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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-24
CROWD ON STREETS.
Final Christmas Shopping Done Last
NiNht-Younusters Out.

The streets OF the city were crowd.
cd until late hour last night, when
the final Christmas shopping was done.
Tomorrow will nc observed MS a No,i
day AL over the city, business being
entirely suspended
Last night. under all order from Act.
ing Mayor Il. w. Robinson, tho curlcw
he'll dill not ring until $40 oclocl:
and the yonng people were allowed ia
be on the streets until that hour.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-24
Billy Edwards Won.
Cry Associated pres.A

KNOXVILLE, TENN. Dec. e.
billy" Edwards. OF Portland, Ore.
gon. won two ont OF three falls from
Charles Lconhardt. OF Now Jersey.
in catch'ascatch.can wrestling match
here tonight.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-24
Christmas Down Home f"

Mayor Buxton left yesterday for his
Old home in Jackson. n. c.. to spend
the Christmas holidays with his rcia.
tivcs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-24

Messrs. NJ. G.. and II. n. Malone will
spend Christmas with their mother In
James City county.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-24
Martial Law In Esthonia.

REVAL, EsTHoNIA. Dec. ca
Martial law has been proclaimed in the
province Esthonia.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-24
COURT MARTIAL TO TRY
MIDSH|PMAA TREAMORE COFFIN
Six Members of the Court, Ranking
Officer to be Communicable
Try Oeever, TOO.
Cny Associated rress.n

p ANNAPOLIS. MD, Dec. o3.-Thc
conrt.martial of Midshipman Trenmoro
Coffin, Jr., member of tho third
class. for the ha2ing Of Mldshlpman
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-24
MISS W|NCF|ELD WINS
BY LARGE PLURALITY
Closes Teachers Piano Contest
With Double Vote Of Near
est Competitor.
DUE TO LOYALTY OF FRIENDS

Winner of the Handsome Trophy Has
Long aeen Resident Of the City
and is Graduate of the Local
High schooi--contest a Success in
Every Way. ~
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-24
dynamite Explosion at Mamolia.

MAGNOLIA. w. VA, Dec. GA
terrific explosion of 1000 pounds OF dy.
Mantle stored in the powder house OF
Mccoy and Nugents camp near Mag.
nolin. 20 miles east Of Cumberland.
where tho contractors arc finishing the
tunnel oil tho Western Maryland Rail-
road extension, occurred at 10 O'Clock
last night. wiping ont the powder
house and wrccking the blacksmith
shop. eight cars and part OF the track.
Windows in houses mile away
wcrc broken and the noisO oil tho on.
ploalon was heard twenty miles from
tho scene
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-24
Powder Man Missing.

Charles Dixon. powder man for th,
camp. Is missing and it is supposed h.
was blown TO pieces. Just before The
explosion no Went To fix tho fires in
tho powder house stove. to keep the
dynamite icom freezing.
Although tho blacksmith slop was
blown down. Il mule housed there Tor
the night was uninJurcd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
WORK NOT DIFFICULT.
ViOlatOrs Mostly Plead Guilty of
Conducting Nuisances.
After Sentence Sheriff Bundled
Them Over to Prison.

Independence. Kan. Nov. 2.-Seven-
teen "jointists" of Cofeyville and
Caney We're sent to the county Jail
here by Judge FIannelly of the district
court Nine, who pleaded guilty to
violating an injunction of the court,
and three, who were charged with
conducting nuisances. were fined $500
each and sentenced to hfty-three days
In Jail. Five others, who pleaded gull
ty to charges of violating the prohibi-
ton law, were sentenced to thirty days
and fined 500 each.
AS a result of the sentences the
county jail is filled almost to over
flowing today. For some of the pris-
oners room was made by placing cots
in odd corners of corridors The days
events mark the end of the long fight
for the enforcement Of the prohibition
law in Montgomery county and are a
great victory for the young county at
torney, Thomas e Wagstaf. It is ad-
mitted that the town is dryer than it
has been before in many years. Most
of the men sentenced Will come out of
the fight broken in spirit and finances.
Given Heavy Sentences.
When he opened court Judge Elan
nelly called Larry" Powers, who had
pleaded guilty to violating an injunc-
ton The court ordered him sent to
Jail for ffty-three days, or until De-
cember q fined him $500 and costs
and ordered him committed until the
whole amount is paid. The penalty is
greater than was expected and there
was a buzz in the court room when
sentence was passed. One after an
other the following men answered to
their names and received the same
sentence: Robert OIinger, Otis b
Hill, Mason, Joseph Roberts Albert
Clifton, Palmer, Frederick Virgil, M J.
Irwin and Edward Jackson, all of COT
feyville, and T. J. Campbell and C. w
Connolly of Caney. Virgil, Irwin and
Jackson were accused of conducting
nuisances.
These men were sentenced to thirty
days in Jail and fined 500 each and
costs; George Roberts, Albert Morras
William Brown, Frederick Jones and
Michael Bettendorf. The sheriff took
the seventeen men in charge at once
and committed them to the county
jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02

