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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
PLEADS FOR RICH.
Jacob III. Schiff Expresses Ad-
miration for the Wealthy.
And Says the Masses Should Do
Them Justice.
ARE LIKE RESERVOIR.
Big Fortunes Collect the Little
Streams Of Money
Which by Themselves Could Do
Little Public Good.

New York. April 18.-Jacob H
Schiff, who was one of the guests of
honor at the dinner of the New York
postgraduate medical school at Del
monico's lost night. said in a toast in
which he was congratulating the in
stitution upon the announcement of a
bequest to it of about $11O,OO0:
1--WE hear much of the responsible
ty of the classes to the masses. Cen
tlemen, I am not sure whether the
masses do their duty as thoroughly
as do the classes. I am filled with
admiration for men like Rockefeller
and Morgan and the others. They
have great fortunes but they direct
their division rightly. Their wealth is
like a reservoir. into which run little
streams from the mountains, which of
themselves would be of no use to
mankind"
Mr.. Schif pointed out that the med
fcal profession could do much to assist
the classes in the management of the
wealth they had collected from the
masses, by showing the general run of
mankind that it was a good thing that
the means of doing things had been
concentrated in the hands of the few
who could use them wisely.
yes, DOCTORS" he said, "who come
in touch with all classes can not do
better than to teach toleration of the
wealthy man. At present the men
who have gathered great fortunes are
indiscriminately condemned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
PAYING HER DEBTS.
England Discharged Obligations
Amounting to $6S,57O,OOO i'm 1906.

London, April 1S.-No budget
statement of recent years had been
awaited with so much interest as that
submitted by the chancellor of the ex-
chequer today The budget of last
year really was only legacy from the
previous administration, so today s
proposals constituted the first real
budget of a liberal government in II
years, The financial statement issued
by the treasury in advance of the
chancellor's speech informed the
house that the exact realized surplus
for 1906-07 was $26.955, 900 which in
accordance with the law would be de-
voted to the reduction of the public
debt. Chancellor Asquith estimated
the expenditure for 19O7-0S at $703,-
7S5,O00.
The revenue on the existing basis of
taxation was estimated to be $780,
$4,000.
The permanent reduction of the ma
tional debt for 19O6-07 was announced
to be $4,000.
The duty on tea was unchanged.
There will be differentiation here
after in the tax on earned and unearn-
ed incomes.
A rebate of six cents in the pound
sterling price ($5) will be allowed on
the income tax on earned incomes un-
der $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Asquith estimated the loss in the
differentiation in the income tax at &c.
250, 900.
A revision of the death duties so as to
offset the loss from the income tax was
suggested.
Mr.. Asquith opened his speech with e
brief review of the past year, pointing
out that with the exception of the stock
markets which suffered from the money
stringency, trade at home and abroad
had been remarkably hourishing. The
treasury receipts were over $10,000.0 900 in
excess of the estimates, unanticipated
death duties accounting for $6, 000, 900 of
this sum, while the balance was made
up of increased receipts from the coal
duty and the mint. The latter was due
to the increased demand for coinage on
account of the prosperous state of trade
and the large amount of silver, aggre-
eating $2,500,000. required for various
purposes in connection with the general
election.
AS whole the revenue returns, the
chancellor added, had not shown great
elasticity and in view of the undoubted
prosperous state of trade they were dis
tinctly disappointing.
The reduction in the tea duty in the
last budget had been followed by in
creased consumption amounting to A.
500,0 900 pounds.
The revenue from tobacco had realiz-
ed expectations and there had been a
progressive formidable decline in the
revenue from the alcohol group since
1899, until last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
A PAIR OF KINGS.
Edward of England Visits Victor
Emmanuel of Italy.

