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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
NUDGE INTERVIEWED.
Gives Statement About the Big
Chicago Strike.

General Manager H. U. Nudge of the
Santa F'e is at Chicago trying to settle
the freight handlers strike. A dispatch
from Chicago says that the general
managers of practically all the roads
entering Chicago held their regular
weekly meeting in the afternoon at the
rooms of the Western Passenger asSo-
citation in the Monadnock building.
While they refused to make statement
to be taken as coming from all the
roads affected General Manager H. U.
Nudge stated the position of his COM
pany in the controversy, which is ac-
cepted as rejecting the feelings of the
other companies involved in the strike.
mo demand has ever been made on
us either by our employees or by the
union'' said Mr.. Nudge. The only in
timation we have had of the dissatis-
faction of our employees was in the form
of a notice which was posted in our
freight house and which was signed by
four of our employees. 1t stated that
hereafter the wages should be about 8
per cent higher than the scale in force
at that time. A similar notice was
served on our local freight agents about
two weeks ago. We learned that the po-
tfce was taken to our Office and the four
men whose names appeared on 1t had
signed by the request of organizers of
the union or it's officials No demand
was made on US for arbitration of the
questions raised.
I'VE offered to meet our men at any
time, but they have indicated no desire
to take advantage of the offer. On
July we posted notice putting in eff
feet an advance in wages. amounting to
II per ceDt. The men walked out with
out notice to US and in some respects it
is one of the most peculiar strikes that
ever has come to my notice. We shall
continue to receive freight and to de1iv-
er freight on our platforms. We shall
low rr,ar tn "a 10 fo r,lo nf
who have left our employ as rapidly as
we can secure them. No, we never have
at any time refused to meet with our
men and neither have we refused to ar
bitrate the questions raised, for the
simple reason that we have never been
given the ODDOrtunity''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09

elevator under a trestle and went di-
rectly into the woods. We spent Sum
day in the woods at West Seattle.
When it got dark we came across the
mill at South Seattle. We then started
on the railroad towards Black river;
we turned off the track to the left
shortly before we reached Black river.
into the woods This was Monday
morning when we got into the timber
and we cooked breakfast We then
rested until afternoon. At 3 o'clock
we started through the timber towards
Renton. Just before we reached the
railroad bridge over Black river we
met four men and Tracy said: Hello
Fred and then jumped down the bank
to where the men We're standing. Tracy
talked to the men for a few minutes.
After the talk was finished Tracy left
one of the men to watch me. He and
the three others, after blfndfolding me,
went off and stayed about an hour.
When they returned they brought a
bottle of whiskey. Then we started
out. Tracy forced me to walk in front
and he followed behind. accompanied by
the four men we met on the bridge
We arrived at Renton at about Lii
o'clock and walked up the railroad
track through the town one and one
half miles east of the brick yard Here
Tracy tied ne up and he. accompanied
by the four strange men. left me. They
ASeoA AACA a. ody ASAt ucSQdy morning,
and we went further back into the
brush and cooked breakfast After
breakfast Tracy told me he would go
away for a while. but would come back
In an hour. When he returned he
brought little boy from JerraI's house
and we walked down to the JerraI
place together. We were in the house
about three hours when Tracy took me
out into the brush. At the river bank
he said: Lie down. After looking ur
and down the river Tracy tied me UP
and cautioned me to keep still 1 lay
in this position until called to by Mrs.
Jerral when hobbled out of the brush
into her back yard, where this gentle
man Indicating a Post Intelligencer
representative united the leather straps
which held my wrists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
George Fisher Claims to Have
Important Information
Regarding a Plot to Assassinate
the Late President.
PRICE ON HIS HEAD.
Claims Anarchists Value His
Life at $4,000.
Has D0dged Five Attempts to
Assassinate Him.

