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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-31
BAD FOR MARSHALL.
Testimony at Hutchinson Today Has
Sensational Turn.

Hutchinson, Kan. Aug. 31.-Three
witnesses testified today in the investi-
cation of the charges against Superin-
tendent Marshall. The trend of the
evidence showed that Mr.. Marshall was
an unfit man for the place; that he
showed great partially in his conduct
and that he was rough in his ways and
not the right man to have charge OF
young boys who needed reforming.
One witness testified that Marshall
struck a hand-cuffed negro over the
head with a billy several severe blows
because the boy resisted being hand
cuffed.
Storekeeper Edwards testified today
Marshall had called on him and told
him that he understood that he CD
wards) was to be witness and it
would be we'll for him to be careful of
his testimony as he had a man in view
for his successor
Gene Woods. a hospital attendant,
testified that he had received a gold
watch as a present. 1t was shown by
Woods testimony that he knew of
some damaging testimony against
Marshall.
Rev. Mr.. Hawkins. ex-chaplain tes-
titled that he was severely reprimanded
by Mr.. Marshall before the boys in
chapel one Sunday on the style of a
lecture he was delivering.
Mr.. Hawkins stated that he thought
Mr.. Marshall was man of too strong
prejuGices for the place. However. he
knew of no criminal actions on Mar
shall's part.
Governor Hoch is an Interested
spectator and frequently questions the
witnesses. The trial will last over the
week
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Miss Julia Keys was
held yesterday afternoon at one o'clock
from the home of her sister, Mrs. f. H.
Morgan, 227 Monroe street. Miss Keys
was born in Carrollton, Ill, october e.
1866, and made her home near there I'M
til ten years ago. since which time she
has lived with her sister in Topeka. She
was a member of Charity lodge No. 26
Degree of Honor and knights and La
dies of Security No. and belonged TO
the degree staff of each lodge. The pail
bearers were members of the degree staff
She leaves a mother, three sisters and
three brothers to mourn her loss. Her
mother, brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. F. H. Morgan. left in the after
noon with the remains for JerseyVllle,
ILL., where the funeral will take place
at o'clock from St. Francis Xavier
church
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MRS. WARNER WINS.
Court Decides She Is Not Negroes and
Awards Her the Estate.

Clinton, ILL.,, Aug. 31.-Judge w. G..
Cochran of the circuit court of De
Witt county has announced his de-
ciSion iE the case in which United
States Commissioner of Pensions Yes
pasian Warner sought to prevent his
stepmother the widow of DR.. John
Warner, from sharing in the estate left
by his father. THE Judge held that
Mrs. Warner was not of negro parent
age and was entitled to a full Widows
dowry and the homestead. the value of
both being mores thanr 100000.
Commissioner Warner several weeks
ago instituted proceedings in court to
prevent his stepmother from sharing in
the estate, on the ground that she was
of negro blood. The case was bit
terly fought, many witnesses seeking to
prove and disprove the charge, being
summoned from Illinois, Ohio and other
states.
The judge stated in announcing his
opinion that he had carefully reviewed
the evidence. and could find no basis
for the charge.
Vespasian Warmers attorneys said
that they would appeal the case to the
appellate court
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LAWYERS HOLD A MEETING.
Will Aodpt Memorial on Death of
n. l.. Williams.

At a special meeting of the Shawnee
County Bar association, which was held
this morning. N. H. Loomis, Capt. j. G..
Waters, S. H. Allen, ]. G. Slonecker and
Otis Hungate were designated as .
special committee to draft suitable me-
mortal resolutions anent the death of
A. L. williams 1t was the unanimous
decision of the many members present
that the funeral this afternoon be at
tended by them in n body and they met
at 2:40 o'clock at the Joslin drug store,
Twelfth and Taylor streets. for this pur-
pose.
1t was also decided that this special
COMMITTEES on resolutions and the one
which was appointed to draft resolutions
in memory Of the late Judge Valentine
should make their reports at another
special meeting of the Bar association
which is to be held in the district court
room at the county court house on Sat
urday morning of next week.
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KANSAS IS THE 18TH.
Kansas Rihemen Make Fair Showing
in National Contest.


