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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28

Ore, who was indicted on the charge of
bribery.
And there will be Others" he said,
whenever similar circumstances are
discovered in connection with them -
He declined to say more concerning the
reported frauds in connection with the
public lands than that they are receiv-
ing attention and have been since Jan
uary last when the secretary said the
investigation was begun. He also said
that proceedings had been instigated
against Miss Ware, who is a commits
sloner of deeds and is charged with is
suing certificates in 300 cases of fraud
ulent land entries.
These indictments mark the result of
months of laborious effort on the part
of A. R. Green. special agent of the in
terror department and q. S. Attorney
John H. Hall to unearth what is alleged
to be the cleverest and most successful
of land that has ever existed
Portland Ore, Oct. 2S.-The United
States grand jury has returned indict-
ments against three persons on charges
of forgery in connection with the entry
of public lands in the southern Oregon
districts The persons indicted are
Miss Mary L. Ware, Horace G.. McKin-
charges are that these three defendants
signed the names of fictitious persons
to homestead applications and final
proofs. Miss Ware was formerly United
States land commissioner at Eugene,
but was removed several months ago
by United States District Judge Bel
linger. on charges of fraud Mckinley
and Vuter are timber land operators
and it is alleged that they recently Sc
cured large tracts of timber lands by
working in connection with Miss Ware,
the United States commissioner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
GEnERAL
'PORFlRlo:Dlaz

cano approached the car shouting and
fred five shots from revolver at the
car, fortunately doing no harm.
Paklo Escanadon of the president s
staff rushed from the car and caught
the man, wrenching the revolver from
his grasp. The police took Toscano to
prison. Toscano is a man with a bad
criminal record and was but recently
released from prison at Granditas,
where he had served a term for honni-
eide The matter will be investigated
One theory is that he was drunk and
another that he deliberately planned to
shoot the chief magistrate
The president remained perfectly cool
and was acclaimed by the crowd of citi-
zens showing their joy at his escape.
Toscano's evil record makes the theory
of deliberate attempt at assassination
appear probable.
The president has received the felicita-
tion of the citizens and diplomatic corps
here,
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NEWMAN TOLOOK 1T UP
Will Find Out Why Personal
Property Tax Isn't Paid.

County Clerk Newman will go after
the persons and business concerns in
Topeka and Shawnee county which
have not been assessed for personal
property taxes this year
The law provides that when a person
or business concern is not located in
the county on March 1 and is there
fore overlooked by the assessors that
the county clerk can place the name of
that person or firm on the personal
property tax rolls and charge the taxes
that should be due provided that the
person or concern locates in the county
between March 1 and November / and
has not paid personal property taxes
for the same year in any other county
in Kansas.
There are several business concerns
which started in business in Topeka
since March 1 and they do not appear
on the personal property tax rolls. New
man will prepare a list of such concerns
and place them all on the personal
property tax roll and they will be
charged with personal property taxes
for 1909
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ALLEGHENY
QUARANTINE
Pennsylvania City to Be Cut OF
from the World.
Smallpox Has Prevailed There
for Several Months.
STATE TAKES 1T UP.
Local Authorities Have Not
Done Their Duty.
Nobody Will Be Permitted to
Leave the City.
STATE TAXES 1T UP.

P1ttsburg, Pa. Oct 28.-AIleghenS
VIII be quarantined today to protect
the outside public from smallpox con-
taglon. If the board of health is abI,
to carry out its threats. For several
months Allegheny has been afflicted
with man| cases Of smallpox. but the
authorities of the city were conGdent
OF being able to control the disease
without resorting to heroic measures.
Dr. w. r. Bott, quarantine officer al
large OF the state board of health. in
que time investigated the situation
and on October 10 notified Supt. Nc
Laughl1n of the Allegheny health bu-
feau that the state board had decided
TO quarantine the city unless within five
Gays the laws regulating the control OF
contagious diseases were enforced by
the Allegheny bureau of health. The
time limit expired on Saturday. but
because of the appeals of prominent
citizens it was extended. Allepbenv,s
council in special meeting on Monday
ralled to take the steps deemed neces.
sary by the state board. hence the rad.
lcal action taken by that body.
Dr. Bott will arrive here today. when
II Is expected he will put in force the
quarantine law in it's fullest sense. and
the people of Allegheny will be pre-
vented from leaving the city
Already orders have been issued ia
regulate the transmission of mail
money by banks, parcels. packages ana
baggage by express and otherwise.
w men asked concerning the expected
quarantlning of Allegheny, the follow
ing expressions of opinion We're Secured
from officials who are Responsible for
the health conditions of the city:
Allegheny City will not be ouaran-
uned, and after the election next TI1es-
daY you will hear no more of the al
leged Smallpox eDidemic'- 7
q, Porter. city solicitor
nave received no other notice thai
our city IS or will be quarantined -
mayor James H. Wyman.
can assure the citizens of Ale
sheny that there are not TODAY twenty
cases of smallpox. and that. too. viii
a population of over $50, 900. of tbase
ABOUT one-haIf are eonvaIescent All
other reports and rumors that are he
ing circulated are baseless and llnwar.
ranted- City Physician DIR. 1. Jamison
nave received no notice that tbc
city OF Allegheny has been quarantined
or is likely to be quarantined. The
sanitary condition is good and is i'm
proving every day. DR.. Bott has MOI
the power to Quarantine"-Maio ior
lanes A. Mclaughlin, superintendent
OF the bureau of health
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BLAIR IS WORSE.
The st. Louis Man Is in a State
of Collapse.

