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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

revolution in the state under the guise
of which Senator Burton could this year
elect members Of the senate and first
term members of the house favorable to
his reelection to the senate two years
from now, then the reaction will come
The senator's unfortunate detention at
st. Louis may mar the expected re-
suits of this revolution, but nevertheless
1t will in due time dawn upon the people
that from its inception the Burton or
gantzation and the hope Of improving
Burton's political fortunes was the real
power behind the movement, and 1t re-
mains to be seen whether Hoch, when
ne becomes governor, will fulfill the ex-
pectations Of the Burton leaders, or in
their stead, the high ideals that he has
builded for himself
WHAT WILL HOCH DO?
I'm all these years of controversy this
paper has never had an unkind thing
to say Of E. W. Hoch and it is not
ready to believe yet that he desires to
run upon ticket with Tom Kelly as
the party nominee for state treasurer.
Mr.. Hoch, through his friends, will
have absolute control of the Wichita
convention. If Tom Kelly is renomi-
mated, it will be with his sanction and
approval 1t remains to be seen
whether Mr. Hoch's high ideals are
theoretic, or if when opportunity Of
fers he puts them in practice"
A correspondent in the Westmoreland
Recorder calls attention to the fact
that the state board of equalization,
with which Governor Bailey has moth
ing to do. raised the assessed valuation
of that county, Pottawatomie, over
100000, but made the railroad assess
ment in POttawatomie county $48, 900
lower than in previous years. He then
continues:
1.-The Signal says these two deals ad-
ded % per cent to our taxes, and it
was all done by men in the new ma
chine who expect to be reelected, and
have heard no one complain about it,
probably because these men are Bail
ey's enemies, but it appears proper to
though his enemies have caused them
to be high.
1T will be interesting to sees what
the 'knockouts' are going to do when
these state officers who have fixed
taxes for our county, as stated want
to be repOminated. I think that the
minds will be so set beyond reason
that if the Capital advocates their re-
nomination they will all slide in with
whoop, Tom Kelly included. There has
been a well established custom to give
a man who has done only fairly we'll a
second term, whether he has held a
state, county or township office, and
now they have knocked out one of the
best men we ever had, and a farmer at
that, at the end of his first term and
it will be interesting to see how some
of these same men will act when they
or their friends, holding office will
want a second term. Let US keep tab
on them anyway. Some of them will
not even object to a third term"
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Magic Compound Single Night.

After half century spent in the labo-
ratory crowned with high honors for
his many world famous discoveries the
celebrated physician chemist at the
head of the great Altenheim Medical
Dispensary has just made the startling
announcement that he has produced a
compound that grows hair on any bald
head. The doctor makes the claim
that after experiments, taking years to
all heads are alike There are none
which cannot be cured by this remark
able remedy. The record of the cures
already made is truly marvellous and
were it not for the high standing of
the great physician and the convincing
testimony of thousands of citizens all
over the country it would seem too
miraculous to be true.
There can be no doubt of the doctors
earnestness in making his claims, nor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

can his cures be disputed. He does nos
ask any man, woman or child to take
his or any one else's word for it, but
he stands ready and willing to send
free trial packages Of this great hair
restorative to anyone who writes to
him for it, enclosing a 2-cent stamp to
prepay postage In a single night IL
has started hair to growing on heads
bald for years. 1t has stopped falling
hair in one hour. 1t never fails, no
matter what the condition. age or sex.
Old men and young men, women and
children, all have prof1ted by the free
use of this great new discovery. &c
you are bald, if your hair Is falling out,
or if your hair. eyebrows or eyelasheS
are thin or short, write the Altenheim
Medical Dispensary, 1874 Foso building,
Cincinnati, Ohio. enclosing a 2-cent
stamp to prepay postage for a free
package and in short time you Will
be entirely restored.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
ADOPTS STANDARD CODE.
Rock Island Road at Last Makes
Change in Train Laws.

The management of the Rock Island
has adopted the standard code for the
operation of trains. The company is
one of the last to change from the old
rules which the management has de-
cided are too numerous. The standard
code simplif1es and greatly improves
train operation, and has been adopted
by nearly every railway in the United
States. One important change is from
the old 81 order to what is known as
the "19' order for the passage of trains.
Under the former the signature of both
train crews had to be obtained to the
order for their meeting and passing
This >necessitated delay on the part of
fast trains. The new method requires
only the signature of the train crew of
the train taking the siding.
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WHAT 1T WILL COST.
Council GrOve-TOpeka Line Es-
timated at $l,164,435.

