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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-28

it if you want to
Il want you to know. Governor, that
the women have their hatchets ready.
You will force us to use them. o, Gov
ernor, O, Governor, we can't stand it
any longer. We women petition you. 1t
is so disagreeable, offensive and terrible
to go into the jaws of death. don't
want to do it. But we women will be
compelled to smashl smaShi smaShl
The jointists say Tt is my grist; now
we've got a cinch-' But they haven
got a cinch on rocks and hatchets-
have grieved for years over this traffic
The Lord opened up this way to me,
and has blessed what ! have done.
Now Governor, I'm willing to bury
the hatchef. Come. ri forgive YOU ana
love you. You just say III stand by
these women and won't call you those
names any more. I'll apologize"
mo need to- said the governor.
Somebody ought to apologize. If i
didn't owe you an apology, you owe me
one"
Mrs. Nations discolored optic came up
in the discussion.
cuser.
Governor Stanley laughed with the
spectators at this sally, and Mrs. Ma
ton added You gave me this black
eye. You did it, undoubtedly, because
you have failed to do your duty m
glad I've got 1T to show you. You re-
member how Paul and Silas wore their
stripes. I'm glad I've got 1t to show
Governor Stanley modestly disclaimed.
when she said You can reclaim your
self and everybody Will hurrah for
Stanley I'm not doing things for
In lun when he could well
DO 80 the the goysTnoT ro,,ev turned ;sao,d51+ ip
Mr. Nation to the front as a lawyer.
Have you seen the county attorney
asked the governor
Yes to have that woman who hit me
arrested" said Mrs. Nation
Have you seen him about closing
joints2'
Not yet"
You want to see me and have me
compel him to do it. You are presumias
to know law and my duty, when ycIl
don't know anything about it. Show me
the statute that can make the county
attorney do his work and I'll do it,.
Find that statute, Mr.. Nation COM
1nanded the crusader in an aside to her
lawyer husband
Mrs Nation went on with the discus
sion Of his powers and duties with th=
governor.
mr.. Nationl'' she shouted again pres
emily. Turn to that law that shows
about the governor removing county at
torneys.'
The governor smiled.
MIR. Nation told me himself you could
do it and it was the law. If he don't
find it, it's his fault and not mine"
You have been berating me for not
making the attorneys do their duty, now
show mel"
Have yo utried to close the joints?-
mo. 1t is the duty Of the local Off
GERS. tell you"
Couldn't you remove me from jail.
when 1 asked you?''
No
Some one has misled you,s Governor
Stanley continued, as to the law I can
only go and file a complaint. I cant
remove elected officers
Well-I've been misinformed," Mrs.
Nation admitted.
After a time Mr.. Nation interrupted
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Wichita jail. charged with stealing tur-
keys She stopped in the middle of her
earnest talk with the governor to make
her plea for the man.
Governor I said awhile ago that they
put innocent people in Jail at Wichita
and let the guilty go free said Mrs.
Nation. Il know a poor man who is in
Jail at Wichita. who has been there since
last April and am satisfied that he is
innocent of the crime charged. They
said that he stole chickens. but the only
evidence was that they found two tur-
keys in his yard, which I have heard
time and again We're stolen by his boys.
The neighbors say that he is an honest
man. and the sheriff must think so. for
he is a. trusty and has never been locked
up He goes to the country and brings
in wood and does all kinds Of errands.
They place no restrictions upon him.
You will see that he is pardoned, won't
you, governor know he is good
man, and he has been there SO long"
The governor asked the mans name,
and assured her that he would look into
the case
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NEELY RESIGNED.
Man Who Looted the Cuban
Postal Funds Gives Up.
Says He Expects Neither Justice
Nor Mercy From Courts.
MAINTAINS INNOCENCE.
Says He Could Have Stolen a
Million at One Time.
Expects to Die Soon After Going
to Cuban Prison.

