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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Row over DiTerentials.

The Michigan Central and Pere
Marquette roads are fighting over the
question of differential rates The
Pere Marquette filed with the Central
Passenger association an application
for the privilege of making differen-
tial or lower rates between here and
Detroit than is charged by the M1ch1-
gan Central and Wabash roads, on
the grounds that it is a new line and
longer than the other routes.
The Michigan Central says the Pere
Marquette really has no Chicago-De-
troit line, not even through car ser
vice. will not get any of the through
business, and wants the differential
rate in order to get the patronage of
persons who want to stop over at
Grand Rapids en- route from Chicago
to Detroit without paying the local
rates.
The Grand Trunk has a, differential
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
May Curtail Icing Charges.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-Upon the finding
of the interstate commerce commas
sion in regard to the controversy be-
tween the commission merchants and
the Armour Car company depends a
possible action on the part of the fed
eral authorities looking toward re-
striction of the charges made for ICING
cars When the commission ad-
journed Wednesday it was announced
that the investigation was suspended
A transcript of all the testimony in
the case will be taken to Washing
ton. however, next week by Assistant
United States Attorney General Fagin,
who will make a careful investigation
in connection with the finding of the
commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
TowNE is PROMOTED.
Former Topeka Boy Is Division En-
gineer of G. & N.

Topeka people will be glad to learn
of the promotion of a Topeka boy, w.
], Towne, son of 1. N. Towne who still
lives here. Mr.. Towne, jr., has been
division engineer of the Peninsula di-
vision of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway at Escanaba. He is promoted
to be division engineer of two divis-
ions, the Wisconsin and the Northern
Wisconsin divisions. w. w. Gaff1n is
assigned to Mr.. Towne's former place.
w. ]. Towne lived in Topeka and
formerly worked for J. NJ. Meade, who
is now chief engineer of the eastern
grand division of the Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Torpedo Boats for Japan.

torpedo boats, evidently destined for
Japan, have arrived at Minnesota
Transfer from Fore RIVER, Quincy.
Mass. The boats are loaded on nine
teen cars. Every effort is being made
to hasten the departure of the ship
ment and special detectives are en-
ployed in watching night and day
The cars came in over the Burlington
and will go out by the Great North
ern.. The cars wrecked at Minot, N.
D., recently which were said to carry
the shipment of torpedo boats, were
really loaded with steel plate, also in
tended for Japan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

rates from New Orleans to st. Paul,
while the Illinois Central, having it's
own rails all the way between those
points, prefers to maintain the pres
ent rates.
The rates to be fixed by the arbi-
traitors from New York and New Or
leans to st. Paul are to be based on
normal sugar rates generally At this
time they are generally. demoralized.
Because of reductions of about 20
cents which have been made by other
lines from New Orleans and Savannah
to Missouri river points the Great
Western yesterday announced that it
would make a rate of 10 cents per
100 pounds on sugar from Chicago to
all Missouri river points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Oregon Short Line Extension.

Boise, Idaho, Oct. 15.-It is an
nounced that the Oregon Short Line
will at once begin construction of the
Minadoka and Southwestern branch.
This branch is projected to run
through the tract of land being re-
claimed by the government near Nina
doka and through the heart of the
greater tract being developed under
the Twin Falls irrigation system. In
the latter tract one hundred thousand
acres is to be opened to settlement on
Thursday October 20. The land will
be secured by lot. 1t was previously
place on october 2, which was in
corporated. For this event the Union
Pacific has arranged to run an ex-
curSion from all Missouri river points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

However often we take Cold we sell
dom recognize the first symptoms: the
languid, tired feeling; the lack of en-
ergy and strength; the blues, and dark
forebodings of some impending illness.
This goes to show what a wrench the
system gets by the checked circula-
ton of the blood when Cold is taken.
The next time you feel so, take a
dose of DR.. Humphreys Seventy
seven.' It will restore the circulation,
start the blood coursing through the
veins and break up the Cold-making
life worth living.
''77'' for Grip, Coughs and Influenza.
At Druggists, Csc each, or mailed.
Humphreys Medicine Co, cor. William
and John stS., New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Fixing Sugar Rates.

