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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
COLLAPSED.
Nine Story Building Goes Down
by Boiler Explosion.
A Number Of Persons Buried in
the Ruins.

New York, March "A nine story
building in course of construction at
Forty-sixth street and Sixth avenue
collapsed today. Ambulances have been
summoDed. The entire building, which
was being erected for hotel purposes
collapsed.
A boiler explosion was the cause. Ac-
cofding to the police five dead and %
injured have already been taken from
the ruins. All the dead and injured, as
far as known were workmen employed
on the building.
Coroner Sholer says that eleven men,
all probably dead. are buried in the
ruins. Great crowds have gathered and
the police reserves from the neighbor-
ing stations have been summoned
Fire Chief Croker stated that he be-
lieVes from Is to 20 men are buried in
the ruins. The building in coIlapsing
crashed through the kitchen and dining
room of the Patterson hotel on West
rear. Both rooms were wrecked and a
guest and a waiter were buried in the
debris. Their injuries are not known.
AS the salvage corps pulled down the
remnants of the west wall screams
were heard from the ruins and it is
thought that a number of injured will
be found beneath the sidewalk on that
side. Rev. Father McKinnerty VEN
tured down into the wreckage to give
absolution to the pinioned men sup
posed to be dying there.
1t is said that a woman guest of the
Patterson hotel named Mrs. E. Dodge
was killed. Two men fatally hurt have
been taken to Bellevue hospital Their
skulls are fractured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
POLITICAL FEUD
Drives Arkansas Postmaster
Out Of the State.

Washington, March POSTMASTER
E. S. Parnell of Junction, Union county.
Ark, has resigned his office, and IN his
letter to the postmaster general says
the action is due to a political feud to
escape which he is going to cave the
state.
THE TROUBLE AT HUMPHREY.
Little Rock, March 2.-Confiicting re-
ports reach here concerning the dyna-
miting of the postofI7ce at Humphrey,
Ark. One report says that the act was
committed with robbery as the motive
Another is it was prompted by prejudice
against J. B. Greer, the negro post
master.
Al Humphrey it is said Postmaster
Greer is in Little Rock. but inquiries
here have failed to locate him. It is also
reported from Humphrey that Greer has
expressed a desire to resign. The post
office was situated in the store of A. B.
Quetermous, and has recently been in
charge of a negro girl and man as depu-
" of Greer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
STORY OF A CHECK.
Mr.. Hanna's $4,000 to Mr..
Kelly Causes Comment.

