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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-08-08
WORK OF GIBANC()N1RESS
Probability That Loan of Thir'y y
Five Million Dollars Will
be Authorized.
HOW THE MONEY WILL Be APPROPRIATED
Ali In He Extended Sugar Planters,
the Cuban Junta's Debts fnid an"
the Liberating Army 90 He Paid
For Their Services 10 the Amount
of s23. 900, 900.

New York, Aug. 5.-The first lmpor-
tant work of the Cuban congress Is
approaching a conclusion after SIT
ting OF little more than two
months. At Saturday nights session
of the senate the way was prepared
for circulating 49,, 100000 throughou'
the island by substantially approving
the house bill, for the circulation OF
this amount. The money, 1t Is be
Ieyed. will have the effect of relieV-
ing considerably the present crisis.
The Cuban congress considers it adj
visable to aid the sugar Planters
pendlng efforts to obtain reciprocity
at the next session of the American
congress. The necessity is also rec
ognized of paying the debt contract
ed by the Cuban junta of New YORK
in aid of the last revolution, and to
pay the liberating army.
Authority has been granted for the
appointment of a commission to fix
and paw the amount due to the army.
Gen. Maxine Gomez probably will be
the chairman.
President Palma will be authorized
TO borrow s35,OO0,O00 in American
gold and issue national 35-year hVe
per cent. bonds within six months.
Four million dollars will be appliea
TO the a,d of the cane growers ana
the agricultural and cattle industry
generally. The money will be loaned
at the rate of so cents for every 2,5oo
mounds of sugar grown in the last
crop. The money is to be repaid III
February, March or April of next
wear. drawing six per cent. interest.
The bondhol,ers will have the GUS
tomhouse rec.i pts as a guarantee TOT
the repayment Oh the $4,OOO.ooo. Presl-
dent Palma will be authorized to IN
crease the tariff duties on certain
articles accordingly. The rest o.
the S35 900, 900 loan will be used for the
payment of deuts contracted by the
New York iunta to support the re'o'
luton. amounting to about $3,OO0,Ooo,
also for payment of services OF the
army, amounting to $23,0OO,OO0. TO
! bring this loan within the terms OF
the Platt amendment and other pro-
VISIONS OF Tile CuDdu Colio lltu'ioi' 'hN
present congress, before adjourning,
will provide a way to pay interest,
and will establish a sinking fund to
.edeem the principal. This probably
will be done by means of a stamp tax.
Any balance of the loan will be ap-
piled to agriculture at the discretion
of congress.
The foregoing has been substantial
ly approved by congress, only the
details remaining for discussion,
which will begin Monday in public
sessions. 1t is believed such loan
can be negotiated and taken care OF
! without great difficulaty. 1t will be
, Cuba's only national debt. Business
depression in the towns and poverty
lin the country are not decreasing
There have been 1873 business; FAIL
ures in the last IL months, against %
the wear before.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-08-08

Well-DOring Platforms Burned.
Baku, Russia. Aug. 5.-Thirty nap
tina boring platforms at Romany have
been destroyed by fire.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08
FROM A PROHIBITIONIST.
M. N Butler Explains Why Stahl
and Stebbins Failed.
he editor of the State Journal.

