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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08

paper in his hands. and his long, awk-
ward limbs stretched out on the table
before him.
AT this point I. as the diplomatic rep
resentatfve of our great and beloved
country. was getting ready to express =
vehement protest being unwilling to
have slurs uttered on the greatest man
our country had produced. but con-
trolled myself and let him 20 on The
German officer then continued his story
as follows
Soon after 7 entered the room the
president, without changing his posi-
ton. turned his face toward me. aging.
Well. what can do for you, sir?
Very rnuch embarrassed at this IN
usual reception from the chief execu-
tive Of your great country. I advanced
toward him and handed him my Gre
denrials. The president then got his
feet down thought a moment, then took
a pen and a sheet of paper and wrote
out permit, signed II and handed it to
me, and then he asked me to sit down.
He Piled me with 4 number Of questions
IN regard to the German and other Eur
opean armies. chatted familiarly with
me on all subjects and was most cOurte-
Gus and afabie- He made profound
impression on me, and, on leaving.
felt that I had stood in the presence of
the worlds greatest man"
This ending entirely reconeiied me and
I felt that the first part Of the story
was given in order TO emphasize its
f Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
CROP RECORDS BRoKEN.
American Farmers Hava Gathered in
92.557. 8o5. 416.

New York. Jan. S-According TO fig
ures compiled by Uncle sam, farmers Of
the United States have taken from the
soil this year crops having q value of
s., 557, 5z16 The crops are the largest
ever garnered in the history of this
country. according to the experts at the
produce exchange. ana their value Is
UNPRECEDENTED IN the annals Of trade.
When the official and final cop figures
of the government were posted on the
bulletin board, telling of Il two and one-
half billion corn crop. a bumper wheat
yield and an unexampled harvest of po-
tatoes, barley. hay and oats. old time
brokers discussed the marvellous growth
Of the country They sat in groups dis
cussing the time when 1 CSC COO COO bush
els Of corn was an unheard Of product
and they joked one another on recalling
when they were rampant bsrrs on
wheat at a time when the govss= unenJ
figures told of two hundred million
bushel crop of spring and winter wheat.
Times have changer they said, and
they then fell to making com arisons OF
this years final figures with the pre-
liIninary estimates made earlier in the
year.
The crop Of oats breaks all records
with 9S7 $40. 71Z bushels POta toes. one
Of the household necessities. also break
all records with crop Of zs4. 632-7Sl
bushels. more than double the crop OF
last year. The same thing can be said
OF barley. rye and buckwheat-
To The tillers of the soil the year 1902
Will 90 GOWN III n4HADEE as the most
prosperous in their lives The country's
wheat has been half sold at stim prices
The corn IS just beginning to appear on
the MARKHAM unusually late time. by
the way. for the reason that the season
was rardy and the crop was slow in
! grading" Half of the oats crop has
gone to market. and the hay IS com
handing good prices for the bounteous
crop.
It is said to be fair estimate that
the farm value OF wheat. for which the
farmers have disposed of half their hold
ings is 65 cents a bushel. Oats have
netted the farmer about y cents, ana
the balance it is estimated. viii be sold
at that figure. Corn viii net the farmer
at MS nearest market town about 90
cents = bushel for the remainder Of the
year and 90 on throughout the entire
list Coed prices for a good crop. pro
duce brokers say. breed eontentment for
them. a. well as for the hard worked
tillers OF the soil
The basis on which the government
estimates the value Of the crop IS not
the current market quotations in this
city and Chicago. but the farm values
OF prices at which the producer sells
his goods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
WILL NOT FIGHT FOR xT.
Eneland's Right to Send Warships
Through the Dardanelles.

New York Jan S.-Referring to the
DardaueIIes question. the London cor
respondent Of the Tribune says the ar
gumeut is unanswerabIe that under the
European treaty law England must be
allowed 10. send Warships into the Black
sea if Russia be permitted to dispatch
her vessels into the Mediterranean but
the most bellicose writer about Eng
IisH naval prestige has no idea of err
forcing that right and going 60 war
about it. A good deal has happened
since the Crimean war Cairo is now
the geographical center Of British en-
pIre- and Constantinople can never
again be q hotbed OF British intrigue
The equivocaI attitude of both Ger
many and France in regard to the
StTaigfts question shows that Russia
can revise or disregard TIE treaty slip
uiations whenever il suits her conven-
ierce to 90 50. The main object of the
theatrical demonstration OF the press
against Russia is TO emphasize the fact
that Germany and England while ar
ti6cially associated in the Venezuelan
affair, are NOT acting together in the
far east This is 2 meager cons0lida-
fion since il is evident that a British
protest IN this instance viii never be
enforced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
RAILROAD LOBBY
Present at Lincoln to Fight an
Increase in Taxes.

Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. Sin his message
to the rventy-eigh1h Nebraska legis-
lature today Governor Mickey paid
particular attention to the railroad tax
and franchise assessment proposition
He declared that the deficit in the state
treasury resulted from under valuation
of property He said the Iegisiat ure
should in some manner remedy the
under estimates made previously by
the board Of equalization and called
attention to the lack of laws in tax
alton of public franchise corporations.
The railroads have a well organized
lobby on hand and the fight of the ses-
sion viii doubtless turn on at attempt
to pass laws increasing tax assess
msnts against their property
Governor Mickey made no mention OF
the alleged attempt to swindle the state
out of bOunties on wolves scalps. There
is q deficit of S32. 900 in the fund pro
vided for that purpose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
'PHONED A MESSAGE
To his Wife Before 70 Lay Down to
Die of Asphyxiation.

Toledo O.. Jan 8-Eugene F Harri-
son, aged 50. OF 500 Cherry street. COM
Fnittsd suicide by asphyxiating him
self Before retiring he 'phoned the fol-
loWing message 70 MS wife. from whom
Esa WIS separated II VIII turn on the
s1s some of these nights ard they VIII
ind me- in The morning with all my
troubles ended"
Harrison was worth $1,000 a few
years ago On the theory that the Ohio
centennial would be held here. he pur-
chased large tracts of land near the
centennial site In order 70 catch the
early worm be built number of
hotels on the land The failure of toe
centennial 10 uatarialize rendered his
investments valueless. Dependency
set IN and he ended his Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
SIXTY DAYS II JAIL.
Sentence That Makes Rudy and vii
liam Hedges Squirm-

A school row from Nemaha county
has got into the supreme court It was
fled on an appeal from the district
court Of Nemaha county today. If the
rulings of the trial courts axe carried
out Rudy and William Hedges. who
are apparently pupils in the Oneida
public schools. viii be pretty severely
punished fer their alleged misde-
meanors by. spending two months each
in the county Jail
The transcript in the case does not
show Just what they did. but they
were arrested for disturbing the peace
cipai of the Cnelda schools The trou-
bic happened on November q. ard the
mplaint says that they did then and
there disturb the peace and quiet OF
the affianr. vVhO was then ana there the
principal OF the public schools of
Oneida. Kansas. and divers other chill
dren and persons. being the pupils,
teachers and children of said school
by loud ard boisterous and profaue
language. threats and threatening con-
duct. and by violent. ObstreperOuS and
tumultuous conduct
They pleaded guilty before justice
Of the peace. who sentenced them TO
sixty days each IN the county jail.
Then they concluded to fight the case,
an appeal was taken TO the district
court Of Neuaha county. and they were
placed under $500 bond, but Judge
Stuart dismissed the appeal on the
ground that one could not be taken
after they had pleaded guilty It is
from this ruling that an appeal is
brought to the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
INCOMES on THE STAGE.

Mrs Langtry hopes to carry home
ss5. coo. Her argument. like The Girs
with the Green Eyes. is at once illog-
ical and reasona bic. for. if her premises
be wrong. her deductions are right The
Jersey Lily may divide herself into four
parts, after the fashion of watermelOnS
and singing quartettes-to wit. ART
beaut-r dress. and fame Two of these
are against her financial hopes while
Mrs. Langtry would be dear at 500 4
week: as BEAUTY. freshness Of charm
being included in that quality, she would
dress exposition. however. she suEpaSses
the most cunning articles OF the Mrs.
Osborn company, and may be set down
$500 a week. while as q celebrity she
exceeds any other performer on the
stage. and her value in this particular
IS at least $3.50 week Adding these
sums together, Mrs. Lalgtry may col
lect s. 500 from the ghost every time it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
son AT THROTTLE
OF the Engine Which killed Aged
Father.

