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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
VOTERS WOULD DECIDE.
Clay Center People Would Vote on
Granting of Franchises.


Clay Center, Kas., March 24.@The
citizens of Clay Center held mass
convention in the court room Thurs
day evening. There was a large turn
out of electors. Ed L. Bell was chair
man and Frank Hemphill secretary.
Geo W. Hanna was nominated for
mayor By unanimous vote; ". G.
Meals, councilman from the First
ward; Ed Hartwell, councilman from
the Third ward, and Steve Trip
member of the board of education
from the Third ward The nominees
afterward addressed the convention
and affirmed theiG allegiance to the
following platform, or resolutions;
Whereas, The most important ques-
ton at this time before the people of
the city of Clay Center is that of
lighting; and
whereas. The present franchise for
lighting the city by electricity is soon
to expire. be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
convention that the terms of re-
newal of any public franchise held in
this city, or the terms of any pro-
posed new franchise, should be sub
mitted to a vote of the people before
action is taken by the mayor and city
council, and that the mayor and city
council should be guided by ma
jority vote cast on the question. This
may be done in any way that will
to express themselves, whether at a
regular election or informally, as
primary party vote is taken. Be it
further
Resolved, That the candidates be-
fore this convention for mayor and
councilmen be requested to pledge
themselves not to vote for any public
franchise before the same has been
submitted to a vote of the people and
ample time given for a consideration
of the matter. Be it further
Resolved, That for the best inter
ests of the city of Clay Center no
nominations be made on the city
ticket excepting mayor and council
men in the First and Third wards and
mem Der of the board of education in
the Third ward. the candidates now
nominated for other city offices repre-
sendng the principles advocated by
this convention.
Geo. ". Hanna is a hustler and has
a strong following among the business
men, who are opposed to the grant
ing of an electric light franchise be-
fore the same has been submitted to
a vote of the people. Mr.. Hanna only
accepted the nomination through pres
sure from both political friends and
foes, knowing that he would cham
pion the cause and bring the same to
a successful outcome as outlined in
the platform and resolutions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
Kansas Division of Rock Island
Second In Importance.
Illinois Division Only One Max
ing Better Exhibit.
FEBRUARY FIGURES.
Some Comparisons of Freight
Service.
Unlimited Cash for Improve
ments This Year.

The Kansas division of the Rock
Island railway is second in Importance,
as indicated by the amount of freight
handled and the facility and dispatch
attendant thereto, of the fifteen di-
visions of the system.
Comparative figures for the month
OF February, 1905, show that the IlIi-
nois division, which consists principal
ly of the $50 miles from Chicago to
Rock Island. is the only division that
developed a greater amount of bust
ness than the Kansas division. The
fact that the Kansas division handled
more than two-thirds as much bust
ness as the Illinois division is signifi-
can't when it is taken into considera-
ton that all the through and local
freight in and out of Chicago destined
to or from all points on the branch
line to Minneapolis, Mimi, the line
into South and North Dakota, the line
to Iowa and Nebraska, the line
through Iowa and Missouri to Kansas
City, the line to Colorado and the
lines to the southwest to FL Paso, as
we'll as the lines south into Texas and
the gulf, pass over the Illinois division.
The Missouri and Iowa divisions
come next in the order named in the
volume of business handled.
Here is a statement of the number
of trains handled during the month
on the four most important divisions,
together with the train mileage:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
SANTA FE RENEWs EFFORTS.
Tries to Secure Possession OF Angel
Pass.

The Santa Fe has renewed its
efforts before the supreme court of
Arizona last week to compel the dis
trict attorney of Coconino county to
GUST Ralph Cameron by quo warranto
proceedings for possession of the trail
leading from Grand Canyon. Cam
eron holds the property on an old
mining claim and everyone who
wishes to see the Grand Canyon must
pass over this trail, paying Cameron
a toll before doing SO, however.
The railroad company asserts that
Cameron. has no right to the property
and is holding it Illegally. The dis
trict attorney has been importuned to
bring action against the man, but has
refused. The railroad now seeks to
force him. The matter will be heard
March 81.
The Santa Fe has made previous at
tempts to dispossess Cameron of the
trail. District Attorney Ashurst's pre-
decessor also declined to bring action
against Cameron and suits were insti-
tuted against him by the railroad but
they were thrown out on technicali-
ties.
The trail in dispute has been held
by Cameron for years. He has be-
come wealthy, it is said, through
charging Grand Canyon visitors with
tolls, and he will make a hard fight to
hold the property in the event of the
district attorney being forced to ac-
ton. Both officials who refused to
proceed against the man contend that
he is the rightful owner of the trail
and that proceedings against him
would avail nothing and prove only a
useless expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24

