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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
WILL WORK ON BELEN CUTOFF,
Santa Fe Construction Company Have
Finished Work in Arizona.

Santa Ee Construction Company Have
Finished Work in Arizona.
Albuquerque, n. M. Aug. 25.-The
immense undertaking of building a new
channel for Yampai creek in Arizona,
which has been in progress for many
months, is now practically finished. A
few days more will see the completion
of the big steel bridge at Crozier after
which all the engines. cars, steam show
els and other apparatus of the Lantry-
Sharpe Construction company will be
moved to the Santa F'e cutoff east of
Belen.
The improvements in Truxton canyon
have cost the company many thousands
of dollars, but the officials believe the
money well spent as this stretch of
track, through a narrow canyon, and
subject to frightful floods has been one
of the most serious problems that the
system has had to deal with. 1t has
probably blockaded the coast lines more
than any other section. and an army
of men have been at work in the can
you almost continuously for more than a
year. 1t is thought the new track, built
high above the bed of the arroyo on a
solid foundation, will be absolutely safe
from washouts as the bed of the creek
has been widened and deepened and
the channel diverted so as to carry off
the waters with sufficient rapidlty to
eliminate all danger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
RAILROAD NOTES.

Frank I. Dolan, general superin-
tendent of the southwest district of the
Rock Island, left yesterday for Kansas
City.
H. .. Nudge, second vice president
OF the Rock Island, and his family
were in the city yesterday All went
east on the afternoon train.
President Winchell of the Rock
Island, who has been in Europe for
the last two months. will return to
Chicago September 5.
1t is rumored that a project to ex-
tend the Missouri Pacific from Atch-
ison to Denver is being considered by
the officials of that road.
Yesterday was pay day for the ma
ch1nists who are out on a strike on the
Santa Fe. The wages paid to each
striker are twelve and sixteen dollars,
according to whether or not he is mar
ried.
R. J. Perker, superintendent of the
western grand division of the Santa
Fe, with headquarters at La Junta,
was in the city yesterday.
w. ]. Fitzgerald. travelling passenger
agent of the Louisville & Nashville,
was in the city yesterday on business.
W. S. Dent, assistant passenger and
ticket agent of the Missouri Pacific at
Fort Scott, has been promoted to the
position of city passenger agent at
Sedalia.
The Santa Fe will build a retaining
wall several hundred yards in length
along the river front at Trinidad, Col.
The meeting of the machinists'
union to be held here in September
will include representatives from all
the lodges from Chicago to California.
The local machinists are beginning to
decorate their hall for the occasion.
1t is stated that the M. K & T. will
try burning fuel oil on the Choctaw
division, in the near future.
Attorney Carr Taylor will bring
mandamus proceedings against the
Rock Island to compel that road to
build a depot at Medora, Kan.
Storekeeper 1. J. Custer of the Santa
Fe at Albuquerque was in Topeka on
business yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
RAILROAD NEWS.
Costly Road Building for Santa
Fe at Trinidad.
Short Stretch of Track Costs
Company Much Money.
ONLY TEN MILES LONG
Expense More Than for One
Hundred Miles. m
Gossip and Matters OF Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Trinidad, Aug. 25.-One little
stretch of about ten miles of track near
Trinidad, Col. is costing the Santa Fe
railroad more money than any one
hundred miles anywhere along the
system.
This is the short stretch between
Morley and Jansen where the COM
pany is double tracking. The cost
cannot be even roughly estimated, but
it is probably well into six figures.
The work has been going on for
some time. but the progress has been
rather slow. 1t is part of the double
track which is being put in between
Trinidad and Ration to relieve the
traffic congestion over the hill.
The great cost is due to the fact
that about six bridges are being put
in to cover that brief distance. Every
one of these bridges will be a very
costly affair. inasmuch as they are
all being constructed of masonry.
They are being put in to stay for all
time and no expense is being spared
in the work.
At the present time the work is be-
ing done on two bridges between Nor
ley and Starkville. A force of nearly
five hundred men is being worked
on the bridges and the double track
ing together. One of the largest ma
sonry bridges in the country is in
cluded in the plans. 1t will be thrown
across the Animas river and will be
two hundred and ten feet in length.
The firm of Widell & Finley of Chi
cago has the contract for the bridges
and it is one of the largest single con-
tracts of the kind which has ever been
let by a railroad company.
After leaving Morley and Jansen
the work of double tracking will be
comparatively easy as only a few
more bridges are necessary. 1t is ex-
pected that the stretch of track be-
tween those two points will be COM
p1eted before the winter sets in.
Work of putting in the masonry wall
along the Santa F'e tracks i'll front of
the depot at Trinidad will be COM
menced in a few days. The concrete
has been un1oaded on the ground along
with some stone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
MORE CASLEASES
Are In Greater Demand Now
Than Ever Before.
Prices in the Oil Fields Are
Steadily Increasing.
ARE OFTEN 5OPER CENT
Philadelphia Concern Talks Of
a Pipe Line to Omaha.
Late Sale for Million offered for
100000, Recently.
ARE OFTEN 5OPER CENT

