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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-16

the sciatica type. with which I suffered
intense pain. My wife induced me to
try Peruna. I was surprised at the re-
suits. In less than ten days did not
have a pain in my body
T was a soldier three years in the
service of my country. 1 went from
Atlanta to the sea, and for many yeaIs
since have suffered more or less with
neuralgia, attended with sharp pains
in every part of the body. have used
various remedies, but never found any
thing to compare with Peruna.
''Is can ulhesitatingly say to all that
are suffering as I did to use Peruna
and be convinced of its merits. y. H.
Sewer.
If you do not receive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
Funa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your cas-
and he will be pleased to give you Ills
valuable advice gratis
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitariun, Columbus, o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-16
EmP1oYE OWNS PATENTS.
Courts Decide on Important Point
for Railroad Men.

In the suit brought by the Pressed
Steel Car company against Mr.. John
NJ. Hansen, formerly in their employ
but now president Of the Standard
Steel Car company, to compel him to
transfer to them six patents relating to
steel car construction on the ground of
an implied contract with employees that
the company should have the exclusive
right to all patents taken out during
the employment, the United States cir
cult court at Pittsburg has rendered
decision in favor of the defendant The
principle Is one of general interest;
the real question being whether in the
absence of an express contract to that
effect, the employer is entitled to the
product of the inventive talent of the
employee. Judge Burlington gives 4
lengthy opinion and in conclusion says:
After careful consideration of the
proofs we have reached the conclu-
sions: First that no express contract
by Hansen to transfer the patents is
proved to have been made; second,
that the facts proved are not such as to
warrant the presumption that a con-
tract existed, and third, that no i'm
piled contract to transfer arises from
the relation between the parties. A
decree will be drawn dismissing the
BILL
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BuRL1N eroN's CLUBHOUSE.
New Branch Of Development for the
Assistance of Trainmen.

That a great railroad company should
go into the business of keeping lodging
house from which no revenue is derived
and into which company money goes for
maintenance is one of the modern innO-
vations of raflroading. But in the bunk
house. established by the Burlington
company at Western avenue and Nine
teenth street in Chicago, and just now
opened to the engineers and hremen OF
the line who are forced to rest over at
this end of the system. the company ex-
poets a certain dividend in more or less
immaterial payments declared upon the
SIC, eco or more in the original investment
and upon the maintenance fund of several
thousand dollars a year
Time was when Burlington engineer
with a load of freight cars, finding them
away from their homes might clean up
somewhere in a convenient saloon. take
a few '.bracers," and go into back room
and get into a poker game that might
last all night: when, with a scant nap IN
the cab of the locomotive in the round
house, they might be called upon to make
the next run out, each OF them in a far
worse condition than he was IN at the
end of the run the day before
With the conductor and brakemen Of
the train there was distinct advantage.
In the way car at the end of the train
these men found hunks and comfortable
chairs and tables and fire and all the IN
vanished comforts that were coming %
the freight train s crew. In some cases.
where the engineer and fremen were on
especially good terms with the conductor
and crew. they might be tolerated to sleep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-16
RAILROAD NEWS.
Rock Island Merger to Be At
tackled by Government.
Frisco and Rock Island Must
Separate.
ROADS INVOLVED
All the Rock Islands Recent
Expansion in Question.
Santa Fe Is Rock Islands Only
Remaining Competitor.

Washington, March 16-Acting in
pursuance with the decision handed
down by the supreme court in the
Northern Securities case. the depart
ment of justice, acting under the in
structions Of the president. Will short
" institute suit against the Rock
Island railroad to compel the dissolu-
ton of a consolidation made nearly
year ago of the Arkansas & Gulf. the
st. Louis & San Francisco and the
Rock Island railroad. together with
many smaller lines. The Rock Island
has within the last eighteen months
purchased the Choctaw and Frisco
systems. These systems were the prin-
cipal competitors of the Rock Island in
the southwest Because of this COM
petition. it is pointed out at the de-
partment of justice, the Rock Island
purchased the two competitive sys-
tens, thereby consolidating the rail-
roads and controlling almost absolutely
the freight and passenger rates in the
southwest. The only competitor now
in that section is the Santa F'e road,
and it has been common rumor that
negotiations are pending for the con-
sOlidat ton of the Rock Island and this
line Undoubtedly the action of the
federal court in the merger case has
thrown a damper over the proposed
DEAL and had its effect in DOStponing
matters until the court had either sus-
tanned or disapproved the decision of
the lower court. At any rate it is said
that, since the consolidation of the
Frisco, Choctaw and Rock Island COM
petition in these districts has been
practically destroyed The consolida-
ton of these roads is held to be in vio-
and, under the decision of the court, is
in restraint of trade
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eRUBER AT sAL1NA.
New General Superintendent Finds
Things in Good Shape.

