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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
HINTS FoR SANTA FE.
Denver Chamber of Commerce Tells
What It Might Do.

The railroad committee Of the Denver
Chamber Of Commerce has made a glow
ing report on Denvers railroad prospects.
Speaking of the Santa Fe and Rock Is
land the report says
THE Santa I'e system must reach Den
YER from both the east and the west and
its line to tn south from this city must
have straight fast track from Pueblo to
Trinidad. a glance at the map viii show
that the Santa Fe could build branch
from Holly to Kit Carson and come direct
into Denver over the Kansas Pacific Just
as the Rock Island now comes Ii from
Limcu. Missouri Pacific trains could also
come 10 this city direct in the same way.
A few cut offs southeast of Holly would
with its Texas and Oklahoma lines. give
the Santa Fe q direct route from Denver
to Galveston. This connection is import
ant During the past year fifty millions
have been distributed among the people
of Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas, for
railroad construction. over 1000 miles.
one-third of the nations new mileage.
have been built in that section. The peo-
pie there have money, and Colorado IS
their nearest summer resort as well as
their nearest supply of iron products.
The Rock Island which has a round
about line from Denver to Texas, also
needs and probably will build a direct
cut off running northwest and south
east -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
l ENGINEER OR 2 IN CAB
Railroad Men Dislike the Proposal to
Have Two.

New York, Feb. 9.-Since the accident
on the Central Railroad of New Jersey
a Westfield a week ago the line has re-
ceived several letters advocating that
two locomotive engineers instead of one
should ride in every cab. A bill to com
pei railroad companies TO do this was
introduced in the New Jersey legisla-
ture.
There is nothing new about the pro-
posal. It follows every railroad acct
dent in which loss of life is great enough
to attract general attention There was
demand for two engineers to tram
after the tunnel accident on the New
York Central a year ago, and bills sim
liar to that introduced at Trenton have
been presented at each session of the
legislature at Albany for the last two
or three years.
Railroad men. whether employers or
employees, are opposed to the change
suggested by laymen. AS d rule care
full and experienced locomotive engineer
does not want to share his cab with an
other man.
Railroad directors. presidents, general
managers and the superintendent OF
motive power have discussed this ques-
ton for years but no practical railroad
man can be found who thinks that the
travelling public would be better safe
guarded by having Two engineers en-
duty where there is now one. Several
railroad men interviewed by a reporter
spoke in favor of One-man responsibility
Trenton.
President W. H Truesdale of the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
railroad said:
There's no room for two engineers IN
the modern locomotive. especially in
that type of engine which was in the
accident at Nestfeld the other day. II
there had been two aboard on that day
the extra man would have been on the
other side of the cab. because h
couldn't have found room anywhere
else, and could not have got to the en-
gineer in charge in time to have been
! of any service.
But leaving out the question OF
ROOM two men are not as efficient as
i one. Railroad men all agree that di-
vided responsibility in a locomotive
i cab would be a very dangerous expert
+ ment The more the responsibility is
I divided the less the efficiency, so that
with two men we would not have dOu-
+ bic the safety, but less than before.
Put two engineers in a cab and they
/ VIII visit with each oth@r. The chances
/ are they'll joke and talk to one anoth-
er. and then good-by to security fol
the passengers on the train. Two would
get in each others way in a critica
/ moment.
The danger of locomotive enginee
dropping dead or becoming physical.
or mentally incapacitated while on dut.
IS very remote. It is SO remote tina
public safety demands that we accep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09

ed fill a good sized plate and are worth
$l.25 each. The waiter realized that the
young man had made a slight mistake
and gave him chance to recover but he
failed to take the hint The waiter said:
Boss. did you order two porterhouse
steaks2"
That was my order answered the
young man.
In due time the waiter came back
with the two plates which when put
on the table filed it Completely and left
no room for the rest of the breakfast
The young lady looked at the meat
and then at the young man and said:
Mr.. you must certainly think I
did not have anything to eat while I
WIS IN Fl Paso ;,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
PLENTY OF BEEF.
Experience of Rural Merchant With
Dining Car Porterhouse.

