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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-30
GROWTH OF CATHOLICISM
Shown by Figures of Religious
Census.


New York April S0-The fourth an
nual meeting in this city of the May
nooth Alumni association of the United
States, DIR MeCready of New York. was
elected president; DR.. Toner of st. Paul,
vice president,Father Coyne of Winona
Mimi, men Der of the council.
Speaking on the progress of the Cath
olic church in the United States Faith
er Sheedy Of this city, said.
Taking the religious census for the
past year compiled by DR.. H. K. Car
roll Protestant. clergyman. it is found
that of the $1,000 new members that
were added to the various denomina-
tions. 4cS.0SS were added to the CathO-
lie church. The Increase in population
was 2lS per cent. while the Catholic in
crease for the year was "a per cent OF
tie 20 million church members in the
United States Dr. Carroll set down 9
million, or nearly one-half as Catho-
lies"
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TWO TRUSTS UNITE.
James B. Duke Is After Tobacco Bus
mess Of Entire World.

mess Of Entire World.
New York. April 3o.-The World says:
IAN important move in the battle for
control of She tobacco market of the
world viii be made tomorrow when the
giant Continental Tobacco company and
the American Cigar company, VIII.
through new arrangement, become
practically one
This is a long stride in the carrying
out of President Dukes imperial plan
for the greater tobacco trust. Control
of the tobacco output of Cuba is aimed
at. and President Duke has been quo
ted az saying that the trust could afford
TO lose S5.GO0,oo0 to get control OF the
market of the British empire. That
measures to realize the latter are now
underway is indica ted by the presence
in the city of the Ogdens, Britain 5
greatest manufacturers of cigarettes, in
whose business the American Tobacco
company has already bought a big in
terest
The new American combination, the
Continental Tobacco company and the
American Cigar company. as announced
by the officers is one by which the Con
tinental buys the entire manufactured
output of the american Cigar company
and Gisposes of il through its own sales
men Officials OF the two companies who
made the announcement took occasion
To announce pOintedly that the two
concerns would continue 10 maintain
separate organizations
James Is. Duke is president Of the
Consolidated Tobacco company which
controls the American Tobacco com
pany and the Continental Tobacco com
pany and he is president of both the
American and Continental companies.
While the trust dominates American
Cigar company j. r. Cobb is presf7en
of the latter and it was said yesterday
would remain at its head
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$4,000 CHECK AS PRESENT
Former Owner of Tennessee Railroad
Divides Profit With Employees.

Knoxville. Tenn. April 3O.-Henry
McHarg, a former owner of the At
lanta, Knoxville & Northern road. has
presented a check for $4,000 to John i
Newton. who was general manager at
the time of the sale to the Louisville
& Nashville. It is said that MT Nc
Harg, who is reported to have cleared
between $1,000 coo and So 100000 by the
deal viii give each of the LOCO en-
ployes one months salary.
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Wire to Honolulu This Year.

San Francisco, April 30.-S s. Dick
enson. of New York. superintendent of
the Mackay cable system, is here en-
route to Honolulu, where he will select
a landing place for the cable which win
connect the Hawaiian islands with this
city. He predicts that the line will be
in opera ton before the first of next No
vember 1t may be extended from
Honolulu via Midway island and Guam
to Manila, and thence to Japan.
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Mutual Alliance Association.

New York, April DETERMINATION of
the Mutual Alliance association Of this
city has been completed The new CON
Germ viii have a capital Of $500 000 and
a surplus of the same amount Kali
man Haas VIII be its president. The
directors include, besides H. H Rogers
and Cornelius Vanderbilt, many prom
fnent capitalists.
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Remarkable Offer to Benevolence in
Tnnera

A splendid opportunity for every re-
ligious or benevolent society. in this city
to replenish its treasury. Much easier
and better than giving suppers or en-
tertainments. For particulars send a
f-addressed and stamped envelope to
Good Samaritan. 402 Branner street.
Topeka. Kas Mention society you are
interested in
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TiRanvs Are Divorced.

New York. April Acknowledgement
was made today that Mrs. Marie H
Tiffany had been granted an absolute
divorce from Perry Tiffany yesterday
at River Head. L L
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EVANGELIST AT WORK.
Billy" Sunday Secures 500 Converts
at Fairmount. Ind. in Four Weeks.

