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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
THE BATTLE FOR UNION PACIFIC

THE BATTLE FOR UNION PACIFIC
A financial battle which is of more than
ordinary interest to Kansas, as well as
a number Of other western states, is
that which is now raging in Wall
street for the control of the Union Pa
ciic. It is a battle Of financial giants
the great controlling interests of the
railroad world. On one side is E. H
Hartman, who is allied with the
Rockefeller interests, and who almost
built up a monopoly of transcontinentaI
traffic with the Union Pacific as a
basis. On the other side are the Hill
Morgan interests, which are striving to
take away from Hartman the railroad
on which he built his fortune.
The summary of the business done
on the New York stock exchange last
week shows that 062, 1876 of Union Pa
cifc common stock changed hands dur
ing the week. No other western road
showed much more than one-tenth the
activity in the stock market. year
ago Union Pacific common was selling
at $50. Last Saturday it closed at
1347s, having ranged from 1905 to 1877
during the week.
If Hartman manages to retain con-
troll it means that the Union Pacific
will continue to be allied with the
Southern Pacific, Oregon Short Line,
and the new Salt Lake road. It means
that Hartman and the Rockefeller in
terests will continue their attempt to
secure a connecting link between Chi
cago and Kansas City and Omaha, in
which event they win have Standard
Oil system from sea to sea.
If the Hill interests prevail the IN
ion Pacific viii be in the community
Of interests with the Burlington, the
Northern Pacific and the Great North
ern. It win also enable Hill and Nor
gan to prevent the Northumberland
Ter sea-to-sea combination, and it may
force Hartman to give some of the
trade of the great southwest. on which
he now has a monopoly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

A reputable eastern farm journal
states that the farmers of the United
States have in two years produced
wealth exceeding the output Of all the
gold mines of the world since Colum~
bus discovered America. AS Secre-
tary Wilson makes the same state
ment it must be true. the agricultural
crops of 1904 being valued at $5s00o,-
100000. OF course this definition. OF
wealth" is rather loose. for there
would be little wealth in these prod
ucts we're it not for the demand for
them from the world who have the
money to pay for these food products.
But ruling it down to the better state
ment that the farmers and their con-
Stunning customers have produced
$4,000, 600, 600 of wealth in a year the
achievement is enormous. Because Of
this great advancement in the pros
perity of the farmer, a great journal
has been established whose avowed
mission is to lead advertisers toward
the rich fields opened by the increased
opulence of the farming communities.
In California the best journals keep
the advertiser in close touch with the
farmer by publishing the news.-Los
Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
woman dislikes men who under
stand her.
He whose pockets are empty is very
often full.
Want of principle is the principal
want of Il mean man.
a pretty girl is an opportunity all
young men like to embrace.
Always wipe the mud off your shoes
before kicking a gentleman.
There are times when a rounder
finds it difficult to square himself
It is usually the man who gives good
advice that sets a bad example
With the exception Of lockjaw wo-
man has all the diseases that man is
heir to.
A superstitious man is one who
imagines that others think as much Of
him as he thinks Of himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
ANoTHER GOOD MOVE.

The Jetmore branch of the Interna-
tional Sunshine society is endeavoring
to raise funds for erecting small
building in the court yard to be used
as a rest room by the farmers wives
and children when they come to town.
The county commissioners have given
their consent to the erection of the
building there and everyone should be
willing to contribute literally to assist
so worthy an enterprise. As it is now,
there is no place provided for the
country people, to stay when they
come to town unless they sit around
in the stores and this is very disagree
able The Sunshine society has
agreed that some one of their number
will be at the rest room every Satur-
day to look after the wants of those
there. The money for the erection of
the building is to be raised by popu-
lar subscription and everyone should
be willing to give all they can. The
furniture for the room has been al
ready provided.-Jetmore Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
RESIGNATION OF Mr.. NUDGE.

