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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-27

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SERVICE WOULD BE IMPAIRED.
Proposed Two Cent Fare Will Mean
POore.. Accommodations.


Two cent fares will mean 2-cent SER
vice, says the Railway Age. The com
petition for passenger business in the
United States during the past ten years
has produced the most magnificent
and comfortable cars to be found in
the world Those built for royalty in
England and Germany are hardly
equal to the costly and beautiful par
lor and sleeping cars found on many
railways in this country The initial
expense for these cars, the interest on
the investment, the cost of maintain
ing them, with the constant deprecia-
ton of paint, varnish and trimmings
and the repairs to running gear, the
high cost of large passenger locomo-
tives and their repairs, their extra
operating cost due to high speed and
maintenance of track, when all
probably show a cost per mile exceed
ing 8 cents per passenger. When re-
quired to conduct this service for
cents, less than cost, the inevitable
tendency will be to reduce expense
and the quality of the service must de-
preciate. While a considerable saving
can be accomplished by the use of less
expensive equipment and much can be
done in this direction before 1T affects
the comfort of travel, there will be
tendency to take off the least profit
able trains and the public will have a
less frequent service. While 2-cent
densely settled portions of the east,
they are net so in the west. and 1t is
folly to compel the railroads of the
west TO conduct a passenger service at
4 loss. for the public seldom gets more
than it pays for.
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REFUSED TO REST.
Rock Island Men Do Not approve of
Sixteen Hour Rule.

Chicago. Feb. 27.-During the past
three weeks officers of the Rock Is
land railway have been quietly testing
the proposed sixteen-hour working law
for employees of the train service.
Though the train crews have not been
advised that shorter working time was
being experimental with the manage
ment of the road had proceeded as
though the measure now before con-
gress were a law.
Some interesting results have ac-
companied the tests. One freight train
had consumed the allotted sixteen
hours when it reached a point SIX
miles from the end of the run. The
crew was notified that the sixteen
hours were up and that the train must
be sidetracked for eight hours, the
time required by the proposed bill for
rest
The trainmen were indignant and
said they would walk home. The Of
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TO MAKE LAW OBNOXIOUS.
Railway Men Combine to Incite Public
Against Hepburn Bill.


Washington, Feb. 27.-In the opin-
ion of members of the interstate COM
merce commission the railroads of the
country are engaged in a systematic
effort to render the new law obnoxious
in the eyes of the people. Many of
the roads are imposing new and harsh
conditions on their patrons and are do
ing away with conveniences and privi-
leges that have existed for years,
claiming as the reason for the changed
condition that 1t is made mandatory
by the rate law.
Protests are pouring into Washing
ton against the unjust and absurd
rules and regulations which various
roads are putting into effect. Some of
these rulings are sweeping in their
provisions, and have subjected ship
pers and passengers to no end of an
nOyance- In many instances they
have seriously interfered with bust
ness. When objection is made to the
railroads by angry shippers and others
who have been made to suffer the re-
ply is always the same: We are very
sorry, but this is made necessary by
thesnew rate law"
Il think that while the railroads are
trying to obey the law as whole,
said a member of the interstate COM
merce commission today. in speaking
of the numerous complaints that are
coming in, "a great many of them
are trying to make it odious. We are
constantly receiving letters from per
lished by roads are required by the
rate law. We have replied in great
many instances by saying there is
nothing in that law which would by
any stretch of imagination be con-
strued as requiring the new regula-
ticns. The roads are undoubtedly cut
ting off a great many accommodations
that have existed for a long time for
the purpose of exciting popular feeling
against the rate law.
I'VE have been getting letters from
many persons in the west, saying that
railroads are declining to make the
usual merchants excursion rates, for
the reason that orders of the inter-
state commerce commission prevent.
This, of course, is not true. The Gus
tom of making special rates into the
big cities for the benefit of merchants
has long been in effect. 1t is an i'm
persons. and means big business TO:
the cities. This year most of the west
arn roads have declined to make these
special rates.
which prevents reductions On the con-
Earzl,-yEe have made rules and regula-l
ions for the filing of excursion tarfns |
and have given the roads the greatest |
-oads are putting on the rate law the |
for other hardships, |
which they are imposing upon ship
Ders. For instance. they have declin-
heir cars. They have also declined to /
ssue through bills of lading where |
hey had previously issued them
1.-The refusal of the roads to permit
shippers to reconsign their freight is a
hardship to the business man, because
his is a privilege of considerable val
lie. There is absolutely nothing in the
aw to warrant such action by the
Dads On the contrary, the law in
rests the commission with the auth
,rity to order through rate and
through bills of lading if the shipper
an prove that either of these is I'M
Justly denied to him."
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PROMOTION FOR MURPHY.
Missouri Pacific Trainm:ster Becomes
Superintendent.

