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A splendid opportunity for an investment
Lots are priced from $100 to $300
A Liberal Discount for Cash
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O-O"-!--! InnPQ PlilOl w require 500 homes to accommodate the increase in the working-force "em-
- - - CaUI 1 UUI Iv3 I 'CtUC ployed in the new shops now being built, just west of Jones Place, and we feel safe
Take Oakland ear to Losjan street, cross Seward avenue and vou are there. .... , , , , . T -p., , . o-r i ' -it,-
Where vou will see the most beautifully located building spot for a home in m giving you a guarantee that lots m Jones Place will advance 2oft.m value within
Topeka. - the next six months.
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ATe will build you a home on these lots, and you can pay us on the monthly To accommodate the people who can not attend the sale on week days we will
payment plan. Call and talk it over with us have a force of salesmen at the lots . -
sinday Ffoib I
OFFICE, Room 12,
Veale Block
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Illikiiwiiw va
The Pnlhnan "Melon" Has Been
Sliced and Divided.
The 2G Million Dollars in Profits
Distributed.
STOCK GIVEN GRATIS.
8G Shares to Every One Holding
103 Shares.
Chicago Put in Claim for 5
Million in Taxes.
Chicago, Xov. 15. With the corpora
tion , counsel, Jlr. Lewis, bombardins
them with demands for the payment of
6 million dollars in alleged evaded tax,
the stockholders of the Pullman com
pany met in Chicago and quietly sliced
up a 2C million dollar stock "melon."
It was voted to capitalize this amount
of the company's 27 million dollars sur
plus and to issue the Ftock to tlv?
etockholders without cost, thus bringius
the, total capital of the company up to
100 million dollars.
This free stock distribution is equal
to 36 per cent of the present outstand
ing capital, which amounts to 74 miliion
tiollars. The city's demand for taxes
consisted of a formal notice served on
the stockholders that they will be liable
Individually for their shares of the as
sessment which Colonel Lewis is en
deavoring to induce the board of equal
ization to Impose on the 26 million dol
lars. How tlie Company Evadetl.
In his notice the corporation counsel
asserts that the company evaded as
sessment on this surplus on the mis
representation that the fund represent
ed "dead" cars and old cars otherwise
taxed. It also contained the threat
that the city will sue each stockholder
for hia share of the tax, 1f it shall be
Imposed.
The stockholders at their meeting re
elected the retiring directors, with the
exception of Frank O. Low den. air.
Low-den has gone into politics nnd
deemed it unwise to be identified with
such a prosperous corporation as the
Pullman company. He therefore sold
his stock and was succeeded on the
board by Charles S. Sweet.
Lincoln Xot to Ketire.
The directors' met after the adjourn-
Desperate
oughs
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fear the throat and lungs. Coughs
that shake the whole body. You need
a regul ir medicine, a doctor's medi-
cine, tor sucn a cough. Ask your
d-Sbtor about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
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merit of the stockholders' meeting and
re-elected retiring officers as follows:
"President, Robert T. Lincoln; vice
president, John S. Runnells; secretary,
A. S. Weinsheimer; treasurer, G. F.
Brown-"
An unusual feature of the meeting
was the attendance of J. Pierpont
Morgan, William K. Vanderbilt, Fred
erick W. Vanderbilt and V. Seward
Webb of New York. All of the other
directors were present with the ex
ception of O. S. A. Sprague, who is in
California.
The distribution of 26 million dol
lars of stock worth $260 a share fur
nishes a climax of eight years of
enormous profits. The surplus at the
close of the fiscal vear, July 31. 1906,
stood at $27,122,020. This h?ia been
accumulated since August, 189S,' anii
it followed a surplus almost as large,
disposed of at that time. Profits since
then have continued at an astonishing
rate, though, patrons of the company's
sleeping cars pay the same old prices.
A Great Profit Enrncr.
As a profit earner the record of the
company shows that in August, 1S98,
the capital stock was 36 million dol
lars. The then holders received a
stock dividend of 50 per cent, which
brought the capital up to 54 million
dollars. This stock distribution of the
par value of 18 million dollars cost
shareholders nothing, and 75 per cent
of the profits had been returned on the
sleeping car business.
