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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28

His prompt action has made possible the
early completion of the canal. He has
not acted in contravention of the execu-
tive duty OF our national interest He
has earned praise. not censure. by his
timely, wise and coura geouS course
At Butte the party was also cordially
greeted and the entire population appear
ed 10 be on the streets or at the theaters
in which the two meetings of the night
were held At the Grand theater in Butte
where Fairbanks spoke he dwelt upon the
tar1n question, referring especially to the
tarIn on lead ore On the latter point he
said in part:
One of the wise provisions of our pro-
tectlve law is that which imposes a duty
on lead ore The miners of the great
Rocky mountain regions and elsew here
said to US: IF you will place an ade-
quate protective tariff on lead ore you
will stimulate the mining industry in the
United States; you will open old mines
closed by Democratic policy and start
new ones and thereby give remunerative
employment to a vast army of wage
earners-"
We believed the claims TO be well
founded We acted upon the assumption
that an adequate duty on lead ore would
stimulate the mining industries and we
therefore imposed a sufficient duty to
protect the industry against foreign COM
petitors who were able to hire their la
Dor at less wages than We would either
ask or desire our miners to accept"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
MEXICAN JUSTICE.
Swift to Furnish Murders of Ameri-
can Citizens

Boston, Sept. 2S.-Wiliam T. Way
of this city was informed today by
Herbert H. d. Pierce. third assistant
secretary of state, that the Mexican
authorities had passed sentence upon
the persons concerned in the muir
ders of Mr. Ways brother Clarence
and Edward B. Latimer, another Amer
lean citizen The U. s. consul at Ma
zatlan reports to the state depart
ment that Francis Cogastro has been
sentenced to death: Hermolao Torres,
the alcalde of Aqua Caliente De Waca,
the town where the tragedy took
place, to ten months Imprisonment and
a fine of five hundred pesos and FL
delio Carrasco to eight months i'm
prisonment- Messrs. Way and Lati-
mer were killed on July 19.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
The aIorse-Code Fan. ;,

