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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03

New York, Dec 3.-Questions at is
sue between the New York Central and
hudson River Railroad company and its
steam and electrical locomotive engl-
neers have been adjusted, according to
]. M. Watson, chairman CT the organl-
zation of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers employed by that com
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03

Cananea, near the Arizona border, to
behalf of E. H. Hartman and asso-
ciates, who own the Cananea, Rio
Yauui and Pacific railroad, which al
ready has about 200 miles in operation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03

wellington, KAN Dec. 3.-The new
machine shops at the roundhouse are
now in perfect running order. For the
last few weeks many ailing engines
formerly sent to Topeka for treatment
have been successfully repaired here.
The new bonus system of paying for
labor has proven a success Under the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
Mainland Ia Iiesldent EnglneeE.

George F. Maitland has BEEN APP
pointed resident engineer of the wy
oning and Colorado divisions of the
Union Pacific railroad, with office at
Chevenne. Wyo. succeeding L. B. Mer-
riam, resigned to go to another com
many.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
RAILROAD NEWS.
The Rock Island Is Enlarging
Kansas City Yards.
Work Is Being Crowded as
Rapidly as Possible.
SO MILES OF TRACK.
New Terminals viii Have
Capacity of 5000 Cars.
EOssip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Kansas City. Dec. S.-The Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific railroad company
is rushing work on improvements in it's
freight yards in the west bottoms. The
number of team tracks is to be increas-
ed from fve to six. Then all Of the
space between the tracks IS to be paved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
Frisco Vice Presidents-Their Duties.
-. ...-o-otir,,- Eeld NTaE.- Y <

L
At the meeting held in New York
of the directors of the Frisco, the ex-
ecutive staff was reorganized, but the
dispatch failed to set forth clearly the
SCOPE and authority of the five vice
presidents. President Davidson was
asked for definition of the action
taken by the board. and he said: The
report of the meeting as it appeared in
tn newspapers was somewhat mislead-
ing. and it may be we'll to set matters
straight. The organization OF vice
presidents is as follows:
in charge of legal matters
Second vice president. G. R. Gray; IN
charge of operation.
Third vice president, w b. sBlddie'
in charge of traffic
Fourth vice president, A Douglas; IN
chargesof accounting
VICE president and general manager
w. c. Nixon; in charge OF operatlo ,i
and reporting to c. R. Gray. second
vice president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
Extcnsior of santa Fc Gulf Lines.

SURVEYS are reported being made by
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe COM
r,a,1. for. an extension of its Beaumont
it-,a from. the northern terminus at
Center, Shelby. county, Tex. north for
a distance of twenty miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
Aueeed ,JewelryI. lThief Caught.

Butte- MONT. Dec 3-Arthur H. Buck
was arrested early today on information
received by the local police who say he
got away with several thousand dollars
worth Of cash and jewelry, the property
of Abel. & Co. jewelry merchants OF 6i-66
John street New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
Harrlman Gets Concession

Austin. Tex. .Dec.- 3e--Gen- Luis E.
Torres has received a telegram from
Ramon Corral vice president of the
reptlblic announcing that the govern
nnent has granted a concession to the
Cananea, Rio Yauui and Pacific Rail-
road company to build railroad from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
$1,000
Chicago and Return Via "RociS
Island"
Chicago
'Rociz

Account International Live Stock
Exposition. Tickets on sale Dec. 1st
to 4tfI. limited for return Dec 10th
r. A. LEWIS, Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
III NfnIrov Pronloted.

Springfield, Mo, Dec al r. Mul-
row Of Chicago, for 20 years connected
with the store department Of the Rock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
Chicago and Return- s1e.0O. santa FNe.

Account Live Stock show, tickets on
sale Dec 1st to 4th, final limit. Dec.
10th, but can be extended to leave Chi
cago as late as Dec 31st-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
L. M. PENWELL
Undertaken and Embdlmer.
St1 Quincy Street.
Eoth Phones 10S
Geo. N. Ray. Assistant.
Geo. N. Ray. Assistant.

Island, has been appointed general
storekeeper Of the St. Louis g. San
Francisco railway with headquarters at
Springfield to succeed A. c. Kilham re-
moved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03

nanv Mr. Watson said that the men
ILL receive a Substantial increase in
pay and satisfactory consideration OF
all of their other claims.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
Wages 81. iowa EnpIoYes Increased.

