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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-10-31
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Bert-Yes; the cook said she wouldn't
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-10-31
Almost a Temperance state

Only II out of the 90 counties in
Tennessee legaiize the sale Of liquor.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-10-31
Winter Tourist Excursion Rates Via the
Southern RAILWAY

Winter Tourist Excursion Rates Via the
Southern Railway.
Beginning with October 18th, 1908
and continuing until April 30th, 1904
the Southern Railway will have on sale
excursion tickets to many points in the
South and Southwest, at greatly re.
duced rates. Frequent and convenient
schedules; Through Pullman and Thor.
oughfare cars; diuing car service of the
highest class on all through trains.
For details, apply TO agents,
@. w. Westbury, d. p. A,
Richmond, Va.
To California, the South and South.
West Via Southern Railway.
Low rates excursion ticket one way,
and round trip now on sale Via South
ern Railway TO California and the South
West. Elegant through service, ''Din-
ing cars"
For details, apply to agents.
O. w. Westbury, d. p. A.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
HONORS CHAMBERLAIN.
London Publicly COngratuIates
the Colonial Secretary.

London, March 2o.-Colonia1 Secretary
Chamberlain today received the city OF
London's congratulations on his mission
10 South Africa in the Guild hall, where
Lord Mayor Samuel and the corpora
ton presented him with an address OF
welcome in the presence Of a large gath
erins OF distinguished representatives Of
politics, the services, art. science, the
church, the law and the drama. Among
those present were Premier BalfOur.
most Of the cabinet ministers. the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury, Lord Roberts, the
Duke of Fife, the Duke of Argyll Lord
Strathcona, Lord Lister, SignOr Mar
conf. Sir Thomas Upton and Sir Henry
Irving
Mr. and Mrs Chamberlain received a
remarkable welcome from the expectant
crowds who in their enthusiasm here
and there broke through the police lines
and surrounded the carriage.
The lord mayor. lady ma yoress and
the corporation officers met Mr.. and
Mrs. Chamberlain in the library. where
q procession was formed, headed by
trumneters, and proceeded to the Guild
nall in which the address eulogizing the
secretary's service in South Africa was
presented Great enthusiasm greeted
Mr.. Chamberlain on his rising to reply
The secretary's speech was largely a re
iteration Of his recent speech at South :
ampton. He said he was convinced thar
everything was in train for united
South Africa under the British flag.
In the words of my friend General
Delarey." said Mr. Chamberlain. the
Boer leaders viii be as loyal to their
new government as they were to the
old
The secretary added that he found no
trace in South Africa of vindictiveness
He expressed his admira ton OF the
digniiied way in which the burghers ac-
cepted the result of the appeal to arms
and continued.
THE only fruit which we desire from
the war is the friendship of those who
We're so recently fighting us"
The conciliatOry spirit displayed in
this sentence pervaded the entire
speech
Subsequently Mr. and Mrs Chamber
lain We're entertained by the lord mayor
q luncheon i'm the Mansion house
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
FINED $4,000.
Amount Assessed by the Su-
preme Court of Missouri
Against Each Member of the
Beef Trust.
IUST PAY OR LEAVE.
Also Adjudged Responsible for
the Costs.
Given 30 Days In Which to
Comply With Order.

Jefferson City. Mo. March 2o-The
Armour Cudahy, Swift. Hammond and
the Schwartzchilds & Sulzburger pack
ing companies. the five defendants in the
custer proceedings brought by the at
torney general of Missouri, against the
alleged beef combine last summer. were
fined $1,000 each in the Missouri supreme
court today and ordered to pay the costs
of the case. which amount to $1,000.
Unless the fines and costs are paid with
in 80 days the defendants viii be ousted
from the state. so court orders.
The packers against whom this judg-
ment was issued have extensive
branches in St. LOUIS Kansas City and
St. Joseph.
The decision of the supreme court,
which was announced by Judge Mar
shall, was unanimous. In the opinion
of the court the statements, representa-
resentatives of the packing companies in
St Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph
were admissible in evidence against
the packers, and were just as binding
as though they were made and entered
into by the highest officers of the COM
panies or had been solennly adopted by
the directors or stockholders of the
companies and made q part of the min
utes of their meetings.
Continuing, the opinion says:
THE testimony introduced by the
state wa sabundant to show that the
respondents (packersl were members OF
a combination or pool to fix and main
tain prices
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
DANGER HAS PASSED.
To Be No War in the Balkans at
Present.

