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TALKED OF RAILROAD
p PROGRESS AND BUSINESS.
Baata Fe Official. Met Mu Ablleae
-. : CKIieaas.
Ker!r 109 Abilene bu.Ines.men
were el lue commercial ww .
at 6 o'clock yesterday to meet the
omciaia wt i .
tore were met at the nation With
automobile! and taken direct to the
club roomi where a amoker fqllow
ed. Every businessman wore la
badge which read: Abilene Has. No
Kick on the Santa Fe," and the vlsl-
fiiun uu im - - - ;
tors were preseniea wiiu similar uut.
KB BUU.WUl.w.
3. T. Nicolay, president of the Com
mercial club, presided at a semi-formal
meeting which' followed.
v. T. nnnelnfiu. af-eratarv and treas-
". m.n that Hnrltur
UlVl "1 HI U UV.ul.au, "
the past year the Santa Fe earned
1105,000.000 and paid out in operat-
Ing the road including taxes $75,-1
000,000. The Interest on the com-,
pany's bond, of $300,000,000 was
$12,000,000, the dividend paid on
$279,000,000 was $14,000,000. The
company, set aside for betterments
$14,000,000, leaving a surplus at the
stone of June, 1910, $365,000.
By using the per cent In his com-
parisons, Mr. Copeland brings his
large figures within range of the av- j
erage cltlsen. . His conclusion Is that ;
as the Santa Fe's surplus Tlor h ;
'year closing June 30th, 1910, is leas,
than one:flfteenth of one per cent of
Its capital stock and bonds, and as
Its dividends are small, the-company
Is not earning as muca on us invest
ment as Is the average firm in the
average Kansas town. The company
has paid as high as five per cent divi
dend on Its preferred stock, dividend po,on ,n the whskey glven H. Ban
on the common stock has run ss re-etly. The Investigation is
filch ss six per cent. But the av
erage for fifteen years, Mr. Copeland
ays, Is four and three fourths per
cent. The Interest on the bonds Is
four per cent. The Santa Fe is cap
itallzed for five hundred and eighty 'theIr gympathy and helpfulness dur
mllllon dollars, and Mr. Copeland,, .. hArAAVAtnent. J. S.
Copeland says that the company Is
not opposed to the government mak
ing a physical valuation of its proper
ty, but he insists that the Job wouw
cost the government twenty million
cost the sov-rnment twenty m.inou:
dolWs. This, be, says, would put
. nM Mnnal -hllf-null Ml m uRDUlS
u u r r Ipnp Kan " flWlt
with no corresponding benefit, ex-l1 M"'
2t to ascertain whether tb Jlnel , . . '
I over capitalised. And then, these ELECTRIC POWEB FOIl
:flgVes would not be correct In sill BAND SPRINGS, PLAXT?
months or a year as the line would
either deteriorate or be Improved Ordinance Proposed lit Council Meet
thereby changing its physical valua-i . ng Last Evening.
tlon. I
Mr. Copeland says that the Inter, The Riverside J.lght and Power
state commerce commission already Co. may furnish electric power to
has checked. up the Santa Fe and, operate the pumping station at Sand
knows -what the company's property. Springs if an ordinance presented to
consists of and what the company Is 'the council last night, and referred
carrying in Its capital account. "The to the ordinance and .water commlt-
vii. tA I, .nan t.b. m f!r. lea. la nftari nn ffivnr&blv.
puuiu, Bum uc, wu itto j ."o
.ut. nnpn u.ii u Ara nava
UltfS WIIU WW , UU IV uub uu. uu.w
to depend upon my statement uiisup-
ported. The interstate oomtneroa
nnmmiasinn ho. ontiro .tinervlalnn nv.
