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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-15
II COUNTS
FOR WAR;
Bills Returned Against
Him by January
Grand Jury.
MAKES REPORT TO-DAY
Total of 80 Indictments
Found---The Others
in the Net.

J. W. WAR;. embezzlement. Il in,
| Gictment>: War; was secretary Of the
! Moline building. Lean d Savings ass0-
citation. 100000 Of whose funds. cen
sisting principally IF moneys of de-
| po>itorS. he il alleged to have appro-
priated to his own use. War; was ar
rested at his home in Moline this at
ternoon and brought into court to ar
range for the furnishing of bond pend
ing a trial. Searle & Marshall have
been retained to defend him.
Thirty-nine true bills were found by
the January grand jury. which re-
turned its report to Judge Graves in
the circuit court this morning. The
jury had been in session since the
first day of the month. One hundred
and thirteen witnesses were examined.
Four cases were ignored and no cases
were passed for the consideration of
future grand iuries. The indictments
not suppressed for service follow:
ELMER WHEELER. confidence
game; charged with obtaining I'M
lawfully $3.50 from the Rock Island
Railway company. There is second
indictment against Wheeler for OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses.
WILLIAM MCRELLIS. embrzzle-
ment and larceny: was employed by
the Central Union Telephone company
i'm this city. Nov. l.. while intoXica-
ted. stole 100 pounds of copper wire
and disposed of it to junk dealer.
FRANK MOORE. larceny: Moore is
cclorcd. and his alleged crime is the
theft of quantity of clothing from
Bert NARROW. Il porter at the Rock Isl
and house.
GEORGE KENNEDY. burglary;
kennedy i aged 10 years. and is one
Of three boys who burglarized a build
inc i'm the west end of the city. for
merly occupied by the Pcaslee Shoe
company.
SAMUEL CRAMitR. robbery: Cra-
mer. according to the Indictment. Dec.
lured Victor Anderson to Il deserted
ice house on the outskirts of the vii
lage OF Coal Valley and stole from
him 500.
JOHN NSHCRAFr. assault with in
tent to Kill; wife charged him with
attempting to force her to drink car
bolic acid at their home in this city
On the evenin" of Jan. 10.
JOHN OLSON. rape: Hannah Gus
taf>on. aged 81. of Moline. i the pros
ecutiUg witness.
GEORGE F. LOWE and MINNIE
LOWE. robbery: Ernst Rang claims
to have been relieved Of 500 by the
Loves in a saloon ON Fifth avenue.
conducted by Dick BoS. Nov. e.
THOMAS BROOKS. malicious mis-
chief: broke window i'm front of
Crown restaurant, Second avenue.
Oct. -.
ROBERT MCCONNELL. burglary and
larceny: William Bartlett claims that
Mcconnell robbed his apartments Oct.
20 and carried away wearing apparel
of the value of SOP.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-15
FuIsinger And Hill Go Free.

The cases ignored are: William Bur
ger. larceny; Fred \. Mccoy. aban-
Comment of wife: Arthur Hill and
Charles FulNingcr. larceny; Harry
Smith, larceny.
I'm reference to the county Jail the
jury reported as follows: The grand
jury of said court respectfully repre-
sent unto your honor. that. pursuant
to the statute in such case made and
provided. and the Instructions of your
honor. they visited the county Jail of
This county in body and they beg
leave to report that they found the
same clean aud we'll kept and i'm "a
good sanitary condition a. the condi-
tionS and surroundings would afford:
that the food furnished to the pri>-
uucr~ contained i'm said Jail i of good
quality and Of sufficient quantity to
keep the prisoners confined there in
good health; that the prisoners are in
good health and appear to be well pro-
videI for and taken care of; that upon
dine inquiry of the prisoners they
heard of no complaint against the
sheriff or officers in charge of them.
and would commend the sheriff and
his force for the condition of the pri>-
oncrS confined therein
The case of the United BTewerieS
company against \. J. Riess was given
to the jury at 10 o'clock this morning.
In an hour a verdict finding for the
was returned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-15
Licensed tn Wed
Pneumonia apdL Grippe.

