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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JO URN Air SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 6, 1909. RA1LR0AD NEWS. Homeseeters Business Ftiniislies Big TraTel for Eoads. WITHOUT ECONOMY NONE CAN BE RICH AND WITH IT NONE NEED BE POOR v OTer 7,000 of This Class Through Topeta This Teek. GO TO THE SOUTHWEST Generally One-Fourth Settle oil "eW Homesteads. Other Items of Interest in Rail way Circles. The wwk Just closing- was marked by the biggest traSic through Kan sas of homeseekers ever recorded. Ov er seven thousand passed through To peka this week. The honors were about even, both the Rods. Island and Santa Fe handling the big crowds. Over seventy car loads of would be immigrants were run over each of the roads. The XTnion Pacific home eekers do not come this way. The Vnion Pacific undeveloped territory lies to the northwest and the tome eekers on this road go out of Oma ha and Lincoln. The Missouri Pacific does practically no homeseekin? busi ness out of Topeka. and hence the work devolves on the Hock Island and Vnion Pacific. Many of the homeseekers go to western Kansas. Probably a thou sand of the seven thousand transport ed this week will iook over the un settled lands in the western, portion of Kansas, with a view of making their homes there, and starting anew in a state not overcrowded with peo ple. Most of the remainder will sete ern New Mexico country, while a f-w go still further south. towards the Brownsville region and the rich un g developed Texas coast region. The homeseeker business just r.ow is at its height. In most states the farming tenants not; about the first cf March. Some of thse have saved up a little money, and wish to be rumbered among land owners. So they come west and look over the country. Many of them probably a fourth, will be pleased with the coun try and buy homes so that several thousand new citizens w!I! be number ed among the inhabitants of the great southwest before three or four weeks have passed. TENTH OF THE POPULATION" Vnder Care cf Railway Conductors Every Twenty-Four Hour. Chicago. Feb. 6 "Organizir.g the arrr.y cf defense." is the way a railroad man put it the other day. speaking of the activities im the offices of the nwly organized American Railroad Em ployes and Investors association, which betran business last month with President P. H. Morri.-sey in charge. Morrissy had been grand master of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men since "So. and dates his railroad injr back to the early "&. "It's a ion, tortuous journey frm th top of a boxcar on the Aiton road on a cold winter night to a chair in front of the fireplace in the White House.' said he to President Rooe vlt one evening several weeks ago when the president was dining Mor rissey along with other railroad labor leaders. Justices of the s-jpreme court, cabinet members, etc.. which state ment covers the active career of the head of the new movement. Reeular Business Offiee. He has a regular business office in the Railway Exchange building. There Is a directors' room for committee meetings, for the association has an executive committee which is compos ed of an equal number of heads of large railway systems Ripley. Win cheiL Earling and others and repre sentatives of the railway employes, such as Stone. Garretson. Hannahan and others. It is the idea that this combination is so balanced that neither interest can at any tim secure an ad vantage over the other through the op erations of the association and that ad justed as it is their influence will be for the general railroad welfare the employes, the investors and the public alike. Then there U the secretary of the association. C. r. Kellogg, former ly editor of the Railway Conductor at Cedar Rapids. Iowa. Talks Conductors "All the Time. President A. B. Garretson of the Or dr of Railway Conductors, who has fought by Morrissey's side for most 2 years in their contests with the "companies." was sitting at the di rectors' table the other noon and said some of the snappy things he's fam v ous for. He has a face like an Amer"- can Indian, modified by a touch V"' Eugene Field or Abraham Lincoln t-t! "sas a conductor when he began and talks conductors first, last and ail the "About a tenth of the total popula tion is m tne nanus of t.ie conductors some part of every 24 hours." he said" w.