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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-07

their tears, viii lose their control over
the interests of the country to which
they are justly entitled according to
divine and human laws. The cOnSe-
quence of these claims would be. more
over that the greater part of the pow
will be placed in the hands Of those,
who foreigners by birth, enjoy the priv
Iege Of depriving the country of its
chief treasure while they have never
shown any loyalty to a foreign govern
ment. Besides, the inevitable conse-
Quence Of the acceptance of these
claims would be that the independence
of the country as a self governing. in
dependent sovereign republic would be
irreparably lost For years past British
troops in great numbers have been
placed on the frontiers Of our sister re-
public in order to compel her by fear
to accede to the demands which would
be pressed upon her and in order to
encourage revolutionary disturbances
and the cunning plans Of those whose
greed for gold is the cause Of their
shameless undertakings
Those plans have now reached their
climax in the open violence to which the
W nile We readily acknowledge the hOnoI-
able character Of thousands of English
men, who loathe such deeds Of robbery
ana wrong, We can not puL s4phog tns
shameless breaking of treaties, the teign-
ed pretexts for the trausgression OF law
the Violation OF lnternaJlonaI law anu
injustice and the numerous right-rending
deeds of the British statesmen who viii
public. on their heads be the guilt OF
blood and may a just providence reward
all they deserve.
rise as one man against the oppressor
and the Violator Of rights.
In the strife to which we are now 0riv-
en-, have care to commit no deed unworthy
of a Christian and Of a Burgher Of the
Orange Free State. Let us look forward
with confidence to a fortunate end Of this
conflict, trusting to that higher power.
without whose help human weapons are OF
May He bless our arms. Under His
banner We advance to battle for liberty
and fatherland-
m. T. STEYG, State President"
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Death of Thos. B. Twombly.

Thomas B. Twombly, ST., formerly for
many years master MECHANIC OF the Chi
cage, Rock Island & Pacific, died at his
residence in Chicago on october 81, at the
age Of IS years. He was born at Dover,
n. H. on January Z 1924, and entered rail-
way service on March y, 1919, as machin-
ist with the CONNECTICUT River railroad
He subsequently servesl as locomotive en-
gineer on that road and other lines until
1886, from which date to March, 1857, he
was master mechanic of the New buTypcrt
& Georgetown. He was then for one year
locomotive engineer on the Mississippi &
Missouri. but returned the Newbury-
port & Georgetown in February, 1858, as
master mechanic, which position he re-
signed in 1859. From August, 1861 to July,
1861 he was foreman of the machine shops
of the Mississippi & Missouri, and during
the latter years was appointed master me-
chanic of the c. r. 1. & P. at Chicago.
He retired a number of wears ago.
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Santa Fe Directors Will Likely
Appoint a Comptroller.
Succeed the Late J. P. White
head In New York.
AT ANNUAL MEETING.
Action Not Probable Until De-
cember Event.
General Auditor H. C. White.
head Mentioned For Place.

It is probable that the Santa Fe di-
rectOrs will take no action toward
naming a successor to the late J. P.
Whitehead, as comptroller of the Santa
F'e system, until the annual meeting in
this city in December. 1t is believed
that a comptroller will then be named.
At a meeting in October the directors
named an assistant comptroller to han
die the work of the Office temporarily.
This move practically gave official de-
NAL to the rumor that a successor to
Mr. Whitehead would not be appointed,
the work divided among the Santa Fe
representatives in New York, and the
Office of comptroller abolished.
Who viii be named for the New York
Office is a question, as is true of all rail-
road appointments. Mr.. h c. White
head, the present general auditor of the
Santa. Fe, has been mentioned in con-
nectiOn with the place. Unless the di-
rectOrs decide to go outside of the
Santa Fe ranks for a man to succeed
Mr. Whitehead, the present general
auditor is thought to stand a good
chance.
In the event of Mr.. Whitchead's ap-
pOintment, the changes that would con-
seQuently result in the Santa F'e ac-
counting department can only be sur
missed
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REEDS OLD SHOES
Will Be Worn by His Former Private
Secretar1.

