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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08


corporation lobbyists The first bill he
put through the senate, which has
since passed the house and become a
law, was the bill to compel the rail-
roads to build passenger depots in KAN
sas City, Kan and stop their passen-
ton. Needless to say the railroad lob
byists opposed the bill but Getty, on the
floor of the senate, defied the railroad
lobbyists and told of their efforts to
coerce and subdue him. He spoke of
them as the parasites who infest ev-
in a speech which won the passage of
the bill
Then when the lobbyist for the big
packing houses suggested that they
would elbow Getty's drainage bill to
pass if he would make certain
changes, Getty asked the senate if he
permission of the lobbyists before
they could pass 4 bill He skinned
the packing house lobby and the bill
went through ''Jim" Getty came to
the senate, to begin his first legislative
experience, with the avowed intention
of securing certain legislation for
WyandOtte county. The railroad lobby
and the packing house lobby came to
the legislature with the avowed in
tention of defeating those measures
Getty won in every instance because
he would not even listen to a lobbyist,
he threw the railroad passes back at
the railroad lobbyists who offered
them and he told what he knew in the
open senate-and the lobbyists found
that it wasn't safe to tell Jim Getty
anything.
Senator Dumont Smith. the "Old
Hickory of the senate, started things
-. 81 a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08
SENATOR HANfNfE o. X.
False Report Circulated That He Is
Dying.

In the senate chamber last evening
the announcement was made that
Senator J. M. Hamme of Cottonwood
Falls was dying at his home. There
is a mistake. A telegram to the State
Journal today from Cottonwood Falls
states that Senator Hamme is in a
private hospital at Kansas City and 5
improving as rapidly as could be cx-
pected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08

the session by put
ting through his
child labor bill.
His first fight for
his bill to make
pipe lines common
carriers and his
anti discrimination
bill, all of which
became laws, and
he was one of the
leaders in t h g
fight against the
Standard Oil and
for the state REIN :
aTzr IN ga sure Snrt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08

measure a d b e :
sides supporting that he looked after
the maximum freight rate bill and
fought for all the measures aimed at
the Standard Oil
Senator Fitzpatrick is president pro
tenn of the senate and another of the
members who can make a red hot
speech.
Senator Stewart precipitated the ora
torical fight in the senate over the rail-
road bills in the first lengthy speech he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08
Diseases of Women.

We are treating diseases of women
with universal success. Our specialist
in this department has treated many
hundred cases. During all his exper-
fence he has only been compelled to ap-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08

[ u r e. Chautauqua
county, in the very
center of the rich
est part of the
Kansas oil field,
was an excellent
lOcat ton for such a
refinery and Sena-
tor Fitzpatrick
went after the re-
finery-and got 1t.
Senator Fitzpar-
rick lined I'D early
in the session for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08
Diseases of the Rectun.

Sufferers from piles or hemorrhoids,
fstula, fissure, prolapsus will find
prompt relief and permanent cure in
our non-surgicaI treatment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08

ator Smith is the author of more bills.
that have become laws, than any other
member of the legislature.
Senator Smith drew the bill which
was passed by the senate known as
the Smith railroad bill which was
substituted in the senate for the Gar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08

there was a succession of snow and
sand storms from the north blowing
constantly in the face of the Japanese.
The past three days have been mild and
sunny and the nights sharp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08
The VOC Todax.

Won't interfere with the public sale OF
horses, cattle, hogs, implements, har-
ness etc, at o. P. Updegrah's, two
miles west of North Topeka, on Thurs
day, March 9, 10 a. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08
LIVING TOO HASTILY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DOWN
Irregularities and Female Deranee.
ments Result - Cured by Lydia q.
Pinkhana's Vegetable Compound.

