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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
MRS. PAL LMER IS FURIOUS
Will Sue English Papers II They Don't
Let Her Alone.

London, July 19.-Mrs. Potter Pal
mer, who has announced that she will
never marry again, is SO thoroughly
annoyed at the constant reports an
nouncing that she is going to wed
some one that she has determined to
take drastic steps to prevent the Eng
lish papers from reprinting stories
first sent to papers in America.
Through her solicitors she has
served notice on the English newspa-
pers that should they print any un-
authorized report concerning her she
will commence suit against them at
once.
Mrs Palmer is fully determined on
this course, as the report that she was
to marry the Earl of Munster occa-
stoned both herself and the earl the
keenest annoyance. They have never
met each other, and they are both
furious at the report, Mrs. Palmer
especially.
An intimate friend of Mrs. Palmer
said that it was beyond doubt that she
will remain a widow for the remain
der of her life. She is delighted with
her freedom, and so glories in the
name of Potter Palmer that she would
not change it for any title.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
NAVIES OF THE WORLD.
Relative Strength in Sea Power of
Various Countries.

London, July ia parliamentary re-
turn has just been issued showing the
comparative strength of the great pow
ers in completed first class battleships,
less than 25 years old and armored crui-
sers less than 20 years old on June 1.
Great Britain has fifty-seven battle-
ships, of which Is are considered of OBJ
solete type; the United States Is battle
ships, of which 4 are considered obso-
lete; France 20 with obsolete; Ger
many 20 with obsolete, and Japan IL
with 2 obsolete.
OF cruisers Great Britain has 30, the
United States II, France Is, Germany 6
and Japan 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
SPEAKER is MOBBED.
Free for All Fight in an Oklahoma
County Convention.

Muskogee, I. T, July 19.-An at
tempt by Henry Asp, a railroad attor-
ney of Guthrie, to address the Repub-
lican county convention here today
converted the meeting into a bowling,
fighting mob.
Pistols were brandished, knives
flashed and chairs were welded right
and left, resulting in bruises and minor
injuries to several persons. officers
with drawn pistols. who threatened to
shoot into the crowd if the fighting did
not stop, failed to quell the disturb
ance. United States Deputy Marshal
Bud Ledbetter appeared on the scene
and practically took charge of the
meeting. Ledbetter. who is a Demo-
crat, saved Asp from being mobbed
and prevented bloodshed. Asp, pale
and trembling was taken away from
the meeting
The trouble started when the anti
Frantz and antistatehood forces, of
which Asp is a member, attempted to
address the meeting before the organ
ization was perfected. The Frantz
forces were victorious in the test vote
for temporary chairman and the other
element then subsided and quiet was
restored.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
EASEMENTS FLOODED.
Both Rivers Continue to Rise at Kan
saS City.

Kansas City. Mo, July 19.-Further
heavy rains north of here last night
caused the Missouri river at Kansas
City to rise a little higher, and as
result the cellars in two dozen whole
sale houses in the west bottoms were
partially flooded this morning. stocks
had been removed to places of safety
and the damage in this direction was
slight Truck gardens at Quindaro, on
the outskirts of Kansas City, Kan,
along the Missouri river have been
flooded, causing damage estimated at
500. 600. and several truck farmers
with their families are moving to
higher ground. The stage OF the MIS-
souri, this morning was % feet ana
with the additional volume of water
above here. Weather Observer Connor
said today that the river probably
would rise gradually until tomor-
row night If there are no further
rains in the west and northwest Tor
several days the Missouri will still be
low enough to take care of flood waters
without danger of serious overflow,
Mr.. Connor saws The Kaw is rising
slowly also.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
THEY ARE KEPT APART.
NIagiII and His Daughter Not Permit
ted to See Each Other.