Portland, Me, Nov. Amos L. Allen.
Republican candidate for congress in the
First Maine district, was elected yester-
day by a majority of more than 1900
votes over Luther F. Mckinney, the
Democratic candidate. With the town Of
Dayton in York county. to hear from, Mr..
Aliens majority is 1857. Dayton viii
doubtless reduce this, but not enough to
bring it below 900.
The First Maine district was Speaker
Reeds district last year and he had ex
Congressman Mckinney as his opponent.
At that time Mr.. Reeds plurality was
1925 over Mckinney, but there was . pro-
hibitiOn candidate who pOlled 673 votes,
thus reducing his majority to 4,791
There were only to candidates this
year, but it is evident from spoiled ballots
that considerable number of prOhibi-
ton voters made the mark in the prohibit
ton square on the official ballot although
they had no candidate Last year the
total vote in the district was % go. This
year it amounts to less than 20, 600.
Congressrnan-el Allen is known in
national life as Speaker Reeds secretary
for many years Otherwise he was not a
prominent figure, even in his own state
and neighbOrhOOd.
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RAILROAD NOTES.

Glen Mettler is running an engine in Old
mexico His run IS over mountains with
a 3 per cent grade He is working with
a NeXlcan WOOD paSser and an engine
Which burns WOOd.-El Dorado Times.
General Agent W. NJ. Hampton of the
Denver x Rio Grande railroad, who has
heretofore been stationed in Denver, has
heen appointed assistant general freight
agent TO take effect Immediately
Frank K1ngSberry, who has had the
Lawrence branch mail run for II years
mas been transferred to the fast mail,
running west from Topeka. Mr.. Hoyt of
Lawrence, takes the Lawrence run.
J. W. Kennedy who has been H E.
Fox s assistant in the watch inspection
word to Mr. Fox that he has decided to
stay in BrOOkIine. Mass, this winter=Al-
buquerque Citizen.
The Hutchinson & Southern agents at
kingman, Rago, Harper, Blackwell and
Cross will no doubt soon be searching
the Santa Fe has agents who viii no
doubt look after all of the local business.
Five Ottawa boys are at work for the
California SOuthrn road at San Rerna-
Tom Hood. Steve Moore, Henry Moore
and Jesse Parr. Mesdames Hood. Moore.
and Parr are with their husbands.-Ot-
Conductor f. B. Sill was down from
NiclEerson calling on old friends and also
took occasion to remind the proper Offic-
laiS that he would resume work as soon
as the limited is put on. The captain
ton kanSan-
This morning twenty negroes were
brought to this city from Guthrie and
are at work in the material ward of the
material for the new road. This city has
been made the headquarters for the new
road and this will bring q good many
men here TO work-Arkansas City Trav-
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Woodward's wife. The person he is
charged with assaulting is their IL
year-old adopted daughter, Grace Hill,
a sister of Mrs. J. S Devaney of Well
ington. According to the testimony of
the girl, Woodward has been guilty of
improper intimacy with her for four
years, ever since the time of her adop-
ton.
The arrest has caused a great SEN
satiOn at Dalton and in the surround
ing neighborhood. Woodward has been
the Santa Fe agent there for eight or
ten years, and his character has al
ways been above reproach. A delegation
of WOodward's friends came to Well
ington yesterday for the purpose Of
getting him out of jail. but were IN
able to find the authorities. They re-
turnd to Dalton and came to yelling
for $1,000 with J. c. Carson, W. G.
WhaIey and Vim. Wilson, all well
known citizens, as sureties, and Wood
ward was released.
His preliminary trial is set for two
weeks from today, before Justice Bur
nGtte
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pneumonia, contracted only a few days
ago.
Colonel Durant was one of the best
known men in railroad circles in Chi
cago, though he had not been engaged
in active business for eighteen years
He was born in LanesbOrOugh Mass,
April IL, 1928, of poor parents. He spent
his early days in the east and worked
as a clerk in a country store in New
England. In 1913 when the craze OF
gold sent hundreds of men to the west
Mr. Durant came with the tide and set
tied in Iowa. A few years later his
brother the late DR.. Durant, became
vice president of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad and also
director in the Union Pacific railroad
Colonel Durant secured contracts for
building a part of the Rock Island sys-
TEN and constructed the greater part
of the line through Iowa After the
completion of this work he was en-
gagged by the Union Pacific in purchas-
ing the right of way through western
states and also in the construction OF
the road.
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N. E Mutation Plans.

