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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-12
WORK OF THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

yiding that a $500 silver service
should be purchased for the pro
posed new battleship Kansas. The
house will concur in the resolution.
Among the bills passed by the SEN
ate were the following:
4 Providing for the appointment of q
commissioner to pass upon all union
military" claims outstanding and re-
port to the next legislature.
Creating court to determine what
Price raid and Quantrell raid claims
! should be paid by the state and to
report to the next legislature. !.
The militia bill which gives the
state authority to accept government
aid for the encampments Of the Kan
sas national guard.
While working in committee of the
whole the senate engrossed these
bills:
Requiring a life insurance company
to incorporate all of it's representa-
tions in the contract with the in
5sured. f
Providing that Kansas shall treat
nonresident insurance companies
just as the home state of those COM
panies treat Kansas companies.
Smiths bill to create juvenile
court to care for Juvenile criminals
was killed.
Senator Aliens parole bill failed of
q constitutional majority in the
house. The vote was SO for and So
against. Barker served notice that
he would call the bill up at two p. j
m. to-day on q motion to reconsider.
The house passed these bills:
To regulate the plumbing business. |
Fixing the terms Of court in Rus
sell county.
To provide for the protection of
river banks.
Throwing the election Of county
high school commissioners on even
numbered years to conform with the
election law.
To establish a county high school
N Douglas county.
Permitting the city of Independ-
snce to increase its Indebtedness.
To wipe out the Hanna public util-
ty law Of 1897.
The house last night cleaned the
,alendar of local bills, leaving only
,eneral bills to be considered.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-12

the public, prints a. FORMER rregyXi
between the United States and Coz
lombia, which is almost Identical
with the pending treaty and whichl
has been made public.
During the day Senator Morgan,
forwarded to each senator copies Of
eight pamphlets prepared by himself
on the canal question. They dealt
usually under special titles, with the
following subjects: The history OF
Colombia's canal concessions and the
organization Of canal companies; the
methods employed to put the old
Panama Canal company into opera
ton in France; Colombia's relation
ship to the canal company; Cam
paign Of 30, Hutin and Cromwell, Of
Temptation, Insolence and Coerclon;w
Attorney General Knox and "The
Law Of the Case;" the rights Of cred
itors Of the Panama company, and
"The State Of Civilization in Colom-
bia."
In the second Of his pamphlets
Senator Morgan contends against the
Of the title Of the new Pam
anna company, declaring that the
French courts had no power 10 dis
solve the old Panama Canal company,
or to appoint liquidator to hold and
control the property Of that conn
panyi In Panama.
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p,sd e .hs Are Of us Year..

Topeka, Kan, March 11.-Mrs. Su-
san Bright, white woman 113 years
of age, died here yesterday. She
was born in Virginia in 1889. Her
husband served in the war Of 1919;
her son in the Mexican war; several
grandsons in the Spanish war. She
had six children, three Of whom for
some time she has been unable to To-
cate. Her youngest child is 70 years
old. With one-half Of her family lost
track of, she has 23 grandchildren,
43 great-grandchildren and six great
great-grandchildren.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-12

Jackson, Miss, March io.-News
from the Mississippi river front is
that the situation Il alarming. The
levee board Is in session at Clarka-
dale and word has been received here
that an outflow Il certain. The
levees are in better shape, higher aud
stronger than ever, except In one or
two places, and these are being hxsd.
The levee board Il hiring an labor
available.
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over two years ago. Only %,000,0O(
was raised by direct taxation two
years ago, because large amour,
OF revenue was collected under the
Bush corporation law. This revenue
cannot be depended upon up to this
time. The estimate of fees for the
next two years is placed at only $780,
199. For this reason 100000 more
will be raised by taxation this time
than two years ago.
The house yesterday passed the
senate nuisance BILL" an auxiliary
measure to the enforcement Of the
prohibitory law, which the supreme
court recently said the Huriel act of
1901 repealed.
The Kansas shippers have repre-
sentatives here during the closing
days of the legislature and are work
ing hard to secure the enactment Of
the law making railroad commits
sioners elective by the people. The
bill was introduced In the senate by
Mr.. Mcmillan, Of Ottawa, and is now
pending before the house.
Tho house passed Noftzger's senate
slot machine bill. The only vote
against 1t was by Kirkpatrick.
Congressional 'reapportionment
was given knockout blow in the
house. The Noftzger bill from the
senate had been referred to the house
committee on congressional apppr-
whose orders are to kill
everything that comes before 1t.
Brandon, Of Butler, moved that the
bill be recalled from the committee
and placed upon final passage, sub
ject to amendment and debate. The
vote was Az for the motion and SO
against.
The tax bill is slowly dying. The
house conferees met the senate com
ferees yesterday afternoon and pre-
sented their instructions. To these
terms the senate conferees objected
and report win be so made TO the
house to-day. It is said the senate
will take no further action on the
,ubject. This means that the bill
will die on the calendar at ten
,'clock tonight, when by the joint
resolution all legislation will cease.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-12

