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The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
LIKE AMERICAN CARS.
japanese Planning to Equip One of
Their Roads With Them.


Recognizing the superiority Of
American built rolling stock. the man
agement of the Kinshi railway COM
pany of Japan has sent s. Suzuki su-
perintendent of motive power, to this
country to arrange for equipping the
road with American passenger
coaches. Mr.. Suzuki explains that 1t
was the company's intention to have
about thirty cars built here as a trial
order, and If they meet with eXpecta-
tions to supplant their other rolling
stock with American-built coaches.
During the twenty-five years the
line has been in operation, said Mr..
Suzuki. most of our rolling stock
has been of English manufacture,
but now the mana cement recognizes
that the stock used in America is far
superior, from economic as well as
other points of view. so that 1 have
been sent to this country to arrange
for the building of the new passenger
cars. The 150 passenger cars now in
use are Of English manufacture and
built according to the English style,
with compartments; but it has been
found that his is not agreeable to the
people, so we have decided to use the
more democratic and desirable cars OF
the type used in America. We are get
ting like you are-very democratic.
I'VE like your passenger cars be-
cause they are the best and most
adaptable to all uses. Most of the
are of our own construction and built
according to our own ideas but we
want passenger cars of the American
type. We have a number of locomo-
tives built by the Baldwin locomotive
works in Philadelphia, which have
proved most satisfactory, and as soon
as the trade conditions warrant it we
will order more. The remainder of
the rolling stock consists of about s.
600 freight cars of English pattern.
1.-The Kinshi railway is of about 10
miles length. between MOzf and Nagas-
aki and is Of a 3-foOt 6-inch gauge
Most Of the freight tonnage is btu
minous coal mined In the vicinity of
Mozi and mostly shipped to Nagasakf
for use on vessels, though much Is
consumed in the factories inland
Previous to and during the japanese
Russian war the railroad company.
which is one of the oldest in that
country and operated entirely by pri-
vate capital. did a great business In
carrying coal to the open port of Ma
CASA Xxi, as well as transporting thou
sands of troops to the seaboard,
where they were transported to the
Russian territory in Asia.
Mr.. Suzuki declared that rate legis-
lation is a good thing and that in his
country the government regulates the
freight rates in accordance with the
cost and maintenance of the roads,
differing according to conditions. In
reference to President Roosevelt's ap-
peal for aid for the sufferers in japan,
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
Truce Has Been Declared on the
Rate Regulation Bill.
Agreement of Senate Committee
on Measure Friday.
MANY AMENDMENT rs.
One Evidently Aims to Punish
Commissioner Prouty.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.
MANY AMENDMENTS,

Washington. Feb. ga railroad rate
regulation bill viii be agreed upon by
the senate committee on interstate com
nerce on Friday. This is the confident
prediction made today by a member of
that committee, but Senator Crane of
Massachusetts. another member of the
committee who knows as much concern
ing the situation as anyone. while conf
dent that the committee viii probably
reach an agreement, viii not hazard the
prediction that report will be ordered
this week
He has 20 doubt that the question will
reach the senate next week at the latest
and is positive that the majority bill will
contain a provision for an appeal to the
courts by the railroads from the decis-
ion OF the interstate commerce commits
sion. Attorney General Moody is now
drawing an amendment to the bill for
an appeal to the courts. 1t is agreed by
the best lawyers In the senate that un-
der the constitution the railroads have
the right of appeal and that their right
cannot be abridged by legislative action,
but it is thought advisable to restrict,
If possible the grounds for appeal, and
the outlook now is that the question
the railroads will be permitted to raise
will be the lawfulness and not the
Teasonableness of the rate fixed by the
commission.
Senator Knox, formerly attorney gen
eraI in President RooseveIt's cabinet,
has an amendment to expedite the APP
peaIss and there are numerous sugges-
ttons for a-suspension of the commission
fixed rate during appeal.
To punish Commissioner Prouty for
his activity in promoting legislation to
regulate railroad rates is the reason
given for one amendment to the Hep
burn bill The president will be given
the choice of dropping from the COM
mission either Chairman Knapp or Com
missioner Prouty, as the amendment
provides that no two members of the
commission shall come from the same
judicial district
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
Notes From washington.

