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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
OIL FLOOD In STREET.
Aids Fire i'm Doing Damage of a
Million Dollars.

New York Nov. ga million dollars is
the estimate of the loss by fire this ev
ening in the vicinity of Ninth street at
the East river. Several firemen were hurt
but none seriously.
The blaze started in the plant of w.
E. Uplegrove e. Brothers, manufacturers
of boxes veneerS and fine woodwork, and
this firm was the principal sufferer. One
of its buildings was seven story Struc-
ture while those surrounding it were one
Brothers mill was destroyed From the
Standard Oil company's depot on Elev-
enth street thousands of gallons of oil
were drained into the river to prevent a
great explosion and cOnfiagration- What
started the fire is not known. 1t swiftly
spread to all the Uplegrove buildings.
quantities of kiln dried wood to feed
upon. BY the hardest of work the fire.
big lumber yards adjoining. The walls of
the larger UplegrOve building fell in and
crushed the stable of the Standard Oil
company in the rear. All the horses had
been removed
After the fire was thought to be under
control it broke out again and spread to
the works of the Mutual Gas COMPANY.
This outbreak was aused by fireman
dropping a burning window sash into the
street The street was flooded with water
which a thick coating of oil. This
ignited and the flames leaped into the
gas companys property.
The fire then turned back across the
street and the immense store of lumber
owned by Heigmyer & Sons was ignited.
1t comprised some $4,000, 900 feet of valua-
BILE woods; The lumber yards Of J.. N.
flames and great damage done:
Fire Chief Croker estimated that the
total damage would approach a million
NJ. Saulspaugh will be $125, 900; William z.
P. Uplegrove & Brothers, $3.50. coo: the Mu-
myer. $50 600. and the Standard Oil com
pany, $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
NIGHT SCHOOL OF Y. M. CA.

The Business course is free to all
members of the Association.
The studies are: Bookkeeping, Ele-
mentary and Advanced, Arithmetic.
Elementary and Business. Practical
Grammar and Letter Writing. Spelling
and Punctuation.
Professors E. H. Roudebush and G. B.
Van Horn have been engaged as teach
ers for this year, and are thoroughly
equipped by long experience as teachers
in Business colleges to help men to the
very best advantage.
Each student will receive personal at
tention and those who complete the
course will be awarded the Interaation-
al certificate
For further information call at the
Association Office on East Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
THAT WAGGENER REPORT.
Denver Papers Seem to Think He
Will Succeed Wolcott.

The report that Bale Waggener has
been offered the general solicitorship of
the Denver & Rio Grande created a
considerable sensation in Denver rail-
road circles. The Rocky Mountain
News publishes the reprot under
double column heading on the first page
of the paper and following the an
nouncement says:
This announcement will not be a
surprise to a number of persons in
Denver who have been watching the
progress of events for twelve months
past. The retirement of former Senator
E. O. Wolcott from the place he has
filed for twelve or fifteen years as gem
eral counsel of the Denver & Rio
Grande road was rumored when the
Gould acquisition of the system was
first made public. It was claimed at
tagonized the Gould interests by his
close friendship with Hill of the North
ern Pacific. 1t is claimed that Wolcott
acquired large blocks of stock by adj
herring to Mr. Hill, but it sounded his
knell as the head of the legal depart
ment of the Denver & Rio Grande.
1T is also said that Senator Wo1cott
will at an early day, retire from his
legal position with the Burlington road.
Gould and Hartman are closely iden-
titled in the consolidation which controls
the Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific and
associated lines and Hill, Morgan and
the Vanderbilts occupy like position
in regard to lines farther north.
''As the Hill Morgan and Could
Hartman interests are Jointly interest
ed in the Burlington, it is not impossi-
BILE that the former may insist upon re-
tanning Mr.. Wolcott as counsel for that
line, and that some differences may fol-
low.
'.Such is the situation, explained by
men who claim to be in touch with the
powers now rapidly assuming the
reinS.
MIR Waggener is regarded as one of
the brightest attorneys of the west, and
the position in Denver is regarded as
promotion he deserves account of
many years of efficient work. Mr.. Wag-
gener is not politician, and the men
ton of his name is regarded as an in
dication that George ]. Gould desires to
conduct the affairs of the corporations
he has acquired in Colorado upon strict
business lines and outside of politics.
Before the above was published Mr.
Waggener emphatically denied the re-
port that he was to succeed Senator
Wolcott.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
REVISION OF CREED.
Work L. Taken Up by a Section of
the Committee.