Owing to our mode and manner OF
living, and the nervous haste of every
woman to accomplish just so much
each day, it is said that there is not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08

Hives are a terrible torment to the little
folks and to some older ones. Easily
cured Doanfs Ointment never fails. In
slant relief, permanent cure. At any drug
store, 50 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08

Why suffer with headache, constipation.
stomach kidney and liver troubles. when
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea will cure
you2 No money wanted unless you are
cured. IS cents. Tea or Tablets. Gatlin
Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08
GRAND DUKE PAUL, FROM WHOM THE GAR RECENTLY
REMOVED THE OF EXILE.


the of
andh
and his
the
Grand who o
cam return to Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08

Senator Dumont Smith. the 'sOld
Hickory of the senate, started things
in the senate at the very beginning of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
NOTED ACTRESS DEAD
JESSIE BARTLETT DAVIS DIES OF
HEART DISEASE At HER
HOME IN CHlcAGo.

Chicago, May 15.-Jessie Bartlett
Davis, the we'll known actress, died
suddenly at her home In this city sun
day. The cause Of her death was
heart disease, produced by nephritis.
She was taken Ill on Friday and on
Saturday morning became unconscious,
from which condition she never recov-
cred. When her physicians first
diagnosed her illness as nephritis on
Friday no alarming features were an
ticipated, but on Saturday she be-
came worse and gradually declined un-
til $50 Sunday evening she died.
Mrs. Davis first became prominent
when she was connected with the Bos-
tonians. Her first roll on the stage
was in "Buttercup" In "Pinnafore,
about fifteen years ago. After being
connected with the Bostonians for ten
years, Mrs Davis severed her connec-
ton with that organization 1901, when
she entered vaudeville. He last en-
gagement In opera was with the Fran
els Wilson company IN "Erminie" last
year.
Mrs. Davis was the wife OF Will J..
Davis, the we'll known theatrical man
ager of this city. She was forty-six
years of age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Hammers as Souvenirs.

General Childs, asked today about a
hammer which he received through the
mails from Hudson, Wis, last night
said:
"There are many jokers in tn Gland.
This hammer, from all that l can learn,
was sent by one of them. 1t has no
bearing on the case"
Since the first trial, counsel on both
sides have received several hammers,
and since none of them has been in
troduced in evidence, it is apparent that
they all came from ways.
The unique hammer in the collection
is one received by Mr.. Abbott. 1t is
q child's toy hammer, about two inches
long and has one claw broken off. { It
was neatly done up in cotton in small
box, and Mr.. Abbott is preserving it
as souvenir Minneapolis Journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19

Hank Miller. Hank talked interesting
ly of his past life. He had but one
arm and claimed that he lost the other
while on duty as railroad brakeman
a little to the west of Tracy two years
ago. During the time of DR.. Koch's
confinement at the Brown county jail,
awaiting trial, Hank was also confined
there, having been sent up from Sleepy
Eye, to serve a term for drunkenness.
At that time he went by the name of
Larson.
He grew very fond of the Doctors
company and thought him quite fell
low, so much so, in fact, that when his
own term for drunkenness had expired,
ne regretted to leave the Jail, and got
drunk in New Ulm in the hope of be-
ing sent back there. Hank witnessed
the struggle between DR.. Koch and the
sheriff and chief of police, when the
officers were attempting to take his
finger prints. Hank maintains that the
doctor was entirely too strong for them.
He stated that DIR. Koch relieved him
of an aching molar during their term of
confinement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
az THE RAILWAY CONGRESS.
Conclusions Reached Are otficiaiIy
Announced.

Washington, May 1.-the conclu-
sions adopted by the international
railway congress. which closed its
seventh session here Saturday, were
officially announced during the day.
The most interesting of the conciu-
,ions related to railway rates, on
which, after a prolonged discussion In
which every country in which rail-
ways are operated was represented,
he congress unanimously expressed
Is conclusions as follows:
Tariffs should be based on conf
nercial principles. taking into account
he special conditions which bear upon
the commercial value Of the services
rendered With the reservation that
rates shall be charged without arbi-
trary discrimination to all shippers
alike under like conditions, the max
ing of rates should as far as possible
have all the elasticity necessary to
permit the development of the tramc
and to produce the greatest results TO
the public. and to the railroads them
selves
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Old NOT MEET WITH FOUL PLAY.
Investigation Into Visit Of Herbert
Croker to Opium Den Ended.

