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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
NO KATY DIVIDEND.
Too Much improvement in System
Being Made.

New York, Aug. 2.-Rumors current
for several days that the management
of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas con-
templa ted the declaration Of a dividend
on the roads common stock, l. was
learned on authority today, have no
chance of fulfllment in the near future.
While the earnings of the road have
shown much improvement in the last
year, one of the leading directors said
yesterday that the management of the
road did not think it wise at this time
to declare a common stock dividend
which it might not be possible 10 keep
ZIP. One of the officers of the company
said on this point:
At this time when legislatures are so
exactirg and the labor unions so insist
ent for shorter hours and higher wages
it would not seem prudent to make any
further distribution to Our stockholders
and 1 am quite sure that the question
of declaring a dividend on Missouri
Kansas & Texas common will not come
up for consideration at any time in the
near future. We are being ordered by
the state authorities of Texas to do this
that or the other Improvement work
costing $4,000 here and $50, 900 there aud
in the aggregate these expenditures
reach very large sum.
1T is true that our earnings have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
CHERRYvALE IMPROVEMENTS.
santa Fe EnIarging Facilities at Thai
Point

Cherryvalc, Kan, Aug. 2-Work of
surveying ana grading for the proposed
new Santa Fe roundhouse and wye be-
gan today. A force Of about rs men and
nearly as many teams arrived this morn
ing to do the grading The work is in
charge of NJ. N. Wells, civil engineer of
the Southern Kansas division
The new roundhouse will be located
lust below the junction of the tracks of
the Coffeyville branch with the main
line and just within the wye which is to
be built from the branch TO the main
line.
The size of the new rounGhouse could
not be ascertained but it will no doubt
be considerably larger than the old one
which has six stalls. The building of
the we will do away with the old turn
table as the wye is built for this pur-
pose. The old turn table was too small
:or the heavy engines now in use on this
division.
The beginning Of terminal improve
.nents here by the Santa Fe will be
looked upon with considerable favor by
.he people of Cherryvale. Many of the
Tess optimistic had begun to believe no
work would be done by the Santa Fe IN
Eherryvale this summer. The new
roundhouse and new depot were prom
;sed at the same time by Superlntend-
ant Barnes. Now that work has actual
~ begun on the ro1ndhouse, 1t IS hopeq'
no great time will elapse until the work
on a new, modern passenger station IS
started.
A Santa Fe official who is in posi-
lien to know whereof he speaks says the
olan is to remove the present station to
The site of the old freight depot and
convert it into an office building for
Roadmaster Butcher and other local
officials and remove the old freight de-
pot down to the present site OF the
roundhouse. Then the new PASSENGER
station will be erected on the site of the
present station buil1ing. These changes
will not only better the Santa Fe facili-
ties for handling the immense business
of this city but will also show mark
ed improvement in the general appear
ancc of that section of the city. $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
ITCHING P|MPLES
TORMENT ) BOYS
Arms and Hands Affected Could
Not Sleep Because of Itching
Suffered for Two Months Until
Two Cakes of Cuticura Soap and
ONE BOX OF CUTICURA
CURED THEM ALL

"I have five boys, from five to eleven
years of age, who were affected some
time last winter by some kind Of skin
disease. The worst parts of the body
were around the arms and hands, where
small pimples formed and itched. They
suffered for two months so that they
could not sleep at night. noticed an adj
vertisement about the Cuticura Rem
edies and we made a trial of one or
two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box
of Cuticura Ointment which gave great
satisfaction. / washed their bodies
with Cuticura Soap and then applied
Cuticura Ointment every other day.
Since then they have all been healthy.
A. f. Carlson, Norcross, Traver-5 Co.,
Mimi, Nov. 20 and Dec. %, 1906"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02

shown large increases as will appear
from the Forthcoming statement for the
last. hseal year. Broadly stated, the
gross earnings for the year ending June
so, 1907, showed an increase of "A per
cent and the net earnings and increase
OF about 90 per cent. At the same time
cur stockholders are more DESTROYS of
increasing the value of their principal
than they are of obtaining dividends at
this tilEe- 1t is not true that our foreign
stockholders. including the holders OF
about million dollars of our stock in
Holland. are insisting upon a dividend
upon the common stock"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
FOLLOWED THE BEER WAGON.
Officials Arrest Two Alleged Dealers
in IntOxicants at GaIena.

