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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-22

ed from a special verllre of so were
chosen. The court had appointed a To-
cal law firm to defend the prisoners,
but when one of the attorneys started
to examine the jurors for the defense,
the prisoners notified him they didn't
want them and the attorneys with
drew.
Amos Phillips, a Bates county farm
er, was convicted Wednesday for com
plicity in the murder and confessed that
he and the Silbees and others who be-
long to an organized gang of robbers
with headquarters on isolated farms in
Bates and Cedar counties, committed
the murder.
Edlinger was a Bates county farm
hand. who had saved up $500 and
bought an Oklahoma farm. In October
he bought a team of mules, new wagon
and fine outfit and left Butler for Ok
lahoma- Three weeks later his body
was found in Mill creek near here.
The body Of Edlinger was found in
Mill creek on the night of November 16
It was weighted with stones. The skull
was crushed and there was a bullet
hole in the temple. The only clue to tho
identity was a letter in a pocket writ
ten in German and signed Leopold Ell
linger.
The Meeks men were arrested at
Stockton, Mo-, a few days later and
brought here December 8. They were
then going under the name of Smith.
The property of Edlinger was found
near the rendezvous of the Meeks. A
team of Edlinger's horses, which they
sold, led to their arrest
The bodies of Ed and George Meeks
still lie at the morgue unclaimed.
George Meeks' wife lives in Pueblo,
Col, and Eds wife lives in Kansas City.
An hour after the lynching Sheriff
Brooks notified them by wire. The
former has wired that she will start
for here today, and Mrs. Ed Meeks has
notified the officers that she will have
the bodies shipped to Kansas City to-
day for burial.
The mother of the men lives in a lit
tie Missouri town near Butler
Thousands of people viewed the re-
mains Sunday The hands and legs
are still shackled, as they were when
the lynching occurred, and the ropes
have not been removed from the necks.
An inquest will be held by the coroner
tomorrow.
In some of the city pulpits Sunday
the action of the mob was denounced,
and all good citizens were called upon
to condemn it, but the lynching seems
to be generally approved by the peo-
pie.
Old man Phillips, whose life was
saved by desperate effort on the part
of the sheriff. can not express his graft
tude to that officer with sufficient feel
ing When the mob was cIamoring for
him at his cell door with the rope in
sight of him, he lay under his cot pray
ing and crying for mercy. He is still
very nervous and can not sleep.
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young ohild Mistreated.

Wichita, Jan. 22.-The little year old
son of ]. L. Pitt was attacked by a
gang of colored boys in South Wichita
last night, who stripped him of his
clothes, filled his ears with sand and
after beating him severely, threw him
into the Arkansas river. The place
where he was thrown in fortunately
was shallow, and the boy managed to
crawl out, but when found he was
helpless with cold. His recovery is
doubtful The little fellow says the
boys robbed him of some pennies and
nickels he had, and when he threatened
to tell on them they took his clothes,
beat him on the head with stones, drag
ged him through burr patch, and, af-
ter filing his ears and mouth with sand
threw him into the river.
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oLATHE oRANTe FRANCHISE
New Kansas City Electric Road 0iver
Right of Way Through
the Town.

olathe, Jan. 22.-The city council Of
this city has granted a twenty year
franchise to ]. E. Tryon. Edward o.
sas City, Mo, and F. R. Ogg,J L. Petty
john, NJ. G. Miller, F. N. Hamilton, J.
B. Bruner, G. H. Hodges, H c. Liver
more, ]. L. Price and J. w. Breyfogle,
Of this city, for the erection of an cleo
trio street railway over the streets of
this city. They have three months to
begin work and two years to complete
it. All of the capital stock is subscribed
and it is the intention of the promoters
of the scheme to run the line from this
city in northeasterly direction and
enter Kansas City, Mo. by the most
practicable route.
Several farmers along one Of the pro-
posed routes have onered to take stock
in the enterprise and many have offer
ed free right of-Way.
Later the line is to continue south
west from here to Gardner, q distance
of eight miles.
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men were pulling at the end of it.
Ed Meeks, the young brother, suffered
most and his face and neck are badly
bloated. George Meeks died without a
struggle.
The mob began to gather at dark, but
was never noisy, and, until the rush was
made on the Jail, no unusual noise was
made The people were undoubtedly
provoked into action by an assault
made on the officers. At about 5
O'Clock Saturday evening the officers
discovered that the Silbee brothers had
been at work on the cage and outer
jail doors and had sawed the hinges
Of all nearly through. A number of
policemen and all deputies were called
together by the sheriff and an attempt
to drive the prisoners back into their
cells, whereupOn they made a desperate
attempt to escape.
Deputy Sheriff Allen and Patrolrnan
Behmer entered the corridor unarmed,
when Ed Silbee struck Allen over the
head with an iron bar. knocking him
down. The officer Immediately jumped
to his feet and a terrible struggle be-
gan between the four men. The guards
at the door began to fire into the air
in an attempt to frighten the prisoners.
but this did not work and Behmer's
revolver was handed to him. He shot
George Silbee in the leg. This brought
the desperate men to their senses and
they returned to their cells.
When the officers finally succeeded in
getting the brothers into their cells they
We're shackled and handcuffed, and were
hung wearing these adornments.
When the mob first approached the
jail, George Silbee pulled himself into
the window nearest the crowd and be-
gan talking to the people and cursing
them. When the crowd got inside the
jail, he yelled to the other prisoners
that crap game was going on, he
without a murmur as to his fate, simply
villifying everything and everybody.
After the hanging of the Silbee broth
ers, the mob started back into the jail
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MONEY NO OBJECT.
sharkey Says He is After Glory and
States His Plans.

