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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
PLANS AN EXTENSION.
Colorado Southern to Compete With
Hill Lines In Northwest.

Hill Lines In Northwest.
New York, March IA three hun
dred mile extension of the Colorado
Southern is being planned which will
conflict seriously with the Hill interest
II carried out as proposed. The road
will extend northWard from Grin juno
ton. Wyo., to a connection with the
Yellowstone river country and will in
a way compete with the Burlington
system which connects with the North
ern Pacific at Billings. Members of an
engineering party are already in the
field, selecting a northward route for
the Colorado & Southern. The pro-
posed line extends through a fertile
agricultural and grazing country, and
there IS no mountainous district to OBJ
struct the way It is not yet an
announced, however, at what point the
road will touch the Yellowstone. The
Northern Pacific virtually commands
the river. following its southern bank
north.
Aside from agricultural products,
the new line will depend for freight
traffic on the rich coal lands in north
ern Wyoming. Range cattle will also
be transported from Texas to be fat
tened in the northern grazing lands of
wyoming.
Work is proceeding rapidly on the
Colorado g. Southern.s Gulf extension.
It is expected that the line will be con-
OF the road are making q very favor
able showing, gross receipts for the
first two weeks of this month exhibit
ing an increase of 40 per cent
Differences with the management re-
garding methods of operation, of
which there have been continued ru-
mors during the last six months, have
finally resulted in the resignation of J.
N. Herbert, first vice president of the
road. His duties at Denver will now
be assumed by A. d. Parker, vice
president of the road.
Mr.. Parker, who was only recently
made vice president of the road, is
the Denver railroad man who lately
became a muItimillionaire through
having fgrub-staked" a Goldfelds
miner. The miner. on his return to
Denver, gave Mr.. Parker a half inter
est in all his mining ventures, which
nave resulted in enormous profits.
Several of the claims were absorbed
BY the Tonopah Extension company,
in which Charles NJ. Schwab, who is
now the chief factor, is said to have
netted profit of nearly $14,000,O0O.
Aside from an extensive interest in this
company, Mr.. Parker is also part own
er of the Florence mine in the Gold
fields district.
Mr.. Herbert's place in the Fort
Worth & Denver City road will be as
sumed by d. B. Keller. vice president
and traffic manager. at Fort Worth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
NEW REFRIGERAToR cars.
Illinois Central to own It's Refrigerator
Equipments.

Chicago, March 1.-The Illinois Cen
trail expects to receive 500 new refrigsr-
ator cars within the next few days which
have been in course of construction s0r
some time past. When these cars are
received the road will own nearly 5000
refrigerator cars and be In position 10
handle all of its fruit and vegetable traf-
f1c Independent OF other lines. Some
idea of the proportions of the fruit trafIsc
of the Illinois Central may be gaiaesl
when it is stated that of bananas alone
it hauls more than 10000 cars annually.
Of these 1900 represent the road for
transportation at New Orleans, and SD
cars are delivered by the Mobile & Ohio.
which hauls them TO Mobile. The Lou
isville & Nashville again turns over
fruit to it at Louisville and other points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
COMPARISONS WE'RE WRONG.
Illinois Railroad Commissioners Forced
to Adjourn.

news for The railroad companies brought
the meeting of the Illinois Railroad and
Warehouse commission to an abrupt close
Yesterday by asserting that the compari-
son of rates between Illinois and Indi-
ana are incorrect.
Attorney John G. brennan of Chicago.
general counsel for the Illinois Central
railroad has charge of the case for the
railroads. Three hours were consumed
in arguments on the rates relating to To-
wa and, when the Indiana rates were ia
ken up charges were made that the com
parisons are incorrect It was asserted
that the comparison made for the state by
an employee of the railroad and ware
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
SCORES A KING.
Editor Howe Has Bitter Words
for an India POtentate.
Nay Turn in His Tomb Where
He Is Now Reposing.
AN IMMORAL OLD CHAP
American Wives Don't Know
How Well OFF They Are.
Miss Mattel Has Coat Stolen
by Delhi Natives.
An IMMORAL OLD CHAP
Monday. January Is.

