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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-12
RAILROAD NEWS.
To Resist Enforcement of
Missouri 2 Cent Fare Law.
Roads Intend to Go to the
United States Courts.
INJUNCTION WANTED.
An Application Will Be Made
for 1t on Friday.
Other Items of Interest to
Railway People.

Jefferson City. Mo. June I'm
junction proceedings will be filed in
the United States court at Kansas
City this week to restrain the rail-
road and warehouse commissioners of
Missouri from attempting to enforce
either the 2-cent passenger fare law
or the maximum freight rate law en-
acted at the last session of the legis-
lature. both of which become effective
June Is. It is understood that all the
trunk line railroads in the state, nine
teen in number will join.
This information comes direct from
one of the railroad attorneys who is
engaged, with Others in preparing the
applications for injunctions. He said
today that it was probable the in
functions would be filed before Judge
John F. Philips on Friday of the pres
ent week, the day before the law goes
into effect.
The injunction will be based in both
instances upon a provision in the four
teenth amendment to the federal con-
stitution, which prohibits the taking
of property without due process of
law, and it will be contended that
both acts are confiscatory.
Similar proceedings were filed by
the railroads about two years ago
against the railroad and warehouse
commissioners to prevent them from
enforcing maximum freight rate law
enacted during the winter of 1905, and
that litigation is still pending. So far
s that law is concerned, however. it
would make little difference what be-
came of it. for the new maximum
freight rate law is a different act in
some important particulars, or at
least that is the Interpretation Attor-
ney Hadley places upon it.
In a general way, both laws reduce
existing freight rates about 25 per
cent The difference is chiefly in the
grain rates and the rates on live stock
shipments, both being a little higher
under the new than under the old law.
The state officials were led to be-
Heve the railroads will acquiesce in
the 2-cent passenger fare act 1t was
stated some days ago that the Frisco
was the only big line that exhibited a
disposition to oppose its enforcement
and it was thought that this opposi-
ton would give way by the time the
law became operative. 1t was antici-
pated however. that there would be
opposition to the maximum freight
rate law
Persons who have been waiting until
June Is. when passenger rates over
the main lnnes would be reduced from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-12

track was thought to be out of dam
ger yesterday Wicker forms made
of willows bound with wire and filled
with stone were thrown in along the
river bank to prevent the erosion of
the entertainments.
The Beverly-Waldron cutoff is
eleven miles long and was completed
several weeks ago. 1t saves two and
a half miles between Kansas City and
St. Joseph, and shortens the distance
between Leavenworth and Kansas City
by one mile. 1t was at one time the
plan to abandon the old main line
track when the cutoff came into per
manent use, but it is now thought that
this portion of the old track will be
made a part of the new double track
now being built by the Burlington.
This would save the construction of
eleven miles of new track. 1t is also
possible that the one mile siding a
Iatan will be embodied in the double
track
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-12
KANSAS WHEAT KING.
Col. Rice Owns lis Quarter. Sections
in Graham County Alone.

