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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-28
TRANSPORTATION GUIDE.

IN EFFECT OCTOBER /, 1905.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-28
TRANSPORTATION GUIDE.

Schedule Effective Sun, Nov. &c, 1905.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
CARNIVAL TIME AT DALHART
A Series of Festivities Beginning With
Labor Day.


Dalhart, Tex, Sept All the labor
unions of north Texas will celebrate
Labor day, Sept. 4, at DaIhart, Tex
Matt Connors will be marshal of the
day. Preparations for entertaining a
large number of visitors are being
made.
A wagon load of watermelons were
sold on the streets yesterday, grown
near town, that averaged IS pounds
each. The DalIam County Melon as
ISOLATION are doing a heavy business
this season making daily shipments to
eastern markets where our products
are eagerly bought.
On the 9Th and 7th of September
Dalhart will have her annual carnival
and melon feast. One fare rates on
railroads have been granted good
from Sept. to IL. Every attraction
known has been secured and it is ex-
sightseers will be present. The enter
tainment of our visitors has been
most elaborately provided for and the
work OF President Judge w. B. Slaugh-
ter of the First National bank is suf-
ficient to insure success. Some half
dozen fat white face x. I. T. steers and
twenty muttonS will be barbecued for
the occasion. Congressman John
stevens will deliver the opening adj
dress. Mayor Dell w. Harrington will
represent Dallam, Hartly, Sherman and
Moore counties, and Sheriff RUDE Hut
ton has been selected marshal of the
day The celebrated Wichita Falls
brass band will be in attendance.
-Four hundred dollars in cash prizes
will go to the winning ball teams. A
fine half mile track has been fitted up
for the races, that promise to be great
attraction. Judge J. P. Inman, Dali
lam county judge, has the racing in
hand and will spare no efforts to make
it success. The keys to the city will
be turned over to the visiting multi
tude.
Not since the settlement of north
Texas have such improvements taken
place in growth and general pros
perity as at present. Bounteous crops
and magnificent herds abound and
Dalhart is the central attraction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
Miss Irene Crosby

Thousands of American women, how
ever, have found relief from all monthly
suffering by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, as it is the most
thorough female regulator known to
medical science. It cures the condition
which causes SO much discomfort and
robs menstruation of its terrors.
Miss Irene Crosby, of S13 Charlton
Street East Savannah, Ca, writes:
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
is true friend to woman. It has been Of
great benefit to me, curing me Of Irregular
and painful menstruation when everything
else had failed, and gladly recommend it to
other suffering women"
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular nenstruation, back
ache, bloating Tor hatulence). 1eucor-
rhea, falling, Inflammation or ulcera-
ton of the uterus, ovarian troubles,
that bearing-down feeling, dizzi-
ness, faintness, indigestion, nervous
prostration or the blues, should take
immediate action to ward OF the seri-
Gus consequences, and be restored to
perfect health and strength by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and then write to Mrs. Pink
ham, Lynn, Mass, for further free adj
vice. Thousands have been cured by
20 doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01

it was impossible for the yard employees
to rescue any of the animals The dam
age caused by the fire will amount to
s.. 600.
H. c. Townsend, general passenger
agent of the Missouri Pacific, is making
tour of the Eastern agencies of that
road.
M H. Mutt, superintendent of the
Missouri division of the Burlington, is
responsible for the statement that the
Burlington will be operating a double
track between Kansas City and st.
Joseph in the near future.
The Kansas City Terminal and Via
duct company filed papers in Jefferson
City, Mo, yesterday declaring that the
capital stock of the company had been
increased from $2,50o.0oo to So, 000. 600.
It is reported that the Wabash intends
to construct another tunnel through
Mount Washington to facilitate its ap-
proach to the freight terminal property
on the South side of Pittsburg. The
new tunnel will be one thousand feet
longer than the tunnel now used by the
000
B. L. WinchelI, president of the Rock
Island system, sailed from Cherbourg
kaiser William II. Mr.. WincheH and
his family left Chicago July 1 for a
trip to Europe.
of Parkville, near Kansas City, on the
Burlington railroad early yesterday
morning A number of trains were de-
toured by way of the Missouri Pacific
between Kansas City and Leavenworth
because of the derailment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
Is AFTER THE COIN.
JEFF Wants to Know What Are Fees in
Britt-NeIson Battle

