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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-16

The trailer of a Noblesville & Upton
traction train jumped the track at the
curve on Pennsylvania and Washington
streets at 6:l5 last night and delayed the
traffic in all directions for nearly twenty
minutes.
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FELL IN A CHURCH.
Mrs. VI. j. Allison Suffers a Broken
arm and Crushed Shoulder.

A serious but not necessarily fatal acct
dent befell Mrs. M. J. Allison, of No. e4l4
Broadway. yesterday while she was attend
ing services At the Roberts Park Methodist
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II you examine carefully the models.
and Densmore. you will buy Densmore
DENSMORE TYPEWRITER CO., Monument
place and E. Market st. Typewriters sold and
exchanged, rented and repaired.
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THE BIG FOUR ROUTE.
Thanksgiving Excursions.
yery Low Rates to Points Within 4
Dates of Sales Nov. 25th and 26th.
Return Limit November 3Oth.

For tickets and full information call a
Big Four office. No. 1 Z. Washington st.
or Union Station.
n M. BRONSON. A. c. p A
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He BIG FOUR ROUTE.

The whitest and most brilliantly polished
cut glass at reasonable prices at Herron's.
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For table use. Gutedel, Rhinewine type
SCHUYLER WINE HOUSE. 2l0 n. Meridian.
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New Pianos. sis5 and up. wulschners.
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AT Seaton's Hat Store
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23

country and IN effect gives the United
States another great transcontinentai
line
B F. Yoakum. president Of the Frisco
returned Saturday night from New
York, where it is stated he has just
completed negotiations for the sale Of
the Frisco.
Mr.. Ycakum declined TO make a state
ment upon the subject
It has been commonly accepted thar
the Frisco has considerable Rock IslanS
holdings. but this the officials of thai
system persistentiy deny
The terms by which the purchase OF
the Mexican Central has been cOnSun-
mated could not be learned, but it IS be-
lieyed that the recent visit of the cap
italists interested IN Il was for the our-
pose Of gaining some idea Of its value
in order that proposition could be
made the Rock Island
It is stated that reorganization OF
the road viii take place as soon as
tenSive borinzs for oil viii be made il.
Taapico and developments OF the coun-
try VIII be pushed with vigor.
The line from TamDieo TO the City of
Mexico. which is now under construc~
tlon, VIII be pushed forward to compile
tion. as VIII number Of other exten-
siOns-
The Mexican Central is capitalized for
S25.600 a mile. H. Clay Pierce Of St
Louis IS the president
II a combination Of the Frisco. Rocr
Island and Mexican Central is effected
the Frisco can run its trains from Chi
cagO to the City Of Mexico and even,
TO the Pacific coast.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23

Santa Fe and Southern Pacific rail-
road traffic officials report that there is
2 slight decrease in the number of cars
OF oranges moved To date from the num-
cording TO the data at hand in Assistant
General Passenger and Freight Agent
c. A Parkyns' Office the Shipments ag-
gregate S,200 cars. or about 400 less than
at the same period last year This is
about 80 per cent Of the total crop. Both
roads have experienced little diffcs1ltv
in handling all offerings this wear. as
there We're plenty Of cars on hand. and
the offerings came easy. At present
there IS a better demand for fruit in the
east and the companies expect to have
heavier shipments from this tirne.-San
Bernardino Times-Ineex.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23
ROCK ISLAND DEAL.
Viii Secure Control ofthe St Louis &
San Francisco.

Under the date of March % a dis
patch from New York says: 1t is be-
lieved that the deal by which the Rock
Island company viii secure the comTaGfs
stock and control Of the St. Louis &
san Francisco system has been com
Dleted to TIE last detail President
1Oakuw of the Frisco viii leave New
York Cor the west today. He wished 10
90 west Wednesday night one oE his
friends said, but important business de
tained him. The fact that he is able to
90 is regarded as evidence that the i'm
DQrtaut business is out of the way ana
Mr. Z0akumss departure is to follow a
prolonged conference with members of
the Rock Island No official announce
ment was made today but it was prac-
ticaly admitted that the big deal had
been finally and formally closed.
An announcement of terms and de.
tails is to be made by J. P Morgan &
Co but it is said II viii not be forth
coming before March = or thereafter.
There IS stiu much speculation as to
the terms OK the deal It is stated that
the price to be paid for Frisco COM
mon includes an amount each of cash
Rock Island bonds. Rock Island pre-
ferred stock and Rock Island common
stock. 1t is further understood that the
terms provided distinctly that the Rock
Island should buy all the Frisco com
mon stock, amounting 10 about - mill
lion dollars. the members of the Frisco
pool having insisted that every Frisco
stockholder should receive the same
frea rfl1art
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23