Politicians just now are very much
interested in a mysterious check for
$4,000, copies of which are going the
rounds.
The check was drawn September II,
1908, by Hanna & Mulloney, made pay
able to Lieutenant Governor D. J. Han
ma and is endorsed by him. Directly
below the endorsement of Mr.. Hanna
appears that of T. T. Kelly as treasurer
of the state of Kansas showing that
the check was given to Kelly by Han
ma. The other endorsements are of the
banks through which it passed after it
left Mr.. Kelly's hands.
There are various theories about the
check and it is a fruitful source of gos-
sip among the politicians. Why should
Mr.. Hanna pay Mr.. Kelly, treasurer of
Kansas, 10000? 1t could not have been
in payment for taxes for they can not
be paid before November, but it is per-
fectly clear that some sort of a deal
was made. The question that is agi-
tating the people interested is, What
is it?
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The committee met at nine o'clock
and adjourned until IL expecting to adj
journ again until one if no plan to
smooth matters was agreed upon. The
Allen forces took this for a weakening
on the part of Bowersock's friends and
made preparations to hold a caucus.
Nat Barnes came in during the night,
but brought only about ten men with
him, while the Wyandotte delegation
calls for 32 men. The opponents to
Bowersock among the rank and file
talked about as bitterly against him
as the opposition to Curtis does in the
First district. 1t is generally conceded,
however, that he is stronger than either
of the other candidates individually.
ALLEN CLUB ARRIVES.
The Franklin county Allen club, 200
strong, headed by the Ottawa band ar
rived shortly after 10 o'clock on a, spe-
cial train. Among the banners which it
bore as it marched up the street was
this one: Nominate Allen and Frank
lin county will give him LOCO majori-
ty." Another one was: I'VE are for
Allen first, last and all the time" The
Allen and McGrew forces planned to
run an opposition convention in the
same hall, providing the Johnson and
Miami county Allen delegations should
not be seated. The congressional call
provides that the conventions shall be
held in the opera house, so neither will
dare to walk out and go to some other
hall.
At the evening meeting Colonel Met
calf started in to represent Tucker and
preside over the committee before his
proxy had been passed upon. The Allen
men objected to this, Marshman acting
in each case with the Allen members
Later Marshman moved that Metcalf's
proxy be admitted and that he be allow
ed to preside.
I simply did this through courtesy" j"
SAID MI. Marshman in explaining his
action.
Metcalf then stated that he believed
Vaughn was entitled to sit as a mem
Der oe the committee and he would
recognize him as such
This started trouble. r. L. Marshnan
appealed from his decision, but MetcaIf
refused to put the appeal, and while the
committee wrangled about it an ad-
journment was taken until this morn
ing
In the meantime there were talks of a
compromise, but each candidate want
ID to compromise his way Allen and
McGrew were especially anxious to head
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answer. In response to direct question
ing Nj Smith said only those revela-
tions to the president which had been
presented to the church and accepted
By the members We're binding upon
them Mr. Overman wanted to know
What happened to- those who did not
believe in the inspired revelations.
We're they unchurched?" he asked.
''They unchurc ched themselves was
the esponse.
cerning the rights of the church rlem-
bers to reject revelations, Mr.. Tayler
put the situation in this form. MAY
the members of the church say t. you,
We deny that God has tod you to tell
US that and we will not receive your
revelations?' Could that occur in the
church,"
''It could" was the reply.
Has this ever Eeen dpne?" asked
Mr.. Hoar
Not that I know off,
Now that is just what 1 have been
calling attention to-" said M. Hoar.
THE witness says, Not that 1 know
Of
Turning to MIR. Smith he remarked
that the answer expressed doubt and
more pointedly he asked the witness:
Has the church ever rejected any of
your revelations? Have any of the
revelations to the presidents been re-
jected?"
May I say a word on that hrst?'
asked Mr. Smith. He stood up and
was noticeably concerned at the trend
of the question. In an extended ex-
PLANTATION of the revelations the MEM
bers of the church bear to those in
high authority, among other things, he
said:
1.-The members of the Mormon church
are among the freeest, most indepen-
dent people of all the Christian denom-
nations They have freedom of speech,
freedom Of thought. They are not all
united on every principle of the church.
They are not expected to be. They are
entitled to their own conception in re-
gard to the principles of their church;
their conception of what appears to
them to be the right or wrong. so long
as one accepts God and his opinion is
not in conflict with the accepted stan
dards of the church he enjoys follow
ing in the church. He who denies God,
be who commits adultery or steal or
lies, or bears false witness against his
neighbor in any way or goes contrary
to the cardinal principles of our Chris
ton religion is compelled to with
draw. But one who is honest, believes
religion is nurtured though he may not
believe in the church in all that ii
teaches in that book" Mr.. Smith
pointed to one of the volumes that had
been identified earlier in the proceed
ings, "as a revelation on plural mar
Wages. Not more than three or fouI
per cent of the entire memberships OF
the church have entered that state. AL
the rest have abstained from plural
marriages and many thousands have
rejected the principle entirely"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
EEL MOCHO" TO LEAVE.
Salary of Venezuelan Minister
Has Been Stopped.

New York, March General Her
andez. '9El Mocho," Venzulean minis
ter to the United Statess has been re-
called for political reasons. according
to a Herald dispatch from Port of
Spain. Trinidad.
1t is stated here that the Venezuelan
legation at Washington will be closed
because President Castro has stopped
the salary of Minister Hernandez, who,
however, has not been recalled. This
is said to have been brought about
through letter Nto the fiscal agents
here of the Venezuelan government. in
structing them not to pay the generals
salary as heretofore on the first of each
month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
STREET GOES HOME.
Nothing Is Said About Result of His
Visit.

Charles F. Street, president of the
Topeka Water company, has returned
to New York. and nothing has been
given out as a result of the investiga-
tions made concerning the foreclosure
of the mortgage on the company's s
plant. preliminary to getting good til
tie to the property.
When asked this morning whether
the city would be able to take posses
sion of the water plant at once, in
spite of the mortgage redemption law,
City Attorney Spencer said: THAT is a
question which is up to the attorneys
for the water company to decide. 1t is
not my turn to talk now"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Permanent Injunction Granted.

