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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
THREE KILLED.
Heavy Property Loss From Pow
der Will Explosion.

Wnkesbarre, Pa. July 13-An explo-
sion occurred at 1:30 p. m. today at the
Latin Powder mills near Moosic. y
miles from here. Three were killed and
it is thought several others We're mortal
ly injured The force of the explosion
interfered with telephone communica-
ton and accurate particulars are diff
cult to obtain.
AS far as can be learned the corning
mill, glaze mill and the press building
We're all demolished. The killed were:
John Day, his son Alfred and Alexan-
der Moore, all three Of Latin.
Thomas Hays of Yatesville and Josiah
Pierce of MOosic were fatally burned.
The loss will reach thousands of dol
lars The origin Of the accident is not
known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
ACADEMY REPORT ISSUED.
Professor Grimsley Eas Completed
Book of 275 Pages.

Volume XVIII of the Transactions of
the Kansas Academy OF Science has just
been issued by G. p. Grimsley, secre-
tary. 1t is a book of 275 pages. giving
all the papers read at the Academy of
Science meetings in 1901 and 1902, to-
gether with the proceedings of the con-
ventions, statistical Information, and
many interesting half-tone pictures.
One of the features of the report is a
complete general index of the seventeen
preceding volumes of reports, which has
been compiled by G. ?. Grimsley. The
index is both to papers and authors.
Another improvements introduced by
Secretary Grimsley, who prepared the
report. is the use of larger type than
was used in former reports. Copies of
the report are now being sent out
throughout the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
MRS. CUMMINGS CONVICTED
Penalty Is Fixed at Ten Years
Imprisonment.

ST. Louis July 13-The sealed verdict
of the jury, read in court today, finds
Mrs Minnie Cummings. charged with
killing her husband. Dennis Cummings,
April 49, 1903, is guilty of murder in
the second degree. The penalty is fixed
at ten years Imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary.
Mrs. Cummings will on July 20 be
tried for the alleged murder of her
third husband, Edgar NJ. Harris, who
died in October, 1902. His death was
termed suicide, but a later investiga-
ton. after the death of Cummings, led
to an Indictment charging murder in the
second degree.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
KILLED HER SISTER.
Charge on Which a Blooming
ton Girl Is Arrested.

Bloomington, Ill, July ia tremendous
sensation was created here at noon today
by the arrest of Maude Jordine, the IL
year-old daughter of Andrew JOrdine, the
reputed father of a murdered baby.
The girl is charged with the crime and
other warrants are in preparation which
viii prove equally sensational. The allega-
uons are that the defendant had a special
interest in the removal of the baby and
was "A principal in the murder.
The crime for which Maude Jordine was
arrested was the brutal murder Of ner sis
ter Mabel, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr..
day ni.ht
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
Freight Handlers Strike.

Chicago, July 13.-All the freight han
dlers employed by the Chicago Ter
minal Transfer company at its Western
Avenue depot, struck today because of
the discharge Saturday of q men, who
refused to handle freight from the Kel-
logg Switchboard and Signal company.
Pickets turned away every teamster
who sought to deliver goods at the
depot. The teamsters made no objection
and appeared to be in sympathy with
the strikers. Business at the station is
emporariIy at standstih.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
Mr.. FREY is DEAD
Former General Manager of the
Santa Fe Railway
Passes Away at Sed' - alter a
Long Illness.
REACHED AGE OF 55.
Death Was Caused by Disease
of the Kidneys.
He Entered Railroad Work at
the Age of IL.

Sedalla, Mo, July 13.-J. J. Frey, for
merly general manager of the Santa Fe
railway, died here today after Ions
illness from kidney trouble, aged SO.
Mr. Frey entered the railroad service
when IL years old as a messenger bos
on the Ohio & Mississippi. He became
night dispatcher on that road. and in
1865 became trainmaster on the Mis-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
MISSING WITH 900
New Developments in the Disap-
pearance of E. E. Wilson.

wellington. kan. July 13.-The Central
BANK and Trust company of Ashland has
sI1ed the Sumner-Sherman Cattle company
for S2l 900 which was drawn by Emera
Wilson. president of the. cattle COMPANY.
iynoranf of the transaction until Sunday.
Is. E. Wilson. county attorney of sumner
county was SUPPOSE ,t % i nave +; commas nia ra
embezzled nearly $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
oranrenen Celebrate.

