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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
PANIC ON A CAR.
Uncle Sans Soldiers just Back
from Philippines
Throw a Fellow Passenger
Through the Window.
STAB THE CONDUCTOR
Frightened Women Scream and
Men Run Away.
Three Of the Disturbers Arrest
ed by the Police.

New York, Jan. 19.-Riotous soldiers
from Fort Slocum created a panic on Z
trolley car bound for Mount Vernon
Sunday morning, and nearly murdered
the conductor. Louis Ettinger. The sol
diers, who are members of the Fight
ing Sixteenth" United States infantry
just back from Luzon, were drinking
from TASKS and having a boisterous
time. and one of them made an insult
ing remark which Mr.. Mitchell, a pass
senger. sand Daniel Long. asformer mo-
torman. resented. Then half a dozen
soldiers sprang on Long and Mitchell
and kicked and punched them.
In the excitement several of the sol
diers drew revolvers and began firing
through the windows. Women screamed
and tainted. while men ran to the plat
forms and jumped from the car. The
conductor, who was trying to collect
fares, received a knife thrust IN the
back and fell to the floor, and Mitchell
was thrown bodily through a car win
dow.
Four policemen boarded the car at
Sixth street. When the soldiers saw
tered in all directions, but three Of
them were captured. The prisoners de-
MED they did the stabbing, but after
they had been searched and nothing
was found on them, the police picked
up a biood-covered knife from the floor
where one of them had dropped it.
It is believed that Conductor Ettinger
is fatally wounded. The prisoners were
held for trial.
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LOCAL MENTION.

At 11:45 Sunday morning there was a
$40 fire at 313 Monroe street, the house
owned by J. M. Wilson and occupied
by Anna Davis. The cause was a de-
fective chimney.
City Attorney Chas. F. Spencer was
able to be at his office today for the
first time since Tuesday He has been
sick.
W. H. Damn was released today
from the detention hospital. his case
of smallpox having run its course. He
returned to Atchison. He says he has
not had smallpox, but only a form of
eczema. Damn talks about suing the
city, but there are said to be five doc
tors at the Santa Fe hospital who are
confident that Damn had smallpox.
The following notice was sent to the
State Journal today and there is a pos
sibility that it is a mistake: Col F. S.
Savage, manager of the Santa Fe ad-
vertising department is now putting in
all his spare time in Copeland county
buttonholing politicians, members of
the legislature and others in the in
terest eff his dark horse candidacy
for the state partnership. Now that
Arthur Capper has withdrawn the col
onel is the only candidate from Shaw
nee and feels much encouraged with
his prospects Of knocking the "persim-
mon"
The last game of the Y NJ C. A.
basket ball tournament viii be played
Tuesday evening, January 20, on the
7. NJ. c. A. floors. This game will de-
eide which team is the champion, the
ROYALS or the ORPHANS
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Great DISTRESS.
Situation in London Increases
in Seriousness.
Thousands More Than Usual
Out Of Employment.
AN ENDLESS STREAM.
Country People Are Pouring
Into the Cities
All of Which Are Already Over
crowded
AN ENDLESS STREAM.

New York. Jan. 19.-There can no
longer be any question as to the extent
and gravity of the distress now prevail
ing in London, says the Tribune's cor
respondent in London. Many thousands
OF men in excess of the usual average
are out of employment this winter, and
the warehouses cannot accommodate all
the people demanding shelter Things
have reached a serious pass in the east
end of the metropolis, while the tide of
alien immigration is steadily rising
higher and higher. A serious state of
affairs exists also in other parts Of
Great Britain An endless stream of
country bred folk are pouring into the
overcrowded cities. while Canadian
farmers organize expeditions to search
the old country for much needed labor
and OFFER good wages for efficient men
without satisfactory response.
Official statistics show that the Brit-
ish smlgrant does not generally elect
to make his home in the British colon
les. OF 205.91O emigrants from this
country last year. los. Sol went to the
United States. This condition of things
induced enc newspaper to declare that
perilled by the draughts made upon it
from America and that the greatest
and most benehcent work British
statesmen could perform for the well
fare Of the nation would be the inaug-
uration of some scheme for redistribut
ing the British people in the British
empire.
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.REEDER STRIKES SNAC.
May Not Be Chairman of Com
mittee on Irrigation.

