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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
MAY LEASE M. p. BRANCH.
Fort Scott Making Effort to Secure
Motor Car Line to Pittsburg.

Motor Car Line to Pittsburg.
Fort Scott, Kan, June IA COM
pany is now being organized here,
Scott, which proposes to lease the Cor
nell branch of the Missouri Pacific for
interurban motor cars, to be operated
between Fort Scott and Pittsburg.
Whether the negotiations with the
railroad company can be made is not
certain, but the proposition has been
launched.
1t is proposed to operate the cars in
connection with the local street car
system here and possibly deal may
be made with the interurban system
at Pittsburg.
A committee from the Boosters club
will go to Pittsburg to submit the
proposal to the electric railway COM
pany there.
Negotiations are already being
made with the Missouri Pacific people.
The street car line here could be
tapped at Twelfth street and another
rail put down, which would meet the
gauge of the interurban cars There
are but two trains a day on the branch
and likely will never be any more.
!. The railroads around over other sec
tons of the country lease to interur-
bans at certain sections and there is
little doubt but what a 25 year con-
tract could be secured from the Gould
people. 1t would be money in the
pocket of the Missouri Pacific and
would give this city an interurban in
side a few weeks time, instead of
waiting months to have the line built
here
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THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
New Locomotive for Southern Pacific
Weighs 100000 Pounds.

Philadelphia, June 1.-THE largest
locomotive ever built has just left the
Baldwin Locomotive works, to be
hauled west over the lines of the Le-
high Valley railroad to Sacramento,
where it will be used by the Southern
Pacific for drawing freight trains over
the Sierras. It's capacity is equal to
that of four ordinary freight engines:
The engine is an oil burner and
weighs 100000 pounds, including the
tender, which carries 5000 gallons OF
water and $3.50 gallons of oil.
The wheel base is SO feet inches;
length over all. SO feet 6 II inches;
driving wheel base, % feet 4 inches;
CRATE area, GA feet; heating surface,
6.ass square feet; firebox width, 1929
inches, and length 126 inches; boiler
diameter. "a inches; cylinders, &c and
40 inches by 80 inches; weight on
drivers 100000 pounds.
The enormous weight gives a severe
test to railroad bridges, and its trans
portation over the Lehigh Valley dem
onstrates more fully than anything
else the strength of the track and
bridges along the line.
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WAS KIND TO HIS MOTHER.
Charles GIeed VIII Build Home TO
Family Benefactor.

Lawrence, Kan, June 14.-There is
to be erected in Lawrence a comfort
able home by Charles Gleed for a
woman who befriended his mother
when the Gleeds were poor and had
few of the comforts of life. This
home when completed is to be given
to the woman, Mrs. G.. Grovesnor, and
there she will make her home for the
remainder of her life.
Years ago when the Gleeds were
very poor Charles Gleed's mother
took i'll. This Mrs. Grovesner, who
was a dressmaker at the time, left her
work and took care of Mrs. Gleed.
Day after day she took care of her,
leaving all her own work go at home.
Finally Mrs. Gleed recovered, but the
family had nothing with which to pay
the woman who had befriended them.
Now Charles Gleed is going to show
Mrs. Grovesnor that he has never for
gotten what she did for his mother.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
u. P. Store a Million aud a Half
Ties in Salina.
Purpose of Vast Storage Not
Divulged by Officials.
TOPLACE MORE THERE
Other Towns on Road Receive
Large Shipments.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.

