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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13
NO MORE REBATES
Geo. R. Peck Says They Are a
Thing of the Past.
1t Never Was a System of the
Railroads Choosing.

Chicago, April 13.-At a dinner of the
Union League club. of his city, last
night, the granting of the rate making
power to the interstate commerce com
mission was the subject of the discus
sion. Addresses were mad by Inter
state Commerce Commissioner Prouty.
Judge Grosscup and George r. Peck.
general counsel of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St Paul Railway ompany Es-
peeial interest attached to the address
of Mr. Peck, as he spoke directly as the
representative of the sentiments of the
western railways on this important top
ic, having been selected to express their
views. As the first formal and authorf-
tattVe expression from the carriers in the
west, there was much interest in what
ne had to say. In part, his address was
al follows:
Questions OF human conduct have
from the dawn of civilization occupied
the minds of thinkers, of students. and
OF lawmakers. What policies should be
prescribed ana enforced in respect to
the relations which men bear to each
other' mas always been a difficult, some
tunes an msOluble problem. As society
grows more complex and artificial. the
Increase. while at the same
tlLhe the demand for their solution be
-otHea more imperative and inexorabIe-
There is nothing more aIlurinp to the
Wel-lntenuOned mind of a DatrfOfic Gift
zen tina to be shown a wrong. real or
imaginary. and a remedy, made to or
der, or kept in stock, in that great fac
tory which gives its annual output to
all who seek. to all who need and to
all who think they need.
The marvellous progress. the unpar-
aleled growth of the United States has
not been the result o. government nv
commissions, n bureaus, but Of the
action n counteractiOn of commercial
forces which, under economic laws have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13

Indigestion soon leads to functional
disturbances of the heart.
If this is allowed to continue any
length of time, the spinal ord be-
comes irritated and anemic.
This gives rise to backache, head
ache n a most aggravated form of
Indigestion was the beginning Of it
"a slight catarrhal arrangement of
the stomach.
The mucous membranes of the
stomach become inhamed, ~congested,
and the digestive juices r changed.
Digestion no longer goes on in the
regular manner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13
REBATES UP 10 ROOSEVELT.
Secretary Hitchcock Declare Govern
ment Has Right to Make Rates.

Secretary Hitchcock Declare Govern
ment Has Right to Make Rates.
Washington, April lathe govern
ment viii continue accepting rebates
from railroad companies unless Presi-
Roosevelt 1nterferes and causes
abandonment of the practice.
That is the decision reached by Sec
rotary Hitchcock who approved the
contracts made for transporting
freight for the irrigation service. on
which rebates are allowed. The sec
rotary holds that this is matter for de-
termination by the interior depart
ment and the geological survey, and.
that the comptroller of the treasury
has no jurisdiction in the case.
Secretary Hitchcock today declared
that the arrangement made for hand
ling governmen material b. certain
railroad lines is q freight and not a
agreement. He refused to fur
nish a definition of the difference.
'"The whole trouble is a difference of
opinion between the law officers of
one department and those of another"
said Secretary Hitchcock. 1T cannot
be discussed. Matters. however, will
remain as they are"
Comptroller Tracewen asserts that
the interstate law of the
states is violated by Secretary Hitch
cock. and quotes h paragraphs of
the law to sustain his position.
1t was said today that the whole
matter would be turned over to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for settlement when he
returns from his trip west. In the
meantime Secretary Hitchcock will
continue to make h low rate con-
tracts.
Until President Roosevelt does take
the matter up rebates viii be collected
by the government on freight ship
ments. Secretary Hitchcock insists
that he is right and Comptroller
Tracewel wrong.
He a Y the government will save
$1,000 900 in less than seven years by
the scheme and that it will be con-
finuaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13
MoHLER ADVANCED.
Has Been Elected Vice President and
General Manager of Union Pacific.