Canton, O., July 9.-George Fisher,
giving Pittsburg as his home. made an
attempt to see Mrs. Mckinley yester-
day afternoon. claiming that he had i'm
portant disclosures to make to her of
the plot which led to the assassination
of her husband. >The colored porter told
to see any one. Fisher then went to
Mayor J. H. Robertson and told him
his story. He had been to Cleveland
where he made an unsuccessful attempt
to see Senator Hanna, He claims that
the anarchists have set a price of $780,
600 upon his head and that five at
tempts have been made to assassinate
him. The township trustees bought him
a ticket to Pittsburg to get him out
of the city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
A Foot Of. Water Over Roadbed
at Superior, Neb.
A Thousand Feet of Burlington
Tracks Washed Away.
HERMAN is IN A LAKE.
Portions of Des Mofnes Flooded
and People Moving Out.
Rain Causes Serious Railroad
Wrecks in Illinois.

Omaha, July 9.-The rain that began
falling last evening continued up to
noon today. Reports received today
show the conditions in the flooded dis
tricts to be worse than at first reported.
Morning trains were from one to five
hours late into the city and some OF
them had been abandoned entirely.
At Superior, Neb., the Burlington rail-
road had 1000 feet of track washed
bodily into the Republican river. and
the Santa Fe was blocked last night
by foot of water running over the
roadbed for a mile west of the town.
At Blair, a quarter of mile of the
Northwestern's track was washed out
and the town of Herman is still in the
midst of a lake of water. At Kennard,
500 feet of track of the same road was
carried away and the filed approach at
the Missouri river bridge east of town,
began to slide away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
BRING BIG PRICES.
Kansas Cattle Are at Top of the
Market.

Secretary Coburn is very much elated
over the fact that Kansas cattle have
recently broken the record for high
prices on both the Kansas City and Chi
cago markets, the greatest beef mar
kets in the world.
A few days ago a bunch of Marshall
county fat cattle-GalIoways-t were
fed near Frankfort were sold on the
Kansas City market for 1885 hundred
breaking the Kansas City record. Right
on top of this the news came from
Chicago that bunch of Jackson county
steers brought $3.50 a hundred the
highest ever paid on the Chicago mar
ket since 1882 twenty years ago.
According to Chicago livestock pa
pers, $3.50 really breaks the record for
the entire past, for the reason that the
record established in 1882, $3.50 was on
a few cattle selected from large num-
ber. If the same tactics had. been pur-
sued with the Kansas cattle recently
marketed, which brought $3.50 for the
entire lot, it is estimated that the top
price would have reached $11 or $12.
These records in the two greatest cat
tie markets in the world are simply an
other demonstration that Kansas is the
great beef producing state of the coun-
try, as well as the great bread-produc-
ing state. Bread and meat to feed the
nations are Kansas chief products The
wheat crop which Kansas produced last
year, which was the largest ever pro-
duced by any state in the history of the
world, SHOWS what Kansas can do in
the bread line, while the recent records
in fine beef show what she can do as
regards fine beef
Kansas farmers are farming more and
more scientifically each year. They are
using their heads as we'll as their hands
in their farming operations. The most
of them have learned that it pays to
look after the kind of cattle they feed
A bushel of corn fed to one animal may
produce just as much meat as if fed to
another animal, but if it makes four
cent meat on animal Number One it is
not as profitable as if it should make
1t Is the animal that builds up along
the back instead of around the paunch
that makes good beef and it is this
kind that brings the top of market
Kansas farmers are raising the broad
backed kind of cattle. In wen-pro-
portioned beef animal the upper third
is worth as much as the lower two
thirds. The sirloin, the porterhouse
and the prime of ribs along the back
are worth on an average from IL to 20
cents pound-just now they are worth
mOre-while the flank and ribs plate are
worth only four cents If the animal
converts his corn into tallow and SOAP
grease around his paunch it is worth
even less.
Kansas is an ideal beef state 1t has
broad ranges where cattle may be bred
and raised on grass which grows IN
abundance. Then it has the corn and
kaff1r corn and other feed which makes
the best beef in the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
settlement in SIGHT.
Arbitration Likely to End
Freight Handlers Strike.

