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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-23
COMPLETE SUMMARY OF LAWS
T. PASSED BY MISSOURI ASSEMBLY.

corporations doing business in Missouri 3
cents on each 900 Of capitalization. TT
will produce about 100000 or s250G00. and
will not be a burden on any corporation"
said Tapley.
Several large corporations are ob1ectins
to this tax" said Selph. land have re-
ceived letters from many of them protest.
Ing"
Gardner of ST. Louis County and Stun
berg objected. "Of course corporations
with watered stock don't want to pay this
tax" replied Tapley.
Dawson Of Butler and Tracy Of Greene
opposed the bill as applying to building and
loan associations.
This bill was prepared by the Revenue
Commission" explained Golden of Nodaway.
"A corporation Is created by the State and
Is exempted from certain liabilities They
should pay for the extraordinary privileges.
1t is small and will hurt no one''
Despite the work of its adherents, the bill
was defeated by large majority.
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APPEAL no LEGISLATURE.
May Be Necessary to Fund Topeka
Floating Debt.

In order to get out from under the
load of its floating debt, the city of To-
peka is likely to ask the coming session
of the legislature to pass a special act
giving Topeka authority to issue $35, 600
in 5 per cent funding bonds.
The money received from the sale Of
the bonds viii be used to pay off all the
outstanding warrants of the city, which
are held by banks, and which draw &
per cent interest.
1t is believed that by issuing these
bonds, the city can be put on its feet as
for as its current expenses are con-
cerned, and that succeeding administers
tons will be careful to keep within the
law and issue no warrants unless they
have the cash on hand to take them up.
City Treasurer Hale is in favor of is
suing these bonds, as he holds that al
stead of getting out of debt, as Mayor
Parker claims the city is $1,000 deeper
in the hole at this time than 1t was in
January, 1902. He thinks that there is
not much prospect for getting out from
under the floating debt unless it is
bonded, and a special levy made for the
creation of a sinking fund to pay it off,
The matter has been talked of among
some of the councilmen. and Mr.. Hale
says that he thinks there is considera BILE
sentiment in favor of it. The council
would have to instruct the city attor-
ney to prepare the proposed act, and as
it is a purely local measure. it would
not be likely to meet with opposition il
the legislature.
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OUR GREAT HOME MARKET.

the unexamDled demand in the
United States for manufactures Of iron
andtsteel is Illustrated by the statistics
Of the importation OF iron and steel
manufactures Just issued by the treas
INV bureau of statistics. These figures
cover eleven months of the year 1902 and
chow that the importations during that
time are more than double in value
those OF the corresponding months Of
the preceding year, and indicate that
for the full calendar year 1902 the total
value of iron and steel imports will be
fully 90 million dollars. or more than in
any year in a full decade
The iron and steel manufacturers Of
the United States have prided them
selves upon their ability to fully supply
the home market and produce a consid-
cradle surplus for expectation. That
they were making great gains in this
direction until the exceptional demand
OF recent years is evidenced from the
fact that imports of iron and steel man
ufactures which amounted to CT million
dollars in 1882 and So millions in 1891.
had steadily fallen since the latter date
until they were only u million dollars
in 1929 In 1900, however. there was O
slight increase but the figures of 1902.
as already luQlcdLeQs Will exceed those
of any year since 1891
This increase is regarded as the more
remarkable in view of the fact that the
pig iron production and the iron and
steel production generally in the United
States was far greater in the year 1902
than in any preceding year, the total
production of pig iron being estimated
at fully 175O0,00O tons. against 1888, 900
10 1901 which was f11a hfuhsa+ fc~,.r.,
ever recorded prior to 1902
The increase in imports appears in
practically all classes of iron and steel
manufactures. Pig iron increased from
q million and a half to nearly 9 million
dollars in value; ingots. blooms and bars
from a little over a million to over z
million dollars and machinery from
S2us000 to 1881. 900. In a single item.
tin plates. there is a reduction: the
value of tin plate imported in the eleven
months being sS.6o8,426, against s4594.-
ls6. ana the quantity. 100 million pounds
in 1902, against $50 millions in the same
months of 1901
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Her DYING STATEMENT.
Mrs. loves ExOneratiOn Of
Husband Admitted.