Coughs cured quickly by Foley's
Honey and Tar. Refuse substitutes.
All druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29

ed, and several thousand people are
camped on the ground Union ser
vices are held in the amphitheater.
but the formal opening or the reunion
will take place tonight. se~
Colonel w. P. Hepburn, congress
man of Iowa, and Senator Long will
speak on Wednesday. August 81.
Colonel c. H. Morgan, of Missouri,
will speak on THURSDAY and Judge
Madison of Dodge City on Friday,
September 2. Many prominent ora
tors have accepted invitations to speak
during the week. Among these are
Congressman Charles Scott. Ed. Hoch,
W. S. Fitzpatrick, J. S. Dean, r. w.
Blue. Ex-Governor Samuel J. Craw-
ford, H. ]. Allen, c. G. Burton, G. w.
Wheatley and a number of others.
Beside the usual attractions, the
pike" will be embellished with the
Parker Amusement company, with
twenty shows and Number of new
features.
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BIG YIELDS OF CORN.
Some Corn Fields in Sherman VIII
Make Forty Bushels Per Acre.


That Sherman county is going to
record a corn crop this year. the equal
of which will be hard to find in the
more favored" counties toward the
east, there is no longer any doubt.
The excessive rains that have visited
western Kansas have in some local
tiles taken in certain areas every time
and in those particular spots the corn
crop has never suffered for want OF
moisture.
Perhaps the north part of the coun-
ty has been more fortunate this year
William Callow, VINO was in town
Tuesday, made special mention of the
fine corn that is to be seen around
the neighborhood. He reports that
Peter Tritch berger says that he would
have two thousand bushels of corn
from the acreage he has out this year.
Mr.. Callow did not say just to the acre
the amount of corn Tritchbsrger has
out, but it is perhaps in the neighbor-
1000 bushels from so acres, that
would make the yield 40 bushels to
the acre. Mr.. Callow himself will
have good crop of corn, but it failed
to get a rain or two that blessed some
of his neighbors.
Another exceptional instance of
promised big yield IS on the j. j.
Knight place in the northeast part of
this county. Mr.. Knight, who is the
present register of deeds of this coun-
ty, has made personal inspection of
doubt in his mind that he will have
at least a thousand bushels from his
fifty acre tract of corn-this in the
face of the fact that at one time the
corn was injured somewhat by a spell
of dry Notwithstanding Republic.
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RAILROAD IL! NEWS.
Coach Excursions to st. Louis
Discussed.
Rate to Apply Four Days Every
Week.
In 200 MILE RADIUS.
Rates VIII Not Be Discontinued
From Chicago.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.
IN 200 MILE RADIUS.

st. Louis, Mo-. Aug. 29.-The general
passenger agents of the st. Louis ter
minal lines, composing the ST.. Louis
association of general passenger and
ticket agents. met Saturday to take up
the question of coach rates for st. Louis
day, September Is, and other matters
relative to the Worlds fair traffic.
There was a, full attendance, and Pas
senger Traffic Manager Eustis of the
Burlington, Chicago, and General Pas
senger Agent o. P. McCarty of the Bal
tinore and Ohio Southwestern, Cincin-
natl, were present at the meeting. The
coach rate proposition was thoroughly
discussed, and a resolution was adopted
recommending to the Western, Central
and Southwestern Passenger Traffic
associations that coach rates, 1 cent a
mile, be made during September four
days of each week, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, within a
radius of 200 miles of St. Louis, with u
return limit of seven days. This ar
rangement will be Endorsed by the re-
spective associations, and will cover the
St. Louis day, insuring large attend
ance from all the surrounding towns.
1t may be stated on official authority
that the Chicago-St. Louis lines have
not discussed the question of diScon-
tinuing the coach excursions during
September, and there is no truth in the
reports sent out from Chicago to the
effect that such rates are to be abolish
ed next month.
A delegation from the State Commits
sioners' association submitted an ap-
plication for extension of the return
limit on coach excursions to the fair
and for sleeping car privileges 1t was
explained that the period actually COW
cred by the coach rate was in fact nine
days, and that seven clear days could
be spent at the fair on those tickets.
Sleeping car accommodations only ap-
piled to tickets of a higher rate with
longer return limit.
On ST. Louis day it was decided to
close all the city ticket offices at one
o'clock. The general offices will be
closed all daY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
BETTER FREIGHT FACILITIES.
Burlington to Give Kansas City a New
Freight Depot.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. ga deal
has been closed by which the Burling-
ton railroad secures site for pro-
posed new outgoing freight house
and the Kansas Moline Pillow company
acquires half a block of ground on
which it will build a new and larger
warehouse than the one it now occu-
pies in the West bottoms.
By the terms of trace the Burling-
ton exchanges half block of ground
on the north side of Tenth street,
extending from Mulberry street to
Santa Fe street. for the property of
the Moline company at the southwest
corner of Thirteenth and Mulberry
streets. The deal includes the proper
ty between the Moline Plow company
plant and Twelfth street This prop
erty is across the street, west from the
present freight house ana yards of the
Burlington railroad. The railroad
company is negotiating Tor right of
way from the alley back of the Mo-
line Plow company's plant to Twelfth
street.
There has been a campaign for
months on the part of the business in
tereStS to secure more adequate facil-
tiles for handling freight. The Santa
Fe has met the emergency by building
two depOtS, an in-depot and an out
depot and the company is now build
ing seven-mile switch and storage
yard extending from Toad-a-Loup to
Turner, KaS. The Missouri Pacific is
building forty-two miles of switch
ana storage tracks IN the East bot
toms and the officials of the road have
promised that a new and adequate
freight house will be built in the West
bottoms soon as the new yard is
completed. The Milwaukee has a new
and adequate freight house in the
West bottoms. The Union Pacific has
not been seriously complained of.
The Kansas City Southern has always
been able to take care of it's freight
business satisfactorily. The Rock Is
land is spending money extending its
facilities. as is also the Frisco. The
other railroads centering in Kansas
City are behind in their facilities and
are unable to handle freight at all
PROMPTLY,
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Through Sleepers
to St. Louis TIs.s5s5Y
via eESIsllk
Rock Island System

