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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
LAWSON ON BRADY.
Man Trying to Control Topeka Light
Situation and His Record.

The following extract from Thomas
w. Lawson's address at the Ottawa
Chautauqua will be interesting at this
time:
Another illustration of the type of
man who acquires this marvellous
knowledge the System" says is too
deep for your understanding is one
Anthony N. Brady of Albany and New
York. You have seen his name in the
papers often enough to be familiar
with it. Some years ago this same
Anthony Brady mixed drinks in the
bar of the Delevan house in Albany.
The Delevan house is the gilded esta b.
lishment where the "boodlers'' of the
legislature of New York state make
headquarters. They congregated
round its bar every night and the in
dustrious bartender in his shirt-sleeves
and white apron picked up valuable
information about the doingS in the
capitol Also, in the big safe, he would
were only to be delivered when this or
that vote had made new or altered
an old law. No institution IS a better
customer of the legislature of New
Y York than Standard Oil,' with its
innumerable gas and railway COM
panies, through which it sucks each
year millions of dollars from the pub
lies pockets to its own gigantic gold
vaults Every year it has new crop
of wants to be satisfied at Albany, new
honest officials to be removed so some
dishonest and obedient servitor may
| be placed where he can do its behests.
| Have said enough to show you the
| picture?
| Today Anthony n. Brady, ex-bar-
! tender of the Delevap house, is one of
the leading Standard Oil'' magnates.
! His name you will find on the list of
directors of the great gas, electric light
and traction corporations of the me-
tropolis, in which he represents Rog-
ers and Rockefeller, who, though the
chief owners, prefer to keep out of
the public eye. Bear in mind 1 am
saying nothing against Mr.. Brady as
a man. I do not know him. I am
told he is a good fellow; that his chari-
| ties are on a par with Rogers, Rookie
feller's, Carnegie's and the other fren-
zied financiers-that is, that he gives
each year from the dollars he has
taken from the public. a mill, or a
tenth or thousandth part of a mill
mention Anthony N. Brady simply
to prove that, difficult as it is for the
American people-you and those like
you-to comprehend the tremendous
intrieacies of the business of the ma
ton, an ex-bartender and lobbyist OF
Albany can successfully deal with
them.
One day this man had a reputation
second to none as a mixer of fancy
| drinks, and the day following he had
a reputation second to none as one
| deeply learned in those mysterie:
necessary to a proper comprehension
of how to do the business of the
American DeOple :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
He DENIES ALL.
st. Louis Alderman Says He Never
Took a Bribe

Troy, Mo, July 13.-In the trial of
T. Edward Albright, former member
of the st. Louis house of delegates, on
the charge of bribery in connection
with the passage of the suburban rail-
way franchise bill, Albright took the
stand in his own behalf today. He
denied having been present at any
meeting of the Combine when it was
announced that the suburban bill had
been introduced and the sum of $4O,-
900 could be obtained by the "com-
ing at the house of delegates in which
there was talk of Doodle.
Did you at any time take a bribe
to cast your vote for this suburban
bill, or did you promise to accept a
gratuity or reward for voting for this
bill? ?' was asked. mo. 1 never,
swear to that, never "You took ST.
500 for voting for the city lighting
bill. didn't you?" asked Circuit At
torney Sager.
''I did not" was the quick reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
LAWSON'S FIRST MOVE.
To Bring Suits Against Officials of Big
Insurance Companies.

Lincoln, Neb., July 13.-Thomas W.
Lawson has announced the first i'm
portant move in the remedy with
which he proposes to annihilate the
System" Lawson does not consider
his general advice to sell all stocks and
bonds as a part of the remedy, but
merely as preliminary movement
leading up to it.
81 shall announce the remedy SOON"
he asserted when on the way to Mis-
souri, Valley, land its simplicity will
surprise every one. Recently entered
into correspondence with fourteen
policy holders of the Equitable, the
Mutual Life and the New York Life,
the three big companies of the coun-
try, concerning a portion of my rem
edy and they have placed their policies
at my disposal. These policies range
in value from few thousand dollars
to one of 100000, and only recently
received a policy from the governor of
Louisiana. The purpose is to bring
suit against officials of each of the big
insurance companies for the restitution
of profits Illegally retained. With
5000 suits instituted simultaneously
against the officials of each concern,
more than $150,000 would be involved.
1t might be possible to compromise a
thousand cases, but with 5000 policy
holders and more than 5000 attorneys
the task would be too stupendous."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
THAT DEPEW LOAN.
Hendricks Says Jerome Never Asked
for the Evidence.

