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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
KILLED NEAR
CHURCH DOOR
jealousy Caused Tragedy at
Entrance to West Vir-
ginia Church.
Hearst News Service.

jamestown, w Va, Sept l9.-The-
SSuo'e Darby, aged 81, shot and killed
-"HIuei Blackman at the church door
Iva! mere Yesterday. Darby had taken
q SISTER OF Blackman to services and
ne girls brother objected. BIackman
II a,,d Darby with a club, when the
ra..rr pulled a pistol and shot Black
man 10 death.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
SULTAN'S UNCLE
ASKS THE FRENCH
FOR COOPERATION
oy Associated Press.

Casa Blanca, Sept 19.-Mulai Min.
uncle of the sultan, visited the French
minister. II. Regnault, today, pleading
for his cooperation in work pacifyine
the country. Advices from Tangier
say that Sultan Abdul FL Aziz has dis
missed his ministry.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
DIVORCE GROUNDS
IN MONTE CARLO
Ry Hearst News Service.

Monte Carlo, Sept. 19.-The Prince
of Monaco has established law for
the principality that divorces may be
obtained on grounds of insanity, drunk
enness and epilepsy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
THE HUNTRESS IS PICKED Up
IN GULF IN DISTRESS BYITUG
Carroll d. Wright, u. S.
COn7n7'r. of Labor, Says:

working of
Europe; do not know how this have tried to
while, the
worst exist and bad under system bad
Industrial
conditions surrounding their families"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
RS. CARRIE NATION
SENT TO WORkHOUSE.
BY Associated Press.

BY ASSOCIdIe0 FFSSS.
Washington, Sept. 19.-For
refusing to agree not to talk
TO crowds on the streets in the
future, Mrs. Carrie Nation was
today sent to the workhouse
for Is days in default or a fine
of SIS, by the pollce Judge.
She was arrested yesterday
for disorderly conduct.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
Change in Location.

1t was originally announced that the
meeting would be held at Perdido
station, but the lack of suitable ac-
Communications there and the greater
accessibility of the location on Garden
street, caused the committee to decide
on the change in location. A platform
Will be constructed on the lot today,
and seats arranged for the ladies and
children. Good music will be fur
nished by the band, and, although it
is primarily for the residents of Pre-
einct Is, everybody will be welcome
at the meeting.
Powerful Speaker.
Mr. Roddenberry was one of the
leading fighters for prohibition in the
Georgia campaign, and is one of the
most earnest of orators, his buzz-saw,
fiTe-creating method of getting at the
root of the question creating some
what of a sensation wherever he is
heard. His style Of delivery is differ
ent from that of the Hon. SeabOrn
Wright, and as stump speaker he is
considered his superior. There surely
viii be no disappointment among
those who will hear his talk tonight.
Time is Short.
The time before election is getting
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20

The Journals Circulation Record by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
OPERATING EXPENSES BIG.
Railroad Gazette Reasons That Freight
Rates Should Be Higher.

In discussing the present complex
railroad situation. when gross earnings
are showing a slow tendency to increase
and with operating expenses showing a
tendency to increase very rapidly. and
while bitter political attacks are being
made on the roads from all directions,
the Railroad Gazette sums up as fol-
lows the reasons why freight rates
should be advanced:
There has been a general increase in
wage cost, amounting to about 80 per
cent in the last five years There has
been an increase in the cost of materials
amounting to fully 80 per cent, as COM
pared with the schedule five years ago
There is great need for terminal extern
sion at the larger points. but the cost
of real estate at these points has in
creased greatly in the last few years,
the increase varying in different locali-
ties to such an extent that ii cannot
readily be expressed by an average fig
ure.
There has been a widespread and
heavy increase in the burdens placed
on the railroads by the communities
and commemorative which they trav-
erse in the form of materially higher
taxes In short, within the last few
years there has been a radical increase
in practically everything the railroad
has to buy, excepting, possibly. fuel
which has remained more or less sta
tionary, while the transportation which
the railroad sell has rendered down
ward, although not quite uniformly
LAS against these facts the object
ions to an increase IN freight rates may
be summarized by saying that, in gen.
eraI the companies are afraid to take
any steps which may aggravate the
hostility of the state legislatures. while
a few roads can be cited, like the
Lackawanna and the New Haven.
the first with it's anthracite, the second
with its l. C. l. tonnage. which en-
joys a better average rate than their
nefghbOrs and are not only able but
willing to do business on the present
basis
In ether specific instances it is prob
ably true that present rates on many
commodities are too high, and that the
owners and managers are in position to
gain rather than lose by a reduction,
and would lose rather than gain by an
increase It is OF interest to study these
outline specification more in detail with
a view to determining, so far as posi-
BILE what the necessary and just policy
of the railroad should be, although 1T
by no means follows that they will be
able to carry out the policy which is
just. both from their own standpoint
and from that Of their patrons. in the
face of twoscore hostile state legisla-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
GOT CLOSE TO SHIPPERS.
Harriman's Traffic Director COM
pietes Remarkable Trip.

