THE MORNING OKEGONIAN-, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1901".
TIME TO GET FACTS
Two Years to Investigate the
Railroads of Washington.
STATE AUDITORTO DOTHE WORK
Legislative Committee "Will Favors.
bly Report Snch a Bill Is to Have
Tvro Assistants and to Make
Fnll Reports.
OLTMPIA, "Wash., Feb. 25. The House
and Senate railroad committee have
agreed to report a measure making the
Etate Auditor ex-offlclo Railroad Com
missioner for the next two years, for the
purpose of ascertaining the exact con
dition of all the railroads In the state.
The bill authorizes the Auditor to employ
for the purpose a deputy, -who shall be a
railway expert, at a salary not to exceed
,1200 per month, and another deputy, who
shall not receive above $10 per day. The
bill will probably be reported tomorrow.
Under the terms of the bill it shall be
the duty of the Commissioner to ascer
tain the following facts:
"The present value or each line of rail
way situated in this state, the cost there.
of, the amount and market value of all
Incumbrances thereon the amount and
market value of the capital stock of the
company owning the same, che length and
grades thereof, the annual gross earnings
from traffic between points in this state as
distinguished from interstate business;
the actual operating expenses arising
from, the business, together with the ac
tual operating expenses of all business.
Interstate and Intrastate done In this
etate: the rates of passenger and freight
transportation on each railway between
stations in this state, tne amount and
classification of all Intrastate freight nan.
died in this state, the amount of money
It would require to reconstruct the road
bed, track, depots and structures and to
replace all the physical properties to each
railroad In the state; the amount paid
for salaries to officers of each railway
and the wages paid its employes.
The commissioner shall also ascertain
all other facts which in his judgment will
throw light on the method of operation
and reasonableness of charges on Intra
state business of each railway. The In
formation, when obtained, shall be report
ed to the Governor and the Legislature
at the opening of the next session. The
commissioner shall also make a report to
the Governor July 1, 1902. In his reports
the commissioner is expected to recom
mend such changes in railroad charges
and the correction of such other abuses
In railway management as he may deem
advisable.
It is made mandatory on the part of the
railroads to furnish the commissioner with
the Information desired. A satisfactory
reason for failure to answer any question
propounded must be given. Failure on
the part of railroad officials to comply
with this provision is made a misde
meanor, punishable by a fine of $500 for
every day of such failure after a 30-day
limit shall have expired. The commis
sioner is authorized to issue subpenas for
the attendance of witnesses. The sum
of $10,000 is appropriated for the purpose
of carrying out the provisions of the act.
RAILROADS NOT ALL. TO BLAME.
Western Washington Is IV ot Heartily
in Favor of Reduced Rates.
OLYMPIA, Feb. 25. There Is little prob
ability that the Legislature, in the short
time that remains of its session, will pass
any bill reducing freight rates on agricul
tural products. There are several reasons
why this will not be done, and a discus
sion of them is profitable, and would
prove Instructive to the rate-reduction ag
itators, if they would only study them,
which they will not do.
There is a prevalent Impression on the
east side that a wicked railroad lobby is
at work in Olympla, and that it spends
Its time seducing legislators from the path
of probity; in other words, that the Leg
islature, if left to Itself, would pass a
rate bill that would make wheat-raising
in Washington more productive than the
picking up of golden nuggets on the Klon
dike's icy ground. Such an impression is
an erroneous one.
There is a railroad lobby here, true,
.and it does get votes in divers and sun
dry ways; but the truth is that some of
the strongest opponents of rate reduction
are men whom all the aggregate wealth
of the railroads could not buy. Many of
these men represent directly or Indirectly
small farming communities on the west
side that would be injured by the lower
ing of rates. This injury would be brought
about by the ability of the extensive farm
ers on the east side, If rates were reduced,
to place their fruit and produce in the
Puget Sound markets in competition with
those of the 6mall farmers west of the
mountains. This argument Is a simple
problem In every-day arithmetic.
In the second place, many of the west
side legislators represent constituencies
that are praying for the coming of a rail
road to their community. This class of
men believe that a reduction In rates
means the retarding of railroad extension
and development, and a consequent post
ponement of the happy day when they
will have a road running to their homes.
It can easily be understood, therefore,
why members of the Legislature from
Klickitat, Clark, "Wahkiakum and other
southern counties In the state will always
be found voting against rate reduction.