Washington, Kan, Feb. 22.-J. c.
Nicholson. Of Newton, Kan, arrived in
washington.
Mrs. R D. Taught. of Manhattan.
Kan. is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Mark A. Carleton.
The comptroller Of the currency has
approved the conversion of the Com
mercial State bank of Kiowa, Kan, to
the First National bank of Kiowa, with
$3.50 capital.
Representative Campbell has nom
mated Daniel Slough for postmaster at
Sedan, Kan, to succeed Adrian Rey-
nolds, who has just ended his second
term in office and is not a candidate
for appointment.
Representatives Calderhead and Miller
of Kansas have decided that it is more
important for them to attend to their
duties in congress than to go home and
look after their political fences, and
Will not attend their conventions.
Representative Miller of Kansas, has
nominated these postmasters in the
Fourth Kansas district for reappoint-
ment: c. o. Kline at Alma: L. D.
Hart at Westnaoreland; c. o. Smith
at Burlington; H. P. Donnell. at Waver-
ly; B. A Rosenouist, at Usage City,
and W. e. HOgueland. at Yates Center.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22

men frequently bowed to us. These peo-
pie, somehow, do not seem to be get
ting along" as well as the Cingalese. or
the Chinese, or the Filipinos. They are
poorer. and dirtfer, and look less con-
tented. For some reason, Benares has
made an impression" on me.
We visited a Hindu temple that will
always remain in my memory as the
most curious I have seen. I cannot
give you an idea of it. We walked
down several stone steps, and found
ourselves in complete miniature city
paved with fagstones. This miniature
city made up the temple. The streets
OF the miniature city were crowded
with people. pilgrims from distant
places, many of them. for Hindus all
over the world consider it a duty to
visit Benares. The pilgrims were
made Up of women as well as men
and they We're engaged in decorating
the various gods with flowers: also
pilgrims were decorating sacred cows
and bulls with flowers, and inside the
temple grounds was a Holy Well
where the pilgrims purchased water.
for use in sprinkling the images One
Of the Buildings within the temple
walls was devoted exclusively to beg
gars The people in the temple
grounds We're all poor
At another place we saw the monkey
temple hundreds of MONKEYS swarmed
in and around It, and defled it. and
the pilPrims fed the animals with all
sorts Of delics cies. Another of the
Iool notions of the Hindus Is that
monkeys are sacred. r W IT
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
MAKES REs1ARKABLE TRIP.
Santa Fe Bill of Lading Sent 1900
Miles


Wichita Kan. Feb. 22.-After trav-
cling across the American continent
twice by land, and making several sea
trips as we'll a way bill which was sent
from the local Santa F'e freight office
December 25, bearing a Christmas and
New Y ears greeting, returned Sunday
The bill was sent the entire distance
on freight trains and freight boats.
Altogether it has Travelled about Il 900
miles. It was sent TO Los Angeles from
here, by way of albuquerque. From
los Angeles it went to Galveston. to
New York by a steamship line, to Buff
falo by rail, to Montreal, to Boston. to
Rotterdam Junction, to the Suspension
Bridge to Chicago and then back to
this city.
The bill bears the stamp of the
roughly drawn the picture of the
ness of twig Of holly One of the
force of the New York Central lines at
Suspension Bridge drew a fine pen pic
ture of Niagara Falls.
The bill has the appearance of an
old Will or land grant that has been
contested in the courts for fifty or sixty
years. It is little the worse for wear
and tear. but the lettering is distinct.
A tracer was sent after it within
week after it started. Both papers re-
turned on the same train.
The bill will be placed in a frame
and hung in the Santa F'e freight Offices
as an ornament and keepsake. Prob
ably there is not another bill OF its kind
or one that has travelled so far in
existence.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
FOOD AND STUDY
A College Mans Experience.

s'AI through my nigh school course
and first year in college" writes an am
bilious young man, Il struggled with
my studies on a diet of greasy, pasty
foods. being especially fond of cakes
and fried things. My system got into
state of general disorder and it was
difficult for me to apply myself to
school work with any degree Of satisfac-
tica. tried different medicines and
food preparations but did not seem able
to correct the difficulty.
Then my attention was called to
Grape-Nuts food and I sampled it,
had to do something. so I just buckled
down to a rigid observance of the dfrec-
tions en- the package, and in less than
no time began to feel better In a few
weeks my strength was restored my
weight had increased I had a. clearer
head and felt better in every particular.
My work was simply sport to what it
was fornle-ly.
MY sisters health was badly run
down and she had become so nervous
that she could not attend to her music.
same remarkable experience that had.
Then my brother. Frank who is in the
pnstoffire department at Washington
city and had been trying to do brain
work on greasy foods. cakes and all
that. Joined the Grape-Nuts army. I
showed him what It was and could do
and from a broken-down condition he
has developed into q hearty and eff
eient man.
Besides these could give account of
numbers Of my fellow students who
have made visible Improvement mental
~ and physically by the use of this
food Name given by Pos Ann Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich
There's reason Read the little
book THE Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
NEW DEPOT ZOE TULsA.
Frisco Offcials Meet Mayor and Other
CITY Officers