Rochester. n. Y. Jan. s.--Whi1e a si-
ant engine attached 10 q long train Of
coaches went laundering over the rails
of rha New York Central Engineer
Ford. paerirg out of the steaming cab
window saw the form Of an old man
standing ON the tracks, a strip OF as=
nutteriug in his hand. Then. with q
helpless cry. the man IN the cab gave
a quickq ierk at the steam valve and
feu backward in the cab as he saw the
body of the ola fagman. his own ia Jher.
struck By the iron horse and hurled
ahead q distance of SO feet
The aged man. Robert Ford, had just
stepped en- the tracks after tagging a
fast freight with his back turned
toward the engine when struck He
heard the blast OF the whistle. accom-
paried by the sharp clanging of the
BEN. made an effort to jump aside. but
he was TOO iate-
When the train came to a standstill
the hteless form Of the Old man was
picked up from the ground. The son is
almost frantic with grief
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KILLED WHOM SHE LOVED.
Beautiful Southern Girl VIII Be Tried
for Her Life.

Bolivar. Tenn. Jan S.-AIiss Lizzie
HiiIhouse. who shot and killed hen
sweetheart. James Marsh, in T0one.
Tenn, on Christmas eve, viii be put or
trial for her life at the term Of the
criminal court now sitting here.
the girl at the preliminary hearing
swore that Marsh had promised te
marry her. and that she had frequently
pleaded with him TO keep his 2romise.
She said that on the evening previous to
the tragedy she had gone to him and
begged him to save her from disgrace
and give their child to be born a mama.
She stated that he had treated her
pieddlng5 with contempt, and that OF
all others she had determined that he
should not witness her humI ia ton, be-
cause she loved him best of ali on earth
She said that she went to his boarding
house 10 give nm one more GpDoI-
tunitE. and that if he did not redeem his
alleged pledge she was determined to
Kill him On that morning she called
while he was at breakfast and asked TO
see rim She says he refused 10 Ses
her, but was finally persuaded by sons
one n the house to come out to the
gate. where she was standing.
When she met him there she again
pleaded but his answer was stare
As Re turned TO walk away she free
1ve times. Each shot took effect IN
her testimony the girl cooIiy declared
/ that she cared not how the case termi-
mated She was indicted for murder IN
the first degree. and. contrary to GUS
TOM in such cases. was allowed to make
BOND for her appearance to answer.
which she did
Miss HiIIhouse belongs to a prominent
family, ana is q typical southern girl
beautiful of face and figure. well edu
Gated, and has a commanding presence
IRE prosecution VIII make q hard figh1
Tor conviction Eminent counsel from
other sections have been engaged.
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walks. Her American season viii last
20 weeks. and the Lily, who is a shrewd
mathematician computes that she may
be s35. 600 richer when she is five months
older It is q modest estimate Like
as not there viii be other sources of in
come. Her visit should cause a lively
sale Of Langtry photographs Then she
can, If she has a mind TO- write testi
monials advertising hair criEnpers ana
such matters Sarah Bernhardt did It.
There is money in such Endorsements.
and Mrs Langtry is a good business
woman Lillian Russell's salary IS 81
500. and Mrs. Leslie Carter draws $500
every payday. Mrs Langtry does not
possess the beauty of the one or the skin
Of the other. but she has fame enough
for both--New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
DUST HAVE PEST HOUSE
Two Cases of Smallpox Cause
Activity in Health Board.

