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The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
Organization to This End Abb
soIuteIy Necessary.
NO MORE WARFARE.
Col. Post of New Association
Makes Suggestions.
other Items of Interest in Rail-
way Circles.

Col. George A. Post of New York,
president of the recently organized
Railway Business association, recently
delivered an address before the West
ern Railway club on The Railroads
and the Business Revival"
IF there ever was a time when or
ganized effort for the bringing about
of a. better relation between the rail-
roads and the people was absolutely
necessary 1t is now,' said Col. Post.
'He lives in a fools paradise who de-
ludes himself with the belief that
there can be substantial, continuing
prosperity for railroads and cognate
interests until it is the permanent pol
icy of our nation that Cancellation is a
better way to get transportation IA
cilities than warfare. Conciliatiou
must be worked out as a practical
plant must be tried and it must be
been addicted to other methods will
join those who seek to end rancor, Ill
feeling and recrimination.
BE it understood clearly that in
this scheme of conciliation the rail-
road managers have to shoulder
great big share of the conciliating.
They must be open and aboveboard in
all their dealings with the public, and
when in contact with the people their
pose should be that of kindliness and
not of hauteur. The rights of the rail
roads. which should be accorded them
cheerfully, should not be caused to be
hearts of those with whom they deal.
What a splendid thing it would be
for the country If the people at large
could come to think of the railroads
as their railroads! Not, of course, in
the sense of government ownership,
but as guardians fully alive to the re-
sponsfbility of giving them support,
sustaining and encouraging them, and
planning with them that they may be-
come powerful doors of good for the
country. Everybody knows, when he
stops to think, of the magic trans
formation of our country wrought by
the railroads. But wondrous as that
has been, greater wonders are yet to
be, If we can gain a clear foresight of
the changed conditions that must be
met in the future.
"The problems OF the future are
radically different from those of the
past. Not the conQuerfng of the will
derness;, not the conn Getting of the east
and west, but the development of
vastly improved system which shall
concentrate every device Of modern
science to the increase of celebrity in
movement of traffic. We must have
more tracks; freight tracks indepen-
dent Of passenger tracks, devices of
acceleration at junction points; time
saving mechanism at terminals, and
more and better equipment. 1t is up
on these great problems Of transpor-
tation that the American people and
their represe natives should concen-
trate their attention, dismissfng the
prejudice, which have made recent
railroad discussion at once tragic and
ridiculous.
"The crying need of the hour is
that government officials and the pub
lie generally, in considering railroad
problems, shall show, not their power.
but their wisdom"
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
BOLD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
Clyde Hackney Held Up in Gas Office
at Winfield

winfield, Kan, Nov. 24.-At 1920
yesterday afternoon, East Ninth ave-
nue. was the scene of one of the bold
est daylight robberies ever perpetrated
in southern Kansas.
AS Clyde Hackney sat in the gas of
f1ce, alone. counting the money pre-
paratory to taking it to the bank, a
man walked in and casually inquired
the way to the postoffice. After CIV
ing the directions, Hackney turned
his back, and heard the fellow say
thank you.' The next thing he knew
he was looking into the barrel of a
revolver. The robber cautioned him to
be quiet and to stand up in the cor
ner. The robber then rified the cash
drawer, the safe, and took all the
money on the desk, securing in all
about $500. There was about $50 in
change on the counter and 500 in
bills in an envelope in the safe, which
the robber overlooked. After secur-
ing the booty, the robber ordered Mr..
Hackney into the back room and told
him to remain there until he was told
to come out
Mr.. Hackney says that probably not
more than three minutes elapsed dur
ing the holdup, and that when he
emerged from the back room, in less
than minute after going in, he
rushed to the street, looking both
ways, and then ran to the corner,
looking both north and south on
Loomis street, but he saw nobody an
swering the description of the robber.
Mr.. Hackney gave the following
description of the robber. Man about
5 feet 10 inches in height, weighing
165 or ITO pounds. wore a suit of dark
clothes, a black felt hat. black tie,
had dark hair and beard all over his
face, the latter supposed to be false.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
ADVANCE IN EXPRESS RATES.
Companies to Stop Collision OF Coast
Shippers.

