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The Topeka state journal., 1904-02-29
LOW RATES.
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TO the Southwest March l and 16.

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Only $3.50 to Guthrie. Oklahoma civ
Shawnee and other points in the Terri.
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$26.50 round trip. Corresponding redrc.
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Bishop John ": Hamilton's lecture.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

danger that the escaping electricity
may set fire To the car, the con-
duCtOr can cut his car entirely
off from the circuit without even
stopping the train. Should the
conductor. however, desire TO stop
the train suddenly. he can do so
without signaling 10 the motorman.
Above the signal rope in each car
Is another strap working what Is
technically known as the "conduc-
tors valve" n pull on this shuts
OFT the power, automatically sets
the air brakes and brings the train
to a StandStill within a few feet,
even If going at full speed
Another remarkable invention
makes it impossible for a motor
man to bring disaster 10 train.
If a mOtOrman is drunk or becomes
crazy or falls dead at his post. the
train is in safety. The cars carry
two lines of air pipeS-a main
reservoir and a train-line pipe.
The former is charged with ninety
pounds of compressed air to the
Continued on a4gs lS)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

sible for the deaths from
suffocation. There will be no
closed doors in the New York
subway.
But there are many other
devices for safety that the
passenger will notice. 1t is
said that more thought and
ingenuity have been expended
on safeguarding patrons than
on any other feature of the
subway. These safety de-
vices have been carried even
to the smallest details. An
instance of this is furnished in
a simple device that is attach
ed to the sliding doors. 1t
was suggested that a wOman's
garment might be caught in
the door, dra gging her along
the platform as the train
passed on. This is impossible
now, for set along the lamb
of each door is a semi-circular
band of rubber. The door
may close upon a garment,
but with the slightest exertion
Of force the rubber stretches
and the garment is released.
The dreaded danger of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

hnoleum, and rubber mats are placed
in the vestibules. There are two
sashes to the windows, the lower
one being stationary while the upper
one drops, thus preventing the pdss-
engers from thrusting their neadS
and arms out of the windows and
mourning the danger of striking
some obstruction. One is impressed
on entering the car with the amount
of room inside. Although the seat
Ing arrangement is similar to that
of the elevated cars, the subway
coaches have much more room
available for passengers. Each car
has seating capacity of fifty-two.
There are three hundred motor
cars, each supplied with two motors
of two hundred horsepower each.
They can easily make forty miles
an hour, the speed at which the
express trains are to be run.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

deadly thrdrail by which the electricity is brought
to the motors IS entirely abolished The rail is pro-
teCted by insulated hood which will permit any,
body to walk over it without danger One cannot be
injured unless he deliberately seeks come in con-
tact with the third rail- and he can do that only by
thrusting his hand under the hood When the Paris
accident occurred the lights went out and the pass
engers left in darkness in the midst of the
wrecked trains. This could not happen in the New
York subway as the lighting and power circuits
entirely separate.
Every effort has been made 10 provide all the
trains with all the necessary appliances for safety
Each car has in the rear a marble switchboard in
steel case If the insulation is defective and there is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

freezes near the root. He Will note
how the harmony is brought out
by the natural light through a sky
light, with electricity TO soften the
effects He will also note with
pleasure that the walls are not
disfigured with advertisements, as
are the elevated roads in American
cities and the underground stations
in London and Paris. Close at
hand are a lavatory and news
stand.
One of the most striking things
that the passenger will notice is
the purity of the air The stations
are SO near together, the tunnel is
SO wide, and the stairways are so
large, that the passage of the trains
will keep the air in circulation
and provide all the fresh air need
ed The subway is so near to the
surface that there is no fear as to
the ventilation. Toprovide against
any possibility of failure in this
regard, however, plans have been
made to install ventilating shafts
equipped with powerful electrical
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

fans There has been much complaint about the ven
til ltion in the "tup-penny tubes" in London But
the tunnels there deep-set and narrow, and the
stations equipped with only two entrances, while
those of New York have four. In addition 10 this
the New York subway is nearer the fresh air and is
four times wide the London tunnel
In the Paris underground the ventilation even
than it in London and il is believed that
this helped To increase the horror of the dis
aster there. 1t learned after the accident had
occurred that because of complaints made by women
OF draft down the stairways double of swinging
doors had been installed When the smoke from the
burning cars filled the tunnel the closed doors pre-
vented ITS escape, and were great reSpon-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

