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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-01
Memorial to Confederate Dead.

The Daughters of the Confederacy and
other southern organizations OF Louisa
county Va, have had built a handsome
memorial shaft to the confederate dead OF
Louisa county and the monument conn
pIeted stands on the court house green at
Louisa Court House. The plans for the
defeating exercises, which will take place
in the spring. have not yet been completed.
but will be quite elaborate. and prominent
ex-confederates from all parts OF the
south will be invited TO take part in the
exercises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-01
Whites Councils Unheeded.
NEWMAN HEADS RAILWAYS.
Succeeds ingalls, and Ledyard as Rail
$50 road Presidents-Career.

Important changes in the administration
of two of the Vanderbilt railroads.&c. Big
Four and the Michigan Central-were an
nounced in New York yesterday.
Melville E. ingalls,, who has been presi-
dent of the Big Four for many years. re-
signed to become chairman Of the board Of
directors, and H. B. Ledyard retired as
president of the Michigan Central after a
long service also to become chairman of
ceeded by William H. Newman. president
of the New York Central. who is native of
Prince William county, Va, and has had a
notable rise in the railroad world.
Mr. Newman now has direct supervision
of practically all the Vanderbilt lines be-
tween New York and Chicago. He is the
nominal head of something like 1900 miles
of railroads, including the New York Cen
trail system proper, the Lake Shore, Michi-
gan Central and Big Four. The chairman
Ship of the Michigan Centrars board has
been heretofore held by Senator Depew.
Announcement of Mr. Depew's resignation
was made at the meeting.
Wall street believes that the whole idea
is slowly working toward a holding COM
pany for the Vanderbilt properties, and
that the election of Mr.. Newman as presi-
dent Of all the roads indicates this ultimate
tendency. The Nickel Plate and Canada
Southern will probably be taken under con-
troll later on.
A significant fact in connection with these
events is the recent big advance in the
shares of the Chicago and Northwestern
and the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha, which is practically owned by the
Northwestern.
1t is believed that the Vanderbilts will nj
tmately extend to these western properties
which they, with the Rockefellers control.
the same sort of administra ton now given
to the eastern lines. Wall street stories
that the New York Central would issue
bonds to take up Northwestern stock az If
did when it secured control of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Central, are OFFICIALLY
denied, but generally believed.
Great Railroad Career.
William H. Newman has had one of the
most phenomenal careers In the railroad
world. Successive steps in his life NAV be
traced as follows:
In 1S47, born, Prince William county. Va F..
1869, switchman and telegraph opera tor
1872, station agent. Texas and Pacific: 1874
general freight agent Texas and Pacific:
1883, traffic manager Southwestern system
1885, traffic manager, Missouri Pacific: 1897
third vice president, Missouri Pacific. 1880
third vice president, Chicago and North.
western; 1896, president, Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern: 1901, president. New
York Central; 1905, president of the Rig
Four and the Michigan Central. REMAINING
as chief of the New York Central and Lake
Shore, and thus becoming the executive of
all the chief Vanderbilt lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

a copy of English statutes during the
reign of Charles I, owned by Miss
Mary Whitney. 1t bears the imprint
of Robert Powley of London. The
date of 1861. This book was found by
a friend of Miss Whitney's in an old
English bookstaH Miss Whitney also
has a three-volunne set of the works
of Edmund Spencer, dated 1881
A book with a bit of history attach
ed is copy of Homers ''Iliad,' owned
by M'Louise Jones of 900 Mechanic.
This book is in the original Greek,
and is remarkable, not so much for its
age, (since it bears a date no more
remote than 1880, as for its history
A Union soldier incarcerated in Libby
prison during the Civil war, detected
by long confinement, yearned for some
good book that would help him pass
the wearisOme days of waiting. At
last one day there came a chance to
buy this book The price paid was
S25, but he managed to find the
money and bought it. At the same
time he bought text on geometry for
$40. The two books he kept by him
till released. Later the "Iliad' came
to Miss Jones by will.
OF course, these are only a few of
the many old books in town. It Isl
possible that there are some older
than any spoken of here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
RAILROAD NEWS.
Last Nights Storm Did Not
Affect Railroads.
Trains Are All Uniformly on
Time.
RAILROAD BUILDING.
Average Cost of So Miles on
Wabash 100000.
RAILROAD BUILDING.
The Connecting Link of Geo.
GOuld's Coast to Coast System.

