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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
RAILROAD NEWS.
Transportation Men Seek a SO
Hour Live Stock Law.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
to Make Roads Obey Law.
AROUSES OPPOSITION.
Claim Livestock Can't Be I'm
loaded Every % Hours.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.
OPPOSITION.

Secretary Of Agriculture James VIII
son, having entered upon a campaign
to make the railroads obey the law with
regard to disembarking cattle and live
stock in transit to water and feed
them, has stirred up much trouble. The
law says that live stock must be IN
loaded every % hours while in transit.
The penalty is a minimum fine of 500
and a maximum fine of $500 for each
violation.
It has been the custom among rail-
roads and shippers quietly to ignore
this law for the reason mostly that the
time schedules did not permit of its
provisions being carried out. At one
time the Humane Society of America
tried to establish q. "a hours limit. The
railroads insisted that SO hours was
about the right time. The result was
the % hour law.
Now the railroad officials again are
starting agitation to lengthen out the
time. At a meeting of representatives
Of the transmissouri river lines a COM
mittee was appointed to try to secure
relief through legislation. It was
agreed that the fastest practicable
schedule between points where cattle
can be disembarked properly is from 90
to "a hours. An effort will be made by
the committee to secure the indorse-
ment of the department of agriculture
for the amended law, making Sc hours
the maximum time which live stock
may be kept in transit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
SLIDE ME- OFF AT BLISS
Wichita Poet Has Written Six Stanzas
About Indian Celebration.

Poet Has Written Six StanZa
About Indian Celebration.
coyote Pete" a Wichita poet, ha
framed I'D six stanzas of poetry Whicl
boy and Indian blowout at the 101 ranc
near Bliss. Ok, next Sunday:
SLIDE ME OFF AT BLISS.
Route me Ger the Santa Fee
De Santa Fe. de Santa Fe:
A dead game sport I've longed to be
And want to see
De dangdest biggest roping bee
And reddest hottest jamboree
Dat ever was or e'er Will be
Within de present century.
Den route me Ger the Santa F'e
And slide me off at Bliss.
I've had a spell with Jerry Black.
With Jerry Black with Jerry Black
Dat man IS sure a cracker1acks
And has a knack
When his trains are on the track
An their gears hain't out of Whack,
An his coal hain't too DANCED slack,
When you're with dat Jerry Black
You are never far from Bliss. "
I've often heard of fair Lucille.
OF fair Lucille, of fair Lucille.
De gal they say can rope an eel
Or ride a slippery elm peel,
An sure as m guy that's real
I must secret here reveal.
Dat in my mellow soul feel
A wicked hankering to 'congeaT'
In honor Of this fair Lucille.
So roll me off at Bliss.
I long to see Geronimo
Geronimo, Geronimo,
An framed it up not FShg ago
Dat must know
De present greatest living Lo
An see de pace his hobbs can 20
Wild arrow straight and Bonded bow
Behind the humping buffalo,
want to see Geronimo
So dump me off at Bliss.
Ye editors will all be there,
Will all be there, will all be there,
From Dixieland and everywhere,
Exceptin' those with curly hair;
They scent afar that grizzly bear,
An roasted rump of bison rare,
An if Joe Miller don't take care
Some hungry scribe will lose his share
For Coyote Pete" II sure be there
If you dump me off at Bliss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
BEST COLT GOING.
Charles r. Ellison Has Only Praise for
yankee Consul"

