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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-15
STURGlS WAS WRONG.
Clyde People Make Statement
About Patterson.

Mayor HAYS of Clyde and his associates
who were active in the prosecution Of A.
w. Patterson the defaulting city treas
urer at Clyde. take exception to the state
ments made by Judge +. w Sturgis. Pat
tersOn's attorney, IN an interview in the
State Journal few days ago, and they
have sent a signed statement TO the state
journal contradicting Judge Sturgis. his
statement is as follows
1--WE, the undersigned. citizens of Clyde.
Kan. acquainted with all the facts. de-
nounce the above statements made o.
Judge r. w. Sturgis as willfuny and ma
hciously false, especially in the fOllOwir 3
particulars:
'.First-There was deception on Patter-
sons part. the steal being concealed for
months.
"second-The defense never was willing
to admit facts in the case, but hung On 10
technicalities
'Third-The money stolen by Patter-
son was not money collected from joints,
but the money received from all sources
irdiscrimirately. $50 being cemetery funds
and T,175 tax money just received from
the county treasurer.
"Fourth-The city authorities did have
faith in civil action, brought suit and OBJ
tanned judgment for $500, the whole
amount stolen, with interest.
''Fifth-The city records were deliber-
ately falsihed by entries showing the pay
ment of bonds which he never paid.
GEO HAYS
'Ex-MayOr.
'R. B. NEJBURY
&C. L. GREGG,
"Ex- Councilman.
&C. NJ PARKER,
Councilman.
ID. LAKE,
Elk Councilman.
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NOW IT'S BAKER.
Ex-senator Suggested as Judge
Hooks Successor.
Leavenworth Bar Has Forward
ed His Endorsement.
SLONECKER WANTS IT.
Congressman Curtis Manager
Is Also Candidate.
n. II. LOomis Has Received Many
Endorsements.
SLONECKER WANTS 1T.

Leavsnworth attorneys are booming
ex-senator Lucien Baker to succeed
Judge Hook as United States district
judge Senator Baker has not said that
he is a candidate, but that is Senator
Bakers way. The members of the
LeaVenworth bar association have for
warded an endorsement of Senator Ba-
ker to Washington.
J. G. Slcnecker, of Topeka, is also an
nounced as candidate for the place
As he is Congressman Curtis manager
he viii doubtless have Mr.. Curtis en-
endorsement for the appointment. He
may also have the backing OF the boss
busters machine. as he IS its master
mechanic, but this is not yet certain.
Charles Blood Smith, who is one Of
the really strong candidates, was IN
Kansas City yesterday and Kansas
City paper quotes him as follow:
L wish it understood that L am NOT
a candidate Of any faction. OF COURSE
1 know ! am being backed by National
Committeeman MulNane, Who IS my
friend, and Senator Burton has prom
that Senator Long viii oppose me
strenuously. ! do not look for a big
factional fight in Kansas over this ap-
pointment. I am in to win. but if
lose l think I shall be able to Worry
along somehow"
A number of Kansas City, Kan, at
torneys have endorsed n. H LOOMS
for the vacant judgeship and have SO
autographed the president. Among those
who signed the endorsement was eX-
Mayor Craddock. who made his cam
paign for governor last fall on the
ground that the railroads are not pay
ing their share of the taxes, and T. r.
Gilbert the new mayor. Mr. LOOMS
once resided in Kansas City and stands
very high there
Senator Long is expected to reach
Topeka Tuesday afternoon to discuss
the appointment of federal district
judge with his friends and with the
various candidates.
The politicians are now guessing that
the contest will be between Chief JUS
tice Johnston and Charles Blood Smith
but Of course Senator Longs views
may considerably alter the situation,
and no one yet knows what those views
are.
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WILL ERECT A STABLE.
Foster Humane Society to Have a
Home.

It has been decided by the Foster
Humane society to construct stable in
which proper care can be given the
stray animals that have been picked
up about town since the flood To
cover the cost it has been agreed thai
lot on Kansas avenue near Ninth
street which Judge Foster left the So
cietv shall be sold.
1t is desired that the proposed build
ing shall include living rooms for the
King brothers special humane officers.
The King brothers did especially eff
cient work Immediately after the flood
in getting out animals which had been
caught in North Topeka A dozen or
more horses and COWS. besides numer-
Gus dogs and cats. have remained with
out owners since the high water. Some
of the horses and cows are in the care
of veterinarians on account of blood
poisoning contracted by standing in the
water for several days.
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Fred Mink Kills Father of His
Sweetheart
Then Goes Home and Kills His
Own StepmOther.
FLEES TO EMPTY HOUSE
Holds at Bay Sheriff's Posse and
a Mob.
Had Spent Some Time in the
State of Washington.