Two cases of smallpox are IN Lol-Aas
waiting to be sent TO the Cel@llt-1il 49,
pitaL The hospital IS not EeAls ~ 49,
and a force Of six car-enteis Ma7
81, .,-~ri- +rfs morning TO complete tn
improvements ana render the Al-iaA--A
n..fta.,1- 1t is believed tlAt Lue - -
Eases win be in the hospital by C clock
this evening ,s
aIr ana Mrs Henry wade. colofel
n5n and woman. have been Dut III
charge or TIE hospital temporarily
ar rha two cases. one arrived IN To-
ral-a this morning from Ate-lia9ll
Where the patient IS 10" IS el-s ~
riau Iudd's secret He says mat HAs
man is being taken care Of. but thar the
Deopla who are taking care OF MN DO
NOT want IT. known. Neither VIII 1T
Judd ten the man name
The other case is "a glrl % Years q-l
fn The AicCabe family which lives On
Kansas avenue near Twenty third
street. outside Of the city limits, ana
Crfz Jew blocks from the site OF t-le
r-av- nzst house This case was reported
and was cuarantined at once ana
Guarded By some Of the medical stu
dents
It is not known whether the Atchison
case was Geiiherat eiy shipped out OF
that town by the authorities there on
whether the patient came to Topeka on
Iis own accord. IL is customary ln some
towns To handle SMALLPOX cases nr
simply putting the urfoft uIaEe VICTIMS
on the train and sending them to some
usighboring municipality for treatment b
The expense Of maintaining smallpox
hospital IS ira that way avoided.
The council committee on health ani
sanitation viii so CUT to the hosDttal
this afternoon with the city PHYSICIAN
10 inspect the place and see that it is
Eatisfactor-
The city council has had since last
Hay to fix MP place for the accomno-
dalton Of smallpox patients. but it de-
ferred doing it until il had one to care
Tor. A snug stable was built on the
smallpox farm southeast of town. and in
it was stored the furniture taken from
the old buiidinS at the fair grounds that
was destroyed last fall The delay about
building a detention hospital was ap-
parentiy the result Of the dislike of the
city physicians way OF doing things en-
tsrtained by the ceuncilmen. Not lons
since it was decided that the stable
could be used as hospital for a while.
but nothing was done to make the place
habitabie until few days ago. Coun-
Gilman Frank Blanch. chairman OF the
building committee was notified this
morning oy Or. Judd that the building
would be needed by night, and sent OUT
a large force Of men 10 finish the work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
SPOILED HIS STORY.
1Tan Who Described His Own Suicide
Failed to Die.

Nev York Jan. S-Walter Alexander
Itembert Hail. said to be a nephew OF
General Robert T0ombs OF Georgia
drank morphine In a drug store lasr
night says Boston dispatch 10 the
Herald. and almost at the same mo-
1ne1t typewriter story Of the suicide
with "a sketch Of Halls life. found its
way 10 the newspaper offices The at
tempt at suicide was not carried out en-
tlrely according 70 the type written plan.
nut the young man made q determined
effort even to repeating with what was
- be- his last breath the name or a New
York society woman, to whom h. said
ne was engaged. but who recently broke
the engagement
When he took the morphine b.sta777-
ers called an ambulance. and at the city
hospital relief station he was put out
OF danger
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DisIoeated e shouIder.

Mrs Johanna SoderholFn Of Fergus Falls.
MINI. fell ana dislocsted her shoulder. She
had surgeon get II back in place as soon
IS possible but il was quite sore and
panied her very much. Her son men
toned that ne had seen Chamberlain e
Pain Balm advertised for sprainz and sore
ness ard she asked niu to bay her boz
Fl Of H. which he did II quietly relieves.
her and enabled her tc sleep which she
mad net doue Tor several DAYS. The son
was much pleased with the relief it "a re
his mother and ne has since recommended
it to many others. Fer sale BY ali drug
Eists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08

New York Jan. s-While Alexander
= eayee- c1 DanVIlle, Va. tobacco ex-
porter was absent from his rooms in Z.
nloriaole boarding house yesterday
s.leL entered his apartments and stole
5l-aVo worth Of jewelry. The robbery il
Dsll-eea 70 have been committed by an
otner roarder in the house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08

N1W York San. s--The STANDARD Ois
company authorizes the Statement tns,t
It does not own or consrol any part of
I.ls prooueins territory Of either the
ninEs field in Louisiana and has never
sought to do so
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
- &c snltan's Tailor.

Chicago Jan. S.-Joseph SwGboda. an
old tailor is dead at Terre Haute. Ind.
says a alspa tch TO the Tribune He was
tailor for the sultan OF Turkey a num-
ner Of years ana escaped from Constan-
lnople at time thirty years ago.
when the sultan Of Turkey was con
ceUning TO death persons suspected of
completely In political conspiracy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08

New York Jan Sixteen thousand
q ene tlent1-fiEe thousand shares
ahate1 oS- the United States staal .srr7,-
p5ny % IT'S employees in its profit-snarinl-
plan nave already been slbscrfhe5 fSr
:. Eisr pont Morgan says he expects the
5l1t.llIls 1850 shares to be subscribed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08

Gew york Jan. 8-Authoritativs de-
rial IS given to the statement. which
pas been widely circulated here says 2.
London dispatch 10 the Tribune to the
erect that O. Il Tweed has resigned his
pace WIN the Southern Pacific COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08

