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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
AT the FEDERAL PRISON.
Report OF Warden McCIaughry Con-
tains Interesting Facts.

Leovenworth, Nov. 10.-The annual
report of Warden MeClaughry OF the
Federal prison to the department of
justice follows:
The population at the close Of the
last fiscal yea was 1,123; gain dur
ing the year, see; loss, $40; leaving
1863 present at this date
Appropriations for maintenance for
the fiscal year just closed were $780,
10000; expenditures for same period,
$1~76.5SO.S2: leaving unexpended bal
ance of ~$4,119.57.
The net cost of subsistence for the
year was s~43,253.3S. Average num-
Der of prisoners fed. 1~,046.42; average
yearly cost of subsistence, per prisoner,
$41.33; average daily cost of subsist-
ence, per prisoner, $O.115.
The average yearly cost of clothing
per prisoner was 1929. The aver
age total cost per prisoner. per cal,
was $16S.75; the average total cost per
prisoner, per day. SO.462.
The report of the superintendent of
the farm is not as fully detailed as
usual, owing to the fact that the posi-
ton was vacant during a portion Of
the year.. but the estimates are within
the facts, and may be relied or to show
the great value OF the farm as a fac
tor in the support of these prisoners.
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SANTA FE AND STANDARD OIL

Director B. p. Cheney Says Things Are
Harmonious Between Corporations.
Los Angeles. Nov. 1O.=That the men
who control the Standard OIL company
are large owners Of Santa Fe railway
stock vas admitted by 3. P Cheney OF
Boston, himself a heavy stockhOider IN
the company and a director OF It. Mr.
Cheney arrived yesterday and VIII re-
main in Los Angeles and San Diego
until next week. He came west on q
trip he makes twice q ear to overlook
his railrad and private interests in
southern California.
"Thereis no question, Of course, that
FOL D. Rockefeller and Il. H Rogers
do hold sufficient Santa Fs stock ia
make them a considerable factor in the
control of the road. At the same time
their interest is not entirely control
ling, and they never have attempted to
make it so. Our interests and theirs
are very nearly identical concerning
oil properties, for both corporations
own large areas of western oil lands.
never, in fact. have had a fight
with the Standard OIL people on any
question. Their interests seem to be
the roads interests. On all questions
of expansion-and expansion IS .
throbbing question in Santa Fe circles
the directors are agreed"
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SUES THE Z. P. RAILWAY.
Leaycnworth Man Asks for Damages
10 Himself and Wagon.

Leaycnworth Man Asks for Damages
TO Himself and Wagon.
Leavenworth, Nov. 1O.=Henry ".
Seewoster, whose wagon was struck by
q Union Pacific motor car August %,
1906, has fled suit in the district court
through Attorney Dill for 5000 dam
ages. The petition states that on Aug
ust 29 at a public crossing OF a road at
a point 200 yards south of what is
known as the Ryan ice plant. while
SeeWOster was engaged in hauling a
loaded wagon across the tracks of the
railway with his team hitched to the
wagon, the wagon and team were
stalled and stopped while on the tracks
Of the and his team did not
and could not, o could they be per-
suaded to get the wagon across the
tracks, although the plaintiff used
every means within his power to in
duce the horses to pull the wagon out
Of the way.
The plaintiff a y while the wagon
was acrOs the tracks the passenger
train of the railway, consisting of a
motor a and trailer, came along at a
rapid rate of speed from the south,
going toward the passenger station in
LeaVenWorth.
It is alleged that Seewoster and his
assistant waved their arms and hats
and signalled the train to stop to pre-
vent the collision, but hat the, engi-
neer or motOrman in charge of the
train ran the train into the wagon,
breaking the wheels and coupling pole
thereof, the damage amounting to
500 Seewoster was struck on the head,
receiving a severe scalp wound and
conclusion, by which injuries he claims
he still suffers great pain and is still
totally disabled from work.
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and West, North and South, Join q Defendinq Pe-ra-na.

Mrs. Ida Rowland, 2160 Grenshaw
St. Chicago. ILL.,, writes:
I'VE think Peruna the greatest med
icine on earth. One year g last win
ter my little boy had a very severe
cough. We had consulted the finest
physicians of Chicago, and he got no
better.
lone night he had a very severe
spell of coughing. 1t. seemed as if he
would never stop. My husband bought
a bottle of Peruna and the first. dose
stopped the coughing. We continued
giving it to him until he was entirely
cured. He is a strong, healthy boy
now.
"Peruna saves me many doctor
bills"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
FISH WILL INVOKE LAW.
Provision of Illinois Constitution May
Have Bearing ON I. c. Struggle.


