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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Jennie Price to S. c. Lands, Sc, 300,
part NV u Is. IL, is, and part sw "
II, II, Is
E. H. Bradbury to Jennie E. Grant,
$500, part II NV Il Z, IL, 16.
Margaret Shaughnessy and husband
to Mary Avis, 81, part NV Il 10, Is.
L M Wilson and wife to L. w. Pom
cray, $S7, lots 537, 53S Fillmore street,
Davies addition.
Tax deeds to G. W. Guy, lots 446, AS
and $50 Buchanan street
To j. W. Gleed, u Sc u of ne 4
80, IL, Is.
To J. W. Barker, lot 402 Taylor street,
Higginbotham's addition. North To
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
Physicians Recommend Castoria

ASTORA with favor the physicians
- societies medical authorities 1t physicians
gratifying extended unquesonay
indisputabe evidence
ay stomach and the asm
agreeable perfect substitute
absolutely SAFE does contain Opium, Morphine other
does sup Tt unlike Soothing Syup Bamans Drops Godey
deal for Medical Journal
record the advancing health The
poisoning children through greed ought To
knowledge Cato remedy which produces and health
regulating system Supplying and readers entitled
the informaion.-HaUs OF Health
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
VOTE FOR THE FAIR.
Proposition to Revive It Will Soon
Be Submitted.

The members of the Kansas State Fair
associatio met last night at the Com
mercial club to discuss the proposition
to be met next election day. To secure
the passage of the measure for a half
mill levy for the benefit of the improve
ment of the fair grounds, it is conceded
an unusual effort will have to be made.
Each member of the association is ex-
pected to constitute himself a member
of the committee to help get out the
setting forth the reasons why the state
fair proposition should be passed is
ready for circulation. They will be sent
out to the voters living in the county
but outside the city limits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
MINNEY AT NEWTON.
Automobile and Its Occupants Well
on Way.

DIR. and Mrs. E. W. Minney. who
started recently for New Mexico and
southern California in DR.. Minney's
automobile. are making good progress,
and according to the Newton Republi-
can passed through that city Wednesday
morning. The Republican says:
"A lOcOmObile stopped at Becker'S
grocery store this morning and loaded
up its reservoir with gasoline. The oc-
cupants of the horseless carriage were
DR.. E. W. Minney and wife, of Topeka,
who were travelling overland from To-
peka to California for the benefit of
Mrs Minney's health While in the
city, the vehicle and its occupants were
objects of curiosity to a large number
of NeWtonians"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

One of the best effects in stage re
alism are the apple trees in VIM. A.
Brady's production of Lovers Lane"
by Clyde Fitch, which will be seen at
the Crawford tonight The trees in the
third and fourth acts are marvels of
workmanship. In the third they are
supposed to represent the fall of the
year, the trees heavily laden with fruit,
and the fourth act, springtime, the trees
in full bloom, with blossoms which seem
to permeate the atmosphere with per-
fume. Mr.. Brady has triumphed and
has succeeded in getting away from the
time-Worn painted stage trees of old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24

which to build a steel hagpole on the
Washburn college campus The fagpo1e
will be set IL feet deep in a bed of
ameter at the base 1t will be 125 feet
tall and will be appropriately inscrib
ed. Postmaster John Guthrie is chair
man of the committee having in charge
the work of raising money Washburn
a made to-order May pole for all future
MAY pOle fights
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
MIR. BRIGHAM's HELPERS.
Manager of Mid Winter Exposition
Selects Commissioners.

Secretary Brigham of the Kansas
Mid-Winter Exposition, has announced
the following commissioners, who have
agreed to serve:
Commissioner of transportation, John
E. Frost
Commissioner of press, Charles P.
Adams.
Commissioner of mineralogy, G. P.
Grimsley.
Commissioner of amusement and
music, Arthur Kane
Commissioners of decorations, W. A
Alexander
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Found His Wife Dead.

