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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
NEW TRADE RECORDS.

The calendar year 1903 and the month
CT December, 1903, showed, respectively,
the highest record of annual and month
ly exports from the United States. The
years export figures, as presented by
the department Of commerce and labor,
through its bureau of statistics, were
81, 484, 66S, 127, and those of the month
of December, STA, 1868. The highest
preceding record for any calendar year
was that of 1900 when the total exports
We're s1,477, 946, 113; and the highest pre-
ceding record for a single month was
that of October $780, when the total
was $163, 1856, $50.
1t was not until October 1891, that
the exports of any month reached as
much as 100 million dollars, and it was
not until 1896 that the exports of any
calendar year reached as much as one
billion dollars. During the four months
of October, November and December,
1891, and January, 1892 exports were
for the first time above the 100 million
dollar line, but in February, 1892, drop
ped again below that line, and so con-
tinued until near the close of 1896, when
October, November and December again
passed, respectively, the 100 million dol
lar line. From that time forward
monthly exports in excess of 100 million
dollars were frequent, and from August
1899, to the present time they have never
fallen below 100 millions, except in the
midsummer months of June, July and
August of 1902 and 1903, respectively.
The annual expectation nearly touch
ed the one billion dollar line in 1891 and
1892, being in 1891, $40 millions. and in
1892, 938 millions, but dropped to 876
millions in 1898, 825 millions in 1894, 1924
millions in 1885, barely crossing the one
billion dollar line in 1896, but moving
steadily and rapidly forward since that
date Comparing conditions in 1903 with
those of comparatively recent years. it
is found that the total exports in 1903
exceeded those of 1891 by 53 per cent
and those of 1895 by so per cent. Ex-
tending the study still farther back, it
will be noticed that the exports of 1903
were. in round terms, double those OF
1888, two and a half times those of 1873
and four times those of 1869.
Owing to the very marked decrease
in imports in December, which month
| showed a fall of about II millions. as
compared with December of the pre-
eeding year, the total of imports die
| not touch the billion dollar line, but
was within about AZ million dollars OF
that sum, being 1895. 47S. 101. This leaves
the table of calendar years without g
billion dollar record up to this time
though the fiscal year statement die
show more than one billion dollars o.
imports in the year ending June so
1903
A comparison of conditions in the
foreign commerce of the United States
in 1903 with those of 1898 shows thai
the imports of 1903 exceeded those O.
1888 by 21s millions. and that the ex
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

Eureka Youths and maidens still
"trip the light fantastic"
Mr.. Quick, of Leonardville. has re-
turned from a hurried trip west.
Neodesha is growing. The pestof1ee
has been compelled to add 1874 new
boxes.
summer1eld. weary of candles and
kerosene, is to put in an acetylene light
plant.
These be strange times in Kansas.
A Butler county postmaster has voiun-
tarily resigned
One of the tenets of Salina wo-
mems club is to learn to talk" Com
ment is unnecessary.
A Hutchinson thief who robbed a
pastor didn't use low down methods
He went in over the roof.
Now that wheat is crawling towards
the dollar mark the Central Branch
crop is getting car service.
A stone at Columbus thought me-
teor turns out to be only of fossilifer-
Gus formation. Gee whiz.
The Salvation Army has returned to
Lawrence. What excuse they have Tor
such action no one seems to know.
With eggs, potatoes and gasoline 60
ing up the Beloit Cal1 concluded it was
time to raise it's subscription price.
An eagle and rooster are great
chums at Concordia. The one does the
fighting and the other the growing.
An Atchison jury convicted a man
for killing a saloonkeeper. Atchison is
on the Kansas side of the BIG Muddy
An Ottawa man was arrested or the
charge OF carrying concealed weapons
In his pockets were six bottles of beer.
The Parsons postmaster is still On
the anxious seat. He expects his dis
missal or confirmation with every mail
Mr.. Stubs is a long man at present,
but before the politicians get through
pulling his leg" he'll find himself
short.
A Wichita woman lost three dia-
mond rings and $40 in cash. If the
money is returned no questions will be
asked.
The ferry boat at Bellevue is laid UP
for repairs and the captain, Mr. Fish.
declares he feels like a mfnnow out OF
water.
MIR. Stubs has been mentioned as
the angel of the boss busters. The
return of those passes makes the story
An Atchison man has carried home
DIMES worth of stick candy ev"ry
Saturday night for years. according Il
the Cube
Poor old Lawrence. The Washburn
football team beat K u. and now the
college girls have defeated HaskelI
maids at basket ball.
Eureka has secured an expert land
scape gardener to improve the city park
Better wait till spring Old Nature
will do a better and cheaper Job.
The leader of the boss busters admits
he is fighting the machine" to gel
even with treatment given him IN the
legislature. It's to his credit that ne
doesn't claim to be at work simplv to
save my Beloved party and my Be
lived state.
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PRESSURE WAS LOW.
Cold Weather Causes Weakening of
the Fire Service.