Washington Jan. 9.-Representative
Reeder has run up against a snag in his
aspiration to be chairman of the COM
mittee on irrigation. The death of Rep
resentative Tongue of Oregon, chairman
Of the committee, seemed to make 1t
morally certain that the craftsmanship
would fall to him, as he is the ranking
that honor and It appears that while
the Kansas congressman has been rely
ing on precedent to a large extent, the
Montana representative has depended
upon no such doubtful and uncertain
support to advance his candidacy.
Mr.. Mondeil, who IS third on the
committee. is going to try to have him
self jumped over ReedeT, who is second,
and with this end in view he has al
ready secured the pledges of most of the
members of the irrigation committee
to ask the speaker to appoint him. This
will give him a pretty strong pull to
start with, but in addition to that, Mr..
Monden is very prominent and active
on the floor of the house, particularly
in all matter relating to irrigation, and
the president conferred upon him some
time ago the title of father of the irri-
cation measure. Upon Mr.. Reeder he
conferred only the assistant title.
On the other hand, Mr.. Reeder Is
handicapped by the fact that he is al
ready chairman of a good committee,
and has a handsome committee room.
Lots of congressman would be satisfied,
but Reeder isn't. He wants the worst
kind to be chairman of the committee
on irrigation and will make a strong
effort to land the place, Mr.. Mondel's
candidacy Notwithstanding The Mon
tana. congressman candidacy has only
and he has gone into the fight for all
there Is in It.
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ALEXANDRA,S ATTIRE.
startles the Fashion Set by Having
Her Shoulders Covered.

Women who blindly follow the fash
ions set by royalty are in despair be-
cause Queen Alexandra has taken to
wearing high necked gowns to the thea
ter. When the queen went to see Lang
try in The Crossways." she startled
the select audience by appearing with
her shoulders covered. The lovely queen
wore gown of black satin and chiffon
high to the chin. on the corsage some
softening laces of old ivory tone In her
hair she wore a curiously shaped orna-
ment of great singly set diamonds, and
her earrings, her only other jewels. were
perfect pearls. On account of blemish
on her throat the queen has always
worn very high collars. but she has
heretofore worn decollete gowns, adding
always a collar of Jewels at her throat
Her costume attracted more attention
by far than the much talked of gowns
of Mrs. Langtry.- Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

Chicago. Jan 1s-CATTLE-Recei to-
day. 10000 head. Market 1od15c lower
medium. s3.O0G450: stockers and feeders.
81 25Q4 40: cows. 81. 40d4.40: heifers, s2.GVd
AIS; Gamers S140d250: bulls. $1,000 %;
calves. sSo0d7.75; Texas fed steers, $3.50
Receipts today. $4,000 head. esti-
mated Tuesday, 1000 head; left over from
Saturday 5000 head Market 10c lower.
Mixed and butchers, s625d6. As. good to
choice heavy Sc 60d6.75: rough heavy, $3.50
ass. light, S5.S0tde.15, bulk OF sales, $500
$50
sHEEP-Receipts today, 250OO head.
Sheep and lambs slow Good to choice
wethers. 81 25d450, fair to choice mixed,
81 25G5.25: western sheep, S3.250615; native
lambs 81. 25d6.00.
Official receipts and shipments Saturday:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Receipts 100 4Ss53t 10.
Shipments --.-.. 1923 2,l53 iit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
LONG AND ROOSEVELT.
J.E.Howard, Wichita Democrat,
Tells Why He Is for Them.

