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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10
WHAT THEY SEE.

The storm OF protest cngendered by
the passage of the Porto Rican tariff
bill in the House is by no means dying
out. but Grows in volume each day.
The representatives who voted for
the measure, it is asserted at the ex-
press request OF the President, now see
defeat staring them in the face. 1t
will not DO for these men who are re-
sponsible for the bill to seek justin-
cation behind the plea that it is a ne
cessity in order that the question of
Porto Ricos constitutional relation
ship to this country may be deter
mined.
1t is not too late for the President. in
the discharge Of the responsibility that
rests upon him and the duty he owes
to this country to discharge his
plain duty" in this case.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10
Warm Words
of Communication
from a weII-kn0Wn
Methodist minister.

HAVE KNOWN DIR. FREY
ABOUT YEARS, while living In Roam
okc City. lie having practccd in my fam
lily during that time With skill and sue
cess. Though a young man then HE
ENJOYED THE REPUTATION OF a
SKILLFUL, PAINSTAKINC. AND COM
PETENT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Since l came to Norfolk DIR FREY
HAS TREATED ME FOR CATARRH
OF NOSE. THROAT AND BRONCHIAL
TUBES. THE TREATMENT RESULT
ING. ! BELIENE. IN y PERMANENT
CURE. regard DR.. frey as worthy in
every way of the confidence and patron
age of the people OF Norfolk
REV. a. IT, WAY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10

From the rcrort OF the Senate Com
mittec on Manufactures 1t would APP
pear that the adulterations in food are
enormous. and many articles of diet are
about as badly mixed as some people
politics.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10

The New York Mail and Express says
that the Porto Rico bill is neither free
anti-impcrialistic, and is just the legis-
lation that demagogucs thrive on. This
is strong language, hut where is the
man that will not say it is the truth?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10
No. 3 Byrd Place. Norfolk.

Rev. Mr.. Way gave me the above tes-
timonial OVER n YEAR AGO. AL
though the past winter has been I'M
usually trying to persons suffering from
any disease of nose. throat or lungs. he
states that HE HAS HAD NO RETURN
WHATEVER OF CATARRHAL SYMP-
TOMS. HE'S CURED TO STAY
CURED.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10

The Russian papers are not pleased
with Lord Roberts victory over the
boens, and have seized upon that as an
occasion for the most violent abuse OF
Great Britain
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10

The House has failed to recognize tn,
Injunction Of Mckinley as to its ''plaiI
duty" and hence there is trouble
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10

The New York World charactcrizcs
the action of the House in passing the
Porto Rican bill as "stupcndous stul-
tihcat!on" This language can hardly
be improved on
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10

Mr.. McKinlcy's name will go down
in history as the Reversible President.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10
e. C. JORDAN.
c.. G.. GALtIIEIiIR.
WALTER JORDAN.
ALIEN. KING,
JOHN w. PRICE.


The gentlemen of the committee who
signed this card have ignored the main
question involved. Under old Virginia
rules a gentleman is always justified in
resenting personal insult. but under
the laws of Virginia q man has no right
to carry concealed weapon, yet Mr..
Whitehead, who is one of the law
makers of this statement into the com
mittee room with 4 pistol in his pocket,
and upon what he deemed sufficient
provocntion drew his pistol and at
tempted to shoot one of his asseil-
ants.
The members of the committee. in
their card. took no note whatever OF
this fragrant violation of the law of the
State, by lawmn l<er of the State. and
not one word of condemnation of Mr..
Whitehcad's lawless act appears in
thcr publication.
1t is with genuine sorrow that we
note this incident. The carrying of
concealed weapons is a vicious practice,
against which the press OF this state
has been battling for years. But how
can we expect men to give it up when
a member of the Legislature carries
pistol in his pocket and when his
brother members justify him?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10

MNrch T. HOO.
Tho undersigned viii continue the gen
era; real estate business under the iirm
same location. room iGG fourth floor. Co
lumbia building, and assumes all iiabili-
ties of the old firm
March /. 1860. mh2-iot
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
APPROVING MIR. WHITEHEAD.
(The Richmond 1,imes.)

