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New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
CHINESE PREMIER ATTACKED.

What's been going on across the water?"
asked Busy Man.
IAN unsuccessful attempt was made in
Peklng to assassinate Premier Yuan Shih-
kai. The would-be assassins, instead Of
striking the object OF their attack. threw
tho bomb among his escort, killing two
soldiers and injuring large number OF by.
ISLANDERS. The perpetrators Of the deed were
executed by strangulation. II is affirmed
that an edict VIII soon be issued In PekinS
not only announcing the abdication of the
dynasty, but decreeing the establishment OF
republic, the people to elect president.
In this way It Is believed that the nation
will regard the republic as legitimately sue
ceeding the monarchy by Imperial Will. II
IL confidently expected also that the repub-
lican leaders at Nsnking Will recognize
| Yuan Shih-kafs paramount claim 10 the
presidency. as he alone commands a pow
erful following of both Manchus and Chi
| nese. II is understood that Yuan Shih-kli
has referred the proposed abdication Of the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

preme Court Justice Alfred Reed. OF Reeds
Manor: Chester Van Cleef. an automobile
salesman: Miss Helen Alulvey, Miss Mar
garet Tindall and Miss Annie Guboski.
''Enraged because she would not marry
him. John Il. Edwards. a clerk shot and
killed Mrs. Minnie L. kuster, q widow In
her furnished room house, IN West Id
street. lie then put bullet into his brain
Death was almost instantaneous IN botn
cases.
The bodies OF Battalion Chief William j.
Walsh and William Campion. captain Oh
the watchmen for the Mercantile safe De
posit Company. were found in the ruins of
the Equitable Building.
DYNAMITE PLOT REPORTED.
There was much violence in Lawrence
Mass. where about thirty thousand textile
workers are on strike. The ugly spectre OF
the dvnaInit,r came into the case when inc
existence of n plot TO assassinate Governor
E'oSs and one other man, who stands high
I'm textile circles. and TO wreck with dyna-
mite the police station, the armorE' tue
city Hall and the cotton mills was ui''
closed 20 the police. ,,.
.'It was announced that Mrs. Nlllah.
Ramp. known 10 the music loUnS puoue u
two continents as Nine. Schumanh-he'nh'
would seek a divorce from her nusoano'
William Rapp. jr.. twelve years heF !uh'o''
The pair separated some time ago
Mrs. oliver Cromwell OF Washington
WAS married IN that city TO +. T. stotse
bury the fnancier. OF Philadelphia. ull's
10 the bride are said to have totailed So'V"'
90 In value. including 100000 worm VI
securities and diamond and sapphire
necklace valued at slOc,oco from Mr. stores
hurry ana a $4,000 necklace from D. r
Morgan. with whom Mr.. stotes6uTy ~
scciated I'm business
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
THE DEATH LIST OF A WEEK.

Have any well known persons passed
away in the last week. inquired Busy
Man.
Henry Laboucherc, founder aud editor
of "rhc London Weekly Truth died at his
villa In Florence. Eugene Kelly, son of the
late Eugene Kelly. who founded tho bank
ing company bearing his name died at mis-
house In this city. Brigadier General Will
fam Smith l.. s. A., retired. died at his
home I'm Pelham Manor, Westchester, from
pneumonia lie was eighty years old.
Brigadier General William Benjamin Ma
son, retired died at his home, In Jersey
CITY after an Illness Of six months. lis
served in the Sth New Jersey Volunteers
during the civil War.
Joseph NJ Won RadowtZ, formerly GER
man Ambassador I'm Constantlnoplo ana
Madrid. died In Berlin. The Rev Or, John
b. Morgan, rector OF the American Church
Of the Holy Trinity In Paris, France. died
in that city. Or. William Newton Clarke
professor OF theology at Colgate University
for nearly Afty years. died at his winter
home, at Deland. Fla.
George Brooke, the oldest ironmaster In
Pennsylvania In point of continuous busi-
ness and Berks County's wealthest clt-
zon, died at his home. in Birdsborc, aged
uinety-four years. Thomas II. Shevlin, OF
Minneapolis. millionaire lumberman and for
many years prominent I'm tho Northwest.
died In Pasadena, Cal. Ira Webb died at
McDonough, y. Y, aged l05 years. Mr..
Webb was the oldest voter Of New York
State.
Mrs Mary j. Muncill. wealthy woman
OF Hartford, Conn, died at her home there
loved and mourned by scores OF institutions
and individuals TO whom she was a gem
orous and unostentatious benetactress. She
was the daughter of Gail Borden, promi-
nent In New York City nifty years ago
William Henry Breen, "A Deputy Assistant
District Attorney and son OF city Magfs-
trate Breen. died in 81. Luke's Hospital
this city. Edward Dwight Shepard. whose
company was put out OF its magnificent
Offices at No. 81 Nassau street following its
failure for several millions In August, 1909,
fell dead In front OF the Astor House from
heart dlsease We're Goldthwaite. widely
known for his skill In the law and also as
the husband OF the soprano singer Ellen
Beach Yaw. died In Rochester
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
NOTED BOSTON HOTEL BURNED.

