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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08

it will be to awake later with the
shackles of servitude irretrievably riv-
eted on your limbs.
1t is essential first for you to know
the Systems" machine and how it
has been operated in the past 1 am
out here to explain it's workings to
you. In my story ''Frenzied Finance"
l have been illustrating to the Ameri-
can people by means of live examples
exactly how the wheels within wheels
turn and how the teeth and cogs by
which the grinders revolve, are fitted
into one another. The System is
not desirous that you should have the
knowledge that / am about to impart
to you. They know that once you are
aware of how the grinding and twist
ing is done, that being in the greater
number, and with the laws of God and
man around you, you will send them
through the rollers and around the
! fiyWheels where you yourselves have
| been spun. To discredit my revela-
| ton, they have taken great pains and
spent much money to prove that am
crazy and horse thief a pickpocket.
| a gambler and an all around rascal.
1 am none of these things but Just
an ordinary American like the rest of
you, who has been fortunate enough
to learn the workings of the machine
without first taking any oath of Sc
crecy as to its hidden gears or levers
and who is free to do his duty to his
I countrymen by disclosing to them, its
plans.
Any One Can Understand Finance.
am about to enter upon an ex-
PLANTATION of certain economic and
| financial conditions in our country, and
/ this is as good a place as any to notify
you that the high mystery woven
| round finance by the System 81 opin-
| ion moulders-that great army of
| newspapers, banking, insurance and
railroad men, politicians and statesmen
who are directly or indirectly in the
pay of Standard Oil, the beef trust
corporations or individuals-is all
moonshine. These henchmen have
preached day in and day out that the
handling of the big financial affairs
of the country constituted a problem
far beyond the understanding of the
people. By dint of frequent repetition
| the masses have come to regard
money, insurance, banking, trusts and
the stock exchange, very much in the
same light as the higher mathematics,
| astronomy or Sanscrit-deep and in
tricate studies which take a lifetime to
understand. You will not, you plain
people of Kansas, mind if 1 use the
| blunt terms of ordinary life, but this
talk of mysteriousness is just the con-
| jurors patter to draw your attention
away from his apparatus where the
magic is being performed-it's abso-
lutely rot and put forth to assist the
| system in buncoing you out of your
savings.
You all have met mililonaires;
many of you have known in their
youth men who have become eminent
bankers and financiers. I ask you if
these men seemed more gifted, more
| brainy than you? Smarter and
! shrewder perhaps, but did it strike
you that they could grasp great prob
| lens you were debarred from under
| standing? I'm sure it did not The
truth is that there is nothing about
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
sights Along the Wakarusa.

Lawrence July s.-One of the sights
of the Wakarusa flood destruction can
be seen in the road for a quarter of q
mile south of the Dutton bridge. The
road for that distance is piled several
feet deep with bundles of wheat and
the teams which have Travelled that
road since the water receded have made
their footing entirely on wheat bundles
that have been ruined by the water
This wheat came probably from dis
tance of a few miles up the river and
has lodged against the fences to quite
a depth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
Dead Body Found.

Beloit, Kan, July S.-Last evening
the body of Clifford Bassett, Of 404
south Sixteenth street, st. Joseph, Mo-,
was found lying near the Missouri Pa
cific railroad track a short distance
west of Solomon Rapids, Kan. The
body was positively identified by two
companions in the harvest fields. It
was badly decomposed, life having
been extinct several days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
Albert Rem Goes to Las VEGAS.

Albert Fell, who has been private sec
retary to General Superintendent F. c.
Fox of the eastern grand division of the
Santa Fe, has been appointed chief clerk
to Chas. Russell, superintendent of the
New Mexico division at Las Vegas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
Lawson Divides American People
Into Two Glasses.
DevOtes His Speech to the
System at Chautauqua.
MONEY BEAT BRYAN.
Says Rogers Expended SO, ,OOO,-
900 on Election.
Declares Roosevelt Is POwerless
to Remedy Conditions.
Remedy TO to Fight "System..
With Its Own Weapons.

