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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-04
FROM LA JUNTA.

Claude w. Fairchild of Overlook.
Kan, arrived in this city Wednesday,
and will take the position of stenog-
rapher in Master Mechanic Forster's
office.
J. B. SHIRLEY, who has been employed
as stenographer in the master mechan-
les office during the past four months.
has resigned, and will leave in a short
time for Denver.
Engine M, which was mixed I'D in
the head end collision near Emporia a
few months ago in which so many peo-
pie were killed, has been recently trans
ferred to the western division, and is
now running out of La Junta
J. F. BIattenburg has resigned his DO
sition in the dispatcher's office at this
point and will go to Denver as the rep
resentative of a car company. o. F.
HigginsOn, Trainmaster Sears chief
clerk, will try his hand at dispatching
trains.
Under a recent order trains 2, 8, 4,
II. 81 and "a are now handled by en-
gines 797, 500, 500, sos and 81 Coming
west, engines cut out at Coolidge The
engineers on the run are cambridge,
NEWER, Shaw, Hood and Greenaway.
The pipe contest conducted by the
Denver Times for the Lyman Import
and the result announced. The pipe
given to the most popular engineer was
won by Vim. Parr, who is now hand
ling the 1872 between here and Dodge
his vote standing 1903, while that of his
nearest competitor was but lilo. The
pipe is an imported meerschaum and
valued at 800
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-04
REcoBp oF 90 YEARS.
Foreclosure Sales of 745 Railways
Representing over $4,000 Miles
of Lines Since 1875.

From the foOtings in the Railway
Ages review of. 20 years it appears that
commencing with 1876 there have been
foreclosure sales of 745 railways, repre-
senting over $4,000 miles of lines and
s.. 95S, OOO, 600 of combined bonds and
stock=equivalent to 50 per cent of the
entire present railway mileage and "a
per cent of the present capitalization
OF all the railways in the United States
1t is to be remembered, however, that
in a good many Instances the same
road has passed through sale and re-
organization two and perhaps three
times during the period covered, so that
the percentage of mileage which has
suffered foreclosure is not so great as
these figures indicate. On the other
hand, a large mileage, including some
important roads-notably Baltimore &
Ohio-is still in the hands of receivers,
and will eventually be added to the
foreclosure list; While a considerable
number of roads that were in the list
OF receiverships have been reorganized
without sale.
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miles of track, or one mile to ga of
area; Europe has a mile of track to %
Of area; South America a mile of track
to 284 of territory; Australasia, 237 miles
of area to one mile of track and North
America has a mile of track to 30 miles
of territory The United States beats
them all with one mile Of track to every
16 miles of territory.
In the ratio of road to population
the United States gives a mile of track
to every 400 persons; Europe makes a
ratio of one mile to 245 persons; Africa
can give only one mile of track to eve
~ Is, 592 persons and Asia is by far and
beyond the greatest railway field on
earth, with only mile of track to eve
ry 81, $40 persons. The place for the
railway boomer to go and grow up with
the country is Asia.
ITO sum up, there is total area in
the world of 81, 23S, 900 square miles oc-
cupied by about 1,5O0, 600, 600 people,
which would give one mile of railway to
every 119 miles of territory and the
same to every 3, 424 persons. which may
be taken as an Indication that the de-
mand for new railways will continue
for some time yet.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Arkansas Valley Lodge No. SO,
b. of r. T. at Dodge City,
Give Their First Ball Which
Proves a Success.
DANCED ALL NIGHT.
Several Changes Among Rock
Island Employees.
Santa Fe AbandOnS Its Rush
vile st. Joe Track.
ALL NIGHT.

Dodge City, Jan. 4.-Arkansas Valley
lodge No. So, B. of r. T., gave their
first annual bail at McCarty's rink in
this city New Years eve.
This lodge has only been recently or
gained, as the old B. of r. T. lodge
was disbanded after the A. r. U. trou-
bic. They have a good membership
and a growing interest IN the welfare of
the order is being manifested by all
members.
D j. Luster is master and L. T
Sears secretary.
This dance was their first effort as
public entertainers and was success
10 every particular. The large hall ha6
been tastefully and appropriately dec
GRATED and its beautiful appearance
was the occasion of much favorable
comment.
The grand march commenced at p.
m and was led by Mr.. G. A Judd and
his wife. A programme Of 80 dances
followed and the home waltz was I'm
ished at 4:30 a m.
Music was furnished by Beeson's su-
perb orchestra of ten pieces
Dodge City is proud of the orchestra
as it is the best in the western part OF
the state and they received many COM
pliments from outside visitors
Quite a number of visitors were pres
ent from La Junta, Hutchinson and
Newton It is hoped that the lodge will
give another dance, as they had such
pleasant affair this time
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A LOAN FOR CHINA.
The Celestia1s Want to Borrow 16,
100000 Pounds Somewhere.

