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The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
Lon Townsend Marked as a
Guinness Victim.
Topeka Man Had appointment
With Murderess.
DELAYED AT HIS FARM
Providence PreyentedHim Keen.
ing the Tryst.
Intended to Go as Soon as Crop
Was Planted.

Mrs. Belle Guinness, the notorious
murderess of Laporte, Ind. whose
many horrible crimes have been un-
earthed during the past few days. was
only prevented from Including in her
lists of murders q Topeka victim. by
the sudden exposure Of her life Of
crime. Alonzo C.Townsend is today
congratulating himself upon his luck
in escaping from the hand of this
treacherous woman.
Lon" as he is more familiarly
known in Topeka. was to have left for
Laporte in a few days to meet Mrs
Guinness, having arranged through a
short correspondence that they should
meet in Laporte and If they found in
each other congenial companions they
should join their fortunes and travel
life's way together. Townsend like so
many of the other victims of Mrs.
Guinness, had seen her advertisement
for a husband and had answered the
ad. by giving glowing descriptions of
his earthly possessions and Mrs. Gun
ness attracted by the fortune of Towns
end lured him on and had she gone on
with her career OF crime a few days
longer, Lon Townsend would probably
have perished by her hand. Townsend
is a wealthy man.
Townsend is now a farmer and he
can thank providence for the delayed
spring rains which prevented him from
putting in his crops as soon as he had
desired, as it had been arranged that
they should meet in Laporte as soon as
he had his crops in and could leave the
work Of the farm. As 1t now is Towns
end is so pleased over his escape from
his prospective bride" that he left To-
peka today on an early morning train
for Kansas City SO that he could best
celebrate his fortunate escape. He
escaped before the knowledge of his
relations with the Guinness woman had
gone beyond the. circles of his most in
innate friends. .S
meeting between the Guinness wo-
man and Townsend would have fur
nished an elaborate opportunity for
the cartoonist to rise to fame. Mrs.
Guinness was known as a large woman,
who weighed in the neighborhood of $50
pounds and was so large in fact that
she required a Nos>9 shoe. Townsend
is a few inches under six feet in height
and weighs in the nefghborhood of 300
pounds.
Townsend has for years been we'll
known character in Topeka. and has
enjoyed a unique reputation. He has
lived in Topeka and vicinity for nearly
a quarter Of century or since young
manhood for he is now about fifty
years of age.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
DR.. QUAYLE FOR BISHOP
Kansan's Name Under Considers.
ton by NJ. E. General Conference.

Baltimore, Md, May 11.-With
every prospect of busy week tha
M. E. general conference today con-
tinued its session. BY Wednesday IL
is expected that the committee on
Episcopacy will decide how many
bishops are to be elected. That Rev.
DR.. william F. Anderson, correspond
ing secretary Of the board of educa-
ton, freshman aid and Sunday
schools; Rev. DR.. Richard J. Cooke,
book editor of the church, and Rev.
DR.. William A. Quayle, Chicago. for
merly of Kansas, will be among the
first three, seems certain.
During the week the committee on
Episcopacy will hear charges OF
mal-administration preferred by
George A, Cooke, New York. against
Bishops Moore of Portland, Ore.
Goodsell Of Boston, Mcdowell of Chi
cago and Berry of Buffalo. They
grow out of rulings on charges
which Rev. Cooke has preferred
against prominent Methodists. includ-
ing Rev. sDr. j. M. Buckley Of New
university, DR.. ]. T. Mcfarland, and
Prof B. p. Browne, of Boston univer-
sity. The alleged mal-administration
of the four bishops is said to lie in
the fact that they did not rule cor
rectly when charges against the men
were laid before them. Rev. Cooke
accused DR.. Buckley and Prof
Browne Of hersey. Chancellor Day
Mr.. Cooke held, had in criticizins
President Roosevelt, violated one OF
the rules. of the church. The casei
were ruled out by the bishops before
whom they were brought.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
Lon Townsend. From a Sketch Made
During q Trial in District Court.

