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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
Governors Semi Centennial Cir
cular Brings Responses.
State viii Have an Exposition
to Surprise the World.
MEETING IN JUNE
Permanent Association to Be
Formed at That Time.
News From the Various Depart
ments of Stats.

To aid in making preliminary ar
rangements for the celebration of the
semi-centennial anniversary of the ad-
mission of Kansas as a state Governor
Stanley has sent out a circular letter
requesting the county commissioners
and city councils of the state to appoint
delegates to attend a meeting to be held
in Topeka June 5.
At that time the plan of the work will
be outlined and the foundation laid for
the proposed celebration which will be
held in 1904
Bourbon county was one of the first
counties to respond to the suggestion by
the governor and the commissioners
have designated T. R. Longshore as the
official representative of the county.
Mayor Charles w. Goodlander of Fort
Scott has been selected by the council
to represent the city.
The two men named to present the
interests of Bourbon county in this mat
ter are live business men and the COM
missioners and council announce that
they ARE ready to guarantee that Long
shore and Goodlander will do their part
and do it WELL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
FIGHTERS ARE READY.
Mrs. COrbett Confident of Vie
tory For Her Husband
Tonight.

New York, May 1.-THE party that
accompanied Jeffries from Asbury Park
to Coney Island comprised VIM. A.
Brady. his manager, and Ross O'Neill,
Sam Thall, Tommy Ryan, Ed Dunk
horst Jack Jeffries and Dick Walters.
Brady assured Jeffries that he would be
able to put Corbett to sleep in three
rounds
Corbett who has done his training at
Lakewood, n. J., was up at o'clock,
took a bath and was given rub down,
after which he ate a. hearty breakfast.
A little later he and his trainers took
train for New York. Mrs COrbett was
one of the party and she professed un-
bounded faith in her husbands ability
to win.
D Hes not a bit Worried she said to
a reporter. My! He did sleep last
night"
bett, "and will be horribly disappointed
if 1 don't. You can bet if I don't loose
quick. I won't. Around the eighteenth
or twentieth round look out for the fall
of Jeffries. I'm prepared for any kind
of a fight and it may be over in the
first. too, with James J. Corbett the
winner"
The men will enter the ring at 9:45
o'clock and promptly at 10 o'clock will
begin lighting. Jeffries has many points
of advantage over Corbett. To begin
with he is nine years younger than
the eX-champiOn and is an inch taller.
He VIII go INTO the ring weighing ZlO
pounds, and Corbetts weight is 1873,
The normal girth of Jeffries' chest is A
inches and of Corbett's AZ inches; ex-
panded, Jeffries' chest measures 40
inches, and Corbett's Az inches. With
arms extended Jeffries reaches T6a4
inches and COrbett 74sz inches JEFF
fries biceps measure 16 inches and Cor
belts IA inches
COrbett and his adherents count
upon superior skill and agility and ring
generalship to overcome the seeming
advantage Of the present holder of the
championship honors, and there is the
usual talk of new tactics developed in
the course of recent training at Lake
/ wood
There has been little betting on the
result of the fight, but both of the
pugilsts have friends who promise to
back their men later. The odds are
! said to be . to 1 on Jeffries, at which
/ price Brady says he is ready to place
| IS 900 on the champion. Milton Rockert
of San Francisco has $3.50 to place
against 1920 of Jeffries money,
Charles Mahoney has $500 of Jeffries
money but will give no better than
! 2 to l.
Dan O'Rourke has bet $4,000 to 81 00l
/ that Jeffries will win in fifteen rounds
Fred Williams taking the long end oi
the proposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11