Monday, January IS.
It is jump from ancient to modern
times, but the missy las my daughter
IS known among the natives1 had her
cloak stolen in Delhi today. And I
may say in passing that nothing dis
gusts an Englishman more than FOR
an American to call it Denigh. The
correct pronunciation is Delhi
When we started cut this morning
the weather was quite cool. so we took
wraps. The missy's disappeared from
the carriage while we were visiting
the largest mosque IN India; she had
taken il off some time before, and laid
1t on the carriage seat IN front Of US.
When we left the hotel in the morning,
we had four attendants: a driver.
Iootman. a servant, and a local guide
When We returned at 1 p. m, we had
five, a police officer having been added
As soon as we missed the cloak, we
drove to a native police station and
the oficer there sent US to the super
1ntendent OF police, q very polite Eng
lishman named Tucker He sent
police officer back to the hotel with US
as the driver and foOtman were placed
under arrest This afternoon, native
policemen we're sent all over Delhi.
Each man was accompanied by crier
"A crowd being collected by beating
drum, the crfer announced the loss and
offered a reward Of twenty rupees for
the return of the cloak. which he des-
a ARE0V i ltE 0llNEL ana the I0OIIld0
were with the carriage all the time:
the police rather suspect that the foot
man Is the thief as he could not give
q very satisfa ctory account of himself
The cloak contained a purse. a trunk
key, two pairs OF. glasses, gloves hand
kerchiefs, etc.
The king who built the beautiful Tai
Mahal at Agra, formerly lived at Delhi
He was king o. all India, and had q
marble palace here. You will regret to
learn that this king was dethroned and
imprisoned for seven years by his son;
the son Of the woman in whose honor
the Tai was built The son said the old
man was crazy on the subject Of mar
bic palaces and tombs. and dethroned
him. This same son murdered
brother of whom he was jealous both
men were the sons OF the Tai. the
Iavorlte wife Of the old king, and she
died in giving one of them birth.
There are nine different Delhis. all in
the same vicinity and built by different
kings. Some of the Delhfs have en-
tirely disappeared, while others are in
ruins.
The Mohammedan occupation of
India dates from about the year twelve
hundred, when the successors of Ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
NEW RAILROAD UP PIXIES PEAK.
Electric Line Will Replace Cog Road
on the Mountain Side.

Colorado Springs. Col, March L.
Announcement is made here that own
ers of the Pixies Peak cog railway are
negotiating for patent rights under
which they propose to construct an air
line electric road up the east slope of
the Peak to the summit. The project
contempIates the use Of several in
clnes. the motive power on which is
covered by the patents in question.
This line will replace the present cog
wheel road and in addition to making
a finer scenic line than the present
one will be available for use for ~prac-
tically the whole year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

house commission contains many errors
It was finally decided to adjourn the
meeting for a week and. in the meantime
new comparisons will be made. Govern
or Deneen was present throughout the
hearing
When the 20 per cent reduction in the
freight rates of Illinois was decided upon
by the railroad and warehouse commits
sion, the railroads fled a petition asking
for 8. rehearing as to rates five six. sew
en-, eight. nine and ten or carload lots
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

said it t ac Ta9e l "a t Vas pssea y
traffic officials today will effect the in
dependent oil shippers of Kansas more
disastrously than any of the other pat
rons OF Kansas railroads. The Standard
Oil company, having a monopoly on oil
tanks will not suffer from the new
schedule Of freight rates as will the in
dependent oil men who are forced to ship
their oil in barrels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
WOULD srIFLE COMPETITION.
Railroad Companies Defy Provisions
of Maximum Rate Law.

Kansas City, March 1-Representa-
tives of all the railways of Kansas met
here yesterday and fixed a new scheduIe
of oil freight rates in Kansas in defiance
of the maximum freight rate law passed.
by the last Kansas legislature. The sehe-
dule agreed upon today amounts to an
increase of so Per cent of the preset
schedule which has been in effect since
the passage Of the maximum freight rate
law The new rate Will be about the
same as the one IN effect before @he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
Bad Fire at Clinton.