Winfield, Kan, March 11.-Hugh
Challiece, a stonemason, who came
here from Fort Worth, Tex. the
other day, was adjudged insane by
the probate court yesterday after
noon. He will either be admitted to
an insane asylum in Kansas or Tex
as. Challiece attempted to commit
suicide when he came by jumping
out of second-story window, and
afterward attempted to put his head
into the fly wheel on an engine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-12

Topeka, Kan, March 7.-Waggen-
er's bill against lynching was en-
crossed In the senate yesterday. II
has already passed the house. The
bill by Jones, Of Trego, for the ex-
termination Of prairie dogs passed
and has gone to the governor for his
signature.
When Kirkpatricl1's bill modifying
the present corporation law came up
for consideration Il was shot to
pieces in short order. I'm lieu of 1t
Hoftzger offered q substitute, which
was passed. This Is important to all
non-reaident corporations seeking to
do business In Kansas. Il changes
the law In regard to fling state
ments.
Senator Noftzger railroaded q bill
through the senate which Is intend
ed to discourage the marriage Of old
soldiers 70 young and giddy girls.
Il provides that no woman shall be
admitted 70 the soldiers home unless
she is over 20 years old and was mar
ried to the soldier before 1s92, ex-
cept in special cases where the wife
Il an invalid. or where the husband
Is en- invalid and needs tha attention
Of . wife. Girls are allowed 70 stay
at ne home until they are Is yearn
ola' Boys muat leave Il when they
ere It
q. ,,n.,i .1.,,,, ,..o'.i,s1. mo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-12

Topeka, Kan, March Ex-senator
Noftzger railroaded new congress
sional apportionment bill through
the senate yesterday afternoon and
checked it up to the house. With
in ten minutes after the bill was in
troduced, it was read the first, sec
ond and third time and finally passed,
every senator present voting for it.
1t creates a new district out Of Nc
Pherson, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner
and Cowley counties. AL of these
counties but Cowley are taken of
the old Seventh district. .Cowley
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-12

Sedalia, Mo-, March 11.--One hun
dred and fifty delegates were present
when the fourth biennial convention
of Jurisdiction e, Woodmen Of the
World, comprising Missouri, Illinois
and Indiana, WINS called to order by
the head consul, C. q. Keller, Of st.
Joseph.
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Topeka, Kan, March 11.--As re-
suit of the adoption of the concur
rent resolution shutting on consid-
Grafton of bills by the house in which
they originated at three O'Clock yes
terday afternoon q number Of inn
portant measures died on the calen-
dars of both houses. Both houses
worked on bills which had originated
in that end of the capitol until the
time set by the resolution, when
they began the confederation Of bills
which originated in the other end
Of the building.
The senate passed the Parsons
asylum bill. It carries S270,00o. OF
this sum 100000 will be spent for q
new building. The house had already
passed it
Chairman Francis, of the house
ways and means committee, intro
duced and had passed under suspen-
sion of the rules, the revenue bill
The senate also passed Il. Il au-
thorizes the proper state officers 70
levy . tar TO raise S2,sooo00 for the
fiscal year 1904 and S2.0O0,00o for the
fiscal year 1905. In explanation Mr..
Francis said that appropriations had
or would be made for the following
Fiscal year 1903, Ss1z. sos;
ascal year 1904. 1854. .sSs; fiscal year
1905. g 2,eooy164. Total, ss,16s. .t63.
The appropriations two yesrs ago
es.1sf7sf. This = an IN
.rszas al uol1m IN .aDuroDriatlons
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-12

