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The Topeka state journal., 1902-02-12
THE LIST COMPLETE.
The Westminster Kennel Club Has
2,366 Entries For Show.

New York, Feb. 12.-The entry list
of the annual bench show of the West
minister Kennel club, to be held next
week in the Madison Square garden, is
now complete, the total number being
1885, which is a new record for bench
shows in this country. The greatest in
crease among the breeds is in old Eng
lish sheep dogs, there being 43 this year,
as compared with seven a year ago.
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BROKE HER NECK.
Trapeze Performers Foot Slipped and
She Fell.

Newport News, Va, Feb. 12.-Eva
Gilbert, a trapeze performer at the
Powhattan theater, broke her neck last
night during the performance. In her
aerial act she swung from a trapeze,
catching her foot in loop about 35 feet
from the floor. Last night her foot
slipped from the loop and she fell head
long to the floor, almost among the
Mortified specta tors. She died in ten
minutes The woman's home was in
New York. She was a widow.
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A very pretty little home wedding
which took place Tuesday evening was
that of Miss Cora Bee Clough and MI
Charles Foster Sheffield. Miss Clough
graduated from the Topeka high school
in the midwinter class of 1902; her
home is in Dodge City but as she has
spent the past four years here, the
wedding took place at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Wardall at SO7 Van Buren,
street.
The ceremony was performed at 8
o'clock by Rev. P. w. CranneII of the
First Baptist church in the presence of
about 40 guests. There were no attend
ants and as the young couple entered
Miss Emma Gordon played MendelS-
sohn's wedding march.
The bride wore a dainty gown of
white silk mouSSeline with trimmings of
valenciennes lace. She wore orange
blossoms and carried liberty roses.
The color scheme throughout the
house was pink and white with back
ground of green After the ceremony
refreshments We're served in the dining
room by Miss Flora Fisher and Miss
Gertrude Harris.
The guests were received by Mrs H.
w. Clough of Dodge City, mother of the
bride. Mrs. E. M. Wardell assisted by
Miss Belle Cook and Miss Maud Sheerer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheffield left at once for
two weeks trip to Chicago. The
brides going away gown was of cram
berry colored broadcloth, tailor made
with small hat to match.
Both young people are well and fa
Vorahly known in Topeka; Mr.. Sheffield
has been employed in the Santa Fe Of
fees for a number of years.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. John Rees Price. of Turon, Kan,
has issued cards announcing the mar
riage OF his daughter Jennie, and Mr.
George McKinstry, which took place
Wednesday, February 3. Mr.. and Mrs.
McKinstry will be at home to their
friends after March Is, at 915 North
Main street, Hutchinson. Mrs. McKin-
stry formerly lived in Topeka and her
many friends will be interested in hear
ing of her marriage. She spent several
weeks in the city this winter the guest
Of Mrs Weightman and daughter, Mrs.
Lille Stevenson.
Mrs. A. d. Drake returned to Emporia
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we are going to do our best to get into
the pool.
Mr. Wiegand and I will go to Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and possibly New Or
leans and consult with the agents of
steamship lines there, and when we get
through / think you will find that all
the Continental lines will be in the
combination. Our visit has nothing to
do with arranging rates for passengers"
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A BOLD THEFT.
ferry MaeCarthy Steals $4,000 in
Diamonds From Glsndive Depot

Butte. Mont. Feb. PA Glendiye.
Mont, special to the Miner SAYS Jerry
MacCarthy, a baseball player. was yes
terday given five years in the state
prison for the theft of nearly $4,000
worth of diamonds from the trunks of
C. b. C;aussen, a travelling salesman
for a Minneapolis jeWelry house Mac
Carthy confessed the crime, and led the
officers to the cache where he had
eecreted the plunder. The trunks were
rified as they Law in the express room
of the depot. The robbery was par
ticuIarly bold.
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Clyde Fitch is Ill.

New York, Feb. 12.-CIyde Fitch the
playwright, is i'll in Atlantic City with
acute intestinal trouble. His condition
is not thought to be serious.
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Will Be For Wells.

The Republican county convention in
Neosho county will be held on March 10.
and it will select delegates to both state
and the Third district conventions. The
state delegation win be instructed TO
work for Seth Wells for state auditor.
Neosho is Wells home county. The con-
gressional delegation will doubtless be
uninstructed, as any Instructions might
injure Wells in the Third district.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-02-12

No one would ever be bothered with
constipation if everyone knew how
naturally and quickly Burdock Blood
Ritters regulates the stomach and
bowels.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-02-12

City Ticket Office
Union Pacific r. R.. SIS Kansas ave.
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12. REST Thou on This Messy Pillow
Sheffield -CIough.

Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Foster
Mrs EerrV
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Ladies' Music Club Meets.

The Ladies' Music club held it's reg
uiar melting this morning at the home
of Mrs. J. w. Going, on Topeka avenue.
Prof. G. b. Penny gave a short lecture
on the subject "Old Dance Form" The
programme, which was of unusual in
terest, was as follows:
1. Minuet Boccherini
Mrs. MacLennan.
,. M1nuet --.-........S Seaboeck
Mrs. Stoker.
j. Nlnuel- .A1oSkOWSk1
Mrs. Dickie.
Z. oafaDande- aanQel
Mrs. Foster.
Miss Thompson.
6. Harmonious Blacksmith" .. Handel
Miss Otis.
4 bouree----- ----.-..-.-- ....-. .Bacn
Mrs. Going.
8. Musette and gavotte. Bach
Mrs MacLennan-
3. Aria from. Carmen n''............ Bizet
Mrs. Thomas.
H. The Danza" 49,. Chadwick
Mrs Kleinhans.
IL. II Know Not Why Krerssy
Miss Horner.
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Miss Louise Jones, of Milwaukee,
niece of Mrs. Henry Q. Payne, will
live with the new Postmaster Gen
erals family at Washington. It is
expected that she will cut dashing
figure in Washington society. She is
about twenty Ave years old and very
beautiful.
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An Informal Affair.

Miss Edith Root entertained inform
allv Tuesday evening at her home on
Tyler street, complimentary to Miss
Ethel Root, of Lebanon, Kas. Cards
and music made the evening pass very
pleasantly. Refreshn ents of ice cream,
cake and coffee were served.
The evening was enjoyed by the fol-
lowing guests: Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
Cummins, Miss Ethel Root. Miss Edna
Simpson, Miss Lille Todd, Miss Grace
Root, Miss Bessie Root. Miss Edith
Root. Mr.. Pearl Cowman, Mr.. George
Bates, Mr.. Ben Cohn, Mr.. Lem Nc
Ghee and Mr. Charles Root.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-03
THE CREMERIE ENLARGES
Prosperity Makes It Necessary tc
Secure Additional Room.

If the continued increase of business at
the Cremerie restaurant is any indica-
ton of the growth of Topeka, then our
city is certainly very rapidly nearing
the half-hundred thousand mark in pop
ulation. Whatever the cause may be,
however, it is fact that the Cremerie
is no longer able to properly care for its
patrons with its present capacity.
Accordingly. Clarence Scott, the wide
awake proprietor of this popular Topeka
eating house has secured a lease on the
rear end of the store room which joins
the restaurant on the north and work
men are now tearing down walls and
partitions to prepare for the new ar
rangementS.
Mr. Scott will move his kitchen into
the addition and will then take out the
partition which now separates the pres
ent dining room and kitchen. This
change will double the capacity of the
dining room and will also give larger
quarters in the new room for the kitch-
en-. AS the rear of the building now oc-
cupied by the restaurant is all windows
the dining room Will have the advantage
of good light and excellent ventilation
Hardly a day goes by now without
people being turned away for the simple
reason that there is not room to seat
them Mr. Scott has often heard the re-
mark by business men of Topeka that
they would like to patronize the Gre
merle, but can't spare the time it fire.
quently takes in waiting for accommoda-
tionS-
1t now seems that ample room will be
made for all and Mr.. Scott is to be con-
graduated upon his arranging to take
care of his increasing business instead
of trying to get along in the present
Cramped quarters. He also expects to
make a number of general improve
ments in his restaurant and says that
the service will be better all around
One feature will be the running of
steam pipes under shelves, tables, etc.
for the purpose of keeping all the dishes
warm. He intends having a model
kitchen and says it will stand inspection
by all who care to enter.
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Crowd Gathers at the Pittsburg
Railway Station
To Witness the Return of the
Dead COnv1cts.
MOB is DRIVEN BACK.
The Bodies Were Shipped in
Rough Boxes.
Turned Over to Harry Biddle
Who Will Bury Them.

