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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
IAYHAWKER JoTs.

lola has a purse snatcher.
Concordia is pushing its under world
along.
Solomon capital is erecting a chicken
picking plant.
Robbing penny slot machines IS the size
of Wichita burglars.
Emporia's ice Man is Adolph Busch,
the st. Louis beer magnate-
A college pin has been lost at yelling
ton. If it had only been the yell.
A humane Baldwin butcher offers to
dress chickens during the winter season
Chanute has an airship promoter. He
dreams of nothing else but visiting castles
in the air.
Wichita has declared against the sewer.
1.-The boys down there have other uses
for their liquor.
Up to date no oil has been found at
Great Bend. but gold watches are being
discovered pretty regularly.
That flint arrow head discovery at
Pittsburg sounds like some one had been
bending the long bow to the limit
A Franklin county Epworth league hav-
ing no other novelty on tap, will elect Of
ficers on the Australian ballot plan.
Emporia has been discounted at Strong
City for a long period. They will now get
even by taking their band up for a con-
cert.
Someone should pinch Conner. Davies
and wake him up. The COncordla editor
is evidently dreaming that he is still in
the Populist party.
Editor Howe is being mentioned for
congress 1t would be a S4ame TO r sp9ll
for six months in the year
It is expected that the next move of
Topeka's chief of police viii be to require
the Elks and Topeka club to submit their
dinner lists for his inspection.
A Wellington man, recovering from a
stroke of paralysis can only talk in the
Morse language. Prior to his sickness ne
didn't know a word of Norwegian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
He STANDS PAT.
Roosevelt Will Not Withdraw
Woods Nomination.

Washington. Dec. 2.-Without en-
deavoring in any manner to influence
the senate committee on military af-
fairs in its investigation of the nomi-
nation of General Wood. both the Sec
rotary of war and the president are
watching the developments carefully.
At present there is not the slightest
proba bility that Mr. Wood will be re-
called from the Philippines to testify
before the committee in his own behalf.
The investigation is proceeding in ac-
cordance with the plans of the COM
mittee, but as yet it can not be fore
told how long the inquiry may contin-
ue. The president sent the nomination
to the senate and it is proposed that
the senate shall pass upon It. 1t will
not be Withdrawn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
WERE BOTH VERY BAD.
That Is What Testimony In Oakley
Divorce Case Indicated.

Judge Hazen tackled the job this
morning of severing the matrimonial
tie which bound Clarence and Matte
Oakley. Both were anxious that the
bonds be loosened but each wanted the
court to decide that the other party
was the one at fault
Clarence Oakley brought the divorce
suit. Mrs. Oakley Immediately filed
cross petition. Mr.. Oakley charged that
his wife drank and that she absented
herself from home at nights. On the
stand he testified that she was at fault
and that he was not. He had witnesses
on his side to testify that wherever
Matte went after he left her that VIII
liam Swartz went with her.
Matte wished TO prove that Swartz' s
regard for her Wasf purely platOnic. Mr..
OakIey's witnesses testified that Mrs.
Oakley had been seen sitting on Mr.
Swartz's knee when she was clad only
in a night gown. Mrs. Oakley indig-
nantly denied that it was night
gown and said it was a night robe.
Several women witnesses were call
ed to prove that Mrs. Oakley smoked
cigarettes. On cross-examination the
same witnesses admitted that they were
in the habit of smoking cigarettes
themselves.
Two witnesses testified that Mrs. Oakley
ion and two testified that she gave them
no care at all. Mrs. Oakley charged her
husband with having beaten her and
threatened to cut her throat with ra-
zor.
decree of divorce would be proper and he
granted the decree and the custody of the
two children to Mr.. Oakley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