Hill City, Kan, June 12.-Col. Rice,
the wheat king of Kansas, came to the
state during the, late ffties. sickly
young man, from~the state of New
York; OF family with eonsumptive
tendency and withg so the doctors told
him, one lung entirely gone, he set
his face toward the west and came in
search of health and life Upon his
arrival in Atchison county, he had
just enough money=left to pay par
tiaI payment on the purchase of a pair
of bulls and with borrowed pillow
he began breaking up the prairie sod,
working all day in the open air and
sleeping at night under a rudely inn
provised shelter, eating the foods that
he deemed best for his health with an
appetite born of the outdoor exercise;
he gained strength and courage and
is today as straight and supple as men
of half his years.
About sixteen years ago Mr.. Rice
became Interested in the matter of
wheat growing in the western part of
the state and coming to Graham coun-
ty he bought a few quarters of Rocks
and Graham county land and began
the experiment. Today he owns one
hundred and eighteen quarter sections
I'm Graham county alone. These are all
more or less under cultivation and
growing either wheat or alfalfa. Much
of this land is farmed by hired labor,
the operations being directed from
his office by means of telephone COM
munication. The remainder is farmed
by tenants whose relation with their
landlord is much more that of bust
ness partners that of landlord and ten
ant.
Referring to the matter of tele-
phones it may be of interest to know
that Mr.. Rice has telephone commu-
nicatiOn with every one of his farms
At his desk he sits and gives directions
or receives reports. and is in constant
touch with all of the small army CO.
operating with him. About year ago,
becoming dissatisfied with the existing
condition of the lines then in use, Mr..
Rice. coolly and without fuss. began
building line of his own Farmers
along the lines asked to be allowed to
join in the work and today the Rice
Telephone Co, pay tax on over four
hundred miles of wire and their lines
reach every part of the county and all
adjacent towns. Hill City is flourish
ing. there being not an empty dwell
ing in the town. new, buildings are go
ing up and there is not an idle man to
ne found
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BIG GRADING OUTFIT THERE.
Sharps Ready for Rock Island Work
at FL Reno

Guthrie, Ok, June 12.-W. P. Can
non, superintendent for Sharp Bros,
who have the contract for grading the
Rock Islands new terminals at Ell
Reno, has arrived there with the big
grading outfit, brought from Amarillo.
Tex, where it has been working on the
Santa FEES Belen cutoff. The outfit
consists of ninety cars or four train
loads of material, including four en-
gines, two steel shovels. scra pers and
teams galore and about 500 men.
With this outfit work will be com
menced the first of the week on the
biggest railroad terminal proposition
ever undertaken in Oklahoma. The
contract for the grading work is said
to amount to something like SEQ, O6e.
Mr. Cannon was for eighteen years
superintendent of bridges and build
ing for the Rock Island, and is one of
the best-known railroad construction
men in the west
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TAFT AND BRYAN.
Two of the Prominent Speakers at the
Ottawa Chautauqua.

Ottawa, Kan. June 12.-The twenty
Chautauqua assembly will open in Forest
park June II and will end June Is William
H. Taft. secretary of war, will address the
assembly the AFTERNOON OF June % and the
preceding day William Jennings Bryan
will speak. This witt give Chautauqua
visitors the chance TO hear and see the
men who will. according to present in
dieations. be the opposing candidates for
the presidency to succeed Theodore
Roosevelt. Mr.. Bryan's subject will be
The Average Man" Secretary Tafts
subject has not been announced Both
speeches are to be non-political.
June o. Sunday. the Rev. DR.. Henry A.
Butchel governor of Colorado and chan
cellor of the University of Denver, will
speak on 1.-THE Religion of the Future
At O'Clock the night of June % there
will be a sacred concert under the direc-
ton of Prof. Samuel A Thorstenberg OF
Bethany college, Lndsborg, Kan. Prof.
Thorstenberg is the man who developed
the Messiah choruses in Lindsborg.
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on A MURDER CHARGE.
Wellington Man Arrested Accused of
Killing His SOn-in- Law.

Wellington, Kan, June Plate Tues
day John w. Gray, a painter, was ar
rested by Sheriff Holiday, on charge
of numbering his son-in-law, John w.
HANDLER. The body of Handler was
found on the Rock Island tracks one
morning last March A post-flortem
examination showed that death had
been caused by a blow on the head.
Governor Hoch offered a reward of 5000.
Handler and Gray's daughter were
married two years ago after courtship
entirely by correspondence. 1t is said
that Gray advertised in an eastern pa
per for a husband for his daughter.
Some of the family were much opposed
to the marriage. Handler came from
Germany. He was an engraver, but did
not make much money.
Gray had disposed of his property, it
is said, and sent his family away, and
was preparing to leave town when ar
rested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-12
A MERCHANT
PHILANTHROPIST

