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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
TWO GENTS 4 MILE.
Flat Rate May Be in Force in z. c.
Chicago Territory.


Chicago, Ill, Aug 5.-A fiat passen-
ger rate of cents per mile in all the
territory from Kansas City and st. Paul
to Chicago and St. Louis is strong
proba bility. Should it come it will be
the direct result of the agitation which
has been in progress for some time over
a change in the form of interchangeab BILE
mileage At the same time the Chicago
Great Western road may adopt that
method of Signalling the opening of its
new Omaha extension. Officials of the
road admit that they have had under
consideration for some time past the
putting on sale at the opening of their
new line 1,000-mile tickets at the fiat
rate of $40.
IF the other roads mean to throw
everything into confusion by their in
Interchangeable and other squabbles y
said an official today. Il suppose we
must keep in the procession 1t will not
do for us to fall behind or get lost in
the melee. We have had that method
with a number of others, under consid-
Grafton, though / can not say we have
decided on anything definitely as yet.
When we do we are likely to be heard
FROM I understand other roads have
had resort to extreme measures under
consideration, and, of course, we must
be in a position to defend ourselves
whatever may happen"
The intended action has filled the
competitors of the Chicago Great west
ern with concern, and doubtlessly will
bring the utmost pressure they can ex-
ert upon that road to induce it to fore
go its intention. The final result Will
be awaited with the deepest anxiety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05

consider and make recommendations
concerning questions of manufacturing,
transportation and operation was Gre
ated, and E. c. Converse, William
Edenborn and D. G. Reid were elected
as members of this committee Mr..
Schwab will continue to be a member
of the board of directors and of the
finance committee.
The following statement given out
by Chairman Gary was supplemented
by the following from H. c. Frick:
Several months ago Mr.. Schwab
told me that he would very much like
TO be relieved of the presidency of the
steel corporation on account of his con-
tlnued ill health, and asked me to as
slst in so arranging The matter was
arranged entirely on his request. Mr..
Corey, who succeeds him, has been
educated on the same lines as Mr..
Schwab, and has been his associate for
twenty years. l am sure his election
viii give general satisfaction to all con-
cerned.''
Immediately after the election of his
successor. Mr.. Schwab met the press
representatives. to whom he made this
informal statement:
Il want to say that 1 think I have
been treated unfairly by the newspa-
pers in regard to the reasons for my
retirement. A number of reasons in
Guiding this American ship building
matter, have been given for it, but none
of them is true. AS a matter of fact,
been a subject of discussion between
myself and the directors.
'On my return from Europe six
months ago L tried to get Mr.. Morgan
and the directors to accept my resigna-
tions but was unable to do So That
does not look as though 1 had been
forced out. Later l appealed to Mr..
Prick and through him have finally
succeeded in inducing the directors to
accept my resignation am as deeply
interested in the United States Steel
corporation as ever. I am still the larg-
est stakeholder and remain as a direc-
tor and as a member of the executive
committee. The new president is close
personal friend and has succeeded me
in all the offices I have held. My re-
tirement is on account of i'll health,
nervousness. 1 have been in bad health
for six months or more"
]. P. Morgan made a statement as fol-
lows:
4 deeply regret that the condition of
Mr. Schwab's health renders it impos-
sible for him to continue at the head of
the steel corporation. His loyalty to
the interests intrusted to him cannot be
doubted, and from the early days of the
inception of the corporation he gave to
its formation. unification and develop
ment his unequalled powers as an ex-
pert in the manufacture of steel
THE new president has entered on his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05

duties and it may be authoritatively
said that with his election the steel cor
poration has begun new policy. There
will be less Capitalization of power and
increased responsibility in the work of
the various committees. President Corey
will devote his entire attention to the
practical and technical sides of the steel
and iron industry and will receive ma
terial aid from the advisory committee
whose members are specially well quail
flied to act in that capacity
No other important changes were an
nounced in the personnel or policy of
the corporation. Mr.. Frick continues as
a member of the finance committee, of
which George w. Perkins is chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05

