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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
TRAIN HIT A COW.
Five Trainmen Killed and Eleven Cars
Piled in a Heap.
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Seaton, H., Oct. 16.-Five trafnmen were
killed near here when a heavy double
header freight train, eastbounds on the
Iowa Central railroad, ran into cattle on
the track at a speed of 20 miles an hour
Both locomotives and eleven freight cars
loaded with grain and lumber were piled
in heap beside the track. The dead:
GEORGE A CAFFALs engineer.
HARRY SUMMERS, engineer.
HARRY BARR, fireman.
L. H. BRILEY, fireman.
p. 7. MORGAN, brakeman.
All the men killed live in Oszaloosa, Ia,
except Briley. whose home was in Mon
hours after the wreck occurred, but the
other three men we're killed instantly.
A COW was lying on the ties between the
rails. She was hidden from view by other
cattle standing about her At the sound of
the whistle Of the approaching train. the
standing cattle scampered away, but the
forward locomotive struck the lying COW.
the animal was crushed under the
wheels of the pilot truck and rolled along
the ties for a hundred feet. The animals
blood made the rails slippery, and pieces
Of bone threw the front locomotive from
the track The derailed locomotive pitched
down an embankment drawing the second
locomotive into the ditch, where the two
machines piled UP. crushing the engineers
and fremen.
Car after car crushed itself on the hot
mass Of metal and the Wreckage caught
hre from the live Goals or the locomotive
nFeboxeS- The conductor and rear brake
man. with persons who lived near the
wreck, hastily took the mangled bodies of
the trainmen from the burning debris and
saved the rest of the train from the
flames Brakeman Morgan was driven in
to the earth beneath a box ear. Fireman
Briley was found dead, but apparently un-
wounded, beside tie tangled steel Of the
locomotive Engineer Summers xvas
caught in the cab Of his locomotive and
cooked by steam and water from the
large pieces OF cooked flesh fell from the
bone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
DIED ON PILLOW OF ROSES.
Eight Year Old Child Struck by an
Automobile.

Chicago. Oct 16.-with her head
resting on a bank of flowers intended
for the funeral of another child, s year
old Isabelle Walker was carried last
night BY the automobile which had
struck and fatally injured her to the
office Of a physician where she died on
the pillow Of white roses.
The girl was fatally injured while
crossing Ashland boulevard L F.
Stevens, driver of the machine. was
arrested.
AEr. Stevens with his brother. Thorn
as z. Stevens. was hurrying to the
home of a friend and his brother held
in his arms a huge floral pillow. for
the funeral Of the friends little daugh-
tee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
. Crawford Opera House Buildin
CANNON FIGHTING sArooT.
He Carries a Pennsylvania Audience
or Its Feet.

Philadelphia, Oct 16.-Keyed up to a
MorInons by an address delivered by
ex-senator Francis J. Cannon. of Salt
Lake City. last night at Olivet Pres
byterian church, the congregation rose
in a body when asked if they were de-
sirous of using their personal infiu-
ence in obtaining the exclusion of Reed
Smoot from the senate. A memorial
calling upon Pennsylvania senators to
vote for the expulsion of Smoot was
largely signed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
NUDE MAN ON A CAR.
Rode From New York to Yonkers in
That Condition.

New York. oct. Temporarily
bereft of his senses following a severe
mental strain. DR.. Arthur Sinclair
Knudsen, a well known physician and
cIubman. disrobed in the New York
Central freight yard in this city early
Yesterday morning and climbing upon
q freight train rode as far as Yonkers
before his plight was discovered by
trainmen. He suffered greatly from
exnosure. but will recover.
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Reed Rockers from s2.3s up.

partment and is familiar with the
points involved in the case. He viii
first go to Indiana to make an investi-
cation for the attorney general into
the case of Judge Baker. who is
charged with coercing government
employees into contributing to cam
paign expenses. He will finish his
work in Indiana in time to meet
Colonel Dyer and prepare the Burton
case early in November.
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HELP IN BURTON TRIAL
Assistant Attorney General Robb VIM
Aid Dyer.

washington. Oct. 16.-Mr. Charles
H. Robb. an assistant attorney general
has been selected by Mr. Moody 10
assist Col. ID. P. Dyer, United States
district attorney at st. Louis, in the
prosecution of the case of Senator J.
Ralph Burton.
Mr. Robb was long the assistant at
torney general for the postofice de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
AROUND THE WORLD.
Editor Howe and Daughter Have a
Long Trip Before Them.

