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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-28
PROM WELLTNGToN.

A. E. Austin formerly trainmaster Of
this division, but now trainnaster Of the
Oklahoma division, with headquarters at
Arkansas City, recently lost an eye. It
was removed at the Santa Fe hospital at
Topeka. Mr.. Austin recently had small
pox and pneumonia. and it settled in his
eye. 1t is said that he may lose the other
WIN Ingham. formerly with the Frisco
in this city, but now relief agent for the
Santa Fe. is in the city visiting friends.
Brakeman Ollie Smith is on the sick list,
suffering with the grip.
A lot OF extras went out recently. Bush
ness is picking up some.
The n1ne-spot double-headed out on 49,
to Medicine Lodge the other morning for
service on the branch.
Superintendent Whisenand. Roadmaster
Meade and General Foreman Hildebrand
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AFRAID OF 1T.
Mortgage Law Throws the House In
to Spasms.

Mortgage law is a signal for a fight
IN tire house Just before noon today
the house went houndering again. This
time it was showed down to the foot
Of the calendar and it is hoped will never
get up again. At the close OF the last
round Judge Hoag, of Wyandotte. land
ed with a substitute that governed the
closing Of liens when one-ihird Of the
purchase price has been paid.
This morning there was . printed bill
distributed, headed AN ace'' and bear
ing no name. 1t is the Mason bill with
two provisions attached To meet objec-
tons brought out in previous debates
one requiring knowledge OF waivers and
the other giving IL months redemption
on homesteads.
Grattans Of Mcpherson, broke out at
once.
THE print is a bill sent in here by lob
byists and object TO its being intro
duced here
Everyone seemed at sea. The multi
plicity Of rnortage law bills IS enough to
make members heads swim. and they
are dazed whenever the subject comes
up.
Short. Of Cloud. had Oh Jections to
make and he made them
I've never heard the people ask for
a mortgage law he said Tt seems as
if somebody was trying to ram a bill
Of some kind down the throat of this
house As fast as we have turned down
unsatisfactory bills these lobbyists. who
have even been on the floor Of this house,
are ready with another. I'm opposed
to tampering with the mortgage law
and especially considering a bill here
that has no name attached to it,
Steve Case, of Haskell, said there are
people demanding a law. His people
want to borrow money at 2 lower and
easier rate.
Then the house got into deep water
and a parliamentary Wrangle over where
they were at. Finally a motion to lay
on the table all the bills and substitutes
was twisted about to send them all back
to committee of the whole. This car
ried. It was asked If the question stay
ed at the head of the calendar under
general orders. The chair ruled there
was no such understanding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-28
SANTA EELocAr.s

Fred Farra and Edwin Wells are new
men at work in the car repairing shop
Engines 237 and 036 were out on trial
trips yesterday. The 237 win go into serv-
ice on the Oklahoma division and the OBS
on the middle division
Fireman Beeler has reported for duty.
No. 1 ran in two sections yesterday on
account of the excursion traffic
r. R. Gable, chairman of the board of
through Topeka yesterday on his way to
Pasadena, Cal The car in which Mr.
Gable Travelled was one of the finest pri-
vate cars ever seen in Topeka, and was
specially designed by Mr.. Cable himself
several years ago. His trip is one purely
of pleasure.
Henry AfcDade and Mark Withers. two
sw1tchmen who have been laying on for
some time. are on duty again.
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AN IDEAL RAILWAY.
Plan For Revolutionizing Transporta-
ton System in Germany.

Washington Feb est IS reported
that Emperor William has expressed
himself in favor of a complete change
In the entire German railway service ae-
cording to a communication received at
the state department from Consul Cen
eraI Guenther at Frankfort. At an
audience recently held by Privy Coun-
c1llor Rathenau, promoter of great
electrical enterprises, the later gave the
emperor detailed information emphasize
ing the necessity Of constructing cleo
trical railways for direct and rapid con-
nectiOn between Berlin and the principal
cities of the German empire He also
brought out the fact that 2 great IA
tional triumph would be gained if Ger
many could be the leader in the creation
of an entire electrical railway system.
The German secretary OF war has
placed the military line from Berlin to
Zossenat at the disposal of the promot-
ers who are urging upon the govern
ment this mode of travel for expert
in length and it is hoped that q speed of
from IS to SO miles an hour can be at
tanned The cars VIII accommodate fifty
passengers each and VIII look very much
Ike the sleeping cars now IN use. If
these trial runs prove satisfactory a,
great step toward the utilization of cleo
tricity as the sole railway motive power
Will have been gained, and says the con-
sui general, the time viii not be dis
tant when it will be possible to travel
for example, from Berlin to Hamburg
in little over an hour, in cars which
viii follow each other at intervals of ten
minutes
For the purpose of furthering this
project a number of prominent indus
trial and banking firms Some time ago
formed a society for Investigation with
DR.. Schulz, president of the Imperial
railway department, at the head
Consul General Guenther says in con-
cIusion:
BY raising the speed which now aver
ages 81 miles per hour for fast trains to
~
car singly the ideal railway of the fu-
ture will have been reached"
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FROM EMPoRrA.

