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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20
When DIR. Garcia -MerOn was Argc

When DR.. Garcia Meron was Argcn-
tine Minister at Washington he be-
came much impressed with the super
iority Of American agricultural meth
ods. He has now been made Secre-
tary Of Agriculture in Argentina, and
one Of his chiefs plans is to study
American methods exhaustively. For
this purpose his Government is send.
ing twenty-five men to this country to
investigate everything of interest in
connection with agriculture here, and
ten American agricultural experts are
to 80 Argentina to take charge Of
local work in the various Argentine
States.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

Who thinks Of the United States as
large importer of agricultural pro-
duets? VIII not the statement that
its importations Of foreign grown pro-
ducts exceed in value all its vast OK
ports Of grain Of every kind. includ-
ing wheaton -four, by $17O,OOO,OOO ex-
cite surprise! Such is nevertheless
the fact. The United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture's report states the
total value of the principal agricul-
tural imports for the year that ended
June 80, 1900. at $42O. 1928. Our
combined exports of cotton and GER
eals for the same period were valued
at $l93, 100000. using round figures.
The total value of all our agricultural
exports for that year was $S44, GIG, $50.
so that the American people are buy
ing very nearly half as much farm and
plantation produce from foreigners az
they are selling to them.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20
Heard Them, Anyhow.

A musician and his wife were on
their way home from concert, and
were overheard discussing the merits
of the entertainment.
1T set my teeth on edge" the hus-
band said. ITO hear the orchestra play
ing Yankee Doodle and Dixie at the
same time. The idea is all right, Of
course, and even cOmmendable from a
sentimental point of view. but the two
pieces, when played together. are full
of discOrds."
But didn't you notice." said his
wife, who is something of musician
herself, that where certain notes or
passages would have been discordant
they were omitted from one air or the
other, and left to the drums?
"Of course l noticed it, he testify
rejoined. but l could hear the dis
cords in my mind just the same! Ach.'
Youths Companion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

In this day of extraordinary faith in
the efficacy of combinations marriages
ought to be more popular. If two cor
porations which could not earn divi-
dends when separate can be made a
very valuable and productive property
when united, almost any sort of men
and women ought to be of more use to
the world married than single, sug-
gests the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

The British Government has gone
into the show business by giving In
the town halls of England, by means
of moving photographs and patriotic
music. illustrations of army life cal
culatcd to make young men desire to
become soldiers
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

Germany has the advantage of the
United States in the export of hair and
wigs. In fact she almost entirely sup
plies this country with the commodi-
ties named.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

4 notable falling Off in the attend
ance at several Brooklyn schools for
girls has, on investigation, been at
tributed to the attractions Of cheap
theatres and regular matinee per-
formanceS
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

Kansas StatiStic:ans figure that
every baby is worth $1,000 to the State.
This estimate seems absurtlly made
quate to the baby's parents.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

Two thousand tons of American
rails recently arrived in England
They show the lines OH which the in
dustry of this country is beginning to
make tracks there.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

The editor of Rurke's PcCragc, Lon
don, says that he receives more in
quiries about questions of precedence
from the United States than he does
from England.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

1t Is no trivial achievement to run
the street cars of Oakland, Cal, by
electric power generated on the Juba
River, 40 miles distant. Since this
can be done, there is every reason to
expect that electricity may be trans
mtted almost any distance. Scien-
lists who have deplored the utter
waste Of the force Of ocean waves may
look forward to the time when that
force will turn mill machinery, run
street cars, light the streets and other
wise serve the needs Of remote COM
munities. Indeed, an invention has
been patented for collecting the power
of the waves. On the Juba turbine
wheels are used to generate the power,
which is transmitted by means of q
copper cable siX-tenths Of an inch
thick.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20
~ NOTES An9
MSsElSM@0MNENTS SIS
&XN

The air is so clear In Zululand that
objects seven miles away can be dis
tinctly seen by starlight
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20
Travellers crossing the Campagna

