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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-11-24
O0URF HOUSE NEWS

The following transcript of the BUSH
ness transacted iR the Court House for
the past week is furnished this paper
by the Cbelan County Abstract Co.
abstraetors. whose business advertise
meat sill lie found in another column.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-11-24

Subacribe for the Eeh9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
DATE is SET.
President Roosevelt Will Return to
Washington September 80.

Oyster Bay, Sept. 2.-Arrange-
ments have already been shaped in a
tentative way for the return of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to Washington. Such
business as is not of pressing ma
ture is being postponed until the
president can take it up with his cab
met officers at the White House.
At present it is the presidents in
tention to leave Oyster Bay on Satur-
day morning, September so. Mean
time at Sycamore Hill he will receive
and entertain the Russian and Jap
anese ENJOYS. 1t is expected that
they will be the guests of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt at luncheon,
the Russians being entertained one
day and the Japanese another. The
dates for the Iuncheons have not been
fixed, but will be dependent in great
degree on the conclusion and signing
of the treaty of peace.
The president will make no formal
expression concerning the conclusion
of peace until the treaty shall have
been signed. No visitors were sched-
uled for Sycamore Hill today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
MR. HURLEY DENIES.
Says Statements Made by. Strikers Are
Not So.

There has been considerable talk for
some time past, on the part of the
striking Santa Fe nlachinists, that fin
ished parts for all repair work were
being sent to the Santa Fe shops here
by the company instead of being made
here and the work in the shops was
getting so slack, on that account. that
the company contemplated reducing the
force of employees in the Topeka shops
1t has been stated also by the strikers
that the finished parts for repairs were
brought here because the machinists
working in the shops were not COM
petent to do the work of making them
These statements, and Others of a
like nature, We're denied emphatically
today by j. E. Hurley, general manag ger
of the Santa Fe, who returned to his
offices this morning after short trip
to Chicago. Mr.. Hurley said there was
no need for worry on the part of the
employees or the merchants of Topeka
that there was to be any reduction of
the force here.
Statements have been made" said
Mr.. Hurley, that the finished parts of
all repairs were being sent to the shops
here. That we have not done. We
have all the good machinists we want
and they are able to do all our repair
work. There has been a scarcity of
engines needing repairs in this vicinity
for some time, but we are bringing en-
gines in need of repairs from the lines
of New Mexico and the west to the To-
peka shops so that we will not have to
reduce our working force here.
More than that, we have decided to
build twelve new engines in our ,TC-
peka shops instead of buying them in
the market in order to give our me.l Ia
the shops all the work they can do We
can build as good engines right here in
our Topeka shops as can be glaa1a in
the country ana we are going To build
these twelve here so as to give all our
men in the shops steady employment
I'm addition to that instead of buy
ing shop tools from manufacturers we
are making all the tools needed in the
shops on the entire system here in To-
peka. 1t will be seen that there is
plenty of work for the men and no
one need worry that we are going to
reduce the force. We intend to keep 1t
right up to the number we have usually
employed here And L would likesto say
further that the shopmen here are maxi
ing more money per hour, per day, per
man, than in any shop in the country.
Concerning the possibilities of a
strike ON the part of the hiacksmiths in
the shops, Mr.. Hurley said that he
knew nothing outside of what he mad
read in the papers. There has been a
story going around to the effect that
the blacksmiths have asked for time
from the American Federation of Labor
before striking on account of the bonus
system in the shops, on the ground that
they had information that it was posi-
BILE the Santa Fe would abolish the
bonus system in the near future. Mr.
Hurley said that so far rs he knew
there was no intention on the part OF
the officers of the company 10 abolish
the bonus system. They We're satisfied
with it's workings, said Mr.. Hurley
and he believed that a great majority
of the mon were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
MUST BE ovERCAPITALIzED.
Street Railways Capital Stock EnOr-
NOUS Compared With Mileage.

