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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
DoDDR1DGE DTTCHER AT WORK.
Missouri Pacific Undertakes Big Task
in Grading for Drainage.

Atchison. Aug. "a Doddridge
ditcher will today be put to work on
the Missouri Pacific between Atchlson
and Shannon. This machine does the
work of fifty men. The apparatus is
built on a car and the power is fur
nished by an engine. A giant ploW
works out from the side of the car,
and it can be set to pillow a furrow two
feet deep. Attached to the same car
is a scraper which will hold five Wag-
on loads of dirt. The pillow plows up
the earth and the scraper picks up the
loose dirt and dumps it wherever de-
sired. 1t takes only three men to
operate the ditcher which takes the
place of fifty laborers. The big pillow
is operated by one man sitting on the
car, and compressed air from the To-
connective is used to manipulate the
pillow. The invention is so easily
worked that If the pillow strikes a
stump or rock the operator can shake
it loose with as much ease as a farmer
operating a light farm pillow. The Mis-
souri, Pacific intends to excavate ditch
es ten feet wide and three feet deep
through all it's cuts from Atchison to
Omaha. During the wet weather the
earth slides down the cuts and covers
the track. The bitches will remove
this trouble. 1t will take from now
until cold weather to complete the
job, as there are fully fifty cuts be-
tween Atchison and Omaha. The
ditcher was constructed under the SUI
pervision of w. B. Doddridge, for
merly general manager of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, and this the reason that
it takes his name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
TO THE COAL FIELDS.
Work on New Santa Fe Branch Is
Progressing.

Santa Fe, N. M. Aug. 6.-J. r. Far
we'll, chief engineer of the Albu-
querque Eastern railroad, left Santa
Fe for Moriarity, where he has a sur
veying corps at work on the construc-
ton of the Albuquerque Eastern. The
surveying corps under Mr.. Farwell has
commenced to cross-section the line
at the end OF the present grade
towards Albuquerque. The grade now
is IA miles west of MOriarity. The
branch line to the Hagan coal fields
and thence to Pima Vetitos will be con-
structed at the same time that work is
going on the Albuquerque Eastern
proper, contracts for an additional
number of telegraph poles and for adj
ditional piling and bridge timber hav-
ing been let to Eugenio Romero of Las
Vegas and S. o. Fletcher of Santa Fe.
The grade of a miles which was con-
structed some time ago is in good con-
dition and ready for the ties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
A BIGANIY CHARGE.
Serious Complaint Is Made by the Wife
of III. Nj. Tarbet.


of III. Nj. Tarbet.
This morning the chief of police re-
ceived a letter from Mrs. May Tarbet,
the wife of Hugh NJ. Tarbet, of Sedan,
which bore the information that she
had him arrested at Caney and that
he was in Jail on the charge of big
amy, and that his bond was fixed at
$500.
Several days ago, the officers here
received a letter from Mrs. Tarbet,
which asked them to find her husband
il possible. The letter also told an
interesting story to the effect that she
and Hugh NJ. Tarbet had been married
for about six weeks and that they
night of July 10, when a strange man
and woman came to the house and
asked to see her husband.
The strange woman remarked, when
she saw Tarbet: 1--WE got YOU at last
Hugh, you might well come out
He went outside of the house and af-
ter conversation of some minutes
returned to the room where Mrs. Tar
bet was sitting and told her he would
have to go away and that he could
not stop to explain matters but that
it would be all right. At the time she
wrote the first letter. Mrs. Tarbet had
not heard from her husband for sew
eral days and was asking the police
here to locate him for her, believing
that he might have come back to Ar
kansas City.
She stated in the first letter that the
woman and Tarbet drove to either
Peru or Caney that night. She also
was of the opinion that the woman
had some sort of hold upon her hus-
oand and that she had threatened him
with arrest She also said that she
was sixteen years of age and since she
was deserted had returned to the home
of her mother.
The local police did all they could
to investigate the case and found that
Iarpet had lived here with a woman
who was supposed to be his wife. This
information was supplied to the Mrs
May Tarbet and she evidently found
MIN at Caney and caused his arrest
upon that information
Tarbet was quite we'll known here
He represented a Chicago music house
and made this city his headquarters.
There will be a number of Arkansas
CITY people subpoenaed to the trial.
Arkansas City Traveller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06

