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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

The value of the exports of animals
and animal products for the year ended
June 80. 1902, according to Secretary
Wilson's report, amounted to the large
sum of S244. 7SS. Os2. OF this amount, S44. =
S71,6s4 was tire value of the animals
1892, sos of the meat and meat prod
ucts, and S7104.77 of the dairy products
The total value of the exports of ami
NAL products was about $3.00O.OOO great
er than the like exports of the previous
year, but there was a decrease of nearly
ss,OOO.OO0 in the value of cattle exported
This was due to the SHARP demand for
beef cattle in tbs country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

There has been inaugurated a move
ment looking to secure an appropriation
from congress for the building of d
natural highway across the country. So
far the scheme has not passed the talk
ing stage. but the promoters, who are
chiefly automobile manufa cturers, want
S20,000,O00 from Uncle Sam. on the IN
derstanding that the states and counties
traversed shall respectively invest dollar
FOR dollar with the government. Sixty
million dollars invested in good roads
would go long way and might lead
to a continuation of the work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

In all the markets dealers in grain
and stocks appear to be moving care
fully. a dull period in speculation
rarely fails to come in with the holiday
season. The probability is that there
will be little doing from now on until
after New Years. When interest and
dividends falling due at that time are
distributed the spectators are likely to
strike their old pace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Reports to r. G. Dun & &C. show. COM
mercial failures in the United States
during November 1000 in number and
1926. T16 in amount Of defaulted liabili-
ties, compared with 974 failures a year
ago for s9,0T0, 446. There were 215 manu-
featuring failures for $3.ss1,O60, against
as last year involving $780,. SIS; 1f6 if
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06


Not long ago the Saturday Evening Post
contained a story about a young country
lawyer who appeared for a client in
damage case against the Reading railroad
and won the suit and the damages for
his client despite the smartness of the cor
poration lawyers. The railroad company
decided that lawyer with the ability to
defeat the railroads array of legal talent
would be an unsafe man to run at large so
the railroad employed him as one OF the
regular staff of attorneys. That man wns
George F. Baer, now president of the
Reading road He was fhe once lowly,
country lawyer who was too smart for the
legal brains of a mighty railroad How
history repeats itself 1t has been ep-
parent to the public for some time that
o,,twitted by man from the humble
walks of life, John Mitchell. president Of
the United Mine Workers union Nov,
will the Reading railroad employ Mitchell
because he is too sharp for the railroad
attorneys and too dangerous for the
Reading railroad to allow him run at
large?
..rrhe Gamekeeper'' is booked for the
Crawford Sunday night. It has been
rlmored that this attraction is to be-
transferred from across the hall in Hont
of the opera house where there are sew
eral game keepers who preside over faro.
keno, chuckaluck and stud poker but this
rumor is untrue
The name of President Baer. of the
Reading railroad is not in who's Who
In America" The book was gotten out
before it was known that the firm of Baer,
God & Co existed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

The number of national banks organ
lied in the leading states during the
year ending October 81. is as follows.
Texas. 1913; Pennsylvania, 1873: Mime
sofa, rs; Ohio, Illinois and Iowa, Sc
EACH Oklahoma Territory, 50; Indian
Territory, So; New York. 40; Indiana,
Al; North Dakota, Sc; Kansas. 50; Ne
braska. %; South Dakota, 26; Virginia
and Wisconsin "a each; West Virginia.
%; Kentucky. % The number OF banks
organized in the other states ranged
from one in Vermont and Rhode Island
to a maximum of 20 in New Jersey.
No organiza tions were effected in Me-
vada or Alaska
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

The same difficulty is encountered
whenever an attempt is made to trans
act any business with the southern
neighbors Of the United States. The
'manana" habit is SO thoroughly
grounded in the natures of the Spanish
Americans that II seems almost impos-
sible to Go business with them The
Panama canal treaty and the Cuban re-
ciprocity treaty are cases in point. In
one case an enterprise of great import
ance to the world, is held up and in the
other business agreement of much
moment to the parties directly connect
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Emperor William has made violent
personal attack on the German Social
lists ir a speech. Perhaps he could have
taken no surer way of helping along the
sncialist movement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

The closing a number Of anthracite
mines by snow at a period when there
is already a scarcity of hard coal and
the accompanying fall of temperature is
likely to cause much distress, but it is
no more than the country is entitled to
exnept
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.

