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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-23

MAILS CLOSE.
Mails close at the Post-Ofice as follows;
EAST WEST. NORTH. SOUTH,
900 a. ms 1920 pms 2:20 m.* 1880 p. m.
200 p. m.* 800 m. 800 p. m. 300 p. m.
4:45 p. ms
900 p. m.
WATERFOWL and Madison, o:55 a. Ms 6:15 p. m..
Pipersvlle Affection, Pennington and Ebene.
zer, 80 a. ms
Lebanon TOO a. m.
Grellton, Thursdays and Saturdays, 400 p. m.
Except Sundays.
VIM. f. GRUETZMACHER, p. M.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03
GEO. Il. DANIELS TALK.
Says the Clerks Who Work Faithfully
Are Certain of Promotion.

Aspiring young men employed by rail-
ways were given some good advice by
George H Daniels, general passenger
| agent of the New York Central. at a
gathering held in New York recently.
He advised them to do faithfully the
Work assigned and put aside the
thought that because they at present
were filling minor positions there was
no chance to distinguish themselves.
If you are doing faithfully the work
| assigned to you,'' advised Mr.. Daniels,
whatever 1t may be, you day by day
are laying the foundation for a better
place, and you will reach it as sure as
the days continue to come and 60 There
is familiar quotation that you should
remember RENEE .Despise not the day OF
David's sling killed the giant who was
the terror of his time.
Marvin Hughitt, for so many years
president Of the Chicago & Northwest
ern railroad, began his railroad career
| Thomas j. Potter grew up from a sec
ton foreman on the Burlington to be its
| general manager and afterward presi-
dent of the Union Pacific. Charles NJ
Hayes, vice president and general man
ager of the Grand Trunk railway, was a
stenographer and private secretary in
the office Of Mr.. Talmage, general man
ager of the Missouri Pacific railway in
1880
wv. c. Brown. vice president of the
New York Central and Lake Shore
roads, and A. H. Smith. our general
manager, have both risen from the low
est positions in the operating depart
ments of railways until they now oc-
cupy places of the highest responsibility.
Our own president, W. H. Newman,
| began as a clerk in the freight office on
a southwestern railway and has filled
successfully the positions of freight and
| ticket agent, general freight agent, gen
eraI passenger agent, traffic manager,
vice president, general manager, until
now he is president of what we are
warranted in calling Americas greatest
railroad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03
OLD STORY REVIVED.
Rock Island-Santa Fe Traffic Alliance
Again on the Boards.

The report that the Chicago & Rock
Island railroad had formed a traffic
alliance with the Santa F'e road reach
ed here yesterday and is the subject of
much conversation among railroad men
of the city, says the Ell Paso Times.
It was known some months ago that
prominent Rock Island people were
buying Santa Fe stock, but the pur
port of this proceeding was not at
once manifest. Holders of Rock Island
stock bought up $40,00o,000 of Santa Fe
stock, with view to gaining repre-
Sentation on the directorate of the
Santa Fe road.
In this they were not successful, as
was shown by the results of the an
nual meeting of the Santa Fe stock
holders in December, as no Rock Is
But the influence of the Rock Island
purchase of stock was made evident
afterward.
While the $4,000, 900 of stock now in
the hands of the Rock Island people
is by no means a controlling proper
ton of the $240, 900, 600 that make up
the stock of the Santa Fe, it is con-
siderable and its owners have, it is be-
lieved, received consideration to the ex-
tent of a traffic agreement which will
be of mutual benefit to the roads corr
cerned.
The plan as now outlined, is to COM
plete Immediately the 'Belen cutoff, "
as the Santa Fe's New Mexico under
taking is called, to the point of it's in
tersection with the Rock Island
Amarilla-EI Paso line, and later to
build it on to it's junction with the San
ia FEES Pecos river line at Portales, as
originally intended.
After the line has been built to the
Rock Island junction, the arrangement
will be to run the Rock Island trains
directly west over the Santa Fe tracks
to Belen, and on west along the Santa
Fe route.
This will give the Rock Island a
more direct line west than is now had
bv way Of Ell Paso. It is said, too,
that the Rock Islands arrangement
with the Southern Pacific road is not
at all satisfactory to the Rock island'
and the advantage to the santa re
road will be in the traffic brought down
from the great northwest, Where Ihe
Santa Fe has no direct feeders
On the completion of the Belen cut
off to Portales the Santa Fe viii nave
a direct through route from chicago.
with the heavy grades at Ration ana
Giorieta entirely avoided. The heavy
freight traffic will all go over this
Work on the Belen cutoff, which was
stopped six weeks ago affecting east
ern stockholders, VIII be resumed e,, az
once, it is said, and the road Will pc
pushed vigorously until connection
with the Rock Island is made.
The grading has been completed n1ty
miles east of Belen. There remains
another fifty miles Of grading to be
done before the Rock Island road is
reached.
There is also a bad canon to be
traversed and a great deal OF neavy
work is involved, but with the pro-
Iieyed that the junction can be reached
Nv next fall and that Rock Island
trains will be running westward over
the Santa Fe before next Christmas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03

