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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

be located on the first floor or street
level floor of the present building, as
will also the mems dormitory-
Reaching the second floor from the
outside stairway directly on the cor
ner, one will enter the waiting room
that is connected with the visiting
nurses office and the suite used for the
care of sick women.
This department is in charge of
Mrs Charles Thomas, who has prac-
tically endowed 1t. Christ's hospital
furnishes a nurse, and Mrs Thomas
donates 5000 annually for medicines
and supplies.
The annual expenses of the insti-
tuition aggregate about $4,000 which is
met by annual donations by
those interested in charitable work.
The institution can always use more
money than it has available, and can
spread out it's work over a larger area
with a consequent increase in the
scope and influence of it's work as rap
idly as it's funds are increased Con-
tributions are needed. All those who
contribute to the work of the Prov
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
CONTRACT is LET
New Building for the PrOvident
Association.
Total Cost Will Be Eight
Thousand Dollars.
A GIFT OF MIR. GAGE.
Well Known Citizen Pays All
the Expense.
Great Work Being Done by
This Charity.

Holland and Squires, representing
Norris L. Gage. have let the contract
for the three story addition to the Prov
ident building, corner Fourth avenue
and Jackson street, to Neverden & Son,
of Topeka, who built the home of the
Humane society on Kansas avenue.
The contract price for the addition to
the Provident building, which is 30x5c
feet in size and three stories high, was
$4,S72. A contract will soon be let for
new steam heating plant and also a
heating plant for hot water for the
baths. This heating system will cost
So, 900, making Mr.. Cages new dona-
lions to the permanent home of provi-
dent work in Topeka aggregate approx
imately $4,000
In February, 1905, Mr.. Gage made a
detailed investigation of the objects,
plan and Management of the Provident
| association, whereupon he purchased
| the excellent property and conveyed II
as fraee gift to the ssocition, and the
work is being carried out through reg
ular annual subscription. 1t has grown
to occupy an important place In the
| care of Topeka's poor.
Herewith are presented likeness OF
| the front elevation of the addition that
will be built to the present building, to-
Relnor with diagrams OIL the lOOT pldHS
of the different floors of both the old
and the proposed new building.
| Work on the new building began to-
| day.
The basement of the new building will
contain the bath room. bath tub and
| shower for the men. and also the laun-
| dry that will devoted to the use OF
i poor washer women who have no suit
! able accommodations at home to han
die the work The laundry will be fitted
with eight soapstone tubs with hot and
| cold water connections and sewer con-
| nections.
The laundry will also be provided
with a hand mangle and wringers, ane
the drying room will be heated with
steam to dry clothes quickly
The first floor of the new building
will be used for. the gymnas SUM fol
the boys club and the third floor Of
| the new building will contain the boys
reading room which is to be furnished
in mission style, the boys game room
the sewing room and the social room.
The present building will be partly
| remodeled when the new building Il
| completed to conform to the fool
plans presented herewith. The do
nestle science and arts department
the lecture room, and the nursery viii
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

cases of similar nature from Wiscon-
sin and three from Kansas. The court
takes the position that it had no Jur1s-
diction in the Wisconsin cases and the
Kansas cases it is claimed were settled
when the adjudication was had and
the fine paid, that the statute OF lim1-
tations prevails. A large number OF
cases are hanging fire on the result OF
the verdict to be handed down from
the court The verdict is confidently
expected to hold against the plaintiffs
on every point and as a result the new
cases will probably be dropped. The
fines were made and assessed origin
ally before the status of an allotted
Indian was settled by the United
States supreme court which has since
decided that he is not ward but a
citizen. The fines in the majority of
the cases were imposed from six to
seven years ago.
A. E. Crane of Holton, who appears
for the plaintiffs. will file brief and
the hearing has been continued in the
meantime. The amount involved is
something like $40. 900 in fines togeth-
err with interest on the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

struction company. The election or
the new president of the depot COM
PAW was made at a meeting of the
directors of the company in Chicago
yesterday. Mr.. Harmon stated last
night that his election came as a COM
plete surprise to him, and that he was
not prepared either to accept or reject
the place.
since Mr.. Egan's resignation, sew
eraI men have been mentioned as
probable successors. among them and
besides Mr. Harmon being A. s.
Dodge, assistant to the third vice
president of the Rock Island Railroad
company; d. r. Rider, superintendent
of the Kansas City Belt line; H. Q.
Burt, former president OF the Union
Pacific railroad. and E. L. Martin,
chairman of the executive board of the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient. All of
these men were considered by the
railroad presidents at the meeting in
Chicago yesterday. The directors have
asked Mr.. Harmon for a definite an
swer to their offer by tomorrow, and
he stated last night that he would give
it them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