Washington. Jan. ~. f. Howard,
prominent miller of Wichita, Kas., has
been here representing the Wichita
chamber Of commerce at the thirty
third annual convention of the National
Board of Trade. Mr.. Howard is also
interested in inducing congress to en-
act legislation which will enlarge the
powers of the interstate commerce COM
mission, enabling the commission to ems
force its rulings against railroads which
discriminate against the millers in the
matter of rates. Mr.. Howard has been
here before on the same mission. He
came to washington last winter, and he
was here during the preceding winter.
He accomplished nothing on either Of
his former visits. and he has made 10
progress this winter He desDalrS OF
getting any relief from this congress.
but he says that the millers will keep
up the fight until they finally win.
Mr.. Howard is a Roosevelt Repub-
lican and a Chester L. Long Republican
Out at Wichita he is classed a a Dem-
ocrat but he is for Theodore Roosevelt
to succeed himself and for Chester l.
Long for United States senator. In an
interview with the correspondent of the
State Journal he said:
I am like thousands of other Demo-
Gratis. I believe in the president. He Is
my kind of a man. The people are for
him as they have been for no other
president They admire his fine i'm
/ pulses, his courage, his passionate love
I for the right, and his noble patriotism.
If any man can be bigger than his
party, Theodore Roosevelt is that man.
/ The people viii elect him president, NOT
4 because he is Republican. but be-
cause he is Theodore Roosevelt. Thou
sands and thousands of Democrats viii
vote for him on that ground alone 1t
may be. and probably is, true that this
1 Republican congress is derelict in its
duty, and has made promises which II
will not fulfill. but the president viii
not be held responsible for that. They
understand that the man in the White
4 House cannot control congress, and be =
lieving in him as they do they Will elect
him on his record and because he is
what he is predict that at the next
4 presidential election thousands of voters
/ viii scratch the congressional ticket and
vote the electoral ticket. There VIII be
much dissatisfaction among the people
so far as congress is concerned. but this
viii not affect the president. I should
not be surprised to see the country give
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE
Has Caused Much Trouble and Com.
ment in Washington Society.

The much mooted question of prece-
dence forever has been and doubtless for
ever will be the bane of official society IN
Washington, and, indeed. it extends its
tentacles to every function at which one
OF more men of official rank are guests.
Because of the discussions and discussions
which it has created at the Republican
court at Washington life friendships have
been broken and life enmities engendered;
indeed, on more than one occasion, in
fractions of this rigidly prescribed Ell
quette have threatened to result in inter
national complications. says a writer in
the Smart Set. The reading public viii
yet recall the lively controversy as to
whether or not Mrs. Dewey, wife of the
admiral of the navy. should be given pre-
cedence to Mrs. Miles. the wife of the gen
eral commanding the army. and SINH
larly' aggressive contest is yet in progress
between the speaker Of the house of rep
resentatves and the speaker. pro tempore,
of the senate In social usage the diplO-
mats. like the senators, take rank accord
ing to seniority of service at Washington,
but a hostess must also remember that all
the ambassadors rank the ministers, and
bear in mind the relative prerogatives Of
charges d affaires, secretaries and at
taches.
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New York Stock.

Wall Street. New York, Jan 19.-STOCKS
Opening prices were generally higher
than on Saturdays close and there was
a good volume of business. Chicago Great
Western preferred B advanced a point and
there was good fractional gains in Mis-
Amalgamated Copper and American Ice.
On the other hand Erie, B. and o., Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific sagged a
The Indifference of buyers toward the
market resulted in slow declines which
put prices of some stocks below last week.
The advance Of sterling exchange toward
the gold export point and a ffr1ner tone for
money were repressive factors. Chicago
Great Western preferred B reacted to be-
low Saturdays figure and Colorado Fuel
tinued to rise and Norfolk and Western.
Illinois Central and Union Bag gained
about a point
Bonds were irregular
The drop of 31s points in Colorado Fuel
was the only wide movement. St. Louis
and San Francisco and Chicago Great
western preferred B fell a point below
Saturday. Renewed strength in Chesa-
peake and Ohio, which rose 1ss points in
all, steadied the market
The market became irregular after the
opening. Advances in some of the special
at some points. Chesapeake and Ohio.
Amalgamated Copper, American Ice and
Sloss-Sheffield got up a point each. Del
aware and Hudson IL points. New Jersey
Central ~ points. Great Northern pre-
ferred 3i4 points and lnterna tiOnal Power
4 points Manhattan was heavy and lost
nearly a point. sThe market fell into eN-
IRENE dullness
The tone of the market was very listless
and its fluctuations narrow and irregu-
lar. A rise of ? points in St Paul and
Omaha after a long dormant period was
the only feature
The selling became more active and car
ried the whole market downward. Rock
Island lost 25s points and the preferred
Erie, Reading, st. Paul, Atchison, South
ern Pacific Union Pacific B. and O
Hooking Valley, Louisville, Canadian Pa
cine Toledo. St. Louis and Western pre-
4 = oil x-f4
gar fell I to IA points under Saturday.
The closing was quite active and easy.
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PASSED A SUBSTITUTE.
House Disposes of Senate Bill
for Department of Commerce.