Chicago. June 9.-Is Yankee Con-
sui the best 2-year-oId on the Amer
lean turf?
Charles R. Ellison. the Chicago
owner Of Judge Hines, John Smulski,
Lady Navarro and other horses, and
whose coIors have figured prominently
in races all over the country until he
is known as Lucky Charlie" says he
is, and he is in a position to know.
Ellison, who came to Chicago two
weeks ago to await the prospective
opening of ingalls, park at Joliet, but
who tired of waiting left last evening
for Buffalo, where all of his horses
have been shipped and where he will
race during the meeting there, sold the
brown son of imp. emprOniuS-Lady
Inez-to Paul J. Rainey Of Cleveland,
for $4,000 and on Monday the colt
won for his new owner, who races IN
the name of the Tippan Farm stable
st purchased Yankee Consul at a
sale in New York. He was raised by
Young Bros. at Christianburg, KY,
and 1 looked him over as a yearling,
liked his looks and bid $3.50 on him
and got him. said Ellison just before
he left for the train. II also want to
say that I believe he is the coming
champion of the turf He will be an
other Dick Welles or an Irish Lad
sure. Everybody thought Rainey paid
too much for him. They all said
that's Lucky Charles gain but /
want TO say thaC Ralney was not ASK
ed to buy him. Bud May acted as
Rainey's agent and the first time he
started and was beaten at Memphis in
the Castor Hotel stakes, finishing
third, May asked me what I would
take for the colt. I said $4,000 and
didn't care whether I sold or not He
offered me $4,000. which I refused.
A few days later over a slow track he
started again and made a show of
such good colts as Klingsor, Joe Coyne,
High Chance and four others. He
covered the first half in :49A, eased
up, and finished out the four and one
half furlongs in :55% q. Before the
saddle was taken from his back Bud
May offered me my price and took
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
MADE WILL AND DIED.
Mrs. Alonzo Hayward Leaves Estate
Worth Over $7.OOO.OOO.

New York, June SRA will contest in
volving between $1,000, 600 and 100000
is said to be among the possibilities be-
fore the estate left by Mrs. Charity
Hayward of California, is settled. Mrs.
Hayward, the widow of Alfonso Hay
ward, a multimillionaire, died on June
1, at the home of her niece, Mrs. John
S. Henry, in Newark. n. J. She had
just arrived from her western home for
a visit when attacked by pneumonia.
When the news of her death reached
California her attorneys telegraphed
that Mrs. Hayward had made will be-
fore leaving home in which her only
child, Mrs Emma Rose of New YORK
City. was the sole beneficiary.
It is now claimed that new paper
is in existence making great changes in
the distribution of the estate. This will
is said to have been drawn up the day
before Mrs. Hayward died and it will be
offered here for probate. Mrs. Emma
Rose, the sole beneficiary under the Cal
ifornia will. is the wife Of Andrew w.
Rose, a wealthy New Yorker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
BRITT WOULD QUIT.
Aspires to Retire from the Ring with
Unbrolzen Record.

San Francisco, June Eff Jimmy
Britt adheres to certain declarations
which he made last night, he viii be
figure in contemporary ring history
for only a few short months more.
early next month will fight the
best man that can be found said
James Edward. THAT might be Han
lon, it might be Kid Sullivan, it might
be Willie Lewis am ready and will
ing to fight any one the public wants
me to fight"
How about Battling Nelson ?" ygas
asked.
ooh, I don't intend to let Nelson get
away from me- he answered. I'm
not crazy. I realize that the Dane and
myself will pull the biggest house of
any two fighters that could be matched
anywhere in the world today. Don's
thin kfOr minute that I am overlook
ing that But the time is not ripe next
month. There are so many things to
settle in that match that I prefer to
let it go over a month or so.
mo, not next month for Battling
Nelson. In the early part of July
will fight some good man here, and
in the latter part of the month I will
fight in Los Angeles, probably Abe At
tell. Then I may make q trip east,
getting in a number of fights in q
short space of time and then retiring
from the ring. I want to retire an TN
beaten champion, and I don't know Of
any one who will prevent me from doc
ing it."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

and suspended without flrst being given
a chance to present his side of the
case, knew that the injunction would
be granted, for the very foundation of
the law is that every person charged
with an offense is entitled to a, fair and
impartial trial before being adjudged
innocent or guilty. But in baseball we
must have laws of our own, without
which it would be impossible to main
tain an organization like the National
league. Certain powers are vested in
our president, and every player sign
ing a contract knows that he is
amenable to our laws, and that unless
he lives up to the same our president
has the right to impose a fine or order
a suspension. This move by McGraw,
backed up by Brush, is going to be a
bad thing for the National league, be-
cause it means that we are to be de-
prived of the right to enforce rules
against rowdyisn.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
WHY % WAS LATE.
'sThe Old Man" Smokes a Pipe and
Relates His Observations.

