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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
EVIDENCE is IN.
Gillette Case Adjourned Until Monday
When Argument VIII Begin.

Herkimer, n. n. Dec. 1.-The tes-
timOny that District Attorney Ward
wanted to bring together before clos
ing the prosecutors case in the Gill
lette murder trial was gotten on the
records this morning and then court
adjourned until Monday when the
lawyers will make their final argu-
ments and the judge deliver his
charge.
The defense applied for permission
to investigate one point which it did
not name and swear one witness to
testify to it on Monday. but should
this witness be sworn but twenty min
utes will be consumed in the compile
ton of the evidence.
Gillette was the first witness today.
District Attorney Ward pulled sew
eral garments out of Miss Brown s
trunk and Gillette identified them as
having been worn by Grace Brown in
the factory. Gillette ransacked his
own suit case before the jurors but
failed to find any of his working
clothes in the pack.
The purport of this testimony was
to show that Grace Browns farewell
words to the farm, when she said she
might never see the dear old place
again were prompted by her decision
with Gillette. who. at least had prom
ised to go to South Otselic and take
her away. Gillette's failure to find
any OF his working clothes in his grip
Will be used by the prosecutor in sum-
ming up as an indication that he in
tended to be- back in Cortland in
week.
John Coye. proprietor of the Taber
house at De Ruyter where Gillette
put up the night before Grace Brown
came from South Otselic- to meet him,
testified that Gillette applied to him
for a horse, saying he wanted to drive
to South Otselic. When an attempt
was made by the defense to rule this
evidence out. District Attorney Ward
said:
1T is to show that Gillette had con-
ceived a plot to take this girl away
without anyone knowing she had gone
with Chester Gillette. He registered
as Charles George at the Taber house
and tried to hire a horse, to convey the
idea ne was goirg to South Otselic.
Then when it was learned that Grace
Brown was dead in the Adirondacks
people would say, Why. there was
man named Charles George at De
Ruyter Saturday night He wanted a
horse to go to South Otselic. "
The court overruled the objection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
YATES IS PRESIDENT.
Ottawa Man at Head of kansas Acad-
envy of Science.

At the meeting of the Kansas Acad-
envy of Science at the Washburn col
lege observatory this morning, the fol-
lowing officers were elected without
opposition, on recommendation of the
nominating committee:
President J. A. Yates. professor of
sciences at Ottawa university.
Vice president, Erasmus Haworth,
Lawrence; F. B. Dams, Topeka.
Secretary, Joseph T. Lovewell, To-
peka.
Treasurer, A. j. Smith, Emporia.
1t was voted that the next annual
meeting will be held in Emporia, and
the time for the meeting was left to
the executive committee.
About 25 new members were admit
ted to the Academy at the present
session.
The meeting this morning at the
Washburn observatory closed the
present session of the Academy, and
the scientists are leaving for their
homes this afternoon
Papers were read at this morning s
session by F. H. Snow of Lawrence,
Prof sShattuck of Washburn college,
DR.. F. o. Marvin Of Kansas university,
and others.
Academy, thanking the local members
for the banquet rendered Friday even
ing, the board of education and Wash
burn college for the use of rooms for
meetings of the Academy
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THE LOSS IS $4,000.
Nobody Permitted to Approach
Until Destruction Was Certain.
They Discharged Firearms as
They Left Town.

