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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20
Notice to Settle.

The accounts of all persons owing me
for professional services have been placed
in the hands of J. P. Towne for collec-
ton. 1t is quite necessary that these
bills be settled at once. 80
DR.. F. H. MARTIN.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20
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Wood Saving.

Pole and cordwood sawed. Leave Or
ders at Marsden & Watson's. 50.
4Stf HELLER Bros.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-11-20

One afternoon during our stay trolley
tional Cemetery at Arlington and down
the river to Mt. Vernon, distance of
fifteen miles. Arlington occupies a
commanding position on high ground
opposite Washington, was once the
home property of Gen. Lee and earlier
still Of children of Mrs. Geo. Washing
ton. Now the government makes it the
beautiful resting place of those who die
in the service of their country The re-
mains of the sailors who went down in
the Maine in Havana harbor and of SOL
diers who die in Porto Rico and the
Philippines are being all the time depos-
tied here. A splendid monument has
lately been erected to the memory of
Gen. Phil. Sheridan Arlington is hal
lowed ground and beautiful and made
attractive The tomb of Washington at
Mt Vernon is visited by 10000 people
annually. The homestead of about 200
acres passed into the hands of an asso-
citation of women some years ago and
since the old mansion and surroundings
are kept up and preserved in all the
The admission charged to visit the
ACIpS pOlICO CLiO PIOPOA ~ iuA
nish the guides and repair, beautify and
make attractive this historical spot. The
trip by trolley takes you through Alex
andria, an old city that dates back sew
eral hundred years. The old church
where Washington worshipped and the
Masonic Lodge over which he presided
as master are places kept open for
tourists The old town which 10 the
eos was the home of strong southern
sympathizers, is now fast going tito de-
cay and as the guide in Washington told
US, mot nail has been driven there in
twenty years" -seemed reasonable
story. Of trip down the Chesapeake
we will tell about at another time.
IT IS announced that the administra-
tion has already picked the four dele
gates at large for the next republican
national convention. The names of the
big four written on the slate are Gov.
LaFollette, Isaac Stevenson, w. D.
Hoard and Senator Stout. So if it is
already settled what use is there for a
convention?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-30
TOPEKA MEN THERE.
They May Lay the New Atchison
Pavement.

Iopeka men may lay Atchison's street
pavement It is said that several To-
peha pavement contractors are figuring
on submitting bids for the paving on
South Sixth street in Atchison, which
will be opened Monday night
Atchlscn thinks it is being held up
by the contractors. There seem to be
combine there which has not been
broken. For the same pavement which
costs Topeka from S1.1z12 to $119 the
lowest bids AtchisOn has been able to
get run from $1.44 to S1-60. These bids
We're rejected.
On grading. too, Atchison is getting
the worst of it. While Topeka pays PAS
cents per square yard. Atchison's best
figures are from SO to Al cents.
IN order to share the low prices which
Topeka pays for her paving, Atchison
has solicited bids from Topeka con-
tractors, and may take the paving con-
tracts away from her home Iaborers.
The following from the Atchisoa
Globe explains the situation as Atchi-
son sees it.:
Here are some important facts about
the cost of brick paving. 1t was stated
few days ago that Topeka had let
two miles of single course vitrified brick
paving at S1-16 to $1.191z cents per
square yard Local contractors, who
have been complaining that Engineer
Giddings makes his estimates too low
exploited the report from Topeka, in
JUSNlllCdlA OAl VI lAltll GOInOldllll. luis
caused Mr.. Giddings to investigate, and
he is in receipt OF letter from the city
engineer OF Topeka, saying the con-
tracts let. at the prices a boVe given, call
for two layers OF brick, instead of one.
This puts the Topeka price considerably
under Atchison's. For instance, the
council rejected half a dozen bids for
the paving of South Sixth street one
night last week. all having been abO e
the estimate Those bids were for tSo
layers of brick, (same as Topel<a,) and
We're as follows: Rackliffe & Gibson,
Sl-4435 per square yard; John Mcguire,
$1.47; Thomas Bette, $1.48; Owen e.
Seip, $1.49. Charley Crawford so The
lowest bid offered on Sixth street was,
therefore, Is cents a square yard high
er than the highest price contracted in
Topeka. Topeka is also lower on grad
ing, a contract having been let there
last week at Z451 cents, including haul
of / 800 feet. on South Sixth street the
average haul is 740 feet but the bids
ranged from IS to Il cents per yard.
Thomas Beattie & Co, are receiving
S1.4S per square yard for one layer of
brick on six inches of concrete, on Main
street, and s1-13 per square yard for one
layer of brick on macadam- This re-
quires removing part of the present
macadam in the sub grade, and filing
in concrete at other places. Bedttie &
Co.'S contract for grading is SO cents
per yard, but the haul is a long one.
Why should it cost more to grade and
pave in Atchison than in Topeka?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-30
HIRE GIRLS TO SAY NO. .
Plan of Young Argentinos to Escape
the CeIibaey Tax.

