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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
Chicago Lines Nay Boycott the
Harvester Trust.
Sixteen Roads Have Claims
Amounting to 100000.
CANNOT COLLECT.
SO They viii Refuse to Haul
Freight TO COmpany's Plants.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Sixteen of the railroads entering Chi
cago, and in the number are included
most Of the big western lines, may in
stitute boycott against the Internal
tiOnaI Harvester company to force a
speedy collection Of a debt aggrega ting
100000
At secret meeting of the Chicago
Car service association, which was held
recently, and at which the presidents
and legal counsel of the railroads in
terested We're present, it was decided
practically t. refuse longer to deliver
freight to the manufacturing plants Of
the harvester trust unless the trust
agreed Immediately to write checks for
the various amounts due the sixteen
railroads for the demurrage of freight
cars.
Each railroad will send its individual
notice, and if the threat is carried out
it will so completely close the great
works of the harvester. trust as would
a general strike.
It was decided that such action would
be legal for it would be up to the har-
vester trust to show that it was taken
to force the collection of a debt which
is already in litigation More than six
llOnlliS y the SlAAtcu IdllIOdQS quiet
ly filed suits for the amount due them
The Burlington's claim for about $50, 600
is the largest, and the rest range all the
way down to a few thousand dollars.
Then an effort was made to get the
cases to hearing, but the trust success
fully engineered delay after d lay until
the railroad men despaired of getting
their dues In the meantime the car
demurrage account kept on climbing
the scale, and the railroads were face to
face with the vexatiOus delays of the
law, against which shippers so fire.
quently have complained. They stood
in danger of being compelled to file
suit after suit against the harvester
trust
This, they decided, would not do, so
they called a meeting and tried to or
game a boycott. -As-in many other
cases. A B. Stickney, president of the
Great Western, proved to be the rail-
road boyle man. He. declared he would
continue to let his cars go to the harves-
ter works willy, nilly. For this little
service the Great Western, it is said.
has since profted greatly in the way of
added tonnage
Back of the trouble stands the specter
of the rebates whichethe. harvester trust
was wont to secur3,. When these were
shut off by injuncttpps ard The EllSitfs
law. the trust orgAlized the Illinois
Northern Railroad company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

of the backwardness shown by the
company in every other form of outlay.
The Baltimore & Ohio has authorized
fewer Improvements so far this year
than had been approved by this time in
any previous year since the present
administration took hold
In the matter of cars. however. it viii
be necessary to replace those to be
destroyed, as was done on this Penn
sylvania railroad. and normal-sized
car sorder. in addition to this. ex-
pected.. Last year the Baltimore &
Ohio contracted for 10000 freight cars,
all of which have not yet been received.
and probably on improvements. viii
likely be taken at the April meeting
of the Baltimore & Ohio directors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
MANY KATY EXTENSIONS.
Chairman Rouse Says Road Is Plan
ming Important Work.

Denison. Tex, April 9-Henry c. Rouse,
chairman of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas board of directors, while in Deni-
son. announced that the company is plan
ming extensions tn1east Texas which are
of Importance that millions are TO be
spenf in improvements in the next two
years. and that Denison will have new
union station some day
Mr. Rouse confirmed the statement re-
Gently made that $4,000. 900 viii be spent in
revising the main line from Red River to
Parsons Kan He said that this work
would be commenced as soon as possible.
though Just when that would be he could
not say. It viii be a work Of Importance
and will consume considerable time
In discussing the plans of the company
for extensions in east Texas. Mr. Rouse
said that the carrying out Of these plans
could not be considered until the Texas
Southern was sold. When the road is put
IN for sale on order Of the court. repre-
sentatives of Mr.. Rouse win buy it, The
Texas Southern will form an important
link in the east Texas extensions. The
Trinity division will be brought into the
scheme. and will be connected with the
main line The Trinity division is now an
isolated piece Of track, running east and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

west and lying east Of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas.
While Mr.. Rouse would not give an out
line of the katys plans to cover the east
Texas field. he insinuated that other roads
now in that section would be brought in
and some new building would be done.
Mr.. Rouse was asked If the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas was preparing to get
into New Orleans.
Possibly. in the future" he said
Mr. Rouse said that reports that the
Missouri Kansas and Texas has made
traffic arrangements with road from
Shreveport TO handle New Orleans bust
ness had been misinterpreted. The Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas will not run its
own trains into New Orleans but close
traffic arrangements have been made
which will guarantee good service.
When asked if the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas contemplated entrance into Beau
mont or into a Gulf port, Mr.. Rouse an
swered that he was not at present pre-
pared to say. These matters had not been
entirely planned and announcement at
this time might cause combinations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
EQUIPaIENT NlATKEr ITEp o..
Many Railways Troubled TO Get Cars
and locomotives Needed

