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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
RAILROAD NEWS.
Wage Boost Under Way by the
Western Systems.
Voluntary Increase to the I'm
organized Forces.
WILL REACH MILLIONS
Rock Island and Burlington
Have Schedules Ready.
Other Items of Interest to
Railway People.

! chicago, May 31.-Before the end of
the summer more than 2O0. 600 morgan
| ICED laborers and clerks employed by
western railroads will receive voluntary
/ increases in wages which will average
10 per cent The aggregate increase will
| be several millions of dollars.
The movement to increase the wages
OF clerks and unorganized laborers be-
gan early in the year and has proceed
ed quietly until some of the big sys-
TENS have completed their new sched-
ules.
one of the latter is the Burlington.
| Whlcn announced Monday increases af-
fecting $1,000 employees. The total in
crease IN wages on this road to both
organized and unorganized labor is So
9eu'Uov- Just how many employees are
aIected by the voluntary increases
which have been made it is impossible
TO say. but the number Is in excess of
10000.
Among the latter will be distributed
annually S1.250,Oo0 in excess of their for
ner aggregate pay roll. The order for
the increase has been signed by the
president and the general OFFICERS OF tbs
company and it will affect the greater
portion of the May pay roll The bal
ance will go into effect in June
The increases are said to have been
apportIoned in manner intended to
show that it is unnecessary for labor %
organize on that road to receive proper
recognition In the general offices an
chicago the pay rolls for the clerical
forces have been increased by more than
$4,000 the clerical force in the auditors
of1ice alone securing an increase of So
UVO- About thirty departments of tn.
company are interested in the increases
which apply to every one receiving less
than $500 a month. Some of the main
advances are the following:
Track department. extra gangs. 1905. 900
station forces (unorganized) -. 20 900
Irar11c department -.-.-----.. Sc O0O
Engineering department . 80 900
supply department ...-..... % 600
Commissary department. - $4,000
Mechanical department . $4,000
w ater service Observation-Disclosures. 5000
The Rock Island is another road which
mas completed the work of granting vol |
untaFy increases in wages TO morgan
lied labor and to clerks. The total in
crease, TO be distributed among SIS 600 I
employees. will be about 81. 500 600. Just |
what portion of this goes to organized |
Iaoor and TO clerks it is impossible 10 /
say. 1t is estimated however to be |
about 80 per cent, or $500. 900 annually
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
CHRONICLE GIVES UP
Chicago Has One Less Morning News
paper Than Formerly.

Chicago. May 31.-The Chicago
Chronicle this morning announces that
It viii cease publication with this is
sue owing to the fact that the paper
has been improbable for some time.
The official notice signed by the
editor. H W. Seymour, says:
LAS it has not been profitable Of
late. publication of the Chronicle will
be suspended with this issue. All la
bilities of the Chicago Chronicle COM
pany will be met as usual in the regu-
lar course
The Chronicle began publication
May IS. 1895, as the only Democratic
morning paper then in Chicago. John
R. Walsh. one of the chief owners,
and formerly president of the Chicago
National bank refused the support of
his paper to Vim. J. Bryan during
Bryan's candidacy for the presidency
and during the last national campaign
the Chronicle came out as a RepubIi-
can newspaper. The last issue of the
Chicago Chronicle was No. Of
Vol. 13.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31

You can't get on this car, you're
drunk. said the conductor. "D'ye
s'pose a sober man'd want to get on
your old carr" replied the rejected,
not without spirit.-PhiIadelphi Pub
lie Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
Doctor James Albert Berr,

Observation-Disclosures Of the nose, throat,
stomach and fntestines. 725 Kansas ava
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
FISH INJUNCTION ATTACKED.
Hartman Interests Ask Dissolution
of Order i'm Illinois Cen
Cacn

