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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
HARTMAN IN CONTROL.
Ii Made Chairman of Board of the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.

Portland. Ore. Sept. The annual
meeting OF the Oregon Railway e. Navi-
cation company was held in this CITY.
Inc stockholders meeting elected the
following board of directors:
w B Ayre, Portland: w. i. Bull
New York; f 8 Benson, Portland. H
w Cannon, New York: W. d Cornish
New York H W. Corbett. Portland. W
w Cotton, Portland; E H Hartman
NeW York W. s Ladd, Portland "A r.
Mills. Portland; A. L MohIer. Por4la M
Miles c Moore, Walla WaIla: yinsInvr
= Pierce New York Mortimer L. Schifr
New York H W Scott, Portland.
+ h Hartman was elected Chairman
OF the board OF directors
the only change in the personnel or
the preceding year was the substitution
q r = Benson on the board of directors
~ place OF William Mcintosh. The an
nuaI report Of President MohIer viii ba
made public when it is returned from
New York AAoAA
AT the subsequent meeting of +he
BOARD OF directors, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year.
a l. Mohlers president: Chas 6 Pea
man. general counsel: w w. Co1ton
secretary and general attorney q r.
-atsxander, assistant secretary <
NFoSpyr treasurer; G. F. Withington -
sl1sahI treasurer; Z S Benson general
@ulltof Executive Committee "
5ol1s h w Cannon; w d CornisT,- z
- = n arranans Wfnslow s. Pierce MOI
timer l. Schiff. -~OA-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07

confident he was alive, but they couldn't
do anything for him, and we decided to
go back and sit with him until the
doctor came We sat around. Shiverfng
on boxes and stools we had carried to
the room waiting for the welcome sound
of hoof beats Suddenly as was look
ing toward the corpse I noticed the
sheet move and the other knee began to
rise My hair went UP with il The
other men were looking, and we sat
fully a minute-it seemed an age=be-
fore one of the men spoke: Boys, that
doctor don't know ihs business Biil's
alive, and all he needs is whisky We
poured a little in his mouth, and more
out of 1t, for we were mighty nervous.
It didn't seem to do any good, so we
again sat down and waited After "A
time we heard horses and soon the doc
tor came up the stairs with the man
who had gone for him. He walked over
to Bill, examined him, heard cur story,
and then said: The man is dead all
right, and you have made me take a
useless trip, and a mighty cold one I
am about frozen Let US go down to
the fire and warm up a little He and
the messenger went down while the rest
of US remained. The boys did not feel
satisfied with the doctor, for they were
convinced that Bill was not dead, and
they thought it was due to general cuss-
edness that he made no effort to re-
vive Bill. The more they thought and
talked of it they more angry they be-
came. Finally one of them said Boys.
'
to do something or get shot He is
just naturally too ornery to admit that
he was wrong when he said Bill was
dead, and intends to let him lay there
now and die for sure Let's go make
him do something. He went down
stairs followed by the others. and ex-
planned his opinion to the doctor. The
doctor grinned and walked upstairs in
advance of the men, When he got IN
the room he walked around to the other
side Of the corpse and pulled on the
sheet Boys he said, / am right;
this man IS dead as he can be, but viii
prove it to you. Dead men don't bleed,
do they? Wen, If this man don't bleed
he Is dead As he said this he pulled
his knife from his belt and buried It to
the hilt in Bi1Ps heart The action was
so sudden and unexpected that we stood
as If we had been paralyzed- The doc
tor stood there with his hand on the
knife hiit looking at US with his teeth
face. will never forget that scene as
long as live. The doctor, the dead
man with the knife in his heart, the
sheet hanging to the floor, and four men
standing with mouths open, all in the
weird shadows thrown by the Pickering
IampIight while the wind howled and
moaned on the outside. The doctor
broke the spell which seemed to bind US
by saying, as he withdrew the knife.
Wei, boys guess you see he was dead
He didn't bleed. haven't time to ex-
plain the scientific reason for the con-
traction of the dead mans muscles. and
you wouldn't understand IL ] did He
turned and went down the stairs fol-
lowed by q mighty quiet lot of men,
We silently watched him as he went out
into the night When the door closed
we all drew a long breath and passed
the bottle around before one of the men
broke the silence with. That is tbs
coolest blooded man ever see"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07

