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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15
Suit Against the Santa Fe.

Kansas City, Kan. April 15-Minnie
B. Tenant has fled suit in the district
court for damages against the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad in the
sum Of SIS. 600 for injuries she says she
received February p 1902 She says
she boarded a freight train at Platts-
burg. No. on the above date and was
accepted as a passenger and rode in the
caboose- While the train was standing
on the main track several freight cars
were backed against the caboose with
such force that she was thrown to the
hoof and severely injured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15
Poll Tax Makes trouble.

San Francisco. cal. April l5.-The new
immigration law imposing head tax of
8 on aliens coming into this country Is
causing trouble for the local immigra ton
bureau The Oceanic Steamship company
refuses point blank to pay the tax and
Commissioner of immigration North
thereupon made ruling that no alien
passengers should be landed from q ship
IN this port until the tax has been first
paid by the steamship company bringing
the aliens The steamship companies claim
that the new law is in conflict with the
regulation of the immigra ton bureau re-
curing the payment Of deposit On
aliens which they say is virtually paving
the tax. test case will probably be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15
Settles the Campau Matter.

Auburn. y y. April 15.-Secretary Far
reH today gave out the decision Of the
na tional beard of arbitration in the mat
Ter of the New Orleans base bail dub and
the Biughamtcn club in regard 70 ser
vice of Manager Charles Camnau The
board is practically unanimous in its
award Of Campau's services to the Bing-
hamton club The appeal OF the Helena
Mont. club for a reopeniug OF the Car
ism case was denied and the players SER
ricas awarlIad to the Darver clIh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15
misaine woman Found.

Kansas City. Kas, April 15.-Wor0
has been received here that Mrs. Maggie
Fflbert. who disappeared from her home
ten days ago. is at the home of her
brother Joseph RObb, in Highland
Park, Atchison, kas. Mrs F'fbert is the
wife Of Edward F'iIbert. a laborer en-
pIoyed BY the Kansas City-Leavenworth
electric line She left her home about
noon leaving her 11-months-old boy
Charles in charge OF her husband. Mrs
F'ilbert said she was going to get some
meat for dinner. She did not return
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15

Young charging him with violating the
prohibitQry law Young was arrested
by Chief of Police Stahl many months
ago and the case hung fire. Same old
reason. Spencer said the warrant was
improperly drawn When the case was
dismissed Probate Judge Pagan issued
Young a permit to sell liquor at his
drug store at SOL Kansas avenue for
mechanical. medicinal and scientific
purposes only.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15
ereenfslder 8 81. Assien.

Chicago. April 15.--The wholesale boot
and shoe house OF Y. CsreenfeIder q CO.
one of the largest concerns of the kind in
the city. has assigned and Frederick T.
RYDER of Boston has been appointed re-
ceiver. All inventory of the stock is be-
ing taken and it will be impossible TO Is
tinate the assets until II Is FINISHED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15

Concordia. Kan. April I5-S. c.
Wheeler. Populist. was sworn in as
mayor Monday night and his first Off
eial act was to visit all the saloons ac-
companied by the marshal and order
them to quit business All are closed
and have moved out their stock OF
liquors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15

Iation. There is not much chance for a
people TO develop who give their sole IT
tentiOn TO scrappiug about beer. Have We
worked fakes until We are considered fax
irs2 At all events in educate matters
serious attention is lacking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15
snou IN Ohio Valley.

Point Pleasant. " Va, April 15.-The
heavy rains Of the past few days have
been followed by foods. Today consids
era bic snow is falling along the Ohio
valley as well as IN the mountains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15
Death of L. L. Bond.

Chicago Anril 15-I.ester I.egrand
Bond. a prominent lawyer and politician
and one OF the pioneer citizens Of Chicago.
died here today from a complication Of dis
eases He was well known as patent
lawyer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15

New York.Aprii 15--Ail grades Of refined
sugar were advanced sc per hundred
pounds today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15

A lazy liver makes a lazy man. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters is the natural. never
falling remedy for . Lazy liver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15

City Ticket once. Union Pacine
Railroad. SIS Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-15
sNAP sHoTs ATHOMENEws.

