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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
a TERRIBLE MAIZE.
Diner on the Bankers Train Must
Have Collided With Alphabet.

When the Cleveland, Ohio. bankers
special train, which was in Topeka Mon
day, passed through San Bernardino
the Sun printed this piece about it:
Z Bankers specials are getting to be
quite an ordinary thing at the local
Santa Fe yards these days, while a
million dollar train fails to attract any
great amount of attention among the
boomers who hang about the Third
street station
Yesterday another batch of eastern
bank presidents, their families and
friends. left the yards at / p. m. bound
for their homes in Ohio, after two
weeks soiourn in the west. They do
their travelling in an elegant collection
of coaches some of which. are as fine
as any profered by the New York
Central. The train is furnished by the
Big Four road, and is certainly a credit
to the management. In conjunction
with their assortment of club cars, lee
ture rooms, golf links, and a few other
things which the portly Clevelanders
carry with them. is what is claimed to
be the largest dining car in the world
Certainly it has the longest name OF
any which the writer has yet looked
upon. This wheeled dining room meas
ureS 361z feet in length and will con-
veniently seat forty people at table
The word conveniently is supposed tc
mean that two score of diners. all eat
ing corn on the cob, may enjoy their
meal without fear of croWding
Overhearing a remark regarding the
'quaintness'' of the cars name. the
reporter backed over across Third street
that he might get a bird's-eye view OF
this wonderful and fearfulIy construct
ed appellation. fQuaintzintecomatzin
was all he had chance to jot down
before the train pulled out. How many
syllables there we're on the north side
of the car could not be ascertained. TIC
pronounce it You think of a quartz
mill IN operation and set your tongue
going in an hndeavor to initiate it
Some one said the word was 4 ztec
and meant "the royal eater from the
royal DISH Be that as it NAV. if
seems n greet mistake on the part OF
the dining Ear management to allow
such namt on one of its coaches. For
Just think Of the appetite a man could
work up viking around the car twins
to end tho period at the end of that
unabridged alphabet.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Railroads Are Reducing Their
Shop Forces.
Rock Island and Santa Fe Let
Ont Number of Hen.
CUTTING EXPENSES.
Paw Roll of Rock Island Shops
Reduced 5000.
santa Fe Hasn't Sufficient Work
to Keep Men Busy.

A report has reached the Rock Isl
and division offices in this city to the
effect that a large number of men en-
ployed in the company's shops at Hor-
ton. Kan. have been laid off and that
1t is expected that a large number OF
them are yet to go. Just what mas
caused this unusual action on the part
of the superintendent of the shops is
unknown here. but it is stated that he
recently received orders from head
quarters in Chicago to reduce his ex-
oenses $1,000 month and that the re-
duction in the working force of the
ehops is the means he has taken to
bring about the decrease in the month
fy expenses.
Like the Rock Island, the Santa Fe
is also reducing the force of men en-
pIoyed in their local shops. 1t was an
nounced yesterday that sixteen of their
shops employees. four boilermakers and
four helpers. had been laid off. but
1t was stated that the work in the
shops was not sufficient to keep the
men busy. This is not the case with
the Rock Island, however, and for this
reason i can not be understood lust
why the men were discharged Re
Rardiner the lay-off one of the local
OFFICIALS of the road said today
1T IS true that number of employees
at the Rock Island shops in Horton
have beer discharged, but just how
many / do nota know. I understand
that auite a number of them were laid
off. I do not know the reason Of this
action on the part of Mr.. Powell. the
shop superintendent, but I suppose that
he has received instructions to cut
doul1 avneOSpS -
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WANTED $4,000; GOT 1 GENT
Result q a Suit Against the St Louis
& San Francisco.

Whit. / T., Nov. "A Jury in the
federaI court here returned a verdict
last Tght granting damages against
the ST Louis & San Francisco railroad
company Tor the sum of one cent. This
is thu smallest Judgment ever rendered
in tge federal court at this place. The
circumstances of the case are that in
1898 there was rear-end collision of
a feight train at Red Fork, and it hap
peJed that travelling man vvas in 70 ~,
ca7oose at the time. He was shaken
up but sustained apparently no in
jyiv. and assisted to care for mas
Singers who were injured. Afterward
lived him $4,000 for damage to his
nervous system. He contended that he
had a railroad spine. filed suit and II
was called last week for trial before
Judge en- When the case was closed
the verdict of one cent against the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
THE STRENUOUS LIFE
A Great Strain .

