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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21
GET READY FOR WAR.
The Government Asks for Information
From Kansas

As the state journal announced some
days ago would likely be re case. tne
governor of the state LAS received an
official communication from the quar-
termaster general of the United States
army asking for immediate information
concerning the amount of quartermas-
ter supplies which the guard has on
hand. available for use in case Of sudden
hostlities.
please give this information at once
says the letter, as it is intended for
the use of the war college" The war
college is supposed to be some sort OF
military board of strategy connected
with the war department. Even Ad-
jutant General Hughes admitted that
he didn't know exactly the nature OF
the war college.
Governor Hoch on receipt of this let
ter, Immediately turned it over to Al
jutant General Hughes, and the infor-
nation asked for has already been sent
to Washington.
Don't put big headlines on this.
said General Hughes when he was ask
ed concerning the letter today 1t ism
a matter of such Importance. There IS
nothing in the letter to indicate that we
are going to go to war The govern
ment simply wants to know what it has
to depend upon in case of emergency
It is expected that the ordnance de
partment of the government viii send
out a similar request to that of tn
quarternaster general. The ordnance
department has charpe of all the guns,
swords. bayonets. pistols and ammuni-
ton. The Quartermaster is in charge
of the clothing. tents and camp equip
ment of all descriptions.
General Hughes has also received a
letter from the war department stating
that the new style of regulation uni
forms can be supplied to he Kansas
National Guard if desired, and it has
been decided to order a complete new
outfit of uniforms for the 1,400 mem
bers of the guard. The new uniforms
are of a decidedly dressy style. There
are no National Guard organizations
in the United States with the excep-
ton Of Ohio which has the new equip
ment The caps are Of the bell-shaped
pattern instead Of straight, as are worn
at present.
The new uniforms VIII be for dress
occasions. and for use in camp When
out in the field. the regulation flotll -
is still the khaki. SOlolers have not
been able to find anything which takes
the place of khaki for actual service. If
the United States really should 60 to
war the guardsmen would be much
better equipped for work than they were
al the time of the Spanish trouble. AZ
that time the Kansas troops looked like
sCarecrOWs.
The total cost Of the b1ouses. pants
and caps viii be about SIG 600. The I. 400
+ blouses at S5-7S apiece viii cost S6.092.
the caps at So viii cost s5,694; the pants
at SO VIII cost $4,000
The order for equipment Will also in
clude a lot Of blankets, ponehoss leg
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in any essential from those given by
the witnesses for the packers. He de-
clared, however, that Mr.. KrauthOff
the attorney who had advised Armour
& Co. to allow the inspection of their
books and plants, told him that he
would consider an inspection by a
federal officer on the beef business
rather an advantage than otherwise to
the packers.
He declared that Mr.. Krauthon
asked what would be done with the
information given by the packers and
was informed by the witness that it
would be given to the president. Mr.
krauthof asked what the president
would do with it, and Commissioner
Garfield DECLARED that he could not
answer that question, but added. It
told him that. of course, the president
would make no improper use of it"
Did you say that the packers would
be protected if they gave the informa-
ton ?"
''I did not
Did YOU say that all information
would be strictly confidential ?"
NO. [ did not
What did you Go with the confden-
tial information you secured ?"
1T was made INTO averages and given
to the president
Fhe witness added that no confidential
information 9th n than that averaged
and contained in his official repor lad
been given to the president.
Did you say anything to Mr.. Krauth-
off about an Oath?" asked District At
torney Morrison.
NO "
did YOU say that you would let them
know about an oath? ?"
Il did rot"
The witness then told of meeting Ed
ward Norris Edward Swift and Jesse
P. Lyman, and declared that his inter
views with them were similar to the one
he had with MI Krauthoff
How did YOU happen to come to Chi
cago February 2S2" asked the district
I came here so that the packers
might see that I had used in my report
the figures taken from their books in
line with our agreement. wanted
them to see that I did not use the in
dividual figures on the confidential ma
terial"
The witness then said that he had
submitted his report to the packers and
that they all agreed that he had made
proper use of the confidential infOrma-
ton given to him.
Did you ever say to Edward Morris
that your bureau was entirely divorced
from any other Department. p
Il did not use those words. said the
bureau reported to the president and
was not under the department of JUS
tice"
Did you say to Edward Swift that
you had the power to compel tnforma-
ton but that you hoped you would not
be compelled to use it2'
ct did not"
WAS anything said about the pack
ers having protecuon?"
Nothing. except insofar as that they
were to have protection relative to the
confidential figures.
The witness was then taken over his
conversation with Arthur Meeker. gen
eraI superintendent of Armour & Co.
Mr.. Meeker testified that the cOnJnis-
sioner had said 20 him that the bureau
of generations had ample power to
compel information. but Commissioner
Garfield said that he never made such
a statement to Mr.. MeeIer.
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RAILWAYS FIGHT BACK.
No More Cheap or Special Rates in
. gss &. OIsio.

