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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
Will Be Warmer.

Welcome News The weather man
saws that for tomorrow it will be Fair
and Warmer" Whether this forecast is
reliable or not, 1t can be truly said that
by these three words the weather man
has done a great deal in reviving the
dropping spirits of Topekans who had
Just about come to the conclusion that
the rest of the time would be dark and
dreary. At all events it is time for a
change.
There has been no rain or sleet or
snow or anything else in that line all
day 1t has become a little bit warmer
but the clouds still remain. They have
been here all but forty hours all year.
The snow however is melting fast and
everything is looking more hopeful.
During the last twenty-four hours
there has been a precipitation of SO OF
an inch. The wind is blowing at the
rate of miles an hour from the west.
The following as the temperatures for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
Why He Voted for Curtis in
Caucus.
Weary Of Grievance That Was
Not His Own.
TAKES SHOT AT BAILEY
Charges Ex-Governor With De-
serting Him.
Had to Choose Between Constit- :
uents and LukeWarm Friends.

Cyrus Leland. whose vote in the Re-
publican caucus for Charles Curtis for
United States senator has caused so
much comment, gave out the following
statement today:
Il voted for Curtis because I was
weary of a grievance that was not my
own. For nearly ten years / fought
Curtis on Governor Bailey,s account,
and all I got out of it was my trou-
BILE for my pains. Bailey went off and
left me and took with him some of my
former political associates. The fight
continued. Senator Longs interests be-
came mixed in it, and stood for Long.
Again I had my trouble for my pains.
Now it was up to me in this eau
Gus to take care of myself and thereby
make myself useful to my constituents
and friends, OF continue fight for
friends, who had become Iukewarrn, and
thereby cripple my usefulness. 1 want
ed nothing for myself. Naturally I
chose the former course. 1t was easy
to foresee, early in the contest, that
Curtis could win if he could get the
help of myself and certain other men
who heretofore had been opposed to
him. More than that by these alli-
ances he would have votes enough on
his own account to win without the aid
of Senator Long.
I believe Long never was in the fight
AS l saw it, he kept out and he had
no intention OF gong IN unless the issue
should come to deadlock, and when
Curtis made these alliances deadlock
became impossible. Everybody who
was familiar with conditions knew that
and that being true. Curtis became the
free and Untrammelled choice of the
majority of the caucus. So having no
further reason to keep up the fight of
former friends, / chose to abandon a
useless and wornout grievance and vote
for Curtis. 1t was the only thing for
me to do, and no sensible or fair man
can censure me for it.
Let me add that Mr. Curtis was
elected without any obligation to help
Long or anybody else two years from
row. Curtis thereby is the choice of
the whole Republican party, not of any
faction, and in the fight of 1909 he will
be free to make his own choice or to
keep out entirely. as he may see fl. :, 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
WILL SUE STANDARD.
Philippine Government Sets Up Claim
for $19,514.

Manila, Jan. 1.-THE insular gov
ernment demands payment of the
Standard Oil company of $19,514 In
gold. duty upon oil brought into the
Philippine islands prior to 1901, upon
which the proper tax was not paid.
The Standard Oil company 1t that
time contracted with the United States
quartermaster's department to deliver
$4,000 cases of oil which were, to be
admitted free from duty. The company
delivered 1868 cases on this contract
and sold 1892 cases to merchants.
The duty was $1.01 per case.
On November Is, 1901, the duty on
oil was reduced 40 II cents and sub
seuuent to this the Standard Oil COM
pany imported oil under the duty and
finished it's contract with the govern
ment The insular government now
demands the payment of the difference
due between the old and new duty,
to 6015 cents per case, to-
gether with penalties attached.
The Standard Oil company will con-
test the matter with the insular gov
ernment, which will bring suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17

