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The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12

wood about the trucks as in other cars.
The trucks are composed entirely of steel
and iron No. 219 had her springs tested
yesterday They will be put in service as
soon as possible.
The work on the mechanicaT stokers if
the new power house was commenced
Thursday These stoIxers are a mechari-
cal device which viii do away with the
stationary firemen. About the only other
the Edison electric light plant.
Every man in the planning mill is work.
ing his best in order to get out rush
order for material for 100 cattleg guards If
there is an average of two guards to the
mile this amount will be enough to eX-
be finished in about three weeks.
The Oakland A. o. ~. w. lodge. No. sos
initiated several new 5neElberS Wednesday y
in the initiation By Star i6dge No. SS1 of
North Topeka. After the imitation a Dan-
quet was served II is said that several
shopnaen were among those Initiated.
G. T. Neubert. master mechanic of the
Kansas City Belt railroad was visiting in
town Thursday. Mr.. Neubert was with
worked for the company for about Is
years. The last position be held with the
Santa Fe was master mechanic of this di-
vision. t'
A party of officials composed of Presi-
dent Ripley, H. Z. Nudge. Victor Mora
wetz, w. E. Storey, jr-. Alfred Lowell and
day. It is said that the party got in all
right but they lost their way and could
not get out until John Purcell. superlnten-
dent Of shops, came along and assisted
them in their search for the exit
There has been a feeling of deep regret
about the roundhouSe mere concerning the
unfortunate accident of Monday afternoon
in which Samuel Wise and Alexander Hev-
lin were mortally injured. Wise was on
the engine which struck Stephen Bauer,
a stationary engineer more than month
ago, and although in no wise 20 blame for
that distressing accident, he was worried
about it. He was one of the most cheerful
engineers runring out of Topeka. Hevlin
as other railroad men do talked at times
about the chance of meeting death while
on his engine, seeming to understand what
risk he was taking every trip he made on
the line. Hevlin years ago was insured in
the engineers lodge, but dropped it and
at his death carried no insurance
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
CONNECTING LINK.
Rock Island Will Soon Let Contract
for 265 Miles.

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. 12-It is re-
ported here that within the next sixty
days contracts viii be let for building 265
miles of railroad by the Rock Island sys-
TEN, connecting Pueblo with Santa Rosa.
The object is to secure for the Rock Is
land another outlet from Denver and Col
orado Springs to the Pacific coast by the
way of Ell Paso and at the same time
tap the INN ense coal fields at Trinidad
Colo. The Rock Island line from Liberal
Kan. runs through Santa Rosa to con-
nection with the Southern Pacific at Ell
Paso. and the proposed line from Pueblo
will be the connecting link in the system
between Colorado and the Pacific coast
The Rock Island uses the tracks of
the Denver and Rio Grande between Colo
rado Springs and Pueblo but when the
proposed line is finished it is understood
the road will lay it's own tracks from
Colorado Springs to Pueblo.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
WELL INFORMED.
How the President Is Helped Along
by His Remarkable Memory.

