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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-14
u AFFIDAVITS
Filed in Connection With the
Wabash Injunction Case.

St. Louis. March 14.-Judge Adams, iii
the United States circuit court, today
heard the motion filed by General Solic-
itor Blodgett of the Wabash railroad
company, asking that q rule be entered
requiring the defendants to produce on
the hearing of the motion to dissolve the
injunction next Tuesday. various letters
referred to in the motion fled by them
Colonel Bl0dgett said that it was consld-
cred important to know the contents
of these letters in order that a fun un-
derstanding OF what was done and the
purposes might be had
F. n. Judson. associate counsel for tins
defendants. said he was prepared to
argue the motion, and Judge Adams said
he would hear counsel some time during
the day.
Twenty-Five atfidayits in support OF
the contentious set forth in the bill o1
complaint on which Judge Adams grant
ed the temporary injunction restraining
claring a strike on the Wabash system.
were filed today by Colonel BlOdgett.
general solicitor for the railroad COM
pany. Colonel BlOdgett said no new is
sues were presented in the documents
General Counsel Murphy of the Broth
erhOOd of Locomotive Firemen, when
asked if they would comply with an or
der to deliver the letters and kilograms
asked for by the Wabash, should Judge
Adams uphold the motion, said to the
Associated Press.
LAS far as possible we viii comply
with the order should it be made. We
are now getting together such of the
letters as have been preserved and those
of which reports had been made These
documents viii, I believe. present moth
ing new on the situation for the essential
facts contained in each were covered
fully in our own answer
Mr. Murphy stated that Judge Irwin,
of. Peoria, and Attorney +. J. Pinney,
of Cleveland. his legal associates. with
officials of the brotherhoOds. would prob
ably return to st. Louis tonight or to-
morrow and complete preparations for
the hearing on Tuesday.
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TOO SHARP FOR HIN.
Clever Attempt to JuggIe Rail-
road Law Fails.

The story has leaked out that there
was something strange in connection
with the final passage of the railroad
commissioner law, and that an effort
was made to doctor the bill so as to
keep q Democrat on the railroad board.
The effort was not successful, however.
because it was discovered that the
title Of the bill and the body did not
agree, and the record was looked up
to see which was right.
The "doctoring" consisted only in
eliminating the words and e. from the
repeating section OF the body of the bill.
The repeating section of the bill as
agreed upon by the conference COM
mfttee in the early morning hours of
Thursday morning stated that sec
tiOnS 1 and and 4 of the old railroad
law should be repealed. Section 4 of
the old law provided the qualifications
for members of the board. This section
was re-enacted in the new law with the
provision left out that not more than
two members of the board should be of
the same political party.
It is alleged that a Democratic candi
date for railroad commissioner called
out a member of the conference COM
mittee while the report was being con
sidered and afterwards said he was per-
fectly satisfied with the way the bill
was passed. The following morning the
report reached Cyrus Leland, a mem
Der of the conference committee, that
the bill had been dOctored, and he in
vestigated the copy that was sent to
the state printers office for enrolling.
He says he discovered that the words
f-and A. had been eliminated from the
repeating section. This would leave
section 4 of the old law in force and
leave a Democrat on the board. Mr..
Leland reported the matter to Cover
nor Bailey but the governor waited
for the bill to reach him before saying
anything about it.
In the meantime the bill had been en-
rolled and given to Representative
Billings. chairman of the house enroll
ing committee. for comparison with
the original bill. Then it was discover
/ ed that the title of the bill repealed sec
ton of the old law but the body of
the bill did not. MI Billings had his
Lieutenant Governor Hanna was there
and he was consulted. He thought
there must be a mistake somewhere and
Chief Clerk Mason of the house was
summoned with his records. The rec
ords of the conference committee show
ed that the report of the committee in
/ cluded section 4 of the old bill in the
repeating clause and it was duly in
serted. This is why the railroad bill
was among the last to come to the gov
ernor for his signature When it reach
ed Governor Bailey it was in proper
shape
The house leaders allege that the bill
was "doctored" in the interest of a
Democratic candidate for railroad com
missioner. but they cannot prove it and
therefore are not making the charge
! openly.
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Blood, Thomas and Barkley, who were
the most seriously injured. were SEM
back to Topeka on a train made up
there. These three men are now in the
Stormont hospital. and according to late
reports are not in any immediate dam
ger.
The body of Engineer William Love.
the engineer on the west-bound tram
who was crushed TO death while at his
post in the cab, was taken back 10
Dwight and was sent from there to
Horton this afternoon for burial. Eli
gineer Love was stationed at Kansas
City. Kas., but his home was in Horton,
most Of his relatives living there. He
leaves a family.
CAUSE OF THE WRECK.
The following is the official account
of the cause of the wreck given out
today at the office of General Superin-
tendent H. S. Gable.
No. A, the Golden State Limited,
which is due here at $40 p. m, was
about 6 hours late. No. 3, the west
bound train was on time Both trains
last night on account OF the Limited be-
ing late they received orders to meet
at Dwight, Kan, with the usual un-
derstanding that tie train which ar
rived there first was to take the sid
ing and let the other train pass. In
the meantime Dispatcher McQuade at
the local telegraph offices was trying
to get Dwight with the view of in
structing the agent there to turn his
signal board Mr.. McQuade was not
the engineer on the Limited which was
the first train to arrive at Dwight came
in sight of the station he saw no signal
to stop and thinking that orders had
been received at Dwight instructing
the agent not to hold the Limited he
ran on through. At that time the west
bound train was within mile of the
station but this fact was discovered too
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ORDERED TO HONDURAS
Admiral CoghIan and Caribbean
Squadron will Go.

