davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
QUIET AT BELGRADE.
Other European Capitals Not So Sure
About It.

Paris, June 12.-The foreign office to-
day received d dispatch from the French
agent on the Servian frontier confirm
ing the press announcements that the
new government of Belgrade had abol-
iShed the legislative secretary created
by the late King Alexander. had renew
ed the ancient skupshtina, which has
been ordered to assemble next Monday
for the purpose of ratifying the prOcla-
nation Of Prince Peter ageogevitch
as king. The assembly just abolished
was made up of appointees of the late
king and did not contain a member
who was opposed to Alexander's policy.
The dispatch adds that Belgrade is
quiet, the people apparently being re-
cOnciled to the new conditions. Officials
here doubt the truth of the report that
Belgrade is quiet as the authorities
here are unable to secure further direct
dispatches from Belgrade. Even the
official disDatches which have reached
Paris appear to have been mutilated-
1t is stated authoritatively that thus
far there has been no exchange of COM
munications between the powers con-
cerning Prince Peters assumption Of
the throne of Servia. but the officials
are beginning to seriously consider the
delicate question of the recognition of
the sovereignty. 1t is expected that
the Servian authorities will convoke
meeting of the foreign ministers at Bel
grade and present the latter with eVi-
government and that it has the ability
to maintain order and guarantee the
safety of foreigners When the minis
ters advise their respective governments
that such assurances have been receiv-
ed the various powers viii determine
whether recognition viii be accorded
It is considered probable that the pow
ers will act together on the question Of
giving or Withholding recognition It
is further stated that if the powers in
l1ix-fd1la71V collectively protest
against the bloody methods this is like
" to occur in connection with the ques-
ton of recognizing the new government.
The latter thus far has not addressed
any communication to the powers. the
latter receiving all their information
from their own minister or agents
Vienna. June 12-Prince Alexis Kara
georgevitch. a nephew of the newly pro
claimed king of Servia, who has him
I self been a pretender to the throne dur
/ ing the course of an interview here to-
/ dav. announced that he had abandoned
fcon<s1f,ed on Page 81
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
TO HAVE 1000 TENTS.
Government Will Send Them
from Fort Riley.

Tomorrow work will begin in earnest
upon the laying out of the tent city
which is to contain the homeless refu-
gees from the flooded district north and
south of the river A thousand tents be-
longing to the United States army are
on the way from Fort Riley in charge
of a corporals guard which will super
intend their setting up and viii remain
in charge of the government property
as long as the tents are in use.
II. Q. Garvey, now in temporary
charge of this feature of the rescue
work received notification from the war
department last night that LOCO tents
would be placed at his disposal Five
hundred of them have been expressed
from Fort Riley and viii proba bly,
reach here tonight while the other 500
viii come by freight later. They will be
transferred at once to the Douthitt tract
where they win be placed in the most
sanitary and comfortable situations
available In the arrangement of the
village and the provision of accOmmoda-
tions for the comfort of the inha bitants
many Of the suggestions outlined in the
State Journal of Wednesday Will be fol-
lowed out.
With this abundance of tents each
family Will be given ample shelter 50
that half a dozen persons with all the
household furniture allotted them may
not be crowded into a 10 by l. tent.
Each family will be given two or three
tents with flies, so arranged that sleep
ing and living apartments may be sep
arated- 1t is probable that these tents
Will be fOored as many of the families
viii have to occupy their quarters for
weeks. Water from the city mains can
be given them easily and a suitable
garbage system can be instituted. 1t is
intended that some one in the employ of
the relief committee shall be given per
manent charge Of the village
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12