wv. w. Denison, assistant adjutant
general: Kansas finishes 28th with
2130 points. Same score last year
would have given 14th place. Start
for home Saturday. HUGHES.
The above telegram received this
afternoon gives the results for Kansas
IN the national match at Camp Perry,
Ohio.
Last year Kansas finished 26th
out of Al teams competing. This
year there were so and the showing
is particularly enviable, indicating
that Kansas is forging towards the
front. The teams represented in the
contest came from national guards
and the regular service.
Past Midshipman Ray Slower, son
of Tim Slower of lola, coached the
team from the United States navy
which won first place in the contest
of workmanship between teams rep
resenting all branches of the service
as we'll as the National Guard teams.
Announcement came today through a
telegram received from Adjutant Gen
cral J. w. F. Hughes that the score
was the highest ever made in a ma
tiOnai match.
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TROUBLE FOR CIRCLE SWING.
Vinewood Amusement Enterprise Is
Attached Today.

An attachment was served this morn
ing by J. M. Wilkerson, the sheriff, on
the property at Vinewood park which Is
operated by the Traver Circle Swing
company a New York corporation. A
man was placed in charge of the prop
erty by Sheriff Wilkerson and the at
tachment against it will hold until the
determination of a suit, or its satisfac-
ton. which was brought in the district
court yesterday by Mrs. Katherine
Jackman, of Kansas City. Mo-. against
the company and its officers, Rudy
Uzzell, president, and Harry G. Traver,
treasurer. Mrs. Jackman sues the COM
pany and its officers for $4,000 damages
with interest at per cent from October
Is, 1905. Similar suits and attachments
are to be started by Mrs. Jackman's at
torneys in several other places where the
Traver Circle Swing company has
amusements. Mr. Traver, one of the
parties to the suit, is brother of Mrs.
Jackman.
According to the petition in the suit
which was filed with the clerk Of the
district court yesterday this company,
with home offices in New York. was or
ganized with a capital stock of $2OO,OOO
divided into shares of 500 each. Twelve
hundred of these shares were marketed
and the remaining eight hundRed Were
kept in the treasury.
Mrs Jackman states that she held a
certificate for 200 shares in the company
in 1904 and that she was requested by
/
of stock to them so that they would
have a voting majority of the stock of
the corporation and thereby retain con-
troll of it. They stated that certain
shareholders were trying to wrest this
control from them.
This stock was readily assigned to
the men by Mrs. Jackman and the
| transfer of it was made on the books
| of the company. Mrs. Jackman, how
ever. retained the stock certificate.
Iof Irir hal or1lo
wear she decided to dispose of the
| stock and sent the certificates to her
| son Elmer Jackman, in Chicago, with
! instructions that he was to negotiate
its SALE He placed them with the
| brokerage firm of Kaatz & company.
1t is alleged by Mrs. Jackman that
when her brother. Mr.. Traver, and
| Mr.. Uzzell, learned that she had taken
| steps to dispose of the stock, Uzzell
| went to Chicago, represented himself
as an agent of Mrs Jackman, told the
brokers that Mrs. Jackman had
changed her mind about selling the
| stock and secured the stock certifi-
cate from them on the payment OF
! trying to dispose of the stock.
When Mrs. Jackman learned OF
| this transaction she demanded the re-
turn of the stock from Uzzell and
| Traver 1t was refused. although She
| rendered Uzzell 500 more than it cost
him to get the stock back from the
brokers.
Mrs. Jackman claims that Uzzel
secured this stock in this way for the
purpose of depriving her of all evil
| dence of the ownership of the stock
| She declares that her brother, Mr.
Traver was in on the deal, and thai
| he claims a half interest in this stock
and has divided the dividends on II
since October Is, 1905 with Uzzeu-
| So she has brought the suit against
| the company and the two men to re-
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NO MORE CHEAP TALK.
Night Rates Are Doubled by the A.
T. & T. Company.