Something was certainly out of gear
with the water pressure which the fire
department had for fire at 1929 North
Madison street this morning at 1920
o'clock. If the fire had been Of any
consequence, OF if it had originated in
the business part of town, the results
might have been disastrous.
No doubt the low pressure was due to
cold weather. The water company Off
Gals say that while it is SO cold, nearly
everybody keeps the water running to
prevent freezing of the pipes. This
makes such a tremendous drain on the
water service that it is almost impos-
sible to force the pressure up to 100
pounds, which it should be for effective
use.
The ability of the water company to
give only about 80 pounds pressure will
no doubt be discussed this evening by the
city counci1men.
The fire this morning was merely a
chimney fire" and there was no damage.
The fire marshal rode two miles to the
fire a dead run, into the teeth of the
north wind How would you like to do
that?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
NUDGE MAY GO.
Rumor That He Is to Succeed
Mr.. Hendrick.

A rumor is being circulated in local
railroad circles which is to the effect
that III. y. Nudge, general manager of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
way, with headquarters in Topeka. has
been appointed third vice president,
with headquarters in Chicago and SUI
perv1Slon over the operating depart
ment OF the entire system.
1t is not known here where a ru.nor
or this kind could have originated, and
1t Is not likely that local railroad men
VIII regard 1t seriously in view of the
Iact that j. W. kendrick, the present
third vice president, has been giving
satisfactory service and is looked upon
with favor by the higher officials of the
road.
The rulnor does not include any state
nlenl IN regard to what has become of
local authorities are not likely to pay
much attention to it, About two years
ago 1t was rumored that Mr.. Kendrick
was to leave the company but nothing
came OF it 1t Isl stated that Kendrick
IS perfectly satisfied with the position
OF third vice president of the Santa Fe
and as his services have SO far been
satisfactory to the company there is
no visible reason why the company
should wish to dispose of them
II True. however, the change would
prove to be of great Importance to To-
peka, as it would result in a shake up
J: E. Hurley, general superintendent OF
the eastern grand division of the road
would no doubt succeed Mr.. Nudge as
general manager and D. e. Cain would
in turn be appointed general superinten-
dent Of the eastern grand division to sue
coed Mr. Hurley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
WANT TO DROP IT.
Hoch Boomers Ashamed Of Bur-
toms Friends Connections.

w. R. Stubs insists that Senator
burton has nothing to do with the
present fight on Governor Bailey.
The only. time 1 have seen or talked
20 Burton IN the past six months. said
MI. Stubs this morning, was when
he was in Kansas City q few weeks
ago. Somebody telephoned to me to
meet him at the Blossom house. I did
SO, and j. B. Case, w. H. Mackey and
some others We're present. His propo-
sition to me was to stop my fight on
Bailey and take the state Craftsmanship
instead. but I refused to do it."
1t may not be my put-in," said Sec
rotary of State Burrow. who was
standing near. but I have a request
from Burton in black and white asking
that the fight on Bailey be stopped.
And within the last few days Mackey
mas had letter from Burton calling
him down for taking part in the Hoch
movement" Mackey ought to have
Deen called down sure enough.
GU can say for me-" resumed Mr..
Stubs, that W. J. Bailey's name will
not go before the state convention. He
will not get to exceed six counties in
the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth districts,
where he had 1853 votes two years be-
FORE
Mr.. Stubs declined to say what six
counties there are.
The frantic efforts of his old friends
to disavow any connection with the
senior senator indicates his standing
in Kansas politics today. It is recog-
nized that if his connection with any
political movement is known it would
have a disastrous effect upon the move
ment.
While Mr.. Stubs statement may be
entirely correct, it cannot be denied
that the success of the Hoch movement
means the success of Burton candidates
for state senator in districts wherever
the Hoch movement is successful, just
as happened in Johnson county Satur-
day. The Burton candidates for SEN
ator will invariably be supported by
the supporters of Hoch for governor.
T. T. Kelly was hard at work in john
son county Saturday for Sponable, a
Burton man for senator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25

