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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-21

tion of Cuban Independence still goel
on in Congress, but the millions o.
American money interested and a few
Senators who represent Spanish inAu'
ences and the money power still contro.
the President and Congress, to the
humiliation Of every liberty loving
American.
Gen. Weyler, the Spanish butcher
and ravager, has ordered all the men
women and children from the country
and small towns and they are now
massed into the cities where they are
starving because they are not allowed
to work their farms and get food which
they can raise If allowed. By that he
hopes to kill off the breed Of revolution.
lists.
Among those starving are 1000 or
1900 citizens of the United States who
had to leave their plantations. Instead
OF this country recognizing the Cuban
government as a nation, like France
did this country when fighting for in
dependence and telling the Spainards to
"get Of American grass" President
Mckinley is controlled by the same
business men money sharks) that
Cleveland was and he recommends that
Congress appropriate $50, 900 to send to
the starving Americans in Cuba. OF
course Weyler will have the distribu-
tion of it.
On Monday Senator Wellington, of
Maryland, made a rabid speech in favor
of Spain and said 1.-THE policy pursued
by the late Administration and by
Grover Cleveland meets my approval"
Senator Stewart said ut is strange
to hear this. endorsement of the late
Administration from a Republican
Senator. 1 can see no difference be.
tween the Mckinley Administration
and the Cleveland Administration on
foreign questions"
Senator John W. Daniel, from the
State of Washington. Jefferson and
Patrick Henry, who is the Demosth.
enese of the U. S. Senate said the Sem
ator from Maryland (Wellington) had
''taken a shot at creation" while pre-
sumably discussing the pending resolu.
ton. He had gone into the tariff, cur
rency, the late and the present Admin,
istsations in their various ramifications.
Mr.. Daniel asserted that the Maryland
Senator entirely Inexperienced the
resolution in declaring that it involved
hostility to Spain. In sarcastic tones
Mr.. Daniel referred 20 Mr.. yelling.
toms statemenSthat some debt of graft
tude existed because Spain had produc.
ed a Christopher Columbus. 1t were
better had there been no Columbus,
said Mr.. Daniel, il America was to
continue a savagery that prevailed here
before the country was discovered. The
Senator then took up the legal ques-
lions involved in the recognition Of bel
ligerency.
A STATE OF WAR.
After concluding his legal argument
on the powers of Congress and the
President, MI. Daniel branched to the
general subject of Cuba and again
aroused the keenest attention by his
vigorous words. The diplomacy of
Spain had succeeded for two and one
half years, he said, in binding Ameri-
can diplomacy in the belief that war
did not exist in Cuba. But the world
knew that war existed there-high.
handed. %red-handed, bloody, cruel war.
II is a war in which Spain employs
more troops than England employed in
seeking to put down the American rev.
And yet Senators were met
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-21

The Lloyd marriage license bill is
now a law by the signature of the Gov
ernor. 1t provides that when two per-
sons living outside of this State wish to
get married they must get a certificate
from a Justice of the Peace or County
Clerk. When both or one of the con-
tracing parties live in the State no
license is needed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-21

The silver cause of more money re-
tainsa vote by the election of ex.Con-
gresham Mallory, to be U. S. Senator
from Florida, to succeed Wilkinson
Call. The Democrats, Populists and
Silver men now have as votes and the
Republicans A in the Senate, with one
to be elected from Oregon.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-21
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tonic are by all druggists guaranteed to cure
or a refunded. G. g. c. are a sure
thing. Try n box to-day; 10c., Sc, 5c
SAMPLE and &gSKlet free.
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no CoNsUMPTIvEs.

T The undersigned having been restored to
eraI YEATS with q severe lung affection, and that
dread disease C0nsuxnptfon. Is anxious To
make knswn to his fellow sufferers the, means
~ cnres 10 those who desire 1t, he Will cheer
univ send free OF charge) a copy. OF the pre-
scription used, which they Will find a sure cure
Tor Consumption, Asthma,
diss ne hopes all sufferers will try his rem.
adv AZ Il Is invaluable. Those desiring The pre-,
scYption. which viii cost them 2othing, and
rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,. Brooklyn,
New YORK. l'lS.0m.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
FRAUDULENT MILEAGE
Late Attempt to Defraud the Santa
Fe Thoroughly Probed-

