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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10

railway expressinen said yesterday that
committee of Pacific expressmen
would probably call upon the company.s
principal officers in this city next week,
and state their grievances. If the com
pany should refuse TO consider them. it
was said that the matter would then be
presented to the general officers of the
brotherhood. The latter, though prac-
tically a new organization, is said to be
growing rapidly. ss5
It was-reported yesterday that a con-
ference was on between the Pacific Ex-
press company's officials and officers of
the brotherhood, but the report was de-
MED rc
The general offices of the Pacific Ex-
press company are in the Equitable
building in this city. The president, Jas.
Eggleston, is not in the city. General
superintendent Frederick c. GentSch,
through his chief clerk. stated that the
employees of the company had presented
no grievances to the company. If they
were nursing grievances, he said, he did
not know what they were.
The headquarters of the National
Brotherhood of Railway Expressmen
are in Chicago.
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REPUBLICAN BANQUET.
Big State Politicians at the OF.
tawa Gathering.

Ottawa, Kan. Oct. 10.-Three hundred
and thirty Republicans were entertain
ed at the second annual banquet or the
Franklin County Republican club mere
Friday night The banquet was hefd at
Franklin County Republican club was
organized during the last campaign on
plan similar to that of the Kansas
Day club. The following officers were
elected for next year: President, Fred
Baldwin, Pomona; vice president, J. A.
Rowland, Lane; secretary, E. D. Arm
strong, Ottawa.
F. NJ. Harris of Ottawa acted as
POSTMASTER. Asa F. Converse of Wells
Vile responded to the annual toast. Am
Organization of Young Republicans
Morton Albaugh. state chairman spoke
ON How to Win" Mr. Albaugh said
paign of SO He urged systematic o*-
ganiza ton in each of the 1000 voting
precincts of the state. He said that the
idea of tariff reorganization on western
lines should not be encourag ed. I'VE
want no sectional tariff he sa1G
John c. Quinn of ottawa spoke on the
subject, "Hark From the Tombs." Gov
ernOr Bailey responded to the ;oasr
Kansas" He said that Kansas pride
and character should be reflected in the
part Kansas is to take in national poll
tics Congressman Miller was to have
responded TO the subject citizenship ;,
He telegraphed that he missed his Jrain,
and Senator Burton spoke in his place
announcing as his subject, The Mis-
takes of Politicians" He urged the
need of young men in political organiza-
tons. Congressman BOWersOck and H.
]. Allen made short addresses
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Maginnis was in Old Mexico at the
time, and he was sent for by order
from E. D. Kenna, head of the Santa
Fe's law department in Chicago, and
first vice president of the system. Ma
ginnis was placed upon the pay roll,
but at a reduced salary. His arrange
ment allowed him to retain his employ
ment with E. L. Doheny, and between
tricks he was expected to assist the
Santa Fe in keeping out of the clutches
of official grafters.
This arrangement worked until Oc-
tober l. when T. J. Norton became So
licitor of the Santa Fe Coast lines. He
at once appointed Maginnis tax agent
of the system for California, Arizona
and New Mexico, and the circular is
sued on the subject yesterday bears the
signature of First Vice President E. D.
Z af1na
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heals inflammation and liberation and
cures female weakness. It is a perfect
tonic and nervine, tranquilizing the
nerves, promoting the appetite and in
ducing refreshing sleep.
~when 1 first wrote you I had been to three
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of 4o6 Rice Street. St. Paul, MINI. WAS not
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have used six bottles of DR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and six of the Golden Medical Discov-
cry and the result is just wonderful. was 50
nervous had to have some one by my side all
the time even in day time and could hardly
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twice a veeE and every time would go there
felt so sick but since quit ali the doctors and
began taking your medicines gained right
along. I weighed Iz5 pounds, when began
taking your medicines lin Augustl and now
I up to my usual weight 1885, I am as well
and feel as good as ever"
FREE. DIR. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send ri one-cent stamps for the book in
paper covers, or 81 stamps for cloth
bound volume. Address DR.. R.V. Pierce,
Buffalo. n. I.
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THEY NEEDED MAa1NNIs.
Santa Fe Gould Not Keep Out OF
Grafters' Clutches.