Chicago, Nov. 1e.@The struggle for
possession of the Illinois Central. here
tofore carried o. by .-Stuyvesant Fish
and Z. II. Hartman, IN stockholders
and direcorS' mortgages, promises
speedily to be transferred to j courts
CT the state of Illinois, it is announced
on good authority.
Lawyers believe a provision of the IL
linois constitution. to which Mr. Fish
and his Counsel. James B Din, of New
York, have called attention, makes the
entire present organization of the IL
linois Central railroad Illegal. Not only
that, but it has been Illegal for many
years, if not ever since its inception
The provision of h constitution to
which attention has been directed is IN
part as follows:
railroad corporation shall con-
solidate its stock, property or franchise,
with any other railroad corporation
owning a parallel or competing line. A
majority of the directors of any rail-
road corporation now incorporated or
hereinafter to be incorporated, under
the laws of this state, shall be citizens
and residents of this state"
This provision makes the present
board Of directors an illegal body. OF
its Is members only three are residents
Of Illinois. These three are Governor
Charles S. Deneen, who is ex-oh7cio a
mesnber*of the board; J. T. Harahan,
who has just been chosen as president,
and John G. yelling, vice president In
charge of accounting.
The Illinois Genera Is the only road
incorporated under the laws Of Illinois,
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OCEANS OF CIDER.
Franklin County Makes $4,000
Gallons in q Season.
Takes About $4,000 Barrels Of
Apples to Grind Up.
MUCH OF CROP SPOILS.
Cold Storage Plant Is Badly
Needed at Ottawa.
From 1000 to 1000 Bushels
Considered a Days Run.
MUCH OF CROP SPOILS.

Ottawa, Kan, Nov. 10.-One hun
dred u thirty-hve thousand gallons
OF elder. which is allowed to become
vinegar, is the annual output of Frank
lin county orchards in the cider season
IL takes $4,000 bushels of apples TO
produce this cider. Yet half Of the APP
pie crop is allowed to spoil and the
rest is kept in cellars and apple holes
until spring.
At the Ottawa cider mill, which is
run by J.. S. Jeffries, wagon loads Of
apples are run through the watts each
day All the way from one thousand
TO two thousand bushels are cOnsum-
ed in a days rum. The average amount
OF cider from apples is about three
gallons to each bushel. Since August
thirteenth. when the cider season OPP
ened, there have already been thirty
thousand bushels of these apples sent
to h cider mill in ottawa.
In commenting on the business in
its relation to Franklin county, Mr..
Jenrles said: There are not many
apples shipped out Of h county. All
i know Of being sent out we're several
car loads which were shipped east, but
that IS 4 very small percentage of the
county's production. Most of the ap-
pies that are not used are on the
ground to rot. Winesaps make the best
ana most cider, turning out about four
and a half gallons, while the Ben
Davis apples make about two gallons
OF not very good quality. In the aver
age, apples Will produce about three
gallons Of cider to the bushel. The
cider season ends about the middle OF
December.
Mos of the cider is used for vine
gar. We ship the most of ours,
which amounts to about ten or fifteen
thousand gallons, to the pickle manu-
facturers in Kansas, and to the mer-
chants of eastern Kansas II making
the best grade of pickles, these manu-
facturers use pure cider vinegar, but
for cheap grades a vinegar made from
corn is utilized. The merchants sell
two grades of vinegar also. But most
of it is made from cider"
The apples are scoOped from the
wagons to an elevator, which carries
them UP to q crusher, where they are
ground to pulp. From the crusher
they 60 to the packer. where men with
paddles shape the mass into layers
covered with burlap. When about
eight of these layers are ready, the
pile is rolled to the press, where a
heavy weight congresses the mass.
causing the cider to run out into the
vat below. From the vat, the cider is
pumped mo barrels.
There is one thing that the farm
ers and the people of Ottawa need"
said Mr.. Jeffries. and that is a cold
forage plant These apples thai are
wasted could be held in the cold stOr-
age plant until they are ready for
use. That would be q great saving
and would add wealth to the county
Then the produce which sells in the
summer for such cheap prices, could
be saved until h market rises. Such
a plant would make the county that
much richer. 1 think there are many
OF the Weather farmers who would
be glad to take stock In the affair and
they would find it a paying invest
ment.'
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tickets read made an effort to get them
through replevin proceedings.
Attorney George N. Fickeissen frus.
trated the attempt to get the tickets By
obtaining an order from Judge Moses
n. Sale impounding the tickets, which
will be held as evidence. This inn
pounding order was the first one is
sued since the order impoundinR
$135. 600 during the Doodle investlga-
tic The investigation as to the meth
d used in getting these tickets by ths
brokers has been referred to the Crane
jury.
Clinton's Office was rafded Wednss=
day afternoon at the instance of Henry
A. Roach. assistant chairman OF the
Railway Ticket Protective bureau. The
raid was conducted by detectives from
Chief DesTnond's office. Clinton was
arrested later. but released or bond
signed by his brother.
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..GOoD STUFF
A Confirmed CoHce Drinker Takes to
Postum.

