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Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
A BoNDH0LDERs' KLoNDIKE.
ern Sharply Advanced by
Alaska Travel.

New York. Jan. 1s.-The contest for the
control Of the Seattle Lake Shore & East
ern railway, now in progress in Wall street,
Is the sharpest fight of the kind that has
occurred in several years in the financial
district That neither side is confident Of
its position is made apparent by the very
sharp advance that has already taken place
in bonds which were deposited with the
Manhattan Trust Company at the time Of
the reorganization.
1t Is the certificates issued on the deposit
Of the bonds which are now in demand.
In view of the discovery of gold in Alaska
and the Yukon country, traffic between
Seattle and the North is expected to be
large. and the Canadian Pacific apparently
recognizes the advantage which would ac-
crue to 1t through the control of the Seattle
& International. which runs almost straight
north from Seattle to Sumas, where it
connects with the Canadian Pacific.
The agents of the Canadian Pacific have
been at work quietly for ten days or more
gathering in consents. but so far as can be
learned they have not succeeded to any
There was a meeting yesterday of some
Canadian Pacific for the lease were made
public. The company proposes to guaran-
tee the interest on the bonds at the rate Of
the second year, and per cent thereafter
1t also asks that it be given an option to
buy the bonds from the bondholders' place
In two years the certificates have re-
mained dormant in investors homes, with
out income and with little or no value be-
for them A week ago Saturday they sold
at 45. while yesterday. they changed hands
as nigh as q; although the last sale of the
day wv was sat, at eSiss
certificates is found in the terms of the
reorganization of the old Seattle, Lake
Shore q Eastern road in 1896. The road
had been constructed by the Northern Pa
but when the Northern Pacific itself be-
came insolvent, its guarantee was worth
less.
A receivership of the Seattle road fol-
lowed, and in the reorganization its prop
tween two new corporations-the Seattle
4 International and the Spokane & Seat
t!e. 1t was provided. however. that should
the trustees Of the stocks and bonds of
tEe TWO new corporations wish to sell.
Lease or consolidate the roads they should
frst secure the assent of 60 per cent of
the certifcates representing the old Seat
tie, Lake Shore & Eastern outright at ~.
about $4,000 out Of the issue of s555s. 900
Several very large holders of the certifi-
Gates who have lively recollection of how
they Jared under a previous guarantee OBJ
1eet to the terms offered. and have instruct
ed Moore & Schley to organize an opposi-
ton to the plan Of the Canadian Pacific
Moore & Schley advertised In the Sunday
papers asking that holders call on them for
consultation, and as result they were
Kept busy yesterday. To visitors 1t was
pointed out that a guarantee of a foreign
corporation was not very desirable securi-
ty.
The firm intImated that 1t would he pre-
pared to-day to make fiat cash offer for
the Certificates
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
ANTI-scALPING BILL.
Railroad Officers Who Deal
With Ticket Brokers',

Washington, Jan. 1s-The house commit
tee on commerce to-day voted to report the
anti-scalping bill. in the form of a sub
stitute prepared by Mr.. Sherman, Of New
York. The substitute follows the general
lines of the original bill, with some addi-
tional features. 1t places a penalty on
Heretofore the plan has been to hold the
corporation liable but the new provision ex-
tends the liability to officials. making them
prisonment on conviction. A new para
graph is inserted in section two. making 1t
unlawful for general passenger agents to
supply tickets to other than authorized
ticket agents. Another substitute provision
provides that Unused tickets shall be re-
deemed at any time within one year. Any
company falling to redeem a ticket Is made
liable in civil action TO a penalty of 500
in excess OF the redemption money on the
ticket. Mr.. Sherman will write the report
and present it tomorrow.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
Rate. for national X. of p.

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 1S-At a meeting
OF Pythias ex-committee and representa-
tives of the Indiana Passenger Association
for the purpose of fixing rates for the ma
tional X. Of p, to be held in this city.
the committee agreed upon recommended
tion to the Central Passenger Association
that within the limits of the Central Pas
senger Association the date Of sale Of tick
cts be placed at August 20. q and q: the
prior to August q; the time limit on all
tickets to be August 80. with extension
privileges to September 10. All recon-.
mendations refer to tickets sold at the
cent a mile rate.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
MAKE RATES FOR ST. LOUIS.
Reduced to 20 Cents-Change
in Cattle Rates.

