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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
VIOLATION OF Law.
Is Charged Against Certain Officers OF
the Equitable.

Chicago. April 21.-In the bill fled
against the Equitable Insurance COM
pany. President James w. Alexander
and Vice President James II. Hyde
are charged with misappropriation Of
funds and acknowledgement.
The controversy. it is alleged, be-
tween James W. Alexander and James
H. Hyde and other officers of the So
ciety may result in the dissolution Of
the CORPORATION The bill further re-
cites: James w. Alexander and
James H. Hyde and certain directors
and executive heads of the company
have, in violation of the corporations
charter and the laws of the state OF
New York, fraudulently used and con-
verted money and assets OF the com
pany to their own use.
The profits while belonging to the
corporation have been unlawfully ana
fraudulently retained and appropriated
by Hyde and Alexander to their own
use without anv# accounting for the as
sets so used or for the gains ana prol-
its, aforesaid
Officers and directors have expended
funds for their own personal use ana
pleasure and for which the corporation
never received any dement's
''And that the officials have paid back
to the company an insignificant part
of the amount drawn out OF the assets
of the corporation"
The bill asks an accounting be given
Of the surplus and assets in order that
the amount of surplus for distribution
may be ascertained.
The charge is also made that the sal
aries Of the officers have been extrava-
CANT. The bill of complaint asserts that
there has never been a determination OF
the amount of the surplus funds or sur
plus profits of the Equitable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
LOCAL MENTION.

The supreme court has fixed Nav 10
as the answer day in the Olathe e,1o
warranto suits which were fled Wed
nesday.
Long & Place, real estate dealers in
Elk county, have appealed to the slI-
preme court from a decision OF the low
er court adverse to them in the s1lit
brought by them against L N rThoruD-
son. They claimed that Thompson owed
them S406.70 commission for selling q
tract Of land for 81, 300. They secured
a judgment for $717, and the court tsx-
ed part of the costs against them.
Bond Of $500 each was fixed TODAY bv
the supreme court as the price of the
release from jail Of H. Lackey and Andy
Shanks, accused of selling liquor at
Marion.
Congressman Charles Curtis is plan
ming visit to the Kaw country in the
Indian Territory next week.
There viii be an excursion to Leaven-
worth Sunday by the Woodmen. The
excursionists will visit the for penften-
uary and soldiers home.
The building permit business was
light today the entire amount aggre-
eating but $3.100. Robert Mcclure VIII
erect two story frame residence at 1893
Lane street to cost $1,000. Charles
Schranm win build a frame residence
on lots 41-43 North Locust street to cost
s1,100.
Hanley & Richie the sixth ward
sewer contractors, have f0rce of Is
men working on that contract. The
work has just been started and is be.
ing carried on at the point where il
win be Joined on to the Potwin sews-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
' found them the color Of marble"

found them the color of marble"
And:
ssThat sound again-that terrifying
sound which made the heart stand still
and the listeners to gasp for breath"
And:
with a moan Of despair Aspasia
slowly sank on the cold earth, and Har-
old stood looking at her like one struck
dumb"
And then. after an interval of ten
minutes:
"All of a sudden it came to them that
the sounds were produced by a mother
licking her ten-year-oId boy for drink
ing IN the molasses on his way home
from the grocery. and life went on with
theun in the same happy strain as of
wore. Life is full of such mistakes,
though, and one can't be too careful
about Getting the labels mixed. M.
Quad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
EISENBERG'S STORY.
The Man Who Saw Caesar Young
Shoot Himself.