Gaeta, Italy. April 1S.-The British
royal yacht Victoria and Albert with
King Edward and Queen Alexandra on
board, arrived here at about $50 o'clock
this morning from Valetta, Island of
Malta, escorted by the British armored
cruisers Suffolk and Lancaster.
King Edward was received by King
Victor Emmanuel, who was on board
the Italian royal yacht Trinacria. sur
rounded by twelve Italian warships and
twelve torpedo boats. The usual salutes
were exchanged and hearty cheers
greeted the British king from the peo-
pie ashore and the sailors on board the
warShipS.
The weather. which has been most
stormy recently. fortunately cleared to
some extent and the meeting of the two
kings took place under more favora BILE
auspices than had been anticipated.
The two kings embraced each other
repeatedly when they met on board the
Trinacria. and King Victor Emmanuel
kissed Queen Alexandra's hand. The
mayor of Gaeta sent her majesty a bou-
quet of orchids and roses with card
bearing the words Devotion and admir-
alton to the most powerful queen in the
world
A luncheon on board the Trinacria
followed. It was mainly attended by
military and naval officers the only
local official invited being General Del
Rosso, commander of the fort of Gaeta.
The presence of Marine Minister Mira
men of war before one of the chief
strongholds in the Mediterranean ac-
centuated the martial character of the
repast. The toasts exchanged were
simply expressions of friendship be-
tween Italy and Great Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
The Pope Holds a Public Con-
Sistory at the Vatican.
Best0ws Badge Of Office on the
New Cardinals.
DEMAND FOR TICKETS
Was Extraordinary Owing to
Large Number of Tourists.
Streets Leading to st. Peters
Were Black With People.

Rome, April 1S.-A public consistory
took place at the vatican today with
great ceremony This being the season
in which Rome is crowded with tourists.
the demand for tickets was extraor-
binary. At an early hour all the streets
leading to st. Peters were black with
people, hurrying to get good places at
the vatican and soon the hall of Beati-
fications and the corridors through
which the papal procession passed were
crowded with priests, monks, laymen
and ladies in black wells, while the
tribuneS erected for the occasion con-
tanned relatives of the pope, the Roman
aristocracy and the members of the
diplomatic corps.
The procession accompanying the pope
was long and interesting being COM
posed of many notable personages. The
Swiss guard headed the procession and
the noble guard surrounded the pontiff,
who was dressed in white. He was pre-
ceded by the cardinals in full red robes,
and followed by the bishops and arch
bishops. When the pontiff was seated
on the throne, the six new cardinals
advanced one by one to receive the red
hat. Each prelate knelt at the feet Of
the pope, while the master of ceremon-
les held a magnificent red hat over the
cardinals head, and the pope, saying
"accipe galerum rubrum, etc. rose and
gave the papal embrace. The new
cardinals then passed from cardinal to
cardinal to receive the kiss of brother
hood while the choir sang softly. The
only cardinal created at the secret con-
sistory of April 10. who was not present
was Mgr. Rinaldini, the papaI nuncio
al Madrid who will receive his red hat
al the next public consistory.
The pope then impaired the apostolic
blessing and withdrew surrounded by
his court and guards. to preside later at
a supplementary secret consistory, the
new cardinals I'm the meanwhile return
ing thanks before the altar of the Sis
tine chapel.
The United States was represented at
the ceremony by Mgr. Robert Seton OF
New Jersey Mgr Thomas O'Gorman,
bishop of Sioux Falls, and Mgr. John
Farrelly, spiritual director of the Amer
ican college. The students of the Amer
ican college were also present as well as
the American students of the college of
the propaganda.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
WAR ON GREEN BUGS.
The Kansas University VIII Send
Parasites to the Wheat Fields.

Lawrence, Kan. April 1S-The ento-
mology department of the University of
Kansas, under the direction of Prof. S.
]. Hunter, has decided to begin a war
upon the green bugs in the wheat fields
by distributing parasites which feed
upon the pests throughout the infested
area. For several weeks letters have
been coming to the university asking it
to take a hand in checking the green
bug in the same manner that it carried
on the chinch bug war in the early '90s.
Prof. Hunter, however, did not consider
the condition very alarming and so
waited to see if with warm weather
the parasites could not check the pest
without any artificial breeding and dis
tribution. He still does not believe there
will be any widespread loss, but owing
to the continued cool weather he has
decided to distribute parasites
Two advanced students of the ento-
mology department, Will Grisea and
Ebb Crumb, have been sent to the in
Tested districts in the southern part of
the state They will make a daily re-
have general supervision of the distri-
button of the parasites which feed upon
the green bug.
Prof. Hunter has gathered a supply
of the parasites at the chronological
laboratories and will receive more, near
ly every day from the fields in the ex-
treme southern border of the state
These he will send out on request to any
farmer writing in to the university for
them. along with letter giving direc-
tions how to handle them. Forty con-
signments of parasites We're sent out
from the university laboratories yester-
day to the southern part of the state
They were shipped in wooden boxes
four inches by six by nine. The para
sites are upon leaves of wheat. Each
box contains several hundred. The
farmer on receiving the shipment places
the leaves of wheat bearing the insects
in his infested wheat fields Immediate
ly in order that they may begin breed
ing as soon as the weather becomes
warm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
GETS WORD FROM TEXAS
President Acquires Information on
Stock and Bond Law.