Relates His Observations
The old man had just come in his
office from off the line 1t was easy to
see that he was not in his best- frame
of mind, for the pipe was sending out
clouds of smoke.
"Gaffney," said he, twenty-five was
thirty-seven minutes late again this
morning, and some of our through pas
sengers were damning the line up hill
and down and threatening to cut it out
hereafter. What does your detention
sheet shown
Carney read the various causes as
signed for the delays, but they did not
seem to appeal to the Old Man.
No" he said, that won't do was
on the train myself and % of today was
too much like % of other days recently,
and some other trains we run. The de-
lays are things of this sort:
Some baggage agent is a little slow
in getting his truck up against the car
door and little slower in handling MS
stuff and there goes a minute of 22's
time I've noticed good many times
that Wen get one of those sociable kind
of brakemen, who will be talking with
one of his friends on the platform when
he gets the all right signal from the
conductor and he loses another minute.
Perhaps the man in the cab is partly
to blame He may not be quite ready
to start on the dot when he gets his
signal and there goes two or three min
utes. That's what got us into the ter
minal behind time every day and brings
those sarcastic letters from the c. x. &
O.. asking why we can't give them their
mail car and sleepers more often on
time It doesn't make it any more
agreeable to know that they have we'll
deserved reputation for hustle. and it
makes me tired to have anybody's ser
vice better than ours
You don't see these little things on
any detention sheet, but see them ev-
cry time I go out on the line. 1 know
that is what the trouble is with % more
than half the time. It is costing our line
a lot of passenger business and shippers
are not likely to forget their personal
grievances when it comes to routing
their freight"
"a passenger came in just ahead of
you who said he was nearly thrown out
of his berth by the rough handling of
the sleepers during the night" said
That's another thing" said the Old
Man. thai. makes trouble. It not only
displeases passengers, but 1t is a fire.
quent cause for delay. Take the case OF
| "a the other night when, because the
engineer handled the air badly, a draw
head snapped off and they were laid out
for nearly an hour. Lost time means
! lost business. and in their own interests
our men should help hold all the bust
ness we can get"
I'VE have lots Of good ones" said
so we have, so we have" said the
! Old Man. "and a railroad manned BY
fellows as good as our best would beat
anything in the world"
When Carney went out the Old Man
looked cut Of the window for a moment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
IMPRISONED.
Fort Scott Citizen in a Mexican
Dungeon Two Years.
Riding With Train Crew When
a Native Was Killed.
A SEVERE OFFENSE.
Suffered the Awful fortunes of
Close Confinement.
One Mans Hair Turned White
From the Experience.
A Demand to Be Made on the
Mexicans for Payment.
A SEVERE OFFENSE.

Fort Scott. Kan, June s.-The Repub-
lican says:
". W Barbaricl, who claims to
have spent over two years in a. Mexi-
can dungeon because he was riding
with the crew Of train that killed a
Mexican in that country, will make a
demand on the Mexican government
for damages. Ex-COunty Attorney c.
5. Griffith has charge Of the case and
viii institute an investigation.
The story in brief is that he was out
OF employment as a railroad man and
drifted to Mexico seeking work. While
riding with a train crew on a Mexican
railroad Mexican was killed by the
train. The crew was thrown into prison
by the local authorities For over two
years they were kept in the most vile
dungeon, refused a hearing Of any kind
or an opportunity to communicate with
any one. One Of the party, the engi-
neer, named McGraw, whose home was
at Little Rock, Ark, died after Is
months and according to Mr.. Barbar-
lex, the body was horribly mutflated
by rats before It was removed. The
other two men lived in the dungeon
until last March when they were taken
to the scene of the accident, terribly
beaten and left in an insensible cOndi-
ton. Reviving they managed to board
a freight car and reached Texas. The
other man, whose name Is Burns re-
turned to his home in st. Louis He
was young man, strong of body and
mind but he came out of the terrible
ordeal almost a wreck his hair having
turned white from his terrible expert
ence. Mr.. Barbarick has this mans ad-
dress and viii ask him to Join in the
demand on the Mexican government for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09


The stock represented at the meeting
was voted by John B. Andrews. of
Denver, assistant to the vice president
and Joel F. Vale, general counsel for
the Rio Grande lines The meeting
was called for the purpose of acting on
contracts with the new Western Pa
cifc road.
William F. Cotton, assistant secre-
lines, who was secretary OF the meet
ing, stated that the stockholders voted
to accent number of contracts that
have a bearing on the construction of
the Western road, but the meeting was
merely preliminary to other meetings
that are to follow. It was rumored
that a majority of the Rio Grande
Western stock was voted today in
favor of guaranteeing the interest on
the 100000 of bonds issued some
time ago for the construction of the
Western Pacific. This report, how
ever, could not be verified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
ONLY CIGAR IN ITS CLASS
Geo. w. stansheId Never Saw Cigar
Before That Equaled Chico for
Same Money.

