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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-18
FOR INLAND SYSTEM
Order for Rolling Stock Placed
With Seattle Car Co.

]. B. Ingersoll, general manager of
the Inland Empire system, announced
yesterday the placing Of an order for
$50 box cars to be used on the lines
Of the Inland system. The order was
placed with the Seattle Car company,
for delivery prior to July 31st. The
cars are to be 40 feet in length and
Of so, 900 pounds capacity.
1--WE will shortly place an addi-
tional order for so fat cars, and also
II passenger coaches similar to those
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-18

crushed by falling walls in the shop
ping district. The American battle
ships Missouri and Indiana have
reached the scene and American ofl
GERS and sailors are standing by Il
render any assistance.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-18

Mrs. Ida Miner spent yesterday
In Spokane making arrangements with
the costumsrs for furnishing costumes
for the Masquerade ball which will
be given Monday evening under the
auspices Of the womau's club by the
library department Of that organiza-
ton. The Miller Dervant company
viii arrive In the city tomorrow with
the pick Of their stock and will have
an office on Sherman street.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-18

and Rhodius is now a fallen victor
and many people Of the guleh are
happy.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-18

Mrs L J Columbus seriously
burned her hard last evening. Sir.
Colnmbns called 1t the second fire
aud is waiting for the third.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-18
About the Town.

This afternoon the Woman's Club
held q general meeting at which Mrs.
Francis White was chairman, the
subject being "Aet - A paper per.
pared by Mrs }. L. MoCleGr ON THE
Six Greatest Pictures If the World"
was ably read by Mrs. NJ. NJ. Taylor.
Mrs. Ida Miner read very we'll pre-
pared paper on Angels in Art. :,
Music wis rendered under the direc-
ton Of Mrs. Higley aud Mrs. 2. J..
ScalloD led the general discussion.
Under the able management Of Mrs.
A. Y. Chamborlin and Mrs. X. II.
Elder, q light luncheon was sreved
In a pleasing manner. The next
meeting will be held In two weeks.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-01-18
LEE be FOREST, WIRELEss EXPERT.

Forest
graduated is
adopted
his Panama Washington
said
In is the Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
MORE ROOM FOR SMITHS
Contract Let For New Building-To
Enlarge Capacity.

1t was announced today by the
Smith Automobile company that it
will at once commence the construc-
ton of another new building for its
rapidly growing plant. The new
building will be A 8 by no feet in size
and will be finished inside and out
with galvanized iron 1t will be used
exclusively for a wood shop, where
the bodies of automobiles are made.
The present wood shop is entirely too
small for the needs of the plant. The
contract has been awarded to Frank
Spencer of Topeka.
The new building will be completed
in about forty days, and will be equip
ped with all the latest improved ma
chinerv for the manufacture of auto
mobile bodies The building and ma
chinery will represent an investment
of about So, 900.
The capacity of the plant will also
he increased and 40 or so additional
hands will be employed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
CLUB FOR THE BOYS.
Carl w. Nau Organizes One In North
Topeka.

Something that fills long felt want
In North Topeka is the Boys club, re-
Gently organized by the Church of the
Good Shepherd, corner of Laurent and
Quincy streets.
Mr. Carl w. Nau, who is in charge
of that church, has succeeded in gath =
ering together upwards OF thirty boys
and young men of the neighborhood.
They meet two evenings a week in {,
cozy room in the new parish house,
where a library, games, music and
easy chairs have been provided, and
during the coming winter it is eXpectcu
to furnish a series of entertainments
to contribute toward keeping up the
interest.
Membership in the club is limited to
no creed or denomination, all boys be-
ing welcome.
This effort of Mr.. Nau and his asso-
ciates deserves the hearty cooperation
and support of all people in that part
of our city. as the aim is to provide
place of amusement for the boys. other
than the streets, and to help build up
character under thoroughly wholesome
conditions.
the opening evening (Thursday last)
gives the founders much ground for
sanguine hope.
The club is now open two evenings
week. Mondays and Thursday, from
1880 to $50 p. m, and the number of
open evenings will be increased as con-
ditions warrant.
Mr.. Nau would be glad to receive
any donations of money, books, or
games, that interested persons are dis
posed to make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
FIGHT ON HIGH PRICES.
Bill in Equity Filed Against the Pro-
duce Associations.