J. NJ. Smith has returned from Florence
and will take his place in the pool.
The Emporia pool has been Increased
three crews, making a total of twenty
five crews
Engineer jackson brought engine SIS
from Ottawa recently for service on the
eastern division
Engineers Jet and Arnett and F'iremen
Post and Hallway have returned from
Newton. where they have been for tenn
porary service.
Former Travelling Engineer w. S. Scotte
of this division. but recently of the G., G.
& S. F., has been appointed general SUI
perintendent Of the D., T. & II. w. rail-
road.
NIachinists Hunt and Pritchard doubled
over the other night.
One hundred and twenty-five cars of
green fruit went through one morning re-
Gently.
Two Arkansas City crews were in En-
poria q few nights ago.
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TO CURE THE GRIP.
Adviee Of ) Fam0us Physlslan

First and foremost REST.
Take care of yourself. Your already
weakened nerves want rest, and must
have it. If the attack is severe, go to
bed and remain there. More fatali-
ties result from neglect Of this pre-
caution than from any other cause.
Eat sparingly. Your digestive or
gans are in no condition to take care
OF large quantities Of food.
Drink plenty Of pure, cold water.
It allays the fever, stimulates the kid
neys to action and opens up the pores
of the skin. Keep the bowels open
with DR.. Miles Nerve and Liver Pills.
Take three doses Of DR.. Niles Nerv-
inc per day, and if you cannot sleep
take an extra dose at bed time. To
further control the fever, and to over
come the peculiar aches and pains OF
grip, use DIR. Miles Pain Pills. They
act quickly and efectualIy, and no bad
effects result from their use. These
remedies have been thoroughly tested
more than million times, and their
efficiency is thoroughly established
They never fail to give relief.
DR.. Niles Remedies can be found
at any drug store, and they are sold on
a positive guarantee that first bottle
or package benefits or money re-
funded.
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pany's railway in this city or county. or
its lands in other counties, or any of its
hotels. The company's mines and col
leries are still supplying coal to the rail-
road.
The Mexican International railroad
and the Guatemala Central are assets
of the Pacific Improvement company.
He does not know that the Southern
Pacific wants to buy these roads, both
of which he says are for sale.
According to Mr.. Croker the Harri-
man syndicate did not purchase a ma
jority Of the Southern Pacific stock. He
says it bought two-fifths, or 800. 900
shares, which represented the holdings
Of the Huntingtons and the SpeyerS. He
does not doubt but the syndicate can
easily control enough of the stock by
proxy to obtain a working majority.
Mr.. Croker has become the principal
owner of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railroad
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is a marvellous method, curing cases that
defed hospitals, doctors, trusses, cleo
tricity and all else. Merely send your
name and address and the free trial Will
be sent without any cost TO YOU what
ever. r. w. Yourex. a well known COM
mercial traveller was ruptured ten years,
tried every truss on the market, partly
made up his mind TO undergo the danger
of an operation when by the greatest of
good luck, he tried the Dr. Rice method
He is now cured
Mr. Yourex says Il tried Dr. Rice's
method and it cured me. 7 did not lose a
day on the road. Hundreds of merchants
and friends in Illinois, Wisconsin. Minns-
sofa and Iowa. know the wonderful fact
that this remarkable method cured me
and certainly feel thankful enough to
tell other ruptured people how they may
profit by my experience-f Mr. Y0urex
lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. at 32z1z First
avenue
Every ruptured person ought to send at
once and make q trial OF this method that
cures without pain, danger. operation or
an hours loss of time Begin now and in
short time You viii never know you
had been ruptured. Write today sure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-28
NOLAW FOR TT.
Important Ruling Changing Custom
Regarding Chinese Immigrants.

