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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10
SANTA FE TRAINMEN.
Grievance Committee Called Together
For Tomorrow

For Tomorrow.
Conductor r. c. Scott, chairman of
the general grievance committee of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen on
the Santa F'e, has issued a call for a
meeting of the committee in this city
I Tuesday afternoon. The committee
/ Will meet with the general grievance
committee of the Order of Railway
Conductors, and the stay of that body
will be prolonged through this week, or
at least until Friday.
This will be the first joint meeting of
the two grievance committees, and will
probably inaugurate a custom of hold
ing joint meetings annually. It is be-
Heved by the members of both orders
that mutual good can be accomplished
by the two committees meeting jointly,
and that more weight will be given any
proposition to the management when
backed by the two orders.
There is no particular significance to
the call for the B. of r. T. committee
meeting, as there is no important queS-
ton which demands the attention of
/, both committees. The date of the B. of
r. T. meeting was set later in the
month, but after discussing the Ques-
ton with the O. r. G. committee last
the joint meetings this year.
1t is claimed by members of the B. of
r. T. that in many instances the agree
ment with the company is broken by di-
vision officials in the matter of assign
ing runs, and that strict attention is
not paid in all cases to the seniority
rule. The majority of the grievances
TO be considered by the committee will
be along this line.
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ty treasurer but he does not take his
place until October when the taxes
have all been paid and checked up.
There was no excitement attending
the transfer of power. The new men
have for a week been working in the
offices and the experience today is not
entirely new.
Inquisitive people may find a box of
cigars in some of the offices which is
being used to commemorate the rise
to power of the occupant of the office
but that is all. The coroner and county
surveyor spend little of their time in
the court house and they will not be
seen there before Saturday when the
law requires them to register and keep
their office open.
Sheriff Porter Cook is the only one of
the officers who has several appOintees
and they were all ready this morning
and took their places. Clerk Sam Kerr
who served under Sheriff Kepley is
still in the Office and will be for several
days. His successor is Joseph T.
Hanna, a farmer from Williamsport
township. Under Sheriff Lucas was
succeeded by w. H. Williams who has
been constable for several years and
is a good officer. The place held by
Deputy Larry Shehan is abolished.
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election he had the distinction of lead
of 1859, or 400 more votes than any
other candidate on the ticket. In his
youth he was a printer
John NJ. Wright, county clerk, is a
colored man but he is so nearly white
that many people do not know that
there is any negro blood in his veins.
He is 81 years old and was born in
Cass county, Michigan. He moved to
Lawrence in 1872 and after he had Sc
cured his education spent three years
teaching in the Topeka schools. He
has been deputy county clerk five
years.
County Surveyor John NJ. Rogers was
born in Illinois. He was a division en-
gineer on the Santa Fe several years
and also served as assistant city engi-
neer under Lewis Kingnan.
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PUSH THE CYCLE TRACK.
Chairman Doncyson Suggests Rails
ing the Money by Selling Buttons.