Fire that endangered the lives OF three
hundred guests and about thirty employees
many OF whom We're carried TO the street
down ladders, destroyed the Revere House,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
TO MERGE RICHES
Trust Company to Be Formed
VIII Be Greatest.
Neither Standard Oil Nor Nor
gan Behind 1t.
DID HELP DURING PANIC
Large Money Interests RiSked
Wealth to Stop 1t.
What VIII Honey Trust InVeS-
tigatiOn Consist Of!

New York March 16.-When the
Broad way the Savoy and the Flatbusil
trust institutions are merged, as they
undoubtedly will be in the course of a
few months. with possibly one or two
other trust institutions added to the
merger, it will be said that one great
merger of trust institutions has been
ACCOMPLISHED by interests not identl-
fed either with the Standard Oil or
the Morgan group. Affiliated, at least
through community of interest and
friendly association, with the greater
trust institution which will be created
by this merger is to be one national
bank which, possibly, may take TO 1t
self one or two others
In comparison with the figures which
snow the direct and indirect financial
control exercised by the socalied Nor
gan and Standard Oil groups this new
combination of national banks ana
trust institution interests will make
small showing. Yet it will be sut1t-
cient to prove that it is practically inn
possible for any one or two banking
groups in New York city or elsewhere
to get command of all of the banking
resources of New York
Many persons profess to believe that
the time is not far distant when al
most all of the financial power of the
world will be brought into the control
Of a single international group. If that
time ever comes. the concentration of
the worlds banking capital and re-
sources into a few hands Will probably
not follow an attempt of the world s
great bankers to secure such monopoly,
but will be due to the natural tendency
of money to flow toward great financial
centers One of the arguments made
use of by the league of business men
whose headquarters are at Chicago
and of which John V. Farwell is pres1-
dent in favor Of remodeling our ma
tional banking and currency systems IS
that this can be done in such manner
as permanently and absolutely to pre-
vent any monopolistic control of bank
ing capital and resources in the United
States. 1t has also been assumed ~
some of those who are members of this
league that our present national bank
ing and currency system does tend to
facilitate the bringing into a few hands
of much of the banking resources of the
country. Behind this statement is al.
the meaning that is conveyed by the
expression, the money trust"
One of the complaints made by those
who assert that much of the banking
capital and resources of the United
three groups arises from the fact that
these groups are alleged to be so pow
erfuI that they are able to lend very
large amounts of money upon call. 1t
has sometimes been said that the
Standard Oil party has not infrequent-
" loaned as much as a hundred mil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
TAFT'S TRIP NORTH.
The President Will Spend Two Days
in New England.

Washington. March 16.-Final ar
rangements for President Taft's trip
to Boston and New Hampshire have
been made at the White House The
president will leave Washington on
Sunday night, arriving in Boston early
Monday morning.
Nine engagements, including break
fast with the mayor and city officials,
an address to the Massachusetts, legis-
Iatl1re and a review of the st. Patrick S
day parade will make the presidents
day in Boston a busy one.
Mr. Taft will spend the night in Bos-
ton and leave for New Hampshire on
Tuesday morning. He will. speak in
Nashua. Manchester and Concord. Re-
turning to Boston on Tuesday night,
he will stop long enough to drop in
the banquet of the New England Street
Railway club.
Leaving Boston on Tuesday night,
he is due in Washington on Wednes-
day morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
GATHERING OF CLAN.
Big Meeting of Roosevelt Boomers in
New York.

