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The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
BLOW TO UNION AVENUE.
Said That All Roads Have Decided to
Close Ticket Offices.

Kansas City, Feb. 9.-The movement
to close the branch railroad ticket Off
ces on Union avenue has again been
stronger than ever before. It is now
proposed regardless of building leases,
employees commissions and friendly re-
lations with ticket brokers, to close the
Union avenue offices on March 1 and to
remove the stocks of tickets to the up
town offices. The branch offices are a
needless and heavy expense to the rail-
roads and the general managers of the
interested lines have decided to abol-
iSh them.
Henry Garland, western passenger
agent of the Wabash railroad, has re-
ceived instructions to close the Union
avenue office of that company on March
1. The Union Pacific, Santa F'e, Mis-
souri, Pacific and Burlington railroads
have received similar instructions and
they will close if the other lines live up
to the agreement, which is said to have
been made when the general managers
Of the Union depot lines met in this
city last month. The first instructions
of the Union Pacific agent to close were
peremptory, but they were followed by
a, second telegram directing the agent
to hold himself in readiness to close
the Office and move the tickets. The
Chicago Great Western and the Pitts
burg & Gulf railroads have agreed to
close their branch offices on March 1 if
they are given passenger representation
at the depot. They want their tickets
placed on sale at the depot ticket office.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
PRIMED FOR BOSTON.
C'"The Listener in the Boston Trans
G01-intl

1.-THE Listener in the Boston Trans
script
"At an evening party a short time
since" says friend of mine, Il was
introduced by the hostess to a charm
ing young woman from the west, who,
after praising the New England climate.
the park system and our Puritan an
cestors, said that she had been longing
to reach Boston in order to ask few
questions which she knew would be
correctly, fittiDgly and intelligently an
Swered here. 1 modeStly advised her
first to try Cambridge, but with an al
most imperceptibIe shrug of her shoul-
ders she fastened her beautiful eyes
on mine and eagerly asked: What do
you think of Dom Paul, and have you
read Kipling's Absent Minded Beg
gar? Do you konw that one of those
African kings sleeps in a folding bed
which came from Chicago? Isn't it too
bad that Butler has lost his chance for
a peerage? How queer to call Methuen
"Methven," and isn't it cruel of the
Beers to offer $4,000 for Cecil Rhodes,
dead or alive, when, you know, they
may have only So in the treasury? :?
What about seizing Delagoa Bay? Is
flour, in your opinion, contraband of
war, and do you not think Mr.. Hay
too young to be sent as our representa-
tive to the Transvaal? But, then,
Colonel Laurens was sent, when only
tWenty-six, by General Washington to
France in 1871 as our special minister,
and was not his mission very success
1ul he QlSQ later On, Will his lace u
the foe, a soldiers death-but, oh, the
unspeakable horrors of war! Are you
a member of the American Peace So
cfety, or are you an antl-imperialist? :?
Do you discountenance the use of
Dumdum bullets, and what do you
think of those iyddite shells? Isn't
tBobs" a funny name for a lord, and
do you believe Disraeh said that the
present right honorable colonial secre-
tary wore his monocle like a gentle
man? Papa says General Joubert is like
Stonewall Jackson. Perhaps "Bobs'' is
that style. Doesn't his march to Can
dahar look like it? But what about
Dom Paul? I'm really dying to know
He drinks too much strong coffee and
smokes too much, doesn't he? Goes to
bed at 8 o'clock and all that sort of
thing? What a primitive pagan he
must be- to be sure. In Cape Town a
while ago a friend of mine from St
Louis rode in an electric car with eight
other Americans from different parts
of the states; the car was made in
Philadelphia, the rails in Pittsburg, the
other things in Lynn, the mOtorman
was from Frisco and the conductor
from Boston. They heard the con-
ductor humming the lines:
e. when 'Omer smote is bloornin' Tyre
ED card men sing by land and sea,
An what e thought e might require,
e went an took-the same as mel"
OOIi dui, t1ACy tCAl ISL CotOS Tic 1OAOlcs
and says: Cursed be he who removes
the landmarks of his neighborsI" But
didn't he and his people, after their
trek across the Vaal, remove boun-
daries that belonged to some one else?
Or don't the landmarks of the natives
count?'
Just then an admirer of hers from
Vancouver came up, and l. with part
ing bow and a lingering look of admir-
alton, passed on into the conservatory
to quietly think it all over. And I am
thinking it over STILL
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
of Council Grove will give its annual mas
Querade ball March 16
One hundred and thirty-one cars of cot
ton have been transferred in the Newton
yards this season for shipments to Japan.
Newton Kansan.
The grievance committee of the o. r.
e. will meet in Topeka about February
Is to confer with General Manager Nudge
in regard to shorter and more regular
hours of labor, and a revision OF the
wage schedule.
Mr.. J. c. Burnett is appointed CONNER,
cial agent of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe at Colorado Springs, Colo, vice
Mr.. George E. Roe, assigned to duties as
commercial agent at Pueblo.
The G. 1. A to the B. of L. E., an
nounces the eighth annual ball to be given
at Nokes' hail. Easter Monday evening,
April 16. The most interesting feature of
the G. I. AS forthcoming ball is that
Professor Zeiller's orchestra of Kansas
City, Mo, will furnish the music.-Argen-
tine Republic.
Orders have been received at the NJ. K.
& T. shops here to work ten hours a day
and six days a week With the amount
of business the road is doing, it will be
seen what a demoralizing state of affairs
the matter of not keeping up the repairs on
the engines has been bringing about when
it is stated that on last Saturday there
were fourteen engines at the round house
in this city and only four were actually
fit for service.-Parsons Eclipse.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09