latter date till January l, 1890, was
vice president of the Rio Grand & Ell
Paso and division freight and passenger
agent of the Santa Fe at Ell Paso, Tex.
On January l, 1890. he was made as
sistant general freight agent Of the
Santa Fe at Topeka, Kas., whichs posi-
ton he held till September Is, 1899, when
he resigned to accept the position of
general freight and passenger agent of
the Mexican Central, and on May .,
1908 was made traffic manager of that
system. which Office he resigned to ac~
cept his new position. Mr.. Hudson has
not yet reached the prime of his life
yet has made an inspiring record. He
is held as one Of the brightest young
traffic men in this country and has a
personality that makes him popular
wherever known.-Railway Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
MUST MAKE a Low RATE.
Government Will Force Railroads to
Refund Excess Fares.

Washington, Aug. 5.-The secretary
of war has approved the opinion of the
judge advocate general of the army
holding that the government is en-
titled to reduced rates over the tracks
of land grant railroads when operated
by other railway companies The AS
toria & Columbia River railroad oper-
ates it's line over 80 miles of the North
ern Pacific road in Oregon under a
track arrangement and refused the
land grant rate to the war department.
The attorney general has been request
ed to bring suit to secure the extra
charge which the government has paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
WALKING WAS TOO FAST.
Mean Remark Made About Santa Fe
by Western Travelling Men.

The Silver City Enterprise is RESPONSE
BILE for this stale" joke. The following
story is told of a conductor on the Sill
yer City branch of the Santa Fe: "A
travelling man boarded the train at Dem
ing, early one morning. en- route to Sill
yer City, only a few hours run. and
complained about the slow time the
train was making. With a look that
would crack ice the conductor said: You
had better get off and walk if the speed
of this train does not suit you. The
travelling man said he would, but his
folks did not expect him until train
fimpo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
Mckinley Memorial Lighthouse.

Honolulu, Aug The proposal TO
establish a public park in or near the
city as memorial to the late President
Mckinley will probably be abandoned.
Instead of this tribute to the chief ex-
ecutive during whose administration the
people of Hawaii became citizens of the
United States, il is now planned to
erect a Mckinley memorial lighthouse
at the entrance of Honolulu harbor.
This will be a prominent situation from
both land and sea, besides being of great
practical utility. This project meets
with much favor and is likely to be car
ried into effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
HuDsoN's RAPID RISE.
Well Known Santa Ee Traffic Man
Now q President.

There are few railway men who step
from a traffic office to that of the ex-
ecutive head of a railway system. Such,
however. is the record of Mr. {. k,
Hudson. who on July IL resigned as
traffic manager of the Mexican Central
at Mexico City. to become president of
the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass at San
Antonio, Tex. Mr.. Hudson has spent
the most of his railway life in the trar-
fic department. From November. 1887,
to April 1. 1889, he was general freight
and passenger agent of the New Mex
leo & Arizona & Sonora. and from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
More Orient Line Is Open.

The % mile extension of the Orient
railroad from Carmen to Fairview, Ok,
began operations Sunday, giving the
latter town it's first railway connection
with the outside world Within IS
months, the officials say. the Orient line
will have been completed to San An
gelo, Texas, and through connections
can then be made with the Mexican In
ternational railroads to the City of
Mexico and the port at Tampico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

j. P Thrall and husband to c. Doug
las, 81, 625, part lots 1876, 1873, 140, 142 and
IA Western avenue.
Mary w Doran and husband to NJ.
Paris, $500 lots 43 and As Norris sub.
F. Fensky and wife to j. Kuil, jr.s
$500, part res 5.
The Orchard Place Lot Co. to Ettfe
Murphy. 5000, lots 32 and 40 Western
avenue, Douthitt Place addition.
Tax deed to w. H. Eastman lot 1873
Ada street. Birchall's addition 70 North
Topeka.
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05

states that C. W. Cook. assistant gener-
al freight agent, is in Colorado. His
clerk stated that there is nothing in the
Richardson & Co. story. They had in
quiry from Hutchinson about the same
story and denied it.
Chief Clerk Etter of the general super
intendent's offices, says all shipments
are being received by the Santa Fe and
as much grain carried through Kansas
City as roads can handle with their
apidated yards there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
Rie Contract Awarded.

St. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 5.-Mr. Streeter
of the firm of Streeter & Lusk, Chicago
and Denver contractors, received tele-
gram yesterday that his firm had been
awarded the contract for constructing
the new railroad that is to be built from
Denver to Salt Lake City The new
railroad will cross the Rocky noun
tain range at the head of South Boulder
creek, and is considered most difficult
niece of engineering work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
Negroes in Shooting scrape.

Ellsworth. Kan, Aug. 5.-A shooting
scrape occurred on the northbound Frisco
train just as the train was pulling into the
yards here, in which Tom Smith. motor
ious colored desperate. was shot through
the law by Albert Reed. the cclored porter
of the train. The two men were engaged
in a game of cards in which Reed claimed
Smith had cheated quarrel followed
and several blows were exchanged Just
as the train came to stop for the Union
Pacific crossing Reed ran to the baggage
car and returned with revolver and at
once fred at Smith
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
CUTTING DOWN RAILS.
Santa Fe to Use Western Division
Steel on Panhandle.

Ene Santa Fe has replaced its So
pound rails on the western main lines
with S5-pound rails, and the old rails
are IN the Newton shops being short
ened foot or two, and will be shipped
to the Panhandle line west of yelling
ten. They will be used to replace the
present rails. When they are in larger
engines are expected on this division
and longer trains will be run.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
Ban on ascabbyn Sheep.

Salt Lake. Utah, Aug. Both the
Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific
owing to the prevalence of '.scabby''
sheep among the fiocks of the west,
they will refuse to- carry over their
roads consignments of sheep not ac-
companied by clean bills of health from
the United States bureau of animal in
duStrY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
Express Rates Advanced.

Jefferson City. Aug. 5.-The express
companies doing business in Missouri
today filed with the railroad commits
sioner a schedule increase in the express
rates 35 per cent The railroad commits
sioner disapproved of the new schedule
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05

ing thorough cleansing before they
are taken to Olinda for new loads of oil.
1t is supposed to be necessary to clean
the tanks about twice a year, and at
that time they are generally steamed
out before the worknen go into them,
the steaming being to free them of all
gas Accommodations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
Sell a Colorado Railroad.

Denver, Colo. Aug. 5.-The Colorado
& Northwestern road operating be-
tween Boulder and Ward, a distance
of &c miles. will be sold within the next
ninety days under a decree of fore
closure. The Mercantile Trust com
pany Of New York, trustee under the
mortgage, brought the suit under which
the sale is ordered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
Steam ths on Tank Cans.

Steaming the tank cars will begin to-
morrow, says the San Bernardino Times
Index There are about twenty-seven
OF these oil carriers in the yards await
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
COMING BACK I'd Topeka.

Machinist Young has quit the services
of the company and will return to his
home in Topeka He says that Califor-
MIA weather is too warm for him.-San
Eernardino Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
BE Held Up q millionaire.

Seattle, Aug. 5.-George Vanhorst, alias
Van ASSET. alias Humboldt ex-convfct
highwayman and burglar confessed today
that he held up and beat the Klondilxe
millionaire, Thomas S. Lippy, in his home
here Sunday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05

and gave notice that they will prepare a
schedule. Until the schedule is pre-
pared present express rates will con-
tinue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
Miles.

Eventually, it is expected that the
Western Maryland will be extended 90
Washington, and that the Gould lines,
with their 5000 miles of railroads, will
enter this terminal. The legislation COW
ering the erection of the terminal makes
It impossible to shut out any railroad
mat may desire TO enter in the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-05
THAT 100000 DEPOT.
Washington's Greatest Station Soon
to Be Under Construction.

