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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
SNOW is ALL GONE.
1t Only Made seven Hundredths of an
Inch of Water.

The blizzard which prevailed over
the greater portion of Kansas and
Colorado has passed on to the east
and north and today the conditions
prevailing in Topeka while not ideal
are fair Most of the snow which fell
yesterday afternoon and last night has
disappeared. excepting in protected
spots. The temperature has been such
that the snow which fell on the pave
ments melted almost Immediately, and
the sun. which has shown intermit-
tently all day. has added its warmth to
the cool wind which is blowing from
the west at the rate of 20 miles an
hour.
Snow began falling at three o'clock
Friday and snow or rain continued to
fall until late in the evening. the pre-
cipitation amounting to OF of an inch.
a white square floating over pen
nant of black indicates that Sunday
will be fair and colder, if the weather
flags are right in the story which they
tell.
The hourly temperatures for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
BLIZZARD AT DULUTH.
wind Blowing Fifty Miles an Hour
and PiIing Up Snow.

Duluth, MINI. March ga terrific
blizzard has been raging since yester-
day afternoon demoranzing street car
service and rendering travel very diff
fcult
Several inches OF. snow has fallen and
it has drifted to the depth Of several
feet in many places. Railroad trains
are all late and many wires are down.
The wind attained a velocity of so miles
an hour during the night. Superior,
wis, reports similar conditions.
Fruit Is Safe.
Lincoln, Neb.. March 3-Railroad traf-
fic in Nebraska is somewhat democrat
lied by the blizzard which struck the
state yesterday, but schedules are be-
ing resumed today. Low temperatures
prevail over the state. Fruit experts
believe that trees are safe.
Drop of Forty Degrees.
Des Moines, Ia. March 3.-The biz
gard which ragged over the west and
south yesterday struck here early to-
day, carrying the temperature 40 de-
grees toward zero. Wind and snow ac-
companied the cold, but has not im-
paired traffic on trolley and steam
roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
LAST OF HER FAMILY.
Russian Girl Refugee Tells of Murder
of Eleven Relatives

New York. March 3.-Storles OF
escape from the Russian frontier on
RATS and Of massacres alleged to have
occurred in the cellars Of MOSCOW
homes during the recent outbreak
there were told here today by Russian
refugees These stories came from
some of the 1000 Russians and Rus
sian Jews who arrived here yesterday
on the steamer Pennsylvania from
Hamburg and who passed the lmml-
grafton inspection today.
Rebecca Isaacs, Is years old, one OF
the refugees from Moscow, said that
she was the last of a family of twelve,
and that her father. mother, brothers
and sisters We're killed by soldiers
She said for two days she was hidden
in a dark corner of the cellar in her
home when soldiers entered at in
tervals. The other members of the
family, she said, were found and
Killed. some of them so near her that
she heard their unavailing cries for
mercy. She now is on her way to
West Virginia.
Michael Statvoitch. who lived near
the Austrian frontier in Russia,
escaped with his entire family by
crossing the river Nistula to Austrian
territory on a raft under cover of
darkness A patrol Of soldiers which
was on the lookout for parties at
tempting to escape IN this manner
heard the noise made by his raft and
fred in the direction OF the sounds,
without hitting anyone. Many
other Jews, he said. took the same
methods of getting out of Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
NO DEvLIN COMPANY.
/ Creditors in Kansas City Take No
Positive Action.

