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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
STAND BYLAWSON
Hutchinson Policy Holders Give
Him Their Proxies.
Find They Are Not Getting the
Promised Dividends.
ONE INSURANCE CASE
A Twenty-Five Year Payment
Continues to Thirty.
Instead of Policy Being Paid Up
Is More Expensive.

Hutchinson. kan. Nov. 3.-The News
saws;
The newspapers and magazines are
filed with discussions and investiga-
tfons of the big Insurance companies.
The policy holders know that some
thing has happened to the bright prom
Use made by the agents who took the
insurance and for some time they have
wondered about it. Now the investi-
cation is making clear that the divi-
dends and profits due the policy hold
ers have been diverted to the pockets
and personal accounts Of the manage
ment.
John a. Myers. ex-county commits
sioner, has a policy which is an illus
tration Of how insurance tables do not
pan out. Thirty years ago he took the
policy in the Mutual Life Of New
York. one Of the Big Three. Accord
ing to the agent the accumulation on
this policy would have made it self
sustaining within 25 years; that is. the
dividend would be equal to the prem
jun and the insurance would be paid
ID'' at the end of the p years. Ac-
cordfng to the actuaries tables this re-
result should have been reached with
in % years. Thirty years have elapsed
and Mr.. Myers premium that he pays
now is larger than it was at the end
stead of the policy becoming paid
up it is actually getting more expen-
siVe.
This is the experience Of all who
have such policies. The money due
the policy holders has been used FOR
expense" or has been transferred in
some way to the credit of the man
ayers and their friends.
The great insurance Investigation
has made it possible for the policy
leaders to get at the facts and the
next thing is to get at the grafters.
The proposition to make Thomas w
Lawson of Boston, proxy and trustee
for the policy holders, may seem Tadi-
cal but it is the one that IS being ia
vorably considered in Hutchinson.
Lawson is entitled to much of the
credit for uncovering the frauds and he
has the nerve and the money to go
ahead. If any Hutchinson policy hol-
der in either the New York Life or
Mutual Life wants to give Lawson his
proxy and tell him to go ahead, the
proper proxy blank can be gotten at
the News Office, and several policy
holders have already filed out the
proxies and sent them to Lawson.
Speaking of the matter Mr. Myers,
whose policy has been alluded to, said !.
Lawson may be animated by mo-
tives. revenge or ambition. That makes
no difference. He is willing to do the
work and from the way he has stirred
up things lately I think he has the
abilftVf'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
FILED FROM THE HOSPITAL.
I.eavenwOrth Woman, DeIiriOus With
Fever, Wanders Lightly Clad.

Leavenworth Nov. 3.-Delirious
with the high fever of a severe case
of typho-pneumOnia barefooted and
CLAD only in loose wrapper. Mrs
Pommer, Third and Marion streets. an
innate of St. Johns hospital. slipped
away from that institution. and wan
dered about in North Leavenworth for
more than half an hour before taken
in charge by officers and returned to
the ward.
Mrs. Pommer was taken to the hos
pital Tuesday in charge of DR.. A. J.
smith and was in serious condition
She was talking in her delirium when
mans room for a few minutes with
the intention of returning at once. The
nurse crossed the hall into another
room and was gone but a few minutes
only to return to find the bed vacant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
MORE AIRBRAKEs OR NOT.
Question Argued Yesterday Before
Interstate Commerce Commission.

Washington, Nov. 3.-Whether or not
the minimum of cars per train supplied
with air brakes shall be increased from
so per cent to rs per cent after Janu-
airy / 1906 was the question debated
yesterday before the interstate com
merce commission. the operating chiefs
of the railroads taking the negative and
the chiefs of railroad brOtherhOods the
affirmative of the proposition.
The private car line inquiry before
the commission was temporarily inter-
rupted by this hearing, which had been
scheduled for Yesterday. The proceed
ings were in the nature of an order to
show cause why such an increase
should not go into effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
WARNER WITH PRESIDENT.
New Missouri Senator Would Give
Commission Power to Fix Rates.