A person who has chronic catarrh al
difficulties and has not given Peruna a
fair trial is unfortunate indeed. To
be afflicted with chronic catarrh and
not try Peruna is as foolish as to have
the old fashioned chills and fever and
refuse to try quinine, or to have a
broken bone and not allow the doctor
to set it.
Peruna has come to be so UNIVERSAL
ly recognized as specific cure for
catarrhal affections, acute or chronic,
that it is amazing that any one should
continue to suffer on with such a per-
sistent malady, neglecting to take a
remedy that is sure.
A Diplomats Letter.
DR.. w. Godfrey Hunter, u. S. Min
lister from Guatemala, ex-member of
Congress from Kentucky, in a letter
from Washington, D. c., writes: 81
am fully satisfied that your Peruna is
an eff1cacious remedy for catarrh, as
1 and many of my friends have been
benefited by its use."-W. G. Hunter,
M. d.
Peruna makes diseased mucous
membranes healthy, whether it is the
mucous membrane lining the nose,
throat, lungs, stomach, kidneys or
pelvic organs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
DON'T WANT THE CIRCUS.
Limits of Kingman May Be Changed to
Shut Out a Show.

Arkansas City, Kas-, Aug. 6.-John
McFall, state cattle inspector. stationed
here, has just returned from business
trip connected with the cattlemen' S pic
mic to be held in Kingman, August 30
to September 2. He is treasurer of the
Park and Driving association of King
man, which gives the picnic as an an
nual event. The association has had
trouble before this year with shows
that go to Kingman during the picnic
and take advantage of the crowds That
would otherwise devote their time to
the picnic.
A short time ago an advance agent
for a circus arrived in Kingman and
took out a license for the appearance
of the circus September 2, the last day
of the picnic. A number of members
of the association appointed a COM
mittee to call upon the advance agent
and demanded that he surrender the
license. After war of words he gave
up the paper. He then declared that
the circus would give a performance
anyway. He leased a 40-acre field on
the edge of town from a farmer, and
went on his way. In a few days the
council will hold a special meeting
and take that field into the city so that
the city officials may have jurisdiction
over it.
The members of the association
have also decided that if this does not
prevent the appearance of the show,
they will forbid the circus using the
streets for a parade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
RAILROAD NEWS.
Will Use Electricity to Run
Railroad Trains.
Yanderbilts Planning a Great
Power House at Niagara.
WILL COST $24,OOO,O
Scheme May RevoIutiOnize Rail-
reading in the East.
Cos zip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Chicago. Aug. 6.-The Vanderbilts are
said to be planning to equip the West
Shore railroad with electricity and to
adopt this motive power for the Maya
IA Falls and Lewiston branch, the
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg and
the Oswego branch of the New York
Central.
The plan includes the construction of
a power house at Niagara Falls to cost
So. 100000. This power is to be created
by company known as the Niagara,
Lockport and Ontario Power company,
which is said to be controlled by the
observation-disclosures syndicate, which
recently purchased two electric roads.
While the VanderDilts thus are pre-
pairing to supplant steam with electric
ity, J. F. Deems, superintendent of mo-
tive power for the entire system, is
said to have perfected an invention
which will enable locomotives to attain
an efficiency of service amounting to 81
per cent instead of between % and 40
per cent at present. The invention
is said to eliminate the cylinder and
piston rod and to apply the power di-
rectly to the axle of the locomotive, the
wheels being given four impulses of
steam per revolution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
LIKES WESTERN KANSAS.
Fort Scott Man Purchases 500 Acres
i'm Kearny County.