No results of a definite nature re-
suited from the Devlin Creditors meet
ing which was held yesterday in Kan
sas City at the Hotel Baltimore. 1t IS
probable that other committee meet
ings will follow within few days. The
object in calling together the commit
tee is to propose some scheme for
floating a holding company which
may take over the Devlin property
and discharge the trustees. The mem
bers of the committee consist of Judge
w. H HORNE Of Chicago, chairman,
Charles H. Pattison, secretary, Judge
Elijah Robinson, William A Wilson
and Edward Carroll of LeaVenworth
There will doubtless be a meeting
of the interested and prominent cred
itors of the Devlin estate in Topeka, =
said Sam Radges, before this holding
eompany gets along very much fur
Their The committee meetings viii be
held in Kansas City but the creditors
Will meet here when the committee
finally decides upon a course OF acton
which can be recon mended-
Cyrus Leland, who as one Of the
trustees has active management OF the
coal properties belonging to the
estate says that he believes in
restoration of the wage scale of 1908
as z. compromise between the miners
and coal operators. He thinks that
the increase which would amount to
about y cents a ton would be wiser
than an attempt to stand with the
present wage scale and incur a strike.
There is no trouble existing over the
wage scale among the Deylin miners
who have always been on the most
amicable terms with the mana gem emf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
FIFTH DROPS OUT.
No Republican Primary win Be Held
in the Ward.

By the withdrawal of James S. War
ner, candidate for cOmmitteeman-at
large from the Fifth ward on the Bauer
slate. no contest exists IN the Fifth
ward and the Republican party will
hold no primary in accordance with its
decision.
The executive committee of the Re
publican city central committee met at
noon and declared the following as the
nominees of the party on the city ticket
from the Fifth ward:
Councilman-S. T. Howe.
Member board of education-Charles
F. Hardy.
com1nitteenlan-at-large-A. T. Dan
iels.
Committeeman: First precinct, Imri
ZumwaIt: second precinct. c. H. Kutz;
third precinct. c. E. cambridge.
The Republican party viii hold pri-
naries therefore in only the First Sec
ond. Third and Fourth wards, the ex-
ecutfve committee having previously
taken action with regard to the Sixth
ward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
FIRE IN PANHANDLE.
over Million Acres Have Been
Burned Over.

Roswell. n. NJ, March S@Over one
million acres of fine pasture land in
the western part of the Panhandle
and just east of Portales, n. NJ, have
been burned in a prairie FIRE that has
been sweeping east and south for two
days and IS still beyond control. with
a head fifteen miles wide under a
stiff wind
]. p white, of the Yan house
ranch. and /. T. Douthitt. one OF the
biggest stock raisers in the south
west, state that the loss is already
$4,000, O00. Probably a dozen big
ranches have been robbed Of their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

County Attorney Otis Hungate re-
turned today from hunting trip near
RossvilIe and brought back with him
SO mallard and canEasback ducks
which he and Dr.. stroup of Rossvi1e
shot yesterday and Thursday after
noon. The specimens which Mn. Hun
gate brought back were especial Nv fine
AS the country papers would saw.
Mr.. Hungate left three fine specimens
at this Office Come again, Otis.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
DAVIS IS DEAD.
He Is the Man the Shooting OF Whom
Caused Riot at Springfield.

Davis. the brakeman who was shot
by a colored man on Wednesday
night. died early today. It was the
shooting of Davis that led to the riots
in this city on Wednesday and Thurs
day nights Edward Deem and Pres
ton Ladd both negroes, are in jail at
Dayton, charged with shooting Davis.
Davis regained consciousness short
ly before his death, but made no fur
Their statement concerning the shoot
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
INVESTIGATION ENDS.
No More Evidence in Canal Matter for
Some Time.

Washington. March s.-No more
witnesses will be examined by the
senate committee on fnteroceanic
canals until after the type of canal
has been determined and other infor-
nation obtained which is necessary. to
the preparation of a bill for the gov
eminent of the zone and the con
struction of the isthmian waterway
This decision was reached today in ex-
ecutive session of the committee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

but the governor decided that he want
ed a lawyer for the place, so he made
Smith his executive clerk. and hired
Williams for private secretary.
Mr.. Williams is a native OF Illinois.
He is about 40 years of age, and has
lived IN Kansas 10 years. All Of that
time has been spent in Clay county,
where he and Mr.. Coleman have built
Up a strong law firm. He was educa-
ted at the Illinois state normal and the
Columbia Law school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
CURTIS BILL PASSED.
senate Amends 1t so That a Conference
win Be Necessary.