Chicago, ILL.,. April -s.-One Of the
most remarkable trips in the history
of western railroads was completed
yesterday when J. c. Stubbs traTsc
director of the Hartman lines. re-
turned to Chicago after thres
months absence in the northwest. For
just one quarter of a year, and at an
expense of more than $4,000 in SAL
airy and travelling expenses. E. H Har-
riman sent his chief traffic agent ey-
erywhere where he has a foot of rails.
with a view to getting closer in touch
with the public 1t has been Mr..
Stubs effort to counterfeit in a meas
ure the influence which the inquiry OF
the interstate commerce Commission
has had upon the Hartman system.
and also to try to stem the wave of
public sentiment in the northwest.
which has been setting strongly against
the railroads. When Mr.. Stubs left
Chicago it was with the expectation OF
being away not more than three
weeks Conditions were found in the
west and northwest. however. which
demanded careful and PROLONGED treat
ment by man who knew the railroad
side of the questions involved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
GARDEN CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
Being Made a First Class PostoH7ce
With Free Delivery, the Winner

Garden City. Kan. April s-Enec-
tive July 1 this becomes q first class
postod1ce and Congressman Madison
and Postmaster Deissem expect to in
stall free delivery shortly afterward
with three carriers. Htlborn is num-
bering the houses and putting no
street names on the corners az the
government requires the numbering OF
houses before free delivery is inaugu-
rated
Bonds will doubtless be voted for
the Gulf. Garden City & Northern
road on May Il.
superintendent Austin of the Santa
Fe was in town eSterday and prom
ised to start work at once on $4,000
depot, also a freight house and other
improvement in the yards that will
help handle the business here An Ice
plant is being installed this month and
track is being laid to it. Today Road
master Glaze begins the laying of new
S5-pound steel from Mansfield to
Cfmarron-
A city directory of Garden City ana
Lakin is waiting for issue on the street,
mum bering.
Pitcher Clark of the White Sox is a
formerly of this town boy that made
good IN western Kansas and Is very
popular here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08

problem It has been our good. or i'll,
fortune to work natives from Peru and
Mexico We are free TO say that a
mixture of Indian, Spanish and ia
maica negro which is the dominating
labor factor in tropical America, pro-
duces the most worthless being on
earth One dollar out of three Is be-
ing used for supervision, paving high
salaried sons of prominent men in the
states who have political pull 1t
should be enc dollar in ten and su-
pervision should be by practical men,
thoroughly acquainted with the de-
partment over which they have super
vision There are agencies in nearly
all of the large cities of the states.
operated much like the ordinary EN-
ployment bureaus. that are sending
men TO the isthmus by every boat. A
large percentage of the men thus sent
are useless and a hindrance to the
work, as they go to the isthmuS for
pleasure trip. not caring for the work
they are sent to do.
Socially the fsthmus is well equipped
to maintain its Four Hundred The
Hotel Tivoli which IS located at Pan
anna, is the social center, and in years
to come, will be the scene of tropical
gaiety. unsurpassed in Latin America
This hotel, built by our government at
a cost of over half million dollars, is
beautifully situated on the hill of the
same name about five minutes walk
from the Panama railroad station and
close to the hospital grounds There
are four hundred rooms, nicely fur
nished with old Mission and willow
furniture. The cost of living at the
hotel depends entirely upon conditions
A canal empIoye getting $50 per
month pays S42 per month for board
and room and the scale of prices goes
up as the salary goes up. The tran
silent guest pays from 81 to IS per day
With all the many good things that
have been done on the isthmus since
Uncle Sam took hold of the canal
problem, although there are many
things that strongly point toward
graft that would outfrench the
Frenchman by many millions of dol
lars, 1t is to be hoped that our coun-
try will keep out OF such a scandal
Judging from past experiences, the
present administration of canal super
vision is not conducive to fast and
economical work A com bfnation of
old railroad contractors and business
managers would cut several years OF
the time necessary to complete the
canal under army management In
addition there would be a saving of
hundred, possibly two hundred, mil
lions of dollars
w V Afford.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
A SHELTER STRIKE.
Men at the Altoona Plant Fan to Get
the Demands Asked For.

