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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08

W. c. White, the patrol driver of the
police department who is out on bond
for statutory offense, gave an exhibi-
ton of well bound nerve this morning
White came up to the city building in
charge Of an applicant for job on the
police force and introduced his protege
TO Mayor w H Davis. The man.
whose name the mayor did not give,
wants the position Of patrol driver
which Will be made vacant when White
IS formally removed erom his Job. A
number of applications have been re-
ceived for the place, most of whom are
eolored. The mayor has not sigmifed
yet as to who will be the appoiatee
though there is no question but White
VIII be removed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
RAILROAD NOTES.

w. J. Black, general passenger agent
of the Santa F'e, returned yesterday
from a business trip to St. Louis.
Frank T. Dolan, general superintend-
ent of the southwest district of the Rock
Island, was slightly indisposed yester-
day at his home, No. 922 King street.
Mr.. DOlan returned from trip over
the Missouri division on Thursday night
and expected to leave for Kansas City
| today, but a touch of rheumatism in
the muscles Of his back compelled him
to remain at home
W. E. Easley, former general freight
and passenger agent of the Veracruz
& Pacific, has been appointed travelling
freight and passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific with headquarters in
the City oe Mexico.
T. H. Goodman, with headquarters at
San Francisco, has retired as general
passenger agent of the Southern Pa
cific.
The Spokane branch of the Railway
Mail association has passed resolutions
commencing the Erie railroad for adopt
ing steel postal cars It will send a
delegation to the national convention
at Cincinnati to urge the passage of
resolutions asking railroads generally
to ADOPT the steel cars.
The Union Pacific has commenced
work on the double track between Chey-
enne and Laramie.
It is the intention of the Baltimore &
Ohio to put into service on October Is
a through express train between New
York and Chicago to carry oysters.
J. P. Morgan is reported to have made
a profit of 81 $3.50. 900 on his sale of the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton to the
Erie.
The magnificent passenger terminal of
the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
at Washington will come into partial
use next spring and in a year viii be
! completed.
An order issued by c. A. Preston,
superintendent of the Pennsylvania
middle division forbids employees to
accept gifts in any shape or form.
l. P Wingart. of Chicago. formerly
of Topeka, who has been assistant rate
clerk with the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois railroad has gone to Louisville,
Kentucky. to take position as chief
clerk to the general passenger agent Of
the Louisville and Henderson railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
KANSAS PAYS SHARE.
Sends 1880 to Colorado for Beecher
Island Monument.

A warrant for $4,000 passed from
the state of Kansas to the state OF
Colorado Saturday to pay the Kansas
half of the cost CT erecting a $1,000
monument at Beecher island, Yuma
county, Colorado.
Colorado has already paid over It's
$4,000, and it has also donated to the
Beecher Island Battle Memorial asso-
citation a large tract of land at the
scene of the battle, to be known as
Beecher park 1t viii be used forever
as a state park. It is located a few
miles across the Colorado line.
The erection of the monument has
been in charge Of a committee of the
citizens of Wray, Colo, composed of
Eli Schaaf, ]. c. Mcpherson and J. J.
Peate. 1t IS now completed. The base
is composed of Silver Plume granite,
and the shaft of Barre granite, from
Barre, VT. There are also four
granite slabs to mark the resting
places of the four Kansas soldiers
killed in the battle.
This battle Of Beecher island was
fought by a company of whites, large
ly Kansas men, against an overwhelm-
ing force of Indians. The whites took
refuge on a small island, which they
defended for a long time before relief
arrived. The island was christened
Beecher island.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
FUSSING OVER CALVE.
NIodocs and Pipe organ Association In
Controversy.


