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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
Puss as a Fire Alarm.
Iorcester (Mass.l SpY.

Worcester (Mass.) Spy:
The house cat has long had the repu-
tatiOn of being sagacious enough to run
to its master when something alarming
happens in the house, particularly when
in the night a fire fills the halls with
smoke. Some ten or more weeks age,
the meWing of pet cat aroused =
Worcester household a { a moment when
danger of suffOcation was becoming
very great. Puss. when confronted by
unfamiliar conditions and alarmed in its
own behalf. not infrequently news or
does something that attracts attention
and thus saves lives or prevents. per-
haps, the destruction of the house itself.
The cat is of a highly nervous tenn
permanent and Is. therefore, quickly af-
fected by anything that is out of the
usual order. Though the cats motives,
like the motives of most creatures, may
be selfish, they so manifest themselves
a place beside the hearth.
A man in Norristown n. J. says that
it was the cat that saved his family
and himself from death the other night.
He was awakened by the cat scratching
a the bedroom door. When he opened
the door he found that the stairway was
in flames. He had just time to rescue
his wife and children. What became of
the cat is not stated. but it is to DO
hoped that it escaped and that It will
live long and happily. If any one wishes
to say that It was merely instinct that
took the cat to its masters door, he is
free to do so. But if a person chooses
to say that it was something about the
same thing as human intelligence, no
one should quarrel with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13

evidence. as had been secured Oral fes-
tirnony will be heard r. T. Herrick
who appeared with David Overmyer as
attorney for the Kansas Mutual. an
nounced that he would Immediately pro-
cure and file dispositions such as the de
tense required, and that the plaintiffs
would be enabled to examine the same
prior to the time set for the hearins
Judge Hook may appoint an examiner
to take charge Of the evidence
The application has been brought with
the object Of annulling the consolidation
of the Kansas Mutual with the Kansas
Union Life Insurance company. an
nounced several weeks ago. The plain
tlffs in the case viii try to show that
the merger was made without the
knowledge or consent of the numerous
policy holders Of the Kansas Mutual
who were supposed to have a voice in
all important affairs connected with the
management of the company's business
An effort viii be made also to show that
a large amount of the assets OF the
company were placed by the deal in a
position beyond the control of the policy
holders who were thereby defrauded OF
them.
No dispute is made by either side over
the facts in the case The main oues-
ton is of the power of the officers of the
Kansas Mutual to enter into the ar
rangement concluded by them with the
officers of the Kansas Union company.
All three members of the firm of Ross
ington, Smith & Histed appeared before
Judge Hook yesterday for the plaintiff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
THE NEW ARMY BILL.
What It Provides and Some of
Chief Features.

BY the terms of the army stat bill ii
becomes the duty Of the general staff
to prepare plans for the national de-
Tense and for the mobilization of the
army in time of war. to investigate
and report on all questions affecting
the efficiency OF the service. and to rem
der professional aid to the secretary of
war and to general officers and other
superior commanders.
The general staff corps is to consist
of one chief of staff and two general
officers. all to be detailed by the presi-
dent from officers of the army at large
not below the grade of brigadier gen
eral, colonies, lieutenant colonies,
II majors and 20 captains, to be de-
tailed from officers of the grade of
captain or first lieutenant. who. while
so serving, shall have the rank pay
and allowances of captains mounted.
All officers in the general staff shall
be detailed therein for periods Of four
years.
While serving in the general staff
corps, officers may be assigned temper
arily to duty with any branch of the
army Upon being relieved they shall
return to the branch of the army in
which they hold permanent commits
sion, and no officer except general
officer shall be eligible to a further de-
tail in the general staff corps until he
shall have served two years with the
branch OF the army IN WnlCn cOIlInlS-
stoned, except in case OF emergency IN
the time of war
. The bill also provides that the chief OF
staff, under the direction of the presf-
dent, shall have supervision Of all troops
of the line and of the adjutant generals,
inspector generals, judge advocates.
ouartern1aster, subsistence, medical, pay
and ordnance departments, the corps OF
engineers and the signal corps, and shall
perform such other duties as may be as
signed to him by the president. Duties
now prescribed by statute for the COM
manding- general of the army as mems
Der Of the board of ordnance and forth
7cation and the board Of commissioners
Of the soldiers home shall be performed
bv the chief of staff or other officer des-
ignated by the president.
Previous to the passage of the bill Mr..
Warner of Illinois offered an amend
ment to strike out the secretary OF
war wherever it occurred in the BILL
coupled with the president" He
thought the supreme command of. tine
army should rest where it was with the
president. In the course of his remarks
he declared sarcastically that he favored
the bill because it would do so little
harm. In time of peace. he said. II
would provide few officers With harm
less amusement and not interfere with
the conduct of the army in the field
when actual war came. The amendment
was adopted. as were several other
minor verbal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES York
Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.

