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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-10
American League.

(By the Associated Press)
At Boston II II Il
Boston :. 100000 00O2 % 2
Washington 81 0100 % 0 0--3 10
Other American League games post
poned on account of rain.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-10
Latimer and Hayward Lead
iBy the Associated Press. }

lBy INC ASsOCIdJUU FTVal.J
Charleston S. c., Sept. 9.-Everything
row points to the election of Asbury G.
I.atimer for United States Senator and
u. C. Hayward for governor at the Demo-
CRITIC primal les today.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-10
National League.
u II II

At Boston Il H f.
Boston :. .....4 0 012OO a. 2
Chicago :. .....1 O / 2 10 o 0-6 10 1
Other National League games post
poned on account of rain.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22

Germany is ready to sumbit her case to
any impartial tribunal she would pre-
fer President Roosevelt for the reason
that President Castro Is more likely to
accept the decision of the president than
that of The Hague tribunal. If Presj-
dent Castro evades payment under
President Roosevelts award the people
of the United States, it is claimed here
with positive pleasure, will see the
allies compel him to pay up.
The United States is considered here
as emerging from the affair with all
credit. The Monroe doctrine has been
powers of Europe. President Roosevelt
has been accepted as arbitrator by all
the parties concerned and the South
American states have been persuaded
by events that the United States is the
only power between them and Europe
The only annoying thing to the German
government has beer the alleged readi-
ness of Americans to suspect Germany
distrust of Germany has been painful
surprise to the emperor and to the
cabinet.
DECLARATION OF WAR.
Port of Spain. Trinidad. Dec. 22.-Ofi-
cial announcement is made here that
Sir Courtenay Knollys, the acting gov
ernor, will issue today special royal
gazette containing declaration of war
against Venezuela The act is one of
formality, taken with the intention to
legalize the preclam ton of the block
ade.
The Mirror in an inspired article says:
''All commercial intercourse between
the two peoples is interclcted When
hostile vessels capture a neutral the
property on board. is not affected. A
free ship makes free goods. They may
capture the enemy's ships and the
enerny's property on board, but they
must spare neutral vessels and all goods
thereon. and also neutral goods found
in the enemy's vessels"
The declaration win have the effect of
legalizing the seizure Of Venezuela war
ships.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
ROOSEVELT RETURNS.
The President and Family Are
Back in Washington.

Washington, Dec. 22-President Roose-
welt and family arrived in Washington
from Rapidan, Va, at 11:25 o'clock to-
day. 1Eey were met al the station by
Secretary Cortelyou and were driven dl-
rectly 10 the White House. The trip
from RaDidan was made without npte
wcrthy of incident The president was
in excellent spirits and expressed HIM
self as having. had a delightful outing
notM outstanding the heavy and inces-
SAINT rain of yesterday.
President Roosevelt reached his Office
in the executive building about noon
and began Immediately to dispose of Of
fetal matters that had accumulated
during his absence. He received only a
few callers.
The announcement was made at the
executive offices that between Christ
mas and New Years day the president
would not make any appointments for
receiving callers and that, during that
week he would have no regular office
hours. He will spend as much time in
the open air, horseback and carriage
riding as his duties will permit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
HITS ANTI PEDDLER LAW.
Judge Alden Claims Measure Is No
Valid.

In a brief filed today in the supreme
court Judge Alden of Kansas City,
Kas, attacks the validity of the anti
peddler bill, passed by the last legisla-
ture.
This was law which was designed
to shut off lightning rod agents, gro
Gerry peddlers, and others of that class
who came into the state from outside in
order TO fleece the farmers 1t made
some exceptions, however. and this is
where the law is attacked.
w. A. Jarivs( a citizen of Georgia, came
to Kansas to peddle steel ranges for a
ST Louis firm. He was working among
the farmers of Ness county. but re-
fused to take out the license required
by the anti-peddler law. He was ar
rested on December l and had his trial
before a justice of the peace on Decem-
Der g. and was fined $25 and costs and
was committed to Jail until they were
paid He refused to pay his fine and
his firm employed Judge Alden to bring
habeas corpus proceedings in the su-
preme cour1 to get him out of jail.
Judge Alden alleges that the law is class
Hesitation and therefore unconstitu-
tional
There will be considerable interest in
the case. because it gives an opportunity
to put a stop to a large number of
erafters who have found Kansas a
profitable field ever since the era of
good crops came on, but it also puts a
stop to considerable legitimate solicit
inc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
e DEAD.
Rear End Collision of Fast Pas.
senger Trains
On the Southern Pacific Near
Byron Station, California.

