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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
ROCK ISLAND MEN PROTEST.
Are Dissatisfied With the Dismissal of
Master Mechanic Robertson.

d. D. Robertson who until Septem-
Der 1st was master mechanic OF the
Rock Island at Herington, was one of
the oldest employees of the Rock Island
on the Kansas division
His position was made vacant at
Herington to make room for G. w.
SeideI, former Southern Railway
man who is located at Horton, Kansas.
During the past few months sew
eral of the old master mechanics of
the Rock Island have been released
10 make room for new men.
1t is reported that the action of
the Rock Island in releasing Mr.. Rob
ertson resulted in the holding of
meeting of the engineers and other
Rock Island employees at Harrington
who decided to protest to the manage
ment against the change in master
mechanics Mr. Robertson learned of
the meeting and refused to sanction
the men sending in a protest It is
apparent there is considerable i'll feel
ing among the employees in the OPP
Grating department on the Kansas di-
vision relative to this last change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
HARDING TAKES CLARK.
Rio Grande OfficiaI for Whom Harding
Was Once Rod Boy. Goes to C. III. & ID

Pueblo. Col, Sept IF B. Clark.
superintendent of buildings and bridges
for the entire D. & R. G. system, has
resigned and his successor named in
the person of c. L. Thompson
MIR. Clark's resignation did not come
as a surprise to the other railway OIL
Gals as the possibility of his leaving
the Rio Grande and going with the
Chicago, Hamilton & Dayton, which is
now in charge of Russell Harding, has
been under discussion for some time,
and yesterday the change>waS officially
announced. Mr.. Clark, through peeu-
liar coincidence has always followed
Mr. Harding, and this is accounted for
by the fact that over 35 years ago Mr..
Clark was a civil engineer on an east
ern road and also did surveying. At
that time Russell Harding, who has
since rapidly climbed the railroad lad
der of success, was rod boy for Mr.
Clark AS Russell Harding gradually
rose to many high positions he never
and always found an official position
for Mr.. Clark When he was appointed
vice president and general manager of
the Missouri Pacific and Rio Grande-
systems some years ago he appointed F.
B. Clark to be superintendent of the
building and bridges department Mr..
Clark IS a general favorite with the Rio
Grande officials and employees and they
feel that they are losing thorough
railroader when he leaves their ranks.
Mr.. Clarks successor, c. L Thomp-
son, is well known on the Rio Grande
system having been superintendent of
buildings and bridges for the Rio
Grande Western with headquarters at
Salt Lake.
EDISON ALSO SLATED.
Although ]. A Edison, manager of the
D. & r. G., has been spoken of favor
ably for the position on the Missouri
Pacific made vacant by the resignation
of Mr.. Harding, it has been stated on
good authority that Mr.. Edison will, in
a short time, also leave the D. & R. G.,
and go to the C. H. & D., as general
manager of that entire system Pecu-
liar indications point to this fact, as
Mr.. Edison has been in conference with
Mr.. Harding at St. Louis for the past
two weeks. His trip and lengthy stay
in St. Louis was taken by local officials
as meaning that he was comforting
with high Missouri Pacific officials for
that vacancy, but a well known rail-
reader who returned to this city yes
terday stated that Mr.. Edison has been
in constant conference with Mr.. Hard
ing in ST. Louis and that Me two men
made an inspection trip together over
the c. H. & D. road, and this is taken
for assurance that Mr.. Edison will go to
that road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
Pipe Line Runs for August an
Increase Over July.
Show a. Daily Average Of liz
686.31 Barrels of Oil.
PESSIMISTS QUIET.
More Than Half the Production
for Entire Year OF 1908.
Almost as Much as the Years
from 1900 to 1903.

Independence. Sept THE Repor-
ter says; The pipe line runs for Aug
ust were 54s.275-sO barrels, a daily
average OF 1T,6s6.31 barrels This is
an increase Of 39,S79 barrels over
July and more than half the amount
Of the production for the entire year
OF 1903. August produced almost as
much oil as was produced in the three
years from January. 1900 to January
1903.
When it was announced that the
July run amounted TO sos. S96 bar
rels. many pessimists glOOmily con-
tended well II will never be that
much again. Accumulated field
stocks in the Territory were response
bic for the big July runs, but wait
and see how they fall of in August"
And there Will probably be those
who viii say the same this month
There is every indication that Sep
TENDER will show a gain over August
1t is a safe statement that it viii be
many years. indeed il is doubtful If
any Of the present generation, will
ever see the run of Kansas oil be-
low 1900 barrels a month again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
ADvENTIsTs IN SESSION.
Assignments to the Various Districts
Made at the Wichita Meeting.

