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New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
THE FEDERAL TREAsTrRy

Inc United States Treasury received last week
from customs s. 1856 AL from internal r,a, >, " o n
eaS and from miscellaneous sources S55s Or a to+,
Of S,2S4.sa2 Receipts for the month tn da,e e..
42Ss ss2; expenditures SIS 492 900: excess OF n.,
- sSoeez Receipts for the fiscal year. $3.50 424 Ol5
$Ai SS3; excess Of receipts ssoi2 4S2
me Ireasury's actual cash balance Increased a.
the week S,486s3. and now stands al s,A9 a5e eo-
Receipts OF national bank notes for redemption in
the week, S.72l O22 'h III
The Treasury statement of Saturday. conn.~.s
with that Of Saturday week ago. al Gu
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

December privilege of subscribing at par for one
share registered in their names Tor
Sc 600 600 of of S5 share is
payable on December 81 gNo stock be voted at the
annual meeting transferred within thirty
days preceding meeting Right to subscribe TO new
stock TO the Of 7-45 of stockholders holdings
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

BANK EXCHANGES; SALES RECoRDEB.
The bank exchanges Of the New-York Clearing
House ana the stocks sold at the New-York Stock
1. 1-1cn-ise iast week and the same week Of the
preceding two years compare as follows.
Dec. 81. 'ss Dec 81 "a rsc % .ao
Exchanges .SS75 6s0276 $3.50 500 e5 81 "a 0ss esa
No shares sold-- l.12s.0z2 3s25 20 a53 sSS
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RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

all stocks dealt se
of December8 80 net
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Actual
outstanding
tncates .......Sl23. $50 s19o
Deposits Ma '''~" oec Sl'zoi, ,13T
''A' "As''' s'-oIua2 lo2Olo7le Inc. 4.sos es4
Available cash. $500 eST 2l2 s294 o9e 800 =, -
Minor liabilities. 65g 23s 81 7e 30 c SSo5s8z7
Aot'I cash bal $40 027 s74 s14s 4be so7 In =, zoe -
Exclusive Of gold reserve sI5ooooooo
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Government bond quotations compare as follow.
with those Of a week ago:
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IL will thus be seen that the phenomenai ysSSsS'sa
1S99-I900 was rs per cent more than ~ ttrrres-
which was a high average silk season; ~ nan a
lSe9-ls00 but vet PEE cent more than Iess5 aown
The number OF mills that have eiossu uartaken
during 1900 the disasters that have oss
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MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.

STOCKS.
FURNISHED by Frederic n. Hatch. No. 30 Broad-st-)
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

1897 ises is"
imported 724ae SLsls I5sa 5si4 saIs7ss
Number OF N 10 16O SSi SS90IO4 11leSSts 80
Invoice value $50, ,sS6OO9 ss7 6Se ssS s42
'pSn nor,sa sN m $50 s1OSa2 2o79 $50 isooSs3 ,
Invoice value. SiOSS6i6 $SsA2sS S2'4''l' S''OV'''
Estimated
The worlds production OF raw SllR IN @ Ine fasris
three years and in the present SIN Se''9'" w.
matedO Is
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

ITIighlLow. Der. % Dec. % Ch'gs. I Sales.
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LExpAR rEARs-JANuARY TO pEcEmeER
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

-Ex dividend
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RAILROAD EARNINGS.

Total 90 cos S7.e4s.65o ss.292.97s Inc se44 ao9 a.
CHICAGO. INDIANAPOLIS AND IorrrsJr- o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06

