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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
RAILROAD BILL.
Majority Rushes it Through the
House Without Change.

Majority Rushes it Through the
House without Change.
Not a single amendment was allowed
to go in the railroad bill and it was
recommended for passage as soon as it
was read over in committee of the whole
house, although a dozen or more were
offered. all by the minority. After it
was all read Ed Weilep had his say out
that the minority member of the COM
mission would not be an unbiased person
because he would be sure to be some
one who had been a traitor to his own
party and had done some favor for the
parry in power, not a staunch and true
partisan of his own kind He also found
fault because the substitution Of "48
hours was not allowed for reasonable
time for a company to be liable to PEN
atty in not supplying cars when asked
for.
The stiffest bolt that was hurled into
the Republican cohorts came when Bow
man, of Anderson, moved the SubStitu-
tion of the Rees bill for the committee
bill The Rees bill was drawn along
the liaes pledged in the party platform
the people. Bowman said: Your Unit
ed States senator said that fusion is
corrupting and your governor says that
fusion is fraud. What do you call sit
ting here pledged to one set of prin-
cipleS and acting out another The peo-
pie whom you have duped will not re-
spect you for it; the man who stood at
your elbow when you drafted this bill
has nothing but contempt for you"
But nobody wirked, being used to this
kind of thing
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COMPROMISE THE TAXES.
Senators Discuss Measures to Re-
lieve Western Counties.

The bill authorizing the school fund
commissioners to compromise the debts
of the heavily bonded counties in the
southwestern part Of the state came UP
in the senate last night.
The bill Was introduced in the house
by Representativ Scott and was cham
pioned in the senate by Senator Smith
and Senator Noftzger- Senator Smith
explained that these counties were heav-
ily bonded in the boom days and now
that a great many of the inhabitants
had moved away and property had de-
preciated in value it was impossible to
pay the bonds in full He said no in
terest had been paid on the bonds in
ten years THE condition there is so
bad he said, that the land could not
be sold for the amount of 3 years taxes
Purchasers are afraid TO buy it on
account of the enormous tax levy which
in some of the counties exceeds the as
sessed valuation. People frequently
come from the east with money to buy
and pleased with the county, but a look
at the tax levy drives them away. Thus
the county is kept down when it could
and would improve rapidly If this mat
ter can be compromised
Senator Morrow wanted to amend by
extending the date Of the maturity of
the bonds He thought the cattlemen
who inhabit the country and make
money there would pay in eull If given
a little time He said cattlemen We're
honest and not given to lodging their
debts.
After considerable argument the bin
was favorablv reported without his
amendment
penter providing for state examiner Of
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Run From III to I22 Including
Chinese.
PROMINENT PERSONS.
Many Such Lost, Including u
s. Consul Wildman
And the Editor of the American
Of Manila.
Blame Appears to Rest on Capt
Ward.

San Francisco, Feb. 23.-The sinking
OF the Pacific mail steamer City OF RIO
de Janeiro after striking a rock in the
Golden Gate during the dense fog yes
terday morning was the most appalling
disaster this coast has know a for many
years. Most Of the bodies OF the 120 and
more victims are at the bottom of the
sea and many OF them may never be re-
covered The water where the ship lies
is deep and the current swift, and the
dead with most OF the wreckage will
probably be carried Tar out into the Pa
cific. The number Of lives lost may never
be known exactly owing to the fact that
the ships records We're lost and it is
practically impossible to tell just how
many Chinese were in the Asiatic steer
age.
The Call this morning. basing its fig
ures on statements of the Pacific Mail
steamship officials. says that 122 per
sons perished. The Chronicle gives the
number at 12S and the Examiner states
that III can not be accounted for The
vessel with its valuable cargo viii be
total loss. Much difficulty has been ex-
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ID. Al Carvin. quartermaster. lived or
steamer
a. M.Malcoim. saloon watchman. lived
john A. Macarthur. .steerage watchman,
veteran G. 4. r.. San Francisco.
