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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
AMERICA LEADS THEM ALL.
Nearly 5000 Miles of Railroad Built in
Last Year.

Il
The United States built in the 1910
1900 miles of railroad, leading all the
countries of the world in new mileage,
as 1t has every other year for the last
half century. 1t was said several years
ago that the days of great railroad
building in this country were over
and that henceforth Canada, Argen-
II a, Australia and South Africa would
be the chief fields of this industry. But
the immense vitality of the American
republic and its power of drawing
peonel, industry and wealth to itself
were overlooked.
Canada is receiving a great imni-
grafton; its huge western plains make
railroad construction cheap and easy;
yet despite all the talk, it built only
629 miles last year, or about one
seventh of our own. Argentina, Aus
tralia and South Africa make show
ings relatively as poor. Our mileage
Is now nearly half that of all the
world: it exceeds that of all Europe by
more than SO, 900 miles, and in the last
ten years we have built more miles
than any other country possesses.
me building of a new railroad in
this country is so much a matter of
the days work that the public pays no
attention to it. We have recently
opened two new transcontinental lines
and in either case the event passed
almost without notice. We now have
seven such roads, and we should have
more II 1t were not for the fact that
the country they traverse Is acquiring
like the east, a railroad gridiron of its
own
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
STUDENTS GIVE PLAY.
New $4,000 High School Building to
Be Started Soon.

Concordia, Kan. May 27.-Last night
the last of the series Of exercises for
commencement week was held for the
Concordia high school when the senior
play was given before a crowded house
in the Brown Grand theater. The class
gave Bull of Drinkwater'' and render
ed it like veterans. Wednesday night
the class address was delivered by Prof
w. c. Wilcox of the Iowa State col
lege, when a splendid program was
given. There were IL graduates of the
high school this year. The class has
six boys and eleven girls.
The new addition of $4,000 to the
high school building will be started next
month. Architects have completed the
plans which will make this high school
one of the best equipped in the state
large auditorium, gymnasium and
laboratory will be some of the features.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
KILLS HIS SISTERS HUSBAND.
Samuel Pfraro Was Quick on Trigger
When He Met ReStiVo.

West Mineral, Kan, May 27.-
Among his countrymen Samuel Piraro
expects the creed which brooks no
brutality to the women of his land to
exonerate him for the death of Samuel
Restivo. With the Americans he ex-
poets to plead self defense and thus
justify his deed.
For with all the tiger f1erceness of
his warm Sicilian nature aroused when
he learned that his sisters husband
two three times when they met here
near the poStOff1ce
Piraro's sister, Restivo's wife, pretty
and able to speak but a very little
English, declares that her brothers
act was justif1able. She asserts that
he should have protected her against
her husbands hard fists.
"All the time I'm 'fraid," she said.
ct b'li've my husband, he keel me- I
am 'fraid. My brother, he help me.
He take care of me-"
Childish these words may seem to
those who do not understand the
strange customs of Southern Italy. But
to the Italians and Sicilians they are
full of meaning. Among the residents
of the Italian quarter there is appar-
emily no i'll will against Piraro.
RestiVo's murder was the culmina-
ton of a series of events that for a
time threatened to cost the lives of
several Following an attack on his
wife, Restivo came up town. 1t was
only dusk when Piraro, accompanied
, by his father, passed him as he sat in
front of the postoffice. Restivo al
lowed his brother-in-law to pass quiet
ly before he called to him. He then
demanded that Piraro accompany him
into a side street. at the same time
taking off his coat.
Both Restivo and Piraro drew re-
volvers at the same instant. Piraro
was quicker on the trigger, however,
and before RestiVo could fire sec
ond shot he had put three bullets into
his body, one in the head, one in the
lungs and the third in the left hand.
Piraro was shot in the left shoulder
Resfivo expired almost instantly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
BABY'S FACE ALL
BROKENOUT AND RED
Eczema First Came in Little PimpIes.
Itched, and Panied Him So Badly
Mother Could Not Rest.
Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment
and Eczema Disappeared.

