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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
MERRY WAR IS on N lola.
Dcposed Policeman to Take Proceed
ings TO Dust COunciImen.

lola Kan, Oct. Ell w. Cannon.
Who was removed from the police
force last evening after the council had
heard the charges against him for his
failure to arrest jOintists. says that he
viii initiate custer proceedings against
all the councilmen. He asserts that
he has placed the case in the hands
of his attorneys and that they are at
work upon the papers. The case will
have to be brought by the county at
torney as private citizens cannot insti-
tute custer proceedings against public
officials Tt is not vet known whether
County Attorney Clifford will file the
suit If it is placed in his hands Mr..
Cannon is confident however. that he
ne viii do so when the matter is laid
before him. OF course We're the
county attorney to refuse to bring the
action ii might be taken up to the ar
torney general of the state but Mr.
Cannon is not worrying about that.
THE council has had its inning and
I viii now have mine" declared Mr.
Cannon this morning. THE council
removed me without cause. dis
proved the charges made against me-.
but because Of prejudice the council
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
SECOND SUN FOR DIVORCE.
Leavenworth Man Makes Another Eff.
fort to bid VIE

Leavenworth. Kas.. Oct 27.-On
November 9, 1904. Nelson Simpson
fled suit for a divorce from Anna
Simpson, but the suit was dismissed
in the district court and husband and
wife went to living together again.
Yesterday the husband, through At
torney Bell, filed a second suit for di-
vOree from his wife. They married
September IS. 1898. The husband
charges that the wife associates with
other men, remaining out at a late
hour. and particularly during the
months of September and October.
1906. He says that the wife fed from
his home and went to Kansas City
Mo, and lived there with others whose
names are unknown to him. The hus-
band asks that he be given a decree
and awarded the property known as
lots and 6, Wollman's subdivision of
block A. Marshall's subdivision, Leav-
enworth; also lots I, and 8. Woll-
mans subdivision of, west one-half of
block 4, Marshall's subdivision, Leav-
enWorth and all of the household
goods contained in the building on the
premises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
BARGAIN OFF7F1IsED lola.
City Turns Down Broker Who VIII
sen 81, ZOO Bonds for $40.

sen BAFGUQ -EDAAAS AOA s40s
lola, Kas. oct. 27.=Mayor Ores
bach is in receipt of q letter from a
New York bond dealer to the effect
that some of the 100000 bonds issued
by lola for the King Iron Bridge COM
pany are being offered for sale at $40
on the $1,000. The bond man states
that he knows the courts at one time
passed on the bonds and declared
them no good, but that if some of
them CHANGED to fall into the hands
of an innocent purchaser, it might
cause the city trouble. If the city
desires to obviate any such uufortu-
nate circumstances he suggested that
he would be delighted to buy the
bonds up for the city. The mayor has
presented the matter to the council
and that body has decided that it does
not care to invest any of the city 3
loose change in these bonds even at
the attractively low rate offered
This recalls the interesting history
of IOla's first great industry In 1870
things were looking good in Allen
county. New settlers were coming in
every day, money was plenty, crops
for the most part good and prices
high. Various manufacturing enter
prises were undertaken. the most not
able of which was the King Bridge
company. to secure which the city of
lola voted 100000 in bonds
At the time no one seemed to think
1t was homogeneous or impossible that
an industry which must import from
long distances at high freight rates
both its fuel and its raw material, and
which was to manufacture a product
for which there was at best a slight
demand. should be located here.
In the summer of 1871 the COM
pany went to work to build the shops,
now constituting the first floor OF the
main building of works number 1 of
the Lanyon Zinc company. Expen-
sive machinery was brought in and set
up. A few bridges we're actually built
and Iola's hopes for the enterprise ran
high. Things hummed and for a while
town lots were held at enormous
prices and land adjoining the town
sold at prices which We're not reached
again for nearly thirty years
Then the enterprise went broke.
The only pleasing thing in connection
with the affair was that after a hard
battle in the courts the 100000 bonds
were declared forfeited and the build
ing which it erected was of material
assistance a quarter OF a century later
in securing the location of an industry
that of smelling. which has done more
than any other one thing to make
lola
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
ANOTHER EIGHT-INCH OIL line.
Standard Oil Company Building one
From Kansas Field.