Chief Justice Johnston or Justice Pol
lock of the state supreme bench Both
are active candidates for the place.
Charles Blood smith is a third active
candidate, and it is supposed that ne will
have the support Of Senator Burton.
National Committeeman D. w MulVane
is fof him. and he has the backing OF
eastern interests which carry with them
the support of corporate influences. .
Another man who is strongly talked
of for the place is n. II. LOOMS, but
Mr.. Loomis is not an active candidate.
He has a strong backing among the
lawyers. however, and while the Union
Pacific railroad for which he is general
vice mis- appointment is by no means
an impOssibility in case the Republi-
can leaders can get together on none Of
the other candidates.
The outcome of this contest is hard
to determine, but it win probably not
be drawn out very long. The candi-
dates are all able lawyers and there
will probably be no personal bitterness
in the contest. It was reported a short
time ago that President Roosevelt
might not appoint a circuit judge to
succeed Judge Caldwell until fall, but
the president stopped this report by
saving that he would postpone the ap.
pointment until after his Cleveland
trip. which was equivalent to saying
that he would make 1t as soon as he
returned from Cleveland
He reached Washington from Cleve-
land at o'clock Thursday afternoon.
and today he appointed Judge Hook. It
is probable that he will act promptly
when the candida tes have presented
their claims to him.
In case either Chief Justice Johnston
or Justice Pollock should win the prize.
Governor Bailey viii have the appoint
ment Of a 5ustice of the state supreme
court to make.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
A new LAKE.
It Was Formed by the Flood in
North Topeka.
Now a Block Long and Very
Deep.
is GROWING LARGER.
Like Quincy Street Hole, 1t Is
Absorbing the Sides.
Boys Are Using the Pond for
Boating.
J GROWING LARGER.

A miniature lake has been left on
Morse street in North Topeka by the re-
cent food. Beginning a block west of
Central avenue and extending a block
farther west the street has been washed
out to a depth of twenty feet in some
places The basin is partly filed with
water and more water is draining into
the pool. The surface of the water is
nearly ten feet below the level of the
street. Two boats from the lot brought
to Topeka from Lake Contrary are
floating in the pool. Most of the time
they are manned by a crowd of small
boys. The bottom of the little lake can
only be touched in some places with the
oars and in other places the oars do not
reach the bottom al all.
The earth which has been washed out
at this place is a sort of sand and clay
loam which is displaced very readily
The walls around the pool are slowly
crumbling and hour by hour the lake is
widening It has taken in the sidewalks
on both sides the street and huge trees
with immense roots have been under
mined, leaving them without a foothold
in the earth.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
GEN. M'COOK DEAD.
Veteran Union Civil War Officer
Passes Away.

Dayton. O.. June 12.-Genera1 Alexan-
der Mcdowell AIcCook. Z. S. A. retired.
suffered a third stroke of paralysis this
morning and died in half an hour Cen
eral .McCook came from Washington
few weeks ago and shortly afterwards
suffered a mild stroke of paralysis
This was followed a few days later with
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
wANTED-A RESCUER.
Dog Imprisoned in Tree Near Santa
Fe Tracks,
Who wants to rescue a dog2

Who wants to rescue a dog2
When Santa Fe passenger train NO >
from the east pulled into the Santa Fe
depot late Thursday afternoon, a woman
climbed off and handed the following
note to Depotmaster Pat Sherman with
the request that he do something to help
an unfortunate dog:
Dear Sir: A fine brown dog Is cap
tive in tree just a short way from
Lawrence going toward Topeka, on the
right hand side of the city railway
tracks. The poor fellow was evidently
washed up there with lot of debris.
Couldn't some of your workmen rescue
him? He looks so pitiful there Very
truly yours.
MRS. J. j. NAPLES.
Passenger on Santa Fe train from
Chicago"
interest in the welfare of the dog. and
Is trying to organize a relief expedition
to go to the rescue. Who will volunteer?
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
FOUND GUILTY.
Coal Dealers Fined $500 and
$500 Resp ectiveIy.

Chicago, June 12.-In an opinion de-
livered today by Judge Horton, mem
bers of the Northern Illinois Coal
Dealers association were found guilty
Of conspiracy in restraint of trade and
were fined $500 each. The members OF
the Retail Coal Dealers association Of
Illinois and Wisconsin were denied a
motion for new trial and fined S200
each
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
COAL ROADS WIN
In Suit of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.

New York, June 12-Judge LaComb
today handed down a decision in the
matter of the appeal of the coal carry
ing railroads against the ruling of the
interstate commerce commission The
coal roads win on every point
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
Weather Indications.

Chicago. June 12.-Forecast for kan
sas. Generally fair tonight and Satur-
day except possibly showers in west
portion; rising temperature southerly
winds.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
except possibly

tonight and Saturday except possibly
showers west portion"
The wind at noon was northwest
blowing six miles an hour. The hourly
temperatures recorded by the govern
ment thermometer today were as fol-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
WaIkout in Ten HoteIa.

