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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
IMMENSE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
Year Thus Far Has Been Exception
in Railroad World

Fresh evidence is being received daily
of the unusual benefits accruing to the
railroads from the rnilduess of the last
winter, as we'll as from the immense vol
ume of traffic which has been moving in
all sections of the country. As the COM
plete returns for February are received
they confirm the statement that that
month has been a record breaker in the
railroad world. Returns from roads hav
ing an aggregate of 50, 265 miles. or about
40 per cent of the cOuntry's total show
gross earnings Of $50. S38, 607, as compared
with $40, $50, 373 for February last year, an
increase Of SO, 9SS. 234. The ratio of i'm
provement thus shown is Is. "a per cent.
The year thus far has been an excep-
tionally good one. For the first two
months gross earnings of the roads in
cluded in the list under review were S111,-
S8S. 0SS, against S91. 81, S97 for the CORES
ponding months last year, an Increase of
S20.575 191. March SO far has maintained
the record and no indications have yet
been fdiscerned Of any falling off in the
volume of traffic Signs everywhere point
to continued activity in every department
of industry and commerce Another year
of good crops will place the roads in a
position where their present facilities for
handling traffic will be inadequate to take
care of all that will have to be moved,
and the preparations they are making to
increase these facilities explains in some
measure the great activity that obtains
in all Industrial enterprises The rail-
roads are among the best consumers Of
nearly all kinds of manufactured articles
IN the country. When they are large con-
sumers they create universal activity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
HUsTLING on BELEN CUTOFF.
That Part of the line Between Willard
and T1pris Completed.

Albuquerque. n. M, March 20
Work on the Belen cutoff between
Willard and Epris, a distance of sixty
miles, was completed last week. Track
laying started today at the canon west
Of Willard and win be completed in a
few days. This will complete the road
from Belen to Epris, a distance of 100
miles. sixty miles. from EDris to Viii
lard and sixty miles from Willard to
Belen The division between Texico
and Sunnyside on the Pecos river,
seventy eight miles. has been finished
and trains are running over it.
There now remains, comparatively
speaking only small stretch for fin
ishing, namely, between Sunnyside and
Epris, a distance of hfty-eight miles.
Work on this is progressing rapidly
and there are hundreds of teams and
many men employed on the grade and
in track laying between Epris and
Sunnyside.
The temporary railroad bridge
across the Pecos river at Sunnyside is
also under construction and will be
ready in two or three weeks so as to
pass construction trains and construc-
ton material.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
Onlnion and &c.

Chief Justice Ira Perley, after his
from the bench, opened an
Office in Concord, n. H. He was a
man Of the strictest integrity, and his
indignation would be aroused when
ever he scented a fraud. One day
man called upon him for advice and
set forth the facts, which showed that
he had crafdly worked q net around
another, the circumstances Of which
he seemed to delight in. After he had
finished, he asked the judge what his
opinion was. The judge jumped up
and with great emphasis said: What
is my opinion2 Ny opinion is that you
are an internal scoundreI. Five dol
lars. The Green Bag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

alive he yelled.
The steam was turned off and the
railroad man led into another room
where there was a hose.
You'll be all right in a minute"
said the attendant as he began play
ing ice cold water upon the railroad
magnate.
Hartman gasped as the chilling
stream sent shivers up his spine. But
the attendant was merciless and the
ice water treatment progressed until
Hartman remarked he guessed he
liked the steam a shade better.
When it was all over the railroad
man was told to run around the lawn
for 20 minutes without stopping. Then
he remembered the doctors Injunction
and sadly waved the valet away.
They started in again on hydro, etc,
baths again next day. Hartman sub
mitted until they reached the hose,
Lakewood yesterday, putting away at
q cigar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