Chicago, July 9.-It is hoped with con-
siderable assurance of consumma ton,
that the freight handlers strike which
has almost paralyzed railroad shipping
since Monday, will be called off by to-
night Pursuant to the plan laid out
by the state board of arbitration yes
the controversy, a meeting of the strik-
ers was held this morning for the pur-
pose of appointing committees from the
various roads to visit the officials of
their respective roads. 1t is believed
these committees and the railroad man.
ayers will be able to compromise, as
their views on the wage question have
been very nearly similar. These COM
m1tteeS, however, are not empowered to
accept finally any compromise. The
plans hit upon at the various confer
ences will be submitted to general
meeting of the union scheduled for
O'Clock this afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09

inches of water falling Two Missouri
Pacific bridges were washed out west
of Clyde and the branch from Yuma,
Kan. to Prosser, Neb., a distance of 104
miles, is completely tied up by wash
outs. Not train has run over the en-
tire branch for nearly week. The Re-
publican river is out of its banks in
many places today and. a great many
farms in the bottom lands are SUBJ
merged.
BLUE RAPIDS INUNDATED.
Blue Rapids, Kan, July 9-The Blue
river is rising rapidly North Blue Rap
ids is af1oat The citizens have vacated
their residences and the mills are closed
In fact the river is the highest it has
been since 1892 and several bridges
have gone out All crops on the low
lands are destroyed. No trains are run
ming from the west on the Missouri Pa
cif1c or Union Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
DEMAND FOR MONEY.
Chicago Reports Unusual Re-
Quirements in the West.

Chicago. July 9.-Wide interest is be-
ginning to attach to the unusual de-
mand for money in the central west
and northwest. Within fortnight in
terest rates have advanced 1 per cent.
Chicago began shipping money to the
Northwest and west about July / at the
rate of $500,000 daily. 1t is estimated
that about 81, ,000, 600 currency has been
sent out of Chicago to ST. Paul, Mime
apolis and ST. Louis.
These shipments have started de-
mand by Chicago banks on New York
The movement from that direction has
just begun.
The demand from the west is fully
two months ahead of the season. when
ordinarily crop moving requirements
occasion many shipments. Northwest
ern and western institutions merely re-
port that the small banks throughout
the country are asking for funds and
have to be accommodated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
ANDERsoN's STORY.
Tracy's Captive Relates His Expert
ence With the Outlaw.

Seattle, Wash, July "a special te
the Post Intelligencer from Renton,
Wash, says.
Surrounded by a morbid crowd OF
men in the Renton saloon, John Ander
son relates to Post IntelligenceI
representative his experiences since the
night he left Port Madison in john
sons white boat until his rescue at TIE
Jerra1 house at s O'Clock last night.
From his story it is evident that Tracy
has accomplices who are lending him
material assistance in his flight through
the country, After disposing of a
hearty meal at the Melrose hotel, An
derson seated himself at table in
Inman's Renton saloon and to re-
porter related the following story IN
broken English.
I'VE left Madison Saturday night al
9 O'Clock. We went to West Seattle,
arriving at daylight. / pulled the boat,
he held a gun over me all the way.
We landed south of the West Seattle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
A DISASTROUS RAIN.
Railroads Suffer Greatly by Floods in
Illinois.

Peoria. ILL.,, July 9.-A terrific rain and
electrical storm swept over Peoria and
the adjacent country last night. Rain fell
in foods for several hours and the damage
wrought was extensive. All the railroad
lines entering the city are more or less
affected A Lake Erie & Western freight
went through a bridge at Harmdale six
miles from here. The engine and several
freight cars are piled in the bottom of
Fran creek. The engineer was fatally in
jured and the fireman lies beneath the en-
gfne. 1t will be several days before traffic
is restored. The Toledo, Peoria & West
ern train. due here last evening. struck
a landslide II miles east of here and the
engine was derailed. The damage to the
timothy and oats crop is very heavy. Sew
era1 inches of rainfall was recorded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
FROST NAMES COMMITTEE.
Those Who Will Manage semi-cen-
teunial Celebration.

