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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe VIII Build New Shops
nc Albuquerque
To Replace Shops Burned in a
Recent Fire.
WILL COST s2S,5OO.OO.
Machinery is Already on the
Ground Under Canvas.
Construction Will Begin as Soon
as Plans Are Approved.

Albuquerque. N. NJ, July S0.-Plans
Fe shops, to replace those destroyed
by fire, have been received at the
master mechanics office and will now
be forwarded TO the head Office for a
final inspection. The new structure,
according to the plans, call for cor
rugated iron with an iron roof. The
cost will be $2S,696.4S. representing
an expenditure of nearly three times
that of the burned buildings.
The car shops will consist of four
distinct buildings. The main build
ing, which will contain the car mills,
proper, pattern shops. paint storage
and the other larger departments, will
be 200x90 feet. The wheel shop will
be s0x50; the boiler shop 24x40, and
the lavatory 11x25.
Most of the machinery is now on
the ground, covered by canvas and
all that delays immediate construction
is the final approving of the plans. 1t
is expected that this will be done at
once and that material for the build
ings will be sent from the factories
of the contractors as soon as the road
announces that it is ready for the con-
struction work to begin. The final
erection of the buildings cannot be
Gals feel the loss of the car shops in
their work.
The buildings are far more modern
as planned. and on a larger scale than
the old shops which burned, and
Albuquerque will in this way be bene-
flied by the fire which was considered
a blow to the city when it took place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
The american Girl
WHAT MAKES HER POPULAR.

The American girl is admired and liked
at home and abroad because she is the
happiest usually the healthiest and friend
lest of girls. She Is fond of life and is
alive to everything beautiful and good in
existence. Mrs. Langtry has said that the
American woman has little to learn from
her English sisters.
DR.. Pierce. the specialist in womens dis
eases, of Buffalo, N. Y, advises simple ex-
ercises for women, preferably in the out
door air. But many women are confined
to the house and their household duties or
their business confines them to poorly ven
tilated rooms.
If q woman suffers from a headache, a
backache, a sensation of irTitability or
twitchiug and uncomfortable nervousness,
something must be wrong with the head or
back, she naturally says, but all the time
the real trouble very often centers in the
wonanly organs IN 90 per cent of cases
the seat of the difficulty is here, and
woman should take rational treatment for
its cure. The local disorder and indamr1a-
ton OF the delicate special organs of the
sex should be treated steadily and system
atically.
Backed up by over third of a century of
remarkable and uniform cures, record
such as no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to women ever
attained, the proprietoTs and makers of DIR.
Pferce's Favorite Prescription now feel fully
warranted in Offering to pay $500 for any
case of LeucorThea, Female Weakness, Pro-
lapsus, or Falling of Womb which they
cannot cure All they ask IS fair and
reasonable trial of their means 6f cure.
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KANSAS news.
A Chanute Church Is to Be Sold
by the Sheriff
At Public Auction, Aug. 20, to
the Highest Bidder.
OWE PASTORAL DEBT.
Minister Harris Claims Sum of
S229 Is Due Him.
Wants the Building Disposed of
to Settle the Case.

