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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08

er than Iowa The senate conferees
state that in the Judgment of the SEN
ate lower cut would simply result in
litigation with the railroads and in
such a comparison of rates would be
made between Kansas and the sur
rounding states, and that in the judg
ment of the majority of the senate any
lower reduction than that made by the
senate bill would be declared confisca-
tory by the court; that the senate's po-
siticn is sin ply this: 1t desires to make
the loves cut tina Will sand the judg
ment of the court, and, while recogniz-
ing the sincere desire on the part of
the house to afford the people the low
est rate possible, the senate can only
take its own judgment upon that sub
ject, and give as reasons for its judg
ment the figures cited above. mas
much as the SenateE refuses to concede
anything upon this point, your con-
ferees feel that they cannot sign any
conference agreement without the con-
sent of the house
Your conferees therefore ask fur
ther instruction from the house as to
what they shall do in the matter. We
believe that it would be useless to ask
for a discharge and another commit
tee. as the result would be the same,
and prefer such instructions as will
enable them to intelligently follow the
will of the majority of the house.
By the adoption of the report the
maximum freight rate proposition is
settled for this session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
MUST GIVE HEAVY BOND
Mrs. Warren NJ. Crosby Required to
Furnish 100000 Bond.

Flora M. Crosby, widow and heir of the
late Warren NJ. Crosby. will give bond
or $4,000 in probate court to protect the
Warren M Crosby estate in her acts as
Administrative of the estate.
This will be the largest bond ever filed
in the probate court of Shawnee county.
and is twice the amount of the estimated
personal property of the late NJ. Crosby.
and is fixed in this manner according to
law.
Mrs. Crosby made petition to the pro-
bate Judge late yesterday afternoon
through her attorney, Clad Hamilton. to
be appointed Administrative of the estate.
Her petition was granted. and Probate
Judge Hayden fixed the amount of the
bond according to provision of the sta
tute
No will has been found for the disposal
of the property of the estate, and under
these circumstances the laws of Kansas
provide that one-haf of the estate shall
go to the widow. and the other half shall
be divided among the children of the de-
ceased.
There are two children who will come
in for a division of the estate and thus
they will each receive one-fourth of the
fortune. They are Warren NJ. Jr.. aged
g. and Thomas Mayo, aged IA months
The papers filed in the probate court
indicate that the real property of the
estate is valued a $25. 900, while the per-
sonal property IS valued at $1O0,c00.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08

two Pullman cars and a dining car
were derailed and the track and road
bed for a distance of nearly 400 feet
was badly torn up:
The Injured.
Mrs. Chris Hayward. Lebanon. Kan,
severe nervous shock; en- route to To-
pel1a with DR.. Hittmer for treatment
for appendicitis a Christ hospital.
]. O. Thompson, Belleville, Kansas,
conductor deep cut above left eye
one of the most severely injured.
NJ L. Day 0keta, Kansas, knee
bruised and slightly sprafned.
David Adkins, no address known,
bruises caused in rush to the door
a Z. Wiscombe, New Orleans La,
shoulder bruised.
$ S Daughton. 2202 North Cleve-
land avenue. Philadelphia, arm
wrenched at elbow.
William Gage, Denver, bruised
about the right hand and arm.
Arthur Miller Portland Kan, left
leg cut below knee.
Mrs Viola Turner, 1850 South
Fourteenth street, Denver. cut on left
arm.
severe bruises on hip
Mrs. T G.. Smith, 1916 Harrison
street Topeka, confusion of left eye,
not considered serious.
During yesterday afternoon ana ldst
night trains were detoured between
Manhattan and Topeka over the Union
Pacific railroad. while shoo-hy track
flv track was completed early TINS
morning and seven or eight trains that
had been delayed until the completion
of the switch, were enabled TO pro-
ceed.
THE passenger coaches were not bad
" broken up IL the accident, and they
will be removed with care. The trucks
and UNDERMINING of the various coach
Is were badly damaged, most or the
frame work, castings and rods ana
braces underneath the cars having
been torn off.
Tie accident happened on curve
The outside rail of the curve was the
north rail of the track. The right OF
yyay to the north of the track at The
noint where the accident occurred IS a
sandy loan, and the surface of the
cround was on level with the sur
face of the track. This fact was doubt
less responsible for the fact that there
was no loss of life, no serious injuries
ard but very little damage to property.
Had the accident happened farther
west the train would have been precipt-
tated into the Kaw river, and had the
track been on an eminence overlook
ing en- enbankment, the train would
no doubt have rolled entirely over,
Judging from the speed it was running
in rounding the curve.
Part of the engine drivers remained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08

