foe made the trip from Yon-
kers to New York yesterday and were
rescued off the Fort Lee ferry From
half past seven o'clock in the morning
until half past five in the evening they
sat in an open skiff, which had been
nipped between two big ice cakes and
hOisted upon one of them by the action
of the tide.
All the way from Yonkers they were
seen at intervals by persons on shore,
who made futile attempts at rescue.
The Hudson was SO full of ice that
nothing short of some stout craft like
a blunt bowed ferryboat could have
reached them.
Charles Jones and Walter Leggett,
who are employed by Leider Bros in
from Yonkers, are the men who had
this adventure. They roWed across the
river early Sunday evening with a load
of material for the factory. At that
time the river was cOmpaI atiYely free
of ice and the drift was not dangerous.
They delivered their load and shipped
two barrels of tall0w, which they We're
to take back to Yonkers. While they
were ashore the floating ice increased
so much that they concluded it was
dangerous to attempt a return trip in
the skiff. They had had nothing to eat
and neither had an overcOat. They
slept in a shed on the west shore until
half past seven o'clock in the morning
and then thought that the condition of
the river would permit crossing. once
in the middle of the river they discoV-
cred that the ice foes there were grow
ing larger and larger, and almost before
they knew it they We're headed down
stream. Ten hours later they were
picked up by ferryboat off Fort Lee.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
WANTS MORE POWER.
Commerce commissioners
Appears Before Senate Committee.

New York, Feb. 2O.-The senate com
mittee on interstate commerce today
heard Commissioners Prouty and Glenn
ents of the interstate commerce com
mission in favor of the bill to give the
commission power in the matter of rail-
road rates. The principal argument
was made by Mr.. Prouty. He said that
the commission was now powerless. An
order of the commission could be block
ed and even if approved by the courts,
it would take three years to enforce it
through all the courts. The order of the
commission should be effective at once
to accomplish anything. He was ques-
toned at some length by different mem
bers of the committee. In the course
of his statement he said that grain was
being carried from Chicago east at less
than the published rates The commit
sion wanted power to adjust rates when
complaints were made and found valid
and also authority to examine the books
of the railroad companies.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20

That trade follows the flag" is shown
by the December figures of the treasury
bureau of statistics which show for the
single month exports of considerably
more than two million dollars to Cuba,
and imports valued at 81, 355, 900 from
Cuba; to Porto Rico, exports valued at
S312, 900, against s1s9,00O in December,
1885, to the Hawaiian Islands, exports
exceeding one million dollars in value,
against s936,OOO in December, 1898, and
to the Philippine Islands, $379, 600,
against $4,000 in December, 1898. TAX
ing the entire year and the five islands
or groups of islands, Cuba, Porto Rico,
and the Hawaiian. Philippine and Sa-
moan Islands, the total for 1899 shows
an increase of more than 100 per cent
in exports to those islands over the year
1898, while the imports from them show
an increase of nearly so per cent over
those of 1898.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.I
A polished hat doesn't go well with a
shiny coat.
one is paid.
The grinding trust is truly a grinding
wheel monopoly.
No one ever heard married man
coax his wife to sing for him.
Pay woman a compliment and she
will try to collect few more.
The first time man puts on a pair
Of skates he doesn't cut much ice.
It matters little what man thinks
just so he doesn't think it aloud.
A man is a hopeless fool who is fooled
twice by the same woman in the same
way.
The fire of genius is frequently ex-
tinguished by having cold water poured
on it
No matter how homely a man may
be he thinks there is something attrac-
tive about him.
It is said that king can do no wrong.
The saying probably originated with a
man who held four aces.
Sometimes a skeptical man buys a
lottery ticket just to prove that the
unexpected does not always happen
A woman's idea of a perfectly lovely
bonnet is one that doesn't look as
though it would hang together more
than six weeks.
When a married man tries to hirt
with widow, all the other women in
town make it their business to drop in
and sympathize with his wife
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
A GREAT SCANDAL
RumOr Involves Politicians OF
Both Parties.
Affairs of the Third Avenue
Road In Gotham
STATE.
Chargeable Alike to Republicans
and Democrats.
Money Loaned at Enormous
Rates of Interest.