from $2O.47s. 72s in 1900 to s51,sz. s12 in
1903.
Machinery forms by far the most i'm
portant feature in the exports of iron
and steel manufactures. The various
classes of machinery which be
separately stated, such as locomotive
engines, stationary engines, fire engines.
electrical machinery, sewing machines,
typewriters. shoe machinery, cash regis
tiers, laundry machinery, printing press
es. and pumping machinery, are shown
in that manner. Aside from these, how
ever. is a great group of machinery
which is not stated in separate items,
owing to its variety and the large num-
Der of different classes of machinery in
eluded. This single group of 'machin-
cry not separately classified grew from
10 million dollars in 1892 to over 20 mil
lions in 1902.
The next largest item under the gen
era1 classification of machinery is cleo
trical machinery which was only sepa-
rately classified in 1898, amounting in
that year to two million dollars, and in
1902 to nearly 51@ millions. Sewing ma
chimes. which amounted to pa millions
in 1889, were over four millions in 1902.
Typewriters, which were only separa te-
ly stated in 1897 amounted in that year
to less than IL million dollars, and in
1902 to nearly 31k millions. Locomotive
engines increased from ~ millions in
1892 to over 514 millions in 1900 but,
owing to the very great demand of the
home market upon the manufacturers of
the United States, fell to 31A millions in
1902. Machinery alone formed in 1900
So million dollars worth of the exports
Of iron and steel manufactures out of a
grand total of 1921 913, 54S Of iron and
steel manufactures exported in that
year, or nearly one-half of the total.
This statement of machinery does not
include agricultural implements, BIZ
cycles, telegraph and telephone instru-
ments, or other articles not exclusively
or chiefly of iron and steel. Adding only
those items Of machinery included IN
der iron and steel manufactures. the
expectations from the United States of
machinery as a group amounts to about
S75. OOO, 900 annually.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
ANNE HATHAWAY'S HOME.
Decisions Regarding the Cottage of
Shakespeare's Sweetheart.

| We visit Shakespeare's shrine with
feelings of reverence. and the majority
of visitors naturally accept implicitly
the statements that are made and be-
lieve in the proved genuineness Of the
relics they are shown. 1t viii be a
rude shock to thousands of English
and American devotees to discover
either that the necessary authenticity
is lacking or to learn that there never
was any proved connection between
the poet and some of the most con-
! spicuous articles labeled with his
namn
Perhaps the greatest delusion re-
mains for the visitor who goes to Shot
/ terry with the firm conviction that he
will there find Anne Hathaway's cot
tage. There is picturesque home
stead there. famous all the world over
as the birthplace of Shakespeare's wife
and the scene of his courtship. The
sat is duly pointed out; the lattice win
/ dow at which the girl watched for the
poets. coming across the fields is
shown as verify, and made to excite
I the most romantic curiosity.
And yet no Anne Hathaway is to be
1 traced in Shottery records. Mr. Sidney
/ Lee finds Agnes, who might have been
called Ann, but even TINS does not
heart Charles Knight. most credu-
! lous of all Shakespeare biographers,
sadly admits: I'VE cannot say abso-
lutely that Anne Hathaway was of
| Shotterv"
Mr.. Snowden Ward arrives at the
same conclusion, and adds that there
were three Hathaway families from
whom the poets wife might have
come. But even if Anne lived in the
cottage, her cottage disappeared long
ago; the present structure is only part
! of Richard Hathaway's farm, and, as
Mr.. Lee says. has undergone many
altera tons and renovations' As for
the family itself, its male line became
extinct $50 years ago, and the late Mrs
Baker-'the last of the Hathaways"-
/ was pious deceiver. who had no real
claim to the consideration she re-
cefved.
In the light of such facts. what are
we to say of the Shakespeare and
Hathaway relics at the cottage?
What reply shall we make to that
typical extravaganza INDUCED in by
Dr. Brandes, who draws picture of
ShakesDeare's journey to the cottage?
He would enter and look once more
upon the wooden bench in the CHM
ney corner upon which he and she had
sat in their ardent youth. There was
the old fifteenth century bed in which
Anne,s parents had slept; with her, as
a child. at their feet" The "Anne
Hathaway bedroom" if not a myth. is
not demonstrated fact. The fireplace
where the lovers sat in their ardent
youth is pretty fancy. The lattice
window is there. but whether Shakes
peafeS wife was ever within a mile or
two of it is open to discussion. Shot
terry is full of delightful romance. but
romance should not be offered Shakes
pearean pilgrims as substantial reali-
tles--LOndOn Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
FOR A NEW JERUSALEM.
Inhabitants of New Harlem Are to
Organize.

