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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
FRISCo'S NE W LINE.
It Is Knocking for Admission at the
Gates of Denver.

Denver, July 13-J. L Isenberg. rep
resentlng the Denver, Enid &, Gulf rail
road, Is expected in Denver the last of
this week to look into the question of
securing an entraIce into this city for
that railroad. Mr.. Isenberg formerly
lived in Pueblo and arrived in that CITY
yesterday from Enid. 1t is said on good
authority that while in Denver he will
call upon the Colorado & Southern Off
Gals Tor the purpose of making a nrO-
position looking to the purchase of the
old Denver & Gulf line between this
city and Pueblo. The object of This
deal would be to secure an entrance into
Denver. This line is owned by the Col
orado & Southern. but has been aban-
doned on account of its grades and
length. The company operates two
trains over it each day between this
city and Colorado Springs for the pur-
pose of holding the right of way Should
the Denver, Enid 4 Gulf secure the
road it is presumed that it would COR
meet with this right of way at some
point within % miles of Denver in
which event the grades would not in
terfere and the route would be just as
short as if new line was constructed.
1t is probable that Ed L. Peckham, vice
president and general manager of the
company, will be in the city within the
next few weeks in connection with this
deal.
The Denver, Enid & Gulf. which is in
the Frisco extension into this city, now
has the line from Guthrie to Enid, 56
miles, completed and has finished the
surveys to the Kansas state line The
surveying corps are now locating the
line to the Colorado border, and it has
not yet been decided what route across
the state will be taken. The company
has within the past few days given a
mortgage for $500. 900 to the Mississip-
pi Valley Trust company of ST Louis
The proceeds from the sale of these
bonds is for the purpose of constructing
the line from Enid to the Kansas bor-
der. a distance of about 100 miles. These
contracts will likely he. let within the
next month. which Will make 1856 miles
of the new road completed and under
construction.
The right of way problem into Den
yer is understood to be the biggest one
confronting the road a present, and 10
deal, it is understood. has yet been made
even tentatively, which will settle that
question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
important. If True.

Probably the most remarkable dOcu-
ment that ever reached the government
is an exhaustive codification of Lost
Facts of History of Lands and Lam
guages" written in longhand by a wO-
man out west The document consists
of hundreds of pages of closely aligned
writings, with disconnected words and
crude illustrations. ana embOdies hints
to rulers and a new religion and creed
formulated by a seer" In predatory
statement the writer. whose name is
withheld says the book she now con-
fidingly places in the hands of Uncle
Sam for his consideration consists of
i 900 chapters and 5000 illustrations III
seven coIors each" The only color,
however. is the purple ink into which
her pen was dipped during the many
months that she must have devoted to
the documentary curiosity
The document has been put away in
the archives of the interior department.
Besides preaching sermons in true Bib
lical fashion. the document delVes into
the pathology OF the languages of the
earth. ard among other things says:
Letters TO spell. or signs. were origin
ated TO be secret and apart from each
other The letters of hieroglyphics of
our print was from the tit-tat-toe, three
in a row. and Y cross with the pass
word -F1ours' and a dot was used in the
angle for the second letter Of that key
stone word. This angle led TO anglo
England's language. The words thus
arfg;nataI from symbols have been
fiatitiI C.slo-I--. .4.--S -Ts47g7t f'sssze'
means profit. or prop up: heaven means
even. or justly balanced sin. see in;
Satan; sat on: hell to heal; wisdom eyes
dome: throne. they own; abomination
means a bomb nation; benefit, beneath
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13

ing centers to common markets and to
rival markets.
The disastrous consequences Of any
thoroughgoing effort to regulate rail-
way rates by public authority Except
ing, Of course, measures taken to aboI-
fsh secret personal discriminat atom has
not been brought home to the Ameri.
the United States, and the supreme
court of the United States thus far
have prevented the several state Iegis~
latures. the several state railroad com
missions and the federal Interstate
commerce commission from pursuine
the course upon which time and again
they have sought to enter the course
which would have paralyzed our rail-
ways, our trade and our industry. as it
has paralyzed the railways, the trade
and the industry of Europe
'Australia's lesson for the United
States is the visible helplessness of the
politician, the absolute inability of the
politician to safeguard and to foster
the long-run interests of the country in
q community of which every class and
every section has become demoralized
and debauched through an extension of
the functions of the government car
section of the community has come to
regard the state, not as the common
judge between man and man but as
the great source from which flow ma
terial blessings. Australians lesson is
that the politician in charge of the
state never will be permitted to become
a business man, that politics never can
be made business, but that a great deal
of business can be imported into poll
tics. and that in a community in which
handed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