New York. March 20.-Interesting
side lights are thrown on the Balkan
situation hy interviews had with Dim
itri Liapoff here, says q dispatch from
Sofia, Bulgaria, to the Tribune Ac
cording to letters received by Saroff of
the revolutionary bands in Macedonia
and by Dimitri Liapoff. who acts as his
agent here. the insurgents have decid-
ed to postpone a general movement and
await developments However the rev
olutionists intend to drag Europe by
the nose into Interference in the af-
fairs in Macedonia
NJ Liapoff admitted that the Turks
we're controlling themselves and acting
under better discipline than formerly
and for this reason he said it would be
a waste of men and ammunition to in
stitute a general uprising since the
representative of the powers would
say that the revolutionists would not
allow the Turks to introduce reforms
He added significantly that when Eu-
rope had turned her eyes elsewhere and
the Turk had begun TO laugh in his
sleeve over his success in again out
whiting the powers and was repeating
his old tactics. the revolutionary bands
would resume operations and harass
him in hope of creating another crisis
and producing a moral shock to the
civilized world
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
TOPEKA STREET FAIR.
Enterprising Citizens of West
Side Arrange for One.

The people of Clay street between
Second and Fourth are going to hold a
street fair. The proceeds will be de-
voted to planting shrubs and grass on
the Sumner school yard and on other
bare spots in the vicinity. If there are
no proceeds the Clay street people ex-
pect to get their moneys worth out OF
the fun that the fair will create and
they will be satisfied with that.
Most of the folks along that street
have contracted the Civic Improvement
idea and have kept their yards trim
med and have planted flowers until
they now live upon one of the prettiest
streets in the city. The street fair will
be for the further promotion of the
yard Improvement crusade. It will be
a purely neighborhood affair but the
public is to be invited to come and pay
to get in A meeting of the neighbor-
hood will be called shortly and the
management set to working out the
ideas that have already been advanced.
4 The date of the fair will be set for
early in June
Clay street is paved with brick and
permission of the council is to be OBJ
tanned to close it up for three or four
days so that the whole two blocks may
be fenced or tented in The people on
the street say that they Will have ev-
cry thing that ought to be in a street
fair with the exception of the snake
cater. because that performance has
been prohibited by law. Most of the
features viii be home talent produc-
tons but the Clay street folks believe
they are ingenious enough to devise a
programme that viii Interest the puo-
lie.
Among the families who live in the
two blocks are those OF r. Foburg. f.
B. Gillett. J. 6. Wood. W Blair. G. V
Hossfelt, J. E. Torrington. F. Mat
/ thews. J. s. Mcclure. J r. McLane, n.
H Wolf Mrs. Beale, e c. Little, w.
NJ Bord. John Sargent. James Cuth-
bert. H. G. Larimer, e E. Carpenter.
B. H. Pugh. Mrs. Anna Cuff, A.
/ Nygren. Charles Carlson. H. A. Hebb,
John Broberg and L B. Rosseau.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
PENNELS WERE RICH.
Estate of 1925. 900 VIII Go to
WOman's Relatives.

Buffalo. March 20.-It is estimated
Mrs Pennell's estate will amount to
S225 000. all of which viii go to her
father. WinsloW S. Lamb.
1T is understood Mrs. Penneu drew
up viii some time before her death
although none has been found UP to
this time SO far as known. In fact Mrs.
Pennen told a close woman friend that
she made will last summer about the
time her husband made his. and that
i'm it she bequeathed her entire estate
to her husband If that be true 1T will
make no difference in the ultimate dis
posal Of her estate. Tt viii not go to
her husbands relatives because he
died first
Some time before his death Arthur R.
PenneH changed the beneficiary for
several large Insurance policies. Who
the insurance was assigned to is not
definitely known An insurance man
who is in a position to know to whom
the policies are payable was asked to-
day regarding a report that Mrs. Ed
win T.. Burdick would receive some Of
the Pennell Insurance. He positively
declined TO discuss the matter. He ad-
n,itted, however. that the insurance had
been assigned to some one other than
the beneficiary named when the insur-
anCe was issued.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20

And there is one other deputy at work
there besides Mr. PTiddy.
Aemember of the city council said to-
day. Why don't the newspapers print
something about the waterworls and
new school propositions All Of which
goes to prove that even politicians don't
read the newspap peTs very carefully.
NJ +. xounkin has a standing bet
that NJ Heery won't get % votes in the
first precinct of the Fifth ward. He
offers 3 to / on the proposition
The Republican city central commit
tee may give each precinct certain
sum of money with which to hire car,
riages. and leave it to the committee
man from that precinct to arrange for
the carriages. If the committeeman were
not all awfUlly honest. this would look
like a graSt
H. P. Miller. who so far as known,
IS still the pavement inspector for the
city, now has his Office at the Demo-
cratic Flamheau club rooms He is
chairman Of the Democratic city cen
tral committee.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20