Chica go, June 12.-Union employees IN
ten Of the large hotels struck early to-
day. approximately two thousand men,
chiefly walters and cooks, are out.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12

The appointment Of Judge Hook has
been confidently expected by Kansas
politicians whenever Judge Caldwell
should retire General Solicitor Coch-
ran of the Missouri Pacific was a promi-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12

a second stroke more serious than the
first but despite this fact it was be-
lieved that he would recover. He ap-
peared to be steadily improving unth
this morning when the end came sud
denly. Mrs McCook, the widow, Mrs
Cbauncev Baker of Washington, 4
daughter. and Mrs. Craighead. another
daughter were at the bedside at the
hour of parting. The funeral arrange
ments have not been made.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
HOOK is NAMED.
Appointed Cnited States Circuit
Judge Today.
Succeeds the Veteran Jurist,
Henry c. Caldwell.
HAS BEEN ANTICIPATED
Politicians Understood He Was
to Have the Place.
Had Endorsement of Nearly
the Entire Bar.
WILL BE A SCRAMBLE.
Already Three Active Candi-
dates for Vacant Seat.
They Are Justices Johnston and
Pollock and C. B. Smith.
Politicians Understood He Was
to Have the Place.
Had Endorsement of Nearly
the Entire Bar.
WILL BE A SCRAMBLE.
Already Three Active Candi-
dates for Vacant Seat.
They Are Justices Johnston and
Pollock and C. B. Smith.

Washington. June 12-William c.
Hook of Leavenworth. kan, has been
selected to succeed Judge Caldwell, who
recently resigned the circuit judgeship
OF the Eighth district. Judge Hook is at
present a district judge.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12

Laughable incidents are occurring
all the time in North Topeka despite
the fact that sad things meet the eye
everywhere.
Yesterday several young men from
the offices in the business district of
South Topeka were working with
shovels on the North side. They went
to a large house and discovered tnat
nothing had been done towards clean
ing the mud from the house, and de-
cided they would work there. They
worked half a day and succeeded in
cleaning the mud from the front hall
way and part of one room when a man
came along and asked them why they
were cleaning out that house. They re-
piled that they had been directed 10 go
10 that neighborhood by a man at the
fire station and that they were doing
charity work.
When they learned from the stranger
that the house was the property of a re-
tired banker who had moved away
from Topeka to make his home. and
that he had not YET moved his furri-
ture they naturally regretted that their
efforts had not been directed to better
advantage.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12

General McCook was born in Colum-
biana county. Ohio. April %, 1881. He
graduated from West Point, July l.
1852 He was married in 1863 at
Dayton. Ohio, to Kate Phillips. At the
opening of the civil war in 1861. he was
appointed colonel of the First Ohio vol
unteers. and later was made a captain
in the regular army, brigadier general
of volunteers. colonel of 26th
infantry. colonel of 9th infantry. and in
1890 was was made a brigadier general
in the United States Army. In 1894 he
was made major general, and retired
from active service April % 1895.
In 1896 he represented the Unitea
States government at the coronation Ct
the Car of Russia
From September %. 1898. to February
10 1899 he served on the commission ap-
pointed by President Mckinley to in
vestigate the conduct of the war with
Spain. His home has been in Washing
ton for some time.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
Dewey Ranchmen and Their
Past Troubles.
Frank Rockefeller Has Been One
of Their Enemies.
QUESTION OF RANGE.
Settlers Say They Are Harassed
By Deweys.
An Ambition to Have Largest
Ranch in Kansas.

L. D. Hotchkiss, county attorney OF
Cheyenne county. today telegraphed
Governor Bailey, requesting that the
attorney ger reral be instructed to assist
in the prosecution of the Beweys for
the murder of three members of the
Berry family in the northwest Kansas
ranch feud last week.
Governor Bailey referred the matter
to Attorney General Coleman and Mr..
Coleman himself will go to St Francis
In time to assist in prosecuting the pre-
Hminary hearing Of the Deweys on
Tuesday Of next week. He viii leave
Tor Goodland OH the Rock Island on
Saturday night and drive across to St
Francis from there.
The request of County Attorney
Hotchkiss is made in accordance with
the statutes. The law provides that a
county attorney may request the aid Of
the attorney general through the COVER
nor. and the attorney general shall aid
in the prosecution. The state viii also
be assisted in the prosecution Of the
Deweys by Judge Colby. a weil-known
lawyer of Beatrice. Neb. He has been
employed by the county commissioners
OF Cheyenne county.
The Deweys have also employed a
formidable array Of legal talent to as
sist Senator John E. Hessin of Nam
haitian in their defense Senator Hessin
is their regular attorney.
Since the battle of last week and the
subsequent arrest of the Deweys. the
Dewey ranch has been suffering great
~ from having its fences cut cattle
killed and telephone wires torn down.
So great have these depredations be-
come that the ranch managers have
called for deputy sheriffs to protect
their property.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
WEATHER STILL COOL.
Temperature Ranges Between 81 and
6S Degrees Today.

