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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
WANT GREATER POWER.
Illinois Commission Would Control
Operation of Roads

Chicago, July 3.-The railroad and
warehouse commission of Illinois is
seeking to secure control over the
physical properties and over the oper-
alton of railroads. This fact was con-
firmed by Commissioner B. A. Eckhart
today, who declared that he was of the
opinion that the commission should
have such powers. Accordingly the
commission is having the law ex-
amined by competent legal experts
with a view to ascertaining how far it
goes in giving that body anything to
say relative to the physical condition
of Illinois railroads and the manner
of their operation. Some members of
the commission believe that they now
have the power to control the physical
condition of railroads. while other
members believe that such power is
not granted by the law as it stands
now.
In addition to having the law
searched for this authority the COM
mission is having the question looked
up generally in other states. The COM
missioners desire to know just what
other state commissions are doing
with respect to the physical condition
of railroads and their operation and
under what sort of legal provision they
are exercising their powers. If it is
found that the Illinois law stops with
giving the commission control over
of railroads with one another, it is
likely that the state legislature Will be
asked to pass an amendment granting
certain additional powers to the state
commission. At present there is not
single charge that any railroad in the
state is not in good physical condition
and is not being we'll operated
Regarding this question Commits
sioner Eckhart said: THE commits
sion has not received a single COM
plant that any railroad in Illinois is
not in good physical condition or that
it is not being we'll operated. think
it is generally conceded that the rail
roads centering in Chicago or at least
that portion of their lines which is in
Illinois, is in first class physical con-
dition. I do not know of single |
railroad in the state where it would
be necessary at this time for the com
mission to make an examination as to |
the condition of roadbed or track, but |
such an occasion might arise, and
believe that if it does the commission
should have the power to deal with It, |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI
Program for the Presidents Speaking
Trip in the Fall.

oyster Bay, July 3.-The details OF
the itinerary of President Roosevelt's
trip which is to begin at the termina-
ton of his summer vacation were an
nounced today by Secretary Loeb. The
president will leave Oyster Bay for
Canton, Ohio, September 80. He will
make an address at Canton at the
dedication of the Mckinley national
monument September 81 and leave for
Keokuk where he will arrive at 9
O'Clock October 1.
He will make an address at Keokuk
and two hours after his arrival will
embark on the Mississippi. From 10
until o'clock the next day he viii
spend in st. Louis. He will then con-
tinue his sail down the Mississippi the
next stop being at Cairo, ILL.,, where
he will spend lhe two hours from IL
to 1 O'Clock, Oct. 8. An address will
be made by the president at Cairo and
at Memphis which will be reached the
next afternoon. An uninterrupted trip
to washington from Memphis will be-
gin at o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
TO AVOID CAR SHORTAGE.
Companies Arc Getting Equipment to
Kansas to Handle Wheat.

Two thousand new freight cars are
being brought by the Missouri Pacific
railway to Kansas to be used in haul
ing the wheat crop as soon as it is put
on the market One thousand of these
cars will be used on the Wichita df
vision and the others will be used on
the Southern Kansas division. The OBJ
ject of this is to prevent as far as pos
sible any shortage of cars such as that
of last season.
The hauling capacity of each of
these cars is 1900 bushels of wheat
They are as large as most of the
freight cars now in use and the 1000
cars will be able to carry an enormous
quantity of wheat from Kansas wheat
counties. The cars are now being dis
tributed along the lines that pass
through the wheat growing districts.
Other railways are preparing to
meet the increased traffic that is sure
to come as soon as the wheat crop is
put on the market. In the handling
of coal this is especially true They
all urge the people to lay in a supply
of coal during the summer months In
order to avoid the congestion of traf-
fic that almost always occurs at the
beginning of the winter season. In
some localities the shortage of coal
during the winter becomes serious
matter and in order to prevent this
the railways urge early buying of coal.
The winter supply of coal for the
railways is almost all stored during
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
ON THE PRAIRIES
A Million Dollar Cement Plant
Nucleus for a Town.
No Station Nor Business Nearer
Than Three Miles.
GREAT SHALE DEPOSIT
Is the Real Thing, and Reaches
to a Depth of 35 Feet.
Concern Is Located on 420 Acres
of Allen County Land.
GREAT SHALE DEPOSIT