Miss NJ F. Smith. head nurse of stor-
mont hospital, was the first witness
called at the afternoon session of the
Lowe murder trial
She said she asked Mrs. Lowe If She
would tell her the truth, and Mrs. Lowe
said No, and afterwards said 1T was
an accident"
Mrs. Lowe about her husband?" asked
Nichols
I did" said Miss Smith.
Did she ask to see her husband2"
She old not ask me-
him2''
x did"
What did she say?''
She intimated that it made no diff
Were you with her almost con
stantlx2"
Il was
wanted to see her husband would you
have heard it2"
I proba bly, would
Attorney Magaw offered the dying
declaration of Mrs. Lowe in evidence.
Attorney Nichols objected but Judge
Hazen overruled the objection
THE DYING STATEMENT.
attorney MagaW read the statement
TO the jury as follows:
June Y, a. m.-Believing I am not
going to get well and in the presence of
death 1 wish to say that the shooting
was purely accidental and Mr. Lowe
was not to blame in anyway.
tSigned) FANNY LOWE.
His wife"
Mary Pollen, a nurse, testified that
Mrs Lowe signed the statement in her
presence.
Miss Anna Toney. an emplove of the
Reform school, whose home is in Linn
county, said she had known Lowe all
her life She had noticed that he was
peculiar at times She was at the Re.
form school while the Loves were there
and knew them both Intimately and
knew of his being i'll while there. She
said they got along well together. She
said Mr.. Lowe always treated his wife
we'll.
Did Mrs. Lowe say anything to you
just previous to her death if you had
a conversation with her in which she
told you about stories having been cir
culated concerning John abused her -
asked Judge Allen.
The question was objected to.sustain-
Did Mrs. Lowe tell you that if John
abused her she would not live with
him %
Object" said Nichols.
Sustained" said Hazen.
Miss Toney, however, had nodded as
sent to the question.
Did she tell you about her face be-
ing bruised?"
eS, she said that Mr.. Lowe and she
were scufHing in fun and that shell eaned
over and struck her head on a water
pitcher
Did Mrs. Lowe talk to you after she
was shot -
Yes. she was at stormont hospital. we
asked her to explain the shooting She
said she had made a written statement.
She said John shot himself and [ ran
toward him She was asked about the
bruises on her back and hips and she said
they were caused when 1 fell She was
asked about the black and blue spots on
her arm and she said John made them
when he Dfuched me.
Anna Toney's testimony was finished ct
2.30 and the defense announced that the
case for the defense was closed.
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TORN BY A DOG.
Guy Black Nearly Killed by
Vicious Animal.

At about o'clock this morning Guy
Black the little son of James Black, who
resides on West street. between Sew
enth and Eighth, was badly bitten by a
vicious Great Dane dog at Sixth avenue
and Lincoln street and is lying in a crit
lcai condition at the home of Dr. Wehe
At about g o'clock this morning the
people living in that vicinity were star
tied by the agonizing screams of a child
and rushed out of their houses in time
to see DR.. Wehe fighting big Dane
dog that had the child down and his
teeth buried in the side of his neck.
After the doctor had succeeded in driv-
ing the daw away the boy who lay there
unconscious. In the excitement that fol-
lowed the dog escaped.
The boy was then taken into Dr. Wehss
residence, where his wounds were dressed
The child had received scratches and bites
on several parts of the body the most
severe being a lacerated wound on the
side Of his neck, where the dogs teeth
were buried when DR.. Wehe came to his
put Will probably recover
The dog. which is owned by some col
ored people living in that vicinity and
which is commonly seen running loose in
the streets by the people living IN that
part of town. has not been seen since
but it is safe to say that if it is not chain
ed and kept chained it will not live long,
for nearly everyone in that part of town
is much wrought up over the affair and
time it is seen on the street.
James Black. the father of the unfOrtu-
nate boy, is an employe at the Santa Fe
atorehOuse.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