Washington, Nov. 2e-The preliminary
work Of revising the creed of the Presby-
terrain church SO as to make it more pop
uaRrly understood was begun here at a
meeting of a section of the committee of
twenty appointed at the last Presbyterian
assembly to accomplish this result The
section that met spent several hours in
discussion, but no action was taken. Rev
DIR. Herrick Johnson of Chicago presided
and the other members who Participated
were Rev DrS- Minton of San Francisco
9pd Speecher of Cleveland and Justice
Harlan Of the United States supreme
court A form OF statement to replace the
one now in use was submitted and other
forms will likely be submitted The object
IS to secure formal expression of doe
trlne that will be more definite and CON
Vfy to the lay mind clearer under
standing of the subject than the present
declara ton
No vital changes were contemplated in
the discussions, but mainly a different
mode OF expression was aimed at 1t was
recognized that the $50 years that have
elapsed since the adoption of the present
statement of doctrine has made some diff
ferences In the conception of the authorf-
ties There was some discussion as to
the Incorporation of a statement regard
ing the personality of God but this pTop0-
sftion is still tentative one The section
will hold another session and will meet
daily until Wednesday. when the fun
committee will convene with a view to
ia king final action. Whether the deliber-
at1ons of the full committee will occupy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
RULE ABOUT STATE BILLS.
Must Be Filed on Tuesday Before
Executive Council Meeting.

The state executive council meets on
the last Wednesday of every month to
allow miscellaneous bills against the
state. 1t has heretofore been one of
the torments OF Assistant Secretary of
State Wilson's life that people with
bills against the state should wait until
Wednesday morning, just before the
council meets, to file their bills The
majority invariably do that, and then
they do not like it if the bills are not
Immediately allowed
But the worm has turned Mr.. Will
son got a rule established at the last
meeting of the council that all bills
must be filed on Tuesday before the
monthly meeting or they will be laid
over for one month. People who draw
on the state occasionally and whose
bills go through the hands of the ex-
ecut1ve council must govern themselves
accordingly.
Heretofore the majority of people
have waited until Wednesday morning
before filing their bills" said Mr.. Will
son Sometimes thousands of dollars
worth of bills come in just before the
council meets That gives no time at
all to check over the bills and investi-
gate those we don't know about That's
the reason this rule was established"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
SINGH PERFECTo AT ONE CENT PER INCH.
f3I!SsGsIll 8 d Q ] K ss
CURRY CIGAR CO., Makers
TO AT ONE CENT PER INCH.
CURRY CIGAR CO., Makers.
TO IMPROVE CHILOCCO.
Scheme to Make the Indian School an
Agricultural College.

Arkansas City. Kan, Nov. 29.-S. NJ.
MCGOWAN, the new superintendent of
the Chilocco Indian school, has started
out to make that institution an agri-
cultural college for the purpose of
teaching the Indians practical farming.
Congress will be asked for large APP
preparations at this coming session, to
be used for the purpose of making
Chilocco the biggest school Of its kind
in the United States. The schools are
located six miles south of this city. The
school at Chilocco was established about
eighteen years ago. Congress even at
that early date realized the Importance
of teaching Indians how to farm sue
cessfully, and as a means set aside
$500 acres of fertile soil. But for some
reason the plant has not been properly
developed. It is the desire of the Indian
office now to create a great agricul-
tural school, and Chilocco has been
chosen for that purpose. 1t is expected
to enlarge the capacity of the school
from 400 to 1000 pupils. In order to in
crease the capacity of the present plant
to 1000 students it will be necessary to
appropriate at least 100000 for new
buildings and improvements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
OPENING FOR ROCK ISLAND.
Phoenix Thinks an Extension to the
Coast Is Sure to Come.