~ -tLOAC &AANetf OA E1DNCLuA mates HI
~ }sg & OIsio.
Cleveland. o. Feb 21.-RaiIroads in
Ohio have decided practically to cut off
all forms of transportation except the
regular 2-cert rate provided by law.
This decision was reached in Chicago
yesterday at a conference of passenger
representatives of all railroads with
lines in that state.
It was agreed that by eliminating ev-
erything except 2-cent fares the roads
could, in measure recompense them
selves for the loss caused by the new
law. Some of the railroad men believe
that the action, If taken by all lines
VIII more than make up the loss Occa-
stoned by a reduction from to 2 cents.
The action contemplated will deprive
Ohioans of all reduced transportation
for conventions, etc. of weekend ex-
cursion rates Of lesszfhan 1 cent, of the
/. eco mile hook, of all charity business
and of all roundtrip rates and clergy
mems rates.
1t was also decided so to check in the
rates that those outside of Ohio would
not be affected. The roads desire to pro-
tect interstate traffic. and not to permit
the reduction in Ohio rates to pull dOWn
the rates from outside points. BY nat
rual operation of the Ohio reduction,
rates for several hundred miles outside
of the state into and through the state
would be reduced.
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Mrs TcTI7Hadsea I1is,Iloffie Henry

At the New York State Assembly of
Mothers, q prominent New York doctor
told the 500 women present that healthy
American women were so rare as to be
almost extinct.
This seems to be a sweeping state
ment of the condition of American
women. Yet how many do you know
who are perfectly well and do not have
some trouble arising from a derange-
ment of the female organism which
manifests itself in headaches, back
aches nervousness, that bearing-down
feeling, painful or irregular periods,
pelvic eatarrh. displacement of the
female organs, indigestion or sleepless-
ness !? There is a tried and true remedy
for all these ailments, Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has re-
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than all other remedies in the world
It regulates. strengthens and cures
diseases of the female organism as
nothing else can. For thirty years it
has been curing the worst forms of
female complaints.
Such testimony as the following
should be convincing.
Mrs. T. c. Willadsen, of Manning
Ia, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
Il can truly say that you have saved my
life and I cannot express my gratitude to YOU
in words For two years spent lots Of money
in doctoring without any benefit for female
Irregularities and had given up all hopes of
ever being well again but I was persuaded to
and three bottles have restored me to perfect
health. Had it not been for you l would
have been in my grave to-day
Lydia E. PinkhaRl'S Vegetable Co
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GAMBLING WITH DEATH
What Many Of Is Are Doing Three
Times a Day.
For everything we get something is

