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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
10000 Rode.
Opening of Passenger Traffic on New
York's Subway.

New York. Oct. 2S.-The actual open
ing of the subway to the travelling pub
lie took place last night Long before
O'Clock when the first train was
scheduled to leave city hall the park
surrounding the hall was damned with
a good natured crowd. Thousands of
persons fought with one another Tor
privilege of purchasing the first ticket,
flying wedges, center rushes ana almost
every means of progress known in foot
ball tactics were adopted by those am
bilious to ride upon the first tram.
Squads of police were stationed at the
entrances and were compelled TO meet
the onward rushes with similar forma-
lions.
Promptly at o'clock the first of the
crowd were admitted to the station ana
when the first train dashed in sight
around the loop a hearty cheer went
up AS soon as the five cars had been
filed the train was sent away. AT
Brooklyn bridge an enormous crowd
had gathered and the initial train was
given a vociferous reception.
From station to station the train was
heralded with noisy acclaim. As II
proceeded up town the number OF those
who desired to ride increased and When
the terminus was reached every avail
able inch of space was occupied NO
sooner had the red lamps on the rear
car of the first train disappeared In the
half lit shades of the great tunnel when
anOCner tram drew lHlO CITY NAH SLe1tlCiA
and it was just as quickly filled. The
second train, too, received as warm a
welcome as the first. The service was
inaugurated with a three minute sched-
ule for locals and two minutes for ex-
presses The outer tracks We're given
over to the former, while the two center
tracks carried the express trains.
The people turned out en- masse to
christen the new road and it is esti-
mated that nearly 100000 rode during
the evening. The desire of people to
ride on locals rather than express
trains caused a great crowding in the
stations in the central part of the city
! but aside from a little deviation from
the schedule the opening was success
full.
/ Hundreds of policemen had been sta
toned along the route, but the CROWD
was so orderly that many of the re-
serves were sent back to their precincl
quarters.
/ Above Cathedral parkway the trair
rolled out of the subway into the open
/ and the dim light of the underground
/ gave way to the darkness of the night
In every window of the tail apartment
houses lining the structure were en-
thusfastic people who cheered the trali
as il sped by. Again the cars dipped
down into the earth and the passenger
were landed at 145th street. Owing t.
the crowds at the stations no attemp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
was made to make time on the first

was made to make time on the first
trip.
Most of the passengers crossed the
street and made the return trip In an
express train. The run to Brooklyn
bridge was accomplished in 26 minutes
which included eight stops. Running
at times at speed of a mile minute
in the half darkness of the tunnel, the
train dashed by stations which could
only be distinguished by a glare OF light
and the black mass of spectators.
Brooklyn bridge was the terminus of
the run and there noisy multitude re-
cruited from Brooklyn and Manhattan
Wed with one another in hailing the
precursor of rapid transit. Scarcely less
noisy was the reception given the train
bearing Mayor Mcclellan and his party
in the afternoon. Outside steam sirens
whis tied themselves hoarse and bells
throughout the city proclaimed the tact
that the train was on its way. me
mayor stood in the power box and in
Just 25 minutes piloted the train through
the great catacombs of the subway
from city hall to Washington heights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
BURNED TO DEATH.
Policeman Loses His Life and Fireman
Is Seriously Injured.