er ottr accounting department. The'
commission tells US now we snan eigni ceuu iior iiui
keep our books and we are checkfl v.sed In street lighting, and 5 cents
up regularly, same as a bank ex.iml- per kilowat for that used for power
ner checks up the local banks. Lately at Band Springs. This would mean
twehty experts from the interstate an extensive enlargement of the pow
commerce commission Went to To- er company's plant,
peka snd checked our accounts fromj 1
top to bottom. A Santa Fe state- Htorlrs at lens Than Cent Apiece,
ment, therefore, can be depended up-j In the fifty-two issues of a year's
on. It is absolutely correct, having volume the Youth's Companion prints
the approval of the commission, fully two hundred and fifty stories
There Is a receipt on file In my office The subscription price of the paper
for every bill paid by the Santa Fejs but $1.76, ti tha, the stories cost
Including the cost of additions an- less than a cent apiece, without reck
betterments, and the Interstate com-'onlng In all the rest of the contents,
merre commission's experts know that anecdotes, humorous sketches, the
the money hss been expended for the doctor's weekly article, papers on pop
nnrposs Intended.'; ' - ular topics by famous men and wo-
X Other talks were made by mem- men.
her nf tti mrlv J. T. NleolST. C.
M. flarger, G. C. Sterl and J. E.
Brewer spoke for Abilene, express
ing the friendliness of the city for
the Santa Fe and is businesslike pol
icy This Is rsmpaign mads by offi
cials of the Atchison, Topeka ft
Snnta Fe Ral'way Company for the
purpose of bringing about a better
understanding between the company
and the peeople with whom It does
business. The officials say that many
questions about rates, service, pbysl
ral valuation and capitalisation late
ly have been bandied, in some In
stances, In a manner calculated to
prejudice the public against the rail
roads. The officials want to remove
this prejudice: to thst end they ask
their patrons la the towns visited to'
state any grievances they msy hsve.
and to offer suggestions for the Im
proremeat of local conditions. The
officers promise prompt lovestiastlon
of grievances sad careful considera
tion of suggestions.
The eipedltloa. the offlcisls de
Ciire. has no political slmifSraar
v1 atv r. It is fe basiaess proposi'
"- pens acd simple and there I't
i m Vj ps r'f .
t , :- - i T
mIkb with Prtr of from three to
tts general officer at lout twin
year. These trip will be made over
the entire system.
ItBCKNT RBFliUCnoNt
Born to Mr. end Mm. L. M. John
Born. to Mr. and Mm. Elmer
caveuoer, a .
' Cleaning, brewing an J dyeing.
I..
J, Tyson, 407 W. 8. 4th street.
. -:. 17d8t
Rev. J. S. Ford has been trans-
rerrea irom j;iuuuu w mo pnoium."
. M B at Marysvine
Mo.
C; H. Pattlson who is now vice
oresldent of the Sheldon School,
Chicago, writes for the Reflector.
H nave: "I find you have more
"
excitement In Abilene than they do
in Chicago so want vo step
' Moof chapman, and
.known, here, and Miss Birdie
j be marrJed at the
home ,n Topeka Tuesday
coup)e were
former K. U. students.
Mrs. A. H. Smith on North Buck
eye has a curious pet. A tree frog
. h)g home thl, faU
th(j hammock on her back porch
.. h, Begt D, gome taW jump-
ft tay. there a day and galllJS
forih at nlght tor food. The house
hg( ma(Je Mmit wltn ,t and uag
rf fun w,th ,t Mr. gmlth , .
g o geUlng ,t'.0 tame that n
. . . of her.nand.
Chemist's Report Still Awaited.
Solomon. Oct 19. The chem'st
has not yet sent In his report on the
non recently. The Investigation is
being withheld awaiting the report.
Card of Thanks,
we desire to thank the many kind
friends and neighbors who showed
1 1 II uui i .,,-...
.... ft
Duffy and family.
FinelUap Free.
A larae man of Florida, with Uter-
'ati're on DeFoto county, the orange
any one .ending me
E,.-Baldwin, Abl-
.
"i .