The new terminal to be built in Wash
ington for all railroads entering that
city VIII soon be under construction. 1t
goes without saying that the facilities
will be commensurate for the national
capital, Owing to the immensely of the
work to be done in creating the new
terminal ii was found necessary to di-
vide it into three parts. One feature will
be the construction of the station itself.
This will be in charge of Architect
Durham, of Chicago, and will be
beautiful marble building with ornate
landscape effects surrounding it. A sec
ond feature will be the building of the
approach from the south including the
great tunnel under Capitol Hill. This
work will be done by the Pennsylvania
railroad; and the third will be the work
for which the Baltimore & Ohio award
ed contracts last week. The whole work
will cost about $4,000 900. When finish
ed il will give Washington the finest
railroad terminal in the world. 1t will
embody the advanced ideas of the rail-
roads Of this country from an operating
standpoint. and in the decorative fea-
ture will harmonic with the fine gov
eminent buildings in the capital city.
Another remarkable thing about this
great railroad terminal will be that it
will be entered by systems which repre-
sent about one-fifth of the total rail-
road mileage of this country. The rail-
roads that will use the terminal are as
follows:
c,..-4ax.- Nr;1a-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-09-19

And the I1fere sting Story
of It's Development ~

other famous English poets also ac-
eepted the teachings Of Pythagoras,
which are at the present time taught
and practiced in the stMctest manner
by the famous Russian writer and re-
former, Count Leo Tolstoi.
"The Brook Farm Experiment"
Half century ago there gathered on
little farm not far from New Haven,
Conn, the most remarkable coterie Of
men and womeS who have ever been
associated in any community in mod
ern times. George Ripley, the most
famous Unitarian minister Of New
England at that period, was the found
er of the community. The practical
realization of the Pythagorian philoso-
ply was the central idea Of the Brook
Farm experiment. Among the 14O mem
bers of the community, most Of whom
afterWard became eminent In various
professions and callipgs, were Elmer
son, the philosopher; Bronson Alcott,
the transcendentalist; Thoreau, the in
terpreter Of nature; Margaret Fuller,
the educational reformer; Charles
Dana, the founder of the New York
Sun, and Hawthorne, one of the great
est literary lights of the century. The
Brook Farm experiment failed for lack
of financial management, but the
ideals survived.
The Wonderful Discovery of a Sile-
sian Peasant.
A little less than 100 years ago a
fourteen-year-old peasant boy, who was
barely able to read and had not been
taught to write, while engaged in cut
ting wood on a mountain near his
home, observed a wounded deer bath
ing it's injured leg in one of the numer-
GUS springs which abound in that par
ticular region. Day after day the deer
came and bathed the damaged parts
until entirely healed of it's injury.
Priessnitz soon after suffered severe
accident from which the physicians
who were consulted declared he could
not recover He tried the deer's rem
edy, applying water by means Of wet
cloths placed over the injured parts,
and in a few weeks was quite restored
to health. He induced others to try his
remedy and invented many different
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-09-19

throughout the civilized world
The Battle Greek Idea" is not fad
nor a mushroom growth. 1t is scien-
tific system which traces the main roots
of it's origin far back into the cen
turtles. 1t is not the product of single
brain, but of hundreds and thousands
of tireless workers and thinkers who
have garnered the choicest fruits Of
generation of experience and have
collated the results of centuries Of
scientific research.
A volume might be filled with the
interesting story of the development
of this wonderful work which has re-
Gently been made conspicuous by the
burning of the main buildings of the
Battle Greek Sanitarium last year and
the recent dedication of the magnifi-
cent new building which has been
erected to take the place of the burned
structures, but we have room only for
q few choice bits of this interesting
history.
The ''Battle Creek Idea" In Ancient
Greece.
Twenty-four centuries ago there lived
in Greece a man whose master mind
RECOGNIZED great truths and formulated
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-09-19