Pittsburg. Pa, Oct. 19.-Attorney A.
n. Anderson today filed in the federal
court an amended bill in equity in the
fight being waged here against the
high price of food stuffs and the al
IeSed discrimination against certain
cealers by the various produce asso-
cations throughout the country.
The new bill is much larger in its
scope than that filed recently by w. H
Arbour against the Pittsburg Produce
association. BY me new bill all the
persons who formerly were mentioned
ds having been placed on the alleged
black list of the trade association
nave been made compliments in the
case, and manv of the largest fruit
growers of the country together with
All the railroads leading into Pitts
burg are defendants.
Among the concerns named as de-
Il rdants are the National Produce
Distributing company, California
Fruit Growers exchange, the Interna-
t1ona1 Apple Shippers associa ton,
the Elgin board of trade, and John
Fit, their Pittshurg agent
In the latter part of the bill there
are several pages which contain
Photographic copies of the advertise
mentS of some Of the defendants
named in which the claim is made
that they Town or control the entire
output of a certain class of products.
An answer to the amended bill will be
required to be filed within 30 days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
MAY BE. BRAITHWAlTE.
massachusetts, Man Likely to Get New
Chair in Washburn.

rev francis L. Hayes of the Third
congregational church, who has been
- - eiie east and in attendance at Ma
lIonai Congregational council at
1ieesiano, returned to the city this
Rev. Edward E. Brafthwafte who is
being considered for the new chair of
pIoIlcai instruction at Washburn coll
!ese came to meet DIR. Hayes in New
OK. Dr. Braithwaite is pastor of
the CONGREGATIONAL church of Som
mefvliie, Mass He made a very ia
Voraole impression for personal quail
ties and for fitness for the position,
and gave DR.. Hayes to understand
that ne was attracted to the work ne
would pc called upon to perform as
dean or the bible and religious in
structlon department of Washburn
college. He said he would consider ac-
ceptance if the deanship were offered
him. president Plass, who is now in
the east, will have further interview
with him and the question of the call
hangs upon the result of this inter-
view.
While DIR. Hayes, who is a trustee
or the college was at the National
Congrega tional council at Cleveland,
number OF people approached him
with recommendations for president
of Washburn DIR. Hayes was made
member of the Provisional committee
of the National Congregational coun-
ell which is for three years the execu-
tive committee of that body. also
member OF the program committee
for the next council which is to meet
in Kansas City in 1910. DR.. Hayes
council just held. There were 1900
delegates including the most distin-
guished and influential men OF the
denomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
TWO CENTS PER MILE.
What the Union Pacific Got for Carry
ing Passengers in Kansas.

The report of the Union Pacific
railway, filed today with the state
board of railroad commissioners,
frankly admits that tb~ company is
getting only 2.074 cents per mile for
It's passenger business in Kansas and
tdar the passenger earnings for the
entire system amount to only 1866
cents per mile.
Yet in spite of this fact, the passen-
ger earnings in Kansas were $780,
44S for the year. while the gross earn
ings of the entire Union Pacific line
were $45,512,933- This doesn't look
as though a cent railway fare is con-
fscatory
The net income of the Union Pa
clfic for the year is shown to be $27,-
932,O2l. The company paid 10 per
cent on its common stock, aggregating
19,54S,240 in dividends. and 4 per
cent on it's preferred stock. aggregat-
ing $S,9S2.772. After paying all ex-
81, ,009 was laid by on the years
earnings, and added to the surplus al
ready existing to make total surplus
of $1S,S66,795. The Union Pacific has
3,199s emp'oyes in Kansas, whose
average pay is $2.01 per day. The to-
tai number of mDloyes on the entire
line is 22,124. with an average pay of
$2.27 per day. Theshigher pay for the
entire line is because the high salaried
officials are included in the list, and
not many of these live in Kansas.
The total freight tonnage which
Kansas gave the line during the year
was 2,000,521, while the total tonnage
for the entire line was 8,S30.6S6. Kan
sas therefore contributed about one
fourth of the entire freight business of
the Union Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19