Guiding December, 1888 was 81 de-
greSS below normal with a deficiency
of but 0.05 of an inch in precipitation;
for the spring the temperature was 90
degrees and the precipitation OBS of an
inch below normal; for the summer the
temperature was 0.8 degrees and the
rainfall OH of an inch above the nor
NAL, and for the fall an excess of 40
degrees prevailed with a deficiency of
0.06 of an inch in precipitation. The
freezing winter was good for the soil,
and though the spring was backward
and comparatively dry, the warm, wet
June brought the corn crop forward
rapidly, while July, the crucial month
for corn in Kansas, was cool and wet
almost insuring the corn crop and car
rying much of it beyond danger, and
40 degrees excess in temperature, with
a deficiency of 0.06 of an inch in pre-
cipitation, rendered the fall beneficial
for blowing, seeding and crop gather
ing.
The mean temperature for the year
was 54.3 degrees. The highest annual
mean was 574 degrees at Independence,
the lowest, 500 degrees, at Colby. The
highest temperature was ITO degrees at
Phillipsburg on June 2, and Viroqua and
Wallace on June 10, and the lowest, "a
degrees below zero, at Frankfort, on
February H.
The average precipitation was 28.O1
inches. The greatest annual amount
was 1912 inches at Columbus; the least,
1879 inches, at Wallace. The greatest
average monthly amount was 5.53 in
ches in June, with 5.32 inches in July;
the least, OBS of an inch in January.
The average snowfall for the year was
1915 inches. The greatest local amount
was 37.4 inches at Campbell, and the
least, rs inches at Hays City.
The mean pressure for the year was
30.02 inches The highest was BLOB at
Concordia, February IL; the lowest was
1892 at Kansas City, November 3d. The
range of pressure was 1.6S inches.
The prevailing wind was from the
south. Forty-s seven per cent. of the
days were clear. 80 per cent. partly
cloudy, q per cent. cloudy, and IS per
cent with measurable precipitation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
SANTA FE LOCALS

Roger Williams of Argentine was in
Topeka yesterday.
James Miller of the blacksmith shop
is again back to work after a few days
layoff on account of sickness.
Sam Clary of the tank department is
off for few Gays.
]. w. Gibbons, foreman of the loco
motive paint department, has returned
from his trip to Atchison.
Locomotive No. $40 was broken in to-
day.
E. S. Cooper, Geo. Real and Bert San
derson of the boiler shops are on the
sick list.
Engineer Ed Webb has gone to Ar
gentine to run a switch engine.
Fireman Young is laying off.
Fireman Ed Ash is representing the
Brotherhood of F'iremen at the meeting
of the Society of Labor and Industry.
Engineer Amos Beeler is attending
the session of the Society of Labor and
Industry, and is representing the engi-
neers there.
Joe McKeon, of the boiler shop, who
came near being suffocated by the
fumes of charco~l while working in d
tank last week, is again back to work.
A. E. Smith of the paint shop is lay
ing off on account of sickness.
Engineer Coggins was in charge of
the tandem compound locomotive No
697 yesterday, and will probably have
her assigned to his run permanently.
Mark Withers is back to work.
Clyde Middleton of the machine shops
is having considerable trouble with one
of his eyes which he had hurt a short
time ago.
Engineer Young of the Ration division
has been in town for the past few days
visiting friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
ANOTHER NEARLY READY.
Second Tandem Compound Passenger
locomotive Almost Completed.


There is now building at the Santa Fe
shops in this city and will be entirely
completed by the latter part of this
week, another new tandem compound
passenger locomotive, similar in size
and construction, to the tandem loco
motive No. 697. which was placed in the
passenger service of the road yester-
day afternoon.
This new tandem compound will be
numbered SOS, and was brought from the
east erecting shop to the paint shop, late
Monday afternoon, where the painters
have already begun their work on it
touches by Thursday and have the To-
connective in good condition for a trial
trip, which will be made on Friday or
Saturday AS the locomotive now
stands, the machinists are entirely fin
ished with their part Of the work, and
it only remains for the painters to fin
iSh up their work, and the paint to dry
in order to have the locomotive ready
for service.
This tandem compound is just like
the 697 designed by John Player, super
1ntendent Of machinery of the Santa
BE, and there is no doubt but that it
will make some wonderful records in
the way of fast time and pulling heavy
passenger trains. This is the seventh
locomotive of this pattern which has
been built at the Topeka shops of the
Santa Fe. The others consist of the
tandem compound passenger locomo-
tive, No. 697, and five tandem compound
freight locomotives, which are at pres
ent in the freight service near Ration,
N. M, and which are giving the best of
satisfaction. It is expected that the 697
and the 698, viii be placed in the pas
senger service between Topeka and
Marceline.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06

room for the railroad men, in the little
building near the Santa F'e round house,
for the use of Mr.. r. P. c. Sanderson,
the newly appointed assistant superin-
tendent of machinery Of the Santa F'e
road.
This room will make a very nice Office
and will be convenient to the shops and
to the other offices. The large door
connecting with the air brake and in
structiOn room on the east, is being
boarded up, and will form the back
ground for a cabinet for holding books
and papers. The room will be painted
and after being furnished with the
proper office furniture, viii make avery
cosy little office.
The reading room will be arranged
in the instruction room, and a door has
been cut from this room into the wash
room, so as to be of easy access to the
trainmen and all those who wish to use
it. Here also will be placed the lock-
ers of the engineers and firemen, as
also will the tables containing the pa
pers and railway journals, be situated
in convenient places. 1t is expected to
have the changes made and the office
ready for occupancy by the latter part
of the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
BRoUaHr TO TOPEKA.
Part Of the New Equipment of Rock
Island 10 Be Used Here.

