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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
POLITICAL GOSSIP
RetrOspectfveGlance at theState
Election.
Large Number Of FusiOnist Bal
lots MutiIated.
GOT BULK OF THEM.
This Year Fusion Voters WOn't
Have as Much Trouble.
The Ballot Greatly Simplified
by the Legislature.

One of the things which the Re
publicans of Kansas had in their ia
vor two years ago which will not aid
them this year, was the great number
of ballots spoiled by the fusionists.
The number of ballots which were re-
jected because of wrong markings
two years ago is estimated at all the
way from 5000 to $4,000. These es-
Inmates may be high. but there were
certainly a large number of spoiled
ballots.
Nearly all of these spoiled ballots
came from the fusionists. They were
caused by the squares after the
words, mo nominatfon.'F There was
hardly a county in the state where
the fusionists did not have an oppor-
tunity to make mistakes because of
the mo nomination" squares, and
they took advantage of it If they
placed cross in a square after NO
nomination" it invalidated the entire
ballot.
The last legislature amended the
ballot law so that this year there will
be no squares after the words mo
nomination" and this particular dan
ger will be eliminated.
Ihere was also much larger stay
at-home vote among the fusionfsts
than among the Republicans. In 1900
Stanley for governor, and the fusion
lists cast 164,793 for BreidenthaL In
1902 the Republicans cast 1929
votes and the fusionists cast 117.14S
This shoWs a falling off of 22.651
among the Republicans and 47.645
among the fusionists. This is what
is called the stay-at-home vote. but it
also includes the spoiled ballots As
this IS a presidential year this vote
viii probably all be polled this year
This shows that the fusionists have
not as great odds to overcome as an
pears on the face of the returns from
the last election. If they can get
out their stay-at-home vote. the dis
aHecuon in the Republican ranks this
year VII enable them to make trouble
for the Republicans
Inc stay-at-home vote is empha-
sized when the vote is compared bv
counties The following figures shows
the votes cast by each party for gov
ernor in 1900 and 1902 and the stay-
az dS-nolne vote two years ago in each
OF number of representa- tive com
ties IN different parts of the state:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
POLITE EXCHANGE.
TeBegrams Pass Between the Kaiser
and the French President

Paris, June 1S-A significant ex-
change of dispatches has occurred pc
tween Emperor William and 'Presi-
dent Loubet, following M. Thery' s
winning of the James Gordon Ben
nett international automobile race at
Homburg yesterday. The emperor S
dispatch says:
It hasten to felicitate you. Mr..
President. on the victory French in
dustry has just won and of which
have had the pleasure of being a wit
ness. The welcome which the pub
lie has given the victor proves how
success gained through intelligence
and common purpose serves. to create
sentiments free from rivalry
NJ. Loubet answered: Il am par
+ic1IIarIv grateful for your majesty s
amicable telegram and for the senti-
ments which have inspired it The
success of French industry could not
be better appreciated than by Ger
man industry, which was so worthy of
obtaining success
The exchange of dispatches created
a favorable impression, and promises
to alleviate some of the lingering
ranco-German animosities-
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RAlSULrS MONEY.
Bandit to Be Paid $4,000 for Release
of CaDtives.

Washington, June 18.-A cabIegram
received at the state department from
Consul General Gummere at Tangier, in
confirming the press report that the
sultan had agreed to all of Raisulis s
terms, adds that the money ransom
$55,000 was to be paid over today. Mr.
Gummere expressed grave doubts as to
the advisability of making this pay
ment before Perdicaris and Varley
were actually released, and safely re-
turned to Tangier. Based on past ex-
perience, it is feared that Raisuli is
not to be depended upon and that once
he has the money in hand and still con-
trolls the prisoners, he viii make fresh
demands However, nothing more can
be done at this stage according to Mr.
Gummere and the state department
will await the conclusion of this last
attempt to free the prisoners.
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MANY BODIES IN WRECK.
Hulk of Slocum Must Be Raised Re
fore They Can Be Got Out.