St. Louis, Jan. 1s-The following advices
OF changes in rates to Texas points have
been promulgated by the Southwestern
freight bureau: Effective January o. 1885,
and expiring March 81. 1885, rate of 20 cents
per 100 pounds on cotton piece goods. any
quantity, as described in exceptions to the
Texas common points: third class differ
entails to apply in making rates to points
in Texas taking higher than common point
rates with maximum of n cents per 100
pounds from st. Louis. Third class differ
entails to apply from points in defined
territories. except where present establish
ed differentials are lower. Rates on beef
cattle will be applied as maxima on ship
ments of stock cattle from Texas points to
interstate pointS
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
SAN DIEGO WANTS RAILWAY.
California Town Grants Right of Way
100 Feet Wide Through the
City Limits.

San Diego. Cal, Jan. 1S.-The common
council has awarded an important railway
franchise. 1t is for a right Of way 100
feet wide through the city limits. The
franchise is awarded to the following gen.
tlemen: Matthew Sherman. L. S. Grant.
Jr., NJ. A. Luce. William N. King and C.
L. Josselyn. who were appointed by the
chamber of commerce as committee to
take such measures as in their Judgment
seemed best for securing railroad direct
ly eastward from this city to the Colorado
river. Members of the chamber Of COM
ing theiy purpose in obtaining this fran
chise. would only say their object was to
secure for San Diego shorter and more
sidered the franchise the important pre-
l,minary to that end. Under the terms of
the franchise the grantees are obliged to
locate the proposed road within one year
and to have 1t in full operation within
two years.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
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Urinary diseases. Consult him
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money saved and years of suffering
averted. No promises made that
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FACTS for men free at office, By
mail 6 cents, stamps. Hours, 9 to
4 and 7 to 8; Sunday, 10 to IL.
Consultation free and confidential
Call or write to-day.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
FARMERS BUILD RAILROAD.
Which In to Run From Texas
to St. Louis.

Which In to Run From Texas
to st. Louis.
st. Louis. Jan. 1s.-Citizens of Texas.
Southern Kansas, Northeastern Oklahoma
and Indian Territory are determined to
have short railway to st. Louis. They
have constructed twelve miles of track
from Henrietta, Tex, without l cent or
working capital. Stock was issued to a
number OF farmers and merchants, who
paid for 1t by work upon the roadbed. The
farmers In many instances worked them
selves. while the merchants hired teamsterS
to takes their places in constructing the
When completed. the road will run from
Henrietta. Tex, through Southern Kansas,
Northeastern Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory to point east of Chetopa. on the
Southern Kansas line. This road will con-
meet with the Gulf & Brazos railway at
Henrietta. and will afford direct communi
cation with ports Velasco and Galveston.
Merchants and farmers along the line of
the proposed road are endeavoring to secure
the cooperation of the st. Louis business
men. # ST. Louis will aid in the project
1t is believed by the citizens who desire q
bee line to St. Louis that the road will
be completed and in running order within
q year.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
Rate Meeting in Progress.

Roads interested in rates from Missouri
river points to Northwestern Missouri and
Southwestern Iowa territory met at the
Coates House yesterday to recheck the
rates SO as to equalize the tariffs from st.
Joseph and Kansas City to much of this
territory. Kansas City jobbers have long
lower rates than this city to much of that
territory. The Stilwell roads announced an
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
Monon Employe. In Convention.

Cincinnati. O., Jan. 1s.-The federated or
ders of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton
railway system are holding their annual
convention here. They consist OF conduct
ors, engineers. firemen. telegraphers and
trainmen. The members of the executive
boards of the system gave tonight posi-
tive denial that any of the orders have
or have had any grievance against their
employers.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
Santa Ee VIII Help r.. r.. Y. NJ. c. A.