CHICAGO, Nov. ia motion to
dissolve the injunction restraining
the directors of the Illinois Central
railroad from allowing stock held by
the Mutual Life Insurance company
of New York to be voted at the an
nual meeting was filed in the Cook
county soperior court here this aft
ernoon.
This is the first move in the effort
to be made by the Hartman interests
to nullify the order issued by Judge
Ball at the instance of Stuyvesant
Fish. The Mutual Life is the holder
of 800 shares of stock.
The Union Pacific railroad and the
Railroad Securities company, the
other corporations against whose
stock the injunction is in force, were
not mentioned in the bill.
A joint affidavit of Charles A Pea
body, John w. Auchincloss and Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, directors of the
Mutual Life and also of the Illinois
Central, was filed, which declares
that Stuyvesant Fish was a director
of the insurance company at the time
the stock was purchased and that he
voted it at several annual meetings
1t is also denied that the company is
party to any scheme by which the
Union Pacific railroad might get con-
troll of the Illinois Central.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
Nevada Northern Pay
Roll Here Yesterday
Over $35,OOO in Cash
TOTAL OVER 100000
Paid to Railroad, Mines and Smelter
Forces During Last Ten Days..
Gone Into Ely Trade Channels.

Poured into the channels of trade
in the city yesterday were between
$4,000 and $4,000. The money
was passed over the counters of the
Bank of Ely in payment of time
checks issued by the paymaster OF
the Nevada Northern railroad to EN-
ployes in this city on Thursday even
ing. With about $4,000 paid out
to mine, smelter and concentrator
forces, the money put in circulation
yesterday by the railroad brought the
total value of coin paid in Ely dur
ing the last ten days comfortably
over 100000.
The record is one that few mining
districts in the country will equal
for this month. In nearly all others,
where actual closing down has not
occurred, payments this month will
be by check and the latter subject to
clearing house rules. One hundred
thousand dollars turned loose in Ely,
as it has been, accounts for the evil
dences of activity which are preva-
lent to attract the attention of Wis
itors and which they are free in de-
claring are more marked, together
with the circulation of real money
than in any other town in the west at
this time.
The mines and smelter payments
this month were partly cash and part
ly paper, the latter as good as gold
but subject to clearing house rules.
The railroad, however, made special
effort to secure all cash for the pay
ment of it's employees ana succeeded
in getting the money, due in meas
ure to the smaller amount required
as in comparison with the mines and
smelter payrolls. All desired to give
business people of the district as
much aid as possible through circu-
lation of "real money" and because
of this consideration for the interests
of the district made the determined
effort to get coin which resulted in
the distribution noted
With something over 100000 in
cash moving around in the district
and cashiers checks, issued under
guarantee of the local banks and the
Salt Lake clearing house association,
of which they are members, coming
into circulation on Monday, the dis
trict is in position to count itself for
tunately situated Business men
should find conditions during the
next week much improved, as they
are expecting. Trade has been far
from poor this week, particularly
during the last day or two. With
both cash and clearing house money
in circulation next week there does
not seem room for doubt that con-
ditions will adjust themselves to nor
NAL or better. The cash that has
been put out should alone enable
this. though a good deal of it was
promptly tied up in the banks by
deposits, the run of these being il
ANYTHING in excess of the business
ordinarily transacted on pay days III
normal times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
BALL
FOR ELY CITY
Planned For Thanksgiving Might
High Officials Of State To Be
Among Invited Guests.

Plans for Thanksgiving night
ball first annual event of the kind
for Ely City, were considered last
night with result that in the next
few days definite arrangements will
probably be concluded by those who
have taken the matter up.
The ball will be under the aus
pices of young men of Ely City in
association with the ladies 'of the
city. Plans so far as advanced con-
template the issuance of invitations
to a large number of people through
out the district, with aim of making
the occasion one in which there will
be participation by probably more
representative and brilliant gather
ing of residents of all of the district
than has ever before been assembled
A feature which will add to the
pleasures of the evening will be that
the ball will probably be held in the
new Gunn-Thompson building and
that it will in way represent the
opening of that structure, the finest
office building in its construction and
eauipment in the entire state. The
contractors now bringing the build
ing to completion will make every eff
fort to have it finished in time fol
the ball. in which event the entire
first floor will be available for dane
ing.
Beside invitations issued to peo'
pie of the district, invitations are to
be sent Governor Sparks and staff
United States Senators Newlands and
Nixon, Representative Bartlett and
other prominent people of Nevada
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
ACTIVITY AT OSCEOLA.
General Improvement Anticipated
With Opening of Next SUM
mpP Season.