Wichita. Sept. The conference
committee which remained here to fin
ish its work after the state camp meet
ing of the Seventh Day Adventists has
given out the following partial fist of
assignments for the seven districts in
the state:
Northwest-T. Godfrey. superintend-
emit; P. n. Kelly and wife, H. L. Shafer
and w. B. Roberts, assistants.
North Central-B. w. Brown, super
intendent; A E Bringle and wife, as
sistants; Misses Dean Lewis and Eva
Baker, missionaries.
Northeast-J- W. Norwood, superin-
tendent; Miss Lille Hornbeck, Miss N
NJ Bland, Miss Minnie Wheeler and
Miss Mary Edwards. assistants
East Central-L- F. Trubey. superin-
tendent; W. A. Sasley and Miss Jennie
Edwards and Miss Maggie Strobe, as
sistants-
Southeast-D. H. Oberboltzer. super
intendent; ]. W. Lair, W. F. Surber and
Mr. and Mrs. w G. Dick. assistants.
South Central-M. T. Sutton, superin-
tendent; L A. Crane, ]. G. Hunhardt,
v. w. Robb and Miss Maggie Ogen and
Miss Alma Kunde, assistants.
Southwest F. Thorn. superintend-
ent; A E Johnson and Miss Lizzie SUIT
ton, assistants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
Female Weakness Is Pelvic
Cdtdrrh.
Always Half Sick Are the Women Who
Have Pelvic Catarrh.

Catarrh of any organ. if allowed to
progress will affect the whole body.
Catarrh without nervousness is very
rare, but pelvic catarrh and nervous
ness go hand in hand.
What is so distressing a sight as a
poor half-sick, nervous woman, suffer
ing from the many almost unbearable
symptoms of pelvic catarrh? She
does not consider herself ill enough to
go to bed, but she is far from being
able to do her work without the
greatest exhaustion. This is a very
common sight and is almost always
due to pelvic catarrh.
1t is worse than foolish for so many
women to suffer year after year with
disease that can be permanently cured.
Peruna cures catarrh permanently.
1t cures old chronic cases as well as a
slight attack. the only difference be-
ing in the length of time that 1t
should be taken to affect a cure.
Peruna cures catarrh of the pelvic
organs with the same surety as it
cures catarrh of the head. Peruna has
become renowned as a positive cure
for female ailments simply because the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
CITRUS FRUIT SHIPMENTS.
Judge WelIborn Decides Against Santa
Fe and Southern Pacific.

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. Judge
DIN N. Wellborn, of the United States
circuit court. has announced his de-
cision in the case of the interstate
commerce commission against the
Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railroad companies, and
their connecting lines. holding that the
arbitrary routing of citrus fruit ship
ments by initial lines is opposed to
the provisions of the interstate COM
merce act in that it destroys compe-
dtion and places the shipper at the
mercy of the railroad company.
Judge Wellborn ordered a decree en-
tered granting a writ of injunction.
Judge Wellborn, in his decision
makes copious extracts from the tes-
timony of Paul Morton, former sec
ond vice president of the Santa Fee
and of other prominent railroad Of
fcials, in which they say that the ar
bftrary routing of citrus fruit ship
ments was for the purpose of stopping
the rebate system, which it was
claimed was to the detriment of the
small shippers, and in order to main
tain the tariff rates.
Judge Wel1born holds that this DO
sition is untenable and against both
the letter and the spirit of the inter-
state commerce act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07

bubble and in other financial schemes
The amount which Kavanagh asks to
be paid into the company's treasury
is S160,OO0.
Among the defendants directors are
George J. Gould, Perry Belmont, Her
bert l. Satterlee, son-in-law of j. P.
Morgan; Thomas Crimmins, brother of
John D. Crimmins; Bellard Mccall,
director of the New York life inSur-
ance company; James H. Eckels, for
merry comptroller of the currency;
Elbridge Gerry Snow, president of the
Home life insurance company; H. c.
Rouse of Cleveland, president of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad;
G. c. Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf
Astoria, and Stuyvesant Fish, presi-
dent of the Illinois Central.
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Caffertv Family Reunion.

