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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27
RIOTING STARTS.
When Packers Try to Run in Negro
Strike Breakers at X. G.

Kansas City, Mo. July 27.-Not un-
til tonight will the members of allied
trades in Kansas City vote upon the
question of a sympathy strike. ]. A.
Keeler, president of the Central labor
union. has called a special meeting Of
the various unions interested for this
evening to consider the matter. Labor
leaders assert that the men only await
an order to go out and that 1000 will
be affected.
The first real show of violence on
the part of the strikers was displayed
when Armour & Co. tried to take thir-
~ negroes in a box car into their
plant The strikers had learned of
the packers intentions and when the
car hove in sight there was a mob
of strikers and strike sympathizerS on
hand to greet the negroes. The mob
forced the crew to stop the train and
then made for the car. The negroes
We're pulled off and roughly handled,
= l1fle a. number - them jumped from
the car and escaped. Several shots
were fired but no one was hurt, and
when the police arrived the crowd had
dispersed. No arrests were made.
At another point a number of strike
breakers working at the Swift and
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger plants
were chased by strikers. Three of the
men, negroes. made a stand against the
pursuers- One was hit on the head
and rendered unconscious when the
others were rescued by packing house
guards.
Al SUN point TWO QeDOrted
Cripple Creek miners, ]. NJ. Harris and
Charles Roberts, were mistaken for
strike breakers and attacked. Harris
was knocked down and kicked in the
face, receiving several ugly wounds
Roberts escaped unhurt. Following
these disturbances an extra force of
police was sent to the district Strik-
ers assert that 25 of their number who
were re-emplo%ed yesterday sought
their old positions to learn the actual
conditions in the different plants and
to urge the strike breakers there to
go out.
Today each of the plants increased
their forces, all reporting steady pro-
gresS in every department.
Many strikers applied for their old
positions and were re-employed at the
plants of Armour & Co., Swift & Co.
and the Fowler packing plants TODAY.
according to the managers of the diff
ferent companies 1. H. Rich, man
ager for Swift & Co., said today:
we consider the strike nearly over
as this plant is concerned Today
We took back perhaps 100 of our old
men, six of whom were cattle butchers.
We now have 1880 men at work only
$50 short of our usual force We are
Killing more hogs and as many cattle
as during June We are killing 1000
hogs a day against 1850 in June. and
We are slaughtering $50 cattle a day.
Whlch was the average of June"
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Mr.. Lord was bedridden for almost a
year with the malady which caused his
death. For three nights and days he
worked about the water, helping to
rescue people, and during that time
went without sleep or change of cloth
ing. He wore a heavy pair of rubber
boots. These chafed his feet and made
blisters. While helping people from
the boats on the south side of the river
he stepped into the water over his boot
tops and his feet were poisoned 1t was
not until July that medical attendance
had to be called. By that time, how
ever blood poisoning had insinuated
itself throughout his right foot to the
bone. 1t failed to yield to treatment
and he was taken to Christ hospital
where his right leg was amputated near
the hip, during the first week in De-
cember. About the same time the other
leg began swelling and ulcerating The
doctors stated that it too should have
been taken off. but that the patient
would be unable to survive the shock
attending the operation. By a. plentiful
use of opiates the physicians were able
to deaden the pain. For the last six
weeks death has been looked for mo-
mentarily.
For the past twenty days Mr.. Lord
was unable to take any nourishment
at all beyond water.
Mr.. Lord was born in Utica N. Y,
November 9, 1852. He came to Topeka
in July. 1875, and was married the same
year. Three married daughters survive
him with his wife. During Frank
Thomas term in the postoffice Mr. Lord
was engaged under him as a clerk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27
SCARED GIRL TO DEATH
Joseph Heiser Goes on a Rampage
While in a Fit.