ChanUte. Kas., Oct EFT trans
plres that there was more than rumOr
in the story that the Standard Oil com
pany viii build another pipe line for
the transportation of oil from the
Kansas field to its refinery at Whiting.
Indiana In fact, the correctness of
this story has just received substan-
tial and official confirmation. big
gang of men have pitched their tents
in Humboldt and are ready to begin
work.
The line Will be outside of the jur-
isdiction of the Chanute Offices of the
Prairie oil & Gas company. Some of
the men who have been working for
the Prairie in building the twelve-inch
inc between Chanute and Humboldt.
which has Just been completed were
the first to bring the news here of the
arrival Of the laborers who are to
work on the new line.
T. W. Macy, clerk in the Prairie's
office here. called up the Humboldt
offices to find out what is to be done.
and was told that the men were there
to lay a new line east-how far is not
known It will go to Kansas City,
and may be extended from there to
Whiting. The company wants more
men. as it intends to hire as big force
as possible, and complete the work
as soon as possible.
The line Will be of eight-inch pipe.
It viii be the third line of the kind
between Humboldt and Kansas City.
When the hrst line was laid. but little
more than two years ago it was
thought that it would be large enough
to care for all the oil that would ever
tory fields Tt was not long, however,
before the company found it neces-
sarv to lay another. and now the two
are found Inadequate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
TOPEKA MAN 10 SrpHERsoN.
o. ". johnson Buys Automobile and
BlcycIe shop There.

Mcpherson. Kas., Oct. 30 w.
Johnson Of Topeka bought the auto
mobile and bicycle repair shop in this
city yesterday and has now assumed
control of the business He VIII at
once put in a new stock of goods and
viii be prepared to do all kinds of re-
pair work.
Mr.. Johnson comes to this city
from Topeka, where he has for a num-
Der of years been an employe in the
Smith Automobile shops He is me-
chanic Of many years experience and
is especially skilled in automobile,
bicycle and sewing machine work. His
family is already here and they viii
soon move into residence property.
\. Fields. the former proprietor Of
the shop Will go to Wichita, where he
will engage in the automobile bust
ness.
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PREFER TRAINS on TINE.

Slower Trains More Desirable to
Travellers Than Delayed ''F7yers.''
= q am of the opinion that what the
public relishes more than fast time is
trains being on time" Passenger Traf-
nc Manager Hanson, OF the Illinois
Central road, is quoted as saying in
discussing the speed craze. Adherence
to schedule is the thing to be aimed
at he continued. sAmera0E8 strenuo-
sity has Influenced the railroads TO re-
duce the running time OF trains to a
point that in many instances is in
consistent with conservative and care
ful mana cement. A train keyed to its
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
WEIR CrTY's MORTALITY.
Death Rate Has Been Unusually High
There This Fail

Weir City. Kas., Oct 26.-The death
rate for Weir city and vicinity has
been exceptionally high this fall and
especially during the past ten days.
Considerable of illness is reported
among the children which has proven
unusually of a fatal nature. Diphtheria
has claimed three victims during the
past ten days. but none of the cases
have been in Weir City proper. There
are a number of cases reported in
Daisy Hill and the surrounding camps
at the present time. During the past
week there have been eight deaths re-
ported by the local physicians Of this
city for Weir and vicinity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
sTEP-MorHER WAS BRUTAL.
Pleaded Guilty to Beating Child and
Got OF With a Fine.

