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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29
Fell Three Stories.

Kansas City, Kan. Oct 29-Isaac
Winiwick. who arrived here a few days
ago from Austria, aceompa MED by his
wife and two children, fell down an ele-
vator shaft from the third story at the
Ars4our packing house at $3.50 yester-
dag szk<axnoon. His skull was fractured,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29
OKLAHOMA DIVISION REcoR1
Handled the Hearst Special at q
Nile a Minute Clip,

The Oklahoma division of the Santa
Fe did itself proud in handling the
Hearst special. and the members of the
party were highly pleased with the way
it was done. says the Arkansas City
Traveller. They say it was handled in
the best shape on this division or any
over which they Travelled. The tram was
under the personal direction of Train
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29
HILL SUCCEEDS HILL.
Another Son of James J. Hill Made
Second Vice President.

L. w. Hill. son of President James J.
Hill of the Great Northern, was yester-
day made second vice president or the
Great Northern. to- succeed his brother,
James NJ Hill air r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29
Boilermakers on the Erie Strike.

Susquehanna, Pa. Oct. 29.-The boiler
makers on the entire system of the Erie
road struck today because of the dis
charge of men in all the shops or the
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29

took Just twenty-four minutes to make
the trip.
The train was in charge of Conductor j.
s. Gould. The engineer was George Mel
son and the fireman was Charles Summer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29
Kaneas Rural Carrier

Washington, Oct. 29-These rural car
riers were appointed for Kansas: Hart
ford, regular. William G. Overly; SUD-
stitute. Daniel C. Overly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29
A MILLION OWNERS.
claimed That the People Really Own
the Railroads.

Holders of railway securities in the
United States nearly equal the number
of employees The people own the
roads,
This deduction was made yesterday
by Slason Thompson from figures col
lected from railway officials. The
question was suggested by the recent
statement of President Stuyvesant Fish
that the stock of the Illinois Central Is
held 10y S647 stockholders, of whom an
overwhelming majority own less than
The following estimate is prepared:
Total mileage .............. 2O2,4il
Total capitalization ........ Sc. 024. POI. 295
Total funded debt ......... Sc, 1c9, 9Sl, 669
Total stockholders ...-...... 100000
Total bon6holders .......... 100000
Total employees .....-....-.. 1,1S9,3l5
Total holders of securities
(aDproxima tely) 49,. 100000
Thirty-nine of the principal railway
companies of the country, representing
107. $40 miles cut of the 202. AL of single
track mileage in the United States. re-
sponded to Mr.. Thompson's letter of in
quirv. These gave the total number of
stockholders on their books as 191 1881
This is nearly equal to two stockholders
to every mile of railway The ratio on
the Illinois Central. as given by Mr.
Fish, is a little more than to 1.
Applying ? to 1 as the ratio approxi-
mated in the total the figures would
show 100000 stockholders in round num-
bers for the 100000 miles of railway in
the United States as owning the $6,O24,-
POI ,295 of capital stock reported on June
80 1902. Assuming that the Sc, los. $751;
$50 funded debt is widely distrib-
uted among bondholders, the railway
ownership would appear to be in ap-
proximately 100000 hands. These fig
ures, approaching the total of railway
employees disc, 310, do not represent the
total of those Interested in railway
ownership. One official wrote:
These figures are for registered
stock but. many of these are bank
ers and brokers' holding stock in their
name for clients. the actual number of
stockholders will be greater
The controller of one of the largest
systems wrote:
ut is probable that the number of
actual stockholders is twice as great
as the number of registered stockhold-
er-s.
"In one way or another the people
of the United States own the railways
of the United States, and something
like 100000 persons. through wages,
interest, and dividends divide two
thirds of their gross earnings of SLIPS
1902 qeO1-'02) among them. The other
third goes for fuel, taxes, supplies, and
equipment"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-29
FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE

A half to a teasooonful in half turli-
bier of water will in a few minutes cure
cramps, spasms. sour stomach. heartburn.
nervousness. sleeplessness. SEX headache.
diarrhoea. dysenters-, collie. natulency and
all internal pains
There IS not A remedial agent in the
world that will cure fever and all other
na1arious. bilious and other levers aid cd
by RADWAY'S PILLS so quickly as
RADW AY' S READY RELIEF Sold nv
druggists. RADN-AY z co, - Elm st.
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
FORWARDED FOR REPORT.
Commissioners Considering Bill in In
terest of Three Attorneys

