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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-23

and the Pacific Mail, controlled by
the Southern Pacific, has a monopoly
of this ocean going business, conduct
ing it in connection with both roads,
the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific at
present getting equal shares of the
tonnage derived from this source.
The commission finds that for sew
eral years, under the Southern Paci-
fc-Santa Fe agreement, there has been
absolutely no competition in the fruit
traffic from California east Sixty per
cent Of this business is tributary to
the Santa Fe, but the traffic is divided
in the proportion of 45 per cent to
the Santa Fe, As per cent to the South
ern Pacific and 10 per cent to the San
Pedro line. Right after the Los An
geles hearing, when all these things
were made public, these three lines
simultaneously announced a 10 per
cent reduction in rates on fruit, which
will save the growers about a million
dollars a year. The commission ven
lures the opinion that the reduction
was the direct result of the publicity.
Taking up the relations of the I'm
ion Pacific to the Illinois Central the
commission finds that there is no
doubt about Mr.. Harriman's absolute
control of the latter system 1t points
out further that control of this road
is of the greatest Importance in order
to enable the Hartman system to
fence in the immense area surrounded
by its various lines, to have a route
from the grain district to the Gulf,
and to stop competition of the Illinois
Central with the Alton. In fact. in
the immense area west Of the Mis-
souri,, dominated by the Union and
Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, San Pc
dro and their related lines competition
has been utterly killed
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-23
Wants Hartman Prosecuted for Violating Lalps

mental pool, in which each road was
awarded fixed percentage of the
traffic.
Under the Union Pacific organiza-
tion, the report points out, the ma
jority Of directors in each Of these
companies has also constituted the
majority in the other. Mr.. Hartman
has been president and chairman of
the board in each and as chairman
he has been delegated all powers Of
the board when it was not in session.
He is absolute in both Their bylaws
have been amended and made approx
imately uniform, so that Hartman has
all the powers Of the directors and
the executive committee. All the huge
financial transactions have been made
by him and later approved by his
dummy directors.
Making Clark Surrender.
The commissions report tells the
story of Senator Clark's effort to build
and operate the San Pedro road as
an independent line. He was we'll on
the way to completion of his line when
Hartman blocked him. Part of the
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-23
OLD MAGAZINE WANTED.

Does any reader of The Jeffersonian
happen to have The Southern Review
for 1873?
This was the magazine published in
Baltimore under the auspices of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
The editor was DR.. A. T. Bledsoe.
Mr.. Watson would be glad to bor-
row, or buy, those numbers for 1873
containing the series of articles writ
ten by DR.. Samuel Tyler, and enti-
tied, Peggy O'Neal; or, the Doom of
the Republic"
Mr.. Watson Will greatly appreciate
the kindness Of any friends who may
tell him where the desired back num-
bers of The Southern Review can be
found.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-23
WHERE CAIN KILLED ABEL,
HOndOn Tit-BitS.)

While cycling around Kettering I
was startled to see what appeared to
me to be two men fighting in field.
On reaching the field I dismounted and
climbed over the fence to see what
it was, and discovered that it was a
stone statue representing Cain Staying
Abel. 1t is unique. Cain has one knee
pressing Abel to the ground and one
arm uplifted ready to strike. The
statue must be hundreds of years
old, and is supposed to be on the ex-
act spot where the murder was com
mitted.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-23
THE GREATEST MIGRATION.
Geographical Magazine.l

No migration in history is compara-
bic to the great hordes that have
crossed the Atlantic during the last
twenty years to enter our territory.
In 1905 1,O26,499 immigrants we're ad-
mitted; in 1906 1,1OO,735, and in the
present year the total will exceed the
record of 1906 by many thousands.
Since June 20, 1900, 100000 have
been admitted, of whom probably
100000 have settled permanently in
the United States
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-23
(The New York Herald.)

