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The San Francisco call., 1909-06-24

chance to register their kicks against
Spring Valley.
The fact that organized labor is
committed to the project heart and soul
is also regarded as strong reason lor
believing that the bond issue Will carry.
Here we have a single proposition
said Supervisor Murphy yesterday
asked about the probable result, not a
series of nine, more or less acceptable.
The project is well understood. 1t has
been before the people twice already,
the second time encountering the oltter-
est sort of opposition. That was at a
time when the city enjoyed reasonably
good car service. Now the service is
wide open to criticism. think the
people will criticise it by voting in suf-
ficient numbers to carry the bond issue.
Supervisor Murphy thought that the
total vote would be about the same as
that cast Tuesday, in the neighborhood
of 24.000. Supervisor Johnston pointed
out that heretofore when one election
followed another closely the vote at the
second was smaller than at the first.
EXPECTS BONDS TO CARRY
But I do not think that Will be the
case this time" said Johnston. Il think
the vote Will be decidedly heavier.
am confident that the Geary street
I
that the union labor men are all for
the proposition. Very large majorities
were given for the proposition before
and 1 think all who voted for 1t before
will vote for 1t again. Add to these
the voters who have been converted to
municipal ownership, either through
the bad service given by the United
Railroads or otherwise, and 'am sure
you win nave enough votes to carry
the election"
The tactics which have been resorteo
10 by the United Railroads in their
endeavor TO secure the defeat of the
Geary street bonds were thus adverted
/ to by George A. Tracy. the labor leader
Il have found that men who were
undoubtedly the agents of the United
Railroads. or of some other special in.
terests, have been very busy amops
the voters, stirring UP opposition TO The
Geary street bondsas These agents, a
one of the meetings 1 addressed. set uT
a great clamor about the need of stree'
! improvements. They argued that the
people in the outlying districts should
not vote for a railroad in a part of the
city which they rarely visited. The,
also raised the false cry that the Geary
street road would be a losing PROPOSE
tion for the city
But the people are pretty familiar
with the merits of the proposition, anC
they are sure. at the very least, to Civ,
it a good round majority"
Il would not be a bit surprised if tn,
Geary street bonds carried" sale
Thomas Magee, the real estate dealer
The vote on Tuesday was no index o.
the vote which will be cast at thi,
election. Here we have matter which
comes home 10 everybody that rides OF
| a streetcar.'
Estimates OF the vote which viii
be cast vary considerably, some claim
ing that the total can not exceed $4,000
while others are of opinion that it vii
go as hign as 10000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-24
CLUMSY COUNTERFEIT OF
DEFUNCT BANK NOTE

WASHINGTON. June ga new
counterfeit $40 national bank note on
the Germania national bank of San
Francisco. which went out of existence
several years ago. has been discovered.
according to Chief Wilkie of the
secret service.
The note is a straight Photographic
counterfeit. sn which the divisional
letter, the charter number and the
treasury number have been put on with
rubber stamp.
II is on two pieces of paper. with no
attempt TO initiate the distributed red
and blue silk threads and is of such
character that it should be detected i'm
mediately.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-24
Carnival nj HeaIdsburg

Friday and saturday, June 2s and s6.
there viii be a big water carnival held
st HesldsburR. BY damming the Rus
and by this means a large. wide stretch
Of water is given. On Saturday. June
16 many interesting and novel fea-
lures have been arranged for on the
water. Excursions from all points TO
Healdshurg have been arranged for on
that day. Bv paving &l.50 for an ex-
train leaving San Francisco at 7s4s a
m. and returning same day. q very en-
1ovable day can be spent ia Heads
burg along the banks OF beautiful Lake
Sctoyome. The rate for a longer stay
IS $3.50.
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What is CastOria.