The committee on appropriations OF the
House has forwarded to the Commissioners
for report the draft of a bill appropriatinS
$3.50 with which to pay James S. McDon-
OCH, Harry a. Hegarty and James A.
Toomey for their services as attorneys in
the defense of Robert West. who was tried
before the District Supreme Court on
charge of housebreakng. The claim for at
torneys fees was presented to the Conn
missioners several months ago. and the
corporation counsel in legal opinion on
the matter. decided that the question In
volved related directly to claim against
the United States. The matter was then
presented to Congress in the form of a
private relief bill.
In an Endorsement on the papers Conn
missioner West recommends that the COM!
lnittee on appropriations of the, House OF
Representative be informed that the ques-
ton relates directly to claim against the
United States and that in view of the fact
that the taxation Of costs In such proceed.
ings is purely judicial matter. and that
judicial accounts are audited and adjusted
by the Department of Justice and the Unit!
ed States Treasury Department, the Conn
have no jurisdiction In the prem.
ises.'
He also recommends that a copy of the
opinion of the corporation counsel in the
case be transmitted to the committee for
it's information. Commissioner Mcfarland
approves the recommendations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
FOR PARKING SPACES.
Commissioners Unable to Favor Re
quest of Mt. Pleasant Citizens.

The Mount Pleasant Citizens Association
recently forwarded to the Commissioners
a resolution requesting them to advocate
legislation by Congress necessary to Sc
cure parking spaces, the establishment OF
building lines, the widening of streets and
other improvements in the District, ana
especially in that portion Of the city north
of Florida avenue and between Bright
wood avenue and 18th street.
In an Endorsement on the papers Col
John Biddle, Engineer Commissioner, rec
ommends that the association be Informed
that the Commissioners are in favor OF
parks throughout the city, as being desir-
able for the health and pleasure of the
citizens as well as for the beauty of the
city. "They have not, however" says Col
BiddIe, felt it opportune to take the mat
ter up, as such parks should be PROVIDED,
If at all, throughout the whole DiStrlct,
one section being as much entitled to parks
as another, and the great expense involved
would, in the present condition Of District
finances. make it impossible. AS a rule,
the small parks are for the benefit OF the
immediate locality, and If the cost Is to be
borne by the property owners the obJec-
lions of the Commissioners would be done
away with.
Regarding the establishment of building
lines 1t should be stated that already there
is a law allowing condemnation proceedings
for such purpose upon the initiative of the
owners or majority of the owners of the
property on any particular street. There
is also a fund available to pay for such
condemnations but 1t is a limited one and
will not permit Of extensive concentrations
under present conditions In laying out
subdivisions in recent times the owners of
the land either make the streets wide
enough so that restriction lines are not
necessary or else establish building re-
striction line themselves beyond which no
buildings can be erected. This brings the
cost of the building lines upon the property
which is benefited, which seems proper
charge, as the benefits are usually local
1.-The law for the establishment of build
ing lines provides that the total cost shall
be assessed upon the adjacent property,
but it is necessary in accordance with the
present law that the damages be paid at
once, while the owners have three years
in which to pay for the benefits. On that
account a large amount of money is neces-
sary to establish these lines on any large
scale. The Commissioners have, however,
IN preparation an amendment which pro-
vides for the reduction of benefits from
damages, only the balance to be paid over,
and this, II enacted into law, will refuge
the cost of the proceedings.
''If citizens will recommend to the Ccm-
miss;oners the establishment of building re-
strction lines in accordance with law on
any particular street streets the Com
missioners will be glad to take the matter
under consideration
Commissioner Macfarland has approved
Colonel Biddle's statement and recon-
mendatons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
PRINCIPAL HARRIS NEW CLAIM.
Asserts That He Should Be Paid
500. 366, 80.

The Senate district committee has just
had printed the details Of new claim filed
against the District of Columbia and the
United States by William H. H. Hart prin-
cipal of the Hart Farm School on the lower
Potomac. where for several years past the
District has maintained a number of home
less and incorrigible colored boys.
Prof Harris claim now amounts to $685.
36S. 80. This amount is amazing to District
officials who have been made acquainted
with it. AT the last session Of Congress
Prof. Hart put in claim for the balance of
an appropriation for the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1903. the amount being about 81. O0O
He also asked settlement Of a number of
debts incurred by him personally in order
to provide for the maintenance OF the school.
The amount of the debts was about $4,000
Prof Hart now says the amount Of fndebt-
edness has increased to $4,000. He also in
cludes in the bill an item of salary for him
self for seven years past at the rate of 81 80
year and asks reimbursement for 1900
year which he says he has put into the
school from the earnings from his profess
sion as lawyer. and for a reasonable profit
on his investment.
The origin of the Hart claim was the de-
cision of the board of children's guardians
of the District to withdraw it's charges from
the Hart school during tho fiscal year 1892
1908 For that year Congress made an APP
preparation of $4,000 to enable the local au-
thorities to contract for the maintenance
Of sixty wards at the school at $500 year
each. The board of guardians withdrew Its
wards during the year and paid to the
school only s.. 74i.4O. Prof. Hart put in
claim for the balance, &, 258 60, together
with interest amounting to $006 10, bringing
the total to s, $50 20. He says the school
was ready at all times to carry out its part
of the contract and that In the face of the
statute the board Of guardians had no
right to withdraw it, support. Prof. Hart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
MR.. HODGES PROMOTED.
Becomes Clerk of the District Court Of
Appeals. faszss

