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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
HE'S, OH, so GLAD.
John Macdonald Delighted to
Be at Home.
Has Been in Charge of Kansas
Educational Exhibit.
HE is WELL PLEASED.
Says That Kansas Made Fine
Showing.
Won One of Grand Prizes and
IA Medals.
HE is WELL PLEASED.

"Oh-Oh, but I'm glad to get back to
Kansas" said John Macdonald, super
intendent of the Kansas Educational
Exhibit at the st. Louis fair, as he
walk into his Western School Journal
office on Thursday afternoon, dropped
his heavy suit case to the floor, and
sank heavily into his big office chair
behind his desk. Il never, never, never,
was so glad to get back to Kansas"
he murmured deliciously over and over
again.
u thought I'd never get away. 1t
looked as though never would get
my exhibit packed, and get all of our
material out of the booth and into the
cars There is so much red tape about
it. And when I got all my stuff to the
freight depot, two boxes wouldn't go
into the last car. 1 just left them there
to be shipped some time later. Then I
took the train and got away just as
soon as / could.
Wouldn't like to get about ten days
of vacation. But next week the State
Teachers association meets, and 1 have
to get busy. Look at that pile of mail
and papers, he said pointing to a
mountain of it piled on two chairs.
won't have to get busy though. But
I'm glad I'm back in Kansas.
81 put in a summer of mighty hard
work. President Francis himself said
that Kansas, outside of st. Louis, sent
more people to the fair than Missouri,
and it is a fact. During the busiest
season of the fair, from 200 to 300 people
registered every day at our exhibit.
And most of them wanted to see the
work from their home town. That
meant something, you can bet
"And then during the last six weeks
the buildings were colder than Green
land. We wore overcoats and gloves all
the time 1t is a wonder that we didn't
oct pafr 1a1I
colder inside of those buildings than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
GREAT PROSPERITY.
Railway Presidents and Others Agree
That Good Times Are Ahead.


According to interviews, many lead
, ing business men of the United States
predict that the country is entering
upon a period of unprecedented pros
perity. The Boston Journal has Sc
cured the following expressions on the
subject:
J. ]. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad system-"The gen
eral prosperity is reflected in the rail-
way tonnage and earnings
B: L. Winchell, president of the
Rock Island system-"The increased
modities is no small factor in the ma
terial prosperity which is coming to
those who live in the Rock Island
states of America
E. II. Cary, prominent railroad man
and capitalists beg to say that in
my opinion trade conditions generally
have, during the last sixty days, ma
terially improved and the outlook at
present is bright
E. P. Ripley, president of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road-''There is no boom anywhere in
the west, but the country is prosper
Gus and confident"
Darius Miller, vice president of the
Hill roads, in charge of traffic-'The
railroad outlook for the coming year
could not be brighter, and we have
signified out belief in prosperity by
ordering several thousands box cars
and other equipment"
John Stanton, capitalist-"The pros
poets for a large consumption of cop
per during the coming year are very
bright, and are reflected in the demand
existing for the metal at advancing
prices
John c. Latin, capitalist-''The in
crease of the wealth of the whole
country during the last twelve months
has been marked and confidence in the
future seems now completely re-
stored
Samuel P. Colt, manufacturer
Speaking from the standpoint of a
manufacturer of rubber goods, 1 would
say that the present business situation
is excellent"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
RAILROAD NEWS.
How Santa Fe VIII Spend Seven
Million Dollars.
Will Build Link TO Connect Gulf
to Coast Traffic.
COMPETE WITHSO.PAC.
To ContrOlCalifornia Fruit Bust.
ness and Southern Situation.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