Ga1ena, Kan, Aug. 2-The appearance
in Galena of a beer wagon with num-
Der of cases of the intoxicant was the
cause of two arrests being made here.
r. J. Bland and William Hicks being
taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff
LATE Roe and City Marshal Carpenter
and given hearings in Justice Elliotts
court charged with violating the pro-
hibitory law The men furnished a
bond of $500 each for their appearance
in court on the morning of August 8 and
were released.
The officials kept an eyese1a where the
LIQUOR was being delivered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
Good Whcat in Ba~ber County.

Wheat in the valley between Medi-
cine Lodge and Sharon is yielding bet
ter than expected. Fields that have
been threshed thus far. are making
from 25 to 35 bushels per acre. At
the time of the late frosts and green
bug scare these same farmers would
have been glad to contract their crop
to a man for Is bushels per acre
Barber County Index
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
A Trip of $4,000 Miles.

First Lieutenant c. r. Mayo. who
for the past year has been stationed
al Fort Riley. left this noon for his
old home in England He will spend
the most of his furlough at Norfolk,
Eng, his old home. After his visit he
will return and he will join his regi-
ment. When he reaches his regiment
Lieutenant Mayo will have travelled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
Does PIentsful in Chanute.

The police department has made its,
first round of the city on its mission
of collecting dog tax. The officers in
charge of the work have collected
taxes on about 100 CANNES in the
last week. The amount received this
year has reached about $400.-Cha5
mute Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
A Pioneer Freighter Deed.

Atchisou. Kan, Aug. Amos A.
Howell. who came to Kansas from In
diana in a wagon in 1856. and who was
a prominent freighter in the early
days. died of acute indigestion Thurs
day at the advanced zoe OF & 8 years
He still owned the farm he pre-empted.
but moved to Atchison twenty years
ago to engage in the ice business. He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02

Lizzie Althouse had got an average OF
221k bushels per acre. H S. Haf1ich hau
II acres of wheat which yielded 3621s
bushels or a shade over 80 bushels per
acre Charley Joss wheat averaged 81
bushels to the acre. He had SO acres in
Wheat-Sabetha Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
SANTA FE SELLS BONDS.
=. z. Morgan Secures Large Amount
of Recent Issue.

New York, Aug. 2.-The Atchison.
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad COM
pany has sold to ]. P. Morgan & Co.
dble per cent bonds recently issued.
which were not taken by the stock
holders. 1t is estimated that the
stockholders have subscribed at par
the Issue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
CathoIics ct Pr.tt to l,uiId

Pratt, Kan, Aug. 2.-The Catholics
are planning to build a church and
erect a school house in Pratt soon.
They will also erect a home for the
priest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
Good Wheat Around sahetha.

john Heinger had nine acres Of
wheat which went so bushels to the acre
John Schrock's wheat was running be-
tween 45 and so bushels to the acre the
last we heard from the thresher. Mrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02

Winfield, Kan, Aug. 2.-The restrain
ing order against the Midland Grain
company of Kansas City, charged with
running a bucket shop in Winfield,
was dismissed in the district court on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02
\ Pratt 90. Wheat Yield.

w. S. Doan thrcshed last week. In
one field of 73 acres he got q yield of
81 e bushels per acre or a revenue
of $22.40 per acre. That grew lust
southwest OF Iuka.-Pratt Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02

continued that work until two years
ago, when he turned the business over
to his son. Amos A Howell was one
of the freighters who distinguished
Atchison in the early days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02

the ground Of insufficient evidence.
Witnesses all took shelter of their con-
stitutionaI privileges and refused to
testify.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-02

about $1,000 miles--Junction City
Union.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07

