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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-12-28
MUST HEED LAWS OF WAR;
Inhabitants of the Philippines Are
Warned in a Proclamation by
Gen. Macarthur.
MUST COMPLY STRICTLY WITH RULER.
Insurgent Leaders Notified That Ger
tain Practices, If Continued, Will
Make Them Fugitive Criminals -
American Scouts Follow Up Many
Mountain Trails.

Manila, Dec. 20.-Gen. Macarthur has
issued proclamation warning the in
habitants of the archipelago that heSe-
after strict compliance with the laws
of war will be required of non-combat-
ants as well as combatants. The proc
lamation sets forth the principal laws
of war
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-12-28
The Third Victim.

The Third victim.
Bonneville, Ind. Dec. 1S.-One hun
dred men from Rockport, where the
two negroes were lynched Sunday
night, invaded this town last evening,
battered in the walls of the Jail, took
out Joe Rolla, the third of the men
implicated in the murder, who was
brought here from Rockford for safe
keeping, and hanged him to tree
in the courthouse yard. The illegal
execution was accomplished in de-
liberate manner, in spite of the belief
that state troops would be on hand to
oppose the avengers.
Troops Were Too Late.
Gov. Mount had ordered the COM
pany of state troops at Evansville to
be in readiness for action, and spe-
cial train was prepared to bring the
militiamen here, but the citizens of
Rockport had too much of start in
the race, and the soldiers did not start.
They were expected. however, all even
ing, and the lynchers wasted no time,
in order to complete their work before
the troops should confront them.
VIII BE Punished.
Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 19.-Gov.
Mount said, concerning the triple
lynching OF the negroes in Spencer
county:
"No stone will be left unturned to run
down these perpetrators ofsmob violence,
these deliberate and vicious violators of
the laws of the<state, and visit upon them
a vigorous prosecution and a just retribu-
ton in the courts. AS soon as received no.
tice of the lynching of the third man, thus
extending the awfulness of the crime,
called Attorney General Taylor and con-
suited with him regarding the best and
most effective method of procedure. He
was about to go to Chicago, and we de-
cided to wait until his return, possibly to-
morrow, when methods will be decided
upon. I am determined this crime of
wholesale outlawry shall not go unpublished
If it is possible for the men who lead in it
to be brought into the court. Such out
RACES blacken the fair name of this state,
and if 1 can prevent it this one shall not
be permitted to go unpublished"
Innocent Man Lynched.
Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 21.-Positive
evidence has been secured by the state
that the colored man, Joe Rolla, who
was hanged by Spencer county mob
at Bonneville, was innocent of any par
ticipation in the murder of Barber
Simon at Rockport- He died protest
IN bic ;pn0oopno o1,ooct bic 10 eff xrord 9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES.

TFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer
Tt costs this country at least $500, OO0,-
900 per annum to maintain a criminal
class This is the estimate made by
Eugene Smith, a New York lawyer, in
a paper read before the Prison associa-
ton in Cleveland. Experts who have an
alyzed his paper declare that his esti-
mate is rather within than outside of
the figures. and thus we have a per
capita. expenditure for every man. wo-
man and child in the country OF $3.50
FER annum to support this class
One-third of this sum. or $780, 000. 600.
Is raised by direct taxation to support
the police. This includes city and
county taxation. and federal and state
taxes directly chargeable to crime. In
New York they spend $50. 900 annually
to keep crime within bounds and then
do not succeed very well. In San Fran
cisco the city tax alone Is SIS per capita
chargeable to this account.
In addition to the $2O0, oe0. 600 for po-
lice protection paid by good citizens, we
have prime statistics to prove that the
average earnings Of each habitual GRIM
inal of the United States Is about 81, 500
per year. This is the figure named by
the Prison association Of New York, and
by Recorder Hill, Of Birmingham. Eng
land, who has made a special study of
this side of the problem. Taking this
as basis. and using Mr.. Smiths fig
ures for the number of habitual Grim
inals in the country. we find that there
are 250.OOO persons who make their liv-
ing by crime Of one sort OF another.
Two hundred and fifty thousand Grim
inals earning 81 500 a year each repre-
sent a total of szOo. OO0O 600. Add to this
the cost of taxation for police protec-
ton, and the total foots up $500, 600 900.
This. however. is only a part of the
cost. Litigation in criminal cases is far
more expensive than civil litigation. and
the cost OF such suits falls directly on
the state or the government In the
Nolineaux case the costs ran up into the
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars. and
the Holmes case in this city was very
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
FACTS ABOUT TRUsTs.-xL
IFrom the New York World