Mr.. and Mrs. 7. F. Cafferty of To-
pcka are making an extended trip
through the eastern states Mr. CAT
ferty is a Santa F'e rOadmaster, and
while they were at Binghamton, New
York they attended a reunion of the
Caferty family. The Binghamton
Press says:
About $50 members of the Cafferty
family are in Union today attending
the annual reunion of the family. The
guests arrived this forenoon and
spent the entire day there. Dinner
was served at noon, and in the af
ternoon a program of a musical and
literary nature was given
The oUt-cf-town members present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Cafferty,
Topeka. Kan: Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Parsons. Millport: Mr. and Mrs b
Cafferty. and Miss Alice Caferty of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
NEW KIND OF UNION.
Santa Fe Employees at Albuquerque
Organize a Union.

Live and
Work without Dictation.''
That is the motto of a new organi-
zation which has been effected at
Albuquerque.
The Albuquerque Journal says:
The strikebreakers in Albuquerque
have organized themselves into an
Independent Order of Workmen-'
The motto of the new lodge is, Live
and work without dictaton," and is
the direct opposite from union or
CARNATIONS.
The order has now over forty mem
bers in Albuquerque and is on the
same plan as the independent lodges
being formed on the Union Pacific.
BOiIermakers and machiniStS compose
the membership. which began with
twelve and now has reached nearly
half a hundred.
A meeting will be held in the near
future to elect officers and the MEM
berS believe that they will receive Of
fetal recognition from the railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07

ture, as the company feels that with a
few men as officers it can better safe
guard its property and interests than
by throwing everything wide OPEN
However, that policy will be more fully
determined later in the game.
There is said to be a large amount of
work ahead for the shops this fall and
winter and more men than ever may be
employed. All in all there seems to be
a prospect of busy season at the
shops
A number more of undesirable men
were discharged yesterday by the COM
pany A few more quit, though this is
to be expected. because of the change
of policy in regard to boarding the
men. The force is expected to get set
tied down soon so that no further trou-
BILE will be encountered.
The San Bernardlno TimeS-1ndex
only about s5 men have quit the
Santa Fe as a result of the closing of
tent city in the stockade- 1t Was an
ticipated on the part OF the company
that perhaps 100 might leave, as there
were quite a few who did not like the
prospect of being thrown into town,
with the proba bility that they would
be annoyed by strike sympdthizerS, but
the company was agreeably surprised
From strike sources it is stated that
fully go men left, but even If this is so
the company would still have over 500
of the new men at work in the machine
and other iron working departments,
and over half of this number are men
of family, whose families have come
here to live.
When the company decided to aban-
don the stockade agents were sent
throughout the town 70 get a list of
available boarding places They met
with success from the start, very few
people refusing to accept new men, as
dodgers or bOarderS- Yesterday after
noon carbon copies of this list were dis
tributed among the men, and they
themselves visited the different places,
selecting their own locations.
Late this afternoon work was COM
menced removing the tents which for
the past four months have sheltered
the new employees. 1t is rumored that
these tents Will be turned over to the
Southern Pacific, but officials at the
shops deny this and state enphatically
that the tents will be stored here and
other places and counted as so much
stock on hand.
The officers are confident that the
turning loose of so many men will not
result in disorders, as the strikers are
determined to preserve order, and eau
ton their sympathiZers not to allow
their sympathie TO get the better of
their judgment. While the officers in
tend TO see that the new employees are
protected the same foresight will be
extended to the old employees, and I'M
ion or nonunion will be dealt with
alike.
The last meal served at the stockade
was last evening
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
Suit Against Railroad Presidents.

