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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
HOW HE SAVED HIS MEN.
Farmer Locked Harvest Help in a
Private Car.

Farmer Locked Harvest Help in a
Private Car.
Pratt, Kan, June 27.=''Lish'' Rat
cliff, a rich farmer and banker of
Cunningham. solved an aggravating
problem of the harvest hand question
the other day.
The train to Pratt was almost
ready to pull out of Wichita, and Mr..
Ratclih had fifty or more harvest
hands in the smoking car, bound for
the wheat fields near Cunningham.
Il have paid these mems fares" he
said. but I haven't the slightest idea
how many of them viii go through to
Cunningham. They VIII drop off at
You ought to lock them in a car
of your own laughingly suggested his
friend
In a flash the harvest hand impor-
ter was up and gone. There was no
time to lose and he lost none. Within
ten mintes satisfactory arrangements
had been made. and an engine push
ed forward a coach which was at
tached to the rear of the train. Then
Mr.. Ratcliff passed through the train
with 'All aboard for Cunningham.
Fare paid and special car in the rear. "
There was a rush OF harvest hands
for that car. and soon the Cunning
ham man had corralled every one of
them. A man at each end turned the
locks and stood guard for the rest of
the trip. Farmers at Murdoch, Che
ney, Kingman and other stations made
strong bids for them. but Ratclin con-
trolled the situation. They had to go
to Cunningham.
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STOCK IS MISSING.
Purchaser of 500 Shares of Rock Is.
land Stock Gave Bad Check.

New York. June Somewhere
there are 500 shares of Rock Island
stock which Percy S. Dudley, a law
yer of IS Liberty street, is advertising
as having been stolen from a client
of his. In his advertisement the num-
bers of the stock certificates are given,
and it IS stated that persons dealing
with the same. do so at their peril
A representative of Mr.. Dudley, who
was asked today to give the details of
the loss, was reticent. He said:
"Our advertisement is really a warn
ing. All I can say is that a client of
ours sold the stock and received a
check for it. which the bank refused
to pay. The check was for $4,000.
The man who drew the check is not
a Wall street man, or connected with
a firm or in a position of trust. We
want to be first sure of our position
before we make names and the at
tendant facts public.
1.-The affair occurred only yesterday.
Our client knew, or thought he knew
the man who got the stock, well. It
would appear to be case of mis-
placed confidence. We do not know
just where the stock is now. Perha ps
the man who got it still has it
Since the check for the Rock Island
stock was drawn and given to Mr..
Dudley's client, the market price of
the stock has advanced, and it was
worth more than $4,000 today.
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Why We Recommend Orrine
To Cure Drunkenness.

In taking the agency for OErine, the
liquor habit cure. we thoroughly Rat-
isfed ourselves that It was an article
Of genuine merit. and that the COM
pany. which is located IN Washingtton
ID. c., deals squaTely and lives up
strictly to the guarantee If the cure
Is not made the money will be re-
funded"
Since selling Orrine numerous cases
have come to our knowledge that
have been cured of the horrible liquor
habit by this meritorious article,
which strengthens the nervous system
and destroys the craving for whiskey.
Orrine is prepared in two forms. No.
] should be given to cure the patient
without his knowledge 1t can be put
into coffee or food. as 1t is tasteless,
colorless and odorless.
We think that when the excessive
drinker is approached properly he
viii be willing to be cured. II he con-
sents, purchase Orrine No. 2, which Is
put up In pill form. Either form sells
at 81 per package. step into our store
and receive fun information regarding
Orrine the remedy that really cures
the liquor habit. If you viii write to
the Orrine Company, Inc. Washing
ton. D. c., they will send you free a
book on Drunkenness" in a plain
paper wrapper.
We have great confidence that Or
zine cures the drink habit, and highly
recommend it to you. Geo. ". Stans-
field. druggist -632 Kansas avenue,
Topeka
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WHY DOCTORS FAIL
AND MRS. PIHKHAM SUCCEEDS
Plain Reasons Are Here Given to Explain
Why Lydia &. Pinkham' s Vegetable Com
pound Cures When Doctors Are PoWerless

