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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-01
BARR MUST BE GOOD.
New President Will Not Make Shake.
IN on Seaboard

New York, Jan. John Shelton Will
lianns, president of the Seaboard Air
Line, said today regarding the reported
impending changes in the official staff
of that system:
mo designations have been offered
or will be. If any changes should be
made they will be such as will meet
the views of the whole board and will
be satisfactory to all concerned.
1.-THE reports that there have been
any bitches in the negotiations recent
ly consummated with the Ryan-Cool-
idge interests are unfounded."
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G. E. Roe May Succeed Dallam.

1t was seni-of1cially announced here
yesterday that George E. Roe will take
the place of Douglas DallanI, who has
resigned as general superintendent Of
the Santa Fe freight department Of the
Kansas City division. Mr.. Roe is at
present division freight agent at Ell
Paso, Texas. Mr.. DalIam assumes his
duties today as secretary and treasurer
of the Wholesale Dry Goods associa-
ton. Until his successor arrives, H.
r. Teasdale, chief clerk in the Santa
Fe freight Office, will have charge Of
the work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-01
HITS COLLEGES.
Rev. Charles IL. Sheldon Tells
What They Lack.
Pernicious Influences of Men
Who EndoW Universities.
mEANu zEnDN rnuH
TEACH MORE LOVE
Mighty Lesson of Love of Man
to Nan Neglected.
Makes Plea for the Study of
Politics.

The Anal feature of the meeting of
the State Teachers association in To-
peka was the address delivered by Dr.
Charles M. Sheldon before the teach
ers on the subject, 1.-THE Product of a
True Education" DR.. Sheldon's adj
dress was lengthy and thorough, and
he touched upon subjects entirely new
in the meetings of the association this
week.
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C. H. Warren, Vice President of
Rock Island, to Resign.
Forced to Quit by the YOakum
Interests.
WAS A DISORGANIZER.
Said That LOrse Will Bring C.
s. Simms to the Place.
w. B. Leeds Not Reelected
President of C. r. 1. & P.

Chicago, Jan. &c. H. Warren. first
vice president of the Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific railroad, has been re-
Quested to resign and will leave the
company. The news of his reelection to
that position, which came from New
York Tuesday, proved to be untrue. as
did the report of the reelection of W.
b. Leeds and the other officers of the
zsfS-nnapU
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-01

with stock in the market: You give me
something; I'll give you something
The coarse, mean, contemplate, selfish
spirit of trading off one thing for an
other prevails to such an extent that the
true statesman of high and lofty and pa
triotic ideals would often seem strangely
out of place in our state affairs, and yet
the people at large, I believe, long to
have such leadership. To say that the
educated men and women who come out
of our schools in Kansas are incapable of
shaping such leadership and putting 1t
into office by decent and honest means
is to acknowledge failure of the educa-
tiOnal process
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Represent Both Lines.

W. F. Crawford, who represents the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific at Buff
falo, will become district passenger
agent January 1 and represent both the
Rock Island and the ST. Louis & San
Francisco at that point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-01

Mrs. Mary E. Holbert, 25O1 Clinton
avenue. Minneapolis, Mimi, writes:
with catarrh of the bronchial tubes
which threatened to become very Sc
rious. The doctors advised that he
seek a more favorable climate. but as
he had heard of Peruna as specific
for lung trouble he decided to give it a
a, trial before he left his family for
an expensive journey among strangers.
For six months he used it faithfully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-01

lars. The earnings per passenger per
mile in 1875 were 2.573 cents, and in
1876 2.057 cents. a marked decline
showing the result of decreased rates
to the crowds attending the Centennial
exposition. In 1892 the earnings per
mile were 1.ss cents. and in 1893, 1899
cents, an increase indicating that the
railroad people did not make such q
sacrifice of rates as in 1876.
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and found that the trouble gradually
disappeared and blessed health took its
place. In two months he was perfectly
we'll and able to perform his duties
You have indeed a grateful mothers
thanks. Mrs. Mary Holbert.
1t IS the praise of those who have
been cured by Peruna that makes this
remedy SO popular and so extensively
used. No advertisement could have
accomplished this result
Peruna cures the first stages of con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-01
ONLY NINE RECEIVERS.
This Has Been Good Year fol
United States Railways.

