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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
AN ALL-sTEEL MAIL TRAIN.
New Equipment for Missouri Paciiic'
Fast western Service.

ST. Louis, May 6.-President B. F.
Bush, of the Missouri Pacific, announc-
ed the inauguration of the first all
steel mail train west of the Mississippi
river. Effective at once fast mail train
No. 5, leaving ST. Louis at $40 p. M,
and arriving in Kansas City at 1:20
d. m, will consist of all-steel mail cars.
The Missouri Pacific has had in SER
vice for some time a number of all
steel mail cars and with the receipt of
a second consignment of all-steel cars,
solid trains will now be made UP of
this latest. equipment.
These cars also have an all-steel
truck and are built according to a
special patented design combining max
imum strength with minimum weight.
They are so feet long, heated with an
improved vapor heating arrangement
and equipped with inverted Pintsch gas
mantle light. The comfort of the mail
clerks has not been overlooked. In ad-
dition to being provided with latest de-
sign of sanitary toilet fixtures, they are
equipped with a broiler.
This is the train that recently made
a number of fast runs across Missouri,
on one occasion making 2S3 miles in 347
minutes, and is the train with which
the Missouri Pacific won the fight max
ing st. Louis the gateway for western
and southwestern mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
Millions of Folks
Use Only 'Cascarets'
They Never Have Headache, Bilious
ness, Sluggish, Inactive Bowels or
a Bad Stomach tc Make
Them Miserable.
A million boxes a month.

A million boxes a month. That's
the sale of Cascarets. And every
tablet in every box means a day of
good cheer. Think what a world of
happiness this candy laxative has
brought to men and women-also the
children. Are you getting your share ?
Cascarets cure bowel troubles when
they have developed. But that is the
least OF their uses. Their best serv-
ice is to prevent the many ills that
come from inactive bowels. Think of
the days when you are not at your
hest The mornings when you don't
feel right, the afternoons when you
are loggy, the evenings when you are
irritable. The cause lies in the bowels
one Cascaret makes everything diff
ferent. Don't say, I'll take it to-
night" Take it at once. Carry a box
in your pocket. The hours before
bedtime are too good to be wasted
Cascarets are gentle and pleasant
Their action is as natural as the action
of fruit on the bowels. They are sold
BY all druggists at 10 cents per box
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
TREES HELP CROP
Shelter Belt for Wheat Crop
Proves of Benefit.
SilO Will Be Built at Agricul-
tural Station.
PLANT 5000 CEDARS.
Cows to BE Purchased to Dem
Onstrate Food Advantage.
Fields Divided Into Small Tracts
for Experiments.
PLANT 5000 CEDARS.

Dodge City Kan. May Estate For
ester c. A. Scott has directed the
planting of 5000 trees, mostly cedars
at the state agricultural experiment
station or demonstration farm. IheSe
trees while not common to TINS sec
ton of the state. are said by Mr.. Scott
to be very well adapted to our climatic
conditions. They are of slow growth
but very handy and quite serV1ceaole:
The trees at the station are planted
in rows east and west and are calcula-
ted to form shelter belts for the wheat
and other grain planted between the
rows.
The ground is divided into small
fields of 10 and 20 acres by these shell
ter belts, four rods wide and consisting
of several rows to the trees, and the
trees with their perennial foliage are
calculated to at once protect the crops
from the driving south winds OF sum
mer and to hold the drift of the snow
in the winter months.
Shelter Belt Helps.
The advantages of the shelter belt
was demonstrated at the station last
wear. There was a field of wheat on
the north side of the grove and the
wheat near the grove grew to height OF
four feet and produced a much larger
head and yield than the wheat ~ yaros
from the grove which was only two
feet tall. The experiments this year
along these lines should be much ap-
nreciated in and about Ford county, as
records will be kept of the yield OF the
different fields, the protected and I'M
protected.
There will also be silo built at the
station within the next few months
and in time for the care of this year
crops. The last legislature made an
additional appropriation to the station
in the sum of 100000 and the necessary
part of this appropriation is for the
construction of silo. A 100 ton sllo
will be constructed; 1t VIII pc OF ce-
vent as the most durable for this sec
ton with it's hot and dry winds. A few
head of good cows will be placed on
the farm and the advantages of silage
as a dairy food demonstrated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
RAILROAD NEWS.
Information Meetings" Along
Lines of Santa Fe.
To Find Best Methods OF Hand
ling Freight Shipments.
TOO MUCH DAMAGE.
Hundreds of Thousands OF Dol
lars a Year for Losses.
Other Items of General Interest
in Traffic World.
TOO MUCH DAMAGE.
SUNDAY.

