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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-08
TRANSFER BY WAGON.
Rock Island Sends Passengers Over
Canadian River by Wagon.

Dalhart, Tex, Oct. S.-The State
Journal representative took trip to
Logan. N NJ. and inspected the wreck
of the mammoth steel bridge of the
Rock Island over the Canadian river,
65 miles south of Dalhart. Texas In
the fall of 1901 after a year of hazard
Gus labor and every known obstacle
in the way of progress, at a cost of
over a quarter of a million dollars,
and manning and loss of many lives,
this mammoth structure of steel and
concrete, 40 feet long and 1872 feet
high, was finished, connecting the
Rock Island railway and the E. p e.
n. E., giving to the former company
a 200 mile shorter line to the Pacific
coast than all other routes. On Sep
TENDER 20 of this year a combination
of floods on the upper Canadian and
tributaries swelled the stream to UNI
precedented proportions, sweeping out
the Dawson City railway bridge sew
eral miles west and with a . foot wall
of water rushing down at speed of
20 miles an hour hurled itself in
mighty swirl against this structure.
carrying four so foot and three 8 foot
steel spans down the turbulent stream,
where in the seething, boiling waters
they sank in the treach erous quick
sands. Two hundred passengers on an
eastbound passenger train passed over
safely a few hours previous. Had the
disaster occurred while crossing of
this train with fall of 1872 feet not
a soul could have been saved to tell
the awful story and their escape.
Traffic for the present is suspended
but under the vigorous efforts of r. r.
Sutherland, superintendent, and his
able corps of assistants, through traf-
fc Will be soon resumed. a wagon
transfer will be installed within few
days. Several hundred men and a full
equipment of material are now on the
ground and a switch back connection
on piling will be in operation between
Logan and Reuvelta soon. The Amer
--rrc- I, frncr ma
terial to the washout and the large
steel structure will be replaced as
speedily as the heavy concrete piers
that were washed away can be located
From a birds eye view the sight is
fierce and terrific and is met with but
once in a life time
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pumped in and the storage tanks at
Kansas City will receive the first ship
ment of crude oil from the Kansas
fields.
The line is 116 miles in length, laid
with S-inch pipe, and it is expected to
commence running oil not later than
Wednesday.
Work on the pipe line from Kansas
City to the refinery at Whiting, Ind,
will be commenced Monday morning,
and it is expected that the line will be
finished within six months.
When finished the oil fields of Kan
sas will be a feeder for the greatest
system of pipe line in the world. 1t
will have a length of 1900 miles,
starting here and ending at the deep
water terminus of the Standard Oil
company at Bayonne. N. ]. This line
will enable the Standard Oil company
to supply its refineries at all points in
its great system with crude oil from
this field.
Work on the tank farm at this
point will be completed within one
month if no further delays are expert
enced in shipments of iron from mills.
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To MOVE THE CROPS.
Rock Island Agent Makes Trip Over
the Broom Corn District.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct. 8.-The
seasons production of broom corn in
according to c. B. Hart, district
freight agent of the Rock Island, who
has just returned from trip over the
broom corn districts of the territory
The movement of the corn is slow at
this time on account of the low prices
now being offered. AS the farmers
and broom corn raisers over the ter
ritory are becoming organized, and in
tend holding their corn for higher
prices the best of the shipping season
may not come until late in the fall or
winter. Probably one-half and maybe
more, of the crop in the territory Will
be stored until the price raises The
farmers who are growing corn can
afford to do this this season They
are not obliged to sell now, and by
storing the corn will result in the price
being better after while. What is be-
ing sold now brings from $35 to $40
per ton. when last year it was 500
and SIPS.
Car service agents of all roads in
the territory have been working on
system by which cars can be furnished
for the movement of corn, cotton and
all other crops that will shortly be
ready for market. Not long ago the
Rock Island paid a damage suit of
$500 at AlVa for failing to furnish cars
for the movement of crops there. AL
though it is possible the roads enter
ing Oklahoma have had to contend
with a car shortage, it does not seem
to be the intention to discriminate
against Oklahoma farmers. and an ex-
ira effort will be made to furnish plen-
ty of cars for the transportation of
the crops as they become ready for
market. An immense amount of corn
will be moved from the territory this
fall, the same having begun now. A
large amount of it will be fed to cat
tie, but as there is an abundance for
all needs, much of it will be sold. The
price. however. as yet is not much.
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he WORKED IN TOPEKA.
Missing Winfield Ticket Agent Two
Years With U. p. Road.