Calve, the charming and vivacious.
is the storm center in a row between
the Modocs. the Pipe Organ associa-
ton and the public buildings commits
tee of the city council.
The Modocs are trying to engage the
Auditorium from the public buildings
committee for a date for CaIve for
some time in January
The Pipe Grgon association tried to
figure with Calve but suspended nego-
tiattons because they couldn't come to
agreeable terms, the manager for
than was allotted to either Pader-
ewski or Emma Eames. Upon learning
that the Modocs had made arrange
ments with Calve, Frank Foster, rep
resenting the Pipe Organ association
informed Mr.. F. E. Nipps, chairman of
the council committee of public build
ings, that the city council had entered
into contract with the Pipe Organ
association that all pay attra ctions at
the Auditorium except those in the in-
terest of home charity should con-
tribute a certain percentage of the
gross receipts to the association fund.
Furthermore, Mr.. Foster appeals to
the city council against the Modocs
making a contract with CaIVe on such
disadvantageo terms to the city
Councilman Nipps said: 81 would
like to know since when this associa-
ton has been running the whole Audi
torium. don't see what particular
use this public buildings committee is
if the association has full charge any
with the city council City Attorney
F. G. Dreaming has been instructed to
look UP the terms of the contract and
post the council committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
THE ONE RICH TEACHER.
Such Was Newton Dougherty Under
Arrest for EmbezzIement.

Frank B. Dyer, assistant state superin-
tendent, is an old friend of Newton Dough-
erty. the Peoria educator who has been
indicted for forgery and enabezzlement.
''Dougherty has for years been held up
to the teachers of the country said Mr..
Dyer, sas the one man who had made him
self rich teaching school. It was sort OF
standing joke at the teachers conven-
tions. The general understanding was that
he had saved his money and had been
enabled, through the advice of influential
friends, to make very fortunate invest
ments. He held the very highest reputa-
ton for integrity.
at seems almost beyond comprehension
to think of him as guilty of these acts.
He seems to have been getting his money
by the old fashioned plans of the common
forger. I don't see what sort of a. finan-
cial management of the Peoria school
board they have which would permit him
to manipulate the funds as he IS reported
to have done
Mr. Doueherty was not treasurer of
the National Educational association, as
has been reported. He was simply one of
thu trustees which had in charge the $175,-
600 investment fund. This fund was sup
posed to be all invested in bonds and Sc
curities, and I do not think it viii be found
to have been tempered with"
The treasurer of the National associa-
ton Is Prof J. n. Wilkinson of the State
Normal school at EmDoTia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
missouri PAcTFTo CHANGEs.
seven Employees at Wichita transfer
red to CofeYviIIe.

Wichita, Kan. Oct General
superintendent De Bernardo of the
Missouri Pacific, in company with
superintendent Cannon, of the South
ern Kansas division came here from
CoheyVille on Friday and as a result
of their visit seven of the employees
Of the company here have been trans
ferred to. the headquarters of the new
division. This move was made in or
der to place cOmpetent men in charge
ok the offices at COffeyvllle and comes
to the local employees as an advance
ment to most of them. Their places
this city.
Those who are to go are: Frank
Healey, chief clerk in the trainmas-
ter's office, who is made accountant
for the superintendent at the new Of
fee; +. H. Lovett, chief clerk for the
foreman of the r0undhouse, to be
statement clerk in the superintend-
ents office; Ben Rogers, an operator
a this place, to be made manager of
the telegraph office at that point; Geo.
Painter, chief clerk for the local di-
vision engineer, to be the chief clerk
in the superintendent Office; Q. r.
Nedrow, train dispatcher, gets same
position there; B. L Harvey, private
secretary to Superintendent Webb, to
be stenographer to the general super
intendent; and c. S. Welsh. assistant
trainmaster here, to be trainmaster
there.
AS result of these changes H. J.
limerick, division store keeper, is pro-
NOTED to the position of chief clerk in
the division engineers office. E. B.
Ham will succeed limerick as store
kepper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
BOLD BANDITS ARE BEES.
Swarm of Them Hold Up Frisco Train
Near st. Louis.


