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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02

caused the company to plan to move
from Caldwell to Wea1Ynrtou.
The Rock Island company already
owns much property, now unused. ii
wellington, and it is significant that
II was but few months ago that
changes were made in the records at
the court house so that several tracts
tnat may have really belonged to the
company before. so that the title is
pany.
When the Rock Island lines were
nrst built through Sumner county
II was the preference of Rock Island
omcials to locate the division at We'll
iington but differences arose regard
Ing property values and Caldwell got
the division. Several WELLINGTON
business men are now keeping yery
close watch of the situation and will
take 1t up in such a way that at the
proper time the Commercial club
may meet the Rock Island officials
and ascertain what may be done by.
Wellington to assist IN influencing
the railroad company to make the
change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
LABOR INCREASING.
Railroads Now Need 500, 900 Men fol
Spring Work.

Railroads Now Need 500, 900 Men for
Spring Work.
Chicago, April I'm the next sixty
days the railroads Of the United States
VIII have to find between 100000 and
100000 men to mend their tracks and
roadbeds and another large army to 60
into their shops and repair their cars
and their locomotives.
The railroads centering in Chicago
alone will, between tomorrow and June
!, require more than 100000 laborers.
Work will start in light tomorrow on
the roads which are the best favored
by climatic conditions, and will be in
creased rapidly until June 1, when re-
newa1 and repair work will be in full
swing on every railroad in the country.
The average number Of men needed by
each of the large Chicago systems is
5000 and the wages offered are to be
about the same as last year, when
labor was scarcer and more men were
needed.
For day laborers the wages range be-
tween $1.25 and $1.6O day, the aver
age being about ST. 40 The highest fig
ure is paid for what are called steel
gangs, who are employed in laying steel
rails.
This year the railroads expect to be
able to procure a much greater pro-
portion Of American labor than usual.
owing to the fact times have not been
SO good and many men are out of en-
p1oyment. 1t is also expected that there
will not be so many Italians available
this year because, when the business
recession came, the Italians returned
to their native land in shiploads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
ENGINES WENT DOWN.
Passenger Cars Stopped on Brink OF .
Precipice.

Buena Vista, April 2.-Approxi-
mately 100 persons narrowly escaped
instant and horrible death when Col
orado & Midland passenger train No.
rushed up to burning bridge at
Yale siding, four miles east OF here.
Only prompt application of the air
brakes by the engineers of both en-
gines before their leap for their lives,
held the coaches at the brink Of the
precipice while the two engines at
tached to the train plunged to the
bottom Of the gorge. When the en-
gines pulled loose the train came to
a sudden stop, the baggage car ex-
tending several feet over the edge OF
the yawning chasm. Beyond the
shaking up of the engine crews no one
was injured. Passengers were trans
ferred and continued on their Jour-
news
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
FARMERS ENTER A COMPLAINT
Claim They Were Duped by Agent of
Great Western Life Insurance Co.

A delegation of half dozen farmers
from the vicinity of Meriden and
Ozawkie in Jefferson county came be-
fore the state insurance department
Wednesday to protest against the ac-
tions of an agent for the Great West
ern Life Insurance company Of Kansas
City, who, they claim, had misrepre-
scented the facts concerning an insur-
ance policy which he sold to about
thirty farmers of the community.
They declared that the agent made
it appear that they were getting a
policy which would pay out in full at
the death of the insured, when as a
mater of fact it was one which pays
out in installments for period of 20
years. The insurance department will
try to secure ar adjustment of the diff
ficulty with the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
WANT TO BUY A FORT +?
One at Entrance of New York Har
Dor May Go Under Hammer.