Last nights storm did not seem to af-
feet the railroads which center here,
seriously. No washouts are reported
and the trains are uniformly on time
The trains from the west upon the Santa
Fe and the Rock Island are all on time
with the exception of those from Cali
fornia which are still feeling the effects
of the disastrous storm and floods of
week ago in Arizona. Nos. and 8 Of
the Santa Fe which carry the Califor-
mia traffic reported several hours late
while the Golden State Limited of the
Rock Island at last reports was run
ming back of its schedule The trains
from the east are all on time with the
exception of No. 1 on the Santa Fe
which was slightly late
The most serious effect which the
storm had upon the railroads was the
placing of the wires out of commission.
The high wind and the electricity play
ed havoc with good results in the send
kinks are being worked out, however,
and by this evening the wires should
be working as evenly as usual
The building of the 65 mile line by the
Wabash connecting the Western Mary
land at Cherry Run with the West Vir-
ginia Central at Cumberland, to bring
nearer realizat ton George GOuld'S dream
OF making the Wabash an ocean to
ocean system is the most expensive
railroad construction in recent years
with the possible exception of the en-
trance of the Wabash into Pittsburg.
The cost of building the first five
miles from Cumberland averaged $780,
900 a mile and the average cost for the
50 miles is given at 100000
In building this connecting link the
Wabash had to encounter obstacles of
surprising variety that are good Illus
trations of what it means to build new
steam railroads nowadays.
Until the advent of the Wabash il
route through the narrow gaps in the
mountains between Cumberland and
Hancock, forty miles, save those fol-
lowed by the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal and the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road. 1t was this belief that has kept
life in the old waterway, life sustained
by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
company to bar out any possible rival.
Some years ago the Hon. Henry c.
Davis, then owner of the West Vir-
ginia Central railroad, had Il route
surveyed through the country fol-
lowed by the Wabash, but it was given
up as impracticable. AS a result, it
is not surprising that the construc-
greatest undertakings of years. re-
quiring application of almost every
method known in railroad building
and the ingenuity of contractors, who
have built railroads in almost every
state of the union, has been taxed to
the utmost.
Upon forty miles of this line there
are engaged 1929 men, 800 animals.
nine locomotives land nine steam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS.
Extensive Plans for Entertaining the
Delegates.

The committee of the American
Railway association that has charge of
the arrangements for the meeting of
the International Railway congress in
Washington, from May to 10, is
actively at work preparing for this
important event. Stuyvesant Fish,
president of the Illinois Central and
president of the American Railway as
ISOLATION, is chairman of the commit
tee, and among his associates are
Theodore Voorhees,, first vice president
of the Reading railway, and Theodore
N. Ely, chief of motive power of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Several hundred foreign delegates
will be in attendance at the congress,
and it is proposed to provide for their
entertainment on scale never before
attempted by the association. The
details of the entertainment have not
yet been fully worked out. but they
will embrace two banquets at the
New Willard on May 9 and II. After
the adjournment of the congress. on
May IS, there will be a sightseeing
tour for the delegates of the principal
cities of the United States. AS at
present contemplated, there will really
be two tours, to be known as the long
and the short, the delegates to be given
the choice of either. The short tour
embraces a trip from Washington tol
Altoona, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Buffalo,
Schenectady, Niagara Falls, Boston
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