Pittsheld Ill, June 15.-As the result
of double killing committed here
yesterday, Fred Mink, q years of age,
is besieged in a deserted house on the
edge of town. while a mob and
sherif's posse are seeking to effect his
capture. The members of the mob de-
clare they VIII lynch him and the
sheriff and his deputies are trying to
make him prisoner and take him to Jail.
Mink shot and killed Newton w. Har-
ris, farmer, living near town and
then killed his stepmother. Rage over
the refusal of Harris to allow him to
pay attentions to his daughter is
thought to have inspired one killing,
but the death of Mrs. Mink is not ex-
planned. Mink recently returned from
the state of Washington. Before leav
ing home for the west he paid atten
tions to Beulah, the daughter of Mr..
Harris. and his suit had been discOur-
aged by the father Since his return
Mink has declared that he intended 10
even up scores.
Mink crept up behind Harris yester-
day as the latter was working in his
pasture and shot him from behind with
. rife. Mink then ran to the PROSTATE
man and shot him four times as he lay
on the ground. Mrs. Harris came upon
the scene and Mink drew revolver as
she approached and fired one shot The
shot missed and Mink fled to the woods.
A search was Instituted and a num-
Der of people went to his home. Forcing
an entrance they discovered the body
of Mrs. Mink lying on the floor. she
had been shot a number of times and
was dead The citizens organized
posse, fully armed, to search for Mink.
and a length he was found hiding in
deserted house on the edge Of the town.
AS the crowd approached he showed
himself at window and told his pur
suers that he would kill the first man
that approached the house The sheriff
insists that he will make every effort to
prevent a lynchng.
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EDITORS TO TAKE TRIP.
Their Annual Excursion Will Be
Taken June 10

). F. Junkin. secretary of the State
Editorial association, is in Topeka to-
day to make arrangements for the edi-
tOrial excursion to Colorado which had
been planned to go over the Santa Fe
on June g. but which was postponed on
account of the floods 1t has now been
arranged for the excursion to go on
June 10.
Mr. Junkin, who is editor of the Ster-
ling Bulletin when he is at home IS
enthusiastic over the prospect for the
wheat crop in Rice county this year
Rice is one of the great wheat counties
of the state. Two years ago it produced
3,S7O5sS bushels and ranked third in
wheat production in the state.
THE wheat crop viii be tremendous
again this year" said Mr.. Junkin TO-
day. There are of course, few fields
which are not very good, as there are
every year, but they are caused by soil
conditions as a rule. These fields may
make only ten or twelve bushels to the
acre but there are others which viii
make thirty bushels or more [ think
the average for the county will be II
or. IS bushels.
There has been some Hessian fly in
the county. but no great amount Of
damage has resulted SO far. We had
a little hail, too. and the presence of
the fly gave the adjusters chance TO
claim that the damage came from the
fly and not from the hail
The present indications are that harvest
will begin in about two weeks, although
if if should turn off real warm the wheat
might ripen very rapidly and be ready TO
cut before that time The farmers do not
seem to be worrying very much just Yet
about harvest hands, but they don't as
rule until harvest is well commenced Most
Of the farmers have two machines now a
binder and a header. They get into the
fields with the binder pretty early ard
three men can take care Of the wheat as
fasf as the binder runs Then when the
wheat gets too ripe to bind they, go 10
work with the header. and this takes the
extra hands. Rice county viii need some
outside help but we have always managed
to worry through in the past, and l guess
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RIO GRANDE STILL RISING.
Five Thousand People at FL Paso Are
in Danger.

FL Paso. Tex, June 15.-The Rio
Grande continues to rise steadily at this
point. and is now above the danger line
Grave apprehension is felt and every
Drecaution is being taken to prevent
the overflow of the lowlands- inha bited
only q himsy levee of sand. Hundreds
of men have been at work under the
chief of police and city engineer
strengthening the weak points of this
levee.
At White Spur, N NJ eight miles
above, a lake FIVE miles square and Of
great depth has formed behind the
levee- This is in danger of breaking
al any moment. and if a break Occur>
all barriers here viii be swept away.
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ZEE NEW KING.
Pen Picture of Peter Karageorgevitch
by Henri 2ene Du Bots