WhiIe there are many cigars that
are just as good as Wadsworth Bros.
Chico, it is in reality in a class by
itself, for no other as good sells for Sc
Cigars that equal it sell for 10c. and
more.
In asking Geo. W. Stansfeld, who
has the local agency for the Wads-
worth Bros Chico. how this could be
done, he said that it was owing to cut
ting out the. nIiddle-man. Il buy the
Chico direct from the factory in Bing-
hamton, and while it costs me more
than any other sc. cigar in my case
yet I am glad to sell it, for it makes
new friends and customers for my
cigar department"
Anyone who enjoys a clear Havana
smoke, whose taste is cultivated so
that he knows a good cigar when he
smokes 1t, should try a Wadsworth
Bros Chico It's in the blue ribbon
class. and all alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
HER SHIRT WAIST BUTTONS.
How Warden Jewett Decorated His
Vest on a Wichita Trip.

How Warden Jewett Decorated His
Vest on a Wichita Trip.
Warden Jewett of the state prison
Is a good example of how helpless a
man sometimes is without a woman in
the house For twenty years Mrs.
Jewett has ben experimenting her
husbands toilets. but sometimes she
goes away from home and then he has
to shift for himself. on such an oc-
caslon as this the warden was called
to Wichita. With the assistance of
one of his men he got ready and went
away feeling pretty well satisfied with
his appearance.
But his pride received a hard knock
when he returned home and his wife
said: ED Jewett. I'd like to know
what you mean by wearing my shirt
waist buttons in your vest. I've look
ed for them everywhere" Sure
enough, the warden had appropriated
his wife's property which, like his
own, were detachable. AS the shirt
waist buttons were considerably larger
than those for the vest the warden
with his array Of pearl trimming must
have presented an unusual appearance
on the streets of Wichita.-Leaven-
worth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

Chicago, June 9.-Jack Root, who
fights Marvin Hart at Reno, New, on
July 4, has departed for ogden, Utah.
Root was accompanied by a number
Of Chicago sporting men, who viii look
after his interests while in training.
Root will stay in ogden about a week,
when he viii go. to Salt Lake City.
where he will meet Mike Schreck, who
will act as his sparring partner. If
Root wins from Hart he will go west
to Frisco and Oregon, where he hopes
to get a few matches. Root is in the
best of condition and feels confident
that he will knock out Hart. Marvin
Hart left on the same train, but will
&c direct to Reno.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
c. Ell STOCKHOLDERS MEET.

Re-eIect Four Directors-Wfu Buy
Evansville & Terre Haute Road.
Chicago, June 9.-The annual meeting
yesterday Of stockholders of the Chicago
& Eastern Illinois was of a perfume
tory nature. None of the high officials
officials held proxies for a majority. of
the stock. and by a single ballot re-
elected as directors B. F. Yoakum. A. J.
Davidson, ]. H. Moore, and G. w. Hill
lard.
At the special meeting to be held here
June 20 the stockholders will be asked
to authorize the issuance of new bonds
for s55, 900, OOO The main purpose of
this bond issue IS to purchase the
Evansville & Terre Haute railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
me Parsons Raee AIeet

Parsons, Kas., June 9.-Arrange-
ments have been completed for the
holding of a race meet at the Marvel
park track, June 81. % and 23, in
elusive. The entries have been closed
for a number of the events, and some
of the fastest animals in Missouri,
kansas and Texas are to appear. AL
ready 40 racers are stabbed at the
park. where they are being worked out
daily by their owners and handlers
Purses aggregating $4,000 have been
put up for the winners. In the 2;2O
pace. which will be a feature of the
days event on the 23d, $1,000 purse
has been declared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
Country Club for Peabody.

