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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-01
HEAD OF CORPSE.
Was Lodged Between Palings
When Body Was Found.

James Cartwright, retired mer-
chant, of Elkton, was found dead
in his yard Monday night. His
head was fastened between the pal
ings of the gate. He had been in
disposed for some days and the
supposition is that he tainted and
fell there.
Deceased was Al years old. He
leaves wife and three children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
RELIEF FOR COYNE.
Bill to Help Ghicago's POstmas-
ter.Ou of Trouble.

Washington, March 19-Soon after
the senate convened today house bill
for the relief OF F. E. Coyne, post
master of Chicago, was favorably re-
ported by Mr.. Mason, chairman of the
committee on postoffices and post
roads, and passed. The purpose of the
measure is to relieve Postmaster
Coyne from the loss of $74,610, the value
of stamps stolen by burglars on Oc-
other bills were passed as follows:
To provide for holding terms OF court
in the district of Utah; to ratify an
agreement with the Indians of the
Devils Lake reservation in North Da-
kota.
The senate then resumed cons'dera..
ton of the bill for the protection of
the president. Mr.. Spooner CWis) adj
dressed the senate in support of the
measure, dealing especially with the
legal and constitutional questions in
volved.
Replying to the argument of Mr.
Bacon, Mr.. Spooner said it did not fol-
low because under the act of Edward
III assassination of the king of Eng
land or attempted assassination of the
king, was treason. that the assassina-
ton of the president of the United
States was treason.
An assault upon the president how
ever was a crime against the govern
ment and he did not think the govern
ment was disabled by the constitution
from punlSn1nS IL as a CRIME. by It's
very nature it was an insidious assault
upon the sovereignty of the United
States whatever might be it's motive.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, March 19.-At the open
ing of the session of the house today
MIR. Mann CIlL) of the CON mittee on
elections No. I gave notice that imme-
diately after the disposal of the river
and harbor bill. he would call I'D the
contested election cases of Spears VS..
Burnett and Moss VS.. Rhea.
The general debate upon the river and
harbor bill then was resumed and Mr..
Ransdel Ga.) a member Of the COM
mittee defended the appropriations for
the lower Mississippi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
MUSICAL FESTIVAL HERE
1t Will Be Inaugurated the
Last Week i'm May.

Topeka will inaugurate an annual
musical festival the last week in May
1t will be fathered by the Topeka
Choral society, and the musical pro-
gramme will be under the direction of
Prof. George B. Penny, dean of the
school of fine arts, Kansas state uni
versity The Topeka society will be
assisted by the Apollo club of Law
renee. Invitations have been extended
to Holton, Ottawa and Emporia, AMI
negotiations of a reciprocal nature are
pending between Topeka and Kansas
City. societies. Kansas City wants the
Topeka society to take part in their
festival, May to 8, and the officers of
the Topeka society say, Yes, if you
will reciprocate and come and help
u.s." The leading choral number of the
festival will be "Hiawatha" complete.
accompanied by one of the very best
orchestras in the west probably the
Chicago symphony, which will be
heard in this city on the 2Sth inst. Ne
gotiations have been pending with
Theodore Thomas, and while the Off
GERS of the Topeka Choral society have
plenty of nerve, they do not feel that
the very great expense incurred for
the Thomas orchestra could be made
at the initial May festival High class
soloists will be secured, and the To-
peIxa Choral society has never prom
Used anything that they did not per
form. the people of Topeka and sur
selves for a musical treat that will be
worthy of the capital of the great state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19

the Problems in Our Bible Work. ami
T. E. Prout of Topeka read a paper
the question, rs There a Place in Oul
Work for Gotta ee Meetings? How Best
Conducted -
The meetings tonight and tomorrow
include tie following numbers:
Committee Work. George d. Nc
Dill, of Omaha.
Social Problems" C, s. Bishop, of
Kansas City.
Finances and Board Work" S. w.
Moore.
THE Association and the Boy" ]. A.
Augustus.
Educational Work, Problems and
Possibilities G. w. Winslow.
Practical Talks, Lectures and Eli
tertainments." George w. Fleming
Reading Rooms and Libraries" J.
z. Ingalls,
Soul Winning" A. Baird
The visiting Y. NJ. C. A. people visited
the local association rooms today, and
will attend meeting at the Santa Fe
shops tomorrow noon. The conference
will adjourn tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
PAVEMENT CAvED IN.
Asphalt Undermined at Entrance to
State House Grounds.