UltlIs 3. I56 zlUzU
Scott q NatiKe of Allen County

Charles Frederick Scott was born on
a farm IN Allen county. Kan, Septem-
Der z. 1850, and has resided continu-
ously in that county practically ever
since. He was educated in the com
mon schools and at the Kansas univer-
sity, receiving his degree in 1881. Being
thrown upon his own resources i'm
mediately after leaving the university
Mr.. Scott went west and spent the next
year and half in Colorado New Mex
leo and Arizona. In the latter part Of
1882, he returned to lola, the county
seat of the county in which he was
born, bought a small interest in the
lola Register, them a weekly During
the next i've years he acquired COM
plete control Of the paper. which he
has ever since owned. published and
edited. Mr.. Scott was married in 1893
TO May Brevard Ewing. He was ap-
pointed regent of the state university
in 1891 for a term of four years and
was twice rea 9Dointed. In 1892 he
was elected to the Kansas state senate,
serving in that body four years.
Mr.. Scott REPRESENTED his congress
sional district on the Republican cleo
toral ticket in 1886. He was president
Of the Kansas League of Republican
clubs and also of the Kansas Day club,
and at different times of the state
editorial association.
He was elected congressman-at- large
from Kansas In 1900 and reelected in
1902 and 1904.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
RAILWAY PASSES IN FRANCE.
Government Sees Public Oficials Are
Taken Care OF.

With the pass bribery nuisance
France deals in summary fashion.
writes Charles Edward Russell in
Everybody's Magazine Railroads have
no chance to win the good viii of
French deputies and senators by sur
reptitious favors. Every French SEN
ator and deputy has by law an annual
pass on every railroad. This the gov
eminent compels the railroads to fur
nish. Then the government deducts
for the pass 10 francs a month from
the pay Of the senator or deputy. The
railroads get nothing. That is the ex-
tent of that performance. The passes
are provided to afford the senators and
deputies opportunity to acquaint them
selves with conditions in the country
and every part of it.
The president of the republic must
be transported on public business at
the expense of the railroads. That Is
the law, and the service entails no
kind of obligation on the presidents
part Even If the companies were 10
furnish him with a special train of
beautiful cars, that would mean noth-
ing. because they are obliged to trans
port him with their best devices any
way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

by the physician and he saws have no sfgnn
Of tumor now. It has also brought my
periods around once more; and I am
entirely well. shall never be without q bot
tie Of Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
in the house. Fannie D. Fox, Bradford Pa
Another Case of Tumor Cured
by Lydia E. PinEhamss Weg6ta-
bic Compound.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
About three years ago had intense pain
in my stomach, with cramps and raging
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me,
but finding that l did not get any better ha
examined me and, to my surprise, declared
had a tumor.
'sIfelt sure that it meant my death warrant
and was very disheartened. spent hundreds
Of dollars in dOCtOriDg, but the tuInOr kept
growing, TIL the doctor said that nothing but
an operation would save me. Fortunately I
correspondent with my aunt IN one Of the New
England States, who advised me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Negetable Compound bef0resuI-
uniting to an operation, and at once started
taking regular treatment, finding to nv
great relief that my general health began to
improve, and after three months noticed
that the tumor had reduced in size. kept
on taking the Compound, and in ten months
it had entirely disappeared without an oper-
alton, and using no medicine but lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and words
fail to express how grateful I am for the good
it has done me Miss luella Adams. Colon
made Hotel, Seattle, Wash.
Such unquestionable testimony
proves the value of Lydia 2. Pinkharn's
Vegetable Compound, and should give
confidence and hope to every sick
woman.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all ailing
women to write to her at Lynn, Mass.
for advice.
IL a WCman's Remedy for WOmsn's Ills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
a PERKINS LEAVES C.. B. & @
VIII Advise Municipal Terminals Com
mission In St. Louis.

