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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
UNFIT FOR HUMAN USE.
Chicago Street Cars Get Hard Jolt
from Alderman Preib.

Chicago. ILL.,, Jan. 21.-Cars run by the
Union Traction company on the Hal
sted street cable were declared unfit
for human use" by Alderman Michael
Preib in a complaint to Secretary
Pritchard of the board of health. The
alderman's picture of the street cars
which his constituents are forced to
use ran as follows:
Those cars were built before I was
born, and 1 hope their time will be up
pretty soon. Those lamps have not been
cleaned since I was a boy. The win
dowS give about as much light as oiled
paper. There is half an inch of slush
and melted snow on the floors, and l
tell you those cars are not fit for
American citizens. The people are
supposed to keep warm laughing at the
stoves, which are a joke, 1 should
think
Mr.. Pritchard promised to seek the
opinion of the corporation counsel re-
garding the powers possessed in the
matter by his department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
KIND THAT WON'T SMASH.
Frisco Manufacturing Non Wreckable
Cars for Worlds Fair Traffic.

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 21.-The Eastern
Illinois railroad company, now part of
the Frisco, is having thirty-four new
coaches built. which. it is claimed. can
not be telescoped. and which will with
stand almost any shock occasioned sby
a wreck without being splintered into
kindling wood. The coaches are pur-
posed for the Chicago-St. Louis world
fair service, and several of them which
have been received are now running in
the Florida limited train. The frames
of the cars are not entirely of steel, but
are equipped with steel sills and steel
vestibules. and the side frames are so
constructed that in the event of severe
wreck the cars will first give way in
the centers. which will bulge out I'm
der the steel veStibuleS the connecting
rods are so arranged between the cars
that the shock of collision can not raise
the cars from the track and thereby
permit of the rear cars being hurled
into and through the cars in front.
The construction of the cars has add
ed considerably to their weight, but the
should a train containing them suffer
a wreck the loss of life and the injuries
sustained would not be greater than
those in the Pullman cars. Day travel
to and from st. Louis during the expo
sition is expected to be very heavy, and
the necessity of strong day coaches is
felt by the arrangements of the Chi
cago-St- Louis lines. 1t was stated to-
day that all roads would likely pro-
vide new and stronger equipment for
the service and take other precautions
to prevent accidents and to decrease
the casualties in case of wrecks.
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more or less, and I don't see what you
will gain by further delay"
The fact that City Attorney Spencer
withheld his official endorsement of the
proposed move had much to do with its
postponement till Monday. He said he
wanted time to consider the case.
TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.
After setting forth that the water
company will deliver the plant to the
city on April 1, the communication says:
Second If we are unable to acquire
title to the property on or before April
1, 1904, we will operate or cause to be
operated from the first day of April
that all the receipts, except such as are
required for the regular maintenance
and operation of the plant shall accrue
to the city of Topeka; provided, that
the city of Topeka shall prior to that
date deposit in escrow with the First
National bank of Topeka or the Mer-
chants National bank of Topeka, the
$3.50, 900 of bonds of the city of Topeka,
or the sum of 1886, 900 in cash, to be de-
livered to US as hereinafter set forth
Section 3 sets forth that the bonds in
escrow shall be paid to the company
when it delivers its plant.
Section A provides that the deeds to
the property shall be approved by the
city attorney.
Section is as follows: ION the 31st
day of March, 1904, the books of the To-
peka Water company shall be balanced
and all money due to the Topeka Water
company for water furnished to con-
sumers and to the city prior to said
date shall accrue to us, and we shall be
authorized to collect said moneys from
the city and said consumers, and the
managers appointed by the city shall
assist US insofar as their power lies to
collect said bills All current supplies
shall be fnvoiced at cost price and shall
be purchased and paid for by the city.
All current bills payable shall be paid
by u.s.
Section provides that prior to the
transfer to the city the North Topeka
main shall be relaid with 10-inch pipes,
and the pumping machinery shall be
put in good shape.
Section specifies that if for any rea-
son the water company is unable to get
a good title to the plant, the company
shall pay the city 1865, the cost of print
| ing the bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
100000 FIRE LOSS
Shelby Steel Tube Co. Works in
Ohio Destroyed