That the inquiry conducted by the
Interstate Commerce Commission into
the conduct of railroads controlled by
e. H. Hartman will result in prose-
cutions was plainly shown by the pub
1cation in the New York Evening
Telegram recently of the report and
recommendations of Messrs. Kellogg
and Severance, counsel for the COM
mission. The commission will soon
take up this report, vote upon it, and
send to the Department of Justice the
evidence tending to show the Harri-
man school Of railroad financiering
has operated in violation of the Sher-
man antitrust laws and other stat
utes.
The exclusive publication of this
important report by the Evening Tele-
gram proved a decided shock to some
members of the commission.
The document submitted to the
commission by Messrs. Kellogg and
Severance, who have been unrelent-
ing in their search for facts connected
with the absorption Of railroad after
railroad by Mr.. Hartman, covers TWEEN
ty-fve typewriter pages 1t has yet
to be considered by the commission as
a whole, but this has simply been de-
ferred because there are one or two
points into which the commission de-
sires to probe further.
Points of the Report.
Tho main nniotC Of h0
cite:
That railroad competition has been
absolutely ended in an area equal to
One-third of the United States. in
which Mr. Hartman is absolute mas
ter.
That Mr.. Harriman's contracts with
the Rock Island, Southern Pacific.
Santa Fe, Illinois Central and San
Pedro railroads are in violation of the
antitrust act, and counsel is in favor
OF proceedings against them by the
government.
That the purchase of the shares of
one railroad by another is an evil
practice that should be stopped by
law.
That there should be new and eff
fective laws to prevent imitation of Sc
curities like that of the Alton reor-
ganizatiOn.
That the profits of the great rail
roads of the far west are being used
to buy and control railroads in the
east, instead of building more roads
for the development of the west.
The report is based on develop
ments in the Hartman hearings. The
Southern Pacific has voluntarily abb
rogated the contract with the San Pc
dro route, which Messrs Kellogg and
Severance have repeatedly said they
believed was in violation of the Sher-
man law.
Laid Before President.
Facts revealed as to use of west
ern railroad profits to buy control in
other railroads have been made the
basis of informal recommendation by
some members of the commission to
President Roosevelt in the interest of
further legislation.
In its report the commission tells
briefly the story of the Union Pacific's
reorganization and of the establish
TT-,...
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rectors, Henry G. Frick and H. H.
Rogers, on the Santa Fe directory.
Some time afterward the Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific, each own
ing some minor pieces of road north
Of San Francisco, planned to develop
these into more important routes, and
to connect them up into important
lines along the northern Califor-
mia coast, AS they would have
been competitors, an arrangement
was completed by which the
Northwestern Pacific road was or
ganized, took over all these minor
lines, and undertook to develop them
into single system, which should be
Jointly owned by the Santa Fe and the
Southern Pacific, each holding control
for year at a time in alienation.
This is exactly the plan under which
jointly control the Alton; and the
commission finds that in both it is in
violation Of the antitrust act, and
recommends that the encouragement
proceed against it.
Remarkable Stock Watering.
The famous financial irrigation pro-
ject in Chicago and Alton receives
more attention in the text of the re-
port than any other one matter. 1t
is declared 'the most remarkable
story of manipulation and stock wa
tering." The men named are E. H.
Hartman, Mortimer H Schiff as rep
resentative of Jacob H. Schiff, James
Stillman and George ]. Gould. When
they bought up the shares of Alton it
had a complete capitalization of $685.
900, ,OOO-stOcks, bonds and floating
debts In seven years they increased
this to $114,000000, and in that time
they spent only $18,OOO,OOO in better
mentS and extensions. In other words.
the report says, they added $3.50 per
mile to its capitalization without zone
dollar of considerable
The story of how this was done is
told in detail, but for the first time in
understandable fashion. 1t has been
repeatedly outlined in the newspaper
reports Of the hearings several weeks
ago. Some sharp accusations are
made against Hartman.
The investment by the Union Pa
cific Of more than $182,00O,OOO in the
securities of other railroads is ana
lyzed in detail. and a table is given
showing in what roads Union Pacific
money has been invested. Since June
80, 1906, these purchases are stated
at S132,O0O,O00, consisting in the main
Of $10,000,000 Of Santa Fe, more than
$45,OO0,000 of Baltimore and Ohio.
more than $6,OOO,OOO of Chicago. Mil
waukee and st. Paul, 41,0OO,OOO of
Illinois Central, $2O,0OO.O00 of New
York Central and $2,000,O00 of st. Jo-
seph and Grand Island. The Union
Pacific is shown to hold, besides COM
plete control of the Southern Pacific.
Il per cent Of the common and 12 per
cent Of the preferred in the Baltimore
and Ohio, 20 per cent in Illinois Cen
trail, nearly 8 per cent of Santa Fe.
per cent Of Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul, per cent of New York Cen
trail and control of ST. Joseph and
Grand Island. 1t owns practically all
the bonds and stock of the Oregon
Short Line and all the stock of the
San Pedro road, amounting to $685.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-23


