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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
SUE THE FEDERATION.
Cripple Creek Concerns Make Claims
of Heavy Damages.

Cripple Creek. Colo, April 26.-More
SUITS nave been begun by and against
the Western Federation Of Miners. Two
suits nave been fled in the district
court against Nelson Franklin, r. p.
sharp, II. p. Dahl. w. NJ. cambridge,
II. L Shepperd, F. A. Phipps, F. NJ.
WOODS, j. B. Cunningham and others,
asking for damages in the sum of $685.
000. The plaintiffs in the case are G. A
Scott and Frank Akin. The former sues
Tor SosO08 and the latter for $81, 00o
ne complaint of Akin states that a
strike was started August IL, 1909 and
that It still continues; that the above
defendants and others conspired togeth-
er for the purpose of destroying the
labor organization known as the West
ern Federation of Miners; further that
on August 20, 1904, a mob destroyed the
Interstate Mercantile company's prop
erty and escorted the plaintiff out OF
the city. He alleges that his health was
injured to the extent of $4,000 and fur
ther asks Judgment for $4,000 for act
ual damages. The complaint of Scott is
similar except in amounts
Three mining companies, the Granite
Gold Mining company, the Vindicator
Consolidated Mining company and the
Golden Cycle Mining company have
started suit against the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners to recover 1888, 500 al
legged to have been lost as the result of
the strike
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LAID AT BEST.
Body of Mrs. Lawyer, the Suicide,
Buried Beside Her Father.

Jewell City. Kan, April 26.-The Rev.
Mr.. Willis, of this. city, preached the
funeral sermon Of Mrs. Lydia Lawyer.
who committed suicide at Tescott. She
was buried in the family burying
ground by the side her father.
Further particulars have come to
light.
They had just gone to housekeeping
in their new home. Whether she was
an unhappy bride or poor health caused
her to lose her mind is not known. She
was apparently in the best of health
and spirits, doing her own work, and a
few days before had written an en-
couraging letter to her parents. Just
before hanging herself she was in her
husbands study and pating him on
the cheek said she was going now to
take a. bath. Evidently this was said in
case there should be callers, and to give
herself ample time to be dead when
found. When Mr.. Lawyer went to look
for her he found her hanging in the
stairway suspended from a pole put
across the banisters to which a rope
had been securely tied. She was in her
Undertaking, that was as near as she
had dressed after her bath. She had
premediated the act long enough to fix
the pole and rope herself.
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THE WESTERN PACIFIC.
Contracts to Be Let for Gould Line to
Compete With Hartman.

San Francisco, April 26.-Three of
the local directors of the Western Pa
cihe have departed for New York,
where they are to attend the impor-
tant meeting called by George Gould
for the purpose of reorganizing the
board and placing contracts for the
construction of the big new transcon-
tinental railroad. The directors who
left town were J. Dalzen Brown, David
f. Walker and George A Batchelder.
Another local director, A. c. Kains,
left for the east some days ago.
The majority of the board will be
residents of New York and all future
meetings will be held in that city
Among other things, W. J. Bartnett
will relinquish the presidency of the
Western Pacific at the meeting next
Monday, and that office will be given
to E. T. Jeffrey, president of the
Denver & Rio Grande. Mr.. Bartnett
will become vice president and gener-
al counsel of the company. Contracts
for the construction of the entire line
from here to Salt Lake have been de-
cided upon and it is announced that
they will be officially awarded at Mon
days meeting.
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SELECTS REFINERY SITE
Uncle Sam Oil Company to Go to
Turner.