Owing TO his connection with the state
board of agriculture and his residence in
Kansas of % years Mr. MOhler's name
is well known over the entire state He
was man of unusual character and in
diViduality besides being. q student Pre-
vlOus to his settlement in Kansas Mr.
Mohler was engaged in educational
work IN Pennsylvania. his early home
He was born in 1880 in Cumberland
county, Pa, but moved to Lewiston, Pa,
with his family in 1910. At II he COM
menced school teaching and continued
until he was 23 years of age when he
entered Mt Morris Rock River senai-
nary. After two years there he finished
his education at the Northwestern uni
versity.
Graduating in 1851 he took charge of
the High school at Lewiston for a short
time and was appointed county super
intendent of schools of Nif1in county
in 1864 to fill a vacancy. He was elected
to the Office in the next year and was
reelected in 1861 During that year he
assumed charge of the fIishacoquillas
seminary. which he owned. and con-
Quoted it until 1871. when failing health
induced him to come to Kansas.
With his wife. who had been Miss l..
c. Hoover he settled on farm near
Osborne where he remained for seven
years until elected county treasurer of
Osborne county. He served two terms
beginning in 1873 and 1890 After his
election he moved to Osborne.
1t was in 1877 while farming near
Osborne that he joined the State Agri-
cultural society In 1888 he was elected
secretary of the society. which had
been by that time taken under the sup
port of the state and he moved his
family to Topeka where he has since
made his home. He moved to College
avenue when College Hill was first
building up but has since changed his
residence once OF twice in the same To-
cality Mr.. Mohler continued in the
secre taryship of the Agricultural socie-
ty for six years, being succeeded by f.
d. Coburn.
Since his retirement from that posi-
ton he has worked as an organizer
for the Sons and Daughters of Justice,
a fraternal society establishing local
chapters in different parts of the state.
He has been active until within a COM
paratiVely few months.
The Mohler family now consists of the
widow and one son living at home. and
three married. children. as follows: Mrs
W. A. Neiswa niger Of 1903 Warren street.
Mrs Henry Buel Of Chicago and J. G.
Mohler. assistant secretary of the state
agricultural society. who resides at 1921
Fillmore street J. c. MOhler took a
position in the rooms of the state agri-
cultural society while his father was
stIll in charge and he has since con
tinued until he stands next to Secretary
Coburn in familiarity with the business
of the department. Frank NJ MohleI
who lives at home. attends Washburu
college. He was for a time assistant
secretary of the Topeka Z NJ. G. A.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
CAB ABLAzE.
Tender on Fire and Throttle
Wide Open.
Exciting Run of the Washing
ton Express to Railway.

New York, March 20.-With cab and
tender ablaze and engineer and fireman
huddled on the platform of the car be-
hind with the flames sweeping toward
them the Washington express over the
Pennsylvania road raced toward Jersey
City last night for thirty miles with
the engine throttle wide open The ex-
press arrived at New Brunswick ten
minutes late and Conductor J. NJ.
Mooney ordered the engineer to make
up the time.
Fireman searles side Of the cab
caught FIRE from the back draft of the
frebox after leaving Metuchen- In re-
spending to his shouts Engineer Lyons
went to his aid but before the engineer
could regain hold of the lever to shut
off the power the cab was a roaring
furnace.
The men fed to the tender but were
pursued by the fire i'm the coal box.
Then they retired to the platform OF the
first car. Lyons fought his way back
to the engine. which was running at
terrific speed, and managed to start the
whistle cord. The blazing engine was
then rushing to the Railway yards.
The shliekine of the whistle alarmed
the passengers. One of them. Shearman
Lewis. CT New Brunswick, grabbed the
emergency brake rope and stopped the
train The passengers had been STAN
Deded With a rush they had made for
the doors 10 Get to the rear. but were
stopped by prompt work of the crew.
The woodwork Of the cab was de-
strOyed. Another engine was hitched
on and the train reached Jersey City an
hour late.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
BEGS Imprisonment.
Crazy Man Says He Killed Nora
Fuller.

