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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
GRANTS PARDON.
Two Men Convicted of Murders Favor
ed by Governor.

Two murderers were pardoned from
the state penitentiary today by Gov
ernor E. W. Hoch. They are:
David z. Davis of Leavenworth
county, convicted in 1890 and sentenced
to hang, for the murder of his wife.
Davis will go free Dec. 1.
Thomas Marbut of Cherokee county,
convicted Jan. 26, 1906, and sentenced to
serve ten years for murder in the sec
ond degree, on the charge of having
murdered his stepson, 10-year-old
boy. Marbut will have to wait till
Jan. 1, 1909, before he walks out of
prison free.
Governor Hoch prepared a brief
statement for his files concerning the
Davis case, in which he sets for that
there is serious doubt of Davis guilt;
that John Atwood, who prosecuted him
as county attorney, believes now that
Davis is innocent, and that seven
members of the jury who convicted
him have reached the same conclusion.
Governor Hoch concludes that there
was a miscarriage of justice, and that
Davis should be free. He has been in
prison II years which is rather horri-
BILE to contemplate if he is innocent.
The facts in the case were that Davis
and his wife had great deal of trou-
BILE, and Davis frequently left home for
weeks at a time to avoid domestic diff
ficulties. During one of these estrange-
ments, Mrs. Davis was killed, and
Davis was accused of the crime. The
general sentiment seems to be now
that Davis was not guilty of the muir
der, but was a victim of suspicious cir
cumstances.
The Marbut case is a very peculiar
one. Marbut, it was claimed at the
time of the trial, had taken a violent
dislike to his stepson, who seemed to
be very decent sort of a boy. 1t was
charged that Marbut hit the boy over
the head and then threw him on the
ground and pulled down on top of him
a small clubhouse which had been about
to tip over. The boy was smothered to
death under this building, and Marbut
claimed that it was an accident.
The principal thing which has led to
Marbut's pardon seems to be the state
ment of Mrs. Marbut, mother of the
boy, that she is absolutely convinced
that her husband is innocent. Marbut
always had a good reputation before
the death of his stepson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
Passengers and Crew of the
Steamer Sardinia
Perish by Fire or Water in
Sight of VaIetta.
SAILED FOR EGYPT
And Was Scarcely a Mile Out
When Fire Started.
A Gale Was Blowing and Res
cue Was Impossible.

Valetta, Island of Malta, Nov. 25.-
Nearly 200 persons, passengers and
crew of the Ellerman line steamer
sardinia, are believed to have per-
lshed today when the steamer was
destroyed by fire just after she had
sailed for Alexandra, Egypt The
sardinia was scarcely a mile off
| Grand harbor when the first sign of
Ilre appeared but with a strong wind
to fan the flames the whole ship was
soon ablaze and the passengers and
crew had scarcely a chance for their
IlVes. There was a wild scene Of
panic on board as the rapidly spread
ing flames drove the passengers to
the rails and many of the excited
ones. not even waiting Tor the boats
70 De lowered, plunged into the sea.
scores are believed to have been
drowned.
Others, trapped by the fire. were
llteraIly roasted to death or
smothered without a chance for life.
There were many craft in the har-
Dor at the time of the disaster and
several tugs and other swift small
vessels rushed to the assistance of the
lnperlled liner The high sea and a
gale which prevailed at the time.
however, made it impossible for them
even to approach the Sardinia. and
they could do little in the way of aid
Der IA, with a cargo of general
merchandise for Mediterranean ports
Her crew numbered A and about 20
hrst class and second class pas
sengers embarked at Liverpool
Most of her other passengers lln-
doubtedly were Levantines. Maltese
and Egyptians.
Many of these people cross on the
steamers of this line from Malta to
Alexandra. 1t is their custom to pitch
their tents on deck for shelter during
the four days trip. The decks are
cIuttered and this condition un-
doubtedly made the orderly clearing
of the ship difficult.
Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon so
bodfes from the Sardinia had been
brought ashore.
Many of these persons evidently had
come to their end from drowning.
though some had been burned to
death.
The flames originated in the fore
hold. A quantity of naphtha was stored
there and it fed the confederation to
such an extent that it soon became
impossible to save the vessel.
From the beginning the captain and
the crew stuck nob1y to their posts
They served out life belts and did ev-
erything possible to help the panic
stricken passengers, most of whom
were Arab pilgrims. There were only
eleven Europeans on board the Sar-
dinia out of a total passenger list of
ISL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
TTliT.tv-Third Annual Meeting on
December 1.