Ntue INiCIllIlOnCt 1WleS.)
The following card was printed in The
Times OF yesterday:
To Whom 1t May Concern:
With reference to the difficulty that
occurred before the Committee on
General LAWS OF the House of Dele
gates on the I'd day of March. 1900, be-
tween Hon. John. Whitehead. of Nor
folk, Va. and Mr. S. S. Lambeth and
others. OF the same city. we, the under
signed members OF the committee who
were present, regret the occurrence of
the personal difficulty between the gen.
tlcmen named We are of opinion that
the Hon. John Whitehead was fully
justified In resenting the language used
by Mr.. lambeth
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-10

IT, HE FIRM OF W. NJ. MOORE &
CO. :s this day dissolved by mutual
consent Mr.. W. ~. Doyle withdrawing
w NJ MOORE.
W. W. DOYLE
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The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
FROM EMPORIA

Fireman c. Cloud. who has been
working out Of Newton west for sew
eraI months. has returned and again
entered the Emporia pool
There are about fifteen f1remen scat
tered around over the country that be
long here. Six or seven are at FNt AIadi-
son, six at Arkansas City and several
are running west out of Newton
Several extra engineers from Topeka
have been sent to Ration, \. NJ, for
temporary service, on account of the
stock rush No more will be sent from
here at present, as they cannot be
spared
Fireman Wiseman is the latest aGdi-
tion to the extra board He has been
extra fireman at Strong City for some
time and was brought here to take the
place of some Of the hremen who are
in Arkansas City.
Fireman Chas. Roush and Ike Wilson
have been sent TO Arkansas City for
Temporary service. There are now six
hreInen and two engineers from this
division there The demand for engine
crews is caused by the stock rush which
has lust begun.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
CATHOLIC COLLEGES
Hold Their Second Annual Conference
at Chicago.


Chicago, April 1S.-The second annual
conference of Catholic colleges of
America and Canada, began here today
at St. James high school hall. Monsig
neur COuaty. rector of the Catholic un-
iversity at Washington. D. C, presided.
Prominent Catholic educators, repre-
senting nearly all the Catholic colleges
of the country are in attendance Many
able papers have been prepared on sub
jects which are OF great Importance to
the delegates. The object Of the con-
ference this year is the unifying OF
Catholic collegiate education
This morning session was devoted to
the discussion OF uniformity of en-
trance into the Freshman class with
paper on the subject by Rev. L A De
lurey of VillanoOa college.
THE relatives merit of courses in
Catholic and nOn-CathOlic colleges for
the bacca laureate" was the title of Il
paper by Rev. Timothy Brosnahan Of
Woodstock college, Baltimore The
speaker declared that the 420 non-Cath-
oIic colleges in this country are so di-
verse in their demands that they defy
classification.
In the afternoon a paper by Rev. Jas
A Burns of the NOtre Dame university
entitled The elective system of stud
les" was discussed
This evening Mgr Conaty, president
of the conference will deliver his an
nuaI address.
Among others who are present and
viii deliver addresses are Very Rev
Patrick 5. McHale of the Niagara uni
versity, Rev. John P Carroll, St JOS
eph's college. of Dubuque. Ia. and Rev.
NJ p. DOwling, OF the Creighton uni
versity of Omaha, Neb.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
Many Improvements Being Made
by Rock Island Here.
Expenditures For Work VIII
Amount to $4,000.
WE'LL ARRANGED YARD
Six Miles of New Track For
Switches Now Built.
ROundhOuse, Ice House and Coal
Chute to Be Constructed.

