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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-30
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MEETING.
Rock Island Makes Low Rate to Bos-
ton, Mass. and Return.

For Christian Science meeting, Bos-
ton. Mass. June 10th to 18th, the Rock
Island makes a rate of one fare plus
two dollars for the round trip. Tickets
on sale May 31st to June 9Th Inclusive,
limited to June 18th with privilege of
extension to July 18th by depositing
tickets with Joint agent, at Boston on
or before June 18th. and the payment
OF one dollar Joint Agency fees.
Special train of Pullman standard
sleepers has been arranged for by the
First Church of Kansas City, and will
leave Kansas City, Wednesday, June s.
at 1000 a. m via Rock Island to Chi
cage. thence Grand Trunk via Mon
freaI to Boston arriving at Boston
80 a m. Friday, June s.
Those desiring to accompany the First
Church special will leave Topeka at 8
a IN. Wednesday. June 9Th.
REPRESENTATIVE of the Rock Island
and Grand Trunk lines viii accompany
this special train through to Boston and
personally look after the wants and
comfort of all on board.
Reservations in sleepers and all other
information relative to stop-overs, and
boat ride on the st. Lawrence river
through the Thousand Islands can be
had on application to A. NJ. Fuller. c.
p A. Topeka. Kan; J. A. Stewart,
GenI Agent. Kansas City.
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HALF A BILLION IN 10 YEARS.
Earnings of The Illinois Central ToIe
of by Mr.. Fish

Earnings of the Illinois Central Told
of by Mr.. Fish.
Chicago. May 30=The development
of the Illinois Central during the nine
teen years of Stuyvesant Fish s services
a s president Is exhibited comprehen-
sively in an interesting report which
has been submitted to the board of di-
rectors. The document contains vir-
tuaIly every item Of Importance Illus
trative of the roads financial and
managerial affairs.
M Fish was elected president on
May Is. 1887. On December 81. 1886,
the CONF parry was operating :, 40 miles
of road in Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky,
Tennessee. Mississippi and Louisiana.
On June so, 1905. the Illinois Central
was operating 4.3kk miles of road and
the Yazoo & Mfssfssfppf Valley 1910
miles, total of 5s5S4 miles, in Iflf-
nois. Iowa. Minnesot South Dakota,
Wisconsin, Indiana. Kentucky, Tonnes
see, Mississippi Louisiana. Arkansas
and Alabama ITO this it should be
added says the report, that the
company's trains have for years been
running to and from st. Louis, the
commercial metropolis of the state of
Missouri. /"
The comparative statistics show that
the gross receipts from operation were,
s511.S34.S14, OF an average of $26,-
347.939 per year: the expenses OF ope-
ratiox including taxes, were $685.
1852, or SIS. 265,994 per year; the
net income from all sources was $751;
1886, or s9.S32.404 per year; the
fixed charges, including interest, rents
and sinking fund. were $100,161. 487.
or $5.136.487 per year; the amount
available for dividends. etc, was $91,~
5TO. 1883. or s4.695,917 per year; the
amount disbursed from the dividend
fund for permanent improvements
was s27, 500. e61. or $14l5.434 per
year: the balance, applied to dividend
ana surplus was s63.969,43s, or 3d.
2S0.483 per year.
The report was prepared for the
board of directors as a weapon in the
quarrel between Fish and Hartman.
Its purpose was to show Mr.. Fish s
record as president. Aside from this,
however, the document is of consid~
| cradle general and special interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-30
LeaYenworth Troops Construct
a Pontoon Bridge.
Built Across Lake Merritt in
Ninety-six Minutes.
II WAS 1I6 FEET LONG.
Feature in Honor of Inspection
BY Colonel Jones.
Party Crossed in Ambulances
and Wagons.

Leavenworth, May Ozone of the
most important features in connection
with the inspection by Lieutenant Col
oneIs Jones. at Fort Leavenworth, was
the construction Of a pontoon bridge.
The bridge was put up in an hour and
sc minutes.
The order was given pys telephone at
2:zS P. m. The mules were in the sta
bic harnessed a distance of one-half
mile from Lake Merritt. where the
bridge was built The detachment
moved at 2:52 and the train at 8
o'clock They were in the park at Lake
Merritt at $40 and the first boat was
in the water at 3:26 The bridge was
completed at 1855. and the train cross
ed the bridge at 1853. At 10 minutes at
ter 4 o'clock the bridge was dismantled,
and at 4:24 the loading was completed.
The bridge was ZIG feet long. built
by a detachment Of companies I and
L of the Third battalion of engineers.
Captain Jackson was in charge of the
building of the bridge. Lieutenant
Williams was in charge of the train,
and Lieutenant Robins quartermaster,
in charge Of transportation.
Lieutenant Colonel Jones and the 9TH
err officers of the party crossed the
bridge in anbulances and wagons.
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TEsTTNG So. TTEs.
Forfy-t1vo Miles Of Track Laid With
Them 10 Show Their Worth.