New York, Feb. 2O.-One of the great
est political scandals since the days of
Tweed is believed by many to lurk in
the financial affairs of the Third avenue
railroad Politicians, it is said. nave
for years fed upon this traction prop
erty until now is may require five
years of careful fnanciering to
straighten it out. 1t is said on high
authority that the books of the COM
pany revealed such a state of fnan-
cial disorder to Kuhn, Loeb & Co, the
head of the syndicate that was formed
to fund the enormous floating debt.
that they were willing to assume the
task only on the agreement that divi-
dends should be suspended for five
years.
1t is said that the politicians of both
parties who have had their hands in
the Golfers of the company for so long,
refused to withdraw them for that
length of time, and the syndicate re-
fused to act.
The politicians concerned in the en-
barrassment of the railroad include, it
is said, some of the most prominent
men in both the Democratic and Re
publican parties. and even the judicial
ermine has been a mantle for this pO-
litical pilfering.
The Manhattan "L" road, it is said,
found that it could lend its money to
the company at such remunerative
rates that it purpOsely delayed the
completion of it's electrician contracts for
months. 1t is said to have made these
loans as high as II per cent.
1t is said that the association of lin
sideEs" which has mulcted the com
pany is composed of 65 per cent. of
prominent stockholders of the con-
Germ and 35 per cent of Republican and
70 n INV mol
The principal secured creditors of the
company are:
The Mutual Life company.
The National City bank. ii
The Central Trust company.
The National Union bank.
The Mercantile Trust company.
The Old Colony Trust company of
Boston.
These financial institutions hold notes
of the company aggregating SIT 900, 600.
The total floating debt of the concern
aggregates $50, 900, ,O00 Some of the sal
aries of its officers were several months
ago over six months in arrears.
The National City bank officials today
held a conference with representatives
of the Mutual Life and other leading
creditors, and as a result late this af-
ternoon a protective committee was
formed, consisting of the following:
Frederic P. Olcott, president of the
Central Trust company
Louis Fitzgerald, president of the
Mercantile Trust company
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., president of
the Old Colony Trust company of Bos-
ton
This committee will tomorrow morn
ing notify other creditors to meet them
for the purpose of taking steps to pro-
tect their mutual interests.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. today declined to
make any statement concerning the
Third avenue railroad.
Edward Lauterbach said there was
nothing to be given out.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
DEPEW HAS NO INFLUENCE
Cannot Get a Government Place For
Brave Bill" Anthony's Widow.

Washington. Feb. 2O.-'I seem to have
but little influence in the matter of Sc
curing government positions. For more
than three weeks I've been trying to
get place for Mrs. BIZ Anthony. wife
Of the hero of the Maine disaster.
but as yet 1 have not succeeded
Senator DepeW said this today to a
man who asked his aid in getting a
place in the government printing office.
The applicant was tall. thin-faced and
emaciated looking. He wore shabby
clothes and had a four or five days
growth of beard.
Senator I want your Endorsement.
he said If you sign this paper for
me am sure to get a job I'm a com
positor by trade and I want a place in
the government printing Office
The senator looked at the stranger.
asked some questions, and then signed
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
OTIS LOSSES.
Casualties Resulting From Various
Causes in Luzon.


Washington, Feb. 2O.-Gen. Otis to-
day cabled the war department the fol-
lowing list of casualties:
Manila Feb. 19.-Deaths: Malarial
fever, January I'd, Arlington Mayse, H,
22d infantry; Februay 10, Willis Nc
Martin. corporal, G., 45th infantry; 18th,
Azariah H. Harron, K, 3Sth infantry;
drowned, January Is, Albert Jay l..
Perry, A, 32d infantry. bathing in Rio
Grande, Florida Blanco; 14th, John
Magnuson,. band, 34th infantry, bath
ing, Rio Grande, Cabanatuuan, Luzon;
18th, Joseph F. Carnes. F, 34th infan-
try, Rio Agno, near San Nicholas, ac-
cidental; February 9, Daniel P. Jen-
kins, NJ, 22d infantry, gunshot; January
29th, VIM. Crawford, corporal. K, 25th
infantry, Angeles, Iluzon, fell on dag
ger worn by him; gunshot in action,
January 27. Amos O'Neil, F, 39th infan-
try; heat prostra tion. February 8,
Frederick Hegwain, H, 9th infantry;
pneumonia, 11th, John p. Hill, C,
29th; variola, 5th, Porter McGuyor. D,
44th infantry; 18th, Cyrus E. Britain,
A, 36th infantry; dysentery, 14th, An
drew Anderson, H, 35th infantry; Case
Nessel, c, 4th cavalry; typhoid fever,
10th, Clarence Van Boerger, corporal.
B, 37th infantry.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
DEMOCRATS TO TAKE TT UP
Platform to Favor Election of Sena-
tors by Popular Vote.

