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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

The reputation of Geo. E. Tucker,
senator from Greenwood, is in danger
of being ruined, Fred Vandegrift- says
that Tucker has an AFFIDAVIT face and
wears the best clothes of any man in
the senate. ~ zz..e.sr.rss..s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15
NOTES FROM THE LEGISLATURE.

Speaker Simmons threatened this
morning to have the galleries cleared
unless the house preserved better order.
The Joke was that there were only
two men in the gallery, and one of
those was asleep. 1t is the mem berS
themselves holding joint debates in the
lobby and aisles that make the disturb
ance.
The state penitentiary investigation
committee will go to Lansing during the
early part of next week to start their
investigation. y~-.
The action of the County Clerks asso-
citation on the Nation state accounting
bills was equivalent to an endorsement
of those bills, because the clerks refused
to stand for the fight which the Mont
gomery county clerk had started on the
bills.
Curran's bill providing for the va
cation of townsites and portions of
townsites by city councils in cities of
the third class, was beaten this morn
ing in the house on final passage. The
vote was IL for and 81 against
Stones bill increasing the jurisdic-
ton of justices of the peace in Shawnee
county was passed by the house this
morning. a.5s.ss-
The Rochester legislative reapportion-
ment bill has been made a special or
der for next Friday at O'Clock.
A. L. Hess, of Heston, Harvey coun-
ty, Kan, is in town for a few days
visiting G. A. Swallow, the sergeant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

Paul Walker attorney for the Rock
Island, was one of the interested audi
tors in the house during the maximum
freight rate debate. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

Robert S. Hendricks. of Rawlins coun-
ty was in the chair during the commit
tee of the whole Thursday afternoon.
He is the first Democrat to be called to
the chair, and was greeted with APP
plause when he took his place on the
rOStrum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

Senator Getty was fined barrel of
black twigg" apples for insinuating
that some one had stolen his gloves.
They We're found oavzamsepator' desk
Senator Getty VIII nave hard trouble
paying his fine for @bracK-rwigg" APP
pies are scarcer in this part of the coun-
try than hens teeth ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

alarms of the senate. Mr.. Hess is
vice president of the new state bank
which has been organized at Heston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

of education of Topeka a sufficient
sum of money for school purposes so
that the salaries of the teachers in
grade schools may be. raised to a rea-
sonable figure next year. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

The Rochester legislative reapportion-
ment bill has been made a special or
der for next Friday at o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

A L. Hess, of Heston, Harvey coun-
ty, Kan, is in town for a few days
visiting G. A. Swallow, the sergeant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15

Stones bill increasing the jurisdic
ton of justices of the peace in Shawnee
county was passed by the house thi
morning. se.5s..s-
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
People Talked About.

The Earl of Dunmore, a prominent
Christian Scientist in England, who
last December visited Mrs. Baker G.
Eddy at Concord, N. H., died at Trim
ley Manor, near Canterbury, England
Prof. Mantchikoff of the Pasteur in.
s,ituted in Paris, Prof. Maurice Car
mette and Prof. Letulle of Lille have
received formal invitations from the
United States government to attend
the tuberculosis congress at Washing.
ton next year.
AMI Smith, for forty.three years
connected with the document room
of the United States senate and for
many years in charge of that impor.
,ant branch of the senate, died in
Washington of typhoid fever. He was
siXty-four years old.
The marriage of Miss Katrina
Wright. daughter of Luke E. Wright,
the retiring ambassador to Japan, to
Charles Palmer, vice president of the
International Bank of Manila, took
place at the picturesque American EN-.
bassy at Toxic. The young couple sail
ed for the United States, in company
with Gen. and Mrs. Wright.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
FIFTEEN KILLED m A COLLISION
tNTERUR6AN TRAIN AND TRAc.
TON CAR COME TOGETHER
HEAD.oN.

