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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

beth Deming. Marie Gerlke, Evelyn Groz-
ooski, Grace Lang, Eta Symington. Hazel
Storr, Rudolph Deppe and George Collier.
Mrs. w. r. Maher. of Pennsylvania
avenue. entertained Wednesday afternoon
for her daughter Helens sixth birthday.
Fifty little guests were present The
rooms were handsomely decorated with
roses. ferns and sweet peas. The hostess
was assisted by Mesdames John Burns.
j. j. Maher. J. F. Driscoll. John Merriel1.
J. S. Leahy. OF Chicago. and the Misses
Cavanaugh and Morris.
Col and Mrs. Dodge 422 Marshall ave-
nue.. entertained last Thursday evening
for Miss Gertrude Fife, of Vermont.
Shilley'S orchestra, from Minneapolis, fur
nished music for dancing. Among, the
guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Hasey. Min
neapolis: Mr.. and Mrs. Dugan. Mr.. and
Mrs. McElwee. Mr.. and Mrs Louis Nash,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmendorf the Misses Eu-
nice Hays. Mollie Mccormick. Perry
Fife, Cook, Marshall and Elmendorf,
Messers. Holmes, Paulson. Won kuSter,
Lilloway, Jones, " Dodge, Simons, DR..
Archibald and Fred Dodge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28
CLUBS AND CHARITIES.

Mrs. H. R. Kerr will entertain the
Palms Embroidery club Wednesday
afternoon at her home on Aurora ave-
nue..
A steamboat excursion will be given by
the Epworth League of Dayton's Bluff
German M. E. Church Tuesday on the
steamer J. J. Hill and barge First ex-
cursion at $50 a. m. from foot of Jack
son street will stop off for few hours
OF good picnicking. Second excursion at
1880 p. m.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-28

Mrs. Alexander Horn. of Pleasant
avenue gave tea yesterday after
noon in honor of her aunt. Miss WaIst
of Maryland. Miss Welsh visited here
a great deal years ago, and is well
known to the old settlers. Miss Kate
.Wanzer, of Western avenue. is spend-
ing week with friends at White
Dear MISS Newport of Ashland ave
nue. Will leave soon for visit toEtha
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
ARE TOURING KANSAS.
Washington Newspaper Men at Hays
City and Oakley.

Oakley, Kan, Sept 9.-The special ex-
cursion of Washington newspaper cor
respondents made a half hours stop at
Oakley for the purpose of inspecting an
agricultural display arranged by the
Oakley Fair association. The cores
pondents viewed the agricultural expert
mental station at Hays and had ex-
planned to them the scientific part OF
farming in the serni-arid region. The
people of Oakley showed the practical
side of farming in western Kansas The
depot platform was decorated with all
kinds of grain, fruits and vegetables, in
Guiding several new varieties of grasses
and small grain sent out by Secretary
Wilson. Corn Il feet high, three ears
to the stalk, wheat that averaged 81
bushels to the acre and tested 81 pounds
were among the exhibits that surprised
and caught the eyes of the fasteners.
The display was the finest they had seen
on their trip from Washington and they
were greatly surprised at the wonderful
resources of this country.
f. Burleigh johnson of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition was with the party
and stopped off at Oakley for the pur-
pose of getting a portion of the display
for the ST. Louis exposition next year.
The display will be first sent to the
Kansas State fair at Topeka next week
and will be exhibited there by the IN
ion Pacific land department. Prof E.
r. Nichols of the state experiment sta
ton at Manhattan, and Prof c. A.
Strong of Ellis accompanied the news
paper people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
LOST HIS ASHES.
Woman Made a Hunt for Her Hus-
banda Precious Remains.

