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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
AMONG RAILROAD MEN.
Manager Polk, of the Gulf, Col
OradO G. Santa Fe,
Discusses the Removal of Gal
weston Shops.
Means Only a Loss of $4,000 Month
ly-Made Up by the Lower Rates
Resulting From Cutting
Down Grades.

Galveston, May 22.-Col. L. J. Polk,
general manager of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe, returned yesterday from
a trip to St. Louis and Chicago.
In the course of conversation he stat
ed that he had been almost bothered
to death by delegations, kilograms, let
ters, petitions, etc, from all over the
me from places that wanted the shops
when they were removed from Calves
ton.
What we make is what we save -
SAID he That saving is brought about
by getting in condition to operate as
che3ply as practicable. Consequently
we are turning every attention to saw
ing. We want to operate as cheaply as
possible By concentration of our shops
we can save more money than if the
shops were scattered, as they are now,
and we have about made up our minds
that we will concentrate them at some
logical and available location.
"A blind man can see that a terminal
is no place for such a concentration.
Concentrating our shops does not mean
the removal of shops at other points
Even should the large shops be remov-
ed from Galveston it would be a. small
thing in comparison to the other bust
ness We do in Galveston"
Here Col. Polk looked up the records
and found that the total shop roll at
this point was between $4,000 and $16,-
600 a month
The concentration of shops at some
central point along the line would not
take $4,000 per month away from here
as we would have to have shops of
some kind here under any circumstan-
ceS. When you take into consideration
the pay of train crews and other en-
ployes at this pOin $4,000 is but bag
atelle.
I'VE are just now spending 100000 and
over in building a depot which would
be credit to any city IN the south, or
for that matter any point in the Uni
ted States. We are just beginning the
elaborate cutting down of grades along
the entire system, which will cost a
great amount of money. When these
grades have been cut down we will be
able to run more cars at less expense
than at present, and we will therefore
be able to give much lower rates on all
products from Kansas, Nebraska and
other western points to the gulf, which
is something the people of the west
have been crying for for years. This
cutting down Of grades alone will be of
more advantage to Galveston than the
most elaborate system of shops we
would maintain here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
GLOBE SIGHTS.

from the Atchison Champion
live
The older a man gets, the more of a
fool he thinks boy is.
The greatest luxury in the world is a
friend you've never quarreled with.
A woman who has a nice house wor-
ships it like a miser worships his gold.
When some people smile they seem
to say; when I smile, they all love
me-
A thin, sickIy looking man is going
around town today trying to sell a
health food.
This is the season of the year when
people take sides in pronouncing the
word "peony."
When a man talks a great deal about
a fight he has had, it is a sign that the
fight didn't amount to much.
We know a man who gave up a So a
day job to go visiting and who has not
had any work for a year.
When an Indian or an actor tires of
his wife, he leaves her, and gets an
other one without the formality of a
divorce.
Inc SeaSOu - IdpIuly approaching
when men will sit on dry goods boxes
and abuse others for not doing more
for the town."
The first thing the women will do
when they get into power will be to
enact law compelling a man to love
only one woman at a time.
A probable engagement in town is
meeting with general appreciation She
is a widow, and owns four cows, and he
owns a famous piece of pasture land.
HF GAy "O-iie1u VIZ t0lt SON Ia
her husband had to put up with the
cooking of some other woman she
knows. he would no longer complain of
hers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
TO LIVE ON THE MAINLAND.
Santa Fe Has Plan to Assist Subur-
ban Residents.

Galveston, May 22.-On June 1 the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe will make
an experiment which is the result of
the rapid settling of the coast country
contiguous to Galveston. The compa-
ny will on that date inaugurate com
mutation rates between Galveston and
the following stations: Hitchcock, AL
ia Iona, Arcadia, A1gOa and Alvin
The plan will be similar to that used
by all roads running out of cities where
there is suburban population who
make their homes in the country and
do business in the city.
Il have had this idea in view for some
past two years. said General Passen-
ger Agent w. S. keenan,, when ap-
preached about the matter.
we do not expect it to pay, at least
not for some time, but we inaugurate
the system with the idea of building
up the stations along the line between
Galveston and Alvin. Quite number
Of people now live on the mainland and
do business in Galveston, coming in in
the morning and going out in the ev-
ening, and with the low Communication
rates we expect to put on we anticipate
that many more people will be induced
to build suburban homes on the main
land"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22

