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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

week He visited the shops and inspect
ed the engine which is being painted for
them there
An order for Il -wayears is being filed
in the Santa Fe freight car shops. The
new cars. which are to De built with 2
high cupola and without platforms. are to
be 81 feet in length
1t is reported that the office of f. C.
Maegly, assistant freight agent Of The
Q. W Cook. Mr.. Afaeglyss chief clerk, will
have charge Of the force that is left
here.
Roy Johnson. Richard Shakeshaft and
Tom Boyd of the Santa Fee passenger de-
partment. returned Monday morning from
a short hunting trip TO EllinwoOd Kan
They report the death Of many ducks and
W p Merritt is the name Of th.s new
clerk in the office of the water service de-
partment A G. Spurlock. the former
D. E. Fitzgerald, motive power account
go division Of the santa Fe with head
quarters in Fort Madison spent Sunday
at his home in this city. Mr.. Avs former
ly worked in the water service at the San.
ia Fe shops.
Thomas Z. Prout secretary of the Rail-
road Y NJ. c. A, has secured the cCnse Mt
Of Evangelist N. B. Williams 70 speak for
the third time 70 the men at the Santa
coach shop next Thursday noon.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Friday. The family arrived in Topeka
yesterday evening with the remains. which
are to be inferred in the Topeka cemetery.
Mr.. Hook is well known in Topeka. hav-
ing formerly been foreman of the round
house here. He is now general foreman OF
the Fort Worth and Denver railway shops
at Childres. Tex
Mrs. w S. Lawless. mother of Mrs. q.
G. Grant. whose husband works IN the
water service. arrived in Topeka Sunday
from her home in Eureka Springs Mrs
Lawless is troubled with paralysis. and
VIII hereafter probably make her home
with her daughter She is the wife Of W.
S Lawless. who was formerly foreman Of
the water service and afterwards gener Il
foreman of the Santa Fe shops. He IS now
master mechanic of the St Louis ana
Northern Arkansas at Eureka Springs.
In the place of the common iron Jele-
graph wire which the Rock Island nov
has in use between Chicago and Topeka,
there is to shortly be installed a new cop
per wire which is to be a great iriprove-
ment over the old one. The order for the
new wire has already been placed and it
in about two weeks. The man who viii
string the wire viii start west from Chi
cago and will string the wire to Topeka
by way of st. Joseph and Kansas City. A
new copper wire was put in from Topeka
to western points during the last year
which. with the new Chicago wire will
make a continuous copper wire from Chi
cagO to the west The Chicago wire which
is now III use. is duplex and is operated
by two men at each end of the line. The
new wire IS to be quadrupleX. which VIII
orators. Of four men, TWO more at each end
n the wire
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SWIFT'S BIG BUSINESS.
Firms Sales Grcw From $1,000 to
$2OO,oOO,0OO in Few Years.

Chicago, March 31.-The growth and
present condition of the late Gustavus T.
Swifts vast business enterprise is shown
by the following:
Sales in ls75-s7.500.
Sales in 1902-S200O 100000
Employees in 1S75-One-
Employees in 1922, 697.
Capital in 1S75-Two strong arms.
Capital in 1929. 000.090
Today immense packing plants stand in
many cities of the United States as mOnU-
ments TO Mr.. SVifts energy and i'm many
smaller cities the name is as familiar as IS
that Of the towns sage.
Swift q CO., the name by which the or
ganiza ton is now known. was formed on
company was organized to take over the
business conducted by G.. F. Swift & Co.
Another plan was to acquire such addl-
tional plants as might be found necessary
for carrying on a general packing indus
try
The capital stock was then 10000. but
December /, 1856 it was increased TO So
was worth that amount
Five years later to a day the stock was
again increased to $SG90,009 and soon after
ward - coo was added. April p 1888,
the capital stock was doubled
There We're no further increases until
January of 1899. when it was made S20e0o
go and January , 1902, another increase
to SIS, coo 009 was made
The Kansas City plant was the first to
+ come into possession Of the reorganized
/ company. The others followed rapidly un-
/ til there are seven at present Buildings
are usually measured in square feet, but
the size of Swift & Co.'S plants is best
computed in acres. The following table
shows the size Of these plants.
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USE ALIENS FooT.EAsE

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
Your feet feel swollen, nervous and
damp, and get tired easily. If you
have aching feet, try Allen Foot Ease.
1t rests the feet and makes new or tight
shoes easy. Cures Chilblains. swollen,
sweating feet, bhsters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and burions of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try it TO-
day. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe
dealers, 25c. Don't accept any substi-
tute. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, n. Y.
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QUEEN IN THE PANTRY.
Alexandra's Passion for Closets and
Cupboards.