The state Historical society will
take it's thirty-third degree next week.
on December 1, the thirty-third an
nual meeting will be held at the hall
of the house of representatives. This
will be the first meeting to be held in
the hall since it was decorated by AL
bert Reid, and it is possible that 1t
may be one of the last, for there is
talk of closing the hall to everything
except the legislature.
The programme for the meeting has
just been issued by Secretary George
Martin.
The meeting of the board of direc-
tors will be held at L: 80 p. m. At the
afternoon meeting, there will be an
address by the president of the so
ciety, Col. George w. Veale. Speak
ing of Col. Veale the programme says:
"Colonel George w. Veale, the presi-
dent of the society. landed in Kansas
in the spring of 1857, at the historic
town of Quindaro, then an ambitious
rival of Kansas City and Wyandotte
Today Kansas City has absorbed
Wyandotte, and is up to the very edge
of Quindaro. This point failing in the
race for greatness, the colonel moved
to Topeka. While things were being
passed around and located he repre-
senate and seven years in the house of
representatives; in all, fourteen years.
At this distance it looks as though To-
peka received her share
In the evening at 1880 three impor-
tant papers will be read. One is by
William r. Smith on 1.-THE Admins
tration of John A Martin" Another
is by Charles E. Cory of FIT. Scott on
s'The Sixth Kansas Regiment and It's
Commander The third is by Joel
Moody on "The Marais des Cygnes
Massacre; the Actors Therein and the
Causes Thereof" There is also a fine
musical program and the election of
officers set for the evening meeting
Justice R. A. Burch of the supreme
court was to have had a paper on
Fifty Years of the Wyandotte Con-
stitution,'' but the illness of Chief Jus
tica Johnston prevented
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
HAYES AND DORANDO.
They Will Decide Which Is the Better
Runner Tonight.

New York, Nov 25-Amid the
crash of rival bands, one American
and one italian, John ]. Hayes of New
York city, and Dorando Pietri of
Carpi, Italy, will meet in notab BILE
sporting contest at Madison Square
garden tonight. Hayes, the winner of
the Marathon race at the Olympic
games, will seek to maintain that title
against the little Italian who was sup
ported over the line ahead of him but
was disqualified because of the assist
ance
The race will start promptly at 9
o'clock tonight and the full distance,
26 miles 3S5 yards, will be run. Both
men have trained conscientiously and
appear to be in prime condition. Both
are confident. The finish will be about
midnight.
The track constructed especially for
the race, has 10 laps to the mile and
the runners therefore Will have to run
262 laps and an odd 93 yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
HEARD 5000 MILES.
All Previous Wireless Records Have
Been Broken.

San Francisco, Nov 25.-A wire
less station in this city last night re-
ported having overheard during the
past fortnight code messages which
are believed to have been sent from
some station in Japan.
To confirm the local company'S be-
lief that messages have come from
Japan and Honolulu wireless stations
is said to have heard the same code
m essa ges.
The Japanese station is over 5000
miles on an air line from this city
and should the signals which have
been sent in the Japanese code have
originated in Japan the wireless rec
ord will have been broken by over g.
900 miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
ASKS TO BE EXCUSED.
Carnegie Declines to Appear Before
Tariff Committee.

Washington, Nov. 25.-sereno Payne,
chairman of the house ways and means
committee today, received a reply to the
invitation which was extended to An
drew Carnegie to appear before the
committee at the hearing on the metal
schedule. Mr.. Carnegie thanks Mr..
Payne for his invitation, but asks to
be excused.
IT am no longer in business and in
my Century article read the letter,
companion to that of My experience
with railway rates and rebates 1 have
said all that 1 have to say upon the
subject. Manufacturers will appear be-
fore you from whom you can obtain
the required Details Speaking of his
article he continues:
when you read it you will discover
that my faith in protection wherever it
is proved to be necessary is as strong
as ever and that 1 continue also to be-
lieve that the surest way to secure pro-
lection is to reduce protective duties
from time to time and finally abolish
them when no longer needed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25

was carrying the mail from there to the
postoff1ce and a postal official investi
gated the matter but nothing was
found against Reed in connection with
the missing sack.
According to Reeds story, the mail
driver, Otho Battles, was at the Union
Pacific depot at II o'clock Saturday
night and he had to go from there to
the postof1ce and then back to the Rock
Island depot to meet the 1 o'clock train.
He could not have arrived at the Rock
Island much before l o'clock, and it
seems strange that he could have so
quickly gone to sleep as it was reported
he did before the 1 o'clock Rock Island
train arrived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
SAVAGE is ON TRIAL.
Negro Charged With Theft of Mail
Pouch Containing $4,000.

