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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-08

sDaily tDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping or Parior cars on all
through trains. =; ~ nhE.,
CITY Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Wheeling. West Va.
AGENT FOX ALI. STEAMSHIP LINES.
2. ID. UNDERWOOD, d. b MARTIN;
General Manager Mgr Pass. Tranic.
Baltimore.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-08
METAL.

NEW YORK, April 6.--Holiday char
acteristics dominated in the market for
metals to-day. Features of Importance
were lacking. and price changes were
conspicuous by their absence. There
was no news from London chat mar
ket being closed until Tuesday,, and
traders confined themselves to a hand
to-mouth business. Pig iron warrants
were quoted at ss.50910.50; northern
foundry. s15.25016.50; southern foun-
dry, s14.Go@15.50, and soft southern
$13.00G15.50.
Lead nominally quoted at s4.371a;
spelter s3.909395.
Copper, $500 for Lake Superior and
1880 for casting and electroiytic; tin
ct $3.50 bid and $3.50 asked.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-08
ACTIVITY


rhe price Boostela TO Within Frac-
ton Of 4bc.-3he Wheat Market
was Striking CONFERENCE.-The
showed Strength, sand Proyisions
Were Easy-TAe Markets In other
Cities,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-08
Silver.
Bradstreets.

Bradstreets.
The London silver market had a
sharp break this week, which carried
prices for bars down to the lowest
level in two years. There were free
offerings and an absence of eastern or
other buying demands and the market
was virtually unsupported. New York
quotations followed the course of the
London market.
Priees-London, March 80. 81 5-1sd:
April l. "a 3-i6d; April 2. 27%d; April
3, 26 15-1ed: April 4, rs 15-1ed
New York: March 80, 59ssc; April
l. 5s1sc; April 2, SEE; April 8, 5S7sc;
April 4, 5Sssc; April 5, 5Sssc.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-08
STOCKS AND BONDS.
Investment Bonds for Sale.

United States Government Gall issues)
Wheeling Traction CO.. SIS.
Detroit, Rochester, Rome & Lake Erie
r. r. Co.'S IS. $3.50
Indianapolis & Greenfield Rapid Transit
Co.'S 5s.
Ohio River Electric R. R. and Power
Co.'S IS.
Central Vermont Railway Co.'S lst mort
gage gold is.
wheeling & Lake Erie Ry Co.'S lst con.
mortgage gold As.
Illinois Central r. R. Co. s Omaha Div. LIST
mortgage gold 3s.
Stark County, Ohio gold SIS.
Lakewood, Ohio, gold As.
Wheeling Steel & Iron Co.'S IS.
American Clay Mfg. Co.'S 6s.
Also all listed bonds on all stock ex-
changes. Prices ON application.
White & White,
STOCKS, BONDS AND INVESTMENTS.
PRIVATE WIRES.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-08
sTuAMBoATs.

leaving Whartboal, loot Of IWeiith Street,
as follows.
Steamer VIRGINIA T. j. Calhoun.
Master: Robert H Kerr. Purser. Every
Tuesday al q. m
Steamer .KETSTONE STATE. c. ~.
Knox, Master, VIII D. kimhi5 Purser.
Every Sunday at q. m
Steanler QUEEN CITY, Robf. A. Az
new, Master. Dam Lacey Purser. Every
Thursday at a. M
For freight or passage telephone s0
CROCKARD 4 BOOTH.
noz7eh Agents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-08
RAILWAY z1ilx carr

Arrivals and departures 81 trains q e.
after January 0th, 1901. Explanation q
reference Marks: sDailys Sunday ak
cepteqs fAondsy excepted: Saturday sx-
Sspfed. SUNDAY only. Eastern standard
Line, which is one hour earlier than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07
HEROIC SID BRO WIN
How "Jim BludsOe'' of the Bur.
lingtOn Lost His Life.
List of Injured Passengers in
the Thayer Wreck.