Washington, March 8.-The senate
passed the bin providing for the set
Element Of the affairs OF the FIVE civil
lied tribes.
The bill had passed both the house
and the senate but as the senate
amended it in many respects 10 will
now go into conference 1t is e general
bin for the adjustment Of the affairs Of
the five civilized tribes upon their
abandonment Of their tribal 0rganiza-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
Jordan Says There's No Marriage club.

In explanation of a story which ap-
peared in the State Journal last even
ing. Mr.. J. ". Jordan said: There Is
no truth in the statement that there
is any club in South Topeka for the
purpose of giving wedding presents
to its members who become married.
No club Of that sort ever existed here.
nor does it exist now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
WILLIAMS TOQUIT
RumOr That Governors Secre-
tary VIII Resign.
Everyone Is Retieent About the
Suggestion.
IS TO GO BACK HOME.
Things in Clay Center Require
His Attention.
Has Steadied the Business in
Governors Office.
IS. TO GO BACK HOME.

Fred L. Williams of Clay Center,
who in September of last year was APP
pointed private secretary by Governor
E. W. Hoch, is likely to resign his
position within a short time to return
to Clay Center and resume his law
practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

Chicago. March ST a. m. temper
atures. Boston and St. Louis 81, New
York and Washington %. Philadelphia
30. Cincinnati 50, Chicago Sc. Mime
apolis "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

Dallas. Tex. March 3.=Former
Governor James II. Hogg died at
Houston this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

Chicago. March 3.-Forecast for
Kansas. Fair tonight and Sunday,
colder in east portion tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

Mobile. Ala, March "A special
from Meridian says: Among forty or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-06
WEATHER REPORT.
 Washington, March 5.--Forecast for Alabama: Fair and warmer Tuesday; Wednesday Fafng variable winds be- coming fresh from S0ufheast.

MT. Williams dweit upon the grow ing difficulty of impeaehing public off, ciais for not performing their full duty in executing laws. and in that connec- ton spoke of the wholesome influence action by Congress might have. He spoke of the difficulty of prosecuting the rich. He read sections of the opin- ion of the court in tho Northern Se- curities case to show an effectual block to which competition had been arrang- ed and that such a combination Is more than contract, 1t is an offensc- q crime"
 So far as he had been able to ascer- tain, no steps to prosecute these criminals had yet been taken, all elapsed since the decision. MT. Will Hams did not believe in a fine or im- prisonment," but in q fine and im- prisonment. Last year. he said. the same resolution was passed and the answer had come back that 1t was "in- compatible'' with the public interest to inform the House. He had then be- lieved this to be the fact because the decision then had just been rendered.
 MT. Grosvenor (Ohio) criticized MT. Williams for making bitter and far reaching speech before he had the in- formation asked for. MT. Williams re- sented this. saying some days ago he asked unanimous consentto to make his remarks after the attorney esleral should reply and Mir. Payne had ob- jected
 Mir. Grosvenor said the attorney gem eraI ought to reply. s'No criminal pros- cautions have been undertaken
 Mir. Grosvenor said no jury on earth would have convicted these men. Three of the four dissenting judges in the Northern Securities case. he said, were Democrats, and he predicted had there been other Democrats on that bench the contract would not have been declared Illegal.
 Taking the floor again. Mir. Williams said no jury in the United States would fail to convict these men. There was no one within tEe sound of his voice, he said. who did not know where there was a beef trust. coal trust, an oil trust and many other trusts. The fact that action was not barred. he main tatned, did not relieve the administra- tiop from responsibility for not talk ing action before the statute of liu1ita- tions had run out
 The resolution was adopted without objection.
 Saturday. April ls was set apart for addresses in eulogy on the late sena- tor Platt of Connecticut-
 At 4:30 o'clock the House adjourn ed until tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-06
MANY BILLS PASSED
LEGISLATION BY UNANIMOUS CON-
 SENT IN THE HOUSE.
Mir. Williams Criticisss the Administra- | tioR for Its Failure to Prosecute Former Omcers of Northern Securities Company.

