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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-09
CKWELpER-TuTEwILER

EvansviIle, Ind, Oct. G-The wedding OF Miss
AsIy G Clement, $ years old and Doctor
t.. James Turpin, a. EolemniZed at Chrtsney.
Ind, to-day, The bridegroom is one Of the
oses an OF Spencer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
BROWN SEEKS PARDON.
Neosho County Physician Wants Re-
lease from Penitentiary.

Erie Kan. Aug. 6.-An effort is be-
ing made by the friends of George Les
lie Brown who was convicted of man.
slaughter in the second degree, in the
district court of this county about two
years ago, to secure his pardon. Brown,
it viii be remembered, was arrested in
October. 1900, upon warrant issued
from the justice court in Erie. charging
him with having performed criminal
operation upon the person of Ollie Mil
Ter, of Ladore township in the southern
part of the county, which resulted in
her death. Brown gave bond to appear
at the December term of court following
at which time he defaulted and failed
to appear, his bond was declared for
feited and later suit was instituted in
the district court to recover the amount
of his bond which was $1,000. Later
Brown was located in the Ozark noun
tains of Missouri by his bondsmen and
was again arrested and brought back
to stand trial.
At the April term of court, 1901, Brown
entered a plea of guilty as charged in
the information. after putting the state
to an expense of several hundred dollars,
and was sentenced to five years at hard
labor in the penitentiary at Lansing.
Kan Since that time his friends have
been carefully at work seeking to OBJ
tain a parole or an absolute pardon, and
have retained able counsel at Leaven-
worth, who have charge of the case
Letters have been received here asking
for information and the officials al the
fcourt are asked for complete copies of
the files in the case. The sentiment of
the people in this matter is strongly
against Brown and he will have a hard
fight to regain his liberty at this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
CLOUDBURST.
Terrific Electrical Storm Above
Pueblo, Col.
Great Volume of Water Coming
Down the Arkansas.
ID. & r. G. WASHED OUT.
Worst Hail Storm Ever Known
at Cheyenne, Wyo.
Two Inches of Hail Covered the
Streets and Lawns.

Pueblo, Colo, Aug "a cloudburst
and terrific electrical storm occurred
last night west of here. A great volume
of water is coming down Arkansas
river but it is not yet learned that
much damage was done, except that the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad was
washed out in one or two places east of
Florence delaying trains
HAIL AT CHEYENNE.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 6.-Evidences
of damage wrought by the hail storm
last evening. the worst ever known in
this city, are seen on all sides today
Many windows are shattered and splin-
ters broken from shingles and strewn
on the streets. The ground is carpeted
with foliage stripped from the trees. At
the close of the storm which lasted thir-
ty minutes two inches of hail covered
the streets and lawns. Gardens are
ruined.
A WALL OF WATER
Florence, Colo, Aug. 6.-As the result
of the heavy rain storm wall of water
several feet deep came rushing down
Hard Scrabble canon this morning, car
of bridge that spans the creek east of
this city. Previous to this w A Wat
kins, porter on the Denver & Rio Grande
passenger train No 3, piloted the train
safely into the yards.in this city, walk
ing ahead of it a distance of five miles
through water from six inches to two
feet deep. Owing to the numerous
waShouts no trains are running today
between Pueblo and Canon City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
WARE AT HOME.
Pension Commissioner Arrives
from Washington Today.
Doesn't Appear to Be Worrying
About Criticism.
COURTS INVESTIGATION
Says His Bureau Has Not YiO-
lated Civil Service Rules.
Never Had a Coach or a Coach.
man.

