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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
New Rock Island Eneinea

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
has placed an order with the Baldwin
Locomotive Works for IS compound 10
wheel engines for April delivery. Their
weight in working order will be about
165. 900 pounds. The driving wheels are
to have caststeeI centers and a diam
eter outside of tire of $40 inches. They
are to have McKay-Fuller truck wheels
80 inches in dimeter. The boilers are
to be OF the extended WagOn-tOp type,
radiaI STAYED. The diameter of the
boilers at the smallest ring will be IS
inches, and they are to have a work
ing pressure OF 200 pounds. The boilers
will have magnesia tagging. covered
with planished iron jacket The fire.
boxes are to be of the shallow type on
top of frames The tenders viii be
mounted on eight wheels SO inches in
diameter The tender frames are TO be
of steel, c. R I. & P. standard The
tanks are to have a water capacity of
$500 gallons and a coal capacity of 10
tons Special equipment VIII include
Jerome metallic packing, Westfng-
house-American brakes, Westinghouse
train signal, Nathan Iubricators, Scott
springs, Ashton safety valves. Simplex
injectors, Barnes whistle and Williams
headlight The cabs are to be built
of steel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
EXCHANGE PASS SOLUTION.
Railway Age Proposes a System of
Low Rate Mileage Tiekets


Apropos of the effort now being made
by a number of railway arrangements
to abolish the system of issuing free
transportation, the Railway Age offers
a reasonable suggestion in the matter
of exchange passes It says;
"A serious effort has been made
within the last few months to unite all
the railways in an agreement for the
abolition OF free passes, including eX-
change passes to officers and employees
of other roads. 1t has been urged with
much force that the wholesale distribu-
ton of exchange transportation is a
heavy and needless expense, inequit-
ably distributed and liable to abuse,
and the point is made that it is no more
reasonable for railways to give away
transportation to each other than it
would be for merchants to help them
selves to one anOther's commodities. A
committee of executive officers submit
ted the proposition to vote and found
a large majority of the roads in favor
of radical action; but as a number of
important companies failed to respond
it was concluded that the time for pass
abolition had not yet arrived.
The argument for exchange passes
is evident Transportation by railway
officials over other roads than their
own is a necessity of business, and ex-
change transp orJatiOn is a mutual BEN
eft and an appliance for facilitating
the Interchange of traffic. Granted this.
then why not apply the same principle
to interchange of official mileage as is
applied to interchange OF car mileage
Why not have form of low rate mile
age tickets good on any road issued in
unlimited amount TO every company
and charged up in the monthly ac-
counting, very much like car mileage
It would take a little work to keep the
record, though vastly less than the
labor of chasing freight cars about the
country, and it would be founded on
the just principle of making each road
pay for what it got and get pay for all
IFS service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
PoPULIsT ExPANsIoNIsTa
They Are Planning to Hold q State
Conference.

Some of the Kansas Populists who
are in favor of expansion are said to
be contemplating a state conference to
agree upon a line of policy to be pur-
sued in the next national campaign
These men favor the idea of the
P0pulsts changing front on this
proposition and agreeing upon a plat
form which does not demand the re-
treat of the American army in the
Philippines Whether there viii be an
open break between the two factions OF
the party is a question which could not
be easily answered at this time.
The PopuIists who have been manag-
ing the campaigns of the past ten years
boot at the idea of a POpuist expan-
sion conference They claim that men
who favor expansion are not POpulists
and seem TO take the position that such
men should be read out of the party.
The expansionists on the other hand
contend that they have as much right
as any other individuals to believe that
the theory of expansion is correct and
they seem TO be perfectly willing to
take a chance on a trial off strength
with those who hold view to the con-
traTv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
WINNER BUYS A ROAD.
Carbonate Line Is Sold to the Pro-
moter.