San Francisco, Cal, July 19-Margaret
Magill, daughter of Fred H. Magill, of
Clinton, Ill, has made an explicit state
ment in regard to the arrest of her
father and stepmother on the charge of
numbering the first Mrs. Magill. Miss
Magiu says the prosecution is all spite
work on the part of an aunt who has
always hated the first Mrs. Magill. Miss
Magill says she and Fay Graham had
always been chums and that Fay Gra-
ham and Margaret's mother were the
best of friends. Miss Magill positively
identified the letters purporting to have
been written by her mother as being in
her mothers handwriting. 1t is learned
that Miss Magill has been kept apart
from her parents by order of States At
torney Miller of Illinois, although her
father has frequently expressed a wish
to see her since his arrest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
He Thinks orchard win Hang.

thing absolutely certain about the Hay
wood case" said John A. Bagley, attor-
ney general of Idaho in 1902-1904 who is
in this city, land that is, no matter
what may happen to Haywood and his
associates in the miners association.
Harry Orchard, self-confessed assassin
of Governor Steunenberg, will be hanged.
Orchard has not been promised i'm
munity in Idaho, and even If he were
extended executive clemency, he has
confessed to thirteen murders outside
the state. of which he could be convict
ed and from punishment for which
Idaho could not absolve him.
How the Haywood trial will end, no
one knows. All the people want-and IN
this they are a units that exact justice
be DONE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
A PICTURE OF MORGAN.
Uncle Sam Will Sell One for Storage
Charges Soon.

New York, July 19.-An oil portrait or
J. Pierpont Morgan is one of the articles
that the government hopes to sell al tho
forthcoming semiannual sale of un-
claimed dutiable goods.
The portrait is the work of German
artist, and, according to Colonel Storey,
who is in charge of the sales department
at the public stores, was evidently
copied from photograph
The canvas is about three feet square.
and those who have seen 1T say it is a
creditable piece of work. Mr.. Morgan,
however, does not want II.
The picture is consigned to Mr.. Nor,
gan and arrived in New York from
Hamburg a year ago. Since that time
il has been in storage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
DOWN GO THE RATES.
Two Cents q Mile From Chicago to the
Kansas Line Now.

Chicago, July 19.-New interstate pas
senger rates between points in Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin
and North and South Dakota were made
effective at midnight last night.
This reduces all interstate passenger
rates to the basis of cents a mile eN-.
cept in Wisconsin and the Dakotas,
where the rates are based on 21z cents
a mile The law recently passed in Wis
consin making the rate cents a mile
will become effective August Is and
rates to points in that state then will be
further reduced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19

markable journey ever taken by a lit
tie fellow of his age.
Benjamin's uncle tagged him so
that the railroad men might know
where to ship the tiny human freight
He also appended to the boys coat a
request that wherever the wee Jour
meyer stopped he should be bathed
The child has been scrubbed in a score
of cities.
At each point where the boy
changed cars he was re-tagged until
when he arrived two days ago on the
Etruria he looked like a mishaped
trunk that had gone through the
grand tour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
COVERED WITH TAGS.
A Seven-year-oId Boy Arrives in New
York From Russia.

New York, July 19.-Adorned with
a motley array of tags, which were
pinned on his coat, shirt and trousers
in many cities on the route from far
off Minsk, Russia, to this city, seven
year-old Benjamin Meyerson, is quar-
tered in the Hebrew home for immi
grants in this city. He is bound for
Omaha, where his parents, who left
Russia several years ago, now reside.
The boy remained with his uncle
until recently, when his parents sent
for him and he was started alone on
what probably has been the most re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
Longworths in San Francisco.

San Francisco, July 19.-Nicholas
Longworth, son-in-law of the presi-
dent, and congressman from Ohio,
and Mrs. Longworth are at the Fair
mont hotel on their way to Honolulu.
The Longworths came to San Fran
cisco from Portland. They will re-
main here until July rs, the sailing
date of the Siberia. They will not
accept any social invitations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
USED AS a BLIND.
Korean Situation Serves to Divert At
tention From America.

Seoul, via Toxic. July 19-Upon his
arrival from Viscount Hayashi, the
foreign minister of Japan, was greeted
by $1,000 japanese, who were expecting
the annexation of Korea
The peril to the emperor began to be
realized yesterday among the Koreans
and considerable excitement prevails
today, the people feeling that their ruler
might meet an untoward end. The DO
lice were doubled in the palace at
pightfau on the rumor that the dead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
Graft Found in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee, Wis, July 19.-Expert
accountants who have been examining
the city's accounts report the en-
bezzlement of $29,500 by the clerk of
the municipal court, also that the city
treasurer loaned $1,000 of trust funds
and devoted the interest to his own
use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
The Giants Release Corcoran.

