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Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05
You Have a Guess Coming.

San Francisco Chronicle.
A Nebraska man is quoted as saying that
when Bryan is not writing or speaking
about politics he is a useful citizen, and
now 1t is up to the reader to guess where
the usefulness comes in and how long IL
lasts without an interruption.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05

Swedish-America republicans of
Omaha should remember that they are
in honor bound to support their party
candidates II they want the party to
reciprocate.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05
A Hooted.
Cleveland Leader.

Senator Albert Jeremiah Beverage ven-
lures the prediction that Russia and Japan
will be at war in less than six months,
but his middle lame does not make him a
prophet.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05

Ernest STUNT, the democratic candi-
date for councilman, is trying to pose
as the ~workingman's friend. We have
It on the very best of authority from
a man who was a tenant Of Mr.. STUNT
for four years that STUNT paid laborers
$1.1O per day of ten hours and in place
Of twenty-six-inch sidebOards on his
wagon, as required at that time by the
union rules, used a sideboard on his
dumping wagon thirty inches high. But
not satisfied with this advantage over
competing team owners, he brought the
first grading machine to Omaha and dis
pensed with two-thirds of the men that
were employed under him as grading
contractor. Such a record would
scarcely be attractive to wage workers.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05

Although the competition Is still in
its incipiency, ten new normal schools
would not satisfy the appetltes of am
bilious Nebraska towns.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05

sale. If the railway assessments are
not materially increased for the coming
year, the individual taxpayers will have
a double grievance.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05
Now for the battle of the ballots.

Republicans of Omaha should remem-
Der that a vote for Benson is half a
vote for Howell.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05

broker, who went abroad for the purpose Of
securing loans. 1t makes about $4,000, coo
the city has borrowed abroad,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05
sTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

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George Is. Tzschuck secretary Of The Bee
Publishing Company. being duly. sworn,
says that the actual plumber OF tull ana
copies of The Daily, Morning
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month - Atril 1904 was AS follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05
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parfmant.
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TERMS OF sUBscRiPTION.

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-05

The wide sources Of the city's revenue are
shown by a deal Just closed by Controller
Grout. whereby the city has borrowed
81. 900, 900 on special revenue bonds, from tho
Ottoman bank, in Constantinople. This
money will go TO pay current expenses. in
anticipation Of the fall tax collections.
The deal was negotiated by a New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
READY By APRIL l.
Rock Islands st. Louis Line Is Near
ing Completion.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 1S.-Rock Is
land trains from st. Louis will begin
running into Kansas City by April l.
unless something unforeseen occurs to
delay the completion of the roads new
line. Tracks are now laid to Versailles
and the greater part of the heavy fill
ing is done.
The graders are now less than TWEEN
ty miles from Kansas City. They
passed Pleasant Hill some time ago,
and they should have the grading COM
pleted to Lees Summit by this time.
After the grading is done it requires
little time to lay the steel.
The new time tables show schedules
for trains between st. Louis and
Versailles. The ST. Louis line will enter
the union depot with the other branch
es of the Rock Island. This will add
to the already burdensome congestion
in the old structure. but every TIME
emphasis is added to the need of new
depot facilities, the nearer Kansas City
gets to the point where the railroads
will be forced to provide a decent land
ing place for passengers.
The completion of the new line will
mark a new era in affairs in this Sec
ton of the Rock Island states of
America, unless the prognos tications of
the day are all wrong. The first step
the system will take will be to COM
bine the Rock Island and the Frisco
ticket offices and other departments.
if the guesses prove true, and the sec
ond will be the laying of the much
needed line to Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
PooR's MANUAL ISSUED.
Report for 1908 Shows Railroads
Were Prosperous.

Poor's Manual for 1903 which has just
appeared, affords comprehensive
retrospect of railway development since
1898. During this period of five years
the amount of main track in the United
States increased 1870 miles and the
amount of second track, which is con-
sidered a sure sign of increased traffic
in congeSted districts, increased Il, $685.
making a total expansion in the five
years of over $4,000 miles. The south,
outside of Texas and Arkansas increas-
ed its mileage only 5,S5S miles.
There was a corresponding develop
ment of railway equipment in the
period, as there was an increase of 1880
in the number of locomotives, and of
21S,142 in the number of freight cars,
while the increased tractive power of
the engines and the increased capacity
than the numerical gain The approx
mate cost of these improvements was
81, 767, 000, coo, of which $375, 67S 615 repre-
sent surplus earnings.
Notwithstanding this enormous in
crease of trackage and equipment the
railways were taxed to the utmost to
move the passenger and freight traffic
During the period the number os pas
sengers increased 140,147, 34S. the most
of which occurred in the last two years.
The proceeds from the passenger BUSH
ness in spite of reduced rates increased
1928, 923, 821.
The freight traffic showed a much
greater expansion rising from 912, 973, 1858
tons in 1898 to 1192, 136, $40 tons in 1902,
an increase of 279, 162, 657 tons, or 80 per
cent. The increase in the proceeds of
this vast tonnage were 1928, 2S7, 1926, or SO
per cent. Out of the net proceeds $780,
359 sos, the share that fell to the bond
holders was reduced $14,51s,1 100, while
the amount that went to the stockhold-
erS was increased $50, 082, OIL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
HANNA IS WAITING.
Business Interests May Back Him
Against Roosevelt.