Complete estimates have been re-
ceived by the Topeka, Eskridge &
Council Grove Interurban Railway
company on the cost of building the
proposed electric line. Considerable ac-
tive competition has arisen between the
townships through which two separate
surveys have been made. One of
these is via Dover to Eskridge and an
other via Auburn to Esl1ridge from To-
peka- Between Eskridge and Council
Grove one route is proposed via Chalk
Mound and the other route runs some
miles north of that. All the townships
are willing to vote bonds for the road
and the railroad company is still un
decided about its route. The first sur
Vey is merely a horseback survey. Sur
veys will now be made to determine the
best choice of building routes.
The shortest route is 55A miles long
and the estimated cost, including the
building of the road, the power plant,
equipment, etc, is estimated at $1,124,-
400. The longer route is 59Sz miles and
the estimated cost is $1,164, 435.
The route between Topeka and ESk-
ridge via Dover is 2734 miles long and
the cost of construction has been esti-
mated at 1924, $50. The other route be-
tween Topeka and Eskridge via Auburn
30A miles in length and the estimated
cost of construction is $685., 375. While
the route via Dover is shorter and the
cost of construction is less, the cost per
mile by the Auburn route is less.
The route between Eskridge and
Council Grove via Chalk Mound is 2615
miles in length and the estimates on the
cost is S304. 425. The length of the route
north of Chalk Mound known as the
Ridge route is 2912 miles and the esti-
mated cost is 1892 100. The estimates
given on these four routes do not in
clude the cost of power house.
P. L. Wise of Topeka, the engineer
who made the horseback survey in COM
pany with w. F. Shamleffer of Council
Grove, F. NJ. Stahl of Auburn and F. A.
Seaman of Alma, has submitted to the
directors of the road the following estf-
mate upon the cost Of the entire line:
Railroad, Topeka to Esk-
Railroad. Eskridge to
Council Grove ...---..- 324.450
''N'---f7' 6s2. AIS
Electrical equipment ........... 432,550
Engineering and expenses. 21A
per cent -.-.--s...--.- 2I,Sfo
Total 1872. 400
Average cost per mile. .. POSTS
If any other route except the shortest
be adopted, add together the railroad
cost for that line. the total electrical
cost and $2,S25 per mile of extra length
for the overhead construction. AS for
instance. by the way of Auburn and
Chalk Mound.
Railroad, Topeka to Esk-
ridge Observation-Disclosures 338,3T5
Railroad, Eskridge to
Council Grove -. 324,45O
Sidings NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $500
COG. 425
Electrical equipment. 432, $50
Two and one-half miles
overhead at 81, S25.. 1850
4sa. $40
per cent. ..................... %, 400
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ,164, 4S5
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SANTA FEE WILL GET IT.
Senator Long Makes Favorable Re
port on z. c. & F. s. Railway Bill.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Long,
from the committee on Indian affairs.
today reported favorably without
amendment the Bailey bill permitting
the Kiowa, Chickasaw & Fort Smith
Railroad company to sell and convey
it's railroad and other property in the
Indian Territory to the Eastern Okla
homa railway, to lease all its railroad
and other property in the Indian Ter
ritory to the Santa Fe Railroad com
pany and thereafter to sell its railroad
and other property to the latter road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

contain everything that is to be found
in an up-to-date hotel. Ammunition
and firearms are carried in liberal
quantities for use of tourists should
they desire to hunt The car will leave
Wichita at 6:15 o'clock in the evening
every two weeks. It takes ten days
for the car to make the round trip and
gives the tourists ample time in which
to see the country. The remaining four
days of the two weeks the car will be
kept on a sidetrack in the Wichita
do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

Many cases of Grip and Inf1u-
enza go straight to the liver, pro-
ducing Jaundice. The skin gets
as yellow as a ducks foot. The
use of Humphreys at" and
Specific 10 puts the liver IN work
ing order and curcs both Grip and
Jaundice. The embarrassing yell
low skin is gradually absorbed.
at" cures Coughs, Grip, Influ-
enza, Catarrh, Sore Throat. and
Colds that chang on"
At druggists, CSC each, or mailed
Humphreys Med. Co.. cor. William and
John SITS, New York
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Too Good to Come True.