Lawrence. Kan, Oct. 16.-At 9 o'clock
Saturday morning Hiram P. Dillon,
master in chancery, having in charge
the sale of the old Carbonate railroad
made the sale of the road at the front
sold for a trifie over S51 900, bid by w
E Winner for the Kansas City Law
renee and Topeka Railroad company
This was purely a formal action. as it
has been understood for some time Mr.
Winner had made such arrangements
that the road would come to him when
the sale was finally made There was
quite a crowd present for the sale, but
Mr.. Winner was the only bidder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
WHITE MAN LYNCHED.
He Had Been Stealing Cattle In
Mississippi

Chicago. Oct. ia Chronicle special
from New Orleans. La. says:
Wilson La. d little town on the va
zoo and Mississippi Valley railroad. rs
miles above this city. was the scene of
a lynching Sunday. J. l. Smith. white.
a former resident of the place but late
Of the Buffalo Creek neigh bOrhood in
Wilkinson county, Mississippi. was strung
up to a limb of a pine tree after being
wrested from the town marshal by
posse of citizens. Smith was charged
with having been the leader of a cattle
stealing gang that had infested the coUn-
Try Tor years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
Harvev middleton Leaves B. & o.

Mr.. Jacob n. Barr has resigned as
superintendent of motive power of the
Chicago Milwaukee & st Paul TO &C
cent the position of mechanical super
infendent of the Baltimore & Ohio, with
HEADQUARTERS at Baltimore. IN place OF
Mr. Harvey Middleton, resigned Mr.
Middleton was for several years super
inteudent of machinery of the Santa F'e
with headauarters in TOpeLza-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
CENTRAL BRANCH NOTES.

Two cars of new steel passed through
GreenIeaf on the westbound freight
Some of the Greenleaf railroad boys
seem to think it means extension of the
road to Denver.
Mrs Warren, wife of Brakeman r.
E Warren, is visiting relatives and
friends in Downs
A freight crew has been taken off the
middle division on account of the
scarcity Of box cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
A. P. Tanner's New Job.

Mr.. A. P. Tanner, late general freight
agent of the Colorado Midland, has &C
cepted a position with the Minneapolis
e, st. Louis as agent at st. Paul. MINI,
succeeding Mr.. F. A Willard, resigned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16

Where are you going. my pretty maid %
f.Automo billing. sir she said.
May I go with you. my pretty rnafd2s'
Is, II you wish kind sir she said
DO you know how to manage it, my
pretty maid2'
Not very well. kind sir she said
Then guess won't go with you, my
Nobody asked you sir she said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
Santa Fe's Oklahoma Branch.

James Dun. chief engineer of the
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe, an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
KANSANS AT OAKLAND.
Fighting Twentieth and Their Mon
tana Comrades Warmly Received.

oakland. Cal. Oct. 16--The Montana
and Kansas volunteer regiments were
given a rOusing reception in this city
Saturday in honor of their return from
Manila a parade was formed at Broad
way and First street to escort the SOL
dIers through the city. At the ExpOsi-
ton an address of welcome was delivered
BY Mayor w. r. Snow.
General Shafter made a short address,
he commended the men for the excellent
service they had done in the Philippine
campaign and spoke highly of their brav-
cry Chaplain Hull of the First Montana
regiment gave the volunteers the high
est praise General Frederick Funston.
formerly colonel OF the Kansas regiment.
spoke briefly OF the campaign and the pa
triOtism exhibited by the American SOL
diers in the Philippines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16
FAMINE" MEANS PROSPERITY
Scarcity of Railroad Equipment q
Sure Indication of Good Times

Famine" conveys the idea of blight
ed fields and starving multitudes, but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16

Il thought You said. Grumpy. that you
would never allow your wife to ride a
bicycle2' SO I did. but she happened to
hear Of it.''-Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-16

GA oREA
Bears the n Inc Kind You Haze Always BOggS
Signature II mn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02
Too Much Factionalism.

