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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23
TWENTY-THREE DEAD.
This Number Have Died aud Four Nor
Are In q Critical state.


Thi. Number Have Died aud Four More
Are In a Critical state.
San Francisco. Dec. PA revised
list tf victims OF the railroad collision
on the Southern Pacific railroad near
Byron station shows the following:
Twenty.three dead: Robert Renwlck.
william L. Temple. Leonard s. Erwin
Tung Tai Gung. Chinese woman. All
Quoy. Chinese girl. Richard Post. Yu-
hin Malgowa. Hadru Maigowa. Mrs
Elizabeth smith. Clarence b. Clufs,
Miss Mabel yesey. Miss Birdie Elliott
Charles A. Sessions. Charles Owens
Miss Minnie Mayer. E. s. Eastman
Fong Dick. Chinese woman. Carl aver
unidentified white woman. Miss Alice
Sullivan. ID X. Vernon. two unidenti
fed Chinese.
There are still twentyone injured
survivors OF the accident The condi
ton Of four of these Is extremely crit
ical. and additional names may ye
have 70 be added 70 the death list
Oficlal investigation into the caus'
OF the disaster has been begnn by tn
coroner. Curry. OF Contra Costa coun
/ Is. who proposes 10 thoroughly sif
the evidence In order to TX the respon
sibnlty
There appears 10 be no doubt tha
tho Storkton flyer. which ran into IN
owl train. vas slgnalled and the en-
glneer responded with whistle an
I threw on the brakes The questio
whlch remains open Il whether or no
the signal was given In time TO aver
the collapse.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23
Big BLOCKS BURNED.
Knoxville, Tenn, Visited by an I'm.
mense COnhagratiOn.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE
A Number Of the Most Extensive Is
Establishments Suffer Considerable
Losses, Aggregate Being
Half a Million Dollars.

Knoxville. Tenn. Dec. 22.-The
worst fre which rayaged the business
portion OF this city since the disas'
trous million dollar conhagration ei
1897 broke out at 1870 O'Clock this
morning In the Immense four story
building on Commerce avenue. directly
opposite the central tre station. and
occupied by the Knoxville Pants com
pany. In two hours time the buildings
adjoining Il on Commerce avenue. oc-
cupled by Broyles. Mcclellan a Lack
ey. agricultural implement dealers: l..
David Commission company; the i'm
mense establishment OF the George
Brown Hardware company. on Cay
street: the Shanklln Grain company
and the X. H. Gate a Company build.
lngs on the same street. had been com
pletely gutted The siX-stury building
OF McTeer. Hood 4 Co. wholesale
clothing. and the building Of the Ia
vies Furniture company. which were
reported destroyed. withstood the
storm Of flames aud were but little
damaged. Brandau a Kennedy. retail
clothlers; W. T. Newton. Ieweler
whlttle Spence Trunk company and
other retail stores were considerably
damaged.
Conservative insurance mon say tbs
loss win be between four and Eve hun
dred thousand dollars. Other estI
mates place Il much higher.
The McTeer and Davies building
seemed doomed. aud although the
were Ga flames time and again the
were saved with small damage by th
heroic work Of the hremen
Several other structures were on hr
a. tlufes. Including the hiR establish
mcnt OF Gillespie Shields A Co. whole
sale hatters. bnt they were saved
Tho Gre was a very spectacular on
and attracted crowd numbering thor
sands II ls a miracle no one wa
hurt with showers OF falling glass an
; terrific explosions IN the Brown Hart
ware company building that scattere
bricks burning embers and all cot
ceivablc articles OF merchandise.
Chattanooga was called on for nj
when the fire was az its heigat an
an engine company was run by sp'
cial train twentynlne miles In twenty
three minutes, then stopped by wir'
the hre being undcr control
The collapse OF the Brown Har'
ware company's building saved th
business district from loss of s.
600 900 az least. the flames being ca
ily handled after that blk structuT
had fallen.
The heaviest loss was that Of GeorT
Brown Hardware Co. II carried flSo
600 stock. The building was owned b
Colonel Charles NJ McGheo New lorl
and valued az $4,000.
An firms damaged except the Davl
Commission company were well 4
sured. Had the McTeer. Hood a. q
building been destroyed. as reportc
the boss would have been nearly s25,
900 Additional
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23
rrnln. coIlla.