Mr.. Harry WHY'S Hodges since, October
8, 1884, assistant clerk of thesCourt of APP
peals of the District of Columbia ,awas to-
day appointed clerk of that tf1bunM to sue
coed the late Robert willett,s who died last
Saturday. The oath of Office was admins
tered to Clerk Hodges this afternoon by Mr..
Associate Justice Morris glsSa K
Mr.. Hodges was born at la Grange,
Troupe county, Ca, April 5, 1853 He came
to this city in 1871 and engaged In business
until December 10. 1884, when he received
an appointment in the office of the clerk of
the Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia. While an assistant clerk of the Dis
trict Supreme Court. October 8. 1894, Mr..
Hodges was promoted to be assistant clerk
of the Court OF Appeals. 9Es
Mr.. Hodges has earned the reputation of
being an earnest, careful, painstaking and
thoroughly capable official, and he is popu-
lar to an unusual degree. His elevation to
be clerk of the Court of Appeals was an
action that meets with the unanimous APP
prevail of the members Of the bar and others
having business before the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
TORN FROM MORGAN
FRICK AND ROCKEFELLER CON-
troll STEEL TRUST.
High Salaried Officers to Go - Bears
Force Collapse of Cotton
Market.

| The New York World today says that the
| control of the New York Steel Corporation
| is completely and absolutely vested in the
| Rockefeller group OF capitalists and Henry
/ Clay Frick, the enemy of Andrew Carnegie.
John r. Rockefeller and Mr. Frick have
! fully worked out their plans the World
says. These provide for the complete el.mi-
nation of the Morgan-Perkins-S chwab-Car-
negie parties from active leadership in the
affairs of the Steel Corporation.
Standard Oil methods are hereafter to
be employed from top to bottom in the
management of the Steel Trust. The first
to feel this will be the men who are draw
ing salaries of from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year. Many of these men are friends Of
those who dominate its management These
employees under the new regime must either
stand for reduction in salaries or get out.
What the New Plan Is.
The new plan is to run the corporation
for its owners, the stockholders, and not
for the personal friends of the controlling
| interests. No employee will get more than
the actual value of his services.
The ultimate purpose is to put the Steel
Corporation in the same class of conserva-
tive mana cement as the Standard Oil Com
pany. and to attain that end none of the
necessary surgical operations in finance
will be spared. The work is to be taken up
in a spirit that is absolutely hostile to
everything done in the past by Mr. Morgan,
Mr.. Perkins and Mr.. Schwab.
The meeting of the directors of the Steel
Corporal ton to take action on the dividends
for the first quarter of the new year will
be held on Tuesday of next week. A ma
jority of the directors are Morgan and Car
negie men.
Cotton Collapse Forced by Bears.
The New York Herald today says: An
other phase of the cotton speculation was
presented yesterday when a serious break
in prices occurred. The collapse of the mar
ket forced prices down from 10 to 80 points,
or more than three-quarters of a cent a
pound.
1t was a shock.
The cause of the collapse was not plainly
discernible. No in authority could give
a satisfactory explanation of the panic
which developed suddenly. The bull
leaders said the market had become over
bought result of the long advance, and
that such break was Its salvation.
The bear traders said the weakness was
fully illustrated by the break in prices.
They said that when bull house attempted
to sell cotton there no market on which
to take profits. The conservative trader
added that such market as was presented
was a natural one, in view of the specu-
lative excuses into which the trading had
developed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
The Land Laws Commission.

Senators Fulton, Dubois and Newlands
and Representatives w. l.. Jones of Wash
ington and E. w. Martin OF South Dakota
yesterday discussed the Communication clause
of the homestead act at the session of the
commission appointed by the President to
investigate land laws.
President Roosevelt has requested mem
bers of the commission to attend the con-
vention of the National Live Stock Asso-
citation and the convention of the National
Wool Growers Association, which meet
soon in Portland, Ore. This commission
consists of General Land Commissioner W.
A. Richards, Chief of the Forestry Bureau
Clifford Pinchott and Mr.. +. H Newell. Mr.
Richards is the only one of the commission
who will be unable to go to Oregon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
Wrappers and Waists.
INFORMAL DINNER.
Patent Law Association Combines Bust
ness and Pleasure.