stirred the railway people to action, and
the conclusion was at once reached that
the Volta wreck was the work of the au-
thor or authors of the threat
The letters were turned over TO the
roads detectives, but the case was con-
sidered important enough to warrant the
employment of outside help, and the ser
vice OF the Firkerton Detective agency
was secured In order to draw the vauld-
be blackmailers out, If possible, a pecu-
liar advertisement was inserted IN the
San Francisco dailies on January 49, read
ing as follows:
s7Ten thousand dollars reward. Cannot
display white flags 18th to 10Th You must
suggest giving indication in some other
way
This advertisement was displ 19ed in the
regular advertising columns, and, as Gun
be seen. was Ineligible only to the
writer of the letter. A few days after its
publication third communication, also
mailed in Fresno, which was addressed
the same as the first two, was received,
which stated that the time would be ex-
tended to January 81. but that the terms
and signals suggested in the previous
communications must be strictly adhered
to.
Since then nothing has been heard. but
the railway officials are maintaining a
strict guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03

Of Massachusetts. William C. Whitney
attended the village schools of Conway
to prepare himself for the old Conway
academy. AS a boy he was popular
with his companions, always ready for
fun, and especially enjoying the rapid
fire life of the sugar camp in the
spring. He was bright at his books,
and early in life showed the personal
magnetism which has won him so many
friends and followers.
In 1854 General Whitney was appoint
ed civil superintendent of the arrnory
in Boston, and went there to live. His
seven children went with him. During
his fathers stay in Boston William
entered Williston's academy and from
there went to Yale and graduated in
the class of '63. In college he was pop
uIar and showed much interest in col
lege politics, and when he graduated
he was class orator. In college he met
o. H. Payne. who has been so closely
identified with his whole life. On leav-
ing Yale he entered the Harvard law
school and from there went to New
York in 1865 and passed his bar exami-
nations He married Miss Flora Payne
of Cleveland, the sister of his college
chum. 1t was through her father, Sen
ator Payne, that Mr.. Whitney became
identified with the business enterprises
which made his fortune
He came to the surface politically in
the movement against Boss Tweed, and
in 1871 was interested in the formation
of the New York Young Mems Demo-
cratic Reform club. Tilden put much
confidence in him, and supported him
IN his candidacy for the district attOr-
neyship in 1872, but in that campaign
Mr. Whitney met his first and only
defeat, for he never allowed his name
to be put in nomination again. In
the same year he was made an in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03
MAKE PEACE WITH
YOUR STOMACH.
You are Certain to Lose il You At
tempt the Use OF Force and
Violence.