Washington, March 5.-Legislation by unanimous consent and by suspen sion of the rules occupied the attention of the House today and resulted in the passage of several bills, some of con- siderable importance.
 The adoption of a resolution of in- quiry as to whether any criminal pros cautions have been begun against ll- djviduals in the Northern Securities Company furnished the text for a speech Of criticism by Mir. Williams. the Democratic leader. directed against the administration. Brief answers were made by MT. Jenkins. of Wisconsin. and MT. Grosvenor of Ohio. Mir. Jenkins showed that the statute of Limitations had run against any action that might be taken in this case and that any effort at prosecution would be useless
 Fault was found with the rules of the House, and the concentration of power in the speaker by MT. Shackle- ford, of Missouri, who took occasion to address the House on a bridge bill.
 Bills were passed increasing from $50,000 to S200, 900 the sum available to supply metal for the coinage of nickeIs and pennies, and providing that these coins may hereafter be made in the hints at Denver. San Francisco ar d New Orleans. as well as at present in Philadelphia. Also providing for delegate to Congress from Alaska
 A Senate bill was passed authorizing the sale and disposition of the unallot- ed lands of the Colville Indian Reser- vation in the State of Washington; also a bill granting S77 acres of land lying adjacent to the city of Biloxi. Miss, to that city for park and cemetery purposes.
 A bill was passed consolidating the city of South McAlester anu LHe town of McAlester as the city of McAlester, in the Indian Territory; also a bill to bridge St. Francis river at Madison, Ark.
 Committee, called up the Williams resolution calling on the Attorney Gen. eral to inform the House If in his judgment not incompatible with the public interest" Whether any crim- inaI proceedings have been instituted against any individuals or corporations recently declared by the supreme court of the United States as guilty of Niolat- ing the laws prohibiting unlawful com- binations in restraint Of trade.
 Nfr Williams took the floor and as serted that the people of the United States know now that only the execu- tion of the criminal provisions of the antitrust law will stop the violation of those laws. Injunctions, he said' would be evaded and fines would be paid and nothing short of the enfor'~ . ment of the power of imprisonment ! will stop the violation of the laws
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-06
REPORT OF PEPPER
SPECIAL AGENT DISCUSSES TRADE
 OF MEXICO.
investments of United States Capital Are OverAOwing From Railroads and Mines Into Other Lines of
 Industry.

Washington. March 5.---A compre- hensive report on trade conditions in Mexico has just been submitted to the | Department Of Commerce and Labor by Charles M. Pepper. special agent. who has devoted several months to tho study of the subjec-. In a letter to Secretary Metcalf transmitting the report. Mir. Pepper declares that the nature of the Mexican market for American products Is all embracing. He refers to the present financial sta bility of Mexico and says that invest ments of United States capital are ov- erfiowing from the railroads and the mining industry into other lines and ip this connection the statement Is made that the direct returns on the capital which has gone Into railways and similar large enterprises can here- after be calculated with certainty be- rause of the fixed valuation given to the currency of the country. The in- direct returns from the sale of goods that are the product and manufacture of the United States. he maintains, however. are not so easily determined but he says they can be made greater.
 During the year 1905 the United States exports to Mexico cqualed fifty seven per cent. of the total. but he expresses the opinion that they should be at least seventy-f1ve per cent. Mir Pepper says that as regards exports from Mexico to the United States they have been growing rapidly. having in- creased in ten years one hundred and fifty per cent. In describing the pro- tectIve principle of the New Mexican tariff which went into effect Tn Septem- Der, 1905, Mir. Pepper analyses the native industries. While some of these, such as the cotton mills, have been very successful and while the en- terprises which are based on water power through the transmission of electrical energy have an assured tu
 ture. nevertheless tke conclusion Is drawn that Mexico will be many years in reaching the point where her home industries will measureaoly supply the home demand. The lack of general distribution of fuel and the difficulty with which the people population is evolved Into artisans Is described as one reason for the slow growth of na- tive manufacturing. Tn consequence, importations of goods from abroad must continue very large. In the making of iron and steel notwithstanding the
 fine plants erected and the aid extend ed by the government. there has been little progress toward meeting the needs of the market
 After discussing the various railroad projects of Mexico and the progress being made on inter oceanic lines, MT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-06