The electric railway mileage, length
of track not of line, in the United
States at the end of 1904 is estimated
at 29,54S miles, an increase of 1,794
miles in the year The total capital
at $2,217,092 200, which seems to in
dicate the enormous average of nearly
100000 for every mile of electric rail-
way track. This may be contraSted
with sos, $50 per mile for the steam
railway line, not counting. additional
tracks and sidings. The states credited
with the greatest electric track mile
age are: Ohio with 3,1S1 miles, New
York 3,175, Pennsylvania 3, 142, Massa-
chusetts 1921, Illinois 1886, Cali
fornia 1921, Indiana 1,197. In addi-
ton to electric railways, which include
elevated roads in cities, there are re-
ported 639 miles remaining of cable,
steam and horse railways, making a
total under the general title street
railways of 3O,1 miles of track. The
total mileage, all tracks, of steam rail-
ways in the United States at last ac-
counts was 297,073 miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
OLD FREIGHT CARS MUST GO.
Pennsylvania to Replace 10000 With
New Ones of Steel.

For the purpose of reducing the
danger of train wrecks to a minimum
and increasing the safety of transpor-
tation, both of passengers and freight
the Pennsylvania railroad has decided
to break up all of its old type of
freight cars, about twelve thousand in
number, and the salvage on them is to
be used in defraying the expenses for
new improved steel cars These old
cars, which are much weaker in con-
struction than the heavy cars now the
standard on all first class railroads,
are a constant source of wrecks, in
which many persons are crushed be-
tween the heavy steel cars.
A conference concerning the new
cars which must be bought to replace
the old ones was held yesterday be-
tween Charles E. Pugh, second vice
president, and D. f. Crawford, general
superintendent of motive power Of the
western lines. While not yet definitely
decided, it is possible that 5000 cars,
costing about $8,OO0,000, are to be Or
dered. This year the Pennsylvania
has received II $40 new cars.
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running to Denver have not been able
to supply anything like the special
tralns demanded They are doing the
next best thing, however, and are
splitting up all their through trains into
sections. Even in this way they are
hardly able to meet the demands that
are being made on them for transpor-
tation facilities.
At the Offices of the general passenger
agent of the Santa F'e It was stated to-
day that never before in the history of
the road had it been asked to handle
so many people at one. time as are now
wanting to go to Denver. They are do
ing their best, however, and are meet
ing with success in handling the traffic
They expect the big rush to begin to-
night and continue through tomorrow
and Monday.
There is great outpouring of Kansans
to the G. A. r. encampment Fay
Thompson, travelling passenger agent of
| the Rock Island, stated today that he
beIeVed fully $4,000 persons were going
| to Denver from Kansas. He says that
the facilities of the Rock Island are
actually taxed beyond their capacity.
! Travel on the Union Pacific is equally
as heavy as on the Santa F'e and Rock
! Island, and all of the through trains on
all three roads, which are being run
with extra sections are crowded to the
extent of their capacity.
The great crowd going to Denver from
Kansas is due in a measure to the un-
tlrlng efforts of G. A. r. Commander
Coney and his lieutenants, who have
made an effort to send a larger number
of veterans from Kansas than are going
from Illinois. There is a friendly rivalry
on between these two states as to which
shall have the largest delega ton and
Commander Coney is satisfied that more
are going from Kansas than from Hi
nois.
Of course among the thousands going
from Kansas there are many who are
not connected with the Grand Army
| but who are anxious to take the trip
| because of the cheap rates that hav :
| been made by the railroads for the oc-
casion. In some of the smaller towns
| of the state half of the people have
| planned to go. So many are going from
some places in some instances that for
few days the villages will look like
| deserted ones.
| Commander Coney, and the Topeka
| veterans, leave tomorrow on a special
train on the Rock Island at two o'clock.
| Governor and Mrs. Hoch are going rs
| three hundred and twenty persons will
make up this party. There are many
others going from Topeka but they are
| going in twOs and threes on regular
/ trains. Not a veteran in Topeka, who
has desired to go, did not have the op-
portunity A fund of some hundred Is of
| dollars was raised by subscription
among the merchants and the clubs to
| provide means for the veterans of the
city who were not financially able to
meet the expenses. There are not many
| of these but Commander Coney has
seen to it that all of them who care to
go can do so, regardless of their lack
| of funds
Major Tom Anderson and the M1dCcs
are going to Denver where they will
"Old Shady and Marching Through
Georgia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
ROB MANY HOMES
Burglars Do a Big Business in
New York.
In Houses That Have Been
Closed for the Summer.
LOOT is CARTED AWAY
Paintings, Rugs, Furniture and
Bric-a-brac Taken.
WOman'S Diamonds Stolen From
Her Trunk at Hotel.

