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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-13
REDUCTION IN TINPLATE.

Pfttsburg. Nov. Fan official announcement va
made to-day OF reduction in the price OF TIM tate
from g so s. GO box AT meeting OF manu-
facturers OF shafting held here reduction OF per
cent was made. Turned, cold rolled and round
shaftng is quoted at 50 cent OF in carload
lots and AZ per cent of in less than carload lots
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-13
THE BUFFALO OFF FOR GUANTANAMO

Newport News. Va. Nov. 12-The auxiliary
cruiser Buffalo sailed for Guantanamo and Bahia
Honda to-day. having board the general naval
inspection board officers
The protected cruiser Minneapolis came up from
Old Point this afternoon and will take on coal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-13
TO CONSIDER PERMIT TUESDAY.

II was learned yesterday from member OF the
aldermanic railroad committee that the Port Ches-
ter Railroads application for permit will come
up for action at the meeting Of the Board or Alder
men reXt Tuesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-13
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

TIE schedules in the assignment OF the Wilson
Portable Manager Company, Of No. I5 Pearl-st
show: Liabilities. s2.1Ot; nominal assets. SF.2E.
actual assets, $3.50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-13
TO BUY REcToRY FOR ST. BENeDIcrs

The Rev. John p Chidwiek chaplain Of the
Maine when she was blown up in Havana
Harbor. who has just returned from two years
cruise IN the Philippines. Japan and China. will
lecture his personal experience of the religious
question ~ these places particularly IN the Philip
pines, on sunday, December %. in Carnegie Music
Hall The lecture is 70 provide rectoTy for the
Rev. John J.. Burke OF ST Benedict the Moor's IN
West Fifty-third-st For twenty years he has
worked for the cOlored Catholics OF this city
founding the Church OF ST. Benedict the Moor IN
Bleocker-st. and St Benedict's Home for Col
ored Children, at Rye, y. \. He is on his first
vacation for twenty-three years. To help make the
lecture a success meeting u those interested is
20 be held in the Catholic Club No. l2O Central
Park South. this evening. at $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-13

THE Electric EIepbGnt"-the title Of n most won
derfuI story for boys and girls. which VIII begin In
Gext Sundays Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-14
ZOE socIETY FoLKa
Wellington Electric Lights Said to
Bun at of Hours.

Wellington Electric Lights Said to
Run at of Hours.
Wellington. Kas.. Feb. 1.-THE News
says:
The Carey circle is made up Of some
OF the most estimabIe ladies' in yelling
ton, They are accomplished Intelligent
and do not want any better treatment
at the hands of the city than is given
TO other people The Euchre club. also
IS composed of people who are a credit
TO any community. But these two So
cieties have been receiving some tln-
usual favors from the CITY and it il
likely that most Of the members did NOT
know it.
ladies' of the Carey circle had a big
time at the home of r X Robbins II
was part of the arrangement that the
house should be darkened It was 4
beautiful afternoon and the sun shone
brightly. For the accommodation Of
the circle the engines at the electric
hgnt plant were started up at 2-45 in
stead Of at $50 as usual SO that the
Robbins home could be lighted The
ladies enjoyed themselves immeuseIv
and We are glad Of it. but who pafd for
the coal that blazed under the big boil
ers at the electric light plant for three
hours
We have information from a source
which we credit that the street lights
have been kept burning on several occa-
SONS when the Euchre club was having
<1A-- Il WIS AJL ALEELeQ LnaE
the lights would be burning when the
club closed its meeting, and the lights
were kept burning for two hours or
such matter for their accommodation
We called the superintendent this
afternoon and he frankly admitted that
the lights were run IN the afternoon day
before yesterday and that the cost Of
running the plant out of hours was not
charged TO any one He also said that
on few occasions the street lamps. had
run later than Z to accommodate GER
tain things, but the orders were sent into
the power house after he had gone to
PED and ne did not know whether it was
for the Euchre club or not but it wasn't
paid for bV anvbcdE
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coLoNIsr RATES
Information Concerning the Cheap
Excursions to California.