Nation, ILL.,, Sept. I. - Fifteen per-
sons were killed and about fifty injur-
ed in a head-on collision between an
interurban express train, consisting of
motor car and trailer, and trac-
ton car on the Nation & Charleston
electriv line yesterday morning. The
crash occurred on sharp curve one
mile west of Charleston, Ill. A confu-
sion Of orders received over the tele-
phone is said to have caused the acct
dent.
The cars approached each other at
high speed and the impact was so ter
rifle that the motor car and trailer
were telescoped by the traction car.
Few Had Time to Escape.
Few passengers had time to escape
by jumping. The passengers were,
nearly all en- route to the Coles county
fair at Charleston.
Some Of those who were able to talk
say tile scene at the wreck was grue.
some. The dead and dying were jam.
med together in a mass. Women
were slrieking with pain and children
were crying for their mothers, who
are thought to be among the dead.
When news of the wreck reached
Nation special cars were hurried to
the scene and the dead and injured
were brought to the morgue and hospi-
tai here. Some of the injured are in
a critical condition.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
WILL SAVE 100000 A YEAR.
Department Of Interior. to Undergo
Some Drastic Changes.

SSusS ~ ooSsS SU0U4ESs
Washington, Sept IA reform in
the personnel and business methods of
sweeping and drastic nature will be
put into effect in the department of
the interior within the next six weeks
or two months. 1t will result in saw
ing to the government of more than
100000 a year. 1t involves numerous
transfers of clerks, the consolidation
of two big bureaus, the moving of one
Of the largest bureaus in the depart
ment to the pension Office building, a
uniformity in the pension Office and
land office blanks used and the storage
of the patent Office models in the men.
sion office building.
Although there will be, according to
the present plans no dismissals of
clerks or other employees of the de-.
partment, the total number of clerks
employed will be diminished gradually
by allowing unnecessary offices that
become vacant to remain vacant
The changes will come as a result of
the detailed reports of the government
experts and the outside business ex.
perts named by Secretary of the Int.
r1or Garfield to investigate every
branch of the department and recon.
mend changes tending to more econo.
my, greater efficiency and greater dis.
patch In the performance of business.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
PREMIER AMERICAN ACTOR Ex.
PiREs At SUMMER HOME IN
CONNECTICUT.
LONG STRUGGLE FOR FAME
DEATH DUE 20 DISEASE OF THE
LIVER, AGGRAVATED BY CON.
PLicATIoNs.

New London. Conn.,. Sept. 1.-Rich
ard Mansfield, the best known actor
on the American stage, passed away
yesterday morning at his summer resi-
dence, Seven Oaks. Ocean avenue
Death was directly due to disease OF
the liver, aggravated by complications
DR.. A. H. Allen, local physician. who
has been in charge since Mr.. Mans
fields arrival here from Saranac Lake
N. Y, states that death was not entire
ly unexpected, although this fact had
ont been made public Mr.. Mansfield S
condition had been reported as being
excellent.
There were quite number of condi.
lions that prevented his getting we'll
During the great actors last moments
he was lying in a condition of coma
and did not recognize the loved ones
at his bedside. There were present at
the time of his death his wife. his
brother Felix. his young son Gibbs and
the physicians and nurses.
Studied: in England.
Richard Mansfield was born on the
little island of Heligoland on May "a.
1857. His mother was Nine. Mansfield
Rudersdorf, famous prina donna.
and it was from her that Mansfield in
herited his love for the arts. The &C.
tor studied at several schools on the
continent and then went to England to
study art. The young artist made a
precarious living painting pictures.
and many times his only meal in those
early days in London was hot potato
bought from street peddler.
L used to hold the potato to warm
my hands," said Mansfield in relating
his experience, land then eat it,"
Played Many Parts.
Mr.. Mansfield's first work on the
stage was in the Gilbert and Sullivan
comic operas. His dramatic genius
did not manifest itself until chance
gave him the opportunity to play the
part OF Baron Chevrial in the Paris
Ian Romance" He lifted what at first
seemed to be small eccentric part to
one of all absorbing interest. The pub
lie and the critics forgot the play to
talk of Mansfield's great work, and
from that day he become a leading
actor on the American stage. Among
the moro important Of the. parts in
which Mansfield distinguished himself
were: prince Karl" "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde" Richard ILL., "Cyrano de
Bergerac," "Ivan the Terrible" Hen.
ry "" "Shylock" and Beau Brum.
mel" The last effort of his genius
was displayed III a remarkable produc-
ton of 1bsen's Peer Gynt."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05

One man was killed and seven pas.
sengers dangerously injured in the
wreck of passenger train at Bow.
man, Ill. Two cars jumped switch
and crashed into box car.
While testing smoke consumer
recently installed in the Slavery hotel
at Des Moines, two steamfitters. John
Price and John Kelly, were scalded
by the explosion of the boiler. Kelly
is in a precarious condition.
Several women and children were
injured during panic at a Cleveland
pleasure resort as the result of lion
making all attack upon Capt. James
F. Briggs, tanner and performer.
Frank Churchill of Germantown.
Pa, and his eleven-year-o son, Nor.
man, were drowned in Back creek,
Chesapeake City, while grabbing. Mrs.
Churchill and another son witnessed
the drowning.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
General News Items.

