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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23

have ever since been and am now able
and willing to return all the securities re-
ceived by me or by ]. P. Morgan & Co.
and to rescind the whole transaction and
I hereby tender the same for that plir-
pose.''
Messrs. Sheldon and Wetmore declined
to consider such a proposition, as they
stated the principal value of the whole
enterprise consisted in the Bethlehem
company Mr. Schwab then agreed to "a
plan of reorganization with them, sug.
costing an assessment upon first mort
gage bondholders.
LAS to the charges in the cross-biII that
acted in collision with the reorganiza-
ton committee of the shipbuilding COM
pany in an attempt to force the inso1ven.
cy of the said company and to wreck 1t, -
says Mr. Schwab, Il aver that suoA
charges are false and malicious. aver
that James Smith, jr., receiver of the
shipbuiIding company, knows that such
charges are untrue.
It am informed and believe that upon
such an examination and appraisal it will
appear that the net working capital OF
the seven constituent companies, exc1ud-
ing the Bethlehem, does not exceed the
sum of one and q half million dollars !;
that a great part, if not the greater part
thereof may be wasted and lost by the
continuance of the receivership, and that
such shipbuilding plants can not be oper-
ated and kept working as going concerns
without the addition of very large sums
Mr. Schwab closes his defense by deny
ing every charge of fraud, misdoing, un-
lawful combination and confederacy anu
.'humbly prays to be hence dismissed
with his reasonable costs and charges IN
this behalf most wrOngfuly sustained"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
INCREASE OF 2,723 MILEs.ss
Figures on Railway Mileage for the
Year 1908 Complete.

Chicago. Dec. 23.-According to the
Railway Age the total railway mileage
of the United States on January l, 1904,
will be POS, $50 miles, the present year
having added 5,723 miles. This mileage
takes into account all of the new track
laid up to the last day of the year.
Compared with 1902, the present year
is about on a par in the matter of rail-
way construction. The construction re-
ported was done on $50 lines and in
80 states and territories, including
Alaska. Early in the year it was
shown that there were $500 miles of
railroad under construction, but labor
troubles and financial difficulties
caused some of the work to be aban-
doned. In Nebraska alone of the west
ern states there was no new construc-
ton, and in the east New Hampshire,
Delaware, Vermont, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and Maryland have no
new traclxage.
A list of the number of miles and the
number of lines constructed in the diff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
RUSHING EMPT1Es WESTWARD
Santa Fe Preparing to Move the
California Orange Crop.

San Bernafdino, Cal, Dec. 23.-AH
along the lines of the railroad systems
which find outlets in California fruit
cars for the transportation of citrus
crops from this state are being moved
for as has already been cited, the
Santa F'e has string after string OF
cars slowed away on sidtngS through
out Southern California awaiting their
turn at the bat" But even the Santa
Fe is hurrying "freezers'' westward in
anticipation of the rush, that it may be
prepared to handle the shipments prop
erly.
AS has been already stated, some
10000 carloads of fruit will be shipped
from California during the present sea-
son, and to care for this immense con-
signment the railroads are nobilizing
their cars in this part of the country.
The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe,
as the only through lines, are moving
an immense number of cars from the
east as we'll as sending a goodly num-
Der of loaded cars east to the Chicago
and New York markets.
Santa Fe officials state that their
company is expecting to transport
more fruit east this season than ever
before. Said one of them: 1.-THE COM
merciaI agents all over the state are
reportinga immense shipments in sight
and wee are going to do our best to
look after the business. The fruit viii
probably be better than that of last
year, and there will not be as large
losses from spoiled shipments"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
WILL scHAEFER RESIGN P
Rumored the Santa Fe Master Me-
chanic in Arizona Will Quit.