lEE1Iu the AlCHASOH \TtDDH-i
In every place We ever lived the Edward
Box Of the town was woman
Washington and Lincoln were so good
that we are tired Of hearing of them.
It is a pitt that the word HONORABLE"
is not more peculiar in society than the
word -'accompljsned
We fear the war in Venezuela. may be
over before the wives Of warriors get their
pictures in the papers.
We heard a long time ago that the devil
inYentsd the fiddle. but we heard today
that he also invented the pump.
After a man is 80 you can fool him by
saying he is smart, but YOU can't 1901 MN
by saying he is pretty or sweet.
If a man can't help being q fool let him
be one; but no man of sense should pre-
tend 10 be a fool to get the votes or
trade" Of fools.
When mother complains that when
her daughter gets book in her hands she
Is lost to the world, it is a complaint that
is half a boast.
We suppose that the man who really has
onrorfilfaifz5 IN fnf7e-e If 4 woman loves her
husband, is the doctor who attends him
during a long illness.
a man told a joke in a harness shop
today, but nobody laughed. Finally, one
man, more polite than the others. said:
I'D laugh. but I've heard it.
An Atchison reformer says: i have
quit smoking, but ] take three chsWs eV-
cry day. I feel ashamed every time
chew, but this is the best can do
A man wearing rubber heels ought to
be compelled to carry sleigh bells. start
to roast him and you are liable to turn
around and find him at your elbow.
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DONATIONS OF 1ano

The Chicago Tribune which is noted
and quoted throughout the country
owing to the value and variety of it's
statistical offerings to the public. has
already summed up the donations. gifts
and requests OF a public character for
the year just closed.
The Tribune finds that while the do
nations which have been by gift and
requests to educational. charitable and
religious Institutions during 1902 fau
far short of those which were made in
1901. still they are greatly in excess Of
those of any year prior to 1901 In 1900
the total of SCI. 461. 3O4 was thought to
be q large one but in 1901. the record
breaking year, the immense sum Of
SIPS .SSS 1872 was reached This year the
total is S77 ,147, 167. which is far above
the average, leaving out last years.
Educational institutions have had
their fair share Of gifts. One hundred
and forty-four Of them have received
s27. s00,8O3 in sums ranging from $1,000
to 100000 and upwards in Individual
donations. Churches and religious So
cieties have received 81. S69. 200. This
sum does not include the regular Sun
day offerings. which amount to large
total in 8 year nor the twenty-one
million twentieth century Offering to
the Methodist Episcopal church, which
covers a period Of three years. Chart
ties have received the large total Of
$50. 51s 1864, and museums and art gal
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Western Union Makes a Deal
With Open Board.

Chicago. Jan. Arrangements
which have been completed between
the open Chicago board Of trade and
the Western Union Telegraph company,
bid fair to make the former institution
a formidable rival of the larger one
across the street On next Monday
morning the quotations of the open
board viii be put on the Western
Union wires an hour in advance of the
figures furnished by the Chicago board
of trade. Tt is understood that the
open board and the telegraph company
have entered into a contract, covering
a period of 10 years the telegraph COM
pany paying a remuneration of a grad
uated scale. a nominal rate for the
first few years to be increased each y
months.
It is also announced that negotia-
tons have been consummated whereby
the old open board building on LaSaile
street viii be remodelled by the Hi
nois Trust and Savings bank, which
controls the property, for the benefit
of the open board. With commodious
quarters and the cooperation of the
Western Union the officials of the open
board see no reason why they can not
cut noticeable figure in the COM
mercia1 transactions of IaSalle street.
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A TIMELY JOKE.

Mans dry wit Will sometimes save
him a deal of trouble under circumstan-
ceS of a most trying nature, and I have
an example in mind where it saved
said a visitor from Memphis. Fred
Heisken has spent several years in the
Philippines as private secretary to Act
ing Governor Luke E Wright and is
a wit and wag to the tips of his fling
ers. He is full of sunshine takes the
world in good nature. and has a keen
eye for the sunny side of things. 1t was
this happy tenperament.n doubt. which
saved Fred's leg. and probably his life
during a recent siege of Manila AS the
result Of an insect bite his blood was
badly poisoned, and for awhile his life
was well nigh in the balance His physi-
clan, in fact, told him as much, and told
him there was but one way out, and
that was in the amputation of his right
leg He did not like the prospect of
parting with one Of his legs and told
the physician so with emphasized but
polite frankness. i don't really see any
other way out of the difficulty said the
doctor. Do you think it is absolutely
necessary to cut my leg off, doctor2'
asked Mr.. HeiskelI bldntIy. I do was
the physicians pointed reply Well
humorous vein, if you think it -S-o-
lutely necessary to cut my leg of.
want to make one request of you 7
shall be glad to grant it if possible,
simply this said Mr.. Heisken. IF you
think it absolutely necessary to cut my
leg off in order to save my life, I want
you to cut it off close up under the ear.
The physician concluded that he coula
not comply with the request. Mr..
Heisken recently returned to this cOun-
try with Acting Governor Wright. aud
he brought his leg with him It was
just his dry wit that saved him The
sally discouraged the doctors ambition
to use the knife, and Fred EeiskeH pull
ed through all right with both legs, and
a life that will figure out a good long
expectancy on any insurance mans ia
ble."-New York Times-Democrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-02
CRAB FOOTED CHICKEN
It Will Be One of the Features of
Poultry Show.