Washington, Jan. 19.-At the end of a
struggle which prolonged Saturdays
session until after O'Clock the house
passed the substitute for the senate bill
to establish a department of commerce
and labor.
The vote stood 1877 to 40. All the Re
pubHcans and % Democrats voted for
the bill. In committee of the whole the
Democrats and sprinkling of Republi-
cans, led by Mr. Corliss. Republican. Of
Michigan, struck out the portion of the
bill providing for bureau of insurance.
BY a piece of parliamentary strategy
Mr.. Hepburn. Republican, Of Iowa, chair
man of the interstate commerce com
mission. sought to have this provision
restored, but the opposition stood fast.
and he was overcome. The Democrats
attempted to recOmmit the bill with in
structions to report back a separate bill
for the creation of a department of la
Dor but the motion was lost The only
other substantial amendment was one
to authorize the president to transfer
the interstate commerce commission to
the new department.
The substitute as passed by the house
differs from the senate bill in important
particulars. It leaves the life saving
service, the bureau of navigation and
the shipping commissioner under the
control Of the treasury department, but
authorizes the president in his dfscre-
ton to transfer other bureaus for the
collection of statistics and the interstate
commerce commission to the new de-
partment 1t places under the control
of the new department the national bu-
reau of Standards the coast and geode-
tic survey, the bureau Of statistics. the
census bureau the bureau of foreign
commerce, the bureau of immigration
including jurisdiction over Chinese i'm
migrants and also creates the bureau
of manufactures and corporations.
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basement, and is believed to have lost
his way in the smoke. His death was
due to suffocation.
While the IRE was blazing all traffic
on Third avenue in the vicinity of l19tn
and 120th streets had to be suspended
The woodwork on the west side OF the
elevated structure caught fire. but the
fremen succeeded in putting the blaze
out The heat wos so great, though.
that the train service on the elevated
was stopped for half an hour.
Early in the fire. when waves of flame
were rolling across the downtown track
of the elevated, an electric train came
along at fun speed and to the surprise
of everybody went right through the
flames Watchers in the street were
certain that some one would be burned,
but the train came out without harm.
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Northwest grain receipts today: Mime
apolis, 73G cars: Duluth, 80 cars. A year
ago: Minneapolis, $50 cars; Duluth, Is
cars.
Second Liverpool cables: Wheat 1k0ssd
higher; corn I'D higher than Saturday.
slightly higher. Considerable profit taking
going on. Believe wheat should be bought
on the soft spots.
Opening Liverpool cables: Wheat I'D
higher; corn unchanged to sd lower than
Saturday.
Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat. 60
cars: graded. /. Corn. 430 cars; graded, 3.
Oats, 3S7 cars; graded, -
Estimated grain receipts at Kansas CITY
tomorrow. Wheat. 227 cars; corn, 500 cars;
oats, 46 cars.
Closing Liverpool cables: Wheat SD
Chicago: Privileges, good all next week,
on May wheat are selling &c away from
the market
The visible supply for the week changed
as follows. Wheat decreased 3Sy,OO0 BUSH
els: corn increased $1,000 bushels; oats de-
creased 341, 600 bushels
Total visible supply: Wheat, 1921 Oc
bushels; corn, 100000 bushels; oats, A.
1856 .00G bushels
Liverpool. 3:1s p.m.-Wheat sd higher;
corn sd higher than Saturday.
Chicago: The corn market acts neaVy,
Chicago: Estimated grain receipts to-
morrow: Wheat. s. cars; corn. 200 cars;
oats. $40 cars: hogs $1,000 head
Chicago. Privileges good tomorrow. May
wheat-Puts. 79c; calls. S01sc; curb, 1850.
May corn-Puts, 4S1zc; calls, 44c; curb,
Grain receipts at Kansas: Wheat. 90
cars: corn. 13S cars; oats. 3S cars A year
ago: Wheat, 10 cars; corn, IS cars; oats,
. cars.
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Kanaaa oitv LiveatooI-.