with the conclusion of the present
senatorial fight, which will come in all
probability after tomorrow evenings
caucus. il is to b. expected that fac
tional politics of the vindiCtive person.
al sort. which have been in the ascend
ant in this commonwealth since 1898,
viii simmer down. They have lost the
charm of novelty they represent in
their present aspect so far as the re-
spcctive leaders are concerned. no vital
questions of public principle. they are
destructive of the party welfare, irri-
tuting to peacc-loving citizens and a
stain uron the states reputation. The
plain people have had enough of them.
We take it for granted that Senator
quay viii he reelected, as in view OF
the character Of the attacks made upon
him and thp nature Of the tactics om-
ploycd against him, he deserves to be.
He has been good senator; not talky
or shoWy. but always effective in con-
serving the interests of his constitu-
cnts. intellectually he stands head and
shoulders above The men who have
throw, morally he is their superior in
that, unlike them, he makes no pre-
tensions to virtues which he does not
possess He is politician who plays
the game of politics frankly and with
Il natural scOrn of hypocrisy Those
who are aiming to supplant him offer
no recommendation save an eagerness
4, In IA
suit of its objective ambition.
with Quay reelected the political
situation win stand as it is with the
exception that in the new Legislature Il
strong leadership is likely to prevail
whereas in the last one things went
higglody pigglcdy. The incoming gov
ernor. too, has an advantage in that he
is on friendly terms with the dominant
leaders Of the party and can use this
mutual confidence to shape a legsla-
tive policy which shall be acceptable to
the people without rasping unnecessar-
lily the susceptiblities of legislators
and inviting 4 season of Nndictive
manoeuverinG. There will. during his
incumbency, be no sudden fluctuations
in executive policy; affairs VIII be
shaped to fit consistent course ana
the aim will be TO provide a satsfac-
tory transaction of the public business
without ultorior purposes.
Thus there will be scant excuse for
the continuation of mere grudge-
venting campaigns, and if such contin-
uation shall be attempted it will find
itself speedily bereft of substantial
following.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02
Cuba Libre.

When at noon yesterday the red and
yellow flag of Spain gave place at
Havana to the lustrous Red, White
and Blue, Cubans witnessed the real
izatlon of a centurys aspirations.
Some of them may doubt it, but with
these we must be petient. The rule
of Spain has not been good school
for the teaching of true sense Of
values. When some of our own citi-
zens, with all the ,Ovantages of free
churches and free schools, are advising
our executive to forget the nations
word and break its good faith, small
wonder that naturally distrustful and
undeyeloped Cubans should look
askance at an Intervention which in
it's first act OF completion notifies the
Cuban people that they must not
utilize the withdrawal of their long
hated enemy as an occasion for de-
monstrative rejoicinb.
This initial move of the American
military governor bore every appear
ance Of a tactical error. Evidently
General Brooke, after reelection, reach
nouuced that he has agreed to permit
the Cubans to celebrate at a later
date. But these, though interesting,
are minor points. 1t is hardly TO be
expected that we can, without
mistakes, take upon ourselves,
suddenly and without detailed pre-
paIation, so new and delicate a task
as the trusteeship over an unfamiliar
alien race just emerging from a gem
Grafton Of destructive instructions.
II will be enough that we
shall, in spite of blunders, dis
couragements and ingratitude,
gradually make good our declared in
tention to pacify this naturally beau
tiful but now sadly ravaged island,
put upon their feet the people who
inhabit 1t, show them the way to stable
republican government with generous
property, and, having done that, bid
| them God-speed while they go on their
/ chosen path.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02

night were 81, ,20O The theater had three
actors and six actresses under engage
ment at $50 each per week. BARRIERS
earned Si5 to $40 a day. The following is
the statement as to medical practice. "On
June 2J there were about seventy-iiye
physiCians in Dawson, and they were still
coming. Ten or twelve were actively en-
gagged in practice. Fees have been re-
duced since last year from Sl7 TO $40 per
visit. The charge tor office consultation
IL $3.50, the patient buying mis- own medi-
cine, prescriptions costing from $50 TO
$3.50"
The iron manufacturers Of Pennsylva-
mia have been asked through the medium
Of the National Association of ManutaC-
turers to submit proposals to the govern
ment of Venezuela for an iron graveyard
in which to rcinter 5000 bodies. The
proposal is novel with iron industries of
this state, although there are few iron
cemeteries In southern cities. The grave
yards. particularly in Caracas heretofore
have been built of stone, but these have
proved unsatisfactory. They were not
waterproof. They could not be made so;
at least the skill of the average Nene2uc-
Ian failed in this direction. When the
Nenezuclans came to look into the won
ders on display I'm the Manufacturers AS
/ sociations sample warehouse at Caracas
they decided that American ingenuity
would solve the problem of the proper
care of the dead: and 1t will.
Gaudy colors are exceedingly popular
in Porto Rico. 1t is not an uncommon
/ sight to see the apparel Of a native
covered with patches of red blue and
| yellow. Usually. the more brilliant the
| patch the poorer the wearer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02
The Botkin Verdict.

