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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

vengeance For the agonized parents
and whatever they have done, I have
no words of blame or censure- Put our
selves in their places and we can IN
derStand their wild desire for vengeance.
Ny remarks today are addressed not 50
much to the fact that death has been in
f1icted, as to the manner in which it is
done I do not, by this, mean to justify
lynch law. No well regulated citizen
can ever justify a departure from the
law But every state has these affairs,
and we are not an exception
The governor then diSclaimed any re-
sponsibiIity for the affair, saying that
he understood that Sheriff Freeman had
agreed to leave Porter in Jail for eight
days, and he had gone out of town so
believing, only to return to meet the an
nOuncement that the sheriff and his
prisoner were on the way TO Iimon-
This awful Offense has been commit
ted by an entire county, he continued
There is no way Of reaching these pe0-
PIE. As Lord Chatham said once. You
can not indict an entire nation II
Lincoln county these offenders would
have TO sit on the juries, indfct them
selves, pass on the indictments. convict
themselves. and then the chief offender
of all. the sheriff Of the county would
have to conduct them to the penitentfary.
So all we can do is to declare that we, as
citizens of the same state, deplOre and
condemn this act of barbarity"
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OUR CUP DEFENDER.
Unimportant Gossip Still Floating
Around

New York Nov. 19--The order for the
new yacht to defend the Americas cup
in the match of August next against the
Shamrock II. was placed with the
Herresh0ffs on Wednesday, November
II, the contract required in the case be-
ing signed in this city on that day.
Now the work of building will be car
RED IN as fast as it is practicable. An
early launching of the boat will be re-
Quired, because OF the early date Of the
races, so it IS probable that the new
craft viii be af1Oat the latter part Of
April or the 1st of May
The material Of the hull of the new
boat is, of course, a secret and IS likely
to remain so for some time to come.
The new boat viii be thoroughly built,
but 1t viii assume shape more rapidly
than the Columbia, because OF the addi-
tonal experience Of the builders and
the urgent necessities of the case.
The committee of the New York Yacht
club in charge of the challenge still re-
trains from making public the person.
mel of the syndicate that is building the
new cup yacht There has been. how
ever, no denial of the published state
ment that Vice Commodore august Bel
mont is at the head of the syndicate and
that Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt is in it
It is generally understood, though. that
the younger element OF the club IS well
represented
It rests with Commodore Iedyard
who is the chairman of the New York
Yacht club committee on the challenge
TO make public the names Of the fun
syndicate
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RAILROAD NEWS.
California Fruit Traffic viii
Soon Be on the Move.
Railroads Make Extensive Prep
aratiOns For Carrying.
CONCENTRATING CARS.
Santa Fe Built Six Hundred
New Fruit Cars.
Rushing Last of Them Out OF
Chicago Shops.
CONCENTRATING CARS.

Within two weeks time the movement
Of California fruit viii begin and al
the railroads that handle this class o.
business are making extensive pIsp@ =
lions TO carry heavy shipments t-7
yield this year has been unusually pEo-
liic and the demand for transport "a tl9 q
facilities 10 eastern markets VIII y
something enormous -.
With its lines running right lIllO -LA1
heart OF the fruit growers paradlse, t-l "a,
Santa F-e road viii handle large DUE
Of the business For a month past lhls
road has been concentrating It's II Ut
cars Al available points in California
No opportunity TO load advanrageously
the new refrigerator cars that have been
built especially for this traffic IN the
PAST summer. with sundry classes OF
freight 70 Pacific coast points has ceen
allowed TO 20 unimprOved Of late
For the fruit traffic the Santa Re mas
built or is having built. 500 new Re
frigsrator cars. Two hundred OF sucn
have been constructed or remodeiled al
the shops here in Topeka a contract
for four hundred was given out n chi
czgo, Of which one hundred and forty
have already been delivered Carou1ldel
Charles Swanson. Of Topeka IS now N
Chicago experimenting the CONSTRUCTION
OF the remainder.
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BY PARTIES UNKNOWN.
Coroner's Verdict on the Death of
Murderer Porter.