Important Eu4lng changing custom
Regarding Chinese Immigrants.
San Francisco, Feb. 2S.-CcIlector of the
Port Stratton has received from Washing
ton a treasury department ruling which
has an important bearing on Chinese i'm
migration. In the past Mr. Stra ton has
declined to permit the destination # Chi
nese whose right to land AZ this port was
denied, to be changed to foreign contig
uous territory, en- the ground that they
might enter this country by crossing the
border from British Columbia or Mex
leo
The department rules that while the
reasons given by Collector Straffon sus-
tain the expediency of such a policy, they
do not show the requisite authority Of
law.
Secretary Gage has sent tc congress a
resolution providing that Chinese must be
taken back to the place from which they
came. If rejected Until the resolution is
adoEted, the steamship companies will be
at liberty to land Chinese at nefghboring
foreign ports if they are denied a landing
here.
Attorney General Griggs has directed
United States Attorney Combs to use all
possible efforts in cooperation with the
state authorities to suppress the slave
traffic in Chinatown.
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uOsteGters'
ID Stomach
Bitters.
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CONVICTION and IKRECTION.
La Grippe is Infectious But Not Con-
tagious.

La Grippe is Infectious But Not Con-
tagious.
Contagious diseases are communicated
from one person to another; infectious
diseases are conveyed through the air.
Smallpox IS q contagious disease; La
Grippe is infectious. When an epidemic
Of the grip is prevailing it is in the air
we breathe ard no one is safe.
The only safeguard is to keep the sys-
TEN in the highest possible condition of
health and or the first appearance of a
cold in the head to use some safe anti
septic like StuarL's Catarrh Tablets free
", a tablet taken every hour or two for
q couple of days viii be sufficient to
break up the attack
La Grippe attacks the weakest part of
the system, it may be the lungs, heart,
1t finally localF S 1t almost invariably
starts with cold in the head and throat
or in other words, the disease at the
beginning is acute catarrh.
This is the reason Stuart's Catarrh
Tablets have been SO successful in
breaking up attacks of grip. The anti
septic properties of the remedy destroy
the germs before the whole system is
thoroughly injected.
Dr. Admission says: Stuarts Catarrh
Tablets being free from cocaine and
harmful drugs should be freely used at
this time of year on the first appear
ance or grip symptoms
They check the excessive catarrhal
secretions. stop the fever and prevent
pneumonia
They are. composed of antiseptics and
may be used by little children as freely
as by adults and with great benefit.
DR.. Lewiston says: MY usual pre-
scription for the grip is Stuart's Catarrh
Tablets which can be found at all drug
stores. Keep to the house for a day or
two and use Vhe tablets freely, and I
have never heard any complaint of
failure to cure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-28

Suspicious Character Taken in Charge
by the Officers.

Hill City, Feb. 2s.-Last night young
man struck Hill City. and carefully in
spected every business house in town.
He aroused suspicion. ana endeavofed TO
get out of town, after a telegram was
received from Palco, to watch for a Ger
tain individual corresponding to this
mans description, he no doubt havi6g
got wind of the telegram The. deputy
sheriff, George Clark, NJ c. Inflow and
NJ. j. Creighton succeeded in arrestilsg
him and there was found on his person
a can Of putty. three small steel wedges,
used in cracking safes and a bottle or
nitro glycerine. He is now in Jail here.
% years old, weight about $50. height
I'VE feet eight inches. dark complexion.
broad mouth. dropping at each corner.
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La Grippe quickly Cured.

I'm the winter OF 1898 and 1899 I was
taken down with a severe attack of what
is called La Grippe says F. L. Hewitt a
prominent druggist of Winfield, H. THE
only medicine I used was two bottles Of
Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It broke
up the cold and stopped the coughing like
magic, and have never since been trou-
bIed with Grippe" Chamberlains Cough
Remedy can always be depended upon to
break up a severe cold and ward OFF any
threatened attack of pneumonia. 1t IS
pleasant to take. too, which makes it the
most desirable and one of the most pop
MAR preparations in use for these all
ments. For sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-28
D1sPAToHER TURNS POET.
Goddess of Poetry Prompts Him TO
Versification.

