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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
TWO DIE FROM BURNS.
Three Others Slightly Burned
in a Boarding House Fire.

Kansas City. Mo, April 4.-One man
was burned to death. another was 50
badly burned that he soon died. aid
three others were slightly burned in n
fire here early today in a four-story
brick building at 500 West Fourteenth
street occupied by Mrs. Mary Hallen as
boarding house. William Ridgelys
railway mail clerk. was found dead ia
his room on the fourth floor and Johil
Pugh. an ern3loye of the Price Mercan>
tile company, was so badly burned
a bout the body that he died on the way
to the hospital. The six other persons
in the building escaped. three of t.
with slight burns. The pecuniary dam
age was small
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
CANNING FACTORY WANTED
Bird Institution Is Practically Out of
Business
Wanted, a canning company.

Wanted, q canning company.
Topeka has a canning factory COM
plete but no one to operate it. About
$1,000 capital is needed to start the es~
tablishment in operation and there is
reason to believe the institution will
pay profits. The esta ablishment of the
Bird Canning company at the foot of
Quincy street on the river will not be
in operation this year unless a new
company with capital is formed to set
it going. the former company having
practically abandoned their plant The
Topeka branch of the Bird company
was in reality only a wing of a bigger
institution in St. Joseph which is still
doing business. The Bird Canning com
pany had trouble of various sorts and
has practically quit business here.
Just what was at the bottom of the
trouble with the old Bird canning com
pany is hard TO say. The Bird people
had had experience in the canning bus
mess but there were a number OF law
suits because the goods sent out were
not up to grade. One Of the suits was
instituted by the Parkhurst-D Davis
company and is still pending Presun- T.
ably this trouble spoiled the market for
the product of the establishment and
the last years business was not a
profitable one
The Shawnee County Horticultural
society is making an effort to have an
other canning factory started here. The
old one made lots Of business for small
market gardeners, who viii be left with
ont much Of a sale for their garden
stuff If the plant remains closed. The
officers of the society have set out to
organize a new company or to interest
outside capital in the plant and are con
fident of seeing it in operation during
the present season Secretary Ander-
son Of the Commercial club is now in
correspondence with outside parties, two
of whom are now engaged in the can
ming business. in the hope of having the
Bird ralanf rennenad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
Drivers and Leaders Strike.

ShamoEin, Pa. April 4.-The drivers
and leaders at the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron COMPANY 3
Burnside, Bear Valley and Sterling COLI
lferies went on strike today because
the company refused to agree to give
them nine hours work on Saturday If
they auit toll at 3 o'clock. Heretofore
they received full days work by start
.ng at a. m and quitting at D. II
Fifteen hundred men and boys were
rendered idle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
MR.. MOXEYIS HERE.
Government Accountant Will Testify
in Bank Case.

Edward ? Moxey, the government
expert accountant. from Washington.
D. c.. is here and viii remain in Topeka
until after the hearing of the case OF
the First National bank failure at En-
poria. which comes up again in the
United States court the latter part OF
this month.
Mr.. Moxey is in conference with
United States Attorney J. S. Dean in
regard to the details Of the case. 1t will
probably be reached by Judge Hook the
last week Of this month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
UNION BAR TENDERS.
Kansas Liquor Mixers Members of
Labor Organization

kansas city. Kas., April At a
meeting of the bartenders' union in
labor headquarters yesterday afternoon
twenty bartenders We're initiated. The
bartenders were organized about !
month ago and were affiliated with the
local union in Kansas City, Mo. Louis
Vonier was elected to act as business
agent across the line. He ranks as as
sistant business agent on this side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
CHURCH TO BE MOVED.
Walnut Grove N. E. Building Goes tc
Orchard Place.

The Walnut Grove NJ. E. church is
soon to be moved two blocks north of
it's present location, Eighteenth and
Harrison streets, which viii place it in
Orchard Place.
The present site will be sold. The
trustees of the church will not say
much about the proposed change, as the
arrangements have not been conn
pIeted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
FITZPATRICK THE MAN.
Looks as If lie Will Be New
Railroad Commissioner.

