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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-26
RAILROAD NEWS.
Kansas Man Has Method of Stop
ping Engine Failures.
J. ID. Beachtel Of Clyde Has In.
vented a FlUe ThimbIe.
OF PRACTICAL VALUE
Leaks Can Be Stopped on a
Moments Notice.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.
OF PRACTICAL VALUE

An insignificant looking little piece
of iron tubing which can be inserted
in the fues of an engine on a mo-
ment's notice and thereby prevent an
engine failure. is the invention of a
Kansas man. J. D. BeachteI of
the employ of different railroads as
a master mechanic.
This invention bids fair to become
popular in the extreme as it is prac-
teal and has been put into use on
many of the central and western rail-
roads. 1t consists of a small
cylindrical piece of tubing, which is
composed of FIVE different kinds of
iron and steel. compounded in such a
way that 1t will prevent melting.
These little thimbles as they are
called, are made from one inch to
foot in length, and can be applied to
the fue of boiler on an instant's
notice. A long rod carried on the
the repair to the fiue Many times
when a railroad locomotive is on a
trip, a little hole in the fiues will in
terfere with the manipulation of the
engine and the development of steam,
which frequently put the engine out
of commission. These thimbles will
repair the leaks immediately
Mr.. Beachtel, the invenor of this
device, was in Topeka today in the
interests of his invention, and while
mechanical and motive power officials
of the Santa Fe, all of whom ex-
pressed approval of the invention and
thought it would become a popular
device in the purpose for which it was
intended. The invention has been
taken under consideration by the
Santa Fe and IS not unlikely that the
invention will come into practical
use on this road.
While here Mr.. BeachteI made ar
engagements with the Topeka foundry
for the manufacture of his article,
left today for Springfield, Moberly,
Sedalia and other Missouri division
points where he will make practical
of the value of his
invention.
The exterior surface of the
Beachtel thimble is SO graduated that
it can be easily fitted up into any flue.
The real merit of it is however, that
the use of the f1ue is still retained on
account of the thimble being hollow.
Mr.. Beachtel has patented his in
vention in both the United States and
Canada and expects to realize for
tune from it's sale. He has held the
patent on the thimbIes for some time
and has been making them on a
small scale. but he is now going into
the business in earnest and will
push his sales into every section of
the country. The Beachtel thimbles
have been used on several of the
roads The Rock Island is using
them at Horton and Junction City,
Iowa They are used on the Union
Pacific out of Council Bluffs, the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul out
Of Perry. Iowa. the Chicago Great
Western out of Boone, Iowa, and are
in general use on the Burlington &
River, and the Chicago &
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-26
RILEY The PLACE.
Beautiful Little City Is Near
Center of United States.
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Is Surrounded by Prosperous
Farming Community.
NEW BANK PROMISED.
Much Prize Winning Stock
Raised in Riley County.
City Is Out of Debt and Has
Money in Its Treasury.
NEW BANK PROMISED.

Riley. Kan. July 26.-Among the
prosperous little cities of Kansas that
are deserving of especial mention the
citizens of this place believe that XII
ey should be included. The town IS
located in almost the geographical
center of the United States and IS
surrounded by a substantial farming
and stock raising community.
Much of the prize winning live
stock which is shown at the county
and state fairs of Kansas can trace
its ancestry to Riley county II II
cannot claim its home in the county
Nor are the people given entirely TO
money making for the town boasts OF
one of the finest uniformed bands IN
Kansas which dispenses music that
will compare faVorably with the pest
of the land
The town is improving every day
and among the recent business ac-
quisitiOns enumerateS a hardware
store, an implement house, a photo
graph gallery and cream receiving
station. There is talk that Riley viii
soon have another bank and the bust
ness transacted here will justify an
other institution of this kind
The town is well supplied with
miles of the finest kind of cement
walks and the contract has been let
by the city for cement crossings to
match them. The merchants report
a fine business and there is not a va
cant house of any kind within the
city limits. while the city is free from
debt and has money in the treasury.
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MANY PRISONERS INFECTED.
Kansas Penitentiary a Breeding Place
for White Plague.

