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The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

LAKE ERIE a WESTERN n. r.

LAKE ERIE WESTERN r. II.
Toledo, Chicago and Michigan ex .n0 'loss
Toledo, Detrok and Chicago Inn. ia 20 f3 %
Muncic, Lafay'te and Mich Cy spec II 20 no Is
INDIANA, DECATUR 4 WESTERN R'Y.
Decatur and st. Louis mail and En- ....:ts0 i4.25
Tuscola accommodation n-.-....---....t3 50 tl0ls
Decatur and St Louis fast o. ,.s11.10 16
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

wards $50
Plain fat steers, 1850 lbs and upwards 5000 675
Good to choice 200 to l. 3OO-lb steers. 5000 $50
Plain fat ], 200 to l. 3OO-Ib steers 5000 575
Good to choice 800 to l. 15O-lb steers... 5000 $50
Plain fat 900 to l, ,150-lb steers 1850 475
Choice feeding steers LOCO to l. 100 lbs. 4751 500
Good feeding steers, 300 to LOO lbs. $500 AIS
Medium feeding steers 800 to 900 lbs. 1000 T. so
Common to good stockers................ 5000 450
Good to choice heifers. 1000 500
Fair to medium heifers................. 3256 g. 75
Common light eifers.................... 225G 800
Good to choice cows. Also 475
Fair to medium cows................. 5000 8 90
Gamers and cutters .................... 100d 275
Prime to fancy export bulls. ........... 40oG 425
Good to choice butcher bulls...... $500 LIS
Common to fair bulls................... 3O0G 3 %
Veal calves $500 TBS
Heavy calves 400G %
Good to choice cows and calves. as OGG150 90
u nnad nd OO6I2n
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
Canned Goods.

Corn-S5cGs1 25. Peaches-Eastern standard =
III 81 75d2: 2-lb seconds $1.4OG1.6 90; California
standard. s2.10q24O; California seconds. 81 s0G2
scellaneous-BlackbeTries. 2-lb. S5G9Oc: rasp-
berries, GLIB. S.25ql 30: pineapple. standard 3
ID. s155Q1.S0; choice, $2u2.l0; cove oysters lib
fuIl weight, 95cGs1; light, 60d65c; string beans
alb 81; Lima beans 81 1-20d1 25; lobsters s1s5G2:
red cherries. 95cQSl; Strawberries, S5a90c; SAL
men. LIB, g5cQS2; tomatoes. 3-lb. sl.6O.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21

a,rsng patent A.S per brl: winter whea, n.,
"a r. straight grade $40: fancy 80
81 =: low grade. $50; graham hour. ;5-75
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

Britain took OF us 10000, 900 barrels OF
-four, and we supplied her with three
times as much wheat as the Argentine
Republic. six times as much as india
six times as much as Canada and four
teen times as much as Russia. Ii will
be many a long year before supremacy
in this respect will be wrested from the
United States. While there is cli-
matte limit to the corn belt country,
north. east and west, there Is hardly
any to the wheat producing area, which
is considered incapable of exhaustion
for many years to come. IL Is in the
development of her almost boundless
wheat lands that the Dominion OF Can
ada will find her wealth of the future
and perhaps in the course OF time be
able to supply all the demands of Greai
Britain for its breadstuffs. Nobody will
begrudge her the honor of doing so. es.
pecially as the home demand for Unit
ed states wheat is constantly lncreas-
ing. while the wheat land area is noi
capable of indefinite expansion.
CLAIMING a. BARLOW.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22
PAToS ISLAND STORM CENTER OF NORTHUMBERLAND DISPUTE

Americas. Anyway. Spain's title to
that region was never questioned, and
as Venezuela fell heir to her posses
sions there IL would appear that shs
has good case against John Bull. es-
pecially as she asserts that she never
transferred her title TO him or TO any Of
his people.
Great Britain, on the other hand.
claims the island by virtue, OF tho
treaty OF .Amiens. signed I'm 1902 after
her conquest of Trinidad In 1897. TrinS
dad, as is we'll known, is one of the
most important of the British possess
sions In the West Indies, lying as II
does off the northern mouths OF the
Orinoco. right abreast the northeast
end OF South America. Southernmos,
of the West Indies and only ten de-
grees north of the equator. II has q
tropical but healthful climate and Is
rich in every variety OF vegetation pc
culiar TO that section of the world II
is about fifty miles In length by forty
in breadth. oblong in outline, noun.
tainous and fertile, with about 200 900
acres under cultivation, devoted mainly
10 sugar cane, cacao. cocoanuts spices
and tropical fruits in general. 1t has q
population Of some 270,000. composed of
English. French. Spanish. coolies and
black and colored people. Near its
southwestern end is situated the Won
derful pitch lake La Brea. with its in
exhaustibe supplies of asphalt. con
trolled by the Trinidad asphalt trust
The insular government receives $50. .00t
annually for the privilege OF working
La Brea, and the trust has made mil
lions out of IL by transferring the as.
phalt 10 American streets.
Patos itself is picturesque. having fine
beaches overhung with palms and gro
tesquely shaped rocks followed into
caverns. II is hardly worth fighting
over. however. being valuable solely
from it's situation amid the roaring wa.
ters of the Dragons Mouth
FREDERICK A. OBFR
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GREAT GENEROSITY.