Kansas city, Mo-. Jan 1a-CATTT. e
Receipts today, S.006 head, including 600
head of Texans. Market weak to loo low
er. Native steers. 50. 50Q5.65, Texas and In
dian steers s.. 7513.75: Texas cows 81. O06o
300: native cows and heifers Sl.50d3. 80.
stockers and feeders, S2.60a4.00; bulls $3.50
$40; calves, S2.50dI10; western steers,
s. 75615.O0; western cows, $200Q3.00.
HOGS-Receipts today. 9,ooO head. Mar
ket 10c lower. Bulk Of sales, S6.3546.50:
heavy, S. 45s7 90; packers $6.sz5z4 ~ me"
dunn, IS. 20d6-50: light, s6o0Q6-35; workers.
S. 25d6. 35; pigs. $5.30Q6.00.
SHEEP-Receipts today. 1000 head
Market steady Muttons, S3.0ed4.10; lambs,
So 60q5.z0; range wethers. SSo0Gl4. 90; ewes
$30Od4 20.
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CORBETT A PLUNGER.
Quickly Lost the $500 Which He
Won in Rice Battle.

Hot Springs Ark, Jan. 19.-Young Cor
bett was about the clubs and pool rooms
Saturday afternoon and he showed the eff
fects of his last battle. His left eye was
cut and swollen and his lips cut. He re
ceived 500 for his share and could hardly
come in and was broke by the time the
betting came in on the fourth. Corbett is
a plunger, and any time they come his
way for short time he viii have lot
of money. It has been common thing fer
him to have out 81, 600 or 5000 against the
bank Tut he would never stop at that.
Corbetts fight was a disappointment to
Tim Sullivan of New York, better known
as Little Tim, and ne made the fol-
lowing statement:
II intended to bet chunk on Corbett
to beat McCfovern. but not now. really
rounds -
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the president a Democratic congress.
The drift is that way
Speaking Of the Kansas senatorial
situation, Mr.. Howard said:
Ny choice for United States senator
is Chester I. Long. He has made a
good congressman for the Seventh dis
trict, and SO long as he runs for con-
gress IN our district he will get my vote
want TO see him United States senator
He has earned the office, and certainly
he IS the best equipped man in the race
1t IS no disparagemenf to the other
gentlemen who are running to say that
If he IS elected, Kansas will be assured
of an able and efficient senator, and one
who viii be a credit to the state"
Mr. Howard has returned to Kansas.
Representative Scott has received a
letter from an Office hunting constituent
that is so full of flowery gratitude as to
be really wonderful epistle. It &C
knowledges past favors and asks fur
Their assistance. The letter concludes as
follows:
I cannot close without again ac-
knowledging my thanks. To you, Mr.
Scott, no language is rich enough to
express my gratitude. No sentiment
however sublime, is lofty enough to re-
veal the obligation I feel. And though
I go down in defeat its gloom can never
get SO dark that to me your friendship
an inspiration to ever higher thought
and action God grant, and 1 cannot
help but think he will spare me, that
again some day I may help to crown
you by-and-by. I await your advice
vice"
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THOUGHT 1T A BOMB.
Photograph Flashlight Fright
ems National House.

Washington. Jan. 19.-This was COM
mittee suspension today in the house
and Immediately after the reading OF
the journal the speaker recognized sew
eral members to move the passage of
bills under suspension of the rules.
A bill was passed to grant a right Of
way through the Fort Sill military res
ervation to the Oklahoma & Western
railroad.
A bill to revoke the sentence Of court
martial against First Lieut.. Francis S.
Davidson, Ninth cavalry who was dis
missed from the army in 1875, and to
authorize his appointment and retire
ment as a first lieutenant, aroused some
antagonism While the house was di.
viding upon the demand for a second, a
phOtogra oher in the public gallery took
the flash startled some of the members
and Mr.. Sulzer On V cried out. Mr..
Speaker. I thought it was a bomb
Mr.. Lawrence (1ass.) in support of
the bin for the relief of Lieut.. Davidson.
said the bill would do a tardy act of
justice to a deserving officer.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, Jan. 19.-In the senate
today Mr.. Cullom reported the legisla~
tive, executive and judicial appropria
call it uD tomorrow.
A bill was passed to provide for hold
ing terms of court at Helena, Ark.
Mr.. Bailey (Tex.) objected to the con-
sideration of all bills by unanimous con-
sent. When a bill reported by Mr. Cul~
berson changing the times for holding
court in Virginia was read. Mr.. Lodge
(N1ass) objected, saying that as objec-
tons seemed to be confined to the bills
from the Republican side, he would OBJ
ject. which brought from Mr.. Bailey the
statement that the senators from New
York had interfered in a matter per
tanning to the state of Texas which was
a purely local one.
Mr. Depew denied that the making of
Port Arthur port Of entry was local
question.