For a period of ten or fifteen years
and up until about three years ago,
Townsend was known as the king Of
jointists in Topeka and held undisput-
ed possession of his royal throne. He
represented several breweries and
dealt out liquid refreshments to the
retail dealers and druggists of the
city, placing his commodity in cold
storage and handing it out as needed.
During many administrations In To-
peka when the lid was allowed con-
siderable leeway, Townsend made al
most fabulous profits off his business.
but in drier regimes Townsend did
not realize as heavily.
He was persistent violator of the
law and was always vigorously pros
ecuted by the law enforcement ele-
ment when they were in control OF
the administration. However. he was
an apt dodger, and was never confin-
ed in Jail or even convicted. About
three years ago he was called to the
witness stand to testify against GUS
toner who had purchased from
Townsend and was in turn retailing
his heart and made full confession
of his career to the officers. He an
nounced his retirement at the same
time and the facts that he related in
connection with his profits while en-
gagged in the wholesale business were
much commented upon in the city.
Townsend is now reputed to be
worth at least fifty thousand dollars,
all of which he realized as whole
sale liquor dealer in prohibition
state. After his abdication of his
throne as kingbee of the jointists,
Townsend adopted the life of a ru-
ralist and purchased the old McCon-
nell farm near Menoken, which is one
Of the best improved farms in that
section of the county. He is no long
er booze dispenser, but is merely a
farmer
Had Townsend met Mrs. Guinness
as he had planned, it would not have
been his first experiment with the
matrimonial buzz saw. 1t was about
eight years ago that Townsend fell
prey to the charms of femininity. He
was at that time confined in one OF
the local hospitals and during his
spell of sickness was tenderly cared
for and nursed by sweet young
maiden from Chase county. During
the weary days of his confinement a
strong attachment was formed be-
tween the two and a few weeks after
he was discharged from the hospital,
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT,
Attorney General jackson Spoke at
Leavenworth Sunday Night.

Leavenworth, Kan, May lin
face Of a rain Sunday night a large
audience gathered at the Baptist
church to hear F. S. Jackson, attorney
general, on law enforcement. Mr.
jackson opened his address with a
general talk in favor Of temperance
and prohibition. He dwe1t on the fact
that in states where there was high
license and local option laws the
liquor dealers violated them the same
as in prohibition states.
Mr.. Jackson said that the policy of
enforcing the prohibitory law would
be carried out as long as he was at
torney general and that no city or
community could collect fines or
licenses from the joints. 1.-THE city
officials or man who undertakes to lie
ense saloon in any form does SO at the
peril of his liberty said Mr.. Jackson.
"Our city government has passed an
ordinance to suppress joints and 1t re-
mains to be seen If the officials will do
so. Your saloons will be closed if the
arm of the state is strong enough to
held that the man who pays money
for protection or license is equally
guilty with the man who collects it
and the joint-keepers will be held to a
full responsibility"
Mr.. Jackson closed in telling how
Leavenworth had not derived any
benefit in the twenty years of
licensing of saloons and in a plea for
the citizens to join in a movement for
better government and to take a
stand for law and order against
notification.
Before the meeting closed resolu-
ton thanking Mr.. jackson for his ad-
dress and efforts to close the joints
and pledging him support was
adopted by q rising vote.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
Ed Arnold Files Answer in
Breach of Promise Suit.
Denies He Was Ever Engaged to
Miss Packard.
BRIEF AND TO POINT.
Reply in the Federal Court
Simply q Denial.
The Trial Is Scheduled for
Next November.