on the track, and the other drivers
left the rails. Everything back of the
engine, except the rear trucks OF the
dining car at the end of the train, LETT
the rails The engine tender turned
over on its side.
a tramp who was stealing his way
on the engine tender jumped as the
tender turned over. The lid fell on
the water tank, and water rushed out
covering the man and almost drown
ing him. He quickly disappeared
from the scene of the accident.
The railroad was torn up the dis
tance of the length of the train. The
engine tender left the rails at the
switch. and all the cars passed that
point coming to d standstill with the
rear trucks of the dining car standing
over the switch point.
The cars careened over to the north
and plowed into the sand deep enough
so that the surface of the ground was
uD to the window SillS of the north
side of the cars. The sand prevented
the cars from turning completely over
grees, and the passengers climbed out
of the windows and doors.
Aside from the fact that the iron
work underneath the cars was broken
off in many pieces and mixed with
broken railway ties, broken rails, bal
last. etc there was no damage to the
cars that would cause injury to their
occupants. The roadbed presented a
very mangled appearance after the
train came to a standstill.
A switch engine was sent out to the
wreck from Topeka with coaches to
bring the passengers in to the city
None of the passengers were injured
enough to send them to the hospital.
Mrs. Chris Haywood was a paSSen-
ger in one of the Pullman cars, en-
route to Topeka, where she was going
to Christ hospital to be operated upon
for appendicitis. A carriage was sent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
ARCHIE IS BETTER.
The Presidents Son Is Still in Criti-
cal Condition.

Washington. March S.-The condi-
ton of Archie Roosevelt, the presi-
dents son, who is suffering from Sc
we're attack of diphtheria is more en-
couraging this morning than at any
time in the last eighteen hours, though
the patient is still in a very critical
condition. When the veteran police
officer who every night keeps faithful
vigil over the living apartments of the
presidents home, appeared at the
front door of the White House at 6
o'clock this morning he announced to
the Associated Press that DR.. Lam
bert on leaving the sick room at 5
o'clock had said that Archie had slept
fairly well since O'Clock and express
ed hopes for the childs recovery
Despite the fact that the presiden;
did not retire until o'clock this morn
ing he arose shortly after o'clock and
at once communicated with Dr. Ken
nedy who had relieved DR.. Lambert at
the sick boys bedside. Mrs. Roosevelt
spent almost the entire night in Arch
les room. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
telephoned to the White House before
brea kfast to inquire as to her brothers g
condition. The greatest anxiety is felt
by the doctors over the weak heart
condition of the patient and Dr. Lam
bert is administering heart stimulantS
to prevent another sinking spell today
Secretary Leob issued the following
statement at o'clock this morning:
1.-The physicians report this MORN
ing is that Archie Roosevelt had a
good night and his condition is most
gra tifying. The president has been
with the patient frequently, exercising
the same precaution as the physicians
as to Infection"
Secretary, Metcatf and the Cuban
morning to inquire as to Archie's con-
dition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08

