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The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
a KANsAN N FRISCO.
Son of Editor Howe Writes of His
Earthquake Experience.

Earthquake Experience.
Atchison, Kan. May 18.-The Globe
says:
cisco: For Is days I have been en-
ployed at the Golden Gate park relief
station and Emergency hospital. All
the papers here are letting out men.
Shortly after the fire the Chronicle dis
charged 15 men. Now, however. they
are taking some of them on again.
Frank Groves, of Atchison. is a heavy
loser on account of the destruction. of
San Francisco. He was engaged in
sold to the dealers. His greenhouse was
across the bay, near FTuitvale, and was
only slightly damaged by the shock.
His business, however. has been ruined.
During March he cleared 5000, and was
getting along fine. On account of the
fire ne will probably give up the pro-
position, and start anew somewhere
else. Dick Groves store on Height
street escaped the fire, but the floral
business is practically ruined for six
months or a year
Mr.. Waggener wired me to look up
Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Everest's moth
er. I found her at the home of a
friend, and wired him to that effect.
Mrs. Richardson had lived in the house
which was burned for S8 years, and
the day before the fire had paid out
$500 for improvements The first night
of the fire Mrs. Richardson slept in
her house alone, the other fearing that
another earthquake might occur. Af-
ter burning Mrs. Richardson's house,
the fire was stopped in the next block.
San Francisco, for years, has been
noted for its graft. And graft has gone
on uninterruptedly in spite of the
earthquake and destruction of the city
by fire. Many persons connected with
the city administration and the relief
supply stations will have groceries and
canned goods enough to last them a
year. Others, venture to say, will en-
gage in business in months to come,
after the excitement has ceased, and
sell to the public food stuffs that were
sent here for the relief of the poor
and hungry. Barrels of whisky and
tons Of bottled goods, and everything
else imaginable, have been taken away
by men who were in position to do
so, and stored in houses, Easements,
and, in one instance know of, buried
in the ground. The distribution of
food is now in charge of the govern
n1ent. and better conducted. During
the fire a Call reporter told me he stood
in line eight hours for loaf of bread.
The friends Of those on the inside
are the ones who reaDed the harvest.
lzThe poor people found it hardest to get
supplies. although few have gone hung
ry even from the beginning. The first
day following the earthquake was the
only time I was really in need of food
and water. Every place of business had
been closed
To walk through the streets of the
down town burned district now at
night to one who had seen San Fran
cisco and its Market street illumined is
! impressive The walls stand out in
] the darkness like monuments of a dead
city. There are no street lights: now
and then passing sentry with his gun,
and the burning embers of a skyscraper
which was ruined nearly three weeks
ago. Here and there are armed guards
! and soldiers watching a safe or a vault
/ which has not yet been opened. Fill
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
GEO. W. MARTIN PROMOTED.
Appointed General Agent OF the Rock
Island and Frisco at Denver.

Denver. May 1S.-George w. Martin
has been appointed general agent of
the Rock Island and Frisco systems
in Denver. For ten years Mr.. Martin
has been general agent of the Frisco
in this city. The offices of the Frisco
and Rock Island roads will now be
consolidated, and Mr. Martin will be
at the head of both the passenger and
freight departments. He will have full
charge of the Offices here after June /.
The present headquarters of the Frisco
system will be closed and will be moved
to the offices of the Rock Island, Sew
enteenth and Stout streets.
L F. Kimball, who has had charge
of the freight department of the Rock
Island in this city, viii probably be
transferred to Kansas City.
The official duties of Mr.. Martin will
give him jurisdiction over Colorado,
Utah and a part of Montana
Since 1875 Mr.. Martin has been in the
railroad business. He was born in Col
umbus, Tenn. June TO- 1858, and began
railroad work on the Illinois Central.
Later he was connected with the Gulf
Colorado & Santa Fe in Fort Worth,
Tex. He came to Denver as the travel
ing freight agent of the Colorado Mid
land. From there he went to the
Frisco line. A daughter of Mr.. Martins
was recently married to Lieut.. L. NJ
Moseley of the United States army. and
is now in the Philippines.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY.
young Attorney and Son Of Fsro1ssinent
Parents Faces Serious Charge.