To find the best method of handing
freight shipments with the least pos-
sible loss and damage, the AtchlsoIl,
Topeka. &c Santa Fe Railway company
has arranged for series OF "lnIorHld
ton meetings. along the line, to be
attended by officials and employees
who have to do with the actual move
ment of freight packages from tn7
time they are delivered to the con-
signee, saws the Santa Fe Red BAH.
Every meeting is a free-for-all' any
body with a suggestion FOR the I'M I'M
proVement Of the service having the
privilege of the floor -, -
Santa Fe pays hundreds OF thousands
of dollars a year for loss and damage
TO freight shipments, and officials are
constantly on the lookout for plans TO
reduce expenses in that account. Santa
Fe authorities say that the lnforma-
ton meetings" promise good results
60 soon as one of these meetings is
csIled to order, the main question goes
before the house something AFTER TINS
what practical methods can be
adopted FOR decreasing loss and damage
TO freight shipments?"
Everybody is free to express himself,
and all suggestions are noted. In TINS
manner the company is able to Obtain
information which enables it to make
regulations for a more satisfactory dis
position of one of the most annoying
questions confronting the railroads.
Employees are taking a deep inter-
est in the movement, and the shippers
are watching it. Several large firms
have advised the Santa Fe that they
will help the scheme along by instruct
inc their packers and shipping clerks
to follow carefully the rules adopted
nv tho railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
NO CHANCE FOR LIFE.
Falling Wall Leaves Fireman Almost
ShapelesS Mass.


Shapeless Mass.
Fort Scott, Kan, May 6.-Van Hack
EFT, who was killed at the power house
fire here. was the third of the family
to be killed suddenly. Two of his
brothers-in-law met death just as sud-
denly within the last two years. w. j.
Wilson one of them, was ground to
death in a cement mill at Independ-
ence, and Earl Milligan, Fort Scott
boy, was killed in Topeka one year
ago last January. An examination of
the body of Van Hackett proves that
Hackett never had one chance for life.
The examination shows that the force
with which the falling wall struck him
must have been terrible. The left arm
was broken as follows: Once in the
| hand, both bones in the wrist and
about four inches below the shoulder,
where the bone was literally ground to
fine pieces. The left leg was broken
| below the knee about four inches, both
| bones giving way, the bone being
| broken for several inches. The head
was also severely cut and bruised. On
the chin the flesh was scraped from
the bone. Just above the eye on the
left side of the head the skull was LAID
bare for about two inches square. The
bones were caved in and the organs
probably were smashed. There was nc
resistance to pressure at that point
That probably caused his immediate
| death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
FILE SUITS AGAINST SANTA F,E.
Children Ask 100000 for Injuries Re-
ceived When Hit by Train.

ElDorado, Kan, May 6.-The six
children injured by a Santa Fe train
near Rose Hill, February 7. have filed
suits against the Santa Fe company
here, aggregating 100000.
The six children injured are: Bessie,
Merl and Gula Allen and Grover, Har-
vey and Leila Hartenbower.
These children were on their way
home from school in a covered wagon,
used for the purpose of hauling the
pupils of the school. They were cross
ing the Santa Fe track near their
home and a train struck them, and in
jured all of them.
The petition asks for damages in the
sum of $4,000 each for the six chill
dren,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
NO BOOZE ON ILLINOIS TRAINS
Only Buffet and Dining Cars Allowed
to Handle 1t.

