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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-27

county give Murdoch. 1893; Clyne. 574;
Babb. 43; Roessler, 90. Congressional
Committeeman J. O. Patten claim Muir
docks plurality in the county win be
200. as against 1,178 for Long in 1902.
Only one-third Of the vote was out. The
Populists did not vote. The Socialists
made a gain of 100 per cent
MCPHERSON is REPUBLICAN,
Mcpherson, kas-, May 27--Returns
from the four wards in Mcpherson show
that ait the congressional election Muir
dock. has received an overwhelming ma
jOrity Sixty per cent of the usual vote
was cast Incomplete returns indicate
that Murdock will receive 900 plurality
in Mcpherson county. Last fan the
county gave Long l,046 plurality.
SUMNER 700 FOR MURDOCH.
Wellington, Kas. May 27.-Less than
one-t third the usual vote was polled here
yesterday for congressman In Yelling
ton city. Murdock received 240 votes.
Clyne. 81; Babb. Is; Roessler, "a Re-
ports from country precincts Indicate
that MurdOck viii have over 700 plu-
ra lity in Sumner county. Last fail Long
received 5sS plurality in this county
AND EVEN DEMOCRATIC BARTON.
Great Bend, Kas.. May 27-Election
day was very quiet all over Barton
county. Murdock has carried every
precinct that has been heard from. La
kin township, very strong Democratic
precinct. gives Murdoclx 40 majority.
From all indications. very light vote
was cast Murdock will carry Barton
county by 200 majority. This county
has always been a fusion stronghold It
was one Of the two counties which Long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-27
INGALLS, IN MARBLE.
Contract Let to Sculptor Nei.
haus for $4,000.

Charles Henry Neihaus, sculptor, Of
New York city, viii make the statue of
John J. ingalls, which VIII be placed in
one of the Kansas inches in Statuary
Hall in Washington. The award for
making the statue was given to Mr.
Neihaus by the executive council today
The statue will be of heroic size. The
figure itself VIII be seven feet high,
mounted on a pedestal four feet high.
The figure viii be cut from Carrara
marble, and the pedestal will be of gran
ite. 1t viii cost the state $4,000 COM
plete, but this is probably not the total
cost of the statue. as Mrs. Ingalls, will
pay the balance. The $4,000 represents
the amount appropriated by the last
legislature for the statue.
Two propositions were submitted be-
fore the executive council The other
was by Winnie Ream Hoxie a woman
sculptor of St. Paul. Mimi. but formerly
or Kansas This was for bronze figure
of heroic size mounted on a suitable
PEDESTAL and the cost TO the state would
have been the same
Both propositions came through 3. p.
Waggener, who as a friend of the In
gals family. has been looking after the
matter. Mr. Waggener said that Mrs.
ingalls, preferred the marble figure. and
the executive council therefore decided
upon that The cast is subject to the
approval of Mrs. ingalls, and the entire
work must be completed within two
years.
Mr.. Neihaus already has a number Of
statues in Statuary Hall He made one
of Garfield for Ohio and also one of
Oliver p Morton for Indiana. both Of
which are in Statuary Hail. The In
gals statue viii be uniform with these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-27
WITH OLD FRIENDS.
President Roosevelt on His
Former Stamping Ground.

Helena. Mont, May 27-President
Roosevelt's special train arrived here
over the Northern Pacific at $50 this
morning on schedule time. An i'm
mense crowd was at the station to
greet the president. Around the station
a Gordon of soldiers had been stationed
while a battalion of the Twenty-sizzth
United States infantry from Fort Har-
rison was drawn up opposite the train
Battery A of the National Guard com
menced firing a presidential salute OH
the arrival of the train.
Among the delegation at the station
President Roosevelt. One of the firss
persons he inquired about was John
Willis, hunter and trapper, of Thomp-
son. Mont with whom he had camped
years ago in this state.
After an informal reception at the
station President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Loeb accompanied by Governor.
Toole and Mayor Edwards, entered
carriages and the parade moved to the
capitol On the way the procession
passed several thousand school children
massed in front of the high school
building The main audience was az
the capitol where the president mad.
an address from the stairway to the en-
trance. After the address the president
was escorted into the state houSe
in which former Senator Thomas II
Carter and members of the Montana
legislature took aart.
After a short drive over the city the
president and party boarded the sps.
cial train. which had been transferred
to the Great Northern track, and AZ
u 80 the train left for Butte
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BoTNA DEMOLISHED.
Ten Dwellings Blown Away at
Creston.