Pittsburg, Feb. 3.-The remains of
Edward and John Biddle. the dead
bandits, arrived at the Pittsburg &
Western railroad station shortly after
o'clock this morning and We're at once
taken to the Pittsburg morgue In
spite of the intense cold and the COM
paratiyely early hour of their arrival,
hundreds of persons gathered in the
waiting room by 1880, and by the time
the train arrived the crowd had in
creased to a thousand or more.
When the train drew in there was
rough scramble to get to the platform
of the depot, during which several were
bruised by being crushed against the
side of the stairway. The remains
were in rough boxes in charge of De-
tectiVeS Roach and Gebhart, who ac-
companied Deputy Sheriff Hook Con-
stable Aaron Thompson and j. Holh-
day, of Butler. The morgue wagon was
waiting and the bodies were quickly
driven to the morgue for Identification.
An immense crowd soon gathered, but
a large detail of police prevented then
from entering the building. the re-
mains of the murderers will be turned
over to their brother, Harry Biddle,
who will see that they receive proper
interment in the South Side cemetery.
The funeral will be conducted as pr1-
vately possible, and Rev. Father
Sweeney, the priest who rendered spir-
itual advice to the BiddleS while they
were III the H4CISOuTS JAIL Will SoAA0uSe
the services.
Dispatches from the Butler hospital
this morning report Mrs. Soffel's con-
dition as unchanged. While it is be-
lieved she will get well. the danger is
not passed and on account of this un-
certainty in her condition nothing is be-
ing done in the way of preparations for
her removal to Pittsburg. If she lives
in addition to answer to the charge OF
aiding prisoners to escape, she will be
confronted by charges of furnishing the
Biddles with fire arms and aiding the
felonious assault upon the Jail guards
and the officers who effected the cap
ture in Butler.
Mrs. Soffel is already taking steps to
defend herself and has written to a
prominent Pittsburg attorney to engage
his services. Her father is said to be
quite well to do, and as her parents are
relenting, she hopes to receive aid from
them.
The prison board is satisfied Mrs.
Soffel had assistance within the prison
walls and before the Biddle incident is
finally closed 1T is probable there will
be an almost entirely new force of at
taches at the Jail.
The county authorities do not believe
Ed Biddle's dying statement implicat-
ing Jennie Seebers in the Kahney muir
der, and it is not likely any action will
be taken by them.
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.BISCHOFF AS ASSESSOR
Well Known German Citizen to
Be Appointed.

Oscar Bischoff is to be appointed this
evening at council meeting to the posi-
ton of city assessor to succeed Col.
James Burgess. Mr.. BischoH will hold
office for two years, and his pay is 50
per day for all the time devoted to the
work Of assessing.
The Office of city assessor is probably
the only one in the whole list that
Mayor Parker has been allowed to Sc
lect by his own free will. Apparently
everybody forgot that on Monday, Feb.
8, the term of office of Colonel Burgess
would expire, and consequently there
have been no applicants for the place
Oscar Bischoff is one of the most
prominent German citizens of Topeka
During President Cleveland'S first ad-
ministration Mr. Bischof served as
American consul to Sonneburg, Ger
many. He is thoroughly familiar with
the real estate situation in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-03
KENDRICK HERE.
Santa Fe Vice President Comes
to See Officials.
L. N. Ristine Appointed Mechan-
ical Superintendent Here.