New York, Oct. 2S.-One man was
burned to death and another seriously
injured in fire at the Bush Terminal
company's pier, South Brooklyn. ear
ly today. The dead man is Patrolman
Patrick Cushing and Fireman John b.
Walsh is in a hospital suffering from
injuries. The fire was discovered on
the lighter Victor, lying at pier 2. foot
of Forty-first street. The vessel was
laden with cotton. When the engines
arrived the flames had spread to the
pier which was loaded with cotton, and
1t was entirely destroyed by fire. The
pier was 700 feet in length and was one
of the largest in this vicinity. The
flames soon reached the lighters, Bend,
Iowa and another known as No. 26, all
laden with cotton and then jumped TO
pier g. at the foot of Firty-sixth street
and set fire to the Italian steamer Cit
ia Dia Palermo, which was damaged
to the extent OF $4,000.
A number of steamships and smaller
craft were taken out into the stream
and escaped the flames. Fire Commits
sioner Doyle says the loss will not ex-
coed $500, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
MADE SHORT FLIGHT.
Another Airship Makes Successful Tx
pertinent at st. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo, Oct. 2s.-Floating
gracefully in the air at an average
height of 80 feet above the heads OF
several thousand spectators the air
ship designed and built by T. G. Ben
bow. of Columbus, Montana, made
what the inventor declares was sue
cessful trial of the fight in the aero
nautic concourse at the Worlds fair
The big cigar-shaped balloon, bear
ing it's burden of car, motor. machin-
cry and operator rose from the ground
at D. m. and after navigating the
air for fifteen minutes during whlcn
time Benbow directed the PROV of
his vessel toward all points of the
compass, slowly descended to the
ground near the starting place ana
was secured by the attendants, with
out a break having marred the sue
cess of the flight.
While Benbow appeared to have alb
solute control over the machine an
anchor rope about fifty feet long was
used, one end of which was held by
an assistant during the entire fight
To the Associated Press BenboW
made the following statement: rms
trial was made to determine the feas-
Utility of my airship. 1 had intended
making a trip over the fair grounds.
but I found the rapid condensation OF
gas was fast reducing the 1ftlng
power, and in order to maintain att
tude 1 threw out all my ballast
During the fifteen minutes 1 was
up my airShip lost sixty pounds OF lift
ing power, and 1 realized that could
not make an extended trip. The air.
ship was completely under my con-
troll and responded nicely. The start
was made so late in the afternoon
that that fact alone prevented a long
trip, the cold atmosphere causing the
condensation of gas"
The Benbow airship weighs about
500 pounds without an operator. The
gas bag, which is cylindrical in shape
is rs feet long and about 20 feet wide
at the center, tapering at the ends
The bag contains 900 cubic feet OF
gas when inflated, and upon this the
ship depends for maintenance of equi-
librium. The frame of the ship is OF
aluminium and wood. and the power i:
derived from a ten horse power gaso-
line motor. Momentum is given to the
airship by means of two large sidt
wheels or fans, each consisting of foul
blades so constructed that they auto
| maticalIy fold after completing th'
i stroke against the air and do not ex
pand until again in position to fore
| the airship ahead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
ACCIDENT NO. |.
A Young Woman Crushed by a SUBJ
way Train.

New York, Oct. 2S--The first serious
accident since the formal opening of
the subway occurred today when a
young woman named Sadie Lawson, of
Jersey City fell between the platform
and a local train at the Hath street
station and was badly crushed. She
has a fractured hip and bruises of a
more or less serious nature but will
recover.
When the rush hour schedule went
into effect today everything in the sub
way was in perfect order and the big
downtown bound crowds were handled
with little trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28

Washington. Oct. 2S.-Yesterdav
was the anniversary of President
Roosevelt's birth. He is As years of
age. Through out the day he was in
receipt of messages of CONGRATULATIONS
from friends in all parts of the coun-
try He also received many personal
callers who congratulated him upon
the anniversary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28

of the Chicago Evening Post. Mr..
Bross comes to the Star league from
the Portland Oregonian with which he
has been connected for 16 years, for
the last seven as managing editor and
principal editorial writer. The papers
will be strictly independent and in the
present campaign will support Roose-
welt and Fairbanks. The properties
under the new management have been
incorporated for 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
BRYAN'S BIG CROWD.
Convention Hall at Kansas City Packed
to Hear Him.

Kansas City, Oct. 2S.-W. ]. Bryan
addressed an enormous meeting In
Convention hall last night. He de-
clared the audience was the greatest
in numbers that he had ever spoken to
under one roof. Mr.. Bryan had never
before spoken in Convention hall, which
is the largest audience hall in the Uni
ted States and In which he was nomt-
mated for president in 1900. Hundreds
of people were turned away being un-
able to find any unoccupied space in
the building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28

Missoula, Mont. oct. 2s.-Japaness
section hands on the Northern Pacific
railroad have received word for all
members of the first reserve OF the
japanese army to return at once -
Japan for military purposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
THANKS BRYAN.
Parker Shows Appreciation of Ne
braskan's Service.

Esopus, N. Y, Oct. 28.-Judge Parker
has expressed high appreciation of the
part William ]. Bryan has taken in the
present campaign and today sent him
a telegram as follows:
ITO Hon. William ]. Bryan: l wish
to thank YOU for the splendid service
Won have rendered to the Democratic
party in Indiana and elsewhere during
the present campaign.
ALTON B. PARKER"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
England Buxs Mules.

Buenos Ayres. Oct. 2S.-The British
government has purchased eight
thousand mules destined for the In
dian army. The animals are to be de-
livered in Calcutta next February.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
star League Supports Roosevelt.

indianapolis, Ind. Oct. 2s.-Mr.
Ernest Bross has taken the manage
Inent of the Indianapolis Star. the
Muncie Star and Terre Haute Star. as
the representative of Mr. ]. 9. Shaffer,
publisher of the three papers and also
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28
William McAvoy, Actor, Dead.

Boston, Oct 2S.-William McAvoy,
an old time actor who played under
Edwin Booth for several years. is dead
at his home In Roxbury. aged 81 years.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-22
PLANTS AROUND CREAMERY
Beauty Is Power That Speaks Loudly
for Love of Cleanliness With
in and Without.