LAklfGS q DAY.
For everything we get something is
taken away. Every act pulls two
ways Some men in power dole ont
their souls for it. They can't have
soul and power at the same time
And so, In this quick-living age
most of us can't have energy and
health at the same time. One or the
other must be lost, and it is usually
health.
We know we are doing wrong and
would like to reform. but we have a
morbid fear Of being laughed at if we
aim TO live and eat according to con-
science and good sense.
Some of US break away for awhile
and enslave ourselves TO a diet. We
read about the hardy Scotsman being
1ed on porrtdge and Oatcake, making
soldiers of muscle and dash. and how
Caesars army was fed on corn. But
the diet doesn't last long We quickly
swing back into the great line. eating
and drinking to fitness like the rest
eating anything and everything, at
any time, and any way we find it, We
say what is a stomach for if Il isn't
to obey the palate"
but there is really no one rule ap-
piicable to everybody's stomach. What
one man may eat another may not
But the dyspeptic should remen1b Der
that the death list has a dark shadow
hoVering over It with long bony
Sase. Physicians will tell US that
mere are few cases OF heart disease
tnat do not come from a stomach de-
rangement
AT every meal we may be brewing
Tor ourselves a terrible case of dx-s-
pepsia. It may come upon MS sefer
preak fast tomorrow morning, or a gter
mat oyster supper tomorrow night.
Acute Indigestion means that YOU
nave even chances for death or life.
nals the gamble YOU are taking.
Inat precious gastric Juice decides. as
rule whether YOU continue to live
or not
-. Therefore, if YOU feel your food lies
Ike a lump of leadn on your stomach
oeWare. Your gastric Juice is weak
!. can dispose Of the food in time to
pIeNelt fermentation. Take some
tning that viii do 1t effectively. and
al once. Take Stuart's DvsDepsfa
AaDlets- the most powerful tablets in
vac world for the RELIEF OF all kinds of
stomach trouble. nausea. INDIGESTION.
me worst cases Of dyspepsia, fermen-
tauon, Dloaty feeling sourness. heart
burn and brash.
One grain Of an ingredient of these
tablets viii digest 5000 grains of
1000 our stomach needs a rest at
once. Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets win
relieve your stomach of more fb5n
LWo-thlrds of the work It has to do.
digesting perfectly whatever food there
IS In your stomach
GU can't do your work wen. or be
cheerful. or have energy. or vim or am
hltion, when your stomach is bad.
Make yourself feel good after a hearty
meal. feel good all over clear your
mind and make you enjoy life. by tax
ing stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets.
Give your stomach a rest 50 If cao
right itself then you need fear moth
ing. You can get these tablets any
where for SO cents a packasa.
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Miss Matte Henry. vice-Presidentof
Danville Art Club, Danville, Va, writes
Dear Mrs Pfnkham:-
Many years suffering with female weak
ness, Inflammation and broken down system
made me more anxious to die than to live,
but Lydia Z. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound
has restored my health and am so grateful
for it that I want every suffering woman to
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound VII do for her.
When women are troubled with
irregular, suppressed or painful periods,
weakness, pelvic catarrh, displace-
ments, that bearing-down feeling, in
dammation, backache, bloating Tor
Batulency), general debility, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration. or are
beset with such symptoms as dizziness,
faintness, 1assitude. excitability. irri-
liability, nervousness, sleeplessness.
melancholy, Hall-gOne" and .want-to-
be-left- alone" feelings. blues, and hope
elessness, they should remember there
is one tried and true remedy. Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at
once removes such troubles. No other
medicine in the world has received such
unqualified endorsement. No other
medicine has such a record of cures
of female troubles. Refuse to buv
any other medicine. for you need the
best.
Mrs Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. The present
Mrs. Pinkham is the daughter-in-law
of Lydia E. Pinkham, her assistant be-
fore her deeease, and for Twenty-Five
| years since her advice has been freely
/ given to sick women. Her advice
and medicine have restored thousands
to health. Address. Lynn. Mass.
lpOund Succeeds Where others Fab
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SUIT OVER MINING CLAIM.
David j. Mccoy says Partner Didn't
Treat Linn Fairly.

In the district court yesterday
was commenced d suit by David J.
Mccoy against Henry W Daub over 4
land claim in New Mexico. Mccoy
filed on a claim there several years
ago. Then he relinquished his right.
on an understanding that he was to
get half of the proceeds if Daub ever
sold it. His time of demonstrating.
however. had run out. Daub could
have gained it by contest, but thought
that if he could gain a relinuuishmen
he could avoid this part of the trouble.
Daub then sold the claim for $4,000
Now Mccoy wants half of the pro-
ceeds. or S2,5O0. The case was given
to the jury at noon
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storms to impede the movement of
freight trains and the mild weather
Increasing passenger traffic nearly
every road in this country. and Can
ada as well, has during the past win
ter achieved unusual success, showing
gains in financial returns which augur
favorably for the paying of future and
increased dividends. The average in
crease shown by forty three roads re-
porting IS twenty per cent, while last
year with the elements against tx em.
the same companies showed a gain of
only one per cent for the correspond
ing period.
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SANTA FEES BIG OIL FIELDS.
President Ripley Is Out on a Tour of
Inspection of Them.