Head of Union Pacific, South
ern Pacific and other railroads.
right of way which Clark was using
consisted of a route through a canyon
about sixty miles long, in Nevada.
known as Meadow Valley Wash. This
route had once been owned by the
Oregon Short Line, but had been re-
Iinquished many years before When
Clark was ready to build through the
canyon the Oregon Short Line revived
its claim, started litigation, began
building road through the pass and
threatened Clark that if he construct
ed his line it would parallel every
mile Of it, and, having all the cOnnec-
tions for handling through business
would make his road absolutely profit
less.
Clark finally surrendered and en-
tered into the contract with the Har-
riman system by which the latter Sc
cured half the stock Of the San Pc
dro road and absolute domination in
all traffic matters. Since the investi-
cation announcement has been made
that the Union Pacific has bought the
other half Of the stock and now owns
absolutely the whole road. Thus was
killed the last attempt to secure COM
petition in this great region.
Clark is reputed second wealthiest
man in the world, and he felt that he
had grievance against the Southern
Pacific because Of the high rates
charged him on the ores from his cop
per mines. But even his great wealth
was not enough to enable him to fight
the Hartman system. 1t was the end
of competition throughout that area.
The Santa Fe was brought into sub
jection Hartman and his associates
buying stock in it till they were able
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
LOCAL MENTION.

A druggists permit to sell liquor with
in the terms of the prohibitory law was
issued today by r. F. Hayden. probate
judge, to Clarence Young, who owns the
drug store at No. sol Kansas avenue.
Joseph Myers. % years old. of Auburn.
and Miss May Brise, Is years old of
Dover, were married today by r. f.
Hayden, the probate Judge
William Refs. an 1s-year-old youth,
was arraigned for preliminary hearing
in the city court today on q charge Of
the larceny of $3.50 worth of brass cast
ings from the Santa F'e shops Refs was
willing TO enter plea of guilty of petit
larceny and this was acceptable to the
county attorney and the court Judge
Simon imposed a sentence of sixty days
imprisonment in the county jail and a
fine of SIS.
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in HOSPITAL
Mrs. BoIlard. Bride of Day. Under
Surgeons Knife.

The honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Bollard is being spent in a hospital Miss
Kate WEIGH. a daughter of the late r.
B. WEIGH became Mrs. Bollard only last
Saturday. She was sick at the time but
bravely refused to have the ceremony
postponed Mr.. Bollard who was for
merly a Topeka newspaper reporter, is
secretary to President Eliot Of Harvard
college and he expected to return to
Cambridge with his beautiful young
wife Immediately following the cere-
mony Accordingly the start was made
but the bride became so much worse
that the couple returned to Topeka af-
ter reaching Kansas City Mrs. Bollard
was taken to Christ hospital where she
submitted to an operation for appendi-
citis.
Mrs. BoIlard is rapidly recovering from
the operation and within two weeks the
couple will be able to resume their we'd
ding tourney.
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THEY FIX 1T UP.
State Offices Are Finally Rearranged
for Convenience.

