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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-10

Change thy ways;
Let the sweatly laborers file
A little while, a little while,
Where art and nature sing and smile.
Trade! is thy heart all dead, all dead?
And hast thou nothing but a head?
SIDNEY LANIER.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-10
Settled in Strikers Favor.

Chm Board County COMMISSIONS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
FLOOD OF BILLS.
Nation, of Neosho, Gets in With the
First.

A little matter of eighty-two bills
were poured into the hopper of the house
a the first opportunity, when the head
of Introduction of bills was reached late
Yesterday afternoon. TO Nation of
Neosho belongs the honor of introducing
House bill No. 1, and it was local bin,
too
The following is the list of bills in
troduced the first throw out Of the box:
l. BY Nation, authorizing a tax levy
to build a new court house in Neosho
county.
, BY Adams of Sedgwick authoriz-
ing the keeping of Oklahoma prisoners
in the Kansas penitentiary.
g. BY Nation, an act relating to Grim
ina1 procedure
4 By Jones of Norton, an amendatory
5. By Jones of Norton. an act relat-
ing to the election Of high school trus-
tees.
6 BY Jones of Norton. an amenda-
tory bill.
i BY Jones of Norton. relating to
5. BY Jones Of Norton, relating to
9, By starr, relating to poisoning
prairie dogs
10 BY Kirkland. relating to a Saline
county school district
IL By Kirkland to abolish days OF
grace on certain legal instruments.
p By Kirkland, regulating meetings
and salaries of Saline county commits
sioners.
10. BY Kirkland, local bill vacating
certain properties.
A. BY Kirkland. regulating fees and
salaries of probate judges of Saline and
Dickinson counties.
10. By Kirkland, local bill vacating
certain properties.
Is BY jerks. relating to questions of
fact in jury findings.
L. BY jerks, authorizing the city o.
Ottawa to refund certain bonds.
IS. BY jerks, to allow husband anu
wife to testify in cases relating to all
mony.
10. BY Tannehi1l, a road tax bill.
20. By jerks. to prohibit railroads
from obstructing highways.
2l BY Schermorhorn, an amendatoTy )
measure.
%. BY schermerhorn. a local bill.
4 % By Mendenhan, authorizing Linn
county to build a bridge over the Narais
/ des Cygnes-
"a BY jerks. a local bill to vacate
certain town lots.
1 p. BY Hunter, relating to teachers
IS By Adams Of sedgwick. local
q By Adams of sedgwick, to pension
Wichita man.
% BY Adams of sedgwick, relating
! to auctioneers.
% By Waggener, relating to tn,
Atchison asylum site.
30 By Waggener, amending the
louisiana Purchase worlds fair com
mission law
81. By Waggener. to pay widow oi
David Martin for services performed.
g. By Waggener, relating to the sal
aries of certain Atchison county Off.
| c2a1s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
They DON'T AGREE
RumOr of Breach Between Lee
land and Waggener.
They Don't Agree About
Worlds Fair Measure.
THEY BOTH HAVE BILLS
One Provides for the Continua-
tiOn of Present Board.
Other Would Give Gov. Bailey
Chance at Commission.

There has been more or less specula-
ton concerning the probable relations
between Cyrus Leland and B. P. Wag-
gener, probably the two strongest fig
ures in the present legislature, but on
opposite sides of the house. It has been
predicted that they would work to-
gether to a great extent in matters of
legislation which were independent of
party matters.
But break between them is already
in sight, and the question of party does
not enter into it. It is over the St.
Louis Worlds fair commission, and
both have introduced bills into the
house embodying their respective plans
and they are antagonistic one to the
other.
Waggoner got his bill in first 1t
provides for the continuance of the
present commission until January 1,
1905, to raise the pay of the commits
sion from five dollars a day to twenty
dollars a day for the time they are act
ually employed in looking after the
Kansas exhibit. and making an addi-
tional appropriation of $4,000 for the
Kansas exhibit.
When the present law on this subject
was passed it was expected that the
Louisiana Purchase exposition would
be held in 1903, so the terms of tbs
commission were made to expire Jan
uary /, 1904. Now as the fair viii moi
be held till next year it is Necessary tc
extend the term for which the com
mission was appointed. The present
law, too, provides that the governor
may remove members of the commits
sion for cause, but under no other cir-
cumstances.
Mr.. Waggener's son, w. P. Waggen-
er, is the Democratic member of the
commission. Therefore he would like
to have the terms of the present com
mission simply extended
Mr.. Leland's bill places the whole
matter in the hands of the governor
allowing him to appoint an entire new
move any member whenever ne see,
fit, the terms to expire in 1905 This il
merely an amendment of the presen
law. and the appropriation viii b.
taken care of in a separate bill.
Mr. Leland's idea is to place the con
( troll of the commission in the hands o.
I Governor Bailey as it comes in his ad
/ ministration and the success or failurl
of the Kansas exhibit will be credited
or charged to Bailey's administration
zone thing L am opposed to- saic
Leland today, rs for the commission Il
build a Kansas building at St Loui'
I during the fair to the detriment of thi
4 Kansas people who go there Wha
they ought to do is to build a buildins
for the use of the people of Kansas ant
not take up a big part of it for them
u selves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
TREATY TO PASS.
Senators Give Assurances to
President Roosevelt
That Reciprocity With Cuba
viii Be Established.
ALL ARE SATISFIED
With the Exception of the Den-
Ocrats, They Say.
Bill for Agricultural College
Exhibit at st Louis.