Work was commenced in the Audito
rum this morning moving out the seats
and setting up trestles for the state
poultry show. the doors of which viii
be opened Monday morning. Chickens
day and Monday viii be taken up with
putting in and arranging the displays.
PROSPECTS, for a large exhibit brighten
as the day of opening approaches.
If this weather keeps up our show
win be a world beaten. BY the eternal,
it viii be cracker-5ack.' exclaimed
the secretary of the poultry association
this morning
7 wouldn't be surprised if it will be
the biggest show west of New York
You may think I'm extravagant. but /
mean it. Here are entries for more than
4 hundred birds from people who nevea
displayed here before. I am confdnt
now that there will be entries of 1000
birds. including the pigeons. It's going
tc exceed even our fondest expectations
The only thing is the weather, and I be-
lieve that's going to continue favora Bile =
As previously stated a number Of
fowls have arrived for their weeks so
journ in Topeka, and among them is one
possessing most curious freak of de-
fornity. It is called .crab-footed" The
adjective is as descriptive as any that
could be chosen. One of the feet of the
bird is covered with a growth of horny
spurs which extend clear to the gathers
of the body. They cover the toes com
pletely. being two inches long Tt is a
curious, although rather repulsive
phenomenon, and is apparently unex-
plainable. This viii be a part of the side.
attractions, among which number will
be found badger, a lot OF pheasants
and number of curious foreign fowl
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whose names would throw no light upon
their identity.
The warm turn taken by the weather
viii settle in the minds of many pros
pective exhibitors the determination to
send their birds to Topeka. Chicken
men are reluctant about shipping birds
when the weather threatens to be cold
or wet A change in the weather for
the worse will injure the prospect for a
good poultry show, but the managers
are only hoping for the best and going
ahead with the arrangements BY Mon
day morning everything will be ready
for visitors although many of the ex-
hibits will not be in place until after
that time. Judging will be commenced
as soon as a reasonable number Of birds
are on exhibition
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LOCAL MENTION.

Harry Seabrook, formerly of Topeka,
now Of Chicago. was married last week
to a ST. Louis young woman. His mar
riage was a surprise to his family and
to all his Topeka friends.
The Topeka high school girls basket
ball team goes to Lawrence Saturday to
play the Haskell team.
Mr.. Geo. Humphrey and wife, OF
Wakeman. O.. en- route to California. are
the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton
1907 Topeka avenue.
George Reginald Lord. former
Washburn student, and now a professor
of elocutiOn at the University of Wis
cousin, is visiting in Topeka
Councilman Newman of EmDoria was
in Topeka yesterday inspecting Topeka
pavements. Emporia is talking of lay
ing some asphalt Davements. Emporis
had better profit by the experience Of
Topeka and pass them by. Topeka has
spent S50, 900 on repairs of asphalt pave
ment, and not one dollar on brick pave
rno0f repairS.
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leriea the comparatively smaii amount

leries the comparatively small amount
of 50. S8s,000.
Library donations have dropped from
SIS, 3Ss. 1872 in 1901 to s4.97o. 500 and Of
this amount Mr.. Carnegie IS to be
credited with only 81. 5es, 500. as COM
pared with s12. SsS, 500 in 1901. In 1899, the
first year Of his library Donations he gave
So sos, 500 for thirty-four Libraries; in
1900. S640. 600 for nineteen: in 1901, 49,
8ss. 500 for one hundred and nine; and
in 1902 SO. 59S, 500 for ninety-six; max
ing a total. Of 25s libraries which he has
caused to be erected al over the
United States at a total cost Of S19,630,-
nE0
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TWO MEN BURIED.
Have Narrow Escape in the Wash
burn Sewer.