New York. April 2.-If any one
cares to purchase modern up to
date fort in good repair and furnished
with the usual supply Of guns he soon
may have the opportunity. City Con-
troller Metz has made up his mind
to sell to the highest bidder Fort
Hamilton, one Of the forts that guard
the entrance to New York harbor.
The controller demands that the fed
eral government pay sewer assess
ment, amounting to 1856. In case
this amount is not paid he says he
will surely offer the property for sale.
On the other hand, it IS claimed, that
the national government is not liable
for assessments for local improve
ment unless by agreement prior to
the doing OF the work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
WANTS 800 ROOMS.
Tammany Sends Secretary Smith te
Denver to Engage Them.

New York, April 2.-Thomas F.
Smith, secretary of Tammany hall, is
on his way to Denver to engage hotel
accommodations for the Tamma ny
host, which will go to the Democratic
national convention. Secretary Smith
will engage rooms for 500 persons.
Tammany expects to carry out many
more, but they will be left to shift for
themselves so far as hotel accom-
modations are concerned
While in Denver Secretary Smith
will also make arrangements for
excursion trains to Yellowstone park
and the Pacific coast, to take the
Tammany men on sight seeing expedi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
TO CHANGE DIVISION POINT.
Rumor Removes Caldwell Offices to
Wellington.

RumOr Removes Caldwell Omces to
Wellington.
sswithin the past few days there
has been a revival Of talk in railroad
and business circles that the Rock
Island is preparing to move its freight
division from Caldwell to this city,
saws the Wellington Mail. Rock
Island surveyors have recently been
at work in the vicinity of the depot
and while none of the local repre-
sentatives Of the company seem to be
sufficiently posted to speak author
itatively regarding plans it is known
that the company plans material i'm
provements to its properties at this
point.
"The Rock Island has been steadily
pursuing a policy of shortening its
freight divisions for a number OF
years and the enactment of the fed
eral sixteen hour law has made
shorter division more convenient than
ever before. The division from Her
ington to Caldwell is one of the long
est on the Rock Islands western
lines, 1928 miles. The next division
point east is a still shorter distance.
"A few years ago the Rock Island
division point south of Caldwell was
at Chickasha Now it is at Ell Reno.
On the line southwest from Harrington
the first division point was formerly
Bucklin. In shortening divisions the
company moved from Bucklin east to
Pratt It is presumed that this policy
of shortening the divisions is what has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
Roads Taking Steps to Fight
Thieves and Trespassers.
General Managers to Seek Aid
of Law for Protection.
CRIME ON INCREASE,
Courts Asked to Enjoin All From
Entering Property.
Other Items Of Interest in
Railway Circles.

The General Managers association
in their meeting at Chicago has decid-
ed to appeal to the authorities and to
the law. il necessary. for the purpose
of obtaining protection against tres
passers and burglars.
It is stated that both trespassing and
stealing are greatly on the increase
and that aside from the loss of property
to the roads hundreds of lives are
sacrificed each year and go to swell the
total casualties for which the railroads
are blamed by the public. The first
step in the movement will be to have
land ownership by railroads conclus-
lively defined, possibly by the courts,
so that railroad property may be re-
garded with respect and convictions
for trespassing obtained as readily as
in other countries. At present, 1t is
stated. it is almost impossible to secure
convictions for trespassing or for steal
ing rides on trains while the right-of-
way of the railroads is regarded as
common and not private property
whereupon anyone who chooses may
walk with immunity.
Stealing from freight trains is so ex-
tensive that it attracted the attention
of the grand jury recently sitting in
New York. Thirty per cent of the
cases considered by that body were
burglaries and larcenies in which rail-
roads were victims. So bold and fire.
quent were the burglaries that the
grand jury reported railroad property
was not sufficiently protected by the
authorities. Each big system main
tains large detective force. but finds
it is almost impossible to police perfect
~ large freight terminals. One of the
most serious phases of this class OF
robberies lies in the stealing OF brasses
from the journals Of the car wheels.
Thieves have become expert In this
and with jackscrew can lift a car
and remove the brass in few mo-
ments. There is no way Of discovering
the absence of the brass until the
wheel runs hot and probably breaks.
thereby causing a wreck against which
it SENS impossible to guard.
One of the first moves which the gen.
eral managers purpose making is an
appeal to the city authorities to close
up the fences which buy all OF this
class of plumber. II there was none to
buy from car thieves there would be no
car thieving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
HIS FIRST OFFICIAL ACT.
President Lewis Asks the Operators
for a Conference.

