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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04
Death of Famous Comedian.

New York. April stuart Robson.
the veteran comedian died tonight Of
heart disease at the Hotel Savoy He
was 67 years old, and had been on the
stage for 1ifty-one years
Mr. Robson was taken i'll early in
March and was obliged to rest COM
pIetely for two weeks. He resumed his
engagement on March 10, and after play
ing in New York and Brooklyn, appear
ed in various towns in the upper part
Of this state
A few days ago he was taken i'll in
Auburn. N Y, and then was brought 10
this city. The interment will take plac-
at tohasset. Mass. on Friday.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04
MONEY WANTED FOR ROADS
Resolutions Adopted by the Conven-
ton at ST. Louis.

tlOn at 81. LOUIS.
st Louis. April 29.-At tn last day.
session of the national and international
good roads convention Hon T, G. Harper.
of Burlington Ia, chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions, presented the re
port of the committee. which was adopt
ed. The resolution declares:
'First-That the building Of good roads
in the United States is now paramount
to national prosperity and commercial
supremacy
"Second--That we recommend the har-
monious cooperation of the township
county, state ana national governments
in the furtherance Of this great end.
"Third-That the association believes
that the appropriations heretofore made
for the building of railroads. canals and
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04
DR.. NJ, c. Gees Experience.

DR.. NJ c. Gee is one of the physicians
who endorse Peruna. In a letter written
from 5l3 Jones street, san Francisco,
Cal, he says
There is general objection on the
part OF the praCtiCing physician to ad
vocate patent medicines But when
any one medicine cures hundreds Of
people, It demonstrates It's own value
and does not need the endorsement OF
the profession.
"Peruna has performed so many
wonderful cures in san Francisco that
| am convinced that it is valuable
remedy. have frequently advised its
use for women. as find it inSuTes req
ular and painless menstruation, cures
leuCorrhoea and ovarian troubles. and
builds up the entire system, also
consider It one OF the finest Cdtarrh
remedies know OF. heartily endorse
your medicine. Nj. G.. Gee. MD.
Women are especially liable to pelvic
catarrh. female weakness as it is COM
monty called. Especially in the itrst
few weeks of warm weather do the dis
agreeable symptoms Of female weakness
make themselves apparent III crisp
cold weather chronic sufferers with pei-
vic catarrh do not feel SO persistently the
facilitating effects of the drain upon
the system, but at the approaeh Oh
summer with its lassituGe and ufef
feelings. the sufferer with pelvic catarra
feels the need of q Strengthening tonic.
Peruna is not only the best spring
tonic for such cases but if persisted I'M
will effect complete cure. Write for
copy of "Health and Beauty, written
especially for women by Dr. Hartman
<,f .frr d i-f
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04

some official position that will allow
tnem 10 escape road duty; some are over
oo and ilo. -u,Juct, ao4-ic Hlc -e-4idie2i pvl
MAPS, with thousands OIL acres. SOW,
tnt. ques,luu j nave heretofore raised Is
lutt the present Old system IS Unequal
taxation II very often forces poor
man WIohouI d mule or wagon, Il poor
iaOOrer working Iur 90 cents day, 10
lose lhis ana nave TO stunt his family
inns mucA to WORK me roauS, Whine the
man witn perhaps ten thousand acres OF
land does not work The ROADS and does
NOT, undCr the old system, pay cent
TO keep hem up, though his lands are
made valuable Dy reason OF the roads.
Ii is ID tax on the time Of the laDorer that
is subject and is The same as money.
In this way the burden of keeping UP
the reads is distributed meQually and
acts unfairly.
A better way would perhaps he to try
q part as mead tax and "a part as
property tax. for the property should
in any event pay some of the road eX
pense when it IS valuable because Of the
roads.
Throwing aside the question that the
Improvement of the roads is % be desired
he question remains that the old sys
tenn is unequal and hence unfair taxa
tinn. c. H. BEAILEN-
f.oosburg. Ga
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04

Don't forget that the second install
ment of THE BLAzED TRAIL will
be published i'll The Sunny South of
MAY 16.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04

not want to spend any more money on
medicines unless could assure her
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04

Don't forget that the second INSTALL
ment of THE BLAZED TRAIL will
be published in The Sunny South Of
MAY 10.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04

DR. NJ c. Gee is one of the physicians
who endorse Peruna In a letter written
from 5l3 Jones street, san Francisco
Cal, he says:
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04
Maintenance of Good Roads.

