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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-13
RAILROAD NEWS.
Passenger Mem VIII Discuss Big
Questions.
Raising Convention Tariffs and
Fighting Sealpers.
IN SLIPSHOD MANNER
W. J. Black Says Convention
Rates Have Been Handled.
Stories Of the Railroad From
Far and Near.
IN SLIPSHOD MANNER

Passenger and ticket men from all
over the United States viii gather in
Buffalo, n. z, next Tuesday. October
Is, for the purpose of attending the
forty-ffth annual convention OF the
American Association OF General Pass
engeE and Ticket Agents Every iudi-
cation points to 3 reeord-breaking at
tendance and to the acconp lishment OF
work which VIII be Of benefit to the asso-
citation Upon the docket are several
subjects Of importance for discussion
The proposition OF c E E Usher, Of the
Canadian Pacific that no convention
rates be made less than fare and one
third between January l and August y
IN each year is one Of them IN the
matter Of ant1-sca1ping legislation.
which was left last year in the hands of
q standing committee, composed Of the
chaiTmen Of the several territorial pass
enger associations and On the topic IN
general interesting developments are an
ticfpated-
w J. Black. general PASSENGER agent
Of the Santa Fe, said these might be
called the leading topics before the con-
veltl0n- As to the proposed return to
the old standard Of convention rates,
which would be a raise in comparison
with the prevalent o1e-Way tariffs, Mr..
Black said.
1t IS an important question OF late
convention tariffs have been handled IN
q very SllpSh0d manner by the railroads
There should be more stability put into
convention rates But you see the boom
ers 60 to the passenger officials. and say
they will attract from 500 to 5000 dele
gates and visitors. and IL they muster
200 It is doing well
However. any action taken by the
general passenger agents at BuTfaIo
would not be final or binding It would
be merely advisory They can only re-
fer their conclusions on the subject back
to the several territorial associations
OF course their conclusion would have
the weight OF q recommendation with
the several associatiOns-~
Mr. Black left today for Buffalo To at
tend the convention
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to give the lectures oalv ia remote
places. where the emplewes ana their
families would not be III a position 70
avail themselves q lectures Of that char
acter- During the last month MI. BUS
ser arranged for i've lectures at remote
places on the line by b r RauugarCft
secretary Of the Astronomical Associa-
ton Of Southern California The places
chosen were Gallup and Ration IN New
Mexico, Dodge City, Kas.. wood ward
Okla and Purcell. in the Indian Terri
tory
The canals On Mars, the craters Of the
moon the satellites Of Jupiter. the rings
Of Saturn and many other interesting
phenomena of the boundIess expanse
were shown to men who spend their
days in making entertainments for new
lines, running fast engines and breaking
on the top Of freight cars In the smaller
places the musical portion OF the enter
tainmenr was provided by the en-
pI0yes- Besides the music. the pictures
and the lectures there was always a
talk by Mr. Busser on ssTTudeve4oped Re
sources" In the talk he tried to iucfte
the employees to better themselves and
their condition by striving to make the
most OF their opportunities The lee
lures concluded with 4 social reunion Of
the employees and generally z dance
Commenting upon the results OBJ
tanned, Mr. Busser advises that the lee
lures be thrown open TO the public, upon
the theory of beueftfng the patrons OF
the line, thus developing cOnteutment
with locality and viii TO build and grow
that VIII, IN the end. benefit the COM
pauy
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Judge Mcbride Adjourned Court to
Unite Loving Hearts

". 7. Mcbride. Judge OF the district
court performed his first marriage GER
emouy this morning and was soon call
ed upon to repeat the performances. says
the Wellington Journal
1t all came about through the absence
OF Probate Judge StaEeIbach. who is at
tending a political meeting at Argoula-
w. H Bennett and Miss Oua johnson.
both Of South Haven. applied for a mar
rage license. and. having secured this
necessary document. inquired for the
pro bate Judge to perform the ceremony.
They were told that the Judge was out
OF town. but some one suggested that
Judge Mcbride could do it, This was a
happy thought The court had Just de-
clared a recess and the jurors were
standing around In the hall stretching
their legs and smoking Judge Mcbride
was made acquainted with the emerzen-
cy and he consented
Hastily brushing his clothing he went
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FROM NEWTON.

