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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-31
Pe is seriously ill at his home in this

Fe is seriously ill at his home in this
city.
Fireman Link Galletley of the Santa
Fe. running on the Usage branch, has
resumed his duties after short illness.
Vestibule passenger coach 1912, after
remodeling, repairing and repainting,
has been turned out of the Santa Fe
paint shops in this city.
Cameron Young, formerly engine
crew caller at the Santa Fe roundhouse
at Newton, has taken a position in the
machine shops of the Santa Fe in this
city.
Blood ten-wheel engine No. 500, which
has been in the Santa Fe shops in this
city for some time past undergoing re-
pairs, was taken to Meriden today on a
trial trip, and will be sent to La Junta,
COL. for service on the western division
of the road.
Jacob Lambrecht, an employe of the
Santa Fe storehouse in this city, was
severely injured while at work Sunday
afternoon by being struck in the breast
with the end of heavily loaded truck.
Although the injuries are all of mus
cular nature, they will probably confne
him to his home for several days.
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FOR THOSE WHO TOLL.
The Experiment of a Philanthropic
Employer.
RELATIONS OF LABOR ARD CAPITAL
At LecIaire ViIIage-An Enterprise
That Is Being Closely Watched.

At LecIaire ViIIage-An Enterprise
That Is Being Closely Watched.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2S.-Eighteen miles
from the city of St. Louis on the line Of
the Wabash and the "Clover Leaf rail-
roads is the town of Edwardsville, the
busy center of a prosperous agricultural
country. Just outside the town limits
Of Edwardsville, in what is known as
Leclaire village, an experiment is being
tried-one of the many experiments con-
tinually being made with view to i'm
proving the relations of the working
man. The experimenter at Leclaire is
N. 0. Nelson, a prosperous st. Louis
manufacturer. Mr.. Nelson is an enthusi-
astic student of labor problems. Nine
years ago he attempted to solve one of
them by establishing a system of profit
sharing in his factories. Most of the
employees Of the corporation of which
Mr.. Nelson is the moving spirit are
shareholders, and they divide with their
employer the profits of each years work.
Four years after the adopting of profit
sharing in his establishment Mr. Nelson
began the execution of his idea for the
establishment of community in which
LIS CO040 1.-Two luO1O
ably than in the crowded city, and in
which they could be encouraged to be-
come the owners Of their homes
A Model Town.
Mr.. Nelson's first step was to buy
farm of 1875 acres. It was located just
outside the town of Edwardsville, so
there should be no compulsion about
living there. The workmen in the shops
may, and, in fact, most of them do,
live in the town. 1t was located beside
the railroad track for convenience in
shipping goods. 1t was situated between
groves of thick green woods, and two
we'll filed ponds guarantee supply of
water for the boilers. On this tract of
land Mr.. Nelson began the erection Of
workshops, moving his business gradu-
ally from St. Louis to Leclaire. About
one-half his men are employed now at
Leclaire.
The place is called Leclaire village,
yet it has no government except the
laws of Illinois. 1t has not been incor-
porated under any municipal scheme.
There is no policeman to be found any
where within its limits, and Mr.. Nelson
believes neither police nor sheriff will
ever be needed. 1t is, in fact, a commu-
nifty, but since it is styled village, for
the better understanding of those who
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COLONEL w. F. CODY.
Some of Ills Varied Money Making
Schemes.