Philadelphia. July 27-Seized with a
fit, Joseph Heiser went on a rampage
through Andalusia, on the Bristol pike
He frightened a little girl to death, ter
rorized the barroom of the Red Lion
inn, smashed furniture at his home and
ended by throttling a motorman on a
passing trolley car, who finally succeed
ed in over powering Heiser and turned
him over to the police.
Six-year-old Marian Rankin was the
victim of Heisers dementia. The child
had always stood in terror of Heiser
and she fed in fright to her mother
whenever she saw him. When Heiser,
waving his arms wildly in the air and
screaming at the top of his voice, ran
toward her in front of the Rankin
home, the little girl started to escape
from him, but before she had gone a
dozen feet she was overcome with ter
ror and fell unconscious in the road
way. She died a few moments after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27
WOOD HOLDS THE FORT
Hotel Owners Try to Discharge To-
peka Man and Fail.

The following is from the st. Louis
Star:
An injunction was granted by Judge
Sale against c. r. Carries, Charles G.
Bowman. J. H. Lynch, S. c. Bucking-
ham and James NJ. Sutherland, who
constitute the board of directors of the
Epworth Hotel Construction and Real
ty company, restraining them from in
terfering with Charles L. Wood, the
manager, in the operation of the Ep-
Washington avenues, a short distance
north of the Worlds fair.
In his petition Wood set forth that
both DR.. Carlos, the presiding elder of
the st. Louis district of the Methodist
church, and Mr.. Lynch insisted on in
terfering in the management of the ho-
tel,
Wood is a hotel man from Topeka,
Kan, where he owns the National no.
tel. He claims that he was induced TO
take charge of the Epworth hotel, un-
der a contract dating eight months
from April Is, 1904.
He was by this contract to have
charge of the hotel, with the exception
of the kitchen and dining room, and
after June l was to have ~ per cent
of the profits of the hotel resulting from
the rental of rooms over and above
$780, 600.
According to the allegations of Wood,
Lynch insisted on setting up an office
in the lobby of the hotel, where he took
charge of the hotePS mail, Woods in
cluded, interfered with lthe duties of
employees and compelled Wood to re-
duce rates for certain guests. after he
had made contracts. Dr. Carlos also
interfered with the hotel. Wood said.
July 81 the board discharged Wood,
but he held on under his contract. and
is still in charge. After hearing all the
evidence. Judge SaJe readily granted
the restraining order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27
RELEASED ON PAROLE.
Turfman Ryan Shown Leniency by
Attorney Folk.

New York, July 27.-John ]. Ryan,
the turfman who was arrested at the
Brighton Beach race track yesterday
on warrant charging him with grand
larceny, was allowed to go on parole
today on his promise to appear at the
time to be set for his trial at ST.
Louis Ryan's release was brought
about by Circuit Attorney Folk. who
had been informed that the prisoner
was prepared to make application in
the supreme court for a writ of habeas
corpus. Ryan surrendered himself af-
ter his attorneys had decided to oppose
any action looking to his immediate
removal to st. Louis When State At
torney Fickheisen, of St Louis was
told the situation he telephoned to Cir
cult Attorney Folk at St Louis and
explained it would be a hardship for
Ryan to be taken west at this time
as the sale of his horses is to take
place tomorrow. Acting on Mr. Folks s
advlce Mr.. Fickheisen agreed to allow
ryan to go on parole. With this un-
derstanding counsel for Ryan decided
TO abandon the application for a writ
of habeas corpus.
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The Japanese Advance on Port
Arthur.Is Being Contested.
Mikad0's Men Have Sustained
Some Serious Reverses.
NEARLY $4,000 MEN
Are Included in the Army of
Investment.
Are Within II Miles of the
Fortress at One Point.