Ottawa, Kan. July s.-Thomas w.
Lawson of Boston, addressed a great
crowd at the Chautauqua assembly
here this afternoon. He spoke of the
System" Mr.. Lawson arrived at noon
from Kansas City, where he and Will
liam T. jerome, district attorney of
New York City. were the guests Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08

Chicago, July S.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Showers and cooler tonight;
Sunday partly cloudy; fresh northerly
winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-08
Temperatures in Large CitIes.

Chicago, July 81 a. m tempera-
lures: New York, rs; Boston, 10;
Philadelphia, IA; Washington. IS;
Chicago, 62; Minneapolis. 5S; Cincin-
natl, 20; St. Louis, 81.
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IF I have lost everything else,
have one coal mine in Illinois which
will pay off all my Indebtedness -
Charles ]. Devlin to Clifford Histed,
his attorney
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31
VIA MEXICO
Hordes Of Undesirable immigrants De.
sire to Butt in.

Washington. d. c., March 27.--
Hordes of undesirable immigrants are
pouring into Mexico In the hopes Of
evading the United States boundary
guards.
The department of Commerce and
Labor is informed that they are COM
Ing over on the new Austrian steam
ship line, established few weeks ago
and operating between Trieste and
Vera Cruz. Chinese in large numbers
are also entering Mexico. Commits
sioner General Sargent is doing all he
can, through the long line of guards
he has. There is border of 1900
miles to cover
The undesirable are wading across
the shallow Rio Grande at isolated
spots, and are making their way into
the west and central west where 1t is
hard to locate them.
The bureau of immigration has al
SO learned that the gang of SNUG
glers is attempting to work over the
Mexican border numbers of immi-
grants who have been refused at
American ports.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31

The present Republican campaign
seems to be full of tricks and sensa-
tions. The latest comes from Massil-
Ion. Some tricky politicians over
there with the apparent intention of
getting out the idea that slate had
been fixed up, put out big poster
about two feet long with the names Of
certain candidates upon 1t, leaving off
the others. Last evening they were
distributed about the city in stores
and saloons, and at once began to ex-
cite comment. The slate was as fol-
lows:
Mayor-E. J. Stewart
Solicitor-George w. Kratsch.
City Treasurer-Martin Brenner.
Board of Public Service-Ben Bach
TEL Charles G. Evans and William
PietZcker.
President of Council-C. G. Miller.
County Treasurer-C. w. Metzger.
Observation-Disclosures G. Hughes.
Sheriff-H. w. Zaizer.
When the attention of the candidates
was called to the poster, all indignant
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31
A FAKE POLITICAL SLATE SPRUNG
In the Form Of a Big Poster at Massi|I0n- Milking
of Grant and Clark Men That Looks
Suspicious

ly denied that they had anything to
do with 1t ana also denied that there
was any such combination. Mr.. Metz
ger was in Canton last night and upon
ascertaining what had been done left
at once for Massillon to investigate
the matter. He denounced the trick
as a bungling one and one that will
prove a boomerang to those who per-
petrated It,
The slate Is great mixing Of the
Clark and anti-Clark men. and Metz
ger stated that he was not member
of the Clark faction and did not want
to be identified with 1t.
In Canton the publication Of Mr..
Grants statement stirred up the AMI
mails and 1t was the subject of dis
cussion among politicians and people
generally.
In Canton the people are trying to
locate the machine candidates for COM
mittee SO that they can vote intelli-
gently. While the list is not avail
able, the Grant men are known and
every one who is not on the Grant list
will be looked upon as being of the
machine part
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31
CRUISER GALVESTON
Met With Mishap at Sea and Limped
Back to Port.

Norfolk, Va, March 27.-The new
cruiser Galveston. which sailed on her
maiden voyage from Norfolk for Gu
Zebra, on Friday last, met with mis-
hap at sea and limped back TO the
navy yard today, with distress signal
flying and but one engine working.
Shortly after passing Cape Hatteras
the piston rod to one of her engines
gave way. Prompt work by the en-
gineers in shutting down the engine
avoided further damage. The shiI
was proceeding under usual cruising
speed. The cause of the accident has
not been ascertained.
1t will require several weeks to make
repairs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31
QUESTION RAISED
As to Right Of President to Appoint
Officials Without Consent Of
Congress.

