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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
Santa Fe to Increase Its Roll
ing Stock.
To Add Thirty New Locomotives
at Once.
AN URGENT DEMAND
Caused by the Grain and Cattle
Rush to Market
Also Leads the Road to Build
New Freight Cars.

While the reports Of the Santa Fe
from the financial department for the
past few months have indicated in
creased earnings a better showing is to
be made by the officials and one shat
the general public can understand.
The road is in the market for a num-
Der of new locomotives. From re-
liable source it is stated that the num-
Der is thirty.
These engines will not be built in the
Topeka shops but bids for their con-
struction are being put in at the Great
Northern building at Chicago this week
by different locomotive works over the
country.
The pattern is to be q by % oonsoI-
dated
It is also the intention of the mana
gers of the system to build at once 400
freight cars for the use OF the road at
the car shops in Albuquerque.
In addition to the present force at AL
buquerque q large force viii be taken
from the San Bernardino shops as the
work is of a rush order nature. 1t is
not thought that any will be taken from
the Topeka shops.
The Santa Fe is making improve
ments at Albuquerque daily and the SUI
perintendent of construction has orders
to push the work of expansion as rap
idly as practicable until the plant has
capacity to work 500 men.
In addition to these improvements the
Santa Fe, Prescott q Phoenix, has
placed an order for three new ten wheel
engines.
The great shipments of grain and live
stock over the Santa Fe recently and
the outlook for the big fall and winter
movements of freight have already
shown the insufhciency of the rolling
stock of the road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05

ana one dollar piece, without more
ado. fills in the name of the firm or rar-
son to whom he desires the money Maid
gives also the name of the CITY and
state then afhXes a two-cent postage
stamp IN the square indicated and
thereupon signs his name in ink. the
signature traversing and cancelling the
stamp.
By this act, pieces of money that IN
to that moment have been neeOtia l9la
and nave passed from hand to hand
are instantly transferred into Dieces Of
exchange. payable only to the navaa
named. and the toll or fee must he 1aiJ
by the sender and cancelled by his sir-
nature 1t is than ready for encIos-
ure in letter. and cannot be made usa
OF by any dishonest postal clerk or t-rl,
- Ii-s@s.0 rr~u rNa 0ue ~arnad a. 7ava-
1t viii be observed that the sender
must pay the fee, which is an import
ant feature to those merchants who
nave been receiving small checks by
mai upon which they have been com
pelIed to pay ten or fifteen cents for
coiIecuon- The average individual es-
teeIns common two-cent postage
stamp as OF trifing value, compared
Win Two copper pennies and il is es-
Iliaaled that the governments receipts
Tor lees on Post Cheques would be n
very considerab Bile amount in excess OF
the present fees obtained. for the rea-
son that practically all sums sent bv
man. would under the Post Cheoue
system pay toll, whereas under The
present arrangement, 1t is estimated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
CAN SLEEP LIKE A BABE.

How many persons over thirty years
of age in Topeka can truthfully make
the above statement? Many persons will
pay $4,000 for a few nights of restful,
strength giving sleep, but you can get
this bliss right here in Topeka for only
fifty cents at Swift & Holidays drug
store, if you will take Mrs. Mary
Smiths advice who lives at 1911 Cooper
ST. jackson, Mich Mrs. Smith says:
mo one knows how much have suf-
fered for the past three years. At times
my back would pain me so badly that
I almost cried. I did not rest we'll at
night on account of the severe pain
across my kidneys and from nervous
ness. My feet and limbs were swollen
like one with dropsy. 1 was subject to
spells of dizziness and would almost
fall when they would come on. It is
needless for me to say that I was IN
able to do my heavy household work
that would require me to bend or lift
any. In the early stage of my trouble
I was informed that my kidneys were
diseased; so I commenced to take kid
ney pills and other kidney remedies,
but none of them gave me any relief
My troubles multiplied and I had about
given up all hope of ever being we'll
again I read about Morrow's Kid-ne-
oids and procured a box and took them
according to directions One box COM
pletely cured me Not the least symp-
toms of backache remain. my nerves
are steady and all right; no more spells
of dizziness, the swelling has all disap-
peared in my feet and limbs. I can
sleep like a babe Have q ErIa-.Sid sE,-
petite, can do any kind of homework
and in fact never felt better in my life.
MorroW's Kid-ne-Oi are surely a god
send e suffering humanity feel 90
good that I want every one to know
about this wonderful remedy and desire
my statement published that all who
read NAV know what to take if aff1ict-
ed as have been"
Mrs. Smith mas lived in Jackson near
ly all her life and is a most estima BILE
lady. She is sensible, pleasant and
charitable lady and will gladly give any
one further details who will write her
enclosing stamp for reply.
Kid-ne-oids are yellow Tablets mot
pills. and cure kidney ailments and
nervousness. They are for sale by all
first-class druggists or will be mailed
by the manufacturers on receipt of
price. John Morrow & Co., Chemists,
Springfield, Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
HIGGINS DEFAU1rED.
Peculiar Msthods of the Rock Island
Agent at Wellington.