H vellenoth of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works is in Topeka on short visit.
c. H. Gaunt superintendent of tele-
graph for the Santa Fe, is in Chicago on
business for the company.
Frank ]. Mileham of the Santa Fe ticket
auditing department spent Sunday in St
Joseph. He was accompanied by his wife
wolfram D. Pappe is a new clerk in the
office of the freight auditor. Mr.. Pappe
comes from Burlington, Ia He began
work for the Santa Fe Saturday morn
ing.
W. J. Healy, freight auditor for the San
ia Fe. with headquarters in Topeka, was
in the city Saturday and Sunday. Mr..
Healy has been busy in Kansas City dis
posing CT flood damaged freight.
T. l. Wilson, fourth vice president of the
International Association of Machinists, is
he intends to reorganize the union here into
a more compact order. It seems that the
local union is a loosely Joined affair.
1t is stated that oil burning engines to
Southern Pacific lines between New Or
leans and San Francisco, these being 40
This indicates that the substitution of oil
for coal in locomotives is permanent sue
cess.
Glenn Morthland, night clerk at the San
ia Fe shops is minus his gold watch. He
discovered that his watch was gone Sat
urday morning and Immediately posted a
notice throughout the shops announcing
his loss. If you find the watch you would
be doing the owner a great service by re-
turning it to him.
There was a general shake up last week
in Santa Fe Freight Agent Trelea-
ven's office at Chanute. H. ]. Whit
tIesy. travelling freight agent for the San
ia Fe. with headquarters at that point
has been brought to Topeka and IS now
employed in the transportation depart
ment He is succeeded at Chanute by r.
E. Miller, chief clerk to Mr.. Treleaven. P;
T McKerahan of the Santa Fe general
OFFICES here has been sent to Chanute to
take Mr.. Miller's place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
WHY A TURN TABLE,
Mcpherson People Think 1t Has to
Do With Marquette Extension.

Mcpherson, Kan, July 13.-The Missouri
Pacific has a gang of men at work in this
city putting in a brand new turn table
and this fact has sent Marquette extension
stock to a high figure Every one is pleas
ed to see the Missouri Pacific doing some
thing for the city and every one has Some
theory tied to the turn table with a drift
toward the extension of the road.
All that is known officially is what ev-
cry one can see for himself. namely: The
turn table is being put in. Foreman of
Bridges and Building John Naylor had no
definite information, but he had heard
Russell Harding general manager of the
road say that the money had been apprO =
priated for building the extension to Mar
quette and that it was done recently. He
could not say why the turn table was be-
ing put in if the company had any in
tention of building the line further, but he
thought it would be an easy matter to
move the table to Marquette if necessary
Besides, table would be almost a neces-
sity here if the construction gang had TO
come here to extend the road
The table is being set where the old one
used to be. little south ana west of the
Union Pacific DEPOT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
QUITS THE GAME.
Rock Island Withdraws from the
Mileage Bureau