Many Railways Troubled TO Get Cars
and Locomotives Needed.
The question Of additional equipment
is again causing trouble to many rail-
ways statistics cars and locomotives
ordered IN 1904 showed that 341, Bis
freight cars. 3.2s9 passenger cars and
900 locomotives were ordered last year,
while statistics covering only construc-
ton gave the mum Der actually built last
year, exclusive of these at company s
shops, as 165, 455-fFeight cars, 2,551 pas
senger cars and 5,491 locomotives, many
of the latter being for export. As d
natural result, at the beginning Of this
year nearly every builder was filed
with orders requiring nearly the entire
year 10 complete while many roads
were just beginning to realize that a
large amount of new equipment would
be required before the end of the year
ana must be ordered promptly. Incom-
piete returns covering the first three
months of 1906 show that nearly $1,000
freight cars, SIS passenger cars 1915
electric cars and 1000 locomotives have
already been ordered this year. the
greater part of which viii not be deliv-
cred until the builders have completed
the enormous contracts previously
placed.
The placing of these large equipment
orders, which began last fall, seems to
have been stopped, temporarily at least.
by the Discrimination of builders to take
further contracts at present except
upon terms not satisfactory to most
buyers Several OF the leading roads
he We made inquiries recently. but fail
ed to place contracts because of the
high prices and distant date of delivery,
but it is expected tha> as soon as good
crops are assured many Of there will
appear as buyers of equipment and viii
accept the best terms that can be Sc
cured. Notwithstanding the extensions
and improvements that have been made
to car building plants, thus increasing
their output. some of the CO -racts
placed recently have called for delivery
to commence late this year. while many
of the cars already ordered viii not be
turned out until well into 1907
The prices of nearly all materials
have Increased so that the railroads are
not only asked to wait a long time after
ordering their equipment, but they
must also pay from 10 to 80 per cent
more than a year ago. The increased
cost of all steel products is well known.
The scarcity of lumber presents even
a. more serious problem to car builders,
and is well shown by a statement Of one
dealer that he is now getting $22 thou
sand feet for odd sizes that a few years
ago were sold WITT difficulty at Sc.
The demand for locomotives is equal
ly strong and the leading plants are
filed with orders for a. least six
months ahead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
~oGERITA" ON KANSAS TRIP.
Strang Car Going Over Santa Fe Lines
as Far as Chanute.

"Ogerita,' the Strang gasoline cleo
trio motor car which made a trip from
Kansas City to Topeka over the Santa
Fe line a few weeks ago, just after 1t
had concluded a journey from New
York to Kansas City, left Kansas City
this morning for a two days trip over
some of the Kansas lines of the Santa
F'e. Besides w. B. Strang, head of the
company building the car, Mr.. Miller.
it's master mechanic, and Mr.. LOOMS,
electrician, the following officials of the
Santa Fe went on the trip: j. E. Hur-
ley, general manager; F. c. Fox. gen
eral SUPERINTENDENT; S. w. Thomas, en-
gineer Of test and z. c. Nutter, cleo
tricai engineer. In addition to these
the following men will go as guests OF
Mr. Strang: Bishop T. F. Lillis of
Kansas City, Kan; W. S. Woods, presi-
dent National Bank of Commerce; c.
s. Jobes president American National
bank: J. S. Lillis, president Western
railroad builder; S. j. Hayde, contrac-
ter, all of Kansas City, MO; Alex Mon
roe. president and Alex Marks, vice
president, Merchants National bank of
Lawrence; Eben Baldwin. General ].
N Roberts. Ord Clingman and James
Donnelley of Lawrence; Thomas Riley,
general superintendent of the Missouri
& Kansas Interurban Railway COM
pany: George w. Evans and T. F.
Ryan, Kansas City.
The car is being run today from
Kansas City to Ottawa and from there
on to Burlington, returning to Ottawa
will be tied up for the night. On Tues
day it will run from Ottawa down to
Chanute and from there back to KAN
Sas Civ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