The Rock Island Railroad company is
making a number OF improvements in
this city
New switch yards are being arranged
south of the river and west Of the kan
sas river bridge The track used for
cleaning stock cars is built on the edge
of the river. Refuse from the cars IS
thrown on the south side Of the track
and IS used to I'll up the low ground
The embankment Just south of the
main track. which is about Is to 20 feet
high. viii be torn down in the course Of
several months The dirt. It Is eSuUa-
ted will completely I'LL in the low space
of ground. A vein OF stone OF a g0OQ
quality runs through this embankment
The vein is something over three feet
thick It Will be taken out and used
After this hill has been torn down
and taken away. the main line Of the
straightened out BY doing this the
necessity for the use OF semaphores
Z Will be done away with, because OF the
fact that all the signaling may then be
done from the Office
Already about six miles Of switches
have been laid and the WOrkmen are
still engaged in continuing the work In
connection with the switch yards, q new
100 ton track scale will be placed in the
yards. Tfns is considerably heavier than
/ the average scale IN use over the sys-
tenn Ordinary scales are only OF from
40 10 90 tons capacity. but OF late, the
company has been putting in these new
100 ton scales at all important points
An ice house, the dimensions Of which
are 2Sxe4 feet, and TWO stories high, has
| already been built. This IS a substau-
TALLY built building worth about 81, SOC.
| It's capacity IS 600 tons
A coal chute IS also among the i'm
proVemeuts decided upon for this place.
It's capacity is to be 10 pockets which
Will all be on one side Its cost viii be
/ in the neighbOrhOOd Of $500 II VIII be
/ erected in such a place that if the needs
I Of the road demands il. more pockets
may be added onto it,
I the center of the 7. At present it will
only be built with four stalls When
/ the main track is Strengthened out
| there viii be room to enlarge the round
/ house TO any size that may become nee
! essary for the accommodation Of the
! traffic A 3 foot iron turntable viii BE-
1 placed in position in front Of the round
I house The material used for the con-
| structiOn Of the rOuudhOuse is the best
/ that can be obtained for this class OF
/ building The walls viii be of stone and
/ brick with a brick floor. With the in
I creased amount of traffic It has becOne
necessary to have a cinder pit. This
| viii be built in close proximity to the
l rOundhouse.
In all. the expenditures for the i'm
] provements which viii be made here
this summer viii aggregate probably
| from S35.000 to $40 GOO
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
Purchase of Kansas Midla nd.

In the purchase Of the Kansas Mid
land, extending from Wichita to Els
worth. los miles, by the St Louis &
San Francisco Railroad company. the
consideration is S1,10O, 900 Of Kansas
Midland division first mortgage per
cent bonds, and 1865, 900 common stock
trust certificates of the St Louis & San
Francisco railroad The new Frisco
bonds are authorized for 81, 300, 900 of
which s200, 600 will be reserved for future
improvements on the Kansas Midland
division. Interest viii accrue from April
1. The new securities viii be distributed
pro rata to the 81, SOS. eco outstanding
Midland bonds less the amount to pay
expenses and some $50, ,000 receivers
certificates This deduction VIII be in
the ueighborhood of 5000, COO
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
MADISON BANK WINS.
Judge Hook Decide Controversy Over
the Credits in Emporia Cross Bank.

the Credits in Emporia Cross Bank.
Judge Hook has decided the contro-
versy between the Madison State bank
and Morton AIbaugh, as receiver Of the
First National bank Of Emporia, in IA
vor OF the Madison bank. The suit was
one Of the many growing out Of the
failure OF the First National, which was
followed by the temporary closing of
the Madison bank because of its con-
nection with the First National of En-
poria-
William Martindale. vice president of
the Emporia bank. was president Of the
Madison bank and its heaviest stock
holder, and the Madison bank carried
the time of the crash the books of the
Madison bank showed that it had s37,-
600 on deposit in the First National Of
Ernporia, but the books of the Emporia
bank showed only S200 and the suit
was over the difference, 81, 900.
Morton Albaugh as receiver Of the
Emp0ria bank took the books Of that
bank as conclusive and refused the
claim for the 81, 900 made by the Madi-
son bank.
It IS claimed that President Cross was
in the habit of charging OF some of the
deposit of the Madison bank now and
then without the knowledge Of the
cashier of the latter bank. and in this
tempt was made by the defense to show
that the books of the Emporia bank
were correct and that there was some
thing wrong with the Madison bank.
but Judge Hook held otherwise and de-
cided that the Madison bank is entitled
To credit for S37. 600 deposit instead of
only $40, 600.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
A LETTER FROM CUBA.
W. H Sears Tells of Island Life in the
Lawrence Journal