Colorado & Southern is 300 miles shorter
than the Santa Fe line to the same
city.
The arrangement entered into con-
templates that the Santa F'e shall hand
over all its freight business originating
north of Pueblo and Trinidad to the
Colorado & Southern, to be carried to
Texas points by the Forth Worth &
Denver City branch of that system.
An immense number of cattle is car
ried north every year from the ranges
in Texas to the Fort Collins feeding
ground
I'VE find that we can arrange to have
the Colorado & Southern haul our cars
from Texas points much more cheaply
than we could haul them ourselves over
our own line" said General Freight
Agent Morehouse of the Santa F'e, yes
terday. THAT is about all there is to
it. We shall get as much out of the
arrangement as the Colorado & South
ern.'
The numerous rumors of consolida-
tiOn persistently denied gain some color
from the viewing of these close
agreements between them.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
RAILROAD NEWS.
Western Passenger Association
Issues immigration Report.
Shows That Many Foreigners
Settled West in 1899.
TOTAL NUMBER S3,161.
Represents One-twelfth Of En-
tire immigration.
Interesting Items Of a General
and Local Nature.
TOTAL NUMBER S3,161.

According to the report of the West
ern Passenger association, recently re-
ceived at the passenger offices of the
Santa. Fe and Rock Island in this city,
about one-twelfth of the immigrants
to this country during the year 1899 are
now settled in the territory embraced
by Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona and California.
The report shows that cabin passen-
gers to the number of 1O7. AIS and steer
age passengers to the number of 303,-
462, residents of foreign countries, land
ed in the United States during the year.
Out of 41l,177, the entire number, SO, ,161
souls found their way into Kansas, Col
oradO and California. and the territor-
les of New Mexico. Oklahoma and Ari-
zOna.
Besides the foreign immigration into
the western territory, passenger Off
cials of the Santa Fe and Rock Island
state that the immigration from the
east to the west during the past year
was the heaviest for a number of years
previous,
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
Money Made at Historic Spots.

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Last year no fewer than 36,0 600 people
passed the turnstiles which guard the
entrance to the little room in which
Burns first saw the light. In 1896. the
centenary year ofBurns' death, the num-
ber reached $4,000. and as 2 pence is de-
manded from each visitor a very simple
calculation will show that a large sum
of money is annually obtained by this
means.
The cottage is a very humble, one
storied little erection. with matched
roof, and the poets father when he first
went to live there would have opened
his eyes pretty widely had any one been
able to tell him what a, sum was one
day to be received for it. The place was
bought from him (after the poets death)
by a corporation of shoemakers, who
afterward sold it to the present trus-
tees for $4,000.
Another famous birthplace which at
tracts large number of people is that
of Thomas Carlyle, at Ecclefechan,
which is 20 or 80 miles north of Carlisle
There is no fixed scale of charges for
visiting this cottage, but as !, POS people
climbed the stairs last year and each
probably left something with the care
taker it will be easily seen that here
too is a nice little property.
There are other places, more OF less
well known, scattered about in different
parts of England and Wales, which the
tourist often visits. Shakespeare is still
a veritable little gold mine to STRAIT
ford-on-Avon People from all parts of
WarwickShire town in order to see the
famous poets birthplace The charge
for admission to the house is 6 pence
but as an interesting museum is usual
ly visited at the same time, for which
an extra 6 pence is demanded, few per-
sons leave the building without leaving
l shilling behind them.
Then there is Ann Hathaway's cot
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
SNOW PLow OUT.
Santa Fe Ready For an Emergency
Which Did Not Come.