Eugene F. Ware, United States COM
missioner of PENSIONS is home from
Washington for twenty-hour visit on
his way west to attend the national G.
A. r. encampment at San Francisco.
He arrived at noon. The first thing he
did was to go to the Cremerie and call
for a cantaloupe. a glass of milk,
piece of pie and various other edibles.
just as he used to do every dav. He
will leave a noon tomorrow to go on
to San Francisco.
Things are going fine in the pension
bureau" said Mr. Ware in reply to a
question I'VE have done the biggest
years work this year that has been
done in the pension bureau in ten
years."
Mr.. Ware is looking we'll, seems in
the best of spirits. and is not at all
worried by the attacks made on his ad-
ministration of his bureau. In reply to
a question concerning the charges made
recently by Albert Martin, formerly a
clerk in the Topeka pension agency,
that some of Commissioner Wares
rules were in violation of the civil
service rules and made for partisan
purposes. he said:
Il have not yet seen the newspapers
containing the account of the charges
and don't know who is at the bottom
of them or what they are except as peo-
pie have told me. l understand l am
charged with promoting my coachman
/ into the pension service. AS never had
a coach nor a coachman, and as the
only person l ever had in my employ
who could in any way be called by that
designation is now with my family in
! Colorado, I am inclined to think that
! the charges are not true. But l have
reached that point where / never deny
anything. These charges are a matter
for investigation by the civil service
commission, and I shall await with
pleasure any investigation anybody
wants to make.
/ Il was told last April that the fight
| on the administration would open or
/ July i, and that the pension bureau
| would be the first to suffer attack, sc
they are now attacking my bereau
days to get through with me and ther
| they will begin on some other depart
| ment. You will notice that the only
place they are attacking me is on some
| civil service charge. We handle a gOoC
! many million dollars every year anC
none of it is ever stolen, so the only
| thing they can do is to charge civil ser
vice violations.
And | have issued a sort of whole
sale defiance to the human race to bring
on any charges they may want to re-
garding civil service violations and hav,
them investigated, because 1 know tha
none of them will stand"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
HOW ABOUT CHICKENS.
Prof Dyche Here to See About Them
at ST. Louis Fair.

The Kansas worlds fair commission
ers are talking over a mum Der of va
rious propositions today For instance
Prof. l.. l. Dyche. of the state univer-
slty, who is incidentally president of
the Kansas State Poultry association
as well as the most famous taxidermist
and one of the best known naturalists
in the country. is here to talk over the
showing which Kansas will make IN the
poultry exhibit at the worlds fair.
1t is probable that the hen show"
said Senator Morrow. will be an ex
hibit by itself in which the exhibits
from each state will not be placed to-
gether but the different varieties will
be Jumped and the individual exhibitors
VIII then arrange their displays The
commission wants to encourage the
Kansas hen omake a creditabIe show
ing
II is also probable that Prof. Dyche
VIII allow whatever portion of his
natural history exhibit al the state uni
Verslty to be used a the worlds fair
as the commissioners think suitable
the same as he did at the Chicago fair
Ihere his exhibit was one of the most
attractive features of the fair. 1t will
be placed in the Kansas state building
T. A. Borman, secretary of the State
Dairy association, also talked over the
dairy exhibit with the commission to-
that the dairy interests of Kansas are
properly represented
Mrs c f. w. Dassler. of Atchison
who viii have charge Of Kansas art is
also here this afternoon. It is expected
10 make the Kansas building very at
other art
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
STOLE A SAFE.
Rolled 1t Into the Street and
Applied Dynamite.

Seattle. Wash. Aug. 6.-At o'clock
this morning robbers removed the safe
from the bar of the Washington hotel
formerly the Denny and rolled it
down the side of the steep hill on which
the hotel is situated into Stewart street
Passersby. including street car men go
ing to work saw the men but paid no
attention to them. The robbers drilled
the safe and planted dynamite and
stepped out of harms way. Several
people stopped within a hundred yards
to look at the safe lying in the street,
and the possibility of safe cracking
was suggested. While they were look
ing the safe exploded. People came
running from all directions. The safe
crackers. of whom some say there were
two and some say three, made a dash
for the safe to get its contents, but
were frightened by people who came
running down from the Washington
hotel, and bolted and left the $500 which
IT contained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
WRECKED HIS TRAIN
In Effort to Save Life of Man on
the Track.