Des Moines, Ia, May 27.-When wire
communication with interior towns was
opened up today, it became apparent
that yesterdays tornado caused far
greater loss than was at first reported
A report early today from Botne in.
Shelby county, received by way of
Audubon. says that the town of Botna
was completely demolished and that
many farm houses near that place
were wrecked. At Botna a large church
and the Great Western depot are
among the buildings known to have
been wrecked. Eso definite news of
casualties there had been received up
to II o'clock.
At Creston ten dwellings were blown
off their foundation and Mrs. S. +.
Troop and daughter were injured in the
wrecking of their home. Ten miles
north Of Gray in Audubon county two
children are reported killed In the
wrecking of a farm house and five 9TH
ers injured seriously. All were occu-
pants of one house.
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Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention Meets
And Endorses the President for
Nomination in 1904.
NO TARIFF CHANGES.
Stands by Pennypaeker's Admin
istration, Libel Law and All.
Quay Declined to Accept Re-eIec-
tiOn to Chairmanship.

Harrisburg, Pa. May 27.-The Repub-
lican state convention today endorsed
President Roosevelt for denomination
and declared against any change IN the
present tariff schedules The state ad-
ministration was stronglv. endorsed and
no mention was made in the platform
of the Grady-Salus libel law enacted by
the recent legislature. Senator Quay
declined to accept reelection as chair
man of the state committee and his
colleague. Senator Penrose was chosen
his successor.
The convention was sremarka bic for
the unanimfty with which it disposed
of its business and the lack of contest
for the four places on the state ticket
Senator William P. Snyder of Chester
county was nominated for auditor gen
eral; William L. Matthues of Delaware
county for state treasurer and Judges
Thomas A. Morrison of Mexican county
and J. J. Henderson of Crawford coun-
ty for superior court judges. Judges
Morrison and Henderson are at present
members of the superior court by ap-
pointment of the governor and their
nomination is for the full term of ten
years
The convention was held much earlier
than usual on off years on account of
the desire of Senator Quay and other
party leaders to be away during the
summer. Mr.. Quay was not here during
the convention and his interests were
in charge of Senator Penrose and other
heutenants. Henry F. Walton OF Phil
adelphia. speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, was permanent chairman
of the convention and Congressman
Henry H Bingham of Philadelphia was
chairman of the resolution committee.
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BAILEY IN DEMAND.
He Is MakingMany Commencement
Addresses.

Governor Bailey is following ex-Gov-
ernor Stanley's example and is doing
stunt at making commencement ad-
dresses just now. He has commence
ment address that he has tried on sew
era1 high schools already. Tonight he
leaves for Altamount, where ne makes
an address tomorrow at the commence
ment exercises of the Labette county
high school. Then he has to make
jump up into the Sixth district to Be
lott, where he delivers the Memorial day
address on Saturday Then on Sunday
he is scheduled to make a Memorial
speech at the exercises held at the Sol
diers' home at Leavenworth.
Il can't begin to fill near all the APP
plications that come in for speeches.
said the governor today. I have had to
turn down a good many. If I tried TO
comply with near all the requests of this
kind that come in I wouldn't have time
to attend to the business OF my Office,
and I guess that's the real thing the
people are paying me for So while 1
will try to make all the speeches I can
consistently. I will have to turn dowl
a good many of these applications"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-27
THE 65TH KANSAS"
It Was Issued by the State Printer
Today.


The "65th Kans." was issued from the
press of the state printer today. The
.65th kans." is the way lawyers would
refer to it. It is really the sixty-fifth
volume of the official reports Of the
Kansas supreme court. It is the literary
work of T. E. Dewey, supreme court
reporter. That is, Mr.. Dewey takes the
cases which go through the supreme
court and edits them.
The volume contains $50 pages. 1t be-
gins with the cases decided at the May
1902, sitting of the supreme court, and
includes the record of all cases decided
prior to the January sitting, 1903, and
all others not heretofore reported. It
contains 147 opinions, as follows. Chief
Justice Doster, u; Justice Johnston, %;
Justice Smith. 20: Justice Cunningham.
%. Justice Greene, 25; Justice Pollock
20; Justice Ellis, g. Justice Burch, g.
Opinions Der curiam were filed in s.
cases, nine of which are reported Chief
Justice Doster fled three separate opin-
ions one dissenting and two concurring
specially: Justices Pollock and Burch
each filed one dissenting opinion
The vo1ume also contains memorials
of Justice Ellis ex-Chief Justice Horton,
and Judge j. B. Clogston, who was a
commissioner of the supreme court
from 1887 to 1892
Mr. Dewey states that the most inn
portant case in the volume. in his oosp-
ior,s is the Smiley case, in which the
court upheld the anti-trust law. The
DeBoissiere home case will be the first
one reported in the next volume.
The last legislature passed law re-
ducing the price of reports from $50
until the new statute book is published.
and applies only to reports published
after that date. The price of this re-
port is therefore g. so.
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Hts HEAD CUT OFF
Mob Batters Down Jail Door at
New Castle, WyO.
Prisoner Dropped 40 Feet at
End of Rope.

