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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02

One of the greatest triumphs of
Lydia E. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound Is the conquering OF womans
dread enemy Tumor,
The growth of a tumor is so in
sidious that frequently its presence
is wholly unsupported until it is well
advanced.
So called wandering pairs" may
come from it's early stages or the
presence of danger may be made
manifest by excessive monthly periods
accompanied by unusual pain, from
the abdomen through the groin and
thigh.
II you have mysterious pains, If
there are indications of Inflammation
or displacements, secure bottle OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, right away and begin its use.
The following letters should con-
vince every suffering woman OF its
virtue, and that it actually does
conquer tunlors.
Mrs. May Fry, of $40 W. Colfax
Ave, South Bend, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
al take great pleasure in writ
ing to thank you for what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me- also LOOK Inc DlOOu
Purifier in alternate doses with the
Compound. Your medicine removed
cyst tumor of four years growth,
which three of the best physicians
declared I had. They had said that
only an operation could help me. am
very thankful that followed a friends
advice and took your medicine. 1t has
made me strong and well woman and
1 shall recommend it as long as 1 live"
Mrs. E. F. Hayes, of 20 Ruggles St.,
Boston, Mass, writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"Ihave been under different doctors
treatment for long time without
relief. They told me had a fbroid
tumor, my abdomen was swollen and
I suffered with great pain. l wrote
10 you for advice, you replied and
followed your directions carefully and
today am well women. Lydia z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ex-
PEELED the tumor and strengthened my
whole system"
Mrs. Perry Byers, of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa. writes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
AS PROF. BLACkMAR SEES TT.
Says the Railroads Are Crying "WOlf'
to Hide Freight OffenseS.

Lawrence, Kan, Oct. Pin an address
Prof. Frank w. Blackmar assailed the
railroads for -grand-standing'' over the
two-cent fare when the real cause for
their fear is that other matters of
much more Importance than the rate of
passenger fares will be regulated.
Prof. Blackmar, who is head of the
department of sociology, said that, in
his judgment. the railroads are maxi
ing a play of the two-cent fare and
threatening litigation in order to keep
the public's mind diverted from the ir-
regularity with which trains are run,
the lack of promptness of freight de-
liveries, and the installation of all
proper appliances for the safety of pas
sengers travelling on railroads. He said
that each of these subjects is of more
Importance by far to the public than
the reduction of passenger fares.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
Congo Wiles.

An ivory dealer uttered cry Of rage.
Done again." he said. Done out of
$50"
And he laid aside of the tusks from
the great heap that he had been exam
lining.
1T is baIlasted with lead" he said.
THAT is a common Congo trick The
native, when he gets a good big tusk of
eighty pounds or so, melts up ten or fif-
teen pounds of lead. and pours it down
into the tusk's hollow. He fills 1T, so
to speak, as a dentist fills a tooth.
I'VE dealers know the dodge, and ev-
cry tusk is gone over carefully for a
lead filling My new trader, though, is
rather careless. and this is the second
filed tusk that has been worked Off on
him in the last quarter"
The dealers frown vanished. and he
smiled
"Of course the trader. and not I, will
have to stand the loss" he said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
GRADING THE G. p. & n.
Track Laying on New Kansas Road to
Be Commenced Soon

Plainville, Kan, Oct. 1.-The Gulf,
Plainville & Northern railroad. which
has been financed by eastern and west
ern capital, is now in course of con-
struction, and the graders are just fin
ishing up their work between this city
and Hobart. The grading camp which
has been located near this city has been
moved to Hobart, and further work is
to be pushed as rapidly possible.
Three hundred more teams and 500 men
are wanted, and the work will be push
ed much faster than heretofore. The
work of laying track is expected to
commence shortly, and President c. G..
Cochran, who has been i'll for some time
past, announces that he will be here
to drive the first spike.
Two or three towns north of Plain
vile have been after the road, but Web
ster, it is announced. has secured It,
The people of Webster put in a great
deal of time and gave a bonus of $27,-
600. They are arranging for a celebra-
ton as soon as the road Is complete ed
to that place. The company has until
January 1 next to complete the road to
the north line of Belmont township. 1t
has not been definitely decided to
which point it will build from Webster,
but Logan, Phillipsburg and Norton are
all in the contest. 1t appears now that
the town that hustles the best will get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
work OnTOpeka & Northwestern
Being Rushed.
STEAM SHOVELS USED
Grading Expected to Be Com
pleted in Two Weeks.
Other Items of Interest to
Railway People.