Mr.. J. J. Kinney, chief of the secret
service department of the Santa Fe,
has returned from Chicago, where he
completed his Investigations into the
matter of fraudulent mileage on the
Santa Fe.
Mr.. Kinney found that while not
counterfeit, the use of the mileage in
question was fraudulent. It was edi-
torial mileage issued by the Santa Fe
in 1890, good that year only. and good
thought to be counterfeit by the force
in the office of auditor of passenger re-
ceipts in this citv because it was ma
ter.ally different from the mileage in use
at present, and the only sample pre-
served by the company was destroyed
in the Santa Fe office fire in this city
several years ago. Mr. Kinney discov-
cred that it was true mileage by delv-
ing into the printing records of Rand,
McNally & Co.
The mileage remained in the possess
sion of some one from the year it was
issued up TO the present time. and a
short time go was placed in the hands
of n. P. Myers, a Chicago ticket broker,
for sale
Myers asked for bids from brokers at
Kansas City, and, receiving the best
one from John PEBBLES. q Union avenue
broker, sent the mileage to him. Peeb-
les placed it with Bob Collins. a the
time conducting a brokerage business
at the Coates House, but who, a few
days afterward, accepted a position as
commercial traveller, and started to use
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
NEW A. 7. & S. F. CATTLE GUARD
Likely That the Whole Road Will be
Thus Equipped.

L is probable that the entire Santa
Fe system may be supplied with a new
kind of cattle guard.
ROadmaster T. S. Cafferty has been
inspecting several different patents
and three have been selected to be tried
and they will be given a test some time
this week The three patterns are the
Positive, the Perfect" and the Wal
haupter.''
The Perfect and Positive" have
been in use at one or two points for
some time, and these, together, with
the "Walhaupter," will be tested under
the direction of Mr.. Cafferty-
The three guards will be placed in
the position on the track as they would
be in actual use. The three will be
placed in the opening of a fence and
herd of cattle wiz be driven up to them
and across them, if possible. The one
that the cattle will not cross will be
chosen.
There is a saving with any of the
patent guards over the old system of a
pit and cross pieces. The cost of digging
pit and building the old guards is about
$4S, and the new style can be put in for
about SIS, making a saving of $50 on
each guard.
Several years ago. said Roadmas-
ter Cafferty, "a cattle guard was test
ed. A large herd OF cattle was driven
up to it, and the men used every way
imagina Bile to induce the cattle tocross
They goaded and whipped them, but
they would not cross"
That guard was a success, but too ex-
penSiVe
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
FRoM NEWTON.

Blacksmith Kinney reported for work
this morning, after about ten days
sickness.
The roof of the old roundhouse is be-
ing put on very fast. The work is be-
ing rushed, as the space is required for
the accommodation of engines, and it is
dangerous to leave them outside this
cold weather.
There was a regular fog of steam In
the roundhouse this morning. It was
possible to see but shOrtdistance
in advance, making it rather danger
osu to walk about the pits.
The yards are being cleared very
rapidly of the rubbish that accumula-
ted during the summer. 1t has been =
long job, but it viii be finished in =
month or so, and the yards win have
the clean appearance they did before
the improvements were commenced
A new force pump has arrived for the
roundhouse and will be placed in posi-
ton in a short time. The old pump is
about worn out. The air chamber was
cracked at the time the boiler blew up
and it has leaked and caused trouble
ever since. The new pump is Il little
larger than the old one as there is
more water used than formerly
The pneumatic jacks are needed very
badly at the shops. There are four en-
gines which have been sent in for gen
eral Overhauling and it was necessary
to block them up in the old fashion.
which takes time and a great deal OF
labor. The jacks are being built at
Topeka
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
A WIRELESS TELEGRAPH.
Prof Blake of z. s. o. Sends Tele-
grams Through Space.