LAGRANGE, Ga.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
FEDERATION OF CLUBS.
Women of the Sixth District
Will Meet at Norton Oct. I-2.

Norton, Sept. preparations are
well under way for the entertainment
of the second annual meeting of the
Sixth district federation of clubs which
meets in Norton October 1 and 2. Mrs
Cora G. Lewis, of Kinsley, state presi-
dent. will be present together with some
of the other officers of the state fedora
ton. The people of Norton will leave
nothing undone to make this meeting
a success. Every delegate or any mem
Der of the federation who is present
will be glad that they are here in at
tendance at this annual meeting. The
Norton ladies are noted for their enter
tainment. and they invite as many who
can to be present at the federation
meeting.
Politics will be barred even if some of
the Norton husbands are good poll
ticians and are holding state and fed
eral jobs.
Mrs. Chas. Sawyer. of Norton, is the
corresponding secretary for the local
committee, to whom all letters pertain
ing to entertainment should be adj
dressed.
The executive board of the district
will meet in Beloit September 8, at the
home Of Mrs Claiming Perdue to ar
range the programme and transact
other business which will come before
the annual meeting.
The Sixth district federation of clubs
was organized in Smith Center, In
March, 1902, with fourteen clubs. 1t
now has twenty-five clubs with mem
bership of 425, including sixteen indi-
vidual members. An opportunity will
be given at this meeting for the adj
mission of any new members or clubs
who may desire to join the district fed
Grafton.
The election of officers will be an
important matter And the women
shouldn't be barred from electioneering
for the officers no more than the men
should be from seeking political office,
hence it is said there is an active
campaign going on among the mem
bers for the several offices. The presi-
dent of the federation of the Sixth
district is Mrs Alice Bailey, of Man
kato; vice president. Mrs. Chas. Saw
yer, of Norton; secretary. Mrs. Chan
ming Perdue. of Beloit; treasurer. Mrs.
Geo. w Mathews, of Logan; auditor,
Mrs Robt. W. Snyder, of Cawker City.
So far the counties of Norton
Mitchell, Jewell. Rocks, Phillips, Smith,
/ Decatur, Sherman and Ellis, are repre-
scented in the Sixth district federation
of clubs. The entire district of twenty
two counties is SO prosperous this year
in crops. and the women are so active,
many of them having helped their hus-
bands in the harvest field. that the time
is near at hand when every county In
the Sixth district federation of clubs
will be represented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
BEAT THE LAWYERS.
Santa Fe Claim Agent Settled With
Injured Passengers.

The Santa Fee claim agent played
johnnie on the spot act on the En-
terprise wreck yesterday, says the En-
poria Gazette. The wreck as reported
in last nights Gazette occurred early
yesterday morning. The claim agent
hiked out from Topeka as soon as the
word reached headquarters and was
among the sick and injured almost be-
fore they were dug out of the car. Rail-
road men who came back with the
claim agent yesterday say that he met
with all kinds of success. Mr. ]. Koch
enover, who sustained a broken collar
bone and internal injuries settled for
SIS and Mrs. Mum of Glasco, settled for
$50. They were the two worst injured
OF course this all happened before any
lawyers reached the injured. 1t is al
ways a race between the claim agent
and the lawyers when there is a railroad
accident
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
RAILROAD news.
Santa Fe Stock Seems to Be
Center of Speculation.
Sharp Advance Causes Renewed
Rumors of Sale.
MAY BE DIFFICULTY.
Sherman Anti Trust Law May
Interfere With Deal.
Rock Island and Santa Fe Are
Parallel Lines.

