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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-16
ARMOR CONTRACTS LET.
Government Gets Reduction Of SEQ q
Ton From Former Price.

Washington. Nov. 16.-Secretary Long
has announced the conclusion Of the
long controversy over the price OF armor
plate for naval vessels and an agree
ment with the Carnegie and Bethlehem
companies for Krupp arnOr at S42G a
ton. with the possible addition of roy
atty fees, making the maximum price
$455.52 ton The amount of aru1Or in
voIved is the largest ever placed at one
time by the government and is said to
equal all the armOr purchased by this
government up to 1886 It covers the
armOr Tor seventeen ships now IN var
1ouS stages of construction including
eight battleShips, six armored cruisers
and three protected cruisers
The following official statement was
given out concerning the agreement.
THE navy department has come to
an agreement with the Carnegie and
Bethlehem companies for Krupp amor
or the first class, amounting to "A $50
tons for 1920 a ton. The krupr process
involves the Harvey patent. the validity
OF which IS now under consideration by
the courts and it is further agreed that
the government viii assume in addition
any liability for the Krupp process not
exceeding 5 pounds or s2432 a ton for
krupp royalty, and not exceeding the
United States license fee Of 81 20 for
Harvey royalty The maximum price to
the government Is therefore S455.5 a ton
subject to diminution in case of any
reduction in the foregoing royalties The
DID or these companies for this class of
armor was $3.50 and the price originally
asked s545.
The Mfdvale company some time ago
withdrew their bid but they would have
been unable, in any event to furnish
armor In due season for the Maine class
of battleshipa Had they not withdrawn
their bid, it IS probable that some ar
rangement might have been made for
the distribution among the three COM
panies for the manufacture of the armor
other than Of the Maine class Their
bid. however, was OF value in enabling
the department to secure the above
large reduction
Admiral OfNeiu, chief Of the bureau OF
ordnance, said of the result:
THE agreement is most satisfactory.
The terms are reduced not only to a
reasonable point, but more than reason
, able We get armor cheaper than any
country in the world"
The armor contract covers not only
the "A. $50 tons specified in the official
statement. but also some 10000 tons Of
armOr Of the second and third class
which has not been in controversy. but
has been dependent on the disposal OF
the first class arnor. The entire amount
approximately g. 600 tons. is now made
available New specifications have been
prepared by the navy department show
ing IN detail the tests. times Of delivery.
etc There is some change IN the CLASH
ficat1on. but in the main features the
specifications are as they were when
the last bids were made
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man is authority for the statement that
w H Carpenter attempted 70 Int1rni-
date the German voters who declared
for Mckinley by making a memorau-
DUN IN a vest-pocket note book, say
ing
IF that's what the Germans propose to
do we viii report these names TO the
war department and have them drafted
for the army
This IS one Of the incidents of the
campaign which was unusually bitter
Carpenter two years ago was q Repuo-
Ican and has since made speech al
the Kansas Day club praiSing Mckin-
ley. but he later Joined the Bryan forces
in Marion county
IN one of the townships Of Marion
county q large number Of men. about SO.
have fled on claims in Oklahoma, but
none had given up his Marion county
residence All OF these men returned to
Marion TO vote. on passes furnished by
the Republican committee, and the
them They succeeded In keeping Is OF
these men from voting before the Fu-
sion sheriff went TO the polling place
and carried the two Judges out A Re
publican and &. Democrat were then in
stalled in the chairs vacated by the ar
rests.
The two PopuIfst judges IN this town.
ship where the difficulty occurred. not
only refused to permit the voter to take
the affirmation of his qualification TO
vote, but refused to give them the Off
cal DaHCES- me ReDU nl1c2U JuCZS 6G1G
that the men were entitled to vote.
It was shown to the PopuIist judges
that the men who voted illegally were
subject TO penalties for Illegal voting
but they declined to permit the voters TO
take the chance on being prosecuted II
the ballot which they cast was illegal
and lot qualified
The Populists refused to consider all
OvertureS- It was explained that the
ballots would be marked and thereby
designated SO it would be possible to
prosecute the man who cast it because
both could be identified. yet they refus-
ed 70 yield
J. s Dean. representing the RepubIf-
can county committee was present He
made q demand upon the judges that
the men be permitted to vote. This was
refused Dean then read the law Still
10 change Dean then attempted to ar
que the unreaS0na bIeuasS Of the posi-
ton which the judges had assumed. AL
to no avail
Dean then went to Marion and drew
Up complaint Warrants were irnrne-
dIately issued and served soon after
noon by the Fusion sheriff The Judges
are charged with q felony. The war
rants were served by the sheriff but they
refused TO respond BY going along
Again entreaty was una vailing and
the sheriff carried the two Insurgents
out Of the voting place and took them
% Marion IN custody There they gave
bond for trial November 20.
IhlS - the only instance OF arrest in
kansas OF officials OF the 1900 election
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AN ELECTION FUSS
Two Marion County Judges Are
to Be Tried.
Refused to Allow Men TO Vote
Brought From Oklahoma.
CLAIMED THE RIGHT.
Imported Voters Said They Had
Not Given Up Residence.
Had Filed on Claims But Still
Lived in Kansas.
CLAIMED THE RIGHT.