Some of Ills Varied Money Making
Schemes.
Especial Correspondence
ATLANTA, Dec. ia few days ago
it was my good fortune to run across
Colonel W. F. Cody in the corridor of
the Kimball House here, and I asked
him to tell me something about his vari-
Gus enterprises. Colonel Cody has SO
long been familiar to the public through
his vast outdoor entertainment that it is
not generally known perhaps that he is
identified with numerous other money
making schemes. The colonel is aging
little; there are gray hairs in his mus
tache and goatee where none was no
ticeable few years ago, but his figure
is still erect, his eye bright and his skin
as rudy as that of boy. He said:
Gas you may know. there were thou
sands of acres Of land in northern Ne
braska which were almost valueless by
reason of lack of water. Several years
ago Ex-Governor Thayer Of Nebraska;
Paxton, the Omaha capitalist and hotel
man, and myself got a few New York
ers interested in irrigating THIS vast
waste. We formed q stock company,
and, as result, now have the satisfac-
ton of seeing big crops growing where
before cactus could not subsist. We get
the water from the Platte river. All
this part of the state is now settled
largely by ex-New England farmers. /
also partly own the stage line which
runs from Sheridan, Wy, through the
Black Hills country, distance Of sew
eral hundred miles. It pays big money,
although the railroad and the iron horse
are slowly encroaching on our territory.
Our line goes right through what was
the seat of the great 'rustler' war of
few years back The Burlington route
has its terminus near Sheridan. I put
up a $4,000 hotel at that place, and
even now it is regarded as a superb
structure, although there are stables in
New York which cost five times that
amount. had George Gould and Colo
mel John A. Cockerill out there as my
guests some time since.
"Then up at La Crosse, Wis, DR..
Powell and own and operate coffee
factory-that is, we make imitation
coffee, and call it tan malt. Powell is
an old scout whom the Indians used TO
call White Beaver He was mayor of
La Crosse for several years. Tan malt
is not high sounding name, but it is
all right. 1t is not anything like the
'slum gullion' coffee Mark Twain tells
about in 'Roughing It. Uncle Sam
thinks enough of it to supply his army
and navy hospitals with it. We also fur
nish some Of the transatlantic steamship
lines, circuses and county jails with tan
malt. 1 don't want to talk about my
self too much, but since you ask, own
1000 horses at North Platte, Neb., and
am constantly shipping them to the
markets of the east. I am alsoa part
owner of a daily newspaper published
at Duluth. -
Cody is wildly extravaganza or he
would be worth great deal more than
he is. He lives like prince. He did
not say anything about the "Cody SAM
tarium" at Duluth, but it is fact that
he endowed that institution with $780,,
900. AID. VANCE
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OLD FRIENDS COME AGAIN.

Twelve Temptations" Which Was
Launched in Topeka, Returns This Week.
The advance sale for the three per-
formances of Yale's Twelve Tempta-
tons" has started of with a rush The
sale began yesterday morning and the
seats are being rapidly thinned out The
seats for tomorrow evenings perform
ance are going especially fast and there
will doubtless be nothing but standing
room left This will be the first time in
months that this has occurred in Topeka.
One cannot better start the New Year
than by attending the holiday matinee
tomorrow at the Grand. The spectacle
which was first launched in Topeka re-
turns to US with everything new and at
tractivs as the "Greater Twelve Tempta-
tions" The scenery, the ballots, the
costumes, the singing. dancing, panto-
mime and innumerabIe specialties are
said to be all changed.
The gorgeous display relieves and
pleases the eye, while the wit humor
and grotesque absurdities carry the mind
away from care. There will be a per-
Torrance Thursday night as we'll as two
tomorrow,
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AMONG THE RAILROAD MEN
Geo. r. Peck in Town Returning from
San Antonio.
NOTES ABOUT KANSAS RAILROADS

Gossip Along the Lines of Kansas
RafIroads-NOtes and Personals.
General Counsel Geo. R Peck of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul and his
son Charley arrived in Topeka this morn
ing in Mr.. Peck's special car Wisconsin
over the Rock Island from San Antonio,
Texas
Mr. Peck went through Topeka last
week with Mrs. Peck and daughter
Isabel, enroute to San Antonio, where
they now are, and where they will remain
during the winter
Mr.. Peck said today that Mrs. Peck's
health seemed to be much improved
when he left her. The Texas climate be-
ing delightfully."- warm at this season of
the year.
Mr Peck says he has lost interest IN
Kansas politics, he has been away from
here so long. He said: "Kansas is too
swift a state for man who lives outside
to keep in touch with" Mr.. Peck and
son left this afternoon at $3.50 for Chi
cage.
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A woRKINGMAN's HOME.