way of applying water by means of
baths, douches, packs, congresses and
! various other methods. Before he was
! twenty he had become famous. Dur
! ing the first half of the last century the
little village of Graefenberg, where he
i lived, was thronged with invalids from
all over the world, including many ply
sicians and notable people Of high sta
ton, government officials, princes, lords,
barons, marquises, who sought relief by
the employment of water skillfulIy ap-
piled by attendants acting under the
supervision Of this prophet of new
method in therapeutics.
| Institutions known as water cures
rapidly sprang up in France, Germany,
England and America, and for twenty
five or thirty years prospered greatly
Failure came at last because Of lack
Of knowledge of scientific principles and
the employment of crude and empirical
methods.
The Natural Method of Cure.
The water cure" was the forerunner
Of something better. 1t embodied the
Something more than thirty years ago
small group of men organized in
Battle Creek work which later grew
into what is now known as the Battle
Greek Sanitarium. The principles
recognized by Pythagoras and those
who have followed his teachings dur
ing the last 1000 years or more were
embodied in this movement. together
with others wrought out by scientific
investigators and observers. The work
prospered from the start, and soon
after it's incorporation was placed up
on purely philanthropic basis as a
self supporting charitable institution,
and has since remained as such.
The ''BattIe Creek Idea.
In 1875 the enterprise came to be
known as the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
The scope was enlarged so as to in
clude not only hydrotherapy or water
treatment. but all sorts Of electrical
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-09-19

mighty principles, the influence of
which has grown with the lapse of
time until today their Importance is
universally recognized. This man, Py-
thagoras, numbered among his disci-
pies such men of genius as Socrates
and Plato. 1t was he who first con-
ceived the idea of the rotundity of the
earth and of it's revolution about the
sun.
The First Health Community.
Pythagoras, this greatest of Grecian
philosophers, established a health col
ony which he called Crotona There
he gathered about him hundreds of dis
clples to whom he taught the simple
rules of life which he himself followed.
These comprised abstinence from all
unWholesome foods. especially meats,
for Pythagoras considered the slaugh-
ter of animals as sacrilege. There were
no slaughter houses or butcher shops
In Crotona. No roasts, spareribs, beef
steaks or corpses of any kind ever ap-
peared upon the table of a Pythagorian
temperance i'll all things, an active,
out of door life, simple dress, purity
and uprightness in conduct were strict
ly enjoined by this prophet of new
truth, for the decadence of Greece had
already begun. Unfortunately the doc
trines of Pythagoras were little appre-
ciated. The members of his health col
ony were massacred by their ignorant
nnd degenerate countrymen, but his no
bic philosophy survived.
Plutarch, the famous biographer:
Seneca. the noble old Roman; the Latin
poet Ovid and many of the early
church fathers accepted and actively
promulgated the teachings of Pythag-
oras. as many moderns have done.
Byron. during the better portions of his
life and when doing the literary work
which made him famous, strictly fol-
lowed 1.-The simple life" in diet and
other respects. In writing to his pub
Usher he once remarked, 81 stick to
Pythagoras." Shelley, Goldsmith and
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-09-19

ROBABLY there
are not a hun
dred persons in
the United States
who are familiar
with the inter
esting history of
the development
of the system
which has come
to be designated
as the Battle
Gre Elk Idea"
though no longer
represented in
B a t tie Creek
alone, branches
having sprung up
in many places,
while a knowl-
edge of the prin-
ciples of this re-
markable system
has become quite
widely diffuSed
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-09-19
Swiss Guard For servian king

Swiss Guard For Servfam King.
King Peter of Servia does not feel
that he is in security at the konak
(royal palace) and intends to establish
a Swiss guard on the model of that ex-
listing in France at the time Of the
French revolution. says the Vienna
correspondent of the New York World.
This project is criticised by the in.
habitants of Belgrade. but as meas
ure of precaution it appears to be justi-
fed. Unfattering rumors circulate on
the conduct of the army The officers
of the school of war have had some
secret meetings lately and General
Lazarevitch. the most popular chief Of!
the army. is said to be on the eve of
making pronunciamento