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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
SHOT THE MAYOR.
Mad Act of M. Orisini, of the
Roquebrune Officials.

New York, Nov. 25.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Mentone gives details
concerning the shooting of several city
officials by NJ. Orisini, one of the coun-
cillors.
The shooting occurred at the Rogue
bruno town council meeting. After
violent discussion Orisini drew a re-
vOlver and fired at NJ. BrigIiano, the
mayor, who was dangerously wounded
in the abdomen. A second shot struck
M Sigout, the deputy mayor, who was
nortally wounded and who died Sun
day.
The criminal was seized by a police
man, but freed himself and sDrang
down the stairs, again firing his re-
volver and slightly wounding another
councillor The crowd outside scatter
ed and Orisini escaped. In the narrow
streets of Roquebrune he met the
brother of the mayor and fired once
more, wounding him in the face. He
got clear away and has probably CROSSE
ed the Italian frontier.
The picturesque old town is seething
celebrated for the deputy mayor was
largely attended.
Three doctors are in attendance on
the mayor, on whom an operation will
be performed at once.
It is supposed the motive of Orisini's
deed was irritation regarding some
municipal improvements opposite the
mayors private house. These necessf-
tated increased taxation and enhanced
the value of the mayors property
The murderer is former chasseur.
employed at Monte Carlo. His wife has
also disappeared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
BIG FIGHT OVER BONDS.
Family Quarrel Involving Kan
saS Securities in Z. 5. Court.

A sensational suit involving the pos
session of thirteen $1,000 Thomas coun-
ty twenty year six per cent bonds was
today transferred from the Thomas
county district court to the United
States circuit court.
Rossington, Smith & Histed are the
attorneys for the plaintiff, Fred NJ.
Libby of Blythebourne, Long Island,
who claims that he was robbed of about
$50, 900 worth of bonds and nearly $4,000
in cash, while he was suffering a SER
ious illness, by his wife Josephine Libby
Charles Crosby, a son of Mrs. Libby s
by her first marriage, is also made a
defendant in the suit.
The question involved in the circuit
court here is upon the issuing of an in
junction against the treasurer of Thorn
as county, G. h. Sollenberger, to re-
strain him from paying the interest due
upon the bonds to Josephine Libby.
Judge J. S. Brooks of Thomas county
has issued a temporary injunction and
Judge Hook of the circuit court is ask
ed to pass upon the question of max
ing the injunction permanent
Fred M Libby states in his petition
that he was married to Mrs. Libby az
Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1880. That he
lived with her and supported her chill
dren for over twenty years and that it
was only after he discovered that she
had BETRAYED his confidence and taken
steps to secure his ruin financially that
he refused to live with ner.
he states IN InG peL1C1On LnaL Wnlle ne
lay sick his wife took bonds and Secur1-
ties to the aggregate value of about
$4,000 and cash amounting to about
$4,000, and other papers of no pecuni-
ary value to anyone besides himself,
from his residence at BlythebOurne and
transferred them to a safety deposit
vault in her own name. He states that
she afterward informed him of her ac-
ton and finally agreed to return them,
but that she again changed her mind
and still has possession of the papers.
He states that he commenced action
in the supreme court of New
York to regain possession of the bonds,
but that at the time a receiver was ap-
pointed to take charge of the securi-
ties, pending the final settlement of the
case, an appeal was taken by Josephine
phine Libby secretly took the securities
from the state.
She went to Chicago where she offered
to negotiate with her husband She
was aided in her attempts to retain the
possession of the securities by her son,
Charles Crosby, the petition recites.
The petition also says that when Fred
Libby attempted a reconciliation all
offers were rejected. He then COM
rites. The action was brought in the
Cook county district court, August 10,
but Josephine Libby refused to sur
render the bonds.
Fred Libby states in the petition that
the interest on the bonds amounts to
upwards of $4,000 a year, and that by
reason of his loss he is left almost pen
nilesS.
Josephine Libby has secured lawyers
and proposes fighting the case The
suit was transferred to the circuit court
upon the petition of her lawyers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
THEY ARE KNOCKING.
Purpose Is to Open State Treasury
Vault.