Altoona, Kan. April 8--The de-
mands of the furnace men working at
the CockerflI Zinc cOmpanys plant
here for a raise in wages, was met by
the refusal of the company to give
them the increase asked for. and the
men went out on a strike
The works have been closed down
for the greater part of two days, but
four blocks are running again.
The furnace men demanded an in
crease of IS cents per day. The de-
mand came from the hremen, charg-
ers. long shifts and half shifts To the
half shifts the demands meant an in
crease of over Is per cent The in
crease to the long shifts would mean
about 10 per cent and a little less to
the chargers and fremen-
The plant is among the largest in
the gas field and has been in opera
ton for about two years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
ON THE lSTHMUS.
A Kansan, Who Is Well Quail
fed, Writes OF the Canal.
W. Y. Afford Was Engineer In
der the French Government.
SURVEYEDEVERY LINE.
Work Not Progressing as Rapid
liz as Would Seem Proper.
Fears That There Are Indica-
tions of "Graft" Going On.

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. April Sine
Reporter says: About year ago w
V. Afford of this city. resigned MS po-
sstion as chief engineer for the Kansas
Natural Gas Co. for the purpose OF
going to South America as an engineer
on a government contract IN PERU
When he left Mr.. Afford promised 10
give the Reporter readers some direct
information of the progress OF the
Panama canal. Below viii be found
his first letter, he having only just
Nached South America 1t should De
Maid that Mr. Afford IS Thoroughly IA
ufIfar with all the work done on the
canal He was engaged as an engineer
on IL under the French government
and he was the first white man 70
make the trip over the proposed Mica
raguan canal He has surveyed over
the line of every proposed canal to
connect the Atlantic with the Pacinc,
which IS more than any other man can
say. He is therefore particularly Wen
qualified to discuss the subject His
letter follows:
Croya. Peru. s. A Mar. 1. 1907
Editor Independence Reporter:
Many of the readers of the Report
~=r wonder what the facts are relative 10
the Panama canal. Our stay of four
DAYS on the Isthmus was hardly long
enough to get at the true facts put as
we were able TO make comparisons
with conditions that existed seven
twelve and twenty years ago. the dates
of former visits TO the isthmus, we be-
lieve our observations are substantial
" correct
Twenty years ago. when the French
were in full sway the darkes washed
their hands in cham pagne and
sprinkled their woolly pates with rose
water; boxes Of unCrated machinery
were dumped into the swamps to I'LL
up and make a foundation for solid
ground: contractors. time keepers and
engineers were dishonest; dishonesty /
lurked in every nook and corner, and
at last the soap-bubble burst and
France was the laughing stock Of the
world.
Twelve years ago when We were
again on the Isthmus, more substan- !
tial condition existed under the recon- |
structed French company Work was /
progressing slowly. but actual progress |
was being made True, at the rate /
they were working. il would take 1
good many years TO complete the can /
al At this time il was supposed that /
he United States government would 1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
HIS COOK WAS MISSING.
Also $40, Razor. Suit of Clothes and
Other VaIuabIcs of EmDorfa Man.