Chicago, July 1S.-Another aggressive
step was taken today in the contest
now being waged between the Rock
Island road and a number of it's COM
petitors over the question of inter-
changeable mileage. when that road
filed notice of withdrawal of member
ship in the individual mileage bureau
of the western roads. Notice was also
given that on and after September L,
the date on which two of the other roads
have given notice to change the form of
interchangeable mileage used on their
lines, it will pay the rebates on the in
dividual mileage books used on it's own
lines. Furthermore it has asked for
an accounting with the bureau to deter
mine what portion of unpaid rebates it
is entitled to receive since it withdrew
it's membership in the Western Pas
senger association. These unpaid re-
bates amount to somewhere from $50
900 to 100000 a year, which is almost
sufficient to pay the entire expenses of
the association and it's bureaus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13

c. w. Schultz, 621 East Eleventh
street bricklayer, head confused, legs
bruise...
Mrs Belle sneed, 1926 Penn, knee
sprained, body bruised.
Mrs. Anna Koeppel, 1880 MCGEE, Sc
vereiy bruised all over body; condition
serious.
Anna Levin. S22 MCGEE. severely
bruised.
Nelson Burley. 1908 North Eleventh,
Kansas City. Kan. left wrist fractured.
Calvin Lowell. aged II. Helms park,
left ankle broken. right wrist confused,
scalp injured
William Joseph Wayne, 1908 East
Fourteenth street bricklayer, serious
Commissions of the head, face lacerated,
back injured; condition serious.
Emmett Steward, 931 MCGEE. contu-
sion of head, possibly fractured.
John Henderson. negro. 423 Belmont
avenue, hip dislocated.
Mrs L. E. Nichols, 727 Forest avenue,
chest bruised. limbs sprained, back in
Jured; not serious.
John Endaley, SIS First street, shoul-
der dislocated, side bruised. left hip
sprained. face severely lacerared, head
confused.
Harry Lydy. aged II, Twenty-fifth
and Oak, body and legs bruised and
lacerated.
Eugene Johnson, negro. 1906 East
Nineteenth. eyes blackened and bruised,
left leg injured.
Charles Walburn, 421 East Fifteenth,
face badly bruised, right leg injured.
Roy Furman. IA years old, train boy,
1910 East Nineteenth, back bruised and
face lacerated.
Stella Goodman, negress, 1926 Terrace.
left ankle fractured.
Mary Jackson, 1925 Oak. right wrist
sprained.
c. A Miller. 11O2 East Eighteenth
contusions to back and chest and eye
injured.
Mrs. c. W. Hendricks, $40 Tracy. in
juries i'll the back.
Mrs. l. n. Wells. 1925 Cherry, injury TO
the right hip.
Charles Bishop. 1885 Belleview. wrist
sprained and right side badly bruised.
Mrs. Charles Bishop, 1885 Belleview,
right leg sprained and bruised.
Water c. Coleman, 5000 LeClede, St
Louis. mail clerk. severely injured, may
lose sight of both eyes.
Otto Sassman. st. Louis. mail clerk,
crushed, not serious.
Tom Cooper. negro. 1929 Locust; may
die
Harry Elliott. 2SO1 Michigan avenue,
contuSiOns about the head.
Nelson Burley. 1908 North Eleventh
street. Kansas City, Kan; right arm
bruised.
About 20 were so slightly hurt as to
need little surgical attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13

facturer of the steel would be paid
dollar on the ton more than the market
price and the balance would be paid by
the steel manufacturers to the navy.
This has been carried on for many years
without any investigation. II has been
allowed to exist: therefore, / say unto
you: Investigate the books of the steel
trust manufacturer and the books of
the secretary of the navy. and you viii
find that my words are true, saith / the
Lord When / seeketl the truth unto
you. Ye are notified to attend to affairs
and place men in these positions. saith
the 10. - Behold the moon rises and
the sun setfeth To the generation of men
l-s-s o. T-tf--, :
kingdom has now risen, but 1t shall
never fall and the mighty tides of the
ocean shall rise and fall no more
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13

feet: Babylon. a baby long; bebel, child
ish. senseless," and 50 on at consider
able length. A chapter devoted to ad-
vice Ito heads of nations" is one of the
features This is the biiefest chapter
Of al and follows ad literatim:
And behold. I say unto you: you
must look after the mana cement of af-
fairs in a different light and not trust
to the pen of those that has office be
meath thine while We arc at the head of
the nation. Ye must act like a Leader
unto the Nation. for We have had the
cost Of vessels brought unto you
amounting to more than three millions
- snliaTs without an inVestiga ion The
money would be maze WINE tine tUtal
cost would be only one hundred and
eighty-two thousands. Where did the
balance of the three millions go2 The
price of steel was raised and the manu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
OPPOSE GOVERNMENT CONTROL
Series of Important Articles Being
Published by Railway Age.

