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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25
NOT HER CANDIDATE.
Taft's Mother Does Not Want Him to
Become President.

Los Angeles. Cal. April 25.-'I do
not want my son to be president, he is
not my candidate" declared Mrs. ".
Z. Taft. mother of Secretary w. H.
Taft today. 1.-The supreme bench.
where my boy would administer JUS
tice is my ambition for him. He has
judicial mind, you know. and he loves
the law. Added TO these are good
health and an unfailing good nature
Mrs Taft, q tall, graceful matron OF
20 years, is proud of her sons achieve
ments and tells with pride OF his record
in school, his early boyhood. his grad
ua ton from the Cincinnati high school
his college days at Yale and then his
admission to the bar. 1t is his record
in the latter and his innate love for the
law which causes her to see for him as
her highest ambition a supreme jus
ticeship TO that of the highest position
in the United States.
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THEY DROVE HIM OUT.
Mayetta's Mayor and Council Chase
Whisky Drummer Prom Town.

Mayetta, Kan. April 25.-Since the
election of Noah Sanderson as mayor
and council to back UP his adminis-
tration at the recent election, Mayetta
is TO be temperance town as far as a
city government that means business
can make it
This has been in the past a point where
whisky drummers have done a good bus
mess but the worm has turned
Wednesday the travelling representa-
tive of a wholesale liquor house got of
one of the trains, but was immedia teiv
waited on by Mayor Sanderson and a
company of business men, including
several members of the council who
ordered Mr.. Drummer out of town
They allowed him to get a livery team
and drive out but notified him that il
he ever stopped here again he would
walk out
This is the first whisky drummer or
dered out of Mayetta between trains.
but there will doubtless be more to fol-
Inn
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When He Speaks to the Veterans
at indianapolis.
AFTER CORPORATIONS.
For Regulation of All Doing an
Interstate Business.
Fight on Over capitalization to
Be a Feature.

Chicago. April 25.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Memorial day at indianapolis VIII
mark the beginning Of a new railroad
crusade on the part OF President
Roosevelt His speech at that time
Will be devoted to the future and not
to the past. He will then explain for
the first time in public his idea in re-
gard to over capitalization of railroads.
This VIII be connected inevitably with
a proposition for supervision OF cor
porations doing interstate business and
their regulation by the federal gov
ernment as railroads are regulated to-
day.
Every development of late shows
that most of the big lines of railways
in the United States are vastly over
capitalized, some of them having a
funded debt and capital stock issues
amounting to from two to ten times
their actual cost. It is the purpose Of
the president to get at the facts rath-
er than to suggest a remedy but it is
the facts themselves which the rail-
way men are most anxious to conceal
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MANY BUILDINGS CLOSED.
Unfinished Exposition Structures Will
Not Be Omen TO Public.

Norfolk. Va. April 25.-The day
before the opening of the jamestown
Tercentennial exposition on Hampton
Roads finds the management of the
big enterprise straining every energy
TO put the grounds and buildings in
presentable shape for the inaugurate
ceremonies Several thousand labor
ers were engaged today clearing the
streets which are TO be traversed to-
morrow by the president and his party
and by the military Organizat tions
which viii participate in the cere-
monies Notwithstanding the rush of
work being carried forward today the
exposition viii be far from complete
tomorrow Tenn pOraTy railroad tracks
debris of all sorts and unfinished side,
walks are the rule throughout the
grounds. while almost every building
is marred by an enclosure OF scaffoId-
ing Many OF the buildings viii not be
open tomorrow. the management hav-
ing determined that progress can only
be made by excluding the public dur
ing the time the WCrkmen are still
engaged in their labors.
The feature Of the opening day.
which nothing but bad weather can
mar. viii be the naval pageant in
Hampton Roads President Roosevelt
On board the yacht Mayf1ower, will re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-25
STARTED BY FIRE BUGS
Fire in a Tenement House Endangers
Lives of Twenty Families.