Emporia, Kan. April S--The Ga
zette says: Charles Ramsey woke up
ready for breakfast yesterday morning
to find that Walter Williams, his COL
ored cook who had worked for him
two years. was missing. Shortly after
ward he discovered that SO. which,
had been left on a dresser in a down
stairs room. was gone. and a search
showed that SIS safety razor. a good
suit Of clothes and a hat had also dis
appeared The police were notified,
and 1t was learned that Williams had
gone east on the Santa Fe- Marshal
Francis went to Topeka yesterday
afternoon 70 look for Williams. but
nothing had been seen Of him there.
and Francis returned home this morn
ing. Williams has only one leg and
wears a peg He is an excellent cook.
and when Ramsey moved his family
here from Lawrence he brought the
coIored man along
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
For TIC HntcIlinson Eair-

Hutchinson. April s.-The entries
for the two colt stake races for the
Hutchinson fair this year have closed.
There are two $1,000 races, the two
year-old trot and the three-year-oId
trot. These are two of the most in
teresting events for the week as some
of the promising youngsters are
brought forward in this way
There are Al entries for the two
races. an unusually large number of
animals. 1t is certain that there will
be a large field of starters for both of
these races. Many of the entries are
from the best animals known in the
race world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08

1t is said that the firemen Will receive
the same advances that were given the
trainmen
By the settlement with the trainmen
and conductors and with the engine
men and swftchmen previously II -
estimated that the pay rolls of the
three classes of employees have been in
creased nearly $40 900 a year by
the action of the general managers in
granting the demands of the men,
One hundred thousand employees are
affected by the increased WAGES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
F1REs1EN HAVE INNINGS.
Conferences to Begin Relative to In
creasing their Pay.

Chicago. ILL.,. April s--Tne special
committee of the General Managers
association that has been negotiating
with the conductors and trainmen Of
the western roads for wage increases
have prepared to continue its confer
ences with the committee OF the
brotherhood of locomotive f1remen
who have been awaiting the outcome
of the struggle that has engrossed the
attention of the officials for the last
SIX weeks It is understood that the
fremen have received a proposition of
certain concessions on the part of the
managers. and it is believed that the
differences be speedily adjusted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
Wichita Has a Delivery Auto

Wichita. Kan. April s.-The first
automobile delivery wagon ever seen
in Wichita has just been delivered to
John A. Hicks. proprietor OF the new
ParIor grocery by the Wichita Auto
mobile company. The wagon is
handsome machine OF 14-horse power
and with carrying capacity Of 1900
pounds 1t is equipped with solid tires
and is capable CT a speed OF Is miles
per hour. in case Of hurry call for
groceries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
HE HAD THE SMALLPOX.
Santa Fc Brakeman Guaranteed in
Box Car at Strong City.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, April s.
Brakeman A G. Logsdon is quaran-
tined in a car in the Santa Fe yards
with the smallpox. He came in on No
though not exactly sick He went to
see DR.. Hfnden who found that he had
the smallpox The doctor at once had
a car set out in the lower yards and
engaged Mrs. Thayer, who has had the
smallpox, to care for him. Mr. Logs
don had been around on the streets
OF Emporia all day Tuesday and, al
though feeling bad did not know what
was the matter with him He may
have exposed many of his friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
HEAVY STOCK MOVEMENT.
Texas Lines Are Nearly Swamped
With It

Denison, Tex. April S-The freight
congestion on Texas lines promises to
be worse than ever. The railroads are
at the mercy of the stockmen. and be-
ing short of motive power, they are in
a fix which has never been recorded be-
fore Stock is offered for shipment and
must be put through in a rush The
twenty-eight-hour law must be obeyed.
and engines must be furnished for this
stock whether the company wants to do
it or not. For the time being practical
ly all dead freight has been dropped.
and the few avafla BILE locomotives are
being used in the stock service 1t is
hard to tell the result
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
How to Exercise the
Bowels

VI Y OUR lptestines are lined inside
w with millions of suckers, that
draw the Nutrition from food as
~ it passes them. But, if the food
passes too slowly. it decays before it gets
through. Then the little suckers draw Poison
from it instead of Nutrition. This Poison
makes Gas that Injuries your system more
than the food should have nourished it.
The usual remedy for this delayed pass
age (called Constipaton) is to take big
dose Of Castor Oil.
This merely make slippery the passage
for unloading the current cargo.
1t does not help the Cause of delay a
trifle. Ii does slacEen the BoweI-Muscles,
and weakens them for their next task.
Another remedy is to take strong
''Physic.' ike Salts. calomel. Jalap. Phos-
phate of Sodium, Aperient Water, or any of
these mixed.
What does the "Physic'' do?
1t merely flushes-out the Bowels with
a waste of Digestive Juice. set flowing nto
the Intestines through the tiny suckers.
cascarets are the only safe medicine for
the bowels.
They do not waste any precious fluid of
the Bowels. as Physics do.
They do not relax the Intestines by greas-
ing them inside like Castor Oil or CIycerine.
They simply stimulate the Bowel
Muscles to do their work naturally, COM
fortably. and nutritiously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08