To the Editor of the State Journal
The campaign is over. The returns
are in. The Republicans have swept the
state like a prairie fire. 1t is not an
accident. And now that the smoke has
cleared away and the public mind
Gained down. would you permit a few
observations.
The writer is not a member of any
religious denomination nor does he
know that he ever will be. vet he has
| the most profound reverence for the
Holy Scriptures and true Christianity.
Then he is from Missouri and has TO be
shown. Also he is a free lance polit
cally, never having voted either old
party tickets. but has often voted for
both Republicans and Democrats He
has been much interested in the situa-
ton in the state and especially in Shaw
nee county. He is Al years old and has
had 25 years experience under the Ii
censed liquor traffic in a state with
beastly Democratic majority. He has
visited perhaps thousand saloons and
joints. Has stood guard over prisoners.
helped to summon juries in courts
where druggists and saloonkeepers
would nave from ten to twenty indict-
ments against them for viola ting license
laws, restrictions and regulations. He
has been in the caves and coves in the
mountains with his gun and dark Ian
tern He has a brother who has looked
down as high as a dozen rifles, shot
guns and WincheSters al time in the
moonshine REGIONS of North Carolina,
East Tennessee. and was at one time
for some days aprisoner of these danger
Gus law breakers in the hills of Ken
lucky. The writer of this has been at
the great breweries at Milwaukee. Pc
oria, st. Louis and Omaha. Thus be has
seen liquor running from the stills pure
as the mountain dew and the slOpS
and swills of the big breweries. He has
seen its deadly work in disorder, brawls,
suicides and cold blooded murders. He
believes with the late brilliant Robert
G. Ingersoll that it is a curse to hu
manity from the moment it leaves the
worm until it lands its victim in the
hOttomless Dit. He has seen the lone
legaIized country still, with pure liquor
and free, ruin almost every farmer boy
and hired hand for miles, that would
congregate, gamble, drink and sport
from Saturday night until almost
breakfast Monday morning. Yet the
writer himself never took a pledge not
to drink liquor. Both his grandfathers
were Kentuckians, one grandmother a
Virginian and the other a Carolinian.
He is political prohibitionist not from
the leading railroads, safe insurance
companies and up-to-date business con-
Germs are demanding abstinence and
prohibition for their patrons and en-
ployes. Therefore if seem little ultra
I am frank about it. I voted for En-
erson, Stahl and Stebbins. 1 might not
have been as active as some others in
the campaign but there were good rea-
sons as there were why I did not vote
for the prohibition candidate for gov
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08

ernor two years ago I was over $500
miles through the state in the PETER
campaign. From the first l had no faith
in the management of the Stahl and
Stebbins affair.
Intelligent Republicans could see
neither sense nor good policy in scratch
ing for two minor candidates so out of
line with the regular platform and tick
ct. Bailey, Kelly, Luling ct al 1t is
childish to try to close our eyes to the
significance and results of this election.
The liquor men hail it as complete
Vindication of their murderouS traffic.
Instead of having to operate as an out
law and criminal as now under Parker
and Craddock they expect the next leg
islature to give us resubmissiOn and the
Republican party to 1egalize by high
license their damnable demoraliZing, de-
grading business Even the Capital and
ministers who endorse national Repub-
licanism will be obliged to support that
policy.
And now few words to the temper
ance men who voted for Stahl and
Stebbins believing they were unortho-
dox and better than the crowd they
were in. and especially to the prohibi-
tionists. The darkest hour is often just
before daylight. At the outbreak of the
rebellion death held high carnival. 1t
filled eighty-two southern grave yards
with northern dead. Bull Run, the bat
tie of Gettysburg. Shiloh, Vfcksburg and
the Wilderness looked as if the folly of
men would end the United States in
universal ruin. But all the while amid
the roar of cannon, the Shrek of shells
and the groans of the dying, the herald
angels song was descending. Peace on
earth and good will toward men," The
Bible gives no place for presumption
and despair. James NJ. Mason, JUS
tice of Quindaro township, Wyandotte
county pulled five jointists They got
out a writ of prohibition on him and
won their case in the district court The
temperance people employedFrank M.
McHale of Lawrence, the late prohibi-
tion nominee for attorney general. and
twice he argued the matter before a full
bench of the supreme court, the last
November 5, while the jointists and
gamblers and outlaws were holding
jubilee over the defeat of Stebbins and
Stahl The decision of the district court
was reversed so that any justice of the
peace under the Hurrel law may order
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08