Washington. March 14-The Caribbean
squadron, under command of Admiral
CoghIan has been ordered to Hon
duras. where the revolution is assuming
serious proportions, to protect American
interests Acting Secretary Of the Navy
Darling sent the following cable instruc-
tfons to Admiral Coghlan at San Juan:
Proceed with squadron Olympia.
Panther, Marietta. vixen and Brutus
(collier) protect American interest
Puerto Cortez and Ceiba, Honduras.
Communicate with minister. Authorized
to leave Vixen (tender) under command
ant at San Juan.
The navy department decided to send
Admiral Coghlan to Honduras on the
theory that hag officer on the scene
would be in a position to take such
steps as may be necessary for the pro-
lection Of American interests without
constant reference to the department
here. The presence of q squadron ln-
stead of single ship it was thought
also would have a salutary effect.
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MULvANES TO BUILD.
Bank of Topeka Building to Be
RemOdeIed.

John R. and Joab Nfulvane, joint own
ers of the building occupied by the Bank
of Topeka at the northwest corner OF
Sixth street and Kansas avenue are
planning to rebuild the property. during
the present year The purpose of the
change will be to furnish additional Of
fee space for the employees of the bank
which occupies the first floor 1t will
probably be accomplished by rehtting
the basement floor for office use, and
may also include rebuilding the walls
with pressed brick.
Joab Mulvane has but recently return
ed from a winters trip in the south and
has not given the plans any considera-
ton recently John R. Mulvane was
reluctant to discuss them when seen by
a reporter today but admitted that the
remodeling was being planned The de-
signs for it are incomplete. For a num-
Der of years the present quarters have
been too small for the convenient ac-
commodation for the large force of en-
ployes which the bank maintains and
the demand for more Office room is i'm
perative. Tt is not anticipated that the
changes will occasion any considerable
alteration in the exterior appearance or
inside arrangements of the building.
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may not be capable of doing the work
i'm another. The master will assign
them for work according to his discre~
ton
The present force of deputies con-
sists of J. f. Daniels of Topeka. J. NJ.
Wilson of Assaria, J. H. Steward Of
Salna. J. r. Cantrell of Columbus, j.
II. Hendrick of Wichita. T. F. Biggs of
Wvandotte and J. H. Dickinson OF FIRE.
conia There are two vacancies which
viii be filled in April. ] DO not contem-
in the personnel of the deputy force al
though of course the deputies viii be
changed about somewhat from their
previous fields of work. They are ap-
pointive by the master workman.
AT the grand lodge meeting It was
voted to re-esta blish the appropriation
of $4,000 for prizes for drill work, which
was in effect up to 1901 Tt was also de-
cided to set aside $3.50 for prize for the
most effective work of individual lodge
members in increasing the membership
of the order. These things do much to
lend interest to lodge work
II have been so occupied with my pri-
vate law practice since the Wichita
meeting that have not had much time
to devote to my official duties. but [
ton from now on. The headquarters of
the order is always at the home of the
grand master workman and is now my
home at MankatO- The Offices of the
A O. IT, w however, are at EmpOria
where the order owns some real estate.
7 do not intend to adopt any radical
course in my administration, but simply
intend to look after the business affairs
Of the order to the best of my ability
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WRNTED---A CANDIDATE.
Democrats Meet Tonight to
Name Mayoralty Candidate.