Travellers crossing the Campagna
and other low-lying parts of Italy
need not be surprised to encounter
formidable-looking masked men, who
make free Of the railway trains. The
order has gone forth that all trainmen
while crossing certain designated
parts of the country shall wear masks
and gloves, which will make useless
all attacks of the mosquitoes. This
order Is the result of the very fruitful
experiments made on the Campagnn
last summer, when 1t was proved be-
yond all per-adventure that the ma
laria which has made then practically
uninhabited is caused solely by the
bites of the mosquitoes. The Govern
ment, therefore, has taken upon itself
to protect its employees. Why would
it not be a fair and equable plan to
supply the travellers with masks. too:
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20

The band Of hope is usually an en-
gagement ring.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-07-20
Spelling An Egyptian.

- HE tramp was tattered and
torn, and his face was in.
famed, and his eyes were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
IAYHAwKER Iors.

Labette county farmers are planting
corn.
The first barefooted boy Of the season
has appeared at wellington.
Eureka is preparing to welcome tramps
with a large sized rock pile
Council Grove claims to have the best
amateur dramatic company in the state.
A legless man is entertaining Olathe
audiences by jig dancing. according to a
local paper.
Lawrence is dreamily awaiting tile
spring election with one ticket and about
100 registered voters
A formerly OF Smith county man has
invented a patent device which is
thought to be worth to him a cool mil
lion.
The farmers grange which was sup
posed to have been thoroughly scotched
IS showing signs Of renewed activity in
Johnson county.
"A hen egg has appeared in Colby COW
cred with strange hieroglyphics which
the citizens fear pressage the removal
of the land offices.
Ellis county Russians have sent the
necessary funds to the mother country
to enable a number OF relatives to reach
Kansas by wheat harvesting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
LAW MAY BE FAULTY.
Irrigation Measure Will Be Tested in
Supreme Court

John A. Eaton, a well known Kansas
City attorney, filed a petition in the su-
preme court this morning to have ad-
vanced to an early hearing an appeal
from the decision of Judge Ansel G.
Clark, in the Barton county irrigation
suits.
The suits are those Of the Lake Koen
Navigation and Irrigation company
against J. J. Klein and the J. V. Brink
man Banking company. They were de-
cided at the March term of the Barton
county district court, when Judge Clark
dismissed the condemnation proceedings
There are fifty cases pending on the de-
cision and the decision is equal to a
declaration that the irrigation laws of
1899 giving companies the right of COM
demnation of land for their business
purposes are unconstitutional The Lake
Koen company proposes to draw their
supply of water from the Arkansas river
into the Cheyenne bottoms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
LLOYD SMITH RELEASED.
Chicago Warehouse Case
Comes to an End.

Chicago, March 27.-Lloyd J. Smith
former manager Of the Chicago Elevator
company was today released from GUS
tody and the remaining nve indictments
against him quashed by a decision an
nounced by Judge Chettlain with the
concurrence Of Judges Dunno and Glib
bons- Smith was charged with permit
ting grain to be shipped from the ele-
vators under his management without
cancellation of the warehouse receipts.
The hearing came up under haLcas cor
pus proceedings to secure the release
from custody of Mr. Smith. The court
granted the writ, holding that the stand
ing indictments accused MIN of no crime
under the statutes. The case has been
to trial twice, the jury disagreeing on
the first trial and Smith being acquitted
on the second trial
The indictments charge Lloyd J.
Smith with being a certain warehouse
man, said Judge Chettlain in his de-
cision. THE statutes apply only to what
are known as public warehouse men and
to htem alone and not to managers
superintendent, forenen or other
agents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
CLAIMS OF ssO.OOO.oOO.
Those Against Spain Include Five Of
a Million Each.

