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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-04
SENATE STAYS LATE
It Was Sunday Morning Before They
Quit Business.

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1t was almost 2 o'clock Sunday morn
ing when the senate stopped doing bust
ness OF course the clocks were stopped
before u in order that the agreement
which had been made to close a that
quit the consideration Of bills at 10
O'Clock except these in conference. The
session was practically closed with tie
week although a few members viii re-
main until Wednesday while the COVER
nor signs the various bills on his desk
All day long the senators were leaving
for their homes. and at the evening SeS-
sion it required a great deal of hustliag
to get enough senators in the chamber
to pass bills. Among the important bills
passed by the senate Saturday night
were- Relating to- the maintenance Of
public libraries. authorizing the trans
fer OF certain funds to the state treas
in by "a county on the tax sales. making
wife and child abandonment q crime; ID
encourage tree culture by exempting
land planted in trees from taxation.
After the senate stopped considering
bills il spent the time while waiting for
ing 10 speeches by members and visitors
Songs were sung In which everybe7y
present helped The visitors who ad-
dressed the members were Governor
Stanley, Henry Allen and Tom 8IcNeaI
Ever one said complimentary things
about the legislature and the Legislature
got right back by saving pleasant
were adopted thanking the president Of
the senate. the secretary, the other en-
ployes ard the reporters
The compliment paid Lieutenant Gov
ernor Richter in resolution adon<ed
was well deserving one The resolution
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-04
LEGISLATIVE SNAP SHOTS.

one hundred and hty legislative ern-
ployes drew their pay Saturday and
went home.
The county attorney inquisltion bill
with It's senate amendments was corr
Cured in by the house
Senator Tapp has made a state repu-
ration for being leveI-headed. He has
been one Of the best members Of the
legislature this session
SeatOn. OF Atchison. had a resolution
passed by the house forbidding the pay
ing for a defective boiler placed in tre
penitentiary Irvine plant.
Senator Smith and Chief Clerk Lob
dell gave a supper to the short grass
members and the press gang at the
Elks' club Saturday night.
The Hutchinson state salt plant hives
tigating committee. consisting Of Rep
resentatives Sarbach. Babb and Banrs
made an unfavorable report.
Representative Bowman is having a
boom for congress from the Second dis
trict and is also talked Of a. the Popu-
list candidate for governor.
The senate passed the bill prOhibitirE
members OF school boards from employ
ing their relatives as teachers. The bin
law.
J. Kitchell's candidacy for messenger
in the United States senate was indoors
ed by the house as a reward FOR his
meritOrious services as its messenger
this session.
All members Of the legislature have
UG@u invited 10 4LLeHQ the coal NNI-
gress' which Will be held at Pittsburx
March. u. Several members have saii
that they would attend
Major Remingtcn's bill to pay the 8
surviving members OF Captain Humc's
company Of independent cavalry Tor
services on the border during the civil
war was killed in the senate.
Saturday night Governor Stanley a1-
pointed the following regents Of tne
State Normal school: l. B. KellCgg.
Lyon f.. J. AltoWager. Reno; j. r.
Glotfeiler. Atchison The appointments
were confirmed in open session
The code OF practice in the supreme
court Is restored to the same position
that II held before the establishment Of
the court Of appeals by the Mason
amendment to the law brought out Of
conference and passed at late hour
The senate made Lieutenant Cover
nor Richter a present Of the leather
chair which has been used in his Office
this session Senator Smith made the
speech presenting the chair and Senator
Wright made a neat speech for the M .
nority.
Speaker Barker, Speaker Pro Tenn ED
McKeever Chief Clerk Charles Lobden,
and Sergeant Slower were pre-
scented BY the house with the chairs that
they have occupied during the EeEsion.
On motion Of Representative Rhoades.
OF the minority. Speaker Barker was
thanked for the Uniform courtesy that
he has extended to the members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-04

was introduced by Senator Mcmillan
and was as follows:
Whereas, The Hon H. E. Richter.
presiding officer Of the senate has DUR
ing the deliberations of the session. per
formed his duties not only with a view
Of expediting business. but in a manner
which has been satisfactory and pleas
ing to the members Of the minority as
Resolved. That the senate extend
to Lieutenant Governor Richter its
thanks Tor the faithful discharge Of the
duties devolving upon him, and for his
courteous treatment of the senator's
The resolution was adopted by a I'M
animOa1a vote.
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always made the levy, but this year it
will be made by the state board Of equal
izatiOn. who VIII do it that il IS
done after the property IS equaiized and
It is determined how much of levy must
be made to bring the required amount.
The board may not make the levy, but
may certify TO each county the amount of
state tax it is liable for and then let the
county fix the necessary levy.
The appropriations made by the legisla-
ture for the fiscal years OF 1902 and 1903
1902 1903.
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TEMPERANCE LAWS
Legislature Gave Prohibitionists All
They Asked For.