Managers of the steel corporation
are taking practical methods to con-
vince railroad managers that steel ties
are the thing they want in the con-
struction of railroads The scarcity o.
timber and the high prices TO which it
has risen rapidly are working toward
making the use of wooden ties an Inn
possibility in the opinion of the steel
men and also of some railroad Of
fcials.
To convince the railroad men that
steel ties are the thing they want,
President Corey of the United States
Steel corporation, which owns and
operates the Bessemer and Lake Erie
Road. has laid 10000 steel ties.
weighing $3.50 tons and covering
forty-tvo miles of track This extern
sive stretch of track was laid after a
test of two years on a shorter portion.
which satisfied the steel corporation
that the larger experiment would
prove successful.
Some other railroad managers do
not view the matter with the same
confidence as do those of the Bessener
and Lake Erie. What might prove
might be a dismal failure On roads diff
ferently situated. The Bessemer ana
Lake Erie is almost exclusively a
freight road. used for the transporta-
ton of iron ore from Lake Erie to tbs
blast furnaces in the Pittsburg district.
It's entire passenger business consists
of two or three trains-a day. The pas
sage of fast passenger trains. 1t is
claimed, requires a more elastic track
than that afforded by rigid steel ties.
On the other hand. the advocates or
the latter declare that steel ties set
rigidly in cement concrete have been
tried on tracks used almost exclusively
for fast passenger trains and have
proved highly successful and salts
factory in every way there. The steel
tie they declare is the coming one in
American railroad service.
Should this prediction prove correct.
it will create an immense demand for
steel. It requires 227 tons of steel to
furnish ties for one mile of track, and
as there are now 10000 miles of main
track in the United States, it would re-
quire about $4,000, 600 tons of steel to
provide ties for all of them in the first
place. Just how much would be re-
quired to keep them in repair has not
vet been determined.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Rapid Growth of the Colorado
and Southern Road.
System Now Comprises Over
1000 Miles Of Track.
An INDEPENDENT LINE.
Impression That Rock island
Controls 1t Is q Mistaken One.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.
An INDEPENDENT LINE.

Remarkable strides are being made
IN the development of the Colorado &
Southern railway. which by January /
viii have assumed the imposing d.
mensious of a railway system 2,24z
miles In extent. This mileage includes
the 17s miles under way by the Wieh-
TIA Valley railway which has entered
into a close traffic agreement with the
Colorado & Southern.
Granville M. Dodge, chairman of the
Colorado & Southern. and other CAPT
4ai5sts identified with that property.
are controlling factors in the Wichita
Valley enterprise. This line now runs
from wichita Fails. Texas on the Col
orado & Southern, to Seymour. dis
lance of ffty-two miles. From Sey-
znour an extension is being built in \
southwesterly direction to Stamford,
sixty miles. and from the latter point
to Abilene. thirty-eight miles. From
Wichita Falls to the northeast a twen-
tv-tHree mile extension IS being built
TO Red River.
By virtue Of its charter the Wichita
Falls road may be extended as far
south as Brady. It is expected that an
the extensions under way VIII be com
pleted by January /. The road crosses
the Texas & Pacific at right angles as
il does the Colorado & Southern but II
has almost Invariably been the ex-
Derience of railroad builders that a
road crossing another at right angles.
FAR from proving a dangerous com
petitor. is of benefit to the line it in
5ersects. The Colorado & Southern Is
crossed at right angles by the Santa
Fe. the Rock Island. Frisco and Choc-
taw. Oklahoma and Gulf. and all these
fntersecting systems have been active
agents in populating Texas and the
southwest in general
Frank rumbull, president of the
Colorado & Southern. who has just re-
turned from a trip over the system. ex>
presses confidence that the extension
from Fort Worth to Houston will be
completed by September while the one
from Dallas to league win be finished
by January. From league. the juno
ton point, eleven miles have been
built northward. while to the south
forty-seven miles of the Trinity ans
Brazos Valley extension have been
built up to date
Owing to the joint operating agree
ment entered into by the Rock Island
gard TO the Trinity and BrazOs Valley
forth that the Colorado & Southern
has been absorbed by the Rock Island.
The Colorado & Southern, however IS
an absolutely independent property.
maintaining an open door policy with
all other lines in its territory. having
similar traffic or operating agreements
with the Burlington Union Pacific.
Santa Fe. Denver & Rio Grande ana
Missouri Pacific.
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TWO HOSPITALS