and writes fair English. The follow
ing is a COPY of a letter she sent to
one of her attorneys from Iloilo, Pan
nay P. l..
Sir: am in receipts of your letter
dated June I / of the present year and
received on August 16 last.
Il approve and think deeply all that
was done by you in my sad case, and
join my request to the recommended
ton of Colonel Duncan to the effect
that you continue defending the same
I think that the evidence of the
witnesses have been already delivered
into your hands and mine shall be
sent, II necessary, at the earliest posi-
Bile moment
MY helpless situation. full Of bitter
ment, makes me dependent for my
support upon my brothers
With the testimony of my sincere
fully,
CONCEPTION Y. DE BURBANK >,
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Tests Being Conducted at the Man
haitian College.

Manhattan, Kan, April 9-Some
eighty different varieties of corn will be
planted this spring at the Kansas Agri-
cultural college as a variety test These
varieties include a large number Of
farmers corns. seed of which has
been sent to the college by farmers in
different parts of the state Other
samples have been secured from outside
the state from Iowa, Illinois and Ne
braska. These include most of tn. we'll
bred or 'pure-bred'' varieties o. corn
grown in the states named
The purpose of this experiment is to
determine which are the hardest and
best producing varieties of corn for
planting in Kansas. The agriculture
department is also carrying on some Co
operative experiments in testing differ
ent varieties of corn with farmers To-
Gated in Burton. Moran. LaHarpe,
Baileyville. Linn, Norton. Dresden. Hill
City. CastletOn and Harper. It is well
known that the varieties which do best
in one locality may not be so well suit
ed to other localities, differing in soil
or climatic conditions. By this CO.
operative test the college hopes to learn
which varieties are best adapted to GER
tain sections Of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
SMALL CARS TO SCRAP HEAP.
Baltimore & Ohio to Destroy Thousands
of Them


The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad com
pany. following the example of the
Pennsylvania, will retire all small ca
pacfty cars and other cars which are
so worm out as to demand expensive
repairing. Orders have been issued
from the office of J. z. Muhlfeld gen
eral superintendent of motive power of
the Baltimore & Ohio. that all small
capacity cars are to be carefully in
spected when they are sent to the
shops. and unless they are in good con-
dition and fully warrant the cost of re-
small cars that are kept in service
viii be reIegated to the branch lines
and all main line traffic viii be handled
in cars of larger capacity.
The Baltimore & Ohio and the
Southwestern. together have about 60
600 freight cars in operation. It IS es-
fiu1ated that from 5000 to 10000 of
these are of 20 tons capacity or less,
and the company expects to get the
majority of the small cars out of COM
mission within the next year or two
Most OF them have been in use for
years and can be used only a short
time on the branch lines before they
Will give out entirely. The same plan
of destroying the small cars will be
followed on the Baltimore & Ohio that
Is in operation on the Pennsylvania
/ railroad AS fast as the cars are re
ceived at the shops and inspected, they
win be burned and the scrap iron
saved.
It is expected by the transportation
officers that the directors will approve
a large car order this spring. in spite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
BURBANK TO JAIL.
Ex-Lieutenant Will Reach LeaY-
enWOrth This Week.
En- Route From Philippines to
Serve l5 Months.
A SENSATIONAL CASE.
Denial Of Wedding an Oriental
Girl Makes Trouble.
Engages Himself to a Talented
Young Kansas Lady.
SENSATIONAL CASE.

Leavenworth. kan, April 9.-sidney
s. Burbank. until a month ago first
lieutenant in the regular army viii
arrive here this week from the Philip
pines, where he will serve Is months in
prison.
Young Burbank was convicted by a
court martial in the Philippines of
making false statements about his al
legged marriage to a Filipino woman
and of embezzling the funds Of the
company in which he served. Next to
the Taggart case in Ohio the Burbank
affair has been the most sensational
episode in the social life of the army.
He is being escorted to prison by one
Of Funstons aids.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
INSOMNIA
Leads to Madness, If Not Remedied il
TINE.

