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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-15
A KANsAN TO THE POLE.
Explorer WeIIman Selects c. NJ. Vani-
man IS a Companion.

Mcpherson, Kan, July 15.-F. A.
Vaniman, president of the Peoples
State bank of Mcpherson. has received
word that his cousin, Chester Melvin
Vaniman. had been selected by Walter
Wellman as his chief engineer on his
airShip expedition to find the North
pole. Besides Mr.. Wellman and Mr..
Vaniman, Major Henry B. Hersey, the
widely known government meteorolo-
gist with the United States weather
bureau, will go. A fourth person will
yet.
Mr.. Vaniman is we'll known and his
ability as engineer recognized. and
this was the reason for his selection,
he having had charge of the construc-
ton of the mechanical part of the
balloon, many improvements being
suggested by him. One of the most
important was in the designing of the
naceHe, q French term meaning the
balloon car. in which the principal
framework of the nacelle, or car, was
the tank for the carrying of the large
quantity of gasoline necessary for the
expedition.
Another ingenious feature is in the
construction of the guide rope. Usual
ly this IS a steel cable, but Mr.. Vani-
man has special form constructed of
waterproof leather six inches in diam
eter and 100 feet long covered on the
outside with steel scales, the inside
of the cable being hollow. 1t is to be
filled with the provisions for the ex-
enough to slide easily over the ice and
will even float in water, but is still
heavy enough to serve its purpose of
a guide rope.
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DEVLIN MINE CHANGES.
The Transfer of the Property to the
Jackson Company Is Made

Pittsburg, Kan. July 15.-The formal
transfer of the Devlin coal interests 70
the Jackson Walker Coal company, the
new company which has purchased the
Devlfn mines, has been made. Jackson
and Walker, whose homes are in Wich-
tta, We're here Saturday in person. and
with them were number of Santa Ee
railway coal and railway officials. in
Guiding ]. E. Hurley of Topeka, general
manager of the Santa Fe and, incl
dentally, one of the receivers of the
Devlin estate; w. B. Jensen of Chicago,
fourth vice president of the Santa Fe,
in charge of the Santa Fe coal proper
ties; H. B. Lautz of Topeka, assistant
general manager. and ]. F. McNally of
Chanute, assistant division superintend-
ent.
The officials came to Pittsburg in
special train and spent the day in
specting the Santa Fe coal properties In
Pittsburg and vicinity, including the
Frontenac and Chicopee mines. Jack
son and Walker take over the Devlin
mines and leases, as well as mercantile
interests, but the Santa Fe owns the
land which is being operated by the
mines, and the relations of the new
mine operators and the Santa Fe are
very close.
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Was at a Great Elevation and
Moving Northwest.
STOPPED FOR A TIME,
Remained Stationary Over the
Town Several Minutes.
Illuminated the Vicinity With
a Brilliant Searchlight.

Bennington, Kan, July 15.-What
was believed to be an airshiD or bal
loon passed over this town Saturday
night at a great elevation, and moving
very slowly in a northwesterly direc-
ton. When directly over the town it
remained nearly stationary for several
minutes. its brilliant searchlight illu-
minating the Immediate neighborhood.
It then resumed its original course,
finally disappearing behind a bank of
coulds to the westward. 1t attracted
d great deal OF attention and comment.
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TARGET SCORE CONTESTED.
List OF Those Qualified for the Nation
FL Rifle Competition,