The Santa Fe railroad will soon be-
come a rival of the Southern Pacific
railway for traffic between the port Of
Galveston, Texas, on the Gulf of Mex
leo and Los Angeles and San Francis
CO on the Pacific ocean.
1t is stated upon what seems to be
the best OF authority that the Santa Fe
will build a connecting link of about 500
miles next year which will give that
road practically as direct a route from
Galveston to Los Angeles and San
Francisco as that already in existence
In the shape of the Southern Pacific
railroad.
The authority for this announcement
comes from one of the highest officials
of the Santa Fe railway, and up to date
it has not been a matter of common
knowledge among the lesser officials of
the road.
The State Journal has lee rH--
this source that the Santa Fe railroad
company intends to use $7,000,000 of the
money to be obtained from the proposed
$50, 100000 bond issue which is to be
authorized at special meeting to be
held in Topeka on January "A, for the
purpose of building the proposed cut
OF across the Staked Plains of Texas
which will place the Santa Fe in a posi-
ton to compete with the Southern Pa
cific railroad for the through traffic
coast. With the building of this pre-
posed connecting link the Santa F'e will
be in a position to practically control
the fruit market of California.
Heretofore the Santa Fe and the
Southern Pacific have had a pooling
arrangement for handling the eastbound
shipments of fruit from California but
q recent decision of She courts has de-
clared this pooling arrangement illegal.
Consequently the proposed connecting
link becomes more of a necessity than
heretofore.
The fact that the Santa F'e is to build
this link to place them in a position to
compete for and very probably control
the southern traffic situation is an in
dication that the small amount of stock
which Mr.. f. H. Hartman, owner of
the Southern Pacific. has secured, does
not give him even a voice in the control
of the policy of the Santa Fe.
If Mr.. Hartman was in control of
the Santa Fe or was in the least likely
to get control of the road at any time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
RAILROAD TAXES IN ILLINOIS.
Board of Equalization Raises Taxes
Over Two Millions of Dollars.

In the assessment of railroads by
the Illinois board of equalization the
assessment of the railroad property is
nearly 100000 greater than last
year.
properties is s9O.s54,641, the lines en-
tering st. Louis being assessed as fol-
lows: Chicago & Alton, s6,3S6,174:
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, $7,772,-
9S5; Chicago & Eastern Illinois, $2,-
692,2S7: Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis,
$1,469.033; Rock Island, $3,34S,405;
Big Four. s1,76O.59S; Illinois Central
(Litchfield division), $454,341; Louis
vile Is Nashville. Ss34.442i Mobile &
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23

Constipation and many other
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quickly infantile troubles disappear.
Send for our book "The Care &
Feeding of Infants " and we will send
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free of charge.
MELLIN's FOOD CO., BOSTON. MASS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23

the reply. 'I saw the one at Philadel-
phfa, at Paris, at Chicago, Buffalo and
Omaha, but none compare with the
St. Louis exposition. 1 met people who
thought Chicago had a shade the bet
ter of it but I don't hold that opinion.
They are talking some of holding
fair at New York in 1909 to celebrate
the 300th anniversary of the discovery
of the Hudson river. There seemed to
be a good deal of sentiment in favor
of it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
UNION PACIFIC TAKING A ROAD
Bonner Springs Citizens Ask the Au-
thorities to Enioin the ConlnanN.

TO
A delega ton of citizens of Bonner
Springs. Kan, asked the W3-andotta
county, Kansas, comm issioners YES
terday afternoon to enjojn the Union
Pacific railroad from taking possession
of the J. W. Mcdaniel road. which
winds between the foot of the i5iufr
and the Union Pacific tracks 1t l.
along this narrow road that the new
electric limo to Bonner Springs would
have to pass.
Attorneys for the Union Pacific said
the road lay inside the governrne1 st
grant of the railroad and that they
were preparing to lay a double track
and would have to use a part of the
road. Enough would still be left for
travel they said.
The board deferred action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
SOMETIMES AT SEA.
Secretary Morton Pleased With Place
in Cabinet.

One of Secretary Morton's old rail-
road friends asked him If he would not
rath er be at the head of some depart
rnsnt where he would be more familiar
with the work than in the navy de-
partment.
Not much-'' re replied. I'D rather
be right here. where can be on deck
all the time even though I sometimes
may be at sea-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
APPEARING OLD
Acts as a Bar to Profitable Employs
ment.

You can not afford to grow old.
In these days of strenuous competition
It is necessary TO maintain. as long as
possible ones youthful appearance.
It is impossible to do this without re-
tanning a luxurious growth of hair
The presence of dandruf indicates the
presence of a burrowiDg germ which lives
and thrives on the roots of the HAIR until
it cauess total badness.
Newbro's Herpicide is the only known
destroyer of this pest, and it is as effec-
two as it is delightful IL use.
Herpicide makes an EXCELLENT hair Gress-
ing as well dandruff cure
Accept substitute there is none.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.,
Detroit, Mich. Rowley & Snow, special
agents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
}, $1,OO1,64o; Iron Mountain.