Chanute. Kan, Aug. 25.-Gas leases,
sf they be of size, are more in demand
now than they have ever been in Kan
aas or the territories. The big leases are
being snapped up in Allen, Wilson,
Woodson. Neosho. Montgomery and
Chautauoua counties every day. Prices
have advanced nearly so per cent in
many cases. The Coffeyville Gas COM
pany, which was recently sold to the
kansas Natural Gas company for
million dollars, could have been bought
six months ago for 100000. Similar ad-
vances are recorded elsewhere through
out the field.
Ten days ago, before the purchase of
the Coffeyville Gas company by the
Kansas Natural, it was said that the
United Gas Improvement company of
Philadelphia was in the market for big
leases and was going to build pipe
line from Indian Territory to Kansas
City and Omaha. Afterward it was said
this report was not true. But the buy
ing of leases went on, and last week
the Kansas Natural Gas company had
1000 acres in Allen county transferred
to it. No leases have been transferred
to the United Gas Improvement COM
pany or the Kansas City, Missouri, Gas
company in any part of the field, but 1t
was stated weeks ago that the leases TO
furnish gas for the United Gas I'm
provement company would be IN the
name of individuals and that these pur-
chases had been going on quietly for
months.
The statement of the incorporation in
New Jersey of company to build a
pipeline from the gas fields to Kansas
City has caused all kinds of specula-
ton Generally it is regarded as a
threat to the Kansas Natural Gas COM
pany that it must be prepared to ac-
cept the terms offered by the Kansas
City, Missouri, Gas company or pre-
pare for a fight for the control of the
natural gas business of the middle
west. Up to this time the Kansas Nat
uraI has stood squarely by its first pro-
position made to the Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, Gas company and all efforts to
bring about a. compromise have failed
Persons known to be friendly to the
United Gas Improvement companys in
terest and to have represented that
company in other transactions have re-
Gently appeared in the gas belt and
there have been conferences at several
places. All of these gentlemen. how
ever, assert most emphatically that
they are just looking around and there
is no belligerent purpose behind their
present visit.
There are some big bodies of only
partially developed gas lands in Indian
Territory and there has been a rush
after these during the past ten days.
Mcbride & Bloom of Independence,
whose holdings in this state are larger
than any except those of the Kansas
Natural Gas company, are reported to
be the nucleus of the United Gas I'm
provement company's scheme, but they
are not talking for publication now.
They have merely seen the statements
in the newspapers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
LOST IN A SWAMP.
Searchers Find Party of Women and
Children.

Escanaba, Mich, Aug. 25.-Huddled
together on an open and dry spot only
few feet square in the immense blue
berry swamps north of this city, a
searching party found Mrs. J. A. Fisher,
wife of Bernard Fisher, chief engineer
of the Northwestern road; Mrs. B. J.
Snow, wife of a Northwestern railway
engineer; Arthur Snow, aged II; Bessie
Snow, aged 8; Miss Evelyn Doyle, aged
10, and a child of Mrs. Fisher, aged Z,
who had become lost in the swamps.
The members of the party were camp
ing and wanted blueberries for lunch
DESERVING camp Wednesday, they struck
out into the forest and lost their way.
Searchers found the sextette of suffer-
ers four miles from camp. headed into
mo Mans Land" whence no one has
ever returned. Though badly scratched
and completely Frustrated, all of the
members will recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
SANTA F,E IN THE WEST.
That Company Is Especially Interested
in PecOS Valley