general manager, T. J. Franks of the
operating department. G. F. Ressigue,
general uperintendent, and NJ. c.
Beyers. chief engineer of maintenance
and ways of the Frisco railroad. are in
the city today inspecting property and
have spent the entire day in confer
ence with local officials and citizens.
They were in conference with Mayor
c. F. Reeder and J. D. Hagler. presi-
dent of Ire Commercial club, laying q
proposition before the citizens to do
away with the present yard system and
to erect a fine station here. The sta
ton VIII be the most expensive on the
entire system outside of the larger
cities. They agreed to vacate all streets
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22

Every day from Feb. 18th to April ~.
1908, inclusive, the Union Pacific will sell
one-Way tickets as follows:
5000 to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
5000 to Helena and Butte Montana
$3.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee,
Washington.
$3.50 to Huntington and Nampa.
Idaho.
$500 to Portland. Tacoma and Seattle.
SIS 90 TO Vancouver and Victoria
$500 to Ashland and Astoria, oregon.
via Portland.
$500 to San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego.
Correspondingly low rates to many
other California, Oregon, Washington.
Montana, Utah and Idaho points.
Through tourist cars run every day on
Union Pacific between Missouri river
and Pacific coast; double berth s5.T5.
For full information call on or address
F. A. Lewis. city ticket agent, or J. c.
Fulton, depot agent.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
DOWNS TO GET THE LINE.
Citizens Roise S25,OO0 to Get Salina.
IfptOn Road There.

Downs, Kan, Feb. 22.-As a result of
meeting of the citizens held here re-
Gently. $1,000 was raised to assist in the
construction of the SaIina-Tipton rail-
road which is about to be built. This
81 900 completed the required amount
of $4,000 asked of this city by the pro-
mOters of the road and it is expected
that the work of construction viii be
commenced in a short time
The raising Of this $4,000 win insurs
the route Of the new railway from
Downs to Salina by way of Upton and
Lincoln a distance Of eighty-one miles.
It is estimated that the cost of the con
struction of this line and its equipment
will amount to 81, $40 600
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
CURES WORST CASES
OF CATARRH
just Breathe Hyomei Four Times a
Day and Be Cured

just Breathe Hyomei Four Times a
Day and Be Cured
Not until Hyomei was discovered. had
# been possible to say trutnfully that a
remedy for catarrh was known
HyOmei cures the worst cases of ca
tarrh simply by breathing the remedy
through the pocket inhaler that conles
with every outfit Using the treatment
in this way for a few minutes four times
day. every particle of air taken in the
air passages and lungs is laden with
germ-k killing and health-giving HyOmei
Stomach druRsfng often causes dis
ordered digestion, and never makes a
permanent cure of catarrh Hyomei not
only kills the germs in the throat and
nose, but penetrates to the minutest
air cells in the lungs and enters the
blood with the oxygen. killing the ca
tarrhal germs in the blood.
The complete Hyomef outfit. consist
Ing Of vest-pocket inhaler and medi-
cine dropper, and a bottle of Hyomei.
costs only 81. If this does not erect "a
complete cure. extra bottles can be OBJ
tained for so cents.
If you cannot obtain Hyomei Of YOUR
dealer it win be forwarded by mail.
postage paid on receipt of price. Write
today for free sample bottle and con
Hultation blank that win entitle you to
services Of our medical department
without charge. The r. T. Booth Com
DRny. Hyomei Building, Ithea. N. Y
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
NO GRAIN RATE AGREEMENT.
Eastern and Western Traffic officials
Far Apart.