Sharp fluctuations in the price of
Atchison stock, with a tendency toward
higher prices. leads spectators to be-
lieVe that some big deal is about to be
sprung involving the Atchison prop
erts.
In connection with these stock mar
ket signs. the Chicago Chronicle points
out that a combination of the Santa
Fe and Rock Island would be likely
to encounter the same difficulty from
the Sherman antitrust law that the
Northern Securities merger has en-
countered. The Chronicle says:
Heavy buying of Atchison. pre-
sumably from sources near to the
Moores. infused considerable animation
into list that presented prina facie
evidence of being sick and tired.
1.-THE story that Rock Island interests
are after Atchison is an oft-told tale.
Every once in a while this story is un-
bottled by the rumor mongers and
used as kind of hypodermic injection
to quicken sagging impulses.
mat there was manipulation in
Atchlson was evident enough from the
sudden 2-point jump that stock took.
But that there was anything especially
significant about such manipulation
seems scarcely credible. If a great deal
is under way it would seem foolish for
the managers of it to choose a period
when money is likely to be tight for
the final coHSummatiOn of it.
Still it must be admitted in this con-
nection that the same interests now said
to be bulling Atchison committed in the
case of ChicagO's Tin Can speciality, Just
such an error of trying to work up a
boom at the wrong time. After the divi-
dend on Can was declared instead of a
boom resulting from the announcement
there was a 33-point slump.
Possibly in time the Atchison with
Mexican Central will belong to the
Greater Rock Island system, but when
that time comes it will be up to the
promoters of such deal to show cause
why they are not violating the Sherman
antitrust law. as in the case of the
Northern Securities company, by COM
bining parallel roads in restraint OF
trade Probably the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn could acquire Atchison without get
ting involved in serious legal difficulties,
but for Rock Island the task would be
more difficult.
But for the upturn in Atchison the
entire list would doubtless have closed
lower than for the day previous But
the strength in that stock 'jollied' the
others, so that a majority of the list
closed from rs to Is higher. Nevertheless
very important minority closed y to
points lower. Hide and Leather. Col
orado Fuel and General Electric being
the heaviest losses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05

splendid children Of his strong mouse.
His American journeyings We're at d
time when ten days We're required e
make trip on the Mississippi of half
its length, when friends in England sent
to friends in America Southdown NUT
ton for a gift, and friends in America
rendered thanks in canvaS-back duck,
when fashionable ladies of Washington
society took snuff from saucers always
set in convenient proximity; when fine
art collections were unknown within our
borders. as Mr. Flower remarked, be
fore Americans came to buy all the
beautiful and valuable things out OF
Europe" Upon my agreeing that Il
feared we had come to be vandals, rath-
err he concluded ruefully that we
were in deed sad Vandals. "-Boston
Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
SANTA FE RENTS ROOMS.
Leases Ninth Floor of a New II
Story Chicago Block.

We have previously made brief refer
ence, says the Railway Review, to the
work in progress on a seventeen-story
railway office building located at Mich
igan avenue and Jackson boulevard,
Chicago. This building is being con-
structed by the Standard Office Co.,
and provision was made this week for
the financial requirements to complete
the building. which is to cost about
81, SOC, 900. This structure will front III
feet on Jackson boulevard and Ill feet
on Michigan avenue. 1t is to be fire
proof. The exterior will be of white
glazed terra Gotta, and the severity of
the massive walls will be relieved by
bay windows extending from the fourth
TO the twelfth stories The principal
entrance will be in the center of the
jackson boulevard front. There will be
central court 60x70 feet, with a stair
case of white marble. On. the north side
of the building will be twelve elevators
The interior finish will be elaborate, the
floors in the court and hallway being of
marble mosaic and the wood finish OF
mahogany. The first and second stories
will be devoted to small shops, the d.
mansions of each room being about
15x5O feet, but they will be arranged to
meet the requirements of the tenants
The seventh floor has been rented TO
various companies, including the Inter
national Salt Co.. the Corn Product Co,
the Great Western Cereal Co. and otn-
ers. The Otis Elevator Co. will occupy
the eighth floor. the Chicago & Alton
railway the ninth, the Atchison, Topeka
e, Santa Fe railway the tenth and elev-
enth. the Chicago, Milwaukee q 81.
Paul railway the twelfth and thirteenth
and d. H. Burnham & Co. the four
teenth In addition to the above named
leases the ownership has contracted
about 10000 square feet to other ten
ants most of whom are engaged in
some branch of the railway supply Dus-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
sHoPMEN ASK INCREASE.
Goodland Railroad Men Say It Costs
More to Live.