There is now a force of five men
at work on the Gold Bar properties
at Osceola. These men will be kept
on the property as long as the water
can be used, and it is more than like
" that there will be a small force
kept at work throughout the entire
winter on this property.
The fact that the water will freeze
within a short time, makes it i'm
probable that sluicing can be con-
tinued for longer than from four to
six weeks from this time, but as soon
as this work is concluded by cold
weather, other activities will be COM
menced on the property.
"That is an ideal country for the
man of small MEANS" said DR.. r.
II. Richardson to the News last night.
"There the man with small means
has a better chance to get in and de-
velop a paying property than in any
other part of the county. I look for
general activity " that section dur
ing the next summer, a more general
activity than the district has seen
for long time. I believe tnat there
will be many small properties devel-
oped and operated, to the financial
benefit of the men of small means
wto will undertake. that work y
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
GRAND JURY
DECEMBER 5
Trial Jury to be Called December
lO...Judse Brown so Wires.
InStructs as to Call Of Jurors.

A dispatch was received by County
Clerk Miles from Judge George S.
Brown of the Fourth Judicial district
court, instructing him to draw a
panel of twenty-four grand jurymen,
to serve at the coming term of court,
and to report for duty at the court
house at 10 o'clock on the morning
of December 5.
Judge Brown also instructed Coun-
ty Clerk Miles to draw panel of
fifty trial jurors, to report for duty
at 10 o'clock on the morning of De-
cember 10 for service.
In his original instruction, which
was given by letter, Judge Brown
ordered that the grand jury venire
report December 2, and the trial jury
venire report December 8.
In his letter Judge Brown instructs
the clerk of the court to see that
those residents and taxpayers who
have come into the district within
the last two years be given an op-
portunity to serve on the jnries, and
that consideration be given to those
who live in remote parts of the coun-
ty. He also instructs that the names
of no persons who are known to have
left the county or who cannot be
reached with service, be drawn for
this duty
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
DOBROVAK NOW FREE.
Compatriots Come to Rescue of Man
Convicted of Selling Liquor
Without License.

The troubles of the Nikola Dobro-
yak family came to an end yester-
day, when friends of the man, who
had been imprisoned for violating the
license ordinance by selling liquor at
McGill, came to his rescue and paid
the balance due on his fine.
The wife and two child"en who
had inhabited the court house, re-
fusing to leave. and refusing all Of
fers of help, joined the husband and
father upon his liberation. The
woman expressed in unmeasured
terms, considering her unfamiliarity
with the English language, her ire
because collection was not taken
up to defray her railroad fare to Nc
Gill.
The family left the court house as
soon as Dobrovak was released, and
were joined later by friends of their
own nationality. They will probably
return to McGill this morning.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
TRANSFERS Of
MINING GROUND
Transactions on Record at Court
House Yesterday Tell of Inter.
est and Activity in The District.

A number of mining transfers were
recorded at the office of the county
recorder yesterday.
w. M. Nesbit, James +. Potter, d.
J. Hunter, Harry Randall and C. A.
Higbie transferred to the Great MAN.
moth Mining & Milling company, for
stated consideration of 81, the
Mammoth group of 10 claims in the
Eagle district, this county
John Knowles of Egan canyon
transferred to William Kersey, for
stated consideration of $500 a
fourth interest in the Chief of the
Hills mining claim in Cherry Creek
mining district. The original deed
bore the date of March 2, 1877, and
was re-recorded February 81, 1887,
when the last record wGs made of it
yesterday.
NJ G. Fay of Cherry Creek trans
ferred to f. A. McDermell of Cherry
Creek for stated consideration of
$1,000, a fourth interest in the Chief
of the Hills mining claim.
John Bews transferred to William
II. Fillmore OF Cherry Creek, for a
state consideration of 800, fourth
interest in the West Extension of the
Star mine, in the Cherry Creek min
ing district.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
COLUMBUS
GETS A RAP
Rumor That Politics Plays part in
Its Candidacy Hurts Ohio Town
in Mining Congress.

