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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-08-03

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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-08-03

March oath 1905
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-08-03

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pounds, fyri5sl Merg u IN conformation with
The beet % feai and legs, elegant stye and per
rect dispaeiii0n
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-08-03
FRANK sQUIRES

This horse will make the season OF 1895 at the
table Of his owner Prank squfcs On the Nor
nan Gfifllh flTm, North MAnehesleT, W.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
He Is Grand Duke Nicholas
NichOlaievitch.
General LineTitch Reported to
Have Won Fight.
HE HEADED OFF NOGI
Who Was Attempting Another
Turning Movement.
Oyama Seems Determined to
Keep Hammering.

st. Petersburg. March 15.-6:21 D. M
Tt IS now definitely stated that Emperor
Nicholas has approved the decision of
the council of war to send Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch to replace Gen
eral Kuropatkin. as the best means of
putting a stop to the intrigues and the
jealousies among the generals of the
army, both at St. Petersburg and at
the front
General Soukhomlinof will be chief of
star.
While no further dispatches have
been received from the front to show
whether the renewal of the fighting yes
terday was continued today there was
persistent reports on the bourse that
General Linevitch has achieved a nota-
Bile success against General Nogi, cut
ting off and surrounding two divisions
which were marching north to the west
of Tie Pass with the view to engaging
in a new turning movement. The fight
yesterday indicates that Field Marshal
Oyarna is determined to pursue the Rus
SLAMS to the bitter end.
KurODatkin Heard From
St Petersburg, March 15.-General
Kuropatkin in a dispatch dated March
IA. says:
A fierce japanese attack on the CEN
ter of our positions at the Fan river,
about 13 miles south of Tie Pass, has
been repulsed- More than a thousand
corpses remain in front of our posi-
tions"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
IT IS CLOSE.
Question of Colorado Governor
ship Hangs in the Balance.
Friends of Adams Still Believe
He Will Win.
WILD RUMORS AFLOAT.
Two Adams Men Said to Have
Been Kidnapped.
Peabody Appears to Have One
Less Than a Majority.

Denver, March 15.-All sorts of wild
rumors regarding the situation in the
gubernatorial contest were in circula-
ton this morning. One of these was
to the effect that two of Governor
Adams supporters in the joint legisla-
tive convention had been kidnapped.
This lacks verification. 1t is evident
that the final vote which will deter
mine whether Governor Alva Adams
shall continue to hold the chair in
which he was seated on January 10,
or shall surrender it to its former oc-
cupant, James H. Peabody, will be
very close. It was on this account
that the Peabody leaders secured an
adjournment of the joint convention
yesterday.
Although Is Republicans, only one
less than majority of the joint con-
it is confidently asserted by Adams
friends that Peabody will not have
more than A votes in the final deter
mination of the contest. Three Re
have said that they did so merely to
enable Senator Wood, who was alb
sent yesterday, to be present when the
vote on the contest is taken.
The efforts of the Peabody leaders
to have the contest treated as the po-
litical issue seem to have signally fail
ed. The Republicans have a clear
majority of IS on joint ballot, but one
third of the 66 Republican members,
it is commonly supposed, have pledged
themselves not to vote for Peabody
under any circumstances.
1t is said that these Republicans
have even rejected proposition to
vote for Peabody on condition that he
would resign Immediately after being
seated.
The action of Lieut.. Governor Nc
Donald in casting the deciding vote on
the motion for a recess yesterday has
opened UP a wide range of discussion.
Adams supporters claim that the lieu
tenant governor has no right to vote
in joint convention under any circum-
stances, but Lieut.. Governor Mcdonald
claims he has such a right and has
strongly intimated that he will even
vote on the governorship contest in
case of tie
Lobbyists were excluded today from
the floor of representative hall, where
the joint convention meets. Yesterday
lobbyists working in the interests of
Pea body were permitted on the floor
and they mingled freely with the mem
bers during the session. The galleries
were crowded today in anticipation of
final action on the prolonged contest
Immediately after reassembling the
Joint convention took a recess until 2:30
D. m. today The motion was carried
on a viva voce vote. The Peabody and
the. anti-PeabOdy Republicans are con-
ferring to seat Peabody as governor
with an understanding that he will i'm
mediately resign, leaving the Office to
Lieutenant Governor Mcdonald. One
of the leaders of the anti-Pea body Re
publicans said after adjournment that
Pea body's resignation had already been
prepared and would be placed in the
hands of the opponents if they would
agree to this proposition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
WOMAN DEAD IN CAB.
Her Male Companion Was Dead
Drunk at Same Time