London. March 31.-Queen Alexandra.
who has the good housewives passion
for closets and cuDboards. has caused
the model Milbank tenements to be
amply provided with these convent
ences. When the Sandringham cottages
were erected her majesty made a point
of getting roomy cupbOards put in. and
she was never tired of going about the
rooms and assuring herself that her
retainers lived up to their privileges by
keeping all untidy things out of sight.
At Marlborough house her majesty
caused to be built long rows of oak
presses in the business section of the
mansion, where all the enormous stocks
of stationery and other supplies are
preserved safely out of the dust The
same principle is to be observed in
their majesties' own apartments. The
queen is the possessor of a number of
the Golfers with which every Scandina-
Wan bride is furnished by her parents,
and all her possessions in the way of
laces, curios, photographs, porcelain and
SO forth are safely housed therein
The queens pet domestic aversion is
the open shelf, which she regards as a
trap for dust, dirt and ali untidiness.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Il. G. Commercial Club is Well
Pleased With Orient.
Complete Trip Over the West
Division.
CEREMONY AT CARMEN.
A Golden Spike Completes the
West Division.
AT CARMEN.
Good Territory Is TraYersed by
the Orient.

Anthony Kan. March 31--The Com
mercial clubs special train arrived here
Monday after trip over the seventy
five miles of completed track of the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railroad
from Milton. Kan. to Carmen. Ok At
Carmen golden spike was driven in
commenoIation Of the completion of
the west division of the road The time
for this ceremony was opportune be-
cause on April 1 the company viii be-
sin running regular trains from Car
men to Wichita, using the main track
from Milton to Wiehita.
n large crowd was assembled to
witness the driving of the spike. which
was done by c. ID. Parker, vice presi-
dent of the Kansas City Commercial
club, and p b. Watrous. president of
the Commercial club of Carmen. Mr..
Parker ia his address referred to the
Kansas city, Mexico & Orient as the
best built new railroad ever laid with
sever ty-Hwe- pound rails and is remark
ably smooth for new track. The gold
spike bore this inscription. The last
spike. Completion of the Orient to Car
men, Ok, Carmen, March 30 1903 Pre-
scented to the Commercial club OF Car
men.
The towns of Byron. Cherokee and
AeWed III the territory We're also visit
ed today. They are all new towns Of
zoo TO 300 people surrounded by good
land some of it worth $40 to $50 an acre
and producing large crops of wheat
Ihe towns bear all the evidence of new
country prosperity. People are coming
In rapidly settling the country. build
ing up the towns starting stores and
banks and erecting elevators. Grain
elevators are going up at every town
showing the confidence that exists in
wheat crops i'm this country
n Kansas the Kansas City. Mexico &
Orient towns visited were Milton Ham
ner, Harper, Ferguson and Waldren,
short stops being made at each place
The town of Anthony is almost on the
southwest border of Kansas and claims
the distinction OF having more railroads
than any other town in Kansas except
Kansas City. The Santa Fe, the Mis-
souri, Pacific. the Frisco, the Choctaw
railroad and the Kansas City. Mexico &
Orient run through here and this rail-
road activity of course is having its eff
feet on the town
The Orient road has 500 men working
on It's line from Carmen south. and is
laying over a mile of track a day. The
air OF prosperity that prevails is very
gratifying to the Kansas City excur-
sionists- The country has had plenty of
rain and wheat everywhere has made
fine start, but vegetation is no farther
though ordinarily the season is two to
three weeks earlier here.
When the train arrived at Anthony it
was greeted with fireworks and band
and the visitors were entertained at the
opera house with music Tor an hour. the
Kansas City orchestra furnishing its
share.
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RATES ARE TOO HIGH.
K C. Shippers Complain of the In
creased Switching CHARGES.

