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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
between TWO FIRES.
Cofeyville Judge in Quandary What
to Do.

The suit filed in the supreme court
Monday afternoon to mandamuS Geo.
r. Smelling, judge of the city court of
Coffeyville, to issue warrants for the
arrest of the laborers who are putting
in a pipe line in Montgomery county
to pipe gas out of the state, brings up
a peculiar condition of affairs. Smell
ling started to issue these warrants
some time ago but was enjoined from
doing so by Judge F,lannelly in the
Montg gomery county district court.
Now Smelling is between two fires.
He is already enjoined by the district
court from doing a certain thing and
the supreme court may mandamus him
to do the same thing. OF course if
the writ is allowed by the supreme
court Smelling will go ahead and issue
the warrants as he originally started
to do.
The question has been raised wheth-
er Smelling will be liable for the costs
of the action in the supreme court if
the writ is granted. Lawyers seem to
think that he will be, although he is
prevented from doing what is desired
by an injunction from a court superior
to his own. Smelling was assistant at
torney general under the Leedy ad
mlniStratiOn and is a pretty good law
yer himself. He did much of the work
for which L. c. Boyle got the credit.
The Montgomery county attorneys
who are conducting the case for the
opponents of the pipe line company
are w. E. Zeigler and J. H. Dana.
They have employed Waggener Dos
ter & Orr to help them in the supreme
court. The ground on which the writ
of mandamus is asked is that the dis
trict court has no authority to enjoin
lower court from issuing warrants
for the arrest of persons when the
warrants are issued in the prosecution
of violations of law. The theory of
those who are fighting the pipe line
is that in digging trenches along the
public highways to lay the line the
workmen are obstructing public high
ways, and warrants are asked for their
arrest on that charge.
The question will largely hinge on
whether digging trenches to lay a gas
pipe line is obstructing the public
highway. 1t is argued by the pipe line
people that this is a public utility and
therefore the workmen are not guilty
of obstructing the highways.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
LAwsON's STATEMENT.
Says Certain Newspapers Have Re-
fused His Advertising.

Boston, Dec. 13.-Thomas w. Law
son has issued the following statements
addressed to 1.-The Press of America"
From the beginning 1 have asked
no favors of the press. I have, as the
press knows, paid my way. Neither
have I wilted under the lash of some
of tn cir comments.
To-day my full paid advertisements
were refused by some of the leading
metropolitan journals, which at the
same time are running the advertise
ment at a discount of most Scurril-
Gus attack on me wherein the prin-
the press of America think of this for
a fair deal? For six months, against
the combined power and money of
Wall street and the system 1 have
been educating the people to a simple
truth, that they have been victims of
cold blooded robbery; that they have
been. through their own savings made
the instrument by which they have
been ruthlessly plundered by a few
men. The people have been pat schol
ars and last week they spoke. The
system Immediately howled:
Lawson has Ieagued up with his 'sys-
tenn to rob the poor; he could not have
I let them howl for forty-eight hours;
then with all their faults of a maximum
of activity, with their money, their power,
and the very. reputation of the system
'em again, and the world can judge by
the result today what show the system
them in deadly earnest and for final
clinch, for as yet what has been done is
only preliminary Skirmishing.
1 hope the people will make no mistake.
I am but an Insignificant instrument. For
years 1 have been preparing for the
struggle which is here. Others thought
the way was through labor unions, Social
ism and other ''isms," politics and the
pulpit.
I discovered the only way, the sure
way, was the one through which the peo-
pie have been enslaved, their pocketbooks,
and l am now sure of it.
1t is the people that doing the work
The psychological time is at hand. The
American people are ripe and at the head
of their government is the man with
brains, the nerve, the honesty and the
fettered will to stand by and referee the
contest The tussle now on is light against
darkness, fair dealing against trickery,
the people against the brutal power of the
greatest monster of all times-arbitrarily
made dollars-while every modern dollar
thug may well shiver at today's handwrit-
ing the wall
THOMAS w. LAWSON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
FOUR BIG GAM ES.
What Washburn Plans for Next Years
Football Season.

