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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-27
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-27

not interfere in any way With switching
A small brick building is being built In
the same block on Douglas avenue. which
the company will use as an ONCE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-15
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

Today is pay day at the Santa Fe
shops.
W ]. Healv. freight auditor for the
Santa Fe. was in Kansas City Saturday
H L Nudge, general manager of the
Santa Fe, was in Kansas City Saturday
Mrs J. E. Hurley. wife of the superin-
tendent, spent Saturday in Kansas City
c. Fl. Gaunt, superintendent of telegraph
for the Santa Fee was in Kansas City last
weel-
E o. Faulkner. assistant to the general
mana ger. has returned from q short bust
ness trip 10 Kansas City
H. e. Cook of the freight auditors Of
flee left Saturday for Newton. where he
win visit with friends for several days
A ]. Miller Of the freight auditors Of
fee returned to work Saturday from tvs
weeks visit with friends in LaPlatte Mo.
w H. Cundy, travelling passenger agent
for the Denver and Rio Grande. with head-
quarters at Denver, was in Topeka Satur-
day.
The water soaked tickets from the Santa
F'e ticket office in the union depot at Kan
sas City have arrived at the general offices
and are 10 be counted by force of men
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Telegraphers Declare a Boycott
on the Santa Fe.
Long Standing Fight With 0. r.
7. Is ReOpened.
TO THE TICKET AGENTS
Union Starts It's Fight by a
Circular Letter.
Asks That No Passengers Be
Routed via Santa Fe.
20 THE TICKET AGENTS

A Chicago dispatch states that the
order OF Railroad Telegraphers has de
clared a boycott against the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe road. Grey
lar letter. signed by the president ana
grand secretary of the order having
been received by the ticket agents Of all
the roads centering in Chicago The
letter asks the ticket agents, when rout-
Ing passengers and freight. to discrim-
mate against the Santa Fe.
The trouble between the telegraphers
and the Santa Fe is OF long standing.
IN 1880 the telegraphers and station
agents became dissatisfied with their
pay and working conditions. and sent
q committee TO Chicago to make de-
mands aud. after many conferences,
q strike was called.
The officers of the order say that the
company. by a subterfuge. induced the
men to resume work az the end of sew
enteen days, and they also say that
those who took part in the strike have
been Disseminated against ever since
by the Santa Fe and some other roads.
Ihe santa Fe has not been employing
members of the order for some time
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from the ticket auditors office 1t win
be necessary to wash the mud from nearly
every ticket before the numbers can be
seen.
H. J. Newman. station agent at Antho-
ny, Kan. has resigned his position there
to take the agency at Carmen for the
Orient.
J. E. Hurley. general superintendent fer
the Santa F'e. has returned from Kansas
City. Mr.. Hurley was in Kansas City dur
ing the flood
Ralph Kennedy. assistant to the local
Santa F'e ticket agent. is 10 be married
Wednesday evening to Miss Pearl CadWal-
lader of this city
D. E Cain, general superintendent of the
western grand division of the Santa Fe
was in Topeka for short visit last week
Mr. Cain left yesterday for his headquar-
ters in La Junta, Col
The first train of the Santa Fe-s Colo
RADIO flyer for the season of 1903 will leave
Kansas City at $40 p m. today and VIII
pass through Topeka at $40 D. m This
train to have been put cl June l. but
its initial trip was postponed on account
Of the flood. The flyer will -un daily be-
tween Kansas City and Colorado Springs
The ball game between the Santa re
office team and the asylum team which
was played a the asylum Saturday after
noon resulted in the score Of IA to , in
favor of the latter. This was the second
game of the season between these two
teams. The first game resulted in a score
of II to in favor of the asylum team.
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WILL HAVE A TOURNAMENT.
Firemen on Santa Re Coast Lines to
Compete at san Bernardino.