Two big -creepers'' from the Okla
h0na division came to the shop here for
repairs.
Judge Caldwell has recovered from his
recent illness caused by eating rhubarb
pie, and has again reported for duty.
Devorraux. the engineer. who was IN
the same condition. has also recovered
sufficiently TO be able to be On the
streets again
Ben Powell, Of the Blacksmith shop. Is
sWHIIed up to a certain degree over the
fact that he IS or soon viii be, the
said he will appoint Harry Taylor his
private secretary. and viii teach him
TO be a sten0grap aer as soon as possible
Cttsrback and Forgy are said to have
been on a fishing excursion recently,
and falling 10 land any OF the 1nney
tribe with q. hook and line tried hypno-
tlsm- which proved successful It is
said that Utterback succeeded in max
ing several bass swim right into a gunny
sack
Engine a6s, another one Of the big
fellows, IS in the hospital for extensive
repairs
A G. Werries has again resumed his
position as day car clerk He has been
enjoying a months vacation. and re-
zurnes work with a vigor that puts the
other employees On the jump.
Machinist Charles Mott IS II the city
from Springfield, NO, where he Is en-
ployed by rhe Frisco road He will
remain in Newton visiting his family
several days before resumiug his posi-
tfeu
Brakeman Floyd Arnold. who has been
officiating On the Oklahoma division Of
the Santa F'e for some tine. has re-
turned TO Newton and VIII take his DO
siEiou on the extra board q the Middle
division.
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sUPr TIcE's coon RECORD.
How He Built Two Nile Pipe Line
THROUGH Quieksand


Through Quicksand
Wellington. Oct. 1s-Mr. H A Tice
superintendent Of the Panhandle division
since February I last. and who goes to
the Oklahoma division II place Of D. D
Bailey. has made an enviabIe record on
this division
During the eight months there have
been rs bridges rebuilt and a number or
new side tracks laid at various points
More stock was handled last spring
than any previous year Some Of the
stock yards have been enlarged A new
3 foot steel water tank at Wellington
was erected
The greatest improvement, and one
which revpIutiOnizes the water supply
at Woodward, was the building Of the
two mile pipe line, which runs from TWO
miles north of WoodwarLto the pump
ing station at Woodward It passes
mile Of this line was built under cOndi-
tons very seldom met with It was laid
on an average Of five feet deep through
quIcksand Water was struck fnmed-
lately under the sod making il neees-
sary to build supports fer the bank on
either side and at both ends Of the
trench and keep two engines pumping all
the time. At some places the trench had
to be built nineteen feet deep.
Not q dera1lment has occurred On the
main lines nor has there been wreck
Only one life has been 7ast and that was
Of 2 brakeman On the Hutchinson &
Southern
Mr.. Tfee leaves this division with the
good viii and highest esteem Of all who
have had his acquaintance
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into the probate judges Office and uer-
formed the ceremony without a hitch.
Court resumed business. and ca few
minutes afterward Charlie Arusuirar
and Miss Flora Aker OF Portland ar-
piled for a marriage license ans. asked
Tor some one to marry them. A n1essau-
ger was sent into the district court room
and whispered a few words into Judge
McBride's ear He smiled and declared
a recess Of Eve minutes. The jury waH
taken into the probate court t1 act Hs
witnesses. and Judge Mcbride performed
the ceremony that made two more
hearts beat as one.
This was Judge AcBride's first exprr-
ience at marrying couples but he acta't
Ike an old hand az the business Con-
rrary 20 the usual custom De declined
TO charge anything for his services.
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FORT SCOTT STREET CARS.
They May Be Running Again By n o
vemher I.