Topeka, Kas., Jan. 1S.-(Special.) The
Santa Fe company has notified the nation
al secretary of the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A:
that it will donate enough money to build
a handsome Y. NJ. C. A. building for the
use of its employees at Argentine. The
building will be erected this spring. and
will be the handsomest structure Of the
kind in the state. Improvements will also
be made in the Y. NJ. c. A. quarters at
Topeka, Newton. Chanute. Wellington and
Arkansas City.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
WICHITA COAL RATE CASE.

Railroads Given Until Next Tuesday
to Answer Complaint of Ex-
0rbitant Charges.
Topeka, Kas., Jan. 1s-(Special.) The
railroads against whom the officials Of
Wichita have complained Of charging ex-
orbitant rates for the shipment Of coal to
that place will be given until next Tuesday
to answer the complaint. The railroads
came to-day prepared to fight the case on
discrimination lines. The board declared
that it was not a question of discrimna-
tion The complaint charges excessive
rates, and the board is called upon to de-
termine whether they are reasonable. The
rate from the coal mines in Southeastern
Kansas to Wichita on coal is $l.6O per ton.
The commissioners will go to Wichita aft
dence of the witnesses for the city. The
roads will present their evidence here.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19

Is a carefully edited, concise
and comprehensive encyclo-
Pedic volume of timely infer
nation on topics Educational,
Historical. Political, Statistical,
Official. Agricultural and Mis-
cellaneous. A reliable hand
book. 1t tells you what you
want to know just when you
want to know it. 1t is an up
to-date manual for everybody.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19

intention to equalize the rates to points on
the Omaha. Kansas City & Eastern and
associated lines, and Chairman Midgley.
of the Western Freight Association. called
q meeting of all the interested roads to re-
check rates to the whole OF the territory
affected. The meeting will continue to-
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
HUGO BREGKL6IN'S
RIALTO 6HARMACYl

RaIto Bldg, 9Th and Grand Ave.. TEL. 1891.
PhyStctans' Prescriptions and Sick.Room Reus
uislties our Speciality.
We use only the very best materials obtainabls in
our prescription department
Our system Of triple checking In filling prsscrips
tons practically renders mistakes impossible.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
Fires Yesterday,

1880 p. m.-Rear 5S5 Grand avenue; one
story frame dwelling: occupied by L. Bar.
low; loss. S10; cause. oyerheated stove.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
DR.. H. J. WHITTIER,
10 West Ninth Street,
Near Junction. Kansas City. Mo.
REMOVAL NOTICE.

REMOVAL NOTICE.
THE KELLEY INSTITUTE. that was To-
Gated at l8lo Independence avenue has
moved to Its present location, 716 West
Tenth street. in what Is known as the UNI
yersity Club building. Our object in NOV
In this We have succeeded. We are on a
quiet residence street, within walking dis
tance OF the business center of the city. To
reach US from the Union depot on the
Ninth street line. get of at Penn street, 20
south one block. turn west. and 1t Is the
last mouse on the point of the bluff. When
coming on the Twelfth street line. get or
az JEFFERSON street go north two blocks
then turn west as above.
THE KELLEY INSTITUTE
rs West Tenth ST.. Kansas City. Mo.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19

Except in England no baggage is car
ried free. and the accommodations in the
smaller foreign countries are in every re-
spect much inferior to those furnished in
America. Often in foreign countries eX-
cursion rates are made higher than the
regular rates on account of the additional
risk and expense.
'The density of the population also af-
fects the volume of passenger traffic
Where the population is dense there will.
as matter of course. be more travel than
more sparsely settled districts. In Iowa
the population per square mile is about 3S
In England about 54l Belbium 5l4, HoI.
land $50. Italy 26s. France 1877, New York
$50. Ohio 80. New England S3, Illinois Is.
Missouri 43, Nebraska l5 Kansas 10, South
Dakota 5.
'The population per milo of railroad in
Iowa is about 24I. In Illinois It is about s95
New York S13. New England 719. Mis-
souri, 447, Wisconsin BOG. Nebraska 209. Kan
sas los. South Dakota 129. These figures
are computed from advance sheets OF the
last report of the interstate commerce COM
mission.
1.-THE average passenger earnings per
mile. as shown by the last report to this
commission. of the roads operating in iowa
In the Illinois report for 1895, they ara
I,5S2. and as shown by the report to the
interstate commerce commission they are
a.422 in New England. A.5l3 in New York.
and 1851 In Ohio"
All of the above is from the Official COM
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19

everyone of you would be interested with
me in seeing that the Santa Fe road did
what was right and lived honestly. You
would know the road then. You would see
and understand what we were doing, and
you would not believe the people who at
md v,fc fa1
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19
A Word to knnsans.