The baggage and passenger depart
ments of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway company had a bad three
hours recently and as a result the COM
pany'S telegraph lines were kept hot for
that period of time. The trouble was
caused by a woman and lost suit case,
the property of the woman, says the
Chicago Chronicle.
Mrs. Frederick Knight of 2143 Colling-
wood avenue, Toledo, reached this city
en- route to Waukesha, Wis. She trans
ferred from the Lake Shore depot to the
Northwestern and there sought the bag
gage department to check a suit case
At the appointed hour the train moved
from the station bearing her to her
destination, Waukesha. Arriving at the
Wisconsin town she went to the bag
gage room to claim her suit case, but it
was not there. With this discovery the
woman nearly tainted She hurried to
the telegraph office and wired this city:
Was my suit case shipped to Wau-
kesha %
The answer was that it had been. She
waited until another train had arrived,
then took the next for Chicago.
At the baggage Office they told her
that her property had certainly been
checked for Waukesha and that it must
have arrived there. The woman mean
while grew frantic. She told the agents
of the Northwestern line that the suit
case contained a silver casket, which in
turn held the ashes of her husband. She
said she had promised her husband that
she would always keep them near her
and for the past five years, that being
the time he had been dead she had
carried them with her constantly.
AS she related this to the officials of
the railway company the telegraph
wires were kept hot in an endeavor to
trace the missing baggage. Finally a
message from Waukegan was received
stating that suit case answering to the
description of the one missing was lying
on the platform at that station 1t was
an hour it arrived and proved to be
the missing case. The woman rushed
for it and when she again boarded the
train for Waukesha she carried it with
her, not trusting it to the baggage de-
partment again. The baggage agent by
mistake had checked it to Waukegan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
FOR THANKSGIVING GAME.
Kansas and Missouri Managers Dis
cuss Plans.

Kansas City, Sept. 9.-The unmis-
taxable signs of the football season
came yesterday when c. M. Hethering-
ton, of Missouri, and Manager of Ath-
letics Plank of Kansas, held a confer
ence here relative to the selection of the
battle ground for the Thanksgiving
event. There has been much dissa It's
faction in past years over the arrange
ments for the games, both in the
grounds and the handling of the spec
tators, and an effort will be made this
year to hold at least one turkey game
when the aftermath will not be filed
with complaints from both public and
football arrangements.
1t is certain that the managers after
a thorough investigation of street car
and seating facilities and exits, were
heartily in favor of using Association
park this season. They tried to ind
President Nichols or Secretary Cham
berlain, of the Western League club.
lessee of Sportsman's park, to talk over
the situation with them and try and ar
range a transfer but neither could be
found. Association park, they agreed,
would give the public a better chance
to see without having to risk a verita-
BILE tackle buck to witness the real
thing and the facilities for keeping the
spectators off the ground would be
much better. If a man, who pays 81
can see the game Just as well sitting
down in a comfortable place, he will
not rush to the side lines to stand up.
Mr.. Plank also discussed with the
park mana cement the probabilities of
holding the Kansas N ebraska game
here this season. This would add an
other big game to the local list and
there is no reason why it should not
prove a success in every way if an
up-to-date policy is pursued Missouri
and Haskell will also play here. This
would give the spectators an oppor-
tunity of seeing both the Kansas and
Missouri teams before the Thanksgiv-
ing game on a local gridiron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
WRECK ON THE FRISCO.
Twelve Injured, Two Danger
OusIy, Near Baxter Springs.

Joplin Sept. 9.-There was bad
wreck on the Frisco one mile south of
Baxter Springs, Kan, in which II peo-
pie were injured, two dangerously. The
Joplin Miami local passenger train ran
into a freight train standing on the
main track The dangerously injured
are an unknown negro woman and an
invalid white woman. who was travelling
with two small children. The injured
were taken to the Springs hotel, where
they received medical treatment. The
engineer and fireman of the passenger
train jumped and escaped serious injur-
les. The engine and a chair car were
badly wrecked. Following is the list Of
the injured:
J. E. Ormsby. Newton. Tenn, nose
broken.
David ]. Bass. Pennington. Mo,
abrasion of face.
r. A. Powell, on way to Columbus,
nose skinned and leg hurt.
Frank McMary, Catoosa, 1. T., head
hurt.
Mary Taylor, Lyonville, Ia, lip cut
and badly bruised about face.
H J. Morrison, Mapleton, Kan., upper
lip cut and several teeth knocked out.
Joseph H. Cox, Metz, Mo-, head and
face injured
Charles w. Fruits, Galena, right side
badly injured.
Thomas w. Robinson, Doe Run, Mo-,
back sprained-
w. r. Barnes, Cherryvale, Kan, nose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
DISCIPLINE ON GRIDIRONs.
The Dismissal of Wechsler, Penn's
Big Halfback, Is an Example.

