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The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
ROAD THROUGH NEW COUNTRY.
A Feeder of the Frisco to Run From
Seligman. Mo-. to Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Kan, Oct. 13-AnOther new
railroad project is one of the st. Louis
& Arkansas railway,1a a feeder of the
Frisco system, which proposes to ex-
tend north frou SelicNnan, Mo, near
the Arkansas line, northwest to Pitts
burg, passing through a new country
in Barry anC Lawrence counties, Mo.
It will open up an entirely new cOun-
try to railroad traffic and give a
straight haul from the new zinc fields
of Northern Arkansas to the smelters
of Pittsburg.
The St. Louis & North Arkansas rail-
road is at present operated by the
Frisco system. It has a line from Les
lie, Ark, to Sengman, 70, now in OF
Grafton, a distance Of 157 miles. The
company has decided to extend this line
northwest through Barry and Lawrence
counties, No, to this city. J. NJ. Moore.
superintendent of the right of way work
for the road stated in an interview
that the route had been considered and
was regarded with favor. Whether the
Frisco system is behind the st. Louis
& North Arkansas road in this propos
ed extension or whether the road eX-
poets to commence Independent opera
tfons and leave the Frisco control is
not known. J. W. Moore, the right of
way man, with a corps of surveyors,
is now at work running a preliminary
survey for a proposed extension Of the
road to Pittsburg with a view of max
ing this city the northern terminus of
the road.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
Benefits and Calamities of EnOr-
nous Grain Crop Being Felt.
Transportation Officials Hard
Put to Find Enough Cars.
THAN EVER.
Is the Amount OF Merchandise
Being Shipped Into West.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Officials in the freight and trans
portation departments of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific. the Union Pa
cidc and the Missouri Pacific, the four
big trunk lines traversing Kansas. and
the officials Of the other big western
roads as well, are just now beginning
TO reap the benefits and also the
calamities=yvith emphasis on calami-
ties-of the enormous grain crop Of
this year.
Never for years has the movement
of grain been so heavy as it is now,
and the railroad officials are hard put
to get cars to take care of the ship
ments that are offered. In many in
stances where the roads are able to
obtain the cars, their supply of loco
motives in service is short and many
loaded cars are on sidings waiting
for locomotives to come along and
take them on their way.
Tt has been found necessary by the
railroads to call in every available
car and locomotive from every branch
line and put them all on the trunk
lines in order TO take care of the
enormous movement
A veritable blockade of grain ex-
lists i'm Buffalo and on the roads be-
tween Chicago and Buffalo. With the
heavy movement OF cars eastward
laden with grain there viii in the
course of a few days be large num-
ber Of cars congregated at the eastern
terminals of the railroads, which will
be available for a heavy movement of
merchandise from the east and CEN
fral states to the west.
The movement of manufactured
articles and merchandise destined for
points west of Chicago during Sep
tember exceeded that of year ago
by 5 per cent Traffic men estimate
that the shipments of this class of
freight from Chicago to western
points is 25 per cent. in excess of last
year, and that the far western states
have taken cOnsignments of mer-
chandise heavier than ever before.
Shipments OF merchandise to To-
peka were never heavier than they
are now. say the local traffic officials,
and the same is true of the shipments
of Topeka business men to points
nearby.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
THE ROOT OF THE MATTER
He Cured Himself of Serious stomach
Troubles by Getting Down to
First Principles.