New York, March 16.-What was per-
haps the most important meeting of the
leaders of the Roosevelt campaign yet
held took place last night. The con-
ference extended late into the night
but those who participated in it said
they could make no definite announce
ment of the plans.
Colonel Roosevelt recently sent out a
call, as a result of which there are as
sembled in New York virtually all Oh
the prominent figures in the movement
who could attend. Colonel Roosevelt
met his aides at the home of his cousin
J. West Roosevelt.
Those present were Senator Dixon,
Colonel RocseNelt's campaign mana
ger; Willial. /. Ward, Republican ma
tional committeeman from New York !;
Walter Brown. chairman of the Re
publican state central committee of
Ohio; Governor H. S. Hadley, of Mis-
souri,; Governor w. E. Glasscock, of
West Virginia; George W. Perkins,
Henry L. Stoddard and Frank A. Nun
sey, of New York; Albert J. Beveridge,
former United States senator from In
diana; Alexander H. Reven of Chi
cago, chairman of the national ROose-
Welt committee, and Thomas Med
ringhaus, of St. Louis.
This is a gathering of the clan"
said Colonel Roosevelt. Senator Dix
on wanted to consult me about any
speeches I might make during the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
HE REFUSES mp"
Kansas Editor Shot to Death
by Barber.
III. C.. Busenbark Declined to
Drink Before Wrestling.

Belpre Kan, March 16.-RefusaI to
to take a drink of whisky with the town
barber cost the life of H. c. Busenbark,
editor of the Belpre Bulletin. H. c. Ben
nett, who did the shooting, stood at bay
in the opera house an hour but he
in his shirt sleeves and there was no
fire he capitulated to the cold and was ar
rested.
Bennett and Busenbark,< together with
Charles Alexander and w. w. Alexander.
went TO the opera house to wrest1e. Ben
nett had a bottle of whisky in his pocket,
and he suggested "a nip" before the bout.
Busenbark refused and the shooting be-
gan. Benefits first shot struck the edi-
tor The Alexanders then clinched with
the barber and the three other shots were
fired. One of them struck Charles Alex
ander and slightly wounded him.
Bennett, after the shooting, announced
that he would not be taken alive, and
the Alexanders withdrew, carrying then
wounded. A heavy north WIND was car
rying clouds of snow through the town
and there was no heat in the opera house
so the officers waited for him to change
his mind about resisting arrest.
When he came out he was shivering
with cold and ready to surrender. He was
taken to KinsleY for trial.
lilies Busenbark was popular in the
community. There had been no previous
trouble between the two men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
SUGAR BILL PASSES.
Murdock and Young of Kansas Vote
With the Democrats.

Washington. March 16.-The Demo-
cratic free sugar bill passed the house
1913 to 103. Its passage was helped by
"a Republican votes. although this was
offset by the DETECTION of seven Demo-
cratic votes against the bill by mem
bers from Louisiana and Colorado. At
the last moment Representative Martin.
one of the Colorado members, blocked
an attempt to fix plans for considera-
ton of the excise tax bill which,
through taxation of incomes, is expect
ed to make up the revenue lost by the
free sugar measure.
Republicans who supported the meas
ure were: Representatives Anderson,
Davis, Lindburg. Miller. Nye, STEINER
son and Volstead (Minn.). Good, Ken
dali and Woods Oa.), Murdoch a3d
Young CKanO. Hanna and Helgeson IN
D.. LaFollette and Warburton CWash. }.
Mckenzie and Prince Oll), Cary wis }.
Dyer (Mo.). Rowland 90, Kent (Cal),
Lafferty (Ore.), Norris (Neb.) and Sells
fTenn.) }.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
DANGER PERIOD
OFW0MANS'LIFE
FROM IS to so
Interesting Experience of Two
Women-Their Statements
Worth Reading.

Asheville, N. c." I suffered for years
with female trouble while going through
the Change of Life. l tried local ply
stefan for a couple of years without any
substantial benefit. Finally after re-
peated suggestions to try Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, l quit my
physician and commenced using it with
the happiest results. l am today prac-
ticaliy well woman and anxious to con-
tribute my mite towards inducing others
to try your great medicine, as am fully
persuaded that it will cure the ailments
from which / suffered If given a fair
chance.
eff you think this letter will contrib
ute anything towards further introducing
your medicines to afflicted women who
are passing through this trying period,
it is with great pleasure | consent to its
publication. - Mrs. JULIA A. MOORE,
IL East St., Asheville, N. C.
The Case of Mrs. Kirlin.
Circleville, Ohio.-ttI can truthfully
say that never had anything do me SO
much good during Change of Life as Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Before I had taken one half bottle
of it I began to feel better, and / have
continued taking it. My health is better
than it has been for several years. If
all women would take it they would es-
cape untold pain and misery at this time
of life. - Mrs. ALICE KIRLN, 358 w.
Mill St., Circleville, Ohio.
The Change of Life is one of the most
critical periods of woman's existence.
Atsuch timeswomen may rely upon Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
COMES DOWN
The Balloon Comes to Earth in the
Ozark Mountains.

