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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29

English buyers were taking a little fine
territory for export and German buyers
100000 pounds more Australian from
bond, shows the opposite trend or popu-
lar taste in different countries Gay
worsteds here advanced 712 cents and
SergeS 5 cents, which strengthened the
tone of the wool market. The wool Is
relatively cheaper and dear abroad, but
concessions make the lowest prices OF
the year in all kinds as heavy stocks
carried for years come into presence OF
new wool said to be SOC, 600 600 pounds
Manufacturers are not buying largely
though in four weeks 30,918,785 pounds
were sold, of which %, 315, 085 were do
meStic, against LIS, $50 in the same
weeks two years ago when wool was
rising.
The cotton manufacturer has made
little change and the strikes following
the advance in wages given appears to
have benefited manufacturers not a
little by helping the demand and cur
failing the supply of goods.
Cotton is a sixteenth lower, with gen.
orally improved prospects for the COM
ing crop. The boot and shoe industry
SurpaSSeS all other years in April ship
ments, last year by IL per cent, 1896 by
10 per cent and 1892 by As per cent, and
manufacturers are generally provided
with orders for months ahead, but the
advance asked does not appear to have
been generally without business.
Bessemer pig is unchanged at Pitts
burg and grey forge strong at 14.50,
though 16, 600 tons southern have been
sofa mere at 14.ZU. 1nefe are some large
structural orders, a Philadelphia build
ing for II tons, a western bridge for
5000 tons, Duluth elevator and the st.
Lawrence bridge at Quebec, though the
general run of orders in this line is
light, and in rails no large sales are re
ported though inquiries for $4,000 tons
are said to be in this market. Advanced
prices are noted in pipe and decrease in
merchants orders, with smaller bust
ness in sheets and at the west in bars,
pending the completion of the combina-
ton.
But the general decrease in new de-
mand raises the question whether prices
Will be maintained after current orders
run out.
Failures for the week: 1874 in the
United States against 262 last year, and
% in Canada against 16 last year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29
GREAT SNAKES.
Engineer Client Gives Some Expert
ence In Tropical Railroading.

'T suppose there will be great deal OF
railroad building in Cuba and the Philip
pines" said Engineer Byron Client of the
Santa Fe, but 1 don't believe 1 care for
any of it myself. 1 got enough of it dur
the Is months l spent railroading in Pan
anna for the canal company.
Il did not mind the hot weather or the
yellow fever. The monkeys and snakes IN
the stretches of road built through the
jungle were enough to drive fellow wild.
There We're bitches both sides of the
track and the monkeys thought they We're
rivers. They would take hold of each
others tails and form a swinging bridge
bridge came just low enough to catch the
smokestack. We had to watch our stacks
pretty close, for we were only allowed two
new ones a week.
Snakes! You never heard of the like.
When we would run over one of those
fellows it would take whole box of sand
to get off the greasy spots on the
track. The night Waterman used to keep
just enough steam going in the engine to
keep the heaters working. When would
go to the engine in the morning there
would be half a dozen snakes from u to
16 feet long curled up in the cab. They
were rather easy to run out after a fellow
once learned how, but the, big fellows who
keep close to the fire-boz nearly drove me
to distraction. I had long pole with a
piece of old scythe on the end. used
to go out on the running board and cut
snakes awhile. Then 1 would run the en-
CINE around to shake them off. No,
thanks; more tropical raflroading for
me. III stick to the pratr1eS.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
A. Box Car Blown From the Sid"
ing to the Main Track
At Media, on the Santa Fe, East
of Eft. Madison,
NEAR CAUSED DEATH
The Chicago-COlOradO Passen-
ger Running Wild
Checked Only With Great EX-
NEAR CAUSED DEATH
Checked Only With Great EX-
ertion-Gets a Severe Bump.

Wind was almost responsible for
wreck on the Santa Fe early Friday
morning. Passengers on the Chicago
Colorado train No. 5 leaving Chicago
Thursday evening escaped disaster and
possible death shortly after midnight.
The train was due to arrive in Topeka
at As yesterday morning. 1t did not
reach here until three hours later.
At Media, ILL.,, small station % miles
east of Fort Madison, the strong wind
blew a box car from the siding on to
the main track. Media is not a night
station, and the work of the wind was
not discovered until a black object
ahead on the track was seen by the
engineer of No 5. The discovery was
made barely in time to save the train
with its load of passengers.
When the engineer saw the object on
the track the train was running at a
high rate of speed. He at once applied
the air and reversed the engine and the
train was almost at a standstill when it
struck the box car. The force of the
collision was sufficient, however, to de-
rail the car and shake up the passen-
gers.
The derailment of the car was re-
sponsible for the delay to the train,
as a wrecking crew from FIT. Madison
had to be sent out to remove it. Train
No l was also delayed by the acct
dent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29
FROM GOODLAND.