Chicago, April 21-Samuel Eisenberg.
who claims that he saw Caesar Young
kill himself while in a cab with Nan
Patterson in New York, was seen here
at the home of a relative, where he is
staying. Eisenberg is Russian Jew
about IS years of age and unable eth
er to speak or write English. The story
was secured through an interpreter.
Eisenberg, who is a tailor, claims that
on the day of the shooting of Young he
was walking along Broadway when he
passed cab which a man and a Wo-
man were quarreling. The woman was
crying and both the Occupants We're
greatly excited. At one time, he said
they engaged in a struggle but it was
Of short duration. Finally the woman
laid her head on the mans shoulder.
The man then reached around to a
rear pocket and drew a revolver with
which he shot himself. Eisenberg de-
clares that he became excited by the
scenes he had witnessed and hurried
away. Being unable to read English
he saw nothing Of the case in the pa-
pers and had nearly forgotten all about
it until the other day when glancing
through a Jewish paper he saw an ac-
count of the Patterson trial and con-
cluded that the couple he saw in the
cab must have been Young and Nan
Patterson. Eisenberg has been in this
city only two weeks, coming here direct
from New York
He did not know whether he would
return to New York to testify in the
case, as he had received no summons.
Benjamin ROsen, the relative Of
Eisenberg said regarding the Newark
dispatch;
L wrote to the police in New York.
Sam told me about what he saw, and
knowing of the Patterson case.
thought it might be the same affair. I
wrote to the New York police and told
them that I knew of a man who had
seen the men kill himself in the cab. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
PROF. A. NJ. WILCOX IN TOPEKA.
Delivers Lecture on Sculpture and
Architecture at High School.

Prof A. NJ Wilcox of the State uni
versity today gave an interesting and
instructive illustrated lecture upon
Ancient Sculpture and Architecture,
holding the close attention of a thousand
students at the high school.
Prof Wilcox dwelt upon the ideals of
the ancient Greeks, enbodying as they
do the exalted and idealized human
forms representing the gods and gnd-
desses. He said:
THE ideas of our modern sculpture
and architecture are all based upon the
old Roman and Greek forms The cost
those of Zeus and Diana costing no less
than million and half dollars, be-
ing made of solid gold and ivory. This
period embodies all the works of
Phidias and his contemporaries. Our
present fine architecture is an embodi-
ment of these old ideas as shown by
such buildings as the New York Stock
Exchange, the White House and our
own state capitol.
THE capitol of Kansas is one of the
best examples ofN classic architecture
in a modern building. The dimensions
are carefully. preserved. The state, as
she often does, went beyond the usual
in this instance and added a few feet
to the height of the dome-going up into
the ETHEREAL further than the model al
lows"
Prof. Wilcox is professor of Greek
and curator of the classical museum at
Kansas university.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
MusKoGEE RED IS HERE.
Perfectly Sober and With Money to
Spend.

Andrew Redmond, better known as Mus
cogee Red" the veteran tramp printer,
blew into the police station this after
noon. but for once he was perfectly So
Der. He brought some oranges and ap-
pies to distribute among the victims on
the rock pile and incidentally exhibited
a five dollar William to convince the Of
hcers that he had been on the water wag-
on for some time
Il had to come back said Red"
THE people Of Usage county We're de-
pending on me They begin to plant gar
den down there when they see me coming
through.
Red pulled out bunch of obituaries,
written at the time of his supposed death
last winter He is going to spend the day
visiting with friends and acquaintance
and then get Job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21

'sWelI, to be honest with you" said
the tramp, q can't exactly say that
I'm a veteran and have witnessed the
horrors of war. but I think deserve
a pension though
For what2"
.eWell. was once locked in a
freight car for a week. with the
weather at zero and nothing but
frozen turnip to eat, and nothing but
blocks of building stones to keep me
warm, and if I am not entitled to a
pension nobody else ought to have
one The horrors of that old turnip
beat the horrors of a battlefield all TO
pieces"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
OFF TO THEIR PRISON.
Attorney Dean Plays Marshal Today
and Conducts Prisoners to Pen.

