The Atchison Daily Champion from Atchison, Kansas • Page 1

OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN PAPER OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Wm OT Atchison Co. Atchison Co. Stste Historical Societj VOLUME 54 ATCHISON. KANSAS. FRIDAY.

JUNE 28. 1907 NUMBER 25 STANDARD LIADLE FOR $1,010,000,000 IN FINES IF CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS IN INDICTMENTS AGAINST COMPANY THIEF CAPTURED STOLEN HORSE FOUD GOOD WORK OF TO MAKE TRAVELING SAFER. 1 CHIEF OF POLICE HAM ORCHARD'S THREATS TO KILL STEUNENBERG The Burden Of The Testimony Offered By The Defease-Clashes Between Attorney Borah And Witness Davis ALUMNI BANQUET ON MONDAY, JULY 1 IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO SECURE A NEW LICENSE TO SELL 2-PER CENT The Internal Revenue Fiscal Year Ends June 30th All liquor licenses expire with June, which is the end of the internal revenue fiscal year. Monday evey dealer must have a new government license or i go out of business. Any kind of drink containing one-half or one per cent of alcohol carrnot be sold without a government license.

A retail dealer's licence to sell all kinds of intoxicants costs 25. Aiicense to sell beer and only male liquors costs $20. Two per cent can be sold tinder the license. FS'Ut The Suspect A Youth Who Is Engaged To Be Married William Martin, a farmer living on Stranger creek, reported to the chief of police last night that he had a horse stolen from his bani early yesterday morning. He gave Chief Ham' a description of the animal.

In a short time Mr. Ham learned that a man riding a horse answering the description had passed through Atchison about 6 o'clock yesterday morning and crossed the bridge. Chief Ham spent the entire night in search of the stolen horse. The thief had been seen in Rush ville and it was easy to follow him from there. He sold the animal to Fred Keene.who lives with his brother-in-law, Joe Taylor, three miles southeast of Rushville.

Keene paid S35 for the horse that was really worth $150. Keene willingly gave up the horse and Chief Ham brought it to. town, reaching here at 5 o'clock. Mr. Martin Came in this morning and identified the horse.

Mr. Martin says that at o'clock yesterday morning about 3 someone fired a pistol and his dogs made a big fuss, and he thinks it was at this time the horse was stolen. A good saddle was hanging in the barn near the horse but the thief took it bare-back. Mr. Martin has pretty strong suspicions as to who stole the horse and believes he is a relative who has had a grudge against him for some time.

Last, night at about midnight a telephone message came'to the night jailer at the police station that a farmer, near Weston had a horse stolen. The fellow who stole the Martin horse may be the one wanted at Weston. Yesterday morning when the man crossed the bridge with the Martin horse, Chas. Seiler, toll man, took a good description of the fellow. This morning be.

attempted to recross the bridge and Cy. Smith nabbed him and Officer Martin took him to the station. He is Walter Hanson and a grandson of Wm. Martin. Martin had strong suspicions this morning that his grandson knew something about the horse, but did not mention his name.

Since the young man has been arrested and his guilt clearly established, Martin says he is a thoroughly bad boy, and only recently he tried to defraud him out of 6100. Hanson protested Innocence of the whole affair, although Fred Iveefley who bought the horse from Hanson and paid him 835, is positive that he is the mail he dealt with. Hanson has a little tinge of matrimony mixed up in his stories. He says that he expected to lead Mary St. Joe girl, to the bridal altar next Saturday night.

The present state of affairs will no doubt cause a postponement of this nuptial event. After disposing of the horse. Hanson went to St. Joe where he gave his intended bride $10 and deposited $20 in a bank. Hanson, upon paying bridge toll this morning, handed Cy Smith a quarter and Cy.

handed him twenty cents in change. "Keep the change," he liberally remarked. "Alright," Smith ssid, "and I'll just keep you." Hanson waived his preliminary hearing in Judge Adams' court this afternoon and his bond was fixed at 81,000, which he was unable to give and was committed to the county jail. Hanson is desperate. He begged for a revolver that he might kill himself.

Sobbing like a child, he said, "here I expected to be married Saturday night and now see where v'h Kansas full cream cheese exceeds all others in the percentage of fats.except limberger, according to the analysis made by: Prof. J. T. Willard of the state agricultural college. Even the New York cream cheese, is asserted to be the richest in this country, is below the Kansas product.

Lon Gloven has been a great deal of annoyance to Ms mother and she has complained to the police. Chief Ham ordered him to get oat of town recently and' the same kind of orders will be issued today and this time the officers will see that it "makes Boise, June 27. The cross-examination of witnesses for the defense was resumed today, W. F. Davis, who was on the stand at Wednesday's adjourrnent, was recalled The intense heat is having a deleterious effect upon some of the aged jurors, three of whom are showing the effects of the strain.

The prosecution took up Davis' declaration that Orchard, in the presence of himself and two others, made him a pauper" and that he "would get even." Davis was sure of Orchard's exact statement, but was unable to give, except in general terms, what others had to say at the time. Attorney Borah and the witness mixed up frequently in wordy clashes. Rose Cuteheon, Dr, McGee and Mrs. Lottie Day are being held in'orderthat their testimony may be examined. If Dr.