Atchison, Kas., oct. 16--E. w
Howe. editor OF the Globe, win leave
Atchison October &c for a vacation.
HIS present intention is to sail from
san Francisco, November 4. on the
Pacific Mail steamship Siberia for
Honolulu, the Philippines, and a trip
around the world. His daughter VIII
accompany him.
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Kansas City and Return 500 via
Santa Ee Account Horse Show.
Tickets on sale October IA to 81 in
elusive. Final limit returning October
%. Eight trains a day each way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
Special Low Homeseekers' Rate Via
Santa Ee.

on the first and third Tuesdays Of
each month until December 81, 1905.
the Santa Fe viii sell round trip
tickets to points in Missouri Arkansas,
Oklahoma Indian Territory, Louis
lana, New Mexico and Texas, at the
rate Of IS per cent of the one way
fare, minimum $40. limit 21 days from
date Of sale.
r L. KING C. P. & 7. A,
TnnaIra-
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ssBliggins says that some che has tried
to make him pay money to keep things
out Of print
Nonsense" rejoined Miss Cayenne
Mr. Bliggins is trying to convey the inn
preston thar he is il the smart set ~
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
DavenpeI Is.

We have the only store in To-
Deka selling the celebrated Kelley
Bros self-reclining Bed Daven-
ports with wardrobe attachment.
upholstered. From
1890 to $4,000.
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but in case of a discrepancy in the
Interpretation the French text shall
prevail.
In conformity with the provisions
of articles three and nine of the treaty
of peace between Japan and Russia OF
/ this date the undersigned plenipoten-
| tiaries have concluded the following
addition articles:
Substitute article to article S-The
imperial governments Of Japan and
Russia mutually engage to commence
the withdrawal of their military forces
from the territory Of Manchuria SIM
ultaneously and imm ediately after the
treaty of peace comes into operation
and within a period OF eighteen months
after that date the armies of the two
countries shall completely be with
drawn from Manchuria, except from
the leased territory of the Lao Tung
peninsula. The forces of the two
countries occupying the front positions
shall first be Withdrawn
THE high contracting parties re-
serve to themselves the right to main-
tam guards to protect their respective
railway lines in Manehuria. The num-
Der Of such guards shan not exceed u
! per kllOmeter and within that maxi
mum number the commanders of the
japanese and Russian armies shall by
common accord fix the number Of such
/ guards to be employed as small az
possible while having IN view the act
ual requirements.
The commanders Of the japanese
and Russian forces in Manchuria shall
/ agree upon the details of the evaoua-
I ton in conformity with the above
/ principles and shall take by common
/ accord the measures necessary TO car
/ y out the evacuation as soon as pos
slnle and in any case no later than the
period OF Is months
Substitute article to article nine.
As soon as possible after the pres
ent treaty comes into force a commits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