United States Attorney Dean this
took the following prisoners
to the federal penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth: Charles B. Ennis. who
aided the mutineers at Fort Leaven-
worthe in 1901 by furnishing them
with guns; Floyd L. Crabtree, who
stole a letter from the Wichita post
office; William Nautilus, who robbed a
mail pouch at Fort Riley, and Claud
Imbler, who passed counterfeit money
at Kansas City. Ennis received a SEN
tence of three years and one day, and
the other three one year and one day
each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
TO MEASURE THE MAINS.
Natural Gas People Wonder How
Many They Must Build.

c. L Bullock. a civil engineer from
New York, arrived in Topeka today to
measure I'd the gas mains of the Excel
stor Gas and Coke company and see what
will have to be done in the way of
building extra piping for the natural gas
summer.
We viii have good deal of work to
do in the way of getting our mains into
shape. said c. x. Holiday this morning
"A good deal Of the old pipe win have to
be taken out and much new pine laid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
BEFORE GRAND JURY.
Chicago Strike Is to Undergo an
Investigation.

Chicago, April 21.-state's Attorney
HeaIy went before the grand jury to-
day and repeated to them a statement
coneerning the strike of garment
workers at Montgomery Ward & Co.,
made to Mr.. Healy yesterday by the
Chicago Employers association. The
jurors informed Mr.. Healy that they
had decided not to add further pub
hcity to proposed investigation OF the
strike. From other sources. however
it was aseertained that the grand jury
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
In the Days Work.

and then according to the author
of a late book, "a wild shrek rent the
air.
And:
1.-The two people hiding behind the
lilac bushes felt their blood curdle.
And:
Again came the wild, weird Shrek"
Looking into each others faces, they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
Juries' Rights.

Even in criminal cases a strange
want of respect for our system Of trial
by jury is sometimes to be observed on
the bench. Mr.. Justice Ridley is the
latest Judge to disregard the constitu-
tionaI rights of juries. A juryTnan who
protested against the decision of a judge
on a question OF law would promptly
be told to keep to his own province;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
HECK CASE is CLOSED.
Evidence Completed at Three O'Clock
Today.

The testimony in the Heck assault
case was closed just before 8 o'clock
today. The jury visited the scene OF
the assault and there was brief re-
buttaI evidence offered.
The rest of the afternoon will be
taken up with the arguments Of at
torneys and the case will probably be
given to the jury tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
STOLE ICE CREAM.
Three Boys Find Themselves in seri-
ous Trouble.

Henry Applegate. Arthur Henry and
Sid Olney, who were arrested this af-
ternoon are charged with stealing a
freezer of ice cream from the residence
of Andrew Jack, at 1924 Garfield street,
and after disposing Of the contents,
giving away the freezer 1t was one
of the usual party breaking pranks
which school boys delight in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
SUIT FOR Sl26,OOO.
Doctor Tries to Collect a Big Bill
From an Estate.

L. c. H. e. zeigler's suit for 1928, 600
for alleged medical services by him
TO the late Mrs. Harriet G. McVicker,
wife of the widely known theatrical
manager, was begun here today in
the probate court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21

he might even be punished for con
tempt of court. The action of a judge
who trespasses upon the province of the
jury is certainly not less unwarrantabIe.
London Law Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
No Came at IndinnanoIis.

indianapolis April 21-The IN
dianap olis-Milwaukee game was post
poned today on account of wet
grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY.

e--~-N~-~-~~-~~~~-~~~~--
APPLY Satin skin cream to wet Skin. wipe
dry. Secures satiny, smooth skin 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21

Smith Hanged for Killing Another.
Waynesville, No. April 21.=Elias
Smith was hanged here today for the
murder of James Smith, a farmer,
near Dixon, November Z. 1904 The
motive of the crime was robbery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21

New York April 21-Close-MONEY
Prime mercantile paper. 4Q41k. per cent.
sterling exchange nominal, with actual
business in bankers bills at "a S620d4 S61z
for demand and at $4S445d4S41k for 50 day
bills; posted rates. S4s5 and S4S7: com
mercial bills, s4.S41s14 S41z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21

Blobbs-' synicus- says he's willing to
meet trouble half way" Slobbs-sWell
guess he won't have to go that far to
meet it."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21

proposed to make exhaustive inquiry
into the causes of the garment work
ers' disagreement with Ward & Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21
NO CleveIand-st. Louis Game.

st. Louis, No, April 21-American
league game. Cleveland and st. I.ollfs-
postponed; wet grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-21

You can get your Easter S
Easter outfit, complete from he
for it after Easter.
We just received an elegan
two alike; SIX dozen in the lot.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
Rev. Arney Installed.

