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The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07

of the board of directors was approved
by practically unanimous vote In APPROX
ing the action of the directors the stock
holders voted to increase the capital
stock of the Pullman company from S54,-
O00, 900 to S74 000. 600. the increase to be for
the purpose of purchasing the property
of the Wagner Car company. 1t was also
voted to change the name of the company
from the Pullman Palace Car company to
the Pullman Car company An Increase
in the number of directors from seven to
eleven was also voted and the following
directors were added to the board: VIM.
K. Vanderbilt, J. PierpOnt Morgan. Fred
erick w. Vanderbilt and W. Seward
Webb.
According to the plans. the Wagner
company will cease to exist after Deem
Der 81. It requiring about that much time
to complete the transfer of the assets of
the Wagner company to the Pullman COM
pany. W. K. Vanderbilt as head of the
Vanderbilt interests, is enabled to ac-
quire the large Pullman holdings of the
Boston and Albany railroad stock. This
il is said, may lead to the consolidation
OF the Boston and Albany with the New
York Central system.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
FROM HER1NeToN.

Agent W. Houk of Galva is away on
a 80 days leave of absence. Relief Agent
j. {. Bradshaw is in charge of the sta
Operator Wallace of Herington has been
sent to Topeka for a few days, being re-
neved by Operator B. Myers of Pratt.
Operator II. E. Greene OF Mcpherson was
sent to Pratt
Agent r. G. Holiday of NIineoIa has
asked for an extended leave Of absence
account of sickness and will go east
for medical treatment
Conductor Burnette has been placed on
the day passenger run between Herring
ton and HUTCHINSON, trains No. 10 and 20,
instead of Conductor kensinger, who re-
neved Conductor Phillips when he resign
ed some time ago. Burnette is a good
man for the place.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
ADVANCE IN WAGES
Granted to Cotton Mill Employees to
Number of 14,OOO.

Boston, Dec. THE announcement
was made this afternoon that the
AmOskeag corporation of Manchester
the largest manufacturing cotton con-
Germ in the United States Will advance
the wages of it's 5000 operatives 10 per
cent December 1S. A similar advance
viii be made at the cotton mills of the
Annoy and Stark manufacturing COM
panies of Manchester. on the same day.
The Stark mills employ nearly 1000 and
the Annoy about I 800
The China, Wassiter and Pembroke
mills of SuncOOk, n. H, will also raise
wages 10 per cent. The SuncOOIx mills
employ about 1.50O. Among other places
where notices of an advance was post
ed today were Taunton, Mass, at the
Corr Manufacturing company mills:
Pawtucket, r. l.; the United States
Cotton company. Lawrence, Mass: At
lantic, Arlington, Everett and Penn
berton mills. The new rate at these
points affect about 1000 men.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
HURTS THROUGH LINES.
Treasury Department Makes Ruling
Damaging TO Transcontinental
Traffic

San Francisco. Dec. THE treasury de-
partment at Washington has just made
a ruling that has caused great perturba--
ton in railroad circles as its effect will
be to deprive the transcOntinental lines
of large quantities of freight business
which will be transferred to the Canadian
Pacific and the Panama route.
Heretofore shipments of merchandise
from Liverpool or other European ports
designated for the Asiatic seaboard have
been sent by steamer to New York thence
across the continent by rail to San Fran
cisco and thence by steamer from this
port to the Asiatic port of destination.
Only such shipments come by this route
as are to fill hurry up orders The goods
have been allowed to pass through this
country without hindrance or added ex-
pense. But the new ruling Of the treas
Iry department requires all such ship
ments to be delayed for .appraisement at
San Francisco and if the appraisement
should be higher than the invoice value
a duty penalty must be paid, which viii
not be refunded on expectation.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
HEREFORD SALE.
Thirty seven Head Bring an Average
of 1895.

Kansas City, No. Dec IA public
sale of pure bred Herefords from the
herds of Kirk B. Armour. Kansas City:
James a. FunkhOuSer, Plattsburg No.
and John s. Parks. Reno. New. began
here yesterday in the sale pavilion at
the stock yards. Thirty-seven Here
fOrds were sold today for $1463O, an av-
erage of $685..
The following were among the sales:
Tea Rose. imported COW, K. B. Ar
mour to w s. and J. 3. Icard, Henriet-
ia. Tex, S1,175.
shapely Nell, COW. John S. Parks, to
K. B. Armour s1.01O.
Hesiod 9Th, bull. J. A F'unkheuser to
John S Parks, $3.50
Lady Sunbeam. COW, K. B. Armour to
H. G. Clark, Craig. Neb., S725
Harmony, COW, J. A. Funkheuser to
John s. Parks, S675
Conquest, bull K. B. Armour to N.
ii. Millbrun, Buffalo, Wyo, $3.50.
Rosebery, bull. K. B. Armour to Z.
Q. Scarlet. Ashland, Neb., $500.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07