Third, the Popullstlc wave which swept
over the state some four years ago has,
most happily, subsided. The people of
the state are prosperous, and now look
upon railroads as a blessing, and not as
a curse. They are opposed to harassing
the roads, and believe In allowing them a
fair, reasonable, living rate, and encour
aging them to Increase their mileage. In
stead of discouraging them.
The fact is that the agitation for rate
reduction Is coming solely from the
wheat-raisers of Eastern "Washington, and
their importunities do not awaken a re
sponsive chord in other parts of the 6tate.
To denounce the railroads, and to accuse
them of corrupting politics. Is a favorite
pastime of politicians In campaign times,
but in the end It will be found that "West
ern "Washington, the seat of population
and wealth, does not favor radical reduc
tion In rates, and were the railroad lobby
to be removed from Olympla tomorrow,
this condition would not be altered. No
man who Is not Inherently dishonest will
betray his constituency, and, while the
methods of railroad lobbyists may not at
all times meet with the approval of right
thinking citizens, one who has witnessed
the doings of a Legislature, will have lit
tle difficulty In convincing himself that
the establishment of a lobby is in line
with the old maxim, "Self-preservation Is
the first law of nature," and the railroads,
without which "Washington would be a
state of trackless forests, mountains and
deserts, uninhabited by man, have had to
fight for their very life before several
Legislature, and will probably have to
keep up the fight for some years to come.
KO CONGRESSIONAL DIVISION.
Republicans Have Concluded to Let
Present Apportionment Stand.
OLYMPIA. Feb. 25. The Republican
leaders In the Legislature have practically
concluded not to pass any Congressional
apportionment bill, and the probability Is
that the next election In this state will
witness the somewhat novel spectacle of
three Congressmen being elected at large.
The reasons for the failure to pass an
apportionment bill can be explained very
briefly. It is practically impossible to so
district the state as to prevent the elec
tlon of one Democratic Congressman. The
bill Introduced by Ulmer of Clallam pro
vided the only method 'by which the elec
tion of a Democrat could be prevented,
and TJlmer's bill is too much In the nature
of a gerrymander to be satisfactory to
the Republicans.
As has been explained In The Orcgonian
before, Ulmer proposed the division of
the state into three districts, as follows:
1. King (Seattle), Pierce (Tacoma) and
Kitsap Counties.
2. Northeastern and Northwestern
"Washington.
3. Southeastern and Southwestern
"Washington. "
All three of these districts, under ordU
nary circumstances, would be Republican,
but the second and third districts would
be long', winding, shoe-string affairs. In,
which the Interests of the people would be
conflicting, while the placing of Seattle
and Tacoma in the same district would
result in an endless fight and uproar that
would enter Into every political contest
In the state. Tacoma would be at the mer
cy of Seattle from a Congressional stand
point, and while Tacoma is not popular
in this Legislature, the members .are not
inclined to inflict cruel and unusual pun
ishment upon it.
As has been pointed out before, Eastern
"Washington, which embraces approxi
mately one-third of the population of the
state, shows a tendency to be Democratic
in the future. This Is sure to become
more marked If the Republicans conclude
not to grant the desires of the eastern
section of the state In relation to the re
duction of railroad rates. Consequently,
the formation of a district in Eastern
"Washington means probably a Democratic
Congressman.
After considering the matter from all
sides, the Republicans have about reached
the conclusion that to district the state
at this time would be Inexpedient. If
times remain good, "Western "Washington
will give sufficiently heavy Republican
majorities for many years to come to off
set any falling off of the Republican vote
on the east side, and tlhs condition will
result In the election of three Republican
Congressmen so long as they are elected
at large.
GOVERNOR VETOES MEDICAL BILL.
Purpose Was to Prevnt Practice of
Healing: ly Osteopaths.
OLYMPIA. "Wash., Feb. 25. Governor
Rogers today vetoed the measure com
monly known as the medical bill. Its pur
pose was to prevent the practice of heal
ing by osteopaths, and also to deny prac
titioners thereof the right to the tile of
"doctor." The Governor takes it that the
bill is an unwarranted Interference with
the right of the citizen to teach and pro
claim truths regarded as of the utmost
Importance to society. In his opinion, the
Indiscriminate use of drugs threatens the
ruin of the race. The treatment of the
osteopaths may be an improvement, and
he Is no wise favorable to its restriction.