In this weeks issue the Railway Age
begins the publication of a series OF
articles by H. r. Meyer on Govern
ment Ownership of Railways" These
articles are the result of an exhaustive
study extending over a long period of
years, and embOdy perhaps one OF the
most authoritative and valuable dis
cussions of this most important subject
ever presented to American readers.
The following outline is from the
authors introduction:
THE state ownership of the railways
presents two distinct problems-the ad-
iustment of the railway rates, and the
management of the railways. The ma
ture of the first of these problems is
illustrated in dramatic manner by the
experience of Germany, Austria II n-
gary and Russia; the nature of the sec
ond problem is revealed in no less Strik-
ing manner in the experience of Aus
tralasia, democratic English-speaking
community with a very high level OF
general intelligence and body of poll
ticians who, whatever their Shortcom-
ings. are absolutely clean-handed II
is the purpose of this series of articles
to set forth in summary manner. ana
vet by means of a recital of facts. the
experience of the two groups of coun-
tries Europe and Australasia.
'.Europe'S lesson for the United
States is, that any thoroughgoing and
effective effort to regulate railway rates
will arrest the decline of railway rates.
will prevent the railways from develop
ing a volume of traffic sufficiently large
to Justify the building of railways of
the American standard of efficiency.
will check the development of the re-
sources Of the country, and will de-
rnoralize the politics of the country
All these things the state ownership Of
taC 4aIlwa--- rzs cE7s== =. sszs=..,7 ss@
would do In the United States. by
bringing into politics one of the most
perplexing of modern problems-the
problem of the relative reasona bleness
of the rates made by the railways lead
ing from rival producing and distribut-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
sMELLED THE BISCUITS.
Crew Stopped the Train and Hunted
Hot-box.

The Las Vegas Optic says: While the
wrecking train was on its way to the
wreck the other night and running at a
good speed down Sulzbacher hill the con-
ductor and rear brakeman were startled
by smelling an odor suggestive of a hot
box so the train was stopped and dill
gent search made for the hot one. but not
a sign of one could they find. so the train
proceeded on its way. When its destina-
ton had been reached it was ascertained
that the odor proceeded from the car
wherein was located the cook room Of
the wrecking crew. and upon investigation
IL was discovered that the cook had al
lowed the biscuits which he was baking
for supper to burn. hence the odor which
had so startled the train crew out of their
usual calm and started them on d search
Tor that which was not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
A NEW GRAFT.
Insurance Scheme Which Resembles
the Louisiana Lottery.

Last night a number of railroad en-.
ployes were approached by a representa-
tive of the Railroad Association of Amer
lea, who wanted to interest them in a
monthly magazine only dollar a year
policy. says the San Bernardino Times-In-
dex.
For every paid up subscriber you get
the benefit of an additional hundred dol
lars on your policy. Good for one year.
No cheaper or safer insurance on earth.
All you have to do every year is to turn
in as many new subscribers the amount
of your policy in order to keep it paid. and
If you gave in ten subscribers tonight and
died tomorrow the certificate I will give
you would insure your widow 1000"
So far as known no one here has taken
this means of insurance. 1t is new form
of graft. and is said to be popular among
certain classes in the east.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13

that the list is complete, since The Port
Stilwell Waltzes'' have just been put on
the market. The waltzes. which are
quite good. were written by Mrs. Ina
Dowden Goodrich, a Kansas City wo-
man born, daughter of NJ. S. Dowden,
once a wholesale grocer here, and are
formally dedicated to Mr.. Stilwell. Sew
eral of the Kansas City bands and or
chestras are playing them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
waltzes Named After stilwell.

