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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
BIG IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
Santa Fe to Spend 25 Millions for Bet
terments-9 Million for Equipment
o, Dec. 10.-The Tribune today

Chicago. Dec. 1o.-The Tribune today
SAYS:
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
way is making preparations for large ex-
penditures in 1897 for extensive improve
ments all along its system It's budget
for the year has not been finally made up
yet, but its OUTLAWS for double-tracking
extension, new equipment, etc, probably
will aggregate not less than $25. coo 900. One
of the most important pieces Of work
the road now has under way, the double
tracking of its main line from Chicago to
Kansas City, will be pushed rapidly, al
though it is doubtful if it viii be COM
pleted before some time in 1908. Another
large Improvement is the construction of
a new line from Texico, N. M. to
Brownsville, Tex 1t is said that when
the shortest line between San Francisco
and Galveston. The Santa Fe recently
raise it's outstanding orders to So, 600 GOO
1t is also proposed to reduce much of the
roadbed to grade, to improve the ballast
ing and to extend the block signal ser
vice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
MANY ACRES OF FRUIT TREES.
Ford County Ranchmen Are Planting
Orchards in the Fan. at

Dodge city, Dec 10-H. B. Bell has
just finished planting five acres of fruit
trees He has had G. V. Bartlett doing
the work for him. Mr.. Bartlett has held
to the belief for some time that the fall
is the time to plant trees and this expert
fruit growers The trees have been put
in in nice shape and ought to do well,
n NJ Davies of Spearville who
recently purchased go acres Of J. II.
Textbook just south Of the. river. viii
He will put out the catalDa for. forest
trees which makes a faster growth than
others in this climate .~
From the experience bf the, past few
Years it has been demonstrated That
fruit will grow probably in tbbsufq untF :
Not few are beginning to recoEhfze this
and are becoming Interested in r. fruit
growing as a profitable industry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
HARD TO SECURE ms JURY.
Have Examined 4S6 Taxpayers and Sc.
cured Five CALDWELL Juryn1en.

salina, Kan, Dec. 1o--when court adz
Ms susan Caldwell, charged with the
murder of her husband, lacked five men
Of being complete. Only one man quail
fled out of thirty-one examined In all,
43s taxpayers of this county have been
questioned touching their qualifications.
and out of that number only seven nave
been retained as Jurors
The attorneys are doubtful if the jury
can be secured before Wednesday,, while
others believe it viii require another
week to secure the entire panel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
THEY RAID A JOINT.
Arkansas City officials Secure 22s
Bottles of Beer and Whisky.

Arkansas City. Kan. Dec. 10.-John
Marshall assistant attorney general.
caused the raiding Saturday of one joint
in this city. The warrant was issued
from a country Justices court. The con-
stable who served the warrant found
nearly two hundred bottles of beer and
twenty-five bottles of whisky These
were seized. Warrants were also issued
for three other places, but the proprie-
tors of these places heard of the APP
preaching raids and closed I'D before the
officer reached them. One bartender was
arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
To ExDend Ten aTlIIIons-

Los Angeles Dec. 10.-The morning
papers publish a statement to the ef-
feet that E. H. Hartman has deter
mined to set aside the sum of SO, 200, 600
for he Improvement OF the Los Ange-
les-Paciflc railway system 1t is stated
that ii is the intention of the Hartman
agents to arrange for the construction
of a series Of subways to parallel Fourth
street and that a ten-story building will
be- elected as terminal station
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
stiIwen and Party. Back.

A. E. Stilwe1l, president of the Kansas
CITY. Mexico & Orient railway, accom-
panied by about so stockholders of the
road. arrived in Kansas City yesterday
afternoon following a trip on special
train along the line of the Orient road.
The special arrived on the Rock Island
tracks which We're used from the end
of the Orient line at Wichita. The party
was enthusiastic in praise of the coun-
try through which the new road passes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

office was broken into. by the county at
torneyA and otl In dications- show
ed he had been dead about twelve
hours He leaves a daughter in Indi-
ana and ones=fR. Strong City Hes was
an old soldfer,sehaVing served in the
nty-eighth Kentucky infantry. He
practiced his pHBfession in Emporia for
a number Of years. He also practiced
for several wears in Hutchinson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