P. B. Ross of the paint shop, is serious
ly sick his home.
Frank Cole of the round house has been
off for the past few days.
News has been received in the city of
the appointment of Mr. John Records as
division foreman of the Arizona division
of the Santa F'e Pacific with headquarters
at Needles, California Mr.. Records for
merly lived in Topeka, and left here about
two years ago.
Clarence Hopkins of the machine shops,
Wrenched his back severely Wednesday
afternoon while working in the round
house. He was. assisting in connecting
the main rod OF an engine to the cross
head, when it slipped and threw the en-
tire weight on him He was taken to his
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
SENATOR HARRIS PROMPT.
Kansan Offers an Income Tax Consti-
tational Am sndment Resolution.

Washington, Dec 7-Several bills
and joint resolutions were introduced
in the senate yesterday. Many of them
related to local and personal interests
and many were old bills coming over
from the last session. The most i'm
portant were the following:
BY Mr. Hale, for the construction of
a Pacific cable by the navy department
to be operated by the postohice depart
ment and apprOpriating $1100O,0 900 for
this purpose. 1t is to run from San
Francisco to Manila, via Honolulu, the
midway islands, Guam and UOilo.
BY Mr. Kyle, for the establishment of
postal savings banks and a government
telegraph system; for the restriction OF
immigration, and a joint resolution for
a constitutional amendment for the
regulation of marriage and divorce.
BY Mr. Harris, joint resolutions for
constitutional amendments, authoriZ ng
the imposition of an income tax, and
for the election of senators by the peo-
pie.
BY Mr.. Warren, for the cession by the
general government of 100000 acres of
arid lands to each of the arid land
states, being the same measure favor
ably reported last session, and for the
decentralization of the public land
states for school lands proving to be
coal lands.
BY Mr. Chandler, to prohibit senators
and representatives in congress from
receiving free railway passes.
By Mr.. McInery, for a deep water
way through Southwest Pass.
By Mr.. Perkins, extending the irriga-
tion laws of the United States to Ha-
wall
By Mr.. Garter, making further provi-
sion for the civil government Of Alas
ka; to provide for uniform divorce
laws.
By Mr. Nelson, to subject national
banks to the usury laws of the states
in which they may be located.
BY Mr.. Frye, several measures for the
service in addition to his substitute for
the Hanna-Payne shipping bill and the
bill for the establishment of a govern
ment department of commerce and in
dustry.
By Mr.. Pettigrew, for the free coin
age of silver.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07

st. Louis. Dec. Mr.. George s. Tyler,
AGENT Of 4be Cbicaego and SIta1 a. raiir6a
With headquarters IN this city, mailed a
Wann. at headquarters in Chicago, ten
dering his resignation to take effect De
cenlber 81 This announcement will cause
surprise in railroad and business circles,
for Mr. Tyler has been prominently iden-
titled with the Chicago and Alton traffic
department. in this city for twenty years.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
CLAIM AGENT DowNEY QUITS
Head of the G. C. & s. F. Claim De-
partment Tenders His Resignation.

Houston. Dec. THE report comes from
eraI eism ageat 9 af the Cult oGGoiS Goi6rado Z
Santa Fe railway has. rendered his resig-
He has been with the road a long time
but his health requires that he change
his residence.
It is not known who will succeed Mr..
Downey. Mr.. J. W. Evans, claim agent
of the road. with headquarters at Bon
ham, has had great experience in claim
work and is probably. one of the best
posted men in the business. His friends
would be glad to see him promoted.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
TWENTY MILLIONS INCREASE
Pullman Wagner G solid dation
Shoves Up Capital Stock
of Former

Chicago. Ill. Dec. THE consolidation
of the Pullman Car company and its rival
the Wagner Car company into one con-
cern hag been ratified at a special meet
ing of the stockholders of the Pullman
company, called for the purpose of ex-
pressing approval or disapprovaI of the
action OF tn erecent meeting of the direc-
tors in taking steps looking towards the
merging of the two corporations. Nearly
every share of the Pullman company was
represented at the meeting and the action
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07

A new ruling has gone into erect on
the Santa Fe prohibiting corn planting
along the right of way. Farmers who
have been growing cane patches on the
railroad ground will be urged to desist
hereafter and viii be confronted with
trespass proceedings if they continue their
cultivation of the Santa Fe ground. Sec
ton fOremen are instructed to see that
the rule is enforced.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
Academy Of
DermatOlOgy
BIBLE IN COURT.
Writ of Mandamus to Exclude It
From School Is Denied.
ia
West Eighth st.
TOPEKA, KAS.