Washington. April 1S.--Some in
teresting information on the opera
tions of the Texas stock and bond law
of 1898, under which a valuation of
the railway properties of the state
was made in 1895, was given to the
president today by Judge Cowan of
Texas a special employe of the inter-
state commerce commission and attor-
ney for the Southwestern Cattle Grow
ers association. Mr. Cowan told the
president that the Texas law had
proved a success. 1t has not been put
on the statute books for the purpose
of becoming the basis for rate max
ing. he said, but to fix a line beyond
which the roads could not go in issu-
ing stocks and bonds. He added that
the valuation put on the railways by
the Texas commission having charge
of the matter exceeded the cost of
construction by 5 to 20 per cent and
the cost of the ascertainment of the
facts had been comparatively small.
So far as he was aware, Judge Cowan
said none of the railroads had con-
tested valuation made under the
law.
President Roosevelt is acquiring all
the information available on the va
rious phases of the subject of rail-
roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
NOT TO PROSECUTE EAGLES.
Compromise Between the Lodge and
Court ut lola

lola, Kan, April 1S.-An arrange
ment was made today whereby the
Eagles lodge will not resist the per-
manent injunction asked for by Coun-
ty Attorney Peterson restraining them
from selling or keeping liquors, and
the criminal prosecutions against them
will be dropped by the county attor-
ney.
County Attorney Peterson said that
all he had wanted was a permanent
injunction against the Eagle hall and
since the proposition of the Eagles
gave him everything desired in his in
junction he was willing to drop it. The
matter was presented to Judge Foust
by Mr.. Peterson and received his ap-
probation. AS the matter now stands
a. permanent injunction will be Sc
cured against the hall. the bar fixtures
and liquors taken in the raid will be
destroyed by the sheriff, and the
Eagles will admit an officer to their
hall at any time he wishes to enter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
LEEDS PAYS UP.
L. s. Treasury Receives $11O,335 Duty
on Famous Necklace.

New York. April 1S.-More than
$12O, 900 has been paid over to the
United States treasury as a result of
the litigation involving the importa-
ton of the So-called Tiffany pearls
and also the Leeds necklace
A dispute over the question of
classification of these two expensive
Jewels caused this litigation.
The appeal having gone against the
importers, the court having decided
that the duty must be paid before any
further appeal would be considered,
Bernard Citizen, the importer of the
Leeds necklace. paid Collector Strana-
han yesterday $11O,335, the balance
due upon the pearls in question Upon
such payment the papers were for
warded to the board of general ap-
praisers for determination of the
question of whether the pearls were
subject to duty at the rate of 10 per
cent or so per cent. There was re-
ceived also by Collector Stranahan
the sum of $10,O32 from Tiffany &
20
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
HERMANN TRIAL ENDS.
Last Witness in the Fraud Case Has
Been Heard.