Salina, Kan, March 16.-J. NJ Gcu-
Der, the newly appointed superintend-
ent of the Union Pacific, with a party
OF other officials, was in the city and
paid his first visit here in his new ca
pacity and everything here under the
supervision of the local officials was
found to be in first-class order. Moth
ing was said concerning any improve
mentS for Salina. Those in the party
were: J. NJ Gruber, the newly ap-
pointed general superintendent; ]. o.
Brinkerhoff, superintendent of the
Kansas division; A. F. Vickroy, as
sfstent superintendent; E. Buckingham,
superintendent of transportation; H
G. Kali. assistant general freight
agent; Garnett Fort, assistant general
freight agent; L. H Korty, superin-
tendent of telegraph: E. H. Woods,
general freight agent; Garrett Fort. as
sistant general freight agent; J. Rob-
erts. division master mechanic, and W.
r. McKeen, superintendent of motive
power.
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ARour RA1LRoAp PEOPLE.

Engines $50 and 1105 were taken out on
their trial trips yesterday after being in
the local machine shop for a general over
hauling.
Alfred Lowell. superintendent of motive
power for the Santa Fe. has returned to
Topeka from a three weeks trip over the
cofnpany's California lines
Carl L. Sarvin- eInploye OF the SAN
ia F'e ticket auditing department, has re-
turned from Ottawa, where he has been
on business for the company.
J. A Halves. brakeman for the Santa
Fe is running out of here on trains No
121 and No. 12z, between Topeka and Atcn-
ison in the absence of Brakeman Joseph
Olsup
Nat Black, an employe of the Santa
Fe passenger department, has returned
from short trip to Chicago, where ne
represented the Santa Fe in world 3
fair rate meeting
W. J. Black, general passenger agent
for the Santa Fes is in Chicago on Dusl-
ness for the company He is accompanied
by Frank Sturgss. his stenographer- Bofh
are expected back the last OF the Week-
w o. Nevill the new trainmaster of
the Kansas division of the Rock Island,
arrived in Topeka from Goodland. Kan,
Tuesday afternoon and is spending today
in readjusting his relations with the local
employees of the company. Mr. NevI1
was at one time chief clerk to the. gen.
eraI superintendent of the Rock Island,
with headquarters in Topeka. and was at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-16
INDIGESTION DINNER.
Doctors of Madison. n. J., Have the
Time of Their Lives.