New York, Dec. 1S.-Harpers Week
ly, representing the views of certain
powerful financial interests, says in
this weeks issue:
THAT Senator Hanna is a candidate
at the moment may be taken for
granted. Whether he will continue to
be will depend upon his own judgment
of his chance of success. He will not
Willingly risk the humiliation of re-
lection by the party of which he has
SO long been the head. Meanwhile, en-
couraged by his colleagues in the SEN
ate, he waits, rejecting that nothing is
lost and much, perhaps. is gained by
holding his possible candidacy as a
menace over the president.
THE Democratic candidate? Parker,
probably.
mo candidate seriously opposed by
the same business interests of the
country has ever yet been elected pres
ident. But would Mr.. Roosevelt meet
with that particular quality of opposi-
tion-such, for example as Mr.. Bryan
had to contend with? We doubt it.
"Mr. Roosevelt has done some things
he ought not to have done, notably in
the coal strike and in the Northern
Securities case, but Judge Parker's I'M
worse in the former. and, as we under
stand it, nobody in or out of interest
has questioned the propriety of apply
ing a legal test to the great railway
merger.
TT was the method-the sensational
trial by and through newspapers in
stead of in accordance with serious
established legal practice-wrecl1ing
values, Separating fortunes, checking
prosperity, creating doubt and distrust,
rather than inspiring confidence in adj
ininistrative wisdom, that was and still
is bitterly resented. But it is well
known that the president recognizes
the fact that he erred, regrets the error
and would not be likely to repeat it.
Summing up-the only chance of
Democratic success lies in convincing
the people that Mr. Roosevelt is I'M
safe. There is no other issue in sight"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

Charles Wynne, a clerk in the en-
ploy of the Santa Fee ticket auditing
department. was absent from the office
yesterday on account of sickness.
Word has been received here of the
sudden death of w. H. Burns, an old
Santa Fe conductor. Mr.. Burns drop
ped dead from heart failure at his home
in Wichita.
Orson Stiles and Fred c. Fuller,
clerks in the employ of the Santa Fe
ticket auditing department, left today
for short pleasure trip to Oklahoma
City. They expect to be back Monday.
Nine cars of telegraph poles passed
through Topeka on a westbound Santa
Fe train Thursday. It is stated that
the poles are to be used in Mexico on
the line of the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient railroad.
C. B. Burge, stenographer to the
chief clerk Of the general superintend-
emit of the Rock Island, has returned
to work after a, short absence. The
cause of Mr.. Burgess absence was a
boy weighing 16 pounds
1t is stated that the Santa F'e shops
at Ottawa are rushed with repair work
as never before. Twelve engines are
now waiting at that point for repairs
and according o reports not man has
quit for q month.
Engineer Dix and Fireman Bartell,
both of whom were injured in the re-
reported to be rapidly recovering from
the sha king up which they received.
Neither of them was hurt seriously
Santa F'e Engineer Mcclure, of En-
poria, has returned to that place after
short time ago. The accident occur
in Topeka for the purpose of settling
with the company for injuries received
a short time ago. The accident occur
red near Winfield. The engine which
Mcclure was pulling at the time was
running at a rate of about forty miles
an hour when it came around a short
curve and Mcclure discovered that the
bridge ahead of them was on fire. Both
he and his fireman jumped, thereby
receiving several painful injuries.
It is stated at the Santa Fe general
offices that the contracts for the build
ing of the proposed Santa F'e freight
depot and division offices in this city,
will be awarded Monday. The new Rail-
road Y. NJ. c. A. building is now COM
pleted and this will enable the associa-
ton to transfer their belongings some
time next week. The old building which
now occupies the site intended for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
TO BUILD THE CUTOFF.
President Ripley Tells Use to Be
Made of That $1o,OOo,OOO.