hear it spoken of, a village will call it
in this brief description. Between the
shops and the community's tract of land
is a high hedge fence which Mr.. Nell
son regards with peculiar fondness. 1t
is the dividing line between authority
and independence, for the authority of
the shops does not exist in any form in
the community, and the people of Le-
claire, whether they own or rent their
houses, are entirely free from restraint
at the hands Of the company. Through
break in the hedge a cinder drive leads
past the village store and the headquar-
tiers of the Pastime club to a public
parking, which is decorated with we'll
kept beds Of Towering and foliage
plants. At this parking the road divides.
To the right it passes the new school
house, a small building of the Grecian
type, brilliant in its new coat of yellow
paint. To the left the road leads past
the clubhouse. which once stood where
the school now is, but which now turns
its back on the school building. Oppo-
site the clubhouse and beyond it are the
dwellings of some of the people of Le-
claire. There are others opposite and be-
yond the schoolhouse. On a crossroad
which connects these parallel divisions
of the main street are other dwellings.
All are of modest type, built of frame,
two stories high, differing one from an
other in style of architecture. The lots
on which the houses stand are all 100
feet front by 100 to $50 feet deep. The
price charged for this land is 81 per
front foot for interior and So so per
front foot for corner lots, with interest
at 6 per cent from 1892. The company,
of which Mr.. Nelson is the head, builds
the houses after plans mutually agreed
on and sells houses and lots to employees
on monthly installments of SO to $40
per month. The charge for the houses is
the cost of raw material and labor plus
the average profit made by the manufac-
turing business.
Rules For Payment.
The rules as to payments for houses
are not ironbound; nothing about Mr.
Nelson's plans is. Mr.. Nelson takes a
personal interest in each case and adj
justs the conditions to suit it. For ex-
ample, there is neatly kept house in
Ieclaire occupied by a man who has
been out of work for nearly year. He
was disabled shortly after he bought it.
He has paid nothing ON the house since
he met with the accident, and the liv-
ing expenses of himself and his family
have been paid out of the provident
fund of the company.
The provident fund and the educa-
tional fund are two features of Leclaire
which are worth noticing. The provi-
dent fund is an indefinite sum, appro-
priated to relieve the necessities of those
who are disabled while in the employ
of the company or those dependent on
them, and to provide for the widow J
and the orphans of those who die while
in the company's employ. The allow
ance on account of disability is approx
mately So week for a grown employee,
So for a minor, So for an employees
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NORTH TOPEKA.

Items of Interest From the North Side of
the River.
Henry Welty, of Jackson county, is
visiting friends on the north side.
Harry Beach and his sister. of En-
Eoria, are the guests of Mrs. James
Gender.
Miss Lola Phillips, OF Lawrence. is the
guest of her cousin, Mrs. Fred Carson,
this week.
O. r.. OWN. of Colorado Springs. is
spending the holidays with relatives in
North Topeka
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W, Price arrived from
Denver to-day to visit Mr.. ana Mrs.
Aaron Sheetz.
Byron Andrews and his mother started
to Madison, o., yesterday, where they
will visit relatives.
Rob. Maxwell has returned to school,
after spending his Christmas vacation
with his father, c, B. Maxwell.
Mrs. w. II. Walker, of Beloif. Wis,
has Joined her husband here, and they
will reside in North Topeka in the flu
ture.
Hartley Green, who has been here
visiting his parents during the holidays,
will return to school at Boonville, Mo,
tomorrow.
Lodges Nos 8 and 4, Knights and La
dies of Security, gave an oyster supper
and musical aud literary entertainment
in Barrett's hall last evening.
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NUN 7 ON
MIR. LTTTLES STORY INSPIRES
CONFIDENCE.
Munyon's Dyspepsia and Stomach
Remedy Cured Him Completely
Equally Successful Cures for .Rheu-
matism, Catarrh, Kidney, Blood and
Nerve Diseases-At All Druggists,
rs Cents Bottle.