Syracuse, N. Y, July Estate Insur-
was asked as to why reference to the
Depew Improvement company and it's
exorbitant loan from the Equitable Life
Assurance society was not contained in
the preliminary report of his investiga-
tion of the society's affairs. Mr. Hen
bricks said:
This was announced previously. We
had gone into that before. We told
them (society) to call the loan. We
marked the valuation OF the property
down to $150, 600. They kicked on that
and we told them that if we made any
change it would be less. They then fore
closed the mortgage on the property,
bid it in for $4,000 and they have it
yet
Mr. Hendricks also replied to the
comSnent of Attorney Jerome of New
York, who said it was funny that the
newspapers gould get a copy of the evil
dence taken in the Equitable when he
the district attorney could not Mr..
Hendricks said:
IF Jerome wanted a copy of the teS-
timony, why did he not ask for it? He
has never asked for a copy of the tes-
timony, not at least from me, neither
at the New York office or the Albany
office of the department. If he has ever
asked for it, we have not received any
such request"
It is understood that copy of the
testimony was sent to the New York Of
fee of the department to be ready for
Mr.. Jerome if he asked for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
AMERICAN FLAG TORN DOWN.
Stars and Stripes TrampIed on by
Canadians.

London, Ontario, July 13.-An Ameri-
can flag was torn down in front of the
city hall and trampled under q. hundred
feet as the result of a remark made by
an American visitor at the Orangemen's 8
demonstration About 800 Americans
came over from Michigan and carried
the Stars and Stripes through the streets
without unfaVorable comment being ex-
cited. The Americans were gathered in
front of a hotel when some one cried,
ITO - with Canada, she never showed
us yet" Instantly the American flag,
owned by the Port Huron, Mich, lodge,
was torn from where it waved in the
breeze and was ripped into shreds and
trampled under the feet of an angry
mob. Port Huron Orangemenasay they
did not resent it as they believed the
insult to Canada was unealled for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13

Woman Says Beauty Doctors Made
Her a Fright.

New York, July 13.-On complaint
of Mrs. Josephine E. Ware. said to be
prominent socially in Denver, Colo,
DIR. Andrew Linn Nelden, who con-
ducts sanitarium and beauty renew
ing establishment in this city, was ar
rested today and lodged in the Tombs
charged with the larceny of 5000.
Mrs. Ware, who gives her age as As,
alleges that she paid the doctor that
amount in advance with the under
standing that by the removal of
wrinkles he would make her look like
a girl of 25,'' and that for a. sojourn
of four weeks in his sanitarium she
paid him nearly $1,000.
Ware says the doctor has made her
look like fright She says her face
is SCARED and scared from a carbohc
wash applied by the doctor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
HE WILL DIE IN BED.
Terrorists Promise Not to Kill Trepof
on the Street.

st. Petersburg, July 13.-The resigna-
Aon of NJ. Bouligin as minister of the
interior is expected daily. General Tre-
poff, the assistant minister of the in
terror, probably will be his successor.
The terrorists have recently renewed
their warnings against General Trepoff
with ominous persistence. The general
is constantly in receipt of letters signed
by the executive committee of the fight
ing organization informing him that his
hour has come. A remarka BILE feature
of all the communica tions is that the
writer's take pains to say that no safe
guards will avail to avert his impending
doom. At the same time they tell him
he need not be afraid to go abroad in
the streets. They add:
Your sentence will be executed in
your own room. You will die in your
bed"
The terrorists seem to take pride in
issuing a challenge involving a demon
.stration of their power and resources
Moreover, General Trepof knows
enough of the desperateness of the or
ganization to firmly believe that the ter
rorists are able to execute their threat.
He makes no concealment of the fact
that he expects to be killed but his
nerve is unshaken. 81. will at least die
at the post of duty he says.
Privately General Trepoff takes a
gloomy view of the future of the auto
cracy, in which he believes. The gen.
era1 is confident that if given untram-
melled power he could restore the old
statutes within a year, but the present
vacillating policy he thinks will enc
only in ruin. A representative assem-
bly, no matter what it's initial character
may be, he is convinced will soon be
transferred into a constituent assembly
which will give the death blow to auto
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
DEPEW STILL IN.
Paul Morton Says Senator Has Not
Resigned From Equitable.