At the Vans Buren, street entrance at
the north side of the state house
grounds, the asphalt pavement caved in
Tuesday night, leaving great hole ten
feet across and fifteen feet deep. For
long time the action of water has been
washing the hole out. and sweeping
the dirt into the big sewer which runs
underneath. For weeks there mas no
doubt been nothing to support the
traffic on the street except the shell of
concrete and asphalt constituting the
pavement.
The shell caved in sometime during
the night, and so far as learned no one
was hurt.
Street Commissioner Snyder said to-
day: THE cave in was one of the most
extraordinary 1 ever saw. never saw
such an enormous hole washed out I'M
derneath pavement The trouble start
ed by the water seeping in between the
stones near the catch basin at the cor
ner. This seeping was enough to break
the connection between the catch basin
and the sewer below. This allowed the
catch basin water to flow into the hole
Nv henever it rained, and fastened the
washing out process The connection
from the catch basin at the opposite
corner was also washed out, and water
poured in from that source A man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
DEFENSE RESTS.
State Offers Rebuttal Testi-
m0ny in Fife Murder Trial.

Kansas City. March ia Star special
from Savannah. Mo, says:
The defense in the case of Stewart
Fife on trial for the murder of Frank
w. Richardson. rested today and the
state began the introduction of rebuttal
testimony. The defense gained an i'm
portant point when Judge Burnes ruled
out Flies testimony at the coroner's
inquest. The witnesses for the defense
and Fife himself, have contradicted his
evidence before the coroner and it was
a blow to the prosecution when it was
ruled out. When Fife was recalled to-
day the state resumed its effort to get
the previous evidence before the jury.
He said if he was represented by q law
yer at that time he did not know it,
Did you give your answers volun-
tarily?" was asked.
Il had to answer Fife said.
You had nothing to conceal. did
your"
Fife appealed to the judge, but his
lawyers indicated that ne should an
swer the question, and he replied:
4 had nothing to conceal
There was a scene during the MORN
ing when Flies mother arose with ex-
clamation of contradiction to the wit
ness on the stand. The strain on Mrs.
Fife has been very great. The father
of the prisoner has already broken
down under it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19

matra leaf. and will continue to be so
made whatever. the duty on Cuban leaf
The argument on the score OF undue
competition is without any logic, quite
as much or more even than applies to
the pros and cons of the sugar indus
try More than one Of the most promi-
nent Representatives of the Connecticut
tobacco industry have frankly ac-
knowledge this. We shall raise just
as much tobacco and at as great a
profit whatever the reduction of duty
The American tobacco industry in so
far as it applies to cigar manufactur-
ing stock has far more to dread from
Porto Rico and the Philippines in the
early future than from Cuba Yet, not
one word of protest has been raised as
to these two sources of supply
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from the Newark News-1