Edgar c. Arnold. who is the de-
fendant in a $4,000 breach of prom
ise suit brought by Miss Lena r.
Packard of Los Angeles, a society
girl of that city enters a sweeping
denial to all the allegations made by
Miss Packard in her suit Mr.. Ar
mold filed his answer this morning in
the United States circuit court,
through his, attorneys
He summarily dismisses all of the
long list of claims entered by Miss
Packard, against the well known To-
pekan, in the following language:
And now comes said defendant,
Edgar c. Arnold, and for his answer
to PLAINTIFFS petition in the action,
denies each and every allegation in
said petition contained. Wherefore
defendant prays judgment against
said plaintiff for costs of suit"
HIS attorneys are Ferry and Doran
and Matt Campbell.
Does Mr.. Arnold deny that he
ever was engaged to Miss Packard ?''
was asked Mr.. Campbell.
well, that's the position taken by
him at present" he replied. "He
denies everything That places the
burden of the proof on the plaintiff.
It's up to them to make a showing"
The trial will take place late in Mo-
vember. during the session of the
United States court in Topeka At least
this is the plan as outlined by the at
torneys on both sides of the case at
this time.
1t is safe to say that no suit will be
of more general interest to Topeka than
this forthcoming one which has all
| ready set the gossips agog in both Los
Angeles and Topeka.
Miss Packard, petite and pretty, says:
She became acquainted with Mr..
Arnold during the winter of 1906 while
visiting relatives here and that Mr..
Arnold Immediately began to pay her
marked attention.
That they became acknowledged low
ers. J.
That Mr. Arnold carried on a corre-
| spondence with her, during which he
employed endearing expressions. That
he later visited her in May; 1907 at
Los Angeles ana there entered nup-
! tial contract.
That arrangements for the mar
rfage were made by both parties for
| the ceremony which was to take place
| in November of 1907. That with no
| explainable reason the plaintiff refus-
| ed to carry out the marriage agree
ment and returned from Los Angeles
the night previous to the day on
which the wedding was to take place.
To which Mr.. Arnold, wholesale
druggist, bachelor, clubman replies:
"Tain't So" or words to that effect.
| To put it differently, Mr. Arnold
says that Miss Packard fibs.
| "Well, just bet she didn't" said
one young woman, her eyes flashing
angrily, when she heard the answer
| Six long months before we find out
who is really right-from May to
November
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11

Townsend took unto himself a bride
and purchased neat little home on
the southwest corner of Thirteenth
and Van Buren, streets. There the
two lived happily for a few months,
when Lon began to tire of his WIFE
Later he commenced to abuse her and
she was an object of pity among To-
peka people.
With all love for her husband gone.
Mrs. Townsend brought suit for d.
vorce about six years ago and receiv-
ed a legal separation from her hus-,
band. But the suit was not brought
until the injured wife had traversed
Kansas avenue in cab and at each,
of the large stores in the city pur-
chased enough goods to last her for
many years and charged the account
to her husband The divorce trial at
tracted considerable attention in To-
peka on account of the many tales of
brutality on the part of Townsend.
which were brought out on the wit
ness stand.
Since his retirement from the Ii
quor business, Townsend has attract
ed but little attention, this being his
first bid to notoriety. He spends most
Of his time on the farm and makes
but few trips to Topeka.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
TOWNS WRECKED
Series of TOrnadOes SWeepS Over
Part of Oklahoma.
Seven Villages Reported to Have
Been Damaged.
DEAD AND INJURED.
Are Reported From Each Lo.
cality Visited by Storms.
All Away From Railroad and
Wires Are Down.

woodward, Ok, May ia success
sion of tornadoes swept over a dis
trict lying 25 miles southwest, south
and southeast of Woodward late yes
terday and late last night. Several
small isolated towns all off the rail-
road and without telegraphic commun-
ication are reported destroyed. many
persons have been injured and several
are reported killed.
Seven towns are report to have suf-
fered damage more or less severe. They
are Grand, Arnett, vici, Mutual, Es-
telle, Cooley and Richmond. At each
place casualties are said to have re-
suited.
At Arnett.
- - HALE, killed.
Half dozen persons injured. one
fatally.
- - Hauser, physician, fatally
injured.
At Mutual.
Arthur Sibel. his wife, and several
others seriously injured.
Grand, the county seat of Ellis coun-
ty, is said to have been wholly wreck
ed
The towns of Estelle, Cooley and
Richmond also are reported to have
been devastated.
All these places are 25 miles from a
railroad. Wires are down and it is
difficult to obtain details
The villages where damage is report
ed are small places. Grand is the iarg-
est of the seven and it has only a few
hundred inhabitants.
he nf ho t.
northwest corner Of the Cd portion Of
Oklahoma, close to the Texas and Kan
SaS state lines. AS far as learned it
traversed four counties ard covered a
distance of IS miles In length. Yester-
day and last night there was a terrific
rainfall in this part OF the state follow.
ing oppressive weather, ideal cyclonic
conditions.
Houses Unroofed.
Tulsa, Okla, May IA terrific wind
storm passed over this part Of north
eastern Oklahoma last night Several
houses were unroofed and many small
buildings were blown down and or
chards in the surrounding territory
were practically devastated. No casual
ties are reported.
Nashville Badly Damaged.
Enid, Okla, May 11.-Nashville. a
town 80 miles northwest of here. suf-
fered serious damage by heavy wind
storm last night. The storm also ex-
tended into the country around Nash
Vile, wrecking farm houses and doing
much damage to crops. Details are
lacking, but so far no casualties are
reported.
In Nashville the following buildings
were wrecked: Ciapp's general mer-
chandise store; Russell & Givens, dry
goods: James Webber, furniture: three
dwellings. The Nashville hotel was
partially wrecked: the Farmers eleya-
tor was blown down; the office of the
Pioneer Telephone company was de-
molished and the News building was
moved from its foundation Scores of
residences were more or less damaged.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
ATTACKS COMRADES.
Member Of First Cavalry Kills Thres
and Wounds Three.