can not be expected to attend to the
drafting of all the bills and writing
all the letters needed by the 80 Demo-
cratic members.
Senate $50: House SO.
On the matter of house and senate
arrangement shall stand as it was at
the last session: $40 each for the SEN
ate members and $40 each for the
mouse members.
was appointed to fix up the bill. after
the house had cut the senate allowance
TO $40, and the senate had refused to
concur in the amendment, reported
mending that the senate be given Its
$50 and the house take $40.
If the senate wants to take the re-
sponsibility for drawing $50 apiece for
postage" said Brandon of Butler,
chairman of the house conferees,
that is their lookout
The house by a vote of SO to .
agreed to adopt the report of the con-
ference committee, and the bill max
ing allowance for the first ten days OF
the legislative session will now become
a law.
Railroad Committee Tonight.
There is to be a meeting of the rail-
road committee of the house TINS
evening for tie purpose of discussing
the antpass law. There are two anti
pass DlllS now Oe1OrG the COIAHAltlSS,
and this evening the committee Will
decide which is the best The vested
interests will be given chance to
squander q few chips in the game II
they see fit, but the chances are that
the railroad committee Will recon-
mend a good strong bill.
w. Y. Morgan says: Il am satls-
fed with the committee, and want to
say this: that the first object OF our
work, so far as 1 am concerned, Will
be to give everybody a fair hearing
and treat all interested eQuitably.
The committee on railroads is COM
posed of the following members: Nor
gan of Reno. Stannard of Lyon, XIII
of Atchison, Potts of Morris, Jeffreys
of Sumner Guyer of Stafford, Elstun
of Elk, Grasse of Rush. Montee OF
Crawford, Snyder of Leavenworth.
Taylor of Osborn, Shepherd of WASH
ington, johnson of Miami, Oshant OF
Ellis and Policy of Republic.
This is regarded as a very strong
committee and the friends of railroad
rate control are satisfied with Speaker
Simmons selection. All interests in
the state are represented, Kiff and
Snyder, the former from Atchison and
the latter from Leavenworth, repre-
senting the Missouri river. But a ma
Kansas. and fully acquainted with the
needs of that section of the state.
Nine of the Republican members were
opposed to the election of Curtis for
United States senator, If there is any
significance in that. Stannard of En-
poria was the square deal" candi-
date for speaker, and his name on the
railroad committee is especially pleas
ing to that element of the party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
TRUNKS FULL OF IT.
Much Evidence Accumulated in Land
Fraud Cases.

Pueblo, Colo. Jan. 17.-Sensational
disclosures of public land frauds are
expected in the investigation opened
here this morning by Assistant United
States Attorney NJ. c. Burch and two
assistants. Several months have been
used in collecting evidence of false
entry to coal lands and illegal cutting
of timber and the investigators have
half a dozen trunks filled with data
by which they expect to show that
title to several thousand acres of coal
and timber land in southern Colorado
is imperfect.
1t is announced that the investiga-
tion will not be completed for prob
ably two months. Many witnesses
have been summoned and when their
testimony is finished a report will be
made to the attorney general at
Washington and suits for damages for
timber removed and custer suits for
fraudulent coal land entries will be
commenced at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
HEAR 1T IN JUNE.
Wichita Separate School Case in
Supreme Court.
Effort to Have Different Schools
for Negroes.
UP IN LEGISLATURE.
Bills to Provide for This Are
Now Pending.
Mayors Lose a Point in the
Court.
Up IN LEGISLATURE.

The Wichita separate school case.
which is in the supreme court on ap-
peal from SedGwick county, was ad-
vanced by the supreme court today for
hearing in June.
This is the case brought by the ne
groes of Wichita to compel the school
board at Wichita to admit colored chill
dren to the white schools. The Wichitz
people are fighting for separate schools.
A bill is to be introduced in the house
and senate which will specifically pro-
vide for separate schools, but the mem
bers of the legislature from sedgwick
nave been waiting for petition of g.
900 names to be received from Wichita
before starting their fight This 5000
petition VIII ask the legislature to pass
the Dill The members afraid to
introduce ii without some such moral
backing" for fear the negroes in Wich-
TIA VIII combine against them and de-
feat them for reelection as they did
GIasscock and Dali in Wyandotte coun-
". on account of the separate high
school bill which these members advo-
Gated and passed at the last session.
The supreme court in an opinion
rendered yesterday, refused to allow
the motions filed by the mayors of
Leavenworth, Junction City and Pitts
burg to make the petition of the state
in the three suits more definite and
certain.
These are the custer suits brought
against the respective mayors, on the
ground that they have licensed the op-
Grafton of saloons and houses of bad
repute In their own towns. The cases
will now come up for hearing on their
merits.
An important foreclosure suit from
Logan county was filed yesterday in
the supreme court. 1t was brought
in the lower court by j. r. jackson
and Charles H. Kemp against Rose
McCarron and other heirs of George
McCarron.
Jackson wanted to foreclose on a
valuable tract of land on which there
was mortgage amounting to $S,S00-
He based his claim partly on an old
tax title, and the court held that this
tax deed was void, owing to the fact
that the seal of the county was invalid.
Jackson was given a judgment for only
s106, and he appealed the case. r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
FOUND TIE ROCK.
Report on the Borings for the Gatun
Dam Site.

