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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
HOLE HAs GONE.
Secretary Of State Temperance Union
Issues a Manifesto


Secretary Stephens. OF the State Ten-
perance union, has issued the following
manifesto:
THE officers and executive committee
of the Kansas State Temperance union
hereby recommend and urge immediate
energetic and persistent law enforcement
action in every part of the state follow
ing the example of the citizens OF To-
pelSa. Holton. and other cities.
Ihe hour for action has come. Let II
be al once and IN the most orderly ard
determined manner. without riot blood
shed. or destruction of lawful property.
Qualification has defantly trampled the
laws or the state under foot until pat
1enCe has ceased to be a virtue If un-
der existing conditions. the people now
act, not rashly, but vigorously and SIM
.al.s ollaneousiy; every joint and Questionable
resort can Pc banished from Kansas
Let ministerial alliances or local tenn
pernnce committees take the initiative.
organize send out recruiting agents
Enl1sl tne written support Of every
man and woman possible in the com
muuity. Call mass meetings. TJnite5lv
demand OF the officers the immediate the
absolute, the uncomprcmisfng enforce
law-brsakers that all violations must
immediately cease. and that their Illicit
nNtureS and goods must be removed
from the state forthwith. Assure them
positively that unless these entirely law
tul demands are complied with faithful
~ ana promptly, the officers will be as
sisted TO the fullest extent that an olIf
RACED public can give assistance.
Ferpetuate these organizations Pre-
pare Tor the primaries Look we'll to the
election Of trustworthy officials. both
municipal and county.
Do not delay. Begin action now. and
cease not until every w-breal1ine insff-
tuition has been driven forever from tfa
state. ~-' ei9
ne principal work OF the State Tenn
perance union is educational. through
puipit, press, and platform. but the logf-
enforcement OF the laws. The two el,,, m
proceed hand in hand until prohib.ti..7
absolutely prohihits,, -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
Senate Acts Favorahly on Anti Pub
lie Exhibition

The bill regulating the practice of hyp
notism was passed by the senate yester-
day The bill was amended at the re
quest of the physicians and now reads as
follows:
Section l. 1t shall be unla wful for any
person to practice the art or calling
known as hypnotism upon any person in
any public rheater or other public place
in this state, or expose any person to
public view who has been hypnotized or
placed in a cataleptic state. nor shall any
person voluntarily permit himself to b.
hypnotized or placed under hypnotic in
fluence by another in any public build
ing or place in this state Provided, this
act shall not apply to any experiment
performed in public for scientific pur-
poses under authority Of a permit granc-
ed by the state board of health.
Sec. 2. Any person found guilty Of VI
olating this act shall upon conviction be
punished by a fine of not less than ten
dollars nor more than one hundred dol
lars or by Imprisonment of not less than
ten days nor more than thirty days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment
Other bills passed We're:
Accepting title to the site of Pixies
Paw nee Indian village in Republic coun-
ty and placing it under the care and
control of the state historical society,"
Requiring persons having charge of es-
adjustments where women or girls are
employed to furnish chairs or stools so
that the employees may rest when not
actively engaged in duties inconsistent
with the requirement.
Permitting Robert AIcCanse to enter
the soldiers home at Dodge City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
BREAKFAsT TOGETHER.
schwab and Frick, Rivals, For Head
of Steel Combine.

New York. Feb. 12.-H. G. Frick and
c. NJ Schwab, president of the Carnegie
Steel company, ate breakfast together
today at the Holland House and had a
talk which lasted over two hours.
Mr.. SchWab aRvOuld not discuss the
terms of the Morgan offer or say any
thing about his errand in town and Mr..
Frick after his breakfast with Mr.
Schwab refused absolutely to be inter-
viewed; when asked whether he was
willing to comment on the report that
he was more interested now IN Pittsburg
real estate than in steel consultations,
he said: Il am willing to say nothing" {"
The Evening Post says:
1T is generally believed that Mr.. Car
negfe's former partner viii be an impor-
tant factor in the consolidation. There
are certain indications that he would be
chosen executive head of the consoh-
dated companies should he care to as
sumo the position. But these rumors
are not backed up with anything more
substantial. The most that can be said
is that Mr. F'rick's intimacy with Mr.
Morgan would seem to preclude the pos
sibility of having been left out of the
deal for the reason that Mr.. Frick could
make a good fight for the minority
stockholders if he did not approve the
terms of the deal
Andrew M. Moreland, d stoclxho1der
and a former secretary of the Carnegie
company who came from Pittsburg at
the same time as Mr.. Frick, said he had
come to buy house furnishings and did
not know the terms of Mr.. Morgan s
offer. He seemed surprised that ne had
been told and said that he expected to
look them up before Wednesday,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
ONLY A MOLE HILL.
Senator y. R. Burton Talks Of
Mrs. Nation.
Magniled Into a Mountain Peak
I'M New York.
CAN CLOSE THE JOINTS.
When People Get Tired Of-Them
They viii Close.
A. c. Rankin Deserts Mrs.Nation
in Muscatine.
Lecture Tour Has Been a Pro-
nOunced Failure.
CAN CLOSE THE JOINTS