New York, July Ex-senator Depew
has not resigned as a director of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society. This
announcement was made today by
Chairman Paul Morton of the Equita-
BILE, when his attention was directed to
an interview with the senator in Paris
yesterday which was printed here today.
Mr.. Morton said that just before SEN
ator Depew sailed for Europe a few
weeks ago, he called at the Equitable
offices and told the chairman that he
would resign as director and that he
had no objection to his $4,000 a year
position as special counsel to the society
being cancelled or abolished. No for
NAL presentation of the resignation has
ever been made, and Mr.. Morton said
he was unprepared to say whether or
not 1t would be accepted If rendered.
Senator Depews connection with the
society as special counsel will terminate
on August 1. it having been announced
some time ago that the position would
be abolished at the end of the present
month:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
HOCH is AFTER FOLK.
Wants Him to Make a Speech at
Marion.

Governor Hoch is using his good
influences to get Governor Folk of
Missouri to come to Marion about
August 1 and make a speech at the
opening of the new Marion opera
house. Marion is proud of its opera
house, and is anxious to get the big
gest possible attraction for the open
ing night
ssI think" said Governor Hoch to-
day ''that we will be able to get Folk
to make the speech. I am going to
Ottawa Friday to hear his speech in
answer to Jerome. 1 think that Folk
will be able to pump some enthu-
siasm into the Chautauqua."
The Marion opera house belongs to
the people of Marion. They raised
Sc, 900 to build the building, and the
city gave the land. All sorts o<
schemes were resorted to to raise
money-buttons were sold, entertain
ments were given, wholesale houses
were persuaded to donate goods which
were exhibited in display windows
and then sold off at fabulous prices.
The building is now about ready for
use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
SUMMER WEATHER AGAIN.
Starts OFF With Temperature of
as Degrees.

The cool wave is over. Topekans will
now experience more seasonable weather
if the climatic conditions of today can he
locked lDon as weather breeders.
The temperature started in this morn
ing much higher than it has been for days
Al o'clock this morning the temperature
recorded by the government weather Du-
reau was 70, which was II degrees hlgher
than the temperature at Z O'clock yester-
dav morning The sky has been cloudy,
despite the forecast of generally fair to-
night and Friday" and the humid atmos-
phere made the day oppressive, even early
this morning The maximum temperature
Wednesday was SS, which was passed by
the mercury early today.
Todays corn and wheat region report
saws: 1.-The weather was clear in western
Kansas this morning, cloudy in central
and eastern Kansas, clear In western Mis-
souri, and much warmer. Showers have
occurred in western Kansas and south
western Missouri. Showers have occurred
throughout the corn and wheat region
The maximum and minimum tempera-
lures for the "A hours ending this morning
at Z o'clock were: Baker, SS-62; Concordia,
SS-64; Dodge City. 94-62; Dresden, $3.50; FIT.
Scott SS-6z: Macksville, 1856; Mcpherson,
9O-6s: Manhattan, $3.50; Usage City, SS-62;
Sedan, Ss-6S; Topeka, 1854; Toronto, $3.50;
Wichita. 1856.
The government gauge in the Kansas
river at o'clock this morning registered
p feet. The reading at o'clock yester-
day morning was 1872 feet.
The wind at noon was south, blowing 8
miles an hour. The hourly temperatures
recorded by the government thermometer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
BRANDON AN ANTI.
Takes Up Fight on Hoch, Kelly and
the Rest.