Moran, Kan, July 3.-One million dol
lars is to be spent in the building and
placing in operation of a cement plant
nine miles north of here. 1t will be
on the open prairie. The nearest sta
tions on the same division of the road
are Bayard and Kincaid, each three
miles away
The occasion for the new town is the
fact that a company has been organ
lied, having the money in hand, to
construct a cement plant on land which
holds the deepest deposit of shale in
Allen county Within a few inches of
the ground, the shale reaches to a
depth OF 50 feet further below. 1t is
the real stuff.
All winter the company's agents have
been prospecting and making arrange
Ng1ents to start the cement plant There
Are two other plants in Allen county
like this, one at lola and the other at
Concrete. A plant like the one planned
will attract population of from 1,500
to 1000 people. and there are many
other possibilities which would cause it
to grow.
The plating of a town will com
mence this week, and the ground plans
of a plant will soon be made. The
company which is starting the plant has
purchased three tracts of land, one of
100 acres, another of $50 acres, and an
other of so acres. Upon the materiali-
cation of this town, there will be only
two stations on the Parsons division
larger than it, Paola and Erie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
BETTER PAY AND HOURS.
Railway Clerks in the East Organic.
ing to Demand Them.

Reports from New York state that
active preparations are being made
throughout the east by the vast army
of railroad clerks to enter campaign
for the securing of better hours and
higher salaries. There are over 200,-
900 men in this country now employ
ed as railroad clerks and, while the
places of the majority could be filled
at short notice, officials acknowledge
that they could prove very annoying.
During the past six months national
organizers have been at work in the
east and the clerical forces of several
of the larger roads have been organ
lied so quietly that officials and 9TH
ers have known nothing of the under
taking.
The organization is gaining in
strength, it is said. from day to day.
In the south recently efforts to better
their conditions have proved a failure,
due mostly to lack OF organizat ton,
but the rolls are being signed by hum
dreds all over the United States, and
the aim is to effect an organization
that will be not only influential, but
really powerful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
JUNE WEATHER REPORT.
Few Hot Days But Plenty of Rain and
Thunder. Saws DIR. Snow.

Lawrence, July 3.-The weather report
for June, prepared by DR.. F. H. Snow
of the University of Kansas from OBJ
servations taken at Lawrence, shows
that there were no hot days during
which the temperature rose to 80 de-
grees or above. This is far below the
average number, which is I.
The total rainfall was 7.42 inches,
which is 80 inches above the average
rainfall for June. The greatest precip-
itation of the month occurred on the
18th, when 1.66 inches fell.
The mean temperature was III de-
grees, which is LIS degrees below the
June average. The highest temperature
was SO degrees on the 18th, the lowest
was $50 degrees on the LIST, giving a
monthly range of 34.5 degrees.
The rainfall was 7.42 inches, which is
80 inches above the June average. The
entire rainfall for the six months of 1907
now completed has been 21.1 inches.
Rain in measurable quantities fell on
IL days. There were five thunder storms
during the month. The month was 80
per cent more cloudy than the average.
The total run of wind was 1906 miles,
which is 1,153 miles below the June aver
age. The highest velocity was "a miles
an hour on the 23rd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
A s14s.OOo WHEAT CROP.
Estimate of the Bourbon County Prod
uct for This Year