Colorado Springs, Colo. March p
Judge Seeds in the district court has
granted James r. Burns, the prominent
mining man, permanent injunction
against j. D. O'Hare, restraining the
latter from prosecuting in the courts OF
Iowa. suit for $500. 900. O'Hare sued
for damages charging that Burns had
defrauded him in the original deal in
regard to the Portland mine at Cripple
Creek. An appeal te the state court OF
appeals has been taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
JOIN THE STRIKERS.
Drivers of Baggage Wagons at
Kansas City Go Out.

Kansas City, Mo-, March 2.-Drivers
of baggage wagons of some of the local
transfer companies went out today with
out warning to their employees and join-
ed the 500 truck drivers, who struck yes
terday. There is a possibility that all
union drivers in the city, numbering
5000 may also go out in sympathy with
the truck drivers. Most of the men out
are negroes and violence is feared un-
less the strike is soon settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
WHY HERNANDEZ GOES.
President Castro Wants to Have
a Talk With Him.

Washington, March 2.-Gen. Herman
dez, the Venezuelan minister to this
country, has received a brief communi-
cation from his foreign office inform
ing him that President Castro desires
him to return home for a conference
upon certain matters that it is easier
to talk than write about The minis
ter expects to leave Washington short
1V
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
TWO IN ONE.
rsn and BOWersOck Men Each
Elect Chairman.
Pandemonium Reigns While
Two Chairmen Preside.
NAUGHNIS THE CAUSE.
Allen People object to Him
Serving On Committee.
Will Probably Result in Two
Conventions.
Two Factions on Committee
Finally SDlit.
IS THE CAUSE.
Two Factions on Committee
Finally Split.

Garnett, Kan, March 2.-The second
district congressional convention this
afternoon was a double barreled affair.
There were two chairmen and two or
ganizations at the same time. 1t was
q pandemonium.
The Bowersock men were on the south
side of the hall and the Allen and Nc
Grew men on the north.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
DAY NOT COMING.
Can Not Deliver Address at State
University.

Washington, March 2.-Justice Day
of the Supreme court today told Sena-
tor Long and Representative Scott that
his engagements were such as to make
it impossible for him to accept invi-
tation of Kansas university to deliver
commencement address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Tamneratures of Large Cities,

Chicago, March 2.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York, "a; Boston, Is; Phil
adelphia, So; Washington, 30; Chicago,
36; Minneapolis, 32; Cincinnati. So; st.
.n1is A2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
weather Indications.

Chicago, March 2.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day: cold wave; brisk northwest winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
The Weather Today.

This is another spring day. The tenn
peratures recorded by the government
| thermometer are as follows:
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given to the electors
in, and of, the City of Salem, Oregon
that an election will be held in said
city, on Monday, the 9TH day of De
cember, 1904, and that the polls there
for will be open from the hour Of 1C
o'clock a. m. until the hour of 4 o'clock
p. m. of said day, for the purpose OF
voting for the following city officers,
for the terms specified below:
For one Mayor, for the term of two
years, to succeed F. w. Waters.
For one Recorder, for the term Of two
years, to succeed N. j. Judah.
For one Marshal, for the term Of
two years, to succeed d. w. Gibson.
For one Treasurer, for the term of
two years, to succeed John Moir.
For one Alderman, for the term of
two years, from the First Ward of said
city, to succeed E. P. Walker.
For one Alderman, for the term of
two years, from the Second Ward of
said city, to succeed Russell Catlin.
For one Alderman, for the term of
two years, from the Third Ward of
said city, to succeed Thomas Sims.
For one Alderman, for the term of
two years, from the Fourth Ward of
said city, to succeed w. @. Hubbard.
For one Alderman, for the term of
two years, from the Fifth Ward of
said city, to succeed j. w. Young.
For one Alderman, for the term of
two years, from the Sixth Ward of
said city, to succeed Frank Smith.
For one Alderman, for the term of
two years, from the Seventh Ward of
said city, to succeed Lee w. Aeheson.
The polling places for said election
shall be as follows:
First Ward--At Z. p. Walker 3 barn.
Union street, between High and Church
Second Ward-At the Police Court
room in the City Hall.
Third Ward-At Simpsons livery
stable High street, between Court and
State streets.
Fourth Ward-At loves livery sta
bic, corner High and Ferry streets.
Fifth Wara-Ak Eannens. .-..-,-
shor on Liberty street, North Salem.
Sixth ward-At the street ear barn,
Twenty-hrst and State streets. I
Seventh ward-At JOry's fruit dri.
er, Busch street, near Commercial.
Done by order Of the eomman council
Witness my hand and seal Of Oisiee this
2ad day Of NOvembsr, 1904.
N. J. JUDAH,
ii'sesd Recorder, salsn, Or.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01
QUEEN ALEXANDRA
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