From advices received at the passen-
ger department Of the Rock Island road
from Chicago, several new coaches
which have just been turned out of the
Pullman Car company's shops and de-
livered to the Rock Island the latter
part of last week, will be sent to To-
peka, and placed in service on Rock
Island trains Nos. Is and Il, and 25 and
26, running between Topeka and st.
Joseph.
These new coaches will arrive in To-
peka about Wednesday of this week
and will be Immediately put into daily
service on the above named trains.
These coaches are of the high back seat
order, and are very elaborate in their
interior finish, being of about the same
style and general make up as the reg
ular Pullmans. They are beautifully
upholstered, and are lighted with
Pintsch gas. All the modern improve
ments for comfort and safety are con-
tanned in these cars, and they will be
valuable additions to the already good
service of the Rock Island.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
PULLMAN BROWN.
That Will Hereafter Be the Color of
Santa Fe Coaches.

It is given out on good authority that
there will be an order issued in a few
days in the paint department of the
Santa F'e road to the effect that from
this time on all coaches of the Santa
Fe road will be painted pullman
brown" as body color. This Pull
man brown is the standard body color
of the Pullman sleepers. It is a very
pretty color, and will not show the dust
and dirt as much as the present shade
of red color which up to this time has
been the standard color of the Santa
F'e coaches.
This order will be issued in a few
days, and will be effective at once. 1t
will cover all new cars which are to
be built at the shops, and as fast as
any of the old coaches of the Santa
F'e are sent to the shops for repairs,
or can be spared from the service long
enough they will be repaintcd and made
to confirm to the color as laid down in
this order. It is said that this change
has been talked of for some time, and
only lately was it definitely decided to
make it effective.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
PREVENTS TICKET PLUGGING
Rock Island has Apparently Solved
a Serious Question

There is in use on the Rock Island
road one of the most perfect styles of
tickets for local use which has up to
the present time been devised. This
kind of ticket is called the simplex
ticket, and has been in active daily
use on the Rock Island for the past
seven years. During this time it has
proven to be a success, and is very
simple and satisfactory.
This simplex ticket is printed on good
fairly heavy paper, and is exceedingly
easy Of manipulation. The names of
the different stations are printed in reg
ular order in a column near the mid
die of the ticket, and the destination
of the passenger buying the ticket is
indicated by tearing in two lengthwise,
leaving a small projecting tongue of
the paper, TO show to what station the
ticket is good. The part with the pro-
lection on is given to the purchaser.
and the corresponding other part of
the ticket is sent to the auditor of the
road.
1t viii be very plainly seen that this
ticket exactly fills the bill and each
portion of the ticket tells, either to the
passenger or the auditor, to what sta
tion the ticket was sold. 1t is impos-
sibie to make a. mistake, and in no
way can the ticket be changed after it
is once sold and torn for any particular
station. In addition the use of this
kind of a ticket saves the expense of
printing and the use of local card tick
cts for the many stations along the
Rock Island road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
TO CLOSE OGDEN GATEWAY.
Union Pacific May Attempt to Con-
troll Through Traffic.

Denver, Feb. 6.-There may not be
blood on the headlight, but there will be
a dark red glare, according to reports
from Omaha, before the new train
schedule, recently agreed upon at San
Francisco, has been in operation very
many moons. 1t is rumored that the
Union Pacific and it's eastern connec-
tions are somewhat alarmed at the
combination entered into by the Rock
Island, the Burlington and the lines be-
tween Denver and Ogden, and are plan
ming to drift some of the travel the new
combine expects to control over the In
ion Pacific. 1t is asserted that the I'm
ion Pacific has threatened or is PLAN
ming to close the Ogden gateway to the
combination
Just how much travel that may di-
vert from the new schedule is not as
certainable at present, but it is believ-
ed that the lines interested have care
fully considered all the advantages and
know probably what can and may be
done in any case of action on the part
of the big Overland line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
TEMPERATE YEAR.
1899 Had the Coolest February and
Warmest October in Years.

