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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
Immediate ACTION.
Cuban Reciprocity to Be Placed
Before the Whole House.

Washington, March 19.-Chairman
Payne of the ways and means committee
stated today that he would frame the
Cuban reciprocity bill as decided upon
at the Republican conference last night
during the day and would introduce it
at once. The bill will have two sec
tions. The first will give the president
authority to negotiate a reciprocity
agreement with Cuba. granting 20 per
cent concessions on all goods. The sec
ond section will cover the so-called Sih-
ley an endment limiting the duration of
the reciprocity period to December l.
1902
when the bill viii be brought before the
ways and means committee in order to
be reported to the house. The leaders
of the element opposing the reciprocity
plan will hold a meeting during the day
and consider their future plans.
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FREE SPEECH.
Labor Unions Win Victory in
Missouri.
State Supreme Court Sustains
Right of Boycott.
AN INJUNCTION DENIED
Which Had Been Asked by st.
LOnis Concern
Against Knights of Labor and
Garment Workers.

jefferson City March 19.-In the SUI
preme court. sitting en- banc today an
opinion was handed down declaring
that courts of equity have no power to
enjoin labor organizations from enforc-
ing boycotts on corporations
The opinion, rendered by Judge Sher-
wood affirmed the judgment of a lower
court, which had refused the applica-
ton of the Marx & Haas Jeans Cloth
ing CON pany of st. Louis for an injunc-
ton to restrain Anthony Watson and
other officers of a local knights of La
Dor orga nization and a branch of the
United Garment Workers of America
in that city from pushing a boycott.
Chief Justice Burgess and Judges
Brace, Cant and Marshall concurred in
the opinion and Judge Robinson dis
sented- Judge Valiant who heard the
case originally when the circuit
bench, took no part in hearing the ap-
peal.
The supreme court holds that If the
labor unions of the state are not per-
rnitted to tell the story of their wrongs,
or their supposed wrong by word ot
mouth or with pen and print and to en-
deavor to get other persons to aid them
by all peaceable means in securing re-
dress of such wrongs, what becomes OF
free speech?
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ORDER OF SEPT. 8.
Gen. Otis Continues His Testimony
Before the Commission.

Washington, March 19.-GeneraI Otis
continued his testimony before the sem
ate Philippines committee today. Re
ferring to his order of September 8, 1898,
directing the withdrawal of the insur-
gent troops outside the defenses of Ma
Mia, General Otis explained that a COM
mission from Aguinaldo's cabinet visit
ed him.
In the discussion which followed he
said they did not mention the fact that
the towns Immediately adjacent to Ma
Mia were not portion of the city He
clasesd as ridiculous Aguinaldo's 'srequest
to receive a portion of the northern
part of Manila, occupied by the Span
iards in trade for some of the southern
part of the city held by the insurgents.
General Otis said he did not give the
insurgents actual permission to occupy
the block houses which Aguinaldo
claimed had been given. What he had
said was, I don't care anything about
the block houses; we are not going to
take possession of them"
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CASE is DELAYED.
Rate Cutting Suit Must Await
Return of Judge Phillips.

Kansas City. March 1e.-The expected
injunction suit to restrain rate cutting
that it was stated would be started
here today by Attorney William A
Day, of the interstate commerce COM
mission. against seven Chicago Kansas
City lines, may not be filed till the end
of the week Judge John F. Philips of
the United States district court, before
whom the proceedings would have to
be filed, is in jefferson City attending
court. Judge Day was in conference
with him there late yesterday. but it is
stated he refused to accept a filing of
the suit in that city. Judge Philips 1T
IS said viii not return to Kansas City
before Friday or Saturday.
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BATTLE BEGINS.
Opening Gun in the Fight
Against the Railroad Merger.

