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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-05
LOCAL MENTION.

Plenty Of coal at First and jackson
streets. Telephone $50. Topeka Ice and
Coal Co.
Mrs. L B. NdcClintock has returned
from visit to her daughter. Mrs.
Harry Weaver. in Kansas City.
The Topeka Ice and Coal Co. report
that they have plenty of coal al First
and Jackson streets. Telephone S57.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Lacey and daugh-
ters, Lillian and Pauline, are at the
home of John c. Thomas, ZOO Garfield
street.
Harry Steinberg gives his regular
Saturday and Monday evening social
dances again, having been closed on ac~
count of the aood.
Chief Wilmarth of the fire department
has been over in North Topeka all day
examining buildings. He viii very soon
begin to make his report on the condi-
ton of the structures as regards to
safety.
Miss Florence Beeton and Mr.. Elmer
Klein of Oklahoma City were marrie1
Wednesday evening at the home Of the
brides sister, Mrs J. ]. Schneider, 1925
Monroe street At home after July /,
Oklahoma City.
Policeman Frank Hendricks lost $3.50
while taking his family out of their
house on Crane street. The money was
in fiat purse and worked out of his
pocket while he was in deep water. The
money represented his total cash asset.
A sneak Inl6I stole q purse containing
SIS and some keys from the residence OF
Mr. Ewing, at FOL Tyler street today
while the family was at dinner. No clue
to the identity of the robber has been
found by the police. Crooks viii prob
ably take advantage of the fact that
the police are very busy, and numerous
thefts are expected
The Sixteenth siege battery Of the
United States army, which passed
through Topeka some days ago en- route
to FIT. Riley, is still stranded at St
Marys, and is out of provisions. An
officer and detail Of soldiers from the
battery were in Topeka Thursday buy
ing more provisions, which they win try
to take to St. Marys-
The new session laws Of the legisla-
ture of 1903 are out. They are dated
June l. and the volumes are now being
sent out from the Office of the secretary
of state There are S58 chapters in the
volume. The laws make up 547 chapters.
All laws which were not put in force
by publication in the official state paper
are now put in effect by the issuance
of this statute book.
Detective John Lucas chased a bicycle
thief this afternoon for about half a
mile He had been notified that a st1s-
pfcious character was trying to dispose
of a wheel at an East Fourth street
second hand store He went down and
asked the man where he got it. and for
a reply the thief got up steam and went
west Lucas CuaetQ MIN 10 Topeka dF-
enue and then lost sight of him. other
officers then went after the fugitive in a
buggy
Mrs. ]. D. NJ Hamilton and her son.
r. D. NJ Hamilton, jr., expect to leave
Saturday for Denver to visit Mr.. 8ud
Mrs. Hale Hamilton and attend the
opening night, Monday, of the summer
stock company of which they are mem
bers at the Broadway theater. Mr.. J.
D. NJ Hamilton has gone to New York
but will Join the rest Of the family in
Denver next week Mrs. Hale Hamilton
was in Topeka last week on her way
from her home in St Louis to Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-05
lingo Marriages.

HIJLSDuT2 POST
It is reported that army officers, the
number not stated. now at different
forts in this country. are much incon-
venienced by common law marriages
they contracted with Filipino women
during their term of service in our Ash
attic possessions There was a multi
plicity of such cases occurring among
the high priva ties, which were disclosed
when the soldiers were ordered home,
and measures of redress and righting
wrong We're attempted by the Filipino
authorities spurred to action by the ap-
peals of the Catholic clergy. In some
cases these appeals were successful,
and the army Don Juans compelled TO
shoulder their responsibilities, matri-
monial and infantile, but some of the
soldiers evaded the disciplinary meas
ures and succeeded in returning to the
states with their regiments and com
panies.
A story comes from the west that the
marriage of an army officer to an estt-
mabie LeavenwOrth girl is prevented by
the fact that the obstinate Filipino WO-
man whom he married according to the
common law formula has unkindly fol-
lowed the officer over the seas determln-
ed to enforce her matrimonial rights
He was engaged TO the LeaVenW0rth
girl before going to the Philippines, and
fancied his marriage to the accomplish
ed and courag eOus Malay girl would be
passed over as one of the necessities Of
war In the case of common soldiers
such wrongs We're righted by the arbi-
trary authority of their officers, spurrea
to action by the clergy. Deductions were
made from their pay to support the
abandoned wives and their offsprings,
and in some cases instead of being al
lowed to return to the United States
with their companies, the men were re-
tanned for further service in the Philip
pines with the idea that they should
support their families.
The commissioned officers cannot be
subjected to such restrictions, but may
be made, as in the Leavenworth case,
to appear before a court martial at
home on charges of conduct unworthy
an officer and a gentleman. He viii
probably lose his American wife, and
have to support the one he deems
Philippine incumbrance- Uncle Sam has
been forced to enlarged jurisdiction by
his imperial experiments, and they In
clude the enforcement of matrimonial
and paternal obligations. A ruling re-
Gently made by the war department de-
clares all marriages, common law or
otherwise made in the Philippines bind
ing here at home. That is right
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MACHEN INDICTED.
Grand Jury Finds True Bill
Against 2. 0. Official.

