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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
10 CURB SECRET REBATES.
Commerce Commission Going After
Railroads on New Tack.

Commerce Commission Going After
Railroads on New Tack.
A special dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune from Washington says that
within short time the interstate com
merce commission Will proceed against
the great railroad corporations on en-
tireIy new tack, and when their plans
are developed they viii be of a char
acter to give the railroads ample cause
to sit up and take notice.
Information has been supplied the
commission of late that the railroads
which have professed to be obeying the
Elkins law so implicitly really have been
giving rebates all the time in pursuance
of a new scheme which cannot be de-
tected except by an examination of the
books of the railroad companies.
The interstate commerce commission
accordingly intends to summon the rail-
roads for a hearing in a new direction.
This viii include the payment of COM
missions by various lines for securing
freight traffic. and an effort win be
made to cover the whole series of ex-
traordinary. rebates, which are of course
in violation of the spirit if not the let
ter of the Elbins law. These new hear
ings probably will take place after the
private car line cases are concluded,
but without waiting for a decision,
which may be deferred for some little
time.
Unfortunately Tor the commission
representatives of the government have
no authority under the interstate com
nerce law to compel the railroads to
produce their account books. If this
could be done it is believed by persons
that have been furnishing the commits
sion with information that an extra
ordinary series of determinations and
rebates would be disclosed. In the alb
sence of power to compel the production
of the books and contracts there is
some doubt whether the commission
will be able to establish charges which
have been made freely of late, but the
investigation viii be proceeded with
nevertheless, in the ho9e that the oral
testimony brought out sooner or later
will develop a line of inquiry broad
enough to clear W this latest railroad
device to get around the spirit of the
law and build up large shippers at the
expense of the little fellows.
Meanwhile, Representative Townsend
of Michigan will be urged by the agents
of the complaining shippers to insert
in the new bill to be submitted to the
house in December an entirely new sec
ton, which will give the interstate COM
merce commission the same power to
overhaul the books and contracts of
the railroad companies as now is ex-
ercised by the controller of the currency
in regulating the affairs of banks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
COWBOYS CATCH WILD ENGINE.
Runaway Locomotive Boarded from
BronchOs and Tanned.

Casper, Wyo, Oct. IA runaway
engine captured by cowboys was an
unusual incident which occurred here
the other day. The engineer had left
the locomotive in the yards, but had
failed to completely shut off the
throttle. The locomotive soon was in
motion and gained such a momentum
that the driver could not overtake it.
and it went careering through the
yards and down the main line towards
Douglas.
When near Stroud, a small station
ten miles east of here, the runaway
locomotive was observed by two cow
boys on horseback. The railroad at
The cowboys gave chase and one
leaped from his horse on the tender
of the locomotive, which was running
about ten miles an hour.
Not being familiar with the mech
anism the young man yanked at the
first brake he could see, which proved
to be the throttle but instead of shut
ting it off, as was the intention, he
pulled the throttle out to its full
length and like a fash shot down the
track at a mile q minute.
He reversed the lever and finally
brought the engine to a stop. With
the aid of his companion, who had
continued to gaIlop after the runa-
way engine, but was left some miles
behind, he succeeded in starting the
engine back over the path it had Just
traversed. The water was low, and
not knowing how to operate the pump
the engine "died'' two miles from
town and had to be towed in.
In the Douglas yards a passenger
train was about to start out and if the
wild engine had not been stopped a
wreck would have resulted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
DEMURRER OvERRU1ED.
Suit of CaIedonian Coal Co. Against
Santa Fe to Be Tried.