Frankfort, Kan, Oct 2.-Trains will
De running into Frankfort over the
new Union Pacific railroad by Thanks
SGesing this year, and possibly before.
VI course that depends on the weather
somewhat. but with fairly good fall
weather the road will be completed to
frankfort before the first of Deem
per. w w. Whitmore, superintendent
Ior fitzpatrick Bros. and w. s Wood
worth, resident engineer for the Union
Faeifc. were here last night and from
them these facts were learned.
Ihey are in a hurry. The orders now
pushing it, Two hundred teams are
now at work on the first ten miles out
OF Onaga and $50 more teams are on
the way and will be at work on the
next ten miles, and within a few days
the road between here and Oraga.
where it is not already completed, will
be covered with teams and men.
The orders now are to have the lower
by the 18th of October. and they will
then move toward Frankfort with their
track laying machine at the rate of
three-Quarters of a mile per day, and
the road must be ready for them.
Two large steam shovels which were
unloaded at Wheaton a few days ago.
are now near the big fills and cuts on
Dutch creek, half way between Lillis
and Onaga- Another steam shovel is
on The way and will be on the ground
within a week They will run night
and day, and together with the graders,
scrapers and other excavating machine
~, and with tons of dynamite and car
loads of giant powder, they will come
up the line at a rapid gait. One of
these shovels alone will move $500
yards of dirt and stone in "a hours
In about a week all of these large ma
chimes and hundreds of men and teams
will be under full Roadway.
Three miles of road out of Onaga is
ready for the ties and rails. and the
way they are piling up the material at
Onaga is another sight worth seeing.
There is about five miles of road
south of Frankfort that is almost COM
pleted. but 1t will all be gone over
again with scrapers and leveled up and
the finishing touches put on.
The work on the depots is also to
be crowded in hopes of having all the
buildings completed by the time the
road is ready for the trains. Additional
material for depots and bridges will be |
rolling in to Frankfort in a few days. I
Everything necessary to complete the !
road has been ordered shipped
The depot platforms and walks are |
to be made of Sherman Hill gravel |
and the entire road will be ballasted !
with crushed rock from Blue Springs /
New heavy steel rails will be put on |
ct the start, and the road opened. at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
SHOPS AT WICHITA.
Orient Has Let Contract and Work
VIII Commence Next Spring.

According to a well defined report
which is being circulated, the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient has awarded the
contract for the erection of the Orient
shops 1t Wichita. Kan, to Westing-
house. Church. Kerr & Co., of New
York city. The details of the work
have not been all completed as yet
and it is not expected that the actual
work of construction will be COM
menced before next spring. The build
ings will probably be constructed of
concrete and brick. A round house
will be built which will contain eigh-
teen stalls and will be fitted up with
all modern conveniences. In all it is
estimated that between 100000 and
$4,000 will be expended in the me-
chanica1 improvements of the new
road at Wichita.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
AN AVERAGE sEPTENIBER
DR.. Snow Reports Normal Temperature
With Scanty Rainfall.

-
With Scanty Rainfall.
Lawrence. Kan, Oct. 2-The Septem-
Der weather report of DIR. Snow, says:
In temperature this was almost an
average September, 10 of the 80 prece J.
ing Septembers having been warmer
and 20 having been cooler than the
month just completed The rainfall
was little less than half the Septeni-
Der average, but the total precipitation
for the 9 months of this year has been
almost exactly of the average amount
The entire absence of frost makes this
the 18th September out of 40 in which
there has been not even a white frost
at this station The cloudiness and wind
velocity were below the average, while
the atmospheric humidity was aboyr
the normal amount
Mean temperature-67.53 degrees,
which is 0.48 degrees above the Septem-
Der average. The highest temperature
was SO degrees on the 1st; the lowest
was 44.50 degrees on the 25th.
Rainfall-1.S5 inches, which is 191
inches below the average for Septem-
Der. The entire rainfall for the smonths
of 1907 now completed has been 30.19
inches which is OH inch below the aver
age for the same months in the &c pre-
ceding years.
Mean cloudiness-37.55 per cent of
the sky, the month being O.39 per cent
clearer than the average There were 6
cloudy days entirely, and were entire
ly cloudy.
The total run of wind was 7,4S1 miles,
which is 1889 below the September aver
age This gives mean daily velocity
of 240.40 miles, and a mean hourly We
locity of 1898 miles. The highest We
locity was IS miles per hour from to
10 on the 18th.
Relative humfdity-Mean for the
month, 1880 per cent. There was one
fog on the 7th-''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
POWER FOR STATE COMMISSIONS.
National Convention to Consider Dele
cation in Certain Lines.