AI5-26.
Experiments satisfied me, some five
years ago" writes a Topeka woman,
that coffee was the direct cause of the
insomnia from which I suffered terri
bly,, as we'll as the extreme nervousness
and acute dyspepsia which made life a
most painful thing for me.
81 had been q coffee drinker since
childhood and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all this
harm. But it was, and the time came
when I had to face the fact, and pro-
tect myself. I therefore gave it up,
abruptly and absolutely, and adopted
Postum Food Coffee for my hot drink
at meals.
4 began to note improvement in my
condition very soon after I took on
Postum. The change proceeded grad
ually, but surely, and it was a matter
of only a few weeks before found my
self entirely relieved-the nervousness
passed away, my digestive apparatus
was restored to normal efficiency. and
began to sleep, restfully and peace
fully.
These happy conditions have con-
I am safe in saying that I owe them
entirely to Postum Food Coffee, for
when I began to drink it [ ceased to
use medicines. Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Greek. Mich
There's reason. Read the little
book, The Road to MELVILLE . in pkgs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
TO COMPETE WITH SANTA F'E.
New Railroad Is to Be Built From
New Mexico to Kansas.

New Railroad Is to Be Built From
New Mexico to Kansas.
Ration, N NJ, April 9=The Santa.
Fe, Liberal & Englewood Railroad
company has been chartered for the
purpose of connecting the Colorado &
Southern at Des Moines. New Mexico,
with the Rock Island at Liberal. and
the Santa F'e at EnglewOod, Kansas.
This, with the Santa Fe, Ration & Des
Moines railway, will give Ration a di-
rect line into Kansas City and Chicago,
in competition with the Santa Fe.
Accordingly Ration coal will have
another wide market. The territory
which will be opened I'D in Indian ter
ritory, Oklahoma and southern Kansas
by the building of the new road is one
of the best fields for domestic fuel in
the United States. Coal is now selling
in those localities for $3.50 to $3.50
per ton, and the supply is rarely equal
to the demand. The building of the
Santa Fe. Liberal & Englewood rail-
road will add materially to the pros
perity of Ration and vicinity, in that it
will afford a ready market within easy
transportation distance for the prin-
cipaI product. coal.
The ineorporators of the new enter
prise are: Frank z. Jennison of New
York: Jesse G. Northcutt, of Trinidad !;
A Watson McHendrie, of Trinidad:
John Morrow and T. D. Lieb, of
Ration John Morrow, Of Ration, is
designated the resident agent of the
company, and the principal place of
business Is Ration. The authorized
capital of the corporation is $6,00O,-
600, of which 100000 is paid in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
ABOUT TRICKS RETIREMENT.
May Have Left Rock Island Because Of
Relations with Hartman.

Some interests are inclined to
ascribe Mr. Tricks retirement from
the Rock Island board to his close re-
lation with E H. Hartman. Mr..
Frick is a director of the Union Pa
cffc Railroad company of which Mr.
Hartman is president; Of the Santa
Fe. a $25. 000, 600 interest in which was
said to have been acquired a year or
so ago by leading members of the
Standard Oil group; of the Chicago,
Northwestern, the National City bank,
and also the United States Steel cor
poration. It is said that Mr.. Tricks
stock holdings in Rock Island have
never been extensive and have of late
been materially reduced. His success
sor on the Rock Island board has not
yet been elected.
1t may be noted that James Speyer
and Charles H Tweed. of Speyer &
Co., the bankers of the Rock Island
system, have recently retired as di-
rectors of the Southern Pacific COM
pany, of which Mr.. Hartman is presi-
dent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
WE'RE HAPPILY Welded.
Miss Ethel Shaw and Michael NIcKenna
Are Married at PIainviIIe.

