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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-09
HE HAD A FINE SCHEME
But Fell Down With It When He
Reached Covington, Ky.

Cincinnati, o., May 9.-Joseph BRIGHTER
a poStoffice clerk, at the Pullman station
of the Chicago postoffice, was entrapped
at Covington, KY, today in what hitherto
had been a most successful SWindle of
postoffice funds. BRIGHTER had presented
master Reynolds. The latter found the
letters of advice corresponding, but noted
the similarity of writing and determined
to investigate. He told the applicant that
the letters of advice had not reached
him.
He Immediately communicated with
PoStoffice Inspector Betz and with his
Palace hotel in Cincinnati, where he
had registered May 6, with two young
women, as e. Rhinehart, wife and sis
ter, Chicago. BRIGHTER made q written
confession, which revealed that he left
Pullman late in April a two weeks va
walton; that previous to doing so he had
issued for his own purposes in sets of
three, money orders for 800 each and sent
the corresponding advices to the respec-
tive offices. AS clerk in the Pullman sta
ton of the Chicago postofice, he had ac-
cess to the blanks, and had authority to
issue money orders and the corresponding
adviceS.
1t was discovered that he had cashed
one set of three 800 orders at the C1nc1n-
natl office on April "A. Others were cash
ed in the east, including New York, Har-
risburg, Pa, Camden, n. j., Brooklyn
and other places. He admits having col
lected S, 400 in all and had just about
closed the transaction when he met trou-
BILE in Covington. The young women with
him give their names as Maud Montgom-
cry, who says she lived with her mother
in Chicago and Miss Minnie Barnett, who
boarded with the Montgomerys, and who
claims to be the fiancee of BRIGHTER.
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DUPREE IS CONYTCTED.
Well Known Negro Jointist Caught in
Trap.

Andy Dupree was convicted Of selling
liquor and maintaining nuisance yes
terday afternoon in the police court
The particular offense of which he was
convicted was committed on April Is.
On that date ]. NJ. Humel a special
officer, went to Dupree's place on East
Fourth street and bought four glasses
of beer, which were drawn from a key
On tap in the kitchen. Humel was
piloted to the place by Peter Hoard. an
expressman who stands ais wagon near
the Dupree place. Hoard did not know
Humel was an officer, and he had no
hesitation to taking him to the place
as long as Humel paid for the drinks
Hunel informed the police, but when
the place was raided later in the day
no one was found there, but key of
beer and part of a jug of whisky were
seized.
Humel told the circumstances of buy
ing the beer in police court last evening
but when the eXpreSSman was placed
on the stand his memory failed him
He remembered to have seen Dupree
but did not know his name. Neither
could ne remember of ever having gone
to Dupree's place with Humel to buy
beer, but he would not deny having
done so. All efforts to refresh his mem
DRY were unavailing.
Judge Magaw decided that Dupree
was guilty and fined him 5000 and SEN
fenced him to so days in Jail. The case
was appealed.
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HAIL COMPANIES TURN.
Superintendent Church Will Conduct
an Investigation.