There is a lead trust Owing to the
tariff on lead there is a monopoly in
its manufacture and sale in this coun-
try. About twenty men fix the price of
this article OF very wide and general
use, and If it were not for the tariff tax
on lead this monopoly would not exist.
Every ounce OF lead which is used in
this country in the thousand and one
forms into which it is manufactured
costs 30 per cent more than 1t should
cost And this increase OF price is due to
the exclusion of foreign competition by
the tariff and the consequent power OF
the domestic manufacturers to estab-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
MARSHALL'S POWER.
His Band the Marvel of Musicians
Hear Them Next Week.

A few years ago, when Marshall's band
filled an engagement at Denver, the
bandmaster Of the United States Mill
tary band at Fort Smelling paid the To-
peka leader and his musicians a high
compliment He desired to know in what
class the band was rated.
1T is an amateur band" was the an
swer received
Well if Mr.. Marshall can accomplish
so much with amateur musicians" was
his rejoinder, what would he do with
PROFESSIONAL? ''
Topekans should bear in mind the
citizens complimentary concert to be
rendered MarshalPs band in the Audi
forum next Tuesday evening. 1t will be
worth hearing; the new uniforms are
worth seeing, and it's all for an organic
alton that made q big noise for Topeka
wherever it goes-one Of the city's stand
ing advertisements
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
PICKED OUT HIS GRAVE.
CoFeyville Boy Selected the Lot In
Which He Wished to Be Buried.

LF'rom the Coffeyville Journal
A B. Smalley, the young farmer who
died near Lenapah Sunday, selected the
lot in which he wished to be buried, less
than six hours before he died. He had
been very Respondent for some time and
Sunday afternoon insisted on hitchlng
nah cemetery. Arriving at the little
burying ground he hitched the team and
with the person who was with him, en-
tered the cemetery and after looking
over the ground, selected the lot IN
which he asked to be buried. When re-
monstrated with. he said he was going
to die and would be dead before morn
ing. He said he knew he would be dead
and that he had made his peace with
Cod and was ready and anxious to die.
It seems that young Sma1ley had been
very unhappy and Respondent for some
time His financial affairs, it is alleged
We're becoming complicated Every one
regarded him with pity, as he was only
81 years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
Three ROgues Grab Him and
Seize His Purse.
ALL OF THEM ESCAPE.
Get 500 But Overlook Other
Bills and His Watch.
Robbery Committed on the Pub
lie River Bridge.

Wichita, Oct. 19.-Henry Miller of
Anthony, was held up and robbed OF
$100 as he was crossing the Douglas ave-
nue. bridge over the Arkansas river last
night He did not report his loss to the
police department until today and it is
probable that all of the robbers have
escaped.
According to MiIlerss story three men
followed him from the west side and
just as he was going onto the west END
OF the bridge one of them drew a knife,
and threatened to cut his throat If he
cried out for assistance Another threw
his arms about his body from behind
and kept him from running. The other
went through MiIler'S pockets and re-
lieved him of his cash After they were
done with him they disappeared into the
darkness. Miller came on to town and
stayed all night at restaurant on West
Douglas avenue, but did not appear at
o clock this morning. He said the rea-
son he had not reported his loss before
was that he was not acquainted with the
ways of the city and did not know what
to do until advised.
He told a straight story and explained
in detail how the three robbers had
grappled with him and took his money.
He had g. gold watch and 81 in another
pocket which they did not get. A queer
part of his tale is that the robbers open
ed his pocketbook containing the roll of
bills and then returned the pocketbook
to him. He was not sure whether there
was 500 or $l20 in the roll of bills. He
was unable to describe the robbers.
Miller came here Monday to visit his
wife who is a patient at the Wichita
hospital He is a farmer near Anthony
and appears to be fifty years of age.
He does not recoIlect displaying the
any thugs could have seen it. The police
are now at work on the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19