Rev. W. j. ATney, who succeeds
Rev. A. B. Herr as pastor of the Pres
byterian churches at Pottsgrove and
Mooresburg, was formally installed
Tuesday afternoon and evening.
The installation at Pottsgrove took
place Tuesday afternoon. The services
were held at 2 80 O'Clock, the cozy
PRESBYTERIAN church being filled on
the occasion. The sermon was deliv-
cred by the Rev. George Ell. Hemlng-
way, D. d. of Bloom sburg; the charge
to the Pastor, by the Rev. w. I. L..
Kieffer, d. D., of Milton, and the
charge to the people. by the Rev. Mr..
Foster, of Watsontown.
The installation at Mooresburg took
place at 80 p. m, the Presbyterian
church at that place also being we'll
filed Rev. DR.. Hemingway preach
ed the sermon. Rev. W. O. McCor.
mack, d. D., of this city, delivered
the charge TO the pastor and Rev. ).
| V. Bedickian of Washingtonville, the
charge to the people. The services
were very interesting, the music being
feature worthy of especial mention,
At the close a reception to the pastor
aud Mrs. Arney was held in the leot
ure room of the church. Refreshments
were served.
The present is the first time that
pastor was ever installed at the
Moare-burg Presbyterian church
Heretofore tho pastor installed a
Pottsgroye merely supplied Moores
bug.
Rev. A. b. Herr accepted call a
Halstead and left for that field las
July. Rev. W. J. Arney, the neV
pastor, formerly filled a charge at Por
Allegheny. He is a married man wit
several grown-up children and viii
reside at Pottsgrove.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
Interesting Case Before Court

Pursuant to adjournment on We'd
nesday of last week Court will con-
vepe at 8 a. IN. today with Judge
Staples on the bench.
Some miscellaneous matters will be
disposed of but the principal business
on hand will be the hearing of cita-
tion between the Poor Districts of
Limestone and West Hemlock town
ships. The point involved is the liabil
ity of West Hemlock township under
the Act of April 6, 1905, to support
the wife of John Sees. who is at pres
ent doing time in the county prison
for an attempt to break Jail. Mrs. Sees
has been deprived of her sband S
support since early last summer when
he was arrested on the strength of her
statement accusing him of causing the
death of their child.
The necessities of the case being
urgent the Poor Overseers of Lime
stone township afforded some relief
but they deny that the support OF the
woman under the law devolves upon
their township and hold that her legal
settlement is in West Hemlook town
ship.
1t is urged that Sees by frequent re-
movals has never established legal
residence in the county or elsewhere
which entities him to maintenance and
subjects the township to his support.
In such cases an effort will be made
to show that the township in which
the father has a legal settlement is
liable for the support of the son when
relief is needed. The father in this
case resides in West Hemlock town
ship, which will of course offer resist
ence. The law will no doubt be very
thoroughly thrashed over and the pro-
ceedlngs will prove not only interest.
ing but very instructive.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
Aged LADY Breaks Arm.