Pepper devotes considerable space to the nature of inquiries for trade which comes from the United Sta.es and overwhel,n the oonsuls and importers which are said to be so numerous as to Directions are given for overcoming deficiencies in our trade relations with Mexico. Respecting the need of de- liberate commercial drumming. the ob- servation is made that the Mexican business man will not look at samples on the run or gallop.
 Particular attention Is called to the fact that Mexican tarifr Is levied by weight according to matric system and that the dues are specific. The report says that there is an annually good field for the sale of American furni- ture h Mexico, but that indifference in regard to the packing and to com plying with the customs regulations up to this time has limited 1t.
 The steady immigration to Mexico Mir Pepper points out will have ilnpor- tant commercial advantages for the United States. Suggestions are made regarding the precautions which should be taken by land buyers and the sources from which the trustwor- thy information may be obtained are indicated. He declares that both trop- ical and temperate agriculture are said to be inviting fields in Mexico for American settlers but he sounds a note of warning against the shares of plan tation companies which he says are ex- plotted only for the sake of selling stocks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-06

 OF RUSSIANS Plans For The Policing
 0NMorocco. SATISFACTORY TO THE FRENCH ,,pain Is To Share In The Control
 Of Affairs. Ambassador White Does Not Indicate Light In Which Scheme will Be
 Viewed by the United
SAT-. FACTORY TO THE FRENCH

Algeciras, March 5.--This afternoons sitting of the conference, on Moroccan reforms was marked by an unexpected and important move on the part of Russian delegates, who laid before the conference an exposition of the police question. The document, which min utely goes over the existing situation in Morocco and analyses the position of the various powers, concludes with an argument for the proposition that France and Spain are the most 1t to be entrusted with the task of controll- ing the police force which is about to be created
 The British. Spanish and Portuguese delegates expressed their concurrence in the Russian views. Italy, however. thought inclined to favor the scheme, reserved final approval. Count von Tattenbach. the junior German dele gate; Henry White, the chief of the American delegation. and the delegates of the several neutral powers, did not express their views.
 Discussion of definite police propo- sals was postponed until Thursday, while the bank project will be argued Wednesday.
 The French and British delegates to the conference regard today's express sions from the Mediterranean powers as likely to exert great influence on the final vote of the neutrals relative to the policing of Morocco.
 An official communication shows that Hem von Radowitz, the first German delegate, also joined in the discussion of the police question and admitted that of necessity the police force must be organized by the Sultan; but he claimed that there should be participation by all the powers represented at the con- ference. The German delegates con- tention. therefore, Is directly opposed to the Russian suggestion. as Baron Bacheracht, the second Russian dele gate. argued that .inefficiency of col- lective action by the powers in Moroc- co had been proved by the unsuccess- full operations of the International sam itary committee at Tangier. He point ed out that French officers experience with Mussulfn4ns and Spanish officers experience with rufIians, had placed them In the best position to control the Moorish clements which eventually must form the main body of the police by which the security of foreigners Is to be assured and commerce facilitated.
 M. Revolt, the senior French dele gate. expressed Frances willingness to accept the Russian suggestion follow ing on with the proposal that the po- lice force shall consist of 1000 Moors distributed at eight ports. each having four European non-commissioned off, cers and the whole being under conn mand of sixteen French and Spanish officers, selected with the Sultan's as- sent and who shall become Moorish officials.
 The Spanish delegates strongly sup ported joint Spanish and French con- troL arguing from the point of view that the proximity of those countries to Morocco gave them greater inter ests than the other powers, whose equality of rights, however, will not be affected thereby.