Lincoln. Neb. March 20.-A special to
the Star from Fremont. Neb.. says.
A man who gives the name Of John
Bennett and who asserts he is the muir
derer of Nora Fuller. a girl who was
killed at San Francisco over 4 year ago.
has surrendered to Sheriff Bauman here
and is being held. The man appeared
at the jail door last night and begged
the sheriff to imprison him. saying that
the face of the dead girl haunted him.
The prisoner is about 40 years Of age
well dressed. He is good looking, wears
q stubhy black mustache and weighs
about 1s5 pounds To the sheriff. to
whom he confessed the crime. Bennett
said that he formerly was a lawyer but
that he had done nothinS since the
murder.
Bennett in his confession said he
choked the girl to death at a house at
1121 Walnut street. San Francisco He
would not tell why he committed the
crime. but said after it was done he
left the city hastily. He was placed in
a cell and during the night raved like Il
wild man. At one time he addressed a
fancied Jury This morning the Dris-
oner was much more quiet. He will be
held for investigation.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
HORSES FOR ROOSEVELT
He viii Have Good Ones to
Ride.

w z. Ward, of Sharon Springs. Wal
lace county was in Topeka today talk
ing with some of the Republicans about
President Roosevelt's coming visit.
Sharon Springs is the western Kansas
town where the president ana his party
expect to spend Sunday. May g. Senator
Long has wired Mr. Ward and the other
members of the Sharon Springs recep-
ton committee to have some saddle
hores present when the president and
his party arrives, from which It IS IN
ferred that the president will proba bly,
wish to take little sprint on horse
back over the pralrleS. The best saddle
horses to be found in northwestern
Kansas will be taken to Sharon Springs
for the purpose. Some bronchos will
also be there so that the president may
do a stunt a "broncho busting if he
so desires
Unless the president objects to it,
Sharon Springs will probably be the
mecca OF. great crowds of people on that
SUNDAY Excursion trains will be run
in by the railroads. and the people of
northwestern Kansas and eastern Col
Orado who can't come on the cars VIII
come overland.
sharon Springs is a town of 167 in
habitants, according to the last asses
sors' report 1t is only Is miles from the
Colorado line and is the center of a
great range country. Wallace county,
of which it is the county seat, contains
a population of 1,147 or a trife more
than one inhabitant per square mile. so
that there viii be plenty of room for
more people.
Nj. Ward is a little worried on the
subject of religious services. He is go
ing on theory that the president viii
wish to attend church. but he says there
is only one preacher in the county ana
he breaches in Swedish. which the pres
ident doesn't understand. He is looking
around for new preacher to import,
preferably a Dutch Reformed minister,
as that is the church to which Presi-
dent R0oaeveIt belongs.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
Mr.. MOHLER is DEAD.
Former Secretary of Board of
Agriculture Passes Away.

Martin Mohler. for several years sec
retary Of the state board of agriculture
and d resident of Topeka for the past
fifteen years, died of heart failure re-
sulting from an attack of influenza
shortly before noon today at his home
at 1911 Warren street. Mr. Mohler's ill
ness extended over a period Of only a
little more than a week, but his condi~
ton has been critical since Sunday.
when the weakness of his heart was
first detected. At that time he expert
enced physical collapse which nearly
resulted III his immediate death Since
then he has seemed slightly stronger.
That today is his seventy-third birth
day is an unusual coincidence with his
death.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
waIcott Wins in Fourth Round.

Pittsburg. Pa. March 20.-Proba bly,
the fastest prize fight ever witnessed
here was pulled of at Kenyon hall by
the Allegheny Athletic club The prin-
cipals were Joe Walcott and George
Cole of Philadelphia. In the first two
rounds Cole did the greater part Of the
work, and seemed TO have the BLACK
Demon" worried In the third the hard
work began to show on Cole. and when
it was finished he was breathing hard.
The fourth opened like a whirlwind
Walcott rushed Cole to the ropes and
dealt a fierce left hand upper cut on
the jaw. Cole tried to defend himself,
but Walcott a second later gave him
full right hand swing on the point of
the jaw and Cole went down and out.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
MISSING BONDS TURN UP.
Three Missing Since June Are Pre-
sented for Payment.