Salina, Kan, June 1.-THE
Union Pacific has stored in
its yards at Salina since last fall
100000 ties and preparations are
now being made to increase this
number at least one million more.
Acres and acres of ground are oecu-
pied by the ties and it is real sight
which many Salina people have fail
I'd to see.
The Union Pacific has never given
sut full information about what they
were going to do with the ties. Local
authorities have always said they did
not know and Superintendent J. o.
Brinkerhoff has said that they would
be used to improve the present track,
including the Mcpherson and Plain
Vile branches. This has never suit
ed the people of Saiina who always
believed that the immense number of
ties meant more railroad line.
Last fall the company announced
that it was going to store 100000
ties in Salina. That number was
reached two months ago and the
number has been increased until it
has now reached the half way mark
on another million.
Agent w. S. Barr stated recently
that the number would probably be
increased to at least 2.50O,00O, al
though the local authorities have
never been able to give out any def
mite information concerning these
ties. Mr.. Barr based his statement
on the fact that the company has
just completed two new switches on
the south side of the main line track,
the same as it has on the north side
and there, is just as much room on
the north.
The ties were first stored in the
yard east of the round house. Later
they were pushed out until two Side
tracks, both nearly a mile long were
put in and now the space around
them has been filled up and there is
no room for any more track.
The Union Pacific is doing the stor-
ing itself. No other person or con-
Germ is doing it by contract. The
work is under the supervision of the
general store keeper at Omaha. w. H.
Pasho, of Kansas City, has been act
ing as clerk and time keeper here.
He has a small office in the yards
where he keeps an account of all the
cars in and out, the number each
contained and how long it required
to unload them. He also has a time
sheet of from twenty to forty negro
laborers to look after.
The work of unloading and piling
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or died, when 1 read about Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so I
began to take 1t, and am well again and
relieved of all my suffering. p Mrs.
GEORGE JoRDY, Box 20, Marlton, NJ.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousands voluntary testimonialsare
on file in the Pinkham laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, I'LL
ceration, dsplacements,f ibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodicpa backache.
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her,
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tiaI letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
SANTA FEE TO REBALLAsT.
Will Also Relay Track From Hutchin
-. son and KinSley.

Hutchinson, Kan, June 14.-What
probably will be the finest piece of
railroad trackage in the state is being
planned by the Santa F'e Railroad
company. The new rails, which will
weigh 90-lbs. each, will be laid shortly
between Hutchinson and Kinsley, a
distance of "a miles. r4
According to superintendent H. A.
Tice, the road will be rock ballasted
and a. great deal of experimental
work will be done in connection
with It,
Along this line considerable foreign
wood will be used and mos tot the ties
laid will be imported from the Ha-
waiian Islands, Japan and Australia
Besides this, the road will be equipped
with what are known as screw spikes
in place Of the ordinary spikes for the
rails.
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for one to five years for stealing. He
was brought in in October, 1908.
Russell was sent from Cowley coun-
~, also for stealing He. was under
an indeterminate sentence for from
one to seven years and had served
eighteen months. Both of the pris-
oners were experienced miners.
Escaped Convicts Are Captured.
The two convicts, Charles Russell
and Will Lake, who are suspected of
setting fire to the Kansas peniten-
tiary coal shaft air house have been
recaptured.
Charles Doran, a farmer, noted
two suspicious characters travelling
towards Kansas City and telephoned
en- asked him to hold them until he
could arrive One of the convicts
started to run when Doran fired a
load of buckshot over his head and
he stopped. Warden Haskell arrived
at the place quickly and took charge
of the fugitiyes-
The talk of Lake and Russell in
dictates that they set the coal shaft
air house on fire. They claim to
have been in hiding in a coal bin
and that they did not slip away I'M
til 10 o'clock when everything con-
nected with the fire was quieted.
When brought. back ito the peniten-
tiary they were dressed in stripes
and shackled and stood in the yard.
The other prisoners laughed at them
when they marched by in going to
dinner.
Warden Haskell expects to have
new fans in and an. air house built
Thursday morning. No one can go
down in the mine until the fans are
running, The loss fro mthe fire will
not exceed $500.
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CARS CARRY MANY STUDENTS.
Manhattan Line Completed and
Ready for Patronage.