Los Angeles. Oct. 1O.-A P. Maginnis,
whose appointment as land tax and
claim agent of the Santa Fe, with Off
ces in this city, was announced last
week, assumed his duties today
MaginniS returns to the railroad after
an absence of three years, previous to
which he had been in the company's
employ nearly 20 years. He resigned
in order to accept the field manage
ment of E. L. Doheny's Mexican Petro-
leum company at a larger salary. AS
the Santa Fe land, tax and claim agent,
he had obtained for the company con-
cessions that at times were deemed to
be out of reason, at the city hall in
Los Angeles, as well as in the state
capitol of Sacramento.
Shortly after Maginnis' resignation
the Santa Fe sought to have its assess
ment reduced by the state board of
equalization. Attorneys We're sent to
Sacramento, where they argued the in
justice of the figures that had been de-
cided upon. But the showing made no
impression. Similar experiences were
the result in Arizona and New Mexico.
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WORK FOR CORONER.
A. H. Holm Dies Under Pecu-
liar Circumstances in Frisco.

San Francisco, Oct. 10.-Abraham II
Kohn, son of the late Henry A. Kohn,
a millionaire banker and merchant of
Chicago, has Just died here under al
legged suspicious circumstances and the
coroner has ordered rigid investigation
of the case.
Kohn who was 80 years old, arrived
here from the east Monday last accom-
panied by a young woman, who was
registered with him at the Palace as
ken to a sanitarium, suffering from
nervous prostration, the result of an at
tempt to abstain from the use of NOR
phine, to which, it is said, he was ad-
dicted. At midnight he was found dead
in bed beside his wife. Every effort
since then has been made to keep the
death and the facts concerning it Sc
cret, and while the coroner was imne-
dlately notified of the occurrence with
the request that it be not made a mat
ter of public record until late last night,
the physicians and sanitarium people
insisted that Kohn was alive and get
ting along nicely.
During the interval which lapsed be-
tween the death of Kohn and the ad-
mission of his demise, the news had
been wired east to his relatives from
whom instructions were at once receiv-
ed to have the body embalmed and sent
OH there in care of his valet He ex-
pected to leave for the east today with
the remains but the coroner has order
ed the body held.
In an interview the widow said she
had been secretly married to Kohn at
Beulah, Wis. on May i. last, that her
maiden name was Edith Webb. and
that her home was in Kentucky. Her
hurried mission east, she said. was to
communicate with her husbands reia-
tives All that has been obtained in the
way of information so far from the
physician who attended Kohn toward
the last is to the effect that his death
was due to natural causes.
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Cooperative Store to Be Estab-
lished at Albuquerque.
Will Be Supported by Santa Fe
Shopmen.
REDUCE LIVING COST.
Money Being Subscribed to
Start the Enterprise.
Not Backed by ANY Of the
Unions.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Oct 10-The
Democrat says: A movement is on foot
among the employees of the Santa F'e
shops to open cooperative general
store in Albuquerque for the furnishing
of groceries and supplies to the rail-
road men. The movement has not yet
taken definite shape, but it has been
generally discussed among the men and
as nearly as can be learned the senti-
ment among the men is strongly in fa-
Vor of the plan. The plan as outlined
by employees of the Santa Fe is that
of other department stores which have
been opened on the cooperative plan in
towns along the Santa Fe in Kansas
and in number of towns in Colorado.
This is simply that the men subscribe
each so much in the stock of the insti-
tuition, secure manager and purchase
their goods at cost plus a small per
cent in profit which will go to pay the
expense of running the store.
The plan has not assumed definite
shape as yeti said a well known shop
employe last night, but it is being
discussed among the men and it looks
now as if it might be a go. I under
stand that several thousand dollars
have been subscribed looking to the
founding of the store. The movement
is general and will include all branches
a t the shops. 1t is in no sense a union
movement and no one union is behind
it.
Our idea is that we can reduce the
cost of living by this plan. We will
pay the same rates in tariffs to the
railroad company from Chicago or Kan
sas City or Denver that are paid by
Albuquerque merchants and the store
will be on the same commercial basis
on every point except that we believe
the goods can be purchased from the CO.
operative store at a much lower rate
than we are paying now. The move
ment is simply one in which the men
are trying to find way to reduce the
cost of living
Il do not know how far the cooper
ative movement has gone" said anoth-
er Santa Fe employee last night But
I know that such a movement is under
way / know that it is being discussed
and that many of the men favor the
idea. do not know who is leading the
movement"
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TEXAS STRIKES BACK
Brings Suit Under Anti Trust Law
Against Corporations.

