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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30
CheaD Rates to Canadian and New
England Points. Santa Fe.

Concord, n. b. and return, 1896.
Montpelier, Vt, and return, $36.Os.
Portland, Me-. and return. $500.
And many other points at low rates,
on sale July IS. August and p. good
"a DAYS from date of sale
Montreal. Canada, and return, s36.0s.
toronto. Canada. and return, 5000.
Coliengwood, Can, and return, $3.50.
And many other Canadian points, on
sale daily to September goth. limited
so days from date of sale Address
T. l. King. Agent. Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30
IGoRRo1E FULL DRESS SUITS.
Santa Fe Passenger OnfciaI Has Prom
ised One to T. y. King.

Fashion note: A prominent Santa
Fe passenger official has just received
an importation of goods from friend
of his in Manila. Among other things
in the consignment is an Igorrote full
dress suit which he says he is going
to loan to Thomas Letter King for his
use during the remainder of the sum-
mer. It may be said that as soon as
the Igorrote full dress suit Is seen the
G string will instantaneously become
a very popular summer garb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30
Rock Island Engine Strikes Bull.

Leavenworth. Kan, July 30.-A large
Durham bull was killed by a Rock Is
land switch engine near Stillings about
10 o'clock Saturday. The force of the
collision threw the locomotive off the
II ack, thus delaying traffic for nearly
an hour. The animal was owned by
John Adams, the Burlington agent at
East Leavenworth. It had strayed away
from its grazing field and had wander
ed on the railroad tracks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30
He Was Seized by Cramps.

Ness City, Kan. July 30.-Clarence
Thurston, an expert engineer sent out
the Hart-Parr Gas Engine company OF
st. Charles. Ia, was drowned in Daer
creek, five miles southwest of Beeler.
Kan. Saturday night In the evening
he went swimming in the cretk and was
seized by cramps and sank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30

Argentine. Kas.. July 3o.=Juan
Rameriz, a Mexican, IS years old. en-
ployed by the Santa Fe railway, was
found dead in bunk car in the Ar
gentine yards Sunday morning. His
companions said Rameriz retired Sat
urday night apperantly well. Rameriz
came from Mexico seven months ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30
a PANAMA PLACE FoR HIM.
c. L. Dreier Is to Be Private Secretar,
to Arnold S4lanIIfn. American Consul

Kansas City. July sc. L. Dreier,
private secretary to George ". Hagen
buch, general passenger agent of the
Santa Fe in Kansas City, has accepted
the appointment of private secretary to
Arnold Shanklin, American consul at
Panama. Mr. Dreier has left for New
York and VIII sail for Panama August
s. He has been in Mr.. Hagenbuch's Of
flee nearly three years. Prior 10 that
time ne was private secretary to W. c.
Nixon, general manager Of the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30
A Santa Fe wreck in New Mexico

Albuquerque, n. N. July 30.-Trafic
on the Santa F'e railroad was delayed
Is hours Saturday by a disastrous
freight wreck caused by head-end COL
lision between the fast eastbound
freight and the local westbounds freight
at Agassfz Saturday night. Engineer
ZagondoIlar of the local freight was in
stantly killed and his fireman, named
Magiller, was fatally Injured. The en-
gineer and fireman of the fast freight
saved their lives by jumping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30
Death Of Mrs. A. S. FarwelI.

Atchison. Kas., July 3O.=Mrs Anna
Silliman Farwe1i. wife of C1aud Far
we'll and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. SflIirnan, died Saturday evening Of
tuberculosis, aged % years. The fu-
neral will occur this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30

charge Of its Denver division and ter
minals. He has been in the coal bust
ness IN Denver recently. Before he
entered the service OF the Missouri Pa
cific he was employed in Kansas City
as yardmaster for the Kansas City.
Fort Scott & Memphis and was also
in charge Of its terminals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30

Guthrie, Q. T. July 30.-N1rs. Carrie
Nations magazine The Hatchet, was
admitted through the mails here Satur-
day. The July issue was held up a
few weeks ago and Mrs. Nation was ar
rested and placed under a 81, 500 bond.
Her trial is set for July 81 at Dallas,
Tex
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30

Washington. July 3O.-The State bank
Of Hillsdale, at HillsdaIe, Kan, has been
organized with a capital OF 100000 A. E
Omen of fancy Creek. and A. D. Reed.
of Emporia, Kan. have been appointed
assistants in the government forest ser
vice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30

Kansas City. July Sc. E. Carson.
who left Kansas City for st. Louis to
take charge of the Missouri Pacific
terminals during the worlds fair. has
returned. He was superintendent of
Missouri Pacific terminals in Kansas
city and will reassBfne that position
August l. Mr. Carson went TO Denver
after the worlds fair as superintend-
ent Of the Colorado & Southern. ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30

Junction City, kan. July 30.-sheriff
J. D. Andrews. OF this place, has finish
ed threshing 100 acres of his wheat here
and the yield proved to be one Of the
best in this county His crop avraged
AZ bushels per acre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30

Kinsley. Kas., July 3o-Three un-
known young men have been Jailed
here by the sheriff. They are charged
with robbing harvest hands along the
Santa Fe railroad between Great Bend
and Dodge City They we're well
armed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30
4 Lyon County Corn story.