Louisville, KY, Dec. IA special
from Princeton, KY, says the tobacco
! stemmeries of John Steger and John
G. Orr, the latter controlled by the I'M
perial Tobacco company of New York.
were destroyed early today by a fire
zindled by a mob of masked men. The
loss is estimated al $4,000.
The mob, which numbered about 300
men, entered Princeton between 1 and 2
o'clock, seized the night town marshal
and disarmed him. They then went to
the factories and quickly applied the
torch The masked men stood on guard,
permitting nobody to come near until
the buildings were completely enveloped
in flames and help was useless. A squad
of the mob took charge of the telephone
office and no word of the affair was
permitted to go out.
When the mop saw that the fire was
beyond control. they left the town, go
ing in the direction of Hopkinsville, dis
charging reVOlverS and rifles as they de-
parted. When the fire department ar
rived it could do nothing more than pre-
vent the fire from destroying buildings
in the vicinity.
The Steger Stemmery was located on
the south side of town on the Illinois
Central railroad and the Orr building
in the northern part of Ne town.
The Steger factory is controlled by
the American Snuff company and Mr..
is
concern. Mr.. Orr is the representa-
tive Of the Imperial company. There
was about 10000 pounds Of tobacco
in each warehouse and all of. it was
burned
The mob. in addition to disarming
the night policeman, took charge of
the police station and the water works
Even had the fire company responded
they would have been unable to obtain
a supply of water.
Of l7n h & "a RI
be only a furtherance Of agitation by
the tobacco raisers against the tobac-
CO trust. The organization of the far
mers is known as the Dark Tobacco
Growers Protective association, but il
is not known that any member of that
organization was in last nights mob.
Story of the Trouble.
Louisville, Ky. Dec. Mott Ayres.
state fire marshal. left for Princeton to-
day to investigate the alleged fncen-
diarism of the two tobacco factories.
He has the powers of a grand jury to
summon witnesses and require them to
testify under oath.
1t Is not improbable that Governor
Beckham will be asked to call out the
militia to protect property in those dis
tricts in view Of past outra ges.
c. F. Snyder. secretary of the state
board of fire underwriters, says the in
surance companies will not be respon-
sible for the loss of the plants under
the clause exempting them in case of
riot and invasion.
The protective association was form
ed throughout the dark tobacco district
and severest measures We're taken
against growers who refused to join it.
Marauders visited their farms at night
and cut down the tobacco plants with
hoes, set fire to barns and committed
other depreciation
The illfeeling began about six years
ago when the italian government sent
agents into the dark tobacco field
These agents paid such high prices for
tobacco that other agents We're driven
out Of the field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
ed HOWE Is THANKED.
superintendent of Soldiers Orphans
Home Appreciates Editors Help.

Ed Howe. editor of the Atchison
Globe, was publicly thanked in the
annual report of the State Soldiers
Orphans home superintendent, which
was made public today by the board
of control superintendent Hills
thanks the editor of the Globe" for
his interest in the children at the home
in securing admission for them to the
circus and other entertainments.
The report of superintendent Hills
shows that during the year ending
June 80, 1906, there have been 26 boys
and 27 girls tindentured' from the
home into private families, and that
there were remaining. on the date
mentioned. 12S boys and SO girls.
Mr.. Hills calls attention to the fact
that there are no fire escapes on. the
buildings; that the water supply is very
limited and that there has been no
provision made for disposing of sewage
in a sanitary manner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
Senator Flint and benjamin Ids
Wheeler Call
To Advise the President Against
Interference at Frisco.
SOUTH IS AROUSED.
It Is Feared That Admission Of
Japanese to Schools
May Result in Opening the
Doors to. the Negroes.

Chicago, Dec. IA dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says:
If President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Root persist in the position they
seem inclined to take regarding the
right of the federal government to
make treaties which will bind states
and municipalities in the conduct Of
their local affairs half a dozen able
BODIED hornets nests in the senate
will break loose early in the session.
Senator Flint and Benjamin Ide
Wheeler of California. both called at
the White House yesterday to see the
president and to advise him from diff
ferent points of view that any inter-
ference by the federal government or
any assumption of right to interfere
with the school system of San Fran
cisco or any other city would provoke
a riot.
Southern senators are arriving IN
Washington in a perfect flame of ex-
element because they have been led to
believe that the Japanese agitation in
San Francisco is merely decoy for an
attempt to break down the whole sys-
tenn of separate schools for negroes in
southern states ~.
The southerners and Pacific coast
ers are rapidly getting together. They
will defeat any treaty in the future
which seeks to give alien citizens the
right TO attend local public schools in
spite of local laws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
OPEN THE vIADUCT.
East Side Improvement Association
Demands Action.

The East Side Improvement associa-
ton held at meeting at the Parkdale
school house last night and adopted a
resolution to appoint a committee of
fifteen to attend the council meeting
Monday night. to urge the immediate
action on opening the Sixth avenue via
duct.
A motion was also introduced and
carried to appoint a treasurer. Mr.. c..
Roof and Mr.. H. Simmons were ap-
pointed tellers and the following We're
nominated: Mr.. J. Lungstrom and Mr..
w. A. Voigt. Mr.. w. A Voigt was
elected. Mr.. O. Purdy made a motion
to include women in the associate
which was unanimously adopted.
A motion was made and adopted to
hold a meeting the last Tuesday of each
month in ---e old Parkdale school house.
mere will be special meeting held
all East Side voters. both male and fe-
all east sIue voters, both made and fe-
m lie, are invited to attend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
KANSAS TEACHERS MEET
Successful Associations at Parsons, Nc
Pherson and Abilene.