Chairman Doncyson Suggests Rails
ing the Money by Selling Buttons.
Chairman J. B. Doncyson of the To-
peka Wheelmen, the newly formed BIZ
cycle club, proposes that the money to
be used in building the three lap track
south of Garfield park, be raised in
way somewhat novel to Topeka.
so many subscription papers are
handed around said Mr.. Doncyson,
that people are getting tired of it and
some rev method must be resorted to.
The plan of selling buttons is not orig
inal with me, as it has ben used as q
means of raising money in many other
towns.
THE button could have some humor-
Gus lettering on it, such as "A Good Run
for Your Money with a picture of a
bull dog chasing a tramp, or the but
ton might have the picture of the track
on it. By selling 1000 at % cents we
could raise enough money to build the
track.
This is not a business enterprise. No
one expects to make money out of the
track, and all the money that is made
will be used in improving the track and
grand stand.
For several years the wheelmen Of.
Topeka have been trying to secure
bicycle track. If the track is built as
proposed in the field south of Garfield
park, Topeka people may be given the
chance of seeing bicycle races by cleo
trio light.
Salina is considering the plan of
having the state circuit races run by
electric light. Topeka is not consid-
cred a good bicycle racing town, but if
races were to be run by electric light,
the financial success would be assured,
as many people could go at night who
cannot during the day. A meeting will
be held in MarShalPs band rooms in a
few days and the plan will be talked
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manship. No little amount of gold
leaf would be used. The cost of put
ting on the shields alone would be
about $50 each.
The Lake Shore road for many years
has produced coats of arms of diff
ferent states on their postal cars. Each
car turned out of the shops would re-
ceive a different coat of arms than the
others. This extra work will all be
done away with hereafter and the cars
viii bear the words, United States
Railway Post Office" and nothing else.
The Santa F'e has never put any extra
work on the postal cars they have built
for the government but the work has
always been first-class. The three pos
tai cars, 1900, 1901, and 1902 built in the
Topeka shops are the finest on the
road
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Carl Lawson who has been employed at
the Santa Fe shops succeeded Jailer
Frank Leach. Frank Beach, cOlored,
took the place of w. F. Mcknight, col
came guard of the prisoners on the
stone pile in place of A. KuykendaI.
Frank L. Stevens appointed Miss
NanOn Heron as his assistant. Miss
Heron has been in the office several
terms and is familiar with the work
Miss Maude Mulhall of the Second
ward will also be given a place in the
office.
County Clerk McCabe resigned the
badge of authority to his assistant, John
NJ. Wright and o. K. Swayze became
the assistant.
Sheriff Porter Cook is a native of
Pennsylvania but came to Kansas %
years ago. He lived several years on
a farm near Dover but came to Topeka
about u years ago to engage in the liv-
cry business. He has an untarnished
reputation and his character is firm
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CLOSES A THEATER.
Away From a New Haven Play
House

New Haven, Jan. 1O.-The Hyperion, the
leading theater in the state. has been com
PEELED to close its doors for a week be-
cause its mana cement has been unable to
get any desirable attractions from the
theatrical trust.
Manager Bunneu of the Hyperion writes
from New York that the coming week
will decide the big fight between the man
ayers and the trust. The New England
circuit managers will try to force the
trust to send good attractions into this
district and in such order as to allow
the managers the privilege of keepine
their houses open all the time, or during
the busy season at least.
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PUTNAM'S WOLF DEN.
The Scene of Israeps Adventure to
Become q State Park.

New Haven. Jan. 1O.-The preservation
of the Israel Putnam wolf Den Woods
is engaging the active attention of the
Connecticut Daughters of the Revolution.
The spot has fairly won a place in his
toric annals. Petitions are being circulat-
ed through the state asking that the
woods be made a state park.
The den" is on a craggy, precipitous
hill range, brfstling with Jagged rocks and
tangled forests. It is south of the Ma
shamOquet and between the Newichewan-
ma and Blaekwell's brooks, in the eastern
corner OF the state 1t is an object of in
terest to visitors from all over the coun-
try The entrance is dark and forbfdding.
and few care to venture into the interior
of the cavern. where the determined coun-
try boy slew the she wolf which had ter
rorized the colonial community for
weeks.
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DIR. SCHENCK HAS PROOF.
Offers Six Sens as Evidence Of the
Correctness of His Theory.

