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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
CALDERHEAD'S PLAN
Is to Have President Urge Financial
Legislation on Congress.

Roosevelt has had a conference with
Representatives Hill and Calderhead.
both of whom We're members of the
banking and currency committee of the
house in the Fifty-seventh congress It
is the desire Of Messrs. Hill and Calder
head that the president should use his
influence to bring about financial legis-
lation early in the Fifty-eighth con-
gross. 1t is regarded as quite likely thar
President Roosevelt viii deal with the
subject in his next message to con
gress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
FIRE At HOxIE.
Roller Mills, Elevator and Much
Grain Destroyed.

Hoxie. Kas.. March 1O.-The Hoxie
roller mills and A T Crum's elevator
burned last night shortly after dark
Loss on the mill, 5000. fully insured;
loss on the elevator. $4,000, no insurance.
The fire originated in an engine room
of the mill Between 1900 and 5000
bushels of wheat were in the elevator.
but part Of it was saved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
Visited BY CvcIona-

Brisbane, Queensland. March TO-
Townsville, north Queensland. has been
visited by a cyclone in which many per-
sons were killed or injured part of
the hospital building collapsed during
the storm, killing six persons. Schools
churches and residences were destroyed
and many of the inhabitants have been
rendered homeless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10

Citx Ticket Office, Union Pacific
railroad. 525 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
BIRDS EGG BILL.
It Is Recommended for Passage in
the Senate

The senate had such good time
Monday night with McMiHan's bill for
the prevention of the destruction of
birds and birds eggs. The main pur-
pose of the bill is to save the birds that
are usually made the victims of the peo-
PIE who furnish milliners' supplies. but
IT also forbids the destruction Of tine
eggs of any wild bird The bill was ia :
ken UP in committee of the whole after
supper and was finally recommended Tor
passage.
At the end of section one. which names
the birds protected by the act Senator
Fred Smith moved to insert the word
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10
The Pope Is Well Again.

Rome, March 10-The pope today re-
ceived the Duke Of Norfolk and a dele
cation of British Catholics. who pre-
scented him with greetings and offerings
The duke read a loyal address. which
the pope answered, expressing his ap
probation. The pontiff looked very Web
considering his late illness. He said ne
felt quite himself again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10

Doctor J. Albert Berry, specially dis
eases of digestion. rs Kan ave. Tel. 765.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-10

Naples, March 1O-Vesuvius has again
become active. the volcano is throwing
up ashes and explosive incandescent
globes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-16
Corruption in Missouri Politics.

The state of corruption into which
commercial politics has plunged the
Legislature of Missouri and the St.
Louis municipal assembly is re-
fected in the final report of the
grand jury of St. Louis. In part
the report says:
"The testimony we have heard has
shown a state of affairs most amaz-
ing. High State officials have con-
fessed to US of having been paid
brides for official influence, and hav-
ing acted as gO-betweens in securing
brides for the other legislators.
The extent of the venality existing
among the makers of our State laws
is alarming. Laws have been sold
to the highest bidder. Senators have
been on the payroll of lobbyists. It
is time that the people should be
awakened to the awful condition
of things in their General Assem-
bly," So long as the people elect
the lowest elements of society to DO
litical office there can be no relief
from this condition, which is by no
means confined to Missouri, but
exists everywhere. In the last an
aIysis the people themselves are to
bIame.-Chlcago Rural-Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-16
England's Proposed Change in Tariff
Palicy.

The great sensation of the week
abroad was the declaration of MI.
Chamberlain, the colonial secretary
of Great Britain, in favor of coun-
tervailing duties for the benefit of
the colonies; that is, an imperial
~zollverein, which should allow the
goods of the colonies free entry into
Great Britain, and exact an import
duty On those from other countries.
This would mean the abandonment
of free trade by Great Britain for
protection, not of home, but of colo
NAL industries. Of course it would
cut US very deeply, because Great
Britain is the best foreign market
for our meat and breadstufs; so
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-16