Winfield, Kas.. Oct. S.-There is vet
no solution offered of the mystery sur
rounding the disappearance of Guy
Gardner, the Santa Fe ticket agent,
who has not been seen since Wednes-
day night at $50 when he sat on a
trunk at the south side of the depot
and talked with negro porter. The
sheriff exploded a story to the effect
that a man answering Gardeners de-
scription had been seen in the Santa
Fe ticket office in Arkansas City
Thursday afternoon. only to disap-
pear after hanging up his coat and
asking for work. The man who hung
up his coat proved to be an empIoye
of the road.
Agent Miller has been wiring to
conductors who went through on
trains Wednesday night to ascertain
if any Of them saw Gardner get on
their trains. On the night he disap-
peared there were three sections OF
No. 1405, made necessary by the op-
GRAFTON of the California passenger
traffic over this line, owing to wash
outs near Trinidad, Colo. The con-
ductor on the first and regulor sec
ton, Jackson by name, came today
and he said positively that Gardner
had not gone south with him We'd
nesday night None of his trainmen
saw him and all knew him.
1t is the belief now that Gardner
has wandered away and the authori-
ties are fast abandoning the murder
theory, Notwithstanding there is a
uCSEO SUSPECT Sllll MISSING some
thing may come of them later.
Mrs. Gardner said today that her
husband had been in poor health and
unable to eat and she is sure that he
will show up again after he has had a
little rest and has had a chance to re-
establish his identity where he has
been picked up by farmers. She be-
lieves he has simply wandered away
afoot. He had no letters or papers
on him that would assist in Identifying
him, were he to be found and unable
to tell who he was. He wore no vest
when he was last seen.
Gardner worked two years in To-
peka for the Union Pacific as ticket
agent and his coming to Winfield re-
Gently and taking up new stations and
new rates made the work particularly
hard on him. Especially was this
true when the bulk of the worlds fair
business is considered. His last
months report was particularly long
and tedious and he had complained
of pains in his head. The search for
the missing man has been kept up,
the rumor from Arkansas
City put a stop to it for a time.
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WEBB RESIGNS.
General Passenger Agent of c. HI. &
ID. Succeeded by w. r. Galloway.


Louis NJ. Webb. assistant general
passenger agent C, H. & D., has ten
dered his resignation, to take effect
November 1.
Mr.. Webb, il is understood, will
leave the railway service to enter COM
mercial pursuits.
His retirement from the c., H. &
d. is a matter of regret both to the
company and his friends. He has been
assistant general passenger agent for
the last two years, and leaves a splen-
did reputation.
He entered the service of the c., H.
& D. a number of years ago, sue
cessively holding the positions of di-
vision clerk, chief clerk and assistant
general passenger agent.
1t is understood Mr.. Webb will be
succeeded by w. r. Galloway, now
general passenger agent Chicago, Gin.
cinnau & Louisville, whic hhas now
been practically absorbed by the c..
H. & D. system.
Mr.. Getaways retirement as
general passenger agent of the c., c.
& l. will, it is understood, mark the
adjustment of that office, the super
vision of the passenger affairs of that
company being largely intrusted to
him as assistant general passenger
agent of the c., H. & d.
Prior to becoming identified with
the c., c. & L., Mr.. Galloway was con-
nected with the c., H & D. and also
the Big Four.
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Railway Carmen Meet.

Kansas City. Mo-, Oct. S.-The off,
GERS and grand executive board of the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen were
entertained at an informal dinner at
the Baltimore hotel yesterday by Sec
rotary E. NJ. Glendening of the Com
mercial club. Other guests were
President Miller of the Commercial
club, and Director John w. Speas.
After dinner they were shown con-
vention hall and the decorations. OFF,
Gals of the carmen are here attend
ing the Semi-annual meeting of the
order at its headquarters in the Hall
building Kansas City has the home
offices. the grand officers here being
FRANK L. RonemuS, grand chief, and
W. L. Detwiler, grand secretary. The
grand executive board is composed of
Frank Hall, Waterloo, Ia, chairman;
J. W. Bartholomew, Sunbury, Pa, sec
rotary; W. C Wallace, Wilmington, N.
c. F. H Wallace, Toronto, Canada;
M f. Ryan, Beaumont, Tex. The or
der is interested in securing better
equipment and appliances on railway
cars and also has an insurance fea-
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RAILROAD NOTES.