His veto message was read in the House
this afternoon, and the bill made a special
order for "Wednesday, when an attempt
will be made to pass it over the veto
"To the Honorable, the House of Repre
sentativesGentlemen: I herewith return
without my approval House bill No. 101,
entitled, 'An act to amend an act to reg
ulate the practice of medicine and sur
gery, and to license physicians and sur
geons; to punish all people violating the
provisions of this act, and to repeal all
laws In conflict therewith, and declaring
an emergency, approved April 10, 1S90.
"This bill appears to be an attempt to
prevent the practice of the art of healing
by the graduates of a new school of prac
titioner known as 'osteopaths, who do
not prescribe medicines to be taken Into
the stomach, and to prevent the use of
the title of "doctor by "members of this
school. It is objected to by them and by
a large and apparently growing class of
our best and most Intelligent citizens that
the enactment into law of these provis
ions would be an unwarranted Interfer
ence with the constitutional right of the
citizen to teach and proclaim truths re
garded as of the utmost Importance to
the well-belngt of society. Such vital
truths the graduates of this .new school
claim to be in possession of and to be
able to substantiate by the most convinc
ing proofs. They argue that if their faith
is founded upon a fallacy or a falsehood
it must shortly fall of its own inherent
weakness, and ask merely a trial, that
their theories may be subjected to the
most searching tests. To this the believ
ers In free government can only reply
that If it can be shown that their teach
ings are not inimical to the public welfare
they should not be denied the opportunity
to announce their discoveries. "We can
not suppose that all of truth has yet be
come known, or that wisdom wil die with
us. Truth Is eternal, and progressive and
new truths have always risen from with
out the specially favored circles of recog
nized belief. Always It has been decried
and persecuted. Galileo recanted, It Is
true, but the truth he taught still lives.
Luther, the poor and friendless monk of
Erfurt, launched a truth upon the world,
and thrones and dynasties still totter with
the resulting conflict, Harvey, the discov
erer of the circulation of the blood, was
denounced and decried with utmost bitter
ness by the medical fraternity. Jenner,
the originator of vaccination, was regard
ed as little better than a criminal by
orthodox physicians of his time. Indeed,
it is undeniably true that the practice of
medicine and the art of healing has ad
vanced only by the Innovations of those
who were looked upon with extremest dis
favor by members of the regular schools.
Truth Is mighty, and will prevail. God
forbid that we of "Washington should at
tempt to stay Its progress.
"The word 'Doctor means, primarily,
a teacher in the dictionary it should
mean that in practice. One of the great
est, possibly the greatest, evil of our
times, Is the Indlscrimatc use of drugs,
narcotics, and Intoxicants. It threatens
the ruin of the race. Already our Jails,
our hpspltils, and our prisons are filled
with a crowd of degenerates who form
only a part of the ever increasing army
of unfortunates, Infirm of will and pur
pose, threatening by their weakness ard
consequent criminality the very existence
of civilization Itself. The nursery, the
recruiting ground of this horde of "ne'er
do wells is found in the abuse of power
ful agents sold by the druggist and pre
scribed by the physicians. No license
protects, nor can protect us from this
fruitful source of moral and soclil 111.
The physician of the regular school
called to prescribe, must prescribe. Some
drug must be administered. Possibly it
may be harmless, usually In cases not
really needing medication It is an al
coholic stimulant intended to make the
patient 'feel better for the time, or a
narcotic to deaden sensation and soothe
an excitable condition. Here Is the or
igin of the frightful evil. Among the
ancient Romans the wife whd drank wine
was regarded as a criminal and treated
as such. Even In that far off time they
had discovered that tippling mothers
meant the production of -future drunk
ards. And yet In our diy physicians
of the bluest blood and the highest at
tainments are guilty of' poisoning the
springs of life. The contents of the drug
stores are perhaps more dangerous to
the future well being of the race than
those of the saloon. 'Dope fiends' aro
thus created by thousands. Marphlne
powders administered to parents bring
forth their natural fruit even to the third
and fourth generatloh of descendants.
"Thus, a great evil theratens us; drug
gists and physicians know Its source and
lament the ever increasing demand for
narcotics and intoxicants. The wise
among them do not themselves partake.
Everybody knows that the lawyer who
pleads his own case has a fool for a
client, and object lessons are not want
ing In proof of the opinion that the
physician who takes his own pills, or the
saloonkeeker who drinks his own whisky,
will shortly heed an urgent call to go
hence and be here no more.
