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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-31
MISSOURI

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 80.-Charles Roach
Of 511 Troup avenue West Side. and
Henry Horseman Of Eleventh street and
Nebraska avenue were stabbed IN q fight
on an owl car on the FIFTH street line on
Minnesota avenue They walked TO the
police station and Roach was sent 10
st. Margaret's hospital
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-31
COLORADO

GREELEY. Colo, Aug. 30.-The topic of
conversation here today is the murder of
c. l.. Lewis of Kersey. editor of the Ker-
sey Enterprise. by Charles Simondson, a
Jersey farmer. Public sentiment, espe-
cially at Kersey, is about equally divided
as to the justification of the act.
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May Cut Out All of the Ex-
cursiOn Rates.
Illinois and Missouri 2 Gent
Fare Laws Responsible.
OFFICIALS MEETING.
Hope That Courts Will Knock
Out the Laws.
Other Items of Interest to
Railway People.

Passenger officials of the railroads
In Illinois and Missouri. and some of
these larger roads run through Kansas.
are meeting at st. Louis today to de-
termine the policy to be pursued by
them in view of the new laws making 2
cents a mile the maximum fare which
may be charged in these states The
Missouri law goes into effect June Is
and the Illinois law July L. A similar
law of Iowa becomes effective July 4.
Practically all the passenger traffic
managers and general passenger
agents of the western roads are firmly
of the opinion that no passenger rate
less than cents per mile should be
made under any circumstances in
states having fixed that as the maxi
mum rate, except the Communication
rates from suburbs of Chicago and
other large cities.
One argument made in favor of the
2 cent laws when they were being
considered by the various legislatures
was that they would end the discrim-
nation in rates practiced by the rail-
roads in the form of mileage tickets,
special excursions, and certificate
plan" rates. By maintaining the sin
gle rate of cents a mile the railroads
as a whole will receive within a frac-
ton of a cent as much as they average
now from all kinds of passenger traf-
fic. Unless they do discontinue the
special reductions in rates that have
been made for many years all the
roads will suffer a big decrease in
revenue from passenger transporta-
ton.
While all the railroads will reduce
their contention it is unlikely that the
cents a mile on the date the various
laws become effective, they can not
change the basis of interstate rates
generally for several months because
of the work involved in the compila-
ton of new tariffs. Before this work
can be done, they say, the state laws
making cents a mile the maximum
rate may be declared unconstitutional
by the courts. The western roads,
while arranging to promptly reduce
interstate rates, are as strongly deter
mined as ever to test the cent fare
laws in the courts. and are confident
that they can prove. the rate is un-
reasonably low.
If the courts sustain the railroads III
their cantention it is unlikely that the
Interstate commerce commission will
order any change in the present basis
of interstate rates. particularly those
in which western roads participate.
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ANOTHER ALTON DIVIDEND.
Mr.. Hartman Succeeds in Pulling One
Through.

New York, June 6.-After a stormy
directors meeting, lasting more than
two hours yesterday afternoon E. H.
Hartman again persuaded the Rock
Island interests in the Chicago and AL
ton to pay a dividend on the preferred
stock Just before( the last semiannual
payment of per cent, on the preferred
stock was made, those interests which
represent majority on the Chicago and
Alton board, had decided to pass the
dividend. Mr.. Hartman then agreed,
however. to raise money on notes and
the dividend was paid. Since then the
federal investigation of the Chicago and
Alton has taken place, and there are
good grounds for believing that the
Rock Island interests had again decided
to pass the dividend on preferred stock
today.
At the earnest solicitation of Mr..
Hartman, supported by his COUNSEL,
Judge Lovett, the regular dividend was
declared. In the bear raid, started i'm
mediately after the interstate COM
merce commissions investigation of the
Chicago and Alton, it was charged by
Mr.. Hartman that the Rock Island in
terests were leaders. Only a few days
ago, when the Rock Island company
sold $10,000,000 of it's first first mortgage
bonds, it was asserted that an effort
had been made to injure the standing of
the issue.
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CLOSE 40 SALOONS.
Brewery Receivers Rapidly Making
1t Dry in IeavenWOrth