San Francisco, Cal, Nov 24-Notice
of an intended increase of go per cent
in express rates on merchandise be-
tween eastern points and Pacific coast
terminals, to take effect on December
10, has been posted in the office of
Wells, Fargo & Co. The advance ap-
plies only to shipments exceeding 500
pounds, and is intended to circumvent
the system devised by coast merchants,
who have been in the practice of con-
solidating shipments in New York and
forwarding them in such quantities as
to take advantage of the present tariff.
which ranges from 81 per 100 pounds on
lots of 10000, to $12 on lots OF 500
pounds. The company made a rule
that these rates can be used only when
the shipments are the property of one
owner.
The coast merchants will protest, and
the matter will be threshed out before
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Franklin K. Lane, who will preside at
a hearing in this city on December 5.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
FOOLS OR FTREBUGS
Tried Twice to Burn Bonner Springs
School House.

Bonner Springs. kan, Nov. "a
Two attempts have been made within
the past three days to burn down the
Bonner Springs grade school. Both
times a fire was started beneath the
stairway to the basement. The blaze
was discovered and eXtinguisned be-
fore any of the pupils who were re-
citing in the rooms above knew of the
fire. The building was not damaged
either time. A reward of $50 has been
offered by the Bonner Springs board
of education for the conviction of the
persons responsible.
The first blaze was discovered
Thursday afternoon by Herman Peif-
er, the principal. He saw smoke is
suing from a closet under the stairs
and found that a wooden box, filled
with paper, had been set afire there.
He carried the box out of the building
None of the pupils knew of the blaze.
Yesterday morning a pile of blazing
paper was again discovered in the
same closet by the principal.
Mr.. PETER believes that the fires
were started by boys who did not want
to go to school. The Bonner Springs
grade school has five rooms. About
$50 children attend school there.
When the fires were discovered they
were all in their classrooms.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
BURNING A FILL.
T. & N w. Completing Big Project
Near Onaga.

Onaga, Kan, Nov. 24.-The- work
of burning the earth in the big rail-
road fill on the T. & N. w. new grade
northwest of town is now in progress
Big trenches are being dug along the
side and these are filled with coal.
The fire literally bakes the earth. 1t
is the theory that this will harden
and settle the great mass that has
been piled up for a grade so that it
will not slip or give. Already sew
eral hundred tons of coal have been
delivered and contracts are being let
to deliver as much more A camp
has been established at the fill,
whereabout a dozen men are en-
ployed. The big job is the hauling
of the coal. 1t will be delivered to
the teams at Wheaton
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
BIG CAR ORDERS.
Canadian Pacific to Spend Two Mil
lions for Equipment.

Montreal, Nov. 24.-GeneraI Manager
McNicoll of the Canadian Pacific rail-
road says that company has placed or
ders for $1,000 900 worth of new passen-
ger coaches. In addition it has orders
for new freight cars in course of con-
struction at the Angus shops at the
rate of twenty day, which will keep
the shops employed at top. capacity fer
the next six months. The locomotive
department has orders ahead totalling
$500, 900. and is turning out one new
locomotive a week.
At the offices of the Grand Trunk and
Grand Trunk-Pacific railways. similar
reports are made. The Canada Car
company will this year complete 2,400
cars for the Grand Trunk-Pacific
which is part of an order for 10000 cars
given some time ago. The company is
turning out eight cars a day at a cost
of s6,400 a day, or $2,000,0O0 a year.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
RAILROAD STEEL ORDERS.
Indicate That Prosperity Is Returning
So on Every Hand

Indicate That Prosperity Is Returning
{ on Every Hand.
New York. Nov. 24.-The railroads
are steadily increasing their pur-
chases of equipment. including cars.
locomotives and bridges, and other
contracts of Importance are pending.
The recent orders are being reflected
in the increased activity among
ma1leable founders who make rail-
road castings largely; among car.
wheel manufacturers as well as
among car shops and 1ocom motive
manufacturers. The Rock Island
railroad has an inquiry out for 60
locomotives, and the Chicago & Alton
Is preparing plans for 80 locomotives.
AS already noted the st. Paul has or
dered SO engines and the Chicago &
Northwestern SIS locomotives. It is
understood that the Gould lines are
negotiating for new equipment. The
Bettendorf Axle company is negotiat-
ing for 10000 tone more of structural
material in the Chicago market, and
further purchases are likely to be
made as soon as the locomotive or
ders now pending are placed.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
WET IN SPOTS.
LIeavenworth Can Not Be Good All
at Once.