Charley Johnson yesterday laid by
forty-acre field OF corn that he
planted June 10. just thirty-nine DAYS
ago. The mule team with which the
field was plowed for the last time vas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-30
NowOr-k. Shines Itself

For sale by w Al Thompson Hard
ware Co. (sougtJin Hardware Co, D. Fl.
Forbes Wolf Bros. Culver & Bailey and
GriEgs & MoneypennY.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
RAIN MAKES NEW RECORD
BY CONTINUOUS DOWNPOUR
Special to The Herald.

opeclal TO Inc Herald.
PASADENA, Dec. 9.-Twenty- four
hours of continuous rain was the rec
ord for this city Saturday evening and
night and all day Sunday, nor does the
rain seem to have stopped even late
tonight save for few moments at a
time. AS is usually the case the rain
started in the Crown City several
hours before any moisture fell in Los
Angeles. Not only that, but this time
it was also heavier in Pasadena.
Several out of door events, scheduled
for today, were, of course, abandoned.
The baseball scheduled between the
Pasadena nine and the Hamburgers
had to be called off. Some sort of a
hoodoo seems to have followed the
opening of the winter season of the
amateur baseball league, for this is the
second time the initial game has had to
be postponed.
The weekly Sunday afternoon band
concert also went by the boards. The
weather seems to have 1t in for the
band lately, as all of the four most re-
Gently scheduled band concerts have
had to be abandoned because Of the
rain or the dampness of the ground
following a rain.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
REPORT WOULD COST 100000
Interstate Commerce Commission Will
Issue None This Year

1t now appears probable that there
will be no annual report this year is
sued by the interstate commerce COM
mission.
The publication of an annual report
involves an outlay of nearly 100000
and the members of the commission
are disposed to regard this cost as out
of proportion to the value of the data
presented This is due primarily to the
amendment of the interstate commerce
act.
This new legislation has revolution
ICED all the matters covered. by the re-
port and rendered the material gath
cred under the old law quite out of
date.
1t is too early to give the public
any satisfactory account of the work.
ings of the new law.
The commission will be engaged for
many months to come in devising a
system which will make the collection
OF statistics, and the keeping of books
and accounts. of real value in the way
of data and publicity.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
SHIP YOUR PRESENTS EARLY
If You Would Avoid Delay in Christ
mas Delivery

at is an old story" said an express
agent in Los Angeles, land 1 suppose
the newspapers get tired of publish
ing 1t year after year, but the public
forgets.
You might make it short this year
by saying that last year more Christ
mas presents were delivered after
Christmas than before that date. There
was really a rush of package delivery
for three days after Christmas That
means that everybody should have been
three days earlier in shipping"
The Christmas express business is
unlike most other business congestions,
in that it strikes the whole country
at one time and no section is exempt;
therefore the companies cannot draw
on one section for reserve forces. Every
express office in the country and every
train carrying express matter is filled
to overflowing with Christmas traffic.
In seasons of prosperity the business is
so good that the express companies
haven't the facilities for handling it.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
RATS AMUSE SPECTATORS
Special to The Herald.

Speclal TO The Herald.
OCEAN PARK, Dec. 9.-More than a
dozen big, sleek rats frisking about on
the lot at the northeast corner of Troll
leyway and Pier avenue furnished
amusement today for large crowd of
spectators and appeared not at all dis
concerted at the occasional missiles
that were hurled their way.
The rodents, it is thought, constitute
part of the first swarm of rats to be
dislodged by workmen now at work
tearing up the old ocean front prone
made which is to be replaced by one of
cement. For many years the rats
have thrived on the leavings of picnic
parties and lived undisturbed in their
subterranean homes where neither cats,
dogs or traps could be used to effect
and many of the biggest fellows, pre-
sumably the veterans, have grown to a
boldness that squirrels would not be
guilty of.
There still remains about a mile of
the boards to be removed and it is be-
Eeved that countless myriads of rats
will be rooted out in the course of the
work. Where they will take refuge is
a matter of some speculation, although
the probabilities are largely in favor of
their seeking pastures under other
walks elsewhere in the city
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
NOTES OF INTEREST
FROM LONG, BEACH
Special to The Herald.