Wheeling. w. Va, Aug 6.-The Inn
tied Panhandle passenger train from
the west moving toward Pittsbur- at
the rate of 60 miles an hour. was de-
rallied between Jewett and Scio, Ohio
last night. Fireman John w. smith,
of Dennison, Ohio, was scalded to death
under the engine, and Engineer John
B. Hoffman, of Allegheny, was PROB
ably fatally scalded. James B. Calder
wood, of Denver, passenger in the
smoker. had his left arm broken and
was badly bruised and confused about
the body Walter Corbett, of Butte,
Mont. a a'passenger in the smoker, sus-
tanned facial and scalp decorations and
body bruises. Several other passengers
received lesser injuries.
The engineer. while rounding sharp
curve, saw a man walking on the track
ahead of him in the direction the train
was moving, and applied the air brakes.
The effect was to make the engine
leave the rails. leap across the west
bound track and continue over a high
embankment where it was partially
turned on its side. The tender was
carried with it. but the remainder OF
the train was simply carried Off the
track and none of the cars plunged into
the ditch.
The fireman, pinioned under the en-
! CINE was breathing his last when the
passengers came to his assistance and
extricated him from his position The
escaping steam had scalded him until
/ his features were hardly recognizable
/ The hot water and steam also had
poured on the engineer, and he was
taken out unconscious and so badly
burned that his death is expected. The
escape of the passengers from death is
considered miraculous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
MRS. HODGES NEW STORY.
Woman Accused of Murder Keeps
Officials Guessing.

Salt Lake, Utah. Aug. 6-Mrs. Aurora
Hodge, who confessed in Grand Rapids,
Mich. that she was implicatedsin the muir
der of William X. Ryan, an aged specta-
Gle peddler, near Murray, Utah, few
weeks ago, and who has been brought
here for trial, has considerably modified
the statement she first made in regard TO
the killing and now declares she did not
fire the shot that killed Ryan. Ryan's re-
mains were exhumed yesterday and a
large bullet hole found in the top of the
head. When told of this Mrs. Hodge ap-
peared much surprised
IF he died from that wound l did not
kill him." she said to her attorneys. 4 ad-
init that I shot at him. / tied his hands
over by the big tree. but he got loose and
started after me- / had to protect myself
and fired at him. L fired a t his side. II
would have been impossible for me to shoot
him in the crown of the head when he was
UP and running. He was not Nied when L
shot at him, and if he was found tied
some one else did it,
Mrs Hodge persistcntly refuses to give
anv information as to the identity of her
accomplice picture in Mrs. Hodge s
effects has been identified that of a
man who was seen in company with Ryan
and Mrs Hodge a few days before the
murder. Mrs. Hodge at first said the pic
ture was that of her husband. This she
now denies. The police believe this man
was the accomplice and have reason to oe-
lieve that he is in Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
TO GUST GLASS TRUST.
Suit i'm Ohio Under the Valen-
tine Antitrust Law.

Columbus, O., Aug. 6.-Suit to oust
the soca1led glass trust" the National
Glass company of Pennsylvania, en-
bracing Is companies of the 20 manu-
featuring press glassware, tableware,
and tumblers in the United States from
operating in Ohio was filed in the cir
cult court today by Attorney General
Sheets at the instance of the Federal
Glass company of Columbus The Cicero
Glass company, of Cicero, Indiana, and
the Federal company are the only in
dependent companies. The suit is based
on the Valentine antitrust law, and it
is averred that the National company
was formed to limit production, mani
pulate prices and stif1e competition.
George Beatty, formerly of Washing
ton Pa, against whom the National
company has pending in the federal
court suit to enforce a contract in
which he agreed to quit the glass bust
ness is president of the Federal com
pany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
HORSES HANG IN MID-AIR.
May Have to Remain on Incline Rail-
wav Two Weeks

Pittsburg. Pa. Aug. 6.-Half way up
the steep hillside above Penn avenue
near Seventeenth street, two teams are
practically suspended in mid-air on the
incline railway at that point. BetWlXt
and between, neither up nor down, they
will remain till repairs to the machinery
which operates the cars can be made,
which will Droba bly, require two weeks
to complete Meanwhile the teams are
contentedly eating their oats, carried
up to them at the expense of much
la hor
Shortly after Z o'clock last night the
cars came to a stop within a few feet of
each other on the hillside. The pas
sengers were worried at first not know
ing the cause of the stoppage, and
would have worried more had they
known that a crack in the shaft of one
of the drums had imperiled their lives,
and only the timely discovery of the
fact by Morris Coffey, a fireman, avert
ed possible catastrophe.
The passengers made their way to
the level ground by means of the cleat-
ed tracks between the rails; but the
horses had to remain where thev were.
One team belongs to Hartley Bros. and
has a wagon load of coal with it: the
other hauled hucksters outfit, and is
owned by James Miner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
COL. VEALE WANTS 1T.
Candidate for Governor of
National Military Home.