Fort Scott. Kas., Aug. Sired
McCreedy, who has been in the gro
Gerry business at the corner of Mar
grave and Fifth streets for many
years, has just returned from Kearny
county. Kansas, one of the western
tiers of the state, where he pur-
chased 500 acres of grazing land In
the course of time he will move on to
it and go into the cattle raising bust
ness. Mr.. McCreedy is very well
pleased with that country, and while
he says the land needs considera BILE
attention before it will be productive,
he believes that it is the best soil in
the state. His ranch is on the Ar
kansas river. six miles north of Lakin,
the county seat, and is surrounded
with many nice farms. The land is
taken care of there by irrigation.
AS an illustration that the land can
be made productive he cites an in
stance Some years ago a poor man
purchased a large tract of land and
set it out in fruit trees. Today Mr..
McCreedy says that mans check is
good for $4,000, and he made it all
on the farm. He will this year pick
about 1900 worth of apples. Water
melons, cantaloupes. alfalfa and other
crops are raised there readily.
Mr.. McCreedy will put some of his
farm out in fruit trees and will save
the rest for grazing land. He intends
to go into the cattle raising business.
He does not intend to leave Fort Scott
for the present and will remain here
until the land is better improved.
VIII Newberry and Richard Mat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
Hutchinson Had a Fire Last
Night With Loss of 100000.
Eight Streams Were Played on
the Flames I'm Vain.
IN BUSINESS DISTRICT.
Blaze Finally stopped By Martin
Store Fire Wall.
Irvan Dry Goods Company Lost
Entire Stock of S25, 200.

Hutchinson, Aug. 6.-Stock and build
ings to the amount of $4,000 were de-
stroyed by fire here last night The
blaze started at $50. The Irvan dry
goods store, the Poehler Drug company
the Rorabaugh- Wiley storage ROOM the
McIntruff photograph gallery, MIS-.
Montgomery dressmaking establish
ment and the Krouse real estate Office
are almost a total loss. Irvan's dry
goods loss is the largest There was a
stock of SIS, 600, and there is nothing
left. The roof of this building fell in
after it had burned an hour. The build
ing is owned by H. Whiteside. and Is
ruined. The Poehler drug building.
owned by H. WhiteSide, is also nearly
ruined, as is the krouse building, which
was used for a dry goods store by
Rorabaugh. Irvan had more than half
the worth insured and the others were
insured for half the loss. Poehler will
lose $4,000, McIntruff $1,000. Rorabaugn
5000, Mrs. Montgomery $1,000 and the
krouse real estate offices 81 ,0O0-
Eight streams were played on the fire,
but nothing could stop it until the fire
wall al the big Martin store was reach
ed No one was hurt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
ENDS FIGHT ON MERGER.
Pere Marquette Syndicate Buys Stock
of Dissatisfied Shareholders.

The preferred stockholders of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton rail-
road have been appeased by the pur-
chase of their stock at $110 a share,
and nothing now threatens the sta
bility of the merger of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton 81 Dayton, Pere Marquette
and Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
railroads.
While no official statement has been
made as to financial details of the
plan, it is understood that the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton leases the
Pere Marquette upon a basis of per
cent. for the common stock this year
and 5 per cent. per annum after this
year. 1t is also understood that con-
troll of the Pere Marquette was ac-
quired on a basis of Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton bonds and common
stock of par value of $125 and mar
ket value of $110 for each share of
Pere Marquette stock.
Russell Harding, as president of the
Pere Marquette and vice president and
general manager of the Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton and the Chicago,
Cincinnati & Louisville roads will
make his headquarters in Cincinnati,
and George E. Cumming, chairman of
the board of directors, will have head
quarters in New York Mr.. Hard
ing's salary will be $4,000 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
1T is A LOTTERY.
Tobacco Trusts Guessing Scheme
Placed Under a Ban.

Albany, Aug. 6.-The court Of APP
peals has decided that Ismar S. Eli
son, publisher of the United States
Tobacco journal, violated the anti-lot-
terry section of the penal code of New
York in publishing in his journal an
advertiser ent inviting competition in
a contest to determine the amount of
revenue tax paid on certain brands of
cigars for cash prizes. The court in
this decision reverses the appellate di-
vision, first department, which affirmed
an order of the special term discharg-
ing the relator from custody. The
opinion of the court of appeals is writ
ten by Judge Cullen, who after set
ting forth the fact of the advertise
ment which was published by the
Florodora company, says:
Doubtless the purpose of the Floro-
dora company in establishing the sys-
tenn of competition for prizes detailed
in the advertisement was to increase
the sale of its various brands of cigars.
For that purpose it would be justified
in using any innocent or legal method
ton could not under the guise of en-
acting a police regulation, interfere
with it's liberty.
But the prohibition and regulations
of gambling in all forms and lotteries
of every description are unquestionably
valid exercises of executive power and
if the scheme established by the ad-
vertiSer was in effect a lottery the fact
that the dominant purpose was merely
to increase the advertisers business
does not save it from condemnation"
His conclusion is that the contest
was a lottery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
Rock Island Gets Another.