There's no use talking, need a sea
son pass to the baseball game, and if
some of my friends don't tell Barney
about me pretty soon, why, I'll have TO
brace him myself. I'm getting tired
of going to that grandstand and win
ming out their games for them and
start up in the mascotting business on
a large scale, I'm too good to lie around
loose this way
Curley Boyd. from the telegraph Of
flee, was heard to make remarks some
thing like this as he rTamped up the
street from the baseball park on Mon
day evening. He had just seen Brook
Ign trounced twice by Pittsburg. and
taking this in connection with having
been present, is inclined to think him
self pretty nearly the entire cut of
cheese.
Now there are different ways of
winning baseball games" continued
the famous telegraph operator, falling
into talk on his favorite theme. II can
feel in my bones when we are going to
win, and there are times when / feel
that we are not going to win, and then
it makes me feel sad was not pres
ent at the fall of Mathewson. but
predicted it and 1 would have been in
at the death had it not been that stern
duty called me and 1 had to git. Just
my luck, too. l sat through most of
that game over there and saw Matty
wipe his feet on us all the way. I
hoped that we might get to him. but
go. 1 went out breathing maledfctions
and other things on the head of Matty,
and guess that helped some. had no
sooner got out of the place than they
fell on Mr.. Matty and made him look
like a punched dime. 1t was pretty
hard billiards for me to listen to those
yells when I was down at Federal
street and knowing that we were
whipping the lining out of Matty yet
not be able to go back to see the last
death struggle of New York. Ny
friends tell me that I'm a hoodoo and
one of them had the nerve to tell me
that if 1 hadn't gone out of the park
that we would never have beatan
Mathewson that day. Well, at that I
helped them win. / think there is
something coming to me- "-Pittsburg
Press
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September IS. 1903. and sent to re-
formatory.
Anthony Peacher. convicted septem-
Der IS, 1903. of shooting into railway
car and sent to penitentiary-
Frank Ferguson, pleaded guilty
September 1e. 1903, to bringing stolen
property into county. Sent to peni-
Tertiary.
Frank weatherly. convicted septem-
Der Is, 1903, of larceny from dwelling
and sent to penitentiary.
Henry Taylor. pleaded guilty Sep
TENDER %, 1903, to grand larceny and
sent to penitentiary.
John Jordan pleaded guilty October 5.
1903. to burglary and sent to peniten-
tiary.
Ciaud Smith pleaded guilty Septem-
Der g. 1908, to larceny in a dwelling and
sent to penitentiary-
Bud Groves pleaded guilty January
z. 1904, to grand larceny and sent to
penitentiary.
TENDER %. 1908, to grand larceny and
sent to penitentiary.
Robert Barnett convicted October u.
1908. of larceny from freight car and
Earl Felix pleaded guilty of larceny
from dwelling October. 1903, and sent to
penitentiary-
Charles Hawkins pleaded guilty No
vember 2, 1908, to bigamy and sent to
penitentiary.
Thomas DeMoss convicted December
8, 1908, of murder, first degree, SEN
fenced to be hanged.
William Mason pleaded guilty to
manslaughter January, 1904, and sent to
penitentiary.
William Walker pleaded guilty jan
uary 5, 1904, to burglary and larceny
and sent to penitentiary.
Geo. Wells pleaded guilty March 10
1904. to assault with intent to kill, and
sent to penitentiary-
Chas. Bunce pleaded guilty January,
70 1r-5r-a inc nd n
penitentiary.
Tom Cooper pleaded guilty March Z.
1904. to grand larceny and sent to PEN
itentiary.
VIII Wheeler pleaded guilty May 2.
1904. to grand larceny and sent to peni-
Tertiary.
James Gilkerson pleaded guilty May
to grand larceny and sent to peni-
Geo. GREENHOUSE pleaded guilty
March 1904 to criminal assault and
sent to penitentiary.
Lincoln Payne convicted, Sept. 10.
1904, larceny from freight car and
sent to penitentiary.
pleaded guilty May IS. 1904. to grand
larceny and sent to penitentiary.
assault with intent to kill. sentenced
to penitentiary-
Hayi Weatherly pleaded guilty to
assault with intent to kill, sentenced to
penitentiary.
Robert Romano pleaded guilty Sept.
1904, grand larceny, sentenced to pen
itentiary.
Frank Jordan convicted September,
1903, assault intent to kill; sent to
penitentiary-
George Harris pleaded guilty to
criminal assault September 1904; SEN
fenced to penitentiary.
Fred Collins pleaded guilty of at
tempt to commit arson September p,
1904; sentenced to penitentiary-
Charles Muckles pleaded guilty to
horse stealing September, 1904; sem
fenced to penitentiary.
w N Gilkerson pleaded guilty Sep
TENDER, 1904, to assault with intent to
kill; sentenced to penitentiary.
George Harris pleaded guilty Sep
TENDER, 1904, to attempted criminal
assault; sentenced to penitentiary.
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A Letter to State Journal
Readers.
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January IL. 1904

January II, 1904.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28

additional transportation facilities to
the growing territory through which
the system extends
Furthermore, the traffic on your
main lines has become so dense that
the construction of second tracks and
will soon be imperative. Since the year
1896 more than thirty million dollars
of surplus net income has been ap-
piled to the development and en-
largement of your properties, and it
is expected that a considerable amount
of surplus net income will be applied
in like manner hereafter; but it is
d1tional capital should be obtained
during the next few years for the pur
poses above referred to, and il is be-
lieved that the expenditure of this
capital will result in a substantial in
crease of the surplus net income of
the company
No Change in Control.
Regarding the various reports from
Wall street of change in financial con-
troll of the Santa Fe system-one be-
ing that Rockefeller had bought a
the Pennsylvania was buying for con-
trol-President Ripley said yesterday:
There have been heavy purchases
of Santa Fe securities through Kuhn,
Loeb & Co, but at least three times
as much stock would have to be sold
as has been reported before the con-
troll of the road would be changed
The stock recently sold undoubtedly is
going into good hands, and its change
of the road, except to better it, There
is no reason to suppose that Pennsyl
vania interests have been the recent
purchasers of Santa Fe stock
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TRAFFIC HOLDS GOOD.
Largest Movement of Live Stock i'm
Five Months.