Albuquerque, Oct. 24.-Judge Alb
bolt has made a decision overruling
the demurrer of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railway company and the
Colorado Iron and Fuel company to
the suit of the Caledonian Coal com
pany of Gallup, asking for $400i 600
damages for injury suffered through
the alleged secret rebates given to the
fuel company by the railroad COM
pany on freight for coal and mine sup
plies, and through which the Gallup
corporation alleges that it has been
shut out from doing business in the
Santa FEES territory the fuel company
being given monopoly
Judge Abbott gives the defendant
companies twenty days in which to
file their answer to the complaint, the
original of which caused the investi-
cation in New Mexico by the inter
state commerce commission and fur
nished the basis for the famous
Santa F'e rebate case.
The effect of the decision overruling
the demurrer viii be to bring the case
for trial before Judge Abbott, and to
give the Caledonian company the dam
ages it seeks in the event it can prove
its allegations that the Santa Fe has
violated the Sherman acG In granting
secret rebates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
CONVICT sLAsHED UP.
Two Desperate Jail Birds Make At
tempt to Escape.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 24.-Ells-
worth Hacker. serving a life sentence
in the state penitentiary at Lansing for
murder committed in Pratt county, was
attacked with a knife and razor by
Convicts Doniaz Dastadno and Frank
Kinney, Monday and mortally wound
ed. Dastadno and Kinney managed to
secure entrance to the prison hospital
where Hacker was steward, and Sc
curing a knife and razor from a drawer,
attacked the fellow convict. They
literally cut Hacker to pieces.
He received frightful gashes in the
stomach, chest and neck. He had al
most bled to death before help arrived.
The object of the assault upon Hacker
is not known, but it is believed that the
two convicts thought they would be
able to escape. Dastadno is serving a
sentence of ten years from Cherokee
county for murder and Kinney is serv-
ing nine years from Cloud county for
burglary and larceny The two con-
victs win be tried for murder in the
first degree.
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Announced Result of Officials
Inspection Tour.
WILL COST sS,OOO,OOO
Visit Independence and Drive
Over the Field.
Vice President Henry H. Rogers
One of the Party.

independence, Kan. Oct. 24.-The
special train bearing Henry H. Rogers.
John D. Archibald, Colonel John J.
Carter and some twenty other repre-
sentatives of the Standard Oil COM
pany, arrived here Monday afternoon
from Sedan. remaining until late at
night, when they left for Humboldt.
The party took a forty mile drive
through the Chelsea-Alluwe district
and arrived at Sedan in the morning.
From Sedan, all the company except
Mr.. Mckinney and Mr.. Braden, who
were under the weather." drove
through the field to Peru, where they
were picked up by the special and
brought to this city.
Mr.. Rogers, Mr.. Archibald and Col
onel Carter, as well as other members
of the party, expressed themselves as
highly gratified with their trip and
thoroughly pleased with the reception
everywhere accorded them. They
were especially impressed with the re-
markable progress made in the field
during the past two years.
I'VE are making the trip, they
said, in order better to famlliarize
ourselves with conditions here. We
want to take care of the oil to the best
possible advantage, and the knowledge
gained by this visit has convinced US
of the necessity Of an auxiliary line to
Whiting, and we have decided to ex-
pend S3,OOO,O00 in this project. You
understand we are building connec-
/ tiOns in the east SO py@ can carry this
oil to our refinery at Bayonne, N. J.,
and place it upon the markets of the
lsvorld. We will then have expended
about $3O,O00,00O in taking care of
the oil of the western field. OF course,
we might go on building storage tanks,
but it is not to be expected we can
/ keep on building tanks and pipe lines
/ to the east and going beyond the
4 possibilities. We must yet find a mar
ket for the products. When the oil is
! on the ground in tanks as visible
| stocks, it cannot but have a depress-
ing effect upon the market. The sit
| uation is in the hand of the producer
/ therefore If he produces only to
supply the demand, then the price will
naturally go up; if he overproduces
the price naturally goes down. You
have a field of vast area and remark
able possibilities. We are pleased
with what we have seen and we are
doing our best to give the field proper
facilities for taking care of all the oil
promptly.
The party will not visit Neodesha
or Sugar Creek refinery at Kansas
/ City. They are growing weary of the
trip, and viii go direct from Hum
boidt to Whiting, Ind, where they vii
inspect the company'S big refinery ano
thence Will proceed to their homes il
the east.
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PLENTY OF ORANGES IN SIGHT.
Railroads Expect to Handle 10000
Car Loads From California.