A Needles dispatch to the San Ber-
nardino Sun says: It is reported here
on good authority that Hugo Schaefer,
master mechanic of the Arizona divi-
sion of the Santa Fe with headquart-
ers in this city, has resigned. The
cause for such action on the part of
Mr.. Schaefer is not apparent, although
there is reason to believe that he is
another victim of the reorganization
policy" which has kept the Santa Fe
in a turmoil for several years past. AS
to who will succeed to the position
there is not, as yet, the slightest indi-
cation, although the new master me-
chanic will undoubtedly be an eastern
man.
Hugo Schaefer has been located with
the Santa F'c at this place for the past
three years. coming west from Albu-
querque to succeed John Records as
division foreman. Two years ago, when
the change was made in the Coast line
makeup, and the Arizona line became
! a division in itself, Mr.. Schaefer was
given the title of division master me-
chanic, which office he has since held
He is one of the best liked officials on
the Coast lines, sharing equally in
popularity among the men under him
and his fellow officers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
DECIDE AGAINST BELT LINE
Missouri Railway Commissioners Say
Shipping Rates Must Be So.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. ga surprise
in the Missouri railroad commissions
consideration of the Belt lines 81 in
crease in shipping rates came yester-
day, when the board announced from
jefferson City that it had decided
against the Belt, without giving City
Counselor Ingraham a chance to have
an expert accountant examine the COM
pany's books.
Frank Hagerman, attorney for the
shippers, last night said he did not
think the Belt would continue to en-
force it's increased rate, despite the
boards order. The Belt has ignored
three previous rulings of the board
against the rate. s. W. Moore, it's at
torney, said he could not tell what ac-
ton would be taken.
D. w. Rider, superintendent of the Belt
line, had a telephone conversation with
H. U. Nudge, president of the line, at
Topeka, yesterday afternoon in which
the conversation Mr.. Rider told a repor-
ter that the order of the state board
would be complied with. But he had a
saving clause in this statement to the
effect that he would not know fully
until after he had had a conference with
Mr.. Nudge The latter is coming to
Kansas City to meet the special com
mittee of the commercial club appoint
ed to adjust the differences between the
Belt line and the city.
Il do not see how the board could
| have decided otherwise said Mr.. Aa-
german. THE testimony showed that
the Santa E'e and the Milwaukee We're
getting 80 per cent of the use or the
Belt for their terminals while they paic
only 80 per cent of the expense. IhaT'
why it cried poverty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23

hands of a fellow workman The pick
broke the mans skull but did not pene-
trate the brain.
e. T. Hail. travelling freight agent for
the Frisco railroad, with headquarters
at Kansas City, was in the city yesterday
on business for his company.
Fred c. Fuller and Orson Stiles, both
clerks in the Santa Fe ticket auditing de-
partment, returned Monday from a short
pleasure trip to oklahoma City.
Frank E. Banks, a clerk in the Santa
Re ticket auditing department, will spend
Christmas with friencs in Lawrence. MIR.
Banks will be accompanied by his wife.
Joseph Myers, division freight agentNfor
the Rock Island, with headquarters at
Dalhart, Tex, was in Topeka Tuesday in
road.
Last pay day the old pay car was rein-
stated on the Santa Fe at Argentine and
the pay car. system wiz permanently be
brought back into service.
Miss Lillian Todd. clerk in the Santa
Cawker City Wednesday, where she wilf
spend Christmas with her parents. She
viii return to Topeka on Monday.
Carl Maier, clerk in the general freight
department of the Rock island at Cf1i-
eago, will spend Christmas in Topeka
with his parents. Mr.. Maier was former
" with the general freight department in
Topeka, but went to Chicago when that
office was transferred to that place.
Boilermalxer Kelly of the Santa Fe
roundhouse in Emporia is patient in the
company's hospital at this place. Some
time ago a flying piece of steel struck
Kelly ia the hand and lately it has been
giving him much trouble, despite the fact
that an Emporia doctor Thought that ali
the steel had been removed An opera
ton viii be performed to remove the rest
of the steel.
A little book has just been issued from
the headquarters of the Railroad Y NJ G.
A. in New York which shows the great
progress that has been made by the rail-
road department of that association dur
ing the past year. The book contains %
cuts of the new buildings that have been
erected throughout the country during
the past year. of which the one at TO-
peka is the first and most important. The
book also contains table showing the
increase in membership and also the pro-
gress that has been made in the work of
the association since 1899.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
NEW ROCK ISLAND PICTURE
Creates a Sensation in the Eastern
Ticket Offices.

The Rock Island system has pub
lished some of the largest and most
beautiful pictures of notable western
scenery, Mission Santa Barbara -
Mission San Juan Capistrano,'' "Yose-
mite Valley" all in California, and
now being displayed in the Pfttsburg
& Lake Erie city ticket office window
This company is noted for issuing the
celebrated pearl train, called the
Golden State Limited" and many of
selves in having one of these pictures,
which are the finest in the country, but
the one issued yesterday surpasses this
by far, and already the Lake Erie peo-
pie have found it necessary to station
an attendant to keep the crowds NOV
ing on Fifth avenue. The Rock Island
passenger business here is in charge OF
Phil A. Auer, district passenger agent.
-Pittsburg Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
RAILROAD NEWS.
Rock Island AbaRdOns $3.50.
100000 Bond Issue.
Dee med Inadvisable to Try the
Market at Present.
NO NEED OF MONEY.
Move May Be Considered of
Great Significance.
Another Financial Programme
TO Be Formulated Later.