Lawrence, Kan. March 1.-The VIII
lage of Clinton, ten miles southwest
Of here, was destroyed by fire Wednes-
day afternoon. The store of L. S. Ar
nett, the postofice, the Pugh home. a
barn belonging to ". l. Payne and
some smaller buildings were entirely
consumed. All the postofice records
were saved. The origin Of the fire is
unknown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
MISSOURI PACIFIC EXTENDS.
Win Tap Wheat Lands of Pratt and
Kioya Counties.

Wichita, March THE Missouri
Pacific railway will extend from Iuka
to Dodge City the line of the Denver,
Memphis & Atlanta running from Con-
way Springs to Iuka. This will open
up to the Missouri Pacific the wheat
lands of Pratt and Kiowa counties in
Kansas. OfBcials of the company are
now going over the route to secure
right of way and construction viii be-
gin as soon as they have completed
their work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

way as to only palliate the symptoms,
while the cold becomes more deep
seated and the patient finally awakens
to the fact that she has a well-devel-
oped case of catarrh.
By reason of their delicate structure
the lungs are frequently the seat of a
cold, especially if there is the lightest
weakness of these organs. The treat
ment of catarrh of the lungs is also
more difficult and discouraging than
catarrh of any other organ of the body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
COD LIVER OIL.

It almost makes you
sick to think of it, but it
isn't nearly as bad as it
used to be. Theimproved
method of refining it
makes it much easier to
take, and when made into
SCOTS Emulsion almost
every one can take, it.
Most children like it and
all children that are not
robust are benefited by it.
When the doctor says
" Take cod liver OIL" he
generally means SCOTS
Emulsion; ask him if he
doesn't. They know it is
more easily digested and
better than the plain oil.
SCOTT & BOVINE, go Pearl Street. New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01


Last had cold
m 40
Having
il,
a
1 10
could
was
in nd give
he a cold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

with that old enemy of the race. Consti-
patton. often ends in appendicitis. To
avoid all serious trouble with stomach,
liver ana bowels, take DR.. Kings New
Life Pil8ss They perfectly regulate these
organs without pain or discom fort. %
cents at the Arnold IA-.lg Co. 81 North
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

s477o44. Net s59s. 1891; increase. s25s.-
$50.
Wisconsin Central for January-Gross.
s522, 100; increase, S134, 455 Net, $143.a5I
increase. $55. 909. From July to Janl-
airy 31-Gross, s.. 1S4, 624: increase, S195
283. Net, $1,645,287; increase, S12s, s83.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

the year. Often
they are not con-
sidered serious and
so are allowed to
run on. or they are
treated in such a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

It would be wise, therefore. to guard
against it by every precautions possible.
Peruna has been found the most re-
liable of all remedies for coughs. colds
and catarrh, by reason of the fact that
it goes at once to the very seat OF the
trouble.
It searches out every crevice, every
duct of the body. It ouickens and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

A neglected cold is generally the first
cause of catarrh.
Women are especially liable to colds
These colds occur more frequently
during the wet, sloppy weather of win
ter and spring than any other time Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

soothing erect upon the MUCOUS mem
branes, no matter whether they are the
more exposed membranes of the head
and throat. or whether they line the
remotest cells of the lungs.
A word to the wise woman is suffi-
cient. Take Peruna at the first appear
ance of a cold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01
circumstances warrant the language