Austin, Tex. Oct. 10.-District AttRr-
ney Warren Moore, on behalf of The
state, has entered suits under the anti
trust law against certain railroad and
express companies, alleging that GER
tain corporations had entered into con-
tracts whereby one express company
was given a monopoly The attorney
general prays for penalties and forfeit
ure of charter
The defendants are the Rock Island
railroad and the United States Ex-
press company, the Texas Pacific rail-
road and the Texas Express company,
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
and the American Express company,
the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass rail-
road and the Wells-Fargo Express
cOnlDanv-
Attorney Moore states his intention
to file forty-rine suits of similar char
acter, embracing every railroad COM
.)anV in the st re
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MOUNTAIN DYKE BROKE.
Cause of Santa Fe Washouts in Ari-
IONA Was Cloud burst.

San Bernardno, Cal. Oct. 10.-Details of
the flood which washed out the Santa
Fe track in Arizona, delaying the over
lands, have reached this city. The dam
age occurred near Kingman, where the
rain came down in torrents. A small dyke,
which had been built in the mountains for
the protection of the railroads, held the
water in check for several hours. The
rain then ceased for a time, When it was
followed by one of the most violent cloud
bursts which has ever occurred. in that
section of the country TheiifFan dyke,
which had formed a profession to the
tracks, could not stand the pressure
brought against it and broke, letting a
wall of water 10 feet high wash over the
roadbed. Five miles of trackage was car
ried along with the flood, causing the de-
lay to both west and eastbound over
lands.
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TOOK 1922 WITH HIM.
Frisco Clerk at GaIena Absconds
With Cash.

''I may show Up with $122 some time
The above was found written on
sheet of paper, at the Galena paSSen-
ger station of the Frisco railroad, yes
terday morning, left it is supposed, by
James NJ. Connors, night telegraph OPP
orator and ticket clerk for that COM
pany, who is missing. When exam
ined the money drawer was found to
be short the amount stated in the note
James Connors formerly lived in
Wichita. Several years ago he was in
the employ of the Missouri Pacific,
short time as switchman. He also had
a run on several of the different roads
through Wichita as brakeman at diff
ferent times. About two months ago
he is said to have spent several days
in the city visiting with friends.
The telegraph operators of the var
ious railroads here each received a
notice last evening to keep sharp
lookout for Connors. He is described
in the kilograms as being man about
so years of age, is usually smooth
shaven and weighs about 200 pounds.
At Galena Connors secured the posi-
ton of night ticket clerk and telegraph
operator for the Frisco just four days
ago now. After working three days,
some time Monday night he disappear
ed, as also did the 1922 from the money
drawer.
The inscription given above. scrib-
bled on an ordinary sheet of paper, IS
the only explanation of Connor's sud
den disappearance. 1t is considered
sufficient, however. by the railroad
company, coupled with the fact that
the amount mentioned in the note is
also missing and that the handwriting
on the sheet is undoubtedly that of
ConnorS.
James Connors is supposed to have
relatives in this city. No one could be
found last night. however, who claimed
any relationship with the missing man
and it is thought that the relatives
who formerly lived here have moved
away It is known that at one time
a brother of Connors lived in this city
for several years at about the same
time James Connor1 lived here.
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ROCK ISLAND MEN WIN.
Photographers Will Get an Increase of
IS Per Cent.