Unless signs fail Senator W. S. F'itz-
patrick, of Sedan, Chautauuua county.
viii be the new Kansas railroad COM
missioner. Fitzpatrick will not be
chosen because he belongs to the Bur :
ton crowd, but in spite of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04

San Francisco. April 4-The steamer
Korea sailed today for Honolulu anc
the Orient. In her treasure room there
is s. 100000 in gold for Honolulu and
$3.50, 600 IN silver for Japan. She viii
call a Manila. among her passengers
being Vice Governor Luke Z. Wright.
Of the PhiliD9in Is, who is accompanied
by his wife and secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
Temperatures of Large Cities.

Chicago. April Al a. N. tempera-
lures: New York. "a; Boston. IS: Phil
adelphia, 4S; Washington, 40; Chicago,
"a; Minneapolis, "A; Cincinnati, 50; St.
Louis. 40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
serioua Fire At winfield.

Winfield, Kan. April 4-Last night
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Baden
was destroyed by fire. which was start
ed either by lightning or a defective
fue. The loss was $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-04
Weather Indications.

Chicago. April 4.-Forecast for kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and sun
day. warmer tonight; cooler in west
portion Sunday; southwest winds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23

Three Italians arraigned before United
States Commissioner Shields in the fed
eraI building in New York are, SO the
secret service agents say, the leaders of
a plot to forge thousands of naturaliza-
ton papers. This would include the forg
ing of the United States seal, the sigma
ture of Commissioner Alexander and the
naturalization certificate itself The pris-
oners are Roberto Bunaro, foreman of
1aborers; Rocco Figulio, a printer, and
Giuseppe Caparelli, a foreman in the de-
partment of sewers. According to the
secret service men Bunaro is the bank
,er in the plot. A small printing estab-
lishment in Hoboken was purchased and
IN this office, which was run in FiguliO's
name the plates were made and forgeries
committed. The establishment was then
moved to New York and the certificates
circula ed. The secret service men say
the certificates had been sold from So
to 500 each to Italians and that at least
1000 have been issued. Commissioner
Shields held Bunaro in $4,000 bail and
Figulio and Capareli in $1,000 each to
await the action of the grand jury.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
EXPLOSION WRECKS CLUB.

Building at Hartford Badly Damaged
and Guests in Panic.
An explosion at the Hartford Club, at
Hartford, Conn, wrecked part of the
building, and panic was caused. There
were one or two dinner parties and the
reception and reading rooms were we'll
filled. Suddenly there was a roar in the
kitchen and the whole building seemed
to be lifted. The boiler attached to the
range had exploded. The brick wall was
blown across the lawn 100 feet, barring
the main entrance to the>club. Over the
kitchen were the grill room and billiard
hall. These were filled with men who
were thrown in heaps with tables, chairs,
pictures and glasses. The supports OF
the floors were broken, but did not go
down. Not a whole piece of glass or
crockery was left in this part OF the
building, and in the main part doors
were blown off and elegant furnishings
damaged. The main dining room. the
private dining rooms and the pantries
and basement are mass of wreckage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
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Ogdensburg, n. T., servant girls have
formed a union.
Bakers at Albany, N. Y, have inau-
gurated a movement to abolish night
work
Schenectady, N. Y, has $3.50 trade
unionists, an increase of over 5000 in
two years.
Electfical workers in Ohio met in
Cleveland recently and formed a State
association.
In Austria women are employed as
hod carriers, and receive from % to 80
cents a day.
Bricklayers and masons employed on
State contracts in Holland receive Z
cents an hour.
Blast furnacemen in Lancashire, Eng
land, have been given notice Of a reduc-
ton of 3A per cent.
Laundry workers at San Francisco,
Cal, will insist on nine-hour day, with
no decrease in pay.
Iron and steel workers in Wales have
been granted an increase of 31@ per {cent,
dating from April /.
Of the total number of skilled work
ulell III printing lTdUeS III OeImduy, 20
per cent are organized.
Textile operatives In England have
formulated a new wage schedule calling
for an increase in wages.
A movement has been inaugurated In
Germany for the restriction of night
work In some laborious industries.
Peoria, ILL.,, painters demand 40 cents
an hour and forty-four-hour week, in
stead of 81 cents an hour and a forty
eight,hour week.
Another new political labor party has
been started in Greater New York. 1t is
a branch of the United Protective
League of Labor of the United States Of
America" which was organized June 10,
1902, and has its headquarters in Wash
ington, D. @. Richard ]. Waldron,
financial secretary of the Amalgamated
Painters and Decorators, is the organ
izer for the boroughs of Manhattan,
Richmond and the Bronx.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
DIE IN BURNING BUILDING.
Flames Destroy Apartment House,
Bringing Death and Injury.