Eureka Springs, Ark, May 1s.-
George Crump. attorney, and son of
Colonel ]. G. Crump, general attorney
for the st. Louis &, Northern Arkansas
railroad, is under arrest charged with
highway robbery early yesterday
morning.
J. Orlando Mitchell. president of the.
Freedman Land Trust company, and
secretary of the Muskogee Business
Mems league, was on his way with a
friend to the train. AS they reached
Harding Springs. one of the most pub
lie places in the center of the city, they
were held up by two young men and
at the point of pistols. Mitchell
yielded up nearly $500 and obeyed the
injunction to hit the grit as a pistol
ball whizzed by his ears.
An hour later young Crump and his
alleged accomplice, also named
Mitchell, were arrested. They are un-
der guard pending preliminary exami-
nation.
Crump. Trimble & Crump, at Har-
rison and Eureka Springs. Is one OF
the best known law firms in northwest
Arkansas. Colonel Crump and Arch
Crump, father and brother of George,
are members and George is also as
sociated with them. The Crump fam
ily is one of the best known and most
highly respected in Boone and Carroll
counties. and the arrest created a pro-
found sensation here at Harrison and
surrounding towns.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18

more street is nosP the principal busi-
ness avenue. but at night San Francisco
is quiet and dark even on Fillmore. In
a few sections Of the unburned districts
electric lights have been established.
People are still cooking in the street
or at the rear of their houses. Gas Will
not be turned on for q week or ten
days. Water only runs at times. The
water is impure, and must be boiled
before using. Precautions are being ta-
ken against the development of typhoid
fever and other diseases.
Thousands of men are at work clear
few cars are being run in some parts
of the city, but they are unable to
handle the crowds. About 800 telephones
are now in operation Railroad tracks
are being laid down. Thousands of
people are still camped in the parks
and public squares about the city, and
every train is crowded with people leav-
ing. Others, however, are already COM
ing back Perhaps so or more shocks
have occurred since the eventfu1 one on
the morning of April 1S The last was
at midnight yesterday, and was so Sc
we're that it woke me up.
Frank Selby has gone to work for
Murphy, Grant & Co, who have estab-
lished Offices in Oakland To be there
by o'clock he has to get up at s.
Murphy, Grant & Co. are to rebuild,
and both Lester and Frank will re-
sumo their positions with them.
The first Globe since the calamity ar
rived today. Tons of second class mat
ter have accumulated at the postoff1ce,
as nothing but first class stuff has been
handled. Got trace Of my trunk yes
terday, but have not located it yet.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
pR. HuNTER ooRBErT VOC "a.
Elected Moderator Of Presbyterisa
Assembly After Exciting Contest

Des Noines, May 1s.-After one Of
the. most spirited contests in recent
years Rev. DR.. Hunter Corbett. a mis-
sionary to China for many years, was
elected moderator of the Presbyterian
general assembly late yesterday after
noon. Three ballots were necessary
to determine the result, the final vote
standing: DR.. Corbett. s2s;l Rev. ].
NJ. BarkIey, of Detroit, $685. Rev J. F.
Hendy, OF Missouri, 4. Five candi-
dates were placed IN nomination, and
the oratory that accompanied the pre-
sentation of names occupied a period
of more than two hours.
On motion Of DR.. Barkley, the cleo
ton was made unanimous. DR.. Cor
bett, the new moderator, Is q, native of
Pennsylvania, and has for 45 years
been engaged in missionary work in
China, where his services have been
distinguished. His election is due to
this unusual service and is an ex-
preston of the evangelistic spirit that
pervades the assembly. After his
election DR.. Corbett. made a brief ad-
dress of acknowledgment. in which
he said he hoped the church would
enlarge its work OF evangelizatfon,
both at home and abroad. An i'm
pressive service was held in which the
sacrament of the Lords Supper was
administered.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
wHrTEwAsHING CAR USED.
Novel Piece of Equipment on the Gen.
traI London Railway.

A car has been equipped and is in
use for whitewashing the tunnels of
the Central London railway. It is a
motor car which has been converted
for that purpose At one end is the
motor for driving the car. while. at
the other end, on a circular frame are
arranged a large number of pipes,
each Terminating in a double branch.
The nozzles of these branches are SO
placed as to distribute the liquid
elected from them. The seats inside
the body of the car have been re-
moved and their place taken by a tank
for the whitewash liquid of about 500
gallons capacity. From this tank a
pipe connects with an electric driving
pump, and this pump, again, by a
main pine. connects with all the
branches fixed on the rear end of the
car. The whitewashing process is ex-
tremely simple. The car travels
along the tunnel at the rate of about
four miles an hour and the electric
pump forces the liquid out Of the pipes
and sprays It on the roof and sides of
the tunnel About three applications
of whitewash are sufficient to properly
coat the walls. Thus the work IS both
quickly and economically performed.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
TO TEST DAIRY cows.
Lyon County Expert to Find II Em-
pOria Cows Are Affected.