Chanute, July 30.-The Christian
church building was seized by Sheriff
I. +. Yockey this week and will be sold
at public auction Monday, August 20,
unless the church society in the mean
time pays a Judgment of $229.69 in ia
vor of D. NJ. Harris.
Mr.. Harris was secured as pastor
here about two years ago and was re-
tanned until this spring when he re-
signed. At the time he gave up his
pastorate the church was owing him,
according to his CALCULATIONS, $229.69.
The church trustees did not pay the
debt and Mr.. Harris sued for it in
Judge Farmers court. The trustees
confessed judgment for the entire
amount. A transcript of the proceed
ings was forwarded to district court.
Then the order of attachment was is
sued and placed in Sheriff Jockeys
hands. Mr.. Jockey came to Chanute
and levied upon the church building
and lot according to legal form. A
board of appraisers fixed the valuation
of the property at $4,000 ana it cannot
be bid off at the sheriff's sale for less
than two-thirds that amount.
The future action of the trustees is
not known but it is predicted that they
will endeavor to stave off the execution
and at the same time evade the pay
ment of the claim.
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realm of fakirs with whom people are
wont to deal 1t proves that some
tnlng exists behind promises given.
Investigations of Prof. LarSon'S work
OF the most rigid character were con-
quoted by several of the Kansas news
papers, among which might be men
uoned that of the Salina Daily Union
and the Daily Call of Beloit. Each of
these Investigations resulted favorably
10 tne position which Prof. Larson
maintained before the public.
AS to the testimonials from those
who benefited from the treatment ad-
mllnstered them, these are on file in
great numbers and can be seen at Prof.
Larson's headquarters at the National
MOTEL Their number would not permit
the printing of them.
Suftlce to say that they are endeavors
IN the way of thanks to the professor
for his aid in restoring their former
good health.
The instrumentality through which
all the cures are effected is the possess
SION OF strong personal magnetic power
Dy Prot. Larson. The requirement of
TINS particular possession is something
beyond the powers of explanation. The
possession is in all fact an endowment
by nature, perfected through intelligent
use and direction.
At an early age Prof Larson was
tempted to use his until then latent
power in the behalf of a suffering child
A cure, radical in its nature followed.
Then first he realized the extent and
er, ne added to it thorough knowl-
edge of anatomy. physiology and all
manipulation treatments. Thus pre-
pared by education and by nature he
began his first labors in healing the
sick His practice was first confined
TO the vicinity of Bloomington and
'Galesburg, Ill. Later he was in charge
or an institute of magnetic healing. He
found the labors of instruction not
suited to his more active temperament
and resignins his position went active
iy into the practice of healing, since
which time he has been before the pub
TIC IN that capacity exclusively.
Prof Larson mas reputation any
newspaper reader can vouch for that;
ne doesn't have to labor the rewards
Tor work long completed having made
MIN comfortably independent; but he
still works in his chosen calling and
PROBABLY will continue to do so until
his span of life is completed. He works
because he loves his work and would
rather have a large number of patients
az moderate fees than a few at exor-
oitant prices. His is not an easy task
ana were il not for his perfect health
ana great strength he could not stand
up under the labors he voluntarily as
sumes- But duty to him is a pleasure,
hard work joy. His view of life is as
sunny as the atmosphere of his smile.
lie very presence of the man gives one
a new and happier view of life, viewed
from the plane of duty and hard work
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Good Snirifs.

Good spirits don't all come from Ken
lucky. Their main source is the liver
and all the fine spirits ever made in the
liver or the hundred-and-one ill effects II
produces You can't have good spirits
liver must be in fine condition IL you
would feel buoyant, happy and hopeful.
successful in your pursuits. You can put
your liver in fine condition by using
Green's August F1ower-the greatest OF
all medicines for the liver and stomach
and a certain cure for dyspepsia or indi-
gestion 1t has been a favorite house,
hold remedy for over 80 years. August
Flower will make your liver healthy and
active and thus insure you a liberal sup
plv of good spirits.' Trial size, Csc:
regular bottles, f5c. For sale by Rowley
& Snow
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To Change Division Point.

Wichita, Kas., July 30.-There is a
rumor in circulation to the effect that
the Rock Island railroad is figuring on
moving it's division point from Cald-
well to Wichita. The report is given
little credence among local railroad
men. Rumor has it that the change is
to be made on account of the great
distance between Caldwell and Chick
asha and the former place and Her
ington, where division points are now
established. 1t is said that a division
point will be established at Enid and
one at Wichita, thus making another
division point and a shorter distance
for freight trains to travel without a
change of engines.
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Emporia's GIFT to China.

bye to one of her most popular min
listers, and what will be Emporia'S
loss will prove China's gain. Rev.
James Vernon Latimer has resigned
from the First Baptist church pastor
ate to engage in missionary work in
China. Though reluctantly giving up
MI. Latimer, Emporia, and especially
the Baptists of Emporia, have faith
that the man will honor the city
wherever he goes. Mr.. Latimer has
been strength in Emporia in bring
ing the city to a high moral standing.
His pastorete here has been a sue
cess, spiritually and otherwise. He
leaves the city with the best wishes
of the community for long life and
a complete success in whatever field
he may enter in the future.-Emporia
Republican
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ATTRACTS ATTENTION.
Future Ownership of the Maple Leaf
Causes Much Speculation.

