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The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
wH1sKY's PITIFUn WORK.
Causes Young Man TO Commit For.
gerry and Embezzlement.

Causes Young Man TO Commit For
gerry and Embezzlement.
Atchison, Kas.. Nov. S.-The Globe
says:
One of the most pitiful cases at po-
lice headquarters in many days is the
case of Virgil Belcher. who was ar
rested yesterday on the instruction of
the Missouri Pacific railroad. Bel
cher had been night operator at
COTS since the 25th Of last month.
He did not like the place, and called
for his time more than d week ago.
TO him. Saturday he got into a crap
game, and then went out with the
boys and filled up on Kansas whisky.
He entered the depot and took $40
from the money drawer, issued pass
for himself and wife from GOffs to
Atchison, left the depot in charge of
friend, and he and his wife boarded
the train and came to AtchisOn, where
they were arrested.
Beleher is young man, perhaps
26 years old, and his wife is a frail
little woman. who does not look to be
moro than IS. She is very pretty
and as loyal to her husband as a
woman can be. She says her husband
has been drinking heavily for the past
six months and that he was unusual
" drunk Saturday, and that when he
came for her with a pass to Atchison
she thought it was all right until he
told her after they had started that
they might be arrested when they
reached Atchison, and what he had
done After he had ben taken to the
police station and locked up she asked
to be allowed to stay with him in
the cell, but this was refused her, and
she took a place in the corridor. and
has held 1t ever since, refusing to eat
or drink anything until this morning
when she was induced to drink a lit
tie coffee. BeIcher Will likely be taken
to Seneca, where a charge of forgery
and embezzlement will be placed
against him
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
Orders Placed by Santa Fe for
as New Passenger Cars.
Thirty of Them Are to Be De-
voted to Smokers.
WILL COST 100000.
Some to BE Partitioned to Sep
arate Blacks From Whites.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
i'm Railroad Circles.

At an expense of 5000, 600 the Off
cials of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe are to better the passenger equip
ment of the road, to the end that it
viii be as good as that of any road in
the country, and in some respects bet
ter. This was the announcement
made by W. ]. Black. passenger
traffic manager of the company, just
before he left for Chicago the first of
the week.
Orders have been placed by the
road with the Pullman company for
seventy-five new passenger cars, which
will cost about S12, 600 each. These
cars are to be as large as any pas
senger cars that are built. being sew
enty feet long, and as large otherwise
proportionately.
Thirty of these cars are to be built
for special use as smoking cars. They
will have rattan seats and will be
equipped with cuspid0rs and other
conveniences for the users of to-
baccO. 1t is planned to make them
as sanitary as possible. It has been
the custom of the Santa Ee and the
other roads as well to use second
class passenger coaches for smokers,
cars that have Outlived their useful
ness in the regular passenger service,
and these cars on the big through
Il ans nave VI OhCH uP the NOiANA4uAAS
of the train, as few if any of them
have been vestibuled. When these
new smoking cars are received, and
some of them will be coming along
the first of the year, as all of the or
der for the seventy-f1ve czrs IS to be
delivered by the first of March, the
company will put them on the through
trains, and then these trains will be
vestibuled throughout.
when we get these Nine new
smoking cars on our overland trains"
said Mr.. Black, "our service will be
as good as it possibly can be made.
With our new balanced compound en-
gines we have enough Of them to use
on all the through passenger trains
on the system, west OF Albuquerque as
well as east of that point and from the
engine to the rear Pullman on all of
our through trains the equipment
will be such that no one will have a
word of complaint"
Twenty of the new cars are to. be
regular passenger coacher partitioned
in the center. These are to be used
through Texas. The Texas laws re-
quire that all passenger cars running
through the state shall be partitioned
so that the blacks can be separated
from the whites. and these new cars
are to be built so that the road can
equip all its Texas trains with cars
that comply with the law.
The other twenty-five cars of the
order of seventy-f1ve are to be pas
senger coaches of the most modern
type, with high back plush seats
These are also to be used on the
through overland trains.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
IN Her BARE FEET
One Spot in Kansas Where
Prosperity Reigns Not.
Testimony in a Fort Scott Court
Shows PitifuI Case.
A WORTHLESS FATHER.
His Family Without Clothes or
Sufficient Food.
The Wife and Mother Washed
Only Dress at Night.
4 WORTHLESS FATHER.