President Roosevelt is rapidly acquiring
a reputation for possessing knowledge
that is absolutely encyelopedlc especlaiiy
about everything that relates to the Unit
ed States while his memory for faces ana
names seems little less than marvellous
AS an illustration Of the sort OF thlng
that is winning him fame as an encylo-
pedia of detailed information about the
United States take his correction of Vice
President Bettinger, of the Ohio Valley
IMPROVEMENT association, when represen-
tatives of that organization We're at the
White House TO advocate the nlne-foot
channel project The presidents dlsplay
of familiarity with the amount OF com
rnerce of the Ohio was astonishing to the
delegation, as well it might be. for he mas
never lived in that section of the country
But every day callers at the White House,
who come from the most widely separated
sections of the country, are astonished
and pleased by remarks of the president
showing he is well acquainted with the
history. geoera ply, politics and local pc
culiarities of their several sections w nile
it is undoubtedly true Mr. Roosevelt has
been a most Industrious student of Amer
lean history all his life, and is probably
as well informed in the minutiae of it as
almost any other American. there Is very
good reason to believe his displays of in
innate acquaintance with its details are
bv no means off-hand Neither are his
remarkable feats in the way of recalling
the names of his callers. AS a fact he
helps his memory in thoroughly syste-
matte way but nevertheless the effect on
his callers is just as surprising and graf
flying as if the whole thing were spon-
taneous. Under the supervision of Sec
retary Cortelyou there is a newspaper clip
ping bureau of the White House which
makes scraps of all the leading papers
of the country every day. The especially
important articles from these papers are
brought at once to the presidents atten-
ton When he has perused them they
and the others are carefully filed away
in indexed cases. where any of them may
speedily be got at if required Now as
rule people of any prominence who desire
to call on the president make an engage
rnent in advance through a member or
senator or with Secretary CorteIyou. Thus
it is that the president knows when he
goes to his office in the morning all the
people who are likely to call to see him
during the day, and it is not difficult for
him to surnise just about the topics that
each caller or party of callers will want
to touch on or that will be interesting to
them. tt can thus be readily seen that.
with his newspaper clippings from all
parts of the country and the other well
known aids to memory, the president is
in position to talk at a few hours no
tice with the citizens of anv state or
region on the subjects specially interest
\ ing to that region.-Pittsburg Post.
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to know said last night that such a plan
is under consideration by the Gould
lines, the Maple Leaf and the Orient.
He said that if the depot was built il
will be a three-story brick structure
located at the foot of Minnesota avenue.
The Outer Belt track of the Orient line
and the lines Of the Great Western, the
Missouri Pacific and the Kansas City
Northwestern railroads run close to-
gether at this point and additional con-
struction VIII not be necessary for &c
four roads to gain admittance to the
new depot.
When Mr. Stilwen addressed the Mer-
camille club of Kansas City. Kas., not
long ago upon the possibilities of the
Orient he said that as a direct result
of the building Of the Orient the popuia-
ton of Kansas City, Kas., would be
doubled in ten years. He promised that
a handsome depot would be built at
which all Orient trains would stop, and
he promised further that no other rail
road that would not stop all its trains
at the depot could have the use of the
depOt.
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ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

George Miller. foreman of the machine
shop. was off Thursday on account Of
sickness.
'Cooney'' Heise of the tank gang in the
boiler shop
George Rode. of the sheet iron gang. is
taking the place of "Cooney'' IIeise. in the
roundhouse-
Harry Henry, an apprentice in the ma
chine shop. went home Thursday with a
piece of steel in his eye.
William Little is a new man in the wa
ter service department. He was employed
Thursday to work at the new shops
Nestibuled chair car No. 1o6S was sent
out of the paint shop yesterday. The car
has been in the shops for light repairs.
Mrs. J. M Riley, who for the last two
weeks has been visiting in the family Of
returned Thursday to her home in Neva-
da, Mo
John Bacon. the Emporia man who was
nearly killed under an engine short time
ago is recovering. He is able to be up
and around, but he has not yet returned
to work
service tanks near the new power house
was commenced today. These tanks will
be about half as large as the one near the
coal chute
Several men at the shops are of the
opinion that the railroads in this vicinity
will shortly experience coal famine It
is very light.
Jacob Etzer of the concrete gang in the
new shops had two fingers of lis right
hand mashed Thursday morning while al
work lifting some railroad iron. One of
the rails fell on his hand
c. r. Kinsey. assistant to X. R. Stuart,
general foreman of the storehOuse, is now
in Argonia. Kan, the home of his father.
who is expected to die at any moment.
The elder Kinsey is 81 years Of age.
r. c. Scott. general chairman of the B.
Of r. T. OF the Santa Fe, is in Newton.
The other night he met with the local or
der there and discussed the late agreement
signed with the Santa Fe in regard to the
pay Of yard men.
Miss Mamie Powell and Miss Myrtle
Hickox, who have been in the Harvey
dining room here for the last few months,
have gone to Arkansas City, where they
viii work mattresses in the new Har-
vey eating house which has just been
ccened there.
On next Wednesday evening Irwin lodge
No. 2e9. which is largely composed OF
shop men. will give the second of series
Of card parties to be given ethis winter.
Several prizes will be hung up to induce
the Tlayers 10 do their best. The member 5
of tie 4. O. L. ". are invited.
Baggage car No. 219. from the Pullman
works, arrived at the shops Thursday.
This car is a sample of several that are
now being built by the Pullman company
for the Santa Fe- The main feature OF
these cars is the fact that there is nc
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12

