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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05
Old Rule for Paris Race Still
Holds Good.
Run to Seattle Must Be Made
Under Own Power.
FOREIGNERSLINGERED
In Belief That sGentlemen's
Agreement" Would Stand.
American Car Kept on Going
and Is Now Far Ahead.

chicago. March 5.-Through a ne,y
ruling cabled from Paris yesterday the
American car entered in she New YORK
Paris automobile race has an cpnortuni-
" TO make runaway" of 1t after
reaching Seattle.
Inc race was so timed that the racers
couio reach Seattle between March
anu Ao, When the boat to carry them
across the water is to sail 1t was un-
uerstood that cars not there when the
Doat departed were disqualified. When
the bad roads and snow drifts were
Struck "gentlemen's agreement was
entered Into whereby it was understood
tnat every car should do it's level best
until march or Gust as it suited
to Seattle
On the presumption that this agree
ment was still in effect the Germans
ana the French did not hurry much in
reaching Chicago. figuring that they
could ship their cars from this city
iney were, therefore. much chagrined
last night upon receiving cable instruc-
tlons to proceed to San Francisco under
tnelr own power and take a later boat
out Of Seattle. The Frenchmen leave
chicago today and the Germans will de-
part Sunday.
Strikes Bad Roads.
Omaha, Neb., March 5.-The Ameri-
can car In the New York to Paris race
left Omaha at o'clock this morning,
taking the route along the Union Pa
enc railway. A slow rain all last
night makes roads miserable.
italian Day Behind
Omaha, March 5.-The italian car of
the New York to Paris race spent last
night at Woodbine. Ia, 70 miles east
OF Omaha A pilot car left Omaha this
morning to escort the racer through
the Iowa mud. The Italian car Is ex-
pected IN Omaha about 6 o'clock this
evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05
JANESRANCHSOLD
LoOmis, Blair G. Scandrett Get
One of Kansas Show Places.
Pay $45, 900 for Famous Fine
Stock Farm.

The NJ. w. James ranch at Willard,
one Of the best fine stock farms in east
ern Kansas. was purchased Wednesday
afternoon by N. H. Loomis, R. w. Blair
and Henry Scandrett Of Topeka. The
price paid was in the neighborhood of
$4,000, or a little more than thirty dol
lars an acre. as the ranch includes
1,340 acres.
The James ranch is one of the fam
Gus places of eastern Kansas. For
years Mr.. James devoted his energies
and his farm to producing blooded
stock, and horses from the barns of
this place were entered in nearly every
racing event in the west. He built one
of the largest bank barns in Kansas
and other buildings in keeping with the
conduct of such a place.
There are 800 acres of the farm in
the Kaw bottom and other bottom land
along smaller streams. The rest of the
ranch has been kept in pastures, most
ly prairie. The ranch house stands on
a bluff commanding a view of the Kan
sas river and valley both east and west
and contains 13 rooms. The view from
the house is one of the finest to be
found anywhere in Kansas.
On the James farm is one of the few
fords along the Kansas river. 1t is at
this ford that the old town of Union
town, one of the first villages in east
6rn Kansas ana Wn1Cn is now enl1FSly
obliterated, was situated. The. Topeka
Pressed Brick plant was located on the
James ranch at Willard and a fine
quality of pressed brick was manufac-
tured there until the buildings were
destroyed by fire about ten years ago.
Mr.. James, the owner of the ranch,
died about two years ago and Alonzo
Beal of Valencia bought the place from
the heirs. The sale to Loomis, Blair
and Scandrett was made by Mr.. Beal.
The new purchasers bought the
ranch as a speculation as they consid-
cred the price extremely low.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05

The senator had been i'll and confined
to his room at the Champlain apart
ment in this city for about week His
ailment was diagnosticated as the grip,
which later developed into pleurisy with
pneumonia complications, which affect
ed the heart and which in his feebled
condition, proved too much for his
powers Of resistance.
Besides his son, Governor Proctor, the
governors wife and several intimate
friends were at the bedside when death
occurred. The senator's body will be
taken to the old home in Proctorsville,
VT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05
PROCTOR IS DEAD.
Senior Senator From Vermont Passes
Away at Age of II.