of the tragedy wa really written
Saturday, was exhausted Sunday,
and since then all newspaper &C
counts dealing with the floods and
their effects have been confrmatory
or purely descriptive matter.
The summary can be made in a
few words. "The loss to the Clifton
and Pacolet mills" said Mr.. John B.
Cleveland, of Spartanburg, in an in
terview with me, "is $3,5OO,OOO at
least. That is actual loss. The pros
p~ective loss to these mills cannot be
calculated"
The loss to the Glendale mills is
$4,000. To other smaller mills,
which have been mentioned many
times in the dispatches, the loss is
greater and varying, but it will be
large enough to make the loss to.
mills in Sp~artanburg County alone
over $4,OOO,OOO. This is as much a
cash loss as if it had been gold that
had been swept away in the tide.
Between so and 60 people drowned
that is the death list; and the de-
~struction of half a hundred homes
and the loss of employment of sew
eral thousand people are incidental.
The loss to Spartanburg County
through the indefinite stopping of
the mills, through the loss of scores
of bridges and through the partial
Generalization of the laboring class
es will be too vast to be counted in
dollars alone.
And the loss to the Southern Rail
way, which affects the entire South,
is almost beyond calculation. The
bridges can be rebuilt and the tracks
can be easily repaired, but in the
blocking of traffic for a fortnight
over its main line the Southern,
which was already ~congested along
its entire system, will suffer one of
the greatest blows in its history.
This summary, then, takes the
view that the floods in Spartanburg
County have done more damage than
any disaster that has ever befallen
the South except the Galveston hor-
rOr
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-16

President Roosevelt has return1u
to Washington. During the 'A1 ~.
five days of his excursion ne naI
travelled $4,000 miles by RAIL- SS''an
hundred miles by coach and "a.
rage, more than three hundrsu H one
on horseback, and as much as t uno
hundred miles on foot, ana n,a1' A.
hundred and gixty-fve speeches. ,5,.t
ter such strenuous resting
be ready for work once more
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-16
KING AND QUEEN OF sERV1A
KILLED.
A Notable Uprising in One of the Little
Kingdoms of South Europe.


Belgrade, Servia, June ia mil
itary revolution broke out here last
night. The troops, who revolted unz
der the leadership of Major Angiko-
vics, surrounded the palace, ~assassi-
mated King Alexander, Queen Draga,
the queens sister, the queens
brother Nikodm, Premier Marko-
witch, Ministers Petrovitch and Tu-
d~orovics, General Pavlovitch, the
former minister of war, and some of
the royal guard.
Prince Karageorgevitch was pro-
claimed king and was this afternoon
formally and publicly declared the
sovereign.
The streets are thronged with
people, whose actions e to ap-
prove the coup d'etat. M. Protics,
the new minister of the interior, was
loudly cheered as he drove to the
ministry. M. Avakumovics, the new
premier, belongs to the independent
liberal party.
The soldiers rushed in with drawn
revolvers and confronted the royal
couple. The officers presented a
deed of abdication to Alexander, in
which it was stated that he had
ruined the land by his marriage to a
dissolute woman Alexander's reply,
the story says, was to shoot Naumo-
vics dead. The king and queen then
fled to the roof. The officers follow
ed, shooting the royal pair down as
they were running.
To no one acquainted with the peo-
pie of Servia and the situation in
that country does to-day's coup
d'etat come altogether as a surprise.
King Alexander's fate was sealed af-
ter he mechanically cancelled the
Servian constitution, April Z. The
writer visited Belgrade a few days
after the young kings wanton exer-
else of his autocratic power, and
even then hints of impending revo-
luton were in the air. The populace
did not conceal their dislike of King
Alexander and Queen Draga. The
prevalent feeling was one of disgust
against the monarch's real weakness,
which was masked by bravado. He
vas in fact utterly incompetent to
rule, and the commonest word ap-
piled to him even by patriotic Ser
VANS was "fooI."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-16