New York, Dec. 2.-For the purpose of
establishing within the corporate linn
it's of New York the New Jerusalem
predicted by the prophet Zachariah, D.
900 inhabitants of the town of New
Harlem met today and took the initial
steps toward perfecting an organiza-
ton.
The primary object of the association
is the acquisition of property valued at
more than 81, Goo COG. coo situated in this
city north of Seventy-sixth street, un-
der grants made in 1866.
The promotion of the reclamation
scheme, according to Henry Pennington
Toler, the prime mover in it, and for
mer Wall street broker. is founded upon
divine revelations made to him through
biblical study.
For his work in tracing the heirs of
the original % members of the New
Harlem corporation. and his efforts to
reclaim for them the land they say is
theirs by right, the meeting voted to
give Mr.. Toler % per- cent of all that
should be recovered This honorarium,
however, Mr.. Toler. at the end of a
long speech, renounced.
Mr.. Toler is said to have spent for
tune in the prosecution of the New
Harlem claims. He sold his seat on
the New York Stock Exchange and re-
tired from business to devote his entire
time to the securing of this land.
There is in the neighborhOod Of 100000
claimants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
RILEY SEAT SALE.
1t Will Open Tomorrow Morn
ing at Stan sfield's.

The seat sale for the James Whitcomb
Riley lecture at the Auditorium on De
cember Z will open at Stansfields drug
store Thursday morning The city
council and the Topeka board of educa-
ton, which have regular meetings next
Monday night, will adjourn them for
the Riley entertainment. Mr.. Riley is
now engaged on one of the most sue
cessful tours of his public career. Five
hundred people We're turned away from
the box office at Terre Haute, Ind, the
other night, where the entire house was
sold out in four hours. At Anderson,
IND, 500 people were turned away from
the opera house door after all the avail
able space had been occupied. The I'M
usually low price at which the Audi
forum seats wall be sold places the
evenings entertainment within the
reach of the poorest school boy.
Years ago Mr.. Riley appeared two
evenings in Chicago. His second read
ing drew an audience that filled Cen
trail Music hall with hundreds standing
called 'Hoosier Themes included the
ever popular when the Frost is on the
Pumpkin and the Folders in the
Shock" and the pathetic Good Bye
Jim. Take Care of Yourself" followed
by the humorous story of the man who
the most remarkable of all created
things His second number Life
Studies,'' comprised the exquisite verses
Out to Old Aunt Mary's" and ''Tradin'
joe the old farmer who thought he
might court the Widow Gray at Kan
kakee, but compromised on her daugh-
ter. These selections were followed by
THE Educator and Our Little Folks
which closed one of the most delightful
evenings ever known in the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
OUR IRON AND STEEL TRADE

The recent announcement that a re-
ductiOn OF freight rates on iron and steel
manufactures intended for exportation
is being made by the railroads for the
purpose of encouraging exports of
American iron and steel manufactures
lends interest to some figures compiled
by the department of commerce and Ia
Dor through its bureau of statistics re-
garding the commerce of the United
States in iron and steel manufactures
These tables show that manufactures
Of iron and steel form the largest single
item Of our exports of manufactured
articles. and have shown a more re-
markable growth in expectation than
perhaps any other great article in the
large number which form the classified
ton manufactures" Beginning with
$52.144 in 1900 the growth was extremely
slow during the first half of the CEN
fury. being only S1,953. T02 in 1850. In
1860 the total was s.. ST0.114; in 1870. STA
4S3, 163; in 1880, $14. IFS 524; in 1890 s25.-
542,20s; and in 1900, $121 ,913,54s. the in
crease in the closing decade of the CEN
fury being nearly four times as much
as in the ninety years preceding. In
1901 the total was. S117 319, 800; in 1902.
$685.. 562; and in 1903, $9e. 642. 467. That
the decrease in expectations since 1900
is chiefly due to increased home demand
is indicated by the fact that the do
mestic production of pig iron. the basis
of iron and steel manufactures has in
creased from 1873, 242 tons in 1900, the
year of the greatest exports, to II. S21. 307
tons in 1902, an increase of about 80 per
cent during the period in which the re-
duction of exports occurred. A further
evidence Of the large home demand for
iron and steel is found in the fact that
during this recent period, in which the
production of pig iron was greatly in
creased and the exports of manufac-
lures Of iron and steel decreased, the
lmportations Of iron and steel grew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.