The treasury department has its coat off
and is working today-not at counting Z
money or clipping coupons, however. 1t
is welding sledge hammer. Every man
in the department is knocking It's the
most vigorous lot of knockers there is in
Topeka today-more vigorous than the
park knockers even.
1t is all on account of the broken lock
on the bond vault. S. E. Benham. a safe
expert arrived here this morning from St.
Louis and Immediately went to work to
open the lock. The only way it can be
done is by pounding the door of the vault
bolts are Jared from the sockets in the
casing around the door.
The work is so hard that one man can
keep it up but few minutes at time.
1t is impossible to do any work while the
pounding is going on, and consequently
the regular work is suspended, while the
clerks take turns in welding the sledge.
1t may take hours before the task is ac-
compliShed, but the bolts are liable to
slip loose at any time. The only way to
do is to keep at it until the result is ac-
com2lished-
Treasurer Grimes has his coat off, but
it is more as an inspiration to the others
than to actively participate in the
sIedge hammer process An effort is
made to press into service every visitor
ticularly the newspaper men, but they all
shy at the job. This is the second time
that the lock mas gotten out of order since
the vault was built Several years ago
the same thing occurred. Each time the
Cincinnati Safe e Time Lock company.
which guarantees to keep it in order, has
sent an expert to open it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
ALL FOUND DEAD.
Eight Mining Men Constituting
a Rescue Party Perish.

Bluefield, w. Va. Nov. 25.-The dead
bodies of the last party of eight well
known mining men who entered West
mine of the Pocahontas Collieries COM
pany on Friday morning last at IL
o'clock were recovered at 12:45 o'clock
Sunday. At o'clock in the morning a
rescuing party numbering 40 persons
entered at the main entrance, bratting
the mine as they went in in order to
improve the circulation of the air They
had reached d distance of $500 feet
from the entrance when they encount-
cred such quantities of white damp
that it was impossible to proceed fur
their. Retracing their steps they de-
cided to make another attempt from
the Tug river entrance, some six miles
across the fiat top mountain. They went
in this entrance about 10:30 o'clock, and
after going a distance of some 600 feet
found the dead bodies of A S. Hurst,
chief inspector; Bob Oldham, sub-in-
gineer, all huddled together.
From their positions they must have
met death suddenly and without pain.
All of them were lying face down, with
no signs of a struggle. Hurst had
made a pillow of his coat, on which his
head rested. The bodies of the other
five members of the party, Superintend-
ent of Mines Walter O'Malley, Joseph
Cardwel1, superin intendent of the Shamo-
kin Coal and Coke company, r. E. st.
Clair, second assistant inspector, State
Mine Inspector Price and Maurice st.
Clair, sub-inspector, were found several
hundred feet back in the mine, three of
the bodies lying some little distance
apart. Bob st. Clair and Joseph Card
we'll were lying with arms clasped
around each other cold in death. The
bodies of O'Malley, Maurice st. Clair
and Price We're discolored and bruised
about the face, showing signs of u
struggle, it being plain to see they had
made a desperate attempt to retrace
their steps to better air. but already
had advanced too far intorthe deadly
white damp to escape alive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
PLOTTED A TORPEDO.
Heroic Act of BoatsWain Bergh
of the Fulton.