Limon, Col. Nov. 1S-After being no
titled that some fragments of bones OF a
human being had been found on the
prairie near the town, Coroner Brown
and jury summoned by him gathered
I'D the scarcely visible remains" Of
Preston w Porter. the negro who was
burned to death on Friday night, and
buried them in a small box at the scene
of the lynching. The jurors signed a
verdict to the effect that the remains
were those of Preston Porter and that
death was at the hands Of parties IN
known
Denver, Col. Nov. ia mass meet
ing was held here yesterday for the p1r-
pose OF protesting against the action OF
the mob at Limon, Col, which on Fri
day last burned at the stake the young
negro, John Porter. who had confessed
that he murdered 1-year-old Louise
Frost C NJ Hobbs. president of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
presided Speeches were made by prom
inent citizens, including Governor C s.
Thomas Mayor H v Johnson of Den
yer. President Slocum OF Colorado col
lsge, Rabbi Friedman, and the Rev
Mr. Coyle of Denver; Mrs Sarah Platte
Decker prominent in National Woman's
club circles, and others
They all spoke in strong terms. con-
demning what was termed the ..LimOn
a.trocity,r and also denounced the sen
SatiOnaI display of the Wrfteups con-
was stirred to almost ri0touS demon
STATIONS of approval at times Resolu-
tons ADOPTED ADMIT the CITuCUlty or ad-
eQuately characterizing the crime for
which Porter was punished, but declare
that, however much the negro, by his
crime, merited death, no crime can jus
tify recourse to such barbaric methods.
and while the action of the people Of
Lincoln county is attributed to excite
ment and passion, it is none the less
condemned and dIscOuntenanced- Hope
is expressed that a law viii be speedily
enacted in Colorado providing effective
punishment for crimes such as melted
the torture of Porter and also that here
after each and every one viii be punish
ed for taking the law into his own
hands. The remarks of Governor Thorn
as IN part follow:
Il do not believe the people Of this
state are worse than the people of any
other state. This is civilized COM
munity as any state in the union and
from all of them we hear OF occurrences
like this, when the people have been
suddenly aroused to some such terrible
act when some such awful horrible
crime as this negro's cries to heaven for
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baggage rates each one OF those articles
whether Grated or not, to be subject TO
q minimum charge to be the same as
Tor nTty pounds excess baggage For
such articles in excess Of fifty pounds
actual weight viii be charged. the min
mum charge in each case to be 3 cents
This charge viii be in addition TO and
separate from any charge for excess
baggage proper, and those articles will
not be carried as a part of the regular
baggage allowance
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
mas placed an order for twelve passen-
ger coaches with the Pullman company.
The Atchison. Topeka & Santa F'e has
contracted with the American Car and
Foundry company for eleven passenger
coaches
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GOOD ROADS CALL.
Meeting Will Be Held at Topeka
January Is.


To the members Of the Good Roads as
ISOLATION and other citizens of Kan
sas who are in favor Of good roads:
There viii be a meeting OF the Good
Roads congress held at Topeka KaS.
at 10 a m on January Is, 1901. at which
time a bill or bills for the Improvement
OF the roads in our state will be sub
raitted for endorsement There will be
papers read by persons OF advanced
ideas upon the subjects. We would like
for the county commissioners, township
as any citizen interested in the matter
TO be present and take part in the meet
ing If you have good ideas don't leave
them at home, but bring them along IF
you can't come yourself, send them in
This organization is not a close cor
pOration, but a voluntary association in
which q. number of citizens are devoting
their time to perfect the laws and to
mold public opinion so a s to obtain the
best results with the least expenditure
Of money in the direction of good roads.
We ask the cooperation Of the news
papers and the public and private citi-
zenS to help US in this movement. The
commercial clubs Of the cities and
towns of the state are cordially invited
to participate in our meeting, as it is the
intention to make this one Of the most
attractive gatherings that has been held
in this state. In fact, it is a non-parti-
san organization for the benefit OF all
the people, by the people and for the
make 1t SO. If you can not come, write
out your views and send them in, and
they shall have due cOnSider-ation-Du
come If you can.
JOHN K WRIGHT, President.
ROBERT STONE, Secretary.
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~ DODGE 60.