Beach Haven, N. J., Sept. 9.-The ac-
ton of Head Coach DR.. Carl Williams
in dismissing George B. Wechsler from
the University of Pennsylvania football
squad at Beach Haven, N. J., is a
sa mple of the ironclad rules of disc1p-
line which the Quaker coaches have
decided to enforce this year. The
charge against Wechsler is that he ig-
nored the warnings which Coach VIII
liams gave to the candidates to report
for preliminary practice in good ply
steal condition. DIR. Williams made 1t
plain at the time that he would not toll
crate any men on the squad who were
very much overweight. ItHis said that
Wechsler ignored this admonition and
reported 40 pounds overweight AS
Wechsler only weighed $50 pounds last
year he must have weighed 200 when
he arrived at Beach Haven.
Wechsler was one of the best half
backs on the eleven last year. He
played his first regular game against
helped to win that game when the
Quakers seemed hopelessly beaten. At
ter that contest he played regularly at
left halfback until the final game of
the season with Cornell, when he gave
way to Fortiner. Because of the strain
to which he had been put during the
latter part of the season WechSler
broke down and was taken to the uni
versity hospital in a delirious state
His action in reporting at Beach
Haven so many pounds overweight is
construed to mean that he considered
his position on the eleven already as
sured and did not need to observe the
same training rules as the other candi-
dates. The other men on the team up
hold the action of Coach Williams in
sending Wechsler home. Williams de-
clares that he does not have time to
train men so many pounds overweight
as Wechsler, and he intends to have an
eleven COMPOSED of men as heavy as
possible but that they must also be
strong and fast.
The University of Pennsylvania foot
ball squad has spent its second week
here and is rounding into such shape
that the men may be chosen for posi-
tons suitable for them to play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
Wall Street journal Discusses the
Rock Islands New Deal

From the Wall Street Journal:
We understand that Rock Island in
terests have been the large BUYERS of
Atchison stock in the past few weeks
and that considerable block of the
common stock is held in one of the
large New York banks for their ac
count. Last year the same interests
were very heavy buyers and their pur-
chases were for a time enormously at
tributed to the. Pennsylvania railroad
in spite of the most explicit denials
from the latter. 1t is pretty well
known in railroad circles that the
Rock Island people have always de-
sired entire or partial control of Atchi-
son and that they have never relin-
quished their efforts to get it. The
difficulty. of course. has been in the
fact that to secure control of Atchi-
son would take a very large sum of
money and the Rock Island people
have been doing so much financing in
the past twelve months that it is not
| reasonable to suppose they have at
command now the amount that would
be required. The impression in bank
ing circles IS that anyone who cared
to undertake to carry the Atchison
road for Rock Island could secure pref
ty handsome terms for doing it.
To what extent the Rock Island in
tertsts have already bought into Atchi
son and to what extent they were able
to avail themselves of the heavy sell
ing os the stock in July is, of course.
matter that is not generally known.
These interests. however. were under
stood to have been in funds when the
break occurred and it may be that they
secured a fOOthold at that time. Ow
ing to the fact that Atchison has over
ia million dollars of preferred stock
and 102 million dollars of common
stock purchase of control is a pretty
serious matter. A year ago when the
common stock was selling in the nine
ties. more than one interest looked re-
gretfully at it, thinking what might
have been done with the property if
time had been taken by the forelock.
There is, of course, great interest in
the effort of the Rock Island to control
the property, not merely because of the
intrinsic Importance of Atchison, but
because Rock Island has in very
short time become a very large system
under circumstances suggesting unus-
ual optimiSm on the part of those who
control it. If Rock Island were by any
chance to secure the Atchison its sys-
tenn would be about $4,000 miles in ex-
tent apart from the Seaboard Air Line
In railroad circles, however, it is not
believed that Rock Island will actually
attempt to secure definite control of the
property. and in banking circles, the
opinion is expressed that Rock Island
has arrived at point where further
large financing is not likely to be at
! tempted until what has been done is
more or less cleared up.
Nevertheless. Rock Island, interests
have continued to buy Atchison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
Clever Plan of Louisville g. Nash
vile Railroad.
Serves. Breakfast on Trains
From "TraveIer.''
PASSENGERS SIT STILL.
Steaming Coffee and Sandwiches
For Everyone.
Items of Interest in Railroad
Circles.