Junction City. Kan, July 15-The
work of making up the scores of the
Kansas National Guard rifle competition
has been finished at Fort Riley. showing
that the following marksmen made
scores that entitle them to places on the
team that will go from Kansas in the
fall to the national rifle competition:
Lieutenant Clark, field and staff, First
regiment, 5ST out of a possible 700; Lieu
tenant Parmley, c, First regiment, So:
Lieutenant Davis l, F'irt regiment, 543;
Lieutenant Davis, 1, First regiment, 543;
Sergeant Wooley, G, Second regiment,
$40; Lieutenant Smith, field and staff,
First regiment. 532; Lieutenant Kessler,
E. Second regiment, SIS; Lieutenant
Eagle, L, First regiment, 51T; Major
Hithens, F. First regiment 507; Lieu
tenant Sawyer. Second regiment. sos:
Sergeant Shady, field and staff, Second
regiment, sos; Lieutenant Campbell, Z,
Second regiment, 499: Private Walden,
D, Second regiment, 4SS; Lieutenant
McCord, 1, First regiment. Az; Artificer
Huse, I, First regiment, 476; Captain
Griffith, A, Second regiment, ASS.
General c. F. Drew, commanding Off
Ger of the Kansas troops, presided at an
election of officers in the Second regi-
ment in the camp, with the result that
Colonel P. NJ. Hoisington and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Campbell were re-elected.a and
Captain Sharp of Larned was elected
major to take the place of E. W. Well
ington of Ellsworth. who had resigned.
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KAw VALLEY BAPTIsTs.
End Business Session at Lawrence by
Election of Officers.

End Business Session at Lawrence by
Election of Officers.
Lawrence, Kan, July 15.-The week
long convention of negro Baptists Of
the Kaw valley, which has been in ses-
sion here since Monday, closed Sunday
with religious services over the city.
The convention elected district officers,
as follows:
Moderator-Rev. G. McNeal. Kansas
City, Kan.
First Vice Moderator-Rev. B. j.
Bell, Topeka.
Second Vice Moderator-Rev. F. l..
Hammons, Edwardsville.
Recording Secretary-Rev. D. B.
Jackson, Kansas City, Kan.
Corresponding Secretary-Rev. j. l..
Woodson, Topeka.
Treasurer@C. Paterson, Kansas City,
Kan.
Statistician-Rev. T. ]. Carr. Topeka.
Kan.
Auditor-Rev. G. c. Fishback. To-
peka.
Executive Board-Rev. J. r. Rich
ardson, Kansas City, Kan; Rev. Chas.
Ferguson. Kansas City, Kan; Rev.
Mr.. Banks, Bonner Springs; Rev. w.
A. Bowen, Kansas City, Kan. Rev. u.
W. -Dickerson, Lawrence; Rev. H. H.
Gordon, Kansas City, Kan; Rev. ]. y.
Anderson, South Park, Kansas City,
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fought Sherman on his famous march
and their stories of the stirring times
were the most interesting 1 ever listen
ed to. Not one word of censure came
from the lips of these men. They SEEM
ed to be as anxious men could be to
make our trip pleasant, and they
hoped that we would repeat the ride
next year"
The original story went on to say
that the southerners would appeal 20
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft
to stop the march and intimated
strongly that the more hotheaded of
the ex-Confederates might use violence
toward the United States officers.
Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, in
his paper, the Atlanta Journal, goes
after the perpetrator of the fake in his
strongest language.
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WE'RE WELCOME DOWN SOUTH.
Fort Lcavenworth Officers Treated
Royalty on the Atlanta Ride.

Leavenworth. Kan. July 15.-Maiol
Daniel BOughton. chief instructor of
military art at the staff college al Fort
Leavenworth, has returned from Che
south. where he had charge OF the ride
of officers of the staff college over
Sherman's route to the sea- and he
spoke his mind regarding the sensation
al story sent out from Chattanooga.
Tenn, to the effect that the officers
We're received by the southerners with
Eneers and teers.
The story was an unvarnished false
hood" said Major Boughton. THE hos
pitality of the people of the south
toward the officers from Fort Leaven-
worth was unbounded. 1 never saw
anything like it before. Houses were
thrown open to US, we were told to
visit the coops of chickens and help
ourselves. and every night our camp
was visited by former Confederate sol
diers who snapped stories with u.s.
I'VE found many ex-Confederates who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-15
A BIG POWDER EXPLOSION.
Three Men Killed and Mill Destroyed
IN : Columbus Casually.