New York. Aug. 31.-Half rates for
night messages have been abolished by
the telephone monopoly.
Notice to this effect was issued t0uay
by the American Telephone & Tele-
graph company, which, IN cooperation
with the New York Telephone COM
pany. provides the long distance phone
service.
The charging of full rates for all use
of the wires, day or night, will begin
at midnight Incidentally. the trust
will reap d great harvest, for the strike
of the telegraph operators mas IN
creased the long distance phone Dusl-
ness enormously, and many business
men have taken advantage of the night
rates to confer with their correspond
ents, particularly in the south ana
southNe where the telegraph service
is still quite meaGer.
Doubles Night Rates.
The announcement of the doubling
of the present charges for night use
of the wires was made in the following
notice:
I'm view of the large number of
calls lost and delayed in the evening
hours, due to the congestion of traf-
fio which occurs when night rates
take effect it has been decided to can
eel the night rates and charge DAY
rates on all messages passing over the
lines of the American Telephone ana
Telegraph company on and after sep
TENDER /. 1907.
Defends Increase
Defending the increase of rates, an
official of the company today said:
This change is necessary on ac-
count of the practice which has grown
up of making through the day ap-
pointment calls for p M, when the
reduced rates take effect. AS people
do not realize that hundreds are do
ing the same thing, they cannot un-
derstand why their service is delayed
in many cases for one or two hours
beyond the appointed time. thus in
terfering with dinner and other en-
gagements.
THE effect from the operating end
is like the rush hours in the subway
when the effort of so many people to
board the trains actually reduces the
capacity of the road service
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LOCAL MENTION.

The state board of embalmers which
was created under the act passed by
the last legislature held a conference
today with DIR. S. ]. Crumbine. secre-
tary of the state board of health. The
conference was purely a formal one and
related to the enforcement of the act.
The offices of the clerk of the state
supreme court were closed this after
noon out of respect for the demise of
A. L. Williams, whose funeral was held
this afternoon.
John Stevens, 81 years of age, and
Maggie M Bryan, IS years of age, of
Scranton, were married this afternoon
at the office of Probate Judge Hayden
The Auburndale baseball team defeat
ed the fast emi-professional Westmore-'
land team on its home grounds yesterday
by a score of 3 to 2. Observation-Disclosures
dale, Seers and c. Miller; Westmore-
land, Richards and Karr.
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BARONS BUNCOED.
Heads of the Anthracite Trust
Reply to Government.
Say Mark Hanna Got Them
Into Trouble.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 31.-The Read
ing company, the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway and the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron company to-
day filed their answers to the suit of the
federal government to break up the al
legged monopoly existing in the anthra-
cite regions of this state. The answers
of the three concerns of which George
F. Bair is president make a general de-
NAL of the governments allegation and
go into the first great strike in the hard
coal fields and it's relation to the presi-
Dental campaign of 1900 when McKin-
ley was elected 1t is declared that the
agreements to advance the price of coal
were brought about in 1900 but violence
and intimidation of striking mine work.
ers resulting from the failure of the
United States government and the state
of Pennsylvania to enforce the law and
protect the coal companies and the i'm
portunities of the late Marcus A. Hanna
who, it is alleged, was anxious to end
the strike of miners on account of the
impending presidential election prevent
ed their being carried out.
General denials are made of the con-
spiracy charges in the answer of the
Reading company and that of the rail-
way company. The answer of the coal
and iron company takes up the strike
of 1900 and says that substantially all
the workmen in the anthracite regions
abandoned their work under the force
anu SlASClS Vi NlOltItce IQrDu1enc6 ana
intimidation and the employees and
wOrkmen of this defendant and others
in the same neighborhood We're induced
or compelled by like violence turbulence
and intimidation to abandon their en-
ployment.''
The answer goes on to say that
shortly afterwards it was repre-
scented, in substance, to the officials
of this defendant and the representa-
tiveS of other mining companies by
one Marcus A. Hanna acting as chair
man of the Republican national COM
mittee in the then pending political
campaign for the election of candi-
dates for President and Vice President
of the United States that if the said
strike should not be speedily settled by
an advance in the wages of workmen
and in and about the mines in the en-
tire anthracite region the strike would
extend to the states of Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois and that the election of
Mckinley and Roosevelt would be
thereby endangered.
The answer declares that Mr.. Hanna
panies that he was authorized to set
tie the strike through Mitchell of the
miners union if the operators would
agree to give their workmen a ten
per cent increase in wages. It is set
forth that the company did agree to
advance the wages of its mine and
colliery workmen 10 per cent and
with other principal mine owners, who
had been in conference with Mr..
Hanna had agreed to this concession.
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weekly Bank Statement.