You can not force your stomach to do
work that it is unable and unwilling to
do It has been tried time and time
again with always the same result:
The stomach is a good and faithful
servant: but when pushed beyond the
limit it rebels. Some stomachs will
stand much more abuse than otners;
but every stomach has it's limit; and
when that limit is reached. it is very
dangerous and unwise proceeding to
attempt to force 1t into doing further
work. The sensible and reasonable
course is to employ a substitute to car
ry on the work of digestion and give
the stomach an opportunity to re-
cuperate and regain it's lost strength.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the
only perfect substitute to take up ana
carry on the work of tired. worn-out
stomachs They are natural and easy
in their work and cause no disturbance
in the digestive organs. They contain
all of the essential elements that make
Up the gastric juice and other diges-
tive fluids and will digest any food that
a strong. healthy stomach Will, and do
it in the same time and in the same
way They work independently of sur
rounding conditions and the fact that
the stomach is weak or diseased does
not influence them at all in their use
full and effective work. They will d.
gest food Just as we'll in a glass jar or
bottle as they will in a stomach. You
can see that for yourself by putting one
of them into a jar with a square meal
and some water to enable it to work.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, by thus
relieving the stomach of its work, en-
ables that organ to rest and recuperate
and regain its health and strength The
process is perfectly natural and plain.
Nature will heal the stomach just as
she heals a wound or a broken limb.
if she is not interfered with and is
permitted TO do her work in her own
way. All interference is prevented by
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for
sale by druggists everywhere at so
cents a box and if you are afflicted with
dyspepsia. one box will make you feel
fifty times better. You will forget you
have a stomach and rejoice in the for
getfulness- No druggist will be so
shortsighted as to try to get along with
out Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for they
are SO popular and are SO well known
fer the good they have done and the
happiness they have caused that any
druggist caught without them would
lose the confidence of his customers
and be regarded as below the standard.
His business would suffer as a result
and his patrons would go to other
stores and buy their other drugs there
as well as their Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03
HAMMERING THE PRICE.
Railroads Trying to Force Steel Trust
to Reduca Rail PricAs

Rufnor has been persistent for sew
eraI days to the effect that a reduction
OF at least 50 per ton had been made
on steel rails. This is denied by the
steel trust, but it is known that the
railroad arrangements are using every
endeavor to effect a reduction to $26
or $24 ton. Something like a general
understanding exists among the rail-
roads that SO long as the price of steel
rails remains where 1t is as little buy
ing as possible will be done. Many of
the steel men are said to feel that the
railroads should be brought back into
the ranks active consumers. The state
ment has been made in local railroad
circles that E H. Hartman has offered
to guarantee at least aggregate orders
for 100000 tons in the event of a re-
duction in the price. 1t is estimated
that a reduction would give the steel
companies immediate orders amount
ing to 100000 tons, which would mean
renewed activity in all branches of
steel and iron making. On the other
hand, the net loss in profits to the
steel companies from a reduction Of g
per ton probably would not exceed 81
900. 900.
The letting of the Canadian Pacific
contract to the Pennsylvania Steel
company for 10000 tons of steel rails
means a profit of at least $3.50, 200 to
that company and has given a boom
to the American product. The contract
was secured after bids had been SUBJ
nitted from steel companies all over
the world, and the price is said to be
considerably above that usually secur-
ed on export orders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03

Phi Delta fraternity at Kansas univer-
sity.
DR.. ]. P. RASTER. chief surgeon for the
Santa Fe, with headquarters in Topeka,
is in Hutchinson on business for the COM
pany.
j. E. Hurley, general superintendent of
the Santa FEE, was making trip of in
spection over the middle division yester-
Samuel C. Wood of the office of the
Santa F'e ticket auditor, is absent from
work in that office this week account
of sickness.
A E. Cooper, division passenger agent
for the Rock Island, returned yesterday
evening from a short inspection trip over
the lines under his supervision.
c. II: Gaunt. superintendent of tele-
graph for the Santa Fe, is in Chicago on
business for the company. He is expected
back the latter part of the week.
IS visiting in Topeka with her brother, J.
NJ Burris, an employee of the office of the
general manager of the Santa Fe.
Frank Sturgis. stenographer to the
has returned from a weeks pleasure trip
to Galveston. Tex, and st. Louis. Mo.
Mrs. s. o. Nesbaum. wife of Stephen
Nesbaum of the Santa Fe ticket auditing
department, left Tuesday for Kansas
City, where she will visit with friends for
two weeks.
The regular weekly Railroad 7. NJ. C.
A. meeting in the Santa Fse coach shop
Thursday noon will be addressed this
week by Rev. A H. Kelso, pastor of thu
Cumberland Presbyterian church of this
city. Mr.. Kelso is quite favorite with
the shop men and large and successful
meeting is expected
Delbert Mitchell, a clerk in the office OF
c. W. Cook, assistant general freight
agent for the Santa Fe, has been relieved
from immediate duty on account of sick
ness. Mr.. Mitchell was taken sick last
week with inffammatory rheumatism and
is at present in a serious condition at his
home in Lowman HILL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03