The present legislature has been fruit
full in laws to strengthen the prohibition
law. Four laws were passed which are
calculated to ASSIST in the prosecution
of the violaters of the liquor law. They
are the Hurre1 state search and seizure
law, the county attorneys inquisition
law, the law giving district judges the
right to punish for contempt without
trial by Jury and the law giving the
prosecuting witness the right to employ
an attorney to assist the county attor-
ney.
The latter law puts a. heavy club in
the hands of the prohibitionists as il
clothes the attorney of the prosecuting
witness with about the same authority
as the county attorney himself. He can
conduct the prosecution and the county
attorney can not dismiss case over his
protest In case the county attorney
wants to dismiss. he must reduce his
reasons to writing and the matter must
be argued before the court.
The law giving the judges the right TO
punish for contempt is equally as good
when an injunction was issued against
a j0intist he would violate the injunction
and then when called before the judge
for contempt he would call for a trial
by jury with the result that he would
go free Under the new law the judge
can punish for contempt without the
trial.
the search and seizure and the eoun-
ty inquisition law have been widely dis
cI1ssed and their value is well known.
With all four laws now on the statute
book 1t should not be difficult 70 keep
out the joints
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Exceed Any of the Legislatures by
$4,000

The total amount of the appropria tfons
made by the legislature this session is 81
$500 which is the largest ever made by
a legislature in the state The tax levy
to raise this amount Will be slightly in
cree ed over the levy of two years ago,
which was ga mills The legislature has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-04

VIII be opened Nay .. 1901 with throurh
passenger service from St. Louis over
the Pennsy1vania- Vandaiia and Erie
lines via Indianapolis. Columbus and
Akron For particulars. call upon or adj
dress J. NJ. Chesbroush. Asst c. r.
Agt-. St Louis. Ao.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-04

as sr-oo and We will express a bottle to you,
all charges prepaid Be sure and give rs
your nearest express ONCE
]. c. AVER Co, Lowell. Mass
Oar book On The Hair. Free
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p
IN 1SsA
!. SOCIETY
A pleasant close to the weeks festiv-
tiles was the thimbIe party given Sat
urday afternoon by Mrs p L Bone
brake at her pretty home on Harrison
street The affair was doubly pleasant
as there were q number Of out-of-town
guests The guests numbered about so
IN all.
The rooms were all attractiveIy deco
rated with quantities of cut flowers,
palms and ferns, and toward the close
Of the afternoon a dainty luncheon was
served A delightful feature of the az
ternoon were the vocal numbers by Mrs
l. L Jester, OF Tyler Texas, and Ms
Albert Warner
-WhitteIsey.
The marriage of Miss Grace Whit
telsey and Mr.. Charles A Wolf, both OF
Topeka. took place in Kansas City this
morning. after which they left for
weeks trip to Chicago. This marriage
viii not be a. great surprise to the
friends Of the young people, as the
event has been expected to take place
for some time They went to Kansas
City on the plug this morning.
A Pleasant Affair.
Miss Lillian Ripley entertained about
twenty-five guests very pleasantly Sat
urday afternoon at the home Of Mrs. =.
W. Ripley, complimentary to her
mother. Mrs ". F. Ripley, OF Chicago.
The guests were limited to Miss Rip
Iey's pupils During the afternoon a
paper containing a picture OF a violet
was passed around. and to the one
painting the best picture OF a cluster OF
viOlets was given a pretty prize The
afternoon was closed by the serving Of a
delicious luncheon.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs Walter NJ Gust viii go to Cha
mute Tuesday for weeks visit with her
uncle, DR.. J. R Fay.
Mrs. D. A Clements returned today
from few days visit in Leavenworth
with her sister, Mrs John Joerger-
The Nautilus club viii meet Tuesday
afternoon at the home OF Mrs J. T.
Loveweu at 1901 College avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs J. P. Howe and sister,
Mrs. Davis, left Sunday for Washing
ton. D. c.. to visit Mr. Harry Howe.
DR.. John Work Of Duneyant, Kan,
is spending q few days in Topeka
Mrs. Charles Short will leave Tuesday
for Chillicothe, Ill, for few days visit;
she will be accompanied home by her
daughter. Miss Lenna Short, who has
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Eoreinn Notes,