New York, March 19.-There was a
hearing ia this city today before VIM.
A. Lancaster, of Minneapolis, special
examiner in the suit of Peter Power
against the Northern Pacific railroad
company. The object of the suit is to
overthrow the transfer to the North
ern Securities company of the control
of the Northern Pacific. John S. Ken
nedy, a banker, was the first witness
today. He said he went to Europe in
the spring of 1901, and when he left
James j. Hill and Lord Strathcona, d.
Willis James. Geo. f. Baker, himself
and other friends of James ]. Hill
owned majority of the common stock
of the Northern Pacific. The witness
understood that much of the stock was
held by J. p Morgan & Co. The wit
ness did not know before he went to
Europe that f. H. Hartman sought to
acquire a majority of Northern Pacific
common. He learned from ]. p. Nor
gan about May or that some inter
ests in New York were making large
purchases of Northern Pacific, and
later he was informed that these pur-
chases We're for Mr.. Hartman. In the
following August Mr.. Kennedy said he
acquired 10000 shares of Northern Pa
citic from J. P. Morgan &c Co.
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STARVED OUT.
Filipino Insurgents Will Sell
Us Another Batch of Guns.

Manila, March 19.-General Lukban's 5
efforts in influencing Guevarra, who re-
Gently issued a proclamation declaring
himself the successor of General Lux
ban in tfr> island of Samar, to sur
render have been successful. Both
General Smith, in command of the
United States forces in the island of
Samar, and Guevarra have agreed tc
an armiStice to facilitate the collection
of Guevarra's men with their rifles,
when the formal surrender will be
made. The arms will be paid in at the
fort. General Smith cables that Cue
varra has 400 rifles, and that Guevarra
guarantees the absolute peacefulness of
his men.
General Chaffee- is greatly pleased
with what he considers as closing the
active insurrection. The resistance IN
Batangas and Laguna provinces prac-
tically is over. There are daily sur
renders there of men and guns. The
insurgents have been completely
starved into submission by General
Bells aggressive tactics in preventing
any exterior assistance. Some surprise
is expressed at the number of rifles to
be turned in by the men under Cue
varra, as it was thought there We're but
200 in Samar
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DISTRICT COURT JURY.
Sixteen of Twenty-four on Panel Live
in City.

The jury of "a men who will try the
hundred city liquor cases at the April
term of the district court has been
drawn.
OF the "a names drawn from the jury
box it was found that 16 of them live in
Topeka and the rest in the country. The
extra men that may be required when
the regular panel is exhausted will also
by drawn from the jury box. The names
that have been drawn are as follows:
NJ. L. Holloway, Mission township.
H. G. Lyons, Monmouth township.
w. A. Wood, Silver Lake township.
O. Z. Attebury, Silver Lake township
+. J. Adams, Soldier township.
]. T. Snyder, WilliamspOrt township.
w. ". Myers, Tecumseh township.
James Hoyes, Topeka township.
Fred NJ Tuckerman, Topeka.
w L. Nogle, Topeka.
A. K. Harris, Topeka.
Chas. w. Fort. Topeka.
: NJ. Sampson, Topeka.
Edwin Smith, Topeka.
Emmett Whipple, Topeka
IT. V. Coadington, Topeka
A. r. Shaffer, Topeka.
Frank Merriam, Topeka
Lewis Porter, Topeka.
c. w. Willis, Topeka.
John G. Payne, Topeka
Fl. NJ. Ives, Topeka.
J c. Yohey, Topeka.
F.. NJ. Robinson, Topeka.
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BURGLARS START FIRE.
1t Causes the Destruction of
Property Worth $15O,OOO.

Marissa, ILL.,, March 19.-Safe blowers
are responsible for a fire which de-
stroyed $150,000 worth of property in
Marissa last night They entered the
Commercial hotel, where fifty persons
were asleep, shortly before midnight,
and blew open the safe. Obtaining 81
500, the robbers escaped, leaving the
building in flames. The fire spread rap
idly and was not checked until a dozen
business buildings and several resi-
dences with their contents were de-
stroyed. The Commercial hotel was
totally destroyed. The flames then
spread to the following buildings:
Lyon & Whites drug store, Furneys
barber shop Tassong's barber shop.
Wilson's millinery store, Brown & Co.'S
grain elevator, A. d. Matthews grocery
store, Hamilton & Co.'S bank, S. Be
jams dwelling and ice house, Lyon q
Whites lumber yard and A l.. Kenna's
residence.
The fury of the flames was checked
by the firemen at the Kenna residence
The loss is well covered by insurance.
Several persons had narrow escapes
from death.
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FUNSTON PLACED.
Assigned to Command of De-
partment of Colorado.
Headquarters Will Be at Dem
yer After March 25.