W h Sears has written the following
letter to the Lawrence Journal: He re-
Esrs 70 General Funston in a portion Of
Santiago de Cuba. April H.
am pelng entertained by the EIweu
boys, Kick and Charles, and You ought
10 know what that means, but you don't
so VIII Try 70 tell you I stay with
them in their bachelor quarters three
large airy rooms overlooking the bav
Coffee with milk is served in our rooms
sometimes in our pa5arnas as soon a. We
are out Of bed This IS an We 49, ~,
fore breakfast, which comes at II-30 at
the COsmOpgIftan CI1Ih where +F7a t,,or-S
take their meals Breakfast begins with
soup, followed by some eight or ten
courses. and ends with coffee and cigars
Dlnner IS served at P H. and IS the
Yesterday I met Colonel Juan Maria
Portuando. who was with Funston for
one year during the Cuban war For two
hours he regaled me with stories of Fun
ston and the Cuban war Then he took
me 10 the arsenal and showed me the
identical guns used by Funston and him
Griggs-Schroeder twelve-pounder with
which Funston did execution at Las
TuniS- I also saw the dynamite gun and
the Hotchkiss They are keDt a. rnenlar7-
toes of the Cuban war Colonel Portuarsfo o
told me that Funston and himself stood
beside Osgood when he was killed: shot
through the head General Garcia i'm
mediateIy asked Funston If he felt com
petent to handle the artillery Funston
e4la SLrds. 4 wiz AtS- s4f- GeueEaA ear-
cla placed him N command at once and
he remained in command until captured
by the SDaniar1S- Colonel POrtuaudO is
now chief engineer of public works Of
the provinces Of Santiago and Puerto
Principe
Kick and 7 visited San Luis last sun
day and saw the place where the Twenty
third Kansas was camped- Captain wal
Ter of that regiment is still here He is
foreman of gang Of road makers en-
ployed by the Barber Asphalt company.
At san Luis I visited several coffee and
sugar plantations At the Santa Ana
plantation We were entertained at break
fast Here we witnessed the christening
Of forty-four negro children. tweuty-foUr
girls and twenty boys The boys all
kicked and yelled. while the girls were
/ very quiet Out of a population Of 90l
/ in San Luis. 2500 are femalesl It costs
so much here to be married in the usual
| way. that very few indulge in that luxury
and prefer. women well as men t1
I live together without the expensive for
mality OF a Spanish marriage
4 Last night I had a talk with Dr.. Gas
/ tillO- the famous Cuban general He told
me that the Cubans wanted Independence
/ and that they would be ready TO take fuI
/ charge of the island within eighteeT
| months from now. The general does no
/ anticipate any trouble from the negroes
/ He believes they viii follow the lead o.
the educated whites just as they did dur
( ing the revolution He said that the Gu
bans should first be placed in control o
the municipal government. then the pro
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
FROM Las VEGAS.

Louie Bishop has resigned his posi-
tion as yard clerk to accept a place at
the tie-preserving works
Fireman c. Ross has taken a fifteen
days leave of absence and viii visit
his mother in Kansas
Fireman Earl Fullenwider, who
jumped from his engine at Wootton
station and got caught by the cars,
died Of his injuries at the La JUEta
hospital. He was a married man and
leaves a wife and child
Luis Timmermacher, of Chicago, O.,
is in FL Paso, called there by the i'll
ness of his brother VIII, who has been
in the dispatcher's department of the
Santa F'e during his residence in that
city. He viii return east with his
brother as soon as his condition viii
permit him to travel.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
Independent Action.

Western roads voted down a PROPOSE
ton to make reduced rates for the an
nuaI convention of the National Music
Teachers association to be held in Des
AIOines in June Both the Rock Island
and the Chicago Great Western roads
announced today that in consequence
OF this course they viii take independent
action and make a rate Of one fare for
the round trip from all points outside
the state of Iowa, and a rate Of a fare
and third for the round trip from
points within that state. In no case
Will a higher rate be charged from
points within the state than the min
imum from points outside the state. The
rates viii be made June Is TO y, good
to return June %.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
NEODESHA REGISTER SOLD
Bought by Fred Badger, Formerly of
the State Journal

Fred Badger, for several years on the
reportoriaI staff Of the State Journal,
and later with the Kansas City Times
and Kansas City Star, has purchased
the Neodesha, Kan. Register, and the
Benedict Courier, and viii assume con-
troll May / The paper is the leading
publication of the Wilson county city,
and the chances are that under Mr.
Badgers management it Will increase
in popularity
Mr.. Badger has been in the newspa-
per business on his own account before
Before coming to Topeka he published
a. paper at MuscOtah, Atchison county.
During his connection with the State
Journal he demonstrated his briIIiancy
as a newspaper man. and when he left
here it was to take a responsible posi-
ton on the Kansas City Times For the
past three years Mr.. Badger has been
on the staff of the Kansas City Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
THE ONLY aTRAINMIsTREss.1 >
She Lives in New Mexico and Han
died Southern Pacific Trains For
Months