Husband No. 1, who married Tea
Demen in Crawford county. is w. H.
Morris, and husband No. 2 is Julian
Alba, Mexican, who conducted a chill
and hot tamale restaurant at 32S kan
sas avenue up to a short time ago
Mr. Norris was compelled some few
years ago to go to the penitentiary at
Lansing because ne could not explain
robbery in which the courts mixed
MIN up. After he had gone to the pen
ltentlary his wife. lea Morris, married
Alba, the proprietor of the chill joint.
Not long ago Morris time was up at
the penitentiary. He came to Topeka
and lea Morris-Alba Immediately de-
serted husband No. ., Alba the Mexi-
can, and left with husband No. 1.
Alba was mad. What made him mad
der yet was probably the fact that lea
Morris had learned the trade of run
ming chilli joint from him and she
and husband No. l went to Junction
City and started up a chill emporium
for the delectation of Uncle Sans SOL
diers at Fort Riley and others who
might like to eat their wares.
Alba swore out a warrant in the city
court and Saturday night Sheriff Lucas
visited all the chilli shops in Junction
City until he found lea. He brought
her to Topeka to answer the charge of
bigany. This morning husband No.
and husband No. 2 both visited her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
TILLMAN AFTER CRUm.
Wants to Know by What Right
He Is Holding Office.

Washington. Jan. 25.-Bills were pass
ed by the senate authorizing the con-
struction of a bridge across the Snake
river, Alaska. and authorizing the APP
pointment of a naval officer and sur
veyor at the port of Chicago at a sal
airy of $4,000 each.
Mr. Tillman called up his resolution
asking the judiciary committee to re-
port what constitutes a recess of the
senate. Mr.. Hale argued that the De-
cember nomination of Collector Crum
was not a new appointment and the
comptroller of the currency would meet
the question of the right to draw salary
when the matter came before him.
Mr. Tfllman said that Mr.. Crum is
holding office just the same and said he:
L notice, too, that Leonard Wood is
sending out dispatches from the Philip
pines signing himself major general-and
he IS net a major general
Continuing, he said his resolution was
under consideration and not the nominal
ting of Crum and Wood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
THEN THEY ADJOURNED
p. 2. Forbes Creates Stir in
Republican County Committee.

Quite a little rumpus was started at
the meeting of the Republican county
central committee Saturday afternoon
when 2. H. Forbes made the suggestion
that every voter at the Republican pri-
maries on February q give his name
and street number and that the judges
and clerks enter such records and if
that was not done that the entire vote
cast at the precincts where the omis-
sion occurred be thrown out
Leroy Currier jumped up and an
nounced: Now you are getting things
right where I want them. and I move
that no one but Republicans be allowed
to have their name on the ticket
Some one suggested that everyone
who would promise to vote for President
Roosevelt be allowed to vote at the
primaries.
Mr.. Forbes then dug up some old
history and announced that four years
ago that in the Second ward hundreds
of people voted at the Republican pri-
maries who were Democrats and who
did not live in the ward
THAT is not So" shouted A d.
Bauer, land what is more, Mr. Forbes,
l will give you $40 If you can bring one
iota of proof to that effect"
Half a dozen committeeman began to
speak at the same time and Mr.. Forbes
put his suggestion in the form of a res
olution. The resolution was seconded.
II move we adjourn said Bauer. 1t
was seconded and carried and ME.
Forbes motion was left in his hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25