New York. March 15.-The body of
a woman who had been dead several
hours and a man unconscious and ap-
parently dying were found in a cab
which was driven up to a Brooklyn
police station on a gallop early today.
The man, who was suffering from
alcoholism and possibly from the ef-
he and the driver of the cab have
been detained by the police pending
an investigation of the affair Al
though the condition of the man was
so serious that he could give the po-
lice little information which would aid
them in their investigation, he said
that his name was Thomas De Egan
and that he lived in Monroe street, one
of the better class residential sections
of Brooklyn. The dead woman, he
said, was Miss Mary Savage, 80 years
old. Both De Egan and Miss Savage
were well dressed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
TERRILL ASKS FOR WRIT.
Oklahoma Convict Would Gain Free
dom ON Habeas Corpus.

I.eavenworth, Kan. March 15.-Ira n.
Terrin, the state prison convict serving
a term for a murder committed in Okla
horna territory whose appeal to the pres
ident was mentioned in the State Journal
yesterday. filed an application in the dis
trict court for a writ of habeaS corpus.
He was visited in the prison Monday by
County Attorney Bond on the request of
Cora B. Terrill, but The county attorney
refused to grant the mans request for
warrants for the warden and deputy war
den Because he refused to do so Terrill
told his daughter to file a complaint in
the district court against the county at
torney and to have him brought before the
grand jury
Terriil is an exceedingly shrewd fellow,
was at one time a lawyer and spends
most of his time in the prison in a cell,
refusing to move out of it. He made an
assault upon Deputy Warden Dobson
some months ago and for this was placed
in his cell He has not been out of it since
that time, but it is his own choosing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
OAKLAND IS AROUSED.
Don't Want to Be Left Without a
Wooden Mill.

At the Friday evening meeting OF
the Commercial club, the people of
Oakland Will be represented by a
spokesman on the subject of the WOOL
en- mill which is about to be moved
away from that little suburb of To-
peka.
Oakland people are greatly agitated
by the discontinuance of the Oakland
mill. They fear that it will material
ly reduce their population, and they
regret to lose the big factory which
has been their pride and joy. But the
mill is surely going to be moved
c. K Holiday, president of the
Commercial club, says: THE people
OF Oakland have been coming to see
me to find out whether or not some
thing can't be done to save the mill.
I simply say that the Topeka CONNER
ciaI club has done everything possi-
bic. but that the Oakland people
might just as well make uD their
minds that the mill is lost They
hand, and T. J. Nichols. of the law
firm of Nichols & Evans. Will come
before the club Friday night to tell
us about a boot and shoe factory
proposition which he thinks may be
landed"
The Commercial club has its eyes
open for something to take the place
of the wooden mill. Among other
things, the Parker Show company Of
Abilene, is planning to move. and To-
peka is one of the towns considered
The city of Topeka and the people Of
Oakland could we'll afford to buy the
site and building of the woolen mill,
and present it to the Parker company,
as an inducement to come here. The
Parker Manufacturing company does
a business estimated at $1,000 900 a
year Arrangements could be made
with the Topeka Railway company for
the speedy handling of freight from
the railroads. so that the mill would
be efven the best of service so far as
freights are concerned
Another factory which is talking OF
moving into the woolen mill building
is an overall factory from Kansas
City. This concern is planning to get
away from that town. and will prob
ably come to either Topeka or go to
Springfield, Mo.
Several other factories are also fig
uring on the wooden mill site, and II
seems likely that Oakland will not
have to go without a factory for very
long, even If the woolen mill does
move away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
BROKEN FLANCE.
Causes Wreck of Rock Island Train
Near FIagler. Colo.