Bringing Death and Injury.
Three persons met death, two were
probably fatally injured and many more
less seriously hurt in a fire which de-
stroyed the Westchester apartment build
ing, 5017 to 1925 Cottage Grove avenue,
Chicago. Twenty-seven families were
rendered homeless. Two bodies were re-
covered, and the third is supposed to lie
beneath the water and wreckage which
fill the basement. The blaze is believed
to have started in the laundry IN the
basement of 5017 Cottage Grove avenue
beneath the grocery owned by A. L.
Flynn. Within a few minutes flames
were shooting up three air shafts and
spreading to the flats above. Many per-
sens living in the building had ropes BE-
n4ath their beds or in places where they
were accustomed to sleep. But for this
precaution, it is believed, more lives
would have been lost in the blaze. Many
OF the occupants of the structure say
thai they feared a fire and had supplied
themselves with ropes as a means OF es-
cape. The building was erected IN 1885
as q hotel. There are twenty-five flats
in the building. 1t was valued when
b>ilt at $4,000. The structure was al
most entirely destroyed and Mrs. Fran
ces Chave, the owner, estimates her loss
at $4,000. The loss on the contents IS
estimated at So 200.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
FATHER SHOT DOWN BY son.
Ohio Business Man Killed as a Result
of a Family Quarrel.


of Family Quarrel.
John e. Moebus, SO years old, one OF
the best known business men of Hamil-
ton. Ohio, was shot to death by his son,
Edward C. Moebus. in the latter's store.
The tragedy was the result of family
quarrel of long standing, which became
acute when the father, who was wild
over, indicated a purpose to marry
woman much younger than himself. The
wounded man died an hour after the
shooting. The murderer was arrested
and held without bail. "There have been
disagreements between Edward Moebus
and his father for years." said Mr.. An
drews, his attorney. Domestic mat
ters of which l cannot speak recently
made them acute. This afternoon the
elder Moebus entered his sons store real
ly to quarrel nominally to inspect the
ledger. After looking at the book he
said: Ed, if you interfere in my affairs
again l will kill you The son request
ed him to leave. He refused and scuftfe
followed in which the father drew
penknife which he had already open in
his pocket. Edward seized a pistol from
a desk and fired in self-defense."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
WESTERN UNION LOSES.
Telegraph Company Hit by Decision
in Pennsylvania.

The United States Court of Appeals
in Philadelphia held that the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad had legal right to remove
the poles and wires of the Western
Union Telegraph Company from the rail
roads right of way. The decision af-
firms a judgment of the West Pennsyl-
vania United States Court and reverses
a judgment of the New Jersey United
States Circuit Court. The Pennsylvania
court refused to grant the petition for
an injunction sought by the Western
Union Telegraph Company against the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and the New Jer-
sey court granted the injunction.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
VERDICT THEOWS NO LIGHT.
death at Hands of Persons I'm
known Is Verdict at kolkomo.

death at the hands of persons I'M
known" has been the coroner's verdict
III three mysterious murder cases at
kokomo, Ind, the last being when Coro-
ner Harrison made this f:ding in the
case of Louis Yeager, who was found
dead in his buggy with a bullet in the
brain. Yeager was killed while return
ing from visiting his betrothed Myrtle
Finley of Hemlock. Two weeks ago
Francis Sutton was likewise slain at
Hemlock, after visiting his sweetheart,
Stella Peters. A few weeks ago Jacob
Dotterer of the same locality was 4nur-
dered at his home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
FORTUNE IN BEING ROBBED.
Massachusetts Woman Given $4,000
by Miser Who Stole Her Purse.