London, Jan 1O.-Prof. Schenck's claim
that he has discovered a means of prede-
termining the sex OF the unborn has Gre
ated a great sensation in the scientific
world. Despite the fact that the najori-
ty of the experts in embryology express
skepticism or openly reject Dr. Schenck's
theory, they discuss the matter eagerly
The continental and the local press have
sought the views of experts everywhere
and they discuss the matter eagerly, and
all admit that DR.. Schenck is man Of the
utmost ability, whose views are always
entitled to careful consideration.
DR.. Schenck is the leader among the
embryologists who believe that the germ
cells are originally biseXual. their final
sex being determined by events occurring
during their course Of development which
school of experts accept DR.. Schenck's
discovery as a truth. These are opposed
by those who maintain that the germ
cells are originally male or female, and it
is these who are skeptical to DR..
Schenck's theory. The Schenck follow
ers point to the ability of bees to pre-
determine sex by treatment of the eggs
in support OF their theory DR.. Schenck
has made a lifelong study of the matter,
and in support of his theory has a family
of six bOvs
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BRYAN'S SOMBRERO.
He Brought One From Mexico With
a Brim 10 Inches Wide.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 1O.-w. J. Bryan
big Mexican sombrero is the talk of the
city.
It is really magnificent affair. The
brim is ten inches wide and the crown
is trimmed with silver and gold.
w. ]. Bryan, Jr-, rejOices in SINH
lar, though much smaller sombrero,
and the lad permits no one to handle
it. The two som breros We're the OBJ
jects of universal attention when the
organs left the train. Mr.. Bryan had
to take his off to enter the carriage.
The brim was too wide to go through
the door.
Besides the sombreros the Bryan
family brought home a large trunk
filed with curiosities and tokens of
friendship presented during the sojourn
in Mexico.
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M'NALL MEETS OREAR.
Insurance Superintendents of Kansas
and Missouri Hold q Conference.

and Missouri Hold q Conference.
Kansas City, Jan. 10.-If E. T. Orear,
state superintendent of insurance for Mis-
souri,, can find out who acted as agents
for the Lloyds of New York city in
placing insurance policies on the Audito-
rum hotel theater, he will have them ar
rested and prosecuted for doing business
in this state without a license from the
insurance department.
Mr.. Orear and Webb McNall, the Kan
sas insurance superintendent, held a con-
ference of two hours at the Coates hotel
and it was after this conference that Mr..
Orear talked about the Lloyd matter.
The way Mr.. Orear ended his discourse
indicated that during his two hours with
McNan he had imbibed some of the ag-
gressiveness of the famous Kansan. Mr..
McNan stood by and smiled while Mr..
Orear talked.
Just why the two superintendent held a
conference and just what they conferred
about is not known. Mr.. Orear arrived
from Jefferson City on an early train
and went at once to the Coates hotel
Two hours later Mr.. McNan arrived on a
Santa Fe train from Topeka. He went
at once to the Coates and there met Mr..
Orear. The two men locked themselves
in parlor D and refused to be seen.
When questioned after their meeting
about what they said and did, Mr.. McNaIl
answered:
Mr.. Orear and have been correspond
ing with each other for some time and
have never met before. We have so many
interests in common that we wanted to
talk them over, so we arranged for this
meeting. All we did was to discuss few
of the Insurance companies now doing
business in Kansas and Missouri and talk
about matters that we are both interested
in. We did nothing of Importance"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10
UNCLE SAM PARTICULAR.
Must Put 'United States" in Full on
Postal Cars Hereafter.

in the Topeka shops were inspected
just before they were completed, by a
government inspector who pronounced
them up to the requirements in all but
one particular. That fault was that on
the sides were the words, ~. s Rail-
way Post Office" and the new standard
adopted by the government is United
States Railway Post Office"
Heretofore all cars have been mark
ed with the abbreviatiOn ~. So It has
been decided by the government to do
away with the abbreviation and the
words had to be spelled out in full. The
change was made and cars were ac-
cepted. The new wording has but late
ly been adopted by the government and
will be used hereafter.
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The 500, one of the big Dickinson en-
gines that pulls No. L from Newton to
Dodge City, met with an accident near
Hutchinson and was compelled to give
up the train. The engines are COM
monty known as "Klondike'' engines on
account Of their size and their cIumsi-
ness. The engine ran hot at Hutch
inson and had to be taken off the train
and the 527 pulled the train into Dodge
City. The big Dickinsons are large
and heavy, and the engineers say, hard
to handle. They make fast time. how
ever. One engineer said they were
spelling the roadbed west of Newton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10
Chef CRAWFORD TROUBLE.
Arrested on Suspicion Because He
Had so Many P. o. Money Orders.