was believed to be an italian tenor
who once charmed Paris. A corporal
who died in the service was discovered
by papers he left to have once been an
Austrian colonel of engineers. The
legion is pre-eminently distinguished
for three qualities, its courage, its in
telligence and it's dissipation. Most
of it's soldiers do not want to re-
member. Liquor is cheap in Algeria,
where the legion has it's headquarters,
and is consumed in enormous guam
titles by men who. like Sir Walter
SCOTS outlaws, forget what once they
were nor think what they are now.
The early history of the legion is
somewhat cloudy but its name seized
upon the Imagination of the world
when Mrs. Norton wrote her famous
poem. 1.-THE Soldier of the Legion"
must have died in Algiers early in
the French champaign of conquest of
that country which opened in 1880,
but which was waged for seventeen
years He came from Germany, from
Bingen on the Rhine, and was not
the first German by scores of thou
sands who had fallen under the tri-
color Napoleon employed German
soldiers in masses and not only Ger
mans. but all foreigners on whom he
could lay his hands. Frenchmen were
in such a minority in the army he
led into Russia that he boosted to a
Russian officer that he should lose
only one Frenchman land four pigs"
for every five Russians that fell, and
therefore had the advantage over the
car.
His great rival, England, was a
most energetic recruiter of foreign
regiments. Not only was the Kings
German legion distinguished in the
Peninsula and at Waterloo, but other
foreigners drew British pay. There
was a foreign regiment in the attack
on Plattsburg in 1914. from it's name,
Swiss. The Swiss 'hired
out" as soldiers almost down to our
time. The last conspicuous ap-
pearanee of Swiss regiments was less
than fifty years ago, when those in the
service of the Neapolitan Bourbons
mercenaries, n1utinied and
were suppressed with great blood |
shed. Save the popes Swiss guards. |
which are more for ornament than |
use, the Swiss are no longer the mer-
they once were, faithful, |
brave and detested by the people |
among whom they were stationed as !
The unthinking agents of despotism.-i
Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19

/ Perfect is ''Rerfection.' -
| Mrs. c. E. Jewell of $40 Jefferson
| street. spent the afternoon yesterday
| with Mrs. J. d. Wilson of Ala Lake
street. -F.
| 80 Mr.. and Mrs. Harry G. Wilson, OF
| Lawrence, arrived here today to at
| tend the funeral of Mrs. James Porter
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Gibson, of Au-
burn, We're the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
| w. H. Gibson of APT Lake, yesterday
| Miss Berenice James. of 425 Lake
street, is able to go to school again
| after an illness of several days.
| Miss Ora Rathburn is sick at her
| home, 433 Lake street.
| Mrs. Pearl Rice and son of 304 Kline
street, are visiting relatives in En-
poria.
Mr. and Mrs. George and family left
| for the country today where they will
make their future home.
Rev. ]. T. and Mrs. Reynolds, are
the guests of Mrs. W. F. Amos of 1922
Hancock street, While here attending
conference.
Mr. Tom Edwins and Rev. Mr.. Nc
Gafferty of McLouth, Kan, are staying
with Mrs. J. Covert of 324 Hancock
street, while here attending conference.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gilyeat moved
to their new home, 1873 Chandler street,
today
Mrs Ed Kerns of 40s West Locust
street, is very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reser and family
left for their home in Rossville today
after a visit with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs John L. Saunders and
daughter of Missouri, are visiting Mrs.
L. K. Bowers of 313 Branner street
Mrs. Julia Stockwell. who has been
visiting her son, Mr.. r. w. Stockwell
of 305 Lake street, went 10 Oakland
yesterday for a. few days visit with
relatives before she returns to her home
in Kansas City.
Mrs. Louise Maidelbeck visited East
side friends yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Stockwell were up
from Granville yesterday.
Mrs Ellen Bradshaw of 213 Chandler
street, has returned home from three
weeks visit with relatives in Indian
apolis, Ind.
Mrs. Jane Anderson returned to her
home in Kansas City last evening after
a few days, visit with her parents, ME-.
and Mrs. Dixon of 213 Chandler street.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Wood of 1872
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary last
evening. The following were the
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. James Mullfn.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Greer. Mr.. and
Eams, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Jolley,- Mr..
and Mrs. a. Kelley. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Sheffield,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wintrode, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mccormick, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, Mr.
and Mrs Pyetzski, MI and Mrs; Bax-
ter, Mrs. E. H Stamm, Mrs Benter,
Mrs. Lewis Mrs. Adds and Miss Mary
Greer. /
The funeral of Mrs. James Porter
will be held from the Third Christian
church tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock.
Mrs E r. Shaffer of 631 Jefferson
street entertained Wednesday after
noon in compliment of her guests, Mrs.
w. r. Irland, Mrs. Jack Smith and
Mrs. Ed Smith and son of Horton. In
vitations were to relatives only.
The East Side Blue Ribbon club mel
with Mrs. c. w. Ackley, 10 Elliott
avenue. Those present We're: Mrs ]
C. w Ackley, Mrs. George B. Stoudt, /
Mrs. Ed McFadden, Mrs. Arthur Doyle, /
Mrs. John Engholm, Mrs. Charles /
Bloomgreen, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Pier |
son, Mrs.0Parson.s Refreshments were /
served at o'clock. All reported a fine |
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
HOUSE DAMAGED BY FIRE.
Flat on East Seventh Street Is Badly
Scorched.