Engineer Al Taper is quite i'll.
Engineer Dave Pringle has engine
$40.
F. S. Boggs returned from Kansas
City Wednesday morning.
Landlord Justus of the Depot hotel
was at Denver Wednesday.
George billing and wife of Seibert,
Col, were in the city Monday.
Charley Taper is working on the
rip track" as a substitute this week.
H. G. Pearson, of the car repairers'
department, has been discharged.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Converse have re-
turned from a visit to Kansas City.
William Cunningham of st. Joe is
here visiting his uncle, Charley O'Brien.
Engineer Leenan returned to work
last week after a vacation of two
months.
Conductor Charley Randall of the
Roswell-Pueblo run was here Wednes-
day.
Ed Greenman has moved into the
Keith residence, which he recently pur-
chased.
Passenger Conductor F. A. Beer of
day evening.
Conductor Tom Edwards returned
Saturday from a visit to his father,
who lives in Nebraska.
Boilermaker Pete Neugebauer has
been reinstated and resumed his place
in the shop Monday.
Brakeman Frank Mytinger of the
east end local freight took a layoff
Springs.
Operator o. D. Lewis has gone to
Roswell where he will have charge of
the operators desk for a couple of
weeks.
Engineer Sam Houlihan has remodel
ed his residence.
Fireman Charley Sherman went to
Lincoln, Neb., Monday. He will visit
his parents at Tecumseh, Neb., before
he returns.
Thomas Arters, who has held the po-
sition of painter in the shop for the
past year, resigned Tuesday. He will
go to Kansas City.
Brakeman Robert Clark went to
Trinidad, Col, Sunday, and he will be
married there this week.
Cash Polly) Neville. formerly a ma
chinist in the Goodland shops, has a
position as gangboss in the Missouri
Pacific shops at Kansas City.
Engineers are ordered to report their
firemen when they use more than one
shovelful of coal at a time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29

able to work on account of an attack
of grip.
C. E. Gal1ager has returned from To-
pel1a and is on duty again. Mr.. Gal
lagher's health is very much improved.
It is being rumored among the rail-
road boys that there will be several
crews taken off by the 1st of June, on
account of slack business.
Brakeman Brunsen and Switchman
Green of La Junta, have exchanged
places. Green on chain gang with
Pond, and Brunsen will go to switch
ing in La Junta.
D. J. Luster has been elected to rep
resent Dodge City at the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen's National con-
vention, which meets at New Orleans,
May Sth.- Mr.. Luster will start for the
south the first of next week
J. A. Corey and wife will leave for
Detroit, Mich, on May LIST, where Mr..
Corey will attend the annual conven-
ton of the Railway Conductors. They
will visit some points in the New Eng
land states. Mr.. Corey's former home
was in Windsor, Conn.
About so people attended the silver
wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
FrOmme, at their home across the line
in Hodgeman county, on Sunday. A
good time was had. Mr.. F'romme is en-
ployed in the roundhouse of the Santa
F'e railway.
r. H. McElwain sold for Mrs. Rose
Eyre of Wisconsin, the two dwelling
houses belonging to Mrs. Eyre, to Eu-
gene Walker, who has charge of the
Santa Fe railway yards at night. The
consideration was $500 cash.
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1T is SURPRISING
R. Ga Dun & Co. Says Every
thing Has Been
Conducive to Set Back In
Business
BUT 1T HAS NOT COME.
The Season Has Proven a Record
Breaker
In Business Done i'm Boots and
Shoes.
BUT 1T HAS NOT COME.