In the discussion of the claims which
Cuba has on the United States to help
her avert the coming disaster, which
now clouds the horizon, sugar has nat
urally had the precedence. as that prod
uct carries with it the largest posSibiIf-
ties of money returns. 1t has been
shown conclusively to all lovers of jus
tice and clear-sighted students of econ
omics, out. indeed, of the very mouths
of the sugar beet representatives in this
country, that the salvation of Cuba
from the alternative that gapes for her
is quite compatible with a fair return
TO the American sugar producer The
logic which applies to sugar may be
applied with equal, perhaps greater
force to tobacco, the great market for
which is in the United States
Tobacco raising in Cuba is much
more a matter of multifarious individ-
ual effort, as the product depends on
innumerable small farmers, while SUI
gar culture can be most profitably fol-
lowed on great plantations and with
large capital. So far as the number of
mouths which needs be fed is concern
ed. it bears as close a relation to Cuban
interest as does the greater gross value
of the sugar product That is the ques-
ton primarily at bottom how to feed
eNAA0 AOdSC Nhc mass OF CuDan laDOf6TS.
to provide them with living needs till
the future shall have adjusted the con-
fusion of life and industry in the un-
fortunate island.
Since the separation of Cuba from
Spain. which used to be a customer for
tobacco only inferior to the United
States, this country has been pretty
nearly the sole market for Cuban tobae-
co. Tobacco in the bulk is subject now
70 duty of $3.50 per pound, and this,
indeed. is increased by the exactiig
methods of inspection. which levies
about $3.50 per pound on such part rs
may he deemed suita BILE for wrapper or
say, about 20 per cent, while the so
pounds of filler will pay S2S duty Nor
1T must be remembered does the finest
quality of wrapper come to this mar
Eet. as that is absorbed by the Cuban
manufacturer. 1t is the seeond-elass
wrapper that mainly pays the enor-
nous duty which has been noted. Nine
teen-twentieths of the cigars, except
those Of the poorest quality, made n
the United States. are wrapped with the
Connecticut seed leaf or with the Su-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
KILLED THE GOVERNOR.
A Finnish Patriot Then Com
mitted Suicide.

Calumet, Mich, March 19.-The Pal
vatchtie, Calumet's Finnish daily, the
only one in the United States pub
fishes today an account of the assassi-
nation of Bobrikoff, the Russian gov
ernor general of Finland. The news
was brought by parties arriving at
Calumet from Finland yesterday The
paper claims that the account never
has been published as the Russian
government censored the matter.
On February 11,~according to the re-
port. Bobrikoff took a train for st.
Petersburg at Helsingfors. the Finnish
capital. He was followed by an old
soldier. AS the governor alighted from
the train at the Russian capital the
soldier fired three shots at him. Bob
rikon died February IA. The soldier
committed suicide.
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l[ Rlliai lld [lf Il[fld[d ANdl[l[lll

highly praised for it's acoustic prop
critics IOrdica-
one of the objects building
Auditorium secure a place
holding high class musical festivals ev
cry year. such as it is proposed to in
augurate during the last week in May.
In this connection said Ma or An
derson, 1T might be appropriate to state
that the promises made by the Com
mercial club when the proposition to
vote bonds for the Auditorium was
pending, that the building of the Audi
toruirn would afford the people of To-
peka an opportunity to have first class
prices. has been carried out to the let
ter The class of entertainments given
50 far in the Auditorium, have been of
the very highest order and people of
moderate means have been enabled to
hear them. No other city in the country
can have the benefit of such high class
entertainments for so reasonable a
price.
THE officers of the Topeka Choral So
ciety will be glad to receive sugges-
lions from the musical people of To-
peixa and surrounding country that will
tend to make the May festival an ar
tistic success"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
TOPEKA IN THE LEAGUE.
A. P. Andrews Organizing Baseball
Association.

A. P. Andrews. the baseball promoter
who is endeavoring to organize a KAN
sas State league, held a meeting here
last night with some of the local base
ball fans and from the interest shown
it is thought Topeka will be included in
the league. 1t is planned to form the
league with about six of the largest
Kansas towns included. Men are at
Leavenworth and Atchison where Sun
day ball may be played and at lola
working up an interest in the scheme.
The season, it is planned, will last from
May Is to September Is. 1t is also
planned to bring some of the larger
PROFESSIONAL teams to the towns in the
Kansas league when they are on trips to
Kansas City.
1t is announced that the salary list
of the teams will be kept within $500 per
month, with but about 10 players on
each team The prospects look bright
at present for the contamination of the
plans of Mr. Andrews. Dick Cooley,
the Topeka ball player, is well acquaint-
ed with him, and is willing to vouch
for the sincerity of Mr.. Andrews in
organizing the eague-
z H DIES IS APPAlNTEn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
GEDDES rs APPOINTED.
Ri0nDl1 T1I1pnYHS III

George A. Geddes, of Pittsburg. Pa.
appointed suPerintendel1t
the Kansas Long Distance Telephone
arrived from PittSburg on Monday, and
is already at work planning the con-
structfon of the line from Topeka to
Kansas City. Since his return from the
Philippines with the famous Tenth
Pennsylvania regiment, Mr. Geddes has
been in the employ Of the Federal Tel
ephone company, and has assisted in
pole line and the conStru ction and
equipment of more than twenty
changes
During his army experience in the
Philippines Mr. Geddes met many of
the men of the Twentieth Kansas, the
two regiments being stationed at the
same points on several occasions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
MINERS BEGIN WORK.
Convention at Shamokin Inaug-
urates an Important Session.