"If the Osteopaths can show us a better
way and deliver us, even In the smallest
dogree, from enormous, admitted and in
creasing evils, let us not deny them the
poor boon of the title of teacher, or
doctor. Respectfully submitted,
"JOHN R. ROGERS, Governor."
IN THE SENATE.
House Amendments to Reapportion
ment Bill Were Concurred in.
OLYMPIA. "Wash., Feb. 25. In the Sen
ate today the amendments of the House
to the Legislative reapportionment bill
were concurred In, and the bill sent to the
enrolling committee. It will probably be
signed by the presiding officers of both
houses tomorrow and sent to the Gov
ernor. He. has five days in which to act
upon It.
Tho Senate concurred in the House
amendments to the bill validating ac
knowledgments made in foreign countries
before Consular agents of the United
States. The Governor, It Is said, will
sign the bill.
A memorial was read from the "W. C.
T. U., of Spokane. It prays for tho pas
sage of bills to abolish tho traffic In
cigarettes, and for the abolishment of
slot machines.
The pure food bill, introduced by Sen
ator Smith, of King, was passed. It is
merely an amendment to" the law passed
two pears ago, and makes a number of
the provisions of the latter more definite
and certain.
The following other bills were passed:
Senate bill 205, making a deficiency ap
propriation of $350 for the State Board of
Health.
Senate bill 203, making an apporprlatlon
of $2000 for the stationery and desk supply
fund of the Legislature.
Senate bill 157, relating to guaranty of
delinquency certificates.
Senator Tolman of Spokane introduced
a bill providing that hereafter in cities
of the first-class 15 per cent of the voters
may petition for the submission of any
ordinance to the qualified electors of the
city, and that upon the filing of said pe
tition the City Council shall submit the
ordinance desired.
IN THE HOUSE.
Bill Favorably Reported to Reduce
Board of Audit and Control.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 25. In the House
this afternoon the Judiciary . committee
to whom was made a report recommend
ing the passage of the bill introduced by
Merritt, which provided for Ihe carrying
out of the recommendations of Governor
Rogers in his annual message. The bill
reduces the present membership of the
bord from five to three, and, provides that
tho board shall be bl-partjsan.
The bill Introduced by Ulmer of Clal
lam, which provides for the abolishment
of the present board and the placing of
their duties In the hands of an executive
council to consist of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor
and Secretary of State,
was recommended for Indefinite post
ponement by the committee. The reasons
given by the committee were not con
tained In its report, but, members stated
that the committee considered the Ulmer
bills unconstitutional In that It sought
to take away from the Governor the
control of state Institutions, which. It Is
clealmed, Is vested In ,hlm by tne con
stitution. The committee on public morals rec
ommended the. Indefinite postponement of
the bill providing for the punishment for
drunkenness In office, .and the .passage of
the bill prohibiting the use of nlckel-In-thc-slot
machines. Thje committee further
recommended the passage of a bill so
amending the present cigarette law as to
provide punishment for the smoking of
cigarettes by persons under IS years of
age.
Rosenhaupt Introduced two bills looking
to a repeal of the lajws concerning gamb
ling. One 1)111 makes' the, player equally
guilty with the dealer, t and the other
provides that where a person sues to re
cover money lost at gambling, that -the
judgment so obtained shall turn the
money Into the state school fund Instead
of giving It to the plaintiff.
Gunderson Introduced a bill so amend
Ing the State Fish Commission law as to
include among Its. members the Attorney
General, Secretary of State nnd Land
Commissioner. At present the commis
sion Is composed of the Governor, State
Treasurer and r Fish Commissioner.
Erll"h --'ittced" a bill looking to a
change In the present road system of
the state, also a bill to create a depart
ment of public highways to consist of
three commissioners on salary, to be ap
pointed by the Governor. The bill pro
vides for thp levying of a special assess
ment not to exceed three-fifths of a mill,
which Is to go into a public highway
fund. The effect of such a law would be
to sV"' many commissions ap
pointed under the present system to have
charge of the construction of state roads
and would furthermore save the Legisla
ture the trouble of biennially appropri
ating money out of the general fund for
public road' purposes.
State Printer Hicks has placed on the
desk of everj' member copies of a de
fense to the charge made against his
office last Thursday by Gorham of Sno
homish County. He says he Is Innocent.
Milam introduced a bill fixing maximum
freight rates as follows: Not to exceed
$3 60 per ton for hauling agricultural
products, including wheat, hay, etc., and
making a horizontal cut of 13 per cent in
the rate In effect January 2, 1901, on fruit,
dairy products, etc.