No one disputes the fact that we are
living in a rapid age; it is rush, rush,
rush from morning until night, and
competition is so fierce that the struggle
worn out.
Women, too, even when surrounded
by every comfort, BECOME infected by
the common spirit, and what with their
clubs and many social duties have no
time to give thought to their physical
well-being. until they are suddenly
brought to a. sharp realization of the
fact that nothing in their lives is so i'm
portant as attention to correct or ra-
tiona1 living.
1t may surprise the reader to learn
that women are more prone to piles
than men, and in most cases because
it is difficult to impress upon them the
Importance of regular movements of
the bowels: irregularity means strain
ing at stool. and straining means piles.
with the certainty (under the usual
methods of treatment) that the sufferer
will have them always with her, by
usual methods" is meant the applica-
ton of sa1ves and lotions, or Gas a last
RESORT a surgical operation
If there is complaint which entails
more distress and suffering upon those
afflicted than piles or hemorrhoids, it is
not known to the writer; fortunately,
however. these are learning that there
is a remedy that effectually cures all
forms of piles; it is known as the
Pyramid Pile Cure, is in suppository
form, is applied directly on the parts,
and does its work quickly and painless
ly; it is sold by druggists at fifty cents
package. or will be mailed by the
makers to any address upon receipt of
price.
Mrs. l. NJ. JoIiff. harrisburg. Ohio,
says: 81 feel it my duty to acknowl-
edge the great benefit I have received
from. the use of Pyramid Pile Cure.
For several months I suffered untold
agony from the bleeding piles, and was
finally advised by Columbus doctor
to get Pyramid Pile Cure at once, which
L did and one box completely cured
me- I advise all sufferers to use it. =
Write the Pyramid Drug Co, Marshall.
Mich, for their little book on the causes
and cure Of piles.
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Tota


MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
City Engineer McCaDe submitted an
estimate of $486.73 on the cost of re-
flooring the north approach of the
Melan bridge. It was decided that the
work can be done more cheaply by the
street commissioner than by contract,
and the council voted to instruct Street
Commissioner Snyder to do the work.
By vote of the council, the sum of
81, 800 II was transferred from the paw
improvement fund. This amount of
money is the per cent allowed for en-
cheering expenses.
A resolution was passed awarding
the contract for grading and paving
Kansas avenue between Thirteenth and
Euclid avenue
The proposition for the addition of
the Christ hospital tract to the city was
accepted.
The Westminster Presbyterian church
asked for an abatement of its sewer
tax on the ground that the sewer is too
shallow to be of any use to the church
property The petition was referred to
committee on judiciary.
| G. K. Holiday offered to sell the city
81 lots at the northwest corner of
Ninth and Adams for a hay market. The
price fixed is IS, 900. It was referred to
1 the ways and means committee.
7 Bailey Bros filed a claim for $50 in
surance on the boilers which heat the
city hall Mayor Bergundthal thinks
that this insurance is unnecessary, and
it will probably be cancelled. The bill
was referred to the buildings committee
with power to act.
The ways and means committee rec
commended that the brick and stone
work on the top of the city hall
be repaired. The bill will be small ano
the council voted to make the repairs.
The council adjourned to meet Novem-
| Der 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
THEY DEvoUR COAL.
New Santa Fe Engine Used 10 Tons
at Ration Hill.

Il tell you those new engines on the
Santa Fe are a fright said a railroad
man at FL Paso. They ran one of
them over the Ration hill the other day
and she used up ten tons of coal just
going over the hill. Between La Junta
and Ration she gobbled up thirty-eight
tons The new machines are eight feet
longer than the big nine hundreds, and
they make anything else on the line
look like a goat. They are twenty-four
tons heavier than the 997 and she is no
toy. you know. BY the way, that 9S7
is as easy running machine as 1 was
ever on. In spite of her enormous bulk
she slips along over the rails like grease
and is as smooth running as a spring
wagon"
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Total main line mileage.
ON TO CALIFORNIA.
Santa Fe Officials Proceed on Their
Inspection Tour.