Washington, March 19.-By direction
of the president Major General Mac
Arthur was today assigned to the COM
mand of the department of the lakes,
with headquarters at Chicago; Briga-
command of the department of the
Colorado, headquarters at Denver,
Colo, and Brigadier General VIM. A.
Kobbe to the command of the depart
ment of Dakota, headquarters at St.
Paul, MINI. These changes will take
effect on the 25th instant.
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WASHBURN SINGERS TOUR.
Popular Quartette Arranges to Visit
Kansas Towns.

The Washburn quartette, which made
such a favorable impression at the
Auditorium last night will leave for
two weeks tour the first of next week
They will give concerts in Alma, Clay
Center BelievilIe, Mankato, Smith
Center, Downs DeIphos and Wamego-
They will be assisted by Mr.. Frank
Carruth, violinist The programme as
given on the trip will be given at the
college on Friday evening, March 21-
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Hardware Men Convene.

Chicago, March 19.-Delegates from Is
states, extending from Pennsylvania to
North Dakota. will meet in Chicago in
national convention today to carry out the
wishes of the various state associations of
retail hardware men which they represent.
While all of the meetings of the organi-
zation are executive. it is understood that
many of the delegates carry instructions
from their home organization to use every
conceivable legitimate means to defeat
the plans of the various catalogue houses
The convention will last three days.
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CUT IN RATES.
Important Freight Meeting Closes at
st. Paul.

st. Paul. March 19.-One of the most inn
portant freight meetings from north
western standpoint this season has just
completed its session. At this meeting
lake and rail rates ON export and domes-
tic flour and products incidental thereto
were determined upon. The flour rate was
cut cents from the tariff in effect when
the season of 1901 opened
This season the lake and rail rate on
domestic -four will be % cents to the sea
board and 1872 cents on the export bust
ness These rates. are cents under the
agreed all rail rate, the recognized differ
ential allowed the lake carriers. These
new tariffs will take eject on April l.
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WARNER AND WINDY.
Velocity of Wind Today Was "A
Miles an Hour.

The temperature has moderated since
Monday and the weather bureau prom
ises even more summer like weather to-
morrow.
The forecast sent out today was:
Partly cloudy and possibly unsettled
weather tonight and Thursday. Warmer
east portion tonight" The wind this
morning was blowing from the south a
miles an hour. The minimum tempera-
tIlre was 33. The hourly temperatures
according to the government thermom-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-19
EVANS KEPT BUSY.
Pension Commissioner Denies One
More Report

Washington, March 19-Commis-
sioner of Pensions Evans today was
shown. a dispatch from Birmingham,
Ala, to the effect that a special from
Chattanooga, Tenn, stated that close
personal friends here of Pension Com
missioner H. Clay Evans claim to have
information that President Roosevelt
will make dnim secretary of the interior.
There is absolutely no foundation for
the report said Mr.. Evans, land l
would be glad to have the Associated
Press deny it,
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pumont Coming to St. Louis.

Paris March 1S.-M. SantoS-Dumont to-
day accepted an invitation from the Off
cials of the ST. Louis exposition to go to
St Louis to assist the authorities in the
balloon contests and select a site on which h
to erect a balloon shed for himself. The
aeronaut will sail for New York on the
steamer Deutschland. April l. He will not
take q balloon with him.
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HETTY GREEN a WIDOW.
Richest Woman i'm America Be-
reayed of Her Husband.

Bellows Falls. VT, March 1s-Edward
Green, husband of Hetty Green, known
as the richest woman in America, died
at his home here today. He had been
ill for long time of a complication of
diseases
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Weather Indications.

Chicago, March 19-Forecast for Kan
sas: Partly cloudy and possibly unset
tied tonight and Thursday: warmer in
east portion tonight and colder in west
Thursday: southerly winds.
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MUST HAVE A GARFIELD.
President Needs One of the Family ON
Civil Service Commission.

washington, March 19.-James R.
Garfield, son of the late president, will
be given the appointment of civil serv-
ice commissioner to succeed VIM. A.
Rodenburg if he will accept it. The
president at one time favorably consid-
cred the name of Harry A Garfield for
the place, but he was informed that the
latter would not accept the appoint
ment
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socialists to Noninate.