Coionist rates have never been offered
50 late in the season as are offered this
year by the Santa F'e- The rates 90 in
on April Is, and are Withdrawn on
June Is, but the final st0pover limit on
the ticket is June 30. The fare from
Topeka TO California points will be
about s24- From Chicago the fare is
sS3.
These tickets are second class. and
entitle the holder to tourist sleeper priv
iIeges- The object being to induce peo-
PIE to move to California permission is
given for stopover at a great many
California points. so that the prospective
cOlOnist can have a chance TO view and
investigate a number of locations. The
following towns are st0pover points, and
five days IS allowed at each point
Auburn. Bakersfield. Chico, Cotton
Colusa. Junction. Corning. Corona, F'res-
no. Goshen, Hanford, High Grove
kingsburg, Laton, Lancaster, Ills
AIarysville, MERGED, 1IontaIvo. North
Pomona, Oceanside. Old Beach Imperial
Junction. Ontario, Orange. Paso Robes
Pomona, Red Bluff. Redding. Reedley-
Riverside. Sacramento Salinas, san
Bernardino, san Buena Ventura san
Luis Obzipo. san Jose, Santa Ana, Santa
Barbara, Stockton, Surf. TuIare, Tur-
lock, Upland, Visalias Willows. Wood
land
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-14
RAILWAY FTNANcEa
Commercs Commission Gives Out
Preliminary Figures for 1902.

Interesting comparisons Of the income
account of railways in the United States
for the year ending June 80 1902, are
preseutedzin the preliminary report Just
issued Of the interstate commerce com
mission
Though the figures presented in the
preliminary report are confined to the
returns Of operating roads, and it, there
fore, does not contain any statement OF
the income and expenditures OF leased
and operated lines. the integrity of the
statements made IS not affected. since
the inclusion of the income OF the SUI
sidiary lines would be offset in the &C
count by fixed and other charges against
such income. and in addition by the
dividends
The report is compiled from the re-
turns of 653 operating roads. received on
or before November IS 1901. which
represent a mileage of 195.SS55S-
The gross earnings of these roads for
the year ending June 80, 1902 IS given AT
Sl,711, 754. 200
The gross earnings on 1s5.56192 miles
e road for the year ending June 80
1901. were s1.5SS.52s. OBJ
These figures indicate q probable in
crease IN the gross earnings Of the rail-
roads in the United States during the
year 1902 of $4,000, GOO
The average gross earnings per mile
as shown by the report, were IS l6l.
which is 1888 greater than shown in the
report for the year ending June 80. 1901
The report further shows that the
average expenditure per mile was s., 66I
which IS an increase of 1892 per mile as
compared with the previous year.
The dividends declared by the Toa ds
during the fiscal year ending June so.
1902 were S1506S5. $50. The dividends de-
clared by the same roads fer the year
ending June go 1901 amounted to SIz0,-
SOL. 269
For the sake Of convenience the com
pliers Of the report have divided the
United States into groups, and with
each group is given d summary Of earn
Ings from operations and operating ex-
penses for the year ending June 20, 1902
and June 30 1891
Groups eight and nine contain almost
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have become an imperative necessity to
meet present requirements and few
roads pay for large improvements or ex-
need all the earnings they can make
to pay large dividends to the sydicates
which control the roads and 70 keep up
the price Of stocks
That the earnings are increasing. and
not falling OF as alleged by the rail-
roads is shown by a statement Just is
sued showing that gross earnings Of all
railroads in the United States when
have thus far issued statements of earn
ings for January. 1903. made a gain OF
SO per cent. over last year and ~ DER
cent over 1901 There are included i'll
these earnings many Of the leading sys-
tens. which continue to show heavier
tonnage than last year. when traffic was
unusually large There is an Increase in
earnings on all classes OF roads. the
western lines making large gains over
all preceding years. with excellent
PROSPECTS for a continuance Of large
earnings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-14
ABOUT RAILROAD PEoPLE