system became thoroughly poisoned
with malaria. When 1 was mustered
out, carried that disease home with
me. After a while locomotor ataxia ap-
peared'
How did the ataxia begin?"
Il first noticed a pain in my ankles
and knee joints. This was followed by
numb feeling in my legs. I was at
work in the Portsmouth, N. H, Navy
Yard when the symptoms first appeared
At times I had to drag myself around;
my legs would shake or become per-
fectIy dead
Did you ordinarily have any diff
Guilty in walking?"
II had constant trouble in getting
about ia the dark. kept light burn
ing in my room at night as | could not
balance myself in the darkness. Even
with the aid of a light wobbled, and
my movements were so unsteady that 1
would reach out and catch hold of
chairs to prevent myself from falling
"How long were you a sufferer?
-Four years in all. During the last
three years was confined to bed, some
times for week, again for three or four
weeks at a time. When 1 was lying
down the pain in my back was ire
quently so severe that had to be help
ed UP and put in a chair TO get a little
relief. 1 had considerable pain in my
bowels and no control over my kidneys
The worst of all was that the doctor
could give me no hope Of recovery
Glow were you curedI"
a.I read in a newspaper that DR.. Will
lialns' Pink Pills had cured lOcomotor
ataxia and one or two friends spoke 10
me about them In the fall of 1908 be-
gan to take them for myself and had
not used more than one box before
found that the pains in my knees and
ankles were greatly relieved. Four
months afterward I became a perfectly
well man and / am today enjoying the
best of health. DR.. Williams Pink PITS
cured the locomotor ataxia and drove
the malaria out of my system too"
Mr. Edward II. Ariel lives at No AZ
Powow street, Amesbury, Mass. Every
sufferer from locomotor ataxla should
try DR.. Williams Pink Pills without de-
Law. There is no reason why they should
not do for others all that they have
done for Mr.. Ariel. They also cure
sciatica, neuralgia and partial paralysis
Any druggist can supply them-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24

1 An extra ordinary feature of the eX-
hibit is the fact that the ton miles on
the Kansas division alone exceeded by
more than 5000, 900 the total number
of ten miles on all three divisions of
the northern district which includes
the lines in northern Iowa, Minnesota
and the DakOtaS. This section of the
country is considered very good. The
Kansas division does not embrace the
total mileage in the state of Kansas,
while the mileage of the three di-
most three times as much as the total
mileage OF the Kansas division.
In these figures no attempt has been
made to show comparisons of the
other II divisions of the system. Il
may be mentioned that the ton miles
OF the Kansas division forms about
one-eighth of the total ton miles
shown in the exhibit of all the 1 5 di-
visions of the system. In other words
the ton miles on the Kansas division
was double the average of the 10 dj-
visions.
The exhibit shown in the columns
for the average cars per train and
the average tons per train on the Kan
sas division are remarkable on ae-
count of the fact that the month of
February the month for which the
figures are given, was perhaps the
hardest and most severe of any in the
past several years, as we'll as the most
severe of the winter last past
The showing of the Kansas division,
when all the things with, which the
operating department had to contend
with are taken into consideration, is
most gratifying to Division Supt- Q.
w. Jones and the other officials on the
division who co-operated with him in
making this exceptionally fine record.
The figures for the month of February
quoted above are indicative of the
usual standing of the Kansas division,
month by month. When one Conpre-
bends the significance of the figures
given above and the strategecal loca-
ton of the Kansas division is also
taken into consideration, it is not hard
to find the reason for the recognition
of Topeka by the present manage
ment of the Rock Island as the nat
ural operating headquarters for the
lines west of the Missouri river. These
facts doubtless will also have consid-
cradle weight in finally determining
the matter of returning the general
traffic offices to Topeka. which now
seems highly probable.
The Rock Island seems to be very
strong financially. and the engineer
ing department and the maintenance
department will have almost unlim-
tied cash to do the work necessary
and possible to be accomplished dur
ing the summer
The bridges and building depart
ment will have nearly a half million
dollars to put into improvements of
division this year, and the engineer
ing department will have more than
a million dollars to spend in replacing
light steel rails with heavy rails and
in ballasting the lines on the Kansas
division These figures do not include
be carried out on the other divisions
of the system
looks bright and rosy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
BONDSMEN APPEAL.
Graham County Men Claim They
Were Tricked.