Mr. Bryan may be the recipient of
many bouquets OF admiration on ac-
count of his so-called consistency, but
his party colleagues from one end of
the country to the other are declaring
that what he is pleased to term con-
sistency is nothing more nor less than
asininity, ana they are denouncing him
for trying to attach a loadstone to the
neck of his party in the way of issues
which IN two successive campaigns
have brought about the most over
whelming defeat.-Des Moines Capital.
That being the case. the best course
for his party associates" to pursue is
to turn him down in the convention
This ought to be easy if the majority
Is against him. It can't be charged to
Mr.. Bryan that he can pack the con-
vention with beneficiaries of his patron
age, as is sometimes urged against
members of the dominant party
Colonel Bryans only political assets
are apparently honesty of purpose and
the gift of presenting his opinions in a
manner convincing to a great many
peOple
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HE STANDS BY IT.
Plumbing Inspector CLANCY Defends
Plumbing Ordinance.

City Plumbing Inspector E. A. CLANCY
says that if the board of education
tries to secure any amendments in the
plumbing ordinance as it now stands.
he will go before the council and defend
the ordinance.
II am not saying anything now re-
marked Mr.. CLANCY today, "as to what
will tell the council, but I am just
waiting for the board to file it's kick.
Then I will be on hand to tell the coun-
Gil a few things"
1t has been reported for some days
that the board of education would try
to induce the council to amend the
new plumbing ordinance. The board
seems to want the present ordinance
changed so that in the new high school
building the closets can be arranged to
all be connected and flush from one
tank. The ordinance requires separate
construction. The aggregate cost of one
system is about the same as the other.
but the board appears to be~adverse to
the separate flushing system because
it makes more plumbing work, instead
of more expense for a "ventilatOr
stack which is required under the 9TH
er plan.
In order to accomplish its object the
board will try to have repealed tao
sections of the ordinance which pro-
vfdes for the things the board does not
want There was talk a few days ago
of calling a special meeting of the
council to discuss the matter. but it
was not taken up ana acted uDOn-
Plumbing Inspector Clancy said to-
day: THE present ordinance is all
right; it should not be changed. and 1
shall certainly oppose the board of
education if it tries to secure the
amendments which are talked of. If
the board puts in the system which it
has proposed for the new high school.
and has adopted at several other
schools. it will encourage the spread of
disease. This system of closets all
flushed from the same tank is danger
Gus to the health of the children. and
is one OF the most fertile sources for
spread of contagious disease. Diph-
| liberia, scarlet fever. typhoid and other
diseases are often communicated in this
way. The ordinance as it now stands
prohibits the misconstruction of closets.
LAS to the cost, I can prove to the
council that it costs no more to con-
struct sanitary closets than it does to
construct the kind which the board of
education proposes. The only difference
is that the board can charge a lot of
the plumbing bill up to the cost of the
building, under the system which they
want to use.
"They have had some trouble with
contagious disease at Polk school, and
I believe it to be due to the sanitary
arrangements there more than to any
thing else
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PuRLTc PAYS THE FRE1aHr.

