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7 am more than pleased with the an
nOuncement 1t shows that President
Roosevelt knows what he is doing
MR.. WARE NOTIFIED
The news Of Mr.. Wares selection was
received over the Associated Press wire
in the State journal office from Wash
ington a few minutes after twelve.
Mr. Ware was immediately called up
by telephone and congra tulated.
Upon what" said Mr.. Ware.
Upon your selection by the president
to succeed H. Clay Evans as commits
sioner OF pensions"
'tWhat2 Where do you get that. said
Mr.. Ware. there must be some mistake.
I have not heard it, where do you get
There can't be any mistake,7 said the
reporter, .-it has just come over the AS
sociated Press wire to this paper
Don't bulletin that on your window;
there must be some mistake
will you accept was asked
4 can't say anything about it until I
get some /. .ersonal Information direct:
certainly cannot accept something that
I have not been offered, nor decline some
thing which has not been rendered me
I know nothing about this and can say
nothing
Have you talked with the president
regarding the pension commissioner
was asked.
II have talked with the president re-
garding Kansas affairs"
was the pension cemmissionership
mentioned2"
Well that is all can say about it. -
Later Mr. Ware said: 4 have heard
nothing officially concerning this mat
ter and until I do 1 win prefer not to
discuss it for publication. It is imma-
teriaI to me whether it is true or not.
One thing I VIII say, I have never asked
for the place
HIS POLITICAL RECORD.
Mr.. Ware took an active part in pol
itics when he lived in Fort Scott, but
since coming to Topeka he has been
paying strict attention to his law busi-
ness, and writing poetry now and then
as a diversion.
He served six years in the state sen
ate from Bourbon county, early in the
eighties. He was elected in the fall OF
1880 TO fiji a vacancy and was reelected
for a term of four years in 1882 His
first legislature was the one which
passed the first prohibitory law; his
next passed the railroad law. Mr.. Ware
and Harrison kelley had rival railroad
bills, and the legislature finally passed
a compromise between them
After Mr. Ware had finished his term
as senator he made up his mind he
would ike to go TO congress, but the
fact that he wasn't political wire
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SPEAKS WELL OF THEM
Gen. Macarthur Gives the Fill
ipinos a Good Character.

Washington, April 11.-When General
Macarthur resumed his testimony be-
fore the senate committee on the Philip
pines today Senator Dubois asked a
number of questions concerning the eff
cheney of Philippine labor. The general
said there we're about 400 natives ena-
pIoyeds in a certain corral in Manila and
that for this ork they received $15 IN
cefved $40. The Eilzpin0s were, he said,
quite efficient in this work and while
this pay was entirely out of proportion
to that received by the Americans lit
was so much more than they had been
in the habit Of receiving that they We're
spurred to extra effort. He also ex-
pressed the opinion that the natives
would be found equal to the task of cul-
tivating the agricultural lands of the
islands if sufficiently paid for their SER
vices. Still it was possible that this
labor might not be equal to the demands
of American and European exploiters.
In this connection he repeated his con-
victiOn that it is not desirable to unduly
exploit the islands and if this were to
be done excessive wages would be neces-
sary to secure results.
Replying to Senator Patterson, Gen.
Macarthur said there were few factories
in the islands. but that he believed the
Filipinos We're capable Of development
as artisans. They are successful, he
said. wherever deftnesS of touch is
necessary. They are of artistic tempera-
nent and will take high rank as artists.
They are full of romance and poetry
and viii generally succeed as actors
and musicians; indeed, there is scarcely
a Filipino that is not a musician. There
is in brief 10 question of the power of
the Filipino as a people to reach the
highest standard of development in any
direction.
Replying to further questions from
Mr.. Patterson the witness detailed the
situation at Manila when he arrived
there in July in 1899. He said that at
that time the natives We're besieging the
Spaniards in the city in connection with
and the FIlipinos evidently looked upon
the An ericans in the light of deliverers.
He said however that there had been
no voluntarily cooperation with the
Filfpinos on the part of the Americans
and that no subordinate officer had A
right to commit Gen. Merritt TO such
cooperation.
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A NEW COMPETITOR.
sMaple Leaf is About to Become a
Disturbing Element.

