MANY NEW "HELLO'-"
Hallways Are to tJse Phone Is
Place of Telegraph After
March I.
OPESATOES TO BE LET OTJZ
Slock Signals Also Will Be In
stalled and .Many Small
Stations Closed.
A new field of employment for wom
en Is to be opened by the railways.
This does not mean that tbe roads will
employ women telegraphers, but on tbe
contrary tbelr employment will be for
tbe purposo ot taking tbe place of tele
graphers already "in tbe service. Tho
future woman railway operating em
ploye will be engaged at tbe smaller
stations taking train orders over a tele
phone, wbere formerly such orders v.ere
transmitted and received by telegraph.
This new field will be open to women
wben tbe new nine-hour day law gov
erning the working time of railway
telegraphers goes Into effect on
March 1.
It was confidently expected that this
law would work a revolution In railway
operation, oud It was with this end In
view that the Order of Hallway Tele
graphers procured Its passage despite
the determined opposition of the rail
way managers and even against advice
direct from the White House. The 1 ev
olution Is coming, all right, but It will
bo a revolution which will relegate the
telegraph to a back seat as an adjunct
to railway operation and will throw
thousands of operators out of employ
ment ud annually will decrease their
number until they will almost disap
pear from American railways.
It was expected that the reduction
In the working hours of railway tele
graphers to ni no hours would compel
the railroads to employ at least 8,000
additional men at once. It was also
known that it would he Impossible to
secure this number of men when need
ed, and It was therefore hoped by the
men that an Increase In wages would
be a part of the revolution planned.
Clianarea to Result.
The railway managers at first took a
similar view' of the situation, but It
soon was discovered that It would be
Impossible to supply the demand if all
existing telegraph olllccs were to be
maintained after March 1. As a re
sult of a careful study of the situation
the nine-hour day for telegraphers will
bring about the following changes:
1. The abandonment' of nil stations
as telegraph stations except division
headquarters and junctional points.
2. Tbe substitution of tcelp'houes for
the receipt and the transmission of or
ders and messages.
3. , The employment of women as
agents In many stations thus trans
formed into telephone station!.
4. ' The transaction of a tremendous
amount of olllce business by letter
which formerly was transacted by tele
graph. 5. The rapid extension of the nuto
niatlc "electric block signal, system,
which will make telegraph stations un
necessary. In determining to Inaugurate these
changes the railway managers found
that they bad In reality been prepnrlng
for them for years. It was discovered
also that by adopting tbe most expen
sive system of block signaling train
orders and telegraph stations could for
the greater part be done away with.
The railroads, therefore, decided that
tbey would rutber spend millions In
providing and maintaining automatic
block signals which never go to sleep
end which never fall unless they spell
danger,' tnan to spend the same
money In maintaining telegraph sta
tlons and telegraph operators. The
closlug of stations as telegraph stations
Is made possible by the fact that with
an automatic electric signal all that Is
necessary Is to start trains as fast as
tbe terminal block Is empty and keep
them going uutil a semaphore sayr
"stop."
orBoon'a Knife Corn Headache
After suffering excruciating pains in his
hrad for twenty-five years, Louis Wolf
ton of Cincinnati his secured relief by
having the surgeons cut out two nerves.
The naln was above the evo anil at th
temples and recurred four or Ove times
a week. He bad consulted tha lumlimr
specialists, tried medicines, various forms
ot massage ana electrical treatment In
vain. The two olTeudlnff nerves, nn nn
each side, were between one and two
Inches long and about as thick as a pin.
They are termed sensory nerves that Is,
nerves which give the sense ot feeling and
not control of the movements of mus
cles. Tbe headaches have not returned
since the operation. Local surgeons say
this la the first cat of the kind on record.
JOHN B. WALSH.
Chlcasro Banker and Politician Con.
vlctod of IrrearalarMlea.
The Jury In the case of John It.
Walsh, the Chicago banker and poli
tician, found the defendant guilty. The
trial was one of the most bitterly con
tested legal struggles known in the his
tory of the Chicago Federal courts.
John R. Walsh Is a wonderful prod
uct of Irish ability, American oppor
tunity and modern high finance. He
Is 70 years old and came to this coun
try from Ireland at the age of 10. He
became a Chicago newsboy and a
mighty energetic and successful one.
While still peddlng newspapers be said
be hod three great ambitions to own
a bank, to own a newspaper and to
own a railroad. Strange to say, he
achieved all three of these hopes. In
those days he did not figure on ever
going to prison. But, then, be was an
honest newsboy. He did not become
crooked until he became rich and
wished to be richer.
He graduated from newsboy to pro
prietor of a news stand, and extended
bis business until he had so many
branches that the Union News Com
pany bought blm out and made blm
a director In that great organization.
He mnde money rapidly, and In 1882
JOHN B. WALSH.
founded tbe Chicago National Bank,
Later he came Into control of the Home
Savings Bank and the Equitable Trust
Company. Then he founded a news
paper known as the Chicago National,
purchased a controlling Interest In the
Chlcago Herald and later founded the . ways been a pnlnful duty of the carrl
Chronlcle. Then be went ahead and ers, this hunting around In the Ice-
bullt the Southern Indiana Railroad,
the main purpose of which was to get
to market the building stone of the
Bedford quarries, one of his largest and
most profitable ventures.
