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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
FIRE AT SPALDING'S.
Big Sporting Goods Firm Sustains a
Loss of $35O,OOO.

Chicago, March 26.-Fire in the
store of A. G. Spalding e. Bros. de-
stroyed sporting goods said to be worth
baseball season. Loss on the stock
was total
The building, at lat and 149 Wa
bash avenue, is practically in ruins It
was valued at $4,000. 1t was a five
story structure, erected shortly after
the great fire.
Traffic on the Cottage Grove and
Indiana avenue electric lines was tied
up completely during more than two
hours. Thousands of patrons of the
lines were delayed. The tieup of the
surface cars resulted in a heavy In
crease in the business of the South
Side Elevated road. There was no in
terruption of traffic on the elevated,
but the trains could not been seen as
they plunged through the dense smok e
until they emerged on the north and
south, their windows filled with scared
looking passengers.
The cars in State street were block
ed for a time, due to a lead of hose
which the firemen stretched across the
tracks at Monroe street. This obstacle
to traffic was remedied quickly by the
traction companys repair gang who
placed skids over the hose thereby
giving the cars an opportunity to move
without interfering with the work of
the firemen.
A big crowd of spectators viewed
the fire from the platform of the ele-
waited road at Madison street and Wa
bash avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
ROOSEVELT is WORRIED
Doesn't Know What to Do About Bur-
ton Speech.

Washington, March 26.-President
Roosevelt is between the devil and the
deep sea on the Burton matter. He does
not want to engage in q controversy
with Burton, for fear it will dignity
Burton, and yet he does not like the
structure against him to go unanswered.
He has discussed the affair with every
body but the newspaper men today.
Several western members of congress
called upon him, and they all found the
uBrton statement worrying him. He had
read every line of the statement he could
find in the eastern press and was fairly
itching to talk, but not for publication
Aside from the structures Burton
placed upon him, the thing that excited
the president the most was the big re-
ception Burton received at Abilene. TT
il inconceivable to me- said he to a
western mem Der, how a community of
law-abiaing people would turn out with
banners to meet man just released
from JAIL
When told that probably the people
of Abilene believed that Burton had
been prosecuted. the president replied:
Burton had his day in court"
Some of his advisers want him to re-
ply. They say that If Burton's state
ment is left unchallenged many people
will believe every word of it. This is
what the president is afraid of. 1t
might break down his own popularity
especially in the west where he is the
strongest. But other advisers claim
he will make fatal mistake Dy get
ting into an argument with a man lust
out of jail and not only dignity Bur-
ton but will belittle the president. SO
he Is between two fires. His natural
impulse is to reply, but whether he will
or not on one knows.
The impression is that Burton will
keep nagging him until he Is forced 10
say something. Bright and early to-
day the president sent for the letter
which the pardon clerk, Peyton Gordon,
wrote to Burton about pardon. Cor
don produced it in person. Had 4 con-
tained an out and out premise to par
don Burton, the preside1., had deter
mined to have a new pardon clerk by
night But it did not. But the sub
stance of the letter was given out for
with a statement that Bur-
tons statement that he had been Of
fered a pardon, was untrue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
SAND STORM.
Wind Is Blowing 72 Miles an Hour in
Colorado.


Colorado Springs, Col, March 26.-
A terrific sand storm is raging in Colo
RADIO Springs and vicinity today, and
business in the downtown districts has
been practically suspended. Electric
light and telephone poles have been
blown down and the service badly de-
moralized. The financial loss from
broken plate glass and the destruction
Of small frame buildings awnings and
signs will amount to a considerable
blowing with a velocity of II miles an
hour.
Trains Arc Delayed.
Pueblo, Col, March ga terrific
wind storm, reaching the proportions
OF a gale. prevailed here since early
sand in the down town streets kept
them practically clear of pedestrians.
Street traffic was badly crippled and
wires in all directions were hardly il
workable condition. About the only
material damage reported is that
caused by awnings and signs being
blown down. Trains from the east
and north were slightly delayed by
the high wind.
Came from California
San Francisco, Cal, March 26.-The
storm which has prevailed over this
state is moving eastward, according to
the weather bureau, and is now CEN
trail over Colorado. Clearing weather
is likely to ensue. The rainfall in
this city to date is 24.75 inches, against
1855 inches for the same time last sea-
son.
The situation at Stockton has great
ly improved, and the same is true
of other places along the principal
streams of the state. Through railway
between this city and
points Is still badly interrupt
ed. It Is expected all roads will soon
again be in running order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
MARCH ON BUCHAREST,
Army of Four Thousand Peasants
Threatens the City.