Lincoln. Neb Jan. S.-A special to the
star from Louisville Neb-. says. TIE
Bank Of Louisville vas broken into ana
robbed OF 81. zoo early today. The rob
bers drilled into the safe from the rear.
avoiding the burglar alarm There Is
no cIeW.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08
Pueilist Hart Tninrsd

Louisville. XIV. Jan. 5-Marvin Hart.
the pusAist, STRAINED his wrist while
wrestling lssr night and has canceIeA
FEiladei. hia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-08

1any. to become a member of Speyer
Brothers. London, to assist in the de-
of L0nd0n's tube traffic Alr.
Tweed has Joined the board of Speyer
& CO. of New York and viii have Moth
ng to do with rapid transit problems
h this country
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-01
FIRST AID TO INJURED.

T HERE ARE MANY DISTRESSING
1 features of the tragedy in which
Niels Jensen of Logan met death at
The hands of his companion. who mis-
took him fer a bear, but none is more
distressing than the announcement CON
tanned in a dispatch from Logan YES
terday 10 the effect that Jensen bled to
death. 1t is stated that his wound was
not necessarily fatal Had prompt
steps been taken to suppress the bleed.
Ing he would probably have recovered.
True. the flow Of blood from a shout
der wound is more difficult to stop than
the flow from wound in an arm or a
leg. but the hemorrhage might have
been suppressed and Jensen saved. The
thing to do in accident cases is to keep
cool. Place a compass on the wound.
a couple or handSerchiefs and a stout
stick viii often serve the purpose. In
the Jensen case the insertion of finger
IN the wound and the placing Of il on
the severed artery would have stopped
the bleeding.
Any advice comes too late to be of
any assistance to Jensen, but advice
at this time may save others. This is
the season when camping parties are
most numerous, when men unaccus-
toned to the use of firearms take them
out into the woods and the canyons and
discharge them recllessly at every
thing they see. As a result innocent
people are frequently wounded. Some
times they bleed to death before medic
al help can reach them. Sometimes they
could be saved much suffering If their
companions were even family CONVEX
sant with first aids to injured.
Another trouble is that those who
know what to do lose Their heads AID,
instead of endeavoring TO stanch the
flow OF blood or to give other assist
ance. run for miles for a doctor and
bring him back only to find their COM
panion dead
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-01
MR.. cHRIsrENsES's REPORT.

THE annual report Of d. II. Christen-
sen. superintendent of the Salt
Lake City schools, makes a showing
that is, on the whole. creditable- 1t is
apparent that very large percentage
of salt Lakes fathers and mothers
believe in educating their children, for.
out of a school population Of a little
more than 1000, 1852 pupils enrolled
in the various schools during the year
that ended last May. It would be diff
cult to find a city. with or without a
compulsory education law. that has a
higher percentage of school attend
Rnce.
The increase in attendance, as COM
pared with the school year 19O1-O2. was
300. This is fairly satisfactory in
crease, although it would seem that it
should have been larger All of the
children who started to school last
september did not continue through
cut the year. Beginning with a per
centage of 961. the decrease was grad
ual but steady until the close of the
year, when the percentage was only
fb-9. This decrease may be accounted
for by illness, by the necessity for en-
ploying the boys and in other ways.
At the end of the year, 1856 pupils
were in attendance. A rather striking
feature of the report is the statement
that only sos children were neither
absent nor tardy during the year. That
Is less than One-tWentieth of the total
In other words, only one child IN
twenty was present punctually every
day Surely there is no satisfactory
excuse for this state of case. Were
nineteen out of twenty children i'm at
some time or other i'm the school year
Some We're III, Of course, but there
must have been a lot of carelessness on
the part of parents to make such a
showing possible.
The cases of truancy numbered ~.
Without having the detailed figures be-
fore US, we believe it is safe to say
that 30 or % per cent of these cases.
probably more. were boys. Little girls
don't play hockey" We believe. too,
that the truancy cases were more fire.
quent in the springtime than at any
other season. because, when the warm
days draw nigh. your small boy doesn't
want to be penned up in a school room.
It was necessary to administer Ger
poreal punishment in just forty-eight
Instances. Here again. as matter o.
course the boys were the sufferers.
There we're thirty-three suspensions,
according to the report. which isn't
at all bad. considering the possibilities.
Five hundred and seventeen children
were promoted TO the high school. and
eighty-siX young men and young
women were graduated from chat insti-
tuition.