Awomanis sick: some disease peculiar
to her sex is fast developing in her sys-
tenn. She goes to her family physician
and tells him a story, but not the whole
story.
She holds something back, loses her
head, becomes aGitated, fOrgets what
she wants to say, and finally conceals
what she ought to have told, and thus
completely mystifies the doctor.
Is it any wonder, therefore, that the
doctors fail to cure the disease? Still
we cannot blame the woman, for it is
very Embarrassing to detail some of the
symptoms of her suffering, even to her
family physician.
1t was for this reason that years ago
Mrs Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, de-
termined to step in and help her sex.
Having had considerable experience in
treating female ills with her Vegetable
Compound, she encouraged the women
of America to write to her for advice in
regard to their complaints, and being a
woman, it was easy for her ailing sis
ters to pour into her ears every detail
of their suffering.
In this way she was able to do for
them what the physicians were unable
to do, simply because she had the
proper information to work upon, and
=
sought her advice years ago a great
army of her fellow-beings are to-day
constantly applying for advice and re-
lief, and the fact that many thou
sands of them have been cured by
following the advice of Mrs. Pinkham
during the last year is indicative of the
grand results which are produced by
her unequaled experience and training.
No physician in the world has had
such a training, or has such an amount
of information at hand to assist in the
treatment of all kinds of female ills.
from the simplest local irritation to
the most complicated womb diseases,
This, therefore, is the reason why
Mrs. Pinkham. in her laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, is able to do more for the
cling women of America than the
family physician. Any woman, there
fore, is responsible for her own suffer
ing who will not take the trouble TO
write to Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
The testimonials which we are con-
stantly publishing from grateful wo-
men establish beyond a doubt the
power Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to conquer female diseases,
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BUY A ROCK ISLAND LINE.
Santa Fe Secures Branch From PauIs
Valley to Chickasha.

Chickasha, J. T. June 27.-The Santa Fe
has bought the Lindsay branch of the
Rock Island and on July 1 will begin the
operation Of through service between this
point and Paurs Valley, [ T. It is gen
orally understood that the Santa F'e is
seeking an outlet to the west through
Chickasha. The right of way between
PauIs Valley and Shreveport, La, is be-
ing secured and the Texas and Colora do
parties are interested in getting a short
line connection between the lumber and
coal fields of Louisiana and the ChoctaW
mineral belt with view to a western out
let. Some time ago articles of incorpora-
ton of a Denver Washita Valley and Gulf
line of railroad were prepared for fling
and the prominence of the incorporators
was considered evidence that the Rock IS
land was behind the move, but for some
reason the articles were not filed. The
present move by the Santa Fe is believed
to throw some light on the situation as
they have had plans for long time for a
Gulf and North Pacific Coast line. Such
a line as the one proposed would traverse
one of the richest agricultural. mineral
and lumber sections of the Indian Terri
tory and would control an undivided ter
ritory over 50 miles wide through the
Chickasha and Choctaw nations.
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&c GOoD REPORT.
Rock Island-Frisco Earnings Said to
Have Gained S75O,OOO.

New York. June 27-The earnings
of the combined Rock Island-Frisco
system for May and June are expected
to show over $3.50, 900 gained in gross,
with operating expenses still very
heavy. The net viii, however, show a
fair increase.
The St Louis & San Francisco is the
most persistent revenue producer in
the system. The addition of nearly a
thousand miles to the railroad operat-
ed is a big factor in the figures as
published. but the system as a whole
is doing relatively better than last
year. The new divisions are earning
their charges, which is about all that
can be expected from new lines in
new country during the first year
The disappointing feature is the
heavy expenditure for operating the
road. It is a fact that a great deal
of this comes in maintenance, but it
is also a fact that much is lost in con-
Quoting transportation.
Signs point to very heavy earnings
at the beginning of 1906. It would
not be at all surprising if the gain in
gross for July and August ran over
81. 100000 a month.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Wonderful Growth of the Jap
anese Lines.
Have All Been Built in Past
Thirty Years.
SOME STATISTICS.
Are Owned by Both Government
and Private Corporations.
Gossip and Matters OF Interest
in Railroad Circles.

