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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
MUST TELL WHY.
Mayor Bergundthal Is Called
into Court.
Required to Explain Refusal to
Appoint Appraisers.

Mandamus action to compel Mayor
BergundthaI to appoint the. Twelfth
street pavement appraisers were COM
menced this morning in the district
court. The case will be heard next
Monday
Mayor Bergundthal did not weaken
in his attitude of opposition. Some of
the friends of the pavement had hoped
that he would surrender and appoint
the appraisers when he found the man
damus suit to be inevitable. But when
Undersherin Belts appeared at the
mayors Office this morning and served
the papers, the mayor simply smiled
and said:
When do have to go to jail?"
Judge 8azen, who issued the manda-
mus papers in chambers this morning.
made them returnable on Monday. June
13- On that date, the mayor viii have
to show cause why he should not be
compelled to appoint the appraisers at
once.
THE way this has come up does not
suit me very weu,' said Mayor Ber-
guncthal, whose only hope now is to
delay the proceedings as much as pos
sible. What 1 wanted them to do was
to bring their mandamus in the su-
preme court It would have hung fire
there for so long that it would not
have amounted to much. But Judge
dazen has set this thing for next Mon
day, and I suppose it will be decided
then. 1 am going to have a talk with
City Attorney Spencer, and see if he
Will defend me-"
The mayor stated that he would ap-
point the appraisers when ordered to do
so by the court, but not before.
1t is also intimated by the mayor that
the appointment of the appraisers viii
not end the fight. He said today:
Whether the appraisers are appoint
ed does not settle it. I will veto the
contract when the times comes. and
/ the council viii have to. pass the con
tract over my veto. I know they say
that the paving people have got nine
votes, and can carry the contract. But
it may be that one of the eight council
men who voted in favor of the pave
ment before has switched around. Who
knOWs2'
1t would be an interesting situation
to find that one of the majority
cOuncilmen had gone over to the oppo-
sition, and would protect the mayors s
veto in spite of the flop" executed by
Councilman Hughes. Hughes was one
Of four cOuncilmen who originally op-
posed the pavement
The mandamus suit covers both the
East Twelfth and West Twelfth pave
ments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
TORN BY A BULL DOG.
Paul Porter, Ten-Year-OId Boy, Is
Seriously Injured.

Paul Porter. the 1O-year-old son of
a man who runs a huckster wagon
and lives at Twelfth and Kansas ave
nue., was badly bitten by a ferocious
bulldog owned by Mr.. and Mrs. James
Garvin at Twelfth and Harrison
streets this afternoon. The dogs
teeth tore piece out of the calf of
the boys leg, and also mutilated his
thigh. Had not Mrs. Garvin called
the dog off, the boy might have been
killed.
The boy was with his father in his
rounds with the vegetable wagon. He
went around back of the Garvin house
to ask if any vegetables were wanted.
The dog was chained with a long
chain, and seized the boy as he passed.
Mr.. Garvin called at the Porter
home today and informed Mr.. Porter
that he had sent word to Dog Officer
Younkin TO come and kill the bulldog.
This is not the first time that the dog
has attacked people coming into the
GarVin yard. He has a reputation in
the neighborhood for being a man
eater
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
OFFICERS WERE DRUNK.
Wreck of the Pacific Mail Steamer
Colon Is Explained.

San Francisco, June 9-According to the
evidence taken today before United States
Inspectors Boil and Bulger Tor night
and most of the day before the Pacific
mail steamer Colon. went on Remedies
reef, Off Acajutla, San Salvador. on April
I, her officers. with the exception of the
captain. the chief officers and second Off
Ger were under the influence of liquor,
celebrating the wedding of Officer J. L
Wilson. Captain William A. Irvine in a
written report, which was sworn to, ac-
cused Chief Engineer w. D. +. Sullivan
with being intoxicated and having DISC
beyed his orders regarding the speed of
the engines, whereby the ship was sent
ahead so fast as to be seven miles be-
yOnd his reckoning. The captain stated
that he ordered the engineer to make 47
revolutions, but that 81 revolutions had
been made He did not believe the vessel
was far off her course and when she
struck he at first thought the shock was
an earthquake. Third Officer Taylor in
his testimony, could not say to whom
he gave the order for revolutions nor the
exact number specified.
Chief Engineer Sullivan testified that
the order was first given at San Jose to
make II revolutions The third officer
gave an order for "a revolutions minute,
and. as there was such marked dis
crepancy he asked the captain on the
deck. who said. ''in an offhand way" 50
revolutions. He denied that he was UNI
der the influence Of liquor at the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
FIGHT ON POLYGAMY.
Has Developed in Utah State Demo-
cratic Convention