Cincinnati. Dec. 1o-Tommy Corcoran
Tor captain of the st. Louis Nationals,
Is the story that has reached this city.
when asked about the report President
Hermann said that he had heard moth
ing as yet regarding it, but at the Same
time admitted that lit might be true:
Corooran is on the market, and will
have no trouble in finding a suitable
berth in either of the big leagues, but
he will not go to St. Louis or any other
club unless he can get his own figures
In the matter of salary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
TOO MUCH CATTLE STEALING.
Out in Ness County the StocI1men Have
Cause for Complaint

Utica, Dec. 1O-Nelson Lund of the
day looking for three head of cattle that
disappeared from his place almost five
weeks ago, and which he has come to
the conclusion have been stolen. John
Hollenbeck also recently lost several head
which he is convinced went in the same
manner and is offering 500 for the appre-
hension of the parties responsible for
their disappearance, and there are others
with complaints of the same nature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

passes. 1t has been customary for rail-
road men residing at points along the
various lines to nod to the conductors
after boarding a rtain, but after Janu-
airy they must show their pass the same
as other people. The conductor must
see every pass, as otherwise the inter-
state commerce law would be violated.
Passes will not be given to any person
except railroad officials and employees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
VIII Fxfcnsion ne Bnflt7

Garden city. Dec. 10.-Garden city peo-
pie are confident the Larned branch will
be extended west to Garden City the
terminus. Santa Fe officials deny it.
however. claiming the extension would
be through a country already tributary.
to their main line, and they have the
business anyhow 1t Is useless to build
This is a poor view to take, as the ex-
tension to Garden City, would greatly
stimulate the settlement and development
Of the country along its Ine.f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
Tro Kined by q Traln.

Narka, Kan. Dec 10.-Clarence Ander-
son and Toy EDWARDS each Il years Old
were run down by Rock Island train No
50 at the edge of town Saturday and
killed. The young men were returning
from a PARTY in "a buggy The bodses
Were Carried 500 feet by the cowcatcher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
Now Players for LouisvilIe.

Louisville, Dec 1O-George Tebeau
made a flying visit to Louisville last
week, but he refused to discuss the flu
ture of the local club. That the club
will be in other hands next season is
certain, and it is also certain that a
big Lacquer will have charge Of the
team on the field. New players will
have to be signed to the number of. five
at least but who they viii be Tebeau
declined to say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

coach. has rendered his resignation and
it. will be accepted. The athletic board
of the state university is actively ne
gotiating for a new coach. No definite
proposal has been made, but four men
have been suggested. They are Coach
King Cole of Virginia university,
Herrnstein of Ohio McGuigan of Van
derbilt and Turner Of Syracuse. Coach
Foster will return to Cincinnati.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
treasured.

Did you hear that noise? What
can it be2" demanded the janitor OF
the fashionable apartment house.
His wife went out into the hall and
returned 1T was nothing but a rat. -
she said.
All" sighed the janitor- greatly re
lieved, Il thought it was a child. The
Lob en1ian
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

Baldwin, Kan. Dec. 1O.-Baldwin,s
new Santa Fe depot is completed and is
a beauty. Street Commissioner Clark
with his force of men are now working
on the depot grounds. preparing them
according to the ideas and suggestion of
the santa F'e Iandscape artist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
Good CAS- wei at Fredonfa.

Fredonia, Kan Dec 10.-The Kaw Gas
company has just drilled in its first well
here, two and a half miles south of the
city, with a good flow at a depth of 100
feet The drill passed through five strata
of gas sand before reaching this one of
seventeen feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
An Exhibit hx Indians.

Arkansas City, Kan, Dec. 10-The
United States government has issued or
ders to the ChiloccO Industrial School at
Chilocco, Okla, to prepare an exhibit
for the jamestown Exposition, which
opens next spring The exhibit will be
on the same order as the one furnished
for the Worlds Fair at St. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
Fire at Republic CITY.