OduSeS MUCH speculation.
Chicago, July 3O.-Much attention
is still being devoted to Chicago
Great western affairs and speculation
regarding the future ownership of
that property is widely INDUCED in.
The Maple Leaf holds the key to the
traffic situation of the territory south
and west of Minneapolis and Chicago,
including Kansas City ana Omaha. 1t
forms the following through routes:
Chicago to st. Paul and Minneapolis;
Chicago to Omaha; Chicago to ST.
Joseph and Kansas City; Kansas City
and ST Joseph to St. Paul and Min
neapolis, and Omaha 70 ~. Paul and
Minneapolis.
The road was built after the terri
tory which it entered was pretty we'll
developed by lines which got there
before it did. 1t was cheaply con-
structed at first, and was generally re-
ferred to as a speculative enterprise.
stabliShed interests in that section.
On scant capital, under sharply COM
petitive conditions, it has steadily
pushed forward. Its latest advance
has been into Omaha where it has dis
rupted the existing order by making
Omaha market; giving it rates
which would permit the establishment
of a grain exchange there, which now
has 200 members. The Northwestern
pursued it with relentless vigor, but
at the last the invasion of the Great
Western has become a settled factor
and the road gained it's point.
Meanwhile Great Western has built
its property up to modern standards
in the way of rail and rolling stock,
which enables it to operate under
modern conditions.
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Miss Dade Stegeman, superintend-
ent of the Chicago North Side Wo-
letter. to Dr. Hartman, speaks of Pc
runa as follows:
Peruna Medicine CO., Columbus, o.:
Gentlemen: ''Peruna has often
been used by the members of our club
in case of stomach trouble and gem
eraI debiIity-also recently in cases OF
la grippe, and always with the most
beneficial results. I think a great deal
of Peruna-often recommend it to
my friends, and am glad to say all
who have tried it speak a good word
for it."-Dade Stegenlan.
Mrs. Jessie Cotton, 439 East Nine
teenth St. New York city, writes:
Through overwork and anxiety In
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FOREGOES LEISURE FROM LOVE OF WORK
Sketch Worthy OF the Character and Character Worthy the
SketCh-Prof LarsOn's Sunny Smile Wins All
With Whom He Comes in Contact
by a Staff Reporter

A man before the eye of the people
is always an interesting parsonage.
He would have failed to secure that
place and estimation had he been
otherwise. Because he IS an interest
ing parsonage the people who hear
and read of him are interested. They
know his name. but they desire to
know more. What is he doing to
place him in so much prominence and
how does he do it? What sort of
man is he in his more private trans
actions with men and affairs? These,
in short, are some of the more impor-
tant questions with which those who
desire to know assail the ears of those
who know.
1t is with the above in mind that an
attempt is made in the following to
tell something to the readers of the
state Journal about somebody. That
somebody is Prof. J. Austin Larson
the magnetic healer. who is in To-
peka for the first time in his capacity
of healing those who are sick and
afflicted with disease.
To the casual observer the thing
which characterizes Prof. Larson at
hrst blush is the soft, sympathetic
quality of his voice; next the firmness
OF the handgrasp, revealing the latent
reserve power of the man. Prof Lar
son Is not large man, of medium
height but withal we'll built, of de-
cldedly sandy complexion and striking
appearance, and in the prime of his
years The next thing which i'm
presses one is the enthusiasm which
the professor has for his work and
the complete confidence which he
feels in the use of his natural gifts
OF healing He is brimful of enthu-
sfasm (the adjective in this case is
used advisedly) over his work And
he has reason to be. for he has come
before the Kansas public from mere
local fame into the possession of state
wide prominence in less than a years
time. Coming to Mcpherson from
Chicago and Galesburg Ill, on the
18th of August of last year. he COM
menced building his reputation in
Kansas as a successful healer of the
sick. gaining the confidence and the
esteem of the residents of that local
tty- After completing his labors in
that field he transferred his head
quarters to the northern and central
portions of the state, where uniform
success attended him at Salina. Be
lott. Concordia. Clay Center and
other points His stay at each of these
places gained for him the respect and
confidence of the citizens with whom
he came in contact, business and
professional men as well. Among his
personal effects the professor carries
letters from the banks and prominent
business men of these cities visited en-
dorsing him in the highest terms as
a man worthy of confidence The pos
session of these commentators LET
tiers, of which there are a great mass
takes the professor entirely out of the
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CONFIDENT OF BIG CROPS.
b. f. Yoakum of the Frisco an OPP
timiSt.