The Santa Fe fire department at
Needles called q meeting in honor of
the visit of c. o. Young, of Albu-
Querque. n. NJ. chief of the coast line
department, says the Needles Eye. The
meeting was called by Chief e i. Cum
bach and all were congratulated by
Chief Young for their efficiency maxi
ing the remark that the Needles de
partment was second to none on the
system He stated that arrangements
would be made for a tournament to
take place at san Bernardino in the
near future in which the several DEPART
ments of the coast lines would compete.
The complimentary remarks of Super
intendent of Motive Power Henderson
ct the time of his late visit here had
much to do with this action Assistant
Chief Armantake spoke in behalf of the
local department in very concise terms.
At S o'clock in the morning the alarm
had been sounded and runs were made
as follows. From hose house to round
house. laying four lengths of hose. ore
minute and FIVE seconds; coupling up
Slamese connections from double to
single, IS seconds coupling two lengths
and getting water. 70 seconds.
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HOYT THE FIRST.
W. E. Rippetoe Says Their Boats
Preceded HoIton.

HOyt, kas., June 10
To the Editor of the State Journal:
1 wish to correct a statement in the
State Journal of June u made BY A D.
Walker in which he states that Lolton
was the srst TO send relief boats to
North Topeka to assist the food SUIT
fsrers. All night Saturday Hoyt people
worked building boats and SundaS
afternoon the first boat was launched
and one trip made, bringing in six per-
sons on Sunday evening. Holton boats
did not arrive until Monday morning,
when Hoyts second boat arrived with
them Holton did good work but on
investigation it Will be found that Hoys
was the first on the ground with boats
About fifteen of Hoyt's citizens worked
increasingly as long as anyone could be
reached with our hea.-' boats Many
people were carried out by Hoyt boats
and our bows worked manfully and un-
tiringly to relieve the distressed. We
do rot seek nctcriet-r nor wish to cast
any reflection on the good work done by
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territory in Alaska admirably adapted

territory in Alaska admirably adapted
to agriculture.
There could never be a greater mis-
conception in regard to a geogra phical
fact than the popular idea that Alaska
is snow covered waste AS matter
of fact. one can travel from one end of
the Yukon to the other in summer and
never see snow On the contrary one
will see tangle of luxuriant vegetation.
large forests and such delicacies as wild
raspberries, red currants, huckleberries
and cranberries in profusion. In places
the grass grows as high as a man s
shoulders.
The greatest mystery to most people
is the climate of Alaska. Cherishing a
value. idea of a barren waste of snow
ana ice, II comes as rude shock to
learn that it is very much ike Pennsyl-
vania in summer and in winter, while
cold In the north, peculiarly mild IN the
south, so mild that from Sitka a thousand
miles west the mean winter temperature
is very much like that of the city OF
Washington. OF course. IN region Of
such vast extent as Alaska stretching
as it does farther east and west thar
farther north and south than from the
Gulf to the Great Lakes, there is natur-
peculiar modifying influence along the
whole southern coast for 1900 miles is
the japanese current, which tempers this
region in the same way as it does Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington and British
Columbia.
over vast areas of the interior the sum-
mer IS warm and delightful and vegetation
grows with an almost semi tropical lux
uriance- There are millions of birds The
winter in the interior IS cold, clear and ex-
nllaraEing, much the same as in the la
lzotas and Manitoba. In the interior long
distances are Travelled in winter by the dog
trains, which will travel farther and faster
than horses: but while this method Of
transportation has admirably served scat
tered pioneers. what IS most urgently
needed is railroads in all parts of Alaska
They are indispensable and imperative
They would prove immensely profitable
enterprises 1t is peculiar that capital
should be timid about constructing these
lines, considering that every mile that mas
thus far been built has more than paid for
itself within a year.
alaska can no more reach its destined
development without railroads than could
the great territory east and west of the
Mississippi. What would these sections lie
today without railroads. Even PennsyI-
Nania would be heIpless.'
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Route for Connecting Link.

