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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
He DEFIES RUSSIA.
American Consul at Hardin Refuses to
Recognize Cars Authority.

ST. Petersburg March 31--The Russian
government is disturbed by the attitude
assumed by Fred D. Fisher, the American
consul at Hardin, in the matter of recog-
MIXING the Jurisdiction of Russia in Man
churia.
MI Fisher insists that Chinese sover-
eighty in Manchuria is supreme and fur.
China against the establishment by Rus
STA of municipalities in the railway zone
at Hardin and Chailar independent or the
Chinese government and his attitude IN
this Russo-Chinese d1fflculty mas proali{P Pr
ed Russia to seek an explanation OF his
course both at the American embassy
here and in Washington. Mr.. Fisher is &C
credited to China, and since his arrival IN
tentIy refused to recognize or admit that
he should have anything to do with the
Russian administration of the territory:
He has been firm in his assumption that
he was accredited solely to emma ana ne
has declined to act on the suggestion con-
veyed to him by an official of the russian
railway administration that he shout Sc
cure the permission of General HorVath,
the Russian governor OF Hardin, pe1ore
opening his consulate or raising the
American flag over the building:
Under the treaty of 1896 Russia claims
exclusive control over the railway zone IN
Manchuria, as well as the right to organ
tiles The taotai of Hardin protested
against this to the Russian governor and
to the consuls of the United States and
Japan The Japanese, who are now coop
Grating in the friendlest manner with the
Russians in Manchuria, rejected this prop
test but Mr.. Fisher supported it.
The foreign office mere expresses the
belief that it would be decidedly to the
interest of the United States to recognize
the Russian administration of Manchuria
ina smuch as foreign residents share in the
privileges of this administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
GIVEN MORE TIME.
Harvester Trust Has Sixty Days in
Which to Take Testimony.

The supreme court has granted to
the International Harvester company
an extension of sixty days from date
for the taking of their testimony in
the custer suit brought against the
company by the state under the anti
trust laws.
It is expected that this will be am
pie time to finish all the evidence,
which is being taken for the supreme
court by Special Master H. E. Ganse.
Earl Evens, attorney for the Inter
national, who was in Topeka to ar
range for the extension, said: "I ex-
pect that we will resume taking testi-
mony next week at Kansas City. We
want to have witnesses brought there
from Topeka and st. Joseph, and finish
up these three cities at one session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
ROAD THAT ISN'T A ROAD.
Owners of Proposed Gulf. P1ainviIle s.
Northern in Doubt About Taxes.

N. F. Shaw, secretary of the Gulf,
Plainvil1e &, Northern railroad, ex-
tending from Larned north through
Rush, Ellis, Rocks and Phillips coun-
ties to Almena, Norton county, came
before the state tax commission today
with a peculiar complaint.
Mr.. Shaw's railroad is largely paper,
but he wanted to know what to do
about the real property which the rail-
road company owns.
This real property consists of about
20 miles of graded right of way in
Rocks county, and a considerable por-
ton of ungraded right of way. The
contractor who built this right of way
has never been paid, it is said, and
therefore the company is little
doubtful whether it really owns the
grade. Some of the land upon which
the grade is built is merely under con-
tract for deed when the line is COM
pleted. Other land over which the
road runs was decided to the company
outright.
Of course the company has no cars,
locomotives, depots or anything of that
sort, for such 1uxuries are entirely I'M
necessary when a company owns moth
ing but a pile of dirt, and is somewhat
doubtful about that.
The tax commission told Mr.. Shaw
to report on all the real estate owned
by his company, on the amount of
grade owned, and leave everything
else in the report blank.
It isn't likely that the Gulf, Plain
vile & Northern will have to pay very
much taxes. Mr.. Shaw says that the
right of way and the grade of the
projected line are not
fenced, and that the farmers are using
it all for farm land anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
ELECTS A DEMOCRAT.
Des Moines Holds First Election Under
the Commission Plan.