Missouri university at Topeka, Octo-
kansas university at Topeka, No
vember 4.
Nebraska university at Lincoln, No
vember IS.
Colorado university at Denver,
Thanksgiving, Novem Der 80.
The above are the "big games"
which are being arranged for next
years football schedule at Washburn.
The employment of DR.. John Out
land as physical director at Wash
burn together with the retention of
w w. Stahl, as assistant manager, ha'
caused business to pick up in athletic
circles at the Topeka institution.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, the college
will make great effort to raise a
large portion of the 5000 remaining
on its athletic debt Several stores
have offered a percentage of all sales
made. Each of the above stores
named will donate to the college 10
per cent of its gross sales on Wednes-
day. The only requirement is that
people get n slip showing the amount
of their purchase, and mail the same
to S. w. Pressey, treasurer of the
Athletic association. The stores will
"cash in 10 per cent of all the slips
so returned.
The Washburn management used a
half page space of paid advertising in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
MIR. MAXWELL is BUSY.
Commences the Grading of West
Twelfth Street.

Under City Engineer McCabe's orders. J.
H. Maxwell has commenced the grading
of Twelfth street, between Kansas avenue
and Jackson, and will go ahea1 wit. the
work of grazing he two blocks which
flank the shops, par1s and office Of the
City Railway company.
Arrangements are sSiG to have t,tn
made by which the work o. paving, over
which John Rite lie and the street car
company had d falli 1g cut, will be { t.
tended to when the time comes. While
the work will, it is said, be nnminallv done
by Ritchie, he will, matter of fact,
receive a certain sum ot money his
profits on the job and will turn the
work over to somebody else who is on
better terms with the railway company.
All the brick, curbing, etc, is on the
ground. The only difficulty will be about
a roller big enough to do the work. Mr..
Ritchie is said to be the owner of the
only roller of the required size, and this
roller is at present out of town.
The street railway company is anxious
to get the job finished up before the cold
weather begins, so it can have the use of
the pavement during the coming winter
The work of laying brick on Huntoon
street, between jackson and Van Buren,
was comm enced this morning and will be
pushed ahead as rapidly as possible. The
amount of brick to be laid on this block
by the contractor is not large, most of
the street is occupied by the double track
of the city railway company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
SAYS CHADWICK KNEW.
Banker Beclxwith Declares Doctor Was
Partner in Wife's Doings.

Cincinnati, Dec. ia Times-Star
special from Oberlin says:
President Beckwith when shown the
Paris interview with DR.. Chadwick,
who seemed surprised that his wife
was so heavily involved in America,
said:
''Why, he knew all about this mat
ter upon his return from Europe last
August. On August 26 L got a tele-
gram from Mrs Chadwick saying that
the matter of the Carnegie note would
be taken UP in a few days and that
would get are money. On August 27
I got another telegram from her say
ing that the matter had been all ar
ranged and that could look for a set
tlement at any time. On August 2S L
got a letter from her saying that DR..
Chadwick was to take up the matter of
the Carnegie notes and that they
would all be paid at once and that if 1
would come to Cleveland on Septem-
Der 1 could get settlement. Ac-
cordingly 1 went to Cleveland and met
them at the Chadwick home on Euclid
avenue. I arrived about A o'clock in
the afternoon at their beautiful home,
and DIR. Chadwick had arrived from
New York on the o'clock train,
having just returned from Europe. The
matter was brought UP of the Chad
wick loans and he said that while he
had just returned from Europe it
would be impossible for him to raise
any money until the end of that week
or by Monday morning of the next
told him that I must have some money
at once and 1 wanted some at that
time
"'Well,' said DR.. Chadwick, can
give you 100000 now and next week
1 will send you some more, which will
help you out He then asked his wife
to get him the check book and she told
him that it was out in the other room
and he left the room, where Mrs.
Chadwick and myself were sitting, and
in a few minutes returned with two
checks, which read as follows:
"'Cleveland, O., Sept. 8. 1904.
PAY to the order of G. L. Beck
with or order $4,000 (ten thousand
dollars.)
"LEROY S. CHADWICK
"The two checks he brought out to
me and handed them over with his
own hands. These were in payment
for two notes which had been given
to us by Mrs. Chadwick and were Car
negie notes. Don't it look to you as
if he know something about his wife's
doing? They ought to bring him back
to this country and prosecute him to
the full extent of the law. There are
other things about this matter and
will at some future time, when the
thing is ripe, tell all 1 know about him
as we'll as the joint deals we had to-
gether. He knew of the Carnegie
notes as we'll as she did and 1 know
the matter was talked over with Mr..
Revnolds and himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
CUNNINGHAM REMOVED
President of Letter Carriers Associa-
ton Loses His Job.

