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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
A HILL TALE
| Blunt Old Colorado Miner Oh
Postum.

A clergyman may be eloquent, may
use the choicest language, dressing his
earnest desire to help his fellowman
in the most elevated, chaste and beau
tiful language, and yet not touch the
hearts of his hearers. Another man,
having little education and no grace of
speech whatsoever may tell his mes
sage in the common everyday YER
nacular he is used to, and the simple
faith that glows within him carries
quick. conviction with it. Such a man
writes from the towering peaks OF
Colorado, preaching of Postum:
IT had drank coffee all my life until
it about killed me- when I concluded
to try Postum, and in a short time I
got relief from the terrible misery 1
suffered from coffee.
when drank coffee bIoated up
so that I could not breathe at times;
nv nerves were so shaky that I could
not hold myself still.
but thanks to Postum I am all
well now and can say that I hope to
remain So
.sI was very much disguised with it
the first time I tried it, but had it
made stronger and boiled longer till II
tasted as good as good coffee
No amount Of rhetorical frillS and
literary polish could add to the con-
vincing power Of the old miners tes-
tinony. Name given by the Postum
Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's reason
Look in each package for the fam
Gus little book, 1.-THE Road to Well
vile"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16
THE LITTLE HIGGINS BABY.
Many Homes offered Miss Gertrude If
She Receivers.

She Receivers.
Fort Scott, Oct. 16.-The announce
ment that the preliminary trial of
George higgins, his wife and her
! daughter, Clarissa Shaw, charged
with numbering the 6-year-old son of
higgins by starvation, would be held
in Justice Smiths Office, and that
only those interested in the trial
would be admitted, was met with
such flood of protest from the citi-
zens, especially the women, that the
hearing was set for next Thursday.
| The Justices Office consists of but two
small rooms and not more than fifty
people could hear the trial 1t was
decided to hold the trial in these
rooms because of the fact that district
court is in session, and the court
room could not be had on Monday.
When the protests began to come in,
Judge Smith decided to make an
effort to secure the court room for
another day, and Thursday was set.
Judge Simons of the district court has
consented to adjourn his court until
after the preliminary.
This viii also give the attorneys for
the defense time to better prepare
their cases and secure further evil
dence for their clients
Gertrude higgins, the surviving
child, who was also starved and I'M
mercifully whipped and abused, con-
/ tinues to improve at Mercy hospital
Judge Hudson of the juvenile court is
in receipt of many letters making ap-
plieation for the girl if she RECEIVERS.
The applications come from several
states, one from Mrs. Josie Edens, Of
Hixon Tex. Mrs. Edens writes the
juvenile court that higgins first wife
lived with her for long time while
she was separated from higgins. At
that time Herbert, the dead boy, was
the only child of the family, and Mrs.
Edens says that higgins was cruel to
both the child and the mother. She
even offers to pay the judge if he viii
send her the little girl, but money will
not enter into the matter at ALL as the
child will be given to the family
which it is believed will make the best
home for her. Another applicant is
Mrs. Grace Steele, the wife of the
Frisco station agent at Grandview,
Mo. She states that she and her hus-
band are childless.
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DANGER IN FAST SCHEDULES.
Not 4 Dozen Roads in Country Can
Make so Miles an Hour Safely.

Not q Dozen Roads in Country Can
Make so Miles an Hour Safely.
A general manager of the conserva-
tive railroad school has been inter-
viewed by the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat on the tendency of railway officials
to make faster schedules in regular
service and he had this to say:
Railroad men as rule have a, hor-
ror Of fast schedules because they
know that half the time these trains
will be late, and that means danger
GUS running to make I'D time or disap-
pointment to passengers The strenu-
Gus life of Americans is responsible for
the foolish speed of the average rail-
road. Notwithstanding the fact that
not to exceed a dozen railways in the
United States have roadbed, equipment
and operating mana gement that enables
trains to be run at schedules of fifty
miles an hour and faster, three or four
times that many roads are daily at
tempting to adhere to schedules of fifty,
sixty and seventy miles an hour. Even
the dozen or SO gilt-edged roads can
not regularly adhere to the schedules
they lay out, and the two fastest trains
in the country, over the two best roads,
are more or less late at terminals the
year round.
'sThe travelling public is becoming
posted on the sure roads; that is, the
lines that persistently decline to at
tempt to make faster time or advertise
it than can be made regularly. It re-
quires a railroad officer with a back
bone to stand to his oolors in this day
and age, and refuse to be party to a
schedule that cannot be made all the
time, yet these men eventually win and
their roads come to be known as the
lines that are on time"
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PASSENGER AGENTS. "TRIP.
City of Mexico VIII Exert Itself fou
Their Entertainment.