Ienniken. assistant United States marshal
IN this city.
Sydney Hercules Of the santa Fe black
smith shop in san Bernardlno. is row IN
Topeka. having been called home on ac-
count Of the sickness of his grandmother
Alr. Hercules was formerly employed IN
the spring shop here and il he can again
secure work in the shop he expects to stay
in Topeka.
1t is said that T. ". Masters. fireman
on tire Southern Pacific, is about The
largest man in the railroad business He
- - 81 ssels-1s - =
anu IS Dult from the ground no OF
course viii admit that EIr. Masters is
IarSe. bat # he is much heavier than the
Hon taner. at the Santa Fe shops here
ne is certainly going some
The special train carrying General Man
ager H Z Nudge OF the Santa Ee passed
through Topeka en- route to Denver from
the Chicago division. where he has been or
an inspection trip. While the train was IN
the train over the Chicago division. was
sent 10 the rOundhOuse and substituted
with engine No Al42- II IS Ssld that the
experiment that IS being uade with tele-
phones on Mr.. Mudge's train mas proved
10 be quite a success nth a telephone
in the drawing room Of his special car and
one in the cab Of the esaS1ne. Mr. Nudge
can regulate the speed Of the train by TEL
ephoning his Instructions TO the engineer.
It is said that these phones viii ne in
stalled on the California limited
Engine No. 115. which was purchased
from the Santa Fe short time ago by p
Lantry Sons. contractors. IS being painted
and decorated in the old tank room Of the
roundhouse. The work IS being done IN
der the foremanship of J. w Gibbons,
who IS foreman Of the engine painters
This is the sixth engine that has been
painted at the shops for this firm AbOue
rzro years ago Mr. Gibbons superinlend I'd
the painting of some engines that were
purchased of the Santa Fe by B. l4antry
Sons and they were so well pleased with
the work that when they bought this last
engine they asked that 1t be painted in the
Santa Fe shops and under the same rore-
man The work on the engine, Wnlch ls
now No. To- is being done by BENJAMIN
Mueham, the expert designer Who does
ali the fine work in the coach painting De
designs for this engine which, together
with the stripping, viii make the engine
look more like a band wagon than a loco
motive All the designs are being put IN
with gold leaf. When It Is nnlsned the
engine IS to be taken to New Mexico Where
the 3. Iantry Sons are now doing some
vrork for the Santa Ee.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
A Remedy Which Has RevoIutionfzed
the Treatment Of Stomach Troubles.

The remedy is not heralded as a Won
derful discovery nor yet a secret patent
medicine, neither is II claimed to cure
anything except dyspepsia, Indigestion
and stomach troubles with which nine
out of ten suffer.
The remedy is in the form of pleasant
lasting tablets or lozenges, containing
vegetable and fruit essences pure asep-
tic pepsin government test,1 golden seal
and diastases The tablets are sold by
druggists under the name of Stuarts 3
Dyspepsia Tablets. Many interesting
experiments to test the digestive power
of Stuart's Tablets show that one grain
of the active principle contained in
them is sufficient to thoroughly digest
1900 grains of raw meat, eggs and other
wholesome food
Stuart's Tablets do not act upon the
bowels like after dinner pills and cheap
cathartics which simply irritate and IN
flame the IntestIneS without having any
effect whatever in digesting food or
curing indigestion.
If the stomach can be rested and as
sisted in the work Of digestion It VIII
very soon recover its normal vig0r, as
no organ is so much abused and over
worked as the stomach.
This is the secret. Il there IS any
secret of the remarkable success of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, a remedy
practically unknown few years ago
and now the most widely known of any
treatmeut for stomach weakness
This success has been secured entirely
upon its merits as a digestive pure and
simple because there can be no stomach
trouble if the food is promptly digested-
StuartfS DVspepSia Tablets act en-
tirely on the food eaten, digesting IT
completely, so that it can be assinilated
into blood. nerve and tissue They cure
dyspepsia, water brash, sour stomach,
gas and blOating after meals, because
they furnish the digestive power which
weak stomachs lack and unless thar
lack is supplied it is useless to attempt
to cure BY the use OF tones. pills
ard cathartics which have absolutely
no digestive power.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can be
found at all drug stores and the regular
use Of one or two Of them after meals.
viii demonstrate their merit better than
anv other argument
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23