ton of raising a vessel with this dock il
very simple. When all the compart-
ments of the dock are emptied it float,
at a draft of four feet
To sink it, all the valves are opened
admitting water to the compartments.
It may be sunk to such a depth that it
will take in a ship of thirty feet draft.
The vessel is floated in and centered
over the keel blocks, and the pumps are
set to work to remove the water from
the compartments. AS the dock raises
the vessel out of the water, shores are
put between the ships hull and the side
walls and the pumping is kept up until
the floor of the dock is raised al 2ve the
water level The keel blocks are high
enough to raise the vessel several feet
above the floor of the dock, and that
gives room to work underneath the ship
One of the largest floating docks ever
built in England was sent to Bermuda
in 1902 to supplant the old dock which
had been doing duty since 1859. t Hsas
constructed in the Tyne and towea
around to the Midway for its trial.
which was witnessed by naval men
from all over the world. This immense
floating hulk was built to lift a yes
sci of $500 tons out of the water, al
though the contract specified only 49,
600 tons. The dock was eventually
towed to Bermuda by two powerful
tugs, with third as attendant. 1t car
ried 500 tons of coal for the use Of the
tugs. It was the occasion of great re-
greet to British naval men that no tugs
could be found in all the empire of suf-
f1cient power to tow the dock The con-
tractors were obliged to go to Holland.
Hereafter all floating docks built by
the United States naval department will
be constructed with reference to the re-
vised American method of docking. In
place of posing ship on her keel and
trusting to shores to keep her upright,
docking keels are now built into the
ships structure. These are OF. the ma
ture of bilge keels and the vessel sits
upright on level blocks. It is asserted
that these stationary keels do not de-
tract from the speed of ship.
ROGER P. BARNUM.
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exclusively in this phase of his pro-
fession.
one of the cases which gave Mr..
Townsend an admirable opportunity to
become acquainted with railroad meth
DDS in his own state was that Of the
Michigan Central against the state au-
ditor. Mr.. Townsend was employed by
the state, which was trying to collect
the taxes levied against the contesting
corporation. The railroad interests
contended that the law under which
they were taxed was unconstitutional
and they fought the state with all the
forces they could summon In order to
show that the road had been assessed
properly, Mr.. Townsend made an inven-
tory of its property in the state and
had it appraised. The state triumphed
and the successful lawyer was soon
elected representative. He is a native
of his district and was educated at the
University of Michigan.
Congressman John Jacob Esch. who in
connection with Mr.. Townsend had the
distinction of furnishing a name for tn.
most important measure introduced In
to congress during the last session. is a
native of Wisconsin. He was born In
1851. near Norwalk, Monroe county. ana
is of German parentage. At the age OF
four the family removed to Snarta
where the boy attended the public
schools. He was graduated from the
high school in that town and later from
the State university at Madison. Mr.
Esch taught school for three years. att
erward taking up the study of law. F4a
finished the course at the university
law school in 1882 and at once became
active IN politics, being elected to sew
eral local Offices. Subsequently he SET
tied in Lacrosse. which is still HE
home. Mr.. Esch is now SERVING hf1
fourth term in the house of representa-
tives, beginning with the Ffftv-sisrf,
congress. In Wisconsin the matter ~
regulating railroad rates has Dassed
from the theoretical stage into actual
practice. During the rate war agita-
ton in Wisconsin Mr.. Esch was ore s.
Governor La Follette's ablest s,,--
porters. TRUMAN L. ELTON.
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poor TO extract some comfort from its
blessed coming.
For Christmas purposes the inhabit-
ants of a big city may be divided into
the classes and the masses First in
Importance come the masses hearty,
whole souled, ambitious and independ-
ent. They are the very heart of the
city's life. They are not conspicuous in
the public eye, rarely speak out in loud
complaint or criticism, but go on liv-
ing happily and for the most part
righteousIy. 1t is the offspring of the
masses that fills the professions, and
upon it depends the perpetuaton of the
country. 1t IS the honest blood of the
community, and honest blood is always
the best.
Of course these masses viii have a
happy Christmas It is their nature
and their right to be cheerful and con-
tent. Among them there are always
abundant merrynaking and wholesome
joy, together with a hospitality that is
as expansive as it is charming. The
two classes. the very rich and the very
poor, are at the extremes of the Christ
mas manifestation, but it is probably
true that the latter actually get more
out of it than the former. They are so
accustomed to take their enjoymenh in
small doses that they fairly revel in the
cheerfulness that is abroad at Christ
mas time
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ton pronounced it revolutionary Rail-
road magnates, corporation lawyers and
the army of allied interests held up
their hands in well simulated horror at
the threatened invasion of vested
rights. Elaborate briefs and argu-
ments, both oral and in writing. were
constructed and sent in by corporation
lawyers to the committees of both house
and senate. battalion OF eminent
legal talent. railroad presidents and
lesser officials by the score. the con-
vincing and well oiled lobby and all
those who had been sharers in cor
porate prosperity joined hands in a
mighty effort to stiAe the new POSSIBLE
ity which seemed to threaten.
The principal argument urged in
favor of nOninterference seems TO have
been the ancient Let well enough
alone" It was urged earnestly and not
without effect that since prosperity had
settled upon the country il such an IN
mistakable fashion It would be the
climax of folly to risk such an expert
ment as legal direction of transporta-
ton. These arguments of special in
terests were not without their influ-
ence- At times they We're so potent as
almost to disarm suspicion and nullify
agitation.
But the seed of public discomfort had
been sown and the germ ina ting process
was going on. The Esch Townsend
bill was passed by the house with
celebrity that must have been 4 shock
to the railroad lobby. Of course the
case was not desperate. The congress
was drawing to a close, and the senate.
deliberative body in more ways than
one, would do nothing precipitate.
There was every prospect that the up
per house would do nothing immediate
and adjournment was close at hand
What might not happen before the OBJ
noxious measure could be brought be-
fore the next congress?
Several things happened. some of
them not at all to the liking of those
VINO were preparing to throttle the at
tempt to reform railway abuses. The
outcome of the beef trust investigation.
the actual conviction and punishment
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direction of Commander Harry H.
Hosley these Golfers are expected to
prOpel the enormous hulk at the rate
of about a hundred miles a day.
The golfers will be equipped with their
own wireless plants so that they may
communicate freely with the dock and
each other. The towing line will be a
mile and a half in length. This is be-
lieved to be necessary in order to guard
against sharp strains in a heavy sea.
AS an additional precaution great tow
ing bits with pneumatic cushions have
been placed on the Golfers to reduce
the chance of breaking the cables,
which are the largest steel ropes in the
world outside of those on some of the
great suspension bridges.
There is a difference of opinion among
naval experts as to the time that will
be consumed in the voyage. If the col
liers make good their promise of cover
ing a hundred miles a day it is probable
that the estimate of three or four
months will not be wide of the mark
The eastward route and the passage of
the Suez canal VIII be followed. The
naval authorities are of the opinion that
If the Dewey reaches Manila in safety
she will be all that is necessary until
the completion of the Panama water
way makes the sending of her success
or a less perplexing problem.
In recent years floating dry docks.
of which the Dewey is a fair example,
have been built in considerable numbers
both in Europe and in America. Most
of these structures have been designed
to accommodate vessels of from 1000 to
1000 tons. One of the largest and most
recent of these docks is that constructed
for the United States naval station at
capacity of $4,000 tons and consists of
five separate pontoons or watertight
boxes. Three of these pontoons form
the bottom of the dock and two the side
walls Interior partitions divide these
pontoons into forty watertght compart-
ments. Each of these compartments has
an inlet for the admission of sea water
and an outlet connected with steam
pumps for its expulsion. The opera
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