LONG BEACH, Dec 9.-W. Clifford
Smith, resident of this city for eleven
years and the proprietor of a feed and
fuel store, has announced his candidacy
for the office of postmaster. George
Hirsch, the incumbent, will have
several opponents in his effort to secure
reappointment.
Hattie Willis, is years old, cut her
right hand severely this afternoon while
operating pairing machine in the
kitchen of the Palace of Sweets cafe
terra. A cash two inches long was
opened across the knuckle of the first
finger.
Miss Ella Locke, who disappeared
from the residence of E. E. Buffum on
Thanksgiving day after having been
employed there as domestic for some
time, has been located by friends in
the receiving hospital in Los Angeles
Miss Locke started for Whittier
Thanksgiving day to visit friends, but
was taken i'll and applied for assist
ance at the hospital. Her condition is
not serious.
. DR.. S. e. Lynd, superintendent of the
California Prison association, delivered
an interesting address at the First
Methodist church this morning on the
subject of prison reform. Several men
and women in the congregation pledged
financial support to the associations
work.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
WOMAN FORETELLS DEATH
Neighbors Of Miss Emily southworth
Find She Is Dead When Door
Is Broken In
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
PASADENA, Dec. 9.-When neigh
bors OF Miss Emily J. Southworth
broke open the door of her house on
New York avenue this morning they
were Mortified to find the woman cold
In death. The house Is the fourth door
east Of Lake avenue, and the woman,
who was between 40 and As years of
age, lived there alone save for a broth
er who occasionally stopped with her.
Efforts to locate this brother since the
discovery of the death of his sister have
proved unavailing.
Last night Miss Southworth called
upon netghborS and told them that she
felt desperately i'll and feared that she
would not survive the night. She chat
ted in this manner for some time with
these people, from whom she took milk.
and then went home through the cold
rain and fog.
Nothing more was seen of her until
she was found dead, but from the con-
dition in which the body was found
this morning 1t is presumed that the
woman had gone home and retired for
the night, death overtaking her as she
slept.
This morning the neighbors noticed
that there was no one stirring about
the premises and. remembering what
Miss Southworth had said the night
before about dying, they promptly
started to investigate Finding the
doors and windows of the house fas-
tened the neighbors broke them in
and made the grewsome discovery that
the woman had foretold the exact time
of her own death.
The body was at once turned over
to Reynolds and Van Nuys and it is
probable that Coroner Trout will hold
an inquest over the remains tomorrow.
The brother and sister, according to
the neighbors, came west together sew
eral years ago and at first settled on a
ranch at or near Linda Vista. Later
the sister moved to New York avenue.
where her dead body was found at 1880
O'Clock this morning. The brother did
not make the New York avenue house
his home at the time of his sisters
death
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
YALE MAN LECTURES
TO SHAKESPEARE CLUB
Special to The Herald.

special to Ihe Herald.
PASADENA, Dec. 9.-Although the
heavy clouds threatened rain, close to
three hundred members and friends of
the Shakespeare club gathered yester-
day afternoon to enjoy one of the
treats of the year, a lecture upon
Shakespeare, by Prof. Frederick Nor
timer Clapp, a Yale man, now mem
ber of the faculty of the state uni
versity. The afternoon was in charge
of the literature committee, Mrs. l. j.
Reynolds. chairman, Miss Ellen f.
r. Thompson, Mrs. Garrett Newkirk,
Miss Virginia Pease and Miss Helen
preceded by a brilliant piano duet by
Miss Ina Goodwin and Miss Harriet
James. This was followed by two
piano numbers by Miss Goodwin, who
is a general favorite with the club.
Prof. Clapp commanded the closest
attention of his audience from his first
word. In a remarkably logical and
clear way, easily followed, the come
dies of Loves Labor Lost" Comedy
of Errors" Tanning of the Shrew,'
Midsummer Nights Dream" and
Two Gentlemen of Verona" were dis
cussed in regard to the gradual deVel-
opment of literary power and dramatic
style and art, and the subtle influences
of the great writer's Surroundings and
friends were noted. The criticism of
Midsummer Nights Dream" was es
pecially discriminating and strong.
On Tuesday afternoon at three
o'clock, the third of the literature lee
lures by Miss Margaret e. Stratton
win be given; subject, William
Wordsworth, as a poet of Humanity;
as an Interpreter of Nature" On
Wednesday, the music section program
is to be devoted to the enjoyment of
Southern Melodies" A quartet of
eolored vocalists will give the greater
part of the very attractive program.
Mrs. HIGHS. the soprano vocalist was
for several years a member of the Fisk
Jubilee Singers, and sang before
crowned heads. There will also be a
short talk by Mrs. Sweet upon Camp
meeting Life and Songs of the
South" with number of practical il
lustrations by the quartet.
Next Saturday afternoon. Mrs. ]. b.
Hibben is to be in charge of a very in
teresting and entertaining program
upon Switzerland" when Swiss music
romance, education and scenic beauty
viii have part
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
Harper Expected to Name Former
Head Of Department to Succeed
Lips When Adminlstra-
ton Changes