New York. Feb. 12.-Senator-elect
Boseph r. Burton. Of Kansas. one Of the
scheduled speakers at the Lincoln din
ner Of the. Republicans at the Waldorf
Astoria, was attacked with nausea on
his way from Washington to this city
However he expects to get to the
dinner
i've been i'll nearly all the time for
the last two weeks said he. "and the
result is that have no prepared
speech"
When asked about Mrs. Nations sa-
loon smashing. Mr.. Burton said
1T is a matter of surprise to the
people Of Kansas that SO much notice is
paid to Carrie Nation by the eastern
papers. She is a mole hill in Kansas
and towering peak in New York. We
have put the badge of ilegality on the
saloons in Kansas. and when the peo-
PIE get tired of having them they can
close them up When it comes to
smashing them, however, Mrs Nation
has no more legal right to attack them
with an AK than she has to constitute
herself judge and jury and attack any
thing else. It is quite likely that her so
called crusade viii awaken people IN
many parts of the state to the unde-
Eirableness OF the saloons as a feature
Of town and country life and VIII close
a good many of them up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
MONEY PACKAGES ASTRAY.
Exciting Interchange of Messages
Among Three Cities,

Chicago, Feb. 12.-The Chronicle this
morning says: For several hours yes
terday bank officials in Chicago and
New York were in a frenzy of excite
ment over the disappearance and sup
posed robbery OF $25. 600 from a packag ge
of currency in transit to this city from
the eastern metropolis. The money
package had been ordered by a Chicago
bank from banking house in New
York, the shipment being made through
an express company.
When the package reached its destina-
tiOn here it was found to contain not the
$4,000 ordered and which the invoice
letter credited as having been sent, but
only $4,000, one half the sum for which
the Chicago banking house was expect
ed to acknowledge by formal written
receipts.
There was no sign that the sealing
wax on the package had been tampered
with, while the mail advices that ar
rived in the morning made Ii plain that
$50 900 had been sent
The officials Of the Chicago bank re-
fused to receipt for the package, in
formed the express company of the
shortage and notified the bank in New
York
After lively interchange Of tele-
graphic and telephone messages between
this city and New York, a telegram was
received by the cashier Of the Chicago
bank advising him to reship the S25, 900
to a bank in St. Louis. This message
was at once taken as affording an ex-
PLANTATION Of the mystery, it being taken
the bank in Chicago had been sent to
the St Louis concern and tnat the $25,-
900 received was intended for the St.
T.OuiS bank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
MR. RANKIN QUITS.
Mrs. Nations Lectures Did Not Make
Enough Money to Suit Him

Muscatine, Ia, Feb. 12--Mrs- Nation
arrived here at noon yesterday and was
met at the train by 1000 people. A
squad OF policemen were on hand as she
had requested to escort her to the hotel
The crowd, however. was peaceable and
evidently turned out through curiosity,
for less than 500 people attended her
meeting last night After the meeting
closed and the receipts of the evening
were counted. the financial manager Of
Mrs. Nation dissolved partnership with
her. and he with four Of the six women
who accompanied her. returned last
night to Kansas He said:
My enga cement of Mrs. Nation ends
here. I return to Topeka tonight and
four of the six women go with me. The
Mrs Nation. I understand, will proceed
to Chicago
Mrs. Nation says. Il am in the hands
of the Lord, and viii leave for Chicago
this morning. i will do no smashing in
Iowa or any other state until all the hell
holes in my own state are wiped cut of
existence. Then I win organize a band
OF women who win smash all of the saL-
looms in the world. The United States
FIRST, Europe next"
Rev. r. w. Emerson. who claims to
be Mrs. Nations manager left Topeka
yesterday 10 join the lecturing company
at Chicago He had no idea of any
peka with Mrs. Nation next Thursday.
The five women who accompanied Mrs
Nation and Mr.. Rankin were Mrs.
Goodwin. Mrs. Rose Crist, Miss Made
line Southard. Mrs. James White and
Mrs. Smith
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
BIG BILLS STOLEN.
Kansas City Bank Loses Five Of
$1,000 Each.