Dining Car Porterhouse.
Sometimes young men travelling on
the limited trains get up against tough
propositions but about the worst trouble
that a young man has got in recently
was that experienced by a certain
young merchant. who came UP TO see
the carnival. says the Ell Paso Herald.
While he was here he met a pretty
young lady with whom he was very
much in love. 1t so happened that each
left Ell Paso a few nights ago at the
same time on the Sunset limited. OF
course the next morning the young man
wanted to do the right thing by the
young lady and he asked her to break
fast with him in the dining car. which
she accepted.
Before breakfast he had to cali on the
train conductor to show him how to
operate the water faucets in the wash
room in the Pullman He told the con-
ductor that he hated very much to dis
play his ignorance. but there no other
way out of the difficulty. This did not
end his troubles. for at breakfast. he
picked up the bill of fare. and wanting
TO select the best thing possible ordered
two pOrterhouse steaks The porter
house steaks served on the Sunset limit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
MAKE a ooNsoLIpArIoN.
Rock Island Would Unite It's Texas
Lines.


Lines.
Austin. Tex, Feb. "a bill has been
introduced in the state senate authoriz-
ing the Chicago, Rock Island & Cult
railway company to purchase and OPP
crate the properties of the Chicago
Rock Island * Mexico, and the Choctaw
Oklahoma & Gulf railway companies
These several roads belong to the Rock
Island system. The Chicago, Rock Is
land & Gulf was recently organized to
build and operate q road between Fort
Worth and Galveston. a distance of 2g5
miles The survey for the Texas road
is now in progress. but construction has
NOT Vet begun. The three roads which
II IS proposed to merge into the Chi
cago kocE Island & Gulf railway COM
2any are rot connected. The Chicago
Rock Island & Mexico runs across the
panhandle of Texas for distance of 10
miles. and is part of the FL Paso line
OF the Rock Island road, and its general
ONCE at Dalhart Tex. The ChoctaD.
oklahoma & Cuffs Texas division runs
from the state line to Amarillo. Tex
and has its general Offices at that place
The Chicago Rock Island q Texas runs
from the Red river to Fort Worth and
otper points in north Texas. and main.
talns general offices at Fort Worth. All
these General offices would be abolished
should the legislature pass the bin am
thorl1lng the merging of the several
IDdQS INTO one C0T-DanV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
INTO soUTHERN PORTS.
Frisco Preparing to Compete With
Santa Fe Gulf Lines.

Chicago. Feb st is said that an
nouncement viii be made in few days
Of the completion of a deal by which
the Frisco will secure a large freight
tonnage now controlled by the Santa
Fe. While none of the details is made
public it is the impression that the
deal is in the nature of ACQUISITION of
trackage by the Frisco. In connection
with the foregoing report it is said thar
the Frisco is about to secure from the
Southern Pacific trackage rights over
the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass to the
gulf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09

just finding out who was elected state
printer. One of the Clark workers
says that at one time I'VE had an even
IS members pledged to our man. but
for some reason the other fellows got
some of them away from US.
There are some who believe the Sixth
district Republicans are hopelessly di-
Vided politically because of the action
of some Of the leaders in Topeka this
winter, and that hereafter all they viii
do is to try and get even with the gang
who did it, The territory in the con-
fines OF the district is the best on earth,
and with q new legislature and senate
the district Will be quite unanimous for
NJ A. Low if he should want to sue
coed Burton four years away. 1t is be-
lieved that had he consented to be a
candidate this winter he could have
had all of them. Hanna has made so
fair a presiding officer that he will be
easily his own successor, and Burrow,
well he will be just the best secretary
of state of all and he win not be side
tracked by anybody unless his friends
elect him to congress. So in another
campaign the district viii get together,
know where they are at, wash their
hands, and pull for success altogether
Miss Pearl Mead. of BelOit and a ma
tive Of Mitchell county. has a Iegisla-
tive job this winter She is the accom-
plished daughter Of A. G.. Mead, mem
Der of the legislature from Mitchell
county. She needs to fit herself in the
work she is doing. for her husband is
liable to be a formidable candidate for
congress in the Sixth district.
The band wagon run over Dan. Dyer
again this winter He has several
wagon loads Of letters of endorsements
for this and that position, but the band
wagon never looks at them
Some of the Sixth district Legislative
members seldom write a letter. and yet
they voted to give themselves postage
stamps to the amount of twenty dol
lars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09

