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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
GOLD AS BALLAST.
Moffat Line Has Valuable Stag in tt
Roadbed.

Ballasting began on the Moffat road
yesterday, says the Denver Republican.
The work vas taken up a mile beyond
Coal Creek and will be pushed behind
he tr~acklaying as fast as the con-
~struction gang that is laying the iron
can work.
One of the sensational features of
the building of the Moffat road was
disclosed by a conversation between a
mining man and a visitor.
1T is a fact not generally known"
said h mining man, that the new
railroad building in Colorado is bal
lasted with gold. They are using Stag
from the Grant smelter for ballast and
this material. all mining men know,
carries a great deal of gold. The Grip
Pile Creek ores have been treated at
the Grant smelter for years n other
ores from various sections of the state
have also been brought there for treat
ment. The rates for smelling the ore
were from $40 to $12 per ton and the
smelter people CAV back a certain per-
centage of the gold, sometimes as high
as IS per cent, the rest going into the
Stag as the process was unable to save
it all.
Not a great dea1 of the ore was
volatilized in the furnaces of the smell
ter so it must be now in h Stag that
is being taken out IN the Moffat road
for ballast. There is not much chance
of the Stag being treated for its gold
deposits with prO1t, as the stag would
be particularly refractory, but h gold
is there all the same. A ton of ore
would be greatly reduced when ap-
pearing in the waste of the smelter in
the form of Stag and the percentage of
gold in the Stag can only be guessed at,
unless a careful analysis of the Stag
is made for the purpose of finding its
actual worth.
IF the gold in the Stag amounted to
somewhere around 81 a ton it would
not be remarkable. The history of
smelling is that this proportion of min
the course of years, and there can
scarcely be a doubt but there is that
much gold there. The Moffat road is
literally paved with gold"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
AT TIL MARDI GRAs.
Big Railroad Officials Congregate at
New Orleans.

New Orleans, Feb. 17.-Probably new
er in the history of New Orleans carni-
walls have so many railroad presidents
and heads of systems been gathered
here, ~ostensibly for the festival, but
with important business on the side.
The chiefs of seven great railroad sys-
TENS are present and others are to come.
William B. Leeds. former president of
the Rock Island system, is in town. He
is accompanied by Mrs. Leeds and Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Smith of New York.
President George Gould. accompanie
by Traffic Director A. c. Bird and vice
President Manager Russell Harding OF
the Gould systems and a special car of
guests came in tonight.
Il. f. Yoakum, president df the Frisco,
and L F. Loree. president of the old
ing board of the Rock Island-F Frisco
systems, win be in tomorrow.
F. NJ. Plant, head of the Plant sys-
TEN, with Colonel NJ. J.. O'Rrien, presi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
WOMEN HEARD.
Suffragists Plead for Franchise
Before House Committee.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE National
Woman's Suffrage association has been
given "a hearing by the house commit
tee on judiciary. A delegation number
ing over half a hundred women, headed
by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, presi-
dent of the association, arranged them
selves around the committee room and
enthusiastically a~pplauded the points
made in behalf of a sixteenth amend
ment to the constitution by the var
ious speakers, whom Mrs. Gait pre-
scented.
Members of the committee asked the
several women speakers from Colorado
as to the reason of Mr. Shafroth's ac-
ton in ~resigning his seat in the house
because of fraud at the polls.
Miss Ellis Meredith, who made the
first answer to this question, said the
fraudulent vote on this occasion was
She exonerated the women voters from
participating. She said that 55 per
cent of the voters of the state
were men and IS per cent
were women, while AZ per cent of
1.-The actual vote was the vote of the
women
Showing" remarked Representative
Littlefeld, that the women vote as
frequently as the men,"
Mrs. Mary c.. C. Bradford, also of
Colorado, said that in testifying to the
benefits of woman suffrage through q
states, she had found that the greatest
bugbear to be met was the seeming
dread of the word polls The general
impression was that the polls We're
placed where all the women were COM
PEELED to go and stand Il line with all
the bad men, who occupied h time in
swearing. AS a matter of fact, the men
at the polls were the husbands, brothers
and friends of the women.
Mrs. Helen L. Greenfe1l, state super
intendent of schools of Colorado, told
of her experience in running for officg.
She had canvassed the state several
times, and said she had met with just
as much "~chivalry" as in her school
work or in society. AS to the election
frauds Mrs. GreenfelI asserted that
only one woman repeater" had been
found.
Ex-Governor Alva Adams of Pueblo
gave the committee his hearty endorse
ment of woman suffrage. t was, he
said, not a question of expectancy but
a question of right and justice. He said
he was personally acquainted with TO-
900 women voters in Colorado, and was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
THOUSANDS OF MESSAGES.
Mrs. Hanna Receives Expressions of
Condolero e from Evervwhere.