ant for their visiting brothers from the
outside states. At a meeting held this
week arrangements to this end were in
stituted. Conductors F. E. Conboy, W.
F. Mcfarland and J. w. Ryan were
appointed a committee on arrange
ments.
So far the joint committee have
planned two general features of the
welcome to be given the home going
conductors by their friends in this city.
Two days will be spent here by the visi-
tors. Rooms have been selected for
them at the Brown Palace hotel. On
May 25 they will be taken for a trolley
ride about the city, and in the evening
there will be social receptions, visits to
the theaters etc.
on the following day the management
of the Gulf road will take special charge
of the party. The conductors and their
friends will be taken on the excursion
around the Loop, escorted through the
mines at Silver Plume and shown the
various points of interest on this scenic
trip. Lunch in abundance will be serv-
ed on the journey by the Gulf officials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
COLLECTING DOG TAX.
Some of the Experiences of Special
Officer Albert Hopkins

Many people think Albert Hopkins,
who is city dog tax collector has come
to catch the dogs and carry them away
and in some cases they are inclined to
be obstinate. But he assures them that
he simply wants them to pay tax on
their dogs and if they refuse to do so
their names will be furnished to the
city attorney and they will be arrested.
1t is a common practice for people to
claim that they do not own a. dog which
stays about their houses, in an effort to
avoid having to pay the tax.
Mr.. Hopkins says: when I go into a
new block I pick out a yard where there
are flower beds and go in and tell the
people that I am the tax collector and
ask them if they have any dogs. They
usually haven't but they are mighty
glad to tell about their neighbours dogs
which bother their flower beds. They
give me the names of all the neighbors
and tell me all about the dogs. Then 1
go after the owners and get the money.
I have had but little trouble in getting
the tax, for people don't like the idea of
being arrested when 81 settles the trou-
BILE. It is surprising how some of the
colOred people in TennesseetOWn pay
taxes on worthless ours. The other day
I went to a kitchen door where a color
ed woman was washing clothes. I told
her L wanted dog tax and she reached
right into her pocket and gave me 81
for two ugly ours lying by the door.
Then 1 found coIored man at a gro
Gerry store fast asleep, and a worthless
DOG lay at MS ISeU- awakened MN
and he pulled up a dollar and paid me
The clothes he had on weren't worth Is
cents and the dog lacked ten cents of
being worth a continental. When com
plant is made that a dog is vicious I
notify the owner that he must either
kill it or send it away"
Yesterday officer Hopkins was in the
southwestern part of the city on his
rounds. He collected tax at a house of
a woman. She paid the money and flung
this remark at Hopkins who was stand
ing with uncovered head:
We have had this dog for six years
and no one ever thought of collecting
tax until you Pops got in
You may call me anything mean you
like, madam" said Hopkins but dom
call me a Populist'
Aren't you a Pop?" asked the wo-
man.
tax collector. Good-day'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
POOLING BILLS.