Parsons Kan, Dec. 1.-The leading
feature of the session of the South
here was the musical contest in which
fifteen high sch ools of southeastern
Kansas participated.
The Crawford county high school
won III the mixed quartette contest.
With four entries in the girls Quartette
contest the Parsons high school quar-
tette won. The Yates Center boys
quartette received the first prize in that
class. In the boys solo contest, Edwin
Hunter of the Gas City high school
won first place. In the girls solo con-
test Miss Ruby Heller of the lola high
school won first place. In the girls
duet contest Miss Myrtle BrazneH and
Miss Nadine NeVins of the P1ttsburg
high school won first place The Pitts
burg high school chorus won the frs
prize in that event. Prof. Samuel
Thorstenburg of Lindsborg was the
judge.
1t is estimated that more than a
thousand teachers and pupils were
here from the twenty counties COM
posing the association.
Teachers at Mcpherson.
Mcpherson. Kan, Dec. 1.-The Cen
trail Kansas Teachers association began
its session in Mcpherson Friday. The
attendance is not as large as was ex-
pected on account of the rainy wealth
er and the uncertainty of trains. More
than 700 were in attendance.
The election of officers was held in
the afternoon and d. F. Stuck of New
ton was elected president; d. s. Null
of Stafford, vice president; J. Hilda
Harrison of Mcpherson secretary: E.
D. Thompson of Pratt treasurer: and
A w. Hamilton. George w. Winans
and r. r. Price. all Of Hutchinson.
and George L. Seeley of Sterling, ex-
ecutive committee It was decided to
hold the next annual meeting in Hutch
inson.
Abilene Session Closes.
Abilene. Kan, Dec. 1.-The North
Central Kansas Teachers association
closed a two days session last night.
w. B. Hall of this city was elected
president, and Miss Elvina Nelson OF
Lincoln, secretary. Beloit is the next
place of meeting.
Prof. Hall has recently been appoint
ed head of the school for the blind in
Kansas City, Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
THREE BANKS CLOSED.
Too Much Money Was Tied Up in Real
Estate.

Peoria. ILL.,. Dec. Three banking
institutions in McDonough county.
conducted by c. V Chandler of Ma
comb. have closed their doors, and
notices to the effect that they We're
short of ready cash were posted.
The banks are the Bank of Macomb,
conducted by c. ". Chandler & Co,
deposits Of S450O0O and capitalized at
$4,000; the Chandler & lines bank at
Colchester. capitalized at $4,000 and
deposits of 100000, and the Chandler
& Smith Bank of Bardolph. capital
lied at $4,000 with 100000 in de.
posits-
The money of the denositors in al.
three banks has been invested through
Mr. Chandler. the senior member o.
the private banking firms, in Nc
Doaough county real estate The Ma
comb bank guaranteed the payment
of the Macomb & Western Illinois
Electric railway, and when the bond
holders made a demand for their
money they absorbed all the ready
money of the three institutions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
STUBS IS IN TOPEKA.
He Has a Long Conference With Carr
Taylor.

w r. Stubs came to Topeka today
presumably for the purpose OF con-
ferring with Carr w. Taylor about the
preparation of a 2-cent fare bill and a
maximum freight rate bill to be pre-
scented to the coming session Of the
legislature. Mr. Stubs didn't say that
this was his object in coming to To-
peka but he put In considerable time
in Mr.. Taylor's office, and did not deny
that he was talking over these mat
terc.
When asked how he was getting
along in the preparation of his bills
for the legislature, Mr.. Stubs said:
"First rate. But I can tell you bet
ter about those things later on"
Are you going to have any meeting
to talk over these bills?"
mo. I think not" said Mr. Stubs
who are you going to be for for
speaker ?" was asked.
Il haven't anything to say about
that vet" replied Mr.. Stubbs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
NO MORE JUSTICE COURTS.
Chicago Has Entered Upon an Era of
Reform.