From the Atchison GIobe-J
MAY the good man deliver us from the
precoc:ous child.
See that big fat red headed woman?
Wei. she is the slender. auburn haired
girl you used to know
The human race makes pretty good pro-
gress considering that no selection is
made of the prettiest, or the pure Maltese,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Kansas is daily Strengthening her title
to recognition as a first-class winter re-
sort. 1t would be difficult to find
better brand of weather anywhere than
the average for the past two months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

chinaware at a waiter in a restaurant
He was found not guilty. His defense
was that the waiter put a bottle of to-
mato catsup in front of him. That was
an insult to the profession.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

A smart wolf out in Smith county
became chummy with a rancher's dog.
In the day time the two would play to-
gether in the fields and at night a fat
turkey would disappear from the roost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

There seems to be a hitch in the reel
procity proceedings. The beet sugar
men must be at work again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Among the advantages of a snowless
winter is absence of discussion regard
ing whose business it is to clean off the
walk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Who will take the vacated position of
treasury watchdog when Uncle Joe
Cannon becomes speaker of the house?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Just because you happen to read that
Mrs. Carrie Nation has been arrested it
is no sign that you are reading from the
newspaper files of January, 1900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

has been a great demand this winter for
walnut Juice for hair dye"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

The report that Hal Reid is in an in
sane asylum may be true. He has just
written a five act melodrama entitled
"Old SIeuth.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

While Dr. J. G. Brownheld. who was
convicted at FL Dorado of perjury In the
Jessie Morrison case, is sojourning in the
penitentiary he might prepare the plans
and specifications for a patent medicine
for that isolated feeling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Alpaca dresses will again be fashion,
able. Mrs. Nation has returned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Bettah watch fer billiards,
aAn' heavy SHOWS at night;
Cone husks mighty crimpy,
An turkey bones am white
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

There is a crying demand for few
more joints. So far the names Resort -
Sample Room and Hanks Place
have not been pre-empted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

The county commissioners discharged
a janitor who had been employed for
eight years on the ground that he had
missioners may come up for reelection
and the public may take the same view
of their incumbency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

1t is noticeable that docking horses
tails does not dock thesprice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

The president called attention in his
message to the senseless slaughter OF
game" He had no reference to the
members of the Bruin family in Missis-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Manager Crawford, with his Sunday
plays, seems to be trying the protracted
theatrical plan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Just a little hoop steel.
Just a little sand
Just a little bob car.
Barely room to stand:
Just a constant jiggle,
Just a constant Jolt.
Keeps the public ready
To openly revolt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

In a sermon recently DR.. Mcfarland
said: that the newspaper photographers
should not make light of pathetic sub
jects. The paragraphers have been
rather busy with doctor lately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

Evangelist williams has called the
Rev. Mr.. Pullman. of the Methodist
assertion that Elks are boozers. Rev.
Mr.. Pullman. to sustain the charge
made by Williams. talks of the B. T.
o. E. and says by their fruits We shall
know them" He probably refers to the
candied cocktail cherries and juicy
Mamie Taylor lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06

It is a pity that rag-time music had
not been invented when Gounod wrote
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
SEVEN BURNED AT BUFFALO.
Lamp Explosion wines Out an En-
tire Family.

Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 12.-Seven lives
were lost in a fire in Broadway at an
early hour this morning.
The Pearisteins and another family
name Supowski lived in rooms above a
shoe store and were asleep when the
fire started. Supowski told the police
to-day that he accidentally dropped a
lamp. A few minutes after the fire
began there was loud explosion that
blew out the front of the store and
hurled some of the contents of the win
dows out into the middle of the street.
Plate glass windows on the opposite
side of Broadway were shattered~and
the sound of the explosion was heard
two blocks away. The flames enveloped
the building in a short time. The fam
ily living in the rear fiat barely es-
capped with their lives.
The Pearlsteins were awakened, but
before they could reach the only stair
way leading from their rooms the fire
had undermined the floor in the hall
way and it collapsed, carrying them
down into a mass of flames. Their
bodies were found at s o'clock, four
hours after the firemen had eXtin-
guished the flames. The body of the
mother and baby We're found together
the little one tightly clasped in its
mothers arms. Pearlsteins body was
found close to that of his wife. He
also held one of the children in his
arms. The bodies of the other three
children were found huddled close to-
gether to the fathers body.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
IN HONOR or sIGNoR MARcoNI
distinguished Guests VIII SIT at
banquet Board with Him To-
81.
night.