that the issue is now squarely Joined, so
that the companies. the strikers and
the public may understand the same.
''Mahon is a man of great GOODNESS
and executive ability. He will not let
minor stipuIations stand in the way of
an adjustment of the leading PROPOSE
ton of unionizing the roads. It is also
very gratifying to me that the labor
leaders believe that the efforts of the
police department have been rightly 6i-
rectcd; and that the department will
have their assistance and cooperation
in preventing lawlessness and violence
in the future.
The department will use every re-
source which it can command and de-
vote its every energy to preserving
peace and order so that the companies
may have an opportunity to prove their
claim that they have sufficient men to
run their cars.
The companies on the one hand are
confident that they have the necessary
men to run their cars. The strikers on
the other hand are confident that they
have not. The preservation of peace anG
order will quickly determine who is
right. and the issue will be joined on
the question of unionizing the roads.
(Signed) HARRY B. HALVES,
President Board of Police Commission
The Post-Dispatch will not bulletin
returns from the Jeffries- Corbett fight
tonight nor will it publish an extra.
This determination was arrived at after
consultation with counsel, who advised
that nothing be done at the present time
that will interfere with the spirit of the
law relating to congrega tion of crowds
on the streets and in public places.
At l 80 o'clock cars were started on
the Park avenue and Bellefontaine lines
of the Transit company's Lindell divis-
ion, and preparations are being made to
open every division this afternoon.
Squads of mounted police and patrol
men were sent to the starting place on
each line.
A general meeting of the trades and
labor bodies of St Louis has been called
for Sunday night for the purpose of con-
sidering what action shall be taken by
organized labor in the city to actively
support the demands of the striking
street railway men.
The coroner today held Dan Donovan
for the murder of Frank Liebrecht, ar
innocent onlooker in a riot on the Su-
burban tracks Wednesday night
Flora Seigfried. the 1O-year-old gir
who was reported killed by a brick
thrown at a street car last night is alive
| and may recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
PRIZE FIGHT BULLETINS.

The Jeffries-Corbett prize fight
will be bulletined by rounds by the
is scheduled to take place before the
Seaside Athletic club in New York city
and will be called promptly at 1000
o'clock New York time or o'clock To-
pelSa time. A megraphone will be used
and there will be no difficulty in hear
ing the rounds read. A description of
the fight will be flashed directly from
the ring side into the State Journal Of
fee by the Associated Press and will be
read to the listeners in front of the
State Journal Office instantly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
coBURN's NEW ROOMS.
Will Be Installed in Place of Court of
Visitation.

The executive council has practically
decided to establish F. D. Coburn. sec
retary of the state board Of agriculture,
in the rooms vacated by the court of
visitation.
These rooms are opposite, across the
hall, from the present rooms of the
board of agriculture, and will he as
signed as an addition thereto.
In the offices now occupied by the
secretary and his force the sunshine
never enters, the rooms being on the
north side of the capitol.
Mr. Cole and Mr.. GODDARD are a com
1nittee selected by the council to ex-
anime the opportunities for the reas-
signement of rooms in the capitol, there
after to make report to the council.
The plan to esta bIish some of the de-
partments in more commodious quarters
will now be carried into effect so far as
practica BILE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
KIRBY CASE APPEALED.
Perry Man Ordered Released on
$1,000 Bond.

The attorneys for Thomas c. Kirby
charged with the murder of F. A.
Foley, Union Pacific agent at Perry,
have appealed the case to the supreme
court. Kirby was convicted of murder
in the second degree and sentenced to
ten years in the penitentIary.
The supreme court accepted the ap-
peal and fixed Kirby's bond at $1,000. 1t
is said that Kirby can not give this
amount of bond but the pending hearing
of the case by the supreme court will
serve as a stay of execution in the SEN
tence If Kirby can not furnish the
bond he will remain in jail until the
supreme court passes on the case. If
leased until the case is disposed of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
MAJORITY INCREASED.
National House Unseats Another
Democratic Member.

Washington. May 1.-THE house. bv the
very narrow margin of two votes zts+a11 elre
day unseated Mr.. Crawford. of North
carolina q Democrat and seated in his
place MI Pearson, of North Carolina. He
Is the third Republican to be seated nv
the present house. The minority reDorf
oeelaring the sitting member entitled to
the seat was defeated by one vote
Mr.. Jack. a Pennsylvania Republicap
voted with the Democrats on both roll
cans were absent and impaired and on
the second twelve were absent and un-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
ATWOOD'S HONOR.
Invited to Assist President Mckinley
in Receiving Guests.