Kansas City, Mo-. Feb. 12.-Five 81, 900
bills have been stolen mysteriously from
a Kansas City bank, and banks in all
parts of the country have been notified
to be on the lookout for them. The
name of the robbed bank and the man
ner of the theft are being kept quiet. It
is said, however, that detectives have
traced the bills to a. former Kansas City
woman, who is said to have tried to
pass one of them at a Chicago depart
ment store. After the bill had been ex-
amined and found to be genuine, she is
said to have substituted for it a counter
felt $1,000 bill in payment for a. bill of
goods and to have received $500 in
change. The bills are believed to have
fallen into the hands of some clever
courlterfeiter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
DEED OF TRUST BILL.
1t Would Be Good For Mortgage
Companies.

The Cubbison bill authorizing the ex
ecution of deeds Of trust upon real es-
tate as security for the payment of mon
ey or other obligations was introduced
in the senate this morning.
The bill provides that when a person
-borrows money he will give a deed Of
trust for the property to a trustee APP
pointed by the lender and borrower. II
the person borrowing the money fails to
come up to the agreements entered into
regarding the payment Of money. either
interest Of principal, the trustee can sell
the property given as security by simply
making a publication Of the fact that
the sale Of the land win be held. TIE
proceeds from the sale are to be turned
over to the lender. This does away with
all the foreclosure proceedings necessary
under the present law
Senator Stewart offered an amendment
to the effect that when the property was
sold under the proceedings as prescrih-
ed by the bill, that the proceeds OF tic
sale should satisfy the Indebtedness irt
full The amendment called for lot OF
talk regarding the mortgage laws IL
Kansas and their effect upon the busi-
ness Of the state. The amendment was
lost by vote Of Is to p.
Senator Smith moved to strike out the
enacting clause and insert the old mort
gage law placed in the statutes in 1868
The.senate then voted to put the further
consideration OF the bill off until t0mor-
.0W at 9 o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
BURNED THEIR SHIP.
Sailors Charged With Setting
Fire to the Sea Witch.

Seattle. Wash. Feb. 12.-Advices from
Manila, dated January s. say The
American ship Sea Witch was set on
fire in the harbor on Thursday night.
presumably by some member of the
crew, ten Of whom are now under arrest.
Launches from the cruiser Brooklyn and
the transports Rosecrans and Meadow
towed the burning vessel into twenty
fathoms of water on the west side of
the Pasig's mouth, where she was
pumped full of water. 1t is feared she
will be a total loss.
The Sea Witch was built at Boston in
1882, and is owned by Edward Law
renee. She is of 1890 tons burden 1877
feet in length, 81 feet beam and "A feet
depth of hold The dissatisfaction
among the crew was caused by five of
them being put in irons for refusing
dllfY-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
S5OO,OOO FIRE
Largest Tumbler Works i'm the
World Destroyed.

Pittsburg, Feb. 12.-Nearly the entire
plant Of the Rochester tumbler works
Of the National Glass company the larg-
est and finest in the world, located at
Rochester, Pa, was destroyed by fire
that started about midnight. The loss
viii amount to about $500,000. and is be-
heved to be covered by insurance.
In all eight buildings We're burned and
the only portions Of the plant left. stand
ing are the punch department and the
blow warehouse. An overheated furnace
Is believed TO have started the fire.
The Rochester tumbler works had a
capacity of S5.000 tumblers a week. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
MUsT sTATE ELS roL1rTos.
Clancy Primary Election Law Re.
ported FavorabIy in senate.