to the community of interests plan
evolved by the Hartman and the Hill
Morgan syndieates is expected to be
born of conference held at the Audi
torium Annex, in which Frank Rookie
fel1er of Cleveland. Chas. E. Perkins.
former president of the Burlington lines;
Stuyvesant Fish. president of the Illi-
nois Central. and A. B. Stickney. presi-
dent of the Chicago Great Western. took
part, says the Inter-Ocean-
The road controlled by Mr.. Stickney
is reported as the backbone of the pro
posed enterprise, which, if carried out,
is calculated to disturb the harmony in
the railroad world that has obtained
since the two great money interests of
Wall street fought to a finish last May
over the control Of the Northern Pa
oifp
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THEY WANT TO VOTE.
Working People Demand Uni
versal Suffrage.
A Grand Coup is Looked For
Next Week.

Brussels, April IA semblance Of order
was restored among the rioters in the Rue
Stephens this morning. The police who
had borne the brunt of the fighting were
strongly reinforced by the gendarmes and
civic guards with loaded rifles. Orders
were issued to use all the force necessary
to drive the mob out of the Maison Du
Puple.
just as the order was about to be exc
cuted the chiefs of the socialists offered TO
evaeuate the building quietly.
Estimates of the number wounded dur
ing the riots vary from 20 to 100 But
scores of injured were carried off and hid
den by friends.
A large number of rioters were arrested
and are still detained
The burgomasters of Brussels and sub
urban municipalities have proclaimed that
meetings OF more than ten persons are
prohibited and that any one found carry
imprisonment.
An centers of agitation are bristling to
are continually patrolling the streets and
guarding the shops which We're threatened
with plundering by the rioters
A maniIesto signed by the general colln-
Gil Of the labor party, has oeen widely
stitution and universal suffrage.
TelegraTns from the country districts IN
dicate the widespread character of the
movement which threatens to e2llTniIlate IN
q gran% coup next week during the re-
form -s3ate in parliament. A thousand
demcs-strators caused great disturbances
at St. Nicholas last night until routed by
repeated charges OF LlE EeIlGdfD mes
At La Louvre 5000 men ceased work.
forcing the workers in the large indus
trial establishments at La Sroyce and
FIaine St. Pierre to join them. The strikers
threaten to burn factories
The street detachment of cavalry are
now patrolling the district IN order to pro-
tect the factories.
A telegram from Mons says work still
continues in the Borinage district. but a
strike and disorders are threatened
Troops have been sent to the district 10
cope with possible riot1ng.
Additional regiments OF cavalry. m
fantry and engineers arrived here this
morning. A battalion is held in readi-
ness for action at each OF the barracks
/ All the troops are supplied with two
packets of bail cartridges and TWO
packets Of se-ealled- strike cartridges
Gendarmes and civic guards are assem-
bling at their headquarters In large
numbers and rigorous Instructions la Ee
been issued for instant repression or
more outbreaks in their incipieney-
Four regiments Of cavalry and infau-
try arrived at CharIeroi today. Infantry
have been sent to Louvain and NalVor-
dan and squadrons of ehasseurs have
been distributed in the midlands-
MOB DISPERSED
Brussels. April 11.-Sharp fighting be
tween strikers and gendarmes occurred
this morning at Bra cquegnies near Cha
1eroi. Several thousands strikers attacked
and stoned a body of gendarmes who re-
taliated by firing their revolvers A sharp
fusiiade followed and the gendarmes were
compelled to retreat. A squadron of Lam
GERS however, galloped up ana dispersed
the mob.
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TO TALK PEACE.
Steyn, DeWet and Delarey Ar
rive at KlerksdOrp.