The two story and half flat at 21s-215
East Seventh street was badly damaged
by an early evening fire last night. A
lamp exploded in the third story and the
burning OIL was scattered over an entire
room, setting fire quickly to the wood
Work that the flames shot out from t me
station. which is in the same block, ar
rived on the scene. The entire third floor
was destroyed and the roof burned Off
The prompt arrival of the fire department
and the fact that the building is con-
structed of brick, kept the flames from
getting down to the lower floors.
The flat was occupied by Mrs. Isabelle
Waldron, who occupied it with a rooming
house She lost heavily on her furniture,
which was damaged by smoke fire and
water. She estimates her loss at $500
without insurance. Three ten dollar bills
which she had put underneath a carpet
on the third floor for safe keeping were
burned. The flat the property of d.
N. Burge. and it is believed that the in
surance carried will cover the loss. The
alarm was turned in at 7:15.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
HASKELL BRAVES HERE.
Brought Their Band and Big
Delegation.

The Haskell delegation to Topeka for
the football game today included the
Haskell brass band, and the band play
ed several selections at Eighth and
Kansas avenue before dinner to let
people know they were on earth. The
band is a little weak on noise, but
makes good music.
A delegation of about 80 Kansas uni
versity students came to see the game,
including Donald and Drummer, the old
K. U. stars who are now assisting in
the coaching at Lawrence. They were
here primarily to study the Washburn
style of play in anticipation of the
Washburn-K. U. game on November 3.
Coach Donald said: Haskell has
very fast team this year, and it has
improved wonderfully in the past two
weeks 1t did not play up to its
strength in the William Jewell game.
Contrary to the general report, the
Haskell line is heavy, fully as heavy as
that of K. U. 1 believe. The Lawrence
people expect Haskell to be defeated
today, but we think Washburn will
have a harder game than it is antici-
pating,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
DIR. CRAFTS is COMING.
He Will Deliver Addresses in Topeka
on Sunday.

WILDER F. Crafts, who will deliver an
address at the First Baptist church in
the city Sunday at $3.50 p. m. is at the
ton, D. c., and is said to be one of the
most effective speakers on the speaking
staff: The International Reform bureau
was inaugurated in 1895 by Rev. WILDER
Crafts. Phi. D., IN a course of lectures on
Sociology at Princeton university. In 1896
the bureau was Incorporated at the ma
tional capital. Its trustees and directors
are well known business and professional
men whose names represent real interest
1t is the only national reform organiza-
ton that has a building of it's own at
Washington. This building-or rather the
greatly needed new building which
the bureau is anxiously hoping that
some patriots with means will enable us
as the adjoining capitol building and Ii
brary of congress, an ally of the first in
good legislation. and of the second in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
THEY MUST ANSWER.
Railroads Fail to Keep Crossings i'm
Repair.