Washington, Jan. 17.-Chairman
Millard of the senate committee on
interoceanic canals today made public
the reports of the interCceanic canal
commission of the boring at the Gatun
dam site which was furnished in re-
sponse to a request from the commits
sion.
The report includes a cabled state
ment from Chief Engineer Stevens in
which he says that 127 holes have
been bored at the Gatun site and all
show that the lock walls will rest on
firm suitable soft rock He also say,
that 63 borings, all extending to rock,
have been made across the valley of
the Chagres covering the Exme dam
site and that proper material was
found in only four holes and below
200 feet. AT the Peiro Miguel lock
walls there have been 10 borings. all
showing rock suitable for foundation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17

act does not apply IN communities
where there are no telephone lines
nearer than one mile from the depot.
Still Friend to the Quail.
Major P. J Jotts of Morris county.
has renewed his efforts to protect the
quail of Kansas from hunters. He in
troduced a bill this morning which will
absolutely prevent the killing of quail
partridges, pheaSantS and certain song
birds for an unlimited period of time
The last session of the legislature de-
feated a similar proposition which was
presented by Mr.. Potts.
Cyrus Leland proposed an amendment
to the state text book commission law
In the house this morning which pro-
vides that no per diem of SIS shall be
allowed to any member of the commits
sion who at the time of service on the
commission Is receiving a stated salary
from the state or from any county or
cit.-.
Moro House Employees
c. s. Beeson. chairman of the house
following partial list of appointments
yesterday afternoon: Reading clerks, D.
T Harris, J. w. Clark; stenographer
Anna Buchanan; clerk of enrolled bills
Albert Eagle: copyist, Connie Collins;
engrossing clerk, A. L. McCullom; doc
u1nent clerk W. H. Peck; minority
stenographer, Anna Bartel; doorkeeper
assistant sergeant-at-arms, Jacob
Brough - Collins, 1. n. Smith; mes
senger, Earl Jones: janitors, c. E. No
ble Edward L. Bell. Robert Chapman;
female attendant Ida Barton; assistant
doorkeeper. c. O. Smith; mail carrier
John r. Miller The report of the COM
mittee was adopted by the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
THRASHED AN EDITOR.
Mendieta's Revenge for Being ''BawI-
ed Out" Concerning Cock Fight.

Havana, Jan. 17.-As a result OF the
notorfety gained by the publication
of his name in connection with the
raid on a cock fight here last sunday,
Colonel Mendieta Liberal candidate
for governor of Santa Clara province,
Yesterday attacked ard badly thrashed
Senior Coronado, editor of La Dis
cuscione. Jose Miguel Gomez's organ,
El Rebelde, prints the story of the at
tack on the editor and says ne oe-
served to get 1t ''for his unworthy and
cowardly attack upon our woithy and
honored patriots. May the chastise-
ment be a severe and profitable lesson
and may he transfer half the blows
n od,T,inistered to him to Donna
Eduardo Dolz Del CASTELAR," Eduardo
is the mother of Editor Coronado.
Jose Miguel Gomez was an interested
spectator at the cock fight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
STORM HTS CHICAGO.
Trolley Cars With .4ce Cutters Got
Along All Right.

Chicago. JAN 1.-THE storm that has
been central in the southwest for
number of days struck Chicago last
night beginning with sleet and turning
later TO snow and rain. Telegraph ser
vice west and south of Chicago was in
terrupted part of the night.
The sleet caused delays on elevated
roads. but the surface lines experienced
little trouble because the 'ice cutters
on the trolley wires cut through the
coating of ice on wires and made con-
ed by brilliant flashes of electricity as
trains on the elevated roads struggled
against the sleet thin coating Of
ice formed over the third rail and the
flashes resulted Only slow progress
could be made by trains on all tha
roads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
DYNAMITES WORK
Two Men Blown to Atoms and Anoth-
err Fatally Injured.