City Of Mexico, Oct. 16.-Commit-
tees having in charge the entertain
ment of the members Of the General
Passenger Agents association of
America have completed all arrange
ments for the care of the party from
the time Of their arrival at the border
until they reach this city, where they
will hold their annual convention from
October II to FL inclusive.
The passenger men will leave La
redo, Tex this morning on sumptu-
ously fitted out train of Pullmans over
the lines of the merger roads. After
the convention adjourns many side
trips will be taken, including trips to
Esparanza, Cordoba, Orizaba, Puebla,
Cuernavaca, and then back to Mexico
City. Then come trips to Guadalaj lara,
Silao, MardI, Guanajuato. Aguas Ca
Ientes, San Luis Potosi, and back to
the United States.
The customs inspection of the bag
gage at the border will be made as
lenient as possible.
The Mexican government will par
ticipate in the entertainment of the
visitors. They will be granted an audi
ence by President Diaz and Vice Pres
ident Corral. When entertained by
the Vera Cruz railway they will be
allowed the use of Emperor Maxi
milian's special car which was built
for him in England. This car is in
an excellent state of preservation.
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PROSPERITY.
CORTLAND One of the Kansas
Towns That's Booming.
Bank Vaults So Crowded a New
Building Required.
ETEVAmORC APE FILL
ELEVATORS ARE FULL
New Houses and improvements
Noted All Around.
The Boast Of the Place Is ''That
Every Residence Is Occupied

CORTLAND, Oct. IGNORE improve
ments have been made in this town
this year than in three years since
CORTLAND has been on the map. The
Farmers and Merchants bank shows
deposits Of over $4,000. the largest in
the history of the institution. Pros
perity has hit the town. patrons of
the bank and farmers so smilingly that
the stockholders and officers have just
completed one of the best bank build
ings in Republic county. J. E. Tuck
err is president and cashier, and c. E.
Hallberg is assistant cashier. The
new bank is built of brick, and SO
neatly arranged that it is worth while
for other banks to pattern after
To show that CORTLAND is in a rich
section, and her farmers are getting
rich raising corn. is only necessary to
say that in the month of August. last,
her three elevators had more than
10000 bushels of old corn on hand,
and a good new crop in sight.
The CORTLAND opera house, erected
this summer and fall, and built by her
citizens, has been thrown open to the
public. It has a seating CAPACITY for
over 500, is nicely furnished with
scenery, and cost about $4,000. The
town is noted for its fine dramatic
talent, and during the season dramas
by home talent viii be presented every
two or three weeks. H. A. Hoyt.
editor ana proprietor of the Comet.
and o. II. Kinmans manager of the
Foster lumber yard, viii each train a
home talent troupe, OF which Court
land can boast.
Chas. Peterson is erecting a cement
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COMPETITION FIXES RATES.
Attorney for Railroads Presents This
idea to the Court.

Attorney for Railroads Presents IhIS
Idea to the Court.
Chicago, Oct. 16.-In the suit of the
United States interstate commerce COM
mission against seventeen transporta-
ton companies for the enforcement of
a rule reducing the rate upon cattle
between the Missouri river and south
ern Minnesota points and Chicago, Mr.
Baxter Of Nashville, Tenn, counsel for
eight of the defendant railroads, talked
throughout the morning session on Sat
urday before Judge Bethea and illus
trated his arguments with numerous
charts and drawings.
1.-The principle that the rate on raw
material should never exceed that on
the manufactured article Mr.. Baxter
said. "cannot be enforced on lines ex-
cent where there is no competition. The
moment competition develops this prin-
ciple cannot be applied by traffic man
ayers No line can charge more than
its rival for a certain service and do
business
Attorney Baxter cited numerous SUI
prene court decisions to show that the
court must either enforce the rule Of
the Interstate commerce commission or
decline to enforce it. It has no power
to modify the rule.
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CUNNINGHANI.s HEARING.
topeka auto Thiers Examination on
Murder Charge october &c.