Street Railway Mems Union of Amer
lea. The meeting shows the harmonI-
Gus relationship existing between the
street railway company and its en-
ployeS. The company has voluntarily
decided that the Irregular employees shall
receive as their share of its profits one
third of the amount available for divi-
'dends after the ordinary share 5olders
have received per cent This means,
as estimated. that at the end of the
about $50, at the end of the second year
the share will be about $50. and in five
years it will be S100. The men VIII re-
ceive the standard union wages. Mana
ger Buntzen says that. in his opinion.
the increased interest in the company's
welfare on the part of the employees
created by the new system viii add so
much to the company's success that the
shareholders, as well as the men, will
gain by the innovation.
The employees proportion of the profits
will be divided equally among them, all
being considered as units in making the
company's business a success In addi-
ton to the voluntary concession, the
company pays as high wages for every
class of work as are paid by other local
employers, and, generally speaking,
higher wages The company also makes
certain concessions in the way OF -uT1i-
forms, light and transportation. that
employers in other lines of business aye
not in a position to grant. 1t is cu=fo-
mary to look for rocks in the way of all
such industrial experiments. Men do not
work for low wages nor under unfa-
vorable conditions voluntarily, but be-
cause they are forced to do so by the
conditions of the labor market The
model employer, the man who volun-
tarily does more than he -s forced to do,
because he sees that there is something
wrong, and that the men are entitled to
more, is worthy of all honor. One of the
difficulties of such a scheme is that en-
ployment with him ACQUIRES an econo-
mic value which the workmen may be
forced to pay to middlemen or inter-
mediaries. But it is time enough to
look for such trouble when it begins to
develop. A good relationship and feel
ing Of mutual interest have a value
which cannot be accurately estimated in
dollars, and these have been secured al
ready by the Vancouver Street Railway
company. We may learn some day that
an honest desire to do right can cure
most of the industrial evils of modern
society.-Toronto Globe.
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WOULDN'T BELIEVE HIM.
Witness Who Turned States Evil
dence Is Discredited.

Correspondence of Associated Press.)
Honolulu, Dec. 6. via San Francisco,
Dec. 12.-The special session of the SEN
ate will probably end tomorrow, when
Governor Dole's nominations for the
offices made vacant by removals are eX-
Dected to be sent in. Henry E. Cooper.
secretary of the territory. is slated for
the office of superintendent of public
works, J. H. Fisher for auditor. and
Judge A. n. Ke.oiixai for treasurer. In
the event Of Cooper taking the public
works department, he will send his res
ignaton to Washington as secretary CT
the territory. George r. Carter is men,
toned as his probable successor.
The trials of two cases against for
mer Deputy Tax Assessor Alexander d
Thompson, indicted on five charges OF
embezzlement of public funds. resulted
in acGuittal. and in each of the three
other charges the prosecution entered q
nolle PROSE- qui Joseph Woodward.
who was indicted with Thompson.
turned states evidence. but the jurors
would not credit his testimony. Wood
ward admitted his own guilt.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
PARTIALITY ALLEGED.
American Missionaries Complain of
Treatment in Turkey.