Golden Rule division No. 12S. ladies'
auxiliary to the O. r C., gives an an
nual ball at McCarry's rink Thanksgiv-
Brakeman Geo. Carrier has bought the
oil business OF J. ". Wright VIM
Gardner is in Carriers place on the
passenger while the latter IS looking
after his oil interests
A negro porter on one OF the west
bound trains one night last week was
assisting a lady from the train when a
bottle Of whisky dropped from the por-
terss pocket Appearing to be astonished
he asked. What is this. and where did
II come from2' casting the reflection
that the lady had dropped the prohib-
tive stuff. OF course the porter picked
Up the bottle and took care Of It
W NJ ParSOn Is going to the hospital
for treatment.
Jack O'Day is conductor on 8 and 1
Conductor Smith. OF Denver, has taken
O'Day's place on s and II.
ChaS. Parson is home after an absence
Of 80 days in Iowa
With the Rock Islands additional pas
san5er train from HerIngton west Dodge
City now has two trains daily
v J. Tiefenback IS watch inspector
for the Santa F'e. having purchased his
jeWelry business from A GIuck
It is rumOred that J. W. Dean, western
division trainmaster, is to be appointed
superintendent and have charge from
Pueblo here; also that Conductor George
D Pond Will be offered the position OF
tra1unaSter to succeed Dean All the
boys are delighted with Georges pros
poets
E H AIooty. caller. is working in the
freight depot C Zimmerman has
AIOOty'S place calling.
Robbie Rhodes is home and at work
in the baggage room again after 80 days
absence
George Pond, 6. s. Green and others,
who were away week hunting, are
home again They report good time
~ f. --4-T -
in New York city. Ed is baching-
J. j. Mcintyre is doing extra braking
ROsco Dunaway Is switching q week
while Ramsey is in Coolidge tralsacung
business
The fourth annual ball of Arkansas
Valley lodge No IS, 3. of R. T, VIII be
given at the rink New Years eve
The mayor has posted notices TO have
small boys arrested who jump trains
The Santa Fe must be doing rush
Of passenger bushes west these days
There were two Nc. Is west Saturday
night, two No It's west Sunday morn
ing
No. east Sunday morning had a
Pullman special
Two cars OF ties containing 700 each
were received at the yards yesterday
". W Parson, switchman. is laying
OF. Walter Glaze Is working in his
place.
Ed Babcock is in Denver for two
weeks, and Howard Sweet IS working
in his place
Three extra brakemer were sent down
from Ia Junta a few days ago and put
On the extra list.
Saturday Jack LIl1as payed an cleo
ton bet by riding on a donkey and
carrying a banner advertising the gro
Gerry store Of Sam Stubs around the
principal streets After through riding
Jack had to make q speech, and could
not mention the sewing machines which
he sells
The third man has been put on for
day switching Jim Beatty, Roscoe
Dunaway and J J. Mcintyre are switch
ing days. while the following are switch
ing nights: Walter Glaze, VIM Henry,
and Al, Warren
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FRIENDS REMEMBERED.
Given $4,000 Each by an Old CON-
rade For q Favor.

Omaha. Neb.. Nov. 19-An example of
rare human gratitude developed lr Omaha
today when Major T. s.. Ci4rEsom and
Harry n. Turner received each $1,000
from an old army Cnmrade whom they
betrlended "a couple Of years ago. Robert
Majors OF Huntsville, Ala. was the donor
Clarkson, Majors and Turner were toe
gether. in Sherman's march TO the sea.
Robert Majors drifted west and broken
in health and finances entered the gov
eminent service ia the capacity 81 ass
ststant custodian Of the Federal building
at Omaha ten years ago. Two years ago
a small package or money was missed
and Majors was accused Of having taken
it Major Clarkson and Turner used their
influence and Majors was saved the dis
grace OF felon's cell. though be lost his
position. Then he went TO live with reia-
lions at Huntsville. Ala.
A month ago a brother died and left the
veteran fortune. He fastened Co Omaha
to remember his army cumrlles. The
three had a Jolly reunion in Omaha to-
daV.
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MR led Is PREsIpENT.
Roadmasters Appreciate Talk on
aChemicsI Treatment of Cross Ties