lish a trust for the absolute control Of
the home market.
The London price for lead is about
$3.50 per 100 pounds. The New York
price is s4-70-a difference of $1,10 or two
cents more than 80 per cent-a differ
ence of 500 on a short ton TIL lead trust
could afford to sell its product to Amer
leans for the lower price. because it
does sell to Englishmen at that price.
Every dollar paid here for lead above
the London price is a free gift, boun-
ty on unearned increment, made posi-
bic by the tariff law.
If lead is imported here and re-expor-
ted it pays no duty. IF 1t is brought
here in pigs and made into lead pipe the
drawback is still allowed. So that ev-
cry American consumer of lead must
pay the full duty on imported lead, and
the added price equal to the duty on
American lead, while the foreign Gus
toner of the American lead trust gets
at the low foreign prices both American
lead and American pipe made Of foreign
lead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS

Charles H. Boyle in 'HThe Star Board
err will be the attraction at Crawford's
Opera House Saturday afternoon and
evening" Boarding house life offers
prolific opportunity for testers, comic
writer's. cartoonists and authors. The
continuous performance on the piano
that drives other boarders into the
street or away from the house altogeth-
er; the mixture labelled hash the
Ieather-lixe beefsteak; and the same kind
of dishes served up every day have al
ways been the topic of varied gossip
and ridieule The jolly boarder who
lady-the man who never allows a meal
to escape him, who never pays his bill.
who makes love to the Iandlady's
daughter OF herself and who is always
waiting for a. remittance, like the letter
that never came, is not an unnatural.
nor exaggerated character. Such a
boarder is correctly represented in this
farce comedy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

lFrom the Chicago News.
What is to be? Why, a verb. of course
A wooden leg made of oak never pro-
No married man is henpecked who
buys his own neckties.
The money you fail to get will never
add to your wealth.
No one would object to free silver that
was practically free.
The coquette was created so that the
fool might have a companion.
Nc man appreciates poetry unless he
has little of it in his makeup.
When fatterer meets hatterer his sa-
tanical majesty sits down and rests.
Only fools follow a goose with the ex-
pectation Of finding an ostrich feather.
Other people don't amount to much
when you use yourself as a standard Of
comparison.
Many an actor whose name is on
billboard is an acrobat when it comes to
jumping q board-bil.
The woman who thoroughly under
stands men may not be able to write
good poetry, but she is apt to be q good
cook.
A st. Louis art school graduate re-
Gently painted the picture of dog I'M
der a tree so lifeliIxe that it was fmpossi-
bic to distinguish the bark of the tree
from that OF the dog.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
DocToRs ARE PUzzLEp.
Queer Case of John Mitchell Near
Canton.

Canton Kas., Oct. 19-The case Of
John W. Mitchell here is a puzzle to the
doctors. Mr.. Mitchell lives on a farm
near this place.
Some time ago he was out in his
orchard trimming the trees He struck
al a limb with his ak and the ak caught
on another limb which flew around
and struck him on the head and
knocked him insensible. How long he
lay there he does not know. His nose
bled freely from the blow. 1t now de-
velops that his head, throat and face
are alive with little worms They come
out through his face. mouth and nose.
They can be seen under the skin NOV
ing and working He has bled nearly
to death several times from them cutting
the arteries.
The doctors here have never heard of
a case like this before, and the only
thing they can do is to spray the in
sects with strong medicine SO they will
come out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
VICTIMS OF FAKIRs.
Two franklin County Farmers Buy
High Priced Stoves.

Ottawa, Oct. 19-Wenzle Plasckka and
Martin Stratus of Lincoln township, in
dustrious and well-to-do farmers, were
in town yesterday consulting an at
torney to know how they could save
themselves from paying 500 for a range
the value of which is about $35.
They say that the usual false repre-
sensations were made to take their old
stoves a fabulous prices, making pay
ments in one, two, three, four, five years,
etc, all of which however is 8. misrepre-
sentation made by the salesman and not
authorized by the company, who holds
their notes for $50 and as they pass into
the hands of innocent purchasers no de-
Tense can be made AGAINST them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
SHE USES RED PEPPER.
Heroic Efforts of Girl cyclist to Keep
Awake.