A man Of large affairs in one of our
prominent eastern cities by too close
attention to business, too little exercise
and too many club dinners, finally be-
gan to pay natures tax, levied in the
form OF chronic stomach trouble. the
failure of his digestion brought about
nervous irritability making it ilnpOs-
sible to apply himself to his daily busi-
ness and finally deranging the kidneys
and heart.
suited one physician after another and
each one seemed TO understand my
case, but all the same they each failed
TO bring about the return of my for
mer digestion, appetite and vigor. For
Two years went from pillar to post
from one sanitarium to another. I
gave up smoking, / quit coffee and
even renouuced my daily glass or two
OF beer, without any marked improve
ment.
Friends had often advised me to trv
well known proprietary medicine
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets and [ had
often perused the newspaper advertise
ments of the remedy but never took
any stock in advertised medicines nor
could believe a fifty-cent patent medi-
cine would touch my case.
TO make long story short I finally
bought couple of packages at the
nearest drug store and took two or
three tablets after each meal and oc-
casionally a tablet between meals
when I felt any feeling of nausea or
discomfort.
'I was SURPRISED at the end of The
first week to note a marked inDr0xa-
ment i'm nay appetite and general heaIfI,
and before the two packages We're gone
J was certain that Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets was going TO cure cOrnDIefal,-
and they did not disappoint me. can
eat and sleep and enjoy my coffee and
cigar and no one would suppose I had
ever known the horrors of dyspepsia
out Of friendly curiosity I wrote to
the proprietors Of the remedy asking
for information as to what the tabiafs
contained and they replied that the
principal ingredients were aseptic DeD-
sin government test) malt dfataea
and other natural digestives, which di-
Eest Iood regardless of the condition
of the stomach"
The root of the matter is this The
digestive elements contained in Stuarf's
Dyspepsia Tablets Will digest the food.
give the overwOrlked stomach a chance
10 recuperate and the nerves and whole
system TO receive the nourishuent
which can only come from food
Stimulants and nerve tonics never ei,ye
real strength, they give 1ctitious
strength, invariably followed bv reac-
uOn. Every drop of blood, every nerve
and tissue is manufactured from o,4r
daily food, and if you can insure IL
prompt action and complete direstion
by the regular use of so good and
wholesome remedy as Stuart's D7rs-
pepsia Tablets, you viii have no need
of nerve tOnics and sanitariuuas
Although Stuart's Dyspepsia. Tablets
have been in the market only a fa9r
years. probably every druggist in fI1s
United States Canada and Great Brit
ain now sells them and considers tn n
}tne most popular and successful Of anv
preparation for stomach trouble.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
STRIKE CONDITIONS SERIOUS.
Engines on Mexican Central Now
Guarded by Soldiers.

Monterey, Mex, Oct. 13.-Of1cials of
the Mexican railway, now at this place
have decided that the present conditions
prevailing as a result of the firemen's
strike must be changed. At their re-
quest Governor Reyes placed a number
of rurals at the disposal of the COM
pany to act as guards on engines.
All trains were sent out Of here on
schedule yesterday, though rurals were
placed on each train to protect the
strike breaking fremen. While no trou-
bic has occurred it may be that the
strikers win take measures to circum
vent the action of the authorities and
in that event serious trouble is bound
to eEsue.
When the officials arrived yesterday
on a special train from TO1Deon. con-
sisting of an engine and three coaches,
the strikers or their sympathizers
caught the colored fireman named
Stevens and dragged him to the ground.
drew the fire of the engine, emptied
the boiler and left the engine helpless
where it stopped.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
REWEIGH COAL AND LUMBER.
Georgia Roads Must Do This If Con-
signee So Desires.

The state railway commission OF
Georgia has issued an order requiring
railways to reweigh carloads OF coal
and lumber at destination if the con-
signee so requests. The request must
be made within free time for delivery,
and must be accompanied with a de-
posit of 81, which money is to be re-
funded if the actual weight proves to
be more than 500 pounds different from
the billed weight The order provides
that the free time for unloading re-
weighed cars shall begin the next d@y
after the weighing.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
81o74<
Q4uee Qaone6
0z0aARs IL

No dangerous drugs or alcoholic
coneoetions are taken into the stom-
aeh when Hyomei is used. Breathed
through the inhaler, the balsamic
healing of Hyomei penetrates to the
most remote cells OF the nose and
throat, and thus kills the catarrhal
germs, heals the irritated mucous
membrane and gives complete and
permanent cure.
Hyomei is the simplest. most pleas
ant and the only guaranteed cure for
catarrh that has been discovered.
Complete outfit, $1.00; extra bottle
so cents.
If you cannot obtain Hyomei OF
your dealer, it viii be forwarded by
mail postage paid, on receipt of
price Write today for a free sample
bottle and consultation blank that viii
entitle you to services of our medical
department without charge The r.
r. Booth Company, Hyomei building,
Ithaca N. z.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
SEARCH FORTY PASSENGERS.
Stolen VaIuables Found on Man Who
Sees End to His Romance.