Leavenworth. Kan, Nov. 24.-Al-
though most of the big downtown sa-
looms had their front doors closed
yesterday, some of the back doors
were doing a lively business. In some
parts of town the trade in wet goods
was going on just the same as ever.
Since the last crusade began traffic
with Missouri has greatly increased,
and the delivery wagons are busily en-
gagged handling the rush orders. One
saioonkeeper was lamenting yesterday
that even though every place in Leav-
enworth should be closed, if such a
thing. was possible. yet there would be
lust as much whisky and beer con-
suned in the town as before by means
of interstate commerce across the Mis-
souri, river and the traffic would go on
without any regulation whatever from.
the CITY and county authorities. under
the recent ruling of Judge Pollock in
the federal court. The Kansas pro-
hibitory law is certainly unfair in the
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
PARsoNs a. II. T. A.
Capture a Horse Thief in Short Order
in the Katy Town.

in the Katy Town.
Parsons, Nov. 24-The Parsons
Ants cut another notch in their gun
this morning when Frank Dienst
picked up man, team and wagon just
east of the Frisco crossing on Main
street. He brought the team and
wagon to town where the latter was
identified as belonging to Katy Ticket
Agent E. N. Pace, which had been
stolen from his barn four miles east
of town. One of the horses was also
identified as belonging to Elmer Ran
ey, farmer living near McCune, in
Cherokee county The harness was al
so identified as belonging to Raney.
The horse and harness were identi-
fed by j. B. Boyd. a member of the
Sherman Local No. 10, of the A H
r. A. who came here this morning on
the trail of the stolen property. Boyd
lives near where the horse and har-
ness were stolen, and Boyd also fden-
titled the man who was caught with
the stolen team and wagon as Duard
Allen, who had worked for Raney, but
had recently been discharged.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
Egg Famine at Gardner,

Gardner, Nov. 24.-Ed Eaton sets
up this wall in his paper, the Gardner
Gazette: I'VE call on our Republican
friends to keep their prediction
promises and make the hens lay Eggs
are soaring aIoft like an airship and
are entirely out of the reach of every
one except the purse-proud plutocrat
We heard this week of a woman who
has 200 hens and isn't getting an egg
Gentlemen of the Republican party.
we will forgive you for your many
shortcomings, if you will make the
biddies do business.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
NEW TEXAS LINE
VIII Run From Enid Through Pan
handle Country

Enid, Okla, Nov. 24.-Another new
road is projected for the Texas Pan
handle. 1t is called the OchiItree. Enid
& Southwestern, and is projected to
run from Dalhart, Texas, to Enid,
Okla, a distance of about 225 miles.
George NJ. Perry Of OchiItree, Texas, is
chief promoter of the enterprise. The
headquarters of the road are at OchiI-
tree. 1t is claimed that it. has ample
financial backing. 1t is reported that
the construction of the proposed Gra-
ham, Roswell & Western railroad, from
Graham, Texas, to Roswell, New Mex
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24

of Centropolis, Kan, have invented a
com bination wood and metal railroad
tie, which is attracting favorable at
tention. The life of the tie will be
five or six times as long as wooden
ties and their device for holding the
rails in place will prevent spreading
of the rails.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24

leo, is practically assured. 1t is to
traverse the lower plains country of
Texas where agricultural development
Is now making wonderful strides. The
proposed line is to be about $50 miles
long. H. p Faris of Clinton, Mo-, is one
of the chief promoters of the project.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24

brick-dust or sediment in the urine.
headache, backache, lame back dizzi-
ness, poor digestion, sleeplessness,
nervousness, heart disturbance due to
bad kidney trouble. skin eruptions
from bad blood, neuralgia, rheuma-
tism, lumbago, bloating, irritability,
wornout feeling, lack of ambition, may
be loss of flesh, sallow complexion, or
Bright's disease may be stealing upon
you, which is the worst form of kid
ney trouble.
Swamp-Root Is Pleasant to Take.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp-Root is what you need, you
can purchase the regular fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles at all drug
stores. Don't make any mistake. but
remember the name, DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, and the address,, Bing-
hamton, N. Y, which you will find on
every bottle.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24

way it operates in Kanssa border
towns. 1t prohibits the traffic in one
way and is powerless to control the
interstate traffic which springs up as
a result of the enforcement of the state
law.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
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The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
PrevaIency of Kidney Disease.