The bill introduced by Senator Clancy
relating to primary elections was favor
ably reported in the senate Monday
afternoon. The bill provides that any
person desiring to vote at the primary
elections must state his politics at the
time he registers and the books will be
taken to the primaries and the voters
checked just as they are now checked at
regular elections. It is not compulsory
that persons should give their politics
to the commissioner of elections when
registering unless they desire to vote at
the primaries. This bill is calculated
to stop Democrats voting at Republican
primaries, as they did at the last pri-
mary election In Topeka
The bill to allow soldiers at the home
in Leavenworth to vote at general cleo
tions in that town was also favorably
reported The votes are to be sent from
Iseavenworth to the county from which
the soldier was sent to the home
The bill providing that voting ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
HE FOOLED PEOPLE.

Man Who Said He Represented As
sociated Press Arrested Eor Theft
II. +. Cameron was arrested by the po-
lice last night and this morning turned
over to the state on warrant sworn out
by c. A. Clark. a travelling man, charging
him with stealing his valise.
Clark left the Valise in the corridor Of
the National hotel and when he returned
for it could not nnd a.. lie Thought per-
haps that 1t had been taken to some other
hotel by mistake and he started q search.
He found that such Valise had been
sent to the Fifth Avenue hotel The clerk
said it had been sent 10 CamerQn's room.
The valise was identified by Clark and
Cameron was arrested Cameron came
here during the Nation crusade and rep
resented himself as having been sent here
by the Associated Press. It was found
that ne did not represent the Associated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
GOT INTO A MUDDLE.
Every One Had Fun With Mr.. But
ler's Bill


A smooth scheme that became badly
mixed so smooth was it's smooth
ness brought out when the house
came to consider house bill No
315 last night. Originally this was
Buffers bill to prohibit corrupt prac-
tices at elections by the conveying of
electors in hacks to the polls. The cleo
tions committee, for a joke, struck out
all but the eaar- ing clause and IN
serted the words THAT section 1, chap
ter n, session laws of 1893, are hereby
repealed''-the Douglass corrupt prac-
tice act
After that the printer cracked a little
joke by misprinting '99 for '93, so that
it was a smooth trick, by nobody, to
repeal the anti-bucket shop law which
is rightly labeled section /, chapter II
session laws of 1899"
The house couldn't locate itself
Grosser and Ed McKeever made
speeches declaring that hiring hacks
was not a corrupt practice.
Butler said it was such a good joke to
put in a repeater of a dead letter cor
rupt practice act on him that he was
willing to let it 60 And Ed Weilep dis
covered that the house was trying to
repeal a grain trust" law that nobody
knew or everybody had forgotten was
passed in '99, and he objected.
The house killed off the whole thing
by striking out the enacting clause, and
then had a spasm lest they had repealed
the session law incorporated in the COM
nittees amendment, requiring a decision
in the negative from the chair to quiet
ffnrT7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
Jointists Have Decided Topeka
Is Not a Healthy Place.
Bars Are Being Moved Away
or Stored.
10 PLACES ARE OPEN.
Chief StahI Talks of an Army
Of Vigilantes.
Judge Redden and Attorney
Nichols Have Done Nothing.

The local liquor situation is practically
unchanged today. The saloon men are
keeping their heads under cover. and
their doors are securely locked.
The fight on Police Judge Magaw was
to have been taken up before the coun-
ell committee last night. but nothing
was done as Mr.. Stahl did not have
any written charges TO present
Chief Of Police Stahl's statement at
the temperance mass meeting that the-s
have been 50 convictions out of So cases
decided in police court was in the ma
ture Of a cold water bath for the state
ments that Judge Magaw had favored
the jointists.
The joints are stil closed. The joint
ISIS apparently mean TO keep them
closed, and preparations are being made
TO remove The bars and other fixtures.
Last night a few bars were moved
from the joints and stored away. All
the baftenders are out of work and the
Jointists are standing around talking it
over Inc majority of the joints have
been closed since Thursday, and the
beer wagons have stopped their usual
rounds. Chief Stahl made the rounds
again last night, and says that the
joints are still "closed up for repairs 90
4 think that all the joints were closed
last night, said Chief Stahl. call that
visited were quiet. did not go across
two were running, but if they were they
were upstairs and not where they could
be easily found. The committee seems
to be well pleased and thinks that the
jointists are thoroughly cowed and win
stop. The people do not let me in on all
of the news, and I don't get anything
definite, but I think I have a better
chance to know what is going on than
some people, and I believe there IS an
organization of from 300 to 1000 per-
sons with officers from colonel down to
corporals, ready to move on the joints
If they do not close up What that or
ganization would do I can not say"
When asked this morning concerning
the probable course tn the local aitua-
ton, neither Galen Nichols, county att
tcrney, nor A. I. Redden assistant at
tOrney general, had anything to say
Mr.. Nichols said. zone complaint has
been brought to my notice since have
been county attorney. I am doing all
I can to convict the men charged when
the case comes up for trial That IS all
/ have to say"
Judge Redden said: It have made no
definite plans as yet. I was appointed
only last Saturday. A man can not
jump at such a thing as this have not
had time to decide on my course Of ac-
fiOn -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
FRIsCO RACE TRACK WAR.
Proving a Good Thing For Horse
Owners and Jockeys.