Washington, March 27.-The Spanish
war claims commission of which former
Senator VIM. Z Chandler Of New
Hampshire is president, has received
from the state department a full list
Of the claims against Spain, growing out
OF the insurrectiOn in Cuba which were
filed in the department up to the 18th of
the present month. These claims are
all those Of American citizens, for under
the United States and Spain undertook
to adjust the claims of their own citizens
The grand total of these claims is about
$50, 900 900 and included in the list are
nve claims in excess Of a million dollars
The largest single claim is that of John
W. Brock on account of property losses,
estimated at $2.162 514 Mrs Ruiz widow
OF the dentist who was killed in a Ha-
vana prison is a claimant for $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
AFTER A HOG THIEF.
Illinois Officer Thinks He Has Lo-
Gated One in Kansas.

Sheriff David TurnbuH, Of Warren
county, Illinois, was here today on his
way to lola to apprehend Frank Pea
body who IS wanted in Illinois for hog
stealing. Governor Yates requisition
was properly endorsed here, and the
sheriff went on to get his man.
Peabody lived in the county adjoining
Warren, near Galesburg, and is charged
with descending into Warren county,
there steal hogs, one at a time, and dis
pose of them in the market Breeders
have suffered greatly from hog thieves
in that vicinity lately, and the county
officials have been making examples of
offenders that were caught Peabody is
alleged to have fed to escape justice.
The requisitiOn charged petit larceny
only, because of the one at q. time way
the hog stealers do business 1t can
not be made a penitentiary offense be-
cause the value Of the thing stolen is
less than $15, but Warren county Off
Gals want Peabody bad as a warning to
OfhQFa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
TIME TO SCATTER.
DeserterFrom Thompson Forces
Explains His Vote.

Lincoln, Neb.. March 27-With but
one day more left on which to. ballot on
u. s. senator the vote showed little
change. Senator Arends. who has been
voting for D. E. Thompson, the caucus
nominee, changed to a new candidate.
Judge Paul lessen of Nebraska City.
Four members who have been remaining
out OF the caucus went with him. Tie
senator explained his vote by the dec
laration that it was to desert all candi-
dates and take up new ones.
The ballot: D. E. Thompson, 81; Hin
shaw, z; Meik1ejohn, "a; Crounse, Z;
Currie, Il; Rosewater, %; Allen, fusion,
As; Hitchcock, fusion, A; w. H Thomp-
son, fusion, s; Lyman. fusion, q; Bald
ridge, 2; Jessen, 8
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

bringing them from such great distances
and paying 10 per cent duty, paying
higher wages than are customary IN
Europe, and heavy railway and steamer
freights, are compensated for by getting
cheaper bark, il not, there must De
something in the process Of tanning that
enables the American tanners to COM
pete with other countries In their own
markets Needless to say, only the lat
est improvements in the general process
of tanning are employed in the United
States. It is the use Of so much i'm
proved machinery that enables the
American manufacturer to turn out such
large quantities, and do it SO cheaply-
American manufacturers are going to
make a bid for the South American boot
trade as well as the European and COLO
NAL There is also some talk OF an
American factory being started IN the
City of Mexico
Practically the whole Of the boots
and shoes made in the United States
came formerly from the factories stu
ated in the east, Boston being the center
Latterly. however. tanneries have sprung
up further west, about Chicago espe-
cially, so as to be near the supply OF
hernlock bark. The boot and shoe fac
tories have naturally followed suit ana
consequently a considerable portion OF
the trade has been taken out Of the
hands Of eastern makers and they in
turn have been Obliged to look for other
markets where they can dispose OF their
goods. 1t IS therefore from that quarter
that British manufacturers must look
for the severest competition. It has
been suggested that "a combination Of
American manufacturers should erect IN
different parts of the world large ware
houses in which could be stored the diff
ferent kinds and sizes OF boots and shoes
so that retailers could replenish their
stocks as and when they required It
The advantages of such a plan. should
1t be carried out, would be considerable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
CADET OFFICERS NAMED.
Commissions Sent to Company at
Baker University.