Shamokin, Pa, March 19.-The miners
convention today began the considera-
ton of the important matters which will
decide whether the notices posted by
the operators at the various colliefies
announcing continuance of existing
conditions shall be accepted or rejected.
The committee on rules and order OF
business met at $50 O'Clock, a half hour
previous to the assembling of the con-
vention and completed the details of
their work. The delegates this morning
displayed much interest in the expected
presentation by President Mitchell OF
the letters from the presidents of the
operating companies declining CONFER
ence with officials of the United Mine
Workers. These letters constitute one
of the most important subjects to be
considered by the convention but the
delegates having nothing but a general
knowledge of their contents, declined to
discuss their probable action concerning
the CON munications-
President Mitchell today reiterated
his denial that the visit of Secretary
Ralph NJ Easily of the Civic Federation
concerned the situation in the anthra-
cite coal region. When asked if he
would make any further effort to see J.
Pierpont Morgan Mr.. Mitchell said he
had made no arrangements looking to
that end
The sentiment of the delegates was
for the first time officially expressed
during the morning session of the con-
vention. President Nichols, of district
No. /, speaking on the question of
scale committee. said:
THE men of our district want their
coal weighed, and they want it weighed
so badly that they are ready to fight
for it if necessary
This assertion elected vigorous APP
plause, which is taken as an indication
that most of the delegations have come
with Instructions to insist on conees-
sions by the operators
This mornings session began prompt
ly at o'clock with President Mitchell
in the chair.
A letter signed by several victims of
the Lattimer strike appealing for aid
was read, and on motion collection
was taken up for the benefit of the
sufferers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
A REQUEST fOr admission 70 the CON.

vention from delegates of the firemen's
union met with some opposition but a
motion admitting them was finally
carried.
The convention decided to appoint a
scale committee of p members, seven
from each district, and ittee on
resolutions consisting of three MEM
bers from each district. The vice presi-
dents of the district were authorized to
select the members of the committee.
President Nichols asked whether the
scale committee would draw up a uni
form wage rate, or whether several
scales would be presented by each dis
trict
Conditions are different in each dis
trict," said Mr.. Nichols, land it would
be difficult to arrange a uniform rate
Some regions desire pay by the yard
and others want to be paid by weight
In our district we want the coal
weighed, and we want it so badly we
are willing to fight for it if necessary"
The next business in order was the
report of the special committee con-
sisting of President Mitchell and the
district presidents appointed at Indian
apoliS, to seek conference with the
operators. President Mitchell an
nounced that letters had been received
from the operators, and he deemed it
advisable for the convention to consider
them in executive session His suggeS-
ton was adopted. and at 1890 a. m. the
convention went into executive session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
NOT AGAINST SCOTT.
Morton Albaugh Denies Another
@Fakeo Story.

A few days ago story was started
that if the Leland element controls the
next Republican state convention, an
effort will be made to defeat c. F. Scott
for denomination for congressman-at
large. and that Henry Allen will be
nominated in his place. Morton AL
baugh took occasion to deny the story
today.
There is no truth whatever in the
rumor published in a Kansas City pa
per Sunday that an effort will be made
to prevent the denomination of Charles
F. Scott for congressman-at- large, if
the friends of w. ]. Bailey control the
state convention" said Mr.. Albaugh
THE large will be NOM
mated before the governor, and Mr..
Scott will be renominated by acelama-
ton. The friends of w. ]. Bailey are
for him, and the story is only another
of the efforts of the syndicates man.
ayers to detract attention from the
growing sentiment in the state favor.
able to Mr.. Bailey's nomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
Y. M. G. A. VISITORS.
Sessions of the officers Are Continued
Today.

