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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22

chanan street, saturday evening FOR Mr..
and Mrs. c. c. Baker, Miss Nellie Baker
and Mrs. f. Knox Little of New York
city.
Miss Elizabeth Gregory is entertaining
a few friends at cards this afternoon for
her sister, Mrs. Theodore Van Deusen,
of Chicago.
Miss Elizabeth Gavitt is entertaining
the Croneia club at Washington 5
birthday card party at her home on
Fifth avenue east today The game is
high five and the decorations and prizes
suggest the anniversary being cele-
brated. The members of the club and
others asked were Mrs. Earl B. Mac
Dowell, Mrs Edwin O'Neill Mrs. Frank
Robinson, Miss Margaret Gilfllan, Miss
Eta Beck. Miss Anna Beck, Miss Nell
Kirk, Miss Fanny Funk, Miss Agnes
Burdge and Miss Pearl Burdge and Miss
Maud Van Houten.
The chance1 chapter of Grace cathe-
dral will meet weekly on Tuesday after
moons during Lent for study and charity
work with devotions afterward at the
cathedral. The first meeting will be
held with Miss Mary Hambleton at the
Bishops House tomorrow. The chapter
will sew for Christ hospital
Mrs. Eugene s Quinton will be the
hostess of the Duplicate Whist club
Tuesday instead of Mrs. Harry C. Ash
by as has been announced.
Mrs. L. S. Ferry will have the D. D.
| Whist club at her home on Topeka ave-
nue. Monday of next week.
Mary Lourinda Poindexter will give
a party at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Poindexter Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Nathan Frank Handy is enter
tanning the local chapter of the D. a.
! r. and visiting members who are in
town for the banquet to be given at the
National tonight by the S. A. r. at her
home, 1915 Topeka avenue. Mrs. Me
Giffert Miss Belle Thompson and Miss
| tess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22

This Sale will be personally conducted by Mr.. w T.
York. who controls the output of all
factories.
Emory superintendent the distribution of the great
dav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22

Mary Lourinda Poindexter will give
a party at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Poindexter Wed
nesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22
Mems Wear

1Oc Half Hose in colors.
Csc for 35c Isle Half Hose.
35c for SOC heavy fleeced
Underwear, odd sizes.
75c for balbriggan Shirts and
Drawers, medium weight.
75c for 81 Shirts, Lion brand,
negligee and stiff bosom
Shirts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22

Mrs. L. S. Ferry will have the D. I
Whist club at her home on Topeka ave
hue Monday of next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22

Mrs. Eugene S. Quinton will be the
hostess of the Duplicate Whist club
Tuesday instead of Mrs. Harry C. Ash
by as has been announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22
Carpets

MILL REMNANT PRICES
21c for 35c Ingram, 2 and g.
room lengths in all pattern.
One Third Off on all ends
of rolls, Ingrains, 10 to 20
yard lengths.
SOC for $1.45 Body Brussels,
lengths from 5 to 10 yards.
SOC for s1.Oo Tapestry Brus-
sells, Is to 20-yard lengths.
75c Wilton Velvet, values up
to S1.75, lengths from II to
26 yards.
1870 Straw Mating, lengths
Is to % yards.
22c for Soc Mattings, lengths
10 to "a yards.
Half Price Remnants of
Mattings, lengths 10 yards
and less.
Half Price All Remnants of
Linoleums and Oilcloths
under six-yard lengths, half
price and less.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22

chanan street, Saturday evening for Mr.
and Mrs. c. c. Baker, Miss Nellie Baker
and Mrs. f. Knox Little of New York
city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22

Miss Elizabeth Gregory is entertaining
a few friends at cards this afternoon fol
her sister, Mrs. Theodore Van Deusen
of Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22
Women's Wear

MILL PKIlED
1Oc seamless feeced Hose.
Csc for SOC fleeced and cash
mere Hose, odd lots.
soc for Soc cotton fleeced
Vests (seconds).
75c for S1.OO cotton fleeced
Union Suits (seeonds).
1Oc for 15c all linen Hand
kerchiefs (seconds).
15c for 25c all-linen Hand
kerchiefs (seconds).
CSC for Soc all-linen Hand
kerchiefs (seconds).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22

DR.. and Mrs L. c. WATSON gave a
small dinner at their home, 1001 Blu
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ChiIdren's Wear

MILL PRICED
1850 for zoe Hose for girls,
two thread, feeced.
15c for 25o heavy Hose for
boys, Xxi rib, fleeced.
15c heeced Vests for chill =
dren, small sizes only.
$50 Union Suits for children,
cotton fleeced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12
Present Intention OF Attorneys
for Nan Patterson
La to Offer Evidence That Young
Killed Himself.
A SENSATIONAL TURN.
Person Who Caused Smith and
Wife to Disappear
May Be Arrested for Defeating
the Ends of Justice.

