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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
TYNER is I'LL.
May Not Live to Face the Charges
Against Him.


Washington, Nov 9.-The friends of
General James N. Tyner of Indiana, for
merly assistant attorney general for the
postoff1ce department have recently be-
come very much alarmed at his contin-
ued i'll health, and it is feared he may
not live to meet the charges brought
against him by his former colleague
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow. though it is hoped his physi-
clans will be able to pull him through
until his trial. General Tyner was in
dicted on the charge of conspiring with
his wifes nephew, H. j. Barrett, to rem
der decisions favoring certain compan MES
which had retained Mr.. Barrett as their
attorney, although it is not alleged that
General Tyner personally profited or ex-
pected to profit financially or politically
by such decisions.
General Tyner is now in his 18th year
and for some little time has been in
capacitated from attending to the duties
of the office. but until last summer he
still held his position as assistant at
torney general for the postoffice depart
mert
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
DowN-GRADE ELECTRICITY.
Inventor Has a Scheme for Saving
! Money in Colorado.

Money in Colorado.
Railroads operating in sections where
steep grades are found are frequently
in need of the genius of the inventor. 70
overcome the difficulties of traversine
the steep inclines over the mountains.
The Rio Grande offices in Denver are
in communication with budding in
ventor who lives in Joliet, ILL.,, and who
has scheme which he says will make
the running of trains down grade a
source of profit to the road of which its
management has never dreamed.
The communicating is mainly on the
part of the inventor of the Illinois town
for the Rio Grande has not wasted
much of it's stationery on him The
mans name is Thomas A. Newbold. and
he writes that he has Travelled over the
line of the Rio Grande from Soldier
Summit to Tucker and finds that an
excellent place to put his scheme in
operation He proposes to attach a car
electricity generated by the cars going
down grade. The car will be supplied
with the necessary electrical appliances
to store the electricity as it is generated
by the patent brakes he intends putting
in use and when the foot of the grade is
reached the car viii be as full of the
electric fluid as was the kite of the late
Benjamin Franklin after he had project
ed it into the storm cloud.
The grade which attracted the Joliet
genius is one that is favorite scene
for the mental activity of men who
want to solve the problem of mountain
grades. There is a fall of 1884 feet to
the mile, little more than 80 per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09

record was made at Vassar. Mich.
where two trucks. containing a total
of twenty-five pieces of baggage. were
exchanged in 30 seconds. At several
stations three and four minutes were
saved from the usual time consumed
in handling baggage During the two
months trial the road has not received
single complaint on account of bag
gage injured.
The car itself is also novel in con-
struction. as its under frame of steel is
such as to make it practically impos
sible to telescope the car by collision
Two 24-inch and one 20-inch eve beams
constitute the center strings. support
car is 81 feet long, weighs $4,000 pounds
has 10000 pounds capacity, and can he
built as cheaply as the ordinary wood
en- constructed car.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
Reds to Tram in Texas.

Cincinnati, Nov. 9-Frank Bancroft.
manager of the Cincinnati National
baseball club, is the first to announsE'
a complete practice schedule for nexx
spring. The Cincinnati players leave
there until March 80 thence north, play
ing Little Rock, s-cSch q, April /;
Memphis April and 5, Nashville, 4. )
and 6: Louisville, and 8. Earring their
stay at Dallas the ''Vets and the Colts
every Saturday and Sunday. giving the
Cincinnati team the benefit of two
games every Saturday and Sunday in
different cities. They will play exhibit
ton games on the home grounds froxa
April 9 to the opening of the season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09

If you want your money back Rowley
& Snow will return it to you if you can
tell them that Mona has not in
creased flesh and given freedom from
stomach troubles
It is an unusual remedy that can be
sold in this way, but Mi-o-na is a re-
markable combination of flesh forming
elements combined with agents that
regulate the digestive organs and restore
health and strength.
Remember that if Mi-o-na does not DO
all that is claimed for it. your money is
returned to you by Rowley & Snow, 500
Kansas avenue. in~accordance with this
bond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
went on Bilps Private Car.

great unwashed were standing at the
station last night as No. came in
from the east. After they had stood
gazing for some time in fascination at
the luxurious interior of one of the
sIeepers, one Weary Willie said to the
other with a grin: Wen have yer
Pullman ready in jest minute, Bill
see, the porter is jest maxim her up
now: will yer have a upper er 1ower?'
.'G,wan, Pete" replied the other with
a 1ordIy air. 81 got a private car back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
Arc Lights for Fort Leavenworth.