Paris, June 15.-Henri Pene Du Bots,
the noted American art critic, who IS
personally acquainted with Peter Kara
georgevitch. the new Servian king, jots
down the following pen picture:
Tall. thick, dark, a COssack in aspect,
the new king of Servia is d familiar
figure to Americans who have studied
art and letters in Paris He was for
years an art student, but as he learned
little it is probable that he adopted that
profession for the pleasure Of doing
nothing.
AS a student of painting he went to
the Quatz-arts ball; as a student Of
medicine he went to the medical stu
dents ball As a writer of odd, barbar-
GUS poems foran ephemeral review, he
went to the Cafe D'HarcOurt. He was
picturesque and harmless. As pre-
tender TO the throne of SerVia he made a
good Impression.
The faithful TO his family that came
to Paris paid court to him without a
doubt of his earnest desire to be king
His a lssmates were sure that nothing
would cmbarIass him so much as a
revolution to make his accession pos
sible
He pretended to be a pretender. his
Partisan acquaintance thought There
was no sign of his having the slightest
popularity among them. He attained
distinction in nothing Alphonse Dau-
det whose BOhemianism was captiVated
by the personalities of the pretenders
in his Kings in Exile" Of Karageorge-
witch
For years he resided in Paris, where
he was a well known boulevardier, and
Americans viii remember him particu
larly a the unlucky sutton for the hand
of Miss Mayben Swift of Chicago, to
whom he was even reported engaged four
years ago
The call from Servia viii find him
rather quiet unpretentious man of 60.
quietly residing in cottage near
Geneva
His brother. Prince Arsene, is now in
Paris. His cousin. Prince Bodipar Kara
georgevitch, who lives in the Bots de
Boulogne, took part in the French cam
paign in Tonquin and was decorated
with the cross of the Legion of Honor.
In an interview today Prince Bodijar
did not hesitate to declare that he con-
sidered popular hatred of Queen Draga
TO have been the cause Of the assasslna-
tons On becoming queen, he said, she
made herself first feared and then hated.
she brutally revenged herself for the
slightest offenses," he declared, and
pitilessly crushed high or low who had
the misfortune to displease her. The
late king was only a tool in the hands
of this bold, dOmineering woman"
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT
Chicago Wheat Mark 81.

Chicago, June 15.-WHEAT-Wheat open
ed quiet with prices easier on the contla-
ued excellent weather, July beng 4 sntHe
to 14f1ssc lower, at $4,000 &c, WINE sep
TENDER was off lsNHc. at l2S4 dfz3sc- me
market was featureleSs early, but a nrnnef
tone developed during the inst hour on
higher cables and bullish foreign news, tue
Hungarian crop report estimating the low
est yield il six years As the result OF
fair commission house ue'n4nd SePtelnl l1ss,
advanced TO $50 1314c, While July helu
firm. at 755sc Receipts at Minneapolis
Duluth and Chicago were 45l cars
A liberal decrease in the visible supply
also added strength TO the situation and
July advanced to fbc ana september 70
July sc higher, at 757snl6c, and september
sc higher at 73126i 733sc.
CORN-There was only a small trade IN
corn the fore part of the day and opening
prices were easier on the favorable Weath-
er July being unchanged to sc lower az
1895 a4S1ac and the price held steady around
4S15c. Receipts were SIC cars
The close was steady, July being 1sc
Oats opened steady with July a shade
higher at 3SSzc but free selling on the Ia
vorable weather conditions soon caused
decline. July selling off to 3s14c. Rece1pts
PROVISIONS-Lo prices for nogs
caused an easier opening in provisions and
with practically no support the market be-
came weaker on small volume OIL trlde-
September pork opened 2l2c lower. at Slb.Sy.
lard off 21kc, at $3.50, while ribs were down
- W 81 No. 2 red. nc; No. 9
red 73n76c: No. , har winter. 46c; No 3
hard winter. 79c; No. northern spring.
nc; No. 8 spring; ia l6e. .eoz,s,,o
CORNING. ,, 4SS4 a ACC; No. 3, 4eQ4S14c-
OATS-No. ,. 3615u3Tc; no. 3, Soc.
RYNJuly. 51A d511sc Sept, SOC.
FLAX-Cash: NV, a.l0; S.-W., A-r'4
los. Sept, S11S1s
TIMOTHY-June, SIS.
GLOW IR-June+ $ll- 90
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yROOMANS DIVORCED.
Mrs. vrooman Collapsed After Yer
dict Was Announced