The largest merchandise store in all
the willamette Valley is that of James
Craig, in Silverton, oregon. And Mr..
Craig is not only big merchant, he is
a philanthropist as well. He takes
genuine interest in the welfare of his
neighbors, as this letter will show:
Office of James Craig, General Mer-
chandise-
JNO. j. FULTON CO--Gentlemen: 1
would like you to send me bunch of
YOUR pamphlets l can send you lots
of customers to our local druggist, as
I am strong believer in your cure for
-Rright's Disease, due to the following:
The local physicians gave young lady
IN as fncura BILE. Her father brought a
pamphlet of yours to me for my adj
vice. 1 found; 1 knew two Of these
whose names were given, viz: Ex-U. S.
Sub-Treasurer Spaulding and DR.. Zelle-
/ wrote Spaulding. His reply was so
satisfactory that the young lady's faith
er ordered six bottles Before she had
finished two she was out driving, and
today is teaching school in Arizona,
hearty and we'll. / have done lots of
talking for you this past four years,
and a good many of my customers who
have been afflicted are well. The rea-
son that 1 am writing this is that an
other one wants to start taking the
Compound and wants to read up on
your literature Yours truly;
Did you ever hear of anything else
in all the world that was so effective
that business men would go among
their neighbors and urge them to take
1T:
Bright's Disease and Diabetes are now
curable in about 81 per cent of all
cases by F'ulton's Compounds. Send
for free booklet to Jno. J. Fulton Co..
$40 San Pablo ave-. Oakland, CAL, or
to Sim Drug Co., 1872 Kansas ave-, To-
Kansas
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THE DOCTOR LAUGHED
But the woman Was Frightened.

physician of Columbus. Ca. rather
poked fun at a lady patient who in
sisted she had heart disease.
The trouble really was caused by cof-
fee drinking. and the nerves were so
affected that it gave her every indica-
ton of heart disease. This is true of
thousands of people who are badly
hurt by the caffeine of coffee. and. if
is understood that e continued long
enough, real organic heart 0ssasse will
set in.
The lady referred to above SAW. 81
had been running down in health for
a number of years and suspected that
eoffee was hurting me but could not
get up cour age to quit it. NV heart
troubled me so that 1 was very short
of breath, and could do little or MOTH
ing that required exertion 1 had fear
ful nervous headaches nearly every day
and was exceedingly nervous, with in
digestion and badly constipated
THE doctor laughed at my idea of
heart trouble, but knew that / was in
a serious condition generally. Finally
] was induced to quit coffee and take
up Postum Food Coffee. The change
has been wonderful. I feel like anoth-
er person.
MY heart does not trouble me at
all, and the stomach and nerves are
decidedly improved. My head does not
give me the old trouble 1T did. while
the bowels are regular without any
purgatives or medicine of any kind.
II can hardly express my gratifica-
ton for the relief from suffering
cannot thank Postum enough Read,
The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs-
Physicians call it "A Health Classic"
There's a Reason"
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POISONED BY ICE CREAM.
OF Fifty Guests ut Chanute Party,
IAHentY-six Were Seriously Ill


Chanute, Kan. June 12.-Of fifty
persons who attended a surprise party
given Mrs William Truitt more than
half were taken sick. some of them
becoming dangerously ILL., 1t is pre-
sumed that they were poisoned by the
ice cream which was served. This. at
least, is the theory adopted by the
physicians.
The only other other refreshments
served were cake and oranges. The
cake was all right, as the physicians
examined it and ate of it to make
sure.
Those who were helped last were
the ones who were made sick. 1t is
presumed that the poison had impreg-
mated the cream near the sides of the
can. Those who were served first got
from the center. and those who came
last got the cream which had been
against the sides.
Whether it was a ptomaine poison
or mineral poison which caused the
trouble, the physicians were unable to
determine. In order to make certain,
sample was taken and sent to the
state chemist at Lawrence for analysis.
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HIS ARM TORN OFF.
Painful Accident to n Neodesha. Man
at the Cement Plant.