A ping pong table has been installed
in the railroad 7. NJ c. A rooms
Santa Fe train No. , from California
was about eight hours late Friday.
Conductor Verlin of the st Joseph
run. is of for several trips on account
of sickness
The February number Of Santa Fe''
a railroad Y. NJ c. 4. publication, VIII
be out Monday.
NJ A Low, general attorney Of the
Rock Island. is in Fort Worth, Tex.
On business for the road
Brakeman Wettling, of the St. Joe
run, is off for several trips in order to
recuperate from a bad attack OF hard
work.
Half a car Of patterns for castings Of
various parts Of a locomotive viii short
" be shipped from here to a foundry II
Houston. Tex
A E Cooper. division passenger agent
for the Rock Island left Friday morn
ing for Manhattan where he VIII spend
several days in boosting up the passen-
ger business
A large supply of the new Rock Is
land folders arrived at the division Of
fees Friday morning and viii shortly
be distributed throughout the division.
The new time table Is corrected up TO
January o.
NJ Peterson. conductor on the local
freight run between Topeka and Kan
sas City. is off for several trips on ac-
hospital order yesterday afternoon
The train from St Joseph which
should have arrived in Topeka at about
10 o'clock Thursday night did not get
here until 6 O'clock Friday morning The
delay was caused BY an engine failure
John A Morris. a car repairer in the
Sixth street yards. who has been absent
from work for the last week on account
Of an attack of Ia grippe, is reported
to be improving He expects TO be able
to return to work Monday morning.
Two Santa Fe engineers running oui
Of Topeka VIII leave shortly for the
western grand division where they will
help out IN the engine crew famine
which is at present raging on that di
vision They are John p French and
Edward Edwards
It is probable that the Rock Island Wi
ADOPT ana put in use several Of the
small inspection cars that are run with
small engine invented by A. r. Hen
Dirk, CT BaI0it. Wis. The only oh5ec-
ton to the engine IS the fact that tbs
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GOVERNMENT WINS.
Union Pacific Must Pay Over About
100000 to U. s.


Boston. Feb. 14.-In the United States
circuit court here today Judge Colt de-
cided that the entire fund in dispute
between the federal government and
the Emergency Loan and Trust com
pany, trustee. should 90 10 the United
States, the plaintiff IN the case The
amount is $500. 000 now in the hands of
the American Loan and Trust company
of Boston.
The decision is believed to finally
settle the long controversy between
the United States and the Union Pa
cific railroad, for which the first named
trust company acted as trustee
In his decision Judge Colt said IN
This bill is brought for the purpose
Of determining the rights Of a trust
fund.
The Union Pacific. as successor to
the Kansas Pacific having executed a
trust indenture TO the American Loan
and Trust company, of which there re-
mains IN the company's hands S5S9,2sl
for distribution
The question is whether the United
States has prior claim or whether Il
should be distributed ratably-
At the time the trust was created
the United States had certain mort
cages on the Kansas Pacif1c Railway
company. The trust was created for
the further protection Of these mort
cages
The question to determine is not
what might equally have been done
under the circumstances. but what the
donor OF the trust saw fit to do
BY the terms of articles Of the inden-
ture it viii be observed that the fund
shall be applied to the payment of the
obligations in due order
According to the natural reading Of
this article. it appears to have been the
intention of the donor that the status
of the benehciaries in the original Sc
curity should be preserved in the distri-
button Of this further security fund
A decree may be prepared directing
the payment to the United States Of the
fund Of 1893 291. and the accumulation
thereon now in the hands Of the Amer
lean Loan and Trust company. trustee,
after deducting therefrom its proper
expenses and disbursements All ques-
lions as to the cost and expenses IN
these proceedings are reserved until the
settlement Of the decree
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-14
Pe.rn-na he soIdier's Friend.