McGee's storv that Orchard was in Wallace, Idaho, July 19th, is true, it upsets Orchard's claim that he was in Denver then holding a conference with Mover and Haywood as to the best means of getting rid of Fred Bradley. Half a dozen detectives are now in the Coeur D'Alene district seeking evidence to discredit McGee's testimony. THE COLLEGE REGATTA New London, June 27. The Harvard-Yale regatta is to take place today. There are bright skies but high winds and the river is so rough it is doubtful if the 'varsity will be pulled off.

Assistant Manager Theo. Roosevelt Ji, of the Ilaivard crew, is one of the busiest men on the grounds. Later. Race was postponed until 7:30 p. in.

ATTORNEY GENERAL JACKSON Asked For An Opinion (Of 2-Per Cent Beer L. B. Merithew, city clerk of Pitts-' burg, applied yesterday for the formal opinion of the attorney general on the question of legalizing the sale of beer containing 2 per cent of alcohol. During the past two weeks and especially since the general ouster proceedings were taken against the breweries doing business in Kansas, a great deal of "2 per cent' has been shipped into Kansas. Some cities have obtained several carloads of it each week.

Fully a half dozen county attorneys have written to the attorney general's office for information. They were generally told that the attorney general's office believes that, according to supreme conrt decisions, the sale of per cent" is illegal, but in each instance the county attorney was asked to get specific information that the beverage was intoxicating. By that method, it was pointed out, that the whole thing could be brought to a focus. But the Pittsburg: case brings the matter up squarely. There the city has attempted to legalize its sale.

The opinion is looked for with interest by both the city officials and retail dealers of 2-per cent. LATEST MARKET REPORTS Corrected by G. E. BALCOM KANSAS CITY MARKET WHEAT JulyS9X Sept. 91J Dec.

93 CORN July 49X Sept. 49tf Dec. 46 OATS July 41J Sept. 35 Dee. 36 CHICAGO MARKET WHEAT" July 95K Sept: 99 Dec.

101 CORN vV: July53K Sept. 54 Dec. 52 OATS July 3 Sept. 37J Dec. 3SJ Chicago, June 27.

Subpumas were issued today in the federal court for Rockefeller, Rogers and twelve others to be in court July 6, to give Landis information concerning the workings of the Oil Trust. The subpoenas issued are for J. D. Rockefeller, H. II.

Rogers, J. A. Moffet. W. P.

Cowan, Wm. Rockefeller, C. W. Stahl, John D. Archbold, W.

H. Tilford, C. I. Prett, Chas. T.

White, H. E. Felton and Fred A. Wann. Felton is president of the Union Tank line.

Wann was formerly connected with tte C. A. railroad. The remainder are Standard officials. Consternation was created among the Standard Oil representatives here today when United States District Attorney Sims announced that besides the indictment ou which the company was convicted, the government has five other indictments containing 40G8 counts.

The corporation is liable to a maximum fine of 82,000 on each offense, the total being 331, 300,000. This is in addition to liabUites of the company to fines aggregating 29, 240,000 in the case in which it has already been convicted. Five of the untried indictments charge rebates in connection with shipments. POLITICS WON'T DIG CANAL Washington, June 27. Politics is said to have made Col.

(Joethals sick of his job as chief engineer of the Panama Canal. It is reported that he has applied for leave of absence or to be relieved of the assignment of members of the commisson. It is also reported that Major Gaiilard, Goethal's assistant, has asked to be relieved. Other members of the commission are said to be seeking an opportunity to resign, necessitating another reorganization. Demo'raiizatiou is said to have spread through the ranks of the employes and things have not run smoothly since Stevens left.

Politics is declared to be at the bottom of the affair. A MISSOURI HANGING Jefferson City, June 27. Convicts Harry Vaughn, George Ryan, and Edward Raymond, who murdered two guar-ls at the Missouri penitentiarj during the mutiny led by Vaughn in October, were hanged in the county jail yard at 9:45 this morning. Sheriff Scott threw a large trap which sent the condemned desperadoes to eternity at the same moment. Their necks were broken and death followed instanth-.

No accidents. St. Louis, June 27. John King, a negro, was hanged here today for the murder of his sweetheart. "UNWRITTEN LAW" CASE Houston, June 27.

Judge Barksdale is expected to render a decision today upon the defence's objection to the attempts of the prosecution to shatter Miss Loving's testimony. If the prosecution is able, Miss Kidd, a friend of Miss Loving, will be examined to show that Miss Loving's story of being drugged is untrue. -A business man remarked this morning that the street car company ought to be compelled to use fenders on the cars which are in use in nearly all cities. The fender is without doubt the greatest life-saver ever intro duced in street car service. A car cannot run over anyone with the fender in A man, child standing on the track, would be knocked down and rqjled away from the wheels.

