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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
ToRNADOEs, NOT CYCLONES.
Weather Observer Johnson of Wichita
Describes Whirling Winds.

The following interview with Signal
Service Observer Johnson appeared in
yesterdays Wichita. Eagle:
The reporter has asked Observer John
son for the cause of storms of cyclOnic
nature and he replied:
call them tOrnadOeS, they are not cy
clones There is where people are almost
universally mistaken. The little funnel
shaped swirlS that shoot down and
gOuge towns and communities all 10
pieces are tornadoes, while the wide eX-
tensive storms are cyclones in the proper
sense of the term. You cannot tell which
way the wind will blow in a cyclone but
it sweeps in spiral around the curves of
the earth and moves away always from
west to east These funnel-shaped tor
nadoes, popularity called cyclones. very
nearly always occur in the south half of
the cyclone storm-that is south of the
center. For instance, if a cyclone extend
ing from Galveston to Topeka passes
across Kansas the center of the storm
will be south of US. and these lorna
does occur in the south half ninety-nine
times out of a hundred, we would be in
very little danger of a tornado here in
the result O. currents and counter
currents of heat and precipitation, all of
which result from the movements of cy-
clones. A great deal depends upon pres
sure In our Observa lions we figure the
barometric pressure down to the thou
sandths of an inch, and while the average
reader probably regards this a hafr-split-
ting piece of theoretics, it is very import
ant. as the merest fractional difference OF
pressure may determine the entire char
acter OF wind movement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
SANTA FEES S. P. TRADE.
CT. Crocker Says Both Roads Gain by
the Transaction.

The Southern Pacific and the Atch-
1son, Topeka & Santa FHe trade of prop
critics in the southwest, which, while ap-
pare1tly of no particular intrinsic value,
IS of considerable Importance to the
companies desiring to swap" The
AtchiSon built and owns the Sonora
railroad from NOgales to CsuaymaS,
running through the state of Sonora,
Mexico. Under the name of the New
Mexico & Arizona railway the Sonora
branch extends north into Arizona
from Nogales as far as Benson. The
Atchison reaches only to Deming, and
between Deming and Benson it must
operate over the Southern Pacific line
by traffic agreement, which is not very
pleasant.
On the other hand the acquisition of
the Atlantic & Pacific railway by the
Atchison carried with it a contract for
the lease of the Southern Pacific line
from Mojave to the Needles.
In a recent interview C. F. Crocker,
vice President of the Southern Pacific,
explained the situation. Said he:
You must know that this line was
built and is owned by the Southern
Pacific. We built east from Mojave
while the Atlantic and Pacific was
building west from Albuquerque The
two lines met at the Needles Then
we said to the Atlantic & Pacific peo-
pie: You take this line of ours across
the Mojave desert, pay the interest on
the bonds and taxes and operate it. We
have no use for it, and you cannot af-
ford to build a line alongside of it
through the most unproductive piece of
desert in California, probably with the
exception of the line between Indio and
Yuma
so we leased the road 20 them The
rental may be considered a little high,
but it is necessarily so, for the bonds
are drawing interest at the rate of 6
per cent. and there are $4,000 bonds
on each mile of road.
Now this piece of railroad is of no
use to us, although it is of great value
to the Santa Fe, affOrding them an
entrance into California On the other
hand the Sonora railway is of vastly
more value to the Southern Pacific than
to the Santa Fe. The Santa Fee at
present enjoys a traffic right over our
line between Deming and Benson, with
out which it would have no way OF
connecting with it's Sonora line. Now
we have a great deal of confidence IL
the future of Sonora, particularly in
respect to the mining development, and
we want the business which 1t AFFORDS
to come to our own peOple-our own
merchants-right here in California, in
stead of going over the Santa Fe to the
east OF course all the traffic thai
comes from the Sonora railway must
PASS over our line between Benson and
Deming but We want the long haul &c
San Francisco. Those are the reasons
whv the Southern Pacific and the
Santa Fe people have been negotiating
over the transfer"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
The Santa Fe to Expend Much
Money in Improvements.
Bids Opened Today for Work on
the Chicago Division.
ARKANSAS CITY DEPOT
Double Track From Cedar
Grove to Florence
Will Cause Several Bridge Ex-
tensions to be Made.