New York. June 1s.-Despite the uu-
tlrlng work of divers and grapplers and
the Watchfulness of scores of men who
have given themselves over to the task
of searching for the missing, few bodies
of those who perished in the SIocum
disaster, have been recovered since
Friday morning.
It was said by divers who went down
bodies under the ENHANCEMENT of tim
bodies under the enetanglement Of tim
bers and paddle wheels and that il
would be necessary to dynamite the
hulk or raise 1t before they could be
reached. To this end CITY officers com
municated with a Wreckfng company
and an announcement was made the
company would undertake the work OF
bringing the wreck to the surface. la
Marine Insurance company and the
wrecking company ended In a disagree
ment with the result that. for the pres
ent at least the matter is in allegiance.
At this conference it was announced
that the KnickerbOcker Steamboat
company, which owns the General Slo-
cum, had resigned all claim to the
boat on the agreement it should re-
ceive $4,000, the amount for which the
boat was insured. The insurance COM
pany and the wrecking company failed
to agree on terms, and II the boat Is
raised at all the cost probably viii come
out of the city treasury.
There is in the corOner's possession a
standpfpe taken at his direction by a
valve Of the pipe is closed tight, hint
ing that no use was made Of this pipe
in fighting the flames on the Slocunn.
Statement were made to the coroner
by several Of the steamboat employees
who viii appear as witnesses at the in
quest, that the captain Of the Slocum
sailed his boat between 3 and 4 miles
after the fire broke out before bleaching
her.
Several watches showed more than
half an hour elapsed from the breaking
out of the fire until the boat was run
ashore. All the watches taken from
bodies of the drowned stopped between
1910 and 1920 in the morning. Esti-
mates al to the number of dead vary
greatly and this may be accounted for
by reason OF the failure to report to
the proper authorities on the part Of
many, although officially registered rs
missing were in reality saved. Already
/ $50 bodies have been recovered, OF
which about so remain unidentified.
These include 273 children. 242 women
and % men. Thirteen officers Of the St.
Marks church are among the dead, one
I Of them being woman
The first funeral from among the VIC
/ TINS was that Of a young girl who died
Of fright. No signs OF death from
I burning or drowning were found. HeI
/ funeral was followed by a score of 9th
I ers which were attended by thousands
/ Of persons from the east side Whers
1 most of the dead had lived
I Today there VIII be 800 or more fun
/ erals and % unrecognizable bodies Wit
be placed each in a separate coffin and
Continued on Page six.)
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MOYER CHANGES JAILERs.
Charges on Which He Has Been Held
Three Months Dismissed.

Telluride. Colo, June 1S.-Sheriff
Rutan today delivered Charles H.
Meyer, president of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners. to two deputy
a warrant charging Meyer with hav-
ing been implicated in the Windicator
mine explosion of November 1, 1903,
by which two men we're killed.
Meyer had been held as a prisoner
here nearly three months under Gov
ernOr Peabody's orders without re-
course to the courts. He was turned
over to the sheriff Wednesday evening
after United States Judge Thayer at
st. Louis had issued a. writ of ha beas
corpus in his case. District Attorney
Mullen has dismissed all charges
against Meyer in this county.
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P. E. 0. IN SESSION.
Secret Society of Women Meets at
Worlds Fair Grounds.

st. Louis. June 1S.-The Philippine
dedication exercises set for today at the
Worlds fair were postponed until
Monday because of a heavy rain.
The p. E. o. society, a secret organf-
zation composed Of women college
graduates, numbering about TO- 900 from
the middle western states, held a ses-
sion today. Later a tea was rendered
to the graduates at the house Of the
board of lady managers.
The Vatican exhibit was formally op-
ened today with a private reception to
exposition officials and foreign COM
missiOners to the fair. 1t will be open
ed to the public on Monday.
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WEATHER Is VERY sULTRx.
Indications Are That There VIII Soon
Be Rain.