Omaha, Neb., April 13.-Announce-
ment has been made at the local
headquarters of the Union Pacific rail-
road of the election in New York by
the board of directors of A. L. MohIer
to be vice president and general man
ager of thai road. Mr.. Mohler has
held the position of general manager
for some time and his election as vice
president is made in order to have an
executive officer resident in Omaha.
where are located the headquarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13
- 80 VANISHED.

when leading physicians SAID that ". N.
Smithart of Pelzin, Ia, had incurable con-
sumption, his last hope vanished, but Dr..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds kept nina out of his
grave. He says: This great specific com
pletely cured me and saved my life. Since
then have used it for over 10 years and
consider it a marvellous throat and lung
cure" Strictly scientific cure for coughs
sore threats or colds; sure preventive Of
pneumonia Guaranteed, SOC and 81 bot
ties at Arnold Drug Co., S2l North Kan
sas ave. Trial bottle free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13
Presbytery at COUNCIL Grove

Council Grove, Kan. April 18.-The
npor ~presbytery is in session hero.
Rev. Rudolph Caughey. of Marion Is
moderator. Rev. A. S. Davis. of WIGHT
"a, IS permanent clerk. The financial
report OF the churches is the best ever
snoWn; Commissioners to the general
DR.. S. Lake, of Mulvane:Winjam Kan.
nan Of 81 Dorado; John Small. Of Peo-
tone: 4. Potter. Of Peabody, and Rev.
Jonn Ewart. of Newton, spoke last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13

Mrs 3 Van Shenau, 1872 5th street Milwaukee. Wis writes:
I feel it m duty to write n tell o now much good Peruna Ia
dom ms I ave beer a sufferer for years with female trouble. causing
ackache and at times terrible headaches
q hd also complications from indigestion M ear OubIe. so
that 1 often had o lie down.
~ friend advised ne to try Peruna- I had little faith in any medi-
cine as I had tried so much without getting ny relief, u tt please
her I gave it a trial
"After three days use I felt 70 much better tha I decided to con-
tinue its use and by the time I had taken six bottles. I was in perfect
health u Ia n o more headaches. II fact my health is low III that
I could wish.
praise"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13
IMPROVEMENT MONEY ON HAND.
Rock Island Has Sold 100000 in
RonHe t. Snerer & Co.

The Rock Island road has sold to
Speyer & Co. of New=York 100000
first mortgage and r~efunding bonds
due in 1913. The proceeds are to be
used in the Improvement of the road
bed of the system n in the acqu1sl-
tion of new rolling stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13
Golden state Daily This Summer.

The Rock Island and Southern Pa
cifc systems that instead OF
withdrawing the Golden State Limited
train April IA. for the summer season,
as has heretofore been the practice, it
has been decided to continue the train
in daily service until further notice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13

The Kansas City Belt line is con-
structing a new line on the outskirts of
Kansas City in Kansas and it wishes
to cross the tracks of the Kansas City
Southern. The latter road is resisting,
and the Belt line has made a formal
application to the Kansas railroad com
missioners to adjust the matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-13

The shortest line from Kansas City
to St. Louis is the Wabash. Best
trains day and night. Ask your local
agent for tickets via the Wabash.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
Taking an Oath.

a correspondent wants to know what
we think Of disreputable creature,
who happens TO have been born of
Catholic parents, and who excuses
himself for false swearing on the
ground that he was sworn on Prot
estant- Bible. Possibly there are some
people ignorant enough to suppose that
the kissing of Bible is necessary to
the taking OF an oath, but they are.
very much mistaken. No Bible is
needed-Catholic or Protestant. If one
is used ii is to invest the act with
greater solemnity. If a man deliber-.
ately signsl q paper containing the
words ''I swear he takes an oath; if
he lifts his hand and solemnly says
81 swear" he takes an oath; whether
the name of God is actually mentioned
or not, it is understood to be invoked
I'm witness Of the truth. But if a man
does not mean to take an oath, he does
not take one. whether il be in CONVEX
sation or in a court of law. There is
this difference, however. In converse
ton, We often judge by q mans man
ner that, though ne uses the. language
of swearing, he does not really mean
to make himself responsible for an
oath: in q court Of law we have no
reason 80 suspect anything Of the kind
and the man who goes through the
solemn form of taking an oath without
really intending to take it, commits an
abuse Of the Divine Name equal in
guilt to the sin of perjury.
CaSket
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
Priests Average Life.