The Union Pacific. Rock Island,
Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific rail-
roads along with the street railway
company will probably be hailed into
police court and heavily fined because
of a failure to keep railway crossings
IN the city In proper repair.
Mayor Green announced today that
he intended to go after the above
named railroad companies because of
their neglect of railway crossings af-
ter being repeatedly instructed to
make repairs and ignoring the in
structions.
"I am getting tired of telling the
corporations to keep their street
crossings in repair" said the mayor.
81 am going to have a conference with
the city attorney and see if the city
has not the power to pass an ordin-
ance making 1t a misdemeanor for
corporation having franchise to Ylo-
late provisions of the franchise. The
condition of the street crossings or
some of the railroads is something to
be deplored The council has repeat
eddy called the attention of the Of
6cials to conditions and they have 1g-
nored the communications. We don't
even get any response to indicate that
they received our communications. II
we would only get a reply which
would indicate that they intended TO
do something even at some future
I'm North Topeka for instance the
Rock Island has failed to pave its
right of way on Railroad street across
Kansas avenue though its franchise
provides that it must pave on either
side of it's tracks for distance or SIX
feet. The city has paved up to the
right of way, but the railroad COM
pany has done nothing and the cond1-
tion of the street is such that every
time the fire department makes run
down that street the men take the1r
lives in their hands. On Curtis street
II is the same.
s'The only way 1 can see to remedy
this is to bring them into police court
and fine them $50
1.-THE street railway company mas
failed to keep up the pavement be
tween their tracks in the CONDITION
that it should be kept, though they
have been repeatedly notified to make
certain repairs. All of this has leo
me to arrange for a conference Win
the CITY attorney and see II we can
PASS an ordinance which will make II
a misdemeanor to do these Things ana
then follow up the ordinance with ar
rests of the Offenders
An attempt to frame up an ordlh-
ance of this kind was attempted Two |
years ago, but was killed in the com |
mittee to which it was referred pc
fore the ordinance could get near
ing in the council.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-19
THE FOREIGN LEGION.
The Aliens Who Garry the War Into
Africa for France.

The dispatches which mention the
conspicuous bravery of the Foreign
Legion in the ngnting between the
French and the Moors around Casa
Blanca will have the effect OF direct
ing attention TO this peculiar organiza-
ton, which is probably the last sur
VivaI of the condottleri system. Many
nations raise native. corps for colon
ial service. The United States has the
Porto Rico regiment and the Philip
pine scout baltalions, but the legion
is not to be confounded with organi-
cations of this character. So far from
being composed of French or in
diSeneSe,' it is prerequisite of enlist
ment that the recruit shall not have
been born in France or to the French
allegiance. If he is a native of France
or any one of the French possessions,
a positive denial is given his applica-
ton for enlistment, however short the
legion may be of it's authorized
which is divided into two regiments
of four battalions each, is the most
polyglot corps that marches under
the banner CT any power in the world.
Units ranks are found Austrians, Ger
mans. Spaniards, Italians, Portuguese,
Englishmen.} wandering South Ameri-
cans, and an occasional native of the
United States German deserters are
''railroaded" into the legion, the
French believing that a dog that will
fetch will carry.
Everything in France capable of his
torical treatment has it's historian,
and the picturesque aspects of the
legion have not been neglected. A few
years ago NJ. George d'Esparbes, for
lack of better, wrote most entertain
ly of life in the corps. His book was
readable, but there was an absence of
certainty as to his basic calculations,
which was not unnatural, considering
how many of the DICTIONARIES have
good reveal n
tecedents. NJ. d'Esparbes, however,
got at general truth accurately
enough, and divided the legion into
two elements, one composed of men
who had failed and whose pride in
spired them to hide themselves from
the world that had known them be-
fore their failure, and the other made
up of those who had left their coun-
tries for their countries good. He
found in the legion many with the ac-
complishments of educated men of
the world, and not few scholars
One legionary was conversant with |
SO many languages that he was turn |
ing an honest penny as an instructor |
in his few hours of leisure. Another |
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civic education.
The Interna tional Reform bureau is a
non-partfSan, nOn-Sectarian OrSaniza-
ton whose primary object is to secure the
passage of important and much needed
legislation along the lines of moral re-
form; to defeat immoral legislation: and
to arouse interest among good citizens in
civic betternent.
The following letter received this morn
ing from B. c. Wode, general secretary
of the Y NJ. G. A, at Oma ha, is self-ex-
planatory: Il understand you are to have
WILDER F. Crafts next Sunday. He was
with us day before yesterday and gave US
a most tremendous address. I have gard
him frequently for IS years and he al
ways seems better than before. You can
not advertise him too enthusiastically. He
will certainly please your people very
much -