Fort Scott, Nov. S.-The fact that a
woman walked to Fort Scott from her
humble home at near Harding in her
bare feet and searched for work, is a
matter that ought to be reckOned with
by the law. This is the state of affairs
that was brought out in the testimony
Of the hearing of the Fred Wutke
children in court here The court
sent for the family on complaint that
the father mistreated his children.
The evidence showed that he had
beaten his children and abused them
in other ways. Two of the oldest girls,
aged ? and IS, were taken away
from the family and are now in the
G00dIander home. The family was al
lowed TO keep the two younger girls.
The father was indignant and stated
to the court that if the youngest girl
was taken from him he would kill
himself. The court thought he might
carry out the threat.
The evidence disclosed a sad state
of affairs in the family. Wutke is
German and is in humble circum-
stances but this seemed no excuse for
busing his family He allowed his
wife to go barefOOted, walk to Fort
Scott to secure work. She was al
lowed but one calico dress and when
it got so dirty that she couldn't wear
it she was compelled to wash it at
night and hang it up to dry before
morning. An older daughter who had
left home and went to Nevada and
secured work. told the court that her
father abused her until she had to
leave home. 1t was she who made
the complaint against him.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
STOOL OF SHO GUNS.
Was Occupied by Admiral Togo on His
Return to Toxic.

Victoria, B. c.. Nov. S.-The steamer
Empress Of China brought details of
lowed by his staff in carriages he went
through Toxic streets lined with
cheering thousands with children in
front ranks to Uyeno park. where the
ancient festivals performed by all
Japanese great captains, Nobunaga.
Hideyoshi and Lyeyasu. were perform
ed. Many Shinto priests returned
thanks to heaven for victory while Ad-
miral Togo sat seated on a war stool
which was an heirloom of the Tokuga-
wa ShO Guns. Then commenced a
round of pleasure in which the visiting
British sailors joined, the climax be-
ing the admiraPs visit to the emperor
to report. The great review off Yoko-
hama ended the celebrations.
Admiral Togo in an interview pub
hshed by the Toxic Ashi, copies OF
which were received by the empress OF
China said the japanese navy must
have suffered severely had Admiral Ro-
zsstVensky's feet not come too late.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08

gion, its forests being more ike those
of Mexieo-hard woods, especially suit
able for furniture The great supply Of
car lumber for the future is the fir from
Oregon, washington and British Col
umbia. This wood is admirably suited
to the requirements of car construction.
and at present the supply appears to be
inexhaustible. large company has
recently visited the region with an or
der for $4,000. 600 feet of fir lumber. Car
lumber is usually sawed to order and
the yard supply is not large, so that a
heavy demand soon exhausts the sawed
material and the price is advanced. The
price of car sills has increased 50 per
cent in the past six or eight years. It
is likely that on account of the high
cost of the material, not only for new
construction but for more frequent re-
pairs. the wooden car industry win
gradually decline and steel construction
extend to the cars of even smaller ca
pacity than that of those now employ
ing it.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
THEoRIEs ABouT HOOD.
Also a Few Facts on the Same
Subject.

Also Few Facts on the Same
Subject.
We hear much nowadays aDout
health foods and hygienic living, about
vege etarianism, and many other fads
along the same line.
Restaurants may be found in the
larger cities where no meat, pastry or
coffee is served and the food crank Is
theories galore advanced to prove that
meat was never intended for human
stomachs, and almost make US believe
that our sturdy ancestors, who lived
four-score years in robust health on
roast beef, pork and mutton must have
been grossly ignorant OF the laws OF
our forefathers had other things to
do than formulate theories about the
food they ate. A warm welcome was
enxtended to any kind, from bacon to
acorns.
A healthy appetite and common
sense are excellent guides to follow in
matters of diet, and mixed diet OF
grains, fruits and meats is undoubted-
ly the best.
AS compared with grains and vege-
tables meat furnishes the most nutri-
ment in a highly concentrated form
and is digested and assimilated more
quickly than vegetables or grains.
DR. julius Remmson, on this subject,
says: Nervous persons, people run
down in health and of low vitality
SnOulQ eat meat anu pretty u IL II
the digestion is too feeble at first it
NAV be easily corrected by the regular
use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after
each meal. Two of these excellent
tablets taken after dinner will digest
several thousands grains of meat, eggs
or other animal food in three hours,
and no matter how weak the stomach
NAV be, no trouble will be experienced
If a regular practice is made of using
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because
they supply the pepsin and diastase
necessary to perfect digestion, and
every form of Indigestion will be over
come by their use.
That large class of people who come
under the head Of nervous dyspepucs
should eat plenty of meat and insure
its proper digestion by the daily use of
a safe. harmless digestive medicine ike
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, composed
of the natural digestive principles, pep
sin. diastase, fruit acids and salts,
which actually perform the work OF
Digestion Cheap cathartic medicines,
masuuerading under the name of dys-
DeDsia cures. are useless for indiges-
ton. as they have absolutely no effect
upon the actual digestion of food
Dyspepsia in all its many forms IS
simply a failure of the stomach to di-
gest food, and the sensible way to
solve the riddle and cure the dyspep-
sia is to make daily use at meal time
of a preparation like Stuart's Dyspep-
sia Tablets which is endorsed by the
medical profession and known to con-
tain active digestive Drlciples.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
HIS LIFE THREATENED
Anonymous Letter Sent to American
Consul at Canton.