Des Moines, Ia, March 31.-Returns
from yesterdays municipal election,
the first held under the new commits
sion plan of government indicate the
election of former Police Judge A. J..
Mathis. Democrat for mayor. and
John Macvickar, Wesley Ash, John l..
Hammery and Charles Schramm for
councilmen.
MacV1ckar is secretary of the Amer
lean League of municipalities; Ash is a
coal miner and had the backing of Or
ganized labor.
A. J. Mathis was one Of the oppon-
ents of the new plan at the time of its
adoption and his majority over the
commission plan candidate will exceed
5000.
The union labor vote was a large fac
tor in the opposition victory.
The commission plan of government,
as provided for Des Moines by special
act of legislature in 1907, was adopted
by the people last spring. The ticket
elected headed by Police Judge Mathis,
opposed the adoption of the plan at
that time. With the exception of John
men elected are all office holders at
this time. The defeated candidates ara
the men who worked for and secured
the adoption of the plan.
The plan provides for a nonpartisan
commission consisting of a mayor and
four commissioners, who have entire
charge Of municipal affairs and ap-
point all other municipal officers. The
commissioners hold office two years.
The plan provides for the initiative and
plan provides for the initiative and
referendum and does away with police
and fire commission, library trustees
and park commissioners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
DAWSON DENIES IT.
Didn't Say He Was Planning War
Against Unions.

In a recent issue of the Broadway
Magazine, an article was written by
Herbert N Casson concerning the war
on the trusts which is being made
by the attorney generals of the west
ern states.
In this article. John S. Dawson. as
s1stant attorney general for Kansas is
quoted as saying that the state of
Kansas is not only going to go after
the corporations. but is going to
prosecute the labor unions and farm
ers cooperative organizations on the
antitrust laws.
Mr.: Dawson said today in speaking
OF this alleged interview:
Mr.. CasSon came to see me, and evil
GENTLY wanted me very much to make
such statement as he quoted me as
making. I soon discovered by talk
ing to him, that he was hostile to US,
and seemed to be planning to write a
magazine article friendly to the cor
poratfons. Hence 1 did not discuss
the matter very extensively with him.
When he asked me whether or not it
was our duty to go after the labor
unions and the farmers organizations,
l said:
When we get all these corpora
tons and unlawful combinations of
the trust species entirely smashed to
pieces and eliminated from the map,
1t Will be plenty of time to talk about
investigating the labor unions and the
farmers. 1 do not anticipate we will
get around to that for about century
and a half
upon that statement Mr.: Casson
quotes me as saying that we are about
to begin an active war on the labor
unions and farmers cooperative in
stitutions.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
NELSON AND ATTELL READY.
Both Men in Shape for the Battle With
Betting Even.

San Francisco, March 31.-Betting
on the Abe Attel1-Battling Nelson
fight continues at even money. It is
seldom, indeed, that opinions are SO
equally divided as to the result of
ring bout. AS a medium of specula-
ton and an event of promise, the affair
is looked upon as one of the best
matches arranged in San Francisco in
many year. Reports from the train
ing camps report the men in the best
possible condition. Neither Attell nor
Nelson did any work Monday after
noon. Nelson is drying out and be-
1ieves that he will be a good pound
under 1872 pounds when he goes to the
scales at 6 o'clock this evening. Attell
has no drying out to do, but on the
contrary is trying to increase his
weight by a couple of pounds.
Atte1l will be looked after by his
brother in tonight's bout. Nelson is
trying to secure the services of Tim
McGrath and will probably succeed. A
force of carpenters are still at work
at the arena in the Coliseum. Sam
Berger declares it will be the finest
prize fight pavilion in the United
States. 1t will seat about $500 per-
sons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
MOURNERS WENT ARMED
Funeral of Charles Wycl1liffe Held at
the Family Home.