Washington. Dec. 13.-Postmaster
General Wynne today removed from
office Frank H. Cunningham, the
South Omaha, Neb., rural carrier,
who is president of the National As
SociatiOn- of Rural Carriers. The dis
missal is the result of an investigation
of charges of insubordinatfon, of be-
ing absent from duty without leave
and violation of the presidents order
of January 81, 1902, prohibiting in
dividual or organized attempts of gov
ernment employees to influence legisla-
ton or to solicit increase of pay.
Mr. Cunningham applied to the post
master last October for leave of alb
sence, which the postmaster forwarded
to Washington. The postoffice depart
ment declined to approve the applica-
ton and so instructed the postmaster.
Cunningham, however, ignored this ac-
tion and came east. From that time IT
is announced at the postoffice depart
ment he apparently devoted his entire
time to efforts to secure pledges from
candidates for election or reelection to
congress to support the bill approved
by the carriers for an increase of their
pay. His methods, it is charged, were
order which expressly forbids all gov
ernment officers and employees. either
directly or indirectly, individuality or
through associations. to solicit an in
crease of pay or to influence or attempt
to influence in their own interest any
other legislation whatever either before
congress or its committees or in any
way save through the headquarters in
or under which they are serving, on
penalty of dismissal from the govern
ment service.
The association sent out circular let
ters to congressman in an effort to Sc
cure pledges. These letters, it is stated,
were signed by Secretary Tumber of the
association, who is also a rural carrier
at Rockport, N. Y, and his case is un-
der investigation. Cunningham sub
mitted his resignation yesterday, but
thel department declined to accept it.
The case of James G. Keller. of the
Cleveland, o., postoffice. who is head of
the National Association of Letter Car
riers, also reached a climax today. His
activity during the campaign has been
under investigation and some days ago
he was ordered to return forthwith to
his duties at Cleveland. He sent a re-
ply to the postoffice department which
was termed characterization and he was
ordered to return forthwith to his du-
ties at Cleveland. He sent a reply to
the postoffice department which was
termed insubordination and he was also
dismissed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13

the two Topeka newspapers today, an
nouncing the scheme to the public.
Prospects for next years team de-
pend to a considerable extent on the
clearing up of the athletic debt, and
while it is certain that the debt will
be raised, the retiring manager, Frank
NJ. Leach, is trying hard to accomplish
this without calling for a subscription.
The deficit this year was due to the
failure of Topeka to give Washburn
footgames as liberal patronage as was
expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
Great Bend Poultry Show.

Great Bend, Kan. Dec. 13.-The
Barton County Poultry association
opened its seventh annual exhibit in
the old opera house Monday. By noon
the fixtures were in place and several
coops of birds were displayed. The
officers of the association and those
active in the promotion of the objects
for which it was organized anticipate
a. successful meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13