New York, Aug. 31.-The statement
of the clearing house banks for the
week shows that the banks hold S.
1864 more than the legal reserve re-
quirements. This is decrease of
$1,219,950 as compared with last week.
The statement follows
Loans, s1,0s7, 985. 400; decrease,
$146.6O0; deposits. $1.o46. 655.S00; de-
crease. $1.727.S00: circulation, $780,
30s,5oO; increase. s143,1OO; legal ten
ders. $50, $780, 800; increase, 5,4O0;
specie. s2oo.SS9. 500: decrease, S2.147,-
800; reserve, $270,42O,400; decrease
$1,651,9O0; reserve required, $261.-
663950; decrease. $341.950; surplus,
sS756,45O; decrease. $1.219,95O extra
United States deposit, SIS, 737.975; de-
crease $1,1S9.475.
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would not take the word of any city
engineer, so he brought his tape and
measured for himself. He decided that
Mr.. Rhodes was guilty. and would nave
fined him on the spot had not his at.
tention been called to small pie OF
stable refuse in the alley. Hot-footing
it to his office. the fierce guardian OF
the city the self-admitted Iedoy
Roosevelt of Topeka" drew up com
plant charging Rhodes with violating
the sanitary ordinances. This he sent
to the police with orders to get out d
warrant and arrest Mr.. Rhodes again
and be quick about it. Later he will
come down and tell the court now
much to fine Rhodes for his offenses.
The fines collected during the month
of August, year of our Lord and Ch1eI
Eaton 1907, amount to $827-5O. Oh
this s11O is in one dollar fines-the
result of The "drive-on-your-ow own
side" crusade started last Sunday. This
is about played out. as the drivers are
now careful where they go. and the
CITY will have to invent some new get
,-ich-uuick scheme.
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FIRE AT ASYLUM.
Ice House Destroyed-Loss About Six
Hundred Dollars.

The ice house and meat storage house
in the rear of the state hospital were
badly burned at 6 o'clock last evening
entailing a loss of from $400 to $500.
The ice house was almost totally de-
stroyed and the meat house had the
roof burned. The contents of the meat
house was removed before being badly
damaged. J. w. Rayburn, an employe,
noticed the flames first and sounded the
alarm. The water pressure from the
local pumping plant was poor and the
main aid came from two chemical en-
gines from the city fire department
which made the run.
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vale. as to that which now confronts
him, we of us who are left nehind a
have .ai+barsfa.~ nor doubt for him
or his destiny. I am reminded OF the
story that Xer,onIaera tells in his Mem
orabilia' OF tine death of Socrates when
his friends camesto him with the cup
hands, he said: My friends, you go
to life, as to death. Which OF US
goes to the better part is known alone
to God. But of this be sure, that no
whether he be alive or dead. !"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-31

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F.Ievntor Destroyed bow Fire.

Milwaukee. Aug. 31.-Fire early to-
day destroyed the elevator of the
American Mailing company in Oregon
street entailing a loss estimated at be-
tween $40.0 900 and $50, 900. The Mil
waukee molasses feed company plant
adjoining suffered damage estimated
at $4,000 and the w. J. Armstrong
company grain warehouse was dam
aged $4,000. The losses are partially
covered by insurance
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BONDS SOLD AT EsKRIDGE.
People Show an Added Interest in Pro-
posed New Railroad.