timist.
St. Louis, July 3O.-Chairman B. F.
Yoakum of the Frisco board arrived
here Thursday from Lake George
where his family is spending the sum-
mer. He spent several hours at the
Frisco general offices in conference
with President B. L.. Winchen of the
Rock Island who arrived here from
dined together at the Tyrolean Alps
and Mr.. Winchen returned to Chi
cago by a late train. Mr. Yoakum
will remain in the city for a few
including the st. Louis, Brownville and
Mexico line. Vice President and Gen
eraI Manager JEFF N. Miller of the
Brownville line is in the city confer
ring with Mr.. Yoakum.
Asked concerning general conditions,
Mr.. Yoakum said that the railroad
outlook was very encouraging for the
fall months He added: Il am quite
wheat crop of 500. 100000 bushels; the
corn crop will be a record-breaker, and
Judge Parker will be elected in No
vember."
be made tomorrow of the changes
brought about by the opening up of
the Chicago-St. Louis line of the Fris-
co. In addition to those already an
nounced General Passenger Agent
Alex. Hilton of the Frisco will be gem
eral passenger agent of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois. with headquar-
ters in St Louis. w. H. Richardson
will be assistant general passenger
agent of both lines, with offices in
S. J. Cooke will be general
freight agent of the Eastern Illinois,
with headquarters in Chicago, in place
of VIM. Campbell resigned. F. c. ReiI-
ly, general agent of the Frisco in Chi
cago, will be assistant general freight
agent of the Eastern Illinois, with
ofhces IN Chicago c. B. Gregory, at
present general agent of the Eastern
Illinois in Chicago, will also be gem
eral agent of the Frisco in that city
officials of the operating department of
the Eastern Illinois now in Chicago
will remain there. The staff of the
general passenger department will be
to St Louis at once.
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my business I was very much run
down; had loss of appetite, and, what
was worse than that, loss of sleep at
night. / was afraid I would have to
consult a physician. when one of my
customers advised me to try Peruna,
as it had made her well and strong.
I began to take it, and in a few days
first dose I slept at night, without
awakening. 1 took only two bottles,
now 1 am well, but I am never with
out Peruna in the house. If any one
wishes to call on me 1 will gladly adj
wise them to take it. as 1 have re-
ceived so much benefit from it. and
want all who are i'll to use it. as
Mrs. Jessie Cotton.
No medicine in the world has cured
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TO REDUCE THE GRADE.
The Great Northern Railway Will
Abandon 100 Miles of Track.

st. Paul. July 3O.-In sixty days
the Great Northern railway will
abandon 100 miles of it's present main
line in Montana in favor of a new
route covering the same distance
which strikes north from Columbia
Falls to a junction with the Fernie,
B. c., branch at Rexford, thence back
again over the Fernie branch to the
main line at Jennings. BY the aban-
donment of the 100 mile section
President ]. ]. Hill will secure a mini
mum grade for the Great Northern,
which he says is slightly less than that
of any of the American transconti-
mental routes.
The new routes will be used by all
through trains of heavy tonnage,
while lighter freights and local pas
senger trains will continue to use the
old route, which will still be kept up.
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that the commissions paid have stead
lily decreased until June last, when
they amounted to SO per cent upon
a gross revenue of $S7,047.37. This
is the first time that the commissions
have been below 10 per cent, and the
chairman holds out the hope that this
figure can be materially reduced. Dur
ing the first six months of 1908 the
commissions amounted to 14.4 per cent
OF the business. and for the cores
ponding period of this year to 11.3 per
cent. The net revenue is divided
among the western roads, according
20 agreed percentages, and an effort
IS now being made, to reorganize the
immigration bureau, which is main
tanned in New York, by the members
or the Western passenger association
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Murder Near Medicine Lodge.