New Y1-k. April 25.-F'fre believed to
be Of incsndiary origin imperilIed the
lives of 20 families and badly damaged
the five story fiat house at 735 East
156th street early today.
The flames spread from the ground TO
the roof of the house with great rap
idfty and cut off the means of escape
Two policemen ran through the house
arousing all occupants and then, be-
fore the firemen arrived. rescued from
the windows a dozen persons whose
escape by stairways had been cut off
by the flames The police are search
ing for two men who were seen to
leave the hallway of the building just
before the fire was discovered The
damage to the building amounts to 81
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CAN'T BE BETTERED.
Health Conditions on the Isthmus Are
as Good as Possible.

Washington. April 25--Health con-
ditions on the canal zone are about as
good now as they ever viii be, ac-
cording to a report from Col Gorgass
chief sanitary officer, for the month OF
March, just received at the offices Of
the isthmian canal commission. Since
last August the number of sick among
the employees has steadily declined un-
til it is now 1910 men per 1000 as
against 1912 in August. This, in the
opinion of Col Gorgas, is an excellent
sick rate
Among 4.6OO Americans (white)
employed there were only two deaths
from disease during March. a rate OF
SIT per thousand. Among 1-200
American women and children living
in canal commission quarters. there
were no deaths and very little sickness
of any kind as has been the rule IN
the past The negro employees show
the highest mortality and the Ameri-
can whites the smallest The mortal
ity from all causes for March was:
Negroes, 1850; white employees. 1855;
American whites, 1914 per thousand.
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a DROP IN TEMPERATURES.
Unsettled Weather and Rising Tenn
pcratures Forecasted for Friday

The drop in the temperature came
off just as advertised by the weather
department and the mercury at seven
O'Clock was 20 degrees lower than at
the same hour yesterday. while at two
O'Clock today it stands at 46 or 33 de-
grees below the point reached just "a
hours ago The SKY has been filled all
day with lew hanging Iowsry clouds
winch threaten a snow or rain at
every moment
The wind. which is blowing from
The northeast at the rate of Is miles
an hour. is cold and piercing and
cVercoats and heavy wraps have sue
ceedef the light ones of yesterday. A
ray of sunshine with its accomDanv-
ing warmth would be most acceptable
while shade was at a premium all day
vest rttay-
Ihere is possibility of snow 7Iurrfes
or showers tonight and tomorrow ac-
cording to the forecast sent ont Nv
tne weather man with a rising tenn
perature- The temperature record
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FELL OFF HIS HORSE.
Prince Eitel Fritz Meets With an Acci-
dent at Cavalry Drill

Berlin, April 25.=Prinee Eitel Fred
erick. Emperor Williams second son,
fell from his horse during a cavalry
drill yesterday afternoon on the Doe
britze grounds. near Pctsdam. Alarm
ing reports were spread here regard
ing his condition 1t was reported that
the prince was suffering from concus-
sion of the brain and that he had also
been kicked in the face by his horse.
Later, however. a telephone message
from Potsdam said that the first re-
ports were exaggerated and that there
was no cause for fear of serious re-
suits.
The princes horse took fright at
bugle signal. reared up and threw back
its head. striking the prince in the face
and knocking him unconscious from the
saddle When the prince revived he
suffered from a violent headache, which
has now abated.
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SHE PLANNED 1T ALL.
Woman Who Killed Her Lover First
Made Her Will.

Oil City. Pa, April 25--That Miss
BELLE Stroupe the Bradford. Pa.
dressmaker. who shot and killed
Thaddeus Ross in the office of a
physician here. contemplated the deed
vas shown by papers found on her
aerson. one of these is a Will be-
queathing all her property to her sis
ters. the other a written statement that
Ross had promised TO marry her next
June. and that the first indication she
had that he did not intend to do so,
was a newspaper notice Of the issuance
of a marriage license to Ross and Miss
Sampsell of Oil City
The Will and statement were found
in her bosom. together with a photo
graph of Ross She brought the re-
voIver from Bradford. carrying it in a
cigar bcx- She arose from a sick bed
10 come here and kill her lover.
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He GOT THE PERMIT.
C. w. Meade Convinced Probate Judge
He Is Real Druggist.