A peculiar sort of a suit on a bond
has been appeSled from the district
court of Ellis county to the supreme
court-on a bond, too, that was taken
by the supreme court itself.
Back in September, 1901, William
Ward Pipes. a Graham county boy.
went down to Ellis, got into a fight
in a joint. and shot the jointist, David
Leahy. He was arrested and convict
ed of murder IN the second degree and
sentenced to twenty years in the peni-
Tertiary. The case was appealed to
the supreme court and Pipes was re-
leased on a bond for $500, which
had attached to it the signatures of
thirty or more persons, qualifying in
sums of from 500 to $500 The
bond was approved by Chief Justice
Johnston, and Pipes was released.
Afterwards the supreme court affirmed
the judgment of the lower court,
whereupOn Pipes suddenly left the
country and has not been heard of
since.
Suit was brought against the bonds
men, and some of them. at least, ap-
peared to be astounded by it. They
claimed they had never signed the
bond According to the defense, they
claimed that A. r. Pipes. the boys
father, came to them with blank
sheets of fOolscap and told them the
boy would have to give bond but it
was not vet known how much; that
he was getting up a list of those who
would be willing to go on the bond
amount they would qualify for. He
represented that D. J. Hanna, Alvin
Law. and a number of other wealthy
and influential Graham county men
would be on the bond. Under these
representations the majority of the
bondsmen say they put their names
to the blank piece of paper, with the
understanding that they were to be
called together to qualify when the
time came to really give the bond
They say that this was all they ever
did. and they did not know that their
names were on any bond. It was
alleged that the bond was made UP
by pasting together a number of
pieces of paper. and that the bond
was written out and pasted on the
top of the list which A. B. Pipes had
secured.
Notwithstanding this the district
court held twenty-four of the bonds
men liable for the bond. one man
proved his signature was Il forgery.
and another man proved that he was
drunk when he signed the bond and
didn't know what he was doing. Both
of these were let off and three or four
others escaped on one plea. another.
Those who were held liable for the
bond now appeal to the supreme /
court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
SUMMER RATES SETTLED.
Colorado Roads Agree Upon Excursion
Rates.

Denver, March 24.-Summer and
special excursion rates throughout the
state were decided upon at a meeting
of the Colorado Terminal Lines assoc
citation yesterday afternoon.
For the convention of electric light
men, which will take place in Denver,
June 6 to IL, a rate of one fare for
the round trip was decided upon. This
will apply to all places in the state,
and is expected to bring a monster
crowd for the convention, which is to
boost for a city of lights
The summer rates to and from
various parts of Colorado will be the
same as last year, according to the
agreement sanctioned by representa-
tives of all the lines yesterday. The
state rate to the G. A. r. and the E,p-
worth League convention will be 1
cent d mile.
Colorado railroads will have an
agent at the headquarters of the Ep-
worth League convention, in order to
facilitate the handling of the immense
number of tickets which will have to-
be certified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
COMING NEXT WEEK.
Rock Island omclals win Be II