j. w. Robinson.
Auditing committee: T. F. Carver
w. M Forbes.
Industrial educational committee
Mrs. r. N McEntire, Miss Kate Gun
Their, Mrs. E. w. Hughes, Mrs. G. A
Huron.
Home and domestic service commit
tee: Mrs L. E. Thorpe, Miss Sloo, Mrs
F. H. Bennett.
House committee: Mrs. Chas. F
Spencer, Mrs. A. A. GODDARD, Mrs. Geo
A. Huron.
Day Nursery: Miss Shirley King
director.
Visiting nurses: Mrs. Chas. B
Thomas, director.
Sewing class: Miss Mabel King, di-
rector.
Cooking school: Miss Cornelia
Weekes. instructor.
Girls physical culture classes: Miss
Packard, director.
Boys club: Thomas Roe. secretary
Medical aid: c. B. Van Horn, M. D..
in charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
NO RELIEF IN SHORTAGE.
Lack of Cars Still Continues Dispute
Mild Season.


Chicago. Ill, March 6.-Oficials of
western roads assert that there has
been no falling off SO far this year in
the traffic movement over their lines
They still have a larger tonnage to
haul than they have cars to accommo-
date The car shortage is as severe
as it has been at any time during TINS
fiscal year, and there is no permanent
Improvement in this respect in sight.
tfnues to pour in from all directions
at a more rapid rate than the roads
can handle.
Operating conditions have been as
favorable as possibly could be wished
for at this season of the year. They
have been such as to permit of the
movement of trains to the best ad-
vantage, and yet the roads have not
been able to keep abreast of their traf-
fic Freight yards at all large centers
and division points are full OF loaded
cars and the tonnage given the roads
to handle seems to be increasing rath-
er than diminishing. The roads in
this section of territory have had little
Inconvenience to contend against in
the way of cold weather. 1t never
has been severe enough to make 1t
difficult to keep up steam In the To-
comotives or to cause delays through
their becoming frozen while in opera
ton.
Old officials say that traffic has
been heavier for this season of the
year than ever before in their exper-
fence. Indications point to a consid-
cradle increase from now on, as the
regular spring business is setting in.
and it will be heavier this year than
formerly. Business in the southwest
is particularly active. at present, and
the demand for merchandise for that
section is iuordinately heavy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
BLOCK SYSTEM IN GENERAL USE
Recent Report Shows safety Appli-
apcc Installed on Fifty Lines.

The report on safety appliances,
prepared by the interstate commerce
commission in compliance with the
Mann resolution, has been sent to con-
gress and will be in print in a few
days. 1t concludes with recommen-
dation that congress make suitable APP
preparation and authorize the commits
sion to conduct a series of tests under
government auspices.
The report gives the total present
mileage in the United States protected
by block signals as 1912, of which
6S27 miles have automatic and 179
miles have staff systems. The cost of
special cabins and signalmen indie
rendent of the existing telegraph
service is given as from $1700 to $4,000
per mile Automatic signals have
cost from $500 to $4,000 per mile of
double track, and their maintenance
costs from SIS to 1925 per signal per
year.
The salient facts which appear from
statements the commission has receiv-
ed from railway managers are: Cd
Fifty of the principal railroads of the
country have introduced and are using
the block system on their important
lines though with considerable differ
DDS of operation. CD The telegrap phi
block system is operated at moderate
expense with a great improvement
in safety as compared with former
methods of train control. CD Auto
matte block signals arc almost uni
versally looked upon in this country S
the highest ton of the art,
and have been and are being develop
ed with great energy and skill and lib
eral expenditures of money. (D Au-
tomato signals are superseding the
telegraph block system to some extent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
ROAD INCREASES CAPITAL.
p. & l.. e. Will Spend Twenty Million
in New Track Facilities.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 6.-Stock-
holders of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Railroad company late yesterday af-
terncon voted to increase the capital
from $10.OOO,00O to $50, 900, the
new stock to be issued in such manner
and in such sums as the directors may
elect from time to time. The money
thus secured will be used for better
ment of trackage and freight handling
facilities, as may be needed. 1t is
thought that $1O,0OO,O0O of the in
crease in capital will be used to four
track the system to Youngstown, Ohio,
and that 100000 will be used in the
purchase of steel freight cars. orders
for which have been partially placed. :.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
MRS. FRED cERTlA

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
MRS HENRY LEE

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
PUSHING LINE TO PACIFIC.
Grand Trunk System Is Pushing
Work on Big Extension.