The weather this morning started off
as the regular harvest kind with the
mercury heating up as if It might pass
all previous records for the year. The
humidity was high and vthe morning
started oppressive and the oppressive
ness increased.
The weather over Kansas Friday was
of the harvest kind and at AIacksville
the Thermometer made the record of
the year reaching "a degrees. At Dodge
City the mercury was up to 90 and at
Sedan 80.
Today's corn and wheat region bulle-
tin says: 1.-THE weather was clear in
western Kansas this morning and part
ly cloudy in eastern Kansas and west
ern Missouri, with slight change in
temperature. Light showers have oc-
CURED in southern and eastern Kansas
and in southwestern Missouri, and de-
cidedly heavy rains in northern Mis-
souri,"
The maximum and the minimum
temperatures for the "a hours ending
this morning ut Z O'Clock were as fol-
lows:
Baker 81. 81; Concordia se. IS; Dodge
92, p; Dresden Sc, 81; Fort Scott 7S, 6S;
Macksville "a, 60; Mcpherson Sc, 81;
Manhattan IS, 81; Usage City "a, so; Sc
dan 80, 20; Topeka "a, 81; Toronto 81,
Sc; Wichita 81, 6S.
The forecast for Kansas today is:
Generally fair tonight and Sunday
The wind at noon was north blowing
six miles an hour The hourly temper
atures recorded by the government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
SHAW AT ST. LOUIS.
Secretary of the Treasury Expresses
Satisfaction With the Fair.

St Louis. June 1S.-Leslie NJ. Shaw,
secretary of the treasury, visited the
Worlds fair today and called upon
President Francis of the exposition.
To representatives of the press Secre-
tary Shaw stated that the much ex-
plotted telegram in regard to adver-
tsing the Worlds fair was not sent by
him with any idea of criticising or re-
f1ecting upon the methods of the ex-
position officials. He expressed salts
faction at the prospect for the finan-
cial success of the Worlds fair as
indicated by the amount of the first
payment made on the government
loan and said that the payment was
larger than he had expected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
Diver in Search of Victims Of
the SlOeum Disaster
Finds Hole in River Bed Packed
With the Dead.
HE BRINGS OUT EIGHT.
Estimates That from Thirty to
Fifty Remain.
One Was a Woman Wrapped in
the American Flag.

New York. June 1S.-A diver who to-
day renewed the search for victims Of
the steamer General Slocum disaster,
found deep mole in the bed of the
river practically filed with bodies
Within an hour after the search was
begun eight bodies had been brought
to the surface and when he was forced
to abandon work for a time because OF
the swift current he stated that be-
tween 30 and 30 bodies still remained in
the hole.
The diver was searching along the
river bottom and had reached a point
near the foot of the sloping lawn on
North Brother island. where the bodies
of the victims Of the tragedy were laid
last Wednesday when he found several
bodies lying together and at first ths
diver supposed there were no more than
a half dozen in the pit, but upon re-
moving several he found great hole
IN the river bed literally packed with
dead He says that no less than 80
more bodies will be found when the
tide again turns and permits a. resump-
ton of work This number, he says.
may be greatly exceeded One Of the
bodies taken from the water today was
that of a woman, wrapped or entangled
in a large American flag.
After the lapse Of three days since the
disaster, the most carefully collected
data shows that 56S bodies have been
recovered up to this time
Based on the same data. the list OF
missing today was estimated at $50.
while 8 victims of the disaster were
in hospitals slowly recovering from
their injuries.
Streets Full of Hearses.
Elaborate arrangements had been
made by the police for the handling
of the crowds that were expected to
attend the many funerals in the
stricken district today. So far as
/ could be learned plans had been made
/ for the burial of III bodies from
/ homes in the vicinity of St Marks
church The arrangements include
4 services in 81 churches Of all denom-
/ nations in that neighborhood.
I Much difficulty had been expert
/ enced by the undertakers in securing
( a sufficient number Of hearses. and It
/ became necessary to call upon various
/ surrounding cities.
1 In accordance with the German
/ custom, those obliged to be out Of
/ doors passed through the streets in
I the stricken district with barred heads
Business was practically suspended
and nearly every store was draped in
I black The streets were literally filled
/ with hearses. The funerals began at
/ an early hour, and at times the
/ streets were completely bIockaded
Every church in the vicinity was
hlled to its capacity. Clergymen from
all parts of the greater city had LEFT
/ their own congregations and come
down to the bereaved districts to do
/ what they could to give spiritual con-
ISOLATION to the afflicted.
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CANVASSING MEMBERS.
Y. NJ. C. A. Begins Campaign for
Subscriptions at Home.