Kansas City, April 27.-H H. Tucker
jr., and w R. Sanborn, representing
the Uncle Sam Oil Refinery company Of
Cherryvale, Kan, were here yesterday
and closed a deal for the purchase of a
refinery site near Turner, Kan. The
necessary papers will be signed today
and the location of the refinery will be
announced. The representatives of the
rehnery company were accompanied by
w. r. Rightmire, of Topeka, their at
torney. The party went up the Kaw
river in launch above the river bridges
and then took carriage to the proposed
site for the refinery H. H Tucker says
regarding the building of a refinery
near Kansas City:
IF we are able to close the deal for
the site tomorrow we will commence the
erection of 81, 900 barrel oil tank with
in ten days and within two weeks will
begin laying pipe on our pipe linz from
Cherryvale to Kansas City.
we will purchase fifty miles of pipe
and tank steel before leaving Kansas
City and will, within thirty days, begin
laying pipe at each end of the pipe line
Our refinery at Cherryvale is practically
completed and we will be taking oil
there within ten days.
The site we expect to own by to-
night comprises fifty-five acres right up
against the Kaw river and will be three
miles closer to the manufacturing CEN
ter of Kansas City than is the Standard
refinery at Sugar Creek"
Mr.. Tucker said that there are now
I, 400 shareholders in the Uncle Sam Re
finery company and that he will raise
$1,000 more within thirty days after
the beginning of the pipe line construc-
ton. In four months it is expected that
the refinery on the Kaw will be taking
oil from the Kansas field.
The shareholders in the Uncle Sam
company are residents of the eastern
states and the south generally, a great
portion of the stock being sold in the
New England states.
I'VE are taking in about 100 sharehold-
ers a day Mr.. Tucker said. Many
Of our investors in the New England
states have written us, enclosing cash
for stock that they are with US because
we are fighting the Standard. Nearly
every order for stock received mentions
our struggle against the Standard and
the hope that our inevitable success will
come to US quick"
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ment. Electric and Local Traction groups
and Sugar, Wooden, Pump and some 9TH
ers rose 1 to points.
Prices were slightly lower at noon.
Bonds were steady.
The noon realizing did not impair values
much, although st. Paul gave way 1 and
Great Northern preferred 4 points. Some
renewal of pool operations was indicated
by the expanded buying demand Of the
morning. Active stocks began to stifen
again after New York Central had reach
ed 155. Central Railway OF New Jersey
improved ~ points and Delaware and
Hudson 4 points.
There was intermittent buying on a
large scale of special stocks. but the gen
eral speculation was dull until active
selling movement developed. Sugar, after
a long period Of inactivity, was taken
hold Of an advanced 39s points. Kansas
City Southern preferred was carried up
nearly as much Louisville and Nashville
rose to 1855 and Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis advanced g points In all.
Shortly after 2 O'cfSck the market weak
ened abruptly. st. Paul, New York Cen
trai, Union Pacific, Louisville and Nash
vile and United States Steel preferred re-
acting to IL points from the highest.
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PACKERS NOT WORRIED
They Say Mrs. Marcy Knows Nothing
Damaging to Them.

Kansas City, April 26.-Mrs. Mary
Marcy, the Kansas City woman Who is
reputed to have furnished much i'm
portant information to the federal
grand jury in the beef trust investi-
cation, worked for the Armour Pack
ing company from July, 1903, to April
1, 1904, but c. w. Armour says the
only letters she wrote were to Gus
toners who were a little slow about
paying their bills.
Il did not remember her by name
when first heard of her appearance
in Chicago" c. w. Armour said, but
I remember her very we'll, now that
other men in the office have called
my attention to who she was. She
was a quiet demure little woman who
seemed to be absorbed in her work,
which was to write letters for MI n.
H Hand, who had charge of collec
lions. I don't remember ever having
any converse ton with her, but L re-
member seing her here in the Office.
IF there is anything in our business
to hide she did not have access to It.
Our manner of making collections is a
matter which she can discuss with the
grand jury with our fun permission
Correspondence that related to prices
or any other subject of consequence
did not come in her department. [
don't think she carried away anything
that did not belong to her depart
ment"
Leslie Marcy, Mrs. Marcys husband
who works for the United States Watar
and Steam Supply company, says that
when his wife gathered the evidence
which she is to present to the grand
jury in Chicago she had in mind only a
series of stories for a Socialist paper
Mrs. Marcy went to work for the
Swifts long before the beef investiga-
ton was thought of" said Mr.. Marcy.
tShe was in the legal department,
which the employees call the skin de-
partment, because of some of the
methods in use there. She used to
come home and tell me about some
of the peculiar letters she had writ
ten, things she had heard and seen,
until finally, suggested that she
make notes for future use in her
writings. Mrs. Marcy has a remark
able memory She was with the
Swifts for eight months and during
that time she made carbon copies of
several letters in the legal department
that Will be rather embarrassing for
the packers when they are used in
court. She got a record of prices and
correspondence showing that there
derstanding between the packers. She
used to marvel at the way in which
they treated customers, how they kept
things under cover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcy live at the
Melba hotel. at 81 East Ninth street
Mrs. Marcy is a friendly visitor" for
the Associated Charities She gave
up her position as stenOgrapher for
the Armours, Mr.. Marcy says because
of poor health
Mrs. Marcy is small in stature.
weighing only 80 pounds. She and
her husband are Socialists, write for
the SOcialisuc press, and attend near
" all the meetings of that party or
class. Mrs. Marcy is about "a years
of age.
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MARKETS TODAY.
May Wheat Has Another Firm
Day.
Sentiment in Corn Pit Is Rather
BeariSh.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Highest Price for Cattle Today
Is 1878.
Hogs Are Five and Ten Cents
Lower.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.