Work on Big Extension.
Chicago. March 6.-J. H. Proctor,
who has been connected with the en-
gineer corps delegated to select the
route of the Grand Trunk Pacific rail-
way, passed through Chicago yeSter-
day, and gave some interesting details
of the progress of the work, and told
of the mineral resources of the section
through which the road passes
THE line from Fort William TO
Lake Superior Junction. which is be-
ing built by the Grand Trunk Pacific
railway, and which connects with the
government section at the latter point,
Is graded and track laying will begin
in the spring, and the line. over 200
miles long, will be completed by fall. y
said Mr.. Proctor. THAT portion or
the government section between Win
nipeg and Lake Superior Junction is
we'll under way the work being done
from the Winnipeg end
"On the line west of Winnipeg the
work is going on in both directions
from Saskatoon, also westbound from
Portage la Prairie, and with the open
ing of spring the line from Portage Ia
Prairie to Winnipeg will be begun ana
completed, as Will also the greater
portion of the line from Portage la
prairie to Edmonton through Saska-
toon This will enable the new rail-
road to haul grain from out of the
provinces of Alberta and Saskatche e.
wan to the head of Lake superior at
which point large elevators are DeiAS
constructed
Speaking of the mineral resources of
the territory tapped by the Grand
Trunk Pacific. Mr.. Proctor said new
field similar to the Cobalt has been
discovered about sixty miles north OF
Cobalt, and a rush is expected to thai
section with the opening OF the spring.
North of the proposed line OF the
Grand Trunk Pacific railway, in New
Ontario, there is coal, the mines OF
which have been worked for 100 years
H. +l,a Hudson Ray cOmDanY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
MILLER LEAVES SANTA FE.
Travelling Freight Agent ct c4lanute
Resigns His Position.

Chanute, Kan. March &c. H.
Miller, travelling freight agent of the
Santa Fe. has resigned to take po-
sition as assistant traffic manager of
the Western States Portland Cement
company at independence. He will
leave Monday.
Mr. Miller has been with the Santa
Fe for eleven years, for the past four
years in his present capacity. He was
for years employed in the office of
Division Freight Agent Treleaven-
The new position is considered much
better one from a financial point of
view, and Mr.. Miller will also have
the advantage of being able to stay
al home instead of travel around He
regrets to leave Chanute, and many
Chanute people share the regret He
is we'll and favorably kno-~n here, and
his family will be missed from society
circles
1t is probable that P. T. Kirahan,
chief clerk to Mr.. Treleaven, will take
the position vacated by Mr.. Miller, but
the appointment is not yet announced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

and seem destined to do so increasing
ly in the future. (5) Thirty roads of
considerable length and importance
have not yet adopted block signals Of
any kind. Co The block system has
proved decidedly profitable even on
lines where the signal equipment is
not complete. this being accomplished
by careful adherence to modifying
rules making provision against the de-
ficiencies of the block system and by
the continuance of the train dispatch
ing regula tons which were used be-
fore the block system was adopted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
CRANE GETS MORE TIME.
Liable to Lose His Case to Recover
the Fines Paid.

The United States district court will
probably hold against the effort on the
part of Edward Baldwin. who was
convicted of selling liquor to Indians
on the Chippewa reservation In Wis
consin. and who asks for a return OF
his fines, claiming that he sold to an
allotted Indian and therefore a citizen.
Along with Baldwin are several other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
FOR NEW STEEL CARS.
Milwaukee Has Let Contract Amount
ing to Three Millions.