Chicago, Dec. 1s.-President E. P.
Ripley of the A. T. & S. F. today said
that a large part of the 100000 900 bond
issue just authorized would be used in
the construction of the cutoff from
Belen, N. NJ, to a point in the Santa
Fe line in Texas yet to be determined
Work on this line is to be begun in the
spring and pushed rapidly to compile
ton.
According to President Ripley a por-
ton of the proceeds of the bond issue
is to be used on the Bradshaw noun
tain railway which is to extend east of
Prescott, Arizona, into the mining
region. Some of the money will be re-
euired to construct the Phoenix and
Eastern line and for sundry other ex-
tensions in Arizona, the main double
tracking which is to be done between
Olathe and Emporia, Kansas, and over
small stretches in Missouri and Illinois.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18

self. He lives at S716 Central street.
With Welles was brought to Central
police station a little boy ID years of
age, who for a long time refused to
tell his name. He finally admitted it
was Lester Trainor, and that he was
rooming at 91S jefferson street. He
said his parents lived on East Eigh-
teenth street, but that he had run
away from home several years ago and
has been working for Welles ever
since. Although of a tender age he
works as a scalper and assists persons
who purchase tickets at the agency in
getting to their trains. Young Trainor
disclaimed all knowledge of the tick
cts in Welles' possession. The boy
was released.
The warrant charges Wel1es with
having received tickets from the fol-
lowing list, which was in the depot
before the ire. and other property
Eighty-seVen coupon tickets, 1852
round trip tickets. 1886 one way tick
cts. 1,OeO special tickets, 120 card tick
cts, "a prepaid orders, 1872 paper tickets,
one iron date perforator, one ticket
cutter rubber type. three conductors
punches. book of instructions,
Welles was locked up at Central sta
ton after he had been questioned by
the assistant prosecutor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
Princeton Depot of Santa Fe
Was Robbed of Tickets.
ScaIper Arrested With Them In
His Possession.
FIRE WAS A BLIND.
Everything Of Value Stolen Be-
fore Depot Burned.
Arrest Made by Santa Fe Detec-
tive Force.

Kansas City, No, Dec. 1S.-For the
last three weeks the Santa Fe Rail
road company has been trying to locate
the source of an extensive sale of
fraudulent tickets on it's line. On No
vember u the Santa Fe depot at
Princeton, Kan, burned and at first
1t was supposed the $780, 600 worth of
railroad tickets had been destroyed.
When these tickets began to appear,
however, it seemed evident that the
station had first been robbed and then
burned to cover up the robbery.
Railroad detectives traced, it is alleg-
ed, 10 or q of the tickets to the rail-
road ticket agency of George A. Welles,
al 1030ls Union avenue, just across
from the Union depot. Welles was ar
rested Thursday evening by Detectives
Hayde and DWyer, and is now being
held at the Central police station on a
charge of investigation. When arraign-
ed in court the charge will probably be
that of receiving stolen property.
The warrant for his arrest was sworn
to in Justice Jenney's court last even
ing on complaint of Harvey H. German,
special agent of the Santa Fe. It
charges that Welles knowingly and
feloniously received the stolen pro-
perty
In Welles' office were found a large
bundle of the tickets which had been in
the station al Princeton before the fire
and the rubber stamps, perforatOrs,
punches and implements necessary to
furnish tickets the same as were for
merly made out at that station. Welles
made a statement before George P.
Whitsett, assistant prosecuting attOr-
ney. last evening. He denied having
received any of the tickets or stamps
with the knowledge that they had been
stolen. Further than this he declined
to talk.
All railroad tickets at each station
have a special mark peculiar to that
station itself. The tickets found in
Welles' office yesterday bore the special
mark of the tickets at the Princeton
station. Some of the tickets were dated
stamped, punched and perforated with
the stamps that had evidently been the
property of the Santa Fe at the Prince
ton station before the fire. Assistant
Prosecutor Whitsett stated that he saw
three tickets which had been dated yes
terday. The greater part of the tickets
were not dated. There was a large
bundle of these, the detectives were not
able to state how many.
Immediately after the burning of the
depot the company discontinued the is
suance of tickets of the special stamp
at Princeton, and the officials knew
that had the tickets burned with the
depot that there could have been no
such tickets in existence. The locating
of the tickets by the railroad detec-
tives was then comparatively easy.
Welles is about 80 years old, and has
been in the ticket brokers' business at
10301k Union avenue for a number of
years He was formerly associated
with the DeAIoss railroad ticket agency
but later went into business for him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
JEFF MAY FIGHT MUNROE.
Says Butte Miner Must First Meet
Rubin.

