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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22

Elks National Home % Nohnoke
Va. has been dedicated. over b,ep'
people present
Korean government has bHniHheh
Japanese residents from Qaoipaf
island
New cure for Tuberculosis has been
found. n comes from Texas. Won.
def II It's suicide
Jew IN nessarabia fear another
massacre.
Southern Presbyterian assembly
has begun annual conference ~
Lexington. Ky.
HART PROVES INNOCENCE
Prank Mart. charged with efnbeI :
bling tiia from Mrs. ~ = Suod E
grass. wss yesterday dismissed -
Justice aeaFge fsnfn the charge The
money a. received WIS proved 20 ts
a commission on the sale - real es=
tate.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22


vorce. She and her husband are now
living az Vienna. and a story Was
published IN eastern papers to the
effect that Mrs Borass. accom-
panied hy her mother. Mrs. Helen H.
Holman. was ON the way 10 Indian
apdlis. In letter received by g
relative here from Mrs. Boross the
latter refers affcctionately Go her
husband and describes how both he
and she are wrapped up In the life
~ their little daughter, born IN
March Mrs Haroas was a former
fiaucec Of Mafcoui.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22

iQushin gar a very good reason. lie
kueN that Kings would BE- fairly easy
"a ride sfith. II wasn't vanity q was
iusf rlsxsiaai comfort that prompted
the rNlnarh nn Alexnnnef'n part.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22
ONE CENT

WEATHER FoRGoAsr-ronlsh, and tomorrow,
Iela slightly warmer Probably fair SUNDAY, light
eoethSNest g northwest Ninds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22

nunf fsnxsf 90 blow that whistle
and rms that bell
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22

Historic elm planted ~ Abraham
I.sueola il front Of Lincoln home
ntaza - saafis. Ia, frii tiuTfuF
= storm.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22

n does nos require a highNaYrua
to 9hgld az a train"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22

T'vo people kiiisi and aexeA IN
iare1 81 series OF cyclones near
ssiiha. Kan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22

Indian government has arranged
a send a committee of officials 81
America 20 study rHiNaY methods
With TIE View ~ adopting the beHi
10 ths traffic reform scheme CON
temtlated
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-22

The laureate o. KinE county tells
readers ~ the Star nuat column
shF BE- loves country batter thar
it, s3T@
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
BOTH HAVE RIGHTS.
Street Railways Not Warranted
in Running Over People.

st. Louis. March 10.-In the United
States court of appeals an opinion hand
ed down by Judge Thayer, cOncurred in
by Judge Caldwell. defines the rights
and privileges of pedestrians and We
hicles upon street railway tracks and
the duties of motormen in running their
cars
had been wrecked and the occupants IN
jured set forth that the mOtorman was
guilty of negligence and the dereIlse
set up the claim that the plaint1m was
guilty of contributory negligence rms
was the main question at issue IN tne
appeal
Judge Thayer held that amotorman is
under the same obligations to exercise
ordinary care and prudence so as 10
avoid collisions and injuring persons as
+ these persons are to exercise care not
+ to get in the way of street cars so as TO
be run over and injured. he says
/ pedestrians and vehicles have right 70
/ cross the tracks of street railways al
any point besides the regular crossings
and to use the tracks for any distance
for a matter of safety or convenience
/ where they do not unnecessarily inter
fere with or obstruct the passage OF thf
/ cars. A notormou, he says, has nc
right to act on the assumption that NJ
/ is entitled to a clear track at all times
and that pedestrians or vehicles arr
bound at their peril. no matter at wha
Inconvenience. to get out of the way
He held that the plaintiff in this cas-
had a right to use the street railwa!
tracks as a convenience in avoiding tn
mud hole in the street and that tn
n1otorman was guilty of negligence II
nor talxinz. proper precautions to reduc
the speed OF his car when he saw tn
vehicle so as to bring it under such con
troll that he could have avoided the col
ffeion Judge SanbOrn filed length
dissenting opinion He holds the tria
/ Judge erred in refusing to allow tn
. claim of contributory negligence on tn
Dlaintifs part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
SOCIALIST GAINS.
Massachusetts Towns Show In
creased Gains for Party.