Washington, April 1S.-The last wit
ness has been heard in the trial of
Binger Hermann and the government
finished presenting to the court sug-
gestions regarding the law points in
volVed in the prosecution.
The statute under which Mr.. Her
mann is being tried was enacted in
February, 1888. Only one other case
was ever brought under it, and as this
case resulted in acquittal, the law has
never received the construction. of the
supreme court of the United states.
The first case under the statute was
tried in Michigan in 1887. The defend
ant in this case sold to a junk dealer
certain records in the internal revenue
service which We're stored in an old
harm The acquittal resulted because
of the failure of the prosecution to
show as the statute requires, a ''wilful
and fraudulent intent" to deprive the
government of the documents.
The defense submitted its requests
as to charging the jury to the court
today. The defense urged that the
jury should be charged that there is
no evidence to show that Mr.. Her
mann had any connection with the al
legged Hyde-Benson land fraud con-
spiracy; also that in order to convict,
four things must be found by the
jury:
First, that one or more of the con-
spiracies alleged must be found to
evist; second that the defendant was
in some manner connected with one
or more such conspiracies; third, that
there was something in the books de-
stroyed that would have tended to
show the defendants connection with
the alleged conspiracies; and fourth,
that he destroyed the books to keep
secret this connection.
Considerable attention was given in
the prayer to the exact construction
which should be given to the word,
fraudulent as it is used in the
statute under which Mr.. Hermann is
beiuer tried
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
THAW TAKES CHARGE.
The Prisoners Mother Won Over to
Hartridge and Peabody.

New York. April 1s.-Clifford W.
Hartridge, after A. Russell Peabody
had talk with Harry X. Thaw in the
Tombs prison, last night made public
the following letter:
Hartridge & Peabody, Dear Sirs:
Please continue az my attorneys of
record. Very sincerely,
HARRY K. THAW.
The meaning of this is that with
the consent of his mother, Mrs. Will
liam Thaw, and her added assurance
of financial backing. Harry Kendall
Thaw has again assumed full charge
of the direction of his case. Mrs.
Thaw's plans are understood to have
been to hire other lawyers.
Thaw finally won over his mother
to his determination to dominate his
future defense at two long confer
ences in the Tombs. His mother had
decided to take charge, but gave up.
He was assisted by the Countess of
Yarmouth, who has always been
Thaw's favorite sister. Thaw's first
act after gaining his point and know
ing that the Thaw millions would be
at his disposal was to issue the notice
to Hartridge & Peabody.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
OUT OF THE ASHES
A New San Francisco Has Arisen
on the Ruins
Wrought by Earthquake and
Fire One Year Ago.
$75,OOO,OOO Is SPENT
In Work of Construction in the
Past I2 Months.
The City LIS Celebrating the
First Anniversary of Its Ruin.

San Francisco, Cal, April 1S-One
year today San Francisco was all but
wiped out of existence by fire succeed
ing a terrific earthquake shock Nearly
a quarter of a million people were rem
dered homeless and the financial loss
amounted to about $500, ,00O, ,0OO
The city was left a mass of smoking
ruins and rehabilitation seemed a
matter of many years. Today the sun
rose from cloudless sky over a busy
metropolis in which the volume of
business more than equals that of II
months ago, and whose population is
fast approaching ts former figure. Such
a record is said to be without a paral-
lei.
During the year $75,0 900 has been
expended in work of construction one
third of which was furnished by the
savings banks, which in common with
all the financial institutions withstood
the disaster without a sign of weak
ness. Over $30,000,000 has been paid out
for labor, and $4,000 men are now en-
gagged in the building industry, while
before the fire only 10000 were at work.
Temporary construction which for a
while, prevailed has ceased and permits
for the erection of first-class fire-proof
structures to cost over $50 OOO. 600 have
been granted. The restoration of old
buildings which survived the flames,
now In progress, Will require the ex-
penditure of many millions more. About
200 miles of street railways, rendered
useless. are now in running order. Per
haps the most convincing proof of the
substantial rehabilitation of the city is
shown by the bank clearings which for
March exceeded by nearly two and a
half million dollars the figures for the
same month of last year, just preceding
the catastrophe.
In recognition and realization of what
l9oe ho16 n
day in the various churches, and while
not a legal holiday, work in many
places suspended. Tonight the mer-
chants association, a prominent factor
in the labor of reconstruction, will fit
tingly commemorate the uprising of the
new San Francisco at the splendid new
Fairmount hotel. many prominent citi-
zens being among its invited guests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
HE MAY BE FORGIVEN.
Ekstromer's Exequatur Back If
Swedish Government Asks 1t.

