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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11
RMES HEARING.
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Be-
fore New Hampshire Court.

Manchester. n. H, March lin or
der that the superior court of New
Hampshire might pass upon the ques-
ton of the physical ability of Or. AL
fred Anes, ex-mayor of Minneapolis, to
return to that city for trial on charges
of bribery, a hearing in the case was
given today Extradition papers had
been approved by Governor Bachelor
and DR.. Ames was to have been taken
to Minnesota last week, but his counsel
prevented this step by instituting ha-
beas corpus proceedings. On the ground
that the doctor was in i'll health and
that the journey would be dangerous
other issues were raised and the court
appointed a hearing for today.
DR.. Ames appeared to be in excellent
spirits He and his wife spent the night
at a hotel here. Sheriff Dreger of Min
nesota was on hand to assume charge IN
case the court should decide in his IA
vor. Before the hearing began the sher-
if said he had made every arrangement
to take DIR. Arnes out of the state with
in an hour or two if he won his case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11
NoLeg AID PersonaI Mention.

Mr. Frank Reid of Clyde is the guest
Of his brother Mr.. Albert T. Reid. He
viii go home tonight.
Mrs Noble Prentis is in Ottawa
Mrs Frank Scott Davis will go to
Usage City in a few days to visit Mrs.
Fred BOnebrake.
Mr.. and Mrs. JOab Mulvane have re-
turned from Florida and Cuba.
MT w. N. Morrison who has been the
guest of his sister, Mrs. j. c.. Wilson,
for some time win leave for his home in
indianapolis the last of the week.
Miss Dolly Curtis viii return from
Washington, D. c. next week
Mr.. Arthur McClntock is i'll with
diphtheria at the home of his parents.
Mr. and Mrs L. 3. McClintock, Tenth
avenue west
sfrs. w. II. Eastman has returned
fsom Emporia where she was called
Wv the illness of her mother Mrs. +. J.
JTlory
SIR. and MIS-. z. W Hoch of Marion
hre at the Copeland.
Mrs. NJ. j. AiiIlspaugh who is Mrs.
j. g. Larimer's guest viii leave for her
home i'm Davenport. Iowa. Thursday.
Mrs Herrick who has been a the
home of her son, Mr.. Robert T. Herrick
hes gone - Hiawatha for an extended
stay
hrs. Samuel Reed of Chicago is Wis
eJing ner sister. Miss Jessie Upton at
the Blower House
Miss Susan Nickle. who has been the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

guest of her sister. Mrs. John Thomas
Greene, leaves for her home in Salina
tonight
Mrs ". B. Gibson and her daughter
Helen, Of Chicago. are visiting Mrs.
Staples, 1925 Quincy street.
Mr.. Hugh Larimer and Mr.. Hinkle
Guy will leave Saturday for Chicago.
Mrs. J. II. Hill, VINO has been here
for the legislative session, returns to her
home in Russell tonight
Mrs Otis L. Benton, of Oberlin, is the
guest Of Mrs L. A Case.
Mrs. A c. Elder has returned from
Chicago.
Miss Hambleton has returned from
visit in Omaha
The Taxa Art Embroidery club viii
meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Mccartney, 1917 Lane street The North
Topeka members will meet Friday after
noon with Miss Lizzie Barnes, AZ Ho1-
man street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11
AN OTTAWA ROBBERY.
Aged Mans Pockets Picked by Gang
of Boys.

Ottawa. Kan. March ia. stiffIer
of Norwalk, Ia, a man 70 years of age,
was robbed of a pocketbook containing
money and papers aggregatfng over
200 at the Santa Fe depot about 4
O'Clock in the afternoon.
He observed a number of young men
Longing about the heater in the men s
waiting room. Suddenly they gathered
close around him, and one. as if i'm
PEELED by a comrade, tumbled forcefu1ly
against the old man, knocking his hat
off. The men then scattered Shortly
afterward Mr.. Suffler discovered that
his pocketbook was gone 1t contained
but SIS in currency. but there were also
notes for 5000 a check for s195, and
railroad transportation to his home.
Not long afterWard the pocketbook
was found on the streets The thieves
had taken the currency and railroad
ticket, but had left the notes and check
undisturbed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

Because he has been over the road.