Indianapolis. April 1.-THE first Of
fetal act of President Lewis of the
United Mine workers Of America in
assuming his office was to send tele-
graphic invitations to the principal
operators of the central competitive
field consisting of western Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to
attend meeting in this city, Monday
April 9Th with representatives of the
miners to make an effort to agree up
on a call for interstate wage conven-
ton and if necessary to decide upon
a general resumption of mining oper-
atoms in the field
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
President Congratulates Evans.

San Diego. CAL, April admiral
Evans received while here long let
ter of congratulation and commenda-
ton from President Roosevelt. In the
warmest terms the president spoke of
the achievement of the fleet on its
cruise from Hampton Roads to Mag
daiena Say and gave to Admiral Evans
his full share of credit. The nresi-
dent also expressed his sincere regret
over the admiral's illness and stated
that he hoped he would soon be well
again. Admiral Evans sent a telegram
thanking the president for his letter
and the confidence reposed in him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
PUTS KANSAS FIRST.
State Given Leading Place in Union
Pacific Report

The statistical bureau OF the Union
Pacific passenger department has is
sued statement compiled from
government reports showing the val
ue of farm products in seventeen
states west Of the Mississippi In 1897
to have been billion and niney-one
million dollars. Corn leads in pro-
duction, being valued at nearly half
a billion dollars. Winter wheat is
next. valued at $200.000,00O and do
mestic hay was valued at only two
million dollars less. Rye. oats, barley
and potatoes follow in order. The re-
port is compared with the previous
year and indicates an increase OF Is
per cent In value of crops and this
increase is credited to irrigation.
Nearly S5,000,000 acres were under
cultivation and the average value of
crops per acre is given at $12.86.
Iowa ranks first in corn, oats and
potatoes, Kansas first in wheat and
Nebraska first in rye. The report
also shows an increase in live stock
of $50 per cent since 1870.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
HIS CAREER MAPPED OUT.
e. S. Moore to Succeed to the Man
agement of Rock Island.

Chicago, April 2.-Edward Small
Moore, son of w. H. Moore. has been
selected to eventually succeed to the
management of the large property in
tere SITS Of the Moore brothers, who con-
troll TIN. Rock Island system. Mr.. Moore
has been under the tutelage of the presl-
dent Of the Frisco system as statistic
ian. Now he is coming to Chicago to
be placed under the charge of B. l.
WincEell, president of the Rock Island
For the important work he will have to
do in the future, Mr.. Moore is to re-
ceive a careful and painstaking practi-
cal education In all branches of rail-
reading, including finances. He is a
graduate of Yale and is intensely in
terested in his work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
.sBufalo Bill" Is Ill.

Chicago. April 2.-Colonel William
F. Cody (Buffalo BID is seriously Ill
here at the Stratford hotel. Colonel
Cody arrived in Chicago on his way
from New York to his home in Cody,
wyo., and at once sought the services
of a physician. DIR. A. Banter Miller.
house physician of the Stratford, found
that Colonel Cody is suffering from a
general nervous breakdown. caused
largely by recent attack of the grip.
The patient is threatened with pneu-
monia, but IL this disease does not
develop, he may be able to resume his
Journey in about week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
LOST $500, 900 ANNUALLY.
Facts Concerning Operation of X
C. C. & S.

Kansas City, Mo-. April 2.-Although
the Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield
Railroad company asserts it lost $780,
900 a year in operating and expenses,
so well was the business managed that
the stockholders of the road were not
called upon to stand any of the loss.
This fact was developed yesterday by
the testimony in the merger hearing
before the board Of railroad and ware
house commissioners at the Hotel Bal
timore. The witnesses who gave these
facts were witnesses for the ST. Louis
& San Francisco railway, which road,
it is alleged. absorbed the Kansas City
Clinton & Springfield, a parallel road
operating from Ash Grove, Mo-, to
Olathe Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
Died Among His Pictures.