Hong Kong, Nov. S.-Advices from Can
ton says that the anti-American feeling
there is growing more intense. A lady has
been spat upon in a street and the Amer
lean consul, J. G. Lay, has received an
anonymous letter threatening his life if
the imprisoned boycotters of American
goods are not released The consul has
written to the viceroy asking him to pro-
hibft an anti-American mass meeting
which it is proposed to hold in Canton,
but the viceroy apparently is Indifferent.
The American consul today proceeded
to Lien Chau in order to make an official
investigation of the recent massacre of
American missionaries there. The Chi
nese authorities will be represented by
the Tao Tai.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
WORRYING HARD ON NEW ROAD.
Line From CoGeyviIle to Viaita Be
ing Pushed.

Vinita. L T.. Nov. S.-Work on the
Vinita & Western railroad, which is
building from this place to Coffeyville,
Kan, is being pushed rapidly. The
grade has been completed for several
miles north of this place and the cars
will soon be running to the Timber Hin
coal bank. west of Blue Jacket T. T.
After passing the coal bank this new
road starts out for Coffeyville, KAN,
and win ultimately be built to Cherry
vale, Kan. This road is believed to be
a Frisco proposition although it is now
known as an Independent line The
people OF Centralia. I. T., are trying
hard to raise a bonus to secure this
new railroad. Centralia is a small in
land town, some six or seven years
old. and has nearly 1000 inhabitants.
The railroad company has made the
town a proposition, and it is believed
that the people will raise the money,
and the little town will soon hear the
steam engine as it whistles for their
town as station on the Vinita &
Western.
This railroad passes through a rich
agricultural country and also a fine
coal field, and many excellent coal
banks will be opened up as soon as the
railroad is in operation.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
BIG Gas LEASES.
The Sum Of s2s, 900 Paid out by Lola
Parties.

lola. Nov. S.-A deal was closed in
lola between a representative of the
Kansas Natural Gas company and
Harry Thompson, one of the members
of the Banner Oil and Gas company,
whereby for the sum of S28,00O,
lease two and a half miles northwest
of Chanute was sold to the gas com
pany. The lease is near the Allen
county line, in this county The Ban
ner company is composed chiefly of
lola parties, and the lease lies near
some of the property of the city. The
wells are only tolerabIy good. The
lease is only two miles from the big
pumping plant at PetrOlia.
A deal is also on foot by which the
Kansas Natural Gas company viii
probably become the owner of the gas
lands in Anderson and Allen counties
aggregating 1900 acres. These lands
are located in the south part Of An
derson county and the north part of
Allen county. Most of them are in
Anderson county. They embrace
about a dozen different farms They
were recently examined by State
GeOlOgist Haworth, of the Kansas
university who pronounced them good
gas lands. These lands also belong to
the Banner Oil and Gas company, and
the sale when cOnsummated win be
one of great magnitude.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
TAKES TIME.
Some Years Getting There and What
Happened Then.