New York, Jan. 12.-Signor William
Marconi, inventor of wireless tele-
graphy, arrived here to-day from Can
ada, where he has been the guest of
the Dominion government. To-mor-
row evening he will be the guest OF
honor at the annual banquet of the
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers. He will sail for Europe on
Wednesday.
Signor Marconi described his recent
experiments in wireless telegraphy be-
tween Newfoundland and Cornwall,
England. and said the test letter was
received exactly l-<)rding to plans
both as to number and speed.
"As soon as ! reach the other side"
he said, Il shall start to work to get
stations in readiness for the transmits
sion of messages, commercial and other
wise, across the Atlantic. There will
be two stations on each side, those In
Europe being located at Cornwall and
Belgium. Those on the American side
will be at Nova Scotia and Cape Cod"
At the banquet to-morrow evening
Signor Marconi is expected to speak OF
his recent achievements. Others on the
list of speakers are Lieut.. Gen. Nelson
A. Miles, Rear Admiral Bradford. and
Prof. Pupin of Columbia University.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
DEVASTATING THE COUNTRY.
"eyier~kitchener Tactics Employed
ny Our Troops in PhiIipniras


ny Our Troops in Philippines.
Manila, Jan 12.-The news received
from Batangas province is cheerful.
Ihe expedition to Loboo in Batangas.
mas been complete success. The col
umns under Coils. Wint and Wells have
destroyed large number of barracks
and hamlets and enough rations to
Keep 10000 Filipinos for six months.
There was not single American cas-
ualty during the entire expedition. The
enemy fled before the Americans. Many
of them were killed and several SUR
rendered
Maj. Henry Allen, formerly Governor
OF the Island of Leyte, and now chief
of the insular constabulary, who has
been making a tour of the Islands of
Leyte and Mindanao, has returned to
Manila, and reports that the native
constabulary is fully able to control
the situation in the province of Misa-
mis-, in Northern Mindanao, where he
thinks the situation has been much eX-
aggerated
Previous reports concerning this
province caused Gems. Davis and Wade
to request that it be returned from
civil to military control With the ex-
ception of the church, the entire town
of Quingua, in Bulacan province, Lu-
zon, was burned to the ground and
thousands of Filipinos have been rem
dered homeless
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
ATTACKED WHILE ASLEEP.
Mrs. Dennis Unable to Give Police
Any Clue as to identity of Her
AssaiIant.

Washington, ,Jan.12,-Mrs. Ada Gilbert
Dennis, the fashionable modiste, who
was murderously assaulted i'm the night
OF Dec. 19, was able for the first time
to-day to make a statement. The police
have been hopeful that what she would
say would throw some light on the mo-
tive for the crime or lead to the dis
covery of the perpetrator, but Mrs.
Dennis statement contained nothing
that would give any clew. She said she
remembers nothing Immediately be-
fore the attack upon her, and said the
blow was struck while she was asleep.
Nor had she any idea who committed
the assault nor the motive for it. Mrs.
Dennis said she had not been out of
the house during the evening of the
night of the assault and that before re-
tiring she had locked the doors to the
front and back parlors. The latter
she occupied as a bedroom. One fea-
ture of Mrs. Dennis statement that
puzzles the police is that she said her
revolver and her money were under her
pillow when She retired. When the
crime was discovered the next morn
ing the revolver was in drawer Of
a secretary near by and the money
was in q pocketbook in box on a ta-
BILE Eear the bed. The police are more
mystified than ever over the affair.
The attending physicians now believe
Mrs. Dennis will recover
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
SENATE WITHOUT PLANS.
pines Benefit OF Reduced Tariff on
Imports.


pines Benefit OF Reduced Tariff on
Imports.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE Senate is
still without any definite plan of action
for the future, and the indications are
that the present week will witness a
greater display of activity in the SEN
ate committee rooms than in the Sem
ate Chamber. There are very few mat
ters of Importance on the calendar, but
enough to engage attention for few
hours each day until Thursday, when
the Senate probably will adjourn for
the week.
Among the measures which there will
be an effort to get out of committee
during the week are the Nicaragua ca
nal bill the Philippine tariff bill, and
the ship-subsidy bill The indications
are that the Nicaragua bill will be
reported practically as it passed the
House and that the shipping bill Will
not be materially amended, but the
Republican leaders have practically de-
cided to make material reduction of
the tariff ON Philippine imports. 1t
is not probable that the discussion Of
any one of these questions will begin
for some time. The utmost that is to
be expected in that direction is q pre-
liminary arrangement for considera-
ton. Which of the measures shall re-
ceive first attention is not yet deter
mined, and considerable rivalry is like
ly to develop for precedence. All of
the three measures will be debated at
some length when taken up in the Sen
ate.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
TO RECEIVE PRINCE
HENRY OF PRUSSIA WILL GET
WARM WELCOME.
PRESIDENT WILL SEE TO IT.
YACHT LAUNCHING TO BE A GREAT
EVENT.