November 20 two Populist judges q
election in a Marion county township
viii be given q preliminary hearing for
viola tons OF the election law. alleged
by Reuu blicaus- J. s Dean having
sworn to the complaint upon which the
arrests were made
The controversy arose over the ad-
mission Of voters who had fled on
claims in the Indian Territory but who
claim they have not yet given UP their
residence IN Marion county and do not
expect to do 50 until next sumner Al
which time some Of them viii remove
10 the territory. but some OF the men
VIII complete their fling and necessary
residence on the claim TO obtain title.
continuing 70 reside IN Kansas
The statutes provide and the courts
have heid that the intention Of the vo-
ter must be determined by the judges Of
election when he presents himself to
vote Z he has not given up his resi-
dence AT the place where he has been IN
the habit Of voting then the voter must
be permitted to cast a ballot
This controversy is q political quarrel
between the two parties IN Marion
county there was an especially bitter
fight and the Populist managers were
striving to cut down the Republican
majoritieS
O. L Billings. the Republican chair
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ne Rook Island Survey.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Nov 1.-THE Rock
Island White Oaks railroad surveyors
are at work 100 miles south of Santa Fe-
Chief Engineer Summer, Of the White
Oaks route. and party have driven the
final grade stakes for the proposed road
2 miles east and north Of PinoS Wells
The surveyors Of the Rock Island have
located the line from Liberal Kan,
through to the Pecos river, at Santa
Rosa Under the arrangement with the
Rock Island people the surveyors Of the
Fl Paso and Northeastern company are
to definitely locate this end of the line
from Carrfzzoo Mountains to the Pecos,
and construction work viii not be long
DELAYED
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Territory Established American
Colonization Record.
CENSUS OPENS EYES.
Of Nation to the Seven Fold In
crease OF Population.
Official Says Railways Are Re
paid For Their Concessions.

The biggest surprise Of the census just
completed, as railway people view it, is
the nearly seven fold increase in pop
uIation that is recorded in Oklahoma
The census of 1850 gave the territory
81, s34 population. that OF 1900 shows up
s9s.245 inhabitants. with 5,s27 Indians
untaxed
IN opening up Oklahoma to settlement
with homestead inducements the gov
eminent offered better terms Of colon
izatiou than ever before in its history
And the result is shown in the record Of
the census An increase in population
of the magnitude that Oklahoma has
attained IS z record-breaker for any
state or any territory IN the United
State
TO the railways a great deal Of credit
for the booming of Oklahoma IS due
They have furnished transportation op-
portunities and facilities, without which
such rapid and enormous strides or
progress would have been impossible
.'Homeseekers' excursions. in vogue for
years have been the making OF Okla
hOna, afford cheap and easy access 70
the territory.
while people in Kansas and near to
the confines of this wonderful country
were conversant with Oklahoma pros
perity and growth it did not make any
impression TO speak off, said a passen-
ger representative Of one of the big
roads today. a great many or Okla
homa's claims 1t has been the custom
to look upon as boom matters and tenn
porary conditions But when the United
States comes out with its census sta
tiSticS showing an increase IN pOpulallOn
in ten years from 1000 to almost 4e0,
00o inhabitants, big cities ike St Louis
and Kansas City, and even ourselves.
begin to open their eyes TO actual con-
ditions-
Oklahoma results show conclusfvely
to my mind benefit to the railways And
this is 50 notwithstanding the cry OF
cut rates raised and assertions made
that the class Of travel attracted by
them are not settlers but patrons who
cut regular revenues by taking advan-
tage OF them for ordinary business pur-
poses In my opinion the western rail-
way systems have been more than re-
paid -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-16
CROKER, REFORMER.
Starts . Movement For Suppression
of Vice in New York