Washington. Oct. 2-The delegation
of certain power to members of state
railroad commissions by the interstate
commerce commission is subject
which will be brought up for discussion
at the annual convention of railroad
and warehouse commissioners of the
United States, to be held In Washing
is raised by the commissioners OF Min
nesota, who were charged with a gen
eral investigation, which was brought
to sudden halt by the railroad COM
panies refusing to give up certain rec
ords and books. on the ground that they
related entirely to interstate business,
and. therefore, the state authorities had
no jurisdiction over them One of the
Minnesota commissioners has taken up
the matter with Chairman Knapp of
the interstate body, and has found
that in certain circumstances, the ma
tional body could obviate the difficulty
experienced by the state authorities by
appointing the latter special agents or
examiners.
This power of appointment of special
agents is given by the interstate COM
merce act, and Chairman Knapp is of
the opinion that it could be applied in
just such cases as that raised by Min
nesota- At any rate. the matter will
be discussed at considera BILE length in
the national gathering, for the reason
between state and federal authorities in
the regulation of officers at this time
The railroads are showing a decided
preference now for federal control, or
regulation. since the states have pass
ed so many low rate laws and have
been after the roads with such sharp
sticks for the past year or two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
MICE RUINED HIS HONEY.
One of Several Reasons Why an lola
Man Seeks Damages.

lola, Kan, Oct. &C. L. Kaufman
has brought suit in district court to
recover $2,041.40 from b. w. Jones.
Kaufman is a tenant on Mr.. Jones'
farm. He alleges that in August the
defendant and his son came on his
place and during a dispute assaulted
him with a ball bat and a knife, in
juring him so that for six weeks he
could not look after his crops. He al
leges that during the period he was
indisposed the mice builded nests in
his bee stands and ruined his honey,
the crabb grass fourished in his po-
tatoes, his tomatoes rotted, his beans
came to no good. and his fifteen acre
field of corn was badly damaged from
lack of care. He had large crop of
tomatoes, estimating them at 1,40O
bushels, GV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
COME NEXT TO TOPEKA.
African VI. e. Conference Announces
Its Appointments.

Parsons, Kan, Oct. 2.-After select
ing Topeka as the next meeting place,
the twenty-second annual session OF
the African Methodist Episcopal con-
ference for Kansas has adjourned
here. Bishop Abraham Grant presid-
ed. The following appointments were
announced by him:
Topeka district-H. w. King. pre-
siding elder. Usage City and Council
Eudora and Lakeview, w. H. H.
Jones; Manhattan and Wamego,
Prince Williams; Emporia, J. L. Craw;
North Lawrence, W. P. Green; OF
tawa, H. D. Harris; Garrett and Osa-
watomie. P. D. Davis; Argentine, G.
A. Griffith; Topeka, Brown chapel, B.
r. Guy; North Topeka, K. P. Bond;
Lawrence, ST. Luke. ]. NJ. Brown; To-
pka, ST. John, o. E. Jones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
MONEY FROM ENGLAND.
Kansan Who Doesn't Need 1t Left
$4,000 by an Aunt.

Fort Scott, Oct. 2.-Thos. Farrell, who
has lived out west of town since 1871
has lust come into possession of $4,000,
the sum left him by Mrs. Catherine
Herman, an aunt who lived in England
and whose decease dates back but
few months This was Mr.. FarrelPs por-
ton of the estate the old lady left and
the money. has been received and the
estate closed I'D.
Mr.. Farrell is by no means a poor
man. not considering his new posses
sions. He owns over 200 acres of good
land near this city and has always been
In comfortable circumstances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
KILLS A LARGE PELICAN.
Bourbon County Hunter Gives Rare
Find to Kansas University.