Jeffries has been heard from. From
his new home near Los Angeles he
wired James CoffrOth and the telegram
didn't read: Il am more than graft
fed at being selected for the onerous
position of referee of the Nelson Britt
fight. Assure the principals that my
motto will be, "A fair field and no
favor and that trust the better man
Will Win" Jim simply said: What
will be the amount for refereeing the
hght?" Which goes to show that the
eX-champion has become quite prac-
teal since he blossomed out as tiller
of the soil. Strange" said Coffroth
as he toyed with newer telegram be-
speaking a batch of box seats, "Jef-
fries above all men should know what
the referee rates are for important
ring events He has paid the fee often
enough. However, I will remind him"
The promoter then took his pen in
hand and filled in blank as follows:
James ]. Jeffries, Los Angeles:
Five hundred dollars is usual fee. Con-
teStantS do the paying.
JAMES w. COFFROTH.'
This was the amount paid, it ap-
paers, for the referees services in the
Jeffries-R Rubin, Jeffries- F'itzsimmons.
Jeffries-Corbett, Jeffries- Munroe con-
tests, but whether Jeffries will consider
that usage has virtually established
union rates in this connection remains
to be seen. AS his inquiry regarding
ehC CAhO4OiASlll lids pF6CeQ6Q dnyIfllQS
in the nature of letter of acceptance
the fear prevails that Jeffries may
open his mouth wide; that he may in
fact, intimate that the Jeffries-Ruhlin
and all the other Jeffries fights were
cheap propositions, and that a big af-
fair like the Nelson-Britt go can we'll
AFFORD to pay an honest referee decent
wages.
Fighters around town and others
who are likely to require Jeffries' ser
vices and are therefore interested in
the schedule of charges say that the
Reno promoters will probably have a
deal to answer for, inasmuch as they
started Jeffries off wrong. He was
paid $1,000 for officiating at the Root
Hart fight, although it marked his first
appearance as a judge of Queensberry
pastimes in any ring. The argument
is that if Jeffries as a red, raw novice
commanded a fee of a cool thousand
the chances are he will require 60 per
cent of the purse and a guarantee of
$4,000 before he has become part
perfect in his new role.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
AMERICAN ROADS SUPERIOR.
Freight Movement Abroad Is Slow and
Rates Are High.

Samuel L. Seymour, division freight
agent of the Pennsylvania in Pittsburg,
Pa, has returned from an extended
tour over European railway lines and
he thinks that the American roads are
far superior to those on the continent
OF Europe in almost every respect
Speaking of the handling of traffic. he
says: I'm the first place the tonnage
handled abroad is SO small in COM
parison with the vast amount of
freight hauled on American roads that
| it is little wonder no better facilities
have been provided for the goods in
the engines. The station facilities in
most instances are far ahead of ours.
There is plenty of room for handling
the freight
1.-The methods and rates are some
| thing terrible, however. I had a valise
about the size of a suit case that 1
wanted to have sent from Carlsbad to
London. Upon inquiry 1 found that
slow freight would require twenty-one
days for the trip. Fast freight would
take it in seven days, SO l sent it by
fast freight, but paid 81 for that
| privilege. In America I could have
sent it by express from New York to
San Francisco for $3.50
when one speaks of the passenger
facilities he must do Sc. with pride in
our own. The cars there are small
and uncomfortable; they jolt along,
not being heavy enough or provided
them smoothly. There are more pas
senger cars than freight; that is, the
passenger business is the main thing.
The sleeping carS-Wel, perhaps the
less said about them the better. They
are as jolting as the passenger cars,
and it is impossible for one not &C
customed to sleep in them to get a
wink of sleep. I should much prefer
to make all trips by daylight in travel
ing on foreign railroads. The passen-
ger station facilities, as is we'll known,
are models of convenience, while safety
is the watchword at the stations and
along the railway lines.
1.-THE one thing that impressed me
was the lack of Improvement or the
incentive for it on the German rail-
ways. These lines are owned by the
government and of course, there is
no competition; consequently there is
no improving done unless it is alb
solutely necessary. While the roads
are kept in pretty good condition,
there are many improvements urgently
needed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
RAILROAD NOTES.