The secretaries and presidents of the
Young Mems Christian associations of
the state of Kansas have been in ses-
sion here today in the office of the state
secretary on East Eighth avenue.
Following the organize ton of the
meeting this morning, Fred Mitchell of
the Topeka association conducted BIZ
BILE study George Lerrigo of the Topeka
association read a paper on the Prob
lens in Our Gospel Meetings" Chas.
F. Titus OF Lawrence, read q paper on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
A FLAT REFUSAL.
Turkey Won't Pay a Cent on
Account of Miss Stone.

London, March ia dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from
.Constantinople says:
The Turkish government has fatty
refused the demand of the United States
for the repayment of the sum of money,
s72, $780, paid to the brigands as ram
som for Miss Ellen NJ Stone and her
companion, Madame Tsilka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19

Mr.. Hanna was mad as thunder"
when he thought his picture had been
used to advertise a patent medicine,
but pronounced it a bit of foolishness"
upon learning it had been used to boom
him for the presidency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19

Oshkosh Northwestern: The utter in
justice of congress refusing grant
reasOnab bic tariff concessions to Cuba is
the more fully realized when it is un-
derstoOd that the entire opposition is
centered in the plea that it will en-
danger the beet sugar interests of this
country whose to
only $5soOo-0oo year. with
tioua1 fact that the evidence seems con
elusive that the proposed reductions n
the Cuban tariff would have practically
country.
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ANOTHER FOREMAN GOES.
Thomas c. Adams Gives Way to John
Diehl.

Thomas G. Adams, foreman of the in
side coach finishing department of the
Santa Fee shops, resigned today, and his
place will be taken temporarily by John
DiehI. Mr.. Adams has been with the
Santa Fe company for 16 years He
has about Is men in his gang of coach
finisherS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
Don't Accept counterfeits.

For piles. skin diseases. sores, cuts,
bruises burns and other wounds nothing
EQUALS DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Don t
accept counterfeits None genuine except
DeWitt's. IT have suffered since 1865 with
protruding, bleeding piles. and until re-
Gently could find no permanent relief -
says J. F. GeraH of St. Paul. Ark Final
~ tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
which soon completely cured me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19

Education boards in the eastern cities
are abandoning the vertical writing fad
in schools with even greater alacrity
than they adopted it, Topeka will get
around to that point some day and see
the folly of teaching boys and girls a
system of penmanship which they
abandon and unlearn as quickly as pos
sible after leaving school.
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their stained maple bars with a pine
board.
Delno Rouner, who was arrested Tues
day for -burglarizing the grocery store
of VIM. Jurrens at 500 East Fourth
raid, "a la Carrienation,' on Dan Fin
ney'S joint, in the same vicinity. Finney
identified a stick pin taken from Rouner
as one he had left in vest at the joint.
At Finney's place two slot machines
were knocked to pieces, and about $50
in nickels taken. The police have found
where Rouner got rid of a handful of
small change. At Jurrens' place the rob-
Der made his entrance by climbing over
a transOm, and improved his time by
stealing $3.50 in money, a dollars worth
of stamps and SO worth of cigars, which
have been recovered by the police
E2ouner got out of the county Jail last
Friday condition that he pay the
balance of his fine in instalments. and
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for exclusive afternoon publ1-
cation IN Topeka
The news is received in the State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose busy through the entire day. A
complete copy of the night report is assc
received
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19

The ship owners and ship builders of
Kansas will be glad to know that their
interests are safe in the hands of Sen
ator Burton, who lined up with the
supporters of Mr.. Hanna's subsidy bill.
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is easily started on floor or joint
bar. and can be jerked suddenly out of
sight at the first alarm. The joints seem
to scent trouble of some kind. Many
of the places which closed last Satur-
behind lock and peep hole system, but
are running on short rations and have
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Gard of Thanks.

We desire to express our sincere
thanks to the many friends who were
so kind and sympathetic during the
long illness and death of our wife and
mother. We are also grateful to the
Triple Tie Benefit Association the
shop men and the Third Christian
church for the beautiful floral tributes.
PETER WRIGHT and FAMILY.