IL Is a matter of frequent observation
that What for the want of a better phrase
may be termed the radical thought Of
both the Republican and the Democratic
parties tends to run along parallel lines
Mr.. Roosevens corporation programme
has no more eminent or consistent sup
porter than Mr.. Bryan. Eliminating his
references TO government ownership. the
latter's recent expression of his views on
the railroad situation might have come
without any bat verbal modification from
the President himself. Though nominal
ly q state rights man, Mr., Bryan dis
plays no more hesitation than Mr. ROOse-
welt in advocating the extension of the
scope of Federal authority when such a
course seems essential to The public well
fare. In so many important matters Of
national policy do these two great popu-
lar leaders approximate each others
point of view that the question naturally
occurs, What differences may be set up
IS q guide 20 the choice Of voters be
tween them. should they be opposed in
the next Presidential campaign?
There are two defects in President
tthlfHtf ttt ftAltfilll@ tltt.l dititllit men
may furnish the Democratic leader an
opportunity for successful attack. We
refer TO his omission of tariff revision
from his plans for dealing with trust
evils. and TO his advocacy of government
aid 20 the shipping industry, which Is
only protection in another form. The
President has a firm grasp on the idea Of
ebjecting corporations TO government
supervision, but such supervision would
not correct all the evils of monopoly un-
less the government undertook to regu-
late prices. a step which We do not think
lie people of this country viii be ready
10 take for many years TO come But
there is a natural regulator of monopoly
and Of monopolistic prices which It is the
business OF governments 30 preserve
namely. competition. Now the protective
tariff tends 10 stiAe competition, and so
It has been one of the most potent aids
in upbunding a number of our most op-
pressive monopolies. To maintain a high
protective tariff system tending toward
the development Of monopoly. and 10 at
tempt TO remedy she evils thus arising by
means Of Fegulative legislation, is an
absurd. untenable, and Ineffective policy.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07

which it has always been dificult 10 JUS
tify Ia the forum Of popular discussion.
And when on top of this inconsistent pol
ley 1t is proposed 20 use public funds
raised BY taxation, and in large part by
taxation that promotes monopoly. TO
make the building, ownership. and opera
ton CT steam vessels profitable, or more
profitable than it would otherwise be. We
discern an indefensible system of public
plumber and private ACKNOWLEDGMENT that
ought to be extremely vulnerable TO the
assault of Democratic principles. IS they
have been held by the great leaders Of
that party.
We are aware that Mr.. Roosevelt holds
the opinion that his governmental reguIa-
ton plans are more important than revi-
sion Of the tariff and, possibly, Mr.. Bryan
entertains a similar view of the relations
of these two policies; but we feel conf
dent that botn would immensely
strengthen themselves by taking strong
ground against governmental favoritism
of any sort Mr.. Roosevelt, however, Is
committed, by party utilization, if not by
personal inclination, to the opposite
course; so that 1t remains for Mr.. Bryan
to take advantage of the tactical weak
ness which we have shown to exist in his
opponents position.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
Cost ofRefundine.