A Grocer down in Texas said that
when he first put in a stock of Postum
Food Coffee he concluded to try it
himself to know how well he could rec
ommend it to his customers. He says:
i quit using coffee and had Postum
prepared according to directions on the
package and found it a most healthful.
loJrnsome beverage.
I had been troubled seriously with
stomach trouble but after leaving off
coffee and using Postum l gradually
got better and better That interested
me so I persuseed my Mother-in-law
who is over sixty and a confirmed
coffee drinker, to quit coffee and drink
E-ssturn.
She has suffered for years with
stomach trouble and food coming up
in her throat after eating. As soon as
she quit coffee and began using Pos
tun this distress stopped and she has
been getting better and better ever
since
A short time ago a lady who was
starting west bought up my entire
stock of Postum for fear she could not
ind it where she was going
From my own experience one can
readily see that ] can recommend Pos
tum very highly. Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Greek. Mich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

Denver, March 1.-THE Evans block
at the cornor Of Fifteenth and Lawrence
streets, in this city, was burned this
morning by a fire that broke out in the
basement bakery of the Hurlbut Gro
Gerry. company's store. The total loss is
estimated at 100000. The Hurlbut Gro
Gerry company's stock valued at $40. 600
was destroyed Other stores in the
block whose stocks were damaged are
those of ". 6. Sanderson & Son tea and
coffee; George Crater drugs; John D.
Ross. cigars and tobacco. The losses
are covered by insurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11
WARRANT ISSUED
For Arrest of Director in the London
& Globe.

London, March IA warrant for the ar
rest of Whitaker Wright director of the
London and Globe Finance corporation.
was issued today
Following the order issued yesterday 20
the official receiver Of the corporate by
Justice Buckley to crirninally prosecute
Mr.. Wright, a summons for the latter was
obtained yesterday evening, but when an
officer went to his residence to serve ii he
was informed that Mr.. Wright had gone
to the continent on account Of his health,
hence the issue of the warrant
In the house of commons today Swift
MacNeill Irish Nationalist asked Home
Secretary Akers Douglas what steps were
being taken to prevent Mr.. Wright at
tempting to escape from justice. The sec
rotary declined to answer such a ques-
ton without notification
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wilI piatribute s1ee.ooo.

ST. Louis March n.-United states
Marshal Marcy established himself to
day in the offices of the J. J. Ryan In
vestment company where he viii re-
ceive certificates and prepare to pay
creditors March %. The entire settle
ment Will be under the supervision Of
United States District Judge Adams.
Depositors are requested to send in their
certificates at once. On the date men
toned $4,000 viii be distributed pro
rata
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11
RAPID RECRUITING
Is Reported to Be in Progress in
Honduras.

Mobile, Ala, March 1.-THE Cefaula
liner Hiram. Captain Petersen. has ar
rived from Porto Cortez. Honduras.
When the Hiram left there Saturday
the situation was quiet with martial
law stin in existence and the recruit
ing OF soldiers rapid.
Captain Petersen said that while
there was 10 outward sign of disturb
ance it was very evident that trouble
was expected and prepare tions We're
under way on the Atlantic coast There
is fighting on the Pacific coast and
news of conflicts between the conserva-
tives and liberal armies are received
daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

Chicago March 11.-While on an oper-
alton table in local medical college,
William Martinck has succumbed to the
effects of the chloroform that had been
administered to him A number of stu
dents had gathered to witness the oper-
alton. but they did not know that the
patient was dead when the table was
wheeled from the clinic room. Mar
timex was to have been operated on for
an abscess which had formed behind his
right ear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

1907 when Mr.. Burton viii be a eandi>
date for reelection.
on account of these reasons deep
game Of politics viii be played during
the next two years. 1t viii begin imIne-
dlately as soon as the members OF the
legislature get home In fact it has been
on" all during this session, but from
now on it will be played among the
voters of the state. 1t is the house
AGAINST the senate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11
SHAW IN NEW YORK.
To Size Up the Financial Situa-
ton on Wall Street.

New York. March 11-Seeretary of the
Treasury Shaw arrived here today from
Washington He visited the subtreasury
shortly before the opening hour and
conferred briefly with Acting Assistant
Treasurer Dantz and Cashier Marion.
The secretary, it is understood has come
here to look into general financial con
difions
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Workmen Failed to Report.