Mcpherson. Kas., oct 27-AIrs.
Susie Voth. of Lone Tree township.
was brought before Justice Walker
this week on the charge Of beating her
step daughter, Susie yoth who is now
dead. She pleaded guilty to the charge
and was assessed a fine Of twenty-five
dollars and costs
Susie Voth, the 16-year-old girl who
received the beating died some time
later of typhoid fever. Over her sick
ness IS a dark shadow which the
county officers are investigating. AL
ready two men have been arrested on
the charge of statutory assault against
her and other arrests may follow. The
beating which the girl received at the
hands of her step-mother is said to
have occurred on May 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
NEW POSITION on ROCK ISLAND
Officials Kept in Touch With Decisions
of Interstate Commission

New York, Oct. 27.=The manage
ment OF the Rock Island and Frisco
systems has created a new place in the
official STAFF of the systems both Of
which are owned by the Rock Island.
The incumbent will be specially
charged with the duty of keeping the
management of the road in close touch
with the decisions of the interstate
commerce commission, as well as with
those of the railroad commissions Of
the several states. Edward Pierce has
been appointed to the new place His
title will be commerce counsel and his
Headquarters in Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

removed me any way did not care
for the Job ~ policeman. I had my
resignation written out and in my
pocket. 1 would have handed it to
the council IL had been reinstated.
After farce OF a hearing and after
had disprovcd the charges the coun-
ell removed me. The fight is not end
ed. / am not a gutter
IT viii commence custer proceed
ings against the councilmen for vot-
ing themselves free water, light ana
eas contrary TO law. Another charge
which will be made against them IS
that a year ago last spring they
passed a resolution to fine the joint
lists $50 and costs each month under
the vaRrancy ordinance.n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

action. But the facilities of the public
carrier are not private property. nor
are they the subject TO bargain and
sale Ike merchandise The right to
travel or have property carried by rail.
ike the right to the common highway,
is not contract right, but political
right the very essence of which is
equality.
"Conceding that the advertising ar
engagements in question are ordinarily
seems plain to me that these arrange
ments must involve some measures of
discrimination, and it is not easy for
me to see how an honest newspaper
can seriously object to a ruling of the
commission which appears to be in
obvious accord with the provisions and
the purposes of the regulating stat
utes'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.
H. f. STcKibben Taken to Wellington
by Sheriff.

Parsons. Kas., Oct. 2T.-Sheriff J.
NJ. Singenfelton, OF Sumner county,
kas.. arrived here last night to take
H. Z. McKibben. back to Wellington,
where he is wanted on a charge of
forgery
Ackibben has been working here
for several months, as a sewing ma
chine repairer, and has established a
ago Chief Mitchell received orders to
arrest and hold him pending the ar
rival Of the sheriff. According to the
charge, McKibben is guilty on four
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NO MILEAGE ron ADVERTISING.
Commission says Facilities OF Com
mon Carriers Not Prixate Property.

Washington. Oct. 27.=Under a rul-
ing of the interstate commerce com
mission, transportation over railroad
lines no longer may he given to news
paper publishers or editors in ex-
Change for advertising space.
A protest against this ruling has
been received from the Adassac husetts
Press association. which says that the
association unanimously voted to ZEN
ter its protest against the reported rul-
ing holding that the payment for rail-
road transportation at full rates in ad-
vertising shall be treated on any
other basis than that of transportation
paid for in cash.
In response to the protest Chairman
Knapp. OF the commission, says in
YOU are. Of course. aware that all
tariffs filed in compliance with the
regulating statute name rates in dol
lars and cents and do not in any case
provide that transportation can be
paid for with property.
1t seems plain to the commission
that the law above quoted, coupled
with the fact stated, permits payment
for services of interstate carriers only
in money.
"A contrary rule would sanction I'M
equal compensation by different per-
sons aud involve ordinarily some de-
gree of discrimination in favor Of
those permitted to exchange their
they desire or secure. 1t is the aim of
the law TO prevent every sort of IA
voritism and secure absolute equality
of treatment in all cases.
This ruling of the commission in
no way interferes with or abridges the
pers and their advertising space may
be freely exchanged for any species of
property upon such terms as may be
acceptable to the parties to the trans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
Tunnel BEHRING STRAIT.
Incorporation of Company Which Is TO
Connect Two Continents by Tunnel.