The first appointments Of cadet officers
in educational institutions In the state
have been made and the commissions is
sued TO Baker university, under the law
passed by the legislature this winter
Baker has a battalion of eighty men or
ganized and in consequence the university
at the town Of Baldwin now has major
four first neutenants. two second Heuten~
ants and two captains.
Adjutant General Fox Issued the COM
missions today and they were approved
by Governor Stanley.
Governor StanIey's son is one of the
first heutenants. The commissions were
issued to the following:
Major Bert s Berry First Lieutenant
Harry w. Stanley. First Lieutenant Harry
c.. Humphrey First Lieutenant Harry G.
Wilson. First Lieutenant Scott e. Bed
ford. Second Lieutenant Edward l. Klein.
Second Lieutenant Edwin A Britsch.
Captain Gilbert NJ. Gander, Captain Chris
tan 3. ZOOk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
PICTURES FOB CLUE.
Frisco Railroad Presents Several of
Views Along Their Line.

Major T. J. Anderson of the Commercial
club has received a set of pictures from
the Frisco line which will find a place
on the walls Of the room after the spring
cleanup.
The set includes a transparency of the
Crescent hotel at Eureka. Springs Two
others are scenes along White river. One
is of some high bluffs and the other is
shows a waiting room in depot with
two little children, a boy and girl, sit
ting on their luggage waiting for a train.
The other is a winter scene. An old col
ored man is being led along the railroad
track, which is nearly covered with snow,
by little colored child.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
PoINTFD PARAGRAPHa

IFrom the Chicago News.1
To civilize a man you must begin with
his ancestors.
Electrocution might be appropriately
called capital climax
It Is frequently courtship before mar
riage and battleship after.
Some OF the wealthiest planters in the
West Indies live on coffee grounds.
You can't eat the kernel and raise
another crop Of nuts from the she'll
Parents first teach a child to talk, then
try to teach it to hold its tongue.
The wisdom Of one generation some
times turns out to be the folly of the
next.
Men. like tea. must get into hot water
before their good qualities and strength
are drawn out
When some men talk we are reminded
Of poor lead pencils; they never come to
the point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS

TFrom the Philadelphia Record
Too many ancestors have spoiled
many a good man.
It isn't difhcult to bring a bald-headed
man to the scratch.
No man is strong enough to shake
hands with Temptation
When an opera singer loses his voice
he falls back on his nerve
Even the person with an explosive
temper sometimes feels bang-up.
No woman really enjoys wealth I'M
less she feels that she Is inspiring envy
Blobbs-.I told her she was a bird"
SIobbs-''VVhat did she say2" Blobbs-
Wanted me to fly with her.
Wigg-''Every time that a Chicago
girl opens her mouth she puts her foot in
#" Wagg-"Oh, impossibleIs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
NEW Y. N. C. A.
An Organization Will Be Made at
Hutchinson.

J. B. Bailey, assistant state secretary
of the Y NJ. c. A, of Topeka, met with
the pastors of the Ministerial union of
Hutchinson yesterday, to discuss plans
for the establishment of a Y M. G. A.
in that city
Lists are being circulated, and if a
membership OF 800 may be worked up a
two-story brick block will be built some
where in the uptown district for the
home of the association. The proposed
plans include q gymnasium and a phys
ical culture instructor at a salary of
s.. 900 per year. The proposed institution
will have all the accessories, conve-
niences and advantages of an assOcia-
ton in the large cities, and will be
maintained at a cost of about $4,000 a
year. Mr.. Bailey returned home today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
BAD CROP REPORTS.
Texas Wheat and Oats Threatened
With Destruction.

st. Louis. March IA Post-Dispatch
special from Austin. Tex, says:
Colonel Joseph Gunter of Sherman says
the entire wheat and cat crop of northern
Texas is threatened with destruction. He
has had reports from different sections
throughout the wheat belt and they are
all to the effect that the fly pest is kill
ing the wheat and oats.
Texas last year produced 90. 00O 900 bush
els of wheat and &c, 1000. 900 bushels of oats.
This year the average Of wheat is slightly
less than last year. while the acreage Of
oats is slightly increased
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
SMALLPOX BREAKS OUT.
Orphans Home Again Placed Under
Quarantine