Leavenworth, Kas.. Oct. lev. B.
Cunningham, the convict charged
with the murder of William Owens. a
guard. was brought from the Kansas
penitentiary by the sheriff Sunday
afternoon and arraigned for trial. He
pleaded not guilty. His preliminary
examination is set for October %
Cunningham denies that he even
struck Owens. He says now that
Owens was suffering from heart dis
ease and fell on a post and injured
himself.
Cunningham offers no excuse for
running away or why he told an IN
truth to owens in order to get him
a long distance from the prison walls
The wife of Cunningham has secured
an attorney and proposes to make a
legal fight to prevent his conviction
on the murder charge. Cunningham
is the man who stole an automobile
in Topeka and took it to St. Louis.
This is his fourth term in peniten-
ffaTW
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AFTER LIQUOR SELLERS.
The District Court Jury at BeIleviIle
Gathering Them In.

Belleville, kan, Oct. 16.-District
court is in session at Belleville, and
this term of court is severe one for
'jointists." Frank Barnett Of Cuba,
Kan, was convicted of maintaining a
nuisance; DR.. Fred c. Hall, Jr.. of
Cuba. was convicted on two counts Of
violating the prohibitory liquor law;
and the jury has returned a verdict Of
guilty on all three counts charged
against Chas. Hallowell, who has been
running a joint in Belleville for years.
District court has adjourned until to-
day when the cases against Frank
Darby, John Neptune and Clarence
McMullin will be tried for alleged vio-
lations of the prohibitory liquor law,
each charged with eight counts 1t is
rumored that some of these may now
Mead guilty.
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vANDERBILTs NEW sroKER.
Young millionaire Invents Another
Important Locomotive Appliance.

Buffalo. n. Y, Oct, IA mechan-
ical stoker. perfected by Cornelius
Vanderbilt, the inventor Of the Van
derbilt tube boiler and other locomo-
tive appliances, is being tested on the
New York Central lines. The auto
matte stoker has been fitted on a Lake
Shore locomotive, one of the large,
heavy hauling type, but it is being OPP
Grated on the New York Central that
it may get near New York occasionally
for inspection.
The stoker is said greatly to reduce
the work for the fireman and keep a
better fire.
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WAsHTrA VALLEY line.
Arrangements Making for Its Blight Of
Way to PauI's Valley.

Chickasha, I. T., Oct. 16-W. T. erosion.
vice president of the Washita Valley In
terurban Railway company, arrived here
yesterday and viii begin making arragne-
ments today for a right of way for his
road from this place to PauIs Valley.
He saws that within fifteen days work
will begin on the line from Tishomingo to
Sulphur, and as soon as this part IS fin
ished the line will be built from Tisho-
ningo to Denison, Tex. Within two years
the company expects to have it's line in
operation from Anadarko, Ok, to Shreve-
port La. It is to be an electric system,
power being obtained from the Washita
and other streams. The company viii also
ask for a franchise for a street railway
system here
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WHEAT AND CORN TRAIN.
state Agricultural College VIII Teach
the Farmers.

Manhattan. Kas.. Oct. 16.-E. R.
Nichols, president of the Kansas State
Agricultural college, has returned
from Chicago, where he arranged with
Rock Island officials for a wheat and
corn train to be run over their lines
in Kansas.
The train will consist of two
coaches, sleeper. and dining car.
The coaches will be fitted up for lee
ture rooms. The train viii stop about
thirty minutes at each of the IA sta
lions on the Rock Island Two lee
lures on corn and wheat production
will be given at each place by Presi-
Iege facuIfN.
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are You Interested in a Fast Growing
Country?

The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way company will furnish reliable in
formation regarding many desfra bic
locations in the west and northwest on
its lines for industrial establishments.
Hotels, banks. stores. produce buyers.
lumber dealers, brick yards and other
excellent business opportunities.
Full information regarding cheap
lands in this fertile territory. All the
particulars desired by prospective set
tiers are promptly furnished upon ap-
plication to agents OF the Northwestern
Line. or to ". B. Kniskern, Passenger
Trafdc Manager, Chieasa
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BelIevllIe Joints Closed.