Mcpherson, Kan, March 10.-The
farmers Of Mcpherson county have
added telephone to the conyeniences
Of the farm. Joshua Lawrence, who
lives south Of this place nine miles,
has organized q company of farm
ers and will build q line connecting
all the farm dwellings south Of Nc
Pherson, between Inman and Mound
Ridge. There Is q move on foot also
to organize another company TO put
in phones in the northern part Of the
county.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-12
Hundrsd. Of Elks Starving.

Helena, Mont, March 11.-State
Game Warden Scott received word
yesterday that hundreds of elks are
dying from hunger along the north
ern boundary of the national park.
Snow has been deep in that region,
preventing the animals from secur-
ing food. Portions Of the park are
strewn with their carcasses. Two
Italians have been arrested for
slaughtering the weakened and help
less animals.
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cleveland ous of Pol,ticA

New Yoik, March 1o.-Former
President Grover Cleveland denied
yesterday that he had come to New
York city for any political purpose,
as was rumored. He said: II came
solely for the purpose of the meet
ing in Brooklyn. The reports that
I had q political talk with Edward
M. Sheppard are untrue. am not
In politics. am out for good
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wichita, Kan, March T. Rev.
Granville Lowther. who was expelled
from the Methodist church for heresy
year ago, is trying to establish q
Christian socialist college in Wichita.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06
HAY COMING DOWN
PLENTY OF ALFALFA AND LOCAL
PRICES DROP TO 81 IN
THE STACK.
Predicted Earlier in the Fall That
Liberal Buying Would Send
Prices Soaring.

With alfalfa hay selling for 81 to So
q ton in the stack predictions advanc-
ed early In the fall that this class of
hay would be selling for s12 to $14
a ton in the stack before winter sets
In seems to have gone awry. Instead
OF there being a shortage in the alfalfa
crop caused by stockmen buying lib
orally early in the season for winter
feeding farmers and dealers say there
is plenty of hay in the valley waiting
sale and that the price will not ad
vance materially over the present
price unless there should happen to be
an unusually severe winter.
Receipts at the city market in Alder
street have been unusually heavy the
past week and prospective buyers have
had little trouble in securing all the
hay they want and in some instances
almost at their own figure. The wheat
hay crop was unusually large this year
although prices have remained stiff,
quotations at present being from 81
to $14 a ton delivered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
An EmpIoye of Electric Company
Meets Instant Death While
Reporting to His Office.

James Crozier, conductor on
the Virginia street line of the
Seattle Electric company, was in
stantly killed at 1910 Wednesday
morning and three other car opera
tives severely shocked by a crossed
circuit in telephone boxes on Cedar
street, says a dispatch from Seattle
Crozier was in the act Of re-
porting off at the corner of Cedar
street and Denny way when he re-
ceived the fatal shock.
DR.. j. E. Crichton was at Crozier's
side a few moments after he received
the current but life was extinct and
the body was removed to the Bonney-
Watson Co.'s morgue.
Crozier was 80 years Of age and
had been in the employ Of the Seattle
Electric company for amout IL
months. He was unmarried and was
the sole support Of widowed mother.
On Private System. .
The telephone circuit responsible
for Crozier's death is maintained by
the Sunset company as a private sys-
tenn for the exclusive use of the Seat
tie Electric company's operating de-
partment The instruments, which are
enclosed in boxes, are distributed along
the various car routes.
Crozier had made his last trip for
the night and had reached Denny way
when he stopped his car and opened
the box for the purpose Of reporting
off, He took down the receiver and
was in the act of signaling the other
instrument when he was electrOcuted.
The current which went through his
body hurled him to the sidewalk with
he was dead when he struck.
MOtorman L. w. Brown of the Cedar
street line advanced toward the box
and seized the receiver. He was in
stantly shocked with a voltage suffi-
Gent to cause him to involuntarily
wrench the receiver from the instru-
ment. Brown was not knocked down,
however and though suffering from
the effects of the shock, he managed
to go home without assistance.
On the Same Circuit.
Though it was not known at the
time, two other operatives who were
TO communicate with the
operating department at the terminus,
Of the Cedar street line were also Sc
verely shocked a few moments after
Crozier received the fatal voltage
Both men escaped without serious in
jury. Both telephone instruments
are on the same circuit, about ten
blocks from each other.
AS soon as the conductors on other
cars realized the danger which lurked
in the boxes they fastened to notify
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06
MAY TAX SLOT MACHINES,