Rock Island OhiciaIs VIII Be In
Topeka.
The presidents special train bearing
the officials of the Rock Island rail-
road will reach Topeka next Thursday
morning on the annual spring inspec-
ton trip.
The special train will consist of five
private cars and among the officials
on board Will be President B. L.
Winche1l, Second Vice President J. f.
Stevens, Third Vice President w. 3.
Biddle, Freight Traffic Manager J. F.
Holden, Passenger Traffic Manager
John Sebastian, General Freight Agent
ii. H Enbry, General superintendent
of Transportation w. NJ. Hobbs, Chief
Engineer H. F. White, and General
superintendent Hiram Cable and J.
0. Crockett.
Division Superintendent c. w. Jones
of Topeka will join the party at Hor-
ton and will accompany the train dur
ing the rest of the trip.
The party leaves Chicago the first
of the week, going west to Omaha.
Lincoln and Fairbury- From that
point the trip will be continued to st.
Joe via Horton. Returning west
again the party will pass through To-
peha- where a stop of several hours
will be made. The officials will then
make a trip to Oklahoma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
FOUR YEARS.
FOLLOWS MALARIA CONTRACTED IN
SPANlSH-AMERICAN WAR.
Victim Had Become Helpless When He
Tried DIR. Williams Pink Pills,
But Was Cured in -Four Months.

Victim Had Become Helpless When He
Tried DR.. Williams Pink Pills,
But Was Cured in -Four Months
Because he did not know that there is
a remedy for locomotor ataxia, Mr..
Ariel endured four years of weakness.
pain and misery of thinking his case to
be incurable Any druggist could have
told hinl that Dr. Williams Pink Pills,
after establishing a reputation for the
quick and thorough cure Of ordinary
nervous disorders, had been used in cases
of ataxia with results that were aston
ishing even to the makers of that great
nerve remedy.
The Dr. Williams Medicine company
investigated these cases carefully,
found the facts beyond dispute, and the
cures lasting. Then the victims of To-
comotor ataxia were told to despair no
longer. In the hope that it may shorten
the misery of others similarly afflicted,
Mr.. Ariel makes the following state
ment;
.At the outbreak of the Spanish
American war went with Company B,
Eighth Regiment, NJ. V. NJ, into camp
at Chickamauga, and while there my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
A Woman Deputy sheriff.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cass Goddard, one of
the most prominent women of Colo
RADIO. has been appointed a deputy
sheriff Of FL Paso county. She is the
only woman occupying this Office III
the state of Colorado. While she has
received the appointment in order to
facilitate her work in the protection
of mlstreated animals. she has the full
powers of the office of deputy sheriff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
Proposed Railway Extension.

The Railway Age has prepared list OF
railways under construction and projected
in the United states. While many of the
projects enumerated will never material
lie, a large mileage is projected to cover
awaits TRANSPORTATION facilities, and such
lines as these will be built-some of them
This year and others in years to come An
efTorf to Gull from this impressive list
such projects as bear the stamp of gen
results in showing total OF a,2oo
miles now under construction or under
contract and g 332 miles more which may
be cIassed as live projects. The latter in
cillde lines showing signs of life and on
which work may begin during the year.
The proposed mileage thus classified is
distributed as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24

BY the terms of a concession grant
ed this week by the Mexican govern
ment to sydney A. Witherbee and
other Chicago capitalists a railroad
will be built by the latter from San
Juan de las Huertas to Puente de
Ixtle with the further privilege of ex-
tension to the Pacific coast. The road
will be narrow gauge and will open
up a rich mineral district as well as
large forest growths which the new
road will make readily accessible to
Mexico City. The terminus on the
Pacific coast will propably be Aca-
pulcO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
RAILROAD MAN A HERO.
General Manager of Colorado Midland
Saves Girl.

George W. Vallery, general man
ager of the Colorado Midland railroad,
is a hero at Santa Barbara, Cal, for
his daring rescue of a girl from drown
ing. The young woman was a long
distance from the beach and had be-
come entangled in the thick kelp when
Mr.. ValIery started to save her.
After reaching her he began furi-
ously to try to tear away the keip
when others arrived and aided him.
The young woman was finally taken
to land, where Mr.. Vallery was con-
gratulated as her savior
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24

ifornia; Illinois Central, 124 miles in In
diana Illinois and Mississippi; Midland
Valley 10 miles in Indian Territory; chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific l0l miles
104 miles in New York and Pennsylvania;
Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf, 100 miles IN
Indian Territory; Chesapeake and ONO,
illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, IS miles:
Oregon Short Line, SO miles; Denver and
Rio Grande 4S miles; Oregon railroad
and navigation company, 81 miles; South
ern railway AZ miles; Denver, Northwest
ern and Pacific, 80 miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
Japnn Borrows sf5O.ooo. GOO.