New York, Dec. 23.-The directors of
the Rock Island company have decided
to abandon the great $250,000 900 bond
issue, announcement of which was
made last summer, says the Herald.
The directors deem it inadvisable to
carry out the scheme, which involved
all the issues of the various controlled
lines, at the present time, and as the
company is said not to be in need OF
money there is no necessity for its cona
sideration- Conditions have changed il
the financial markets since the pro-
mitigation of the bond plan. The pur-
poses are still in mind. but it is likely
that another financial plan will be for
mulated later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
NORTON TAKING TESTIMONY.
Santa Fe Will Make a Hard Fight in
Citrus Routing Case.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 23.-T. ]. Nor
ton, general solicitor for the Santa F'e
railroad on the coast has gone to San
Francisco to confer with Southern Pa
cifc officials in regard to taking addi-
tional testimony in a suit of the orange
growers against the two railroads. The
suit involves the right of the railroads
to route the shipments of the orange
men regardless of instructions. The
matter has been in controversy for
some time and it is now proposed to
introduce additional testimony to show
that the railroads are justified in the
course which they have adopted. The
case will be heard in Los Angeles the
latter part of this month and both
sides are determined to fight the mat
ter to the end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
Ask Your Druggist for free Peruna Almana

related by John O'Neill, the city's track
elevation expert, in his report to the city
council made public yesterday.
The excess in the amount of work this
year over that of preceding years is
laid to the delays due to labor troubles
and the advance in the cost of ma
terials, which caused the companies to
put off beginning the work after ordi-
nances had been passed and accepted
until they were compelled to make a
start in order to complete the task be-
fore the time limit set by the ordinance
expired
For this reason the prediction is made
that the years 1904, 1905 and 1906 with
out doubt will be of similar Importance,
as the companies must keep at the work
begun this year in order to finish it in
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
CATARRH POISONS.

life-giving secretions of the body into
scaIding fluids, which destroy and in
flame every part they come in contact
with. Applications to the places affect
ed by catarrh can do little good save to
soothe or quiet disagreeable symptoms.
Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atom
izers and inhalers only serve as tenn
porary relief. So long as the irritating
secretions of catarrh continue to be
formed so long will the membranes con-
tinue to be infamed. no matter what
treatment is used.
There is but one remedy that has the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
CHARGE IS ooNsUMMATED.
Harvey Eating House System Now in
Two Auditing Divisions.

The change in the auditing depart
ment of the Harvey system which has
been for some time contemplated, has
been consummated. On account of in
creased business it has becomeAneces-
sary to mako two divisions in place
of one.
Hereafter there will be the southern
division, embracing the lines which in
a general way run toward Texas, and
division embracing the main line be-
tween Kansas City and Albuquerque.
These two in the past have been
practically under one head. J. C.
Brown, who had been the auditor of
this large section, will take charge of
the southern division and in his place
over the division including Kansas
City and Albuquerque will come G. NJ.
Smith of Kansas City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
Warren Denies 1ntarziaw.

Washington, Dec. 23.@The attention
of Senator Warren was called today to
a purported interview with him in
which he was quoted as saying that the
president had given assurances the
General Wood would not be promoted
to position of lieutenant general dur
ing his present term of Office IL re-
elected. Senator Warren said of the
matter: President Roosevelt has not
to my knowledge announced what he
would do If reelected regarding GEN.
eral Woods promotion, or what he
would do about any other matter which
might arise in the future and of counza
have not attempted and would NOT
attempt to speak for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23

responsible for the wreck through his al
legged neglect TO flag the train, went to the
scene of the wreck with Trainmaster Sa-
ma and a stenograp her and gave a de-
tailed statement of how he tagged the
train.
This statement is not complete, how
BARLEY will not talk. He is from Mon
EFT, Mo, and has been running from
MOnett to this city for six weeks. He
said that when the wreck occurred he
had been on duty twenty-five hours.
His train had been lying dead, on the
main line for some time and he had pre-
viously Tagged two trains, a freight and
a passenger train, over the switch al
which the Meteor was wrecked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
BIGGER SHOPS AT OMAHA.
Union Pacific Said to Plan $25o,ooO
Improvement.

Omaha, Neb, Dec. ga semi official
announcement was today made that the
Union Pacific would enlarge its shops Z t
this place at an expenditure of some
thing like $4,000. Just what the improve
meEts will consist of has not been an
nounced, but it is understood that a mum :
Der of new buildings will be erected. Two
years ago, when the Union Pacific began
the construction of the present shops. it
to from time to time. Mr.. Hartman spent
several hours looking into the needs of
the plant, and it is said, decided upon
the improvements, work on which will be-
gin in the spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
PAYS IT'S TAXES.
Santa Fe Coughs Up $67, 900 to the
Territory of Arizona

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 23.-There was
received at the Arizona territorial
treasury yesterday a. check for $751;
67S.45 from the Santa Fe Pacific rail-
road in payment of its taxes. The
check was drawn upon a Los Angeles
bank. The tax is paid this year under
the act of congress authorizing the
transfer of the rights and property of
the Atlantic & Pacific railway to the
Atchison system and which fixed the
tax rate of the new organization in the
territories at s175 a mile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
Has Served His Time.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Having served
his sentence of 10 years in prison at
Trenton, n. J., William Brockway. who
was convicted in connection with the
famous counterfeiting case which in
volved notes printed from set of
stolen government plates applied today
for. his release under the poor convicts'
act. He has served his time but there
is fine of $1,000 to be paid Broekway
is 81 years old. decrepit and penniless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
LOCATED IN KANSAS CITY.
Missing Passenger Agent ofthe Santa
Fe Found at Last.