salt Lake, Utah, June 9.-The Dem
ocratic state convention called to Sc
lect six delegates to the national con-
vention met in Salt Lake theater at
1880 today. T. D. Johnson was
named as temporary chairman. After
his opening speech the convention
took a recess.
over night developments seemed to
draw the lines more sharply on the
fight over the polygamy question.
Brigham H. Roberts, who was eN-
PEELED from congress for being 4
polygamist, is the leader of the fac
ton demanding that the delegates to
the national convention be explicitly
instructed to oppose any insertion an
the national platform of an anJi-
polygamy plank
other prominent Democrats, among
them former Senators RaWl1nS ana
Cannon, Judge Powers and J. H.
Moyle. oppose such action, as it is be
lieved the Utah delegation should do
nothing that might attract further at
tention to the pOlygamy question An
effort is being made to prevent the
question from being brought up, but
should it come before the convention
bitter debate is sure to ensue AMI
both sides have prepared for it.
Prominent Hearst men declared to-
day that a fight would be made for
Instructions for Hearst. The general
sentiment seemed to be. however, that
the state delegation should go unin-
structed.
into the contest over the election Of
a national committeeman. Judge o.
w. Powers is being favored as a rule
by those opposed to fighting any
polygamy plank, while r. H. Perry, q
prominent young mining man of Salt
Lake, has the backing of the Brig
ham H. Roberts adherents, as we'll as
much of the younger element of the
Larty-
Chairman Johnson. in his opening
speech made a strong plea for an un-
instructed delegation.
The most significant action taken
by the convention at the morning ses-
sion was the failure to appoint a COM
mittee on resolutions. This indicates
that no platform viii be presented.
and that the Roberts plan to instruct
the delegates to the national conven-
ton to fight against the insertion Of
an -pOlygamOus plank in the plat
form will be defeated.
''All the Democrats need this year
to win" said Chairman Johnson, lis
an anti-Roosevelt plank"
The convention took a recess until
2 p. m
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IT Will Be KNOX.
He Is Agreed Upon as Successor
to Quay.

Philadelphia, June announcement
was made by the Republican leaders
this afternoon that Attorney General
Philander Knox has been agreed upon
as successor to former Senator M. S.
Quay.
Philadelphia, June 9.-Attorney General
Knox joined Henry c. Frick here today
and consulted the Republican leaders re
Sardtng the proposition to make Mr.. Knox
Mr.. Quay's successor in the United States
senate. This afternoon Mr.. Knox and
Mr.. Frick went to Washington. 1t IS
understood they went to consult President
Roosevelt in regard to the advisability of
Mr.. Knox's resigning the attorney gener-
alShip to become senator.
Should the president advise against
such course the belief prevails here that
Mr.. Knox will retain his cabinet portfolio
and that another man, Francis L. Rob-
bins, will be the choice of the leaders.
Former Attorney General E1kin, William
Flynn and Leader Bigelow of Pittsburg
were told of the agreement which had
been reached by the Republican leaders
and all appeared to be satisfied. Elkin
and Bigelow We're told that Gov. Penny
packer was. willing to appoint any man
who was selected by the Republican lead
ers. Senator PenrOse stated that no defin-
ite announcement would be made for a
day or two.
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no OPPOSE THE SEWER.
Fight on the Second Ward Project Is
Opened.

H. McNeelly. an employe of the
Santa Fe, together with several other
prominent Second ward men. have
organized energetic campaign
against the proposed Second ward
sewer. This morning a punch of the
demonstrators stationed tn emselves
at the Fourth street Santa Fe cross
ing, and held up every Second ward
man who passed. They had a re-
monstrance drawn up against the con-
struction of the sewer. and secured a
great many signatures.
The fight for and against the sewer
is developing rapidly now, and a lot
of energetic rag-ch ewing is going on
whenever two Second warders meet.
1t is not likely that the campaign will
pass without some personal encount-
ers on the subject. The people who
are getting up the remonstrance are
very much in earnest, and will have a
big remOnstrance ready by the ex-
piration of the twenty day limit. They
are circulating various unfounded
statements about the cost of the
sewer. Some of the estimates are as
high as SIS. The real truth of the
matter is that no estimate of any
value has ever been made, the only
approximations being between $50
and $40 per lot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
WILL VOTE AS A UNIT.
Kentucky Delegation to st. Louis Is
Without Instructions.