washington, March 27.-The attor-
ney general has before him a request
for his opinion as to the power of the
president to appoint men to Offices not
specifically provided for by congress
and to pay for their services and ex-
penses from appropriations for pur-
poses in connection with their SER
vices are to be rendered Senators
and representatives almost to a man,
are firmly of the opinion that no such
right is lodged In the president and
that 1t is not possible to legally Gre
ate any office without specific sanction
of congress.
This question arose through the ap-
pointment by the president of a COM
mission of FIVE, to locate public build
ings in the District of Columbia. The
project for such a commission is
closely allied with the prospect of the
former park commission and the work
of the commission of FIVE. 1t is under
stood, is to be solely to see that In all
future building operations by the gov
ernment nothing is done not in accord
ance with the plans of the park COM
mission, as they have been made to
congress.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31

purchased 100 pounds of dynamite and
had taken 1t from the pier, where 1t
had been delivered to him In a buggy
through the streets of the city to a
shanty on large lot near Larchmont.
There he had treated the dynamite to
sundry sun baths, which he said drew
all the nitro-glycerine from the dy-
Mantle by means of evaporation.
Asked why he had sent the intern
al machine to the steamship dock,
Rosseau, who previous to the pro-
pounding of the question, had appear
ed to be a man of gentle disposi-
tion, although of shifty eye and un-
easy bearing, replied with great
warmth, his eyes flashing and his
voice Increasing in volume:
II have a hatred for the English.
wanted to give them an object les
son. England has been threatening
the smaller countries and bulldozing
them There is also rumblings of war
between England and the United
States. | am a patriotic American" !"
Rosseau further explained that he
had signed the letter of warning to
the police with the word "Mafia" in
order to bring trouble upon this secret
organization which he despised.
After the outburst, in which his
manner more than his words told of
the mans hatred of England, Rosseau
explained that he had no intention of
taking any human lives and that the
Internal machine was in fact not an
internal machine.
When the prisoner after two hours,
stepped down from the witness stand
there was little doubt in the minds
of the spectators but that he had con-
vlnced himself. His every word and
action clearly demonstrated that he
was crank of the subject of high ex-
plosives and that he was dangerous
man, in view of his declaration that
he sold dynamite bombs to the Gu
bans in the war with Spain; had at
tempted to sell them to the Beers
who had told him that they would
not fight with such weapons and was
willing to sell them to any one who
desired to buy.
The verdict was expected and the
prisoner was one of the least con.
cerned persons in the court when tn.
foreman declared that he was guilty
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31
NAVAL CONFLICT IS imminent
BETWEEN RIVAL SQUADRONS
Admiral Togo Thought to Be Near the Rendezvous
of Admiral ROdestvenssy to Hinder Any Pos
sble Attempt to Reach VIadiV0Stok.

certain that the question will be
begged by having some foreign power
approach Japan and secure her terms
of peace, transmitting them directly to
the cZar.
1t has been rumored for "a hours
that France has already done this but
none of the officials will confirm the
rumors.
1t is generally believed that the ac-
tion of the czar has been hastened by
the renewal Of rioting throughout the
nation. That the situation In south
Russia is very grave Is certain and un-
less the war Is soon ended the terror
lists may gain the upper hand there.
Then again rumors are being persist
emily circulated that several of the
Oldest regiments have revolted and
defed their officers who have informed
them that they are destined for SER
vice in Manchuria. This fact, and the
dislike of the reservists to rally to the
colors indicates that the mastering of
another large army would be a well
nigh impossible task and that by doing
so the government would face an over
throw.
RUSSIANS AGAIN RETREATING
Toxic, March est is reported
here that the Russians around Chang
chun are again retreating. No par
ticulars of the matter have been re-
ceived.
KAISER ADVISED PEACE.
London, March 2S.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent of the London
Daily Standard cables that the car
received from Emperor William OF
Germany some time ago a personal
note advising him to arrange peace
with the Japanese on the best terms
obtalnable. According to the cores
pondent the czar showed this note to
NJ. Witte, president of the council of
ministers, who declared that the ad-
vice of the kaiser was good and him
self urged that 1t be followed. Then,
according to the Standards informant
the czar turned angrily to M. Witte
and said:
80 you, too, advise this! I am sur
prised at this. You are not a Rus
sian patriot and apparently care but
little for your country"
A few days later says the cores
pondent, the czar received another
communication from the kaiser in
which, referring to Russia's internal
troubles the German emperor stated
that in his opinion they could be cas-
lily settled by extending the power of
NJ. Witte. The czar sent for Witte
and after letting him read the letter
said to him:
''It will be long time before will
follow that counsel"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31