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If the druggist tries to sell you
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You can go right ahead with your
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It is well worth trying.
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Thousands have been cured in this
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No knife and its torture
No doctor and his bills.
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for d free package.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
SANTA FE MEN REELECTED.
Directors Make No Change in Person
mel of Executive staff.

Chicago, Nov. 2-Directors Of the Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway com
pany held yesterday their first meeting
since the annual meeting of the stock
holders, which was held in Topeka on
October 20. Plans of the officials for the
Improvement of the road and service
next year were discussed by the direct
any OF them.
All of the present officers of the road
were elected to serve another year. These
are. E. 2. Ripley of Chicago, president;
Victor Morawetz, of New York, chairman
of the executive committee; E. D. Kenna.
Of Chicago, first vice president and gem
eral solicitor; J. W Kendrick, of Chicago,
second vice president, and George T.
Nicholson, of Chicago, third vice presi-
dent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
GREAT GRAIN FACILITIES.
Illinois Central to Handle Western
Crops in New Orleans.


Believing that the bulk of the export
grain of the middle west and west is
naturally tributary to New Orleans, the
officials of the Illinois Central have
planned terminal facilities in the Cres-
cent City to handle grain shipments on
a large scale.
The Stuyvesant dock and wharf of
that company is now nearing compile
ton and it will be an even mile long,
constructed entirely of steel and viewed
from the river it presents an imposing
appearance.
Besides the big wharf and dock, there
viii be two new grain elevators with a
combined capacity Of 100000 bushels
The conVeyors from the elevators to
the dock viii be of steel and will have
a capacity of $4,000 bushels per hour.
The cotton warehouse will be just
one-half mile long, and IFS feet in
width, and viii have a storage capaci-
~ of $4,000 bales of cotton. Not a piece
of infammable material has been used
in its construction.
The two freighthOuses will be 1000
feet long each. The trackage facilities
at the docks include three distinct
yards, with a total storage capacity of
1000 cars. The cost of the new facili-
ties viii be over $2,000000.
One of the features of the new docks
and warehouses will be the mainten-
ance by the railroad company of a
trained fire brigade, which viii be on
duty at all times, probably the first ex-
elusive fire department ever maintain
ed by a railroad company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
HEAVY EXPENSE EXPLAINED.
Rock Island Showing Due to Unusual
Conditions,