Kansas city. March 31-The com
pla int of the local grain men and other
shippers against the railroads for in
creasing the switching charges has been
taken uD by the state railroad com
missiOners and there win be a hearing
i'm short time in Kansas City, a.
which the general freight agents ard
other officials viii be cited to tell Why
progressing on this matter for some
time past and an effort was made to
gel hearing several months ago. but
without success The commissioners
have set April as the date for the
hearing. and the traffic officials Of the
Kansas CITY lines and also of the Kan
sas City Belt and the Suburban Belt
have been SubpOenaed. W P Trickett
commissioner OF the local transporta-
ton bureau. has been asked that the
nearing be POSTPONED until later in thu
month and his request viii most likely
be compiled with. Work has been done
very quietly on this matter and it was
not known generally that the hearing
was to take place so soon.
The minimum switching charge in
Kansas City IS 81 This the shippers
claim is too high, as in such places as
St joseph. St Louis and Memphis there
are minimum charges ranging from 81
to s.. This they claim is entirely suffi-
clent and it is making entirely too high
a rale 10 boost the charge to 50 for
the minimum. This increase of a dol
lar was made over six months ago ana
several times since then efforts have
been made 10 have the cOmnisSi toner's
act on the question Last fall when the
reconsignment question was heard the
shipping charge was one of the counts.
but Tor some reason it did not come up
The matter Jagged along and did not
come up again until recently.
The minimum charge for switching 4
car was formerly 81 in Kansas City
yards ana since the raise it has cost
The different houses thousands of dol-
lars
There are often two switches to place
car where it is desired, and sometimes
the charge on one car Will be $40 The
charge for a single switching goes as
high as Sc.
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ABouT RAILRoAp PFoPLE.

Brakeman c. C. Coe has been granted an
extended leave Of absence.
Mr. Frank Bovey of the machine shop is
sick at the Santa Fe hospital
EastboHud Santa Fe train No was
about two hours late yesterday afternoon.
S. C. Nichols chief clerk to the Santa
Fe ticket auditor spent Monday in Law
renee.
Santa Fe trains are now running accord
ing TO a new schedule which went into
effect last Sunday
Baggage ear No. 20s4 was run into the
coach shop Monday, where it viii receive
a general overhauling.
p NJ. Mcpherson is a new fireman at
the new power house. He commenced
work on Monday morning.
J. n. Miller of the office of J. 2. Nc
Leod. store accountant left Saturday on
q short business trip to Arkansas.
Coach Ne 26S9 was turned out Of the
shop Monday afternoon after receiving
shops.
A c. Mitchell. agent for the Santa Fe
at PaWnee, KAN. was in Topeka Monday
and called on his friends in the general
offices.
John McNeiu a passenger engineer run
ming out Of here on the Santa Fe, has been
appointed road foreman of engines on the
coast lines
wilIie Hunt Of the Office of the store ac-
c0untant. has aspired tSNthe high position
Of a stencgrapher and has purchased a
new typewriter
William Hunt will arrive from England
next month to make his home in Topeka
WIN ms son W. - f1lfll- an eIlplOye OF
the storeh0use.
John and Nicholas Ladder are both new
labOrers in the water service departme Mt
OF the Santa Fe. They commenced work
Monday morning
General Manager H L. Nudge Of the
Santa Fe returned Monday evening from
tour over the western lines in his pri-
vate car. Ne. 21S-
W. II. Barnes. travelling passenger agent
Of the Missouri Pacific railroad was in
Topeka Monday and called at the local
Santa Fe ticket office
Erick NNalgren of the machine shop has
drawn his time and is expecting 20 leave
shortly for Parsons. where he viii work in
The NJ. K and T. railway shops there.
Horace Palmer is the name Of a new
night fireman in the new power house
Joseph Euler Of the water service de-
partment drew lis time Monday morn
iug.
The photographs of the meeting at the
coach shop last Thursday noon are re-
ported to be quite a success About SO
men heard Evangelist Williams at this
meeting
Charles Lantry Of the firm of B. Lantry
Sons, contractors, was in the city last
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BABY BROUGHT PEACE.
Chicago Judge Brings Harmony in
Unhappy Family.