Frank T. Dolan, general superintend-
ent of the southwest district OF the
Rock Island, is out making an investi-
cation along the lines in his district. He
was at Wichita yesterday.
A runaway electric car on the Los
Angeles Pacific railroad left the rails
at the foot of steep grade on Tues
day and turned completely over. One
passenger was killed and eleven in
iured.
The Missouri Pacific has purchased a
strip of land along its right of way in
the East bottoms, Kansas City, for $751;
OOO The land will be used for the ex-
tension of the double track system out
of Kansas City.
The Pennsylvania railroad is in the
market for 100000 tons of structural
steel and steel rails. 1t is probable that
this order will be increased to 100000
TONS
A bridge and trestle over a creek on
the Rock Island near Calvin, I. T., was
burned on Tuesday night. 1t caused
considerable delay to traffic.
The Rock Island station at Wichita
has been repaired extensively during
the last month. 1t has been reDainted
and new electrical fixtures have been
put III.
The Harvey eating houses along the
line of the Santa Fe used last year
81 900 pounds of beef; 100000 pounds
of sugar and 100000 pounds of flour
and a corresponding amount of other
supplies.
George L. Dillman, of San Francisco,
who has been consulting engineer of the
Western Pacific railroad ever since its
conception, has resigned his position.
P J. johnson, travelling auditor of the
Santa F'e, who went to Trinidad, Colo,
to check up the accounts of Fred Cook,
the roads agent at that point, Will take
the place of agent in that city pernan-
entity. He has heretofore been employ
ed on the Chicago division of the road
c. A. Johnson, division freight agent
| for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
| railroad. will assume today the duties
of general freight agent of the road.
| His offices will be located in Chicago.
Mr.. Johnson's appointment follows the
RESIGNATION of Lot Brown, who has
been connected with the Burlington Tor
| twenty years
The Erie railroad proposes to expend
| 81, oo0, 900, in the construction of tribu-
| tary road, to be known as the Genesee
River railroad, thirty-four miles long
| from Hunts, N. Y. to Cuba on the main
| line. The road will be used for freight
| purposes and will do away with the
necessity of hauling freights up the
heavy grade on the Buffalo DIVISION
| from Hunts to Hornellsville.
A carload of fifteen horses and five
mules was destroyed by fire in the
Santa Fe yards at Albuquerque gester-
day. Hay in the bottom of the car was
| ignited by cinders from a passing en-
CINE. The flames spread so quickly that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
RAILROAD NEWS.
Great Sums Being Spent on Rock
Island ROadbed.
Will Soon Be One of the Finest
In the West.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
Freight Facilities to Be Increas.
ed in Several Places.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars
are being expended by the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railway in i'm
proving its roadbed along the various
lines of the road, and particularly on
the Kansas, Missouri and Ell Paso di-
visions This was the statement made
yesterday by Dan E. Cain, general
manager of the Rock Island, who has
just returned to his offices in Topeka
after trip of inspection over the Mis-
souri, division.
''It will not be long, said Mr.. Cain,
before we have one of the finest road
beds in the west. We are now spend
ing many hundreds of thousands of
dollars on the work of ballasring, bank
widening and rail work on the lines of
the Kansas, Ell Paso and Missouri di-
Visions. We have twelve ballast gangs
at work along these divisions now and
we would put more on if we could get
the ballast for them to work with. We
are using all the ballast we can get.
The work we are doing is of the
highest quality and it won't be long
before the Rock Island will be able to
point with pride to its roadbed.''
improvements of a general charac-
ter are being made also along the lines
of the road. Mr.. Cain said that 1t was
the intention of the road to expend be-
tween fifty and seventy-1ve thousand
dollars in increasing the Rock Island
freight terminal facilities at Kansas
City. The round house at Horton,
Kan, is to be. rebuilt practically at a
cost of from twenty-five to thirty
thousand dollars. Twenty-Five thou
sand dollars is to be spent on the in
creasing of the freight terminal facili-
ties at Trenton, Mo-, and between fif-
teen and eighteen thousand dollars is
to be used for the same purpose at
Columbus Junction, Ia.
Mr.. Cain also announced yesterday
that in the future the engineering de-
partment of the Rock Island would
be divided into four districts, with
district engineer of maintenance for
each. The four officers will have their
headquarters at Chicago, Cedar Rapids
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
PROPOSE TO CHANGE LINE.
Rock Island Having Much Trouble at
Canadian River