The members committee of fifty of
the Y. NJ c. A. organized to canvass
subscriptions from the membership of
the association, met Friday night and
organized for work. The campaign
started today. The members have al
ready subscribed S3,500 1t is desired to
raise the sum to $4,000 and there is
little doubt but this figure will be at
tanned. There are 500 members of the
association. Twelve have given 500
each and the others sums varying from
$40 to $50.
The total of the subscriptions up-to-
date amounts now to $24,500, pretty
close to one-third of the $4,000 which
it is planned to raise. The canvass
among the business men is being con-
tinued and is expected to return some
big results within a few days. Two or
three $4,000 subscriptions are expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
CIRCUS SEATS FALL.
Horses Break From Ring and Run
into Crowd

Chicago, June 1s.-NearIy 100 people
have sunk in a struggling, yelling mass
through spIintered boards in a collapse
of a reserved section of seats during the
performance of a circus here. One man.
six women and two children were ser
iously injured and scores more were
hurt whose names We're not reported to
the police. The panic among the two
thousand people in the tent was in
tensifed by the plunging of two horses
that broke from the ring in which they
were performing and ran into the
crowd.
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PEABODY IS SUED.
Portland Mining Company Asks Dam
ages in sum of 100000

Denver, Colo, June 1s.-Papers in a
S1OO. 900 damage suit of the Portland
Gold Mining company against Governor
James H Peabody, Adjutant General
Sherman NJ. Bell, c. c. Hamlin, secre-
tary of the Mine Owners association,
and others connected with that body,
as well as Sheriff Edward Bell, Of Teller
county and his deputies who assisted in
the closing down of the Portland mine.
have been served on Governor Peabody.
Governor Peabody also received notice
that on June % application win be made
to United States Circuit Judge Amos
Thayer in St. Louis for an injunction to
restrain the governor, the military and
all other persons from interfering
with the operation of the Portland
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Bond elections are being held today
in Washington township in Jackson
county and Vienna township in Potta-
watomie county, for the building of the
Topeka, Frankfort and Northwestern
railroad These are the only places
along the proposed route at which the
proposition has not yet been voted upon
favorably. 1t was rejected in Washing
ton township some time ago, but was
put before the people again today by
petition. For every mile of the road a
bond of 81. 600 is being asked. Construc-
ton will commence this fall. The road
is 63 miles in length.
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Miners Wire to Roosevelt.

livingston, Mont. June 18.-District
%, United Mine Workers of America, in
session here today, after adopting res
olutions of sympathy for the striking
miners in Colorado, wired an appeal to
President Roosevelt to interfere and
protect the strikers from the Citizens
Alliance of Cripple Creek and of other
Colorado cities.
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STRONG oDoR OF OIL.
People Drilling at Reform School
Think They Detect It

The new oil and gas well being sunk
near the Reform school is now down
LOO feet.
Those who have been near the we'll
and especially those who are interested
in the venture think that they can
smell an odor of gas or oil, they don't
know which it is but are quite certain
that it is one or the other. The forma-
ton the drill is going through is nearly
all limestone while the other well sunk
near Shorey was through sand.
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ments of the first Japanese army
largely depends. The Russian reoc-
cupation of towns northwest of the
Japanese front is believed to indicate
a plan to prevent General Kuroki
from attempting a junction with the
japanese force on the Lao Tung
peninsula.
Correspondents with General Ku-
rokis army have been promised
greater liberty and have been given
permission to visit the outposts of the
armV. Heavy rains DreNaiI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
Arrested for selling LIQUOR.