Leavenworth. Kan, July 26.-The
work of examining the S12 prisoners
of the Kansas penitentiary for signs
of tuberculosis has been completed. It
was found that 100 showed signs of
tubercular disease when the test was
applied. but in these the lesion was so
slight in about two-f1fths of the cases
as to make it questionable. Only two
prisoners objected to having the test
applied and when the full nature of it
was explained to them were willing to
be examined.
The percentage of tubercular infic
lions was highest in the insane ward,
where eleven out Of twenty-one had a
positive reaction. The female depart
ment came next with thirteen afflicted
out of thirty-nine
OF those found with tubercular
signs lightweight were white and
seventy-two negroes. The average
age of the afflicted was 80 years. DIR.
s L. AFFORD. the prison physician,
made tables of all those afflicted and
it was found that most of them work
ed inside the shops.
The prisoners were found as a whole
to be a healthy body of men. The
records showed that most of them
gained in weight after they were
brought to the penitentiary.
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COMPLETE WITHIN a MONTH.
Work on Tunnels of GouId's Western
Pacific Is Finished.

Salt Lake City, Utah, July 26.-The
laying of track through the Spring
Garden and Beckwith tunnels of the
new Western Pacific railway of the
Gould system has just been completed,
thereby giving to the road the section
by which it will cross the Sierra Ne
vada Mountains into California. The
Spring Garden tunnel is 1906 feet in
length and the Becl1with tunnel has a
length of 6,006 feet. The two excava-
tions are connected by a stretch of
track SO miles in length.
Aside from the laying of track, the
only big work remaining is the con-
struction of the Williams loop, said to
be the largest in the world. about three
miles west of Spring Garden tunnel
The loop was decided upon to raise the
elevation of the Spring Garden tunnel
and so decrease its length. AS origi-
naIIy planned this tunnel would have
been nearly three miles long, but by
the building of a loop which VIII fol-
low the outer contours of a valley and
cross itself, the tunnel is raised to de-
crease the excavation necessary to lit
tie over one mile.
At Becllwith tunnel. 10 miles east
OF the town Of BeckWith. the Western
Pacific will reach its highest elevation
across the Sierra, 5,01S feet, fully 1000
feet lower than the elevation of any
ether road crossing these mountains. 1t
is expected that in another month the
road will be complete from Salt Lake
City to San Francisco.
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them being replaced by some of the
new ones bought in 1907 when, in
connection with 10000 freight cars,
1875 new engines were purchased.
The additional power purchased is
made imperative in part by the grow
ing freight and passenger business of
the system.
In addition, new train service of
all kinds will become necessary with
the opening of the transcontinental
line this fall, when the Western Pa
cific is completed.
Something like twenty of the best
passenger engines obtainable will be
used in the daily through service
from st. Louis to San Fracisco which
passes through Ottawa.
The plans for the through passen-
per service to be installed October 1
are said to be formulated but no pub
lie announcement of them will be
made until September.
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WICHITA NEGRO SHOT TWO MEN
Crap Game Started Trouble and a
Passerby May Die.

Wichita, Kan, July 26.-As a re-
suit of an alteration over a game of
craps, n. ]. Thomas, white, is lying
in a serious condition in ST. Francis
hospital with bullet wound in his
abdomen and liver, Telly Mitchell, a
negro, is shot through the right arm,
and Yancy Grove, the negro, who
did the shooting, is hiding from the
officers.
The negroes got into trouble over
the game, and Mitchell, it is chars
drew knife. Grove drew a revolver
and fired, missing Mitchell and hitting
Thomas, who was passing along the
sidewalk in front of the place. Grove
shot again, hitting Mitchell, and then
ran away.
There is considerable feeling in the
city against the negroes at present
because of the killing of John Stew
art by John Robinson. a negro. and
because of the shooting of Thomas
last night.
It is believed by the officers that
because of his feeling the negro
friends of Grove are hiding him in
this city. and that he will eventually
be turned over to the officers. Thorn
as is a carpenter and has a wife and
four children in Spokane, Wash.
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CROPS GOOD IN GEARY COUNTY.
Wheat Turns Out Well end Dat Crop
Promises to Be Fine