A novel plan of providing breakfast
en- route for passengers on the early
morning trains of the Louisville &
Nashville from New Orleans to Gulf
coast points was put in service on Au-
gust 30. The most notable feature con-
sists of a movable table. or traveller
about 5 feet long and somewhat mar
rover than the width of the coach
isle.
The New Orleans Picayune thus de-
scribes the operation THE menu
which will be offered includes coffee.
sandwiches. stuffed eggs and ice cream
and cakes The coffee will be kept
steaming hot and served direct from
gigantic urns which have been espec-
tally modelled for the work. On one
end of the traveller is the urn of cof-
fee, kept heated, just as it is in restau-
rants On another end is an urn of the
same size, Allied with boiled milk. Be
tween the two urns will be the sand
witches, each wrapped in Waxed paper,
and the stuffed eggs. On lower shelf
the tableware. cups and saucers and
ice cream freezer will be kept. There
will be two White-coated. Whit-capped
aproned servitOrs in charge of the
traveller, and, beginning at the for
ward end of the train. they will attend
to the wants of everybody aboard, pass
ing from car to car"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
CARMEN IN CONVENTION.
Have n Good Time at the st. Louis
National Meeting.

st. Louis, Sept. 9.-The eighth biennial
convention of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Carmen of America commenced a
four days session in Druids' han. Ninth
and Market streets, at 10 o'clock Tues
day morning. There are 1923 delegates
already present, gathered from all over
the United States and Canada. The OPP
ening feature of the days programme
viii be an address of welcome by Mayor
Rolla Wells and a response by A. F.
Gander of st. Louis, chairman of the
reception committee.
Mayor Wells will be conducted to the
hall by a special committee from the
brotherhood. The special business to
come UP before the convention is the
amending of the constitution, made nee
essary by an increase in membership Of
$4,000 since the last convention, held two
years ago at Kansas City, Mo
The Loyal Star auxiliary to the B. r.
c. of A, with 20 delegates present, will
hold its first convention in an adjoining
room in the same hall during the week.
Committees from the Business Mems
leagues of Milwaukee and Cincinnati are
expected in the city this week to try
to secure the convention for two years
hence for their respective cities.
Tonight summer nights festival will
be given by the St Louis and East st.
Louis b. r. c. Of A. to the visiting dele
gates at Lemp's park. While in the city
the Madison hotel will be headquarters
for delegates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
KIDNEY AND BLADDER
TROUBLES PROMPTLY CURED
A Sample Bottle Sent FREE by Mail.

Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, fulflls every wish in
promptly curing kidney, bladder and
uric acid troubles. rheumatism and pain
in the back. 1t corrects inability to hold
water and scalding pain in passing 1t,
or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer. and overcomes that un-
pleasant necessity of being compelled to
go often during the day and to get up
many times during the night. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Swamp
Root is soon realized. 1t stands the
higest for its wonderful cures of the
most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is not recommended for
everything, but If you have kidney.
liver, bladder or uric acid trouble you
will find it just the remedy you need.
If YOU need a medicine you should
have the best. Sold by druggists in
fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes You
may have sample bottle of this great
kidney remedy, Swamp-Root, and a
book that tells all about it and its great
cures, both sent absolutely free by mail
Address DIR. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton
n. Y. When writing be sure to mention
that you read this generous offer i'll the
Topeka Daily State Journal. Don't
make any mistake. but remember the
name. Swamp-Root, DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Bing-
hampton. N Y, on every bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
THEY ARE BUSY.
Much Railroad Building in the In
dian Territory,

Vinita, l. T., Sept. 9.-There is a rush
on now in railroad building in the Greek
nation; work on the Muskogee Union rail-
road. building north out of Muskogee, is
being pushed from Muskogee to the place
Where the new road crosses the Verdigrs
river A temporary bridge is being put in
the south side of the Missouri Kansas
& Texas railway company's bridge and
trains will soon be running from Falls
City on the Missouri Pacific to Muskogee.
The new road is to connect Muskogee
with the Missouri Pacific railway and the
train service on the new line will be from
Wagner to Muskogee. The Missouri Pa
cific is contemplating putting on a flyer
from Kansas City to Memphis and st.
Louis by way of Fort Smith and Little
Rock, and the Wagner people have
asked that 1t be named the "Wagoner
Limited"
1t was the intention of the promoters of
the new line to build a Union railway
from Muskogee to Falls City, a point on
the Missouri Pacific south of Wagner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09