Muskogee. Okla, March 31.-The
funeral of Charles Wyckliffe, the no.
torious Indian outlaw, long sought by
the authorities and who was shot and
killed by his brother Thomas in fam
lily quarrel was held at the Wyckliffe
home, 90 miles east Of Prior creek,
late yesterday. Thomas and John
Wyckliffe, brothers. attended the fu-
neral as did many friends of the
family.
The three outlaws have been sought
for three years by the Oklahoma Off
GERS for murders and other crimes and
their whereabouts were only learned
when the murder of Charles became
known. The mourners yesterday were
all heavily armed, but the officers
made no attempt to interfere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
MIR. BONE rs AT HOME.
Says I'll. III. Tucker Has Secured Large
Sums by Mail.

tucker has been taking in, accord
ing to his own statement, about $1,000
day from the mails" said H. j.
Bone, United States district attorney,
who returned Sunday from Washing
ton, where the federal authorities is
sued a fraud order against Tucker,
holding up all matter in the mails di-
recte0 to him. "Since last summer he
has procured about $4,000 in this
way, in part for a defense fund. and
for what he claims, to carry on the
work of the Uncle Sam Oil company.
He has been telling the people that
they will be ready to make a million
dollars just as soon as they finish
building their pipe line and construct
wax plant. It's seductive talk and a
good many put up, trying to protect
what they have got in already"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
SMALLPOX IN LIGHT FORM.
Ten Cases Are Now Under Quaran-
tine in Topeka.

Ten cases of smallpox are under
quarantine in the city-three more
cases being reported Monday.
Six of the cases are at the city de-
tention hospital while the remaining
number are under quarantine at their
homes.
The home of M. F. Southwick at
427 Topeka avenue, family by the
name of Lyndecker at 524 Tyler
street, and Miss Sarah Douglas at
1902 Kansas avenue, were all sub
jected to quarantine.
The disease is in its lighter form
and does not present anything parti-
cularly alarming, though the small
pox has prevailed to a larger extent
this winter and spring than last year.
A family by the name of Null at
723 Quincy street was quarantined for
chickenpox.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
ADJUSTMENTS
Blanche walsh on Friday.

A domestic drama of untold power is
1.-THE Kreutzer Sonata the vehicle in
which Wagenhals and Kemper will
present the foremost actress of the
day, Blanche Walsh, in this city at the
Grand on Friday evening. Jacob Cor
din is the author and it is unquestion-
ably one of the biggest plays of human
interest our stage has known in years.
The purpose of the play is to illustrate
the possible crimes that may be attrib-
uted to racial prejudice and the ten
dency of domestic ties to degenerate
when the younger generation is sud
denly bereft of the conditions which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
Il. A. HENRY is NAMED.
He Is Appointed Probate Judge of
Ottawa County.

A. Henry probate judge of Ottawa
county to succeed Judge J. w. Barker,
who died on March %. Mr.. Henry
lives in Minneapolis, and his appoint
ment was recommended by Repre-
sentative j. T. White, A. P. Riddle, J.
C. Gafford, state accountant, and about
twenty city and county officers. There
was no opposition to Mr.. Henry's ap-
pointment
Governor Hoch has not yet taken
action in the matter of the appoint
ment of a sheriff for Barber county.
The rival candidates were to send in a
lot of endorsements for the office, but
thus far the endorsements have failed
to show up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
Child Fen in Boiling Soap.

Emporia. March 81. - Amanda
Doemsch, the Sand -half-year-old
daughter of Rev and Mrs. K. T.
Doemsch. who live seven miles south
west of Olpe, died from injuries re-
ceived Saturday night from falling
into a tub of boiling soap. Mrs.
Doemsch had poured the hot soap
from a boiler into a tub on the floor
when the little girl, who was playing
in the room, tripped and fell into the
scalding mixture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
Child Killed by a Train.

Newton, March 31.-Eight-year-ol
Fritz Whitman, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fritz Whitman who live just east
of the crossing of the Missouri Pacific
and Santa Fe railroads. was run over
by an out going Santa Fe freight train
Sunday and an hour later died from
the injuries. The train dragged the
child a hundred yards before he was
released.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
Driven Into street by Fire.

Chicago, March 31.-Members of 60
families were driven into the street to-
day by fire which destroyed a four
story brick apartment building in
North Clark street and Aldine avenue.
Nearly a score of women were rescued
by the firemen- The property loss is
in the neighborhood Of $4,000,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
For Burglary. 27 Years.