Omaha, Dec. IA special to the Bee
from Beatrice Neb., says:
The writ of mandamus applied for by
Daniel Freeman to compel the discOn-
tinuance of the reading of the Bible
and singing of sacred songs in the pub
lie schools of district No. p, Gage cOun-
ty, was denied by Judge Letton today.
The case has been on hearing for two
days and has excited cOnsidera BILE in
rerest inasmuch as Freeman was the
only man in the district who objected
to the use of the Bible and as the state
superintendent had recently decided in
favor of the Bible, Freeman says he
will carry the case to the supreme
court, which in this state has never
made a ruling in the matter
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
To Pension Mrs Gridley.

Washington, Dec. IA bill has been
introduced by Mr.. Penrose Pa). to
pension Mrs. Gridley, widow of the late
Captain Gridley, Of the Olympia, at
500 per month.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
A Railroad Birth.

Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Neubert of Ar
kansas City are the parents of a son.
Mr.. Neubert is master mechanic of the
Oklahoma division of the Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
ToIstoi Is Sick.

London, Dec. IA special from Ber-
lin says that Count Tolstoi has been
serious i'll. For two days he was un-
conscious, but he is now slightly bet
ter although great anxiety is still man
ifested in MOSCOW regarding him.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
A OLD TIMER,
TFrom the Memphis Scfnaita1

From the Memphis Scimitar.1
A crowd of young men were seated
in one of the steamboat offices in the
city the other afternoon while an old
steamboat veteran regaled them with
stories about old times on the Missis-
sippi and "reminiscences of old time citi-
zenS.
Did you know old Bill Jones?" asked
one of the men, after the captain had
finished relating how he ran a gaunt-
let OF indians with his boat way back
in the fOrties.
g Member Bill Jones? Well, I guess
I did, replied the captain. Let's see,
he died just after the war. He was
good old man, too. I knew his father
before he was married to BiIl's mother"
Bodily pain loses its terror if you've
a bottle of DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil
in the house. Instant relief in cases OF
burns, cuts. sprains. accidents Of any
sort.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
Nc Hiehast Prica

New York. Dec IA seat in the
New York stock exchange was today
sold for $4,000, the highest price ever
paid.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
SANTA FE LOCALS.

Engine No. $50 has been equipped with
a snow plOW, so as to be in readiness for
immediate use in case Of a storm.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
DR.. WOOD.
THE EXPERT SPECIALIST AND
DIAGNOSTIOIAN
Is Located at 11S West Sixth Street
Between Kansas Avenue and
Jackson Street.

Having devoted IS years exclusively to
the study, treatment and cure of chronic
diseases, treats with remarkable success
diseases of the eye and ear. nose. throat
and lungs, goiter neck. nerve and brain
affections. Catarrh, diseases Of the heart.
stomach, liver and kidneys. Painful af-
fections of the bladder, with difficult
urinatiOn, speedily cured. Chronic con-
stipatiOn, piles. cancers, epileptic fits
paralysis, rheumatism. neuralgia. asth-
ma. hay fever, .erysipelas, salt rheum,
drOpsy. and all skin and blood diseases.
~ Special Attention Given to Dis
cas- of Women aud Children
All weaknesses peculiar to either sex.
matter from what cause. promptly
Wood.
Consultation and advice free. Prices
reasonable. Office hours to u a m 1
to and TO 9 D. m. Sundays to 5.
Medicine sent by express. Address with
stamp enclosed.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07
AN INGENIOUS CONVICT.
Completes an InIaid Table of Nearly
5000 Pieces.

A table containing 4,497 different
pieces of wood has been received by the
state executive council from the state
penitentiary. It was designed by J. J.
8IaIoney, a convict in that institution.
and was built with the assistance of
several other conVicts. It's makeup
represents white maple. white oak, red
oak, box elder, linn, red cedar, black
walnut, Usage, 1ignum vitae, ash, poplar
and pine. and the national shield, an
American flag and the seal of the state
is worked in wood in the top. The con-
victs were allowed to work on the table
during their leisure time, and it was in
the course of construction for several
months.
The table will be used by the execu-
tive council. It is highly polished and
forms an ornament to the council room.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-07

Mrs. R Churchill, Berlin, Vt. says:
"Our baby was covered with running
sores DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured
her. A specific for piles and skin diseas-
es. Beware Of worthless counterfeits. AT
all drug stores.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-07-06
SOME QUEER THINGS.
Few Recent Kansas Happenings That
Are Out of the Ordinary,