Ohio. $1.OO1,64o; Iron Mountain,
s721.026; st. Louis. Rock Island &
Chicago. $1.529,21s; Terminal Railway
of East st. Louis, 1852, 917; Glover
Leaf, $967,159; Wabash, $4,932,259.
The capital stock and franchise of
only eight railroads were assessed in
addition to the assessment on the tan
gible property. The Chicago & Alton
is among this number with an assess
ment of $114,99O, as is the st. Clair,
Madison & St. Louis Belt. $S.O45.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23

Children eat, sleep and grow after TAX
ing HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
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health and strength. A tonic for, siclxly
children. IS cents. Tea or tablets. CAT
lin Drug Co
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23

Our line is now complete with the
newest of designs and finishes. The
Overton Mfg. & Eng. Co, III and 113
East 9TH street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
DIR HOUGHTON'S PERIL.
Nearlu Ouercome, He Escapes from
Burning Home.

A fire broke out at three O'Clock this morning at
M I East Twenty-ninth-st., the house Of the Rev.
Dr George c. Houghton pastor of the Little
Church Around the Corner" The fire was dis
covered by a passer in the street. and an alarm
vas turned in at once When discovered the fire
was burning brightly in the dining-room of the
bouse but none of the family had noticed it.
When the hremen arrived. ladders were placed
against the windows and the family was aroused
Four women in their night-dresses were brought
ont bv the hremen. Another woman jumped to
the sloping roof of the church below and clung
there terrified. She about TO jump when
she was rescued by a fireman
The FIRE was put out after 1t had burned out the
basement Dr. Houghton succeeded in getting out
after being nearly overcome by the smoke Miss
Houghton was rescued by Fireman Convey. The
cause OF the fire was oves- heated stove.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
RUSSIA REJECTS OFFERS.
BARON H4Y4SHPS NEWS.
Var, He Says, Seems Certain
Lord LdnSdOzcne Gives Up Hone.

London Jan 1.-Baron Hayashi. the Japanese
Minister mere. has been informed from Paris
that Russia has decided not to grant the Jap
anese proposals. This is the first intimation anv
one here admits having received regarding the
Russian reply. The baron said:
II my Information from Paris is borne out hy,
the wording Of the Russian reply and II the
japanese government adheres to its pres-nt de-
termination there seems To- L. sn1i. posi- ibiHty-
OF nVerting war.
Ny Information from Paris is not official but
in connection with Information impaired Ia me
by the British government. il Is probably only
too correct.
II Chancellor Won BGow's statement that Rus
STA s reply VIII he framed IN a manner intended
10 satisfy Japan turns out correct n will be her
ter news than have dared TO hope for
The Foreign Secretary Lord Lansdowne. has
informed one Of the foreign ambassadors that he
has practically given up all hopes Of peace. al
though it was stated at the Foreign Office tha t
officials were unable to confirm or deny Baron
Hayashi's Information. The officials however.
say they are not surprised at the tenor Of his
advices
The Foreign Office seems inclined to think that
Russia will If possible, avoid making reply Of
any kind to the last japanese note
At the embassies here the statement made by
Baron Hayashi is regarded as most grave. espe
cially in view Of the fact that he permitted such
information TO become known at this critical
Sta
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
RUSSIAN REPLY UNSENT
Its Tenor Sccrct-NO Haste .ShO7cn.
and No Limit Set to Time.

st. Petersburg. Jan. 1.-The Foreign Office to-
day Informed the correspondent of The As
sociated Press that nothing had been done in
connection with reply 10 Japan.
The japanese Minister here is unable to con-
firm or deny the advices received from Paris by
Baron Hayashi that Russia had decided not to
answer 10 these proposals has not yet been
made.
1t is generally accepted in diplomatic circles
here as unlikely that an answer will soon be de-
livered and attention is now mainly directed to
the Japanese war preparations.
The several previous announcements. TO the
effect that Japan's last note to Russia made no
conditions regarding a time limit for reply.
were officially confirmed to-day through semi
official news agency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
FIRE AT MURRAY HILL.
GUESTS FLEE IN PANIC.
One Uoman ColIapses- SERVANTS
Rescued from Fire Escape.