the big tackle of the University of Utah
football eleven. regarded as one of the
fastest men that ever played in the
west. left last night for Philadelphia.
course of study at the University of
Pennsylvania. He will try for a posi-
ton on the Pennsylvania varsity eleven.
His work last season attracted much at
teatioa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
Will make It a Test Case.

Attorney John S Miller has been re-
tanned by the Rock Island management
to conduct the company's defense in the
suit attacking the financial readjust-
Leeds Reid interests are preparing to
make a vigorous fight to stamp out all
possibility OF a recurrence Of similar at
tacks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
ANorHRR VERSION.
Said That Rock Island Has No AL
lance With Union Pacific.

A New York special to the Chicago
Evening Post says
1t develops that the much talked Of
Rock Island deal with the Hartman
interests consists either Of the purchase
of the Houston & Texas Central rail
road or the lease of trackage rights
over that hoad from the Southern Pa
cinch, which owns the So mile road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
Assistant for Gen. Mgr. Nickeraon

The EI Paso Times SAYS that It is ru-
mored that an important change viii
soon be made in the management of the
Mexican Central. According 10 the report
Vice President and General Manager
Nickerson is to have an assistant. whose
title Will be assistant to the general man
ager- Who this new man viii be has not
Vet been Officially announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09

Differences in rank among members
of organizations, especially of a muniefs
pal nature, seem to be designed princi-
pally for the purpose of always having
some on else to blame things on.-Pucls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
EARNEp 8 ZEE CENT.
Santa Fe Common Fell Of 3 Per Cent
in 1902

in 1902.
In the calendar year 1902 the Santa Fs
earned on the common stock 6 per cent af-
ter the payment of all charges. This com
pares with per cent earned in 1901. The
difference is explained by the failure of
the corn crop in 1901 and the heavy IN
crease in charges ahead of the common
last year.
Operations for the last three calendar
years compare as follows
1862 1901 1900
Gross earnings S59 $50 SS1 SIS 404 1852 $40 365 212
Expenses ...-.. IS "a. 4S4 30 1877 % 054 .661
Net earnings. S24 67s.ss7 s24g7s. "a s20s1o. Sal
Taxes, ctc.---.-- 22l4,659 21s0,137 SOIL
Balance -. .S22 464 75S 50 498. Jos SIS, 452 sac
Other income 1.14o s5S $4,000 10000
Total .s2s, SIS SIG So $50 los s1s 722 so
Interest ...-.-.. II $50 $50 7942.S7o 7,75o,S75
Balance 80. 81. 9S0, 436 S14Sse .2ss 1851, e65
SO on pfd--.-.-. 5,709.976 5.709.s7e @57o9,976
Surplus ....S $40. 46O S $3.50. 262 S 526l, 6S9
% Grind com 81 9.9 81
4eo paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-09
DR.. FENNER'S
KIDNEY and
BaCkaChe
"a Az diseases Of Kidneys.
Bladder, Urinary OrraTs b
Also Rheumatism, Back u
acne ,HeartDisaase. Gravel
Dropsy, Female Troubles.

DC, Don u t beeome. discouraged. There is a
- 80 Ut you. II necessary write Dr. Fenner
cases as yours. All consultations Free.
y our Kidney and Backache Cure has
cured Two very bad cases among our custo-
mers the last year whom the doctors had
given up. j. L. STILL & CO., Woodland. Ia. .
Druggists. SOC, 81. Ask for Cook Book-Free.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
NEGOTIATING THE DOCS.