JOPLIN, Mo-, Nov. 15.-The
American Mining congress devoted a
short session today to technical pa
pers. Edward w. Parker of Wash
ington ID. c., discussed the subject
of How Long Our Coal Supply Will
Meet the Increased Demand Of Our
Commerce" DR.. Waldemar Lind
green, also of Washington, read a
paper entitled How Long VIII Our
Gold Supply Last?" There was much
discussion among the delegates after
the reading of the papers; both men
commerce would oyertake the sup
ply of both.
Secretary Callbraith, In an i'm
promptu address as substitute for eX-
Governor c. S. Thomas of Denver,
emphasized the Importance of the
building of a great mining temple at
Denver. This address opened the way
for other members to ask of Colorado
and Denver an account of their stew
ardship in the matter of the proposed
temple. 1t was suggested that the
American Mining congress had heard
before of the contemplated temple.
Throughout the day and night there
was in evidence a disposition among
the mining men to be just little bit
on the aggressive.
Late tonight rumor was placed
in circulation calculated to injure the
chances of Columbus, o., regarded as
a leading candidate for the honor of
entertaining the next annual con-
gress. This rumor was to the eff
feet that Ohio should name the Off
cial to be in charge of the proposed
bureau of mines. Some delegates re-
sent what they term a disposition to
inject politics into the sessions of the
congress and regardless of the mer-
it's of the controversy the rumor will
doubtless exercise an influence in the
final decision of the matter.
Members of the board of directors
were elected tonight, as follows: DR..
e. R. Buckley, Rolla, Mo-, three
years; Colonel George w. e. Dorsey
Fremont, Neb., three years; John
Dern, Salt Lake City, three years;
A. i. White, Columbus, O., one year
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
Everything Being Put In
Readiness For Next
Term.
AMPLE ACCOMMODATION
Board Will Give Up Extra Rooms
Now Occupied by PupiIs...Con.
9eStiOn to be Relieved.

The work on the new school house
is rapidly being carried to the point
of completion by General Contractor
w. E. Myers, who has that contract
in hand and the building will be
ready for occupancy before the open.
ing of the second half of the school
term Immediately after the Christmas
holidays.
The pastering crew is now at work
in the building, and the first coat is
almost completed. BY next Tuesday
the plasterng will have entirely set,
and the carpenters can then begin to
finish the interior of the building.
The carpenter work is almost en-
tirely done, all that remains unfin-
ished being the placing of the finish
ing on the two floors. This will take
but a short time, and the final
touches will be put on quickly.
The painters will then take posses
sion, and it is believed that there will
be no hitch in the plans OF the con-
tractor, to turn the building over to
the board of school trustees before
the opening of school
A few partitions remain to be set,
after the plasterers have finished,
and there are a number of small odd
jobs to be done before the painters
can begin their work.
When completed, the building will
furnish accommodations for several
hundred pupils more than ara now
being cared for and the congestion
in the rooms now in use will be en-
tirely relieved.
When the building is accepted by
the board, the rooms that are now
being occupied as overflow rooms.
will be given up, and the pupils will
all be cared for in the school build
ings proper.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
L. :. SMELLING CLOSES
IN SALT LAKE VALLEY

Q The plants of the United Z
States Smelling, Refining & 4
Mining company at Bingham q
Q Junction, in this valley, are to Z
. be closed down. Producers who q
o have contracts with the COM Z
. pany have been notified to cease Z
. shipping and, within few days, I
or as soon as it is possible to Z
. make proper cleanup of the
works, fires will be drawn and Z
o the plants will become idle un-
. til such time as it is known def q
. nitely what can be done under Z
. the decision of the circuit court Z
. of appeals in the smoke nuis- q
. ance cases. This information Z
. was released by Managing Di-
. rector A. f. Holden, who reach
o ed here yesterday from Mexico. q
Q While the closing of the works
. will hit some of the Tintic and Z
. other producers pretty hard, it q
. is hoped that some way will
Q present itself for resumption De- Z
. fore long, but the management
. declares its intention of obeyinG q
Q absolutely the mandates of the Z
. court without any attempt at Z
. evasion or quibbling over tech-s
. nicalities.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
AMERICAN LABOR ONLY
Armenian Assailants. of Foreman
Discharged at Imlay-Last
of Foreigners.