One OF the strangest manifestations
of the Christmas influence among the
lowly in New York city may be found
in the Jewish quarter. Nine-tenths of
these humble foreigners have come
from Russia, many of them driven
westward by prosecutions which they
could no longer endure. In their for
mer home all holidays were religious
and they could have no part in them.
Christmas day was for them a day of
terror on which they might not go
abroad in safety. The Muscovite in
depreciation of good will to men
does not include the Jew. There must
be no obtrusion of the detested Hebrew
either into his devotions or his merry
making. The sight of one of the pro-
scribed race arouses all his racial an
tagonfsm, and his religious convictions
shape themselves accordingly. Almost
in the same breath and with equal
heartiness he calculates I'VE praise
Thee, 0 Godl" and Lets go out and
kill a jew" Thus it is that on Christ
mas day the Jew in Russia crouches be-
hand barricaded doors to avoid contact
with the mujik made rabid by bigotry
and vodka
In America so little comparatively is
made of the religious side of the holiday
that it is likely that a majority of the
dwelIers in Gotham's most congested
Jewish quarter know it only as the
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federation Of that city. A few persons
subscribed s675 to provide equipment
and money for running expenses. and it
has been a tremendous success from
the very first. It's motto, a modifica-
ton of 'sTake care of the pennies and
the dollars will take care of them
selves" is Save your pennies so that
by and by you will have a dollar with
which to buy something worth while"
The society is run wholly in the inter
est of its depositors. The men who are
back of it and whose names give it
standing in the financial world are in
hueneed by no Interior motive. They
are in it for philanthropy sake, and
it costs them more than the time and
trouble, for every year they are given
an opportunity to make up all short
ages in its budget. It deposits its hold
ings in the larger savings banks, and
every cent of Interest is returned to de-
positors. When q depositor has accu-
INFLATED a dollar he is advised to open
an account with a regular savings bank.
The society has stations in the public
schools, social settlements, charity bu-
reaus, missions, day nurseries. stores
and even in private houses. In the Jew
ish manual training schools the work
has become a part of the educational
training. So popular has the scheme
become in these schools that the candy
man who used to haunt the curbstone
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most universally observed social festi-
val of the year. Some Of them regard
it as the peculiar holiday of American
children and from that viewpoint en-
courage their own youngsters to make
much Of it. Thus losing sight of it's
true meaning, and with a disregard for
actualities that has its pathetic side,
many of these men and women with
out a country, SO loyal to the tradition
of their fathers that they will not per-
init an English book to lie on a table in
company with one printed in Hebrew,
join with zest in the celebration of an
anniversary in which history accords
them no happy fellowship. That it IS
American is enough for them. That
they are free to appropriate as much Of
its joyousness as they wish is cause
sufficient for jubilation.
So it is that there is much jollif1cation
at Christmastide among the younger
Russian Hebrews in the great cities,
and their elders look on complacently,
with a sigh. perhaps. that they are so
ready to assimilate with the new and
to forget the old. There are numerous
exchanges OF presents, and the good old
pagan custom of hanging up the stock
ing is very popular. There are even
Christmas dinners and dances, and it is
not uncommon to find the tree laden
with its gifts and gIittering accompani-
ments. There is no doubt that Christ
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SOMETHING LIKE A WHlsTLEl