new and lucrative field for woman's
work has been opened in the Argentine
republic BY which the fair daughters Of
that favored land are enabled TO earn
good incomes. 1t is a business reQuir-
ing no capital, and all the work can be
done at home. but one which IS con-
fined, in the nature of things, to widows
and maidens.
The women who engage in this easy
and lucrative calling are known as pro
fessiOnal lady rejectors." and their bust
ness is giving much concern to the Ar
gentine authorities.
1t all came about by the passa &c of
the law taxing bachelors in the Argen-
tine. AS the law was thought to bear
too hard upon young men who really
tried to get married and could not do
so from the fact that nobody would
have them. q clause was inserted by
which a man was exempt from the tax
if he could prove that he had propose d
and been rejected. They are not so slow
in those Latin-American Countries as
we people up north imagine The pro-
fessional lady reflector at once made her
appearance on the scene.
The fair daughter of the south who
chooses the reflector business in pref
erence to typewriting or becoming =
saleslady does not hang out sign nor
send around cards engraved with
~Carmencita Saurez, Professional Lady
Reflector. Office Hours. to 10, but
she causes il to be known that she is
in the business and will warrant re-
lection every time. For a certain stated
sum she will consent to be wooed by
any eligible bachelor tax-dodger for
reasonable length of time. He can take
her to the theater buy her ices and
pay for her bouquets and bonbons unth
the expiration of the time limit. when
he asks her to be his. and, according
to contract. she promises to be a sister
to him But her work IS not yet over,
for when the tax on bachelors is due
and Jose goes to the Alcalde to swear
off his taxes Carmencita has to go
with him and make oath that he mas
proposed to her and been rejected.
This seems an easy and pleasant way
Of making ones living, but the girls en-
gagged ia the business say that 1t really
is ere recurring the greatest self-contro4
and frequently causes the greatest
agony Of spirit to the practitioner. espe-
cially if she has large and wealthy
clientele. For a sDinster whose chances
of Tnatrinoux are on the wane, or Il
ouxom widow who longs to be con-
soled. to resist the temptation to violate
nice young man with nice fortune
proposes. requires phenomenal business
integrity and IS a severe wrench to the
FEELINGS.
1t readily will be seen that it is not
ever- woman who can succeed in the
calling Of iadv reflector. She must have
the faculty Of convincing men that her
rejection is certain, or they will not
trust her and she cannot get business
The young girl just entering the pros
fassion has a hard time Of il: it is only
the old. reliable lady rejectors who are
able to accumulate fortunes.-New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-30