New York, Oct. 24.-The body of the
woman found yesterday afternoon in
the Hotel Melville in company with
Emil Schilling. who had shot her and
himself, was identified today by Joseph
Cadish as that of his wife. Cadish re-
fused to give any information concern
ing himself or the woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24

er Mokoia, is reported coming in hav-
ing in tow the steamer Monowai, a
week overdue from Auckland, with 1876
passengers and a crew of 20.
Queenstown, Oct 24-Messrs. John E
Redmond, Patrick A. McHugh and
Thomas O'Donnell, the nationalist
members of parliament who are to visit
the United States in behalf of the Irish
cause, sailed for New York today on
the steamer Majestic. They were given
a great sendOff.
Pueblo, Col. Oct. 24.-The road to
BueIah in the southwest end of this
county is lively with pilgrims on the
way to the new gold strike. Ore brought
in today is stated to essay $1,000 per
ton. The locality is not over five miles
from Buelah, well known summer re-
sort and the newly opened gold veins
have been in plain sight for years.
Chicago, Oct. 24.-The police have re-
ceived news of the arrest of three men
at Corning, N. Y, who are believed to
be the gang who robbed the Chicago
postoffice sateEel full of postage
stamps of large denominations was in
their procession.
Paris, Oct, PA dispatch from ST.
Petersburg to the Echo De Paris says
Count To1stoi has had a sudden col
ldpSe anu lDrl Ills COnO1I1On Is COQSiQ-
cred very serious.
San Francisco, Oct M-Among the
passengers of the American Maru which
sailed for the Orient, were Mrs. E. H.
Conger. Bishop McKin, of Shanghai,
and T. Sharratts. United States COM
missioner to China, who will assist in
revising the Chinese tariff
London, Oct-24.-Reporting to the war
office, Lord Kitchener wires as follows:
Colonel CampbelI's column, operating
near Slangapies, has recovered two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24

I am satisfied that TEETHINA fTeeth-
ing Powdersl have saved more children
than all the doctors put together 1 have
recommended TEETHINA when the doc
tors gave up the child. and it cured at
once LOUIS F. WAIBEI.. PHI c.
Druggist, ST Louis Mo-
25c at Geo. W. Stansfield's. 6S2 Kansas
avenue.
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Fell Dead in Opera House.

St Paul, Mimi, Oct. 24-Frederick d.
Sargent, proprietor of restaurants IN
St. Paul. Milwaukee and Omaha, and
interested largely in gold mining in
northern Minnesota. dropped dead in
the Grand opera house last evening of
heart disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24

side AfRcr taking yozr medicine I got well
Yon rnay publish this or use Il in any way you
fhfnk best as / cannot speak too highly Of DR..
Pierco and his medfc1nes.S
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser. paper covers, containing 1908
large pages, Is sent free on receipt of III
pne-cenf stamps, to pay expense of mail
ing only Address Dr.. R. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. K
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, N. T., .24-The steam
er Mokoia, is reported coming in hav
ing in tow the steamer Monowai, a
week overdue from Auckland, with 1876
passengers and a crew of 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24

den, N. J.. and later of Rock Island,
ILL.,, died here today aged "A years.
G. F. Menninger. NJ. D.. office 727 KAN
sas ave. Tel. 10; residence 1851 Topeka
ave. Tel 3d. Office hours to D m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24

Chicago, Oct. 24-Marshal Shaw, a
former well known merchant and man
ufacturer Of New York city and Ham
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24

guns which the Beers had captured at
Scheepers Mex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24
" I had headache
and pain in the side"

If you will read the letter of Mrs.
Mckenzie, given below, you will find
that she says5"I had uterine disease,
also headache and pain in the side"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-24