III "a AtEAAAfAA - ~
Connect Two Continents by Tunnel.
New York. Oct. 27@With a capital
of $4,000, 600 the Transalaska-S Siberian
Railway company was Incorporated to-
day in Jersey City by Loicq de Lobei
Of Paris; j. A. /. Waddeh Of Kansas
City; John J. Healy of Seattle, Wash; ;
William H. Black of No. II Wall street.
Manhattan. and John r. Turner, an
employee of the Corporation Trust COM
pany of Jersey City.
NJ. de Lobel holds SIS. 997. 900 worth
of the S6.000,0O0 worth of stock, Mr..
dell. Healy and Black $500 worth. NJ.
de Lobel is the general delegate of the
French and Russian and American
syndicate of the Transa laska- Siberian
Railway company Mr. Waddeil is the
delegate of the advisory board Of con-
sulting engineers of the railway and
Mr. Healy is the delegate of the west
ern syndicate.
The company viii construct a rail
way between Alaska and Siberia, with
q tunnel under the Behring Straits.
The line across Alaska and its branch
lines and a part of the tunnel to the
great Dromede Island Will be built in
accordance with the contract estab-
lished between the special imperial
commission and the company. The
main line viii start at a station known
as Kansk, on the Trans-Siberian rail-
way. It will run easteriy to the boun-
dairy line of the province OF Amour 10
123 degrees west longitude, calculated
on the meridian of Paris Then the
line goes direct to a place between
Yakougsk and Okhotsk; then up to the
Behring Straits, with branch lines.
The length of the main line viii be
$3.50 miles and the branch 1880 miles.
The line in Alaska will be from the
tunnel in American waters. specifica-
tons of which were filed with the sec
rotary of the interior on May 3. 1905.
The line will run from the Alaska
river, from Cape Prince of Wales, sea-
ward peninsula. Alaska. at q. place
called Kinnegan, toward Cape York
and easteriy to Port Clarence, and then
to Grently harbor. crossing the Cali
fornia and Kaugarock rivers The
main line Will proceed to Norton Bay
and from there to a point near Nulato
thence along the Cantweu river, cross
ing the Tanana river, and easterly
along the Tanana river to the one hun
dred and forty-f1rst meridian of lOngi-
tude, then to the boundary line be-
tween Alaska and the British North
west TERRITORY
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ANOTHER DEsERTER CAUGHT.
Is Second OF Six Men Who Broke
Guard House TO BE Landed.

IS second OF Six Men Who Broke
Guard House to BE Landed.
Leavenworth, Kas.. oct 27.@Word
was received at the Post yesterday
Williamson one Of the six prisoners
who escaped from the Post guard
house on the night Of August 4th, had
surrendered to the police authorities
or Philadelphia Pa, and from that
place he was turned over to the mill
York Williamson had three times de-
serted from the United States army
and viii be tried at Fort Jay for de-
sertion on two charges One of these
charges was against him at the time
that he escaped from the guard house
and the other for escaping.
Williamson was member of the
I9venty-ninth battery, field artillery,
having been assigned to that battery
after having served with the coast
artillery. He was arrested in Kansas
city. where he was visiting. for de-
sertion from the army While he was
out on furlough. and brought to this
post He was released from confine-
ment, having been acquitted of the
charges and it was at this time that
he deserted from the TWenty-ninth
battery He said that he did not like
the way he was treated a the battery
and deserted. afterward surrendering
TO the. recruiting officer at Joplin, Mo
He was again brought to this post and
it was while awaiting trial that he es-
capped from the guard house. He will
be tried at Fort Jay and will probably
serve his sentence in the military
prison here.
This makes the second of the six
prisoners that have been found who
escaped from the guard house on
August 4 The military authorities
think that they will catch the other
men shortly
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SEARCH FOR THE DEAD.
still Being Carried on In Ruins OF Kane
sas City Fire.

kansas City, Mo, Oct. 27.-Greatsn
progress in searching for victims IN tna
ruins Of the chamber OF commerca
building in Kansas city, Kan, IS being
made today. Yesterday work was re-
tarded by falling walls. The work Of
clearing the debris which 1t was be-
lieved this morning still contained the
remains of eight persons, was taken up
at daylight and pushed with all pos
sfb1e speed. Yesterday I'VE bodies were
recovered, one of which had previously
been classed with the known dead.
making the total dead eight. and some
of the missing were reported safe, CUT
ting down to eight the list of those un-
accounted for.
everybody readg me sfate Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
Reports Her Cure.