Tom Cooper and Barney Oldfield met
twice during the afternoon, each scor-
ing one victory In the five-mile match
race between these two men, CoOper's
engine worked badly and after the first
mile Oldfeld led by from $50 to 300 yards,
winning by about $50 yards. Cooper
and Oldf1eld met again in the five mile
race for a manufacturers cup, in which
there were three other starters. Cooper's
engine worked satisfactorily this time
and he took the lead from the start,
winning by about a quarter of a mile.
Harry Cunningham of Cleveland and
Oldfield had a hard struggle for second
place. First Cunningham appeared by
three lengths in the stretch of the last
mile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09

I. T., and that after the Union railway
crossed the Verdigris river a line would he
constructed from the Verdigris river up
the valley Of that river to Owasso, the
present southern terminus of the Santa
F'e in the Cherokee nation. 1t was thought
that this would save the cost of the con-
struction of two lines into Muskogee and
save two bridges across the Arkansas
overlooking its valleys much this plan
had to be abandoned, and the next plan
in view seems TO be to build line for
the Santa Fe running up the Arkansas
river from Muskogee on the south side to
a point even with Broken Arrow, thence
crossing and going north to Owasso. The
new line may touch Claremore, 1. T. The
surveyors are now making a new survey
which will parallel the Katy for thirty
miles, and will then make another sur
vey through the vicinity of Broken Arrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
Detroit Automohile Races.

Detroit, Sept. 9.-The splendid driving
of Julius Sinchole of Paris in three
cornered 15-mile race with his brother
Parisians, George PapiIion and Henri
Page, was the feature at Crosse Pointer
track, where the automobile races post
poncd Monday were run off The heavy
rain left the track so heavy that the
racing chauffeurs had to take a path on
the outside of the track for the entire
mile and even there the track was SOFT
Despite these handicaps, Sinchole drove
his car four of the Is miles in better
than 1:04 and made the eleventh mile in
1:02 2-5. The engine of Papillon's car
gave out a few feet from the start leav-
ing only Sinchole and Page competitors
and the former outclasSed Page, win
ming the race by a mile and a quarter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
FORMER S. F. rRA1NMAsrER.
Lands a Prize for Good Work on El
Paso Division.

George F. Hawkes., superintendent of
the Ell Paso division of the G. & H. &
S. A. railroad is receiving congratula-
tions on the fact that his division has
just been awarded handsomely en-
graved bronze medal for the greatest
efficiency in equipment, trackage and
general condition over all other divisions
of the road. The Ell Paso division ex-
tends from FL Paso to Del Rio. Mr..
Hawkes. is justly proud of the honor for
competition has been keen His Rock
vile friends will be gratif1ed to learn of
this further evidence of his great merit
as a railroad man.-RockviHe QnG.) Re-
publican.
Mr.. Hakes was formerly a resident of
Newton and was at one time train
master for the Santa Fe at Arkansas
City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09

Through the recent amalgamation of the
5. A l.. with the Rock Island this road
is now at Richmond, and also has termi-
nails at Portsmouth,
According to reports here, which comes
through a well known ca ttleman of st.
Louis now here on business, it is under
stood among railway men in st. Louis
that Newport News will be used as the
terminal of the road and that piers rival
ing those of the c. & o. will be estab-
lished here on account of the superior
water facilities that this port affords
over that at Portsmouth.
railway line between Newport News
and Williamsburg is now being supplied,
and this is the route supposed to be the
one to be used by the Seaboard Air Line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-09
RUlNoUs DAMAGE SUITS.
Texas Railroads Have to Pay Heavy
Jury Toll.

ham. executive head of the Southern
Pacific lines in Texas, believes that the
damage suit industry will soon prove
a curse to the other industries of Texas.
He draws attention to the fact that dur
ing the year ended June 80. 1908, the
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio,
operating 917 miles of road in the state.
paid out S37s,1o1 on account of personal
injury claims. while the local passenger
business earnings for the same time
were only 5000. 900. During the year 1902
the road named paid out $4530O0 to the
same account. while the 5,S01 miles of
the Southern Pacific road in New Mex
leo, Arizona, California. Nevada, Oregon
and Utah paid only S11S.OO0.