ST Louis, Mo, Oct 2s.-when DIR.
Myer left the bedside of James T..
tbIalr, the stricken attorney, after 10
nours attendance on the patient il was
stated that Mr.. Blair's condition was
worse than it had been at any time
since Sunday. The doctor was sum
Inoned IA to the Blair home last night at
~ o CLOCK and remained with the
patient until morning.
It was stated by one of the nurses
at tne mouse that shortly before 10
O'Clock last night Mr. Blair began TO
snow symptoms of sinking. and before
Dr. Wyer could reach ''Stancote" from
klrkwood, he had relapsed into a con
oltlon OF collapse, from which he was
revived upon the arrival of the nhv-
slcian There followed a night exceed
lngiy uncomfortable and restless for the
patient DR.. Wyer considered Mr.
p Dlall coneltlon so unsatisfactory that
ne remained by his bed constantly unfil
Dr Homan was summoned early in
the morning to take charge Of the case.
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BIDS ALL REJECTED.
Carnegie Library Fund at Emporia
Must Be Increased

Emporia, Kan. Oct. 2S.-The city has
opened the bids which had been made on
the Carnegie library plans and submitted
them to the architects. sThree bids were
made by Kansas City contractors and the
lowest was s34,165 which is s14.162 in ex-
spend Archie Gilman the Emporia cleo
trician, submitted considerably the lowest
bid for wiring and lighting the building.
The building committee appointed by
Mrs. Plumb will now have to go over the
plans with the architects and see where
the expense of the building can be cut and
another set of specifica tions put up for
contractors to bid on 1t is now thought
that the building committee will recon-
mend that the building be built on the
original plans and that the upper part be
left unfinished for the present. This is
said to have been the original intention of
the building committee when they first
consulted with the architects on the
plans.
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NOT UP TO STANDARD.
Russian Paper Wants Japan to
Get Reputation.

St Petersburg, Oct. 2S.-A dispatch
from Port Arthur says the Novykirai, a
newspaper edited by member of Vice
roy Alexieff's staff, after reiterating the
assertion chat the Russian troops will
remain in ManchuIia until far eastern
aHairs are settled II accordance with
Russian views, proceeds to outspoken-
" lecture the Japanese. necessarily with
the approval of the Russian censorship.
Now says the Novykirai, sis Lre-
clsely the proper moment for Russia to
establish political equilibrium in the
east The japanese have failed in For
mosa, because they do not know how to
eolonize. The efforts of the japanese to
obtain settlements in Korea, having
their own jurisdiction would lead to the
suDJection of the Koreans and impair
the sovereignty of Korea. Japan has
not attained the status of a European
state and can not be entrusted with the
rights of the European pioneers of civ
llIzatlon- On the continent all that can
be tolerated is the immigration of Japa-
nese into Korea under control
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good representative of the peoples in.
terest<-
The senatorial district is composed o,
Reno, Pratt and Kingman counties
Supt. Dayhoff says that Pratt county
will probably join with Reno in noni.
mating the senator.
The Washington Post publishes the
following:
1T is reported on pretty good author-
ity that Congressman Curtis. of kansas.
is slated to be the next chairman of the
house committee on Indian affairs.
Snouid tnat happen he will undoubted-
ly be greatly strengthened for his next
campaign, as that is a very desira HE
craftsmanship His appointment depends
upon the transfer of Congressman Sher-
man. of New York. to the head of the
committee on printing. Mr. Sherman is
said to desire a committee which will
require less of his time than does the
Indian committee
Tomorrow Gov. Bailey will again take
up the application of the Wyandotte
county Doodle investigator for the assist-
ance of the attorney general in conducting
grand jury investigation down there
The governor says he does not want to
override County Attorney Gibson without
came to Topeka early in the Doodle agita :
tion and asked Gov. Bailey to give him a
hearing before instructing the attorney
general to step in and take charge OF
the grand jury investigation. The govern
or promised to do so and he has set to-
morrow for the hearing. His idea is to
allow those who want the attorney gem
eral to act in the matter to appear and
tell why they have no faith in Gibson, and
allow Gibson to answer their objections
If he can.
A few days ago the State Journal pub
ilshed report which came from Lawrence
that A. L. Cox, treasurer of Douglas coun-
ty, would be a candidate for the RepubIi-
can nomination for STATE treasurer next
year in case a general fight on the state
ticket opened the way for it. A topeka
morning paper denied the report and pub
nshed an alleged extract from letter
from Mr.. Cox to an unnamed friend in
Topeka, as follows: Your bet is a safe
one. have never authorized or asked
anyone to start a boom for me for state
treasurer. This county is for Tom Kelly
hrSt, last and all the time" Now J. L.
Brady, editor of the Lawrence World
publishes the following on the subject:
The Capital this morning publishes what
is purported to be a letter from Albert l..
Cox, sta ting that he would not be a can
dIdate for state treasurer under any cir
Gums tances. Mr.. Cox has stated more
than once to the writer that if there was
an opening he was ready to go in but
he has also stated that he was not going
in to make fight on Mr.. Kelly but sinp-
ly in the event of a general fight OF
course if there is no fight on anything the
entire state ticket win be renoninated
but il is known furtehr that in the event
OF any fight being started it will be car
rled along the line"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
BETTER FOR WASHBURN
Practice at X. U. Is Slow and
Very Listless.

