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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
PAPER TRUST IS HIT.
Rossed Pulp Wood Will Come in
Free Hereafter.

New York. April Another pulp de-
cision Of interest to paper manufactur-
ers has been handed down by the board
Of United States general appraisers
which declares that rossed pulp wood is
free of duty as paper stock. This case
has involved more labor than any other
that has come before the board for
long time, on account of the bitter fight
made by the paper manufacturing com
panies which have Fossing plants in the
United States to keep out the Canadian
Eossed wood.
Rossed pulp wood is spruce or poplar.
cut into logs about two feet long and
with the bark and roughness removed
by a chemical process called rossing.
This is done in Canada for economy in
transportation and the logs in this con-
dition are ready to go direct into the
grinders.
Acting under the direction of the Sec
rotary of the treasury. the customs Of
ficiaIs have been until the present time
classifying the wood as blocks or
sticks. rough hewn." at 20 per cent. The
new ruling was secured upon & protest
from a Vermont manufacturer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01

such animals have been offered. Some
of these animals have only one horn
and some none at all, while one favor
ed animal was offered which has four
horns. two Of the natural size and two
smaller budding ones.
More wonderful than these is a COW
which. has two udders- The owner of
this animal gravely says in his letter,
She is a very fine animal, and has one
udder where it ought to be and anoth-
er udder on the other side
1T would seem that nature has been
saving up all it's freaks for the year
1904. as most of the animals offered
are from six months to a year old
"One woman wrote some time ago
that she had a family Of tailless cats,
and another that she had a family OF
two tailed ones Now. If some one will
only exhibit the original cat o nine
tails. we might have a special lecture
on the evolution Of the tail in cats.
illustrated with all possible examples
Not only live stock, but all other
things with the slightest remarka Die
feature are daily being offered to the
exposition officials. usually with a good
stiff price attached
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
WOMAN's NARROW ESCAPE.
Shell from Arsenal Flies Two Miles
and Pierces Dining Table.

Philadelphia, April by a margin
of less than two minutes, Mrs John
Weingard OF Hagerman street, near
State road, Wissinoming, escaped being
struck by a one pound shell fred at the
Frankfort arsenal during an official
test made at the government proving
ground.
The distance from the arsenal to the
Weingard residence is more than a mile.
At the end of its flight the missile from
a rapid fire gun crashed through the
roof Of the house. penetrated a two
inch Joist, ceiling, and finally bored
through a walnut extension table in the
dining room.
The shell was found imbedded in the
center leg of the table.
Mrs. Weingard had been leaning over
the table just a minute before the mis-
sile struck the house.
officers at the arsenal believe that the
she'll was DETECTED by hitting another
shell previously fired which had been
embedded in the but" or stationary
target, at which it was projected.
A similar accident has never occurred
at any Of the arsenal proving grounds
in the United States, so far as the rec
OrdS show.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
FORECLOSURE ASKED FOR.
Deed of Trust on the International
Packing Co. Plant

Chicago. April 1.-Foreclosure of a
trust deed to the International Pack
ing conDany's plant. valued at 81 800. :
600 has been asked by the Illinois Trust
& Savings bank. AS defendants in this
latest suit it means the International
and Consolidated Packing companies
and Henry BOore.
The bank AYERS it acts in the interest
OF owners Of S2.165. 600 of the 81, 43s 005
outstanding bonds of the International
company. 1t is declared there are 24e
owners in all The plaintiff asks that
another receiver be appointed. John c.
Mcpherson previously named, has re-
ported his failure to recover any of the
property he demanded.
It is declared the bank became trus-
tee of the Consolidated company July
1, 1892, when the company issued 81
100000 bonds and that the trusteeship
was continued by the International
company as successor. It is alleged
both the Information and Consolida-
ted companies are insolvent and that
s65, 600 interest on their bonds has been
unpaid since May 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
DENIES BEE Is HIGHER.
Armour's Eastern Manager Says
Prices Have Not Been Raised.