Tha nrnnnfiitlon. which has not yet
f - r .
gone beyond the tentative stage, is
teat we company win ecuu n
win a to Sand Snrlnxs, and thenceto
Solomon, the city of Abilene paying
Although the two bunurea ana ih
ty stories cost so little, they are not
chean stories. In variety of scene,
diversity of Incident, skill and truth
in cbaracter-deplcHng, they cannot
be excelled.
The Announcement for 1911. bean
tUully Illustrated, giving more de
tailed naviculars bf these stories and
other new features which grest'y en.
large the paper, will be sent to any
address free with sample copies of
current Issues. .
Every new subscriber receives free
The Companion's Art Calendar for
111, lithographed in thirteen colors
and gold, and If the subscription Is
received at once, all the issues, for
the remaining weeks of 110. The
Tooth's Companion, 144 Berkley St,
Boston. Man. New Subscriptions re
ceived at this office.
A Stale Rate Hearing, Poetpened.
Jefferson City. Oct? llv The pro
posed bearing before the state rail
road eoeimlssloa preliminary liiir
vision of tha freight rates aa grain
sd genera! freight set for Jeffersoa
City. w postpnted to await outcome
4 littruoa grtminf out of aa si
i . r a jws4iag 18
r ! . " i.
ATHLETICS 11
OPED GAOE
Tfct Indian
Piicher
Hero.
Bender the
KEPT CHICAGO MEN GUESSING
The tcors Was 4 to 1 Came Was
, Played Bsfore Grsatsst Crowd
Ever Saw Gams In Phila
delphia. Philadelphia; Oct. 18. The Athletics
won the opening game of the world's
series from the Chicago Cubs by s
score of four to one.
A real Indian put a real Indian sign
an the Cubs. He was Big Chief Bender
of the Chlppewas.
What are you going to do with s
pitcher who puts three and two on the
batter and then slips up a curve ball
four feet wide for the deciding strikel
That was what Bender was doing. He
was as chipper as an English sparrow
and as calm and collected as the house
man in a poker game.
His fast ball was breaking line Ukt
a flash, he had a curve which slipped
over either corner of the plate and
control that was simply uncanny. I
Following Is the score of the gams
by Innings;
1 J I 4 8 7 S t R. H. E.
Phlladlphla ..0 I 1 I I 1 M I I
Chicago. . ...OOSSSIIM 11 1
In the first Inning Bcbulte singled
and then for seven' successive Innings
not a Cub could bit the ball safely.- In
the ninth, Tinker and Kllng singled Is
succession, which, with an error by
Struns, who fumbled Tinker's drive
allowed the latter to score the only
run for the visitors.
Big Jeff Overall started In pitching
for the Cubs, but proved easy meat
from the first. After getting away
with the first Inning he was hit hard, I
A double by Lord In the third, and'
Baker's single brought In a run. This
msrked the retirement of the huge
California. Mclntyre succeeded him, I
at the beginning of the last half of the
fourth. Had Mclntyre gone In at the I
outset a different story might have I
been told, for he allowed but one hit 1
and that In the eighth Inning. He
gave a fatal base on balls In this in
ning, however, to Collins, which, with
a wild throw to first to catch Collins
nspping, and a double by Baker,
brought In the Athletics' fourth run.
The gsme was played before an en
thusiastic crowd of 29,891 bugs which
packed Shibe park. '
Shlbe park opened early In .ne day. I
As nearly all the reserved seats have
found their way Into the hands of the
speculators there was but one hopej
for the regular customers and that
was to get Into line early and take a
chance on a bleacher seat. The ticket
window was mobbed- when the shutter
went up. Men fought each other for a
chance to get to it. Hats were smash-,
ed, women were hustled about In spite
of all the police could do and there
were several hundred of them on the
ground. All this time the ticket
speculators bung on the flank of the
crowd. They had fist fulls of tickets
and all they wanted was $10 to $25 a
brace, according to the location. Those
not handy with the rough and tumble
fighting gave up in disgust, and pat
ronized the petty sharks. - I
The bleachers were packed with
people before the first grandstanders
arrived and those who were so un
fortunate as to lose their places In the
line' bought standing room In the out
field. By noon there was not a seat to be
had In either the right or left field
bleachers and the ropes In the out
field were Hoed with hundreds of first
comers. I
Eight hundred policemen handled
the crowd, a solid wall of the blue-,
costs lined up In front of the bleach-:
ers and along the ropes.