John H. Atwood, of Leavenworth, has
been invited by President Mckinley to
assist, with Mrs. Atwood in receiving
the guests at the reception to be held
in Washington for the visitors at the
annual conclave of the imperial council
of the Mystic Shrine.
Mr.. Atwood is the imperial potentate
for the world of this organization. The
invitation to assist was forwarded to
Mr.. Atwood through George H Walker.
assistant attorney general at Washing
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
PENSION MONEY GONE.
Clerk at Soldiers Home Arrest
ed For Embezzlement.

Marion, Ind. May 11-Chas. e. Webster
chief clerk of the National Military
home has been arrested by a United
States marshal on a charge of embez-
Element and grand larceny growing out
Of the mysterious disappearance of 81
eco from S225000 of pension money sent
to the home for disbursement and
placed in the safe to which only Web
ster and the treasurer had access.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
NO HEAVY LINES.
The Weather Map Now Shows Un-
clouded Prospects.

The weather map today is clear Of
heavy lines and dashes and fair weather
may be expected
The forecast sent out today is fair
tonight and Saturday. Warmer west
portion tonight and continued warmer
Saturday" The barometer is falling,
which means warmer weather. The
maximum temperature up to II o'clock
today was 79 and the minimum IS. TIE
wind was southwest, blowing "a miles
an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
Coroner Appointed.

Governor Stanley has appointed J. E.
Vanderpool coroner of Cove county. to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of E N. West Vanderpool is a
graduate of the Kansas Medical college
in this city, and for several years be-
fore going to Cove county was associ-
ated with the late DR.. S. E. Sheldon in
the TOreIxa practice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
Bank Robberv ApneaI.

Frank Wayne, Frank Deneen and NJ.
Callahan are under sentence of the dis
trict court for robbing a bank at Clear
water, the trial having been held in the
district court of Sedgwick county. The
appeal was filed today. and will not be
heard before the July term of the court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
Grip Causes Suicida.

Edinburgh, May 11-H H Norie
manaSer of the Union Bank of Scotland.
was found dead this morning at his
residence. His head was half blown
away by gun. Apparently he com
mitted suicide. His action is attributed
TO the fact that he had been suffering
from influenza
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
Seven Hundred Feet Taken

The booths for the street fair which
have been set aside for the use of To-
peka enterprises are being taken more
rapidly today. The committee has been
actively at work and a little over 7O0
feet OF space had been contracted for
BY local firms up to noon today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
Marriage of Japanese Prince.

Yokohama. May 1.-THE wedding Of
Crown Prince Yoshihito and Princess
Sada 10, a daughter of the Kujem fam
lily. al Toxic on Thursday was a most
simple ceremony. The contracting par
ties drank cups of wine before the
shrine in the imperial palace. The for
elgn residents presented an address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
Tecumseh. Okla. Fire.

Wichita, May IA Beacon special
from Tecumseh, Okla. says twelve
buildings burned there this morning
two hardware, two general merchandise.
one millinery store, balance offices and
residences. Loss $4,000, with $500 in
surance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11
W Gather Indications.

Chicago. May 1L=For Kansas. Fair
tonight and Saturday; warmer in west
portion tonight continued warm Satur-
day; southerly winds
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CONTINUED on Third Page.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-11