San Francisco, Dec. 22.-The latest re-
vised list of the railway collision on the
Southern Pacific near Byron station
shows that the following twenty three
are dead:
ROGERT RENWICK.
WILLIAM L. TEMPLE.
LEONARD S. ERWIN.
TUNG TAI GUNG, Chinese woman.
All QUOY, Chinese girl.
RICHARD POST.
YUKY MAIGOWA.
HADRU MAIGGWA.
MRS. ELIZABETH SMITH.
CLARENCE d. CLUES.
MISS MABEL VESEY.
MISS BIRDIE ELLIOTT.
CHARLES A SESSIONS.
CHARLES OWENS.
MISS MINNIE MAYER.
F. S EASTMAN
FONG DICK, Chinese woman.
CARL MAYER.
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE WOMAN.
MISS ALICE SULLIVAN.
D. K VERNON.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED CHINESE.
There are still twenty-one survivors Of
the accident, but the condition of four
OF these IS extremely critical and addi-
tiopal names may yet have to be added
to the death list.
An official investigation into the cause
of the disaster has begun by Coroner
Curry, who proposes to thoroughly slft
bility. There appears to be no doubt
that the Stockton flyer, which ran into
the Owl train, was signaHed and thai
the engineer responded with a whistle
and threw on the brakes
The question which seems open is
whether or not the signal was given in
time to avert the collision.
News of the disastrous wreck reached
San Francisco through a telephone mes
sage asking that relief trains be sent to
the scene which is Sixty-eight miles
distant Details were asked of the man
who called for assista nee, biit ne was
too much excited to say more than that
the Stockton flyer ran into the Owl
limited from the rear and that twenty
seven or more persons were killed and
injured. fifteen of them being killed.
Most of the passengers who were struck
ware on board the Owl limited
The Owl limited is a solid vestibuled
train which runs between this city and
Los Angeles. It consists of a composite
car. double drawingroom, sleepers. a
dining car between San Francisco and
Mendoza and day coaches between this
city and Fresno. 1t is one of the f1nesl
trains on the Southern Pacific.
The wrecked Owl left San Francisco
at 4:30 o'clock heavily laden with pas
sengers, among them many excursion
lists who were going to visit the orange
groves of the southern part of the
state.
The Stockton flyer consisted of sleep
ers and dining car, being a heavy, as
well as fast, train. It left San Fran
cisco half an hour behind the Owl and
should not have overtaken it. Appar-
foreseen accident and was unable to flag
the swift express following.
Most of the killed and injured were
residents of Fresno.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
KEEP on RIGHT SIDE.
The Driving Ordinance Will Be Passed
Tonight

To satisfy the idea of somebody, the
council will this evening pass an ordinance
calculated to compel everybody riding or
driving on Kansas avenue and other paved
streets TO take the right side of the street
so far as practicable.
1t is supposed that the automohilists are
backing this ordinance and nobody will
deny that the object which the ordinance
aims at is a worthy one. 1t would be a
good deal better for all concerned if people
would keep to the right hand side of the
street but the proposed ordinance contains
clause which makes it all but impossible
of enforcement The ordinance requires
people to keep to the right Eat all times
when PRACTICAL bic"
1t is probable that it would be impossible
to lass an ordinance any more strict in
form than this, and have it hold good in
the courts
The council will this evening also take
up the long delayed license ordinance, un-
less too much other business comes up.
The principal object of tonight's meet
ing however, is to pass the appropriation
ordinance so that the city employees can
have their December pay before Christ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
FLYER IS WRECKED.
Missouri Pacific Train Piled Up
at QuenemO.