Shelby, o., Jan. 21-The U. S. Steel
corporation sustained a 100000 loss by
fire last night at the plant Of the Shell
by Steel Tube company. The fire start
ed in one of the smaller rooms from a
defective wire and spread to the larger
stock rooms. completely destroying
them. The product of the entire plant
for the past six months was destroyed
within an hour, consisting of 800, 900
tons, making in all 25,000, 600 feet of fin
ished product, valued at So, 600 900. The
fire broke out at o'clock and at 10
o'clock the immense building fell in
with a crash that could be heard for
miles from the city. Battered and twist
ed. the finished product lies in a heap,
almost a total loss. Tube works Off
Gals state that a portion can be worked
over, but it will require the entire ca
pacity of the plant and will delay the
mills in other orders. The stock con-
sisted mostly Of locomotive boiler flues
and other government work of various
kinds. The fire was confined to the
stock buildings, which were built at an
expense of 100000
The tubing manufactured by the Shell
by plant was used extensively by the
government for boiler flues in U. S.
war vessels. The q. S. government has
been the best customer of the local
plant. The plant was erected in 1890,
and covered nearly ten acres of ground
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
ONE MORE UdAN OE
ST. Louis Ticket Scalpers Appeal to
IT & Supreme Court

jefferson City, Mo. Jan: 21,INot con-
tent with their defeats in the circuit
courts in st. Louis and in the Missouri
state supreme court here which sus-
ings brought against them by the. rail-
road companies entering St; Louis to re-
strain them from selling railroad tickets,
the ticket brokers of that city will appeal
to the supreme court of the United
States.
Judge Henry w. Bond came up from
st. Louis today, together with F. n: Jud-
son who is associated with him in the
cases, and appealed them from the state
court at Washington. He sued out a writ
of error through H. G. Geisberg, clerk OF
the United States circuit court, which
was signed by Chief Justice Walter NJ.
Robinson of the state supreme court.
When the cases came here from st:
Louis Judge. Leroy B. Valiant dissente ef
the trial court, which was adverse to the
brokers. and in this dissenting opinion N n
understood that it is principally upon this
dissenting opinion that the brokers ex-
pect to win in the higher court to which
they have appealed.
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STILL Is GOING DOWN.
Salt Lake Cutoff Is Being Swallowed
Up in the Water.

Salt Lake City, Utah. Jan. 21-It
now appears that the sinking Of track
on the Ogden-Lucin cutoff across the
great Salt lake is more serious than
was reported yesterday. Instead of
but 200 feet of trestle being affected,
1000 feet collapsed. The work of re-
storing the structure to it's former con-
dftion will be heavily expensive The
latest settling has occurred out at mid
lake, near Camp Ten. Supplies for
the workmen are now being sent
around the lake by way of Tacoma
and Hogup, instead of direct from Og-
den, as heretofore.
One of the leading officials of the
Union Pacific said today that the track
had been settling right along, and that
the present sinking was to the extent
of 6 inches on an average. The original
estimated cost of this attempt to bridge
the great Salt lake was 81, 600, 900. En-
gineers now say that the cost will ex-
coed $10.000,000. The day for opening
the Lucin cutoff for the running of
through passenger trains will have to
be postponed until spring, and is in
definite at the best.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
HELD UP BY ROBBERS.
Sunset Limited Encounters q
Band of Highwaymen.