SPOKANE, Nov. 6.-An endeavor
will be made to tax the merchandise
slot machines which abound in the
cigar stores and saloons Of Spokane.
\ consultation was held between
Chief of Police Woydt Mayor Boyd
and Assistant Corporation Counsel
Connor, when it was decided to tax
them SO a quarter each If authority
could be found under the city ordi-
nances. Mayor Boyd says:
Il am in favor of the move, as it
will increase the city revenues"
1t is estimated that there are close
to 200 Of these machines in Spokane.
The tax would have the effect of doing
away with many of them, but a neat
sum could be realized from the tax.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06

Retail Prices.
REVISED DAILY.

Retail Prices.
The selling quotations Oh the loca!
market are:
Sugar-Per 100 lbs, 500.
Cheese-Per lb. zoe
Observation-Disclosures, per sack zoe
Onions-Per 100 lbs. 81.
Cabbage-Per ID. nc.
Beets-Per ID. 1c.
Celery-Per doz. punches 40c.
>Potatoes-Per 100 lbs. zoe.
Sweet pOtatOes-Per Id. SC.
Peppers-Per doz sc.
AppleS-Per box 75c and 81.
Winter Nellie Pears-Per 50-lb.
box 75c.
Fruits-Oranges per doz. soc to CSC
Lemons, per doz. 25c.
Eggs-Per doz. Soc
Butter-Country per roll CSC.
and Coo. Creamery per roll zoe.
Flour-Per Dbl. $500 to $3.50. Ora
ham -four per 5O-lb sack, $1.20.
Whole wheat -four per sack. $1.20,
Rolled Oats per b &c.
Hay-Baled per ton, Alfalfa, SIG;
Wheat SIS: Timothy $40.
Braa-Per ton, $40. per sack, Toe.
Shorts, per ton s21.OO, per sack, 9Oc,
Rolled barley per ton $40. per sack
S5c. Rolled wheat per ton $2S, per
sack $1.10. Wheat per ton $25, per
sack sl.S5. Oats per ton, $25, per
sack $3.50.
Fish-Per ID. Salmon 15c. Halibul
1212c, Soles loo, Perch 12hc, Rock
Cod 1212c. Herring 10c, Crabs Csc
Oysters, Eastern in qt cans. Csc to
75c, Olympia, bulk Qt zoe.
Meats-Beef-Por steak
1712, sirloin steak 15c round steak
12hc, shoulder steak 10c, No. l prime
roast loo TO 121ac; common roast SC
to Toe; boiling beef &c to Sc; leg OF
mutton 1212c to 15c; chops 121sc and
15c; pork roast 10c to 121zc; chops
Ice to 1212c.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06

supremacy. The journeymen plum
bers have asked for another raise,
this time from S. to $3.50 per day,
and all union plumbers in the city are
out on strike.
The master plumbers have sent
east for 20 non-union plumbers to
break the strike. 1t is feared this will
have a disastrous effect on building
trades, perhaps forcing strikes in
other lines.
Fifteen carpenters on the Heath
building, which is in course of con-
struction, quit for a few hours be-
cause non union plumber was put
to work. A hasty consultation of con-
tractor and boss plumber resulted in
the non-union plumber being called
off duty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06
HOMEGROWN OYSTERS.