Fort Scott March 1s.-There will be
a convention of the Socialist party held
over Turner's hall in the city of Fort
Scott on Thursday. March 90 for the
purpose of placing in nomination full
city ticket
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Temperatures of LARGE cities.

Chicago, March 19-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York, Philadelphia and
Cincinnati "a; Boston, Minneapolis and
st. Louis %; Washington 20; Chicago rs.
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Reduces It's Capital.

Trenton, N. j., March 19.-The U. S.
Cotton Duck company today filed a
capital stock from $4,000, 900 to $50 o00,-
600.
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are wrong. The. State Journal, after
canvassing the o1aims made by the
friends of the various candidates, be-
lieves that the delegates thus far elected
will line up about this way on the first
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ne hutchinson News, which is reCOg-
ized as an extreme Bailey paper, made
nese figures on Monday:
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The Yeaa cAmong Utah Dnrymen.

From these two causes tie butter
market has been better than Il has been
for years, and IL II had not been for
tne Keen competition the prices would
have been much higher.
Process butter has reached this mar
ket whenever the market reached high
figures and has sold as first-cass but
ter This year, however. but very little
process butter has been sold here. Tit
regulations Of these two frauds have
and will benefit the producers OF this
state very much.
This is the first year the hand separa b
t1r has cut much figure in the creamery
business. Heretofore the hand separa-
tor has been limited 10 the use Of the
private butter maker. but this year
many cream patrons have found il to
their advantage to separate the milk on
the farm for the following reasons.
First they get their skimmllk I'm first
class condition. enabling them. with the
addition OF little grain TO raise their
calves on II without the trouble Of
warming II as well as on the new milk.
second, they save the expense OF skim
ming milk al the creamery, or the ey-
pense OF operating skimmllk stations:
third, they save a large part OF the ex-
pense Of hauling; fourth, they concen-
trate their product so that Ii can be
clipped 10 the best market.
Formerly the creamery men found Il
an advantage 20 establish skimmlng
stations aud churn the cream at a cen.
tral point. but the expense OF getting
the cream this way has been from ?
cents TO cents per pound OF butter fat
the cream contained, and II has there
fore been too expensive.
Now, the largest ereameries In the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

ginning cream as far as 500 miles to
the churning plant. They are enabled
IN nav the patron within a few cents
of me butter market for the butter RAJ
ibo cream contains and take the cream
M Tho uatron's door. The hand separa-
tor skins the milk as well as the larger
separator at the creamery 10y having
larger area TO draw from, more Dut-
fer fat Is received, which reduces tne
cost OF manufacturing, per pound ol
butter at the Churnlng plant
This Is bound to be the system y
which the creamery butter Will be made
In the future. although some Of the
small creameries close to the small
market they can control, or located at
distance from the railroad, may De
eble TO continue In the old way
IN account of this system the cream
notrons have received In Utah this
wear 20 cents and "a cents Tor tnelI
buttAr fat taken at their door' prices
that have never been received by mem
before. although butter has sofa as hlsh
rcarly every year.
This system allows concentration
NJ the business which means a SAVING
in expense. The concentration whlch
vas feature Of the year. has con
tlrued this year and from present moi
cations viii continue. IL VIII never
CSntinue so that one concern VIII nave
absolute control as II is impossipie "
control the business without controllihs
the raw product The farmers VINO pro.
ace this raw product have say about
The control of It and therefore more
concentration means closer competition
md therefore smaller margin for ex-
ronse In manufacturing. i therefore
means that the farmer will get more
foi his product than ever before
II. j. FAUST, JR.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