st. Louis, Oct 7.="Extra, extra.
All about the train holdup. Many
bandits killed"
This is not the wy the newsboys
greeted the crew of Frisco train No
802, when it arrived from Memphis
the other night, but it is the way the
crew felt The train was held up south
of st. Louis but no wandering success
scr of the James or Younger gangs, or
Sam Hildebrands the former terror of
that section, turned the trick. It was
done by a swarm of bees.
According to the verac1ouS members
A. Gregg, Engineer c. D. Rice, Fire
man Smith and Flagman L. A. Glib
son, a James or Hildebrand hOldup
would be mild compared to what they
passed through.
As the train was slowly rounding a
curve near Rush Tower. No, Al miles
below St. Louis, it ran into a bee tree,
which had fallen from a high bluff
above directly across the track. The
swaFnls of bees filled the air. The en-
gineer and fireman were the first at
tackled by the maddened insects; next
the conductor and dagman. A few of
the passengers were stung also. The
tree rested across the rails in such q
manner that it took repeated on
slaughts with the engine to knock if
off. At each jolt the bees renewed
their attack and made it almost i'm
possible for the trainmen to remain at
their respective posts while the work
of clearing the road was in progress.
At least 10 gallons of honey was
spilled, the trainmen assert, while the
tree was being knocked off the track
They didn't go back after it, however.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
MANY IMPROVEMENTS.
Much New Steel Being Laid and
Equipment Increased on x. c. S.

Kansas City. No, Oct. II. A. Ed
son, president of the Kansas City
Southern railroad, has returned from
an extended trip into Canaca and
Portland, Seattle and San Francisco.
He was accompanied by D. J. Dean
one of the prOprietors of the Hotel
Baltimore.
we had a decidedly pleasant trip, -
said Mr.. Edison in his Office. Can
ada is prosperous and the whole coun-
try is generally in a very good con-
dition. There is plenty of wheat
Just now there is some excitement be
cause of the prospect of the Grand
Trunk railroad extending its line from
its present terminus to the Pacific
coast. It is said that survey has
been finished. The road will run a
considerable distance north OF the
Canadian Pacific for a greater part
of the way. We found the fair at
Portland a great success. was told
that the fair company will realize
dividends from its investment
II have been busy today going over
! correspondence relating to the new
eauipment for the Kansas City South
the reports of construction work We
are laying 1870 miles of 85-pound steel
on the road and have the work fin
ished between NeOsho Mo- and
Mena. Ark. We expect to replace the
60-pOund steel between NIena and Ho-
ratio with S5-pound rails We have
two steam shOvels at work on the bal
last for the tracks. We expect to
have the entire system reballasted be-
fore long.
eve have HOO new freight cars
! and 300 ballast cars on the way here
and have recently finished the re-
building of $50 freight cars, giving US
about 2, 900 new freight cars. All of
these cars will be in service before
/ December 1. We have twenty new
locomotives and twenty new passenger
cars on the way. Eight of the loco
motives are switch engines and will
be put into service in Kansas City on
the Belt line. The business here has
increased so rapidly that additional
motive power is needed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
Rock Island Made a Big Money
Record Last Year.
Annual Report Will Show Gross
Earnings of SOS, 900. 900.
NET EARNINGS LARGE.
This Despite Fact Of Immense
Sums for Improvements.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

When the stockholders and direct
ors of the Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific railway company gather in
Chicago tomorrow for their annual
meeting, a pleasant surprise is in
store for them in the annual report
OF the company which has been pre-
pared by the officials of the road.
This report will show that the last
hscal year was the most prosperous
one in the history of the comDanv
and that the gross earnings were
greater for the year ending June 80
py $1z,00O,000 than they were on the
preceding year. On that year the
gross earnings amounted to about
4t6'Oo0,0OO, and this last year they
VIII feach approximately S58,OOO0OO
me net earnings of the wear before
were about 80 per cent. of the gross
earnings, but there will not be such
a correspondingly large increase in the
net earnings for the last year as in the
gross earnings, because of the great
amount OF money that has been ex-
pended by the road in improvements
OF all kinds, but notably in the rebal-
lasting of the roadbed and laying new
rails Nevertheless the net earnings
are exceedingly large.
General Manager Dan e. Cain of
the road left yesterday afternoon for
chicago He is not going purposelv
10 alCend the annual meeting, but on
business of another character. Be
fore leaving Mr.. Cain said that the
annual report of the officials to the
stockholders would show that the road
was in excellent condition. "And we
intend to put it in better condition"
he said. "Our improvements to the
roadbed are to be pushed, and al
though the improvements we have
under way mean an immense outlay
OF money they viii soon pay for them
selves Fine roadbeds cost money
but they mean a more economical
operation of road. There are fewer
wrecks and trains can be operated
oftener and faster and on time Bet
ter operation of the road means in
creased business, and so it does not
take long for improvements to pay
for themselves"
Mr.. Cain said that the Union Pacific
officials had notified the Rock Island
that the double track line between
Kansas City and Topeka, which both
roads use, would be in operation prob
ably before January I. A good deal
of this double track has been laid
The Union Pacific expected to throw
open 10 miles of this track some TIME
ago but the foods and severe rains
put this work back just about three
weeks. It viii not be long, however
before these Is miles of double track
are in operation and even this small
amount viii help out some in the
handling of the Rock Island and
Union Pacific trains between here and
Kansas CITY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE.
Government Should Create One to
Handle Rates, Says Shipper.