Kansas City, Mo-, Lay 15.-The In.
vestigation of the visit of Herbert ".
Croker to an opium den and the North
Emo saloons of this city on Thursday
last has been completed, and unless
the relatives of young Croker request
it, no further action on the case will
be taken by the local police. The In
vestigation failed to show that Croker
met with foul play.
Charles Wilson, the negro porter at
the Coates hotel, who accompanied
Croker on his visit to the opium den
and later put him on train at the de-.
pot, was released Sunday. All Lee
and Chez Kee, the Chinese proprietors
Of the den, are being held and will be
prosecuted in police court for con-
Quoting an illegal business.
Newton, Kan, May 15.-Richard
Croker. Jr., arrived here Sunday. Tho
body of his brother was shipped to
New York at midnight. Mr. Croker
and two New York friends will &C
company the body. Mr.. Croker stated
that whether or not an autopsy will
be held depends entirely upon the
wishes of the mother.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19


be mistaken several days as to the day
that the blue bottle was received. One
fact must beheld to steadily, and that
is that Mr.. Hage saw the box mailed at
Hanska at the time that he saw DR..
Koch at the depot. That is the import
ant fact. DR.. Reineke was shocked by
the murder of mis- friend and was all
broken up, and at the coroner's inquest
mispoke himself in saying that the
hammer was DR.. Gebhard's. 1t must
be remembered that he said three times
on the start that the hammer was not
Gebhard's, but Brooks kept saying that
it was, and Dr. Reineke Thought he
recalled that it was, but he remembered
afterwards that it was not so, that he
had gotten his thoughts confused. The
handkerchief does not bear DIR. Rein
eke's initials, but Koch's; no such ham,
mer had been seen in Dr. Reinekes of
flee, but in Koch's; the bloody post was
not on the way to the home of DR..
Reineke's, but the defendants; the
hands lacerated were not DR.. Reineke's
but Koch's. Not in fifty years has such
a cruel assault been made upon citi-
zen of New Ulm as upon DR.. Reineke
in order to direct your minds. The pur-
pose of the defense in questioning Zelle
as it did about suspicious pointing to
him was cheaper and desreputable. No
other words properly characterize it.
1t is not true that verdict of guilty
will send the defendant to the gallows.
There are many ways in which the de-
PENDANT will still have recourse. Sup
pose the Judge on the bench would
wickedly refuse to do his duty. Why,
the outraged public sentiment of the
community would drag him from the
bench. If witness wickedly refuses to
testify, he is punished. If an official of
the state wickedly refuses to do his
duty, the law says that he shall be
punished. The jury has a duty to per-
form. If the defendant is guilty, it is
not your fault it is mis-. If you should
render verdict in line with the evil
dence you are but doing your duty. If
you should render one contrary to what
your reason tells you is right, you will
be censured by a judge to the last
hour of your lives-you will have your
consciences to deal with.
This crime is an enormous one. Your
duty is a most responsible one. From
the office of governor down the whole
catalogue there is no place of response
bility like yours at this moment. You
are like a rocky headland jutting out
into the ocean-nO matter what storms
of passion, no matter what friendship
may surround you-you are to stand
like a bulwark and do your duty. The
state asks you to summon to your aid
the strongest powers of your mind and
the strongest virtues of your heart to
aid You in returning verdict that shall
be just. If you are convinced of the
defendants guilt, return the verdict ac-
cOrdingly. Do not be Influenced by APP
peals to prejudice.
Gen. Childs closed his argument at
l:30 p. IN. 1t had been listened to with
the closest attention. Gen. Childs was
not feeling very well today, the trial
having been a great strain upon him,
but his argument was conceded by all
to have been brilliant one.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19