Chicago, March 11-As a result of the
strike Of the members of the National
Alliance Of Sheet Metal Workers who
are waging a war on another union in
the same trade, five hundred men failed
to report for duty today on jobs con-
tracted for by twenty-five firms who are
members of the Sheet Metal Contractors
association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

Laces dyed to match any shade at the
Boston, ia West Eighth Both phones
1rE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

city Ticket Office. Union Pacific
Railroad. 525 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

A household necessity-Dr Thomas
Eclectric Oil. Heals burns. cuts, wounds
IF any sort; cures sore throat, Group
asthma: never fails.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

Mrs. w. Fl. Whitton's guests Tuesday
afternoon for Miss Nicl1le of Salina
were: Mrs John Thomas Greene Mrs.
William Macferran. Mrs. David Norton,
Mrs. C. S. Holman and Miss Georgiana
WATSON.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles L. Holman en-
tertained small company at dinner
Tuesday night. their guests being Mr..
and Mrs c. II. Smalley, Mr.. and Mrs.
a o. Wellmau, Mr.. and Mrs. Cam
Woodbury. Nellis.
Mr.. Bayard Whitney viii entertain the
Delta Omicron Omicron fraternity at
dinner tonight in honor of Mr. Hugh
Larimer who goes to Chicago with
surveying corps Saturday.
Miss Dorothy Holman, who leaves the
first of April with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs Charles L. Holman. for a perma-
nent residence in st. Louis, will enter
tain some of her little school friends at
a party Friday afternoon.
Mrs. j. E. Hanway entertained five
tables at cards Tuesday afternoon at her
home on Tenth avenue west.
The Felicity club met with Mrs. d. J.
Small Tuesday afternoon with Mrs
Frank Crane. Mrs. Frank Klingaman.
Mrs. A. A. GODDARD and Miss Cross as
substitutes. The club win meet in a
fortnight with Mrs. r. T. Cartilage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

Mrs. j. f. Hanway entertained five
tables. at cards Tuesday afternoon at her
home on Tenth avenue west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-11

Overdue Ethiopia Arrives.
New York, March 1.-THE steamer Eth
iopia from Glasgow, which was several
days overdue arrived today. passing SANDY
Hook bound in at SAT a. m
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-08
PRICES GO UP IN INDIANA.
Indianapolis Coal Dealers Add 25 to
SO Cents q Ton.

Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. 8.-Anthracite,
what little there is, was offered at s12 a
ton in this city. All other Goals were
advanced from Is to so cents a ton at
the meeting of the coal exchange. An
thracite yesterday was selling at 50 a
ton. The famine in steam coal con-
tinues and all the factories are running
close. The attorney general has prom
ised to investigate the shortage.
Sterling, H., Jan. S.-Unless coal ar
rives in the village of Harmon within
the next three days the people of that
place viii face a serious condition. At
the present time there is not a pound of
coal for sale In the city and almost half
of the population are out of coal. The
situation in this city is also acute.
Terre Haute. Ind, Jan. S.-The price
Of coal at the mines in Indiana has been
advanced % cents a ton, and the Terre
Haute Retailers association lifted the
price to $3.50. the highest ever known
here in the center of the field, and 81
higher than q year ago this time. There
IS no shortage. but the operators say the
Chicago demand makes the price.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-08
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Mrs. J. D. Hewitt. who
died yesterday at the home OF her broth
er, Judge Arthur J. McCabe, S21 Topeka
avenue. win be held at the residence al
9:45 o'clock Friday morning. The ser
vices viii be conducted by the Rev. Dr.
Countermine, after which the remains
will be taken to Wichita and buried be-
side the body of her husband, Rev. John
D. Hewitt, who died in 1898.
Maggie McKirahan, the 10-year-oId
daughter OF Rev and Mrs NJ F. Nc
Kirahan, died at Christ hospital last
night as the result of appendicitis. An
opera alton was performed Sunday, but
slight hopes were entertained for her
recovery. Relatives of the family have
been sent for, and funeral arrangements
viii not be made until their arrival.
Mrs. Byron Long. wife of Byron Long.
died Tuesday night at the home, 1926
Madison street. Funeral services were
held at the residence at 2:30 o'clock this
affer0
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-08
JAYHAwKER Jors.