New York, Jan. 28-The Journal and
Advertiser contains a long dictated
statement from Charles W. f. Neelys
the accused postal official who has just
been sent to Cuba for trial. In the
course of this Nicely describes in detail
how after an issue OF stamps had been
made for the Cuban service the STR
charged stamps were destroyed. For
the purpose of conducting the deStruc-
ton Director General Rathbone ap-
pointed a commission, he says, com
posed of himself (Neely), Auditor Reeves
of the registry division, and Married. an
OhlOan. 1t has been alleged that Neely
stole many thousand dollars worth of
stamps by burning in their place pack
ages of waste paper. In reference to
this charge Nicely says about these
stamps:
THE man who says they were not de-
stroyed, or who says that I said the
packages contained only brown paper,
tells a damnable lie. Save for one OF
two packages, they were in their orig
inal form the seal of the department
brown paper, the fraud was committed
in Washington before the stamps were
shipped to Cuba
Further on Neely says: Had / been
desirous of stealing from the govern
ment why did not steal when there
was a chance for me to steal something
worth the while? had plenty of op-
portunities to do so. On one occasion
could have pocketed over a million dol
lars.
'On one of my trips to the states.
made on official business, brought
with me on the transport over $900, 600
in gold. had at the same time IN my
pockets certificates of deposit made out
in my name and individual capacity on
the Seventh National bank, the gov
ernment depository, for pOstoffice funds
for over $500, 600. That made over 81, ,200,-
900 that were as completely in my pos
session as though it were my own"
Neely ends his statement in the fol-
lowing words:
THE wild stories OF extravagant
speculation on my part while in Cuba
are all the purest fiction.
THAT I made money while in Cuba
/ have never denied But I made it
legitimately, and it was the product Of
the private funds which I took to Cuba.
with me.
MY innocence can be proved but
never expect to be able to prove 1t. The
opportunity will not be given me, and I
am prepared to be sacrificed and TO re-
ceiVe- q sentence of from eight to ten
years. All idea of obtaining justice has
left me. and [ have no thought now
other than that my fate may be de-
creed as quickly As possible I can not
stand this strain, and when I go to
Cuban prison it will be with the knoWl-
edge that have only a few months
more to live, for no American can stand
confinement in those tropical prisons.
But sooner or later expect the facts
in this case to be made known and sub
stantfated and when that day comes the
public will confess that 1t prejudged
me, and that instead of being guilty I
was innocent of the crimes laid at my
door,"
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said Mr.. Nichols. when you bring any
evidence that liquor is being illegally
sold, viii give it a respectful hearing.
But there is. no use of any Of your COM
mittees or any one coming to see me.
When the evidence is presented to me
I will do my duty to the best of my
ability
tsWeH. when you can see that the
joints are running, and you have the
power to stop them. why don't you
do it?"
THAT isn't the question. It isn't my
duty to prosecute unless have the ev1-
dence, and cannot until that evidence
is produced"
do you believe it is your duty to
commit our young men to these whisky
shops to be ground up2'
.tWell, / can only answer" he said,
that SO far as I am concerned 1 am a
resubmissionist"
And you want to open those murder
shops?" she shouted. Why. would
throw hatchets at you first Yes, I
would I'd throw hatchetS at your head
before seeing the saloons legalized-
you say you are a resubmissionist.
Why they are the worst kind of citi-
zens. To be called an anarchist Is a
compliment beside it.
Your mother never raised you to be
wasted on saloons, and you should re-
spect the wishes Of your best friend on
earth''
This terminated the interview and the
crowd started for the office of city at
torney. In the outer office of the coun-
ty attorney Mrs Nation thought that
she would like to talk to the sheriff.
Sheriff Cook was in the room and Chas.
Sessions who happened to overhear Mrs.
Nations wish pointed him out and be-
ing busy did not introduce them
At this Sheriff Cook became enraged
and plunging across the room crowded
with people grabbed Mr.. Sessions by
the coat collar and began clustering
about not receiving the formality of an
Introduction He would listen to no ex-
planation and allowed Mr.. Sessions to
leave the court house without so much
as an apology.
Afterwards Sheriff Cook said to Mrs.
Nation, why certainly I wanted to
meet you and talk with you.
Come down to my Office and I will talk
an hour with you.'
The party then went down stairs and
as the city attorney was to be visited,
she was not allowed the privilege of
talking the hour with Mr.. Cook He in
vited her to come some other time, and
she promised. In leaving she slapped
him on the shoulder and said, Twill
talk to you like was your sister"
The city attorney had left his office
to go to lunch. it being after noon and
the party disbanded, Mrs. Nation going
to the home of R. F. Wilcox. 2101 West
Tenth avenue, where she said she had
been invited to take dinner.
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PEACE IN VENEZUELA.
Presence ofGunboats MayHave Some
Bearing Along This Line.