Salinas, Cal. Jan. 21.-News has just
been received here that the Sunset
Limited train on the Southern Pacific,
which left San Francisco last night,
was held up by robbers between Paso-
robes and San Ardo. The engineer, so
the report says, pulled up at the sight
of a red light displayed as danger
signal. when the trainmen were over
powered and the robbers forced an en-
trance into the EXPRESS and mail cars,
What they got away with in the shape
of plumber is not yet known, but it is
said that they looted a number of mail
bags and took the plumber off with
them.
THREW OFF THE SAFE.
San Francisco. Cal, Jan. 21.-At the
Office of the Southern Pacific railway in
the city the only information received
so far from the south was to the effect
that the train known as section No. 2
of the Sunset Limited, which left this
city at 6 p. M last night. had been
robbed by bandits. who had taken the
safe from the. express car, weighing 200
pounds, and thrown it off the car. The
officers from San Luis Obispo are now
in pursuit of the robbers.
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of them were gold and silver plated.
The upper part of the glass globe was
colored blue, and the name of the own
er was cut in old English letters. At
the meetings of the conductors associ-
ations, manufacturers would arrange a
great display of costly lights at one
of the hotels in the city in which the
meeting was held. Some of the con-
ceits in the lights were unique, and
the prices arranged from $25 to ten
times that figure. The glass and plat
ing were kept in a highly polished
state, and none dared NEEDLE with this
part of the ticket puncher's equipment.
Conductors still carry their own Ian
terns-that is, they are on the train
ready for use-but there is nothing like
the need of them that formerly existed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
IT HANGS FIRE.
Terms of Transfer of Water
Plant Not Completed.
City Council Refers Whole Cues
tiOn to a Committee.
DATE FIXED APRIL /.
Mr.. Spencer Says City May Have
to Pay Receiver.
Agreement for the Transfer as
Submitted.

President Chas. F. Street of the To-
peka Water company submitted to the
council last night his formal PROPOSE
ton for the transfer of the ownership
of the plant, and the council referred
a resolution accepting the conditions to
the ways and means committed. Later
on it recOnsidered the matter, and after
chewing it all over again for nearly an
hour, merely changed committees and
sent the matter to the Waterworks COM
mittee instead of the ways and means.
It is the purpose to have the water
works committee, composed of Council
men Tincher, Howe and Wolf, secure
from Superintendent Schmittendorf
of the Santa F'e water service, a state
ment as to his opinion of the condition
of the city waterworks. and to consult
with City Attorney Spencer about the
advisability of making some changes
in the terms of transfer proposed by
Mr.. Street. Councilman Ryder was
very much opposed to making an agree
ment to take the plant without some
sort of official action on record to show
that an inspection of the plant had
been made. The council will meet again
Monday night to hear the committees
report. and President Street says that
he will be here for the meeting.
Apparently the most valid objection
to the propositions of Mr.. Street was
suggested by City Attorney Spencer.
who said that under the terms proposed
the water company could continue in
charge of the plant for an indefinite
period after April l, and the city would
be obliged to continue to pay a high
salary for the services of a receiver
during the whole time. 1t was also
thought that by accepting the PROPOSE
tions the city might unwittingly enter
into contract which would bind the
city but not the water company.
President Street was present at the
meeting last night, and presented the
propositions in person. In response to
questions he stated that the provision
In regard to the city paying extra for
current supplies referred especially to
coal on hand or paid for, and did not
refer to the general material owned by
the company. Councilman Weber was
inclined to object to the provision for
1O-inch water main to North Topeka.
He said that with the proposed extern
sions in the mains in that part of town,
much larger main than 10 inches
would be needed.
President Street was anxious that the
council should accept the agreement
ana close the deal at last nights meet
ing.
4 want to clinch this thing at once. -
he said, so that there will be no pos
s1ollity of any trouble with our bond
holders There are upwards of a hun
dred of these, and We want things to
take definite shape as quickly as pos
sible to avoid any misunderstanding
with them The council has been con
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
EAsTERNERs WANT BONDS.
Orient Securities in Good Repute With
Railway Investors.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 21.-George M.
RyalI of Baltimore, Md, of the firm of
George M. Ryall & Co., financial agents
is a guest at the Hotel Baltimore. Mr..
Ryal came to Kansas City to arrange
with the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
Railway company to handle its new
townsite bonds in the east. He will
leave for Baltimore tonight. I'VE shall
have not the slightest trouble placing
the bonds we handle" said Mr.. Ryall
this morning IT could have sold some
of them before I came out here. AL
ready we have had a large inquiry for
them. The Orient is looked upon IS
good property back out way. Over in
Europe it has a good reputation also.
1 was over in England last summer
and I heard much talk of the Orient
railroad in financial circles. Every
where it was considered q good propo-
Sition.'
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Kidnapine Story Exploded.