St Louis. June IA Rock Island
surveying corps finished their prelimi-
nary survey from Union to Pacific yes
terdav forenoon, and say they find a
better line for connecting the St. Louis,
Kansas City & Colorado with the Frisco
than was expected The proposed con-
Meeting link, over which viii run all the
Colorado trains into St. Louis over the
Frisco from Pacific will be about ten
miles in length 1t will connect Pacific
with Union over a very direct route Of
but little over fifteen miles. 1t shOrtens
the route from union station to Union,
the county seat of Franklin county, by
about ten miles Work will commence
on construction as soon as possible.
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BUSY TIMES AHEAD.
Albuquerque Shops Crowded With
Engines.Ne eding Repairs.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, June 15.-The rip
track is occupied by a long line of di-
lapidated engines that need only a good
overhauling to put them in first class
condition. The shops are working all
hands every minute of the time but
there is enough work, it is said, already
in sight TO keep the men busy all sum
mer- More engines are coming in for
repairs and there is some tall hustling
going on in the back shops The local
repair department is making a record
this year for fast and thorough work.
Several engines are turned out in good
shape every day. and they are all need
ed to take care of the heavy traffic.
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SETTLED AT LAST.
Graphic Account of an Exciting Con-
test at Dalhart, Tex.


A reader of The State Journal at
Dalhart, Tex, contributes the follow
ing.
Jones. the train master. has fallen.
The hero of many gastIOn0mic battle
is tanquished and Myers. the invinci-
bic Joe. the man of many titles. heads
tile profesh.
ON last evening was decided finally
and forever contest that has we'll
nigh exhausted the extensive verbiage
of the English language For months
30 has been a hard fought battle as to
which Of the we'll known gentlemen
could put into the inner man the great
est amount of food and to settle the
matter fol the benefit of themselves ana
many admiring friends on both sides.
they took possession of the Rock Island
dinner on No. 4 and were 10 wire results
from Buclzlin At $40 p. M two hours
and thirty-eight minutes from the start.
the anxious friends of the gladiatOrs
were advised Myers won by a goose
neck The contest was nip and tuck
for two hours and a half. when Chris
commenced the slow down and at S.37
he gulped. gagged and threw up the
sponge, just as Myers was calling for
The 18th steak.
ut is understood that quite a sum Of
money changed hands among the Cen
eral Office boys, a $ the Operating De
paitment boys We're backing Jones at
two TO one"
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ROCK ISLAND PLAN.
Will Build a New Railroad Through
Arkansas.

Little Rock. Ark. June 15-The Little
Rock board of trade today received in
formation from c. II. Warren. first vice
president of the Chicago Rock Island &
faclflc. that Little Rock is to have "a
new railroad into Louisiana. 1t viii be
built from a point near Benton and VIII
run through the counties of Saline
Grant Dallas. Calhoun and Union
Utilizing the short piece of track south
to Benton. the entire line viii run al
most direct south to the state line. 1t
means, of course. another New Orleans
line This line, when completed, Will
develop a timber section of Arkansas
second to none in the state, and will
mean much to the wholesale interests of
Little Rock. 1t viii be known as the
Llttle Rock & Southern railroad
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WANT EIGHT HOUR DAY.
Pennsylvania Employees Apply for a
Radical Change in Time.

Philadelphia June 15.-Employes Of the
Pennsylvania railroad. numbering $500
all connected with the Philadelphia ter
minal division have asked for a reduc-
ton of the working day from twelve to
eight hours. The branches of the ser
vice making the demand are the train
men, car inspectors and bagga gemen.
1t is unOfficially stated that the de-
mands of the car inspectors will be
granted, but that no concessions will be
made with regard to the bagga gemen
and the trainmen
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Cattle Train Breaks the Blockade.

The largest trainload of cattle to leave
Ell Paso this season. left over the San
ia Fe line Sunday for Colorado. says
the FL Paso Herald. The train con-
tanned thirty-three cars of Mexican
cattle consigned to w. N. Randall for
his ranch This was the first train of
cattle to leave Ell Paso by way of that
line since the shipment of live stock
was blocked several days ago owing to
the high water in Kansas.
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JUMPED THROUGH WINDOW
Crazy Man Takes a Little Jaunt via
the Santa Fe Route.