Fort Scott, July st is estimated
that there will be $14S, 900 worth of wheat
harvested in this county this summer.
There are eleven thousand acres of
wheat in Bourbon county this year.
From reports it seems that the aver
age harvest will be about Is bushels to
the acre. A great many farmers have
been interviewed on the subject and re-
ports from all over the county have
been heard. Some farmers say their
harvest will net them about ten bushels
to the acre while many say their wheat
will mean % to 25 bushels to the acre.
This makes about an average of Is bush
els to the acre. Wheat just now is up
around the dollar mark or Whereabouts
Grain men believe that this years wheat
will bring no less than 80 cents per
bushel, and accepting this as a basis it
will be seen that this years wheat crop
in this county will bring S14S,00O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
DYNANmTING THE FISH.
Pirates ~ Work in the Cottonwood
River Made to Pay.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, July g.
Daniel McCowen, the deputy game
and fish warden of Emporia, caused
the arrest of three men at Cedar Point
who were found violating the fish
laws of the state. The men all live at
Burns, Kan, and their trial came up
before Justice of the Peace Clay
Shaft. They We're found guilty and
the minimum fine for the first Of
Tense, together with all the costs was
imposed on them There were also
two other men who were implicated
in the same offense and another party
at Saffordville charged with killing
fish by dynamiting the river. The
trial of both will probably come up
this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
WICHITA NEEDS THE MONEY.
The Authorities Contemplate Licensing
2 Per Cent Joints


Wichita. Kan. July 3.-Wichita is
contemplating a license for the "2 per
cent" Joints. This is to be different
from the old system of fines. as it is
proposed to levy license by ordinance
in conformity with the Laws of the
state. 1t is argued by those in favor
of the movement. that this will ma
terially augment the city's revenues as
there are at least forty of these places
in the city, and a license of $50 per
month would mean $4,000 a year to
the city.
1t is a noticeable fact that since tn e
Inauguration of the '2 per cent" joints
here. the sales of whisky in the drug
stores has materially decreased 1t is
Appropriated from records in many of
the stores that the sales have dropped
off fully one-third.
1t is asserted from observation and
experience of those who have imbibed
the weaker mixture. that 1t certainly
is intoxicating, beyond the logic of a
per cent connection. In fact it is
openly asserted that the article is gen.
uine beer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
E,nporia,s ~Drug Trade Good.

Emporia, July 3.-According to
statements filed with the pro bate
judge, by the different druggists hav-
ing LIQUOR permits as required by law
1883 LIQUOR sales were made in En-
poria during June. 1906, and 1913 dur
ing June of this year, which makes an
increase of 554 sales for June of this
year over the corresponding month of
last year. Three stores that did not
have liquor permits last year have
them this year, so this must be taken
into consideration, as well as the
weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03

outset, it also gives the opportunity to
foster increased travel
We have not yet had time to as
certain the effect of the cent rate
said a st. Paul official in discussing the
possible outcome. The rate has been
in effect in Minnesota since the first of
May, and in Nebraska and Missouri
shorter periods. 1t will go into effect
in Iowa on July 4. We cannot judge by
the comparative figures for the time it
has already been tried, and those for the
same period last year. 1t would not be
a fair comparison. for this season has
been much later than a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
John Stevens Preferred Death to Liv-
ing Without the Girl He Loved.

Oswego. Kan, July 3.-John Stevens.
19 years of age, living with his parents
on a farm u miles west of this city,
committed suicide Tuesday by shooting
himself in the temple with a 3S caliber
revolver, dying an hour later, without
regaining consciousness.
He called upon his sweetheart the
previous night, and at the table Tues
day announced to his parents that he
desired to get married. A fiat refusal
came from his father.
With the words. You will be sorry
the young man went to the barn and in
a few minutes the shot rang out that
sent him into eternity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
ALTON CUTOFF FINISHED.
Last Spike Driven on Short Line to
Kansas City.

The last spike has been driven in the
Chicago & Alton cutoff which connects
the main line of the road with the Kan
sas City division. This is the line that
caused so much discussion Immediately
following the appearance of Mr.. Harri-
man before the interstate commerce
commission. The line runs from SPRING
field Junction to Murrayville, thirty-five
miles. President FELTON, will make a
trip of inspection over the road on July
4, and it will be thrown open for bust
ness on August 1. After that time all
passenger and freight business between
Chicago and Kansas City will go via
Springfield. All new stations along the
line are named after members of the
interstate commerce commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03

first train to arrive from the south got
in at 3:15 yesterday afternoon.
The Valley trains use the tracks OF
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas between
Waxahachie and Dallas, but 1t Will
eventually build its own line into the
city.
The first train consisted of modern
type of locomotive, known as an eight
wheeler, combination baggage and ex-
press car smoker, day coach and cna1r
car The equipment is all of the wide
vestibule pattern, and the train pre-
scented an attractive appearance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.
Mrs. Fossey of Reno County Meets
Death Taking Dinner to Harvest Help.