When the time came recently to
divide the immense profits of the com
pany the directors were embarrassed
by the size of the sum of which they
had to dispose. They knew what to
do with the money, but they feared the
effect of public sentiment should such
a his prolit be divided as a straight
dividend. The subterfuge of issuing
the profit as stock for which nothing
was paid was then hit upon.
At the meeting of the directors
which was held before the general
meeting of the stockholders, Charle3
S. Sweet was elected director in place
of Frank O..Lowden, resigned. The
other officers of the company were re
elected. The erection of a steel plant
to cost $1,000,000 was recommended.
After the meeting President Robert
T. Lincoln declared that the stories
circulated regarding his intention to
resign had been entirely without
foundation. He declared that he had
not contemplated at any time giving
up his present position.
The annual statement of the Pull
man company for the fiscal vear end
in? July 31. 1906. follows:
Total revenue. $29,588,642; total ex
penses of operation, $15,344,740: de
preciation on cars and reserve for de
preciation on all the property of the
company. $2,609,422: dividends de
clared, $3.919.S84; proportion of net
earnings of cars paid associated in
this, $7 4.421; net surplus, $4,970,
074; surplus brought forward, $22,
131.946; surplus. $27,122,020.
The number of passengers carried
during the year was 16,253,947. Dur
ing the previous year the number
was 14,969,219.
Santa Vc Ajjain Accused.
Complaint lias been filed against the
Santa Fe railroad and connecting lines
before the interstate commerce commis
sion by the Commercial club of Roswell,
X. M., and other organizations of the
Pecos valley, charging that this locality
was being discriminated against in the
question of rates. It is charged tn the
petition th.'it the Santa Fe absorbed the
Pecos Valley railroad after it had been
built by private mdiivduals, and ever
since the xo.tea have been so exorbitant
as to greatly retard the development of
the various cities along this line.
A comparison of rates to common Texas
points from the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers to Chicago. St. Paul, and Minne
apolis is given which shows that though
the distance is about the same the rates
TOPEKA DAILY STATS
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Place will be placed
in the center of the
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which is entirely safe and offers an inducement
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to the Pecos valley are from 30" to 50 per
cent higher. Rates to Colorado from the
same' eastern points are also given, which
show a similar ratio against the towns
of Roswell, Hagerman, Artesia. and
Carlsbad in the Pecos valley. The Rock
Island, Frisco, M. K. & T., and other
roads are made defendants with the San
ta Fe.
ALL RECOILS BROKEN.
Railroads Are Slaking Vnpreeedcntetl
Purchases of Equipment.
Chicago, Nov. 15. The large pur
chases of equipment which have been
announced within the last few days
by Western railroads indicate that all
records relating to increases in equip
ment will be smashed this year. The
Wabash expects within a few weeks
to make contracts for $12,320,000
worth of new- cars and engines and the
Northern Pacific han just made pub
lic its purchase of $7,700,000 worth of
new freight cars.
"The Kurlington has begun to re
ceive $5,558,000 worth of new locomo
tives and cars, the orders for which
will not be filled until next year. Tho
Santa Fe has in orders for $8,000,000
worth of cars and locomotives. Add
ed to the recently announced orders
by tho Harrlman lines aggregating
$21,560,000 and by tho Rock Island
amounting to $6,000,005. this makes
$61,138,000 in orders which six West
ern systems have placed, practically
all of them for delivery early next
year. Other roadn are making pur
chases on a similarly large scale Which
they are not yet ready to announce.
Family Meeting: of Ttoek Island.
A "family meeting" of passenger offi
cials of the Rock Island-Frisco system is
Piles
Seattle Gentlemen Cured With Less
Than a Box by the Pyramid
Pi!e Cure.
Anyone Can Easily Test It and Prove
It, lor a Erce Sample is Sent by
Mull to Ail.