Very few people not closely connect
ed with the Santa Fe inner circles" are
aware of the immense amount of i'm
provements this great road will make
during the coming year or the amount
of money it will expend
Today bids will be opened at the Of
fees in this city and contracts let for a
vast amount of work on the Chicago
division, such as laying new rails, bal
lasting track and getting the roadbed in
perfect condition for the fast overland
trains. Fifteen bids were fled, from
some of the best known contractors in
the west Following this bids will be
opened for extension of several bridges
between Strong City and Florence
caused by the building of the double
track from Cedar Grove to Florence
In addition to the building of new de-
pots at Hutchinson and Dodge City,
Arkansas City is also to have a depot
worthy of the business of the town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
KANSAS FIRE FUND.
Webb McNan Says the Necessary
Blanks are Being Printed.

FL Dorado April WEBB McNan,
state superintendent of insurance,
writes to F. r. Bull, secretary of the
fire department:
Replying to your letter concerning
senate bill No. 2S6, I will say that this
office is now engaged in preparing the
necessary blanks for the purpose of
sending the same out to the various fire
departments in Kansas. This office is
also engaged in preparing notices to
send to the various foreign insurance
companies transacting business in Kan
sas for the year 1894, seeking to COM
pei them to pay the 2 per cent tax ac-
cording to the terms and provisions of
this bill.
THE law expressly provides that
these declarations from cities or appli-
office within 90 days from the passage
of the act We viii see that you get
yours to fill out as soon as the same is
printed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
BRoNsoN's BLOODHOUND.
Given the Scent of Musk He Trails
Down a Muskrat (2)

The EIsmore Enterprise grows hum
orous about Bronson's bloodhound. 1t
says:
THAT bloodhound at Bronson has
been pretty we'll advertised in all the
papers in the surrounding towns. but
enough has not yet been said of his fine
qualities. He has the finest scent of
any dog in the state of Kansas. The
other day he was given q bottle of musk
to smell of. After smelling of the bot
tie. he took a circle or two and started
off in the direction of the Marmaton
river.
In the evening he came back with a
nuskrat and laid 1t at his masters feet
But this is not the best he has done, by
any means. Last Sunday prominent
citizen of Bronson lost a valuable pood-
lie dog The bloodhound was inmedi-
ately brought into requisition and a
collar that the poodle had been wearing
was shown him with the command to
hunt him up He Immediately took
trail and never stopped until he came TO
a focus on a pile of bologna sausage on
the counter of the butcher shop in La
Harpe. Uttering an unearthly howl
he seized one of the links of sausage
and started hOmeWard-'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
MARCH A MOIST MONTH
Was Wetter Than Any for Many Pre-
vious Years

Abilene. April LIN this section March
kept up the good record for "Wetness'
inaugurated by the first and second
months of the new year, the amount Of
precipitation, including SHOWS. being
2.29 inches distributed as follows: 18th,
snow f1urries, trace; 18th, rain, .33 of an
inch; 22d, rain and seven inch snow
fall, the precipitation amounting to .S5
of an inch; 29th, rainfall, 70 of an inch;
Both rainfall, % of an inch. The high
est temperature was IS degrees on the
2Sth; lowest above zero ON the 14th.
Compared with previous years, it is
a good record. In March, 1896, there
was but three inches of snow and 10 of
an inch of rain; 1895, no rain, and but
one-tenth of an inch of snow; 1894 but
81 of an inch of rain; in 1898. but 81
of an inch of rain; 1892. seven inches of
snow and 4.S3 inches of rain; 1891 a rec
ord breaker, 20 inches of snow and 5.O4
inches of rain.
Adding the March precipitation of
2.29 inches to January's 80 and Febru
ary's LIS gives a total so far this year
of 4.94. Last year the total amount of
moisture for the same three months
was 1.47 inches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
AHORSELESS ENGINE.
The Science ofFire Fighting in Large
Cities.