The Fail of Troy would ne'er disgrace
TIE Greeks with stain isnobie,
II horses then had given place
Unto the automobile.
N1rfNcr.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

teal opponent, but we can hardly be-
lieve it. He halls directly from Trap
Hill, but this is not suggestive for nls
life has been that of freedom. He was
born three miles southeast of Trap Hill,
in Wilkes county, October TO- 1888, in
"the little log cabin in the lano" lead
ing out from the public thoroughfare
He attended the schools of his county
and the Hillsville High School of Vir-
ginia. He is a farmer, Mason,
Methodist. He has been a member of
all Constitutional Conventions held in
the State within the past fifty years:
has served as a member of the LegisIa-
turo a number of terms, notably in 1897
and 1903. During the recent session he
served as a member of the Committee
on Propositions and Grievances, Insur-
ance and Claims. He was in the recruit
ing service Of GO and in the United States
army in 1S63-1S65; was Captain Co. H.
Tennessee Cavalry, and was wounded at
Nashville.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
Building
At the A. and M. College

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE
BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT OF AN
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AT THE
A. AND NJ. COLLEGE enacts that the
Board of Agriculture appropriate from
time to time such amounts as can be
spared from the funds which may not
be needed for the legitimate purposes of
the department under existing laws and
regulations for the erection and equip
ment of suitable agricultural building
for the use of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College, and said department,
if necessary to procure additional land
adjoining or near the present lands of
said college, and if the said board cannot
procure such lands by purchase on rea-
sonable terms. it shall have the power to
condemn sufficient quantity of land for
said purposes by like proceedings as are
now provided by law for condemnng
land for right of way of railroads. Said
buildings and equipments and land shall
not exceed in cost $4,000: Provided
there shall be paid from the State Treas
ury for maintenance of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College no greater sum
than ten thousand dollars per annum for
two years, and the agricultural depart
ment before erecting said building shall
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

first complete the building now begun
under their direction: Provided further
that this proviso shall not exclude the
annual payment of the annual interest
on the Manuscript fund which has hereto
fore been paid to the Agricultural and
Mechanical College; that the said agri-
cultural building shall be used for con-
Quoting Investigations and instructions in
respect milk and beef cattle, diseases
of animals, trucking, fruit growing
commercial fertilizers, diversified farm
ing, and other subjects pertaining to
practical farming. That erection of said
building shall be commenced during the
current year and completed not later
than July /, 1905.
That said board he and is hereby au-
thorized to borrow such sums as it may
find advisable and necessary for the more
speedy erection and equipment of said
building. the sums so borrowed to be
paid as soon as practicable from such
surplus funds as may accrue to it from
time to time. Provided that nothing in
this section shall be construed to author
ize the Board of Agriculture to pledge
the faith and credit of the State for the
payment of any sum borrowed under this
section.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
A Western Training
School for Teachers

An act to establish a training school
for teachers in Western North Carolina,
incorporates the following gentlemen I'M
der the name of THE Appalachian Train
ing School for Teachers" w. c. Fields
and A. S. Carson, of Allegheny; J. D..
Thomas and T. C. Bowie, of Ashe; Adolf
plus Taylor and w. F. Horton, of
Wilkes; e. p. Moore and j. NJ. Bern
hardt, of Caldwell; Moses II. Cone and
E. f. Lovill, of Watauga; j. r. Pritch-
ard and T. A. Love, of Mitchell, and J.
r. Ray and E. f. Watson of Yancey
These trustees are to meet in Blowing
Rock at the call of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction and effect organization.
The sum of $4,000 is annually appro-
priated for the maintenance of the school,
Tuition is TO be free to all persons il
the State who shall sign d pledge to
teach in the public schools of North
Carolina for at least two years.
Whenever the sum of 81, 500 shall be
subscribed and paid to the Treasurer of
the Board of Trustees like amount will
be appropriated out of the State Treasury
Students are to be received only from
the counties of Allegheny, Ashe, Wilkes,
Caldwell, Watauga, Mitchell and Yancey.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
BRANDING OF FERTILIZERS.