Republic City, Kan, Dec. 10-Fire de-
strOyed the Hotel Republic. a large two
story frame structure in the business cen
ter Of the city Saturday. The loss was
about three thousand dollars. w. T. E.
Elliott was the owner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
Death of Robert Ramsey

Arkansas City. Kan, Dec. 10-Robert
Ramsey, one of the pioneer settlers of
Cowley county. died at his home south
of the city Saturday. He was 60 years
of age. Ramsey came here from Illinois
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
For SAFETY of Passengers.

A special dispatch from Chicago. says
that the management of the Burlington
has issued a ukase to passenger train
men in Its employ whereby the safety
of passengers is to be considered para
mount. When a question arises as to
advisability of making time at the risk
of placing patrons Of the road in dam
ger. schedules- are. to be sacrificed. This
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

Mcpherson, Kan.,s Dec. 10.-Saturday
night while several boys were shooting
rabbits a shotgun was accidentally dis
charged and the entire charge struck
Glenn <uns in the forearm of the left
arm almost tearing the arm away. He
was taken to the hospital and the arm
amputated just above the elbow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
F4,ed CI1arIle Not to Retire.

WINFIELD, KAN. Dec 10.-FTed G
Clarke. manager of the Pittsburg .f1-
rates. has left here to attend the ANNUAL
meeting or the national league. clubs
Intends to retire from baseball is de-
olared 10 be unauthorized Since. the
close Of the season he has been on his
farm, near here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

Fredonia, n.srrrhleea s-1aa~-AIilne Baker
a negro charged Yjfh-aSSau4t on Mrs.
Frank Taylor October u, Broke jail here
Saturday night by overpOwering the jailer
while supper was being served. He has
not been recaptured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
THE d. E. & G. EXTENSION.
New Santa Fe Line Is Being Rapidly
Constructed

Dodge City, Kan, Dec 1O.-The Den
yer, Enid & Gulf, a Santa -Fe line, is
making good progress toward Dodge
City. The line is opened to Lake City
16 miles northwest of Medicine Lodge
this week, but Is completed to Sun City
in Barber county. 1t will reach Dodge
by midsummer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
death Came from a Fan.

Newton. Kan, Dec. ia workman
named Trude employed at the Santa ne
round house, fell from the roof of that
building Saturday, sustaining injuries
which resulted n his death an hour and
a Ealf liter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
Farmers Meeting ? Success.

Manhattan, Kan..,.Dec. i10-The farmers
institute held here was great success,
with fifty contestants in the boys corn
contest and nearly 200 people in attend
ance- Corn breeding, bread and alfalfa
were the principal subjects discussed.
FIfty-three dollars were paid out in
nrizes. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
Must Show Passes.

Railroad men all over the country are
now receiving instructions regarding
railroad passes to be used after January
II 7ereafter~ conductors must see all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
a Christnlas FootbaIl Game.

81. Louis Dec 10.-Arrangements
have been. completed for a football
game between St. Louis university and
the University of Southern California,
70 be played at Los Angeles on Christ
mas day. The local university authori-
ties have sanctioned the contest and the
team will depart in a special car two
weeks from yesterday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
Death Of j. Nv. sanders.

Cottonwood Falls, kan, Dec. 10
J. V Sanders. a distinguished lawyer
of this city, aged 73 years, was found
dead in his office. Saturday when his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

Aunt think you say your prayers
very nicely, Reggie Young Hopeful
..Ah, but you should hear me gargse.''-
Pinch !. as. e-1e---- =.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

Foster to Quit Cornhuskers.
Lincoln. Neb-. Dec. 10.--Amos P Fos-
ier. the University of Nebraska football
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10
Always RemembeE the Emil Name
axaflXe Promo Oulnlne
Cures acOlshcnsDay. Grip b DsyB
3 M II On every
O. %EE<SDaee~0 bOz. ass

action of the road in time when so
much attention is being given to fast
time" is evidently of great signifi-
canoe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

Through Standard Pullman sleeping
car operated on Wabash train No. A,
leaving Union station, Kansas City,
Des Moines next morning at a. M
Secure your tickets and sleeping car
berths at Union Station or 903 Main
street
H. C. SHIELDS. T. P. A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-10