ground from any of the stations he would descend
from the street through kiosk by broad marble stair
way. He would pass by ticketofice with brass
barred window large scmicrcular platform OF which
the tracks form the diameter side. The double stair
way from the opposite sides of the street
down at the back, midway in the curve of the semi
circle the platform tapering off either side. The
traveller, if he is a New Yorker will the
comfortable feeling of room the platform. In
stead Of the nine, ten and tweve-foot platforms
the elevated stations he will find that he has space
OF twenty to thirty feet in the middle.
The passenger will note the tasteful manner in which
the station walls are covered with glazed brick in
delicate tnts that harmonic with the terra-cotta
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08
SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS

THE road is practically ready.
/ The cars are ready. The trains
will be soon moving If one were
to start on trip in the under
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have shown at that time is not to be
wondered at" ~,
Certainly not" l boldly ventured,
IF such peculiarities were shown aft
er the fright given her by the catas-
trophe which took place in the library"
His eyes, which were fixed on mine,
flashed, and his hands closed convul-
sively.
eve will not consider the subject"
he muttered. reseating himself in the
chair from which he had risen.
l bowed again and went out. l did
not dwell on the interview in my own
mind, nor did allow myself to draw
any conclusions from it till had car
ried the blotter into the southwest
chamber of the Moore house and care
fully compared the impressions made
on 1t with the marks 1 had scratched
on the surface of the mantelshelf
This l did by laying the one over th'
other after having made holes wher'
/ his finger tips had touched the blotter
The holes in the blotter and tn
marks outlined upon the shelf coincid
ed exactly.
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a man to novice like myself and OBJ
served quite frankly:
You will consider these observations
as confidential. You know how to hold
vour tongue; that you have proved.
Hold it, then, little longer The case
is not yet ripe. Mr.. jeffrey is man
of high standing, with hitherto I'M
blemished reputation. 1t won't do, my
boz. to throw the doubt of so hideous
a crime upon so fine gentleman with
out ample reason. That no such rais-
take may be made and that he may
have every opportunity for clearing
himself | am going to have confiden-
tial talk with him. Do you want to be
PRESENT.
I flushed again, but this time from
extreme satisfaction.
II am obliged for your confidence,
said I. Then, with burst of courage
born of his good nature, l inquired
with due respect, If my little friend haC
answered his expectations. was sn'
as clever as / said?" l asked.
"Your little friend is trump wa
his blunt reply with what we hav
learned through her. and now throug
you, we can approach Mr.. jeffrey I
some purpose. 1t appears that oeior
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face toward the coroner's Office. But
she was woman and could not help |
CHANGING back, and, meeting my du-
bious look, she broke into an arch
smile and naively added this remark
Loretta is a busybody ashamed of her
own curiosity. So much there can be |
no harm in telling you. When ones
knowledge has been gained by linger-
ing behind doors and peeping through
cracks. one is not so ready to say what
one has seen and heard. Loretta is in
J that box and, being more than little
scared by the police, was glad to let
her anxiety and her fears overflow into
| sympathizing ear Won't she be sur
prised when she is called up some fine
day by the coronerl wonder if she
will blame me for it?"
"She will never think of doing so,
basely assured my little friend, with
an appreciative glance at her sparkling
eye and dimpled cheek.
The arch little creature started to
move off again. AS she did so she
cried. ''Be good, and don't let Durbin
cut In on YOU" but stopped for the sec
ond time when half across the street
and when, obedient to her look, hasu
! ly rejoined her, she whispered demure
) ly: "Oh, i forgot to tell you something
] that | heard this morning and tina
: nobody but yourself has any right Il
r know. was following your com
: mands and buying groceries at Slmp
S kins' when, just as / was coming on
;, with my arms full, heard old MI
v Simpkins mention Mr.. Jeffrey's nam
o and with such interest that i naturall
f wanted to hear what he had to say
l. Having no real excuse for staying,
IS poked my finger into bag OF sugar
e was carving till the sugar ran ou
and / had to wait till 1t was put u
1t again. This did not take long, but
o. took long enough for me to near u
te old grocer say that he knew MT. Je
in frey and that that gentleman hao con
into his shop only day or two bero
m his wife's death to buy-candles?
s. The archness with which this WI
said. together with the fact itse
made me her slave forever. AS
n small figure faded from sight down q
to avenue / decided to take her advi
I and follow up whatever commune
ed ton she had to make to the coroner !
u n confession of my own suspicious a.
M what they had led me into. Ii
of laughed-well, could stand it. 1t
he not the coroner's laugh nor even I
MAJORS that feared. 1t was DurplI
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something TO say wnicn is not exactly
fitted for the ears of servants" Then
as he pushed his chair suddenly back
l added reassurlngly; ut is not po-
lice matter, sir, but an entirely per
sonal one. 1t may strike you as i'm
portant, and it may not. Mr.. jeffrey
was the man who made the unhappy
discovery in the Moore mansion which
has plunged this house into mourning"
This announcement startled him and
produced visible change in his man
ner. His eyes flew first to one door
and then to another as if 1t were he
who feared intrusion now.
II beg your pardon for speaking on
80 painful topic" went on as soon
as i saw he was ready to listen to me
my excuse is that came upon a lit
tie thing that same night which have
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The deputy coroner
Ia interested