Philadelphia. Nov. Among the bust
board of Methodist Episcopal bishops
conference was the adoption of the plan
of Episcopal visitations for the first half
of the year 1900. The board chose IN
dianapolis as the seat of the next bish-
ops conference, which will begin on the
last Wednesday of April 1900. The plan
of visitations includes the following con
ferences to be presided over by the bish-
ops named: Central Missouri Marshall,
Mo. March Is. Bishop Fitzgerald; Kansas.
Kansas City, Kansas, March q, RlShOp
w arren: Missouri. KirksvilIe Mo, March
a. Bishop Fitzgerald: Northwest Kansas.
ConcOrdia. Kansas. March Il, Bishop
Warren; St. Louis, Kansas City. No.
March d Bishop Fitzgerald; South Kan
sas. Chanute, Kansas, March = Bishop
Vincent; Southwest Kansas. Wichita
Kansas, March Il. Bishop Vincent
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NEW SANTA FE STATIONS
General Manager Frey Announces
Their Establishment.

General Manager Frey of the Santa
F'e has issued a circular announcing the
establishment of the following new sta
itons along the line of the Santa F'e.
Chicago divisiOn-Fabius, MOtter, FL
HsOn and Diggs, all on the main line.
Eastern division-Amador and Ken
ton. on the EmpOria branch.
New Mexican diVisiOn-SlmpsOn and
PosO, both on the main line.
Oklahoma dlvisiOn-Salter, on the
Augusta branch.
Southern Kansas Observation-Disclosures,
Ochelata, Ramona, Vera, COlinsviIIe
and OwassO, all on the newly con-
structed BartIesville branch.
Panhandle division - Sumter and
Ryner, both on the Hunnewell branch.
Rio Grande divisiOn-HanOver and
FierrO. on the Hanover line. Hanover
Junction. on the s c. < n. road.
The following changes in the name of
stations is also announced in the circu-
lar
Bonner, on the Leavenworth branch
of the eastern division, viii hereafter
be known as Bonner Springs.
blackwell. on the main line of the
New Mexico division, will hereafter be
known as Ojita.
Crystal, on the main line of the Pan
handle division, Will hereafter be known
as Crystal Springs.
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LINCOLN'S MONUMENT.
The Contract Is Let For It's Res
toration.

Springfield. Ill, Nov. 7-Governor
Tanner State Treasurer Whittemore
and State Superintendent of Public IN
struction Bayliss, composing the board
of commissioners of the National Line
DIN monument today let the contract
for the restoration of the monument
here to the Culver Construction COM
pany of Springfield, their bid being $94,-
500 and the lowest.
The Culver company viii go to work
at once on the restoration of the mOnu-
rnent. 1t must be finished according to
contract by November 1, 1900 A tenn
porary hall for the keeping of the Lin
coin trophies now being kept in the
monument Will be built. Just what
disposition will be made of the bodies
of the president, his wife and son, Tod,
Lincoln, has not been decided upon.
Probably a temporary vault will be
erected and a Waterman employed to
guard it.
State superintendent of Public IN
struction Bayliss, in speaking of the
contract, said:
The monument, when completed,
will be as near like the present one as
possible. Every piece of material now
in the monument found available will
be used. The shaft Will be about fifteen
feet higher, which will be the only ma
ferial change
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POSTAL BUSINESS GROWTH
Money Order Department Conducted
at Loss.