In addition to our No. 4, leaving
Topeka daily at 400 D. M, carrying
Coaches. Chair Cars, Tourist and
Standard Sleepers through to st.
through Standard Sleepers on No. 10
and No. SO.
No. 10 leaves Topeka at 7:45 a. m.
No. SO leaves Topeka at sos ID. m.
Arriving at st. Louis at $3.50 d. m.
and 1920 a. m. BY taking the Rock
Island for st. Louis you avoid the very
disagreeable change of cars at Kan
sas City. Also, remember, that No.
Rock Island train lands you at the
main entrance to the Worlds Fair
grounds.
For reservations and all other in
formation, see.
A. NJ. FULLER, @. p. A.
Both Phones 3S4. Rock Island deDot.
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KANSAS news.
The Harrington Oil Plant mt
CherryVale a Model.
Splendid Example Of Good and
Cheap Construction.
COST OF DRILLING.
Average Cost Per Well, With
Cleaning, lis About $3.50.
Careful Management Will Make
1t Soon Pay Out.

Cherryvale, Kan, Aug. 29.-At the
last pipe line report of the Prairie Oil
and Gas company. which is the STAN
dard Oil company's Kansas auxiliary,
Il was shown that there were in Kan
.sas and the Indian Territory S,1SS pro-
ducing wells. The August report, soon
due, is expected to add more than 200
new wells and eighteen drilling, fol-
lowed by Humboldt. a close second.
with 6Ss wells and forty-six drilling;
Peru and Sedan, 464 wells and fifty
seven drilling; Independence, 302 wells
and twenty-one drilling; Neodesha, 260
wells and thirteen drilling; Bartlesville,
197 wells and thirty-seven drilling;
Cherryvale, 116 wells and thirteen drill
ing; Coffeyville. 1O4 wells and five drill
ing. and so on, below 100, down to New
Albany with one we'll Following was
the development of the field in detail
to August /:
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HEAVY ENGINES.
Baldwin Works Making Special En-.
gines for Santa Fee.


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. men,
toned heretofore as having placed an
additional order with the Baldwin
Works for IS Atlantic balanced COM
pound locomotives, have specified
locomotives with a weight on the
drivers of SO, 200 and a total weight of
201,500 pounds. Diameter of drivers
by Is inches The boiler is of wagon
top type, built for a working pressure
of 220 pounds, with diameter at the
smallest ring of Sc inches. The fire
box is 107 1916 inches long, Sc inches
wide and has a depth of rs "a inches
in front and ST rs inches in back. The
tubes, numbering 273, are 2 Il inches
long. The heating surface in the
tubes is 3,016 square feet and in the
firebox 100 square feet, a total of
3,2O6 square feet. The water bottom
tender is equipped with archbar
trucks with roller bearing, elliptic
springs and cast steel holsters. The
specifications include the following
special items: Lukens boiler and fire.
box steel; Standard tires; Simplex
Railway Appliance company's springs;
Franklin boiler covering; piston
valves; Ohio A injectors; Tower coup
lers; Phosphor-Bronze and Hewitt
Manufacturing company's journal
bearings; Pyle National headlights;
Washington brakes; Chi
cago Railway Equipment company's
tender brake-beams; Crane 3-inch
safety valves; Chicago lubricators;
United States metallic packing; CrOs-
by steam gauges; company standard
whistles; Leach A-10 sanding device;
Johnston blow-off valves; American
brakeshoes and cast-steel driving
wheel centerS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29