J. H Smith. water tender, San Fran
cisco
H NJ Lewis. water tender.
Fred D. Greenway, oiler-
Walter Smith, oiler.
The number Of Chinese passengers lost
is variously estimated at from "A to 43.
The steamship company estimates o.
the Chinese crew, 36 Were drowned
THE SAVED PASSENGERS.
J. c. Carpenter. mining engineer of
Russell Harper. newspaper man Of
R. h. Long. produce shipper Of Peta-
Capt Max Hecht. German army Off
VIM. Brander. London stock exchange
broker.
Rober- Holtz, German merchant.
Shanghai.
Mile. Gabrielle Lehrin. French maid of
San Francisco.
VIM Caspar. fireman on sick leave
from the transport Lawton-
E C Howell ex-soldier from Hong
Kong, hOmeWard bound.
J. Wada, japanese professor from
Honolulu
Fifteen Chinese passengers were saved
as far as any record can be obtained
OFFICERS AND CREW.
Capt. Fred Jordan. pilot. San Fran
cisco.
c. T. Holland. third officer.
Fred Iindstr7Inn, quartermaster.
G. J. Englehardt, freight clerk, San
Francisco
z. n Borg. storekeeper. San Fran
cisco.
Frank Cramp, ship carpenter.
+. MattheWsOn, quartermaster.
Graham Coughlan, second officer.
Harry Donahue, steerage steward, San
Francisco.
S. H. Herlihie. chief engineer. San
Francisco.
DR.. Arthur O'Nein. ships surgeon. san
Francisco.
James Russell, Watchman.
n. H. Lane, water tender.
Forty-one of the Chinese crew It is
believed escaped with their lives
The following passengers who started
on the Rio de Janeiro from various
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Filipino General Offers Ten
Mexican Dollars
For American Scalps Brought
to His Headquarters.
A CAPITAL BURNED.
Government Buildings at Iba,
Zambales, Destroyed.
Filipino General Yinegra Cap
tured by the Americans

Manila, Feb. 2S.-6.15 P. M.-The gov
ernment buildings at Iba, capital oe
Zambales province, have been burned.
24th infantry's supplies were destroyed
by fire. A steamer has been sent to Iba
from Manila with stores.
A detachment of the Fourth infantry
has captured Gen. Vinegra near Cavits
Viejo.
Gen. Cailles has issued a proclamation
offering ten Mexican dollars apiece for
the heads Of Americans
Commissioner Worcester is preparing
bill for submission permitting the Ieae-
ing Of land until a government shall
have been established which shall have
authority to ALLEVIATE the lands for min-
ing claims.
Many squatters have settled in the
province Of BengUet and Lepanto and
are mining gold and other metals, which
abound. The leases authorized BY the
proposed bill viii not permit the carry
ing out Of mining operations, or the
cutting OF timber but will give the
lessees other advantages in the direction
of ownership.
Thousands of men are working upon
the government wagon road between
DaSupan and Baguio, the capital OF the
Benguet province which Is being con-
structed at fractional part OF the cost
estimated by army engineers.
The records Of temperature at I3aguiO
for December and January show the
weather to have been remarkably cool
and ssllubriOus- A health resort Tor SOL
diers and civilians is soon to be estab-
Hshed there.
The Twenty-taird infantry win sail on
the transport Logan March H. stopping
at Vigan to take companies q, f and M.
which have been detained at Tocos by
smallpox, provided the quarantine IS
raised
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RIGHT OR WRONG ?
Speech Made by a Law and
Order Man.
James A. Troutman on &c Col. -
Hughes Two Years Ago.

The campaign manager of "Col-"
J. w. F. Hughes, (who did not know
there was a joint in his building) is JAS
A Troutman, who is usually consistent
and he is out in manifesto telling how
the law and order people intend to sup
port s'Col." Hughes, the resubmission-
ist, but even Mr.. Troutman has become
inconsistent probably because of his
zeal to make a resident Of Potwin
mayor.