Chiekasha, I. T.. Oct. 1O.-R S. Ste
phens, general chairman of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers for the Rock Is
land system west of the Mississippi
river, returned today from Chicago,
where he had been for two months with
the grievance committee, endeavoring
to secure raise in wages for the teleg-
raphers employed by the lines west of
the Missouri river. He says that con-
cessions have been made which will
practically result in % per cent aver
age increase over former salaries. The
new schedule will go into effect about
November 2 he saws
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PACIFIC EXPRESS employees
May Make Concerted Demand for
Increase in Paw

St. Louis. Oct 10.-Employes of the
Pacific Express company are consider
ing the advisa bilitv of making demands
upon the company for shorter hours AMI
more pay For several weeks the move
rnent, which is said to represent mem
bership of 5000 express company en-
ployes. has been gaining force The
Pacific Express company. which oper-
ates over thousands of miles of road in
the west and southwest. including all
the Could lines. the Union Pacific and
other systems, is said to have been Sc
lected as starter. and if the move
ment is successful there. it Will be tried
with other companies.
A member of the local brotherhood Of
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Pelvic catarrh is a phrase coined
by Dr. Hartman covering all that
large class of diseases that used to be
known as female weakness The lower
portion of the abdomen is called by
anatomists the pelvis. The organs con-
tanned in this portion of the body are
known as the pelvic organs. There are
several of Them verv delicate and very
subject to catarrh. Few women escape
entirely catarrh of these organs. While
each case presents some minor differ
ence as to detail, they are all in reality
alike
Pelvic catarrh. therefore, is a gyneric
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term that covers all cases of catarrf of
the pelvic organs. There is no cure
equal in prOmptness and permanency
to a short course of Peruna
Peruna does not relieve these cases by
temporarily mitigating some symptom,
but by removal of the cause Many a
woman can testify that a local treat
ment does not permanently cure. A
large multitude of women are constant
ly going from doctor to doctor to re-
ceive local treatment with little or no
result.
In Peruna these women find a prompt
and permanent cure. Thousands upon
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thousands of testimonials to this effect
are received by DIR. Hartman every
year. The good that Peruna has ac-
complished in this class Of cases can
scarcely be cverestimated.
II you do not receive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma, write at once to DR.. Hartman, Civ
ing a full statement of your case, and
he will be pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus,
Ohio.
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REBUILDING THE ROAD.
Rock Island Overlands Will Reach
Topeka from the North.

The Rock Island has commenced the
laying of new steel on its line from ST.
Joseph to Topeka through Horton. New
steel rails weighing eighty pounds to the
yard are being put in to replace the old
sixty pound rails. Following this the
track will be rock ballasted. c. F. New
ton has the contract for this and has
big rock crusher at work near Wa
thena. BY next spring the st. Joseph
bridge is to be strengthened, ana the
combination of Improvements will al
low the heavy engines and the heavy
through freight traffic from Chicago
to pass over this line. which heretofore
has been prohibited on account or de-
fectiye road bed
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LEAVES THE UNION PACIFIC.
r. W. Baxter Said to Have Place
With the Orient.