Bucharest, Roumania, March 26-
Four thousand peasants from the dis
tricts of Teleorman and Vlashiua, have
Bucharest. A minor stage of siege has
been proclaimed here and the military
authorities have taken measures to
prevent the revolted peasants from in
vading the city. Should the peasants
refuse to retire orders have been issued
to the troops to use shrapnel against
them.
Soldiers and large bodies of police
have been stationed in the Jewish quar-
ters- of Bucharest for the protection of
the inhabitants. Severe encounters, ac-
companied by much bloodshed are re-
ported from various places.
The plundering usually appears to
start at the synagogues, winding up
with attacks on Christians property.
The district of VlaShica is overrun by
marauders who have cut the telegraph
and telephone wires. A band of 1000
peasants made a furious attack with
hatchets and cudgels on a detachment
of cavalry in that district. The troops
only dispersed the rioters after killing
or wounding many of them.
Fifteen rioters have been shot in the
town of Alexandria, Waltachia, about
so miles from Bucharest, which place
has been declared under martial law.
At Galatz, Moldavia, a mob of peas
ants invaded the town, demanding the.
land and wrecking houses. Troops fired
upon the mob and killed Is OF the riot
ers.
A panic prevails at Glurgevo, opposite
Rustchuk, 40 miles from Bucharest,
forcements Of troops have reached tha
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
STRONG WIND PREVAILS
Cold Wave and Rain or Snow Pre-
dicted for Wednesday.

Today has been one of the most dis
agreeable experienced in this section
of the country for some time and if
snow fakes would only take the place
of the dust and pebbles with which
the air is filled at this time the
change would be welcome one. The
wind has been blowing gale since
early morning having attained a velo-
city of 3 miles per hour several times
and steady wind of nearly as great a
velocity has prevailed all day.
The predicted fall in temperature
did not materialize and this is ac-
counted for by Assistant Weather OBJ
server Flora by the statement that an
unexpected low pressure developed in
Colorado and Utah which delayed the
cold wave which is headed this way.
However, continued Mr.. Flora the cold
wave will reach this section of the
country, tonight or tomorrow sure and
big drop in the mperature may be
expected.
mo there is not much danger that
the mercury will drop so low that 1t
Will endanger the prospects of a fruit
crop" continued Mr.. Flora, unless
the mercury should drop below 20
degrees and that is not likely as the
cold will be neutralized by the heat of
the warm zone through which it will
pass before 1t reaches US. There is but
little chance that the freezing point
will be reached but there is a strong
probability that snow or rain will ae-
company the drop of the mercury"
The temperatures for today were:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
OVATION TO MELBA.
She Was Compelled TO Sing Until She
Could Sing No More.

New York, March 26.-Mme. Melba
received remarkable ovation last
hlgnt at the Manhattan opera house
when she sang her farewell. At the con-
ciusion of the performance the vast au-
d1ence cheered, stamped, applauded and
overwhelmed the prima donna with
flowers. Finally Nine. MeIba an
nounced:
If you will remain few minutes
longer L will sing few little songs for
you"
The curtain was raised again and
stage hands rolled an old black piano
upon the stage
Melba took her place before it and
sang number of Tosti's love songs.
Her audience would not permit her to
stop, and 1t is probaIe that she would
still be singing had she not finally fed
into the wings, saying as she ran, Il
am tired now and too deeply moved by
this demonstration to sing more'
Oscar Hammerstein gave a banquet
to MeIba after the audience left. The
table was set on the stage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
SHORT OF PAPER.
Several Newspapers Were Out of the
Needful.