featured malcontents rapidly True to
his word and within the time he had
set for himself. Castro entered Caracas
al the head Of a victorious army. Ousted
the yellow House" Castro was de-
termined to last He was. and is. a
man Of intelligence and spirit With n
education and some fortune ne deter
mined to make a name for himself and
do something for his country if ne could
He declared an election. at which. cf
course, he was the candidate, and OF
course. he was elected As 70 whether
this election was IN all respects "regu-
lar one must ask the facti0nist Any
way It gave him title to the Office. and
he began his work, organizing a cabinet
modelled after that of the United States.
and sending to foreign countries minis
ters whose fidelity could be relied upon
He fixed his principal followers IN
good position, nor did he fail to heal
some old sores by appointing to import
ant Office some old enemies
The dictator has the face Of e tired
man. eyes OF the ferret. mouth Of cruel
ty- By temperament he Is nervous ir-
ritable, impatient OF government he
has shown that he knows as much as "a
chief OF bandits. The steel house he Ifv-
ed N IS called Mira Flores and was the
residence of CresDO when that fighting
general was president. The steel exten-
sion IS. earthquake proof II has two
rooms, ike compartments in a safe de-
post vault. and in this strong box of
place the dictator spends most or his
time Also the Sonora Castro. And
there in the wing. where walls. floor
and ceiling are all of steel, the Castros
ate and slept
That the steel house is bullet proof was
an added point OF merit in the dictator 8
eyes. That which Castro most feared was
not earthquake- not nature. but human
klnd- Were he to camp on the summit oe
NcsuVllis. the uncertainty OF the prolrnga-
tlOn OF his career could not BE- greater
than II was as the dictator or Venezuela
The country over which he ruled is a VOL
cano and Caracas is its crater
None can say what CiDriauo Castro
ernment Of a people stable and reliable in
their convictions less spasuodfc IN their
patriotism and rebellion That he dreamed
Of empire vast and great IS certain. but
that dream has been rudely dispeIled-
Castros own soldiers loves him not ssIa
took away our thin uniforms. theT said
and dressed Us up in cloth uniforms and
caps, like French soldiers Besides. be sell
dom pays u.s. The officers OF Casfro's s
every time the dictator uses the military
as the instrument for making a golden
hauI the officers get the drIDpinEs-
Castro had not a single friend among the
foreign representatives in Caracas. All
the members Of the diplcmatic corus
watched him with suspicious. trustees
eyes For the dictat tor had more than once
openly asserted that If he could. he would
annEi all concessions OF land granted 10
foreigners by his predecessors and sell tne
same over again to others He actually
did annui concessions enjoyed by the va
rious OTiuoco river cOnpalies-aI Amerl-
can ooncerns
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23
ROCK ISLAND CHANGES.
Division superintendents Still Work
ing on New Time Card

The Rock Island division superin-
tendents who have been in the city for
the last few days for the 3urpose OF
arranging new time card have about
finished their work. About all the
changes OF note that have been made
are few in the time of the through
trains It has been decided that trains
Nos q and A. the Golden State Linn
lied. VIII run daily up to. and including
March %, From that time uD to May
the train viii be run through to Cali
fornia twice q week, leaving Chicago Tor
the west on Tuesdays and Thursdays
on Mondays and Wednesdays on Ma y
1 the train viii be discontinued alto
gether. It was at first thought that ic
would be run as seIni-wee5Iy train all
through the summer. as the Santa F'e
California Limited is run. bat in spite
OF the fact tnat the train has been a
paying venture il Will be taken off alto
gether on Nay / and viii not be run
again until next September
another important change that has
been made is in the numbering of the
trains. As a matter OF convenience the
through trains. which are the most i'm
porta-nt. have received the lowest mum
oers. and the local trains the highest
The numbering of the Rock Island
trains is now somewhat similar 10 thac
the California and Mexico express has
been changed from % and 80 TO and
The train running between Kansas City
ana Fort Worth. Tex. which is nov
Nos 3 and 4 is changed to 13 and H.
and the local St Joseph train. which
is now numbered 13 and Il VIII here
after be known as Nos 3 and "A.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23