Paris, Oct, pa dispatch from ST.
Petersburg to the Echo De Paris says
Count Tolstoi has had a sudden col
lapse and that his condition is consid-
cred very serious.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08

refusal and the character of his answer.
the Commissioner and counsel withdrew.
1t is their purpose to state the facts to
the New York court, with a view to hav-
Ing the Secretary of State brought before
taat court on a charge of contempt
1t appears that the same parties have
examined or sought to examine Senator
Lodge and Admiral Bradford, chief Of the
Equipment Bureau Of the Navy Depart
ment, who has had much to do with the
negotiations looking to- the acquisition of
coaling stations by the United States
Government.
1t is gathered that neither of these wit
nesses gave any testimony material to
the suit, Senator Lodge, it is said, never
having heard of Hansen, and Admiral
Bradford being acquainted with none of
the facts sought to be developed by the
defense as bearing upon the alleged libel.
Secretary Hay had had very little to
do witA the parties in this case. He saw
Captain Christmas for about five minutes
on the occasion of the officers visit to
Washington, but Hansen he does not
know. The officials of the State Depart
ment feel secure in their position In re-
sistance to the courts order, finding
strong precedent for 1t in a controversy
that arose between President Jefferson
and Chief Justice Marshall over similar
application for a mandamus.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
GREED LEADS
To CLEARING
Of MYSTERY
Grass Valley Officers
Find Missing Mans
Body.
Pay Sum in Gold for Informa-
tiop Resulting in the
Discovery.
Charles Allen Under Arrest for the
Murder Of Joseph Griffith, Who
Disappeared in April
Of This Year.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 7.-Joseph Grif-
fifth, the Grass Valley citizen who disap-
peared from his home on April Is of this
year and was not heard from again there
after, was murdered His body was
found to-day at the bottom of an aban-
doned mine shaft, where IL had lain dur
ing all the months while the relatives of
the missing man were prosecuting an ex-
haustive search for trace of him. To-
night Charles Allen Is in the custody of
the Sheriff, charged with the crime. 1t
was through a relative of his that the
body of the murdered man was recov-
cred, its hiding place being revealed upon
the payment of a stated sum by the
widow.
This sordid desire for money may result
in the hanging of Grifith's slayer. AL
lens relative had asked what he might
expect if he showed the exact spot where
the body lay He was offered 800, but
this was not enough He demanded 5000,
with $50 for the woman who gave him his
information After consultation with the
widow of Griffith it was decided to pay
the man the sum he asked and all ar
rangements were made for the transfer
of the money upon the finding of the
body.
Following the receipt of the money he
demanded the relative of Allen gave di-
rections as to how the body could be
found. The descent into the shaft was
made by William Curry and John Hook
ing, who found the remains. The body
was covered with brush, tin cans and
other refuse matter The head had been
severed. The body was fully clothed and
the clothing and shoes were recognized
by the relatives. The shaft was fifty feet
deep.
1t was in Charles Aliens house that
| Grifiths was last seen alive, and Mrs.
Aliens stories in relation to his visit
have been conflicting. To the members
of the missing mans family she said that
! she had last seen Griff1ths at o'clock on
the morning of April Is, while to Sheriff
Getchell she said she had seen him at
o'clock that afternoon. Although this
variation caused comment at the time, 1t
was not deemed of sufficient Importance
to connect the woman or her husband
with the disappearance.
The secret of the crime came to light
through the women OF the ne1RnDOrhOOQ
discussing it among themselves. At the
outset knowledge of the tragedy was con-
fined to two or three persons. One woman
confided in a friend, and in this manner
the facts came to the ears of Marshal
Decide and John Hooking. Having as
their clew only a word dropped in an un-
guarded moment they eventually came
to believe that Charles Allen had some
connection with the crime, and it was
while they were keeping him under sur
veillance that the offer to reveal the hid
ing place of the body was made The
shaft into which the murdered man was
cast is back of Aliens house.
An inquest was commenced tonight,
Allen being the principal witness. He
denied guilt, but was very nervous.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
QUICK DROP IN SILVER
CAUSES A STAGNATIoN
Mexican Purchasers of United States
Whest Are Sure to Be Heavy
Losers.