New York, jan 2S.-A special to the
Herald from washington says. Mf-
Plilfdo the Venezuelan charge d d'aita1res.
received advices by mail several days
ago announcing that a peaceful conaA-
ton of affairs prevailed
1t is learned now that the claim ot
Venezuela to PATIO island. from Wnlcn
the Venezuelan gunboat Auguste too-
several British subjects. is contested ~
Great Britain, and that the question y.
the nation to which the island peione.
has never been settled. This fact VIII
have an important bearing. OF course.
in connection with the representations >
which the British government VIII tiif.-1
TO Venezuela Great Britain. If she III
sisfs on her tsovereignty over the islanl.
can declare the act OF the gunDoa1 AN
act of war, and demand instant Iehs-
ration. ,-,,-- A.,
American interests. it is officially s4.o.
are well protected, the Lancaster -Dell.S
at La Guayra and the scorpion az Ky. ~
Of Spain. which IS at the mouth oI ln'
Orfnorc.
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came for2'
Yes
i want to know what you intend to
do about Kidding the state Of these muir
dering shops. What do you think of my
method2 Is it right2"
I do not think So
You propose a better one, governor .
Governor Stanley told Mrs Nation he
believed she was honest and sincere in
her motives but he could not counten-
ance her method Mrs Nation took a
new tack, with straight from the shoul-
der shots. She wanted to know why.
if he didn't object to having all the mur-
der shops suppressed, he as governor
or the state had not welded his great
influence to have it accomplished
Pm doing your work, governor" Mrs
Nation made the startling declaration,
leaning forward in her chair to follow it
.How?'' asked the executive.
Your oath of Office. You took an
oath to see that the laws were enforced
didn't yOu2'
I took an oath to support the consti-
tuition and laws of the state he re-
Have you done it2" snapped Mrs
Nation.
i've tried to-"
''How2'
The conversation reached a. high pitch
of Wrangiing- Mrs. Nation said he had
not done his duty. The governor main
tained he had 1t looked for a moment
as If the interview would cease
i not mere 10 get INTO a COnITO-
versy Of this kind the governor said
You didn't want me to come to you, y
Mrs. Nation exclaimed
I'm glad you've come. You can come
any time, but if we can't discuss the
matter quietly Wen stop right here"
You would allow these murderers to
continue their work, Mrs Nation went
on without needing do you think I
would allow them 10 band in a conspir-
acy to rob our homes Of our boys and
their souls when the governor has all
this power to stop it2''
I believe you think you would -
Wouldn't I do it2''
II think you'd try to do it. 1 have
not the power to close the joints YOU
think I have
Who has the law to enforce them2"
The local officers. 1t is the business
Of the county attorney"
Why are they not removed when
they fail to do their duty2"
In the matter OF prosecution of the
prohibitory law the county attorney
would tell you it was his business He'd
tell you to mind your own business The
governor cannot remove those officials
elected by the people. I know the limita-
tons in which the law allows me to
make headway against this evil"
1Ou can cause every one of those
oflcials to do his duty, governor Mrs.
Nation broke in. You are a coward
i You don't; you are a perjurer if you
don't"
You are a woman Governor stan
ley 1nterpOsed, angriIy. But a woman
must know a woman's place They
cant come in here and raise this kind
Of a disturbance"
The governor went on to say that he
was not inclined TO catechise or criti-
kindly
Point out the way" he told Mrs. Ma
ton for him to have the prohibitory law
respected.
Order the county attorneys to in
quire into these cases and prosecute
them, she said
Not in my power, he said
out the militia"
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OUR CHINESE POLICY.
Bishop Potter Says Christian
Nations Have Been Unfair.