RESIGNATION OF Mr. NUDGE.
The career Of H U. Nudge. whose
resignation as general manager of the
Santa Re to accept the second vice
presidency Of the Rock Island is an
nouneed today is a most interesting
study. Hardly has he reached his
prime Of life. yet he has climbed from
probably the lowest point in the rail-
way service to one of the very highest.
No railway Official in America began
lower or has served in a greater va
riety Of places than Mr. Nudge A lit
tie over 80 years ago, as a boy OF six
teen. he began as a water carrier for
a grading gang when the Santa Fe
main line was being pushed west from
Newton. Three years he put in as
roustabOut at Carbonate, during which
time he mastered the telegrapher's key
and was eventually given a little sta
ton Of his own Then he entered the
train service and advanced successfully
as brakeman, baggageman, conductor,
and train dispatcher. From that time
his advancement was rapid He was
successfully roadmasters trainmaster,
assistant division superintendent, and
superintendent of the Rio Grande di-
vision. Then he superintended sue
cessively portions Of the road and final
" became general superintendent Of
the entire Santa Fe system. That was
in 1885, Four years later he became
the roads general manager.
The Santa Fe will hardly seem the
same without H. U. Nudge in It's em-
ploy. He has never until now been
in the service of any other company
and his career has been practically
contemporaneous with that of the
company Both with great strides
have gone forward together. No other
man knows the Santa Fe system as he
does. He has served in almost every
capacity in its operation. He has a
genius for managing the operation Of
a railroad, and his work has done
much to make the Santa Fe the mar
velous railway system it now is.
AS a Topekan Mr.. Nudge will be
sorelE missed. His constant, interest
in the city's welfare and growth must
now be almost a sentiment rather than
the personal affair and study of
resident-for his new work takes him
to Chicago. His fellow citizens win
only forgive him for leaving, by con-
graduating him upon a worthy call to
d higher place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
Mails in Telephone Tunnel.

It is announced from Washington
that a contract has been agreed to be-
tween the postof1ce department and
the Illinois Telephone company for
carrying the mails through the tuIl-
nels of the company from the post
office to the various depots in Chicago
at the rate Of S173,O0O a year. The
terms have all been agreed to and will
be signed as soon as some of the for
malities have been complied with by
the tunnel company. This Will elini-
nate most OF the wagon service, which
has cost the government about S1O6.-
600 a year. Some of the mails will
have to be carried by wagon, and that,
making the service as contemplated
aggregate over 100000 a year, or al
most double what it has cost.
Time saved and small possibility of
delay are considered by the postofiice
authorities to be worth the extra cost.
Much time has been lost in transfer
ring the mails between stations by
wagon and also in making the deliv-
cries from the main office. The install
lation of tunnel service, together with
the pneumatic tubes already in opera
ton, will give Chicago the most up-to-
date system in the world.-Eiectrical
World and Engineer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
ForesigI1ted Phi1nntI1ronr.

President Angel of the University
Of Michigan told this story to a class
in international law
Some years ago. when I was United
States minister to Turkey, Greece was
visited by severe famine. A great
wave of sympathy and pity swept over
the United States, affecting the wo-
men particularly. They raised hun
dreds of dollars for the relief Of the
sufferers. With true Yankee hus-
bandry they did not send the money
in cash, but spent it in buying vast
quantities of cloth which they made
into dresses for the Grecian women.
One entire ship, I believe, was loaded
by this outpOuring of charity. I never
was tired of referring in diplomatic
circles to the generosity Of my coun-
trywOmen, and for time was the envy
of the representatives of the other
governments.
Shortly after the ship arrived and
its cargo had been distributed, I had
occasion to make a trip through
Greece. It was in the days when our
ladies' wore extremely large sleeves;
but the style in Greece was not the
same You can imagine my surprise
and humiliation when I saw that the
Grecian women had not known what
the American garments were and had
put them on their husbands for trous-
ers.'-BOston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