Senator CullOms request for the
views of the interstate commerce COM
mission on the pooling bill now pend
ing in congress has been answered at
considerable length and with an alac-
rity unusual in such cases. There is
reason to believe that the commission
was waiting for just such an oppor-
tunity.
The commissioners in their letter to
Senator CullOm express the belief that
a pooling bill is being urged strongly
at the present juncture for the purpose
of multiplying the decision of the SUI
preme court in the Transmissouri case
and for that reason and for the addi-
tionaI reason that other cases of a sim
liar character are now pending, they
oppose any further legislation on the
matter until it is known just where
the people and the commission stand
with relation to agreements on rates of
transportation.
But" say the commissioners, should
the congress determine otherwise and
deem it wise to authorize pooling, it
should be done only on terms which
will prevent the abuse of the privilege
granted. In our opinion this cannot
be done except by guarantees secured
before the authority to pool is given
and before the contract goes into eff
feet
A defect in the bill under considera-
ton, the Importance Of which must be
apparent to everybody, is pointed out
by the commission in the following Ian
guage:
Neither by the 18th section, as it is
proposed to be changed, nor by any
other pending provision, is the COM
mission empowered in express terms to
determine what is, as well as what is
not a reasonable rate
Commenting further on this phase Of
the subject the commission says:
THE authority of the commission to
ascertain and declare the legal maxi
mum rate in cases so heard and tried
has been raised and is involved in sew
eraI of the cases awaiting decision by
the supreme court already referred to.
If it is the purpose of congress to make
the commission only a bureau of in
vestigation, without authority through
the courts, or otherwise, to correct
abuses found on investigation to exist,
we submit that it should be plainly so
stated in the law, to the end that the
public may not be misled in the belief
that there is in existence a. statute I'M
der which ascertained transportation
abuses may be corrected"
The commissioners are clearly of the
opinion that if it is desired that there
should be a law to regulate interstate
commerce that there should also be
somebody with authority to enforce it
and do it promptly. Their idea seems
to be to let the transportation cOmpa-
MES go to the courts for redress rather
than their patrons, as has been the
rule. Under such an arrangement a
complaint of discrimination or unjust
charges could be settled as far as the
shipper is concerned in a few days in
stead of his being compelled to drag his
grievance through the courts for years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
TASK SYSTEM MUST GO.
Striking New York Tailors Will Sub
nit to Nothing Less

New York. May 22.-The leaders of the
tailors' strike estimate that %, 600
workmen are now out in New York
Brownsville, Brooklyn and Newark.
The new scale of wages will be submit
ted tomorrow and early next week
great outdoor mass meeting viii be
held. The strikers are very confident
of victory and public sympathy is with
them. They have been very orderly.
The women's branch of the United
Garment Workers of America held
meeting last night to attest their sym
pathy with the strikers and the cause
that impelled them to quit work. The
1. 500 mem bers of the branch are on
strike against unreasonable toll hours
and low prices. The women are deter
mined to hold out. until the end and
claim that they will be satisfied with
nothing less than the abolition of the
task system and the adoption of union
wages on 10 hour day schedule.
The Progressive Tailors held a pro-
tracted meeting in Liberty hall. AS
yet they are undecided as to whether
they will join the cOatmakers or not.
A meeting of the custom tailOrs was
held last night and addressed by Leader
Schoenfeld, who advised them to or
ganize for their own protection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
BRYAN WAS THANKFUL.
His Gratitude for Virgin
las Electoral Support.

Richmond, Va. May 22.-Mr. J. G..
Hankins, assistant secretary of the
Commonwealth, who. as proxy for A.
P. Staples, of Sixth district was a mem
Der of the electoral college of Virginia,
received a very pleasant letter from
W. J. Bryan. He writes:
I received on January II a telegram
signed by all the electors of the state of
Virginia, announcing that the u votes
of Virginia had been cast for me. I
have been so overwhelmed with cores
pOndence and other work that I have
not been before now able to acknowI-
edge receipt of this telegram.
L send copy of this letter to each
eIectOr, in order that you all may know
my gratitude to the people of the state,
known as the mother of presidents, and
my appreciation of the good will ex-
pressed by the electors personally.
I feel sure that time will vindicate
the position taken by the Democratic
party in 1896. and that, being right, our
cause shall yet triumph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22