lF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
Was there a circus in town yesterday =?
It's mighty dull today.
A critic is, first Of all a liar. He does
not hesitate to tell an untruth to make a
good point.
They tell of a man in Atehison so stingy
that when he meets his shadow he asks
It for a chew of tobacco.
They tell Of an Atchison man who pass
ed examinations for lodge insurance and
a pension the same day.
There are some people so particular that
they think a WidoWer has quit mourning
II he brushes his clothes.
You all have kin You don't like. although
to admit the fact to only a few.
It costs a Quarter this year to get your
name in the city directory in black type
Formerly it cost half a dollar
Give people an inch and they will take
a foot. A good plan is TO jump them
when they took an inch, and not wait for
the foot
The orneriest kin ever seen in Atchison
dropped into town lately and the rustic
still heard.
The boys say the meanest man in Atchi-
son is a grocer who puts spikes in the end
gate of his delivery wagon to keep them
from hanging on
THAT was great mistake. a man said
this morning to Drale Watson, referring
to a recent action. 20, that nothing
Mr.. Watson replied; i make them every
day"
What has become of the old fashioned
woman who screamed at the thought of
saying that it sounded as if he didn't ex-
pect to live long?
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READY FOR THE WORK.
Municipal League Prepares to Secure
New Measure.

Officials representing the municipal
league Of cities Of the first class held a
secret meeting this morning at Mayor
Parker's office for the discussion of the
proposed city charter act which will be
introduced at the coming session of the
legislature. Nothing was given out con-
corning the meeting. as it is claimed that
so far nothing has been definitely de-
cided.
Mayor Parker acted as chairman of the
meeting and c. E. Corey of Fort Scott
was secretary. The following were pres
ent.
Atehison-NGayor James Orr, Councilmen
G. w ALBANIAN and D Z. Berry
Fort ScOtt-Mayor c. W. Goodlander,
City Attorney A L. H. Street and c. q.
Core=r-
Topelza-Mayor Albert Parker. City At
torney Charles F. Spencer. Ccuncilmen
Joseph Griley and Samuel T. Howe and
W. A S Bird. who is the author of the
proposed act.
There is no friction or trouble of any
kind said Mr.. Corey, the secretary. We
simply have not yet arrived at any defin-
tie conclusions. and we have nothing TO
make public We do not know who will
introduce the proposed act in the 1egisla-
ture. The members of the municipal league
who are here constitute the Legislative
what we can 10 secure the passage Of this
bill All of the cities of the first class
agree that the bin is just what we need. "
Mayor GoOdlander of Fort Scott said.
stOf course there may be a fight on the
bill when it comes before the legislature
But there is always somebody Up there to
fight eVerVthlnS.
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INDUSTRIES IN CUBA.
Lots of Beer There -Breweries' Pay
Roll $4,000 Per Month.

Havana. Jan. 13..-According to the
details published of the statements
made by industrial representatives be-
fore the senate committee on foreign
affairs, which gave a public hearing on
the reciprocity treaty with the United
States, the brveries in Cuba pay $40
600 a month in wages. The annual beer
consumption in the island is 10000 bar
rels, of which 10000 are produced locally.
The paper factory has 200 employees.
and its pay roll amounts to $4,000 a
month The soap manufactur pro
duce 10000 boxes of soap annually and
pay $4,000 a month in wages. In addi-
ton 10 these 10000 boxes there are i'm
ported from 10000 to $4,000 boxes. The
representatives of the rope factories
state that they paid from $95,000 to
600 q year in wages. The annual
production of chocolate amounts to 200,-
coo pounds. All the photographers are
employed in Havana. There are 400
men employed in this trade and their
wages amount to $4,000 a month. The
oil refinery at Havana employees $50
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
One Is Being Unearthed by the
Chicago Grand Jury.
An Agreement Governing a
Number of Mine Operators
AGREED WITH HIMSELF
President Of Mining Company
Head Of Distributing Company.
Representatives of a Number of
Railroads Are Called.