Columbus, Kan, July 15.-A runaway
car on tramway, striking against
steel bar and creating sparks, caused
an explosion in a mill in the Laflin-
which resulted in the death of three
employees, John Tracy, Howard Hitch
cock and Albert Fish, all unmarried.
The explosion was a dull one because
the powder, three tons in all, was in
an unfinished and somewhat damn con-
dition. Fire followed the explosion and
destroyed the mill. The estimated loss
is $4,000 The Latin Rand plant was
established here in 1889. 1t occupies $50
acres of ground about four miles from
the city and has been built and equip
ped at a cost of nearly million dol
lars.
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Kan; Rev John Mahan, Cedar juno
ton, Kan; Rev. o. Davis, Kansas City.
SOLD HER HUSBAND LIQUOR.
Complaint of I: Kansas City, Kansas.
Woman Who Wants Damages.

Kansas City, Kan, July 15-Mrs. Kate
Morrison has filed suit in the court of
common pleas against John T. Duff and
Thomas Landers to recover 5000 dam
ages. The defendants up to the time of
the enforcement of the prohibitory law
in this city, conducted a saloon at Sew
enth street and Kansas avenue. Mrs.
Morrison alleges in her petition that
Landers and Duff sold her husband
liquor against her protest, and that he
was a good mechanic and was earning
s125 a month until he lost his position
through drink.
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IN NORTHWEST KANSAS.
Crops Are I'm Splendid Condition With
Harvesting just Begun.

Atwood, Kan, July 15.-The past
week was very favorable one for
growing crops in northwest Kansas.
Good rains are reported from all
around this section. Some hail has
fallen but with little damage. Corn,
though late, is in most excellent con-
dition. Opinions on the wheat crop
differ widely although it is much bet
ter than indications promised a month
ago. Spring wheat is better than fall
wheat. But little harvesting has yet
been done in Cheyenne county.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Harriman's Methods of Rail-
reading Are Laid Bare.
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Issues Its Report.
LIGHT SHED ON EVILS.
Railways Should Be Limited to
Business of Transportation.
Other Items of Interest to
Railway People.

Washington, July ia report was
made public Saturday by the inter
state commerce commission of it's in
quiry into railroad operi lions of Ed
ward H. Hartman and of the opera
lions of the so-called Hartman lines
of railroad which has been in pro-
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THESE FARMERS HAPPY.
Wheat in the Vicinity of Pauline Going
33 and 40 Bushels

Pauline. Kan. July 15-Of the two
lots of wheat threshed here up to this
date there seems to be no cause for
complaint. The grain of w. d. Paul
from forty acres made 1901 bushels,
or an average of forty bushels to the
acre. A Is acre field of Cal Duncan's
averaged 33 bushels to the acre.
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Suit Against n Land Company.

Holton, Kan. July 15.-Suit has been
brought in the district court here by the
Union Trust company of Atchison
against the jackson County Land and
Cattle company and others for the re-
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PaoIa Chautauoua ODens.