An Emporia travelling man who
claims he has been talking with ]. H.
McI4ain. one of the chief construction
men working on the Orient railway,
says that the Orient company will have
a big force of men at work west of
here inside of a few days, and that
trains will be running west from EN-
poria over the Orients own steel in a
few weeks. This is such good news to
Ernporia that it won't come true The
Orient has until the last day of this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
TRAVELLING HOTEL" STARTS.
Santa Fe Has a New Scheme for
Tourists Accommodates.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. 6.-Beginning
yesterday the Santa Fe installed on its
Panhandle trains Nos sol and SOP, run
ming TO New Mexico points, what is
known among railroad men as the
travelling hotel" The name of the
car is Baraboo. 1t was built especially
of the use of tourist parties.
The car has a capacity for 30 people.
That number can be fed and slept in
the coach, which is built something on
the order of a sleeper 1t is said to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

board at Pittsburg at $40 a. ton. This
will be IS lower than the rate at which
rails are sold for domestic consumption.
and probably will cause more kicking
on the part of the American roads
than they are now indulging in.
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ROCK ISLAND GETS $4,000.
Joliet Pays Well to Get Railway
Tracks Moved.

Joliet, Ill, Feb. 6.-The sum of SIS. 900
was voted today by the board of super
visors in special session at Joliet as an
inducement for the Rock Island rail-
road to move its tracks out of the
court house square il connection with
plans for elevating all the tracks in
Joliet
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LAKES CASE MAY 60 UP.
Will Take It to Supreme Court IF He
Loses

The Lake drug store case will finally
reach the United States supreme court
if the plans of his attorneys carry, IN
less he wins in some lower court
Lakes druggists permit was revoked
by Probate Judge Hayden on the show
ing made by Chief of Police McCollum
that Lake sold liquor, in one instance,
contrary to law Lake appealed to the
district court and is ready to go to the
supreme court if necessary in order to
recover his permit. His lawyers say
they intend to get the case before the
United States courts, under the four
tenth constitutional amendment, on the
ground that Lake Is deprived of his
rights and property contrary to law.
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Appointments on the Choctaw.

The following appointments have
been made on the Choctaw roadi E. R.
Rigg, travelling freight agent at South
McAlester, Indian Territory, vice A.
P. Rudowsky, resigned; c. A Forrest,
travelling freight agent at Oklahoma
City, Ok, vice c. ]. Warwick, resigned.
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American Railway in Peru.

Dispatches from Lima, Peru, say that
traffic has been opened on the new
American railroad to Oroya and Ger
ropasco. The first train carried 20 cars
and many passengers to Unis. The line
was reported to be in excellent condi-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
Bachelors Jurisdiction Extended.

The jurisdiction of r. NJ. Bachelor.
general agent for the Santa Fe at st.
Joseph, Mo-, is extended to include the
st. Joseph branch to, but not including
Lexington Junction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

year to have trains running through
here before their bonds are forfeited.
-Emporia Gazette
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

Only one remedy in the world that
will at once stop itchiness of the skin
in any part of the body; Doan's Oint-
ment. At any drug store. 80 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
SANTA FE AHEAD AGAIN.
Earnings for Six Months Show In
crease Over 1909 and 1901.