Considerable criticism has been in
dulged in of the high rate of conduct
ing transportation shown in the Rock
Islands annual report. It is ex-
planned that the schedule was abnor-
NAL and was caused by unprecedented
causes. Last year was one of foods
and Washouts in the Rock Island ter
ritOry. These involved great extra. ex-
pense to repair the physical damage,
and they added immensely to the cost
of transportation by the delays caused
in the movement of trains and in the
greater force of employees required to
guard against catastrophe. The Rock
Island was no exception in this rega I'd
All the southwestern roads suffered
severely from the same cause
It is believed the scale now has been
turned and that better times are in
store for the Rock Island, although
heavy expenditures must be made for
some time to come for physical i'm
provements. September earnings of
the Rock Island proper showed an in
crease of l5 per cent in gross and 1
per cent in net. This indicates that
the management quietly is carving
ments uadeterred by the adverse criti-
cisn referred to. For the three
months of the fiscal year already ac-
counted for gross earnings show an
increase of Is per cent and net earn
ings per cent.
The Frisco end of the system
showed a small increase in gross for
September and a net decrease of 16
per cent in net. At first sight this ap-
pears bad, but when it is remem bered
that passenger earnings for Septem-
Der last year were abnormal on ac-
count of the Worlds Fair, the unsat-
factory aspect at once disappears. The
return of passenger earnings to nor
NAL is the sole cause of the apparent
decrease. Freight earnings now show
a material gain over those of this time
last year.
Both roads not only are making
large expenditures for the improve
ment of their roadbeds; they are
spending lavishly for new equipment.
Last year they used $1,2OO,O0O in this
way, and for the three months of the
current year already reported they are
spending money on the same liberal
scale. That such OUTLAWS are necessary
is a sure sign of prosperity, not only
actual but prospective.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
NO FIGHT WITH HARTMAN.
This Is What Hill Says and He Tells OF
Western ProsDeritY.

New York, Oct. flames J. Hill,
president of the Great Northern COM
pany, said yesterday that there is no
quarrel between himself and E. H.
Hartman, president of the Union Pa
ciffc and Southern Pacific roads, that
there is not likely to be any and there
is no cause for any. On Mr.. Harri-
mans recent return from Japan he
said that an era of competitive rail-
way building was at hand.
Mr. Hill said yesterday:
Il am not going to say a word about
what Mr.. Hartman said Mr.. Harri-
man has his ideas of development. I
have mine but I want to repeat that
this talk of rupture, whether it en-
anates from Wall street or elsewhere
is absolutely rubbish. More than
three-quarters of what has been
printed about this railway building
has no foundation.
1.-THE northwest" he continued, sis
growing faster than any other part of
the United States. The states between
the Red river and the Pacific coast are
growing faster than any other section
The natural resources of the country
in the farms and the forests and the
mines are greater collectively than in
any part of the United States. For
that reason the development of these
resources is the foundation of this sec
tons prosperity"
How do you regard the future of
the country2 ?"
well, am not a prophet. The
country is great. But we must re-
member that the United States has
some questions before it which it will
have to meet and settle before it's
prosperity as a commercial nation will
be on a permanent basis. AS far as
our domestic affairs are concerned of
course our natural resources are very
great and of themselves maintain a
high standard of prosperity.
"At the same time we must have
customers to buy what we produce,
as other nations are combining in
such a way as may in the future make
trouble for US on that score"
Are monetary conditions in the
west satisfactory
ION the whole. yes" said Mr.. Hill.
1.-THE west has a great deal of money
now. We have large crops to handle,
and for that reason shall not be able
to lend to the east as usual but condi-
tons are GOOD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
OCTOBER A COLD MONTH.
Twelve in the Past 81 Years Cooler
and % HIVE Been Aarner

Lawrence, Kan. Nov. I'm his
monthly weather summary for Octo-
Der, DR.. 2. H. Snow, of the University
of Kansas says:
The coolest October since 1898
Twelve OctObers in the past 81 years
have been colder, and % have been
warmer than the month just closed.
The first white" frost of the autumn
occurred on the 31st at this station, al
though on the bottom lands in the VI
entity OF Lawrence there was a light
white frost on the 18th. The first
black" or killing, frost occurred on
the 31st seven days later than the aV-
eTage date. The rainfall was a third
of an inch below the average, but was
ample for all purposes. The first snow
of the season occurred on the 30th,
which was IA days earlier than the av-
erage date, November Is. It continued
for several hours, but melted almost as
soon as it reached the ground. The
cIOudineSS was excessive but there
have been six cloudier Octobers-in
1870, 1877, 1881 1888, 1889 and 1896. The
total distance Travelled by the wind was
greater than in any October since 1902,
but was nearly 1900 miles below the
October average.
Mean temperature was SO So degrees,
which is POI degrees below the Octo-
Der average. The highest temperature
was so degrees on the 4th and 5th, the
lowest was % degrees on the 31st
The rainfall was 2.42 inches, which is
0.32 inches above the October average.
Of 1906 now completed is 42.13 inches,
which is $40 inches above the average
for the same months in the 81 years
preceding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
HURLEY TRIES PoLLYwOG.
Takes the Trip That Makes Leaven-
Northians Shudder.