II advocate every pups vaccination"
remarked a Philadelphia physician, and
without explanation some might have
thought that he was making personal
reflections on some of his patients. or
some Of the other citizens of his town,
but he was not. 1t SENS that smallpox
prevails among the canine population of
Philadelphia and the same surgeon de-
clares that when dogs take the small
pox they take it badly" Hence they
are vaccinated.
The dog as germ-carrier must now
take his place alongside mosquitoes, rats
and other insects, we presume. We sup
pose. Of course. that the fact that small
pox can be disseminated by dogs is not
q discovery in any sense of the word,
but we. ct least, had not noticed the
fact that many OF them have died of
smallpox in Philadelphia, and that vacci-
mating them is regular business in that
city. 1t is another evidence of the ad-
wanced methods OF modern medical prac-
tice. especially in contagious and in
fictitious diseases. The theory now with
such diseases is to prevent them, or to
prevent their spreading. as well as to
cure them, and if it shall be found neces-
aary TO vaccinate the rats and mosquitoes
themselves 1t will be done. And all who
love their fellow men and women will
rejoice at every advance made in the
way of lessening diseases and prevent
ting their dissemination.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
PASSING OF TIE MooNsHINER.
It is Predicted He Will Die With the
Present Generation.

..In a short time there win be no such
things as moonshiners in Kentucky" said
w. N. Chopper Of Lexington, KY, to a
Louisville Courier-Journai reporter. 1T
used to be that every stranger who en-
tered the mountains of Kentucky risked
his life and was altogether liable to be
shot as a revenue officer. Now 1t Is grad
ually becoming different Fortunes are
being made in the oil wells and the Illicit
stills are being abandoned Railroads are
opening up the country and the moon
sinner will die with the present genera
ton. 1t is fact that short time ago
the Federal government spent more mon
ey for suppressing moonshining than 1t
gathered in revenue, Notwithstanding the
fact that Kentucky has a large number
of licensed distilleries.
Kentucky is going ahead in company
with her sister States, though saw some
thing lately which looked queer. had
been told of an old farmer who was In
the habit of hitching his wife up to the
pillow to take the place of a mule. went
to see him, but was somehow disappoint-
ed, for he was giving the lady a rest He
had his two sons, IA and Is years old, re-
spectlvely, hitched to a bar on the front
of the pillow and every time he got to the
end of the furrow he yelled "Haw!" or
"Whoat" in the regular way"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08

So, The Advertiser is an expounder, is
1t? Very well; presuming that it has
female relatives, we desire to see how
It will get around this extract from the
writings OF the same apostle, with whose
innhost thoughts IT seems to be so
familiar:
Let the woman learn in silence with
all subsection.
But l suffer not a woman to teach,
nor to usurp authority over the man,
but to be in silence.
For Adam was first formed, then Eve /"
Now, wriggle, Mr.. Buttinsky.-Norloik
Landmark
Well what OF it? Paul was a good man,
but from what we have been able to
learn of him he spent all his long life
as a bachelor and could not therefore
be an advocate of womens rights aud
privileges, and they enjoyed but few Of
either in those days. Besides, we were
speaking of diet and not of Pauls opinion
Of women. II you can't put up any
better argument than that, don't mix
into the game.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
rHURsDAY, JANUARY 8, 1908.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses GER
tain signs to denote the relative standing and
merit Of the whole field Of newspaperdom
which comes under its notice. and one Of these
signs the mystic symbol 1l denoting
golden" which stands for high quality. and
Is thus explained:
9Adpsrtissra value this paper more for the
class and quality of its circulation than for the
mere number OF copies printed"
such papers are credited with a single sym
Dol: but there is higher grade. according to
this standard authority. which have BOTH
QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL ~ to describe
adequately their standing.
The Advertiser has been accorded this
double golden symbol COL and is the only
paper SO distinguished in this section of the
South.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
Doing Without Meat.

Boston Transcript.
Now that 1t seems to be fact estab-
lished by certain provis.oners reports
that people are eating less meat than
formerly in spite of the decline in price
we shall have to find some cause for II
before we can have any contentment OF
mind. And happily this cause is not far
to seek; 1t is just a fresh illustration of
the old saying that when one door closes
another opens. When beef took to soar
ing we had to find substitutes for it, and
in the search found several that, while
they did not strike meat from the daily
bill of fare altogether. made its presence
less exigent than we had believed 1t could
be. And we grew SO healthy and happy
with the reformed diet that we legally
adopted it. If only a similar condition
could come to mass with regard to fuel!
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
Determination of Credit.