After considerable discussion the House
today receded from Its amendment to the
execution bill providing that all con
demned convicts should be electrocuted
Instead of hanged, as heretofore. The
amendment was not satisfactory to the
Senate. It was made to the bill which
provfded that executions shall hereafter
take place In the state penitentiary, in
stead of in the county Jail. The original
Mil will doubtless pass.
Three Reports on Rnllivay Bill.
OLYMPIA, Feb. 25. The House railway
committee had the Rosenhaupt rate bill
under consideration tonight, and as a re
sult three reports will be made upon It.
One will recommend passage as It now.
stands; another will recommend passage
after certain amendments, and the third
will recommend indefinite postponement.
CARD FROM MR. CORBETT.
TO THE STALWART 2S REPUBLICANS
My heartfelt thanks are due and are
hereby tendered to the united 2S who re
mained true to their pledge and to each
other In the trying contest for United
States Senator that has Just closed; while
four of their friends equally and solemn
ly pledged to stand firmly by the 2S and
each other, until the end, unless the op
position ReDubllcans should meet in cau
cus and select a candidate; if the four
had stood firm with their friends the re
sult would evidently have been different.
The result Is now known. The Republi
can party of the state has been sold by
Mr. Mitchell to the Democrats of Portland
fof a few offices to be delivered under
contract to the faithful for their votes
for Senator. How far the contract can
be executed and fulfilled is yet to be
demonstrated. It speaks not well for the
party when one man can sell and de
liver his party and its principles for his
personal benefit and ends. Has the Re
publican party descended so low that It
self and principles may be bartered, sold
and delivered to gratify the ambitions of
a nondescript partisan?
It matters little to me personally, but to
our party much. We have fought 40
years for the principles of the party and
Its Integrity. """-'- v can be trafficked
away for so base a purpose, well may
we Inquire "'On what meat doth this, our
Caesar feed, that he has grown so great
In the Republican party?"
H. W. CORBETT.
Portland, February 25, 1901.
Herr von Helnmann.
BERLIN, Feb. 25. Herr von Helnmann,
professor of history at the University of
Tubingen, is dead.
STRANGLED THEM FIRST
INSANE MOTHER, WHO THREW SIX
CHILDREN IN "WELL.
Murderess Escaped From Guards and
Attacked "Woman Latter Was
Rescued by Husband.
UNIONTOWN, Wash., Feb. 25. Mrs.
Wurzcr, the Insane murderess, escaped
the vigilance of the guards last night, and
went to the home of Peter Jacobs and
broke a window, frightening the Inmates
considerably; then visited the residence
of Mr. Koester. All had retired but Mrs.
Koester, who was sitting at a table writ
ing a letter. Upon hearing a knock at the
door, Mrs. Koester asked who was there.
The reply came, "Please let me in; I want
to tell you something." Mrs. Koester
unlocked the door, and the Insane visitor,
clad only In her night dress, seized her
with both hands. Mrs. Koester screamed,
and ran to the room where her husband
was asleep. He sprang from the bed,
caught the crazy Intruder, and called his
brother. Together they led tho poor
woman back to her home. She escaped
from her watchers by climbing out
through the window.
Coroner Mitchell and Deputy Sheriff
Hamilton arrived at the scene of tho
Wurzer tragedy at 8 A. M. The Jury
verdict was that the children came to
their death at the hands of the mother.
Upon preparing them for burial finger
marks were found on the throats of all,
indicating that they had been strangled
before being thrown in the well. Tho
ruddy color of the skin, and the ab&encc
of the flow of water from the mouths
during the preparation for laying out
would seem to Indicate that they were
dead before being cast into the water. The
necks o! all except one were broken.
Mary, aged S, had a deep gash In the top
of the head, and a two-inch cut over
the left ear. In addition, Rosa has a
broken shoulder and Anna a broken thigh
and arm. Besides these there are numer
ous bruises, probably caused by the 30
foot drop Into the well.
This evening the unfortunate little ones
lie ln six coffins in the sitting-room of
what was their home.
DROWNED IN YAQUINA BAY.
Woman Who Aitcmpted to Keep
Husbnrid From Falling Out of Boat.