A Confirmed Coffee Drinker Takes to
Postum.
A housewife was recently surprised
when cook served Postum instead Of
coffee. She says:
For the last five or six years I AVE
been troubled with nervousness, indi-
gestion and heart trouble. I couldn't
get any benefit from the doctors medi-
cine. SO finally he ordered me to stop
drinking coffee, which I did.
It drank hot water while taking the
doctors medicine. with some improve
ment, then went back to coffee with
the same old trouble as before.
"A new servant girl told me about
Postum-said her folks used it and
liked it in place of coffee. We got a
package but I told her I did not be-
lieve my husband would like it, as he
was a great coffee drinker.
ITO my surprise he called for a third
cup, said it was good stuff' and want
ID to know VIA it was. We have used
Postum ever since and both feel better
than we have in years.
MY husband used to have bad spells
with his tOmac n would be sick
three or four days, during which time
he could not eat or drink anything. But
since he gave up coffee and took TO
Postum, he has had no more trouble,
and we now fully believe it was all
caused by coffee.
Il have not had any return of my
former troubles since drinking Postum,
and feel better and can do more work
than in the last ten years. We tell ev-
cry one about it-sOne say they tried
it and did not like It'll tell them it
makes all the difference as to how its
made It should be made according 10
directfons-then It IS delicious
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read the book. The Road
to MELVILLE" IN pkgs. There's a rea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
SINS OF THE SLOT MACHINE.
AtchisOn Globe Relates Why They
Should Be .Passed AIong.'


The growing against the slot ma
chimes is increasing. A few days g
The Globe mentioned a working man
who spent his wages for two weeks
excepting fifteen cents, on slot ma
chimes. His employer caught him at
it each week and began paying the
wages to his wife.
An Atchison maj was telling of a
collector of a fraternal insurance or
der, hon he saw put SO or SIG out
of his own pocket into a slot machine,
then borrow IS more from the pro-
prietor, lose it. and hen quit. In
speaking of the incident the owner of
the machine said the nan had often
done that-spent all he had and Dor
rowed more to continue, lost it, and
then came in later and paid back
what he had borrowed. Another man
was complaining of three boys, under
sixteen years of age, whom he saw
bucking a machine. Il suppose" re-
marked the man, that their mother
boards them free and furnishes the
money they are blowing on those ma
Chimes" SIot machines are, without
doubt, the worst robbers ever invent
ed. Why cannot the city authorities
get rid of them2 Surely the small
revenues derived from them is The
poorest possible excuse for allowing
them to exist.-Atchison Globe.
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a Home in Washington.

Mrs. Minnie L~appenbusch. R. f. D.
1, Buckley, Wash, writes:
Il was sick and I thought perhaps
Peruna would help me. and after using
Peruna and Manalin. am healthy. 1
have had two children since I was
sick, and wor in the house and QUIZ
side also.
L use Peruna for all kinds Of ills
and consider it an excellent medicine.
Il have seven children. I keep your
medicine in the house almost all the
time. 1 can do all. my homework
alone, which I was incapable OF doing
before.
Il wish every suffering woman could
know how Peruna helped me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
VIII GIVE AWAY STOCK.
Pullman Company Will Create IS Mill
Lions of Stock and Give 1t Away.