" z III u . Hut II 7 u v OS1a'
Marion. Ind, April 30-Rev. William
A Sunday. known as the baseball
evangelist" has closed a series of meet
ings at Paramount, securing in all 609
converts in four weeks. A large taber-
nacle was erected for the use of the
evangelist. and at least 1900 people
heard him speak every afternoon and
evening. The evangelist is not paid
regular salary for his work but IS
given the collections taken up on the
last day. Mr.. Sunday received 81, GOO
for his work at Paramount.
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Attention G. G. Gage Post

No. 4s5, and w r. c. No. SIS. You are
requested to meet at K p hall, Sixth
and Quincy. Thursday. May I. 9:45 q
m. to attend funeral Of Basil Baird.
W. j. WHITTEKIND, P. g.
w. c. CRAWFORD, Adjutant-
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DEAR MRS II suffered four years ago with
the doctors declared must 60 to the hospital and
erg an operation dreaded heaed submit
My husband consulted old friend who had studied medicine
although practising physician, and he said he believed
Lydia E. Pnxham's Vegetable Compound would cure
me That same day my dose and kept up faithfully
until twelve bottles only did the dis
appear my general health very much improved and had
not well since young
relapse SINCE and took other med
cn your Compound my health believe
saved nv ife.'-AIRs. D. ARNOLD.
$4,000 FORFEIT ABOVE
When women Irregular suppressed painful
of the
boatg general debility indigestion, pros
aon FORA
excitabity i1itabiy, eepeness, melancholy
feelings
remedy Lydia
troubles.
to buy any other medicine you need the
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seeptre in Front at Newmarket.

London. April 30.-Sceptre won the
2.o0o guineas stake at the Newmarket
races today. Pistol was second ana
Ard Patrick third Fourteen horses
started.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cole entertained a
small company of their friends at a
delightfully."- informal little card party
Tuesday evening at their home on To-
peka avenue. High five was the game
of the evening. and at the close of the
game refreshments. were served
The guests who enjoyed the affair
We're: Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Hail, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Pierce Mr.. and Ms.
W. W. Webb, Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler
Nichols. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Freeman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Akers, Mr.. and Mrs,
A. L. Lingafelt, Miss Mary Thompson.
Miss Mabel Quigley, Miss Lucy
Knowles, Mr.. Lew Graham and Mr.
Horace Hall
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London, April 3O.-There is no truth
in the report circulated in the United
States today that General Delarey with
three Boer commands has surrendered
to the British in South Africa.
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Mesenhimer-MYers.

The marriage of Miss Jessie Myers
and Mr. William Mesenhimer. both of
Lawrence. took place in Topeka Mon
day evening, April %, at the home of
Mrs. Charles Woodcock, at 1O14 Van
Buren, street. Rev. J. T. Mcfarland
of the First Methodist church. was the
officiating clergyman. Only the rela-
tives were present. Mr.. Mesenhimer is
a well known merchant of Lawrence
His bride is a sister-in-law OF Mrs.
WO0deock
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will be a free woman by July 1. II she
is released she will sail for the United
STATE on the first steamer.
Relatives OF Mrs. Florence Maybrick
in Mobile have received private cable
advices from London that she will be
pardoned during coronation week. Mrs.
Maybricli viii, be urged to return to her
old home as soon as she is released from
prison.
History of the Case.
James MoybrIck died May Il. 1889. in
Liverpool. and his wife was charged with
giving him arsenic with intent to kill.
Mayhrick. it seems. was constantly com
planning of dyspepsia, of deranged diges-
tion. and of nervous symptoms. which
the doctors thought exaggerated. Nervine
tonics we're the common medicines his
physicians ordered. More than that. he
was given to dosing himself That he
also took actively poisonous drugs was
proved by the evidence OF Sir James
Poole, DR.. Hopper, and others.
on April y Maybrick went to the
races. got wet on the race course, and
attended race dinner. at which he
vas taken i'll. and the result was symp-
toms OF gastritis. the stomach after
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ing room used as a private apartment
by Mr.. Maybrick. The trial developed
that none OF this arsenic was in evidence
before his death. Ii also developed that
the police were conducted by Mr.. May
bricks brothers and servants 10 all OF
the places where it was found. and it
was also disclosed that the Mayhrtcks
and the servants were not friendly and
had not been to Mrs. Maybrick. There
was not a particle OF poison found in
Mrs. Maybrick's apartments.
1t was found that Mrs. Maybrick
bought arsenic fly papers for use in her
toilet. II was her custom, as she ad-
mitted and the judge doubted, to buy
this manner of paper and have it soaked
in water for face wash. This fact was
introduced, but there was no attempt to
show that Mrs. Mnybrick had admins
tered the solution to her husband. In
fact, II was proved that this solution
could not have been used in the killing,
as il would have contained vegetable
FIBER. This fiber would have been found
in the beef juice and also in the stom-
ach OF Mr.. May5rlck by the physicians
who made the examination. 1t was not
found in either case. The prosecution
then introduced evidence in which Mrs.
Maybrick was directly concerned.
Mr.. Maybrick was in bed for thirteen
days. He grew steadily worse. Mrs.
Maybrick was a constant attendant.
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:: TO SET MRS. MAVERICK FREE. :.