AST0RA is harmless substitute for Castor OIL Paregor Drops and
Soothing Srups lis pleasant contains OPIUM Morphine
other Narcotic substance Its guarantee destroys aays
Fvehness Nah@a and Wind CoIa Teetg Troubles
Constipation and FatlenOy Food regulates
and Bowels giving healthy and natural Sleep The cdrens PanacThe
Mothers friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought and which has been for
80 years. has borne the signature Of C H. Fletcher and been made under
his personal supervision It's infancy Allow deceive you in this
ALI Counterf limitations and usasgood with
and endanger the health Infants and against Experiment.
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NOTES OF THE ALTO

Captain ". B. Burtt Twentieth in
Mia on the army transport Logan.
took. delivery from the Howard auto
mobile company of a Buick White
Streak" which he is taking with him
for service in the Philippine islands.
]. +. Adams of Adams & Miller, own
ers OF the famous Lucky Boy mine
at Hawthorne. New. is spending a few
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-24

TAlEALE PARTY PLANNED -Rerkeley. June
2S.-The ladies OF ST. Augusfine's church are
planning tamaie supper aud whist party.
which is u take place in Native Soas' hall
June 26. The affair VIII be managed by Mrs.
NJ Truman, Mrs. T. Parrish. Mrs NJ Fitr-
rihbcn. Miss Mooney, Miss Hopper Mrs NJ. q
Campbell and Mrs. Il. W. Burke.
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Sales of
| Thomas Cars

HORSEPOWER Thomas flyer: Victor Ligda
of Oakland, a Thomas flyer; Leonard
Waight of this city, six cylinder 7o
horsepower Thomas: Howard Davis OF
Auburn, a 60 horsepower Thomas, and
also one of the same make and power
Dawson, who has been connected with
the automobile business as salesman
for the last five years. has Joined the
selling forces of the Pioneer automo-
bile company, making his headquarters
in Oakland.
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Among those who enjoyed the run
down the coast to Del Monte during
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-24

The first annual club run of the Sar
Francisco motor club was held on June
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-24

AFTER eight months of continuou
driving, during which time more thar
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-24
STATEMENT
OF THE CONDITIONS AND AFFAIRS OF TEL
FIRE AND Marine
INSURANCE COMPANY

OF PROVIDENCE. IN THE STATE OF RHODE
ISLAND. on the 31st DAY OF December A D.
19oS. and for the year ending that day
Published pursuant 10 the Provisions OF Sec
tion 611 OF the Political Code and compiled
from the annual statement died with the In
surance Commissioner OF the State Of Califor-
MIA.
CAPITAL
Amount Of Capital Stock. paid up IN
SdSn ...---..--...--..-..... Atll-ttlll
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ASSETS
Real Estate owned BY Company
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages
Cash Market Value OF all Stock
and Bonds owRed b. Company
Amount OF Loans secured by DiedS,
OF Bonds. Stocks and other mar
ketabls securities as collateral
Cash in Company,s Office
Cash IN Banks .....-.
Interest due and accrued on Bonds.
Premiums in due Course OF Collec
llQn
Bills receivable. not Marured, takes
for Fire and Marine Risks. .....
Rents due and accrued. ed.........
Total Assets. ets...-..
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Net amount of RisA
written during the
taE ee~.s- 1855.
Net suornt q Risks.
expired during tie
year -
Nrt snouat IN force
pecemfer 81. io0s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
TRIED TO WRECK A TRAIN.
Religious Fanatic Drove Spikes Be-
tween the Rails.

Natoma, June This little town
was thrown into an excitement when
it was learned that an effort had been
made to wreck a Union Pacific train
near here. While the section men
were returning from their work they
discovered spikes driven into the
joints between the rails at two places.
The spikes were removed and the
freight train which was late was saved
from a wreck, which surely would
have occurred had the train been on
time.
The following morning the section
men found the spikes in the joints
again. The officials of the company
were notified and a secret service
man of the company was sent here,
with the result that couple of days
after his arrival a young man named
Tom Cone, who has been here about
two months, was arrested for the
crime. He was taken before Judge
Driscoll and bound over to the district
court in the sum of $1,000. Cone is
a boy about IT years old and accord
ing to a report is religious fanatic.
He made a full confession, and said
he knew it was wrong to place the
spikes in the joints, but did not know
why he did it.
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months use of. them. Mrs. s. A.
WILLIAMS, r. F. d. No. IA, Box 80,
Gardiner, Me.
No woman should submit to a surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
ly from roots and herbs, fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and remover of
the female organism. Women resid-
ing in almost every city and town in
the United States bear willing testi-
mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
It cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health If you
are i'll, for your own sake as well as
those you love, give it trial.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice ia free,
and always helpful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
Santa Fe's Double Track From
&c. to Chicago Nearly Done.
Is First Long Four Rail Line
Between These Points.
TO FINISH 1T IN 1911.
OF 45S Miles, 375 Will Be Com
pleted Before December 81.
Other Items Of Interest in
Railway Circles.