by Miser Who Stole Her Purse.
AS recompense for having stolen her
pocketbook in 1888 George H. Todd,
a miserly travelling peddler of Utica, n.
Y, has bequeathed $4,000 to Mrs. Pc
ter Jordon Of Brockton, Mass. Todd had
always been looked upon as penniless,
but after his death wallet was found
in his pocket containing a handbook and
securities worth more than $4,000. This
amount was accumulated through mig
gardly saving, the scantiest of living,
suffering in cold weather for want of
proper clothing, going without food rath-
er than buy. Todd had carried a tin
box for fifty years from one end of the
country to the other, always selling
something and invariably begging his
meals and lodgings. For the last ten or
fifteen years he had used a wheelbarrow
and his tall, gaunt figure had become
familiar object in all parts of the coun-
try.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Must Paw High for Coal.

Situated within a few miles Of rich
coal fields, Columbus, Ohio, will be
forced to pay S. a ton for bituminous
coal next winter. The Ohio coal trust
has already raised the price 25 cents a
ton, although it ordinarily drops in sum-
mer. 1t is also announced that Column
bus will be taken from the favored list
in revenge for the quo warranto proceed
ings brought in that city last winter to
dissolve the alleged coal trust.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
TORNADO HITS THE WEST.
Wind Wrecks Many Buildings at Mer-
riIl, Iowa, and Horton, Kan,

A tornado with force enough to twist
one of the main elevators of the Frank
Heese mill from it's foundations, demol-
ish small buildings and crush in plate
glass fronts, visited Merrill, Iowa. News
has reached Topeka from Horton, Kan,
of the visitation of tornado at that
point. The Union Hotel was unroofed
and the livery stable of George Sprague
and the blacksmith shop of Moose Bros.
blown away Several smaller buildings
near, of little value, were also destroyed.
One or two persons were injured, but it
is thought not fatally.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
BEATEN TO DEATH WITH BIBLE.
Effort to Cast Ont Devils Results in
Arrest for Murder.

A native Hawaiian at Honolulu was
beaten to death with a Bible in the
hands of a kuhuna, or native sorcerer.
The victim was i'll in bed and after be-
ing treated by a regular physician sent
for kuhuna, having more faith in the
native medicine man. The kuhuna de-
clared that the patient was possessed by
devils and proceeded to cast them out by
beating him over the head with Bible
The wife of the sick man was also in
duced to do some beating and then the
kuhuna resumed operations. The man
died as a result of the beating. The ku-
huna has been held for manslaughter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Death and Loss in Blizzard.

The heaviest cattle and sheep loss in
the history of Montana, the damage of
which will foot as high as $5,O00,000, has
been caused by the terrible SHOW storm
which has been raging for three days.
In some sections fully 80 per cent of the
sheep on the ranges have persisted Three
herders at least wandered away in the
binding storm and froze to death.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Ewing Cars Kill Three.

Three men are known to have been
killed and one was injured in a wreck at
the Whitney mines, five miles from La
trObe. Pa. These men were shifting
cars with a dinkey engine when three
loaded cars and three emptieS crashed
into the dinlley. 1t is not known how
the cars, which were at Palmer's Sum
nit startled
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Banker Hurt in a Runaway.

G. E. Dckerman, wealthy banker;
his daughter, Mrs. e. Porter Fraker, and
his daughter in-law, Mrs. A. E. Dicker-
man, and the coachman, Henry Simpson,
were hurt at st. Paul in a runaway acct
dent Mrs. Fraker's spine was so af-
fected that paralysis set in, and it is
feared that she may be permanently in
jured A street car frightened the horses,
causing them to run away.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Laughing Kills a Woman.

Mrs. Minnie Summers, 81 years old, is
dead at her home in New York City as
the result of laughing. While entertain
ing friends she laughed heartily at fun
ny story Suddenly Mrs. Summers ceased
laughing and her head dropped forward
on her breast. She was unconscious and
died in a few minutes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Editors Exchange Shots.