New York, April 29.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Ali elements considered, it is rather
surprising that business has not been
set back a little. The uncertainty about
Samoa and the prolonging of the diff
Guilty in the Philippines might nave
counted for something, the rising I'M
ports and falling exports for something,
the rise in foreign exchange by some
attributed to foreign sales of copper
stocks and the hindrance of manufac-
turing orders owing to the recent ad-
vance in prices. But there has been full
faith that foreign difficulties would
soon be cleared away and the move
ment in exchange is generally connect
ed with speculative rather than leg1tl-
mate operation since accounts OF TRADE
still indicate a large excess of exports.
After every rise in prices manufacturers
have to consider whether h1ndered con-
sumption with increased production Will
make them difficulties, but confidence
with which combinations are formed
and extended still shows prevailing be-
lief that no danger point is near
The state of foreign trade juStthes
confidence rather than apprehension. 1t
staples and their prices this year are
extremely low but the unprecedented
foreign demand for manufactured pro-
ducts so far cOmpensates that the ex-
cess of exports in March was heavy
and apparently has been in April.
The presence of English merchants in
Boston trying to sell English medium
wool which would be delivered there at
about 81 cents at the same time that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29

"A D. Wilson has resigned as agent at
Ford City and w. F. Elland has been ap-
pointed agent at that place.
c. F. Mowrer has been checked in at
that place, Geo Blake, was transferred to
Imam In M to relieve p; W ,L.iggett, who goes goes
acting as agent since he left, a few weeks
ago.
Operator J. B. Myers has been sent to
Pratt to fill the vacancy made by c. F.
on the Strong City ballast train. The
fireman taking the run will be expected
to live at Strong City. Applications close
today.
depot in Coffeyville before long.
Thousands of sparrows have infested the
Horton railway shops for years, and Were
corn and millet seed in a solution of
strychnine and placed it about the shops
thereafter he picked up $50 dead birds, and
their numbers were soon, decimated- He
them in the shops, and these kept the new
ARRIVALS CLEANED out - lac. ~
Monday of this week S.212 cars of citrus
fruit have been shipped out of southern
Several brakemen have arrived from To-
R PEI rusb d to are helP Gut
Frank G: Jones, Charles W; Botki9' GhaS.
C. Conductor Hair, Harry Shre eye Of wellington
will join a delegation of trainmen en- route
to New Orleans on a special to attend a
deegate from Wellington lodge E. Of r. II
Conductor J. J. Short has charge of the
''pusher'' engine over the White Water
hill for few days.
a gang of Santa Fe SURVEYORS are re-
east part of Winfield, which has recently
been ballasted with screenings from the
Roadmaster Nelligan was in the city
over night, leaving for Woodward this
morning. He had his new electric railroad
tricycle. with him, which was quite a curl
osity to alL-W ellington Journal.
The Santa Fe will sink arteSian well
at Garden City. The contract calls for
8, 500 feet to water.
The Missouri Pacific is adopting electric
headlights for its passenger LOGON otives,
but none of them is running north of Kan
sas City.
A Kelley left for Fairbury with engine
No. 24O, which will be converted into a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29
TO sTRA1GHrEN ITS LINE.
Union Pacific Will Begin at Once Be
tween Denver and Kansas City.

Tt Is said that the Union Pacific will
begin work in the immediate future
on the changes which have been under
contemplation by the management for
several months to straighten its line
between Kansas City and Denver and
est changes to be made are in eastern
Colorado and in western Kansas, where
several crooks will be Strengthened.
There will also be several changes in
Ellsworth county. East of KanOpOliS
in the vicinity of CarneirO and extend
ing east nearly to Brookville in Saline
county, the road runs through a very
billy country where there are several
steep grades. When the road was built
50 years ago, it was thought that the
best route had been picked out, but sur
veys made in recent years show that
by running through ravines north of
the present right of way.
1t is figured that it will be cheaper to
build new road through there than to
continue to haul heavy trains over the
steep grades. 1t is no uncommon thing
two or three hours between telegraph
stations among those hills. Doubling
over the Carneiro hills has been one of
the bugaboos in Union Pacific freight
crews ever since the road began to
haul heavy trains. It was no uncom-
heavy train which is five hours late in
the middle of the night, after he has
got his engine safely over a grade, to
look back and discover that a coupling
has broken and that the rear half of the
train is far back on the other side of
the grade. 1t is to avoid these difficulties
that the changes will be made.
Similar changes will be made through
the hills between Ellsworth and Will
son, in the vicinity of Black Wolf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29