New York, april retrieving the
complaints Of high meat prices ard
discussion of a packers combination,
the National Provias0ner will print an
interview with r. 81. Stcltz, general
eastern superintendent for Armour ~
Co. Mr.. Stoltz says in part.
There is no foundation at all for the
talk about high meat prices and in
creases in the wholesale cost of dress
ed beef. For the week ending Satur-
day our firm sold in Greater New York
10, coo quarters of beef. at an average
price of So IS per hundred. The freight
on dressed beef from Chicago to New
York is As cents per 100 pounds. N
June. 1902, the same grade of beef sold
in Chicago for SS.S1 per 100 pounds.
There is no arbitrary plan of fixing
prices. Those asked by the whole
salers depend on a simple mathematf-
cal calculation. Beginning with the
actual cost of live cattle, the killing
expense is computed, and an allowance
made for shrfnkage between live and
dressed weight"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
Talk of irrigation ex-

Frank Grimes. Talk of irrigation ex-
pertsi
John Lyle vette. a Chicago lawyer.
IS in Topeka looking up evidence in a
Hood damage case against Sthe Santa
Topeka parties who are figuring on
building sidewalks here, are, according
20 an Ottawa paper. trying to buy their
brick at that town
City Clerk Squires has finished the
work of packing up the ballots for the
city election. The ballots have to be
enclosed in envelopes, each holding so
ballots.
Dr. John Gordon. who has been elect
ed president of Howard university in
Washington, filled the pulpit of the
First Presbyterian church here while
DR. Countermine was in Europe.
Three weeks from tomorrow the pre-
! liminary practice schedule of Topeka
Missouri Valley League association
team commences at st. Joe with the
Western Leaguers of that town.
Sovereign Commander Root, she
founder of the Modern Woodmen and
/ Woodmen of the World, is expected in
I Topeka some time during the latter
I part of April or first part of May
/ Seventy-three witnesses have been
/ subpoenaed to appear before the fed
+ eral grand jury which has been called
( for April IL The names Of the jurors
/ viii not be announced until the court
convenes.
The total amount of dog tax collected
up to April 1 was $1.709. The State
/ Journal guessed it yesterday that it
would be s1.700 which is pretty close
I Beginning today, the dog tax is raised
/ to 81 and 81, instead of 81 and S..
The exhibition by the Turner society
/ at the Auditorium will be given We'd
nesday night. The athletic exhibition
VIII follow the field day in the Second
and Third wards where some lively
races viii be finished on Tuesday.
/ Sam Radges stood on the steps of
the Bank of Topeka yesterday morning
/ for two hours and asked every lawyer
coming by there on his way to his of
/ fee in the Columbian building, for an
! opinion on the Burton trial. Radges
Will hand down a verdict in a few
days.
There is some question over the
/ eligibility Of Art Griggs. who entered
1 Washburn from Kansas university.
1 The rules of college are that a man
must take st least u hours study each
week, and Griggs is not meeting these
I requirements. He is enrolled in the
I Stone-Refd Art school. The matter
viii be taken up officially within the
next few days. Griggs is one Of the
best candidates on the field for the
baseball team, and his loss would be
seriously felt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
COLLAPSED At WORK.
Surgeon surrenders Operating Knife
and Dies.

New York, April Just at the crit
zeal moment in a difficult operation he
was performing in a Brooklyn hospital,
DIR. Stephen p. Truck, a widely known
gynecologist, was seized by faintness.
staggered into an adjoining room and
in fifteen minutes was dead.
DR.. Truck had been i'll from grip
complicated by heart weakness, but on
an urgent call went to the hospital to
perform a difficult operation in OBJ
stetrics. Interest in the case seemed
to arouse him and he quickly took up
the operation Suddenly he became
faint and staggering back from the
operating table, handed the knife to
another surgeon whom he urged to
complete the work.
While his substitute was saving the
life Of the patient DR.. Truck, lying on
a cot nearby. diagnosed his own all
ment at heart dilation. called for
strychnine and oxygen, saw the restor-
atfves fail to work and. pronouncing
his case beyond human aid, passed
away
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01