The west bound Colorado Flyer on the
Missouri Pacific was derailed and
wrecked at Quenemo last night about 10
o'clock. 1t is reported here that all of
the cars left the track, and were piled
up considerably.
The east bound Flyer came over the
Santa Fe tracks from Usage City this
morning, and passed through Topeka
this morning.
The train is known as No. 1. and left
tho track Just east of Rantoul, and the
whole train with the exception of the
sleeper, tul ned into the ditch. Nobody
was killed. and only six persons slightly
injured a track is being built around
the wreci, and it is expected that serv-
ice. will be resumed this afternoon
Spreading rails caused the wreck. The
escape of the passengers is almost
miraculous. as the train was making
about ~ miles an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22

tween ! 1s corbett and McGovern has
alseady / ar the WY to have the mill
d; 'eided in soiie city. The fact that
the courts have g Tie astic promoters
Of Louisville .nceI zselnent regarding the
legality Of glow cooeests, has induced the
Southern A. e. of THAT city to make a bid
for the n-iis. its Representative. Tim
Hurst. annoaucea today that tn club was
ready to donate purse of $1,000 3r 50
per cent of the gross receipts for the fray
As this is the largest purse offered thus
far there is every likelihood that it will be
a accepted. According to Hurst. MATCHMAKER
Gray IS very confident that he can pull off
the mill and is now -eady to post 5000,
which the pusilists demallo as 3 forfeit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
RESTS At RIVERSIDE. RlIlvg
Body of Mrs. Grant Placed Be-
side That of Her Husband.

New York, Dec. 22.-The body of Mrs.
Ulysses >. Grant lies in the sle7t red
granite sarcophagus beside thai in
which the remains of her husha "a rest.
On the arrival of the funeraI train at
Jersey City. the casxet, piled high with
hcw ers. was borne on the shoulders of
SIX men on board the ouartermaster's 5
department steamer General Meigs, a
detachment of u. S. Grant Post, G. a
r., and the committee of the Grant Me-
mortal association which accompanied
the funeral from Washington, acting as
escort. The body was placed in a pier
on The forward deck of the Meigs, which
started Immediately up the river bound
for the tomb.
L he members of the funeral party pro-
cseded greet to the Fifth Avenue hotei.
On reaching the landing place, the
casket was transferred to a hearse and
taken to the tomb the route being lined
by couble ranks of police. The body
WIS SI2-co in the sarcophagus without
any ceremony, in the presence of u. s.
Grant ir.. the n9afnbs.S of the escort
and & little group of officials, and the
massive lid. whieh weighs about five
tons. was quickly lowered and sealed in
place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
Fire Breaks Out in the Business
Center of Knoxville.
Started in the Store Opposite
Central Fire Station.
LOSS OF s5OO,OOO.
Progress of the Flames Was
Aided by Explosions.
Chattanooga Was Called Upon
for Aid.