Commission Power to Fix Rates.
Kansas City, Mo. Nov. I'm regard
to the controversy now before the
American people over the regulation
of railroad freight rates. 1 believe in
legislation that will give the interstate
commerce commission, or some similar
body, the power to fix a maximum
freight rate in case where disputes
arise; and I believe in vesting the tri-
bunal with the power to enforce the
rate"
In the foregoing words Senator Will
lam Warner made his first public an
nouncement that at the coming session
of congress he viii stand with those
who support the plan favored by Pres
ident Roosevelt for the regulation of
railroad freight rates. Senator Warn
ers announcement was made the other
night at a meeting in his honor of the
Candle Light club, local Republican
organization, of which he is a mem
Der. Senator Warner, in his speech, left
no doubt in the minds of his hearers
as to his earnest support of the poll
cies of the president.
Il am fortunate in this that I enter
the senate as the personal and politi-
cal friend of President Roosevelt and
upon the main issues now before the
American people I stand with the
president. I am not a pessimist,' said
Senator Warner. I have no patience
with those who cry out against the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
HUTCHINSON PosTOFFTCE.
Increased Receipts Means First Glass
Office in 1906.

HUTCHINSON, Kan, Nov. 3.-There is
a big increase in the business Of the
Hutchinson DOstOffice. 1t is such an
increase that Hutchinson will be an
Office of the first class by the end of
next year. with the same gain for next
year as for the present.
The receipts of a postoffice must be
$4,000 or more per year before it is
an office of the first class. The re-
ceipts for this year, from the way
things are figured at this time, will go
something over $4,000. This has
been a gain of about $4,000 during the
past year. With this ratio of gain for
next year Hutchinson will be counted
in another class as a postofice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

SEDAN, KAN. Nov. 3.-Appication
has been made in the district court
here for the appointment of a receiver
for the oil refinery in Niotaze in the
eastern part of this county. The APP
plicants are three women of Roches-
ter. n. Y. where much of the stock is
owned They auege that the funds of
the company have been misapprO-
priated by loans to subsidiary COM
panies- The company has a capital of
$4,000. It is the only refinery in
this county and had just started. The
stock represented by the three women
who want a receiver amounts to about
$4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

east is finished for a distance of 119
kilOmeters, and the train service was in
augurated Oct. l. In the mountain di-
vision, Minaca westward. track is now
completed. Upon completion of this
section the second installment of sub
sidy from the Mexican government,
amounting to 81, 200, 900 Mexican, will be
paid. 1t is estimated that it viii take
from sixty to ninety days to complete
the work. From the Pacific coast (To-
polobampo) track has been completed
and daily train service established
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
WANTS 10 GO 10 JAIL.
Wellington Man Has a Queer Idea of
His nReckIessness..

wellington. Kan. Nov 3-EH
Rouse. who formerly lived in Guelph
township, has moved to Wellington
after selling his property in Oklahoma
He says he is crazy and demands that
he be placed in Jail and sent to an in
sane asylum.
He visited the probate judges Office
yesterday and made his statement.
When Judge ShOwalter told him that
he could not act on his case without a
complaint being made, Rouse replied
that he would not leave the office until
he was sent to Jail He has $500 in
the bank and fears he will fritter this
away and wants a guardian appointed
to care for himself and his money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Salina Kan Nov. "A peculiar
condition exists in Russell county
There is not a person in that county
named John Smith. II is probable that
this cannot be said OF another county
in the state and perhaps in the United
states. Five men live in the county
who answer to the name of Adam Mai.
They are Russians. That such q name
should be more familiar in a county
than the name Of John Smith adds
interest to the situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
senator Long to visit Leavenworth.

Leavenworth. Kan. Nov. 3.-Ches-
ter I. Long, United States senator for
Kansas. Will visit this city November
II and IS. Senator Long has accepted
an invitation to spend a few days here
before departing for Washington.
While here Senator Long will visit the
Soldiers home, Fort Leavenworth, ana
the federal and Kansas penitentiaries.
Senator Long desires to consult with
the officers and learn the needs of the
federal institutions at this place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
Young Babe Badly ScaIded.