Needles, Cal. June IA crazy man
was picked up near Drake. Arizona, by
delayed No. Tuesday evening. He
had first presented to the conductor Of
an east bound train of the day before
a bogus ticket and was put off the train
at Daggett. He climbed on the follow
to Chicago. When east of Franconia
he jumped through the window of the
car and was picked up by the west
bound train Officers were summoned
to the train by telegram and Constable
J. L. Medlin took the demented man to
san Bernardino.
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receives during April. May and June
about 100 new locomotives. and is re-
eeiving cars constantly for the freight
service. OF modern passenger coaches
l25 are to be delivered before August.
These are all charged to expenses and
betterments The new rolling stock is
absolutely necessary to meet the re-
quirements of the system. The increase
of nearly $4,000, 600 in gross for the ten
months is the real index to the pros
perity of the business of Southern Pa
cific. 1t also explains the necessity for
the purchase of new rolling stock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-15

General Charles Dick. the eminent con
gresham from the famous Garfield dis
trict Of Ohio says: "I believe there is no
remedy so efficient for headache as DR.
Niles Pain Pills"
VIM. B. Bell. general secretary Home.
Frontier and Foreign Missionary society
of the United Brethren in Christ. Day ton
o.. writes ! am never without supply
Of DR.. Miles Pain Pills and derive most
excellent results from their use"
]. n. Lagrange. elder il the Presbyterian
church at Franklin. Ind. has long suffered
from chronic headache. but he says he has
at last found solace in DR. Miles Pain
Pills. He says nothing can equal them IN
giving relief from intense headache OF
any pain.
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Items from Lindaborg.

Lindsborg, June 15.-The reports of
the flood damage at this place have been
largely. exaggerated. The facts in the
case are that the town was not dam
aged except about 1000 bushels of wheat
in the elevator of the Smoky Valley
mills and the approach of the bridges.
The town was high and dry. at least six
feet above the high water mark.
The Haskell Indians We're stranded
here during the flood and played two
games that have never been reported in
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Notice was given by the Rock Island
road todav that it win make a rate Of
one fare plus 50 for the round trip from
Colorado common points to points east
of the Missouri river and St Paul and
to Memphis from July 1 to 10. It VIII
make the same rate from points in
Nebraska Kansas and from Kansas
City and St. joseph to Chicago and re
turn for the summer schools.
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east are improved to some extent. with
the exception of the Mississippi river. OF
which some apprehension is felt at pres
emit Last night between sixty-f1ve and
seventy cars Of oranges were sent over the
hill, while almost as many viii follow to-
night Previous to the trouble the con-
slgnments amounted to thirty and thirty
fve cars The increase is due to the fact
that the growers are putting on an extra
number of pickers, as they wish to make
up for the three days lost.-San Bernar-
dino SIM
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SAT- Iake Bridge Almost Done.

The Salt Lake bridge is nearing COM
pIetion. all piers being up except one,
and several Of the spans being com
pIeted. The bridge was to have been
finished by June Is, but the floods re-
tarded the work somewhat and the date
of completion IS now fixed about the
first of July. The roadbed is graded al
most to Palm avenue and all culverts
are in. The company expects to have
it's trains running to Palm avenue not
later than the middle of July.
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the newspapers. The first game the
score was 5 to 3 in favor of Bethany.
Battery for Indians was Shepard and
Houser and for Bethany Holm and
Funk The second game the score was
to ? in favor of Bethany-eleven in
nings game Battery for Indians Rapp
and Houser; battery for Bethany was
Holm and Funk
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Roek Ialand-santa Fe CentralAlliance.

A. n. Brown. general freight and pas
senger agent of the Ell PasO-R Rock Is
land is expected to return to FL Paso
next Thursday from Chicago. where he
went in company with Senator An
drews. president of the Santa Fe Cen
trail. to consult with the officials of
the Rock Island system relative to the
new traffic ARA ngement which will be
promulgated between the three lines,
on the completion of the Santa Fe Cen
trail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-15
sANrA FE eUBURBAN Live
Running Hourly Trains Between Kan
sas City and Argentine.