Lawrence. Dec. 2O.-Prof. Lucien I.
Blake of the Kansas State university
has succeeded in teleSraphing without
wires by the use of Hertzian rays. or
prolonged ethereal vibrations Thls
feat was witnessed and heard yesterday
in the lecture rooms Of the Physics
building of the university in Lawrence.
Messages were sent through space
eight feet of brick walls and a mans
body intervenfng-by means of an or
binary Morse telegraph key, and were
received and ticked off at a distance on
a telegraph sounder- The key and the
SOunder were not connected in any way
The longest distance through which a
message was sent was about 1000 yards
from one of the rooms in the building
out through the walls and received on
the sounfer in the college campus. The
greatest obstacle in the way was the
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20

the mileage himself. Collins was the
man who was arrested at Girard, Kan.
by Mr.. Kinney with the fraudulent
mileage in his possession.
BY either one of the three ticket
brokers or by the man who placed the
mileage on sale in Kansas City, the
mileage leaves We're detached from
the original cover, on which was spec
flied the duration. class and portion of
road over which it was good, and placed
in a regulation mileage book cover in
use at the present time. The number
on the. cover was cleverly changed to
correspond to the number on the mile
age. and in this way the conductors
failed to discover the fraud until an ac-
curate description of the difference was
sent out from this city.
Myers, the Chicago broker, swears he
took the mileage in good faith and had
nothing to do with changing it. The
other two brokers swear to the same
thing Under these conditions it would
be difficult for the Santa Fe people to
determine who is guilty of the attempt
to defraud, and it is possible that there
viii be no prosecutions. The company
lost but little by the scheme, as there
is but one book, and the entire amount
of mileage was not used.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20

sic Duff, Mr. Albert Curry. Mrs. Chas.
Leaf, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sherman. Mr..
and Mrs. James Galletly, Mr. Hugh
Montgomery, Miss Annie Tulley, Mr..
and Mrs. Wm.8 McLain, Mr. Arthur
Callahan, Miss Ella Patterson, Mr..
Fred Mckinney, Miss Abbie Riordan,
Miss Kate Hannigan, Mr.. and Mrs Jno.
Ash. Mr. and Mrs. James GalIetly, Mr..
and Mrs. L. Ga1letly, Mrs. John Kelly,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Galletly, Mrs.
Brown, Mrs. Patterson and daughter,
Miss Jessie Sawyer, Miss Annie Nc
Ginnis, Miss Gertrude McGinnis, Miss
Celia Murphy, Miss Mary McAndrews,
Mr.. D. Alexander, Mr.. Samuel Vess.
Mr.. Frank Austin, Mr.. David Sherman n,
Mr.. George O'Brien, Mr.. John Boyston
Mr.. George Wadell, Mr.. T. B. Metzker,
Mr.. T. H. Danford, Mr.. T. Hannigan,
Mr.. Hugh Devlin.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
RAILROAD NEWS.
The Rock Island Seeking to En-
ter the Union Depot
At Kansas City on a Line of Its
Own.
PURCHASE PROPERTY
In the West Bottoms Valued at
a Princely Sum.
Already Owns All Land Re-
quired But 24O Feet.
PURCHASE PROPERTY

Kansas City, Dec 2O-FOr some
months the officials of the Rock Island
railroad have been secretly perfecting
a gigantic scheme to gain control of a
large section OF residence property in
the west bottoms for the purpose of e.
tending its lines and gaining an en-
Il ance into the Union depot over it's
own tracks
The property which the railroad
seeks to gain possession of. lies be-
tween Fourteenth and Twelfth streets
and Genesee street and Wyoming ave-
nue.
The railroad already owns all but
240 feet Of the property between Four
teenth and Nineteenth streets. includ-
ing the Church of the Annunciatfon
the house of worship formerly used by
Rev. William J. DalJOn's parish.
The estimated value of the land
which the railroad seeks to absorb is
from $500 to $3.50 per foot. The total
money consideration involved in the
contemplated deal will reach high into
the hundred thousands. Representa-
rfveS of the railroad have been among
the property holders in the district re-
Gently with a view to sounding them as
TO the attitude they viii assume when
the road is ready to make known the
details OF the proposition it Will ad-
vance in the spring for the transfer of
The land.
The property owners thus far have
shown a disposition to sell out to the
uation. 1t is understood that there are
some who are attempting to get an ex-
orbitant price for their holdings be
cause of the railroads anxiety to buy.
They are the ones who are blocking the
plans of the road at present. but it is
thought that before spring they Will
have been induced to accept the valua-
tiOn of the roads officials, and that
within a few months the land Will be
entirely bought up by experts who
have submitted figures to the Rock Is
land company, and the two blocks of
residences now completely hemmed in
by side tracks, freight and warehouses
viii be u thing of the past.
Should the officials of the Rock Is
land decide to abandon their present
plans. they may adopt another policy
and send their tracks across Fourteenth
street and through the alley between
Wyoming and Genesee streets and
thence into the Union depot, which is
the principal object sought.
At present the road has to use both
the Burlington and the Union Pacific
tracks TO reach the depot. BY adopting
the alley solution of the problem, the
Rock Island has a right to condemn
abutting property for 20 feet on each
side of its tracks 1t would then pay
the appraised value of the condemned
property, and if the owners objected
and refused to accept the price, liti-
cation would follow.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
SANTA FE TO TEAR IT UP.
It's Line North From Atchison to
LeavenWOrth,