That Company Is Especially Interested
in Pecos Valley.
A large number of head officials of
the Santa Fe toured the west end of
the system last week In the party
were E. P. Ripley, president of the
Santa F'e; j. w. Kendrick, third vice
president; ]. E. Hurley, general man.
ager; J. r. Koontz, general freight
agent; G. T. Nicholson, passenger traf-
fic manager, and w. J. Black, general
passenger agent.
Relative to the natural resources of
the Pecos Valley, Mr.. Nicholson said:
'sThe Santa Fe is especially interest
ed in the Pecos Valley. 1t is spending
more in advertising and otherwise
boosting the Pecos Valley than any
other section of country on its lines
The excursion traffic is paying part of
the investment. at least. for it is the
best in this direction on the whole sys-
tenn. The car that is to advertise the
valley will be donated and hauled about
by the company and this is big thing
when the price for such work is con-
sidered.
1.-The Pecos Valley is especially for
tunate in having the wide-awake set of
real estate and immigration agents it
has out working to bring people here.
These big companies that are working
for themselves, apparently. are doing a
work for the country that cannot be
overestimated. In the same manner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
BAXTER SPRINGS REUNION.
Three Carloads of Tents Have Arrived
for the Soldiers.


for the Soldiers.
Baxter Springs, Kas, Aug. 25.-
Three carloads of tents have arrived
at Camp Logan for the big soldiers
reunion next week. More than $50
G. A. r. posts have sent acquisitions
for tents.
Fully 100 speakers have promised
to attend, among them Governor
Hoch, Senator William Warner, Con-
gresham P. P. Campbell, B. S. Nc
CURE, c. H. Morgan. c. NJ. Shartell;
also Mrs La Sale c. Pickett, widow
of the famous confederate general;
Mrs. Sibbett, of Kansas: Grant Horn
aday, G. A. Walser, j. H. Flanagan,
r. w. Blue, Ex-Governor Bailey, ex-
Governor Stanley, Ex-Governor Craw-
ford, Sam Fitzpatrick, Governor Fer
guson of Oklahoma; g. W. Wheatley,
Aaron D. States, Henry J. Allen, P. H.
Coney, department commander G. A.
R., James S. Davenport, Col. John
Powhattan Tracey of Springfield, and
many others.
Friday, September 1, there will be
big Indian barbecue, with war
dances and games. Ten tribes of In
dams have promised to send delega-
lions. Governor Ferguson and Dele
gate Mcguire of Oklahoma will both
speak on Friday. Major Warner will
speak on Thursday, and Mrs. Pickett
on Tuesday. Railroads will run trains
into the camp grounds every hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
Lower Prices for Zinc.

Galena, Kan, Aug. 25.-The smelter
representatives in the Missouri-Kansas
zinc and lead mining district have sue
ceeded in forcing zinc ore down to a
making the price for highest grades
sos. The price represents a cut of 50
per ton from the price of last week.
1t is reported that some of the La
Harpe. Kan, smelters will be put on
dead fire, which may result in greater
reduction. The smelling concerns
claim they cannot afford to pay the
high price for zinc ore while spelter is
selling at present prices. The prob
ability is that the shipments of ore
from the district this week will be be-
low the average, as many producers
refuse to accept the reduced price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
ATTACKS A WILL.
independence Article Said to Have
Several Shortcomings.

independence article SAID 10 have
Several shortcomings.
Independence, Kan, Aug. 25.-A pc
tition was filed in the office of the cir
cult clerk today by G. w Wingate, as
guardian and next friend of Della and
John A. Marchant, against Samuel B.
and Josie Marchant and Beckie and
Larkin Grub. Attorney w. N. Banks
represents the plaintiff and he alleges
in the petition that the two children
named are the grandchildren of Eme-
line Coventry, who died August IL,
1904. Shortly after Samuel B. Mar
chant filed with the probate court a
written instrument purporting to be
the last will of the said Emeline Coven-
try and caused himself to be appointed
administrator and executor. The val
idity of the will is attacked on several
grounds, chief among which are the
fact that the will does not dispose of
all the property left by the deceased;
that it is written on several separate
sheets and is not properly executed
and Witnessed; that it is rambling and
disconnected and does not dispose or
attempt to dispose of all the property
left by the testatrix; that there is
nothing to indicate the disconnected
sheets were ever intended to be exc
cuted as the deceased's will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
Insist on Air Brakes.