Sandakan, North Borneo March 26.
--(Delayed in transmission.)-The be-
lief is general here that conflict is
imminent between the Japanese fleet,
under command of Admiral Togo and
the Russian squadron commanded by
Admiral Rodjestvensky This belief is
based on a report that has just reached
here that a squadron of four Japanese
vessels under command of Admiral
Dewa was off the coast q week ago
and sailed after a delay of less than "a
hours from Labuan.
The Japanese vessels that entered
the Labuan harbor were the armored
converted cruisers America Maru and
Yamata Maru. my arrived in the har-
Dor on the evening of March 19 and
sailed from there early on the follow
ing morning. While in the harbor no
one was permitted to board the ves-
sells from the shore and they took
aboard some supplies from a German
steamer that mad been in the harbor
waiting for them for more than a
week The quantity of the supplies
loaded was so large as to give rise to
the belief that they were not all to be
consumed by the four vessels that en-
tered the harbor.
After the squadron had sailed a
coasting vessel which arrived reported
passing large feet of warships 30
miles from Labuan and it is believed
here that these were the ships of the
main japanese fleet and that the four
that entered the harbor were on a
scouting expedition.
1t Is believed here that the Japan
ese, realizing that the Russian fleet
intends to wait at its Indian ocean
rendezvous until all of the available
warships left in European waters can
Join it and with Rodjestvensky will
then make a dash for Vladiyostok pre-
pared, however, to fight any japanese
fleet that he may meet on the way. In
order to prevent this residents here
think that Admiral Togo contemplates
carrying the war to the Russians and
attempting to crush them before the
various units of Rodjestvensky's feet
can be Joined.
PEACE TALK CONTINUES.
st. Petersburg, March 28.-In official
circles there Is no attempt in unofficial
conversations to disguise the fact that
the movement for peace is considered
probable rather than possible. In fact
it is taken fol granted that the fun
damental question has been decided
upon although the czar has, and still
hesitates to directly approach Japan.
In court circles 1t is believed to be
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31
ICE ooRGES IN THE HUDSON ARE
THREATENING.
Shows Melting In the Adirondacks Are
Hourly Adding to the Perils Of
the Inhabitants.

Albany, N. Y, March 27.-The fresh
ct conditions prevailing in the Hudson
and Mohawk rivers, have so seriously
increased within the past 48 hours,
that flood Is imminent unless the
ice now gorged in the Hudson just
south Of Stuyvesant goes out before
the torrents from the upper Hudson
and the Mohawk feel the increment
of the four feet of snow now melting
throughout the Adirondack region.
Forcaster Simms, Of the Albany
weather bureau said today that the wa
ter in the Hudson off this city has al
ready risen nine feet above its nor,
NAL height, while at Troy the rise
is foot higher. The water mark
at Albany at noon today was 12.75
The high water mark is 1876. Mr.
Simms says freshet conditions will
prevail for several days and that the
water will continue to rise. II the
gorge which has formed 20 miles be
low the city is broken up before the
snow in the Adirondacks melts, moi
much danger Is anticipated but the
forecaster says the New York Cen
trail railways tracks just above Hud
son fats are almost certain to be car
ried away.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31
BATTLE FLAGS
War Department Returns
Confederate Flags to
the South.
ARE ON EXHIBITION