Flower beds around the creamery
is a subject that has only recently been
discussed in the public print. Yet f1ow-
er beds around the creamery are but an
index of general policy of keeping clean.
A man that beauties the ground of the
creamery will also keep the inside clean
1t is not usual to see the ground de-
voted to the creamery filled with all kinds
of unsightly objects and find the inside
of the creamery a model of neatness.
The flower bed may not be enough OF
an object with the busy men in most
of our creameries to induce them to
undertake the work of making it, but
certainly the grounds around the cream
cry should be placed in condition that
will make the visitor feel that he is in a
place where attention is being paid to
looks, as we'll as to work. There was
time when the old unsightly school build
ing was all that was thought necessary
for the place in which our children were
to be educated. But that day passed.
Beauty was found to be power. The
same is true in every line of human
effort. Beauty is power on the grounds
of the cheese factory and creamery, as
we'll as observation-disclosures Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-22
SENDING A MAN BY POST.
There Is a Regulation in London Per-
hitting of This Singular Pos
tai Transaction.

The limit of weight for a parcel per
parcel post is, as we all know, IL pounds.
No doubt, then, some reader will be sur
prised that under certain conditions the
post Office will undertake to safely de-
liver weights many times in excess of
that stated in the regulations, says Lon
don Tit-Bits.
One day last year a city gentleman
called at st. Martins lie Grand with the
object of consulting directory and find
ing the address of customer who lived
in a remote part of BALKAN. He was not
acquainted with the locality and was
most anxious to see his customer at
once. These facts he mentioned to an
obliging clerk behind the counter
He was at once informed that he could
be sent to the required address "by reg
istered post" at fee of three pence a
mile. The gentleman gladly accepted
the offer, and in less than minute found
himself in charge Of smart messenger
boy, who very soon guided him by the
shortest route to his destination.
The boy carried in his hand printed
slip with description of his charge un-
der the heading: ARTICLE required to
be delivered" and this he required the
gentleman and customer to- sign before
he left the latter's house.
1t is probable that very few people
are aware of the regulation under which
this curious postal transaction was &C.
compl1shed. 1t reads thus: "A person
may be conducted by express messenger
to any address on payment of mileage
fee."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-22
AMERICAS WIDOWS MITE"
One Of the Most Noted Coins in +he
World Reposes in the Phil
adelphia Mint.

Everybody has heard of the "wid-
oW's mite," but how many are aware
that real specimen of this oft-men-
toned coin is in existence? Yet this
is the case, states the New York Times.
and 1t now reposes in the cabinet of
coins in the United States mint at
Philadelphia, enjoying the reputation
among numismatists of being the most
noted coin in the world.
4 1. e''The Widows Mite" was found in
some rubbish in the temple grounds.
In Jerusalem, some years ago, and the
finder presented it to the mint Ito
original name was "lepton," from "lep-
tos," very small. The word mite is
English, formerly meaning a weight
representing the twentieth part of a
grain, but was used in the place Of
"lepton," when the New Testament was
translated. The coin is of bronze
weighs ten grains, and has a diameter
OF three-tenths of an inch.
The nationality of the coin is mt
definitely known, but authorities saw
tits fairly certain that it is not of Jew
fsh origin, there being little Hebrew
money in circulation at the beginning
of the Christian era. Just what WA
the value of the mite is also a sub-
ject of speculation, but experts numis-
matists suppose it to have been worth
about one-ffth of a cent.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-22
ONE OF THE HAY RACKS.

five on side, are inches thick, feet
2 inches long, and taper from inches
wide at one end to III inches at the
other A plank 2x12 runs through the
middle of the rack, and these side
pieces fit under this, and inside the
bed pieces. as shown.
Four boards inches wide are placed
on each side to form the rack The
first board rests on the cross pieces,
the other three being equal distance
apart. Two pieces 2x4, feet inches
long, are used, one at each end of the
rack, and are bolted to the side arms
just beneath the top board The lad
ders are made of hard wood and are
feet 9 inches long, with two cross
pieces. The side arms should be of
oak, or other hard wood, but the
boards may be Of spruce or pine. The
ladders are bolted near the ends of the
bed pieces, and rest against the cross
pieces at the end. BY removing the
four bolts which hold the end pieces,
the rack may be knocked down fat to
save room in storage. Judd
Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-22
SURGICAL PHOTOGRAPHY.
Operations Recorded by the Bioscope
Copied and Exhibited
in Paris.