Leavenworth, Kas.. Nov. 9.-Fort
Leavenworth will be lighted by cleo
tricitv in a few days. The wires have
all been, strung and the local plant
which has the contract for lighting the
fort is busy installing a monster en-
CINE which will generate the electric
ity. The current will be carried by
cables at the top of line of 60-foot
poles out the main driveway to the
fort. Ever since its establishment
Fort Leavenworth has been lighted by
oil lamps. These are still in service
and some of them are ancient. The
electric light company has a ten-year
contract.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
Farmers Institute Resolutions.

Resolutions by the farmers institute
held at Burton October 81:
Resolved, That we heartily indorse the
work of the Kansas experiment station a
being of great practical value to the farm
erS of the state and inasmuch as the far
mers receive no support from the state
and have insufficient funds for the proper
carrying on of its work; be it further
Resolved, That we inform our represen-
tative to the state legislature that we
wish him to vote for an appropriation of
Sc, 600 for carrying on the work of the ex-
pertinent Standardization Graphic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
PLAYED WITH DYNAMITE
Four Children Blown Up When Nitro
Glycerine Went Of.

Lancaster, O., Nov. 9.-Four children
were instantly killed by an explosion OF
nitro glycerine at Bucks run in Hook
ing county Sunday. The dead are:
Oscar Bohn, aged IA.
Charles Bohn, aged II.
Their S-year-old sister
The 9-year-old son of Robert Conrad
The children were playing with a can
which contained nitro-glycerin and it is
supposed struck it with a stone. The
home of the Bohn's was practically
wrecked The bodies of the children
were terribly rnutilated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
HORTON IS MAD.
Says Shop Force Should Be In
creased. Not Reduced.

Orders have been received in Horton
to reduce the pay roll of the shops
Sc, 600 per month, and the following from
the Horton Commercial throws some
light on it: 1.-THE order became effec-
tive Monday, when a good bunch of
workmen were dismissed. This order
comes in spite of the fact that the
working force at the time was wholly
unable to keep up with the work, which
has been crowding them for the past
year. 1t fact. at the very time of dis
missal, at least a hundred more skilled
mechanics could have been used to ad-
vantage at the Horton plant"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
Changes in Coast Line Schedule.

A new time card is now in process Of
formation on the Southern California di-
vision. the officials being at work in Los
Angeles, preparing it for announcement.
The new card will become effective De-
cember /. and will contain some notable
changes not only in time. but in the mat
senger trains running from Azusa to Los
Angeles and the two running vice versa
will be taken off, while two more pas
senger trains win be put on the run be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09

tween Los Angeles and Santa Ana, CIV
ing this latter district six passenger
trains each way. The additional serv-
ice is made necessary on account of the
winter increase in traffic, while the
Azusa trains will be removed because of
a falling off of business in that district.
The electric roads which now run out of
the Angel City to the towns to the west
are responsible for the shortage in the
passenger traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
Lajoie Will Play at Short.

Chicago, Nov. 9.-Napoleon Lajoie,
the great second baseman of the Cleve-
land American league team, will be
shifted from his position the coming
season, according. to a statement given
out by President Ban Johnson The
switch of the renowned Larry will be
made for the purpose of giving Terry
Turner, the youngster signed from the
Columbus team this fall, a chance to
show what he can do on the second bag,
where he is more familiar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09

on the end where I kin be more. ex-
elusive. Ye can't choose yer company
in these here vulgar Pullmans.' And
then the two bewhiskered and tattered
tourists moved on, presumably to
board Bits private car.-Albuquerqu
Journal-Democrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
Santa Fe Chief Clerk Quits.