AS a measure of safety, one of the
large Santa Fe snowplows was sent out
Thursday morning, soon after the heavy
fall of snow began. This was done in
order that the track could be kept
clear, and to avoid any possibility of a
drift forming which would delay traf-
fic.
The plow was pushed by two large To-
cOmotives in charge of Engineers Nc
Ginnis and Stillman, and Firemen Bee
Ter and o. W. Jones. According to the
telegraphic reports received, the heavy
fall of snow did not extend westward
more than go miles, so the trip of the
snOwplow was made to Emporia and
back. Very little snow was found to
be drifted on the track. although there
are a few places between Topeka and
Emporia which would be an easy place
for the snow to lodge and cause much
delay to traffic, unless cleared away in
time.
For the past two months, three of the
Santa F'e locomotives have been equip
ped with snowplows, so as to be ready
for instant use, in case of an emergen-
cy, such as arose on Thursday morning.
When the snowplOW left Topeka, it was
expected that heavy drifts would be en-
cOuntered as the snow was falling fast
and thick, and strong wind was blow
ing. Both locomotives were in good
condition and when they got started on
their way west they fairly sailed and
having a clear track with an anticipa-
ted drift ahead, they clipped off about
so miles an hour, all the way TO EN-
DOria
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
A. A. ROBINSON ACTIVE.
Mexican Central is Building a Num-
Der of Extensions.

Guadalajara, Mex, Feb. 9.-The Mex
lean Central railroad company is build
ing a number of extensions and branch
lines. Over 900 men are at work grad
ing the extensions from Chivinda to
Tinquiradin, a distance of 140 miles.
Track laying will commence on these
two extensions next month
Track laying is now in progress on
the line between Laviga and San Mar
cos, a distance of thirty miles. Track
laying will also commence on the
branch line that is being built to Guam
acevi from Parral. The latter line is to
run from Jiminez to the city of Duran
go, passing through several rich mining
camps in the Sierra Madres.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
UNION PACIFIC DIVIDENDS.
Common as Well as Preferred Stock
Comes In For q Share.

New York. Feb. 9-The directors of the
Union Pacific railway company at their
meeting here declared a dividend of per
cent on preferred stock and IL per cent
on common. The Union Pacific since its
reorganization in 1888 has paid three divi-
dends on its $97, 900 preferred stock,
two of IL per cent and one of per cent.
Nothing up to this time has been paid on
the common stock. Statements submitted
to the board OF directors show that the
including the Union Pacific Railway com
pany. the Oregon Short Line, and the Ore
gon Railway and Navigation company,
for the year ending December, 1899, were
S12 994. .533. These results were obtained af-
ter charging to income for betterments
and equipment approximately So, 900 900.
Expenditures made for betterments and
equipments since the reorganization of the
three companies named, entirely provided
for out of the cash of the revenues and
without any increase of capital or other
obligations, amount to $9.672 COO winch
amount. however, includes 50 .00O, coo
charged to income. Cash on hand Febru-
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
P. & G. NO LONGER
New Company Will Change Name Of
Gulf Road.

Philadelphia, Feb. 9-The Kansas
City Southern railway company will be
the title of the newly reorganized Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf railroad,
which is to be sold under foreclosure
sale on March 10.
William F. Harrity of this city, chair
man of the reorganization committee,
said today that the new company would
probably be fully organized and in
possession of the property some time
in April. The upset price of the coming
sale has been made sufficiently high,
he stated, to protect those who did not
come in under the reorganization plan
and no trouble or delay is anticipated
from that source.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09

stated on the highest authority that
he has been offered and has accepted
the position. It is expected that official
announcement of selection will be made
today, or by Saturday at the latest.
Mr.. Browns first service with the
Burlington system was IN 1876, when he
was appointed train dispatcher of the
Iowa division. Then in succession he
occupied the positions of chief train
dispatcher, assistant superintendent
and superintendent. In 1890 he was ap
pointed general manager of the Hanni-
bal and st. Joseph and Omaha roads,
auxiliaries of the Burlington system.
He occupied this position for six years,
or until 1896, when he was elevated to
the general managership of the entire
cagO,
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
AN INCREDIBLE STORY.