Fort worth. Tex. Nov. 3.-Paul Nor
ton, second vice president: A. S. Ken
drick. third vice president. and party,
of the Santa Fe. arrived this morning
from the south, having inspected the
line in that part of the state. They
left in their special car for California,
where they will spend short time
looking over the physical condition of
the lines in that part of the country.
before returning to Chicago to attend
the regular annual meeting of the
company.
Mr. Morton was we'll pleased with
the conditions in south Texas, partic-
ularly with what is being done by the
Santa Fe in the Beaumont-Saratoga
district but had little to say regarding
the proposed extension of the road to
Saratoga He was likewise reticenr
regarding the cutoff"
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SHOT HIS BROTHER
Sad Accident in Family of Rock
Island Man at Dalhart.

Dalhart. Tex. Nov 3.-Master Mechanic
w w. Leeman has family OF several
young children. and in some manner not
known the children secured possession OF
30 rifle and were playing with it. Too
young to realize The gravity of the stu
alton, one of the boys accidentally dis
charged the gun in the face OF his four
year-old brother. The bullet tore l It's way
the mouth, and came out at back of neck
taking four teeth out and making an
ugly wound. The little fellow was
promptly taken in charge by his family
| and DR.. Hedrick, company surgeon, called
He reports the case co be most critical
At the time of the accident Mr.. Lee
man was at Herington. A special engine
He arrived at Dalhart at IL p. m. cover
| ing the distance at speed of 20 miles
per hour
A most popular appointment on the
Rock Island was that of w. c. Summers,
Topeka boy as travelling auditor, cover
to Santa Rosa. N. M
John McCord went east on NO. Mon
day to return from Harrington with new
G G. Ross engineer has been trans
ferred from this division to run out
of Goodland, Kas.
Several Rock Island men from Blue
Island w. are here this week the gqestS
view of investing in Dailam county real
estate.
There have never been livelier or bet
| ter times on this diSision among train
men than at the present. The call board
is too slow, and trains are met at yard
limits with instructions to trainmen to
report for immediate duty
| Chas Peal. clerk in the master me-
| chanic's department, returned recently
| from a two weeks vacation in Georgia.
His mother accompanied him.
Joe Dupont and pride are now resi-
dents of Dalhart. Joe is a fireman. and
keeps the teakettle boiling down in tine
kitchen with regularity and precision
George Walker, engineer, has been off
for a few trips. on account of severe
burns and a carbuncle on his right arm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
win MOT oonaolidate al penvsr

Denver. Col. Nov 3.-Traffic Manager
WincheH of. the Rock Island has been
making many changes in subordinate
positions since he assumed the duties
a report that the Denver offices of the
Frisco and the Rock Island are to be
consolidated. but railroad men believe this
viii not happen until either the Frisco
or the Rock Island builds into Denver.
which they expect will occur during the
next wear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
M1DeLEY's PLAN.
Suggests a Way to Dispose of the
Private Car system.

A project is under consideration by
the leading railway magnates of the
country to organize an equipment com
pany with capital stock of at least
IS 1000, 900, which shall buy all the re-
frigerator cars and cars of special
types and operate them in the interest
of the railroads. The plan was evolved
by J. w. Midgley, and it is understood
to have received the approval of J.
Pierpont Morgan during his recent visit
to Chicago.
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snsa Fe Locomotive Burned.

A Santa Fe engine was destroyed by
fire in the Needles. Cal. roundhouse the
other dav. For some reason no alarm
was sounded until the engine was a
mass of flames, though the black smoke
from the fire was plainly visible for
long time before the alarm was finally
sounded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
eooDNow's NEW POSITION.
Is Appointed General Superintendent
of Chicago & Alton.