Washington, Nov. THE auditor for
the pOstOffice department in his annual
report shows that during the last year
the number of pOStOfhceS in the United
States increased from 1876, to 1884;
the number of domestic money orders
issued increased from PISS, 078, repre-
Senting $401 113, III, to 29, 007 $40, repre-
senting Sac, 4S3,354, net increase in
number of 1,2O9,792 and in volume OF
$41. 1863 633.
During the year the revenues of the
postal service increased from $50, OH, 61S
to S95, 021 3S4. and the expenditures from
$g7,S50, 407 to sol 632, 160 a net increase
in the receipts of Sc 008 765, and in ex-
penditures of So, us. 1852. Upon this show
ing the auditor asks for an increase of
80 clerks s minimum requirement for
the year 1900.
Considerable space is devoted to the
subject of money orders and a state
ment is given which shows that during
last year the system was conducted at
prOximately $1O5, 106, which fact, the
auditor says, would suggest the exer-
else of great care in legislating for the
employment of new financial features
in the postal service.
The postal revenues for the year are
shown to have been 49,, 021, 1874, and the
expenditures $1O1, 436, 269 leaving a de-
felt of $6.4l3SS5. OF this amount the
treasury has advanced sc, 600 600, the
balance unpaid being S413, S85. The
amount of second class postage collect
ed from publishers and news agents
was So, 521, 032, and the amount of
stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper
wrappers and postal cards sold was
SS7,280, 654. The cost of mail transpOF-
tatiOn is given as $54 253, 058, of which
amount 81 ,629,149 was paid for the
transportation of foreign mail. The
auditor reneWs his recommendation of
last year to the effect that life of money
orders be limited to three months in
stead of u months as now provided by
law
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work after spending several weeks in the
east with relatives.
Engineer Keen and Fireman Moore have
been assigned to the third mountain en-
CINE which is to be put on in a few days.
Fireman Henry West went to Cerril!os
to arrange to move his family to this city
where they will reside in the future
@. w. Quick and W. G. Burr have been
transferred to Ration from here, to work
in the construction department.
A. B. Mccartney who had been agent
for the Santa Pacific at Holbrook- re-
signed and will engage in business in Al
burque-
On Monday the extra employees at the
shops at San Marcia1 were let out and
now the regular force consists of two
bOilermakers, two machinists, one painter,
one tinsmith, one carpenter, and the nee
essary number of hosters, Wipers, engine
and car inspectors.
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SANTA FE LOCALS.

NTilt Player. foreman of the round
house, is in Chicago on business for a
few days.
Engine No. SO was broken in today.
Engine No. S14 is just out of the shop,
and will be used on the passenger runs
west out of Topeka.
Engine No. 642 broke a piston rod
and blew out cylinder head near Sib-
ley, Mo, Monday.
VIM. Bush is acting as round house
foreman during the absence of Milt
Player in Chicago.
Engines No S25. 826 and 827 have been
sent to Ration for service
VIM. Smith, a Santa Fe machinist at
shops here Monday
Gordon Pearce. of Lawrence, has ac-
cepted a position in the round house.
Roy Daniels, of the Santa Fe store
house, returned to work this morning
after a weeks vacation.
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TRAVEL TO CUBA.
Island Will Rival California as
Winter Resort.

Chicago Nov. 7-SOuthern railroad men
that Cuba this winter viii be a formidable
rival OF California and Mexico resort
for persons in search OF health and those
cember, they say. thousands of northern
ers will have become temporary residents
of the rejuvenated island which, largely
through the spirit of American progress
siveness is said to offer more Inducements
Within the next two weeks 400 northern
ers, nearly half of whom are Chicagoans,
here to St Louis, thence over the Mobile
x Ohio railroad to Mobile. where they
viii go to the port of NeuvitaS on one
OF the steamers operated by that ra1lroad;
A short distance from NeuVitaS they will
assume control of $500 acres of land, and
Inelf SeIIIement VIII be known as La
Gloria The moving spirits of the party
believe that La Gloria in time viii be rec
ter resorts in the western hemisphere.
In winter the climate of Cuba is said
to be highly beneficial to persons afflicted
with pulmonary troubles and to those
whose general constitutions need strength
ening The finest magnesia springs in
the verdi, it is said are to be found in
the provinces of Havana and Santa Clara.
The steamer service between New Orleans
island has been improved within the last
few weeks. At the beginning of this month
me most lmportanL OF CUBAN p0rlS one
branch between Havana and Santiago
and another between Havana and Neu-
Many of the persons who will 90 to
Cuba in time to escape the cold will leave
ing permanently on the island. Railroads
are carrying carloads of furniture, agrt-
CULTURAL implements and machlnery TO
gulf ports for transportation 20 the island
These things are the property of persons
who intend to accept the government Of
The railroads of the south have ar
from American points to the islands. This
rate entities the passenger to meals and
ne &
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WILL INJURE HUFoHINsoN.
Wholesale Houses Will Not Be Com
pIeted Since Sale of II. & S.