The market stands at lightweight
cents a barrel for South Neodesha oil;
sixty-eight cents for North Neodesna,
and forty-seven cents for Kansas
heavy. This is much lower than the
market has been, but there is no sign
of diminution of development The
market might go even lower than that
and a good profit still be left for men
who have learned the art of producing
oil cheaply. The man who makes the
money in the oil trade. as in any other,
is he who keeps expenses down to the
minimum The road to fortune is not
an easy one in Petrolia, but il is sure
II one profits by experience and prac-
tees close economy. The oil producers
of Kansas have learned this lesson ear
", and now. with the greater part of
the field less than a year old. the most
of the plants are in skillful hands
and making money. Good men are
paid top wages and inexperienced men
are not wanted at any price. The plants
are of the best, but they are built with
careful economy. Supplies and ma
chinery are bought in competitive mar
kets and he who pays cash gets a dis
count.
An example of a cheaply and careful
~ and well constructed plant is that
of ]. c. Harrington & Co, three miles
southeast of Cherryvale. This property
is not on the market. The closest
economy and the best skill were en-
ployed in its development and in the
construction of the plant. The first
well Was SDOl OH lnlS lana last r ed
ruary and from eight wells the land is
now producing about 1000 barrels of
oil a month. This development covers
only about twenty acres and the entire
area of the property is $50 acres, for
which Mr. Harrington paid $500. At
terward he sold a half interest to
Charles Hayden, J. O. Myers and A. L.
Kendall of Jackson county. Mr.. Far
rington's home is in Strong Cftywhere
ne is interested with his brother-in-law,
Charles j. Lantry, in the cattle trade.
Mr.. Harrington, aided by I. S. Blauvelt,
personally superintendent the construc-
ton of the plant. Mr.. Blauvelt came to
Kansas from Bowling Green, O., where
he was reared in the oil trade. and to
him Mr. Harrington gives the credit
of the excellence of the plant. The
Harrington plant is one of the ''snow
plants of this district and the inn
pOrtant items of it's cost are therefore
interesting to all oil producers.
For drilling the first three wells Mr.
Harrington paid 81 foot and was al
lowed cents foot by the drillers for
the gas used to make steam. For four
wells he paid 50 cents a foot and was
allowed cents foot for gas. For ore
we'll he paid IS cents a foot and was all
lowed cents a foot for gas and he is
drilling No. 9 on the same terms. The
net price paid for the drilling was 95
cents foot for three wells, 80 cents for
four wells, and so cents for two wells
Originally the driller gave the free use
of his machinery II hours for cleaning
day thereafter. Now his contract is to
give p hours free and he is paid $50
day for every day thereafter. 1t has ia
ken from three to four days to clean
well. except one which. owing to a
leaiy casing required II days. Mr.. Far
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
That Pipe Line to Topeka.

Humboldt, Kas., Aug. 29.-The Kan
sas National Gas company is said to
be preparing to pipe gas to Topeka,
Kansas City and Joplin. Fourteen
cars of pipe have been unloaded north
of Humboldt, and forty or more cars
near Piuua are said to belong to that
company. The Kansas National con-
tinues to add to it's holdings, both by
purchase and development BY its
contract with the Consolidated Oil and
Gas company of Independence it takes
over and pays for every gas well
brought in on that group of leases.
One of its new wells on these leases
flows p million feet a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
THE ROCK ISLAND TO EXTEND.
New Lines Planned Between Fort
Worth and Galveston.

The Rock Island is planning big ex-
tensions for Texas. 1t is reported that
in the fall it will begin constructing it's
new lines between Fort Worth and Dali
las and Galveston. The surveys have
been made and the work of construc-
ton was about to be begun wnen the
Rock Island-Southern Pacific deal was
made, whereby the Rock Island was to
acquire a half interest in the three
north and south lines of the Southern
Pacific in Texas.
The Texas railroad commission re-
fused to sanction this, however, and the
deal was declared off. The original
project of building it's own north and
south line through Texas has now been
taken up by the Rock Island, and is
said to have been fully determined
upOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
SANTA F'E EARNINGS.
Report for July just Issued Shows a
Decrease.