New York, Sept. 2.-Another big
robbery and melodramatic arrest last
night in the aristocratic residence dis
trict of West End avenue following the
discovery of a 100000 burglary in
the home of Jose Amyer, caused con-
siderable stir among the police. How
much loot was procured in the second
case in which the home of D. E. Sey-
mour Willard, broker, was ransacked
from top to bottom, cannot be learned.
The Willard residence is in West
Eighty-first street. Thieves are sup
posed to have gained entrance during
the familys absence. The robbers
were connoisseurs. They carefully Sc
leeted goods they wished to take and
left the rest spread over the floors. So
large an amount was taken that a
wagon must have been used to cart it
or The burglars took paintings,
rugs, small pieces of furniture and
| brlck-a-brac, and a case of jewels that
had been hidden away. From cellar
to attic everything in the house had
been moved.
The robbery of the home of James
e. Marshall, also stock broker, fur
n1Shed the material for melodrama. A
bicycle policeman was informed by a
pedestrian that some one was prowling
through the brokers home in the alb
sence of the family.
The officer placed his wheel against
wall surrounding the back yard,
using it as a ladder, and scaled the
top. Crouehing behind the wall was
a man who surrendered at the point of
the policeman's revolver. The officer
reached down, took the intruder by
the collar and raised him to the top of
the wall from which the two men
dropped to the street. On being
searched at the station, a large guam
! tity of trifies were found. The main
claimed to be a French sculptor.
/ General Grant lived for some years
in the house he had robbed.
| Another big loss of jewels was re-
ported last night by Mrs. William c.
| DeWitte, wife of a Brooklyn at
torney. She stated that her trunk had
| been broken open at q summer hotel
on Shelter Island, and diamonds val
ued at $3;5e0 stolen. No trace of the
thieves could be found.
Jose Aymar's residence at 76 East
Fifty-fourth. street has been p1undered
during the past week of jewelry, brio
a-brac, paintings, silver, ETC., worth il
! is alleged, more than 100000. Mr.
Aymar is a millionaire lawyer who
married Miss Lillian Labau Wander
bill. The family is in Canada. A care
taker of adjacent property heard noises
Of persons moving in the house dur
ing the last week but paid no attention
to them until Thursday evening wher
he saw three suspicious looking mer
! walk out of the basement door carry
! ing bundles and bags and notified the
| police. The police telegraphed Mr.
| Aymar and he wired his valet to take
100000 worth of paintings, jewelry
silver and bric-a-brac in the house,
said the valet, "and fully half of it is
| gone"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
THREE BREAK JAIL.
Bank Cashier and a Burglar in the
Party.

Rushville, Ind, Sept. 2.-Oliver O..
Jones, former cashier of the defunct
bank of Arlington, Ind, o. S. Bow
man, in Jail charged with embezzle-
ment growing out of the failure of his
canning plant at Carthage, and an
Italian under arrest charged with
burglary, broke Jail here early today
by saving the bars from a window on
the second floor. 1t is believed they
received outside help. Jones left a
note behind for the press, in which
he said:
ain order to save myself and my
reputation, 1 have to go to place not
far off, where I may soon be able to
satisfy and protect those that were
the cause of my being in Jail. If 1
am given my liberty for a few months
in less than a year from this time I
will be able to return and make good
the claims against me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
CHOSE LIVE WIRE.
Died by Electricity Rather Than by
Molten Metal.

Chicago, Sept. 2.-Nels Anderson,
motor inspector for the Illinois
steel company, chose death by cleo
trocution in preference to a more hor-
ribIe fate in one of the companys
seething metal pans today at the
South Chicago works. Anderson was
doing repair work on the arm of a
crane directly above one of the hot
metal pits. A slight movement of the
arm caused him to lose his balance.
The only support within reach was
an uninsulated live wire which con-
nected the crane with power. Ander-
son gave one glance at the white hot
metal below and caught the wire as
he was falling. He was almost in
stantly killed and the body hung over
the wire until the current could be
shut off. Death is thought to have
been instantaneous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
DOWN ING TO RESIGN.
Rumored That Vice President of Gen.
tral National Will Leave.