The annual report of the imperial
railway bureau, which has just been is
sued, illustrates in d striking manner
the phenomenal development of the
japanese empire. Barely SO years ago
there was not a single mile of railway
in the whole dominion The total length
of railway now open for traffic is {. 495
miles and A chains Of which 1874 miles
belong to the government railways. the
balance being private lines. This does
not include 737 miles of government
road and 45S miles Of private roo ds IN
der construction.
There is probably not in the whole
history Of railroading a record to COM
pare with this. In the past year the
NUMBER OF passengers carried on the
japanese roads amounted to 1888 S84
an increase of 1851, 563 over the previous
year.
That the people of the island empire
study economy in the working of their
railways IS shown by the fact that the
working force shows a decrease of 81
employees in 1904. as compared with the
previous year-this in spite of the fact
that the mileage operated shows an in
crease of 25S miles. The introduction Of
railways was by national initiative, the
total construction up to 1888 being that
of government lines, amounting to only
1l6 miles. Since then by far the greater
part of construction work has been done
by private companies, though these, to
some extent. are subsidized by the gov
eminent.
Railway opera ton in Japan seems to
be fairly profitable on the whole al
though a few small lines failed TO pay
dividends and FIVE failed to pay their
operating expenses and interest. The
others show dividends running from a
little under per cent to as high as "A
per cent.
Remembering that the country IS still
practically in a state of transition, these
results are considered fairly satisfacto-
~.
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UlL III HIj.
The Standards Big Pipe Line
Open for Business.
Ten Days Required to Fill the
Line in Kansas.
TAKE 10000 BARRELS.
Tankage Along the Route for
10000 Barrels.
Working Capacity of the Pipes
Is Is, 600 Barrels Daily.

Independence, Kan, June 27.-The
Whiting pipe line has begun taking oil
from the southern field The line is not
yet completed but as it viii require ten
days to i'll the pipe it is believed that
1t VIII have been completed before the
end Of that time. 1t viii take 10000
barrels of oil to fill the pipe. In addition
to this there is completed tankage along
the route for 10000 barrels more. The
working capacity of this line is 1900
barrels a day, but it will be some time
before the line viii take this amount,
as several pumping stations have yet
to be built
The Whiting line, constructed and
owned by the Standard Oil company,
runs from the southern Kansas oil fields,
through Kansas City, at which latter
point big storage tanks are situated for
Whiting Ind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

According to an announcement made
by the Southwestern Passenger asso-
citation, clerk in the auditing depart
ment of leading southeastern road,
whose duty it was to check up conduc-
tors collections, saw that it would be
an easy matter to secure refunds on
foreign lines tickets which conductors
failed to cancel. He has confessed
that it was his practice to hold out a
number of such tickets. "doctoring''
them when necessary and sending
them to the issuing lines for refund.
In this way he succeeded in fraudu-
lentIy obtaining a very considerable
amount of money. This and the dis
covery of the connection between a
clerk in the auditing Office of one of the
southern lines and a prominent scalp
ing firm doing business in Atlanta are
evidence of the opportunities open to
auditors clerks for crooked dealings
in connection with passenger matters.
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KANSAS PUBLISHERS.
Second Annual Meeting in Hutchinson
July Il.


Hutchinson. June 27.-The second
annual meeting of the Kansas Pub
fishers Business club will be held in
Hutchinson at the Commercial club
rooms on July II.
This is a club formed from among
the business managers of the different
neWspa pers over the state Of Kansas,
and it is purely business proposition
New members will be admitted at the
session to be held here. A programme,
which has been prepared by the secre-
tary-treasurer, J. F. Baxter, is of in
terest to the advertising people. 1t is
as follows;
Address Of welcome. Ed NJ. Moore,
Hutchinson News.
Business meeting from 1880 to 8
.. m.
Adjourn to the Baldwin hotel for
refreshments and smoker.
TOastmaster - Il. b. Montgomery,
Junction City Union
TOASTS.
'sIow to Keep From Getting Caugh
by Unreliable Agencies" Parks Hell
mick. Chanute Tribune.
Concerning Special Representa-
ton" W. 3. RObey, Topeka Daily
Capital.
aCirculation.' George W. Marble,
Fort Scott Tribune.
From the Advertisers Standpoint"
c. w. Oswald, Hutchinson, Kas.
classified Advertising, Dan An
thony. Jr-. I.eavenWorth Times.
Foreign Advertising" B. F. Hen
riquez, Chicago.
Following the addresses there viii
be a. general discussion of foreign
advertising and the special represen-
tatives will explain their plans Of pro-
posed representation of newspapers
belonging to the Kansas Publishers
business club
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salaries and wages of all officials and
employees from the general manager
to water boys and messengers. It
does not take in the salaries of presi-
dent and other executive officers whose
headquarters are in Chicago.
THE pay roll shows said Mr.
Moore, that in May the road had
more persons in its employ and paid
out more money to employees than any
other month in its existence. We be-
lieve that June will be even larger than
Nav
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c. NJ. shelton Has Nothing Left.