David f. Day, editor of the Democrat,
and Frank Hartman, a newspaper writ
er, exchanged thirteen shots on the main
street of Durango, Colo, without serious
results. Hartman received a slight
wound in the leg. The shooting was the
outcome of a fight Day had been making
against union printers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Seven Injured in Yacht Explosion.

Mrs. J. G. Gibson, of New York, her
two guests and four sailors were badly
burned by an explosion of gasoline on
her yacht Vagabond. which lay at anchor
in the Hudson River. The yacht, which
is one of the best in the fleet of the
Harlem Yacht Club, has an auxiliary
Gasoline engine
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
sED1TIoUs PLAY Is STOPPED.
Americans at Manila Break Up Per-

formance in a Theater.
A party Of Americans in the audience
st the Libertad Theater in Manila drove
lhe actors out of the house and broke
up the scenery and furniture. The play
which SO incensed the Americans is a
Historical piece, at the climax of which
she heroine tears down an American flag,
tremples it under foot and unfurls the
banner of the Kotipunan secret society.
When this point was reached the anger
of the Americans could not be restrained
and they proceeded to put stop to the
performance. Col Tolentino. who wrote
the play, will probably be prosecuted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23

The carriage and wagon builders Of
Philadelphia who went on strike on
March 2 for higher wages and shorter
hours, reached an agreement with the
employers. A compromise scale was
agreed upon. Fifty-four hours are to
constitute a weeks work and the men
are to receive time and half for over
time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Gov. Yates Signs Bills.

Governor Yates. of Illinois, has signed
the Mueller municipal ownership street
railway BILL but objects to many features
of it, The Torrens law amendment bill
making compulsory the registration of all
land titles of decedents has also been
signed by the Governor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Ramifications OF Umbria Plot.

The scene of the Investigation into the
plot TO destroy the steamer Umbria has
shifted to Chicago, and evidence was
found showing that the Internal machine
was made by George Russell, who room
ed a week in a fiat at 267 Washington
boulevard Belief that the plot was the
work of anarchists and not the Malta is
strengthened by investigation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Lake Vessel Sinks i'll Huron.

The explosion of lamp in the engine
room of the steamer Pfohl in the middle
of Lake Huron caused a fire which after
an eight hours fight caused the crew of
the vessel to take to the lifeboats. The
Pfohl sank within an hour. The vessel
was abandoned almost within sight of
Godcrich, Ont. No lives were lost.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
lump. from Hotel Window.

Laura Stickler. aged %, jumped from
a hotel window in Chicago to escape
from Homer c. Reed. who had accom-
panied her to the hostelry. She is not Sc
riously hurt. Reed. who is a prisoner,
denies the story told by Miss Stickler.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23

hotell,eeper, awakened by rapping on his
door, found Peterson in the hall. The
man said he had been shot by Mrs. Fair
child and she had shot herself. The pro-
pretor went to call assistance and while
he was gone three more shots were fired.
When he came back both the man and
the woman were dead.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Assets of Defuuct ohio Bank.

The banking house of BoughtOn, Ford
& Co, which recently closed its doors az
Burton, Ohio, filed schedule of assets
in the United States District Court. The
assets are said to be 81 ,161,2 C4. This
amount is greatly in excess of the liabili-
ties alleged, according to the report filed
in the same court. The liabilities were
given at $9QS, S22.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Beyond Reach of Courts.

The State Auditor Of Minnesota is be-
yond reach of the courts, according to a
decision rendered in St. Paul by District
Judge w. L. Kelly. The beet sugar com
pany sought a mandamus to compel the
auditor to draw a warrant for $4,000
due under the bounty law, but the judge
decided that he had no authority to issue
such writ against a State officer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Lonc.Lost Son Is Found.

After mysterious absence of almost
two years George Walls, the son of
Martin Walls of Pittsburg, has been
found in the village of Riverton, near
Harrisburg. While his father was offer
ing a reward of $4,000 for information
concerning him the young man has been
working, under an assumed name, as
mechanical engineer within a few hun
dred miles Of his fathers residence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-23
Frees Monitor in Mississippi.

The United States monitor Arkansas,
which, 1t was thought. would be detained
ct st. Genevieve most of the summer.
mas been released by rise in the MisSis-
sippi. and has passed down on the way to
the Gulf