Chicago, Feb 20.-A special to the
Post from Washington says:
Election of United States senators by
direct vote of the people by constitu-
tional amendment will be one of the
planks in the platform of the Democra-
tic party according to Chairman Jones
of the Democratic national committee.
Il have no doubt that the election con-
tests and the commentaries on the
present system of electing senators
which have recently been offered have
aroused the people to demand a change
in the method" Senator Jones said. Il
am quite confident that the Democratic
platform will carry such a resolution.
The resolution prescribes the methods
by which this change can be obtained"
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
RAIL PLANT FOR MEXICO.
Four Thousand Men to Be Employed
by an American Syndicate.

Monterey, Mex, Feb 20-An Arneri-
can syndicate with a capital of $10,000.-
600 will Immediately begin the con-
struction of a great steel plant in this
city. The ground for the mammoth
concern has been purchased.
An abundance of high grade iron ore
and coal are within easy shipping dis
tance of Monterey. The plant will
make speciality of manufacturing
steel rails. and will be the first in
dustry Of the kind to be established in
Mexico It will give employment 10
about 1000 men when all the depart
ments are in operation. Several Amer
lean capitalists of Monterey are heavy
stockholders in the enterprise
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20

The Financial and Commercial Chron-
icle has statistics of earnings from 100
railroad companies, operating about
100000 miles of road. for the month of
January, this year. According to these
figures, there has been an increase of
Is per cent in average gross earnings
over last January, in spite of the fact
that the grain movement this January
was less by eighteen and a half million
bushels than that of last year, and the
further fact that the cotton carried this
year was less by more than 100000 bales
than that carried last year.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20

Government bonds bearing interest at
the rate of two per cent per annum,
yesterday reached the remarkable fig
ure of Sl03 on the New York market.
This is the highest point ever touched
by these securities. They have stood at
S1.O21s for some months. It is only
since the breaking out of the Spanish
war that they got above par. The pas
sage of the currency bill by the senate
probably is responsible for the most re-
cent advance.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
TO BUILD RAILROADS.
Steel and Wire Trust to Extend Its
Field of Operations.

New York, Feb 2O.-At the annual
meeting of the American Steel & Wire
company in Jersey City today Alfred
Clifford was elected a director for one
year in place of F. B. Voorhees, and the
following were elected directors to
serve five years:
Thomas Dolan, G. B. Ward, James
Hopkins, J. A. Drake and Charles
Boynton.
The stockholders unanimously voted
to adopt the proposed amendment to
the articles which permits the com
pany to build and operate railroads and
to enlarge it's power of operation in
other directions. An amendment was
also adopted authorizing the cancella-
ton of part of the preferred stock.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
writ of Habeas Corpus.

New York Feb. 2O-Judge Thomas, of
the United States district court of Brook
1yn today signed a writ of habeas corpus
directing Sheriff Walton of Kings county
to produce before him tomorrow. VIM. F.
Miller of Franklin syndicate fame, to an
swer questions to enable attorneys ap
pearing for numerous petitioners in bank
ruptcy, all former depositors, with the
syndicate, to prepare comprehensive and
complete schedules of their respective
claims against the concern.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20