Washington, Feb. I7.-Messages of
coincidence from all parts of the world
continue to be received by Mrs. Hanna.
Already they number probably 1000 or
more. Included among them are mes
sages from the following:
Mrs. ida S. Mckinley; H. M. Hagler,
Florida; H. T. Scott, California; Chas.
G. Dawes, Illinois; R. C. Kerns, Mis-
souri,; ]. P. Marley, Maine; Archbishop
Ireland; Col. John J. McCook; Governor
Durbin, Indiana; Ex-Governor Nash.
Ohio; Hardy S. New, Indianapolis; Don
Dickinson, Michigan; H. H. Kohlsaat,
Chicago; Richard Mansfield; A. J.
Cassatt; James ]. Hill; David R.
Francis; VIM. Rockefeller; john D.
Rockefeller; Perry S. Heath; Daniel S.
Lambert; Bishop Leonard, Ohio; Col.
oliver H. Payne; Bishop Arnett, Ohio;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

Chicago g. Alton Has a Little Civil
Service of It's Own.

The employment bureau of the Chicago
and Alton road, which was established
about a year ago, has presented a report
which indicates the plan has proved sue
cessful.
W. A. Freese, superintendent of tele-
graph, is in charge of the bureau and his
Instructions have been to keep in touch
with young men all over the company's
lines and report his interviews and exam
was formed for the purpose of filling va
cancies with men whose homes are ad-
jacent to the line of the road. Mr.. Freese
makes it his business to have an inter-
view with any person or any parent or
guardian desiring a son or ward to enter
the railroad service.t
During the last year the company re-
ceived 1853 applications through the bureau
and rs We're accented, as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

For the position of telegraph operator
80 were rejected On the telegraph exami-
nations. Il on account of defective Wis
ion, 6 on account of physical examina-
tons and one on account of failure in
the rules. The reason so few of the
brakemen and iremen were accepted is
that many men were over the age limit,
under the age limit or deficient physical
ly-
A report made weekly to the general
manager gives the names of the appli-
cants who have been interviewed by the
bureau chief and the names are divided
into six classes, according to the work the
applicant desires
This weekly report also gives the num-
Der of requests in each class received
from each division superintendent and
the number of men furnished to each.
Printed forms are provided for securing
consents and releases from parents and
guardians in the cases of minors and for
a record of service from any railroad
company which the applicant may have
worked for before coming to Alton. In
the last mentioned document the appli-
cant releases his former employer from
liability for giving information.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
RAILROAD NEWS.
Now the Atlantic Coast Lines
Start Trouble.
Cut the Grain Rates to Beat
Gulf Lines.
7 l-2 CENT
War Over Grain Rates Is Now
General.
Philadelphia and New York
Lines Take a Hand.
1-2 CENT REDUCTION.

Chicago, Feb. 17.-The great rate war
in which the western roads are engag-
ed to involve all h lines
between the Missouri river n the At
lantic ~seaboard. The Burlington and
Chicago & Alton have just given no.
tice that they will put in effect a rate
from Missouri river points to Baltimore,
Newport News Norfolk of Is cents
for 100 pounds. This is only 8 cents
higher than the rate from Kansas City
to the gulf ports.
The action was not taken on account
of the reduction made by the Great
Western and Northwestern roads, but
Is in conformity with the position they
have aiken during more than a year.,
that the differences in the grain rate
between the gulf and South Atlantic
ports should not be more than 8 cents
for 100 pounds.
The rate announced by the Burling-
ton and Alton from Missouri river
points to South Atlantic ports is n
cent less than the regular tariff rate of
the eastern lines from st. Louis to the
seabOard. This cuts out the rate be-
tween the Missouri and Mississippi riv-
ers. It is said by the Burlington Off
Gals that under their arrangement
with the eastern roads their system
gets an arbitrary of five cents for 100
pounds. This leaves My 10 cents to
the eastern lines. or six cents less than
the regular tariff rate.
EASTERN LINES FIGHT.
New York, Feb. 17.-Harmony Of
rates in trunk line territory is threat
ened, the Buffalo-New York lines OPP
posed to the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
York lines having served notice that
the freight rate on lake grain for ex-
port will be reduced Wednesday to 3
cents for 100 pounds between Buffalo
and New York.
This reduction means an abolition OF
the differential initiated by the Penn
sylvania and the Lehigh Valley in IA
Vor of Philadelphia last summer and is
designed to give the port of New York
the same privilege heretofore enjoyed
by Philadelphia.
An effort is being made to confine the
fight to the comparatively insignificant
item of lake grain for EXPORT but fears
are expressed that it may spread to
other classes of freight and upset the
hitherto harmonious conditions in
trunk line territory.
New Fuel Proves Successful
Los Angeles, Feb. 1.-THE Examiner
says: Recent successful tests of the
properties and power claimed for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