Unable to suppress his indignation
any longer, Representative Steve Bran
don of Butler county has gone off the
reservation and joins forces with T.
B. Murdoch of Ell Dorado in a fight on
Hoch, Kelly and Coleman.
Brandon says, in substance. that
Governor Hoch went into a deal with
Fred Dumont Smith to postpone the
operation of the state depository law
SO that Kelly might benefit by the in
terest from April 1 to September /.
This was worth to Tom Kelly" says
Brandon, 49, per month"
For some time Brandon has been
muttering audibly about the scheme
which he claims was worked for
Kelly's benefit by Smith and Governor
Hoch. But he has not considered the
time quite ripe for a public declara-
don is also sore at Smith for the part
Smith took with Fitzpatrick for the
defeat of his reapportionment bill
Smith and Fitzpatrick were the two
don bill.
Brandon has sent the following let
ter to T. B. Murdock. and Murdoch
makes it public: =
AT the time the bill between the SEN
ate and the house was in conference
there was s1,757,000 in the state treas
ury. I went to Governor Hoch and
told him that T. DUmont Smith, his
personal friend, was holding the house
committee up on the question of when
the law should take effect and asked
the governor to see if he could get
Smith to agree on April I. I also
showed him that Smiths object IN
| putting the time off to September was
| that Kelly might have the benefit OF
the interest on the states money until
| that time. The average amount OF
money in the banks from January %
| to February % was about $780, 600
worth to Tom Kelly from Smiths
stand ointa $2,700 a month and from
my standpoint, worth a like amount
to the people of the state. Had the
law taken effect April 1, the money
now tied up in the First National bank
of Topeka would have been amply
lsecured.
my prediction is that on the fina
: fwindup of the banks affairs and the
| termination in the federal court as tC
signed Kelly's bond is all on paper OF
not the state will compromise on sc
per cent or less, as the executive
council has failed to comply with the
| law in the examination of the treas
ury monthly. Personally, am il
favor of electing men to Office who viii
| look after the states interest in place
of devoting so much time through the
press trying to convince the people
that the 'oil refinery law is as much e
necessity as was the greenbacks wher
| they were first issued. There is M
getting around the fact that had the
| governor and attorney general done
their full duty the state would not be
crippled for want of funds and stanc
a good show to lose several hundred
| thn ca nd dollars
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ARE MOVING ON.
Labor Organizations in Kansas
Gaining Strength.
General Prosperity Is Given as
the Cause.
INCREASE IN WAGES.
LabOring Men Have Received
Substantial Advances.
Average Day Is Little Less Than
Nine Hours.

Labor organizations in the state of
Kansas are gaining strength, accord
ing to the biennial report of Labor Com
missioner w L. A. johnson. which is
now about ready for press
In 1902 the average membership Of the
labor unions in the state was 665. For
1904 the average is 6s.5 This increase is
due, according to Mr.. johnson, to gen
eral prosperity and active work on the
part of the members of the various
crafts"
There has also been a general increase
in the wages received by the members
of union labor organizations. Til fol-
lowing a0r1no rfaan r|,orrc 49,, a.,.1.,.%.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
MIGHT LYNCH cHADBURN.
Bandit Closely Guarded in winfield
Madigan In Potter's Field.

Winfield Kan, July 13.-There
were threats during the night of
lynching William Chadburn, the sur
viving bandit who shot and killed
Detective Calhoon yesterday, and he
was guarded closely at a pinysician'E
office by the sheriff and force OF
deputies until he could be taken today
to jail at Sedan for safe keeping. He
may recover from his wounds. Chad
burn was released from the federal
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth a
week ago after serving a three years'
sentence for robbing the postoffice at
Mulhau, Okla. The body of Ed, Madi-
gan. who was killed by the posse, will
be buried in the potter's field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
CAR IS SCARED OUT.
$50 Pounds of Dynamite Found in His
Cellar.

New York. July ia World dis
patch from London contains the fol-
lowing from the Vienna correspond
ent of the Daily Telegraph:
Private letters from St. Petersburg
state that the police have discovered
elaborate preparations for blowing up
the Castle of Ilinskoje, near Moscow,
where the czar with the imperial fam
lily intended to take up a brief resi-
dence- Beneath the apartments des-
tined for his majesty's use a subter-
ranean passage is said to have been
found leading to cellar in which $50
pounds of dynamite was concealed.
The police have made many ar
rests.
THE car has now given up all idea
of STAYING at Ilinskoie''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
IN A NEBRASKA ASYLUM
Melvin, lola Dynaniter, Has Long
Record as Insane Man.