LIE rest OF IQ6 main line OF the Ofi-
ent system. 1853 miles, has been sur
veyed, exec pting lis miles between
Kansas City and Emporia, Kan A
tentative Icca ton of the line has been
made between Kansas City and En-
pOr12, bI- as not been nEdIy ratified
Nh. Stiiweu mas outlined much work
for the coming year He proposes to
inisf the line between Emporia, Kan,
and Sweetwater, Tex With the use of
the Santa Fe tracks between Emporia
and Usage City and the Missouri Pa
cific between Usage City and Kansas
City the system will be in opera ton
from Kansas City &c Sweetwater. dis
lance of 634 miles. It is proposed, also,
to lay 300 miles of track in Mexico this
year. This will leave 240 miles to be
built in Mexico and about AGO miles in
the United States.
To accomplish this, Mr. Stilweu re-
Gently placed the largest single order
ever given by a railroad company for
steel rails The order was for 10000
tons of 20 and so pound steel rails. In
addition, the company placed orders for
LOO, 600 ties These ties are to come
from Texas. Louisiana, Arkansas and
Missouri except LIN Mexico, where the
ties are supplied from timber land adj
joining the right of way of the Orient
Tlilroad-
Aside from the main line of the sys-
TEN between Kansas City and the Pa
cif1c coast Mr. Srf1weH is building
line from San Angelo which will make
the short route between Kansas City
and the City of Mexico. He has also
planned to have an outlet to the Gulf
of Mexico A branch line is to be built
from the cutoff to the City of Mexico
to. KerrvilIe, where connection will be
made with the San Antonio & Arkansas
Pass railroad. thus furnishing an outlet
to the gulf by way of San Antonio,
terminating at Corpus Christi
A line drawn south from Salt Lake
City will show that Topolobampo is
east of the Colorado state line 1t is,
in fact $50 miles east of Salt Lake
and Is miles south of a line drawn
westward from Key West The road
will make St. Paul by way of Kansas
City. much closer to the Pacific ocean
by rail than that city is now to Seat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
BITTEN BY A TARANTULA.
Wichita Man Has an Accident in Car
of BanRnas- --.

Wichita, Kan.,=5e April S.-John
Wilde. an ernploye OF the Wichita Pro-
duce company, while unloading ban
anas from box car this morning at 9
O'Clock. was bitten by a large Central
American tarantula. The insect was
about as large as a mans hand and bit
Mr.. Wilde on one of his fingers
The man was taken to a physician
fmn ediateIy where the wound made
by the insect was cauterized- His
ply stefan stated at noon today that he
was resting easily and would soon re-
cover.
The car of bananas which Mr..
Wilde was working with came from
Honduras. Central America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
Arter the Gtrard Postogice

Girard, April S-A- NJ Wasser's
term as postmaster expires December
Is and several candidates for the place
are looming up. Mr.. Wasser will be
a candidate for re-appointment under
the civil service regulations Repre-
sentative J. W. MOntee Is said to be an
active candidate also. The office now
pays S2.500 per yeaF. and on July 1
will be advanced to 81, 700.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08
vENIRE OF 40 JURYMEN.

Large Number of Men Summoned in
y Gtrard Murder case
Girard. April s.-A special venire
Of forty jurors has been drawn, by or
der of the court to try the murder
case Of Mrs. PeIIa Dauron, which is
set for next Tuesday in district court.
Mrs. Dauron is charged with the
murder of her husband, a prominent
township farmer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-08

tie or Portland. its nearest Pacific sea-
port St Paul is not the only point
that will be benefited by the new line
Chicago. shipping by way of Kansas
City, will be brought 200 miles closer
to the Pacific than by the present route
IN San Francisco