LeavenWOrth Nov. 3.-DorOthy, the
one-year- old daughter of Prison
Guard Kurtz, was seriously scalded
about the head and chest Tuesday
evening at the Kurtz home back of
the federal prison. The child saw a
kettle on the stove and reaching up
upset hot soup all over its body. A
doctor was summoned from the hos
pital and medical treatment given. It
was very fortunate that the soup did
not reach the eyes. Although the
burns are serious they will not prove
fatal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
FIGHT PAYMENT OF NOTES.
Guthrie Citizens Don't Want to Give
$4,000 to Railroad.

Guthrie, Okla. Nov. s-Guthrie cit
liens, who are fighting the payment of
the $50. 900 os bonus notes to the Fort
Smith & Western railroad company IN
order to secure the road for this city,
are to have another run for their mon
ey. The case was decided against them
at the last term of the court, but Judge
Buford granted new trial of the case
yesterday The notes are now in the
hands o. the Federal Trust company,
which brought suit to recover on them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

accumulation of wealth. But believe
there should be a limit upon the getting
of wealth-that limit is reached when
wealth is accumulated unlawfUlly. To-
day there are trusts that arbitrarily
fix rates and prices, stifie competition
and strike down the opportunities of
your sons and mine. Such trusts are
one of the evils of the age. And do
not believe it a Compensation for
wealth wrongly acquired to give prince
~ gifts to the charities of the coun-
frV''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
Arkansas City ? Model Town.

Arkansas City, Kan. Nov. 3.-The
county attorney. Mr.. Kreamer, has is
sued orders to all police officers to re-
port any violations os the prohibitory
law to him. Since he ordered the
"joints" closed Tuesday the Joints"
have been out os business Three ar
rests Of alleged bootleggers have been
made and the county attorney an
nounces that moro are to eollow. The
Joints" here are closed tighter than
at any previous time within recent
years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
MRS. CARR SETTLES FOR 81, $50.
Had Sued Santa Fe for $1,000 for.
Causing Husbands Death.

Hutchinson, Kan, Nov. 3.-Mrs. Susan
Cars case against the Santa F'e rail-
road company has been dismissed in
the district court on an agreement by
the contending parties. Mrs. Carr had
sued the company for s.. 200 damages for
causing the death Of her husband. who
was an engineer on the road. Mr.. Carr
was killed at Great Bend by running his
engine against a string Of cars which
were out of position on the track. The
company has agreed to pay Mrs. Carr
$1,750 in consideration of the suit being
dismissed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
MONEY FOR MONTANA LINE.
Irrigated Lands to Be Opened Up by
New ROad

Minneapolis, Mimi. Nov. civilian
Peyton Mason, president Of the San
Francisco, Idaho & Montana railway
company, announces today the fnanc-
ing in New York of the first division
of 30 miles of the road. The work will
be done by the San Francisco, Idaho &
Montana Railway Construction COM
pany, formed Cor the purpose. Con
struction viii begin at once and will
be finished by Jan. 1. 1907. Estimate Of
the cost is $500 900.
The first section of the new line TO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

be built viii extend from the Snake
river valley in Idaho southwest to Win
nemuccas New, where connection will be
made with the Southern Pacific. thus
bringing the valley 500 miles nearer to
San Francisco.
The route is laid out through q dis
trict in which about $4,000, 900 is being
spent by the government and corpora
tons for irrigation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
AMBITIONS or EDISON.
would Like Rock Island Train to
Stosl There.

petition signed by forty of the
property owners of Edison. Sherman
county, was PRESENTED to the state
board of railroad commissioners yes
terday asking the board to compel the
Rock Island to stop train once in
a while at that place
Edison has attained to the dignity
OF nearly a hundred Inhabitants and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
q $4,000 Suit Compronlised for s.. 900

Wichita. Nov 3.-The surprise of
the present October term of the dis
trict court happened when, contrary
to expectations, the two Grimsley
cases against the Missouri Pacific
Railway company were settled out of
court in the sum of $4,000. This is
the biggest settlement ever made in
the district court. The original suit
was for $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

feels taht it deserves to be more than
a whistling post on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railroad. According
ly the petitioners ask that the board
order the railroad company to put
station agent at that point and stop
train there occasionally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
HEAVY WISCONSIN TAXES.
Railroad Valuations There Are Placed
at High Figures.