Chicago, Aug. Pa move to be in
augurated by the Pennsylvania COM
pany next summer will assist the in
terstate. commerce commissions fight
for the equipment of all freight cars
with air brakes. After July 1, 1906. it
was announced yesterday, the company
will accept no cars from a foreign line
unless it is equipped with air brakes.
The road also will refuse to let any of
its own cars not SO equipped go be-
yond it's lines. This will place prac-
teal embargo on the cars that do not
meet the safety requirements of the
commerce commission. Through freight
from or to Pennsylvania territory will
have to be loaded into air brake cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
CHOLERA IN PRUSSIA.
Two Russian Raftsmen Have Died of
the Disease.

Danzig, Prussia, Aug. 25.-Two Rus.
sian raftsmen recently died at CuIm.
West Prussia, of what was diagnosed as
Asiatic cholera. All Russian raftsnnen
there, including those recently arrived,
have been detained or isolated and en-
ergetic measures are being taken by the
health authorities to discover any cases
of the disease and to prevent its spread.
The decision of the conference of health
authorities, in which Privy Councillor
Professor Kirschner and Professor
Gaffky, chief of the bureau of infectious
diseases in the Prussian ministry of
education, worship and health, took
part, was that there was no danger of
the disease spreading. They agreed that
it existed, however, and considerable To-
cal alarm is felt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
RAN1MED By THE KEARsARGE.
A Small Oil Schooner Struck and
Capsized in a Fog.

Newport, r. L, Aug. 25-After col
liding with and damaging the little kerr
osene oil schooner N. s. Gallup. of
New York, the battleship Kearsarge ar
rived in the harbor with the disabled
craft and her crew of two. The war
ship was not injured and the loss to the
owner of the schooner, the National Oil
company, of New York, does not exceed
$780,
The battleship squadron went out for
a course of maneuvers between Point
Judith and Newport, but was obliged to
head for this port because of a dense
fog. At point five miles southeast Of
Point Judith the Gallup. which was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25

bound from New York to Portsmouth.
r. l., with cargo of empty oil barrels
below and filed casks on deck, crossed
the bow of the battleship. The latter,
steaming at the rate of five knots.
struck the schooner on the starboard
side, below the water line. and the wa
ter which poured in through a hole a.
foot square soon filed the Gallup and
caused her to capsize. The only persons
on board were Captain John Andrews
and his son William. They were rescued
by the crew of the Kearsarge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
They Used Barrels of Coffee.

Council Grove, Kan, Aug. 25.-Not-
withstanding it was above 100 in the
shade the merchants barbecue and
free entertainment to the farmers of
Morris county was a success. Fully
1000 were in attendance, and fat beeves
were used in the barbecue. Coffee was
made in huge watts holding several bar
rels, and great kettles cooked of ''Tumb-
lein." This last dish was made of green
corn, potatoes, beans, peas and to-
matoes, cooked to a thick soup, with
beef and pork. The programme of the
day, aside from the big dinner, includ-
ed a parade, speeches, ball games, races,
a horse show and music by the band.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
PROMOTION FOR MILES CARNEY.
Former Topeka Man Is Made Train
Agent at Kansas City.

Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. 25.-Miles
Carney, Leavenworth young man,
has Just received word that he has been
appointed train agent of the Union Pa
cific railroad at Kansas City. The ap-
pointment is fine promotion for him
and one that he certainly deserves
Last week he was appointed passenger
and ticket agent for the Union Pacific
at Lawrence to succeed Lon Weikert,
and his promotion came soon after as
Stunning his duties in the ticket office in
that city.
Carney has held number of posi-
tons in the railroad service and was for
a long time ticket agent at the Union
depot in this city. He went home here
to Topeka where he was city ticket
agent for the Union Pacific. He went
from Topeka to Lawrence and there he
train agent at Kansas City. He was
born at Fort Leavenworth, and his par
ents still reside there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
PIo.ys Twenty Acres Daily.

w. NJ. Campbell, of Center township,
whom everybody knows as one of the
county's most progressive and capable
farmers this morning started to pillow
his big body of wheat land with a gang
pillow OF nine discs pulled by a big
over strip ten feet wide and an
average of about twenty acres a day
can be plowed. Mr.. Campbell has
promised to report more fully the re-
suits of his experiment.-Co
Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
Gas Cor Bonner springs.