Kansas City, July IA E. Stilwen,
having had towns. cigars, horses. trust
companies. railroads and a few other
things named for him, may now FEEL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-17
CURIOUS RUMOR
Reported Seizure of Islands
Off BOrner.
House of Commons Disturbed by Story OF
American Warships Taking 20 Small
ISLANDS.
nv the Associated Press. }

London, July 15.-According to the Press
Association, a curious rumor was current
in the lobby of the House of Commons
tonight to the effect that some United
States warships had seized about twenty
small islands off the coast of Borneo,
which it is understood belong to Great
Britain. and had planted the American
flag on them. 1t is probable that a
question on the subject will be asked in
the House.
Washington, July 15.-The reported sci
zure of islands off the coast of Borneo
by American warships apparently was as
great a surprise to administration officials
in Washington as it was to members OF
Parliament in London. No information
that such step was contemplated has
come from the Admiral commanding the
American feet in Philippine waters, and
no exploitation along the lines indicated
has been directed by the officials here so
far as could be ascertained tonight.
A very plausible explanation of the re
ported occurrence, it is stated, IS that the
commanding officer in the Philippines
simply had sent one or more of his vessels
and hoisted the flag of the United States
over the Cagayan group, near the coast
of Borneo, which were purchased by the
the treaty of Paris and that the sover
eighty of the United States over them
had been formally proclaimed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-17
Easy for German.

Victor Smith, in New York Press.)
Depew has been guying German about
the Presidency on the other side of the
Atlantic. German got back merrily. -
is very silent man about serious poll
tics. When hundred reporters, more or
less, leased him in 1896 to say something
foI publication concerning the prospects
Of the Democracy, he Shut up like clam.
Not one word would he utter on the gen
eral subject. At last, in the Flfth-Aye-
nuc Hotel one April night, a crowd OF
the boys got around him and insisted OH
a statement. The spokesman said: "All
we want to know, Senator, is whether or
not you will be candidate for the Pres
idential nomination." German smiled
smile nearly four and Il halt inches wide.
and replied goodnaturcdly Now, you
have asked me something easy. | have
no intention of being candidate. lie
saw that the Democracy bad no chanee.
He thinks differently now. he Is candi'
date.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-17
Shamrock III Led Old Boat.
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated PreSS.)
New York, July ia fair sky and
splendid racing breeze of fifteen knots
greeted the two Shamrocks when they
arrived at Sandy Hook today for another
trial off the lightship. Sir Thomas had
hoped to give the boats a race over
thirty mile course, but his adviser, in
Guiding Sailmaker George Ratsey, who
was on board the Erin were not satisfied
with the set Of Shamrock Ills new main
sail, so that part of the trial was devoted
to jockeying about the Erin off Scotland
lightship to stretch the new boats main
sail. Afterward Shamrock ILL., led the old
boat reach from the Scotland to the
Sandy Hook hghtship and back, eight
miles, and beat her about minute and
a half. Just before she reached Scotland
Lightship returning masthead, runner
block on Shamrock ii gave way and the
trial was abandoned
Tonight the New York Yacht Club gave
dinner to Sir Thomas Upton and De-
signer Fife.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-17
FREEDMER's AIR MEETING.
Reports Most Gratifying for Many Years.
sos, 900 Increased Appropriation.
CBy the Associated Press

tBy the Associated FFesS.D
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 15.-The last an
nual meeting of the Freedmens Air and
Southern Educational Society OF the
Methodist church that will be held he
fore the coming general conference Los
Angeles, next May, closed a session of
three days here tonight. The reports of
the secretaries were announced as the
most gratifying for many years. Trey
show that although more than 100000 in
cash has been directly appropriated For
the schools in advance of the appropria-
tions of the previous quadrennium, the
debt has showed during this quadrennium
a constant decrease. The reports also
show that more than $175,OOO has been
put into new buildings, equipments and
repairs in the schools controlled by the
society.
Besides confirming the incumbent presi-
dent and teachers in the forty-three
schools of the society in the South the
following appointments were made; The
Rev. ]. M. Marker, ID. d., was elected pro-
lessor of pastoral theology in the School
of Theology and Grant University, Chat.
tanooga.
Rev. S. A. Peeler, A. M. B., was elected
professor of Goodman Institute at Jack
sonville, Fla.