l Geneva, Switzerland, June 4.-Many Rus l sian police have arrived here to assist Swiss detectives in preparing list of known dangerous anarchists. The Conti- mental police have lost all trace of three men who are known to have been intrusted with an anarchistic mission, and their whereabouts is causing the authorities the gravest anxiety. A list similar to that be- ing prepared here is being compiled in Paris.
 London. June 4.-Frank Conrad Helm was declared a bankrupt in court to-day. Helm was formerly engaged in American railroad work. He came to England in 1898 to dispose of mining property. Helm says his debts in England amount to 3,000.- GOO pounds and his American creditors claim over 30000 pounds.
 Oxford, June At is proposed to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters upon Professor Charles A. Briggs and Professor Francis Brown. of Union Theo-
 logical seminary. at the forthcoming com memoraton at Oxford university.
 London. June 4-There is no truth in tho story published in the United States that Mrs. Florence Maybrick was released from Working Prison May 24, and that she sail ed the following day for the United States under an assumed name.
 Stockholm, June 4.--Unted States Minis ter Thomas, at special audience with King Oscar at the palace to-day, presented his majesty with Il signed photograph of President Mckinley.
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LIKE STEIMER!S RACE.
About S1OO,OOO Changed Hands on the
 Result

Cleveland, June 4-The one hundred mile race from Cleveland to Erie to- day between the Cleveland passenger steamer City of Erie, owned by the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit compa- - ny, and the Tashmoo, Detroit's crack passenger boat, owned by the White Star company, was in many respects the most noteworthy race ever sailed on fresh water.
 The Erie covered the distance in four hours, nineteen minutes and nine sec onds, beating the Tashmoo by five sec- onds elapsed time, Aside from win ming the speed championship of the Great Lakes, the Erie won about one hundred thousand dollars for those who bet on her.
 The conditions under which the race was sailed were ideal. The course was lined from start to finish with eXcur- sion boats of all kinds, and the shores were crowded at points with people. Both boats were stripped to fighting trim. The decks were cleared of every thing that would catch the wind on board the Erie. From the start the re- suit was in doubt until within few miles of the finish.
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Telegrnph Brtefs

| New York, June 4.-Four of the five West Point cadets who were dismissed from the West Point military academy for ''insubor
 dinaton' started this afternoon on the temporary positions with the engineer corps of the Guayacui and Quito Railroad com pany which is building Il 250-mie railroad across the Andes mountains In Ecuador, South America. The cadets expect to be reinstated at West Point by congress at it's next session. The four who went away are B. o. Mahaffey, of Texas; R. A. Linton, of Michigan; F. F. Keller, of New York, and H. l.. Bowlby, of Nebraska.
 New York, June 4.-Miss Mary Daily, married today to James Watson Gerard. of this city. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the brides mother by Bishop Potter. The bride was given away by her brother, Marcus Daly.
 Albany June 1.-The American Telephone and Telegraph company to-day filed with the secretary of state certificate of in. crease of capital stock from Sto00oo on0 to S15O GOO, ,OO0 The capital will consist of ,5OOO GOO shares of stock of the par value of S100 each.
 New York, June 4.-The search for game birds in the storage lofts of the Arctic Freezing company has been ended. It is reported that 4S,00O birds held out of sea son were found. The case has been placed in the hands of Assistant District Attorney Walsh.
 New York; June 4.-The funeral of James A. Herne. the actor, took place firm his late residence to-day. The services closed with the playing of 'Do They Think of Me at Home.'' The body was removed to Fresh Pond for cremation.
 made ten point cut in all their soft sugars. The other retneres have not for mally made this reduction, but are said to be meeting it by tacit understanding.
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THE TLAKFONTEIN FIGHT.
Lord Kitchener Sends Details of the
 Affair.