The two nicl1eT' social was a failure
at Yates Center and the originator is
being abused for dating 1t for Friday
night.
Lightning burned out 20 phones Sun
day night at Toronto and the good peo-
pie were shocked at the 'indiscretion
of the discharge Of electricity"
An Arkansas City man expects to
have tons of grapes this fall. They
viii not be made into pies, however.
Fate is defed. Thirteen Independence
girls have organized a club to meet on
the 18th and each expects to have her
wedding day the 18th.
Salinas bowling alley has closed for
want of patronage. The owner, how
ever. is still rolling on.
Hutchinson's patrolmen now get $50
a month with new suit and brass but
tons thrown in.
A Burlington social win cost 4 eggs
admission fee. If there is enough cack-
ling done the promoters will have some
thing to crow over
A Topeka party started out last Sun
day to hunt spring flowers with over
coats and winter wraps on
An Abilene woman who has new
raincoat and a fancy gown is prepared
for Easter showers or Easter sunshine.
The Burlington band has reached the
serenading stage and the council are
talking of a curfew law.
Council Grove has a man who puts
an empty hand in the collection box ev-
cry Sunday. But will that bluff work
when the great day comes?
A woman's belt has been found in the
Council Grove postoffice and the post
master viii give it to the woman it fits
he TO do the trying.
The most trustworthy hens in the
state roOst at Prairie Flower. Out of
10 eggs they raised 101 chickens
The Ellsworth hand laundry has
changed hands.
A fake travelling artist IS doing Agra
out Of its pennies.
A half dozen new houses Will go up
in Osborne this summer and all will
have bath rooms attached.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
WHAT KANSAS PAPERS sax.
DUDI.EYs BANKING
METHODS

GULLY tSD DUDLEY7S BANKING
METHODS.
me late Guilford Dudley, a Topeka
Dankec, never thought much of elabor-
ate bookkeeping. He kept a book show
ING now much he owed depositors and
MS noleS showed for themselves. Bank
LliiAisSt9llers always had trouble when
tney tried To examine his bank. They
were never able to get a look at his
notes. he would say, GO to the book
ana ma now much I owe depositOrs-'
Wnen the examiner had figured the
amount ne would go into the vault and
DrlnS out enough cash to meet the bill.
ana that IS all bank commissioner
mao a FIgnt to ask. Which reminds US
OF the late L. L. NOrthrop. He kept
perfect set of books, but he had 50
lnuch money In use that he frequently
round tlaI he had a whole lot more
cash than he had depOsitors. Then he
WOULD huFT1edly look around for some
investment. Once he had as much as
$oO,OOO at statement day more than he
owed depOSltOrS and he sent hurry calls
in all directions asking for investments.
When the panic of 1898 brought down
so many banks his correspondent IN
Kansas City failed He had out a lot
OF bank drafts and he made arrange
menIs with another bank to carry them
for time. He borrowed, probably the
first time in his business experience,
S9,OOO from the Chase National bank OF
New York. Then he began calling in
loii si-e-e ne tldu AlIoWSu " run ~
years because the signers did not care
to pay them then He soon found that
he had SO much money that he didn' t
know what to do with it. Among other
things he discovered a bond on lola
which should have been paid two years
before, but he had, neglected to present
it. OF course it was not the most mod
ern way Of conducting a banking bust
ness, but it was one that was sure new
er to lose the depositors a single cent
| 4115r
banking could very well look more care
fully intO.-Iola Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
just what tt Looked Like.

There is loquacious member Of
one OF the West Philadelphia school
boards who will be more careful in
future how he questions the pupils in
the schools he visits. The other day,
while attending q primary class in
geography, a teacher asked boy
what a volcano was. AS the youngster
did not seem to know what answer to
make the director attempted to draw
q picture of one on the blackboard
using rcd crayon with which to illus
trate the fire. Now, my boy" he
said, what does this look like -
please, sir. that looks like hell, -
came the answer. The lad was sur
prised that his reference to the place
the picture reminded him of should
create the excitement it did.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
Wonderful Tact.