An act to amend section s, chapter 40.
Laws Of 1901. in relation to the branding
Of fertilizers, substitutes for the first
sentence of that section the following.
Every bag, barrel or other package OF
such fertilizers or fertilizing material as
above designated offered for sale in this
State, shall have plainly printed or
stamped or on a tag attached thereto the
following data: /. Net weight of pack
age. ?. Name of brand Of trade mark 8.
analysis consisting of avail
able phosphoric acid. nitrogen, potash.
L. Name and address of manufacturer.
All of which must correspond idcntically
with the registration as filed in the or
flee of TIE Commissioner Of Agriculture.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

obtained his education in the common
and private schools of his county and
afterwards attending the Statewide
Male Academy In 1877 he was married
to Miss Kate Mcclellan, Of statesyire,
who died in 1885, leaving two children
He was again married in 1890 to Miss
AImeda Johnston, of Rowan county, and
one child has graced this union, Dr.
stevenson took the medical courses of
the Washington, D. c., School of Medi-
cine and the Baltimore Medical College,
graduating on February %, 1873 lie
settled at Mooresville this same year.
forming a partnership with his brother
in-Iaw, J. r. Mcclellan. He has been
a member of the Legislatures of 1901
and 1909 and at the recent session he
v as on the Committees on Public Health
and Education.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
HON. j. BIS RAY,
Member of the House of Represen-
tatives from Yancey County.

Yaneey county can boast of having in
her member of the House, in the year
1903, something not enjoyed by any other
county, to-wit: a J. Bis Ray. ventrillo-
quist, landscape artist. Mr.. J. Bis Ray
is a lawyer possessing these other attrk
butes. He has been a member of the
mercantile firm of G. d. Ray and Son, of
huntsville. fifteen years; was four years
Clerk of the Court for Yancey county
He was elected. he says, by the smallest
majority given any member of the House
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
HON. s. w. STEVENSON,
Member of the House of Represen-
tatives from Iredell County.

People still remember Representative
Stevenson, of Iredell county, through his
connection with bill that he engineered
through the House of 1901, which amend
ed the health laws by placing the pow
ers of appointing sanitary inspectors of
counties in the hands of the county com
missioners and taking it from the hands
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

has not yet realized he was ever in the
race. Mr.. Britton made good, safe
legislator. He thought we'll and voted
we'll on public questions. He served as
a member of the Committees on Agri-
culture, Pensions, Fish and Fisheries,
Blind Institutions. He is Baptist, a
Democrat, a successful farmer and mer-
chant He was born in BERTHE county
December 2. 1913. attended the schools
of his county till Is years Of
age. when he went into the
Confederate service. donned the grey,
shouldered his gun and marched to the
front He enlisted in the 18th n C. Co.
c.. and at the close of hostilities was of
the 32nd North Carolina Troops. He
was captured at Fishers Hill in GA, and
spent six months in prison at Point
He was brave in war and is
useful in peace.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
HON. D. w. BRITTON,
Member of the House of Represen-
tatives from BERTHE County.

BERTHE sent to the Assembly of 1903
one OF her staunchest merchants and
farmers. d. W. Britton, Bertie's mem
Der of the House, never sought or held
political office before. At the Democratic
county convention his tountymen took
matters in their own hands and sent Mr.
Britton with almost the entire vote of
his county behind him. His opponent
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
HON. A. T. GRANT, JR.,
Member of the House of Represen-
tatives from Davie County.

Representative A. IT. Grant, Jr., the
Republican member of the House from
Davie county, is a young man of ability
and character. He is a native Of Davie,
was born in 1876, was educated at Mocks-
Vile High School, and the University CT
North Carolina. where he spent one year
He taught school-(a good educator)-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

has served as Register of Deeds for bis
county and as a member of the Board
of County Commissioners. He is a mem
Der of the Lutheran church and man
of strong character. He had no pet
measures before the House, but was ac-
tive in the interest of his constituency.
He served on the following committees
with zeal and ability: Finance, Agricul-
lure, Roads, Ferries and Bridges.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
HON. C. N. SIMPSON,
Member of the House of Represent
tatives from Union County.