Tonight the Democrats plan to nomi-
nate Il mayor. It is conceded that they
may succeed in nominating a candidate
for mayor.
The Democratic city convention which
wiz meet at Metropolitan hail to-
night, is having hard time 70
find a man suitable to make the race
against w s BerEuaithai. They claim
that there are Iifsay Omen who are
willing to run. but esvPn tfiis statement
is open to some do1sas, for the Drospec-
tive candidates sso have been with
drawing as fast Or faster than they
have been suggested. It seems that the
nomination for mayor viii have to hurry
If it expects to catch nybOdy tonight
Albert Parker says he hasn't with
drawn. or rather, he says he won't say
whether he has or not. The statement
that Re had informed the Democratic
leaders that he would not be a candidate
was made on the authority Of we'll
known Democrat. and was reinforced
by Mr.. Parker'S own expressions on the
subject. NJ Snattinger, a Republican,
has also been urged to make the race.
Friday night meeting was held at
the Flambeau club by number of
we'll known Democrats The object was
to caucus on the mayor situation 4
committee composed of Mike Heery. W.
o. Ri2by, Fl. p. Miller and A. F. Hor-
ner was appointed to hunt up a candi-
date The committee consulted for two
hours, and failed to agree upon anyone
they said Today the committee has
been busy. and probably has some names
ready to spring on the convention to-
17ioht
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with various get rich quick concerns.
He disappeared from Philadelphia in
1891.
MR. TURNER HERE.
New Grand Master of A. 0. u.
w. Talks of Work.

r. ". Turner the recently elected
grand master workman of the A. o. u.
w. is in Topeka today on short bust
ness trip. Mr. Turner arrived this
morning and viii leave this afternoon
or tonight for Emporia. His visit is not
a all in relation to lodge affairs so he
says A reporter for the Journal found
him in the lobby of the Throop hotel
after breakfast and persuaded him to
discuss the affairs of the Office to which
he was recently elected at the grand
lodge meeting at Wichita
The Office OF master workman is now
made elective for two year term. hav-
ing been changed by the grand lodge
from "A one year period. Several other
important changes in the management
of the business of the order were made
at the grand lodge meeting and it IS
Master Turner's duty to see that they
are carried into effect In relation to
the changes in the field work of the
district deputies MIR. Turner said:
AT its recent meeting the grand
lodge voted to change the system of the
field work There are nine deputies,
eight OF whom have previously been as
signed to certain territory to work up
membership in the order The ninth
had general supervision over the others
under the direction Of the master work
man. The grand lodge decided to retain
the same number of deputies but to
place them directly under the direction
of the master The idea is that a man
who is adapted for work in one place
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INQUEST BEGINS.
Buffalo Officials Take Up the
Formal Investigation
Of the Death, by Violence, of
Edwin L. BurdiCk.
PAINES WERE ON HAND
Only One Witness Was Admit
ted at a Time.
DR.. Rowland, Assistant Medical
Examiner, First Witness.