can be Objectionable as well as drunken
ness or profanity So long as a man
conducted himself properly and ladies'
made no objection, no conductor OF ours
would say anything to him for wearing
his shirt waist in coach or sleeper. II
objection were made, he would have to
nut on his coat or leave the car.
Rock Island-We would draw the line
on shirt waists at the dining car.
Baltimore g. Ohio-We don't consider
shirt waists Indecent exposure,
whether worn by men or women. Our
conductors would not interfere with q
man wearing a shirt waist in a coach,
but would ask him to put on his coat
before entering the dining car
Great WesternIf q shirt waist man
was determined to eat in that garb in
one OF our cars we would let him eat
Burlington = Gentlemen wear shirt
waists and gentlemen in the presence of
ladies wear coats
Grand Trunk-A shirt waist is al
right in its place.
St Paul--Men can not wear shirt
waists in our dining cars
Lake Shore-Men who patronize our
dining cars do not want to eat in their
shirt sleeves Our conductors would
not throw q man of the train simply
because he was wearing shirt waist
without a coat in 2 coach
Eastern IllinoiS-No masculine shirt
waists in dining cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
Festival at Harrington.

Herington, Sept. IA three days har-
vest festival began here Thursday. The
programme OF the three days includes
citizens day, when there will be politi-
cal addresses and q parade; lodge day,
with prizes for the best representation
from any lodge, and also addresses and
speeches; a farmers day. when there
viii be prizes for the biggest loads OF
grain, etc Among the speakers are DR.
Swensson. of Lindsborg; j. H Order, of
Fort Scott, and others. The Abilene
baseball team and hand are here and
furnish amusement for the entire time
of the gathering The joint debate be-
tween Chris Hoffman and Prof. Carl
Swensson was very spirited, the houors
being well divided The Abilene ball tenn
defeated the Herington team eight ii
four.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
In HOTEL CORRIDORS.

ST had many interesting adventures
while L was in the west in the early
days." said man who had seen great
deal of frontier life, ssbut there is one
that made a greater impression on me
than any other. / was out in Colorado
when that state was filled with miners,
gamblers and a pretty tough element
generally. and no man was sure that he
would see the sun rise the next morn
ing. I had bummed around over most
Of the west, and, being down on my luck,
was delighted to get job tending bar in
a little mining town. / lived at a hotel
kept by an Irfshman named Kelley.
to the saloon in which worked and just
opposite the railroad station, was two
story board affair which had been built
with little idea of comfort and none
towards beauty When they fried bacon
in the kitchen the odor penetrated the
entire house The partitions between
the rooms were himsy, and when the
rooms would flicker and sometimes blow
out There were good many boarders
at the hotel, but only a few slept there
on account of the lack of aceommoda-
lions. The night operator at the sta
ton lived at the hotel and he and
friends The operator was an odd sort
of fellow whose sole ambition appeared
to be the consumption OF poor whisky.
I don't believe he drew a sober breath
from the time he came to the town until
the night he died 1t was Of his death
and the circumstances surrounding It
that I started to tell you The town, or
camp, as they called the small towns
which grew up in a night, was fnhab-
tied by the type Of people common in
that locality. mostly an ignorant. super
stitious class but withaI kind hearted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07