Chlcago, April 26.-WHEAT-Wheat for
May delivery was firm here today on mod
crate covering by shorts. Future deliveries,
however, were a trif1e easier. influenced
by aoqltionaI rain in the southwest May
opened 7sd &c higher, at 93d931sc to 935sc,
SOFA up 10 sac, and then settled back to
5o72c. July opened unchanged to 1Ac low
er, at S514Qs5ssc After selling at S5jkG85I c
Sne price rallied to S55sc in sympathy with
May, but declined again to S5A 6s5ssc.
ndlnneapollss Duluth and Chicago reported
ago.
Under renewed liquidation of both May
ana July the entire market later became
decidedly weak, May selling off to Gle Ju-
~ declined to S31zQ835sc. The close was
practically at the lowest point of the day,
May being down &c, at 911zc. July was
also OFF 19zc. closing at S35sc.
CORN-Sentiment in the corn pit was
rather bearish owing to liberal receipts.
July opened unchanged to a shade higher,
a. 5oo 41itq4s1sc' sod up to 47sQ47A and then
Prices slumped severely, closing weak,
with July off &c, at 465kc
OAIS-July oats opened &c lower at
zS34e, ana sold later to 293sc
PROVISIONS7JuIy pork was off 1Oc at
81 a. Lard was down 21565c, at S7271s0
f-oO EtlDS We're a shade lower It ST. 1915
WHEAT-Cash No. 2 red. 93d95c. No.
RED, S5e93c; No. 2 hard, 93094c; No 3
nara, S5d9lc; No. 1 northern, s94G96c; No.
2 northern, 96Ea95c; No. 3 spring, S3d93c
SORN-No. ?, 41c; No. 8, 46z G7463zc
OA1S-No 2, 1914 d291ac No. g. 29c
RH E-April, 74c; May, Tic: Sept, 6Oc
FL; 1AA = a. Nv, 81 40; S.-W-, $.25;
T1MOTHY-April $3.50; Sept, sS.2Oas. 30.
CLOVER-April, 1880
BARl4EY-Cash 40I4Sc-
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Nov York Stocks.

Wall St, New York, April 26-STOCKS
Prices generally were a small fraction
higher on the opening quotations. The
United States Steel stocks were the nota-
g point and the preferred running off u
point on running sales of large blocks.
Union Pacific opened up ss point and lost
the gain. Lead gained 1ss points and
Smelling a point.
Prices took a decided upward turn af-
ter slight set back. Northwestern,
Western and Southern stocks were con-
spicuously strong Great Northern pre-
ferTed rose 8 points, Nashville, Chatta-
nOOZa and st. Louis ~ points, Northern
Union Pacific. Amalgamated Copper,
Smelling, Lead, Railway Steel Spring pre-
ferred and Consolidated Gas to ~ points
and Southern Pacific, Louisville and Nash
and Hudson. Norfolk and Western. Ten
nessee Coal. Colorado Fuel and Brooklyn
Union Gas / to IL points The United
States Steel stocks only partly recovered.
end of the hour Wabash preferred lost a
4 jump of s points in Northern Pacific
and rise of nearly points in st. Paul
revived the demand and there was a varie-
ty of upward movements spread all
through the list. The Pacihcs and
Amalgamated Copper did not get higher
than before and Louisville and Nashville
and Atlantic Coast Line were under pres
sure the latter losing a point. United
with a gain Of u point Great Northern
preferred gained Is points. Illinois Steel
ga points, Chicago, St. Paul. Mlnnea polls
and Omaha 4sz points and Northwestern
curb rose to 1914 New York Central On
tario and Western, Atchison and Missouri
Pacific gained point. A large number
Of industrials OF Steel Railroad Equip
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BOHAPARTE is CHOSEN.
He Is Elected President of National
Municipal League.
New york. April 26.-The eleventh