New Haven, Conn. Jan. 2s.--Bisnon
Henri. c. Potter in an address 20 en0
Yale undergraduates. on the rnissionais
question, said:
.sN,1r policy in China has not thus far
been a happy one. The prolesains
Christian engineers. capitalists ms 5s-,.
chants and bankers they are resp
for what has happened the past ys-.. 49,
II T were to defend any nation a6ain7e
the charge Of unchristian outrh5g7
would take a brief In FAVOR OF .a-
Nothing could have been more ~ 49,
than the policies of Christian nations , 5i-
dealing with this pagan people
have trampled under FOOT every 1li.-s ,--, 81,
Chinese have deemed most sacreu,
railroad could have passed arouhu ~
tomb of an ancestor or ruler, Dut lnatee-o
we fore Ii down and went through N--
spot where It stood. This IS out q tSt5
of the treatment We have given tne ,... ~...
nese. an illustration Of what lney na
received In the gross At VuA H"'~7
II was travelling in Ceylon some time
ago and happened to ask an E-nsii7,.t
speaking stranger the oirectloh 70 .H9 9
Steamship office was being carried
nv a iinriclxsha man and dismissed nln'
asking him what his charges were. Ate
answered. Two annas-' 1ou scounc, ~,
yelled the English-sPeakins man, Wno-o
business it certainly was not at an, tae
charge is only one anna Ihereupon NJ
knocked the jinricksha man down. Ahat
is the sort of a way Christenoom serves
the pagan nation today
ssAf another tir1e when was in Nayioh
7 saw an English woman jab her uin-
brella into a jinriclSsha man. / heartiiy
wished that ] had a horseWhip IN of1rf
thar 7 might treat the woman as she Ger
served When we take into account az
of these things and the outrages IN Cni-
ma. especially the exhibition or prutHi
passions Of travellers to the CnineAes we
ought to despise ourselves
Gas far as the American missionarles
in China are concerned. they have been
the heroes OF the situation They went
to China not to get. but to give anN
their efforts have been rewarded by
making peace where il has been made
There can be no settlement Of the Cni
nese question as long as we go 70 tnstt
country in the spirit Of greed and untu
the white man learns to respect the
brown. black and yellow man"
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to hand over the statutes and Mrs Ma
ton and. the governor discussed tile
powers and duties of the chief executive
Of the state from that standpoint.
She asked him if he couldn't make his
attorney general investigate.
He can tell me he viii do as ne
pleases.s
Can't you do anything with him as a
perjuarer? Tell me you preoragative
as governor, you don't seem to have
much to do"
4 am at the head of state institu-
tons
Have you no jurisdiction to prevent
ssylums and penitentiaries being filed
with our children2"
You are mistaken again. J can't say
who viii be admitted or go out
When Mr.. Nation handed over the
statute book, Mrs. Nation said:
Pm going to read law after awhile =
Good idea. you'll make a better law
yer than your husband, commented
She read the duties as prescribed for
the governor to see that laws are exc
cuted.
do you see that the laws are faith
fully executed?" she asked.
mo, not as you lock at it I look out
for the institutions and heads of depart
ments.
s-Wen, well, amt that queer law"
she commented.
Further down she caught sight of the
clause, May require heads of executive
departments TO luFe&LtSdle, etc. 5uC
wanted the governor Immediately to
have the county attorney of Sedgwick
county investigated and inquired into
and she would lodge the information.
She was much disappointed that 'tex-
ecutive'' department heads were meant
and not lower local officials.
Mrs. Brown inquired if the governor
could not require the attorney general
to inquire into the Sedgwick county at
torney.
Mrs Nation heaved a deep sigh Of
despair. She began to see how futile
had been her visit toward accomplish
ing anything.
This is an awful confusing mess"
she said This ball of yarn is all
wound up and I can't get to the end
of it,
Then she made her desperate offer to
the governor to have him come and join
them and she would furnish the hatchet.
Governor Stanley laughed and jolxingly
said:
''I'II send Mrs Diggs.' The librarian
sat in front of him.
Don't you think that it is eowardly
to leave it to the women"
1T is a woman's crusade
Mrs Nation said she had been told
by the Lord in an impression this morn
ing to stay in Topeka She says she will
stay till every joint is closed.
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Which I won't do" said he. why
don't you remove the county attorneys
yourself. You have just as much power
as r."
But you are the governor
That makes no difference, I could
only go as an ordinary citizen and enter
complaint %
You let me change places with you
a week and I'll show you that would
DO 1t. I'm only a poor old grandmother,
an old woman, a representative woman. =
Governor Stanley took decided excep-
ton
No, he said, you are not; you are an
honest woman. but not a representa-
tive woman I admire your purpose
but do not endorse your method"
Settling her light shawl over her
shoulders, Mrs. Nation projected an ulti-
matum- She began to see that power
and help were not to be hers
Then you are going to force me to
smash emp
mo, not Not force YOU You can do
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VERDI is DEAD.
ID Came at Milan at $50 O'clock
Sunday Morning.