switch engine at Phillipsburg, Nh n KeI-
light h9f gets his engine 'S'--H0rtOn Head
Ed Fitzsimmons of Horton has gone to
the boiler shop at that place.
Work has been started at the Albuquer-
noilers for the shops at Winslow
a9 %fs Pa hd aft for F dpaks sh oR
Monday evening after visit of several
weeks NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jour
J. Henry Jones' for many years chief
M Mare 1as be pod 9f to cerkshp
in J. E. Hurley's office at Las Vegas.
kn W aPa Van ~ aDn Rs5tG
que have signed contracts with the st.
for fa pace n Pa snday Both are e
ployes of blacksmith shops.
as chief clerk to Division super{ntendent
Geo; Aver at San Marcial. Mr., Niles
his sister graduates from the Topeka high
school next month. she, will arrive in San
Mareia1 and the family will occupy the
dwelling vacated by Mr.. Jones.-San Mar
e Engines CINE: s77, s7s and sss have been as
signed to the south end of the division.
Heretofore they have been run between
Engineer Newcomb. who has been in
care of the Santa Fe hospital authorities
afternoon and taken to the territorial in
sane asylum. Mr.. Newcomb, his many
insane and his commitment was an abso-
Lutte necessity.-Las Vegas Optic.
The members of the Las Vegas Military
band feel especially complimented by the
presentation to them of handsome 24-foot
American flag by the officers and EN-
ployes of the superintendent's. trainmas-
Fe railway. It is intended to float the
flag from the mast at the new band stand
now being built.
Some forty men are at work placing new
steel and stone bridges on the A, r. &
station. A. F. Giese. late of the North
western road, is the inspector of bridges
looking after this work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29

Thin, pale and consumP-
tive persons should use
some constructive tonic that
will enrich the blood, in
crease the nerve force and
renew wasted tissues.
SCOTS Emulsion is based
upon scientific principles.
We digest the oil for you
by mechanical processes,
thus strengthening your d.
gestive organs by resting
them. 1t stops wasting,
and produces energy, vigor
and warmth. The hyPo-
Phosphites in it invigorates
the nerves, and brain tissues.
soc. and $500, all druggists.
SCOTT G. BOVINE, Chemists. New York.
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BETTER TRAIN SERVICE.
Cofeyville to Be Given Double Daily
Passenger Service by the
Missouri Pacific.

Coffeyville, April 29.-Beginning May
there will be double daily passenger
train service inaugurated between COT
feyville and Fort Smith. The new
trains will be known as Nos 233 and
234 and will run clear through to Little
Rock. The Missouri Pacific passenger
train which now arrives from Kansas
passengers twenty-five minutes for sup
per, and will leave at 6:15 p. m. every
evening for Fort Smith and Little Rock
arriving at Fort Smith at midnight and
at Little Rock early in the morning
Returning, it will arrive in Coffeyville
from the south at 9:15 a. m. and pro-
coed a few minutes later to Kansas City
over the Missouri Pacific, taking the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29
Cream For Harvey's Houses.

Las Vegas, April &c. c. Adams, a
practical dairyman from Chillicothe,
Mo, who has been here for the past
week inspecting Fred Harvey's dairy,
left yesterday for his home after hav-
ing made a recommendation that the
dairy here be enlarged three times
over, or such a matter. There are at
present 2S mich cows in Harvey's cor
rails here, and the prospects now are
that the number will be increased to
about 80 head, and that Las Vegas will
be made the principal dairy station in
New Mexico for the Harvey house sys-
tenn. 1t is understood that the milk.
cream and other dairy products for all
dining stations between Ration, DEM
ing and Gallup will be supplied from
this point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29
BANDS OF MERCY.
$4,000 Children Assemble In Kansas
City's Convention Hall

Kansas City, Mo-, April ga mass
meeting of $4,000 school children, organ
lied as bands of mercy, or juvenile
auxiliaries to the American Humane
society, was held yesterday afternoon
in Kansas City's big convention hall.
Probably 5000 children were unable to
gain admittance to the hall, as several
thousand adults crowded in and the
children who came late were shut out.
1t is estimated that 10000 persons were
in the hall. The programme included
choruses sung by the thousands of
children, speeches by School Superin-
tendent Greenwood, Edwin r. Weeks,
president of the humane society, and
others, and the reading of essays by
pupils of the public schools, voicing
sentiments of kindness to dumb ami
mails.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-29
THAT FUNNY FAST MAIL.
Gives Several Engines the Fever and
Runs Away Late.
EFrom the Emporia Gazette