A big triple whistle, the largest ever
constructed. has been put into use by
the East St Louis Electrical Railroad
company. Four times a day this mann
moth whistle is blown, and it can be
heard for ten miles north, south, east
and west
Connected with an electric clock
which is guaranteed not to vary i've
seconds in a year, this whistle viii
prove the most valuable public time dis
penser ever invented. Residents in the
immediate neighborhood of the power
house anticipated all sorts of trouble
when the big whistle was first talked
about, but no one has had any reason
to complain of discord at whistle time.
At in the morning. at high noon. al
l in the afternoon and at in the even
ing the great triple whistle announces
the correct time to all within ten
miles hearing. The clock with which
it is connected sets off the blasts on this
second, and every one within its soune
knows he is paying heed to a reliable
timekeeper.
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mas already eclipses the Fourth of July
and Thanksgiving in the estimation of
the humble and law abiding Russian
Jews. One has only to traverse the
principal thoroughfare of Jewish
quarter early on a Christmas morning
to be made aware of this. The street
is choked with pushcarts laden with
Christmas gifts, and the only saluta-
ton heard on every hand is the old
familiar Merry Christmas!"
One of the busiest places nowadays
for at least a week before Christmas
is an office of the Penny Savings So
ciety, which has branches in all large
towns. All the year the philanthropic
persons who conduct these useful de-
positories of the despised penny have
been trying to teach the young deposit
ors how to save the money, but at
Christmas time it becomes their duty
to tell them how to spend it. For days
before the holiday children stand in
line at the various stations of the So
ciety and wait their turn to draw out
all or a part of their savings for the
purchase of Christmas cheer. Last
year at one Chicago station upward of
$4,000 was withdrawn by these youth
full capitalists.
This Penny Savings society has de-
veloped into a great work. It was be-
gun eight years ago last June in Chi
cago by some members of the Civic