TFrOn the Atcn1SOn ClODe.I
When a really good church member
gets supper at the cnurcn, ne eats as HI
tie as possible
1t has always seemed to us that every
old maid must be mighty tired of hearing
The friends of every girl piano player
say of her: She is great genius, but
won't practice.
A mans heart seems to be about the
only thing about him that stays SOBER
and it staggers occasionally.
Spea king of success in making jelly: An
Atchison woman makes jelly so stiff that
it has to be carved.
We propose hereafter to be so honest
that will not say of our Christmas
gifts that they are just what We want
ed
Unfortunately as a drawing card, per
sons who give their experiences in prayer
meeting have nothing startling to relate.
What has become of the old fashioned
woman who thought it was sin to put
brandy in her Thanksgiving mlnce pies
About the only excitement the average
man has is TO shave OF MS moustache,
after having worn it for years, or to let
one grow after having never worn one.
A girl doesn't have such a gay time
that she loses as much sleep in five years
because of dancing parties, as she will
lose in three weeks when the baby is
teething.
There is no doubt that a certain man
recently said that he liked to see a girl
in black, and the next day there was so
impress a stranger with the belief THAT
the town had been visited by a fatal
scOurge.
7 want it understood" said minister
to his congrega ton lately. that 1 am in
favor of members of this church being en-
terprising citizens. don't believe that a
man does his whole duty because he is a
liberal giver to the church. The conmu-
nifty has claims on every one. Do some
I live Aid the enterprises that will help it.
Don't be piggish. No pig can be a good
/ Christian
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
DRUNK AT SCHOOL.
Eleven Year Old Boy Finds Liquor
and Starts a Scandal.

Eleven years old and drunk. George
McFeren, pupil in the second grade
s at Sranr school appeared on the school
grounds at the afternoon session Mon
Gay very percepJibIy under the in
nuence of liquor He entered school
with the other children but was so
drunk that he had to be taken home by
Principal E. A. SifnmerWell. The boy
secured the liquor upon which he be-
came intoxicated at his home He is
the son OF sc. McF'eren, a laborer liv-
ing at 1l09 Van Buren, street.
me sehol authorities are naturally
very indignant over the affair and hold
the child's parents responsible for his
condition. Mrs. McFeren said today
that the liquor was kept in the house
and had been used for medicinal pur-
poses She said she had mixed it with
sugar and water to. give to her baby
which had just gone through a siege of
pneumonia. The boys father, she said,
had punished him severely for drinking
the whisky. That appears to be about
as far as the matter will go unless the
school authorities conclude to try to
get the boy out of the control of the
parents.
Prof. Simmerwen said today in re-
gard to the incident:
The boy was undoubtedly drunk
He was so drunk that he was sick in
the school room and he had to be
nelped out and away. He told me that
ne had gotten the liquor at home, that
that he had taken it to drink for fun.
When he came to school this morning
sent him home and told him to have
his mother come back with him as 1
wanted to see her about the matter.
She has not been to see me yet, but
propose to investigate the matter
thoroughly 1t is an outrage that a
child OF that age should be permitted
TO touch IntOXicantS and the Darents
ought to be held responsible if they
pufposely or careIessly let him have
whisky"
Among the people living in the north
west part of North Topeka the Nc
Feren boys drunkenness is the subject
OF good deal of scandal. Many people
feel deep Indignation over the occur
renee and say the child'S parents are
| to blame. The McFeren family lives
IN two room cottage in a poor neigh
borhood on North Van Buren, street and
are, themselves, in very moderate cir
cumstanceS- People who know the cir
cumstances of the family say that the
parents ought not to be permitted to
retain possession of the boy, whose pro-
clivities are certainly not good I'm
less the parents desire to have it done
there appears to be no legal course by
which the boy can be removed from
| their control and placed in the Reform
school. The probate court has not
authority to act upon its own initiative
IN this sort of a case. 1t is pOSSibl
that through the influence of the city
school authorities the parents of the
boy may be induced to allow the boy
to be placed in better surroundings.
The probability is that course of
sprouts Is a much better treatment than
q course in the reform school. The feet
that little child found liquor without
his parents knowledge ought not to cover
them with obloquy nor make him ire
clamable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
BRIEF Is FILED
In Case of Isabella Gonzales in q. S.
Supreme Court.