Two men were buried in a cavein Of
the Washburn college sewer at Thir-
teenth and West streets Thursday and
had narrow escape from death. One
of the men was buried uD to his waist
and of the other nothing but his face
was visible. One of the men was white
and one colOred, and they We're both in
jured so seriously that they have not
returned to work since the accident
The ditch where the two men were
working was about 20 feet deep, and the
dirt which slid into the hole was from
the side, and did not extend clear to the
top. This left the men buried under an
overhanging shelf of earth weighing
many tons. which had it fallen would
have crushed both men to death The
imprisoned workmen yelled Justify and
were rescued by their companions after
q few minutes quick Wnrk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-02

eight public schools. The private schools
are st. Benedict's. Mt. St. Scholastica.
st. Louis college. Sacred Heart school.
seminary, the College Preparatory
school. the German Lutheran school,
and the Atchison Business college, which
has a large attendance from the city
By no honest method can figures be
Jugg1ed in such a manner as to show
that AtchisOn is backward in educa-
tional matters. The showing in the
high school is unfavorable because col
cred children are permitted to attend
with the whites: a great many children
wfo belong in the high school are at
tending the private schools"
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TO CHANGE THE LINES.
Election Commissioners Meet satur-
day to Talk It over.

Election Commissioner T. S. williams is
sued a call today for meeting of the
election board OF Saturday, January s. at
7:45 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting,
as was fully explained in the State Jour
nal few days ago. is to change the ore
cinct boundaries OF some Of the precincts
in the city which are larger than they
really ought to be.
Mr. Williams says that there is no poIlti-
cal significance in the proposed Changes
the only purpose being to arrange THINGS
SO that the voting can be done more easily
and the returns counted more quickly by
making the population in the various pre-
cinst more nearly equal.
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COUNTERFEITERs CAUGHT.
Police Capture Bad Dollars and Their
Makers Agent.

Wilmington, Del, Jan. 2.-Secret
Service Agent George Foster of Wash
ingtOn, after a long investigation sue
ceeded in locating a counterfeiter's den
at 52S West Second street, this city to-
day, and it was raided by the police.
Biagani Malerosa, better known as
'AIidrose" Sathia MaIerosa, his wife,
and Nicola Di Pace. his brother-in-law.
were arrested and the plant captured.
It was an unusually large one, comDris-
ing ten molds, number of mixing
pots. dies, presses and other counter
feiting paraphernalia- The parties will
have a hearing before Acting United
States Commissioner Hollis. Among
the material captured were about 100
counterfeit dollars and some partly
formed Dickels
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BAIRD MAY TRY IT.
Again Rumored He Will Stand for
City Council

A. NJ. Baird viii likely be a candidate
for member of the city council from the
First ward to succeed W. s. Bergund-
thai. who is in the race for MAJOR.
Mr.. Baird would be a very strong can
didate, and the politicians say that if he
is nominated. the Democrats will not
place anyone in the field against him.
It is probable, however, that he would
have a fight on his hands to secure. the
nomination Some years ago an effort
was made to get Mr.. Baird to run for
the council. but he refused on the
ground that he had no time TO devote
to the business of the Office. He is now
more at liberty to attend TO such things
and it is said bv some of his friends
that he would be willing to accept ths
roEiffnr1
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Justice F. N. Grover. the blind attorney
has announced his candidacy for the office
of judge Of the court Of Topeka. He is
and ne is now conducting 2 quiet cam
paigu among his friends. principally by
telephone. Judge Grover at one time pre-
sided over one Of the old Justice courts
and has been vel known about Topeka
for many years. The other five candidate
are: Judge Arthur McCabe, the present
incumbent: d q. Gregg. F. G. Slater c.
A. Magaw and z. Il. Ba1n.
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Todd, Salina: Agnes Unruh. Lawrence
Emma Upton Vaughn, Pittsburg; c. E.
Wallace, Hiawatha; c. A. Wagner.
junction City: Addie NJ WheatIey,
Riley; J. 4. Wood Reserve; W. H.
Wright. Topeka: c. NJ Ware, kansas
City, Kansas; W ". Jones. lie Roy;
J. =. Cammeyer. Kansas City, Kansas;
A NJ Kannard. Toronto; J. F. Kaho.
Altemont; Della L. Keller, Jewell City;
J. L. Kelsey, Tonganoxie; Geo. Q.
Kean, CentraIia; Anna Keller, Hays;
Fred Keplinger. Lakin: A. H. King,
Lawrence: r. Il knight. Wichita.