New York, Jan. 22-"There are only
two men I will fight" Tom Sharkey OBJ
served to-day, while making a tender
loin steak with mushrooms look groggy
in the Martin house restaurant.
''These two are Jeffries and Fitzsim-
MONS" the big pugilist continued. II
want to fight Jeffries 80 days after his
fight with Corbett, but whether he will
fight me don't know. see him every
day, as we are in the same company,
but we don't speak.
Flight McCoy?" exclaimed the sailor
in response to a question as he upper
cut the steak hard and countered on
the mushrooms. mo. What for? I
licked him once, and it would be like
breaking sticks to do it again"
But wouldn't it be worth your while
financially to fight McCoy?'
Say" responded Sharkey, earnestly,
'1et me tell you one thing in plain
words. I have got all the money 1
want. What I am after now is that
championship, and mean to get it if
1 can. I only ask for the chance. can
whip Jeffries every day in the week. 1
can outpoint him, 1 can outgeneral
him and I can outgame him. At that
1 am willing to fight F'itzsimmons, win
ner to take all"
What chance do you think Corbett
has against Jeffries?" the sailor was
asked
"A dead mans chance" was the terse
reply.
MY LnodLr1cal engagement closes IN
Boston this week." Sharkey said, as he
continued to discuss his plans. land
then will come back here to stay until
1 go abroad which intend to do if 1
fail to get on a fight. will be gone a
year and a half If 1 go, and will take
in England, Ireland, Scotland and the
Paris exposition, and then go to Aus
tralia. From Australia I will go to
johannesburg. I will take Bob Arm
strong with me, I guess, and will do
some exhibition sparring. 1t will be a
nice trip, but not particularly new to
me, as I have been all over the ground
! before, including the scenes of the Boer
war. I expect the war to be all over
| by the time 1 get to South Africa. OF
course, if Jeffries would agree to fight
me next fall that would change my
plans. I would go to Europe just the
same, but would return for the fight
AS said before, am after that cham
pionship, and like the kid and the
soap, won't be happy until I get it,
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AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE
Mitchell County Sheriff Secures a
Man Wanted For Forgery.

Beloit. Jan. 22.-Sheriff e. c. Eresch
of Mitchell county, has succeeded in ar
resting and successfully landing behind
the bars of the county Jail here E. c.
Lopez, who is wanted in Indianola, Iowa,
and for whom there is a big reward out,
for forgery.
The arrest is an important one. as he
is wanted on several charges of forgery
in Iowa. His arrest was accomplished
at Glen Elder, a few miles west of here
and to guard against his escape the
sheriff handcuhed the prisoner to him
self, and brought him to Beloit in a
buggy. The criminal was tracked tc
Mulvane, in Cowley county, and from
there followed to Mitchell county
Sheriff Eresch will turn his prisoner
over to the sheriff of Indianola on his
arrival, who is looked for on every
train.
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WISH OF DYING WIFE.
John a. Cook. of Baltimore Marries
Again Week After the
EnnaraI

Baltimore, Jan. 22.-Just one week ago
evening all the embIems is of mourning
We're removed from his beautiful home
in Park Heights avenue, the parlor was
again married. his bride being Miss
Runey Becker.
The marriage was in accordance with
the dying request of the late Mrs. Cook
who wished her home maintained and
begged both her husband and Miss Backer
to be married as soon as possible after
her death. Mrs. Cook had been i'll for
several years and had throughout been
most devotedly nursed by her husband.
The new Mrs. Cook is a handsome and
highly accomplished young woman. Last
November she returned from Europe and
became the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Cook
Since then a warm attachment has sprung
up between the Cooks and their guest.
which resulted in the marriage.
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OLD SAFE OPENED.
Much to Widows Surprise it Con-
tanned $1,000.