Live stock traffic on the western
roads last week was the largest OF any
week in over five months General
traffic on the western roads is good
West-bound shipments of general
merchandise have increased steadily
for a month past, though country
merchants are still buying very con-
servatively and only to meet the con-
-sumptive demand. EaSt-bound trafnc
is heavier than the roads can supply
cars fast enough to take care or
promptly. Grain receipts in Chicago
last week were handled by the carry
ing roads in the following proportions:
Northwestern and Rock Island, 10 per
cent each; Burlington, Is per cent;
Milwaukee and St. Paul, IL per cent;
Illinois Central, IL per cent; Santa
Fe, per cent; Chicago Great West
ern, per cent; other roads 2 to per
cent each.
Central Traffic and Trunk line asso-
citation roads report very heavy traf-
fic both east bound and west bound.
Both the Pennsylvania and the Balti-
more & Ohio have more than they
can provide cars to handle promptly.
Coal roads report greatly improved
conditions, and very heavy move
ment of both bituminous and anthra-
cite. East-bound shipments of flour,
grain and provisions last week as COM
pared with those of the previous week
and the corresponding week last year
were as follows: Pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
KANSAS MAN ELECTED.
Chas. w. 1Iaier of Parsons, Is Third
Vice President of b. of l.. F.

Buffalo, Sept. 2s.-The entire roster
of grand officers of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen was reelected
for two years at Tuesdays session of
the ninth biennial convention. Some
opposition to the reelection of Grand
Master Hannahan developed and
Frank McManany of Grand Rapids
was placed in the field against him.
When it came down to a vote, how
ever, Mr.. Hannahan carried the con-
vention by large majority. The
grand officers are: Grand master,
John j. Hannahan: first vice grand
master, Charles A. Wilson, Phillips
burg, N. j.; second vice grand mas
ter, Timothy Shea, Peoria, Ills; third
vice grand master, Chas. w. Maier,
Parsons, Kans.; fourth vice grand mas
ter, Eugene A. Ball, Stratford, Ont;
grand secretary and treasurer, William
S. Carter. Peoria, ILL.,; editor and man.
ager of official organ. John F. Nc
Nance, Indianapolis.
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Western Roads violated Injunction.

Chicago. Sept. 2s.-The United States
court soon may be asked to pass upon
some of the transactions which are saio
to have been made recently by western
railroads. 1t was said yesterday that q
movement was on foot to cite
certain western and southwestern
roads before Judge Grosscup
an charges of having violated
injunctions issued a long time ago re-
straining the granting Of cut rates.
preferences to shippers or the payment
of rebates.
The decentralization in western terri
tory since the falling off of business has
become so great that some Of the roads
are said to have ignored the Elkins law
as well as the injunctions. Instances
are cited where large consignments
have been carried at less than tariff
rates, the railroads not even taking the
trouble to put In rates to cover the
movement. The latest example. IL IS
said, is found in connection with the
canned goods.
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sNfoKELEss COAL.
Santa Fe Making Experiments Be-
tween Purcell and Arkansas City.

A dispatch from Guthrie says: For
some time past the Fort Smith &
Western Railway company has had
two men giving instructions to the en-
gineers and firemen on the Santa Fe
in the use of smokeless coal mined
near Fort Smith by the Fort Smith &
Western company; the mines are To-
Gated in Indian Territory.
The coal is said to be of excellent
quality, but firemen inexperienced in
its use are said not to get satisfactory
results thereform. The Fort Smith &
Western delegated Engineer NJ La
mott and Fireman 1. Sherman to in
struet the Santa Fe employees in the
use of that coal. They began their
instructions at Purcell last week.
They give the instructions by riding
on the Santa Fe engines between Pur-
cell and Arkansas City and giving
practical demonstrations to the fire.
men. AS a. result of these lessons the
coal will come into general use. 1t is
said, on this part of the Santa Fe sys-
tenn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
REAR ADMIRAL HICHBORN
Recommends Pc ru ma = Other Prominent Men
Testify.
Pc-ru-na Is n Preventative and Cura-
tive Medicine for Catarrh-