New York, oct. 19-With her face
showing plainly the terrible strain she IL
undergoing Marguerite Cast, the girl
cyclist, who is trying to esta blish a rec
ord for 5000 miles on the Valley stream.
L. J., course. completed her 2.475th mils
at 1880 today. She had then been IL
days, % hours and 80 minutes in the sad
die. She had sprinlxle5 red pepper In her
stockings, SO that the pain might keep
her awake. Save for a rest between 11.2t
last night and 3:05 a. m. today Miss
Cast rode continually for fifteen hours
BY Saturday she hopes to complete
5000 miles No one has yet established
a record for more than 1000 miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
QUAKER REFLECrroNs

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A musical crank-the handle OF
street piano.
Some women marry for money and
some for alimony.
You can't always tell a mans station
in life by his stationery.
Some people can speak five or six
languages and not say much.
There is no reason why an old sea dog
shouldn't sail in a cat boat.
The Chronic Bachelor says that Eve
was the original Summer Girl.
No, Maude, dear, the man who raises
Indian corn is not an Oriental corner.
How silly!
Lots of men think more OF their shoes
than they do of the hereafter when it
comes to saving their soles-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
STOLE HER WATOH.
Salvation Army Man Under Arrest at
Wichita.

Wichita, Oct. 19.-McTvus Beaumont,
member of the Salvation Army, IS I'M
der arrest for stealing his sweetheart's
watch She preferred a charge of grand
larceny. against him, and City Marshal
Henry Schad went to Guthrie yesterday
and arrested the young Salvationlst-
He was brought here and placed IN the
county jail
Beaumont's story is to the effect that
Miss Clara Schafer. his sweetheart,
loved him SO much that she put the COLO
watch in his pocket and told MIN 20
wear it as long as he chose to do So He
says he was then offered position near
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19

Every presidential campaign should
tend more to convince the people that
a longer presidential term is desirable
A change Of administration is always
expected to disturb existing business
conditions to some extent And if there
is no necessity for a change. why should
the country be disturbed with the pros
pect of one2 Friends of a heightened
executive term have generally agreed
that six years with ineligibility to re-
election would be about right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
BITTEN By A PIG.
Employe of Farm Has an Encounter
With Angry Animal

Salina, Oct. 19.-George Smith, a young
man employed in the farm of William
Tate, near Brookville, met with a very
peculiar accident this morning which re-
suited in the loss of a finger. Smith
and struck one of the pigs, which en-
ragged the SOW and the animal attacked
Smith, and an encounter ensued in which
Smith was. bitten on the leg and arm
and also had a finger on his left hand
bitten off. Smith was a member of Com
pany NJ, Twentieth Kansas, and served
with that regiment in the Philippines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
INDIANA'S SHARE.
Her Portion Of Vandalia'g Roads
Profits $745,164

Indianapolis. Oct. 19.--JudEe Carter IN
the superior court today handed down
his opinion in the suit by the state OF
Indiana to recover nearly s.. 0O0. 900 from
the Vandalia railroad He holds that the
state is entitled 10 recover S745, 154. IS In
stead of nearly four times that sum-
which was demanded.
This action was based on the provis-
ions Of q division OF profits under a spec
ial charter granted the company
which built the Vandalla road from
Terre Haute to Indianapolis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
HER VALUABLE SERVICES.
Little Girl Seeks to Secure $4,000 For
Doing Errands.

Fort Scott, Oct 19.-Judge Hackett re-
ceiVed a telegram calling him to Kan
sas City on business connected with the
estate of his late brother, of which the
Judge inherits nearly $1,000. 1t seems
that a little 14-year-old girl, who ran
errandS for the deceased Mr.. Hackett
during his illness has sued the estate for
81 900 for her services. 1t is claimed by
the defense that she did the work under
agreement of 81 per week. The two
other brothers from Utah are now in
Kansas City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
Reformatory Escape Captured.

Marysville, Oct 19.-Jason Hammond,
an 1S-year-old boy who made his escape
from the Kansas State Industrial Re
formatory at Hutchinson, Kan. on Oc-
tober 2, was recaptured here while in the
act of picking pockets at the horse races.
He was taken to Jail to await the arrival
of refoT'matory officials, who will take
him hack to the refornnat tory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
Kickapoo Indian school Bids.