II must say l shall never be vitbont .
box of Cuticars Ointment and keen IL IN
the house, for q mother does not know 49,
valuation Of IL Cuticura Ointment -
CuticurA Soap also. For my babv had
very bad face, all broken out and red ~
the second application made an innrovs-
ment, and before had used half bor
my baby's face looked splendid. I toId
my neighbOrs about it, and they were taLra1
by surprise Of tho wonderful work the CIT
cluA Ointment did. and all SAID his fsca
d fine. One box cured baby's fac 80
disease. 1t hrst came IN little pi Dim sne
like heat, and after, formed one mass
which gradually spread over his fnce anj
body, and i caused itching, and painad
baby 90 badly that ! could not rest. so I
cura Ointment was recommended 70 M
and 4 am very glad l heard Of IL. for 4
saved me q doctors bill. During the day
the heat would make It more painful. bI;t
would rest Z, better e night. and since /
rest. After . few applications the face bessn
70 peel, now the eczema has disappeared
II highly recommend the Cuticura dr.
nent and Soap for their wonderful worI
I must say mothers should not be Williams
them, for they give quick relief and healing
to = suffering child. and the mother wfn ts
all worn out for the want Of SIe.n Va" Sn Z
rest. highly recommend the CutiourS
Ointment Tor eczema, rash, ETC. for a sDeedI
cure. for my child suffered very badly n tbss
nasty disease. (Signedl Mrs. Dora q
klutEs =. s{Rss IS Island, Hartford Co., Nd,
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throu,h-
out the world. Potter Drug & Chem Germ
sole props, lSS Columbus Ave Bo1on h''
AThanoo nee, samples Of Cuticura Soar .nA
Oansments VIA sap. beck "a at<n frSatfneot'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
RAILROAD NEWS.
J. d. NJ. Hamilton Speaks Be-
fore National Meeting.
Says Railway Enterprises Are
Most Beneficial Interests.
PUBLIC DEMANDS 1T
Speed, Comfort and Safety Is a
Necessity Now.
Other Items Of General Interest
in Traffic World.
PUBLIC DEMANDS 1T
SUNDAY.

Montreal. Canada, May 27.-J. d.
M. Hamilton, claims attorney or the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RAN
way company in Topeka delivered an
address before the Association OF kali
way Claims Attorneys and Gam
agents, in convention here. NIT. ham
iIton's subject was ''Whither Are we
Drifting ?" referring principally to ex-
listing conditions in the commercial
world, the fight on railroads and the
prospects for the future.
''It cannot be gainsaid," Mr.. Ham
iIton declared, that one of the most
productive and beneficial interests OF
this. or any other continent, is its rail-
way terpriseS-benedcial to the
producer and consumer. 1t is the
beacon light of civilization-it IS the
pathfinder, to open up vast ana won
derful territory-it breaks down and
destroys the prejudice of different
sections Of the governmental upIlfts:
educates and broadenS the mind OF
man, directing the thought of every
one, to seek a larger plane to benefit
his material condition-it matters not
what walk in life may be his trade,
business or profession, 1t builds our
cities schools and churches, its COM
Inercial arteries of steel glisten, and
throb, through every nook and corner,
OF this continent, until today, no
commercial, manufacturing or agri-
cultural section can be successful in
the marts of the world, without its
presence.
rive have listened" the speaker
continued, ito arguments on the part
of many politicians and others that a
railway only costs a certain amount
per mile, figuring unwittingly on the
original cost of construction. and,
therefore, 1t is stocked and bonded in
excess of its real value. They certain
ly forget that this is only small por-
ton of the necessary money expended
by railway corporations. There is per-
petual maintenance, replacing and re-
building road beds, bridges, ties etc,
and yearly this expense is very con-
siderable. Then comes the purchas-
ing of locomo olives, cars, material and
the erection and maintenance of vast
Yards and shops. Do you then wonder
that these expenditures, together with
the monthly payment of pay rolls.
drags the earnings down until it is
only by the shrewdest management
that surplus can be accumulated.
The public in these days demands
speed, and the quick handling of pas
sengers, freight. mail, etc. This ne
cessitates a perfect track, locomotives
OF power and speed, cars of large ca
pacfty and tonnage. constructed of the
hest materials. All these demands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27