Peabody, Kan, June 9-The Rock
Island Railway company's lake, one
mile south of Peabody, has been
leased by Frank B. McKercher and a
charter for a country club has been
applied for, capitalized at $4,000, with
the following charter members: Presi-
dent, F. B. McKercher: vice president,
F. W. Tucker; secretary and treasurer,
E. F. Dawson; E. W. Deibler, Willis
Westbrook, J. o. Moffett, W. NJ
Irwin, c. w. Brooks and Frank Pres
colt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
MUST BE IN ROsEDAnE.
DR.. Ben Who Gave Funds for a Hos
pftaI Declares Himself.

Kansas City. Kan, June s.=The
school and laboratory of the Kansas
university, which were originally in
tended for Rosedale, will be opposed
by DR.. Simeon 3. Bell, who lives in
Rosedale and who has given the state
property worth about $4,000 for the
establishment of a hospital and clinical
school. DR.. Bell returned yesterday
from an extensive trip through the
northwest.
In the deeds by which gave my
property to the state it was stated that
both the hospital and a medical school
should be esta blished on the site in
RosedaIe,' said DR.. Bell IF an at
tempt is made to put the school in
Kansas City, Kan, shall ask for an
injunction against it, and I shall also
demand that the property that have
given be returned to me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
Lamps Burn Seven Davs.

The Omaha road has just equipped
its Wisconsin and Nebraska divisions
with semaphore lamps which will
burn for seven days without replenish-
ing These lamps burn day and night.
but the road officials have decided that
they can effect a saving with them
which will more than compensate for
the cost Of installation One man
travelling on a bicycle car can care for
all the lamps on one division. whereas
with the old lamps the company was
obliged to pay at the rate of 25 cents
month for the care of each lamp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
HAVING GOOD CROPS.
Central Kansas Farmers in the Midst
of Fruit Harvest.

Emporia. Kas., June s.-Crop pros
poets in central Kansas are better now
than they have Z cen at any time in the
past four years. The first few days
of June, previously the elimination of
the food period, have been passed in
safety, and all over Lyon, Coffey,
Greenwood, Chase and Morris coun-
ties the farmers are preparing to har-
vest one of the bumper crops in his
tory.
Alfalfa has been cut for the first
time, and will soon be ready to cut
again Strawberries, raspberries and
other small fruit are being hauled into
Emporia by the wagonload. and the
townspeople are unable to take care of
the crop and it is being shipped out
every day. In all the counties men
toned the potato crop is exceptionally
fine, and in some instances the farm
ers are using and selling new potatoes.
Corn is now nearly knee high ana
growing rapidly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

The steel mail car of the Erie rail-
road, one of the first of its kind to be
built has been on exhibition at the
is designed to be noncollapsible and
entirely hreproof. From the position
of the mail cars at the forward end of
trains they are especially liable to
damage in case of a collision. This
car is built entirely of steel, with the
exception of the interior fittings, which
are of fireDroofed wood. Hair felt is
used to insulate against heat and cold
and also serves as a sound deadener.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
Went to wichita to Marry.

Wichita, Kan. June edwin J.
Slit a Warrensburg, No, real estate
man, and Miss Venie Y. Engel, a
young woman of Centerview, No, who
came here ostensibly to attend the
commencement exercises of Paramount
college. were married last evening.
The Rev. J. c. EngeI of this city, who
Is brother of the bride and a mem
Der of the class just graduated, per
formed the ceremony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
Two Students Cradnafe.

Hiawatha, Kan, June 9.-The Oldest
college in Kansas, Highland university
of Highland, held its commencement
exercises Thursday, two students be-
ing given degrees. Highland univer-
sity was started in a log cabin in 1857,
near where the present building now
stands. February 8, 1858, the Kansas
territorial legislature granted the
school a charter. and in May of the
same year the first real work of the
school was begun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
Independence-ConervfIle Line.

Coneyville. Kan, June 9.-Work
has begun here on the new electric
railroad between this town and hide
pendence. The line will traverse the
principal streets of Coffeyville and IN
dependence It is expected to be
completed and cars running October l.