The recent frequent complaints con-
corning live stock and hail associations
doing business in Kansas have reached
the superintendent of insurance through
official channels and Mr.. Church is
ready to look into the financial condi-
tioA of all of these organizations.
Mr.. Church is now preparing circular
letters which he will soon forward to
the officers of this class of insurance or
CARNATIONS, outlining a. series of ques-
tons to which he desires prompt and
accurate answers, made in a legal man
ner and under OATH
Among this class of insurance COM
panles there are number of new or
carnations. the financial standing of
Whlch is not definitely known at the in
surance department. Then occasional
complaints of peculiar transactions
reach the department, the aggrieved
parties seeking redress through the sup
etlntendent of insurance.
The situation is such that the srner-
1nLendent of insurance believes that an
oihclal inquiry into the condition Of a
number of these companies is absolute
" necessary and he is going to make
Il this examination proves that anv
OF the companies are not solvent the Ii
cense under which they are doing busi-
ness VIII be revoked.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Elizabeth A. Strawn to J. s. McKit-
rick, 81, 050, lots 4S2, 484 and 4S6 Fillmore
street, Kings addition.
Eli Ewings ct al. to A. Bammes, $50,
part S. e. Il 20, II, IA.
Edw A Sherman and wife to Sylves-
ter S. Myers. $500, south half lots Is, 16,
II and IS. block 2, Auburndale addition.
S. ". Miller an wife to The Pruden-
tial Investment company, $500, lots 81,
"a Chester avenue, Oakland.
J. S McKitrick and wife to the trus-
tees of the Second United Presbyterian
church. SO, lots 4S2. asa and 486 Fillmore
street, Kings addition.
S. w. Miller and wife to The Pruden-
tial Investment company, $3.50, lot %
Chester avenue, Oakland.
L. H. Wentworth to Crane & Co., 81,
lot 112 East Eighth avenue.
J. H. Hunt, trustee, and wife to Z. D.
Sargent. 81, lots 113 and lis Lane street,
Kings addition
Robt. Warnock, executor, to JOS z.
Warnock, $500, half lots 1893 and 395 Polk
street. Stringham'S addition.
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and on many occasions he acted in that
capacity on presidential trains. and on
trains carrying the highest officials of the
government on important missions.
Though his war record is somewhat
unique, it is one of which no other man
could boast
The dead man was an Englishman, a
native of Birstall, Yorkshire, and there
the remains will be buried, in the old
church yard, beside the mother and
father of the man who had such an event
full career in the country of his adoption.
1t will be about a month before the body
is sent to England.
Robert Fearnley was 60 years of age.
For almost fOrty-five years he has re-
sided in the United States. Before the
war he followed railroading and at the
outbreak of hOstilitieS entered the gov
eminent service as an engineer. After
the fighting was over he continued in rail-
road work. In 1890 he came to Denver, and
business.
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TWO RECEPTIONS
In One Evening in Honor of Dewey
at Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn. May 9-Two brilliant
receptions. one at the residence of Gen.
Luke e. Wright and the other at the
peabody hotel. closed the list of enter
talnments which were arranged by the
Memphis people for the entertainment
OF Admiral and Mrs Dewey. AT fhe
residence Of General Wright the first
by the Oliver Perry chapter Of 1a ~
teTs OF the American Revolution.
Inc Peabody hotel, where the admir-
ans last public appearance was made
was a scene OF great beauty. Hundreds
parlors and a great hurrah went ~, ~
when the admiral entered the room TSor
two hours Admiral Dewey ana NTrs
Dewey received the citizens and Vjsi-
who passed before them YIN oil
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FIREMEN'S FUND.
superintendent Church Completes the
Apportionment.

State Insurance Superintendent
Church has collected $40, 14OS1 for the
fremen's relief fund and distributed it
among the various towns maintaining
fire departments, as follows: Abilene,
$164.17; Alma, SAT; Anthony, 1881; Ar
gentine, $16S.95; Arkansas City, $265.14;
Atchison, $7S5.05; Augusta, $46.76; AK
tell, 1913. S.; Baldwin, $27.61; Baxter
Springs, $72.87; Belleville, $69.54: Beloit,
$134.33; Blue Rapids. $32.47; Bur
lingame. SOS 10; Burlington, $IS7 q;
Centralia. $34.S3; Chanute, $14S %; Cher
o1ee, 1914; Cherryvale, $111.61; Che
topa, $7319; Clay Center, $147 65; Clyde,
$3467; Coffeyville, $244.97; Columbus,
1884 40; Concordia, $155.47; Council Grove,
S7212; Dodge City, $64 IA; Downs, s3S. "a !;
bingham, s25.74; Ell Dorado, $125.97 /;
Ellsworth. 1881; Emporia, $40S.13; En-
terprise, $34.10; Erie, $34.25; Eureka,
s96.09; Florence, s45:55; Fort Scott,
$546. SO; Frankfort, $7S.55; F'redonia,
$63.T2 Galena, $316.25; Garden City,
s7717; Garnett, S102.1S; Girard, S91 Oh /;
Great Bend, $134.23; Harper, $2S.S9; Hays
City, $3.50; Harrington, $3.50; Hia-
watha, S129.93; Holton, $15S SO; Hope,
$685.; Horton, $12643; Howard, $61. Oh ;
Humboldt, s79.23; Hutchinson, $422. So;
Independence, 1S4.09; lola, $1S3. 80; juno
ton City, $162.50; Kansas City, 81. S24.3 80;
Kingman, $7031; Kinsley, S2657; La
Cygne, $32.54; Iarned, $99-Sf; Lawrence,
S722.S4; Leavenworth, $1,393.40; Leon
ardville, S157S; Lindsborg, 1888 Lyons,
S56 p; Manhattan, $139.01; Marion,
$63. Os; Marysville, $500; Mcpherson,
$152. SO; Minneapolis, $1,000; Mound Val
ley, 1854; Neodesha, So 80; Newton,
S235. "a; Nickerson, $3611; Norton, se9. 80;
Oberlin, $47.43; Olathe, $147.03; Usage
City $10O.S9; Osawatomie. S7079; Os-
borne, 1882; Oskaloosa, $26.85; Oswego
$74.OS; Ottawa $301- 81; Paola, 1921. 80;
Parsons, $290.S8; Peabody, $42.46;
Pittsburg, S31S70; Pleasanton, S43. 29;
Pratt, $66. So; Rosedale, $50. 9S; Russell
$58. 80; Sabetha, 97.3O; Salina, s405.5S
Scranton, 1862; Sedan, $33. Is; Seneca.
$1O4 81; Solomon, $2S.72; Sterling. S73.25;
ST. Mary's, $68.2S; Strong City, S14.63i
Topeka, 81, S95.4S; Valley Falls, S4451
Wamego, $3.50; Washington. $50. "A
Weir City, S7238; Wellington, 1852; Wet
more, $16.51; Wichita, 81 .265 35; Win
field, $27611; Yates Center, $65.74.
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JAPANESE WIDE AWAKE.
Tea Dealers Will Push Their Business
in This Country.