Colorado City. Te1.s Dec. "A Tex
a. and Pacific freieht fraatieil nc
main line and crashed into sock
train being loaded on = spur disabling
the stock train engine teiescoping sev.
eral cars. killing several cattle Two
or three MexiCans assisting In loading
the stock train were slightly injured
Tralnmen OF the freight saved them
selves by Jumping The switch had
Been opened waiting for the stock
train 10 back out onto the main line
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23
Impor,an, railing

Austin. Dec. Editorial Revenue
Collector Flanagan gave out a ruling
from Commissioner Internal Revenues
Yerkes at Washington 20 the effect
that on and after Jan. 3. 1908. all drug.
glsts. confectioners and others who
sell soda wAkar. ar similar beverages
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23

20 which disuner spirits. wines or
any other compounds are added for
favosng viii be considered retail
LIQUOR dealers and will have 10 pay
the tax OF $3.50 This Is a very i'm
portant ruling and is alleged 10 affect
every druggist and coniectloner in the
stale
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23
Johnston at Caracas.

Washington. Dec. 22.-Lieutenant
Marbury Johnston sent by Admiral
Dewey to Caracas for the relief or
Minister Bowen. has arrived.
Strike Of teamsters and freight
leaders nj New Orleans was a failure.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23
Drou,h En.c,. shown.

Sydney. n. s W. Dec. 22.-The seri-
Gus drouth Is shown by the wool traf-
nc on the railroads OF New South
Wales for the current year, which Is
only $40. 600 bales. compared with 527,-
600 bales I'm 1901
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23

Gloucester. Mass. Dec 22.-stand-
ard oil company barge No. IS was tow
cd into port She was set on IRE by
accident. One of her crew. named
George Riley. lost his life. The barge
was loaded with gasoline.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23

Dresden. Dec. 22.-The crown prin'
cess Of Saxony fed from her home on
the night OF Dec. IT.. according 10 a
Dresden journal She Is said TO have
been In an excited state. leaving her
family at salEburg and going abroad.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23
Received Message.

Rome. Dec. 22.-King Victor Emanu'
q received a wireless message from
Marconi. forwarded from Cape Breton.
via Cornwall. and sent a oongratnla-
tory reply.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23
DISASTER TERRIBLE.
Two thousand People Killed aud sixteen
Thousand Holmes Demolished.

London. Dec GA dispatch from
New Marghelan. Russian Turkestan.
reports the earthquake at and near
Andljan killed 1000 people and de-
stroyed 10000 homes. The rumblings
continue. The authorities 30 far have
not been able TO cope with the desti'
tute population.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23

day. they were welcomed py the stan
OF the American legation. They pro-
ceeded 10 Bremsy. where they will
spend several days.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23

Constantlnople. Dee. 20 Mr.. Choate.
the American ambassador TO Great
9ntain. and Mrs Ch0ate arrived Sun.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23

Washington. Dec. 22.-President
Roosevelt and family have returned
from Rapidan, Va.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-23

Austin. Dec. 22.-Colonel w. J..
Bryan has gone to the City OF Mexico.
His family went with him from here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
TOO MUCH PAPER.
Automobile Company Goes Into
Hands of a Receiver.

Trenton. N. J.. Feb Papers We're
filed in the office of the clerk in chan
Gerry today showing the appointment at
Newark yesterday by Vice Chancellor
Stevens, of a receiver for the automo-
bile company of America. The appoint
ment is made temporary and a rule to
show cause is granted returnable before
the vice chancellor at Newark on Tues
day next
The application for a receiver was
made by V. Everett Macy and others
They state in the application that the
company is insolvent but that probably
with proper management it could be
made profitable. The company's liabil-
tiles are given at 1925, 167, of which 1885,
600 consists of commercial paper.
The assets are given as follows:
Real estate, $S5, 600; machinery, $751;
600; stock, $1SS, 900, and book accounts
$4,000. Mr.. Macy owns $250,000 of the
company'S stock and the company's in
debtedness to him is S35, 900. Among the
other petitioners are:
- John H. Flagler, who owns $55, 900
worth of stock and to whom the COM
pany is indebted $4,000; Sidney D. Rip
ley, who owns $37, 900 and whose claim is
$4,000, and Frank l. Underwood owner
of $135, 900 worth of stock and whose
claim is SIS, 900.
The petition sets forth that the COM
pany is capitalized at 100000 and of
this amount only S350000 was paid in
cash, the balance having been expended
for patent rights. The company's plant
is located in Jersey City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
TRIES COBURH's PLAN.
Supt. Nelson Applies It to Kan
sas Schools.