Attendance 26,891. Receipts, $37,
424.50. National commission's share,
$1,742.45. Players share, $20,209.23.
Each clubs share, $6,736.41.
Philadelphia. Oct. 19 Licked to I
frassle. The Cubs exploded. Tbe
were plsyed off their feet In the crlsli
of the game, the attack of the Atblet
les being vicious The' Atblelicil
changed their styls or attack, slsshln;
at first balls-snd then waiting out
hitting In ths most unexpected wayi
snd times. The -Cubs did not shoa
their real form and besides lackim
venom and dssh to their attack, tbey
failed in tnS critical points. ,The
ouaht to have beaten Coombs for sel
dom wss there ever a pitcher whej
pitched worse ball snd survived tali!
game. He passed ten men, be seldom.
had control of the ball ana oesiaei
that be did not seem to have much el
a curve and worked bis spit bail onl
a few times He wss lucky to gel
anything over, yet the Cubs were st
untimely In their hitting that 14 of
them were left on the bases. , ,
Collins the Iter.
The truth is that the wonderfu
work of EddleColllLS In the earl)
periods of play kept the Cubs fros
running away wits the game asd wis
ning by a big majority as (he Athle'Jct
finally at Ibe end. They would bare
started at least three runs In the first
Inning but for a wild bit of play by
Colli ss who scooped a bard gronodei
while at top speed and shot It bars
to seres la sf& wonderful fathlos
thst he tow a runner at second or
what appeared to he a eeruug b
Cuba Wert Unlusky
The Cubs wart unlucky for tlx In
slugs everything breaking .against
tbeas both In defense and attack
ground balls that seemed- easy outs
took wild bounces over tgneldors
kesds aad no fewer thai three of the
Athletics hits were tha result of Just
such luek. How Coombs managed tc
hold thea back during those stages
Is nnaeoouotabl The Cubs ' wars
bunting on him and be was lurtlng
somersaults. They shoved and poked
wslked and hit and yet could aot gain
When the seventh came asd they
scored, making the count 1 and I,
the odd, were better than even money
thst they would win out for Coombt
hsd little or nothing and was wild be
sides. And then. Just when It looked
ss If tbey would grab, Brown exploded
The Athletics rushed to the attack
they slashed and hit, banged and
slsmmed the ball until the Chicago
fsns grew sad. Doubles Into the crowd,
vicious line smashes and everything
also happened before the smoke clear
ed ssd the game was gone. Brown
started the inning with a pass to Col
Una which was the turn of the tide.
In fact the entire game seemed to re
volve around Collins and tha whole
trouble appear" to be that the Cubt
too much fear Collins. Honestly, If it
hadn't been so serious It would have
been funnr to see a crowd of jveteran
players fuming and fretting around at
If they feared Collins. True, he gave
them cause to fear him, but Brown
threw awav bis gsme by paying too
much attention to Collins. Collins out
thought and out plsyed the four timet
champions He crossed tbem on the
hsses and he crossed them at bat and
It was he and Stelnfeldt who turn
ed the gsme upside down In one case
Stelnfeldt plsyed In close on the edge
of the grass with three balls snd two
strikes on Collins, who was laying foi
a fast ball snd who clipped ssld fsst
ball to left field If Stelnfeldt hsd
been back where he belonged, the
ball would have gone squarely Into hit
hands. , To add to this, Stelnfeldt, Ir
returning the ball to the plate, relay
ing Sheckard's throw, let the ball play
him and allowed a run to score thai
put the Cubs under a heavy handlcsp
The 'condition of the grounds, too
puisled and worked against the Cubs
Balls shot at unaccountable arigles
Tinker, Stelngeldt and Zimmerman
each suffered from one of these acci
dents of the game
. Attendance Falls Off.