Chicago, Nov. 1O.-At a meeting Of
the directors of the Pullman company
q plan for the distribution of the sur
plus was adopted. This proposition
viii be submitted to the stockholders
at the annual meeting. next week. The
scheme involves the capitalization OF
the surplus. The capital of the COM
pany will be increased BY 35 per cent,
and this increase will be given to
stockholders outright. In other words,
$~35,000.0O0 of fresh shares Will be
distributed out Of hand to the share
holders. Moreover, the plan calls for
the continuance of the 8 per cent dfvi-
dend on the enhanced capital, which
Will be raised from ~$74,O0O,00O to
500, 100000.
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control of the Illinois Central, which,
with his other holdings would give him
control Of 90, 900 miles of railway track,
capitalized at more than 81, 700, 900, 000-
Fish, as a director and member OF the
investigating committee of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, had refused to
obey HarTiman's order to apply a coat
of whitewash to the directorate of the
He was forced off the COM
mittee, and since then Harriman's atti-
tude toward him has been of the not
yet" nature.
It was a long time before Hartman
found the way, but the social aspira-
tions of two women furnished him a
fulcrum by which to pry Fish from Of
Without Mr.. Vanderbilt and Colonel
Astor Mr.. Hartman could only muster
six votes out of the IS members of the
board of directors. With them both he
had a comfortable majority.
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An Aged Woman Pensioner.

lola. Kan, Nov. 1O.-Mrs. Jane
Strickland is probably the Oldest wo-
man pensioner in the county, if she is
not even the oldest woman in the coun-
try. She is 90 years of g and is
fairly active for a person Of her great
age. She is still in possession Of all her
mental faculties and her recollection
Of events half a century ago seems as
clear as do those Of but a few years.
She is the mother of T. F. Strickland
and has lived in Allen county for many
years. Her home is in Deer Creek
township, where she owns a fine farm.
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Among a great many other things
Shannon is noted for is cracker
jack corn huskers- George Felton,,
living on VIM. Warters' farm. made a
record on three consecutive days last
week. on Thursday he husked 116
bushels 20 pounds; on Friday. III
bushels and 10 pounds. and on Satur-
day 121 bushels and 40 pounds. max
ing a total of 355 bushels in three days
an average Of lis lib bushels per
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Robbed a Cash Register.

Atchison, Nov. 1O.-Chief Of Police
Sullivan is investigating a robbery of
the cash register at the Byram hotel
Last night. $40 disappeared, and a few
nights ago there was SIS missing
William Thurman. night clerk. went to
sleep, and while he was sleeping the
robberies were committed. A colored
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MAJ Hartman System.

Harriman Interests nod no lnOIs
than 25 per cent of Illinois Central
and probably-not as much as 40 per
cent Of the B. & o. system They own
the Sonora and the Cananea lines in
the Republic of Mexico. They are
half owners of the San Pedro, Los An
geles & Salt Lake, 1,03S miles, and are
minority stockholders in the Chicago
& Alton. go miles. They have hold
ings in many other lines.
Santa Fe If Finally Engulfed.
It is generally known among finan-
ciers that the New York Community
of Interest controls ali the big east
ern lines. the Hartman system and
the Santa Fe. or virtually all the big
groups. except the Gould, the Moore
Yoakum-Hawley, and the Hill systems.
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Died of TyDhoid Fcver.

lola. kan, Nov. 10.-Claudia Davis.
the 1~6-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
O'Clock at night Of typhoid fever. The
girl had been sick for some time and
the crisis came in her malady by such
slow degrees that the family was pre-
pared for the and. Mr.. Davis is en-
ployed at the LanyOn smelters number
tn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

NJ. s. Crawford, while grinding feed
yesterday, vas endeavoring to remove
some Instructions to the machine
when he got his right hand too close
to the grinding apparatus. and suffer
ed the loss of the second finger on his
right hand, the amputation being
made as cleanly as if done by a sur
geOn's knife.-Pittsburg Headlight.
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Beloit Woodmen visit Glasco.

Beloit, Nov. 1O.-Fourteen Of the
members of the Modern Woodmen
lodge Of Beloit went down to Glasco
the other evening and put on the work
for the Glasco Woodmen lodge, at
which time fourteen men were taken
in as members of that order. A ban
Quet was held after the lodge meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
HERE'S A GIRL HUSTLER.
Miss Fannie Meadow Cooked Five
Weeks for Twenty Apple Pickers.