HoIton, who has been chief night clerk at
the Santa Fe ticket office for several
months, has resigned and has been sue
gives up his position on account of i'll
health and viii go to Prescott, Ariz, to
enter the employ of a mining company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09
An Accidantal KiIlinr.

Blaine Kan. Nov. 9.-WhiIe Mrs John
Reeves, two and a half miles south of
this place. was cleaning house Saturday,
she knocked down a. loaded shotgun. 1t
was discharged by the fall and the con-
tents entered her head. killing her instant
~. She was about % years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-09

Piso's Cure for Consumption is a pleas
ant and effectual remedy for coughs ana
colds. &c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
NEWS ROUNDUP OLA
DAY IN SALTWATER
No Information Obtained Regarding
James Cummings Relatives.

Deputy Coroner B. J. Merrill, of this
city, is still trying every way possible
to obtain some information concerning
the relatives or friends of James Cum
mings, the young man killed on the
Northern Pacific road, near Hugo, on
Sunday. kilograms have been sent to
various places, but no information has
been received. The remains will be
held at Sam Belisle's morgue a few
days longer in the hope that some one
will claim them. 49, -
Rev. w. w. Brown, of this city, and
Evangelist Stanley, of Chicago, inau-
gurated series of revival meetings at
the First Methodist church last even
ing 'J-4.
Loggers are returning daily from
their camps in Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin and reports received from all local
tiles are that no further attempt will
be made to do any work this season.
The roads are soft and cannot be kept
in condition.
Many members of Saltwater Lodge
of Elks will go to Red Wing next Fri
day to be present at the organization
of new lodge Of Elks in that city.
The amount collected in the town of
Saltwater for the famine sufferers of
Northern Sweden aggregates $35.75
Liberal responses are being received
by the committee in all parts of the
county.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
wAeAsH. INQUIRY is HALTINe.
Day Is Spent In Listening to Numerous


Affidayits.
ST. LOUIS. Mo- March 1T proved
a grand day for aff1davits when the Wa
bash injunction suit was called this morn
ing in the United States court before
the defense led oft They were loaded
down with affidavits made by officers and
men of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men and Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, in rebuttal of other aff1davitS filed
last Saturday by the attorneys for the
Wabash.
Il guess I'd better hear them" said
the judge as he gazed at the pile of pa
pers held by the attorneys for the two
tlemen."
And the gentlemen read all day and
other gentlemen will read nearly all OF
tomorrow.
1t is doubtful whether the arguments
proper will commence before Monday.
Attorney +. ]. Pinney, one of the counsel
for the labor organizations, read the first
Of the aftidayits for his side. and with
occasional reliefs from his colleagues. N.
c. Judson c. S. Irwin and c. NJ. Muir
ply. continued until the sworn state
ments of sixteen men had been laid before
the court.
At 3:15 in the afternoon the attorneys
for the labor organizations finished for
their side and Attorney Trivor, for the
Wabash, presented the first Of the atti-
davits for his side. 1t was made by Pres
rapid reading. 1t rehearsed number of
issues between Ramsey and the officers OF
the order and related that he was Of
opinion that q conspiracy existed against
the road. The reading of affidavits will
be resumed in the morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
FORTUNES LOST
BY A SCRATCH
Millions That Went to Other Men Be-
cause of PaItry Accidents.

If f. W. Salzman had been three
minutes quicker he would have Sc
cured a 100000 diamond mine in
South Africa.
If it had not been for a bit of faulty
track just outside Chicago it would
have been Hayden Bennett who would
have made a fortune by organizing the
steel corporation and not by j. Pierpont
Morgan.
If Burton Neville's horse had not
foundered in the last mile of a race for
a land registers office he would have
won one Of the richest California gold
mine claims.
If Arnold Bryands salvage steamer
had started an hour sooner from Rio
he would have been able to secure the
treasure of a tabled Spanish galleon at
Trinidad.
Those were four golden opportunities
which could not wait. 1t was heart
breaking for the men who saw untold
wealth within their grasp and then saw
it disappear just as they were about to
clutch 1t. 1t was heart breaking, but
there was nothing to do but philoso-
phize.
Salzman was surveying in Griqua-
land when he missed his great oppor-
tunity. The farm which he was tempt
ed to buy at first sight was as dismal
piece of South African ground as
ever man looked upon, but there was
that in It's appearance which made the
surveyor believe it was valuable.
De Beers. the owner of the farm, was
so tired of hopeless and fruitless toll
that he offered to sell 1T for a change
Of clothing. Salzman looked at 1t again
and refused. A suit OF clothes seemed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
Outcome.