Belleville. kan, Oct. 16.-CharIes Hal
lowell was convicted and Frank Darby,
John Neptune and Clarence McNIullin
pleaded guilty to the charge of selling
liquor illegally here. The minimum
penalty for Halloweu is three months in
jail and a fine of $500 and for the 9TH
ers thirty days in jail and a fine of
500. The town now is free from Joints.
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COffeyville, Kan, OCT. 16.-The
Union Traction company has started
work on its electric line from this city
TO NeOdesha. The grade is CONSTRUCT
co to Independence. eighteen miles
north Steel has been laid in the
streets of Coffeyville and track laying
has begun on the grade leading out Of
the city
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Killed by a Freight.

Pittsburg. Kan, Oct. 16.-George
Lucas, a miner. was run over and
killed by Kansas City Southern
freight train, one mile north OF Fuller.
He was endeavOring to board the
train, which was moving at the time.
Lucas had been a resident of this dis
trict for a number of years and was a
character here.
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CHARGES FREIGHT BOYCOTT.
Kansas city Southern Says Shippers
Are Asked Not to Use Road.

Galveston, Tex. Oct. 16.-Charges
have been fled by the Kansas City
Southern against the Southern Pacific
and the Houston freight bureau for
creating a boycott against the former
road with shippers.
The complaint is based upon no.
tees sent to shippers by the Southern
Pacific to the effect that the Kansas
City Southern charges a higher
freight rate out of the north and east
or to the same places through the st.
Louis gateway than do other roads
using the New Orleans gateway, and
that the Kansas City Southern re-
fuses to protect the combination OF
locals via the New Orleans route
Shippers are asked not to patronizs
the latter read.
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school building with Governor Hoch
and Chancellor Strong of the Univer-
sity Of Kansas present. The building
lis one of the most modern and up-to-
date in the state. It has fine labora-
tories, with gas, water, gymnasium and
an auditorium with a seating capacity
of 500. The enrolment of the high
school is $50. There is a business and
music department besides a regular
accredited course.
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SHEEP FEEDING SECTION.
win Be Wintered in smith
County.

Lebanon, Oct. 16.-smith county is
coming into prominence as q. sheep
feeding section. Continued favora bic
seasons for raising alfalfa. wheat and
corn has made it desirable for the
sheep feeding industry.
In the vicinity of Lebanon there will
be several thousand sheep fed this
winter. more than has ever before been
known in the county. Among the
largest feeders are Mays Bros. with
1000 head; Adams Bros have 5000
head; Johnson & Davis will feed 5000
head; L. ". Breakey. $500 head: W
0. Bussinger, $500 head; Daniel Hen
son 600 head. Several others will feed
smaller herds.
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UNION PACIFIC CROP REPORT.
1t Is Being Given Recognition In Big
Exchanges of East.

Chicago. Oct. 16-Onicials OF the passen-
ger department OF the Union Pacific ars
gra titled over the recognition that the crop
reports which are prepared by that road
are receiving in all the big exchangesof tie
east. In a recent interview here President
jackson of the Chicago board Of trade vol
unteered this statement:
Union Pacific crop reports on Kansas
and Nebraska have been quoted on the
Chicago board of trade for the last thrsa
years and are regarded as the best that
reach u.s.
In view Of the controversies at wash
ington in regard to crop statistics, it IS OF
considerable satisfaction to the officials Of
the Union Pacific to know they have this
reputation Of furnishing the most accu-
rate and correct statements. These are OBJ
tanned from correspondents selected with
care and published regularly by the ad-
Vertising DEPARTMENT Of the Union Poetic.
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A SUNDAY KILLING.

LeavenwOrth Saloon the scene of
Negro Shooting.
Leavenworth. Kan. Oct. 1s.-"Jerry''
Goodrich, a negro, was shot and killed in
George Willis joint, the Bucket of
Blood Sunday. Five negro cavalry Off
GERS were in the place at the time and
eight shots were fired by different members
of the party. The police are not sure who
shot Goodrich. Willis also is a negro.
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Death of r. hi. BedeIl.