Des Moines Ia, Dec. 3.-Iowa rail-
roads on Iowa business have, during
the past year. increased their business
$7.35O.OAO. or more than IL per cent,
according to the annual report of the
state railroad commissioners. For the
year just ending. the gross earnings
were $65. 1856, 1000, while during the pre-
ceding year they. amounted to $5S,
475,OOO. While the net earnings in
creased the wages earned by Iowa en-
ployes of railroads increased over
$1,000, 600, and the number of en-
ployes increased nearly 5000
There are now 1850 employees act
ually0 engaged,in the operation of Iowa
railroads. and during the past year they
drew $26,785,OOO in wages an average
of over So per day. The total expense
of Iowa roads in. the state was over
S46,716.0OO. but the wages of employees
made up over SO per cent of this
Whereas, ten years agos-136 persons
were killed by the railroads in a. single
year and 857 were injured, during the
past year in Iowa 100 were killed and
1,722 injured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03

new scheme, a machinist is given a GER
tain time to complete a given piece of !
work If he completes it under the |
specified time he Is given additional |
pay, hence the name bonus system
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03

Stuyvesant Fish. E. H Hartman. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob As
tor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-03
Missouri Pacific shops at wichita.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. S.=The Mis-
souri, Pacific has started work on a
roundhouse, car shops, repair, equip
ment and machine shops here.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
BOND ISSUE FOR CANAL.
Thirty Million offered on New Loan
Authorized by Congress.

Washington. Secretary Shaw today
offered to the public $50, 200, 900 of bonds
of the Panama canal loan authorized
by the recent act of congress. The
bonds will bear interest at the rate of 2
per cent, will be dated August l, 1906,
and interest will be payable quarterly.
They will be redeemable at the pleasure
of the government after ten years from
date of issue and will be payable thirty
years from date.
The bonds will be exempt from taxes
or duties of the United States and will
be available to national banks as secur-
ity for circulation. The bonds will not
be sold for less than par, all citizens
will have equal opportunity to sub
scribe for them and the bids for them
must be submitted to the department on
or before July 20, 1906.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
THE NATIONS CASH ON HAND
Statement of Government Receipts
and Expenditures.

Washington.-A surplus of $40, 0,024, )
TIP is shown by the comparative state
ment of the government receipts and
expenditures for the month of June,
1906, as compared with June of last year
and surplus of s26, 1877, $50 for the fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1906.
During the month of June the total
receipts of the government were $685.
367,OSl; the total expenditures s34 ,342,-
300.
The receipts for the last month were:
From customs, S26, ,259, ,265, increase
.S3,694, ,613; internal revenue, 800, ,607,-
3S7, increase $1,SO4, ,S43; miscellaneous
sources Sc, 5OO,4 ,42S, increase 81, 1,646, ,S4S.
For the fiscal year ending June 3d.
1906, the total receipts for the govern
ment were 1894 ,914, ia, and the total
disbursements were $568, 727 ,546, leav-
ing surplus for the year of $26, 1S7,-
$50 against deficit for the preceding
fiscal year of $23 ,9S7 ,652.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
Socialistic Arctic Expedition.

Copenhagen, July 1.-An Artic expe-
ditiOn under the leadership of l..
Mylius- -Erichsen, who recently ex-
plored Greenland, has sailed from
here It is TO be based upon the some
what novel plan of absolute equality
in pay and living conditions for all its
members, whether sailors, sledge driv,
ers or scientists. They will travel
along the east coast Of Greenland on
sledges as far north as possible. The
leader intends to penetrate the I'M
known ice dome Of the interior, which
arises to height of 10000 feet. The
ship used is the Danmark, which will
be equipped with wireless appliances
motor boats and the latest scientific
instruments.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
railways IN THE WAY"
Played at Funeral Causes a Storm
of Criticism.

Washington.-"Always in the Way"
is the title of piece of music played
at the funeral Of Private c.. w. J. An
derson of the Marine Corps at Olon-
gopo, P. l., and it resulted in severe
newspaper criticism and finally an in
vestigation by officers of the corps. The
report of the board has been received
at the department and its findings say
that the music played, while having an
inappropriate name, was suited to the
occasion and the best the band could
play, their repertoire being limited"
The newspaper which published the
article in Manila is severely condemned
in the report. The piece was given by
order of Acting Drum Major Preston.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
TO PUNISH HARRY THAW.
Friends of Stanford White Will Stand
by Authorities.