Two more. cases of Bright.s disease that
recovered after the treatment in h0soifals
had "a q and life was despafred Of
one is John H 0syselaar. the well-kn0yyn
merchant OF Eureka. Cal. H was ju the
Lane hospital In San Francisco for three
months. Jas so swollen with tiropsv be
had to be tapped every ten davs ne va &
steadily sinking when his family took hiYI
home and put him on Fulton's Renal Com
pound for Brights disease The tsDnfn q
ceased and he began to mend and is now
perfectly well. Everybody Ia E77-rairs
Knows of his miraculous escape
another case IS that of Mr. T T NM
10y Of Z3l6 Bryant St San Francisco a
lew months ago he was in the T. s Ma
Tine hospital IN that city and was so low
win Brights disease that his sister Mrs
French, was advised by the physician in
charge that fatal end was fnevita HE and
close at hand She took him home and mi
nm en- the same treatment that saved
Sysetaar He recovered and five months
later returned to his employment Write
eitheF or the above II you question this
Bright's disease and diabetes are c,lrsble
II 81 per cent Of all cases by Fulton :
SoInPouEds- send for literature John 7
Fulton Co. 500 San Pablo Claj,ia4Sd e 81
Slant is rebuilt
e r Sim. agent for Topeka. 7s2 and 1907
Kansas ave. 'e
When 70 suspect Bright's disesse-vveal r.
ness or loss OF weight, puffy ankles hand
p eYetlds. dropsy. kidney trouble after fhe
third month. urine may show sediment
taiing vision droW siness. one or more 81
these. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-30

AImOnd BLOSSOM
Complexion
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GREATEST
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AADF

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superfcially; little Almond
B1 0 g m Complexion Cream
should be applied every time the
face and hands are washed. IL
removes the dust, SCOT, CRIME.
smut and snudge from the inter
stices of the skin and makes the
surface smooth as velvet. Al
daily necessity at home and
abroad; a treasure when travel
ing by land or water, or when on
an outing of any kind, and par
ticularly priced at a seaside or
mountain resort. Protects the
skin from cutting winds, burning1
rays of the sun and every injur-
ious effect of the elements. Pres
vents and cures abnormal red
ness Of the nose or any part OF
the face, and that purplish hue
due to exposure to cold, also
chapping, chafing, cold sores,
fever blisters and all irritation of
the skin. It is the greatest
known specific for burns: takes
the fire out more quickly than
anything else, soothes, heals and
prevents sears and suppuration.I
Indispensable for the use of in.
fants and every member Of the
household An exquisite natural
beautifier. A grateful appliea
ton after shavirg. Excellent for
massage purposes. We sell
Nine. Yale's Blossom Complexion
Cream.
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SHE KISSED HUBBY GooD-BYE.
Elderly Woman Succeeds in Flagging
Train for This Purpose.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, May 3e.Z"The
funniest thing I have seen outside of
the comic papers for many a day
happened the other day in the union
station at FL PasO said Herman
Schweizer. Harvey employe, who
returned home yesterday. 4 was in
the news stand in the union station.
There was a crowd in the station. for
the No. 9 Southern Pacific train for
the west was about to pull out. IN
rushed an elderly woman. one of the
little nervous women who are always
sure they are going to get left and
who are always in hurry
q Give me some fruit quick she
called TO the boy behind the case, I've
got to catch that train The boy
knew the train was about TO pull out
so he told the little woman to go out
to the train and he would bring her
the fruit. She went and he followed
with the fruit. but as he reached the
platform he saw his customer wav-
ing her hands and the train pulling
out of the yards. The boy tagged the
depot master the depot master caught
the yardmaster's eye, and the yard
master waved the signal to the engi-
neer to stop. The train stopped and
everybody rubbered out Of the win
cOws to see what was up. The boy
showed the fruit into the little wo-
mans hands and she mixed up the
track.
LAS she came even with the chair
car door a man came down on the
steps. she handed the fruit up to him
and he leaned down and kissed her
Then she turned and walked com
posedly back to the station. The train
the yardmaster out and pour water
on him "
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RAILROAD SOLD AT AUCTION.
D. r. Francis Got the ST. l. & n. A.
for S2.OOO.OOO