San Francisco, Dec. 2S.-Frank B.
PiHsbury, passenger agent Of the Santa
FEES Yosemite line, who dropped from
sight last September, has been located
in Kansas City. He had been an efficient
ernDlove and the local officials could not
account for his absence, except on the
theory of foul play or the accidental loss
of his life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE

R. T. Atwood, commercial agent for the
Rock Island, with headquarters at St.
Joe, was a Topeka visitor Tuesday.
D. Whitehouse, a Santa Fe brakeman,
has left the service of the company.
Wnitehouse has secured employment else
where.
John Papas. a Greek member of a San
ia Fe section gang near Emporia. is a
patient at the local hospital Of the COM
Dany as the result of an accident which
occurred last week Papas was accfden-
tally struck on the head by a pick In the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
Crawford nray Not Reeover.

Fireman Crawford of Emporia who
has been dangerously i'll for the past
two months at the Santa Fe hospital
is very low at present and 1t is ex-
tremely doubtful if he RECEIVERS. Brake
man Swarthout who is also at the hos
pital is improving nicely but it will be
some time before he is able to leave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
WRECKED SANTA FE TRACK.
Then Moved Fort on Right of Way
to Hold Possession.

San Bernardino, Cal, Dec. 23.-The San
Ia Fe and the Consolidated Oil FIELDS
company, up near Kern, are in a row
over right of way, the oil people throw
ing a crowd of men into the locality and
within a short time the Santa Fe track
across a 40-acre piece of land was torn
up. The company then moved a house
onto the right of way and manned the
structure with a force of armed men to
keen the railroad laborers Oft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
MILLIoNAIREs' TOWN.
Henry Huntington Establishes a
California City of Nabobs.

San Bernardino, Cal, Dec. 23.-Tne
railroad magnate, Henry T. Hunting
ton, has started a town this side of
Los Angeles, which he claims will have
a population of $4,000 within five years
after being laid out. One of the prin-
cipaI thoroughfares is to be modelled
after Fifth avenue, New York. The
sidewalks, as now being laid, are ten
feet in width. 1t is to be strictly
millionaires' town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
Dear Druggists I don't

Dear Druggists I don't
and shan't object to your be-
ing as dear as you like. I
am cheap; but that needn't
worry you, not in the least.
When I bust, you'll have it
all your own way indeed,
don't you now ?
FRANK HOBART,
500 West Tenth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23
HOW He FLAGGED IT.
The Frisco Brakeman Went to the
Scene of the Wreck Yesterday.

Fort Scott, Kan. Dec. 2-Coroner
Brookins Of this county will determine
who is responsible for the St Louis ard
San Francisco wreck near here Monday
in which ten men were killed and twenty
others injured He has ordered an in
quest held Thursday Some of the Off
Gals of the railroad company are here
preparing for the inquest ". z. Barley.
the brakeman who is said TO have been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23

Chicago, Dec. 23.-The history of rail-
road track elevation in Chicago In 1903,
declared the most remarkab BILE year yet
in this respect, 8.25 miles of main track
having been elevated, 66.5 miles Of other
tracks, forty-one subways constructed
and s3,16 $50 expended in the year, is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23

You can't enjoy life IL your lungs trou-
Bile you Piso's Cure cures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23

Have that picture framed at sullivan's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23

runa. This remedy strikes at once to
the roots of catarrh by restoring to
the capillary vessels their healthy eIas-
ITCHY. Peruna is not a temporary PAL
iative. but a radical cure.
Send for DIR. Hartmans latest book.
sent free for a short time. Address The
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus. Ohio.
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma, write at once to DR.. Hartman, CIV
ing full statement of your case, and
he will be pleased to give you his vail
liable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-23

Hon. B. F. Rice, ex-U. S. Sena-
tor from Arkansas, now a resi-
dent of Oklahoma, In a recent
letter from Washington, D. c.,
says.
1.-THE use of Peruna for all
catarrhal troubles has been so
universally approved and has
been used with such beneficial
results by many of my friends
that fully recommend its great
curative quaIitles."-tiou. b. F.
Rice.
Hon. B. f. Rice is only one of
over fifty members of Congress
who endorse Peruna. Prominent
men and women all over the
United States endorse Peruna-