Washington. March 5.-United States
Senator Redf1eld Proctor of Vermont
died at his apartments at the Cham
plain here yesterday afternoon after a
short illness following an attack Of
grip. The senator's son, Governor
Fletcher Proctor of Vermont, who was
summoned to the city, was at the bed
side when the senator passed away.
Senator Proctor was II years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05
Weather Is Unsettled.

The weather conditions today have
been of the mixed variety, though
there has not been enough sunshine
to be worthy of a mention. Heavy low
hanging clouds have predominated
throughout the day with light showers
at intervals though the precipitation
has amounted to but trace, and the
temperatures have been those of sum-
mer The precipitation for the past
"a hours has amounted to IL of an
inch, making a total precipitation
during the past 4S hours of .2S of an
inch. The wind is blowing from the
southwest at the rate of 20 miles an
hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05
To Widen the Kaw.

Kansas City, Kan, March 5.-The
property owners of the Kaw valley
drainage district yesterday, by their
votes, repudiated the 6O0-foot de-
cree rendered by Federal Judge John
c. Pollock and went on record as be-
ing in favor of really widening the
channel of the Kansas river to 734
feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05

Some of the Billville brethren have been
fice:.sY our two gallons of picked shrimps
have arrived from Florida Call and
get your war relics from Lookout Noun
tain There are two cases. "a tarpon
from Florida is here for you. He is in
four jugs. and one has the cork out-'-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05

hrst in use as money, bore the i'm
press OF an OK or COW.
Not clumsy. but too fragile. were
the shells in use as money by the ne
groes of Africa, and throughout an
cient Asia, where the natives, taken
by its beauty, gave the shell a money
value.-kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05

Soldier-Are we safe here, with your
masters wine and cigars?
yalet-Perfectly. I told him not to show
himself because the tailor was waiting hiD
bilL-MeEgendorfer Blattsr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05
The Weather Indications,

Chicago. March 5.-Forecast for
Kansas: Showers tonight and Friday:
not much change in temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-05

CONTINUED on Page six.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
WALSH AT Head
OF HEARST PARTY
oTTUMWAN PRESIDED OVER
MEETING WHICH LAUNCHED
INDEPENDENCE PARTY.

( Iowa democrats are much interest
ed in the independence league, which
assumed the dignity Of a national po-
litical party with the aid Of certain
Iowans in Chicago Saturday.
Charles A. Walsh of Ottumwa, for
merly secretary of the national
democratic committee, and who
resigned because he said he
could not stand for the In
terest taken in the party by the cor
porations. presided at the Chicago
meeting, with the aid of New York as
sistants to Mr. Hearst.
1t was stated that thirty-five states
were represented and $50 delegates
were present. Itris understood that the
organization is to be pushed in all of
the states, including Iowa, and visit
from Mr.. Walsh is expected within a
few days.
Walsh Helped Run It.
Mr.. Walsh is credited by the Chi.
cago newspapers with having "gavel.
ed through" certain business. One
delegate moved to change the name
from Independence league to Indepen.
dence party. Mr.. Walsh calmly pre-.
fixed to the motion that it be the
sense of the conference, and in that
shape it went despite the negatives
offered 1t is proposed to have ma
tional convention to form the party
and name it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
3 CRIMES LAID
TO THE DOOR
OF BLACK HAND
BOMB EXPLOSION, MURDER OF
WEALTHY MERCHANT AND
THREAT TO BLOW UP TONS OF
POWDER LATEST oUTRAGES.