Topeka, June 27-Claims to the
amount of $4,000 we're proved up yes
terday in the bankruptcy proceedings
filed June 1 6 by Charles NJ. Sheldon
with Referee L. o. Carter. in Kansas
city. Kan. The petition sets forth
that Mr.. SheIdon's liabilities amount
to S312,579.52, and the assets with
which to meet them, to less than $500,
all of which consisted of the 19pli-
cants wearing apparel Mr.. Sheldon
is president of the c. NJ. Sheldon COM
pany a brokerage firm of Kansas City,
Mo. and was formerly secretary of the
Kansas state senate
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Winfield Kans-. June 27-Because
of the large attendance during the
present session and especially Sunday,
sam Jones day, when there were more
than u 600 people in the park. the
Winfield Chautauqua Association was
enabled to pay off a. $4,000 note al one
Of the banks which had been made
some years ago when improvements
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His leg for a Weapon.

Chanute, Kan, June 27.-With an
iron bound wooden leg as a weapon,
Jacob Byres assaulted Elijah Tharp
last night and inflicted severe scalp
and body injuries. Byres, his two
sons and a neighbor, were arrested on
a state warrant charging assault with
intent to kill, and put under bond. The
assault was the result Of interference
on Tharp's part when Byres' son was
cruelty beating a horse. Byres, who is
a cripple, unbuckled his wooden leg
and struck Tharp several times.
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Philadelphia, June 27.-Jack Johnson
of California had much the better of the
six-round bout with Jack Munroe of
Montana last night at the National
Athletic club. The fight was hard and
fast. The Californian did his best work
in the fifth and sixth rounds. when he
hit Munroe almost at viii. In the last
round johnson caught Munroe hard on
the face several times but was unable
to deliver a knockout blow.
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T7le Santa res Biz Payroll.

James Moore, paymaster Of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway,
has finished his report showing the
number of employees and the amount
paid out by the company on its pay
roll for May. The number of persons
employed by the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe in May was %, 900 and the
amount of wages received by them
was $1,000, 600. This includes the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
sold to Mexican Central.

officials of the Santa Fe and the
Arkansas Pass practically confirm the
report that the Arkansas Pass road has
been sold to the Mexican Central. A
dispatch from New York states that
W. H. Mcintyre who was the holder
of the controlling stock of the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass. refused to
deny or affirm the report.
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New Home for This Bank.

Leavenworth, Kans., June 27-It is
reported that the Manufacturers Ma
tional Bank of this city bought the
Laing building on the corner of
Fourth and Delaware streets today.
The price is said to have been $4,000.
The building will be occupied by the
hank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
Suit for Big Sum.

Washington, June 27.-David H. Moffatt
of Denver. Col. has fled suit in the SUI
prene court of the District of Columbia
against the Chesa peake Beach railway to
recover 81, 222, 800 alleged to be due on
promissory note given in December, 1904,
and made payable on demand.
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santa Fe AGENT at santa Fe PROMOTED.