Chicago. Dec. 1.-Chicago's old justice
court system unofficially passed out of
existence yesterday. The magistrates
issued their last orders and the days of
the rule of the constable was over.
This afternoon s3n what probably will
be the most picturesque ceremony ever
held in Chicago, the chief magistrate and
justices of the new municipal courts will
receive their commissions. 1t will be in
the old log cabin courthouse of Cahokia
county, the oldest courthouse in the Mis-
sissippi valley. Judge Orrin N Carter
will give the new magistrates their com
missions
With this ceremony the long promised
reform courts of Chicago will be a
fact. With the courts win come the civil
service bailiff, who receiving a salary
from the city will serve only legal papers
and in a legal manner. SThe order of
Chief Justice Olson and his associate
justices. which was issued. some days
the places of the constables sunder a civil
service examination. which viii make dis
honesty and Incompetence such as was
common under the old regime impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
KNOCK ON CARNEGIE.
London Newspapers Criticise the Iron
Masters Talk.

London, Dec. Exception is taken
in some of the afternoon papers here
to the statements made by Andrew
Carnegie at the banquet of the St. An
drevs society in New York last night
regarding the decline of recruiting in
Scotland.
The Pail Mall Gazette heads its
column IAN American Insult" and
says that even true. ''it is the worst of
manners in an alien who elects to
make frequent use of British hospital
ity to make it the subject of public
rejoicing"
Sir Mortimer Durand's vigorous re-
buke" of Mr. Carnegie on the same
occasion IS applauded by the press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
MARK TWAIN IS II.
Celebrated His Birthday by Playing
Pool All the Afternoon.

New York, Dec Mark Twain was
II years old yesterday. He celebrated
his birthday by playing pool almost
the entire afternoon with his secretary
and one or two other friends.
Early in the day kilograms, cable
grams, messages and flowers began to
arrive at his home, No 81 Fifth ave
nue..
Mr. Clemens was enjoying a nap
when a reporter called late yesterday
His secretary said:
you can say that Mr.. Clemens Is in
the best of health since his attack Of
bronchitis. He thanks his friends Tar
and near for their Kind messages and
says he expects to live many more
years to enjoy the beauty and hospi-
tality of this world"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
UP FOR BARRATRY.
Three Men ON Trial in Yokohama for
the CriIae.

Victoria. B. c., Dec. News of the
barratry of the ship Agenor of Seattle
has been received from Yokohama AL
bert A. Lewis, Charles A. Hill and F. NJ.
port for forging and uttering private
documents and sinking the ship
Lewis was chief clerk of Sale & Fraser.
Yokohama export firm, and conceived
the scheme. He arranged charter for
the AgenOr which was acquired by Sale
& Fraser on arrival at Kobe from Seattle
purportng to have sold the wheat
to a Kobe firm. He then cabled
proposals to 1oyds at London for
the insurance of the cargo. Lloyds, not
fused the risk. Then Lewis arranged with
Captain ToppIe. a retired mariner. to sur
vey the vessel and when this was for
warded to I4loyds, they cabled accepting
the risk at $4,000. Subsequently he wired
to Lloyds for further $500 risk, saying
further cargo was being shipped By
was shipped and false bills of lading
covering a full cargo were made.
Then Lewis and Hin took passage on
the AgenOr the latter as pilot, and they
as steering the vessel toward places
studded with rocks off Yukiura
TOkushima prefecture. There the vessel
struck a rock. sustaining small damage.
AS the preEneditated total wreck had not
been effected, the Schefners bored holes
in the hull to accomplish the sinking of
Howard, the ships carpenter. and the
pumping apparatus was destroyed by him
to prevent the vessel being saved
The Agenor foundered during the night,
in the boats and Lewis gave Captain
Mowat and the mate 5000 and let them
proceed to the United States at once. be-
fore reporting the wreck.
This aroused the 'stIspicippS of Sale G.
Fraser, who caused the pplice to arrest
Lewis. and the barratry was then ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
NEVADA FUEL FAMINE.
No Coal to Re Had in GoIdfeId or in
TonopaIl.