Boston. March 10.-Of great signih-
canoe we're some Of the annual town
meetings. in this state last week. for
thew cannot fail to impress students ot
political movements with the SUSPICION.
If not conviction, that new party y
rapidly forging to the front rms party
is that OF the Socialists.
In every town in Massac chusetts whers
the r,artv made nominatI tI0ns for Iocsii
offices it made remarkable showlngs; IN
no town did it fail to register sub
stantia1 gain over the vote cast IN NO.
venlber last at the state election. ana III
two towns it almost completely over
threw the existing rulers and defeated
combinations of Republicans and Dem
ocrats into the bargain
These two towns were Amesbury.
where the Socialists elected all three OF
the selectmen. and several other officers.
and StoEghton. where the new party
elected the chairman of the board OF
selectmen and other officials.
While t IS true that local issues
helped the Socialists in AmesDury and
Stoughton these issues cannot be macs
4 to account except in comparatively
small measure, for the overthrow of the
Republican, Democrat fusions the Social
/ lists had to oppose, nor can local issue;
in anv degree whatever be made to ex
plain the gains of the party in all tns
other towns where it made nominations
In fact in at least two towns the Social
lists advocated local issues that were dis
tinct disadvantages to them, and ye
they made great gains The 9olIowinl
table shows the Socialist votes cast Il
the towns named at the state election
of 1901 and 1902 and al the town meet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10

The interest on state funds is worth
Frorn 5000 to SIS, 600 a year to the
state. State funds have been used too
long for private purposes. NO man,
care not who he is, ought TO be allow
81 ia use state funds for private gain.
Mr. Waggener then moved that the
conference committee be instructed also
to insist on a two per cent tax on
the cross business of stock yards com
nanjes not incorporated in Kansas, the
same as is now placed on foreign in
s7irance companies, and that the COM
19i+tae he instructed to report at
o'clock this afternoon Both this mo
tion and Bevington's went through al
roos+ without opposition
10 before noon today Senator Fred
Sn7itF called l1p the report of the con
/ feraS9ce committee Of the two houses
uDon the tax bill for consideration IN IN.
senate He moved that the substitute
which the house had adopted De Dideet
npon third reading during the moor
+ ho1r 50 the senate could discuss !
when it returned from lunch just theI
came the message from the house
representatives asking for another con
! ference on the bill Smith objected u
the immediate appointment OF a com
| naittee He said the senate ought to Val
a little. so it could discuss the propose
amendments and instruct Its con1eree>
There was the usual discussion, ou
Smith prevailed.
The city charter act, passed by tn
house of representatives, IS before IN
senate this afternoon. It was read dul
ing the noon hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
stil Thought to be in danger Of explod-

stiil thought to be in danger of explod-
ing.
II was about / a. m. when DEPUTY
Sheriff Osterhaut called for volunteers
to remove the dead and injured. Three
times as many as were called for stepped
forward and the gruesome work was
begun. In a short time fifteen bodies
had been recovered and laid beside the
track Some of them were so badly
burned and distorted as to be scarcel5
recognizable Several bodies were found
/ in the ditch The body of one boy was
seen too close to the flames to be ap
+ preached and in a short time It was
/ burned to ashes 1t is believed others
were also incinerated- When the last
body had been rescued the stretcher
bearers formed a procession and started
down the track toward the ambulancss
and carriages. The crowd fell back alic
opened passage way for them Ihe
only sound that broke the stiffness while
the procession fled past was an occa-
sional sob or a shudderinE oh Tne
remains of the dead arrived in the city
about o'clock and We're taken to under
taking establishments to be prepared tol
burial
a canvass of the city and adjoining
villages will be taken to ascertain the
J names Of the missing. It will be i'm
possible to identify some of the dead
and it is likely they VIII all be buried
together.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
Town at the Mouth of the KaW
Joins Procession
Of municipalities With Police
Investigation.
CHARGES ARE FILED.
Officials Accused of Granting
Immunity to Lawbreakers
And Accepting Weekly Payment
From Gamblers.

Kansas City. Mo, March 1o-Charges
Of alleged official corruption in the po-
lice department. involving Chief John
Hayes, Detective Charles P Sander
son. and OFFICERS McCaney and Sulli-
van. made by Jailer Robert Todhunter
were fled today with the board of po-
lice commissioners. An investigation
will follow.
Jailer Todhunter alleges that Detec-
tive Sanderson had accepted a weekly
payment from a gambler who was
granted immunity from arrest; that a
report Of this fact was fled with Chiet
Hayes and suppressed by that official'
that Officers McCaney and Sullivan
made an agreement to release two
clairvoyants upon payment Of Sl25, and
that OFFICER Sullivan had offered Tod
hunter money to suppress knowledge
Of some of these dealings
Todhunters statement also asserts
that attorneys were permitted to enter
the hold over in the city jail, where
thew secured money and valuables from
prisoners upon promise of immunity
discharge and reduction Of sentences
which practices. Todhunter alleges
were done with the knowledge, con-
sent and connivanee of the chief O
chief Hayes fatty denies all charges
made against himself and his depsarI Z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
ODDLY FATAL.
Mysterious Illness on Ocean Lin
er Causes Numerous Deaths.