Junction City, Kan, July 26.-Louis
has completed threshing at the KEEP
perling farm and the yield from that
place is one of the best reported.
The machine has been moved to the
McNamnee farm south of the city and
the yield from that place will run close
to 80 bushels.
IL is said that the wheat threshed
from the George Smith place near the
old Murphy farm is going better than
80 bushels to the acre and is of a fine
quality.
The yield of oats is larger than for
years and there will be plenty of oats
on the local markets for feed this
winter.
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and made me feel like a new person
and it shall always have my praise. >
Mrs. w T. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, n. J.
Gardiner, Me. - was a great suf-
ferer from female disease. The doc
tor said 1 would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but lydia r
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound com
pletely cured me in three months. -
Mrs. s. A. WILLIAMS, r. F. d. No. "A
Box SO, Gardiner Me-
Because your case is a difficult one
doctors having done you no good
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound trial 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
hammation, liberation, displacement Is
fbroid tumors, irregularities. periodic,
E pains. 33ae3kache, that .bearing-down
vous prostratioE. It costs but a +rifia
e Try It. and the result is worth mil.
loE5 to many suffering women.
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NEGRO MURDERER IS CAUGHT.
Section Hands Earn Reward of $500
Offered for Arrest


Wichita, Kan, July 26-John
Robinson, the negro who killed John
Stewart by striking him on the head
with a piece of gas pipe at the Dold
Packing company's plant on Friday,
was captured near Andover, a small
station twelve miles east of Wichita
on the Frisco system.
Robinson was captured while
walking along the track toward Aug
usta by three section men, John and
Ed Summers and Lloyd Cook. who are
members of the Anti-Horse Thief
association. The men were armed
with revolvers and were on the look
out while they were at work on the
track during the day.
The men were pumping along on
the car when they spied the negro
walking along on the track toward
them. He saw them coming as the
car rounded the curve and darted into
d corn field. The men were on the
alert and started after him, Lloyd
Cook running him down and bringing
him back to the car at the point of
his gun. Robinson finally admitted
that he was the man that was
wanted.
Robinson was put on the hand car
and taken to Andover, where he was
kept under guard until the arrival of
Chief of Police Frank S. Burke, of
Wichita. and a guard of officers, who
went after him in an automobile and
brought him to Wichita, where he
was placed in Jail Additional officers
will be kept on guard at the Jail dur
ing the night to be used in case a
lynching by a. mob is threatened.
The officers of SedgWick county
offered $500 for the arrest of the
man and Joe Stewart of Clearwater,
an uncle of the murdered man offered
a reward of 500. A large posse of
citizens which was made up mostly
of farmers and posse of officers,
II inc ever
since the crime was committed.
B1Oodhounds were put on the trail,
but could not work satisfactorily and
they were dispensed with.
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STATE AUDIToRMADEAN ERROR
Claimed Reno County Owed $5.143
Back Taxes Instead of S1,411.

Hutchinson, Kan, July 26.-J. NJ.
Nation, state auditor, made a big
mistake when he issued a list of the
delinquent taxes owed by Reno
county to the state He acknow-
lodged his error in a letter sent to A.
r. HANNA. county clerk.
The first list sent out by Mr.. Ma
ton was to the effect that Reno coun-
ty owed the state $5.143,5O in back
taxes, contracted prior to 1907. He
sent a second Letter, saying that a mis-
take had been made. The third letter
said that instead of $5.143.S4 the
county owned only $1,411.S4, con-
sequent1y the taxpayers are saved
Ss,73166 on this years taxes.
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I-,AvENwoRTH HOTEL OPENS.
The National Concludes to Try 1t
without a Bar.