There has been considera BILE discus
sion in regard to the tranScont inental
road for Phoenix, says the Phoenix,
AriZ., Gazette, but as yet there has been
no decided action in regard to the mat
ter. 1t is the general opinion, however,
that such a road will soon be built
through this section, penetrating some
of the most beautiful country the
entire globe. That such a road is need
who visits Phoenix. Local business
men have been discussing the matter
of late, and it is probable that the board
of trade may take some action in this
direction.
One thing is certain, surveys have
been made by companies all along the
proposed route. and all are certain
that the road will be built within the
next few years. Whether it will even
tually be a part of the Rock Island. as
rumored, remains for the future.
A prominent business man and a.
member of the board of trade said to
the Gazette yesterday:
THAT Phoenix is to have another
railroad, owned, not controlled, by a
third company appears to be immi-
nent- The Rock Island now has a line
practically to Benson. That line will
be in opera ton from Chicago to Ben
son early in the new year 1t is not
to be supposed for a minute that the
Rock Island will stop at Benson; be-
fore it's through trains reach that point
the construction of the line toward
Phoenix will be well under way, and
within the year 1902 trains on that
route will be reaching this valley.
More than that a road to San Diego
from this city will also be under con-
Struction."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe to Build a New Ari-
IONA Branch.
From Congress Junction to the
Colorado River.
TO BE 100 MILES LONG.
Opens Up an Old Spanish Min
ing Country.
Spectators Are Hurrying to
the New Field.

Officials of the Santa Fe who reside
at Phoenix, Arizona, and Santa Fe, N.
M, are reported to have received in
structions from Chicago to make pre-
paratlons for a survey of the country
west of Congress Junction, Arizona, the
object of the survey being to establish
new branch line of the Santa Fee
leading from Congress Junction to the
Colorado river The line will be from
80 to 100 miles in length.
In Arizona the informa ton is believed
to be reliable and on the strength of
It, hundreds of prospectors and specu-
lators are hurrying into the country
along the proposed line.
The Santa Fee officials located here
claim to have received no information
on the subject, but this is not strange,
as the proposed extension is the
Santa Fe lines west of Albuquerque,
outside of the jurisdiction of Topeka Of
ficials.
General Manager Nudge says: 1.-THE
report may be true. 1 know nothing
about it, and would not of necessity be
informed of the intentions of the Chi
cago officials
The proposed railroad is of immense
Importance to the mineral interests Of
western Arizona. 1t will reach coun-
try which has heretofore been retarded
in its progress only by the lack OF
transportation facilities
Congress Junction, which is proposed
as the SIdrIlnS place Tor the new ROAD,
is small place so miles north of Phoe-
nix. 1t has already a ten-nile branch
line leading west, and if the proposed
Santa F'e extension materializes viii be
a town of much Importance.
The new line will tap a part of the
richest mineral zone in Arizona,
giOn which has been virtually unexplor
ed, although prospectors who have pen
etrated partially int it have found
wonderful deposits of mineral In the
Harqua Halas and Harcuvar mountains
many great discoveries of copper and
gold have been made, but the inacces
sibility of the region, and the conse-
quent extreme difficulty and expense
in getting supplies in and ores out, have
prevented extensive operatio
The same conditions have existed all
along the country south of Bill Will
Hams' Fork. In many places evidences
of mining by Spaniards and Indians
have been found. but traditions of the
latter tell how the scarcity of water
drove away the early miners. News of
the intentions of the Santa Fe has
leaked out and prospectors and specu-
lators are hurrying into the country
all along the proposed line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29