Chester Crawford, a son of Mr.. L. NJ
Crawford of this city, who is at pres
ent acting as advance agent of Adams
s'TJncIe Toms Cabin company" was ar
rested in Guthrie, Ok, at the instance
of a landlord there on the suspicion OF
having stolen postoffice money orders
The only foundation for the charge
was the fact that he had in his pos
session a large roll of postal money or
ders. which he had purchased as a con-
venient way of carrying funds, and
which is customary with theatrical peO-
DIe. young Crawford explained this to
the authorities and was released after
spending a short time in jail, ana the
news and arrange for damage suits
AGAINST all concerned for false impris-
OOment.
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SNUG 800 FOR PoL1TENEss.
The Late Mrs. IseIin Remembered an
Obliging Railroader.

New York, Jan. 1O-EIias Barto, who
for II years was bagga gemaster at the
New Rochelle depot of the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railroad but
now gateman at the Barlow station, to-
day received as a New Years present
a check for 500 from Adrain Iselin, the
banker.
This was in accordance with the wish
of Mrs. Iselin, his mother, expressed
before her death. While Barto was at
New Rochelle he used to allow Mrs
Iselin to cross the railroad tracks by
the employees gates instead of obIiging
her to climb the stairs and cross by the
hridee
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WALKER FOR GOVERNOR.
Jackson County Will Present the
Name of a Farmer.

The Republicans of Jackson county have
decided to present the name Of A D.
Walker. one of the wealthiest farmers in
that county, to the Republican state con-
vention as a candidate for governor this
year
Walker is a resident of HoEton. He was
early admitted to the bar, but later took
to farming and stock raising. He owns
1900 acres of the best land in Jackson
county a large number of cattle and other
property. He has consented TO the use
of his name as a candidate and the Re
publicans of that county are now at work
for him.
The arrangement, it is said, is to build
up a boom for Walker which VIII be
transferred to Case Broderick should he
be defeated for the nomination for con-
gress in the First district.
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INAUGURATION DAY.
New County Officers Take Their
Places Today.
Changes Made Quietly Without
Causing a Hitch
In the Legal Machinery of Shawnee
County Deputies and Appointees
Go in With Their Chiefs.

took their positions today. The new
officers are: Sheriff, Porter S. Cook;
county clerk, John NJ. Wright; register
of deeds, Frank L. Stevens; county
surveyor, John Rogers. The two Off
GERS reelected who begin on their sec
ond terms today are County Commits
sioner T. P. Rodgers and Coroner J.
NJ. Westerfield. H NJ. Phillips was
elected to succeed Frank StahI as coun-
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and unfinching.

and unffinching He has never held a
political position but has the qualities
that go to make up q good officer.
Register of Deeds Frank L. Stevens
was born at TIillsdale. Michigan He
came to Topeka in 1879 and has been
employed in the Santa Fe shops letter
wife and three children at 7O7 Lake
street. Mr.. Stevens served two terms
in the city council from the Second
ward and made a good record. In the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10

The treatment for worms must be
prompt and safe. Whites Cream Veruni-
fuge can be trusted to restore your
child to health. It is a tonic as well
as a worm destroyer. Every bottle
guaranteed to bring worms. 25c Geo
w. Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue and
AIiller's Pharmacy corner Sixth and
Topeka avenues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10

Casearets Candy Cathartic, the most won
Gerful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys. liver ana bowels,
cleansing the entire system. dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
of &. c. e. to-day; 0, -. 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists
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Florence May Have a New Depot.