London, June 4,-Lord Kitchener ir
 a dispatch from Pretoria dated to-day
 says
 "Dixon's report of the fighting at
 Vlakfontein, forty miles from Jo- hannesburg, May 20, just received On
 our side 1,450 men, with seven guns,
 were engaged. The force was return ing to camp at Vlakfontein, when the
 enemy, under cover of a veldt fire,
 rushed the rear guard, consisting of
 two guns of the Twenty eighth battery and 330 men of the Derbyshires and
 Yeomanry. They temporarily captured the two guns. When the remainder of the force came into action the Boers were driven off and the guns were re- captured, and the Boer position was oc- cupied
 | Our casualties were six officers and 1 fifty-one men killed six officers and 115 men wounded and one officer and seven men missing. One officer and four men have since died of wounds. Forty-one Boers were killed on the ground The further Boer casualties are not known. |.
 Press details received regarding the fighting at Vlakfontein show that it was one of the most desperate engage ments of the war. General Dixon's col umn was traversing the district and establishing posts, when it was attack ed by twelve hundred Boers under Com mandant Kemp The Boers were so close that fifty British fell at the first volley.
 The Yeomanry held the position, pro- tecting the guns until they were nearly decimated; and then, finding it impos- sible to save the guns, the artllerymen shot the gun horses to prevent the Boers moving the guns
 The column recovered from the shock of the unexpected attack. The Derby shires charged with bayonets and after short, desperate fight drove off the Boers and recovered the guns. The Derby shires and Ye0manry both lost very heavily. It is asserted that while the Boers had temporary possession of the guns they shot two artillerymen in cold blood for refusing to work them against their own comrades.
 The appointment of General French, who has been recruiting his health in Cape Town, to command the operations in Cape Colony indicates that Lord Kitchener attaches considerab ble impor- tance to the invasion. The recrudes- cence of serious fighting brings further demands for the sending out of rein 
 Hamilton, Bermuda, June 1.-The | government has received notification
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SUICIDE OFJ4MES TRACY.
He Took ChoIoroform and Lay Down to
 Die in n Lu n, Der Shed.

Die in n Lu m Der Shed.
 James Tracy, man about forty-f1ve years of age, who resided at No. De-
 Witt street, committed suicide early
 last evening by taking chloroform in Russell's lumber sheds in the rear of the Hotel Garde. Patrolman Curren while patrolling his beat about 7:45 last evening found Tracy lying under one of the sheds unconscious. The officer thought at first that the man was in toxicated but upon a closer examina tion decided that he was ill and tele- phoned to police headquarters for the police ambulance Tracy was taken to New Haven hospital, where it was as- certained by the physicians that he had taken chloroform. Efforts were made to revive him but the drug had been in his system so long and so completely overpowered him that their efforts were unsuccessful and he died about S:30. Later a two ounce bottle was found near where Tracy was lying in the shed and it is thought that he drank two ounces of the poison De- spondency due to lack of work is said to have been the cause of his act. He leaves wife.
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CONSPIRACY CASE
Trial of Messrs. Cannon, Carey and Hill
 In Bridgeport.

| Bridgeport June 1.-The trial of Michael Cannon, Lawrence F. Carey, of this city, and Eugene c. Hill, of New
 Haven, charged with conspiracy and fraud against John Griffin by depriv- ing Griffin out of $2,5OO life insurs ance policy on his sons life, was resum- ed in this city this morning and Mich- ael Griffin was the first witness to take
 the witness stand. MT. Griffin said that
 when the accused insured the life of liG
 son 'the look of death was on the boy 'a
 face" He declared that the check for
 the s2,5oO never came to him after his
 death, but that when he was called be-
 fore the three accused, Carey told him
 that if he was not satisfied with $500
 of the insurance money he would get
 none as the policy was bogus and the
 money would be sent back to the in
 surance company. Griffin said he
 thought half a loaf was better than
 none and although he felt satisfied the men would not send the money back, he took what he could get. The prosecu- ton finished it's case this noon and the defense began this afternoon.
 The defense opened the afternoon ses- sion and considerable time was occu- pied with testimony as to, the previous good character of Hill one of the de- fendants. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Dewell, of New Haven, ex-Mayor Farnsworth, of that city, Congressman Sperry and Postmaster Howarth, of New Haven, and Secretary Thrasher, of the Law and Order league, were all called in this connection.
 Michael J. Cannon, another defend ant, then took the stand Gannon's testimony dealt with his dealings with Griffin and was in effect a denial of the latter's statements on the stand. Gan non claimed that Griffin owed him some s1, 200 and that he deducted from the policy only what was due him ont this debt. The remainder of the afternoon was given over to an investigation of these transactions
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SWITCH ENGINE TURNED LOOSE.
Southern Hallway Employee Arrested
 on Suspicion Three Killed.