New York, March 10.-The Anchor lire
Karamania from Marseilles. Palermo
and Naples was detained at quarantine
today because a number of crew ard
passengers died under peculiar circum-
stances on the voyage. Six died in ali
two of the crew and four steerage pas
sengers. All were taken with the same
symptoms, cramps. nausea and col
lapse. It is thought they were poisoned
by some noxious gases enlanating
from the cargo.
On February while the karana1isa
was steaming from Marseilles for Pa
lermo. four of the crew were suddenly
taken with nausea and sDasms; two
died. .one. recovered and the other was
sent ashore to the hospital where the
doctor said the men were poisoned
Two days after sailing from Naples
another sailor who slept in the room
where the others were taken i'll was
found in a stupor. On being restored
he said he had suffered with the same
| syrnDtons A number Of others IN tne
same room feeling i'll ran on deck anc
soon. recovered. The compartment was
then stripped, disinfected and closed
TTebruarv 27 a passenger was sent te
the hospital suffering from stomaci
trouble and on March 1, two other pas
sengers were stricken suddenly anf
died within few hours The mex
dav. March >, the passenger in the nos
pital died and another passenger wa
found dead in his bunk. All the dea'
nsssengers had occupied adjoining
hunks. They were buried at sea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
LATEST BREAK. "
FalsehoOd Used to Put Bergund-
thai in Bad Light.

The latest 'roorback' started by the
T.ezsis campaign managers. and which is
being industriouay circulated today in the
second ward and other parts of town is
that Mr.. Bergundthal made the statement
that IF he was elected mayor he would
be in favor of not paying any city laoorers
more than a dollar a day
1t is unnecessary to say that the story
is a falsehood, manufactured out OF whole
clotb MIR. Bergundthal pays the union
scale Of wages to his men and never advo-
Gated paying anything less than the union
John Newman, a carpenter. said to-
II have done a good deal Of work for
Mr.. Bergundthal. and he always paiI n.e
/ 4l,ir+z- cents a,, hour This story about his
- 7,e1rire a dollar day is startec
simply to prejudice working people asalns
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
PERRY CONFESSED.
Negro Acknowledged His Guilt Hs-
fore He Died.

Cambridge, Mass. March 10-Georse
O. L Perry. the negro lad who was
indicted for the murders of Miss Agnes
McPhee of Somerville and Miss Clara
Morton of Waverly. made a confession
when he realized that he could not live
and now that he is dead Sheriff Fair-
bann had made public what he said on
February s6. The sheriff said to the
prisoner
Did you hit those girls. Miss McPhee
and Miss Morton2"
Yes. sir; I did" was the reply.
Did Mason have anything to do with
it?"
A negative shake of the head was the
answer.
At this time Perry had just passed
through a stage of typhoid fever ana
was very weak He seemed to have an
/ idea he would not live.
Mason. who is referred to. is the hos-
ton man. a member Of prominent 1aa3n-
iIy who was once arrested on suspicion
Of being Jack the slugger but VINO
+ afterward was discharged In court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
SHIPPERS LAST EFFORT
Trying to Save Bill to Elect
Railroad Commissioner.