Chicago. Jan. 13.-The most tangible
evidence secured by the special grand
jury in the coal shortage inquiry up
to the present time is that which re-
lates to an alleged agreement drawn
in March, last year, and which is said
to govern dozen mine operators in the
Clinton, Ind, district with Walter 5.
Boyle and the Crescent Coal and Min
ing company as the Chicago factor 1t
is charged in the evidence presented
that Mr.. Boyle appears as president
Of one of the Indiana mining com
panies, making an agreement with
himself as president of the Crescent
Coal and Mining company. 1t is said
that these mines were compelled TO
pool their outputs, to be disposed OF
by the Chicago factor.
In getting at the facts. the jury today
called before it Max Eichberg, of the
Wabash Valley Coal company and re
called Charles W. Gilmore and Nor
man S. Kirkland, officers Of the Cres-
jury for a time yesterday. A number
of railroad men were also on hanC
when the Jury began it's work today
representing the Burlington, Wabash
Illinois Central, Monon and Michigan
Central and were called in as fast as
their testimony could be heard. W
H. Abrahams of the Building Man
ayers association, was also a witnes.
and is said to have given valuable in
formation concerning the maintenance
Of a room by the coal dealers associ-
alton where secret conferences were
held at regular intervals prior to tht
starting of the present investigation
He also declared that his associa tioT
had found that dealers delayed de-
livery of coal in good weather ans
then pleaded that they were unable to
deliver in rough weather, thus COMPEL
ing building managers to consume Their
enfire stock of coal On hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
GROWTH OF CHURCHEs

The staustician Of the Chicago Inter
Ocean finds that the maintenance of
the thousands of churches in the Unit
ed States cost last year $3.50. 100000 OF
this amount the Baptists paid Slabs. -
GOO, the Episcopal churches S15.184, 600
the gationalists S10276, 00O
The Presbyterians of the north ex-
pended in the maintenance OF churches
and for church activities S17 $50 600. the
Methodists, north and south. S24. $50, 600
All this was in addition to the compile
tion of the twenHeth-century funds.
aggregating in America and England
$4,000 000
The American Methodists secured
sci 600 600 Of this amount of which So
000,O 900 goes to pay church debts 81
o00.000 to- church colleges and semi
naries, and the balance to aged minis
tiers and phlanthropies. The Presby-
terians of the north raised ST. 500 600 the
Canadian Methodists 81, $50 600, the Ca
madam Presbyterians S1.50O, 900. the
British Wesleyans $4.500 600. the Brit
fsh CongregationaHsts 1850 900. and
the British Baptists S1250,O0
There was a steady but not remark
able growth in church membership dur
ing the year There is no change in the
estimate Of membership of the Catho-
lie church in fifty dioceses. The Pres
bytarians Of all branches report an In
crease in membership of $4,000, Metho-
diats $1,000. Baptists $4,000 COngrega-
tionalists 1900, and Disciples Of Christ
$4,000
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MEN GO HOME.
Linemen Come to Topeka-Re-
fuse to Take Strikers Places.

A prominent union labor leader
stated today that twenty-five linemen
who were brought to Topeka yesterday
to take the places of the men VINO are
striking Tor higher wages from the
Missouri & Kansas Telephone company
refused to go to work mere when they
discovered that they were to break a
strike. They have gone back to the
places where they came from. 1t is
said that they are men who have been
working for the company outside OF
Topeka.
The strikers demand that the company
shall TecOgnizt the union and pay the
union scale of wages.
1t is also claimed by the union men
that the officials Of the telephone com
pany have refused to grant a confer
ence with the men, and that the trades
council has by vote declared the Mis-
souri, & Kansas Telephone company to
be unfair.
I'VE viii make it interesting for the
company said the union man. We
have various ways in which the union
can express its disapproval of such I'M
fair conduct. and from now on this
strike will be fought out to the bitter
end. There win be no COMPROMISE. We
Will bring the company to terms"
Manager Rayless. or the telephone
company said today.
we have not brought any men to
town to take the places of strikers.
There must be some mistake in the re-
port that we have We are not trying
to do any outside work because We
haven't got the material here to work
with. AS to whether or not the COM
pany has refused to grant a conference
with the men I can not say"
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EDITORIAL CONTENT.
Recent Lvnchines.