Klerksdorp, Transvaai. Wednesday, April
9.-The approach Of President Steyn and
Generals De Wet and Delarey with their
staffs, who arrived at noon today, was sig
nalized by the arrival at Il a. m. of a flag
of truce at an outpost An officer with an
escort was sent out and the president and
the two generals rode into KIerksdorp in
Cape carts. The Orange Free State ENJOYS
were accompanied by Judge Hertsog. Com
mandant Oliver and six other persons
With Gen. Delarey were has secretary and
a dozen Beers. The Free State represen-
tatfves were quartered in the old town.
Gen. DeIarey Joined the Transvaal party
in the new town. A conference tent was
pitched midway between the two towns
and free communication was permitted the
Boer delegates. but they were suitably
guarded.
From government sources the Associ-
ated Press ascerta1ns that the peace ne
gotiations are not expected to come to
a conclusion so quickly as the prema-
ture reports indicated. The belief that
there will be considera bic parleying also
exists in circles intimate with the Boer
leaders or the continent who MAINTAIN
that no peace can be arrived at unless
the British grant some concession in
form OF amnesty to the Cape rebels.
Whether this contention will prove well
founded or otherwise is only a matter
of conjecture, but 1t appears certain
that the Beers viii hold out till all ex-
pedients of negotiation are exhausted in
an endeavOr to gain this point.
Some of those who are in close touch
with South Africa believe that ten day
may elapse before a definite conclusion
is reached. In the meanwhile the pres
ence of such representative. This WAS
KlerksdOrp and other factors create an
all around hopeful feeling. This was
reflected on the stock exchange in the
advance of stocks and Kaff1rs. Up to
1870 a. m. today the government had
received no official news bearing out
the statements that peace had been ar
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Roosevelt to be pension commissioner
VIII come as a, great surprise to most
people in Kansas. The element of the
@. A. r. which demanded the removal
of Commissioner Evans was headed by
the leaders of the boss busters, and
these had about given UP all hope of
landing a Kansas man in Evans shoes
"A Washington dispatch less than forty
eight hours ago stated that the Kansas
delegation in congress had q meeting,
called by Senator Burton, at which the
delegation had voted to recommend Col
Dick" Blue for the place.
The selection of Mr.. Ware shows that
the president is stin making his own
appointments in matters which directly
concern him. There have been two
Kansas candidates for the head of the
pension bureau-Colonel Blue and
Judge 5. r. Peters, OF Newton, both
ex-members of congress. While Presi-
dent Mckinley lived the Kansss boss
busters confidently expected to land
one of these two men in the place, and
they have still exected it, in case they
succeeded in getting Evans out, until
within the past two or three weeks,
When 1t became evident that the action
OF Senator Burton in claiming that he
hau forced the resignation of Evans
would operate against his reeommen-
This and the fact that a half dozen
olner states have recently been strug-
g1ng to land a candidate in the place.
mas led the politicians to believe that
no Kansas man would land at all. But
the president kept his own counsel until
today Then he let it become known
tnat he had selected a Kansas man for
the place, but it wasn't the one recon-
Mended by the Kansas congressman.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt has not only over
looked the recommendations of the Kan
sas delegation, but all other congress-
men as well, and he has selected a man
whom he knew personally and solely
upon MS own personal choice It would
seem to indicate that a political pull did
not count for so much in the selection
as personal merit.
Politicians now are guessing that when
Mr. Ware was suddenly summoned to
w ashIngton a few weeks ago, the sum
mons came from the president. He had
just returned from an extended eastern
trip, during which he had spent consfd-
erabie time in Washington and had
argued the Kansas-C Colorado water suit
in the United States supreme court. He
had also Iunched with the president and
s.hob-nobbed" with q number Of public
men. 7 ct he had not been home a week
5skore he was suddenly summoned TO
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return 70 washlngton but no one knew
LELAND IS PLEASED.