Seneca. Kan, Jan. 17.-Julius
Lutheld and his son were blown to
atoms and Lutheld's nephew was IA
tally injured in an explosion of dyna-
mite here last night.
Lutheld and his son were digging a
ditch along Deer creek for the pur-
pose of Strengthening the creek and
were using dynamite to blast the
rocks. Their supply of dynamite had
frozen and it had been placed close to
the fire so that it would thaw during
the night. 1t exploded, instantly kill
ing the father and son and terribly
tearing the nephew. The latter, though
almost dead, managed to crawl to a
farm house over quarter of mile
away to secure assistance. He can not
RECOVER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
CNAWEO BY RATS.
Dead Body of n Woman Found Shock
ingly Mutilated.

Chicago. Jan. 17.-Mrs- Maggie
Mum, formerly proprietor of the
Hughes hotel at Bisbee, Ariz-, was
found dead today in her room in a
small hotel on the west side. The
mystery connected with her death
caused the police to arrest her hus-
band Alfred Mum. although there is
no direct evidence that he was con-
nected with her death. Mum asserted
that his wife died of pneumonia and
that he had not been near here for
more than a week. The body of Mrs.
Mum has been shockingly gnawed by
rats 1t is believed that she had not
been dead for more than twelve hours
when her death was reported.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
Licorice Trust Fined.

New York Jan. 1.-THE MacAn-
drews & Forbes company of this city
was fined $4,000 and the J. s. Young
company of Baltimore $4,000 in the
United tSates circuit court today for
combining to monopolize the trade in
licorice paste. A stay Of so days In
the execution of the fines was granted.
but a motion for a new trial was
denied
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
weather Indications.

Chicago. Jan. 17.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Cloudy tonight; Friday fair and
warmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17

can not be expected to attend to the
drafting of all the bills and writing
all the letters needed by the 80 Demo-
cratic members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17

Continued on Page 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17

There are SO MANY DemOcratlc
members in the house this year that
they want the house to allow them an
additional stenographer and clerk, as
the arrangement last year provided
for only one stenogra pher. The mi
nority have selected Miss Anna Bartel
as their stenogra pher, and will go be-
fore the rules committee and ask for
the appointment of Miss Allison Rob-
inson and Mrs. NJ. d. Cohn as their
additional help. One stenographer
The Yale expositor., 1907-09-27
Wreck of the Nimick.

The machinery of the steamer Alex
ander Nimick became disabled as the
boat was forcing her way through the
gale OF Lake Superior Saturday night
and the boat was blown on the rocks
13 miles west Of Whitefish Point. AS
the boat stranded the huge seas swept
over her and Capt. Randall and FIVE
Of his crew were washed overheard
before the life savers from the Vermil-
lion station could reach the spot. The
life savers rescued the IL others of
the. crew. Three bodies have been re-
covered and search is being continued
for the others by the life savers and
crew.
The Nimick was heavily laden with
coal and in common with other small
vessels had been hugging the shore
during the gale which has ragged on
Lake Superior for several days. Sat
urday night the gale had abated but
the sea was running high and Capt.
Randall ventured from behind White
fish Point. The Nimick was a stout
little vessel and would doubtless have
been safe had the engines not become
disabled. This made her powerless
and she soon was driven on the south
shore.
The Yale expositor., 1907-09-27

While moving 25 miles an hour
shortly before 10 o'clock Thursday
night, a Pere Marquette passenger
train ran into two runaway box cars
which had broken away from freight
train near Greenville, smashing the
engine and baggage car. The engine
telescoped the first freight car. Part
OF the cab was carried away. Fire
man John Edmond. of Ionia, was pull
ed out OF the wreckage, bruised and
cut, but not seriously injured. En-.
gineer Harry Dolan, of Ionia. was
found still sitting in his cab and look.
ing curiously at the top of the freight
car, which formed the cover to his
cab. All of the passenger cars remain.
ed on the tracks. The freight cars
which caused the collision had broken
their couplings nearly a mile from
the scene Of the accident, started
down grade, and were moving swiftly
when the collision occurred.
The Yale expositor., 1907-09-27
Men Of Experience.