Seven out of ten readers of this paper
are tortured with piles or some form of
rectal disease. You are, or you would
not be reading this article. Thirty
years ago doctors carried a lancet In
their vest pocket and bled people for
all sorts of diseases and bled them hard,
sometimes a quart at a time. It was
the fashion then. All that is changed
nowadays and a doctor with a lancet
would le considered a curiosity.'
Five years ago doctors "cut out"
Piles wherever they got the chance.
All that has been changed since the
marvelous soothing, healing and cura
tive properties of Pyramid Pile Cure
have become known.
By every mail we get letters Ilk-.
this:
"Wishing to give credit where credit
is due, I feel It my duty to humanity
as well as yourselves to write you re
garding your pile remedy. I have not
finished my first box and am now well.
After the first treatment of Pyramid
Pile Cure, the soreness left, and the
swellings have kept decreasing. I alpo:
used your pills and am feeling like my
self again. Thanking you kindly, I
am, yours truly, C. Crowley, 170 9th
Ave., Seattle, Wash."
If you want positive proof of the cur
ative value of this remedy send to the
Pyramid Drug Company, 61 Pyramid
Building, Marshall, Mich. Tou will re
ceive a free trial package by return
mail. Try it, then go Etraight to your
druggist, get a 50ct- box and aret well.
JOUENAIr TIIXJUSD AY
on sale. Be there early and get
shop district; two
Two Houses Will Be Given Away
to Lot Buyers
4rZt (Twwt We hav
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being held at the Uniort Leairue club, Chi
cago, officials from ail parts -of the sys
tem being in attendance.- A similar meet
ing of the system's freight officials will
be held at St. Louis next week.
MAV LEASE ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
Harrlman Would Guarantee 7 Per
Cent Dividend to tnion Pacific.
A rumor has been set current to the
effect that it was E. H. Harriman's in
tention to bring about the lease of the
Illinois Central by the Union Pacific
and to guarantee a 7 per cent yearly
dividend from the stock of the former
road.
Not much credit is given to the re
port that Mr. Fish. until recently
president of the Illinois Central road,
proposes to contest the legality of the
election of Mr. Harahan on the
grounds that some of the directors
who voted were not residents of Illi
nois. The majority of the board of
directors of the Illinois Central com
pany are not and have not been resi
dents of the state of Illinois and if the
action of the directory in electing Mr.
Harahan president of the company
was illegal then every act of the pres
ent board of directors was also il
legal. It has been several years since
the majority of the members of the
board have been residents of Illinois
and if Mr. Fish brings up one case
and makes a fight on it. other cases
may be brought up. Indications at
the present time are that there wilt
be a prolonged contest for supremacy
with Mr. Harriman possessing a great
advantage. He is in the saddle with
Mr. Fish on the outside.
RAILROAD EMPLOYES MAGAZINE
New Monthly Sheet to Re Distributed
to 55,00ff Santa Fe Men.
It is rumored that beginning- with
the first of December the employes of
the Santa Fe are to have a magazine
published exclusively for the Santa
Fe employes of all departments of the
company. The proposition is being
promoted by a Santa Fe employe and
the rumor is confirmed by reliable
parties at the Santa Fe offices.
The road itself, or the officials, have
nothing to do with the publication of
the magazine. The prospective pub
lishers, although now employed by the
road, if the plan is carried out, will re
sign their positions and give their
whole time to the publication of the
magazine. It will be known as the
"Santa Fe Employes' Magazine" and
will be delivered gratis to every em
ploye. The object is to make the ad
vertising cover the cost. of publication.
The magazine will contain gossip
and things of interest among the em
ployes all over the system, current
railroad news and articles on topics of
interest among the different depart
ments of the road.
The employes of a number of east
ern roads have simflar publications
which arc being made a success. There
are 55.000 employes in the various de
partments of the Santa Fe system and
operating as it does 10,000 miles of
road In fourteen states and territories,
there Is every reason to believe that
the employes can have a magazine that
will not only be interesting to them
selves but to outsiders as welh
Harvey II. Marley Dead.