slonecker put forth all the opposition
there was to issuing the alternative WflS.
Mr.. jerks stated that he did not WIS., WIS.,
to present any argument on the issuance
Of The writ but that the argument Wotia
come IN later He said the VIII was Ill
rected only to the secretary OF state ana
did not recognize the existence OF tne
state election board, as that was what the
vrrft intended to attack. Larimer and
ssionecJSer argued that Allen and his at
tornevs had already recognized the con
test board by fling testimony before Il
The I'VE justices present conferred ABOUT
f,e matter and then announced that they
believed the application for the writ was
This means that the contest board will
go ahead and decide the BoWersock-Allen
contest which is set for final hearing be-
fore the board on April -. Tomorrow is
the last day for filing of testimony on the
part of Bowersock, after which Allen viii
have five days for fling rebuttal evidence
After the election board makes its de
cfsfon the party which loses can then at-
tack the constitutiOnahty of the law exc
ating the board in the supreme court
The Democrats of Washington county
Yesterday elected delegates to the Wien
tia Democratic convention to be held next
Thursday. The convention was agalnst
instructions for president. 1t indorsed
Senator Harris for governor and l. M
Dolan of Clifton for state treasurer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
This is Good Friday.

This is Good Friday.
Have you been fooled2
The Topeka EIks lodge now has $50
members
The peach and plum trees viii be in
bloom In few days.
George Hart is renodelling his resi-
dence at 823 Tyler street.
Judge Hazen will call the motion
docket in the district court Monday
The last load of debris has at last
been taken out of the Parkhurst-Davis
ruins.
The city railway has cleared its right
of way on West Sixth avenue and is
ready to pave
James s. Warner and W. H. Davis
Will revisit the Thunder Mountain
country in July.
The new city railway headquarters
buildings. made of cement blocks. are
models of neatness-
Judge Hazen has twenty-nine divorce
cases on the district court dock dur
ing the next two weeks
If your sweet peas haven't been
planted your hope of a good crop is
slim-according to experts.
w J. Black. general passenger agent
Of the Santa Fe, has been visiting at IN
dependence in the oil country.
L s. Ferry has returned from St.
Louis, where he is taking evidence as
referee in a big railroad case.
The fair grounds race track is being
| repaired. A new dressing of clay Is
being placed over the entire course.
The claims and accounts committee
viii hold a meeting this evening. at
which the March bills viii be audited
r. L Thomas and c. K. Holiday
| bought a well at Chanute. It was sup
posed TO yield oil and gas, but it didn't
/ Next to a tear stained speech by
Councilman Swendson comes the tear
stained letter of Senator Burton to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
Nov Companies Formea.

New York. April IA compilation Of
the total authorized capitalization of
new companies formed in the eastern
states during the month Of March with
a capital Of s.. 100000 or more, together
with increases of similar amount in the
capitalization of concerns previously in
existence, was over $50. 900. 900. In Feb
ruary the total was $50, $50. 900 and IN
January $50. 500, 900. The most import
ant fotation was that of the Natioual
Broom company Incorporated in Maine
with a capital of s13. 0O0, 900.
Hives are terrible torment to the
little folks, and to some olSer ones
falls Instant relief, permanent cure.
Easily cured. Doan's Ointment never
At any drug store. so cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01

New York. April Eggs by the mill
lion, shipped from the west and south
and destined for this city, have been de-
layed by storms and brokers fear a
famine On Easter and are making siren
uous efforts to meet the demand. At
the Mercantile exchange the egg mar
ket is in q chaotic condition with prices
fuctuating wildly. Compared with last
year the receipts for the week show a
falling off OF. 81, 500 cases, or more than
Il zoe 600 eggs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
FREAK CATTLE OFFERED.
Many People Have Monstrosities
Which They Wish to Exhibit.

St. Louis, No, April III the
Worlds fair were to erect a freak stock
barn. said an official of the live stock
division, lit could be filed with the
most remarkable collection of cattle
ever gathered together, if the letters
received every day are written in good
faith.
Bulls with from five to seven per-
fectIy formed legs would be no novelty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
Nov Automobile Reeords.

New york, April Two worlds
automobile records have been broken,
according to a dispatch from Nice. NJ.
Rigolly, driving a 100-horse power car,
built for the International cup race, COW
cred a mile, standing start, in SO 3-5
seconds In the kilometer $3.50 feeD
race for the Rothschild cup with fly
ing star Rigolly covered the distance
in 25s1 seconds. After the races a girl
was run down and killed by an auto
r-obilisf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
Life Policv ofa1.boo.o GOO.