NEWPORT, Or., Feb. 25. Last night,
about 7 o'clock, while Mr. and Mrs. Al
Taylor, of Pool Slough, were on their way
home from Oyster City, In a small boat,
one of the oarlocks pulled out of tho
socket, throwing Mr. Taylor partly over
board. Mrs. Taylor attempted to catch
him and save him from overbalancing,
and capsized the boat. In the struggle
for life In the darkness, Taylor lost sight
of his wife and she was drowned. Up to
the present time the body has not' been
recovered.
Bear Will Carry Reindeer to 'Alaska.
SAN FRANCISCO, F.eb. 25. The rev
enue cutter Bear is to be repaired at
Puget Sound, preparatory to sailing for
Siberia, where a large number of reindeer
are to be taken on board and transported
to far Northern Alaskan points. Lieuten
ant Bcrtholz, under special permission of
the Russian Government, is en route from
St. Petersburg to the Siberian coast, and
expects to meet the cutter Bear about
May 15, with a large herd of reindeer.
WHERE VICE FLOURISHES.
Police Corruption la New York City
The Chief Offenders.
NEW YORK, Feb. ' 25. Rev. Dr. J. "P.
Peters, rector of St Michael's Protestant
Episcopal Church. In his sermon last night
spdke upon the present conditions of vice
and police corruption prevailing In this
city.
"You all remember," he said, "the ring
ing letter from Bishop Potter, which ap
peared last November, describing In vig
orous terms the awful conditions exist
ing In certain districts of our city, and
pointing out, moreover, how a certain
clergyman of this diocese. In company
with another, had been Insulted and treat
ed with the basest contempt when he at
tempted to point out to a police captain
the dreadful things that flourished In that
captain's district. You all remember, too,
how this same police captain was brought
to trial and a dozen policemen swore
that he had not been guilty of the
charges, of which there Is no one of us
that does not believe that he was fully
guilty. This week we have seen the
charges contemptuously dismissed, and
we are again brought face to face with
this frightful condition of things, wherein
leading officials of the city are open and
shameless In their protection of vice. We
see, too, a gambling ring here, flourishing
in all its iniquity and luring our young
men to ruin a gambling ring protected by
a State Senator and again favored by oth
er city officials.
"This corruption Is to be found on ev
ery side of us, In small things as In great.
The police levy tribute on the peddler,
on the huckster and on the merchant.
Business men and corporations pay to the
police and to those higher In authority
sunis that. If the privileges given In re
turn for them should be granted at all.
should certainly be turned over to the
community. In this way we see constant
efforts being made to secure for nothing
or for totally inadequate valuo proper
ties which belong by right to the com
munity. "Of such offenders there are none worse
than the street railways, and I will ven
ture to say that in this city there is not
a single street railway that has not se
cured by fraud or corruption some val
uable privilege or property wjhlch belongs
to the community and to the community
alone."
9
WRECK OF THE RIO.
Beaches Patrolled, but No More
Bodies Come Ashore.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 25. Today has
developed nothing new regarding tho
wreck of the steamer Rio de Janeiro on
Washington's birthday. The beaches are
being patrolled constantly and the surface
of the bay Is being carefully scanned for
the bodies of victims of the disaster or
for flotsam of a valuable nature, but so
far the efforts of the watchers have not
been greatly rewarded. It Is the general
opinion that few If any bodies from the
wreck will be recovered before the end of
the week.
Mrs. Wlldman Was an Actress.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. Mrs. Wlldman,
wife of the Consul-General at Hong Kong,
who, with him and their children, per
ished In the wreck of the City of Rio de
Janeiro, was well known to stage people
In this city. As Letltla Aldrlch she came
to New York some 12 years ago. and was
assisted by such social prestige as at
tached to the fact that Senator Stewart.
of Nevada was her uncle. Under
the nom de plume of " Nevada
Rose" Miss Aldrlch wrote a number of
sketches. Acting under the advice of the
late Edwin Booth, Miss Aldrlch decided to
fit herself for the stage, and placed her
self under the tutelage of Kyrle Bellew.
Miss Aldrlch developed talent, and friends
of her family offered to moke the young
woman a star, but she became' the wife
of Mr. "Wlldman. Mrs. Wlldman. after her
marriage, again began contributing verses
and stories to various periodicals.
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Ex-Senator Evarts Is Better.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. Ex-Senator Will
lam M. Evarts, who has been In a par
ticularly feeble condition the last few
days, was reported at his house today to
be much- better.
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TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 25. J. W. Adams
lies at a hospital, hovering between life
and death. He was shot during a raid
on a North Topeka wholesale liquor
house.