Salina Is to have a new Rock Island
depot.
one of the grave business transactions
at Salins this week was the election OF
cemetery officers.
An Industrious Ottawa hen led forth
a brood of thirty-six lively little chicks
on New Years day
Topeka is growing over her chicken
show while General Hughes, as man
ager, is winning his spurs
For the first time in many years the
Newton jail Is empty-or at least was
when this Jot was jotted."
Parsons doesn't give a rap who be
comes United States senator so they Sc
cure long sought brick plant
Now that the open quail season has
closed a Sumner county farmer offers
to trade his repeating shotgun for d
pony
These chilly days recall the fact to
the Columbus promoters that they have
an ice plant proposition stored away
somewhere
A letter from an Independence boy in
New Zealand says spring vegetables and
spring chicken is his daily fare-when
he has the price.
OF course Congressman Calderhead is
q senatorial candidate. He is distribur-
ing II $50 packages of garden seeds as
rapidly as the weather will permit.
A Leavenworth man complains that
ne does nOlllu& Luese Gays out put IucA
in the furnace But the furnace never
complains of Goals of fire being heaped
on its head.
Salina has an orange tree containing
two dozen oranges How the town
bridesmaids left enough blossoms for
the tree to accomplish this feat cannot
be understood.
A Cofeyville family returned from
church to hnd thirty OF their chickens
stolen. Two were valued at IS each and
the others at 81 apiece. But the sermon
was interesting
An Ottawa shopman had his big toe
broken December 3. January 1 he re.
sumed work and January 3 the toe was
broken again. He attributes his troubles
to a black cat crossing his path.
That most of Editor Bent Nurdock's s
readers dwell in the country viii be seen
by the following modest request: This
office wants some stove wood, corn, hay
and oats on subscription at once"
An Emporia hardware firm sent to a
house in town to get an unpaid for
stove returned. An axe and a gun in
the hands Of the husband and wife de-
cided the hardware people that the day
was too chilly to remove their furni-
ture.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-08
TUCSON IN A PANIC.
Calls Loudly for Protection
From Bubonic Plague.

Washington, Jan. S.-A dispatch has
been received at the public health and
marine hospital service from the board
of trade at Tuscon, Ariz.. calling atten-
tion to the. existence of bubonic plague
IN Mexico and requesting that necessary
steps be taken to prevent its spread into
Arizona. The president OF the superior
board OF health Of Mexico has officially
announced to the authorities in Wash
ington that the plague exists at Eusen-
ada and Mazatlan, Mexico, and has re-
quested the public health and marine
hospital service to notify the bureau Of
American republics, that the South
American countries through them may
be informed Dr. Brown. medical rep
iine hospital service. now at Los An
geies, VINO has been Investigating the
situation at Ensenada. and Or. Alex.
ander, the medical representative az
Ensenada, have been directed by tha
surgeon general to take any necessary
action in the matter
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-08

term Of schooling is less than three
years, and the average iliteracy nearly
three times greater than in New Eng
land. Most significant Of all. though, as
it is most discouraging, IS the proof that
the proportion OF juvenile criminals in
New England is 425 to the million. while
in the south Atlantic states it is only
126. Moreover, this contrast becomes ali
the more significant when we consider
that the temptations Of poverty are far
greater south than north
These figures should set our authofi-
ties to thinking. We spend hundreds of
millions every year on free education.
and other hundreds of millions in TIE
effort to punish and suppress crime
The question is whether our scheme is
intellige gent-whether there may be not a
better way. Surely. If crime and degen-
eracy keep pace with free school educa-
ton, and virtue and wholesoneness pre-
vail in an inverse ratio, the fact is WORTH
considering, even though the superficial
conclusions be fallacious.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-08

Minneapolis Journal. The republic of
Mexico is often referred to sightingly
as more of a dictatorship than a repub-
lie. However that may be. a recent in
cident furnishes evidence OF more re-
sponsiveness on the part of the Mexican
government to the interests of the peO-
pie than we seem to be able to secure
from cur government in a least one inn
portant particular- There is a wheat
ring. in Mexico-what in this country
would be called a wheat trust 1t un-
dertook to force up the price of wheat
arbitrarily. This entailed great hard
ship upon the poor. In Mexico there is
a tariff on wheat. The government
abolished the tariff and down came the
price of wheat. We do not do things
that way in this country We talk
about it. but action has thus far gotten
very little beyond the stage of talk
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-08
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
shortage and short Weight.