That element of financiers not wholly
satisfied with the present banking system
of the country doubtless Will be critical
1T Secretary CoTtelyoUs first important
act as head Of the Treasury. His refund
ing circular, issued last week. win redeem
only little more than oue-half OF the 4
per cent bonds maturing July / next.
The outstanding amount OF these bonds
is Nl600O0 Mr.. COrteIyOu already has
redeemed some OF them by the Treasury
offer, at the height Of the recent Wall
street panic for the relief of the money
market But $50.090o0O of them are to be
redeemed BY his latest offer of per cent
substitute bonds maturing in 1880. The
remainder VIII be taken up and cancelled,
So painstaking and conservative an au-
thority as the Springfield Republican OBJ
Jects TO Secretary Cortelyous whole pro-
grsmme in respect TO the outstanding
bond issue involved, claiming that he
could retire the entire amount without
The slightest trouble" and with material
advantage 60 the Treasury" It is a fact
worth noting that the Treasury's cash
balance above all liabilities is S250. 900. O00-
81 comfortable asset considering that only
"a few months ago we were told that a
deficit was threatened That alarm was
sounded, however, while Congress was in
session. and We suspect that it was the
answer OF the standpatter TO the agita-
tioR in various parts Of the country for
tarin revision. About Sl75.0000 Of this
cash balance IS on deposits with the ma
tional banks. 1t is earning substantial
profits, of course, for the banks that hold
II, but nothing at al for the government
Our Springfield contemporary estimates
that IT. instead of refunding or extending
S5Jno,eG1 OF this 4 per cent debt at per
cent. Secretary Cortelyou should pay II
on with money now lying idle in the
Treasury or with that I'm the banks from
which the government is receiving no
benefit the government would save S1.010.-
0U ii year FOR the next tWenty-three
years. "ft elects" says the Republican,
somewhat pOintedly IF not harshly, ito
toss this SUM over its shoulder and let
private banking interests gather it in"
There can Pee no doubt of course, that
the main reason Secretary Cortelyou has
elected 20 refund this debt a part Of
which was incurred by the S500W000 bond
issue Of the last Cleveland administration
-an issue which caused exceedingly Sc
we're arTaignment of that administration
al the time-is 10 preserve, if not 10 eX-
pand, the existing basis of national bank
circulation In doing so the nation is
taxed, according to the Republicans est
mate, a million a year; but as it seems
absolutely necessary to carry a heavy
national debt in order 20 maintain the
present banking system Secretary Cortel-
you is pursuing the policy followed by
his predecessors, Democratic as well as
Republican The country is so rich and
prosperous that the 100000 a year in
VOWED IN this transaction VIII arouse no
popular dissent
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07

can Presidential campaign. Il never re-
quested Mr.. Hartman" the President
avows, and. of course truthfully. ITO raise
dollar for the Presidential campaign OF
1904" Mr.. Hartman does not deny this
assertion, nor does he regard 1t as incom-
patible with his version of the White
House interview. Thus both Roosevelt
and Hartman are in exact agreement on
very important point. II Hartman did
contribute to the New York State cam
paign fund-aRd he himself says the fact
is undeniabIe-and If he induced others 10
contribute, Immediately after a conference
at the White House In which nothing was
talked Of but the New York campaign,
then at a most critical stage, there is
some ground for the presumption that the
question Of funds was a vital feature Of
the White House eonfab, and that Harri-
mans subsequent activity in raising the
wind was its natural sequel
However, the Atlanta Constitution puts
the case in a nutshell when It says that
the American people primarily are inter-
ested in what Air. Roosevelt is doing as
President, rather than in what he did,
or did not dc. before he was elected
President
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
The Hartman Enlsode Again

A careful perusal of the Roosevelt FIar-
riman correspondence, together with the
comments of the respective authors there
on, shows that President Roosevelt in
October. 1904, invited Mr.. Hartman to
visit the White House for the purpose OF
talking over the political situation in New
York with respect to the State ticket. IN
compliance with this invitation, Mr.. Har-
riman came to Washington on or about
October % and conferred with Mr.. ROose-
Welt. Following this conference. Mr. Har-
riman contributed $4,000 to the State CAM
paign fund and induced several other per-
sons to contribute. Mr. Hartman says
that in the letter to Represent ative Sher-
man the President clearly seeks to con-
Vey the impression that the personal in
terview with him in the fall of 1904 was
of my (Harriman's) seeking. and not his. q"
We do not so read the Presidents letter
to Sherman. What the President en-
deavored TO show was that the interview
with Hartman was not sought IN his own
interest, or for the purpose of asking help
in the Presidential campaign, but solely
for the purpose of comforting on the New
York State situation.
As to what actually transpired at the
interview. there is some difference Of
recollection" as Hartman puts it. Both
accounts agree that the New York situa-
ton was gone into fully Among the
subjects. according to Hartman, was the
state committees lack of funds
II should be noted that what Mr.. Roose-
Welt characterized as a deliberate and
willful untruth" is an allegation attributed
to Hartman that the President had asked
him to contribute S250.o00 to the Republi-
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
An ARMY GeneraI staff Blunder