New York.-The family of Stanford
White, and his business associates, at
a conference this afternoon determined
to aid the State in every possible way
20 bring about the punishment of Harry
K. Thaw, who shot the brilliant crchi-
tect to death on the Madison Square
Roof Garden last Monday night.
Richard Mansfield White. millionaire
brother of the slain architect, has taken
charge of the White town house, No.
121 East Twenty-tirst street.
His counsel is Allen w. Evarts. He
and Stanford Whites partners, Messrs.
McKim and Mead, both noted archi-
tects, and Mrs. Stanford White held q
conference late this afternoon.
It was decided that no matter what
exposure might result of Stanford
Whites past or what names might be
dragged into disrepute along with his
own, the whole thing should be laid
bare in order, that the punishment OF
Thaw might be insured.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07

Issues a Statement Concerning the
New System of In
spection.

Washington, July 4.-By direction
Of President Roosevelt, Secretary Will
son of the agricultural department,
has issued an official statement
concer0ing the new system of meat
inspection to be Immediately put into
effect by the department, in accord
ance with the law passed by congress
last week The statement is intended
to restore public confidence at home,
as well as abroad, in the canned meat
products of American packing institu-
tiOnS.
The secretary says: with this
law in operation, it may be accepted
as a fact that for healthfulness and
purity, the prepared or canned prod
uct will compare favorably with the
fresh meat of the United States,
which is, and always has been, the
finest in the world.
"The new law is comprehensive, the
means for it's enforcement are ample,
and its execution will be thorough.
People at home and abroad may use
our meats in confidence"
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
RUMOR CAR WEAKENS
WILL ACCEPT LIBERTY OF CON-
SCIENCE AND FREEDOM OF
MEETINGS.
Terrorsts at Work In Warsaw
They Kill Police and a Gen.
darme.

st. Petersburg, July 3.-Interior
Minister Stolypin publicly announces,
in behalf of the government that, af-
ter an examination, the government
is prepared to accept the laws, which
the lower house is considering for .es-
tablishing liberty of conscience and
Premier Goremykin was summoned
to Peterhof, presumably in connec-
ton with the reorganization of the
cabinet
The Bourse Gazette says it Is ru-
mored that Gen. Trepoff, command.
ant of the palace, has at last fallen
into imperial disfavor and is leaving
PeterhOf.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
NAMES THE CANAL COMMISSION.
Theodore p. Shonts Retained as
Chairman of the Board to Dig
the Big Ditch.

Washington, July 3.-The following
statement was given out at the of.
flee of the isthmian canal commission
Monday:
Because Of the failure of the SEN
ate to take action looking to the con-
firmation of the isthmian canal COM
mission, the president Immediately
following the adjournment of con-
gress appointed new canal commits
sion, with the following members.
Theo. P. Shonts, chairman; John S.
Stevens, Chas. E. Magoon, Peter C..
Haines, U. S. A, retired; Mordecai
T. Endicott, U. S. NJ, and Benz. M.
Harrod, c. E., U. S. A"
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
THE BRITISH NAVAL MANEUVERs
Both the Attacking and Defending
Fleets Are Claiming to Have
Gained Victory.

London, July 3.-As a result OF the
naval maneuvers. both the attacking
and defending fleets claim victory.
Both suffered losses in ships. Admiral
May, commanding the attacking fleet,
CAPTURED Scarboroug, and telegraphed
TO King Edward:
"We have obtained complete con-
troll of the English channel and have
demanded the surrender of the En-
gIsh seaports."
The defenders captured the battle
ship Victorious, flagship of Rear Ad-
miral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne,
together with the battleship Royal
Oak, and two cruisers in battle off
Cape Finisterre, and claim that they
secured the trade route by driving the
attackers into the North sea.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
Double Murder and Suicide.

Lucedale, Miss.-A double homicide
and suicide occurred here today, when
Charles Brewer, in fit of rage, shot
and killed his wife and her mother,
wounded his baby child and wife's
grandmother, then placed the muzzle
of the pistol to his head and fred a shot
which was fatal. Brewers wife had
left him few days ago on account of
mistreatment and she went to the home
of her parents, where he sought her to
return. When she declined to do so he
drew his pistol and commenced firing,
with the.result as above stated.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
59TH congress
HAS Adjourned
tHs FIRST SESSION, A BUSY AND
EXCITING ONE, HAS COME
TO AN END.
Vne Railroad Rate Bill and the Meat
inspection Measure Become Laws
Both Houses Declare for a Lock Ca
nal at Panama-Pure Food and Np.
preparation Bills Pass.