Leavenworth, Kan, June 6.-Forty
saloons alleged to be the property of
the Goetz Brewing company of St.
Joseph and the Rochester Brewing
company of Kansas City were seized
Wednesday by Receivers Allen and
Carver.
The property owners are alarmed
at the attitude of the receivers, and
have ordered most of the saloons to
vacate the buildings. They fear the
Kansas law which makes a building
used as a saloon responsible for the
costs of the case if it is attached by
the receivers. Dozens of saloonkeep-
ers have been notified by their land
lords to vacate. and they are doing so
as rapidly as possible. All last night
drays loaded with saloon fixtures were
seen passing through the downtown
streets.
There is dispute over the fixtures
taken from twenty-four of the saloons
some of the local agents claiming that
they personally own this property. At
ter consultation between the agents
and the receivers the receivers agreed
to have the property stored until the
question of ownership could be def
nitely settled
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sociation's convention at Los Angeles
in s-ch a way that the 81 membership
fee could be collected.
This notice was followed by the in
formation that the New York Central
lines were preparing to fall in line
and would Immediately ask the inter-
state commerce commission to au-
thorize them to put in the desired
rates and arrangements for the con-
vention without giving the required
thirty days notice of a change in
rates. The break in the eastern lines
was led by the Grand Trunk, which
gave a similar notice several weeks
ago. The action of the eastern roads
will have the effect of browning the
association convention with success,
whereas formerly the event bid fair
to be frost. 1t will also bring thou
sands of dollars into the Golfers of the
organization, thereby enabling it to
carry on its work.
This convention was originally set
for Philadelphia, but was changed to
Los Angeles when the eastern roads
refused to collect a 50 membership
fee from all who purchased tickets.
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A s2o,o0o.O 900 STATION.
Plans to Be Perfected for a Mammoth
DeDOt at CHICAGO

Il
Depot at Chicago.
Chicago, June 6.-At the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Western
Indiana held here yesterday, it wat de-
cided not to construct the new suburban
station which had been planned, be-
cause the directors were unanimously
of the opinion that a new general sta
ton would have to be erected before
long. 1t was generally conceded that as
soon as the money market gets easier
and tits possible for railroad companies
to borrow money for improvements upon
favorable terms, that the plans for
new station to cost not less than $780,
O0O, 900, and possibly more, will be per-
fected.
The directors who were elected at the
meeting and who were unanimously in
favor of dropping the plans for a sub
urban station are: w. H. Lyford New
York, representing the Chicago and
Eastern Indiana road; F. A. Delano
president of the Wabash; c. NJ Hays
of Montreal, vice president and general
manager of the Grand Trunk; w. o.
Johnson of Chicago, general counsel for
the Erie; w. H. McDoel, president of
the Monon,s and E. P. Ripley, presi-
dent of the Santa Fe. All of the roads
mentioned with the exception of the
Santa Fe are equal owners of the Chi
cago and Western Indiana which in
turn owns the Chicago Belt railway.
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Five BreweriesWill Erect Ware
houses at Stillings.
Just Across the Missouri River
From LeavenWOrth.
FOR THIRSTY KANSANS
Railway Officials Are Preparing
to Lay Tracks.
Lemp, Anheuser, Blatz, Schlitz
and GOetz in Combine.