ONAO444SJS In ho-
abandonment of free trade, Rr+ :,
would probably hurt the British
pie worse than any one else, n ION,
the total imports Of wheat into 49,
United Kingdom amounted to Six
4O6,86O; of which $67,377,655 ua,
paid to the United States, S733 AZ
IT'S to Argentina and only ST. Ooo
245 to Canada. In other imports +bo
colonial share is V more naI+rr
Of the total paid for -four, $51,7O7.
595, the United States received $49.
491,245 and Canada only $3,143O5 (
Her imported bacon cost $67. $50 8O
of which the United States received
$46,279,255 and Canada S4,6O7J545.
her hams cost $22, 641, 94O-S21,O49.
$50 to the United States. $713.795 to
Canada; her fresh beef, $43, 534 195
-$33,8O7,9 1886 to the United States
$6,O91,23O to Argentina and nothing
to Canada. Canada's trade can be
built up, but it will take a lot of
building before she can feed the
United Kingdom, and meanwhile
King Edwards subjects would pay
the costs of Canadian development.
They would probably revolt at this;
but if not, Great Britain's days as
the worlds industrial and CONNER
cial center would be numbered. We
have an easy remedy at hand; com
mercial reciprocity with Canada
would provide a market for much
of our surplus, and Great Britain
could hardly compete with u there
on equal terms.
It seems impossible that the home
country should be willing to injure
herself so greatly for the sake Of
colonies whose value to her has been
of the slightest; and not the least
remarkable feature of this policy was
the manner in which it was proposed.
The premier, Mr.. Balfour, knew
nothing of it; he even publicly de-
clared that it was out of the queS-
ton. Then, when Mr.. Chamberlain
came out boldly with the statement
that the next election would turn on
the issue of preferential tariffs, with
customs duties on food and raw ma
terials, Mr.. Balfour, on second
thought, admitted that the colonial
secretary was perhaps right, though
he hardly approved of some OF the
details of the latter's plan. In otn-
er words, he acknowledged that tnV
colonial secretary was debating the
policy of the cabinet; and this IS d
rather damaging admission tor a pre-
mier to make. As to Mr.. ChamOeI
lain, whatever becomes OF the PIO
gram, it has doubtless done all Sn"'
he asked of it if it has served nllp
as a stepping stone to higher things
Whatever it may mar, it has mace
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures Country
Gentleman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-16

The following summary by Mr.. r.
win E. Avery, of the Charlotte OBJ
server, is the best description of the
calamity that we can give in our
limited space:
Almost in a minute waters had
risen and had smashed to bits valua-
bic properties and had burrowed
CHASTITY holes in Spartanburg Coun-
ty. Lives were lost in plain view.
There was no need for detailed in
vestigation. Thousands of people
knew by a casual glance what had
happened, and the newspaper men
who first dared the floods and went
into the afflicted districts found all
material ready to hand. The story
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-16
GENERAL NEWS
THE PACoLET RIVER DISASTER.

LIZ ASOAEA ~ LIN O@S&1SAN@"
More Than so Lives Were Lost, 5000
People Were Thrown Out of Employ
ment, and 81, 600, 900 Worth of Prop
erty Destroyed.
Nearly all Progressive Farmer
readers are now familiar with the
details of the Pacolet River disaster
in the vicinity of Spartanburg, S. O.,
a week ago-one of the most terrible
catastrophes in the history of the
South. As the Charlotte Chronicle
said the next day:
"The prosperous piedmont section
of the South, almost at its very heart
centre, has been visited by one of the
worst disasters in the history of the
country, as a result of the cloud
burst on the Pacolet. The blow was
struck so suddenly that there has
scarce been time to recover from
its stunning force. But it has pre-
scented a situation that requires i'm
mediate attention-the feeding and
clothing of the helpless men, women
and children who are thrown out of
employment. The valley of the Pac-
olet River was a veritable apiary of
industry-each mill a humming hive
and now every toiler is without
bread, and without the means to buy
1t. The number of helpless has been
variously estimated by the Chroni-
cle's correspondents at between 5000
and 10000. The situation Is compli-
Gated by the fact that this is a time
of depression in the cotton milling
industry in the South, many mills
being closed by the high price of cot
ton, and the indications are that only
a handful of the operatives who were
but yesterday contentedly busy at
Pacolet, Clifton and Glendale will
be able to find employment else
where"
In regard to feeding the homeless
and unemployed, however, it is graf
flying to note that ample funds are
now in the hands of the proper au-
thorities. The following table indi-
Gates the property losses:
Pacolet Mills Nos. 1, 2, 3. .$1,5OO.OOO
Clifton Mills Nos. 1, 2, g.. 100000
F~ingerville Mills ........ 5000
Tiger Mills ............ $4,000
Tucapau Mills .......... 10000
Glendale Mills .......... 10000
Whitney Mills .......... 5000
Mary Louise Mills 1890. 10000
Smaller Mills ..........:. 10000
Loss to Southern Railway. 100000
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-05-19
America Sa1as.