adopted by the Kentucky Democrat
state convention call for an uninstruct-
ed delegation to the national conven-
tion but the delegates are required to
vote as a unit.
The district meetings in each of the
eleven districts were held for the pur-
pose of naming delegates to the ma
tional cOnv ention- Only one district
the Fifth-declared for Parker. OF the
twenty delegates named at the other
ten district meetings, three are regard
ed as possible Hearst men, six are for
Parker and eleven declined to express
a preference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
FINDLAY TURNED DOWN
Senatorial Boss Buster Not Renomi-
mated in Thirty-fifth District.

C. L. Chapman of Great Bend was
nominated for state senator in the
Thirty-fifth senatorial district We'd
nesday night. The district is com
posed of Stafford, Barton and Rice
counties, and there was a three-cor-
nered fight. 1t took eighty-five bal
lots to nominate andait was then ac-
complished only after Robert Findlay
of Sterling, who was candidate for
denomination, Withdrew Stafford
cOunty's candidate was Joseph A
Walters of Seward.
Findlay was a prominent boss bus
ter Chapman is a banker at Great
bend and is said to be non-factiOnal.
He was nominated by vote of %
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LITTLE Is KNOWN.
St. Petersburg Declines to Accept Cur
rent Rumors About Port Arthur.

st. Petersburg, June 9-2:0S p. m
Discussing the Chinese reports
brought to ChefoO, a member of the
general staff, said
I'VE have had our own experience
with the unreliability of Chinese re-
ports. The idea of explosion of mines
by thunderstOrms is absurd and the
Chinese statement that the whole gar
rison has gone to the front is wild
nonsense, betraying the deepest ignor-
ance in regard to the conditions gov
erning the safeguarding of fortress.
The garrison of each fort never leaves
enemy. The troops conducting the
advance upon the fortress are a few
regiments of rifiemen which have all
the time been on the Kwan Tung
peninsula for this purpose"
In an official dispatch from Port
Arthur to one of the ministries, not
the ministry of war, nor the ministry
of the navy says that only one regi-
ment of infantry, the Fifth, partici-
pated in the defense of Kin Chou.
The admiralty is not disposed to
credit the report that the Port Ar
thur squadron has left Port Arthur on
the rumor of its juncture with the
Vladivostok squadron, although this
is evidently part of the programme.
If it comes to the worst the Port Ar
thur squadron will go out and give
battle.
At the admiralty the action of the
japanese warships in shelling the
coast near Kai Chou will be inter
preted, if confirmed, as a demonstra-
ton to discourage the sending of a
strong force south against General
Oku's rear.
The mystifcation concerning the
strength of the force sent south con-
tinues. The war office which seeming
ly is not fully advised in regard to
General KurOpatkin's plans says the
COMMUNICATIVE chiefs ability to de-
tach an adequate force will depend
upon the number of troops at General
Kuroki's disposal concerning which
apparently there is no accurate in
formation here, although the belief is
that the Japanese commander has
about forty-eight battalions at Feng
Wang Cheng and thirty-six in the vi
cinity of Takushan. The last intelli-
gence received at the war Office is to
the effect that the Japanese have
Continued on PAGE ski
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
To BE HELD IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Y. NJ. c. a. Meeting Place for Sunday
Is Changed.

Due to better facilities for the mani
pulation Of a stereopticon, the mems
mass meeting of the r. nj. c. A. to be-
gin a movement for a new building for
the association, Will be held on Sun
day afternoon in the auditorium of the
high school, instead of in the First
congregational church as first an
nounced- Secretary Lerrigo made this
announcement this morning. The
meeting viii be an exceptionally good
one and viii call for a big attendance
international Secretary A. E Clark Will
be present to make an address and talk
about the reproductions which will be
thrown upon the screen of other Y. NJ.
C. A. homes in the United States. 1t
is planned to put up a $4,000 Y. NJ c.
A. building in Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
UNCLE SAM STANDS PAT
Must Be No Guaranty of Immunity
for Moorish Brigands.