CoffeyvilIe. Kan. Feb. 27.-J. F.
Murphy trainmaster at Coffeyville.
Kan, for the Missouri Pacific, has been
made division superintendent of the
Memphis division. Mr.. Murphy start
ed in the railroad business ten years
ago as a yard clerk. He worked up to
yardmaster and superintendent of ter
minals and held such position for the
Kansas City Southern until appointed
trainmaster- for the Missouri Pacific
some. nine or ten months ago. He has
lived in Kansas City for. about twenty
years. Mr.. Murphy married Miss
Mayme Crowley, who was reared in
Kansas City. They. with their family,
will move to Memphis very soon-
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RAILROAD news.
Arthur E. Stilwell Talks OF
Railroad Conditions.
President of Orient Is Against
Adverse Legislation.
LAWS ARE SUFFICIENT
Proposed Measures Not COndu-
Give to Further Development.
Other Items of Interest to
Railroad People.
LAWS ARE SUFFICIENT

Never before in a like space of time
has the country witnessed such a COM
plete transformation in railroad condi-
lions as has taken place during the last
few years. 1t seems only a little while
ago that the cry went up from the
whole continent that there were too
many railroads; that the country could
not support them all. Now the great
need is acknowledged to be more roads.
Those already built are inadequate to
handle the business offered. and cOndi-
tions have arisen which make the con-
struetion of new ones a seriously diff
cult matter. AS President Winchell, of
the Rock Island said in an interview in
Kansas City a few days ago, there is
not a. completed railroad in the United
states. Every Company Acknowledges
the imperative need of grea ter facilities,
more equipment and increased trackage.
But in spite of these facts reports are
coming out of financial centers that
millions of dollars worth of improve
ment work contemplated for the year
Will have 20 be curtailed for lack o.
FUNDS Such state of affairs is un.
precedented and has been explained iL
various ways by various persons.
A E. Stilwell. president of the Kan
sas City, Mexico & Orient, and unques-
tionably the highest authority in the
was asked yesterday to outline briefly
the conditions as existing a the pres
ent time and to express his ideas of the
causes He said:
"A few years ago it was thought there
were too many railroads in the country.
This was the objection we had to con-
tend with when the Orient road was
first undertaken. that there were al
ready more roads than were needed
but as the trend of immigration and the
opening up of land suitable for cultiva-
ton proceeds in the west, railroads are
absolutely necessary that the farmer
and the manufacturer may market
their goods
1T is most important that during the
next three or four years railroad facili-
ties shall increase in order that the
splendid prosperity now sweeping over
the country may not be checked. The
only way for this prosperity to be re-
allied is for railroads to be built where
and when they are needed. 1t does a
farmer no good to raise a bale of cot
ton to the acre, unless he has means of
getting it to market. at least within one
year. It is discoura ging to him to har-
vest his wheat and corn. and then have
to borrow money at a local bank, at a
high rate of interest, to pay the ex-
pense of harvesting. simply because he |
has no way of getting his crop to mar |
ket.
Now a curious condition arises; at
the same time that it has been proved
that nothing can relieve the western |
and continue its prosperity, ex-
cept adequate railroad facilities, there
arises legislation which is destined
eventually to stop that which is needed, |
the building of more railroads. If at
this time there were plenty of railroads |
in the west; if thousands of cars were (!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-27
MET THE DEMANDS OF SHIPPERS
Three California Roads Voluntarily
Reduce Rate on Oranges.

Los Angeles, Feb. 27.-The citrus
fruit growers were surprised today
when the three transcontinental rail-
roads entering this city announced
that they had granted a temporary cut
in the freight rate on oranges, nearly
equaling that asked for By the grow
ers- The rate was cut on the Santa
Fe, Southern Pacific and Salt Lake
roads from 1925 per 100 on oranges
to $1.15 to eastern points, The rate
will go into effect March 26. The
railway companies secured the con-
sent of the interstate commerce COM
mission to make this rate without the
necessity of giving the thirty days
notice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-27


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WINCHEIIi SUBPOENAED.
Papers Served on Rock Island Mar
ct Enid

Enid. Okla, Feb. PA special
train carrying the following officials of
the Rock Island road. B. L. Winchel
president: w. B. Marchant. special
representative of the president; Mr..
Robin, general superintendent; Mr..
Beacon. division superintendent. and
H. H. Cover. general freight manager,
was met at the depot this morning by
a delegation of local business men
with automobiles and escorted to the
Chamber of Commerce. where brief
speeches were made by L. w. Lyon of
Enid. and President Winchell. the lat
ter touching upon the remarkable
growth of Enid and also upon the car
situation. He said: you produced
more traffic than we were able to
handle. The Rock Island is ready and
willing to reduce any rates which are
unjust as soon as the facts are
known"
Just before President Winchelrs adj
dress he was served with a subpoena
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-27
NEW ROAD CHARTERED.
Is to Be Built From Lawton to
SaIliSaw.