The Orphans home has again been
placed under quarantine When the cases
were released last week and the home
fumigated the directors hoped that they
had seen the last of smalIpox in the home.
but they We're doomed TO disappointment.
This morning another case was developed
and the home again quarantined. DIR.
HogebOom says that all the people at the
home have been vaccinated and that he
believes this will be the last case.
The directors and ladies interested IN
the home have been having a hard time
since the smallpox broke out in the home.
but they are hopeful now that this will
be the last Of il and they viii be able to
continue their good work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
PLUMBERS AROUSED.
Object to Heating Plant Specified
For Sumner School

The plumbing firms IN Topeka are DIS
satisfied with the action OF the school
board regarding a heating plant for the
new school to be known as Sumner
The board calls, in the plans and
Specifications. for a hot air heating plant
manufactured by a Kansas City firm.
1t is the same system that Is in use in
the High school building. and which has
been such a failure and expense. Seven
of the largest plumbing firms In Topeka
have announced that 1t is useless for
them to bid on the plant for the reason
that if they received the contract they
would have to buy the system from the
Kansas City firm, as the system can be
purchased from other company.
The plant at the High school, after be-
ing in about three or four years, had
to be entirely rebuilt and Tearranged last
fall at an expense of 81, 800. The plant
has been anvthing but a succesa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27
ENGLAND FILES A PROTEST

Washington. March PA dispatch was
received here today from one of the for
eign offices to its representative stating
that the British government had made a
protest against China's negotiating a con-
VentiOn with any power touching terri
torial or financial affairs until the present
troubles in China are settled. The pro-
test was made through Sir Ernest SatoW
British minister at Pekin. 1t is UNDER
stood to have been made within the last
day or two. The Russian agreement is
not specifically referred tcA but, it is
stated. the British action is clearly direct
ed against that agreement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

An educational qualification for the
elective franchise has been adopted l'y
the legislature OF Washington The new
election law provides that no one shall
hereafter be admitted to the suffrage
who cannot read and write the English
language. Such action on the part Of
southern state would be called a high
handed outrage and direct effort to
eliminate the negro vote
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

The phlanthropists who are arranging
for the establishment of sanitorium
for consumptlves in Colorado should not
fail to set aside a good sized tract 81
land for a cemetery. There are few CIR
cumstances better calculated to hurry
the victim Of tuberculosis out Of this
world than to send him to Colorado or
California
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

Chicago. March 27.-''Sandow" Mertes;
ti,e o11tf7efder and general utility man Of
the Chicago National league team 2, :. toq ky
ss1s32airar season with the Chicago American
ieaerl1e team The amount of Mertes sal
ary was not announced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

Considering the difference in the sizes
Of the marks at which De Rodays ana
Count de Castellane had to shoot at IL
seems that It would have been no moro
than fair that the latter should have
submitted to some sort Of a handicap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

Pierpont Morgan, who expresses
preference for corne6 beef and cabbage.
appears to have larger following than
dos Mr.. Carnegie. who is distinguished
as 8. founder of free Libraries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

Mr.. Croker's return to America may
BE- looked for about the time that New
York gets a firm hold on those Carnegie
millions, If no sooner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

Ohio politics is said to have reached
the stage where the whole state and con-
eressional ticket is fixed up in Washing
ton. BY the leaders Of one Of the parties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

The United States is 50 good a Gus
toner for frecracixers that China prob
ably feels she cannot afford to do any
thing calculated to disturb aIniable re-
lations Of the two countries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-27

This great drama is presented here by
an admirable company IN its beantlI u u
completeness, with all the nagniIilcedi !
scenery and mechanical effects employed
during its long run at Academy OF MUSIC
New York city.
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