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. PAN old rusty safe
in the squalid farm house of Edward Ell
lott, which has been undisturbed for half
q century, was opened this morning, and
to the amazement of his aged widow,
found to contain gold, silver and green
backs in excess of 81 900.
Farmer Elliott who last month died,
aged 81 years, was a common farm hand
and of misery disposition. His wife sup
posed the safe contained $500 or $780, but
when it was opened this morning gold
CONS ro Ole from the sneil N packages OF
endless variety of moldy silver pieces dis
closed themselves to view. The house is
moved to a city bank for safe keeping.
Elliott had been accommodating for over
found in the safe were of ancient mint
age.
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A BIG SUM OF MONEY.
Paid Out For Three Sons of Election
eer-Big Trotting Horse Deal

liams Of GaIesburg. III. Is now the Owl own
ions in America Already the owner of
the famous race horse and sire. Allerton,
+ axpedition 2i5 and Be hlifdin 22z
the sl' exact amount paid for each Of these
horses it is known that Mr.. Williams
securing them. These four, and Allerton.
too will be brought to Lexington the lat
stud at Ashland Park Farm. made fam
Gus by the late ]; Tracy
best, bred trotter in America today. He
is by Electioneer, out of Rosamond, by
Beaufi 2fn B fsiGno Maaat t IS bowl
horse, 1873 high. is Il years old, and has
a record Of 2:26A. He was purchased by
len, and is now at his farm at Ptttsfield,
Mass.
tioneer and Beautiful Bells. He was bred
at PaIo Alto Farm. in California. and
he was sold by Hon. Leland Stanford to
Messrs. Miller & Sibley, of Pennsylvania
for $25. 900. a very extravagant price for
was sent to the stud. When Messrs. Mil
Ter & Sibley, after the death of 3. ];
Park Farm they bought this horse in
veteran trainer. Charles Marvin About
10 days ago. he was sold to Bowerman
Bros. for $500, and it was from them that
neat profit of 5000 for the Bowermans
in a very short time.
The eleven-year-old brown horse Expe-
Farm, near Spring Station. He is by
Electioneer out of Lady Russell full sis
ter to Maud 81. His brother, Reelection,
sold for SIS, 600, and Mr.. Brodhead says he
could have sold this horse once for $780,,
O00
The bay horse st. Vincent is one of the
best-khoWn stations on the trotting turf.
He was purchased by telegraph from
Messrs A c. Danford & Son, of Peoria
Ill, and is now at their farm at Wash
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MARRIED IN MANILA.
Ottawa Girl Joins Her Soldier Hero
in the Philippines.

Ottawa,Jan. 22-The Rev. F. NJ. Alex
ander of the Presbyterian church here
has received letter from the Rev. D.
S. Hibberd, formerly of Lyndon, Kan,
now of Manila, P. L, stating that Miss
San Francisco about November 1, to
join her lover, Sergeant Irwin V. Todd,
of the Eleventh cavalry arrived Decem-
Der 5, and that he performed the cere-
mony that evening, making them man
and wife.
Sergeant Todd was member of Com
pany K, Twentieth Kansas, but re-
manned in Manila, sending for his
bride. He re-enlisted for two years.
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er will go to. New Haven for four weeks
commencing March Is.
Nichols will give most of lis time to
the batteries, but will have an eye out
for the players under the coacher's care
and give the Yalesians a few good
points about training. With Ted Lewis
at Harvard and kid Nichols at Yale
the Boston players will be unusually
interested in the success of Harvard
and Yale. Fred Tenney is at Brown,
Bill Clarke is booked for Princeton,
Chick Stahl is at Notre Dame and Cap
tain Hugh Duffy will soon take charge
of the Boston college boys.
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HAVANA HAS A 5000.
Society Lines In Cuban City Are Be-
ing Drawn by the Smart Set

Havana. Jan. 22-Havana is to have a
400 and everyone in society is anxious
to know whether his or her name will
be accepted for membership OFFICERS of
the American army and navy will be ac-
names will go before a committee. The
names of all Cubans will be presented to
a Cuban committee, consisting of three
members of the smart set. The names af
all Americans and other foreigners will
be subject to the scrutiny of commit
tee of Americans.
This society will be known as the AS
Sembly and will give subscription balls
every few weeks Governor Ge1era1
Wood is the president.
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Thieves Do East Work.