New York July 19."It has been an
nounced that Infelder Tommy Cor
coran had been released outright by
the New York National League Base
ball club. Corcoran probably will ac-
.cept the terms of some eastern league
club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
DYNAMITE In WHEAT.
Threshing Machine of Nonunion
Farmer Is Blown Up.

Hopkinsville, KY, July 19@The
threshing machine of John Fields, a
nonassociation farmer, was destroyed
today at Oak Grove by dynamite con-
cealed in the wheat Two laborers
We're seriously injured. Fields had
been warned to join the farmers as
sociation before attempting to thresh
his wheat
Twenty-Five masked men took Ma
than Hester, a farmer. from his home
at midnight and f1ogged him with a
rawhide, brutally kicking and mis-
treating him. Hester quit the farm
ers' association several months ago.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19
Chinaman Given a Degree at Berlin.

Berlin, July 19.-The degree of doc
tor was conferred by the University OF
Berlin today upon Ma Do Yuen.
Chinese student. This is the first time
IA Chinaman has received a degree
from a German university
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-19

Weather Indications.
Chicago, July 19.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Saturday.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-27
WHEAT HITS NEW HIGH MARK.
May Option Sells at $1.13 in Minneap
oils as Result Of European News.

Minneapolis, Sept. %. - Wheat
prices went up with a rush yesterday
at the Minneapolis chamber of COM
merce, where reports of damaged
grain in Europe helped the bulls in
their fight for higher prices. The
May option sold as high as $1.133 -8,
while December went to $1.08 3-8.
Cash wheat sold as high as Sill, and
the millers CORRESPONDENCE boosted
the price of flour 10 cents, first patents
selling at $3.50 to $40.
The increasing serious news of the
worlds shortage of wheat is giving
the bulls a reign of JOY, and they are
making the best of their opportunities
to keep the price on the upward trend.
Germany. England, Austria and Hun.
gary report deficient crops, and the
tact that the Europeans have begun
TO buy early strengthens the local mar.
ket.
Liverpool is said to have ~foreseen
the shortage of the European supply
and purchased heavily from Canada.
AS a result Germany, which usually
does most Of it's buying in Canada in
preference to the United States, now
has to come back and buy of tho grain
men of the United States. The read.
Justments of the tariff have also aided
IN giving Germany a better market in
the United States than in Canada.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-27
WANTS TRIAL ON ITS MERITS.
Senator Borah Refuses to Permit Any
Resort to Tec%hnicaiities

Boise, Idaho, Sept. "a. - United
States Senator William E. Borah, who
was one of the principal prosecutors
for the State of Idaho at the recent
trial of William D. Haywood, secretary
of the Western Federation of Miners,
will be placed on trial to-day in the
United States court here, charged
with conspiring to defraud the govern
ment out of title to 1920 acres of
Idaho timber lands.
Twelve other persons have been in
dicted with Senator Borah, but he will
be the first to face a federal jury, hav-
ing demanded a trial prior to the time
he shall present his credentials as q
senator next December in Washing.
ton.
Others of the defendants have inter.
polated demurres because of abate.
ment and other legal t~echnicalities,
many of which are still pending, and
charged that the United States district
attorney. Norman N. Ruick, used i'm.
proper and illegal methods while Sc.
curing the indictments.
But Senator Borah has simply enter.
ed a plea of not guilty and has for.
hidden his attorneys to take advantage
of any technicalities. He has stated
as his desire that the case should be
tried on its merits.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-27
TRUST EARNED, S90o,ooo,0oo
HOLDINGS IN STANDARD OIL FIVE
TIMES LARGER THAN ANY
OTHERS.