Washington. Dec. 12-President Roose-
welt and Secretary of State Hay today re-
ceived a deputation representing all relis-
ious bodies in the United States that are
doing missionary work in the Turkish re-
public. The deputation was headed by
Morris K. Jessup, president of the cham
ber of commerce of New York and presi-
dent of the board of trustees of Syrian
Protestant college at Beirut. Accom-
panying him were Darwin R. James, of
the Presbyterian board of foreign mis-
sions; Rev. Samuel B. Caper, president of
the American board of foreign mission
and other men prominent in educational
and religious work.
The deputation through Mr.. Capen pre-
sented a formal address declaring that the
affairs of American educational and relig-
ious institutions in. the Turkish empire
are in a serious ennditiop and need the
immediate attention of this government.
The president was informed that educa-
tional and religious institutions establish
ed in Turkey were not being treated fair
ly by the sultan and the deputation asked
that this government demand from Tur-
key under the act according special priv
4 iIeges to foreigners, the same rights as
are enjoyed by Russian, Italian and Ger
man institutions
These nations, it was pointed out had
secured rights that American teachers
and missionaries were unable to obtain.
For the United States not to ask for sim
liar concessions would be to acknowl-
edge our inferiority,'' the address said
1t was pointed out that Russia and
France had secured from Turkey immun-
ity from taxation for all their churches
and schools, and had the right to open
churches and schools whenever and wher-
ever they desired. The American mission
ary boards claim that to them ought to
| be accorded similar rights yet the presi-
dent was informed, American schools and
| churches have been closed by arbitrary
/ authority while French and Russian ed
ucational instructions and places of wor-
ship are permitted to remain open.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
ROOSEVELT AS A BOY.
His Father Was a Well-to-Do and
Substantial Citizen of New York.

When he was nine years of Sge young
Roosevelt was taken abroad by his parents
and he made another trip with them to
Europe not long afterward. greatly enjoy
ing a voyage up the Nile Al seventeen
he entered Harvard and promptly grew
sonably be supposed that he was very
proud. The side <whiskerS resembled those
of Pe7sdennis as pictured by Thackeray. 1t
goes without saying that he soon became
extremely popular at college, where he ac-
quilted himself fairly well in mis- studies
Old classmates recall the fact that he had
many queer natural history specimens
which he kept in his room.
Mr.. Roosevelts father was well-to-dc
substantial citizen of New York, and be-
longed to one of the oldest families of tue
metropolis. He was in business with his
brother as a merchant. Later they be-
elder in December, 1853. married Martha
Bunoch, a Southern lady OF distinguished
family. They had four children-two sons
The four children born of this marriage
were in order of birth Anna, Theodore FL
lott and Corinne- Anna is the wife of
States navy. Elliott, who died a few years
ago. while vet a young man. looked a gocs
deal like Theodore, but was darker and
less robust. Corinne is Mrs Douglas Roo
inson jr and lives in New York city.
The Roosevelt family has always clHng
closely together. The president IS extreme
ly fond of his sisters and mis- devotion 10
his children is exceptional.
On the whole it is rather surprising. that
Theodore Roosevelt ever lived TO grow Up
and become the president of the United
States. He was an exceedingly delicate
child suffering such tortures with asthma
that on many occasions his father was
middle of the night. take the boy from bis
bed and drive 10 miles in order that he
might get his breath
might get his breath.-Rene Bache in Sue
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
STILL SMOKING.
Two New Craters Which Formed on
the Side of Santa Maria.

San Francisco. Dec. 1.-TWO new
craters of Santa Maria volcano, which
burst from the side of the mountain on
the morning of October "a last and de-
vastated a large section of Guatemala,
are still smoking. From one of the
craters, beneath the cloud of smoke,
white hot lava exudes in a sluggish
stream and from the other cold mud
is thrown in spasnodic fashion. This
information has been brought here by
people arriving on the steamer
Acapulco. On her trip down the coast
the Acapulco was at Champerico a
week after the outbreak of Santa Maria,
when the inhabitants of the town and
those who fed from the nefghborhood
of the volcano were in a state of terror.
The Acapulco carried 10 of them to the
port of San Jose. One of the refugees,
Alfred McKinnon, an American, died on
the steamer from the effects of inhaling
volcanic gases
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12