The Illinois state legislature has
passed law designed to prevent drink
ing intoxicants on railroad and in
terurban trains in that state. The law
differs from the Kansas law in that it
permits the drinking of intoxicants on
dining and buffet cars. The supreme
court recently upheld this law in a case
where complaint had been made that
violation Of the law had taken place
on dining car on a railroad in this
state, and one or two roads have since
that decision issued orders prohibiting
the sale of intoxicants on dining cars.
The bill is intended to correct an evil
of which loud complaint has been made
in several quarters of the state. Thirsty
citizens who live in dry towns and
who would be certain of being arrest
ed if they become unduly lighted up
at home have fallen into the habit OF
boarding railroad and interurban trains
with bottles in their pockets. Instances
have been reported recently in which
inebriated men have terrorized other
| passengers by shooting out windows
and lights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06

fornia and Kansas City, as to compare
on an even footing with the immense
business done between Kansas City
and Chicago. Business has improved,
years time.
Coincident with this fact comes the
announcement that the engineering
departments of the various systems
throughout the middle west, notably
the Santa Fe, are planning to shortly
commence their spring and summer
construction and repair work. I'm
provements will be as many as last
year! possibly more, and there will be
work all summer for thousands Ct lab
orers There will be some new con-
struction, but not upon branches of
any Importance. The budgets for i'm
provements and rail orders are nor
NAL at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
HOLD TRIAL IN OPERA HOUSE.
Great Crowd at Hearing of DIR. Buck
Alleged Wife Murderer.

Greensburg, Kan, May $50 great
was the interest in the trial of DR.. G.
H. Buck, charged with the murder of
his wife by the use of cyanide of po-
tassium poison which is in progress
here. that the hearing was transferred
TO-DAY from the district court room to
the opera house. A large crowd was
in attendance.
Mrs. Buck died suddenly last Novem-
Der She had been strong and healthy
and after her burial the suspicious of
relations were aroused. The body was
exhumed and the viscera sent to scien-
fists for analysis. They reported that
death was caused by cyanide poisoning.
The arrest of DR.. Buck followed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
WORMS STOPPED THE TRAINS.
PIague of CaterpiIlars Follow:
Drought in Oklahoma.

Sapulpa, Okla, May All trains
were late into Sapulpa today on ac-
count of caterpillars which swarmed
the tracks in the wooded sections so
that the locomotives slipped or were
stalled. Trainmen said they had to
sweep the worms from the rails and
sand the tracks before the wheels
would stick to the rails.
Wood worms are as thick this sea-
son in Oklahoma as grasshoppers were
in Kansas during the grasshoppers
year and nearly all the foliage has
been eaten from the trees.
Old residents say they have never
before seen the caterpillars as numer-
Gus as they are this year and attri-
butte the cause to a 3-year drought
coupled with mild winters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
WESTERN TRAFFIC is GOOD.
Old Kansas City Chicago Traffic Rec
OrdS Meet Rivals

Freight and passenger traffic is
supposed to be the heaviest on all the
transcontinental systems between Kan
sas City and Chicago, according to
statistical dope of previous years, but
this has been upset by the showing to
date, for a period covering the last six
months, says the San Bernardino
CCal.,) Sun.
Officials claim that where they
looked for from so to 20 per cent of
their business between Kansas City
and Chicago before, it is now neces-
sary to recognize the west. The traf-
fic in all departments has increased so
In the past few months, between Cali
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
HARROW RUNS OVER MAN.
Gordon ClaypOoI Seriously Hurt When
Team Runs Away.

Marquette, Kan, May 6.-Gordon
Claypool was very seriously injured
and at this time is unable to give a
clear account of the accident He was
driving a disc harrow, and it is be-
lived a rod became unbolted, one sec
ton of the harrow turning edgewise,
frightening the team. AS it ran away,
Mr.. Claypool was thrown under the
borrow which passed over his head
and shoulder. A large piece of the out
er skull with the scalp were torn lose,
and an ugly cash extends across the
nose just under the eyes. His injuries
are serious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
HYMER, FATHER OF %, DIES.
In 1866 He Settled at Leavenworth
Coming From Kentucky. =

Leavenworth, Kan, May 6.-John B.
Hymer, 80 years old, is dead here.
He was the father of % children, of
whom only 16 are alive. The eldest
child is past middle age now, but hopes
to reach his fathers age. He was mar
ried four times.
He came to Leavenworth in 1866 and
stayed here until two years ago. He
voted for Abe Lincoln for president and
was so well pleased with his choice that
he continued to vote the same ticket
the rest of his life. He went regularly
to the polls in his old age.
The body was shipped to Winchester,
Kan, for burial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
NOW FOR LIGHTED KEYHOLE.
Go Home Any Old Time and You Can
Find 1t.