Chicago, Feb. 22.-After confer
ences extending intermittingly over
ten days the eastern and western rail
road traffic officials failed to agree
yesterday upon rates from the Mis-
souri, river territory to the seaboard-
The conference broke up after sew
eral hours Of heated argument, and
1t was stated that the interests were
further apart than when the original
conference was held The eastern
roads refused to take into account the
fObbing charge at the seabOard, which
is 1.6 cents. The eastern roads re-
fused to pay the fobbing charge. and
offered the western lines 9 cents out
of 21.4, leaving 124 for the eastern
roads.
The western roads did not want to
take any less than 105bc cents. but
finally offered to take 91s provided
the. eastern roads would take the re-
naming l3 z and pay the fobbing
charges. leaving them 11-9 cents
No call has been issued for another
conference. and no further effort at
present viii be made to effect a set
tlement.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
WILL CROSS the CONTINENT.
Self Propelled Electric Car for Olathe
Line to Make Big Trip.

Line 10 MAXI A1AS AEtH.
Kansas City. Mo. Feb. 22-When the
Kansas City to Olathe interurban railroad
is opened in June it viii be equipped with
the first self-prOpelled electric passenger
cars ever used regularly in America. II
the hopes OF the company are reailzeu lle
much written Of revolution in railroad
methods will become an actual fact. W hen
William B. Strang projected the 0lathe
road he intended using either the GOun~
teEsunk third rau or the overhead q llley
wire for conveying electric power. That
intention still existed when Mr.. Strang
visited New York six months ago. While
there he was struck by the great me-
chanieal efficiency of the Nilsson observa-
ton cars, used In conveying tourists
about New York city
Those cars are propelled by electric mo-
tors driven by gasoline engines. After
several conferences with Lars G. Nilsson,
the inventor, railroad car was developed
and four of these cars are now being built
for the Olathe line
A special parlor car has already been
constructed and it viii cOnIne hence the long
run from Jersey City through Chicago,
st. Louis and Kansas city to san fran
cisco. 1t is possible that the car will be
switched to the street lines of Kansas
City during its stay here and special
demonstration of its speed and hill climb
ing powers given.
William B. Strang. Lars G. Nilsson and
John Loomis, the driver, will take the
car through on its transconunental trip
Right of way has been granted over the
Lake Shore roads to Kansas city, com
Dleting the trip over the Union Pacific to
San Francisco. The president of each road
used will accompany the car over his own
section as special guest. The ordinary
schedule of limited trains will be observ-
ed. It is said that no gasoline car has
ever been granted such a right of way as
a breakdown and dislocation of running
time was feared.
The records Of the experimental car are
said to be unusual Gasoline cars burn
one gallon of liquid per mile. The Strang-
Nilsson car uses half a gallon. The gaso-
line engine driving the electric motor has
six cylinders, so placed on the shaft that
any dead center is entirely overcome
Storage batteries are used to meet the
requirements Of high grades. Kerosene,
alcohol or crude oil can be used in the
motor as well as gasoline. The efficiency
of the electric motor over the gasoline
motor as a propulsion power IS accounted
for by the statement that the difference
in grades cause a loss of energy IN the
gasoline motor that is obviated in the
electric motor by the storage battery. The
new car has maintained an average speed
over eastern steam roads of 50 miles an
hour.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Clay Center Prefers This to Granting
Electric Light Franchise.

Clay Center Kan, Feb. 22.-At an
electric franchise primary held in this
city yesterday, 412 votes were cast out
Of about 800 male voters in the city.
There We're S35 votes cast favoring muni-
clpal ownership in preference to grant
ing any franchise.
After the vote was declared meet
ing was held with G. NJ Stratton as
chairman and L. F. Valentine as sec
retary. committee was appointed to
get signers to petition the mayor and
council to call special meeting of that
body to take the matter under consider
alton so that the question of municipal
ownership may be voted on at the gen
eral election April g.
a committee of nine was appointed to
ind out how much bonded Indebtedness
was against the city, the amount of
bonds necessary to be voted and make
other inquiries into the legal status of
the proposition
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
PE-RU-NA A RELIABLE REMEDY.

a become established. Peruna will
break it up as quickly any other remedy known.
after cold has become settled in
the body, Peruna can be relied to promptly dis
pei
Peruna will relieve whether chronic.
but taken in the first of the disease
effective than when disease has be-
come chronic.
If suffer from catarrh in form, do not neglect
it. Take Peruna at once. Delays in such matters are
dangerous
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
AN EVER-PREsENT ZOE.