TFrom the Chicago Post.1
Funniest thing L ever heard Of,
said the man with his feet on the win
dow sill.
what is?" asked the man with the
newspaper.
why, Hargrave's experience in the
training of children. You see, he had
an idea that his wife didn't handle their
youngster right-said she was hold
ing out inducements for him to cry for
anything he wanted, because she al
most invariably gave in after he had
cried a while. Claimed she was making
him selfish and tyrannical, and held
that it was time his spirit of rebellion
was broken
''Oh, know that story" broke in the
man with the newspaper.
You do?'
"Sure 1 do. Why, everybody who
ever married and had children has been
up against that proposition"
rs it so?"
oh yet; quite true. I'VE had dozens
of them tell me about it. She finally
turned the youngster over to him,
didn't she 2"
Yes"
"I thought so. Told him if he knew
so much about handling children he
could just look after the disciplining
of this one himself
That's what she said"
Il knew it all along, and the first
time the boy began to make a row he
spoke harshly to him.
lie did.
And the next time ne sent him out
of the room.''
He did"
And the third time he laid him
across his knee and padded him."
Right
"And the fourth time"-
"There wasn't any fourth time" in
terrupted the man with his feet on the
window sill.
"Oh!'' exclaimed the man with the
paper. He gave up early, didn't he2
Most of the men who tackle that job
hold out for at least five times before
turning it back to their wives
He didn't give it up at all. The
part of it. 1 never heard of a case like
it, did you?"
-Sayl" said the man with the paper,
Strengthening up, that is funny story,
for sure. 1 never heard anything like It
before in my life. 1 don't believe it's
true. Why, I'm a father myself"
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
A COSTLY EJEormENr.
Autocratic Practices of Pullman Com
pany Have a Limit

It will interest the general public to
learn that the Pullman Palace Car
company, which levies tribute upon its
patrons to pay its employees has just
paid Colonel Albert H King of Brook
lyn, n. Y, $4,000 on a judgment OBJ
tanned in the United States district
court for being unceremoniOusly hus-
tied out of one of its cars between
Washington and New York. The case
was appealed to the United States cir
cult court of appeals, which affirmed
the decision of the lower court.
According to the evidence introduced
by the plaintiff, Colonel King, had
Travelled to San Francisco on what is
known as a strip ticket, and on his way
back stepped into the office of the Pull
man Palace Car company in New Or
leans and purchased a sleeping berth
through to New York, after exhibiting g
his strip ticket. with the coupons at
tached, over the connecting lines. the
last coupon being from Washington to
New York over the Baltimore & Ohio
line. The agent, after examining the
ticket. sold him a berth on the car
Dioces from New Orleans to Jersey
City Colonel King handed the ticket
to the car conductor. who gave him in
exchange a berth check to Jersey City
in that car.
Plaintiff continued to occupy that
berth until after the train had passed
Washington, when he said the con-
ductOr came up and told him he must
pay the regular fare from Washington
to New York, and when Colonel King
mand, the latter told him the train was
running over the Pennsylvania rail-
road line. while his ticket was for the
Baltimore & Ohio. Colonel King re-
fused to pay an extra fare, and when
the train reached Baltimore he was
elected.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
PILOTS ARE sRoRTRR.
Like Other Parts of a Locomotive
They Are Subject to Change.