RCpOAeS AACA NAAOs
After continuing the treatment q
short time longer, Mrs. Kaiser reports
her cure, as follows:
Il must drop you a, line TO let you
know that 7 am well now and cured
with your medicine. I must thank
you for the advice you gave me.
1.-The medicine is something wonder
full. I can not praise It enough for tbs
good it has done for me and I hope
many others viii be freed from their
suffering
II have advised others who are Iuf-
fering as did to consult you ana
many are taking my advice. If ever Z
need medicine again. know that Pee
runa will help me-
An Excellent Tonic.
Mrs. Emily Ross Perry, s1s 1873
ave, N E., Minneapolis, Mimi, writess
81 have tried Peruna and found it an
excellent tonic and cure for catarrhal
troubIes.''
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EnsIDALE's PROSPERITY.
Natural Gas and Prospective OIL Great
for the Town.

ElmdaIe. Kan, Oct. 27.-The natur-
al gas here is increasing in force. 1t
Is being piped to almost every resi-
dence in town and is attracting the at
tention Of manufacturers on account
OF its dryness, strength and purity.
G. s. Jennings representing large ce-
ment interests has leased more than
$4,000 acres Of lands between Elm
dale and Matdefd Green and will be-
gin prospecting for gas and oil i'm
mediately. Mr.. Jennings pronounces
the cement rock about Elmdale the
finest in the state and is sanguine his
company viii find oil in abun dance.
Cement. works are to be erected near
ElmdaIe Immediately.
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g. y. A.'s in Kansas CitY Bal 19Os.

Kansas City. Oct. -27.-The American
Association of General Passenger and
Ticket Agents will hold its annual meet
ing for 1908 in Kansas City. While it
has not been officially decided TO hold
the meeting here. action taken at the
meeting just closed in Atlantic City, n.
J., leaves no doubt that such de-
cision will be made at the meeting next
year in Atlanta, Ca.
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counts Of forgery. He was employed
By the Singer people at Wellington
and they allege that he used his posi-
ton to get away with their money.
He claims that the charge is false and
that he is simply a victim of a trick
Of the company
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TO CONTROL 1887 MILES.
What the Hartman Lines Would Conn
prise With the Additions.

Should the lines now projected be
added to the Hartman interests the |
total mileage of the systems would be /
1851 divided as follows:
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Everybody reads me state Journal.
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Everybody reads the State journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-11
Lid OIL "Bloody sreathitt."

Milwaukee Sentinel.
There is at last fair prospect that
the lid will be taken of that caldron
of the peculiar intquity called "feud-
ISM" in Breathftt county, Kentucky.
The root of the trouble is that the
numerous murders committed in that
region have largely been procured by
factfonal leaders prominent in poll
tics, business and even local churches.
In the few cases Of trial and conyic-
ton the mere tools who did the killing
for hire have suffered, while the
"prominent citizens" who paid the
blood money escaped untrfed. A strik-
ing instance of this was the celebrat-
ed case Of Curtis Jett, convicted of
the murder OF Attorney Marcum in
1908.
Jett is mere hired bravo OF a low
and brutal type whose hands are foul
ed with the blood OF several of these
vendetta assassinations. Sentenced
to the penttentiary for the Marcum
murder; this ruff1an has tired OF the
part of scapegoat and turned on the
rich and high placed scoundrels who
set him on and promised to protect
him. He has confessed that Judge
Hargis, leading politician and feud-
list, hired him to kill cockrill and
Marcum, and his confession is cor
roborated by an. accomplice. Jets
confession simply bears out what is
4ef common neighborhood notoriety.
Judge Hargis is all powerful in tfb1oody
Breathftt," and will be tried in anoth-
er county where there is a fair chance
of getting Justice done.