Goddess OF Poetry prompts him 20
Versification-
c. A Wallace, a train dispatcher in
the Rock Island telegraph Office,is some
thing Of poet. In getting advices the
other evening for Capt. A. NJ Fuller, To-
cal ticket agent, regarding the progress
Of the Chickasha flyer, one of the nine
gOddesses Of poetry came over the wires
and moved the sounder to say this
verse:
Smoothly doth the Flyer fly,
Tho many hill to climb.
She's speeding away at close of day,
She'll arrive at Topeka on time
The following evening the muse came
again with another stanza:
Now again I'll tell to you
The same old tale right Ger,
As sure as flying flies can fly
The Flyer flies on time once more
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EmPoRIA WILL GET TIE ROAD
Kansas & Southern Will Not Miss
Lyon County.

There has been considerable talk Of
late that the Kansas & Southern rail-
road for which Lyon county voted bonds
was not coming to Ernporda and Lyon
county, but was going somewhere else
where they have been offered better IN
ducements.
Two letters received recently by peo-
pie in Emporia seem to have dispelled
Charles Wheeler, president of the Kan
sas & Southern denying the reports that
the route of the road as at first provid-
ed for was to be changed. One of the
letters was written to Robert L. Jones,
secretary Of the Emporia committee on
railroads.
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New Torpedo Boat pestrovsr.

San Francisco, Feb. zs.-On next Satur-
day one Of the new torpedo boat destroy
ers built by the Union Iron Works will
be launched. This boat, which has here
tofore been known as torpedo boat de-
stroyer NO. Y, viii be named the Preble,
in honor of Commodore Preble. She will
be christened by Miss Ethel Letitia Pre-
bic of North Berkely. who is a descendant
OF Commodore PrebIe.
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a Fireman,s Close can.

ct stuck to my engine, although every
joint ached and every nerve was racked
with PAIN writes c. w. Bellamy, a To-
connective fireman. of Burlington, Iowa
Il was weak and pale. without any appe-
tite and all run down. AS I was about
to give UP, got a bottle of Electric Bit
tiers and, after taking it, 1 felt as well as
I ever did in my life" Weak. sickly, run
down people always gain new life
strength and vigor from their use. Try
them Satisfaction guaranteed by A j.
Arnold & Son, 81 North Kansas avenue.
Price so cents.
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NEW MINING ROAD.
It Win Extend Southwest From Lar
annie, Wyoming

Denver, Col, Feb. 28.-A special to the
News from Cheyenne, Wye, says:
The Laramie, Hahn's Peak and Pacific
Railway company filed articles of incor-
poration here today. The capital stock
is SO, 900 600. The company will con-
struct narrow gauge railway southwest
from Laramie City, 96 miles, tapping the
Centennial and Gold Hill mining dis
tricts of Wyoming and North Park and
Hahn,s Peak section of Colorado. Con-
struction will be begun as soon as the
season permits.
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Voiunteera Returninp.

San Francisco, Feb. 2s.-The army trans
port Meade is expected to reach port to-
day from Manila with the Eleventh cav
airy Today or tomorrow the transport
Pennsylvania is expected to arrive with
the Thirty-si1th volunteer regiment.
Hereafter, for the period of several weeks,
a transport is scheduled to arrive every
few days with returning volunteers.
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superintendent's special ear
All the engines at this end of the de
vision are working and the boys are busy.
Engineer Danenberg came in from
Hutchinson one night recently sick with
the grip. Engineer Andy Zook has gone
to Hutchinson to hold down his run
Brakeman Barrett's mashed finger IS
getting along as we'll as could be ex-
pected, and It will not be necessary to
amputate it.
Conductor Finney has resumed his run
and Conductor Shreeve is back on the ex-
ira board
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Ell Dorado, Kaa.. Feb. 2S.-The tenn
perance people in Butler county say the
few joints runaing must be closed, and
they are using every effort to that end.
John FIern. of Augusta was arrested
last evening for selling liquor, pleaded
guilty, and was given thirty days in jail
and a 500 fine William Vint of Doug
lass, was also arrested for selling liquor
and his trial set for next Monday. He
gave hail
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have been granted TO Kansans as fol-
lows.
Original-Samuel J. Butts. Mulvane.
Sc; John W. Arnett. lola, So; special act.
Feb. Il. Emily Haines Harrison nurse,
FL Dorado, S12
Additionai-Allen J. Phillips. Law
renee, IS.
Original wfdows.s etc.-speciaI act, Feb.
Il. Caroline Snider, Jewell, $12-
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Verdict on Rio Disaster.