No wonder the American soldier IS
friend o. Peruna when such d re-
nowned officer as General Wheeler
gives Peruna his hearty endorsement
Every one connected with the army ana
navy can have no reasonable doubts as
to the merits Of the remedy No rem
edy ever yet devised has received such
unsEnted eu1Cgy from so many re-
nowned statesmen and military men as
Peruna.
There Is {. natural reason for this Pc
runa is a specific for catarrh. wherever
locate It not only instantly cures
acute caIarrh. but even old cases Of
chronic catarTh vanish under its per-
sistent use. The soldier is especially
subject to catarrh IN some form OF
phase. Exposed as he is to constant
changes, subjected as he is 10 the vicis
STUDIES Of climate. wet and dry, night
and day, he finds catarrh to be his most
fnsidious and ever present foe In field
and barracks. Peruna is equally er-
fcacious- Taken in time it VIII abso-
lutely prevent catching cold After the
cold has become established Peruna
viii break it up quicker than any REM
edy known to man Even after the cold
has settled in some organ, Peruna can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-14
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y rZ0 Laxative BrOmO- Ouinine
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car has to be pushed about a hundred
feet before the engine begins 10 work
sufficiently to run the car alone If this
difficulty can be overcome and Mr.. Hen
dirk can arrange some scheme whereby
the engine can be started Immediately,
the car VIII no doubt be used by track
and bridge inspectors on the Rock Is
land
The third Of the new prairie type en-
gines from the Baldwin works arrived at
the shops last night She is No 114l-
The other two have been set up in the
east shop
It is stated that when the new Santa
re depot IS finished and every thing gets
to running smoothly the electricity for
the lighting of the depot ana division
Offices viii be supplied by the shop
plant. The light is now furnished by
the Edison company
NJ Miller. stenographer in the Office of
Storekeeper Hilton, has resigned his po-
sition in that Office and on next Monday
viii commence work IN the Office Of H.
s Gable. general superintendent of the
Rock Island Mr.. Miller will make the
third stenographer employed in Mr.. Ca
ble'S office.
It was reported at the shops yester-
day that one of the flremen in the new
power house had resigned The men
can not see why man will give 10
power house, when all that is to be done
IS to sit down and watch the machinery
do the work
The new Rock Island colonists' rates
to California viii go into effect on Sun
day, February 70, and viii continue I'M
til April SO. The new rates are SIS from
Missouri river points and west to Cali
f0rnia points. and are for one way only
large business IS expected as there
has been a great deal Of inquiry IN re-
gard to the rates.
The principal speaker at the Sunday
afternoon meeting at the railroad Y
81. c. A association rooms. wiz be John
kempton, the assistant secretary, who
viii make a farewell speech to his
friends. He has been appointed secre-
tary of the railroad 7. NJ. c. A at FL
lis. kan. and VIII leave Monday to take
up his new position. During the four
years Mr. Kempton has been assistant
secretary here he has made a great
many friends all of whom are sorry
to see him leave. William Boyes. Of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-14

# not al, Of the southwest territory. in
Guiding Missouri
Following is the summary for group
elght which embraces the states OF
kansas Arkansas. that portion OF Mis-
souri, south OF the Missouri river, that
portion Of Colorado lying south of a line
drawn through Denver from east to
west. that portion Of Texas lying
west Of Oklahoma and the territory Of
Oklahoma. Indian Territory. and the
portion Of New Mexico lying east Of
santa F'e.
Per mile Of line
199E 1901.
Passenger services A .569.7e1 SI011 S. 4ss
krelght service .---.- us 4si so ASA 44f7
Other earnings ------ 495557S 1s3 1855
Total gross earnings. s164ss0129 s6.42T s61r0
Less on- expense 1o2.o's.424 1871 ais
Income from OPS -. .7O5 $3.50 s2ss2
In 1901 24llGsz miles Of line were repre-
seuted- In 1902 5571.6S miles of line were
represented.
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with such beneficial results that I am
satisfied OF its great curative excellence
and therefore give IL hearty recommen-
dation- IS H Simpson.
VIM H Hugo. late Brevet Major. u
s A, 125 c street, N. w Washington
D. c., writes
4 can cheerfuIIy join with my numer-
Gus friends IN the states who have used
your preparation in recommending your
Peruna to any one who is in need of an
invig0raring tonic, and as an effective
remedy for catarrh. w. H Hugo.
John w Lewis. late Captain u S. A,
late Register of Public Lands in State
of Oregon. with Office ar Dallas, Oregon,
writes from IL 4th ST.. n w, Wash
iugt0n. d. O..
Peruna as a sure cure for catarrh.
and a most refreshing tonic is without
doubt a most remarkable success Many
OF my friends have been benefited by
its use. and 7 have confidence in its
remedial excellence Major Lewis.
If you DO not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman. giVins d
fun statement Of your case. and hsr viii
be pleased TO give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis
Address DR. Hartman. President OF
The Hartman Sanitariums Columbus,
Ohio.
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Gov 81 VS. sUaeEsrEn.
stilwen Tells of the Inception of the
Orient Project.

At a dinner in Kansas City. President
StiIweu told how the idea Of building
the Orient line suggested itself to him
He said.
II got the idea from a report Of the
Niearaguan canal commission, which
predicted that some day q great trunk
line would be built from the middle
west to the nearest point on the Pa
cific coast. Then took a map and
with a string and a pin Ioated Port
StilWeu When I first went to Mexico
Mr. Creel told me that General Grant
once headed a company to build such
line and afterWard Secretary Win
dom was president Of a similar enter
prise. Neither succeeded in raising the
necessary funds. expect the line to
be completed clear across Mexico with
in twenty-four months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-14
TELEPHONE 10 TOPEKA.
Rock Island Has a. Scheme to Use
Telegraph Wires.


