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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-07
COUNCIL OF WAR.
Military Officials at Cripple
Greek Map Out Campaign.

Cripple Creek, Colo, Jan. 7.-Colonel
Verdeckberg, commander of the mill
tary force in this district. held a
council of war; today with his post
commanders at which plans for the en-
forcement of the vagrancy proclama-
ton were discussed. The colonel re-
fused to disclose his plans but it is re-
ported that one more day will be given
strikers to leave the district OF obtain
employment. Preparations are being
made, it is said, for wholesale arrests
tomorrow. Prisoners against whom no
charge other than vagrancy is made
will be evlcted from Teller county and
will not be permitted to return.
c. I'll. Reimer, who was arrested yes
terday, is confined in the county Jail
but no criminal charge has been filed
against him. His home is in Buffalo,
N. Y, and an attempt may be made
to take his case before the United
States district court on an application
for a writ of habeaS corpus.
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THREE KILLED ON t."
Collision Followed by Fire Starts
Panic.

New York, Jan. Three trainmen
were killed today by a collision of two
trains on the Brooklyn Elevated rail-
road.
One of the dead was hurled from the
structure to the street and nearly
every bone in his body broken, while
another had his head crushed between
the bumper of the engine which was
rammed by a motor train and the
front car of the one drawn by steam
power.
simultaneously with the collision a
fire was started by the Goals from the
locomotive and this added to the panic
of the passengers who fought desper-
ately to escape from the wrecked cars.
The dead, who were all employees of
the road were:
GEORGE GUILG, yardmaster.
JAMES O'BRIEN, car coupler.
WILLIAM H. FERGUSON, foreman.
George E. Smith, aged 80 years,
was seriously injured. None of the
passengers was badly hurt.
The crowded passenger train crashed
into a train of empties, telescoping the
rear car of the latter in which were
the trainmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-07
WANTS PRESS GAGGED.
Kentucky's Governor Would Suppress
Accounts of Bloody Feuds.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. I'm his mes
sage to the Kentucky general assembly
Governor w. c. Beckham urged the
passage of a law making it a penal Of
Tense to send out exaggerated accounts
of such feudS as have occurred in Breat-
HIT county recently. The governor adj
vised that a gag be put on the press, on
the ground that the printing of ac-
counts of the feuds Injuries the name
of the state. He said, after admitting
that the conditions in Breathitt county
were unfortunate:
'EThe conditions in Breathitt county
We're grossly exaggerated by sensational
journals, among whom it has been the
fashion to paint 1urid romance out of
any tragedy in Kentucky. Our state
has been made their sport and prey.
With morbid greed they seize on every
crime committed here, and display it in
the most extravagant manner, while a
similar crime committed elsewhere re-
ceiyes only passing notice.
THE people of Kentucky are as law
abiding as any on earth. Life, liberty
and property are as safe and well pro-
tected here as in any other state in the
Union. 1t is not an exaggeration to say
that there was not day during the
past year that human life was not safer
in acknowledgement in Breathitt county
than it is any night on the streets of
Chicago or New York.
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MIR. WHEELER APOLOGIES
Didn't Mean Mr.. Albaugh in His
Statement,

D. w. Wheeler of Marion says that
his remarks before the Republican state
central committee Tuesday night were
not intended to apply to Chairman AL
baugh, but referred to the way things
were run last winter during the early
part of the legislature Everybody sup
posed Mr.. Wheeler was directing his
statements directly at Albaugh, and
Mr.. Albaugh himself SO construed them.
"Albaugh was at home with a broken
leg at the time I referred to- Mr..
Wheeler said to a State Journal re-
porter afterwards. Il was driving at
the way the headquarters was run here
in the Copeland along about the time
the legislature met
Mr.. Albaugh took the remarks to him
self, and when he took occasion to thank
the committee for its treatment of him,
just before its adjournment he said he
was sorry to hear, for the first time,
that any member had thought himself
not treated right as a committeeman.
Mr.. Albaugh added that he had not in
tentionally sighted any member of the
committee or wronged any in the con-
duct of the committee affairs.
After the adjournment Mr.. Wheeler
went to Mr.. Albaugh and said he was
not aiming at him in his speech
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SCHWAB ON STAND.
Ex-President of Steel Trust
Testifies in Shipbuilding Case.