Wellington, Oct. 5.-The accounts Of
E F. Higgins, late agent of the Rock
Island at this point, who so suddenly
disappeared, leaving the company short,
have been checked up. 1t is not known
how much Higgins defaulted for. His
methods were peculiar.
Before he left he went to a special
friend in wellington, told him that he
had to go away; that he would probably
be checked up during his absence and
that he was between 500 and $50 short.
He asked his friend to give him check
properly signed with the amount lefa
blank He said that before leaving he
would determine the exact amount of
his shortage, which was not more than
$50, fill in the amount and leave it in
the drawer, but not endorse it. In this
way it could not be cashed in his alb
sence but it would count all right If
the auditors came along. He promised
to return the check to his friend as
soon as he came back
peared this check was presented to the
bank upon which it was drawn. 1t
called for $37S. 1t was not paid.
The day he left Higgins cashed a
check for sos which had been given
him for freight, put the money in his
pocket and left with it.
On the other hand, while drunk, he
had charged himself with Sly advance
freight on a shipment of flour by the
Aetna mills that he never called for.
After he was gone the Kramer Bros.
paid the amount.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
PAT WAISTS BARRIERS.
Story That the Santa Fe Will Run a
Barber Shop on the Califor-
MIA FLYER

Railroad men are telling a good story
on Pat Walsh, general baggage master
at the Santa Fe.
The story goes that Mr.. Walsh is
training a corps OF BARRIERS to shave
passengers on the California Flyer
which will be put ON early in Novem-
Der and at the same time to handle
trunks and act as baggage smashers."
The barber shop is to be located in the
end of the baggage coach and will be
fitted up neatly with all the require
ments of a modern shop.
Passengers going on the long desert
trip with ne opportunity to get a shave
will greatly appreciate this innovation
It might be asked how men who han
die baggage can find time to shave GUS
toners but this explanation is offered.
West of Kansas City and Topeka lit
tie baggage is handled on this train and
the erstwhile baggag eman can rapidly
transpose himself into a tOnsOrial art
list and shave his customers with neat
ness and dispatch. To be sure, in
swinging and swaying around curves at
forty miles an hour there might be some
danger of an occasional cash but it is
better to have a shave even under these
conditions than to carry along a three
days growth of beard.
But in all seriousness a complete bar
Der shop is one of the features contem-
plated for the California Flyer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05

Ashby's release by bringing habeas cor
pus proceedings in the probate court,
but that Ashby had refused to allow
him to do SO, saying that he would not
let the probate court release him
Sheppard also fined four other affida-
Wits in support of his own. and he de-
manded to be heard in the case as he
alone really represented those who did
not believe in the validity of the law
Some years ago the legislature passed
an act repeating the poll tax law as it
applied to all cities of the first class
except those having less than 20 600
population. which excludes Fort Scott
and AtchisOn. This exception Hum
phrey, representing Mr.. Ashby. claimed
was not valid. is also claimed that
he ~ tax ordinance cOnuIcted with
me eight hour Law Crider. on the part
Of the city, replied that the law was
perfectly valid. and that the eight hour
law had no bearing upon labor of that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
WORK Is SCARCE.
Trainmen at Ell Paso Complain OF
Hard Times.