Berlin, Jan. 4.-The Cologne Gazette,
on authority from the best informed
quarters in Paris announces today that
since Thursday last important negotia,-
lions have been proceeding in London
for a Chinese loan, the attempts made
in Paris and st. Petersburg to arrange
a loan having failed. China thereupon
offered to contract for 5000, 900 pounds
in London, at the same time asking the
good offices of the British government
China, it appears, cOntenplates offer
ing as security the land tax under the
control of Englishmen and that, fur
thermOre, an Englishman shall succeed
Sir Robert Hart, as director of the Chi
nese imperial maritime customs In ad-
dition Great Britain will insist upon
concession of territory relative to which
secrecy, according to the informant OF
the Cologne Gazette, must DE temper
arily observed.
The Cologne Gazette adds that it is
understood Russia has renewed her of
fer to China, to conclude a loan in Ger
many on more favorable terms than
ObtainabIe in Paris or London.
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DECEMBER LIQUOR SALES.
The Total Reported for the County is
1885.

The following sales of liquor were made
during December by druggists according
to the reports filed in the office of the pro-
bate Judge:
HartzeI & Tatman. 43; G. P. Pierce. p;
L. S. Woolvertcn, 80; A. B. Woolverton,
!; A T. Waggoner, III; ]. NJ. Gish, II;
Geo. w. Stansfeld, 81; E. B. Walker, Al;
NJ Weightman. So; A. H. Merrill, 80; A. c.
Flingaman, 81; w. D. Woodford, So; c. F.
Payne. %; W. H. Wilson, 1873; c. w Kohl,
30: E T. Sim, III; B. F. Sim, 1874: w F.
Lake, So; J. E. Schnebly, 20; Emmett Row
lev 40. w. s. Miller. 80; A w Lacey, 1855;
Frank Hobart. 81; A. o. Rosser, As; Lee
tones Al. O. A. Keene. AZ: F. B. Wallace,
90. w A. Karr. 81: B. A. Barrett. AZ; Row
lev e, Snow. 200: NJ A lunches, Sc; A. }.
Arnold, IT.: w H. Gunther, 81; Swift &
Holiday 12O. Total, 1855.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers of real estate
have been recorded at the office of the
register of deeds:
Mary J. Pardun and husband to J. L.
Penny, 1850 all of lot in section p, ex-
cept railway right of way and east 20
acres, and also northeast quarter and east
half of northwest quarter, section &c. both
in township II, range IA
Central National bank to Eva Kathunne
s216, east 42-1G9 acres of lot 6 in section
%. township II. range Is.
T. w. Anderson to Gilmore Miles, $500,
three-cornered three acre piece in Ross
vile.
Irving Doolittle and wife to Mrs. Fran
els Hollywood, ST. $50. lots ia to $50, even,
inclusive, on Hancock street, lots 63S to
go, even, inclusive, on Branner street, and
lots 645 647, 649 Lime street, in Stevenson's
subdivision.
NJ. S. McIlvain to Cecil Aitlzin, $3.50, lot
143 Pine street, RossviIle.
Almira Thompson to o. J. Wood. $500,
lots asa and 456 Polk street, Gould's addi-
ton.
L. j Bean and wife to Albert Neese,
$500, lots 1 and 2, block l, in Fry & Kun
giles addition to Richland.
Marcia Troutman and husband to Jo-
seph Davies. S1,1OO, lot Sc Monroe street,
y orth Topeka.
A. Washburn and wife to James Easier,
5000, lots All, 419. 421. on Randolph avenue.
and lots AIS, 42O and 422 on Webster ave-
nue., in Washburn Place addition.
NJ. S. Mcuvain to Cecil Aitkin. $3.50, IN
divided half interest in lots 49, 135, 137,
139, al Pine street, Rossvile.
Edward Titus to J. H. Hunt, 81. lots 81.
379 and 3s1 Lincoln, street, -Brohk's Bona
Ventura addition
J. H. Noble master. to George NJ. Noble,
SIG, 900, lots 121 and 123 Jackson street.
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0. R. c. RESOLUTIONS
DepIore the Death ofChairraan Thorn
burg and Secretary Bresnahan.