New York. April 26.-The eleventh
annual meeting of the National
Municipal league and the twelfth ma
uonal conference for good city gov
eminent has begun III this city. and
VIII continue until Friday night
a year of municipal advances
was the title of a report read bv elf
ton Rogers Woodruff of Philadelphia
secretary Of the league.
The following officers were eIac+a5
President, Chas. J. Bonaparte. Bald
more secretary, Clinton B. Woodruff
Philadeiphia; treasurer, George Burn-
nam, IT. Philadelphia. Among those
on the executive committees is F,.a1,5-
j. Symms Of San Franeisco-
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TO BE OPEN SHOP.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

the battle in this part of the country.
Both the Typothetae and the Print
ers' union is accommodating a large
fund in the war chest in preparation
for the encounter. The union printers
are paying into this fund a per cent OF
their weekly income, and the members
of the Typothetae are contributing a
certain portion of their profits on all
work done. Both sides will be pre-
pared for long struggle when the
break occurs.
Board VIII Meet Thursday.
On Thursday the state board of
printing commissioners will meet in
Topeka for the purpose of making
further plans for the erection and
equipment IF the state printing plant.
The members of the board are Geo.
z. Tucker of Eureka, Charles S. Gleed
of Topeka and Ed Harris of Topeka.
1t is expected that State Architect
Stanton viii have the plans for the
building and the detailed estimates
ready for submission to the board, and
it is probable that bids will be asked
for and the arrangements made for
letting the contract.
Mr.. McNeaI is investigating the
relative advantages of various styles
of typesetting machinery, which will
be installed in the new plant. Aside
from a battery of typesetters, which
viii be purchased new, it seems to be
practically settled that the state will
purchase the entire equipment of the
present state printing plant.
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THE LAST WEEK
Noted Palmst ClairyOyant in the World


In Topeka but few more days. 1t is
3 years since she last visited this city
Il will be years before she can come
again. The successful are always i'm
itated; her initatOrs only serve to
show the vast superiority in her work
to all others She was born with the
gift Of cla1rVOyance and prOphesy. Shc
has studied with the best masters OF
DalmtStry and astTOlOgy. Was for
years teacher in the Sterling school OF
palmistry of New York city, ana is
also a member of the Boston Society
of Psychical Research. Added to this.
she has had IL years of practical eN-
perience and travel all over the Uni
ted States Canada and Europe.
She has in her possession hundreds OF
newspaper notices on the work she has
done all over the country. in predicting
important events, locating lost friends,
property and buried treasures. Also
many letters and testimonials from
we'll known people all over the world
president was governor of New Ork
state. Another from the Hon Richard
Croker, the One-tirne Iammany boss,
written when he sent the madame 500,
the amount he had wagered with her
at Saratoga Springs when at the New
York State Democratic convention IN
1900, when she predicted the defeat OF
w. J. Bryan and the Democratic party,
an account of which was described in
the Boston Post of Nov. llth. 1850. Go
carly. many turned away daily. Sn
things YOU want to know in few word
is am ODen page. She will tell you VIVA
nfSta lyeS and how to correct them 81
reasonable. Test readings, 10c; life rea
reading ancient method. soc. A $500
mail send 81 go, date of birth and ask 3
Open Sunday. Don't forget the numb
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ChIcnco Like stock nrnrket.

Chicago. April Receipts to-
day, 1900 head. Market slow. Good to
prime steers, $6O0Q6.s So; poor to medium,
450d5. &c; stockers and feeders S2.50d5.10;
cows, $2.5Oa5. 50; heifers, $3.OOd5.75 Gamers,
81 6oa3.10 bulls, S2.504. IS; calves, $S0GQ6. 90.
HOGS-Receipts today, 28,000 head; esti-
mated Thursday, 10000 head. Market 10c
lower Mixed and butchers $5.35Q5. As;
good to choice heavy, $540d5.5212; rough
heavy, $525d5.35; light, $5.20d5.40; bulk of
sales. S5-30d540.
SHEEP Receipts today, 1900 head.
Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice
Wethers, IS. 25d5. so; fair to choice mixed,
s4.G0d4.75; western sheep, S45Od5.50; native
lambs (shOrn), S459d6.50; western lambs,
s. 00a75O.
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Kansas city Produce MARKED

Kansas City. April 26.-Close-WHEAT-
Receipts today, % cars, quotations
July, 1850; Sept, 7115c. Cash: No. 2 hard,
SSd94c; No 8 hard 83690c; No. hard, $50
S5c; No. 2 red. SSG94c; No. 3 red. $4,000;
No red, 65d85c
CORN-Narket higher. May, 425sc; July,
425sd4234c: Sept, 425zQ42ssc. Cash: No. 2
mixed, 45d4554c: No. 8 mixed, 45c; No 2
white, 455ad45Szc; No. 3 white, 4555c.
OATS-Market steady. No. 2 white, 800
33c; No. 2 mixed, 311kc.
RYE-Market steady, 71d74c.
HAY-Market steady. Choice timothy
s9.50d1000; choice prairie $7.75dS.OO
UTTER-Market lower. Creamery, %
G26c; packing, 161zc-
EGGS-Market steady, 1455c
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Kansas City Live Stock.