Realiza una buena partida de
trajes de casimir ingles para ca
balleros, faldas para sefloras, y
un buen surtido de traies para
ni1os, a precios mitad de tabri-
ca. ,lcg
No 10 olvideis-San Justo IA
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-05-19

menos vergonsosa tiranfa que estasi
Continuadores de Ia historic de Eu-
ropa los pueblos nifios de Ia virgen
America, Sc debaten contra iguales
prejuicios, buscan la luz con el propio
ardor y en- medic del caos de sus dolo-
res progreSan, avanzan.
Luego, quien nos dice que las revo
luciones le Santo Domingo, por ejem-
plo, obedecen a las mismas causales que
las de Venezuela
Vistas de lejos, asf parece, vistas de
cerca entire la honda psicoogfa colec-
tiva de ambas naciones media TN abs
mo.
7 quien le dice al sefior Daub6n, que
las propias convulsiones dc los pueblos
de nuestra raza serfan las nuestras?
iCarno Sc conoce que aquf, como de-
cfamos al principle, no quiere ahon-
darse en- Ell analiSis de la tests separa.
tista!
Chile y ell PERI son pueblos l:mftro-
fes, Haiti y Santo Domingo comparten
ell dominic de la propia isla, Nicaragua
y Costa Rica, son pueblos vecinos y sin
embargo, entire cads dos de ellos media
TN abismo.
Recuerdo acerca de este un ejemplo
l6gico del i.ustre Balnes que lei hace
algunos aflos.
La mayorfa de los escritores po1fti-
cos decfa Ell eminente f1osofo espaf1ol
Sc fjan mas en- las semejanzas que en-
las diferencias. Y afiad1a el insigne
eScritor mas 6 nenos 10 que sigue:
"Una tempestad en- Italia y otra en-
los mares del Norte son dos tempesta-
deS, pero que diversas!"
ESQ misrno declines nosotros. Una
revolucion eli Ell PERT y otra en- la Ar
gentina. son dos revoluciones cierta-
mente, pero que diferentesl
Habiendonos extendido demas:ado
en- este artlculo, diremos que Ell micdo
a la independence entire nosotros 6
entire nuestros intelectuales, es miedo
al do1or al csfuerzo 8 sea 10 que ha
transformado al hombre de la epoca
del reno en-. este ser complejfsimos de
la vida de ahora.
En- sucesivos artfculoS estudiarE con
argumentos sacados de mil fuentes d.
versas como pesar de les pesares, la
tests separatista, ha sido eS y ser1 la
tinica sincera aspiration de nuestra
alma y como Ell miedo a la Independent
cia de nuestros directereS de escena
ha deformado el car5ctcr moral de
nuestro pueblo, Observation-Disclosures de
TN pueblo hino, en- un pueblo en-
fermo. -.
- 7 TONTP EP AS RAMOS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-05-19
DiWersas Rn0tiCias


Ha salido para Europa el doctor
don Pascual NJ. Vivoni, quien hs sido,
durante 20 afioS, medico dc San Ger
man.
En- Corozal han ocurrido casos de
viruelas.
~En Humacao eg muy elogiada Ia
conducta de la policia que ALI funciona.
En- Corozal han su. 'rimido las me-
dicinas & los pobres.
Bien hecho.
Sobre todo, que no les den purgantes.
~Acompafado de su distinguida
familia, ha salido para Paris don Pedro
Vivoni, Delegado q la Camara.
Los habitantes de Corozal conti-
n6an en- aquel NAL oliente estado de
que va tien0n noticia nuestros lectores.
-Dof1a Conception Gomez y don Ca.
talino Villafafla, maestros de Ponce,
han sido demandados por Ia Madre
de una nifia la cual atrope)laron.
No arrempujen.
Parece que otro professor de la misma
ciudad, quien, a pesar de apellidarsc
Cordero, no tiene la humildad debida,
atropsl16 tambien a otro nifio.
iBeeeeeeeeee!
@iHombre! tQue me cuenta ustedi
Algunos concejales quieren incluir
en- el presupuesto de San German $500
para pleitos.
lSon abogado-7
Ma regrespdo Ponce don Edel
miro J. Lespier.
-Varios padres de fan4il a, vecinoS
de Coamo, protestan contra la disposi.
cioa sobre castigos corporales a los nj
f1oS que Concurren a las eseue!aS.
>-Ha fallecidc en- Ponce Ia respeta-
Bile senora dofa Gabriela Marquee de
DHoz.
~-Don jose Espada, professor de md.
sica residente en- San German, esta res
tablecido de Ia enfermedad que le re.
tenia en- CANA.
Don Pedro Iglesias Gonzalez incre.
pa agria, dura y contundentemente q
Ia policia municipal de Ponce.
Don Ramon Quifones ha dado 90
der don Ulises Lopez, de San Ger
man, para la vsnta a favor del Avunta
miento de los terrenos del nuevo teatro
para cnyo fin ya fgura en- presupuestc
Ia cantidad que deben percibir les due
lfios de dichos terrenos.
Don Juan B4utista Nieves ha side
Irombrado consul dc Santo Domingo er
Ponce.
j -El .'Diario de Ponce" ratifca 81
adhesion don Luis MuHoz Rivera
lcuys setitud aplaude.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-04