Lila Yang, July 27.-A Russian cor
respondent of the Associated Press
| who has just arrived here after two
months stay at Port Arthur, gives an
important and interesting narrative OF
the situation at the beleagured fort
ress when he left there July IA, which
shows that the Japanese operations
till then had not advanced so far as
supposed. Several Russian successes
are chronicled but the report of a jap
anese reverse, with the loss of 10000
men, is definitely disposed of, not be-
ing even mentioned by the correspond
ent, who says:
When 1 put to sea in a junk the
land position on the Russian right
flank, surrounding Green and Sema-
phore hills, which the Russians had
lost, had been recaptured by assault.
The heights of Huinsin, which the
Japanese defended desperately alone
remained in their hands. But 1 am
convinced that this position also has
since been retaken. The very morn
ing Of my departure, July IA, the posi-
ton was being bombarded by six inch
howitzerS and shells We're falling re-
peatedly into the Japanese works,
causing great disorder.
ITO sum up, by the fighting of July
Sd, 4th and 5th, when evidently the
fensive, the Russians regained on the
land side the positions they had held
in front of the fortress previous to the
battle of Kin Chou.
1.-THE main forces of the besiegers
are on the average at a distance of 20
miles from the forts on the Russian
right, but the Japanese have ap-
preached to within II miles on the
Russian left. So far as Inchentse sta
ton, IA miles from Port Arthur, the
railroad is working. Over fourteen
miles of Japanese, between 10000 and
$4,000 men are operating before Port
Arthur. The troops maintain con-
slant exchange of Skirmishlng hre but
the field or other guns are usually 81
lent. The Japanese apparently are
conducting a slow advance. Often IN
the morning the Russians discover
fresh trenches. The Japanese are
compelled to abandon their work in
the day time as the Russians regularly
open fire on them as soon as daynght
diSclOSeS the work. The activity OF
exclusively to nocturnal raids of the
torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo
boats, the sowing of mines and the
attacking of guard boats.
Heavy Fighting at Port Arthur.
Chefoo, July 27.-9:0O A: MA junk,
bringing Chlnese rerHgGes rivgsd bere ere Tbe chi
nese report here that when they le1t Fort
Arthur, July %. heavy hght6Tng was gong l,
able to give any details. They report that
the Japanese have heavily fortified san
eii'i War Material Burned.
ST. Petersburg July 27.-Fire today de-
stroyed the largest electric cable wire fac
tory in ST. Petersburg, with the loss or
hbout hies and st1H Wires for toFpedoes and mines
intended for the Baltic squadron were oe-
stroyed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27
HUMIDITY IN THE AIR.
This Makes the Weather Today Seem
Very Oppressive.

This is another of those sticky days
with the temperature not as high, rela-
lively, as the humidity, but combination
that brings oppressiveness-
The corn and wheat region bulletin to-
day says: Cloudy weather prevailed in
the Northeastern counties of Kansas and
at Wichita this morning, with clear
wea ther over the rest of the state and in
western Missouri. Showers have occurred
at Fort Scott and in southwestern Mis-
souri,. The temperature has risen"
The maximum and minimum tenpera-
lures reported from the Kansas stations
for the "a hours ending this morning at
O'Clock were as follows: Baker, S6-62;
Concordia, SO-66: Dodge City, 1854; Dres-
den, $3.50; Fort Scott, S4-62; Macksville go
5s; Mcpherson, 1854; Manhattan, $3.50;
Usage City, s6-62; Sedan. SS-62; Topeka, So
IS; Toronto, SS-62; Wichita, 1864.
The forecast for Kansas sent out to-
day is: Partly cloudy and warm tonight
and Thursday" The wind at noon was
northwest blowing six miles an hour. The
hourly temperatures recorded by the gov
ernment thermometer today were as fol-
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them on their way to the north side of
the city.
Strike Extends.

the city.
Strike Extends.
Stockyards teamsters Joined the
packing employees today Seven hun
dred of the drivers for the packing
companies refused to go to work, the
teamsters' joint council having en-
dorsed the vote to strike and ordered
the members of every other local
cries to the stock yards. Wagons of
merchants containing supplies and
materials for the various plants were
turned back from every gate Pickets
guarded the barns to make sure no
non-union drivers should be employed
to take their places
Practically all the striking live stock
handlers returned to their work in the
yards today for the Union Stock Yards
and Transit company, an agreement
having been made with them that
they need not assist in weighing or de-
livering stock consigned to the pack
ers involved in the strike. They are
handling all stock for the independent
packers
Ready to Strike.
East ST Louis, ILL.,, July 27.-The
allied trades here are ready to strike
and only await word from their head
officials to go out. This word is ex-
pected today or tomorrow. If the
sympathetic strike by the allied trades
is not ordered it is stated that almost
all the members of these unions in
East St LOUIS Will walk out anyway.
The packers continue to employ new
men, but it is asserted by the strikers
that the packers are doing very little
killing and that much of the by
products are wasted as the result of
unskilled labor.
sheriff Called In.
Omaha, Neb., July 27.-The board
of fire and police commissioners of
South Omaha by resolution today de-
clared their inability to police the
strike district in that city and request
ed Sheriff Power to take charge of the
strike. The sheriff went to South
Omaha and later reported to the coun-
ty commissioners that there was no
apparent necessity for extra police or
for deputy sheriffs. He said every
thing was quiet and that no lawless-
ness of any kind was being indulged in.
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ATTACKED BY BULLS.
Stock Farm EmpIoye Nearly Loses
His Life.