Manhattan, Kan, June 1.-THE
cars of the Manhattan City and In
terurban Railway company operated
for the first time Sunday afternoon.
Four cars with as many trailers- were
used TO handle the crowd attending
the baccalaureate sermon at the col
1ege.
Much delay in rendering the SER
vice has been occasioned by the con-
slant rains which had buried some of
the track.
The line extends from the Union
Pacific and Rock Island depots at
the southeast corner of the town to
the college gates at the extreme
northwestern part of the city.
The event has been looked for
ward to by the people of Man
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ATTEMPTED TO KILL HERSELF.
Rushed to Kansas City Hospital in
Effort to Save Her Life,

S Stafford, Kan, June 14.-Mrs. La
fayette Gray, residing with her -hus-
band on one of Mel Adams places.
shot herself with suicidal. intent just
over the heart. She was aged about
IS years and had been in poor health
for some time owing to the excessive
use of morphine, so it is presumed she
made the atetmpt upon her life in a
fit of dependency.
The husband took her to Kansas
City in hopes that hospital treatment
might save her life, but her condition
was such when they left that little
hopes were entertained for her re-
covery.
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NO LIQUOR FOR SOLDIERS.
Carload, Confiscated by Colonel Ward
at Fort Riley.

Junction City, Kan, June IA car
load of liquor, ordered by the soldiers
at Fort Riley arrived, but Col. Ward,
the commandant, would not let the
men have it. The colonel put guards
over the car and insisted that 1t must
be sent back to Kansas City.
The stringent laws recently passed
by the legislature make it Impossible to
buy liquor in Kansas. The soldiers,
FESTIVE under the enforced dry condi-
tons, placed liberal orders with a
liquor agent who was here last week
on pay day.
Col Ward contends that the liquor in
the military quarters interferes with
discipline.
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SON IN JAIL, WIFE DESTITUTE
Sad Surprise Awaited Niles Man in
Kansas CITY,

Kansas City, Mo, June 14.-When 1.
L. Sabine came from the little town OF
Niles, Kan, he expected his visit would
be a. pleasant surprise to his son
Charles, whom he had not seen since
the young man came to the city fifteen
years ago. But the surprise was for
the father, for he found his son in the
workhouse and the wife and two chill
dren almost destitute. The father ap-
peared before the board of pardonS
and paroles in session at the work
house to plead for his son. The plea
was not a wordy appeal to sympathy,
such as is usually expected in such
cases.
DO you think it advisable to pardon
your son now?' William Volker, chair
man of the board, asked the father.
II don't know, SIR was the frank
answer. I'm not exactly familiar with
the circumstances under which he
came here and / don't know your Gus
tom of doing things. 1t might not be
for the best
The board paroled the son, giving the
father orders to report on the sons
conduct at regular periods, and decided
that there ought to be more fathers
like the elder Mr.. Sabine. ...
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TO JAIL FOR MUTE WITNESS.
He Refused to Tell Where He Had
Purchased Whisky.

Junction City, Kan, June IA
Wylie Hooper of this county is prob
ably the first man sent to jail for
contempt of court under the provis-
ions of the new state law authoriz-
ing county attorneys to conduct in
QUESTIONS to secure evidence against
violators of the prohibitery liquor
law.
j. v Humphrey, county attorney
of Geary county has been conduct
ing an inquisition under this law.
Hooper was one of the witnesses SUBJ
poenaed. He admitted buying whis-
ky, but refused to- give. the names of
the men from whom he made the
purchase. He was sent to jail for
thirty days for contempt of court by
Justice Dinsmore, before whom he
was arraigned. -. J
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Many Former Students and Friends
Visit Manhattan.