It was said in these columns last
week that during the past decade the
diocese of Hartford had lost by death
thirty-seven priests, and that of these
thirty-seven the average life on the
mission was fifteen years. The figures
should have read 24.15 years. Less than
a quarter of q century ago the life of
priest on the Connecticut mission
averaged only nine years. The change
in favor of longevity amounts to some
thing like a phenomenon. What with
long drives, poor railroad facilities and
poor roads the clergy of the latter half
OF the last century found themselves
cast upon hard times. Now all is
changed, and the most careful clerical
training will not be counted out of
place in those who are, in all proail-
lily, to spend from twenty-five to fifty
years as laborers in the vineyard
Catholic Transcript.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
Correcting an Error.

ii may be a shock to those pious
souls who have at some time made
petitions for aid 10 ST. Expedit. to
learn that there is no such saint and
that mis- name was placed in the
calendar through the Innocent mi
understanding OF some French nuns
in the seventeenth century.
In the latter part Of that century
some relics from the Roman cata-
combs were SEM by request to re-
lisious community in France. 1t is a
well known fact that many bodies Of
martyrs we're deposited in these sub
terrauean burial places. ard when these
bodies have been identified as those
really belonging 20 persons who have
suffered death for the Church. she has
proclaimed them as relics Of saints and
authorized their distribution to the
faithful.
II happened then. that when the box
o. relics was received in France the
sood nuns. seeing inscribed on the nd
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
Silent Wisdom.

Keen still. When trouble is brewing,
Keep still Evon when SANDER is ges-
ting on his legs, keep stiH. When Your
feelings are hurt, keep still-tiu you re-
cover from your excitement at any
rate. Things look differently through
an unagitated eye.
DR.. Burton relates how once in a.
tommotion he wrote a letter and sent it.
and wished he had not. In my later
Years he said. Il had another com
motion and wrote a long letter: but life
.1ad rubbed little sense into me. and
Kept that letter in my pocket against
ne day when l could look it over with
out agitation and without tears. / was
Slad 7 did. Less and less il seemed
'ecessary to send ii. I was NOT sure
would do any hurt, but in my doubt
Tuiness leaned to reuceuce, and even
uaily it was destroyed Time works
wonders. Wait till you can sneak
calmly, and then you viii not need 10
speak, maybe.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
wanted-A Com panion.

a lady IN delicate health wishes to
meet with useful companion. She
must be domestic, musical. an eaIly
riser. amiable, Of good appearance. and
have some experience IN nursing. \
total abstainer preferred. Comfortable
home, No salary
few days afterwards the adver-
tiser received by express a basket
labelled; This side up-with care
perishable. ON opening it she found a
tabby cat with letter tied to its tail.
it ran thus:
Madam: In response TO your ad-
vertisement, ! am happy to furnish you
with q very useful companion which
YOU viii find exactly suited to your re
quirements. She is domestic, q good
vocalist an early riser. possesses an
an1iable disposition and is considered
handsome. she has had great ex-
perience as a nurse. having brought up
9. large family. need scarcely add
that she is a total abstainer 4 salary
is no object to her: she will serve you
faithfully in return for comfortable
home.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
Chinese Catholics in New York.

Archbishop Farley Of New York has
made application to Rome for u priest
able to speak the Chinese language
who will look after the spiritual wei
fare of the Catholic Chinese Of the me-
tropolis His grace considers this mis-
sion field among the Mongolians an i'm
portant one. II is but d year ago that
five Chinese merchants of Chinatown
were baptized on the same afternoon
OF the Paulists church. They received
their Instructions IN the teachings of
the church from the Paulists through
an interpreter. There are many such
waiting an opportunity to become con-
verts. and there is no doubt that the
proposed mission will prove successful
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
A Pointer for Parents.