Oklahoma City, Sept. lit is reported
here that the Rock Island is contem-
plating changing the course of their line
little in the eastern part of Canadian
county. For many years past the road
has had much truoble with the big
bridge over South Canadian river near
Minco, south of Ell Reno, and since the
bridge went down there a year ago
the company has hesitated about put
ting up another expensive structure The
river bottom at that place is such that
no foundation can be made secure, con-
sequently the erection of an expensive
structure would not pay for the trouble
The proposition now is to build a line
of road from Yukon, about 20 miles
east of FL Reno, to the crossing of the
Frisco over the river, at which point
excellent river bottom has been obtain
ed for foundation purposes. The Rock
Island will then build additional bents
to the bridge constructed by the Frisco
and both roads will aIse the bridge to
cross the river. The Rock Island will
then build line to a connection with
the main line. It is said that the coun-
try south of Ell Reno and to Minco is
not fitted for bridge building, and
there are a number of small canyons
and ravines to cross, while the other
way there is none of this to contend
with,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
JEFF BUYS A FARM.
Ex-Pugilist Placing Some of His Money
in Real Estate.

Los Angeles, Sept. flames ]. JEFF
fries, having planted his good right
and his equally good left on the jaw
OF every aspiring heavyweight pugilist
IN the country, will take to planting
corn. alfalfa and other things on his
newly purchased 100 acre ranch near
Burbank, Cal
The deal was closed for a fine, large
plot of ground about thirteen miles
north of Los Angeles. The soil is of
the deep southern California variety,
and in another year Farmer Jeffries
will be send the finest crops to
market.
While Jeffries will have a country
home on the land, he will live in his
new home, now under construction in
East Los Angeles, and superintend the
farming from this city.
The greatest of all ring heroes will
make an ideal farmer. He is a mag
nifcent specimen of man, being
stronger and more powerful than six
ordinary men. And he knows nature
as few men. There is not a leaf or
shrub that Jim Jenries cannot tell
about in detail. He knows the soil and
what different land is best suited for.
Every flower that grows, wild or Gull
dVatsd. is an acquaintance of JEFF, and
he Is as much at home in the woods
as IN his own home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
MACH1N1srs TO GET MORE PAY.
Rock Island Raises Scale in Shops
One Cent an Hour.

An agreement has been reached be-
tween the officials of the Rock Island
and representatives of the International
Association of Machinists, as a result
of conference held in Chicago recently,
under which all machiniStS belonging
to District No. SO are to receive an adj
vance in wages of one cent an hour.
This agreement has been signed by both
organizations and goes into effect to-
day. District No. Sc comprises all the
machine shops in the Rock Island sys-
tenn. The present scale of wages is
$50 per day for ten hours work, and
under the new schedule the pay will adj
vance to $3.50. The new order also af-
fects machinist apprentices, who will
receive a slight increase in the last
year of their apprenticeship.
The agreement was the result of mu-
tuaI appreciation The utmost har-
mony and good feeling exists between
the corporation and its employees, and
the men are all sincere in their express
sions of thanks for the advance which
has been given them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
sCALPERs FIGHTING BACK.
Texas Roads Accused of Violating
Anti Trust Law.

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 1.-The cam
paign of the railroads to drive out ticket
scalping in Texas, by refusing to put in
special rates for events in cities where
the business of scalping is permitted,
is to be resisted by the scalpers. The
brokers in these places, backed by their
national organization, have made reply
to the railroads and are preparing to
enter suit for damages, and are prepar-
ing a report to be filed with the rail-
road commission in which they charge
the roads with violating the Texas anti
trust law. The commission has asked
for affidavits and will probably call a
hearing A writ of mandamus will be
applied for in the federal court to re-
strain the railroads from interfering
with the ticket brokerage business. The
Southern Pacific and the Katy are de-
PENDANTS in the present suits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
independence Finds Their In
come Is Running Short.
Lack of Joint Revenues Means
Taxing of Druggists.
$50 MONTH THE PRICE
Medical Men Consult Lawyers
and Make Protest.
Peru Dismisses Its City Marshal
to Save Expenses.