John Steinrauf. Dick Heitman and
John Ewing were arrested Friday after
noon on the charge of maintaining a
nuisance. Heftman and Steinrauf Were
found with keg in the Bottoms
and John Ewing, colored, was caught
in North Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

Friday afternoon the board of coun-
ty commissioners let the contract for
the building of a, new bridge across the
Wakarusa near Auburn to the Missouri
Valley Bridge company for S495 the
lowest bid. The highest bid was $59S.
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Representative Sam I. Hale of Rush
county is at the head of a company
of Lacrosse men who are dabbliner in
oil in the Peru field. They have pur-
chased a quarter section of land just
east of Chautauqua Springs, which
has a twenty barrel well already run
ming and they will drill several more
There is plenty of producing territory
all around them, so they are conf
dent OF getting rich. Among those
associated with Mr.. Hale are A. J.
Bellport, w H. Ferguson, James Fer
gusOn and other Lacrosse men. They
are taking wheat money and putting it
into oil.
z. w. Hoch gives his readers of the
Marion Record some idea of the work
of a country editor in the following:
People think it easy to run a
newspaper. One weeks experience
would change the opinion of most
people on this subject. Did you ever
count the words in a column of ordi-
nary newspaper print? Well, there
are about a thousand words in a Rec
ord column. Suppose you sit down
and write a thousand words on some
subject, and then another thousand,
and another thousand. and another,
until you have written eight or ten
thousand Try it. and see if it is right
easy Keep that gait up for month,
a year, and see if it is easy. Then
chase a single local item all over
town, and after you have gotten the
facts all right, condenSe them into a
few lines-an hours work that can be
said in a few seconds. Do this for a
dozen items that seem insignificant
after they are printed, but which you
know are important; then have the
items criticised and inaccuracies
pointed out to you when it is too late
to correct them. Oh. yes. ii is easy
to run a newspaper
Bank Commissioner Albaugh pub
fishes the following in the Kingman
Leader concerning the school fund bond
deal OF his friend, Secretary of State
Burrow:
Secretary of State J. r. Burrow is
by virtue of his office a member of the
school fund commission. Some eight
months before he went into office he
purchased either for himself or for the
Home Investment company, of which
he is the principal stock holder. 81, 900
of Smith Center bonds, drawing five
per cent interest. In less than thirty
days after he went into office he sold
these bonds to the state school fund
commission, of which, as stated above.
ne is a member, and clipped of over 81
100 of interest coupons. being careful
to take the first coupons due so that
the state will get no interest upon the
bonds for two years and a half, after
they were purchased. or over six
months after Mr. Burrows present
term of Office expires. These bonds
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Liverpool June 1S.-John Alex
ander Dowfe, accompanied by his wife
and son, will sail today for New York.
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Ncnfher Indicat1ons.

Chicago. June 1S.-Forecast for kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Sun
day; variable winds.
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r. J. HarrisOn Of Smith county is a
candidate for one of the Democratic
nominations for railroad commis-
sioner.
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Kurolzl Is Waiting.

General Kuroki's Headquarters in
the Field, via Flu San, June II ode
layed in transmission) General Ku-
rol<i is quietly awaiting the results of
the fighting in the Lao Tung penin-
sula, on the result of which, accord
ing to high officer, the future move
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General Kuroki's Headquarters in
the Field. via Flu San, June 18.-Gen-
eral Kuropatkin is assembling forces
at Hal Chen. A great battle is ex-
pected within a month. The Russians
again in their attempt to relieve Port
Arthur were permitted to select tn cir
own battle ground and again they
greatly nisjudged the Japanese num-
bers and the disposition of their
forces and again were out generalled.
The Yale expositor., 1904-03-11

Reports received iu London from So
Petersburg say that party of dozen
Iaps Disguised as Tartar~ were dis
covered 40 dusk 10y the guard of the
bridge on tine siberian railway. over
the Nolg1. ut Sy2rau. The party was
attempting to get ou the bridge The
Tartar sentry. thinking them compa
trlut~. addressed thrm Zoe the Tartar
dialect Being unable 90 reply except
iu the Russian language. the sentry
called upon his comrades aud the
strangers were arrested. Several pack
ages were found ou them containing
dynamite. The holiness 81 this NOV"
ON the part OF the laps has u~toni>hcd
AMI frightened the Russian officials
The Idea Of offensive operations being
carried into the very heart of Russia
appall~ them The fact that the at
tempt was not successful in This partic-
ular Instance Is small consolation. bc.
cause the incident shows how danger.
OTIS au enemy they have Go contend
with