Only two years ago Potwin became a
part of the city of Topeka and it became
necessary for Mayor Drew to appoint
two councilmen from the annexed terri
The matter was left by Mayor Drew
to the members of the Topeka city coun-
ell. There was some hesitancy about
the appointment of J. w. F. Hughes
and Mr.. Troutman, being an advocate OF
law and order and good citizenship took
a hand in the contest which was the pro-
per thing for him to do
Mr.. Troutman acted as chairman of a
delegation which waited upon the men,
bers OF the city council and this is the
substance of the speech he made to Jas.
S. Warner, president of the council, In
the Commercial club rooms while acting
as spokesman for the delegations:
I'VE appear here TO protest against tie
appointment of J. W. F. Hughes as a
member of the city council from the
Sixth ward. he IS not a lit man, moral
" or socially, or in any 9TH
er way, to represent the class Of
people who live in the Sixth ward Be
sides that he is a resubmissionist and he
will be disturbing factor in the coun-
ciI''
There were more things of the same
tenor said but these will do.
Still Mr.. Troutman now advises law
and order. people to vote for the man
who. only two years ago, was not fit
morally or socially to represent the
people of Potwin in the city council.
Was he right then or is he wrong now
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the work of the searchers for the Rio s
dead a task of difficulty Small boats
have hovered around the scene of the
wreck for the past "A hours and bodies
are frequently seen floating IN and out
Of the harbor with the tide, but the
Ioughness of the water greatly hinders
the work of recovery If any of the
Rios passengers or crew lived on the
water until sunset and had not met sue
cor up to that time. they must all have
perished before this, as the strongest
could not live through a night such as
last night. It is possible that some Of
the survivors may have been washed on
the Marin county shore at obscure
points. One or two bodies have been re-
covered this morning but the tide is now
on the turn and any who may be afloat
will be carried to sea. Wreckage strews
the shore on both sides of the Golden
Gate and beach combers and fishermen
ara reaping a harvest.
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WILDMAN's PET.
The Rio Was His Favorite Vessel
When Crossing the Pacific.

New York, Feb. ZS.-Friends of U. S
Consul General ROunsaville Wildman
who left his post in Hong Kong on a
leave of absence and embarked on the
City of Rio de Janerio January p, have
little hope of his having escaped.
His brother, Edwin Wildman, who is
now in this city and who was formerly
vice consul under RounsaVille Wildman
in Hong Kong, is still cherishing the be-
lief that the consul general and his
family have taken to a life boat. which
they may yet be heard from.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Wildman who are
now at the Everett House communicated
with San Francisco after the news OF the
disaster reached this city ana spent an
anxious day in the vain hope that some
definite news from his family might ar
rive Mr.. Wildman was in a very des-
pondent mood last night. There can
be no doubt" said he "tha. my brother
was on the vessel Besides The fact that
his name is mentioned in TIE stories of
the disaster, I received oily a short
while ago a letter from him saying that
he and his family were going to sail on
January p, the other evening dined
with Third Assistant Secretary Of State
Crider and he also had a letter from
my brother saying he would sail on jan
uary p
TT is a remarkable thi.g that this
n%teamship was my brothers pet. and he
| always made 1t a point tu sail on her
when crossing the Pacific When I was
last in Hong Kong, he wanted me to
I sailed. however, last November in the
Coptic The Rio de Janeiro was the old
est and smallest vessel on The line and
preferred to sail on a large and mod
ern ship. My brother would take the
trouble to miss a steamer in order to go
ON that ship.
Captain William Ward. the com
mander OF the ship. was reputed to be
about the most popular officer in the en-
ploy of the line. The fact that he was
so popular caused many to sail on that
vessel Ny brother was a great friend
of Captain Ward.
ssOn this trip he took the entire fam
lily. consisting of his wife who was Miss
Letitia Aldrfch a Dtece of United States
Senator VIM NJ Stewart of Nevada. his
years old. and Dorothy years old.