Boston, April Boston is to have
a self propeIIIng IRE engine. The idea
is not by any means new. There was a
self propelling engine here 30 years ago.
In those days there were no herseless
carriages, and steam engine running
along the streets created the greatest
terror among the horses. So the self
propeller had to be abandoned. Today
the street cars are drawn by electricity,
and the few horses left on the business
streets have grown so accustomed to
motor cars and wagons that no danger
is feared. Besides, the progress of the
fire engine through the streets viii he
slow. Nothing could be more deliberate
than the Boston fire department going
to a fire. The horses amble like rocking
horses, and only the changing of the
gongs gives an air of excitement to the
event. Boston's business streets are so
narrow and so choked with traffic that
progress through them is necessarily
very slow.
The especial advantage of the auto
mobile engine will be its great power. It
can throw a much higher stream than
any horse fire engine. Boston has not so
many skyscraping buildings as Chicago
or New York, but the number is grow
ing rapidly. The New York fire under
writers have been holding meetings re-
Gently to consider the dangers of fire in
very tall buildings. Boston is meeting
the difficulty practically by providing a
new and stronger fire engine, to be sta
toned in the business part of the city.
New York is ahead in eeme other re-
cent experiments in fire fighting. though,
and Boston is watching 18th s's>a-est
for the result of using ,sepninfun he'll
NETS, the portable electric light and
the smoke mask, which tbe New York
department is testing.
Fire fighting is almost q science now.
In early Boston days, before fire depart
ments were known, neighbors turned
out at the ringing Of an alarm bell and
passed buckets from the pump to the
house. Then bucket brigade was or
ganized which brought the needed buck
cts to the burning building. Then came
by gradual evolution the hose cart, the
hand fire pump and finally the steam
fire engine.
In the old days gentlemen belonged
to fire companies. The organization Of
the old volunteer fire department is still
maintained, in form at least in New
Orleans. It died out in Boston many
years ago. GRANT HAMILTON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

F. G. Logans Grain Letter furnished
Goodwin q Chamberlin, Brokers, Topeka.
Chicago. April 1-1:45 P. NJ
WHEAT-The item of greatest i'm
pOrtance today was the Missouri state
crop report which has been gossiped
about some days, but finally showed,
when issued, 81 per cent increase on
condition, with expectation that q per
cent will be plOWed from the acreage,
which is same as last year A St Louis
statistican on that basis figures the
possible state crop of nine millions,
against sixteen millions and half last
year. The news from the northwest
was the overlooking river banks and
deluged level country, causing more eX-
pectation on late seeding and lmpossl-
BILE hauling. Cables early were STEADY
but the later declined Il, and Antwerp
on red winter declined equal TO 215-
Liquidation was in order again in May
wheat and this carried the price below
zoe twice. There were always buying
orders in that vicinity, however, and
the demand for cash to the extent OF
upwards of 100. 900 bushels was the adj
ditionaI impulse. The four ports clear
ed for export 441 600 bushels wheat and
flour. Primary receipts 56S,OOO, or
which 500. O00 were at Minneapolis and
Duluth. Shipments 1O2, 600. Flour safes
only mod crate, amounting for two mills
at Minneapolis to $4,000 yesterday. Price
Current gave no encouragement on its
report for Illinois, Indiana, and Missou-
RI but otherwise general encouraging,
season being somewhat backward Al
straIia, which has not been heard from
in some time, was reported buyer OF
flour again in northern markets Mar
ket has the appearance tonight of haV-
ing been cleared considerably of its wealc
long wheat, and as this is the third day
of the break, and a cent break at
that, believe it likely to improve IN
price.
CORN-Firm undertOne, with small
offerings and prospects of light re-
ceipts The speculative inquiry was
light, but the cash demand was very
good.
ture and variations in price followed
corn closely.
PROVISIONS-Wee packing 265.
900 against 25O, 900 last year. Stocks Of
meat west March 1st, 389 million
pounds. and of lard are $4,000 tierces,
against 357 million and 10000 tterces a
year ago Market ruled strong with
good local buying, but at extreme adj
vance the English houses sold ribs and
exports of hog product for March show
| an increase of 10 per cent in pounds as
compared with March a year ago--F'-
G. Logan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
TN. WEBSTER CONGRESSES.
Inmate of the Hutchinson Reforma-
tory Tells of the Death of VII Orvis.