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. 22.-The worst
fire that has ravaged the business por-
tion of the city since the Disbar million
confiagration of 1897, broke out at 1:30
this morning in a four-story building
on Commerce avenue directly opposite
the Central fire station and occupied by
the Knoxville Pants company. In two
hours buildings adjoining it on Com
merce avenue occupied by Broyles, Nc
Clellan & Lackey, agricultural imple-
ment dealers; the David Commission
company; the immense establishment or
the Brown Hardware company, on Gay
street; Shanklin Grain company, and
the r. H. Cattee & Co. building. on the
same street. had been completely
burned out. The six-story building of
McTeer, Hood & Co., wholesale clothiers.
and the three-story building of the Da-
vies Furniture company withStOod the
storm of flying embers and were but
little damaged. Brandau & Kennedy.
retail clothiers; w. T. Newton, jewelers.;
the Whitle-Spence Bunk company ana
other retail stores on Gay street oppo-
site the burning structures were consid-
erably damaged. Conservative insur-
ance men say the loss will be betweela
four and five hundred thousand. Other
estimates place it much higher.
The McTeer and Davies buildings
seemed doomed, and although they We're
saved with small damage by hard work
on the part of the f1remen- Several
other structures were also afire at times.
incluC l. z the big establishment of Gill
lespie, Shields & Co, wholesale hatters.
but they were protected.
The fire was a fine spectacular one,
and attracted q crowd numbering into
the thousands 1t is a miracle that no
one was hurt with the showers of fall
ing glass and the terrific explosions In
the Brown Hardware company that
scattered bricks and all conceivable
articles of merchandise. Chattanooga
at its height and an engine company
had run by special train 29 miles in
% minutes towards this city when
stopped by fire. the fire being under
control. The collapse of the Brown
building saved the business district from
a loss of two millions at least, the flames
being easily handled after that struc-
ture had fallen. The heaviest loss Is
that of the Brown Hardware company,
which carried a $4,000 stock.
Partial estimates on the losses are as
follows: r. H. Cattee company, whole
sale liquors, stock and building. $4,000:
Knoxville Pants company. stock and
buildings, $4,000; Broyles, McClellen &
building, 5000; Shanklin Grain COM
pany. stock and building. $4,000; David
e Co, stock and building. $4,000:
Haynes & Henson, wholesale shoes, $10.-
900; McTeer. Hood & Co, wholesale
clothing, SIS, 600; Davies Furniture COM
pany, stock and building, $4,000; damage
to other buildings and stocks, $4,000.
All the firms except the David Commis-
sion company were insured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
SECRET is OUT.
Mr.. and Mrs. HI. j. Bone to Live
In Governors Mansion.
Wife of Private Secretary Will
Be "First Lady,"
BAILEY COMES BACK.
Makes Announcement of Ar
rangement on His Return.
Governor Elect Paying No At
tentiOn to Love Letters.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Bone will occupy
the governors residence during the Gov
ernor Bailey's aoministration-or at
least for the present If Cupid should
happen to do some random spoo.:ng iu
the governors direction when Mr.. Bail-
ey is not looking it might change this
arrangement, but for the present Mr..
and Mrs. Bone will do the honors at the
executive mansion.
Governor Bailey will have apartments
there, of course, and will make the ex-
ecutive mansion his home, but Mrs.
Bone will preside at the state social
functions.
Governor Bailey talked the matter
over with Mr.. Bone, his secretary, last
week, and when Mr.. Bone went home
to Ashland he conferred with his wife
about it He returned to Topeka last
evening, and today the governor-elect
returned from Baileyville. and the an
nouncement of the arrangement was
made.
Il have come back from spending a
few days at home,' said Mr.. Bailey this
morning, and now 1 am going to get 10
work again. 1 have only three weeks
left and have a lot of work to do be-
fore that time. Mr.. and Mrs. Bone will
occupy the executive residence and
will live with them. They will take
possession I suppose on the 18th of Jan
uarv.''
Mr. Bailey is paying no more atten-
ton to the letters he receives from girls
and women with an ambition to be mis-
tress of the governors residence.
Il guess the stenographer reads them
but don't" said Mr.. Bailey when ques-
toned about them today. Il am getting
sick of that sort of thing. It is gett gig
to be a decided chestnut and wish they
would ring off. I got one letter a day
or two ago, though, that was relief
The girl took back what she said IN
her former letters. She said she had
written to me twice before. Maybe she
had but never saw the letters. and
wouldn't have seen this one if my stem
ographer had not shown it to me- The
girl said she took back all she said in
the other letters-that I wasn't the kind
of a man she thought 1 was and she
didn't want me after ALL
And the next governor chuckled over
the recollection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
DR.. L.OWRY'S GOOD PLAN
Would Have One Layman on
State Board of Health.

The state board of health has planned
to ask the coming legislature to pass
three health measures. This was decld-
ed upon at the quarterly meeting of the
board held at Wichita a few days ago.
The first is an amendment to the
present law creating the board of
health, and is proposed by DR.. Charles
Lowry, its secretary. At present the
board is composed entirely of physi
clans. DR.. Lowry proposes to empower
the governor to appoint at least one lay
man on the board preferably a lawyer,
who is versed in sanitary science At
the meetings of the board questions
come up concerning which the board
would be benefited by having by having
the counsel of a lawyer or good busi
ness man, and for this reason it is
thought that it would be good plan to
have an attorney on the board.
Another proposed measure is one
which has been prepared by Prof. F. O.
Marvin of Lawrence, state sanitary en-
gineer, to give the board more author
ity over the building of new water
plants and the disposition of sewage.
At present the board can only act in an
advisory capacity in such matters Prof
Marvin is frequently called on for ad-
vice in the building of public water
plants and sewers, but if city council
wishes to disregard the laws of health
in the disposition of it's sewage it can do
so. This bill will be pushed by DR.. r.
E. Hutcheson of Pratt county.
The third measure will be to place the
state bacteriologist on a minimum SAL
ary and to make all examinations by
that officer free to Kansas physicians.
The state now owns valuable micro
scope for making these examinations
but the bacterioiogist. who is now DR..
Sara E. Greenfield of Hiawatha is al
lowed fee of five dollars for each ex-
animation made, paid out of the sani-
tary fund of the board As the fund Is
not large this keeps the number of ex-
aminations down to a comparatively
small number DR. Lowry says that if
physicians could have examination
made free it would render their WORK
in controlling tuberculosis and some
other diseases far more effective, as
they could easily tell when they reached
the stage when there is danger OF con-
ia giOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22