A telegram from Olathe, Kan., states
that Harvey H. Marley died in that
city at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
after a short illness. Mr. Marley was
perhaps as well known as any railroad
man in this part of the country. At
the time of his death-he was on the
retired list, having been compelled
about a year ao to give up the active
duties of hi3 position as traveling pas
senger agent of the Michigan Central.
EVENING, NOVEMBER
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He was 76 years old and for the last
thirty-five years had been actively en
gaged -in the passenger department of
railroad work In and about Kansas
City. '"';-, 7...
To U&e Santa Fe Tracks.
St. Joseph, . Mo., Nov. 15. A traffic
agreement between the Wabash and
Santa Fe railroad will be signed before
the end of the wek, giving the Wabash
the right of way into St. Joseph over
the Santa Fe tracks from Lexington
Junction, seventy miles southeast of St.
Joseph, where the Wabash main line
between Kansas City and St. Louis con
nects with the Santa F-e, according to a
telpgram, ti04y,-ecif jved from Assistant
Manager Gaunt of tlie Santa Fe at To
peka. -"" ' ,U,J" ' '
W. L. Smith Promoted by I. C.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 15. W. L. Smith,
assistant to President Harahan, of the
Illinois Central railroad, has been ap
pointed general agent of that company,
with headquarters in Memphis. Mr.
Smith was formerly assistant general
freight agent for the company in Mem
phis, and two years ago received the ap
pointment as assistant to Mr. Harahan.
It is understood that Mr. Smith will be
the personal representative of the new
president of the Illinois Central ia the
southern states.
Surveyors Called Off.
The Rock Island surveyors who have
been working between Limon and Den
ver in Colorado have been called off
and are fcow-doing service in some place
in Texas. It Isosaid.lthat the surveys
between - Lincoln and Almena, Kan.,
have been completed, and that the mat
ter of building the line is now before
the directors.
SEES CHANCE OF A O-TO-0 SCORE.
Football Coach Roper From Princeton
Discusses Yale-Tiger Game.
New York. Nov. 15. "I would not
be a bit surprised if neither Yale nor
Princeton was able to score and the
game resulted in a 0-to-0 tie.
This declaration by , Head Coach
Roper of Princeton was made after
the West Point game, and after he had
learned the issue of the game at New
Haven. There Is a general belief that
scoring Is possible only on trick plays
and on mistakes in handling kicks,
and therefore absolutely uncertain.
Roper is not alone in his opinion.
"Understand me." he continued, "I
am hopeful of winning, and am satis
fied with the general development of
the team, but to gain ground against
such a defense as Yale will unques
tionably show will be very difficult,
and I have not seen evidence of such
ground-gaining ability in any team.
Neither have I seen a team that I be
lieve can penetrate our defense in the
condition it will be. Of course, there
ia always the possibility of any team
getting "off a long run from a fortuit
ous combination of circumstances or a
muff of a blocked kick or a fumble,
producing a score. It is by taking ad
vantage of -opportunities like these
that I hope we will win, but the fight
is going to be much harder than is
generally expected."
Hart and Schreck to Sifrn Up.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Nov. 15. Marvin
Hart was signed here today by the
Kalamazoo Athletic club to meet Mike
Schreck before the organization De
cember 1. Hart when approached be
fore asked for a postponement owing to
a slight injury to his hand. The battle
will excite great interest here. The
two boxers have met once before, dur
ing the late lifting of the lid in New
York city, when they went four rounds
to a ho" decision.
15,1906.
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first selection
the new shops.
$50.00 Down, Balance on Monthly
or Weekly Payments
all lots are sold.
low and made the terms
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HOPPE PUTS BAN ON JAKE.
'Wizard" Is Barred by the Boy Be
cau?e of Cheap" Prices.
Chicago, Nov. 15. Jake Schaefer, wiz
ard of the cue, finds himself in the
strange position of being under the ban
with Willie Hoppe, boy champion. The
veteran of nearly forty years' service
as an exponent of the gentlemen's game
has been blacklisted by the "kid" of
a brief two years' standing because he
accepted an exhibition date at a cheaper
rate than Hoppe had demanded for the
same services.