Eskridge. Aug 31.-A public meeting
was held last night which was participant
ed in by those who interested in the
success of the Topeka and Southwestern
railroad, and this number comprised al
most the entire population of the county.
The meeting was one of the most enthusi-
astic ever held in Eskridge and was pre-
sided over by John Waugh. Before ad-
journment 81, 900 worth of bonds were sub
scribed for by local capitalists who are
willing to do their part towards contribut-
ing to the support of the enterprise.
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cover the par value of the stock held
by her, which is 100000 with interest
at per cent from the date in 1905
when she lost control of it.
Reinhardt and Schrisby, lawyers of
Kansas City, Mo, are Mrs. Jackman's
attorneys, and in the petition which
they filed for Mrs. Jackman in the
suit it is stated that the actions of
Traver and Uzzell in the transaction
are classed as felonies in the states of
New York and Illinois.
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ROOSEVELT KEEPS OUT
He Will Have Nothing to Do With
.--.-,4 Telegraph Strike.

Oyster Bay. Aug. Sit was au-
thoritatively stated today that Presi-
dent. Roosevelt Will not interfere or
take any part looking to a settlement
of the telegra piers strike Secretary
Loeb said that numerous appeals to
the president to take such action,
which have been reported in the news
papers have not been received at
Oyster Bay, and at no time since the
beginning Of the strike has the presi-
dent seen any necessity or reason why
he should intervene.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued in the
probate court today as follows:
Earl H RodelI, &c years old, of Man
haitian, and Nell D. Hughes, 20years old.
of this city.
Harry wagner, "a years old. Of Her
ington, and Daisy Boxwell, "a years oid'
of this city.
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Presidential Appointments.

Oyster Bay. N. Y, Aug. 31.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today announced the
appointment of August E. Muenter to
be collector of internal revenue in
California;; Edward Sweeney to be
superintendent of the mint at San
Francisco, and William Cutter to be
coiner at that mint
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Fred Stanley a Victim of Mis-
placed Confidence.
He Was Looking for Eating and
Found Eaton.
KNOCKED WRONG DOOR
Alert Chief at Once Booked
Young Man as Vagrant.
New Crusade Opened With John
Rhodes as Victim.

There is a bad case of misplaced
confidence-or perhaps it should be
called misplaced confidence-game,' in
the city prison. One who tOiled not
neither did he spin anything more sub
stantial than hard luck stories. batted
on the wrong back door early TINS
morning.
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Plague Is Stamped Out.

San Francisco, Aug. 31.-Dr. Walt
mss. health officer. reports that there
is no change in the plague situation
No new cases have developed The
board of health has decided to fumi-
gate and sterilize tho city and county
houses Immediately
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NTutineers Sentenced to Prison

Stockholm, Aug. 31.-The high court
of justice at Abo has sentenced forty
Of the Sveaborg mutineers to four
years special servitude. the two ring
leaders to six and five years respective
ly. and several others to three years
imprisonment.
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Ewing Herbcrt Gets an Auto.

Ewing Herbert editor of the Brown
County World, of Hiawatha, came to
Topeka and invested in a Smith auto
mobile which he will attempt to guide
safely to the town which he has made
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MISSED HIS MAN.
But Russian Patrol Wounded -Four
Innocent Bystanders.

LODI, Aug. 31-A terrorist yesterday
evening shot and killed a detective and
a soldier who was riding in a street
car. A passing patrol fired on the ter
rorist, apparently missed him and
wounded four pedestrians.
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DeDeyvs sail for Eurone.

southampton, Aug 31.-The
American line steamship St. Louis,
which sailed from here for New York
today had among her passengers
Senator and Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Depew.
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give Terrorists Executed.

Warsaw, Poland. Aug S1.-F1ve
terrorists were executed in the cltaosi
here during the past week.