Washington, June 5--The grand jury
returned a true bill against Macnen.
The Indictment against Mr.. Machen
embraces nine counts and consists OF -
typewriter pages. 1t follows closely
the form of the warrant upon which
Mr.. Machen was originally arrested re-
citing his connection with the postoffice
department. his duties in connection
with the purchase of supplies, etc. and
the sale of the letter box fasteners to
the government by Croft Bros. upon his
advice and recommendation
The grand jurors upon their oath find
that on June 30. 1900, 11achen with in
tent TO have his decision and action as
superintendent Of free delivery in re-
gard to a purchase Of Grof fasteners
Influenced thereby did ask of the Croft
Brothers q promise that they would pay
to him 40 per cent Of any sum which
might be received by them thereafter
from the United States through the
postofiice department in payment of such
fasteners 10 be purchased which might be
received upon Mr. Machen's advice, and
did receive the promise of the Gror
Brothers in accordance herewith"
The indictment then recites that IN
pursuance Of this collusive understand
ing Mr. A1achen received upon the vari-
Gus dates specified in the original war
rants the sums stated at that time ag-
gregating in all about $4,000
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MERIDEN MEN GO HOME.
Their Work on the North Side Is
Ended.

The majority of the party which came
down from Valley Falls and Meriden
Immediately on hearing of the flood and
has done such good work here with
their boat, left this morning for home.
The party was composed of r. NJ.
Pressey. Walter Dickinson, J. A Zinn-
norman and about six others The first
two We're from Meriden and Mr. Iim-
norman and the rest of the party were
from Valley Falls The boat which
they brought to Topeka was hurriedly
built a Mer[ en- on Monday afternoon
and the Whole party started for North
Topeka on Monday evening with Mr..
Zimmerman as captain. The party
Travelled in wagons and seven head of
horses were needed to pull both the
men and the boat Since they have
been here they have been camping on
the Adams farm which is situated about
two miles north from the river on kan
sas avenue
The boat from Meriden has been
mentioned before as doing exception
ally good work but the men who oper-
ted 1t can not be praised too highly.
1t is stated that since the boat has been
in operation it has brought about zoo
people to this side of the river, and has
supplies among the rescuers IN North
TopeIza.
The two men from Meriden viii break
camp tonight and viii leave Immediately
for their home. They were on TINS sue
of the river this afternoon for the purpose
of obtaining newspapers to take back with
them. Mr. Zimmerman, who is the mana
ger of the Independent Telephone eX-
Change at Valley Falls, will remain in
Topeka and will cooperate with MI. Pan
key in arranging for the phone service pc
tween here and Meriden and Valley rams.
They expect 10 have the phones working
very few DAYS.
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Filtration and Typhoid Fever.