''They also had with them Katie O. Brien,
the childrenS 5 nurse. whom they took out
from San Francisco with them several
hard and he and his family have been
under a strain since those troublous times
in China began
.sHe was much in need of a leave of alb
sence and thought that the health of the
children would be benefited by a change.
/ understand he was to have returned to
Hong Kong IN about three months ex-
pected to get a telegram from him upon
whether he would come or to New York
or whether I should go t0 WASHINGTON
which was his real destination to meet
him"
left Vice Consul William Aldrich, bro
ther-in-law. in charge Of affairs while he
sailed for this country
Mr. Wlidman said that Mrs. ROunSaVille
Lucius Foote, the war governor OF Mis-
souri,. who had to leave that state because
CONTINUED on Sixth Page.l
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Asiatie points left the steamer at Homo
lulu on stOD-oVer tickets:
II. $. Olcott, from Yokohama
Hr. Heisca, from Shanghai.
Edward Secretan, from Shanghai.
w ". Castle and wife, from Hong
Kong.
w. g. Lose. from Hong Kong.
Mrs c. E. Mcintosh. from Hong
T. Horn. from Shanghai
BODIES RECOVERED.
The bodies Of eleven victims Of the
Rio disaster lie at the morgue Only
seven Of them have been identified. The
identined remains are those of Mrs.
Sarah W Wakefield, aged so. a native of
New York, widow of the late S. B.
Wakefield, residing in Oakland; Mrs.
Alfred Hart, of Manila, formerly of Los
Angeles, and wife Of Alfred Hart. who
was also lost in the wreck; Charles
Dowdall. a baTTister of Shanghai; Ed
ward Barwick, a German, As years old,
butcher on the Rio, San Francisco. and
Agelo Sussino identified as an employe
on the sugar plantation at Spreckels-
vile, H L; Mrs Julia Dohrman. aged
I SO. stewardess on the Rio; a Japanese
identified as the engineers mess boy,
name unknown. The other four bodies
are those of unidentified Chinese.
No attempt has been made to place
the blame for the disaster, but the Pa
cific Mail steamship officials state that
the pilot was subject to the orders of
Captain Ward, who went down with the
vessel.
WELCOME PLANNED FOR WILD
MAN.
Syracuse, Feb 23-College friends of
Consul Wildman were planning to well
come him upon his expected visit here
next month. He was a graduate Of
| Syracuse university and had many
friends here. Gilbert H Wildman, a
brother, is now a student at the institu-
ton.
MINNEAPOLIS LOSS.
Minneapolis Feb. 23.-It is feared that
Judge A NJ. Harrison and his wife, Of
this city, were among the lost pass
engers on the ill-fated City of Rio de
Jareiro. Judge Harl iSOn, of the dis
trict court was spending a vacation in
Honolulu, and had written that he and
his wife expected to sail for home on
the Rio.
PROMINENT IN DENVER.
Denver Feb. 23.-Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
A. Woodwork. OF Denver, who are men
toned as among the missing passengers
Of the wrecked Rio de Janeiro, left here
in January last for a visit TO Honolulu,
and were returning home on the Rio
Mr. Woodwork was one of Denver 8
best known citizens, and was local
manager for c. Sidney Shepard & Co..
manufacturers Of stamped ware. and
for the Cribben & Dexton company,
stove manufactures
SEARCHING FOR BODIES
San francisco, Feb. 23--Pain and fog
hang like a pail over the ocean and dur
lnS tha night 8 raznstorn Of unusual
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FIVE no ONE
How Mr. Warner Standn a in His
Home Precinct.