Chicago. Oct. 18.-Samuel NJ Hamm.
a national bank examiner, had the
doors Of a Pullman car locked and 20
passengers searched for a gold watch
and $177, of which he had been robbed
while the train was pulling into Chi
cago over the PENNSYLVANIA railroad
early yesterday morning.
The property was discovered in the
The propertywas discovered in the pos
Croake, who declared that he was in
nocent Of theft and that his arrest on
the charge would break off an engage
ment between himself and a young
woman of Newark, N. J., whom he
was to wed on November L
Representative Walter NJ. Williams
of Benton, Ill. was among the pas
sengers who were searched.
MI aTaFls hung his vest and coat
on.sa lioe5z the Washroom of the
car. A few moments later he missed
the vest. The conductor was informed
and a plan was devised to trap the
thief within the car, from which no
one had departed since the robbery.
All the passengers willingly submit
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
AvERTs FREIGHT RATE WAR.
Frisco Withdraws Tariffs Filed With
Commerce Commission.

Chicago, Oct. 13.-To avert threaten
ed decentralization of freight rates from
Chicago and st. Louis a-8l points in
Indiana to the Missouri river and be-
yond, the Frisco system agreed yester-
day to cancel tariffs it had fled with
the interstate commerce commission
applying the Chicago basis of rates TO
commodity shipments from Terre
Haute to Kansas City and points west.
The result was a considerable decrease
in the rates from Terre Haute. The
wabash road threatened to make the
same basis of rates from LogansDort,
Ind, and other eastern lines threaten
ed to make similar reductions from
corresponding points on their lines.
The roads from Chicago declared they
would be forced to reduce their rates
on all commodities from here to all
Missouri river points, as they must
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13

This is about six hundred horse power
greater than that of steam locomotives
in present use.
The motors will be able to maintain
a speed of twenty-five miles an hour
in local service, reaching a maximum
speed of forty-fiye miles an hour be-
tween stations. and hauling two hun
dred tons. In express service, a. speed
of from sixty to seventy miles an hour
can be maintained with a train weigh
ing two hundred and fifty tons. For
heavier loads two or more locomotives
can be coupled together and operated
from the front cab by one engineer.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13

The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way company will furnish reliable in
formation regarding many desirable
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-
plicaion to agents Of the Northwestern
Line, or to W. B. Kniskerns Passenger
Traffic Manager ChieaSo
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
LUCKY SANTA F'E woRKNzEN.
Those in OIinda Oil Fields Are to Get
Gas Free.

Albuquerque, N. NJ. Oct. 13.-An in
novation is being fnaugurated by the
Santa Fe at the Olinda oil fields.
Among the other products, a large
amount of gas is secured from the
oil wells which has considerable
commercial value. The company has
for some time used gas for fuel there.
but is now putting in piping for tax
ing the gas to the residences of its
employees which number more than
100. Each residence of an emplOye will
have natural gas for domestic pur-
poses. They already have electric lights
and water furnished by the company.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
To Raise Rates on import.

A conference of traffic officials of the
western and eastern roads will hold
a meeting in New York this afternoon
to discuss the rates on import traffic
for 1906 The present rates on import
traffic are far below the normal basis
and it is hoped by the freight officials
that they can reach an agreement to
advance the rates on January l.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
ADMITS BEING WHIPPED.
Ramsey Says Drubbing at Toledo Was
Bad One But End Is Not Yet.

St. Louis, Oct 13.-Joseph Ramsey.
Jr.. ex-president of the Wabash rail-
road returned here, yesterday after
noon, coming direct from Toledo after
his unsuccessful contest with. George
Gould for the control Of the wabash.
I'VE were badly whipped at the meet
ing said Mr.. Ramsey, but the fight
is not over. There is very little to say,
further than the newspapers have al
ready reported, on the contest at To-
ledo. I would have been elected a di-
rector if the proxies I held had not been
thrown out. But there is another fight
still on
Mr. Ramsey was accompanied by Col
A. d. Palmer of New York It was
stated by Mr.. Ramsey that he would
confer with his attorney, F. w. Leh-
mann, concerning the situation, but de-
clined to say what would constitute the
subject of the conference.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
HOW RAILROAD MONEY GOES.
Analysis of Expenditures of All Lines
in the Country.