Hutchinson, April 1.-The confession
of T. n. Webster, now serving a short
term in the Hutchinson refOrmatOry
clears away the mystery of the murder
of w. H. Orvis, a wealthy Englishman,
who was sandbagged and robbed at the
Severy depot, in Greenwood county, in
August, 1895.
Orvis, who was a stock dealer. had
gone to the depot to take the train for
Kansas City. He was found insensible
on the track by a man named Powell
who dragged him off and gave the
alarm. He claimed when he recovered,
to have been robbed of his gold watch
s4GO in money and $4,000 of government
bonds.
Webster states that a worthless char
acter named Powell waited at night for
Orvis and sandbagged him, then rob
bed him, but afterwards returned the
bonds.
City Attorney Johnson of Greenwood
county took the confession and when
the proper time comes, he will undoubt-
eddy cause the arrest and trial of the
principals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
STOLE THE oHURoH ORGAN
Fort Scott Thief Who Stole an Organ
and a Dictionary.

Fort Scott, April 1.-Constable James
Owens of Bronson arrived in the city
last night with a self-confessed thief,
giving his name as Jack Turner, who
was arrested at Bronson Monday for
stealing property by the wholesale. He
was lodged in Jail.
Here is a list of what was stolen and
recovered by the owners:
The horses were stolen from a farm
er living in Coffey county, and the wag-
on and harness from another farmer in
the same county. A new unabridged
Webster's dictionary was stolen from
school house near Bronson, and an or
gan taken from FairvieW church. Just
north of the same place. Besides the
harness on the horses there were also
two sets in the wagon. Several other
articles, such as pans, brooms, rubber
boots, clothing and shoes, were also
found in the wagon, all of which has
been identified by the owners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
FLAMES BURN A WOMAN.
Shocking Accident of Mrs. John Myers
of Newton.

Newton, April 1T is hardly thought
that Mrs John Myers will recover from
the terrible burns received Tuesday night
from an exploded lamp
Mr.. and Mrs. Myers were sitting in the
kitchen, when Mrs. Myers went in to tho
bedroom, carrying a gasoline lamp with
her This she placed on a commode and
then opened one of the drawers. AS the
drawer was tight in the groove, she gave
it a jerk, which overturned the lamp and
broke it. The gasoline ignited and in
moment the unfortunate woman was in
flames. Mr.. Myers came at once to the
rescue and grasping some bed clothes,
threw them around his wife, extinguish-
ing the blaze. Although the deadly fire
lasted but a few moments, it lasted long
enough to infiict injuries of great serious
ness. Mrs. Myers was burned on the
back, both lower limbs and feet, hands
and arms and a little on the chest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
SIDEWALKS THIS YEAR.
Only Five Miles of New Brick Ones
This Time.

Sidewalk Inspector Withers is busy
going over the board walks in the city
and checking them up. When he finds
one that has not stood the test of the
winter it is placed on the condemned
list.
Inspector Withers says he is finding
fewer bad walks than he expected,
and there VIII not be one-third as many
walks on the condemned list as last
year. There We're nearly 20 miles of
new walks put down last year and the
inspector says that there will not be
more than five miles this season At
this time last year the contract for the
new walks had been awarded, but the
lists have not yet been presented to the
council.
There are still in the neighbOrhood of
20 miles of wooden walks in the city,
and it was supposed that this season
would nearly clean them up. but many
of the plank walks are in good cOndi-
ton and the sidewalk inspector would
not be justified in placing them on the
list this season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
CARS GOLD HOARD.
More Than Eight Hundred Million
Roubles in His Treasury.

St Petersburg. April IAN official
statement was issued yesterday, deny
ing the allegation that there has been
a serious decrease in the treasury gold
reserve and the reserve of the state
bank.
It is asserted, on the contrary. that
the cash reserve which on December 10
now stands at sos. 500, OOO and this in
spite of the fact that during the in
terval $500 600 rOubles have been paid
out in the purchase of silver and $780,
000 in the redemption of gold certih-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Young Couple at Wichita Marry on
Poor Prospects.