1r.,sas ShiDners are making a mighty
effort during the closing days of the
present legislative session to save tne
Mcmillan bill for the election OF the ran
read commissioners by direct vote OF w
Deeple The bill has passed the senate
and is now in the railroads committees
of the house, where the shippers rear =
will die A meeting was held this mort
ed the Organizations as given below
These are nine of the largest orSanl1a-
+i0ns of shippers in the state, and their
instructions will probably have 1nnu-
ence with the legislature. The meet
ing resulted in the preparation OF a lel-
TEL. asking for a conference Win t11
/ committee. and it viii probably be hsld
late today. The shippers are urging
.s11eTv1one interested in the bill to use
their influence with individual leglsie-
tors for its passage Ihe tetteI pre-
pared by the committee is as follows.
Gentlemen. We, the underSlgneoi
I renresenfins the commercial interest ol
the state. as shown opposite our r. r.
spective names learning that senate 'i-
No. 144 Cor house Dill correslonuli.-.
theretOl providing for the election ot
state railroad commissioners by tl1
people is in the hands Of your commit
zee and feeling that the favorable re-
porting Of said bill at early date is q
matter Of vital importance TO Ihe entitc
commercial interest of the state. respect
fully request that we be allowed q hear
, ing before your body in regard TO tniA
} las we have met together Tor this e2-
press purpose it will be a great accom-
mediation If we could be granted an aii-
dience some time today or this eveninE
I'VE respectfully call your attention e
, the Republican platforms of 1890 1872
: 1895. 1900, which are in line with ans
Q + Mcmillan bill.
Signed:
HERBERT HACKNEY,
y President State Federation of CONNER
8 cial Interest
H. O. BRADLEY.
n Secretary Northwestern Kansas Mil
ers' Club. consisting of 103 hourini
mills.
H L. RESING.
70 Secretary Central Kansas .Iobbers As
is social ton; Secretary Wichita CONNER
- ciaI Club and Wichita Traffic Bureal
Wv H DAVIS.
.sPresident Topeka Commercial Club
IS j T.. HOWARD.
n Representing Wichita Board Of Trad
,s the Southern Kansas Aiillers' Club. til
= Wichita Chamber of Commerce an
- u the Kansas State Millers' Associatio
= 600 Touring mills).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
NOFTzGER BILL PASSES
Another Plan of ReappOrtiOn-
ment Through Senate.

1t took just five minutes for the SEN
ate to pass the Noftzger congressional
raannorfionment bill Monday afternoon
after it had been reported back by the
committee in whose hands it has been
since it was introduced a week or more
ago. There were thirty-five votes Tor
the bill and none against This oiii IS
now up to the house of representa- atlVes. res.
When the other reapporuonment phls
not ewnected that any further effort
would be made to create an Eighth con-
gressional district
The new district is composed Of Cow
lev county from the Ihlrd dlstIle1 % aIlu
Harvey Sedgwick, Sumner and Nc
Pharsou.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10

o. m The supervisor must proclaim I
the polls opened and closed
.sResolved. That none but known Re- t
publicans be allowed to vote At the pil. !
mary election to be held in the city OF /
Topeka on Wednesday, March II. 1905s
That the judges shall satisfy them
selves beyond a doubt that the person
So Offering his vote. is a qualified electof
at the said primaries; and that ne mas
in the past affiliated with the Repub1edn
party and substantially supported tns
! Republican, state and national ticket;
That a copy of these resolutions.
/ adopted by the committee. be printed
and placed in the hands Of each super
! visor, together with the Judges anu
clerks of each precinct; sEd, further,
That the name and street number OF
each elector be required and placed on
the tally sheet; and in case that this IS
not complied with that the person who
so presents himself or herself shall NOT
be allowed to vote; and IN case these m
structions are disregarded by the judges
and clerks the ballots of said precinct
be not counted by this committee
Male vote and female vote to be tai
lied separately.
NO woman's vote for any officer OF
the court af Topeka shall be counted;
but a ballot so marked shall not De
thereby invalidated.
THE supervisors will make returns to
the committee at the old court house
Immediately after the ballots are
: counted.
by the committee.
ERNEST r. SIMON, Chairman.
) III WARD PAGE, Secretary.
GIVE THEM A QUIZ.
h An attorney for the law and order
league has drawn up a list of questions
= which will be put in the hands OF all tns
Judges and clerks at the primary to
r, morrow, to be used on voters who's
right to participate in the primaries /
I. in question
of course the judges and clerks hav'
/. the right to ask any questions the,
l. please, but some of them have expresses
a desire to have regular form draw
j. up which viii cover the ordinar
ground. The following are the ques
A. tionS:
What is your name?
l. 2-To what political party do you be
long? -,.
Democratic ticket at the last election
v AFor whom did you vote at the las
election2
6-How long have you been Reput
H. lican?
c. how long have you lived here2
Son what street and at What nuI
an ber do you live?
9-How long have you lived there?
er. 1O-Where did you live before talzil
nd up your residence at-that place.
ar- 11-Have you voted or offered to Vo
nd at any other precinct today?
TT. FOURTH WARD MEETING.
There was a good crowd at the Four
m ward Bergundthal meeting held ls
T. night at the United Presbyterian chure
re- Besides number OF speecnes py fe
er: dents of the fourth Wafq. tneie was
W. short talk by Mr.. Bergundthal.
ax- Tonight there viii be the closing ra-
,ct of the campaign at Jordan's hall,
ind Tennesseetown- Ihere viii pc muse
Jordan's drum corps, and speeches v
aed be made by Mr. Bergundthal and
" number of others.
md Mr. Lewis also was campaigning i
re- night. he mace speechtiS AZ OiiAiS9 u
roe and at SuS East fHsl street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
OUT POLITICS.
Cleveland Explains New York Visit
but Declines to Talk Of Men.