The government forecast for Kansas
sent out today by the government
weather bureau was: Generally fair
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12

Work upon the recovery of the bodies
yet remaining in the ruins of the Skunk
wiler house at 1913 North Harrison
street was abandoned today and will
probably not be resumed until the water
in which the demolished house lies has
rece0ed. It is unlikely that this will be
before next week A short drainage
ditch has been dug in such manner as
to drain off a lot Of the water standing
in west North Topeka, but the process
is slow at best. It is unlikely that an
effort will be made to remove the runs
of the two houses which are piled up
together in the hole left by the flood.
The bodies remaining are those of two
small children. Five bodies have al
ready been taken from the place.
Several stories have been reported of
houses in North Topeka settling into the
ground. One of the most remarkable
instances is that of what was the home
of a man named Harold on Garfield
street near Tyler. few yards from the
right of way of the Rock Island rail-
road. During the high water the earth
was washed entirely away from around
the foundations of the cottage. The
foundation collapsed and let the house
into eight or ten feet of mud and water
so that but three or four feet of the
building still remain visible. It stands
submerged in hole about thirty feet
in diameter. Today Mr. Harold has been
fishing in the hole with rake, securing
a few articles of clothing from the
before it collapsed. 1t is badly wrecked.
In order to help some Of their friends
get the mud out of their houses in North
Topeka the members of the Santa Fe wa
ter service gang laid off work Thursday
and went across the river. where thay
spent the day shoveling. Those who par
ticipated in the excursion We're: Jonn
Thomas. John Linn. w J. Wilson. Chas-
/ Boeman. Peter Carp. ]. Waldron John
! Wood J. Davis. Joe Euler, John Bagan,
j. r. Bancroft. w Burbank Elmer Brent
nall. r Oyerton. Jack Butler, S. 4.
Brown. Al Pierson. II. ". Williams A.
/ Barra clough, F. J. Eccleston John j.
Frays. H. J. Burel. ". n. Gllpin. W. Ste
yenson SaTl Rhodes, 3 Comes Georse
The first North Topeka merchant who
has been forced into bankruptcy by The
food is W. D. Lacey, who yesterday fled a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the
United States court. Lacey owned a drug
store, a large part of the stock of whica
/ had been but recently purchased Mr.;
Lacey was not able to meet immediate and
pressing obligations
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12

Continued on Page 81
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12

Continued on Page s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-31
NEW LODGE HALL
Fargo Eagles VIII Build and Sublet 1t
D.. TO Other ORDERS


FARGO, N. D.-The Fargo Aerie of
the Order Of Eagles has decided to erect
big lodge room. The building will be
two stories, 50 by $50 feet The first
floor will be devoted to gymnasium,
cafe, baths, etc., and the second floor
will be made into a ballroom. It is the
intention Of the order to sublet the hall
for the accommodation Of other societies.
There have been rumors that the North.
ern Pacific extension from Edgeley to
Dawson, which is being graded, would not
be ironed this fall The Edgeley Mail re-
ports the arrival Of a lot Of steel there,
and says several carloads are on the way.
The track will be ironed out as far as
possible this winter and will reach some
of the new towns
cipal Of the Dupont seminary at Wash
ington, has been secured to teach English
literature and elocution in the Fargo Con-
gregational college.
Advertisements are being made for a
big hospital here in connection with the
St. Johns hospital. The building has
been found to be entirely too small. The
new building will cost about $500 and
will be along the most modern lines pos
sible.
Thomas Campbell, an old offender
against the government has finally been
arrested. He lived near the Canadian
boundary, and when he was indicted by
the United States grand jury he made it
a point to cross over the line. He got
into disrepute on the other side, and be-
tween the officials of this country and
Canada he was rounded up and brought
to Fargo. He will be confined In fail
until the October term Of court unless he
pleads guilty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-31
TWEED AND CLIPPER CLOSED
Colossal .BIunder Made by the AmaIgas
mated's MANAGEMENT.