Chetopa, Kas, Oct 16.-E. w. Be
dell. an ex-mayor, died here Sunday
as the result of a protracted attack of
typhoid fever. He was about 60 years
old. Mr.. Bedeu was one of the oldest
settlers of the town. The funeral will
be held Tuesday afternoon under the
auspices Of the Masonic fraternity.
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Big Gas wen Brought In.

CoffeyviIle. kan. Oct 16-A gas
company here has brought in big
Vel seven miles northwest Of here.
It's flow is estimated at IS million cubic
feet day. It is next to the largest in
the field. The largest IN this field ana
in the world is 81 million foot we'll
which belongs to the Kansas Natural
Gas company.
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the back doors to accommodate certain
well known friends. This was done while
police officers were not about and more or
less Of this has always been done when
ing has been announced concerning a per
manent closing. The joints in RosedaIe and
Argentine we're also closed One man was
arrested IN Armourdale for being drunk.
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sas TO CALIFORNIA POINTS.
Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco
Every Day for S25 via Santa Fe. .

Cheap. isn't it? Passengers get just
&c GOOD service at this low rate as they
do when rates are higher.
Fast trains. modern Pullman tourist
s,eaners free chair cars and comforta-
H. 5lav coaches. California trains leave
Tonsirs al LIS p. n. and 10 D. m.
liberal stOpovers in California and all
many other points en- route.
You can buy a ticket to Salt River
valley. and many other points in Ari-
santa. F'e is line with block signals.
rock baIlasted track, modern equipment,
Harvey meals and tast trains The very
bsst r1eopIe always use Santa Fe.
Further particulars on request.
T. I. KING, c. P. & T. A..
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
way Co. Topeka.
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ANOTHER ROAD TO MEXICO.
one Chartered to Build From Kansas
City to Port Progresso.

Guthrie, Ok, Oct. 16.-The Kansas City,
Galveston & Mexican Railroad company,
with headquarters at Guthrie. Ok, was
chartered on Saturday to build g line OF
railroad, having an estimated length of
25OO miles beginning at Kansas City and
Terminating at Port Progresso state Of
Yucatan, Mexico. The capital of the COM
pany is 3d. COO co.,
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MAYOR TORE UP TRACKS.
Now the Citizens of Los Angeles Want
Him Ousted.

Los Angeles, Oct 16.-As a result Of a
fight between the city and the South
ern Pacific, Santa Fe and Los Angeles
railways, Mayor AHcAIeer on Saturday
personally directed a force which tore
JIp the company's tracks on South Park
avenue. The courts had ruled that the
railway was operating cars on that
street illegally. Residents of the Sixth
ward, who have been Inconvenience by
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.Artesian wen Overfiows.

Chetopa, Kan, Oct. 16.-Not quite salts
fed with TIE flow of artesian water in the
new well, 100 quarts of nitroglycerin We're
used Wednesday in shooting in an effort
to help the flow. but the well ceased flow
ing entirely. The town expected to use the
well to supply the new municipal water
works system. To everybody's astonish-
ment the well was discovered to be over
flowing Sunday in d much larger volume
no
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lack Of car service because OF the re-
moval Of these tracks, are circulating a
petition today for the recall OF the
mayor. Under the law he may be GUST
ed from office If a majority Of the vot-
ers declare against him and the resi-
dents of the Sixth ward say they ars
going to keep their petition going un-
til a majority Of the voters in the city
have signed it.
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DARLING no GO WITH ST. PAUL
Old Rock Island Engineer to Super
wise New Extension to Coast.

Chicago, oct. lev. l. Darling,
who resigned as chief engineer of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
way, is said to have accepted the posi-
ton of chief engineer in charge of the
Pacific coast extension of the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. 1t is
understood in the circle of executive
officials of railroads centering here
that the sudden resignation of H. R.
williams as general manager of the
st. Paul was to enable the company to
place Mr.. Williams in charge of the
construction of the company's coast
extension.
me selection of these men as well
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as the final decision to build to the
coast. is said to have been made at the
recent annual meeting of the COM
pany held in Milwaukee
The officials of the road still deny
that Mr.. Darling is going with the
road.