Most people do not realize the
alarming increase and remarkable
prevalency of kidney disease. While
kidney disorders are the most COM
mon diseases that prevail, they are al
most the last recognized by patient or
physicians. who content themselves
with dOctOring the effects, while the
original disease undermines the sys-
tenn.
The mild and immediate effect of
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy, is soon realized.
It stands the highest for it's remark
able curative power in the most dis
treSsing cases.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24

NEW COMBINATION TIE.
Is Made From Wood and Metal and
Has Long Life.
Chanute, Kan. Nov. 24.-The men
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24
d.! PRICES
WHEAT FLAKE CELERY
FOOD

By recent scientific expert
ments, DR.. Price, the famous
food expert, has recently pro-
duced a Wheat Flake Celery
Food, which is highly nutritious,
easy of digestion, and a most
delicious every day food for all
aasses.
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symptoms of kidney Trouble.

Swamp-Root is not recommended
for everything but if you are obliged to
pass your water frequently night and
day, smarting or irritation in passing,
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-24

For sale by all Grooers
The Washington herald., 1908-08-23
GAIN OF A MINUTE.
Means an Enormous Struggle in
transportation.

From the Atcaison tKaus-} Globe
A minute isn't much. but to gain a few
what a struggle is going on in the trans
portation world Time was. not so many
years ago. when four weeks was counted
good time n crossing the Atlantic; now
the four-day boat is here, and the two
swiftest ones strain each voyage TO Top
of few minutes and establish a new
record. while other lines are planning the
construction Of boats which shall do even
better. Recently the Pennsylvania Rail
road spent 81 10000 TO save three minutes
between Philadelphia and Trenton. y J.
To save ninety minutes between Philadel-
phia and Harrisburg the same company
has spent about SO, 0,C00.o00 Ten years ago
the country regarded the Pennsylvania
as a fast road 4 Westerner riding over
IL at that time marveled at its excellent
roadbed. and at q wonderful system, new
70 him. Of watering its engines without
stopping But in the ten years the com
pany has spent so. .0o0.0c0 to save an
hour or two Of time, TO give the public
more speed
Tie Santa Fe spent 100000 10 save
seven miles and a climb over the Ration
Mountains by building the Belan cut-on
in New Mexico. Ten million dollars IS
quite a sum. but the engineers can easily
show that the time saved Offsets the
great expense.
The Northern Pacific spent 100000 last
year 10 save few minutes between St
Paul and the Pacific. and so on with any
number Of roads and steamship lines IN
cutting down the time II is estimated by
experts that the railroads OF this country
have spent $50 o00.o00 in the last few
years and further plans for saving min
rltes are under contemplation Tunnels
are being built. mountains torn away
streams spanned with costly bridges,
grades changed. and lines moved. all al
/ great expense. n order that We may get
there a little quicker This is hurry-up
age IN the matter Of travel
The Washington herald., 1908-08-23

Ten Points for Defense.

I. Lan1phere had no motive for the murder
OF Mrs. Guinness and her children. He would not
have prohted by her death.
, Mrs. Guinness had a strong motive for get
ting herself and her children out Of the way. Hell
geein coming to hunt for his brother slain by
her. That meant exposure and the end of all
things for her.
8 The night before her house burned she pre-
pared for it by buying two gallons OF coal oil and
matches.
I. The day before the murders and the house
burning she prepared for death. She made her
Will and left property to charity, indicating that
she meant 10 kill her children
). Lamphere could not have administered the
poison now found in the stoulachs Of the woman
and three children discovered IN the ruins.
o. The four bodies were found on the floor OF
the cellar without debris beneath them. They must
have been killed two floors above and dragged
down Lamphere had not time to do that.
:. The dog of Mrs. Guinness did not bark.
Maxon, hired man. says It would have barked If
LampheTe had come near the house
8. The nprobability that Lamphere would
have gone 10 the Guinness home, knowing that the
hired man was there, and knowing that Mrs. Gun
ness had said she expected him to come and kin
her and burn the house.
O. There IS lack OF proof that Mrs. Guinness
Is dead
10 Lamphere has strong abb.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-23
Ten Points for Prosecution.