Chemical Treatment of Cross Ties"
Probably the most interesting OF all
the questions that came before the
convention Of the ROadTnasters Of Amer
lea. at Los Angeles. was that OF Chem
ical Treatment OF Cross Ties, presented
by J. N Meade, Of Topeka resident en-
ginser Of the santa F'e Mr. Meade had
with him a section Of mountain pine
cross tie taken from the main line Of the
Santa F'e, which fifteen years ago was
chemically treated and put into the
r0aGbed. The tie is preserved IN almost
perfect condition. is scarcely at all IN
danted by the rail plate, after all these
years Of pounding and 1t Is apparently
good for fifteen years more. The natural
life OF the tie, without being treated. IS
but four years The expression was
chemically treated The life of q white
oak tie is but eight years The process
Of treating tie Is briefly given as fol-
lows,
we generally let the ties season
about six months, they are then run into
long cylinders. the doors are closed, and
the timbsrs steamed from two TO three
hours TO get out the natural sap Then
the condensation IS drawn OF and a
vacuum pump put on TO secure as much
space as possible. then the chloride OF
zine is let in, which. after taking up all
the vacuum II VIII, a pressure is put on
with a force Of about one hundred
pounds per square inch This pressure
is left on about three hours The alb
sorptiOn is about , per cent Of chloride
of zinc All the solution that is not then
taken up by the wood is pumped back
into the watts and the glue and tannin
are applied The glue and tannin seal
the ends Of the ties and keep the solu-
ton in the grain Of the wood"
The Santa F'e railroad has now four
plants for treating ties. with a total
capacity OF over To- 600 ties per day
In the election of officers Of the as
ISOLATION M Meade was elected presi-
dent vice presidents. Charles N Entry
OF Cedar Rapids. Iowa. and George z
HAYWARD OF 1Iankaro. Mimi secretary
and treasurer, = 3 Dickson OF Sterling
III
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WATCH INSPECTION RECORD.
Excellent Time-Pieces Carried by
Railroad Men Generally.

The November number Of the santa
F'e contains the following interesting DIT
Of information
The annual Inspection OF watches for
the Santa Fe has just been completed
and has been remarkable for the few
poor watches found 1885 watches are
carried by employees who have the nan
ding OF trains on the a. T. < ; r rail-
way (prOperl, $50 watches carried oy
engineers. $50 by conductors. 1Sz by yard
foremen. IS by yard masters and BY
pilots; OF this number all have been
found correct except 16S which are now
IN the hands Of local repairers or fac
tories The total number of condemned
and new watches ordered 10 take their
place was 10. which shows that the
watches carried by the men are the best
the market produces When you con-
slider that in rating and testing watch
IL requires 3 days for each watch, you
can readily see that the position OF H
s Montgomery. general watch inspector,
is no small task The above figures do
not include the watches on the Gulf
Colorado & Santa Fe, Southern Cali
f0rnia railway. Santa F'e Pacific and
the san Joaquin Valley railroad
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RAILRoAD NoTEs.

The Union Pacific railway shops IN
Denver have been reconstructed and
viii be opened December 1 as Pullman
shops employing about 400 men
The Santa F'e has contracted for sufh-
eiant new steel rails, weighing 100 pounds
to the yard to relay 100 miles Of main
line track Some of the steel will be
used on the Texas lines Of the system.
On and after December western
roads viii make a charge between all
points for the transportation in baggage
cars of bicycles. rricycies. and baby cabs
on the basis Of the REGULAR agreed excess
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secretarv Root Id santiaeo.

Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 19-Mr. EIihu
Root. United States secretary Of war
General Wood and Mr.. Roots son ar
rived here on the revenue cutter Kama
VIVA, from Manzanillo. The other mem-
bers of Mr.. Roots party are expected
to arrive tomorrow on the Viking
Colonel WhiteSide will entertain all at
his country house. The trip from Man
zaniuo was very rough and all the lands
men on the Kanawha were seasiek, with
the exception of General Wood, who is
a good sailor.
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FAILS TO SECURE BRIDE.
Young Woman's Grandfather With q
Shotgun Keeps the Husband Away.

ShelbyvilIe, Ind, Nov.1s-Armed with
a writ of habeas corpus, Addison Fields,
in company with Constable Crosby. went
to the home of Benjamin Dake this at
who is being held by Dake, her grand
father. The husband and officer were
forbidden entrance to the premises at
the point of a shotgun and no amount Of
persuasion would induce Dake to re-
lease the young bride. who married
without his consent and who. he says
shall leave his home only over his dead
body.
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PAYS ZOE TORTURING CAT.
Michigan Judge Imposes q Fine on
C-uel MnskeRon Man.