The obligation lying on parents of
not giving bad example to their young
children is of the strictest nature. says
the pastoral letter which mas been is
sued by the plenary council of Austria
liza and those who fail in this matter
should reflect on the awful warning Of
Our Lord. who said OF all who cause
children to sin: But he that shall
scandalize one of these little one that
believe in Ne, it were better lfor him
that stone should be hanged about
his neck and that he should be drowned
in the depths of the sea- est. Mat
thew xviii, So How many children
learn from the example of their own
parents habits Of sinful language, of
ungovernablc anger, of neglect of the
sacred duties of religion; and although
these same parents may salve their
consciences by frequently exhorting
their children to duty and virtue, they
cannot expect to escape the anger of
God. who is jealous of the virtue of
the little ones He has entrusted to their
care.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
MONTREAL ARCHBISHOP
Asks His Flock to Stay Away From
Theatre Where Rernhardt PLAYS.

Archbishop .Bruchesf of Montreal
Canada, IL view OF the appearance i'll
that city Of Sarah Bernhardt, created
& sensation at high mass in st. James
cathedral by declaring that plays pro-
duced in the French theatres there
We're imported from cente. where
Christian marriage WAS n1ocked at.
This sad education. the archbshop
declared. has been gradually going
on. and a certain actress. whose name
would not pronounce, repeated only
few months ago the ignoble scenes
which it had been her custom to pro-
duce elsewhere. We have no need Of
such literature and OF such plays in
this Catholic city. During the present
week (refeuing 10 Bernhardt's com
ing) one theatre in particular will at
tract large crowds and 1 deeply regret
the programme decided upon
He concluded by asking fathers and
mothers to stay away and preserve the
honor of their families and promote
the salvation of their children's souls.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
The Catholic Paper.

The Catholic who is really in earn
est ought TO take serious things seri-
ously. He ought certainly to flee from
the dangers Of immoral literature. The
lessons of the Catholic home or the
Catholic school viii have q certain in
1uence but that influence will count
for little in the absence of 4 militant
Catholic press. The tone of current
literature is at the best not bright. 1T
Is true the magazines cannot. afford to
break the traditions OF silence concern
ing certain aspects of life But its
voice is not cast for the best things
It's influence is sometimes poisonous.
positively bad, Al the best ii IS rarely
good: hence 1t IS especially necessary
that the effects of the vile and fetid
deluge of, literature" should. be di-
verted by good literature. That IS the
reason, that YOU should see that a
Catholic paper of good literary tone
is kept IL your home.-Boston Repub-
lie
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
May kecn IoIv paYs.

The superintendent of the Milwaukee
public schools has issued an order that
children and teachers may absent
themselves on Church holy days.
Teachers of any church who feel it a
duty to remain away on these days to
attend church may also DO 50. For
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
CHURCH CALENDAR.

Sunday. Dec. l7--Third Of Advent
st. Lazarus
Monday. 1S-The Expectation
Tuesday, 19-St. Nemesion.
Wednesday, 20-Ember day.-vigil.
thursday. 21-St. Thomas.
ridsy, 22-Ember day.
saturday, 2S-Ember day.-Yieil
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16

the one word "Expedit," concluded at
once that it was the name of the saint
whose relics We're contained therein.
About two months ago the Pope or
dered q sort of inspection in all the
churches OF Rome called the sacred
visit and it seems that in some
churches Of minor Importance a shrine
or two of Saint Expeditus has been
removed as q result OF this visit The
intention of the Holy Father is to abol-
ish devotion 10 Saint Expeditus.-
Catholic Columbian.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-16
Church Universal

them or for pupifs no penalty win be
attached for so doing.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-21
Was Down on Circumstantial Evidence

night. A guest of the hotel who had a
room next to mine swore that my
snores disturbed him from midnight
till o'clock and that he heard me
turn over in bed at 8, and so was
.honorably discharged from custody"
But about it being queer?" was
asked.
why, all the people on both sides
were mistaken. was not outside the
bank at the times named and neither
was l in the hotel.''
But you were somewhere"
ooh, of course. Fact is, I got
mashed on the landlords daughter
and we. sat up all night in a balcony
and talked love and looked at the
moonlight. Yes, sir, sat there all
night like a couple of idiots, and
though I declared I would die for her
and she said she only wanted me and
a humble cottage, she was married to
a red-haired butcher within year and
I was being sued by snub-nosed
widow for breach of promise I was
simply observing, you know, that cir.
cumstantial evidence is a queer thing
and I wish to add that a juryman
shouldn't be Influenced too much by
it"-Tid-Bits.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-21
MARRIAGE MADE EASY.
Bostonian Relieves Brides Families
of All RESPONSIBILITIES.