Three alarms were sent in yesterday afternoon
for fire that started in room on the sixth
floor OF the north wing of the Murray Hill Hotel
at Forteth and Forty-frst SITS. and Park-ave.
The fire burned briskly for while and ate its
way to the seventh floor and through the roof
OF the wing. doing damage estimated by the
firemen at $4,000 panic resulted in the no
tel. and woman collapsed. No one was in
Jured.
According to w L. JACQUES. the proprietor of
the hotel. the fire started in room No 6S2. on
the sixth floor. Mr. Jacques has a suite OF rooms
on that floor, and directly opposite the room
where the fire started lie Claire Jacques his son.
lives with his wife and four-year-oId son Chan
ming. lie Claire Jacques was out Of town. and
his wife was nursing Claiming. who has been i'll
since Christmas.
When Mrs. lie Claire Jacques heard the cry Of
fire she rushed into the hall to learn where IL
was. ON account OF the thick smoke she was
nearly overcome and could not get back into
the room. Mr.. w. L. Jacques, the child's grand
mother. however. rushed into the room. bundled
the sick hoy up and carried him to safety.
1t is thought the fire started from crossed cleo
trio wires. II discovered first by a hall boy.
who Immediately sent in an alarm to the office
of the hotel, Mr.. Jacques informed and
caused an alarm to he sent In. He then sent the
walters according to their statement. through
out the hotel TO calm the guests by informing
them that the fire was in the Grand Union
Hotel a block away. owing To the holiday
the hotel crowded with guests. and
panic was feared. For a while those guests be-
low the sixth floor believed that the fire was
elsewhere but when the hremnn began To pour
into the hotel they became pancstricken and
rushed about in all directions, carrying bundles
and running wildly for the exits. woman,
known as Mrs. Cole or Mrs. CoWles. seventy
years old rushed To a telephone on the main
floor and tried to call her Alexander. She
was unable TO do so and collapsed. She was car
ried from the building.
As soon as the alarm was sent in Mr. Jacques
went TO the sixth floor. When the hremen ar
rived he opened number of doors with pass
KEYS so that the fremen would not break them
in with axes Mr.. Jacques says that number
of hremen thought he a sneak thief and
ordered him from the building. He had some
difficulty in explaining who he was. He did not
believe a report that sneak thieves had been
operating in the hotel. He thought this rumor
was started by the iremen. who thought he was
a sneak thief.
ny W @ Sewell. the house physician in
formed the police of the West Thirteth-st. sta
ion that he noticed several men trying doors on
tba sixtb floor Detectives Cough and Kelly
searched the building and elected about a dozen
suspicious characters
asked. -. ,r
Tic detectives said they were too busy. They
would give no further explanation.
coon after the fire started great clouds of
5ansa black smoke arose above the building on
the Forty-frst-st. side, attracting great crowd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02