In the final report Of the Wisconsin
tax commission for the current year the
total increase Of the railway valuations
in the state is SO. 7s5, 100, and the ag-
gregate valuation is 1928, SIC, 000 On this
sum the companies win pay 81, SIS. 29O IN
taxes to the state. The valuation Of the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad is STA
500 600, with a tax Of SS39, 81; OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, $73. 7O0,-
600, tax $3.50, 1872: Wisconsin Central, $22,-
600, 900, tax $247. 1872; 500 line, s., 500, 600,
tax $99, 199. The railroads are now con
testing the ad valorsn law on charge
of nonuniformity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
Lead and Zinc Prices Advance.

Galena. Kan. Nov. An the Miss
ouri-Kansas zinc ore market Thursday
the producers succeeded in advancing
the basis price 81 a ton, making the
highest price paid sos. Lead ore sold
for S2S thousand. the highest price
paid for this kind of ore in thirty years.
years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

and the patient gone. The alarm was
given the police at once and officers
were sent into North Leavenworth to
trace the wandering woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
NEW SCHEDULE NOVEMBER ~.
Santa Fe Announces Its Winter Time
Card-Numerous Changes.

A-AA-AN4R 0lAn4AAssC5~
Schedules Of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa F'e trains arriving at Topeka and
leaving here under the winter time card,
which goes into effect on November Il.
and which was arranged in a general way
at a recent meeting Of the operating
officials of the road, have been perfected.
More changes have been made in the
arrival and departure of the Westbound
trains than in those bound for the east,
and this is due to the change in the rum
ming time of train No. 3, the California
Limited This train is to leave Chicago
an hour and q half later than it has in
the past, leaving at 9 p. m, and viii
arrive here in Topeka at 11:15 a. on
the following day. reaching here 50 min
utes later than it used to. This change
in time has made it possible to run other
trains into Topeka at earlier hour
than they used to, for they were held
up east of here to let the Limited by.
Among the other changes is the diver
sion of train No. TO- the Missouri River
Flyer, over the Emporia cutoff. This
train has been running through Topeka
at 5;15 a. m, but after November z it
will be wiped off the Topeka schedule.
The schedule as perfected is as follows:
WESTBOUND Ar. Lv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Eastbound Nos. s and 110 make the
usual connections for Leavenworth at
Holiday and Nos. 113 and 100, vest
topeka from Leavenworth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-25
DIVIDES UP THE WORK
soMERvILLE WILL.
SUBMIT VARIOUS SUBJECTS OF
CODE TO sUBCoMMITTEEs.

At the hearing before the senate iu-
dietary committee yesterday afternoon
on the report Of the statutes revision
commission, G. w. Bum objected that
the revision requires the posting Of
joint tariffs in each railroad station. as
well as those of it's own line.
Judge Knox of the commission ex-
planned that the old laws had been fol
lowed as literally as possible in the
revision, but you can t condense 5000
or 1000 pages into one book without
changing the phraseology," he said.
man Of the committee, announced after
the long discussion that he would an.
point several special subcommittee to
consider the various chapters and sub
lects OF the revision
HE also announced he would reappoint
all the standing subcommittee Of the
judiciary as they were two years ago, as
follows:
/ Commercial Law-Barker, Horton. Collestep.
Constitutional Law-Thonpson, Wilson, Dunn,
porations-Wilson, Leke, Alley.
lester, Wilson.
Criminal Law-wood, Smith, schallsr.
Curative Acts-Coller, Wood, Eberhart.
Evidence-Collester, Gjertsen, Lord.
1nsurance-Schaller, Putnam, Eberhart.
Municipal Corporations Collier, Smith.
Pleading and Practice-Putnam, Barker. Nor.
gan.
Probate Law-Alley, Putnam, Peterson.
PUBLIC Officers Other than Judicial-Rieke,
Railroads-Horton. Lord, Thompson.
Real Property-Lord Alley, Gjertsen.
Special egislatton-Peterson, schaller, Wood.
Taxation-smith, Morgan, Golfer somerv1lle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-25
TAX FERRET PLAN
BOBS UP AGAIN
BURDETTE TFIAYER WAN T s
HOUSE TO ENDORSE IT.
He Cites Results in Blue Earth County
Which Added $4,000 to It's Assessed
Valuation by This System Bill
Aimed at Boxcar Merchants Is In
PRODUCED