Washington. Jan. 16.-President
Roosevelt was assured by Senators
Aldrich, Lodge and Spooner of their
belief that the Cuban treaty would be
ratified by the senate. The senator's
had a conference with the president
prior to the cabinet meeting and went
over the situation carefully. It was
stated that the treaty as amended IS
satisfactory practically to every Re
publican senator and that the oppOsi-
ton now was confined to the Demo-
cratic side.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Elk
HIBIT.
Washington, Jan. 16.-The house COM
mittee on industrial arts and exhibits
today authorized a favorable report on
the bill appropriating 100000 for an
agricultural college exhibit at the St.
Louis fair Amendments were made
to the bill providing for an appropria-
ton Of $4,000 to aid the residents of
Alaska to make an exhibit at St Louis,
the cost of preparing and transporting
to be borne by the residents of Alaska
also for an appropriation of $4,000 for
an Indian Territory exhibit. the resi-
dents of the territory being required to
deposit an equal amount with the
treasury.
ELKINS' BILL COMES UP.
Washington, Jan 16.-I he interstate
commerce bill introduced by Senator
EIkins was again today the subject of
discussion by the committee on inter
state commerce but no conclusion was
reached. The meeting was brief and
developed such radical difference of
opinion that it was considered useless
to attempt for the time to proceed.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Jan. 16.-This being
Friday the regular order the depart
hi Il Q.tl
and the house today proceeded to the
| consideration Of private claims bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
CONDUCTORS WANTED.
Senator Trapp Will Try to Force
Street Railways to Use Them.

Senator Jim Tapp of Wichita has got
three or four little bills which he pro
poses to place before the legislature
during the present session but he says
that as an author of new laws he
doesn't expect to shine very brightly
this session. One of his laws will be
for the purpose of compelling street
car companies operating in Kansas to
have their cars equipped with con-
ductors. Down in Wichita the street
cars get along without these function
aries and women and children help
themselves on and off. Tapp thinks
this is not as it ought to be and will
endeavor to remedy it.
Wichita is desirous of building d new
high school building in which can be
accommodated some of the classes of
the upper grade. Tapp viii Introduce
a bill authorizing the issuance Of $780,
600 bonds for the construction of the
contemplated school building. He has
one other bill of a general nature which
he believes he can get passed. 1t looks
toward the erection of monuments to
soldiers of the civil war in every county
in Kansas. Mr.. Tapp wishes authority
to be granted to the county commits
sioners of each county and to the city
councils of all towns for the issuance
of bonds for this purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
FIRED 4 SHELL.
German Cruiser Takes a Shot at
Fort La Yigia.

Puerto CabeHo. Jan. 16.-The German
cruiser Vineta, at sunset last night,
fred a shell at La Vigia, the fort
crowning the hills behind this port.
The shell which was fired because men
We're believed to be in the fort explod-
ed without causing damage.
The people Of Puerto Cabello were at
a loss last night to understand the ac-
ton of the German cruiser. Early this
morning, however. Commodore Scheder
sent the following communication to
the Venezuelan authorities through
William H. Vokmar acting American
consul here:
Referring to my letter of the 9th
instant I have to inform you l fired ?
she'll yesterday at Fort La NigIa because
against my explicit prohibition, the
presence has been observed there OF
unauthorized persons. Judging from
reports those persons were soldiers"
The statement of the German COM
modore that there We're unauthorized
persons in the fortifcation is denied by
the authorities here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
ADMITS REBATES.
Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Submits
Statement to Commission.