independence, Kan, Sept. There is
a movement in this city to pass an Or
dinance which shall place an occupa-
ton tax of $50 a month upon the bust
ness of every druggist in the city who
has a permit from the probate court
to sell intoxicating liquor. Since the
county authorities have made the town
dry so far as open Joints" are con-
cerned, the temperance people assert
that the druggists are selling to excess.
They have consulted attorneys as to
the passage of this kind of an ordin-
ance. Fifty dollars is the sum first
mentioned, but it may be made more.
The druggists have also been assured
that a tax of that kind could not be
made to hold, since the druggists are
the only people who can sell liquor le-
gally. They say that they will surren-
der their permits before they will pay
any extra tax at all.
over in Chautauqua county the drug
gists with permits are also having
trouble. For several years there was
not a single permit in that county.
Finally the lid went on and the drug
gists began to haunt the probate court.
One permit was granted to Peru and
lately three have been granted in Ce-
darvale, a town of only 1000 people.
This was too much for the temperance
people and they began a move to cause
one of the permits to be surrendered.
They had enough signatures on the pc
tition to get hearing for a revocation
of the permit, but before the date set
for trial came around they were out
witted by the druggists lawyers. The
attorneys went to see the signers per-
sona1ly and got enough of them to make
affidavit that they had signed the Pc
tition for revocation not knowing ex-
actly what it was, to leave it just four
names short of the required number.
The case against the druggist was dis
missed. In Peru druggist got to sell
ing liquor to persons who signed the
affidavits required for the purchase
with such names as Colonel Rojest-
vensky," General Oyama," and such
other appellations. He was cited to go
into court and defend his permit, but
he surrendered it rather than face a
hearing.
Cedarvale and Peru were each getting
revenue from the joints before things
frightened up. Now they get nothing
from the druggists and there is nothing
to the way things are running. Peru
has dismissed its city marshal to save
expenses and other towns that have
been deprived of revenue may follow
suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
PREPARING FOR CoLoNIsTs.
Transcontinental Lines Fixing Low
Rates for Fall Rush.

Los Angeles. Cal, Sept. 1.-Prepara-
tons are being completed by the trans
continental lines for handling the most
extensive movement of colonist travel
ever undertaken by the railroads. The
new season begins September Is and
will continue until October 81.
Within that time tickets will be sold
daily to Los Angeles and other points
in southern California on a basis of
about 11a cents mile. Cities where
tickets will be sold will include Chicago,
Omaha, Sioux City, Kansas City, To-
peka, st. Joseph, Atchison, Fort Worth,
Houston, and intermediate points, as
Well as ST. Louis. New Orleans. Cairo.
Memphis, Minneapolis and st. Paul. At
the same time Albuquerque and Ell Paso
will enjoy the reduced rates to this sec
ton.
During the spring and winter months,
when similar rates were in effect, they
brought to southern California in ex-
cess of 10000 persons, and 1t is predict
ed the movement at this time will ex-
coed the figures quoted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
Protest. on German Rates.

Washington, D. c., Sept Respect
ing the representations made to the Ger
man government on behalf of the
American lumber exporting trade rel
alive to alleged discrimination by the
vernment-controIled German railroad
against American lumber, Ambassador
Tower has received instructions to in
form the German government that as
the United States makes no discrimin-
alton between countries in the imposi-
ton of customs dues, American imports
to Germany should be treated in the
same manner. The Germans are stated
to have drawn what the lumber ex-
porters regard as purely faDciful line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-01
Topeka Lines Second Franchise.

Kansas City, Sept. 1.-The board of
county commissioners, which on August
q, granted to the Kansas City, Olathe.
Lawrence & Topeka Railroad company
a franchise on F'orty-third street, south
of Rosedale, from Adams avenue. ex-
tended to the state line, yesterday
granted the company a franchise on
Forty-first street from the Abbott. or
Rock road to the state line. The fran
chise gives the company the right to
cross Forty-third and Lombard streets
and to cross county roads. The COM
pany may elect which route it will use
in entering the city. agreeing to have
the line in operation in Is months.