An Englishman whose liberality In
no way corresponded 10 his means
found out one day that there was some
remainder ale I'm his cellar almost spoil
ing and decided TO get rid OF II without
delay.
The next morning when he was ram
bling over his estate he came across a
party OF workmen. Addressing the man
in charge. he ostentatiously presented
the ale to the men and said they could
go and fetch IL as they liked.
A few days afterward he happened 10
meet the foreman again.
well. Williams" said the donor with
the air OF a man who had granted an
unspeakable favor. did you and your
men have that ale?'
"Oh. yes, sir, thank you, we had it."
was the reply.
That's right. And how did you like
it?" said the gentleman. desiring
warmer expression OF gratitude.
oh sir, ii was just the thing for u.s.
was the rather vague response.
'Ha. That1l do then. But what d,
YOU mean by just the thing|
We'll. sir" said Williams. "if 1t 'ao
been n little better we shouldn't "a 'ao
it. and If IT ed been a little worse W.
couldn't a drinked IT."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

pent's Mouth, and the northern exit OF
the gulf into the Caribbean sea (which
he reached after coasting the western
shores OF Trinidad) he called the "Boca
del Draco." or Dragons Mouth. because
both channels were filled with foaming,
rushing waters that nearly over
whelmed his ships. IL was while going
out through the Dragons Mouth that
he saw the island now known as Patos.
Ii lies in the mouth of the Dragon.
which is here about seven miles wide.
three miles or so from the extreme east
ern point of the peninsula Of Paria.
AS to the ownership of the islet, let
the respective governments of Great
Britain and Venezuela fight II out. Per-
haps IL will not be settled until another
boundary commission shall have been
appointed and a vast sum of money
spent, as on the former occasion. While
the island itself is relatively insignifi-
cant being but a mile or so in ex-
tent and having no important settle
ment on IL, still IL occupies a strategic
position with relation 10 the Caribbean
entrance OF the great gulf of Paria and
Trinidad's important harbor, Port of
Spain. A rude fort and a few guns es-
tablished on Patos could command the
channel most effectively, as Great Brit
tin knows full well. and such an out
post would be of greater Importance TO
her than TO Venezuela.
Should the present dispute come to a
crisis Venezuela will probably contend
that the island belongs TO her as SPANS
successor in the first quarter Of the last
century. Spain lay claim to all the
country bounded by the Orinoco. the
Amazon. the Atlantic ocean and the
Caribbean sea by virtue Of discovery,
exploration. formal proclamation Of
sovereignty and occupancy, as was set
forth at the time Of the boundary con-
tention a few years ago Then, again.
she claimed all the lands and waters
OF the new world by authority OF pa
nal bull In 1893 which gave her the two
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

outsiders has constantly increased.
Great Britain produces more per acre
of every staple food suited TO her soil
and climate, an authority tells us, than
any other country in the world; but she
has n larger population TO the cultiva-
bic area than any other country in Eu-
rope. and IL is impossible therefore to
provide the food required without ex-
tensive importations. Land is high,
ocean TRANSPORTATION is relatively low'
and there YOU have the situa tion In
nutshell IL is impossible for the Brit
ish farmer. with his high priced land
and restricted acreage, to compete with
the American farmer who tills 5000
acres I'm season. IL Will not appear
that the Yankee dealt in hyperbole who
said Uncle Sam might some time go
over and annex England as garden
match when the respective areas under
cultivation are compared. The United
States. for instance. had this year Sil.-
600 600 acres in cereals alone. while the
gross area I'm Great Britain devoted TO
agriculture of every kind was only iS.-
900. 900 acres. The total acreage OF the
| United Kingdom Is under 1SOOO.OOO
acres.
II has been asserted that the colonial
! possessions of Great Britain will soon
/ supply all her agricultural needs and
I that Canada. which this year boasts of
| n one hundred million bushel wheat
crop. will I'm few years supply the
mother country's crying wants But
while this may be true, there Is one ce-
real for which there II a growing de-
mand which Canada cannot raise suc-
ccssfully. This cereal is Indian corn
or maize. OF which Great Britain TOOK
from us last year about iO.OO0OOO hun
dredweight There is only one vast
corn belt In the world and u extends
right through the central portion of tho
United States inclufinr the SO called
prairie states" which have yielded sc
miraculously this year. In 1900 Great
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22
THE kAIsER's ODDITIES.