Representative Charles n. Simpson, of
Union county, a farmer and business
man of experience and ability, was porn
in that county February 8, 1851. He
was given an academic education. lie
has ALWAYS been an active Democrat and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
HON. j. @. A. BRYAN,
Member of the House of Reprcsen-
tatives from Wilkes County.

Perhaps the most widely known Re
publican member of the Assembly of
1903 is John Qincy Adams Bryan, of
Wilkes county. He is known as the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

whiskey in Yancey county felony. He
is man of extensive travel, is both \
Mason and Pythian, unmarried, weighs
205 pounds, and stands feet inches in
his sox Mr.. Ray is a Democrat, a man
of character and ability.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

of the Legislature. His attitude on the
public roads question is well known and
he was and is a warm supporter OF the
States charitable institutions and penal
branches
S. W. Stevenson was born in 1874 and
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
FOR PAT M'GUINNESS,
First House in America.

TT is u tradition OF the New York
Post Office that this letter was
delivered
The manner Of locating the First
House in America" was said 10 be as
follows; What is the first house i'm
migrants reach after passing through
Castle Garden? No. West street.
because nine out Of every ten immi-
grants pass up West street en- route
to their destinations As there hap
pened TO be a boarding house at that
very point. what more likely than
thai Pat McGuinness. temporarily
staying there, had written home to
say that ne had landed safe and
sound. and might be reached by letter
addressed to him at the First House
in America
Marvellous DecipheTing.
But, howsoever tradition may gar
nish events. plain truth must testify
that the American post Office system
works marvels with delivery Of mail
insufnciently. enormously or ridicu-
lousy addressed.
Thomas g. Roebuck, a merchant
tailor at 17s Broadway. has had good
reason to testify 10 the efficiency of
Uncle Sam in this regard His
mother. writing 10 him from her home
in England, and probably having fun
faith In the ability OF her son to
make his way In the strange land.
addressed him:
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
Mr. T. G. ROEBUCK,
To Cap the Climax.

And the letter was delivered. II
found him in Newark, n. J. He does
mot think the delivery quite as wonder
Ful, however. as the fact that another
ietter which reached him-the address
ar which is reproduced here-lay for
The Washington times., 1903-02-15

his epistle bound for home, he writes
out his address as well as he can in
English, and adds proudly a few SEN
fences in the new language to show
that he is as bright as the proverbial
sun.
The Washington times., 1903-02-15

some time at the bottom of the At
lantic Ocean. It went down on the
wreck OF the Oregon off Sandy Hook,
and was picked up four months later
off Cape Hatteras.
Any one who considers the matter
a very few moments will be con-
WINGED that the difficulties Of the
United States Post Office with regard
to improper addresses must be vastly
greater than those Of any other coun-
Try. because Of the millions of letters
coming here from foreign lands
Many such correspondents could well
be in doubt as to whether Georgia is
in Boston or Atlanta. II is not too
late to remember the German EN-
peror's error in stating that his yacht
was being built on Shooters Island.
Hobokcn-
King of Puzzledom
Inquiry into the system followed in
deciphering fllegible' addresses brings
the seeker after curious facts, n his
quest be made in New York City,
10 Room 80 Of the General Post Office,
which is occupied by o. G. Menger.
who. they say. can read correctly
from a totally blank envelope the ad-
dress which the sender forgot to
write So much for fiction.
This modern Daniel was assistant
for some thirteen years TO the late w.
W. Stone, who originated the system,
and whose genius 1t was. according
TO tradition, which discovered Pat Nc
Guinness at the First House in Amer
lea. feat Columbus himself could
hardly have accomplished. Mr.
Menger's seventeen years Of practice
have in truth given him a wonderful
faculty in deciphering puzzllng adj
dresses.
VagTant Missives.
To an assistant is referred the work
Of setting on the right road those
thousands Of vagrant missIves which
reach that room IN day addressed 20
/ a street credited TO New York city
which does not exist there.
With the aid or a huge heap OF
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
SI0ST W/ZH0CIT MAKE,
SaST|zASZ -GfEHEAC
GREEN CO.