Jug anu secretary BreSnahan.
The following members of the gener-
al grievance committee of the Order of
Railway Conductors, are attending the
BIENNIAL session in Topeka:
3 J. NARROW, division &c. Pueblo
4. R. Glazier, division Il. Newton.
5. s. DemOss. division "A. Denver,
n. R: H: McEIwin, division 300, Dodge
6. W. Scott, division 179. Topeka,
Kan.
W. Simpson, division 868, Argentine.
Kan.
James Connors, division 287.san Mar
J. G King, division s72. Ration. N. NJ.
F. H Griffin, division $50. Emporia,
George E. Carroll, division 265, Cha
mute, Kan.
Thomas Quirk. division 245. Arkansas
Charles odee, division TO- Las Veg
j. W, AIorland, division 222, Chicago.
o. T, Oliver, division 288. Fl. Madi-
w. A. Nfendenhan. division So, kan
sas City. No
Conductor Ramsey. vice chairman, is
presiding, and ]. c. King is acting sec
rotary.
The first thing done was to pass ap-
propr1ate resolutions on the death of
Chairman George W Thornburg, and
the secretary, J. J. Bresnahan. The
resolutions are as follows:
To Mrs George w. Thornburg, wife of
the deceased general chairman of the
general grievance committee, Denver
Colo, and to Mrs. J. J. Bresnahan.
wife of the deceased secretary of the
A, T. q S. F. Railway General Griev-
ance Committee, Ration. N. M:
whereas. The general grievance COM
mittee of the Order of Railway Conduc-
tors of the A, T. & S. F. railway, now
IN session in Topeka. Kan. miss the
presence of our deceased brothers and
mourn their loss and deeply sympathiza
with you in the loss of kind husbands
and affectionate fathers; and
Whereas, 1t was the viii of the Grand
Chairman and Secretary of the Uni
verse, who dCeth all things we'll. and
has removed our worthy brothers from
our midst, we meekIy bow in submits
sion to His will and pray that He may
deal lightly with you and yours until
you are again reunited with your loved
ones where parting viii be no more;
therefore be it
Resolved, That the stations of the
general chairman and secretary be
draped in mourning during the session
of the general committee and that
copy of these resolutions be sent to
each of the widows of the deceased
brothers. and to each division of the
Order OF Railway Conductors on the
A. T. & S. F. railway and to the Rail-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-04
A SEA or FLABTF,.

On the evening of November, 18th, 1873
a fire broke out in the British ship Nelanie,
loaded with 500 barrels of petroleum. An
awful mass of flames shot up from the main
hatch and the vessel quivered from stem to
stern with explosion of the barrels. Her
seams opened and the blazing petroleum
poured out into the river, spreading belt
of FIRE around her. The master and seamen
jumped overheard. Captain Sharp, whose
vessel was lying closely, propelled a small
boat through the blazing river and after a
severe scorching and imminent peril, saved
the seanreu from horrible death.
All over civilization there are thousands
of men in more imminent danger than were
those sean1en. They are threatened with
consum ptiOn or are already IN the clutch Of
that deadly disease. If they only knew It,
help is at hand. Dr.. Pierce's Golden Med
ica1 Discovery cures % per cent. of all cases
of consumption. It also cures bronch1nss
asthma, throat and nasal troubles and all
diseases of the air passages. It is the great
b1ood-1naker, hesh-builder, and nerve-tonic.
It makes the appetite hearty, the digestion
perfect and the liver active. The " Golden
Medical Discovery IS the product Of that
eminent specialist, DIR. r. Y. Pierce, who,
during the thirty years that he has been
chief consulting physician to the great
Inva1ids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at
Buffalo, has treated more cases than nifty
ordinary physicians + 1t in a lifetime.
Thousands given Ut by doctors, have tes-
tilted to complete recovery under tE1s mar
velous medicine
Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. It Is speedily cured py
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
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Letter From Mrs. Lindsey.

To the Editor of the State Journal.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. al see in the
Journal of Saturday evening an arti-
Gle in regard to myself stating: What
is the matter with Mrs. Lindsey for
chief of police 1 want to state that
I am not looking for notoriety. but I do
want to see things changed. AS I have
stated before, I want high license and
these little dives done away with. It
is no use in trying to have prohibition
as every one knows, if they will only
admit it, that it is impossible unless it
is general.
So we must submit the question to
the people and if they want prohibition
close everything or bankrupt the state
MRS. LINDSEY.
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HONORS MRS. GRANT.
Mrs. Stanley Matthews Gives Her An
nual Luncheon.