HIS has been an exceptional year
In the creamery business, owing
10 four factors: First, the drouth;
second. the passage OF the nation
al law putting a 10 cent tax on oleo
colorcd In imitation OF butter; third
the hand separator; fourth, concentra.
ton.
The drouth has caused dry pastures
md short hay and other crops especl.
ally south Of Weber county. Following
two dry seasons has caused the farmer
10 dispose Of many mich cows and
turn out many on the range, wintering
them on small allowances OF hay and
straw. The shrinkage OF milk has been
very noticeable I'm the past three years
A conVersatiye estimate Of this shrink.
age would be 80 per cent In Weber
county and north the drouth has not
been so bad ana on account OF the high.
e. prices. there has been an Increase in
MILK and corresponding increase In
butter and cheese.
July ] the Tawney- Grout bin became
q law. This law provides that oleomar-
Ecrine cOlored in imitation Of butter IL
taxed Zoe per pound and regulates the
sale ui process butter. compelling the
manufacturers TO brand this butter so
as 20 inform the purchaser that Il Is a
process OF renovated butter and placing
a small tax on same
There has not been much olepmarge-
rine sold IN adjoining states which are
"a natural market for Utah butter, and
10 has had q decided influence .onsthe
rational market which regulates the
irice vf butter In he adjoining states,
especially Montana. Idaho and Wyo-
ming, In this way II has affected our
market considerably.
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Interesting Figures
On Utah SaA

T HE production and the refining o.
salt Is an industry Of the s'a'
OF Utah that is Of growing az.
vital Importance. There Is IN the o,,s
Salt Lake apparently an inexhaus'',.
supply OF this commodity which IS su'n
O necessity to man and beast aN1.
Whether II be on the dining tabls, I.
the smelters or the stockyafus %" me-
indispensable. II Is thus that ~ nil.
present time there are a score ua,S isi
lions OF dollars invested In lie hu,',.s,si
and half big plants that are s'a .r,orr
throughout the United states. A,In,s,i
the largest plants Is that OF the ,i,ns,ss
Crystal Salt company. when j. nIstp
on the shores OF the Great salt l it
adjacent to Saltalr beach i IN cut
during the present year mas III, that
20, 600 out OF the $4,000 tons o. ,, ~ ,hls
have been shipped out OF usa ,n re.
year. This annual product W ,o,a.,S 10
uulre n train Of cars q miles 70 ie, ,s,slng
transport a. OF this output me n,.1.'';
comnanies in this region use ne l.. me
per cent in the milling Of ih ,,1 vtstes q
balance being marketed IN l ma a. Ne.
Utah, Wyoming. Idaho 0ilS,siifornls
braska. Montana, Orespn'
and Washington. D., ns numpln;
The process consists ~ W. lake in''
OF the salt water from 'ns water 3
biz shallow ponds where NV salt co.,
allowed TO eyaporate and ,ue r s, icr
lected and stacked into heap p,, sdiacent
transportation TO the refinery ,dlno ANY hss
The Inland Crystal Salt coin conn SIih re-
about COO acres OF these poh''
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Large Wheat Crop and Top
Notch prices Have PreOalled.

q lot OF feverlshness and excitement at
times with declines and advances re-
duently changing places, but YET W Mn
d strong market all of the time me
high prices that have prevailed i9f
wheat have been reflected In the al
vanced figures asker for -four The CON
dition has been one that has maze
the farmer smile and the laborer OF tne
city to complain Utah consumes only
about one-thlrd Of the wheat that she
produces; and while a large quantity
has been shipped from the state this
fan there Re stil a great deal OF y
stored In many sections. With REFER
ence TO the outlook for next year II
may be safely said that the prosp Gus
have not been brighter In a long Iime
as the almost unprecedentedly heavy
before Christmas snowfalls are very
general over mountains and valley IN
all directions
The oat crop has been IN excess oil
that OF last year and the demand has
been in excess Of the supply with suu
prices prevailing. The barley crop was
rather below the average Potatoes
have been plentiful and are having Il
good market
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The Bee and Honey Outlook.

n UR beekeepers have enjoyed a
I fairly prosperous season the past
year. In some localities. owing to
drouth and grasshoppers, the honey
flow, like many other crops has been
more or less a failure. But when we
take into consideration the reports OBJ
tanned from nearly all over the state
we note that the average crop OF bee
products In Utah has been equal to. IL
not higher, than any other state; the
average flow as reported ranging from
20 TO 800 pounds. Some Of our beekeep-
ers wrote that Il had been tht most
prosperous season that they had had In
from three TO. five years. In many 10.
calIties the high grade. beautiful white
honey Itself Is proof OF the excellent
flow. The greater the fow the finer the
product, always. On our late visit to
the National Beekeepers convention
held In Denver. we took several sam.
pies Of honey, and some Of Il was super