Chicago, March 3l.-"Bring me the ba-
by ordered Judge Chytraus in the cir<
cult court. A bailif hurried out of the
room and soon appeared escorting a nurse
who carried in her arms an infant
Seated before the judge were young
Melnhard Munsen and his wife The WO-
man had sued for divorce and the court,
after hearing the testimony, decided that
it was a case OF too much mother-in-law
and that husband and wife loved each
other. Looking down on the infant The
court said to the couple:
You both love this infant. There is no
earthly reason why you should not be hap
py. [ want you, Munsen, to take your ba4
by in Your arms and 60 home with your
wife I want Mrs. Munsen to send her
mother away. and I want you two to 1--we
alone ana for yourselves. VIII you do
this2"
Mrs. Munsen hurst into tears It will,
your honor said Munsen. Il viii,
echoed the wife '..ralzSe the baby. Mum
nurse kissed it. and the pair left the court
in smiles and tears.
That's better than divorce" commented
the court
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pishes more than is claimed for it. 1t
S. tle ONE spring remedy that physi-
clans and the best people indorse Men
aui women Of wealth and high social
Fa=itl0n able to command the services
Of rhe most eminent medical men, use
Iaines Celery Compound in springtime,
having fun confidence in it's virtues.
lhe experience of tens of thousands
have proved that il is wise to use
l-iue'1 Celery COMPOUND in the early
spring days for the Punishment of
rl=uu3a risIn. neuralgia. dyspepsia. nerv-
eusnrss and insomnia. Paine's Celery
Compound is. par excellence. the great
anl purifier. II increases the constitute
t.sa opacity OF the vital fluid. nourish-
o. The tissues and builds up the body.
N- NF Fl Ladd Of AlIisona. Tenn.
For several weeks before I COM
uI.aee1 using Paines Celery Compound
had trsd and all zone feeling. my
nI.a1 rfaame iwuure. and I was daily
losing fiesta one of my friends advised
re t0 USE Paine's Celery Compound,
and ! eot relief from the first bottle
ann glad to recommend it to all suf-
f.fnE humanity I believe it has pro-
inHcei ufy iife Z am now seventy-twO
scars old
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SEVERE ATTACH OF GRIP
Cured by One Bottle of ChamberIain's
Cough Rem edy.

when I had an attack Of the grip last
winter the second one) I actually cured
myself with one bottle of Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy, says Frank ". Perry. ed
itor OF the Enterprise. ShoTtsville, \. Y
This is the honest truth. at times Kept
from coughing myself to pieces by taking
9 teasooonful of this remedy, and waen
the coughing spell would come on at night
I would take dose and It seemed that
in the briefest interval the cough would
pass off and I would go 70 sleep perfectly
free from cough and its accompau sins
pains To say that the remedy acted as a
most agreeable surprise is putting il mild
T. / had no idea that il would or could
knock out the grip. simply because 7 had
never tried II Tor such a purpose. but II did
and il seemed with the second attack Of
coughing the remedy caused it 10 not only
be Of less duration. but the pains were far
less severe, and I had not used the con-
tents eff one bottle before Mr.. Grip and
bid me adieu-" For sale by ali druggists
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FIGHT OVER ROOSEVELT.
Cummins and Hull Factions at War
About Presidents Reception.

Sioux City Ia, March 31.-Polticians
throughout Iowa are watching with
deep interest the developments in the
political feud between Governor Cum
Minis and Congressman Hull of the Des
Moines district. President Roosevelt
has been dragged into it, unvittingly
and unwillingly, but in a fashion all
most certain to embarrass him. Hull
and Cummins are old enemies. They
live in the same county, city, ward and
precinct. When Cummins tried for SEN
atOr Hull opposed him. believing the
town of Des AIoines could not hold two
political stars of the first magnitude.
When the president comes west he
will visit Des MOines. In Washington
recently, so it is said, he told the gov
ernor he wanted him to manage the
reception at DeS Moines COngressr0na.
thunder He wired from Washington
that when he got home he wanted to
meet the commercial bodies OF the city
and confer about the presidents recep-
man explained that he had been en-
trusted by the president with arrange
mentS of the reception. Mr.. Hull wants
to run the thing, name the committee,
rid with the president and get the most
fragrant of the bouquets which the
president is expected to toss to local
political lights, and Mr.. Cummins wants
the same things.
Cummins and his supporters do not
propose to belief out, They have planned
to have Mayor James NJ Brenton, Des
Moines' $50 pound executive, warranted
to be the biggest mayor in the country
and a Cummins man, take charge of the
arrangements, appoint committees. fix
the programme and give the Cummins
men the best of things. This is de-
signed to give the congressman's ad-
herents a hard blow politically.
Indications now are that when the
president comes he viii find hydra
headed reception committee awaiting
him, with two programmes ready and
two political factions looking for the
favor of his cOuntenance. If ne fails
to divide himself evenly between them
he will be accused of favoring or op-
posing tariff reform, according as the
preponderance Of his favors leans to the
Cummins or the HUI side.
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KNOCKS OUT SALOONS.
Miss Carrie styer in a Fair Way to
Make Kokomo Go Dry.