New York. April 1.-James c. Col
gate, member of the New York stock
exchange. has taken out an insurance
policy for 81. SOC, 900. This is said to be
the largest single risk ever accepted
on a human life. The company which
wrote the policy, upon which premiums
of about S45 600 will fall due annually,
has reinsured all but $250,000 in other
CONFORMS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
Lived on s1.a1 a Week.

New York, April Patrick Farrell, an
old man employed as night Waterman
on a Brooklyn dock, has been found
dead in the little shanty where he
lived alone. He had not reported in
several days. and an agent, forcing the
door, found the body on the floor cover
ed with wharf rats which were driven
off with much difficulty. Nearly 81 600
was found secreted about the hut to-
gether with a memorandum showing
that Farrell had lived for two years on
exactly $1.31 a week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
Bandits Are Resenteneed.

Chicago. April To-day owing to an
alleged technical error the car barn
bandits, Fandfne, Niedermeir and
Marx. were resentenced in the criminal
court by Judge Kersten. The bandits
are to be executed on April p, the dale
named in the original sentence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01

WiIkesbarre. Pa. April AL the coll
1ieries in this district are idle today.
The miners remaining away from work
to celebrate the anniversary OF the
eight hour day victory IN the soft coal
region
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMEN NEWS

other;
Our Altar is wherever God is found;
Our Work IS any task that needs a
Brother
Our worship is on daily holy ground"
Rev Charles NJ. Sheldon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01

You can make your own selection
in short, be your own salesman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01

Pick out any Suit in the house.
and pay the salesman Ten Dollars
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

Continued on page four.l
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
MINISTER DRAWS LESSON

New York. Jan. 4--In sermon
built upon the lesson taught by the
Chicago. theater fire. DR.. George G.
Lorimer. OF the Madison avenue
Baptist church. said:
while we are Investigating the
cause of,the Chicago disaster, Il would
be well to enlarge our inquiries and see
to it that linfe is not in other places
unnecessarily imperilled.
This catastrophe also raises the
question whether the whole business
OF amusement is not greatly overdone.
Time was when theaters were open
In the evening only, then came the
week end afternoon performance, but
now there are some shows that run
wide open from morning until late al
night. as though theater going was
the supreme end OF life. Sunday -
also encroached upon. particularly In
Chicago. And, apart from the peril
of life there is this question confront
Ing parents, whether it is advisable to
develop this taste for theater going
in such young children as perished In
the Chicago fire."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

Washington, Jan t.-The aenates
frat session was devoted entirely "a
Panama. President Roosevelt sent q
message on the subject which was re-
eiyad with great interest. The dis
nasion continued throughout the day
oceohea being made both In defense
ID against the policy which had been
psraued, Mccomaa defended the pres
ldcnt and asserted his action win stand
II tried In court,
Stewart, Of Nevada, neverly erlt.
ciacd the Bagota government for Its
selfish action In preventing the con.
atruetion Of the canal.
Morgan, Of Alabama. stated his pref.
erence for the Nicaragua route. and
maintained that the present course Of
the administration was breaking down
the established policy OF the United
States regarding neutrality.
Rev. Edward Hale. the new chap.
lain Of the senate clad In flowing blnch
silk clerical robes. occupied the chair
of the presiding officer just preceding
the session, and on the body being
called TO order. offered stirring invo-
cation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

tween Russia and Japan might be av-
werted.
A privileged resolution offered by
Mr.. Hay, democrat, recited that certain
statements contained In The Bristow
postcfsce report, reflected upon the
membership Of the house. 1t provided
for an investigation by a committee
to be appointed by the speaker. A
point OF order made against the reso-
Iuiion BY Gardner was overruled ana
the same fate met Payne. (republican.
N. 70 who desired to refer the reso-
luton to the postoffice committee. A
vote on ordering The previous question
resulted In tie. the minority support
ing Mr.. Hay. The vote developed ne
quorum, and the house adjourned.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
Says We Did Not Incite the People
Of the Isthmus to Rebellion
Against Colombia. 81
Our Duty in Securing Canal Was Plain. n
Was Effort Of Colombia TO Hold Us
Up for an Enormous Sum for
Necessary Concession.