Various caucuses of the members of
the executive council nave been held
during the past two or three days,
with the result that a complete re-
arrangement OF state offices. more
sweeping than anything attempted in
recent years, has been decided upon
for the state capitol building.
The purpose of the Encouragement
is to provide suitable quarters for the
state tax commission, but other
changes have been dragged into the
squabble, through the refusal of GER
tain members of the council to stand
fee or department
The changes which have been
agreed upon are as follows:
State Horticultural society to be
moved from the basement to the
fourth floor. Fruits exhibit to be
placed on west side OF north corridor.
and offices of secretary to be at west
side.
kansas Academy OF. Science to be
moved to the fourth floor, from the
basement. and located on east side of
north corridor.
Kansas Travelling Libraries to be
placed in present Academy of Science
rooms.
Adjutant general to be placed in
present Horticultural society rooms.
G. A r. headquarters to be moved
from first floor to two east rooms now
occupied by adjutant general.
State board of health to be given
west room now occupied by adjutant
general.
State tax commission to be given
rooms now occupied by travelling IL
brarfes and state board of health.
Bank commissioner to add present
G. A r. headquarters to his suite.
State accountant to be given room
of attorney for railroad board in adj
dition to present quarters
Attorney for railroad board to be
given room at northeast corner of
basement and a new room to be made
by taking out basement stairway ad-
joining.
This grand shake-up of rooms has
not been officially decided upon by
the executive council. but 1t is said
that four of the members have agreed
upon the plan stantia1Iy as out
lined and that it will be put through
at the council meeting on Saturday.
1t would have been possible to
make the necessary room for the tax
commission by merely moving the
travelling libraries 10 some other loca-
ton in the building, but the council
would not move the library off the
basement floor. So a grand shake-up
was decided upon. 1t will cost a lot
of money to make all the proposed
changes and the executive council
saws 1t has none to spend But the
changes will have 10 be made. If the
council stands by its present determf-
nation
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THEY HAD A JOLLY TIME.
Newsboys and Carriers Entertained at
Street Fair.

At the courtesy of the management
of the Cosmopolitan shows and the
North Topeka Civic club over 100 news
boys and carriers representing the three
daily papers of Topeka visited the Cos
mopolitan shows at the North Topeka
Carnival last night. The boys were
taken through all the shows and were
visited was the Outlaw show. after
which the Ghost show was taken in.
After a short recess for refreshments
the party of newsboys went to the
Crazy House, the Giggle Alley and
were given the honor of leading the
Wild West parade The other shows
were also taken in.
The boys all had a good time and be-
fore leaving expressed their thanks to
the MANAGEMENT for their courtesfes.
They were especially interested in the
shooting of Mrs. D. V. Tantlinger.
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MONEY FOR WASHBURN.
Eighteen Hundred Dollars Is SUBJ
Scribed To-Day.

Eighteen hundred and sixty dollars
was subscribed to the Washburn col
lege fund of $4,000 today At the
conclusion of an enthusiastic commit
tee meeting in the Copeland hotel to-
day this result was announced by
President Plass and was received with
a prolonged applause. The total
amount now subscribed is nearly half
of the required $4,000 On account
of tomorrow being Memorial day no
meeting will be held but the commit
tee Will be at work and II is expected
that by Friday $4,000 additional will
be raised. The committee has been
working but three days on the $500
a day subscription plan. but the total
results of the three days is over three
hundred dollars above the expected
amount The subscriptions to date are
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NURSES GET DIPLOMAS.
Dinner Precedes the Exercises at To-
peka State Hospital.

The graduating exercises of the To-
peka state hospital were held Tuesday
evening at the hospital. This does not
mean that some of the insane patients
We're completing their course, however
The people who received diplomas were
eight youngs men and women who have
completed the prescribed course for
those who would qualify. as nurses for
patients suffering from mental disor-
ders.
The ceremonies commenced with a
banquet, or dinner, after which ad-
dresses We're made by Governor E. w.
Hoch, Superintendent T. C. Biddle, A
n. Brown. the valedictorian of the class.
and others. The diplomas were present.
ed by DR. Biddle. The names of the
graduates are as follows: A N Brown.
Harriet Brown, wilma Requa, Eleanor
Luther c. A. Davidson, Henry Senft,
Elizabeth Sinnott, Alma Oberg-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
WICHITA GOLF PLAYERS COMING
They VIII Be I'm Topeka to Meet
Topeka Experts Tomorrow.

The Wichita Country club will send
golf team to Topeka tonight to play
a match game with the team of the
Topeka Country club tomorrow. The
match will begin at 2 D. m. It is not
known now just how many men WITCH
tia will send, but eight will come this
evening and probably more in the
morning. The Topeka team will be
composed of the following players: H.
L. Armstrong, E. s. Quinton, A. Fas-
sler, C. B. Merriam. D. c. Hammatt.
T. d Hammatt, d w Scandrett. Dana
MacVicar, H. s. Morgan, H. A. Scan
drett, r. F. Hayden. H. P. Chase, ].
r. Koontz, ]. b. Burnett, A. Zahner
and L. s. Ferry. If Wichita does not
send enough players to use all those
men they will be played in the order
given
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TAKING \ LONG SLEEP.
John Kakision's Nap Has Lasted Since
Saturday Noon.