Kansas City, June Before the
year is ended the Santa Fe will have
all but IL per cent of its double track
line between Kansas City and Chi
cago completed. Already II per cent
of the short line between the two
cities is double tracked, and by Janu-
airy 1, II per cent more of the work
will have been done. BY the end of
1911 the whole of the projected i'm
provement will have been completed.
With one exception the Santa Fe
will be the only system having a dou-
BILE track between Lake Michigan and
the Missouri river. At present the
Chicago &. Northwestern has a two
track line between Chicago and Oma-
ha. When the Kansas City-Chicago
work is finished, the Santa Fe will
have a 65S-mile stretch of double
track from Chicago to Newton, Kan.
In Missouri large grading, ballast
ing and track laying gangs are at
work at La Plata, Ethel and Hurd-
land. The actual work is in the
hands of subcontractors.
Perhaps the most salient feature of
the Santa Fe's improved lines is its
entire absence of grade crossings. In
addition to this the lives of the pas
sengers are safeguarded by the most
. improved block signal system and the
road is rock ballasted the entire dis
lance.
The double track now completed is
as follows: From Chicago TO Edel-
stein, Ill, 142 miles; from Knox, Ill.
through Galesburg to Surrey, Ill, IL
miles; from Smithshire, ILL.,, to the
Mississippi river, 20 miles; from the
Mississippi to Wyaconda, Mo-, 80
miles; from Bucklin, Mo-, to Roth
Vile, Is miles; from Carrollton, Mo-,
to Camden, 80 miles; from the Mis-
souri, river to Congo, 18 miles; from
Big Blue Junction to Kansas City, 8
miles; from Kansas City to Newton,
Kan, 200 miles.
The seventy-mile gap between
Wyaconda, Mo-, and Bucklin will be
finished this year, as will the eighteen
mile gap between Surrey and Smith
shire, III. The rey-Smithshire
gap is already completed with the eX-
ception of the laying of the track.
In 1910 the gap will be closed be-
tween Rothville, Mo-, and Carrollton,
thirty-two miles. and from Camden
to the Missouri river, five miles. The
next year the work will be finished
from Edelstein. ILL.,, to Knox, thirty
five miles, and the short stretch Of
two miles between Congo, Mo-, and
the Missouri river bridge will be re-
built.
The double track work between
Kansas City and Chicago was begun
two years ago and 375 miles of the
of this year. Aside from the fact
that no new right of way has to be
acquired by the company, the work
of double tracking is about as i'm
portant as building an entirely new
line, and almost as expensive. When
the Kansas City-Chicago improve
ment is completed an appreciate cut
in the running time between the two
cities will be made possible, and with
no added danger.
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WINFIELD HoLDUP MAN SHOT.
Victim OF the Highwayman Was Badly
Wounded.

Winfield, kan, June IA holdup
here resulted in the probable fatal
wounding of Mel Thomas. a business
man, and the death of one of the rob-
bers, an unknown man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas, with their
children, were returning from the band
concert about $50 O'Clock and when
near the water tank OF the Southern
Kansas railroad were halted by two
men who pointed revolvers at them
and ordered them to halt.
The one confronting Mr.. Thomas
said:
"If you run III shoot you.'' He re-
piled: 'You can shoot, but will rum
and turned to do so.
The robbers opened fire and three
bullets struck Mr.. Thomas.
The robbers hurriedly went through
his pockets, taking his watch and
money and then fed in the darkness.
Half an hour afterwards one of the
robbers was found dead beside the
track, shot through the body. In his
pocket was found Mr.. Thomas's watch
and a bottle of nitroglycerin and other
burglar equipment Whether he was
shot accidentally or Intentionally is not
known
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
NEW ENGINES FOR KATY.
Summer Schedule Delayed Awaiting
Equipment.