L. = SIT ELDo. 7. r a
J. J. SHINE. w P. Arkansas City
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-26

Lnder the heading "A Dangerous Agitator" we find in The Chattanooga Times or Sunday an editorial which wa copy entire. as follows:
 Ida Wells Barnett, colored, who has several times distinguished herself as being dangerous adviser of herNrace, spoke at church conference in Chica- so the other night and gave 1t as her opinion that the way for the negro to anticipate the deviltry of the whites IS for the neg Q put revolver in his pocket" The ' rrei& woman Is not fool, although inc sentiment would seem to indicate that she Is, but she has distance Joan dArc. as 1t were, to the negro race. She wants to be regarded as in a way the leader who would bring up her people to a level with the other races of the world at a bound, and she doesn't seem to care how much confus- ion and bloodshed and disorder may come as a result.
 If she thinks at all about it she must know that her talk is wild and treason able not only to society but to the peo- pie she professessto want to serve. Councill and Washington, the two fore most negro leaders of the day. have con strued conditions alright. They have realized that race antagonism is not the result of mob violence but that mob violence largely comes of race hat-eds The negro with a revolver in his pock- et' constitutes about the most potential provocative we know of to an outbreak of racial hatred. for two reasons: G) because the very fact of his going arm ed is A sufficient ground for believing that he is seeking trouble, and CD it proves him to be dangerous character because there is no more need for an orderly, well-behaved negro to arm himself for protection than for any oth- CT good citizen.
 one of the very firt things the negro who has the best interest of his people at heart ought to do Is to do the oppo- site of what the bloody Barnett would have him do. If he is seeking riot and bloodshed. let him put revolver in his pocket" if he wants to get along in peace and safety, enjoying mean while the best wishes and helpful en- enlargement of his white fellow citi- zen. let him cultivate sobriety and in dustry, attending to his own affairs. and such things as his hands may tlnd to do with singleness of purpose: and above all things avoid the revolver. It is probably impossible to suppress the Ida Barnetts. and the violent agita- tors of her kind, but 1t is possible to refuse to take her and her bloody ad- vice seriously.
 IL would be likewise a great blessing to the negro if the north and east would cease listening to the agitators of the Barnett type and come to regard the race question on rational. practical
 lines instead of as a sentimental sub ject for theoTizing and indulging In
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-26
TODAY IN HISTORY.

Name Day: Cletus. Sun rises at 5:13;
 I47s-Lorenzo De Medici. Doke of Florence. rescued by the populace from Julian was less, fortunate; he fell victim to their daggers:
 I636-The first assembly in Connecti- cut held at Newtown tnow Hartford).
 I76O-Murray, commander at Quebec. defeated at Sillery by the French under De Levi, with a loss of 1000 men and all his artillery; he takes refuge in Quebec with 5000 men, 1000 of whom are unfit for service, and is there be- sieged. Some ships arrive from Eng land with supplies. and De Levi raises the siege. Amherst embarks at Os- 10, 900 white troops and. 1000 Indians Murray arrives with 1000 from Quebec September 5. Haviland arrives Septem- baS bfr with mans sGS by % TSg of Se' The French Government capitulates, giving up Mon treal, Presque Isle, Detroit, Mackinaw. and all other French posts in Western Canada. The French troops (about 4,OOOl are sent back to France I777-Gocenor Tryon of New York l with 2.000 British and Tories inVades Connecticut; destroys a large qpantity burns the town: on the following day | he has an engagement with the militia near Ridgefield. and is driven to the coast, embarking under heavy hre 1 Tryon loses about 300 men and the Americans 15O including General Woo l star, killed
 1704-The Vendeans under ChareGte | defeated by the French.
 1SI0-The Odd Fellows Society IS l first organized in the United States at Baltimore.
 Is5I-John Osullivan. William T. Rogers Jr, Captain Lewis of the steam
 CT Cleopatra. Major Louis Schlesinger
 a Hungarian patriot. Dr, Sam H. B;;r : nett, and Pedro Sanches arrested n New York city charged with being concerned in the expedition there fitting out against Cuba.
 ISS5-J. Wilkes Booth. the murderer | of MT. Lincoln, after ten days wander | ing and misery, Is tracked to a barn | near Rowling Green, Va, and, refusing | to surrender, is shot
 lS94-The Democratic majority in the 1 United States Senate accused of selling | out to the sugar trust by granting 1t
 and ad valorem duty of 40 per cent as | protection
 19OO-Hull and part of Ottawa, Can
 ada, destroyed by fire; 12,000 persons
 homeless and sl5,oo0,O00 property loss; ] seven killed.
 1aO5-Germany notified United states l mat tartn agreement will expire on l March 1, 1906. Tariff war in prospect | unless new reciprocity treaty Is made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-26
Not Up-tO-Date.