The Ell Paso Herald says:
I have been in Ell Paso for several
years past but I must say that I never
have seen conditions as unfavora BILE as
they are at present. said a railroad
man. There is plenty Of business be-
ing done on the railroads for this time
Of the year, but there are too many
men to do the work. I heard an en-
gineer remark yesterday that he had
not made a trip in ten days and he is
one of the best engineers on the road.
Another thing that I notice which
strikes me as being rather peculiar is
that most of the class known as float
ers,' owing to their desire to travel
around from place to place, are at work
while most of the old reliables' are
looking for employment. This condition
of affairs is very hard to explain. Ell
Paso used to be considered by the float
ing element to be merely a recuperat-
ing station between St. Louis and San
Francisco, and one month was a long
time for them to work, but it seems that
things have changed in this respect and
some Of the fioaters have anchored and
made some of the oldest men set sail
I could mention the name of an engin-
eer who was making all the way from
$3.50 to 5000 a month in Ell PasO fifteen
years ago, but who a few days ago &C
cepted a position on the other side of
the river at a salary of $50 a month
Mexican money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
DEFENSE OF HONOLULU.
Gen. Merriam Thinks It Must Be
Made From The Sea.

San Francisco, Oct. Son the next
steamer from Honolulu Major General
Merriam expects a report from the Uni
ted States engineers regarding camp
sites and Notifications It is said that
the report will be more in the nature
of study than voicing any conclusions.
Gen. Merriam, when asked about the
matter said:
"HOnOlUlu's proper defense from an
enemy fleet is a very important and
serious question. The coral reefs form
ing the narrow harbor are low The
site of the city is also low and the
city is close to the ocean. am not
prepared to say what can, or cannot be
done in the way of land fortifications
The outlook is not promising. I am in
clined to think that the city must de-
pend for most of its protection from an
enemy's attack upon ships of the coast
defense type. In that case there will be
no necessity for a large permanent
camp at Honolulu"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
KILLED By THE CARS.
w. R. Wier a Santa Fe Switchman,
Fatally Injured at Wellington.

wellington, Oct. 5.-W. R. Wier,
Santa Fe switchman was run over by
a car at the rock crusher Monday and
received injuries from which he died at
Wichita on his way to the hospital at
The accident occurred about o'clock
in the afternoon. He was with the
switch engine at the rock crusher and
in some manner the f1ange of one OF
the wheels on a moving car caught his
foot after he had made a coupling and
he was thrown on the inside of the
track. the wheel holding his leg on the
rail the entire length. The bones in the
foot were badly crushed and several Of
them were protruding and were re-
moved by the physicians.
He recently came here from Chanute
and leaves q wife and two children. He
was a member of the lodge of Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen at Chanute
and had $500 life insurance in that or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Work has begun on Christ hospital.
Colonel R. L. Walker was in Topeka
yesterday.
The express companies wagons are be-
ing repainted for the winter.
Congressman Charles Curtis is cam
paigning in Jefferson county.
Arthur Capper has not missed a minstrel
show in Topeka for twelve years.
It is quite the thing now to So say "Ha-
Miss Rose was the ice cream wagons.
1t may be a coincidence, but nearly all
of Hi Henry's minstrels have blue or grey
eyes.
Mayor Fellows has gone to New York on
a business trip He will return in two
one of the street cars has hole in, the
side large enough for mans hand to
enter.
The few flowers left in the state house
yard are beginning to have a withered ap-
Deputy Clerk I. s. Curtis of the district
court has been suffering for month with
The Y w c. A. gave an exhibition Of
gymnastic class work at the new gym
nasium last night.
Watermelons are very plentiful on the
market now, and very cheap. Ihey are
of extra large size.
Mr.. Roy Crawford who has been the
pianist of the Gay Rhea company since it
left this city, has returned to Topeka.
Topeka was plumb tired of having
any more, Fourth of July weather in Oc-
The rivalry between the restaurants has
grown so strong that meals are wav down
in price-and in some places in quality.
sidewalks around the Manspeaker resi-
dence. The Carnival Queen is away.
Clarence Eddy was the medium who
gave the slate writings at the Spir1tua list
camp meeting Sunday night, and not Prof.
Van VoOrhis.
Secretary Magaw of the Committee Of
Fifteen is having no end OF trouble pc
the awards for prizes.
A Tyler street young man and his lady
companion aroused a baker last night on
their way home from the theater and Sc
cured pie for lunch.
The Shawnee County horticultural So
ciety meets on Thursday of this week at
the home of A, 3. Smith, instead of on
Hoyt's "A Milk White Flag" with prac-
tically the same cast which presented it
here last season, comes to the Crawford
theater next Wednesday evening.
About two more days and the cruiser
Topeka will be wreck. Small boys climb
over and play in the ship and today a
portion of the equipment is missing.
H. J. Hale has been sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary for grand lar
ceny. He burglarized a house on the
west side and entered a plea of guilty.
A Topeka man whose family is canning
fruit now, went several miles in the coun-
try yesterday and returned with two
bushels of tomatoes which cost him 60
cents.
1um went to sleep on duty recently. for
getting to turn off the water, and the
building was nearly flooded before it was
discovered.
Persons who stop State Journal report
ers and talk to them for half an hour
about nothing should pay S. into the bust
ness office. a reporters time is worth
money to his paper.
One of the most pathetic scenes. at the
minstrel show last evening was the rem
dition of Sweet Alice Ben Bolt on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
STEEL WATER TANKS.
Santa Fe Will Filter and Treat Its
Water for Engines.