Leavenworth, Kan. June give
brewery companies are to build whole
sale warehouses in Stillings If the
Burlington will furnish switches and
Tardage for beer cars. The COM
panies now comforting with the Bur
lngton are: Lemp, Val Blatz, An
heuser- Busch, Schlitz and Goetz.
A party of Burlington officials visit
ed Leavenworth and Stillings this
week + look over the situation here
regarding the proposed yardage.
The members of the party were: A.
n. Willsie, superintendent; c. NJ. Car
ter, auditor; H. w. Hamm, trainmas-
ter; E. P. Wetherly, division engineer;
A. L. West, assistant freight agent.
The officials returned to St. Joseph
after having thoroughly examined the
situation. No decision was made IN
the matter, but it is rumored unofh-
cially that there is little doubt but that
the Burlington will build the tracks
which the brewers find necessary
Some of the saloon men here seem
to labor under the impression that
some kind of notice will be given them
by the police department, the county
attorney or the sheriff telling them TO
cease business. This will not be done.
The officials say that they could not
we'll inform a saloon man to close his
place; that by so doing they would
take cognizance of the fact that the
place was running and liquor being
sold there and that it would then be-
come their duty to not only give the
man notice, but to swear out a warrant
for him for violating the prohibitory
law.
The officials said last night that they
hoped the saloon men would under
stand this and that the only notice they
would give would be to arrest them
They think the men who are violating
the law should understand this and act
accordingIy.
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HUNG ON LIVE WIRES.
A Leavenworth Electrician Has a Ter
rible Experience.


Leavenworth, June 6.-Chas. Hager-
man, an electrician. hung suspended be-
tween two charged wires at a height Of
forty feet above the pavement at Fifth
and Seneca streets while current of 800
volts passed through his body. He dam
gled helplessly between the, wires for
five minutes, vainly trying to break
away, but finally did. afRx
Hagerman is an employe of the Leav-
enworth Light & Heating Co., and at
tends to the city arc lights. He was re-
pairing wires at the top of a pole when
the accident occurred. Holding one wire
with his left hand he reached to his belt
for tool when his right arm came in
contact with the other wire.
When he finally freed himself he was
so exhausted and limp that he would
have fallen to the ground had not his
belt, which was strapped about the pole.
held him.
The flesh was charred in two places
on the right arm and on the palm of
his left hand the flesh was charred,
making a burn two inches square. The
burns are severe: but the current of
electricity that passed through his body
will have no i'll effects.
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DRANK Is GALLONS OF BEER.
Three Italians May Not Recover From
Their Experiment.

Garrett, Kan, June 6.-Three Italians
who are working on the Missouri Pa
cific near Westpha1ia, tried on wager
to drink 16 gallons of beer, and as a
consequence are knocked out, and are
nearly dead.
Yesterday morning the gang who
works near Westphalia received their
weekly shipment of beer and three of
them wagered their months wages
with. another man that the three of
them in one day could drink the 16 gal
ions of beer. They started early in the
afternoon and late in the afternoon
drank Is gallons. They soon became
very sick and bloated up. DR.. Longacre
tapped one of them and sent to Leroy
for medical assistance. This morning
the three of them were still unconscious
lying out on the ground near West
phalia. 1t is thought that all three of
them will die
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NOT ACQUIRED BY HARTMAN.
A Great Scrap Is on for the Browns
vile Line.

A Great Scrap Is on for the Browns
vile Line.
St. Louis, Mo, June 6.-Officers and
directors of the. st. Louis, Brownsville e
Mexico deny the reports from Galveston
that the road has been acquired by the
Hartman lines. The property is still
owned by the st. Louis syndicate which
built it and its earnings are increasing
every month.
Offers had been made to the ST. Louis
syndicate for the road, but they were
withdrawn last week and at the present
time no negotiations are pending. The
representative of the intended purchaser,
which is believed to be the Santa F'e,
intimated that it would submit a good
proposal if it were assured that B. F.
Yoakun, the executive head of the Rock
Island and Frisco systems, would not
have an opportunity of raising the bid.
Negotiations may be opened at any
time.
The Brownsville occupies a strategic
position, and on this account, in addi-
ton to the high character of the con-
struction, it is considered to be a very
valuable property. 1t parallels the coast
of the Gulf of Mexico, from Algoa, to
Brownsville, on the Rio Grande. At
Corpus Christi and Sam Fordyce it con-
meets with the National Lines of Mexi-
CO.
1t is figured that the route through
the Brownsville gateway will form the
shortest from St. Louis and New Or
leans to the City of Mexico. The Ma
tional Lines of Mexico intend to erect
bridge across the Rio Grande at Browns
vile and to build a coast line from
Matamoras to Tampico and Mexico
City.
Great interest is manifested in the
future of this road, which is 300 miles
long, because it would be a good extern
sion for the Rock Island and Frisco
lines. the Hartman lines the Santa F'e,
H. kI,@ y,
ern, or the Missouri, Kansas & Texas.
Mr.. Yoakum has desired to buy the
property as a personal investment, but
an offer from the Hartman lines, the
Santa F'e or the Kansas City Southern
is admitted to be among the possibili-
ties, if not the probabilities. One sys-
tenn has given indications that it would
make an offer to the syndicate.
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TEST WILL BE MADE SOON.
H. H. Akers Receives Ecouraging
Letter From Mr.. Hurley.