III S%sOVOsSOv=
Leslie. Ark. May s0-The people Of TIar-
Tison Witnessed the unusual spectacle yes
terdas- Of railroad offered al public ven
due to the highest bidder. Two million
dollars was the price paid for The St
Louis and North Arkansas by Gov d. e.
Francis. acting for the following trustees
in behalf Of the bondholders and in sat
5sfaotion of Judgment $3.065.o coo in favor of
l Mon Trust Co, st. Louis, John Scullin.
D r. Francis. R c. Kerens John F.
Sheepley. Powell Clayton
After placing in the hands OF " E
Mitchell, clerk of the United States court
and mastery ia chancery, a certified check
for $4,000 the order of sale required Of
bidders, and the clerk had received no re-
Spouse to his solicitations for bids Gov
ernor Francis addressed the spectators
and adjured them that the road ought to
belong to Arkansas.
But if no one else will bid I Will give
$4,000 concluded the ex-governor as
nonehalantly as one would bid Two bits
FOR 2 one-armed rocker
Two million dollars once, twice.
thrice. failed to arouse the Arkansans.
and the ex-governor turned and walked
out of the court yard with the % mile
railroad in his pocket. The party which
had come from St. Louis in Mr. Scullin s
private car then went to the end of the
road at Leslie and returned to Eureka
Springs for the night. They will return
TO Harrison Wednesday to attend soecjal
court convened BY Judge Trieber TO con
firm the sale
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10 LIMIT RAII.wAY PASSES.
OmciaIs Getting Ready to Comply With
View Railroad Law.


It is understood that railway officials
are preparing to call in about 50 per
cent of the annual passes issued. a dist
Is being compiled now by many of the
lailTcads in this section of the country
of those holding passes who viii be
debarred from having them under the
provisions of the railway rate regulation
bill which has passed both houses of
congress and is now in the hands of a
conference committee.
This measure limits passes to railway
men and attorneys employed by rail-
ways and the line IS drawn very close
". II viii give the companies 4 good
cppoI tunity for cutting off large por-
ton of free traffic. Politicians. ship
pers, newspapers. friends Of a partieu-
lar friend OF railway offeials. will
henceforth have to stay al home or pay
their fare
AS soon as the bill IS finally passed
and is signed by the president. circulars
viii be sent out to pass holders who
come under the ban. notifying them
that their passes must be returned and
will no longer be honored.
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coRBIN AT LEAvENwoRTH.
Big Review at the Post in His Honor
on Friday.

Leavenworth. Kan. May 30.-Lieuten-
ant General Corbin, in command of the
northern division of the army with
headquarters in st. Louis, has wired
Colonel Hall, in command of Fort Leav-
enworth, that he would arrive at the
fort Friday to spend the day there; it
is probable the officer will also re-
main over for Saturday.
Just what preparations will be made
for General Corbin's reception is not
known as Colonel Hall received the
brief telegram only, but in all proba-
bility the biggest review ever held at
the post will take place Friday morn
ing or afternoon and this will also prove
a big feature for the carnival visitors.
The time depends upon when the gen
eral arrives.
The post has been having many in
spections of late, the last big review
being held for General Whit. COM
manding this department, and at that
time $500 troops participated. The re-
view to be held for General Corbin will
be even larger than that one and the
sight will be one well worth seeing.
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Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears apd love for the Gray"

the stockholders of the construction
companies.
The Union company declared a divi-
dend of so per cent OF its preferred and
so per cent of its common stock in the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railroad
company: the International IS per
cent of its common and 45 per cent
of its preferred Orient stock The
International also paid to its stock
holders / 5 per cent Of its Sierra Madre
Development company holdings and
X per cent of its Mexico TimberheId
company stock
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FINANCING sALINA LINE.
Contracts Being secured for Bonds for
Upton & Northwestern.