Buffalo, N. z. March 1.-THE inquest
into the murder of Edwin L. Burdick
was begun in the police court today be-
fore Judge Murphy.
Among the first witnesses to appear
were Mrs. Seth T. Paine, Miss Barrett.
the stenographer, who boards with Mrs
Paine, and A. Carlson another boarder
at the Paine residence. Mrs. Paine was
accompanied by counsel
Only one witness at a time was admit
ted into the court room. DR.. Howland.
assistant medical examiner. was the
first witness. He handed to Judge Muir
ply the report of the medical examiner
on the death of Burdick, which stated
the cause of death.
Under the law we are compelled to
hold this inquest" said Judge Murphy,
I'VE charge no one with this crime The
purpose of this investigation is to lay
this crime if possible. at the door of
some one
DR.. Howland was examined by Dis
trict Attorney Coatsworth. He said he
had been summoned to the Burdick
home by telephone on the morning of
February 27. DIR. W. H. Marcy met
him at the door and told him that
something had been going on there, and
that Mr. Burdiek was dead.
Il am not sure" continued DR.. How
land, but I think he told me that he
was not certain whether it was murder
on suicide. He asked me to make it a
case of suicide if possible as there had
been a good deal of gossip in the neigh
borhood respecting the relations exist
ing between Mr.. and Mrs. Burdick.'
The witness said he then examined
the body and told DR.. Marcy that it
Was impossible to entertain the suicide
theory for a minute. Asked as to what
further conVerSat tiOn he had with DR.
Marcy the witness said the former told
him of the divorce proceedings in the
Burdick family.
DR.. Howland repeated the conversa-
tion he had with Mrs. HUH as to the
finding OF the body of Burdick, thf
finding of a window open, the fact thai
4 there were no tracks in the snow out
side the window and the finding of the
open drawer Another thing the wit
ness said DR.. Marcy told him was he
found the window curtains in the room
4 drawn He also told me that a quilt
/ had been wrapped three times about the
/ head of the murdered man. said DR.
Rowland, and that he had found q
pool of blood on the floor
/ Mr. Coatesworth brought out the fact
/ that BuTdiclS's body had been moved bS
/ the murderer after the crime had beer
/ committed. The witness saw no weapoT
4 in the room.
What was your conclusion as tc
/ whether Burdick was killed in the den p
/ he was asked. I think he was
DO you think he was killed on the
I couch2'
Il think he was. on the couch
When he was killed. was he lying or
4 the couch in the position in which yol
! found the bOdy2"
Judging from the location of tho
/ wounds he must have been lying IN
some other position at the time he wa:
! etl.11rlx
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FELL OFF THE CHUTE.
An Inclined Plank Artist Is
Badly Hurt.

New York. March 14-Prof. Davis,
who has been giving public exhibitions
of shooting the chutes" down an in
clned plank on bicycle skates has met
with an accident at the St. Nichols rink
which may result in his death
The plank on which Davis made the
descent was about Is inches wide and
80 feet long. the upper end reaching
nearly to the roof. Shortly after start
ing on his downward course Davis
stumbled and fell to his knees on the
plank. After sliding a few yards. he
toppled over the side to the ice beneath.
He was picked up unconscious and re-
moved to a hospital His head was
found to be terribly cut and bruised,
but the fear that he had concussion of
the brain was dispelled by a searching
examination
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1T IS ABIG FIGHT.
Contest for Mr. Longs Place
Grows Exciting.
Convention to Be Held at Great
Bend April ,.
w. M.WALLACE HAS ONE
Allowed to Name the Kingman
Delegation.
Victor MurdOck Conceded to
Have Best Of 1t.
w. M.WALLACE HAS ONE

II is now less than three weeks until
the congressional fight in the Seventh
district for the Republican nomination
for the seat just vacated by Senator
Long win be settled The convention
win be held at Great Bend on April 2,
two weeks from next Thursday.
Kingman county has already named
its delegates-or rather, the Republican
county central committee instructed
Kmgman county's candidate. w. n.
Wallace. to name the delegation. The
delegation is headed by Morton Al
baush. chairman of the Republican state
central committee. with Frank Harlow.
chairman Of the Seventh district con-
gressional committee. second. Next
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BRAKEMAN FALLS.
I. Enlow, of Junction City, Hurt at
Bonner Springs.

Kansas City. March III EnIow, a
brakeman on the Union Pacific railroad
fell yesterday afternoon while making
a coupling at Bonner Springs, kan
and sustained a fracture of the skull
He was taken to St. Margaret's hos
pital in Kansas City. Kan, immed-
lately after the accident where DR.. A
O'Donnel1 dressed the wound. EnlOw
has not been conscious since the acct
dent and DR.. O'Donnell said last night
that he believed the patient would die
Enlow lives at Junction City, Kan
His father. living in Omega, Kan, was
notified of the accident.
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Philadelphia. March 14-Whitaker
Wright. the director of the London and
Globe Finance corporation. who Is
alleged to have sbsconded from London.
had a brief career IN financial circles IN
this city about fifteen years ago. While
here Wright lived in elegant style ana
resided at HaVerford. fashiOnab bic
suburb About 1855 he rented an Office in
the old Merchants Exchange buildins.
now the Stock Exchange, and began
business as q broker in cotton, grain AMI
petroleum &c was not a member Of
the stock exchange. Wright during hIs
stay here is said to have been Identified
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MAY GO.
Rumored That Preacher Will
Leave Topeka.