The poison in coffee does not al
ways work it's mischief swiftly-some-
times it fastens its hold upon the vic
tim by slow degrees that are not no
ticeable for while. But once it be-
gins, the day will surely come when
the coffee drinker will be "up against
it and must have relief
A lady writes from California
I'VE were great coffee drinkers in
our home, using it at every meal and
frequently drinking it in the evening
with friends, and it was not until after
the lapse of years that We began to
realize that it was doing us harm.
My symptoms We're not so bad, al
though my health suffered in many
minor ways, but my husband became
afflicted with a most painful stomach
trouble He could not assimilate his
food properly and everything he ate
gave him great distress. We were
slow to suspect the truth, but we now
see that it was caused by the use of
coffee.
"sAt last he determined to quit using
coffee altogether. and like a good wife
did so, too. We worried along for
month without any hot table bever-
age. till one day friend happened
TO say to me, 4 am using Postum Food
Coffee now. and feel so much better
for it I told her that we had tried
it and did not care for it, and she said
it must have been because it wasn't
properly prepared. So bought a
package and prepared it strictly ac-
cording to directions. We were aston
ished and delighted at the result.
I'VE have been using Postum Cof-
fee for q year now, and I rejoice to
be able to tell you that it has cured
my husband of his dyspepsia. This
is a statement that does not seem to
have the significance It ought to have
If I could make you understand how
| intense his suferings used to be, you
would realize what a deliverance Post
um wrought for him.
MY own health has also greatly i'm
proved and the credit for all must be
given to Postum Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the little book. 1.-THE road to
EYellvilIe." in pkgs.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
BIG SUITS AGAINST ROADS.
Are Said 10 Have WrOngfuIIy Used
Patent Tickets.

All Of the railroads in the Central
Passenger association, and among
them are the Atchisons Topeka &
Santa Fe and the Rock Island, are
threatened with litigation involving
hundreds of thousands of dollars,
charged to be due for an alleged in
fringement of patent ticket forms.
The complainant in the case is the ex-
ecutor of the estate of w. B. Wheeler,
formerly of the firm of Scott &
Wheeler. The matter viii be sub
ject for consideration at the monthly
meeting of the association, which is to
be held in Chicago this afternoon.
Scott & Wheeler secured patents on
the form of ironclad ticket Which re
quired deposit with validating agency
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
Will BUILD TO rHIs COUNTRY.
Mexican Central to Extend Line to san
Antonio. TEXAS

44GAAIdn 0NAAAt-A 10 AAAtNuu A4il1C san
Antonio. Texas
Galveston Tex, Nov. S-The Mexican
Central has been granted a concession
to extend its line to the Rio Grande,
opposite Brownsville, and it is report
ed that the construction of the exten-
sion will be made through Texas to San
Antonio. This will give the Mexican
Central a short and direct line to San
Antonio and shorten its line north and
east from Mexico by thirty-six hours.
The proposed extension from Paredon,
Mexico north to the Rio Grande, which
the government refused to concede
three years ago, viii be extended east
ward to Brownsville. A terminal site
has been acquired at Brownsville and
one report has it that combination
has been erected with YOakum's St.
Louis, Brownsville and Mexico road to
use that line out of Brownsville for
200 miles and thence build into San An
tonic.
The Mexican National hold an exclu-
siVe grant from the Mexican govern
ment for twenty years to extend to the
Texas border between Del Rio and
Brownsville, which caused the Central
to abandon its partly constructed line
from Paredon to a point just north of
Laredo.
The concession also permits the con-
struction of another straight line from
the Rio Grande to Mexico City, and
plans for this project are now under
cOnSiderat ton
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
TolIrisf Cars PonuIar.

The. idea that an inferior class of
people patronize the tourist sleepers is
an error On many trips only the best
class of travellers are found. They are
merely men and women Of good sense
in this manner and save a snug sum
of money to be used elsewhere. 1t is
beginning to be understood that it is
by no means necessary for the traveller
to spend a large sum Of money in or
der to enjoy trip to the Pacific coast
II YOU cross the continent in one of
the tourist sleepeFs of the Union Pa
cifc you viii enjoy your trip and save
considerable money
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
CROWDS OF HOAIEsEEKERs.
Trains Going Through Topeka FILLED
With ExcursiORists.