Tuesday morning Carl Nicholson shot
a large white pelican on the lake just
east of the depot. The bird had been
feeding on the ponds in this neighbor-
hood for several days The pelican Is
snow white with black tips on :ts wings
Its bill is IS inches long. Mr.. Nicholson
has offered the bird to the Kansas uni
versity and in the meantime while he
is awaiting word from there the bird Is
kept in cold storage. Several who saw
the pelican saw it is the finest specimen
they ever saw in this part of the coun-
try-Maple Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
LIGHT Work

Assistant to an inventor, oh, how
delightful the young man cried.
Salary a hundred a month Hours
10 to 4. Is it a go?' inquired the other.
We'll, ratheri'' said the young man.
"And what" he added, eighty, "w:A my
duties be?''
The simplest" was the answer. II
am an inventor of aeroplanes, and you
will merely have to go up in my various
new machines. '-Exchapge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
NOT A TRUE BILL.
Grand Jury Could Find Nothing
Against Attorney Ruick.

Boise. Idaho. Oct 2.-The special
grand jury which has been Investigate
ing charges of misconduct against Dis
trict Attorney Ruick. declared the
charges were not true
bill' and returned indictments against
two of the men who filed afffdavits
against Mr.. Ruick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
Good Rain for Concordia.

Concordia, Kan, Oct 2--The precipi-
tation here was 1858 inches making a
total since Friday Of 4-92. one Of the
heaviest rainfalls on record here. This
puts the ground in fine condition for
winter The temporary dam in the river
put in to relieve the sewer situation at
a cost of several thousand dollars has
gone ont
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
Long and Campbell SPEAK.

independence, Kan, Oct. 2--The indie
pendence club opened its fall series of
banquets at the Carlton last night, and
among the speakers were Senator Long
and Congressman Campbell. This ban
quet was complimentary to the stock
holders of the Western States Cement
plant. who met here for their annual
election
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
PHOTOGRAPHERS to Meet.

Lawrence. Kan, Oct. 2.-The photo
graphers of Kansas to the number Of
about 200 will be here nearly all of next
week to attend the fourteenth annual
convention of the Photographers as
sociation of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02

city library board are leading to that
eno, ana all things promise help for the
enterprise. By correspondence with the
representatives of Andrew Carnegie it
has been found that that gentleman IS
ready to give a sum OF money between
$4,000 and $4,000 for a library building.
All that is needed is the site
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
Opera House for Neodesha.

Neodesha, Kan, Oct. 2Plans are now
being made for a $780, 900 opera house for
Neodesha. The builder of the new
building is J. L. P. Arnold, owner of the
Commercial hotel and the vacant corner
south of it. The opera house will be
built on the corner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02

once for heavy engines and freight and
fast passenger trains
It is very probable trains will be run
ming into Frankfort over the new road
long before snow flies, for with decent
weather Mr.. Whitmore says they will
be into Frankfort before the last OF
November.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02

Parsons, Oct 2.-Indications are that
the city of Parsons will soon have
Carnegie library, for the plans of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
TUM0RS CONQUERED
Overwhelming Proof that Lydia e. Pinkha-n's
Vegetable Compound Succeeds.

| Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
IL was told by my physician that I
had fbroid tumor and that 1 would
have to be operated upon, 1 wrote to
you for advice, which l followed care
fully and took Lydia E. Pinlxham's
Vegetable Compound. / am not only
| cured of the tumor but other female
| troubles and can do all my own work
after eigh years of suffering"
Mrs. S. J. Barber, of Scott, N. Y.
writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Sometime ago / wrote you for
| advice about a tumor which the doctors
thought would have to be removed
| Instead I took Lydia E. Pinl1hamA
Vegetable Compound and to-day am .
| well woman"
Mrs NJ. NJ. Funk. vandergrift. Pa,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
81 had a tumor and Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound removed
it for me after two doctors had given
me up / was sick four years before
began to take the Compound. 1 now
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget-
able Compound far and near"
Such testimony as above IL con-
vincing evidence that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound stands
without peer as a remedy for Tumor
Growths as well as other distressing
ills of women, and such symptoms as
Bearing-dc wn Sensations, Displace-
ments, Irregularities and Backache.
etc. Women should remember that IL
is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound that is curing soNnany women
Don't forget to insist upon 1t when
some druggist asks you to accept
something else which he calls Just
as good"
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation 60 =Nemea.
Women suffering from any form
of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass,
for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinlxham
who has been advising sick women
free of charge for more than twenty
years, and before that she assisted
her mother-in-law, Lydia e. Pink
ham in advising. Thus she is especially
well qualified to guide sick women
back to health.
The Marshall republican., 1907-10-25
Missouri Baptists in Session
at Lexington.