Trenton. No. June 15.-Mrs. Nroo-
man. wife of Walter Nrooman. the
noted socialist. promoter of co-opera-
tive colonies and founder of Ruskin coll
iege. England, has been granted di
vorce from her husband Mrs Nroo~
man cola Dsed and it was necessary 10
administer restoratiyes before she could
he taken from the court room. The
evidence presented declared that Mr..
Vrooman had declared he would marry
a woman whose name was cited In the
petition. NrOOman presented lnstruc
lions withdrawing from the case
Mrs NrOOman was a Miss Graf1ln.
and belongs to a prominent Baltimore
family Her maiden name was re-
stored She has been much interested
in ohilanthroDic work and is said to
have expended over S250000 in NJ.
Vrooman's schemes Her brother was
present in the court room
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orders appeared and before II o'clock
many stocks were ruling below their open
ing prices. Sugar. Tennessee Coal. Penn
sylvania New York Central Erie. Texas
Pacific and Kansas and Texas stocks and
United States Steel were added to one
point losses or over. Louisville. Illinois
Central and Norfolk and Western fell
about POINTS. Atchison, b and o., Read
ing. Union Pacific, South Pacific, Wabash.
Missouri Pacific and Amalgamated COP
per ~ points or over and a number OF
less active stocks lost between 1 and :
points.
Prices We're more concentrated against
few leaders. notably Union Pacific. 3.
in these reached , points and some of the
other speculative favOrites also sold lower
than in the morning. Substantial declines
on small offerings were made amongst the
dormant stocks; Westinghouse Electric
declined 5. Railway Steel Spring preferred
So SlOss- Sheffield 31b General Electric
and North American % and Pressed Steel
Car z points The market was steadier in
tone by l o'clock, but the demand was
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wells and a number Of gas wells.
Buffalo area-Fourteen oil wells have
been drilled and are small producers.
"Caney Area-Gass has been struck
in wells 1880 feet deep with a daily
flow of IA million cubic feet Oil has
also been found,
Gas or oil is also found at Bene-
dict Shaw, Sycamore, Notaze. Guilfo1t,
Larimer and Neosho Falls.
Drills are now at work near Topeka,
Wamego, Arkansas City and Oberlin
and are expected TO start this summer
at a number of other. places in Central
Kansas
Measurements of the Kansas gas
wells show that the pressures have all
ready declined from fifteen to sixty
pounds, but the decline in pressure is
not always accompanied by great de-
cline in volume. The wells in Kansas
have not yet been used long enough to
predict the end but with the rapid in
crease of manufacturing plants in some
Of these fields the fnaI day of gas fuel
will be greatly FASTENED. The history
of the gas developments Of a number
of the former great gas belts of the
East is comprised in twenty-five years
and this lesson should not be forgotten
in Kansas After gas is exhausted oil
fuel will probably take it's place.
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MIR. CHURCHILL SORRY.
sends Money but Would Like to
Have Helped in Flood.


President John Z. Frost has received
the following letter from ]. H Church
III, of Dodge City, president of the
state board of agriculture:
Dodge City. Kas.. June Is, 1908
Mr. John e. Frost, Topeka, kas.:
Dear Mr.. Frost-I enclose three drafts
two for $40 and one for $40. This IS
money transferred to you as president
OF the Commercial club of Topeka. for
you to use for the flood sufferers in
such way and manner as you deem
best, feeling sure that the money in
your hands and distributed by you viii
Ieach where 1t is most needed. These
sums were sent to me in answer to let.
ters which 1 sent to some friends east
giving a description of the food and OF
me SUFFERING of tne homeless ones, ann
l take great pleasure in transferring it
TO YOU Viii you kindly acknowledge
as president of the Topeka COmmercfaf
club, the receipt of the money to Mr..
y A. Bullock, Fort Atkinson. Wis SO.
MI samuel Stenson. New York Pro-
duce exchange, SO; and Mr. Herbert d
Chairman, New York Produce eN
change. $50, as having been transferred
rom me 10 you for relief Of the food
l still have some letters to hear from
and hope that 1 may be able to send
Sonl9 more ere long I also enclose a
letter from my uncle of New York who
IS president of the Canal association
ana a director of the New York Produce
- ',.ii50' anu IL may be that the sub
scripuons coming from the exchange
VIII come direct to Topeka or it may
come to Kansas City. You viii proba-
bly, hear later from them There is
only one regret that I have in the mis-
fortune which befen North Topeka
That was that I could not get to your
city and man a boat, for if there is
any one thing that Iknow, it is to han
die boat and it is inmaterial Wheth her
it is d fiat bottom skiff or a good
sized steamer. AS you know, I was at
Hutchinson, and by the time we could
get out of there the worst part of it
was over and my little girl who was
with me insisted on coming home
tours very truly.
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NO, OF COURSE NOT.
All a Mistake About Missouri Pacific
Train.