Fort Scott. Oct 13.-On November 1
Fort Scott can again boast OF q street
railway system. the city council. at a
special meeting. having given Grant
HOruaday i've years contract for fur
uishlnE the street Light from the same
plant. thus enabling its operation with
out loss to the company
The new company which has bought
the plant has not yet been organized.
but associated with M Hornaday in the
venture are St Louis and Davenport
people. The plant was held at SIS. 600
when Mr.. Horuaday finally obtained an
option on it. The only object was 70 Oh
tain a Lighting contract from the city
at a rate reasonable enough to justify
a purchase by the railway line The
company viii be formed and corporation
papers obtained at once The plant VIII
be equipped with new modern machine
~, both for street car and light service,
and the power house, cars and tracks
viii be thoroughly overhauled- II will
cost SO 600 more to equip for street
lighting and repair OF the railway lines.
The lighting contract becomes effective
March l. 1901
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to bind them each TO each. they shed
blood in a cause that is lost-aud they
have been. according to themselves. woe
fully nnaigued. This latter fact makes
them retice1r, even today. but once in a
long time, one Of them will break forth
and give urterauce to the faith that IS
in hirn-and then one learns in no IN
nistalzable terms, what a QuantreI man
thinks OF his leader, his mission and
himself One Of the old chaps, Hi George
did cut loose" today, and this is what
he said.
They say Of Us that we spit fire and
blew smoke from our nOstriIs. We did.
We were terrOrs. But we had to be. we
were fighting Jayhawkers- Ever read
about JennisOn's JayhaWkers2 Those
we're our enemies
We raided lawrence we did Just
what we went there to do. except kill
women and chiIdren-we never did that
I don't care what they say-we never
did Qua1treI always told Us that we
non-combatants- With a soldier he
said twas different
We went TO Lawrence partly to get
Jim Lane. but We also went for revenge
The Jayhawkers from there had been
raiding down our way; they killed my
father and burned my mother out OF
house and home and everyone else al
most can tell Of near kinfOll1s who were
Slaughtered BY them We went to get
even with them. And we did"
That's the way the old chaps talk.
They are neither proud nor ashamed OF
their course They say IT was a neces-
sfty of the times GuantreII organized
his men for the Lawrence raid only a
mile and a half south OF here They
went to Columbus Kas-. for rendezvous.
and after their work at Lawrence they
struck out south Then came the Bax-
tex Springs row. and they moved on into
Texas. and the band went to pieces.
Some Joined the regular confederate
army some came back; some went TO
Mexico with Joe Shelby
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SOLICITORS CAR REvAmPED.
Santa Fe Workmen Transform It Into
an Airbrake instruction Car.

Car No 1aI OF the correspondence
school OF Scranton. Pa. IS undergoing
transformation in the Santa Fe coach
shop When this car came TO Topeka
two weeks ago it was merely z solicitor :
car with limited equipments for the
class OF railway Instruction When 1t
leaves the shop next week It VIII be as
fully equipped airbra<a instruction car.
The interior OF the car IS being wholly
renodeIled a full complement Of air
tanks, tubes and valves. and an air com
pressar is set up in the main Comparr-
ment They represent. with full power,
the air attachments Of z locomotive and
ten cars. With this practical object
lessons are given to railway men They
see the full operation right before them
There are also working sectional models
showing the inside workings OF the
mechznisrns- A miniature locomotive, in
full gear also has q place amongst the
models shown
Glasses are shown by practical ex-
ample With this car heretofore 1lIustrsa-
tons Of lessons have been by stereopti-
con The school has six instruction cars
on railroads in various points Of the
United States and Canada This one,
a assigned for the present to the Santa F'e,
is IN charge of c 3. Holloway, NJ Z
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Improves His Paper With Aid OF
ARricuIture.

Agriculture
Manlxato. Oct. 13-The 1ranirato Non
tor. the oldest paper I'D Jewell county.
has put ia a new power press Il fne
"ktdder Pony variety. with a gasoline
engine. new head and a complete chance
IN form from folio TO quarfo r. r.
vaughan, editor and proprietor. having
made 80 much money or hts Alfalfa.
concluded these changes in the Monitor
are necessary. The new head &C fhs
paper, Jewell County Monitor is raar
and unique the scene in the background
representing his quarter section farm.
including a hay loader. horse and care
rage and feed lots. Mr. Vaughan has
100 acres OF alfalfa. ard during the last
year has cleared about 1900 from his
Alfalfa He has been agitatiuE the ruas-
ton Of raising alfalfa for the last ten
years. and was among the first To ez-
pertinent in raising this crop. MOI
Jewell county has in round figures 19C01
acres OF alfalfa. or 5000 acres more than
any other county Ia the state. He has
made thorough and practical Test 90
Il, and says 10 win pay 10 per cent IN
terEst on 800 an acre There are other
extensive alfalfa growers in Jewell cour-
ty. and the acreage Is raplIly Increasing
every wear.
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Trsinmen'z AuxiIiarv ohcerz

St Louis, Mo. Oct 13-The womanss
auxiliary Of the Brotherhood Of Rail-
way Trainmen concluded its convention
Friday night The new grand executive
board consists of Mesdames Mary Con-
nell. Of Denver; Agnes McCIafn OF Ros-
ton. and Lena Stanford. Of St Louis.
Mesdames WatterSou and Downing zere
reelected grand mistress and grand sec
rotary treasurer respectively. The next
biennial convention viii be held IN
Cleveland
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GREENE IS SELECTED.
Kansas Man Made Chief Of Division
OF Forestry.