New York, Nov. 25-Charles Bergh,
boatswain of the submarine torpedo
boat Fulton, performed a most remark
able feat Of daring at New Suffolk,
Long Island. 1t was shortly after he
left the Fulton, after being under water
in the submarine boat all night A
fierce gale was raging and the tide was
so high that there was three feet of
water in the streets of New Suffolk
Three large sloops had been driven
ashore before the gale and the crowd of
spectators on the Holland torpedo boat
company's wharf noticed what appear
ed to be a large pile driving toward
the G. B. Bransford, Sr., one of the
sloops that was ashore. The Fulton's
crew recognized that the drifting object
was Whitehead torpedo dummy,
weighing $40 pounds. They saw it when
it was less than so feet from the sloop,
which it would have completely wreck
ed. Bergh, though hampered by his
overcoat and rubber boots, jumped over
board, fought his way to the torpedo
and reached it in time to prevent it
from striking the Bransford. He steered
it safely ashore. where it was hauled
from the water. It had been f1oated
from the wharf by the high tide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
Four Sisters Lose Their Lives
by Fire and Smoke.
Oldest Started the Kitchen Fire
With Coal Oil.
THE USUAL RESULT.
Fire Spread so Quickly Escape
Was Impossible.
Father Jumped From the Second
Story Window.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 25.-Four persons
We're burned to death and two seriously
injured in a fire at 4:30 o'clock this
morning which destroyed the residence
of ]. G. Miller on Charles street, Knox
vile, suburb of this city. The names:
ROSE MILLER, aged % years: terri
bly, burned and died on the way to hos
pital
AMELIA MILLER, aged 10 years;
suffocated by the smoke.
AMANDA MILLER, aged 16 years:
suffocated.
SYLVIA MILLER, aged years; sus-
focated
The injured:
J. G; Miller. the father, jumped from
second story window leg broken and
bruised; will recover.
Mrs. Miller, badly burned and on
verge OF nervous prostration.
Two other daughters aged IL and i3
years. escaped without injury
The fire was caused by the eldest
the stove to start the fire for break
fast.
The oil in the can ignited and the ex-
plOSiOn which followed scattered the
burning oil over the room. The flames
spread SO quickly that Mr.. Miller was
forced to jump from the second story
window after rescuing his wife and two
of his younger daughters. Rose was
burned almost to coal and died before
reaching the hospital. The three others
were overcome by the smoke. Their
bodies were found in the ruins after the
fire had been extinguished. Mrs. Miller
was just recovering from a severe ILL
ness and is almost distracted over the
terrible affair. Fears are entertained
that she will not survive the shock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
FATE OF MUTINEERS.
Trial Will Begin Immediately
After Report Of Coroner.

Leavenworth, Kas., Nov. 25.-Warden
McClaughry is waiting for Coroner
Koohler's complete report on the muir
der of Guard J. B. Waldrupe before
starting active proceedings against the
convicts who mutinied. On receipt OF
kOohler's report conference will be
arranged with the district attorney. At
that conference the warden will turn
the matter over to the legal gentlemen
who will take summary action against
the cOnvicts-
The men will no doubt be tried in
Leavenworth. although it would be
possible for them to receive their trial
at Topeka
The Indian Territory sent her regular
quota of prisoners to the federal prison
batch. the most interesting of which
is the famous train rObber, w f.
Stearnes. Stearnes must be very bad
man indeed, for he was brought to the
prison with double shaclxleS and leg
irons.
Thompson is bad again. Saturday
afternoon he was marked for talking
on the stone pile. He stood waiting
for talk with the warden with his
'black baby at his feet Thompson
handles this large iron ball with ap-
parent ease, while his fellow mutineers
seem hardly able to carry theirs
around. All the captured convicts are
working on the stone pile.
Work a guard tower for the new
United States penltentiary Will be be-
gun this week. The tower will be
located a little north of the spot where
the constructing engineers office now
stands 1t will be 120 feet high and will
be twice as large in diameter as the
large boiler sInokestack- There will
be an arsenal al the top to hold forty
or fifty long-range rifles and two Cat
ling guns.
The tower will be SO constructed that
the top room can be reached only by a
winding stairway and there will be an
iron bullet proof floor to prevent mutt
neers from shooting up and injuring the
guards, in the event that the stockade
officers are captured.
This tower will be occupied by two
of the best markSmen among the guard
force, and they will be in position to
shoot down at the convicts in case of
trouble
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
LEFT WIFE AND CHILD.
StOrekeeper Near Atchison Dis
appears With Sister-in-Law.