I today own $4,000 shares out of
total of S64, 900. OF my holdings 160
shares were purchased by me within
the last few days. Next to myself Ed
ward H. Hartman is the largest in
dividual holder of Greene Copper. To
the best of my knowledge neither H
H. Rogers nor any of the Amalga-
mated Copper company interests have
ever owned a single share of Greene
Copper. Together with my friends 1
control vastly more than a majority of
the capital stock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13

winch PTeSlQent BeckW1Ih SAID IS Slgn-
ed with the name of ME-. Carnegie, may
be brought to light in the Pennsylvania.
city.
No More Indictments.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 13:-Herbert w.
Bell, who was appointed receiver for
Mrs. Chadwick by the common pleas
court, created excitement here this
morning when he announced that he
had found the securities that had
been deposited with the Wade Park
nearly double the amount originally
supposed.
Mr.. Bell made this announcement
before entering the grand jury room
to testify in regard to the nature of
the papers in his possession. After go
ing over the papers with County
Prosecutor Keeler and the members
of the jury, Mr.. Bell altered his state
ment, saying that he had overesti-
mated the amount by $40, ,246,o 900, the
face of the trust agreement. There
were two copies of this agreement
among the papers, neither of them be-
ing marked as a duplicate, and he
had considered them as separate doc
uments. It was the opinion of both
the receiver and prosecuting attorney
that the second trust agreement was
intended as a copy and not a distinct
ties is therefore the same as pre-
viousfy published.
Yesterdays investigation by the
county grand jury into the affairs of
Mrs. Chadwick was resumed today.
County Prosecutor Keeler was not
positive in his statements, but he in
timated that further indictments
might be found before the grand jury
A third indictment against Mrs.
Chadwick in connection with the Car
negie note of $5,000,OO0 which was
among the securities left by her in
the Wade Park bank, was said by Mr..
Keeler to be among the probabilities.
He declared also that he proposed to
direct the days investigation toward
an eastern attorney who had been
acquainted with some of Mrs. Chad
wick'S transactions. Mr.. keeler
would not admit that he expected an
indictment in this case, but insisted
that he proposed to direct a searching
inquiry and ask for an indictment If
the evidence brought out should war
rant him in doing so. He said, how
ever, that the investigations would re-
late strictly to the Carnegie notes and
would hardly cover anything outside
of them. The only witnesses that had
been summoned when the jury con-
vened were Iri Reynolds and Herbert
w. Bell, the former being the first
witness.
After Mr.. Reynolds had been be-
fore the jury for more than an hour
the inquiry was concluded prosecutor
Keeler would not say if any further
evidence was submitted which would
result in any more indictments. He
said the case would for the present
be shifted to the federal authorities for
action. No further indictments are
expected by the county grand jury for
the present.
Left Debts in Europe.
Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 13.-1n a
futile search in this city for DR.. Leroy
S. Chadwick. the Etoile Beige asserts
that it has discovered that his wife left
debts in Brussels, notably $4,000 due
to a jeweler and $4,000 owing to a
lace merchant. Mrs. Chadwick while
in Brussels lived extensively, her hotel
bill alone amounting to $50 day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
Mother of the Armours Dead.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 13.-Mrs.
AdeIine H. Armour. widow of A. w
Armour and mother of the late Kirk
land B. Armour and Charles w. Ar
mour, the packers, died suddenly to-
day at her home here of apoplexy.
She died soon after partaking of a
late breakfast. Mrs. Armour had
been in the best of health. Mrs. Ar
mour was born in Vernon Center, N.
Y. in 1881, and had lived in Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
Entire Crew Drowned.

Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. ia
small steamer was driven ashore in a
gale this morning near the mouth of
the Spey. The whole crew, number
ing ten. were drowned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
Fifth Trial Fails.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 13.-The
jury in the fifth trial of former Mayor
Ames for bribery has disagreed and
was dismissed by Judge Elliott. This
is the fourth disagreement, the one
conviction having been overturned by
the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
The MohIers Have a Son.

- - ~SI,o - 11o1 IyS,,,s.o -. -. .s
The baby will be named John McClin-
took Mohler. Mr.. j. c. Mohler is assist
ant secretary of the state board of agri-
culture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
Yankee sails for Panama.