Kansas City Mo. June 15.-The Santa
F'e has commenced a suburban service
between Kansas City and Argentine.
The train in this service will leave Ar
gentine at 6:3O a. m. and on the return
win leave Kansas City at o'clock.
Hourly service VIII be maintained until
p. m, and later if the traffic demands
it. Trains viii leave here from the
union station
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-15
MOSS SUCCEEDS DICKSON.
appointment of Travelling Passenger
Agent for Santa Fe Coast Lines

Thomas w Moss has been appointed
travelling passenger agent Of The Santa
Re coast lines. to succeed the late T.. H.
Dickson. The appointment is announced
through a circular which has been signed
by John J. Byrne. general passenger
agent 1t is effective from June J. The
new appoiptee has been in the employ of
the Santa Fe for ten years.
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MAY BE eooD ENOUGH.
Decided to Establish No Railroad z.
NJ C. A. at Ell Paso.

The prospects for a railroad Y. NJ. c.
A. at FL Paso have gone glimmerins.
says the FL Paso News. G. D. N4cDiu.
international secretary of the railroad
y. NJ. c. A, who came from Omaha to
look over the situation, has reached this
determination. He was accompanied
by Secretary Jones, of the Beaumont
Y. NJ. C. A. and the two gentlemen de
eided that the scheme is not feasible at
present
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LOST HER SUIT.
The Courts Refused Damages to Mrs.
Hadley, of indianapolis

indianapolis. June 15.-Judge Allen
has sustained q. demurrer to the COM
plant of Louise Hadley against Henry
W. Lawrence and the Indianapolis Ho-
tel company for $1,000. Mrs HadIey is
the woman dismissed from the Hotel
English She asserted that she was dis
missed because She refused to make
Booker T. Washington's bed The hotter
people said she was dismissed for other
reasons. Soon after her dismissal and
the publication of her story a telegram
was delivered for her at the hotel. It
was from hotel in Houston. Tex, and
read.
Have heard that you refused to
make Booker's bed Would you like a
situation in a good hotel?"
Mrs. Hadley alleged that this tele-
gram was opened at the Hotel English
and delayed eight hours. and greatly
Inundated her For this she asked
$1,000 damages.
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New Road Begins Business.

The first passenger train operated by
the Denver. Enid & Gulf Railroad COM
panv to enter the Santa Fe depot reach
ed Guthrie. Ok, last Saturday. The
new road runs from Guthrie to Enid.
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New Boilers for Needles Shops.

The paper at Needles, Cal. SAYS that
there arrived the first of the week three
new Scotch marine boilers of 125 horse
power for the use of the Santa F'e shops
battery of five boilers.
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THE GREAT HEADACHE CURE
QUICK SAFE SURE
DIR. MILES, PAIN PILLS
KINDS PAINS AND ACHES

pains neuralgia. or in fact any pain 7
have taken them with best results, and
have given them to others and they never
disappoint Gilbert r. Houser. Milford
Center. O.
Il recommend DR.. Miles Pain Pills for
headache or any kind of Pain. e. J.
Hierhelzer, teller Commercial bank. &c
lima. o.
Have used Pain Pills in my family with
the best OF results. They will do all you
Claim for them. u. c. Huston. Ashland
ii.
81 los sPeah zoo llis5nl q IT ~ Us
cure for headache and neuralgia pains"-
Thomas Bright. Marengo, H.
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Ready to Handle Fruit Shipments.

Albuquerque. n. NJ. June 1.-THE Santa
Fe announces that the company is ready
to accept fruit shipments to the east. The
high waters and general floods in Missouri
and Kansas crippled the company for a
time. hence it refused TO accept perisha-
bic freight during the interval Conditions
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BIG OPERATING Expenses.
Southern Pacific Earnings Fall Of
Like the SANTA Fe's.

Southern Pacihc earnings for April
snow AN Improvement over preceding
months in gross. but the increase of over
100000 is more than absorbed in the
increase In operating expenses The con-
sequence is that the company shows a
deficit for the month after charges and
nettefments of "a million and a half
The expenses of Southern Pacific
charged To current earnings include the
ordinary charge for maintenance of way
and equipment and also include several
large items ordinarily chargeable to cap
ial account For instance. the company
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the Holton boys. but in justice to the
Hoyt boys we feel it is our duty that
the statement referred TO be corrected
and some credit be given where credit
is due. W E RIPPETOE-