WHATCOM, Wash, Nov. 6.-Within
the very near future home grown
eastern oysters will be marketed on
Bellingham bay. The Bellingham Bay
Oyster company, owning extensive
beds at Samish, ten miles south of
this city, are making arrangements
to put 1000 sacks of their product on
the market next week. and it is anti
cipated that after that time the out
put will be marketed regularly. The
oysters are of large size and are said
to even excel the eastern grown ones
in quality.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06
;Hone and Foreign Markets. !
HAY COMING DOWN WORLDS MARKET UP
AND LOCAL GENERAL LOW TONE OF PAST
pe,cEs DROP TO 81 IN
THE STACK HIGHER PRICES.
Of in
IiberaI Buyino Would ket Cent
Prices SOARING. LessTh Week.
GENERAL Low TONE OF PAST
THREE DAYS GAVE WAY TO
HIGHER PRICES.
ket Dealers Offering a Half Cent
Less Than Week Ago.

Liberal buying and news of a gen.
eral bullish character gave the worlds
wheat market a better tone today
Chicago markets advanced from three
eighths to a half cent December
showing the steadier, closing at 78%
over the opening price Of 74A. July
wheat closed at 745s and May at 7S%
The effects of the recent decline in
Liverpool and eastern markets became
preceptible in the local market yes
terday and today when dealers offered
but II to Tx for bluestem and 6S for
club. This is for wheat on board cars.
The decline has stopped in a meas
ure what little sales have been made
the past week and a general move
ment is not expected until a better
situation prevails. The English mar
ket is summed up by J. w. Rush who
writes in the Northwestern Miller of
October %, as follows:
Prices are indeed rather higher than
they were a week ago, but it cannot
be said that there is any disposition
to buy at all freely. America still
rules the roost, evidently, for however
and they have during the last five
weeks exceeded all previous records,
the market here follows the ups and
downs in America quite slavishly.
What the trade would like to know
is the real size of the last American
crop. The primary receipts and the
exports so far since July l indicate
that the crop is 80 per cent less than
last year; but we are told that this
falling off is due to the lateness Of
wheat, and that as a matter Of fact
the crop is larger than last years.
On the other hand, the October re-
port of the Washington bureau is
taken as indicating a total crop Of
5O,000000 bushels, against 670,000,000
last year, thus showing that the sur
plus for export may not exceed 160,-
100000 bushels, against 203,000,000
last season. from July 1 to June 80.
Another perplexing feature is the
Argentine crop, which some reports
insist will be Is bushels an acre Of
11,50d000 acres, against liz bushels
an acre on S,SO0,0O0 acres last year.
a possible Argentine crop Of 21,00O,OOO
quarters, with a surplus of from 49,
100000 to 100000 quarters is thus
inferred, and should be quite enough
to destroy all desire to buy forward if
it We're true.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06

the central office of the facts, and as
fas as practicable all operatives
throughout the northern end of the
port in over the system.
1t is impossible to determine the ex-
act causes responsible for the charges
with which the telephone wires were
laden, though it is certain a crossed
circuit lay at the bottom of the
trouble.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06
Buying Prices.

These are the quotations on the 10
Cal market:
OniOnS-Per Cwt zoe to S5c.
CarrOts-Per sack soc.
Beets-Per sack or box SGc.
PotatOes-Per cwt. 40 c to soc.
Sweet pOtatoes-Local $3.50 per
cwt. California-s4.50 per cwt.
Cebbage-Per cwt. Coo to 75c.
Turnips-Per sack soc.
Parsnips-Per sack Csc.
CaTrots-Per sack soc.
Pumpkins-12 crate 1ac.
Celery-12 crate 90c.
Squash-Per cwt soc to 75c.
Apples-Per ID. 1c.
Grapes-Per crate soc.
Butrer-Country soc to Coo per roll.
Eggs-Fresh, per doz. soc.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06

II wish we could discourage those
cousins of yours, the Blanks" she said
YEARLY. The circumstances are such
that we have to invite them to dinner
about once in so often, and they never
by any chance Decline" Suppose"
he said thoughtfully. suppose you
cook the dinner for them yourself the
next time"
Read the ads in the Statesman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-06
PLUMBERS TO FIGHT TO FINISH

c7.r-> 'o''' ~ FINISH.
SPOKANE. Nov. 6.-The master
plumbers are preparing to fight the
1oprneymen plumbers to a finish and
once for all settle the ouastio, ot