1t is reported that King Edward has
definitely decided to grant pardon %
Mrs. Florence Maybrick during the cor
oDation celebration. Home Secretary
Ritchie, when asked for a confirmation
of the report, declined to make a state
ment. The report, however, is generally
credited in well informed circles.
The pardon, if it is granted. will be
due entirely to the personal work of
King Edward. and it may be considered
a token of his appreciation OF American
goodwill. Efforts to secure the release
of Mrs. Maybrick have been redoubled
of late. and there is no doubt that they
have had marked effect on the King.
His majesty has been in a particularly
happy frame of mind since the Boer
peace treaty was signed. and the Amer
lean friends of Mrs. Maybrick found no
difficulty in inducing hin to give the
case consideration. 1t IS regarded as
practically certain that Mrs. Maybrick
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THE WORKMAN AND HIS HAMMER NOW REIGN IN THE WHITE HOUSE

metamorphoses, but not such radical
ones as those in the other parts of the
house.
All of the executive Offices are to be
done away with in the house and the
rooms which have been used for them
sre to be turned into living and sleeping
apartments. This will give Mr.. Roose-
welt and future Presidents an extra
guest chamber or two. luxury deprived
their predecessors. A new building is to
be erected little south and at the
end OF the west colonnade. In order to
make room for this change all OF the
conservatories on that side of the house
are now being razed to the ground. The
office building will be one story in
height and will include n cabinet room.
an Office and private room for the Presi-
dent, offices for the two secretaries,
telegraph. telephone. and stenosraph-
ers' room, one for the accommodation of
the press, a main reception room and
small ones for file rooms and closets.
The restoration OF the colonnades will
add very greatly to the beauty of the
White House. The lower. or ground
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in the subject ever since she came into
the Executive Mansion. and has made
an exhaustive study of its original plans
and furnishings. Some time ago she sent
for Architect McKim. of New York, and
With him went most carefully over all
parts of the building and its environs
The result was that the present scheme
of restoration was adopted.
From an old drawing. made by Latrobe
in 1907. it was found that it was the
original intention to have covered col
onnades at the east and west of the man
sion. In the present alterations these
will be restored, and the main entrance.
garden floor at the east. through a
handsome porte-cochere leading into the
colonnade. The billiard rooms and laun-
dries. now in the basement on the east,
will be converted into commodious cloak
rooms. The stairway leading up into
the east hall will be enlarged. and the
guests will ascend it to the East Room,
which will still be the main reception
room of the White House. The Tiffany
decorations in this room. with their
painted and gilded white and gold pine
columns and bases, and the mantels to
match. are being removed (as is shown
in our illustrations). and the decoration
of the apartment will be restored to its
classic simplicity of Colonial days.
In the main entrance on the north the
gorgeous Tiffany screen will be taken
out. and the hallway, with its baronial
spaciousncss. will be restored. Whether
the eight Corinthian columns which orig
inally encircled it will be replaced is as
yet undecided. but If so they will be of
pure Italian marble instead OF the paint
ed limitations which once stood there.
heavy stone floor is to take the place
of the wooden one. and will give an air
of solidty to the entire structure.
One of the most radical changes to be
made will be in the state dining room.
AS is well known its present proper
tons are inadequate for seating the
guests at state dinner. Recently neces-
sity has compelled the use of the east
room as dining hall. AS dining room.
however, notwithstanding the state
ments of late to the contrary, 1t was
never used in the early days of the Re-
public. To AVOID this use the state din
ing room is to be enlarged to almost
twice its present size. The partition
between 1t and the lower west hail, with