Plainville. Kan, April 9.-Another hap
by marriage has been solemnized here,
the parties being Miss Ethel B. Shaw to
Michael McKenna. Both bride and groom
have grown up in Plainville Mrs. Nc
Kenna attended the school of music at
Washburn college in 1904 and 1903, and
made many friends while in Topeka. She
has been popular in social and musical
circles. and will be greatly missed by her
friends here as we'll as abroad. Mr.. Nc
kenna was former newspaper man in
ing the period Of Popuiism. when ". E.
Bush was secretary of state. he held
desk in that office. Mr.. and Mrs Nc
Kenna will be at home to their friends
in Broken Arrow, Z T. where he is en-
gaged in the mercantile business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
PUBLIC FUND 70 BUILD ROAD.
Nueces Valley Line VIII Open Up q
Promising Territory.

San Antonio. Tex. April AT meet
ing of citizens held at Carrie Springs on
Sunday. the organization Of a company to
build the proposed Neuces Valley line
was perfected. This road is to be built
by the people along its route. It viii ex-
tend from Arkansas Pass to Eagle Pass.
along the course of the Nueces river and
win form connections with the Gould and
Hartman lines. The road viii open q
promising territory for 800 miles.
For several years the people IN this To-
cality have been trying to induce the
Gou1ds or the Hartman interests 10
build the line but without success Now
they have raised the money to build tie
line Independently and work on it will be-
gin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
pENvER Mes To PRorEsT.
win Meet Railway OniciaIs to Discuss
Freight Ra>es.

A delegation from the Denver Chamber
of Commerce will meet with officials Of
all lines running between Chicago and
Denver in Chicago on Wednesday, next.
1t is understood that the purpose of the
meeting is to discuss stae proposed re-
duction in freight rates to Denver and
Colorado City.
Denver merchants have long protested
against the freight rates which are ex-
acted by the railroads. and maintain that
they are too high Under the present
schedule the first class rate. Chicago to
Denver. is s2.05. while to the Missouri
river it is only 50 cents. leaving 81. 20 per
100 pounds for the haul of $40 miles from
Omaha to Denver.
When the Missouri river merchants ask
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
Dead of Nfrs. sarnh IIonman.

Kansas City, Kan. April 9.-Mrs.
Sarah E. Hoffman. So years old, wild
ow of G. W. HOFFMAN. died yesterday
a the home of her son, E. K Hoff-
man, 100 Everett avenue. this city.
She had been q. resident of this city
for q years. She is survived by five
sons and two daughters. They are:
Francis E Hoffman of Washington,
Barton S. Hoffman of this city; Mrs
Charles Woodford of Chicago and Mrs.
Mary w. Salmon of St. Louis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
Was Fun to wreck Trains.

Mound City, Kan, April 9-John
Shade, a farm hand. who. for what he
said was fun, piled spikes on the st.
Louis & San Francisco track near
here has been adjudged insane. A
handcar loaded with workmen had
been thrown off the track by obstruc-
tions placed there by Shade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
TO BE Welded IN YOKOHAMA.
The Consummation Of a Romance
Which Began in the Philippines.

Which Began In the Philippines.
Wichita, Kan. April 9.-The ro-
nance of a Kansas girl and a Tennessee
man. which began in the Philippines,
viii have its logical contamination next
month in Yokohama. Japan. The
bride-tO-be is Miss Nellie Mae Kellogg,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. P. S. Kellogg
of Wichita. The prospective groom is
Arthur S Emery, government treasur-
er of the province of Cayite, Philippine
Islands, whose home was in Clarksville,
Tenn.
The young people met in Cavite dur
ing the Spanish-American war. Mr.
Emery's duties required his services in
the islands, and Miss Kellogg went there
to visit her father, who was then a ma
jor surgeon in the United States army.
Miss Kellogg, who is d graduate of the
University of Michigan. is now in Eu-
rope Mr.. Emery came here last
week to ask the parents of Miss KEEL
logg fer their daughters hand The
consent was obtained and the wedding
viii occur in an old japanese temple in
Yokohama
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Farmer Davis FOund GuiIfv

Eureka, Kan. April 81. B. Davis.
a farmer living near Hamilton. in the
north part of Greenwood county and
who was arrested last November on a
charge of assault with intent to kill
was tried before Judge Altman here
and the jury returned a verdict of
guilty of assault and batter Davis
shot Sam Arnold. farmer who lived
on an adjoining place. as result of
dispute over the division of a corn crop.