Two Topeka newspapers have re-
Gently run out of their regular supply
of white paper and have been COM
PEELED to resort to various expedients-
The State Journal has been fortunate
in having not only enough for itself,
but to keep it's morning contemporary
going for sometime until 1t could pro-
cure a shipment. The State Journal,
which has the largest press in Kansas,
uses rolls of paper of two sizes, only the
smaller of which was available for the
Capitals press. This daily is the only
one in Topeka that has not been
obliged to borrow a supply. 1t has
had a surplus of nearly a carload OF
its larger size in it's basement in ad-
dition to the supply loaned, and has
two other cars en- route and now be-
tween the Missouri river and Topeka,
to be delivered here tomorrow.
Still we are not growing over this
as raw materials are hard to get and
we may some day be pinched like
our neighbcrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
OPENS The PURSE
Secretary CorteIyOn Takes
Measures to Relieve Pressure
Which Is Being Felt in the
Eastern Money Market.
$4,000, 900 IN CASH
will Be Poured Into the Banks
at Once.
April Payment of Bond Interest
LIS Anticipated.

Washington, March 26.-Under in
structions recently issued by the secre-
tary of the treasury collectors of GUS
toms throughout the country were di-
rected to deposit their customs re-
ceipts in the regular repositories. This.
however, did not embrace the socalled
treasury cities. These instructions
retary SO that the public deposits with
national bank repositories in New
York city will at once be increased
about $15,000,000 from customs re-
ceipts under the provisions of the act
of March 4, 1907.
This action is taken with view to
facilitate the redemption OF the four
per cent bonds of 1907 and also to
render available funds for the usual
disbursements occurring on April /.
The secretary also has instructed the
treasurer of the United States to mail
at once to the owners the checks for
interest due April /, 1907, onNregister-
ed bonds of the 2 per cent consols of
1880 and the per cent funded loan
of 1907. The subtreasury officers
have been instructed to cash the
checks on presentation and to cash on
presentation any April coupons be-
longing to the bonds of the two loans
Secretary Cortelyou's action today
with reference to the deposits OF Gus
toms receipts and the anticipation of
April interest will result in inm ediate-
ly relieving the money market to the
extent of about SIG, 100000.
OF this amount $4,000, 600 will to-
day be deposited in the depository
banks in New York city for which
government, state, municipal, approx
ed railroad, Hawaiian. Philippine and
Porto Rican bonds will be accepted
About s1,9oo,o00 will be paid at
once in interest to April 1 on register
ed and coupon bonds.
When questioned as to whether he
would continue to make customs de-
posits from day to day, the secretary
said he was not prepared to announce
a definite policy in that regard but
said he expected to act literally in
making deposits of customs receipts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
GLASS is ARRESTED.
Met by Detectives on His Arrival in
San Francisco.

San Francisco, March 26.-Louis
Glass, indicted vice president and gen
eral manager of the Pacific States Tele
f.hone company, has been arrested by
William J. Burns, a special detective.
Glass came down the Sacramento
river in a launch on his return from
GoIdfeld. He was arrested on the
nine warrants issued by Judge Cofey
when the indictments, which charged
giving a bribe, were returned last Sat
urday- Glass will be held until he can
furnish the heavy bail required to
secure his liberty.
Glass is the first of the "big fellows
to come within the direct grasp of the
law. T. v. Halsey was the first man
arrested for bribery, but he is gem
orally believed to have been an agent
is named as one. Glass, despite his
wealth and personal popularity, will
be treated the same as any other pris-
oner.
Mark L. Gerstle, millionaire by in
heritance, president of the Home Tele-
phone company and its attorney will
not be summoned before the grand
jury to give his testimony. This sig
the office of the assistant district at
torney, Mr.. Heney. There will be in
dictments in the near future, and
whether or not Gerstle's name will be
attached to one Heney declined to say
Miss Nellie Smith, a stenographer
for Thomas. Gerstle, Frick & Beedy,
has told everything she knows con-
cerning the bribery of supervisors, and
her testimony is supposed to revolve
about a letter sent from the Office in
which she was employed to Ruef, and
containing overtures for the payment
of bribes to the boss and his official
henchmen. Since these facts have
come into the possession of the jurors
and the prosecution they do not want
the testimony of Gerstle, however de-
sirous he may be of giving it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
By A COMMISSION
Question of Harry Thaw's Sanity
to Be Determined
BY Men to Be Named by Justice
Fitzgerald.
COULD NOT BE WORSE.
LIS the View Taken by One of
DEFENDANTS Lawyers.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw Leaves the
Courtroom I'm Tears.