-: snare or tne commod; " i -xvvi raaa tne coun try. With life, limb and the Dursu't cf happiness thus intrusted to tri- con- ouciors iney navf to Be intelligent. December 31, 1908 I Headache i i Can be cured cnly bv a remedy that will remove the cause. The oftener you step it with, head ache powders or pills the quicker it will return. Generally, head ache comes from a disturbed stotnaeh or irregular bowels, and almost ia variably Lane's Family Medicine (called also Lane's Tea) a tonic laxative, will enre head ache in short order bv regulating the bowels and reinrigoratiae the stomach. It is a great natural herb blood medicine and the favorite laxa tive of old and young. - At druggists', 2.5c. and 5ic Number of shares in force.. 21,351 Increase for year 3,462 Receipts for year $751, 762. 35 Increase in receipts $ 45,628.63 Increase in loans in force $127,783.00 Increase in Resources $140,748.31 Amount paid matured share holders $ 50,696.00 Dividends paid in cash or credited $ 65,042.38 Surplus in excess cf amount paid in by share holders. ..$111,879.68 Number of Real Estate Loans made during year... 386 Amount $353,040.00 Number of Loans paid off 302 Amount '. $225, 257. 00 Number of Real Estate Loans in force 1,172 Average amount of each Loan $ 840.00 Operating- expenses for year.$ 9,446.02 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Capitol Building and Loan Association OF TOPEKA, KANSAS at the close of business on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and eight RESOURCES Loans on Real Estate $983,787.00 Representing first Hens on improved Real Estate prin cipally homes. Repayable in monthly payments. thu3 in creasing the security each month. Loans on Asa'n Shares 33,142.42 Representing loans made to depositors, takin? their shares as security. LIABILITIES Paid by Shareholders $970,750.90 Representing total amount paid In by shareholders. Dividends Credited 72,255.37 Representing earnings cred ited shareholders, sufficient to pay all interest and divi dend obligation to date. Taxes Advanced . 395.55 Surplus and Reserve Fund. 39,624.31 Representing amount due front borrowers for taxes paid. Representing permanent shares, reserve funds, and undivided profits. Cash 65,305.61 Total $1,082,630.58 Total $ 1,082,63 0.58 Officers and Directors B. R. WHEELER, President ' E. C. ARNOLD, Vice-President F. D. COBURN, Vice-President CHARLES S. ELLIOTT, Secretary J. C. STEWART, Assistant Secretary C. W. SNYDER, Treasurer P. IL FORBES, Attorney C. G. BLAKELY, Auditor CHARLES J. WEBB J. W. GOING . C. F. MENNTNGER, M. D. J. V. ABRAHAMS W. H. LINTNGER G. W. STANSFIELD W. IL HAMILTON 534 KANSAS AVENUE THE EASIEST WAY TO PAY FOR A HOME IS A SMALL SUM AT A TIME WE MAKE LOANS REPAYABLE MONTHLY CALL FOR BOOKLET capable and specially trained. And wnat are thy g'i fc-r when they try to go into other lines? What room is tr.er-? for them? Other labor doesn't want to be crowded by conductors whom the roads can't employ. Restriction of Karnins Power. "Undue restriction of the earning power of railroads takes the conductors f - :.v - i - r - ' I I- r tj " - r 'i 4 1 I ft i . if- - ?r I :--T x - -1 X i .... J. P. H. fon-isT. President .mericaa Railway Employes Association. off the roads and takes money out of circulation, not to mention depressing the labor market." "And so you are in the fight?" "Bet we are." "For the roads? "For ourselves." "Morrissey is the biggest man in rail road circles, and that is why he has been elected president of the new or ganization." says Scott of the Union Pacific, while Yoakum of the Rock Island said the roads believed that they could safely leave much of tills work to honest, intelligent representatives of la bor, a they have shown they under stand how to convince as well as fight- "tt"hy They W ent Into It. "With i)C0X engineers laid off during the depression and many of the remain der ot-. half pay. it needs no argument to show why we have eons into this thing." says Grand Chief Warren S. Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. "When you lay o2T an en gineer who is over 45 you have placed him on the shelf for life as far as the majority of roads is concerned. The age limit bars him from going back to tne cao. 1 am 43. and if I should try to get a job today as engineer only six roads in this country could employ me. no matter what my qualifications, and I guess my judgment and ability were never as good as now." Five years ago he was running a freight engine r.n the Rook Island, and ieft it to take the position he tiils'with the brotherhood. If clear eyes, superb vigor and an all around alertness count for anything. Stone is today at his best and his best is what he seems to be putting into the association, for he said. "We must work this thing out. Many of the engineers laid off are be yond the age limit and can't go back even when the roads want them. A Life Train