c. w Meade secured a permit today
from r. T. Hayden, the probate judge.
to sell liquors according TO law in the
drug store at No. 115 East Fifth street
This drug store has belonged until re-
Gently to Dick Cooley Cooley sold out
to Mr.. Meade when he decided to take
the position of captain OF the Louis
vile team
Mr.. Meade, when examined this morn
ing testified that he had been a regis
tered pharmacist for 20 years He
bought the place from Cooley and paid
him 81 500 for the stock of drugs and
fixtures He said it was his intention
to conduct a legitimate drug business
at the place and declared that he had
added to the stock of drugs to the
extent of $500 since his purchase of the
J. ]. Schenck. the county attorney,
was on hand during the proceedings
incident TO the granting of the permit.
He questioned Mr. Meade in several
Dofnted particulars He asked him if
il was not true that he had purchased
the stock of drugs and fixtures from
Cooley for $500 and that there was a
s4O0 mortgage on them Mr.. Meade re-
nIied in the negative. He insisted that
the entire stock of goods had been pur-
chased by him and that he had never
put mortgage on them
You know that this. place had the
reputation of having been Jolnt-
asked Mr. Schenck-
well. 1 had heard of it as SUCH
replied Mr. Meade. and he added that
II was his intention to conduct
drug business III the
place
Mr.. Schenck asked that the matter
of granting the permit be postponed
for week as he thought he would be
able TO present evidence that Meade
had purchased the stock for 5000 and
that there was a $500 mortgage on it
and that the stock was not worth 81
600 ss II demanded by law before
druggist may obtain permit TO han
die liquor.
Judge Haydea suggested that the
permit could be revoked Just as easily
as granted He said that he would
grart the permit and hear the evidence
that Mr.. Schenclx had to present at any
time This was perfectly satisfactory
70 Mr. SChenck
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PARADE OF PROTEST.
Labor Leaders Preparing to Carry on
Roosevelt Fight.

New York April 25-Lab Dor leaders
are discussing plan to hold parade
here on Saturday May 4. as a protest
against the action Of President Roose-
welt in reiterating his declaration that
Mover AMI Haywood. the miners await
ing trial in Idaho on a charge of mur-
der are ''undesira bic citizens The
Moyer and Haywood protest commit
tee has taken the Initiative and has
invited the central federated union to
parade. The project, together with
President ROOseyelt's recent letter on
the subject will come up for action at
4 meeting OF the unicn Sunday a
number of labor leaders In interviews
sever ely criticize the president for his
stand in the matter.
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HOCH To RESCUE.
Governor Helps Out Receivers of
the BreWeries.
Pays for Their Bond Out of
Contingent Fund.
THEY MAY USE MORE.
Tells the Appointees Money Is
at Their Disposal.
Hunt for Brewery Property in
Topeka Begins.
THEY MAY USE MORE.

Governor Hoch came to the assist
ance of the receivers for the brewery
companies today by paying for their
$4,000 bond cut of his contingent fund
and placing that fund at their disposal
for emergency expenses in the future
This action of the governor helped
the receivers out of a dilemma in which
the state had left them. They were
instructed to go ahead and do certain
things, AMI no funds were provided for
their work. The first expense was
800 for their bond. which was given by
the National Surety company of New
York for $4,000 and the Federal Union
Surety company of Indiana for $25, ,OO0
The receiveis will be at expense in get
ting hold of the property of brewery
companies entrusted TO them. before
any returns can be received from the
property taken in charge
lis morning the receivers had
conference with Sheriff John Wilker-
son and County Attorney John
Schcnck, al d another conference was
held at 2:30 this afternoon. The OBJ
1ect OF these conferences was to get
line" on brewery property in Tope-
ka. II is expected that the receivers
will undertake to take possession of
some of the property of breweries be-
fore nightfau.
ers said this morning: Nothing defin-
ite has been done by the receivers
thus far. we have had a talk with Mr..
Wnkerson and Mr.. Schenck, and are
expecting to get down to business very
sOol- This business was thrust upon
US rather Unexpectedly. 1 can't say
whether we will go in person to the
other cities where property is located,
or whether we will send agents. but
we will probably go ourselves before
this is over with
Attorney General Jackson is keeping
in close touch with the receivers, and
been done yet
Il see that the brewers in Milwaukee
say they are going to fight this to the
court of last resort. said Mr.. Jackson
L think when they investigate they
will ind that the proceedings are al
ready in the court of last resort
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BREWERS HUSTLING.
Moving Enjoined Saloon Fixtures BE-
yond Receivers Reach.