-. e. Hurley, general manager of the
Santa F'e, made a trip over the Polly
wog last week." says the LeavenwOrth
Times. HE may have enjoyed it.
Tastes are uncertain and various. But
there is one thing about Mr.. Hurley,
he is a man with a great deal Of cour-
age. Perhaps he is a sport by the test
of being willing to go against anything
once 1t is not recalled that any of
the other officials of the Santa Fe ever
made a trip over the whole course Of
the Pollywog. jerry Black used to ride
sometimes from Holiday to LeaVen-
worth, but never the remainder of the
distance. Perhaps Mr. Hurley made
some observations during his jaunt
daunt meaning either a pleasure trip
or to be jolted) that viii result in some
improvements on the PollyWog. We
shall have to conjecture as to that But,
anyway, Hurley knows now just what
the Pollywog is; and that's some
thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
LINE TO WICHITA FALLS.
Oklahoma & Texas Directs Engineer
TO Survey Route.

Oklahoma City, Nov. AT a meet
ing of the directors of the Oklahoma
&. Texas Railroad company held here
Yesterday, P. H. McCrickett was elect
ed chief engineer and instructed to
organize a surveying party to go over
the entire route of the proposed line
from here to Wichita Falls, Texas. The
start will be made within the next ten
days. The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the road will be held
on the 10th inst, when actual con-
struction work viii be decided upon.
The entire party of directors will be
taken for drive over the northern
portion of the new line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
Tourist cars PonuIar.

The idea that an inferior class of
people patronize the tourist sleepers is
an error. On many trips only the best
class of travellers are found. They are
merely men and women of good sense
who would rather travel to California
in this manner and save a snug sum
Of money to be used elsewhere. It is
beginning to be understood that 1t is
by no means. necessary for the traveller
to spend d large sum of money in or
der to enjoy trip to the Pacific coast.
If you cross the continent in one of
the tourist sleepers of the Union Pa
cifc you win enjoy your trip and save
considerable money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
ONE MORE KANSAS ROAD.
Application for Charter for One From
Pittsburg to Ponca City.

An application was filed with the state
charter board yesterday for a charter for
a railroad running from Pittsburg, Kas.,
to Ponca City, Okla.
according 10 the papers MED with the
application it is the intention OF the men
backing the proposed road to build it
through Crawford, Labette, Montgomery,
Chautauqua and Cowley counties, in
Kansas, and on to Ponca City, a distance
of 200 miles.
The incorpOrators are A. G. Stitch, A. w.
Shulthis. Anthony Steinmezt. J. b Zeig-
Ter. all of Independence, and Charles A.
Mitchell of Cherryvale- The capital
stock of the concern IS given as SO. 900.
The shares are divided in 81, 900 lots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
Are You Interested IN a Fast CROWN
COUnfry2

The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
u,av company will furnish reliable in
formation regarding many desira Bile
locations in the west and northwest on
its lines for industrial establishments.
Hotels. banks. stores. produce buyers.
lumber dealers. brick var IS and other
excellent business opportunities.
Full information regarding cheap
lands in this fertile territory. All the
particulars desired by prospective SET
tlers are promptly furnished upon ap-
Dlication to agents of the Northwestern
inc or to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger
Traf1c MANAGER. ChiraGo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
NOT a PARTY TO THE STARVING
Evidence Shows CIarissa Shaw Did
Not PePsecute higgins.


Fort Scott. Kan. Nov. 2=CIarissa
Shaw, the daughter of Mrs. Belle
higgins. who is charged jointly with
her mother with the murder of Her
bert higgins by starving and beating,
was placed on trial in the juvenile
court Wednesday afternoon. The state
rested at 4 o'clock
Among the witnesses for the de-
Tense was George W. higgins, the
father of the dead boy. Notwithstand-
ing the fact he has declared he would
prosecute his wife and stepdaughter
for the crime they are alleged to have
committed, his testimony was in favor
of the girl. There is little difference
in the testimony before the juvenile
court from that against the girls
mother in justice court, except that
it is not shown so plainly that the girl
was a party to starving the boy to
death. The case viii be finished to-
day.
The mother was held to the district
court without bail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.
John SeeIy Wanted in Kansas Re
turned From Frisco.