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what for
LELAND IS PLEASED.
Mr. Wares selection is giving great
satisfaction to Topeka people, and 1t
will be highly satisfactory to Kansas
in general. When Cyrus Leland heard OF
it today he said:
That's good! Say. that's hnel Ware
is a big man--one of the biggest men
in Kansas. and fine man, too. don
know of a better selection that could
have been made. I am sure Ware viii
be acceptable to the old soldiers. as he
is certainly one of them lie has not
been active in politics for q number of
years and nobody ought to have any
kick coming on him. -
Judge J. S. West. assistant attorney
general, who has known Mr.. Ware for
years, was immensely pleased over the
announcement
You can't keep a Fort Scott man
down. he said. That's an excellent
selection and ought to be satisfactory
to everybody. Ware is certainly de-
serving of recognition in view of past
services, but it is a question in my
mind whether he will accept it
Mr.. Ware certainly has fine record
as a soldier. On the very afternoon that
Fort Sumter was fired upon he enlist
ed to help put down the rebellion. fte
was boy of only I9 a the time. That
was on April y, 1861. forty-one years
ago tomorrow. He was at Burlington,
Iowa. at the time, and he Went into the
Seventh Iowa cavalry. He served five
years and three months rising to the
rank of captain. and he knows about as
much about the hardships and priva-
tions of soldier life as the next man.
When George A. Clark. secretary Of
state, was told the news he simply
opened wide his eyes and said. We'll, IS
that so? [ wonder what has become of
Dick Blue2 1t ought to suit the peo-
pie"
ALBAUGH PLEASED.
Morton Albaugh ehairna an of the Re-
publican state central committe. is a
man who rarely shows much enthusi-
asn about anything, but he developed
good deal when ne was told of Mr..
Wares selection as pension commits
sioner
Il don't see bow better selection
could have been made" he said. Ware
is an extraordinarily fine man, and I
doubt if any one could have been found
who would be as acceptable to the Re
publicans Of Kansas as he. Personally
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HANGED FOR MURDER.
Man who Killed Prophet Everett Pays
the Penalty.

Kansas City. April Thames Jack
son. a negro aged % years, was hanged
in the county jail here today for the
murder in December, 1900, Of Prophet
Everett another colOred man. The men
had quarreled over cards and Everett
left to avoid further trouble Jackson
followed and shot Everett without
warning. killing him instantly Jack
son had shot another man several
Years ago. Several months ago jackson
professed religion, and when Governor
Dockery recently refused a respite ne
said he was glad and anxious to die
jackson slept soundly last night and
went to the scaffold willingly. Only the
Jail officials, newspaper men and a few
others witnessed the execution
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INrEREsT Is INTENsE.
Court Room Crowded With specta-
Strong Testimony.

Ottawa, Kas.. April 1.-THE full ca
pacity of the court room has been occu-
pied since the examination of witnesses
in the Booth murder case began. The
aisIes were filled with standing spec
tators. The defendant has increased
interest. She sits with her head rest
ing against her hand and watches the
witness constantly. She seemed to take
especial interest in the articles that
We're introduced in evidence. The wit
nesses were seated within the court
railing as far as possible. Every effort
IS made to not lose time.
The testimony of Coroner Haggart
was continued Thursday afternoon He
said the wound over the right eye was
sufficient to produce death. He saw q
large pool of blood between the well
and house. In the center of this pool
was a blood clot. He found blood upon
the floor. upon the door. upon the ak,
upon the hndling block, upon the towel,
upon the well curb and wall of the well.
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Shot Her son and Herself.

Poughkeepsie, N Y. April 1.-THE
coroner of this city was called late last
night to Investigate the death of Mrs.
Edward Tower and her young son. Ac-
cording to informat ton obtained by the
coroner, Mrs. Tower shot and killed her
son and herself IN a fit of temporary
fnsa nity Mrs Towers husband is a
wealthy and prominent resident of this
Mace
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MRS. WALKER HERE.
Slayer fJ.s. Judd Passes Through
Topeka.

Mrs. Walker who ten days ago shot to
death J. S. Judd formerly Of Topeka,
passed through here Thursday evening on
her way home TO Iowa, accompanied by
her husband Her presence was unknown
except to a few railroad people. She was
asleep when the train came In, but after
ward awoke and interested herself in view
ing as much of the town as could be seen
from the train
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TTnknown Vessel Ashore.

Chatham, Mass, April 11.-An un-
known vessel thought to be a Philadel-
phia & Reading steamer towing barges5
struck on Pollock Rip shoals last night.
and the barge has gone ashore. The
Monomoy life saving crew has gone
out TO the assistance Of the barge.
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London. April lin the bankruptcy
court today the registrar decided in
spite of rash speculation and extraYd-
gance in living" that he would anuni
the bankruptcy of tA4e Duke of Man
chester, an arrangement having been
reached by which the sum of 91l6f6 IS
provided, giving the creditors Us Sd
in the pound sterling.
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PROMISE WARM WEATHER.
Cold Morning Followed by Welcome
Sunshine.