Belfast, Ireland, July 13.-The Orange
men are today engaged in their annual
celebration of July y, in their custo-
mary way. About 100000 men partici-
pated in the celebration. The entire po-
lice force was on duty and the troops
were confined to barracks so as to be
ready in case of emergency. AT Ros-
trevor, County Down, there are LOO po-
lice and soldiers in the town and vi
cinitv. which gives the place the ap-
pearance of being in a state of siege.
The nationalists mostly refrained from
counter demonstrations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
Must PAY the License Fee.

Kansas City, Kan, July 13---A. H. Broth
erson, license inspector. says that he Will
begin this week to arrest peddlers who
have not paid their semi-annual license
fee of $40. Mr. Brotherson also says tina t
there would be no abatement in the order
that all ice men should carry scales On
their wagons. Two ice wagon drivers were
arrested Sunday and fined in police court.
Some of the wa agons stopped running dur
ing the day and many people had difficulty
in getting ice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
WILL TRY RUDOLPH, TOO.
The Fact That He Has Gone Will
Make No Difference.

st. Louis. July 13.-Geo. Collins alias
Fred Lewis, the confederate of Bill"
Rudolph. the bank robber who escaped
from Jail last Monday was taken TO
Union today for trial on the charge of
killing Charles Schumacher, a detective
who had been sent to arrest the two
men. Although not present, Rudolph
will be tried on the same charge. Sheriff
Thomas B. Bruch, of Franklin county,
accompanied by four deputies, escorted
the prisoner, to guard against his es-
cape or rescue by Rudolph. who is still
al large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
students Must Paw Poll Tax.

Salina, July 13.-All the students of
the different colleges of this city who
voted at the last spring election win be
compelled to pay poll tax this year.
They make their home here while at
tending school and they must hereafter
nav Doll tax the same as other voters
if it is possible for the street commits
sioner to find them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
Ternneratures of Large Cities.

Chicago. July 13.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York. 6S; Boston, 72; Phila-
fIelnbia. Y: Washington, Sc: Chicago,
6S: Minneapolis, So; Cincinnati. IS; St.
Louis, 6S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
Mora Gold for Paris.

New York. July 1s.-Kidder. Peabody
& Co, of Boston, have engaged 100000
gold for shipment to Germany on
Thurs6-e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
weather Indications.

Chicago, July 13-Kansas: General
ly fair tonight; partly cloudy and
warmer Tuesday: variable winds be-
coming southerly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
The Pope Is Troubled With
Fleeting HallucinatiOns.
Was Not Permitted to Leave
His Bed Today.
CONDITION is WORSE.
Signs of Approaching DissoIu-
tion More Apparent.
Pulse Is SO and His Respira-
tiOn Is 30.

Rome, July Is, p. m.-The popes
condition is becoming worse. Contrary
to the arrangements made for daily
reception to three cardinals, none were
permitted to enter the sick chamber to-
dav.
Hyperdermic injections of salt and
water have been administered to the
pope The night bulletin is anxiouSly
awaited.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
APIECE OF BADFAITn.

The administration has beer
fond of referring to the treaty o.
1916 as justifying it in assisting
in the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the re
public of Colombia. The pledge
to keep the Panama road clear
for traffic has been constructed
as giving authority for guarding
against Colombia a strip of ter
ritory extending three hundred
miles from the road. OF course
this pretense was absurd, but
more recent developments stamp
it as a direct violation of solemn
treaty engagements.
For it now appears that by the
treaty of 1916 the government Of
the United States guaranteed Co
lombia in the possession of Pana
ma. Good faith would require
the suppression of the secession
movement there instead of its
protection.
And by suppressing it the
United States would keep its
pledge to the world to keep the
road open to traffic. Our gov
eminent could keep the Panama
secessionists from obstructing
the road as easily as it could keep
Colombia from attacking. II
chooses to violate it's pledges in
stead of keeping them.
The authorities at Washington
deny that the treaty of 1916 has
been correctly reported, and say
it has not been published and
cannot be published at the pres
ent time. Why can it not be pub
lished? There is but one reason.
It's publication would show with
what bad faith the administra-
ton is acting. Criminals are ever
ready to conceal the evidences of
their guilt, but no one eyer heard
of their concealing any fact that
would exonerate them or justify
hem.-Fimes-Union.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
EAmnnsIANn OAaR.