Madison. N J., March 16.-Between
hurry calls from all over town rival
physicians met IN Main street today.
How many of 'em have you had so
far" asked Aliopath-
fTwenty-seven." answered Homeo-
path
And you?''
Nineteen" snapped the man OF
boIuses.
All this hubbub, all this rushing to
and fro OF doctors, IS due to the '-indi-
gsstiOn dinner" now called the dyspep-
STA dinner, given by the Orchard Cam
paign club last evening.
For months the Orchard Campaign
club has been planning an entertain
ment that should be unique in the an
mails Of the town, and when the invita-
tons were issued-a round hundred of
them-the bids" were accepted under
special delivery stamps.
The wit and beauty of Madison to the
number OF five score turned out in gala
attire to grace the occasion It could
stand a lot Of grace A large green
house which had become useless for the
original purpose when the steam pipes
burst was heated for the evening with
oil stoves, and there the feast was
spread The tables groaned under the
weight OF good things. as per tradition
Afterward the diners did the groaning.
The bright particular star of the
Orchard Campaign club who prepared
the menu was the hero of the night
Early this forenoon. however, he was
seen heading for the tail timber, touch
ing, the ground only at the high places,
and an hour later a posse started after
him It was sherif1esS, the sheriff
Ia wing been one of the clubs guests.
But he was an inventive genius. that
master of ceremonies.
The bill Of fare mapped out is more
varied than a color print map of the
Lao Tung peninsula or an intermit-
rI-~
group all the delicaeies- of the season
Comments on it today included all the
inGelicacies
1t was a fearful and wonderful work
of art. a jeu d'esDrit worthy of a Pan
tagruel. Stripped of pOlyglOt verbiage,
II VIII go down in criminal history just
as II was eaten, which was this way:
Weehawlzen cigars.
DESSERT
Peach tarts with vinegar and tabasco.
Angel food and fried pickles
Lemon Tneringue pie and cucumbers.
BOASTS
Roast pork and caramel custard.
SALAD.
Chopped nuts and onions.
Raw potatoes with maple sugar
ENTREES.
Soft shell crabs and buttermilk.
Corned beef hash and caviar in wine jelly.
FISH
Frosted weakfish with cranberrics.
Lobster salad and ice cream.
Blended burgundy and mixed ale
SOUP
Green turtle with cold molasses.
Clans en- brochette with caulifioWer and
chocolate
Oyster cocktail with syIlabub and mus
tard.
The guests started in bravely enough
but ere three of the inverted courses
had been served nearly a fourth of the
diners assumed thinking parts in the
feast. They are among the survivors
Most OF the others got nearly to the
end of the bill and some went through
the whole menu. These last were the
first of today's patients. and the re-
imainder Of the victims were taken
down in inverse order
It is not true that the medical fra
ternity or any Of its allied crafts had
anything to do with getting uD the
dinner. That denial viii be published
in the local paper under the usual
head; The Coroner Was Notified"
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TROUBLE FOR wATcHMEN.
New Fence Causes Creation of New
Jobs by Santa Ea.

The high fence at the Santa F'e shops
has been q means of increasing the COM
panys local pay rolls. says the San Ber-
nardino Sun. Since its erection additional
guards have been hired, eight in all, these
standing guard at the four gates, one
night and one day shift And If there is
an employee in the company'S local plant
who earns his wages it is the gate watch
man Most people would think that the
position was SNAP" but it is not. In
the first place the shifts are twelve
hours long and having nothing in partic-
ular to do for half day but watch
and be sworn at by some one who wants
to come in, but hasn't the proper pass
word. is not a snap" nor can it be de-
signated by any synonym thereof. There
isn't a man in the company employ who
is obliged to hear more grief than the
Waterman" said a railroad man yester-
day He is continually being accosted
by some one who wants to get in or out
at all times of the day, and it is up to
him to be the proverbial policeman to
whom they may tell their troubles"
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THE RATE FICTION.
Some of the Ways in Which Laws
Are Avoided

Washington, March 16-Rate cutting
Is supposed to have come to an end
with the requirement of publication by
all railroads operating between states
of their rates for freight between all
points on their lines, but this fiction
obtains only with the uninitiated
There are ways of circumuventiag the
purposes of the act that requires the
publication of rates. and it is thought
that some of the railroads of the coun-
try may have found a way out of their
troubles with the law, and are cutting
the rates at several points. It is to
exOnerate the innocent roads that the
commerce commission has in
Stituted an inquiry.
As an illustration, in a certain city
Their are six lines of railway competing
for business to another city 500 miles
distant The published rate per hun
bred pounds, let it be assumed, is 81
That means that every manufacturer
or merchant shipping his wares between
the two cities will have to pay 81, no
more and no less, no matter which of
the six lines he may select for the
work That is fair competition and
when carried out according to the plans
is according to the letter and spirit of
the law. But a manufacturing COM
pany is established in one of the cities,
and suppose that this company orga-
nizes a railroad of its own, having diff
ferent Officers than the manufacturing
company, of course, but the stock of
both being in the same hands. This
railroad is not organized or built for
the purpose of carrying freight between
the two cities, but for the purpose of
delivering it from the factory to one
of the competing roads, all of which it
crosses in its course from the factory
to its terminal
The switching charge as regulated
and published is So per car load of
freight delivered to any of the roads,
fiat rate of 81 a. hundred that obtains
this charge being collectable from the
between the two cities. 1t is naturally
peting lines to get the traffic from a
large manufa curing concern, and there
must be some way in which to get 1t.
A live traffic manager would soon see
his way to offer to the belt line rail-
road which crossed all the competing
roads tracks a better plan of payment
than the So rate per car load. He might
offer instead to give the belt line re-
bate of 25 per cent of the fiat rate of 81
Belonging to the manufacturing COM
pany. a payment of this sort to the
belt line would amount to a direct re
bate to a shipper, because the rebate
would go to the latter as the owner of
the belt line If such a system were op-
Grated it follows that the object of the
law is defeated, and it is to determine
if the charges of this sort exist that
the interstate commerce commission
has called upon the roads to file the
names of their connecting lines and
points of contact. as well as a state
ment showing if they have been in the
habit of making terminal or connecting
allowances to lines which deliver the
traffic
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TO RETURN TO KANSAS.
J. E. Rastall, Formerly of the Burlin-
game Chronicle, to Quit Chicago.