Colonel George w. Veale, at present
custodian of the state house. is a can
didate for governor of the National
Military home at Leavenworth, to sue
ceed Governor J. G. Rowland, who died
last night.
Il do not care SO much for the salary
attached TO the place. said Colonel
Veaie today when asked concerning his
candidacy, but it is position which /
should consider it a high honor to fill,
and for that reason 1 should like to
have the appointment"
The place will be filled by the board
of directors of national military homes.
All of the national soldier homes are
under the control of this board of seven
members. Colonel Sidney G. Cooke, of
Herington, Kan. is the only member
who resides in this part of the United
States.
The Leavenworth soldiers home is one
of the largest and most important in
the United States. There are more than
1900 veterans living there and the
grounds and buildings are extensive
The governor" is practically the same
as superintendent.
There may be candidates for the place
from all over the United States, and
Colonel Veale may not be the only one
from Kansas. Others who are said tc
be candidates are w. w. Smith, private
secretary to Senator Burton: w. w
Martin of Fort Scott. at present treas
urer at the I.eavenworth home; and u
V. Piersol, also of Fort Scott.
There is no politics in connection with
the appointment as the board itself is
non-political. Sidney G. Cooke, tht
Kansas member. is an old-time Demo
crat. The principal thing sought in Z
governor is capabiiity, and when a gov
ernor proves himself capable, the ap-
pointment is practically good for life.
Colonel Veale will probably show VI
as good record and have as fine a lint
of endorsements as any man who as
pires to the place. He is a native o.
Indiana, coming to Kansas in 1856 ant
settling in Leavenworth county WhsI
! the war broke out he raised company
of cavalry and was commissioned cap
! tain of company c, Fourth Kansas val
unteers. Later he was promoted to ma
| jor of the Sixth Kansas, and finally be
came colonel of the Kansas state militia
and as such participated in the famous
Price raid. He has served. Shawne
county number of times in boil
branches of the state house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
Eammering of Securities Con
tinues on Wall Street.
Laidlaw & Carrie Added to List
of Failures.
PRICES DROP LOWER
Than at Amy Time Since Present
Movement Began.
Santa Fe Preferred Caught in
the Downward Rush.

New York. Aug. 6-The stock mar
let opened rather excited. TODAY. and
there were wide declines in a number
of securities. caused presumably by
fears of further failures. After the
first few minutes trading it became ap-
parent that supporting orders in the
market leaders had been placed and the
tone became steadier. The selling was
especially notable in Missouri Pacific,
Union Pacific Baltimore & Ohio. and
Atchison. while st. Paul, Southern Pa
cific, New York Central and Pennsyl-
vania showed support
Shortly after IL o'clock the official an
nouncement was made that all sheets
had gone through the stock exchange
clearing house without difficulty. thus
Indicating that all brokers had been
able to meet their obligations this
morning.
The failure of Laidlaw & Carrie,
which was announced on the Consoli-
dated exchange, was not important
4enough to have effect on the stock ex-
change.
George Z. Sullivan, assignee for the
firm OF Sharp & Bryan, said today that
he would not be able to make any
statement in regard to the firms affairs
today. He said it might require some
conditions of the firms affairs.
Persistent rumors OF liquidation by a
big house" were circulated during the
noon hour and prices dropped once
more, some of them to a lower level
Rhan before.
Stocks that suffered most in this at
tack included: st. Paul, Reading, Atch-
ison preferred, Erie, New York Central,
Pennsylvania, Union Pacific and United
States Steel. Shrewd traders on the
floor expressed the belief that much of
today's liquidation was of new char
acter, the source of which they were
unable to trace. 1t was this fact that
excited considerable apprehension
The firm did a commission business
which was not extensive. The failure
4 was without general Importance.
Henry B. ketcham, assignee for the
firm of Huhbutt Hatch & Co, said to-
day that he probably would be unable
to make a statement of the firms LA
bilities before Monday. Mr. Ketchan
said that as far as they have been able
to ascertain the firm has no outstanding
contracts on the floor of the exchange
He also said that the secured claims as
near as he could tell at the present time
- are less than 100000 and the unsecured
claims are under $250,000.
LAIDLAW & CARRIE FAIL.
New York, Aug. 6.-Laidlaw & Carrie
change announced their suspension to
day
The members of the firm are VIM. r
I4aidlaw and Daniel I. Carrie. Laidlaw
"A few years ago sued Russell Sage
charging that the aged financier threv
him in front of the bomb which Nor
cross threw at Mr.. Sage. Laidlaw WA
then cashier for Bloodgood & Co, ans
happened to be in Sage'S office whei
NOrcrosS entered it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
BELLS RANG AN HOUR.
Five Hundred Churches in Rome
Celebrate PapaI Election.