We have good properties for Morris ave. very
ceent properties for sale Muvane and Dillon
We for of the best the State $3.50
all bottom all improved, which be divided
purchasers, miles south of Solomon, Kansas
We properties for sale Fillmore between I'd and
Sd 4h 9th 5th and 9Th and 18th and 10Th
We very desirable properties for sale Horne
We properties for sale Western ave. 4th
7th and 9Th 10th and 18th and 18th and 18th M
We have desirable farms for sale in both Usage
and Wabaunsee counties.
We have of the best companies in the United States
which place best We place
a few mortgages, and could make a few good loans
We have large number Of lots for sale Elm Grove Ad
diton, just of the south end of Potwin.
We very excellent farms for sale both Jeer
Jackson and in Douglas and Poawatome
We have especially fine lots for sale Dillon 18th
ST., and Boles
We for sale Buchanan
I'd 9th and h Huntoon and 18th Euclid and
18th ST.. 18th and Goth ts
We sale the country tributary Topeka
very close to the city, 10 or II miles
4h and 9th 5h and 9Th s 7th and 9Th and 9th and
10th SITS.
We properties for sale Lane street. both north and
south of 10th.
We properties for sale Lincoln street. both
and south of 10TH
We properties sale Taylor street.
and 9th sts., and between 7th and Sch SITS.
We have properties for sale Topeka between 7h
and 9Th 9th and 10th and 19sh and Goth
We sale within few miles of the cyeast,
south west and north.
We for sale southeast of city south
city of of city, northeast of city, and north of city
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08

Totals IN Q. s.. 2,241, ,864, ,029 10.9 -
The Waconda Flyer makes no stops.
1t goes through. Ask your druggist
he knows.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08

(From the Atchison, Kan, Daily Globe }
This is the season when the woman who
knows the best remedies for Group is in de-
mand in every neighborhood- One of the
most terrible things in the world is to be
awakened in the middle of the night by u
whOOp from one of the children. The Group
remedies are almost as sure to be lost, in
case of Group, as a revolver is sure to be
lost in case of burglars. There used to be
an o!d-Iasnloneu IeInsuy Ior Group known
mothers say that ChamDarlain's Cough
Remedy is better. and does not cost so
much. 1t causes the patient to throw up
the phlegm' quicker, and gives relief in
a shorter time. Give this remedy as soon
as the croupy. cough appears and it will
prevent the attack. at never fails and is
pleasant and safe to take. For sale by
all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08
bis constables to seize and destroy Joint

his constables to seize and destroy joint
fixtures. Then it is rumored that George
J. Barker, backed up by J. B. Bower.
sock and others will introduce a bill in
the next legislature providing that any
citizen can bring suit direct in the dis
trict or supreme court without going
through or via of the attorney general
to oust any county attorney who fails
to do his duty in enforcing the law. The
better people Of Kansas, the statement
of any theological manipulation to the
contrary notwithsta nding. do not want
the open legalized saloon. It simply
shows that the public did not love the
Republican party more but bourbon
mossback Democracy less.
NJ. N BUTLER
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08
Erakine Reed Goes East.

Lexington. KY, Nov. S.-A. H. Mer-
rill oS Danvers. Mass. has bought of
pacing gelding Erskine Reed, 6. by Chat
terton, Els dam Lottie H, by Thomas
K, for $500. The horse was shipped
to his new home today Erskine Reed
has gone a trial mile in 2.1251 and d
half at n c:10 gait He will be trained
and campaigned next season.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08
Visit the old Home

in the east and take advantage of low
rates applying by the Nickel Plate road
November II, II and 13, 1902 John Y.
Callahan, General Agent. 113 Adams
street, Chicago, will have pleasure in
answering all inquiries in reference to
this excursion.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08
BANK CLEARINGS.
Topeka Shows Gain of 3O5 Per
Cent Over Last Year.