Fifteen hundred coal miners went
on strike at Buxton, Iowa, because,
as they charged, the mines were not
ventilated properly.
James Mc1lroy, eighty years old, a
resident of Menominee, Mich, claims
to have participated in the charge of
the Light Brigade at Balaklava, in the
Crimean war of 1854.
Drivers and stablemen employed at
the wholesale beef packing houses in
New York went on strike. They de-
manded uniform working week of
sixty-five hours and an increase in
wages.
The new armored cruiser Washing.
ton made 21.38 knots an hour in her
speed trials recently. The Tennes.
see. sister ship of the Washington,
made 2O.S2 knots under forced
draught in her trial.
Frank Grattan, attorney for the Kan
sas board of railway commissioners.
has issued a statement favoring the
calling of an extra session of the leg.
"a
straight 2-cent fare bill.
Made suddenly insane by news that
his brother, E. R. Hancock, had been
killed in a railroad accident at Gales
burg, Herbert Hancock of Omaha be.
came so violent when travelling on a
Burlington train that it was necessary
to place him in straight jacket. He
| was taken to the asylum at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa.
Director General James Barr of
the jamestown exposition has an.
nounced the appointment of Charles
w. kol.lsaat as director general of
| ceremonies in the entertainment of
distinguished visitors, position here.
tofore held by President Tucker. It is
an open secret that the official family
of the ter-centennial is not a hanpv
one.
The Consolidated Stock Exchange
In New York took possession of its
new building at Broadway and Beaver
streets. The site of the new building
is advantageously located in the heart
of the financial district. 1t was pur.
chased at cost Of $4,000, or at the
rate Of $3.50 per square foot.
E. F. Noel of Holmes county has
been nominated for governor of Missis.
sippi in the Democratic primary held
last Thursday. Earl Brewer, his OBJ,
ponent, in an address to the people OF
Mississippi. conceded the nomination
of Noel and asks all Democrats to SUD.
port him.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
FRENCH AMBusHED BY MooRs.
Recommending Party Is Rescued After
Three Hours Battle.


Casablanca, Sept. 1.-Fighting yes,
terday near the French camp between
the Moors and the forces under Gen.
Drude was one of the most serious en-.
gagements since the occupation of
Casablanca. The Moorish attack was
quite unexpected, and the tribesmen,
as on previous occasions, showed abso.
lutte fearlessness.
This engagement, like that of Aug
IS, began with the ambushing of a
French accommodating party by Moor.
ish cavalry. The French at first drove
the enemy off, but the natives received
achievements and this obliged Gen.
Drude to send out a detachment to
extricate his accommodating party.
After the first contact it was be
lieved that the engagement was over,
but as soon as the natives had been
reinforced they reappeared in great
numbers from two directions. The
Spahis and irregular Algerian cavalry,
who composed the accommodating par.
ty, found themselves almost surround
ed by the second attack, but they form.
cd square and slowly fell back until
the achievements arrived.
Then the tide of battle turned. Ma.
tive auxiliaries charged the Moors, sa.
bering them furiously, and the enemy
finally broke and fled in disorder. In
the meantime the French warships
had showered shells into the hills,
where the natives were sheltered.
The engagement lasted three hours.
The line Of battle extended over two
miles and it is estimated that over 12,.
600 Moors were engaged. The loss of
the Moors is not known, but it is be.
lieved to have been heavy.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
Accidental Happenings.