The fender has been "the means of saving hundreds of lives ia Kansas City. Why can't Atchison progress in this The books for the new fiscal vear leasing picture, will be opened in the internal revenue A four course menu was Office at Leavenworth Monday, when Miss Florence Barth was toast mistress-the naines of all applicants for license" I The toasts were as follows: ANNUAL PICNIC KANSAS CITY PASSENGER AGENTS' CLUB ATCHISON AGENTS INVITED icuous PartTo Be Taken By The Local Ticket Sellers The city passenger agents of the various railways in 'Atchison have received a cordial invitation to attend the annual picnic of the Kansas City Passenger Agents Club at Kansas City on June Most of the boys, are having their glad rags cleaned "and pressed, and the way they are patronizing the laundry is something to attract attention. Some of them are actually going to the extreme of having their; hair cut and their whiskers amputated by painless Tlie Atchison, passeug-er wili be to Kansas City by the venerable E. Farnsworth, who used to sell Santa Fe tickets before the road was completed. Mr.

Farnsworth will make a speech, in which he will outline the troubles of a member of the school board, and he will explain what has become of all the photographs of the young and beautiful school-marms who have been applicants for positions in Atchison schools. It is rumored that he will sing "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight," but we have not had time to verify the report. Ed. Post will deliver a brief address explaining what Work is: Work with the bark on" it. Mr.

Post is celebrated as the most laborious man in Atchison, and we wist and wot that his remarks will be of value. Clyde of the Burlington, will burl a few lines, and explain that his road has the most moral conductors, the most virtuous firemen, the most immaculate brakemen, the most soulful engineers in the United States. He has prepared a poem which he hopes to be able to deliver without interruption but of cVrirse everything depends upon Mr. who will set a time limit to all exercises. Fred Lechler will offer an apology for the Central Branch, and promise to be a good boy hereafter.

People who have seen the mauuscript of his speech say- that it will move the audience to tears. C. Rathburn, of the UnioW Depot, will say a few words touching upon -Success in Life." urge all young men to contract the rheumatism as early as possible and leave the rest to Providence. The funeral of little Robert Dosser, who was killed by a street car Tnesday evening, was held from Benedict's Church at ten o'clock this morning; the pall bearers were Rnhlman, Willie Flemming, Edmond Hastings nd Delbert Loftin. GIVEN BY FORMER STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY The Guests Of Honor Were Students Of Old Latin School The College Preparatory alumni gave a banquet last sight in the assembly hall of the school.

There are twenty-five members of the alumni and twenty were present. The guests of honor were the representatives who attended the Latin school: Miss Florence Fox, Jared Fox, and Mrs. W. O. Park.

The reception hall and table decorations were in the class colors, i blue and white, and the summery gowns of the ladies made quite 'The Latin School," responded to by J. C. Fox, Jr. ''The Blending of the Latin School and the ColJege Preparatory School," response by Mrs. O.

C. Ilelininir. "Early "Life of School," Florence Kaf-fer. "School of Today," Florence Guerrier. "Spirit of the School," Milton Cain.

"The Future," Miss Helen Scofield. Miss Ruth Allen returned from Chicago University, and Miss Marj-Collett rom Wellesley to attend the alumni banquet. THE FIFTH DISTRICT W. H. Calderhead, who has represented the Fifth Kansas district in congress for a dozen years, and who as a member of the pension committee has rendered valuable assistance to several Atchison old soldiers, will have opposition for renomination.

Attorney Bullen of Belleville, 'VS. S. Smith cf Abilene and J.T.White of Ida, a member of the last legislature, will probablyte in the race against him. Calderdead is not friend of the primary, but Bullen and White are direct primary advocates. In the seventies Calderhead was a young Atehison attorney and went from -here Xo Marshall county.

He is an old soldier. The sheriff of Pine, Bluff, is looking for a colored man named Will Philipp, ali as Will Love, who was fined 300 and sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting a police officer. The Arkansas sheriff says that the fellow was in Atchison a few: days ago. He jumped his bonds and the bondsmen. I offer a reward of $25 dollars for his rrest.

will be put in alphabetical order. Prosecuting attorneys and agents of the State Temperance Union watch this record. Under a new law passed by congress June 21, 1906 the internal revenue books showing the record of names and places of business of retail liquor dealers is a public record and open to inspection. In addition the law provides that the collector shall issue certified copies of the names and places of business of applicants for licenses to prosecuting attorney, state and county. This certificate is proper evidence in an injunction and nuisance abatement suit.

Ten applications have been made for liquor licenses in Kansas in the last four months. The biggest falling off has been in Wyandotte county. A license can be paid for on the monthly installment plan. Government seciet service men are now active in the state and will remain until winter. The national law requires a.

sworn statement of correct name and exacc location before stampis issued, and the Kansas prohibitory law provides that the taking out and holding of a government retail liquor dealer's license is prima facia evidence of a violation of the law in a nuisance abatement-suit. The supreme court has passed favorably on the constitutionality of this provision of the law. Under these legal restraints and the present zeal for strict law enforcement, there is not the usual demand for Uncle Sam's permits. lift' The steamboat by the Kansas City Transportation. Company, sailed from StrLonia with a miscellaneous cargo of freight this morning.

The steamboat rate oa first class dry goods from St. Louis to. Kansas City is 40 cents a hundred pounds; the railroad rate 60 cents..