An informal dinner and business meeting
of the Patent Law Association Of Washing
ton was held at the Cochran Hotel last
evening. Mr. Jesse H. Whitaker, the presi-
dent of the organization. presided A num-
Der of officials of the patent office, includ-
ing Examiner in Chief Steward. Examiners
Shaw and Griffin and Chief Clerk Irelan
were present as guests of individual mem
bers of the association.
About thirty-five of the members of the
association were present, including former
Assistant Commissioners Doolittle, r. j.
Fisher. s. I, Fisher and Greeley, and Messrs.
w d. Baldwin, w. c. McIntire, w. F.
Rogers. w. w. Dodge. A. e. Parsons Of
Syracuse, N. Y; f. b. Stocking, f. l..
Browne, F. c. Somes, Geo. r. Whittlesey,
Henry Calvor. j. r. Edison, ]. A. Watson.
E. w. Bradford F. B. Brock III. A. Dodge.
Max Georgis. Wallace Greene. H. w. T.
Jenner, H. s. Knight Ernest Wilkinson, j.
M. Spear, Robert Watson, w. f. Hall and
others.
report from the committee on laws and
rules and on proposed legislation regarding
the establishment Of a court of patent APP
peals, and regarding trade marks was pre-
sented by the chairman of the committee,
Mr.. Rogers. and an interesting discussion
followed. 1t Is stated that bill provid-
ing for the establishment of such court to
sit in Washington to which appeals in
patent and copyright cases will be taken
directly from the circuit courts has al
ready been introduced in the Senate by
Senator Plat, and another bill having the
same object in view but differing In de-
tail. has received the Endorsement of the
American Bar Association and will prob
ably be submitted to Congress at an early
date
The association was in favor of the es-
adjustment of such as court, but came to
no definite conclusion as to which of the
two proposed bills should be urged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30

details the correspondence and discussion
with the board anent the subject. and tells
also of his consent that the board should
send a property clerk to the farm. Now
Prof. Hart claims 81 600 damages for what
the property clerk did while there.
Prof Hart claims 5000 damages because
of the boards alleged breach of contract.
He also claims SIS, 600 damages for the
destruction of several buildings by fire.
He makes the interesting assertion that the
barns were set on fire by one of the Dis
tricts wards, who had been taken from the
school, turned loose and then sent back to
the farm after brief but desperate Grim
inal career in the city. The items of Prof.
Harris claim are stated by him as follows:
Accrued indebtedness. SO, 900
Damage by boards property clerk. loo
Damage by breach of contract, 1901
1902 5000
Damage by loss of barns. ... 5000
Salary for seven years. ............. 10,500
Earnings contributed for seven years 1900
Reasonable profits on enterprise. $1,000
Total Observation-Disclosures. $Ss, 500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
To Set Aside conveyancss.

BY bill of equity filed today by Benjamin
S. Minor. trustee against David Moore,
Robert Z. Sullivan, Thomas r. Marshall,
Henry j. Davis and Henry Coleman, trus-
tees, and Leonard c. Bailey and John A.
Pierre. trustees of the Capital Savings
Bank. the complainant asks the court to
set aside the conveyances of certain prop
erty and vest in the complainant title to
the real estate in question: or that con-
veyance from l.. C. Bailey to d. Moore be
decreed preference, and that an account
ing to the complainant for the value of the
property so conveyed and the intervening
rents and revenue be ordered
Attorneys M. j. Colbert and R. p. Shealey
appear for the complainant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
Fireman Slightly Hurt.

A fire at the home Of Arthur Mayo 1416
Rhode Island avenue northwest, about noon
today resulted In a loss of about $40 before
1t was extinguished A section of the fire
department responded to an alarm from
box 241 and quickly got the fire under con-
troll. During the progress Of the blaze F. J.
Nesline. a fireman, was struck on the head
by a. piece of falling glass and received
slight scalp wound. He went to the Elmer
gency Hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
"out of Town" Patients.

The physicians at the Emergency Hos
pital today had two patients from out of
town. The first one was Adam Stokes, who
was brought in from Landover. Md. suffer
ing from paralysis. Edward Turner col
ored, resident Of Catlett. Va, called at
the hospital about noon and had bullet
wound In his neck dressed. He said he had
been shot by another man near his home
Thursday last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30

Among other matters considered was the
question of exhausted copies of patents,
and a committee of the association was in
structed to urge upon the patent office ana
upon Congress the Importance of promptly
1eprinting patents of which the printed
copies are exhausted, so that it may be pos
sible to obtain such copies as may be nee
essary for use in suits or otherwise without
unreasonable delay. bsftlo.
The associatio was reported to be rap
idly growing in membership, having nearly
seventy resident members and over sixty
nonresident members. si:'cg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-30
Lahorer Hurt.

Samuel Stewart, colored. resident Of
Tenleytown, while assisting several men
to raise boiler near the corner of SOD
and X streets. about IL o'clock this morn
ing. was slightly injured by the boiler
striking him on the arms He was sent
TO his home after being treated by ply
stefan.