San Bernardino, Cal, Feb. al
President E. P. Ripley of the Santa
Fe, accompanied by A. G. Wells, gen
eral manager Of the Coast Lines, Fred
Ripley, the presidents son. and F. T.
Perris. manager of the Santa Fe oil
properties. left here a couple of days
ago for the Santa Fe oil fields in the
Midway district in Kern county, forty
miles from Bakersfield.
This district is now owned exclusive
~ by the Santa Fe. Recently the COM
pany closed a deal for the purchase of
the Chandler-Canf1eld lands. the pur-
chase price being over 100000, and
it is this tract that the officials go to
inspect. They Travelled by special train
eral days.
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sHRINERs, sPEeIAI. TRIMS.
Santa Fe Will Run Four from Kansas
City to Los Angeles.

In order to handle some of the
crowd which will be going to Los An
geles, Cal, to attend the annual meet
ing of the Imperial Council Ancient
Arabic Order. Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine which is to be held in that
city May to 10. the passenger de-
partment of the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe has made arrangements to
run four special trains from Kansas
City to Los Angeles. Two of these
trains will leave Kansas City at II a.
m. on May 1 and and the others will
leave there at S;45 a. m. on May 3
and 3. An opportunity Will be af-
forded those who travel by either Of
these trains to visit the Grand Canyon
of Arizona. These excursion trains
will not be limited to Shriners and
their families. Any one may secure
accommodations on them.
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Inxited TO Toneka.

Major T. J. Anderson of the Com
mercial club has sent an invitation to
the members of the United CONNER
cial. Travellers asking them to hold their
state meeting in 1907 in Topeka. The
meeting for this year has already been
settled upon. Major Anderson cOnstd-
ers that this is one Of the most i'm
portant conventions that can be Sc
cured by this city for next year, and
has been encouraged by the local
camp to feel that the meeting can be
located in Topeka if the proper effort
is put forth by the citizens and mem
bers of the Commercial club.
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GoULD,s HOSTILE MOVE.
WIN extend Rio Grande Into Southern
Pacific Territory.

Denver, Feb. 21.-Announcemen
was made on Seventeenth street yes
terday that the Rio Grande had com
pleted its plans for the extension of the
Durango Silverton branch to Wason, a
distance of 125 miles. where it VIII
connect with the Creole line and give
the system a new outlet to Pueblo, via
Del Norte. AIamosa and Walsenburg.
This is the first move on the part OF
the Gould line to open active hostilities
AGAINST Harriman's Southern Pacific
project of building from Clifton. Ariz-,
to Pueblo through the New Mexican
and Durango coal fields. The South
ern Pacific is already pushing its Colo
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COLLECTIONS We're Good.

Washington. Feb. 21.-A cablegram
received at the war department from
Comptroller Cotton at San. Domingo
city states that the customs collection
for the ten months ending January a
exceeded 100000 and the amount
of money credited to the trust fund or
deposited in New York for the benefit
OF foreign creditors was one million
dollars
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PLANTING BRUSH MATS.
Santa Fe Trying to Prevent River
From EncroacIling on Properly.