Atchison. Kan, April 25.-Fixtures
are being removed out of several of
the saloons closed last week. Injunc-
tons were run against the breweries
owning them, and the iujunctions
would seem to prevent thef, ranoc,1sI
Dut no objection is being made The
owners seem to be relying upon the
theory that what the state wants is to
get ria OF them. and that a delay in
the appointment of receivers is for the
purpose of giving time for the removal
OF the fixtures over the state line.
Another matter which the brewers
may be relying upon, is the service
upon the brewery companies in Atch-
Ison- Attorneys say il is defective
They say, however. that the defects
are easily remedied
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FOUR CITIES WANT IT.
Candidates in the Field for National
Republican Convention

Washington. April 2a-President
Roosevelt discussed national politics
and some Of the business of the Re
publican national committee with its
acting chairman, Harry s. New, who
remained with the president some
tina With the newspaper men, how
ever Mr. New would not talk politics.
He said however. that four cities are
already in the field for the honor of
hoIcing the next national convention
of the Republican party, invitations
having been received from Chicago, St.
Louis Kansas City and Seattle
4 selection will be made by the ma
tional committee at its meeting here
in December.
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COULD NOT SAVE HER.
Firemen Have Hard Fight With
Flames on the Pioneer.

New York. April 25-The Harbor
hremen had a hard fight today with a
fire which destroyed the freight steam
er Pioneer. causing a loss of $4,000
The Pioneer arrived from Newark
with cotton, jute, redlead. cylinders of
oil and carbOnic acid gas and carbics
OF acid The fire started while the
steamer was lying at her pier in North
river The noxious fumes and dense
smoke made il difficult to approach
her The flames, however. were pre-
vented from spreading to the pier and
adjoining property.
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SOLD TO CANADA.
Largest Buffalo Herd in the World to-
Leave United States.

Denver. April 25---A message was
received in this city today TO the ef-
feet that the famous Pablo herd Of
buffalo of the Flathead reservation.
Montana had been sold to the Cana
dian govvrnment- Howard Eaton of
Wolf. Wyo- teIegra phed w F. Ken
drick a Denver mining man. today
that the Canadian government had
pafd a deposit o nthe herd The bulls
will be removed TO Canada about May
l. and the cows and calves viii be sent
north in July There are between 400
and 500 buffalo in the herd, the largest
in the world
The price agreed upon. it is under
stood. is about S15o.0o0-
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G0URDAIN IN PRISON.
At Last He Is Permitted to Return to
Joliet.

Chicago. April 25.-Louis A Gourdain.
convicted Of using the mails to defraud
actually has begun to serve his SEN
tence at the Joliet prison. After his con-
victiOn Gourdain served four days of his
sentence when his lawyers got him out
on writ OF supersedeas, whereupon
GOurdain pleaded unSuccessfulIy with
the warden to be allowed to return
He then went to Washington and sought
TO have the United States supreme court
return him TO prison by means of man
damus proceedings The prisoner later
will be taken to Ft. Leavenworth. Kan.
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Washington. April 25.4It was said
at the state department today that in
view of the department the Eckstrom-
er. case is closed and there is no pros
pect Of the restoration of the exequa-
tur of that person as Swedish vice con-
sui al St Louis 1t was added that
there is nothing before the department
relative to that case Involving action.
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JURY DISAGREES.
Eight for AcquittaI and Four for Con-
yiction in BrittOn Case

Lexington. Ky, April 25.-After %
hours deIfberation the jury in the case
of Bill BTftton, charged with the as
sassinat ton of Town Marshal James A
Cockriu, a Jackson. reported a hone
less disagreement and were discharg-
ed today. The jury stood eight for ac-
quittal and four for conviction
The trial has been under way for
more thaa two weeks. This was one
of the Breathitt county feud cases in
which Senator Hargis, his brother.
Judge H4rgis. and others were charged
with participation
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TREATY OF PEACE.
\ Convention Honorable to AII Con-
cerned in Central America.

san Salvador April PA treaty OF
peace between Salvador ard Nicaragua
was signed last night at Amapsla by
ministers represe nting each country
The terms of the treaty are honor
able to both countries. The conditions
proposed by Salvador were accepted
and the demands made by President
Zelaya of Nicaragua for Teparation for
Salvador's part in the recent war be-
tween Nicaragua end Honduras and
that there be a free interchange OF
commodity between Nicarag qua and SAL
vador wsreF rejected.
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SNOW IN KANSAS.
1t Extends SOuthward Into the Texas
Panhandle.