An attempt is being made to Sc
cure a settlement of the sugar rate
war by arbitration. The interested
lines selected Stuart r. Knott, presi-
dent of the Kansas City Southern rail-
road, and C. c. Mccain, commissioner
of the freight association of the lake
lines, to act as arbitrator of the ques-
ton of the relative rates to be made
on sugar to ST. Paul from New Or
leans and New York.
Arguments were made here yester-
day before the commission. The Chi
cago Great Western road insisted that
the Illinois Central should raise its
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Knavery Not Republicanism.

Concordia Blade: 1t is not the pur-
pose of the Blade. as a Republican
paper. to make any uncaIled for fight
on State Treasurer T. T. Kelly, who
has been under fire for several years
past and has been accused of an
amount of crookedness under which
most men would have retired to pri-
vate life but it is our intention to
state affairs that the people should
know, even should it reflect on Mr..
Kelly or any other public official We
have an opinion, to be sure. in the
Kelly smear, and it is not favorable
to him. yet we would not do him any
injustice knowingly. Other people,
too. have their opinions and whether
they are favorable or unfavorable to
Kelly, we neither know nor care. but
it is our firm belief that no honest Re
publican would care to vote for him
If the charges multiplying against him
are true, and he does not seem in
cltned to explain them away. If he
can.
When all these mysteries are ex-
planned, and explained Satisfa ctorily,
the people will have a right to believe
that Mr.. Kelly has been the victim of
a political plo: designed to ruin him,
but until they are explained they are
wholly justified, as honest men who
are interested in the safety of the
states funds, in Withholding support
from him. 1t is no reflection on their
Republicanism if they refuse to en-
dorse knavery by any person in any
form.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Representatives of the Kaiser.

Berlin, Oct. 15.-Emperor William
has designated Lieut.. Gen. Won Loe-
wenfeld, of the emperor's military
staff, and imperial Adjutant Gen. Won
Schmettow to represent him at the
unwilling of the statue of Frederick
the Great in Washington, November
19. Both delegates named are de-
scendants of officers of Frederick the
Great. They will arrive in New York
on the steamer Hamburg about Mo-
vember 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
$4,000, 900 for Public Improvement

San Francisco, Oct. 15.-Former
Mayor James d. Phelan, as president
and adornment of San Francisco, has
addressed a communication to the
board of supervisors stating that he
has arranged for the immediate pur-
chase of 100000 worth of NUM-
cipaI bonds authorized to be issued for
making public improvements
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
sIocum Pilot Reinstated.

New York, Oct. 15.-Edward Van
wart, pilot, whose license was revoked
by the local steamboat inspection bu-
reau because he was officiating on the
steamer General Slocum when it was
burned in the East river with the loss
of nearly 1000 lives, has been rein
stated, the supervising inspector ruling
that the statute regarding fire drills,
for the disregard of which Vanwart
was held liable along with the cap
tain, does not apply because the pilot
never was actually in command of the
vessel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
State All Torn Up Over Treas.
ury Shortages.
Newspapers Everywhere Are
Talking of Them.
SEVERE STATEMENTS.
The State Journal Mild Com
pared With Other Papers.
Searching and Scathing Criti-
cism State of Affairs.