j. Edward Add1ckS, the gas AnllIlOn-
aire of Delaware, has become the client
of Grover Cleveland in an important
case.
Emanuel Lasker, the worlds chess
chamion, has proposed the presentation
of testimonial to William Steinitz, who
so long held that distinction, and a COM
mittee is to be formed in London to do
this. Steinitz is now in Vienna.
-
John W. Guiteau. brother of Presi-
dent Garfield's slayer, is connected with
one of the big insurance companies in
the country and lives in New York Mr..
Guiteau is one of the high priced en-
plOyes, and gets a salary of $4,000 or
$40 900 per year. He is a most estimabIe
man.
BristOTs memorial to John Cabot will
be tower 105 feet high on Brandon
hill which overlooks the city and river
from which Cabot sailed. An attempt
will be made to have the ceremonies
on the Canadian and British sides be-
gun at the same instant by Lord Duff
FERNS pressing an electric button at
Bristol on June p.
Ex-President Harrison is now the
only survivor of the remarkable group
of statesmen and political leaders prom
inent in Indiana and national politics
since the war. The others were Sena-
tor Oliver p. Morton, Governor Porter
Secretary of State Gresham, Governor
Gray, Senator Mcdowell, Senator VOor-
A monumental structure of wood has
just been erected over the grave in
which the casket containing the ashes
of the late G. B. DuMaurier lies. 1t
bears the following inscription, the clos
ing lines being the conclusion of ''Tril-
by" George BussOn Du Maurier. Born
in Paris, 9Th March, 1884 Died in Lon
don, Sth October. 1896. A little trust
that when we die we reap our sowing
and so-gOOd-by.'
Saint Agata where he proposes to be
buried with his wife. and has arranged
to have the tomb built at once.
The man who was most largely re-
spOnsible for the passage of the act in
the Iowa legislature making the wild
rose the state flower was Major S. H
Byers. the author of ''Shermans March
to the Sea"
Francis H. Piermont, who was COVER
nor of Virginia during the war and who
IS living at his home in Paramount
Marion county, W. Va. He is SO years
old, and though he is feeble his health
is good and his mind is clear.
James Gordon Bennett is returning
from Europe on his yacht Namanna
lie has a party Of friends on board He
had sailed before the great disaster in
Paris occurred, and the news must only
have reached himself and his friends
when the yacht touched at Madeira. The
victims OF that awful fire must have in
cluded many of their friends and rela-
lives 1t will be Mr.. Benefits first visit
to New York since the war of the new
journalism" has taken on its bitterest
phases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
BAD FOR THE MO. PACIFIC.
Whole Bluff Sliding Out on the Road
Bed Near Atchison.

Atchison, May 22.-The land slide at
the Waggener rock quarry is an i'm
mense affair
The side of the bluff comes down six
or seven feet every day, and IS men are
necessary to keep the Missouri Pacific
track in position. Thousands of tons
of earth have slipped into the river at
the slide, and the current seems to take
it away as fast as it goes in.
The slide costs the Missouri Pacific
hundreds of dollars every year, and the
probabilities are that the slide will not
stop until the entire side OF the bluff
has gone into the Missouri river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
Jay Gould's Cottage Sold.

New York, May 21-The cottage built
by Jay Gould at Monmouth Beach twen-
ty-three years ago, has been purchased
by Mrs. John McWood of this city. The
cottage will be remodeled and will be oc-
cupied by Mrs. McWood when finished.
The late Charles Osborn and the former
secretary of the navy. Mr.. Robinson.
erected cottages at Monmouth Beach at
the same time that Mr.. Gould built his.
The Gould cottage was the most preten-
tious of the three.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
Bitten by a Spider
Blood Poisoned and Body
Covered by Sores
Other Remedies Failed but Hoods
Sarsaparilla Cured.

Whatever the nature of the poison
or humor in the blood, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, as the one true blood purifier,
effects a cure. Read this letter:
Eight years ago my little adopted
daughter, then two years old, was bitten
on the back by a spider. We felt almost
sure she would die. She suffered terrible
agony, and we doctored her by every
means we could think of without cure.
She was covered with sores from head to
foot. Then her ears discharged, and
blindness was the next thing. We were
not able to continue paying doctors bills.
One day lady asked me why l did NOS
try Hoods SarsaparilIa. She said,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
Sues the Santa Fe for $4,000.

Leavenworth, May 22.-City Jailer Chas
A. Bess has begun in the district court
against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railway company for $4,000 damages
for the killing of his son. Claude, in the
local yards three months ago Young Bess
a lad of Is years, was walking through
the yards when train from Wyandotte
was being put away in the yards. The
section backed down on him just after
coming to a switch. Six wheels passed
over his body, literally grinding it in
two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
ROBBER SHOOTS TWO MEN.
Neither was Killed and the Robber
Got Nothing.