it will cure every disease under the sun.
And they never think of leaving out dys-
sure to claim that their nostrum is abso-
lutely certain to cure every dySpeptic and
he need look no further
In the face of these absurd claims 1t is
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets have care
fully refrained from making undue claims
or false representations regarding the mer-
it's of this most excellent remedy for
dyspepsia and stomach troubles. They
make but one claim for it, and that is,
that for Indigestion and various stomach
troubles stuart,s Dyspepsia Tablets is
radical cure They go no farther than
this and any man or. woman suffering
from indigestion, chronic or nervous dys-
pepsia, who will give the remedy a trial
that the facts will not fully sustain.
1t is modern discovery, composed of
harmless vegetable ingredients acceptable
to the weakest or most delicate stomach
bles is due to the fact that the medical
properties are such that it will digest
whatever wholesome food is taken into
the stomach, no matter whether the stom-
ach is in good working order or not It
rests the Overworked organ and replen-
ishes the body, the blood, the nerves, ere
sleep and the blessings which always ac-
company a. good digestion and proper as
Similation of food
In using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets no
wholesome food and take these tablets at
each meal thus assisting and resting the
stomach which rapidly regains it's proper
digestive power, when the tablets will be
no longer required
Nervous dyspepsia is simply a condition
in which some portion or portions of the
nervous system are not properly nour-
ished. Good digestion inylgorates the ner-
vouS system and every organ in the body
Any druggist will tell you Stuart's Dys-
pepSla Tablets give universal SatlsIactlon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
INSANE TELEGRAPHER.
That Fred Harvey Is Trying
to Poison Him.

Newton Nov. 29-The commission ap-
pointed to examine the mental condition
of j. J. Chaddick found him to be of
insane mind and he will proba bly, be
sent to the asylum. Mr.. Chaddick was
for some time operator in Chicago but
of late years has made his home in
Newton where his peculiar affection has
made him a familiar figure the
streets. In the last few weeks signs
of mental disorder have been noticed in
his demeanor and lately these symp-
toms have been very pronounced On
several occasions he has crossed the
tracks in front of moving trains and
has annoyed the trainInen repeatedly
in this way. Not very long ago train
No. 6 had to be stopped as it was en-
tering the yards to prevent running
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
TELEGRAPH EQUIPMENT.
Annual Report Being Made by Santa
Fe Telegraphers.

The blank forms for the annual re-
ports of telegraph offices on the Santa
Fee are being prepared at the office of
Supt. c. G. Sholes, and will in a short
time be sent to every telegraph office
on the system.
The various Offices are required to
report on the exact amount of all kinds
of material in their possession belong
ing to the telegraph department of the
road, and the condition of the appa-
IA tuS. These reports are collected at
Mr.. Sholes' office and compiled into a
permanent record. The records for past
years are on file at the office, and it is
possible to know exactly what offices
have gained and what have fallen off
in equipment during any given time.
There are now said to be about 1000
telegraph instruments in use on the
Santa Fe lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
NEW PASSES HERE.
All the ssComps" Come in New Colors
This Year.

The new edition of passes has been
received by General Manager H. U.
Mudge's office, and are now being is
sued for the coming year.
1t is customary each year to change
the color of the passes issued by the
road, in order to enable conductors to
distinguish readily between the expired
passes and the valid Ones The follow
ing changes have been made this year:
a. pass, or the straight annual over
all lines of the A T. & S. F. proper.
comes in purple instead of gray.
B" pass, or time pass, is in yellow
instead of pink. This form of pass is
issued with either time limit or re-
striction to certain portions of the road.
Trip passes will be in green instead
of blue. The trip passes are printed
on safety paper instead of cardboard.
Coupon book passes, which are issued
principally to newspaper owners and
editors, will be the same as last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
ABOUT RAILRoAD PEoPLE.