He was the champion of the town. Like
most men of that profession, he took him
self seriously. and resented any suspicion
of his veracity. One evening, at his ia
yorite Longing place, he was outdoing
himself on his pet topic the civil war
With the ease acquired by long practice
he was reeling off yarn after yarn about
his exploits though everyone knew that
he had never been anything but a suit
lers clerk.
Talk of mudH he was, lust saving.
"our campaign in the Wilderness was the
worst: 1t rained for days without letting
time. When 1t did stop we hooked right
up and started off with our artillery,
slumping and splashing along till we were
all covered with mud Pretty soon we
drove right along, and do you know that
first team went right out of sight Yes,
sir, eight mules timber, gun, and all sunk
9 out OF sight hgl AllssFe got out was the
A newcomer in the town, who had not
as yet learned to respect this mans fol-
bles, then spoke: SIT
I've seen some mud. too, in my time.
When was boy over in Jersey on my
fathers farm. we had a terrible wet
did not hitch up, unless they just had to
60 One day I saw hat out in the road
right in big puddle. l thought it was
funny, that hat out there, SO 1 waded out
Maybe now you won't believe me. but
I swear it's so. Well, sir you can believe
1t or not, just as you like, there was a
man under that hat, And says I, Why
helloi can't I help you outY
oh, no. says i1e, guess I can get
along. I'm a-horse-back.'
The champion .glared at this irreverant
speaker. Humph., was all he said ANY
fool can lie" And with that remark he
quickly left the room.-Philadelph
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
RAILROAD NOTES.

]. G. Patterson has been appointed
principal assistant engineer Of the Great
Northern, with headquarters at ST. Paul.
and w. P. Written has been advanced
to the position of resident engineer at St.
Paul, to succeed Mr.. Patterson.
The engineering department of the Non
tana Central has been consolidated with
that of the Great Northern, and the juris-
diction OF E. R. Mcneil of the Great
Northern, has now been extended to take
in the Montana Central.
The local Freight Agents association
of this city held one of its fortnightly
meetings yesterday afternoon a t the
union depot and discussed matters of gen.
eral interest to members. but took no
official action.
George Clark, formerly passenger clerk
in the transit department of the Missou-
ri. Kansas & Texas has been appointed
to the place caused by the death Of
George A. Barker, general ticket agent
Claude NJ. Dennis, a well-known rail-
road man. was found dead In bed yesterr
day at the Arogan hotel in Atlanta He
was until recently the assistant general
freight agent of the Kansas City South
ern at Kansas City, but went to Atlanta
to become commercial agent Of the Cotton
Belt.
The Pere Marquette has placed orders
with the American Shipbuilding company
for two big ships for lake traffic One
boat will be placed on the Hudson Sarnia
line and the other on the Conneaut and
Port Dover route. They will come out in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
1t Wasn't His Fault.

AS a sergeant was bawling out his or
ders In barracks in Dublin and watching
the line of feet as the new recruits en-
deaVored to obey the word of command.
ne round to his establishment that one
pair OF feet, more noticeable on account
OF their extra large size, never turned.
!, without taking his eyes off those feet
the sergeant bawled out a second order:
He could see that all the feet except
those he watched turned in obedience.
Rushing up to the owner. little fellow.
Why don't you turn with the rests
~ did, replied the trembling recruit.
You did, Ell? Well, 1 watched your
rect and they never moved"
It's the boots they gave me. sir" said
the por fellow. They're so large that
when turn my feet turns inside of
them."-Dublin News. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
WORST ROW OF ALL.
Wabash and Chicago Great Western Stir
Up the Passenger Men.