Washington. April 1S.-Although
the state department officials decline
to discuss the case of Charles A. A.
Fkstromer, the Swedish vice consul
at st. Louis. who became persona non
grata with this government because of
a letter he recently wrote to President
Roosevelt concerning the presidents
refusal to receive a ST. Louis delega-
ton, it is said that he has received
encouragement in his efforts to have
rescinded the action of the state de-
partment in cancelling his exequatur.
The encouragement took the form,
1t is said. of a hint of an unofficial
character that if the Swedish govern
ment, through its representative in
Washington, should ask that Elk
stromer be forgiven the request would
be granted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
KANSAS In COMMISSION
The Big New Battleship Is Now Ready
For Service.

Philadelphia, April 18.-The bat
tIeship Kansas was placed in COM
mission at the League island navy
yard today, with appropriate cere-
monies. The exercises took place on
the quarter deck of the Kansas and
were witnessed only by the officers of
the battIeship, members of the crew
and attaches of the navy yard.
F The orders of the navy department
at Washington placing the battleship
in commission and appointing Captain
Charles E. Vreeland to command were
read to those present who were drawn
up at attention. At the conclusion of
the reading of the orders Captain
Vreeland gave the navy officials a re-
ceipt acknowledging that he had re-
ceived the Kansas ''in good order and
condition after which the pennant
of the new commander was run to the
mast head and the ceremonies were
ended
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
ASK FOR SQUARE DEAL
Members of Seattle Labor Council
Score the President.

Seattle, Wash, April 1S.-The Seattle
Central Labor council last night pass
ed resolutions scoring President Roose-
velt's action in referring to E. H. Har-
riman as undesirable a citizen as Moy-
er, Haywood or Debs. The resolution
criticizes the president for prejudging
the alleged murderers of Ex-Governor
Stuenenberg Of Idaho, before they
have been tried and for denying them
the rights of American. citizens to be
presumed innocent until proved guilty.
The irate labor leaders requested that
the president retract and asked for a
square deal for the men whose names
he has clouded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
ATCHISON CLOSING up.
Saloonkeepers I'm the River Town Co
ing Out of Business.

Atchison. April 1S.-Six saloons
closed Tuesday night and Wednesday.
With the exception of the Southern
club, on Fifth street, which is one of
the number, all used fixtures which
belong to the Ferd Helm Brewing
company, of Kansas City. The closing
was more or less voluntary. Trog
Smith. local agent of the Helm COM
pany returned from Kansas City with
the Helm Instructions to close the
places using the Helm fixtures. They
are the Hall & burst saloon, of Fifth
street; Pat Prices place, at Fourth
and Main streets; the voorhees, and
HAYES places. on North Ninth street,
and the old Deveraugh place, at
Fourteenth and Main streets. The
Helm company has been enjoined by
the supreme court from using any of
its property for the violation of the
prohibitory law. There is a difference
of opinion as to whether this enjoins
the retailer, who leases the fixtures,
but the Helm company is playing safe.
An attempt is to be made to have the
actions recently brought by the at
torney general against nonresident
brewers transferred to the federal
court. The attorney general brought
his proceeding in the Kansas supreme
court The breweries hope to have
the cases removed to Judge Pollock's
court on the ground that the Kansas
court is without jurisdiction. Elmer
Hyde says he closed the Southern club
because he isn't taking any chances.
There is an injunction against the
company which owns his fixtures
HYDE owned the stock and he moved
it all out while he had a right to, as
there is injunction against him. He
has a place across the river, in East
Atchison and expects to open up
there as soon as he can arrange for
a license.
Atchison, which prides itself upon
its excellent regulation Of the liquor
traffic Is quietly submitting to the
states interference, and the better
class of saloonkeepers are willing to
quit when the city can no longer fur
nish them with nrotection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-18
HAGERMAN RESIGNS.
Captain George Curry Will Be Cover
nor of New Mexico.

Washington. April 1S.-Governor
Hagerman of New Mexico, against
whom charges were preferred, has ten
dered his resignation, and the presi-
dent today announced the appointment
of Captain George Curry governor of
Samar province, Philippine Islands, as
Governor of New Mexico.
Governor Hagerman was recently in
Washington to answer the charges
which related to the transfer of ter
ritorial lands to a Pennsylvania de-
velopment company. While here he
had long interview with the president
and Secretary Garfield about the
charges which he declared were the
result of political intrigue