Pc-ru-na Is a Preventative and Curn-
dive Medicine for Catarrh-
Hon. E. H. Fitch. formerly special
United States Attorney State of Vir-
ginia, writes from the Census ONCE
building, Washington. D. c.. as fol-
lows:
People cannot live in the variable
climate of the Eastern and Atlantic
Coast states and escape liability to
colds and catarrhal affections The
wide and common prevalence of these.
ailments is proof enough of the as
sertion. I have been no exception, but
1 have found a sure means for COM
batting those greatest objections to this
climate, and that is Peruna. Taken as
directed, 1t is a cure for present ca
tarrhal Affections and a preventative
of future distress of that kind. "-E-
H. Fitch.
''Pe-ru-na a Very Effective Remedy
Hon. Robert W. Davis. member of
Congress from Florida. writes from
House of Representatives, Washing
ton, D. c.. as follows:
II can cheerfully recommend your
remedy Peruna, as a very effective
cure for coughs. colds and catarrh."-
Robert w. Davis.
Colds Not Promptly Cured Are Sure
to Cause Catarrh.
Peruna cures catarrh. That is all
that DR.. Hartman claims for it, But
catarrh assumes various phases in the
human system.
The day was when men of promi-
nence hesitated to give their testi-
monials to proprietary medicines for
publication. This remains true today
of most proprietary medicines But
Peruna has become so justly famous,
its merits are known to so many peo-
pie of high and low stations. that no
one hesitates to see his name in print
recommending Peruna.
If you do not derive prompt ana
satisfactory results from the use of
Peruna, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case.
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman. President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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BRIDGE GANG DIsBANDED.
Rock Island VIII Not Build Bridges
i'm Kansas

The policy of retrenchment of the
Rock Island railroad has been carried
to that extent that a gang of bridge
builders which was modified at To-
peka has been given orders to disband-
About a year ago it was decided to
replace the bridges between Topeka
and Harrington with steel structures of
heavier design than those now in use
About six months ago the material for
the IL or 1 5 bridges between this city
and Harrington was distributed. but the
work of construction has been delayed.
The work was to have been carried
out this fall and a bridge gang Waa
modified here for that purpose. Last
week orders came that the work would
not be carried out at this time and the
men were released.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28

Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn Of
the United States Navy. in a recent
letter from Washington. d. c., gives
Peruna the following endorsement:
'.After using Peruna for a short
time period, L can now cheerfuIly rec
ommend your valuable remedy to any
one who is in need of an invigorating
tonic'-PhiIip Hichborn.
Rear Admiral J. A Howell. L. s.
Navy, writes from Washington, d. C.,
as follows:
1T have used your Peruna eth sat
isfaction, and can cheerfully recon-
mend the remedy as an effective cure
for coughs and colds.''-J. A Howell
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna a strong endorsement
Men representing all classes and sta
tions are equally represented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28

of the company where he is working.
"It is to be regretted that few of
the machinists place such a ridiculous
Iy low price upon their manhood and
honor, but such has been the history
of the world. From the twelve apos-
ties down, traitors have been found
in every form of society. 1t would,
therefore, be inhuman to expect that
every rnachinist would be big enough
and strong enough to resist tempta-
fiOr -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
HARTMAN CONFERENCE
Heads of Traffic and Operating De-
partments Meet in Chicago.

Two important Hartman conferences
are in progress in Chicago. One is be-
tween the various traffic heads of all
Hartman lines and the other is between
all the operating heads of these roads
J. G. Stubs is presiding over the traffic
meeting while Julius Kruttschnitt is at
the head of the other meeting. Among
the subjects under discussion is one re-
lating to the traffic of the northwest
and especially Spokane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
Decrease.