Richmond, Va, March 27.-Great
interest was aroused In Confederate
circles today by the receipt of large
express package from Washington at
the state capitol and a letter from
Secretary Taft. 1t is said Secretary
Taft's letter will be duplicated to every
Southern state. 1t is a business-lilse
document and reads as follows:
"War Department, Washington,
March 25th.
ITO the governor of the state of Vir-
ginia, Richmond.
Sirs: l have the honor to advise
you that under the authority conferred
upon the secretary of war by the joint
resolution of congress, approved Feb
ruary 2S, 1905, entitled Joint reso-
luton to return to the proper author
tiles certain Union and Confederate
battle flags I have caused to be for
warded to you today, by express. all
the Confederate battle flags that were
In the custody of the war department
at the time Of the approval of said
joint resolution, and that could be
identified as belonging to your state
or as having been borne by military
organizations thereof.
Herewith is enclosed list of the
flags transmitted to you today and
copy Of executive document No. 1863.
house of representatives, fiftieth con-
gress, which sets forth all the infor-
nation that the war department was
able to furnish on February 10th, 1883,
with regard to the Union and Confed-
crate flags then in It's custody. A few
OF the flags that are described in that
document cannot be identified at the
present time, their numbers or distin-
gushing marks having been lost, and
few of the flags that could not be
Identified in 1888 have since been
Identified and are now returned to the
states to which the organizations that
bore them belonged.
Very respectfully,
william H. Taft,
Secretary of war"
The flags have been placed on pub
lie exhibition in the confederate mu-
scum.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31
ROSSEAU AN EXPERT
ON HIGH EXPLOSIVES
Dynamiter Found Guilty Of Attempting to Blow Up
the Umbra-Maximum Penalty Is Five
Years in the Penitentary

New York, March 27.-Gessler Ros-
seau, the dynamiter, was tonight found
guilty of an attempt to blow up the
Cunard ocean liner Umbria.
After hearing the report of the jury,
which had been out for one hour and
10 minutes, Recorder Croft, remandet
Rosseau back to the Tombs until Fri
day, when he is to be brought into
court and sentenced. Imprisonme
in the state reformatory for five years
is the maximum penalty for his crime
The indictment, under which the dy-
namiter was tried and convicted con-
ta!ns two counts. The first is that
he carried dynamite without a per-
NIT and the second is that he placed
dynamite on structure where there
were human beings without first CIV
ing notification.
The trial of Rosseau ended today
with a dramatic statement from the
accused in his own behalf. He was
splendid press agent for himself, re-
alizing that he had his last oppor-
luully lOI SOiHG ySdlb W JSll VI Hl9
deeds as a manufacturer of internal
machines" aid of his undying patriot
ism for America and his flendish hat
red of England and the "mafla."
Rosseau, who has been a mystery
to the police, confessed to being the
inventor of the Umbria's Internal ma
chine.
The prisoner prefaced his statement
to the jury, which was in the main a
scientific treatise on high explosives
and internal machine construction by
declaring that has was a New Yorker
by birth; that his given name was
Gustave Russell, that he was mar
ried man, his wife was still living and
that he had travelled all over the
world
On the subject of explosives, the
witness appeared to be right at home.
He declared that the so-called infer
nal machine that was found on the
Umbrias pier, after the police had
been given mysterious warning
through the "mafia" to search for 1t,
was not an internal machine. The
dynamite, used in the construction
of the machine, he declared, was not
dangerous and would not have explod.
ed. He then explained that he had
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-31
COMMISSIONERS SUE
CANTON-AKRON RY. CO.
Demand Mandatory Injunction to Compel it to Fix
Up the Highway West of MassiIon
on Wooster Road.

Prosecutor Day Monday afternoon
filed q petition In common p1eas court,
on behalf of Harry II. Hill. Austin
A. Hay and James c. Burnheimer,
county commissioners, against the
Canton-Akron Railway Co., asking Tor
mandatory injunction to compel the
company to comply with the condi-
tions of the franchise granted for the
building of the electric line from Mas
sillon west to the Wayne county line
towards Wooster
The charge is made that when the
franchise was granted TO the Massil-
lon, Dalton & Wooster Railway COM
pany the conditions were that the
company should after tearing up the
highway repair 1t with six inches of
gravel, that 1t should build all neces-
sary bridges and culverts, occupy one
side of the street 15 feet from tke CEN
ter, etc.
The charge is made that this fran
chise was transferred TO the Canton
Akron company and that 1t has not
been complied with. The franchise
was granted In June, 1902, and since
the road has been building the high
way has been torn up and unfit for
travel, the company has not located
the line where It should have been
and It has occupied the bridges and