Salem, Mo-, March 16.-The balloon
"Buckeye l." in which ]. H. Wade,
Jr, of Cleveland, set out from san
Antonio as pilot Wednesday night in an
attempt to break the worlds record
for long distance flight, landed in q
remote section of the Ozark mountains,
"a miles from Salem, at o'clock Thur
day afternoon A heavy snoWstorln
compelled the landing.
Wade and his aide, Thomas Cook o.
San Antonio, spent the night in d
mountain cabin and walked to Salem
next day. When it was decided to come
to earth. Wade estimates that he was
at an altitude of 1900 feet. In de-
scending the balloon struck a tree top
on a mountain side, but neither aeron-
ant was hurt, nor was the balloon dam
aged During the journey ground was
sighted only twice and the balloon
Travelled through several rain and
snoWstorms-
e65 miles, 81 miles short of the Lahm
cun record. The worlds record is L.
1913 miles
Wade told the story of his long trip
through storm clouds. He said:
I'VE rose above San Antonio in
heavy atmosphere and for the first
100 miles our course was due northeast.
We then found we were about to en-
counter g. rainstorm and went above
it by throwing out ballast until VIC
arose to a height of 1900 feet.
THE storm broke below us and the
clouds were so dense above and below
morning we descended to 1000 feet and
from the appearance of the country
thought we were above the Ozarks, SO
landed"
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campaign. 1 am not to undertake a
long speech making trip. We are
here to talk over Just where it is nee
essary for me to speak"
Colonel Roosevelt said he was spec
tally DESTROYS of making as few
speeches as possible. He would give
no inkling of the decision reached.
In a statement given out at the
Roosevelt headquarters Senator Dixon
declared the list u instructed GeiS-
gates given out by the Taft campaign
managers was misleading. las a mat
ter of cold fact he said, taking the
entire list of southern delegates so far
named in Mississippi, South Carolina.
Alabama and Virginia it is my candid
belief that today instead of the 100 dele
gates claimed by the Taft managers as
instructed, they do not have more than
81. For instance, in New Mexico, of the
eight delegates elected last week, six of
them are for Roosevelt.
When the Republican states of the
northwest get into action it will tell the
real story of the Roosevelt and Taft
strength
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
W. W. WISE is HELD.
School Teacher Charges Him With
Serious Crime.

Jewell City, Kan. March 1e.-w. W.
Wise is held at Mankato in the county
Jail for statutory offense, alleged by a
young woman school teacher. Wise has
wife and four children at Jewell City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16


Mr.. FARRELL stated at the Success
Club meeting last Tuesday night.
speaking of the large numbe of
Dougherty Folks with the Santa Fe,
that there are six in the department
with which he is Immediately con-
nected.
The Practical Talk this week was
given by Dean VIM. r. Arthur of the
Washburn Law School. who is one or
the directors of Dougherty's Business
College. He defined the word ''prac-
teal as capable of being applied TO
some useful end THE main reason
for the special training of business
school or a law school" he said, lis
the saving of time that it means in
preparation for practical work, Mr.
Dougherty'S phenomenal success is
due to the fact that he got hold of an
idea, an aspiration. and nothing has
been able to shake him loose from it,
Mr.. Dougherty's new shorthand
reader No. A. in the Shorthand for
Everybody Series" is just off the
pres. Price so cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
TRADE IS BROADENING
Improvement Is Noted in Dry Goods,
Iron and Steel.