Washington, June S.-Secretary Hay
today cabIed Consul General GumTnere
at Tangier. instructions for dealing with
the brigand Raisuli, the point of which
is u positive injunction to refrain from
committing the United States govern
the brigands or in any way to take any
action that would amount to the recOg-
milton of the right of brigandage and
blackmail in Morocco. This attitude
will be adhered to regardless of conse-
quences to Perdicaris.
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Levi Letter DEAD.
Well Known Chicago Financier
Dies Suddenly.
End Came at Bar HarbOr-Heart
Failure the Cause.
LADY CURZON'S FATHER
Was Also One of YeaIthiest Men
in the West.
Formerly Had Large Interests
In Topeka.
LADY CURZON'S FATHER

Bar Harbor, Me, June 9.-Levi z.
Letter, of Chicago, died suddenly here
early today. He was the father of Lady
Curzon of Kedleston and of Joseph w
Letter. well known as a speculatOr and
investor.
Heart failure was the direct cause
of death. Mr.. Letter had not been in
the best of health for a long time. He
was. however, as we'll as usual yester-
day and went for a carriage drive dur
ing the day. He was occupying the
Vanderbilt.
Death occurred at 3:4O a. m. Mrs.
Letter and her two daughters were at
the bedside The funeral will be at
Washington, D. c., but the arrival Of
Joseph Letter will be awaited before the
time is fixed.
Mr.. Letter and family arrived here
only a week ago.
Prominent Chicago Merchant.
Chicago, June 9.-Levi T. Letter was
one of the most prominent pioneer
merchants of Chicago. He began his
career in this city in 1855, as an en-
ploye of the dry goods firm OF Cooley,
Wadsworth & Co, later becoming a
partner in the firm.
In 1865, Letter and Marshall Field
bought the controlling interest in the
dry goods business OF Potter Palmer,
the firm becoming one of the most
prominent in the west.
Formerly Interested in Topeka.
Mr.. Letter formerly had large in
terests in Topeka He was for years
the principal owner of the Topeka
Mill and Elevator, located just west
of the Santa Fe shops. He was also
the owner of a majority of the stock
in the First National bank He sold
his interest in the bank only three
years ago to c. J. Devlin for $164,OO0.
Mr.. Letter also owned property in
North Topeka which he still retained
when he died.
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SALARY $4,000.
DR.. .SIcAfee of Chicago Accepts a Call
to Brooklyn.

Chicago, June 9.-The Chronicle
toady SAYS: DR.. Cleland McAfee. pas
tor of the Forty-first Street Presby-
terian church, has accepted a call to
become the pastor of the Lafayette
Park Presbyterian church of Brook
Iyn at a salary of $4,000. The offer
was made some time ago and its ac-
ceptance has just been announced.
DR. McAfee came to Chicago about
two years ago from Parkville. a fash
iona Bile suburb of Kansas City, where
he was a professor in mental AMI
moral science in Park college. He Is
- years old and was graduated from
Park COLLEGE in 1851.
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In Honor oil DE-. N1cFarInnd.

DIR. J. d. Mcfarland will preach his
farewell sermon at the First Metho-
dist church on next Sunday morning,
leaving during the week to take up
his position as national secretary of
the Sunday School union. In the
evening special services Will be held
at the church in his honor, of whicn
the young people have charge. A pro-
gramme viii be prepared, which viii
be announced later. Invitations of at
TODeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
wEATHER IS UNSETTLED.
Fast Getting Back to the Old Condi-
tions.

The elements and the forecaster have
again gotten back to the cloudy and
rain system for Kansas and today the
sky has been threatening with a few
showers this morning as sforerunners of
the forecast which is showers tonight
and Friday. Warmer west portion to-
night"
The rains recorded by the Kansas
stations last night were as follows:
Dodge City TO- Fort Scott .48. Manhat-
tan trace, Usage City .02, Sedan .O6,
Topeka .O4. Wichita SO
Today's corn and wheat region bulle-
tin says: ''The weather is cloudy over
Kansas this morning, and partly cloudy
in western Missouri. Showers have oc-
CURED in the southern and eastern
counties, and the southern counties of
western Missouri. The day tempera-
lures have fallen slightly and the night
temperatures risen"
The maximum and minimum temper
atures reported for the "a hours ending
this morning at seven o'clock were as
Baker "a. 60; Concordia 80, e6; Dodge
City rs, co. Fort Scott Sc, "a; AIacl1s-
vile S2 81; Mcpherson 81, 81; Manhat-
tan Sc, "a; Usage City 81. g.; Sedan 81,
GA: Topeka "a, "a; Wichita IS. Ga
The wind at noon was southeast blow
ing IL miles an hour. The hourly tenn
peratures recorded today by the gov
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09