superintendent Frank Nelson has Ia
ken up one of Secretary Coburn's ideas,
and has prepared a handsome souvenir
of the Kansas public school system,s sim
liar to those which Secretary Coburn
gets out as the annual Christmas card
of the department of agriculture, except
that Superintendent Nelson's souvenir
is about twice the size of the other.
On one side of the card is fine draw
ing by Albert Reid, representing a boy
and girl ON their way to school, The
boy is very properly carrying the books
of both, from which it is to- be inferred
that they are not brother and sister.
Above the picture is this sentiment,
which Mr.. Nelson says he ran across ac-
cidentally but does not know who the
author is:
There is not gold enough in the mines
of the world to measure the value of
teacher who lifts the souls of children to
the true dignity of life and living"
Below the drawing is this quotation
from the annual message of Governor
Thomas A. Osborn in 1873:
1.-The schools of Kansas are as great
an attraction to the immigrant and
furnish as strong an inducement for
him to settle here as the cheapnesS of
our land, the fertility of the soil, and
the Salubrity of the climate. Our peO-
pie take pleasure in placing upon their
shoulders the burden of building good
school houses and sustaining the best
schools. 1t is the one tax which all
Kansans pay without objection
On the reverse side of the card are
pictures of two school houses-one rep
resents a typical little log school house
of pioneer days. Over it is the date,
1861. 1t is in the center of a treeless
prairie, across which winds an "angle,"
familiar to early Kansas travellers. The
other picture is a half tone of the To-
peka high school building and above it
is the date. 1902. Below the pictures
are the following statistics:
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
1921 districts: g.. 4O6 buildings: II. 614 teach
erS: 5GS. S54 school hildren; valuation of
school property, $40, 537. 1892
1000 900 acres unSold school land.
81, O21, 95S in permanent school fund.
$4,000 invested annually for public school
libraries and apparatus.
"a. 800. 600 expended annually for public
schools.
s5,S77, 900 received for school purposes.
1855 school buildings erected last year, at
a cost of S291, 9S5.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Largest state normal in the world.
Largest state agricultural college in the
world.
A state university with so professors and
], 200 students
Combined property valuation of above
named institutions, 81 ISL. 666
Twenty-four UNCONVENTIONAL colleges; 400
teachers: $500 students; property valua-
ton, 81. 40, 900.
Three private normals. IA academies II
business colleges; 200 teachers: 5,0S1 stu
dents; property valuation, $490,5OO
Ten county high schools, 60 teachers;
,7SS students; property valuation, 800 600.
SUMMARY.
Total valuation of all school property,
$40. 1856 49,
500 900 expended annually for educa-
ton.
SIS, s57. 1896 expended for public schools
during the last Is years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
LIBERTADOR FLOATS.
Revolutionary Gunboat Was Not
Sunk as Reported.

Willemstad. Island of Curacao, Feb. T.
The Venezuelan revolutionary steamer
Libertador formerly the Ban Righ), erro-
neously reported to have been sunk by a
Venezuelan gunboat at Porto Colombia.
cruising off this island last night and
was off the coast of Curacao at o clock
this morning She was communicated
with on the shore by boat and must have
steamed away shortly after a. 1t
is believed that the French cruiser D ES-
trees which arrived here during the morn
ing, disturbed the operations of the Lib
ertador.
1t is said that the landing of war NUM-
lions on the Venezuelan coast by the Lib
ertador now will He very actively pushed
Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, Feb T.
The Venezuelan troops sent to dispense
the insurgents in the vicinity of Guiria
have been compelled to fall back upon
Carupano which place they reached in an
exhausted condition The troops lost
number of men killed or wounded in the
skirmishes which they had daily with the
Insurgents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
QUOTES M KlNLEY.
Long Makes Another Move in the
Sampson-Schley Game.