At midnight a crowd of citizens, heav
ily armed with revolvers, sledgehammers,
crowbars and a battering-ram, broke Into
the wholesale liquor-house of "Cash" Cur
tis, on West Curtis street, and smashed
the beer casks found there. Three police
men drove the crowd back. Both the po
licemen and the citizens fired their revol
vers, and J. W. Adams, a carpenter, wa3
shot twice In the breast. He was taken
In a hack to Riverside Hospital, where
he lies in a precarious condition.
Dr. M. R. Mitchell and Rev. F. W.
Emerson were arrested. Rev. Mr. Emer
son was taken to the police station, where
he was booked under the charge of resist
ing an officer. His left hand was cut and
bleeding. He was allowed to go upon his
own recognizance. Dr. Mitchell took the
Injured man to the hospital, and" was al
lowed to stay and administer to him with
out giving bond.
The three policemen. Patrolmen Downey
and Boyles, and Private Watchman Con
ners, claim that Adams was shot by his
own crowd while he was retreating from
the place where the liquors were smashed,
and Adams says he was shot by a police
man. Officer Downey says he did not ar
rive at the scene of the trouble until It
was about over. Officer Boyles, who car
ries a Colt's 44-callber revolver, claims
that the two shots he fired were in the
air, and that he did not aim at any one.
Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Charles W. Ham
mond, who cared for Adams at the hos
pital, say that he was shot with a 32- or
3S-calIber revolver.
The crowd which did the smashing met
on West Curtis street, about two blocks
from the joint. The estimates of the
number vary from 30 to 60. At a few
minutes past 12 o'clock the crowd moved
on Curtis street to Jackson street. Tho
wholesale liquor house Is a small frame
building at the rear of Curtis' home,
which faces on Curtis street. The crowd
turned south on Jackson street and
crossed the rear of the lots between the
street and the liquor house. A half dozen
men seized the log and used It as a battering-ram.
The door gave way, and the
crowd rushed In. At the first rush the
lantern which the crowd carried was ex
tinguished, and the work was dono in the
dark.
Three men stood on the Inside and
passed the cases and kegs of beer to the
men in the doorway, who threw them Into
the yard to be smashed. The crowd used
heavy sledges, axes, masons' hammers
and crowbars. The owner of the beer
made no resistance. Patrolman Boyles
and Watchman Conners were called from
the Union Pacific depot, two blocks away,
and were the first officers there. They
entered the yard from Curtis street and
drove the crowd back. Before the offi
cers arrived 30 cases and two kegs of
beer had been smashed and the debris
scattered over the yard. When the offi
cers arrived the crowd fell back to a
ditch near Jackson street, where the lead
ers succeeded In rallying the forces. While
the crowd was being driven back 20 or
30 shots were fired. When the crowd
retreated to Jackson street the officers
were near the building, and Adams was
between the officers and crowd. When
he was shot he fell by a pile of wood.
When the crowd found that one of their
number had been wounded, the members
quickly dispersed.
Chief Stahl was summoned, but did not
arrive there until the crowd had left.
He said:
"Other raids have been expected, and
I have had the officers posted, but this
one was a complete surprise. We had no
Idea that it was going to take place.
My Information Is that nearly all the
joints on the south side have been sup
plied for the last three or four days from
this Curtis-street storage house, and lit
tle, If any. has come from Moezer's.-'
"When Connors and I arrived," said
Patrolman Boyles "the crowd yelled,
'mob 'em!' "Hang 'em!' 'Burn 'em!' I
arrested Dr. Mitchell and Rev. F. W.
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Emerson. They seemed to be the lead
ers. When I got there they stopped car
rying out the beer. Dr. Mitchell was giv
ing orders. All the crowd had white
handkerchiefs tied over their faces, but
Dr. Mitchell's and Rev. Emerson's hand
kerchiefs came off. I went to where they
were throwing out the stuff and told them
to stop. The crowd fell back toward
Jackson street and the shooting com
menced. I shot twice In the air. Ad
ams was running toward the crowd when
he was shot. He had a sledge and a steel
bar In his hands. He did not say a word
when he fell."
Watchman Connors' story Is a corrobo
ration of that of Officer Boyle.
"When we got Into the yard Emerson
drew a revolver on me," said Connors.
"When I tried to take It away from him
we clinched and fell. He had me down
on some boxes and I could not get up.