Denver, Col, May PA special 10
the Post from New Castle. Wyo.. says:
W. c. Clifton. murderer of Mr.. and Mrs
John W. Church was lynched by a mob
from Gillette last night. The mob bat
tered down the jail door. holding up the
sheriff and deputy the while and
hung Clifton to a bridge west Of town.
Clifton's head was cut off by the fall OF
40 feet.
John w. Church and his wife. who
lived on a homestead claim rs miles
southwest of New Castle, were never
seen alive after March IA last. Clifton,
whose ranch adjoined Church's, was ar
rested April on suspicion and on April
Il. he confessed that he had killed Mr..
and Mrs. Church Their bodies were
found at the place indicated by him.
Clifton claimed he had killed the couple
in self-defense- He had given Church a
bill of sale covering personal property
to secure repayment of $500 advanced to
him by Church. He said he had repaid
this sum and obtained the bill Of sale
and that Mrs. Church had then threat
ened him with a six-shooter, demanding
the return of the papers He shot her,
he admitted, and being then attacked
by her husband, killed him also. This
story was discredited as Mrs. Church
was a slender little woman only Y
years of age
Church was formerly a stenographer
in the Union Pacific offices in Omaha.
His family and Clifton's reside in Coun-
ell Bluffs. About year ago Church
and Clifton made an agreement to go
in the cattle business in Wyoming to-
gether and Church then took up
homestead adjoining Clifton's. Clifton
was 81 years of age.
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Nine Persons Killed Outright
and Five Injured.
WITHOUT A WARNING
torn Swept Town ana Left
Few Buildings Standing.
A Nunsber of Dwellings Wrecked
in the Country.
Total Number Of Dead Is Placed
at Is.

St. Elmo, No, May 27.-The casual
ties resulting from yesterdays tornado
here are today placed at Is with one
man missing. Daniel C. Barker, a re-
tired farmer. died during the night Of
apoplexy caused by fright; Ed Wise
man, a farmer, is missing and c. Dam
iels and Mrs. John Mcmahon are SER
iously injured
Blanchard, Iowa, May ga most de-
structive and fatal tornado struck the
town of Elmo. Mo, eight miles south OF
Blanchard and just across the Miss ouri
state line at 5 o'clock last ever ing.
Nine persons were killed outrigLs and
I'VE We're injured. some Of whom may
THE DEAD:
C. c. CALHOUN.
CASSIUS BELL
j. ]. ALVIS.
LEONARD BRADLEY.
MINTON HUFF.
GUS HUFF.
OREN STRANGLER.
D. L. STARKER.
GEORGE PERRY.
THE INJURED;
Ed Atherton.
George Huff.
A. l.. MeElvain.
Harry Moss.
Elmer Morgan.
The storm came from the northeast
and first struck the Wabash depot The
Masonic temple was the next building
in its path and it was demolished. On
the lower floor Of the temple was located
general merchandise store and in the
store was gathered a number Of the citi-
zens of the town The building was
torn to pieces before any warning was
received, and the victims were buried
beneath the wreckage.
OF the fourteen persons in the store
only five escaped death, and these re-
ceived injuries which in two or three
cases may prove fatal The storm PASS
ed on through the town, leaving but &
few buildings standing. A relief party
at once began the rescue of those II the
ruins of the temple and nine bodies
were removed to an improvised nnorgue.
Five Others were taken out some with
broken legs and arms and in each case
serious if not fatal injuries.
The storm came on with great sud
denness and had destroyed the town al
most before the people realized xvhaf
had happened. After leaving Elmo !
continued into the country in a souti-
west direction and it is feared sh.at
fatalities have occurred. Several q vel
lings are known to have been blown to
pieces, but the fate of their occupants
is unknown. A deluge of rain added its
snare to the misfortune of the stricken
people and the homeless inba bifarfs are
being cared for at the few rem wing
homes that escaped the fury OF the
wind. Elmo is small town on the Wa
bash railroad branch running from
Omaha to Brunswick, No., and has
about 200 inhabitants
HOSPITAL DAMAGED.
Marshalltown. Ia, May ga severe
storm damaged the hospital of the Iowa
Soldiers home last night A large
brick smokestack was blown down.
crashing through the roof. the inmates
narrowly escaping injury. Trees were
blown down and wires broken. Heavy
rains caused the Iowa river to leave
its banks and much damage is threat
ened in the lowlands.
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CAR CAUGHT FIRE.
Lights Went Out and a Stampede
Followed.