Very few men were appointed receivers
Of railways in the United States during
pointments that were made We're for
small roads which had long been insolvent
and have now been put into court by the
straighten out their titles. No railway
company of Importance, and only two
or three small ones. became involved last
lions. The full list of receiverships rep
resents nine roads with a mileage of .529
ment of SIS, ss2, 600. is as follows:
RECEIVERS APPOINTED IN 1903.
Brooklyn & Rockaway Beach IN. Y.l..
Dakota, Wyoming & Mo; River (s.D) 9
Ai iesild & Rie6 Mountain wv. vaj Il Il
Lake & River (O.) Observation-Disclosures %
Parkersburg Branch CIV. ya.) ..........1o 3
Philadelphia & Brigantine IN. J.)...... IS
Total, nine roads. Observation-Disclosures. 229
Total bonds and stocks. 800. SIS, S23, 600
The number of railways remaining m
the hands of receivers is now very small,
hardly more than 9 score, mostly short
closure sales and little provocation for
ceiverships at present in sight
Foreclosure sales continue to represent
companies whose insolvency WAS confess
ed years ago. The list for 1908 embraces
13 roads, with total of $50 miles and $io,-
SS5, 600 of bonds and stocks.
The year 1903 takes the palm foI the
smallest record of foreclosure sales II
every respect-number of roads, mil cage,
bonded debt and capital stock-in any
year since The Railway Age began the
record rs years ago Since the year of
roads to the block, 1886, when the. sales
included s. roads. with 13, 100 miles of
the decrease in foreclosures has been
constant and remarkable. The summary
sqmmeRGIng With 5SzS U.s. Is as follows
IN TWENTY-E1GHT YEARS.
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Street. Railway Tied On.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Jan. 1.-The street
railway system of Bloomington and
Normal are tied up by a strike. The
men demand an increase in wages.
There is little prospect of an early set
tlement.
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PLENTY oF"wAYs OUT"
San Bernardino Can Get Away In
Seventeen Directions

How many of our citizens have ever
counted the bands of steel reaching out
from the city of San Bernardino to the
surrounding world for trade and profit ?
says the San Bernardino Times-Index.
We have fourteen railway outlets, and
there are more to come before many
months roll around. Here they are:
No. Santa F'e to the east.
No. Santa Fe to the north.
No. Santa Fe to the west.
No. 4-Santa Fe to San Diego.
No. 5-Santa Fe to San Jacinto.
No. 6-Santa Fe to Redlands-
No. Santa F'e to Highland.
No. S-Southern Pacific to the south
east.
No. o-Southern Pacific to the west
No. 1O-Southern Pacific to Riverside.
No. 11-Southern Pacific to Redlands.
No. 12-Traction to Cotton.
No. Extraction to Redlands.
No 14-Traetion to Highland.
No. 15-Salt Lake to the northeast.
No. 16-Salt Lake to the west.
No. 17-Traction to Rialto.
The last three will be in operation
before a year-the Salt Lake probably
before SDrin0.
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GoLnpany.


Advices from the east yesterday cor
rected the general impression regarding
Tuesdays meeting. The only business
transacted was the election of Mr.. Lo-
rec as president of the Rock Island
company of New Jersey. His election
as president of the other Rock Island
corporations will follow, and he will be
the executive head of the system.
spending most of his time in New
York.
The retirement of Mr.. Warren was
generally expected from the time when
he was sent back to New York, shorn
of power. and 3. F. Winchell was
brought from the Frisco to assume his
duties. Mr.. Warren's retirement is said
to have been demanded by the Yoakum
interests. which believed that he was
disorganizing the Rock Island property.
aUnder Mr.. I.oree, as the executive head
q New York, and under Mr.. Winchen,
the chief executive head in Chicago,
is expected that the Rock Island
properties soon will assume a homo
reneOus shape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-01

Everybody reads the State Journal.
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leeu OuSIeu IIOIlI pOSILIOn OF
be president of the R. I.
derstood that next Monday, or
hereafter, the Rock Island di-
Ill have a meeting and will
Loree president and receive
alton of Mr.. Warren. Who
led the latter is not known,
possible that the place will be
ut or given to C. S. Simms, now
! manager of the Baltimore &
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-01

Children take Piso's Cure readily. 1t is
& sovereign remedy for little folks colds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-09
FOR LOSS OF HER TEETH.
Damage Suit Started as a Sequel to a
Buggy Ride.