which has 50 miles of its line compile
ted and in operation from Port Arthur
TO EroOWd. and the Trans Canada. which
proposes to build from the city of Que
bee to the Pacific The Canadian Pa
cific IS building many branches and ex-
tensions and other companies have un-
Ger construction or projected much in
portant work in various portions of the
Dominion While it is impossible TO tell
now how many of these plans viii be
naterlallzed in actual construction there
IS small reason 10 doubt thai Canada
viii in the next few years be the scene
Of far-reaching developments in trans
porta1lon facilities With its vast nat
ural resources and a continuation Of the
almost startingly large scale of fmmi-
grafton which has been noticeable in
the last twelvemonth, it VIII not be
surprising il several Of the large
schemes which are as yet only on paper
should be realized in very tangible form
The Railway Age.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23
M'MILLAN FOUND OUT.
How His Law Was Bungled in En-
rollment

State Senator Harry Mcmillan came
all the way down from Ottawa county
Saturday to find out what is the matter
with q fee and salary bill affecting Ot-
tawa county which he has been telling
his constituents IS dead SO far as his
county is concerned. but which proves
to be very much alive.
It was the bill allowing the registers
eg deeds Of about dozen counties 10
keen their excess fees, thereby consid-
erabIv increasing their salaries When
the bill went through the house it was
amended so as to include more counties
than we're in the senate list, OttaNe q
county among the rest When the ollf
got hack to the senate. Ottawa. Bour-
out and a conference committee was
appointed The conference committee
reported the bill back with these coun-
ties out. and il was 50 adopted by the
house. according TO the records Sem
ator Mcmillan looked up the conference
committee report so as 70 be sure about
=.
But when the bill was enrolled
through some mistake the four counties
named were left in the bin and it was
duly signed in that way and became a
law. Senator Mcmillan went home and
told his constituents how he had saved
them money and how he had kept OF
tawa county out of the bill, and whel.
it was discovered that Ottawa county
was included he did not know what 70
make of it. Hence his investigation.
It is stated that the county commits
sioners Of the counties which do nOr
wish to allow their registers Of deeds the
excess fees can do so. and If the reg
listers attempt to collect them in the
courts the courts viii undoubtedly IN
validate tie whole law on its record
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23
An ENORMOUS AMOUNT.
$500 Miles of New Line Now
Being Constructed.
Much Work to Be Done in Can
ada.

Notwithstanding absorption and con-
solidati0n. there IS stiH a large amount
OF railway building planned and in
progress in the United States. The new
mileage added during 1902 amounted to
1854 miles. and present Indications point
10 even a larger mileage for 1908 In
addition 20 the track laid last year,
there were about 1000 miles of line
graded on a portion of which track has
been laid since January l. Adding to
the uncompleted work carried over from
lasr year the mileage which has been
placed under contract since January J.
We ind thar there are not less than
$500 miles OF new line under contract
or under construction. with ESQ miles
additional en- which it is promised that
work viii be undertaken during the
spring or summer. These figures are
compiled from detailed list Of roads
projected and under construction. which
is published in another part of this is
sue The following table shows the
geographical distribution of the mileage
under contract or under construction. as
Wei as of the lines which give promise
Of early construction the latter being
llassed as live projects. among which
are lines for which location has been
finished and bids have been asked:
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23
TRACK LAIp IN 1902
5,es4 Miles of Track Laid Last Year
in United States.