Emporia, May 1S.3Fhe tests Of
dairy cows in Lyon county to see
whether tuberculosis is prevalent or
not will begin in a few days. The
tests Will be conducted by DR.. Rich
ards, and would have been COM
menced before this but for the fact
that the dairymen were not ready.
The dairyrnen usually have some cows
to ship each year and stock up with
fresh ones, and they wanted the test
made with the COWS they expected to
milk during the coming year.
The first start will probably be
made with the cows of Sowerby' S
dairy. DR.. Richards says he believes
there is little tuberculosis in the
county, and II any exists It will prob
ably be found among COWS owned by
small farmers. The tests will be con-
Quoted with tuberculin sent by the
govern rnellt
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
WAS INHUMAN.
Rough Treatment Given Small
pOx Patient at Winfield.
Taken to a Pest House and Left
Without Amy Care.
HAD NOTHING TO EAT.
Fellow Lodge Members Gave
Him Shelter and Food.
House From Which He Was
Taken Not Yet Guaranteed.

Winfield, Kan, May 18.-The Courier
says:
Bert Erwin switchman at the
Southern Kansas yards, boarding at
NcClure's. corner of Sixth and Main,
was taken to the pest house" at the
fair grounds Tuesday afternoon about 8
o'clock and left there without an at
tendant or attendance of any kind.
About half past eight two Of his friends
went down to see how he was getting
along. They report having found him
sick, alone. with no fire, light, water,
bedding or medicine. He had been haul
ed there in a dray and left to take care
of himself as best he could. He had had
no supper, and. being unguarded was
seriously contemplating coming up town
to get something to eat. Fellow lodge
nebers were notified and by ten o'clock
that sick man had a lunch and some
bedding.
But the place to which he was taken
is said to be unfit for pig to stay IN.
Those who have been down to see him
declare that the mud silted in by the
flood two years ago is still on the floor.
mixed with filth deposited since. There
was an old mattress heavy with silt.
used by patients and tramps before the
flood.
The reporters have been unable to
learn who was responsible for having
MI Erwin moved there: no one seems
to know The house from which he
was taken has not been quarantined.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
New Mileage Books Favored By
Special Committee.
Western Lines Are Advised to
Change Present System.
SOME OBJECTIONS MET.
Smaller Books With Lower De-
posits VIII Be Provided.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Chicago, May 18.-Complete revi-
sion of the present system of inter-
changeable mileage tickets and ere
Dental certificates is recommended in
the report OF a special committee ap-
pointed by the Western Passenger as
ISOLATION, which finished its labors yes
terday. The committee recommends
granting part of the demands of the
commercial travellers, but holds that
some of the requests are impossible
to grant.
While the report of the committee
has not yet been given to the public,
it was learned in railroad circles yes
terday that the committee proposes
to reduce the price of the 2,000-mile
ticket from $50 to $50, and to make
the rebate, when the ticket is used up,
$3.50 instead of $3.50, the present
sum. This really "splits the diff
ference with the commercial trav-
elers, who wanted to be allowed to
purchase the books at a fat rate Of 2
cents per mile without any deposit
Another feature of the committee's s
report, it is understood, is to provide
for reducing the mileage credential
from 1000 to 1000 miles The price
and manner in use of the credential
| is to remain the same as it IS now,
except that when the passenger has
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the benefits Of the net rate per mile
provided.
Two new forms of tickets, it is said,
are recommended. One of these is a
50e-mile individual ticket, good only
on the line selling it and for the use
! of the person whose name and de-
scription appears on the cover. The
selling price of this ticket will be
$12.5O and no rebate will be allowed
1t makes a rate of 2 u cents per mile
and will prove popular with that class
of people who do not do a great. dea
of travelling, but desire a lower rate
than that afforded in the regular loca
tickets.
The other new form of ticket is {
4 / .000-mile book, similar in every par
ticular to the 500-mile book. It vii
be good only for the person whose
name and description appears on th'
cover and on the road issuing tn,
ticket. 1t will sell for S25 gross, bu
the purchaser will be allowed a rebat
of $4.75 when the ticket is used up.
A meeting of the Western Passenge
association will be held at an earl.
date to consider the recommendation
of the committee. It is believed tha
the report will prove satisfactory t.
the railroads, and that it comes s
near meeting the demands of tn
commercial travellers that no furthe
| protests will be made.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
AN AIR 1INE No THE GULF.
burlington end s'Katy'' Secure
Through Route From Northwest.