circumstances warrant the language
used.
! The king had a devoted daughter who
i shared his imprisonment, and. when
she died, she asked that grass, and not
marble, be her monument The idea
| is rather q pretty one. This girl was
/ man hater and never married; YOU can't
] blame her much when you remember
i how women were treated in those days,
and in these days in India. In all the
palaces you find apartments hidden
away for the women. When tigers and
/ elephants fought in the palace aren9
the king sat on a marble platform
! erected where the fight could be seen TO
/ the best advantage. but the queen and
/ his wives watched the combat from be-
/ to church. they slipped down through
a dark passageway; they always kept
out of sight.
When our guide dies-and he is sixty
/ eight-his body will be burned, and his
young wife will be expected to jump
4 into the fire and be burned alive. If
this should meet the eye Of an Ameri-
/ can woman. let her remember the kind
American husbands, brothers, fathers
and sons, and cheer.
In the Delhi palace, there is c. portico
/ on the battlenent overlooking the river,
/ intended for the kings women. Every
particle of it is Of marble. The lattice
Work is OF T1aFDles IN America II would
/ be of latn, painted green. The interior
! of the portico is of mosaic work, and IN
+ the center Of the apartment is a foun-
tain. In the cool weather warm wa
ter ran under the floors, to warm the
apartments.
admit I had rather poor opinion
of the Mohamu1edans until I found out
something of their history. In future
I shall not think of Greek Art with so
much reverence.
Japan is an entertaining country, and
you have a good time there but it
| cannot be compared with India. Japan
rather increases your conceit; but India
takes it out of you, India makes you
think. And India is but one spot on
the Mohammedan map.
The police at Delhi are making a
great row about the missy's stolen
cloak. An impressive Sherlock Holmes
with two impressive assistants, appear
ed at our hotel awhile ago and inter
viewed the missy. Later, they inter
viewed me. They had the coachman
and footnan with them, under arrest
and MahOmet says the coachman and
footman were beaten, to make them
confess. do not remember much about
the loss of the cloak, except that the
missy exclaimed, after coming out Of
the mosque: Where's my cloak" The
servant went with US into the mosque,
and the guide went away to get
lunch. The proba bilities are that the
driver and the foOtman also left the
carriage, and that the cloak was stolen.
The cOachman and the foOtman are in
tears, and we do not know what to do.
A native is very humble, at best, but
he is an object of abJect terror when
under arrest.
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equalizes the cir
cuIa ton of the
blood, thus reliev-
ing the congested
m u c o u s mem
branes. It exer-
cises a healing and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

The Fflipinos were almost exactly as I
expected to find them So were the Jap
anese. and the Chinese. and the Cinga-
lese; but India is a revelation to me. It
will be a revelation to you If you ever
visit it. I don't believe 7 ever SO much
as heard Of the wonderful tombs and
palaces 7 have seen in India. I never
knew that the greatest art works in ex-
istence were located in India and that
they were built by AIohannne dans In adj
diti0n to these there is more to interest
the traveller in India than in Japan. Chi
ma, Ceylon and the Philippines put to-
gether. It is not only curious, but 1t is
very impressive. All the time I am I'M
der the delusion that am in Palestine.
everything reminds me Of pictures I
have seen and descriptions have read
Of that country. IF for day leave the
Palestine atmosphere in travelling I get
into what makes me thing of Egypt or
Persia or Arabia or Turkey, or the land
Of the ARABIAN Nights Cevlon made
me think of all of this (and naturally
for Ceylon was really my first suggestion
Of India. Some graphers speak Of
map and you will know why. It is the
southern point of India separated from
the mainland by narrow strait.
Today on the streets Of Delhi I saw cit
liens of Afgihanistan, the stTangest look
ing men have ever seen Huge fellows
who eat half a goat at meal. They were
traders and stalked along with an indie
pendent air that differed from the cring-
ing attitude of the natives of India.
At an American railroad station You see
men and women carrying suit cases. satch-
els and other hand baggage. It is a
sight you never see in India. When
train stops at a railroad station here
hundreds of coolies appear at the win
dows of the coaches. These are the bag
gage carriers AGahonet makes them car
~ his baggage as well as ours. They are
miserable devils who work for a few
cents day Three dollars a month is
big pay for them. and out of this they
pay their own board and support a fam
lily.
The native who has been our guide to-
day. and he is a very Intelligent old gen
tleman, says he acted as Gen. Grants
guide. and that while giving the general
a Turkish bath. the general showed him
his wounds. If Grant was ever wounded
IN his numerous battles never heard
of It E. w H
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

The Mohammedan occupation of
INDIA dates from about the year twelve
hundred, when the SUCCESSORS Of Ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

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There are nine different DeIhis. all in
the same vicinity and built by different
kings. Some of the Delhis have en-
tirely disappeared, while others are in
ruins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-01