Fort Worth, Tex. April 1S.-The fol-
lowing story was told by Mr. A NJ
Strong, an old newspaper man and rail-
roader. who was here recently on his
way to COlOradO:
Tt is so very seldom that even the
new woman rises to an official position
in railroad work. and so seldom that she
invades the domain of man in the de-
partments that require executive abili-
Y, coupled with intimate knowledge Of
train service, that the career of Mrs.
Nora Pease of ella Bend, n. NJ, as
trainmistress q don't believe that word
was ever used befOre) makes an interest
ing story In May of 1883, when Admiral
Dewey's victory had aroused such q
blaze Of patriotic enthusiasm through
out the land, o. F. Peese. trainmaster
of the Southern Pacific railway to ella
Bend, turned his Office and Instructions
over to his wife and Hoped" for the
nearest recruiting station. leaving Mrs
Pease TO temporarily handle a position
that often taxes the ability of the
smartest railroad men
-Four years of constant association
with railroad men-for in that Out-Of-
the-Way place there was no other So
cieUy-Often during the rusheS of bust
ness called to help her husband through
some OF the troubles that arise in an
office covering 50 many details, and
previous to her marriage service as tel
egraph operator at one Of the larger
stations on the line had given Mrs.
duties OF the position. She knew she
could handle the work until such time
as the company saw fit TO replace her
with a competent man, so Immediately
after her husband left she wired the
general Office the condition Of affairs al
ella Bend From some cause or other
no attention was paid to the telegram
A day OF two later she wrote the super
intendeut the full particulars. and thez
came an answer appointing her acting
tratnmaster- The official said he would
be out in a day or two to see how things
were moving He came. and was evil
IDENTIFY satisfied with the condition of af-
fairs, for no change was made. and the
lady was secure in a position that never
before has been occupied By one of hel
sex
Mr. Pease was fnvalided and dis
charged in December Of 1888. and on hi.
return was reinstated in his old position
For eight months previous his wife hae
I enjoyed the distinction OF being the only
woman trainmaster in the world, anC
today should anything arise that woulC
l necessitate her husbands retirement
/ she would undoubtedly be appointed i
l she would accept"
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
SANTA FE LOCALS

". J. Shaffer. who was severely hurt
by the steam hammer, several weeks
ago. has returned to work
H. Joslin and Lee Mills, of the coach
paint shop, have resigned their posi-
tions.
Henry Gilbert. OF the machine shop,
was hurt yesterday by a piece of a
broken chisel striking him in the left
cheek
A A Clark. of the coach paint shop.
is laying off.
John Morgan, Of the blacksmith de-
partment, is sick
Frank DevIin, Of the blacksmith de-
partment, has been off about three
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18

weeks suffering with the fever. He
will return IN about q week
O. r. johnson. of the coach paint
shop. who has been laying off on ac-
count of sickness, has returned to work
Helper Patrick Mofitt, of the black
smith shop, IS laying of on account Of
Sickness
Joseph Kern, Of the machine shop.
was struck on the wrist by a chip from
a rivet- making an ugly cut.
James Dewitt, an apprentice in the
machine shops. was struck on the left
leg by a piece OF iron Tuesday. He
went to the hospital for treatment.
Geo. FTudley, of the blacksmith shop,
was laying of yesterday.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-18
ROCK ISLAND MEETING.
Officials Are Talking Time Card in
Chicago.

Superintendent w H Stillweu and
Assistant General Passenger and Ticket
Agent e W Thompson OF the Rock
Island are IN Chicago this week attend
ing a meeting of the officials of the
company. A few changes in the time
card are under consideration. The
freight and passenger Departments
are represented at this meeting
The greater part of the week win be
spent in the consideration Of the needs
Of the road at the different points. In
this way it viii be determined what
changes are necessary. Nothing def
mite can be learned. however, concern
ing the moves which viii be made until
the end Of the Week