To the Editor of the State Journal:
People in the Fifth ward will stand
by Mr. Warner because he has proved
himself worthy of the endorsement of
his neighbors an6 friends Of the Fifth
ward as well as in his own precinct
After reading and carefully consider
ing the article in the morning paper /
realize that even thai paper VIII some
times stumble onto the truth and pub
lish facts, and in doing so it says that
"A fair test Of d mans character is the
esteem in which he is held by his i'm
mediate neighbors." believe that to be
true and so do all the balance of Mr..
warmers neighbors and friends. Now
as a matter of fact there is not a man in
the city of Topeka who stands higher in
the esteem of his neighbors than does
Mr. Warner, and I am safe in making
the assertion, after having polled the
west precinct of the Fifth ward that
Mr. Warner VIII receive at least five
votes to his opponents one. There are
no reasonable excuse why the opposing
candidate should even get vote at allin
the F'ifth~ward when considering the fact
that not one blemish can be found
against Mr. Warmers character in any
way, shape or manner He IS too well
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passengers and crew but the following
lists Of those known to have been drown
ed and those saved are believed to be
accurate:
THE DEAD
engers-Rounsaville Wildman, u.
8 consul general at Hong Kong
Mrs Rounsaville Wildman. wife of the
L. s consul
Rounsaville wndman. jr.. son of the
Dorothy wildman daughter OF the U.
S. consul.
Miss Kate Reidy of san Francisco.
governess of Wildman children
MS Sarah W. Wakefield Of Oakland.
Mrs. Wakefield
Miss Rowena Jehu of Alameda
Alfred Hart jeweler OF Manila, for
Angeles
Mrs. Alfred Hart.
VIM A Henshall, attorney Of Homo
Harry Guyon. painter Of Petaluma.
DR.. VIM. L DOdd. oculist. Butte,
Angelo Cussoni. foreman Lowry sugar
plantation. Kauni
Charles Dowdan. barrister Of sha1g-
hai. with family, residing in Santa Bar
bara.
VIM MePhee Of san Francisco. was
ON MS way home from Horclulu
" A. Woodwork of Denver
Mrs ". a Woodwork Of Denver.
IL g. MathesOn of Yokohama
H F. Seymour, editor of the Ameri-
can. Manila
from Honolulu.
Mrs. Onkawara, wife Of the doctor
japanese servant Of Mrs Onl<s vvara
name unknown
Leong Chung, well-to-do Chinese stu
dent
Charles J. A. Cox. steerage passengsr
from Honolulu.
aLr, oda. Japanese merchant from
Mr. salzuri. japanese merchant from
Honolulu.
Mr. and Mrs. Takata, Honolulu.
r Sito- japanese from Yokohama
Mrs Dilza Hamasoke Yokohama.
Miss Hikiasexi, Japanese from Yoko-
Miss NJ Hamasalzi. Yokohama.
, taumuro. japanese from Kobe.
OFFICERS AND CREW.
Capt w Ward Of San Francisco
J. e. johnson. first officer. 4 Russian
FINN, of san Francisco
View. ~ ~~s~A1
r T Afaecoun. first assistant engineer
San Francisco.
Al 4 Brady. second assistant engineer
San Francisco
W. A. Munro, third assistant engineer
San Francisco.
cisco.
Mrs J L. DOrmann. stewardess. San
Francisco -
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BOOK BILL PASSES.
Final Vote on the Measure Was
II to 25.

The Grattan school book bill passed
the house this raorning BY a vote Of "A
to 25. The bill preserves state Uniform
ity and was amended as to prices so
that they remain at the same figures as
now in force. The textbook bill is now
messaged to TIE senate. where with that
body's own book bills it viii be taken
up on special order on Tuesday
The -oll-call was tedious. because one
fourth Of the members voting insisted
on explaining their votes and having
their explanations recorded. Twenty
five out Of less than 100 voting made eX-
plantations, and the vote was all cut
up without strict regard to party lines
Johnson, Of Decatur, posed as a
martyr. aI~ounciug that he was the
father of ntne children going to school
He voted for the bill.