Rome, Aug. 6.-During one full hour
this morning there seemed to be moth
ing but vibrating sounds. so penetrat-
ing were the strokes of the bells of
about 500 churches which. all ringing
together, absorbed all other noises. The
ringing was in honor of the election of
Plus X-a welcome unique of its kind
and ordered by Cardinal Resphigi, vicar
of Rome, who issued special instruc-
tions therefor. All the churches contem-
poraneously celebrated masses fol the
event, the intoning combining with the
harmony. The bells involuntarily
served another purpose, that of ringing
in the great ceremony of the reception
of the diplomatic body accredited to the
holy see. Rome has lately been sur
feited with vatican functions, but that
of this morning was so striking that
it held its own with the others. The
members of the sacred college gathered
before the hour set for the ceremony
and held a kind of informal reception.
the conclave, short as it was, having
brought them cordially together. A
procession was then formed. First
came the Swiss guards, which gives a
peculiar medieval Splendor to all
papal gatherings, then the Palatine
guard. followed in irregular ranks by
the whole OortiEca1 court. in its null
/ tiform and multicolored costumts, the
cardinals in all the gorgeousness of
their scarlet robes, and the bishops.
scarcely less STRIKING, IN thelr purple.
The pope. in sDotless white, his grey
hair in harmony with his whole attire.
and surrounded by the noble guard,
who always remain near his sserson,
went on foot Just the others.
The procession having gained the hall
of the throne, where the members OF
the diplomatic body had gathered
Senor D'Antas, the Portuguese ambas-
sador. the dean of the corps. read in
clear voice the collective greeting of
his colleagues, presenting their homage
to the new pope and assuring him OF
their fidelity. Plus X answered with
great cordiality, thanking them heartily
for their good wishes All then kissed
his hand, and the pontiff took this op-
portunity of speaking personally tc
each, showing a knowledge of the pol
itics of the diverse countries which sur
prised the diplomats, the new pontifi
being credited with taking small in
terest in affairs outside Italy. 1t was
another surprise to them to hear him
speak French. if not fuently at least
with certain readiness. Altogether the
whole audience gave promise of a new
era of international cordiality at the
vatican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-06
HAS RIGHT OF WAY.
Henry E Lowe Rushing to Bedside
of Sick Daughter in . Special

To reach the sick bed of his young
daughter reported dying in Los Angeles.
Cal, Henry E. Lowe of New York, chief
engineer of the II. S. Steel corporation,
is rushing across the continent on
$4, 900 special train that promises to beat
all transcontinental speed records. 1t
passed through Topeka at 11:30 last
night on the Santa Fe. Mr. Lowe left
New York Tuesday afternoon at 2;35
and is due in Los Angeles at II o'clock
Friday evening, making his total time
for the trip from sea to sea three days
and nine hours. So hurried was Mr.
loves departure from New York tnat
he did not have time to arrange for
transportation west of Chicago until
he was on board the Twentieth century
limited on the Lake Shore road.
From this train telegraph communi-
cation was opened with the Chicago
offices of the Atchison. Topeka q Santa
Fe railroad and arrangements were
made for a train to make the trip TO the
coast in sixty hours, eight hours faster
than the run made by the regular Call
fornia limited.
Mr. Lowe reached the La Sale street
station, Chicago, Wednesday morning
at 9:45 and half an hour later left the
Polk street depot on the Santa Fe spe-
cial This train consisted of an engine,
baggage car and the hotel car Rocket"
The Rocket is equipped with COOKS
walters and abundant provisions, so
that no time shall be lost In stopping Tor
meals. Telegraphic messages directed
that relays of locomotives be prepared,
and that Mr.. loves train be given the
right of way.
Los Angeles, Gala, Aug. 6.-Mary
Lowe. the 11-year-old daughter of Chief
Engineer Henry Lowe of the United
States Steel corporation IS dead at q
hotel in this city, while her father Il
speeding across the continent on spe-