New York, Jan. 7.-Chas. NJ. Schwab,
ex-president of the United States Steel
corporation, took the stand today in the
action to make permanent the receiver
ship over the United States Shipbuild-
ing company, to tell of his connection
with the sale of the Bethlehem Steel
company to the shipyards concern.
The attendance at the hearing, which
had fallen off during the taking of testi-
mony, was greatly increased today, in
teresting testimony being expected from
the man who arranged the sale of the
Bethlehem plant from ]. P. Morgan &
Co., to whom he had transferred it as
syndicate managers, to the United
States Shipbuilding, the arrangement
being such, Receiver Smith alleges, that
the Shipbuilding company has been I'M
able to control the Bethlehem company
organization of it's earnings to keep the
Shipbuilding company from insolvency.
Counsel Untermyer for the complain
ant bondholders' protective association
Immediately began the examination of
the witness. Mr.. Schwab gave his age
as A. and said he had at present no oc-
cupation, having ceased to be president
of the United States Steel corporation.
He had no connection, executive or ad-
visory, with the Bethlehem Steel COM
pany at this time, he said, though he
had IAN enormous pecuniary interest in
that company. He severed his cOnnec-
ton with the mana gement of the COM
pany on account of his going abroad in
1902
His whole life, he said, had been con-
nected with the steel industry.
you are considered the leading ex-
pert in that line are you not?" was
asked.
''I do not take that honor to myself. u
he ans Wered
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MAJOR M'TEER DEAD.
Stomach Trouble Carries Off Mayor of
Knoxville.

New York, Jan. 7.-Major J. T. Nc
Teer, mayor of Knoxville, Tenn. is
dead at the Hoffman house from stom-
ach trouble.
In the early part of last summer
Major McTeer came to this city and
put himself under the care of special
lists and in a, short time improved so
much that he was able to return home.
The illness required, however, and
about two months ago he came back
to this city in such a serious condi-
ton that it was considered best to OPP
crate upon him two weeks later.
During his illness Major McTeer S
wife and son were with him. Feeling
that his father was on the road to re-
covery, the latter went back to Knox
VILE but Mrs. McTeer remained here.
A chill contracted a week ago produced
complications which proved fatal. The
body will be shipped to Knoxville to-
day.
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TO CHANGE BOYS NAME.
Legislature Will Make Young Heir
Francis Barring Peckham,

Newport. r. L. Jan. THE legislature
will be asked to change small Eddie
Corcoran's name to that of his bene-
factor, the distinguished lawyer, Francis
Barring Peckham.
Mr.. Peckham, whose will was filed
Monday, bequeathed $4,000 in trust to
his protege, $4,000 to the boys mother,
and $4,000 to Eddie'S aunt, Miss Mary
G. Mahoney, who was Mr.. Peckhams
housekeeper both before and after his
wife's death.
Mrs. Peckham was childless. She was
blind during her last days. Eddie Cor
coran's presence in her home brought
joy to her, and nearly satisfied Mr.
Peckham's yearning for son.
The lawyers will ordered that the best
education will be given Eddie to fit him
for life's struggle; that, If need be, the
equip him. Mr.. Peckham's handsome
but simple residence on Central Court
viii also finally revert to the boy, who
is 10 years old. He and his mother and
house.
I'VE wish to remain in obscuritv.
said Miss Mahoney. Neither Eddie's
head, nor that of any of US. will be
turned by this sudden wealth, you can
depend. He is not particularly pre-
eocious, nor particularly handsome, but
he is a good boy, with e gentle DISPOSE
ton. When he was younger, with long
light curis, Mr.. Peckham was much at
tracted to him. But now Eddie is at
that Inward age when no boy is really
go ing"
ne say what he will be- when
he Sio~s up?" asked the correspondent.
No, said Miss Mahoney. His grand
rather and father were expert engrav-
ers, but Eddie has no talent for draw
ing. Nevertheless his father intended
that Eddie should be an architect. The
youngster goes to school at Miss Mae
Savers private school, where he asso-
ciates with the children of the wealthy.
We will try to make him all his bene-
factor would have wished"
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MOTHER OF TWINS AT so.
Aged Farmer and Wife Proud of New
Years Present