Ieavenworth, Kan, March ga T.
Perkins has rendered his resignation as
superintendent Of this division of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, to
take a position as advisor to the munich
pal bridge and terminals commission in
St. Louis. This place pays SO. 900 a year.
Mr.. Perkins viii leave on or about April
/ He has had the St. Louis offer under
consideration since March TO- Mr.. Perkins
went to St. Joseph June 1. 1902, as super
intendent of the Kansas City, st. Joseph
and Council Bluffs road part of the o.
system Since then his Jurisdiction has
been extended to embrace the Nodaway
Valley branch, the Charlton branch and
the Grant City branch of the Burlington
system These four branches, with the
old TX. c." line. now constitute the St.
Joseph division of the Burlington. Mr..
in Kansas City, ST. Joseph and Council
Bluffs He was born In Brunswick Mo-
in 1865 He entered the employ of the Bur
lington in 1887 at Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

Primaries and conventions are our only
political Bibles"
Anu-Stubbs Delegation.
The delegations which viii be sent from
Wyandotte county to the Kansas state
Republican convention May 2. wiz be
unanimously anti-StLbbs. Wyandotte
county has the largest number OF dele
gates Of any county in the state It
viii send forty-two delegates
The anti-Stubbs. the machine" crowd
in Wyandotte county, won a victory in
the primaries Saturday. when delegates
to the county convention were elected.
OF the 421 delegates In the convention
which win nominate candidates for
county offices Wednesday. more than
300 will be opposed toStubbs. This coun-
ty convention viii name the delegates
to the state convention.
WyandOtte County Returns.
The revised Wyandotte county re-
turns give Henry Allen a majority of
1853. Allen carried every ward in kan
sas City, Kan, Rosedale and Argen-
tine, and "A of the % country precincts.
The revised figures follow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
NO SUNDAY GAME.
Weather at Wichita Too Damp for the
White SOx.

wichita, Kan. March 26-Six hun
dred persons who went to Association
park Sunday afternoon to sec the
White Sox and Jobbers play ball We're
disappointed Rain Saturday night
made the grounds sloppy. Games will
be played Tuesday, Wednesday and
The White Sox are sched-
uled to play in Topeka Friday and
Kansas City Saturday and Sunday
From Kansas City they go to Burling
ton, Ia Charles Comiskey, in com
pany with Ted Sullivan, purchasing
agent of the American league, left
Sunday for Chicago. Sullivan came
here Saturday night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
HARTMAN JUMPS REST CURE.
Prefers Nervousness to Being Cooked
and Nearly Shocked to Death.

ana n early shocked TO DedLl.
New York, March Zee H. Harri-
man, president Of the Union Pacific
and other railroad properties, has
jumped the rest cure at Lakewood, N.
J. He says the treatment is too
strenuous for him and that he would
rather be nervous than to be nearly
cooked and then about shocked to
death with a fire hose.
As told in dispatches last week Mr.
Hartman, having soaked cigars until
his brain was in a Whirl, was advised
by his physician to try the rest cure
at Lakewood. with Few baths lnfoWn
in. 1t looked good to the magnate, so
he went down to the Jersey pine re-
treat, registered at the Lakewood no.
tel with the remark that he wanted
all the rest there was in the neighbor-
hood, and he would stay a month or
so to absorb it.
.'And above all things" he contin-
ued, don't let me smoke The doc
tor says I must cut it out. Just a
rest and lots of baths for me-
They began to give baths to him.
First they wrapped him in bandages
up to his ears and then locked him in
a little cabinet with his head sticking
out. The steam was turned on IN the
cabinet and soon E II. Hartman was
stewing in a temperature Of ZO2 de-
grees. It kept going until he felt like
a Union Pacific steam engine. He
never perspired so much in his life.
Say what is this darn business n
he demanded, after he was nearly
.sThis is cur famous hydrotherapy
bath" replied the polite attendant.
Anybody that survives it has never
any more nervousness.
Despite the excessive heat Hartman
grew pale. The attendants words had
struck terror clear through the band
ges and to his heart.
Let me out. You are frying me
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
ASKS DISMISSAL OF SUIT.
santa Fe VIII Not Fight for Return
of Taxes Paid EInDoria.