Kansas City, Nov. 25.-A start was
made yesterday in the trial of Charles
Stevens, alias Savage charged with
having stolen a registered mail pouch
from the transfer car at the union de-
pot on the night of June 6, last. Pro-
testing that he did not steal the pouch,
Stevens is being defended by three law
yers, one of whom, w. T. Hume, he
brought all the way from San Fran
cisco. His other two are Harry Fried
berg and Clinton B. Welch, both of
Kansas City.
On the desk of the court baiIiff is a
cubic foot or so of tattered and torn
wrapping paper, with broken seals on
it. This is all that is left of $4,000 the
missing mail pouch is said to have con-
tanned The government has about
thirty witnesses on its side and the
negro defendant about twenty. At the
request of the California lawyer, all
witnesses are excluded from the court
so that they may not hear each other
testify.
Yesterday afternoon was devoted to
getting a jury and listening to postof-
flee employees from Los Angeles and
long as it was in the custody of the
government. At 10 o'clock this morn
ing the trial will be resumed. The evil
dence closed last night when Postof-
flee Clerk P. t Smythe of 1909 East
Ninth street this city, testified that at
1O:45 on the night of the robbery he re-
ceived the registered pouch from the
train which brought it from Los An
geles.
Stevens will not take the stand in his
own behalf. There are enough counts
in the Indictment against him to send
him to the penitentiary for ffty-five
years. if he is convicted. The fact that
he was able to bring a lawyer from
California although out of work imme-
diately previous to the robbery and
bell boy and roustabout by trade, are
contingencies that his attorneys realize
they Will have to offset when they start
their cross examination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
TO WED THE HEROINE.
Eugene Walter Will Marry the Star in
His Play.

Pittsburg, Pa. Nov. 25-The engage
ment of Eugene Walter. the playwright
and author of Paid in FulT' and 1.-The
Wolf" and Miss Charlotte Walker of
South Carolina, who at the present time
is assuming a prominent role in the
"Warrens of Virginia. has been unoffi-
cially announced here and it is said the
marriage will take place during this
week in this city.
The romance began early last sum-
mer when David Belasco, under whose
management Miss Walker is starring
commissioned Mr.. Walter to write a
play for Miss Walker. Before the work
was completed, Mr.. Walter was in love
with the woman who was to play the
chief role and the engagement was the
elimination of the affair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
Young Man Held for InvesIiga'
tiOn i'm Mail Pouch Mystery.
Admits That He Was at the
Rock Island Depot.
LEFT AT MIDNIGHT.
Was in Company With Battles,
Driver of Mail Wagon.
Strenuously Denies Any KnOwl-
edge of Theft.

William Hutton. detective on the
city police force, this morning captur-
ed young Merlin Reed at the house of
Mrs. Battles, just outside of North
Topeka on the Central Avenue road,
and the young man is being held at
the city Jail on suspicion of being i'm
plicated in the registered mail pouch
robbery at the Rock Island depot
Sunday morning November Is. There
is only circumstantial evidence so far
against Reed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
MOB WOULD NOT WAIT.
Took Three Condemned Negroes From
Court Room and Hanged Them.

Union City, Tenn, Nov. 25.-The lit
tie town of T1ptonville, bordering on
Reelfoot lake which has been the
scene of many stirring incidents in the
past month, witnessed the lynching,
late yesterday afternoon, of three ne
groes who were arrested in the morn
ing for numbering Special Deputy
Sheriff Richard Burrus, and fatally
wounding John Hall, a deputy sheriff.
The negroes names are Marshall
Stineback, Edward Stineback and Jim
Stineback
These brothers created a disturb
ance at a religious meeting near Tip
tonVille Saturday night and when the
fight ensued, in which the negroes
shot the officers and made their es-
cape. 1t was barely daylight Sunday
morning before a posse of citizens
places were in pursuit, but they sue
cessfully eluded the white men until
Tuesday morning when they were sur
rounded and captured in swamp
captured, the negroes, covered by a
hundred guns were quickly landed in
jail at Tiptonville. The negroes when
arrested had two guns in their pos
session but had run out of ammuni-
ton. The news of the capture spread
rapidly to the surrounding territory
and in addition to the several hundred
members of the posse men began ar
was surrounded by a mob which had
no hesitancy in threatening a lynch
ing quickly and surely.
Justice Davis at once agreed to open
his court at o'clock, summon a jury
of II men, and allow the negroes after
evidence that could be adduced was
heard, to be duly sentenced to death.
Meanwhile Governor Patterson was
advised by telephone of the situation
and ordered a company of militia in
this city to proceed with all haste and
if possible secure the negroes and
conduct them to a place of safety. The
troops were started at once, but failed
to arrive in time to prevent the lynch
ing.
At the trial all of the evidence OF
those who had seen the killing was
heard and in an incredibly short time
the case was given to the jury who, In
a few minutes, returned a verdict Of
guilty, fixing the penalty at death. The
sentence had barely been passed on
the three negroes when the mob with
whoop and yell swarmed the court
room and, seizing the prisoners, rush
ed them to a large tree, near the edge
of town, and hanged them, firing vol
ley after voI1ey into the air as the
bodies were drawn UP from the earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
WALTER WELLMAN SUES
Claims 100000 Damages From g
Paris Newspaper.