Manila May 11.-A telegram re.
ceived by the adjutant general today
announced that Private Mike Beach.
am of the First United States cavalry
killed three and wounded three of hi:
comrades, one mortally.
The dead:
FIRST; SERGEANT WIN. HOEY.
PRIVATE G. WILSON.
PRIVATE THOS. WOODWARD.
Fatally wounded.
Private Edward Woodward.
All the killed and wounded were
members OF troop F. First cavalry.
Details Of the tragedy are lacking
but it is, presumed that Beechmaf
was insane when he committed thu
deed.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11

In connection with the above table
it should be noted that other candi-
dates have the following strength:
Cannon: Illinois, AS; Michigan, q;
South Carolina, 2.
Hughes: New York, so.
La Toilette: Wisconsin,, 25.
Knox: Pennsylvania, 68.
Foraker: Florida, 2; South Caro-
lima, 4.
New and Dover Here Today
Chairman Harry S. New and Secre-
tary Elmer Dover of the Republican
national committee are in Chicago, and
will open the headquarters at the Coli
scum on Tuesday.
The entire membership of the ma
tional committee will be in Chicago by
the end of this week, it is expected,
and the contest milr' will begin to
grind soon after the middle of the
month.
Vice President Fairbanks arrived in
Chicago this morning to take part in
the dedication of the ST. Stanislaus
school on the Northwest Side.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11

Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas
and Washington, and of a score
scattering district conventions during
the coming week, the nomination of
the war secretary on the initial con-
vention vote will be an assured fact.
Last week the state conventions of
Kentucky Alabama. Connecticut, Wyom-
ing and Utah bound their delegates at
large solidly to the cause of Mn. Taft, and
while the New Jersey delegates at
large were given no instructions, by
the state convention, 1t is understood
that a majority of the state delegation
is in favor of the secretary.
How the Delegates Are Divided.
The table showing the standing of
the Republican candidates to date.
fnl1nUS.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
REBELLION IN CHINA.

Pekin, May 11.-News was received
here today that 5000 rebels in two col
umns set out to march on Meng-Tsze,
a treaty port at the head OF nav1gatlon
vincial troops met and repulsed one OF
the columns at Man-Hao on the Red
river May 9, but the other column.
which is following the railroad line is
now within thirty miles OF Meng-Isze.
Viceroy Hsi-Liang at the neao ol az. an
ot her hody of provincial troops. has left
Ynn-Nan-Fu for Ami, forty miles
northwest of Meng-Tsze.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
New and Dover Here Today.


New Orleans, May 1.-THE Repub-
lican state convention met here today
to select four delegates at large for the
national convention. Before the con-
vention assembled the leaders from
several sections had agreed that the
delegates should be instructed for
Secretary Taft and it appeared almost
certain that this programme would he
endorsed by the convention.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
RooSEVELTS RETURN.
The Outing at Pine Knot. Virginia,
Has Terminated.

Washington, May IL. - President
Roosevelt, Mrs Roosevelt and John
Burroughs, who have been spending
several days at Pine Knot. Mrs. Roose-
velt's country place near Charlottesville.
va. have returned to Washington. A
special train of two cars brought the
Marty hack.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
Nebraska Defeats x. q.