Washington. Oct 1s-Bids were open
ed today at the Indian Office for the wa
ter system for the Kickapoo Indian
school. Oklahoma The bidders were as
follows: George z. Hopper, of Arkan-
sas City. Kan, 50, 1856; John 3. Rohm.
Omaha, IS. 337; Korsmeyer Heating COM
pany Lincoln Neb S54S9
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creditable men there arei
An Atchison woman drinks beer reg
ularly, but her husband doesn't care for
If you happen to favor a man for
political position, he seems to feel it his
privilege to ask you to peel your coat.
The intelligence of any man or woman
who believes in supernatural things, is
not to be trusted. Any one who believes
in hypnOtism, or superna turalism in any
other form, has a screw lose somewhere,
and this lose screw will finally result in
harm to themselves or friends.
Once give a woman a compliment and
she never loses sight of it. An Atchison
woman is still keeping a compliment
alive which was given to her ten years
ago, about her figure. Since that time
her figure has lost whatever symmetry
it may once have had, but whenever fig
ures are under discussion, the Atchison
woman trots out her compliment
There has long been a custom in
Atchison, when a baby arrives at a
mans house, for him to give his friends
a cigar: ten cent cigar for a, boy, and
a five cent cigar for g. girl, a boy being
considered more valuable. This custom
should be changed: when a baby arrives
at mans house. his friends should give
him money with which to take care Of
1t: ten cents for girl, and a nickel for
a boy. as a girl is more expensive.
An Atchison brute "a mani lately went
home cross, as usual. but his wife who
is thoroughly domestic and lovabIe, met
him at the door with a kiss, but he had
been eating limburger cheese, and it
made her so sick she couldn't get sup
per The brute became angry because
supper was not on time, and broke a
lot Of dishes, and poked dress in the
stove, which his wife intended to wear
TO pink tea the next day. She has de-
cided to get q, divorce, and the papers
win be fun of it within a week New
story, just out.
When Mrs. Lysander John Appleton
lived in Ohio. there was scandal con-
nected with her history. It seems that
when her pa died, she wore mourning
only five months: this is tt story. and
it seems that two women who removed
to Atchison from Ohio soon after Mrs.
Appleton did, are familiar with the
facts When Mrs. Appleton gives a big
reception now, she always invites these
two women, although they do not belong
to her crowd and her friends do not
know" them But she knows that if
they are not invited, they will tell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19

For the last year the number Of
deaths from lightning stroke was So, or
q little more than one per day, emitting
Sundays In January there was not a
case, and only four during February
June and July are the fatal months
more than half the accidents occurring
during these warm months. Most of
the trouble falls upon those who stand
homes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19

Rome, oct. 19.-The pope intended to
visit st. Peters today and bless the
French and Italian pilgrims, but DR.
Lapponi forbade him to do 50, owing TO
the pontif suffering from a slight cold
1t is hoped he viii be able to visit St.
Peters Saturday next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19

Guthrie, o. T., working on a farm. Not
having sufficient money to pay his fare
he pawned the watch to parties here
and thereby secured his fare to make
the trip. When Miss Schaefer learned
that the watch was pawned she ordered
a warrant issued for his arrest. Mar
shall Schad brought the young man
here and placed him in the county jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19

Arizona has more than doubled her
population within the past ten years,
ana it now stands at 122. 212 She IS en-
titled to statehood, but Will not get it
until party exigency makes her adrnis-
sion to the union desirable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19

The silence of Gen. Joe Wheeler re-
gardiug political matters has given rise
to a suspicion that the old warrior has
climbed another tree-or maybe fence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
San Antonio, Tex, and Return $24 O6
via Santa Fe Route.

Account Inter National Fair. Tickets
on sale Oct. 17-1S-19. Good leaving san
Antonio as late as Nov. 4th. Through
sleepers and chair cars. See 7. L. King,
agent, for particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19

After all the people of the United
States have a right to elect either Mr.
Mckinley or Mr.. Bryan to the presi-
dency as they may deem proper, and it
Is nobody's business but theira-