New York Herald.
The spirit of speculation has infected
the country; farm lands IN the West have
been bid up by purchasers with borrowed
money; too many town lots and new sky
scrapers everywhere held at high prices
are mortgaged by nominal owners look
ing for continued prosperity advancing
values to win OUT and too many per-
sons are living beyond their means in the
expectation that their income will catch
up later. In short, there has been too
much borrowing and credit is so seriously
inflated that a shock of any kind which
would cause a sudden demand for the re-
demption of these credits might have I'M
fortunate consequences.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08

Poll AK is due and must be paid by the
A.rst day of February 1t must be paid
voluntarily and unless It is paid by that
under the law. they cannot vote in any
election in the next year. Unless you
pay the poll tax for this year and last
you cannot vote. II you go by this year
without paying your poll tax. and you
were defaulter last year. you will have
to pay tax for three years before sou can
vote in the election OF 1904. ar,I in that
year Presidential election is to be
held, Pay the tax now and be quail
fed voter in the approaching city cleo
ton.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
Plenty of Anthracite in China.

IndlanapOIlS News.
And now 1t is stated that China has an
thracite coal fields that are immensely
greater than those of Pennsylvania. 1t is
hardly possible to see anything nowadays
without finding out pretty soon that China
saw 1t first. 1t seems as If about the
only things OF which China is shy are an
appreciation of it's own resources and an
ability to make use OF them. However,
1t may be just as well, as these things
would undoubtedly interfere with some
very desirable spheres OF influence, which
will eventually no doubt, transmute the
natural wealth Of the country into the
coin of the various realms represented.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
The United States care"

Philadelphia Record.
In a bill before ContWss the plural
number is dropped for tac United States
and for the pronoun they is substituted
the singular pronoun lit The trainers
of the Constitution knew something about
the English language and the character
of. this government in saying: Treason
against the United States shall consist
only in levying war against them or in
a aSn 70 To- thelr enemes {. IN anotner
The United States or any of them" The
new lawmakers would say, THE United
States or any of it, which is treason
against good language and common sense.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
Moving Upward Steadily.

Detroit Free Press.
There was never a time before when so
great part of energy of all mankind was
devoted to peaceful pursuits. To be sure,
this condition is not permanent, and no
man can say when this peace will be
shattered and the armies of the nations
meet on a new Armageddon, but a condi-
ton is a condition. and whoever carefully
examines the map of the hemispheres to-
day must carry away with him the con-
Viction that, however crude the method
may be- the peoples of the earth are slow
ly working their way toward the parlia-
ment of mankind and the federation of
the world.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
The specter at Delhi.

bUHdIO IIIHtS.
Dispatches from Delhi read more like n
scene from the Arabian Nights than one
of sober twentieth century happening. 1t
was a great day in the history of the Brit
ish occupation of India, but behind the
ghttering pageant might have been seen
the dread skeleton of famine, and beneath
the tramp or marching feet might have
been heard the muffied rage of mighty
nation which. now bowed in servitude to
the foreign lords whom, ostensibly, they
delight to love and serve, will some day
seize the opportunity to repeat the horrid
scenes of 1857.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08
Heads the Procession.

Gadsden Times-News.
Grandma" The Montgomery Adver-
tiser, still leads the procession. The
Christmas edition was the greatest news
paper ever printed in Alabama. 1t was
made up of fifty-six pages. and nearly all
the interesting matter contained was pre-
pared by its own corps of contributors.
Long may she live and prosper!
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-08

hands does the work Of a butcher 1t
protects half dozen enormously rich
and closely combined incorporates IL chi
protects them by leaving unprotected to
their rapacity all the men, women and
children in the United States who eat
beef. or who would u they could AFFORD
to pay for 1t at the artificialiy enhanced
trust prices