President John E. Frost of the Coni1ler-
ciaI club today named the executive COM
mittee OF the senii-centenniai for ly'a-
The members of the committee are as
follows:
T. F. Carver, chairman; H. NJ Phillips
G. w. Crane. p. J. Monahan, w. H. Roe
sington, H. T. Chase, Dell Keizer. T. A.
McNeal, o. H. Coulter, J. Thomas, G. s.
Elliott, Dr. 8. G.. Stewart. George Neal.
f. 6. Kelly, c. E. Foote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
A NEW MAGAZINE.
Commercial News, With Tom McNeal
as Editor, Renamed @Push.n

The old Commercial News will ap-
pear under new name next month. 1t
will be called PUSH" and have as star
T. A. McNeal, editor, Albert r. Reid, car
toonist and F. r. Aldrich, business man
ager- The promoters announce that the
magazine will be devoted to Commercial
development, fun literature and art"
Each issue will contain one or more Of
Mr.. Reid's famous cartoons. and may
later be turned into an illustrated maga-
zine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
Ball Players Out of Court

Cleveland, O.. July 9.-Judge Wing. of
the United States circuit court, today
dismissed the proceedings brought by
the Philadelphia National League club
against Pitcher Bernhard to compel
him to play with the Philadelphia club
or not at all The court held that it
had no jurisdiction in the case, Bern
hardt being citizen of the state of
New York. The court then took up the
case of Lajoie and Flick and, after a
brief hearing, dismissed them on the
same ground.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
PLANNED A ROBBERY.
Six Farmers in Jail Charged With At
tempted BURGLARY

Sedan. Kan, July 9.-Sheriff ]. W.
Taylor and posse lodged in Jail six
farmers living near Elgin, Kan, charg-
ed with conspiracy to rob the Elgin
State bank They are Robert Niblock
George Nibiock. John w Swinney and
his sons, Tom, Lane and Ike.
The sheriff learned some time ago,
he says, that these parties, with others,
were planning to rob the bank and he
set abount learning their movements.
The work was to be done Sunday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
WICKERSHAM NAMED.


r. 8. Wfckersham has been appointed
assistant engineer of the Santa Fe Pacific
lines.
Mr. Wickersham, who has been in the
mechanical department of the road in
Topeka for year and half, will succeed
H. Gregg His headquarters will be at
San Bernardino. The change will take
place July 2o-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
WILL LEAVE TIEN TSIN.
Hay Induces European C0un-
tries to Agree to Withdraw.

Washington, July 9.-Secretary Hays
Chinese government through Yuan Shf
Khan and Minister WI, relative to the
evacuation of Tien Tsin, has met with
success. The foreign generals who have
stood in the way of evacuation, will re-
ceive instructions from their home gov
ernments, and although one or two OF
the minor points remain to be adjusted,
it is believed that Tien Tsin will soon
be turned over to the Chinese authors
ties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09

and, secreting his posse about the bank,
he awaited their coming. For some rea-
son, the plans of the robbers were
changed, and, after cutting the tele-
phone wires, they attempted escape, six
being arrested and six others are being
hunted by the officers. Those in custody
were arraigned before Justice Ellis and
their preliminary hearing set for July
Is. In default of $1,000 bond each. the
prisoners were remanded to JAIL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
MORE RAIN TODAY.
Nearly a Half Inch is Recorded This
Morning.

The rain up to II o'clock this morning
measured thirty-eight hundredths of an
inch in the government rain guage
The forecast sent out this morning was:
Generally fair tonight and Thursday"
The wind this morning was northeast,
blowing four miles an hour. The hourly
temperatures recorded by the government
thermometer were as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
Costa Rica Volcanoes Active.

Managua, Nicaragua, July 9.-The
Democracia of this city reports that
the volcanoes of Mihad Vale and Rim
spectively so and so miles southeast of
Lake Nicaragua, are in active erup-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09

Chicago, July 81 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York, IS: Boston, 30; Phil
adelphfa, 80; Washington, 80; Chicago
s.; minneapolis, 60; Cincinnati e; -
Louis. g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09

Chicago. July 9--Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day; cooler tonight, northeriy winds.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-25
Nelson. odd Appearanc..