In 1852 he came to New York with a
cargo of ebony and soon published in
the New York Tribune series of arti-
cles on the Gaboon country, which at
tracted much attenetion. In 1855 he re-
turned to Africa and spent four years
in exploration. travelling over 5000 miles
without a white companion, and shot
and stuffed over 1000 birds, many of
which were previously unknown. In
1853 he returned to New York with nu
merous relics of the trip. and in 1851
published Explorations and Adventures
in Equatorial Africa" Prof. John 2.
Gray of the British museum attacked
the veracity of Du Chaillu's statements,
and as his locations were only made by
compass. he determined to return for A
second and more thorough exploration.
He spent several years in scientific
study for this purpose. and then fully
equipped. in 1854 made q trip which
proved his former statements He pub
lished eight or ten books of travel and
adventure within the next ten years.
among them, The Land Of the Mid
night Sun" and was the greatest travel
er and explorer Of the century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-30
THROUGH FIRE.
Wild Ride on Bikes in a Burn
ing Forest.

Hammonton. n. J.. April 3o.-Three
Hammonton men have had a wild ride
for their lives through blazing forest.
They had been on jury duty at Mays
Landing and had ridden 10 miles be-
tween here and that place on their BIZ
cycles.
They had covered perhaps half the
distance on their return when they
found that the smoke from the burning
woods was getting extremely thick. As
the fire did not seem directly in their
path. however, they decided to press
on.
Deeper and deeper into the burning
woods they rode. every minute seeming
to increase their peril. They could
scarcely see each other. though they
kept as close together as possible The
smoke half blinded them, and the heat
was well nigh intolerable Every little
while they felt ashes and burning en-
bers fall about them but brushing them
off. they kept on. Several times the
men believed they would be overwhelm-
ed. but finally they got out of the fire
baIf
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M'COOk IN CHAIR.
lContinued from Page one

Addresses of welcome: For the com
monwealth, Chief Justice w. A john
stou; Tor the Santa Fe railroad conf
pany. E. Wilder. treasurer; for the city
OF Topeka, John E. Frost, president of
Commercial club.
Response, Col. John ]. McCook
Address, Locomotive Religion" Rev.
p. S. Henson. Brooklyn.
FRIDAY MORNING. $780,
Music by Cleburne. Texas. glee club.
Prayer and testimony meeting led by
H. W. Stone. general secretary of Ore
gon association.
Addresses: The Railroad Association
as Field for Service by F. A. Upde-
graft, general baggage agent of the IN
ion Depot company of Kansas City, and
J. F. Holden freight traffic manager Of
the Rock Island system.
Song by the Columbus Railroad quar-
tet
Address: THE Religious Work of the
Railroad ociations-Importanc and
Organization" by F. B. Smith of New
York city.
Immediately following the morning
programme, the delegates will assemble
on the capitol steps TO have the official
photograph OF the convention taken).
AFTERNOON. 2:3O.
Special music by the Elkhart (Ind.)
Cslee club.
Bible study, The Christ of the Cos
pei" by the Rev. Fl. II. Gregg of St.
Louis.
Special music by the Willis brothers.
Paper, Educational Department" by
tive power of the Santa Fe.
Discussion of above paper led by G.
B. Hodge of New York.
Laying of corner stone p. M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-30
MARKETS TODAY.
Wheat Opens Strong on the
Firm Cables.
Business in Corn Was Dull and
Featnreless.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Native Steers Range from S3.75
to 1928.
Hogs Strong and Advance a
Point or Two.