Cleveland Plain Dealer:
The revages of typhoid fever in this
CITY and the resulting discussion over
the adNlsa biEty on necessity of a nltra-
ton plant make of peculiar interest an
article i'm the New York Medical Jour
nal by Prof. Seibert of the New York
Polytechnic Medical school and hospital
1T confirms the prevailing belief that
filtration is of the greatest importance
in preventing the disease.
Prof. Seibert draws his conclusions
from TIE mortality reports of many Eu-
rOpean cities. giving special prominence
to Hamburg and Berlin He recalls
Hamburg's experience of suffering a
cholera epidemic through lack of ultra
ton liz the very next yer and claims
that an even greater saving can be &C
complished with regard to typhoid He
concludes. in a word that filtration has
reduced the death rate from that dis
ease by no less than 70 per cent In
the cities which he has considered the
rate for ten years before filtration was
introduced was 3S per 100000 Of popuIa-
ton. For six years after the adoption
Of filtration the rate was only 9 per &c.,
900
The neishborifg city of Pittsburg is
thoroughly stirred up over the question.
The Dispatch SAYS that in the past
eight years Pittsburg has suffered more
from typhoid fever than any city of its
class in the country. The Gazette points
out that the death rate there is 1871
per 1000. higher than in any large city
Of the north. Cleveland's rate is 1896.
Bunalo's 1l49, while Chicago's is only
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MR.. WILHELM HERE.
st. Joe Man Who Did Noble Work
Talks.

John Wilhelm, the representative of
the St Joseph Commercial club who
with o. H. Quinton has been looking
out for the relief work in the flooded
districts, came across the river this af-
ternoon.
Mr.. Wilhelm is loud in his praises of
superintendent Charles, of the Reform
school. and Major John M. Brown. the
coiored ex-county clerk. He says they
deserve the credit for the management
of the relief work from the Reform
school Mr.. Wilhelm said that the peo-
pie of Hoyt sent IS men on horseback
to get the live stock in North Topeka
and take it to Hoyt He says that a
record was kept of the stock and all
stock that could be was driven to Hoyt
where it viii be fed and cared for. Mr.
Wilhelm says that the greatest neces-
sitv now is telephone communication
between the south side of the river and
the Reform school He says the tele--
phone line is intact except where It was
washed away for a few hundred feet
near the bridge.
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WAS IN THE WRECK.
Miss Armentrout Says Eleven Were
Killed on Santa Fe.

Miss Nellie Armentrout, librarian
o fthe state travelling library. return
ed to Topeka at IL o'clock today from
Kansas City. Kan, where she went by
way of Emporia last Saturday. Her
home is in Kansas City, and she was
anxious to reach there.
She left Kansas City on her return
trips Wednesday morning. and was in
the StillwelI wreck al two o'clock We'd
train took eleven dead bodies into KAN
sas City.
THE engineer on our train evidently
saw what was coming" she said IN
speaking of the wreck. He applied the
air brakes suddenly and had the train
nearly stopped when the crash came
1t brought US all to our feet but we
did not realize what had happened un-
til we looked out. I never could I'M
agine such a wreck as it was. Two bag
gage cars were simply smashed into
spIinters so that there was anything 70
pick up.
There were eleven dead by the time
the relief train went back TO Kansas
City They filed past our car with the
bodies One poor man, who was man
gled fearfully, lived for two hours while
they were working to get him out He
died just about five minutes before they
got him out
1T was the east bound train that did
the mischief and they told US it was
the fault of the pilot 1t ran right
through Stilwel at a high speed in
stead of stopping there for orders, ana
the two trains came together with =
crash 1 can't imagine how bad it
would have been if our train had been
running as fast as the other"
Miss Armentrout says that the desola-
ton in Kansas City is something awful.
She thinks it is worse than in North Tope-
ka because the property interests are
greater. Her own home. is far back from
The river and untouched by the flood
Many houses. some of them big two story
houses were floating off down the KaW
into the Missouri. The only way to cross
the Kaw was on a boat and it took Miss
Afmentrout from O'Clock to II to get
across.
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FROM THEHOTEL LES.
Say That None of Them Have
Overcharged.