The weather bureau now promises
warmer weather and showers are for
gotten for the time being.
The forecast sent out this morning
was generally fair tonight and Satur-
day Warmer Saturday" The minimum
temperature this morning was 36. The
wind has been northwest blowing IS
miles an hour The hourly temperatures,
according to the government tEermom-
ofa7. vx-o4-e. follows.
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WARE The NAN.
President Roosevelt Selects New
Pension Commissioner.
ss IrOnquiIl,. the Soldier and
Kansas Lawyer-POet.
WAS NOT EXPECTED.
Politicians Did Not Anticipate
This Action.
Evidently Presidents Own Sc
lection as Evans Successor.
MIR. WARE NOTIFIED.
State Journal Reporter Tells
Him the News.
Refuses to Say Whether He VIII
Accept.
Selection Gives Widespread and
Genuine Pleasure.
Selection Gives Widespread and
Genuine Pleasure.

Washington. April 11-Eugene F..
Ware, Of Kansas. has been selected by
the president to succeed II. Clay Evans
as commissioner of pensions.
Mr. Ware is from Topeka. Kan. and
is a men Der of the law firm Of Gleed.
Ware & Gleed.
The announcement that Z. F. Ware
has been decided upon by President
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THEY STOLE CATTLE.
Gang in Western Kansas Broken Up
and Sent to Prison.

Hays City, Kan. April IA gang Of
cattle thieves arrested in Logan county
were brought here for trial Three Of
the parties were arrested on Monday,
two plead guilty on Tuesday and We'd
nesday and were taken to Lansing to-
day.
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Americans Get Edinburgh DEGREES

Edinburgh. April 11.-At the gradua-
ton ceremony at the university here
today the honorary degree of Doctor Of
Laws was conferred on Prof William
James Of Harvard and President Jacob
Gould Schurman Of Cornell university.
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Nominated For Governor.

Portland, Ore. April 11-George e.
Chamberlain. of Portland, has been
nominated for governor by the Demo-
cratic state convention.
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Temperatures of Large Cities.

Chicago, April If a. m. tempera-
lures: New York A; Boston 20; Phila-
deIphia 50: Washington 81; Chicago AZ;
Minneapolis IS; Cincinnati and St. Louis
so
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Chicago. April 11.-Forecast for kan
sas. Generally fair tonight and Satur-
day; warmer Saturday: variable winds.
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nominee. The Democrats are in favor
of fusion on that basis.
Beloit Gazette: The fight for COVER
nor (if there is one3 now lies between
Bailey and Troutman. Our guess is that
Bailey will be named on the first ball
lot, if not by acclamation. The retire
ment of Cole gave Bailey a clear field.
There have really been but three
candidates for the nonination-Bailey
Cole and Troutman.
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Manila, April lin the provinces up
to date totals of 224 cases of cholera
and 1855 deaths from that disease have
been reported In Manila the cholera
totals are 206 cases and 100 deaths.
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Atlantic city. N. J., April 11-hrs-
Marian Roosevelt wife Of Robert z.
Roosevelt, of New York, and an aunt OF
President Roosevelt, died suddenly
Thursday of cerebral paralysis Mrs
Roosevelt was stricken Wednesday and
never regained consciousness.
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BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Washington. April ia change for
the worse has again occurred in the
condition of Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
and the physicians are again very ap-
prehensive of the outcome. Last nights
bulletin stated that evidences of cere-
braI Inflammation had appeared
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Washington, April 11.-Miss Alice
Roosevelt returned to Washington to-
day from Cuba.
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J. n. Fike, of Colby. the Democratic
member of the railroad commission,
gives It out that there win be fusion in
the Sixth district on congressman this
year, that is. of course. If the Populists
will vote for the straight Democratic
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Col Dick Blue was in Kansas City
yesterday and told reporter that he is
confident he viii get the pension com
raissionership if It comes to a Kansas
man. The question naturally arises,
how can a man be Blue and still be
confident.
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The blood on the fioor had the appear
ance of having been partially wiped up.
He identified the ak that was found
with blood upon it. He identified a piece
of watch chain, bar and four links, as
the part of Booths chain which he re-
ra7oNad from his vest
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CONTINUED On Sixth Page.]
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Judge c. E. LobdeI. one of Cover
nor Stanleys judicial appointees, was
nominated for judge without opposi-
ton at Larned yesterday His IS the
Thirty-third judicial district.