Bloomington. ILL.,. Nov 81 H Bar
rett. general superintendent of the Chi
cago & Alton, resigned November ?,
succeeded by c. A. Goodnow, late gem
eral manager of the Rock Island. and
whose title is general manager of the
Alton.
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Marshall
Field I'd N Co.
Indiana Chicago,
rum icine
a
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!
ut indeed blessing to feet large part OF
mont aIary.' -JOFN T.
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sauta be Firemen Are Examinaa.

Among the f1remen who have compile
Ted their examination for engineers on
the Santa Fe are: Hugh alison. Fletch
er Allison, Charts tSroy and ". Nc
kee. The examinations are being held
at the local general offices, the firenen
peing examined by Road Foreman Daze.
Carril and Calvan. Firemen Bidder and
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Promn1Iv Accaded.

you are so persistent, Harold'' muir
INJURED the fair maiden, land papa is
so bitterly opposed to you'll What can
say? Can't you see how it perplexes
me. Put yourself in my place.
II will. Bertha" said the young man,
with a marvellous assumption of femi-
nine coyness. Here goesI I will marry
you, Harold. whenever you say the
word, in spite of papa.''-Chicago Trib-
une.
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Mr.. Jacob Fleig writes from A Sum-
ner avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y:
al am now a new man at the age
of seventy five years, thanks to
your wonderful remedy Peruna."
Jacob Fleig.
Catarrhal Inflammation of the mucous
lining of the kidneys, also called
''Bright's disease may be either acute
or chronic. The acute form produces
symptoms of such prominence that the
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firemen, conductors. brakemen and
baggagemen on both passenger and
freight trains for all divisions. The
advance is from 10 to 20 cents day.
figured on the trip basis for regular
runs and the hour basis for axtra
runs. The Vandalia did not reduce
wages of train service men in 1893.
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Livingston are now at the offices taking
the examinations. AS to the firemen
who have passed, lit can not be definite
ly stated. as the papers have not been
officially examined. The results will be
published within the next few days-El
Paso Times.
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curbing and paving on Huntoon street
between Jackson and Van Buren, streets,
be cancelled by the city, and that the
special assessment be revoked.
This request is made on the ground
that the Street Car company has built
a double track on that street instead of
a single track. as was expected when
the 3O-foot pavement was asked for.
The charge is also made that the car
tracks are not in the middle of the
south.
1t is the intention of the petitioners
to take this step with the consent of the
contractors who secured the work. If
the present contract is cancelled. the
people living on the street will at once
petition for a 35 foot pavement.
The matter was referred to the streets
and walks committee
WANTS $1,000 DAMAGES
Laura d. Root filed a claim for $1,000
damages against the city for alleged
wrongful grading in Parkdale which she
claims has resulted in the draining of
surface water upon her land She states
that unless the drainage is remedied she
will sue the city
This is the old Biddle creek district,
which is now being considered by the
council. The probability is that a sew
er district will be created to include that
part of town.
Mayor Bergundthal referred the pc
tlt1on to the streets and walks commit
tee, which has been wrestling with the
Parkdale problem for some months.
HOWARD'S PETITION HEARD.
The petition of H. B. Howard and a
large number of others for the dismis-
sal of Food Inspector J. P. Farnsworth
was received and referred to the COM
mittee on health and sanitation.
Mr. Howard's fight on Mr.. Farnsworth
has been fully discussed in the State
Journal, and last nights petition simp-
ly sets forth the charges heretofore
made against Mr.. Farnsworth.
1t is the business of the health COM
mittee to inspect the charges and de-
termine whether there is sufficient
ground to justify an official investigation
of Mr.. Farnsworth's conduct. Mr.. Farms
worth was confirmed by the council
and cannot be dismissed without an in
yestigation by the council.
AN EXPENSIVE MONTH.
The appropriation ordinance for Oc-
tober bills carried the sum of $25, 1901 n
for current expenses. The appropria-
tons as divided into the several funds
q g
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serious nature of the disease is at once
suspected, but the chronic variety may
come on 50 gradually and insidiously
that its presence is not suspected until
after it has fastened itself thoroughly.
upon its victims.
At the appearance of the first symp-
tom Peruna should be taken. This
remedy strikes at once at the very root
of the disease.
A book on catarrh sent free by The
Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus, o.
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xATY's OKLAHOMA LINE
What Has Been Done on Projected
an6 Completed Roads.