An analysis has just been made, at the
instance of a number of the prominent
railways in the country. and for the ben
eft of the members of congress and the
infOrma ton of the public, as to where the
total railroad income of the country goes
and who gets it. The figures are based on
official statistics of 1903 and summarized
are as follows:
Wages and salaries paid. .S775. .S21 415
Fuel for locomotives .............. lac. sos OBJ
Other operating expenses -.--..... 335, ,70S, 4o6
cent -. ........-.. s446
Interest on debts .........-......... 227.891 209
Paid TO creditors, per cent?. ,...r g. i .
Taxes ......-.-................. 81, $40 $50
Permanent Improvement .......... Al 94S 1S3
Miscellaneous 49,. .................. 44,6S1,341
Paid to governments or eXpend-
ed for public purposes, per
cent t81s
Surplus and miscellaneous ........ 104. .657 S96
Insurance fund to preserve prop
erty, per cent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5.36
Dividends .... Observation-Disclosures. 166, 17S 5s6
Paid to the owners, per cent? $50
The report covers the mileage and opera
tons of every railway system in the coun-
try.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13

for the Philippines. 1t is expected that
an average of $50 win be moved each
month for some months to come. Some
of the marines will take the place Of
time expired men now in the islands,
but the great majority are to make up
the increased organization decided upon
by the navy department. There are
now 900 marines on duty in the islands,
and this number is to be increased
gradually to 1000
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13

to furnish power to run the machinery
on their farms. Gasoline and steam
engines are used extensively. but corn
shelling, food cutting and other work
is done by hand and the company pro-
poses to furnish dynamos and build a
line on each side of the track at cost
if the farmers will agree to pay a rea-
sonable sum per year for the current.
Farmers generally favor the project.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
FINE PLAN TO PAY INTEREST.
Money Raised From Sale of Bonds
Themselves Is Used.

san Francisco, Oct. 13.-The first
semf-annuaI interest on the $4,000.
600 of Western Pacific bonds has just
been paid. The road not being in oper-
alton yet, the money to pay the bond
interest had to be taken from the
money raised by the sale of the bonds
themselves. And such VIII continue to
be the case for each semi-annual IN
terest payment until the road is
actually constructed. When the lat
ter is accomplished the Denver z
Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western
roads agree to pay the interest on
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13

ted to the search except the last man.
He was compelled to submit and the
vest was found in his suit case. It
contained the watch and money and
two checks for small amounts
CrOake, who is a circus performer,
was placed under arrest when the train
reached the station
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
oHANGING 1IoTIvE PowER.
New Haven Road Ordering Many FIec-
trio Locomotives.

trio Locomotives.
Preparations are being made by the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad for changing the motive power
ON all OF some of its lines from steam to
electricity. An order for twenty-five
electric locomotives has been placed
with the Westinghouse Electric and Ma
chine company by the railroad company.
These locomotives viii be driven by an
alternating current, single phase, which
is said to be the most economical ap-
phcation Of electrical power yet made
Each locomotive is to weigh seventy
eight tons and is to be equipped with
four motors, each of four hundred horse
power, making a total of sixteen hun
dred horse power for each locomotive.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
OILING MS RIGHT OF WAY.
Santa Fe Expects to Have a Dustes
ROad Soon.

Albuquerque. N. NJ, oct. 1S-Work is
being pushed by the Santa Fe in oiling
its rights of way in the various dis
tricts and tomorrow the outfit viii be
started to oiling the right of way from
FL Foro towards San DIEGO. Many
miles of right of way in southern Cal
lfornia, have already heen oiled but the
Santa F'e exrects to have much more
of that work done within the next
couple OF weeks, so that when the
tourist season, proper, opens. there
will be no going back on the COM
pany's claim of having a really dust
less road.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13

make the same rates on Omaha and
Sioux City as to Kansas City. The
Frisco agreed to cancel its rates from
Terre Haute to Kansas City, pending
a conference with a committee Of ex-
ecutive officers Of western roads.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
BIDS FOR PHILIPPINE ROADS.
viii Be Opened at the War Depart
ment on December is.