New York, March 31.-Judge William
P. Plat, in the county court yesterday
at White Plains, sentenced James Har-
Ian. one of the burglars who masquer-
AIDED as yachtsman in evening clothes
and committed Is robberies in New
Rochelle. Mount Vernon and Yonkers
to 27 years in Sing Sing prison. This is
the heaviest sentence ever imposed on
a burglar in West Chester county
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
Cnhans in a Mutiny.

Rio Janeiro, March 31.-Five hun
bred Cubans, who recently left Santi-
ago on board the steamer Amanda for
Brazil, where they We're to be put at
work on the construction of the new
railrad running between Brazil and
Bolivia, have mutinied at Para. They
declare that they were badly treated
and will not continue the trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
Express Rates Reduced.

Indianapolis, March 31.-Express
rates in Indiana are reduced on an
average of between 10 and IL per
cent in an opinion and order issued
today by the Indiana railroad COM
mission. The new schedule is to be
adopted by express companies within
80 days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
Blanche Walsh, Who Will Be Seen in
'"The KreutZer Sonata on Friday.

surround it's childhood. In this play
Miss Walsh scored a most pronounced
triumph at the Manhattan theater,
New York, and later at the Herald
Square theater in the same city. The
cast which surrounded her then and
the entire original production are an
nounced by Wagenhals and Kemper
for the appearance in this city. Mr..
William Wadsworth, a Topeka boy.will
be seen in the cast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
LILLIAN Russell in .syyi,dfire,

Lillian Russell, who has had the rep
utation for years of being one of the
most beautiful women on the Ameri-
can stage, if not the most beautiful,
will appear in Topeka for the first time
on Saturday night when she will be
seen at the Grand in a stirring racing
play called 'Wildfire." This drama is
by George Broadhurst and George v.
Hobart and is rated as one of the best
plays that has been produced in years.
Miss Russell's company includes Will
Archie, Howard Gould, Hugo Toland,
John D. O'Hara, Morgan Wallace, Gil
bert Douglas, Harry G. Stafford, Nor
gan Thorpe, Frank Andrews, Susanna
Leonard Westford, Genevieve Cliff and
Herbert Corthell.
big Hearted JIM" western play
by William L. Roberts which is some
what different from the plays of the
usual western type, will be presented
at the Grand On Thursday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
TROOPS Prevented Trouble,

Washington, March 31.-Imminence
of violence by the striking miners at
the Treadwell, Alaska, mine, seems to
have been averted by the arrival of the
troops ordered there last week. The
war department today received dis
patch from Captain James Bayliss,
commanding Company F, of the Tenth
infantry, reporting his arrival with his
men and adding that everything was
quiet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31

H o. Austin reported to the police
a case of a man rooming at Fifth and
Monroe streets who has, according to
the statements of several women who
pass that place, been in the habit of
exposing himself indecently when they
pass. When a man passes the fellow
keeps out of sight, they say. If
witness can be induced to appear
against this man with direct evidence,
he will likely be arrested and tried for
the offense, which is a serious one.
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enworth.

Albert Van Note, a small boy about
Il or Ii years old, gave himself up to
an officer last night at the Rock Island
depot and asked to be taken in charge
until his folks from Kansas City, Kan,
could come after him. He said he had
run away from home The lad COR
fessed at the station this morning that
he had run away from home for the
reason that his parents whipped him
because he would not go to school
His brief experience as runaway has
already convinced him that there is
no place on earth like home, sweet
home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
prairie Is Still Aground.

Philadelphia, Pa. March 31.-The United
States cruiser Prairie. which grounded in
the Delaware river at the League Island
navy yard Saturday while outward bound
for Cuba. is still fast today. Part of the
supply of coal will be removed today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31
INDIAN The CLUE.
Police Follow One and Make a Big
Haul