The score by innings was as fol
lows: '
R H E
Phila. ....0 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 9 14 2
Chicago. .1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13103
Attendance' 24,596. Total receipt!
$35,317. National commission share!
$'!,5I3,70. Players share $18,937; eacb
club share $6,32( 66.
CENTRAL BODY MAY GOVERN
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH CON
TEMPLATES A CHANGE,
New Each Congregation Makss Its
Own Laws and Adopts Such
Doctrines at Is Pleases.
Topeka, Oct. 13. Discussion of ths
question of consolidation of the three
missionary bodies of the Christian
church will bring up again in the con
vention here the question of consti
tuting a central authority with a defin
ite head and doctrine. There hat
been a discussion of this plan in
previous conventions and. no doubt,
there will be much discussion of, if
not action upon, the plan at this con
ventlon. . Now each Christian congre
gation is a law unto Itself snd makes
Its own rules and doctrines without
regard to what other congregation.--of
the same sect may do. The Curia
tlon cburch has no central authority
the conventions being merely big
nisei meetings to ilscues matters or
'interest to the members. No otHclsl
buemets will be transacted until Frl
Jay, but meetings of suxlliary bodies
are being held to discuss question!
hich will be presented to the conviu
tlon.
RATE HEARING AGAIN RESUMES
Ths Csse Can Not Bs Settled by No
vember 1 to Which Time Rates
Wsrs Suspendsd.
Wsfhlngton. Oct. 13. Investigation
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion Into the proposed sdvsnces of
freight rates In esstern trunk line ter
rltory was resumed here after an ad
journment of the hearing from New
Vork City.
In a general way the ircresses sug
getted by the reads affect nearly all
stleles of freight hsndled at elthei
laaa of commodity rates. The ad
sant-ei. however, do not apply to the
gMt twlume of freight snd affect. In
the sggregate. probably aot to exceed
15 per oeat of the total tonnage of
the roads.
By voluntary action of the rallroadi
the proposed Increases were postponed
ctil November 1. It is msnlfest now
thst the bearing and adjudication of
the pending cases cannot be concluded
by thst date.
" Three Scalded en Torpedo Beet,
Bania Barbara, Cat, Oct It Three
oen were probably fatally scalded
aboard the torpedo boat destroyer
Tmitoa eft the Saata Rosa labud. Aa
evaporator barst releasing the steam.
News of the dlaaster became knows
for the first time when the Truitoa
arrived here with the Injured. The
eiplostoa Is std to be m fourth that
1
OUITS and
The New Fall Fashions in
Adler's Collegian Clothes
, .waiting for your approval. We have never presented to oui cut
torn. so ren-rkab.e . showing we have on dlspUy at thl. time,
Yon wlU find equipped r- Z
ha. ever seen, and hop, w. wlU hare the pleaeure ' - JJSS
new style, to you. We are offering values never Mprt equalled,
tet ua show you the Ideal garments for the young man.
The People's Clothier
SENATOR DOLLIVER
OF IOWA IS DEAD
The End Came Suddenly Anc
Unexpectedly. iZZZ
THE HEART ACTION CEASEC
The Ssnator H.d Been Down Towr
During the Day and it Was
Suppoaed He Hsd
' Recovered.
Fort Dodge, la., Oct. 17. Jonathai
Prentiss Dolliver, senior Unltet
States senator from Iowa, Is fold
The end came suddenly and was th
result of an attack of heart 'dllatloi
due to accute Indigestion.
An osteophathic physiclsn wss glv
Ing Senator Dolllver a treatmett whsr
the end came. The senator's famll)
and- friends believed he had almosi
recovered from his Illness, and nc
one except the doctor' was with him.
Senator Dolllver had been "up si
day and bad made a trip from hli
residence down town. He said be be
tiered he had completely recovered
from the Indisposition whit,, i.omid
bis speech-making trip tnrougn ma
consln for gensjor LaFolieu.