Pittsburg. Pa. Jan. IA New Years
present for Charles Ritter, an aged
farmer of Bristol pike and Pennypack
lane, was fine pair of boys, who will
be named Joseph and James as soon as
preparations for a christening celebra-
ton can be completed
The boys have three brothers. but
they will never have them for play
mates. Charles Ritter, jr., the eldest,
is 50 years old. and Albert, the young
est of the three. is only ten years his
junior.
Mr.. Ritter who is 20 years old and but
ten wears older than his wife, came to
this country from his native town in
Saxony in 1850. For the last forty years
he has been engaged in farming in the
northeastern section of this county.
His wife is also of German birth, hav-
ing come to this city from Cassel. in
Hesse- Nine children have blessed
their union. Mrs. Ritter does not look
more than 40 years of age, although she
is co.
Mr.. Ritter was the picture of happi-
ness this morning, and expressed his
intention of continuing work on his
farm as long as he should live. The
twins are healthy and strong.
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STEEL RAIL TRADE QUIET.
Some of the Railroads Have Cam
ceIled Thefr Orders.

New York, Jan. 7.-While some i'm
provement is noted in the foundry pig
iron markets, according to the Iron Age,
disquieting reports come from the steel
rail and finished material trades. Re
ports of cutting are again current in
structural materials while complaints
have been made of price irregularities
in the steel plate trade. A disposition
to shade prices in northern pig iron also
is noted as one of the events of the
week.
Concerning the steel rail trade, the
Iron Age says:
Disquieting reports come from the
steel rail trade, which must, however,
lose good deal Of their force when the
conditions are more carefully examined
1t is stated that some of the railroads
have recently cancelled orders placed
for this year, that others have cut down
their estimates and have notified the
mills of postponement Of deliveries, and
that earlier inquiries have shrunxen
much lately All this must not be
taken too seriously The BUYERS know
that the steel rail capacity is much
greater-than it was a year ago, that the
pressure for steel for the manufacturing
of billets is less, and therefore in all
proba bility there will be little trouble
at any time during 1904 in securing fair
deliveries.
There is little incentive, therefore, to
get orders in early or to put in full re-
quirements. Prices are usually guar
anteed against decline but this APP
plies only to the actual time of ship
ment When rails are delivered the
contract price holds.
In finished iron and steel generally
consumers are maintaining a waiting
attitude. Some tonnage has been
placed in structural material, but there
are reports that some low prices are
being. made in fabricated material and
on contracts for finished structures
There have been complaints, too, of oc-
!
trade. In the east and in the west iron
bars have not gained in strength, but
a better volume of inquiries is reported
in sheets. An export trade in bars is
developing in an encouraging manns@
There has been increased interest in
the foundry pig iron markets and some
disposition on the part of northern pro-
ducers to shade prices
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WRITES HIS OWN EPITAPH
Coal Dealers Will Contains Phllos-
ophY for Tombstone.

Mount Holly, N. J., Jan. I'm his
will, which. has just been admitted to
probate in the county surrogate's of
flee here, after disposing of an estate
valued at several thousand dollars,
Lorenzo D. Hammell, a former Bur
lington coal dealer, who died on his
farm near that city recently, directs
that the following inscription be placed
upon his tombstone:
I'm memory of Lorenzo D. Hammell.
Born Nov. 81, 1918; died -. BY force
of eternal law, man lives and dies. The
purpose of his production he cannot
know, but can be assured that if plan
ned and executed by omniscient wis
dom and omniscient power, it can
neither be an experiment, mistake, nor
failure, but must result as the Designer
intended, and had all knowledge and
power to accomplish
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NOTORIETY ANNOYS GIRL.
Fiancee of Wreck Victim Receives
Offers from Strangers.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. miss Lillian
Bennett, the young English girl who came
to this country to marry Ambrose Good,
one of the victims of the Dawson wreck,
and who was buried at McKeesport Mon
day, viii remain in America and make
her home with Thomas Good, a brother
Of the deceased, who resides at NcKeeS-
port.
The sensational newspaper stories pub
hshed in the eastern papers to the effect
that Miss Bennett was penniless and
annoyance to the young woman, who has
been receiving numerous communications
by mail from strangers all over the
country.
Cash offers for her photograph, offers Of
marriage, to go on the stage and Invita-
tons from strangers extending her a
permanent home and positions have been
received daily. She has, without excep-
ton, ignored these letters.
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FIND PEARLS IN OYSTER.
Pennsylvania Woman's "Fry" Yields
Belated Christmas Present.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. Pearls of
an estimated value of several hundred
dollars were found in an oyster by
Mrs. G. c. Schofield of Bath, Pa, while
she was having lunch at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. R. F. Reinhardt,
last evening.
Mrs. Reinhardt stopped at down
town restaurant on the way home and
bought a box of fried oysters. Mrs.
Schofield had eaten several bivalves,
and upon putting another into her
mouth bit on some hard substance. On
investigating she found they were
eleven pearls.
Three of these are as large as French
peas and perfectly round, while the
others are not quite so large, but of
good color and shape. The pearls were
submitted to an expert for examina-
ton and he gave a preliminary opinion
that they are of considerable value.
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Congratulations.