New York, May 27.-Four men were
badly injured. one perhaps fatally. il
a stampede that followed the explosion
Of a fuse in a Fulton street car, Brook
lyn, last night The men hurt were
near the door and were thrown from
the platform by the rush of the crowd
and trampled upon
The car was crowded, there being Is
or 20 women among the passengers.
When the fuse blew out all the lights
went out. The car caught fire imme-
diately.
The men standing made a rush for
the door. The women acted with re-
narka Bile cOolness and some of them
went to the aid of the injured The
fire was extinguished by the naotorman
and conductor.
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Wichita, is 2.400 No county has sent
official figures yet but estimates prove
that Murdock's vote in sedgwick. Har-
vey. Mcpherson and Rice counties will
he larger than Clyne's vote in the en-
tire district.
Wichita Kas.. May 27.-From returns
received at the headquarters of the Re
publican congressional committee, it is
believed that Victor Murdock, the Re-
publican nominee, received a plurality
OF upwards of 1900 in the special cleo
tion held throughout the Seventh con-
gressional district yesterday to elect
successor to Chester I Long as con-
gressman. 1t is believed that Murdock
carried every one of the thirty-six coun-
ties in the district, and more than nine
tenths of the L. 200 precincts.
The indications are that Murd0ck'S
vote will be four times that of c. F.
Clyne. the Democratic nominee. who
was the next man i'm the race. Reports
from St John, Stafford county. Clyne's
home. state that Murdock received more
than double Clynes vote even there
The P0pulists did not vote at all in
some places In some precincts the So
cialists polled q larger vote than the
Populists. The Populists made no cam
paign whatever
Even I'm the city Of Wichita. the home
the Socialist candidate ran ahead of
him.
The vote over the district was very
light running from 30 to so per cent. as
a rule of the vote cast last fall. 1t is
probable that the total vote cast viii
be less than half of that cast last year.
In the city of Wichita Murdoch re-
ceived a plurality of 2.432, and the ball
ance of Sedgwick county viii swell this
TO more than 1900. The vote in the city
was as follows.
Murdoch. Republican, 3,O21.
Clyne. Democrat $50
R0essler. Socialist, 161.
Babb. P0pulist lis
Murdock carried every one of the AZ
precincts in Sedgwick county although
only about a third of the vote turned
out in the country precincts.
Returns from the following places
are. Hutchinson. 500 plurality for Muir
dock, Reno county complete. 1900 plu-
raliry for Nurdock. Mcpherson county
500 plurality for Murdock; Sterling city
203 plurality for Murdock. SaratOga
A1urdock p. Clyne 2; Macksville. Stafford
county. Murdock SO. Clyne %. Caldwell
City. Murdocks plurality 6: Milton
Murdock 22 Clyne 2; Harvey county
$50 plurality for Murdock. Liberal Muir
dock 66. Clyne p. Babh 2, in ST. john
Clyne's home. Murdock l55, Clyne Ga
Eabb g.
The weather was generally bad ana
rainy and this contributed to the light
Vote. This was one of the ironies or
fate MIR. MurdOCk has always been an
enthusiast on the subject of irriga ton
and In his speech of acceptance before
the Great Bend convention which noni-
mated him he promised to make the
SUBJECT Of irrigation for southwestern
Kansas special interest with him III.
ms congressional career. A hard rain
ser "a ON the day of his aoueiuation
end the Seventh district has been very
Wet and flooded at times ever since.
in spec king OF his campaign Mr. Mur-
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Atchison. Kan. May 27-Barton
Bells and wife living at Bean Lake.
Mo. ten miles from Atchfson, celebrated
their golden wedding Tuesday Their
nine children and forty-eight grand
children were present. Mr. Bells has
lived on the farm where he now re-
sides, since 1874. He is Il years old.
and his wife is G.. Mrs. Bells was
Lucinda Jane Brown. Of Clinton coun-
ty Mo.
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CLEAR IN KANSAS.
Rains Fell Throughout State Tuesday
but Is Pleasant Today.