Emporia, Kan, March 26--The Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa F'e has asked vol
from the city and county dismissed in the
district court. The suit was for taxes for
1908 amounting to S447-s and for 1904
amounting to S797.51 The Santa Fe IN it's
petition claimed that the ground on which
its roundhouse is located Is not a part Of
the city, and asked for the return Of the
taxes which it had paid on a city levy.
A recent decision of the supreme court,
however, went against the road and City
Attorney Firth asked that the city be
given Judgment The road filed a motion
TO dismiss the case and will pay the costs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

A New York teacher Of instrumental
music was one day telling the father of
a pupil a. lad Of ten years, of the pro-
gress made by the boy in his studies.
81 think he is improving a great deal, -
said the professor. He Will certainly
learn to play the piano"
us that SOP asked the father, much
gratifed. Il didn't know whether he
was really improving, or whether I
was merely getting used to Thar
per's weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26

Great things are expected from the
next staten ent of earnings of the
Rock Island and Frisco systems. It
will show the result of the February
operations and these are declared TO
be unusually large in both gross and
net earnings. Tho increase for the
month IN net for both systems WILL it
IS stated. amount to more than ST.
100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-26
SCOTT WINS IT.
Nominated for Congress in
Second District.
His Majority Over Allen Is
Thirteen Hundred.
1T EVENS THINGS UP.
Gives Mr.. Stubs Salve for the
Reno Defeat.
Believed That Kansas Boss May
FOY Succeed Hitchcock.
IT EVENS THINGS UP.

Charles r. Scott defeated Henry Al
len for congress in the Second district
primaries Saturday by the decisive
majority of 1900 The majOrities in
the various counties were as follows:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-01
THE GOOD THINGS OF EARTH
Are Not All Far Fetched

cri. hro,.Lt
,,initoti1',, , uIDtn'Le SENSATIONS
P"'P1 ,'.'oH or irregular heart action.
u H., a,,te' auOnqr ol ralhcs Epltomy @!
in ,ho ,,', ."nS'urLeu 0lo,'e root spPcinI
y, ass anu cl'e> "au cases cured
Soooi' w. ms oACcnSI'' prdCllce Nola'n
~ m ro'Ii ie "no!n'r Hrom'hent lhgrcd"n
,,olnniIo Li.,,r nN'oN'rF' a,,p a
cInrri i.'"' WuI'' ~ = aISo h,ac"
I'M til'i 5I ,n'H, au"!hrt inrfruIeht lou
w "ISO Iearh that ~" eminent llTS.
nae. EliinsWood, J9hnSqr Hare. Coo
any ollelN eCoIlhlchu 'Tu'"oh sea root.
anu SrErrd, vi nm S,3he ruQ'' queen
.Oou' n'pTlr"pi no BACK merry uarN
!oI luhcnldi' turoao ana lung aUrc-
uohS attchqt" WIN h'ai,"ncS1 prrH vent
cough nehi-s"NatS and ,kindred ~ynp-
IONS nII.aunt approarhihe cn9SuNp-
Iiut NI' lu'>r agents arr I'llHluliN ana
Iu!Iy. represented IN Dr; Pierce Golden
en'uI'ht pIsCoNrrF' ana II can ne con
Hutntal'y rIleq upon 10 produce thrlr
combined curdtiy" tnectN, not only IN the
above mrhtlontl aheruonN' Dut also DIP
az catdrfhaI diseases Il" matter whether
anectlhg ne nasal passages or other
regions OF lhe body.
- ~ ~ hasaI S",aith "h4I' r"IFlne on the
nIscnVety as NE oest ,tonStltntlomai
tUenleay ChhoWh 10 meGlca science Dr;
.o"es NHtnrrn h"hleuy Shouiu ne usHd
10 10 r!eanse the haS"l passages. IogcthHr
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bn a,r,o,ed ~ ~, -, MHIcn cah
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-01
FIRE INQUIRY STOPS.
Citizens Committee Did Not Care to
Compel Giving Testimony.