The state treasury shortages, the mys-
FERROUS returning of money and the
Comanche county bond deal are the
talk of the state The State Journal
could fill pages with the comments.
Here are just few. Many of the COM
ments are so savage, SO severe and so
strongly condemnatory of certain news
papers for defending Kelly and the
Comanche county bond deal that we
can not. print them under the circum-
stances. The papers are full of scath-
ing articles that put the State Journals
remarks in the list of mild notices The
whole state is stirred up:
Repudiated at Home.
Miami County Republican: The peo-
PIE of Miami county are disappointed
treasurer of Kansas, has again be-
trayed a public trust and proven an
unworthy official They had hoped
that he would take warning by the ex-
posure of his misdeeds county clerk
of this county and redeem himself,
but he has not done so and will not
Repudiated by his neighbors who knew
him best, the state of Kansas should
have taken heed of him and refused to
have elected him to an office of high
responsibility. They are now reaplnS
the consequences of their credulity-
Miami county is no longer responsible
for him. and it is a qualification to our
taxpayers that his raPacity Will be sat
isfied out of the %Eblic treasury or
Kansas rather than from the treasury
of this county.
The exposure of Kelly's use of $123,-
0O0 of the public funds of Kansas in a
private investment to purchase the
bonds of doubtful value of Comanche
county so that they could be unloaded
on the school fund, is published in de-
tail in the Topeka State Journal, with
the testimony in full of the bankers
who delivered the bonds to Kelly and
who received the money from him for
them. Kelly's apologists say that his
technical" Whether technical or reg
ular Kelly does not care, so long as
he can loot a fund and get the profit
The report of the state accountant of
his examination of the records of the
state treasurer reveals a startling con-
dition of affairs.
In July 1900, the city of Abilene re-
mitted IT'S interest on bonds No en-
try was made of this amount on the
records of the state treasurer until
September z. 1904. more than four years
later. 1t was paid during the admin
iStratiOn of Grimes and entered on the
records as received under Kelly'S ad-
rninistration-a sort of looping the gap
method of accounts and bookkeeping
Another instance cited in the report
was the payment to the state by Gar
den City on August 8, 1908. of 81, 402. so.
This found its way onto the books or
the state treasurer August &c, 1904,
over a year afterward-
In tracing up these matters it was
necessary for the accountant to go to
Garden City and Abilene. Kelly learn
ed of his trips there and knew what he
was after, hence the entries on his
books
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Railroad Company for Oklahoma.

Guthrie, o. T.. Oct. 15.-The Ell
Paso, Mountain Park & st. Louis Rail-
road company filed it's charter with the
secretary of Oklahoma today. 1t has
a capital stock of 100000. Its in
corporators are r. K. Kelley, NJ. Rob-
erts, w. P. Bryan, B. Hillyer and A.
Osborn. The principal office is at
Mountain Park, with branch offices at
ST. Louis and Oklahoma City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
ENLARGE OGDEN SHOPS.
Three Hartman Lines Will Have Inn
proved Facilities.

The Ogden shops of the three Har-
rirnan lines will be considerably en-
larged, but we are informed that no
definite plans have yet been decided
upon regarding the Improvements,
says the Railway Age. Just at present
work is being pushed on a 20-stall
'roundhouse at Salt Lake City, Whlch
will have one of the finest turntables
in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
New Railway in California.

San Diego, Cal, Oct. 13.-The city
council has granted a franchise for a
railroad through this city, to be built
east into Arizona, one of the terms
of the ordinance being the beginning
of actual construction within six
months and completion by January
l, 1907. Mr.. Richards, who obtained
the franchise, says his principals are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

independence Reporter: If Cover
nor Bailey was responsible for the re-
port being sent out about Kelly and
there was no just 81 Cund for it, then
Cow rnor Bailey f.. Teits the respect of
honest men. Have you not heard the
news that $1,175 and $1,402 have al
ready been brought back since Cover
nor Bailey set the accountant to work.
There's more coming.-Ed. State Jour
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

rate between here and Detroit, so
cents less than is charged by the
Michigan Central and Wabash. The
Pere Marquette wants the same diff
ferential. 1t is expected that the Pere
Marquette will soon announce that it
VIII charge the lower rate without
waiting to submit the question to ar
bitration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
A Love Letter.

Would not interest you If you're looking
for a guaranteed salve for sores, burns.
or piles. Otto Dodd of Ponder, Mo-, writes:
Il suffered with an ugly sore for a year.
but box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
me. It's the best salve on earth, Csc, ct
Arnold Drug Co., 221 North Kansas ave-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Under Clouds.