Chicago, May Burlington and
Missouri, Kansas & Texas interests
have secured an air line from The
Northwest to the Gulf Of Mexico
through the purchase of the Guthrie,
Fairview & Western road, the sale Ct
which has lust been confirmed by its
president. w. c. McCaull.
The sudden death of Henry Rouse,
chairman of the executive committee
Of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas road.
DELAYED the sale. When the deal is
completed the Guthrie. Fairvfew &
western will connect with the Burling-
ton at Sterling, Col, making an air
line to Guthrie. where It connects with
the Missouri. Kansas & Texas to st.
Louis and the gulf. It VIII make a
saving OF 800 miles to the Burlington
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
BIG ORDERS FOR STEEL.
An Unprecedented Amount on the List
to Be Delivered Next Year.

Pittsburg. May 1S.-Since the order
books were opened two weeks ago the
United States Steel corporation, the
Colorado Fuel & Iron company the
Jones & Laughlin Steel company, the
Pennsylvania Steel company, the
Maryland Steel company and the Ten
nessee Coal & Iron company have
booked an aggregate of one million
tons of steel rails for delivery in 1907.
This is an unprecedented amount of
business for this time of the year 1t
is estimated that the tonnage booked
by the various companies is more than
700, 900 tons above the actual produc-
ton of the United States in 1905. From
present indications the year 1907 will
be more active in the production OF
steel rails than anX previous year.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
A Change
When Coffee
Is Left Off.

It Is almost as hard for an old coffee
topper to quit the use of coffee as it is
for a whisky or tobacco fend to break
of. except that the coffee user can uuit
coffee and take up Postum Good Coree
without any feeling of a loss Of lhe
morning beverage. for when Postum is
we'll boiled and served with cream, it is
really better in point of flavor than
most Of the coffee served nowadays.
and to the taste Of the connoisseur it is
like the flavor of fine Java.
A great transformation takes place
in the body within ten days or two
weeks after coffee is left of and Pos+-
um Food Coffee used. for the reason
that the poison to the nerves has been
discontinued and in It's place is taken
a LIQUID that contains the most power
full elements of nourishment.
1t is easy to make this test and
Pxove these statements by changing
from coffee to Postum Food Coffee
There's a reason"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
THE EOlPORIA POsToFFTCE.
Its Money Order Business Runs About
$3.50. 900 Each Year.

Emporia. Kan. May 1S.=The EN-
poria postofce issued $1,000 in money
orders yesterday, which is a large
amount for one day. The business of
the money order department usually
runs 1000 a day, all the way from
$500 to $500 being paid out and as
much taken in. The business trans
acted by this Office runs from $500. 600
to 100000 a year The stamp win
dow does $4,000 to $2s,O00 in the
stamp business each year.
The Emporia office is regarded as
one of the best paying in the country.
It pays the salaries of the employees
and the salaries of four or five mail
clerks each month, and then has $500
to $500 a month to remit to the de-
partment
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
UsTNG HOOP NETs.
Emporia Fishermen Have Also Been
Dynamiting Fish.

Emporia, Kan. May 18.=F1sh War
den Dan MCGOWAN conhscated twen-
" foot hoop net just below Georges
ice house on NeOsho river. The net
when he found it, contained seven big
channel catfish. The net will be de-
stroyed. He has no clew as to the
owner
For some time dressed fish have
Santa Fe station, and Mr. MCGOWAN
has been trying to discover where they
were coming from. He thinks he has
found one of the sources. He says
there is still some dynamiting of fish
going on. Yesterday he found a fine,
big channel cat lying dead in the
water showing every indication Of
having been dynamited
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
INSURANCE COMPANY TROUBLE.
The Connecticut Surplus Exhausted by
San Francisco Disaster.