Now. one word in conclusion. and wish
to say that am now talking not to Mr.. Davis
but through you. Mr.. Editor, to the people
of Kansas. 1t Is quite impossible that any,
body should be more anxious to discuss his
business frankly with the people than am
to discuss with the people of Kansas the
affairs of the Santa Fe road. The Santa Fe
road Is an institution which pays out an
nually about twelve million dollars in the
of public service. 1t is an institution of
which 1t seems to me that every citizen in
the state of Kansas ought to be proud. /
wish most earnestly that the citizens of
Kansas owned the road. The Santa Fe
has always been known as a poor mans
property" That is to say that its stock
has been very largely held and invested in
by the savers of small capital. by the
widows and the trustees for orphans in the
East. The stock Is scattered around in
thousands of very small lots. I wish It
was scattered among the citizens Of Kan
sas. wish every man and woman in Kan
sas could put the few dollars necessary
into one share of the company's stock, SO
that Kansas people would own the Santa
Fe road. I should then. II l was retained
In my position when talked to the people
Of Kansas be talking to my employers. and
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-19


ried. We do not, am sorry to say. carry
as many as sixteen person on the average
in the sleeping cars of our regular trains
trains. which are better loaded. and ali
other passengers on first class trains, 1t
comes to as nearly three tons of dead
IT, Teisht to each passenger as we can figure
Existing Rates Are Fair.
1t is perfectly right. therefore. that he
should be charged as much as three tons of
freight AS matter of fact in consequence
of the high speed at which he is carried
and the great quantity Of incidental ex-
ment which are unavoidable, he ought to
be charged In proportion even more than
oher not sor pubc eeet aIRsvs 10 n1 saSR
recognize that first class passenger service
does not pay its cost. When Mr.. Davis
being the only. or indeed the chief, item in
the difference in cost Of service between
sleeping car and freight traffic, he makes
something. as have said. but 1t is speed
and weight Of trains that cost most. and it
is roughly on the basis of these Items
namely, the lightness of the cars and the
slowness OF the running time-that charges
are graded from limited trains with Sleep
ing cars; throush ordinary passenger sery-
traffic. 1 had supposed that this fact had
been often enough Insisted upon in public
for Mr.. Davis to be aware Of it.
India and British India.
Cd It Is complained that I made an in
accurate statement as to the density of the
population Of British India. which. I said,
has 24o people to every square mile Mr..
Davis refers me to the Encyclopedias Brit
annica for proof that the population of
india" is only 100 people to the square
mile. Mr. Davis must know the difference
between India and British India. "India.'
In the paragraph from the encyclopedia
which he quotes. includes a number OF ma
tive principalities and part of Burmah and
Assam. These have nothing to do with the
British railway system In India. and 1t was
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29
ADMIRAL DEwEY's FAMILY.
A Distant Relative Gives Some Ac-
count of 1t.
Westheld CIass.l Times.)