New York, Nov 16-The executive
committee Of Tammany Hall held
meeting last night at which Richard
Croker babe all the leaders goodbye
and took hand in starting movement
to rid the city of vice In a little speech
the Tammany leader said he was going
to Europe for health. not pleasure. and
introduced Isadore Straus. president Of
the Educational alliance as a man who
was acquainted with the condition of
things on the east side, adding
Z hope you will give attentive hear
ing to his statements of the conditions
of vice that exists there and after you
have heard what he has to say you viii
use your every effort to correct those
evils as far as lies in your power"
Mr.. Straus said he had met Mr. Gro
ker al dinner accidentally and had talk
ed with him for two hours over the con
diti0uS On the east side and Mr. Croker
had asked him to talk to the executive
committee Of Tammany Hall Then ad-
dressing the committee, Mr.. Stratus told
Of what was needed on the east side to
suppress crime He said that he as a
Democrat had frequently had cast up
to him the statement that Tammany
Hall receives the greater part Of its rev.
enue from people in these evil condi-
tons of life and no good can be accom-
pIished until the power Of Iammany
Hail is destroyed Mr.. StrauS had re-
peated this to Mr.. Croker and the latter
with the statement and had promised
his aid
Lewis Nixon then. by resolution had
a committee of five appointed to ''inveS-
tfgate the moral conditions Of the city
and to receive and suggest remedies for
the correction Of abuses"
Mr.. Nixon was made chairman.
The other members are George C-Slos-
son. Michael C-Murphy. president of the
health board; John J ScaneI, fire COM
missioner. and John W keller. charities
commissioner
Mr.. Croker then arose and said:
Il have nothing to add to what has
he is familiar with the matters on which
ne has spoken to you I hope that this
entire committee viii give its full
strength towards helping him and his
work We should heartily endorse his
remarks. and aid him in the work Of
crushing out this awful crime. ard
right here want to reiterate what I
said three weeks ago to you. and that is
that not one dollar comes into my pos
session from landlords OF pooIroons and
houses Of ilIfane and # any OF you gen.
tIernen are collecting from any of these
people you had better get out Of the or
ganization- II has no use for you. You
are a disgrace to It. The organic ton
can't and won't stand for any such
thing"
The meeting broke UP in confusion BE-
cause Of the attitude OF Coroner Fftz-
patrick. the Tammany leader in the
Fourteenth assembly district who denied
in his district He said that If there was
vice there It was IN tenement houses
and could not be controlled To this Mr.
Croker excited1y replied that the c0ro-
ner did not knew what could be done
until some effort was made
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COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

1.-THE Vagabonds'' viii be ut the Craw-
ford tonight It IS termed an -extrava-
gauza-
The show IS composed OF such people
as Lillian Washburn, dainty Flo Jaueen.
the NJ grzuf Family. musical BARRIERS. To-
back and Steel. the two ruuaWays. the
Three NudoS- Eyunasts extraordinary
Morris and DAILY. exchangers OF Celtic
wit and comedy and twenty chorus girls.
Two new buriesques by George Torten
Smith will be presented They are said
TO be fun Of bright sayings and funny
situations The comic baby elephant who
answers to the name Of ''Uneeda Bath Is
utilized in these. and he has b en- declared
by both press and public to be the fun
nfeSt elephant IN the world New seem
cry painted by Messrs- Gates and Nor
auge and costumes by Messrs- Hayden
and Rowley are carried The management
lay special stress in the fact that their
entertainment can be witnessed by lad
les and children
81 Perkins" 4 rural drama. VIII be at
the Crawford Saturday for a rnatinee and
night performance.
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CAPT. VANWAY WOUNDED.
Kansas Man Seriously Shot While
Fighting IN Luzon.