The soldier and the sailor especially subject to
catarrh in form phase.
Exposed az they to constant changes, subject
they various vicissudes all kinds climate
dry, night day they catarrh their
most insdious and foe.
In the barracks and the field. Peruna is equally
ef6cacious
in COLI
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
OFFERS TO BUILD A ROAD.
c. G. Jones Would Run One Northwest
From Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City. Feb &c. G.
Jones. the railroad promoter. has pre-
sented a proposition to the citizens of
this city to build a road from here
northwest through the territory The
principal point viii be Fort Supply, at
which place the Territorial insane hos
pitaI vii lbe removed whenever a rail-
road is built there. The raod will then
go to Beaver City and on to connec-
ton with a Denver road. Mr. Jones
asks $4,000 bonus money. The cfti-
zens are inclined to favor the PROPOSE
tf0V
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
NDICT A CONGRESSMAN.
Spencer Blackburn of North Carolina
in Same Boat With Burton.

AshvilIe. N. G.. Feb. 22.-The grand
jury Of the special term of the United
States district court has returned two
true bills against Congressman Spencer
charge the Eighth district representa-
tive with praeticing before the treasury
department and receiving fees for such
service in violation of the laws. He is
accused of receiving $500 from Abe Jen-
kins and 800 from A. 2. Davis. Each
bill contains two counts
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
Basketball at Emporia.

Emporia, Kan, Feb 22-The Normal
school basketball team defeated the
team from the College of Emporia last
night, by a score of 5S to u. The teach
ers scored with little effort until the
last of the game, when the college men
gingered up and made most of their
scores. The teachers considerably out
weighed their opponents.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
Basketball at Sterling.

Sterling, Kan, Feb 22-The Newton
high school team won a closely contest
ed game of basketball last night from
Sterling high school. Score q to IS. The
game was a tie when time was called.
In the girls game Cooper won from
Sterling high school girls, score Is to II.
This game was also a tie when time
was called. The attendance was large.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
HURRAH FOR KANSAS SOD.
VIII Be Imported Into Colorado Il
Beautify station Grounds.

Trinidad. Col. Feb. 22-The park
around the beautiful Carcenas hotel and
Santa F'e depot at Trinidad is to be
made fully as handsome and attractive
aS the Alyarado grounds at Albu-
querque- Instead of planting grass seed
again this year. however sod viii be
imported from Kansas and Il a few
weeks 1t is expected TO have the green
grass growing all around all around y
The cid Trinidad station. the tenn
porary shack used during the construc-
tion Of the present building VIII be
sawed up into sections and taken to La
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22

Mr.. Suzuki. who has been in this
country less than a month, said that
there is no exaggeration IN the state
ment of conditions in northern Japan,
as thousands are suffering on account
of the failure Of the rice crop, which
he attributed to a sudden change in
the climate
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
A TYPICAL TESTIMONIAL.

MI j. H. Galbraith $50 West Second Ave. Columbus
Ohio, writes
kidneys years. Doctors did good
taking Peruna for months intervals believe I
My appetite sleep well every
day. [ always in the house.
remedy yet devised has received such Instituted
eulogy from many renowned statesmen and military
as Peruna.
have file thousands testimonials those
above give readers a glimpse of
the of endorsements Hartman receiving.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
NEw RocK Island sERvIcE.
Runs Trains Into Sherman, Texas,
Over Frisco Rails.

II y Al97t-D AAtlElo
Sherman, Tex, Feb. 22.-The Rock Is
land has begun operating its trains into
Sherman over the Frisco rails from Ran
dolph, I. T. Since Monday last all the
trains have come in with full Rock Is
land equipment. including motive power,
cars and crews Of the Halleyville df-
vision of the line Heretofore business
of the Rock Island for the St. Louis Il
San Francisco and the Fort Worth &
Rio Grande via Sherman has been
handled to Randolph by the Rock IS
land crews. thence into Sherman by
Frisco crews. Under the new arrange
ment the Rock Island trains and cars,
viii come on to Sherman unchanged.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22

Junta to be sold as sou1 enirs to tourists.
It has been suggested that similar dis
position be made of the station and Har-
vey house at L,any in the event that
historic building is ever torn down.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
AD8ITRAL's WORDS CARRY WEIGHT.

Rear Admiral Hichborn is of the best
nliras of navy.
His statement concerning Peruna will have much
weight it goes into the world.
of
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-22
WHAT THE ADMIRAL SAYS.

Philip Hichborn Admiral United States Navy.
writes from washington, D. C.. follows:
after the use Peruna a period. I css9
cheerfuIy recommend your valuable remedy
any WI is of invigOrating tonic.'-
Philip HichbOrn