and when the operator was taken sick
with the tremens they did all they could
for him. There was no doctor in our
town, and one of the boys rode over to
an adjoining camp where a doctor was
located and brought him back with him.
The doctor was a typical western man,
who had been practicfng in the mining
regions a number of years, because he
couldn't live in the east, he said, and
enjoyed the rough mode of living. He
did all he could for the operator. who
lived until the next day, and then
mounted his pony and rode away. The
boys laid the dead man out on an old
pine table in one of the upstairs rooms
and covered the body with a sheet. We
held a meeting down in the little room
that answered for an office and agreed
upon the details of the burial. One Of
the men said he would make a coffin
and three others were selected to sit up
with the corpse that night It was win
ter and the wind was blowing bitter cold
l0afers were hugging the stove in the
saloon when two of the watchers came
IN to get drink and talk a bit to relieve
the Inonotony of the watch They had
not been in the room five minutes be-
fore the man they had left with the
corpse came in with his eyes starting
and his face white as a ghost My
God, boysn he exclaimed, Bill amt
and myself went back with him to the
hotel and walked steaIthiIy into the
room where the body was stretched out
on the table The lamp. which flickered
in the draught- gave a feeble light, and
the place did look CHASTITY. We raised
the sheet and peered at the white face,
but could see no signs OF life He
moved his leg know he did, said the
man who had been with him. We tried
to laugh him out of what we called his
notion. but he stuck to it and refused
to stay unless the others remained with
him. They agreed to do this. and sat
down and lit their pipes went back
to the saloon 1t was Just about mid
night and was getting ready to close,
for there was mighty little business do
ing, when in rushed one of the men and
said: That's no joke Bill is alive, and
I am going for that doctor He got his
horse and rode away in the storm"
You can imagine how that excited
me-" he continued, land at once went
over to the hotel and there met Kelley
in the office. He was trembling all over
and was badly frightened. Say he
whispered. and got scent of a whisky
breath, do you reckon BilFs comm to
life, or is il gf1osts?' He followed me
upstairs probably because he was
afraid to remain alone in the Office. The
sheet, but one knee was drawn up. The
watchers were badly frightened. and
told me that they had been sitting there
in the Pickering light attempting a
raSping sound, and at once turning
toward the body they saw the knee
gradually rise under the sheet They
had felt in vain for pulse beat, but
could not find the faIntest CULVER and
the body was As cold as Ice It did seem
a bit uncanny-a dead man moving, and
in that beastIy room with queer noises
caused by the wind and the ghostly
Pickering light We all went down to
the Office to consult The boys were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
ENeINEER's pRoGRAMME
Opening Meeting in Auditorium VIII
Be Interesting.

The programme for the big union
meeting of railroad enginemen to be held
in the new auditorium October has
been arranged by the committee of Sam
ia Fe engineers appointed TO look after
the matter. 1t will be as follows.
Introductory muaic-Modoc club
Address OF welcome-May0r Charles
Drew.
SoIo-Mr James Moore.
AddressAGovernor w. E Stanley.
Address-Mrs. w A Murdoch chief
OF the Ladies' Auxiliary to the e. Of
L. z.
Solo-Ars- Violet B. Mccoy
Address-Mr- J. D. NJ Hamilton.
Solo-Mr. Edwin Edwards
Address-Mr. p. M Arthur, chief OF
the Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engi-
neers.
One of the principal objects OF the
meeting is to start a movement for the
capture OF the national convention OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng1-
neers for Topeka in 1904, the year OF the
semi centennial celebration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07

If a new commission had been sent abroad
It would have prolonged the contest, and
tia1 campaign. then there would have been
no question before the people upon which
When you accepted the treaty it ended
the war and believed then and still be-
do by itself everything that it could have
forced from Spain I favored the ratif1-
good, but because it was easier to correct
its mistakes by legislation than by diplo-
Lincoln, in appealing to the county.
said: Can aliens make treaties easier
easier to make the treaty with Spain Civ
ing Independence to the F1lipinos than it
vas 70 glve .neIn 1noepenoSn6e ny act 20 Sa :
American people give independence TO the
Filipino rather than ask an unfriendly
people to do so. Whenever you hear q
Republican say that I am responsible for
the ratification of the treaty, / want you
to listen and see If he adds that also
ence to the F1lIpinos and you viii listen
in vain The Republican who charges me
with helping to rat1fy that treaty is not
honest enough to tell you at the same
time that favored q resolution that
would have prevented bloodshed in the
Philippines and made the Fflipinos our
friends instead of our enemies / re-
10th day of December, the day the treaty
was signed. It was accepted on the 18th of
I gave out interview It was pub
Eshed in the papers on the morning of
two days after my resignation was ac-
cepted and in that interview I pointed
out that it was better to ratffy the treaty
and declare the nations purpose by reso-
luton which would promise independence
to the F1Iipinos and end the war than to
reject the treaty.
.Republicans, you are responsible for
the defeat of the Bacon resolution 1t
was your vice president who cast the de-
Gliding vote and from that day to the pres
ent you have not promised independence
to the FIlpinos. and you, who prevented
the promise of independence, are response
BILE for the conditions that now exist.
Don't say that you haven't had time
When congress met you had time TO give
to the national banks a monopoly of
your paper money, but you did not have
time to promise independence to the Fill
pinos- You had time to turn the govern
ment over to those who used it for private
gain, but you have not had time to stop
the war in the Philippines and return to
the Declaration of Independence You
Republicans are very much afraid Of
fifty-cent dollar. but you are not afraid
of the eighty-6ve per cent citizen that
you made in Porto Rico. You are very
much afraid that we can not maintain
the parity between gold and silver. but
you do not worry about the difficulty of
maintaining the parity between the citi-
zens here and the citizens in Porto Rico
and the Philippine Islands,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
SAVE NEGRO VOTE
Republicans Sending Out North
Carolina Amendment.
Democrats Say 1t is Same as In
Massachusetts.
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE
One Disfranchises Only Ign0r-
ant C0lOred People.
The Other Applies to AL Races
Alike.
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE

To offset the influence or the deser-
ton OF Mckinley by Capt John l.
Waller and other negroes Of influence.
the Republican state committee is en-
deavoring to inject into the Kansas cam
paign. for the purpose OF holding the
negroes in line with that party, the
North Carolina constitutional amend
ment which eliminated the negro from
politics in that state.
In some parts OF the state the scheme
is proving very effective but Chairman
Hubert Lardner Of the Bourbon county
Democratic committee IS at work 10
destroy the effect of the Republican
plan.
Mr. Lardner points out the fact that,
as ne sees 1t, the Massachusetts and
North Carolina laws are very similar
The Massachusetts, constitution, SO the
Republican lawyers point out, outlines
the educational qualification of all voters,
while the North Carolina amendment
shuts out only the negro voter who is
uneducated.
The Massachusetts, provision of the
constitution follows:
Article 20-No person shall have the
right to vote or be eligible to Office I'M
der the constitution Of this common
wealth who shall not be able to read the
constitution in the English language
and write his name: Provided, how
ever, that the provisions of this amend
ment shall not apply to any person pre-
vented by physical disability from COM
plying with its provisions nor to any
person who has the right to vote, nor to
any person who shall be so years of age
or upwards at the time this amendment
shall go into effect.
The amendment to the constitution Of
North Carolina, which totally disbars
the negro from voting is as follows:
Section 6-Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be able
to read and write any section Of the
constitution in the English language;
and before he shall be entitled to vote
he shall have paid on or before the
6rst day OF May of the year in which
he proposes to vote. his poll tax for the
previous year as prescribed by Article
5, Section / of the constitution. But,
no male person who was on January l,
1867, or any time prior thereto, entitled
to vote under the laws of any state in
the United States wherein he then re-
sided and no lneal descendant of any
such person shall be denied the right to
register and vote at any election in this
state by reason Of his failure to possess
the educational qualities herein pre-
scribed.
The Republican state committee IS
using these comparisons very freely and
is sending out large numbers of them.
The committee management and the
state officers profess to be not disturbed
by the effort OF the opposition to head
off, the scheme to catch the colored
vote
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
THE @sH1RT WAIST MAN.
majority Of Railroads Won't ALLOW
Him in Dining Cars

IN reply to the question, DO Won al
low men wearing shirt waists. without
lowing statements were recarf1r- 80 J.
ny passenger officials or lines terni frt-
hnsyiyania-R a man wearing q
@nlrt waist entered the dining car sn5
ladies' objected to his garb- We Tro- ,,Is1
- ann to put on his coat. IF he r.
1useo % GO 50. We would request him
f ~ ~ 4a-A Ior MS dinner until the ladies
- 80 slS - II ne was gentleman h.
could not object to doing It. -
49, gentleman will not sit in his
s snlrl sleeves IN the presence OF IafIte@
regardless Of the number az $3.50 - -
cloth in his shirt we Tvo,,1G - ~ u
. man wearing shirt waist to eat viii
1tners II the dining car, nor vrossld 70 70
. a-losNsa 20 remain without his coat n
appearance Our train rules ren,5 1T-s
Conductors to eject Objectionable rsar-
@on@ and a mans clothinz 81 IarSr - Il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
sPEYER EXPLAINS.
Maintenance of 8 ?. Property Con-
sidered Before Dividends.

New York, Sept. 7.-Speaking Of the
dispatch from San Francisco which sta
ted that there had been some difference
Of opinion between the late Mr.. Hunting
ton and the firm Of Speyer & Co.. on the
dividend policy Of the Southern Pacific
Mr.. Speyer said this afternoon
.'As far as ! know, the question has
not been considered since Mr.. Hunting
tons death. Mr.. Huntington and our
firm always agreed that the mainten-
ance Of the property at the highest
standard OF efficiency ought to be the
chief object OF the management and
that the Southern Pacific company
ought not to begin paying dividends I'M
til there seemed a reasonable certainty
that they can be maintained
Asked as to the time when the divi-
dends would begin, Mr.. Speyer declined
to saw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
10 ENJo1N THE SANTA FE
Right of Switching Charge at Kansas
City to BE Tested.