Lexington, October 2l.--
The seventy-third annual
meeting Of tue Baptist Gener-
al Association of Missouri will
10 this city tomorrow
for "a three days session. In
the absence of E. W. Stephens
moderator Of the association,
Dr.. ]. f. Kemper, assistant
moderator, will preside dur.
ing the session. Five TO six
hundred delegates will attend
most of whom arrived this
evening. Tnis Will be the
sixth time the association has
been entertained by the First
Baptist congregation in Lex
ington, previous meetinfis be-
ing held in lS46, 1857, 1867,
1877 and 1892.
The Marshall republican., 1907-10-25
Fair Notes.

Albert Crockett, one Of
Saline's dignifed farmers OF
west Of town, must be medi-
tating an ocean trip. He was
seen riding the ocean wave"
and kept his head level.
Henry Hamilton, Paris
Walkers undertaken, got
desperate Saturday night.
He is anxious to help his boss.
There were plenty OF chances
but still no funerals and the
end Of opportunities drawing
TO q close. He saw the "Ras-
sle naxble" loaded with pros-
'peotive oustomsrs and divad
|aowaradeF no doubt think.
The Marshall republican., 1907-10-25

able That more young women
and girls are not taught to
look forward to domestic life
as their future lot. 1t is I'M
fortunate that the girls Of this
land can finish the high schools
and universities and know
so little of what real, earnest
domestic life means to them.
If the girls spent bali as
much time in decorating the
inside Of their heads as in
decorating the outside, the
world would be better. Don't
live by the fashion plate. We
need to have young women
trained to be wives and moth
ers."
The Marshall republican., 1907-10-25
LOCALS.

Mrs. p. II. Rea is spending
the week in ST. Louis.
j. T. Neff, Of Los Angeles,
CAL, Is back on a visit to old
friends.
Judge Samuel Davis went
TO Fayette Monday to hold
court.
Mrs. Virginia Egan is back
from a visit to her son at
Minot, s. D..
]. s. Crockett, of west of
town, Is on a prospecting trip
to Brown county, Kansas.
Gas. Frederick, OF Miami,
will be back from his European
trip on Nov. 1s,, he writes us.
Will Hess came down from
Kansas City Monday on ac'
count of the illness of his
brother, Sam Hess.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. I. Barron
and Mrs. Barron's mother,
Mrs. Lynch, Of north Of town
called In Thursday to see how
the Republican is made.
Caas. Frederick r. return.
ed from Versailles Saturday
where he bought two fine
coming.three-year-old yellow
mules for $500.
Mrs. W. J.. Miller, OF Belle
vile, H., Is visiting j. M
Terrell and other relatives
here. Miss Mary Terrell
OF Holden, is also visiting
the Terrell antilles.
J. E. Blackburn, near M
v. c., this week gathered
: seven bushel Of apples from
his orchard. He will NJ
doubt have plenty OF soeiabl'
neighbors about Christina
time.
Fred ZAhn, OF Canton, Mo-
has been the guest Of hi
nephew, Edw. Zahn, north o
town, the past week. He wa
also the guest of his sister
Mrs. David Rohn, at Gram
Pass, Monday.
The Marshall republican., 1907-10-25
Robert E. Speer Here.

Marshall people were
fortunate in having an OPP.
portunity to hear Robt. e.
|Speer, foreign Mission secre-
tary of the Presbyterian
church, who spoke at the
.Odell Ave. church Friday
evening. A large crowd came
out to hear him. He is one
of the country's most able
and earnest Christian work.
|ers.
The Marshall republican., 1907-10-25
Former Slater Citizen Killed

Hermann, Mo-, October Is.
Charles Shoemaker, aged 30
teamster for the Peters Shoe
Company was accidentally
killed at noon today. While
driving to the factory with a
load of goods his horses be-
came unmanagable and ran
away. Shoemaker was thrown
from the wagon, breaking his
neck.