Summer Schedule Delayed Awaiting
Equipment.
Parsons, KAN, June mo date
has yet been announced for the COM
mencement of the new fast train SER
vice north and south over the Katy,
but it is generally expected that it
will be within the next few weeks as
already much of the equipment for
the trains has been delivered to the
road and is now ready to be placed in
use. Within the past few days several
of the new engines have passed
through this city, going to Parsons,
service and fully equipped, and they
will be used at light work until the
new train is installed. The engines
are of the latest pattern and cost the
Katy $4,000 each. This is almost
double the cost of an ordinary loco
motive, but as the schedule is to be
fast and the trains heavy, no lesser
engine could handle it.
The cars for the new train are con-
Structed entirely of steel, and all also
of the latest and most improved pat
tern. They are constructed in such a
manner that they will not telescope
in a wreck, which is the cause of so
many deaths in wrecks, and they will
be able to safely Withstand almost
anything. Their cost will also be
heavy and as all of the trains are to
be entirely new, the total cost will
exceed 100000 which will make it
one of the finest running through the
west.
The schedule for the train has not
yet been arranged. but it has been
authoritatively stated that it will be
faster than anything now operated on
the Katy.
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Famous Wright Brothers Have
a Relative at Tonganoxie.
He Follows the Pillow and Does
Not Try to Fly.
TALKS OF BROTHERS.
AS Boys They Spent Much Time
Making Things to Fly.
Kansan Will Make a Flight With
His Brothers.

Iongano.rie, KAN, June 7.-On a
farm about three miles east of Ton
ganoxie there lives a brother of two
men who are now among the most ia
nous in the world, the Wright broth
ers Of Dayton. Ohio, the first men in
the whole country to successfully
solve the problem of aerial naviga-
ton.
This brother, however, spends no
time trying to invent machines of this
kind, but is content to remain on his
farm tilling the soil and deriving his
living in that manner. There was a
time, though, when he, too, like his
brothers, was interested in strange in
Ventions.
Talks of His Famous Relatives.
Mr.. Wright tells often, when he
comes into Tonganoxie, of the times
when he was child at the family
home back east, how he and his
brothers used to spend their play
time trying to make things that
would fly" Instead of playing games
like other boys, they would spend
hours rigging up impossible devices,
so the people at home thought.
After they would get one under
way they would take it to the top OF
hill and shove it off. Sometimes
it would really stay in the air for a
short time, but oftener it would not
Even in those days though. Mr.
Wright says, his brothers would not
give up and would stay by their work,
Kansas Man Lost Interest.
This brother, however, lost his in
c1ination for these things and for
many years has lived on his farm
near Tonganoxie. He is modest
sort of man and few people know that
he is an own brother of two of the
worlds most distinguished men. In
the near future he may go back to
Dayton to visit and go up in one OF
the machines which his brothers per-
fected out of the toys that they all
used to make when they were child
rem many years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
NEXT COMES THE CEMENT AGE.
George Nicholson Talks of One of Kan
sas' Great Industries

Kansas City, Mo, June This
year more cement will be manufac-
tured in America than any year in its
history" George Nicholson of Baldwin,
Kan, the Cement King of Kansas,
said at the Union depot. With his as
sociates, Mr.. Nicholson manufactures
twerfty-on thousand barrels of cement
daily in Kansas. Iowa and Tennessee.
Last year Mr.. Nicholson said 81 mil
lion barrels were manufactured in the
United States in spite Of the panic.
This was million more barrels than
had previously been manufactured in
any one year.
CT believe the output will be 81 mil
lion barrels this year." Mr.. Nicholson
said. "Of course the industry is in its
infancy. I believe Mr.. Edison has per-
fected a cement house that may cause
a revolution in building. Many rail-
roads are now experimenting with ce-
ment ties, and the time probably will
come when they will be practicable"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
H1IL-HARRIMAN COMPACT.
Union Pacific Official Explains Joint
Trackago Deal.