The Santa Fe has increased the dis
patchers' force at Chanute.
The Katy has established a new train
between Coffeyville and Parsons, Kan.
ed auditor of the San Francisco and
Portland Steamship company, with
headquarters at San Francisco.
w. w. Ca1in has been appointed su-
perintendent of the Peninsula divi-
sion of the Northwestern road to fill
the vacancy caused by the transfer
of w. J. Towne.
". ]. Towne has been appointed
engineer of the Wisconsin and North
Wisconsin divisions of the Chicago &
Northwestern road in place of c. T.
Dixie, who has been assigned to duty
on construction work.
c. A. Parker has been appointed
first vice president of the Pere Mar
quette and second vice president of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, in
traffic of the combined roads.
The Harvey system is preparing to
install in Newton, Kansas, an up-to-
date steam laundry. The washer.
mangles and irons will be run by elee-
tricity. When completed the laundry
work of several Harvey eating houses
along the line west will be done there.
A. c. Dustin, president of the Fort
Smith and Western railroad of FIT.
Smith, Ark, was a visitor at the office
of Gen. Manager H u. Nudge of the
Santa Fe here yesterday. The Santa
Fe is experimenting with coal mined
on Mr. Dustin's railroad
The Ottawa Herald says: Three
Santa Fe fremen, Robert Owens, Ira
Benedict and William Wonder, went
examination for locomotive engineer
Seven men on the Southern Kansas
line have already taken the examina-
ton and all of them have passed.
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No New Changes on Rock Island.

Chicago, Oct $40 further official
changes on the Rock Island system
occurred yesterday. President WIN
cheu and D. G. Reid went to ST. Louis
Yesterday to confer with President
Davidson and other leading officials
of the Frisco system It is generally
believed that important official
changes on both the Rock Island and
Frisco lines will occur in the near
future, men appointed by ex-President
Loree retiring in favor of men longer
in the service of those two companies
or brought from other western roads
There is good authority for the state
ment7 that no one has been selected
for the position of third vice president
of the Rock Island, in charge of
traffic. 1t is possible that such a posi-
ton will not be created.
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Admsrai's Opinion on Pe-ru-na

The order is that all firemen who
have been in the service three years
may take the examination. This will
include about twelve or fourteen fire.
M en- who have run or are running out
of Ottawa now. They will take the
examination within the next few
weeks.
Paul Morton, secretary of the navy.
at the Santa F'e offices. He said he
recently asked j. Pierpont Morgans
opinion as to the proposed additions
to the naval equipment and the finan-
cier promptly replied that the country
should build all the war vessels there
is money for
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LoREE TO NEW YORK.
Says He VIII Retire From Railroad
Work to Get Resi-.

Chicago, Oct. 81. F. Loree, for
mer executive head of the Rock Is
land, has left Chicago permanently for
New York. He refused to discuss his
future, but it is said he will take a
long rest in an effort to regain his
heaI It'll.
The newly elected head of the Rock
Island-Frisco systems, President Rob-
bert Mather, will manage these roads
from Chicago, and that the principal
headquarters will be here.
President Winchen of the Rock Is
land, and d. G.. Reid, who is associ-
ated with the Moore brothers, have
gone to st. Louis, where they will
make a thorough investigation of the
affairs of the Frisco system and make
arrangements for the betterment of its
condition.
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Good Spirits.

Good spirits don't all come from Ken
lucky. Their main source is the liver
and all the fAe spirits ever made in the
Blue Grass state could not remedy a bad
liver or the hundred and-one ill effects it
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 favorite house,
hold remedy for over IS years August
Flower will make your liver healthy and
active and thus insure you a liberal sup
regular bottles, 75c. For sale by RowIey
& Snow.
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Will Tap New Mexico Coal Fields.

Santa Fe. N NJ, Oct. s.-The Ari-
xona & Colorado railroad company
filed Incorporation papers today to
build a north and south railroad in
western New Mexico, with ternini
at Durango, Colo, and Clifton. A T.
The capitalization is $5,OOO,OOO The
company has filed upon 10000 acres
of coal lands in western New Mexico
and will have its headquarters at Tue
son, A T. The road has been sur
veyed and win, with its branch lines.
imm ediately be constructed, covering
$50 miles in New Mexico. A subsidiary
corporation. the Arizona & Eastern
railroad, fifty miles long, in New Mex
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TOPEKA MEN ARE DIRECTORS.
Annual Meeting of s. L., *. c. & G..
Held Here at Rock Island Building.

At the annual meeting held in To-
peka o0 the stockholders of the St.
Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Rail
road company, the st. Louis branch of
the Rock Island directors were chosen
as follows: Robert Mather. B. L.
Winchell, r. E. Jackson, w. F. Evans,
Burns, NJ A Low and D. R. Low.
A meeting of the board of directors
was to have been held Immediately
after the stockholders meeting, but
was postponed as a quorum of the
board was not present The only mem
bers of the new board who were at the
stockholders meeting were NJ A Low
and Luther Burns. The board of di-
rectors will meet in Topeka as soon as
cured.
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SCHOOL BEGINS MONDAY.
Schedule OF Glasses of Railroad Y. NJ.
c. A Is Arranged for Winter.