Colorado Springs. Colo. March IS.
Shortly after o'clock this morning
Rock Island passenger train No. Is,
from Kansas City and st. Louis. was
derailed four miles east of Flagler,
this state. and several persons were
slightly injured, no one seriously. The
accident is attributed to a broken
hange on the engine. The engine,
baggage car. smoker and chair car
left the rails, the smoker going over
on its side. The injured are: En-
gineer Robert Cootz, Baggageman A.
v Huffman. Fireman ]. c. Grant, Mail
Clerk w. D. Lane and passengers Belle
Lee, Ezra Baker. w. o. McMain, Mary
Funk and Mrs. James Bledsoe. All
the train men Injured were able to
continue on duty and all the passen-
gers were able to continue their Jour
ney. The train arrived here at 2
O'Clock this afternoon. The roadbed
was open for traffic at 9 o'clock this
morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
GARFIELD SAYS GOODBY
Commissioner Holds Farewell Talk
With the President.

Washington, March 15.-James r.
Garfield. commissioner of corporations,
this morning had his farewell inter
views with President Roosevelt and
secretary of commerce and labor, Mr..
MetcaIf, before leaving for Kansas.
Mr.. Garfield will take a brief trip to
Florida, leaving tonight, thence to
Ohio and to Kansas in ten days or two
weeks. In proceeding under the
Campbell resolution, Mr.. Garfield will
have the fullest confidence of the
president despite rumors of dissatis-
faction which reach here from the
west growing out of the beef trust in
vestigation and report
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
STILL TIED UP.
Railroad Trains Unable to Move in
Southern California.

Los Angeles. Cal. March 15.-Both
1he Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
roads are still partially tied uD. but
the work OF repairing the roadbeds is
going forward rapidly as conditions
viii allow and it is expected that the
lines will again be fully open before
many hours The Santa Fe washouts
are already temporarily repaired and
eastbound trains are proceeding on
their regular schedule. The several
west bound trains held at Barstow
since Sunday should reach here to-
night
Reports from the Southern Pacific
are not so encouraging. Only the val
ley division has been restored to any
thing like its normal condition Two
trains arrived in Los Angeles over that
division this morning. on the South
ern Pacific coast line the breaks be-
tween Ventura and Los Angeles have
not been repaired and today rain was
reported to be falling heavily at Ok
nard and several other places along
the line Seven southbound trains
are still held at Santa Barbara Su-
perintendemt Ingraham with large
crews of laborers is hurrying forward
the work of repair with all possible
dispatch. The weather in Los An
geles is cloudy and threatening today
and further fall of rain seems prob
able.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
WOULD SAVE THE RENT.
WaterworIzs Office May Be Moved to
City Building.

The city officers are specuIating upon
where they will place the business Off
ces of the WaterWorks which the city
now owns. At present the offices are
maintained in the Thompson block at
625 Quincy street. If the offices are re-
moved they will be placed in the city
building but there is some doubt as to
suitable quarters for the office force
The room viii have to be of fairly
large size and easy of access for the
public as a great many of the bills are
paid at the office. At the present time
there are a few rooms which are not
constant use but these are not ex-
actly desira bic. A encouragement of the
offices at the city building will have
to be made and a different apportion-
ment made of the rooms.
Another thing which VIII be necessary
in case of a removal to the city build
ing will be the erection of a small re-
pair shop at the rear of the city build
ing The present. location is used both
as an office and a repair shop for me
ters and pipes.
The city will have to pay $35 a month
rent if it continues to utilize the pres
ent offices. This amount can be saved
by a removal to the city building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
TOWED BY A SHARK.
W ". Webb has an Exciting E,N-
perience in Gulf.