St. Louis, Mo-, June 7.-Concerning
the agreement officially announced to
have been made between the Harri-
man and Hill systems, an officer of
the former says: THE Union Pacific
has for many years intended to reach
both Tacoma and Seattle, and to that
end has bought extensive terminal
lands in both cities, upon which it is
commodious modern
railway terminals. 1t has also COM
pleted a survey for line northward
from Portland, but the topography of
the country is such that any railroad
connecting the cities named must fol-
low a narrow Watercourse, which al
ready contains the line of the North
ern Pacific.
Had the Union Pacific proceeded
with the building of its line, the result
would have been that its extension
and the Northern Pacific line would
have been practically a double-track
line. but under divided ownership.
The Union Pacific management came
to the conclusion that an operating
interest in a double-track road under
one management would be more. SER
vicea BILE than full ownership of a sin
gle track line. The agreement to pool
the interests of the three roads as far
as this particular mileage is concern
ed was thereupon reached. 1t en-
bodies provisions for a double track
throughout the entire length of the
line, which is between 1875 and 140
miles"
On the larger aspects of the agree
ment as a development in railroad
politics in the northwest, officials of
the interested roads refuse to COM
ment. The affair can be called
compromise. but it gives the Union
Pacific access to two important Paci-
fic coast cities from which the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern would
have been more than willing to ex-
clude them. Little doubt is expressed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
NEW BANK FOR SYLVAN GROVE.
Stockholders Are Lincoln County Men.
Many of Them Farmers

Sylvan Grove, Kan, June 7.-Appli-
cation has been made for a charter to
start the second bank in Sylvan
Grove, with a capital of $4,000.
Among the names on the petition for
the charter are A. Marshall, a well
known Lincoln Center banker; c. E.
Robinson of the hardware and imple-
ment firm of Troup & Robinson of the
same town, and Bruce Middlekauff
capitalist, land owner and large stock
holder in the State bank of Vesper.
There are several other stockholders
including business men and wealthy
farmers. The new bank expects to be
doing business on or before the first of
July.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
NEW WESTERN KANSAS PROJECT
Pumping Plant at Garden City to Be
Tested Tuesday

Garden City, Kan, June THE
formal opening of the new Il million
dollar pumping plant of the United
States Sugar & Land company on the
south side will be early this week,
probably Tuesday. The plant will be-
gin making gas in the producers to-
morrow, and unless there is some hitch
work can be commenced Immediately.
The plant is being heated up now and
it will take about forty-eight hours to
get a sufficient amount of gas to go to
work
J. D. Hawkins, vice president of the
company, Spencer Penrose, secretary,
and Frank Smith. heavy stakeholder,
will be down from Colorado Springs to
make a complete inspection of the
plant with General Manager Gillespie
The plant will water about $500 acres
of land, one-third of which is now in
beets and one-third in alfalfa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-07
AN AUTO FACTORY FOR oNAGA
Work Has Been Commenced on Build
ing Site.

Onaga, Kan, June Work has
been commenced on a 40x50 foot build
ing, in which will be located a foun-
dry and automobile factory. The or
ganization of the company is COM
pleted which will at once move the
plant here from Fredonia, Kan, where
it has been in operation for the past
three years under the direction of
Alvah NJ. Briffith.
The company will be capitalized for
$4,000. A state charter has been ap-
piled for. The directors are Peter
Gurtler, Alcide Bonjour of Onaga; A.
NJ Griffith of F'redonia and J. K. Cod
ding of Topeka. The capital stock is
all taken.
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FARM BRINGS A FANCY PRICE.
Leavenworth County Land Sold for
$1O5 an Acre.

L1eavenworth, Kan. June Henry
Ettenson has sold his farm below
Lansing of sol acres for $52,734. This
is more than $105 an acre. About 800
acres of this land can be cultivated
and the balance is land made by the
river deposits and is what is called &C
cretions.
Ten years ago $50 an acre would
have beer considered A good price for
this land. The building of the electric
road between Leavenworth and Kansas
Citv which passed through this farm
has given it a new value.
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BOY is SHOT AND KILLED.
Another Case of Didn't Know the Gun
Was Loaded

Clay Center, Kan, June 7.-walter
Gard, the 19-year-o1d son of William
GARD, living near Longford, this coun-
killed. He was working at the home
of James Howey, a neighbor who had
left a loaded gun lying on the porch
of the house.
Young Gard with another farm hand
came in from the fields and not know
ing the gun was loaded, picked it up
and began fooling with it. While do
ing so the gun was discharged, the
bullet going through the heart of Wal
ter Gard and killing him instantly. The
parties are prominent farmers in the
southwestern part Of this county.