New York. March 26.-A commission
to be appointed by Justice Fitzgerald
of the supreme court will decide the
question as to whether Harry K. Thaw
is now sane. His trial before a jury for
the murder of Stanford White will be
interrupted pending the repor. of this
commission. If the commission reports
that he is sane and therefore capable
OF advising with counsel and of under
standing the proceedings against him,
the trial will be resumed, but if it
should be found that he is not sane nor
capable, in a legal sense, application will
be made for his commitment to an
asylum. probably that at Mattewan, for
the criminal insane.
Justice F1tzgeralds decision to ap-
point a commission followed a confer
enee with the attorneys in the case to-
day. The justice told counsel that he
had given the various affidavits careful
consideration but as they were so wide
ly at variance, he held that he could
not properly pass upon them. There
fore he had decided that it would be
best to submit the entire matter to a
commission in lunacy.
AS Thaw's counsel left the room after
announcement of Fitzgerald's decision
one of them said:
1T could not be worse
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was weeping as
she left the room to go to the Tombs
prison.
The commission is composed Of Nor
gan J. O'Brien, former justice OF the
supreme court; Peter B. Olney, a law
yer and DR.. Leopold Putzel.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw broke the
news of Justice Fitzgerald's decision to
her husband in the Tombs prison this
afternoon. She was accompanied to
the Tombs by Messrs. Hartridge and
O'Reilly of Thaw's counsel, and they
met Thaw in the hospital ward. as the
conference room was occupied.
Mrs. Thaw had nerved herself for the
ordeal. but her announcement was
greeted by her husband with condol-
ences
Never mind, dearie,' he said; "ft
will be all right am sane now
lust as sane as the Judge is, and any
commission will declare
me SO.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
PASSED TRAIN ROBBERS
A Frisco Conductor Had Been Warned
the Men Were Waiting.

Tulsa, I. T., March 26.-An ATTEMPT to
hold up an eastbound Frisco passenger
train at Keifer, Is miles southeast of
Tulsa, was frustrated last night When
the train reached Mounds, five miles
west, the conductor was handed ele-
gram from the agent at keffer, viii n
read: Don't stop at Keifer; robpers
preparing for holdup.'
When that station was reached the
engineer pulled the throttle wide open
and dashed through the town at the
rate of a mile a minute. The robbers
were seen about a mile east of the
station. Many of the passengers who
had been informed Of what was exne.,t-
ed had hidden their money and crouch
ed under the seats.
The Keifer agent had seen the rob-
bers at the station and guessed thar
they were after the train
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
SHAUGH is REMOVED.
He Was Trying to Get More Wages
for Postal Clerks.

San Francisco, March 26-IIugh G.
Shaugh, the organizer of the Rrother-
hood of Railway Postal Clerks, has
been dismissed from the railway mail
service. Shaugh was employed in the
Los Angeles division and was suspend
ed two weeks ago and ordered to file
a written statement giving reasons why
he should not be removed for ncoar-
aging characterization among the
clerks and for having collected a i.und
for the purpose of influencing congress
to raise the wages of the clerks.
Shaugh filed the statement as re-
quested and the answer came n the
shape of a removal notice.
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BARRELS ARE HIGHER.
The Standard Boosts Oil Prices as q
Consequence.

Cleveland, o., March 26.-The
Standard Oil company today advanced
all grades of gasoline naphtha and re-
fined oil in barrels a cent gallon
+. O. b.. at Cleveland. 1t is stated by
Standard officials that the advance at
this time is made necessary by con-
stantly increasing cost of cooperage
and the material used III manufactur-
ing barrels 1t is declared that the
company is experiencing the greatest
difficulty in obtaining timber of the
required kind to supply its cooperage
plants.
gasoline or refined oil sold from tank
wagons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
THREE MEN ARE DEAD.
Boiler of Santa Fe Locomotive Ex-
plodes Near albuquerque.