The average mileage operated during
the past fiscal year was S,179.59, an in
crease of 297.01, of which 134.9 were
completed on the Eastern Oklahoma
line, the remaining being made up by
the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City and
the Gulf, Beaumont & Great Northern
roads. In addition the company con-
trolls, through ownership of stocks and
bonds, various subsidiary lines of an
aggregate length of 96S. % miles.
The funded debt of the company is
$236, 500. an increase of ST. 900 dur
ing the year. The capital stock out
$102, 900 900 common.
In the operating expenses were 61.94
per cent of the gross earnings, while in
1903 they were 61.65 per cent. The av-
creased from $2.65 to $2.75 or 81 per
cent The average revenue per pas
senger train mile increased from $1.29
to $1.44, or 11.63 per cent.
A strike of coal miners in Colorado
and New Mexico cost the railway COM
pany, in loss of traffic and higher price
of coal, not less than $500, 900. Heavy
losses were also caused by floods in
Kansas.
Recommends Many Extensions.
Discussing future capital require
ments, President Ripley says to the
stockholders:
THE large increase in the system
earnings reflects the rapid growth of
population and wealth, and this
growth is likely to continue. Many
miles of your main lines are fed by
but few branches, and extensive ter
ritory that should furnish profitable
traffic to the system still remains, in
a great measure, undeveloped for
want of adequate railroad facilities.
The construction of additional branch
es and feeders will be desirable in the
near future in order to increase the
earnings of the system and strengthen
its position, and in order to furnish
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28
Quite Natural.

Overheard during the private theat-
ricaIs:
She-How we'll your wife plays
Lady Geraldine" Mr. Jonesi 1 think
the way she puts on that awful affect
ed tone is Just splendid. How does she
manage it?
Mr.. Jones with embarraSsment)-
Er-she doesn't. That's her natural
yoice.-London Tit-Bits.
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dairy line on the Southern Paciflc's new
road through Imperial valley, went
over on Thursday at Calexico, drawing
a work train and crew of men. and al
ready a mile of track has been laid on
the Mexican side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28

$3.50 to St. Louis and Return,
Via Rock Island System Tickets on
sale daily, except Friday and Saturday,
good days in st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28

The next meeting of the Transconti-
mental Passenger association will be
held at St Louis. October 25. The OFF,
ciaI docket of subjects to be discussed
will be made up and distributed among
the members next week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-28

San Diego, Cal, Sept. 2S.-The first
engine to cross the interna tional boun-
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o. NJ Ailing. Freeport-Was all run
down. Could not eat or sleep HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea made me a well
man. IS cents. Tea or Tablets. Gatlin
Drug Co.
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RAILROAD news.
Detailed Summary Of Operation
OF the Santa Fe.
President Ripley Recommends
Expenditure of Large Sums.
RAPID EXPANSION.
Would Reach New Territory
and Double Track Main Line.
President Ripley Denies Re-
ported Change Of Control.

The following is a detailed statement
of the summary of operations of the
Santa Fe system for the years 1904
and 1903, together with extracts from
President Ripley's annual report:
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o'CONNELL's PLANT.
President of Machinists' Union Says
Bad Outlook in Annual Report.

I believe we will live to see the day,
says James O'ConneIl, International
president of the Machinists' Union, ser
iously, in his annual report dated July
l, when courts will be presided over by
men gifted with sufficient amount of
intelligence and manliness to treat the
employer and employee with that con-
sideration and fairness that will COM
pei the employer to respect the law as
willingly and cheerfully as does the
wage worker.
Only in one period in the history of
our organization, Mr.. 0'Connel goes
on, have we been involved in SO many
strikes and lockouts as we have dur
ing the past 15 months, the exception
being the nine-hour strike in 1901.
During the term we have been in
voIved in 202 strikers and lockouts, di-
vided as follows:
For a shorter workday:. .....-...,-. q
Against introduction of two ma
chimes, piece work and premium
system 10
Against reduction in wages. ......... IS
IockoulS ---...-----.- $1,000 '''''.'' -
For increased wages. "a
Against increased hours of labor.
For signed agreements. .-..---.-..- %
Refusal to work upon unfair articles IA
Against discrimination .--.....-.-... ~
Against open shops L
Refusal to restore wages. !
MISCELLANEOUS .