New York. Sept. 7.-Charles II.
Kavanagh, the wealthy knit goods
manufacturer of Waterford Saratoga
county, whose suit to recover from the
Mercantile trust company, Col. John
]. McCook and others about $4,000,
which amount represented Kavan-
bonds of the United States shipbuild-
ing com pany, was settled in full out of
court last June, has just brought suit
against the Commonwealth trust COM
the Republic of which Daniel Leroy
Dresser used to be the president and
the directors thereof to compel those
directors to pay into the company's
treasury an amount equal to the de-
probation in the value of the COM
pany's stock through alleged official
acknowledgement in entangling the
trust company in the shipbuiIding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
Gray County snake story.

II it isn't too late for snake stories the
JaCksoCial would like to get in with this
one and have it registered. While on the
way to town from his place in Hess
towns nip yesterday morning Newt Carver
encountered batch Of rattlesnakes and
undoiuG one Of his tugs from his harness
proceeded to clean them out. When he
had finished he found that he had killed
fifteen rattIers. only one esca ping. Two
Of them measured over three feet in
length and the balance of them were
about eighteen inches long. with three
rartlers each Newt says they put up a.
great fight and ne had his hands full to
do up the lot he also killed two bull
snakes before he reached town Newt is
n strict prOhibitiOnist and is rated as an
honest man by everybody. so that his
story viii be readily Observation-Disclosures
JacEsoufau
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
Lansing Convict Missing.

Leavenworth. Kas-, Sept. Since
Saturday noon, John Gilbert, a life
prisoner at the Lansing prison, has
been missed from the rolls of the pris-
on. His a absence is now regarded as
one of the most mysterious cases on
record at the prison. Whether he is
entombed in some obscure corner of
the prison mine, is hiding somewhere
in its cavernouS runways, or whether
in some mysterious manner, he has
escaped from the clutch of justice
which melted out life Imprisonment to
him for brutal murder, cannot be
said All that is known is that he is
as mysteriously as if the earth
had opened and swallowed him up
and that he was last seen in the mine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
BOOM FOR PARSONS.
Town Is Expending $3.50. 900 in Free
ton of Substantial Buildings.

Parsons. Kan. Sept THE fact that
Parsons Is a growing town IS not to be
disputed by any and since figures are
facts when properly stated the following
statement stands any correction that may
be male
IN public improvement the erection Of
business buildings and private dwellings.
Parsons is at the present time expendlng
over S25t.000 all told When il is known
that the city has been built on a solid
basis and not on a boom. il may be said
that Il Is the best and most substantial
city in the southeastern part Of the state
A few more years VIII pass and this city
Will have entered the rank among those
of the first class The town must keep
a pace with its rapid growth and in order
10 do 50 one thing remains necessary
Fort Scott has il. Joplin. No. and Pitts
burg have IL and Parsons must have IL
IN the near future government build
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
win Abandon Truxton Canon

1t is reported that the Santa F'e
has decided to abandon that portion
of its line through Truxton canon,
which recently suffered so disastrous
a washout and will build a connecting
ling through Crozier canon, north of
the present line of the road. In the
Crozier canon it will be possible to
keep out of the wash by building along
the lower of the canon Years ago
G. NJ Beal. of the G. V. CT. & N.
when superintendent of that division
of the Santa Fe. recommended that
that identical change of route be made.
and had the company then acted on
his advice it would have saved the ex-
pense of several Interruptions of
ira ffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
Kansas-Oklahoma Interurban.

Arkansas City. Kan, Sept The
directors of the Kansas Oklahoma In
terurban railway held a meeting here
and elected the following officers; W.
& Robinson, president; L. H. P. North
rup. president and general manager;
G. A Scruton. secretary and treasurer;
5. P Gould auditor and assistant gen
eral manager, and c. L Brown. at
torney- The other mem bers of the
board are w. H. Somermeir of Win
neld and \ ]. Hunt OF this city. The
executive committee is composed of
l. p H NOrthrup, c. A Scruton and
\ P Gould The survey for the road
has been completed II will connect
Arkansas City. Chilocoot, Gueda
Springs and Winfield
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07

Parsons. Kas-. Sept. According
10 the reports of Government Inspec-
tor Hiatt and Richards Bros, vet
erinsries. there is little change in the
Texas fever condition in Parsons. Few
new cases have developed and there
were only two or three deaths. The
is entertained that the authorities will
fail 10 get the disease under control
one encouraging feature OF the cpl
demic is that the veterinarfes have
been able to keep the disease con-
nned to certain localities, that in pas
lures where it first appeared
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
Texas First in Railroad Mileage.