Burlingame, Kan, March 16.-John E.
RastaH, who for eight years owned and
published the BurIingame Chronicle, but
now of Chicago, thinks of re-entering the
publishing business somewhere in Kansas.
Like many who have once breathed Kan
Sas air, he seems to have no mental rest
without 1t. Mr.. Rastau carried a mus
ket in the free state contest here in 1856
and was one of Lecomptons prisoners.
During the civil war he was again active,
serving three years and seven months as
officer and private. His wife, Fanny H.
dent of the w. c. T T., and largely
through her personal efforts the BeIoit
home for girls was established. Their
present address is 1883 Victory avenue,
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BREEDERS ASSOCIATION.
Plainville Cattlemen Have a Success
full Organization.

PIainvilIe, Kan, March 16-The Plain
vile Breeders association has elected the
following officers: President, William
MeIlott; secretary, s. R. Tucker An ex-
ecutive board was also elected as follows:
E. A. Kramer, c. S. Gaunt and N F.
Shaw. The next annual sale was fixed for
February . and 3, 1905, the first day be-
ing devoted to hogs and the last day to
the sale of cattle.
This association held their first sale
this winter, and proved success in ev-
cry particular. There are several herds
of ShorthoTns in this section which have
proved beneficial to the raisers of this
Stock Col. J. w. Sparks, the famous
stock auctfoneer of Marshall, Mo, has
been engaged for the next stock sale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-16
ANNOY MRS. M'KINLEY.-
Two Men Write Letters and Call at
Her Home.

Canton O.. March 1.-two. men who
have been sending letters to Mrs. Mckin-
ley from Cleveland called at her home to-
day and tried to gain admittance- They
were not permitted to enter They stated
to the household servant that they had a
communication they wished to read TO
Mrs Mckinley. They requested a local
LAWYER to go with them to the Mckinley
home but he refused to do so: They
told the lawyer that they had given N m
formation against the anarchists IN the
trial of the assassin of the late president
and were being pursued by anarchists be-
cause of that fact. The police were noti-
fied tonight and are on the outlook for
them At the Mckinley home 1T was ad-
u1itted that several letters had been re-
ceived from persons IN Cleveland out the
namas were not given out.
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HIS FATHERS AMBITION.
Geo. Gould Seems to Be Aiming at
TrauscontinentaI Line.

The declaration made by President
George Gould in the annual report of the
Missouri Pacific that the company had
largely increased its holdings of Wabash
securities, has caused considerable talk
in railroad and financial circles 1t is
the prevailing opinion that the purchase
of additional Wabash stock means that
the Missouri Pacific Will be used
holding company and that the controlling
interest in all of the Gould roads even
tualIy is to be lodged in the treasury of
the Missouri Pacific. The stock, it is said,
will be acquired by purchase and by the
exchange of securities. 1t was pointed
out that the Missouri Pacific already
holds absolute control of the Iron Noun
tain Texas and Pacific, Denver and Rio
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-16