Missouri Pacific Lops OF Two Cents
from Kansas Points.

from Kansas Points.
Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 3.-The local
office Of the Missouri Pacific received
notice yesterday from the headquarters
in St Louis that the reductions in rates
from points on it's lines in Kansas, part
Of Colorado, Nebraska and Indian Ter
ritory would be a cut of 2 cents on the
present rate of 16 cents on what and
the same cut on the rate of IA cents on
corn to Little Rock, Ark, and points
taking a higher differential. The new
rates will go into effect Thursday. 1t is
generally believed that the rate war viii
lead to further reductions and the rates
to Shreveport. La, Texarkana, and
other points south and west will be cut.
In that case the other lines affected will
no doubt meet the reductions The
Katy officials said yesterday that they
would watch developments and in case
of any further reductions in territory
south would make reductions to meet
them.
The Frisco had not ssued any orders
yesterday for reductions meeting the
Missouri Pacific cut, but it was stated
in the office of the general freight agent
that the Frisco would keep in line and it
is highly probable that reductions on its
rates viii be made in a day or two.
The Kansas City Southern has not en-
tered the grain rate war, but win prob
ably do so in a few days, especially If
the rates into Louisiana are reduced
An official of the company said yester-
day that the Southern was considering
some reductions and would probably is
sue notice Of them in few days.
Otherwise the condition of the grain
rate situation is as it has been for the
past four days and as yet no road has
taken any steps to bring all the lines to
a settlement on the question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03
VIA THE ROCK ISLAND.
Weber & Fields Minstrels Making q
Jump Across the Continent.

The Lake Shore limited train leaving
New York at $50 o'clock last Sunday
was run in two sections. The second
section was occupied entirely by
Weber and Fields theatrical combina-
ton on a trip from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The run will be made direct
to San Francisco. without any stops
except for change of engines. The
route will be via the New York Cen
trail, Lake Shore, Rock Island, Denver
& Rio Grande and Southern Pacific;
and the train will consist of a counter
part of the celebrated bankers spec
ia1," which made the trip over the same
route in october last. The train was
due to reach Chicago at 4 p. m. Tues
day, February 2, and to arrive in San
Francisco Saturday morning, February
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03
Deputy Coroner of Winnebago
County, Wisconsin.

| writes: st feel obliged to extend you
my personal thanks foT>Sny complete
restoration. All through the winter I
suffered with throat and lung trouble.
but recovered my entire health by the
use of your excellent remedy, Peruna-''
Rev. E. Stubenvoll.
The following letter from a promin-
ent gentleman of Los Angeles, is case
in point:
Mr. ]. w. Fuller. President of the
! jewelers. Association of Los Angeles,
Cal, has been in the business in that
city for seventeen years out of the
| forty-five that he has been engaged in
business. Concerning his experience
with Peruna he says:
81 was troubled with catarrh of the
head for many years. 1t affected my
sense of smell, hearing and sight.
spent lots of money with doctors and
the use of local applications to relieve
me but to no purpose until my atten-
ton was called to the wonderful eff
fects of Peruna.
ftI must say thatImet with most sur
prisfng and satisfactory results. Peruna
took hold of the complaint and drove 1t
entirely out of my system.
Although well along toward the al
| lotted span of mans life l am pleased
as child over the results, and feel like
a young man again."-J. W. Fuller.
Such letters as the above are not
used for publication except by the writ
ten permission of the writer.
A pamphlet filed with such letters
will be sent to any address free This
book should be read by all who doubt
the durability of catarrh.
! If you do not derive prompt and sats
isfactory results from the use of Pes
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartmann
giving a full statement of your cases
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
| Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03