Washington, October 13.-Announce-
ment has been made at the war de-
partment that bids for the construction
Of railroads in the Philippines under
the legislation of the last session of
congress, viii be opened at the war
department on December IA. Governor
General Wright. Of the Philippines.
win be in the United States at that
Time, and will be present at the open
ing of the bids. Many railroad men
are now in the Islands making an in
vestigation of the conditions with a
view of submitting bids.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13

Western Pacific first mortgage bonds
provided that company is unable to do
so.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
OFTER POWER 10 FAT1IERs.
Indiana Electric Line Would Operate
E7srrl Machinery

Wabash Ind. oct. 13.=The Fort
Wayne & Wabash Valley traction line
operating eight miles of nterurban
road through here, has sent to the
farmers living along the line an offer
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-13
HARTMAN TO HAUL MARINES.
Co.'S Contract for Taking Naval Police
men Across Country.

washington, D. G., Oct. 13.-Contracts
have been awarded to the Hartman
lines by the navy department for the
transportation of a large number of
marines to San Francisco from points
in the east. These marines are destined
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-19

No. 151-William E. Graham, by
Herman F. Ziernann, Grand Junction.
No. 153-Steven M. Spencer, by
George S. Bowers, Denver.
No. 155-William w. Stevens, Pit
kin.
No. 157-Besse c. Mckee, Grand
Junction.
No. 160-Theresa E. Mann, by
Thomas P. Rice, Colorado Springs.
No. 162-John Bitter, Leadville.
No. 163-Charles C. Roger, Lead
vile.
No. 172-John F. Cassaday, by Law
renee A. Snyder, Colorado Springs
No. 176-Anthon Center, Grand juno
tion.
No. 1SO-Jim Conway. Grand juno
tion.
No. 1S1-Joseph B. Hull, Aspen.
No. 1S2-George H. Dugray, Aspen.
No. fisherman e. Barlup, Grand
Junction.
No. 1S6-Ralph Bartlett, Grand juno
ton.
No. 1S7-Price Wycliffe, Rifle.
No. 190-George w. Strong, Grand
Junction.
No. 191-Edwin Ange, Breckenridge
No. 195-Charles w. Pace, Montrose
No. 196-Leander Ranta, Telluride
No. 19S-Hans c. Olson, Grand
Junction.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-19
RAILROAD STATISTICS.
Gross Earnings Were Nearly Two Bill
lion Dollars.


Washington, Aug. 1S.-The annual
report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, giving the railroad sta
tistics for the year 1904, shows that
there were at the end of that year 297,.
073 miles of railroad in the United
States.
The number of railway corporations
included in the report was 2,104.
In the course of the year railway
companies owning 5000 miles of line
were reorganized, merged, etc.
The number of persons on the pay
rolls of the railways in the United
States, as returned for June 80, 1904,
was 1,296,121, or GIL per 100 miles of
line, a decrease for the year of 16,416,
or 2S per hundred miles. The wages
and salaries paid for the year amounted
to sS17 ,59S,S10.
The par value of the amount of rail
way capital outstanding June 80, 1904
was $13,213, ,124,G79, which represents
a capitalization Of s64,265 per mile.
OF the total capital stock outstand
ing, S2,G96, ,472, 2,010, or 42.63 per cent,
paid no dividends. The amount of div
idends declared during the year was
1921 ,941,049, being equivalent to 6.09
per cent. on dividend-paying stock.
The gross earnings were s1,974, ,114,-
091, being S74,327 ,1S4 greater than for
the previous year. Their operating ex-
penses were 81, 1888, ,S96,253, an increase
of s91 1857, ,401.
The total of casualties to persons on
the railways was 94,201. of which 10.-
O46 represented the number of persons
killed.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-19
Building Many steel Mills.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1S.-Never be-
fore, it is said, has such activity been
witnessed in the erection of steel mills,
furnaces and shops as is now seen in
Pittsburg and the Monongahela valley.
The total cost of plants just COM
pleted, in course of erection or for
which plans have been perfected, is
more than 100000 and the capacity
of the iron, steel wire plants along the
Monongahela river will me almost
doubled when all plans are completed.
Over $4,000 men will soon be given en-
ployment in these plants in addition
to the present working force of almost
$4,000 men.