New York, Nov. s.-The following table,
clearings. at the following cities for the
week ended November 6, with the percent
age of increase and decrease as compared
with the corresponding. week last year:
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08
Homeseekers, Exeuraion

to eastern points for 1902, will leave
Chicago over the Nickel Plate road No
vember II, II and 13. For particulars
and sleeping car accommodations. ad-
dress John Y. Callahan, General Agent,
113 Adams street, Chicago.
The waconda Flyer makes no stops.
It goes through Ask your druggist
he knows
The Topeka state journal., 1902-11-08

We have properties for sale Jackson between I'd and
Sd sts 3D. 4th s 4th and 5th sts 5h and 9th s
between 9Th and 9th sts.
We have good properties for sale in Auburndae
We have very desirable places for sale in Potwin
We have for sale Kansas between Crane
and 1 between Sd and 4th sts between 4th and 9th
between 9th 7h between 9Th and 9th between 9th
and 10th 18th and 18th 18th and 22d SITS.
We have properties for sale Van Buren, st. between Sd
and 4h ets 1th and 18th 18th and 18th 18th and 18th
ss, and between 20th and 22d SITS.
We have desirable properties for sale Monroe street,
Madison street. Jefferson street
We have desirable properties for sale desirable
localities North Topeka Monroe and Madison streets
Van Buren, Jefferson N. K Polk and
Central
We have very desirable properties for sale of the Ave
East 18th and 18Th East 10th ST, East 9Th ST..
East 7Eh East 9Th ST., and East 5th st.
We have sale forty fstclas farms Shawnee county
We have for sale Polk between 9th and
7h SITS. and 18th and 18th SITS.
We have for sale Harrison street. between I'd
and Sd Sd 4h 4h and 9TH 18th and 9th 7h
and 8h SITS, 18th and 18th and 18th and 18th sts
We have for excellent properties Quincy street, be-
4th and 5th 5h and 9th 9Th and 9TH 9th and
10Th SITS, and 11h and 18th ss
We have properties for sale west I'd 9Th
9th 7th west Sth ST., 10Th ST.
west 18th west 14th ST.. and west 18th st.
We have properties for sale in Parkdale East Sh ST.
Smith ave. Chestnut Chandler st. and
Lafayette fact almost all parts of Parkda and in
Metskers addition houses and lots that desirable
We have for Highland Park with houses
upon them, and vacant lots.
We have fine properties in Oakland both improved
and unimproved
, 1902-02-27
TO REDEEM PALESTINE.
Sultan May Grant a Charter to tho
Zionists.

The leaders of the Zionist movement
anticipate important developments as
n result of the visit of DIR. Theodore
Herzl of Vienna, president of the Zion
list Congress recently held mt Basic.
Switzerland. to Constantinople. DIR.
Herzl was summoned to the Yildiz pal.
ace by n special telegram from the Sui
tan, and is now negotiating with the
Sultan for the acquisition of conces-
sions in Palestine permitting of the I'M
impeded immigration and settlement
of Jews there. DR.. HerZls demands
include n charter granting some simple
form OF home rule and opening the Sui
tan's crown lands to Jewish colonial
ton.
4 representative of the Jewish colon.
izafion association. which was en-
dowed by the late Baron Hirsch with
Il large sum of money, is also at Con
stantinople. which is taken to signify
that the trustees of the Baron Hirsch
fund are about to concentrate their
upon Palestine.
, 1902-02-27
CUBAN STATISTICS.
Government Issues a Gazetteer Giving
Valuable Information.

Washington. Feb. 24.-The United
States Geographical Survey is about to
issue a Gazetteer of Cuba" compiled
under the direction of Henry Gannett,
the geographer. The publication con
tainS comprehensive data regarding
the geography. resources. climate, peo-
pie, civil divisions. etc, of the island,
and is illustrated by maps and plates,
showing distribution of population and
products.
1t says the mineral so far
as developed, consist almost entirely
of hematite ore. which has been mined
for many years a few miles east of
Santiago. Nearly all the ore, which
contains about siXty-two per cent. of
iron, is shipped TO the United States.
Asphaltum has been found in several
places.
There were. in 1899. 60, III farms with
an average size Of l43 acres and an av-
erage cultivated area of thirteen acres.
MatanZas and Habana provinces are
the o highly cultivated parts of the
island. OF the cultivated area less
than fifty per cent. was owned by its
occupants. Sugar cane occupies forty
Scven per cen of the cultivated lands.
There We're in Cuba in 1899, 2O7
sugar mills, or centrals, producing
daily G1.4O7 bags of sugar. There
We're also eighty-five stills, with a
daily capacity of 1G1 .751 gallons. For
transportation the island depends on
very poor wagon roads and LOO miles
of railways.
, 1902-02-27
ITS WINTER SLEEP.
A Naturalist Watches a Hibern.,,,.
Dormouse.