Lincoln, Neb.. July 1S.-An investiga-
ton of records of the Nebraska insane
hospital in this city discloses that Chas.
L. Melvin, the lola, Kan, saloon dyn-
amiter, was twice an inmate of the Ne
braska asylum. He was first confined
on May u, 1888, coming from Richard
son county. Three months later he ran
away, but was returned to the asylum
in September where he remained until
his discharge in January, 1889.
His mania, according to the records,
manifested itself by his possession of
extravaagnt ideas as to his own ability.
He gave no evidence of violence during
his confinement at the asylum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13

Reports from 1S5 labor organiza-
tions in the state show the average
cost of maintaining the organization
per member is $7.s7. 1t is also re-
ported that 1874 per cent. of the trades
are organized.
The average number of hours
worked per day by labor organization
members is S.s hours. The unions
report unanimously in favor of a uni
versal 8-hour day.
There were sixteen strikes during
the year. OF these four were settled.
| three were compromised and four lost.
The others are still pending. The
causes of strikes were as follows: Or
ganization of union, refusal to recog-
nize union, contractor failed to pay
schedule price for hauling. discrini-
| nation against organized labor, lock-
out and refusal to enter into contract.
demand for increase in wages in un-
organized shops, attempt to reduce
wages, demand for better conditions to
work under.
The total number of days lost on
account of II strikes which reported
was 1853. Total number of members
of unions involved was III. The total
amount of wages lost on account of
strikes, IL reporting, was $53,893.9l.
The amount of strike fees paid out
was $1,594.89.
The average annual income of the
various organized trades shows that
the railway engineers lead the list,
with an average income Of $1,320.72
The average age of the common la
borers is 45, the highest in the list,
which seems to indicate that the old
men drift into the common labor class
The engineers, however, have an in
come outside of wages which gives
them first place on the income list. In
actual wages received the conductors
led with s1,253 per year, and tie en-
gineerS follow with $1,229.
The list of the organized trades fol-
l10Wc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
HANGED 24.
Russian Authorities VIII Execute
Seventeen More Soon.

Odessa, July 13.-Twenty-four leaders
of the recent disturbances here were
hanged today in various prisons An
other batch. of seventeen will be public
ly executed upon the arrival here of
General Ignatieff, president of the spec
ial conference for the revision of the
exceptional laws designed for safeguard
ing public order.
The battleship Georgi Pobiedonosetz
has arrived here with a fresh crew for
the purpose of taking sixty-seven mutt
neers to Savastopol for trial by court
martial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
CALLED HIM REPTILE.
NJ. Lasies Starts Disturbance in the
French Chamber.

Paris, July 13.-There was violent
scene in the chamber of deputies to-
day during the. debate on the amnesty
bill. M. Lasies (anti-Senite) opposed
the granting of amnesty to those con-
victed of drawing up secret military
reports and attacked General Andre,
the late minister of war, calling him
reptile" NJ. Berteaux, the minister
of war, protested against NJ. Lasies'
remarks and left the chamber, caus-
ing great confusion and compelling the
president of the chamber to suspend
the session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
Communication Cut OF.

Shanghai, July 13.--Chinese post
office officials have issued notice that
communication has been stopped be-
tween New Chwang and all western
Manchurian towns, to and including
Harbin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-13
New BraIzemen on the Santa F,e.

The Santa Fe has employed the fol-
lowing brakemen who win make runs
IN and out of Topeka: George Willett,
Charles O'Donnell, Floyd Mcpherson,
W F. Lewis. William L Isaacs, ]. B.
Gates, F. Slaymaker and c. H. -Thomp-
son,
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Bank Failure in Springfield, o.

Springfield, o.. July 13-The Citi-
zens'' bank of Yellow Springs, a pri-
vate institution, failed to open its doors
today. 1t is thought to owe depositors
between 200 and $4,000.
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Temperatures in Large cities.

Chicago. July 13.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York, rs; Philadelphia, IS:
Chicago. 6S; Cincinnati, 90; Boston, so;
Washington. "a; Minneapolis, IS: St.
Louis, g.