This is the form of the subscription
which is being circulated today by the
finance committee on the Santa Fe shop
matter. The committee began work this
morning and by noon it had four sub
scriptions for 81 1000 EACH Every man
seen had subscribed. These subscrip-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-20

the whole business is that by this new ten
dency in civilization our population Of de-
pendents is greatly increased. and some OF
them are certainly going to become a
charge on the State.
The tendency itself cannot be checked.
The question which confronts the public Is,
How can its consequences be metz Is
there not some way in which work can be
provided for the people who are unable TO
keep up with the procession" Can they
not be given some task at which they can
earn their living, or a part of it. without
coming in competition with able bodied
workers or lowering wages to the detri-
ment Of The rest Of the community?
Il is the great problem OF the unem-
ployed over again. Some may argue that
an employment bureau for people out OF
work would be demoralizing. Perhaps it
would But it is also dem9ralizing to have
in the community a large and constantly
increasing class. composed Of possible sui
cides. paupers, hospital patients and
drunkards. It might be cheaper to help
these people to find work in the beginning
even provide it for them to do-than to
take care of them after they have become
broken down. desperate. and generally de-
moralized by idieness and semi-starya-
tfo,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-20

There have been many discussions on
the subject Of the mosquito, some of them
scientific and others quite the reverse
The savants of many different countries
have written papers on the subject of this
insect, and examined it with a view to
finding out its habits. history, dwelling
places, and use in the world. Citizens
with no pretensions to scientific knowledge
have also discussed it in summer evenings
and early morning twilights. and used Lam
guage in the course of these conversations
which was not only unscientifc but to a
certain extent favored with violence.
London society of research announced
some time ago that the mosquito was the
cause Of malaria disseminating the germs
thereof in the course Of its travels. SOME
body else then asserted that not only
these, but other germs were carried by the
mosquito and nervous people experienced
thrills Of horror and dismay. Ii is bad
enough to be preyed upon by bloOdthirsty
little insect with an irritating voice, but
when one is informed that that insect is
travelling around creation scattering mala-
ria. fever and for all that anyone knows.
cholera. smallpox the bubonic plague and
consumption among its innocent victims,
the prospect becomes appalling. 1t is worse
than the rat nightmare. Rats may carry
disease, but a good active terrier or
fighting cat will keep them in check. No
one has ever found anything that will keep
a mosquito in allowance when on the war
path. There are places in this country
and not ali of them in New Jersey-where
the people cover their windows with mus
lin instead OF ordinary screens to keep out
these plaques. and are obliged. when driv-
ing along the road, to brush the insects
away with small switches. It is the opin-
ion Of people who live in these districts
that the only reason for the Lords af-
fcting Pharaoh with flies instead of mos
quitoes was that the latter insect had not
yet been evolved.
But It is now said that the mosquito is
not guilty of this charge scientist has
arisen TO confute it. He has proved an
alibi for the insect. and given reasons,
which are said to be satisfactory why dis
semination Of germs by this method is i'm
possible. People afflicted with germopho-
bia viii now proceed TO take long breath
They viii not have added to the affection
Of the ordinary mosquito plague the fear
that with every bite the germs of some
deadly disease may be implanted in their
systems.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-20
WITHDRAWs FROM CHURCH.
A Priest RenOunces Faith in Roman
Catholicism.

NEW YORK. March 19.-Anthony Hau-
berich, until last Wednesday one of the
three pastors OF St Anthonys Roman
Catholic Church, at Butler u. J., has Te-
nounced the Roman Catholic faith and has
announced that he intends to enter the
Protestant ministry. When seen today at
Christ's Mission. 142 West Twenty first
Street. he talked freely about his change
Of faith. He is a young man about twenty
seven years old. and was born in Hesse
Nassau, Germany
The motives which impelled me to
leave the Roman Catholic Church are
many" said Mr. Hauberich. but they
may be briefly summarized in this; that
| no longer believe In the Roman Catholic
Church. as the sole authority in the Church
of Christ. that / believe salvation IS to be
found outside the Church of Rome, and
have no faith in Leo XIII as the infalli-
BILE teacher, nor can l reconcile myself
to the belief that the priest can act as
mediator between God and men. The
priest cannot absolve one OF sin. God
alone can forgive sin. 1t is blasphemous
for any man to assume an Office which Is
the prerogative OF the Son of God alone"
Mr.. Hauberich was engaged in writing
letters today to his former superior,
Father Bonaventura. in Butler, n. J.; to
Rev. Aloysius Laur. Superior General Of
the Order Of Frias Miner, in Rome. and
to others Of the Roman Catholic clergy.
All the letters were to the effect that the
writer had withdrawn from the church
for the reasons stated.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-20
Experimental Fiction.