Washington, Jan. 16-The Pennsyl-
vania railroad. the Pennsylvania COM
pany. the Delaware. Lackawanna &
Western and the Lehigh Valley have
submitted to the interstate commerce
commission statements that the in
creases In freight rates on grain, grain
house products and a few other com,
mOdities are merely restOra tions to Il
usual or seasonable basis. The Penn
sylvania railway admits that during the
six months ended January l. 1902, 1t
participated in the 0ayment of rebates
on shipments originating at points west
of Pittsburg to the extent of approx
mately s11O 000. From then until Juns
80 last the Pennsylvania system paid no
rebates
While the cost Of material and labor
is an important factor in justifying its
restoration Of rates affected by the in
crease, the Pennsylvania points to the
increased cost of operation due to the
difficulty of moving abnOrmally large
traffic The Pennsylvania company
saws that allowances or rebates approx.
imating $4,000 or 100000 were made
from July i, 1901. to January 1, 1902. but
none have since then been granted.
Since May / last the average rate of
wages has increased about 81 per cent.
The Pennsylvania company estimates
that the advance in the rates on grain,
grain products. dressed beef and ex-
port provisions will increase its revenue
only S150oO0 to $3.50 COO while the in
creased cost of labor and material viii
aggregate at least 50 600 O00
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
NO NEWS YET.
Not a Word Has Been Heard
From the st. Louis.
Company Insists There Is No
Cause for Alarm.
THE PREMIUM GOES UP.
Other Vessels Are Arriving on
Both Sides.
None Sighted Delayed Steamer
on the Voyage.
THE PREMIUM GOES UP.

New York. Jan. 16.-No news of the
overdue American liner St. Louis has
been received.
Clement a. Griscom of the American
line said today:
1T has been said that the St Louis
has leaky boilers I do not know that
she has. There are thousands of small
tubes on which the flames play to heat
the water If, as sometimes happens.
some of these tubes leak enough to
damp the fire. it is necessary to plug
them up. This does not mean that
there is serious damage, but it does
mean that you have less surface to heat
the water and so less steam. I do not
think the ST. Louis is in trouble, but
that she is not making very fast time. -
At the American line Office the home
addresses of most of the important Of
hcers connected with the St. Louis We're
made public today. No comment was
made on giving out of the list. Captain
Frederick H. Passow is a native of
Pennsylvania. His family lives in Eng
land. Chief Engineer + M Power is
from Germantown. Pa. J. f. Blair. jr.,
third officer, Huntington. Pa, DR.. Lloyd
Parker, the ships surgeon, New York,
The chief engineer of the line refused
the addresses of any engineers staff
except that of John Phillip, whose fam
ily lives at Southampton, England. He
said if the vessel was not sighted by to-
morrow the rest Of the addresses would
be made public
Vice President Wright Of the Ameri-
can line later said
we have nothing to add to the state
ment given out last night except that
to the present we are absolutely without
word Of the st. Louis
London, Jan. 16--The premium feI
reinsurance on the American line steam
er has risen at Lloyds to 20 guineas
No great anxiety. however. is felt for
her safety though establishment is ex-
pressed at the fact that she has not beer
sighted by passing vessels
Havre, Jan. 16.-The French line
steamer La Lorraine from New York
January s which arrived here last
night, did not sight the steamer st
Louis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
KELLY PLEASED THEM.
Delighted Shop Men with Phil
ippine Talk.