Much attention has been devoted to the
December statement of the Santa f'e, as
It completed the first half of the current
fiscal year.
Gross earnings increased s4.11s,S16 or ID
81. 691, 75e, also 13 per cent. The increase in
gross earnings during the six months
compares with an increase of $4,000 for
the entire fiscal year 1923.
During the calendar year 1903 the road
earned no less than $50. ASS, 900 gross, COM
1902. an increase Of s6515. 900, or II per
cent, during the twelve months. The in
crease in net earnings, however, was only
s., OPS, GAS, principally because of additional
charges Of maintenance. So far as the
first six months of the year are concern
ed, this fact was brought out in the an
nual report for the year ending June 80.
Tho earnings available for the common
stock in 1868 amounted to about 94z per
cent, compared with about 80 per cent
the previous year. On a similar basis of
maintenance, however. It Is evident that
the results of 1903 would compare much
more favorably.
Operations of the Santa Fe for the last
three calendar years, partly estimated,
are follows:
1903 1902 1901.
Gross .46s 54s $50 s5s 81 SIS 494 5s2
Net SIS, EOS, 045 s24s7g sg7 81. So 245
Taxes, rent. 2,l94,747 2,2l4,6S9 z,lSo,l 5I
Balance s23,513 298 so, 464 758 s22. 49s 1O8
other income. $4,000 1.14osss $4,000
Total net. .$24, S33, 298 $23 6l5 SIG S22 SSS loS
Interest ...-.. 100000 9135, $50 1872 $40
Balance ....$15 533, 2ss s14, 4sO 436 s14 $50 23s
SO on pfd...... 5,709.96 5,7Os,sl6 5,7O9,y76
common IS 6, s2s, 322 s,77o. 460 s s,1sO,2s2
E e
common(p. c.. 9.6 SO S-9
The decrease in surplus for the common
in 1902 was owing to the increased interest
on the debentures. The increased interest
on account of the new bond sale will be
S40o, 000 but only a email portion OF TINS
could be included in the charges of 1867
Chica go Post.
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". I. ALLEN RESIGNS.
Former Topeka Man May Take Job
With the Erie.

Chicago, Ill, Feb 6.-W. L Allen. gen
eral manager of the Chicago. Cincin-
natl & Louisville railroad, has re-
signed. It is unofHcially announced
that he will go to the Erie lines in an
official capacity. w. L Nichols, pres
ent superintendent of the road, will sue
coed Mr.. Allen. The latter is now in
Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

w. I. Allen W. ormerly in Topeka
in the employ of the Rock Island.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

Net ..s SIS, 7O8, 045 s24, 67s, 397 s24. 67S. 245
Faxes, rent. 2,194,747 2.214,639 ESQ, 1871
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1903. I9U2. lyUl.
Gross S66 46S. 743 $50, 95S, SS1 SIS, 4O4 1852
Expenses ...... 40 $780, 6S 35,274.4S4 80, 49, 217
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Balance ....s15 533, 29s s14, 4s0 436 s14,S9O 23S
SO on pfd.. 5709,976 5,709,976 5,7O9.916
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s2s, 51s. 298 so, AGA. 75s so, 49s, 1OE
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-04
Circuit Court Notes.

City of Mexico VS.. Lus Dixon;
D. A. Murphy files transcript aud
papers in appeal,
Melbourne NJ. Sharpless files ap-
plicatiOn for license to practice
law.
VIM. Perry VS.. Wabash; defen-
dant files motion to dismiss.
j, W. LewelleR vs.. Wm. Stark,
verdict for plaintiff for 5000.
w, w. Oornett OF al VS. r. Il,
Oornett OF all sheriff flles report
Of sale, deed acknowledged to
s. T. West.
In Re Laura Miller ex parte,
w. w. Bolts allowed fee of $S5
W, W, Cornett VS.. R. H. Cor
nett; same.
3. j, Hisey vs.. Il. j, Hiseyi
plaintiff hasleave to fillinterFogato'
ries, cause continued.
VIM. Lindsay VS.. Emma Lind
say; divorce granted plaintiff.
G. M. Farnsworth VS.. Eliza ]
Farnsworthi divorce granted.
G. O. Thompson va Wabash 2
4, Col Judgment BY consent go
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-04
$5.OOAGIRL.
The Work Of Mormon Elders
lnthe City of New York.

New York, Jan. Every
missionary gets wages for his work
but he does not get them till his
return. He gets so much a con-
yert-$4 for a man and wife if he
gets them to Utah and $500 for a
girl over 16. If he places her he
gets $40 to $50. Placing means
if he fills an order for a plural wife.
The missionary makes from $500
TO 50, 500 for his term"
Tie above is an extract from a
letter just received by New York
educator who is investigating the
recent expose of Mormon prOselyt-
ing in this city. The writer is a
man we'll known in Salt Lake City
aud former MOrmOn--a man
who has lived in a Mormon home
and in intimate association with
the heads of the Mormon cult since
he was a child.
The letter comes DIS the result
and as a justification of the fight
which has been going ON for more
than a month between the press Of
New York and the colony of Nor.
mon Elders who have been al
work among the school children,
especially among the girls attend.
ing high schools, attempting tc
win converts to the so-calIed re.
ligion Of Latter-Day Saints.
The information contained in
this letter, together with the Sen
atOr Reed Smunt rOnfrnv rsy
throws new light on the motiN el
of sect which BY its many obirr
tiOnabIa methods of proselyting
have placed themselves ina posi-
tion at extreme diSfavnr III thi
city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-04