It is reported that about the first of
January the Santa Fe track north con-
Meeting LeavenWOrth and AtchisOn
would be torn up and that the road
would cease to operate.
1t is said that track men and section
men on the line have been notified that
this piece of road would cease to Oper-
ate after the first of January.
a resident along the line is quoted
by Leavenworth paper as saying:
1T becomes an interesting question
as to what becomes of the north half
of our $4,000 that the county invested
in this road.
1t strikes me that there are two
parties to this question and even
should the company surrender $45, 900 to
the county there would still be a mat
ter of damages to settle. Little towns
have been started along this line and
men have invested in business that viii
be worthless without the railroad. Can
they have no recOurse?'
The Santa Fe line from Leavenworth
north connects with the main line from
Topeka to Atchison at Hawthorne, and
is the only outlet on this system be-
tween Leavenworth and Atchison and
St. Joseph.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
ENGINEER HARs1EY DEAD.
Former Missouri Pac fic Employe
KILLED at LeavepWorth.

Leavenworth, Dec. GOWN. Harsley.
former Missouri Pacific railway engi-
neer was run over and killed by an
eastbound Missouri Pacific freight train
near First and Campbell streets last
night at 8 O'Clock
His left leg was cut off at the hip
and the right leg was mangled and
crushed.
Harsley who lived with his wife and
family within stones throw of where
he met his death, was on his way home
with an armful of groceries. In order
to avoid meeting the incoming St
Louis passenger train. he stepped to
another track upon which freight train
No 13O was approaching.
The engineer of the freight train blew
his whistle but the noise of the pass
ing passenger train drowned it from
Harsley's ears and the engine bore him
down.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
RAILROAD folks DANCE
Agreeable Party Given by the Fire
mans Brotherhood.

The Ladies' Society of the B. of L f
gave a pleasant dance on Saturday
night at Conductors hall. 603 East
Fourth street, to the members of the
brotherhood and their friends.
The success of the entertainment was
due to the untiring efforts of the fol-
lowing committee, made up of members
OF the society
Mrs. Thomas Ferlin, Mrs. VIM. Sher-
man. Mrs W. F. McLain. The commit
tee was ably assisted by the officers of
the society, Mrs Clara McCfirk. pres
ident, Mrs VIM. Sherman. vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Maggie Gonsolly, past pres
ident Mrs. Fannie Wilson, chaplain:
Ms. Edith Gailetly. conductor: Mrs
Laura Nerlin, secretary: Mrs. Kate Nc
Lain, treasurer; Mrs Cora Barnes,
guard, Mrs. Edward Powell. collector.
The music was furnished by Flem-
ming's orchestra. The dancing lasted
until a late hour: everyone pronounced
it a great success and decided to hold
series of such dances The following
We're there:
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Miller. Miss Jes-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20

on account of sickness. Art Swearin-
ger is working in his place.
Charles Mefr grand vice commander
of the 3. of L. F., Will be here Tuesday
afternoon and evening, and instruct
the boys in lodge work. He Will arrive
from Chanute and go to Arkansas city
Wednesday morning.
w F. Maxwell. Santa Fe agent at
Milan has been transferred TO Seward,
O. T H. E. Horton Of Sharon succeeds
him at Milan. George Moeser. former
ly of this city. had temporary charge
of the Milan station, while the transfer
was being made.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
Bow the Santa Fe Fraud was Worked

It is now said that the operations of
the forger of Santa F'e mileage books
We're not extensive. The work was
done by one man. He used some paint
and a fine brush and changed the years
in the punch margin of the cover. If
1896 was punched and the book had ex-
pired, the year just below the punch
would be 1897. just below it 1893 etc.
BY skillfUl use of paint he obliterated
the years and painted 1898 just below
the punch. This indicated the book weS
good for 1897. as the fingers showing
the years along the punch margin We're
made to run regularly.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
MR.. HoDsoN's REM1N1scENcE.
Early Days of the Rock Island Road
in Kansas