have compelled the taking out of
curves, reduction of grades, strength
ening of entertainments and bridges,
and in many instances double track
ing and leveling up of the roadway.
But this is not all. The management
tear of machinery, the blasts of win
ter, frosts, rains, etc, causing defects
which must be repaired at the speed
lest moment possible.
THE treasury of the company must
come to the relief and furnish funds
to complete and repair such better
ments. The power, equipment, shops
and employees must be kept busy,
otherwise the capital invested becomes
idle, and the revenue diminished. So
you will see in railway operation it is
not all gold that glitters, but like any
other business to be successful it must
be conducted on an economical basis.
THE people do not wish slow trains,
poor track, inadequate equipment. I'M
comfortable cars, slow delivery of the
commodities of commerce. nor do thew
wish the wages of employees reduced
or curtailed. nor that the investment
of those who have placed their in
come in railway securities be deprived
of a fair interest, or eventually wiped
out; for, if the people did. I fear very
much the cry would go forth for an
early return of the present day trans
pOrtation facilities. Then the people
should guard carefully the acts of
their legislators; see that they act
prudently, wisely and judiciously. Let
the establishment of rates be reason
able, and taxes levied equitable. See
to it that investors in the railways
may receive fair return by way of
interest on the investment. In deter
mining this result the citizen should
not place his judgment in those who
today are making railways the scape-
goat of prejudice for the advancement
of their political ends"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27

whereabouts have been unknown FOR
many years. This son is now in New
Orleans and in a letter to Mr.. Sharp
approaching reunion between himself
and his wife. He declared that he Is
Sharps son. Mr.. Sharp today wrote q
letter to the supposed son in New
Orleans.
And in the meantime Sharp and his
two wives will continue to live here
The two women will cook the meals and
wash the dishes and take care Of the
house. Sharp will look after his gar
den and in the evening will sit under
the trees in the yard around his home
and entertain the two Mrs. Sharps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
SHE LIKES WEST
Mrs. Ann Catherine Sharp Does
Not ''Fancy" Pittsburg.
May Be Trouble for Man With
Two Wives.
PUZZLES MRS. SHARP
Second Wife Does Not know
What to DO.
All Deny That Divorce May Be
Result.

Pittsburg, Kan, May 27.-Whether or
not trouble will be the lot of Peter
Sharp, whose two wives are now with
him here, remains to be seen but Mrs.
Sharp No. 1 does not like Pittsburg.
She says if her husband should want
to go to California she would take him
there. Mrs. Sharp No. 2 wishes she
had home to go to.
What do you think of this condi-
tion?" Mrs. Sharp the second was
asked.
we'll I can't just say that I like
it, she said. IT am all broken up
and don't know what to do. I believe
1 ought to have a home here.
ct don't know what to do" she re-
peated.
Both the women and Mr.. Sharp were
emphatic that a divorce would not
grow out of the present arrangement
Of affairs at their home. They said
they were old enough and ought to be
left alone
''I can't see that this arrangement
of things is harmful to any Of US and
O. don't see why we should be separa-
ted again. Sharp said.
Near Each Other Many Times.
The strange freaks of fate, as I'M
folded in the stories told at the Sharp
reunion, are almost beyond belief. 1t
would seem impossible that Sharp and
his wife should have been but few
miles apart at different times without
finding each OCner, Out Sucn is luc
case. At different times, so they say,
they were almost within arms reach
of each other, figuratively speaking.
Then they would draw away from each
other.
Mrs. Sharp, the first, says that when
ever she heard of a family of Sharps,
no matter where they would be, she
would always write them Il letter in
the hope that some day she would
t.Es stumble upon her husband. And
as the years heightened, she says her
desire to see Sharp did not wane-
Some women can marry second
time but I could not" she said. Il
loved Peter and could not have been
happy with another man. That is the
reason did not marry a second time.
Now I am glad that I did not"
What do you intend to do about the
second Mrs. SHARPE" she was asked.
None of Her Affair.
THAT is none of my affair" she said
MY husband, for he is my husband,
made that bed and he will have to get
out of it as best he can. That is OF
no consequence to me-" And there was
an air Of finality about her words that
precluded further questioning
The reunion of the Sharps, while it
NAV result disastrously for the second
Mrs. Sharp, has been the means of
locating William Sharp son, whose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
NO RACE SUICIDE THERE.
Concordia Assessor Finds Census
Tal1er Missed Nearly 800.