Salina Herald: The Journal makes
the open charges against Kelly of en-
bezzlement- This is a grave charge but
in the face of what it publishes as evil
dence 1t would seem that the paper has
a pretty good case. The voters of this
state should therefore remember that
the charges against these candidates
for public office and public confidence
are not Democratic lies. But let us look
this question fairly and squarely in the
face. The onus of proof of the guilt of
these officials rest upon the State Jour-
nal. But whether the State Journal
can or can not make good its allega-
lions the fact remains that these fellows
ought not to be trusted with RESPONSE
BILE official duties The voters of the
state of Kansas have but one fact to
consider and that is that these fellows
are under a cloud of suspicion and pre-
sumptively that they are guilty The
presumption of guilt of crookedness
must lie against them until a court of
competent jurisdiction clears up the
CT Tges preferred against them by the
State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
PEOPLE WHO ENJOY
BEING SICK.
Nine Persons Out of Ten Have Kidney
TroubIe-Warner's Safe Cure Is
the Only Positive Cure.

There are thousands of men and women
going about the world today with kidney
trouble, who apt to die at any
ment of Bright's disease, diabetes or
blood poison.
subject to sudden death, because they
don't or won't even take the trouble to
find out what's the matter with them.
Some of them don't suffer enough-they
think it's nothing much and will wear
off of itself" Kidney disease never cures
itself.
others have doctored so much and are
so completely discouraged that they have
made up their minds there is no hope for
them anyway; the doctor has told them
they must die, and at last they believe
him.
And yet thousands upon thousands ex-
cry year, even in the most advanced
stages of kidney trouble, when too sick
and weak to move in bed, even when the
shades of death are lowering near, have
been cured-literally snatched from the
graYe-by Warner Safe Cure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
How They Feel About 1t.

Barber County Index: The scandals
at the state house keep growing. Chas.
Rcwett. the expert accountant appoint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

not connected with the Rock Island
road, said to be headed toward this
city. The outside survey will begin
next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

Miami Republican: State Treasurer
Kelly says he is Satisfied with the
report of the investigation of his office
by Accountant Rowett. It will be re-
membered that Mr.. Kelly was 50
thoroughly Satisfied" with the report
made two years ago by the county
commissioners of Miami county of his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

ed by Governor Bailey to check up the
different departments has just I'M
earthed a tremendous shortage in the
school fund. Tom Kelly and Burrow
and Dayhoff are raving mad about it
and are out in a statement attacking
Governor Bailey. If the people of Kan
sas re-elect Burrow and Dayhoff and
Kelly, after all that has been laid bare
before their gaze, they deserve to be
robbed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

Troy Chief: The Topeka Capital
says that Governor Bailey once drew
his salary from the safe treasury six
days before it was due. Therefore, in
the opinion of the Capital, he is as
bad as Tom Kelly. 1t might also have
added that the Capital once drew
$4,000 more than was coming to it
from the city treasury and paid it
back when compelled to. The attempt
of the Capital to make light of Kelly's
crime and the effort to pass it up by
accusing others of wrong doing, is
child's play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Don't Want Trial.

Emporia Gazette: If Tom Kelly
can have the use of seven thousand
dollars of the state funds and return
them when he finds the accountant
is onto him-keeping four thousand
which went out when he was deputy
treasurer. and was, as his friends
claimed at the time. ''in full charge
of the treasurer's off1ce"-if that is
the law Attorney General Coleman
may be trusted to give the people of
the state the straight of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

Troy Chief: The Kansas City Jour-
nal thinks it is truly wonderful how
The Chief came to print the facts re-
garding Tom Kelly's steatngs a day
ahead of the Topeka State Journal
which was credited with the exposure.
There is nothing very strange about
it. The Chief just happened to be late
last week and caught the story and
printed il, which is not so wonderful
as this paper is in the habit of giving
the news.
But the Journal failed to give its
readers a line on this matter which is
the greatest steal of public funds in the
history of this or any other state, and
exhibited its yellow streak more plain
ly by its silence than anything else
could do. Perhaps the Journal was
waiting until Kelly whacked up some
of his ill-gotten loot before the yellow
journal of Missouri would rush to his
defense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

Barber County Index: Did you read
the latest about Tom Kelly and his
connection with the Comanche county
bond deal? It is charged and support
ed by dispositions that Kelly loaned
state money to buy the bonds. Are
you going to support the transaction
with your vote?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