shovels- For eighteen months there
has been no cessation of labor.
An idea of the difficulties en-
countered can be formed from the
crosses the Potomac river nine times,
the Chesapeake & Ohio canal seven
times. the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
three times, passes through mountain
ranges and spurs by five tunnels, vary
ing in length from 700 feet to 400
feet, through ridges and hills by in
Vulnerable cuts, many of them over
fifty feet deep through solid rocks,
and some almost a mile in length, and
that great portion of the road is being
cut out of the rocky sides of noun
tain ranges, directly above the canal.
One of the most unusual difficulties in
railroad construction, and yet the
most troublesome on this line, has
been a disposition of the earth and
rock removed in making the roadbed.
difficulty arising from the fact that
the Wabash follows closely the canal
route. While waiting for legal right
to bridge the old waterway it was
necessary to push the construction
work and to do this the contractors
employed some striking methods.
'fThe first work was done on this
connecting link on July 81. 1903, and
the contract called for its completion
in eighteen months. The delay and
extra work occasioned by trouble with
the canal rendered it's completion
within contract time an impossibility.
Now October 1 is the date set for the
opening of the road. but it is claimed
January L, 1906, would be a nearer
date.
From Cherry Run to Hancock, ten
miles, the road is completed and
trains are running on it. For ten
miles east of Cumberland the roadbed
is ready for the rails and the three
bridges are in course of erection. At
numerous other places there are four
and fve-nile stretches completed, but
there remains a great amount of diff
cult work to be done 1t is only the
fact that work is being rushed day
and night, regardless of weather con-
ditions and without regard to expense,
that makes safe the prediction that
not later than January 1, 1906, the
Wabash will have this line open for
traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
Horse Notes.

John w. Fuller has shipped Toka-
Ion and 13 horses from Hot Springs
Memphis.
The Wisconsin State Fair associa-
ton has decided to hang up $27, 900
for the harness events of 1905
f. E. Smathers' horses, which ir-
clude Rapid Waters, Hands Across
and Favonius, have been shipped to
Memphis from New Orleans.
Charles McCafferty will not ship DR..
Leggo to Memphis in time for the
Tennessee Derby. The double Derby
winner is still on the coast, and viii
probably remain there for a couple of
weeks.
Messrs. Duke & Cobb, the new OWL
ers of the Dover On. H-) track. have
decided to build so additional stalls to
accommodate all the trainers who in
tend to locate there for spring and
early summer training
1t is announced that racing will be-
sin in St Louis on April Is and con-
tinue until the law recently passed by
the legislature making pool selling in
the state felony becomes operative.
This will be about April 49,
Captain Brown is on his way south,
and viii stop over at Memphis to look
over his big racing string in training
there in charge of r. Tucker, and Will
probably see the running of the Mont
gomery Handicap next Tuesday
F. H. Holder. the Yonkers horse
man who recently matched his pacing
mare. Ecstatic. 2:O5H, against Audi
bon Boy. 2:O3A, for $4,000. has de-
cided to present q new 100000 build
ing to the Historical society of Clin-
ton, Mass.
The pacing mare. Angie D., 2:o7, by
Nikasan. 2:19H q. sire by Frank Agar,
2:03 q. has foaled a bay hlly by Peter
the Great, 2:O7H The youngster is
the property of the Patchen Wilkes
Farm, Lexington. Ky, and inherits
speed enough to become a champion
The Kansas and Oklahoma harness
racing circuit viii have II members
this year. The opening meeting Will
be given in Anthony. Kan, August
I'll. and the circuit will close at Har-
per. Kan. on October p. This is the
largest racing circuit west of the
Mississippi river
Following the efforts of the Ben
nings officials in attempting to stamp
out the messengers in the grant
stand, the management of the Mem
phis track has made the announce
ment that professional pool buyers,
who follow the races, will be barred
from operating there
Claymos, 1907 q, is by the records
the fastest horse bred in New Hamp-
shire. Before the fast son OF ClaysepS
took his record this horse was held by
Diavolo, 2.09A. now owned by w J.
Furbush, of West Newton George
NJ. Stevens. of Lancaster. N. H, bred
both of the state champions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
SOME VERY OLD BOOKS.
Rev. Mr.. Barnett, Missionary, Made a
Valuable Collection