Lawrence, Kas., Oct. 2S.-With a
Jaded lot of men, Coach Weeks tried
hard to ginger his Jayhawkers up
Tuesday afternoon, but there was no
ginger and the men seemed Iifeless.
The Kansas hospital list is 100 per cent.
larger than it has been at any time
this year. and this accounts partly for
the lack of vim and vigor,
Allen was unable to get in the nrac-
tlce and in addition to the other men
out yielding was absent. This left the
first team rather wanting. Cantajn
Brumage was in the field, but was un-
knee and it Is feared water will gather
on the joint. This made it necessary
Tor Weeks to supply many vacancies
with second team men,
After the signal drills Weeks put the
players through hard scrimmaRe work
and the scrubs showed up well. smash
ing the first team line and makfne
some good end runs. 1t could not iusf-
ly be called the first team and was not
representative of the first Kansas
eleVen: Coaeh Weeks was not satisfied
with the showing. and while he thinks
the Kansas victory Saturday is sure
still urges the men to get down low
and work hard.
Arrangements are being completed
Tor special train to ToDeJxa WITH a
fare of so cents for the round trim The
university band will be taken aIona ana
the prospects are that between 201 ana
Soo students and supporters Will 20
down to root o.
have not been decided upon. but Reun1
o1 Abilene will probably be one. Raun
IS an old Illinois man and coached the
varsity there three years ago.
Al meeting of the athletic board IT
north "" ene
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
GRAND JURY CALLED
To Investigate Charges of Bood-
ling in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct 2S-A grand Jury
to investigate charges of boodiing in the
board of education in Kansas City, Kan
ana to take action to suppress gambling
and close saloons operating in Violation
OF the prohibitory law, was ordered today
by Judge e L. Fisher of the district court
to convene at the December term This
Is the outcome of the agitation started by
the Mercantile club and which resulted
In a petition signed by over half a thou
sand citizens, to the court, praying that
a jury be called together At mass
meeting last night work of the citizens
committee, which for three weeks has
been investigating charges of irrceulari-
ties. was endorsed and a continuance OF
the work urged
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that he believed the excitement was
about over
Henry NJ. Meier, vice president of the
missouri Trust company, made this
statement today:
Our institution has money in abund-
ance to meet demands of whatever ma
ture The demand this morning was
very light compared to that of yester-
outside the building Considering that
we have 10000 accounts. it will be seen
that a very small percentage of the de-
poSitors desire to withdraw. All of the
banks and trust companies have suffi-
clent funds to tide them over the pres
ent situation The Missouri Trust COM
pany is enforcing the thirty day noti-
ncatlon clause regarding savings ac-
counts
John E. Davis, second vice president
OF the Mississippi Valley Trust COM
pany, made his way to the stone steps
ieaoln= into the bank, and addressed
the Ihrong assembled there. He said
Inc anxiety expressed here by so
many of us is entirely uncaIled for and
without reason. Not one person will
rose any money through this trust COM
pdhy' and we shall conduct our bust
ness In our regular manner
Ihere is no change in our financial
condition whatever We have a5wavs
PAID whatever should have been maid
10 everyone. and We are soing to do it
in the future.
All open accounts will be paid lust
as as soon as they are presented here.
There will be no delay at all. Every
other account viii be paid just as soon
as II fals due. If you have an ac-
count which is due today it will be
pald today in your regular turn. There
IS NO reason for any worry. Your money
IS Wei invested, and you can get if
t. PACK II you want it, at the regular
Time provided for in your contract
can tell you positively that no off,
elaI OF the Mississippi Valley Trust
company has been to Chicago for
money. We do not need any zao2ev to |
carry on our business We are in |
'piendid shape financially and ever |
-hlng is prosperous with us. tbinlx |
me same is true of every trust com
oany In ST Louis. I appreciate vour
lieNiety. al and | assure you as a gentle |
iteH ana an officer and Stockholder of |
ms company that your fears are
sroundless and that you will lose no
money through this company
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ANXIOUS FOR TRIAL.
Nan Arrested for Murder of Mabel
Bechtel Has Alibi.