The following is the summary for
1899 issued by the climate and crop SER
vice of the weather bureau for the Kan
sas section:
While the year 1899 was one of about
normal temperature, there was consid-
cradle variation from the normal in the
different months; January, May, Au-
gust, October and November, gave tenn
peratures above the normal, while Feb
ruary, March, April, June, July, Sep
TENDER and December, were deficient
in temperature. February, October and
November were phenomenal in their de-
partures, the first named being the
coolest February on any of the records
of the state. and the latter two the
warmest October and November on the
same records. The months with least
departure from the normal were jan
uary with an excess of la degrees, and
June, with a deficiency of OIL degree,
and September with a deficiency of 0.3
degree.
The mean temperature for 1899 was
54.3 degrees, which compared with the
annual means for the preceding u years
is OIL degree above the normal, but COM
pared with the normals of the stations
many of which have much longer rec
ords, it is normal. During the past II
years the highest annual mean was 55.S
degrees in 1896, and the lowest 52.6 de-
grees, in 1892.
The temperature was above the nor
male in the counties north of the Smoky
Hill river from sheridan TO jackson IN
the southeastern and eastern counties,
and in the southwestern from Kearny
to Sedgwick.
The precipitation is 1.24 inches above
the normal; the precipitation was de-
ffcient in January, February, April,
May, August, September and October.
and above normal in March, June, July,
November and December, the greatest
departures being an excess of 1.24 in
ches in June and Ito inches in July,
and a deficiency of 0.92 of an inch in
April and 0.79 of an inch in August.
During the preceding II years the great
est annual precipitation was 1926 in
ches in 1898, and the least, 20.12 inches,
in 1893 The precipitation was above
normal in the western counties between
Sherman and Morton; this excess
trending southeastward recurved in
Ffnney and Gray and swept across to
the northeastern counties between
Jewell and Doniphan, a spur extending
from Stafford, Rice, and Mcpherson to
the southeastern counties between
Sumner and the Missouri line. The
greatest deficiencies were 7.39 inches
in Rawlins and 7.87 inches in Coffey,
the greatest excess being 7.7S inches in
Ford and 9.SS inches in Elk.
The temperature for the winter Gn-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
Tell the Story of Enormous
Commercial Growth.
THIS COUNTRY LEADS.
Has by Far the Greatest Mile
age and Motive Power.
Twice as Much Freight Handled
Yearly as In Great Britain.

Tt is within the memory of many Of
the elder men of this country when the
first railway locomotive was put into
service, says the Railway Journal, yet
within that scope of time the develop
ment OF the railroad has become so
enormous that its aggregate figures al
most stagger the mind of the most as
tute statistician. In this country there
is no other industry outside of that OF
agriculture, that employees as great an
army of men as the railroads.
In the United States there are 1885,,
532 miles of railroad; Germany 29,984;
France rs, S62; European Russia 25,357;
Great Britain 1884; British India 21,-
543. The United States has 36.746 loco
motives, Great Britain 19. COZ, Germany
1882, France 10,502 Russia S74S, and
British India 4,25S Great Britain has
more locomotives per mile than any
other country, owing to the congestion
OF her population. She also has more
because her coaches have from 80 to so
per cent less capacity than those Of the
United States. Her passenger cars
number g., 252. Germany IS. 500 and those
of the United States SO, 1893 AS for pas
Sengers, Great Britains yearly record is
1852. 911 600; United States is 69S 342, 900;
Germany's e46 431, 600; Frances 382, 24O,-
coo; British midas $50 600 900 and Rus
sta's 100000. But it should be remem-
bered that the average journey in the
United States is much longer than that
OF the European countries, notably than
that of Great Britain, where the large
number of passengers is due greatly to
the enormous suburban service in and
about London But when it comes to
freight, the yearly records stand as fol-
lows: United States 913, 600, 900 tons;
Great Britain 437, 900, 900; Germany &c.
600, 900; France 120, 600 900; Russia g.
100000, and British India 5000, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
FROM LAS VEGAS.