I. LampheTe had strong motive for killing
Mrs. Guinness her children, and the destruction OF
her house and all ncrininating evidence against
him which it contained.
D He had threatened to burn her house be-
cause she Tilted him for another and would give
him no more money.
3 She had tried to have him bound over TO
keep the peace, and made her WILL saying that she
feared he would kill her and burn the house.
/ Lamphere left his work eight miles away,
and came to town without reason, unless It was to
prepare for the murder.
: Lizzie Smiths alibi testimony, that he
arose at 30 q. n, too late for the murder, IS
weakened by the fact that her alarm clock was
set for 3 a nl- which would have given him time
for il
O. He was seen hurrying from a grove near
the Guinness house shortly before the fire broke out
7. When first arrested he said he left LIZZIE
Smith at / a. m, and afterward denied it.
g. The improbability that Mrs. Guinness would
murder her own children simply to head of GRIM
inal prosecution.
O. Lamphere was seen to follow Mrs. Gun
ness into a grocery the night before the murder
and saw her buy, the coal oil and matches He
knew where she kept them on a porch OF her home.
10. There IS proof that the body in the RUNS
was that Of Mrs Guinness, in the rings on the I'm
gers and the bridge OF gold teeth identified by the
dentist who put It IN.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-23
ssSHOP CLOsEDpr

Written for The Washington Herald from Nor,l
Weymouth. Mass9
DTar ~ shoulder ny rife Is hung
And pouch and horn from ny girdle's swung.
In going 70 forget the city's roar
In the measured splash of dipping car.
Away 20 the turf where the soft waves beat
VITA sound ike a maids dancing feet;
The waving gas and the whispering trees
On ny head & crown Of woven leaves.
Sumner. the queea. holds IN her train
Rest for the weary heart and b-siu;
With tinklinz feet and soft sEee. bells.
She lcadeth the soul into peaceful dells-
Ard one's heart forEets its heavy weight,
Is ashamed 20 be sad and desolate;
50 I melt NJ spirit into so-z.
And with dog and sun I trudge along.
He'd II by q chain az poppies red
b the maiden --rest u1y soul Is led
Amid the shadows vast and dirn.
Soft and low cones the forest hymn
With nv gun on uly srm. ny dog at ~ feet
The Wild birds waiting 70 sing ne 70 sleep;
Under the blue arch Of the starry skies
The mooubeans kissing down my eyes.
So it's hurry away from the busting crowd.
Where the big blue waves bid che laugh aloud;
With boat and a gun and my good dog Pest --
The Ids down On old WorTy, and its ne "a
a rest
August L. lsOs. ALLIE SHARPE BALCA
The Washington herald., 1908-08-23
All Question. Answered.

From Youths Cozp1uiol-
N a book store in Georgia stands a
glass tank filed with water. in which
there is a single goldfish Hanging on the
outside Of the tank IS a placard. which
contains the following answers 70 Ques-
tons which the proprietor Of the shop had
got tired Of replying 10 by word OF mouth
This is a goldfish
Il is alive.
% There is only one Of It
We got it from a boy
We do not know where the boy got It
It has never died
We feed it whenever we want TO.
II eats what We give il
That is water il Is in
We get the water out Of a well.
We do not know how old it Is
We have had it ever since We got t.
We have had more. but have not COX
them now.
# il sleeps we do not know il
We change the water as often as We
want to
We do not know how long il VIII live
We do not miss the water It drinks
We do not know how large Il viii grow.
We can catch <. but We do not want 70.
When We get too much water in the
tank we take part OF it out
This is all We know about It
1t is not for sale