Milan. Jan 28.-Verdi died at z;50
O'Clock. Sunday morning.
Verdrs fortune IS estimated at 80
GOO 600 The opera which was most
proftabIe to the composer was Aida.
from which ne had drawn. from the
date of its composition to the beginning
of this year, as his share Of the profits.
4, ooO. 600 lire Then in order Of value
caVne Rigoletto, Trovatore, Traviata.
Otel1o and Falstaff.
Verdf's artistic treasures, mostly
presents. alone are valued at from g.
00o. 600 to 900. 600 lire. He lived fruBaily.
hut always exquisitely. and in beauttni
surroundings. His great delight was
doing work Of charity. At Milan he built
and endowed at a cost Of 100000 IRE
a home for poor artists. The maestro.
is is learned. leaves an immense lot ot
musical material. including several COM
nlete and unpublished operas Even
within the last few months he is said
to have written the music for a four
act opera. the libretto of which was
written R,v Bofto, on the Roman suDJec
Of Cincinnatus The opera is almost
ronplefe. and will probably be produced
a. IA Scale. it Is probable that OF ali
the great musicians Of the nineteenth
century Verdi wrote the least Apafl
fron, his letters which were replied -
usualv with a few words. longer com
n,l1nfcations in his handwriting are ex~
tremelv rare. He never in his life wrote
to a newspaper or journal for pubtica-
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aoomEs BoBBINa ALoNa.1
Mrs. Nations Unique Expression
About Her Husbands Assistance

Mr. Nation accompanies his wife every
place except when she goes on her joint
smashing tours. and -then he stands
back In speaking OF her husband. Mrs.
Nation said: Dave always tells me
that if I get into trouble again he WslI
not help me out, but I go right ahead
and get into trouble and Dave comes
bobbing along getting things fixed to
get me out of it,
Mrs Nations husband is an elderly
man with a full beard which was once
sandy but is now almost gray. His head
Is partially bald, and he is inclined
towards stcutness. A @. A. r. button
is in the lapel of the blue suit Of clothes
he wears. He IS slow of speech, and is
not much taken with the prominence his
wife has attained He is a lawyer.
At the state house this morning Mrs
Nation said in answer to the question
if she was receiving any money for the
work she was doing, Il have received
very little money. / did get $40 in OF
tawa from the W c. T. U of Kansas
City, and it was that money we used
in coming to Topeka. Altogether I have
not received twice that sum since I
have been in the work I am not in the
work for the money but for the good ]
may do. want to save our boys from
certain death and the worst kind of
death, and L want to save the mothers
and wives from sorrow and suffering.
Money is something I had not thought
of in connection with the natter
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RL0CKADE BROKEN.
Traffic Has Been Resumed on the
White Pass & Yukon r. R.

Seattle. Wash. Jan. 2S.-The two
weeks snow blockade Of the White Pass
& Yukon railway was broken January
1o. and traffic resumed next day. ac-
cordfng to advices received by the
freiehter Ruth. During the night OF the
f9th Skagway experienced one OF tnr
worst billiards. ever known II ne noA ~.
Aha snow drifting in several streets 90
fhe, height OF one-story housetops- Two
sailors were badly frozen on the AK
while the vessel was entering Iaku M
CAPTAIN Higgins says the damage re-
nor-ted bv the Dirigo to the Alaskan
steamer Victorian was no more serious
than the breaking Of her hydraulic steer
eaar vvol1ld be able to complete her
Voyage almost on schedule
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GOVERNOR, GET HATCHET

Mrs Nation broke of and turned up
the vital question OF the interview
You said I was a law breaker" she
said accusingly-
II didn't-
You did
Not in those words
What did you say2"
I said If the. reports in the papers
were true. you are q lawbreaker."
'-How2''
You destroy the property of others
and disturb the pea ce. -
I say I'm not. / IN a 1aW-abiding
citizen"
1T is not worth while to discuss
that"
Governor. you want to know what I
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FUNSTON FIGHTS.
Detachment Under the Kansas Cen
eral Battle with Insurgents.

Manila. Jan. 28.-Genera1 Funston re-
ports that thirty Of his men near San
Isidro killed five Insurgents Later the
same detachment engaged thirty insur-
gents under Tagunton, the notorious
leader and assassin. Taguntou was kill
ed while trying to escape.
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Member Of Parliament Dead.

London, Jan. 28-Sir John ". MacIure.
Conservative members of the house of
commons for the Stratford division of
Southeast Lancashire, died this morning
in the sixty-sixth year Of his age
Chicago, Jan. 8.-Temperatur at Z
a. m.ENeW York %; Boston p; Phil
adelphia 90, Washington 3z: Chicago I8:
Minneapolis 10; Cincinnati "A. st. Louis
e.
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Mrs. Nation Asks Governor Stanley
to Pardon Wichita Man.

Mrs Nation is a kind hearted woman,
and this is evidenced by her plea this
morning Tor a poor man who IS ia the