Omaha May 22.-At $50 last night
DIR. ". P Wilcox was shot while re-
sisting q fOotpad at the corner of Twen-
ty-first street and St. Marys avenue.
An hour later r. Grier. a butcher,
was shot by a robber in his shop at
Thirty-third and Parker streets, three
miles away. The same man did both
Jobs Neither of his victims is dan
gerously hurt. The robber got moth
ing in either instance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
B. of R. T. Reduces Insurance.

Toronto. Ont, May 22.-The Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen spent the
day in discussing constitutional
changes. The only important change
made was the reduction of Insurance to
any one man from 81, 400 to $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
CONDUCTORS Ia pENvER.
Over One Thousand Returning East
Will Stop in the City.

Denver, May 22.-On the 25th and
26th of this month Denver will have for
guests over 1000 railway train cOnduc-
tors from all over the United States.
They are the returning delegates from
the meeting of the grand division, Or
der of Railway Conductors, which is
now in session at Los Angeles, Cal.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the members of Denver .divis-
ion No. A, o. r. c., to make life pleas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22

Don't thin your blood with sassafras
or poison it with blue mass: but aid
Nature by using DeWitt's Little Early
Risers. the famous little pills for consti-
patton, biliousness and stomach and
liver troubles. They are purely vege-
table. George W. Stansheld, e32 Kan
sas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
Brakeman swope Killed.

Ottawa. May 22.-George w. Swope,
a railroad man, was killed this morning
by falling between the cars of a freight
train upon which he was braking, his
body being ground to pieces, Swope
was AZ years of age and has a mother,
brother and sister living in Kansas
CitV. Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
ct is the Best on Earth.D

That is what Edwards & Parker,
merchants o. Plans, Ga, say of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, for rheumatism,
lame back, deep seated and muscular
pains. Sold by druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22

Sick headache can be quickly and
completely overcome by using those IA
nous little pills known as "DeWitt's
Little Early Risers." Geo. w. STAINS
field, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22

Will the proposed tariff on tea, have
any effect on the price of hop tea?-
Arkansas City Traveller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
OK RAYs.n

The size of Turkeys bill for damages
ton of taking Greece in part payment.
Newton Republican.
An Illinois farmer was afraid of
banks and hid his money in a chimney.
His wife started a fire and the draft
was cashed.-HutchinsOn News.
viii the proposed tariff on tea have
any effect on the price Of hop tea?-
Mr.. Deboe, Kentucky's new senator,
uses neither liquor nor tobacco. His
election, in view of this fact, further
demonstrates that miracles may occur
even in the 18th century.-Abilene
Chronicle.
Dispatches from Scotland note that
the bones of poor BObbie turned in
their grave the other day when a kan
sas paper published the notice that
there would be a lecture on Thomas
Burns. Abilene Reflector.
Every chicken imagines that the
neighbours garden affords the best
WOrms.-AtchisOn Champion.
This country needs more nerve. Men
are too timid. 1t may be all right to be
that is the matter with the business in
terests of the country now.-Lawrence
World
The people who kick loudest against
the town are those who did the least for
it and made the most out of it.-Atchi-
son Champion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22

We acted upon this suggestion, and began
giving her Hoods sarsaparilla. The little
girl is now cured and she is getting plump,
sleeps well and has a good appetite, and
she can see to put Hoods Rainy Day Puz-
gle together and even thread fine needle.
A great many people and mum Der OF ply
sicians know about this case and they
know that our little girl is like another
child. She is now taking her tenth bottle
of Hoods SarsqpariIIa." MRS MATTE V.
STEINER, 71e. Milton Az, San Diego, Cal.
Hoods SaFSaparilla
Is the Best the One True Blood Purifier. Be
sure to get Hoods and only HOODS.
Hoods Pills sssy; to t o1.ss sssy so buy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22

An Illinois farmer was afraid of
banks and hid his money in chimney.
His wife started a fire and the draft
was cashed.-HutchinsOn News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-22
PEoPLE You HEAR oF.

J. Edward Addicls the gas million
aire of Delaware, has become the client
of Grover Cleveland in an important