Cherryvale, Kan, June 6.-H. H.
Akers is in receipt of a letter from J..
E. Hurley, president and general
manager of the Santa Fe, stating that
General Superintendent Fox of To-
peka or a personal representative
would be present in Cherryvale when
the test of the new Akers mail bag
catcher and deliverer will be made,
which will be soon.
AS has been previously stated this
test is made on the suggestion of the
postoffice department. The postal au-
thorities stated recently that they re-
quired the Endorsement of the railway
company before any action looking to
the adoption by them The Akers
company has a practical Endorsement
of Santa Fe officials but it was thought
best to get a formal Endorsement.
When this is secured the company will
be able to treat with the postal Of
fciaIs and confidently expect the gov
eminent to take up the matter of
adopting the Akers catcher for gen.
eral use on all its railway mail trains.
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GOULD LINE TO Los ANGELES.
Western Pacific Has Secured Right of
Way There.

1t is reported that Gould's Western
Pacific road has secured a right of
way for a line to Los Angeles. SO as to
be able to meet Southern Pacific COM
petition in that section as we'll as to
San Francisco. The old Santa Fe
right of way through IngleWood is to
be utilized. AS quickly as the outfit
can be assembled 500 transfers are to
begin grading for the extension of the
Malibu branch, which. it is claimed
will afford the Gould line the needed
outlet to the southern California city
This line now is being operated as
an electric road. 1t is under lease to
the Los Angeles Pacific company. It
is claimed. however, that this lease
can be easily lifted, and that Gould in
terests would have no difficulty in OBJ
tanning control of it to afford them a.
Los Angeles outlet. 1t is just what
the Western Pacific needs to complete
its system.
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DEATH RATE INCREASE.
Twice as Big i'm Leavenworth in May,
1907. as q Year Ago.

Leavenworth. June 6.-The death rate
of Leavenworth threa tens to become
higher this year than ever before. The
official report of the health depart
ment shows that for two months this
year the mortality was nearly twice as
high as it was during the same months
one year previous. There were thirty
six deaths in February and thirty-five
in Nay. In May, 1906, there We're eigh-
teen deaths and under ordinary. condi-
tions the death rate in that month Is
low.
The birth rate last month was nor
NAL as far as white infants are con-
cerned- The scarcity of negro births
seems to be recurring as there was not
one negro birth last month. The total
number of births was twenty-one, of
which ten were white males and eleven
white females.
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TO FIGHT NEBRASKA LAW.
Railroads Claim They Cannot Endure
Cent Fare.


Lincoln. June 6.-That the railroads
of Nebraska believe they can not en-
dure the loss in revenue occasioned
by the two cent passenger rate law
and that they will in all probability at
some time in the near future attack
the law in the courts was clearly in
dicated yesterday by the action of the
Union Pacific and Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific. railroads at a session
of the Nebraska state railway commits
sion.
John n. Baldwin, general solicitor
of the Union Pacific, presented to the
Nebraska state railway commission
written notice and protest to the eff
feet that the Union Pacific at the
proper time and in the proper form
and forum will contest the two cent
law on the ground of being con-
fscatory; the Rock Island also filed
similar notice and protest. 1t is gen
orally understood the Burlington and
other railways will probably join in
the attack on the law.
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A NEW TELEPHONE LINE.
Farmers Are Putting Wire From
Minneapolis to Culver.