Ieavenworth, Kan, July 26.-The
National hotel. which closed its doors
here several weeks ago on the plea
that if was impossible to run a hos
fnITv in T,eavenworth without the sale
of liquor, will be reopened August 1
under bond to sell no more intoxicants.
The hotel management gave $4,000
bond in the district court to prevent
the padIocking of the building.
The cases against three joint keep
ers charged with violating restraining
orders were taken Up in the district
court and Judge William Dill granted
orders placing the building in charge
The building occupied by Simon
Freshman at Third and Shawnee
streets will be padlOcked today unless
the owner gives a, bond of 81, 900 that
the building will not be used again for
the sale of liquor.
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FALL FROM WAGON WAS FATAL.
Old Settler in Mitchell County Meets
Accidental Death.

Beloit, Kan, July 26.-One of the
old settlers of Salt Creek township
died from injuries he received Satur-
day evening while driving out from
Beloit to his farm after a load of corn.
He was sitting in a lumber wagon
and had gotten four miles north of
where he lives, when a boy happening
to crawl out of the fence just as Mr..
Turner was passing, caused the team
he was driving to come to a sudden
stop, throwing Mr.. Turner from the
spring seat on which he was sitting
onto the dash board of the wagon, in
ficttng injuries from which he sue
cumbed
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WOMAN USES \ HOUSEWIFE.
Caught Her Husband in an Auto With
an Unmarried Friend.

Salina. Kan. July 26.-NIrs. Birda
Price leaped into a motor car standing
in the business part of the city and
began flashing Miss Lottie Simpson
with a horsewhip. Matt Price, the
woman's husband. who had charge of
the machine, defended Miss Simpson
by taking his wife out of the car and
driving off with Miss Simpson and an
other woman, named Shanburg, in the
rear seat.
Mrs. Price says that the Simpson
girl has been trying for year to come
between her and her husband and that
she is mighty glad she gave her three
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SLAYER QUIsT GETS is YEARS.
Court Considered the Mitigating Cir
CnmStanceS.

Newton, Kan, July 26.-Cleason NJ.
Guist, self confessed murderer of his
uncle, C. B. Guist, near Burton, Kan,
on June %, was sentenced by Judge
Branine to fifteen years in the peni-
tertiary.
Guist killed his uncle by shooting
him in the back. The latter, it is said,
had abused his nephew and used vile
epithets toward him. While this did
not justify the crime, there were many
mitigating circumstances leading up to
it which were very exasperating, and
in view of the frank confession of the
accused he was let off with a charge
of second degree murder.
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TOO MUCH WHEAT FOR CARS.
Same Complaint Comes From South
Central Kansas.

Wichita, Kan, July 26.-Reports
are being received here by the grain
dealers that there is a car shortage.
The reports state the elevators are full
of grain, but that it is impossible to
get the cars to move IT.
This condition is due to the fact
that the yield was greater than the
estimate in the sections affected, and
that the high price has caused the
farmers to rush their grain to market
when it was expected they would hold
a good part of it,
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Is, ALMOST DONE.
Santa Fe Soon to Have Splendid
Track on Coast Line.

IItIN1A OII
San Bernardino, Cal, July 20
The Santa Fe is rapidly completing
the ballasting work on the line be-
tween San Bernardino and Barstow.
Work will soon start at Pate, where
a big bunch of laborers have been
placed to raise the track for the
gravel which will soon be placed be-
meath.
been nearly finished and as soon as
gravel can be spared Srom the San
Diego work, it will be shipped to the
work at Pate. Nearly rs men are at
work, and it is thought that the
whole line will be IN excellent con-
dition before winter. When this is
done, the line with the recently fin
ished ballasting near Cajon and with
the work now going on at Devore
will be in the best shape that it has
been in for some time.
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HEAVIEST RAIN OF SEASON.
Timely Precipitation Assures Late
Crops in Kearny County.