~''coaIeo," the new fuel, have been made
in the city. AT the Salt Lake shops a
pressure of 40 pounds was generated by
the use of so pounds of ordinary Slak
coal, such as is used under the fiue
box of a 20-horse power boiler. This
was held for 20 minutes, no water being
injected into the boiler. Seventy-seven
pounds of "coaleo" were then put into
the fire box, the pressure at that time
being 81 pounds. In II minutes the
pressure had risen 81 pounds, or to So
pounds, and that pressure was MAIN
tanned 4S minutes, during which time
water was injected n the boiler for
IL nut Satisfactory tests have
also been made in blacksmiths' FORCES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
ANNOYING Catarrh of the Head Cured.

Miss Pauline Armstrong, 1928 Cutter
street, Cincinnati, O.. Financial Secre-
tary Royal Templars of Temperance
writes:
MY head had troubled me for some
months and I was much annoyed to
find that the many touches and medi-
cines I took did not break up the ca
tarrh. I notic1ed your ads in the papers
and thought perhaps Peruna would
help me get rid of this catarrh. A few
doses certainly relieved me and I began
to breathe through my nose, and soon I
did not have to spend a half hour every
morning trying to clear my head. You
cannot imagine how pleased I was to
find that at the end of three weeks I
was rid of my trouble, which L had
been vainly trying to cure. You have a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

grand medicine in Peruna and it is
we'll worthy of praise. "-Miss Pauline
Armstrong.
Whatever form the catarrh may have
assumed; whatever symptoms it may
lave produced; whatever damage if
has accomplished, Peruna is the only
hope, the only cure.
Peruna cures all cases of chronic ca
tarrh promptly n permanently. There
need be no failures.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to Dr.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman S~anitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
Best Line to FLORIDA.

There is a through sleeper runnfne
every day from Kansas City over the
Frisco System and Southern Railway
to Jacksonville, Fla. This is the old
established line.
Many new and attractive features in
Florida tours his winter.
Full information viii be given on ap-
plication to
VIM. FLANNELLY, 7. F. ~
Board of Trade building,
Kansas City. Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
SELLING MAoARoN1 SEED.
Rock Island Finds That the Crop Is 8
Success.

Reports at Chicago have been received
bv Rock Island officials hoWing that the
growing of macaroni wheat in the semi
arid regions of western Kansas promises
to prove a success. It's cultivation IS en-
couraged by the department of agricul-
ture, which last year supplied seed wheat
to many farmers. One. OF these men
who had a large crop of the new gram,
said that all of this grain reaped by him
last year has been sold to his ~neighbors
for seeding purposes, and he declares the
grain will be grown almost exclusively
hereafter in that locality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

West Side Study Club, writes:
sc want to give credit wheren is de. "a a great sufferer from ca
tarrho of n nose and although tried many remedies, the only n that
gave me nor than temporary relief wa Peruna. l was very miserabie
ny nostrhs were obstructed,a IN of smell affected, my breath YER
offensive IN he dropping ron the back of my nose after causing nausea. 4
run fr fou months an the disease vas completely effaced. ny
physician tells m that there lis n o doubt that am permanently cured. 4
with hmi in the matter. for it is we a year since quit taking Peru
n a n have not had a single symtom of the recurrence O h disease."-
Mrs. Andrew Thorborn.
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pulse a majority Of my most respected
associates have mad a sally toward
the old racial habitat. On the way they
8 Kan. 280, thirty-three years old and
vigorous in every respect and through
a surging up of old predatory instincts
they slay it. Without qualification or
limitation they say the case is uncon-
dftionallY oVarruIed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