New York, Dec 1S.-Jack Munroa's
defeat of Al Limerick in Boston Tues
day night in less than four rounds OF
fighting has doomed the Butte nin5r's
stock here not little and Immediately
the question was asked if Jim JeffrfeS
now will change his mind and give the
far western man a chance to fight for
the championship.
Jeffries was asked the question plain
ly and replied that after thinking the
matter over he had decided to ask
Munroe to get on a meeting with Gus
Rubin first and then if the miner is
successful with the big Akron fighter.
he will promise him a fight within six
months time.
From what I have read of the Bos-
ton fight Munroe's showing was good
erick must be something of dub.
Still Munroe is doing all that IS being
asked of him and seems ready at all
times to meet any of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
sTYNER SUCCEEDS MCPHERSON
General shake-up of High Officials on
Mexican Central.

Because of the large increase in the
mileage and traffic of the Mexican Cen
trail railway, Mr.. H. r. Nickerson, vice
president and general mana ger, has
found it necessary to delegate his auth
GRITTY as general manager by the promo
ton of Mr.. E. E. Styner to the posi-
ton. Mr.. E. E. Styner has been asso-
ciated with the Mexican Central rail-
way company for many years, filing
the various positions of trainmaster,
division superintendent and general
superintendent, and now is promoted
to the position of general manager
Vice President Nickerson's circular
dated City of Mexico, December u, an
nounces MIR. Styner's appointment, ap-
proved by President Robinson, effective
December Is. He has charge of the op-
Grating, maintenance and mechanical
departments. Mr.. F. B. McKercher
having resigned. the Office of assistant
general manager is abolished.
The new general manager issues q
circular dated City of Mexico, Deem
Der u, announcing that, effective De-
cernber IS, Mr. Thomas Mason is ap-
pointed assistant to the general mana
ger and the Office of assistant general
superintendent is abolished. Mr.. D. F.
Butcher is appointed superintendent of
transportation, with headquarters at
the City of Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
CHANGES AT sALINA.
Missouri Pacific to Put in q New
Time Card.

Speaking of the rumored changes in the
Missouri Pacific time card at Sa1ina, the
Salina Journal says:
The facts Of the case are that the plug
is the only passenger train that viii not
be affected by the change at all. The big
Colorado express is the train that will
be taken off of the Salina loop and will
run through Lindsborg via the cut off in
stead. The midnight flyer now running
over the cut off will stop at Sa1ina, ar
irving here about 1 o'clock a. m. This
train will make connections at Salina
with the Union Pacific night flyers to all
points not reached over the Missouri Pa
cifc.
''Salina is one of the best paying cities
in the state,'' said a railroad official this
morning ''but the fact that it is so far
out of the way works a great hardship
on the company. The main reason for
the change, however, is that the increas-
ing business and consequent lengthening
of the train render 1t too heavy to be car
ried over the kind of rails that are in
use between Gypsum and Marquette The
new train will consist of only four or five
cars, but will be drawn by an engine of
the 1900 class, which rank among the
largest and fastest running engines in the
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
wAeeENER,s 1NFLUENoR.
May Result in Missouri Pacific. Shops
Locating in Atchison.

Now that Independence is out of the
race for the Missouri Pacific shops, repre-
sentatives of the company in Kansas
City are beginning to figure that Atchison
has a better chance than they ever con-
coded before says the Kansas City Star.
The last time B. P. Waggener was here
he told Col. E. S. Jewett: Quit wasting
your wind on Independence. The shops
are going to Atchison.' Col. Jewert
thought he was joking then, but is not
SO sure of it now.
Atchison offered 900 acres of land on
the Central branch out in the edge of
town. 1t is room enough for the shops TO
grow for fifty years No one railroad
company is likely ever to have shops to
cover so much land. One advantage Atch-
ison has IS that the haul from Kansas
City is less than so miles level as floor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
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new freight depot, will then be torn
down and the work of laying the foun-
dalton for the new building commenced.
1t is probable that the contract for
the new depot will be awarded to Mr..
Carter the contractor who built the adj
ditIon to the passenger depot.
H. u. Nudge, general manager of
the Santa Fe, and A. e. Sweet, assist
ant general manager Of the same road,
returned Thursday from Chicago where
they have been attending the confer
ence between the officials and the COM
mittee representing the Santa Fe fire.
men and engineers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-18
WITHOUT A FIGHT.
Puerto Plata Has Been Surrendered
to the Revolutionists.

New York. Dec. 1S.-This city has
been surrendered to the revolutionists
without fighting, says a Herald dis
patch from Puerto Plata, Santo Do
mingO.
The government forces, after a Sc
we're battle, have been forced to aban-
don Santiago de Los Caballeros They
were short of ammunition General
Cares. who announced that he would
support the provisional President
Morales, has fed and covered his
tracks. This is reckoned as establish
ing the supremacy of ex-President
Jiminez in the northern part OF the is
land.
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