The work on the Oklahoma line of the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas is progress
ing very rapidly. The projected lines
and those completed are as follows:
MISSOURI, KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA.
Miles.
Total main line mileage. 90
Stevens, l. T., southwest of Okla
homa City .................--.....-. 1857
Fallia Junction. to Guthrie, Okla. . .
Wybark, I. T., to Usage June, Okla. ~
COMPLETED LINES
Miles.
Oklahoma Citv TO Agra -........ "a 90
Stevens to Bartlesville .....-.......... 2eSlS
Wyback to Usage Junction. l5 10
Usage Junctio& to Hominy 1853
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
Miles
Total main line mileage ...-.......... IL. Sc
Main line, Coalgate. northwest to Okla
homa City. now complete thirty miles
out of Coalgate. On December 81, sixty
miles out of Coalgate should be COM
plete.
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Santa Fe to BUILD Eight MILES.

The Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe will
build a branch from point between
Kounte and Botaw. Tex. eight miles.
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ct notices." said Uncle Eben, 'tdat a
man who is stubborn as mule gem
orally amt near as sensible. Wash
ington Star
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vandalia Raises wages.

Terre Haute. Ind. Nov 3-The man
agement of the Vandalia has volun-
.tarily increased the wages of engineers,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-11-07
&

Chicago News: According to reports
rom Europe the spread of Esperanto,
he language invented for universal use,
las proved of value TO Esperantistsa
Vt a recent gathering In London one Of
The guests brought with him q French
Gentleman and his wife and a Czech
rom Bohemia. None Of the three could
speak a word OF English, but Espe-
Il was found to be a perfectly facile
Medium for conversation. The Bo-
lemian gentleman had had various
amusing experiences while journeying
through Europe. He had taken one OF
he Esperanto journals, marked the
names Of the secretaries of the various
groups in the foreign towns through
which he had to pass, and so, not know
ng anything of the languages, he had
!iaVeled through several continental
counties, seeing all that was to be seen
With the help Of various Esperanto
friends, and finally arrived in England.
He knocked at the door of a London
Esperantist, who came down to inter-
view the stranger and found that he
needed a home while in London, but
aid not know where to go. as no one
could understand him There was no
difficulty IS both could communicate In
Esperanto.
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OLDEST CONVICT FREE.
Martin Gill Served Twenty-ni Years
at Sina Sina for Murder.

New York, oct. 30.--Through the
good offices of Brother Jerome of Man
haitian college, Martin Gill, who was
sentenced to life imprisonment In Sing
Sing prison over twenty-nine years z
,or killing a man in a saloon br1wl in
his city, has been pardoned by Gov
arnor Odell. Brother Jerome went to
Sing Sing yesterday and brought Gill,
who is now 62 years old, back to New
York on a train which reached here
early in the afternoon.
Gill "a spent more years in Sing
Sing than n other convict, and when
he was told he was free ,he could
scarcely grasp the warden's meaning.
Even after he had exchanged his
stripes for the plain black prison.
mad suit given to discharged prison.
ers, he acted as a man might in a
dream. All the way to New York he
Jerome, gazing in silent wonder at the
sights.
At the Grand Central station the
crowds seemed greatly to confuse the
old man and he followed his benefac-
tor closely, as If IN momentary terror
that he might lose him in the shifting
throng. Mr.. Jerome hurried Gill to q
neighboring restaurant, where, for the
first time since 1874, the ole man
fare. Oysters were what Gill craved
most and he got them, all he could
eat.
After the meal, Brother Jerome and
his charge boarded a street car and
the old man had the first electric car
ride of his life. The trolleys i'm
pressed him more than all the other
changes since he last saw New York,
and he was still marveling about them
'acf NIGHT az tho ATnnhatt,, ,o11.-z
where he is being cared for tempopar-
i1v