New York. Oct 28.-David weisen-
berg of Allentown. Pa, the salesman
who surrendered himself to the police
upon learning that he was wanted to
tell what he knows about Mabel BechteI
the murdered Allentown girl, was for
mally placed under arrest early today
Weisenberg wanted to start at once for
Allentown. but he was held to be ar
raigned in police court. Weisenberg
says that the girl told him that she had
had quarrel with Alfred Eickstein to
whom she was engaged. He says that
according to the story told by the girls
mother at the time the body was placed
in the alleyway by two men, he was in
barber shop in Bethlehem.
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EIected without oppoaition.

London, Oct. 2S.-Major Arthur Ham
ilton Dee and the marquis of Hamilton.
both conservatives, have been reelected
to parliament, without opposition for
the -Farham division of F4ar7n-
shire and for Londonderry city resnec-
lively, in consequence of the former be-
ing appointed a civil lord of the admir-
atty and the latter treasurer of the
household.
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IITH COM MANDMENT.
bowie Makes an Addition to the
Decalogue.

New York, Oct. 2S.-John Alexander
DoW1e addressed slim audience at
the early service today on the eleventh,
commandment his own addition to tha
decalogue, the wording being Love We
one another" Dowie said that he had
come to New York because he loved
the people of the city, but he said the
people of New York did not love him
because of the vicious and untrue at
tacks made on him by the newspapers.
A healing service was held later in
the day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
WILL BE OTHERS.
One Oregon Land CRATER Re-
moved from Office.

Washington, Oct 2s.-secretary
Hitchcock, who has been i'll with a cold,
has returned to his desk His first act
was to order the suspension of Asa B.
Thompson, receiver of public moneys
at the public land office at La Grande,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
SHOT AT DIAz.
An Assassin Fires Five Times
Into a Car
In Which the President of
Mexico Was Riding.
CAPTURED BY POLICE.
The Assassin Had a Previous
Criminal Record.
He Had Served a Term in Prison
For Homicide.

Guanajuato, Mexico, Oct. 2s.-An at
tempt on the life of President Diaz, who
was a guest of the state government
during the festivities here, has been
made. The president, his staff and
guests were passing by the Oantador
garden in street when man of the
lower class by the name of Elias Tos-
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remperatures Of Lsrge oities.

Chicago, Oct. 28.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York, A; Boston, "a; Phil
ade1phia, 46; Washington, 42; Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
LOOKS FOR SHOWERS.
Weather Man at Last Expects
Rain.

The forecaster thinks that Kansas
may have a few gentle showers. Just
enough perhaps to make the duck hunt
ing good.
The forecast sent out today is: Pm
bably showers tonight or Thursday.
Warmer north portion tonight" The
wind at noon was south blowing eight
miles an hour The hourly tempera-
lures recorded by the government ther-
mOmeter TODAY were as follows.
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Weather Indications.

Chicago, Oct. 2S.-Forecast for KAN
sas: Probably showers tonight or
Thursday; warmer in north portion to-
night; southerly winds.
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FELT ON WALL STREET.
Transfer of Money to st. Louis Causes
a Slight Decline

New York, Oct 2S.-The stock market
was unfavorably affected by large trans
fer of currency to st. Iolis ana a ,.a+tl,
firmer tone in the call money. The level
of prices held slightly below lasr n1eh1
except for stocks which had advance6
most at the outset. The market rallied
before noon
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A Steamer for the Forts.

Seattle, Wash. Oct. 2S.-A board Of
army officers will meet today to pur-
chase a steamer for the use of the forts
located on the lower sound.
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