Mobile. Ala, Jan. 21.-Ethel Rovelle.
the Young woman from Meridian, said
to be heir to several millions of dollars
of property left by an uncle. has been
arrested on the charge of being dan
gerous and suspicious" The complain
ant was Detective Hand, of Meridian,
Miss. who came here at the instance
of the woman's uncle, J. NJ. Huskey, of
Meridian, who decided to meet and con-
suit with the woman as to her future.
He said that the reported HdnaDing
of the girl at Meridian was a hoax
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
ITS GLORY HAS DEPARTED.
Conductors Lantern Has Surrendered
to the Pintsch Gas Lights.

Modern raiIroading has driven the
passenger conductors lantern almost
out of use. Two decades ago or less
the pride of a passenger conductor was
his lantern says the Chicago Tribune.
Then the cars were not so brilliantly
illuminated as they are now, and the
ticket taker was obliged to carry his
light in his left arm in order to see the
pasteboards as he passed through the
dimly lighted car
Ten or twelve years ago the conduc-
tors INDUCED in considerable extrava-
gance in the matter of lanterns. Some
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
LINE FROM PoRTALEs.
Santa Fe Said to Be Surveying from
Texas Connection.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Jan. H.-The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
officials have placed engineers in the
field to run the preliminary survey
from the proposed new line which it
will build from Portales, N. NJ, to a
connection with its system in Texas
1t is stated that the Texas connection
will be made at San Angelo, to which
place a branch of the Santa Fe now
extends from Temple. This new line
will afford a new and direct outlet be-
tween Galveston and the west and
northwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
A PRISONER in Her own House.

Mrs w H Layha of 1901 Agnes ave.
Kansas City No, has for several years
been troubled with severe hoarseneSs and
at times a hard cough, which, she says:
'sWould keep me indoors for days. 1 was
prescribed for by physicians with no no.
ticeable results. A friend gave me part
of bottle of Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy with instructions to closely follow
the directions, and I wish to state that
after the first day could notice decided
change for the better, and at this time
after using it for two weeks, have no
hesitation in saying I realize that I am
entirely cured This remedy is for sale
by all druggists.
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WAR SPIRIT DYING OUT.
CoIombia Will Let the Panama
Incident Pass.

New York, Jan. 21-Mail advices re-
ceived from Bogota indicate, according
to a Herald dispatch from Panama.
that the war feeling in Colombia is
dying out and there is a general desire
to allow the Panama secession to pass
without disastrous war.
Juan Perzzote, who has been agi-
tating war with the United States by
speeches and writings is reported to
have been placed under arrest.
From Cartagena comes the report of
the great financial depression and the
desire to establish business relations
with the iSthmus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
ORANGES FROM CALIFORNIA
Santa Fe Is Rushing Through the
Big Citrus Shipments.