Lawrence Harris and Short knocked
Cn the rebel history again and again.
while Richardson. of PottawatOmie,
said he would not let his hoy study
Taylor's book. He voted for the bill
believing this would be remedied
OF the 25 negative votes Bucl<lin is
a Populist, ROughton a free silver Re-
publican, and Davis, Landrey and Smith
of Sherman, Democrats. Their explana-
tion was that the act of 1897 would stii
be a. law If this bill failed. Bucl1iin was
the first to make this statement. fol-
lowed soon by Davis Of Bourbon
Weilep and other minority leaders sur
rounded them in a minute, protesting
that the 1897 act will expire by limita-
ton on September /. 1901. but they al
lowed their votes to stand just the
same. The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Messrs- Adams Of Meade. Babbs
Bean, Belts or Shawnee. Bigham. Bo-
genrief Bowen, Cave. Chandler. Coburus
Crosby, Dougherty, Edwards, Emmonss
Engel Fields. f'inleV, Francis. Cav,
Gfesslcr. Grattan, Green, Grosser, Hai-
lett, Halliday. Hawkins. Hayden. He~
brew, Hutcheson, Johnson Of Decatur.
Jones, Kinkel. Laughlin. Law, Lingard.
Lyons. NIaintz, Mantey, Martin. Mason,
Mckee of Clay, Mckee Of Marshall Me-
Keever, Mead. Nation, Nichols, Olson.
OsWeiler. Owen, Pogue, Eees. REID,
Remington, Richardson, Schlyer, Scott.
Seaton, Sims, SpurlocS, Stavely. Storms
Sudweeks, Swinehart. Tatum, Ward,
Watkins. WeileD. Welden, Whistler.
Willis, Woodward.
Nays-Messrs. Adams Of Butler, Biddle.
Bucklin, Butler. Davis Of Bourbon
Dooley, Hamer, Harris. Hoag. HonneH.
johnson of Kearny. Landrey, Lawrence,
LowGerman. Luling, Markart. RilinE.
Roughton, Sarbach, Short, Smith OF
Sherman, Sweeney, Sweet. Tullosss
Wood
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county treasurers' offices wgs also fav-
orably reported.
Other bills favorab1y reported were:
Making appropriations for a geologi-
cal survey.
Revising the grain inspection law.
Establishing the legal residence of in
sane persons and providing for their
deportation
Providing for the removal of the state
house lighting and heating plant.
Revising the Incorporation law
Prohibiting the stealing Of rides on
trains and making train crews officers
of the law
Providing that gates musf be built in
large cattle ranches so as not to OBJ
struct highways
Senator King presided over the COM
mIttee of the whole and all business was
Qone under the date of the day before.
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IMPORTANT NEWS AND FEATURES.

PAGE
1 Anti-Fusson Election Bill to Pass.
Death List Of Rio wreck.
Price ofered For American scalps.
Is Mr.. Troutman Right or Wrong7
Rathbone Replies to Brfstow's Charges
2 Sporting News.
Pioneer Shot Through the Head.
Railroad News.
R. G. Dun's Review of Trade.
Editors Receive Souvenir Hatchets.
Kansas News
Church Announcements.
Late Telegraph and Local News.
Social and Personal.
snap Shots at Home News.
Norton Has Row Over Smallpox.
6 North Topeka News
Wants ana Miscellaneous Ads.
Markets.
2 Wants and miscellaneous Ads.
Legislative snap Shots.
Brief kilograms.
9 Mckinley May Visit Kansas.
Topeka Society.
10 Bullet Fails to cause Blindness.
Hypnotist Beaten to Death
Indiana Girl kidnapped For Ransom
IL Theatrical News.
Under the Red Robe" at Crawford.
Modjeska Home to Be Sold
Current Theatrical News.
~ Editorial.
Book Notes.
Is Woman's Page.
New Garnttures For the Neck.
Tactfu1 Woman and Her Success.
Ideas in Spring Millinery.
Table and K1tchen-Menus.
IA Suggestive Letter on Paris Fashions.
Vanderbilt Dining Room.
10 Preacher Advertises For Sinners.
Crusade Against Kissing Mtcrobe.
Stories OF the Town
16 Short Story. "The Philanthropists- -
Humor Of the Day.