Neodesha, Kan, June 12.-William
Lowery, day foreman at the cement
plant, had his left arm torn off in the
machinery.
The accident was very similar to
one a few weeks ago when a young
man named Truesdell had an arm
taken off.
Lowery- was working to put on a
belt and was passing a rope through
to another man when the rope caught
and wound his arm around the shaft,
breaking the bones and mangling the
arm until the arm parted from the
body near the shoulder. The arm was
entirely separated from the body and
left in the machinery.
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Using THE NEW CUTOFF.
burlington Running Passenger Trains
Over Short Line.

Jeavenvorth. Kan. June 1.-THE
harrington began running passenger
trains over the EXPERIMENTATION cut
off, Sunday. This was made necessary
because the river is cutting the banks
dangerously close to the old main line
tracks between East Leavenworth and
Waldron.
The cutoff has been used for freight
trains several weeks. but 1t was not
intended to run passenger trains over
this route until the new depot was
built.
A temporary platform has been
built where connection is made at the
new East Leavenworth to accommo-
date passengers transferring to the
main line.
A. L. Willsie, superintendent, came
down from ST. Joseph Sunday after
noon and supervised the work of saw
ing the track along the river. He re-
manned on the work all night. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-12
SHELTER STACK STRUCK.
Lightning Plays Havoc With Chimney
Containing a Million Brick.

Chanute, KAN. June 12-Lightning
struck the tall brick stack at the smell
ter, in the north part of the city, and
damaged 1T considerably. No one was
hurt, although. all of the men who
were at work about the grounds were
shaken by the shock. and one of them
was knocked unconscious.
The one who was rendered insensi-
Die was Mr.. Smith. He was in the
ore house, at least 100 yards from the
stack.
The brick which were stripped loose
were strewn all over the side of the
hill, some of the pieces being fifty or
sixty yards from the stack. Most of
them are snapped in half, but occa-
sionally piece is found which has
been Clipped off into fantastic and ir-
regular shape. The stack is said to
contain million brick. 1t is 1O2 feet
high.
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LoREE OPPOSES PLAN.
Does Not Think Much of Uniform Ac-
counting Plan.

Orders Issued by the Interstate COM
merce commission for the adoption of a
uniform system of accounting by all the
railroads of the United States, beginning
on Julv 1 next do not appear to have
met with a unanimous response L. F.
Ioree. the recently elected president of
the Delaware and Hudson, appears to be
working up opposition. He is credited
with trying to get the presidents or
other roads to join in a petition to the
commission asking for a years delay.
He does not appear to be meeting
with q particularly hearty response
other presidents are disposed to fall in
with the plans of the commission Win
~ 1east nossible show of resistance.
and are of opinion that since change
in the methods of accounting is inevita-
bic nothing possibly is to be gained by
postponing its Inauguration.
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DEPLOREs IT'S RATE POWER.
Fish Thinks Commerce Commission
Should Not Have 1t.

New York, June 12.-No more rail-
roads will be built in the undeveloped
parts of the United States except at
the risk of and with the capital of ex-
listing lines if the government plan
to fix rates based upon railroads val
uation is carried out, is the opinion of
Stuyvesant Fish, former president of
the Illinois Central railroad now a
director of the Gould lines.
Mr.. Fish expressed his opinion in
gra duating class in applied science at
Columbia university yesterday. He
characterized the action of congress
in giving the interstate commerce
commission the power of fixing rates
as a distinct reversion to medieval
If it does not in some places absolutely
prevent, the development of the west
and south. through the esta blishment
of new jobbing centers.
mo man would venture his capital
in the construction of a RAILROAD in
new country for anything like the 5 or
6 per cent per annum which might be
allowed by the government as a fair
return thereon" said Mr.. Fish. "As
one experienced in the business and
interested pecuniarily in railroad
shares. 1 can and do look upon what is
going on under the law of 1906 with
equanimity. much as 1 deprecate the
unwisdom of that law as citizen hav-
ing regard to the welfare of the whole
of our common country.
''In saying this let me not be under
stood as opposed to regulation of the
railroads by the federal or state auth
critics. or by both. as. in common with
nearly all railroad men. 1 appreciate
the Justice. the necessity and the wis
dom of such control. What 1 do OBJ
ject to is the attempt to fix in advance
by statute the price of railroad rates
or of any other service or commodity"
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FREIGHT BUREAUS TO MERGE.
Western Lines Have Plans for Econ.
Omy's Sake