Emporia. Kas., Jan. 21.-The principal
business nowadays is in fruit ship
ments. Sunday six train loads averag-
ing about q carloads to the train. went
through east bound from California.
Yesterday five train loads of oranges
We're received before noon, and also two
train loads of tea from Japan went
through. The Asiatic freight goes
through from San Francisco to New
York city almost as fast as a passenger
train would go. The crews in charge of
the two trains We're through crews from
La Junta to Kansas City, which is an
unusually long run.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
Has Visited South American Capitals

Mexico City, Mex, Jan. 1.-Charles NJ;
Pepper, representative of the United
States government for the projected Pan
after a Journey of $500 miles and visit
ing the capitals of twenty-five different
eroyernments. Mr. Pepper says that the
Pan-American railway being built by
Americans in the southwestern part OF
the republic is today within 165 miles OF
pieted, Guatemala will build lines in
continuation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21

If any druggist has poor
drugs, what sort of a drug
gist is he?
I think he is likely to be
the high price sore-head. I
don't mean any particular
one, you know.
FRANK HOBART,
500 West Tenth.
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Sues Russell Sage for Salary.

ST. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 21.-Judge Lewis,
in the district court today, began hearing
the suit of E. c. NJ. Rand against Russell
Sage as assignee in trust of the Hast
ings and Dakota railway company The
plaintiff in this action brings his suit to
recover $4,000 for wages or salary for
services rendered Mr.. Sage as trustee for
the railway company. Mr.. Rand was a
clerk for Mr.. Sage from September, 1897.
to September 1902. While he was paid
wages or salary, he complains that he
was not paid for the extraordinary and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands of Men and Women Have Kidney Tro
and Never Suspect 1t.
To Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy, SwampRoot.
will do for YOU Every Reader Of State Journal May Have
Sample Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail.

It used to be considered that only urinary
and bladder troubles were to be traced to the
kidneys, but modern science that
nearly all diseases have their beginning in the
disorder of these most important organs
The kidneys filter and purify the blood
that is their work
Therefore. when your kidneys are weak or
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If you are sick or feel badly" begin taking
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I cheerfully recommend and endorse the Great
Remedy Dr.. Kilmers Swamp-Root, for kidney
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entirely of kidney and liver trouble from which
suffered terribly.
Most gratefully yours
A. R. Reynolds. Chief Of Police.
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
continue much suffering and fatal results
sure to follow. Kidney trouble irritates the
nerves. makes You dizzy restless, sleepless and
irritable. Makes pass water often during
the day and obliges you to get up many times
during the night. Unhealthy kidneys cause
rheumatism, gravel, catarrh of the bladder,
pain or dull ache in the back joints and
cles make your head ache and back ache.
indigestion, stomach and liver trouble,
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21

Police Give Him Bad Name.

Chicago, Jan. PA prosperous ticket
broker in a fashionable hotel by day
and general receiver of stolen prop
erty by night, is the character given by
the police to Charles T. Stout, who has
conducted a fashionable ticket brokers'
office in the Kaiserhof hotel. Stout has
been arrested on the confession of a
burglar, who declares that he sold his
stolen property to him. The broker was
held in bonds of Sc. 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21
Domestic Troubles.

It is exceptional to find family where
there are no domestic ruptures OCCASION
ally, but those can be lessened by having
DIR. Kings New Life Pills around. Much
stomach and liver troubles. They not on
" relieve you, but cure. 25c at Arnold
Drug Co., 821 North Kansas ave.
The Rathbone Sisters will give a
dance at the K. of P. hall, ThursdzS
evening. Admission so cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21

onerous duties he performed in handling
the large area of railroad lands in the
hands of the trustees.
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How to Find Out.

IF there is any doubt in your mind to
your condition. take from your urine on rising
about four ounces. place it in a glass or bottle
and let it stand twenty -four hours If
animation it is milky or cloudy if there is a
brick-dust settling. or if small particles float
about in it. your kidneys are in need of imme-
date attention.
Swamp Root is pleasant to take and is used
in the leading hospitals, recommended by ply
sicians in their private practice. and is taken
nv doctors themselves who have kidney all
nents because they recognize in it the great
est and most successful remedy for kidney.
liver and bladder troubles.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21

To Cure Gr7p N TWO Days,
Iaxatixe Bromo Quinine removes TIE
cause To get the genuine, call for the
full name. Csc