Deputy County Treasurer Eberle has
on display this morning three large
shawnee county bonds which have been
missing since last June. They are for
s. 600 each
The bonds are Of the Santa Fe series
issued June J. 1872 and drew Z per cent
per annurn. Each bond has drawn in 30
Years &. 100 in interest, or 210 per cent.
Of the face value The man who owned
them was very careless about sending
them in for collection and it looked for
awhile as if the county would not have
to pay them. They turned UP today
from The Santa Fe Offices.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
VANDERBILTs CUT TAX.
Alfred and His Wife Swear on Part
of Personal Assessments

Vanderbilt and his wife, who was Miss
Elsie French, and their counsel. Colonel
William Jay. appeared a the tax Office
today and were at once conducted to the
private office of President Wells. Mr..
Vanderbilt's personality had been as
sessed al $3.50. 900 and that of his wife
at $3.50 000 Each swore of a part of
the assessment claiming residence in
Newport
It developed that ex-Chief s.BilI''
Devery yesterday asked a big reduction
in his assessment
DO you want to swear it all OFF,"
the chief was asked.
Not on your life he answered. 4 am
too good a citizen for that
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
REACHED HEREAT LAST
Cold Wave Sent the Mercury to
23 Degrees.

The cold wave predicted for Kansas by
Fox. the forecaster of the weather bureau
stationed at Chicago. came as advertised,
and from maximum temperature OF IS.
recorded a few days ago, the mercury has
gone down TO ..
Fox issued the cold wave warning We'd
neSday- He announced that the mercury
in Kansas would go down to p degrees
above zero. This coming, when the days
were rather hot for this season was start
ling But Fox scored and this MORN
ing the day he set for the cold
weather. the government thermome-
ter registered 3 degrees above zero.
Dodge City recorded % degrees On
THURSDAY It has been cold through the
northwest and Thursdays weather map
shows the following maximum tampera-
t7Ires: Calgary below, Havre 6 below.
Lander 2 below. Prince Albert y below.
Swift Current S below and Williston 10 be-
low The forecast sent out today was:
Fair tonight and Saturday. Warmer
Saturday and in west portion tonight
The wind this morning was northwest.
hl owing y miles an hour The hourly tenn
pera lures recorded by the governuen
thermometer today were as follows:
o'clock --........-2 y II o'clock .-....-- 80
o'clock .......--..24li2 o'clock ....----.. q
clock -.----.----z5l ] oclock ----------- q
n RI a-ig
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20

Mcpherson. Kan. March 2o.-The citE
election here promises to be without uns
usual interest except as to mayor. fos
which w H. Cottingham. the present
incumbent. is out for reelection W j.
Krehbiel. editor of the Mcpherson Re-
publican, has been nominated on an In
dependent ticket. The candidacy Of 1fr.
KrehbieI was brought about by the bus
mess men of the CITY. who decided up0f
a change in the city administra ton
Both candidates stand Tor rigid en-
forcement Of the prohioItory law.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20

viii be a candidate for this honor again
Is not known but it is very likely that
he will be. There viii also be q strug-
gle between the two factions over the
personnel of the delegation. It is a con-
siderable honor to be delegate to d
national convention. and it frequently
carries considerable prestige with it af-
terwards Kansas viii probably have
about two delegates from each congress
sional district and three at large.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
MRS. BURT IS DEAD.
Eldest Daughter of A. L. VIII
Iiams Victim of Appendicitis.

word was received in Topeka todav of
the death Of Mrs. H. L Burt. in Quincy.
H. last ni=ht.
Mrs Burt was the eldest child of MIR.
in the family occurred a short time ago
when Harry Williams died of pneumonia.
Mrs Burt had been sick with appendicitis.
but she was supposed to he improving nd
the news of her death was unexpected.
The members of the family viii 60 to
Quincy for the funeral
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20
ENGRAVED ON GOLD.
Invitation to the President from
Frisco Union League Club.

Washington. March 90 Presiden&
Roosevelt today received an invitation.
engraved on plate Of solid gold sig
inches long and three-quarters af an
inch wide to be the guest Of the Union
League club of San Francisco on this
occasion Of his visit to that city on hia
approaching western trip. The plate
weighed 81 ounces. The irvitatIou was
presented by Col. George H Ffnpt.
president Of the club. and was accerte1
by the president with expressions
cordial appreciation He win be neshs
guest of the club at Z banquet Thurs
dava evening Nav a.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-20

Hiawatha Kan. March e0.-EH Trexell.
a Horton young maA of 1S, is accused of
assauitng the 7-year-old daughter Of
Mrs. Patrick NIcKeon. a widow. The
girl is in 4 serious condition The Hor-
ton shopmen threatened to lynch Trexeil
and he was brought to the county jail
here for safety. Horton men talk of an
attack on the jail