W W. Webb has returned from a
seven weeks trip through Mexico and
he must have had an exciting time
judging by the following dispatch which
appeared in the Monterey News:
Tampico. Mexics. March 13.-While
out fishing yesterday for tarpon ". W.
Webb and IT. H Haver. both visitors
here. had a remarkable experience with
a shark A tarpon had struck their
bait and was gyrating about in the va
ter when a shark seized the tarpon and
bit it severely. AS nearly as Mr.. Webb
could figure it out the shark became en-
tangled with the hook and at once
started to tow the boat out toward the
gulf The episode occurred near the
jetties.
For some distance the shark towed
the boat out toward the end of the jet
ties, the fishermen and their mozo doing
their best to hold the boat against the
force of the shark
Finally. about the time that the fish
ermen were beginning to think about
getting out their knives to keep from
being tOwed out into the gulf, which
was somewhat rough that day, the
shark became disengaged from the hook
and made off leaving the sportsmen to
find their way back to the tarpon
grounds.
Mr.. Webb is from Topeka. Kan. and
Mr.. Haver. who is with him, is from
Emporia of the same state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
MUST REVISE ORDINANCES.
Judge Reese's Decision Affects Many
Kansas Cities.

Salina, Kan. March 15.-In the case
of the city of Salina VS.. c. w. Musser,
of Kansas City, Judge Reese, of the
district court, handed down an opinion
Tuesday which will be of interest to the
cities of the state. Musser was arrest
ed for running an auction store without
a license. involving violation of the or
dinance prescribing that the license
should be not less than s25 nor more
than $500. the amount in each case to
be determined by the council. The court
held that the mayor and council have
no authority to delegate to the. council
alone the power to determine the
amount of the license which shall be
required in each case. Under this opin-
ion the license must be fixed at a stated
amount by ordinance. The decision will
cause nearly every city in the state to
revise its ordinances relating to city
licenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
SHERIFF SUES THE COUNTY.
Officer Would Charge 10 Cents a Mile
and Expenses.

Winfield. Kan, March ia. o. We'll
felt, newly elected sheriff of Cowley
county, is having trouble with the coun-
ty commissioners about his charges for
transporting prisoners to the peniten-
tiary and state insane asylum. Like
his predecessor, he has charged 10 cents
a mile each way for his services, but
the commissioners have baked on pay
ing it.
Tuesday Sheriff Welfelt had his attor-
ney before the board of commissioners,
striving to convince them that he was
upheld by the law in his course. The
commissioners assert that he should
have only cents mile each way and
So a day, the allowance made by the
state for the transportation of prison
ers. There may be a lawsuit over the
question. If the commissioners are sus-
the sheriffs preceding Mr. We'll
felt will find themselves indebted to the
in various sums.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
TERRIFIC SEAS.
Great Storm Sweeps Over Coast
of Great Britain.

London, March IA great storm
of hurricane force burst over the Irish
and English coasts during the night and
it is feared that many disasters have
occurred. The telegraph lines are
broken at many points. The British
ship Khyber has been totally wrecked
off the Cornish coast. Twenty-three of
her crew were drowned and three were
saved. The Khyber sailed from Mel
bourne. Australia. October 26, for
Queenstown.
The storm swept over the north of
Ireland early this morning and did
great damage to property Fears are
entertained for the safety Of the fishing
fleets.
The high winds have caused, it is be-
lieved, havoc along the coasts of the
United Kingdom. Telegraph communi-
cation between London and many points
is cut off. The Iffeboat stations are
busy and shipping everywhere is seek
ing shelter. Numbers of minor wrecks
accompanied by loss OF life have been
reported. Terrific seas are running.
The departure of Queen Alexandra
Princess Victoria and other members of
the royal family from Portsmouth to
Lisbon to return the visit of the King
and Queen of Portugal. which was to
have taken place yesterday was post
poned until tomorrow.
Queenstown, March 15.-The British
ship Wray Castle from Portland, Ore,
which arrived at Queenstown yesterday,
has been driven ashore and several 9TH
ers have dragged their anchors owing
to the severity of the gale off this coast.
The Wray Castle lies on the eastern
breaking over her, but possibly she may
be tOWed off after being lghtered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
Frank Burett, an Aged Recluse,
Found Dead in Hut.
His Body Horribly Mutilated by
Rodents.
/ HERMIT AND MISER.
Would Have Nothing to Do With
NeighbOrs.
Leaves Property Valued at
About $4,000.