Another quotation in the letter,
which is said to come from a high
ly respectable source, is of inter-
est as bearing upon the Smoot
case,
L can point ont at least 300
Mormons in Salt Lake City," says
the writer, who have two or
three wives. Plural marriages are
as much in vogue as they were 20
years ago.
After reciting a long list of dis
gusting and almost unbelievable
conditions obtained among Nor
mons in Utah, the writer asks
that everything possible be done
to deter girls in New York from
listening to Establishments and GO
ing to Utah.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-04
SOME ITEMS I'M" THE FIRST PERSON H."

The thermometer in this section
last Friday m 'rning registered IA
degrees below zero aud the coldest
Saturday was 81 above. The
weather man has been doing some
great dodgiug of late.
That story by the temperance
lecturer at the Christian church
last Sunday about the man paying
$40, 900 for the blossom on his
nose, and as to the same fellow
swallowing two farms, was a little
aged but we venture the guess
that those little boys on the front
seat never forget the lesson it
pointed.
Rev. W j. Jesse is new reader
of the MESSAGE. They call Bro.
Jesse THE Old Preacher" But
he is not old-liying on a little
borrowed property, it If true-past
his three score and ten; but they
mean he has been preaching the
Old, Old Story for 10, these many
years. He set ont well, as did
Valiant in Pilgrims Progress, but
he presses on, looking to the strong
for strength, aud for the Beloved
for rsst.
ave have heard the stOry-twist,
ed around"-that little Mexico
girl is very fond of meat at her
meals. Recently she went to q
ueighbor's aud took dinner. She
was served with a plate of meat
hut it was soon gone and she call
ed for more. Soon that was gone
also. Then she was helped to
mure, but this time she got her Gil
before the dish was finished Some,
body remarked to her, why, you
look troubled, mournful. Yes, ,
she answered, Il am more'u full
AT the Epworth League enter
taiument the uther night severa
# the L,aguers were called upor
10 discuss questions in the Disei
pliue-the eternity of God Christ
incarnaliuu and His atnning saerl
Gee, etc, all big and deep ques
tions, as ynn know When the.
had fuished, the president, Nh. A
y Smiih, commented that some o
the Leaguers reminded him Of a
old gray horse he used to own.
hs should hitch that horse to th
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-04

A very serious situation was
found to exist at one Of the hotels
in town the other evening"" says
the Centralia Courier; "A jack
man from a neighboring town was
a guest of the hotel. He was sail
ing about under about three sheets
in the wind. After supper he put
on his overcoat, ran his hand in
his pocket and pulled forth a gun
A look at the pistol convinced him
that he had on the wrong coat,
He then tried to identify his coat
by finding his gun. Running his
hand in the pocket Of every coat
he came to, he drew forth gun af-
ter gun, in fact finding artillery in
nearly every pocket until he came
to his own shooting iron, and thus
finding his coat, The queer search
for the coat via the gun route dam
oustratel that Iaoat Of the guests
Of the house went armed to thu
teeth like desperadoea.'
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-02-04
Some Nebra ska Notes.

W. H. Beal, u this county, who
is spending the winter with his
sons, E. L. and g. w. Beal, at
Broken Bow, NeB., writes to the
MESSAGE:
This country has a dreary look
to one who when he sees hill is
used to seeingR ash or shrub. 1t
reminds me q song telling
about bow tH itory embracing
Missouri was made
The masons got drunk.
And the carpenters won ldn't
work,
So the only way to finish
Was to fill it up with d irt."
This is the 25th day of January
and the mercury is dancing around
zero, the coldest day of the season.
The other day took a trip ten
miles southwest of the Bow, to o
farm on table. We went up
1000 feet. Had to pass up thru a
canon. The water runs four miles
north into Muddy Creek IL feet
wide most Of the way, is this
creek running down a grade about
like the slope from Bowling Greer
to Louisiana, in Pike county, Mo
Corn was light here Oh accOun
Of early frost.
finish this letter the 26th Mon
day. bright sunshinei wind three
days from the southeast brought
a snow storm. One inch fell yes
terday. Wind this morning frou
the northwest. They say here that
the northwest wind is warmth
reverse of what it is in Missouri