J. W. Kendrick, third vice president
of the Santa F'e, came to Topeka to-
day on No. 1 from Chicago, and has
been in conference with General Man
ager H. U. Nudge and other. Santa Fe
officials this afternoon. 1t is understood
that his visit here is for several pur-
poses, the principal one being to consult
concerning the proposed changes in the
mechanical department of the road.
Another object of the trip is to in
spect his new private car which is just
being completed at the Santa AFe shops
here.
Coincident with Mr.. Hendricks ar
rival, a new batch of important APP
pointments and changes are announced
by the Santa Fre officials. Besides the
appointment of F. ]. Shepherd to be
general superintendent of the coast
lines, the following are announced:
+. N. RiStine, of Oeiwin Ia, has been
appointed mechanical superintendent
for the eastern grand division of the
Santa F'e main lines, with headquarters
in Topeka. He will arrive in Topeka
Tuesday to begin his work
Mr.. RiStine comes to the Santa Fe
from the Chicago Great Western shops
at Oelwin. where he has been assistant
superintendent of motive power. Before
going to Oelwin, he was connected with
the Northern Pacific at Fargo, N. D.
He started his railroad career as a loco
I1OllN0 engineer.
]. E. Mcleod, recently in the Office of
General Manager H. U.Mudge, has been
appointed chief clerk in the Santa Fe
storehouse here, under Storekeeper AS.
Hilton.
1t is reported from unofficial sources
that James Lander, division master me-
chanic of the Santa Fe at Cleburne, Tex.
and the division master mechanic at AL
buquerque, have both rendered their
designations. Apparently the reorgani-
Zation of the mechanical department
contemplates a change in the division
master mechanics.
w. E. Merrifield, formerly of Newton,
Kan, but now of La Junta. has been
appointed chief dispatcher for the Santa
F'e railway on the western division He
succeeds J. F. Harnit, resigned. Mr..
Merrifelds headquarters will be at
Dodge City.
Mr.. Merrifield has been in the employ
of the Santa F'e telegraph department
for 16 years. He was formerly chief
dispatcher of the Middle division of the
road but when the headquarters were
moved to Newton, he took a dispatch
er's trick, although he was offered the
job of night chief.
E. M Roush of Emporia has been ap-
pointed to the position of general fore
man of bridges, building and water SER
vice for the Oklahoma division and will
have his headquarters atArkanSaS City.
D. Cross who formerly held this position
has been assigned to other duties.
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miles an hour and many telegraph, tel
ephone and electric light wires went
down before it.
Buffalo, n. Y, Feb. 3.-The snow
storm which prevailed yesterday abated
during the night Mails from the east
and west are from one to four hours
late. The mail from Pittsburg due at
z a. m. has not been heard from while
the mail train on the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg railroad for points in
Pennsylvania has been abandoned.
SCHOONER IDENTIFIED.
Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 3-The four
masted schooner ashore on Brigantine
shoal is the Edith l. Allen, Captain
Gilkey, from Brunswick, January %, for
New York; her home port.
The schooner which went ashore on
Brigantine shoa1 is the Edith L. Allen,
from Brunswick, Ga, for New York,
the condition of the British steamship
Claverdale, which stranded on Brigan-
tine shoal in a dense fog yesterday
morning. A high wind prevails and the
wrecking tugs have not been able to
render assistance to the distressed yes
sci. 1t is probable that it will be neces-
sary to remove her cargo before she
can be fioated The Claverdale was
bound$ from China and Japan with a
cargo valued at 50, 500, 900, consisting of
1000 tons of tea and 5000 tons of gen
eral cargo. The crew of % men re-
mains aboard. The stranded ship is
visible from the board walk here, and
thousands of visitors are viewing the
unusual spectacle of a great steel
steam ship lying almost out of the
water. The Claverda1e is almost a new
vessel, having been built at Stockton,
England, in 1899. She halls from Lon
don, and is owned by E. Hazlehurst &
Co. She is built of steel and is mod
ern cargo carrier, registering $500 gross
WORST OF THE SEASON.
Watertown, N Y, Feb. 3.-The worst
throughout northern New York since
early yesterday morning. Snow has de-
layed traffic greatly.
FREIGHT TRAINS ABANDONED.
Utica, N. Y, Feb. 3.-A fearful bliz-
zard prevails in central and northern
New York. The railroads are tied up
and there is no prospect of the north
and south lines getting open for several
days. Freight trains are abandoned.
ALL BUT SNOW BOUND.
Rochester, N. Y, Feb. 3.-Rochester
is all but snow bound today. The heavy
snow driven along by high gale which
railroad trains are behind schedule time
from one to six hours, while electric
cars have been abandoned on all except
ing some of the principal short routes
in the city.
TRAINS HOURS LATE.
Corey, Pa, Feb. 3.-The worst bliz-
zard for many years has ragged in this
region for the past "a hours. It has
caused great damage to the railroads
and to telegraph and telephone wires
A dispatch from Meadeville, Pa, says
all Erie trains are from four to eight
hours late, and that freight traffic has
been abandoned.
BRITISH STEAMER AGROUND. .
Philadelphia, Feb. 3.-Reedy Island
reporting station notifies the Maritime
exchange that the British steamship
Drummond, Philadelphia, for st. Thorn
as is aground on Dan Baker shoals, in
the Delaware bay. about fifty miles be-
low this city.
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Wisconsin Congressman Creates
Alarm and CONSERVATION
By Offering an Amendment to
War Tax Repeal Bill.
TO CUT STEEL DUTIES,
And Place Some Dingley Ar
ticIes on the Free List,
Was His Proposition Defeated
by a Margin of One.