FnHadeIphla North American:
Two more lynchings, occurring within
two days, have been set down to the dis
grace of the people OF the United States.
In each instance the mob took the life of
an innocent victim. 1t is now admitted
burg, Kan, was not guilty Of the crime
for which vengeance was exacted in blood.
His brother is said to have been the real
criminal, and he escaped. OF the two ne
groes, man and wife, who were tied side
by side and shot to pieces at Troy s, c.,
only one could have been guilty of murder;
but the mob would not wait for a legal in
vestigation and killed both man and wo-
man, presumably with the conniyance of
the constables who had arrested them.
And the Iynchers now excuse themselves
by saying that neighboring jury not long
ago acquitted a negro murderer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
TO GO WEST FOB.HUSBANDS
Indiana Girls to Start in a Body to
North DAKOTA.

Kokomo, Ind, jan 1s-Forty- eight
Kokomo and Howard county girls are
making preparations to start to Rugby,
N D., to become wives of men they
have never seen. Several weeks ago J.
r. Walters, formerly of this place, now
a resident of North Dakota wrote a let
ter to a newspaper here saying that
there We're 800 bachelors near Rugby
wanting wives
As a result Walters received nearly
100 letters from young women Of this
place offering to go there and marry
their share of the lonely bachelors. The
names of the women were given to the
Dakota men and correspondence was
opened, the young women being willing
to take chances on securing gOC4 hus-
bands with quarter sections of land.
The girls are making preparations for
the journey and will go in a body.
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THREE OBSTINATE BOYS.
A Glen Cove Teacher Wants Them to
MARBLE but They VIII Not

Glen Cove. L. L. Jan. 10 How may
the boy who can sing but viii not be
made to sing is the problem which IS
occupying considerable attention from
the principal and enc OF the teachers Of
the high school A few DAYS before the
holiday vacation Miss Wagner, while
conducting the singing lessons, called
upon one OF the boys to sing the selec-
ton alone. He refused to do so, and
when she called upon the others in turn
all refused to sing. AS a punishment
the teacher announced that they could
not take uD any other study until they
agreed to try to sing.
The boys held out for several hours
but finally one by one capitulated until
but three remained. These boys sat
about idle for several days. and were
finally sent home. When school opened
Monday they appeared. but still refused
to sing, and complaints were made BY
their parents to the board of education
the tenor of which was that they didn't
care whether their boys learned to sing
or not. but that they were very much
opposed to having theiS children kept
idle. The board of edua ton left the
matter in the hands of the principal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13

DR. H. K. Carroll. who has given
great attention to church statistics in
this country and who in 1890 was
church statistician for the government,
says that the church membership gain
in all denominations last year was one
and half per cent, whereas the popu-
lation increased at the rate of two and
six-tenths per cent. He places the total
church membership at 2S.69SO2s, gam
of 403,743 over a year ago. The com
munistic societies, according to DR.. car
roll are declining. The Shakers. he
finds, have decreased 40 per cent since
1900. He concludes that there are real
iy more pulpits than there are ordained
minister's
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

David Holloway. aged 10 years. died
at his home. 324 Chandler street. Mon
day. Six sons. all railroad men. and a
wife survive him. Mr.. Holloway was an
old soldier having enlisted in the Twen-
ty-ffth New Jersey volunteers in the
beginning of the war of the rebellion.
He moved to Kansas in 1873. and has
lived here since that time. He was
member of Topeka Post. G. A. r., which
will take part fn the funeral services 10
be held from the Third Presbyterian
church ct 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon.
The funeral of Miss Cora Council will
be held from the residence. 32S Van Blu
rem street at 2 p. m. w ednesday. Friends
are invited to attend.
Louis Clifford Baughman, of the firm
of Baughman Brothers, ice cream man
ufacturers. died at Christ hospital Mon
day morning at 8 o'clock Funeral ser
vices were held at the residence. Twen-
ty-third and Lincoln streets, at 10
o'clock this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
LOCAL MENTION.