Experimental psychology IS not BY any
means a new thing but the experimental
method in iction. as recently exemplifed
Is. A romance writer in Berlin stole a fur
boa, and adduced in defence OF the act that
she was writing a story in which a shop
litter figured, and wished TO be able TO de-
scribe the feelings Of her heroine from ex-
perience. The magistrate let her of with
small fine, not thinking. apparently, that
the emotions OF a shoplfter punished
would be quite as vivid and necessary to
artistic thoroughness as those OF a thief
Undecided.
II is possible that this method OF fiction
writing may become popular. but II it
should. there viii doubtless be a consider
able increase Of crime. since most noyelists
introduce g number Of villains into their
works at one time or another. and some Of
these are unconscionable rascsls. Is st 10
be supposed, for example, that the author
OF Sherlock Holmes" should be required to
commit all sorts Of crimes, and be de-
tected, in order TO portray criminals truth
fully? In that case. most OF the income
Of the successful author would be required
TO furnish bail for himself. and pay fines
and lawyers.
The fact that perfectly respectable aud
harmless man or woman can describe ae-
eurately the actions, and sometimes the
mental processes. Of the most degenerate
of the human race, is one OF the things
which are continual puzzle TO unsophis-
ticated people without much imagination
The average reader has SORT OF sub-con-
Ecious impression that the author who
writes OF good and lovely things must be
an admirable character or else a Willy pre-
tender, and that the writer who describes
bad and immoral dolngs must be somehow
depraved and degraded himself They are
consequently surprised when they find that
the author OF blood-eurdling sensational
novels is personally a mild and innocent
creature. and that the writer OF religious
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-20
SENATORS IN CUBA.
Messrs. Plat. Teller. and AIdrich In
yestiGntinE Conditions There

HAVANA March 19.-Senators Platt.
Teller. and Aldrich. who have arrived here
to make a personal investigation Of the
conditions prevailing in the island. spent
a busy day today. They had lorg con-
ference with Governor-Geueral Wood. Gen
eral Ludlow. and other American admins
traitors Tomorrow they will so to Pinsr
del Rio
General Wood has signed a new order
against perjury. imposing very severe
puntshments for that crime. Thirty years
Imprisonment is the penalty imposed
where perjury is committed in q trial at
tended by capital punishment Where per-
jury leads to the imprisonment OF the &C
cused, the punishment is fixed at fifteen
years imprisonment at hard labor. In
ordinary cases the sentence may be from
one to twelve years. Great efforts will be
made to enforce this law strictly, as per-
Jury is now one OF the commonest crimes
IN CUBA, in fact II Is called a national
vice, and until the sanctity OF an oath
is impressed on the people the adminlstra-
ton OF justice will be almost impossible
1t Is recognized that severe punishment
must be imposed on those violating the
law.
Conferences between the opponents Of
the National party are increasingly fire.
quent now that interest in the approach
ing municipal campaign grows greater.
There is every probability that the Opposi-
tiCn, which has yet no organization to
speak Of. will wait until the National party
makes its nominations and then place the
strongest available ticket in the field.
The leaders of the Opposition say they
are convinced that the National party
will not attempt to put up really merito-
riOus ticket and that they will frame il
at the behest OF ambitious individuals.
The idea is to combat this with a mixed
ticket OF high personal merit.
General Wood has ordered Commanding
Officer Hatfield at Puerto Principe to in
vestigate the colony at La Gloria. owing
to the complaints that have been laid
before him. Mr., RathbOne has already
had postoffice inspector make an inyesti-
cation, as he thought the promoters Of
the scheme were using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. This inspector has
turned in report that will be referred
to General Wood. 1t is said that the re-
port condemns the management OF the
colony in the strongest terms.