The educational classes of the R. r.
Y NJ C. A. will commence Monday,
October 10. The classes are arranged
as follows:
MISUNDERSTANDING class, civil gov
eminent, business English, elemen-
airy arithmetic, pennmanship, spelling
and public speaking.
Tuesday = Elementary mechanical
drawing, bookkeeping, advanced arith-
metic, German English, Telegram ply.
Wednesday = Advanced mechanical
drawing, business English, Swede Eng
lish. library club.
Thursday-Practical electricity, book
keeping, advanced arithmetic, mando-
lin elementary and advanced.
Friday = Elementary mechanical
drawing, locomotive and car design,
telegraph, German English.
Saturday-Swede English, male cho-
rus.
Gymnasium classes will organize
with their physical director, T. Gutch
on Monday evening at 1880.
There are still a large number of en-
tertainment tickets that have not been
called for, each member is entitled to
course ticket admitting to the % enter
tainments by asking for it.
The Gospel meeting will be held at
$3.50 Sunday. Personal workers Bible
class at 2:30. Tuesday evening class at
$3.50.
The boys gymnasium classes will or
ganize Tuesday at. p. m.
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RUNAWAY AUTO.
Dashes Down Mountain With Four
Occupants-AH Hurt.

New York, Oct. S.-A big touring
car carrying two women and two men
ran away down one of the mountains
ty and none of the occupants escaped
uninjured. The driver lost control of
the car more than half a mile from
the base of the mountain and it dashed
down the steep grade at frightful
speed. Fifty yards from the base it
hit the wall of the side of the road and
turned over. The injured:
Miss Hope Walker, Brookline, Mass.
Miss Robertson, BroOkline.
A. c. Bartlett, Chicago.
Thomas Carey, New York, chauf-
feur.
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leo and with headquarters at Lords
burg, also filed incorporation papers.
The capitalization of the road is ST.
100000 The Southern Pacific road
is said to be backing the project, al
though the company which recently
completed the Ell Paso & Southwestern
and the Lordsburg-Hachita railroad
are the prime movers, as it wants the
coal of Southwestern Colorado and
western New Mexico for its smelters
at Clifton, Morenci, Bisbee, Nocasari
and Douglas
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FRISCO OFFICES ABOLISHED.
Duties of Four Men Assumed by Gen
eral Manager.

st. Louis, Oct. Sin a circular is
sued today at the general offices of the
St. Louis e. San Francisco railroad
to the resignation of E. F. Kearney,
general superintendent of transporta-
ton. w. II Williams, superintendent
of freight transportation, yard and
station service, j. H. Elliott, superin-
tendent of passenger transportation,
and c. H. Miller, superintendent of
distribution of power and cars, the
offices have been abolished and the
duties of these offices assumed by the
general manager. The appointment
of ]. H. Elliott as superintendent of
mails was also announced.
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MECHANICAL FIREMAN.
Pennsylvania Railroad Carrying Out
Tests of New Stol&er.

The Pennsylvania is making tests
with new stoker. 1t is in the shape
OF a pan connected with the fire door.
and is operated by twin screws that
force the coal into the fire box.
These screws are set in motion by
two steam chests fed from the boiler.
All the fireman has to do is to keep
the pan filled with coal.
1t is claimed the stoker will spread
the coal more evenly over the fire than
can be done by hand firing. The de-
vice is intended to save coal and lessen
the work of the fireman.
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Change in Vanderbilt Lines.

Chicago. Oct. S.-The Record-Her-
aid saws that w. C. Brown, vice pres
ident of the New York Central and
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
railroads, is to be elected president
of both roads probably effective on
January l, 1906. 1t is said that w.
III. Newman has expressed a desire to
retire from the presidency of both
roads and accept a position as chair
man of the boards 1t is said that
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew, who is
now chairman of both executive
boards will relinquish both positions.
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D ny with
were talking

Louisville & Nashville; NJ. E. Ingalls,,
Big Four; James McCrea, Pennsyl-
vania; Joseph Ramsey, jr-, Wabash;
r. w Mcguire Missouri, Kansas &
Texas; o. C. Murray, Baltimore &
Ohio; A F. Davidson, Frisco. officers
were elected as follows: Joseph Ram
sey, jr. president; A ]. Davidson, wee
president: T. H. Hamilton, treasurer;
E d. TAYLOR. secretary.
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lieved that a peace treaty with Bolivia
will be signed shortly. Negotiations
are being carried on in La Paz under
favorable auspices. Congress will be-
gin a special session October 10.
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Officers for the Alton Bridge Property

ST. Louis. Oct. S.-At a meeting to-
day of representatives of the ten rail-
roads interested in. the company which
purchased the Alton bridge property
a permanent organization was effected
and officers elected. The following
constitute the board of directors: c.
S. Clarke, Missouri Pacific; z. T. JEFF
ferry, Denver & Rio Grande; B. F.
Winchen, Rock Island; NJ. H. Smith,