not afford 20 let all this expenditure so
TO waste or fail OF its effect at a time
when the lake commerce Is continually
seeking larger and larger ships Nor
will il find the power companies at all
backward in cooperating with it. not
withstsnding that on the fact OF things
the two interests seem conflicting. All
the companies are agreed on the neees-
sity OF preventing anything from lower
ing the lake levels, in order 10 keep the
peace with the marine carriers. More
over. many men OF large means and H.
nance. like Senator Hanna. and the late
Senator Mcmillan OF Michigan are equal
ly interested. financially. in power com
paries and carrying companies. and
would resist anything that threatened
TO sacrihce the one interest 70 the adj
vantage Of the other.
The general hope here is that the Ca
madam goytdnment will be as much
alive TO the needs Of the situation as
ours. when they have once come togeth-
er. The Canadians have already begun
to develop the water power Of the St
Lawrence and the work is spreading.
When il Is remembered that the coal
question IS growing yearly more serious.
that on the side power production water
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-04
POLICE MAKE Rid
Slot Machines Turned to the
Wall at Kansas City
GAMBLING HOUSES SHUT
Pool Rooms Are Still Permitted
to Run

Kansas City, Kan. July 3.-Kansas
CITY. Kansas, the rendezvous for the
gamblers of the middle west was the
scene today of an active raid by the po-
lice, when more than 300 slot machines
were turned to the wall and seven gamb-
ling houses closed. Mayor Gilbert said
later that this was the first act in clean
ing the city. The present administration
would he said, be rid of gambling for at
least two years The pool rooms several
OF which are being operated, were not
molested.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-04
WEATHER FOR JUNE.
Dr.. Snow of the University Comments
Upon the Subject.

Lawrence Kan, July 3.-The monthly
weather report of DR.. T. II. Snow of the
University Of Kansas says Of the weather
for June that the month was an exceed
ingIy cool one, with much less than the
average wind Its mean temperature was
lower than that of any preceding June on
the thirty-five years record. The mer.
curry reached 80 degrees on only one day.
Altogether the temperature of the month
was quite agreeable for comfort; no OPP
pdression was felt for comfort; no op-
preston was felt until the 18th, when the
mercury rose steadily reaching 81 de-
grees on the 30th. The remarkable lack
of a stirring breeze for many hours at a
time during several days has lowered
the monthly run far below any previous
record in thirty years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-04
ear. the N The Kind y; Hay. way! S''s
'sa as &<AIzzu
SNOW IN WYOMING.
Cold Weather Has Given Vegetation
a Setback.

Leadville. Colo, July 3.-The snow
storm which usually reaches Leadvine
on July arrived one day ahead of time.
1t has been showing hard nearly all day
and there is an inch of snow on the
ground. 1t has turned considerably cold
er, and the thermometer tonight stands
al the freezing point.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 3.-Snow fell
here today for several minutes. The
weather has been cold for As hours and
vegetation has been given a setback.
A cold rain has fallen for several hours.
Boulder, Colo. July Sword was re-
ceived from Eldora this morning that
four inches of snow fell there last night.
At o'clock today snow was falling
along the range.
Central City. Colo. July "A heavy
rain storm started here last night and
changed to snow during the night To-
day there was a heavy hail storm here.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-04
200 Names for Reference.

see the papers full of ads of pile saves
and medicine TO cure piles. Now while
have no money to throw away. yet I will
give one hundred dollars to anyone who
Will cure a case of piles with any of the
advertised medicine.
viii also give one hundred dollars for
q case of piles I cannot cure, and with
out knife or ligature or caustic, and you
need not pay me dollar until the cure
is completed. No deposits asked. Come
and be cured; pay when you can
DIR. CLEVELAND, Anthony, Kan.
1-Sat-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-04
NEGLIGENT METHODS.
James T. Petty Loses His Official
Head

Washington, July 3.-The board o.
commissioners of the District Of Co
lumbia today notified James T. Petty
auditor Of the district. that he can NJ
longer serve in that Office as a result OF
the negligent methods which made posi-
James NJ \. Watson. one Of his trusted
clerks. The commissioners have Offered
Mr. Petty a place on the board Of per
sonal tax appraisers ana $50 a year
less salary.
Alexander Mckenzie Of that board. a
former deputy auditor under Petty. Is
slated as Petty's successor.