San Bernardino, Cal, Oct. 24.-Of-
hciaIs of the Santa Fe and the South
ern Pacific have completed practi-
caliy their estimates on the orange
crop in southern California, and from
the figures thus far at hand the crop
the coming season, beginning Nov. /,
will be about thirty thousand cars
from the seven counties of California
or practically the same as last year.
The report of competent judges,
who have been making up the esti-
mates for the railroads, states that the
old orchards will not produce quite as
heavy this year as last, but the new
orchards coming into bearing and the
increased size of the trees will, in
their estimation, bring the total up to
about the same figure as last year.
The Southern Pacific has made an
estimate of the crop for San Bernar-
dino and Riverside counties, placing
the figures at 5000 cars, which is
practically the same as the season just
now drawing to a close. Thus it will
be seen that these two counties pro-
duce more than half the oranges
grown in the seven southern counties
and fully half of the oranges grown
in the entire state.
The crop in the northern counties
Is estimated at about 1000 cars in adj
dition to the southern crop, making
the total estimate for the coming sea
son in the entire state about $4,000
oa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
TRAIN WARNING DEVICE.
An Alarm Given Audibly and VisibIy
by New German Apparatus.


A new device for warning trains is
the subject of report by United
States Consular Clerk Murphy of st.
Catharines. This is called the Pfirmann-
Wendorf apparatus, and experiments
coveing a period of several months, car
ried on by the Prussian State railway,
have proved uniformly satisfactory even
under the most unfaVorable conditions
due to rain, snow, fog and darkness
These experiments were made on
specially prepared track, several miles
in length, extending from Goldstein to
Sachsenhausen. Each locomotive used
was supplied with d small Pfrmann-
Wendorf apparatus which with its
storage battery occupied a very small
space. Communication between this
apparatus and the two track rails was
supplied by the metal parts of the To-
connective through the aXleS and wheels,
while an insulated contact device con-
nected the apparatus with a carefully
insulated auxiliary rail running mid
way between the track rails, the con-
tact device being so arranged that It
could easily be moved back and forth
or sideways Positive and negative I'M
pulses can thus be sent in different di-
rectiOnS frequent changes being made
from one rail to another.1f there is an OBJ
struction of any kind within a certain
distance, an alarm is thus given, both
visibly and audibly, by means of a red
light and by the ringing OF bell. NO
matter how many locomotives there
may be on the track, each gives It's
warnings. Engineers, Signalmen, and
station masters can thereupon com
municate together by telephone. the
central auxiliary rail serving as the
channel of communication. In each To-
connective there is a telephone which is
protected against the vibrations caused
by the motion of the locomotive through
being fastened on springs like bicycle
lamp. In like manner in cases of sud
den danger track guards can transmit
a warning to the engineers of approach
ing locomotives. If for any reason a
storage battery becomes exhausted it
can be replenished with electricity pro-
duced by the locomotive; and even If
this supply fails. the current from a
semaphore or signal station can still
transmit to the engineer explanations
and instructions. If by mistake a
semaphore falsely registers a clear
track, the endangered trains neverthe-
less supply each other with signals of
warning. An alarm is also given auto
matically when a switch is falsely set
or insecurity closed. The auxiliary line
may be of ordinary T iron, or of old
rails as desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
CY LELAND DUCK HUNTING.
With other Politicians He Is in the
Cheyenne Bottoms.

Great Bend, Kas.. Oct IA num-
Der of the politicians of the state are
on the Cheyenne bottoms north of
town this week on duck hunt. The
most of the party came in yesterday,
though additions are being made each
day. If they continue to come it is
thought that the hunt viii be turned
into a political conclave and the fate
of the state ticket and the nominee
for congress from this district def
nitely settled. Those in the party are
Cyrus Leland. Morton A1baugh. Judge
Pollock, H. W Blair of Topeka. Har-
vey Penny of Hays City. Judge Cole,
Sheriff DalzieI and W. r. Bunting of
this place and the state game warden
Mr.. Travis. The Cheyenne bottoms
has been one of the best places for
duck shooting in the United States
since the attempt was made to turn
it into an immense artificial lake a
few years ago. The party viii prob
ably return to town Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
ENPORIA TEMPERANCE ROW.
Starts in a Fist Fight and Winds Up
in Court.