Editor The Advertiser:
 would thank you to give me enough space in your paper to lodge com plaint against a recent action of the City Fathers which. if put into gem eral practice, will tend to retard the growth of any city. being. as 1t Is, q decided backward movement.
 live at Highland Park and rent a house from an owner who is desirous of having his property 'up-to- date and therefore had installed in his house complete water connections. In the absence of sanitary connections in this -art of the city he connected with a dry well as Is the custom with most of the progressive people in the Park. v however recently others having homes in this neighborhood made a complaint to the city officials regarding this dry well, stating that 1t was injurious to their wells from which they used wa ter for general purposes. Instead of the City Council compelling country folks" to make connections with the city water and become naturalized, understand they ordered the up-to- date owner to disconnect his modern ar engagements. This doesn't look like 100. 900 in 1910 to me-what do you think about it? Let the city of Mont gomery compel it's citizens to put their property in "city-ljke" shape and not hold back the progressive citizen and there will be no trouble about increase
 Yours for prospe~"
 W. D.
 April s5
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-26
THURSDAY, APRIL 2s, 1908.
AGAIN THE DAY.

Once again the days and months have flown by and brought to us the one day in the year that should be held in loving as well as sorrowful remem- brance by all of our people who love the Lost Cause and those who suffered and died for 1t. There will be process sion in which there will be a few time Confederacy. There will be addresses and music. and tender hands will rev erently place wreaths on the tombs of those whose mortal bodies rest quietly in Oakwood. some of them unknown. but all once wore the dear old gray uniform in stormy days long since past.
 It is an occasion which comes but once year and takes but a few hours. Surely the people of Montgomery can spare a little time from their busy work and attend the ceremonies. There is nothing of creed or party or sect in it. men of all beliefs and nationaiities. There is no sectIonalism in connection with the observances. and no feeling of disloyalty or antagonism towards government or country. We only pay honor to our own dead and renew our devotion to their bravery and patriot ism. All other days of the year belong to the common country but this is and ought to be Confederate day for all the people of Montgomery and of Ala bama. No State gave to the Lost Cause better soldiers than did our own. and no people have better cause to love and honor their memories of their dead than we.
 May we have fitting weather today and may it be fittingiy observed. for the sausa deserves the best we have.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-26
D RI F T w o o D
BY PHIL H. ARMsTRoNo
Letters of a Chorus Grl.

NO. I0. Dear Name: Sometimes dream about Back in some small village, don't you
 know
 Across the whole darn country with
 a show. A little. cottage like the song speaks One that's built for two with flowers
 around.s An honest man girl could learn to Some chickens and little patch of
 ground. A horse ana buggy you could call your A place where you could be the real
 live cheese. Where folks would think you real Where you could. do about just as
 you please. nice COW giving ice cream heath the Chickens laying eggs most every The old horse. eating horse radish in The song birds warbling rag time in
 the bower. By gosh that picture s nicer than Some day I'm going to revel in it's
 charm. , Youll read some time where little
 Maudie's bought Somewhere down South a cunning
 little farm.
 Broken RefIectOrN. It's wise man that lives the simple life.
 long loan makes a short friend ship.
 The cut of knife will heal quicker than the cut of sarcasm. When opportunity knocks one should be very quick to open the door. The trouble with us all is we can see the bad Tn epople with our naked eye. but we can hardly see the good with powerful microscope. Every man can show you how to live by theory, but few can do 1t by prae- tice.