Kokomo Ind, March 31.-A1iss Carrie
Styer, who was discharged from her
position in a. store because she headed
a band of Summers among the saloons,
is likely to put the whole liquor frater-
nifty of Kokomo out of business. After
her dismissal she canvassed the town
with remonstrances and in court yes
terday put thirteen saloons out of
commission for two years. She has re-
monstrances almost ready for use
against all other applicants for licenses
and will likely knock out every drink
ing place in town. Miss Styer, who is
a sister of ex-County Treasurer Charles
Styer. has the backing of the churches
and Civic Federation.
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MIX Up OF CORPsES.
Brother of Man Who Died IN Gallon
Makes Ugly Charges.

Bucyrus. o. March 8f--NO end az trru-
bic has been caused here by the sudden
death of Patrick Downing who was aE-u
iii while route east on an Erie tr1l1
and got of at Gallon for treatment lie
was taken into the city hospital and dicl.
His relatives in Pittsburg we're written 20.
but. failing to respond. the remains were
buried at he infrmary near this CITY
On Wednesday two relatives came IN
from Pittsburg to claim the remains 81 hen
the body was exhumed Dowiing's nrot ts<
said at once it was not Patrick IL
claimed the officials had disposed OF t.sa
remains of his brother 20 q medical iusti-
tlre and had substituted some OTTER
corpse. he threatens suit The officials
of the infrmary say the remains were
buried just as they were received from tns
hospital and must be those 81 DoWllnE-
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Another Road for Canada.

Toronto, March 3L-Canada is to have
another transcontinental railway. Its
terminals Will be at Quebec in the east
and Port Simpson. b. c.. in the west
The road viii parallel the Canadian Pa
ciic but viii be from 200 to 400 miles
further north, traversing the heart Of
Canada through the wheat and pulp
wood belt It viii be called the Trans
Canada railway. The Dominion govern
ment has granted the promoters d
ed. Canada now has one transconti-
mental line, a second rapidly nearing
completion and two, the Grand Trunk
ana Pacific and the Trans-Canada. un-
der promotion.
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Chanute Lawyer NJ.

Chanute. Kas March 31.-Attorney
C. A Cox. a prominent politician and
ere Of the best criminal lawyers in the
state. was taken to St Louis last week
to be placed under the care OF an emf
nent specialist Ii vas feared ne had
Bright's disease and local physical ms
gave him but short time TO Ike. Re-
ports today state he VIII recover AMI
that his condition is by no means hope
less He is the guest of Senator John
c. Carpenter. president of the Kansas
worlds fair commission. while in St
Louis
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NOT YET DECIDED.
New Haven OmciaIs and Trainmen
Can't Agree on Wages.

New Haven Conn. March 31-After a
lengthy conference the grievance COM
mittee of the trainmen Of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford railroad
and the committee of the directors who
have beer considering changes in the
schedule. adjourned until 10 o'clock
next Wednesday morning In behalf OF
the men Valentine Fitzpa trick, the rep
resentative of the Trainmen's National
Brotherhood, who took part in the con-
ference gave out the Information that
an understanding had been reached on
many points, but that those of wages
still remain unsettled. He expressed a
hope that this important matter might
be adjusted at the meeting on Wednes-
day No statement was issued by the
road officials. President Hail declaring
that there was nothing to be said at the
present stage Of the proceedings
tt was stated by MI. Valentine that
on all the questions except that of
wages a definite understanding had
been reached. and that the request for
increased compensation had not been
denied He expressed the belief that
the company would concede to the men
i'm the freight service a ten hour day.
The men in the passenger service pro-
badly VIII be graded according to mile
age.
The committee has conceded to the
company the right to haul as many cars
to a train as the law permits and to put
as many men in the crews to operate
those trains as the company finds nee
.aeear-v