New York, April 2.-Surrounded by
the pictures of animals which he had
painted, Meyer Van Zandt was found
dead today from gas in his home In
the Bronx. The coroner believes Van
Zandt committed suicide. The artist
had received letter from his wife
from whom he had lived apart for sew
eral years, telling him that a recon-
Citation was impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02

Raines for alleged extorton from
keepers and inmates of disreputab1e
houses. Guy Howe, son of City Mar
shall Howe, alleged ego between" was
indicted on the charge of embezzle-
ment, it being claimed that he failed
to turn over money collected. A sin
gular feature is that Alderman Samuel
Raines was member of the grand
jury which returned the indictments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
He Found three New Sun Spots.

Milwaukee, April Rev Father
McGeary, professor of astronomy at
Marquette university, this city, has re-
ported having recently observed three
new sun spots through a new tele-
scope. Upon closer examination he
found three immense spots, two of
them 5000 miles across, or large
enough to drop the earth into.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
Steady Work for Months.

Reading, Pa, April 2.-The Phila-
delphia and Reading company is max
ing active preparations for the re-
sumption of mining at it's collieries
Thousands of idle miners will go back
with prospects of work during the
summer. The railroad men employed
in handling the coal traffic will all be
on hand. and the probabilities are that
they will have steady work for some
months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
Ration Officials Indicted.

Ration, n. M, April 2.-The grand
jury, which has been in session here
since March "a, made a report to
Judge William j. Mills today. In
dictments were handed down Against
Mayor T. F. McAuliffe and Aldermen
DIR. J. ]. Shutter. Thomas Mcbride. A.
~. Boutelle, Henry Jones, Patrick
BOYLE j. M. Sandova1 and Samuel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
WANT a Parcels Post Bfll.

Salina, Kan, April Five hundred
members of the Farmers Educational
and Cooperative Union. in a meeting
in this county, adopted resolutions
netitfoninr CONGRESSMAN Calderhead to
work for. the passage OF the parcels
post hill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
Death of Mrs. Isaiah Homes

Emporia, Kan, April Mrs isaiah
Jones died in this city Wednesday. She
was among the earliest settlers in
Kansas. coming to the state from
Wales in 1858. She leaves q husha nd
and six Children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
We could buy beans as low as 80 cent?
per bushel, yet we pay $2.1O for our,

We use Michigan beans picked over by hand.
We buy only the whitest,, the plumpest, the fulle
They are baked in live steam-not in dry heat.
skins are not broken, the beans not scorched
The result is, all the beans are baked until they
Yet they are nutty, not mushy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-26
OPPOSE WIDENING
Citizens at Committee on
Streets Meeting Want Chap
ell Street Left Alone.
PEACE AND QUIET REIGN
Little Excitement--No Decision
Reached by the Committee
Which WIN See Conditions.

The committee on streets In city
hall last night heard number Of citl-
zens protest against the widening Of
lower Chapel street, and there was only
one voice raised against them that Of
Lawyer Heyden.
The meeting was very mild, IN
strong contrast to the one over large
ly the same matter going on In another
room at the same time There was no
action taken by the committee, but
they will meet early Friday evening
to get ready their report for the meet
ing of the board Of aldermen
The objections to the widening raised
by Alderman Townshend, appearing as
counsel for several property owners,
James Jensen, s. w Caskett, jr., Har
ry Lacey, and several Others, includ-
Ing representatives Of several churches
on lower Chapel street
The glst of the objections were that
the property values would be spoiled,
that the beauty would be taken away
from the neighborhood by the removal
of its shade trees, that 1t was Illegal
and that damages should be paid for
the destruction OF the trees that has
already taken place, and that, IL there
was any right to take an inch of side
walk, the whole business could be TAX
en- and sidewalks would be dispensed
with.
The petition for the resembling Of the
Lighthouse road also aroused some In
terest This was wanted by several
connected with the amusements at
Lighthouse Point. They did not want
the road as 1t would tend to hurt the
amusement resort, as 1t has These
were J. B, Judge, M. Gaffney, F. Har-
Ian and T. Kelly The opposition, who
wanted the road left open and In use,
were Thomas Coyle and Charles Hey
den and others. They said that It saw
ed time and travel and should be con-
tinued.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-26