fnje. "This is hard on the roads, as well as the men. It costs a lifetime for the en gineer and lots of money for the roads to train engine drivers. "Only seventeen freight engineers are evolved out of every hundred firemen and only six freight engineers out of an average hundred ever reach the cab of a passenger locomotive. It is a. sur vival of the fittest. "Neither the roads nor the public can afford to have these men sidetracked. "In October a year ago they wanted 1.500 engineers we couldn't supply. In January last year they were laying men off. It is some better now. but it must not only be made as good as be fore, but far better, in order to have the roads grow as fast as the country demands. "Taking 5.000 engineers out of the cabs and decreasing the pay of the rest means JC0,W. or tM.'WO.OOO a year taken out of circulation. We have been able to get a pretty fair share of the loaf heretofore. We have even made some progress on the age limit matter. But what concerns us now is whether there will fce a loaf to divide." How It Appeals to Morri-isey. Morrissey comments cn the interstate commerce commission's statement that the gross earnings of all the railroad. for 190S. although J164,0OO.W less than the gross earnings for ISO?, and the net for earnings for although illl.- 0X0tJ) less than for 137 and J'.J.'MO.OOO less than for 1905, were over rj7.0j.X) in ficess of those for llK'i. in this vein: "This does not fuiiy convey the situa tion or what these figures may have meant to railway operation and em ployment. It appeals to me in this way. Of the J1S4,X.QC0 earned in 130S less than the preceding year, approxi mately two-thirds of it was withheld from labor in some form or other, so that in 1908 labor received about S100. 0!0.00 less on account of the railway stagnation. "The association will have no angel to pay its bills, nor will it engage in extensive or expensive lobbying. Th3 expense of its maintenance will be borne by the railway employes and in vestors equally, whose mutual interest it seeks to advance. It will depend upon the merit of its cause and favor able public sentiment, when the condi tions are properly understood, to attain its end." IS HARD FOR HOBOES. Xe-iv Style Box Cars Do Xot Have Guy Hoik Herlngton. Kan.. Feb. 6. The new style b'x cars being adapted by the railroad infringe upon one of the ancient and time honored prerogatives of the great and fraternal order of hoboes, namely, that of riding the rods. Perhaps the railroads intended it as a direct thrust and maybe t'ney didn't. but the latest pattern of box car. and which is being manufactured now, is devoid of the wooden beam and long rods underneath, which have been used successfully by the specie hobo, since the beginning of railroad ing. These new cars have a steel bottom and the oniy thing undr the cars is the brake mechanism, but it does not make a place large enough for a hobo to sit. . PASSES TO EMPLOYES. Union Pa-ific to Itfroember Tfjose in Employ Over Twenty Years. Concordia. Kan.. Fb. . The rumor about the Union Pacific extending passes to- ail of its old employes is again receiving circulation. Early this week L. E. Hill, agent of the road at this place who has been with the com pany for over twenty years, received a pass which was good for himself and wife good for life and honored any place on the entire system. Early last fall it was rumored that the Union Paciiic would remember ait of its old employes in this manner, and it is be lieved that the case of Mr. Hill has been the starter of this movement. BOYD IS BETTER. Newton Electrician Will Recover From Injuries. Newton. Kan., F"b. 6. J. M. Boyd, the Santa Fe electrician who sustained injuries by falling from No. 10 yes terday morning, is not hurt as badly as at first thought. Since Dr. Bennett has had an opportunity to examine t-he man's wounds closely he finds thit there is nothing that would necessarily terminate fatally and unless unexpect ed developments should materialize Johnnie will be around in due time, which is good news to his many friends. WILL. USE BIG ENGINES. Santa Fe Trying to Settle New- Track on Panhandle. Wellington, Kan.. Feb. S. The Santa Fe has made arrangements for a number of the prairie type engines of the 1000 class, to be transferred to this point for work on the Panhandle division between here and Amiriilo. This is done in order to help settle the tracks before the ballast is put down. Four of these engines have been as signed to this division and will be brought here from the Missouri di vision as soon as others can be se cured to take their place in Missouri. To Be Safe To be safe confine yourself