The Florence Bulletin says: It is re-
ported that the Santa Fe has purchas-
ed the corner where Andy Prices rest
aurant stands, and that Andy has been
notified to vacate within a month 1t
is quite certain that the company in
tends to build the new depot and hotel
on this corner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10

It is not what manufacturer saws
about his own medicine that cures a
patient. but what the medicine does
Ballard'S Horehound Syrup does the
work and does 1t we'll 1t cures coughs
and colds in q day Its healing. sooth-
ing and quoting. 25c & Soc Geo. w
Stansheld, 632 Kan. Ave, and Miller's
Eharmacy, Cor. Sixth and Topeka Ave.
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Billiards. Horehound Syrup is not a
mixture of stomach destroying drugs,
but is a scientifically prepared re medy
that cures coughs and colds, and all
throat and lung troubles. Its lotion is
quick, prompt and positive. Csc and soc
Geo. W. Stansfield, 632 Kan. Ave, and
Ailler's Pharmacy. Cor. 6ts and Topeka
avenue.
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DIR. JOHN HALL RESIGNS.
Has Been Pastor of One Church For
4S Years.

New York, Jan 10.-Rev. Dr. John
Hall Yesterday announced to his con-
eTregaffon his resignation as pastor or
the First Avenue Presbyterian 'churcn n
MANY of his old parishiOners heard II
with deep emotion. .,..
wears.
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DOING AWAY WITH FRILLs.
All Postal Cars Built Hereafter Will
Be of Plainest Structure.

For many years the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad has turned out some of the
handsomest postal cars in the service
Of the government Besides the elegant
finish each car was emblazoned with
the coat of arms of the United States
done in colors and of the best of work
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A COUSIN OF LINCOLN.
Relative of Martyred President APP
plies for a Pension

Maryville, Mo. Jan. 10-AmOng the
old soldiers who appeared before the
NIarvI-i1Ie board of examination at It's
regular weekly meeting last Wednes-
f7ay was John Lincoln of Bolckow, NO
Mr. Lincoln and his sister, MIS-
washington Hoshor of this city were
.econd cousins to Abraham Lincoln.
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Common
Cold

and common earelessness can make
combination strong enough to defy
all the healing skill of the physician
Common carelessness let's the cold
root and grow. Common carelessness
says, between paroxysms of cough
ing, cit will be all right in day or
two" and the common end is con-
frmed lung trouble, perhaps con-
sumption. The common-sense treat
ment of a common cold is a prompt
dose of Ayers Cherry Pectoral. It
is the most efficient and reliable cure
for colds and coughs, and is con-
stantly prescribed by physicians.
S. HAYNES, N. D., Saranac, N. Y, says =
al have used Ayers Cherry PectOral my
practice since 1858, and have always found
it reliable for the cure Of colds, coughs, and
all lung diseases"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10

It is probable that Nansen, the Arctic
explorer, will be seen in this city on jan
uary q. Nansen is now on a lecture tour
under the management of the Redpath
Lyceum Bureau, and Mr.. w. W. Will1in-
son, general agent of the bureau, was in
this city Saturday with view of arrang-
ing a date here for the explorer.
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Thousands suffer from Catarrh or
cold in head and have tried the popular
T.o11adv There is no longer any eX-
c,,se as 10 cent trial size Of Ely's
cream Balm can be had Of your drug
eIist or we mail it fo= 10 cents i uh
Ely BROS, Sc Warren SIN 7. City.
a friend advised me to try Ely s
Cream Balm and after using II slN
1--ae1[s 7 believe myself cured of ca
4o--T IF is a most valuable remedy
Joseph los Stewart, ga Grand Avenue
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cures
SNOW


7,11,~7,s Snow Eminent cures
Pbarnatisnl. Neuralgia, Headache, SICK
Headache, Sore Throat, Cuts. Spralns,
Bruises Old Sores, Corns, ana an pam
- i1fia uu7ation The most penetrat-
M Tininent in the world Try It, soc;
GO w Stausheld, 632 Kan. Ave. and
NIiIler's Pharmacy, Cor. 9Th and 4opekze
avenue.
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On Thursday evening Katie Emmett
will make her annual visit to Topeka, pre-
senting her well known melodrama, The
Waits of New York" In this piece Miss
Emmett takes the part of New York
newsboy, and her impersonation is decid-
edIy clever. The usual scenic features
of the melodrama, together with NUM-
Der of entertaining speciaIties, are intro
duced. The prices will be 70, so and %
cents.