Tacoma, Wn., May 9.-The steamer
Dalynovostok from Yokohama brings
the following Oriental advices:
The tea dealers union of Japan has
taken energetic measures to push the
sale of Japanese tea throughout the
United States. It proposes to post ad-
vertisements regarding japanese teas
in public places and to dispatch COM
missioners to make inspections of teas
imported at the chief ports of the Uni
ted States and Canada. An annual
subsidy from the government has been
obtained by the association. The union
will endeavor to have the United States
abolish the duty on teas and have the
inspection transferred from American
to Japanese ports.
The British gunboat Sandpiper was
wrecked in the West river near Canton
recently. Temporary repairs were made
and she was towed to Hong Kong by
the torpedo destroyer.
The six chief emigration companies
in Japan, at their recent annual meet
ings, reported business in good condi-
ton and took measures to continue
sending Japanese laborers to the United
States and Hawaii
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MANY GO 10 HoLToN.
Rock Island Trains Have to Garry
Extra Equipment.

The Rock Island is hanling an IN
usually heavy business this week on
account of the large number of people
going to Holton to attend the state en-
campment of the G. A. R.
Holton will be filled to overlooking,
as it is estimated that about three thou
sand people will be in attendance. To-
peka is the common meeting point of
the delegates and visitors and in con-
sequence all the roads leading into To-
peka bring crowds. These people trans
fer here from the other roads to the
Rock Island, and because of this extra
business the passenger department of
the Rock Island has had to put on a
large amount Of extra equipment, two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-09
QUARANTINE EFFECTIVE.
at Least One Instance Where People
Were Kept Out.

Joe Meredith, who lives in the south
eastern part Of the city, has found out
that it does not always pay to try to
run over the quarantine regulations
An attempt of that kind has cost him
several dollars in the police court.
A few days ago Meredith tried to visit
a family in Walnut Grove where there
was a case of smallpox A colored
man by the name of Miller was on
guard, and Meredith was going into the
house whether the guard was agreed
or not Miller prevented him, and this
made Meredith so angry that he went
and got a gun and attempted to
frighten the guard with that.
Meredith was arrested for attempting
to break the quarantine regulations
and when the case was called in the
police court he concluded to plead
guilty. He was fined only SO, but the
costs amounted to several dollars more.
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SAPP WANTS TO MOVE.
Would Take His Sunfower League to
Kansas City.

Tt was supposed that the Sunfower
League headquarters would be retained
at Galena where Promoter Bill Sapp
lives, to enable him to devote more time
to the fight which he claims to be max
ing against John Breidenthal.
Mr.. Sapp has a fertile mind and he
has a plan by which he hopes Kansas
City, Kan, Democrats will make up a
large purse and offer other inducements
for Promoter Sapp to move the head
quarters of the league to that city.
Some Democrats say that the head
quarters Of the Sunf1ower league are in
Sapp's coatpocket and the flourish which
is being made about headquarters dur
ing the state campaign is amusing.
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ROBINSON RESIGNS.
General Manager of Grand Island
Road Gives Up His Position.

st. Joseph, Mo, May General Man
ager W. P. Robinson. Jr., of the St.
Joseph and Grand Island railway last
night made the announcement that he
had resigned and will remain in his
present position until a successor has
been appointed. Mr.. Robinson said he
had no further statement to make in
the matter
When appointed to his present posi-
ton Mr.. Robinson was the youngest
general manager in the railway service,
being but % years of age. The road was
losing money when he assumed control
but he soon had the property on a. pay
ing basis and has maintained an excel
lent showing ever since.
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SANTA FE LOCALS