Frank Bailey. clerk in the office of the
eastern division roadmaster, was in Kan
sas City for Thanksgiving dinner.
The wife and two children of Chris.
Larson, head f1anger in the boiler shop,
in Iowa.
Fred !shippee a central branch. engineer
day or two attending the Masonic gath
ering here
Business west Of here has dropped off
engineers at Emporia has been cut down
on this account.
The little son of Mrs Lille Russell 322
Locust street, is seriously sick with typh-
oid-pneumonia. The child is a grandson
of Thomas Smith, foreman of the gang in
the sheds.
chanic OF. the Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe,
in Topeka Thursday spending Thanksgiv-
ing with his family.
w. A. Gardner, general manager of the
Chicago & Northwestern, passed through
Topeka Thursday in his private car
route for Emporia. He was accompanied
merly in that town.
Today the last house is being moved off
into Oakland. where it will do service as
a parsonage for the Methodists. Most of
the grading for the spur track on the east
side of the building has been finished,
but the steel has been put down only as
far as the south foundation.
At the shops Thanksgiving day was OBJ
served practically by everyone The round
house was the only exception to this,
usual. Around the storehouse schultz's
iaI together for, the Is new tank cars
which the sheds has begun upon. A num-
Der of yard engines were on duty and the
regular trains were crowded with holiday
passengers.
Eugene vigneron, clerk in the shops
lumber yard, has a brother-in-law, Simon
Matrot by name, who left Chicago recent
" for South Africa, where he will join
the Boer. forces and do what he can to-
ward helping them in their struggle
against the British Matrot has been i'm.
pressed from the start that the cause of
the Beers was a righteous, one. his dis
like for the English dating back as far as
the Jameson raid He is 81 years old, sin
gle and a native of France, his father
having fought in the Franco-Prussian
war
According to an order recently promul-
gated to shop foremen, lamps oily
waste must not be kept in the cupboards
of workmen. About month go the San
ia F'e shops at Point Richmond, Cal,
destroyed by. fire. resulting from the spon-
taneous combustion of this substance and
the late order aims at a prevention of a
recurrence of such accident 1t is
ordered that foremen must inspect all
cupboards at least twice month in or
der to see that the rule is enforced In
the shops all the cupboardS and
boxes will be of iron grating that
often as is considered expedient they may
be washed from the outside with hose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
improvements For Enid, Ok.

The Enid Eagle in telling about Rock
Island improvements at that place,
says: No Improvement since the foun-
dalton of our city is more important
than the location of the round-house
and repair shops by the Rock Island. 1t
not only forever settles questions as to
the differences that existed in the early
days being forgotten, but it is conclu
sive evidence that the claim of our peo-
pie have been making as to Enid being
the future center of northern Oklahoma
is a reality. The new shops will be
built on plans which are modern in
every respect, and which experience has
taught to be the best for the purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
PREPARING FOR a RUSH.
Santa Fe Placing New Equipment
RetWeen Newton and Dodge City.

The Santa Fe is expecting a huge
business on its line within the next few
months and as a result sixteen of the
new Baldwin compound freight engines
will be employed between Newton and
Dodge City, says the Newton Kansan
Republican In addition to these there
will be sixteen of the new passenger
engines in use between Newton and La
Junta, the Western division proper.
Eight of them will run between Newton
and Dodge City, while the other eight
will be employed from Dodge City to
La Junta. The passenger engines will
reach here first and one engine will be
assigned to each train as follows: 1, 2.
8. A. S, 6, and g. A smaller engine will
be used on 366-7. 1t is said that the
business expected will come mainly
from California, and will make a diff
ference of at least five trains a. day,
after it once starts, which will be some
time during the coming month Tt is
expected that it will continue until next
June, and perhaps longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29

a week or number of weeks is still con-
jectured. The other sections of the com
mittee will meet contemporaneOusly with
the full body and frame propositions for
action by that body. One, of these will
and on the love of God and the other
will make a slight revision of the confess
sion of faith with reference to the elect
infant declarations. 1t is felt that the
present statement on this point implies
from the standpoint Of the religious state.
and the creed to be applied will make it
not hold the belief that those who die in
infancy are lost, This change will be
tory statement. though possibly by amend
ing the present text.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
Teachers at Mcpherson

Mcpherson, Kas., Nov. 29.-About 500
visitors are attending the sixteenth an
nual session of the Central Kansas
Teachers association. Among the edu-
Gators are Prof Byron w. King. Prof.
Olin Temp1in of the University of Kan
sas, George w. Winans, Frank Nelson.
j. N. Wilkinson, president of the state
normal and DIR. Carl Swensson of
Lindsborg. There will be a rendition
of the dramatic cantata Joseph" by
the Choral union of Mcpherson, a
band concert by Hapgood's band and a
lecture by Byron w. King.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-29
Lows Commissioner of Police.

New York, Nov. 29.-The Times will
announce that Col. John N. Partridge,
of Brooklyn. will be commissioner of
police of New York city after January
1. The Times says it is in a position
to say that Mayor-elect Low has offered
the commissionership to him; that ne
has accepted it, and that Governor
OdelI has selected the man who is to
succeed Colonel Partridge as superin-
tendent of public works. Colonel Part
ridge will probably see Mr.. Low today,
and it is expected the appointment will
then be formally announced.