New York, Feb, 24-An Italian
bomb explosion similar in character to
many which have taken place in this
city within the year occurred in Brook
lyns today when Peter Locates music
store in Morgan avenue was wrecked.
Locate had received many of the So
called black hand letters, but having
refused to pay for immunity his store
was first blown up last spring. In
December last another bomb was left
on the stoop and the doors and Win
dows were demolished.
Since then he has received several
letters demanding money but has
ignored them, resulting in third
mysterious attack today. Locate, his
wife and three children, who occupied
rooms in the rear of the store, escaped
with slight injuries.
The murder Of wealthy Italian
merchant and threat to blow up the
United States naval magazine at Iona
Island yesterday, are also held to be
outrages Of the Black Hand band
which for weeks has been terrorizins
large part Of the city and has been
responsible for score Of bomb out
RACES and half dozen murders.
Yesterdays victim Of the vengeance
of the Italian secret society was Gero
lamo Celia. a wine importer. leading
member of the Italian Chamber o
Commerce and thirty-second-degree
Mason, who died within few nom
ents after he was found in the Office ol
his warehouse in West Broadway with
his skull fractured and suffering from
the effects of a poison.
Police Detain Brother.
Celia was discovered by Dominica
Celia, Ills DrotheT, who has been de
tained as suspicious person. Caesar
Blanchi, son-in-law, is also held a:
a witness.
| After an autopsy had been perform
ed Coroner's Physician Schultze de
clared in his report that he could no
understand how it could be possible
| for Celia to have swallowed the poison
and then stuck himself in the head O.
how he could strike himself such ;
blow, sufficient to fracture the skull
and then swallow poison.
Gerolamo Celia has conducted (;
wine importing business in this cit,
for many years and Is said to hav'
amassed a fortune of 100000.
There are 100000 pounds o
smokeless and other explosives storet
| in the numerous magazines
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
County Conventions Held at
Bloomfield And Centeryille
RESOLUTIONS FOR TAFT, ALL
SON, HEPBURN AND CARROLL
ADOPTED BY APPANOOSE
CONVENTION.

Centerville, Iowa, February "a
Resolutions for Taft, Allison, Hep
burn, and Carroll were passed by he
Appanoose county republican mass
convention Saturday afternoon, but
not until there had been an hours de-
bate on a motion to eliminate the AL
lison and Carroll sections. In this
fight against these resolutions Judge
t. M. Fee took the lead, in fact con-
Quoted about the whole fight, and at
the end Of the debate, in which he
used many personalities, he withdrew
his motion for amendment and the res
olutions went throught as reported
with less than half dozen dissenting
votes in convention of a couple hun
dred republicans. The Alison resolu-
tion so opposed by Judge Fee was
largely quoting from Governor Cum.
mings Churdan address and was as
follows:
And, whereas, as has been said by
o1lr governor: Senator Allison is the
beloved. nestor of republicanism, not
only in our own commonwealth, but
throughout the Union, and without
respect to party the people are pray.
ing for his speedy restoration to per-
feet health, and for his long continu-
ance in the public service, and where.
as this prayer of the people has been
answered, and Senator Alison's health
and strength restored, therefore, be it
resolved, that We earnestly endorse
his candidacy for his own successor in
the United States senate"
Hon, Austin Jay, of Moravia, was
chairman of the convention. Thu
delegates to the state and district con.
ventions are:
Delegates to the state convention:
Austin Jay, j. M. Beck, ]. K. Huston
August Post, J. w Calvert, Geo. w
Swan, W. S. Mcdonald, H. E. Bunker
A. G. Crowley, G. r. Howell
District convention delegates:
j. r. Needahan, j. C. McCord. D. B
Fosythe, Albert Mitchell, VIM. Under
wood. H. G. Hanson, P. A. White, Geo
7. Pullman, f. S. Payne and Ed
Oehler.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
HARTJE is TRIED
FOR C0NSP PIRACY
MILLIONAIRE PITTsBURGER TO
FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES
FOLLOWING DIVORCE.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. "a. - Augustus
Hartje, the millionaire paper manufac-
turer. John L. Welshons, a hardware
dealer and Clifford Hooe, the negro
formerly employed as coachman by
Hartje as coachman and named as
correspondent in the famous divorce
proceedings instituted by Hartie
against his wife, Mary Scott Hartje.
were placed on trial in the criminal
court today charged with conspiracy.
1t is alleged these men conspired to
blacken the character of Mrs. Hartje.
All the defendants were in court,
Hooe having been brought from the
western penitentiary where he is
serving a seven years sentence for
perjury as the result of charges grow
ing out of the divorce case. Later
Hooe waived the right of appearing at
,he trial and was excused by Judge
Mcfarland.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
DEATH FATE OF
PLEASURE PARTY
SIX YOUNG PEOPLE RETURNING
FROM BASKET BALL GAME
KILLED. THREE HURT.