A great many people have often won
dered why locomotive pilots. commonly
called the COW catcher" are Slated,
something like a chicken COOP in
stead of being made solid.
There are various reasons for their
Slated construction. There have been
pilots built in different ways: they have
been made of solid wood, and have been
made of sheet iron, but the standard
locomotive pilot is made of wood and is
merely framework. such as is seen on
nearly every locomotive in use today.
The reasons for the almost universal
use of this style of pilot is that by
being Slated instead of being solid the
resistance of the air in fast running is
not so great, and. the draft of air which
is essential to the fire in the firebOx is
allowed to rush in under the locomotive
If the pilot were solid this draft would
be turned to the side and the burning
of the fire would be effected. By not
having the pilot made solid, it is also
much lighter.
There is a difference in the construc-
tion of pilots, now and in the past, and
they are being built very much shorter
than they used to be- Formerly they
We're long and pointed and over them
ling purposes, when the locomotive had
to make a front connection with a car
Since the adoption of the automatic
coupler, and the equipment of locomo-
tives and cars with them, it is impos-
sible to have the pilot so long, on ac-
count of extending too far beyond the
COUPLER.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
STILL CLOSER RELATIONS.
Santa Fe and Colorado System Make
New Agreement

Denver, Feb. 9.-Relations between
the Colorado & Southern and the Santa
Fe roads during the last year have be-
come more and more close. and rail-
road men are beginning to wonder what
the outcome will be. The first big step
in the arrangement was the joint
agreement BY which the Colorado &
Southern road uses the Santa Fe
tracks to Pueblo. Another agreement
has been entered into which brings the
two roads still more closely together
and makes the Colorado & Southern the
carrier of a large amount of the Santa
Fe freight business.
In relation to Texas points. the Santa
Fe is in rather an awkward position.
Business originating in Colorado must
take two sides of a rather acute tri-
angle in order to reach any of the
larger cities, for example, Fort Worth
1t must go via La Junta eastward to
Kansas, and then southwest to Texas
This long haul eats up all the profits
on its Colorado business. This is es-
pecially true as to cattle.
The Santa F'e tracks cross those of
the Colorado & Southern at Pueblo,
Trinidad, and Amarillo. The Fort
Worth &c Denver City branch of the
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
LUCE new EaUIPmENT.
@. & S. Road Buying Rolling Stock
Despite Absorption Rumors.

Pueblo, Feb. 9.-No better refutation
of the stories about the absorption of
the Colorado & Southern could be had
than the cOmpany's recent action to Sc
cure more and better equipment Mas
ter Car Builder W. E Fowler. of that
road, is in the east placing orders for
rolling stock and a large number of
engines for the c. & S. are in course of
construction. Mr.. Fowler viii secure
some 800 cars and all viii be for the
freight department. Fifty will be for
the Texas stock trade and the remain
der of the order will be for the Ignite
coal service. The delivery of the new
rolling stock may not be commenced
for some time yet. The cars will be
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
bought of the St. Charles company of

bought of the st. Charles company Of
St. Louis.
The road has just placed with a firm
of engine builders at Providence, r. l.,
an order for thirteen new engines of
large size and late pattern Eight will
be used in the passenger service and
the others are for the freight depart
ment. The builders agree to deliver
three of the passenger engines in May
and the others will be forthcoming
about July. The engines will be ten
wheelers and are being built to move
at about forty miles an hour with a
string of cars
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
a SANTA FB VICTORY.
Jury Says Plaintiff in $4,000 Dam
age Suit Was CriminalIy Negligent

Mr.. J.. D. NJ. Hamilton. claim attor-
ney of the Santa Fe, has returned from
Chicago where he attended the trial of
the damage suit brought in the federal
court there by Erick Gothlin against
the company.
Gothlin was struck by a Santa Fe
train at a highway crossing near Nc
Cook, ILL., and sustained injuries which
he thought entitled him to $25,000 dam
ages After a several days hearing the
jury brought in verdict for the COM
pany on the ground that GOthlin had
been guilty Of criminal NEGLIGENCE.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
Cunningham Is Out.

Guthrie, o. T., Feb. 9.-The resfgna-
tion of Harper S. Cunningham, terri
torial attorney general, has been ac-
cepted by Governor Barnes. This resig-
nation has been in the hands of the
governor since April 3, last, when the
territorial senate refused to confirm Mr.
Cunningham nomination, on account
of charges made against his admins
tratiOn.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-02-09
Senator Baker satisfied.

Discussing the date selected for the
Republican state convention and the
action of the state committee, Senator
Lucien Baker said: THE time for hold
ing the convention is entirely satisfac-
tory. The Republicans of Kansas will
be a unit when the campaign opens and
they will carry the state this fall by a
said"