in United States.
As a continuation Of an article on the
new railroad in the United States that
was completed during the year OF 1892,
the last issue Of the Railway Age says.
In the Railway Age of January > last,
was published q table showing the num-
Der OF miles OF new railroad completed
IN the nlted States during the calendar
year 1902. At that time reports had not
been received from all lines. and we are
now able to present the accompanying
revised table in which 135 miles are ad-
ded 70 the 5.549 miles then reported.
bringing the total uD to 1854 miles Of
track laid in 1902 on s46 lines in a states
and territories
This is the largest mileage buiIt in
one year since 1SSS when T.106 miles
Of line were completed although it is
out e miles in excess Of the figures re-
ported for 1890, and it exceeds the mile
age for 1901 by 462 miles
Ihe relative positions of the states
anu territories as given in our prelimi-
nary statement are not materially
changed by the additions which have
been made since the close OF the wear.
the indian Territory standing first with
54l miles, Oklahoma second with -32
miles. Texas third with $50 miles and
New Mexico fourth with 35S miles. The
new mileage in Arkansas IS increased 10
St2 miles, and there are less important
changes in several other states. The
grow Tn and development of three of the
territories oklahoma, New Mexico and
Indian Territory. which are candidates
Tor statehoOd. is indicated by the fact
that they built 1.4S1 miles of new rail-
road In 1902. which is more than one
fourth OF the total for the entire coun-
try.
According 10 these figures, the total
railroad mileage of the United states
tmaln line only) on January 1. 1903. was
204,471 miles
., TEacl- laid from January to December
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23
Rock Island Giuaa In

St. Joseph No. March 23.-The Corn-
mercial club and corporate interest of
this city which have been wag1ng war
on the Rock Island railway for four
months resulting finally in a severe
boycott on all freight and passenger
business have won every. roint demand
ca. which includes two new trains and
through sleeper service on All lines Of
the company radiatfng from or near
this city. The controversy started over
the discontinuance by the railway of
through sleeping car service between
this point and Chicago because. as al
legged on the part of the company, Of
bad track
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23
TIE RAILWAY AGE
Annual Engineering Number Is Just
Out

Out
The last issue Of the Railway Age,
which IS published under the date Of
March 20. is one of the most important
numbers Of that periodical. It partakes
OF the nature of a souvenir issued in
honor OF the annual convention of the
American Railway Engineering and
Maintenance of Way associa ton. which
has just concluded its deliberations in
Chicago. and publishes a full stenogra-
phic report Of those proceedings. 1t also
contains several scientific articles which
are elaborately illustrated. Among
many other prominent railroad men who
have contributed TO this last issue Is
Mr. p H Dudley the famous track ex-
pert of the New York Central. who dis
cusses the very important question Of
the effect of modern equipment and high
speeds upon track Mr.. J. L. Campbell,
chief engineer in charge of the Rock
Islands new St Louis, Kansas CITY and
Colorado lines. has a 12-page article,
with about two dozen Illustrations
which tells the story of the engineering
and construction OF that road.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-03-23
RAILROADS ALARmED.
Increase in Switching Charges Of
Chicago Junction.

Increase in Switching Charges Of
Chicago Junction.
Chicago. March General managers
of Chicago lines have been served with
notice that the Chicago Junction rail-
way has raised It's switching charges,
the increases amounting in all cases to
al least % per cent. Accompanying the
tt0n company needs the money The
expenses OF the company. il is asserted
have increased much faster than its
revenue. and there is no recourse but TO
raise switching charges.
The railroads view the action Of the
company with some alarm. for unless
they feel that they can add the in
creased charges TO the freight rates it
viii mean in the aggregate a large in
crease in expenses For the purpose of
considering the matter a meeting of the
General Managers association has been
called and a committee appointed to
look into the matter and see if the Chi
cagO Junction cannot be induced to
withdraw IFS notice
The increased rates embarrass the
railroads especially at this time on ac-
count of the Elkins law. 1t has been
the custom in Chicago to bsorb switch
ing charges on competitive business and
TO add them To the freight rates on all
other traffic- 1t is a serious question
whether such action is not discrirnina-
tion within the meaning of the law and
the railroads are seriously considering
discOrunuing the practice. In view Of
the increased switching charges II is
likely that action viii be taken adding
ali charges for handling cars to the Chi
eago rate For years the question Of
switching in Chicago has been subject
to great deal of contention and trou-
BILE Shippers have constantly COM
plained that the switching charges were
excessive and operated against the Chi