Visit Manhattan.
Manhattan, Kan, June 1.-THE
commencement exercises at the Kan
sas State Agricultural college began
Sunday afternoon when Rev. BENZ.
Otto of the First Baptist church,
Kansas City, Mo-, delivered the bac-
calaureate sermon to a class of 40
graduates. The address reflected the
trend of modern thought along re-
ligious lines and could be summed up
in the sentence: What can you do?''
The program this year will be of
unusual merit. On Monday, June IA,
the music department will give a re-
cital at the college auditorium. The
seniors will give their play to invited
guests on Tuesday evening at the
same place.
Wednesday belongs to the alumni
of the college. In the forenoon they
will have business session and in
the afternoon they will cross bats
with the team of K. S. A. c. The
Manhattan Alumni association will
entertain all visiting alumni in the
evening at the fine new domestic
science hall.
June II, Thursday, is the big day.
DIR. Smaller Mathews, D. D.. from
Chicago university will deliver the
annual address at 10 a. m. followed
by presentation of diplomas. In the
afternoon, the annual concert by the
military band, will be given. The day
will close with a realistic sham battle
between the four companies of the
college battalion.
Alumni are coming from their
haunts to see the college on the hill.
Friends and parents of the students
and graduates are coming in large
numbers On every side one may
hear expressions of surprise at the
growth-ef the institution or delightful
exclamations at the size of the college
by those who never have seen it.
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given me new Ire.
I suffered for ten
years with serious
female troubles, in
fammation, ulcer
alton, Indigestion,
nervousness, a n d
could not sleep.
Doctors gave me
up, as they said my
t r o u b ! e s were
chronic. I was in
despair, and did not
care whetherT1ive
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SENATE WILL CONFIRM SLATER.
Senator Curtis Assured He VIII Be
Made Consul at Sarnia.

Washington, June 14.-F. c. Slater of
Topeka whose confirmation as consul
at Sarnia, Canada, has been held up.
for several days at the request of Sen.
ator Smith of Michigan, probably will
be confirmed within few days.
Senator Smith found that one of his
constituents; Neal Mcmillan, the pres
ent consul at Sarnia, was to be dis
placed. He has tried to have him re-.
tanned. Senator Curtis has received as.
surances from the state department
that a change has been determined on
at Sarnia and that Slater will be sent
there.
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RUSHING RAILS FOR n. IA. & S.
Pueblo Mill Rushing Steel Order for
Garden City Railroad.

hundred and fifty tons of steel rails
are being rolled today at Pueblo py the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company for
the Nebraska, Kansas & Southern
railroad. Shipments and delivery he. e
for use in extending the track out
northeast are expected without delay
There are Is carloads of ties on hand
now for the extension of the roads
work This is in addition to the sew
eral miles already laid from the end Of
the track.
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WILL SUMMER IN NEW YORK.
After Twenty-Five Years Judge Chase
Takes Vacation.

Ellsworth Kan, June 14.-Judge
and Mrs. A. S. Chase will make a visit
back to their old New York home for
Chase will attend reunion of his old
regiment, the Fifth New York
Zouaves. of which there are three sur
vivors living in Kansas, one in Ellis
worth and another in Osborne, and
the third in lola
Judge Chase is serving his ninth
term, or Is years, as probate judge
of Ellsworth county. The Democrats
and Populists have tried to beat him
several times, but when the votes are
counted Judge Chase always comes in
under the wire with a big majority.
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Students TO. COLLECT Specfmens.

Lawrence, Kan. June IA party
of three from the University of Kan
sas will spend two months this sum-
mer at Friday harbor on an island in
Puget sound, Washington, where they
will collect marine geological speci-
mems for the university laboratories
The expedition, which consists of
Professor Baumgartner, Roy Noodle
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POISONED By CISTERN WATER.
Fowls Died by Hundreds But Family
VIII Survive Ordeal.

Randolph, Kan. June 1.-THE
family of Frank Winn was made Sc
riously i'll and 500 chickens and sixty
turkeys died in a few hours by using
water from a cistern.
The poultry died from eating corn
and meal mixed with the water, and
the family ate food which had been
cooked with the water. The members
of the family are out of danger.
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Hail Storm Nfows a Wide swatl1.

Newton, Kan, +. June 14.-Ha~vey
county was visited by one of the worst
hail and rain storms in years. a strip
of country ten miles long and two miles
wide, running northwest from here suf-
fered the most. The wheat and oats
have been practically destroyed through
that section. Four hundred telephones
are out of commission. Electric light
poles We're blown down and plate glass
windows were broken. Two inches of
rain fell in an hour
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Ohicers EIected for GaIva Bank.