Des Moines, Aug. 6.-There is little
doubt here that the Rock Island rail-
road has purchased the Newton &
Northwestern, a line running from
Newton through Boone to Gowrie. A
few days ago a party of Rock Island
officials went out in a special car over
the new road and Immediately there
after the president of the Newton
road directed the stoppage of pro-
ceedings for condemnation of right of
way at Newton to connect with the
Iowa Central branch. The new road
would connect the Rock Island over
its own tracks with the Gowrie-Sibley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
FRISCO MOVES HEADQUARTERS.
Engineers Department Taken From
Springfield to Fort Scott.


Fort Scott, Kas., Aug. 81. S.
Mitchell, division superintendent for
the northern division of the Frisco,
tiers of the same company would be
transferred from Springfield to this
city about October 1. The matter has
been definitely settled. 1t has been
found impracticable to use the King
bell building near the depot for the
offices, and the company has decide
to put up a building. Work on the
ed right away. All of the office force
of Mr.. Spencer, including Mel Camp
bell, a former Fort Scott boy, will
come to Fort Scott to live. Speaking
of the transfer, the Springfield Leader
has the following to say:
The offices of these six engineers
were centered here last May, as a
Frisco force according to the Rock Is
land way. At the time it was consid-
cred a little strange that they should
all come to Springfield, but it was
claimed that they could from this CEN
trail point be within easy reach of their
respective divisions. Another reason
given was that a, joining of their offices
and forces of clerks would be more
economical. The present change is
made SO that each engineer may be n
the center of his operating division.
These officers report to c. D. Pur-
don, engineer of maintenance of way
with headquarters at st. Louis. Their
removal makes as radical a change in
the maintenance department here as
power department by the removal of
clerks to Mr.. Nettleton's office in st.
Louis. With the division engineers
about fifteen clerks will go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
Salina Man Lost i'm Mexico.

Salina, Kas.. Aug. 6.-Frank King
man is anxious about the whereabouts
of his brother, Will, who left here a
year ago last March, and went to Old
Mexico. Fer a few months after leaV-
ing, Mr.. Kingman wrote to relatives
here, but suddenly the letters were
discontinued. Attempts have been
made to reach him by letter, but all
have failed. Inquiry was made at the
United States embassy at Mexico and
1t was learned that he had been en-
ployed with the Tezintlan Copper COM
pany, at La-Aurora, Pueblo, but the
last that company heard from King
man was a letter to one of the men
dated at FL Carmen, Durango, about
ten months ago. Mr.. Kingman was an
electrical engineer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
A PROSPEROUS YEAR.
Santa Fe Railway Makes Good Show.
ing This Year.

The Santa Fe rounded out the best
fiscal year in its history with it's June
statement, showing an increase of IA
per cent in gross earnings and in
crease of 80 per cent. in net earnings.
The increase in gross for the fiscal
year amounted to $5,810,S03, or 9 per
cent, while the increase in net, after
deducting taxes and rentals, amounted
to $1,S52,604, or nearly per cent.
Fixed charges for the year were in
creased by the issue of $10,00O,0O0
general mortgage per cent. bonds
last fall, but were decreased by the
retirement of $2,5OO.OOO per cent. Sc
rial debentures. The annual report
therefore should show an increase in
interest charges of not more than
100000.
The surplus for the shares will con-
sequently show an increase of about
$1.55e,000 for the year. Added to the
share surplus for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1908, $13,s9s.329. this
makes total share surplus for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1904, about $15,-
$50, 900, which is equivalent to 5 per
cent. on the $114,199,530 preferred
stock and 9 u per cent. on the $102,-
100000 common.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
ASSEMBLING GRAIN CARS.
Northwestern Issues Order to Not
Allow Grain Cars to Leave