While working over Senator Dol
liver, the physician was using an In
tmmeni to listen to the senator!
heart action. The physician unexpect
edly discovered that ne was no longei
bearing tbe heart beats. He at Brat
believed that his Instrument wsi
faulty. An examination revealed thai
his patient wss dead.
Illness Datee Back One Year.
Senator Dolllver's illness dste
back more than a year and a half
Before going to Washington for the
laat session of congress he had been
slightly 111. but It was not regsrded
as especially serious.
mrlai ha hart t mil bin With bit
eyes and submitted to aa operation
A few weeks later word was received
In Fort Dodge that be was confined to
hi. bed on account of Illness, the ex
act nature of which was not made
nan. It was riven out here by hie
laiimiM frienila that he was threat
ened with a general physical collspse.
Fort Dodge anreuOM in vner.
Fort Dodge Is a city shrouded In
Fir' at Brat the aetshbors and fel
low townsmen could not reallie that
the spirit of tbe great "progressive
bailer kaal rone ant Thea as tbe
tragedy of the death began to daws
on them tbey left their homes to
aa:he la rrooDS ea the frrri roraers
j to p-sk la whispers of the futt life
pGiiipg
OVERCOATS
of the dead senator.' The closest
friends ot the family hastened to the
home to offer their condolences and
sympsthy to the stricken family.
In a few hours the word passed
over the entire country, and tele
grams of sympathy began to pour in
from almost every city In the United
Stiilei. The rollesgues of the desd
senator were early to otter their con
'lolcr.ces. and there were many words
of sympathy from the statesmen and
diplomats of Wsshlngton.
Bcvprly, Oct. 17. The president
t.pn the following message to tbe
Hit'o of St'nator Jonathan P. Dolllver,
nf' Iowa, who died suddenly at Fort
Hodge. Is. "Afrs. Tart and I extend
to you our heartfelt sympathy In your
?it1 sorrow. The innate has lost
itir of Its ablest debaters and most
M-l l'art etareemen. The country has
lost a laltliful public servant.
"WILLIAM H. TAFT,"
tVash'ngron. Oct. 17. Vlce-Presl-dent
Kherrran hss designated the fol
lowing mrmbTS to a t as a commit
tee from the United Ststes sensto to
attend tbe furernl of the late Senator
.Innathan P. Dolllver of Iowa at Fort
Dodge Thursday, Octoger 20: Sena
tor r'ummlns, Senator Hslley, Senstor
ICll:l;i. Aerator Psynter, Senator Nel
son. Senator Burows, Senator Kesn,
Heritor Clapp. Senator Deveridge,
Bentttor Sblveley, Senslor Burkett
snd Senator Money.
PRESIDENT'S VACATIONS ENDS
He Leaves Beverly for Washington
Will Later Gs to Cincinnati Then
On to Panama.
Beverly, Oct. 17. President Taft'i
summer vacation has ended. He Stat,
bsck to Washington to-day by way of
New York. Three thousand Beverly
children waved good-bye aa the presi
dent's motor car started Into Boston
at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Taft her sister,
Mrs. Thomas K. Laughlln, ir, of
Pittsburg, and Miss Helen Taft went
with tbe president aa far aa New
York. Tbey will atop over there for
week or more of shopping.
President Tart will be la Washing
ton Thursday morning to reman antil
November 7, when be goes to Cincin
nati to vote He. will sail for Panama
November 10 from Charleston, . U
Mr. Taft has thoroughly enjoyed his
summer on the north shore. He baa
Uken on some weight la the last
ssoolk but does not worry because of
It
Jury Was Out SO Hours.
Oklahoma City, Oct U.-Te Jury la
the case of Rudolph Tegeler. charged
with the murder of James R. Meadows
after be'.sg oat W hours and ftilltg
to rwh say exreeseat. ss S
ttt r: -i.
) :-'
has eceii'T t o tfi i. esa w..
ttj two ?"