Hartford. Conn, May 1s.=President
Brown Of the Connecticut Fire Insur-
ance company has issued a circular
letter to the stockholders, by direction
Of the directors, calling for meeting
on Tuesday, May 20, to act on this
recommendation Of the board to place
the company's financial condition be-
yond the possibility of critical scru-
tiny" It is the opinion Of the officers
that the San Francisco losses Exhaust
the present surplus
The letter recommends the capital
of $1,000,0O0, the present legal limit.
be reduced to $500, 900, and that the
stockholders then increase capital from
$4,000 to $1,000. 900 by subscriptions.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
HuMnoLDr IS sNlALLER.
slump in Oil Business Causes Loss of
Population.

lola, Kan. May 1S.-E. E. English
reported the assessment and popula-
ton of Humboldt to the county clerk
this afternoon. The city shows loss
in population. due to the slump in the
oil business and the departure of men
from the oil field. Property values are
about the same and the personal prop
erty. if anything, higher. Here are
the totals: Real property, s337,5
personal, Ss1,73O; total. $419,235. The
population figures are 2,235, which is
falling off of about 400.
Mr.. English says that the oil business
is at a standstiu in Humboldt and that
there is no Immediate prospect of an
Immediate resumption of activity.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
SECURES LIBERATTI's BAND.
Norton to Have Day and Night Con-
cert, June Fl.

cert, June Fl.
Norton. May 17.@This town has
secured the famous Liberatti band for
day and night concerts. June 81. The
band has about fifty men, and Norton
is the only town between Omaha and
Denver where the band win stop over
a day. The concerts will be given in
ElmwOod park. the most attractive
pleasure resort in the north and west
half of the state. The credit of secur-
ing this famous band is due the presi-
dent and secretary of the park asso-
citation, George MoultOn and NJ. F.
Garrity. Norton has progressed with
wonderful rapidity the last two years,
and securing this band is only keep
ing pace with her remarkable busi-
ness and building prosperity. Arrange
ments viii be completed for running
excursion trains from as far east as
Phillipsburg and west to Goodland to
accommodate all those who want to
hear this band.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18

STAFFORD. Kan. May 1S.-The baseball
season was opened in this place with
a game between the local team and the
Pawnee Rock team in which the latter
won by score of 8 to l. The following
is the score by innings:
Pawnea Rock .3100o A 0-S
Stafford -. .-.....-0 20 u
Batteries-Powers and Ratcliffe;. Har-
eett and NegIeY.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18

of the $71.15 was paid out for coyote
scalps. Al Raitinger holds the record
for the month, having brought in ten
scalps. Others brought in from one
to eight or nine. At this rate the
coyotes and crows will be chased out
of the county Crows are paid for at
the rate of cents each, and coyotes
bring $1.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
TO HAVE MORE sIDEwAIKs.
Hutchinson Citizens to Spend Several
Thousands This Summer.

Hutchinson, May 1S.-Twenty or
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars will be
spent on sidewalks in Hutchinson this
summer.
This is a large amount of money
but it is not too large an amount to
figure on at all. People are extend
ing the sidewalks as never before and
seven or eight miles are ordered in
or are under contract right now. At
every meeting of the council there
are new petitions and ordinances
about sidewalks and this means still
more extensions. This is in all por-
tions of the city. Once extend a new
walk in a new portion of the city and
the neighbors living in other streets
want a sidewalk laid down. A walk
makes a piece of property look so
much better than it does without 1t
that the neighbors are quick to mo-
tice.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18

Abilene. Kan. May 1s.@The city
council has approved the valuations
made for the new city park which is to
include the whole city hall block and
work will begin Immediately In the
that have made the block a picture of
desolation for years. The city voted
bonds for the Improvement of the
property in April and these will pay
for the entire property.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18
soutbeast Kansas Needs Rain.

Mound city. May 1S--Unless rain
comes soon the tame" hay crop in
southeastern Kansas will be consider
ably reduced from what had been first
exnected. Clover, timothy and alfalfa
already are cut little short.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18

Calena. kan, May 18.-In the Mis-
souri,. kansas. mining district the price
Of zinc ore yesterday was unchanged,
the basis price of so per cent ore being
s41 with highest grades selling at $44
a ton. The weeks production will be
about 6 500 tons
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-18

between Colorado. Montana and the
Pacific coast to the gulf. At present
the Burlington must haul to Kansas
City to reach the gulf.
It is believed the recent purchase by
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe of
the Denver. Enid & Gulf. giving an al
most direct line from Denver to the
gulf, has caused the Burlington
Katy interests to get busy in order
to compete with the Santa Fe IN short
hauls to the gulf