Afuskegon, Mich Nov. 19.-Justice
Carr today imposed a fine Of so and s.
costs or 30 days IN Jail on Ethan Conlz-
lin for torturfnE and killing a pet cat
belonging to W. F. Gordon. The cat got
caught in a spring trap a year ago ana
one Of its front legs had to be amputa-
ted Conklin set a lot of dogs on her
and she backed up against "a tree and
with her remaining paw drove them Off,
when Conkifn took a stick and broke It.
The dogs were then set on her again
and injured her 80 that she had to be
IL
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COMES WITH LANTERN
Sheriff After a Prisoner Casts Re
hectlona on St Louia

St. Louis. Mo-. Nov. 19-sherim John
L Murphy Of Dixon. Mo. came 60 St.
Louis today with a lighted lantern to res
move Adolph Mahaney from the city
Jail to Maries county, where he viii DO
tried for murder.
The sheriff had read OF the darkened
condition Of ST. Louis streets. and ar
rived here prepared TO illuminate the
way for himself and his prisoner from
the -Four Courts 20 the union station.
He told the officers he did not propose
to lose sight OF his celebrated prisoner
for q second durInE The lourney.
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half local joint agent OF the Santa F-e
and Santa Fe Pacific roads. has been
promoted to the general authorship Of
the Southern Kansas division Of the
Santa Fe and will leave Albuquerque
in few days to assume his new duties.
F. ". Pate, who has been agent for the
road at Ration for some years, will sue
ceed Mr. Conrad
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s15o.ooo ON PUEBLO.
Santa Fe improvements There Indi-
cate Close Ties With C. & 8

As result of the visit Of General
Manager Il Z Nudge and party OF
officials Pueblo learns definitely that its
present depot viii be enlarged. the yards
extended. and an eight-mile cutoff TO
avoid a hill south OF the city soon built
After the completion OF the extension
OF the present yards, IL is the intention
10 abandon the old c. 6 s yards
This is taken as an indication that the
ties between the two roads are becom-
ing stronger. and that the joint track
agreement between Pueblo and Denver
IS q permanent institution
The improvements are expected 70 cost
Il the neighborhood OF $3.50. 900.
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IF van have CATARRH ,lnn cannnt affnrd ID

If you have CATARH you cannot afford indifer-
ent to its progress may be too late Ourndorse
ment are the voluntary expressions eminent physicians and
people who have themselves again found life worth living
by gaining perfect health and who seek benefit humanity
by their experience
you to the office of a far-famed specialist and
asked him to your 6atarrh Asthma Bronchitis Con-
sumption, would you follow his advice7 We give the
opinion of the most eminent practitioners of the United
States of the high value of Dr. Geo. Leinnges Solicited
Formaldehyde as the most powerful antseptc and germa-
eide yet discovered.
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Fort Dodge. Ia. Nov. 1s.-News was
received here today Of the death at his
old home in Ohio OF Capt j. A. o.
Yeoman. one OF the most prominent at
torneys OF northern Iowa Captain Yeo-
man is prominently mentioned IN the
United States government history Of the
civil war. He was enc Of the captors
Of Jefferson Davis. He was prouli-
rlent Democratic politician and foguneE
candidate for congress on that Ticket
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Geo. 7. HaTIey. NJ. D.. Professor OF Lung
and Throat Diseases, Chicago Clinical School, the
Largest Clinical School in the World. writing to
Dr. Geo. Leininger. says: Il have been using
your Formald ehyde Inhaler for Catarrh. Asthma,
Bronchitis. Hay Fever and other Nose, Throat
and Lung diseases. have found It superior to
any remedy so far discovered"
J. W. Shultz. N. D., President Of the Board
Of Health Of Wichita. in writing Of Forrnaldehyde
says. Il am satisfied that We now have an ALSO
lutte cure for consumption"
DR.. J. W. Peck, City Physician Of Indepsnd-
ence, No, writes; For effectiveness, simplicity
and economy as q disiafectant your Fornalde-
hyde Generator and Inhaler surpasses ANYTHING
that have seen or used. Catarrh, Asthma
Bronchitis, Sore Throat, surrender to its use
immediately-every household should use your
Generator TO Danish all germs and render the
atmosphere Of their homes pure, sweet and
healthful."
Dr. Chas. A. Benin, Of the Chicago Health
Department, says: II have used your Formal
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+ sages between Manila and points in Amer
lea and Europe are not subject to cen
sorship. all messages from the Philippines
and the Orient are censored as hereto
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ROCK ISLAND BUYS LAND.
Three Acres Bought in ArmourdaIe
For Switch Yards

The Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad company has purchased nearly
three acres OF land along the company's
tracks in ArmOurdale from the heirs of
Thomas Vickroy for SIS, s2S. The strip Of
land Is about II rods wide and over 40
rods long. BY building tracks On 1t from
time to time the company will material
" increase it's switching facilities and
have a convenient place for keeping cars
In reserve for rush orders.
The Rock Island has been enjoying
such a healthy growth in its business in
Kansas City that additional facilities
for handling it's cars have become 3 ne
eessity-