Guthrie. Okla. Feb. Secretary
Charles H. Filson today granted a
charter to the st. Louis, Springfield &
Oklahoma Western railroad, with
S3,75O,OOO capital stock. The road is
to be built 225 miles east from Law
ton and Sulphur, thence north east
through McAlester and Stlgler 10 sal
lisaw. Headquarters are to be main
tanned at Lawton and Sulphur The
incorporates are c. S. Stocker of
Stigler, w. T. Douglas, r. Downing
and A. G. Goodenough of Sulphur; j.
]. Bearl and ]. D. F. Jennings OF Okla
hOna CITY.
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WILL ABANDON OIL AS FUEL.
Southern Pacific Places Large Order
for Coal.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 26.-Tne South
ern Pacific railway and steamship
company and the st. Louis Gas COM
ongahela river Consolidated Coal and
Coke company of this city for $1,000
600 worth of coal. The largest con-
tract was secured from the Southern
Pacific Railway and Steamship COM
pany, which contracts for 100000 tons
to be delivered at it's wharves at New
Orleans. The order means a begin
ming of the end for oil as fuel in New
Orleans. The Southern Pacific, since
the discovery of petroleum in Texas
and Louisiana. has used immense
quantities of oilS for fuel. The scarcity
of oil and the increasing price are said
to be the cause of the change.
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WICHITA MAN TO ST. LOUIS.
Carl Gerties Becomes Cashier il
Broadway Office.

Broadway On1cc.
Wichita, Kan, Feb. 27.-Carl Ger
ties, who has been with the Rock Is
land here for the past six years, and
who is at present chief clerk in the Of
fee of E. B. Hooser, division freight
agent, received the appointment yes
terday as cashier in the Broadway Of
fee of the Frisco and Rock Island at
ST. Louis.
This position is good advancement.
Mr.. GertieS has served for two years as
cashier at the local freight offices of
the company, previous to his promo
ton to chief clerk. Mr.. Gerties was
born in this city and has lived here all
his life.
The addition of Carl Gerties to the
office at st. Louis makes the third
Wichita clerk to go there. NJ. H. Ru-
dolph, the agent, was formerly agent
here for the Frisco. Mr.. Gerties will
leave here about the first of the month
to take the new position.
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Poor Show for
The DyspeptiC
Poisoned Stomach, CIogged Brain, Wa
vering Ambition, Failure-UnIess
He Seizes His Opportunity

There's no good reason for any
mans remaining a dyspeptic-a bur
den to himself and family, when he
should be producer.
There's only one reason why he has
been a dyspeptic and that is because
he has overworked his stomach SO
that it cannot secret the juices and
work the muscles necessary to digest
the food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-27
survey to Burlington Is Completed.

Burlington. Kan, Feb. 26.-The sur
veyors for the proposed TopeKa az
southwestern railroad from Topeka to
Burlington reached here this after.
noon and have completed the work OF
the preliminary survey. The work OF
making maps and prof1les Will require
several weeks more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-27

ficers said they must not leave their
train. With this particular crew the
proposed law will never be popular.
Officers of the railroad assert that the
experience of this train and crew
would be a common one under the
law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-27

to appear here April 16 as witness in a
mandamus suit filed by Attorney Cen
eral Cromwell last November to COM
pei the Rock Island to furnish cars,
equipments, etc.
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KATY OniciaI Moves Up.

Parsons, Kan, Feb. &c. Halle,
traffic manager of the Missouri, Kan
sas e Texas. has been elected vice
president in charge of traffic, with Of
fee at ST. Louis, Mo.
, 1907-11-29
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

S. J. Kent went west today.
Dan Brees went to Cheyenne today.
Ora Haley went east today on bust
ness.
Roadmaster Palm and son went west
today.
Andrew Miller left today for For,
Collins.
Mrs. NJ. j. Harris and Walter Harria
left today for Denver, where they will
make their home in the future.
F. Percy Rolfe, manager of the Key.
stone Mining company, left today for
Denver on business for that company.
W. T. Mcconnell, animal husband
maj at the experiment station, went
TO Cheyenne today on business for that
institution.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Blalock left to-
day for their home in Decator, ILL.,.
after a visit of a week with Miss Edith
West of this city. Miss Vests home
is in Decator, but she has been teach
ing school near Laramie for the past
two years,
, 1907-11-29

few trust companies, also, it will not
hurt. Had the law been in force and
the Knickerbocker been one Of the
guaranteed banks, we might have
avoided all of our recent woes.
Should Push Guaranty Bill.
The actual losses to deposiors of
failed national banks is such a small
item that the government could have
paid them all the time without ma
terially affecting the annual appro-
priation bills. The guaranty bill
should be pushed and passed by all
means, and it makes little difference
how the money is raised to pay losses.
If the government will collect 2 per
cent per annum on government depos-
its the money so collected will pay all
of the losses and build up an enormous
fund besides.
1 have never read an argument
against a guaranty bill, except that
under such a law the large old banks
will lose prestige, for the small new
bank will be as strong as the old one.
This does not seem to be the case in
other lines of business and 1 do not
see why 1t should be in the banking
business. If there is any reason at all
why the government should not guar
antee the deposits of national banks, 1
do not know what it is. Yours truly,
M. r. COLLINS.
, 1907-11-29