handcar attached 10 an improvised two
seated passenger car. constructed for four pas
sengers on seat
s. L. F. Deyo chief engineer OF tho Rapid
Transit Construction Company. acted as master
of ceremonies On the front seat OF car No. l
rode Mayor Mcclellan. Controller Grout. Alex
ander Z. Orr. chairman OF the Rapid Transit
Commission. and the contractor and host Of the
occasion John B. Mcdonald. Others who made
the trip were Walter G.. Oakman. Commissioner
John H Starin, Senator McCarren. William b.
Parsons, chief engineer Of the Rapid Transit
Commission; Commissioner Charles Stewart
Smith. Morton F. Plant. Frederick Underwood.
Miles NJ O'Brien. John Peirce. w. Luttgen.
Theodore r. Miller. George W. Young. Andrew
Freedman, Alfred skitt, Henry Yonge and Pat
rick F. Murphy.
Just before the start was made John Cadi'
gan, o: the Hoffman House. made hts appear
ance with a prophecy that the Italians would
not hold out 10 Harlem. He prophesied that
the party would find Itself stuck halfway. and
in order that it might not starve he presented
to each car, with his compliments, basket of
sandwiches and napkins.
The cars travelled at the rate Of four miles
an hour. Around the single track 10 Cham
bers-st. II was easy travelling Then. for
few yards. II necessary for Iaborers to push
the trains up the slight incline. At Houston
st. a small sized flood impeded the progress.
Before Houston-st was reached, however. the
Spring-st. station opened the eyes of the trav-
eers TO the consideration Of the contractors for
the travelling public. The station almost com
pleted. is a study in purple and white. The
walls of shiny white tile. the name Of the
station standing out in purple lettering Scat
tered along the station is the letter IS to in
dicate to those who may have missed the name
their whereabouts.
Each station has its own color and it's own
figure letter. Thus Bleeker-st on a red blue
hacking, shows the letter b while the one
hundred d-sxteeHth-st. station has "1l6" on
a pale blue background. The Columbia Uni
versity colors appear and the college arms are
in the tessellated tilework Of the friezes. AS
Mr.. Luttgen remarked the trip up. If n
man should be too sleepy too much ex-
hausted, coming from dinner party, 10 re-
member the number Of his station. it need be
no great exertion for him TO say to the con-
ductor. Wake me at blue and white at
'red-blue b
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
THE SUBWAY LIGHTED.

The next stop above Bleecker-st. at
EiSh'h-st, where score or more Of men were
at work on the Wanamaker tunnel connection.
The open air came down for the first time since
the party left Chambers-st. From there up to
the tunnel below the Park-ave tunnel the work
is practically complete long vista OF rec
tangular iron pillars supporting the concreted
roof stretched before and behind as far as the
eye could reach. Every fourth upright sup
ported an incandescent light. which, when the
reiectors are attached will furnish all the light
the subway itself will have The cars VIII be
lighted by their electric Iimps In honor of
the occasion Mr. Mcdonald had man every
hundred yards or so with a big gasoene flare. or
an electric arc light, SO that the subway was
light.
The walls Of gray cement are n little damp yet
and the iron uprights bear in most cases only a
first coat Of paint. AS soon az the walls have
dried, walls and ironwOTk will be painted with
n wnlte metallic varnish. which will add ma
terialIy to the brightness of the route. Prac-
ticaily' however the road is completed along the
line taken by Mayor Mcclellan and his fellow
guests. Much to the surprise Of most OF them.
the ar was pure, and although 1t felt little
damp was several degrees warmer than in the
streets This was proved when the cars reached
the open air or when they passed under one of
the opea air vents. and the travellers found IL
necessary to turn up coat collars
In the tunnel through the solid rock above
Thirtieth and around into Forty-second SITS. the
whole appearance OF the work changed. In
stead of the long row of iron uprights there was
nothing but a semi-oircuiar bore There were no
electric lights. but every twenty or thirty feet
OF wall sustained an oil lamp. In Forty-second-
St the immense work of the contractor became
apparent. High up one could saa the water
pipes, gas mains and the other impediments
which have harassed the workmen Turning into
Broadway, the cars travelled on well balanced
tracks up 20 the station at Columbus Circle
AT every station along the line crowd greeted
the travellers and cheered the new Mayor. AT
ColurnhIs Circle large crowd demanded a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-02
SOTRCE OF NEWS HIDDEN.
Baron Hayash's Advices Not Con-
frmed IN 1ny Capital.

Paris. Jan. Absolutely nothing is known in
official circles of the advices sent from Paris to
the Japanese Minister in London to the effect
that Russia has decided not to grant the Japan
csc proposals. II is pointed out, Furthermore,
that the Foreign Minister. NJ. Delcasse. left
paris tonight for Nice. which. it is thought, he
certainly would not have done If serious news
had been received
At the japanese Legation here tonight Min
,ster Montono authorized The Associated Press
70 make categorical denial of report that ad-
,,,ces had been sent from the legation at Paris
m the Japanese Minister at London that Russia
had decided not to grant the Japanese proposals.
This report came to Paris from London ana
New-york. while most of the officials were at
tending New Years festivities. The Foreign
omca and other government establishments
were closed The general tone of the informal
exchanges of views at the receptions was some
What improved, President Loubets address 10
tho d;nIomatic corps taking international peass
taxt The new Russian Ambassador. m
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