san Francisco, FEB. 12.-The Chron-
icle says of the race track war between
Oakland and Tanforan:
1t is predicted that the California
racing magnates will have had enough
of this unnecessary clashing by the end
Of another fortnight. The owners and
Jockeys are the only ones who are bene-
fiting by the clash Crack pilots are be
ing offered unusual inducements. while
owners are running for 50 600 in purses
every day instead OF s2 500. As a matter
Of fact the extraordinary sum of $50 600
win be hung up this week by the rival
associations The value of race horses
has temporarily increased 20 per cent
Both associations express great hopeful
ness as to the outcome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
KIss BEFORE PARTING.
King George, of Greece, Bids Good by
to Edward.

London, Feb liking George Of
Greece started homeward at 10 o'clock
this morning King Edward and the
Duke of Cornwall and York, Prince
Charles Of Denmark and the members
OF the Greek legation in London ac-
companied him to the Victoria station,
where a guard Of honor was In attend
auce. The route from Buckingham pal
ace to the station was lined with cheer
ing crowds
ward entered g. saloon carriage and en-
braced each other kissing each other
on both cheeks. The train started in the
midst Of the rendering OF the Greek
anthem and hearty cheerlng.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
DEATH OF MRS. COLCORD.
Pioneer Dies Today After q Brief
Illness.

Mrs. Anna Colcord. aged s5. died at
the residence of her son. DR.. D. B. Col
cord, 312 Clay street, this morning. She
was known to many people as a beau
tiful and lovable character.
A few days before she died wheh
asked what she would do if she had her
life to live over, she said: Il would do
more good than I have. have suffered
much, enjoyed much, been thankful for
much. I have been the mother of six
children, only one of whom is living.
All died Christians. believe it is more
difficult to be a Christian now than it
was when I was a. girl. Much more is
expected of one now. For two, years I
taught school and boarded round.
Mrs. Colcord has lived in Topeka for
tWentY years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
LET WELL ENOUGH ALoNE.
That Is Why Shorts Street Railroad
Assessment Bill Was Killed.

The house has killed Representative
Shorts bill to have street railways oper-
atlng in two states or counties assessed
by the state board Of railroad assessors
1t was determined that local assessors
now secure more profitable returns TO
theiI sections than state board could
hope to do, being familiar with condi-
tions and values at hand
Representative Short in behalf of the
measure stated that there was no law at
such lines and they can escape taxation
Weilep, Of Cherokee, stated that ca
lena assessed and received taxes salts
factory to the people. Hoag said the
same for Kansas City and it was decic-
ed to let well enough alone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-12
NO RADICAL CHANGE
Is Expected by Dr. johnson in the
Presbyterian Creed.

Chicago, Feb. 12.-Dr. Herrick John
son, of Mccormick theological seminary.
left Chicago last night to attend the
third session Of the Presbyterian COM
mittea on creed revision. which VIII
meet in Washington this evening. Dr.
creed.
"I think it is safe to say that the
body will recommend to the next church
congress a supplementary doctrinai
brief Of the essential dogmas Of the
church, to be appended to the present
creed. A modification in the doctrine of
predestination may be adopted in order
that no suggestion Of fatalisn may at
tach to it -