Chicago, I'LL, June 12-In the interest
of economy the western roads are dis
cussing a plan to consolidate several of
the freight traffic associations Several
meetings have been held, but no agree
ment has been reached. A detailed
plan has not been submitted, but in a
general way it is hoped to consolidate
the southwestern tariff bureau. the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory commit
tee, the Arkansas committee and the
Louisiana committee into one associa-
uon- 1t is also desired to consolidate
the western trunk line committee with
the Transmissouri association.
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Death of Cherokee County Pioneer.

Weir. Kan, June Ed Baker, one of
the early pioneers of Cherokee county,
died at his home here Tuesday evening.
after lingering Illness He began in
the early days of Weir as a laborer at
the smelters and at the time of his death
besides having much property in Weir
he owned several hundred acres of val
liable mineral land near Mena, Ark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-12

3 to 2 cents per mile. to make trips
may as well pay the old rate, for it
will doubtless be sometime before the
controversy to be filed in the federal
court is disposed of. There is a PEN
atty attached to this law, so that in
the event 1t should be held valid, the
travelling public would have redress
for being forced to paying the old
rates.
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GLASS PInnts CLOSING.

Independence, Kan. June 1.-THE fire
at the western Window Glass plant has
been drawn and the plant closed for the
summer. This year has been a very
successful one. The Usage will quit for
the summer Saturday. It, too, has had
a very successful fire. The Midland
closed down some time ago. because the
glass workers union could not furnish
a sufficient supply OF skilled workmen
to man the plant profitably
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Ceeil-Poor AlSy Darlington is on the
verge of complete nervous prostration and
mental breakdown over a criminally stu
pid rumor.
Perey-My world It's the first I'd heard
of it What agitated the dear boy so?
Cecil-Some anonymous writer has de-
cIared that 81 the very near future Wallets
will no longer be fashionable--Puck.
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New Western Postmasters.

washington, June 12-These postmas-
tiers have been appointed: Indian Terri
tory-Ara, District 20, William H. Neal
vice w. E. Lawrence, resigned: Owl,
District Is, Samuel G. Payte, vice K. A.
Scissor. resigned. Kansas-Oak Ranch,
Rawlins county, Alma Neill, vice B. M.
O'Neill. resigned. Observation-Disclosures
ter, St. Louis county, August Schroe-
der, vice K. H. Dietrich, resigned.
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Epworth League in session.

Garnett, Kan. June 1.-THE Ottaws
district Epworth League convention is
in annual session here. 1t is the largest
convention in the history of the district
about $50 delegates being present. Judge
Schoonover spoke Tuesday on law en-
forcement.
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A HiIIsboro Wedding.

Hillsboro. June 12-Mr. A. H. Dyck
was married here June 10 to Miss Effie
Schroeder. Both are prominent people
of the town.
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veioped and she was taken to ST. Mar
garet,s hospital, where the arm was
amputated. She died yesterday and the
for burial.
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Death From Blood Poisoning.

Kansas City. June 12.-Mrs- Mary
Leonard of Wamego, Kan. fell from
wagon several days ago and her left
arm was broken Blood poisoning de-
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Died of Heart Disease.

Hutchinson, Kan, June 12.-Ben @.
While, foreman of the News job rooms,
died here suddenly of heart disease. He
was employed as a compositor on the
News in 1872. He was 81 years of age.
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Never look a bargain auto
mobile in the motor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-12

Kinks JAP ROSE toilet and bath SOAP
1t is TRANSPARENT0so clear you can read
through it. All druggists and grocers sell ii.