An italian naturalist kept a do,
mouse in his study, where he could
watch its actions when the time of its
winter sleep came. On the 24th of na
cember. when the thermometer ,rna
about forty degrees-that is, eight do
grees above the freezing point-the dor
mouse curled himself up among A besn
of papers and went to sleep. On tba
2Ith of December. when the thermon
eter was several degrees lower. NJ
Mangili ascertained that the animal
breathed and suspended his respIra
ton at regular Intervals; that is, after
four minutes of perfect repose, DURING
which he appeared as If dead. he
breathed about twenty-four times in
the space of a minute.
When the thermometer fell nearly to
the freezing point. the intervals of
what appeared suspended animation
were six minutes. As the Thermometer
becames higher-that is as the weather
was less cOld-the intervals of repose
were reduced to three minutes. As the
winter grew intensely cold, the times
of perfect repose, during which no
breathing could be perceived, became
much longer.
Within ten days Of the time of jts
falling asleep the dormouse awoke and
ate n little, food being provided on the
shelf neal him. He then went to sleep
again, and continued to sleep and wake
at about these intervals throughout the
winter. AS spring approached his
sleep become lighter, until the warm
days caused him to shake off his
drowsiness altogether.
, 1902-02-27
MISS STONE FREE AT LAST.
Reaches a Macedonian Town After
Four Months in Captivity.

Constantinople. Feb. 23.-Miss Ellen
NJ. Stone. the American missionary
who. with Nine. Tsilka, was captured
by brigands in the district of Salonica,
September Both last, has been released
and arrived ut Strumitza, Macedonia,
at 3 o'clock this morning.
Nobody was ut Strumitza to meet
Miss Stone. as the brigands had given
10 indication where they proposed to
release the prisoners. Nine. 1'silka and
her baby We're also released at the
same time. They are all well. Miss
Stone Immediately made herself known
10 the authorities.
The first news Of Miss stones re-
lease was contained in n telegram re-
ceived by Mr.. Dickinson, the American
consul general ut Constantinople. from
the American vice consul nj Salonica,
The telegram gives no details of the
release.
, 1902-02-27
Miss Stone Not Released.

Washington. Feb. 22.-It is estlmat.
ed AZ the state Department that fif.
teen days have now elapsed since the
money for Miss Stones ransOm was
paid over to the agents of the brigands,
At least five days have elapsed beyond
the time fixed in the stipulation IL
place her In the hands of her friends
There is no explanation of the delay
1t IL hoped that physical conditions,
such ms heavy SHOWS and adverse
weather. may for the failure
to secure her delivery.
, 1902-02-27
THE DEED
OUTLAW SAYS HE SHOT KICKER
Woodward Breaks Down on the Wit
ness Stand.-Says Shooting
Was Accidental.