SCIATICA is. nearly always an exhi-
bition of nervous weakness It is neu-
ralgia of the large sciatic nerve and de-
notes an anaemic or bloodless condi-
ton of the nervous system To enrich
the blood currents and tone up the nery-
Gus vitality is the only permanent cure
or sciatica. Anodynes and counter irri-
tants often serve as palliatives, but
they never cure
Peruna cures sciatica by increasing
the powers of digestion and thus re-
storing red blood corpuseles to the i'm
poyerished blood.
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@. o. Johnson Leaves Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, March &c. O.
Johnson, who has been general agent
of the Great Western, with headquar-
tiers in Kansas City, for the past three
years, has been promoted to the posi-
ton of assistant general freight agent
of that company, with headquarters in
Chicago. Mr.. Johnson will have charge
of all the eastern territory, and the
freight representatives in the offices at
New York. Pittsburg and other cities
and the travelling freight agents will
report to him. Mr.. Johnson's success
sor has not been announced
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NO PRosPERIrY THERE
Earnings of British Railroads Showed
Large Decrease.

The half-yearly reports of the prin-
cipal English railways have just been
made public and are causing consider
able unfavora BILE comment in financial
circles in Great Britain. Comparisons
which are made by the London CORE
spondent of The Railway Age with the
corresponding half-year of 1902 show
that the English railroads have not ex-
perienced the unprecedented era of
prosperity which has blessed the
American railroads
Eight out of twelve main English
systems reduced their dividends from
one-quarter to one-half per cent, while
only four of them pay above per cent
and only six above 4 per cent The
receipts for the half-year compared
with the corresponding period of the
precedfng year are:
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Grande. and the Rio Grande Western. By
adding to its holdings a majority of the
Wabash stock it now practically controls
that company
As result the Missouri Pacific now
controls system extending from Salt
Lake City to Pittsburg. It would not be
a difficult task for the Gould interests to
build to the Pacific from Pittsburg to the
Atlantic coast, thus creating a line, con-
trOl1ed by the Missouri Pacific, extending
across the continent The creation of a
transcontinental line is said to have been
the life ambition of Jay Gould, and it now
appears as If this ambition would be re-
allied by his son and heir, George Gould.
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Resume work on the Orient.

Work on the Orient is to be resumed
shortly. T. z. Lutegirding. who has
charge of the. construction work, was
in town Wednesday and informed the
editor that tracklaying on the line from
Milton to Wichita would likely be be-
gun before the first of April and that
construction work would be pushed
rapidly from now on till the line is IN
Kansas City.-Carmen fOkl Headlight
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RIPLEY REELECTED.
Old Officials of the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe Hold Over.

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Gulf. Colorado & Santa
Fe held in Galveston, Texas, on March
l. the board of directors and officers
were reelected as follows: Directors.
E. T. Ripley, L. J. Polk, ]. W. Terry,
Leon Blum, John Sealy, T. ]. Grace,
H. W. Landers, Sealy Hutchings ard
A c. Torbet. President, E. P. Ripley;
vice president, L. j. Polk; secretary
and treasurer. a. c. Torbert, and J. w.
Terry solicitor
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Although the passenger traffic shows
what the English critics declare to be
a gratifying increase the freight re-
ceipts fell off quite severely. From
both sources, however, the increase in
revenue for the half-Tear amounted to
&666. SIS, and for the entire year to
ESQ.,, 600. The increase in passenger
travel is better indicated by an in
crease of 2.26T. 600 passenger train
miles for the half-year and the decrease
in freight traffic by a decrease of 5,412,-
900 freight train miles, Despite the de-
crease in units of service the operating
expenses OF the roads Increased slight
Iy, which is especially distasteful to
the English financial writer's.
With the American roads, the Eng
lish are complaining bitterly of in
creased taxation. 1t is somewhat sig
nificant that at the recent meeting of
the stockholders of the Great Western
railway of England a resolution was
introduced declaring that the enormous
increase in expenditures over the in
crease in receipts made a consolidat ton
of the leading roads OF England neces-
sary to the end that material econ
omies might be effected.
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CALIFORNIA $500
via Santa Fe.

Tickets on sale during March and
April. This rate also applies to inter-
mediate points. Good in tourist Sleep
ers and free chair cars. Liberal stop
over privilege allowed
For full informat ton and free Htera-
ture, address T. l. KING,
c. P & Z. A. Topeka.