Milwaukee, March 6.-Work shortly
will be begun at the West Milwaukee
shops of the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway, on 5000 steel under
frame box cars. to be built at a cost
of $3,000,000, according to a state
ment made by A E. Manchester. su-
perintendent of motive power. The
construction of steel underframe
freight cars is a new departure for
the railrOd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

Iron Mountain, the Frisco and the
Rock Island.
There are between 1000 and 5000
members of the two orders in the
Memphis district, and members OF the
locals are decidedly opposed to strike
on general principles, and especially
in this particular instance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
No StriI.e on Sentiment Roads-

Memphis, Tenn. March 6.-The
Order of Railway Conductors and the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen be-
gan voting today on the question of
whether there should be a strike on
the Illinois Central. the Yazoo & Mis-
sissippi Valley, the Cotton Belt, the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
HARMON FOR PRESIDENT.
Prominent Railway Of1ciaI Placed at
Head of Kansas City Terminal 60.

.
Kansas city, No, March 6.--H. L.
Harmon. president of the Kansas City
Vfaduct and Terminal Railway COM
pany. has been elected president of the
kansas City Terminal Railway com
pany, the corporation which Is to build
and operate the new union depot. Mr..
Harmon was elected to succeed John
M. Eagan, who recently resigned to
become vice president and general
manager of the South American con-
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-02-09
UNIONS TO FORM
A COMBINATION

New York, Feb. "A meeting OF
the executive officers of the Structur-
al Building Trades Alliance of Ameri-
ca was held I'm the Prince George no
tel here today, at which J. Tazelaar.
the first vice president. explained
that II was the intention OF the al
lance to form combination of all
unions connected with the building
trade. The statement issued by the
members Of other unions was to the
effect that since they have agree
ments with the employers running
from one to three years, under which
they are guaranteed high wages while
the agreements last they do not
want. by joining the alliance. to put
the unions In a position where they
may be called on to strike. Mr..
Tazelaar said the alliance did not
proposed TO interfere In local trade
matters; that II wanted TO do away
with rival unions In the same trades
and to encourage trade agreements.
II is stated that II the plans Of the
alliance are carried out II will have
membership of 1.250.00O, the num-
Der now being 100000.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-02-09
TO PLACE CANANDIAN
PRISONERS ON FARMS.

Toronto, Feb. "A bill has been
prepared. and viii be introduced to
the legislature this session, providing
for the sale of the present Central
prison property and the establishment
ot farm, on a large scale, for pris
pners who will be trained I'm the most
advanced agriculture. This farm will
be established about five miles out
side Toronto, but the prisoners in
north Ontario will be employed in
road making and other useful work.
1t is the intention of the govern
ment. as limited in the speech from
the throne, to abolish all kinds of
prison labor now carried on at the
Central prison, but when the time
lies heavy on the prisoners hands in
winter light employment will be
found for them.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-02-09
PROMINENT ATHLETES
AT ANNUAL GATHERING

New York, Feb. 9.-There is a not
able gathering of prominent athletes
ready to do battle at the annual
sports of the Pastime Athletic club
which will be held in Madison Square
Garden this afternoon. Melvin Shep-
herd. the Irish-American A. c. star
will not meet Harry Hillman of the
New York A. c., and Eli b. Parsons
of Yale. Parsons has already to his
credit one victory over the winged
fast flyer and holds the indoor rec
ord of l minute and IA esconds for
the 500 yards. The other events will
be so, 220, 440 and $50 yard runs,
also the one mile and three mine
championships. There will also be a
running high jump, standing high
jump, 16 pound shot and 60 yards
hurdle race. In the special intercol
legiate relay race teams from Yale,
Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Cor
nell and Pennsylvania will compete.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-02-09
MANITOBA GOVERNMENT
TO BACK HUDSON ROAD,

Winnipeg. Feb. 9.-It is daily ex-
pected that the Manitoba government
will make formal announcement of
its plans to construct a direct rail-
road line from Winnipeg to Hudson
Bay, as a link in a short route to
Europe, which will mean a saving of
millions of dollars annually to the
farmers of Manitoba, the water route
being a considerably cheaper method
of shipping to Europe than the long
train haul across the continent. 1t
is understood that the government
is instigating the formation OF a
company to build the road and Will
guarantee the bonds issued for its
construction. From Winnipeg the
line will take an easterly course and
then run due north to the bay, tap
ping a country rich In minerals, tim
ber and agricultural resources. The
plan is backed by the conservative
party.