Four boys were drowned at Oak
land, Kan, in the Kaw river The
boys were wading and went beyond
their depth.
Frances, the three-year-old daughte,
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stoeffel of LIE
Mars, Iowa, was kicked in the stom-
ach by horse and died of the injury.
Two boys, Robert Williams of Bos-
ton and Getchell Cleghorn of Montre-
al. were killed, and a third, Daniel
Denny of West Newton, Mass, is in a
dangerous condition through the cav
tng-in of a sand bank at Squaw lake,
uear Holderness, N. H.
Four persons were killed and thirty
injured when west-bound St. Louis
& San Francisco passenger train and
an east-bound passenger train, both
heavily loaded with excursionists, col.
iided head-on near Sapulpa, I. T.
A tornado struck the towns Of
Woodsfield and Newcastle, Ohio,
wrecking number of buildings and
doing other damage. The home of
Samuel Bartemus. near Woodsfield.
was entirely destroyed, and a two.year.
old child killed. The child was torn
from its mothers arms and carried
nearly quarter Of a mile.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
DEAD NUMB. SfYHNTY4NINf
GOVERNMENT APPOINTS coMMis.
SION TO INVESTIGATE CAUSE
OF ACCIDENT.

Quebec, Sept. 1.-Although twenty.
four hours have elapsed since the Que.
bee bridge crashed into the st. Law.
renee river, three score of bridge
workers are still held in the debris at
the bottom of the river. A roll call
yesterday afternoon confirmed early
estimates of the losses. Seventy-nine
men failed to answer to their names
and were not among the injured at the
Levos hospital. Nineteen bodies lie at
the morgue awaiting the coroner's in.
quest OF the seventy-nine dead or
Missing, sixteen were skilled American
mechanics, brought here by the Phoe.
nix Bridge company of Phoenixville,
Pa.
Some of the corpses can be seen be.
low the surface, tightly wedged in an
ineXtricable network of steel, where
it is utterly impossible to reach them
Only One Body Recovered.
Although tugs, rowboats and RATS
We're used throughout the day to pa
troll the water the result of all their
work was the recovery of only one
body at low tide last evening. This
victim was cut in two and the body
was taken out in two parts. Another
body was located near the Anchor
pier and an effort was made to remove
it, but it was found that the lower
limbs were held in a grip of steel that
it was impossible to break. The body
is headless.
The federal government has appoint
Ell a special commission to investigate
the causes of the accident.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
Foreign.

4 quarantine against all vessels
coming from Cuba is being enforced
at all Costa RIGA seaports.
Cardinal Emilio Taliali died at Cas-.
coli of heart disease. He formerly
was papal nuncio at Vienna.
The battleship Lemaire, third Of the
Dreadnaught class, was launched at
the dockyard at Davenport, Eng.
Fire broke out in the flimsy native
structures of Hakodate. Japan. and be-
fore it could be got under control near.
ly 20 per cent of the city was in ashes.
The International socialists con.
gress closed it's session at Stuttgart
after adopting resolutions opposing
ornaments for conquest and imperial.
| ISM
Grave agrarian disturbances have
broken out in the province of Kursk,
in Russia, where the crops of several
of the richest landlords have been
burned.
A sharp earthquake was felt on the
Islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica.
Several strong shocks have been re-
ported from the island of st. Lucia
the past week.
The Chinese legation at Paris has
been informed by cable from Pekin
that there is no truth in the reports
that the dowager empress is suffering
from an incurable disease. Her
health Is stated to be perfect.
Mr.. Quelch, an English delegate to
the international Socialists congress
at Stuttgart, has been expelled from
Germany because he referred to the
Hague peace conference as a gather.
ing Of thieves and murderers."
The food caused by torrential rains
is reported to have done several
million yen damage in Central Japan.
Two pipes furnishing the water sup
ply Of Yokohama were seriously dam.
aged, entailing water famine which
continued ten days.
The death is announced in Paris of
Gen. Caffaret, who was involved in the
decoration contract scandals In 1886,
during the administration Of President
Grevy. H. Wilson, son-in-law of the
president, was involved in the scan.
dals with Gen. Caffaret.
The chief secretary for ireland, Mr..
Birrell, announced in the house Of
commons that the government was
prepared to accept some, but not ALL
of the amendments of the house of
lords to the Irish evicted tenants bill,
whereupon John Redmond, chairman
of the Irish parliamentary party, said
he declined to take any further part
in the discussion of the measure.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
cRAcKsMEN BREAK JAIL.
TWO Convicts Escape In illinois BY
Saving Window Bars.