Atchison, Nov. 25.-The disappearance
of Bob Brown, the Sugar lake store
keeper, and his sister-in-1aw, Miss
Lizzie Coleman, has created a sensation
among the Missourians. Where Brown
and Miss Coleman went is a mystery.
The only thing known about them is
that Coleman went to st. Joe Wednes-
day. Brown left three letters; one ad-
dressed to Mrs. Della Coleman, mother
of Miss Coleman; another to his wife,
and the third to Dick Rambo, who has
charge of the Bean lake branch of the
store All the letters stated that the
writer was going away and did not
intend to return.
Miss Coleman lived with her mother
about a mile from Browns home at
Sugar lake station. She is about 27,
and has a sister, Miss Abbie Coleman,
aged about 30. Brown has been married
twelve years or more. and has a child
Ii years of age. He was apparently
very fond of mis- wife, and his domestic
relations were pleasant
Some weeks ago the Rev. Davis start
ed a revival in the Baptist church in
the Sugar lake vicinity. He wanted to
make the thing lively, and save a good
many sinners, and organized a choir.
Miss Coleman was Baptist and a
good singer, and was put in the choir.
Brown is a Campbellite, but he has a
reputation as a singer, and was bor-
rowed by the Baptists. When Brown
went to church in the evening he called
for his sister-in-law and took her along,
and this is supposed to have been the
starting of the love affair which re-
suited in the runaway The revival
closed last week, and when the couple
could no longer find an excuse to be
together regularly they ran off. When
Miss Coleman left she took with her
s4OO which she had in a Weston bank.
II is estimated that Brown took about
81 600 with him, and left about SO in the
store drawer for his wife and children.
He left also lot of debts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
]. W. AMIS DEAD.
Prominent Populist Politician
Passes Away at Lebanon.

Smith Center, Kan, Nov. 25.-J. w.
Amis, city superintendent of schools at
Lebanon, Kansas, died at his home
Sunday afternoon after an illness of but
ceased had been resident of this coun-
ty since 1889 when he came from Ken
lucky, a graduate of the State normal
and young, energetic school teacher
Originally a Democrat he went into
the Alliance when that movement start
ed and was soon recognized as a leader
In 1890 he was elected county superin-
tendent by an enormous majority ana
although very little acquainted in the
county and having little knowledge OF
western methods he made record
which gave him an undisputed title to
the honor of having been the best super
intendent the county ever had He
was easily reelected in 1892 and at the
expiration of his term he was nominated
for secretary of state on the Popul1St
ticket.
That was an unlucky year for the Pop
ulists and he was defeated with the re-
mainder of the Lewelling ticket but he
made a splendid showing in the cam
paign. In 1897 he accepted Mr.. Stryker' s
tender of the position of assistant
state superintendent. There he won a
place among the educators of the state
as a strong man in the teaching pro-
fession- He instructed in and conduct
ed normal Institutes in many north
central Kansas counties. His name has
frequently been mentioned for congress
but not being an office seeker he made
no effort to secure the nomination.
Every nomination for office which he
has received came to him as a result of
initiatOry efforts of others and a
recognition of his clean personal char
acter, his marked ability and his facul-
ty of making friends seemingly without
effort.
The funeral services were held to-
day under the direction of the MasOns.
His family consists of a wife and four
sons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
DON'T GO TO THEATERS
DIR. Countermine Takes Stand
Against Card Playing.

At the morning service at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday Rev DR..
Countermine, the pastor, repeated the re-
quest made the Sunday previous that no
one of his congregation should attend the
theater, play cards or go to dances.
In a prelude to his regular sermon DR..
Countermine said that during the week a
man who was not a member of the First
church at Topeka had remarked to him
that he felt quite comfortable after en-
tering the theater for one of the notable
engagements last week, upon noting so
many members of the First church there.
'I regretted very much to hear that -
said DIR. Countermine The sermon was
taken from the text 1.-The Soul That Sin
meth, 1t Shall Die" found in the 18th
chapter of Ezekiel and dwelt particularly
upon the sins of this nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
Carl Athena Accomplishes the Feat
He Undertook.

Kansas City, Nov. 25.-Whether it
was hypnotism or a rare exhibition of
determination, Carl Athena. who was
buried in a coffin under four feet of
dirt at Eleventh and Wyandotte streets,
accomplished exactly what he said he
would. He remained buried under
ground 120 hours without receiving food
or water, and apparently asleep.
At the ringing of an alarm clock at
o'clock Saturday night he went into
convulsions, which lasted probably a
minute. Then he stood up, with his
long, tangled hair falling over his fore
head to his eyebrows, and bowed to the
5000 people who stood inside the in
closure, and tried to speak. At first he
could not articulate, but in a minute he
began to talk to those about him. lie
recognized friends around him and
shook hands heartily But his limbs
were stiff when helpers passed him over
the high billboard fence into the arms
of firemen on a high ladder. His wife
and two young men were pushed over
the fence, too. Then the four were
hustled into carriage and hurried to
the Baltimore hotel. where a suite of
rooms had been engaged in advance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
"WHAT WILL YOU DO?"
DR.. McFarland's Plan to Stimulate
Church Work.