Ell Dorado, Kan, May 6.-Hic-rah!
Rahrahrah-hic!
Shay, fellers-hic!-we're saved-hic!
We en- go home at a. m, get in tn
house, hang our shoes on the hatrack,
lay our hat on tn floor and pile down
on tn lounge for a snooze without
wakin' wiley and havin' to lie to her
bout what time o'night it is.
That is, the chances for getting away
with it will be about 100 per cent
stronger when "PieP' gets his patent
Illuminated keyhole on the market. He
confided to Bills Shome house bunch,
that the contraption was just about
perfected, after two years of study and
experimenting.
why, it'll be just as easy to find
that keyhole in the dark as it is to
find ball players who bat 500 in the
winter time" he stated without a
blush.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
GIRLS VOW AGAINST FINERY.
Shirt Waists and Skirts Proper Com
mencement Day Dress.

Ottawa, Kan, May 6.-When the
graduation class of the ottawa high
School mounts the Alps and peers over
into Italy, on the evening OF May "a,
the girls will wear no gorgeous trap
pings, such as val lace and messal1ne
swiss. isn't it?-and all that sort of
thing which makes the other girls
envious and is so hard on papa's
pocketbook.
Not this year. For the fourteen
girls of the class have got their heads
together and decided that shirt
waist suit of linen would be about the
proper caper. and they have shaken
hands over the proposition or crossed
their hearts and hoped to die, or what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
Oklahoma Railroads Fined.

Oklahoma City, Okla, May g.
been fined by the corporation COM
mission for violation Of the commits
sion's orders. The st. Louis & San
Francisco was given the biggest pen
atty, a fine of 5000 for collecting an
alleged overcharge on a car of freight.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
was fined 500 for making an alleged
overcharge of Is cents for excess bag
gage. The Kansas City, Mexican &
Orient was fined $50 on an allegation
that passenger lost "a hours because
he left his grip in the railroad station
at Custer City and was unable to get
1t before the train left.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06

this college for the last two years-and
there were approximately 4,70O of them
in that time-was 21.69 years, one and
two thirds years more than twice the
average of all the colleges and univer-
sites in the middle west. This fact
is worthy of more than passing notice
because it contradicts the idea, some
what prevalent, that students is the
agricultural college are unusually
young.
President Waters investigation as to
the number of agricultural students is
not finished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
WOMAN NAMED AS ASSESSOR.
Succeeds Father in Position Made Va
cant by His Death.

Usage City, Kan, May 6.-Miss Lin
ME Moore has been appointed assessor
of Usage county and probably is the
first woman in Kansas to serve in that
capacity She will succeed her father,
Wants Moore, a Melvern merchant,
who died a few weeks ago and who
was elected to that office last fall.
Miss Moore was chosen by the COM
missioners on the solicitation of
friends in all parts of Usage. She has
had considerable experience in clerical
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06

ever it is that girls do, when they want
to bind themselves.
The girls of the class are: Vernon
Shanklin, Mary Pritchard, Eva Totten,
Georgia Wilson, Nell Wright, Mary
Costigan, Eliza Burkdoll, Lillian Fish
err. Edith Gray, Myrtle Humphrey,
Eunice Judy, Clara Morris, Lucille Top
ping and Marguerite Palmer. There
are an equal number Of boys in the
class
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
*. S. A. G. STUDENTS ARE MEN.
Average Age of 400 Little Over Fl
Years