parishes Of Sandringham, Wolferton,
Newton and Dersingham. In the even
ing the King and Queen gave a dinner
party.
In observance Of the anniversary the
public buildings of the city and the
West End clubs were decorated with
flags. The customary salutes were
fred by the royal artillery in st.
James park and at the Tower. All
the ships at Portsmouth were dressed,
and the royal standard few from all
the stations and the town hall. Royal
salutes were also fred at Malta, Gil
braltar and other places.
At Windsor the bells of st. Georges
chapel and those of the parish church
were rung. The mayor sent telegram
of congratulation to her Majesty, and
a royal salute of 81 guns was fred in
Windsor Great park.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01
3 and 800 Commercial St.

attle. The boy was walking across
Railroad Avenue in front of the Union
Station when his foot fell into hole
two and half inches wide and about
six feet deep inside the track. The boy
and his parents tried to pull the leg
out but it was too tightly wedged. The
hole into, which the leg was pinioned
was directly in the rear of train of
cars that were unattached to an en-
CINE. While the parents were attempt
ing to pull the lads leg out an engine
was attached to the cars and they were
backed over the boys leg. The leg
was lying across the track and the
boy had the rest of his body outside of
the track. Tho wheels crushed the leg
so badly that it had to be amputated.
In the present suit the father asks
also for compensation the nursing that
he has had to give the lad who is now
a nervous wreck.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01
PULLED
OUT OF
MANHOLE

New York, Dec. IA policeman, a
detective and prisoner were compelled
to use derrick to drag man accused
Of attempted burglary from a coal
chute in front of the restaurant at No.
394 Canal Street. The man had become
so tightly wedged in the hole that when
he was hually pulled out he tainted
from exhaustion and had to be revived
by an ambulance surgeon.
According to the police, Joseph Gan.
on and James Delaney, walters out of
work, tried to rob the Canal Street
restaurant owned by Mrs. Elsie
Brandt. They pried off the lid of the
coal chute and Canon lowered himself
into it, while Delaney was to act as
lookout Scarcely had Ganon's head
disappeared than Delaney noticed a
policeman approaching. Ho replaced
the lid of the chute and stood on il
looking as uneoncerned as possible. The
officer looked at Delaney very sharply
and the latter becoming alarmed, ran.
After a chase Of four blocks, in
which Detective Grace joined, Delaney
was captured, and the two officers and
their prisoner returned to the restau.
rant. Suddenly the detective heard a
noise in the coal chute. He pried Of
the lid, and the coal smudged face of
Canon appeared. He was so fat that
ho had stuck in the tube aud could get
neither up nor down.
The three men tried in vain to get
him out, and finally borrowed a small
derrick and block and tackle.
Rigging il over the chute, they man
aged to get a purchase on the impris-
oned man and drag him TO the street,
where he tainted from pain. He was
revived at the station house, and when
taken before Magistrate Cornell at the
Center Street Police Court he was held
in $500 bail for attempted burglary,
Delaney was held In the same amount.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01
BOUGHT
CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS

Christmas shoppers have already be-
gun to drop into the city from the sur
rounding towns. Yesterday, young
man laden with bundles was to be seen
In the waiting room Of the depot, show
ing the contents of each one TO COM
panion, but evidently quite pleased to
hold them high enough for every one
In the room to see them. One was a
new hat, another a suit of clothes, an
other pair Of shoes, etc, until he
had displayed the whole lot, and then,
with an air Of mystery, he lifted cane
about 21s inches in diameter, and de-
manded to know what his friend
thought Of that. OF course, the friend
thought II very nice, but seemed to
form an absolute affection for il when
'he learned to his astonishment that the
top Of the cane could be removed,
which was done to prove the fact, dis
playing long, thin flask Of whiskey
eleverly concealed on the inside.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01