Perhaps the most valuable collec-
ton of old books that has ever been
in this town is what was once known
as the Barnett library, says the En-
poria Gazette. This was formerly at
the old Barnett home. sos West Ninth
avenue. and was collected by Rev.
Barnett, the missionary, while in
Egypt Those who were familiar. with
this library, Will remember that it
completely filed a large room, and
that the books fought one another for
standing room upon the over-crowded
shelves. Here were books of every
description and kind. some of which
dated back earlier than 1900. some in
Hebrew. and some in Arabic. 1t is
said that the freight on the books
alone from Egypt was $3.50. The Ii
brary has recently been taken away
by the son. James Barnett
A sight that would brighten the eye
and gladden. the heart of any true
book lover is that of two old Latin
folios owned by J. H. Hill of 1915
Highland They bear the imprint of
J. Nicholson, B. ToOke, and J. Tonson
OF London. and are dated 1913. The
work is an anthology wholly in Latin,
of the great Latin poets, consisting of
selections from Seneca, Horace, Ovid
and many others The title pages are
printed in two colors. and the books
are royalty bound in vellum. A list of
the original subscribers is given, and
among the names on this list are those
of Joseph Addison, Horace Walpole
and Isaac Watts
Mss Sabra Whitley is the owner of
a number of old books Among these
are 1.-The Farmers Almanack," dated
1910. Poems Written by Shakes
peare.' dated 1774; THE Nature and
Institution of Government dated
1871. and the Relative Duties of
Parents and Children, Husbands and
Wives, Masters and Servants, which
bears the date of 1T16. All of these
are yellow with ago, quaint in spelling
and quainter in type and illustration.
At the Normal library one may
chance upon many old books. Among
these are a grammar by Noah Web
ster. printed in Boston in 1892; an old
blue-backed Webster's speller, bearing
the date of 1928; a nineteen volume
set of the works of Jonathan Swift,
printed in 1908, and a two-volume,
age-stained set of John Locke's Essay
on the Understanding. dated 1875.
Some of these contain curiously
scrawling signatures and grotesquely
designed bookplates-
Allan Newman has an old German
Bible which was brought from Ger
many by his great grandfather tt
bears the date of 1859
One Of the oldest books in town is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28

Isaac Montgomery was born in
Pennsylvania, March 26, 1900, and
had he lived until next Sunday would
have been los years old. This Won
derful old man has had an eventful
life and has lived to an age granted
only to few people.
He was one of a family of eight
boys and three girls. His father was
born on the Isle of Man, coming to
this country in 1775, and was a men,
Der of General George Washington's
regiment during the war. He once
owned a tract of land in New York
which he leased to some promoters
for term of 80 years, and this lease
expired thirty years ago. The heirs
far have failed. The land is very
valuable now, being situated in the
heart of one of the principal portions
of New York city
Isaac Montgomery was married in
1882. He moved to Illinois in 1850;
thirty years later he came west to
Kansas and settled in Clyde. During
the civil war he was too old to carry
arms. but sent three sons who fought
thirty years ago, he has lived with
his daughter, Miss Amelia, who has
been his housekeeper and COM
panion-
He leaves seven children, as fol-
lows: Susan Leichleiter, age IS years,
who lives in Coffey county; Silas Mont
gomery, age SIS years, kinghsher,
Okla; George Montgomery, age 62,
Clyde. kas.; VIM. Montgomery, age
So Madrid, Neb.; Mrs David Couch,
age So, Holton, Kas-; Amelia Mont
gomery. age 54, Clyde. kas.; Mrs
Margaret Stick, age 40, Plainville,
Kas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
FIVE men DROWNED.
Tried to Cross Missouri River in
a Skiff.

st. Joe, Mo-, March 2S.-Ffve men lost
their lives in the Missouri river here
last night. The dead:
BILLY LEWIS
OSCAR LEWIS.
HARRY TALENT.
HAIRY SMITH.
HOWARD HUTCHINSON.
The men were engaged in dyke-build-
ing operations on the Kansas side of
the river opposite the water pumping
station. They had been brought to the
Missouri side each evening by a small
steamer but on account of a heavy
wind and rain storm the steamer was
delayed and the men rather than spend
the stormy night in a shack on the
Kansas bank determined to cross in
skiff. About midstream the overloaded
skiff was swamped by the high waves
and four of the men sank in the muddy
water and were seen no more. Hutch
ason was seen swimming but sank be-
fore help could reach him. None Of the
bodies has been recovered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
IT WAS NO DREAM
Even Tllough NearIy IneredibIe.