Syracuse, N. Y, July 27.-Eugene
Mills, an employe of a stock farm near
this city, has a hard fight for life with
two prize bulls and only for the timely
been killed.
The animals were in a box car pre-
paratory to being shipped to the ST.
Louis exposition and Mills attempted to
tighten the rope on one of them. The
bull made a rush at the man and strik-
ing him in the chest, knocked him
down. Scrambling to his feet, he tried
to escape, but was met by the other an
imal.
Mills was again knocked down and
would have been gored to death had
not his employer, hearing the commo-
ton and cries, come to the rescue. He
beat off the maddened animals and
dragged the man from the car. A
physician found that Mills was badly
cut about the head and probably inter-
nally injured.
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HI. S. MORGAN TO BUILD.
Six Thousand Dollar Residence at
Fourteenth and Harrison.
Margaret Morgan.

Margaret Morgan, through H. S.
Morgan, has taken out permit for
$4,000 dwelling on lots 501-503
Harrison street. This will be at the
corner of Fourteenth and Harrison
The building is to be completed by
December L, and will be built by D. P.
Scott.
A building permit has also been
taken out by H. L. Miller for a $2,-
500 house at 800 Woodlawn avenue.
1t will be of two stories, and will be
completed about November 1. There
are an unusual number of fine resi-
dences being built in Topeka this
summer
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ARCHIE LORD is DEAD.
A Well known Topeka Man Passes
Away.

Archie Lord died Tuesday evening at
$3.50 o'clock at his home at 11s Harrison
street of blood poisoning, contracted
while engaged in rescue work at the
great & no9a wh1en 1on, VlS1seo STE 1 Moren t,I L0I
take place from the house on Thurs
day afternoon at 2:30> o clock under the
direction of Rev. Mr.. Skinner, pastor
of the Euclid Avenue Methodist church.
Interment will be in Topeka cemetery,
conducted by the Knights and Ladies
of Security of which order the deceased
was a member.
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For Good Roads.

The residents and property owners
of Highland park and vicinity will
hold a meeting in the school house of
district No. 35 to discuss ways and
means to better the present system of
working the public highways and to
organize a good roads club. There
will be several papers read on the good
roads subject, in addition to speaking
by men well posted on the subject.
The Davis road smoother will be on
exhibition. Everyone interested in
good roads is invited to be present
on Saturday evening, July 80, 1904.
Meeting begins at o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27
COL. ANTHONYIS BETTER
Veteran LeavenwOrth Editor Rallies
and Condition Improves.

Leavenworth, Kas.. July 27.-The
condition of Col. D. r. Anthony, ed
itor of the Times. was slightly i'm
proved today. The heart action was
more regular and some of the serious
omplications noted yesterday were
disappearing. His condition, how
ever, is still considered serious.
Colonel Anthony is perfectly con-
scious, but his condition is such that
his friends have no hope of his re-
covery. He is suffering from weak
heart action complicated with an
affection of the kidneys.
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Toneka Parties Strike OH.

Chanute, Kas, July 27.-The Old
Abe Oil and Gas company has brought
in the second we'll on it's holdings in
the trans-Neosho field east of Cha
mute Fifty-two feet of sand was dis
covered. The we'll is the Brown
lease, the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of 27-27-19- The
Old Abe company is one promoted by
Kelly & Dennis and the majority of
its stock is owned by Topeka parties.
Another well has been located.
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Farrinrton wells Doing wen.

CherryvaIe. Kas., July 27.-The Far
rington Oil Co. has four wells at Cher
ryvale, the last of which was drilled
four months ago. These wells until
a month ago were only pumped occa-
sionally. About a month ago they
were put on the pump. They are now
doing 100 barrels a day, or 25 barrels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27
Liberated by a Woman.