Nation. ILL.,, Nov. 9.--Miss Minnie
Wurster has filed a suit against George
Spurck in the circuit court of TazeweiI
county in which she asks damages of
$4,000 for the loss of her teeth and
other injuries.
Plaintiffs bill recites that Miss
Wurster and Mr.. Spurck were driving
together one day last summer. A rain
storm came up. In order to reach
place of refuge Spurck attempted to
urge the horse to face the rain. The
animal refused and Spurck, in order
to force him to proceed, got out of the
buggy and kicked at the baking an
imal. The horse ran away. leaving its
master standing by the roadside. Miss
Wurster tainted and was thrown out
of the buggy. In the accident she
lost all her front teeth and also sus-
tanned bruises to different parts of her
body.
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COUNT VERY SLOW.
Scratching of Ballots Causes Tedious
Work by Judges.

Never before was there so much
scratching of ballots as there was in
Kansas yesterday. From everywhere
the story was the same, but it was
probably worse in Topeka than any,
where else.
AS a result it was a tremendous
task to count the ballots. In many
places the election boards were count
ing all night. In several precincts the
returns were not near complete at
daylight. In others the election boards
absolutely refused to complete their
work until they slept some, and they
simply went home to rest awhile be-
fore finishing.
Not a single county has sent in it's
complete returns this morning, and
the scratching was so great that it was
difficult to estimate with any degree
of accuracy the majorities on any
office. At the state headquarters of
the two parties the leaders got tired
of waiting for returns along about 2
or o'clock this morning and went
to bed. And it was late today before
in.
Roosevelt ran ahead of the regular
Republican vote nearly everywhere,
receiving a large number of Demo-
cratic and Populist votes. Hoch ran
considerably behind Roosevelt, get
ting about the regular party vote in
most places, but he was cut in others.
Kelly was, of course, cut more than
anyone else, but Burrow, Coleman and
Dayhoff were scratched a great deal,
especially in Topeka
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RUN OUT OF TOWN.
County Clerk at Cripple Creek Accused
of Tampering With Ballots.

Cripple Creek, Colo, Nov. Crank
p. Mannix, the Democratic county
clerk and recorder, has disappeared
and it is reported that a committee of
citizens has taken him out of town
and ordered him to leave the district
permanently Sheriff Bell and a posse
have gone in pursuit of the mob and
expect to bring Mannix back to Grip
pie Creek. The deportation of Mannix
created great excitement. Democrats
are arming in expectation of further
trouble.
Republicans alleged that the ballot
boxes were being tempered with in
the county clerks office and that Man
nix was run out of town on this ac-
count
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DEFECTIVE BALLOTS.
Estimated That at Least 500 Were
Thrown Out in Topeka.