The Emporia Gazette says: County
Clerk Harry Peach this morning re-
ceived two letters from DR.. H. w Roby,
secretary of the state medical board
The first letter instructed Mr.. Peach to
write across the record of DR.. Meffert's s
license to practice in this state This
license revoked by the Kansas state
medical board of registration and exam
nation. July u, 1902" The second let
ter stated that since DIR. Roby had. writ
ten the first letter he had been informed
by the court that DR.. Meffert could
practice until his case is heard in the
supreme court. and Dr. Roby ordered
that the former order be entirely re-
voked and Meffert's license left as it was
for the present"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
WOMEN ROB MAN.
Sandbag Him and Threaten to Cut
His Throat If He Yells.

Baltimore. Dec. 22.-Rarney Abraham
son, an able bodied man, was sand
bagged and robbed early this morning
by two women footpads. One of them
struck him a stunning blow in the face
He fell and the other woman held him
down on the pavement
Keep your mouth shut and we wont
hurt you" said the woman who had
struck him.
Give us your money. If you make
sound we will cut your throat" said
the other.
I have only SO; take it ALL" gasped
the victim.
The women searched the pockets of
the PROSTATE man and found the S.
Then with a parting injunction to lie
still or We'll come back and attend to
YOU" the pair withdrew.
From Abrahamson's description Of his
assailants the police arrested Cora Full
Ter, 27 years old, and Mary E. Queen,
25. Both Were committed for court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
HOPE REvIvES.
YanderbiIt's Physicians Note
Signs Of Slight improvement.

New York. Dec. 22-Though no auth
oritative statement could be obtained as
to the condition of Cornelius Wander bit
at o'clock this morning it was said at
the house that the encouraging symp-
toms of the last two days had contin-
ued and that hope was strong for Mr..
Vanderbilt's recovery.
At $50 o'clock the physicians made
public the following bulletin: Mr. Van
derbilt had a very restless night and is
still seriously ill. His general condition
and temperature remain about the
same. Any slight changes perhaps are
on the side of Improvement
FLINT.
.JANEWAY."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
MILLS STORE NEWS.
VISIT OUR ENLARGED
FUR SECTION

When seeking suitable articles
for Christmas presents. Here
is displayed the largest and best
selected stock of the fine quail
ties of FURS that wehave ever
offered the public. We have
SCARFS, Coats, Jackets and
Mufs made from a large vari-
ETY. of Furs. No article of
wearing apparel is more accept
able than some piece of Fur, for
instance, an Isabella For Scarf
at $500 or a French Mdrte's
Scarf at 81. so. Then a Baltic
Seal Coat at $500 or beauti-
full Otter Coat would make a
gift that would surely please.
Selections made early give
larger assortment to select from
This ad. is for the Benefit of
the gentIemenzoffered as a
suggestion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-22
MERCURY UP AND DOWN.
Weather Is Uncertain but Promises
Fair

The United States weather bureau
never gieves out the ideas of the depart
nlert concerning what the weather will
be on Christmas day until a very sholt +
time Letoreband. The forecast sent our
today meal that fair weather will con
tinue for some time or that the present
lull ir Eostilities is the lull that pre-
codes storm
Today's forecast is Generally fair to-
ai1ilt and Tuesday Warmer Tuesday"
--Cider" Smith. who called the turn on
the last slorm, has announced a white
Christmas. The wind today was north
west l.is Wing u miles an hour. The
mere try bobbed up and down this norE-
ing. but seemed inclined to warmer
weather 'the temperature recorded to-