Il used to have some queer expert
ences when I used to have a box car to
pay out of along the road" said VIM
HOdson, paymaster of the Rock Is
land at Topeka, as he gazed out of his
office window on a comfortable car that
is now sometimes used as pay car It
is seldom that the pay car goes out now
as the monthly payments are made by
checks, but occasionally the road sends
out pay car just to keep tab and see
that they are not paying a whole grave
yard.
1t was in the early days of the RocI,
Island in Kansas, and I had box car
as my pay car. Just behind the open
ings of the two side doors was a rough
pine plank used as a counter The men
came in one side door, were paid and
passed out the other door. On one trip
we struck a gang of labOrers who We're
building track. They were half of them
drunk, and we expected trouble. I was
standing behind the pine plank paying
off as fast as the men came in, when [
saw a strapping big burly fellow try
ing to Chamber into the car. He was
the worse for drink, and looked ugly
He slouched- up to the counter. He was
over six feet tall and must have weigh
ed considerably over 200 pounds.
" m the meaneSt man that works
on this job; I'm a terror and a regular
varmint; there amt no one round here
as bad as l am He brought his fist
down on the pine plank with a thud
and looked at me to see if I were
scared. Whether I was afraid of him
or not, I was not to be blufed.
." Nobody doubts you at all; you look
it. said I, and I laid my hand on my re-
vOlVer-
We'll. sir, that fellow just looked at
me. signed the pay roll, took his check
and edged away, keeping his eye on me
him after that and never was really
anxious to-"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
WHEAT TO GALVESTON.
The Santa Fe Running One and Two
Trains from ST. Joe.

The Santa Fe road is handling heavy
shipments of wheat from ST Joe to
Galveston via Kansas City. The aver
age has been % cars a day and has
been steady, with no prospects of a dis
continuance soon.
The wheat is taken from the St Joe
and Grand Island and is cleaned in
the Kansas City elevators before being
shipped to Galveston.
The extra rush of wheat for the gulf
makes additional train service, and
one and two trains a day have been
sent out of St. Joe with wheat.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20

nom, the general manager of the road,
and the Mexican representative of the
Belgian bondhoIders who own the prop
erty, recently visited Brussels, where
all financial arrangements for the
building OF the proposed extension
were made The surveying party has
already taken the field, and the route
which they will run viii be the most
direct possible and Will shorten the dis
tance between the capital and Tampico
at least 800 miles
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20

points on the east and California points
will be made with the following excep-
tiOns:
..The s15 rate not to be good to points
on the Southern Pacific company lines
north of San Francisco or Sacramento,
nor to coast division points south of
San Francisco and FL Paso via A!pu-
oueruue. nor between San Francisco
and Albuquerque via Deming or ri
Paso. and to be good to points east Of
Sacramento via the Ogden gateway
OOlU''
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
Rock Island Attornev Resigns.

several years one of the assistant gen
eral attorneys of the Rock Island, has
resigned his position to engage in
law partnership with Mr.. S. S. Brown
of St. Joseph a prominent attorney of
Missouri. Mr.. Dolman's resignation
takes effect the first of the year. His
SUCCESSOR has not yet been named.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
employees MUST PAY FARE
Privilege of Free Transportation Has
Been Abused by Men in Railroad
Service

A joint circular has been issued by
the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe Pacific
and Southern California railways, an
nouncing that in lieu of the special
rates west of Ogden, Utah; Albuquer-
que and Deming. n. NJ. and FL Paso
Tex. for subordinate employees of con-
Meeting and other railway lines, a uni
form special rate of SIS between those
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
FROM WELLINGTON

Fireman Mike Veith came up from
Woodward last evening on 204 and re-
turned on Z03 this morning.
A Santa F'e stock extra went north at
1915 this morning with Conductor
Snyder and Engineer McCandless in
charge.
Fireman Cheek, who heaves coal on
the night switch engine, is laying off
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
Double Bridge a. Florenes.

The new double bridge across the
Cottonwood at Florence is completed
with the exception of the finishing
touches.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-20
To Have His Eyes Treated.

Engineer Parker. of the Southern
Kansas division of the Santa Fe. who
is generally known as Overtime" Par
ker, from the fact of his having a rec
ord of making more time than any en-
gineer on the road, went to Chicago
Saturday to have his eyes treated.