Atchison, Jan. 22.-Thieves broke in
to three stores at bingham, Atchison
county, Saturday night and made
haul at each place. At J. E. Mayhew's
hardware store they stole thirty razors;
at D. NJ. Changers general store, $50 in
cash and $50 worth of goods; at ]. G.
Wolverton's general store, $50 worth of
5ewelry. No clew to the robbers has
haar obtained
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Secures Fifty Angora Goats.

Fifty Angora goats arrived in lola
this morning from Woodlief, Kan.
They were consigned to ]. T. Tredway.
of Elm township, and he proposes to
put them on his farm and let them root
for a living. Goats are great scaYan-
gers as is readily understood after
they will be used to make a clean sweep
of Mr.. Tredways farm. Then some
day he intends to shear them, as their
wool goes to the making of mohair
goods, the fleeces being really worth
about as much as the goats cost.-1ola
Register.
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LYONS sUPPLANrs WHITE.
Will Meet Joe Cain Before the Her.
cules Club Tomorrow.

New York. Jan. 22-The main bout
Monday night at the Hercules Athletic
club will be for Is rounds between Joe
Cain of Brooklyn and Henry Lyons of
Chicago. AS the bout was originally
arranged Tommy White of Chicago
was to have been Gains opponent, but
Friday word was received from Lou
Houseman, who is doing Whites bust
ness, that Tommy had injured his left
hand and would require a postpone
ment of two weeks. Nothing was left
but to get a substitute. So on short
notice the club cast about and finally
settled on Lyons.
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MCCOY to Meet Two,

New York, Jan. 22.-"Kld" McKoy
has caught the fever Of meeting two
men in the same ring in one night,
and will take on two sturdy fellows in
Detroit, Thursday night. The bouts
lings, the base ball manager, has Sc
cured George Lawler, Fitzs old spar
ring partner, and Jack Finnegan of
Pittsburg. The latter may surprise
the kid" He is young, strong and is
a conner. Practically unknown a year
ago, ne is being watched by the sport
ing world, and is thought by the Pitts
burgers to be of championship mate
rial.
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BLUES NEW sHoRTsroP.
Manning Gets AL Wagner, Of Toronto
For Rothfuss and Shaub

Kansas City, Jan 22-President James
H. Manning, of the Kansas City baseball
club, announces that he has exchanged
Outfielder Rothfuss and Infielder Schaub
for AL Wagner, of the Toronto club of the
Eastern league: Wagner is a wonderful
player and he held down the position of
shortstop last year with a. fielding aver
age of $50. He batted 301. He is brother
of Hans Wagner, the well known Louis
vile player.
Manning thinks that he has made
wise move. as Wagner is highly recon-
mended. The Blues outfield has been
as strong as could be desired and the only
source Of anxiety was the filling of two
positions in the. infie1d. Wagner is
thought to be the man who Will I'LL the
bill at short. ~
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Notes From Pratt

Pratt, Jan. 22.-There is one case of
sickness in town at the home of Mr.
Long, a railroader, and the health Off
Ger, Mr.. Dix, has been unable to tell
whether it is scarlet fever or smallpox.
H. s. Mears, the Santa F'e agent, has
put in telegraph line from the depot
to his residence. For the past three
years it has been impossible for any of
our citizens to find out thing from
the man that has been at that depot at
night.
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Newton,s Commercial Club.

Newton. Jan. 22.-The Newton Com
merciaI club held its seventh annual
meeting Saturday night. The officers
were reelected as follows: P. NJ. Hois-
president; M. L. Sawyer, secretary;
Don Kinney, treasurer; D. S. Welsh, J.
c. Nicholson, s. D. William, H D.
Wells and w. H. Godfrey, members of
the executive committee. B. H. Turner
gave a synopsis of the improvements in
1899 The Santa Fe had expended $780,
900, the city $4,000, and the people at
large 100000
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a oArTLEMAN WANTED.
Reported. Missing at Kinsley Also
Man Mortgaged Cattle.