in Court.
Emporia, Kas., Oct. 24.-Thomas
B. Godsey, one of the most ardent
prohibition reformers in this part of
the state, has been arrested and fined
S11 on a charge of assault and bat
terry The complaining witness was
John Peirrer, who had challenged
arose from the fact that GOdsey was
conspicuous in the prosecution of six
men, including Peirrer, for selling
beer at a French picnic three years
ago. Peirrer brought the matter up
as Godsey passed him on the street,
and when Godsey asked for an ex-
PLANTATION Peirrer offered to fight.
Godsey declined to fight on the street,
but said if Peirrer would come to his
office he would accommo date him.
Peirrer and two friends followed
Godsey to the office, where a wordy
controversy followed. After being
dared repeatedly, GOdsey struck
Peirrer, Whereupon the latter went
to the county attorney and procured
a warrant on the above charge. God
sey pleaded guilty before a justice of
the peace. He then asked the county
attorney for a warrant for Peirrer,
charging assault. GoGsey has for the
past two weeks been posting notices
on a bulletin board in front of his
Office implying that the county attor-
ney was taking money from the
jointists here. His request for a war;
rant was refused.
Godsey is considered a radical by
the prohibition element mere, but the
action of the officers in this affair has
occasioned considerable indignation
amount of rejoicing on the opposing
side
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E. H. HARTMAN DROPPED.
Is No Longer a Director of the Rio
Grande Western.

Salt Lake City, Oct 24-The annual
meeting Of the Rio Grande Western Rail
way company was held in this city today
The meeting was attended by Vice Presi-
dent Setback Chief Counsel Vale and
Treasurer Cotton, holding proxies for
nearly the whole of the outstanding stock.
The former board of directors We're re-
elected with the exception of z. II. Harri-
man. who was dropped in favor of A H
Calf of New York George J. Gould re-
signed several months ago from the direc-
tory of the Union Pacific and other Har-
Timan lines, and Mr.. Harriman's retire
Tnent as a director of the Gould proper
ties has followed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

If you want a smooth,
clear complexion, take
HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea this month.
Bright eyes and red lips
follow its use. IS CENTS
Tea or Tablets.
GATLIN DRUG co.
7O2 Kan. Ave.
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Bov Robs severaI So.

Bellevue. Kan.s Oct. 24.-Douglass
Child, a 15-year-old boy, was arrested
here charged with breaking into the
postoffice and several stores at night.
He was charged with breaking into the
postoffice and stealing 81 in change
and also breaking into three money
drawers, breaking into r. W. Weeks
store and stealing 81 and a gold watch
and chain; breaking into james Craig s
hardware store and stealing So and a
watch. Child admits his guilt. He is
the son of a well-to-dO farmer living
near here
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FAVOR PRESIDENTS STAND.
Nearly Every Commercial Organiza-
ton for Rate Regulation.

Milwaukee, Oct. 24.-E. P. Bacon,
chairman Of the executive committee
of the Interstate Commerce Law con
Yention, states that the result of a
canvass recently made by a Newark,
\. J., newspaper shows that out Of a
total of five hundred and dfty-seVen
organizations representing various
commercial, manufa curing and pro
ducing interests throughout the coun-
try, only fifteen are opposed to the
legislation favored by President
Roosevelt for the regulation OF rail-
way rates.
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Sherman gave the address of welcome
and Mrs. W. D. Wolfe of Gas City,
Kan, responded. Mrs. Ethel Freeland
of Paola spoke of 1.-The Educational
Value of the Shakesperean Drama" and
Mrs. N. Shaffer of lola read a review of
Hamlet"
Mrs. L. H. Wishard Of lola is presi-
dent of the district federation. About
80 visiting delegates are in attendance.
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KiIIine over a Spool of Thread

Manhattan, kan. Oct 24.-As a re-
suit of a quarrel over possession of a
spool of thread, Nj rio Taltarita shot
and killed Lorenzo MESSING. Both are
Italians working on the new Union Pa
cific sidetracks here. After lingering
several hours with a bullet hole in his
head, MESSING died at Parkview hos-
pital. TaItarita escaped.
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A F,arnler F,nioins Abilene Joints.