Officers Elected for GaIva Bank.
Galva. Kan, June 1.-THE follow
ing directors and officers were elected
at the meeting of the stockholders of
the new Galva bank: E. E. Wyman,
John Giffin, E. Basar, NJ L. Chin
berg and William Hill. Officers: E.
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RUSSELL COUNTY PROSPEROUS.
Minister Wanted $500 for Church
Debt and Received $5,O26.

Russell, Kan. June 14.-As an evil
dence OF the prosperity or the people
in Russell, the completion and dedi-
cation of the beautiful Methodist
church is an example. The church
cost a little over $4,000. Rev. t. C.
Tiff of Denver was sent for to dedi-
cate it.
There was debt of about $500 on
the church, and in about half an hour
the sum of $5,026.11 was subscribed,
or $1,000 more than was asked for.
The new church is up to date with
electric light and hot air heating
plants.
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The Independent Telephone company
requests it's subscribers not to ask I'm.
formation" for the baseball score. The
score will be given over the State Jour-
NAILS special baseball phone. Ind. SlA
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splinters in Floor killed Baby.

Mineral, June 1.-THE four-year-
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lurn Brigham,
living two miles south of the city, ran u
which resulted in blood poison. From
this Iockjaw resulted, and death s.on
followed.
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CITY. Marshal of Humboldt Assaulted.

Humboldt, Kan, June 11.-Assistallt
Marshal Carpenter was assaulted and
severely injured while end 5avoring to
make an arrest. The officer had a pris-
oner in custody when the two men at
tempted to take the man away. In a
melee which followed, Carpenter was
struck in the head with a heavy
weapon and a deep cash inflicted. The
men escaped but it is reported that
one of them had been captured.
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c. P. Munns Named as Bank President

Hoisington, June l4.-C. p. Munns,
who has been the cashier of the Otis
State bank at Otis Stree It's organiza-
ton. has resigned and or July will
become the cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of this city, succeeding J.
NJ. Hartman, who has been the cashier
of the First National since its organ
ization, in 1901 Mr.. Hartman resigns
his position because of mis- impaired
eyesight- When Mr.. Haftlaan's resig-
nation as cashier was acc ,rred. the di-
rectors Immediately elected him as
vice president of the colcer<1.
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of Lawrence and w. r. Robertson of
Manchester, Kansas, left today. They
will be joined by Professor McClung
at the expiration of the summer ses-
sion of the university.
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AFTER
SUFFERING
TEN YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

MARLTON, MI feel that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
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haitian and all extended the heartiest
support by crowding the cars to their
fullest capacity.
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COMMENCEMENT AT X. S. A. c.

e. Wyman, president; John Giffin,
vice president; Mr.. Basar, cashier.
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To Find a Lost Article
or Restore One

FoUND-BETwEEN EVANSTON AND JACK.
blvd. leather purse containing value in
money and jewelry. Owner will be given purse
and contents by identifying and paying fer this
adj. Call evening. 429 Jederson-ave -
Evening journal., 1909-12-27
THREE STABBED
DURING FIGHT

Nicola Catanio. of No. 120 Shipley
street. and Joseph Pepe. of Front and
Justison streets, are in the Delaware
Hospital. the former shot through the
chest and the latter stabbed in the
breast; Vincenzo Cariano, of No. 113
Tatnal strete, is at his home. with
many stab wounds i'm all parts of his
body, and Vinconzo and Antonio Ca
tanio. brothers, are held TO await the
result Of the injuries they are alleged
to have Inflicted
The men wounded were in a general
fight in a house at Front and Orange
streets on Saturday, when a man named
Rosario wanted to induce his son to go
home and spend Christmas with him.
The police have been unable to get
many details. but Pepe is said to have
shot Nicola Catanio and I'm turn to have
been stabbed by Vincenzo Catanio.
Pepe tried to run from the house
after being stabbed and was found
lying i'm a gutter several blocks away,
Who stabbed Cariano is not known.