out for her and she was removed to
the hospital.
This is the third wreck 1 have been
in since the first of January" said A.
f. Wilcombe. fruit messenger. whose
home is in New Orleans, La, but it Is
the most fortunate one 1 have ever
seen. 1 was sitting in the last seat of
the day coach and heard the pounding
and grinding. | shouted to the people
who had started to rise to sit still but
it didn't do bit of good. They just
Jumped up and screamed. If the pas
sengers had kept their seats it wouldn't
have been as bad it was. When the
train stopped we went out of the door
and windows, but there was great
haste and I don't think anyone was III
jured by tramping or squeezing. The
passengers behaved we'll.
"A few minutes before the accident
looked out of the windows and counted
the poles, you know a messenger can
tell by the poles how fast they are
running, and we We're running at al
slackened speed perceptibly before she
went off. / was in one wreck on ths
Burlington and one on the Santa Fe.
This is my first Rock Island wreck"
Engineer Monaghan, who was on the
engine of the derailed train stayed at
ing materially in the safety of the pas
sengers.
The train was in charge of Conductor
Frank Rooney.
Conductor J. o. Thompson, who was
a passenger on the train. and who was
one of the most seriously injured re-
turned to Belleville to return to work.
Officials of the Rock Island company
announce that no blame may be attach
ed to any of the train employees, or any
other employe as far as is known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
Big Gold Strike.

Be!linghan. March S.-A big strike
of placer gold has been in Lost creek
flowing at the foot of Sumas mountain
near Nooksack, 20 miles northeast of
Beuingham in the Mount Baker dis
trict Prospectors have discovered
pockets in the creek banks, which have
yielded from so TO SIS. Excitement
at Nooksack and Sumas runs high.
hundreds of prospectors are in the
field and practically every available
foot of ground on Lost creek has been
staked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
AGREE ON RATE BILL.
House and Senate Committees Make
IS Per Cent Reduction on Grain.

An agreement was reached this morn
ing by the joint conference committee on
maximum freight rates by which the SEN
ate bill fixing a 10 per cent reduction in
freight rates on grain and grain products
was accepted This is a complete victory
for the Senate on this proposition. The
house not only recedes from all its dis
tance tariff schedules on about 100 differ
ent commodities. but 1t also recedes from
its LATER demand for an Is per cent re-
duction IN the grain and grain products
rates.
were Senator Fred Dumont Smith and
Senator Fulton; for the house, Represen-
tatives Haskins Jeffries and Tannahill.
IT is expected that the report of the
conference committee will be adopted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
He Was the Last OF His Glass.

Annapolis. Md. March S.-Prof.
Henry Todd, lieutenant commander
u S. N, retired, the last member of
the naval academy class of 1857, died
today. He retired from the line of the
navy in 1876, with the rank of lieu
tenant commander, but reentered the
service in 1877, as professor of
mathematics coming later to the
naval academy to assume the chair of
chief of the department of physics and
chemiStry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
INTO The DITCH.
Rock Island Passenger Train
Wrecked Near Topeka.
Left Track at the Asylum
Switch.
PASSENGERS ESCAPE.
Eleven of Them Are Injured But
None Seriously.
The Accident Occurred on a
Sharp Curve.
Track Built Around Wreck
During the Night.

Running at the rate of 40 miles an
hour the engine tender OF passenger
train No. % eastbound of the Rock
Island railway. due here at 3;45 p. m.
left the rails at a switch leading to the
state insane asylum, two miles west
Of Topeka about $40 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. AS result eleven
passengers were slightly injured. and
six cars. a baggage, smoker, chair car.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
Jecobs Gets a Verdict.

Josiah Jacobs has been SUCCESSFUL in his
suit in district court for damages against
the board of commissioners of Shawnee
county on account of alleged damages to
his farm from overflow caused by the
construction of a bridge. The jury re-
turned verdict late last night for the
plaintfff in the sum of $775. Mr.. Jacobs
suit was for 5000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
NO TWO CENT FARE.
senate Conference Committee An
nounces a Disagreement.

The conference committee on the two
cent fare bill has given up its job. and
will report a disagreement TINS after-
noon The senate conferees would not
eccent the 25h cent proposition of the
house and the house would not accept
the mileage book plan.
The conferees We're senators Porter
MitcbeIl Ham and Guyer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
a arreenent on the Far East.

Paris March S.--Aceording to a ST
Petersburg dispatch an agreement be
+,1,aa,, Russia France, Great Britain
and Ianan regarding the far east is
definitely assured.
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weather IndIcations.

Chicago. March S.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Partly cloudy tonight and Satur-
day; warmer tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08
VioIets.