Announcement is made that the
evangelistic services which are to be
held at the tabernacle in North To-
peka will begin at $3.50 Wednesday
morning. The public is invited.
William Damn, the father of the boy
now confined at the Topeka. detention
hospital, has admitted at last that his
son really has the smallpox VIM.
Damn has seen his son through the
window, and says that strange as it
may seem, yet it appears to be fact
that his boy is sick with smallpox for
the second time within a year.
VIM. B. Horton, the man whose hands
were frozen Saturday night, is improv-
ing. He is employed in the Mills COM
pany store.
The Woman's Missionary society Of
the First Congregational church will
meet at the church Wednesday after
noon at o'clock. Subject, Our Coun-
try" Following is the programme:
Hymn; devotion. led by Mrs J. n.
sion) National Perils: Needs Of Our
Fields; Our Church's Opportunity: adj
dress, DR.. Hayes; boys chorus, Salute
the Flag" duet Sweet and Low; -
chorus, No, Not One"
The quarterly meeting Of the Topeka
Missionary society viii be held in the
lecture room of the First Methodist
Episcopal church tomorrow The ses-
sions will begin at 10 q. m. and p. m.
DR. and Mrs Glider missionaries who
have recently returned from India, will
speak both morning and afternoon.
There viii be no night school at the
Y. NJ. G. A. tonight on account of the
reception to business college students.
Andrew Vieux pleaded guilty in the
district court this morning to stealing
$40 from E. Neddo and ne was sentenced
to one year in the penitentiarv.
Anton Christensen. w. G. Christensen
and c. W. Nelson, prosperous farmers
from jamestown, Cloud county were in
the city Monday attending the inaugu-
ration.
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That Bad Ear Jerome.

Hartford Post.
The gamblers and poolroom proprie-
tors of New York can't stand him. They
have come TO regard him as an intoler-
able nuisance They are scandaIized
that he should interfere with their oc-
cupation. They can't understand what
earthly business he has to bother them.
They are convinced that it's a great
wrong against the community for Jer-
ONE to raid their establishments and to
place in the center of the limeliEht the
doing of eminently respectable and re-
specially eminent citizens. Haven't
gentlemanly gamblers right to
violate the IaW2 Haven't rich
pool room proprietors like Can
field n moral franchise to do as they
please and run such establishments as
they choose2 This officious interference
in their private business on the part Of
Jerome is an offense against decency.
Shouldn't gentlemen be exempt from
such annoyance
So the gamblers and pool room pro-
prietors are convinced that the people
OF New York made the mistake of their
lives in electing Jerome TO the office of
district attorney The awful blunder
must be undone. Therefore, it is said
that the men with whose gambling op
erations Jerome has interfered are pre-
pared to spend a round million dollars
to get him ouSted from Office. A dis
trict attorney that Furnishes rich and
powerful laWDreakerS just as persistent
~ and vigorously as he does Door and
weak ones is unbeara bic. So the 0pu-
lent gamblers intend to spend a mint
OF money in driving the inpertinent Jer-
ONE out of his job. They don't propose
to have the district attorneys Office
longer disregarded by a man who is so
fnconsiderate of their feelings.
Still the effort Of these virtuously
Indignant gamblers to have the district
attorneys ONCE de-Jeromized VIII make
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TEACHERS UNION.
Agitation Is Said to Be Gaining
Ground in Iowa

Des Moines. Ia. Jan. 13.-The agitation
for the organization of the teachers OF
Iowa into unions for the purpose of mu-
tual protection and the advancement of
wages. is going on quietly. but there is
evidence that the movement is having 1na-
DorIant results
Many inquiries are coming to President
A f Holder Of the State Federation Of
Labor. and what is of more importance
the teachers in a community in Webster
county have already taken steps toward
the formation Of a union Prominent union
men say the low rate Of wages being paid
to teachers and the action of teachers in
the direction CT organizat ton in other parts
of the country are bound to have effect in
time They say however. results VIII
come only after a campaign of education
and after the teachers have come TO learn
thar their interests lie along the same
lines as those of organized labor