New York, Sept. 2b.-Following
many rumors on the subject which
were afloat here and in Washington,
today Chairman Hitchcock the Re-
publican national committee tonight
announced that Col T. Coleman Du-
pont of Delaware. head Of the bureau
OF campaign speakers Of the national
committee had resigned as head of
that bureau and also as a member OF
the executive committee Of the nation
al committee and that his resignation
had been accepted.
In elaboration OF the announcement
Chairman Hitchcock said Last Tues
day General Dupont rendered his res
isnatlon as member of the executive
committee, and as director of the
speakers bureau. Action on the resig
nation was deferred, awaiting my ar
rival In New York, my purpose then
being to reach here on the following
day. Circumstances prevented my re-
turning until this morning, when Cen
eral Dupont and / had a personal CON
ference concerning the matter, in which
he insisted upon the acceptance of his
resignation, feeling that the pendency
of the suit by the government against
the powder company, with which he is
connected might be employed by our
opponents to the injury OF the cam
paign to which he is.so earnestly de
voted. His resignation therefore, has
been accepted"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-26
Big Democratic Rally Cheers as
He Promises to Serve the
People Without Fear Or
Favor if Elected.
WALLER ATTACKS BOSSES
Says Lilley Should 90 on the
Stump and Tell What He
Knows Of Cannon and
Sherman.


With an abundance OF red fre ana
music by the Second Regiment band.
the democrats last night enthusias-
tically opened their state carnpaign4
The Hyperion theatre. where the rally
was held. was crowded to the doors
and aiong the line of march Of ths
parade there were thousands Of people.
The meeting was the formal motifs
cation Of Judge A. Heaton Robertsoni
and the other members of the state
ticket that they had been nominated
by the democrats for the coming fall
election. Former Mayor Ignatius Al
Sullivan Of Hartford, chairman OF the
notification committee. broke the news
gently to the nominees and amid q
tremendous burst Of applause predicts
ed democratic victory In the state
and the nation this fall. Judge Roberto
son responded as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citixeusa
Unsolicited, and might almost say.
unexpected, for the second time have
been nominated as the standard -beareH
of the democratic party in the state
Of Connecticut.
I'm behalf Of myself and my asso~
ciates on the ticket. accept the stand<
ard Of the democratic PARTY In Cons
neoticut, and withsit that standard %
the greater democracy Of humanity
and pledge my loyal support to nations
al and state ticket. and my best ef>
forts Of heart and head to secure the
success Of the entire ticket. :.
THE platform adopted by the deins
ocratic party at Hartford meets my apl
proval. l believe that our platform and
the principles Of democracy could best
be carried out by the direct primary
the secret ballot. the furnishing Of the
ticket by the state. and such a ticket
that each man could vote for such
candidate as his conscience dictated.
Connecticut gave the first written
constitution to the world. a. constitu-
tion whose fundamental principles
haHe been followed by every state In
the upIon. the cornerstone Of which
constitution was that the freemen
should elect their own officers urtramS
meled. and that each community. a.
far as possible, should be independents
and manage Its own local affairs.
"Thcse are the fundamental princi>
pies Of that broad democracy that
knows no party. These are the princis
pies which ] believe have been SUBJ
verted and In their place the republic
can party has substituted In Connectit
cut government by commissions
which not only takes from the reprs4
sentatlves Of the people their right I'd
govern, but tends to the building up Of
a machine which takes away all theiN
free action As the result Of this SUBJ
stitution, Connecticut, as much as any