Hutchinson, Nov. The work on the
wholesale business houses for Hutchin-
temporariiv stopped by the sale of the
Hutchinson & Southern but it is IN
derstOOd it viii go ahead again at least
next spring if not before.
Two of the houses, the Central Mer-
camille company and the Nave & Nc
Cord. are doing a big business out Of
Hutchinson. The Central Mercantile
company has an immense stock in its
This company had a splendid structure
planned for their future use. At pres
ent they have no assurance that a
switch can be secured and the building
has been stopped. The company is
ready TO build at any moment and win
push the work next spring if not before
It is quite possible. however that the
location of the building viii have to be
changed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-07
RECORD BREAKING MONTH.
October Equipment Orders Amounted
to 50. O23 Cars and 1913 Engines

During October there were placed ord
ers for O23 cars of all kinds. OF this
number 19,HS We're box. stock, furniture
and coal cars; 700 We're steel cars: so
were fiat cars and Sl4 were passenger and
street railroad cars. 100 Of the latter be-
ing ordered for export OF the s., 023 cars
about LOO are to be built by railroads at
their own shops Orders for 323 lOcOmo-
tiVes of all kinds were also noted of
which about thirty-eight We're for export.
The division of types of the 323 IOcOmO-
tiVeS were approximately: 242 freight To-
comOtives; 46 passenger and 35 switch 10
comOtives.
Nearly 100 more locomotives were order
ed than in September while about three
times many cars We're ordered in OC-
tOber as were noted in September. The
October orders amounted to 2l5 times a s
many as were ordered in August although
the record for that month was a large
one. The cars ordered during October al
most equal in numbers those ordered in
June, July, August and September com
bincd. Some of the largest orders
placed in October have been deferred for
many weeks on account of high prices.
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A TRUST OF TRUSTS.
Bicycle and Automobile Companies to
Unite.

New York, Nov. THE Times says:
A $500, OOO. 600 combine is projected. The
informal meeting to perfect this great
organization viii be held at the Wal
dOrf Astoria today. It is intended to
combine all of the rubber, bicycle and
automobile companies into one great
concern which will control the prOduc-
tion of every article entering into the
manufacture of a bicycle or an auto
mobile
In the proposed company it is said.
all of the companies already formed
viii be participants. Messrs. Studeba-
ker and Riker who own numerous pat
ents, are said to be parties to the ar
rangement and they are also mentioned
as largely interested in the automobile
company cOrpOrated at Wilmington on
Saturday.
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ELEVATOR FALLS
A Distance of Five Stores While
Filled With People.

Minneapolis Mimi, Nov. THE ele-
vator in the Phoenix building, one of
the largest structures in the city, fell
five stories yesterday afternoon when
filled with passengers. Ten persons
were injured. several of them seriously.
The injured are:
c. B. Traitor.
L. Armstrong.
GarVey Donaldson.
J. H. TaImadge Sr.
w. H. Place.
Arthur F7redenburg.
Edwin LindahI
Charles B. Marvin.
J. H. Talmadge Jr.
An unknown woman.
The cause of the accident was the
giving away of the cable in the socket
attached to the car. and when the car
riage dropped. the heavy weights, de-
tached from their fastenings at the
eleventh story. fell on it, crushing the
occupants of the cage in the basement.
The most severe injuries are broken
legs, and it is thought all the victims
will recover.
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INSPECT A NEW LINE.
Chief Engineer and Party of Rock Is
land Officials at Enid

Mr.. w. E. Dauchy, formerly of To-
peka, but now chief engineer of the
Rock Island with headquarters in Chi
cagO, came to Topeka Monday in pri-
vate car No. 500 He remained here IN
til evening in consultation with several
of the local officials, and left on the
night train, accompanied by Mr.. H. r.
Irvine, general rOadmaster, Mr.. r. w.
Day, division engineer. Mr.. w. r. Can
building department, and Mr.. H. D.
Daub, superintendent of the water ser
vice, of the lines west of the Missouri
river, on a short inspection trip over
the Rock Island road, and especially
over the new line known as the Enid
Tonwaka railroad, which the Rock Is
land is building from North Enid, out
into Oklahoma territory about 40 miles.
While in Topeka, Mr.. DauChy said.
THE Rock Island road is in excellent
shape. We are making changes and
improvements, incident to the natural
wear and tear, and are doing every
thing to better the already excellent
service of the road. Already We have
put in several iron bridges in place of
old wooden structures which have been
taken out We have also others in
we can get around to them.
we expect to visit the new line, the
-TOuWaka road, which the Rock
Island is building in Oklahoma terri
tory. and which we hope to have fin
iShed and the last station located by the
latter part of this week. We shall in
spect some of the new improvements
and look over other places where we in
tend to make changes. The trip will
this week. We have no radical changes
in view