Minneapolis. Kan, June "a P. Ehly
has sold his restaurant to Herb Camp
bell who takes possession Immediately.
The many friends of Mr.. Ehly will re-
greet his leaving.
The Farmers Telephone company are
putting line through from Minneapolis
to Culver this week.
The prospects for any kind of a crop
are very poor in this locality. No fruit
and hardly any vegetables only where
they could be watered.
Mrs Isaac Stull and daughter have
gone to Idaho to visit Mrs. Stulls daugh-
ter. Mrs. Gage. They will be absent
several weeks.
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A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
H. p. Nichols and Mrs. NIoIz Each
Claim to Be County Superintendent

Garden City, Kan, June 6-H. p.
Nichols and the county commissioners
are at outs as Mr. Nichols still insists
that the decision of the court on the
contest case does not affect him because
his attorneys will appeal the case. None
of the county officials recognizes Mr..
Nichols but he has locked the door to
the office of county superintendent and
hangs on to the key. In the meantime
Mrs. Molz is administering the duties
of the office and is recognized by the
commissioners
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LIBRARY CONTRACT LET.
The Arkansas City Building to Be
Constructed by G. e. Hopper.

Arkansas City, Kan, June 6.-The
board of directors of the Arkansas City
public library held a meeting and
awarded the contract for the construc-
ton of the building to George E. Hop
per.
include the heating or furnishing of
the building which will have to be Ia
ken care of out of the remainder of the
SIC, 600 donated by Carnegie. Work has
commenced by Mr. Hopper. The board
of directors fixes January 1, 1905 as the
time for the building to be completed.
Bad Fall From 2 Roof.
Fort Scott, Kan, June 6.-While at
work on the roof of a house ON the
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On Charge of vagrancy

Five persons were taken before Judge
Rice last night in the city court on the
charge of vagrancy. and Fred Lutz was
the only one to plead guilty. He was
fined $50 and costs. The others taken
before the judge were Mrs. Wade. Bill
DUNCAN, Charles Volks and Ed LutZ.
-CoffeyviIIe Record
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whose relatives or heirs could not be
located. This money remains in the
treasury a certain time and If no clafan-
ants appear it will go into the school
fund of the state.
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\ Cottonwood F,aIIs Paper Sold.

Ell Dorado. Kan, June &c. z
Burns. for three and a half years fore
man of the Times, has purchased the
Cottonwood Falls Courant and will take
charge in two or three weeks.
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east side of the city. Dick Fowler fell
about 20 feet striking the sidewalk. The
fall was a hard one, but no bones were
broken. Mr.. Fowler was however, bad
ly bruised up and is now confined to
his bed
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Can Not Locate the Heirs.

Leavenworth. June 6.-For the first
time in the county'S history so far as
known, Probate Judge johnson has
turned into the county treasury money
of estates of deceased civil war veterans
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Bow Fails From a Tree.

Fort Scott. Kan. June 6.-Harold
Gum, the little son of Editor Ben Gum,
of Arcadia, while playing in a tree fell
from the topmost branch and lit on his
head 1t rendered him unconscious,
but not bone was broken, although
the fall was Is feet.
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TEACHERS WIN THEIR FIGHT.
National Convention VIII Get the
Rate Concessions.

nificant victory against all the rail-
roads of the east. This fact was
signalized yesterday when notice was
given by the Erie railroad that it
would accept the tender of the west
ern roads and sell tickets for the as
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Food Builds Brains

and the the
Ii
nerv tissues.
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Where are the Brains :?

satisfied
fill
back to first principles, that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-06

An employer in the City advertised
few trade which
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Salary of $4,000 per annum


OBVIOUS that any meet his must have business quai
such he offers
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