AUSTIN, Tex, Dec 1T was stated
to-day by traffic officials Of the Texas
railroads leading to the Mexican border
that the remarkable decline in Mexican
silver has caused almost complete sus-
pension of importations from the United
States into that country. Many large
orders for mining, agricultural and other
machinery placed in this country for
shipment to Mexico have been counter
manded.
The drop in the price of silver was so
sudden thlLt many of the Mexican pur-
chasers of United States wheat will suf-
fer heavy losses, as they bought the grain
on a gold obligation and will have to sell
the product on a silver basis No more
orders for wheat will be placed until the
situation Improves.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
State Department May Appeal.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE legal off,
GERS of the State Department are looking
into an application made by the family of
Miss Eastwick, the American girl confined
in London after conviction Of having
raised a stock certificate. The purpose of
the applicant is to have the department
appeal to the British Foreign Office in
Miss Eastwick's behalf They have pre-
sented an overwhelming mass of testi-
mony to show that the girl has in the past
been subject to fits of arrangement, rem
dering her irresponsible, and it is asserted
she is at present in that condition.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
Commerce of the Philippines.

WASHINGTON. Dec. IA comparative
statement of the commerce Of the Philip
pine Islands for the fiscal year 1901 and
1900. prepared in the division Of insular
affairs of the War Department, shows
that the total value of merchandise i'm
ported during the fiscal year 1901 was
$50, ,279 4O6, as against 500 6O1 ,4SS for the fs-
cal year 1900, and the total value of mer-
chandise exported during the fiscal year
1901 was $23, .94S as against SIS, ,751 .O6S
for the fiscal year 1900, an increase of Al
per cert in the value of imports and an
increase of 171k per cent in the value OF
exports
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
Army Board Concludes Session

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE board of
high ranking army officers, headed by
Lieutenant-General Miles, which has been
holding daily session at the War Dep1rt-
ment in the consideration of the import
ant work intrusted to it of reorganizlng
the present system of army posts, pre-
pairing plan for the location of four per-
manent camping grounds and other mat
ter already outlined, adjourned TODAY
and will probably not convene again until
January 10, 1902.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
allowed to permanently occupy territory

allowed to permanently occupy territory
of the conquered.
"In the case of Chile this is particularly
unjust She is progressive and industri-
Gus. Her country is now too small for
her population and expansion is necessary
If she is to become a great power. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, however, steps in and
says she cannot acquire additional ter
ritory. Does his doctrine apply to the
Tacna-Arica dispute? Is Chile to be COM
PEELED to surrender provinces which she
has held as compensation for her ex-
penses during the war with Peru?
Pernaanence of Small Nations
Carrying out the policy Of Roosevelt,
in case Costa Rica and Colombia become
involved in war, an appeal from Costa
Rica will result in the interference of
the United States. because of Roosevelt s
purpose to secure the permanence of the
lesser among the new world Of nations" ("
Senior Silva, the Colombian Minister,
said Roosevelt's declaration was certain
ly a new Interpretation of the Monroe
doctrine. 1.-THE idea Roosevelt probably
had in mind" he continued was to dis
arm the suspicion unhappily harbored by
some South Americans that the United
States still contemplates expansion at the
expense of South American republics. He
undoubtedly designed to tighten the bonds
existing between Pan-American nations,
and to this end he gave utterance to
statements certain to inspire confidence
and trust in the country which has al
ways been our friend. Roosevelt's decla-
ration is new, and 1t is important, but 1
am unable to state what it's effect will
he
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
OvERPoWER THE GUARDS
AND LYNCH THE NEGRO
Louisiana Men Hang Their Prisoner
Almost in Front of a
Gn11rthn11ca

LAKE CHARLES, La, Dec Saul
Poydras, a negro who cut Chief Deputy
Sheriff Richard and his wife seriously
with razor Thursday night, was arrest
ed yesterday near Walsh, twenty miles
east of this city.
Poydras was brought here and the Off
GERS were about to lodge hin4in the par
ish prison when mob overpowered the
guards, took charge of the prisoner and
hanged him to an electric light pole, few
rods from the courthouse. The lynching
occurred about o'clock this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
Extension to Petaluma.