Spring Valley, N. Y, Feb, 24.-A
foam-fecked pair Of horses that tore
through the streets yesterday drag
ging between them a splintered wagon
pole brought to the village first news
Of a great crossing accident in which
members OF Its most prominent fam
lilies were either killed outright or
frightfully injured.
Returning In the early hours of the
day from basketball game, the wag-
on load OF merry makers was run down
at West Nyak crossing by an Ontario
and Western express train. -Four Of
the parties were killed, two died while
being removed to the Hudson county
hospital at Hoboken, N. j., and the
other three lie in serious condition.
The dead:
GEO. KEITH. aged 30, assistant
superintendent of telephone office and
manager Of Spring Valley basketball
team.
NELSON MAY, aged 10 years, who
drove the team.
BERTHA SINGER, aged 1S years.
EDITH SINGER, aged 20 years.
GEORGE SHINN, aged %, basket.
ball player.
JEANETTE PALMER. aged 81
years,
The injured:
Warren Palmer, % years condition
serious.
Henry Dieteren, 23 years, basketball
player; will probably recover.
Mary Edith Bird, aged 18; condition
is critical
The responsibility Of the accident is
in dispute. The survivors cannot be
questioned as yet, and the only other
witness was the crossing gate tender
He claims that the train was driven
through the lowered gate on the side
The gate on the side of approach was
broken down, but the other gate was
intact, and If previously lowered must
have been hurdled by the frightened
horses after the wagon had beer
struck and torn from it's pole. The
animals were uninjured
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
SENATOR GALLINGER, SPEAKING
!. IN FAVOR OF OCEAN MAIL SUB
slDY BILL, SAYS SITUATION is
DlSPRoPoRTloNATE
NAVAL RESERVE IN
PACIFIC HAS GONE
SENATOR SAYS NEW. BILL WOULD
INFLUENCE BUILDING OF "a
NEW BOATS AND WOULD
BREAK UP SHIPPING TRUST

Washington, Feb 22.-Speaking In
favor Of the passage Of the ocean mail
subsidy bill in the senate today. Sem
ator Gallinger reviewed the conditions
under which the merchant marine of
this country is operating and cited
many advantages he believed will ac-
crue to the commercial interests Of
the United States If better mail facil-
tiles to South American and other
ports are established
THE bill raises no new issue and
introduces no new principle" said
Mr.. Gallinger. 1T leaves the existing
prosperous steamship services exactly
as they are now. Without changing
one iota the tried and approved meth
DDS Of the present law 1t increases
the compensation of routes which six
teen years experience have conclu-
sively proved to be Inadequate long,
costly and important routes to South
America and the Orient, where our
lack of steamship service is the SO.
verest and the neeS of such sergice Is
iaost imperative. s
"Only eight Of the fifteen fships
that We're plying across the Pacific
ocean last March are left he said.
"Sfnce the shipping bill of the last
congress was defeated almost half If
our feeble American Pacific naval re.
serve has disappeared" he added, and
when Admiral Evans steers up
through the Golden Gate from the
Straits of Magellan we shall have the
grotesque disproportion in the Pacific
of two battleships to every CONNER.
cial vessel engaged in foreign trade,
A sight which has never yet been
lseen beneath the sun"
more than twenty new and pow
erful steamships available as auxiliar.
les Of war would be built by the infiti.
ence of the bill If passed." he said.
THE proposed legislation would also,
he said, "help to- break up the ship
ping trust In South America
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
DAVIS COUNTY REPUBLICANS EN-
DORSE ROMINGER FOR CON-
GREsS AND CARROLL
FOR GOVERNOR.

Bloomfield, Feb, 24-The republi.
cans of Davis county met in mass con-
vention at the court house Saturday
W. H. McArchran was chosen chair.
man, P. T. Grimes, secretary. Six
convention at Oskaloosa, March r.
and six to attend the state convention
at Des Moines, March IS.
Delegates to the state convention
are, Wilbur York, A. c. Sax. j. A
Dunn, Harry Haywood, W. H. Nc
Achran. w. w. White.
Delegates to the congressional con
vention are: S. l.. Berry, j. F. Elliott
C. w. Ramseyer, ]. E. Reed, e. D
Dixon and l.. Tower
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolutions.
The republicans of Davis county
send greetings, to the greatest cham
pion Of the peoples rights of modern
times-Theodore Roosevelt. He has
proved himself to be fearless leader
of the people against monopoly and ag
gregated wealth, that has threatened
our institutions His unceasing war
fare against wrongdoers, in al
branches of the public service meets
our hearty approval. Under such
magnificent leadership the republican
party has been able to place upon oul
statute books laws for the control o
all interstate commerce and traffic
Unlawful combines, railroad monop
lies, trusts and stock gambling, fine
no favor with the policies of President
Roosevelt His crusade against politi
cal domination through favors in re
bates and passes has removed from
politics the power of corporations
The record made by President Roose
welt and the republican party, we be
lieve, has endeared him to the affect
ions of the American people. And we be
lieve his successor should lie mar
with broad views of statesmanshiI
and with high ideals of the Roosevelt
type.
We believe we should send to the
<CoEtinued on page 81
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
Former Illinois Pastor Bioamist.