When Lord Nelson was commanding
the Mediterranean squadron and lying
off the bay Of Biscay, the captains of
two Spanish frigates lately arrived
from America sent to entreat the honor
of an audience with the admiral, merely
to give themselves the qualification of
seeing person whom they considered
to be the greatest man in the world.
Captain Hardy took their request to
Lord Nelson and urged compliance
with it, Notwithstanding the admiraps
querulous reply of. What is there to
see in an old, withered fellow like N.Y.
self?"
Nelson always wore short breeches
and silk stockings, and at this moment
his legs were bound at the knee and an
kle with pieces of brown paper soaked
in vinegar and tied with red tape. The
application was to allay the irritation
of some mosquito bites.
Quite forgetting this and the extraor-
binary appearance it presented, he
went on deck to the Spanish captains
and conducted the interview with such
perfect good breeding and courtesy that
his odd appearance was quite forgotten
In the charm Of his manners, and the
Spaniards went away with every high
opinion confirmed which they had pre-
viously formed of Lord Nelson.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-25
Men md Food.

Cassius wanted to know upon what
meat doth this our Caesar feed that he
is grown so great" Some antiquarian
has been making an investigation into
the diet of the New England Caesars,
including Governor Winslow, Daniel
Webster and others. He finds that they
or their ancestors breakfasted on hasty
pudding, pea soup favored with pork
squash, turnips and onions; dined on
the same, with rye pudding, brown
bread and an occasional fowl, and sup
ped on fresh fish, with vegetables.
But Cassius did not really think that
greatness had it's root in meat and
drink, for he said. 1.-THE fault, dear
Brutus, is in ourselves, that
we are underlings," after declaring that
"men at some time are masters Of their
fates."
He was right. 1t was not pea soup
and rye bread in the east that made
Webster, nor was it salt pork in the
west that raised Lincoln until he over
topped all others in his generation
Youths Companion.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-25
A Common Snake,

The common snake. which bears the
scientific name Of Tropidonotus natrix,
is one species of genus (tropidonotus)
which extends over Europe and North
America and from northern Asia to
north Australia, there being seventeen
or eighteen Indian species alone. Our
common snake may serve as an exam
pie of the largest family into which
serpents are. divided-the family .colu-
brida-of which there are upward Of
165 species in India alone. The family
contains most of the harmless snakes,
and it is also illustrated by a small
snake. Coronella austraca, which some
years ago was discovered to be an in
habitant of Dorsetshire and Hamp-
shire. The coronella feeds exclusively
on lizards, slow worms and small
snakes. Though harmless, it will bite.
Quarterly Review.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-25
POULTRY POINTERS.

Never give poultry water in the morn.
ing before feeding.
All the stimulants breeding fowls
need is wholesome food and drink in
proper quantities.
To fatten the coclzerels rapidly, con-
fine them in close quarters and feed
cornmeal cooked in milk.
Short legged fowls fatten quickly.
Long legs are hard to fatten. Those
first Matched fatten quickest in a
brood
Fowls seldom tire of milk. They
may eat too much grain or meat, but
milk in any form is palatable and
healthy.
The roosting poles should be on a
level with each other. This will pre-
vent the fowls all trying to roost on
the top perch.
A fowl or animal in which an excel
lence is constitutional is apt to trans
NIT all this excellence in all the de-
veloped power and beauty to its prog
eny.
In selecting for breeding the pullet
should be Mt least year younger than
the cock. This will conduce to the
strength and good health of the off.
srs-sa-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-25
For Hi, sovereien,s Sake.

The shah of Persia when in France
suffered from a toothache, and so a
dentist was summoned to remove the
offending tooth. But, like less exalted
mortals, the shah, when he found him
self face to face with the dentist, dis
covered that his toothache had disap-
peared, and so absolutely refused to be
operated on. However, his majesty
declared that he did not wish the dem
fist to lose lis time, and SO commanded
that tooth should be extracted from
each Of his suit. He said this with
his eyes fixed on the ground, and then,
suddenly looking up, found, to his in
tense amusement, that all his minis
tiers and staff had quietly slipped away
except the grand yizier, whom he COM
plimented upon being the only one
faithful enough to undergo little dis
comfort for his soyereign's sake. Then
he dismissed the dentist with a present.