Washington, July 2.-The work o
the first session of the fifty-nintt
congress is at an end All the regu
lar appropriation bills passed, and
several important measures which
nave attracted the attention of the
entire country have become laws.
Railroad rate bill passed only few
hours before the closing, and accord
Ing to the provisions of the measure,
will become a law within 60 days.
The senate agreed to the conference
report.
Lock canal bill passed both houses
and was signed by the president. This
means that the congress stands COM
mitted to the lock type Of canal across
the isthmus of Panama.
Pure food bill and the naturaliza-
tion bill become laws through the sig
nature of the president.
Meat Inspection-The senate agreed
to the conference report on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill, which car
ried with it the meat inspection legis-
lation desired by the administration,
anu thS pdoSCu. L iiC SONSA IL
ment pays the cost Of inspection, and
there will be no date on labels OF
canned packing house products.
The immigration bill was shelved
by house, when the majority insisted
on striking out the educational test
and the increased head tax, for which
the senate would not stand
The public building bill was passed,
carrying appropriations Of $2OOOO,OOO.
TSe total bills for the session aggre.
gated about ssoo,oco,ooo, new high
water mark for government expendi.
lures.
The senate passed the naturaliza-
tion bill, providing inform rule for
the naturalization of aliens. EXclu.
sive jurisdiction is conferred upon the
circuit and district courts for cases
under this law, and requires that an
alien shall make his declaration two
years before his admission. One who
disbeIieves in organized government
or who advocates the unlawful as.
saulting or killing of government Of
ficials is barred; also pelygamists and
those who can not speak the English
language. The bill had previously
passed the house.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
HAD TO EAT CANDLES.
Two Men Imprisoned for Six Days
Are Finally Rescued.

London.-After being imprisoned for
six days in the flooded Caradic Valley
colliery, two miners of the six origin
ally imprisoned were rescued alive this
morning and two bodies were brought
out by the rescue party. The search
will be kept up, although all hope of
finding the missing men has been
abandoned.
The two men rescued were discovered
in the old workings, having subsisted
for a week on few candles. One Of
them was still able to walk and the
other was delirious during the last part
of his Imprisonment.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
Greatest Singing Teacher Dead.

London, July 2.-The death of Man.
uel Garcia, professor of singing and
inventor of the laryngoscope, is a
worldwide loss. Prof Garcia, who
celebrated his one hundredth birth
day anniversary last year, was the
greatest singing teacher of his time,
and his book on singing, "Traite Com
plet de Part du Chant" has formed
the basis of innumerable methods"
His never powerful voice having suf-
fered greatly from overwork, in 1929
Manuel Garcia began to teach. His
success was wonderful, and during
the greater part of the last century a
considerable portion of the worlds
famous singers studied under him.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
President Needs Rest.

Washington, June 30.-Presideni
Roosevelt has been worsted in an en-
durance test for the first time. Sc
great has been the strain he has i'm
posed on himself during this session
of congress that his friends are ap
prehensive that serious consequences
will result if he does not take q
complete rest during the summer.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
The Work of Terrorists.

Warsaw, Russian Poland, July s.
The recent rumorS to the effect that
the terrorists were organizing a gen.
eral slaughter of the police was par.
TALLY corroborated when two police
men were shot dead and three were
mortally wounded simultaneously il:
various parts Of this city. During the
evening terrorists shot and killed a
gendarme and an infantry captain
named Tobolzeff, the latter having
been accused by revolutionary papers
of commanding platoons at eXecu-
tions The assassins escaped
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
TAWNEY Tells OF
APPROPRIATIONS
CONGRESS GAVE $74o,72e,sse TO
CONDUCT GOVERNMENT CON-
ING FISCAL YEAR.
This Does Not Include $139, 9,456,415
Provided For the Sinking Fund For
the Panama CanaI-TotaI Appro-
priations Were $3.50, ,301 De-
ficiency Appropriations.