! Nashville, III, Feb. 24-The Rev.
7. Marshall Rice is under arrest at
Columbus, Kansas. charged with big
amy. Rice was pastor of the First
Baptist church here until 1905, when
he was called to Dexter, Mo He was
married to Miss Helen Maxwell of st.
Louis. His first wife left him and
went to relatives in Kansas. He was
compelled to leave Dexter, it is said
on account of correspondence he
kept up with a ST. Louis woman, and
went to Columbus to supply the pulpit
OF the BAPTIST church th"~e. The al
legged wife NO. 2" was also arrested
Rice has several grown children. He
has occupied pulpits at Carlyle and
other points in central Illinois.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
GREAT NORTHERN AND JAMES
J. HILL WIN IN SHIT BROUGHT
BY CHI. H. VENNER ARISING
FROM BURLINGTON MERGER
ELKINS REBATING
LAW is UPHELD
COURT sUsTAINs LOWER COURT
IN Filming HILL ROAD -
SPEAKER CANNON STOPS IN
vEsTlGATloN OF PEoNAGE

Washington, D. c., Feb, 24.-The
case of Clarence H. Venner VS.. The
Great Western Railway and James j.
Hill, which was begun by Venner to
compel Hill to account for and pay
over to Venner and other stockholders
the value Of their respective holdings
because, as alleged, these holdings
had been impaired by joint effort of
the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific Railroad company in 1900 to
obtain control of the BurlinAton rail-
road, was decided by the supreme
court of the United States today
against Venner
Venner charged that Hill had en-
gineered the merger for his own per-
sonal benefit.
Lunmermen Win Suit.
The case Of the trustees of the
estate of the late R. G.. Dunn VS.. the
Lumbermens Credit association invol-
wing the charge by Dun of pirating
credit figures from the Dun CONNER
eial reports was decided by the SUI
preme court today favorably to the
Lumbermen's association.
Great Northern Must Pay Fine.
The question of whether the railroad
rate law known as the Hepbrn act re-
peals section one of the Elllins act
porhibiting rebates by railroads was
involved in the case of the Great
Northern Railway company versus the
United States which was decided to-
day by the supreme court against the
railroad company and against the con-
tention Of such repeal. The district
court of Minnesota fined the railroad
$1,000 each for fifteen violations of
the first sections Of the Elkins law
Cannon Stops Peonage Probe.
The most unheard Of procedure Of
Speaker Cannon overruling his own
committee on rules caused surprise in
the House. today. Through the Dal-
zell committee reported resolution
providing for an investigation into the
subject of peonage in southern states
Representative Mann of Illinois OBJ
jected that the report was not
privileged and the speaker sustained
him.
Lilly Accuses Boat Company.
Representative Lilly, of Cincinnati
today submitted to the rules Of the
House a formal charge that the Elect
rlc Bot company had used wrongful
methods to secure legislation. He de-
clares his ability to prove the charges
when the committee takes them up for
consideration which probably will be
tomorrow. The standing committee of
correspondents today investigated
charges that Washington newspaper
correspondents were involved in this
matter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
PUPILS IN DUEL OVER. GIRL.
Atlanta Boy Aged IL, Probably Fatal.
Iy Stabbed, While Rival Is Serl-
oiIsix wounded

Atlanta Ca, Feb. 24.-Lonnie Cost
ley, aged 15 and Guy Brown, aged Ia,
both pupils of an Atlanta school,
fought duel with knives yesterday
because of rivalry for the favor of
Sarah Peabody, aged 49, Costley is
thought to be fatally wounded, while
Brown received serious injuries. The
duel was fought on the playground of
the school in the presence of large
number of pupils.