Chicago. April 30. - WHEAT - Wheat
opened strong on firm cables and unt1vof-
apie weather reports with May 5s0i4e 10
5pcs nlener' az 'tun3sc and july Aa7sc
to eoa i2c higher at l21sn72Ac. There was
some covering BY shorts which, with gen
eral commission buying, the demand nipsg-
ly for july. caused an advance fin that on
ton % l2l4Nl29sc. May was easier and
sold down to 767sc Minneapolis and Du-
luth received 9S cars and local receipts
were rs cars.
on fair demand for July and septem-
ner hy outside interests the market became
May gradually advanced. closing at the
TOP Inquire at 4p4c. a gain of fsuiac; July
closed CSC higher, at l25sdl2l4c-
CORN-fhe action of wheat. together
with steady cables. caused firm opening
m corn. May being unchanged to sc high
9snifc higher. at i5u45isc. Trade was small
and featureless with some little improve
meut in the cash demand, which with
small receipts held prices steady. Local
receipts were l62 cars. car Of contract
grade.
Corn closed steady with July sc higher
oATs-oats were stronger. on bad wealth
er ana smaller receipts and in sympathy
with other grains There was a good
Ecaltering demand for July. which opened
MUi4c higher. at 3l3sn32c and sold up Is
S2isc within the first hour. Local receipts
were 10 cars
PROVISIONS Provisions opened strong
and showed SIN further advances on high
or prices for hogs at the yards and good
buying by brokers and commission houses.
HtNN NINIA was -lEC il"Fl 10 &c AllAlii- Z.
It E112ia 0lTI7lz; July lard was up 2i5uac.
ct s9i2isN9.i5. and ribs showed a gain of
CSC. at $685.
WHEAT-C No red TIC NO. red.
69N7 No. . hard winter Hc: no. hard
winter. 69d54c, No ] northern spring. 79d
soc; No 2 northern spring, 78079c; No
CORN-No. .. #1aQ44a4c: No. 3. $50
13ac
OATS-No. q 30ll081c No 8, 29iAa30c
RYI-May. 49c; July. 4914c-
FLA&-Cash. NV. S110: S.-W., SLOT:
May SL07 July Sl.10
TIMOTHY-Aprl. 1885.
CLONER-ADru $3.50
BA RLEY-Cash. 42N54c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-30
Kansas Covered With a Mantle
of White.
Freezing Weather Accompanies
the Storm.
DROPS TO 20 HERE.
At Other Points in State Was
Still Colder.
Fear That Fruit Has Been
Much Damaged.

Mr.. Fred Wellhouse. the apple king
Of Kansas, was asked today for an
opinion on the amount of damage done
the fruit crop by last nights freeze and
snow.
have been examining some apple
blossoms and buds with a microscope,
said Mr.. Wellhouse, and cannot find
a trace of injury to them, but I fea1
that the vitality OF the bloom will be
weakened to such an extent that the
fruit will fall off. Grapes are killed
back to the winter vine. Not a new
growth will survive. The apple is the
hardest fruit we have, and may. by
rare good luck. pull through. Yester-
day there were all indications of the
largest apple crop on record in this
state. The freeze last night would
have been much worse had it not been
for the snow and the wind this morn
ing,which seems to help the recovery of
vegetation by keeping it in motion
while thawing. It viii be impossible to
estimate the damage for several days
Mr.. Wellhouse has the most extensive
fruit interests in the state, and is we'll
posted on the subject.
Rain, sleet ana snow fell last night.
and this morning the ground was White-
tenths in depth. There was rain in
termittently until shortly before II
O'Clock last night. Then sleet began
falling, and at IL o'clock the snow COM
menced. The total precipitation was So
hundredths of an inch Of water
The thermometer fell steadily during
the night, and at O'Clock this morning
reached the minimum Of 20 degrees, and
remained there for four hours.
Observer Jennings said today: The
snow storm Wednesday morning was in
eastern Colorado and Travelled over Ne
braska, South Dakota, Minnesota. Wis
cOnsin and the peninsula of Michigan
The rain was on the southern edge %
the snow storm from the Panhandle o.
Texas to Michigan Snow began fall
ing in Topeka at II o'clock last night.
1t was preceded by sleet, between the
rainfall and the snow"
1t was cold throughout the northwest
Wednesday. The minimum at Cheyenne
was Is, al Havre Is, at Swift Current
Is, at Williston p and at Winnipeg IA.
The government thermometer recorded
steady fall in temperature last night
The temperatures recorded from r
O'Clock last night to this morning were
nc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-30
HERE'S 4 NEW "CATCH. !"
If You Haven't Been a Victim
Don't.