Paris, Nov. 25.-Walter Wellman
has filed a suit for 100000 and recti-
fcation against the sporting review,
La Vie Au Grand Air. because of the
publication of an article character
izing WelIman's expedition to the
North Pole as '-an American bluff, de-
signed for personal profit and car
ried out under the cover of impos-
sible scientific conditions"
The article of which Mr.. Wellman
complains was printed last spring
and, he says. was inspired by one of
the disgruntled members Of the ex-
pedition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
ROCH WILL GO HOME.
Governor Says That He'll Go Home to
Marion.

Governor Hoch stated today that he
had decided to go back to Marion after
leaving the governors office.
And run for congress two years
hence?" was suggested.
mo, nothing like that replied the
governor. i've had enough politics. 1
am ready to stay out for while.''
Governor Hoch is getting ready to
issue the Kansas Thanksgiving procla-
maton in souvenir form, as is done by
nearly all the governors of the United
States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
DILLON KEPT SECRET.
Princeton Quarterback and Captain
Married Last February.

New York. Nov. 25-Although the
ceremony was performed on February
20, last, it has just become known that
E. A. Dillon, captain and quarterback
of the Princeton football team, mar
ried Miss Emily Leidy in this city. An
nouncement of the marriage was made
yesterday.
Young Mrs. Dillon is a daughter of
]. ]. Leidy, editor of the Newark, N. J.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
GREER SELLS THE CAPITAL.
Deal Is Said to Be Practically Closed
for Papers Transfer.

Guthrie, Ok, Nov. 25.-It is stated
here that deal has practically been
closed by which Richard Metcalf, un-
til recently connected with W. ]. Bry-
ans "Commoner.' and Judge Frank
Dale have purchased the State Capital
printing plant and newspaper of this
city. of Frank H. Greer, who has own
ed and edited the paper since the
opening in 1889.
1t is announced that the politics of
the paper will be changed to Demo-
cratic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
MUST GO BACK HOME.
Government Orders Deportation of So
Contract LabOrers.

Washington, Nov. 25.-A sweeping
deportation of violators of the contract
labor laws has been ordered by the de-
partment of commerce and labor
Fifty-three persons either contract
laborers or dependents who came to
this country under an alleged unlawful
arrangement with the Firth Carpet
company, located at Firth Cliff, n. Y,
have been ordered to be returned to
their homes in England and Scotland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
KANSAS BANK ROBBERS.
Used Nitro GIycerine on Towanda
Bank Vault and Got $4,000.

Wichita, kan. Nov. 25.-The Tow
anda State bank vault at Towanda,
Kan, 20 miles east of this city, was
blown open with nitro glycerine at 2
o'clock this morning. The cracksmen
got about $4,000. They fed on a
Missouri Pacific hand car and tricycle.
taken from the railway tool house.
Persons who heard the explosions saw
the safe blowers go west toward Wich-
ita- A posse headed by the sheriff is
In pursuit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
TURNED OVER TO STATE.
New Manual Training School at Pitts
burg Is Finished

Pittsburg. Kan, Nov. 25.-The
board of regents of the State Normal
school has formally accepted the new
state manual training normal school
which has just been finished. The new
building is now the property of the
state. and is all ready for occupancy
The building was erected by Leeper
& Smith, a firm of Topeka contra ctors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
Weather Is Pleasant

Although the weather today has
made decided hit with the public, it
won't last long and Thanksgiving day
will see a complete reversal of condi-
tions. Rain or snow and more proba-
bly, both will come tonight and tomor-
row will be much colder. The weather
may also detract from the attendance
at the local football game The wind
today is % miles an hour from the
southeast The following are the tenn
nerat lures tndav.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
TAFT RENTS A HOUSE.
VIII Take Up His Residence a
Augusta, Ca, Dec. 1S. ~

Hot Springs, Nov. 25.-President-
Elect Taft has announced that he has
Ga, for occupancy the 18th of
December.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25
Weather Tndications.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-Forecast for
Kansas: Rain turning to snow and
colder tonight. Partly cloudy with
probably snow in southeast portion
Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-25

In an interview today with State
Journal reporter, Reed denied any
connection with the mail sack robbery
but he made the startling admission
that he was at the Rock Island depot
at midnight on the night of the rob-
berry. The sack is supposed to have
been stolen at about 1 o'clock that
night while the mail driver, Otho
Battles, was asleep in a shanty near
by. The sack came in over the Rock
Island train due here at 1 o'clock, and
was thrown on a truck on the depot
platform
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