New York. Jan. 4.-Every year, as
regularly as the social season opens,
Mrs. Stanley Matthews gives a lunch
con in honor of Mrs. Grant There is
a congenial circle invited to meet the
wife of the great general, and the beau
tiful dining room of this artistic home,
with it's warm red hangings and fur
nishings. becomes the setting of an ex-
ceedingly pleasant picture.
Mrs Grant always enjoys these gath
erings. She is so glad to meet her
friends, and every one enjoys the hos
pitality of Mrs. Matthews home Miss
Mitchell her cousin, is a charming aid
upon these delightful occasions Mrs.
SartOris is always invited with hel.
mother, who is depending more and
more upon her in the twilight of her
life. Mrs. Grants sight is falling
perceptibly, and the tender guidance
of her daughter is quite necessary
when she goes abroad.
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FRoM ALBUQUERQUE.

Miss Lulu Dick. who was here on a
visit to her brother, James A Dick, a
we'll known railrOader, has returned to
her home in Las Vegas.
Business has Stacked Up for a few
days on the local railroads. The ship
ment of oranges from California will
start shortly, and the rush will then
be on in dead earnest.
Charles Eisaman, who has been here
for the past two or three days, left yes
terday for WinslOW, where he will go to
work for the Santa Fe Pacific.
J. e. Hurley, division superintendent,
who was here yesterday with Assistant
General superintendent Turner, stated
that he found the roadbed north and
south of the city, in good condition, and
done on his division the past year.
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Well Do Your Hauling Right!
TOPEKA TRANSFER co.
Telephones
500 Kansas Ave. $40 Office.
395 House.
F.P. BACON, Prop.
THE SURPLUS WAS SMALL.
But it Was There When the Decem-
Der Accounts Were Balanced.

Washington, Jan. 4.-The monthly
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures for the month of De-
cember shows the total receipts to have
been $50 SAC, sos, of which 81, $50. $50 was
from customs, S14 342, 92S from internal
revenue and $33 642, $50 from miscelia-
neous sources. The expenditures for
the month aggregate $27, 634, 092.
The receipts and expenditures for
December include $31, 715, 204. received
during the month from the sale of the
Union Pacific railroad; $500, 900 paid out
to secure a bid on the Kansas Pacific.
and $517,428 interest paid on Pacific
railroad subsidy bonds not due until
January.
Excluding these items. the receipts
amount to $27, 931. 494, and expenditures
S26, PIG, $685. leaving a surplus for the
month of 81, ia, 831.
AS compared with December. 1886,
there is shown to have been an in
crease of nearly 81, 900 600 in the re-
ceipts from customs and about s1,145.-
600 increase from internal revenue
sources.
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BATTLE OF COFFEE.
Arbuckles and Woolsons Are Involv-
ed in a Contest Royal

Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 4.-The Woolson
Spice company has filed an answer in
the United States circuit court in the
action brought against it by the Ar
buckles. It alleges that the Arbuckles
are and have been since December 1896.
business of the WoOlsOn company for
the purpose of wiping out of existence
q dangerous and form dable rival in the
coffee roasting industry. The answer
then goes on to say that it would be
dangerous to the interests and welfare
of the company to permit the Ar
buckles, who own the sixty shares of
Woolson stock to be allowed to partici-
pate in any way in the management of
the latter concern.
It alleges that when all the previous
schemes had failed, ArbuckIes entered
into conspiracy to force the Woolsons
to enter into a combination to bow
colt part of the trade of Ohio and the
United States or to have the Woolson
boycOtted by the trade.
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CHANGE AT REFORM SCHOOL
James Butler Supersedes Fred Sewers
as Assistant Superintendent.

Fred Sewers has been removed as as
sistant superintendent of the reform
school in this city, and James Butler
has been elected to the position
Senator Jumper, Frank Shane and
w. L. Brown, chairman of the state
board of charities, made the change.
When the board made an investiga-
ton of the recent disturbances at the
reform school, as a result of which an
effort was made to secure the removal
of Superintendent Hart, Myron Gilmore
and A. J. Ash, with their wives, We're
removed, standing charged with having
caused the trouble.
Later developments show that Sow
ers was largely instrumental in stir
ring up strife, and he was removed on
that account. The other persons will
not be re-instated.
The change takes place in a few days
Butler has been acting as 9 deputy
grain inspector at Kansas CITY. He
was steward of the Topeka asylum
during dwellings administration.
There has been considerable friction
at the reform school on Sewers ac-
count. He was, it is claimed, forced on
the administration by LeWelling.
Sewers was Senator dwellings com
mittee clerk last winter.
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THE GRIEVANCE CoMMITTEE
Of the Santa Fe Conductors Are Con
sidering Various Matters.