Ben Rickett, of the coach paint shop,
has resigned.
Tai Close, of the coach paint shop,
is laying off on account of sickness.
George Brintnall, of the round house,
has returned from short visit in
Usage City.
Geo. T. Gunnipp, general agent of the
road, with headquarters in Cincinnati,
was in Topeka yesterday.
Amos Beeler is giving engines Nos
234 and 1877 a preliminary test today
before sending them out.
A number Of fishing and hunting par
ties are being planned for this week by
the boys in the shops.
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POSTMASTER IN TROUBLE.
An Inspector Fails to Find Much
Wanted Registered Letters

Muncie, Ind, May Slate last night
a postoffice inspector called Postmaster
Carmack out and made a thorough
search of the vaults and every corner
of the postoffice for registered letters
and packages supposed to contain large
sums of money sent here by c F. w
Nicely to himself or others for him No
report was made but the express Offices
and depot baggage rooms have failed
to make any. developments here
A special from Washington to the
Morning News, NeeIy's former paper.
asks the people to suspend forming
opinions until later Developments are
made, alleging that the trouble is the
result of a conflict between the post
Office and war departments in Cuba
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JOB FOR BOYLE.
Attorney For Bankers and Cattle
mems Mutual Protective
AssOciatiOn.

Kansas City, Mo-. May 9.-The Bankers
and Cattlernen's Protective association
was organized here today by western
banks that handle cattle paper. The Of
ficers are:
F. P. Neal. of Kansas City, president;
P. L Bonebrake. of Topeka, vice presi-'
dent; J. G. Stream, Of Kansas City, secre-
tary and treasurer; Edward Carroll of
LeavenWorth and J. E. Snyder, of st.
Joseph, are members of the executive
board.
The association has employed L. G.
Boyle, formerly attorney general Of Kan
sas. as its attorney The association will
make a concerted fight to convict any cat
tleman accused of swindling a member Of
the organization
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kind. and only one road in the east
uses this kind of ADVERTISING

kind. and only one road in the east
uses this kind of advertising.
Each page is divided in five columns,
the central one being the largest, where
is placed the names of the principal
towns along the line and a short de-
scription of the same together with any
statistics which might be interesting.
In the first column to the left is placed
the distance in miles the given points
are from Chicago. The second column
contains the arrival time of the west
bound train at each of the points. In
the fourth column is found the arrival
time of east bound trains. In the last
column is found the distances of the
points mentioned from San Francisco.
In the center of the book is found a
two-page map of the Rock Island sys-
TEN proper and all connections to i'm
portant Pacific coast points.
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EVERYBODY CHEERRD.
English and American Methodists,
North and South Are as One.

Chicago, May AT the official re-
ception to the NJ. E. general conference
fraternal delegates in Studebaker hall
last night cheers were raised for the
union jack and the stars and stripes.
synbolizing a unity of feeling of Meth
odists in America and in England In
its wake came louder cheers on the
sentiment of a reunited north and south
within the confines of the United States
The first cheers were called forth by
the address of Rev. William J. Hunter
of Toronto, Canada, who referred to the
two flags as the enblems of the two
great world powers of the future The
second volIey was given by hundreds of
Methodists who rose to their feet to ap-
plaud the declarations of DR.. E. E. Hass
of Nashville, Tenn, editor of the Nash
Vile Christian Advocate.
Bishop Andrews presided and DR..
Hard led the devotional exercises. Or.
Hunter was introduced by DR.. G. w.
Willard, of New York, who prophesied
continental methodism in the twentieth
century
Delegates were present from England,
Ireland, Canada and the church. South
and North
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PLUNGED DOWN A BANK
Double-Header Freight Wrecked on
the U. P.

Omaha, Neb., May "a special to the
Bee from Cheyenne. Wyo., says:
One of the worst wrecks which has
occurred in Wyoming in recent years
took place on O'Nein sidetrack, 16 miles
west of Rawlins on the Union Pacific,
when an eastbound fast fruit train
drawn by two locomotives dashed
through an open switch and down a
high embankment. The dead are:
LOUIS BANTA. fireman, Rawlins.
JAMES ]. JOHNSON, fireman, Raw
Inns.
Two boys, aged about years. who
were stealing a ride, names unknown.
Injured:
Engineers Frank Rehemyer and Andy
Sholers~ Both will recover.
Engineers Rehemyer and Sholer
jumped from their engines before the
end of the siding was reached and es-
capped with a few injuries.
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UNION DEPOT DEMANDED.
Rock Island Interested in One at
Colorado Springs.