Westfeld CIass.) Times)
II may be interesting at this time to
know that the ancestors Of Rear-Admiral
George Dewey once lived near the east
end of Silver street, where his progeni-
tor. in the second generation, Josiah
Dewey. was granted land in 1868 for his
labor in building the first parsonage in
town. He was a carpenter living at
Northampton until about 1910. when he
came here, was sergeant Of the guard
during King Philips war, and was elect
ed the first deacon in Westteld church
in 1852. -Four years later he became one
OF the proprietors and first settlers or
Lebanon, Conn, from which place his de-
scendants have spread out and multiplied
like Israel of old. First, they invaded
the wild5 Of Vermont, just before the
Revolutionary war, and helped make that
part Of our country the fame which it
possesses.
Ever in the van OF progress, they have
spread over the whole country, and now
the most famous OF their representatives,
has reached the Philippines. Below is
brief outline of the Admiral's pedigree:
/. Thomas Dewey of Dorchester, Mass,
and Windsor, Conn; died lG4S.
2. Josiah, Of Northampton and West
field, Mass, and Lebanon, Conn, born at
Windsor in 1911; died at Lebanon in 1892.
s. Josiah, second, born in Northampton,
Mass, 1866; died at Lebanon -.
T. william, born at Westfield, 1852; died
at Lebanon, 1859.
s. Simeon, born at Lebanon. ms: died at
Lebanon, 1751
g. William, born at Lebanon, 1746; died
at Hanover, n. H, 1913.
z. Captain Simeon. born at Hebron.
Conn, ITO; died at Berlin, VT, 1868.
s. DR.. Julius Y. born at Berlin, VT, 1901;
died at Montpelier, VT, 1877.
8. Admiral George. born at Montpelier.
VT, 1851
The Dewey families in this vicinity are
from twelfth to fourteenth cousins TO the
Admiral. n l. NJ. DEWEY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29

towns a visit to one Of the offices Of a
representative yellow" evening newspa-
per would be an instructive object-lesson.
He would wonder why the editor-in-chief
and his immediate assistants were allowed
to be at large. A type Of man almost I'M
known elsewhere Is an absolute essential
in a yellow" newspaper office. His
slaves are on the jump from morning
until night. They do not have time to eat,
so strenuous is the rush. Nearly all the
local news is gathered by telephone, so
greedy are they to beat" their contem-
poraries.
The yellow" newspaper has not reach
ed its present perfection in a month or
even year. 1t has been a growth, sue
cession OF spasms. One Of the first indi-
cations Of degeneracy was the employ
ment of women to perform all kinds OF
sensational feats. such as riding on
fire-engine, jumping from a ferry-boat,
and other insane and unwomanly per-
formances. This died out in a short time,
and the era Of crazy physiology ensued.
One Of the editorial geniuses thought he
discovered that ears indicated degeneracy
or vice versa. And even to-day his IA
vorite amusement is to examine ears as
indications Of mental unhealthfulness.
CHANGES IN EMPLOYEES.
Another indication of the sillipess OF
the yellow" newspaper is the frequent
changing Of employees in executive posi-
tions. No man, no matter what his abili-
ty, is sure Of position for more than a
few months. By that time his capacity
for the creation Of freakisk literature
has been exhausted, and he is removed to
make room for another victim.
Where IT is all to end Is a mystery. At
the present time the war absorbs the at
tention Of all the lunatics to such an
extent that they have no time to display
their insanity in other directions, but
there Is very little doubt that the "yel-
low" journalists who are now straining
themselves black in the fact to manufac-
ture lies, and becoming pop-eyed through
gaping after sensation, will all find their
way into safe retreats where mendacity,
sensationalism, and boastfulness will
have no charms for them, and where a
plying public may look at them through
the bars. ERNEST JARROLD.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-29

can goods is one OF the many important
questions that will be left for President
Mckinley and the government to decide.
Paying for the initial trading with the
money they have boarded and with some
credit from America, which will be given
with confidence when this country con-
trolls the island, there is no reason at all
why Cuba should not advance 10 a manu-
featuring trade, and then to a trade in
machinery, and so get the wheels going,
and begin once more to export sugar and
tobacco to this country in exchange for
our products.
CAPITAL FOR CUBA.
1T may be many years before capital
will be attracted to Cuba. II was only
when the North had become fully as
sured Of the restoration of law and or
der in the South that capital was avail,
able after the civil war. What northern
capital has done for the South, northern
and southern capital will do for Cuba
Uncle Sam must do the fatherly, foster
ly Cuban trade, jealousy guarding Gu
ban interests, wisely legislating to bene-
fit the Cuban merchants and helping to
lay the foundation Of a returning pros
perity that will make Cuba a CONNER
cial mine TO the United States. This
country should be careful TO guard ito
OWL interests throughout and take care
that no other nations reap what we have
sown. Cuba will owe much TO US. She
can repay the debt by a trade with this
country that, under the new flag. will
make the trade done with the island under
Spanish misrule look insignificant by
comparison"