Frank Engleman, of ChilIicothe, is
the new clerk in Superintendent Hur-
ley's office.
Grant Selby, relief agent, is at La
who is at Las Vegas hospital on &C
count of sickness.
w. c. Bradley, a former Las Vegas
freight conductor, is now superintend-
ent Of terminals on the Mexican Cen
trail, at Tampico, Mexico.
Fireman Trask has returned from an
extended trip to the Pacific northwest
Fireman Dunn, from ST. Louis, where
his uncle recently died; Fireman
Murphy is laying off, account of sick
wife; Fireman Glow is back from the
Topeka headquarters, whittier he went
as chairman of the local grievance
committee; Fireman Barney Gilbride is
nursing sick finger at the Las Vegas
railroad hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
ONE FIRM 70 DO ALL
Uncommon Contract Drawn For sa-
pulpa Extention of Frisco.

pulpa Extention of Frisco.
st. Louis, Feb. 6-The building and
equipment of 200 miles of railroad over
a comparatively undevelOped country is
a large undertaking, but when all the
work is to be done by one firm, from
the preliminary surveys to placing the
rolling stock upon the completed tracks
and putting furniture in the station
houses built along the road, the under
taking is especially noteworthy. That
is exactly what is to be done in the
extension of the Frisco railroad from
Sapulpa, I. T., to Sherman or DenisOn,
Texas. The single contract which COW
ers all this work is held by the firm Of
Johnston Brothers, of st. Elmo, Ill. The
amount involved is in the neighborhoOd
of $4,000 900, but the whole transaction
OF agreeing on terms, placing the bonds
which are to pay for the work and sign
ing the final contract, including the
time necessary for the printing of the
contract and specifications, occupied
only fifteen days.
During the past week subcontracts
were let which cover nearly all the de-
tails Of the undertaking. Four survey
Ing parties are now in the field securing
a right of way and working as rapidly
as possible to be ready for the work of
grading to begin. Last week Johnston
Brothers shipped to the Indian Territory
from Baskerville, Ia, sixty car loads of
mules and grading tools. Twenty car
loads had already been shipped and
about twenty more followed later in the
week. The entire outfit will be put to
work at the earliest possible moment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
BALL PREPARATIONS ON.
Big o. R. C. Affair viii Be Held In
Security Hall


The place of holding the big o. R. c.
ball in this city has been changed. It
will be at Security hall, corner of Sew
enth and Kansas avenue instead of the
Knights of Pythias hall The date of
the ball is February p, Washington's
birthday.
The committees who will have charge
of the affair have been named and are
as follows:
Arrangements-8Ir W. H. Hutton,
Mr.. George Speer, and Mr.. George TIL
ford.
F'loor-Mr ]. H. Griffith, Mr.. A. ].
RAIDER, Mr.. George Speer, Mr. w. H.
Hutton, Mr. D. E. Shaffer. and Mr.. ia
cob Albright.
Invitation and reception-The entire
Topeka division.
Conductor H. E. Griffin will act as
master of ceremonies and the music
will be furnished by Steinberg's orches-
ira. All of the social affairs of Topeka
division 179 have been big successes, and
the ball this year will be no exception
to the rule.
A large number of railroad men from
neighboring cities will be in attendance
at the ball.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
FROM HORTON.

Engineer Cuthbertson has been visit
ing in Horton the past week.
Mike Farrell. of the tin shop, is off
duty on account of two mashed fingers
The new wareroom for the store
house is now all completed but the floor.
A. B. Schrantz, an old time roadmas-
ter located at this place, was in Hor-
ton recently.
Fireman Ray Virgins has been trans
rerred to Fairbury, where he is assign
ed to a passenger run on the 1854, Fair
bury to Council Bluffs, with Jim Jack
son.
Engineer John Cuthbertson and Fire
man Tommy Utter took their engine out
of the shops last week and went to
BelleVille.
VIM. Holt, from Grafton, West Va.
arrived in the city Monday, and has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
GEO. W. SMITH HERE
he Now Has Charge of Mechanical
Work West of ALBUQUERQUE.

George w. Smith. master mechanic
of the Santa Fe-Pacific and Southern
California roads. with headquarters at
Albuquerque, is in Topeka for a few
days, and was at the Santa Fe shops
yesterday afternoon, renewing his ac-
quaintance with his many friends there.
Mr.. Smith has been located at Albu-
querque for nearly two years, and from
his general healthy appearance, the eli
mate at Albuquerque seems to agree
with him.
Mr.. Smith was located in Topeka for
a number of years previous to his
transfer to Albuquerque, and during his
stay here, he made a host of friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
An Editors Life Saved by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy.

During the early part of October, 1896, I
contracted a bad cold which settled on my
lungs and was neglected until 1 feared
that consumption had appeared in an in
cipient state. 1 was constantly coughing
and trying to expel something which
could not. 1 became alarmed, and after
giving the local doctor a trial bought a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and the result was immediate improve
ment and after I had used three bottles
state-B S. Edwards, Publisher of The
Review, Wyant, III. For sale by all drug