M n church introduced an innovafion at
his service Sunday morning:, For the past
two weeks he has preached sermons rel
ative to the duty of church members to
church and benevolent work. They have
been appeals to the membership of the
church in general to participate actively
in the work of the church instead of
leaving it to a few individuals
morning DR.. Mcfarland announced that
he proposed to hold an election, and he
had the usherS distribute sheets of paper
resembling an Australian ballot In the
place of names of candidates there were
a series of pledges to do church work
during the coming year. They were in
tended to find out what line of work each
member was willing to do. After each
question was voting square and at the
bottom was a place of a signature The
ballots will be bound in book form for
the use of the officials of the church
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
YOUNG COUPLE ELOPE.
Otis Newton and Nellie Brunt, of EN-
poria, Secretly Married.

Emporia, Kan, Nov. 25.-Otis Newton,
the young son of L. A. Newton. and
Nellie May Smith-Brunt, two of EN-
poria's best known young people, were
married Friday evening. Both are quite
young and, it is said, parental objec-
tions on account of youth stood in the
way. They decided to take the matter
into their own hands and secured a Ii
cense of Judge Mason and were married
by him at his house. After the wedding
they took in a play At the opera house.
After the play Otis took his wife home
and left her She went up stairs and 20
bed. Soon she got up and told her moth
er she was hungry, and went down
stairs. Saturday the mother found
note saying, I'VE were married at
O'Clock last night" and signed Nellie"
The young couple are said to have ta-
ken a train for the west: where they
went is not known. They were each
about seventeen and half years of age
They gave their ages to Judge Mason
as 21 and Is years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25
FAST MAIL RUMOR.
Report That Strong City Connection
Will Be Cut Out

There is a rumor that the Santa F'e
train on the Strong City branch which
has heretofore been making connections
with the fast mail at Strong City, will
be sent out two hours ahead of the old
schedule, owing to the fact that there
is very little mail carried on the fast
mail except Kansas City and Topeka
newspapers.
There is a late train out of Kansas
City on the Union Pacific which carries
practically all of the mail for Abilene
and other points the Strong City
branch This makes it unnecessary for
No. 307 to connect with the fast mail.
The important towns on the Strong
City branch are Enterprise Abilene,
Concordia and Superior.
General superintendent Resseguie
stated today that he had no changes of
the present timetable in contemplation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-25

ant legal principles ever passed upon
by the United States supreme court.
When the act of March 8, 1897 was
adopted, Judge Horton gave his written
opinion that as applied to the Kansas
City Stock Yards company, the act was
lengthy hearings before Judges Foster
and Thayer his contention was over
ruled, and the statute held valid and
enforceable Judge Horton is greatly
eratified in having his opinion sustain
ed by the highest legal tribunal in the
country. The statute of 1897 referred
to will no longer interfere with the busi-
ness transactions of the stock yarus
company.
MR.. GODDARD ISN'T SURPRISED.
When Attorney General GODDARD was
informed of the decision. he said:
I am not greatly surprised at the
decision, although 1 had hoped other
wise. If the court has decided that the
legislature of Kansas had no power to
pass a law regulating the rates of the
stock yards 1 shall be very sorry. If,
however it is decided that a reduction
of the charges on cattle from rs cents
per head to Is cents. and the greater
reduction in the charge for feed, was
an unjust exercise of legislative power,
the result Will not be so bad.
The case was first argued before the
supreme court on November s. 1888.
Very full briefs were then filed on both
sides of the case. In February, 1900,
the court ordered the case reargued.
and argued in January, 1901. New
briefs were filed both sides. The
case has therefore been on cOnSidera-
ton by the court for an unusual length
of time and l take it that the cOnclu-
sion reached is the result of a very
court and a thorough consideration of
all the questions involved"