stranger to DR.. Koch came to him, was
in mis- office few minutes, and received
a proposition to kill DIR. Gerhard for
pay. If the defendant had harbored de-
designs upon DIR. Gebhard's life, it is
unbelievable that he would say to an
absolute stranger what he is said to
have said to Ulen. When piece of evil
dence is considered, you will demand
that it come from reliable source or
be surrounded by something reasonable.
When the first trial of this
case was in progress at New Ulm, when
morbid imagination was conjuring up
airy sensations, then and only then did
a Pinkerton detective go to Ulen and
get from him his weird, remarkable
story. You saw him on the stand,
stubborn and impassive. We ask why
did DIR. Koch make this statement to
Ole Ulen. The statement of Ole Ulen
is naked thing that can give no rea-
son for its existence.
But they say that in October DIR.
Koch said to Hjalmer Hoidale that DR..
Gerhard was ga double faced =
=" He doesn't remember what the
conversation is about, what preceded it
or what followed it. The defendant ex
planned the connection in which it was
used and admitted it. Upon a motive
based upon this and Ole Ulen's state
ment, made sixteen months before, on
circumstantial evidence, they say that
you are to take step toward bringing
DR.. Koch, splendid representative of
young American manhood, who had edu-
Gated himself and entered profession,
refined and cultured, imbued with the
teachings of that aged patriot, Z. G..
Koch, to the felon's cell. If such evil
dence is given serious consideration, it
would put your necks and mine within
the power of such men as Ole Ulen.
Now, did this man actually Undue
his hands with blood, with no ade-
quate motive? The, state weaves a
webb of purely circumstantial evidence
about him upon which it asks you to
erpct a ora allows ,-,e rs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Why Does State Insinuate.

w my OOSo SIotC AhoAAAuotSs
Why has the state insinuated that
if convicted, Koch might get Jail SEN
tence? The evidence in this case does
not rise to the dignity of circumstan-
| tial evidence. Circumstantial evidence
must be admitted as facts, but
| in this case we dispute every
circumstance. The court will instruct
you that the circumstantial evidence
must not only convince you beyond a
reasonable doubt, but exclude every
other theory. In this case there are a
lot of suspicious, some misfit circum-
stances, and speculation.
They say that the defendant was
near the premises that night. So were a
dozen other people that night. We do
not seek to acuse anyone. By brother
Pau was simply illustrating what
might have been the case. There is the
bogy pencil. The defendant has neve,
denied that he had such pencil. Who
has said that the pencil did not come
out of some one else's pocket, and is
there any proof that DR.. Gerhard didn't
have a pencil.
The defendant could not nave gone
home that night with bloody clothes
without his family knowing about it. Il
the plan is going to be adopted in this
county that a persons relatives are t.
be condemned as unfit to tell the trutl
we might as well dissolve this littl,
clay government that we have and &c
back to primitive times.
The counsel said that the streets OF
New Ulm were deserted during the HON
| icide, but we haven't been able to dis
cover that anybody was in bed except
the policemen llpie q
You must not be concerned with the
dirty little POLITICAL existence of the
| officers in New Ulm, but must attend
only to the proof, for we are, interest
ed in the pencil.
1t is the profound, unfathomable mys
| terry that surrounds the Koch case that
makes it remarkable-the absolute ant
unexplainable mystery.
Had the defendant dropped the pen
ell from mis- pocket it would have
been covered with blood, whereas there
has never been anything but a little
streak of blood on the pencil. Does not
this fact tinge this pencil circumstance
with doubt-a circumstance upon which
lit is sought to hang the defendant.
When the pencil falls, it generally falls
end up, and unless the blood was con-
with blood. You have been told that it
takes five minutes to CONCEAL, and the
pencil must have fallen upon it after
wards so that it struck and was held
| by the CONCEALED blood. Coroner
Fritchie saw the pencil lying there and
did not consider that it was important
1t has come down to you after six
months of mutilation.
The Sliverson prosecution would tram
pie the young attorney, Somsen, trampl
ed into the dust to accomplish its pun
pose. Talk about man whose hatre-
was livid on his fac on the witnes.
stand and said that it would disgrac.
his hagpole to hang the defendant W
on! 1t would have been foolish fO
anybody to have gotten pencil tn
next day and given it to Koch to clair
that it was the one given him by vogel
Mr. Brown will not conclude his argu
ment until tomorrow forenoon. In tina
event the jury will not be given tn
case until that time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
He Enjoyed Koch's Company.

Last night vagrant was thrown int
the police station for safe keeping dur
ing the night. He gave his name a,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Mr.. Brown Speaks.