During the fuss some one hit me with a
club twice and I was hit once on the
shoulder with a hammer. Emerson got
away from me and Boyles got him. The
crowd started toward the street. Adams
was between the crowd and the building
and 30 feet from the building, running
toward the crowd when he was shot. Em
erson stood on a little bank of dirt and
called upon the crowd to rally. Emerson
stood there and fired his revolver. My re
volver was knocked from my hand, and I
did not fire It."
"They were unloading the beer all even
ing." said Dr. Mitchell. "We followed
the wagon In which they were hauling
It from the Union Pacific tracks. They
had emptied one car and there Is another
still on the track."
When asked If he was present when the
smashing took place Dr. Mitchell admit
ted that he was.
"When the officers came," he continued,
"several shots were fired. I do not know
who fired first. Both the crowd and the
officers fired. The crowd ran toward the
street and I called upon them to rally. I
wa3 not the first to reach Adams when
he was shot, but he was not unconscious.
At 3 o'clock he had rallied considerably.
He told me that he was shot by an officer,
but does not know who."
"It was successful." was all Mr. Emer
son would say this morning regarding the
raid.
Mrs. Xatlon Ont of Jail.
TOPEICA, Kan.. Feb. 25. Mrs. Nation
was released from the county jail last
night, and this morning left for Peoria to
act as editor of the Peoria Journal for
one day, for which she Is to be paid $150.
J. B. McAfee ,and Rev. Dr. McFarland,
pastor of the First MetnodLst Episcopal
Church, signed her bond. Mrs. Nation
received several urgent telegrams urging
her to come" to Peoria, and her determina
tion not to give bond could not hold out
against the requests. So the last of tho
crusaders Is out of jail. Before she left
Mrs. Nation heard of the Joint-smashing.
Her only comment was, "Praise God!"
Mrs. Nation was accompanied by Rev. Mr.
Russell, a temperance orator from Ohio.
Inquest on Millwood Murder.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Febi 25. The
Inquest over the killing of Mrs. Rosa Hud
son In the joint raid at Millwood last Mon
day, was held today, and the Coroner's
Jury returned a verdict to the effect that
she came to her death from a gunshot
wound at the hands of persons unknown
to the jurors. No attempt was made to
Investigate those who comprised the raid
ing mob, or who did any of the shooting
in the Joint. John Hudson, the husband;
Micnael Lockncr, the brother of the mur
dered woman; Matthew Goens and Dr.
W. E. Adams were the only witnesses put
upon the stand, and they were asked only
questions that show that Mrs. Hudson Is
dead, and that she was killed by a gun
shot. The jury was out only a few min
utes In reachln ga verdict. The prelimi
nary trial will come up Friday, when a
full examination will be made.
Balf Stark's Trial.
TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 25. In the case of
Balf Stark, charged with being an accom
plice of Mrs. Nation In tne smashing of
the Brunswick saloon here, February 17,
the entire day was unsuccessfully devoted
to an effort to obtain a jury. The regu
lar panel of jurymen was exhausted, and
a special venire will be called for tomor
row. Stark's attorneys made a motion
for a change of venue on account of al
leged prejudice of the Judge, hut this the
court refused to grant.
Harbor Worlc at FanRo Pango.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 25. Robert Tlb-
bltts, the contractor who for the last
seven months had been building the
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Pango, in the Samoan Islands, has ar
rived here. He says the pier and other
structures costing $400,000, will be turned
over to the Government In about three
months. The pier is 356 feet long and SO
feet wide. It is made entirely of steel.
All the piles are of steel. They measure
nine Inches In diameter, and vary in
length from 30 to 70 feet.
On the shore, just back of the project
ing pier. Is a large steel building, 130 feet
long by 100 feet wide. This is to be a re
pository for 10.000 tons of coal. Another
similar building is to be erected. Mr.
Tibbitt3 declares that there is no doubt
that Pango Pango is the finest coaling
station in the norld.
Xev Chilean Ministers.
VALPARAISO. Feb. 25. It is an
nounced that these diplomatic changes
will take place soon:
Minister to Mexico Emlllo Bello, who
has just resigned the portfolio of foreign
affairs, and has been replaced by Ra
mundo Sllva.
Minister to Peru B. Mathieu, present
Minister to Ecuador.
Minister to Ecuador Ricardo Salas.
Dally Trea.inrj- Statement.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances In the gen
eral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold
reserve In the division of redemption,
shows:
Available cash balance $143,065,705
Gold 7S,063,014
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