Chicago, Aug. 29.-Earnings of the Santa
Fe railway system, announced by the
accounting officials, show a falling off for
July, the first month of the new fiscal
year. This is the first interruption in a
long series of excellent statements frcm
the Santa Fe. The decrease in gross for
the month amounted to s643, 1856, and in the
net the decrease is $606, 346. This is equiv
alent to decrease in net of about 81 per
cent and in gross of about II per cent
Following is the statement as issued:
Gross earnings, Safe, s36O5; decrease,
$643, 756 IS.
Operating expenses, ss,SS5, 947 Oh decrease.
Net earnings, 81. 1856, $500; decrease, $685.
1851
Income from operation, s1.16O, 49,. So; de-
crease, $612, 4S7.54.
Officials of the system report an in
crease in business for August, but also
explain that July, 1908, with which the
above earnings are compared, was one Of
the banner months in the history of the
property.
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railway Conventions in 1904.

September 13-TraveIling Engin-
GERS association at Chicago.
September 13-Master Car and Lo-
connective Painters association at At
lantic City, N. j.
September 13-Roadmasters' and
Maintenance of Way association at ST.
Louis.
September 15-Cenrral and Western
association of Car Service Officers at
st. Louis, Mo.
October 1S-American Association
of General Passenger and Ticket
Agents at Old Point Comfort, Va.
October 1S-SuperIntendentS of
Bridges and Buildings at Chicago.
November 15-Nationaf Convention
of Railroad Commissioners at Mont
gomery, Ala.
October 26-American Railway as
ISOLATION at Philadelphia, Pa.
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Druggists at Leavenworth.

Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. Gar
rangements are being made at Fort
Leavenworth to provide some kind of
entertainment for the members of the
National Pharmaceutical association,
who will visit the post in a body the
first week in September. The drug
gists will come up from their conven-
ton in Kansas City on day desig-
mated by the military auth orities, and
witness the maneuvers, the nature of
which has not yet been decided. The
association has taken UP the matter
with the war department direct, and
it is thought the commanding officer
at the post will be authorized to have
the troops participate in a sham
battle,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29

brought up by the big shovel is car
ried away out along the right of way
two miles or more and deposited in
the low places. A very good idea can
now be obtained of the difference in
levels that will exist between the
track for the east bound trains and
that for the west bound at the top of
the hill. The shovel has cut out a
pathway fully twelve feet deep and the
tops of the east bound trains will
hardly reach the steps of the west
bound trains. 1t is hard to realize the
grade was so steep and the wonder is
that the cut was not made years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
Winfield Fair Week.

cars of racing horses from Oklahoma
City, where they have been racing for
a week, were unloaded in Winfield
to be used during the .Cowley county
fair, beginning August 80. Among
them were Symboleer and Colonel
Loomis, PAGERS, which have records
of 2:O9H and 2:0Sz respectively, and
belong to the Wilkins farm at Maple
City. LOOMS will be sent in the free
for-alI pace, and Symboleer against
his record. Arrangements have been
made for Jim Underwood, the blind
trotter, from Topeka, to go an ex-
hibition mile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
CLOSE of Fort Riley shoot.

Junction City, Kas., Aug. 29.-In
the national pistol competition at Fort
Riley there were fifty entries from the
navy. marine corps and various or
ganizations of the army and from
the national rifle association.
The possible score for Saturday S
match was $50. The twelve marks
men taking the highest scores and
who are entitled to participate in the
distribution of medals and cash prizes
follow:
Sergeant NJ. Carey. Troop I, Fifth
United States cavalry, 236,gold medal
and $2S cash.
First Lieutenant R. H. Sayre. in
spector small arms practice, national
guard. New York, ESQ, gold medal
Lieutenant Jens E. StedJe, Fourth
United States cavalry, 229, gold medal
and $25.
Captain H. Deakyne, United States
engineers corps. 22S, gold medal and
$25.
Lieutenant j.. G. Hannah, Tenth
United States infantry, 225, silver
medal and $19.
Captain F. Sayre, Eighth United
States cavalry, distinguished pistol
shot, 225, silver medal and SO.
Private James f. Logan, Troop I,
Ninth United States cavalry, 225, sill
yer medal and $40.
Captain A. r. Heiberg, Sixth United
States cavalry. 224, silver medal and
$19.
j. T. Humphrey, member of the Ma
tional Rifle association and editor of
Shooting and Fishing, 223, bronze
medal and $14.
Private M. Appleby, Second regi-
ment national guard, District of Col
umbia, 22O. bronze medal and $14.
Quartermaster Sergeant B. E. Baker
Troop D, Third United States cavalry,
22o, bronze medal and $14.
Ordnance Sergeant w. F. Leushner,
Seventy-fourth national guard, New
York, 220. bronze medal and $14.