New York, March 24.-Negotiations
for a Japanese government loan for
$3.50, 100000 have been successfully
concluded in London. Kuhn, Loeb &
Co., CT this city, who Will share in the
loan, made the announcement today
The loan viii bear interest at u per
cent and will be secured by a first
mortgage on the tobacco monopoly.
One-half of the entire loan will be
taken in this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
Trclket Brokers in Trouble.

Forged tickets. such as led recently
to the arrest and trial of two Denver
ticket brokers. are said to have been
discovered by Colorado & Southern
conductors between Denver and Fort
Worth. The company is reported to
have placed private detectives on the
case and is determined to run down
the fOrgerS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24

ago have sued the company for &c.,
600 damages. It will be remembered
that Sizemore stepped from the track
and out of the way OF passing freight
train, and that the train was wrecked
at the very point where he was stand
ing A box car fell upon the unfor-
tunate man, killing him almost in
stantly. similar accident will
scarcely be heard of in a lifetime of
raflroading.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
A JOKE FOR SMOKERS.
Try 1t on Your BaId-Headed Friends
and Have Laugh.

and Have Laugh.
If you smoke cigar that burns with
good solid ashes that will not fall off
until the cigar is half smoked up such
a cigar as the Wadsworth Bros Chicos,
sold by Geo. W. Stansheld, 6S2 Kansas
avenue, you can have a good joke on
some baldheaded friend
When there is an inch or two of ash
on the end Of the cigar just let it fall on
that bald head and see how high it can
jump. The ashes are not hot enough to
burn, but they are warm enough to be
felt
The Chicos are a real ten cent Havana
filed cigar that Geo. w. Stansfield sells
for a nickel, and is the only sc cigar
where the ashes are firm and solid Ike
those of expensive grades. You viii en-
joy q Chico anyway, 50 try one and see
how good it is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
Surveyors at Arkansas city.

A party of surveyors are at work at
Arkansas City. Information in regard
to their purpose or their employer is
lacking. 1t is generally supposed that
they are employed by the Midland1
Valley railroad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
Under

The following are some of the COM
panies which have important extensions
Under construction: Minneapolis, st. Paul
and SauIt Ste. Marie, 291 miles from Thief
River Falls, Mimi, to Kenmare, n. D.;
Missouri Pacific, $50 miles in Arkansas
and Missouri; st. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico. 143 miles in Texas; Louisville and
Nashville. al miles in various southern
states: Southern Indiana, 1868 miles, to
complete its extensions from Terre Haute,
7sonelxa and santa Fe 1876 miles, In Tex
as. Louisiana, Arkansas Arizona and Cal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
CONDUCTOR WRITES BOOK.
Santa Fe Man Author of ''The Green
Signal,'' Railway Story.

Frank Beers. a Santa Fe conductor
of Arkansas City, has written story
of railway life. 1t is entitled THE
Gated to Mr.. Beers daughter, Miss
Ona Beers. 1t is being offered for sale
on trains by the Harvey news agents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24
HERPIClDE NOT 4 FAKE.

Unsolicited Testimonials TEL of It's
Superiority.
Ali r. Kelley. residing at 21e5 Devisade-
70 ST. San Francisco, Cal, writes the fol-
lowing When I first purchased Herpi-
cloe 1 thought like the majority of hair
preparations, il would prove a fake am
nappy to state that on the contrary. il is
all and even more than YOU claim for If
Quite a number of BARRIERS throughout
- secton in which travel have called
on my scalp and inquired of me what I
rave Deen using I tell them Herpicide:
also gave them your name and address
Solc Dy leading druggists. Send 1Oc in
zsanPs Tor sample to The Herpicide
80 DeLrolts Mich. Rowley g. Snow, spe-
eAea ABSnISs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-24

IN eStlmatlng the Volume OF buSl-7
ness handled, railway men take as a
unit to base figures, the number. of
tons hauled one mile, or the total ex-
pressed in ton miles It is in the
statement of ton miles that the Kansas
division makes q particularly favor
able showing Heref are the figures of
the ton miles of the four most impor-