A very serious accident befell Mrs
Sarah A. Morgan, who resides on East
Market street, Sunday morning,
which resulted in a compound fracture
OF the right arm.
Mrs. Morgan was carrying ashes
from her home to the rear of the gar
den aud was treading brick walk,
when in some manner-just how she
is unable to relate-she lost her bal
anoe and fell heavily to the ground.
In falling she threw out her right arm
to catch herself and her whole weight
came upon that member. doubling it
up beneath her body.
Her calls for assistance quickly
brought her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
William Morgan, to her aid Dr. New
baker was summoned, and found that
the lady had sustained a compound
fracture of the right lower arm, both
bones being broken.
Mrs. Morgan is very advanced in
years and the knitting of the bones
will therefore be long and tedious
matter.
Mrs. Morgan about two years age
sustained a severe sprain in the right
arm from the effects of which SHE had
never fully recovered.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Arthur Davis. track foreman on the
Bloomsbury Mlllville trolley line,
spent Sunday with his family in this
city.
Mrs. James D. Kramer, of Pitts
burg, arrived Saturday evening for a
visit at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. Fred Smith, Mill street.
Anthony Schott, of Selinsgroye,
spent Sunday with relatives in this
city.
Robert Mapstone, of Sudbury, spent
Sunday with his mother on Bloom
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rogers, OF Sun
bury, spent Sunday with relatives in
this city.
Richard Geesey. of Sunbury, spent
Sunday with friends in this city.
G. A. Slider. Esq Of SunbDry, was
visitor il this city yesterday.
Hon. Charles B. Staples arrived in
this city last evening from Blooms
burg.
Fl. L. Dewitt returned last evening
from a several days hunting trip TO
the White Deer Mountains.
Mrs. Walter D. Green aud Miss
Edith Pursel, OF Buffalo, are visiting
at the home of William q. Pursel.
West Market street.
Mis-. Rebecca Eberhsrt. Of Asbury
Park, is guest at the home OF Hugh
Pursel. Mowrey street.
Will Mccoy spent last evening at
Bloomsbury.
Edgar Messersmith returned to Potts
Vile yesterday. after two weeks
visit at the home of his parents at
Washingtonville.
Ben Rogers left yesterday for a trip
to Carlisle.
Curtis Mincemoyer, of Strawb berry
Ridge, r. F. D., No /, was visitor
in this city yesterday.
John r. Rote, of Harrisburg, called
on friends in this city yesterday.
Rev. and Mrs. s. b. Evans called on
friends in Sunbury yesterday after
noon.
0. r. Harris, of Sunbury, was in
this city for a few hours yesterday
morning.
Amos Vastine spent yesterday after
noon in Sunbury.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
The Spring Inspection.

Preparations are already under way
among the companies of the National
Guard of Pennsl lvana for the annual
spring inspection, which for the local
company will occur early this year
and be particularly rigid.
The 1906 spring inspections will be-
gin Janaury 18th, ana the 18th will DO
the first regiment of the brigade to be
inspected. which indicates that Com
pany will be inspected very soon
after the middle of January.
While the orders for the inspection
nave not as yet been received by Oap-
tain Gearhart, it is known. from this
general disposition to raise the stand
! ard of efficiency in the Guar1, that
the approaching inspection will be the
most rigid in the history of the organ-
| izaton. Especial attention Is to be
| given to the knowledge and duties OF
the non commissioned officers. Here
tofore the appointments OF such was
made, in most cases, because OF per-
soual ravoritism. but now they will
receive their appointments only after
a most rigid competitive examination.
| This step has been taken. as is has
been shown repeatedly that the
strength of military organization de-
pepds almost entirely uron the etfici.
| enoy of its uoncommissioned officers.
| The inspection will follow out the
line of squad duty as was shown In
| the inspection of last Spring. For this
| reason every noucom missioued officer
will have to he conversant with All
| the duties of squad leader. and be
able to drill such in its entirety.
The inefficiency in guard duty at the
recent inspection at Camp was prob
ably caused by too nuoh attention be-
| ing given TO the changes in the reRu.
| lations. This failure must be rectihed
at the coming inspection, at which
time guard duty will divide the stsen-
tion of the Inspecting officer.
| The attendance AT drills throughout
the State has been very lax and Las
caused the company commanders SO
much worriment that the matter has
been taken up by AdjYant General
Stuart, with the result thas resent
orders show that absentees will be
summarily dealt with.
The local company has been ordered
to drill twice we5k-Tuesday and
Thursday evenings - until further
notice. The company has recently lost
two corporals, Horace Hahn, who en-.
listed in the United States Army and
Theodore G. Fischer, whose enlist
ment has expired. These vacancies
must be filled before inspection. The
command is also short four men from
the maximum strength. These will be
recruited, as 1t is the desire OF the
local commander that Company have
its full quota on the floor the night OF
| inspection.