S1O6T1ng various maCGerS.
The general grievance committee of
the order of Railway Conductors of the
Santa Fe will probably be in session in
this city all of this week. The closing
business will be the election of officers
for the ensuing two years.
The death Of both the chairman and
secretary of the organization within the
past three months left a great deal of
unfinished business to be Strengthened
out and attended to, and this is the
principal work being done by the COM
mittee at this meeting. There are a
number of grievances to be considered,
as there always is at every meeting of
the committee, but they are all OF
minor and individual nature, there be-
ing no grievance of a general nature to
be considered at this meeting.
The cases of the nine Santa Fe pas
senger conductors discharged about
month tgO for irregularity in the finan-
cial part of their duties will not be
discussed at this meeting.
There are several individual grieV-
ances on demerit marks given conduct
OrS under the Brown system of disci-
pine, but the grievance committee as
the executive body of the Santa Fe
conductors regard the Brown system as
a just method of discipline. Conductor
A r. GIazier of Newton, one of the
most prominent members of the COM
mittee, said today:
The Santa F'e conductors as a whole
are pleased with the working of the
Brown system, and believe it to be
pending a man for slight ofenses. Of
course there are instances where men
feel that demeTit marks are given them
unjustly, but the general feeling is that
the Brown system is a just method OF
dealing with the employees"
Conductor GlaZier stated that there
were no grievances over the present
agreement between the company and
the conductors, and that it remained
entirely satisfactory to the men.
This morning the committee listened
to Mr.. Geo. B. DOugan, superintendent
of agencies of the Railway Employees
Accident association, for nearly an
hour This IS the new mutual accident
association which was Incorporated last
October and whose membership is lin
tied to railway employees, and Mr.
DOugan explained the advantages to be
derived by railroad men entering it.
Mr.. r. S. Mears, the well known Santa
F'e engineer of Newton, is president of
the association.
The committee will call upon General
Manager Frey and General Superin-
tendent Nudge before leaving the city
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THE CAR SPLITTER.
Stomach Turning Spectacle Which
the Law Ought to Stop.

Yesterday a well known Topeka law
yer, who lives in the western part of
the city, boarded a trolley car. AS he
sat in the car he was seized with a
frog in his throat" and eXpectorated
freely on the floor of the car instead OF
using his handkerchief.
The conductor, who was an extra
went inside and asked the lawyer not
to use the floor of his car in that man
ner, to the evident disgust of the 9TH
er passengers whereupon the latter be-
came very angry and remarked that
he didn't intend to be insulted by any
''hireling of a corporation"
AS the lawyer got off the car down
town, he turned to the conductor and
called him a name and made a few I'M
complimentary remarks. The latter re-
piled: I'm busy now; just wait until
get off duty, and III smash your
face"
People who won't be decent, should
be made decent by law.
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Rock Island Changes.

AS announced some days ago. Mr. A E
cooper, agent of the Rock Island a Ell
Keno o. t, has been appointed city pas
senger agent of the road at Wichita. sue
ceeding Hal S. Ray who goes to Pitts
burg, Pa, to take the place of district
passenger agent made vacant by the pro-
motion Of Mr.. E. B. Macleod Mr.. E.
s. Hull, agent al Salina, will take the Ell
Reno office and will be succeeded at Sa-
lima by Mr.. A. B Baker.
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QUAY BUYS A NEW HOME.
He Will Now Live in the Same Coun-
ty With Chris Magee and
Senator Finn.

Pittsburg, Jan. "A real estate sale
of more than usual political significance
is the purchase by Senator Matthew
Stanley Quay of the Hare place at Os-
born, Allegheny county, valued at S75,-
600. The late Thomas Hare purchased
the property about twenty-five years
ago from Gen. George w. Cass, then
president of the old Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago railroad.
Senator Quay and family have lived
for many years at Beaver, and deferred
moving for political reasons. He and
the combine leaders, G. L. Magee and
State Senator Finn, will now live in
the same county.
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Rheumatism Cured in a Dav

mystic cure" for R.leun.a tisrn and
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to days-
It's action upon the system is remarka-
BILE and mysterious. It removes at once
the cause and the disease Immediately
disappears. The first dose greatly ben
Gifts.
Z. F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster Of
Promise City Iowa, says: Il bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheuna-
tism, and two doses of it did me more
good than any medicine I ever took.
IS cents. Sold by Swift & Holiday
Drug Co. 523 Kansas avenue. Topeka.