Kinsley, Jan. 22.-Considerable excite
ment was manifested here today when
it was reported that a cattleman who
lives a few miles east of Kinsley had
departed, also that several hundred
head of cattle, upon which mortgages
were held, were missing.
Kansas city commission firms have
representatives here looking for both
cattle and man. Numerous checks given
on bank here are also not paid, and at
present it is impossible to find out the
true state of affairs.
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Mccoy Still DELAYS.

New York, Jan. 22.-The delay of 'tKid''
Mccoy in not signing the articles of
agreement for his fight with Choynski
is easily explained Mccoy is so sure he
can beat Choynsk that he wants the win
ner to take all. This does not suit the
Californian, as Choynski wants the purse
split. 60 per cent to winner and 40 per cent
to the loser. While this is a rather ser
ious obstacle to the match, It is more
ally be arranged by a compromise.
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was: S. J. Kelly. drugs. So. 500, with
1900 insurance; WiIlet & Rankin,
jewelers., $1,000, with $4,000 insurance;
William Wallard, jeweler, $500, with
s., 800 insurance; John McCurdy, lunch;
B. N. Stephenson, jeweler, and Bolts &
Ferby, BARRIERS, all suffered small losses,
with partial insurance. The burned
district had on it the first buildings
erected in the CITY
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Ottawa, Jan. 22.-Jewelry to the
amount of about $500 was taken from
the home of E. S. Juleson, a Santa Fe
engineer. here. The burglar, who evil
IDENTIFY was acquainted with the interior
of the home, entered through rear
window about o'clock, while the fam
lily was downtown No arrests have
been made. The jewelry consisted of
finger rings, a set of diamond earrings
and a gold watch and chain.
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Pensions For Kansans.

Washington, Jan 22.-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Increase-Levi Stubs, Sterling, So to
$40; Allen Painter, Elk City, $12 to SIT.
Reissue-Charles H. Pennybaker, Ar
gonia, Sc.
Original widows, etc.-Minor Of John
Tapp, Beloit, So
Original widows. etc.-Special act,
January 8. Jane Rockover, Garnett, So;
Mariah Garrett, North Topeka, So; Sa-
rah NJ. Overton, Kansas City, IS.
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Killen Goes to Chicago.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 22.-Pitcher Frank
Killen, who lives in this city, has &C
cepted the terms offered by Manager
ON Lotus and will play with the Chi
cago club next season. The negotiations
which resulted in Killen aff1xing his
signature to a Chicago contract have
been in progress for some time, but
the matter was not finally settled until
to-day.
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SMALLPOX Guard at the PaoIa Depot.

Paola, Jan. 22.-Nine Paola negroes
composing a construction gang on the
Missouri Pacific railroad, working near
Garrett, one of whom was taken to the
pest house in Osawatomie yesterday,
will not be permitted to return home.
City Marshal CuIberston took men with
shotguns to the depot when it was
rumored that the men were coming on
the regular passenger train. They did
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OPENED POWDER KEe WRONG
When a Waterman at Weir City Was
at Work the Magazine Blew Up.

Weir City, Jan. 22.-The powder mag
azine at shaft No. IL of the Central
pieces at 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The night Waterman, a negro, oliver,
was dangerously injured by the explos-
ion. He was using a pick to open
key. of powder This ignited the con
tents. The magazine contained forty
kegs when the accident occurred.
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New Street Cars For wichita

Wichita, Jan. 22.-Edward Woodman
& Co.. Of Portland, Me-, after a long
conference with Mayor Ross and City
Attorney Helm, Saturday night accept
ed franchises for new street railway
and electric light plant, and deposited
$15, 900 for forfeit money, to be turned
over to the city in case the railway and
light plant are not rebuilt within 100
daVs.
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SMALLPOX at Two Points.

Yates Center, Jan. 22-Two cases of
smallpox are reported in this county,
one at Piqua and one at Rose. At
Rose a negro RAILROAD laborer was taken
sick and sent to- Osawatomie, where
smallpox developed.
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Solo It's Only Populist Newspaper.

Washington, Jan. 22.-George Hig-
gins, brother of William Higgins. ex-
secretary of state, has sold the only
Populist paper in Washington county
to the Democrats. He will go to Ga
lena, Kan, and with his brother, VIII
liam, will run a Republican paper.
Washington county has six Republican
papers and two Democratic.