NV york March 10.-Ex-P -President
Grover Cleveland denied that he had
come to New York city for any politicaill
purDose. as was rumored. He said.
came solely for the purpose OF attend
ing the Beecher memorial meetills T.
ProolxIvn. The reports that I had pol
itical talk with Edward M. Shepard,
William c. Whitney and others are un
true 1 am not in politics. ] am out Tor
minutes. and politics did not figure in
our conversation. Politics is furthest
from my thoughts at present, although
i am always ready to act in an advisory
any active part ia politics, that is not To
I be considered" Mr.. Cleveland declined
+ to say anything about Judge Parker
presidential boom or about William Jen-
/ nings Bryan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10

Briefly stated. this is what the So
cialists accomplished besides increasing
their total vote these being the nrSr
Socialist town officers ever elected in
this county: Amesbury, elected all three
selectmen. all three OVerseers or the
poor and other officers; Bridgewater,
raised the pay of town Iaborers from
150 to 50 a day; HolbrOOk, elected one
constab BILE and three fence viewers; Nor
wood elected a park commissioner;
Stoughton. elected chairman OF the Sc
lectmen, one school committeeman, one
auditor one water commissioner ana the
highway surveyor
When asked to explain the success
Of the party Cornelius Sullivan, secre-
tary Of the Stoughton Socialist club
which, by the way, was organized only
three weeks before the town election,
said. I'VE were in dead earnest, even
6gh4fne for the despised office of fence
viewer while our opponents were over
/ confident That is all there is to it; we
were in dead earnest, while the Others
/ We're careless.
Whether Mr.. Sullivan's explanation is
/ correct or not the fact remains thai
the Socialist party is growing VIII
enormous strides in this state. as the
figures amply prove. From total Nol'
for governor in 1901 Of some l4,VVo IN IN,
I party grew to cast 81, 600 votes In 1907
in spite of the fact that in the latte
wear Republican and Democratic part
lines were drawn more closely than Il
1901: this indicating that the SoclaIis
gain of 10000 votes in one year wa
The Republicans .of Massachusett
have already begun to realize that tn
Socialists. who as a party here are no
vet a decade old. are coming into po
with Lieutenant Governor Guild seV
, + eral weeks ago warned his party that
, must speediIv take cognizance of th
: conditions that make Socialists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
BURIED IN MUD.
Fast Mail on the Missouri Pa
cific Strikes a Landslide.

Sedalia. Mo. March 1o--Missouri
Pacific passenger train No. g. the fast
mail which left here at midnight for
St. Louis, ran into a landslide near
Gasconda and the engine was buried in
the mud. The cars remained on the
track and Engineer Pace. whose arm
was hurt, was the only person INJURED;
rTra ffic was blocked and the westbound
fast mail was forced to return to
MoberIy and go from there over the
Missouri. Kansas & Texas tracks to
Sedalia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
Texas Cattle Raisers Convene.

FL Paso. Tex, March 10.-The twen-
~ seventh annual convention of the
Texas Cattle Raisers' association open
ed here this morning. The delegates
number 624 and came from all over
ra-lse and adjoining states. Chicago
q T-,,1$s Omaha Kansas City and
Denver are represented Two import
ant questions. leasing and quarantine
win be discussed. The number OF Wis
itors in the city is estimated at 50o0-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
ELECTION BULLETINS.

The State Journal viii issue bulletins
giving the progress of the count in the Re-
publican primary tomorrow evening. The
res,l+ sho,1d be known by 10 O. clock. as
the ticket is not a long one. Correct in
formation win he telephoned to the State
Journal office directly from the polling
places and at once. posted on the windows
in the State Journal office