A famous Florida land case in
which the heirs of John Forbes
and John ]. Innerarity are suing
the government for the recovery
of the equivalent of 2,OO0,OOO
acres in Western Florida, has
again been brought into promi-
hence through efforts of the at
torneys for the plaintiff, who will
carry it into the United States
Supreme Court.
w. w. Dewhurst, of st. Au-
gustine, as attorney forthe plain
tiffs, has had charge of the case,
and has been at work for four
years re-establishing it, the suit
having been commenced in the
United States District Court for
the Southern District of Florida,
on June 19, 1900. In October, a
year ago, a billof revival was filed.
The United States did not file an
answer until last spring. The
case is now with the master to
take testimony.
Forbes & Co. had a number of
trading houses in Florida and
elsewhere. The claim of the heirs
is that before the cession of
Florida to this country, in 1919,
by Spain, the king of Spain,
through the captain-general of
Florida, granted the land to
Forbes & Co.
1t is alleged that this grant was
made to Forbes & Co. in return
for services Forbes and his part
ner had rendered to the govern
ment.
This tract of land is valuable,
and comprises the larger part of
Washington and Calhoun coun-
ties. 1t begins on the Apalachi-
cola river at point opposite the
mouth of Sweet Water creek, and
extends west to the Choctawatchie
river, and follows the sea coast to
Apalachicola. 1t is now fairly
we'll settled and contains a num-
Der of towns. Much of the land
has been sold by the government
and patents granted to private
parties. The heirs who are SUI
ing the government expect to re-
cover land script for such part of
as has passed from the title of the
The script would
enable them to purchase govern
ment lands elsewhere.-St. Au-
gustine Record.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

West Florida is occupying a
unique as well as satisfying posi-
ton in the present campaign, in
asmuch as she has no candidate
in the field for State favors, and
consequently can stand off and
enjoy the rag chewing aud hair
pulling now going on-and likely
to increase-among the candi-
dates of the other sections. This
is the amusing part of it, but
added to II is the supreme salts
faction of being able to make her
own choice of candidates to vote
for without the sacrifice of sec
tional loyalty or pride. And there
is much in this situation to APP
preciate. Pensacola Journal.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
HANNA WHALING, 81

A telegraphic dispatch of re-
cent datefrom Norfolk, Va, says
Senator Hanna's boom for the
republican nomination for the
presidency has been started
south, through the mails, and
hundreds of circulars and news
paper clippings have been receiv-
ed. The circulars do not state
who is at the head of the Hanna
mail bureau, but local republi-
cans think they are party lead
ers who are hostile to Roosevelt.
The circulars recite that the
senator has declared that he is
not candidate for the nominal
ton, but that no man has
ever refused a nomination
made by convention. The cir
culars further state that should
a spontaneous and universal call
come from the party, the sena-
tor would respond.
The proposition is made that
the south should start the ball,
and Ohio would furnish the can
didate.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

Hon. Chas. A. Choate, formerly
of Pensacola, and one of the best
and most enthusiastic political
writer's of the Florida press, has
opened a news bureau in Jack
sonyille. We heartily commend
HIM to the brethren of the press
who arein need of reliable news
service-the best in the State.
We wish him success.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

Stockton, who aspires to be a
Senatorial candidate, will soon
discover that the Times-Union is
very much alive, at least live
enough to show howhe measures
up to the Democratic yardstick.
The Times-Union, under its
present management, never
bolted the party, while under his
control it did. Matter of record
and not of statement.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
FIGHT WILL BE BITTER.