From personal observation of State
Journal reporters of the counting in
the different precincts of Topeka on
Tuesday night. a conservative estimate
of the void ballots would not be less
than 900 for the entire city. At least
that number were laid aside to be sub
jected to the scrutiny of the. election
commissioner for final judgment.
The manner in which the ballots
were invalidated proves conclusively
that some education on the matter is
decidedly necessary. At every pre-
cinct the judges stated that an unusual
amount of time was consumed in CIV
takes were principally made by mark
ing one of the tickets straight and
then jumping over to another ticket
and marking several names The next
most fragrant error was the marking
of a cross after the names of the presi-
names of the electors. The latter mis-
take was made in a, remarkably large
number OF Instances.
Few mutilated ballots, or ones con-
tanning erasures we're found. The
public seems to be pretty generally
aware of the fact now that these con-
ditions invalidate vote.
There were some funny ballots
cast. In the second precinct of the
First ward one voter simply marked
the name of one Republican presi-
Dental electer.
In the third precinct of the Second
ward one man only marked the name
of T. T. Kelly on the whole ballot. In
this same precinct a ballot was found
on which both the straight Republican
and straight Democratic tickets had
been voted.
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| ing up all night with L. NJ. Nellis, one
| Of the members of the board of cleo
ton commissioners to receive returns:
lit is the worst muddle I ever saw
in an election an this city. The cleo
ton boards were all at sea in many
of the precincts. Some of them sim
ply threw up their hands and tele-
phoned in that they couldn't count the
vote. managed to keep them all at
work, 1 Think though some of them,
I understand have gone home for
breakfast without finishing the count
The trouble is occasioned by the i'm
Tense size OF the tickets, the great
an Ourt of scratching in the city, and
the fact that the tally sheets and the
ballot were not arranged SO that the
names of the candidates came in the
same order. 1t made a deal of con-
fusion on the election boards for the
judges and clerks to skip around so
r1uch in tallying the vote. / don't
doubt that some of the methods en-
pioyed were somewhat irregular, but
guess they will get in their returns
somehow We are keeping a close
watch on the returns received here to
see that they are properly signed up"
Down in the first precinct of the
Second ward the judges and clerks
had great deal of difficulty and
some fights were narrowly averted.
They disagreed about how the vote
John Howard, one of the judges, final
ly brought up to the election commits
siOner'S office a tabulation showing
the majoritieS received by the various
candidates, but not the total vote. The
election commissioner refused to re-
ceive such a report, and sent Howard
back to fix it UP in proper shape. Up
to a late hour this afternoon nothing
further had been heard from Howard.
Out in the third precinct of the
Third ward two of the clerks were
taken sick during the night and the
board is working under great disad-
vantages. The strain of counting the
ballots was too severe for the clerks,
both of whom were in rather poor
health. The board is struggling along
with its count, and may be in some
time this afternoon.
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KEPT $1,000 BILL IN HOSE.
Remarkable Evidence Presented in
New York Divorce Suit.

New York, Nov. 9.-That in a stock
ing of autumnal hue she kept a 81 900
bill of golden tint is the latest asser-
ton made in the proceedings for ltmi-
ted divorce brought in the supreme
court by Florence Crosby Hermann
against her husband, George Herr
mann.
Hermann is well known man about
town, a member of several clubs, was
formerly in the lumber business and
has always been accounted wealthy.
His wife alleges he has treated her with
cruelty. Arthur Cohen swore today to
the s., 900 bill incident End that he has
seen Mrs. Hermann at times wearing
diamonds worth not less than $4,000.
Hermann alleges that his wife was
friendly with many prominent men,
both in this city and in Europe, prior
to his marriage with her and that he
was not aware of this fact at the time
of the ceremony.
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FURNITURE FACTORY WRECKED.
Boiler Explosion Killed One Man and
Injured Six Others.

Leavenwcrth, Kan, Nov. 9.-One of
the big boilers at the Klemp furniture
factory blew up with terrible force
yesterday. The engineer, Green Mich
olas was killed and five OF six other
men were hurt. Tom Norris, a man
named Rody and another named CAL
lerman- are in hospitals. 1t is said
Rody will die. The explosion was felt
and heard in all parts of the city and
the force was so great that every win
dow was blown out of the factory
building and the northwest corner of
the structure is a complete wreck. Sew
erai boys were hurt. in jumping from
windows. The, fire department was
called and took the injured men from
the ruins. The management refuse to
give out any statements as to the
names of the injured or the cause of
the explosion. 1t is claimed that the
water was allowed to run down in the
boiler.
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SUIT FOR S1,2OO.oOo
Brought Against Armour as Result
of Beef War.