Homeseekers bound for the west and
southwest were greatly in evidence on
that passed through here yesterday
and today. The cheap homeseekers'
rates We're in effect yesterday but the
great rush of the excursionists through
here did not occur until today. 1t is
estimated that the Santa Fe and Rock
Island yesterday handled between two
and three thousand extra passengers
for points in Oklahoma, western Kan
sas and Texas and about double that
number today. These hOmeseekers
excursions are run by the roads on the
first and third Tuesdays of each month
and so far this fall many thousands of
persons from the east and middle west
have taken advantage of the low rates
offered and gone to points in the west
and southwest where farm lands are
being doomed.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
WISCONSIN TAX IS VALID.
Must Pay the State Thou
sands of nOTIarG

Railroads Must Pay the State Thou
sands of Dollars.
The state of Wisconsin will be en-
riched many thousands of dollars if a
decision given by Judge S. D. Hastings,
of Green Bay, is upheld by the higher
courts In a suit brought by the rail
roads of the state to set aside ad val
oTem tax assessments on the ground
that the law violated the principle of
equal taxation, the judge ruled that the
law is constitutional and the assess
ments valid. 1t is estimated the decis-
ion will increase by 100000 railroad
saxes for the year 1903 a still greater
sum for 1904, and at least a million
more for 1905 compared with amount
assessed under the license fee system.
The case will be appealed.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
RATHER EXPRESSIVE NAMES.
One of the Katy's Lines Called African
Central.

When the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway built its new line from Musko-
gee to Usage junction the line split the
Arkansas valley where there was a
dense population of negroes. Two-thirds
of the passenger traffic was made up
of. negroes. The newspapers promptly
named the road THE African Central
The name has stuck to the line despite
the officials strenuous efforts to make
it recognized as the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas.
The only railroad to TahIequah.
where the Cherokee land office is. Is
the St Louis & San Francisco branch
from Fayetteville, Ark, to Okmulgee.
over this line, especially between Mus
kogee, where the Dawes commission is,
and Tahlequah, there is a heavy pas
senger traffic of alIottees going to file,
and lease men, oil men and Rrafters
buying negroes to file them. The
newspapers promptly named this line
the "Grafters' Limited The name
was so applicable that it also has
stuck.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
Prominent Fort RILEY Wedding.

Junction City, Kan, Nov. S.-Lieu-
tenant William +. Morrison and Miss
Bessie Taylor daughter of Colonel and
Mrs. Sidney W. Taylor of Fort Riley.
last evening at o'clock. The cere-
mony was witnessed by all of the Of
ficers and women OF the post. as well
as by many visiting officers and their
families. Lieutenant Morrison recent
ly was transferred to the coast artil-
lery from the Seventh battery of field
artillery, with which he was stationed
here two years.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
Colonel I.ittle,s Cotton Cron.

Col. Little today harvested his cotton
crop. Schools being out it was easy to
get help and the crop was gathered in
good condition. It is estimated that if
there were enough plants like the one
picked today it would go a bale and a
half to the acre. While it was but one
bush it has grown out of doors in his
garden and produced as well as any in
the south and is probably the first cot
ton ever raised in this county.-Abilene
Reflector.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
01ORMoNs WANT CLERGY RATE
But Railroads Say Missionaries Work
on Business Basis.

Chicago, Nov. S-The Mormon
church has made application to the
Central Passenger association for rec
ognition for its missionaries by the
clergy bureau of the association. The
Mormons claim that their mission
aries are entitled to half rates, as
they are engaged in evangelical work.
The railroads, however, claim that the
missionaries proseIyte on commission
and that their salaries depend upon
the number of converts they secure.
The work is regarded. therefore, by
the railroads rather in the light of
business than that of Christian en-
deavor.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-11-08
EXTRA WORK. NO EXTRA PAY.
This Is New Order Affecting Santa
ITe POrfPrs

This Is a New Order Affecting Santa
E'e Porters.
Train porters on the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe are in an angry mood
over a new order that has just been
put in effect by the officials of the
company and which wiz mean re-
duction in the amount of money that
the porters may make in a month.
Heretofore the porters have been
doing head end breaking and the por-
ter work on their cars for $44.65
month, with a rest of thirty-six hours
between trips, and whenever they were
asked to double or make a trip during
the time that they were supposed to be
off they have received extra pay for
this extra work.
Under the new order they are liable
to be called on for an exta trip be-
tween their regular runs without extra
pay. A train porter does not change
at division points as other trainmen do
but runs out for a distance of about
three hundred miles and back.