the west staircase, are to be removed.
This will make distinctive banqueting
hall commensurate with the dignity of
the Presidents house. The old Italian
marble mantels which have graced this
room since the time of President John
Adams have been removed in the gem
eral renovations which are now in prog
ress, but they are to be returned to it
when the apartment Is remodeled. The
other state parlors. the famous blue.
red and green rooms, will also undergo
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of average size. How to remedy this
state of affairs has been a constant sub
ject of discussion both in and out Of
Congress. Every few years some new
plans have been evolved which have
ranged in their scope from magnificent
new residence on one of the outlying
hills of the Capital to the appropriation
of few thousand dollars for the reno
vation of one or more rooms in the old
mansion.
This latter plan has usually prevailed,
and the result has been that the interior
of the mansion. instead of presenting a
dignifed uniformity of design. has shown
all degrees of elegance to an almost
shocking want of It. Colonel Bingham.
the efficient Superintendent OF Public
Buildings and Grounds. has repeatedly
called the attention of Congress to this.
and 1t is largely due to his efforts that
the subcommittee of the Appropriations
Committee of the House took up the
matter seriously at this session. Mrs.
Roosevelt has felt the keenest interest
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death presenting the appearance of In
iarnmation.
1t happened that during the sickness
Mr.. Maybrick called for some white
powders. The wife went into Mr.. May
bricks private room and secured one
OF the papers. This he asked to be
emptied into bottle of beef Juice. This
act was never denied in the trial. Mrs.
Maybrick admitted it and explained that
she did not know the nature of the med
icine. She swore that she did not know
that her husband was addicted to the
arsenic habit-an affliction which was
shown to all Of Mr.. Maybrick's relatives,
but had been carefully concealed from
Mrs. Maybrick.
The poison was found by the police
distributed all over the house. 1t was
everywhere. In plain view and accessi-
bic. One large paper was found in
hat box in Mrs. Maybrick's dressing
room, one in a trunk in the linen closet.
several in other localities. The great
est amount was discovered in the dress
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with Lord de Grey. Lord Steward. CT the
household of Queen Alexandra. and with
Sir Herbert Parry, the famous musician.
Mr.. Herbert's wife is a daughter of
Richard L. Wilson. the banker. Of New
York. and is related to the Fanderbilts.
Ogden Coelets, and Astors. The Herberts
have two children-noys-Sid and
Michael George.
Mr.. Herbert met and married Miss
Leila Wilson when he was charge daft
faires IN Washington after the recall OF
Lord Sackville West in 1883. He has
had varied diplomatic experience In
various countries. having been attached
to Paris. Washington. The Hague, Con-
stantinople. and Rome.
Companion Of the Order of the Bath.
At the time of the Armenian massa-
cres he was acting as charge d'affaires
in Cons,antinople. In acknowledgment
Of mis- energy and judgment ne was
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brevet title. although on several occa-
sions it enabled him TO take the British
ambassadors place at Paris.
A Great Promotion.
His appointment here as ambassador
Is a great promotion for him. not only
in the diplomatic service. but also with
regard TO his income. AS secretary of
the embassy In Paris he received G1 200
(s6,O0O) per annum. and II is now al
most assured that the British govern
ment will raise the salary of the am
bassador here TO 10000 (S50.000) per
annum. so the difference is very con-
siderable
BY the political world Mr.. Herbert
will be most cordially welcomed in
Washington. His ability. charm OF man
ner. and distinguished services are well
known and appreciated here; in the So
cial world there is no doubt that he and
lis wife Will be great acquisition.
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Notable for Distinguished Ap-
pearaRce-Lisps and Has a
Languid Nanner-fiis Wife
dn American Womdn-An
Ancient Lineage-Compan-
ion of the Order Of the Bath.