L. i. Brown made concise and
logical closing argument on behalf of
the defendant. He said that he would
second the suggestion of the state that
the jury be not swayed by passion. You
have been praised, cajoled and finally
threatened by the state. I have no
flattery and no threats to make. 1
am going to look you squarely in the
eye and dodge no point, as the defend
ant has never done.
1t has been suggested that punish
ment is inflicted for the purpose of det-
erring others from crime. 1t is a princi-
pie coming to us way back from Europe
one of the highest principles of jur-
isprudence-is that it is better that
ninety nine guilty men go unwhipped of
the law rather than that one innocent
party be punished.
You have heard from the prosecution
the imaginary details of this crime You
have been told how the murderer went
step by step upon his prey. Is there
any evidence of that? You have been
told how a professional fiend could do
this atricious and unnatural crime,
and realize that he had been seen and
recognized by an acquaintance, and go
to his home and to bed and sleep
soundly, when he didn't know but what
a posse would follow him. The next
day he went down town and mingled
with the people and kept at his work,
not as though he expected at any time
to be tapped on the shoulder by the
sheriff. We have real, not an imagin-
ary crime, and the defendant has been
before you and has told his story. We
don't ask you to believe word of it.
Why Men Commit Murder.
History teaches us that men commit
murder only for the most serious mo-
| tives, and that is where we meet the
most serious stumbling block in this
case. The great, ringing question is,
"Why would he do itg" DR.. Gerhard
was successful and had mis- life before
him. DR.. Koch was successful and had
his life opening before him. Is j, pos
sible that they could live in New Ulm
together for five years and their as
sociates not know of any cause for ill.
will between themy They exchanged
professional courtesies almost up to the
time of the homicide.
You are told that at Hanska a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19
Refers to Sore Fingers.

There is evidence that DIR. Koch had
sores on his fingers after the homicide.
Brooks testified at the Henningsen in
quiry that the defendants hand that
did not have the cot on finger had
bruises on and skin broken. He saw
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19

fright in court she was unable to
identify it here. DR.. Wood says he
saw an old hammer in DR.. Koch's Of
fice
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

w. Fl. Phelps, advance agent for "a
Womans Sacrifce' was a Webster
visitor Saturday. He informed us if
the show was not all right and gave
satisfaction, that those present could
get their money after the first act.
The Webster Reporter aud Farmer
published al Webster by Fred Denton
and VIM. Adams are putting oat four
extra holiday editions Of twenty uages
each. all home print. The boys are
rustlers and are getting but a good
sheet.-Iebanon Blue Blanket Leader.
Thomas McKennett departed Tuesday
night for Idaho Falls, Idaho, being
called by the serious illness of his
daughter, Miss Addie McKennets, who
il suffering with typhoid fever. Many
Webster friends will hope that when
her father reaches there he will find
her very much improved.
A letter from DIR. H. A. Peabody says
that he changed his mind after he rot
70 St. Paul and found ont that he could
perfect himself on the eye, ear, nose
and throat in New Orleans as well as in
the big city on the lake, he decided that
he conld take a chance on the winter
weather OF New Orleans and accord
ingly will spend several months there.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28

Adam Qvant returned Monday from
Berthold, N. D., while IN that state he
purchased a REIMBURSEMENT on quar-
ten of North Dakota land. made a
homestead filing upon it and will move
with his family there in the early
spring.
Doctor j. L. Harris has q horse that
got q little unruly on Friday of last
week. The doctor was pinned against
the side of IN of the stalls and received
such a wrench to his left arm that he
has been wearing Ii in a plaster cast
ever since.
Editor Sterling and wife, of the But
Ter Herald, came over Saturday aid
remained for Christmas with Mrs.
Stearlings parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bron-
son. of the Webster World. We
acknowledge a pleasant call from the
gentleman.
George Lasell came in from Bis.
marck, NJ d., last Saturday nj ~
drove to Milbank in company with
Erv. Bardsley Sunday, and left for
North Dakota again Monday night.
George thinks he viii locate IN the
ne'ghborhood of Bismarck perna.
nently. Grant County News.