directories and record books disclos-
ing what has been done with the same
error were made before. this rescuing
OF the wanderers goes on like clock
work
For instance. 1t was clever beyond
cavii to deliver a letter addressed to
Signor Deme;rio. Wines. Liquors,
Cigars. No. II Hin St. Pool Room At
tached He was found in Cleveland.
Ohio.
Miss Annie O'Brlen. 81 Bridge
street. NJ. y. Amerca, was found at
that address in Manchester. y. H.
Thomas Clacy. New Jersey. United
States America. would probably have
Jared as well but for the fact that
his name is undoubtedly misspelled.
despite the emphatic statement on the
envelope that this address Is cor
rect
A Feazer.
Ii II not easy 10 understand at once,
when told OF the phenomenon. how a
letter can be superflously addressed.
But those which are so directed (sic)
usually have been scrawled upon
with irrelevant matter until the prop
or address. itself a scrawl. is lost in
the wilderness of labored hooks and
horoscopes. The writer's OF these sorts
OF addresses commonly do not know
a word OF English. When their cor
respondent in America has finished
The Washington times., 1903-02-15

Every word of such extraneous
matter is sure TO come back on the
cover of the return letter almost
hopeIessly agglomerated with the ad-
Continued on Page Nine, this section.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
Christian.

Central Christian church. corner Third
East and Fourth South streets-At II a.
m. DR.. Pin1ertOn will conclude his series
of sermons on Reflections at the Cross %
edge, Love. Forgiveness" At the morn
tng service the choir will sing From
Thy Love as Father" taken from
Gounod's Redemption" and at the even
ing service. The Heavenly ThrOng-' Sun
day school, at 1880 p m; Christian En-
deavor at 6:45 p. m. Prayer service Wed
ence is desired at any and all Of these
services.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
Unitarian.

First Unitarian society; services held in
Odd Fellows hall, near new Dostoffice
site. Market street-Sermon. ais Interest
in Religion Declining?' by Rev. ". II.
Fish. jr.. II a m; Sunday school. 12.I5
p. m The NJ. n. c. Ladies qUartette
Will sing The Vesper Hymn by POldini.
Unity circle viii meet on Wednesday aft
ernoon with Mrs. George II. RaybOUld, SIS
South West Temple street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
Scientist.

Church OF Christ, Scientist. 33s East
Third South street-SUnday school. 10 a.
m; church services. II a. m. subject
Christian Science Each Wednesday
evening at s O'Clock a meeting is held
10 listen to the testimonials Of healing
OF both sin and sickness. Free reading
room, open daily from 10 a. m to D.
M, Ia Manitou hotel Kindly welcome to
I'll.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
Silent Unity.

The Society Of Silent Unity meets on
Tuesday at > D. N. at the home of Mrs.
A. j. Mansfield, ~ East Second South
Subject for consideration, DISTINGUISHING
the Divine Ideal" Meeting OF special in
terest to members. All friends cordiaIIv
invited and welcomed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
Gernan EvangelicaI.

German Evangelical service at the East
Side Baptist church. corner Third South
and Seventh East Streets-Preaching 9-45
p m No Sunday school today. All our
German friends. strangers and children
are cordially invited. Rev G. A Ziul-
ner, pastor; residence, SIS East Second
South.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
Summer Gloves for
Women and Children

Women's pure silk Gloves, white and black with
tops, 20buttOn length all sizes, sold until
at SIPS d pair, reduced to-S9c.
WOmens pain silk Gloves 16- button length white
and black all sizes, reduced from 75c tO-50c.
regular 35e kind for-19e pair
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
CONGREGATIONAL.

First Congregational church-No preach
ing services today; Sunday school at
1890; Young Peoples meeting at $50 All
invited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21

SI.5O Wash PettiCoats--SI.

A goody lot of wash petticoats bingham and
lawn in cOlors and black. Some have henstitched
ruies others tucked rufies Desirable pettcoats for
Monday and week, instead of $1.50
each, Choicest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
Rope Curtains. Fish Net for Cur
tainS--- Clearance Lots.

In pairs rope curtains size
green blue and brown always $3.50 Monday
Tuesday-$2-
and coors. reduced to-SS5O.
Two patterns of fish inches wide yard
quality