When Thomas Jefferson was accredit-
ed to the court of Louis XVI the Comte
de Vergennes asked if he did not replace
Mr.. Franklin.
81 succeeded him" said jefferson; mo
one could replace him"
1t is in much the same spirit that the
public seems disposed to speak Of Lord
Pauncefote's successor.
The Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, C.
B., Great Britains recently appointed
ambassador to the United States, is a
man of charming personality and OF a
most illustrious family
In his forty-ffth year. having been
born on June %. 1857, he is a young man
for his new dignity. In appearance tall.
slim. graceful, and accredited with good
looks. he takes after his father. who,
Mr. Gladstone said, was the handsomest
man he ever saw; while his brother, the
Earl of Pembroke. was considered, when
he was in the House of Commons, the
best looking man in that celebrated as
sembly.
Lisps and Has Languid Manner.
Mr.. Herbert has a somewhat languid
manner and a slight lisp, which does not
strike one as an affectation. but as a
. certain lively lady said, makes him Tho
{ delightfully."- awithtocwatic. But be-
hind this dilettante exterior lies a pow
erful individuality and a most accom-
plished brain, for he belongs to the
world of diplomats a la late Lord Dui-
ferin-suaviter in modo, fortiter In re.
The Herbert family trace their de-
scent back to a certain Herbert Fitz
Herbert, who was treasurer and cham
1857 we hear of the head of the family
as very wealthy and powerful. He is
described as riding to his mansion Of
Baynard Castle attended by retinue OF
three hundred horsemen, of which one
hundred were gentlemen clad in plain
blue cloth. with chains of gold and
badges OF a dragon (the Herberts' cresD
on their sleeves.
Another ancestor, the eighth Earl Of
Pembroke. was one OF the lord justices
who governed Great Britain in the in
terim between the death of Queen Anne
and the arrival OF George V from Hano-
yer. and at the coronation Of George l
he bore before the King the sword Cur
tana," whatever that may be.
The present earl of Pembroke. as
lord steward of the household and n
close personal friend of Edward VII, is
also about to be leading actor In the
mammoth pantomimic pageant at the
crowning Of that monarch.
Mr.. Herbert is the fourth son OF the
late Sidney. Lord Herbert of Lea. an
eminent statesman. who was secretary
for war in the early cos. and has left a
name in the literary world as an author
OF biography and travels. This gentle
man was the younger son OF the elev-
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:THE NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR:

eDth Earl of Pembroke by his second
wife the daughter of Count Woronzow. a
Russian nobleman: a beautiful lady
from whom 1t is said the present family
inherits good looks.
One Brother Living.
The Hon. Michael Herbert has only
one brother living, the fourteenth Earl
of Pembroke. His eldest brother, v no
also held the title. died without issue.
while his third brother. midshi3man
in the navy. was lost at sea on board
H. u. S. the Captain in 1870.
Through his sisters he is connected
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created Companion of the Order Of
the Bath.
He attended in 1897 the International
Sanitary Conference at Venice as Brit
ish delegate, and in the same year was
appointed British agent to attend the
Tribunal of Arbitration in the Venezue-
Ian boundary question, which appoint
ment he held till 1888.
When he was made secretary of the
embassy at Paris, as a mark of honor
and reward for his service, he was made
minister plenipotentiary in the diplo-
matte service. In Mr.. Herbert's case
this was more or less a courtesy, or
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But Out of This Riot and Confusion IS 10
Emerge a Grander and More Luxurious
Home, Suitable Abode for the Head
of Great and Opulent Nation Spa
Cious and Full of Comfort Will Be the
MOderniZed Executive Mansion. ,. D.

floor. will contain the servants quarters
and storerooms. but the paved walk
through them will be most ornate. The
top of each colonnade will be lined with
an elegant stone railing. which will sup
port growing palms and standards for
electric lights. the fine effect of which
both by day and night can easily be i'm
aglned. 1t is expected that the building
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Scenes of Apparent Ruin and Desolation
Where Once. All Was Rich and Splen-
did With Luxurious Furnishings and the
Decorations of Art---HistOriC Columns
and Mantels Torn Away and the Floors
Covered With Dust and Debris. D. D.

dence for our Presidents. With almost
the entire lower floor given over to
half of the second used for executive
offices. the families of our Presidents,
for two thirds of century. have been
crowded into quarters that are totally
insufficient for the comfort of family
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At last radical restorations and I'M
provements are to be made in the old
est and most historic Government build
ings of the National Capitalize Pres
ident's house.
For many years ii has been a much
mooted question as TO what ought to be
done to provide a more adequate resi-