Wichita April Rev. Bruce Crit
fifth is too kind hearted to adhere to rig
id business principles Some time ago
he was asked to perform the marriage
ceremony for some people whom he IN
derstood were very poor.
When he arrived at the place they
were even more destitute than he ex-
pected.
The young mans hair was ragged and
unkempt and his clothes were poor. The
young lady's dress was made long
enough to hide her feet, for she had no
shoes. After the ceremony the young
man handed Mr.. Griffith all the money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers
have been filed in the office of the
county clerk.
w s kale to A, A Majors, Tor S5OO
lots 80 and 80 in LincOln's subdivision
of Rural Home addition. and lots l, 2, 3.
IA IS and Is in the subdivision to sec
ton l. township u and range Is.
George NJ. Noble and Eva r Noble
to Agnes Scott for 81 and other valu-
able considerations, lots IA, 16 and Is
Quincy street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

laws for the order, fill vacancies. APP
propriate the money of the order, and
in fact, make all the disposition of the
funds.
The object of our law is to protect
legitimate fraternal, beneficiary organ
izations. I am of the opinion that the
Mutual Protective association is not a
legitimate fraternal, beneficiary asso-
citation and that you are not entitled to
do business in this state; hence, you
will govern yourselves accordingly"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
Santa Fe to Favor Shippers.

Leavenworth, April 1.-The Santa Fe has
taken up the request of the people of
Leavenworth for better freight service to
Kansas City, and the matter likely will
be adjusted in a short time The Leav-
enworth cattle shippers now arrive at
Argentine with their stock at 6 p m They
want the time changed so that they will
arrive there at s a. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Mrs. a. Tween, residing at 20 Henry
St. Alton. H., suffered with sciatic
rheumatism for over eight months
She doctored for it nearly the whole of
this time. using various remedies rec
commended by friends, and was treated
by the physicians. but received no re-
lief She then used one and a half bot
ties of Chamberlain Pain Balm, which
effected a complete cure This is pub
lfshed at hel .-equest, and she wants
others similarly afflicted to know what
cured her. The p and so cent sizes for
sale by Druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
Autocrat Of the sleeping ca.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.)
De ladies smile upon me,
Fo' me de children cry,
Is'e Sultan oh de cannOnball,
Grand duke OBJ de croSStie;
L Sc greater dan F'itzsimmonSs
More respected dan de Gar,
Kase Use de humble porter
OBJ a Pullman palace car.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

next Sunday win be with the best anna
teurs in Atchison. supported by pitcher
and the extra players from the regular
team. The St. Joe Western association
team will probably play in Atchison Sun
day and Monday, April II and II. although
Manager Palmer insists on one of the
Kansas City league team will play In
Atchison Monday, April 19.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01

Wellington, April There is a ru-
NOR af1oat that the Panhandle line of
the Santa. F'e will soon go back into
superintendent J. L. Barnes territory
and the trains over this line will then
be handled from this place and Cha
mute instead of this place and Arkansas
City. If such a change should be
made it is probable that Assistant Su-
perintendent T. J. Whisenand of Cha
mute would be removed to this city. 1t
is not known what other changes might
occur.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
JESSE GooDALL DEAD.
One of the Most Notorious Toughs in
Kansas Passes Away.

Salina. April Jesse GoodaII, a motor
ious character of this city, died late last
night from the effects of a blow received
night.
An inquest was held today over the re-
mains The testimony showed that Good
all insulted the negroes and a fight en-
sued in which he was struck on the back
Of the head with a fence picket, but II is
unknown who dealt the fatal blow. Good
all has been one of the most notorious
tOughs in central Kansas for six years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
ATCHIsoN's BALL CLUB.
The Team Ordered to Report on Sat.
urdaY.

Atchison. April 1.-The Atchison base
ball players have been ordered to report
on Saturday. The players engaged are
as follows:
Jamison. Taylor and Jones. pitchers:
Iorpan. catcher; Cole. first base: Howe
second base: Cope. third base: Perry
shOrtstop: Beauchamp. leftfieId: Krebs
centerffeld: Brown. rightfieId- Quite a
number of games have been arranged for
April, and it IS believed that by May
there will be strong teams at Leaven-
worth Topeka. Lawrence. Emporia
Junction City and other towns. The game
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-01
Mav Fan to COL Arnold.

Fort Riley. April Much speculation
exists just at present regards upon
whose shoulders that much coveted star
will aIight after General Ruger will have
retired on the second of next month
Army officers on duty at the seat of gov
eminent when asked their opinion of tho
proba bilities, as respecting the cavalry
say that Colonel A. K Arnold appears to
be in the advance. Colonel Arnold has
served more than forty years and no COL
oneI on the active list has a more dis
ting-IiShed record.