The constitutional convention will
contain at least 81 Republicans to
only nine Democrats, with one of the
Democrats out of that eight still In
doubt, M. j. Cavanaugh, of the Tenth
district. In 26 districts the Republic
cans elected all their candidates. In
one, the Third. the Democrats carried
everything. electing p. ]. M. Hally, F
F, Ingram and Joseph Merrill. In
Saginaw the Democrats elected two
candidates. w. II. Burt and e. A.
Snow. and In four districts they elect.
ed one candidate, IL Kinnane and Cav.
anaugh prove to have been elected.
The convention will be made up large
ly OF men of official experience. The
convention will assemble In represent
alive hall, Lansing, October %. The
delegates will draw $40 a day. They
can remain in session as long as they
please. but their pay will, by law, stop
January 81.
The Yale expositor., 1907-09-27

SPECIAL SESSION Is CALLED TO
FIX A PRIMARY LAW AND
NORMAL FUND.
WRECK OF STR. NIMICK
Legislature to Meet October mo
Class or District Leoislation--Six
Lost Their Lives.
To Leeislate a Little.

In his call for the special session OF
the legislature, issued Monday, Gov.
Warner does not include any OF the
requests for class or district legisla.
ton, made to him from various parts
of the state. Only the Mt. Pleasant
Normal college situation and the de
mand for primary elections" are In
cluded in the call.
AT the regular session OF the leg
islature," says the governor, 1.-The two
houses disagreed regarding the bill
making an appropriation for the main
tenance of the Mt. Pleasant Normal
college for the ensuing two years as
we'll as for improvements at that in
stitution. The contention was raised
before the legislatures adjournment
that the bill as signed by the governor
was not the bill that passed the house
and senate and therefore the college
was without funds for maintenance
and necessary betterments.
THE people of the state are almost
unit in demanding that all candi-
dates for public Offices who are voted
for by the primary shall be selected
by the people and under no circum-
stances by a delegates convention. At
its recent session the legislature failed
to make a number of changes in the
law which the people of the state de-
sire. These universally desired
changes should be made before an
other general election is held in Mlchi-
gan. The legislature can supply the
needed remedies.
Regarding the situation as demand
ing immediate action, hereby call the
Legislature of the state of Michigan to
meet in extraordinary session on Mon
day, the 18th day of October, 1907, at
II o'clock noon of that day, to con-
slider such matters as shall be sub
mitted by the governor by special
message"
The Yale expositor., 1907-09-27
varue Of the Philippines.

Admiral Dewey defines his position
In reference to the Philippines and de.
clares strongly against the abandon
ment OF the islands. He says: Every
one comedies that the orient is the
future great neld for the principal
com - nations OF the world? We
ought to ne the leaders, but we must
Mt least have a share In the enter
prise, and In order to do so We must
maintain the position we have Occu-
pied through force OF circumstances
in that region Suppose we should dis.
pose OF the Philippines and Japan
should acquire them? See how the
islands stretch along the coast Here
are the Japanese islands, here is For
mosa, which Japan owns, and then
come the Philippines. II Japan had
them she would command every gate
way to the orient and the United
States would be completely shut out.
II do not believe that our country
will ever abandon the Philippines"
said the admiral. I'VE already have
too much at stake to withdraw from
the islands. II is only our control over
the Philippines that makes II possible
for us to insist upon the open door in
the east, toward which our diplomacy
has been directed for a number Of
years. We want our share OF the
enormous commerce Of the east and
We cannot keep the open door for It
unless we hold the islands"
The Yale expositor., 1907-09-27
Fourteen We're Killed

Fourteen miners are dead and three
dying as the result of a fall In the
shaft OF the Rolling Mill mine, Ne
gaunee, shortly before noon Friday,
when the cable to the cage in which
they were being lowered broke. The
shaft is 700 feet deep and the cage had
hardly left the surface when the ca
bic snapped like thread and with
out warning the men fell to the bot
tom. A rescuing party was hurriedly
formed and the dead and injured
brought to the surface. Doctors were
hurriedly summoned, but a number of
the men died before and others az
ter they arrived, bringing the total
number of deaths up to IA. The
wives and children OF the miners ran
to the shaft as soon as the news OF
the accident spread, and many pa.
thetic scenes took place.