ont of her eyes, and If she kept it out
of her eyes it beamed like an inner
radiance from her whole race. 50
gave up the task of making her perfect
and LET her go on smiling, glad that she
had such frequent cause for it.
This morning her smile had touch
Of pride in it as well as of delight, ana
noting this, remarked:
"You have made Loretta talk"
Her head went up, and a demure
dimple appeared in her cheek:
..'What did she sayT' urged VIVA
has she been keeping backY
Jinay seeks
further evidence
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CHAPTER TX.

w HAVE already mentioned the man
~ whom l secretly looked upon as
Is standing between me and all
preferment. He was good look
ing fellow, but he wore natural sneer
which for some reason l felt to be al
ways directed toward myself. This
sneer grew pronounced about this time,
and that was the reason, no doubt, why
| continued to work as long as / did in
secret. / dreaded the open laugh of
this man, laugh which always seem
ed lowering ON his lips and which was
only held in restraint by the awe we
all felt of the major.
Notwithstanding, l made one slight
move Encountering the deputy coro-
ner, ventured to ask if he was quite
satisfied with the evidence collected in
the Jeffrey case.
His surprise did not prevent him
from asking my reasons for this ques
ton.
l replied to this effect:
Because 1 have a little friend win
some enough and subtle enough t
worm the truth out of the devil.
hear that the girl Loretta is suspecte'
of knowing more about this unfortu
nate tragedy than she is willing to i'm
part. If you wish this little friend
mine to talk to her l will see that sh
does so and does so with effect"
The deputy coroner looked interestet
Whom do you mean by little friend
and what is her name"
81 will send her to you"
And did.
The next day was standing on II
corner of Vermont avenue when / sa
, Jimmy advancing from the house In
I street. She was clipper, and she WI
smiling in a way which made me 81
a to myself:
g at is fortunate that Durbin Is
e here"
|. For Jinny's one weakness is her la
o of power to hide the satisfaction
takes in any detective work that com
% her way. had told her of this and b
more than once tried to impress up
If her that her smile was compl'
O. give away, but noticed that II s
kept it from her lips it forced its W
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wINNY had not been gone an hour
| from the coroner's office when |
| All an opportunity was Afforded Tor
me to approach that gentleman
myself
With few apologies and no preamble
I Immediately entered upon my story,
which / made as concise and as much
IN the point as possible. 1 did not ex-
meet praise from him, but 1 did look
for some slight show of establishment
at the nature of my news. was
therefore greatly disappointed wnen
after a moments quiet consideration
he carelessly remarked:
Every good, very good! Inc one
Doint YOU make is excellent ana may
nrove of use to us. We had reached
the same conclusion, but by another
road You ask, who blew out the can
dleY We. who tied the pistol to Mrs.
Jeffrey's armT 1t could not have been
tied by herself. Who was her acces-
sorry, then? All. you didn't think OF
that
flushed as if pail of hot water
\ had been dashed suddenly over me
He was right The conclusion he spoke
of had failed to strike me. Whyf II
was a perfectly obvious one, as opVl
GUS as that the candle had been plo"i
out by another breath than hers' yet
absorbed in my own train OF thougn'
~ III had completely overlooked 1t. In
~ coroner, observing my embarrassment
smiled. and my humiliation was CON
"a plete. or would have been had DurDl
10 been there, but fortunately he wa
not.
N az am a fool" 1 cried. ~ thought
a had discovered something. ! mgr
have known that there were keene
minds than mine in this ofhce"-
,ro "Easy-easy," was the good nature
interruption. "You have done well.
"a, / did not think so would not keep yo
here minute. AS it is, 1 am dispos'
TO let you see that in case IKE u
one man must not expect TO mohopoii
all the honors. This matter OF
bow of ribbon would strike any old a
experienced official. l only wono
that we have not seen it openly d
cussed in the papers
Taking a box from his desk, be op'
ed IL and held II out toward me. c
of white ribbon surmounted by or
and dainty bow met my eyes.
"You recognize itT" he asked
Indeed | did.
eft was cut from her wrist by
deputy. Miss futile wished him 70
tie II. but he preferred TO leave
how intact. Now lift II out Carei
man; don't soil IT, You will see why
a minute" AS held the ribbon up
pointed 70 some spots on IFS ~
white surface. "DO you see th0sef
asked. Those Are dust marks,
they were made as truly by some OF
-. fingers as the impressions you pa
. on the mantelshelf IN the upper eh
~ ber This pistol wac tied 10 her |"
"A after the deed possibly Wy mar -
4 hand" .
~ was py OgD conclusion, bvi -
phef moi sOuDd W welcome 70 me IRON
. 70 IDS as i had expected, either ny
y lure Il narrow Or my inoralnate
Ousy lays ae open ~ the most bh
ishlnR iDe0nslsienoies, for no 80
had hf spoken these Nofdp ilnp =
- perlenced sudden lelplnlYp Ntf
'l'F' my OBp Theory npa inf fNep''
WHICH n ihroV upop ihe nlap Nllpl
nnssl hour before ! Wa eaHe I" p''''H
Ui. ulWlnnl
nt nu CoronW = ga'e We np sp
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,,,,prTR VIII.