The hotel men say that none Of them
have raised their rates since the flood
and have issued a lengthy statement
to that effect. In the statement they
say:
we stand ready to offer $1,000 for a
single instance that can be proven by
one who has been a guest of either
house that a food sufferer or refugee
has been charged double price for ac-
commodation, or where such charge
was even attempted by any of Us. or
where a guest has been Intentionally
charged more than the regular rate"
The item complained of was printed
in the State Journal and was secured
from man who claimed to have been
asked an eXOrbitant rate at a hotel,
but in view of the statement of the hotel
men he must have been mistaken.
Several other complaints have been
received at the State Journal office but
they must have been unfcunded.
1t is known that a great many people
have been housed at the hotels and sew
eral of the hotel men have done excel
lent work and this correction is cheer
fully made
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THE TRAINED JOURNALIST
IN OFFICE.
IFrom the AtIanta Constitution. ]

TFrom the Atlanta constitutional
There are two ways of looking at the
availability of appointing trained jour
nalists to high political Office. The
trained journalist is a man who Knows
affairs and who has a nose for what is
news. Generally his profession is akin
TO that Of public censor and a univer-
sal detective. He is supposed to be an
adept in the knowledge of when to
speak and when to remain mum.
Our national postal department seems
to be especially set apart for exploiting
Journalists in departmental work We
have had the breezy and lamented
Frank Hatton. the brusque headsman.
Jim GARRISON the smooth and thrifty
Perry Heath and the frank and sound
metalled Bob Wynne as first assistant
postmasters general-and we must not
forget that we have also had the
erudite. diplomatic and densely par
tisan Charles Emory Smith as postmas-
ter general
In nearly every case above mentioned
good has been wrought in the service
wherever the gentlemen applied then
journalistic experience to the problems
of the distribution Of letters and news
papers. The field that opens to them
in the postal department is one Of i'm
viting opportunities, and most Of them
have originated and fixed reforms that
We're far-reaching and viii be of last
Ing benefit to the nation at large
But the administrations Of most of
those named have been warped by then
partisan obligations and some Of them
have become smutted by the almost IL
umitabie opportunities for graft in a
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BAILEY GETS MORE.
Receives Two Donations for Flood
Sufferers.

Governor Bailey this afternoon re-
ceived the following additional relief
telegra--s:
"Concordia. Kas.. June 4.
Nv. J. Bailey. Governor, Topeka, Kas. !.
Draw on First National bank for SIS
for hood sufferers.
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
Concordia. Kas., June 4.
w. ]. Bailey, Governor, Topeka, K7s.:
''zaraw on me for s25 benefit of food
sufferers. w ". CALDWE ELL
Governor Bailey has also received by
mail Il remittance OF six dollars from
the Women's Veteran Relief association
of Wichita. and also the information
that a bundle of clothing has been for
warded for the sufferers.
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ARKANSAS is QUIET.
It Has Remained Stationary Through
Flood Time.

Senator Fred Dumont Smith. who came
to Topeka from Kinsley last night, says
that the Arkansas river has not raised an
inch at Hutchinson or any place west of
there as result of foods. The floods
were all back from the river. At Hutch
inSon when the water was deep enough
to swim a horse in the north part of town
one could wade across the Arkansas. W.
Y Morgan says that the News office IN
while at the Midland hotel. north towards
the Santa F'e tracks. the water was three
feet dee2.
Smith today is that the Arkansas flows
along on ridge. The flood at Hutchinson
was in Cow creek. which comes within
mile Of the river there but does not flow
into the river until it gets far below. That
is a characteristic of a number OF the
creeks along the Arkansas.
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Nelson's Paper Mil.


DeS MO1neS Capital.
The editor and proprietor OF the Kan
sas city Star, Mr.. ". R. Nelson. is one
of the best known publishers in the
United States. He has made the Kansas
City Star one Of the famous institutions
of the country Mr.. Nelson is noted as
a farsighted. clear headed business man.
About a year ago. he concluded that the
manufacturers of paper were asking too
much for their product, and inasmuch
as they would not yield. he decided to
build a paper mill of his own, and in
that enterprise at Kansas City he has
now invested $3.50. 600. The mill will
soon be making paper al the rate OF
fifty tons day The wood pulp is ship
ped from Minnesota where the wood is
ground up preparatory to being made
into paper. Mr.. Nelson has learned how
to deal with the trusts. He is illus
trating that American competition VIII
do the business that is required to cause
prices to remain reasonable The Mel
son paper viii be making paper within
a month. There will be a formal open
ing and dedication. Newspaper men win
be invited There will be other paper
mills built 1t has been discovered that
wood pulp for making news paper, can
be made out Of cottonwood Cottonwood
trees, five or six years old. will make
good paper and the river bottoms viii
produce cottonwood trees rapidly. Hence
the paper problem ought to be easily
solved The daily newspapers of Des
Moines use enough paper to operate a
good paper mill and a mill ought to be
built at Des Moines. The Des Moines
river would furnish plenty of pure
water thus everything would be at
hand.
The newspaper fraternity win watch
with interest the achievements of the
Nelson paper mill at Kansas City. Other
paper mills Will be built by the cooper
alton of the newspapers Why should
not the newspapers own their own
mills2 Why should they be, at times.
subject to extortion on the part of the
paper makers? This is a subject for
the daily papers of Iowa to consider.
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The General Assembly.