Burdette Thayer Of Spring Valley to-
ferret bill in the house. The measure
is intended to legalize the employment
of experts to discover taxable property
that has been omitted from the tax
rolls. or concealed from the assessor.
The rate of compensation is not to ex-
coed 70 per cent of the taxes actually
collected by reason of the. property
thus placed on the lists.
Owners of property discovered by the
"ferrets' may be called before the
county commissioners to show cause
why the property involved should not
be assessed. If found taxable, the
property must be placed on the books.
Mr.. Thayer cites the case Of Blue
Earth county, which added $4,000 to
it's lists by this means.
A bill providing for the licensing Of
peddlers outside Of Incorporated cities
W va presented by Q. J. Ramsland.
are required to impose license not to
exceed 800 annually from peddlers,
the rate varying for those on foot and
those with one or two horse wagons.
;Peddlers and hawkers are defined as
all transient merchants and itinerant
vendors selling by sample or taking or
ders whether for future or Immediate
or selling fresh meat, fish or vegetables
or farmers or nurserymen selling theil
prod ducts or persons engaged in tran
sactions constituting Interstate com
merce are exempt. Apparently the bill
is aimed at the 'tboxcar merchants,
who descend on town with a carload
Of junk from bankrupt stocks or fire
sales and flood the country district with
their wares.
The penalty for peddling is maxi
mum fine Of 800 or imprisonment ur
to ninety days. p.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-25
A HEPBURN E; BILL
IDEA TRIED HERE
ONE IMPORTANT FEATURE LONG
A DEAD LETTER.
The Minnesota Provision that Roads
Shall Reimburse Shippers for Extra
Freight Between Appeal and Decision
Has Never Been Operative Since It
Was Passed.

One feature of the Hepburn bill now
lbefore congress, covering the railroad
rate question, does not carry any great
amount of Joy to Minnesota shippers.
The Hepburn bill, following one of
the suggestions Of Secretary Paul Nor.
ton, provides that when a railroad
company appeals from an order of the
commission, it shall put up bond to
reimburse shippers for the extra amount
OF freight charged during the tendency
OF the appeal. After fling this bond
they are allowed to charge the higher
rate until the case is decided, but are
to reimburse the shippers if the rate is
determined excessive.
Minnesota has had such law since
1897, and it is absolutely dead letter.
SO tar as known, no shipper has ever
received back a dollar of excess freight
charges.
The trouble is that the law is not self
acting, and In order to get back the
excess freight charge the shipper has
TO 6r1ng SUIT. The amount involved in
each individual case is so small that
the shipper does not consider it worth
while to sue. The railroad may have
collected many thousand dollars in ex-
cess Of the rate ordered by the COM
mission, but it is scattered into so many
small amounts that it is never required
to pay them. The filing Of bond is a
farce, and the law has never cost the
railroads dollar. -
The law is Chapter 2ss of the gen.
eral laws Of 1897: It provides, in brief,
that when the district court has de-
cided against the railroad company in
rate order, and the company appeals,
1t may secure q stay Of the order by
fling bond Of whatever amount the
court directs, conditioned that in case
said order appealed from is affirmed
by the supreme court, said railroad
company will repay" etc, all excess
passenger fares and freight charges
paid in excess Of the amount fixed by
the court. .......-.. ,,..a =
| However, tho act goes on to provide
that to recover the sum due, the pas.
senger or shipper is to bring suit for
the amount, and recover it with costs
and attorneys fees, unless the railroad
company pays the amount within thirty
days after written demand is made.
!, If the Hepburn bill is no stronger in
it's protection for the shipper than the
present Minnesota law; it will not give
well-informed state officials.