Just as soon as the British found out
what the Beers proposed to do with
Cecil Rhodes they rushed to the res
cue If it had been announced that
they would hang him instead of hold
him for ransom it might have been diff
ferent It is burden enough on England
to have. Rhodes on her hands without
being compelled to put up good money
to get him out of soak
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Miss Louise Mclaughlin, who has
for several months been ill at the home
of her sister, Mrs. J. L. Penney, in
Hutchinson, died this morning at $3.50
o'clock. The funeral services will be
held at Hutchinson at 10 a. m. Wed
nesday, February 81 The body will
be brought to Topeka for burial. Miss
Mclaughlin was a sister of Mrs. Emma
Fvarts of this city, and has many
friends and relatives here. Further an
nouncement will be made as to the
time of the services here.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
600 Rntternakers Meet.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 20.-With the ar
rival today of the Kansas, Iowa and
Minnesota buttermakers, all the large
delegations expected for the weeks
convention are accounted for. Secre-
tary Sudendorf said a fair estimate of
the attendance would be 3.400 The
general sessions will be held in the aud
itorium almost continuously until Fri
day night Milwaukee and Kansas City
are making the most stirring contests
for next years meeting. The convention
opened at 2 O'clock.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
Gompers Returns From Cuba.

New York. Feb. 2O.-Among the pas
sengers who arrived today on the
steamer Mexico from Havana, was
Samuel Hompers, president of the Am
erican Federation of Labor.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
President.

Don't risk the little ones life: Group is
a dangerous disease. Mrs. II; Gregg, Dun
dee, kans., says:-"My little daughter
had been troubled with Group since she was
three months old; Beggs' Cherry Cough
Syrup cured her" Children like it Guar
anteed. R. W. Squires. pharmacist. 732
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
Working Night and Dav.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
{hat ever was made is DR.. Kings New
Lire Pills. These pills change weakness
INTO strength, nstlessness into energy.
praia I1ld.Il 9asgi fag int2 mental power. They're
Monoerful in building up the health. Only
5c per box. Sold at Waggoner's drIS
store, 7S1 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
Destructive Blaze at Decatur. Ala

Decatur, Ala. Feb. 20-Fire today
destroyed the greater portion of one of
the main business blocks, causing a
loss of 100000 Insurance about $4,000
Six buildings, all brick, were burned,
together with their contents. The heav-
lest losers are. English & Day, whole
sale and retail grocers; Collier & Son,
hardware; w. J. Nesbitt & Co., china
and glassware; J. w. Bailey, groceries;
Kinney Bros, hardware, and F. H.
Howard saloon
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
Notice, Kansas Prospecting Mining
Exchange.

The annual meeting of the Board of
Directors and Stockholders of THE
Kansas Prospecting and Mining Ex-
change" will be held at the office of
Waters & Waters, suite SO, Columbian
building, City of Topeka. Shawnee coun-
ty, State of Kansas, on Saturday, Feb
ruary "a, 1900, at 3 o'clock p M, for the
purpose of reorganizing the company,
amending the charter. election of Off
GERS and transacting such other bust
ness as may come before the meeting.
All parties interested and directors and
stockholders are requested to be
promptly on hand
VIM. IRVING,
President
T. J. HAYES,
Vice President and Director.
PATRICK H. CONEY
II w THOMPSON,
Directors.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
COLD WAVE LATE.
It Is Expected to Arrive Sometime
Tonight.

Tonight.
The colder weather and snow that
was predicted yesterday has so far
failed to arrive but the time has been
extended and the change is due here
tonight.
The froeeast reads "rain or snow to-
night. Wednesday generally fair. Cold
er southeast portion. High northwest
winds" Since yesterday a low barome
ter has appeared in Oklahoma and
southwestern Kansas. There is an
other low in Arizona and a high just
north of the Canadian line. The extreme
cold weather in the north has modera-
ted to about zero. The maximum tenn
perature today up to II o'clock was Al
and the minimum 33. The wind south
east making miles an hour.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
$4,000 For oberlin.

Oberlin. O.. Feb. 2O-President Barrows
today announced a gift of $40 900 for Ober-
lin college from the ESTATE of VIM. E. Os-
born of Pittsburg, who died in Florida
few weeks ago, for the endowment of
the Presidents chair.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-20
Associated Press Wins One.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-Judge Seaman in
the United States district court today
issued an order denying the injunction
prayed for by the Chicago Tribune
against the Associated Press. This grew
out of an alleged infringement of copy
right