Ottumwa, Ia, May Huntington PAS
| senger train No. was wrecked while
| passing Thayer, a small town IS miles
| east of Creston, causing the death OF En-
/ gineer S. D. Brown of Burlington and in
| juring over a score of passengers The
| locomotive hauling the passenger train
struck an engine attached to freight
! train that was ba cxing onto a side track
| The passenger engine and all but two cars
4 of the passenger train left the rails and
rolled down 20 foot enbankment.
Thayer is situated in the bed of a deep
ravine and on either side of the station
| the track curves sharply. Neither engi-
| neer could see the others train until they
were within 200 feet of each other. The
| passenger train was running at a high
| speed. The engineer of the freight train
| heard the passenger train coming and
mace {ne uemloSt az ene LIZ DO - H. s ne
| the siding when the crash came
As the passenger train rounded the
! curve Engineer Brown saw his peril, but
/ he stuck 70 his post reversed his engine.
/ threw on the air brake to the emergency
/ crash At the last moment the men on
the freight engine jumped, escaping seri-
The crash was terrific The freight en-
! CINE was thrown across the tracks and
| the pa Ssenger engine hurled down the 20
! foot embankment followed by the bag
gage car, the express car. the day coach
and three chair cars. The agent at Thayer
and several hangers-on around the depot
witnessed the wreck and rendered such
FORE ~ +Fa arriyai Of a relief train dis
patched from this city with surgeons.
LIST OF THE CASUALTIES.
The list of killed and injured follows:
SID BROWN, engineer passenger. home
in Burlington, Ia
Injured
Q. F. Garrett. Murray, Ia, head and
body bruised.
Major /. T. Hume, Des Moines. bruised
about nose. left eye and right arm.
Colonel Olmstead. Des Moines. severely
injured.
N. Shirley and wife Omaha
Mr.. Shirley cut about face and head,
W. a Scott. Chicago. back injured.
right leg and foot bruised
Albert Browne, right arm and leg
Mrs Ellis Pixley. West Salem, ILL.,, in
ternal injuries. serious.
L T. McCune. Ottumwa, hurt in stom-
ach and breast.
Clarence Woine, Grinnel, scalp wound,
limbs injured, bruised about back.
T. M Gallup, Wyoming, en- route to
Randolf. Ia scalp wound, right knee, LETT
"I r. a. Ca Carter. Charlton, Ia. lip cut.
F. F. Flag, Chicago internally injured,
serious.
man. Omaha, right hand badly bruised.
VIM. W. Bond.
J. D. Johnson, Chicago, bruised
c. NJ Buchanan, Fairfield Ia, severely
p E. Bates. Chicago. back and chest in
~ Mrs RS F. A. Bell, Fairfield. Ia. slightly
y VVn. Treffel. Burlington. Ia. head brake
man passenger train, bruises.
E L. Gardiner. Charlton Ia. head.
shoulders and lips bruised and cut
D. Q. Campbell, Cleveland, head. Shout
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07
FROM NEWTON.

Conductor H. o. Taylor came in Fri
day night from Florence and visited
his family over night. He returned Sat
urday on ia to protect his run on the
DAYTON. the little son of Conductor
and Mrs. d. T. Gorsuch, who was crit
ically i'll, is now practically out of dan
ger The little fellow was poisoned in
some manner, and had a narrow escape.
Col. c. E E Quick has returned
from the short grass country where it
is said he has been investing in land
along the right of way of that new road
which has been named the Safety, Speed
and Comfort route.
Wall Jarnigan and Will Orvis, two
railroad men from Perry, Iawo, were in
the city recently. While here they We're
the guests of Car Foreman G. D. Woods.
The boys are on their way to Arkansas
on pleasure bent.
Mrs AL West and children are visit
ing friends at Lewis, Kan Mr.. West is
in his Office today and it is supposed he
sent his wife over the branch to superin-
tend the work of laying new steel which
is being put in.
Workmen have finished the new coal
bin near the stock yards. 1t will be $50
feet long, is 16 feet high and viii hold
many thousand tons of coal 1t looks
more like the trestle work of a huge
bridge than anything else.
General Foreman T.. 7. Dunlop has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07
RATLRoAD NOTES

The following Santa Fe officials were
in Topeka Monday comforting with
guie: Avery Turner, superintendent,
Newton; J. l. Barnes, superintendent,
Chanute; E. E. Ives, trainmaster. En-
poria; J. d. Coffey, trainmaster, New
ton; F. J. Easley, trainmaster, Chanute-
Arthur Genung of the Santa Fe pas
senger offices was here Monday.
W. F. Bellairs. travelling freight agent
for the Missouri Pacific at Wichita was
in town Monday
The Rock Island has experienced a
good deal of loss lately by the burning of
depots from one cause or another The
latest loss by fire is that of the station
at Add1ngton, l. T., which burned Sat
urday night. The blaze is supposed to
have originated from lightning coming
IN over the wires. heavy thunder
storm prevailed only a short time before
the fire was discovered.
c. A. Anderson. chief operator at the
Rock Island, has taken a lay-off of 80
days c. F. Simons of the night trick
has been transferred to day work and
J. B. Finley is filling the vacancy.
J. D NJ. Hamilton, claim attorney for
the Santa Fe, has returned from Wash
ington, D c., where he appeared before
the Interstate commerce commission.
E. w Thompson, assistant general
passenger and ticket agent of the Rock
Island is in Chicago
The fifth biennial convention of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen is in
session at Milwaukee. About a thousand
delegates are in attendance, and the ses-
sion will last two weeks. P. H. Nor
rissey is grand master Of the brother
hood.
p. c. Lyon, travelling passenger agent
for the Missouri Pacific, at Kansas City,
was in Topeka Monday
The railroads have granted a one
fare rate for the State Grain Growers
meeting to be held at Salina, May IS,
This rate will apply from Kansas City
and St. Joseph, No. as well as from all
| points in Kansas and tickets will be or
| sale May IS to 16, good to return May
| IS. 1t is expected that more than two
| hundred delegates will attend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07
THEY HAD TROUBLE.
Washburn Ball Players Entertained
Under Difficulties.