Did you know that they were giving
81 65 for nineteen hundred two PEN
nies2'
This is the gag that Topeka people
are biting on at the present time. A
newsboy dropped in at the State Saw
ings bank yesterday and asked for
change for a nickel. Before leaving the
bank ne inspected his pennies closely
and put one of them in a different pock-
ct from the one that received the 9TH
ers. Later in the day a man came in
and asked for 20 cents worth of PEN
MES He was followed by q young wo-
man who wanted to have several small
pieces of silver changed into one cent
pieces.
A man-it may have been the man
who originated the gag-told friend
he would pay $1.65 for nineteen hundred
two pennies. The friend Immediately
dug into his clothes and produced
some small change from amongst which
he distracted a penny bearing the date
1862. He forthwith demanded the
sl65.
you'll have to get the other nineteen
hundred and one pennies, replied the
man with the gag as he sidestepped
into a doorway
No wonder they are giving s165 for
19O2. pennies Most anybody would.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-30

Wall Street New York April 3d.
6IOCkS-Prices advanced a small frac-
dealings. Reading was in good demand on
the earnings statement for March and was
Attto 3s pQlnt- Ihere was evidence Of re-
anzing I'm Erie first and second preferred.
the National Railroad Of Mexico stocks
and Peoples Gas which carried them
Room traders followed the lead Of profit
taking sales I'M Erie and put out moderate
selling orders in the general list driving
prices below Yesterdays close. The Ma
tiunal Railroad of Mexico stocks Erie first
preferred, Feqples Gas and Amalgamated
declined a point and some Of the railroads
"a gocd fraction. Pere Marquette, St Louis
ond san Francisco first preferred the
American Ice stock and Metropolitan
street Railway were lifted a point. Sloss-
Sheffield Steel ~ points and Rutland pre-
ferred points. Business was practically
suspended at the reaction.
The entire cessation Of offerings at the
decline encouraged a bidding mp Of prices
but at about last nights level the offer
fngs were renewed and prices fell back to
the lowest. on the rally Brooklyn Transit
rose 1ls points over last night. cast Iron
Pipe preferred gained ga points. Canadian
Facihc got a point under last night on the
recession
Bonds We're Irregular at noon.
stocks continued 20 dribbe out I'm vari-
Gus quarters. but the only losses of con-
sequence We're that of a point in Rock IS
lana New YORK Central and Erie second
preferred. Speculation was almost Mfeless
and the professional element did little in
the absence Of any aggressive lead.
Buying orders appeared for some Of the
Gould group. causing a point rally from
the lowest in Missouri Pacific Not much
effect was produced elsewhere by this incl
dent and subsequent free OFFERINGS OF
Pennsylvania Southern Pacific and St
Paul carried the market down sharply
again. Most of the active stocks touched
the lowest on the movement and St. Paul,
Pennsylvania =. and o. Southern Pacific
and Illinois Central joined the list of
stocks. which were a point or more below
yesterdays close.
Louisville and Nashville and Consolidated
Gas were carried down IA. points and An
0c0nda points before the market steadied
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Chicago. April 30.-CATTLE=R Receipts
today, 5000 head. Market steady. Good to
prime steers. $5.l0Q5-75; poor 10 medium,
si2oa5oo; stocSers and feeders. $S.00d5.00;
cows, Sl.5Q460i heifers. s. 5od5.O0: Gamers
sL50a2S0; bulls. $2.50Q440: calves. So 50T
o-l5: Texas fed steers. Sz.O0d5.00.
HOGS-Receipts today. 10000 head: esti-
mated Friday. 1900 head. left over from
Wednesday, 4.150 head. Market steady to
DC higher Mixed and butchers. S6-7507.t9;
good to choice heavy, $7.00d7.l5: rough
heavy. S6.SeQ6s5; light. s6.e0G6te; bulk Of
sales sS.S507.00
Receipts today 5000 head.
Sheep and lambs steady to strong Good
TO choice wethers. &.55o5.25; fair to choice
mixed, s.. 75d4.25: western sheep. s4.6505.25
native lambs, S4.50N6.Sv; western lambs.
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Kansas CITY Livestock.