Even Though Nearly incredible.
For twenty years / suffered with
piles, sometimes being confined to my
bed for days at a time. The relief re-
ceived from doctors, both IN the United
States and Mexico was temporary and
more frequently I received no relief;
other medicines had no effect; it was
continual drag; I was fit for nothing
finally tried Pyramid Pile Cure; first
application was magical I could not
believe I was awake next morning. I
experienced a relief I had not known
for twenty years
"One box cured me. but not believing
myself cured I bought two more and
they are still in my trunk. I first used
this remedy in July, 1902. HAVE HAD
NO OCCASION TO USE IT SINCE
The world should know of Pyramid Pile
Cure I have no words to express its
merits" 2. A Leonard, Nueva Gale
de San Antonio de las Huertas No 5,
City OK Mexico.
Pyramid Pile Cure is in the form of
q suppository. which is admitted to be
the best form of treatment for piles:
II comes in direct contract with the
painful tumors and does its work quick
~ ana painlessly. 1t is sold by drug
gists generally, for fifty cents a pack
age and there is no other remedy lust
ss good" Write Pyramid Drug Co.
Marshall, Mich. for their little book
describing the cause and cure Of piles.
as Il Is sent free for the asking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
DIED AT THE AGE OF 1O5.
Isaac Montgomery, of Clyde, Was the
Oldest Man in Kansas.

Isaac Montgomery, who perhaps
was the oldest man in Kansas, died at
his home in Clyde last week. For
several months past he had been
troubled with dropsy, which his ply
sicians claimed would prove fatal
within a few months. Last week the
old gentleman fell and sustained some
slight bruises. but slight as they were
it is more than likely that the end
was fastened by the fall, says the
Clyde Republican. 1t has been only
a couple of weeks since we saw the
old gentleman out riding. He has
been a very old man as long as the
oldest inhabitants can recall. There
is no doubt but what he had passed
the century mark several years, al
though there is a difference of Opin-
ion among his children regarding his
age. The age quoted above is by
authority of George Montgomery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-28
TEN YEARS SENTENCE.


Cleveland, March 2s.=Unless the
higher court interferes, Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick will spend the greater part
of the next ten years in the Ohio state
penitentiary.
A sentence of ten years was i'm
posed on her by Judge Robert W.
Tayler in the United States district
court The sentence came at the close
of a busy day for the court in hear
ing arguments on a motion for a new
trial which lasted all day. The mo-
ton was overruled.
Mrs. Chadwick was convicted on
seven counts and sentenced upon six
counts For four of these counts, a.
sentence of two years each was inn
one year each was imposed, making
a total of ten years.
AS soon as the sentence was pro-
nounced, Attorney J. p Dawley. coun-
sci for Mrs. Chadwick, took excep-
tons to the sentences upon each
count except the first count The de-
Tense intends to make the claim that
the court cannot impose a separate
sentence for each count. that the law
applied to the general charge, instead
of each incident of a general charge.
The various counts Of the indictment
are considered by the defense to re-
fer only to details of the general
offense. This point will also be con-
tested in the higher court will the
other points of the Chadwick trial
which resulted in her conviction.
Mrs. Chadwick was indicted by the
United States grand jury at a special
session ordered by Judge Francis j.
Wing, who has, since his retirement
from the federal bench, become her
associate counsel, on seven separate
charges, each relating to her connec-
ton with the failure of the Citizens
National bank of Oberlin, of which
the late G. T. Beckwith was president
and A. B. Spear cashier Both the
president and cashier were jointly in
dicted with the woman who borrowed
thousands of dollars of the banks
money.
She was convicted under the indict-
ment in which she was charged with
conspiracy with Beckwith and Spear
to certify her checks when she had
no money in the bank.
BY good behavior Mrs. Chadwick
can reduce her time of imprisonment
to eight years and four months.
When seen after sentence had been
pronounced. Mrs Chadwick replied to
a question:
What more can the world want to
know about me now2"