MISS EaIILITC NECEAUUW NUOAEU EIVC
Weeks for Twenty Apple Pickcrs.
Miss Fannie Meadow, nineteen
years old. living southeast of Atchi-
son, probably holds the record. Dur
ing the past five weeks, her father,
Jas. W. Meadow, has had twenty APP
ple-pickers In his employ. These men
ate three meals d day. and Fannie Nc
AdoW cooked the meals without assist
anee. In addition, she did the family
washing and ironing. A few days be-
fore apple picking began, her older
sister went to Hot Springs. Ark. on &C
count of rheumatism. Mr.. Meadow
wanted to employ assistance for his
daughter during apple picking. but she
said she could handle the house, and
she did.-Atchison Globe.
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HIS DEATH MAS SUDDEN.
v. G. Harry of Conway Expired
While Laughing at a Joke.

Mcpherson. kan, Nov. 1O.-w. G..
Harry of Conway died suddenly at his
sons home at ABOUT II O'Clock. He
was eighty-three years, two months
and five days old. but was still hale
and hearty and had been taking a
great deal of interest in the election.
Just a few minutes before his
death Mr.. Harry was in the p~ostofice
and inquired about the election re-
turns. He then went over to his sons
home and seated himself in a rocking
chair on the porch. Several other per-
SONS were present and were joking.
One joke seemed particularly pleasing
to him and in laughter he threw his
head on the back of the chair. He did
not raise his head Severa moments
he remained in this way and the others
present rushed to his side to find that
he was dead.
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WOULD REPLEVIN 5000 TICKETS.
railroad Broker Attempts to Recover
Confscated Stock.

raid on the ticke office of Walter S.
Clinton, No. 1901 Market, in which
more han 5000 tickets were seized by
the police, attorneys for Clinton yes
terday attempted to replevin the stock.
At the same time representatives of
the railroads yer whose lines the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

man named Watson was night porter,
L he has been discharged. Last
nights robbery occurred between 1870
and. 4 a. m The cash register, which
had been locked so that it could not
be opened by the pressing of the keys,
vas taken apart with a screw driver.
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day. The corr was husked reasonably
clean and hauled three-quarters Of a
mile, was weighed, and shoveled into
J.. e Duncan's big crib at Shanonn by
young FELTON,. This corn was husked
between e:30 a. IN. and 5 D. m.-Atchi-
son Globe.
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Makes Large Land Purchase.

La Harpe, Kan, Nov. 10.=Wm.
Paske yesterday made one Of the larg-
est purchases of and ever made in this
locality. He purchased 1,O4 0 acres
OF farm land in Greenwood county at
S23 per acre. The land Is all in two
sections just across the road from one
another. Mr.. Paske is rather unde-
cided as to what he will do, but thinks
he will farm the land mex spring.
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How IS the arm you injured the
other evening. Mr.. Swift2's
"Oh, it IS able to be around"
Now, Mr. Swift. If you don't stop
squeezing me III call mamma
Houston Post.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-11
TERRITORIAL BOARD
OF EDUCATION
Adjourns After Granting Additional
Certificates and Transactlne
Other Business.

During the Saturday afternoon ses-
sion of the Territorial Board of Edu-
cation held in the office of Professor
Hiram Hadley, superintendent Of pub.
lie instruction, and presided over by
Governor Hagerman, teachers certii-
Gates for five years were granted the
following Mrs. Katherine Schafer
Van Moll, Zuni R. R. Grant, Las Vegas,
Pearl Barker, Tucumcari; Bryce Ste
venson, Tucumcari; John F. Doderer,
Deming; w, f. Osborne, Roswell.
The Misses Ludie Upchurch and
Maud Hager, graduates Of the Terri.
torial Normal School at Silver City,
were granted five years certificates on
condition that they make their appli.
cation in regular form upon the pre-.
scribed blanks and show that they are
graduates in the full professional
course in one or the other of the Ter.
ritorial Normal Schools. ...
The applications Of several teachers
were deferred until the September
meeting In order that the members of
the board may gain additional informa.
tion.
Before adjournment the board re.
solved itself into committee Of the
whole to consider between this and
the September meeting as to what
steps can be taken to improve, har.
monize and simplify the existing school
laws, which are far from being salts
factory. The next meeting will be
held September 2Sth.