Philadelphia, Dec. 13.-The cruiser
Yankee, with 470 marines on board,
sailed today from the League Island
navy yard for Panama. The mariners
will do police duty in the isthmus, re-
I1eving a battalion which will return
on the Yankee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13

Peoria, Ill, Dec. 13.-The smaller
of the two Peoria National bank rob-
bers has been identified as Colonel
Brockway, recently released from the
state penitentiary for horse stealing.
Brockway gave the name of Percy
Warner and his age as q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
DATE is FIXED.
Ingalls, Statue Will Be Received on
January Fl.

Washington, Dec. 13.-In the senate
today Mr.. Gallinger, from the COM
mittee on District of Columbia, report
ed a resolution granting the use of
the pension building for the inaugural
ball. The resolution was agreed to.
The house resolution for an ad-
journment for the Christmas holidays,
extending from December 81 to Janu-
ary 4, was then adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Long, the senate
fixed the date for the reception of
the statue of former Senator John ].
Ingalls,, contributed to Statuary hall by
the state of Kansas, for January 21
next.
In the House.
Washington. Dec. 13.-When the
house met today it had a serious duty
to perform-that of passing on a reso-
luton having for its purpose the i'm
peaching for high misdemeanor' of
Federal Judge Charles Swayne of the
northern district of Florida.
In support of the charge of miSbe
haviour, Mr.. Palmer said the evidence
showed that out of each year Judge
Swayne spent on an average of 212
days somewhere else, neither in his
district holding court nor outside of
his district holding court. Judge
Swayne, he said, never voted in Flor
ida, never registered there, and never
lived there in any proper sense of the
term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
AIIeged Deserter Arrested.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. 13.-Earl Fos-
ter, charged with being a deserter
from the regular army was arrested
here. He is being held pending an in
vestigation of his case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13

Chicago Dec. 13.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York &c: Boston IS: Phila-
delphia 81; Washington 2S; Chicago %;
Minneapolis o; Cincinnati %; st. Louis
IA; Kansas City Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
weather Irldications-

Chicago, Dec. 13.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Snow tonight and Wednesday;
easterly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13
The temperatures in To
Taft Lands at Pensacola,

Pensacola, Fla, Dec. 13.-Secretary
Taft and party landed here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-13

which President Beckwith said is sign
ed with the name of ME-. Carnegie, may
be brought to light in the Pennsylvania
city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-12
The Magazines
neutrality-suspicious.

July North American Review.
wealth of good reading on great
variety of timely topics will be found
in the July number of the North Amer
lean Review Archibald r. Colquhoun
discusses China in Transformation
and the War" Hamilton w. Mabie
considers the conditions under which
Nathaniel Hawthorne" developed his
gifts. Prince E. Oukhtomsky presents
a Russian view regarding THE British
in Tibet Ida Hustled Harper ex
plains why Women Cannot Vote III
the United States" Brigadier General
P. C. Hams, L. S. A., analyses The
Labor Problem on the Panama Canal.
W. H. Blumenstein describes the plants
and arsenals where are manufactured
Arms and Ammunition in Japan"
Thomas Hodgins, judge of the admir-
atty court, Canada, raises a practical
question of Importance regarding THE
Alaskan Boundary; it's Practicability
and Cost" Wolf Won Schierbrand tells
an appalling story about THE Degen-
eracy of the German Army Lieuten
ant Colonel F. G. Stone of the royal ar
tillery in the British army gives an in
teresting account of what was done to
re- establish order and industry in
South Africa After the Boer War.
H. w. Seymour expOunds the princi-
pies of Democratic Expansion which
should be the basis of American policy
toward the Philippines. Josephine
Daskam Bacon, replying to Gertrude
Atherton in a bright and witty article,
answers in the negative the question,
is American Literature BOurgeOis?'
offers "A Foreign
Estimate of Mr.. Roosevelt" George
T. Knight, professor of Christian the
ology in Tufts college, treats of THE
New He'll" and the number closes with
the seventh part of w. D. HoWells'
novel, The Son of Royal Langbrith.