London, Dec. Hooking as young
and beautiful as the average women Of
three-fourths her age, Queen Alexandra
today celebrated her sixtieth birthday,
having been born December 1, 1874.
The anniversary was celebrated in the
midst of a family gathering at Sand
ringham. During the day her Majesty
received many messages of congratula-
tion, as well as a number of presents,
the donors comprising the German EN-
peror, the Gear and Czarina, the King
Of Portugal, the King of Italy, and
the members of the Danish royal fam
lily.
In the morning the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, with their children, Wis.
tied her Majesty to offer their congrat'
ulatiOns. A feast was given in the af'
ternoon to the school children of the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01

LOTTERY
TICKET
Then Discovered That 1t Had
Won a Handsome
Prize

Sacramento, Cal, Dec. 1.--Morgal
Morgan, a well-known local merchant
took this afternoon local train fol
San Francisco to make a claim to the
agency of a large lottery concern fol
the modest sum of $4,000, to which he
believes he is justly entitled.
There are certain circumstances
however, which may initiate against
the fruition of Mr.. Morgan's hopes.
1t appears that Mr.. Morgan bought
a ticket in this months drawing. He
left the ticket at home and carried the
number in his memorandum book. One
evening at home he looked over what
he supposed was the proper drawing,
and finding that his ticket was not in
the list threw it into the waste basket.
1t was burned next morning in the fur
mace. Down town little later, Morgan
found the correct drawing and discov-
cred that his number as written in his
memorandum book had won $4,000,
He goes to San Francisco to convince
the lottery people that he is entitled
to payment on his destroyed ticket.
Morgan viii be supported in his con-
tention by the party who sold him the
ticket.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01

COMES
HIGH

Seattle, Dec. 1.-For the skin that
was taken from the body and grated
upon the right leg of his 4-year-old
boy, who lost that limb through being
run over by a Northern Pacific train,
George A. Elkildson is asking Judge
Griffin to award him $1,000. The son g
leg was crushed and later was amputat-
ed a few inches below the knee. To
make the stump heal the father agreed
to have skin taken from his own body
and made a part of the lad. While the
grating process was taking place the
father was compelled to lie in the hos
pital beside the boy. For this incon-
venience and suffering the father seeks
to recover from the railroad company.
Edwin Elskildsen, the son who lost
his leg, has already succeeded in OBJ
tanning $1,000 from the City of Sc
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01
YEARS
UNDER GENERAL DIAZ

City Of Mexico, Dec. All Mexico
united today in paying honor to Gen
eral Profrio Diaz, the occasion being
his inauguration as president Of the re-
public, to which Office he was re-elect
ed last summer. The ceremonies also
included the induction into Office Of
Ramon Corral, the new vice-president
The Inauguration was the most elab-
crate in the history Of the country. The
day was observed as a general holiday;
business was everywhere suspended and
the people gave themselves up to the
enjoyment Of the occasion. The in
auguration ceremonies took place in
the assembly hall Of congress in the
presence Of notable gathering Of
army officers, civilian officials, members
Of the diplomatic corps and many other
prominent personages
The day was ushered in with sa-
lutte fred by battery of artillery, fol
lowed by the ringing Of chimes. The
citizens found the city gaily bedecked
with the flags Of all nationalities, the
Mexican banner, of course, predomi-
mating.
The spectacular feature Of the days
celebration was procession of histori-
cal and allegorical floats. The floats
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-01
seilOn 10 BOX Mike ward.

Indianapolis Ind. Dee, I,--patrans
Of the indianapolis Athletic club expect
TO see good fight tonight when Otto
Seilo6, the Chicago lightweight, aud
Mike Ward, Of Sarna, Ont, clash in a
tenFound bout. The two will weigh
in AT lS6 pounds a weight which suits
both men. IL win be their second
meeting in the ring. Their frst en-
eoonter resulted In decision for Ward
after lively and interesting fight.