Prince Henry Is Expected to Make
an Address in which Case Presi-
dent Roosevelt VIII Probably RE-
spond-North Atlantic Squadron
Mny He Ordered to Take Part.
President wiz Invite the Prince
to Become the Guest of the Ma
tion and VIII Personally Can
Upon Him.
Washington. Jan. 12.-The announce
ment that Prince Henry of Prussia,
brother of Emperor William. will come
to the United States at an early day.
already has caused much interesting
speculation as to the details OF his re-
ception. The programme for his enter
tainment will be an elaborate one, ap-
propriate for his high station.
He will be met at New York by rep
resentatives of President Roosevelt. An
officer win be detailed from the army
and one from the navy to arrange for
the convenience of the Prince, and TO
accompany him. He is an admiral in
the German navy, and when he arrives
in New York will be greeted by n sa-
lutte of twenty-une guns. which is the
same as a presidential salute. He may
make an address at the launching of
the imperial yacht, which is to be
christened by Miss Roosevelt. and it is
not improbable that President Roose-
welt may attend the launching and re-
spond to the Princes address.
On his arrival in Washington Prince
Henry will be received by the Presi-
dent and will be invited to become the
guest of the nation. Whether he will
care to accept this invitation or to stay
at the German embassy is not known.
His call upon the President will be
returned in person by Mr.. Roosevelt,
who will invite him to a dinner, where
| there will also be the most prominent
men of the country. Everything will
be done to make Prince Henry's visit
! a pleasant and memorable one.
The imperial yacht Hohenzollern will
also be given a cordial reception. It
is possible that the North Atlantic
| Squadron may find its itinerary cut
| short and that 1t will be ordered to
receive the yacht at sea, accompany
4 ii to port and take its share in doing
i.isoaror to the Prince of Prussia.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
TRIED TO CUT HIS THROAT.
Retired Army officer Makes Desper-
ate Attempt at San Francisco.

San Francisco, Jan. 12.-Capt. w. ].
Horne, of the Ninth Cavalry, U. S. A.,
made a deliberate attempt at suicide
last night in an O'Farrell street fruit
store, owned by A. Dalporto. The pro-
prietor was dressing a chicken in the
rear part of the store, when the. Cap
tain walked hastily up to him and
asked whether the knife he was using
was sharp. ut is" said Dalporto, and
in an instant Horne grabbed it and
slashed himself across the throat. Dali
porto grappled with the Captain and
a struggle followed in which Dalporto
received a slight cash on the right side
of the neck. With the assistance of sew
eral men Horne was oVerpowered and
taken to Il hospital He probably viii
recover from his wounds. He arrived
from Manila in December, having been
inValided home.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
CLOSE PORTS TO BRITAIN.
Chicago Friends of Beers Urge
Neutrality on President.

Chicago. Jan. 12.-The Chicago
branch of the American Transvaal
League held a meeting here tonight
and adopted a petition calling upon
President Roosevelt to enforce the neu-
trality law. A large number of sigma
lures of prominent men, judges, law
yers, and others. was obtained. The
petition is in the form Of an argument
ard sets forth that the United States
is conceded to be a neutral nation in
the war between Great Britain and the
South African Republic. II is contended
that if the augmentation of Great Bri-
tains military supplies from the port
of New Orleans were stopped, the
South African war would come to a
speedy end. 1t Is urged that horses and
mules, designed for use in military OPP
erations, are within the meaning Of the
term military supplies" as used in
the treaty of Washington, the Presi-
dent, therefore. is called upon to en-
force strictly article 6 Of that treaty.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
NEGRO JANIToR ARRESTED.
Suspected of Criminal Assault on
Wife of Mill Superintendent.

Lynchburg, Va, Jan. 12.--Joe Hig-
ginbotham. the negro janitor of the
Floyd School building, was arrested
last night on suspicion of being the
person who criminally assaulted and
attempted to murder Mrs. Ralph Web
ber wife of a cotton mill superintend
ent, yesterday. Owing to the intense
feeling prevailing the arrest was kept
quiet until this morning. The negro
has not yet been brought before Mrs.
Weber for identification, as her conCi-
ton is such as not to warrant subject
ing her to such a nervous shock. He
answers to the description given by
Mrs Webber of her assailant Circum-
stances developed to-day point strongly
to Higginbotham.
Steps have been taken 10 have the
prisoner taken to Roanoke for safe
keeping.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-13
WILL WELCOME PRINCE HENRY.
New York VIII Royalty Entertain
the German Prince.

New York Jan. 12.-Durlng this
week plans viii be considered for the
reception Of Admiral Prince Henry OF
Prussia. brother to Emperor William,
who will land here next month 10 wit
ness the launching Of the Kaiser's new
yacht The prospect now is that from
the arrival Of the Prince IN New York
waters will date a series Of public re-
ceptions fetes and kindly greetings OF
an International character such as have
been Daralleled In this country only
during the visit Of the Prince OF
Wales, now King of England, forty
years ago. and when a welcome was
extended eleven years later 20 the
Grand Duke Alexis. brother Of the
Czar Of Russia.