Kansas City, Mo, April 25.-Snow
in northern Kansas and northern Mis-
souri, and freezing weather extending
from the NebraSka-Iowa state lines
outh into the Panhandle of Texas
was reported this morning by
the local weather bureau, with
predictions of colder weather
by night There was falI OF
snow at Dresden, in the northwestern
corner of Kansas; light fall at Con-
cordia, Kan. los miles northwest of
Kansas City. and half an inch at
Maryville. in northwestern Missouri.
The temperature al Kansas City this
morning reached SO degrees.
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WAS ILLEGALLY HELD.
L. G. Chapman Released on Writ OF
HabeaS Corpus.

Portland. Ore, April 25-Judee
William B. Gilbert of the United states
circuit court has decided that l. G.
Chapman. manager of the Barber
Lumber company of Boise. Idaho. in
Jail at that place for contempt of court.
is illegally imprisoned The court or
dered him discharged Chapman was
sent to Jail for contempt in refusing
to produce the books of the company
before the United States grand jury at
Boise.
Judge Gi1bert's decision was render
ed on a writ of habeas corpus asked
for by Chairman.
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a MODERN CAsABIANCA.
His Wife Died While He Stuck to His
Post of Duty.

Chicago. April ga dispatch to the
Tribune from Ctncinrati says:
Joseph \. Morris, an old soldier and
watchmau in the United States sub
treas sury. while on d-Jy e -eiyed mes
sage tnat his wife was ding anC want
ed him to come and say goodby. The
old man started to leave but at the
door of the treasury remembered his
oath noz TO leave the building under
any circumstances. He stayed al his
post and when he got off watch his
wife was Dc ad-
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FORAKER MAY COME.
Ohio Senator Likely to Speak at G. \.
r.. Encampment.

It is likely that Senator Foraker of
Ohio will be present in Topeka and
make n speech at the time of the state
G. A P. encampment from May to
g. The Grand Army officers have re-
ceived word that leads them to be-
live that Foraker will attend
Foraker IS the senator who is fight
ing Roosevelt and Taft in Ohio with
all his power He Will probably not
attempt to talk politics in Kansas,
however
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100 COTTAGES BURNED.
A Summer Resort Is Wiped Out by
Ffre-Loss $4,000

Millers Falls. Mass. April 25.-One
hundred summer cottages and a sum-
mer hotel at Lake Pleasant. two miles
from here, were destroyed by fire to-
day. The loss is estimated at $115,00O.
The cause of the fire is not known
The settlement is controlled by the
SpirituaIist camp meeting associa ton
and is divided into two sections. the
upIands and the Iowlands- Pra ctical-
" every building in the lowlands was
destroyed, only the railroad station and
five or six cottages remaining
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PEODLER PALMER HELD
He Is Charged With killing a Man for
Singing

London. April 25.-"PeddIer'' Pal
mer. the English pugilist. who, with
another man. was arrested yesterday
on suspicion of having caused the
death of n unknown man whose body
was found in a railroad car coming
from EPSON, after the races, was
charged at the Croydon police court
today with murder. After a passenger
on the train hnd testified that he saw
Palmer strike the deceased several
blows because he refused to stop sing
ing the prisoner was remanded.
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TOT KILLS HERSELF.
Four Year Old Girl Was Playing With
Papa's Revolver.

Oklahoma Citx, Ok, April 25.-A
message received by Mrs. Mont Camp
bell of Chickasha, who is visiting her
sister in this city, states that her A
year-old daughter had shot and in
stantly killed herself at an early hour
this morning while playing with her
fathers revolver.
Mr.. Campbell. who is prominent
stock man at Chickasha, had left his
revolver under MS pillow where the
child found il
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Welded Life a Failure.

A suit for divorce has been started
BY Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Roath from
her husband Fleming s. Roath. The
petition in the suit was filed with the
clerk of the district court YESTERDAY s.
Mrs Roath sets up that she and the
defendant wera married on Novenl Der
"a 1861 and that he abandoned her
two years ago and has not contributed
to her support since