OF All Responsibilities.
1t appears that a wide-awake Bos-
tonian is in a fair way to win wealth,
if not fame, by a novel idea which she
has in development. She undertakes,
in consideration of substantial sum,
to supervise weddings and relieve the
brides family of all the responsibility
ties involved on such occasions, thus
insuring them from nervous break
down. Everything from the decora
ton OF the house to the bridal trous.
seau is intrusted to her care, nor does
the bride-to-be have to worry about
even the packing of her trunks, for
the wedding director sees that every
thing is put carefully in her trunks
and a complete inventory is taken in
a little book, SO that every article may
be easily located. Now that weddings
are to be made easy, there no longer
will be any excuse for a bride to look
worried and worn, as so many do at
the ceremony, for by this womans
scheme brides may rival the lilies of
the field in idleness and step to the
altar as fresh and brightly blushing
as possible.-New York Press.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-21
Sailors Have Sport Racing Turtles
placed, and the snappers sailed aw

placed, and the snappers sailed away
from the post in a manner much
similar to the way the horses leave
the scratch line at a race track.
"The after deck of the steamer was
made race track. There was q real
bookmaker, and several dollars of real
money changed hands. The heavy
losers walled and declared No. 3 or
No. 6 was dead one, and could not
get around the track unless it was
carried" ~
Lem Fugle refilled his pipe and
looked wistfully at the entries in to-
morrow's races, carefully picking out
the winners, and assuring the reporter
what "cinch' Mad Mullah would be
'for show" :.
II have gambled on every kind of
race that has ever been run, with the
exception Of the turtle race" spoke
the sage in a sorrowful tone, "and I
think it Is up to the sports of New
York to build track for racing the
crust covered creatures. You can put
me down on the list as charter mem
ber of the Metropolitan Turtle Racing
association" said Mr.. Fugle, and the
tugboat E. S. Booth left her mooring
at Pier No. 4, East river, and started
down the bay for a tow.-New York
American.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-21
Charles Wesley Seven Thousand Hymns

from place to place upon his duties
in the church. In those days graphite
pencils and flowing pens were un-
known, and he wrote with piece Of
soft lead he always carried with him
on any old scrap of paper. He lived
to be 80 years of age, and was born
in 1708.
The hymns of Dr. Watts come next
in number to those of Charles Wes-
ley, namely, 697, but they mostly ap-
pealed to children, although never for
gotten in later years.
The fact is that Wesley commenced
writing his sacred hymns at the age
of 20.
The Methodist hymn book in this
country, as we'll as the Wesleyan
hymn book in England, being so re-
plete with the hymns of Charles Wes-
ley is accounted for by the fact that
both Charles and his brother John
were clergymen of the Church of
England, but John, taking exception
to some part of the ritual of that
church, went out to preach to the
multitudes, and after he had organ
lied what his followers called the
Wesleyan church his brother Charles
joined him and wrote the hymns, to
which were added the favorite hymns
of other sacred writer's.
The Cook County herald., 1905-10-21
PICKED THE BEER BOTTLES.
clubman Played Havoc in His Own Ice
Box at Home.

clubman Played Havoc in His Own Ice
Box at Home.
He had been at his lodge and it
was early in the morning before he
returned. He was not strictly sober,
maybe, but he had sense enough to go
to the ice box. His wife heard him
lift the lid of the box and let it fall
with bang against the wall. She
fancied him cropping about for the ham,
mer and pick to break off a piece of
the lump when suddenly the sound of
a bombardment came to her ears.
Next morning she arose and went to
the ice box and opened it to see what
could have been the matter the night
before. There she beheld a wreck.
1t appeared that her husband had
taken. the hammer and pick, and in the
darkness had mistaken six beer bottles
for Jumps of ice.-New York Sun.