Baton Rouge, La, Nov. 29.-Genera,
Leon J~astrenski, a Confederate vete-
ran, a candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor of Louisiana
and formerly supreme chancellor of TIE
Knights of pythias of the United
States, died this morning. He wa.
stricken with paralysis a week ago a
the height of his campaign.
Helped to Make History.
Jastrenski was one of the mos
prominent makers of gulf states his
tory. He was a native of France ant
Ga years old, and once, when formerl.
a candidate fer governor, he was de
feated on a platform embodying re
forms on which all candidates for gov
ernor are making their fight in tn
present campaign. Jastrenski ros'
from a private to a captain in the Con
federate army.
, 1907-11-29
Factory Employee Killed.

Waterbury, Conn, Nov. 29.-Fivs
factory employees were killed today al
the West Main street crossing over the
Highland division tracks of the New
York, New Haven n Hartford rail
road, when an extra freight train
crashed into a trolley a containing
twenty-five passengers bound to the
pin factories in Oakville.
Bodies Badly MansIed.
rectly in the middle and all passengers
killed were badly mangled. Six others
were badly injured. Flagman Johr
Flavin and Conductor John Dillon O.
the trolley car were arrested.
, 1907-11-29
Burlington Buys Road.

The Burlington has purchased the
Colorado and Wyoming railway. run
ming between Hartville Junction ant
Sunrise. connecting with the Burling
ton at Guernsey. >The read is nint
miles long and has been controlled by
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
which ships much iron ore to Pueblo
Heretofore these shipments have beer
divided between the Burlington ant
the Colorado and Southern.
, 1907-11-29
HIS LAST SERMON
BEFORE EUROPEAN TRIP,

Next Sunday, December list, Rev. C
Swanson will preach in the Swedish
Mission church for the last time be.
fore his trip to Europe. Sunday, De
cember Sth, Rev. Carl Thell from Colo
RADIO will preach. A farewell reception
will be given Rev. C. Swanson on the
v of his departure for his native
country, Sweden. Friends of the pas,
tor, as well as all other Scandinavians
are invited to be present at the Swed,
ish Mission church Saturday evening
Nov, 80.
, 1907-11-29
PREACHER ON STAND
IN BRADLEY HEARING

she was perfectly sane. Mrs. Bradley's
case, he said, presented no symptoms
of puerperal insanity nor any symptoms
of the general infection that had been
testified to.
Jeliffe on the Stand.
DR.. Smith Jellffe testified that Mrs.
Bradley had neither puerpcral nor tox.
ic insanity when she shot Brown.
To Jury On Monday.
Mrs. Bradley was recalled and said
she had no recollection of the details
of the conversation with DR.. Utter, as
related by him. The defense rested.
Justice Stafford announced that argu.
ments would begin tomorrow and the
case go to the jury on Monday.
, 1907-11-29

Washington, Nov. 29.-Mrs. Bradley's
trial was resumed this morning. Dis,
trict Attorney Baker submitted to the
court the governments prayers in the
case, saying they did not cover the
crimes of murder in the first or second
degree, that point being left for the
instruction by the court.
Utter on the Stand.
Rev. David H. Utter, pastor of the
Unitarian church at Denver and for
merly of Salt Lake, who performed the
marriage ceremony between Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradley, testified hat during Il
conversation with Mrs. Bradley he ex,
pressed to her his belief that Brown
would not marry her. He urged her TO
give up the idea Of marrying Brown.
Intimated Use of Pistol.
She replied, when it comes to the
test and a gun is pointed at him.
Brown, will accede."
Father Might Take Matter Up.
At a later conference, DR.. Utter said
that Mrs. Bradley had declared she
would force Brown to marry her. She
did not say she would shoot Brown
herself, and the witness got the i'm
preston that her father or somebody
else would do Brown bodily harm.
Bore Good Reputation.
Mrs. Bradley's reputation for peace
and good order, he testified, was good.
After leaving the stand DR.. Utter sat
beside Mrs. Bradley n they talked
freely.
Declared Her to Be Sane.
Dr.. Edward S. Brush, the govern.
ment expert, declared that in his opin,
ion, when Mrs. Bradley shot Brown,