It is pity that some one connected
with tine army and navy does not have
the regular duty Of looking over the bills
presented in Congress each session before
they are enacted. II this had been the
case. at least one law which went into
erect on March with its approval by
the President would not now be operat-
ing TO the injustice Of several thousand
retired men of the army. navy, and
Marine Corps. These very men were in
tended as the special objects Of the ben
eft conferred by the bin. which had been
introduced by the late Senator Alger II
sought TO authorize the payment TO these
men Of $6.25 per month which had been
denied them by one Of those unacc0unta-
bic departmental decisions made some
years ago. The bill was submitted TO the
General STAFF Of the Army. from which
was received by the Military Committees
Of the House and Senate a special memo
randum aiming TO inform Congress Of the
exact effect OF the measure described as
relating mainly to retired men, whose
extra allowance would represent an an
nuaI increase of about $10S,C00.
1t now appears that, despite this inter
probation Of the bill by the General Staff
of the Army. the law does not in any
way relate to the retired men Of the
army, navy, and Marine Corps who were
retired prior 20 March > It is so worded
as to give the benefit Of extra allowance
to sailors, soldiers. and marines retired
since March . There are. in consequence.
two classes of pay for retired men Of the
army, navy, and Marine Corps an incon-
sistency which is as absurd as 1t is an
just. More than this, men who were
retired after March get one-fourth of
the pay they were then receiving. which is
a larger fraction than is the retired pay
OF men who were retired prior to March
>, and whose pay is based on the pay "of
the rank with which they we're retired
Altogether, the incident affords an ex-
ample Of a legislative muddle for which
there is no excuse. Here are several thou
sand retired soldiers. sailors, and marines
who are deprived of the pay which was
considered their proper allowance, and
which some of their associates viii re-
ceiye. The situation is due entirely to
lack of intelligent scrutiny of bills which
are of service legislation, and there ap-
pears to be no excuse for such a state
Of affairs
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
What Burton shouId Have Done.

From the Portland oregonian.
Even the friends of ex-senator Burton
have little 10 say in approval of his
course in publicly discussing his case
after conviction and punishment. He has
oeffred no new evidence upon the subject.
He had his day in court. was defended by
able lawyers. and had every opportunity
TO present fairly and fully every defense
ne had, technical or otherwise. The al
most universal opinion is that he should
have kept still as 10 the past and try so
TO govern his actions in the future that
he might regain to some extent, If pos
sible the confidence of the people.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07

NOM INC SAVANNAH news
At last We have positive evidence that
Is being made ON the excavations
for the Panama Canal. AT the Gatun
dam. the dispatches say, Secretary Taft
took off his coat and descended to the
bottom Of a hole that goes to the bottom
of the lock If there is a hole at Gatun
big enough TO hold "Bnl' Taft. then it
won't be long before there will be a hole
there big enough for craft OF the Dread
nought type.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
The Red Cross society.

Secretary Taft, ex-oficio president Of
the American Red Cross Society. will be
represented at the international confer
ence Of Red Cross officials IN London. on
June 70, by Miss Mabel T. Boardman, OF
Washington, and Surgeon General OfReH-
ly, OF the army. Miss Boardmau IS the
daughter OF one Of the Capitals most dis
unguished citizens. and has been devoting
herself 70 the work of the Red Cross So
ciety for several years as one Of the d.
rectors of that great philanthr0pic organ
izatioH. She Is a sister-in-law of Senator
Winthrop Murray Crane. OF Massachu-
sets, Miss Boardman Is young woman
Of broad culture and for years mas been
prominent in all local charity work. She
was especially active In the work of re-
lief done by the Red Cross in the san
Francisco horror year ago. and. al
though still maintaining her interest and
popularity in society. finds time 10 give
close and earnest attention to Red Cross
affairs.