Washington, Feb. 3.-The ways and
N cans committee of the house by unan-
imouS vote today ordered a favorable
report on the war tax reduction bill.
A surprise occurred when Representa-
tive Babcock (Republican member)
offered his BILL largely reducing duties
on the steel schedule and placing some
articles on the free list, as an amend
ment to the tea repeal section. The
amendment was defeated to z, Messrs.
Babcock and Tawney and all the DEM
ocrats voting in the affirmative.
The Cuban reciprocity question also
came up Unexpectedly, Representative
Steele. of Indiana, moving a 25 per
cent. concession on Cuban sugar. The
motion was withdrawn, however, after
a brief exchange of comment.
The cloSeness of the vote on Mr..
Babcock's amendment reducing the
steel schedule caused much comm ent-
Messrs. Newlands and Cooper, Demo-
Gratis and Long and Hopkins, Repub-
licans, were absent. 1t was explained
they were either out of the city or de-
tained at important committee meet
ings elsewhere, and that the Babcock
motion was entirely unexpected.
The motion of Mr.. Steele for a % per
cent. reduction on Cuban sugar was re-
garded as rather facetious, and as a
rejoinder to the unexpected motion on
the steel schedule. Representative Rob-
reduction on Cuban sugar, was among
those who voted for the Babcock
amendment. Following this Mr.. Steele
made his motion, and sharp but good
natured' parley occurred between Mr.
Steele and Mr.. Robertson. The latter
suggested that if any motion on sugar
was to be made Mr.. Steele should
broaden his proposition so as to include
raw and refined sugars, placing them
all on the free list. Mr.. Steele did not
press the motion, however, and after
it's withdrawal the incident was looked
upon as humorous rather than as a Sc
rious, move toward dealing with the
Cuban question.
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UNDER The KNIFE.
General Funston UndergOes An
other Surgical Operation.
Will Be Kept in the Hospital
For Two Weeks.

Kansas City, Feb. 3.-General Fred
erick Funston today was subjected to
the surgeons knife. The operation was
performed at Scarritt's hospital, under
the direction of DR.. Z. F. Robinson, Of
this city, with whom the general had
been in correspondence since his land
ing at San Francisco, from Manila a
month ago. After General Funston ar
rived here from the west last week and
had sought a consultation with DR.. Rob-
inson, it was stated that another opera
ton, would not be necessary. Within a
day or SO, however the wound of the
original operation for appendicitis had
not healed as the physicians believed it
should and the second operation was de-
cided upon. Before the operation was
performed today DIR. Robinson stated
that it would prove a minor affair.
Later he stated that the general had
undergone the ordeal in a satisfactory
manner and that he believed the out
come would be what had been desired.
1t would be necessary, however, for the
patient to remain at the hospital for
probably two weeks.
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WHIT TEWASH SANTA FE.
No One Held Responsible For
Mark Withers' Death.

At the coroner's inquest held this
morning at the undertaking rooms of
DeMoss & Penwell, over the body of
Mark Withers, one of the men who were
killed in the accident at the Fourth ave
nue. railway crossing in the Santa Fe
yards, Saturday night, the jury return
ed a verdict attaching no blame for the
accident upon the railway employees.
The members of the jury were: L. NJ.
Carter, L. T. Gage, J. s. Mcclure, ]. NJ.
Holt, j. w. Russell and o. B. DeMoss.
Coroner Hogeboom this morning an
nounced that an inquest might not be
held over the body of Walter Deweese,
the other of the two men who were kill
ed in the accident. No witnesses have
been found who saw Deweese when the
freight car struck him, and Coroner Ho-
geboom announced that an inquest
might not be necessary.
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surrounded with mystery. Within two
hours, the hotel with other nearby build
ings, had been burned out. The fire
men continued their work and at $50
had begun to again secure the upper
hand.
1t was not until 10 o'clock however
that it was definitely felt that the fire
had been conquered. The Scovil House
and the Franklin House ruins were still
blazing and in the ruined district vol
umeS of smoke arose from the debris
Some of the principal losses on build
ings reported are as follows:
w. H. Camp block in which was To-
Gated Reid & Hughes store. $4,000;
Masonic temple, $50, 900; O'Connor block,
$35, 600; Greenberg S Buckner, $30.0O0;
Old American block, Charles Miller
owner, $35, 600; johnson block, $40, 600;
Jones, Morgan & Co, clothiers, $4,000;
J. 3. Mullings & Son, clothiers, 100000;
Camp block, in process of demolition,
$50, 900; New England Engineering COM
pany, $4,000; Franklin house, totally
destroyed, $4,000; Turkish bath, w. G..
Schlegel, proprietor, $4,000; Jean Jac-
ques block, $40, 900; Mrs. w. c. Bannon's
block, occupied by Anson Sellew COM
pany, $4,000; George L. Judd block, oc-
cupied by La Hoffman company,
$50. 600; Ashworth block, occupied by b.
c. Church company, $50, 600; Waterbury
American, loss on building, $4,000;
Schlitz Brewing company, $50. 900; Con-
lon Bros, $50. coo; Edward AIcGraw, two
blocks, $S5. 600; Meigs block, $4,000;
Whittlesey block $50 900; Boston Furni-
ture company, $4,000; Bronson block,
$35 900.