It is understood that DR.. J. D. Coun-
termine, pastor Of the First Presbyter-
ian church, will resign the pastorate.
The rumor was current this morning
and DIR. Countermine did not deny the
rumor When told of the rumor and
asked if it was true he said, Topeka is
the greatest town I ever heard of for
stories CfOod-bye''
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Rafnae to G1ve Evidence.

Rome, March 14-Cardinal Gotto, pre-
feet of the propaganda. and Mgr. Vec-
cia. secretary of the congregation. have
both refused to give evidence in the
suit before the American civil courts,
which Father Murphy, former pastor
of a church at Tecumseh. Neb.. has in
stituted against the Right Rev. Thomas
Bonacump, bishop Of Lincoln, Neb.
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FIVE KILLED.
Passenger and Freight Trains
Collide in Texas.

E1 Paso. Tex, March IA passenger
and freight collided at $40 this morn
ing on the Galveston & San Antonio
road, ten miles west of Sierra Blanco.
Lee Arnold. fireman, and three pas
sengers were killed outright. A negro
tramp was also killed The injured; O.
W. Daily, conductor of passenger train;
G. M. Malloy. fireman of freight; Mail
Clerk Killey injured about head. The
extent of Dsilys injuries is unknown
Both engines were demolished and the
mail car and two freight cars damaged.
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Net cost OF production per 1000. 1890
Besides making an estimate on this
cost Of producing gas in Topeka. AIr.
Johnson has figured extensively on the
cost Of laying pipe Of various sizes from
one inch to ten inches. He mas given
his estimates on the basis of each foot %
pipe laid, so that it is possible to COM
pute the total value of the gas mains
in the city
The value Of the meters. from s-Hshk
to 150-light, and the cost of counections
and setting. has also been figured out ny
Mr- johnson, and submitted in evidence.
Ihe companys officers have stated
that the total value of the plant is $3.50 .
0Oo and the city is getting all this evil
dence for the purpose of showing that
the plant is really worth very much
less. The city has taken testimony as
to the value of the real estate and build
ings, the extent and value of the mains
and meters, and from Mr.. johnson was
obtained a statement as to the exact
cost of replacing with new machinery
all the old machinery at the Topeka
plant Mr.. Johnson estimates that r.
would cost s24.5s5 to replace all the ma
chinery with new. piece by piece Ha
further estimates that the actual value
Of the machinery in place a [ the plant is
$20.035.
The. city win probably be able to
prove from its compiled estimates that
the real value of the property Of the
gas company is cOnsidera bly less than
$100 600. instead of $3.50 600
By making such a fact clear. the cifv
viii be in a position to claim that no
such allowance for interest on the in
vestment should be made as the com
pany claims.
R. c. Johnson is still on the witness
stand, and is now undergoing cross-ex-
animation by Charles Blood Smith. who
represents the Excelsior Coke & Gas
company. The hearing commenced at .
O'Clock this morning. and was in prog
ress all the afternoon Nothing oe
especial importance was developed Mr.
Smith went over all the computations
which Mr. Johnson had made and had
each one carefully analyzed lie made
an effort to show that Mr.. johnson
made many of his estimates without
carefully obtaining personal knowleEes
of the facts. and secured an admission
from Mr. Johnson that the proper way
to arrive at the cost per 1000 feet 0f
manufacturing gas is to take the
amount of gas sold, and also to take into
account the interest on the Investment
and the depreciation of the plant
It IS likely that the city expects to
take I'D these points later on. and try
to establish that the interest ard de-
probation have been overstated by the
! officers of the gas company
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He TALKED TOO MUCH.
U. s. Consul Bittinger, of St.
Joe, Is Asked to Resign.

Washington. March 14-United States
Consul John Bittinger, at Montreal. has
been invited to resign. He viii be sue
eeeded by Major A. w. Edwards. q
North Dakota newspaper man. Consul
Bittinger, while on leave of absence at
his home in St Joseph, talked very
freely of the relations between the
United States and Canada This was
i'll received in Canada, and has led to
the present action.