Concordia, Kan, May N.-Assessor
assessment of Concordia and finds that
there are 4,704 people in Concordia at
the present. Mr.. F'ortney says that he
may have missed a few people but that
this number is approximately correct
and he does not understand how the
government census takers arrived at
the low figure Of 4,415.
The report for this year shows that
there were 40 births, 35 deaths and SO
marriages in Concordia. This marriage
list includes people that were married
during the past year that are now liv-
ing in Concordia. The aggregate of the
personal property this year will be
trif1e higher than that of last although
the exact amount of the increase has
not yet been determined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27

queent passage Of the urine; the forehead
and the back-of-the-h head aches; the
stitches and pains in the back; the grow
ing muscle weakness; spots before the
eyes; yellow skin; sluggish bowels;
swoolen eyelids ankles: leg cramps !;
unnatural short breath: sleeplessness and
the dependency?
have q recipe for these troubles that
you can depend on. and If you want to
make a quick recovery, you ought to
write and get a copy 1t. Many a doc
tor would charge you S. 50 just for writing
be glad to send it to you entirely free.
Just drop me a line like this: Dr. A E.
Robinson, K944, Luck Building, Detroit
Mich, and will send it by return mail
in q plain envelope. As you will see when
you get IL, this recipe contains only pure
harmless remedies, but It has great heal
ing and pain-conQuering power.
It will quickly show Its power once you
use it so 1 think you had better see what
1t Is without delay. will send you q
copy free-you can use 1t and cure your
SELF at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
BOY DENIES HIS DEATH.
Lee Davis Returns From South Very
Much Alive.

Salina, Kan, May 27.--It isn't often
that boy once murdered turns up
all right, but Lee Davis is the excep
ton to the rule.
Davis, it will be remembered, left
Salina with a Mexican boy named
West. The Mexican boy died while
working for a paving company in Ok
lahoma City.
Shortly after the death of West a
sensational story was published giving
a graphic account of how West, on his
death bed, confessed that he had killed
Davis for the money the latter car
ried and then thrown the body in the
Canadian river.
Meanwhile Davis relatives had been
receiving cards from the young man
at frequent intervals and they refused
to believe that a dead man could write
from the bottom of river.
And now Davis is back He arrived
in Salina and is very lively corpse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
SATURDAY.

cumbrance on his books. He has tho
past bookkeeping of his office and the
mistakes OF old legislatures before him
like an open book and he can show
where a few laws properly placed would
wipe out an awful blot on the balance
sheets OF the state. Mr.. Tulley's trou-
bles with obsolete funds and forms re-
mind one of the story of Queen Cath
crimes rose. The Russian empress
once saw a beautiful rose blooming In
a little place in the imperial grounds.
She made decree that a grenadier OF
the guard should protect this rose as a
sentry on duty all the time on eight
hour shifts. Some fifty years after the
empress had been buried some one in
VeSt1gated the cause OF grenadier al
ways standing on guard at a certain
spot in the palace grounds day and
night, and the Queen Catherine decree
about the rose was found. The decree
was annulled then and there. Mr..
Tulley wants some Of the early legis-
lative DEGREES of Kansas annulled also.
I. S. Lewis, superintendent of insur-
ance, was formerly clerk in hotel and
his favorite "Reminiscences Is a fight he
had with a man over a dog. Ike has
only one arm, but he whipped the man
who had two arms.
E. T. Fairchild, superintendent of
schools, worships at the shrine of {.
D0duIlluI clever metaphor. An GD1ETan1
or any gem of English occupies first
place in the superintendent affections
]. n. Dolley, bank commissioner, is as
is well known, the sworn enemy of the
stock company fakir and the bank rob-
Der. He has devoted the remainder of
his life to the humiliation of these
enemies of mankind.
Harry Bowman of the board of con-
troll is more interested in the strictec
regulatio of the marriage license bust
ness than any other of the long train of
twentieth century events. He wants
probate judges to make it as hard 10
get marriage license as it is for camel
to pass through the eye of needle.
F. d. Coburn, secretary of the board
OF agriculture, is a collector of wise
saws and grave axioms of philosophers
and thinkers His Office is plastered
with them.
DR.. S. j. Crumbine, secretary of the
board of health, is after the common
housefy and his time is taken up for
months in advance on this one sub
ject.
Chief Justice Johnston. of the SUI
preme court, and his associates, JUS
tice Mason, Justice Porter, and Justice
Burch, place baseball at the head of
the calendar from March to October.
Joe Mercer, live stock commissioner,
declared a vendetta two years ago
against the tick and he has not yet
announced an armistice.
Joseph Longshore, oil inspector, is
the campaign manager OF his party and
discusses only politics in its construc-
tive phase.
Samuel T. Howe, of the tax commits
sion, has hobby selected for him every
week by the metropolitan press. The
news sensation of the day he will dis
cuss with you gravely and dispassion-
ately for a few minutes and then turn
back to his endless columns of figures.
When the next campaign opens and
the voters come to select occupants
for the state house, let them ignore
the protestations and promises from
the stump and refer to this index OF
hobbies listed against their idols who
sit under the dome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
NEW PLEASURES IN TRAVEL.
Railway Journeys Now a Luxury-OId
Time Trips.