Abilene, Kan, oct. 24.-The lid
went on here when J. NJ. Sexton. a
Dickinson county farmer, employed
Colonel Little as his attorney and filed
injunctions against three of the joint
lists of this city. Judge Moore of the
district court, granted temporary in
functions in each of the cases and the
cases will be tried at the January term
of the district court. The joints at
Chapman, in this county, were closed
Saturday nigllt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
IN GOVERNOR HoCH's TOWN.
BURGLARS Rob a Drug Store and Secure
Considerable Liquor.

Marion, Kas., Oct. ga drug
store in Governor Hoch's town owned
and operated by a member of the city
council was broken into on Sunday
night, October p. The robbers Sc
cured IS gallons Of whisky, 10 gallons
of blackberry brandy, and one case of
beer. The nightwatch sleeps just
across the street.
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To Prove what SwampRool the Great Kidney Remedy will
for YOU, Every Reader Of The Topeka Daily Stale
Journal May Have Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail.

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TRIED TO SELL PASSES.
For EmpIOye of the Wabash Arrested
in Denver

H. G. Reed, formerly a stenographer
for Supt. Burns of the Wabash rail-
road at Detroit, passed through To-
peka yesterday en- route from Den
yer to Detroit in charge of two de-
tectives.
About two weeks ago he appeared
in Denver, and H. A. Roach, of the
railway ticket protective bureau, dis
covered that he was offering to sell
to ticket scalpers blank passes over
the Wabash. Mr. Roach communi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
WoNIEN.s CLUE ATEET.
The Second Kansas District Convention
in Session.

Kansas City, Kan, Oct. 24.-The
fourth annual meeting of the Kansas
Second District Federation of Won
ems clubs began today in the club room
of the Carnegie library. Luncheon was
served at II o'clock in the Knights of
Pythias hall. At o'clock in the after
noon a programme of music and ad-
dresses was given at the Peoples Meth
odist Protestant church. Mrs. Porter
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Gated with the officials Of the Wabash
and learned that Reed had stolen a
book of fifty blank passes. The
arrest of Reed followed.
He viii be prosecuted by the Wa
bash company, as the theft or i'm
proper use Of passes is one of the
chief crimes on the railway calendar.
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Arkansas City. kan. Oct. 24.-The tenn
perance residents of this city held mass
I1pon Gov Hoch for help in enforcing the
prohibitory law. In the last week the
movement has grown and radical action
has been taken. A committee from the
civic league viii call upon the county at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Wabaunsee, Oct. 2A-Noah Humphrey
Pixley, aged 70 years, died at his home
near here. He came to Kansas in 1858 and
settled on the farm where he died. He
was a Mason and a distinguished farm
gardener and horticulturfst, establishing
the sweet potato industry here. He leaves
a widow and four children.
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torney, Mr.. Dreamer, today and will de-
mand that he begin custer proceedings
against Mayor Sinnott and the other city
officers, who are alleged to be derelict in
their duty regarding the prohibitOry law.
What action the county attorney will
take is not known at this time.
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employees, the increase in killing being
wholly among passengers while the num-
Der of employees killed shows a decrease
of los. There were 1.131 collisions and l.
$50 derailments, of which 163 collisions and
16S derailments affected passenger trains.
The damage to cars, engines and roadway
by these accidents amounted to 81, 40, 81.
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TEXAS RAILWAYS SUED.
state Wants $4,000 From Them Tn
der New Tax Law.

Austin. Tex. oct. 24.-Suit has been
filed for $500 against the twelve
railroads in the state, which have
figured recently in the Injunction suit
now pending on appeal against the
Love tax law. by which q one per cent
tax is levied on their gross earnings.
These suits are brought by the dis
trict attorney Of Travis county for
penalties for failure to comply with
the law and for payment of the tax
assessed.
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factor. Along about the latter part of
November we will have more than we
can handle. and we viii have to do
the best we can. The condition will
probably solve itself, but it will stand
on record as unparalleled in railroad
history"
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UNIQUE WEDDING III.
Couple Married at Liberal to Enter
Alaska by Dog SIedge.

Liberal, Kan, Oct. PA trip by
dog sledge to the groom's home at
Fairbanks, Alaska, will be the wedding
journey of Lyman Savage and Miss
Josephine Hitch, both of Beaver coun-
ty, o. T., who were married here Mon
day afternoon. They will await the
freezing of the trail at Seattle.