erty OF the new Panama Canal com-
pai,y ard the control OF the necessary
territory of the republic OF Colombia
within reasonable time and upon reas-
enable terms" then the president
should endeavor 10 provide for n canal
hy the Nicaragua route. M
'rhe president says that when this
government submitted 10 Colombia the
Hay .iit,ihn treaty three things were
already settled, One was that the canal
should be built. the second, that II
should be "our purpose to deal not
merely in a spirit OF Justice, but In a
raI,it of generosity with the people
through whose land We might build Il
INC Hay-Iiefran treaty says the presi-
dent, I'll II erred al all. erred In the d.
rectlon OF over generosity toward the
Colombia government, In our anxiety
70 be fair we had gone TO the verge
IN yielding TO weak nations demand
what that nation was helplessly unable
10 enforce from us against our will
The only criticism made upon the ad-
minIstration FOR the terms OF the Hay
Herran treaty was FOR having granted
too much to Colombia. not for failure
TO grant enough. Neither In the cong
ress nor In the public press. at the time
this treaty wax formulated. was there
complaint that II did not In the fullest
and amplest manner guarantee TO CO.
iombla everything that she could by
any color OF title demanded.
Nor IL the Fact TO be lost sight Of
that the rejected treaty, while gener-
ously responding TO the pecunlary de-
mands of Colombia, IN other respects
merely provided for the construction ct
the cunal In conformity with the ex-
press requirement Of the act OF cong
ress on June 2S, 1907
Continuing. the president says;
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
REPLY OF RUSSIA IS IN
HANDS OF ALEXIEFF TO
BE DELIVERED TO JAPAN
As to Acceptance Nome Will Express an
Opinion. but From Russia's Point
ofView Japan Can Avoid War.
Situation Does Not Alter And Preparations for osles Continue
by LitleIBrown Men Steam Coal Ordered From Wales
fall Of Securities on Bourse Cause the UndOng
Of Many Brokers interested

Paris, Jan. 4.--The 81. Petersburg
correspondent Of the Herald says the
reply Of the Russian government TO the
japanese government is now in the
hands OF Admiral Alexieff. who viii de-
liver II when he considers the fitting
moment has arrived.
The correspondent adds: "As to
whether Russia's reply win be accept
able to Japan, no one here will express
an opinion. From Russia's point Of
view It is framed In manner which
Japan can honorably accept
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
Brokers Are Ruined.

London, Jan. special cablegrams
from Toxic printed in this mornings
newspapers have nothing new to report
concerning the situation beyond a
heavy fall in all securities on the
bourse as a result of which several
brokers have been ruined.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
japan Orders Coal.

cardifi, Wales, Jan. Att is reported
OH the coal exchange today that Japan
Is placing orders here for 10000 tons Of
steam coal. conditioned on shipment
during January. Forty thousand tons
of steam coal have already been bought
by Japan from the Wales mines.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
THE pREslDgNrs MESSAGE
Full Reply 10 Those Who Have Grill
eised Our Policy.

President Roosevelt lays before cong
resa a statement OF his action up to
the present time Of the oct approved
June rs, 1909, by which the president
wAs authorized TO secure 'for the
United states the property OF the PAN
aipa Canal Company and the perpetual
Nuhtrol OF a strip six miles wide across
the isthmus OF Panama" II was furth-
er provided that, "should the president
be unable to obtain for the United
States n satisfactory title TO the prop
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
PRAYS THAT WAR MAY
BE AvERTED IN ORIENT
Chaplain in House Offers up Fevereni
lnvoeation--Sharp Debate Over
PriviIeae Resolution.

Washington, Jan. with the reas-
sembling Of congress today the chap
lain OF the house in the opening ses-
sion Of that body prayed that war be-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
War Boats sail Eastward.

Malta, jan. Five Russian tor
pedo boat destroyers sailed from here
today in an eastward direction.