The first extension Of tributary lines,
reaching into the territory in which the
new corporation controls the power and
lighting systems, will be from San Rafael
to Petaluma. 1t is understood that one
of the duties Of the surveying party now
in the field is to make preliminary sur
vey for such line.
Some of the leading men among the
California stockholders of the new Cali
fornia Gas and Electric Company are
among the heavy stockholders Of the
North Pacific Coast Railroad J. c. Cole
man is a director and one of the large
stockholders Of the railroad. and he has
already subscribed $4,000 in the stock of
the new corporation.
The precise nature of the deal is still
kept secret between the two corporations.
1t is believed, however, that enough pur-
chases Of stock have been made. together
with the afiliation of certain stockhold-
ers of the railroad with the new corpora
ton, to give the gas and electric company
interests complete control. A change in
management will be involved and the
smaller stockholders who recently tried
to oust ]. B. Stetson from his position of
president and general manager will now
doubtless have their wishes gratiied. The
reorganized road will of necessity be
placed under the management Of a man
familiar with the operations of electric
railroads.
The North Pacific Coast Railroad is
owned practically by ten stockholders,
four of whom have the large part of the
1900 shares of the corporations stock
These are ]. B. StetsOn. Antoine Borel,
John c. Coleman and the Parrott estate.
Borel has not been friendly to the Stet-
son management and his encoura cement
and support and COleman's interest in the
new gas and electric corporation have
doubtless been important factors in the
deal that will end in the absorption Of
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
Court-Martial verdicts Confirmed

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE records in
the courtmartial cases involving officers
who have been convicted of bribery in
the Philippines, in connection with the
opening of hemp ports, have been pub
lished. In the case Of Captain Michael
K. Spellman, Forty-third Volunteer In
fantry, the sentence of expulsion from
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
Shoots Three Oklahoma Men

WICHITA. Kans.. Dec. 7.-At Granite.
o. T.. tonight Sam Pepper shot Rush
Arbry, Leonard Mcdonald and Tom Thur
man. The two latter are fatally wounded.
The cause of the trouble could not be
learned.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
Lives Are Lost in a Lake.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba. Dec. 1.-TWO In
dians, one Englishman and two Iceland
ers, their names not given, met death to-
day by drowning in Lake Winnipeg. A
storm had been raging and made the ice
treacherous.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08

the service and two years Imprisonment
is confirmed, with the exception that the
Imprisonment is limited to one year. The
cases Of Captain Dudley Welch, assistant
surgeon, P'orty-third Infantry, sentenced
to dismissal, and First Lieutenant Del
bert R. Jones, same command, charged
with disobedience in connection with
hemp frauds and sentenced to dismissal
and two years Imprisonment, also have
been approved.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08

y SHINGTON, Dec. 1T is
| authoritatively stated that
w there has been no marked
v change for the worse in the
condition of Rear Admiral
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08

W. T. Sampson. However, he is in very
feeble health and his chances for with
standing any serious strain on his Vital
ity are said to be slight.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-08
No Personal Knowledge.

Some days ago Secretary Hay had notice
that his testimony had been called for
by the defense before the United States
Court in New York, and to-day Clarence
j. Hearn, counsel for the newspaper dn
question. appeared at the State Depart
ment with United States Commissioner
Frank Blackstone of this city, and a
sterographer Robert Honey of New
York appeared as counsel for Hansen
The parties were received by Secretary
Hay in the diplomatic room, the Secretary
being accompanied by Judge Penfeld
solicitor for the State Department, as his
counsel.
The examination did not last long; in
fact, there was no examination in sub
stance. The counsel for the newspaper
attempted to PROFOUND some questions
touching the negotiations that occurred
between Secretary Hay and the Danish
agents in 1s9s-19oO. The Secretary fatty
refused to answer these and through
Judge Penfield announced his reasons for
doing so-that he had no personal knowl-
edge of the matters at issue. Whatever
knowledge he possessed had been ac-
quired in his capacity of Secretary of
State, and not as an individual. More
over, the information sought to be elicit
ed was a privileged communication to the
Government of the United States and to
make this public would be highly preju-
dicial to the interests of the country.
May Be Cited for Contempt.
Having formally noted the Secretary $