New York. June 81. S. Bearns, head
of the stock exchange firm of J. s
Bearns & Co.. was today suspended
from the privileges of the exchange for
one year. The charge against Mr.
Bearns was that he had carried a
speculative account for an enlpIoye or
another member of the stock exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09

Washington June 9.-It was officially an
nOunced today that the following persons
have been selected to make the speeches
secOnding the nomination of President
Roosevelt at Chicago: Sena tor Beveridge
Indiana. George A Knight. California.
Harry StillWeu Edwards Georgia: joseph
2. Cotton Minnesota; Harry S. Cum
rnfncs AIarElaud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
HIGH FIRE RATES.
Cause Protest From Vancouver and
Victoria Business Men.

Vancouver, B. c.. June 9.-The
business men of Vancouver. West
minister and Victoria are appealing to
public bodies to use their influence to
protect them from alleged exorbitant
fire rates. The insurance companies
raised the rates owing to the Balti-
more and Toronto fires. Public bodies
are appointing committees to take the
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TUCKER INDICTED.
He Is Formally Charged With Murder
OF Mabel Page

Cambridge, Mass. June 9.-Charlss
L. Tucker has been indicted by tho
AIiddlesex grand jury for the murder
of Mabel Page.
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TennsylvnnIa ProIlibitionists for NIiIes

U-niontown. Pa. June 9.-The prohibition
state convention today adopted with great
enthusiasm a resolution eulogizing Cen
Miles and declaring that the prohibition
lists would feel honored in having him as
their leader ia the campaign
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LARGEST IN WORLD.
Organ Dedicated at Festival Hall on
EXPOSITION Grounds.

Exposition Grounds.
St. Louis, June 9.-The great pipe
organ in Festival hall, which is the
largest pipe organ in the world, was
dedicated today with a programme
rendered by Charles Galloway, Official
organist of the exposition. The organ
is not entirely completed, but it is so
that it can be used.
The pupils of the blind school Of
Kansas, in charge of Prof Lapier
Williams, gave an entertainment at
the Kansas building today.
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LeadviIlc. Colo. June IA heavy
snow storm began here a. 3 O'Clock this
morning and at . O'Clock there ware
four iRcbes Of snow on thm gr0aT6a
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Chicago, June 9.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Showers tonight and Friday;
warmer in west portion tonight; varia-
bic winds.
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Mr.. ChappeIIe, of the Copeland
hotel, was on the street yesterday
with his new Veracity runabOut,
bought from the Smith Automobile
company.
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Cont inued on Page six.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
RUSSIA MAKES VIGOROUS
 DENIAL OF ABANDONMENT
ORDERS ISSUED TO
 HOLD PORT ARTHUR
ONE CORRESPONDENT SAYS LAPS HAVE MADE ANOTHER ATTACK AND THAT THREE HUNDRED RUSSIANS WERE STRUCK.

London, March 15.-The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at New Chwang says that General Kouropatkin has wired Lieutenant General Troessel that he must hold Port Arthur with the garrison.
 While there is no actual news from the theatre of war, rumors are plentiful The Daily Express correspondent at Berlin has an alleged intimation from the Rus sian ambassador, Count Osten Sacken, that Vice Admiral Makaroff has mined all the coast of the peninsula at Port Ar thur, the situation of the mines extend- ing three miles seaward, A correspond ent of the Daily Telegraph at Yin Row says that the Japanese again attacked Port Arthur on March 12, as a challenge for Vice Admiral Makaroff to come out and fight During the heavy bombard- ment the correspondent says the Japanese were In a position of safety from the guns of the fortress. The Russian casual ties amounted to 300 killed or wounded The correspondent adds that this is au- thentic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
WORRYING MRS. MkINLEY.
Two Men Have Been Writing Letters
 and Today Called at Her Home.

Canton, o. March 1.-Two men who have been sending letters to Mrs. Me Kinley from Cleveland called at her home today and tried to gain admit tance. They were not permitted to en- ter. They stated to the household ser want that they had a communication they wished to read to Mrs Mckinley.
 They requesto4 a local lawyer to go with them to the Mckinley home, buL he reused to do so They told the lawyer that they had given informa- ton against the anarchists in the trial of the assassin of the late President, and were being pursued by anarchists because of that fact. The police were notified tonight and are on the look out for them.