Kansas City, Mo, April 26.-CATTLE-
Receipts today, 5000 head, including 500
head of southerns Market strong and ac-
tive, Native steers, $4.500675; southern
native cows and heifers, S. SOFAS. IS; stock
ers and feeders, $3.O0G5.00; bulls, $2.75d4 IS;
calves, $4,000. Is; western fed steers, $500
$50 western fed COWS, So. 25G535
HOGS-Receipts today, LOCO head. Mar
ket 5Gt10c lower. Bulk of sales, 8, 2od5. 80;
heavy, s5.5OG5S5; packers, $5.2545. 321k; pigs
and lights, 81. 35G530
SHEEP-Receipts today 1900 head.
Market steady. Muttons, 81. 25d5. 70; lambs,
$500 %; range Wethers, S4.75d6.50; fed
ewes, S425d5.50.
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among the Kansas Shippers IN the mar
ket today are NJ. L. Marshall, Simpson;
BeIoit.
F. NJ Carnahan of Manhattan yesterday
sold 20 steers, average weight 1882 at 1880
This was the top of market for the year
and was SOC above the market yesterday.
E. P. Carnahan of Manhattan sold a car
of heifers yesterday which brought s. g.
and averaged 703 pounds This topped the
market zoe. Both of the above sales were
made through Clay, Robinson & Co.
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II CENTS A BARREL.
A Year Ago at Independence Same
Oil Was $1.18.

independence, Kan, April 20
Heavy oil of % degrees gravity, which
last year at this time brought $1.18 a
barrel, is now worth II cents a barrel,
but the Standard Oil company IS not
taking it even at this price The cut
of Tuesday makes a reduction of 10
cents a barrel in the price of Kansas
and Territory oils in a week. The
Standard Oil people say the price for
the top grade will go to so cents a
barrel and the price for Kansas heavy
% degree oil will go to ten cents a
barrel
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St. louis Live Stock.

ST. Louis, Mo, April 6.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts today, 1000 head Market steady.
Beef steers, $4.00Q6.50; stockers and feed
ers', g. 75d4. 80; cows and heifers, 2.250
5.25: Texas steers, S3.3506.25; Texas cows
and heifers, S2.O0d450
HOGS Receipts today, 5000 head; Mar
ket sc lower Pigs and lights, S400q5. As;
packers, s530a5.45; butchers and best
heavy S5.30d5.55
SHEEP-Receipts today, 250O head.
Market steady Natives, So. 50d5 80; lambs,
IS O0TS 90: Texans. 50. OOGI5.OO.
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New York, April 26-MONEY-Money on
call firm, 25zd3 per cent, closing bid "a
and offered at "a per cent; time loans
steady; SO days, 81 per cent; 80 days, S1z
per cent; 6 months, 31563A per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, A64j5
per cent; sterling exchange firm, with ac-
tual business in bankers bills at 81 $4,000
1855 for demand and at 81 S41k04. 1856 for
so day bills; posted rates, Ass and S4S7;
commercial bills, 81 S41t04.S4
SILVER-Bar silver, SIC; Mexican dol
lars, 4455c.
BONDS bonds steady.
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Wedding of Iient. billiard

Junction City, Kas.. April 26.-
Lieut.. J. B. billiard of Fort Riley and
Miss Elinor Webster Lusk will be
married at the home of the brides
parents. Major and Mrs. James Loring
Lusk, Rock Island arsenal, Rock Is
land, Ill, today. A party that went
from Fort Riley to attend the wedding
was composed of Lieut. Danford.
Lieut.. Morrison, Lieut.. Gruber and
Lieut.. Glassford.
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pridees Down in Texas.

Oklahoma City, Okla, April 26-
Reports from the southwestern por-
ton of the territory indicate that the
storm last night was quite destructive.
The bridge over Salt Fork of Red
river has gone out and the Rock
Island bridge over Wolf river was par
tally wrecked. Rain and hail caused
much damage to crops. Floods are
feared along the larger streams.
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70 Dedicate CathoIic Clln,.ol,

junction city. Kas.. Anrfl % NJ
new $4,000 Catholic church VIII rs rs
dedicated May 8. Bishop Cunning.
ham of this diocese. and a large MIR
Der Of priests and others from The -
rious parts of the state. will affeng
tn " ceremonies. Rev. John O'Brien
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Fort Scott. Kas., April 26.-W. J.
Anderson, a policeman, found the
door of a business house open al. night
and while looking for burglars fell
down stairway into the basement.
In the fail his revolver was discharged
severely wounding the offIcer. The
pan cut off his toe and passed through
his leg, shattering the bone.