Mr.. P. NJ. Little, New Waterford, o.,
says: 1.-TWO years ago 1 was attacked
by typhoid fever. which left me with
very distressing form of stomach trouble.
l also had irritation of kidneys and
spine, and enlargement of the spleen.
My stomach was SO weak that all l
could take was toast bread, rolled oats
and milk, and even this caused intense
suffering in the stomach and bowels
from the food not digesting. Two prom
inent physicians treated me without Civ
ing relief, and l was ready to give up in
despair, when a friend advised Munyon's
Remedies, saying he had been cured by
Munyon's Kidney Cure I obtained
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure, Nerve Cure
and Kidney Cure, and in three weeks
after beginning this treatment l was
able to eat without suffering from in :
digestion, and by continuing a short time
longer l was entirely cured of all my
tror bles.'
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure is guaran-
teed TO cure all forms of Indigestion and
stomach troubles. Price 25c.
Munyon's Kidney Cure speedily cures
pains in the back, loins or groins, and all
forms of kidney diseases.
Munyon's rheumatism Curs never
fails to relieve in to hours, and cures
in few days. Price 25c.
Munyon's Vitslizer lmparts new life,
restores lost powers to weak and debil-
itated men. Price 81
Munyon's Remedies at all druggists,
mostly % cents vial.
Personal letters to Prof Munyon, 1906
arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered
with free medical advice for any disease.
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TO RESIST INTRUSION.

Notifications to Defend Disputed
Brazilian Territory from the French
GEORGETOWN, Demerea, Dec. 81 In
telligence has been received from Mapa,
the principal settlement without the
contested Mapa territory, between
French Guiana and Brazil, that Cabral,
the selfappointed chief of the territory,
has completed the erection of substan-
TALLY fortified forts at Mapa, Cochifour
and Carsevene for the purpose of forci-
bly, resisting all interference with what
he claims as the independence of the
territory.
His army has been considerably in
creased and his recruits are being regu-
larry received They have a great deal
of arms and ammunition on hand.
A machine for launching torpedoes
into the river at Mapa is now fitted up,
aud altogether the insurgent chief and
his army are in state of readiness to op-
pose any force that may be sent against
them.
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TO END THEIR FROLICS.
New York Waits Will not be Permitted tC
Dance Around a Hand Organ.

New 1Ork w ANS " Ia not De KSTmAtI0SA u
Dance Around a Hand Organ.
New YORK, Dec. 31.-It has been the
custom for some time for the children of
Ludlow street to congregate around an
old organ grinder on Saturday afternoons
and dance to the familiar airs OF the
Honeymoon March," washington
Post" etc. Which were produced by
the street piano. Passers-by stop to
look upon the graceful scene. and the
keepers of the Ludlow street jail throw
out dimes to keep the ball moving.
But now the reform folk are after the
"hor -toads." The police commissioners
have decided that dancing street
dancing-is immoral. and must be stor-
ped. Anticipating the numerous holt
day festivities, Chief Coulin ordered
read in all precincts the latest ukase of
the commissioners. 1t was done yester-
day, but as the policemen on patrol did
not fully understand the order no arrests
have vet been made.
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LEADYILLE ICE PALACE.
Fort Dodge Cowboy Band Will Play at
the Opening Tonorrew.

LEADvILLE, Colo. Dec. 81 - The
committee appointed by the manage
ment of the ice palace TO arrange for the
opening of the carnival on New Years
day commenced its labors this morning
under direction of Chairman w. r. Hart
1t is the intention of giving the opening
dav the holiday aspect that the occasion
merits. The entire city is to be gaily
decorated with flags and bunting and
every business house is to remain closed
As many people as possible arc expected
to join in the parade and it is the inten-
ton to escort Director Wood and other
officers to the ice palace site, where, with
but little ceremony, the great structure
will be thrown open. The celebrated
Fort Dodge Cowboy band will arrive
here on December 81, and will head the
parade.
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FATHERHAYDEN'S FATHER


Rev. Dean Hayden of the Church of
the Assumption has received word
through the columns of the ''Roscommon
Messenger" of the death of his father
Luke Hayden in Roscommon, Ireland,
on December ~ at the advanced age of
Sc years. Throughout his life Mr.. Hay
den was closely identified with the Ma
tionalist party in Irelnnd, and in his
early days was associated with Daniel
OConnell, the Irish liberator. During
the struggle for Catholic emancipation
he was repeal warden under OConnell,
The funeral, which took place on the
18th, was largely attended by friends of
the family. and representative men of
that section of Ireland.
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Americans In London.