Texas now stands first in railroad
mileage of the states in the Union
Figures obtained by the railroad COM
mission from official sources show that
Illinois has 11,517 miles of railroad
while Texas has 1883 miles of main
track in operation, to which might
probably be added the new mileage
of the Hidalgo branch of the St Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico, amounting
to about thirty miles making Texas
total mileage 1853, or forty-five
miles more than Illinois, which has
heretofore led all other states in rail-
road mileage. 1t is stated that the
Illinois figures embrace the elevated
roads in Chicago, which are operated
by the third-rail system. The Texas
figures are exclusive of all electric
lines, logging roads and spur tracks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
InterIocker Now in Operation.

The interlocking switch and signal
system which has been in process of
installation for several weeks at the
junction of the Santa Fe and South
ern Pacific lines at San Bernar dino
has been completed and is now in full
operation The system is a great safe
guard against accident, and this par
ticular crossing being a very dangerous
one, because of the great number of
trains to cross it daily, was badly in
need of II. w. G.. Shinkle has been
appointed day tower man, while Wes-
ley Mccain is in charge at night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07

ailments are mostly due to catarrh-
Catarrh is the cause of the trouble
Peruna cures the catarrh- The symp-
toms disappear
Noted Women Who Use Pe-ru-na-
Belva Lockwood. Washington, D. c.
Mrs. Lucy Clark, Pennington, Utah.
Vice President Utah State Council OF
Women: Mrs Verona Z. Roach. wife
of late Senator Roach, of Larimore. y.
d; Mrs. Gridley, mother of Captain
Gridley of the L. S. Cruiser. Olympias
Mrs. H. A. S. Marsh. President Wo-
mans Benevolent Association. 23E
Jackson Park Terrace, Chicago. Ill.
Mrs. Bobb-Maher, AttOrney-at-law, OF
Kansas City, Kas.; Mrs. Col. Hamilton
Columbus, Ohio, and hundreds of oth@
ers equally prominent
If you do not derive prompt ana
satisfactory results from the use OF
Peruna 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.
Addres DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus
Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
Problem for Railway Congress.

One of the questions which will be
discussed at the International
railway congress to be held in Wash
ington, d. c.. is the supply of railroad
ties, subjest of extreme. Importance
to railways and to the public at large
from its indirect in fiuence on agri-
cultural and climate questions. In
Europe the metal tie has been substi-
tuted for wood. and in recent years
has come into greater use but in this
country wood is still almost wholly de-
pended on, though many roads have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
At the PaoIa Reunion.

Paola, Kan, Sept. THE twenty-first
annualstate reunion of the Grand Army
of the Republic. and the fifth annual
reunion of the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment opened Tuesday. In the afternoon
the reunion was formally turned over to
the department commander, Charles
Harris. by Major b. T. Simpson. The
campfire was at night. The veterans
are arriving in large numbers All the
stores and homes are decorated with
the national colors- Camp Phil Sheri-
dan is located a mile north of town.
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The Arizona and New Mexico rail-
road is experimenting with the tailings
from the concentrators as ballast on
the road. 1t is said to make the most
desirable ballast and dressing. 1t
packs very hard, thus holding the ties
in place, reSiSts water and has the
quality of not producing dust In
fact, a road treated with these tall
ings is as dustless as roadbed that
has been oiled The roadbed through
Grand county is being graded with
these tailings and has proven very sat
iSfactOrY.
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SPEED LIMIT TAKEN OFF.
Santa Fe Passenger Engineers May
Now Make Schedule Time.

The recent order of the Santa Fe
management to the passenger engin-
GERS not to exceed a rate of speed
of thirty miles an hour on the eastern
division and the Emporia cutoff has
been reScinded.
The order was in effect but about
two weeks while some of the tracks
were soft from the heavy rains which
were continued for several weeks. The
regular schedule is somewhat in excess
of thirty miles an hour but the Santa
F'e preferred to be on the safe side.