Chicago Tribune
The coal business is still in an unsat-
isfactOry condition. The people of Chi
cago are beginning to suffer. One gain
is clear The strike and it's lessons are
not passing out of peoples minds. The
Industrial organization which makes
such a strike possible is being more
carefully than ever scrutinized and IS
made the subject Of earnest meditation
by people whose coal bins are filled not
with coal but with air. The conclusion
is forcing itself upon the public that
either the mining industry of its own
motion must arrive al an internal IN
derstanding with itself or the public will
have to serve as its instructor Mr. J.
A. Hobson, the English economist. has
hinted that the next move in the Eng
lish mining industry will be such an
agreement between masters and men as
viii fix wages and prices at a high fig
ure and leave the public to foot the bill.
An agreement of this kind would have
its dangers Theoretically it might lead
to a conspiracy on the part of the en-
ployers and employees of each trade for
the purpose of securing the highest pos
sible wages and prices. Even such con-
spiracies might be prefera Bile, however,
to the present scarcity of necessary
commodity.
Moreover, scarcity is not the only diff
fculty the people of Chicago are now
dealing with. scarcity is supplemented
by dishonesty. There have been Wei
authenticated stories of short tons. The
dealer who in times likes these, when
prices are Inflated, gives his customers
400 or 500 pounds in place of the 2. 900
they have paid for deserves all the
names that are being applied to him.
The evidence has been pretty clear that
in certain cases short weights have been
caused not by the action of the driver
but by that of the dealer. The driver
did not stop while on his way to his
destination and swap coal for beer. The
dealer attended to the load before the
driver started out. This is what has
to be changed. The city authorities
cannot be too vigilant in their supervis-
ion of dealers who are suspected of
cheating. Their victims are among the
poor. who always are the greatest sur
ferers from dishonest weights and
measures They must be protected this
winter against frauds which add so
much to the cost of their scanty pur-
-,-.as Of fuel
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-08
FUNSTON FOR CHIEF.
Suggested for Head of Philip
pine ConstabuIary.

Washington, Jan SIN pursuance of
the order made yesterday the house iIn~
mediately upon convening today enter
ed upon consideration OF the Philippine
ccnstabulary bill.
While Mr.. Cooper was explaining the
bill, Mr. Fitzgerald IN. " asked if it
win allow the detail of a first lieutenant
to be chief of the consta bulary with
the rank of brigadier general. Upon
receiving an affirmative reply he Char
acterized the bill as vicious.
Mr.. Maddox (Ga.) opposed the bill and
said in the face OF the request of the
secretary of war for S3.0000OO for the
relief OF the people of the Philippines. it
was wrong to increase the pay of army
officers at the expense of the Philippines.
He thought there must be plenty Of
generals in the army who could be de-
tailed.
There is General Funston" he said.
He would make an elegant chief of po-
lice (Laughter.) If colonels are needed
the woods are full of them
After further remarks by Messrs.
Hun (Ia.), Jones (Va.). Patterson (Tenn.)
and Williams (Miss.). against the bill
and Messrs. Crumpacker Gnd.) and
Cooper (Wis.) for it, general debate
closed.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Jones
(Na.) to limit the number of assistant
chiefs under the bill was adoated. MI.
Hull CIa) offered as an amendment a
substitute to authorize the appointment
of brigadier general as chief of the
constabulary force, and officers not be-
low the rank of lieutenant colonel as
assistant chiefs.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-08
SOME sTARTL1NG STATISTICS

lF'rom the Washington POstl
Dr Arthur MacDonald's report to con-
Eress is a very sensational document.
Ife has been investigating crime, suicide.
insanity. and all other forms of de-
generacy. and in connection with tie
result Of the Investigation he furnishes
certain statistics of fniteracy. etc, which
throw very important, not to say
startling. light upon the subject
OF course. we do not take IT for
granted that DR.. MaeDonald's figures
constitute an unassailable hypothesis
neither does he himself claim or even
suggest as much. The doctor is an off,
cial Of the bureau of education. and en-
Joys a very high reputation for profes-
sional efficiency. We do not understand
however. that he essays to settle a ques-
ton so vast and complicated. and are
quite sure that it was no part Of his
original purpose to produce a theatrical
effect.
Facts are facts, however. DR.. Mac
Donald finds that in New England
where the average term of schooling is
six years and the average Of illiteracy
per cent, the ratio Of crime, insanity
nervous disorder. etc, is far higher than
ip the south Atlantic states. where the