Omaha, Oct 1O-Robert w. Baxter,
general superintendent of the Nebraska
division of the Union Pacific railroad.
has resigned to President Burt. to take
effect October 15 Mr.. Baxter has DeeIt
in the service of the road forty years,
and has had various official positions
for thirty years. He was construction
foreman in Wyoming when the Union
Pacific was being built. He has not
made public his future plans beyond
saying he would leave Omaha. 1t IS be-
lieved, however. that he will take d po-
sition with the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient railway.
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of he nerves
while the cause
of the nervous
ness remains I'M
cured. A very
common cause
of nervousness
in women is a
diseased condi-
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Mrs Mary Herweck, 90 Hastns Street, St. Louis.
Mo-, writes:
~ am glad to testify the beneficial results of Pc
After the birth of last child felt weak
disabled tried several physicians with little relief
while Peruna the possible benefit.
seemed to build my entire body. drive pain and
to vitalize through and through. I in
splendid health regular. with the appetite
world and in the full enjoy ment of ife Work
easy and nothing troubles did
was in poor health. | shall my influence with
my friends who are sick to Peruna know do
them favor. It is the best medicine I know of
cure the ills of women.',-Mrs. Mary Herweck.
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chages has been made 1t is proposed
to run the line between Kansas City and
st. Louis. where a connection can be
had with the river service from New
Orleans, Pittsburg and other points, and
eventually the service may be extended
to st. Joseph. The freight system of
this part of the country has, it is stated,
outgrown the present railway facilities
The names of those back of the project
are withheld
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ton OF the deI1cate
womanly organism.
DR.. .Pierce's Favorite
Prescription cures
womanly diseases and
the nervousness which
they cause. 1t changes
irregularity to regular
ity, dries the drains
zf.1o1, -ooLa@, -ou,eu
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Lincoln, Neb. Oct 1c-Coach Booths
CornhHskers. 16 players strong departed
last night for Denver. where they will
meet the eleven representing Denver I'M
iyersity on the gridiron today Accom-
panying the Nebraska coach were Man
ager Buckrer, Assistant Coach West
over, DR. Mayhow, the team physician,
and DR.. Cundra, chairman of the ath-
letic board. The party had a sleeper
sets aside for its exclusive use Booth
was not overly sanguine that his pupils
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would defeat the Denverites, and he
seemed to have dread that the west
erners had prepared a surprise for Ne
braska. The addition of several play
ers to the Denver squad, who are touted
as veterans and even stars, has given
Booth a strong notion that Denver will
marshal an eleven that will render a
good account of itself
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Wichita Votes Bonds for Railroad.

Wichita, Kan, Oct. 1O.-Wichita voted
100000 in bonds for the benefit of the
proposed Arkansas Valley Interurban
railway. There was little interest mani
Tested, less than 20 per cent of the total
vote being out. Out of vote of 1445
the bonds carried by al majority Other
elections along the proposed route will
follow al the rate of one week
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Above Letter.

Would not interest you if you're looking
for guaranteed salve for sores, burns or
piles. Otto Dodd of Ponder, No, writes:
Il suffered with an ugly sore for a year,
but box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
me It's the best salve on earth. 25c al
Arnold Drug Co., 81 North Kansas ave
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Yost's Men in Good Form.

Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct 1O.-In 271k
minutes of play Michigan with green
team ran up rs points on Albion. Dark
ness came on and time was called early
in the second half. or YOst's whirlwinds
might have touched the century mark.
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ing rate the San Francisco jokers wired
to Bristow directing the s'agent to an
sumo all responsibility and let Duffy
and wife proceed" 1t cost the San
Francisco jokers an immense sum for
kilograms. Duffy is city ticket agent for
the Santa Fee
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a Nervous Woman

Will often feel compelled to stop the
clock whose ticking seems unbearable to
her. In such a nervous condition the
woman needs building up of the entire
system. 1t is useless to attempt the cure
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BARGEs ON MISSOURI.
Plan to Connect Kansas City and st.
Louis by Boats.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct 1O-A PROPOSE
ton to start a line of river barges on
the Missouri river between Kansas City
and st. Louis TO relieve the freight con-
gestlon and to provide a weapon to force
the railways to grant lower freight
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pliable all tho parts, and
assists nature in its sublime
work. By its aid thousands
of women have passed this
GREAT crisis in nerfect safety