ments could be made. 1t may be true
that other roads have made contracts
for the use of the new terminals but It
is certain the Santa Ffe has not. We
have not even been approached But
this depot viii not do and something
must be done"
General Manager H. U. Nudge accom-
panied Mr.. Ripley when the latter left
for Chicago Thursday afternoon. Mr..
Nudge left Mr.. Ripley at Kansas City.
and went in his private car via the Mis-
souri, Pacific to st. Louis where it is
said he has gone at President Riplev's
request to confer with the Frisco off
Gals in regard to the proposed Kansas
CITY denOt plans.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
MADISON DISSATISFIED.
Wants the Santa Fe to Improve Its
Train Service.

Madison. Kas., Dec. 12-Madison peo-
pie are all very much disgusted with
the Santa Fe 4rain service since the
last change in the time card. Business
men ard stock men DO much of their
business by telegraph. as there is no
telling when they viii get their mail.
There is strong talk of the Missouri
Pacific putting on new train that VIII
arrive in Madison in the morning from
the east with all the eastern mail and
morning papers. The business men are
all willing to pledge their business to the
Missouri Pacific # they will do this
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
SHARES IT'S PROFITS.
A Street Railway sun on the Cooper
alton Plan.

The adoption of practical system of
profit sharing by the street railway
company of Vancouver is an experiment
that will be of interest to all who watch
the development OF our industrial sys-
tenn The Independent. a weekly pub
lished in the interests Of organized la =
bor in Vancouver. B. c.. gives report
of an address by Manager Tcuntzen of
the street railway company to a mass
meeting of workmen. which was also
addressed by President Mahon of the
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
He NEVER RECOVERED.
Santa Fe Conductor Dies from Effect
of fAmputation.

Perry Van Kirk. Santa Fe conductor,
died at the La Junta railroad hospital
last Tuesday morning, aged about A
years. Mr.. Van Kirk was injured in the
Pueblo yards last July, one of his legs
being badly crushed. He has been an in
mate of La Junta hospital ever since. The
attending physicians decided that an am
putation of his injured limb at the thigh
was necessary, but Mr.. Van Kirk never
recovered from the effects of the amputa-
ton His wife was with him when he
died
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
DEPOT AT Z. c., KAs.
Orient and Other Lines Will Build a
Union Station.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 12.-It is prob
able that Kansas City, kas.. win -ssiee
a handsome new $150.000 passenger sta
ticn used jointly by the Orient road. the
Missouri Pacific, the Kansas City North
western and the Chicago Great Western.
A railroad official who is in a position
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
Withdrawing Their money.

New York, Dec. 12.-The Withdrawals
from the savings bank continue says a
Paris dispatch to the Times by way of
London. In the last ten days thev have
amounted to 100000 as against $500 000
deposited in the banks. Since the be-
ginning of the year the Withdrawals
hove exceeded the deposits by s25. 500,
COO.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
OVER $1,000 MORE.
New Ballot Law Made Last Election
Extensive

The last election cost Shawnee county
50 2914S5 The election in 1900 cost 81
S72. AZ, a difference of s1.0ze.43
The ballots and stationery for the last
election cost c.000 the pay of judges
and clerks $50 and rent for voting
places $T4 S. The increased cost over
two years was caused by the regular
ballot and two special ballots use,l Two
years ago only one large ballot was nee
essary-
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
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The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
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Who tells malicious lies Of us
Is bad enough. forsooth.
BIT far mere rnaddeni1g is the cuss
Who tells malicious truth
philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12

You don't want to forget that a mighty
good way to save money is not to bet on
the election.-Indianapoiis News.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12
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You Owe it to Yourself to Find This
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The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-12

Mr.. w. c. Brent of 174 w Franklin St,
Baltimore. Nd, in an interview with a re-
porter, said; Il suffered for ut least eight
months with the lumbago. 1 came to the
conclusion that I had kidney trouble. con-
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Previous to that time had to move about
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