Kansas City. Mo-. April 30-CATTLE-
Receipts today, 1000 head. including 80
head of Texans Market steady Native
steers. S3.75u5.2S. Texas and Indian steers,
S3.7504i5: Texas cows, S225d3.60: native
cows and heifers. S1.60d5.05. stoclxers and
feeders, S30od5.10. bulls. s.. S5G4. %. calves.
S25On6.s0; western steers, S2.75d5.05; west
ern cows S2OO0f3. IS.
housekeeping today 1900 head. Mar
ket &c higher. Bulk of sales 49, 751l6. %.
heavy, S6.s5Nl 90: packers. S6.65d6.S5 me-
dunn &c. 7506-90; light. Sc. 5506. 77l5. workers.,
S.. 7Ou6. 77ia; pigs. IS. 40d6. S.
SHEEP-Receipts today. 1900 head.
Market strong. Muttons. Ss.s0d5.e0: lambs
g s9d7.o0; range wethers. S3s5a5.s5; ewes.
s.. 75G5.50
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas CITY April 30.-CIose- WHEAT
Receipts today. So cars Quotations
May &c: July. 621zQ625sc. Cash: No. ,
hard. 6Sa69c' No. hard, e6067c; No. q
red. 69a 6s1zc: No. red. 66aGSc.
CORN-May. 3essd36S4c; July, 1864 0367sc.
Cash. No mixed. 37@4fi3Sc; No. white
3SN3Si4c: No. 3 white 373tc.
OATS-No. white, sin341zc; No. 2 mix
ed 32c.
RYE-No. , 45c
HAY-ChOice timothy $3.50. choice prai-
RE. S9.CoG9-50
BUTTER-Cr Creamery. lsa21c; dairy. fan
ey. 1Sc.
EGGS-Fresh, 12lAc.
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FOR DEATH OF BENEDICT.
Los Angeles Record Says the Mayor
Is RESPONSIBLE.

The Los Angeles Record which IS
fighting the administrat ton of that city.
holds the mayor largely responsible for
the numerous accidents which have oc-
CURED on the various street railway
lines in the town. The administration
is charged with being controlled by the
street railway people In a recent is
sue appears a list of seventy-three cas-
ualties which have occurred during the
past three months. During the week
sixteen had taken place. Among the
names is that Of E. ". Benedict, whose
automobile was run down by car on
the Redondo line.
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FLOOD AT LAKIN.
Rain Comes in Torrents Injursng Irri-
cation bitches.

Lakin. Kan, April 30.-The heaviest rain
ever known to fan in this part of the
country fell here Tuesday. Water fell in
torrents for several hours and continued
steadily all night turning into snow and
sleet Wednesday Water last night was
running over the Santa Fe tracks near
this place. Some damage has been done
to the irrigating canals In this vicinity.
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MISS CASSATT UPSET.
Street Car Struck a Cab in Which She
Was Riding.

Philadelphia, April sO-A hanson cab
in which Miss Katherine Cassatt. daugh-
ter of A. J. Cassatt. president of the
Pennsylvania railroad company, was
riding down Chestnut street was struck
by a South Nineteenth street car and
the cab was turned on its side
Miss Cassatt saved herself from fall
ing by holding to the door and was
quickly assisted from. her dangerous po-
sition none the worse for her experience.
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New York Money Market.

New York. April 0-Noon-MONE Ely
Money on call steady at 2st per cent;
prime mercantile paper, 51405s< per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 54m
"a per cent sterling exchange strong. with
ciual business in bankers bills at a. $40
q 4St@i for demand and al S4.S4ik a $3.50 for
co days. posted rates S4.s5 and $4SSd4 SSI5
commercial bills. S4s4iz d4S4ss
SlLNER-Bar silver, 527sc Mexican dol
lars. 41izc.
BONDS-Government bonds easier