Washington. Nov. 1.-THE war de-
partment has received the following
casualty list from Manila
'KIIled-NOvember 10. Subig. Luzon.
company I. Twenty-hfth infantry
James Mccormick.
WOunded-Novembar 10. Subig, L.uzor
Elmer A Price. company L. Twenty
fifth Infantry, wounded in shoulder, So
rlous. James s Cox. company L
Tvventy fifth Infantry. wounded in
shoulder. slight. Walker D. Reason.
company L. Twenty-dfth infantry
ROUNDED IN foot, slight; Henry War
Helcr company L. Twenty infantry,
wounded in shoulder, serious: October
% Canilig- LuzCn, troop G, Ninth cav
airy, Job Mckenzie, wounded in back
serious October % Cocusco Luzou,
company H. Thirty-thiri infantry,
r1ous; November , BangdeI. Luzou,
company A. Thirty-third infantry, A
Andrews. eye slight Captain Charles
Vanway, wounded in chest, serious. Cor
poral William Miller, company A.
wounded IN leg above knee, slight: John
p Clark company A. wounded in neck.
slight Peter Schomers company A.
wounded II thigh. serious. William
Nickel company A, scalp slight
MAC ARTHUR -
Captain Charles W. Vanway was a
captain in the Tvventy-frst Kansas vol
unreer infantry. May 4 1858. to Deem
Der t. 1888 and was subsequently ap-
pointed from the state Of Kansas a cap
tain IN the Thfrty-u1nth United States
infantry, July ). 1899
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UNPoPULAR MILEAGE SCHEME
Plan to Abolish Rebates on Less Than
1000 Mile Tickets

A scheme to compel users Of inter
changeabIe mileage tickets Of the west
eru roads to travel eco miles instead of
1000, before securing any rebate IS be-
ing advocated by some OF the western
lines If this plan is adopted a loud
protest will come from thousands Of
persons now using the interchangeable
tickets Only the largest wholesale
firms would be able to secure the rebate
now given when 1000 miles have been
travelled The smaller merchants and
tobbers would be forced to abandon
much territory now profitable to them.
because Of having to pay higher trans
portatiOn rates than their larger rivals
would
From the standpoint Of the travelling
public, the western railroads should
lower instead Of raise the number Of
miles to be Travelled in interchang eabIe
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tickets before paying rebates The
eastern lines pay a rebate OF SO when
ever a ticket Of Loco miles IS used, and
there seems to be no good reason wy
tla western roads should not do the
same. The real object of the advocates
Of the Increased mileage scheme IS to
raise their passenger rates by making
it impossible for many persons 70 use
the INTERCHANGEABLE tickets The present
agitation in the Western Passenger asSo-
ciation may prove a boomerang TO the
railroads They may see the leg7Sla-
lures Of the western states follow the
example of those Of many eastern states
and pass laws fixing the maximum pas
senger rate at two cents per mile
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FROM EMPoRIA.

Chief Car Inspector Ramsdel1 with
HEADQUARTERS at Topeka, was here the
other morning He Is an old friend OF
A. P. Goodhue-
A doubIeheaded train isn't in It any
more They are running three engines
to a train into Wellington these days
Z P. Shelly. solicitor Of the Inter
national correspondence school was at
the roundhouse again this morning az
ter being away for thirty days There
are at present over zee Santa Fse men
IN the school The air brake car is in
St Joe at present and Is expected to be
here soon
VIII Oliver. night nachfnist helper
Is OF for a few days, going hunting
Chas White doubles over to work in his
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win 60 to California on account OF Mrs.

viii go to California on account Of Mrs.
Sweeney's health
The flyer the other night made the trip
from Ration in two hours and thirty
seven minutes, arriving here an houl
and half behind schedule time.
T. s. Trickey. who has been relief
agent on the New Mexico division for
the past eighteen months. being en-
plOyed a major portion of the time in
the division superinte ndent's Office, has
been promoted to be station agent at
Lamy.
A F. Stafford. formerly Of Las Vegas.
is now ticket agent for the Santa F'e
at Trinidad. Colo, stepping into the
shoes Of O. L Saylor. who has been pro-
NOTED to the responsible position Of city
ticket and passenger agent for the COM
pany at Pueblo, Colo.
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WILL 1T BECOME POPULAR.
1ow p 20 Like This ~ Fadt