Clnematograph records are now made
Of all operations performed by a GER
tain famous physician and surgeon in
Paris. The latter entered some time
ago into an arrangement with an artist
OF the bioscope, who has taken pictures
for the doctor on several occasions. It
is stated reports the New York Times
that the records in question are invalu-
able as scientific documents One of the
surgeons operations which has been
clnematographed was that by which the
INK OF flesh connecting the Hindoo
twins, Radica and Doodica, was sew
cred, and which was pronounced to have
been a remarkable success, though, to
be sure, both twins died of it. The ia
nous doctor has now fallen out with his
photographer in ordinary. Having
looked in at several fairs, the surgeon
found that mutoscope views of opera
lions of all sorts performed by him.
from common bone saving to delicate
ca SEES of trepanning and laryngotomy
were being exhibited in the chambers
OF horrors sideshows at ten sous for
grown-ups, children under Is half-price.
those under ten not admitted. The doc
tor is accordingly bringing an action
against the photographer for infringe
ment OF a new kind of copyright. He
argues that the defendant had no au-
thority to make use of the records of
cinematograph pictures without his con-
sent, as the proprietorial rights belong
In great measure to the surgeon who
performed the operations, and thus sup
piled the subject of the views.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-22
Queer Effects Of Sunshine.

Every one knows that the heat of the
sun will expand iron and steel. Steven
sons tubular bridge over the Menai
straits is 400 feet long. The heaviest
train passing over it bends it just half
an inch, yet on July day, after the sun
has been shining on it for several hours,
It is found to be bent an inch and a half
below it's usual horizontal line The
heat of the sun acts on stone as well as
metal, a fact which is proved by the
Washington monument It is SIS feet
high, but it will be found to be about
two inches higher in the evening than
in the morning of a sunny day. A
strange effect of sunshine was noted at
Plymouth, where to lay the foundations
of sea wall the workmen had to descend
in diving bell. These bells had stupid
ly been fitted with convex circular glass
es at the top. The sea was very calm
and the glasses so concentrated the rays
of the sun that the clothes of one of the
workmen were set on fire, and that at
no less than Is feet below the surface
of the water.-N. Y. Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-22
POINT 70 BE CONSIDERED.
The Digestive Power of a Cow Has
Much to Do with Her Capacity
as Milk Producer.

The power of the COW to take and
digest large quantities OF food regu-
lates to a considerable degree her
value in the dairy. The small eater
is of little value, as it is impossible
Tor her to make milk, and force ener-
gy and milk out of food that con-
talns too little of the elements for
force and milk making In all cases
large eater is wanted The large
eater will have depth of Eo6y not
seen in the small eaters. The breadth
OF the body will also be more than
that of COWS that are small producers
OF milk. In the same connection, VS.
may say that the body must also be
long. 1t is not enough that the COW
nave a deep and wide paunch if it is
short. With these go the strong Jaws,
which much be strong to masticate the
amount of food the animals require
to I'LL the large cavity of the stom-
ach. The greater number of good
feeders have marked depth of body, and
the ribs are what we call well-sprung.
This means that the ribs are not bent
town in such way as to decrease the
size OF the abdominal cavity. No mat
ter what the temperament of COW may
De, II she has not the power to digest
easily great quantity of food she will
be OF little use as milk producer One
OF the best milk COWS the writer ever
knew had this great power of digesting
iced to remarkable degree She had
powerful jaws and big paunch Moth
ing seemed to be able to put her off her
feed. She could fill up with anything
and digest it without trouble One night
she broke loose in the stable and got
to the place where the different feeds
were kept. She sampled everything in
sight, and tilld up on corn meal, bran,
gluten feed and middlings. When the
owner opened the door in the morning
the COW was standing facing him, with
sides bulged out too far to allow her
to pass through the door, He said:
You're dead cow for he thought that
a COW stuffed so full of dry ground feed
as she was would certainly die But the
COW seemed to think otherwise, and pro-
ceeded to digest her midnight meal as if
it had been a common ration for her.
The same amount of overfeed would have
put most COWS out of business, for some
time, at least. That digestive ability in
a COW is valuable, and where found it
should be carefully transmitted by breed
| ing.-Farmers' Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-22
Road Question an Old One.


The good roads question now being
considerably agitated, and which holds
out possibilities of being some political
interest, is by no means new issue.
Early in the last century road reform
assumed such proportions that it was
advocated by many of the great pa
triots of the day, and became next to
the tariff, one of the most important
subjects discussed by congress. Good
roads were actively supported by such
statesmen as Jefferson, Calhoun and
Clay. During Jeffersons second term
the bill admitting Ohio as a state
passed congress, and contained a pro-
viso that five per cent. of the pro-
ceeds from the sales of public lands in
the state should be set aside for road
making, three per cent for roads with
in the state and two per cent. for high
ways outside the state. In 1906 the
sales of public lands in Ohio having
amounted to 100000, the construction
of the Cumberland road was begun. It
was built after the Macadam plan, and
was so we'll built that it is still a good
road.-Boston Budget.