Goodland, Kan. Sept. 5.-Should the
demand of the helpers, wipers, hostlers
and some other classes of WOrkmen at
the shops here be refused an increase of
pay from IA and 171a cents an hour to
p cents, there is a probability of a strike
among this class of Workmen. They
threa tened a wall1out recently to Master
Mechanic Anderson il they did not get
the desired raise. but as the settlement
of the matter did not rest with him he
told the dissatisfied workmen if they had
any grievance to submit they could only
do so to headquarters through him.
Accordingly the workmen drafted
their demand, which was signed by all
the men interested, and the document
forwarded to the proper officials. 1t is
expected that the raise will be granted,
for the men say their demands are just
and that they will not continue to work
under the present schedule of wages.
The reason for asking an increase was
that the high rate of rent and the in
creased price of coal and provisions
necessitates a greater income in order to
support their families and make a lit
tie better living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05

Santa F'e storehouse in this city, has
been appointed assistant foreman in the
Rock Island boiler shops at Horton,
Kas. Mr.. Dustin was formerly with the
Santa Fe in Topeka.
w. ]. Healy, freight auditor of the
Santa Fe, was in Kansas City Friday
on business for the company.
H. ]. Gallagher is a new clerk in the
office of the Santa F'e freight auditor.
He began work the first of the week.
]. NJ. Meade. chief engineer of the
eastern grand division of the Santa Fe,
is in Leavenworth today on business
for the company.
L. E. Painter and w. A. Long are
both new clerks in the freight auditing
department of the Santa Fe. They
commenced work early in the week
William Newly, of the Santa Fe pas
senger department, will leave next week
for California. where he will spend his
vacs ton. He will be gone about two
weeks.
D. J. West began work yesterday as
a clerk in the office of W. J. Healy,
freight auditor for the Santa Fe. Mr..
West is a former resident of North To-
peka.
Alfred Lowell, assistant superintend-
ent of motive power for the Santa Fe.
returned Thursday evening from Cali
fornia. where he has been making an
inspection tour of the Coast lines
Mr.. w. G. Boon has been employed as
a clerk in the Office of the Santa Re
freight auditor. Mr.. Boon was for
merly employed in the office of the gen.
eral StorekeeDer, but resigned his posi-
ton in that office several weeks ago.
new fue rattler is to be put up
shortly in the Santa Fe machine shop.
This machine. the purpose of which is
to clean the exterior of engine f1ues. is
now being made in the water service,
and will be ready for use in two or
three weeks.
Mr.. A E. Sweet, assistant to the gem
eral manager of the Santa Fe, left to-
day for an extended vacation trip in
the east. He will be gone several weeks
and during that time he will visit all
of the principal eastern cities
Mr.. James Cory is a new man on the
truck gang in the Santa Fe round
house. He takes the place of Ben But
Ter. who has been promoted to fireman
and is now marked up on the extra
board at the round-house in Argentine.
Clarence Kistler who until lately has
been running the transfer tables at the
Santa F'e shops is again working in the
burning gang in the coach shop. The
change was made at Mr.. Kistler's re-
quest. The hours which the man at
the transfer tables has to put in are
almost too many for any man. They
are from $3.50 a. m. until $50 p. m.
Henry Crow of the Santa Fe store
accountants office who left about three
weeks ago for a two weeks vacation
trip in Colorado is still away. Mr..
Crows delay in returning to work in
t, the office is due to the sickness of his
daughter who was taken with an at
tack of typhoid fever before the family
started for home. She is now reported
to be some better.
Dan Lane. of the local Santa Fe paint
shop. has just received a letter from
George Elliott, foreman of the Santa
FEES Sixth street yards, who is spend
ing several weeks in California accom-
panied by his family. Mr.. Elliott says
in his letter that after making a tour
of several other California cities he will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
An drocers and Druggists