roneat. The person who
ET M me left the marks of his pres.
nuu no in the upper chamber OK
t tne Moore house was not .. the
u. ,orly known as Uncle David
popu'h had IT been? But one name
tnsp itself self to me-Mr. Jeffrey.
esleu nOt SO easy for me to reach
was -" Os II had been for me TO
p S,s singular and unimaginatiye
r IN tbe first place, his door had
, - 70 every one since his
c'V s"otb Neither friends nor
.,rs could gain admittanee there
l y they came vested with author !.
the coroner. And this, even II
VA "a manage to obtain it, would not
y, INN nv case. What ] had to say
a. q would better follow a chance
" .or Rut no chance encounter
D. .s,s gentleman seemed likely to
! 'p nv lot. and finally l swallowed
sr and asked another favor OF
pT ,, Would he see that l
, Siveu an opportunity for carrying
message or of doing some errand
would lead to my having an in
IT, Y with With Mr.. Jeffreys If he would
NJ ready to promise that my curl
shoud stop at this point and that
IA cease TO make a nuisance OF
sf
Mink he suspected me by this time,
u made no remark, and in day
II was summoned to carry note
house in X street.
l Jefrey's funeral had taken
the day before, and the house
d deserted. But my summons
dlly brought to the door a nea1
tpg but very nervous maid, who's
tOok on an unmistakable expires
n, resistance when l announced
,rsnd and asked to see Mr.. Jef
The expression would not haV'
* me as peculiar If she had ralse'
objection to the interview / ha'
Eted But she did not. Her fea
sntipathy consequently spran
some other source than her II
b In the man most threatened b
visit Was it, could it be, on he
account? Recalling what | ha
d whispered about the station col
ng a maid Of the Jeffreys who a
seemed on the point of sayin
ching which never really left h'
stopped her as she was about
Upstairs and quietly asked:
Ire you Loretta?"
\ e way she turned, the way 81
I'd at me, as she gave me a sho
uut,. the Jeffreys' maid
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CHAPTER x.

WINNY had not been gone an hour
from the coroner's office when
an opportunity was afforded for
. me to approach that gentleman