Nearly 300 railroad men heard Rev.
Bernard Kelly, late chaplain of the
U. 5. army stationed in the Philippines,
deliver a short address in the Santa
Fe coach shep Thursday noon on "a
Trip to the Philippine Islands and Re
turn"
About a month ago Mr.. Kelly deliv-
cred 4 lecture to the shopmen under
the auspices Of the railroad Y. N. 9 A.
which association always arranges for
a meeting of some kind every Thurs
day noon. This meeting was of an en-
tirely evangelistic nature and the men
were so well pleased with Ne Kelly
and his style of oratOry that they one
and all requested Secretary Prout OF
the railroad Y. NJ c. A to secure him
for another meeting. Hence Mr.. Kelly s
lecture Thursday noon.
In his address yesterday Mr.. Kelly
confined his talk wholly to the Gus
toms. habits and Implements of war
that are used by the natives of the
Philippine islands. He told in a. SIM
of the people dress, of what they eat,
how they sleep, of their amusements
and occupations. He described the
mountains, the rivers. the trees, the
jungles, the cities, the style of arclli-
lecture and many other things charac-
teristic of the Philippine Isands. He
told of the different classes of society
and their relations 60 each other. lie
among which We're bolos and swords in
laid with silver, tusks of several differ
ent animals which inhabit that country
a mat made of hemp and many other
interesting things. AS each curio was
exhibited it was accompanied by an
anecdote by the speaker In fact Mr.
Kelly discussed and described nearly
everything in connection with the
Philippine Islands that it was possible
to describe in the short time that ne
was allowed to speak, but when he
finally finished the men who during his
talk had been very quiet and attentive
broke out into clamor for more.
The end of the noon hour was fast
drawing to q close and Mr. Kelly told
them that he did not wish to run over
his allotted time but that he would
talk to them again some time in the
near future.
The meeting which commenced al
1910 and closed at about 1880 was
conducted by Secretary Prout. Rich
ard Williamson, the new r. r. Y M. G
/ A secretary to the City of Mexico. LED
in prayer and Prof. Crozier. the sing
4 ing evangelist of the Cumberland Pres
/ byterian church. sung. The r. R. Y
NJ. C. A. male quartet also sang severa
! ealaCff0r1S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
MCMILLAN IS LOADED.
he Has Plenty of Bills to Urge for
Passage.

If a half of the other mem bers of the
legislature are as heavily loaded with
prospective legislation as is Senator
Mcmillan, the fusion member from
Minneapolis, the session of 1903 is go
ing to be prOtracted and troublous.
snake eating bill with which he expects
to engross the attention of the legis-
Iature at the proper time. but this is
not, by several, all the laws which he
wants passed.
Among the measures which he will
lay before the senate are an initiative
and referendum bill; a resolution ask
VentiOn for drafting an amendment 10
the federal constitution providing for
the election of senators by the direct
vote of the people; new corporation
bill intended to prevent the watering
of stock. and providing for a state
charter board vested with power to
take evidence upon applications for
tuition providing for the esta bliShment
of a state fire Insurance department,
and new railroad bill making the
railroad commissioners elective.
Senator Mcmillan has the bills drawn
and will present them at an early ses-
sion of the senate. The state charter
board which he wants created. is to be
elective and will hear all matters per
tanning to regulating private corporate
interests Before any corporation could
increase its capital stock it must file
an application before the state board
and show for what reasons the increase
is desired. Penalties of heavy fine and
imprisonment are provided for water
ing stock and otherwise infringing
upon the requirements of the law. In
some particulars this bill resembles his
railroad bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
ERIE CLOSES.
Counsel for Two Other COmpan-
les Makes His Statement.

Philadelphia, Jan. 16.-The Erie COM
pany which operates the Hillside Coal
and Iron company and the PennsylVaniA
Ccal company, closed its case before the
coal strike commission today, and was
followed by the Scranton Coal company
and the Elk Hill Coal and Iron COM
oany, which turn their coal over to the
Ontario & Western railway
Wien the session opened counsel for
bOtf. the miners and the Erie announced
that the differences existing between
the two parties regarding the cOmpfla-
ton of certain wage statements to be
presented to the commission are being
ameably adjusted by the experts repre-
seafine each side.
The Erie then rested its case, with the
exception of the calling of one witness,
and the Scranton Coal company and the
Elk Hul company then presented It's
side of the controversy. J. s. Burr. OF
Scranton, Of counsel for the two com
panjes, made preliminary statement.
He said.
THE company employs about 5000
men and boys. It pays the labOrers d.
rect, pursuing a system now in vogue a.
its several cOllieries. This has alWay
been done at the request Of the miners.
as we shall show The statements filed
showed that the company is paying fair
wages-as fair as those paid by other
operators engaged in mining in the re-
gion where it operates.
I'VE shall show that we have endeav~
ored to pacify and conciliate all persons
making complaints and to adjust any
serious difficulties. We shall further
show that we had to guard 4r own
property during the recent strika at our
own expense, chiefly by our own en-
ployes. from among whom all of our
coal and iron police were appointed /,
that we suffered severe losses by dam
age done to our collieries by mobs of
strikers and strike symDathizers, and
that we were constantly interfered with
in our efforts to preserve our proper
ties
I'VE shall also show that it would not
be just to use or reasonably practical
to change the methods of payment now
employed by US.
To compel US to change from pay
ment By the car to payment by weight
would entail not only great expense bur
serious delays in oDeratin our mines,
and we shall show that it would make
no practical difference with the net
wages received by the miners. In short.
that il would be useless, inehectuaI, un-
fair and unusual"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-16
A WOMAN THE SENDER.
Kirksville Authorities May Have
Found Author of Money Letters.