Detectives Sauls and Hutton saw an
Indian enter the rooming house at 326
Kansas avenue this morning at an
early hour, and knowing that this
the aborigines who went there for
booze, kept close watch on the place.
They finally effected an entrance and
from the hall heard sounds of revelry
and the unmistakable EXPLANATIONS that
accompany crap game in the different
rooms. The gang got on to the Off
GERS presence and covered up" as
quickly as possible. The officers put in
a call for the patrol wagon and Chief
Eaton and three policemen responded.
Eight men and a woman were found as
inmates of this unsavory house. Also
box of freshly emptied beer bottles
and a flask of whisky taken from the
Indian. The whole bunch and the
ton where the prisoner gave the fol-
lowing names to the sergeant: John
Muir, keeper of the house, Vene Fuller,
Ed Jackson, o. P. Jimmerson, Bert
Argo, c. Vanseiver, Miles Mcbride, Joe
Mack. The woman claimed to be the
wife of Muir and gave her name as
Mrs. E. w. Muir. The charges of being
keeper and inmates of a disorderly
house and maintaining a nuisance
were lodged against the prisoners and
they were committed to trial
This makes the sixth disorderly
house and nuisance raided by the po-
lice within the past few days. The
signs point plainly to a rocky road
ahead for these dives and resorts.
Chief Eaton reasons that no place
where a tough" gang congregates
should be allowed to remain open any
length of time. It is not the mischief
they do on the premises that is to be
feared, but the crimes that are planned
in these places. Break up the resorts
of criminals and they scatter and leave
town or are much easier to control
Without a nest their capacity for or
ganization and mischief is reduced to
the minimum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31

John G. Burch, who was picked up
last night by the police on the charge
of being a deserter, is still being held,
awaiting word from the post at Leav-
enworth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-31

The trials in police court Of Dick and
Mary Hoffman and Bob Campbell
charged with maintaining a nuisance,
are set for April 2. B. Adams and Eta
Bailey will be tried on the same charge
April 9.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-03
Seasonable Petticoats

AtS3.8S- Taffeta, in popular shades
and black; deep fiounce with stitching.
o. clusters OF plai,s; perca,iae underlay.
At 81 - Black nlerccr;zed safe en-;
deep founce with pllits ard small
ruf'e.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-03
SECRET DYNAM'T|NG
SAVES PINE BLUFF
Federal Government Detied
by Flood Sufferers of City
in Arkansas.

FINE BLUFF. Ark, Dec. Radical
ana determined methods were used by
unknown paroles last night to divert the
SWIFT current Of the Arkansas River
from the banks at Pine Bluff. Through
out the night loud explosions shook the
city, dynamite being freely used in an
attempt to save threatened property.
To-day moro than one hundred yards nf
the point of lard opposite Pine Blun
known as Boyd's Point, including
!our-room residence. had disappeared.
The river is NOW sweeping past the
city in a wider channel and is pressing
With less force on the endangered
banks.
There las been practically no other
GLANCE IN the hood situation Beginning
to-day a rapid tall in the river is ex-
pected The courthouse annex and
Hotel jefferson, which were Yesterday
regarued to lie in danger Of collapse are
intact to-day.
General orders lad been issued to the
police to permit no dynam!tiEg. but it
wis impossible fer these officers to
cross the river last night. In Pine Hlun
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WOMEN SAVE TWO
IN BURNING FLAT

Iilda, -four. and Sadie. three years oil,
two of the four children OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Gottlleh, who live on the
third floor of the tenement 1t Nos. a.
80 East One Hundred and Twelfth
street. We're rescued from death to-daE
after they and their small brothers had
set fire to their home.
The boys are Arthur, ten, and Sam
uel. six years old When Mrs, Gottlicb
went TO market this morning she LETT
the two little girls in charge of the
boys She had not been gone long when
Arthur and samuel rushed into the
hallway. crying, Fire
The warning brought twenty families
cut in "A stampede. the majority of them
rushing down past the smoking hallway.
The boys cried out that their little sis
tiers were in the burning fiat, but no one
needed them until Mrs. Ida Cooper and
Miss May Lager reached the landing.
They groped their way through the
smoke. to the bedroom where they found
the bed in flames ard the two uncon-
scious children Oh the door. Beth lii;
tie girls were slightly scorched and
" ouid nave been burned to death had
not the two young women rescued
them. They revived quickly, however,
and surgeon pronounced them UNI
hurt The firc was cXtinguishsd before
il could get beyond the Gottlieb flat.
Arthur and Samuel denied that they
had played with matches, but were un-
certain whether their little sisters had
started q bonfire in the bedroom.