]. NJ. Meade. chief engineer Of the
eastern grand division of the Atchisonl.
Topeka & Santa Fe, says that the work
has been renewed east Of Kansas CITY
along the Missouri river to prevent
that stream from encroaching on rail-
road property.
There is a force of about one hun
bred and fifty men" said Mr. Meade,
working between Sheffield and Sibley
These workmen are putting in brush
mats. similar to those used by the gov
eminent These brush mats, after
they are placed properly are then sunk
with rock and securely anchored with
strong steel cables. The work is very
eficfent It will take couple OF
months to complete the work we have
undertaken"
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Columbus. Ohio. Feb. 21.-The SEN
ate today adopted the O'Rourke house
Joint resolution requesting OhiO's rep
resentatives in congress to vote for the
railroad rate legislation desired by the
president. The senate also passed the
search and seizure bill advocated by
the Ohio anti-saloon league and de-
signed to aid the enforcement of local
option laws. The bill has already
passed the house.
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gins, and other equipment to supply de-
fciencies in the equip rent on hand
There will also be included ia the re-
QUESTION a call for about $4,000 rounds
of ball cartridges for the Krag-Jorgen-
sen rifles. This ammunition costs about
$50 per thousand rounds.
The state now has to it's credit with
the war department. about SIS, 900, which
it can draw in government supplies or
cash for the encampment. General
Hughes plans to keep enough Of this
in the fund to insure the holding OF
the encarnpment in 1906
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New York, Feb. 21-Two men entered
the store of Israel Rauth, a jeweler in
Eighth avenue last night and pointing
a revolver at his head took out a tray
of diamond earrings valued at several
hundred dollars and backed cut OF the
store. Rauth followed and exchanged
shots with the men. but they escaped.
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DISEASED KIDNEYS
If Any of Your Family in This or Past
Generations Have Been Troubled with
Kidney Disease. Make a Test of
Your Urine and Satisfy Yourself.
CURED FREE.
Warmers Safe Cure
is the Best Cure for All Forms of Kidney
Disease. A Trial Bottle VIII be Sent
ABSOLUTELY FREE to Any.

Reader of The Topeka State journal.
TEST YOUR KIDNEYS: Put some
morning urine IN a glass or bottle let il
stand for twenty-four hours If then it
is milky or cloudy or contains a reddish
brickdust sediment, or If particles or germs
float about in it. your kidneys are dis
eased. If, after you have made this tcsr.
you have any doubt in YOUR mind as to
the development of the disease in Your
system send us a sample Of your urine.
and our doctors VIII anaiJle II ana send
YOU a report with advice free.
WARNER s SAFE CURE is used for
all forms of kidney liver. bladder and
blood diseases. uric acid poison. rheumat-
ic govt. diabetes, pain in the back, scald-
ing and painful passage of urine, frequent
desire to urinate. painful periods. bearing
dnn.n and so-called female Weakness.
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AInrnhv &C Conege Pitcher.

Chicago. Feb. 21-Frank L. Dickin-
son. a member of the University Of
chicago baseball squad, and last year
considered one of the best college
pitchers in the west. has been signed
BY. President Charles W. Murphy of the
Chicago National league club. The
contract was drawn early in January.
Dickinson played for two years at
Tufts college.
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PREPARING ron. SERVICE.
Midland valley OficiaIs Look over
Situation at Arkansas City.

Situation at Arkansas City.
Arkansas City, Kan, Feb 21.-Two
specials carrying Midland Valley Of
fcials were run into Arkansas City yes
terday afternoon. The first one car
ried the general officers of the road
including Vice President Woods, Gen
eral Traffic Manager Holden and Gen
eral superintendent Harris They
spent the afternoon in looking over
the terminals. preparing to put regu-
lar train service on the road This
viii be established in two weeks. The
second special carried F. A Moliter
chief engineer of the road. and several
other officials An Informal reception
was rendered the visitors last evening
by the business men of the city at the
Fifth Avenue hotel
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brakeman Severely Injured.

Harvey Campbell. of Ottawa, a brake
man on the Southern Kansas division of
the Santa FTe, was brought to the com
pany's hospital here from Lawrence
yesterday. He is suffering from a frac-
ture Of the left leg and internal injur-
les. He was struck by some moving
cars in the Lawrence yards yesterday
afternoon.
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RADIO Zine through western New Mexico
and heading for Durango. The Rio
Grande's Durango branch has been ex-
tended to Pennington, n. NJ, and is in
operation, tapping the immense coal
fields in that section.
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FAVORABLE WEATHER a BOON
Railroad Earnings for February Way
Ahead of Last Year.

Under the influence of. favorab
weather conditions railroad earnings
for February are breaking ali records
for the same month Of other years.
Without snow blockade and sleet
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Co.'S $4,000 for Loss Of Foot.

Evansville, Ind. Feb. Flames T
King has been awarded by a jury a
verdict for $4,000 against the Illinois
Central railroad for the loss Of a foot.