tc the use of such flavors as your experience and judgment tel vou are of the purest qualitv. flavoring Extracts ire just as they are representee to be. If not the cheapest the are the best, and no puddings cakes, creams, or other table deii cacies, are spoiled by their use. HAD A GOOD TIME Three Hundred Fifty People En joy TTashnurn Day Banquet. Dr. Sanders Is Toastmaster Bright Speeches Made. Jill. 31ULTANE'S TALK. Tells Youns Folks They Will Know More in 2o Years. Dean MeEachron and Others Tell of Washbarn Fast and Future. Three hundred and fifty Washburn students, members of the faculty, alumni, ex-coilegians and members of the board of trustees attended the sec ond annua! Washburn Day banquet in the Masonic hail last night. There was a superabundance of college spirit, and a more enthusiastic college aggre gation was never seen in Topeka. The banquet outrivalled its predecessor of a year previous in a thousand different ways. There were more students, those who were there had a better time; there were more dress suits in evi dence, and the literary part of the pro gramme showed conclusively that the elocution department of the college had been earning its salary. Dr. Sanders, president of the college, acted as toastmaster. Dr. Sanders was to have been inaugrated today, but ow ing to the completion of the new gymnasium being delayed by the weather, he will now wait until June and work for a whole year before he gets officially inaugurated. Dr. San ders made a good toastmaster. He wasn't given to verbosity but what he said always counted. Several whom Dr. Sanders had said were planning to come sent telegrams of regret, or at least Dr. Sanders said they were telegrams no one else had a chance to look at them. One of them was from President Roosevelt in which the ex-Rough Rider said: "Sorry I can't be with you. The lions are rounding up in Africa; the house and senate are getting rambunctious; and conditions in California are calling for the big stick." William Howard Taft. president elect, sent the following message: "I cannot consider your invitation as 1 understand you will have no 'possum." Many other phony messages were read. John MacDonald offered reasons too numerous to mention. John D. Rockefeller thought that it cost too much. A message from Hades, the sender's name not mentioned, callfctt at tention to the possibilities of a too sudden change in temperature because of the gas pressure uncertainties. Chancellor Strong of K. V. was push ing an engineering scheme. Carrie Na tion was in jail. Then there were sev eral others who were not there and who sent their regrets. Perhaps the best toast of the evening was the first. "Washburn." to which Dean D- L. MeEachron. of the liberal arts department, responded- Mr. Me Eachron thought himself amply fitted for this toast as he had been every thing from janitor to acting college president. He thought, however, that the honor of responding to this toast should be given to some one born in Washburn, as he was not. He. however, said that if the trustees would give him a chance he would stay with the local college until he died. Washburn was his alma mater-in-legis as well as his own alma mater. Dean MeEachron dwelt momentarily on Washburn short comings, but said "with all her faults I love her stilL" He lauded Washburn as a college with good leadership and one of the best schools in the world. Mr. Mnlvane's Suggestion. John R. JIulvane, one of Washburn's trustees, had a part in the programme. "You students will know more in twenty-five years than you do now," said Mr. Mulvane. "Your head is filled with knowledge now. but yoa will have forgotten this in a few years and know still more. Your education has cost somebody something, some hard work, some tears, perhaps, and it is up to you to give the world some recom pense. Yoa should try to be a special ist in some line. Today is an age of specialization. No one has lower place than the jack of all trades. Frank G. Drenning spoke on behalf of th6 alumni. Mr. Drenning does not think Washburn's graduates are doing as much for their alma mater as they shoald and would like to see some movement started In order to Increase the funds at Washburn s disposal- Jonathan Tnomas, tne donor o Washburn's new gymnasium, was present, but as Dr. aStiders explained, chose to allow his actions to speak louder than words and did not speak. Mnsic&l Number Good. The musical numbers of the evening were decidedly good and reflected much credit upon Washburn's musical department. Miss Hattie Howard was on for two numbers and responded to as many encores while the Washburn Ladies' quartette was on the