Washington, Feb 7.-Secretary Long
today issued the following regarding the
retirement of Rear Admiral Sampson
Navy Department, Washington, Feb. 4,
1902.
Sir:--In notifying you of your retire
ment the department recognizing your
services and deeply sympathizing with
you in~your impaired health. quotes with
pleasure the following letter of the late
President Mckinley:
Executive Mansion, Washington, March
IS, 1899.
+ MY Dear Sir:-I am in receipt of
your very considerate letter of the 9Th
instant in which you express a desire
terests, the other naval officers who rem
dered such conspicuous service in the
naval campaign in the West Indies,
have the advancement which you rec
ommend for them and in which you ask
nothing for yourself. I highly commend
this disinterested action on your part.
Let me assure you that have the high
est appreciation of your service as COM
mander- chief of the Atlantic naval
forces during the Spanish war, in block
aiding Cuba, cooperating with the army,
directing the movements of the great
number of vessels under your orders
and at last after the most effective pre-
paration, concentrating with the gal
liant officers and men under your COM
mand, the destruction of the Spanish
fleet. 1t was in recognition of your SER
vices anu OF your great Skill, tIAdl rec
commended you to the senate for the adj
Vancement which you had earned.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) .'WM. MKINLEY.'
Rear Admiral VIM. T. Sampson, u S.
N, Commander-in- U. S. Naval
Forces, North Atlantic Station, U. S.
Flagship New York, Havana, Cuba
Very respectfully,
JOHN d. LONG,
Secretary.
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, U.
S. N.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
PENSION BILL PASSED.
The Senate Resumes Consider
alton of Philippine Tariff.

Washington. Feb. THE senate
passed the pension appropriation bill
and resumed consideration of the Phil
ippine tariff bill.
Mr. Turner CWash.) took the floor and
spoke against the bill and general
policy of the Republican party in con-
nection with the islands
When the senate convened today it
disagreed to the amendments of the
house on the urgent deficiency bill.
agreed TO the conference, asked and
appointed Sena tors Hale Allison and
Teller as conferees the part of the
senate.
At the conclusion of routine business,
Mr.. Patterson (Colo.) made personal
explanation of what he had said con-
corning Governor Taft's attitude toward
the treason and sedition laws enacted
by the Philippine commission. Governor
Taft, he said. had made a statement
before the Philippines commission in
which he said that Mr. Patterson in
advertently, no doubt, had conveyed a
wrong impression to the senate and to
the country, as to his attitude toward
those laws Mr.. Patterson's statement
Governor Taft said, had put him in the
attitude of criticising his colleagues on
the committee The particular statute
was enacted while he was i'll but by
anything he had said he did not intend
to convey the impression that he was
opposed to the laws. The responsible
ity for their enactment was as much his
as of his colleagues.
A bill appropFiating 100000 for the
erection of a public building at New
castle. Pa, was passed at the request of
Mr. Quay PENN who asked the in
diligence of the senate, as under orders
of his physician he would be obliged to-
morrow to leave the city for an indefi-
mite period.
IN THE HOUSE
Washington, Feb. IA debate upon
Cuba was precipitated in the house to-
day by Mr.. Robinson Qnd.) who criti-
cised the salaries paid in the Philip
ippines. He suggested to Mr. Newlands
(Nev-) that he should add to his Cuban
annexation resolution a provision that
the governments colonial policy. Mr..
Newlands declared that his resolution
did not contemplate the perpetuation of
the colonial policy, but it was the de-
clared intention to have Cuba. ultimate
" admitted a state. He said that
immediate relief was necessary to pre-
vent a crisis in Cuba.
This day in the house belonged under
the rules to the committee on war
claims. but Mr.. Mahon IPenn.) chair
man of that comm ittee announced that
he did not desire to antagonize the leg
islative appropriation bill and asked
that the day following the disposal of
the oleomargarine bill be given to tina:
committee. There was no objection and
the order was made. The house then
went into the committee of the whole
and resumed the considera ton of the
executive appropriation bill.
Mr.. Smith (Arizona) offered an
amendment to increase the salary of
the governor of that territory from
5000 to 5000 and used his amendment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07

as a text for an assault upon the APP
preparation committee for discriminat
ing against Arizona, New Mexico and
Oklahoma and in favor of Hawaii in
the matter of salaries for executive
and judicial officers.
Mr.. Hemenway Qnd.) in charge of
the bill called attention to the fact that
salaries in Hawaii were fixed by stat
Utes and that the salaries in the terri
tories compared favorably with similar
salaries in the states.
Mr.. Smiths amendment was ruled
out on a point of order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
MONUMENT TO MAURY.
Proposition For International Memor-
ial to Distinguished American.