The Kansas City Journal says: The
Rock Island railroad is preparing to
make tests Of new instrument by
which it Is claimed 1elephOning can be
done successfully over telegraph wires
The new instrument is called the tele-
graphone and a complete outfit has
been received by the superintendent of
terminals IN this city. although moth
ing has yet been done toward its in
stallaJlon- The experts who are famfI-
lar with the working Of the apparat us
viii be here in a few days, and as soon
as they come exhaustive tests Of its
practicabiliry viii be made. One of
the instruments viii be installed in the
office of the Rock Island superintendent
Of terminals in this city and one in the
general superintendent office at To-
peka- If the scheme works vel q loon
viii also be made from the superfntend-
ent's office in the depot to the uptown
office
So far as is known by railroad men
here, 10 tests have been made of the
new instrument which would thorough
" demonstrate its practicability. but
if it is all that IS claimed for it, it
would be a money saver. as well as a
great convenience. as the telephone
tolls between Kansas City and Topeka
offices mount Up to considerable sum
in the course Of a month The new ar
rangement also has q portable device
by which it is claimed telephonic com
munication can be established between
q train at any point along the road
and the terminus Of the line
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be relied upon TO promptly dispeI it
This is why Peruna IS so popular in
the army and navy today 1t IS pre-
cisely the remedy that meets the par
ticuIar ills to which this class OF people
are exposed Our army and navy is the
natural protection Of our country. Pc
runa is the natural protection Of the
army and navy in the vicissitudes OF
climate and exposure
VIM. T. Johnson. late United States
army. Tacoma Park. D. c., writes:
Please put me down as a thorough
believer in Peruna as q catarrh remedy
and as tonic good for the effects not
only Of that obnoxious disease but to
tone up the system that has bean over
taxed or run down by continued strain.
either physical or mental It IS par
tieuIarly excellent as 3 tonic ''-YVm- T.
JoSnson-
s H Simpson. late Lieutenant of
United States army, s01 18th street. y.
W. Washington. D. c.. writes:
s'Peruna has been used for catarrhal
troubles by many Of my acquaintance
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I've RAIsEp 80.
Claimed That Increase in Operating
Expenses Has Been Offset.


Chicago. Feb. 1.-THE Tribune says:
Reports have lately been spread by the
railroads that owing TO the large IN
crease in expenses, which IS cutting
down the revenues. important improve
ments they had planned for the coming
summer VIII have TO be abandoned.
These reports it Is asserted. are given
out to allay the bitter feeling caused
among western shippers, merchants
and manufacturers over the large ad-
vances lately made by the western and
eastern roads in rates on all kinds or
merchandise and commodities Scarcely
a week passes that the rates are not
given a twist upward and 50 remunera~
tive are the rates now that, with a large
decreased tonnage. the net earnings are
far in excess Of what they have been
during the previous three years Of pros
DeritI
While operating expenses on most
roads have Increased from 10 TO Is per
cent. the rates have been advanced all
the way from 20 to so per cent, and IN
some instances the advance is fully 100
Per cent
The fn5unctions issued by the United
States courts against rate cutting have
caused a strict maintenance OF rates and
the saving Of millions Of dollars for
merly paid out to shippers for rebates
alone amounts to far more than the IN
crease in operating expenses
IAfPRON EN- ENTS WILL BE MADE
It is safe to say that no necessary
double tracking or Improvements IN the
physical conditions of the roads or the
building Of necessary extensions will be
STOPPED on account Of the inability Of
the roads to earn enough money to IN
dergo such expense.
Most Of the large railroad systems in
the west have during the last year or
two added largely to their capital by is
suing new stocks and bonds for the al
legged reason that such improvements
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Cleveland. O.. Feb. 1.-THE Leader
SAYS. It is reported upon good author
ity that the Erie company IS to build
four tracks between Cleveland and
Youngstown. beginning the work during
the coming summer This, with the
newly four tracked Pittsburg and Lake
Erie. will be the first four tracked rail-
road of the middle west and VIII COM
Dlete a we'll equipped line from Cleve-
land 10 PittshIIrg.