Manhattan, KAN. May 6.-How many
students in the Agricultural college are
studying agriculture?
An investigation on this point, begun
by President Waters recently, has dis
closed some very interesting statistics
in regard to students ages. The most
important part of this disclosure shows
the average age of all the students in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
BROTHER HUNTS BROTHER.
For So Years These Men Had No
Heard From Each Other

Wichita, Kan, May 6.-While busy
about his home Mr.. and Mrs. William
H. Gray received a visit from a
stranger who after some little prelim-
mary intended to mystify them, intro
duced himself as J. F. Gray, a brother
whom thye had not seen for f1fty-two
wears
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06

duties and is expected to make a com
petent official in this rare capacity. She
is believed to be the only woman ever
chosen as county assessor during the
two years the Office has been created
in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06

my new novel is a story of married
life" said Scribbler. boil it down." adj
monished the publisher. Married life is
a short story Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06

when the astounding claims were first
made for BuckIen's Arnica Salve, but
forty years of wonderful cures have
proved them true, and everywhere it is
now known as the best salve on earth for
Burns, Boils, Scalds, Sores, Cuts, Bruises.
Sprains. Swellings, Eszema, Chapped
hands, Fever Sores and Piles. Only 25c ct
Campbell Drug ca
The Washington herald., 1911-11-22
Cupid Will Link
Gulf State to
Pacific Coast
Congressman Stephens, of Texas, SO,
Wins Miss Iizett keenan,, of
Portland, Greg, Al.

Representative John Hall Stephens. of
the Thirteenth Texas district, yester-
day obtained a license to marry Miss
Lizett keenan,. of Portland, Greg The
bridegroom is sixty-three years old and
the bride forty-one. Rev. F. L. BisselI
has been asked to perform the wedding
ceremony.
When the couple visited the office of
the marriage license clerk they were ac-
companied by James Townsend, the
Representatives secretary. who acted
as witness. When the license was issued
Mr.. Stephens left the City Hall with
out stating when the wedding would be
held. He had introduced himself as
business man Of this city.
The Congressman formerly resided at
the Driscol. but he met his bride in
Washington at the home of a member
OF Congress. Not long afterward Ste
phens proposed and was accepted.
Mr.. Stephens is a Democrat and his
stated residence is Vernon, Tex. He
was born in Shelby County, and gradu-
ated in law from Cumberland Uniyer-
sity, Lebanon, Tenn, in June 1872 He
was chosen State senator for the twen-
ty-first and twenty-second State legis-
latures, and has served in the House of
Representatives since the Fifty-ffth Con-
gress.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-22
DISTRICT CHANGES IN
HERALD'S TOUR CONTEST
Thirty-two Candidates Received Coupons and Ballots
in Yesterdays Count-Several Important
Changes Occur in Three Districts

Nearly every live candidate in The Her
aids contest voted coupons and ballots
yesterday.
Some voted heavily. while others, secure
In their positions, voted lightly. There
were more than 1SS. 900 votes deposited in
the ballot box Tuesday noon for the count
that appears in this mornings edition of
the paper. The total vote now runs over
2,5O0,0 and by the end of this week
there will be added at least 1.50o 200 more,
making a grand total OF 5000, 900 that have
been balloted in this contest for the three
trips around the world and seven to
Europe. Several changes in position are
noted In to-day's schedule, and numerous
advances are registered.
Miss Helen Mosher, OF district 2, makes
II big gain Of 5000. and now overtops the
100000 mark.
William T. Glover, district 3, comes in
with more than 1000. and increases his
already big lead considerably. John r.
Stone votes warily in district 4, while
Miss Eleanor Landvofght. in district .,
votes the biggest bunch Of ballots Of the
day.
Miss Landvoight now goes into first
place in her district. with lead of q, 600
votes over her nearest competitor. There
Is liable to be a very. close race in this
district, as the three leading candidates
are all determined to land the trip that
has been apportioned to this district,
Miss Grace Hagan and Miss Ruth Hawk
ins are the only voters in district s, while
there are three who placed votes to their
credit in district I.
Miss Elsie Baldwin. of Laurel, Nd, is
the heaviest voter in district s, and ad-
vances into sixth position, from eighth.
District came in strong yesterday, and
as a consequence, Miss Elizabeth Miller,