Queer things happen in Kansas:
On account Of the high water a man
in Russell countN had to 60 six miles
to milk his COW. A Smith county
bridegroom tainted and fell to the
floor while the ceremony was being
pronounced. He was up inside of
ten seconds, however, and was not
counted out. A l2-year.old boy at
Stockton saved the lives of two little
girls who were drowning in a mill
pond. He held one of them up by
the hair Of her head until help came.
A Smith county farmer has a COW
which recently gave birth to three
calves and another farmer in the same
county has one which gave birth to
four calves, naturally formed, but
they died. An Augusta man killed a
snake II feet long and weighing 26(
pounds. 1t is supposed to be the
one that used to be at Sand Springs
in the early SOS.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-07-06
PYRAMIDS ARE PUZZLED.
Salina Council Says the Order Is Not
Worthy.

Local members Of Ancient Order Of
Pyramids, secret iraternal insurance
society, are considerably agitated over
recent developments which threaten
to disrupt the order.
This condition of affairs has been
brought about by the action OF the
Salina council OF Salina which at its
regular meeting on Friday night voted
to surrender its charter and 70 out of
existence. a
This action was taken when an in
vestigation committee, appointed TO
examine the workings OF the grand
lodge, made its report. The COM
mittee stated that it had found the
affairs Of the order in very bad con-
dition and accused the grand officers
OF gross irregularities.
Appended to the committees report
was the minority report OF the last
grand lodge auditing committee,
which stated that 5000 policies had
been issued to grand lodge officers
and members of their families, when
only ~, 900 policies can be issued ac-
cording to the constitution; that no
dues had ever been paid on these
$4,000 policies; that the grand scribe
had made false report to the insur-
ance commissioner OF Illinois as to
the expense Of maintaining the order;
that the books show $4,000 due Off.
GERS for salaries, when the officers
publicly claim that the organization
is solvent and do not give this liabil.
ity in their report.
The investigation committee furth'
er reported that the grand lodge
charter revealed the startling informa.
tion that the grand officers serve for
life, can vote themselves whatever
salaries they please, have full control
Of everything and pass on all laws
with power to nullify.
The Ancient Order Of Pyramids IL
chartered under the laws Of Missouri.
Its headquarters are supposed to be
at Springfield, Mo-, but all the officers
live at Topeka.
Sakkara Council No. 81 was or
ganized in this city About three years
ago with charter list Of about 100
members. 1t has continued growing
and has on its mem mbership list the
names of some Of the best men in the
city.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-07-06
MANY DEATHS REPORTED.
Remarkably Heavy Rains In Texas Have
Played Havoc With Crops and Several
Persons Are Said to Have Drowned.

Houston, Tex, July 1.-The remark
ably heavy rains of the past four days
in Texas have done damage which will
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Railroad traffic is suspended
in south Texas because of the numer-
ous washouts and many bridges are
gone. AT Calvert the rise was
SO sudden that when the water
went through the town sew
eral negroes were drowned and
five bodies have been recovered. 1t is
rumored that many farmers, white and
colored living in the Brazos bottoms,
have been drowned, but neither names
nor reliable particulars are yet obtain
able 1t is reliably stated that one
family of six persons persisted. The
loss in cotton and corn alone viii reach
81 600 OOO,Vvhile another million viii
not cover the loss to railroads and other
property.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-07-06
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

AT the quarterly meeting Of the
Abilene State bank directors Saturday
night P. Scanlon was elected a direc-
tor.
Miss Louella Adams is the new
day operator at the Telephone ex-
change. Frank Smith is night oper-
ator and lineman.
Mrs. j. e. Roberts, of Hutchn-
son, recently bereaved Of husband
and daughter, has gone to Durango,
Colo, to visit her sister.
A box of rattle>nakes shipped
from San Antonio came here for a
man southwest Of town last night.
There are mean things enough in
this country now and it is not clear
why others should be imported
That was no joke OF j. X. Bur-
tons when in an interview he Friday
be classed himself among the "fel-
lows who work for living" He
swung scythe most of his visit
cleaning up his yard.
Georgetown Herald: 1t was the
pleasure of the writer to meet an old
time Kansan, j. A. Mars, on the
train going into Salida last week, Mr.
Marrs is now mail clerk on the Den
yer & Rio Grande, but in the early
DAYS lived at Abilene and Chapman
Kansas.
An oddly constructed coal dunn
was discovered at the old Shipe hous'
when it was removed. A tunnel raj
from the coal bin to the street il
which was fitted up track and Goa
car which could be operated by th'
coal man from outside and dumped
itself automatically. Shipe was
genius and his tastes ran largely Il
mostly street cars to his sorrow
The Herington Times says OF
visit to Herington ID. Of H. lodge b,
Mrs. W. P. Gulick, grand chief Q
honor: "The verdict Of HeringtoI
lodge D. Of H. is that the grand lodg
made no mistake when they place
Mrs. Gulick at the head, that sh
thoroughly appreciates the work sh
has to do, and is at heart loyal De
gree Of Honor advocate and we a.
say, come again and often"
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-07-06
B. FAY MILLS PRESIDED.
Senator John Laughlin, X. s. Thompson
and George Fred Williams Addressed
the Buffalo Reform Conference.