Kansas City, Kan. Jan. 16.-It is be-
neved by the authorities at Kirksville.
Mo, that they have discovered the
sender of the envelopes containing.
money and postage stamps which have
been received by numerous merchants
of Kansas City. Kan, and Argentine.
All the letters We're postnarked Kinks
vile, Mo. A dispatch from Kirksville
says:
Miss Margaret O'NeiI, who entered
the September class at the American
School Of Osteopathy, cashed a check
for $500 at the Baird National bank
short time ago. and called for S100 IN
one and two dollar bills. At the same
time she asked for S25 in small bills for
a woman who accompanied her.
"A few days later she called at the
bank for SIS in one and two dollar
bills. During this time, however, she
purchased over 800 in stamps. On sew
eEal occasions she mailed a large num-
Der of letters. She stopped at the Still
hotel from September until just be-
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r. relating to cities Of

35. By Waggener, relating to cities Of
the first class.
a. BY Waggener, a local road bill.
30 By Waggener. relating to boards
of education in cities Of the first class.
&C. By Waggener, raising the salary
of the governor TO $4,000.
81. BY Waggener, raising salaries OF
supreme justices to $1,000.
SS By Law, concerning county high
school n Graham county.
SO. By Schlyer. a road bill.
40. BY Whistler, repeal measure.
A. BY HILL local bill.
42. By Sch1yer, relating to the use of
the old Fort Hays reservation lands.
A. BY johnson of Decatur. relating
A. BY Leland. amending worlds fair
commission law.
As. BY Sharp. an amendatory meas
as. BY Sharp relating to wages.
beets.
4s. By Harris. relating to the duties
of certain county officers.
49, By Linton. relating to school
So By Nation. creating new judicial
district
81. By Bucklin. relating to school
g. By Buel1lin. to establish a salt
So. By Bucklin, relating to land taxa
ton.
D1- lOE JOAuSOU O1 OuSIlQdus AuLuOIlH-
ing county high school in Sheridan
county.
So. By Perkins. providing for brand
ing all goods manufactured by convict
la Dor.
S. By stavely. an amendatory
measure.
81. By Harris. authorizing Abilene to
levy special sewer tax.
So. By Pollock, to give George L
Howard authority to practice medicine.
So By Griffin, an amendatory act.
so. By Husey, authorizing Wichita to
issue bonds for high school
81. By Godshalk, local, relating to
keeping Rice county records.
81. By Godshalk. relating to courses
of study in high schools in cities Of the
second class.
SO. By Broadbent, relating to life in
g. By jerks. local. Franklin county.
65 By Peck. for the protection of
birds.
66 BY Griffin. relating to school dis
81. BY Griffin. relating to teachers
+ certificates.
IS. BY Adams of sedgwick. relating
to laborers' liens.
So. By Gale, relative to divorces.
7e. By Gale, making abandonment Of
husband or wife a misdemeanor.
IL BY Brown, prnviding for the Tor
rens land title system.
Y. BY Brown, relating to carrying
concealed weapons.
7S. BY Gale prescribing duties OF
county attorneys in divorce cases.
"A. By Gale, local, to vacate certain
lots.
rs. By Gale, relating to carrying con-
cealed weapons.
76- BY Waggener, relating to con-
tracts.
II. BY jerks, an amendatory act.
rs. By Belts by request, making an
appropriation for the relief of w. H
Fisher.
7s. By Belts by request, relating tc
opticians.
50 BY CampDeK OF Meade. to change
a. certain woman's name
81. By BrOadbent, relative to fire in
Surance companies
81. BY Broadbent. providing for the
forfeiture of life insurance policies.