Paola. Kan, July 15.-Paola's first an
nual Chautauqua assembled here with
the Kilties' band. There were more
than 5000 paid admissions. Colonel H.
w. J. Ham, the Georgia orator, gave
his lectcre, "Old Times in Dixie Sunday
afternoon
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LOS angeles or San Francisco and
is desired to go one way via Portland,
the rate will be $3.50. Tickets on
sale daily to September Is. Limit
October 81. Liberal stooover privi-
ieges and diverse routes
Boston and return sss.55, on sale
July rs, &c, 81, %. Can be extended
to leave Boston as late as August 81.
city, slightly higher.
Canadian and Northern New York
resorts Toronto. Ont. $27.7O: Mont
$3.50; Ogdensburg. N. Y. $s2.s5.
Tickets on sale daily to September 80,
limited to thirty days from date of
sale; Also to many other points east
at the same basis. viz. one fare plus
81, on sale same time and with similar
limit.
!. New England resorts. Boston.
Falls, $685.: Burlington, sss.55;
$3.50 and Portland 1866. ON
"a. and September 10. IA. "a and %.
Also to many other points at one fare
plus 81 on same dates. Limit on all
thirty days from date of sale. Liberal
tickets via St. Lawrence river route,
slightly higher rate is charged.
Chicago and return $4,000. st. Louis
and return $12.70, on sale daily to Sep
TENDER 80. Final limit October 81.
Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
and return $3.50, on sale daily to
September 80, final return limit Octos
Der 81.
Salt Lake City and return $so.5O, ON
sale daily to September 80. Limit
October al
Mexico City and return $3.50, on
sale daily to September 10, limit Octo-
Der 81.
jamestown Exposition. Season tick
cts to Norfolk and return $51.05 via
rection $56.25; via Boston in one d.
rection $60.40. On sale daily. Final
limit December Is.
Sixty day tickets $42.e0 via direct
routes; via New York in one direction
$46.s0; via Boston in one directions
$51.95. On sale daily.
Liberal stopovers east of Chicago.
These exposition tickets are just the
kind you want If you're going east to
spend your vacation
Purchasers of either Of these tickets
may make portion of journey by
steamer.
jamestown Exposition. Tickets to
Norfolk and return $4,000 via direct
routes. On sale daily. Limit fifteen
days. For details of stopover privi-
leges apply to undersigned.
HomeSeekers' Excursion Tickets on
sale first and third Tuesdays OF each
month. Rate in many instances less
than one fare and limit twenty-one
and thirty days. according to destina-
ton.
Steamship Tickets lowest rates and
best lines.
For further particulars address
T. L. KING,
City Passenger Agent.
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smothcrcd IN q Folding Bed.

3-year-old son of Anderson Clark,
fireman, was found smothered to
death in a folding bed Sunday morn
ing. The bed had closed with him
during the night.
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covery Of $4,000 and the foreclosure of
a mortgage on small ranch situated in
jackson and Shawnee counties.
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many times been difficult to raise the
necessary capital Men will not invest
their money and take the risk for small
rates Of interest.
But this principle does not apply to
old established railway systems having
good credit. Such railways should be
prevented from initiating their securities
for merely speculative purposes. Rail-
roads should be encouraged to extend
their systems and develop the country.
1t is of the utmost Importance, also, that
every security should be safe and con-
sentative investments for the public and
should yield good ample return for the
money invested. Reasonable regulation
will tend to make them safer and more
secure investments, end thereby benefit
not only the railway companies but the
public.
Harrimans Reply Is Brief.
New York. July 15.-Mr. Hartman,
speaking on Saturday night by tele-
phone from Arden, said:
From what L am told the report Is
a political document and part OF
personal pursuit of me. The tone OF
the report and the method of it's pro-
mitigation show that. Imagine a court
or any judicial body sending copies OF
its decision around secretly to news i
paper publishers, days in advance, un-
der pledge to publish it simultane-
ously Sunday morning. That Is what
the commission did. Their opinion
was put in type several days ago and
sent to newspapers throughout the
country with the following printed in
bold type at the head:
CONFIDENTIAL. To All Newspapers:
" This report is released for pub;
LEGATION on Sunday morning, July Ia
1907, and not before
"It is deemed good politics to attack
me. But 1 can stand it much better
than the people of the country can
stand that sort of procedure on the
part of the government tribunals,
charged with the duty of impartially
administering the laws.
81 shall study it carefully and have
something to-say about it later. But
from what 1 am told 1t is full OF
strange misstatements of fact. For
example, in reference to the Chicago
& Alton it says that 1 caused about
S12.OOO,OOO to be credited to con-
an excuse for borrowing money to pay
dividends. AS a matter of fact. that
was a written recommendation made
by President FELTON, when I was in
Alaska and 1t was adopted by the
board of directors at meeting at
which I was not present. Again, 1t is
said that a certain method of accounts
that was carried out have the effect
of covering up the payment or me
special dividend, thereby intimating
some wrongful concealment- This II
a most extraordinary statement for
the writer of the report to make when
it is considered that the stockholders
necessarily knew of the dividend be-
cause every one received his share and
when it was published in every finan-
cial journal at the time and was re-
ported to the stock exchange ana
shown on its printed lists. The sug-
eestion therefore, of any reason or
desire for concealment is most unfair.
81 am informed by those who have
examined 1t more carefully that the
article is full of errors as glaring and
as these, but I shall read
IT carefully and make full statement
about It, particularly of my connection
with The Chicago & Alton adjustment.
in few days"
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A Fact

Unless the best Mexican Vanilla
Beans are used, properly cured,
properly aged, and the flavor
properly extracted, and allowed to
stand at least one year before of
fering for sale, good extract of
Vanilla is an imPossibility. Try
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Threshine starts in Norton.