Buffalo, n. Y, July 1.-Rey B. Fay
Mills,o of Boston, was chairman at yester-
days session of the national social and
political conference. The subject for
the days discussion was Reform
Through Party Action" This morn
ing the question considered was what
Can the Parties Do?" Former State
Senator John Laughlin presented the
claims of the republican party,
which he said was born to meet
a great emergency to free and elevate
mankind. to unshackle 1000, 600 slaves.
The republican party had always been
the friend of labor and the oppressed.
Never, called out some one. This
brought forth rebuke from Chairman
Mills, who advised the ihterrupter to
retire or be more courteous,
Continuing, the senator upheld
President Mckinley and his policy
in the Philippines He declared
he would be reelected in 1900 and that
the empire state was going to present
Gov. Roosevelt>to the nation in 1904 as
its presidential candidate. r. s.
Thompson, editor of the New Era
published in Springfield, O., and who
is also national chairman of the union
reform party, presented the claims OF
that party. He said it stands simply and
solely for direct legislation; in other
words, government by the whole peo-
pie and not by party which is but a
part of the people. George Fred viii,
lams expressed his unbounded conf
dence in democracy, which he said was
great enough to accommodate every
reformer and every fad among them.
Chairman Mills called for Eugene V.
Debs TO speak for the social democrat
ic party. Mr.. Debs did not respond
and Mrs. Corrine B. Braun, of Chicago,
was asked to represent the party. The
necessity for the abolition of wage
slavery was the keynote of her, address
She declared she was for the basic
socialistic idea, the whole of socialism
John &. Wooley, Of Chicago spoke fol
the prohibitionists. He attacked
the republicans and the demo
cratic parties and Senator Han
ma, Platt and Quay, Richard
Croker and others. His remarks be-
came so sarcastic and scathing that he
was called to order. John W. Breiden
thai, bank commissioner of Kansas
championed the cause of populism
Prof. Richard Ely, of Cambridge, ac
knowledged being mugwump ant
said he would like, as a republican, t.
vote for Dewey for president of ,h'
United States and he led IN tremen
dous applause and cheering for Dewey
Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-07-06
MORE ABOUT JESTER.
His Sister Says He Has Been Bad Ever
Since He Was Ten Years Of Age
More Alleged Crimes Revealed.

Wichita, Kan, June 30.-Sheriff Sim
mons. who arrested Alexander Jester
at Shawnee, Ok. last week for the
murder Of young Gilbert Gates in Au-
drain county, Mo-, IS years ago, re-
turned to Wichita yesterday to secure
witnesses for more complete identiti-
cation of Jester. who is to be brought
here as soon as the habeas corpus hear
ing is finished at Tecumseh. One of
the witnesses who will be called to see
Jester is John Mott, who lives near
Valley Center, Kan, on claim which
Jester jumped in 1870, In the trial
Mott beat Jester and got the land.
Jester it is said, aiterward tried to
get Mott out on hunt to put him out
of the way, Sheriff Simmons got a
lengthy statement of testers life from
his sister Mrs. Cornclla Street, who
wrote the letter to Sheriff Simmons
giving her brother away, In the state
lutHl MIS- ctit't NulN pNnt'i was
totally bad from the time he was ten
years old till he killed Gilbert Gates,
at which time he was So In 1870, ac-
cording to Mrs. Street, while Jester
and his first wife lived on
claim near Valley Center, a
young doctor went to their
place one night and stayed until
after breakfast the following morning.
In few minutes after the doctor left
Jester stepped out and did not return
until noon. lie had the Doctors horse
and buggy and medicine case and the
doctor was never heard of again. This
came out on Jester after his first arrest
for the murder Of young Gates and was
told to Mrs. Street by testers first
wife, who died IS years ago. Jester
has been married twice since but de-
serted both women, and was to have
been married last Sunday for the
fourth time.