Kansas City, Sept. THE board OF
trade and the transportation bureau de-
cided yesterday to bring an Injunction
suit to test the right OF the Santa Fe
railroad in enforcing the So switching
charge. This viii bring about a speedy
hearing and the question Will be decid-
ed upon its merits
In the meantime Kansas City grain
men are continuing to boycott the Santa
Fe company wherever IL Is possible for
them to do SO. Railroad men predict an
early adjustment OF the situation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
SANTA - LocAI.a

"A bulletin has been posted announcing
that until further notice the Lake View
station will be both a dav and night
telegraph Office
Engineer K p. BeeIer has returned to
work
work
Amos Beeler gave engine 566 a trial
trip to Mert6en yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
Firemen 20 Argentine.

Three Santa Fe fremen have been
sent from Topeka TO Argentine. They
are George Judah. R. NJ Furman and
William Brewer There + at present an
unusual rush OF business and the trans
fer OF dremen to Argentine is to keep the
men more evenly distributed The pres
ent rush Of work will probably continue
for several months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
Firemen for Leavenworth Bun.

Bulletins have been posted In the San
"a Fe roundhouse announcing vacancies
Tor hrEmen on trains IA and 142 and
trains and A. between Holiday and
Leavenworth- The oldest fireman In
point OF seniority making application be-
fore September 10 will be assigned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
COLORADO FLYER.

via sGreat Rock Island Route
Leaves Topeka $40 ID. m, arriving
Colorado Springs 10-35. Denver u.00
o'clock next O. m
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-12-19
FROM EDGAR.

Our neighbor, Rev. G.. l.. Hutcbips
(col, killed hog last week which
weighed i4O pounds dressed.
Some of our neighbors just finished
gathering corn last week, and will
soon be ready to swap horses.
Our old people, H. and K. B. Sum.
mers. are here for the winter with their
son A. M. Summers. Their old home is
still on Fair River.
#. E. Summers is erecting a COSY
little dwelling house on the Topisag
road near Edgar, which will soon be
ready for occupancy.
On a recent trip to Union we visit d
the new store of the energetic Hal.
Bros. of Denver, where thcy are run.
ming general merchandise business
Mr.. Bowie Hall was buried at Union
Church Cemetery last week aud bis
elder brother, James, Is lying hopless.
ly ill at this writing. Pneumonia
seems to be the trouble,
Our old friends, Jesse Greer and
wife, of Ruth, recently celebrated their
golden wedding, which was one Of
those much enjoyed, long to-be re.
membered occasions. Their first wed.
ding attendants, Mr.. Irwin Lawrence
and Mrs. Polly McComb. one a widow.
err, the other a widow, were both pres.
ent and acted in the same capacity
again. Our genial friend, Uncle
Frank Greer, was master of ceremones
and multitude of folks were there.
Billy.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-12-19
"A $4,000 FIRE

On Monday night between II AMI.
o'clock, the large planning mil of H.
Brookhaven Lumber & Manufaetur,as
Co., jest north of town, was discava,.s
to be on fire. The flames spread va.
rapidly from the start, and. ne ~,
plant was beyond the fire PROTECTS
limit afforded by the city waterworI.
there was no chance for the firemen =
save it. The planning mill build;n~
containing the costly machinery :,
the plant, soon went up in smoke ana
flames, leaving nothing from the vraos
except the drying kilns, the lumbo,
sheds and the lumber piled on II,
yards, all of which, fortunately wo,.
too far from the main building r.
catch. The loss is estimated =,
$4,000, covered by s23,700 insurance.
slS,700 of this Was carried in the con,
panies represented by the agency q,
Jas. T. Miazza & Bro. and s5OOO br
the Companies represented by DIR !
B. Daughtry.
Though their loss will be very heavv
over and above the insurance. THv
LEADER is gratified to know that tbo
Brookhaven Lumber d MANUFACTURING
Co., with the energy and indomitabls
spirit which has ever characterized
them, will proceed at once to rebuild
and in few months expect to have
the plant in full blast again.