northwestern ISSUES OfOSr TO MOI
Allow Grain Cars to Leave.
Chicago. Aug 6.-An order was is
sued yesterday by the Northwestern
railroad that no freight cars suitable
for carrying grain be allowed to leave
the company's lines. The management
northwest for some time in anticipa-
ton of the crop movement, which
latest reports show will be so heavy
as to tax the systems transportation
facilities to the utmost
I'VE believe that the crops along
our lines will be equal to those of any
year, if not larger than ever before"
said a traffic official of the road. "Our
equipment is increased this year by
1000 box cars of $4,000 pounds ca
pacity each, but even with this addi-
ton we cannot afford to let any of our
grain carrying cars go to other roads
until after we have cared Tor the crops
in the northwest.
1.-The crops along our lines more
than fill our original estimates" said
a traffic official of the st. Paul system.
Barley and rye have been harvested
and the yield was excellent. The
wheat crop was fair. The corn crop
will be the largest in ten years. Crops
may be short, as ]. j. Hill says, along
the Great Northern, but they are not
along the st. Paul system"
Santa Fe officials have full reports
of crop conditions in the territory
tributary to their road, from which
they conclude that there is no reason
to change the estimate made some
time ago of the wheat yield of Kansas,
which placed the crop of that state
at 100000 bushels. Nothing can
now occur to lower this estimate, since
the wheat is harvested, and the Santa
Fee figures, if erring at all, do so on the
side of conservatism. The outlook for
corn is encouraging, indicating the
best crop ever produced in Santa Fe
territory.
The only uncertain factor at present
is in connection with the packing
house strike, which, if long drawn out,
is liable to have considerable effect on
earnings.
The Santa Fe has fully recovered
from the effect of the June floods, and
barring the strike uncertainty every
thing looks favorable for a year of
good business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
JUMPED INTO WELL.
Mrs. Julian Love Adopts That Plan in
Endeavor to Commit Suicide.

Fort Scott. Kas., Aug. 6.-Mrs. Love,
n hard working woman who washes
and wife of Julian Love, an old broom
maker, who resides at $50 South Main
street. made an unsuccessful attempt
to take her own life by jumping into
the well at their home Trouble with
her husband, who is said to be a
worthless fellow, is responsible for her
attempt ut seIf-destruction. The poor
woman has been doing about six
washings every day on an average,
and had worked herself almost to
death providing for her family.
She went to the we'll while her hus-
band was at home and plunged into il.
Fortunately the well was not very
deep or she would have been killed
by the fall. The well is Is feet deep
and contained about eight feet of
water. Her husband, seeing what she
had done, jumped in after her and
succeeded in keeping her head above
water until assistance came to them.
About a year ago the woman attempt
ed to commit suicide by swallowing
poison, but she was saved by the
doctor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-06
A TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.
Women and Preachers Follow in
Mrs. Nations Footsteps.

Ransom, Kan, Aug. 6.-The pastor
OF the Methodist church here and a
committee of women met all incom-
ing trains Friday and attempted to
conhscate all liquor shipped into the
town. They were armed with hatchets
and axes and planned to destroy every
Jug of whisky and bottle of beer after
they had been carried beyond the rail-
road right of way.
The women prevented a party of
men and boys from removing several
cases of beer from the depot until the
men agreed to sell the women one
bottle from each case. The beer was
loaded into a wagon, and men, wom-
en- and liquor were driven up Main
street behind that same team. In re-
Spouse to telephone call by the
committee the county attorney and
the sheriff came here from Ness City
in the evening, and it is expected some
arrests will be made soon.
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thews. who run a grocery and feed
store at the corner of First street and
National avenue. went on the western
trip with him, and both took up claims
of $50 acres each near his place. They
filed on the claims at Dodge City, and
will either sell the claims or go there
shortly and take up their residence.
Mr. McCreedy paid 50 an acre for his
land. and he says that before he left
there he was offered 81 acre but
refused. 81 did not go out there to
sell, I went to buy" said Mr. Nc
Greedy when asked why he did not
accept the offer; it would have been
a clean pickup of $1,000. He tried
to get three more quarter sections adj
joining his ranch, but the land went
before he could make the purchase.