Wabash and Chicago Great Western Stir
Up the Passenger Men.
CHICAGO, March 17.-Differences of
opinion regarding the Elkins law has in
vowed the Western Passenger association
IN me worst row in its history The
trouble developed today, when the asso-
cation met to decide the propositions
made by the mass meeting. It soon be-
came apparent that the lines would be
unable TO agree upon amendments which
the mass meeting decided were necessary
10 Keep within the law. The question of
party rates came up and notice was given
by the Wabash and the Chicago Great
Western that they would throw party
rates open to the public and no longer
consider them as applying to baseball
teams theatrical trOupes and others en-
gagged in public entertainments The other
lines protested that this action would
give the ticket brokers a chance to cut
The row was intensified by the fact that
TWO lines had sent out Instructions to
agents telling them what to do and what
not to do, before the lines had been given
an opportunity to come to a conclusion.
TO make matters worse, it was learned
that one Of the strong lines had asked
legal advise regarding the immigrant bu~
reau. which is thought to be a viola
tlon under the new law. The association
VIII probably be in session several DAYS
III an effort to amend it's rules to con-
form with the law
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
fruitless; Burdick said he made no

fruitless; Burdick said he made no
concessions"
What was Mr.. Burdick's mental
condition about that timer" asked Dis
trict Attorney Coatsworth.
We'll, 1T appeared to me that for
some time he had been breaking down
He had been unable to concentrate his
mind, and I had noticed panied look
on his face"
Mr.. Parke said he knew Mrs. Hull
quite well. He never had heard of any
ill-feeling between Mrs. Hull and Bur-
dick.
Did he ever tell you they had quar-
reled?"
mo, sir"
Did you form any opinion as to who
committed this murder?" asked Dis
trict Attorney Coatsworth.
Yes, sir"
"When?"
Right after leaving the house the
day Of the murder"
us 1t an opinion based on informa-
ton or upon superstition"
Upon both"
You have some information"
Yes, sir"
"Are you sufficiently satisfied that
your opinion is correct to state whom
you think the murderer WASP"
II think So"
well, who was hep"
Arthur R. Pencil or some hired
assassin
What makes you think Pencil kill
ed him?" -
"All the circumstances lead to that
conclusion. l am satisfied that the
murder grew out Of the divorce pro-
ceedings."
Adjourned till tomorrow afternoon.
Furnace Mans Evidence.
1t is understood that the district at
torney will call three witnesses to-
morrow, viz, Mrs. Burdick, Miss Lizzie
Romance, the domestic in the Pencil
home, and q furnace man formerly
employed by Pencil. 1t is said that on
the morning following the Burdick
murder the furnace man called as usu-
al at the Pencil home TO perform his
duties. He was met at the door by
Mr.. Pencil, who informed him that his
services would not be required that
morning as he PennelD had attended
to the furnace. 1t was the first time
in two years, the furnace man is re-
ported to have said, that Pencil had
attended to the furnace, and in view
Of today's developments he thought the
fact of sufficient Importance to COM
municate to the authorities.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
SECURITIES SUIT TO-DAY.
Nearly All the Lawyers Interested Arrive
In ST. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, March 1.-THE near
ing of arguments in the anti-merger suit
of the government against the Northern
Securities will begin in the United States
court Of appeals here tomorrow. The
counsel who will argue the suit arrived
tonight The case will be heard by
Judges Sanborn, Caldwell, Thayer and
Vandeventer. William H. Day and James
M. Beck, assistant attorneys general, ar.
rived tonight, as did D. T. Watson, of
Pittsburg, Pa, special counsel employed
by the government Judge George B.
Young, of st. Paul, who represents the
Northern Securities company, is here, and
c. w. Bum, general counsel of the North
ern Pacific. is expected tomorrow. The
suit is practically a continuation Of the
proceedings begun by Gov. Van SAINT, of
Minnesota, more than a year ago. 1t was
transferred from the United States court
of Minnesota to the. appellate court I'M
der the provisions of an act Of congress
This will therefore be the first trial OF
the case. Among the defendants are
j. P. Morgan and James ]. Hill.