1t is rumored this afternoon that C.
S.sDowning, vice president of the Cen
trail National bank, will resign.
Downing represented the Devlin in
terests in the Central National and
since the purchase of those interests
by New York banking corporations
the interests that have held and as
sured Mr.. Downing his position have
been lacking. The resignation of Mr..
Downing will come with no great de-
gree of surprise. J. Willis Gleed, a
director in the Central National, said:
eff Mr.. Downing resigns. his place
will be left vacant. There will be no
effort made to fill the vacancy Mr..
Downing is at present in Chicago on
business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
CIRCUS AT PLAYGROUND
Forepaugh and Sells VIII Not Show in
the Cow Pasture.

Forepaugh & Sells circus will be Civ
en- at the fair grounds and not on the
Sterne's tract west of the city. This was
arranged this morning by contract be-
tween the show people and the State
Fair association.
The Street Railway company notified
the circus that adequate street car SER
vice could not be given on the Twelfth
street ear line to handle the crowds. I'm
mediate negotiations were entered into
with the fair people and it was arranged
with them TO use the fair grounds.
Crawford & Kane were responsible for
locating the show in the COW pasture
near Lowman Hill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
TESTIMONY ALL IN.
Attendance at the Taggart Divorce
Trial Has Grown Small.

Wooster, O., Sept 2-The attendance
at today's hearing of the Taggart di-
vorce case was the smallest since the
trial began.
Odds and ends of testimony were
gathered up. Mr.. Wertz took the stand
and read the deposition of Norah Muir
ply. This was finished quickly and re-
lated to the alleged Summing trip in
San Francisco as told by this witness
but denied by Mrs. Taggart.
The story of the Filipino boy, Andres
Degane, was taken up and re-read as
was also part of the testimony of Col.
Vanhoff. No facts of Importance were
brought out.
Just before noon the matter of hold
ing court on labor day was discussed
and as the attorneys did not care to OBJ
serve the day, Judge Eason decided to
adjourn for today and hold court Mon
day when arguments are to start.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
REWARDS FOR EMPLOYEES
Illinois Central to Follow Plan OF
Giving Them Passes.

Following the example of the
Southern Pacific, the directors of the
Illinois Central are considering the
advisability of recognizing long and
faithful service on the part of their
employees in a substantial manner.
Recently the Southern Pacific an
nounced that it would issue annual
passes to employees who had been in
the service of the company for ten
years. For those employed ten years
and fewer than fifteen, passes will
be given good over the division on
which the employe works. For those
who have served between fifteen and
twenty years passes will be given for
themselves and wives on the division,
and for twenty years or longer ser
members of the family will be given,
good on any part of the road. The
management of the Illinois Central
probably will follow the same plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
HEADQUARTERS OPEN.
Commander in Chief John r. King
Arrives i'm Denver

Denver, Sept. ARRIVALS of Civil
war veterans and of tourists who
have taken advantage of the cent a
mile rate made by the railroads for
the thirty-ninth annual eneampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
to be held in Denver September to
9, were very heavy today on all lines
entering the city. Commander in
Chief John R. King and party who
came west in a special train over the
Burlington road, arrived at 9 o'clock
TODAY and were escorted by a band
and the local reception committee to
the Brown Palace hotel, where Off
cial headquarters were opened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
NOT SATISFIED.
France Sends Another Ultima
tum to Sultan of Morocco.
Demands an Indemnity and a
Public Apology.

Paris, Sept. 2.-The government
co another note amounting to an ulti-
matum. This note says the release of
the imprisoned Algerian citizen, Bou-
zain, is not sufficient and demands an
addition-ffrst the payment of an in
demnity; second, the punishment of
the one who made the arrest, and,
third, public apology. If all these
demands are not granted within a
brief date the French minister will be
ordered to leave Fez preparatory to
the adoption of coercive measures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
FLY over CITY.
Airship to Make Flight Around
State House Dome.
Alva Reynolds and His CHAN
Angel'' Coming Fair Week.
AMONG THE CLOUDS.
Inventor Will Row His Frail
Machine High in Air.
Invites Those Not Afraid to Ac-
company Him.
AMONG THE CLOUDS.