Atlanta, Ga.. June A switch en- zine in the yards of the Southern Rail- way shops near the city limits dashed into a passenger train as it was pass ing to-day, killing three passengers and injuring sixteen, three of them, it is feared fatally
 The dead are: Mrs. A. A. Lennon of McDonough, Ga; Irnla, ten year old daughter of Mrs. Lemmon; R. H. Vickers, Flovilla. Ga.
 On one of the side tracks near the chute and only a few feet from the main track an engine was standing that had only short time before been abandoned by the engineer and fire man. As the train was passing the junction of this side track, the switch engine suddenly dashed backward into the moving train The first class day coach was thrown over on it's side and partly demolished, the Pullman car Arcturus was thrown from the track and one end smashed into kindling wood, while the trucks were knocked from under the combination smoker and passenger coach. Those killed were in the day coach.
 fcOoIl alter the Wfeck Ii. B. DuntOn, an employe of the Southern Railway, was arrested on a technical charge of disorderly conduct. This charge was made only that Dunton might be held. He was really arrested on suspicion of having run the wild engine into the swiftly moving passenger train. Dun ton denies that he had anything to do with the wreck and says he was not on the engine.
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FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
MAN JUMPS AND IS TAKEN OUT OF
 THE RITER DEAD.
Quickly AIighted from n Chr and Made the Leap Before Anyone Could Inter- fere-Waved Two American Flags as He Descended-Believed to be Robert Gibbons BIdweIJ.

New York, June 4-A man who from
 papers and letters found in his pockets I is supposed to be Robert Gibbons Bid
 well, of Washington, D. C., or Jackson vile, Fla, jumped from the Brooklyn
 bridge this afternoon and was taken
 from the river dead.
 | A conductor on a street car reported | at the Brooklyn end of the bridge that 1 the man left his car and before any
 one could interfere made the jump,
 waving two American flags in his de-
 scent In the mans pocket was copy
 of the Jacksonville, Fla, Times Union
 of April 12, which contained an account
 of series of lectures which he was to deliver at the Park Opera House in that city.
 The letters in his pockets were ad-
 dressed to Robert G. Bidwell, care of William Turney, New York city. One of them was from the mother of the dead man, Mrs. A. G. Bidwell, of Wash
 ington, D. C., and another was from
 "Alys," Jacksonville, Fla. The letter from the mother was very affectionate. Tn the dead mans pocket also was a postal card addressed to him at Colum
 bus avenue, this city. There were seV- eral cards of a local hotel on the back of which was written Robert Gibbons Bidwell, author of The Reign of Mind 1892 Oregon avenue, N. w., Washing ton, and 1425 East Adams street. Jack sonville, Fla, June 4, 1901.
 The man was evidently prepared for e., bo and his body was swathed with towels, which were evidently intended to lessen the impact when his body struck the water. A number of newspapers were stuffed between his body and the life preserver.
 Jacksonville, Fla. June 4.-Robert G. Bidwell was a son of A. I. Bidwell, who lived at Arlington, across the St. Johns river from here, fifteen years ago, and afterwards moved to Orlando, Fla. where he died Young Bidwell was well known here. He was regarded as a man of more than average intelligence, but not we'll balanced The Orlando grove was killed by the freeze in 1895, and it is said that since then his men tai alteration was manifested. After the freeze the grove was sold ana Bld- we'll left the state. He leaves widow at Orlando, who is a daughter of Dr. Duer a retired physician, and one lit tie girl
 New York, June 4.-Mrs. Turner, mother of William Turner, of New l York city said Bidwell was her neph- aw. He, his mother, a widow and two | sisters live in Washington. Mrs. Tur- i ner said Bidwell came to the city | week ago to pay them visit, and his actions seemed strange.