Kaiser Wilhelm never mentions his
father i'm his speeches. He always re.
fers to his grandfather. William the
Great. as his ideal his model and his
inspiration. IL is true that the En-.
peror Frederick was never crowned
His reign was limited 90 a hundred
days. and all that time he was desper.
ately ill with cancer. He was a good
father. a splendid soldier. a pure anc
honest statesman-"the wise kaiser
the people call him.
u was this indifference To his father,
merit and neglect of his memory that
permanently alienated William III. and
his mother. the late Empress Frederick
They were never reconciled. not even IN
death. II do not understand him." sh.
said once. and | don't blame other
people for not understanding him"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

turned his fifteenth year, being then In
London. and his eldest brother having
died. The present dynasty in Siam sue
ceeded a Chinese one about the year
1852. when the city OF Bangkok was
made Slams capital. The last three
kings of this dynasty have been pro-
gressive and desirous Of extending ST.
amese relations with the western world,
but none has done so much as the pres
ent monarch. King Chulalongkorn, who
ascended the throne in 1868 at the age
of fifteen. His father, Maka Mongkut,
who reigned from 1852 TO 1868. was
broad minded and enterprising, like the
son. whose modernity may be inferred
by this excerpt from his edict on reli-
gious freedom: 1T is our will that our
subjects, of whatever race, nation or
creed. live freely and happily in our
kingdom, no man despising or molest-
ing another on account OF religious diff
ference of opinions. customs or man
ners."
That King Chulalongkorn is honest
and sincere in this declaration is at
/ tested by the fact that. though Bud
dhist and the protector of Buddhism, at
ore time himself a priest of his sect. he
has encouraged the spread of Chris
tianity I'm many ways. He is enterpris-
ing and advanced in everything he un-
dertakes, and his sending his two sons
away TO receive an occidental education
is but one proof of his desire TO keep
abreast the progress OF nations. He
has an annual income of some 10000,
000 his country's imports and exports
aggregate more than sSo,OO0,O00. and
though he is extravagant in expend-
iture, Siam can make a boast few II
any other nations can--that IL has nc
public debt.
or the kings magnificent palaces al
/ Bangkok, his queens and his haren
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much has been written and probably
little exaggerated. His army OF about
IL. 900 men Is oificered by Europeans, as
also is his little navy consisting or a
few gunboats. Foreign ideas are max
ing progress in his kingdom, and of
Slams population of some 100000 only
about one-third are really Siamese.
Education is in charge of the Buddhist
priests, but the king has also estab-
lished public schools in which the sci
ences and languages are taught The
land to which the crown prince falls
heir in due time is rich in mineral and
agricultural products. yielding rice,
teak, ebony, rosewood, sandal wood,
ETC., while within it's confines. embrac-
ing about 100000 square miles. are
found gold. coal, iron. argentiferous ga
lena, antimony and many precious
stones, such as rubies, sapphires. to-
PAGES and Jade. The Siamese fauna is
one of the richest and most varied In
the world, two of it's peculiarities-the
white elephant and the white monkey
being considered sacred and worthy of
worship by the priests and king.
The throne is hereditary. but the
king has the privilege of naming his
successor. whom he has designated as
, the young man our present visitor who
comes 10 us in the company of youn-
/ ger brother and a small staff of ST.
amese dignitaries.
] King Chulalongkorn has his pecul-
/ arities despite his liberal ideas, but
they were thrust upon him by his reli-
/ gion and by custom. AS IL was difficult
| to find females of rank exalted
enough to wed with him, he was mar
ried TO his three half sisters, daughters
of his own father. He has had sons by
all his queens but has chosen to honor
the son OF his third queen as crown
prince The king is very fond OF his
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raised. 4 ne4e was time not many
years ago when a great crop of corn
was regarded almost as a great calam-
ity. but at present, owing 10 the In
creased facilities for harvesting and
moving the crops and the demand for
all kinds of cereals abroad az we'll as
I'm this country, the farmer will not be
compeiled 10 use the bulk OF his crop
for fuel He has corn Ito burn to
use a popular expression. and II the
price OF coal should continue 10 soar
NAV avail himself Of the caloric s&red
up in the cereal. but the fact Is prom
fnent that he will not have TO do so In
order 20 dispose OF IL.
While IL Is pretty certain that OF the
estimated $500. 900 600 bushels OF corn
relatively little will be left over for
shipment abroad the same may not
perhaps be said OF the other cereals. es-
tirnated at about 1900 900 900 bushels
more Americans have n liking for In
dian corn not yet shared by people
across the pond" and. again. II is In
demand for feeding the stock which I'm
the shape OF meat products" Is a far
more profitable item OF export. still
the fact remains that other countries
stand ready TO take our agricultural
overplus OF whatever kind. and espe-
cially Great Britain. as English crops
this year arc reported the poorest since
1860 owing 20 exceptionally heavy
rains.
According 10 the statistics OF last
year. John Bull was dependent upon the
agricultural productions OF America foI
bis very existence. II we should stor
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