e. 7. Phillips, Deputy Coroner, Win
nebago Co., from Menasha, Wis. writes:
al have been troubled with very
serious case of catarrf of the head and
throat for a number of years and !
tried many prescriptions from good
phy Sicians but in the end found my
self no better. On the advice of a
friend who had used Peruna with good
results l purchased a bottle, and the
effects from that one bottle were SO
encouraging that | continued its use
and think used about six bottles in
all which | am glad to say cured me
completely OF this troublesome dis
ease.
al can therefore, conscientiousIy
recommend 1t and am firm believer
in the power of Peruna to effectuaIIy
cure catarrE1 in all its FORMS" e. T.
Phillips.
A great many remedies to temporar-
lily relieve catarrh have been devised
from time to time, such as sprays,
snuffs, creams and other local appli-
cations, but, as rule, the medical
procession has little or no enthusiasm
in the treatment of catarrh-
It is generally pronounced by them
to be incurable.
1t therefore created a great sensation
in medical circles when DR.. Hartman
announced that he had devised COM
pound which would cure catarrh per-
manently.
The remedy was named Peruna and
in a short time became known to thou
sands of eatarrh sufferers north, south,
east and west.
Letters testifying to the fact that Pc
runa is radical cure for catarfh be-
gan to pour in from all directions.
Thousands of letters similar to the
following are on file in the office of
The Peruna Medicine company.
Rev. E. Stubenvol1, Pella, Wis,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03
GET OUT THE IMPURITIES.
Santa Fe Establishes q Water Trest-
ing Plant at Winfield.

The water treating plant at the
Santa Fe station at South Winfield be-
gan operating last week 1t is intend
ed to eliminate the mineral and other
foreign substances in the water useo
obtained in that part of the country IS
impregnated with lime and silica dis
solved from the rocks and earth. be-
sides fine particles of soil and dust held
in suspension. This forms thick scale
on tbe heating surface of tubes and
sheets of the boiler. causing reduc-
ton in steaming power. The treating
plant will almost entirely do away with
scala.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-03
He was in his s4th year.

He was in his e4th year.
Mr.. Whitney was taken i'll Friday
night, at the performance of "Rigoletto''
at the Metropolitan opera house, and
had to leave before the opera ended.
DR.. Walter B. James, the Whitney fam
lily physician, was summoned and found
that the condition of the patient was
such that, after consultation, an opera
ton was decided upon, and was per-
formed by DR.. Bull. The patient rallied
so well that it was fully believed he
would recover.
Mr.. Whitney's condition was very
grave, however, on Sunday and Monday,
and at a consultation the conclusion
was reached that the only hope for the
patient lay in a second operation.
A bulletin issued in the morning
stated that there had been a slight i'm
provement in the patients condition,
but shortly before 3 o'clock alarming
symptoms were noted and hurried prep
arations were made for second opera
ton Mr.. Whitney was placed under
the influence of ether, but whether the
operation was proceeding or not is I'M
known. When the physicians perceived
that the patient was in danger of death,
Harry Payne Whitney and Miss Dorothy
Whitney were Immediately notified.
They fastened to the side of their father
and in a few minutes he had breathed
his last Oxygen was used and all the
skill Of the physicians and surgeons
distinguished patient, but to no avail.
It was 5 o'clock before the simple fact
of his death was made public. Later
the following statement was issued:
Mr.. Whitney died at o'clock of
peritonitis and blood poisoning. follow
ing an operation for appendicitis.
THE interment will be at Woodlawn
in the family plot where are the re-
mains of Mrs. Flora Payne Whitney.
Olive Whitney and Mr.. Whitney S
grandehild. Flora Payne Paget.
Mr.. Whitney's children, Mr.. Harry
Payne and Miss Dorothy Whitney, were
with him when he died.
1.-The funeral services will be held at
Grace church. where Mr.. Whitney was
a pewholder'
Soon after the death visitors began
to call at the house Among them were
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt and ex-Secre-
tary of War Elihu Root
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitney were in
Townsville. Ga, when Mr.. Whitney's
condition became critical but they left
for New York Immediately on a special
train a cablegram was sent Saturday
to Mrs. Almeric Paget Mr. Whitney's
daughter, IN London, and it is believed
that she IS now on her way home.
The board of governors of the Demo-
cratic club. of which Mr.. Whitney was
a member. postponed an entertainment
the club was to have had
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
William Collins Whitney was born in
Conway. Mass. July s. 1871 the son of
Gen. James s. Whitney General Whit
ney came from an old Deerfield family
and married q Miss Collins. of Somers,
Conn In 1888 Gen. and Mrs Whitney
moved to Conway. The father was a
when a young man. and is we'll remem-
bered as one of the LEADING Dan7orra re-