FROM the N y. Telegram.
Mild curiosity has been expressed
from time TO time by those who assum-
ed to know the facts in the case as to
how long it would be until some thrifty
and economical member of congress
would discover the Great National
Livery Stable"
Under that title we refer to the scores
OF horses and fine vehicles that are used
privately by government employees in
the city of Washington at the expense
Of public appropriations without legal
authority for such procedure.
Mr.. c. E. Lands, a young represen-
tative from the state of Indiana. has
been the Columbus whose charts and
maps have led him directly to the
Great National Livery Stables head
quarters, and ne has set about to, re-
form one OF the most outrageous kinds
of graft" with which the government
service is afflicted.
In a simple amendment to the legisla-
tive. executive and judiciary appropria-
ton bill Representative Lands has in
serted d clause to the effect that no
part of any money appropriated by the
act in question shall be available for
paying expenses of horses, carriages OF
drivers therefor for any officer other
than the president. the heads of execu-
tive departments and the secretary tc
the president.
The motive for this action is readily
made clear by Representative Lands
statement that if the horses and car
riages. with their coachmen, paid for
out of the money appropriated by con
gress, were lined up in Pennsylvania
avenue they would extend from the
Peace monument to the White House
hence the Great National Livery Sta
BILE
It is a well known fact that scores Of
officials, pei sons who hold positions O.
no more Importance than chief clerk
ships or private secretaries. daily drive
about Washington in handsome turn
outs for which the national govern
ment pays every penny of expenditure
Furthermore, in ninety per cent o
such instances the coaches, broughams
or whatever they may be, are used b.
the families of these officials to shoi
and to attend to those social functions
to which their pleasure directs them.
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city to pay them, but needed the money
immediately.
So far as known, this is the first time
that the city has ever engineered a
bond deal in the way arranged Usually
the city sells the bonds and gets the
pay in checks or drafts, which are de-
posted to the eity's account In the
present transaction, however, the city
does not directly handle a cent of mon
ey It is all done by the State Savings
bank.
After the $79, 100 worth of bonds are
delivered, and the bank has taken up
the warrants and turned them over to
the city, there will still be due to the
city over 81, 900 premium which Season
good-Niver company agreed to pay. The
city holds $1,000 of this in the form of
a certified check filed by the company
The other 5000 will be paid direct to the
city in cash by the company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
WILL PAY At ONCE.
State Savings Bank Will Facili-
tate Bond Issue.

Arrangements have been made by the
Seasongood, Niver bond company
which bought $40, 100 worth of Topeka
refunding bonds few weeks ago, by
which the State Savings bank shall act
as its local representative, receive the
entire issue of bonds and Immediately
assume the liability for the entire float
ing indebtedness of the city covered by
the bond issue.
This arrangement made by the Sea-
songood, Niver company will enable
the city to pay off it's floating indebted
ness more promptly than it could do if
it were obliged to send away the bonds
and wait for the money to come back.
A letter received by City Clerk Squires
from the bond company states that the
State Savings bank is prepared to COM
mence paying off the city's floating
debt at once.
It has been the plan of the city to
pay off all its floating debt before Feb
ruary 1, but this plan may misearry by
a day or two. The delay will not be the
fault of the city, nor of the people who
have bought the bonds, but of the COM
pany which is lithogra phing the bonds.
The company will not be able to COM
plete the work of preparing the bonds
until the end of this week. That prob
ably means Saturday night, January
80. After that, the bonds have to be
registered in four places: with the
state auditor, the county clerk, the
city clerk and the city treasurer. This
will require a day or two, and it will
very likely be about Tuesday, February
| 2, when the Savings bank gets the
bonds, and commences the payment
| of the floating debt.
Topeka's floating debt is represented
by warrants which draw per cent
| interest, and which are nearly if moi
| quite all held by banks. They are con-
sidered a very attractive kind of Sc
| curity because they draw such high in
terest, and the banks are ALWAYS anx-
| ious to take them up for cash when the
| city's funds are low. There is one war
rant for $1,000 issued to the Barber
Asphalt Paving company which will b'
paid out of this bond issue. and all ths
old judgments secured against the citl
will be included. The city has ahou
| $4,000 in old judgments which have beer
drawing interest at the banks for {
| good many years. The banks viii maxi
/ a good thing on these judgments. man.
/ of which they bought in from the hold
| ers at a large discount from face. Tn
| people who receive the Judgment
were generally unable to wait for tn
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.


Laugh when a friend tells a joke; 1t
is one of the taxes you must pay.
If a brakeman speaks the language
he refers to his caboose as the hack"
No man can go hunting or fishing
without making an explanation after
wards.
The trouble with sympathy Is that If
it is not given to you, it is so apt to be
misplaced.
These things that are cooked in a
chatting dish late at night taste terribly
like crepe on the door
We have remarked that when we re-
ceive a letter from Washington, we
ARE referred to as Hon"
They say of a certain man that he is
so badly shaped that he can wear moth
ing ready-made except an umbrella.
When a woman dies. the papers say
she was a society woman. thinking 1t
a great compliment. But it's not.
Why is it immodest to ask about a
puppy. us it a male or female?" and
perfectly proper to ask is a baby a boy
or girl?