Death Taking Dinner to Harvest Help.
Hutchinson. Kan, July 3-Mrs. John
Fossey was instantly killed in a run
away near her country home in Salt
Creek township, Tuesday. Her daugh-
ter. Maud Fossey, aged II, was badly
injured, but 1t is said she will recover.
The mother and daughter had cooked
dinner for a crowd of harvest hands and
had hitched to a buggy and started to
go to the field. some distance away, to
take the dinner to the men. expecting
to arrive before the noon hour. On the
way, the team became frightened and
ran away, throwing both Mrs. Fossey
and her daughter from the carriage.
Mrs. F'ossey was dead when she was
found. The daughter was unconscious,
but probably will not die.
John Fossey is an old settler in that
township. Mrs. Fossey leaves four chill
dren, besides the injured daughter, be-
ing the two sons. Don and Herbert,
both grown, and Mrs. Bert WEIGH of
Newton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
THE PITTsBURG SHOOT.
GOttlieb of Kansas City High Man
With Ed O'Brien Second.

Pittsburg, Kan, July 3.-The inter
state tournament given under the
auspices of the Pittsburg Gun club here.
closed Tuesday afternoon. The shoot
was at 400 targets for the two days.
Chris Gottlieb. of Kansas City, got 1888;
Ed O'Brien of Florence, Kan, 1856, and
Harry Kahler of Davenport, Iowa, 3S2,
in the professional contest.
In the amateur contest A. M. Mastin,
of Kansas City. was high gun, with
3S1 targets. "Uncle Jim Forkner, of
Joplin, got 376. and George K. Mackie,
of Scammon, got 273. In the long run
of tournament Chris Gottlieb got 131
and SO, while A. NJ. Mastin got 100.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
TRAINS ON BRAzos LINE.
Yoakum's New Road Is Finally Ready
for Operation.

Dallas, July 3.-After having been
three times postponed since April 1 on
account of delays caused by long-con-
tinued rains the new railroad of B. F.
Yoakum's Texas system, the Trinity &
Brazos Valley, is at last running reg
ular trains in and out of Dallas.
The first regular train started for
Houston via Waxahachie and league
out of the Terminal Passenger sta alton
at 2:15 o'clock yesterday morning. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
Found ola Bar Fixtures.

| Junction City, July ST. F. Carver of
Topeka, one of the receivers for the
property of brewers that is found in the
state, was here recently looking for prop
erty which the state may seize He
spent a half day here and it is reported
that all he found was couple of sets
@6 Odd bar fixtures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
TO PAY A ST BONUS.
Saline County Farmers Use Unique
Methods to Secure Helm.

Salina. Kan, July 3-The farmers of
this county are having great difficulty
in getting men to work in the harvest
fields, although $3.50 a day and board
is being paid. Every incoming train is
met by farmers and 81 bonus is being
paid for each man furnished
Many headers are being used because
the straw is too short for harvesters
but the quality of the grain is said to
be much better than was anticipated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
New Sidewalk for Fort Riley,

Junction City, July 3.-The proposals
for the construction of $1,000 feet of
concrete sidewalk at Fort Riley were
opened in the constructing quartermas-
ter's office at the post. w J. Lott of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03

the summer so more attention can
be given to the handling of other COM
mercial business later in the season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03
Death i'm the Harvest Field.

Manchester. Kan. July 3.-Reece Rob-
ertson, a farmer, died suddenly of heart
failure in the harvest field Tuesday. He
was carrying water to the harvest
hands when stricken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-03

junction City was the successful bidder
He will do the work for 1919 cents per
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-27
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Ambitions and Prospects of Men
Strutting and Fretting Their
Hour on the Stage.
Especial to THE ARGUs.)