New York, Dec. Histories of a SER
satfonal turn in the case were current
today when the trial of Nan Patterson,
charged with the murder of Caesar
Young, was resumed in the supreme
court
According to the story blank subpoe-
mas have been obtained and it is said
that even a blank petition for a writ
of habeas corpus, has been filed In IL
such an arrest make its immediate use
advisable.
This startling turn in the case was
occasioned by the intimation of the
state that a person who advised and en-
gineered the escape of J. Morgan Smith.
the actress brother-in-Iaw, and his
wife, would be prosecuted on a charge
of conspiring to defeat the ends of JUS
tice.
1t is expected that the state will take
at least two more days to submit it's ev-
idence. The intentions of the defense
have been obscured. That a defense will
be offered is now considered certain,
however, in view of the fact that a num-
Der of witnesses, including three who
claim to have witnessed Young shoot
himself, have been subpoenaed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12
GRAND JURY TAKES 1T UP.
County Prosecutor Will Operate Along
Number of Lines.

Cleveland, O., Dec. 12.-The grand jury
of Cuyahoga county commenced today an
investigation into the affairs of Mrs. Cas-
sic L. Chadwick. 1t is probable that the
inquiry will last throughout the day and
even possible that vote will be taken
on the evidence before tomorrow. Coun-
ty Prosecutor Keeler was confident, how
ever, that indictment would be voted
before night.
Although it is the desire of the prose-
for forgery he has arranged his evidence
in such a manner as to cover pretty
much all manner of Irregularities in
financial dealing, and if a vote against
Mrs. Chadwick should be refused in any
one particular. he is confident of holding
her on something else. His main depen-
dence. however, is the evidence pointing
to forgery.
Among the witnesses present at the
opening of the session of the grand jury
ceiver Lyon of the Citizens bank of Ober-
lin. President Beckwith of the Oberlin
bank was expected to appear during the
morning.
1t is not the intention of the county
prosecutor to seek indictments against
persons other than Mrs. Chadwick in
connection with the Carnegie notes.
It is the opinion of the attorneys IA
miliar with Mrs. Chadwick's affairs
preparation of these papers. No evil
dence has so far developed in any di-
rection to show that she had accom-
plices or that assistance was given
her in the preparation of the docu-
ments claimed to have been given her
by Mr.. Carnegie.
Cashier A B. Spear of the Oberlin
bank was the first witness to appear
before the grand jury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12
GOODNESS SPRINGS UP,
Between Pension Commissioner Ware
and Secretary Hitchcock.

Washington, Dec. 12.-There is a cool
ness between Secretary Hitchcock and
the pension commissioner, Mr.. Ware. 1t
grows out of recommendation of Mr.
Ware to the house committee on appro-
priations that 20 interior department
clerks on duty at the pension bureau be
dropped because their services are not
required. The committee assumed that
Ware knew what he was talking about
and it did not insert in the legislative
appropriation bill, passed by the house
Saturday, an appropriation to pay the
salaries Of the clerks. When Secretary
Hitchcock heard of this he was very
much displeased and strongly intimated
to Commissioner Ware that he would
attend to any reductions that might be
considered desirable in the clerical force
of the interior department.
AS measure of retaliation the secre-
tary has held up the promotion of sew
eraI clerks at the pension bureau rec
commended by Commissioner Ware. Mr..
Hitchcock says he will ask the senate
to insert a provision in the legislative
bill making appropriations for the sal
aries of the clerks whom Commissioner
Ware recommended for dismissal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12
BURTON'S REJOINDER.
Supplemental Brief Filed by the Sen-
atOr's Attorneys.