San Francisco Cal, Feb. 2s.-The coro-
ner'S jury which held an inquest over the
eleven bodies recovered from the wreck of
the Rio &c Janeiro has returned its YER
dict The jury charges Captain Ward,
who was drowned, and Pilot Jordan with
criminal negligence. The Pacific Mail
Steamship company is censured for hav-
ing had a. Chinese crew on the steamer.
Second OFFICER Graham Ccghlan is COM
mended for his heroic work in saving
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Two nINERs K1LLEp.
Fatal Explosion of Gas in a Shaft at
Weir City.

Weir City. Feb. 2s.-An explosion oc-
CURED at 10 o'clock last night at shaft
No. of the ]. r. Grove Coal company.
Two shot hrers. S. B. Hatfield, single
and j. w. Watkins, married, were kill
ed. Watkins was cOlored. The explosion
is supposed to have been due to an ac-
cumulatiOn Of gas. The explosion was
terrific, the timbers and shaft being torn
to splinters- The lower part and top
were wrecked
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aURER PARsoNs MARRIAaE.
Couple Under Quarantine and Preach
CT Stands 80 Feet Away.

Parsons. Feb. 2S.-Mrs. NJ E Peter
son, proprietress of {. grocery store in
this city, was quarautined On account
OF having smallpox. John Russell evad-
ed the Waterman and went TO a window
and talked with the patient. He was
discovered and guaranteed with Mrs.
Peterson. This evening they called for
a minister and We're married with the
preacher fifty feet away, shouting the
ceremony from the sidewalk. shorter
range being forbidden by health officers.
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Manhattan, Kas., Feb 2s.-Prof. J. q.
Haney mas resigned his position at the
agricultural college as professor in feed
ing altd field work at the state expert
ment station lie has accepted a posi-
ton as agricultural agent of the Chi
huahua & Pacific railroad company at
Chihuahua Mexico
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PREsIpENT cRocKER DENIES.
Says Pacific Improvement Company
Will Not Close Up.

San Francisco. Feb. 28-Geo Croker.
president Of the Pacific Improvement
company, has returned here from the
east. He says ti:at the company is not
going to wind up its affairs and go out
of business, unless a very tempting offer
is mace. He confirms the sale by the
company of its Oakland street railway
system to the Oakland Transit company.
No negotiations are going on for the
sale to the Southern Pacific of the COM
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A woULD-BE KIDNAPER
Plan 60 Hold Up a Bonner Springs
Banker For $1,000 Fails

Leafenworth Feb SQM ~ paorz,,,
of BOaner SPRINGS il ii, TT, 49, - -Ste
eouhtf jail charged with blaclxmaiI. He
= aeclsed OF threatening to kidnap The
sou q 6antzer Frank Warren of Bonner
Sprlnss unless ne was paid 81 900 in gold
4 ne p'Snt1er received such a letter YES er-
oay tut no signature Was attached
seafoo arrest was the result OF a
clever scheme concocted BY Town Mar
aha1 walker In the letter the writer
stated that unless LOCO was placed at
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Vacation For Harrimau.

New York, Feb BE. H Hartman
chairman Of the board of directors of the
Union Pacific railroad and the head Of
what is known as the Hartman syndi-
cate, expects to leave the city soon for a
vacation in Florida There he viii join
Jacob II. SchifI, of the banking house of
Kuhn Loeb & Co.
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Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless, little Workers-Dr. Kings New
Life Pills. Millions are always at work
night and day, curing Indigestion, Bilious
ness. Constipation. Sick Headache and all
Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles Easy,
pleasant; safe, sure Only z5c at A. j.
Arnold & Sons drug store, 821 North
Kansas aVenue.
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Prominent Wellington Man Dead.

Wellington, Kas.. Feb. 2S.-M. T. Vine
yard, u prominent and well-to-do citi-
zen died here Wednesday afternoon of
formerly of Bloomington, ILL.,, where he
was for several terms chairman of the
board of supervisors of Mclean county.