Two convicts Escape In illinois BY
Saving Window Bars.
Joliet, ILL.,, Aug. 81. - Edward Quinn
and Harry Harmon. two convicts at
the state penitentiary, made a sensa
uonal escape from the prison last
night and are still at large.
Quinn, one of the most expert safe.
blowers in the country, was serving a
twenty-year sentence from Knox com,
ty for burglary. He had eight years
to serve.
Harmon was received from Chicago
July IL. 1902. for burglary, under an
indeterminate sentence.
Inc men were nurses in the hospi.
tai and sawed through the bars of the
hospital window, dropping into the
prison yard, and with an iron hoon
and rope made from sheets scaled the
walls.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
PRESIDENT AND FORMER PREsl,
DENT OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL
IN SCRAP.
D.PRtSD6NT CALLED LIAR
FIsH's DEMAND FOR lNvEsrlGA,
TON OF ADMINISTRATION
STARTS TROUBLE.

New York, Aug. 81. - It became
known yesterday that hand-to-hand
fight between Stuyvesant Fish and ].
T. Harahan broke upt the meeting Of
the Illinois Central directors Wednes
day.
There were hot words between the
deposed president of the road and his
successor, and when Mr. Harahan
shouted out the word liar" Mr.. Fish
leaped upon his opponent and clutched
him. A struggle followed. Some re.
ports of the affair are that blows were
struck and that Mr.. Harahap was
knocked to the floor by a terrific
smash from Mr.. Fish's fist.
Whether or not fists were used, 1t is
certain that the two men struggled
about the board room until their hor.
rified colleagues stopped the squabble.
Fish Proposes Inquiry.
The trouble between Mr., Fish and
his successor at the head Of the big
railroad system arose when Mr.. Fish
attempted to get before the board a
resolution which in. effect demanded
complete investigation Of the admin.
tstration of the company since the ele
walton Of Mr.. Harahan to the presi.
dency.
The reading of the resolution was
interrupted by motions calling for an
immediate adjournment of the meeting
and despite the protests of Mr.. Fish
that he had right to be heard to the
end the motion was declared carried.
President Harahan arose with the 9th.
er directors and prepared to leave the
room. Mr.. Fish protested that the &C.
ton was illegal.
Fish Is Called a Liar,
THE meeting stands adjourned" re.
torted President Harahan across the
table.
But it is not adjourned" Fish re.
piled holly. "You are tools of Harri.'
man and puppets and"
You're liar" said Harahan.
springing to his feet.
An instant later the big ex-president
nad reached across the table, grasped
his successor by the arm and showed
MIN back into his chair. Then the
other members of the board rushed
in. separating the two men and rushed
them out and away for separate
routes.
One of the directors who attended
the meeting said that no actual blows
had been struck, no blood had been
spilled and no furniture broken.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-05
Crimes and Criminals.

A mob lynched John Lipsey, ne
gro who criminally assaulted Mrs. Ed
Windham at her home near Pickens
vile, Ala.
Eugene Cargell, marshal of Cairo
was shot and killed by Cohen Simms
a negro, near Moccasin Gap, Fla
Simms surrendered.
Dock Barnes, aged ninety-six, killed
his aged wife at their home eight
miles southeast of Tulsa, l. T. No at
tempt has yet been made to arrest the
old man.
George Armitage and Charles Dee
two young men, have been arrested al
Billings, Mont, charged with "shoot
ing up" the restricted district a few
lights ago.
Albert Stmmelen became insane at
Detroit, and, taking his two-yearold
daughter to the Belle Isle bridge,
threw her into the Detroit river and
watched her drown.
w. A. Farren, alias M. D. W. Adams
former cashier of the Farmers Bank
of Clearfield, Iowa, was arrested at
Kansas City on the charge of embez.
cling the school funds of Taylor, Iowa
A man under arrest at Osceola
Neb., was positively identified as Ben
jamin Cravens, who escaped from the
Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing
on Nov. 16, 1900, during a mutiny OF
the prisoners.
Thomas M. Sumerall, boilermaker
was shot and killed by Wade Hamp
ton Hunter in a saloon at Montgom.
cry, Ala. Both men had been drinking
and there had been ill feeling between
them growing out of differences over
union matters.
Mckinley Richmond, a negro aged
ten years, was found guilty of murder
in the first degree at Oil City, Pa. On
account of his youth the court ordered
him sent to the reform institute. The
lad shot younger sister because she
struck him with stone.
Discovery has been made that
ghouls visited the grave of Margaret
Kuhlewind, the eight-year-old girl who
was killed ten days ago in an automo
bile accident at Bernardsville, N. J..
exhumed the body and removed there.
from certain parts. The CHASTITY work
was evidently done by hands skilled in
surgery.