Washington, Dec. 12.-In a supple
mental brief filed in the supreme court,
the attorneys of Senator J. r. Burton
of Kansas strongly intimate that off,
cials of the government have gone out
of their way to prosecute Burton and
that they may have been overzealous in
their efforts to make an example of him.
The brief says:
1.-The postoffice officials have shown
no lack of zeal in the prosecution of
Senator Burton. They indicted him 1000
miles away from the place where the
alleged services were rendered. They
had all the power and force of the govern
ment to take their witnesses from other
parts OF the country to support the
charge, leaving Senator Burton with his
own una1ded resources to get his witt
nesses at this distant place of trial, II
he was able to do so. and to support
the burden and costs of his defense. He
tried to get the postmaster general as
a witness and failed, because st. Louis
was too far away from Washington.
IF the insinuations of the solicitor
general are true that the investigation
of the Rfalto company was held up by
postoffice officials by reason OF Senator
Burton's influence, let the department.
of justice manifest the same zeal with
which it has prosecuted Burton and
bring it to justice. The brief of the
government abounds with charges OF
swindling and fraud on the part of the
Rialto company and Its officers, and the
curious result is presented that no
against the Rialto company and no in
dictment against it's officers ever
brought to trial. The energy of this
prosecution, for some reason inscrutable
to US, seems to have been directed with
all the zeal, force, power and resources
of the department alone against Senator
Burton.
1.-The court will bear in mind that in
opening this case and in the arguments
at the bar we refrained from making
any observation as respects the nature
of this prosecution and we only make
these in answer to the unjust and un-
war; anted statements in the brief of the
solicitor general"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

appraised value of ten million, two hun
dred and forty-six thousand dollars
($10, 246, 000), consisting of $500 shares of
Great Western railway stock of Eng
land and Wales, valued at two million.
one hundred thousand dollars (S2, ,100,-
OOO); 1,SO0 shares of Caledonian railway
stock of Scotland, valued at one mill
lion one hundred and forty-Six thou
sand dollars $1,146, ,000), and bonds of the
United States Steel corporation of New
Jersey bearing per cent interest of the
par value of seven million dollars ($7,-
OO0, ,00O). The income from the above de-
scribed property 1 agree to pay over to
said Cassie L. Chadwick semi annually
before the first and fifteenth days Of
June and December of each year during
duction or charges for services or ex-
penses of any kind, this trust to be and
remain in full force until August 8, 1902.
In case of the death of said Andrew
Carnegie, said trust to terminate in said
property income, and all proceeds to
vest absolutely both in law and equity,
in said Cassie L. Chadwick; in the case
of the death of Cassie L. Chadwick said
trust to terminate Immediately and all
of said property, together with all in
come and proceeds thereof, to be trans
ferred and turned over to the heirs at
law or legal representatives of said
Cassie L. Chadwick.
L further agree to faithfully carry
out all of the above provisions, and that
all of said stocks and bonds have been
indorsed over in the name of said Cas-
sic L. Chadwick, so that no further or
other set will be necessary on my part
or on the part of my legal representa-
tives, to put said Cassie L. Chadwick or
her heirs at law in full possession of the
same or the termination of this trust.
Witness my hand and seal this 27th
day of February, 1901.
ANDREW CARNEGIE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12
THE DOCTOR is FOUND.
Mrs. ChadwicIx's Husband Interviewed
in Paris.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE World says
that DR.. Leroy S. Chadwick, husband
of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, was in
terviewed by its correspondent in a
Paris hotel Sunday. The interview, ac-
cording to the World, includes the fol-
lowing:
Did you leave America because you
knew the transactions charged against
your wife were about to be ventilated? ~
mo, 1 had not the slightest intima-
tion that my wife had any such busi-
ness connections" replied Mr.. Chad
wick. "An these accusations came as
a horrible shock. But, after all,
know only what read in the newspa-
pers.'
Have you any idea why your wife
used Andrew Carnegie's name instead
men, such as Rockefeller or Morgan?
Does she know Mr.. Carnegie?''
LAS far as I know she does not know
the famous Carnegie and has never met
him. But 1 believe she simply negoti-
ated paper which she believed to be
good. I notice that the Paris newspa-
pers are trying to draw an analogy be-
tween Mrs. Chadwick and Nine. Hum
bert. That is impossible. The Humbert
woman deliberately defrauded people.
All this is a stunning blow to me.
was absolutely without an inkling Of
such doings as my wife is accused OF.
She in no way needed money. My
daughter Mary, who is with me, is 19
years of age and so fully appreciates
what all this means to me. Like me,
she is greatly shocked by the newspa-
peg reports; nor can she understand
why Andrew Carnegie's name figures
so largely. I saw my wife just prior
to November Is. She gave me no sign
OF being engaged in any unusual or
large business transaction"
Did your daughter last month cable
Iri Reynolds. the Cleveland banker,
asking him for money!
That is something 1 will not deny or
affirm answered DR.. Chadwick. "If
Reynolds wishes to talk about the Incl
dent he can"
He refused to answer more questions,
saying finally:
Let me sleep on all this. I do not
believe in talking when I do not know
where I am. But if 1 determine to
make a fuller statement will send you
word"
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day night of the murder. He met Pat
terson in the shops and "loafed" with
him after work hours during that week.
They did not board at the same place
Livingston, the foreman, laid him off
the Saturday evening before the muir
der, and after settling his board bill,
gave him the rest of his monay, 500.
Then he told the same story he had
set forth in his affidavit, and added.
that while he was in Kansas City
with Sheriff Lucas in search of Patter-
son, he saw Patterson in a cell at the
central police station and Patterson
asked him what he was in for. Sparr
says that he told Patterson he was in
for engaging in a fight, and then Pat
terson said: "They have got me for
that murder in Topeka. You keep
your mouth shut"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