Ell Paso, Tex, July 27.-The Mexf-
can prisoners charged with murder
ing and rObbing American proSpectorS
in Sonora have escaped from Jail at
Aqua Prieta a border town in Sonora
opposite Douglas, Arizona. 1t is said
a woman liberated them after giving
the guards liquor with which they
became intoxicated.
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The HanIon-Nelson Bout.

San Francisco, July 27.-Intense in
terest is being manifested over the
coming battle between Battling Mel
son of Chicago and Eddie Hanlon.
the pride of Frisco, which takes place
here before the Hayes Valley club
Friday night. Twenty rounds is the
distance, although none of the dope
sters expect the mill to stretch out
over that number of rounds. The
date of the fight given last week was
a a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27
SHUT OUT COMPETITION
Jersey Voting Machine Contract Goes
to Courts.

Trenton, July 27.-Alleging that ad-
vertisements for bids We're so worded
that competition was impossible, the re-
cent award by the state voting ma
chine commission of the contract for
supplying 100 machines, at $500 each, to
the Standard Voting Machine company
review at the suit of the Columbia
company, an unsuccessful bidder.
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GRAND RAPIDS SIGNS BRIsrow
Son of Government Official to Join
Central League Team.

Terre Haute, Ind. July 27.-Sher-
man Bristow, "a years old, son of
tourth Assistant Postmaster General
Brlstow, has been signed by John NJ
Heenan of this city part owner of
the Grand Rapids Central league
team. as shortsop for the Grand
RAPIDS team BriStow has been play
man.
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Carrie Nation Found a Drx Town.

Louisville. KY, July 27.-Carrie Ma
ton went to La Grange, KY, this
morning and spent some time looking
for Joints" before she discovered that
she was in a dry town. She devoted
her attention to tobacco users.
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Weather IndIcat1ons.

Chicago, July 27.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day; warmer tonight and Thursday;
variable winds.
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% w War Material Burned.

ST Petersburg. July 27.-Fire today de-
stroyed the largest electric cable wire fac
tory in ST. Petersburg, with the loss OF
about 81 25O 600. A large quantity of ca
bIes and wires for torpedoes and mines
intended for the Baltic squadron We're de-
stroyed.
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RUSSIANS MAKE MERRY
Over the Failure of the Japanese at
Port Arthur

ST. Petersburg. March 5-The con-
tinued dearth of war news from the
front does not occasion surprise here,
as the Russians are proceeding dellber-
ately with their plans, serious land op-
erations not being expected for several
weeks. However. minor collisions in
northern Korea may occur at any time.
The report of Major General Plug,
chief of staff of Viceroy Alexieff, that
the stacks of the japanese cruisers
sunk near Chemulpo have been seen
confirms the theory entertained from
the first that the Japanese are follow
ing their traditional policy of conceal
ing their losses.
The disappearance of the Japanese
fleet from Port Arthur after its failure
is creating merriment here, one paper
remarking that it has doomed the in
visible cap, straddled the carpet. and
may land next in the ice in front of
st. Petersburg"
The Gazette this morning attributes
the less unfriendly attitude of the
United States and Great Britain
toward Russia to the fact that they
are commercial nations and realize that
the Warwill cost a tremendous amount
of money and that Japan viii not have
the walkover anticipated.
Madam Pousep, of Riga, who desires
to be enrolled in a Cossack regiment.
is here urging her petition. She is 33
years of age, was reared under the pa
tronage of the late Gar Alexander II,
4 is a nne nOfSeW0n1dn, a SOOu SnOI, ana
handles rifle, revolver and sword equal
ly well, often taking part in the cav
airy maneuvers of the Vyazensky reg
iment. Madam Pousep is also quail
fed as a Red Cross nurse, but she says
there are enough women nurses and
she wants to show that a woman can
fight. If her petition is rejected she
will go at her own expense and serve
as a daughter" of the regiment
A naval expert writing to the Novosti
trap to the japanese, and adds that
mot one hundredth part of the yellow
Napoleons will get out alive"
The weather at Port Arthur during
the last few days has been much
spring.
Many fast locomotives are being sent
from European Russia to Siberia.