With his face, hands and feet eaten
by rats, his body badly decomposed
from death, which probably occurred
two weeks ago, Frank Burett, a So
year-oId hermit, who lived about three
miles northeast of North Topeka, was
on Monday afternoon found dead in
the little tumble-down shack on his
farm which he called his home. The
CHASTITY discovery was made by Jacob
KuIl and William Bowman, two farm
ers who live nearby. They had not
seen the old man for several weeks.
and made an investigation.
Coroner Keith was called and he
ordered an inquest, which was held
this afternoon at Willett & Conwell's
undertaking establishment. The jury
took but a few minutes to reach
decision. A verdict was rendered
that Burett had come to his death
''by an unknown cause
The old man was a unique character.
He was rich. He owned a so acre farm
of the finest bottom land to be found
in Shawnee county. Its value is esti-
mated at $1,000.
He isolated himself from everybody
and lived in a little hut, a description
of which would go begging for adequate
words The roof was rotten and bro
ken through at places, allowing the ele-
ments full ingress. The windows we're
out, and the door was mere board. Tt
was formerly a long house, long since
worse, however, because of decay.
The bed in which Burett was found
was an oblOng box built into a corner
An old quilt and some sacks he used as
coverings.
In a little dug-out nearby he cooked
his meals. His utensils were of a. very
meager nature. What food he ate, he
raised on his farm.
The major share of his tract of land
he allowed to run riot with weeds He
would not rent the place to anyone, nor
would he raise anything on it himself,
save a few small vegetables. Farmers
nearby frequently asked him for a
lease, but he always denied them.
He was complete recluse. The
neighbors had little conversation with
him, save a passing nod, bidding the
time of day J. B. Billiard, the North
Topeka miller, was his cousin but
him; in fact, he had not spoken to Mr.
Billiard for the past few months.
HE used to come to town occa-
sionally last year" said Mr.. Billiard:
"but of late ne has not spoken to me
at all-in fact, he would not come
near here. I never became acquaint-
ed with him hardly at all"
1t is not known whether Burett had
any money on deposit at any of the
banks. Mr.. Billiard, being his only sur
ViVlng relative naturally comes into
possession of the farm. Burett was al
ways rated rich by his neighbors. and
it is possible that he may have left
some other things of value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
TREATY MUST WAIT.
Senate Will Not Pass on San Domingo
Matter at Present.

Washington, March 15.zHope has
been abandoned of ratifying the Santo
Domingo treaty at the present session
of the senate The treaty is not dead,
but will be laid aside few months.
Senator Cullom (Iu.). chairman Of
the committee on foreign relations.
who has charge of the treaty in the
senate. has apprehended since the de-
bate opened Monday that it would be
scarcely possible to secure favorable
action on it at this time.
Senator CuIlom and several other
senators talked with the president to-
day about the matter and all the in
dications are that no definite action
will be taken at present. Senators on
both sides of the chamber manifest a
desire for more explicit information
regarding some phases of the Santo
Domingo question before passing upon
the treaty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15

He VIII Take Command of the South
western Division.

Denver. March 15.-Announcement
has been made at army headquarters
that Briga General Frank D. Bald
win, at present in command of the
Colorado department, has been ad-
vanced to command the southwestern
division with headquarters at Okla
homa City.
General Baldwin shortly will be
made a major general and he will be
retired by the age limit rule the last
of next year He is at present on a
tour of inspection in Arizona. The
southwestern division over which he
will have charge, is the largest in the
country, embracing both the depart
ment of Colorado and the department
of Texas including besides the states
mentioned Utah, New Mexico, Arizona.
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-15
COMPLETED 10 YEAR SENTENCE.
Jerry Wallace Left Federal Peniten-
tiary Free Man.

Leavenworth, Kan, March 15.-Jerry
Wallace, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan,
was released from the federal peniten-
tiary yesterday after having served
eight years and four months within the
walls. During the time he was confin-
ed TO the prison he was model prison.
er and it was on this account that sew
eral months were taken from his origi-
nal sentence for good time. Wallace
was sentenced by the civil courts in 1896
to serve ten years for the murder of
his father at Fort Scott. Kan 1t is al
legged that Wallace killed his father in
1894 and from the time of his arrest
shortly after the killing until 1896 he
remained in Jail. He had served more
than ten years, for the crime. which it
is alleged he committed, but he still
claims he is innocent.