New York Sept. 22.-Records of the
stockholders of the Standard OIL Com
pany of New Jersey laid bare yester-
day at the hearing Of the government S
suit for the dissolution of the alleged
oil combine, disclosed the fact that
John D. Rockefeller owns 247.692
shares, or nearly five times as much
stock as n other individual share
holder, and that he and his associates
who signed the trust agreement in
1882 still control a majority OF the
Standard Oil stock. Measured by the
present market prices of $40 a share,
the holding of Mr.. Rockefeller in the
Standard Oil company have a value Of
$109, 900, 900.
John D. Loses 500, 900. 900.
The depreciation in the price OF
Standard Oil stock within ten years,
or since the agitation against the COM
pany began. has been more than $500
a share. This represents a loss OF
over 500, 900 900 on the holdings OF
John D. Rockefeller.
The holdings of William Rockefeller
were stated to be 11.700 shares and
those of H. H. Rogers 5000 shares.
The University of Chicago owns
5000 shares of the Standard Oil COM
pany stock.
Dealt With Independents.
Mr.. Kellogg succeeded in getting on
the record evidence which tended to
show that the Standard Oil company
had made an agreement to furnish GER
tain Independent companies in and
about Pittsburg with crude oil on con-
dition that their output of oil refined
for exporting purposes should be turn
ed over to the export department Of
the Standard company.
Has Earned 5000, 1000, 900.
The accountants for the government
now at work preparing a statement
will be ready to report next week.
Their report. it is declared, will enable
tho governne nt to show that since the
inception of the Standard Oil trust in
1857 the total profits of the oil COM
bine have been between $500. 0OO. 900
and $500, 900, 900.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-27
MooRs DISPERSED BY FRENCH.
Peace Negotiations Fall Through and
Drude Resumes Offensive.

C%asablanca, Sept. 24.-Negotiations
for the cessation of hostilities having
failed, Gen. Drude yesterday resumed
the offensive M burned the Moorish
camps at Jidi Brahim, south of Casa
who offered but little resistance.
These operations were chiefly notable
for a brilliant forced march of the
French troops, who covered forty kilo-
meters inside of twelve hours.
The expedition, consisting of 1000
Infantry, with a detachment of caval-
ry. artillery m native auxiliaries.
left camp before dawn and formed
into two hollow squares, one benin |
the other. In this formation they
marched some distance under the COW
er of darkness and unobserved by the
tribesmen.
Gave Alarm to Enemy.
A heavy morning sea fog came up
at daylight and forced a half hours
halt, during which shots fired by the
advance guards gave the alarm to the.
enemy. The tribesmen came up in
large numbers, but a vigorous attack
by the first square soon dispersed
them. No further stand was made by
the enemy during the march, although
scattered groups of horsemen harass-
ed the French tanks.
After the destruction of the camps
had been effected the tribesmen re-
turned to the attack, a troop of cav
airy repelling a spirited charge by the
Moorish horsemen. The French then
abandoned defensive formation and
the column returned to camp. Their
losses were n killed and ten wound.
ed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-27
WILL MAKE RECORD TRIP
PIERCE ONLY PRESIDENT WHO
EVER MADE VOYAGE ON THE
MISSISSIPPI.

Washington, Sept. "a. - While the
preparations for President Roosevelt's
Western trip have not been completed,
the program has been sufficiently ar
ranged to make it certain that the
tour will be n of the most spectacu.
lar ever undertaken by him.
He will leave here next Sunday and
will be absent from the seat of gov
eminent until the 23d or oath of Octo-
Der.
Three Objects.
jects:
The dedication of the Mckinley
mausoleum at Canton, Ohio.
The inspection of the Mississippi
river with a view to arousing interest
in a ship channel from its mouth 10
Keokuk, Iowa. n the Great Lakes.
A rest for the president before tie
beginning of the duties of the winter.
The stay at Canton on Monday, the
30th, will be only long enough to per-
NIT the president to pay his tribute
to the memory of his immediate prede-
cessor.
He Will then proceed directly to keo-
kuk, where he will deliver an address
and begin his journey by boat down
the Father of Waters, said to be, with
the exception of a short voyage by
President Pierce, the first trip on the
river ever made by a president.
Twenty-three Governors.
At keokuk the presidential party
will be joined by the governors of
t~wenty-three states. There will be
two Important stops on the voyage
at st. Louis on Oct. 2 and at Cairo.
ILL.,, on Oct. 3, and at both places
speeches will be delivered by the
president.
AT Memphis the president will find
the deep waterways convention in SEES
sion and he will deliver a speech.
The president will then turn his
back to civilization for a period of
rest and sport in the wilds of North
ern Louisiana. The exact location of
the hunting camp will not be an
nounced until it is established. The
party will be in camp from the 9Th
to the 21st of October.
Busy Vacation.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 24.-Presi-
dent R~oosevelt's summer vacation at
Sycamore Hill will end at 10 a. m.
Wednesday, when he. with Miss
Roosevelt, members OF the family and
the executive staff. will AXE a special
train for Washington.
During the three and one-half
months the president has occupied the
homestead he has had the quietest
and at the same time the busiest vaca-
ton he has had since he became an
occupant of the White House.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-27
EIGHTEEN DIE IN MINE DISASTER
Gage Drops Seven Hundred Feet to
the Bottom of Mine Shaft.