Casper, Wyo., Feb. 22.-(Special to
the Denver Republican, Charles
Woodward last evening went on the
stand and in II trembling voice confess
ed to the murder of Sheriff Kicker.
After breaking jail. Woodward said
he went to the stock yards below town,
where he found n revolver, but he
would not tell who put 1t here. This
is the gun he used to shoe the sheriff.
The second night out of Casper he re
manned Mt n ranch six miles below
town. The next day he spent in a coal
bank near the ranch. In the evening
he secured a horse and rode to his
ranch at Garfield peak. Arriving there
about dusk and going to the barn, he
found he horses of The sheriff's posse
and knew that the officers We're look
ing for him. He united one of the
horses, mounted II and was ready to
ride u of the barn when Sheriff Rick
err came from the house and said, "Har-
ny, is that your
mo, it is not Harry" said Wood
ward.
Kicker said then, "Oh, oh, is that
you. Charlie?"
81 pulled my own gun them Wood
ward testified. Swung 1t around and
said, Go back and 1t went Off. | did
not intend to shoot or kill Sheriff Rick
er. l thought | might scare him and he
would return to the house and give me
n chance to get away. When l fired
the shot, he said in n loud voice, oh
right out loud, that way. l jumped off
lns ~ "n Mtnt nn1h Into ~ nnih
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uIes' anu men i'IcNer r"'he 10 M culi,
Ii oui; ~ poHs' come anu ger me
~ t"lleu this why IVY or thIee tunes;
''l,,'ie St"uu mean NV houHr, vi i
.pulu ntnr lnenn 'alh,nE' l ouS
my Vert y"InlIE 10 ,nt pnrh nv !
Ieiu ny gun M snpt II ph III 'he h,I.
Iol'eu ~ vain t"cn' l N"s AT tht
AZ" Sp 'nes Noutu my ouiiG nnu ger
nv IhG men at 'ne house 'h'h urea
seISrnl shols'
went INTO the narh ana lald down
by the me teiiows at the
Mouse smoo,ihE an the tiIhe' phe OF
IheIl cniIel OUT lou hau pell'r sur
renIer' Tor we nave You surrounded
rlIhIlH lne SIerih c'illeu our anu
tn,se were lne laS. W"rus ne spuhe~
sltrG "oouW hru nrohS u"Wh anu
VIZ liNt !" '"iih' nrH he h"u reS"ih-
II, S"uhl'psuir ~ sun,
me s"ellh shIu' WON you cohlc
Hiu carry me 10 tue n"use' pi' my
puOi ~ NV "'"pVS' ~ Hn"i tni9
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~ i,eh nt the nouse COMING anu Ee-
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Nv up very lniie. ~ soulueI so plll-
iul lor lhe sieIlh, VINO vas GhiiiilE TOT
us WIie ana p'pleS' umI thouSht
,,cI Mouiu tohie anu hIil me- So l shu-
uieI tiit noIsS' 'l,ti II III rIIt 10 lS
nrIule, turhe" 1t oul Oh inc nhrI anu
lnei, heIu III 10 lie rope anu hilcr u
VIII clnN 'u "ut "l Il Sildn WlnuoW
w. rS'nlt" ul nv ilorSr' ! hIeW lhc
Hntiih MnS utnu Mneu ! MehI AWAY
nu' ! NJ iot s.s"i nls money; nus gun
vas lSlhS on me Erouni anu nlckeI
1t NJ, IN MN uhn"chlol ms nelt ahu
C wran nm" Put 1t on unssSHii
, 1902-02-27

Groton, Mass. Feb. 22.-Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.. who has been i'll with
pneumonia for two weeks in the Gro
ion school iniirmary. Is bound for
Washington tonight. Bundled to his
eyes In blankets, he was today taken
In u covered sleigh from the iufirmary
to the special train which had been In
readiness At the GrotOn station for sew
ornl days, lie was accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt. Dr. l.. NJ. Rixey and
Miss Roosevelt.
, 1902-02-27

London. Feb. 24.-It is authoritativcly
stated that 1t has been settled by King
Edward that Miss Roosevelt will have,
a place assigned TO her among the am
b~assadors' wives in the abbey to wit
ness the coronation ceremonies.
, 1902-02-27

To the ordinary person it will appear
that the Younger brothers and their
friends should be content win the fact
tina men with such a spectacular Grim
inal record are permitted to have the
liberty of n whole state. What they
have obtained is much more than they
deserve. and they are quite properly
refused the full pardon for which their
friends have prayed.
, 1902-02-27

Gen. Bell says that one woman is
more efficient in pacifying the Philip
pines than a company Of soldiers. Let
us marry OFF the whole army in the
Philippines, That will b. equivalent to
an army of 10000 600 men. according
to Gen. Bells ideas.
, 1902-02-27

1t is proposed to offer the Congress
sional Record to subscribers at 81 a
year, but the government would have
to throw in the capitol or the United
States treasury as a premium to get
any subscribers even at that price.