Few people who travel on modern
vestlbuled railroad through passenger
train appreciate the luxury of present
day transportation or realize the ex-
pense and trouble that railroads go to
in providing a journey across the con-
tlnent that will be a pleasant memory
instead of nightmare. For example,
the man who ten years ago would have
proposed concerts, tailors. BARRIERS,
npraries or the establishment of
chicken. dairy and truck farms by the
railroad in order to give the best pos
slole dining car service would have
been considered as a fit subject for an
asylum, and yet today the transcon-
tlhental roads running out of this city
contain all of these features, and more
beside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
WILD PLUMs BREED DISEASE.
Orchardists Told to Destroy Them and
save Other Trees.

Manhattan, Kan, May 27-The or
chardists of Kansas are now beginning
a systematic fight on wild plums.
Thirty or 40 years ago the wild plums
served a useful purpose in providing the
tables of the pioneers with sauce"
Albert Dickens, professor of horticul-
ture in the Kansas State Agricultural
college, says: 1.-The eastern sections of
Kansas should have outgrown the wild
plum long ago. Wild plumS are breed
ers of tent caterpillars, curcullo, shot
hole fungus, and black knot. The in
sects attack nearly all varieties of COM
mon fruit and the diseases are particu
larly harmful to cultivated varieties of
plums.''
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corn is going to be one of the principal
crops this year
More kaffir corn fodder was fed last
year than the majority of other fod-
ders. Butler county this year has a
large increase in improved acreage
over last year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
PLANT MORE KAFFIR CORN.
New Cheap Feed Well Liked by But
Ter County Farmers.

Ter County FdFHiefS.
FL Dorado, May 27.-The Kaffir corn
acreage in Butler county has increased
over one-third more this year than last
year.
In 1910 the total kaffir corn acreage
was 70.S90 acres, while this year the
acreage will be e7,457 acres. gain of
26, SGT acres over 1910. Out of the
20 townships in Butler county, "a of
them have increased in kaff1r corn
acreage and five have decreased. Wal
nut township has increased it's acreage
over 1910 by 1880 acres.
This record VIII show that kaff1r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
HUTCHINSON GETS DRUMMERs.
L. C. T. Will Meet in Kansas Town
Next Year.

Oklahoma City, Ok, May 27.-Hutch-
inson, Kan, will be the next meeting
place of the United Commercial Trav-
elers of Kansas and Oklahoma. Three
thousand commercial travellers are in
Oklahoma Caity attending the three
days' convention. Addresses of welcome
were delivered by Mayor Whit M. Grant
and Governor Cruce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27

Judge G. A. Carpenter whose deci-
sion knocked out technicalities which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
NOW RED ANTS KILL CORN.

Worry Following Rain.
Reading, Kan, May 27.-Farmers in
this section are greatly worried over
the appearance in the last few days of
a small red ant which they assert is
taking acres of their corn just coming
through the ground. The pest made
its first appearance following the rain
last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
RULES OUT TECHNICALTTIE:s.

Judge G. A.. Carpenter Deals Hard
Blow to Packers.
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Only S1.OO for cold FTuad

Eye Glasses or SpectacIes fitted by
Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-27
$3.50 Recipe Free
For Weak Kidneys
Relieves Urinary and Kidney Troubles,
Backache, Straining, Swelling, Etc.
Stops Pain in the Bladder. Kidneys
and Back.

wouldn't it be nice within a week or so
to begin to say good bye forever to the
scaIding. dribbling, strainirg, or too fire.