The first airship ever to plow the
sunny Kansas skies will be seen in
Topeka during the state fair week.
All the time during the six days of
the fair Alva L. Reynolds monster
white winged bird will be anchored
at the fair grounds. and will float far
above the heads of the people.
1t will be raised and lowered nu-
merous times during each day, and
Reynolds will be on hand constantly
TO explain its mechanism to the
crowds.
On Wednesday. September 13, now
you of superstitious minds, don't call
it fatal. the ship will be cut loose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
NEARLY SW AMPED
Railroads Unable to Handle
Denver Traffic.
Estimated That $4,000 People
Will Go From Kansas.

All roads lead to Denver these days
and the phalanxes of the Grand Army
of the Republic are travelling them.
They are not walking the ties with
swollen and blistered feet as they did
for many a mile in the south some 40
years ago. They are riding in luxury
on special trains of Pullmans. At least
all of them are who can, for the supply
of special trains on the roads are limit
ed to extra equipment and the railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
NEW YORK WINS TROPHY.
Carries OF Honors in MarI1smanship
for Third Time.

Sea Girt, N. J., Sept. New York
captured the national trophy after a
four days struggle. The second prize
went to the team representing the in
fdntry branch of the United States
army. Ohio finished third. The fourth
prize was won by the United States
marine corps, the fifth by the United
States navy and the sixth and last
prize by New Jersey. New York has
now won the trophy thrice, and every
time since it was played for in com
petition. The prizes were formally
presented to the winner last evening in
front of the range club house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
PARDoNED BY THE BOARD.
Six Convicts Paroled From the State
Penitentiary.

The state pardon board today sent to
Governor Hoch the following list of pa
roles which have been favorably acted
upon by the board:
Hugo Legner, Ford county, grand
larceny, served one year.
Bert Davidson, Leavenworth county.
grand larceny, served year months.
o. c. Davis, Decatur county, embez-
element, served 1 year s months.
Zeb Ward Sedgwick county, burglary
and larceny, years 8 months.
John Cummins, Sumner county, man
slaughter served year months.
T. J. Mullen, Crawford county, man
slaughter, second degree, 1 year l
month.
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weekly Bank Statement.

New York, Sept. 2-The statement
of averages of the clearing house
banks of this city for the week:
Loans $1,136,92O.S0O decrease ST.
667.10O; deposits $1,166,5S7, 200, de-
crease $14,496, 500: circulation $751;
O95, 800. increase $7S4,8O0; legal ten
ders, $S3,35S,600, decrease S1,440.-
400; specie $21S,787,200, decrease
$7,666,1OO; reserve $297, ,145, 500. de-
crease $7.103, 500; reserve required
S291,646,925, decrease $3,624,200
surplus, s5,49s,s75, decrease $3,499,-
800: ex-United States deposits ST.
4371OO. decrease $3,457,775.
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strong City to Have Lights.

Strong City, Sept. 2.-The Strong City
council met in special session here and
passed an ordinance granting gas and
electric light franchise to James Far
rington The plant is to be completed
and in operation within eighteen
months and the charges shall not ex-
ceed 25 cents per thousand cubic feet
meter measure for gas and for electric
lights the prices shall not exceed Sc per
month for an arc light for all night ser
vice, moonlight schedule. nor 80 cents
each a month for incandescent lights,
all night service.
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Population of Massachusetts Has Made
Big Gain.

Boston, Sept. 2---The population of
to a preliminary report made today by
the state bureau of statistics. This is
an increase of 49S,775 over 1895,
when the last official census was taken.
Boston's population is ,598, an in
crease of 96,67S in the past ten years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-02
Another New Found Land.

Stockh olm, Sweden, Sept. "A let
ter from Reikjavik, Iceland, written
by a member of the Duke of Orleans
Greenland party says the expedition
discovered a new and unknown land,
which was named Terre de France and
also discovered that Cape Bismarck is
a part of a large island and not on
the mainland as hitherto assumed