New York, March 16.-R. G. Dun &
Company's Weekly Review of Trade
says:
Business activity is undoubtedly
widening, while business sentiment,
alike in industrial, mercantile and
financial circles is becoming distinctly
more optimistic. This betterment is
voiced in the reports from all leading
cities. The best exhibit is made by the
dry goods and iron and steel trades,
and these trades are SO fundamental
to general business prosperity that
their marked improvement is especial
~ significant.
Notable sales of print cloths have
been made and all cotton goods are
active with advances in prices in GER
tain lines. Mills are well supple
with orders and the trade generally is
beginning to exhibit striking contrast
to the depression that existed last year.
Leather is advancing and hides are
strong. The copper market has been
unfavorably affected by the statistics
showing a large increase in produc-
ton in February and also by the Brit
ish coal strike. It is significant, how
over, that business sentiment in Eng
land is improving, Notwithstanding
this strike. In this country the an
thracite coal trade is unsettled by the
continued negotiations over the labor
question but this has stimulated con-
siderable current buying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?
The Handsomest Man in California Is
Missing.

Chicago March 16.-The Chicago
police have been asked to aid in a
search for Nathan P. Session, describ-
ed as "the handsomest man of Cali
fornia' who disappeared from his
home in San Bernerdino February IL
He is said to have purchased a ticket
for Chicago under the name of Samuel
p Newton shortly before leaving his
wife and family in California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
INJURED BEFORE BIRTH
Child Three Months Old Sues a Street
Car Company.

ST. Louis. March 1e.-Helen c. Bextram
three months old, has filed suit here
against the local street railway company
asking damages for injuries received be-
fore her birth.
car in which her mother was riding
struck wagon and the driver held up a
hand from which the fingers were miss
ing The sight of the deformed hand
came into the mothers vision at the same
time she experienced the fright OF the
shock. The child was born without fin
gers on its right hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

Bradstreet's bank clearings report for
the week ending March IA shows an ag-
gregate of s., 101 SOS 900 as against So ST.
1876, 600 last week and $3,079 769, coo in the
corresponding week last year. The fol-
lowing is a list of the cities: Pet. Pct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
WANTS FUEL
No Trains on Burr Oak Branch Since
Monday.

SeweIl City, Kan. March 16--There has
been no train service on the Burr Oak
branch of the Missouri Pacific since last
Monday. Randall, town eight miles
east of here, is having a coal famine and
calling on neighboring towns for coal
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-10-31

Drop in at Jess Paxton's and play
a game of box ball It's the best
sind of exercise.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-10-31
inconsistency

The inconsistency OF some people
becomes especially prominent when
they aspire to political office. and we
submit that the Inconsistency Of Mr.
George A. Bartlett in declaring for
a non-partisan judiciary is exceed
ingly prominent.
The Republican press throughout
the State are emphatic in their dec
iaration Of the ability OF MIR. Bart
lett, upon the ground that he has
practiced law for nineteen years. but
one eve heard OF him declaring for
a non-partisan judiciary until he be-
came a candidate? Mr.. Bartlett's
ability as a lobbyist in the halls o.
the legislature is of State Iepute, and
yet no member of the Legislature
ever heard Mr.. Bartlett declare him
been enacted in California and other
states prohibiting the Judicial candi-
dates from being the nominee of any
political party.
On the 22nd day OF March. 1912.
Mr.. Bartlett in a statement made to
the Reno Evening Gazette and pub
lished in that Republican press said:
Il have decided formally to m
nounce my candidacy. for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the position in
the Nevada Supreme Court, made
vacant by the retirement OF Justice
Sweeney. At first ! was inclined
not to be a candidate. but my final
decision has been largely governed
by the demands OF my friends from
all parts of the State and even should
my candidacy be unsuccessful | shall
always feel grateful for the many
expressions OF allegiance that have
come To me while | had this question
up for consideration. ! shall put up
the best fight ! know how to make.
and of this much we may be certain.
that it will be along clean lines. ]
do not vet know who the other can
didates of the Democratic ticket Will
be. but all who have so far been
mentioned are personal friends OF
mine and | have no fear OF the final
result so far as the Democratic party
as a whole in Nevada is concerned.
Where was Mr.. Bartletts non
partisan judiciary ideas when he
made this statement announcing his
candidacy through the Republican
press?
In May, 1912. the Democratic Con
y~ention met at Fallon. at which con-
v~ention Mr.. Bartlett was 4 continued
and an active worker OH the floor
and before the various committees
Of that body and never on the floor,
nor these several committees at any
time did Mr.. Bartlett proclaim HIM
self in favor either OF a resolution
or a plank, or even a suggestion Of