Young Patterson will go to Eudora,
Kan, where his father and mother re-
side, in company with his brother,
John Paterson, of Moberly. Mo-, who
attended the preliminary hearing.
After hearing the testimony of
three witnesses for the state, and the
defendant for the defense, the case
was submitted to Judge McCabe with
out argument, and without leaving the
bench he released Patterson.
The first witness called by the state
was Mrs. Estella Brown, the cook at
the Nickum house, who first found
Mrs. Nickum after the assault. Mrs.
Brown repeated the same story she
has told all the time, and introduced
no new features. She said that she did
not know Patterson and had never
seen him about the Nickum house.
A nurse, Miss Williams, of Christ
hospital, was then called to establish
the death of Mrs. Nickum. and the
she was present in the capacity of a
nurse when Mrs. Nickum died at 7:25
on the evening of November 20
E. E. Sparr, the man who charged
since been locked up in the county
jail for safe keeping, was then called
to the stand. His examination. as con-
Quoted by County Attorney Hungate,
was more of the nature of a cross ex-
animation, and he was required to de-
tail his life from childhood. Accord
ing to the testimony ELECTED from him
by the county attorney, his career was
checkered, but he had never been out
of four states-IIlinois, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma.
He said that he was 80 years of age,
and was born in Farmer City, Ill. He
came to Kansas with his parents in
1880, and lived for three years in
Cheopta, Kansas. Following this he
lived for another three years in Pea
body, followed by two years in Plum
Grove, and then two years in Newton.
From Newton he removed to Sedgwick
1887. He lived with his family in Wich-
ita until 1893, and then went to Kansas
City, where he worked with an uncle
for nine months. He then returned to
Wichita, where he lived until he went
to Perry, Oklahoma. He said that he
had no employment in Oklahoma for
six months except helping in horse
trades and gambling. He gave the
names of half a dozen other Oklahoma
towns where he had been, and said that
he went back to Wichita in 1900.
He stated that he had been employed
as a detective by slot machine firm
in Kansas City.
He came to Topeka November 1. and
nursery, after which he waited on table
at Johnson's restaurant, 412h Kansas
avenue, until he went to work with the
steam filters at the Santa F'e shops. At
that time a foreman named Jack Liv-
ingston employed by Gordon & Co,
steam fitting outfit, employed him, and
stood good for his board one week at
the Holiday hotel. He went to work
the Monday morning before the Satur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12
DYNAMlTED AGAIN.
Fifth Attempt to Destroy an Iron
Foundry.