- Mr.. John H. Cullom, editor of the Gar
land, Texas, News, has written a letter
of congratulations to the manufacturers
lows: sixteen years ago, when our first
child was baby he was subject to
croupy spells and we would be very I'M
easy about him. We began using Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in 1887, and find
ing it such a reliable remedy for colds
and Group, We have never been without
it in the house since that time. We have
five children and have given it to all OF
them with good results One good feat
ure of this remedy is that it is not disa-
greeable to take and our babies really
like it. Another is that it is not danger
GUS and there is no risk from giving an
overdose. 1 congratulate you upon the
success of your remedy" For sale by
all druggists.
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OCTOGENARIAN JAIL.
Litigant Surrenders Himself After
Adverse Court Decision.

Binghamton, N. Y, Jan Wv. S..
Holmes, aged "a, of Whitney Point, is
in the Broome county Jail, having given
himself up to protect his bondsmen.
Holmes had a long litigation with
relatives over his wife's estate. He
claims that before her death she gave
him $500 in cash. After her death
relatives sought to recover this proper
ty, and finally obtained an order from
Judge Gladding of Norwich directing
Holmes to turn over the money.
Supposing that the money was his,
the old man had spent it in the years
since his wife's death Accordingly, he
cannot turn it over now in compliance
with the court order, and is therefore in
contempt.
Rather than have the heirs look to his
bondsmen, the old man has gone to jail
voluntarily.
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INDIANS ARE UNFRIENDLY.
Chief of San Bias Tribe Wears Colon.
bias Uniform.

New York, Jan. THE United States
gungoat Bancroft has returned from a
cruise along the coast of Caledonia,
made to investigate conditions and cir
cumstances of the alleged abduction
of the Indian chief Inanaquina, says a
Herald dispatch from Colon. 1t is sta
ted that the San Bias Indians were
found to be most unfriendly. They OBJ
jected to the landing of the Bancroft's
officers and to their remaining ashore.
They also refused to sell fruit or fresh
water.
Chief Inanaquina was seen at a dis
tance, wearing a fine new Colombian
uniform.
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seeks American Aid.

London, Jan. Jacques Lebaudy,
the Emperor of Sahara has ap-
preached United States diplomatic and
consular officials with a view to obtain
ing the services of Americans for his
imperial service in his empire
NJ. Lebaudy says he intends to form
a navy and is anxious to secure Ameri-
can sailors for the service.
The officials have declined to be Sc
duced into accepting positions by offers
of Saharan decorations, pointing out
that Americans who would join the
navy would be liable to arrest as
pirates
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TO CLEAR GIRLS NAME.
Prima Donna's Father Appeals to
American Ambassador in Berlin.

Berlin, Jan. -7-Sometime ago the news
paper Die Welt printed a story connect
ing the name of Crown Prince Frederick
William with an American girl, Geraldine
Earrar, the prima donna of the royal
opera and a daughter of a former Amer
lean baseball player
Emperor William and Mr.. Farrar were
both angry over the publication. and the
latter said he intended to sue the news
paper for libel and would appeal to the
Kaiser to aid in clearing Miss Farrar's
name.
It is now announced that Charlemagne
Tower, the American ambassador here
has received an application from Miss
Farrar's father to interfere in the case.
but defamation of character is not case
within the province of the embassy, where
the insinuations are not credited 1t is
well known at the embassy that Miss
Farrar has been received in some of the
best German houses.
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GLASSES FOR sPECTACLEs.
Advance in Price Made in the Raw
Material.