Tomorrow Mrs. Lord will have beau
tiful fresh yiolets for fifteen cents, Full
punches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-08

At the Scene of the Rock Island Wreck.
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14
"Dick" Richards of Huron is or

"Dick" Richards of Huron is one
of the chief moguls among the re-
form bosses of the present state ad-
ministration. One of the prin-
cipal demands of that administra-
ton was the passage of an anti lob
by law, and that law was one of the
first enacted, and carried an emer-
gency clause. While the divorce
bill was before the Legislature we
received a letter from Mr.. Richards,
claiming to be sent in behalf of the
Civic Federation, asking US to pub
lish enclosed articles in favor of the
divorce bill, and also to write to
our representatives in Legislature
urging them to vote for it. We
read the letter and quietly placed it
in the waste basket. We were not
in the lobbying business, even at
long range.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

a law suit has been started
against the Farmers Mutual Fire
and lightning Insurance Company
Of this county that will be in the
nature of a test trial. A farmer
whose barn was burned under the
direction of the deputy state veter-
mary surgeon who condemned and
shot glandered horses that have
been kept in the barn, presented
his claim for the amount of insur-
ance on the barn, for adjustment
by the company. The company
contends that it is not liable for a
loss sustained in such manner
altho its bylaws say that it will
pay fire losses without any limiting
or restrictive cause of fire. It hard :
ly seems fair shake to hold the
company for such a loss. On the
other hand the loss cannot be re-
covered from the county there be-.
ing no provision in the law for such
proceeding. It looks as if the
farmer whose property is destroy
ed in requirement of this law ls in
a hard row of stumps. Salem Pho
neer.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

Another rise in the Missouri riv-
or Sunday resulted in again sub.
merging the railroad track this
side of Vermillion, shutting off com
munication with Sioux City, and
the trains are again running be-
tween Sioux City and Mitchell by
way of Canton. The ice gorge by
Vermillion is still unbroken al
though numerous efforts have been
made to break it with explosives.
So far the water has not been high
enough to move buildings on the
low land, but with the gorge un.
broken continued warm weather to
the north might prove disastrous.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

The divorce bill, requiring a
residence of one year in the state
before divorce proceedings can be
instituted, was passed by the legis-
lature, but the attorneys, who have
been profitilg by the divorce enter
prise, are taking steps to invoke the
referendum. This will require a
petition of five per cent of the
voters of the state and if this is Sc
cured within ninety days the law
can not go into effect until approx
ed by the voters at the general cleo
tion in 1908. The law will un-
doubtedly be sustained if submit
ted, but the referendum will give
the lawyers an opportunity to feast
for two more years at the divorce
crib.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

President Gault, in a private
company, one evening last week
while at Pierre. explained the de-
fenseless position of Puget Sound.
There is almost nothing at all to
prevent hostile foreign fleet from
sailing unmolested into the sound
and sacking the cities of Tacoma,
Seattle, Olympia and the rest.
The strait of Fuca is twenty eight
miles wide, and to guard it we
have light battery at Port Town
send, with a couple of disappear
ing guns. Across at Victoria the
English have magnificent defenses,
but they too are unable to COM
mand the passage of the strait.
From Townsend it is a vast distance
across to the American mainland,
but there is an archipelago lying
between which might be fortified,
but the great expense entailed in
doing so has deferred the govern
ment from undertaking the work.
Certainly there is no more import
ant thing for this country to un-
dertake than the perfect defense of
the sound. .-Vermillion Republican.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14
n u NH ls1

Vac. Kreyeik With biz obligiHg
and efficient deputy. Jack sn1 /,
are now back at their old JOB n
the auditors Office, having taksh
to the old familiar routine 80 ! dlck
takes to water. Or. Cotton, tlls
former incumbent will now give IA
entire attention 70 bin dirdg stpre.*
! Sheriff loenig has appointed
Jim Y McCollpm of Spling6sId ~
his deputy il the south half of the
county. Jim i one Of sths IN
faithful who have clunR g. Ieffer-
sonian democracy unterrifiedl y lb
matter through what vicissit udes 4
passed, for twenty years past.
Tyndall Tribune 3. ~ ~ y. v
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14
How to Remain Young.