Colorado Spring, Col, May AT the
annual meeting of the Colorado Springs
and Cripple Creek Railway company here
Irving HOWbert was reelected president;
F. NJ Woods, treasurer, and A c. Ridg-
way general manager. The directors re-
elected were Irving Howbert, J. R. Nc
Kinnie, James F. Burns, P. G.. Lunt, Will
liam Lennox, Charles Thurlow, T. NJ.
Woods, E. w Giddings, K. r. Rabbit
The roads terminal in Colorado Springs
will be located at the depot of the Denver
and Rio Grande, which will handle the
passenger and freight traffic from Colo
RADIO Springs north.
The Rock Island will join the two COM
panies in an enlarged union depot already
demanded by heavy travel
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CANADIAN CYCLERS.
New Association Forms With Exten-
sive Privileges.

Montreal, May 9.-The new Canadian
cyclists association. which is to have
exclusive control of racing in the Do
minion and will act with the n. c. A,
has just been formed here. The associ-
alton will be under Dominion board of
control and there will be a provincial
board of control in each of the prOvin-
ces. Tie annual meeting will be held
on June 30 at the same place as the Do
minion meet which will be held on July
l. The provincial meets will be held
at the will of the provincial boards. The
Canadian cyclists association will act
with the n. c. A, and be independent
of the Canadian wheelmen's assOcia-
ton.
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TO THE SUGAR BEET FIELDS.
Four Hundred Nebraska Russians En-
Route to Colorado.

Omaha, Neb., May Especial trains
left Lincoln and Hastings via the Mis-
souri, Pacific carrying approximately
400 Russians, who are en- route to the
sugar beet fields of Colorado to work
during the summer. w. Q. Barnes.
travelling passenger agent of the com
pany, was in charge of the party.
The two trains met at Atchison, Kas.,
and consolidated. It is expected that
the majority of the members of the
party will return to Nebraska after the
beet sugar season is ended. The mem
bership of the two special trains was
recruited in the vicinity OF Lincoln and
HASTINGS
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acHIcAGo 10 CALIFORNIA"
Rock Island Passenger Department
Issues an Interesting Pamphlet.

The passenger department of the
Rock Island road has issued a 32-page
pamphlet entitled Chicago to Cali
fornia-" It is by James W. Steele, and
from the press Of a Chicago publishing
firm.
The book is an annotated time table
of the Rock Island through trains from
Chicago to California, Nos. 5 and 6.
This is an innovation in advertising
matter.
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Station Ground Improvement.

The management of the Rock Island
issued instructions about two years ago
to beautify the station grounds along
it's lines by building parks and setting
out flowers and shrubbery. This work
has not progressed very rapidly in the
past, but it is the intention of the road
to push this matter during the present
wear.
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BREIDENTHAL FIGURES.
dob" Semple Says He Has 1913 Dele
gates.

r. H. Semp1e says: 'oThere are now
instructed for Mr.. Breidenthal 225 dele
gates. There are for him 16S unin-
structed delegates who have declared
themselves, making a total 1913 dele
gates.
This is lis more than are necessary
to a nomination. There are 548 dele
gates entitled to seats in the conven-
ton, PTS being necessary to name the
nominee"
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Col. chinn,g Suit DISMISSED.

Frankfort, Ky. May 9-It developed to-
day that the $4,000 damage suit of Colo
mel Jack Chinn against Mrs. Kate Banta
was dismissed at the recent term of the
Franklin county court Mrs. Banta filed
an answer, denying that she ever said or
intimated to any one that Chinn killed
William Goebel- The petition alleged that
she made use of the words, 81 saw Jack
Chinn shoot Goebel."
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LINooLN's ENGINEER.
Robert Fearnley Who Pulled Presi-
dents Train to Cettvshure Dead.

Denver, May 9.-Robert Fearnley, the
real estate man who died Saturday at 412
IVES West C., Colfax avenue was the man who
ed President Abraham Lincoln to the
front after the battle of Gettysburg The
bullet-proof car pulled by Fearnley's en-
CINE carried the great war president to
the front in order that he might deliver
troops who had won the decisive victory.
All through the civil war Fearnley was
an engineer in the government service,
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Theft OF RaiIroad Ties.

Abilene, May 9.-The Union Pacific
is looking for about 1850 railroad ties
that it placed along the track between
here and Solomon in the past few years.
Originally there were 5000 but only $50
are now in evidence. The others are
missing The road has filed complaint
against two suspects and warrants have
been issued.