New York sun.
The Presbyterian general assembly
al Los. Angeles is not likely to have
any serious controversy over questions
Of fundamental doctrine, and therefore
it can give the more attention to
subject which is of the deepest impor-
lance TO all citizens of this republic
The Mormon question is to be brought
up by the introduction of a resolution
g-ainst a Mormon sena tor from Utah.
but il is of relative insignidcance- The
question which ought to receive fore
most consideration in this general as
sembly concerns the sectional division
of churches in this country. The Pres
byterians are now divided into north
ern and southern branches. not because
of difference in religious doctrine, but
by a purely geographical line. as if
they belonged to two separate political
systems Among the Baptists and
Methodists a like sectional division is
kent m
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DON'T GROW IMPATIENT.
Relief Committee Will Call for
Supplies.

The relief committee. with headquar-
tiers at the Auditorium, is in need of
wagons.
H NJ Philips. chairman of the COM
mittee said today that the committee
has received word to call at a great
many places fer contributions. Every
notice that has been received has been
properly recorded and will be reached as
quickly as possible The shortage OF
wagons has made the collecting Of the
donations slow but Chairman Philips
wishes to assure everyone who has sent
word to the relief committee. that the
donations win be sent for as quickly as
possible.
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MYSTERIOUS TRIBE.
White People Discovered Living in
Philippine Island.

A mysterious tribe of white men and
women is reported to be living in the
mountains of Mindoro. an island of the
Philippine archipelago, situated about
20 miles south of Manila. Capt II. w
Barton of the Philippine constabulary
is authority for the statement that a
white tribe exists in the interior Of the
island and he claims to have seen at
a distance several Of these peculiar peo-
pie, who Immediately fed upon the APP
selves IN the wild country
1t is reported that the unknown ma
tives are tall and Of a decidedly light
complexion, and that they have long,
straight hair and blue eyes. Reports
regarding the white tribe originated
with the soldiers who had served In
Mlndoro and We're not at first believed
in Manila But army officers who later
went to the island and talked with the
natives near the big cities and on the
coast gathering inf0rma ton, often heard
them speak of these white people. 1t
has been decided to send an exploring
expedition across the island under the
command of Governor Ofiey Of the pro-
vince Of Martinique. He Will have with
him a detachment of Philippine consta-
bulary under Lieut.. Charles +. Mansion
and win endeavor to cross the island of
Mindor0 from Sablayen on the west
coast to Calapan on the northern coast
Several theories have been advanced
to account for the existence of these
people. one that finds favor with sew
eral officers who have been in Mindoro
is that they are probably descendants
of people who were shipWreCked on the
coast of Mindoro century or more
ago. 1t is believed a party of ship
wrecked whites were either captured
by the interior natives and carried into
the mountains or else they were driven
into the mountains with the natives by
pirates.-Chicago Tribune.
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MIR. BARRETTS MOVE.
Gives His Tenants Use of Property
Rent Free

Rev. ]. Barrett owner of the Barrett
block in North Topeka, has taken a
has notified his tenants that they may
stay in the places they occupy, rent
free, until they are able to pay the rent
Mr.. Barrett lived in the flooded dis
trict and is a heavy loser. but he Will
do al he can to tighten the burden of
his neiehbors.
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Quincy. III. June 5.-The Mississippi
is rising from Keolxuk to St. Louis and
the three Ievees north of here have
broken. These Ievees have yielded be-
fore, but the damage that followed can
not be compared with what is wrought
at this time More of the bottom lands
are under cultivation and the population
of the injured district is greater than
ever heretofore known