The degradation OF WOmanhoOd eX-
hibited i'm the case If Mrs. COrdelia
Botliin is matter for pity quite as
much as for censure. She is a woman
who surrendered to her grosser in
stincts and the legitimate frutage of
her licentiuusnesS was the ungOVern-
able spirit of jealousy which prompted
the commission Of "A fiendish crime.
Yet in spite of the Nervousness Of her
offending certain qualities Of generos-
lty and even of misdirected affection
shine through the shadows surrounding
her lifo and give hints of wasted bet
ter possibilities. The crime cannot be
pardoLed and justice demands eXpia-
tion, but in this case somewhat more
conspicuausly than in the average of
its kind we perceive the inhumanity Of
our present system of punishments and
recognize how much better it would be
IT, instead Of acting upon the retribut-
i've principle. civilized society should
look upon crime as a moral disease. to
he quaranuined by imprisonment when
necessary, but at the same time to he
treated, as with other diseases, for a
cure rathe. than for mere brute VEN
Eeance.
We are unconscious of maudlin senti-
mentality in the belief that it would be
quite as justifabe to dispatch a pa
tient suffering, say, from typhoid fever
diphtheria or tuberculosis on the score
Of Kidding the community of peril as
to administer capital punishment as a
treatment of acute moral disease We,
therefore, are glad that the jury in the
Botliin case did not condemn that sin
full but unfortunate woman to the scaf-
fold. 1t is true that she took human
life by means most foul; that of all
kinds Of crime society views with great
cst abhorrence the use, the cunning
use, oc poison. But it is doubtless
equally true that il we could read the
whole story OF her promptings to this
desperate act we should discover in
them the cOmmingling Of emotions and
impulses which are common to human
experience and which would be suffic-
lent 20 cCnvict most of us of evil
thoughts and evil deeds, differing from
the Botliin woman's crime rather IL
extent than in principle.
Bearing these considerations IN mind
and recollecting also that the perver.
sion OF wOmanhood, which makes Ihe
weaker sex excel as far in evil as
under normal conditions 1t excels il
goodness, Il rarely a feminine choice
but more often the work OF masculine
betrayal. We conclude that the verdic
in this case of imprisonment instead OF
hanging denotes the rising ascendancS
of the humane over the vindictive idea
of justice. Imprisonment under exist
ing punitory conditions, is little prefer
able to death. our high modern intel
ligence has wrought scandalously few
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02
TEN PAGES.

Carriers for The Tribune will today
offer for sale to regular subscribers
copies OF The Trlbune's year book for
1899. volume containing much val
uahla information CLASSIFIED and in
dexed for convenient reference. car
rers receive these copies at cost and
will sell them for % cents each, the
difference representing a New Years
remembrance for their punctual SER
vice throughout the year just ended.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02
The Incoming Year.