Reno. New, Dec. 1.-Unless the fuel
famine in Nevada is broken imme-
diately suffering and sickness and per-
haps death win follow in the wake O.
the storm which has ragged for the
past two days in southern Nevada.
Coal can net be obtained in Goldfeld
or Fonopah and wood is bringing ex-
Orbitant prices. Ties and telephone
poles are being burned but a traih
load of wood is being rushed into
southern Nevada and the famine in
Goldfeld and Tonopsh will in all
probability be relieved before many
days.
The fuel famine extends over the
entire state and even in this city coal
can not be purchased. Wood can still
be secured here only in small quanti-
ties and at very high prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
Corbett Gets :. sea Serpent.

Ansonia, Conn, Dec. 1.-While Young
Corbett who is training at his quarters
in Stratford. was taking exercise along
Long Island Sound yesterday he MOTTO
ed a peculiar animal climbing one Of
the rocks With an oar he struck II
over the head With the assistance of
Augustus Wood one of his trainers, he
tied the denizen of the deep to the rear
Of an automobile and brought 1t to this
city. 1T weighed so pounds. and be-
two small feet. which it uses to climb
rocks. 1t has a mouth ten inches wide
and a pair of horns. 1t is three feet
long and 10 inches across the back
Those who have seen it say it is a
baby sea serpent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
THE WEATHER TURNS COLDER
No Rainfall Record since Nearly Inch
on Friday.

There has been no rain in Topeka
today but the damp weather has
cooled off the atmosphere consider
able until today it is quite a bit cooler
than 1t has been for sometime. The
rain storms which are now visiting To-
peka are general all over the country
and there is but little sunshine any
place in America today. A real biz
card is passing over North Dakota and
is going eastward The temperature
near the Canadian border is twenty
degrees below zero. This weather,
however, will not extend very far
south so that Topeka will not be in its
pathway.
Tomorrow the weather will be about
the same as it is today-cloudy and
threatening. There is but slight pos
sibility OF rain. It will perhaps be-
come a little cooler.
The wind today is blowing at the
rate OF four miles an hour from the
northeast The precipitation since
Friday has amounted to 10 Of an inch.
The total rainfall for the past few
days since the present type of weather
set in has amounted to 1.23 inches
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
METCALF SAW 1T.
Causes Prosecution of Porter Inspector
for Violation Of Law.

san Francisco. Cal, Dec. At the
instigation of Victor H. Metcalf. score
tary of commerce and labor Captain
John Birmingham. supervising in
spector at this port. has been instruct
ed to bring Captain William Wright,
of the Southern Pacific train ferryboat
Solano to an immediate trial for
violating the daw. which requires that
the vestibules of AL Pullman cars must
be kept open while crossing the water
Secretary Metcalf observed the
violation of the law while crossing the
Caruuinez straits on the Solano re-
Gently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
DID MILLER SAY 1T?
Mouth of the Consul General Seems to
Have Got Him in Trouble.

Washington. Dec. HI B. Miller.
United States consul general at Yoke
hama. will be given an opportunity by
the state department to affirm or deny
a published interview in which he is
quoted as saying that the japanese
are organizing their army and navy to
fight the United States A clipping of
the alleged interview has been for
warded to Mr.. Miller and the state
ment is made that if he denies it, his
answer will be accepted by the state
department as conclusive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
-Four Persons Killed.

Vergennes, VT. Dec. -Four per-
sons are known to have been killed and
it is feared that others lost their lives
while several were seriously injured in
a wreck on the Rutland railroad near
here today a gravel train ploughed
into the rear end of a passenger train
Two passenger cars were wrecked and
caught fire. None of the dead has been
positively identified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
wichita Football Game on.

Wichita Kan. Dec. Heavy rains
necessitated the postponement of the
Friends university-Fai college
football game, which was to have been
played here today. The game will be
played Thursday. Along with the
Dostponement comes a rumor that ath-
letic relations between the two schools
may be broken off again and that the
game may never be played.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01

Oklahoma City. Ok, Dec. LANES
NJ Wright founder of the Ray County,
Mo-, Republican. and a pioneer news
paper publisher in that state. died sud
denly of heart failure this morning at
Lawton. o. T. His only child. Frank V
Wright. is editor Of the Lawton Daily
News Republican,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-01
Newton EIects a Councilman.

Newton Kan. Dec. 1.-One of the
most hotly contested ward elections in
4be history of Newton was held Fri
dav. The election was to fill vacancy
in the council from the Fourth ward.
DR.. o. w. Rolf was the successful can
didate. defeating N G. Perryman by
1876 votes Roff's candidacy was on
Affairs.