[FVrOm the Emporia Gazette.
The fast mail is still funny. Day be-
fore yesterday the regular engine, so,
gave up the run temporarily, to pull
the officials special south The A took
it's place, and last evening delayed the
train here with a hot engine truck 1t
was able to take the train into Topeka
where it was cut out until this morning,
when it took the mail again. At Wa
karusa Engineer Jim RolIo discovered
that his steed again had fever around
more than an hour coming from Wa
karusa to Barclay. There Engineer
Griffith and Fireman Morrison met it
with the $50 and pulled it into Emporia.
That crew and engine also took the
mail to Newton, while the A lay here
in the shops to allow it's fever to
slack.
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HAVE ANNUAL PASSES.
Why the Santa Fe and Katy Favor an
Aged Emporia Couple.

Emporia, April 29.-Andrew Henshaw,
of the Society of Friends, annually re-
ceives from both the NJ. K. & T. and
Santa F'e, passes over the two systems,
for himself and wife. They are past
passes several times every year going
to the state meetings of Friends. When
the NJ. K. & T. railroad came to EN-
poria, Mr.. Henshaw gave them ten
Fe pushed into Emporia, he also ten
dered them land and they took five
acres. The M. K. & T. buildings now
stand the ground given them. Be
tween the two are several acres of land,
which they received. The Santa Fe
junction now stands on the land. For
this reason each road entered into a
life contract with Mr.. HenshaW to fur
niSh himself and wife passes.
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JIM LEGATE'S BOOK.
Getting Material For "Thirty Years
Out of Congress"

Atchison, April 29.-Jim Legate of
Leavenworth, is in Atchison, gathering
information for book of personal rec
objections he will print shortly. The
book will be entitled Thirty Years Out
of Congress-
Mr.. Legate says there are more in
teresting things out of congress than
in congress, and he sees no reason why
his book should not be as readable as
that of J. G. Blaine. Mr.. Legate began
work on a book 20 years ago, to be
known as Leaves from Memory but
there was so much protest that he gave
it up. Now he has nothing else to do,
and will work steadily on Thirty
Years Out of Congress- until it is COM
pleted. Mr.. Legate is 20 years old.
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TWO HUSBANDS INONE DAY
Mrs. Henry T. Sloane Married Perry
Belmont Before Her Divorce
Got Cold.

New York, April 29.-Perry Belmont
and Mrs. Jessie A. Sloane, the divorced
wife of Henry T. Sloane, were married
at $50 o'clock last night at Greenwich,
Conn, by the Rev. Walter NJ. Barrows,
pastor of the Second Congregational
church of that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont will go to
Washington, where they will be the
guests of Mrs. G. H. Rowland, Mr.. Bel
monts sister for several days. Mr.. Bel
mont will then take his bride to Ken
lucky to visit his stock farm. Before
leaving this city and at Mr. Belmont's
request the new Mrs. Belmont conveyed
her home at No. 8 East Seventy second
street, the house that has been recent
Iy given to her by Mr.. Sloane and all
its contents to the State Trust com
pany, with instructions to convey it
back again to Mr.. Sloane. The pro-
perty is valued at $3.50, 900. If he shall
refuse to accept it the trust company
is instructed to invest the proceeds of
the sale of the house for the benefit of
the Sloane children.
1t was learned that the referee in the
divorce case was William L. Turner
and that he had been appointed by JUS
tice Francis NJ. Scott on March 25 last.
The referee held two hearings. Mrs.
Sloane did not attend either.
Henry T. Sloane, the well known and
wealthy society man, was yesterday
granted an absolute divorce firm his
wife, Jessie A. Sloane The decree was
handed down by Justice Slower in the
supreme court and was based upon the
report of a referee, whose name was
not disclosed. The name of the core
spondent was also kept secret. The GUS
tody of the Sloane children, Jessie, En-
ally and Elanore, was given to Mr..
Sloane. He was also accorded the
right to marry, and the defendant in
the suit, it was stated, should not law
fully marry again until after the death
of MIR. Sloane.
But the decree continued, 'tthe re-
marriage of the said parties to this ac-
ton is not hereby prohibited
Mrs. Sloane is deprived of the right
to any part in Mr.. Sloane'ss property.
The separation of the couple was an
nounced last December.
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