IL Is the vcriest commonplace to say
that all indications are auspicious for a
period of exceptional prosperity for the
American people more especially. and
vet the assertion is essential to a prop
er greeting of the new year. AS the
matter stands, this nation has not only
regained the ground which It lost dur
ing the era of business depression that
began with the advent of the Cleveland
free trade administration in 1893, but
it has advanced to a plane of achieve
ment higher broader and more prom
ising than ever before in the history
of mankind. AS expressed on the ma
terial side, the balance of trade in our
favor is the largest ever recorded; our
railway mileage nearly equals that of
all the other nations; We are more tru-
ly independent of other nations for ar
ticles of necessity than ever before and
the economic condition of our popula-
ton rises high above that of any other
people who include diversified races
and interests. The scepter of CONNER
cial supremacy, SO long held by the
by the New, and now the New World
is reaching out to grasp and WELD SOW
crcignty over the worlds finances.
But splendid as ia our material show
ing and prospect, it is dwarfed by the
outlook which is now opening to
American moral prestige and influence.
In Il few months of asserted power we
have not only at trihing cost changed
the geography of the world more rad
ically than it has been changed since
the victory of Wellington and Blucher
at Waterloo; we have not only reVOlu-
tionized the worlds long accepted can
ons of diplomacy which recognized that
art as a game of privileged deception,
substituting the morally finer standard
Of manly candOr and honesty, but we
have been permitted to teach to man.
kind lesson in the vitality and hu-
manity of democratic institutions
which must powerfully effect the sub
sequent course of human history
The remotest sections of the inhabited
globe have been made conscious of the
entrance into the international arena
of new power dedicated to Liberty,
Humanity and Justice--a power which
Furnishes outrage without passion
wars only righteously and humanely,
and accepts trustee ships for CiviliZa-
/ ton without coveteousness or the inn
pulse toward dishonest aggression. The
/ flag which symbOlizes this power re-
! ceives today from the parliament OF
! known; and the humblest American
| citizen goes forth among his fellowmer
conscious, as he had never been, that
! the significance of his citizenship is
at last known and respected.
The people of the United States an,
I privileged to live at the happiest mo
ment since civilization began. in tht
grandest country of which We have
record at time when the torch ot
civil liberty in the hands of the Ameri
can executive is just beginning to sheC
it's light through the mist of ages int,
regions long dedicated to ignorance anC
cruelty. The privilege should be I,
each of them mighty personal in
spiration. 1t should give zest to thei
individual energies, uplift the stand
ards of their beliefs and conduct, ant
cal forth along every avenue of hu
man endeavOr the hest that is in them
to be and to do
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02
ONE OF THE BEST.

From the Wilkes Barre Leader.
The Leader acknowledges the receipt of
a copy of the Scranton Tribune Year Book
for 1899. 1t Is one of the best that has so
far reached the Leader sanctum. 1t is
well filled with interesting and valuable
matter, is neatly printed, handsomely H.
lustrated and reflects great credit on its
compilers and publishers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02

and small improvements over the bar
barrie methods OF dealing with convicts
But it is still something that in a case
which involved the extreme limit Of
objcctlonableness in crime jury has
been found which so far puts aside the
instinct for retaliation as to forcgo
the death penalty and leave to the sim
ming unfortunate at least some glim-
mering chance Of ultimate moral res
cue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02
THE POLL OF 1898.
rom the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The following table contains the vote
cast in the different states Nov. s, ex-
eept in Florida. Where there was state
ticket the vote on that is taken, but
where there was no state ticket the con-
gressiona vote was compiled. The result
- f,1l,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02

Senator Magee is not in the dealing
business, neither is he in the fusing
business. He believes in taking his
Repubicanism straight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02

The best way to Keep the American
flag flying over Cuba is to make it so
deservedly popular that the natives
will want it to remain forever.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02

For the first time in its history
Laokawanna county will tomorrow
contribute to the state house of repre-
sentatives a speaker. and a good one.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02

Those who argue that expansion is
unconstitutional might as well argue
that 1t Is unconstitutional for the
tide to rise or the wind to blow. They
are merely wasting their breath.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02

We have received with the publish
er's compliments a copy of the Scran-
ton Truths annual for 1899, which in
addition to containing much general
information and many handsome IL
lustrations is an accurate and COM
prehensive local directory and ency-
clopcdia, i'm the preparation of which
skill and enterprise are happily blend
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-02
Our Clearing Sale
of ClOaks

1t begins at No waiting till the is about
hugging profits until the demand for cloaks
about ended, and then letting 60
But right the very height of winter when the de
mand the greatest shall the prices every
in the stock Therell be aEway measures either NJ
sending boy mans errand it were. It's wise Loss
and we'll take it cheerfuy All the cheerullv becaus
it gives a chance a handsome stylish garment
a fraction of it's early seasons