New York. Feb. IA proposition has
been made. says a Paris dispatch to the
Herald, by DR.. A Bergeret, at the Sor-
bonnie, to raise an international monu-
ment to Lieutenant Maury, the pioneer
of modern meteorology and hydo-
graphy.
The occasion was a lecture by DR..
Bergeret. professor of terrestrial physics
at the Sorbonne. on the Circulation of
the Air.
: The lecturer began by recalling that
ing vessel left Baltimore for Rio de
Janeiro provided with Lieutenant
Maury's charts The voyage to the
equator was effected in twenty-one
days instead of forty days which was
previously the minimum required. DR..
Bergeret then explained the theory of
the trade winds and of cyclonic and
anti-cyclonic centers which Lieutenant
Maury rendered practical and popular.
The eminent American photographer
studies on the gulf stream and the
maritime currents were next dwelt
upon The speaker mentioned a fact
not generally known, that the intro
duction of steam navigation did not
prove ruinous to owners of sailing YES
sells, as schooners with four, five and
even six masts were being built today
and We're yielding excellent returns ow-
ing to the practical services rendered
by Lieutenant Maury's pilot charts.
Notwithstanding the apparent incon-
sistency of the winds in the temperate
chimes, they are all regulated by fixed
law based on the fact that above the
warm current of the gulf stream there
is a current of warm air.
IN, Inc constant 1rregulation OF the ar ex-
winds which reach the shores of Europe
return dry and cold from Asiatic Russia
as biting eastern winds. 1t further ex-
plains the succession of winds in gyrating
and the reverse
The order of gyration of the winds re-
suits from the general law of circulation
Of the air laid down by Lieut. Maury by
his epoch making labors.
Lieut.. Maury, it is declared. demon
strated that scientists are the best serv-
ants of humanity. He diminished the
breadth of the ocean by half. for he made
It possible to cross the Atlantic and the
Pacific in half the time previously neces-
The economy. moreover, in the cost of
maritime transportation resulting from
the use of Lieut.. Maury's charts was esti-
mated by DR.. Bergeret at three hundred
million francs annually.
The suggestion to raise a monument to
Lieut.. Maury. with which DR.. Bergeret
concluded his address. was received with
warm applause. and a provisional commit
tee was formed to carry it out.
Kelly-Phwy can't yez be loike me?
~ Ii, I'll ii l. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
INSURANCE MEN COMING.
They Will BE in Topeka on Eebru-
ary 10th.

The third annual convention of the
Kansas Association of Local Fire Insur-
ance agents will meet in Topeka on Feb
ruary 19. The Throop hotel has been
named as the headquarters and the
meetings of the association will be held
there. Each of the conventions since
the organization came into existence
have been held in Topeka. The meetings
are for the purpose of giving the MEM
bers of the association an opportunity
to meet. talk shop. and enjoy q social
good time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
ANOTHER BRIEF
Filed by SIMPSONS Attorneys in the
Schley Case.

Washington, Feb. 7-E. S.. Theall, rep
resenting Stayton & Campbell, counsel for
Rear Admiral Sampson. called at the
White House today. and filed with tt, the
president a brief in the Schley case The
document is short and while it has not
been made public, it can be stated that it
is devoted entirely to subject, namely
a protest against the claim set up in Ad-
miral Schley's appeal that he was in SUI
preme command during the battle off San
tiago. The paper will be considered by the
president in connection with Admiral
Schley's appeal and the navy department
comment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
WAS 1T A SUICIDE
Wichita Grocer Found Dead
Revolver by His Side.

Wichita, Feb. Geo. Sutton, grocer.
and a bachelor, 46 years DID, was found
dead in his brothers store this morning.
He had been shot and a revolver lay at
his side. All indications point to suicide
although no motive is known. He was to
be married next Sunday, and spent last
evening with his fiancee. The police are
not fully satisfied, and suspect murder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
Objection Not Sustained.

This amt a freight elevator" said
the grumpy elevator man.
Yes, it isl replied the boy with the
bundle. 1T carries a big hog up and
down all day Iong."-Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Pessimist-Now, 1 s'pose you
want me to look PLEASANT"
Photographer (politely)-Unless you
prefer to look natural.-Tit-Bits.
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Remember" said the impressive per-
son, that your ancestors have left You
an honorable name"
WELL" answered the titled youth,
ruefulIy, sit is all right on a visiting
card, but it isn't much at q bank"
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-07
LOST AND FOUND.
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Prices in reach of all.