ers. The itinerary will include all our
large cities, beginning with New York
and ending at San Francisco. the pres
ident having designated attendants for
them from the department of state.
Their mission is one of Information. and
the crown prince Will spend most o. his
time during the six weeks allotted to
his stay in acquiring knowledge of our
wonderful industries and institutions
HERBERT NJ. LESTER.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

though last years showing was very
good. but we lead them all i'm the prod
ucts OF our farms and ranches. We
sent TO the United Kingdom more lard.
tobacco. cotton. flour. fresh beef. cat
tie. Indian corn and bacon than all
other countries combined. and u Is a
matter of note that while other coun-
tries led In the matter OF luxuries. the
United states marched In the van with
the great staples absolutely indispensa-
BILE TO the maintenance OF life. In short.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

of the United States The latest TO
avail himself OF the unequaled opportu-
mites for observation and Improvement
in this country Is the crown prince of
Siam. His royal highness Maha VAIL
ravudh was twenty-one years old last
January, and since his twenty-first
birthday has been touring Europe FOR
the same general purpose that brings
him here-the Improvement OF his mind
land the Siamese crown prince is real
ly anxious TO know things. He has
been I'm England for the last eight
years, most of the time hard at work
studying, latterly in oxford university
First he had private tutor, who
taught him English; then he went to
Sandhurst. where he pursued his mill
tary studies with such ardor as to gain
the rank he now holds of first lieuten-
ant in the army He Is modest and un-
assuming cheerful and hardworking,
and the rumor precedes him that he
tagged for the other boys at school and
took his numerous ''lickings" like lit
tie man. He Is little, and no mistake
being only an inch or so over fve feet;
but what there is of him is all pluck
and determination. his closest friends
say. and he doesn't presume at all upoi
the fact that ne is the son OF really
truly" king and the heir TO rich ans
populous kingdom.
The crown prince was invested witt
his present dignity when he had JUS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22
4 HHeuae," at WO1H

Great Britain is now dependent upon US
for the necessaries OF existence. Mr..
T.abouchere decIaimed not long ago;
NO wonder John Bull Is I'm comic
state OF CONSERVATION. The world.
from his point Of view. Is turned upside
down. lie Is no longer on top, but un-
derncath. Instead Of being an exploiter
ne Is tcing exploited. Individual
fools have often enough dropped the
substance 10 grasp its shadow. but nev.
or before has n whole nation committed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

shipping him the products OF our fields
and packing houses. ~ is doubtful " he
could survive a month without trem-
bling on the verge OF famine. During
the i've years from 1896 TO 1900. inclu-
sive. says our government statistician.
we sent Great Britain fully one-third
Of all the agricultural products that
county Imported. TO the tune 81 more
than $500. 100000. We have not yet
caught up with some other countries In
the export OF manufactured articles.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