Cincinnati, o., Dec. 12.-For the
fifth time within two months the New
port Iron Foundry and Machine COM
pany's building, Newport, KY, was
dynamited late last night. No lives
were lost and the workmen in the
place all escaped injury. Two men
were seen running east in Twelfth
street Immediately after the explosion.
but they eluded their pursuers. A
great hole was torn in the roof of the
coal room, where the bomb alighted,
and the walls of the pattern room are
so twisted and bulged that it is feared
they will collapse. Members of the
company declare it is the work OF
strikers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12
UMBRELLA AS DAGGER.
Negro Jabs Steel Point Into a White
Mans Brain.

Kansas City, Dec 12.-Frank Tibbetts,
"a years old a butcher at the Schwartz
schild & ,Sulzberger packing house, was
dangerously injured by an unknown negro
at 1890 o'clock yesterday morning at Cen
tral avenue and James street, Kansas
City. Kan. Tibbetts was stabbed with an
umbrella, the steel point of which pierced
the upper right jaw and penetrated the
brain. The Injured man was taken to
Bethany hospital, unconscious, and his
chances for recovery are considered slight.
The negro has not been captured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12
He IS A FREE MAN
Edgar Monroe Patterson Goes
His Way.
Held to Be Innocent of the
Nickum Murder.
SPARR is LOCKED UP.
Man Who Implicated Patterson
Is i'm Jail.
Sheriff Lucas Offers No Expla-
nation for Action.
HUNGATE GAVE UP
County Attorney Admitted He
Didn't Have Evidence.
SfOpv of thA Tufnrrnor 0uIv
Man Who Implicated Patterson
Is i'm Jail.
Sheriff Lucas Offers No Expla.
nation for Action.
HUNGATE GAVE UP.
County Attorney Admitted HI
Didn't Have Evidence.
Story of the InfOrmer Only
Damaging Testimony.

Edgar Monroe Patterson, the young
man who has been held for two weeks
on the charge of numbering Mrs. Mary
A. Nickum, left the city court room at
noon today a free man, but his ac-
cuser, E. E. Sparr, the man who
caused his arrest, was taken back to
the county Jail and locked up without
being given any explanation.
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ONLY A LIGHT SNOW.
The Fall Sunday Amounted to 3 Hum
dredths of an Inch.

Sundays snow and rain amounted to
only three-hundredthS of an inch and to-
day the promise is made for warm, fair
weather.
The cloudy, chilly weather today is to
disappear and much warmer weather Is
to come, according to the government
weather bureau forecast for Kansas,
which is: Generally fair tonight and
tonight" The wind this morning was
northwest but at IL o'clock changed to
the northeast, blowing six miles an hour.
The wind Sunday blew Is miles an hour
from the northwest. The hourly temper
atures recorded by the government
therrnornete TODAY were:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12
Temneratures in LARGE Cfties.

Chicago, Dec. 12.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York %; Boston 81; Phila-
delphia q; Washington 20; Chicago 22i
30: Duluth below.
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Chicago, Dec. 12.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Tues
day; warmer in south and west portion
tonight; southerly winds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

John T. Lacey, representative elect
from Wallace county, has been placed
in the Democratic list of members of
ed on the independent ticket in Wal
lace county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

didn't like to sit beside Washington,
for there was a vacant chair on each
side of him. George r. Peck, formerly
of Kansas, noticed that Washington
was sitting alone, and wrote a note
on the back of his menu card calling
the toastmaster's attention to the fact,
and offering to come up and sit be-
side Washington. Within two min
utes Washington was flanked by two
of the best known business men in the
west. This was before President
Roosevelt invited Washington to the
White House. And the incident is
printed herewith to show that among
Intelligent men, there is no race, creed
or color.
Vernon will make a better address
than two-thirds of the men who speak
at Kansas day affairs. 1t is perfectly
proper that he should be invited to
speak. If he is good enough to go
out and make speeches for the Repub-
lican ticket, if he is good enough to
ty the party may well afford to invite
him in to participate in the feast after
the victory.
'"The sooner this country wakes up
to the fact that brains count, and that
a worthless, stupid, lazy, dishonest
white man is not the equal, socially or
otherwise, of the hard working, intel
hgent, decent man, either black or
white, the sooner the race problem and
many other problems will be settled.
So long as money counts, and the
colorless skin counts, and birth and
position count-things will be badly
out of joint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-12

A Washington dispatch says that il
is gossiped there that D. w. MuIvane
may succeed Powell Clayton as min
lister to Mexico.