Rutland, Feb. 1.-THE special iuVcstiga-
ton as to the cause of Sundays 500 900
iVk and the admitted inability of the fire
department TO cope with it ended this
afternoon. M members Of the citizens
committee cared to assume the authority
TO persist in compelling some of the
witnesses to answer questions, which
were expected to reveal sensational
testimony. 1t developed that during the
first few minutes in lighting the fire
there We're only two men from the whole
department. attending to lying the hose
and turning on the water. Two others
were attending 10 the horses.
Charles T.. McDcrmi,t first assistant
engineer, gave n complete description of
the manner in which tho IRE was
h&ndled.
When asked what he would recommend
20 improve the fire department he said,
"Wc want first of all Il pair of horses
for the ladder truck and four or five
mon to man is. The department needs
another station with "A combination hose
and chemical apparatus, more call men.
and six way hydrant situated where
there Is no danger from falling walls.
The citizens committee will make it,.
report TO the city council in u few DAYS.
II is thought that they will recommend
the appointment of a younger man for
chief.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-01

r,no, ,,.,s ,,,a.:.... f...z L.,,.,l l.;
nav our AMERICAN forests anpunu III
pIdn.S' ohe rools pi when POSSES thr ihoSV
ndluauIe me- lc'ntl ana curdIINe Virtues
dou'lNduu! d'CS' ttu ny sColes vi VIC
most eminent InPu''aI writers anu uedrh
rs ~ "ur "Se. EN"h ono T'i.uuoir"
IhuI"hS hdu' ny ,uV"I'loii ana tNpol'.
ultil' discovered the uSeluiiie'' vi many
mdIlNe pants before lhe auVch, ", tio
MnI.e race on lnis contnehI. Ln's Ia,
tturlnatIpn' cruHe tnonch II vas, iInpIrtei
.Ieoiy 10 lIe lrIehdHer OF the whites, i'}
tlc ldtter 70 continue lnVeSt'Gationo uhOi
to-Hay we nave rich assortment OF most
k karhhao'e american m'u'c'hal roots du'
- 10 iol2el tuQ'shI necessary that
Weulclna' agent N oruer 70 ne GOOD
anu useful. must nave oeen hrou. ~
across we ocean or TAI oe'hS carried
.hseh times across the sahara Desert on
w, We pdch' OF fourteen cdheis makes IL
'h ~, iii pf va'l al PIE. .,,.
Dr Fierce believes mat our american
forests around IN most valuable med J.
49, aopus ~ Wv. tI!" vi iuo,I OF our
uoIiidW anu Wo>t latal diseases, II we
Mo,Ilu proptriy lnVrStl9ata them; and
IN coiinIulatt3h Oh IA,s urui cohViclion'
, ne pun, WIZ plI9e 10 we Almost mar
VENUS cures eHeit''u ny ms 'holden Med.
tcat D'tshhoFsty: Wnirn mas proven ltself
liver in,.;,nra,or rt Sa1,i'anI .oi.,c'
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ing Of wnr',,s ,,,nr iiiay WIZ
tions. wroknnsses and distre sine deronra.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-01

make you irritable YOU can't sleep
you are unable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
your children.
The relation OF the nerves and gen
erative organs in woman is so close
that nine-tcnths of the nervous pros
tration, nervous debility. the blues
sleeplessness and nervous irrita bility
arise from some arrangement of the
organism which makes her Il woman.
Fits of depression or rcstleSsncSs and
irritability spirits easily affected, so
that one minute she laughs, the next
minute weeps; pain in the abdominni
region and between the shoulders
loss of voice nervous dyspepsia;
tendency to cry at the least provoca-
tion-all these point to nervous pros
tration
Nothing will relieve this distressing
condition and prevent months of pro-
tration and su frering so surely as Lydia
E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. NJ r. Shotwell, of 1903 Flatbush
Avenue. BROOKLYN, n. y, writes:
~ cannot express the wonderful relief
have experienced by taking Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound | suffered for
long time with nervous prosration back
ache, headache, loss of appetite. ccul
not sleep and would walk tho floor almost
every night
~ had three doctors and got no better. and
life was n burden ! was advis Il to tr
Lydia r. PiEkham', Negetabl. COmpoui.
and Il has worked wonders for mo
II am n well woman my nervousness is n
gone and my friend, say look ten year.
younger"
viii not the volumes of letters from
women made strong hy Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable compound convince
all women OF Its virtues! Surely you
cannot wish va remain sick, weak
and discouraged, exhausted each dpt
when YOU eau be as easily cured a.
other women