Bonner Springs, Aug. 25.-J D.
Waters, president of the Bonner
Springs Oil and Gas company, says
that he would ask the board of coun-
ty commissioners of Wyandotte county,
at its meeting Monday, to grant the
company a permit to lay a pipe line
from its natural gas wells to Bonner
Springs. This city of 1000 people will
be supplied with natural gas from its
own field, three-fourths of a mile dis
tant, as soon as, the f1owline and mains
can be laid. $ 44-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
Nav Try Melvin at Garnett.

lola, Kan, Aug. 25.-According to
the statements of a man who is in a
position to know. Adair & McMillen,
attorneys for G. L. Melvin, will prob
ably ask for change of venue from
the Allen county district court to the
Anderson county court at Garnett,
when the time for this case comes up.
This move is not made because the at
torneys fear any unjust decisions from
Judge Foust but because they do not
wish to risk a jury in Allen county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
Death oil David Henry smith.

Caney, Kan, Aug. 25.-David Henry
Smith, IA years old, died at his home
here Thursday. He was the father-in-
law of Senator S. NJ. Porter of Mont
gomery county, who introduced the oil
refinery bill in the last legislature
Smith came to Kansas over thirty-five
years ago. From his success in raising
peanuts he became known as Peanut"
Smith. Before coming to this place he
was sailor. He was an expert checker
player Smith founded a town in Mime
sofa and made considerable money from
the land sales
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
UNHAPPINEss DISPELLED.
Men and women Unanimous About 1t.

Many women weep and wall and refuse
to be comforted because their once mag
nificent tresses have become thin and fad
ed. Many men incline to profanity be-
cause the flies bite through the thin
thatch on their craniums. It will be good
news to the miserable of both sexes, to
learn that Newbro's Herpicide has been
placed upon the market. This is the new
scalp germicide and antiseptic that acts
by destroying the germ or microbe that
is the underlying cause of all hair destruc-
ton. Herpicide is new preparation. made
after a new formula. on an entirely new
principle. Anyone who has tried it will
testify as to its worth. Try it yourself
and be convinced.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in
stamps for sample to The Heroicide Co.,
Detroit, Mich. J. P. Rowley, 600 Kansas
ave-, special agent; successor to Rowley q
Snow.
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The Frisco already has placed an or
der of oil for use on its switching loco
motives in Kansas City. In time look
to see the switch engines and possibly
the road locomotives of other roads here
equipped with oil burners. There are
number of other Kansas City concerns
which are negotiating for the INSTALL
ment of oil consuming apparatus. Those
which have been installed are giving
complete satisfaction SO far as we can
learn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-25
Begins First Kansas Oil Road.

has begun on the first oil road in
Kansas. The Interstate and Terri
torial Exposition company, aided by
the city council and local business
men, is grading and rolling a mile of
road to the fair grounds, according TO
the specifications used in California,
and will oil the road thoroughly with
the Kansas product. 1t is believed the
Kansas oil contains a greater amount
Of asphaltum than the California
article
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Horses Killed in Collision.

Last night two boys, Tom Young
and Ben Stewart, were driving in OPP
posite directions on the road between
Abilene and Talmage, and, unable to
see each other in the extreme darkness.
they collided and both horses were
killed. The boys escaped unhurt.-
Abilene Reflector
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Fire Destroys am Elevator.

Concordia, Kas., Aug. 25.-The ele-
vator of the Scott-Stevens Grain COM
pany, of Wichita, at this point was de-
stroyed by fire Thursday, together
with about $4,000 bushels of wheat.
The loss on building is $4,000, with
$4,000 insurance; the loss on grain is
partly covered with a policy for S4,-
900. The elevator was running all
night, but as the fire broke out remote
from the engine room, its origin is a
mystery,
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Making New Pharmacists.

Ottawa, Kan, Aug. 25.-The state
board of pharmacy has finished con-
sideration of the examination taken by
pharmacists: c. A. Hess, Matte B.
Foster, Lon Goddard, J. C. Hynds, R.
S. Lynn, John A. Campbell, A. B. Web
Der, Robert A. Eaton. Della B. Hay
worth, Harry c. Jordan, Daisy Young
berg, j. E. Smith, Henry B. Johnson,
7 r McGrath