Parsons Sun: The Topeka Capital
had not reached this office at press
time, but the Sun predicts that this
mornings issue of the Kelly organ
will come out in defense of the state
treasurer and his shortages, a synop-
sis of which was given in last nights
issue of this paper, as reported by
State Accountant Rowett.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

Holton Recorder: Has Mr. Hoch
read those bankers dispositions taken
in the Coleman-Burrow-D ayhoff- Mac
Lehman cases; and if so does he really
and candidly still think that the Repub-
lican who should refuse to vote for
Kelly and the school fund commission
ers, should ''go over to the Democratic
party where he beIongs?"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05
STORY or TEN POOR BOYS.
There Is q Chance for Others to
Rise.

There Is q Chance for Others to
Rise.
John Adams, second president, was
the son of grocer of very moderate
means. The only start he had was
good education.
Andrew Jackson was born in log
hut in North Carolina, and was rear
ed in the pine woods for which the
state is famous.
James K. Polk spent the earlier years
of his life helping to dig living out
of a farm in North Carolina He was
afterwards clerk In country store.
Millard Fillmore was son Of a New
York farmer, and his home was q
humble one. He learned the business
of clothier.
James Buchanan was born in a
small town in the Alleghaney noun
tains. His father cut the logs and.
built the house in what was then .
wilderness.
Abraham Lincoln was the son Of
wretchedly poor farmer in Kentucky,
and lived in log cabin until he was
81 years old.
Andrew Johnson was apprenticed
to a tailor at the age of 10 years
by his widowed mother. He was never
able to attend school. and picked up
all the education he ever had.
Ulysses S. Grant lived the life Of q
village boy. in a plain house on the
banks of the Ohio river until he was
II years of age.
James A. Garfield was born in log
cabin. He worked on the farm until
he was strong enough to use carpen-
ter's tools, when he learned the trade.
He afterwards worked on a canal.
Grover Cleveland's father was
Presbyterian minister with small
salary and large family. The boys
had to earn their living.-The Ad-
vance.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-10-05
HEAD or rRArEaaAL CONGRESS.
r. A. FaIksnbers Elected to slightest
Office Of the National Convention.

Mr.. F. A. Falkenberg. who has Just
been elected president Of the National
F'raternal Congress at It's session in
st. Louis. which body represents
100000 members Of fraternal insur-
ance societies of America, was born in
Indiana in 1857. He is son Of the
Rev. s. B. Falkenburg. Methodist d.
vine Of that state. As q student he
graduated with high honors in collegi-
ate classical and collegiate courses.
He was admitted to the bar Of the
supreme court In the state OF Indi-
ana In 1879, after passing an examina-
tion before a board composed Of Gen.
Benjamin Harrison, Gen. Thomas
Brown and Maj. Jonathan w. Gordon.
He resigned from the practice Of law
in Indiana to become auditor Of the
Toledo, Cincinnati G. st. Louis rail-
road. This position he later resigned
to become secretary and treasurer Of
of Chicago's largest publishing
houses.
Later he entered the fire insurance
business In charge Of sub-agency ac-
counts for thirteen northwestern
States. This he followed for two years.
He then moved from Chicago to Lin
coin, Nebraska, where he conducted a
wholesale book and stationary busi-
ness.
1t was there that he became identi-
fled in fraternal order work, and was
appointed by Head Consul Joseph Gull
len Root as one OF his deputies in ex-
tending the order Of Modern Wood
men Of America. 1t was while in that
service that he moved to Denver in
1889, which city has since been his
home. Desiring to see the principles
of woodcraft extended beyond the mar
row field of eight or nine states, to
which it was by its charter then linn
tied, he and Joseph Cullen Root the
head consul Of the Modern Woodmen
OF America, on June 8, 1890. founded
the woodmen Of the World. and he has
been head consul Of the Western. or
Pacific, jurisdiction Of that order ever
since. He is also sovereign adviser
of the Eastern. or Sovereign, jurisdic-
tion, and is commander general Of the
uniform rank Of the entire order.