Those who will persist In closing their
ears against the continual recommends.
with their troubles, II not coded earlier by
fatal termination. Read what 4. x. Beall
OF Beall, Miss, has D. say; Last fall NV
wife had every symptom OF consumption.
she took DR.. Kings New Discovery AFTER
everything else had failed. Improvement
came ut once and tour BOTTLES entirely
cured her Guaranteed by S Il. Bic
Geachy a. Co., druggists Irice 900 and
800. Trial bottles frel
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
REyOLJTIoN lMMINENT.

A sure sign Of approaching revolt and
serious trouble in your system Is nervous.
ness. sleeplessness. or stomach upsets
Electric Bitters will quickly dlsme mber the
troublesome causes. Ii never fails 10 tone
the stomach, regulate the kidneys and bow
els, stimulate tue liver, and cIarlfy the
blood. Run down avstems benefit particu'
larly and all the usual attending aches
vanish under It's searching and thorough
effectiveness. Electric Bltters 10 Only soc
and that Is returned IL Il don't give perfect
satisfaction. Guaranteed by s. Il. No
Geachy e. Co., druggists.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

A prominent Republican poll
tician in New Jersey says that
Mr.. Roosevelt is not popular in
that State. The leading men Of
the party, we are told, ''are really
afraid of the man. They do not
know but that as soon as he finds
he is elected for four years he
may commit some extravagant
official act that may upset bust
ness or plunge. thu country into
trouble withsome fo e Empower"
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
sPARKs PROM rIMEs-UNIoN.

Those hopeful Southern plant
ers who want Mr.. Roosevelt to
help them fight the boil weevil
should get him fighting mad first.
The Birmingham Age-Herald
thinks that the beggar should be
''abated." About all thefaverage
beggar wants is "a bait" any
how.
A Chicago professor" has dis.
covered that ''hogs can talk" II
he had ever paid any attention "a
Florida politics he would have
known that long ago.
Even the New York Sun con.
graduates the president on his
Panama coup. We fear thatsoms
troublesome chickens may yet
come home TO roost from that
same coop"
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
PENsACOLA,s mAnDI-GRAs.

The carnival association, com.
posed of the men having the com.
ing Mardi-Gras celebration in
hand, is now making active prep
arations for the big event which
is to occur on February Is and
IA. 1t must not be judged, how
ever, that the officers and mem
bers of the association have been
idle during the summer months.
On the other hand, they have
been hard at work, and as a re-
suit of their labors matters have
assumed shape to be pushed to a
successful consummation before
the date arrives for the grand
celebration. Reports of the va
rious committees show that the
work on the floats, with the ex-
ception of the decorations, has
been nearly completed. Con-
tracts were yesterday closed for
the uniforms and costumes of the
float characters and attendants.
These costumes are not only
larger in number than on previ-
Gus occasions, but are much
handsomer and more costly, W.
ing with the finest in their splen-
dor. This Mardi-Gras celebra-
ton will, witness some new and
novel features-features which
will add an attractiveness to the
entire event, and make it one of
the most thoroughly enjoyable
affairs ever given by the Pensa-
cola Carnival Association. Pen
sacola Journal.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
TIE MASS OF LR0IsLaTION.