Boston, Nov. 9.-As an outcome of
the beef war among Chicago packers,
a suit for $1,200,000 in an action of
contract has been brought against j.
Ogden Armour. By the writ, as en-
tered today in the supreme court, the
plaintiffs, James c.. Melvin of So Clin-
ton street, Boston; James p Lyman OF
Ashbuy, Mass; James d. Stand1sh OF
Detroit, Frank p. Comstack OF row
dence and Frank Vogel of New York
appear as trustees Mr.. Melvin is
treasurer of the Clinton Market COM
pany as we'll as of the Mercantile
Wharf company. John Whlte, VINO
represents Mr.. Melvin during his abb
sence, is of the opinion that the action
will be found to involve western pack
ing interests.
In the last returns filed by the va
rious Hammond companies doing bus
mess in this state, Melvin appears as
director in the Hammond Beef COM
pany of Boston, also in the Clinton
Market; Standish, there named as of
Chicago appears as treasurer of the
same company; Lyman is given as
president of the Hammond Beef COM
pany. organized under the laws of IL
linois, and doing business at North
Adams, and James d. Standish APP
pears as treasurer of that company
also.
The returns of the Hammond Beef
companies at Lynn, Salem and Spring
field are attested by the signatures of
the same names as holding the same
offices. The certificate of the Ham
mond company of Worcester is signed
by J. p. Lyman as president and j. o.
Ostrom as treasurer. 1t is chartered
under the laws of Illinois.
The ground of the action is not CIV
en- in the writ filed today, and will
not appear in court for same days, ap-
parently as counsel for both sides en-
tered into a stipulation that the dec
laration should not be filed with the
writ in court, but whenever counsel
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HOW LOGAN GOT AWAY.
Escape of Cody Bandit Described by
the Sheriff.

Thermopolis. Wyo., Nov. 9.--Sheriff
Fenton, of Big Horn county, and posse
have returned from the chase after
Harvey Logan and his gang of Cody
bank robbers, and reports that Logan,
by the bo!dest piece of daring, out
wftted the officers and made his escape
out of the country last Sunday, and is
now we'll out of the state. Logan, dis
guised as a prospector, with an old
pack mule loaded with tools and pro-
visions, tramped out of the Hole-in-
the-Wall country past two posses. and
made his way to Casper, where he
took train.
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A BELATED PRECINCT.
First of the Second Ward Reports at
Last

First of the Second Ward Reports at
Last.
At 2;30 this afternoon the first pre-
cinct of the Second ward was re-
eeived by the election commissioner,
leaving only three precincts inside of
the city unreported. The vote in this
precinct was as follows:
Roosevelt. 241.
Parker, 119.
Hoch, 200.
Dale, $50.
Kelly, ISIS.
Dolan, 1872.
Curtis, 207.
Harvey, las.
The above returns make the follow
ing changes in the ntajorities of the
candidates named: Roosevelt in.
creased to S,24I; Hoch increased to
l,626; Dolan decreased to Is; Curtis
Increased to 2,075.
Confusion in Count
Great confusion was occasioned in
counting the votes by the fact that the
county clerk had failed to arrange the
tally sheets in the order to correspond
with the names on the ballot The
judges were constantly making mis-
takes, and this retarded the work
greatly. In many of the precincts the
judges were completely worn out with
their work. Some of the boards quit
at breakfast time this morning and
went home. For this reason the returns
were very late in coming in
Out in the first precinct of the Third
ward, Abe Steinberg, one of the judges,
was completely worn out with his work
at O'Clock this morning and had to
go home to recuperate.
In the first precinct of the First ward.
clerk named Beecham quit at mid
night last night, when he began to re-
altZe the magnitude of the Job which
he was up against. One of the other
officers of the board states that Beech
am said he would not serve for the
amount of money which the law allow
ed for his services. The rest of the
election board Went ahead and finished
uD the count, finishing about $50 this
morning.
The fifth precinct of the Fourth
ward, which has only three registered
voters, gave three votes for Roosevelt,
two for Hoch and none at all for KEEL
~. On treasurer. two of the votes
went to Dolan, and the other to Fogle
1t was 10 o'clock last night before the
lone judge in this precinct finished
counting the three ballots and made
his return.
Many of the tally sheets returned to
the commissioner of elections are very
Incomplete, and show gross ignorance
on the part OF the clerks. Others are
perfectly drawn, and comply with the
requirements of the law.
Election Boards Struck.
Election Commissioner T. s. Will
LiRms said this morning, after stay
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KELLY AND BURTON HAPPY.
They Enjoyed the Returns From Dick
inson County.

Senator J. r. Burton and State
Treasurer Tom Kelly were interested
listeners of the returns at the Republi-
can state headquarters on Tuesday
night. Along about one o'clock both
were pretty confident that the whole
Republican ticket would be elected A
report came in at that time that Dick
inson county had gone for the Repub-
licans by 600 majority and that Kelly
was only 5 per cent behind the ticket.
Dickinson is Buttons home.
"Um-um-um,' murmured Kelly, a
grin of delight spreading over his fea-
lures. He swung himself round on his