L. D. Rosenheimer, traffic manager
of the Liquid Carbonic company and
one of the prominent shippers in the
country, has this to say Concerning
rate regulation:
I believe that the power to make
rates for the traffic of the United
States is too vast and intricate to be
handled by the machinery of the in
terstate commerce commission. or any
other commission, or even in some
respects by legislation, as the natural
evolution of conditions are manifold,
and it would seem that the initiation
of a successful rate making Solicy
must come from the owner, and not
from someone who tries to control the
action of the owner. The complexity
of the work is considerable, as diver
sified interests must be considered from
the standpoint of railroad and shipper,
as well as localities. products, cOmDe-
tition conditions, service and various
facilities for transportation, and in
order to be fully cognizant of both
sides of the question raised, and to
have complete control and regulation
of rates, it would appear that the only
solution would be the installation of
a national railway clearing house,
which could only be retained at an
enormous expense, for the personal
of the various department heads would
have to come from the best material
in the country. With such an insu-
tuition, not only the class and conlnao-
dity rates would come directly under
its notice. but the various classical
general as well, as it would concen-
trate information from both the ship
per and carrier, consequently would be
fair to BOTH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
sCAIPERs USE 'FUGTTTVE' INK.
So Railroads Have Made New Rule
for Signing Tickets.

Chicago, Oct. THE Transconti-
mental Passenger association has is
sued a circular requiring that all sig
natures to tickets when purchased
must be made with the ticket Office
pen and the Office ink. It appears
that ticket sca1pers have been send
ing their agents to purchase tickets
and have been providing fountain
pens containing fugitive ink. The
signatures would. accordingly, disap-
pear in a few hours and then the
tickets would be ready for the sigma
ture of any purchaser. A second sig
nature would be made with ink which
would fade about the time the pur-
chaser of the ticket completed his or
her ride, thereby enabling the broker
to sell the return portion to another
purchaser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
SOME NEW COAL FIELDS.
Being Developed Around Florence, Col.
by Subsidiary santa Fe Co.

New coal fields are being developed
in the vicinity of Florence, Col, by the
Cherokee and Pittsburg Coal Mining
company, a subsidiary company to the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
way company. Coal mines in this
vicinity are particularly rich and this
company owns any quantity of land
there on which it is believed there is
much coal. Several large veins have
already been opened and it is believed
that the company will be able within q
short time to mine enough coal for the
Colorado division of the Santa Fe and
then have a surplus besides for the
market.
The Santa Fe has recently built a
line seven miles long between Rock
vile and Radiant, Col, which is to be
used as coal carrying road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
DIDN'T LIKE AMERICA.
Troubles of Two Swedish Girls Who
Came to Topeka.