| - mass VI AaDNhD - - aNANa
Senator Money, of Mississippi
broke the record one day las
week, when he introduced into
the Senate 233 bills. Up to thai
time the record had-been held BY
the late Senator Plumb, of Kan
sas, with an even 100 bills in one
day. Nearly all of Senator
Moneys bills, it is said, were Of
a private or political nature. The
probabilities are that not more
than one or two of them were oil
a general character, designed to
be of benefit to the country al
large. This one days unloading
of bills by one man was within
100 of the total number of bills
introduced in the Senate during
the whole of the Thirty-eighth
Congress.
Senator Moneys feat, however,
is an exceptional one for a Demo
crat. AS a common thing, Demo
Gratis introduce fewer bills than
Republicans, since they do not
believe in legislating for private
interests. The records show
that whenever the Democratic
party is in control of Congress,
or of either house, there is fall
ing off in the number of bills in
troduced in the body so con-
trolled; and that whenever the
Republicans are in control there
is at once a boom in the amount
of proposed new legislation. In
the Fifty-frst Congress, when
Reed was speaker, there were
introduced into the House more
than $4,000 bills. Two years
later, when the Democrats cap
tured that body, the number of
bills proposed dropped to 10000.
and during the following session,
also Democratic, to 5000. With
the return of the Republicans to
power, however, there was again
a pouring in of bills, until during
the Fifty-seventh Congress, pre-
ceding the one now in extra ses-
sion, there were introduced in
the House nearly $4,000 bills.
For fifty years there has been
a steady increase in the amount
of proposed new legislation, with
the House originatinga bout three
bills to the Senate's one. While
it is true that only a compare
lively small part of this grist of
bills ever become laws, yet the
fact will not be disputed that
there is too much legislation.
This is true both of Congress
and the state legislatures. And
in both the mass of the matter
embodied in bills is designed for
private gain or for political pur-
poses. If these classes of legis-
lation could be held down, public
interests would be vastly bene-
fited and the burden of govern
ment support would be lessened.
Savannah News.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

Speaking of the Alaska award, Sir Will
fred Laurier, premier Of Canada, said:
sour hands are tied to largo extent
owing to the fact Of onr connection with
the mother country making US not free
agents and obliginG us to deal with ques-
tions affecting ourselves through the in
strumentallty of the British ambassador "
The speech was regarded as almost rev.
dictionary.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

General Reyes is dealing in he
roics when he forecasts a war be-
tween Colombia and the United
States that will be a second Boer
war" England had to fight the
Beers on their own ground, and
the Beers we're an exceptionally
brave and study people, well
equipped in both arms and am
munition. The United States
would not have to fight the Co
lombians inland on their own
ground; and there is no compare
son between the Beers and the
INDIANS physically or morally.
II the Colombians were to behave
real naughty, Uncle Sam might
send a squad Of policemen to Ba-
gotta to preserve the peace; that
would be about the extent OF il. II
Savannah News.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
A COSTLY MISTAKE.

Blunders are sometimes very expensive
Occasionally life itself is the price of a
mistake, hut you'll never he wrong IL you
take DR.. Kirg's New Life Pills for dyspep
STA, DIZZINESS, headache. liver or bowel
troubles They are gentle yet thorough
25c, at ). E. McGeachy & Co.'s drug store.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

In speaking in a Presbyterian church
in Washington, the president said: 1--WE
can divide, and must divide, on party
lines, as regards certain questions, as re-
CARDS the deepest, as regards the vital
questions" He said nothing las regards
his action toward Colombia.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
A FRIGHrENED HORSE.

running like mad down the street, dumping
the occupants, or q hundred other acct
cents. are every day occurrences. IL be-
doves everybody to have a reliable Snlve
handy and there's none rs good as Buck
lens ArnIca Salve. Burns, cuts, sores. ec.
zema and piles disappear quickly under its
soothing effect. CSC, ut 5. f. McGeachy &
Co.'s drug store.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

Representative Morrell. OF Pennsyl-
vania, has introduced bill In the House
Of Representatives making II an ofiense
under the Federal law for common car
riers TO provide separate ears for either
white or black passengers.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03
y j. JONES.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAw
CHIPLEY, FLA.
Coasldsrate.

"Have you eyer done anything 10
make the world happlerT' asked the
solemn looking person with the un,
barbered hair.
'sure, - answered tho jolly man with
the double chin. II was Once Invited to
sing In public and declined" Indian.
apolls Sentinel
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

The statute of limitations will
not save United States Senator
Dietrich, who is charged with
bribery and corruption.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

The Republicans claim the credit for
Onr past prosperity, but they say that the
present business depression has nothing
to do with politics.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

Carrie Nation makes money selling
small hatchets. Her scheme is business
with temperance high links for adver-
tisement.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

In the United States there are SO peri
Odicals to every million inhabitants. in
Great Britain 113, in Russia n and in
Japan II.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1903-12-03

j. p. Morgans uDdigested securities
seem to be causing financial appendicitis
in Wall street.