ISDGClal TO i ANGUS. F
Washington, D. c., June 25.
Matthew II. Stevenson, of Pittsburg,
is the candidate of the Prohibitionists
of Pennsylvania for State Treasurer.
The candidacy of Governor Cummins
for United States Senator will afford a
test of the tariff revision sentiment in
Iowa as well as an object lesson in the
direct primary movement.
Though he has not yet authorized any
one to make the formal statement of
his candidacy, it is generally believed
that when the gubernatorial campaign
opens in Virginia Capt. Robert e. Lee
will be one of the aspirants for the NOM
ination.
It is again reported in Washington
that Jesse r. Grant, son OF b late Gen.
Grant, will be a candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for President of the
United States, It is said that he is not
only willing to accept the nomination,
IS but will come out openly and make a
fight for it.
Cornelius c. Billings, the new assist
ant commissioner Of patents, was grad
uated from the UnitedStatesNaval Acad
envy in 1896 and served as ensign In the
Spanish-American War. He entered
the United States Patent Office in 1899,
and has been advanced steadily from a
c1erkship to the office Of assistant COM
missioner.
Jacob M'Gavock Dickinson, whom
members of the Iroqaois Club of Chi
cago are said to be preparing to boom
for the Presidential nomination in op-
position to William T.. Bryan, is a dis
tinguished lawyer, who for a long time
has been general counsel for the Illinois
Central Railroad. He is a ~Southerner
by birth and education and has served
on the supreme bench of Tennessee.
In 1857 he was assistant attorney gen
eral of the United States and in 1908 he
served as counsel for the United States
before the tribunal that settled the
Alaskan boundary question.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-27
A Constitutional
QUESTION.
Bearing On R. R. Rate Legislation to be
Determined in AsheyiIie.
(By special wire to THE ARGUs.)

by special wire to The ARGUs.)
Raleigh, June 25.-Col. A. B. An
drews, 1st vice president of the South
ern Railway and, corporation commits
sioners have gone to Asheville today,
to attend a railway rate trial.
Much interest centers in the outcome
of this case on the part ofState officials,
for the reason that when the conference
bill passed the Senate several lawyers
in hat body stated, in argument, that
the failure to return the bill incorpor-
ated in the conference report, three
times, on separate days, made it open
in their opinion to successful attack in
the courts.
Whether they or Lieutenant-Govern-
Or Winston, as president of the Senate
have the RICH tview of the law will now
be determined by this Asheyille case,
hence the outcome is awaited with
deep interest.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-27
this DAY In HISTORY"
June IS.

1913 Archbishop Attire of Paris shot
in the instruction of 1S4S.
1857 Prince Albert, husband OF
Queen Victoria, first styled Prince
Consort.
1861 Star of India, a new order, in
st1tuted by Queen Victoria.
1870 Isabella II. abdicated the throne
of Spain.
1876 Telephone exhibited for the
first time to the public at the Centennia.
Exposition at Philadelphia.
1889 Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of the
10th President of the United States,
died. Born Aug. %, 1881.
1891 Marriage of Charles Stewart
ParneIl and Mrs. O'Shea.
1885, India closed her minis to the
free coinage OF silver.
1906 Harry K. Thaw assassinated
Stanford White at New York.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-27
The why and the Wherefore.

There is never a why without a where
fore. For instance, Hoods Sarsapa-
rilIa roots out the cause OF disease.
Wherefore, when people take this me-
dicine faithfully and persistently their
disease disappear
It cures scrofula, rheumatism, catar-
rh, dyspepsia, kidney complaint, etc..
because these diseases have their origin
in the blood. Thousands of people who
once suffered from such troubles are
alive and well today, and say they can
not help praising Hoods Sarsaparilla
because it has given them good health,
heightened their lives and afforded
them new opportunities for happiness
and usefulness.
It is a benefcent work that Hood S
Sarsaparilla is doing. 1t helps poor
tired mothers by purifying and enrich
ing their blood and giving them appe-
tite n strength. 1t builds up broken
down constitutions, relieves the pangs
of rheumatism and neuralgia, dispels
the horrors of dyspepsia and nervous
prostration, overcomes the symptoms
of catarrh, eradicates scrofula, salt
rheum and all blood diseases, and
makes the weak and debilitated feel
strong and vigorous.