Kansas Man Made Chief Of Division
OF Forestry.
Washington. Oct 13.-AIbsrt p
Greene. OF the general land Office. has
been selected as chief u the rev division
or forestry OF the interior department.
authorized by the last congress.
Mr. Green was born In Illinois 80 years
ago and came TO kansas in 1851 Pie
early became Identified with rarious
newspapers Of the state At Nrluneau-
oils. Eas-. be edited the 1fessenEer flr
a number OF years. moving from there
TO Cherryvale. where be took editorial
charge OF the star For g years Dir.
Greene has made his home az Lecomr-
ton. Douglas county. Much Of his lie
has been as an Office hoAier.
He was railroad commissions under
Governors Hump hrey and Martin for SIX
years and was appointed Inspector o. the
land once BY President Arthur and
again BY President Mckinley. This Do
sition he holds at present. For many
years Mr.. Greene was editorial writer
and correspondent for the Kansas city
Journal His long public career and e1-
tensIve acruaiutance made him "a most
valuable writer. Many Of his articles
were Signed Zoe FLUFFY"
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SYSTEMIC CATARRH OF AUTUMN.

directions. After taking IL for a few
days. I began 70 set better 7 continued
very good health. and do work on my
farm
7 do honestly believe thar your great
medicine. Peruna. saved nay life and
ers."
Hon John Elliot. President Royal
Tempiars OF Temperance. writes the fol-
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Free Scien tic Lectures Newest Pro
fect In Educational Line

Scientific lectures. profuseIy uIustrat-
ed and free Of cost to employees ard the
public. Is the newest project Of the
Santa Re management TO provide educa-
ton and entertainment for ITS employees
The plan is an 0urgroVvrh of the reading
rooms established by the road some time
ago al Important points along the line.
The Lectures are IN charge Of Superin-
tandent Bussar Of the Santa F-e reading
rooms ard he has Just reported TO Vice
President Paul Morton on a series Of
i've lectures recently given under the
auspices Of the company The plan was
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WOMAN SAVES A LIFE
Climbs Down q Well and Rescuss q
Child

ouenemo. Kas. oct. 1z.-The heroic
bravery Of 1frs. E.lil1 was the means ~
saving the life Of little Florence Leaf
chem here today. Tire two small Leaf
chem children were playing when the
older accidentally fel1 into "a well 11re.
Ellis. who heard the screams q tlE
after the drowning child. She rescued
her and safely reached the top The
fall badly cut the chlld's head. n being
necessary 70 take four stitches Ira -he
wound.
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Homeseekers, Rusinesa 80

Next Tuesday viii be another low
rate day for hoTneseekerss excursions on
the Santa Fa- On the last Homeseekers'
day. which was On October ? Topeka
originated four carloads Of this class
OF business. showing that many. people
take advantage Of a cheap trip into
Oklahoma and other southwestern points
Big patronage is again expected
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Il q. Embry Came Home Sick