Salina Kan, May 3o.-F'rank Hage-
man, president of the Commercial club,
is in receipt Of a letter from Charles W.
Webster. one of the directors of the
Salina, Upton & Northwestern rail-
road in which he says that an effort is
being made to secure contracts for the
sale of bonds to be voted for the con-
struetion Of the line. Several bond
brokers have agreed to take the bonds
but the agreements being verbal there
is no assurance that the money for the
construction of the road will be on hand
when 1t is needed. hence the signed
contracts are desired. It is the opinion
of the directors of the road that there
Will be no difficulty in disposing of the
bonds. There is a great expense at
taehed to holding special elections and,
if il be known where the bonds can
be placed without delay the elections
viii be called at once to vote the bonds
in all the townships Mr.. Webster
states that the contracts are being
made subject to the condition that
stock subscriptions be raised to the
amount Of $1,000 a mile from Salina to
Downs. and that the financial details
viii be in shape to present to the bond
brokers by the middle Of this week
and the contracts will be closed by the
middle of June.
It is the intention of the company to
run two preliminary surveys from
Downs. one through Smith Center to
Republican Junction, and another
through Lebanon to Red Cloud. This
work will be done at once or as soon
as the engineer. Mr.. Pike. returns from
the west. Mr. Hagenan is assured that
the matters pertaining to the eonstruc-
ton Of the new railroad are moving
along more rapidly than was expected
by the directors of the line and that
the entire directory IS pushing the en-
terprise In such a manner that the
road will be in operation from SaIina
to Downs during the latter part of
next wear. The extension of the road
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had GIVEN. Up ALL HOPE.
CONFINED TO HER BED
With DYSPEPSIA.
81 Owe Ny Life 10 Pe-ru-na. .
Says Mrs. Eiuffaker.

Mrs. Matte Hunaker, R. R. No. 3,
Columbia, Tenn, writes:
II was afflicted with dyspepsia for
several years and at last was confined
to my bed, unable to sit mp.
I'VE tried several different doctors
without relief.
II had given up all hope of any re-
lief and was almost dead when my
husband brought me a bottle of Pc
runa.
"At first I could not notice any ben
EFT but after taking several bottles I
was cured sound and well.
.'It Is to Peruna / owe my life to-
day.
Il cheerfully recommend it to all
sufferers
Revised Formula.
For a number of years requests
have come to me from a multitude of
grateful friends, urging that Pernua be
given a slight laxative quality. I have
been experimenting with laxative ad-
dition for quite a length Of time, and
now feel gratified to announce to the
friends of Peruna that I have incor-
porated such a quality in the medicine
which, in my opinoin, can only enhance
its well known beneficial character.
IS. B. HARTMAN. NJ D.
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WAS IT PROVIDENCE WORK.
queer Discussion over the Burning
of Church by Lightning.

Jewell City. Kan, May 30-Sinee the
Evangelical church building was struck
by lightning and burned to the ground
the mighty wisdom which prevailed in
many conversations here and else
where about God destroying San Fran
cisco with an earthquake on account
of her wickedness. has subsidized; es-
pecially among those people who limit
God to steepled edffces and religious
societies.
The Evangelical people are well
known for their piety and generosity
and for carefully guarding their build
ing from all entertainments of world
liness. and yet in a downpour of rain
lost their comfortable and eommodious
house but plans are well under way
for 81, 900 modern church, until the
completion of which the opera house
will be used B. NJ Palmer the man
ager, offering them the favor.
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ClaiIoeco Indian Bands Tril

Arkansas City. Kan. May 30.-The
Chiloceo Indian band will leave the
school next Sunday for its summer
trip through the larger cities of the
United States. The band will play sew
eraI engagements in parks, and will be
gone several months. George Bly, Of
this city, viii accompany the band and
play drum and traps.
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vENwoR1H TERMINALS.
Railroad officials visited Post Yester
day. to Consider Plans.

L.eavenworth, kan, May 30.-Dan
2. Cain, general manager of the Chi
cage, Rock Island & Pacific. and James
z. Hurley general manager, Judge ".
r. Smith. general attorney and F. G.
Fox. general superintendent of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad,
visited here this afternoon to make a
joint arrangement for terminals at
Fort Leavenwerth. Captain James
Normoyle. post quartermaster. showed
the places where it was desired to have
tracks. It is believed that after the
personal Inspection and conference of
railroad officials today an arrangement