VIC 0OkkOIi " ! w StaIls
Negaunee. Mich, Sept. 22.-Eleven
men were killed and seven fatally in.
jured when a cage plunged 700 feet
down the shaft of the Jones & Laugh
lin company's mine in this city. The
cage, with its human freight, was be-
ing lowered on it's first trip of the
day, when the brake on the hoisting
drum suddenly failed to hold and the
IA dropped to the bottom of the
shaft. The accident is the worst that
ever happened in this vicinity.
Workmen at the bottom of the mine
Immediately set about the gruesome
task Of removing the dead. The 700
foot fall had huddled the bodies to-
gether, and there they lay in one pile,
a mass of lifeless flesh and blood,
The bones of the bodies were so shat
tered that the men, when they fell,
were piled on top of each other like SO
many pelts Of leather. Seven men
were found still alive. They are fatal
ly hurt.
thousands Of people soon congre-
gated about the mine shaft. In the
crowd were the wives and children of
2oo men who are employed in the
mine. 1t was fully two hours before
the cable was adjusted SO that the
cage could be raised to the surface.
During all this time women with ba-
bies in their arms tainted away; chill.
dren cried Historically.
When all the miners came from I'M.
der rom and rorv o~.o, -...--
and others failed to find members of
their families who worked in the mine
the scene was awful.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-27
RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST
2-CENT FARE AND MERCHAN-
Disc RATE DENIED.
COMMODITY RATES IS STOPPED
DECISION LEAVES MATTERS IN
STATU QUO UNTIL FINAL
HEARING.

ST. Paul, Sept. 22.-Judge Lochren
| court issued a preliminary order con
| tinuing the order made at a previous
| hearing, restraining the enforcement
of the commodity freight rates pre-
| scribed in chapter 232 OF the Laws OF
1907, but refused to issue a mandatory
| Injunction taking out the 2-cent pas.
senger fare prescribed by the legisla'
by the railroad and warehouse commits
| sion ON Sept. 6. The effect Of the or
der as a whole is to leave matters in
statu quo pending a decision on the
merits.
Scores Legislature.
In delivering his opinion Judge
Lochren severely denounced the penal.
ties prescribed by the rate laws. They
are as severe, he said, as the penalties
provided for the worst crimes and are
vicious in principle and a disgrace to
the state. There can be nc question,
ton is vicious and a reproach upon
the Intelligence and sense of justice of
the legislators.
Demurrers overruIed.
The decision also overrules the de-
murrers interposed by the state on the
grounds hat the rate suits are suits
against the state, preventing it from
carrying on governmental functions,
and as such are prohibited by the
eleventh amendment to the Federal
Constitution.
The oti.er objection taken by de-
murrer is hal the suits are multifa-
rious, parties and causes of action be.
ing improperly united. Judge Loeb
rem disposed of both Of these objec-
tions in favor of the compliments.
The decision, therefore, preserves
the rates now in force until the ques.
tions raised can be determined on the
merits.
Next Step.
Attorney General E. T. Young said
yesterday that, although he had not
decided as to future action, he will do
all in his power to defeat the attack
on the rate laws and on the order Of
the state railroad and warehouse COM
mission.
There are two courses open to the
state. One is to appeal to the United
States circuit court Of appeals from
Judge Lochren's order and the other is
to go ahead under the order and push
the cases to trial on their merits.