TOW 10 OG Like his NEW r. dGc
vegetarfans. anti-co1ee drinkers and
food crznAzs OF every description. must
now take a back seat for q new lad has
the floor
A society has recently been formed
the members Of which pledge themselves
70 eat 10 tood whatever that has been
cooked They claim that uncOoked food
is the emily rational haaIthful diet; that
our remote ancestors ate no cooked food
and therefore Il We do the same, visor
and health VIII be our reward
Raw meat, raw potatoes, raw wheat
raw eggs raw everything, is the entic-
ing bill or fare held cut to the enthusiast
TIC food crank Of the future and the So
ciery proposes TO establish restaurants
IN the larger cities where this delightful
menu may be served daily
Modern cooking IS often a dyspepsia
prCducer, because We fry 50 many foods
which should be baked. roasted broiled
OF boiled fried food il indigestibfe he
cause each particle Of food IS fncasad in
hot grease which the digestive Juices OF
the stomach can not easily penetrate,
but properly cooked food is mora easily
diEssted than the same food knocked
and we predict for TIE new lad a very
limited following.
The real cause OF indigestion Is TIE
lack Of EydrochiOric acid and peptonss
II the stomach 50 that no matter how
wen cooked the food. It can not be wei
d1gested unless the gastric Juice Is
abundant and contains the uecessarv
amount OF peptonss to dissolve the food
therefore the most sensible cure 70.
poor digestion IS to take after each meal
some sare and reliable digestive like
eJuarrs Dyspepsia Tablets, which SUD
Ply peptoues to digest the meat and
esgS ana olarase to digest the bread,
potatoes and similar starcav foods
Laxative medicines never cure in5f
Esstion because they have no digestive
s1ect whatever upon the food. On the
other hand II the food IL properly a.
Eested there VIII be no need og fa~a
tfves- good digestion does awsv lie,
constipation
6tuart's Dyspepsia Tablets ~o7+af,
pure aseptic pepsin government rasF9
6lastass and the digestive elements
which weak sEomachs lack ara 49,
cure Indigestion BY assisting the oJ-e--
worked. rundown stomach in its has
work. until 1t Il restored to its uorr-a1
coEdieic1- when the tablets are ne 1org-
er needed. but there are thousands 0s
robust Eaen and women who never eat :
meal without taking one OF two Of St77-
arts Tablets. because By 50 doing thav
can eat what they please and When th=v
please and be frss from any lad after
effects
StuGrta Dyspepsia Tablets are sold bv
druggists everywhere in the United
States. Canada and Great Britain
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RocK TsLANp GUMBo.
Ballast Burning Kilns Will Be In
stalled at wellington

nae Rock Island railroad VIII keep
gumbo kilns at Wellington busy for 3
year and a half furnishing ballast The
road has given a big contract to the
American Ballast company, who also
operate the pits at Lawrence, TO burn
the ballast at Wellington The Rock Is
land has property on the lowlandS along
Slate creek that yields the kind OF gum
20 required for ballast burning in SEEM
ingly unlimited quantities The gumbo
found there is uniformly eight or ten
inches beneath the surface soil and IS
said to be superior in every way for bal
last purposes to the gumbO found in
Iowa, where the road has large kilns es-
tablfshed. KiIns Will be built at Wei
Iiugtou at once.
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BaIIasters working West

Abilene, Kan, Nov16.-The Union Pa
cific ballast crew has reached here,
working west. and is baIlasting the road
bed with gumbo ballast to a depth of
IS inches. The roadbed IS put in fine
condition, the grades being reduced
where possible and the entire track ser
vice much improved
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The Santa Fe viii shortly submit 4
proposition to the city council agreeing
20 construct stock yards in Atchison II
Eleventh and Twelfth streets are vaca-
ted from the railroad tracks south to
White Clay creek, says the Globe The
streets are now occupied, between the
points mentioned by shanties OF coIored
EQuatteFz
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Baldwin After the Pola.

St. Johns. N F., Nov. 16.-EveIyn B.
Baldwin who as a member Of the Well
man expedition spent the winter Of
1s98-1Sss in Franz Josef land and who
was a member OF the Peary expedition
lsSS-s4. arrived here today IN search Of
steamers, men, dogs and other reaufs-
tiles for his projected North Pole ven
ture next summer. backed by the purse
O. William ZiegIer- He viii secure a
sealing steamer prior to next springs
sealing voyage il possible
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KANSAS MIDLAND COLLATERAL
Frisco Mortgages It to Build It's Nile
a Minute Track.

a Minute Track.
The St Louis & San Francisco rail-
way has fled g. 500, coo mortgage In the
recorders Office in Wichita It IS exc
cuted upon the Frisco's lately acquired
property. the Kansas Midland
The Kansas Midland thus becomes
collateral for the extensive roadbed ard
track frnprcv ements, " hich the Frisco
viii make from Kansas City and St
Louis. southwest through Missouri. kan
sas and Oklahoma into Texas The con-
tract for giving the Frisco mile min
ute track was announced in the State
Journal on Tuesday
The mortgage on the Midland that
raises the two and a half million nee
essary for its accomplishment is given
to a New York trust company