Ottawa. Kan, May 2e.-Over at
1922 North Hickory street lies a man
sleeping since Saturday noon with not
a waking spell. He was stricken with
what was apparently paralysis. 1t is
now said that he is suffering from
cerebral hemorrhage-
The man is John Kakision, a Turk
who has been employed at the Smay
farm east of town for some time.
How long the sleep may last it is
not possible to forecast. That he may
pass quietly away from the sleep is
not only possible but probable.
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New york Money Nfarket.

New York, May 29.-MONEY-Money on
call easy. 11zd2, ruling rate IL. closing
bid Ia and offered at 2 per cent. Time
loans slightly firmer- Sixty days. 37z44
per cent; 30 days, s3494 per CENTS months.
1915 per cent
CLOSE Prime mercantile paper. 51z per
cent? sterling exchange steady, with ac-
tual business in bankers bills at 81 s5a4 a
4 $50 for demand and at 81 s31zI4- $3.50 for
co day bills. posted rates $4S41z and
81 S71z; commercial bills. S4S3L-
SILVER-Bar silver, 67ssc; Mexican dol
BONDS Government bonds heavy.
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Rock Island Excursion.

The Rock Island will bring a spe-
cial excursion into Topeka next Sun
day from Enid. o. f, Wichita, Well
ington, Caldwell and Herington and
intermediate points for the double
header between Topeka and Webb
City. Another excursion is to be run
from the same places to Kansas City
and each train will bring in about five
hundred excursionists for the games
This will be one of the biggest as well
as one of the longest distance excur-
sions into Topeka this summer.
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StabI and Stout Sue

F NJ StahI and NJ F Stout have filed
two suits against William L. TayIor in
the city court to recover judgments on
two notes for $50 each which they indors-
ed for Taylor One of these notes was
drawn on October "a. 1876. and matured
on January 10 1877. and on this they de-
naId Judgment TO the amount of S155 IS
The other note was drawn on December
Is 1916 and matured on March IS 1907
and or this they demand Judgment for
s15S 10
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Ice Conpanr AppeaIs.

Kansas City. Mo-, May 29.-Attor-
neys for the Central Ice company
which Judge w A. Powell in the cir
cult court at Independence on May Is
found guilty OF being a member of a
trust to control the price and output
of ice. imposing a fine of $4,000. to-
day fled a bond here in an appeal to
the United States supreme court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
change in Memorial Programme.

The programme for the Memorial
Day services as given to the papers
announcement in regard to the COM
r1fttee having charge of the services at
the bridge. This committee will meet
at Lincoln Post hall at a.. m. and will
leave there for the bridge about 10
under the command of w. ]. White
kind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29

Some children while playing around
Ritchie's lime kiln this afternoon dtscov-
cred the body of a white child The In
FAINT has evidently been dead for some
time and the body has been buried and
afterward had been dug up by dogs. There
is no clue as to the identity of the infant
and the coroner is working on the case
this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29

rs Buchanan street in June 1906 and
stealing 500 pounds of lead pipe
valued at 1880 The case went TO
the jury at p m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

After shaving, when skin is wet. apply
Satin skin cream. SOothes and heals. sc.
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Mr. F. W. Anderson died at his
home. 40 Branner street last night at
$50 of kidney trouble. at the age OF
IS years. The funeral will be held from
the Third Presbyterian church tomor-
row at g p m. Mr.. Anderson is en-
ployed in the Santa Fe coach shops.
The interment Will be in the Topeka
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-29
Charged with BurgIary.

Lew Marker was placed on trial in
the district court today on a charge
OF burglary and larceny He was ac-
cused of breaking into the house at
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Every time I breathe a man dies. -
Solemnly asserted the millionaire in
tones of terrible warning
Great Scottt' cried the unmoved labor
er. why don't you chew a few cloves. -
Seattle Times.