The members of the Washburn col
lege ball team were the guests of the
freshmen of the College OF Emporia
Saturday, and this is what happened,
according to the Emporia Gazette:
1.-The entire school except the prepara,-
tory department was invited. Here is
where the fun came in. The 'preps'
always modest the freshman class at the
banquets, and last night they mo1ested
them in many ways. Most of the fresh
men boys rode out in cabs and after
arriving would have other members
come to the carriage and escort them
in. The bodyguard was broken up sew
era1 times. Most of the members who
walked We're caught and tied to fence
posts The tpreps' shut off the water
supply IN the kitchen. They BACKED
several fellows collars and shirts with
small bags filed with lampblack, used
bfsulDhate of carbon to make things
odorous, tore the bunting down in
places, and put some of the Chinese
lanterns out then BACKED up and came
into the banquet room and enjoyed the
foa st -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07
SANTA FE LOCALS

Fireman John Hatfield is laying off.
Fireman Cliff Beeler has reported for
work.
Alexander Hardy. a drill press man,
has returned from Kansas City.
Switchman Charles Bentley, who was
off the first of the week, is following his
engine again.
Frank Cole. machinist in the round
house. came to work Monday after a
weeks sickness.
Engineer H. G. Rust has taken lay
off. Edward WhitcOmb went out on
No 6 Monday evening.
Switchmen Samuel McFaren and G.
H. Norton have returned TO work after
an absence of three days.
Edward Powell, boss day wiper, has
returned to work after several days
absence on account of sickness
Chief of Police Stahl will address the
shop men at the coach shop meeting
Thursday noon. Prof. Tracy viii sing
Max Thymian. who runs the transfer
table for the coach shop. is at work
again after having been sick several
days.
Benjamin Brown, a coach cleaner, cut
a finger badly yesterday while handling
a lamp chimney. He was taken to the
hospital to have the wound dressed
Frank Russell of the blacksmith
shop, who has been in the hospital sew
eral weeks, was al bic to be taken to his
home in North Topeka a day or two
ago.
The membership committee of the
railroad Z. NJ. c. A. will meet this even
ing at 6:10 O'Clock at the association
rooms. Supper will be served to the
members of the committee
International Correspondence schools
car 102 has been receiving some truck
repairs at the shops. 1t weighs 1850 600
pounds, but is only about the length of
an ordinary passenger car. the heavy
machinery used for instruction being
the cause of the unusual weight.
William Deveny. who has been with
the santa Fe for eleven years, and who
until lately has worked in the round
house as a nachinist. resigned Non
day. He has purchased a part interest
in a restaurant at Chickasha, /. t., and
will leave for that place soon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07
FROM ALBUQUERQUE.

The four towers of the new depot
have taken shape and promise to add
greatly to the appearance of the big
building.
Byron S. Harvey came in from the
south recently, spent the day in the city
and departed for Kansas City in the
evening
Fireman Sam Miller was made exceed
ingiy happy few nights ago by the ar
rival of his wife and two children from
BrooIville, Ontario.l
Engine NO. 7S6 was turned out of the
rOundhOuSe recently looking mighty nne
in a brand new dress. She had also been
treated to a new set of wheels.
Robert Harlan, construction foreman
for this vicinity Of the Santa Fe, is
buSiiy engaged with a gang OF men re
building the barns recently destroyed by
fire at the stock yards.
WD. Hitchcock, foreman Of the shops
in San Marcial was a passenger from
the south few nights ago. He was
met at the depot by his brother in-laN,
Harry E. RoSeberry.
Louis Roehrig Of Topeka, a boiler
maker, who is known to number of
Albuquerqueans, viii pass through the
city Monday evening. bound for San
Bernardfno, where he will go 20 work
in the shops.
In the month of April the wheel room
force Of the Santa Fe shops Of Ration
bored ], O06 wheels, which We're fitted to
axles and turned out ready for service
Some idea Of the increase in work done
may be gained from the statement that
400 wheels bored out and fitted was the
highest record ever made in any pre-
ViOus month.
The resignation of Frank E. Morriss,
as agent of the White Oaks, at Ell Paso
has gone into effect and he is missing
from his familiar place. Clarence Shell
by, who has been operator for some time,
is now agent and in charge of the sta
ton A S. Bishop, who has been sta
toned for some time at Captain, has
taken the vacant place in the office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07