New York, Jan. 7.-Following the ad-
vance of five to 100 per cent in the
price of glasses for spectacles made on
November 1 last, notices have been
sent to wholesale dealers and jobbers
of the United States of another raise
which has just taken effect and viii
apply to practically all optical goods.
The advance has been made by the
manufacturers who import raw mater
iaI and is said to be due to great
changes in the trade in recent years,
compelling them to carry vast assort-
ment of goods at great expense.
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STORM LAST OF WEEK.
That Is Present Prediction of @Cider''
Smith.

Cider Smith, who scored a correct
forecast for the storm of January l and
the weather to follow, today issued the
following forecast:
I'VE get our best weather any time of
the year after a northeastern How
quickly the weather responded to the
change of wind direction from the north
west to the eastward. We are not in or
very near storm period, but will be
about Saturday or Sunday. At present
the precipitation will be light
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FIFTY-YEAR ROMANCE ENDS
Deininger and Mrs. Halle, Sweet
hearts in Childhood, Are Wed.

Belleville, ILL.,, Jan. IA romance
more than half a century old cuImina-
ted today in the marriage of Christ
opher Deininger to Mrs. Eva Halle.
Mr.. Deininger is 79 years old and his
bride is 70. AS children they played to-
gether, and always the boy, nine years
older than the girl, watched tenderly
over her. AS they grew older they still
held their affection for one another
and at last were betrothed.
They were separated, however, and
after a few years both married others
and each had a family. For years they
never heard of one another, as they
had moved to other cities.
Recently they met here, and renewed
their old friendship. This rapidly ripen
ed into the old love, and today they
were married, and left on the wedding
journey they might have taken more
than so years ago.
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who Travels in Tourist sieepers P

All sorts of people: business and pro-
fessional men; farmers; land seekers
everybody but the very rich and the
very poor Second class tickets are ac-
cepted-saving No. 1. Berth rates are
only half those of standard sleepers-
saving No. 2. Total saving, nearly $40.
Rock Island tourist s1eepers run daily
via Eel Paso; three times a week via
Colorado. Fully described in folder
ACROSS the Continent in Tourist
Sleeping Car" Ask for a copy.
A. E. COOPER,
Division Pass. Agent. Topeka.
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Low Rates to Portland, Oregon, via
Union Pacific.

On account National Live Stock asso-
citation at Portland, Ore, January 12-15.
1904 and annual convention National
Wool Growers assoclation at Portiana.
offers the following rates and dates of
sales
Round trip tickets on sale January 6,
4, s and Q, 1904 at $4,000, good returning
un1il January 81, 1904.
For full information regarding bertls.
iiu,its routes, etc, call on ]. c. Fulton,
depot agent or F. A. Lewis, c. T. A.,
5a5 Kansas avenue.
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TOLAY THIRD RAIL.
Scheme of Southern Pacific to Pre-
vent TunneIing the Sierras.

San Francisco, Jan. Tt was stated
today that the Southern Pacific has
under consideration a new project to
facilitate transportation across the
Sierras, the tunnel project having been
Indefinitely deferred. The proposed
plan is the laying of a third rail be-
tween Sacramento and Truckee and the
establishment of an electric plant with
power obtained from the Truckee river
Great motor cars would be operated
to assist trains in crossing the heavy
grade. 1t is said that plans have been
prepared and submitted to President
Hartman.
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MASON GOES TO PRISON.
Negro Murderer Begins His Life
Sentence.

Sheriff Lucas this morning took Will
lam A. Mason, colored, to the peniten-
tiary to serve his life term for the
murder of Fred Tutcher.
Mason claims to have been suffering
from acute rheumatism for several
weeks and Lucas delayed taking him
to the penitentiary until he declared
himself able to travel Harry Nichols
accompanied Lucas as a deputy TO
guard the prisoner.