Mrs. Hamilton Fish, when her hus-
band was secretary of state, made it a
rule to call on all the women who left
cards at her home, or who attended
one of her receptions.
One afternoon the Fish carriage, all
glittering with tTappings, halted before
a shabby little house in a. narrow side
street. The footman opened the car
riage door Mime. Fish stepped out in
queenly attire.
The poor woman of the house, alas,
was kneeling on the sidewalk beside a
bucket of hot water scrubbing her front
steps.
Imagine how she felt! What would
you have done in a predicament so awk-
ward?
Mrs. Fish, bending over her, said
graciouslB:
rs Mrs. Smith at homer"
Mrs. Smith replied: mo, mum, she
amt" and went on scrubbing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

Victor Morawitz's idea of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron case may seem
rational from his point of view, but to
an outsider the explanation which he
gave the senate committee on inter
state commerce yesterday is extremely
weak Mr. Morawitz says the Santa
Re did not pay the Colorado com
pany a rebate, but simply charged it
$3.50 a ton for freight on coal from
Trinidad to Deming. N. NJ, and then
collected s1.15 a ton as the price of
the coal. which was turned over to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
TFrom the New york Press1

Ut ~ = = q = I %. ]
There is hardly anything more
pleasurable than a spring yawn.
Boys could be very fond of their
parents if they did not make them
take baths.
A woman can never endure a man 8
being { sneak unless he is it on &C
count OF her
There are mighty few divorces in
the families where three good meals
a day are as regular as the clock
A woman seems to think thar If
she scolds man for coming home
late It would make him glad he came
at all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

the Colorado company. but which was
not a rebate. a total OF S4.o5 collected
from the consignee. But if reports
are correct, the freight on the coal Of
other companies from points not as
far away as Trinidad was S4-05
straight, and the Santa Fe did not
turn over to the producing company
the original price Of the coal. In
other words, a discrimination was
given the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company amounting to the value of
the coal at the mines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

The action of Governor Folk. of Mis-
souri,, in telegraphing the sheriff of St.
Louis county to do his duty regarding
the Sunday closing law, has a ring to
it which sounds like the genuine The
saloons were closed in st. Louis San
day by the governors orders but the
saloon keepers in the surrounding
country reaped a harvest. Governor
Folk did not wait to be petitioned in the
matter, but promptly wired the sheriff
to do his duty. 1t is a safe guess that
St Louis county will be dry" next
Sunday The right kind of a governor
can do it every time.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

ton of the work to be done in the sew
era1 industries OF manufacturing life.
Commenting upon this subject The
New York Medical Record" says that
there would seem to be no valid rea-
son why the left hand not, at any rate,
be put to far greater use than Is at
present the case. The comparative lack
of skin in the left hand is frequently
source of discomfort and even of loss
to the individual. Public Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

If President Roosevelt has ever enter
tanned any doubts as to the wisdom of
the appointment Of Judge Pollock to the
federal bench, it is suspected that they
win totally and eterna1ly disappear
when he receives his copy of Tuesdays
State Journal and reads Judge Pouook's
official views on the subject Of race sui
eide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

If there's anything else that young
Mr.. Garfield wants to know besides the
oil business. now's the time for him to
nail it, while he's in Kansas And all
he need do is to ask the first farmer he
meets. without regard to the style OF
his whiskers.-Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

President Roosevelt is by no means
the only New York man who enjoys
an encounter with bears Most of
them differ from Roosevelt, however.
in that they hunt the bears on the
stock exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

The belief that the Kansas board of
railroad commissioners may now have
the power to correct certain abuses
seems to have brought a good many of
these things to the surface.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
DONGs Ar HARVARD.