According to a rumor being circu-
lated by powerful politicians of the
Democratic ranks, Thomas Strohm, for
merly chief of the fire department, is
slated to again take up the duties of
that office as soon as Mayor Harper
and the new administration is comfort
ably seated in office at the beginning of
the year.
When Strohm was so ANONYMOUSLY
ousted from office by McAleer when
that official came into the mayor s
chair two years ago, there was a storm
of disapproval which soon became a
public demand and to which the mayor
paid no attention.
Strohm had been an active member
of the fire department for more than
twenty years. There was not a man
of all the firemen in the city who knew
half as much about fighting the demon
monster of destruction as Strohm.
During his years of service as chief
there was never a fire in which Strohm
was not the first man in the building.
There were practically no fires which
amounted to any considerable damage
during his management of the depart
ment and the people were satisfied
with him. His study of shutting off
air In burning building was faultless
and rarely failed to work
But that didn't matter any when it
came to a consideration of a political
debt and Tom Strohm, above the pro-
test of the firemen and above the pro-
test of the people, was sent to join the
ranks of the down and cutters by Nc
Aleer, who selected Walter Lips, an
engineer OF the department, to serve
in the old chiefs stead.
Lips met with misfortune during the
early stages of his career. Unfortun-
ately for him before he had hardly
donned chiefs uniform he was called
upon to handle several of the worst
fires the city had ever known. The
Harris & Frank fire, the Douglas build
ing fire and the Broadway Van Nuys
hotel all occurred within the first three
months of Lips administration even
before he had become used to the man.
agement of his men, and many of his
fights against fires, no matter how hard
the fires were to handle, won him ad-
verse criticism.
fidence in the fire department rather
Jared and they look forward, espe-
cially the merchants and business men,
Strohm's fiorid face and gold-rimmed
goggles again shine through the smoke
and flame.
Yesterday, when asked concerning the
proposed change, officials stated that
they understood Strohm was to come
again to his own as soon as the new
administration took hold. The chief
has been serving as deputy sheriff in
department seven of the superior court
since his discharge from the depart
ment
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
Is Ramsey's Attack a Bluff?

Here is a Kansas City Journal view
of former Wabash President Ramsey:
There is strong suspicion that what
was looked upon as a bitter quarrel
between Joseph Ramsey and George
Gould and their struggle for control OF
the wabash property was i'm reality
nothing more than bluff to pull the
wool over the eyes of some persons.
Joseph Ramsey, working i'm the in
terest of Gould. might Interfere with
the new plans of his own, and not
those Of Gould.
They go on the theory that they
would arouse less suspicion than would
be the case If it was known beyond that
Ramsey was working for Could"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-10
ORDERS CUT IN
THE ROCK ISLAND
SYSTEM WILL BE MANAGED
FROM CHICAGO
Retirement of General Manager Cain
at Topeka Foreshadows Retrench-
ment-Happenng In the
Railroad World

The announcement has been made
that D. e. Cain, who has been general
manager of the southwestern lines of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
for more than year. is to re-
tire January 1 and that his posi-.
ton is to be abolished. This change,
it is said, will be followed by others
and will mark a change in the policy
of the company. A gradual removal
of the work of the general manager S
office in Topeka to the office of the
general manager in Chicago is to be-
gin at once, preparatory to the change
the first of the year. H. U. Nudge said
concerning the change:
The Rock Island is now in condi-
tion where the work may be managed
from the Chicago office. When 1 first
came to the road the work was too
heavy for one man, but the amount of
improvement work which has been done
since that time has made 1t possible
for this work to be done by one man.
The Office force at Topeka will be
taken to Chicago.
Prior to year and a half ago one
general manager, located at Chicago,
had supervision over the entire sys-
TEN.
When H. U. Nudge left the Santa
Fe and took charge of the Rock
Island as second vice president he
thought the territory was too great for
one man to satisfactorily cover in view
of the large amount of improvement
work that had to be undertaken, re-
laying the line with heavier rail, bal
lasting it, putting in permanent bridges
and other important work-therefore he
decided to divide it, placing one general
manager at Topeka, in charge of the
southwest and Choctaw districts, and
D. E. Cain, general superintendent on
the Santa Fe, was selected for the
place.
AT a recent meeting of the board of
directors it was decided that in view
of the numerous increases that are be-
ing made in expenses-the wages of
nearly all employees being increased
some reduction would have to be made
in other directions, and it was de-
cided that the first move would be the
abolishment of the general managers
Office at Topeka and return to the old
plan of one general manager for the
entire system.
f. o. Melcher, now general manager
at Chicago, is to have his authority
extended over the entire system.