Governor Odell; Chas. Emory Smith:
C. N. Bliss; Jos. Wheeler; Geo. West
inghouse; David M. Parry; Command
er Boot Tucker; Robt. T. Lincoln; P.
S. Lennox; Henry Clay Barnabee; Gov
Murray; Senator Galway; E. S.
willard; Ambassador Mccormick, st.
Petersburg; Stewart L. Worford; Mar
shall Field: Nat Goodwin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
CHIEF CLERK sKIPs.
Seaboard Air Line Official Leaves
With Compauv Money. d

issued a Circular to the effect that r.
Carroll Baker, chief clerk in the pas
senger department of the Seaboard Air
Line. has disappeared and has been found
to have misappropriated funds belonging
to the 1t is stated that he car
ried with him trip passes and forged let
tiers for transportation.
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VERDICT FOR THE SANTA FE.
Two More Damage Suits Thrown Out
of Court

Newton, Kan, Feb. lin the district
court the case of Fred Soth VS.. Santa
Fe Railway company, for $685. 00 dam
ages on account of injuries sustained
while working in company's yards here,
was thrown out of court, the plaintiff
having no cause of action. A similar
fate met the case of Grant Johnson, a
employee in the shops, who sued for $780,
900 damages sustained by being over
heated while working at a blacksmith
forge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

dent of the Southern Express company,
are among those on the ground. Others
present are Theodore Voorhees,, vice
president and general nag Of the
Philadelphia & Reading, with a special
president of the Illinois Central, with
Vice President and General Manager
Harahan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17
W. j. LAWRENCE PROMOTED.
Will Be Fuel Agent of the Rock
Island at Chicago,

W. ]. Lawrence, for a number of years
division superintendent of the Rock Is
land system and one of the best known
railroad men in the west, has been APP
pointed fuel agent for the company, sue
renee will make his headquarters in Chi
cagO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

vote did not detract from their woman
ly qualities as mothers and wives, or
mar their refinement. The delegation
was given a hearing by the senate
committee on woman suffrage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

T. j. Clark for District Pass. Agent
T. J. Clark has been appointed district
passenger agent of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific at Chicago. Mr.. Clark
has heretofore been travelling passenger
a gent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

Piso's Cure has cured coughs for many
years. 1t is still on the market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

With eggs at so cents a dozen the,
feel it beneath their dignity to ge
mashed on cheap actors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-17

New Fuel Proves Successful
Los Angeles, Feb. 1.-THE Examiner
says: Recent successful tests of the
properties and power claimed for
The Washington times., 1904-05-22
Travels and Visits

There win be a positive dearth CT
Washington people at Eastern resorts
this summer, IS, either driven by a de-
sire for economy or travel. more people
from the Capital are sailing than at this
season for several years past
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas T. Walsh, with
their family. will sail May . 10 spend
the entire summer IN Europe.
Mrs. Albert Clifford Barney, accom-
panied by her daughter. Miss Natalie
Barney. viii sail June for a year in
Europe. and during that time will be
Joined by Miss Alice Barney, who IL
in Egypt. Mrs Barney has leased her
Washington house to Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas F. CAR, Of Cincinnati.
Mrs Franz Rummel has gone to Eu-
rope and viii spend the summer IN Ger
many with her sons, who are promising
musicians. Mrs Rummel IS the daugh-
ter of the late Prof. Morse and widow
of the great musician. Franz Rummel
Mrs. Reginald de Koven and her sis
ter. Mrs. Chatfield Taylor VIII summer
In Europe. as will also the Countess
Esterhazy, who was a passenger OF last
week
The French ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand will spend the summer In
Europe.
Mrs. Henry May and Miss May viii
also summer abroad, making a visit
during the early part of the season to
Lady BagOt. of London. who was for
merly Miss Lille May, of Baltimore
The Washington times., 1904-05-22