THE earth is not round after the form
of ball or an apple. but rather shaped
like a pear as IL hangeth on the tree,
and this region is that which possesseth
the supercminent or highest part there
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

the threatened agita-
!: Z :. J: ]: : !: : ! :. : : ! : !. 7.
~ - tation over the alleged
lS&yE H seizure by Great Brit
Fy3&sN - ain of the little island
kSxM "a OF PatoS IN the bay OF
S2N -lA- Paria. of the north
tt>HSss@-1 erlV coast OF South
> America. another Ven
.xnelan boundary question seems TO be
Imminent The contention between
theSe ru-o countries. which had existed
for MANY years. was supposed 10 be
settled Tor good and all in 1899 by the
unanimous decis sion OF the boundary
commission. The territory previously
m siSpute lay 10 the south OF the orr
ueco river bat the latest trouble is
,ver an isiet lying 10 the northward OF
IT'S norfherly sr-iuents
lsia &c Pagos, or Duck island IN taeI
iieS 20 the westward Of the British Is
land % Trinidad, in the mouth OF tht
dragon. as the channel is called which
separates Il from the latter island. IL
was discovered by Christopher Colum-
bus in the year 1885 when he was on his
third voyage 20 America and IS identi-
aed with an interesting period OF Amer
lean history. Toward the end OF his
lnlrC NuNaSt NNlLiiNAS iltiaetANN 49,
self drawing very near a subtropical in
terno. for ne had sailed further 10 the
southwark than on any previous voy-
age. and was within ten or eleven de-
Srees OF the equator. Reasoning from
what he had read In books by specula-
tive philosophers. he e. 1ected TO find
all vegetation parched from the heat
and the inhabitants of such lands as he
a kA A f,.f
cans. from continued exposure TO a
tropic sun. So he was not alarmed at
the heat which opened the seams OF his
vessels and drank up the contents Of
his wate- casks. Sighting three noun I
tain peaks, he called the land then dis
covered Trinidad, after the Trinity. and
as he came up TO II he argued. accord
ing to the historian of his voyages:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

as are our
crops of cereals this
year-estimated as az.
gregating more than
{ 600. 900. 900 bushels
there Is no danger
that the American
farmer will be unable
to sell all he has
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

OF. nearest unto heaven. Insomhch
that he contended the earthly paradise
to be situate i'm the top of those three
hills which the watchman saw out Of
the topcastle of the ship. and the out
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

7 incidental tribute TO
the greatness of this
growing nation as a
world power is found
in the fact that the
education of no scion
of royalty. either Eu-
ropean or Asiatic. Is
now considered COM
plete without a tour
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-22

= the threatened agita-
tation over the alleged
seizure by Great BTit-
ain of the little island
OF Patos in the bay OF
Paria. of the north
erly coast OF South
America another Ven
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TIL. MINNEAPOLIS. JOURNAL.

world to their disposal The United
States senate will be asked to ratify at
least nine reciprocity treaties.
M. B. Hulet Of Topeka, Kan, was
chosen secretary and B. B. Swift Of Chi
cago, treasurer. The following board OF
directors was selected:
II. g. Carver, Chicago, chairman; G.. Wat
son, French. Davenport, Iowa; G. r. Hoffman.
Kansas; James Deering, Chicago; Henry L.
Little. Minneapolis; sI. o. King, st. Louis; A.
b. Farq,lhar, York, Pa: W. s. Thomas,
Springfield, Ohio; III. A. Heath. Topeka, Kan.
John "A. Kasson, Des Moines, Iowa; John L.
Webster, Omaha; Adolph Kasper. Chicago; A
d. Brown, st. Louis; E. T. Brunson, Chicago;
s. r. Galloway. New York city and e. NJ. Bar
ton, Chicago.
A national convention of the league
will be called for the near future.
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BOY RoBBER

Eleyen-Year-Old Finger, Could Press
n Trigger II Need he.
Special to The Journal.
Chicago. April 11.-Cowed by an IL
year-old boy armed with revolver, John
Vallante, who was awakened by the pres,
ence of an Intruder in his room, was
forced to .ret4pn to his bed while the
youthful robber searched the place for
yaluables. Later, while trying to dis
pose OF q watch and chain secured from
Vallante, boy was arrested by the Ken
sington police. He. gave his name as
Frank Unverteg, and in his possession
were a dark lantern, revolver and a
bunch of skeleton keys. The police say
he admitted his guilt. He was locked up.
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cided that he would withhold Daniels PEN
sion until the amount enormously paid
Hansbrough fled objection. but he was
overruled.
Il Agbtll was then introduced In congress-,
but the pension commit tee refused to, take
Jurisdiction over such legislation unless
a claimant is drawing at least $12 a
month. The case was then taken to the
secretary OF the Interior, who decided that
the claimant should not suffer through a
blunder on the part Of the pension bu-
reau.