Washington. Dec. 2.-Coudert Broth
ers today filed a brief in the U. S. su-
prene court in the case of isabella
Gonzales, the Porto RIGA woman who
upon attempting to land in New YORK
in the summer of 1902, was taken into
custody by immigration Commissioner
Williams as an alien immigrant who
was likely to become public charge.
The brief is in the woman's interest
and is an argument against deporta-
ton, based largely upon the theory
that she is not an alien The case IS
important, as upon its decision will de-
pend the disposition of all the Spanish
islanders who were in existence at the
time the islands were annexed by the
United States. The court will hear ar
gument in the case soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
ELECTRICITY WAR.
Rapid Extension of Its Use in Fortifi-
cations on the Coast.

An interesting instance of the rapid
extension of the use of electricity is
furnished by the Notifications d1str1b-
uted along our coast. A few years ago
to the comfort of the garriSonS and to
provide better illumination of the
works. Once a generating plant had
been installed there was at hand
supply of power in a convenient and
easily comfortable form, and this led
to its use for purposes which were not
contemplated at the time the plant
was installed. Electric fans have been
put in to make the living quarters
more comfortable in hot weather. and
electric motors have been adopted for
training the guns, class OF work Tor
which they are particularly well
adapted. Motors are used to drive the
ammunition HOSTS and do other work
which before had either been done by
hand or some less satisfactory power.
Searchlights have been installed. en-
abling a fortifcation to sweep the sea
at ni-ht.
The various posts of the fortress are
connected together by telephone, SO
that the commandant is in touch at
all times with the entire garrison ana
can instantly transmit orders to any
point. The various Notifications along
the coast are tied together by tele-
phone and telegraph, so that on the
appearance of the enemey at any point
all the fortified tons would be informed
of it Submarine mines are controlled
electrically, and even the guns may be
fired by this means. by an officer at
some distant point. By means of Wire
less telegraphy a fertilization can be
kept in touch with the scouting yes
sells. and would be informed of the
approach of the enemy long before he
is visible from the coast. The telauto-
graph may be brought into service for
transmitting orders, and electric sig
mailing lights are replacing the older
types. Electric lights lighting the
range finder stations; and electric
clock circuits furnish accurate time to
all parts of the fortiscations. To in
sure the continuity of these manifold
services accumulators are now in
stalled. SO that there Will at all times
be q constant and reliable supply Of
power. Thus, from being at first a
small auxiliary, the electrical equip
ment has extended until it is now
probably the most important part of
the entire equipment of the Fortress
/ Scientific American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
PAPER MILLS RESUME.
Combine Declares Shutdown Was to
Curtail Production.

Appleton, Wis, Dec. 2.-Thirty paper
mills of the General Paper company,
which handles the output of the leading
mills of Wisconsin, Michigan and Min
nesota, have resumed work after a
three daysf shutdown.
This shutdown was cOincident with a
shut down of one week in the east, Or
dered because of low water, shortage of
wood pulp and a desire to demonstrate
to labor unions the strength of the COM
bination Of manufacturers. The western
mills say their shutdown was merely
to curtail production and forestall a
possible slump in prices.
Said a prominent manufacturer to-
day:
1--WE shut down in the west to curtail
production and maintain prices. [ sup
pose they are privileged to give any
reason they choose for the shutdown
in the east. We prefer to tell the
truth"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
DEAN is OUT.
Former Santa Fe Man Leaves the
Colorado Southern.

Denver, Colo. Dec. 2.-Supt. J. w.
Dean of the Pueblo. Fort Collins &
Clear CreeH district of the Colorado
& Southern railroad has resigned to
accept employment with the Santa Re
railroad. He will be succeeded by G.
E. Carson, superintendent of terminals
for the Missouri Pacific and Iron Noun
tain railroads at ST. Louis.
Local officials of the Santa Fe have
no advise regarding Mr.. Deans en-
ployment with the company as reported
in the above dispatch. They think,
however, that it is probable that he has
secured some minor position under d.
E. Cain, general superintendent of the
western grand division of the road.
About a year ago Mr.. Dean was train
master for the Santa F'e with head
quarters at Pueblo, Col, but resigned
that position to go with the Colorado
Southern. Mr.. Dean is not the first
one to leave the Santa Fe in favor of
the Colorado Southern and then bet let
out.