go to San Francisco and from there he
and his family will start for home.
They will be back in Topeka in about
two weeks.
John Waldron. a former employee of
the Santa Fe water service, has gone
the Methodist church at Centropolis.
Kas. MIR. Waldron has always been
active in church work, and for the past
three years has been endeavoring to
fit himself for the ministry.
This division of the Santa Fe is to be
very busy within the course of the next
few weeks. The G. A. r. reunion at
Lawrencve will require several extra
trains. and besides these the Santa Fe
expects to run special from Blackwell
on account Of the Kansas state fair at
that place. Specials will also be run
from Dodge City to Hutchinson and re-
turn on the eth and 18th.
The force of workmen in the Santa
Fe pattern shop have been very busy
night. and are still occupied with the
construction of a new set of patterns
for the steam end of the pump in the
new power house. All of these patterns
will have to be finished and sent to
Seaton's foundry in Atchison to be cast
before the pump can be started again.
1t is necessary to make nearly a full
set of new patterns.
meeting of the Association of Travelling
Engineer is to be held on September s,
9 and 10 in the parlors of the Auditor
ium hotel in Chicago. Mr.. A L.
Beardsley. road foreman of engines on
the Chicago division of the Santa Fe
is to address the meeting on the hand
ling of Compound locomotives. Mr..
Beardsley has had plenty of experience
with this particular class of engine and
his pepper will no doubt be very in
teresting as well as instructive.
Word has been received here to tbs
effect that John Glenn. who was for
merly employed in the local paint shop
of the Santa Fe VIII be married on
September 8 to a Miss Barnett of PhiA-
, adelphia. Glenn left here last Decem-
Der for Philadelphia where he has since
been employed in the paint shop OF
the Pennsylvania railroad. Nothing
was heard % his intended marriage un-
til just a few days ago when one of
the men in the local shop received a
letter from him. The news came as
surprise TO many of the men but in
spite of this they wish him all the good
luck possible When Glenn was en-
ployed here he was popular with all OF
his fellows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
Hundreds of Dollars Spent in Vain.

Mr.. Cyrus Hershman, Sheridan, Ind,
writes:
Two years ago I was a sick man.
Catarrh had settled in the pelvic organs.
making life burden and giving me
little hope of recovery. 1 spent humid
reds OF dollars in medicine which did
me no good. I was persuaded by a
friend to try Peruna. I took it two
weeks without much improvement, but 1
kept on with 1t and soon began to get
well and strong very fast. Within two
months L was cured, and have been well
ever since. am a strong advocate of
Peruna- &C. Hershman.
Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys,
liver and other pelvic organs, simply
because it cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. No other systemic catarrh GEM
edy has as yet been devised. There are
no medicines that can be substituted
The claim of Peruna to being the
standard catarrh remedy of the world
is based upon the following facts.
1t has the endorsement of innumera BILE
hospitals.
A great number of physicians.
Over fifty United States congressman
and senators.
Tens Of thousands of the masses and
classes.
Peruna is not a cure-aI. It cures lust
one disease-Catarrh. 1t cures catarrh
wherever located.
1t cures catarrh of whatever kind. IT
cures catarrh in whatever stage or
phase.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE

William Zarker, clerk in the office at
the Santa Fe coach shop, returned to
work yesterday after vacation of sew
eral days.
A. A. Rulings. of the local Santa Fe
pattern shop, is visiting in st. Louis for
a few days. Re will return to Topeka
in about a week.
Mr.. A T. Coakley, foreman of the
Santa Fe pattern shop, is in Atchison
today on business for the company. He
will return Monday.
L. L. Irwin is a new office boy in the
office of j. E. Mcleod. store account
ant for the Santa Fe. He succeeds
Chester Purvis who has resigned to go
to Albuquerque.
Santa Fe Engineer E. c. Webb. who
runs on 1 and and and between
here and Marceline, is laying off from
work for a few days on account of the
sickness of his wife.
Gay Swartz, stenographer in the Of
flee of the Santa F'e store accountant,
has resigned his position in that office.
He has been succeeded by William
Hunt of the same office.
Mrs. Sue English, mother of Henry
Neiswinter, assistant general foreman
of the car department at the Santa Fe
shops, is visiting with relatives in Val
ley Falls. She will be gone about ten
days.
D. o. Jackson. of the Santa Fe water
service. quit the service of the COM
pany yesterday after working in the
shops about three months. Mr. Jack
son is a student of Washburn college,
and will resume his studies in that
school this fall.
A car load of material for the hard
wood floor in the Rock Island depot has
arrived and the men began laying the
floor yesterday. An entire new floor is
to be put in as it was almost totally
destroyed by the high water during the
recent flood.
Chester Purvis, Office boy in the office
of the Santa Fe store accountant has
resigned his position in that Office and
will leave shortly for Albuquerque
where he expects to secure employment
in the office of Storekeeper Youngquist
1t is announced that Mr.. H c. Dustin
son-in-law of Joseph Hornby, Of the