well. and James c. Schenck. of Balti-
more, and Shields Girley. of Washing
ton. Arrnit Brown, OF Philadelphia, will
be the best man. A limited number Of
invitations have been sent TO intimate
friends OF the two families In Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and New York.
At the marriage of Miss Celia H
Leech and Dr. Egbert A. Clark, of
Washington, which takes place on
June !, at O'Clock. at the home o.
Nj. and Mrs Edward Kent Leech. Sgi0
Spruce Street, Philadelphia. the bride
will be given away by her brother and
attended by her sister, Miss Elizabeth
Leech, as maid of honor. Miss Frances
Williams Leech viii act as flower girl
and the bridesmaids will be Miss Helen
Williams and Miss Marcia Paschai. Of
Washington. Charles Burt, of Wash
ington, twill serve as best mail,
and the ushers will be DR.. Capron ami
William Smith, Of Philadelphia. The
ceremony will be performed by Rev.
Clarence Wyatt Bispham. A small re-
ception will follow for the relatives and
intimate friends Upon their return
from "A trip they will reside In this city.
Miss Alyce NJ Taylor. youngest
daughter of Stanislus and Mary c. Tay-
Tor, of Washington, was quietly
married in Baltimore Friday, the 18th
instant, to Colus Walker, of Westmore-
land county, Va. The bride was un-
attended and was attired IN a travelling
suit OF blue broadcloth.
The marriage OF Miss Belle Ormsbee
Sherman to william Bolton Farnham.
Of Rochester. y. Y. viii take place
Wednesday. June /. in the presence of
the immediate famEx, at the home Of
the brides parents
The Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Butler have
issued invitations to the wedding recep-
ton Of their daughter, Miss Grace
Elizabeth Butler, 10 DR.. Henry A. Pol
kinhorn, June /.
The marriage ceremony. which takes
place at the home Of the brides parents.
will be witnessed only by the immedi-
ate families Of the contracting parties.
Miss Alice Benton Bishop, and George
Harry Davis will be married June 10, at
ST. PauTs church at o'clock. The
matron Of honor will be Mrs. Isaac
GrcgR. and Charlton Wistar Beesley
will be best man. Raymond Acton and
Samuel II. Davis will be ushers. No
invitations have been issued for the
wedding.
An announcement has been made Of
the approaching marriage Of Miss Lucy
W. Allen, daughter Of the late Judge
H. c. Allen, Of Woodstock, Va, TO VIII
liam NJ. Kemper, superintendent of the
Bethel Military Academy, in Fauquler
county, Va. The ceremony Is TO take
Dlace at Woodstock Wednesday. June %
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ j. Adler announce
the engagement Of their daughter, Ger
trude Harper. to William w. Hyams. If
Muskogee. Indian Territory. The mar
riage will occur In the early fan.
The Washington times., 1904-05-22

her physicians that the disease is now
under control. All of the rest obtained
by the patient thus far, however, comes
from the use OF opiates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas f. Walsh have
arranged 10 go TO St Louis for Colo
RADIO Day at the exposition. and will not
sail for Europe until MAY p. Mr. Walsh
is one OF the delegates from the state,
and remained longer in this country
than he expected for the express Dur-
pose Of being present Miss EVELYN
Walsh and Vinson Walsh win accom-
pany their parents both 10 st. Louis am
Europe.
Col. NJ. A. Winter sailed yesterday
from Philadelphia. and will spend some
some months in Europe.
Mrs. John D. Yoakley. Of LIS North
capitol Street, and her sister Mrs. Lille
Huller, Of Leesburg. Va, leave today for
Newport News. Va. to visit relatives
ana friends for few weeks.
The Progressive f1uchre Club. of Lang
DON ID. G., was entertained last Mon
day evening. at the home Of c.
Fletcher in North Langdon. Among
/ those in attendance were Ira I Baker
and wife. Charles Fletcher and wife. d
J. Roberts and wife. Dr. Cloide Fletcher
and Emerson Fletcher, L. II. Patterson
and wife, Miss Katharine Fletcher. and
Miss Lula Gochenhour, and William
Gochenhour. After several hours enfoved
III card playing, refreshments were
served.
DIR. ard Mrs John Gordon, of Howard
I University have as their guests their
daughter and granddaughter, Mrs
Alexander Gordon, and Miss Ora Cor
don, of Pittsburg.
Senator and Mrs. Foraker went 70
Cincinnati 10 attend the Nav musical
festival, but viii return I'm A few DAYS
and will keep their Washington house
uICH all summer. During the absenc,.
of Senator and Mrs. Foraker. Mrs.
Wanewright. their daughter. froro
Philadelphia. has been the guest of Miss
Foraker, but returned 70 Philadelphia
yesterday.
Mrs. Kirk Porter Will remain at her
residence in Lafayette Square during
June.
family moved out TO their beautiful
suburban place. Oak View, yesterday.
for the summer.
Mrs. Capron widow of Capt. Allyn X.
Capron, United States Volunteers. VINO
was operated upon at Providence sH1S-
pital for appendicitis, has so far recov-
ereG that she viii be able TO return to