1t is said that playing marbles for
keeps is the latest fad at Harvard, and
this prompts at least one Boston jour
nal to insinuate that very possibly mar
bIes can be developed to a higher de-
gree OF perfection at Cambridge than
can football. Seems rather disloyai,
doesn't it?-Cleveland Plaindealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
THREE srATEs-

OF an the states. but three VIII 1--we in
story.
Old Massachusetts with her Plymouth
Rock
And old Virginia with her noble stock,
glory;
These three viii live in song and oratory,
While all the others, with their idle
claims,
VIII only be remembered as mere names.
-TR0N0TfTT Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

The French government may have
"talzen every precaution to preserve
neutrality in French waters in Indo-
China" but the japanese think that the
hiding OF the presence Of the Russian
feet in those waters is a peculiar way
to do it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

When Governor Mickey donned
overalls and nailed up the fence on
his Nebraska farm the other day, he
may Incidentally have put a few nails
into his political fences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
ArnbidexterltY.

AS defined by its secretary, the prin-
ciples which it is the object of the Am
bidextral Culture society of England to
maintain are: /. That it is possible to
do two things well at the same time,
and that every ordinarily intelligent
person is capable of becoming an ex-
pert in the performance of two concur
rent and unrelated acts as he can be in
the separate accomplishment of one. 2.
That the acts which are thus designat-
ed as concurrent or simultaneous are,
SO far as the senses can be determined,
absolutely so whatever the refinement
of analysis and science may ultimately
declare them to be. For all practical
purposes they occur precisely at the
same instant, though they may be the
oretically nothing more than 1ncon-
ceivably rapid alterations of volition. 3.
That a certain amount of simultaneous
work. under specified conditions, Is
healthy and expedient. T. That under
other particular conditions it is neces-
sary and harmless. ;. That while it is
both proper and advanta geous to pre-
pare and qualify children for the execu-
ton of two-handed work. and more es-
pecially of two-handed writing, during
their school life, It would be unwise, If
not pernicious, to encourage or pre-
scribe for artisans and others the least
amount of simultaneous manual labor
over and above what has hitherto been
found requisite Ter tha elective execu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
THE POINT OF VIEW.

The fellows who are afraid that
Governor Hoch will make a mistake in
making his appointments are the very
fellows who would like him to take
care of them. They would be posi-
tive then that. he made none.-Atchi-
son Champion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
Ruins al Sd. Pierre.

One of the saddest sights I have
ever seen in my life is the ruins of the
city of st. Pierre, Martinique, whose
population of 40, 600 was wiped out. it
is said, in thirty seconds by poisonous
gases which suddenly burst from the
sides of Mount Pelee at the time of
the eruption three years ago. Only
the walls of the great warehouses
along the quay and of the cathedral,
halls, theatres, churches, business
houses and homes remain as silent
witnesses to testify that there was
once an active. gay, and busting
French city standing there.
The streets are heaped ten feet deep
with ashes, belched from the crater.
The trees which once shaded its
streets and adorned its famous botaR-
zeal gardens are leahess and ugly mon
uments of its destruction. When l
landed from the ship small boat
not a soul survived to meet me and
tell the story of that fearful moment.
All was the silence of death, and
there was not even the rustic of the
fer de lance amongst the pitiful ruins
that dreaded snake whose bite is
certain and speedy death and which
used to infest the sides of Pelee. and
steal down sometimes, it is said, into
the gardens of st. Pierre. It. too, has
been eliminated from the scene by the
impartial volcano which spared Meth
err sex, age. color. nor any living
thing.-Chicago Tribune.
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WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
THAT WAS DIFFERENT.

President Roosevelt's appeal to the
newspaper men of Colorado not to
spoil his hunt by following him to the
mountains, calls to mind the expressed
desire of another president-of a part
of the United States "AIl I want is to
be left alone,' said ]. D; but the effect
was quite different.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

Kansas would probably refuse to ac-
cept a gift of money from Mr.. Rookie
Teller, although he has never hesitated
American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

Senator Longs press agent in Wash
ington gives it out that the big fed
eraI patronage in Kansas is Gin statu
quo" which being translated means,
up in the air; and 1t is likely to re-
main 50 apparently for several
months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

Only five times in the last 225 years
has Easter come as late as it does this
year. The latest date on which it can
occur is April IS.