Philadelphia's Casino room wanted to
secure Hoppe, Schaefer and Sutton for
exhibitions.- The management ap
proached Hoppe's father, who is the
boy's manager, and he demanded $500
for two nights. This was too steep for
the room and the management started
negotiations with Schaefer and Sutton
separately. Neither knew of Hoppe'b
terms and each asked $250 for the two
nights, or Just half what Hoppe want
ed. Of course they were engaged and
when Hoppe heard of it he was wild.
Hoppe at once advised the Chicago
office of the big manufacturers, de
manding that Schaefer call off the ex
hibition and stating that if it was play
ed Hoppe would bar Schaefer in futuro
calculations. Jake only laughed and
then went to Philadelphia, where he
played great billiards, defeating Sut
ton. But he is under the ban just the
same.
Hoppe's methods are becoming the
laughing stock of the country and it i3
said he 'attempted to get a date at
Harry Davis' fine new Pittsburg room,
where Sutton and Schaefer are now
playing. But Davis said he did not
want the boy and his troublesome fath
er at any price.
MISSOURI TIGERS CRIPPLED.
Miller, Star Tackle, Out Others in
the Hospital.
Columbia, Mo., Nov. 15. The Mis
souri Tigers sustained the biggest loss
of the year yesterday when it was
found necessary to operate upon the
ankle of Miller, the right tackle. He
will be out of the game for the rest
of the season and the rooters are dis
heartened. Miller was one of the most valuable
men on the team, and was the star of
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pain and danger of maternity; this hour which is dreaded as woman'
severest trial is not only made painless, but all the .danger is avoided
by its use. Those who use this remedy are no . longer Respondent oi
gloomy ; nervousness, nausea and other - distressing" itonditions are
overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and tha
serious accidents 6o common to tne critical
hour are obviated by the use of Mother's
Friend. "It is worth its weight in gold,"
says many who have used it. $1.00 per
bottle at drug stores. Book containing
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the line. Missurr"is short of "subs"'
and it will be impoetti-be to fill the?
hole he has left in the line. There is?
fear that many of the Tiger's, who are,'
" m m .i iiiru uecauae 111 ,
the great number, of injured men, and I
the coach has been afraid to use the
sound players in scrimmage. j
Missouri's hospital list is as fol-
lows: Miller, injured ankle, out off
game for season; Rutherford, quarter
back, injured back; Tldd, quarter-
back, sprained ankle; Carothers, full
hack, "charley horse" and bad knee;
Driver, end. weak knee; Douglass, end,
sprained ankle: Jewett, left half back,
bad ankles; Morrow,--half back; Liv
ingston,,, tackle; K,urtz, sruard. and
Switzer. full back, minor injuries
There will be no scrimmage work
this week, and possibly none during
the res,t of the season.
GANS WAS ITSII CLEANER.
Great Boxer Started His Career at a
Baltimore Theater.
Baltimore, Md Nov. 15.- The pres
ent prominence of Joe Gans in the
fighting world is due entirely to a lit
tle fight he engaged in some thirteen
years ago by which he was raised from
the lowly depths of a fish cleaner in
Baltimore to the fistic fame he "ia now
enjoying.' !
It Is-mrr-T?omTrIdmyknon-nthat he
was before a cleaner of fish In Balti
more, with no ideas of the fame and
wealth awaiting him, but it is true
nevertheless. His first experience
with the gloves on came about lika
this: After the usual performance- at
Kernan's Monumental theater in Bal
timore a boxing show was held, and
before the star bouts of the evening
were contested a fight between ne
groes was giver, called a "battle royal."
They were amateurish affairs in
which every negro of Baltimore who
had fighting aspirations would enter.
They made a hit with the crowd aud
the "battles royal" continued. The al
luring sum of $5 tempted Gans and
one night he applied for an entrance to
the "battle royal." After much ques
tioning and warning- he was entered
into one of the flghta.
From then on his strides have been
large and. fast. He won that fight
easily, for even then he had the sami
queer style and the same punches -h
now possesses.
lyery mother flt .
great dread of the pais
and danger attendant upon
the most critical period
of her life. Becoming
joy to all, but the suffering and
application to
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