Lakin. Kan, July 26.-One and
ninety-six hundredths inches of rain
has fallen in Kearny county, being
the heaviest rain of the season. Be
sides being of immense benefit to the
growing crops, it will put the ground
in fine shape for the fall wheat, of
which there will be an unusual acre
age sOwn.
All crops are in fine shape, and this
rain practically insures a full crop of
corn, milo maize and broom corn.
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Armv Band at Chautauoua.

Junction city, Kan, July 26.-The
Seventh Cavalry band will leave Tues
day for Clay Center to participate in
the chautauqua which will be held
there from Wednesday to Sunday in
elusive The chautauqua committee
has arranged for the payment of all
expenses and a hundred dollars per
day during their stay.
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KILLED BY a PITCHED BALL.
Boy Was Struck on Temple and
Never Regained Consciousness.

Sylvia, Kan, July 26.-Ernest
De Muth was fatally injured. while
playing ball at the After Harvest
picnic by being hit by a pitched ball
He was batting and was knocked I'M
conscious when the ball struck him
in the temple.
After the accident he was taken in
automobile to Sylvia where DR.. w. H.
Buer took charge of the case. He
was unconscious until the time of his
death several hours later.
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Hutchinson Citx CIerk Resigns.

Hutchinson, Kan, July 26.-S. A.
Poe. city clerk, has resigned. His
resignation was accepted by the COM
missioners and they are now seeking
to find some one who is competent to
take his place. He claimed that his
salary was not sufficient to warrant
him in holding the position.
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MO. PAC. BUYS NEW ENGINES.
One Hundred to Be Delivered at St
Louis by October.

Ottawa, Kan, July 26.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific recently ordered 100
new engines from the American Lo-
connective company, and % of the
number will be delivered to the COM
pany at st. Louis early in August.
The entire order is to be delivered
before October I.
In seven years the Missouri Paci-
fic system has relocated sixty-eight
engines to the scrap heap, many of
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this valuable medi-
cine, Lydia E.Pink-
hams We getab
Compound. I suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
weak1could hardly
S ia nd. Lydia z.
P1nkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
Srnrad mo Aol1A7
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Ran Over br Threshinc NIachine

St. Marys, Kan, July 26.-Horace
Lambert. aged 33, died of injuries sus-
tanned from Isaac Taylor's threshing
machine, upon which he has been en-
pIoyed. The machine was accidentally
driven over his body, fatally crushing
MIN Lambert was unmarried and the
sole support of a widowed mother.
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for the past two days has been in
confinement and had plenty of time
for thought and meditation. Saturday
afternoon a gentle tap on the big iron
door indicated that John wished to
speak, and when the door was opened
he had the FIVE dollar bill and costs in
his hand ready for the judge. He was
released.
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hard cuts before her husband could
take her away. Miss Simpson has
asked for warrant for Mrs. Prices
arrest and Mrs. Price threatens if the
warrant is served to have the girl ar
rested for alternating her husbands
n Factions
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An Inch of Rain Fell at salina.

Salina, Kan, July 26.-Corn and
pasture lands will be greatly benefited
by a rain of about an inch which fell
throughout central Kansas Sunday.
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MORE
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, Nj cit is with pleasure
that 1 add my testimonial to vour
already long list -hoping that it NAV
induce others to avail themsaIEas e
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Merry Go-Romd PoIIex,s Undoing.

Abilene, Kan, July 26.-J. W. Pol
ley, alias Wilson, was caught here on
a telegram wrom Baker City. Oregon,
where he is wanted on a charge of
forgery He was buying a merry-go-
round when captured. He is in Jail.
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Junction City, Kan, July 26.-John
Grey, who has gained a great deal of
notoriety of late by refusing to pay his
dog license and who preferred to re-
main in jail rather than pay his fine.
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Marriage is a lottery quoted the Wise
Guy. oh that's an antiquated idea OBJ
served the Simple Mug. Nowadays it's
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"A hicago Judge sentenced a boy to
read David oCpperfield.' . Got off easy
The judge might have given him Three
Weeks 5'-Philadelphia Ledger.