On the Rock Island train from the
west yesterday General Freight Agent
H H EMORY arrived from Denver, H.
and was driven to his home IN a car
rage. He was taken sick while out
with the officials and directors On their
inspection trip.
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was recommended for catarrh without
any benefit I tried the best physicians
with little or no benefit I found I was
gradually growing worse.
"A friend Of mine gave me one Of
your pamphlets. and seeing how Peruna
was recommended for catarrh. I sent for
some and began taking It according to
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D
wife Of of
dvith Of
3 o form OF atarrh
0 edf pro
d
of for system
of
C D.
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AAlSIL1l II NUL4eLSIC5 . As4A n
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Oct I3-The tenth in
ternatiouaI conference Of the railway
department Of the Young Mems Chris
tan Endeavor association was held yes
terday IN the auditorium of the Penn
syIvanfa. Railroad Y NJ G A. haadquar-
tiers in this city Delegates are in at
tendance from all sections OF the United
States and Canada The Russian gov
eminent Is also repE esented-
LuCieu G. Warner, Of New York chair
man of the international committee pre-
sided
Papers were read On THE railroad
empIOye as man." by D B. Caldwell
traffic manager Of the D. L & W raII-
road and one by George 3. Hodge of
New York, Oh the Educational work in
the department" Mr.. Hodge said 10I Ii
brarIes are in existence and 1s2 reading
rooms
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Mr. Samuel A. Scales, Kimbro, Tenn,
writes
TT gives me great pleasure TO testify
to the great good your medicine. Perurla.
has done for me in q case Of systemic
catarrh- I was confined to my bed for
Some time and could not sit up. I had
tried everything that I could ind that
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lowing IN regard %
PerunA from 1915
Ellsworth sire et.
Philadelphia Pa
7 have found so
much help in cases
Of atArrh al
trouble. also IN kid
nay and bladder
diseases that Ihave
freely recommend
ed Peruua 60 the
different memh ers
Of our Order. Pc
ruua has never In
my e xp erleu C e
failed 10 helm those
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who have taken 70 and have seen come
remarkable cures through its faithful
use t. Is by all odds the most reliable
medicine know OF"
Many people stfli think that catarrh
IS a disease confined to the head This
Is a great mistake. Catarrh g. liable To-
occur wherein there is "a mucous menu
braue. Not oulv does the mucous meme
brane line the cavities OF the head. nose
and throat. but IL also lines the storl
ach. bowels. kidneys. bladder and 0thar
pelvic organs Every duct. every cavity.
every passage OF the whole body ls SUBJ
1ect to chronic catarrh because they ara
lined with mucous membrane.
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Buy new drop-head. bah bearing Sew
ing Machines for $500
BABCOCK & FROST.
as Kansas Avenue
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Can't be perfect health without pure
blood Burdock Blood Bsttcrs makes
pure blood Tones and iuviE1ratea the
whole system
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- 70. 90.


The Peruna -IedsSine Co. Columbus. o.
Gentlemen. eat the solicitation o.
a friend ! used your Peruna and cam
cheerfuliy recommend IL as an excel
Ieut remedy for al catarrhal troubles
Il Is. Indeed. a wonderful medieine.7
J. A. Barham.
congressman from California
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When catarrh has uervaded several
organs OF the body IL is called SYSTEM
fc catarrh- Ic may Involve stomach b..
bowels and kidneys. or liver without disc
turbiug the cavities Of the bead az aIi-
People who have no catarrh iu the head
are apt to think they do not have ca-
tarrh at all A great many people are
slowly dying of catarrh today Of some
Of the Internal organa, ~rfruout nariu-
the slightest idea that they are victims
Of catarrh.
In order TO be fully posted on iris sub
1ect. every person should read Dr. Hart
mans latest book on chronic Catarrn-
Sent free on application BY The Eefunt
Medicine Co, Columbus. Ohio.
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True as Gospel

In his own Handwriting, Of his own &C
Rev. Kemp tells Of the meZiE Of DE
SN6Aaaa ecnfgrSAes
80 EethOdfsx
EptScop@4
Church
Nv. z A. Esnlp. SaezsNY
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-11-28
Letter from the Philippines.

The following letter from Gardner
Gates. a Cambridge boy, now with
the Goth Infantry in the Philippines,
to his father, Col. c. D. Gates of Bur
lington, tells of a recent engage
ment there:
"Banate, Panay, P. l., Oct. 10, 1900.
Dear Father The company has
had another Engagement since l wrote
you last. On the evening ofOct. 9th,
the company went aboard the gun
boat Paragua, and went up the
coast about 40 miles, disembarked
at a place called Carlise, and march
ed ten miles by moonlight to the
town of Balason, where we struck
the enemy in force. the insurgents
were under Col. Solise, the officer
who tried to lick us at Sara. Well,
we did not do a thing to him and
his men this time. We killed Is of
his men, captured %, and the best
of all, captured 13 rifles, Mausers,
Remingtons, two or three revolvers,
etc. l guess the insurgents willthink
Co. D. is hot stuff by this time; that
makes two lickings we have given
Col. Solise and his men. l tell you
Co. D. is winning glory in the Phil
ippines. We will be home by March.
l suppose. probably l won't get out
of the service before June, 1901. We
had two men ofourc company wound
ed in that engagement-one in the
arm, and the other in the shoulder.
| am feeling first class.
"Affectionately, your son,
GARDNER GATES.
"Serg't. Co. D., 26th Inf"