Santa Fe, n. NJ. June 27.-H. S.
Lutz. for the past fifteen years freight
and passenger agent at Santa Fe, has
been promoted to the city agency at
Albuquerque, n. NJ.
A. J. Bishop, operator and ticket
agent at Santa Fe, will probably sue
coed Mr.. Lutz here as city agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

It was a huge task to undertake the
cure Of such a bad case of kidney disease
as that of c. F. Collier Of Cherokee. Ia,
but Electric Bitters did it. He writes: My
kidneys were so far gone could not sit
on q chair without a cushion and suffered
from dreadful backaehe, headache and de-
preston. In Electric Bitters. however. I
perfect health. I recommend this great
ionic medicine to all with weak kidneys,
liver or stomach. Guaranteed by Arnold
50 cents.
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Lawrence. Kans., June 27-The first
new wheat was put on the market
here Monday by J. A. Shirer. It
weighed fifty-nine pounds to the bush
el and was of good quality.
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Erisco Annointlnents.

Circulars have been issued by J. N
Cornatzar. assistant general passenger
agent Of the Frisco railroad at Mem
phis announcing the appointment of
P s Viewer as travelling passenger
agent, headquarters at Nashville, vice
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WIN Operafe the Choctaw.

Guthrie, Ok, June 27-It is officially an
nounced that the Rock Island will take
possession Of the Choctaw railway, 60
miles, between Guthrie and Chandler, and
operate it after July in connection with
the Rock Island line connecting Guthrie
and Kingfsher, 20 miles. This line is to
be constructed westward from King1sher
through Watonga and Taloga-
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ton at Fort Smith, Ark. adjourned to
meet July at Webb City. There was
only a partial representation of the
clubs. It is understood that Fort Smith
will be admitted to membership in the
league to take the place of South Nc
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sALINA AS a Dr. Tow.
No Funds in the Treasury to Pay Bill
With

Salina, Kansas, June 27-To add to
the Rev. David Shields as mayor, the
city treasurer was compelled to notify
the banks today that the towns gen
eral funds were almost exhausted and
that hereafter all warrants calling for
more than $50 would have to be
stamped mot paid for want of funds 3"
Heretofore the fines from the sa-
looms have netted the treasury about
$1,000 a month. The expenses of the
town have been about $1,000.
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Lawrence, Kan, June 27-The SEN
Tor class of the Haskell Indian School
gave '.Hiawatha' last evening. Every
part was taken by an Indian and an
Indian glee club furnished the
music
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P. R. Mackinnon. transferred to Biz
mingham, and H. Il. Hunt. as travel
ing passenger agent at Atlanta, vice
P. S. Viewer, transferred to Nashville;
p. r. MacKinnon. travelling passenger
agent with headquarters at Morris
Hotel, Birmingham. Ala, effective
June 1.
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Union Pacifc found House Bum.

UNION Pacific Round House BurIls.
The Union Pacific roundhouse at Evans
ton, Wyo., was destroyed by fire at an
early hour Sunday morning, entailing a
loss of s75, COO. Five locomotives are re-
ported to have been destroyed, one of
them being blown up by an explosion of
oil. The origin of the IRE is not stated.
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were made. There were 1892 paid ad-
missions to the park Sunday. amount
ing to $2,032-65 and $500 in advance
Of a single days receipts in the nine
teen years history of the assembly
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Rock Island BUYS Coaches.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
has ordered 81 passenger cars from tbs
Pullman company.
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The Frisco has reduced the rate on
grain from Kansas City to Memphis
from 10 to Il cents. This action has
aroused the old gulf competition ques-
ton, and the traffic men are holding
conference regarding the matter to-
daY.
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A Kansas Santa FIe Conductor KILLED.

Chanute, Kan, June 27.-W. A. Burks of
this city was crushed to death Monday af-
ternoon at Caney. He was attempting to
couple two freight cars when the accident
occurred He was employed by the Santa
F'e Railway company.
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SUPERINTENDENT HENDRICKs AND THE EQUITABLE REPORT

Francis Hendricks Of insurance of York
the affairs Of the Equitable Life
created
ant is first
in
In
collector in
business Syracuse
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LEWIS SINGLE BINDER
STRAIGHT SecIGAR ma de of
EXTRA QUALITY TOBACCO
s21.s5 to Asbury Park. n. J..

and return, via Nickel Plate road.
Tickets good via New York city. Dates
Of sale June % and 80 and July 1 and
2. with extreme return limit of Aug
u$t 81, by depositing ticket. CHICAGO
city ticket Offices, III Adams street
and Auditorium Annex. Depot, La
Sale and Van Buren, streets. on ele-
waited loop.