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I thought pretty well of the king who
built the Tai until I heard a little Cos
sip about him. The guide says that
when the king took a bath in the mar
bic bath room of the palace, he was
attended by his concubines; by women
Now I an not very particular, but I
wifi say that any king who goes into
his bath room naked. and permits his
back to be rubbed by any other woman
than the queen. is rake. This may
be strong language when applied to the
man who built the greatest work IN
the entire field Of art, but my better
manhood is aroused. and I feel that the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

The famous Dells of Wisconsin ex-
tend from three miles below to five
miles above Kilbourn City, and there
is nothing between Niagara and the
Yellowstone to compare with this mys-
terlous and majestic short passage of
the Wisconsin river, that begins in
Star Lake on the border line and ser
pentineS everal hundred miles to Prai-
RE du Chen, where it empties into the
Mississippi.
The Dells of the Wisconsin are a
splendid barbaric beauty robed in the
richest cOlors with which Nature decks
her favorites. If any spot in the great
North Country deserves the bestowal
of a name that has been borne by an
Indian maiden to whom tradition at
tributes the soul of romance, the spirit
of heroiSm. the fierce charms of a will
derness Venus, that spot is The DelIs.
The passing of the Narrows is an ex-
perience never to be forgotten, always
to be recalled with a thrill To make
this trip on the deck of a Stanch steam
boat, guided by a pilot who has known
the river from bOyhood is sufficiently
exciting to make the passenger marvel
at the fortitude of those who followed
the river" in canoe and skif and on
awkward timber raft.
Throughout The Dells the riot OF
color displayed by the rocks and cliffs
and their delicate draperies of ferns
and vines would alone charm and en-,
chant the spectator. but the eyer-chang
ing panorama of ROCKY shapes-of slen
der towers and stately monoliths, OF
massive buttresses and frowning bas
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

light at seeing such fine beast. He
was a beauty, and it seemed impossible
to realize that he was really wild as he
lay on one side, looking at me with his
head raised as a dog does when he
hears his masters footstep. He was
fit as butter, sleek coated and glossy.
my pony, as the breeze was coming
from the other direction, did not wind
him and went steadily on without so
much as pricking up his ears. My dog
was walking on in front, about ten
yards, and luckily did not notice him.
1t was not until 1 was actually passing
him, which 1 did within twenty yeards,
that L realized that if the lion took it
into his head to fancy bit of white
man 1 should be unable to dispute his
right.
After 1 had proceeded some $50
yards the lion got up leisurely and fol-
lowed along the road behind me, but
after going about 100 yards, he turned
into the bush at the side of the road"
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the eye and outstrip the

tians-daZzle the eye and outstrip the
Imagination.
A fantasy in rock and foliage unfolds
It's splendid surprises as each turn of
the turbulent stream brings 8 new pros
pect in view. Singly and alone, almost
any of the individual features of The
Dells is enough to make the fame of a
resort The Navy Yard, with its long
row of stern-like rocks wildly sug-
costing a line of battleships; the tow.
ering, pine-plumed Chimney and High
Rock; the graceful Romance Cliff; the
grOteSque Rattlesnake Rock; UNIQUE
Chapel Gorge. an imposing sanctuary
scooped by the hand of Nature from the
front Of a huge cliff: the raging Mar
rows, with savage eddies, shifting cur
rents, and pools that rise and fall like
the breast of a sleeping monster; Stand
Rock, rectangular platform of stone
| held high above the water on the tip Of
slender pillar; the beetling breast Of
old Steamboat Rock; the oddly-fashion-
ed Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl-all
these are enough of scenic greatness to
satisfy the most exacting, without the
addition of the wonderful caves. grot-
toes and gulches which are the chief
| glory of The Dells In Witches Gulch.
Coldwater Canyon and Artists Glen
one may wander literally through miles
of caves, crevasses, chasms and grottoes
! cushioned with multi-colored moses,
| feStooned with ferns, vines, and ventura
some little silver birches, and .nade
musical with the splashing Of water
| falls, the song of half-hidden cascades,
and the merry ripple of tiny streams
bridget with the massive bodies OF
| fallen trees.