Fort Scott. Kas., Nov. 2.-Deputy U. s.
Marshals c. II. Taylor and A S. Deing-
arrived in this city with John , ely,
wanted in the federal court here on a
charge of robbing the postOnice at Pitts
burg, kas-, While he was a clerk in that
Office five years ago. He was arrested
at the time and while on bond await
ing trial left the country. seely was
arrested in San Francisco two weeks ago.
He was q member of the Twentieth Kan
sas volunteers during the Spanish
American war and served three years in
the regular army during the time he was
a fugitive from justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
SEEKS $4,000 DAMAGES.
lola Woman's Claim for Electric Car
Lninries ReceiKed

lola, Kan, Nov. Mrs Lucinda
Baker yesterday began a suit against
o. j. Peterson, as receiver, and the
lola Electric railway for $1,000 dam
ages because of injuries received bv a
sudden starting of one of the defend
ants cars at the corner of Madison
and Washington avenues July g.
1904. She says she was a passenger
on a westbound car. The car stopped
at the corner for passengers to get Of
All of them were off and she was lust
I'm the act Of stepping to the ground
when the car started and she was
thrown to the brick pavement. She
suffered severe bruises about the bodv
and her left arm was broken just
above the wrist.
She had to pay SIS for medical at
tendance and the balance of the $1,000
is necessary to pay for the pain and
suffering she endured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
Son IS NTother.

Consumption runs in our family and
through it I lost my mother writes z.
B. Reid, of Harmony, Me For the past
five years. however, on the slightest sign
of a cough or cold. I have taken DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
which has saved me from serious lung
trouble His mothers death was sad
loss for Mr. Reid but he learned that
lung trouble must not be neglected. and
how to cure it. Quickest relief and cure
for coughs and colds. Price SOC and 81
Guaranteed at Arnold Drug Co.'S drug
store Trial bottle free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
U. P. MOTOR CAR IN WRECK.
Backs Into Open Switch and Smashes
End Against Engine.

Omaha, Nov 2-The Union Pacific has
had its first wreck with one of its new
gasoline motor cars, and as a result the
observation end of motor No. 3 looked
like a tin can with which hockey had
been played. However, the body of the
car, which is of sheet steel, was unin-
jured. No. 8 was on its trial trip yester-
day and had aboard several railroad Off
Gals. While going backwards at high
speed the car ran through an open switch
and into switch engine, which was NOV
ing in the opposite direction rapidly. The
passengers on the motor car were shaken
up, but were uninjured. The rear of the
locomotive was slightly injured. The
motor Will be repaired and will leave for
Galveston next week, where it will be
placed in suburban traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
A GOLD com COLLECTION.
o. NJ. White Adds Three Valuable
Pieces to His Stock.

Emporia, Nov. 2.-The Gazette
says:
o. NJ White today received three
gold coins which will make a good ad-
dition to his gold collection, one of
the finest in the country. These coins
are a gold dollar, half dollar and a
quarter. souvenirs of the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland. The
gold dollar contains pictures of Lewis
and Clark and is much smaller than a
cent. It is said to be the only coin
ever issued with a picture of a man
on both sides. The half dollar and
quarter are correspondingly smaller,
and have engravings of Mt Hood on
one side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02

Manhattan. Kas., Nov. flames Rice.
who was working on the Rock Island
jured last evening bye being struck on
the head by an eight-ponnd 7-''7~'A~
which was thrown from the top of the
bridge TO the ground He has a wife
and I've children
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-02
Iight and 40 Plant Transfer.

Weir City. Kas.. Nov. 2.-The property
Of the Weir City Light and Water COM
pany in Weir City has been transferred
to the Central Coal and Coke company.
The property transferred includes the
water and light plant and most of the
other real estate owned by the company
in the city. The following officers were
elected: President. Tom Mackie; vice
president, F. F. Doubleday; secretary and
treasurer. Charley Sweeney.