Albuquerque. ~ NJ. March 26.-By
the explosion of the boiler of a loco
motive drawing a Santa Fe freight
train near Onava yesterday, three men
were killed. The dead:
H. BR REHNER. engineer.
A r.. 5CATLERIN, fireman.
c. II. NELSON, brakeman.
The victims were residents OF
Ration.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. the three men on the engine
being instantly killed. The engine was
totally wrecked and parts of the heavy
iron work were found 100 yards away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-26
WILD EXCITEMENT
Cos,fusicr Characterizes the Operations
on Wall Street.

on WALL Street.
New York, March 26-Wild excite
nent and extreme confusion prevailed
in the stock market again today. The
action of the market showed the con-
hictfng emotions of operators as be-
tween the dread of disastrous influence
on the market in the fall of prices yes
terday and the nervous apprehension OF
the bears lest they had overdone the
reckless selling The fright of the bears
overbore the current of the market in
the course of the first hour, when some
further wide breaks to far below yes
terday's lowest prices were confusedly
mixed with violent advances.
Different stocks in the same group
moved widely in contrary directions at
first. When the upward tendency clear
ly developed fluctuations were wide and
feverish, variations between sales run
ming to large fractions or full figures
both upwards and backwards.
This showed the difficulty of discern
ing the prevailing quotations and of
executing orders.
The copper stocks were most consplc-
uous amongst the first downward
plunges Amalgamated Copper ana
Anaconda slumped to 5A and Ameri-
can Smelling 4 points, the last named,
however. not getting back to yester-
DAYS low point. The further break in
the coppers was directly traceable to
the further slump in the price OF copper
warrants in London.
The uneasiness of the bears was
heightened by the continued cheer
fuIness of the advices today from
abroad Confidence was progressed
that the London stock market settle
ment would be concluded without Sc
rious casualties, although additional
small failures were reported from
there today. In Berlin also 1t was re-
uorted that investment buying at the
declines had come to offer a support
ing factor to the market and the mon
ey market seemed to be relieved from
the urgent pressure of preparations
there for the April money settlements.
According to board room gossip the
buying of stocks in the session was the
most substantial in many weeks and
support was most conspicuous in st.
Paul Pennsylvania, Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Atchison and the
Cooper stocks In fact there was a
good demand for all the high grade is
sues.
London bought and sold in the early
trading but operations for that ac-
count were so confusing as to make
the net result a matter of doubt. Re-
ports were current in the financial dis
trict before the market opened that
had been agreed upon
amongst great bankers and controlling
interests in corporations to support
the values in the markets of properties
in which they were interested.
One firm whose name was mention
ed in connection with the rumor char
acterized 1t 8 absurd.
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BooTLEGGERs HIT HARD.
Four of Them in Arkansas City Fined
$3.50.

Fort Scott, Kan, March pa tota,
OF 70 months Jail sentence ard $3.50
IN fines was imposed yesterday morn
ing by Police Judge Mckinney on fur
pootleggers, Jose Hopkins was fined
Jail, Charles Dunkerton, $1,000 and a
year in jail, and Joe and Grant Ewing
each S100 and 80 days IN Jail All IL e
cases We're appealed All the joints in
fort Scott We're put out of business
months ago. and now a vigorous CAM
pa1gn is being waged against boot
leggers. -
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TEGUClGALPA FALLS.
President Bonilla Orders the Sur
render of His Capital

Managua. Nicaragua, March 26.-
1t is stated on the highest authority
here that President Bonilla of Hon6u-
ras after his retreat to Amapa'I fol-
lowing the defeat of the Hondurean-
Salvadorean forces at CholutecA oy the
Nicara aguan army, ordered from ANA
pala the surrender of Tegucigall q, cap
ital of Honduras, to the victorious
troops The city is now in the posses-
sion of the -Nicaraguan
government junta.
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Died Praying for Recovery.

Cleveland, O., March 26.-Mrs. Lii
liam Avery, who shot her husband
Sunday evening when she was slowly
dying of malignant cancer, caused by
her husband striking her while the
couple lived in Chicago, according to
her statement, died today. Her hus-
band is at hospital in a precarioua
condition. Mrs Avery died prayin g
for her recovery.
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ROY VAN oRMAN NAMED.
Office Stenographer and Document
Clerk in Governors Office.

Roy Van Orman, of Chanute, has been
named by Governor Hoch as office stem
ographer and document clerk, at a
salary of $1,200 a year, new position
created at the last session of the legis-
lature.
Charles Kellogg, the present stenog-
rapher in the governor office, who has
heretofore done all of the stenographic
work of the office, will become conf
Dental stenographer to the governor,
at a salary of 81, 800 a year.