BUTTE, MONT.-The Amalgamated
Copper. company has closed the Boss
Tweed and Clippef group of gold claims
near Pony, apparently abandoning the eff
fort to. make the vast, mountain of low
grade gold ore yield profitable returns.
About year ago the Amalgamated paid
$500, 900 for the group of claims and
erected q large mill for the purpose Of
treating the ore. The difficulty appears
to have been that values of the ore could
not be saved by the present methods Of
reduction, and the operation of this prop
erty seems to have been one Of the big
blunders Of, the decade.
In the Clipper, as in most mines Of the
state of Montana, there are two classes Of
ore-shipping and milling. The milling
ore is more common. in the Clipper than
the shipping and to- treat the vast guam
tity Of 1t the An1algamated erected a 100
stamp mill. When the big plant was
about completed it was found that the
wrong machinery had been installed and
work was at once ordered stopped, and
the mill stands to-day on the hill In the
condition as left by the workmen, costly
monument to somebody's error.
An immense deposit Of what experts
term to be a fine grade of statuary marble
has been discovered in the Deer Creek
country, near Big Timber. The find was
made several days ago by r. F. Beal, q
man with a varied experience as a marble
worker. Mr.. Beal says the vein Is from
300 to 400 feet in width, and Is fully four
miles long. 1865
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-31
PLENTY OF BIDS
Iowa Lumberman Says That Some One
Is Trying ito Run a Bluff"

Iowa kumbernan Says That some ono
Is Trying ito Run a Bluff"
CASS LAKE, MINN.--There need be no
apprehension that the lumermen of the
country do not intend to bid on the Chip
pewa pine to be offered for sale at the
Cass Lake land office In December. This
representative Of one of the largest lu1n-
Der companies in Iowa. who says:
1.-The rumors that the Minnesota lun-
bermen do not intend to bid on the pine
Is all buncombe. 1t may be that few
to bid, but even should all Of the Min
nesota lumbermen remain out Of the
sealed bid proposition, there are enough
Iowa and Wisconsin firms who desire the
lumber to insure lively bidding. The
statement was undoubtedly given out as
bluff to make other lumbermen be-
lieve that q combination exists having for
It's object the refusal to submit any bids,
thus tnvalidating the sale. But don't de-
ceive yourself. One firm know of gives
this information for the sole purpose OF
getting others not to bid in order that 1t
may have the exclusive bid and thereby
secure the major portion of the timber.
why, there is the greatest interest
In the forthcoming sale. The woods In
and about Cass Lake and points further
east are alive with the cruisers Of Mime
sofa lumbermen who are estimating the
timber for their firms, and the trees are
literally covered with private marks. You
will see lively bidding for the pine, despite
| the covert threats Of the Minnesota? lum-
berrnen." Pr
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-31
FORTUNES in SHEEP
Senator's Scheme Has Been a Good One
for All Concerned.


MILLER, 8. Dry furnishing sheep to
farmers on shares, originally placing about
100 to the man, which plan he has fol-
lowed since earning by school teaching
money enough to buy the first 100, Sena-
tor Frank Saltmarsh has become inde-
pendently rich, while scores Of the men
who have taken the sheep on shares, have
also become wealthy.
One instance Of one Of these men rising
from poverty to wealth and influence in
Dowie's Zion because of Mr.. Saltmarsh
and his sheep scheme Of making men rich
is interesting.
Byrd Gilbert left the state heavily in
debt, intending to make the money and
cancel his obligations. Failing to make
more than bare living In Missouri he
wrote to Mr. Saltnarsh to see II he would
start him on a ranch with a few sheep.
Arrangements were made and he began
twenty miles south Of heret Last year,
after a. nine years experience. he sold al
his stock and earthly possessions, clear
ing up several thousand dollars after pay
ing his debts, made by startling with sheep
on shares. and with his Family departed
for Zion City, where he stnl lives.
The main 3,000-foot sewer here Is about
tiled, cement sidewalks have been
started, the telephone exchange IS being
greatly enlarged, and, Stephen Pauly Is
about to put in electric street lights zE