ders. legs bruised.
S. D. Reed. osceola, Ia. slightly wound
Walter Crowley. woodburn. legs badly
j.. L. Barquhar. Gallon. O.. badly
shocked.
Dr. Averill, Alton. Ia. back injured.
T. J. Burk and wife, Jacksonville, wife
badly cut, on forehead, back hurt; Burl's
injuries slight.
Mary Cherry, Leroy, Ia. chest and head
hurt, serious internal injuries
Clyde Wilson. tHOpeville, Ia, collar bone,
head and legs bruised and cut.
r. b Mitchell, Weldon, Ia, head and
face badly cut.
G. B. Miller Clarinda, Ia, slightly in
jured. both head and arms.
William Elder. OttumWa, shoulder dislo-
Gated, head cut.
Rosice Mownan. Talmage. Ia, severely
shocked
Clarence whitlock, .Osceola, Ia. arm
broken, internal injuries.
S. z. Reem, Osceola, cut over eye, Sc
we're bruises.
bruised and cut, arm broken.
K. homeland, Chicago, leg and three ribs
broken.
Win Harper. Ottumwa. head and hands
Mrs WIN Harper. ottumwa. back
SpraineC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07

gone to Chicago. where he goes to re-
move his family to this city.
SWitchman AL. Repetto was compelled
to leave his work Friday afternoon and
go home. He is reported quite i'll today.
Engineer Gallotly went out Saturday
morning on train APT in place of J. r.
Trouslot who is quite i'll at his home in
this city.
Conductor George Miner is reported
quite i'll at his home in this city. crank
Ira has been assigned to his car in the
meantime.
Fireman Fred Gibbs has secured a
fifteen days leave of absence and Lee
Weatherspoon has been assigned his
place in the pool.
Fireman Frank Ramsden has resumed
his position with the Santa Fe. He has
been off duty several days. nursing a
mighty sore wrist.
Randall is the name of a new employe
in the paint shop. He will ofhciate in
Frank Hawkins place while the latter
is absent from his work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07
FROM HORTON.

Geo. Masching quit the wheel press
and is now at work in the boiler shops.
Blacksmith J. G. Biernan was off duty
the other day moving into his new home
A w McCombs and Ira stiles of the
boiler shop have called for their time.
H l. E4agee has re-entered the ma
chine shop and will finish his time as ap-
prentice.
R. Moore takes the place Of w. Kirch-
baum, who quit the freight snop last
week.
H. b. Riley of the saw mill was off
duty the last of the week with a badly
cut thumb.
Ed. Meyers and Charley Bryant are
back at work after having had siege
of mumps.
holdshiner are new men in the black
blacksmith H. T. Hazen who began
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07

orders as kidney. bladder and uric acid
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day, smarting or irritation in passing.
brick dust or sediment in the urine,
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disturbances due to bad kidney trouble
skin eruptions from bad blood. neural
gia, rheumatism, diabetes, bloating. ir-
ritability, WORKOUT feeling, lack of ann
bitiOn, loss of flesh, salloW complexion,
or Bright's disease.
If your water. when allowed to re-
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for twenty-four hours. forms a sedi-
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pearance, it is evidence that your kid
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Swamp-Root is the great discovery Of
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Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and
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e the slightest symptoms of kidney or
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07
Kansas, Eastern oklahoma 6 Texas

Independence. Kas., May 1T. H.
Stanford, of this city. returned yester-
day from Jennings, Q. r., where he at
tended a meeting of the directors of the
Kansas, Eastern Oklahoma & Texas
railroad. which proposes to build a line
from Cherryvale through Independence
to some point in Texas. Cherryvale has
voted bonds and the preliminary survey
has been made. The following officers
were elected: J. H. Brewster. Cherry
vale. Kas.. president; J. A. Burkholder,
Jennings, 0. T., vice president; George
". Hall, Saltwater, Q. T.. secretary;
Charles Fletcher. Cherryvale, Kas., as
sistant secretary; George Garfield, Jen-
nings. o. T. treasurer; J H Stanford,
Independence, Kas., general attorney,
and T. L. Putnam. Gushing, o. T., gen
e-al manager. This is at present a
private enterprise. but it is thought to
be backed by the Frisco Memphis COM
bination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-07

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