The Santa Fe road has introduced on
its southern system in New Mexico
and Arizona a steel cylinder water tank
which is expected to supersede the old
fashioned wooden barrel tank on frame
work structure. The new tank rests
on the ground and the supply pipe runs
out at the proper height for serving
locomotives. The lower part of the tank
leaves lots of room for settings and a
pipe a the bottom affords a means of
cleaning out the tank These tanks
contain from 10000 to 100, 900 gallons.
The new tanks are found more sat-
isfactory owing to the various kinds Of
water found in this territory Filter
ing and treatment of the water can bet
ter be handled in the steel tanks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
Several ladies in the

cornet by Hi Henry. Several ladies in the
audience were affected to tears.
The throng that listened to the Hi Henry
band the outside last evening nearly
blocked traffic on Kansas avenue. But
they didn't all follow the band into the
theater, though the audience was large.
A Topeka young man who intended go
ing to Kansas City last evening began
playing a slot machine While waiting for
the train, and as a result postponed his
trip until today, when he could replenish
his funds.
terest in politics into Topeka or Kansas
people Many years ago there was what
was known "a year without q sum-
mer." This is a, year without politics
and what a relief it is!
Chas. P. Braslan, a salesman for the
Boston seed house of Joseph Breck &
Sons, has filed suit in the federal court to
recover something over 5000 from the
firm. He says the company is bound by
contract to employ him, but is trying to
freeze him out by placing the price of
seeds sold him far above the market
value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
CAUGHT THE THIEVES.
Men Who Have Been Robbing Cars
ON the Pittsburg & Gulf Arrested.

Pittsburg, Kan. Oct. 5.-For over
month thieves have been breaking into
cabooses in the Pittsburg & Gulf yards
and carrying away the wearing apparel
of the train crews Last evening Officer
Elmer Anderson arrested Al Green
street and Homer johnson as the
thieves He had to chase the latter
mile or two in the country and drag
him from a box culvert. Frank DAILY.
another Of the gang, got wind of the
arrests and hired a horse and made his
escape
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
THE OLD POLL TAX FIGHT.
Its Distasteful Provisions Brins a
Case to the Supreme Court.

According to the affidavit Of ]. I.
Sheppard, county attorney of Bourbon
county, and former law partner of At
torney General Boyle, Q. r. Ashby, of
Fort Scott, has brought an action in the
supreme court in order to secure a judg-
ment against himself.
For q long time there have been dis
sensions in Fort Scott regarding the en-
forcement of the poll tax ordinance.
Some lawyers have held that it is I'M
constitutional, while others claim that
it is perfectly valid. One police judge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
Fears for the Leonard.