Norton. July 15.-About seven
steam threshing outfits are now get
ting ready to start work and some
new wheat will be on the market early
this week
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BakerDo you think it is true that two
can live al cheaply one?
Barker-No much. Since I've been pay
ing alimony to Mrs. Barker it has cost
me double what it did when she was my
better half.-Life.
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Doctor James Albert Berry.
Specialry-Diseases of the nose. throat
Gtoma CHI and fntestines. 725 Kansas ava
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Babiesi Get a gold ring free by having
your proto taken at Lptes'. 511 Kan. av.
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Salt Lake City and return $s0.50, ON
sale daily to September 80. Limit
October 81.
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Chicago and return $4,000. st. Louis
and return $12.70, on sale daily to Sep
TENDER 80. Final limit October 81.
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Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
and return $3.50, on sale daily to
September 80, final return limit Octo-
Der 81.
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Mexico City and return $3.50, on
sale daily to September 10. limit Octo-
Der 81.
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EXCLUSIONS.

Los Angeles or San Francisco and
return, $50 for the round trip. If it
is desired to go one way via Portland
the rate will be $3.50. Tickets on
sale daily to September 10. Limit
October 81. Liberal stopover privf-
Ieges and diverse routes.
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l0OStOII ttIIu TettIEII |0o.o5, on sale
July rs, 26, 81, %. Can be extended
to leave Boston as late as August 81
Optional routes via lake or New York
city, slightly higher.
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Check Stock Watering.

g. The time has come when some
reasonable regulation should be imposed
upon the issuance of securities by rail-
ways engaged in interstate commerce.
We are aware that in the construction
of new lines of railway, developing new
territory, it has been necessary In many
Instances to sell every security at large
discount and to sell bonds with stock
bonuses, and even in such cases it has
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N"HHtLaII Thu NOFultfn Now 1OFk
resorts. Toronto, Ont, $27.7O; Mont
real Que, 1885; Clayton, N Y,
$3.50; Ogdensburg, n. Y, $32.s5.
Tickets on sale daily to September 80,
limited to thirty days from date of
sale: Also to many other points east
at the same basis. viz, one fare plus
81, on sale same time and with similar
limit.
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Steamship Tickets lowest rates and
best lines.
For further particulars address
z T. L. KING,
City Passenger Agent.
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jamestown Exposition. Tickets to
Norfolk and return $4,000 via direct
routes. On sale daily. Limit fifteen
days. For details of stopover privi-
leges apply to undersigned.
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2 1t is contrary to public policy. as
we'll as unlawful for railways to ac-
quire control of parallel and competing
lines. This policy Is expressed in the
federal laws and in the constitutions
and laws of nearly every state in the
Union. We have examined the constitu-
tions and laws of all the states, and find
in about forty of them prohibitions
against consolidation of capital stock or
franchises of competing railways, or the
purchase and acquisition by railway
of competing lines. Competition between
railways as well as between other in
dustries is the established policy of the
nation And while the acquisition of
small minority of the stock of a COM
peting line might not decrease the COM
petition yet the acquisition of any con-
siderable amount of stock. with repre-
sentation on the board of directors of
such railway, unquest1onably mas the
effect of diminishing competition and
lessening to that extent its affective
ness So long as it is the policy of the
general government and of the states to
maintain competition between naturally
competing lines. the ownership of any
stock by one railway in a competing
railway should not be permitted and
such lines of railway should be prohib-
tied from having any common directors
or officers
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HomeseelIers' Excursion Tickets on
sale first and third Tuesdays OF each
month. Rate in many instances less
than one fare and limit twenty-one
and thirty days. according to destina-
ton.