pro gramme twice. This quartette is one of the best ever seen at Washburn. As might be expected the student body played a large part in the pro gramme of toasts. The senior class was called upon soon after the banquet proper had been served. Grant Willis responded with some sage remarks and the senior toasts was resolved into a round robin affair with Clarence Aten. Cary Hayes, Madeline "Whitney. Jean Campbell, Karl Bowman and Ethel Le Van taking part and scoring the shortcomings of their common ene mies, the lower classmen. M. L. Campbell, who responded to the toast "The Junior Class." proved one of the most interesting speakers of the even ing. Campbell is an orator and his thought and words came fluently. Cyrus Monroe for the sophomores re lated some darky stories and called upon two of the sophomore girls for a song telling- some of the virtues of the class. Dean Davis of the freshmen was one of the humorous speakers of the evening, his toast being illustrated with fanny stories and incidents. An interesting toast was that of "The Academy" to which Roy Kimball responded. The many academy stu dents took part in the toast either by little verses or songs, and this was one of the distinct hits of the evening. Jimmy Stewart an Orator. James McClure, whose thought fol lowed a legal vein toasted to "The Law school," and his toast struck a popular chord. Jimmy Stewart made one of the best speeches of the evening in behalf of the Medics. Jimmy ex plained about being in the police court trying to argue that he had not exceeded the speed limit, and had it not befen for this he thought he would have been in much better form. But Jimmy surprised everyone and is quite an orator. Miss Bessie TThis presented the strong points of the fine arts school in her toast to this department. She is a pleasing speaker. Miss Charlotte M. Leavitt, professor of English literature, was one of the best speakers of the evening. Miss Leavitt s toast was the faculty. She succeeded in showing up the faculty in the true light, pointing out the weaknesses of its members together with their foibles and facts. J. H. Blakehorne of the theological school in his toast to this latest department, made some interesting remarks, which told of the great work being done by this department. T7ords of Praise Pop tb several ingredients of which Dr. Pierce's medicines are composed, as yivea by leaders In all the several schools of medicine, should have far more weight than any amount of non-professional tes timonials. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion has the BADfiX of HOTH8TT on every bottle-wrapper. In a full list of all its io predtents printed in plain English. 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"o medicine wilL It wiil do as much to establish vigorous health in most weak nesses and ailments pecraiiarly incident to women as any medicine can. It most be iven a fair chance by perseverance ia it use for a reasonable length of time. Y"" rm't 'T,rH f" Tt 'a "t trcm as a substitute - thi rer-"-4? r n comros.t:oa. ft " bick women are invited to consult Dr. pierce, by letter, free. All correspond ence is guarded as sacredly secret and womanly confidences are protected by professional privacy. Address Dr. R. . Pierce, Baffaio. N. Y. Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pellets the best laxative and regulator of the bowels. They invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. One a laxative ; two or three a vaUiarti-r Easy to take as candy. GRAND OPERA HOUSE Auspice of the Religio Psychological Society Sunday Night, Feb. 7th awy: eand Lis Company of Wonderful MEDIUMS IN A REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION SPIRIT POVVlR IN THE LIGHT LONDON OPEN LIGHT SEANCE A table rises from 4 to 5 feet and floats in mid-air. Spirit hands and faces are plainly seen and recognized by friend3. A guitar is played and passed around the room by an invis ible power. Flowers are bought and passed to the audience by hands plainly seen and bells are rung-, harps are played and other tests of startling; nature take place in the presence of these wonderful mediums. ALL ARE IMVITED. City Real Estate Loans At much less than any monthly payment rates. Made in quartily or semi-annual pay ments, if desired. State Savings Bank S. W. Cor. 6th and Kansas Ave. NO COMMISSIONS The Merchants National Bank I Capital, Surplus and Profits $200,000 Strictly a Commercial Bank 605 Kansas Avenue Everybody Commends the Bell Telephone J. L. EDDY Contractor and BnikliT Repairing and Jobbing. Store Fronts. Shelving Counters, Hardwood Floors. Plain or Orna mental. Shop HO E. "Ninth St.