St Johns. N. F., Oct. st is feared
that the Labrador mail steamer Loop
ard with crew of eighteen and twelve
passengers was lost during a severe
storm or the northeast coast of the ISL
ana last week. She left Kings cove on
1ueSoay morning. but had not reached
4 4,'S Harbor at midnight on Friday
though it is only a twentv-fo11 bo13r
run. The storm was the severest that
ha6 ragged there in many years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
CY wAkmANs LATEST.
Writes an Interesting Story in Which
Tom Potter and Eugene Ware
FIGURE

Cy Warman, we'll known in Topeka
and a writer of railroad stories, has
charming little article in one of the
best American magazines for October
entitled Two Captains"
The narrative is one of war and peace
and the heroes are Eugene Ware of
this city and Tom Potter. now dead, but
late of the Union Pacific.
The opening plot of the play is To-
Gated in the northwest Indian country
back in the seventies. when both of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
no ARRIrRATE RATEs.
Dispute Between American Roads
and Gan adian Pacific to Be
Settled

Chicago, Oct. Edward S. Wash
burn, president of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis railroad, has
been elected as the third arbitrator in
the dispute between American roads
and the Canadian Pacific over freight
rates The full committee now con-
sists of Judge w. r. Day, attorney for
the interstate commerce commission;
John w. Midgley of Chicago, and Mr..
Washburn. Mr.. Day will represent the
American roads and Mr.. Midgley the
Canadian Pacific. President Washburn
was chosen by the other two under the
terms of the arbitration agreement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
MOVEMENT OF GRAIN.
Texas Roads Have Car Famine
Stealing From Each Other

Galveston, Oct 5.-Concerning the
movement of grain and the prospects
for an increase in the outward move
ment, a railroad official yesterday sta
ted that he looked rather for a decrease
than an increase
There are three reasons for this"
said he. THE farmers are not inclined
to sell. Ocean rates are high But the
chief reason is that the Texas railroads
are all 'balled up in the matter of cars.
They need every car they can to haul
cotton in, and they are stealing every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
ENGINEER RUST HAPPY.
His Little Daughter Christened Last
Evening Margaret Isabel

An interesting event happened at the
home of Santa Fe Engineer H. G. Rust
at SOC Madison street last evening.
When Mr.. and Mrs Rust were mar
the Rev. DR.. w. K. Berry of Fort Mad
ison, Iowa. Yesterday he came to To-
peka for the purpose of christening the
little daughter of the couple. The cere-
lnony was performed last evening. The
name of the young lady is Margaret
Isabel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05

men were fighting for Uncle Sam and
praying for promotion. The romance
continues along through their lives,
showing their advancement in railroad
and law circles, concluding with the
touching death of Tom Potter. 1t will
interest railroad men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05

car they can lay hands on. The north
ern lines are not inclined to let their
cars come down this way with grain.
They are afraid the railroads down here
will keep them, and that they might
get in a bad way themselves for want
of cars"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-05
Buying Groceries Here
Is a Pleasure

For always that Yoo buying them at the
lowest price. 1t shows that selling Groceries popular prices
appreciated for trade has been large the
present time
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-27

working masses of today. The
cooperative colony at Ruskin,
which is represented by a most
ably edited paper, the Coming
Nation, dawns upon us bright
promise of Industrial enfranchise-
ment from the thralldom Of the dis
placing machine and the murder
GUS competition. May the minds
ever be bright, the hearts stout
and the arms sinewy of the men
who have dared to tread the path
to the goal of industrial emanci-
patton, in the face of the many
and sad weeks and skeletons which
line it's course. And let us hope
that unity Of purpose and absence
of jealousy and contention may
enable them to build up a COM
munity where lunatic asylums and
prisons will be unnecessary and
starvation and vice an unknown
quantity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-27

A HANDFUL Of thinkers and
workers have banded themselves
together for the purpose of contrib
uting their labors, mental and
physical, to each others happiness
and enlightenment. They have
acquired tract of land in beau
tiful and fertile portion of the State
of Tennessee, and there these faith
full souls, pioneers in the cause of
humanity, are giving the best they
have to make a success which will
cheer others on to follow their ex-
ample.
Industrial cooperation, which
will not prevent the individual
from enjoying his superior efforts
or the reward of his greater quail
fcations is the salvation of the