Two pretty. robust Norwegian girls
by the names Of Bertha johnson and
Gusta Torjussen, arrived in Topeka via.
the Union Pacific Friday afternoon.
They came direct from their native
land, and their accomplishments did
not include the English language.
They expected a friend, Miss Mary
Swanson, of 513 East Fourth street, to
meet them at the depot, but she failed
to appear, for the reason, as after
ward explained, that she expected
them to come by way of the Santa Fe.
An expressman looked at the adj
dress given by them, and by signs an
nounced that he could deliver them
at their destination. They started with
him, but decided that he was taking
them to some unknown trouble and
hastily unloaded from his wagon and
returned to the depot. The q. P.
agent secured the services of a SWeds
to reassure the girls and they went
with the drayman. When they reach
ed the home of their friend, she was
not at home, and they were in trouble
again, but in a few minutes she came
running from the Santa Fe depot, and
a three-cOrnered hugging fest fol~
lowed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
EXCLUSION BUREAU MEETS.
Rates for Teachers and Students in In
dian Schools Not Settled.

dian Schools Not Settled.
W. ]. Black, general passenger agent
Of the Santa Fe, and w. ]. Leahy, rep
resenting that department on the Rock
Island together with about twenty
other members Of the Southwestern
Excursion Bureau held a regular meet
ing in St Louis on Friday.
Dates of sale for holiday excursions
from all Southwestern excursion bureau
territory to the territory Of the Western
Passenger association and Southeast
ern Passenger association were fixed
for December q. % and %, with tllir
ty-day limit.
Question OF rates for students and
teachers of Indian schools was taken
currence Of the Western Passenger as
sociation and Transcontinental Passen-
ger association.
A committee OF three Of the South
western lines was appointed to confer
with a similar committee appointed ~
the Western Passenger association on
the subject Of uniform arrangements
for extension of tickets sold at reduced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
road and the contractors would like

road and the contractors would like
to have it.
The material for the big bridge over
the Sabine is arriving at the scene of
operations daily. In fact the main
portion of the material for the starting
of the work on the bridge has arrived
already. The steel has now been laid
to the edge of the Sabine and the
water in that river has receded suf-
ficiently to allow the driving of the
piling for the remainder of the trestle
work unfinished at the time the quar-
antine restrictions were put in effect
The work of cutting down a big
hill on the Louisiana side of the river
has just been started. This job is the
only hard one on that side of the
river, but it is one that will keep con-
tractors and men busy for some time
to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
CANNOT BUILD DRAwBRIDGE.
Secretary Taft Denies Request of the
Southern Pacific Railroad.

Word comes from washington that
Secretary of War Taft has approved
the finding of the chief engineer
which denied the request of the South
ern Pacific railroad to construct a
drawbridge across Carquines straits
The secretary holds that the onlv
kind of a bridge that could be built
there is a pier bridge sixty feet above
the water. The construction of the
bridge would considerably shorten the
running distance of the Southern Pa
chic between san Francisco and Sac
ranentO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
FATHER OF THE TRUSTS.
This Is What Rate Discrimination Is
Called by H. c. Staver.

Philadelphia. Oct. Freight rates
and labor organizations were discuss
ed at the final session of the conven-
ton of carriage builders which vas
concluded yesterday
with the discriminating freight
rates abolished said Henry c. Sta
yer of Chicago. I'VE can compete with
and defeat the trusts This freight
rate evil is the secret OF the trust sue
cess. Without it, they would fall In
regard to what action should be taken.
I recommend that this association do
not stop with denouncing the evil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
Frisco to Get Another Road.

Evansville. Ind. Oct THE annual
meeting of the officers of the Evans
vile and Terre Haute railroad will take
place in this city on October 16 at which
time it is announced that that road
will be formally taken over by the Frisco
system and the general offices in this
city abolished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
SLOW WORK on EXTENSION.
Quarantine Regulations Preventing
Activity on New santa Fe Line.

Work of construction on the Jasper
and eastern extension of the Santa Fe
IN Texas and Louisiana is progressing
very slowly. This is due to quaran-
tine restrictions, which prevent much
grading being done in Louisiana ter
ritory and also makes it hard for the
contra tors to get men for work on
the piling in the Sabine river. The
latter work is progressing much slow
er than both the management OF the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08

while assembled here in convention
but that the individual members make
it their duty to see their congressman
upon the subject. and force therein to
realize the necessity of legislation