Lawrence, Kan, May lin meet
marked by close events and good rec
nrds the University Of Nebraska track
team defeated the University of Kan
sas on McCook field aSturday AFTER
,snon hv a score of 6S to 49. The Jay
hackers were not surprised by their
defeat. They did as well as most OF
the optimistic dopesters had predicted.
The track was fast and the weather
was ideal for a meet.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
Weather Indications

Chicago, May 11.-Forecast for
Kansas Partly cloudy tonight and
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-11
weather Is Pleasant.

rhe following were the tempera-
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sumed or hypothetical fraud, accident
or mistake to make an issue ON which
a controversy between candidates can
arise. There is no contest or issue of
fact or law presented by a statement
that a decision of inspectors ought to
be reversed, corrected or changed be-
cause petitioners believe, without def
mite information, that the decision was
incorrect. The petitioners insist that it
is unnecessary that the petition be veri-
fed at all and that the court, after
answer fled, had no jurisdiction, before
hearing evidence, to require the petit
TONERS to prove any of their allega-
tions. This has not been required fur
Their than to ascertain from the petit
TONERS whether they all had knowledge
or direct information concerning their
charges, the object being to avoid re-
examining ballots upon mere surmise of
petitioners or others that there were
One of the attorneys of
the petitioners is consistent in claiming
that the law does not require of any
petitioner any knowledge or direct in
formation as to any irregularities charg-
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ed. In this view any qualified voter
if he can get twenty-nine others to join
him in a petition setting forth that
any one believes that there has been
error of the inspectors, can require the
ballots examined and passed upon as
well as counted.
The statute (Section So requires that
"All questions as to the validity of
any ballot cast at any election held
under this act shall be decided imme-
diately and the opinion of the majority
of the Board of Inspectors of Election
at each polling precinct shall be final
and binding, subject to revision by the
Supreme Court of the Territory as here
matter provided" and further (Sec-
tion SD that "Any candidate directly
Interested lit will be observed that a
candidate indirectly interested has not
this right cor any thirty duly qualified
voters of any Election District may
file petition in the Supreme Court
setting forth any cause or causes why
the decision of any Board of Inspectors
should be reversed, corrected or chang
CONTINUED OF Page Eleven.)
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FERN IS MAYOR;
RECOUNT DENIED
The Supreme Court Reaffirms
Former RuIings---Refuses
Recount.

The mayoralty contest is decided. Jo-
seph j. Fern is mayor-elect of the City
and County of Honolulu, and will take
his oath of office on Thursday. The
Supreme Court yesterday decided adj
versely to the contentious of the petit
| tioners for a recount, re-affirmed its
previous rulings, and the order dismiss
ing the petition stands. There will be
no recount. The decision was by ma
iority of the court, the opinion being
rendered by Chief Justice Hartwen. 1t
is understood that Judge De Bolt does
not concur in the opinion, though he
gave no dissenting opinion.
The decision of the court is based
strictly ON the law as the court con
strues it. As to the policy of recounts,
Chief Justice Hartwell said that all the
members of the court felt very strongly
that a recount should be matter of
course in every instance. This, he sug-
gested, might be done by a Board of
for the work and should be done on the
statement of a number of voters, per-
haps ten, as is the custom under the
Massachusetts statute. The Boards of
Supervisors, he suggested, might be ap-
propriate bodies for such a duty. I'm
der such system if the validity of any
ballots in the recount should be made
a question by either side, this, as mat
ter of law, might then properly come up
before the court.
The opinion of the court is as follows:
According to the practice in former
election contests the defeated candidate
could not obtain denomination of bal
lots unless upon showing, which was
made in each case, that he had knowl-
edge or direct Information of some fraud,
accident or mistake which would invali-
date or change the result of the cleo
ton. 1t must be a real and not an as
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Bdrnhart
viii deliver a superior grade of ICE at
OSc Per Hundred
ACN Pounds
Oahu Ice & Electric Co.

ICE delivered at any part Of tho city
island orders promptly filed.
Telephone 52s; P. o. Box 900. Once,
Kewalo.