Postmaster John Guthrie sent to the
State Journal Saturday a letter stating
that the Missouri Pacific would put on
a new train today. Postmaster Guthrie
was mistaken. and the State Journal
was in error in publishing as facts the
statements in the letter
The train Will not be put on for some
time, and possibly not at all 1t has
been indefinitely postponed. partly on
account of the food, the Missouri Pa
cific officials say, and partly for other
reasons.
Several people were at the Missouri
Pacific depot this morning to take the
train, and were considera bly, disappo{nt-
ed to find that the plan had been de-
clared off
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Chicago June 15.-CATTI-Es- Receipts to-
day. $1,000 head. Market 100l5c lower Good
to 'nrirne steers 81. 9OM5-50: poor to medium,
81 eon4S0: stockers and feeders. SSOJul-i3;
cows. sl600470; heifers S2.50u4-S5, Gamers,
81 6clI290; bulls. S250u4.25 calves. S2-501
~. Texas fed steers. $4,000 As.
HOG4Receipts today. 5000 head: esti-
mated Tuesday. 22.091 head; left over from
SatlIrtlav I 6S8 head. Market steady &c lOc
lower. Mixed and butchers, S5.9odoi 10
good to choice heavy, S5.leQ62S; roug n
heavy S5S5G6-10; light, S5-sVQolV' bulk OF
sales S5.e5d6.15.
SHEEP Receipts today 1900 head.
Sheep and lambs steady. Good to cholce
v-ethers S460d5 80; fair to choice mixed,
Sc 25G46o: western sheep S4-6'Nf5.5o; native
lambs. s4.50Q675. western lambs, S4.5016-f5-
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Kansas Citv Livestock.

Kansas City, Mo. June 15.-CATTLE E
Receipts TODAY 1900 head Market about
steady Native steers s3.50G5.10, Texas
and indian steers s2.e0d40O: Texas cows.
1 e0- stoclzers and feeders S2.OGd465; bulls.
81 5064. 30: calves, g. S0d6.25. western steers,
- $4,000: western cows. S200u3-S0
HOGSAReceipts today. 200 head Mar
lxef steady to weak Bulk Of sales. $500
900: heavy s5-95d6.05: packers s5.Sod6il
medium. s5s5d6.o21z; light. S2-10ao-so; york
ers. s. S005-S5: pigs. $500 80.
IEEP=Receipts today. 80 head
Market steady NIuttons. $335d5.15: lambs.
e 3fy17 Z 90: range wethers,, SS.69a5.40; ewes,
81 4005.20
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Arkansas CITY, Kas.. June 15.-Farm-
ers of this section are preparing for the
harvest of a first class wheat crop.
They are confronted with the help ques-
ton and there are not enough men here
to do all of the work necessary Many
of the farmers are preparing to plant
early corn in the fields which were
washed out by the rains and high water.
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Iowa State S. s. Convention.

Des NIoines. June 15.-The thirty
eighth convention of the Iowa State
sabbath School association was opened
here today with 500 delegates present.
Among the speakers of national reputa-
ton are Alfred Day Detroit, general
secretary Michigan association; Mrs.
Jean Hobart secretary Minnesota assO-
citation; Florence Ben-OHel. Jerusalem;
and Mrs. J. Wood Ridges Barns inter-
national primary secretary; Prof. 2. p.
Bihorn of Chicago, trained a choir Of
500 voices. Seventeen delegates to the
fourth worlds Sabbath school. conven-
ton al Jerusalem. in April, 1904, will
be chosen.
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To Boston via Erie R. R.

Boston. Mass. Saratoga. n Y, and
Chautauqua Lake in June and July.
Liberal limits and stopover privileges.
On and after June "A, new fast train
from Chicago to Buffalo and intermedi-
ate points SIS p. m. daily.
For time cards. regular and special
rates, etc. send postal card to A. W.
Moore. Travelling Passenger Agent,
Kansas City, Mo-. or D. NJ. BoWman,
GeeraI Western Passenger agent, Chi
cago. Ill
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Wichita sends CIothine.

Wichita. Kas.. June 15.-Nrs. Ella
Glenn Shields is packing two more large
boxes and two bags to send to Topeka
When these are shipped the total
amount o. clothin- sent from this city
through the efforts Of Mrs. Shields and
the Kings Daughters viii be twenty
two boxes and four bags. The clothing
was sent in by the charitable people OF
Wichita, the merchants contributed the
boxes. and the police matron and King
Daughters did the rest.