Medicine Lodge, Kas., July SO.-An
old man. apparently about 90 years of
age. was found dead under the Medi-
cine river bridge, two miles south OF
here. He was bound hand and foot,
with his arms behind him and lylng
in the middle of the river, as If he
had been tossed off the bridge. 1t is
said that his name is Patrick Henry
King, and that he was resident OF
Harper county. He had several gashes
a bout his head made by some blunt
Instrument A posse has been sent
after two fellows who are supposed to
have committed the murder, having
been seen driving the team h1tched
to the same outfit as that occupied
nv the old man when last seen.
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MANY S. S5oP'E CATARRH OF STOMACH SaoS %Gxr
A Beautiful Michigan Belle Cured of Catarr1 of the
hv
MANY PEOPLE
HAVE

Miss Louise Matt, Battle Creek Mich, writes:
80 can only say what others have said before me,
that Peruna is most wonderful medicine for
catarrhal and stomach troubles.
al suffered SO long with Indigestion and spepsia
and tried so many things to me. without
lief. that made up my mind my case was hopeless.
One of my friends advised me to try Peruua for a
month. assuring that Icoud not fail to find from
its use some relief and possibly Sol took
courage and bought bottle of Peruna. determined
to give IL thorough trial. which ] did. In just
six weeks was entirely rid OF my stomach trouble
and bless the day when Peruna brought my
notice. MISS LOUISE MATT.
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immigration Traffic Falls OF.

Chicago, I'LL, July 30.-During the
first six months of the present year
the railroads in the Western passenger
association received S475,641.2S gross
revenue from immigration business
and paid the steamship agents a total
commission of $53,791.56. This fact
is contained in a general financial
statement issued today by the asso-
citation, giving a comparison between
the first six months of the present year
and the first six months of 1903. The
statement shows that the revenue has
fallen off by S160,563.2S, or 1928 per
cent; that commissions paid steamship
companies have decreased S37S4777.
or 41-29 per cent, while the gross and
net expenses are practically the same
as they were last year. 1t is shown
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Editors close Their Session.

Concordia, Kas., July 3O.-The two
DAYS meeting of the North Central
Kansas Editorial association closed
here Friday afternoon with the re-
election of Seward A. Jones, of the
Concordia Blade, as president, and
Henry R. Honey, of the Mankato Ad-
vocate, as secretary treasurer. ]. A
Totten of the Washington Register,
was elected vice president and the fol-
lowing executive committee was cho-
sen; T. A. Coudry, Salina Journal; v.
Hutchins, Smith Center Pioneer; B. P.
Walker Osborne Farmer. Salina was
selected as the place of the next
meeting.
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THE FRISCO MASCOT.
Black Kitten Found i'm Drawing Room
of Pullman Car.

The Wichita Beacon says: A mas
cot has been added to the passenger
department at the Frisco depot 1t
has been christened "Inky." The
mascot is a black kitten that was
found in the drawing room of a Pull
man car that arrived in this city
about II o'clock last night. The kit
ten was removed by way of the door
on the left side of the coach. The
only thing the office force have to
regret is that the kitten did not ar
rive here Friday night If it's arrival
had been on that night and it had
been removed from its luxurious
apartment in the Pullman where the
Frisco trains pass the cemetery, its
powers as a mascot would have been
unQuestionable.
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BONDS OF SlO3,5OO.
VIII Release 46 Men from Cripple
Creek Jail.

Cripple Creek, July 3O.-The attorney
for the Western Federation of Miners
won the first round in the battle over
the men incarcerated in the county jail
charged with completely in the Indepen-
dence disaster and the street riot in
Victor on June 6. Not only were the
men who were refused bail at first al
lowed bail, but the bail of others was
reduced one half in some cases, and In
others more than half. Bonds were fix
ed last night for the As men incarcer-
ated in Jail and to liberate them all a
sum of SOB, 500 will be required.
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Drowned Farmer was wealthy.

Hiawatha, Kas., July 30.-John Ira
geser, a farmer who was buried at
Horton. was amply able to have a bath
tub in his own home, but he built a
pond on his place and every afternoon
bathed in 1t. 1t was in this pond that
he met his death. He was missed and
after the water had been drained from
the pond his body was found at the
bottom. Death is thought to have been
accidental Trageser was 81 years old.
He came here a poor man and died
wealthy. For many years he was post
master at Kennekuk.