A gang of Armenian track labor
ers employed on the Southern Pacific
work at INLAY have been dismissed
from the railroad service by Engineer
C. p. A. Lonergan, and for. the first
time none but Americans are draw
ing pay in the engineering depart
ment.
Reports from many towns along
the railroads that the Hindus, Greeks
and Armenians, discharged because
of their inefficient work, are camped
has brought out the fact that the
Southern Pacific is arranging to haul
the foreign laborers back to Califor-
mia,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
U. p. AND S. T.. DIVIDENDS.
Stockholders Get Their Ducs-NO
Stringcncy With Roads.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-The direc-
tors of the Union Pacific Railway
company today declared a quarterly
dividend of 2h per cent on the com
mon stock, which is separate from
the rate of dividend of 10 per cent
annually, established year ago.
The directors of the Southern Pa
cific company declared dividend of
3 % per cent on the preferred stock
and a quarterly dividend of Y per
cent on the common stock. These
dividends are unchanged from the
last quarter.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
Argue High Rates on Petroleum.

WAS1INGTON, NOV. Io.-IHree
cases involving charges of excessive
rates on the transportation of petro-
leum were argued before the inter-
state commerce commission today.
They were the National Petroleum
Association of Cleveland against the
Ann Arbor Railroad company and
others, and the same complainant
against the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway company and others
in two cases.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
. .
FOOD TRUST CUTS
PRICES TO CONSUMERS

. SALT LAKE, Nov. 15.-The
. fight against the Denver food
. trust, which is analogous to the
. Investigations of the food COM
. bine in Salt Lake, is resulting in
. victory for the consumer. On
. the eve of a prosecution for vio-
. lation of the antitrust law all
Q of the Denver butchers and gro
Q GERS have made sweeping reduc-
. tions in the price of all COM
. modities.
. Officials of the Retail Mer-
. chants association of Colorado
. admitted defeat and said that
. for the protection of the men,
. bers it was wise to abolish for
, the present the price card and
, allow the dealers to sell the
. goods at whatever price they
. cared to. That the prices on
D almost every commodity We're
. Immediately cut is the best sort
D of evidence that a combine ex-
. listed and that the former prices
, were eXorbitant. Members and
, officers of the association have
, prophesied that as the result of
, the war being waged against
. them even further reductions
3 would have to be made
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
WIFE BEATER Is FINED.
James Cram, Who Assaulted Spouse
With Fists Is Assessed by Court.

James Cram, alleged wife beater,
who was arrested a few days ago on
complaint of his wife, who alleged
that he had beaten and struck her
with his fists, appeared before Justice
Cartwright yesterday and pleaded
guilty to the charge.
Justice Cartwright delivered "A
scathing lecture to Cram, and as
sessed a fine and costs against him
aggregating SIS, which he paid.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
RAILROAD SELLS LAND
Southern. Pacific. Settles. TruclSec-
Carson Country.

Southern Pacific land in the region
of the Truckee-Carson project is be-
ing settled on by immigrants as well
as railroad men. The railroad COM
pany charges $40 an acre for the
soil, and the government furnishes a
perpetual water right for $26.
Chief Dispatcher J. G. Delmore OF
the Salt Lake division has investi-
gated conditions in Carson Sink, and
he is convinced that the investment
will pay.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
-e7 4So Arrivals i'm Eight Months.

Statistics made public by the West
ern Passenger association show 1884,
400 aliens and 14,1S2 citizens of the
United States, a total of 737, 7,4S2, ar
rived in the steerage at the port of
New York from January 1 to August
80 of this year. This is an increase
of S5.O2S aliens and us citizens, or
a total of S5,743-13.16 per cent
as compared with the same months OIL
the preceding year.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16

M. d. McKane, president OF the
Blackhorse Phoenix Mining company,
was here yesterday on his way TO SAT-
Lake to Blackhorse, where he VIII
look over the property.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-16
HARTMAN DECISION IS
RESERVED TO DECEMBER |

YORK Nov 15After seven hours and half of argu
ready
December The
filing additional briefs
Q which not concluded
the privileges and powers
thoroughly
APPEARS BEHALF OF HARTMAN
the
the position
required tell the
in selling other
detail the
in deferred
Mr. much stock of
before the announcement
. of dividend