A calculation recently made gives the
number of Americans in England, more
or less resident in London, at 10000.
twice as many as there are Frenchmen,
four times as many as there are Italians.
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
Personals and Items Connected with Rail
rOading in All Departments.

ais and Items Connected with Rail-
rOading in All Departments.
John McGafiu, clerk in the office of
the roundhouse foreman of the Santa Fe
at Las Vegas. accompanied by his wife,
who has been visiting with his parents
in this city during the holidays, has re
turned to his home in Las Vegas.
Switchman Haggerty of the Santa Fe
at Oklahoma City, who was seriously in
jured by being run over by gravel car
on Oct. 10, has entirely recovered and
resumed his duties this week.
The chairman of the Western Passen-
ger association has ruled that no storage
charge may be made on baggage when
the first twenty four hours over the time
allowed for free storage falIs:on Sunday
or legal holiday.
One of the richest sections of Arkan-
sas is to be opened up by the construc-
ton of new road. General Manager
i. S. Mccarthy. of the St. Louis, Cape
Girardeau & Fort Smith railroad, an
nounces that arrangements have been
perfected to complete the road from
Hunter. its present terminus, to Fort
Smith, Ark. The road will run via Sa-
lem TO Harris, up the White River val
ley.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is re-
sponsible for the following story: THE
little town of Spann, in johnson county,
Georgia, can probably boast of the young
est engineer in the state. He is Alvin
Hanebury, who is only fourteen years of
age, and who has been a locomotive en-
gineer for five years. he runs an engine
on tram road operated by Garbutt Bros,
10 connection with their large saw mills.
At the age of six Alvin became a fireman
and ran on several roads, and at nine took
charge of an engine on the road by which
he is now employed"
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3 sBENEDICT ARNOLD"
Richard GoIden's Play Gives Its Initial
Performance in New York.


New YORK, Dec 31.-"Benedict Ar
mold" play by Richard Golden, had its
initial performance at special matinee
at the Fifth Avenue theater yesterday
for the benefit of st. Mary's Free Hos
pital for Children.
Mr.. Golden's play is much too long
and talky. 1t has good moments, but
there is a lack of action and continuity
of dramatic interest. It has at least the
merit of growing better towards the end.
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Holiday Excursion.

Dec. Gath, 25th, 31st and Jan. 1st. the
great Rock Island will sell round trip
tickets at one and one third fare for points
within 200 miles, good returning up to
and including Jan. 2. A. NJ. FULLER
City Pass Agent
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Goes to NIexico.

Joseph R. Marsh of this city, for sew
eral years connected with the Santa Fe
engineering department, has accepted a
position in the office of the chief en-
gineer of the Mexican Central railroad,
and will remove to the City of Mexico
m Ton
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Can Issue Conditional Pardons.

Attorney General F. B. Dawes says
Governor Morrill, has the power to issue
conditional pardon and is the sole
Judge as to whether the conditions have
been complied with. This is brought
cut by the governor having pardoned
several jointists on condition that they
leave the state. If the conditions are
violated the governor can order the
original sentence enforced.
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UPRISING LOOKED FOR.
Jamaica Ginger That Cannot Be Sup
pressed Getting Restless.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 31.-There
was revolutionary outbreak at Aux
Cages on Thursday, but it was prema-
ture and was promptly suppressed.
A general uprising is looked for now,
and the troops are being modified.
Troops are prepsring to sail from here.
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SHOPS AND RoUNDHoUsE.

Personals and Items Among the Employees
of the Mechanical Department.
Santa Fe Switchman c. Y. Bently is
laying off on account of illness.
Fireman James Devlin of the Santa
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Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless
Steam Laundry.
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Give Us srial-Pserless St Larn-
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Ask your dealer for BurgharFs cigars.
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Items of Interest From the North Side of
the River.