Washington, July 4.-RepreSentative
Tawney, chairman OF the house com
mittee on appropriations has prepared
detailed statement concerning the
appropriations for the fiscal year be-
ginning July l, 1906, made by congress
during the session just closed, in
which he claims that the per capita
cost of government in the United
States, including federal and state, is
less than that in any European coun-
try.
The Channels of Expenditure.
Mr.. Tawney enters upon an analysis
to show the various channels into
which the total appropriation of $780,
1885 will be diverted. He begins by
deducting $139,456,415 provided for
the sinking fund for the Panama ca
nal, etc, showing that the real ap-
preparation for the conduct of the
government for the fiscal year in
S74O,7 O,726,8S6 To meet this demand
he estimates that the total revenues
(customs, internal and postaD will be
$S71,573,3G4.
The Various Supply Bills.
The appropriations as made in the
various supply bills are as follows:
Agricultural, S9,932,940; army, $71,-
S17,1G5 diplomatic and consular, 81
,094; District of Columbia, 1O,13S,-
G92; Notifications, s5,O52,993 Indian,
$4,000, 400; Legislative, ETC., $29,741,-
019; military academy, $1,664, ,7OS; ma
Wy, $1O2,O71 $50; pensions, $140,245,-
500; post office, S191 ,695, ,999 sundry
civil, $9S,274,574. Total, $672,9S7,734.
Deficiency Appropriations.
Isthmian canal deficiency, s11,OOO,-
900; urgent deficiency, 1906 and prior
years, $16,27O332; urgent deficiency,
additional, 1906, and prior years,
$274,925; deficiency, 1906 and prior
years, $11,573,9S9.
Total regular annual appropriations,
$74O, 106,981; permanent anUIal ap-
propriations, $SS0,183, ,301.
The aggregate appropriation is $780,
100000 in excess of that for last year.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
Gar to Visit the Kaiser.

Berlin, June 30.-A dispatch to the
Lokal Anzeiger from Kiel says that
Emperor Nicholas will attend, with
Emperor William, the entire maneu-
vers lasting four days, of the German
fighting fleet, near the end of July, in
the vicinity of the island of Ruegen,
in the Baltic sea. The dispatch says
the Russian emperor. after the ma
neuverS, will go to Darmstadt on a
long visit.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
To the u. S. Supreme Court

Jefferson City, Mo-, July 2.-The su.
preme court of Missouri has granted
Lord" Seymour Darlington an appli.
cation for writ Of error, which car.
ries the case to the supreme court OF
the United States. He was under sen.
tence to hang in st. Louis county, July
C6
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
Rivers and Harbors Congress.

St. Louis.-Great interest is being
aroused in the improvement of the
Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi rivers,
and much interest is manifested in the
coming rivers and harbors congress.
The congress will be the largest ever
held and it is expected that it will do
things of permanent value to the entire
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
Jumped From Eads Bridge.

st. Louis, June 30.-Before he could
be prevented from doing so, an un-
identified man sprang from the Eads
bridge into the Mississippi and was
drowned.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
Illegal for Twenty-Five Years.

Peoria, ILL.,, June 30-Judge Worth
ington, in the circuit court here,
handed down a decision declaring
that the election of members of the
Peoria school board has been illegal
for the past twenty-five years.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
Secretary. Root Will Visit Chilli.

Washington, July 1.-Mr. Root, sec
retary of state, has decided to visit
Chill on his coming tour of South
America, and to That end will board
a Chillian warship for it's voyage
from the straits of Magellan to Val
paraiSO
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
"lmmortal ]. N" Buried.

Upper Sandusky, o., July 1.-The
funeral of the Immortal ]. N. Free, at
McCutchenville, at 10 a. m., was the
largest ever held in that village.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
A,nea,s Taken in Kansas City Cases

Kansas City, Mo-, July 3.-In the
limited States district court here Mon
dav appeal bonds were perfected on
behalf of the seven convicted indivld-
nails and concerns in the rebate cases.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
prAsident and Family at Sycamore.

oyster Bay, L. l., July 3.-The pres.
tdent and family are at Sycamore hi!
To spend the summer.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
Cost of Morocco Crisis to France.

Paris, July 3.-The French budgt,
which has been introduced in the
chamber, shows that the military
preparation during the Moroccan crisis
cost $5O,G0O,00O.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-07
e americans KILLED
IN Wreck IN ENGLAND
ING SEVENTY-FOUR MILES
AN HOUR.

Out Of Forty-Two Passengers Only
Nine Escaped Death or Injury
Train Endeavorino to Break Rec
ord-Passengers Were From a
RecentIy-Arrived Steamship-Mayor
Mcclellan and Wife Of New York
Remained On Ship at Last Moment.