To continue young in health and
strength, do as Mrs. N. F. Rowan,
McDonough, Ga. did. She says !:
"Three bottles of Electric Bitters
cured me of chronic liver and
stomach trouble, complicated with
such an unhealthy condition of the
blood that my skin turned red as
flannel. | am now practically
twenty years younger than before
I took Electric Bitters. I now do
all my work with ease and assist
in my husbands store" Guaran-
teed at All Druggists. Price Soc.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

O.J. Straw, secretary Of the
South Dakota Game and Fish and
Protective association, is somewhat
disappointed over the failure of the
legislature to pass the game bill.
However, his experience at Pierre
has put him wise. He says: All
that is necessary is to get some be-
whiskered farmer to introduce a
bill, then about dozen city chaps
put in an appearance and oppose
it and it will go through with a
whoop.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

John Alexander Dowie. the self
styled Elijah II and the founder Of
Zion city and the Christian Catho-
lie church, died in Chicago Satur.
day morning. He had one strik-
ing resemblance to the Saviour, 81,
He asldespised and rejected Of
men" but now that he has gone to
his reward the world will deal
charitably with him and attribute
his peculiarities to insanity. !. 4.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

T. 4 S .
The lumber trust is now COM
planning that it is being robbed BY
the railroads. So far as the con-
sumers of lumber are concerned
they will take little interest in the
scrap. The price of lumber will
continue to be all that the traffic
will bear and it dosen't matter
whether the graft goes to the lum-
Der trust or the railroads. Until
the lumber trust is dissolved, and
small dealers are given an equal
show in buying Of the big producers
there will be no competition and
consequently no reduction in price.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

Oliver E. Sweet is the name Of a
young man who has recently come
here from Vermilion, and he likes
the place 30 we'll that he has de-
cided to locate. Being from Yer.
million, he naturally "made up
with Attorney Geo. W. Williams,
and the two young men have form
ed CO. partnership for the practice
Of law. They are young men who
will attend strictly to business, and
will undoubtly do well. Rapid
City Journal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

As result of the legislative ses
sion just closed over $50 new laws
are added to the code. The ap-
preparations were the largest ever
made by a South Dakota legisla
ture, aggregating for the biennial
period over $4,000, 900 though this
may be justified by the growth in
population and needs of the state
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14
Worked Like q Charm,

Mr.. D. N. Walker, editor of that
spicy journal, the Enterprise,
Louisa, Va, says: 81 ran nail
in my foot last week and at once
applied Bucklens Arnica Salve.
No inflammation followed the
salye simply healed the wound. .
Heals every sore, burn and skin
disease. Guaranteed by All Drug
gists. Price Csc.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14
r1AND COUNTY, THURSDAY, MARCH rs 1907
The railroads running into this
state report the usual number Of
immigrants coming this spring.
Johnson Bros. formerly Of Ar.
mour, have purchased the Bank at
Lake Andes.

Mrs. Kauffman's headache per
mitting, that famous case will be
tried in a few weeks. If the prin-
cipal witness is out Of the way the
adjournment will have proved a
master piece Of strategy BY the
lawyers for the defense. Tyndall
Tribune.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14
Found A Last.

]. A. Harmon, of Lizemore,
West Va, says: "At last I found
the perfect pill that never disap-
points me; and for the benefit of
others afflicted with torpid liver
and chronic constipation, will say :
take Dr.. Kings New Life Pills. -
Guaranteed satisfactory. Csc at All
Druggists.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

M. D. Gardner & Son have sold
their large merchantile business at
Springfield to Il. N. Nesselroad of
Washington Springs and the trans
fer was made this week. The Gard
ners will return to their farm near
Bon Homme.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-14

Judge Garland has appointed W.
s. Porter to serve as federal attor-
ney for this6state until such time
as the president shall make an ap-
pointment. Mr.. Porter was the as
sistant U. s. attorney during J. D.
lllliott's term and is familiar with
the duties.