Last nights rain amounted to %
hundredthS of an inch. making total
of 40 hundredths for the "A hours end
ing this morning at seven o'clock
During the same period 164 fell at
Baker, at COncordia 80, Dodge City Sc,
Hays City 2.26 Macksville .O2. McPher-
son l66, Manhattan 50, Usage City 70,
Wichita 20.
Today's corn and wheat region bulle-
tin says:
Clear weather prevails over Kansas
this morning. and in the extreme west
ern part of Missouri. with partly cloudy
and cloudy weather farther east Rains
have fallen throughout the state except
in the northwestern and southeastern
counties, with heavy rains in the cen
tral and northeastern parts of the state
and in northwestern Missouri Lower
temperatures are reported from all
parts of the state except the northeast
ern. Heavy rains have fallen in the
Omaha, Des Moines and Chicago dis
tricts."
The maximum and minimum temper
atures for the "a hours ending this
morning at seven O'Clock were as fol-
lows:
Baker "A, Sc: Concordia &c, 81: Dodge
City 81, As; Dresden 81, 46; Fort Scott
Mcpherson 50, So; Manhattan IS, 81;
Usage City rs. Sc; Sedan so, So; Topeka
766, 81: Toronto so. So; Wichita so. 58.
The forecast sent out for Kansas to-
day is generally fair tonight and
Thursday The wind at noon was west
blowing IA miles an hour The hourly
Temperatures recorded by the govern
ment thermometer today were as fol-
lows:
o'clock. 64l12 o'clock. a
o'clock ......67 O'Clock. rs
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Annual Meeting of Kansas
Bankers Opens Tonight.
Financial People Taking Much
Interest in Meeting.
EASTERNERS ARE HERE
C. o. Austin, of Chicago, Says
Kansas Has Learned.
Congressman CaIderhead Will
Read a Paper Tonight.

Seventy-f1ve or eighty bankers from
K ansas and Missouri. with a sprinkling
from still further off spent this morn
ing shaking hands with each other.
roaming through the state house and
seeing the town generally. With nothing
to do but wait for the opening of the
headquarters at the Copeland hotel they
improved their spare time In making
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AS ADVERTISED.
Were No Surprises in Seventh
District Election.
Victor Murdoch Easily Distanc-
ed His Opponents.
CLYNE is SECOND MAN.
Believed Republican Plurality
viii Be $1,000.
Receives a Plurality Of Nearly
$500 in Wichita.

Wichita. Kan. May 27.-viotor Muir
docks plurality in the Seventh district
will be more than 1900. according to
returns received at his headquarters in
this city He has carried every coun-
ty in the district His plurality in this
county is 5000 the highest ever given
for any man. His plurality in this city
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Lost Six Men andTwo Boats

Victoria. B. c.. May 27.-The sealing
schooner city of san Diego which has
just returned from a cruise reports
having lost two boats containing six
men off the Copper islands April q.
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Chicago. May 27.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures. New York 81. Boston So Phila-
delphis e. Washington 66. Chicago 50.
70
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London. May z7.-Advices received
here from Liberia announce that Ar
thur Barclay was recently elected pres
ident Of that renublics
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Chicago. May z7.-Forecast for Kan
sas; Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day. variable winds.
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TWO TRAINS BURN
Collision of Freights-One
Double Header.
t
Train Crews Dead; Injured or
Missing.

Birmingham, Ala. May 27.-Two
freights on the Southern railway, one of
them a double header. eollided near
Bryan, Ala. today.
THE DEAD:
ENGINEER ACTION.
THE MISSING:
Engineer Chester.
Three hremen, names unknown.
FATALLY HURT:
Engineer Johnson.
Brakeman ]. D. Hill
Both trains were destroyed by fire.
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win Remain at Atohison.

Atehison. Kan, Oct. 29.-Some time
ago o. A. Derby, formerly division sup
erintendent of the Missouri Pacific at
Pueblo was sent to the Atchison divis-
ion as a passenger conductor. He was
ing taken from the service for official
duties, but that was before the enact
ment of the agreement under which
conductors are now working. and his
being sent here was considerated a vio-
lation. A grievance was made of the
matter, which went up to Russell Hard
ing. third vice president and general
manager. H. E. Shumway, of the griev-
ance committee, who returned from ST.
Louis this morning, says a hearing was
had yesterday, and that the Indications
are that Mr. Derby will remain. The
company's position is that he has been
in the Gould service since 1884 and
that it has no other suitable work for
him at present,