Modern high finance proved Walsh's
undoing, and bis banking Institutions
had been declared Insolvent by the au-
thorltlcs. With this announcement
came the assurance that the banks of
the city had rallied to the assistance
of the depositors and would pay all
Indebtedness. Investigation of the
failure made matters serious fnr
Walsh, and be was arrested on com-
plaint of the District Attorney. The
main charge on which Walsh was
placed on trial Is In effect that be on
Nov. 18, 1003, In sworn report to the
Comptroller, understated the amount
of the bank's loans to Its officers and
directors by nearly $3,000,000, and
overstated other loans to a generally
similar amount. Tbe result un t
bide the fact of $3,000,000 loans by
--t-aisn to timseir.
Cenaorlona Slatera.
"I didn't think vnn'rl t mr, or.
because I said I thought
to wear gray suede shoes with your
gray uress insteaa or white ones. I
didn't mean to offend you," her friend
very sweetly apologized.
Never mind." she returned softlv.
"It was all right, but It made me an
gry for two renrons first, because I
bad to wear the white shoes because I
didn't have any others that were pre
sentable, and, secoud, because when I
left my family of sisters, who made
every possible sort of comment on my
clothes, I declared I would never stand
It from anybody else. I said to myBelf
that whenever a friend got so friendly
that she thought Bhe could trent me
like a sister I'd shake her." New
York Tress.
Oat of Stock.
Lady (to country butcher calling foi
orders) Can you let me have a slice
of bacon this week?
Butcher Not nohow, mum; since I
lost my wife I baln't never kept anoth
er pig. London Tattler.
Fair Play.
There Is In most men that Instinct
rvhlch Is one of the best heritages from
boyhood this Instluct for fair play
i nd for giving everybody "a chance."
Manchester (England) Guardian.
Washington Is bounded on tbe east
by the Capitol and on tbe west by the
( White House. Between them flows a
( restless stream of sightseers. There
may be other districts of the national
, capital worth seeing, but only a Wash
, Ingtonlan knows It The tourist has
( time and strength only to hit the high
places. In New York there are prob
ably as many tourists as In Washing
ton, but with this difference, the New
Yorker does not mind mixing with the
tourist class. In fact, If the tourist
have money and a fondness for Broad
way and contiguous resorts, the New
Yorker Is more than willing, so Mr.
Tourist emerges his Identity with the
Now York "push." Washlugtonlans
never let you forget you are a tourist
Resident women slightly raise their
Skirts with nn InrlAonrlhnhla vpt ln
quent air when they happen to rub
elbows with a mere tourist of the
same Bex In a hotel or department
store elevator. A Washlngtonlan looks
straight ahead at nothing; tbe tour
ist Is known by the angle at which
the crooks her neck.
Congressman Hobson ' of Alabama,
famous as the hero of Santiago and
later of several kissing campaigns, Is
said to favor the establishment by the
government of an official weekly news
paper for free distribution, for which
ho wishes Congress to appropriate
$350,000. This periodical would con
tain a summary of the work of Con
gress and all departments of the gov
ernment, so far "as It might Interest
the public. He says tbe Journal Is In
tended to form a connecting link be
tween the government and the people,
and that the project grew out of his
having ascertained that a vast amount
of valuable material did not reach tbe
people for whom it was Intended, ne
thinks the publication of such a paper
will remove distrust and suspicion and
create a renewed Interest and confi
dence among the masses in govern
mental affairs.
Pennies left In the boxes by rural
route patrons for the purchase of
stamps from the carriers will be let
alone If the recommendations of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
De. Graw and Superintendent Splll
tnan of the rural delivery service Is
adopted. . In cold weather It has al-
cold bottom of a metal mall box with
. bare hands. It has been said that
J sometimes fingers of carriers get so
cold and stiff that they are unable to
I write out mouey ..order receipts. - Tbe
recommendation of the two officials is
that patrons place a small wooden box
'n the mall box, and therein put all
the pennies with which they wish to
.buy stamps or anything else. The car-
r,er could then, without removing his
Rloves, empty the contents and go on
. n'8 way rejoicing, foiling the attack of
Jack Frost. If the nennies are not In
ne box the carrier will not be re-
1uIrwl to, look for them.
-: :-
Cy- Sulloway, of New Hampshire,
stl11 retalns his place as the biggest
j man ,n tne House of Representatives,
ano- 80 nr no one nas appeared that
may honor to second place ahead
ot 011,e Jaraps, of Kentucky. Sulloway
something more than six and a half
reet tali and weighs but a pound less
than 850. His breadth Is proportionate
with bis height, and he towers above
his colleague Frank D. Currier, as he
does above most all the members of
the H. "e 8 one of tne members
Wh0 doC8 not esere,se hls P"ttve
VI bU IV 1 U 111)9 IUIK.UCVU Via 1 1.1 1 V oiuts V I
the House restaurant where the sign
proclaims "for members only," but
each day partakes of a sparing lunch
on the public side of the room, where
'the motto is that anybody's money Is
good.
The application of George M. Austlu
of New York for a restraining order
against Secretary Cortelyou, pt event
ing him from allotting $21,500,000 of
Panama Canal bonds to .certain na
tlonol banks, has been denied by Judge
Gould of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Austin charged that
the secretary had violated the law In
rejectlug bis bid for $3,000,000 of bonds
and allotlng the bonds to national
banks and others at a lower figure.
Postmaster General Meyer's order In
regard to the disposition of souvenir
postal cards which, reach the dead let
ter office is a source of happiness to
thousands of -unfortunate children.
The cards, Instead of being destroyed,
are now sent to tbe orphan asylums
'and children's homes and hospitals In
'Washington, where they give a delight
which even the Intended, recipient
'might not have felt
TO IMPROVE THE MISSOURI
Navigation Congress Would Make It
Equal to 600 Railroads.
An appropriation of $40,000,000 for
the establishment of a twelve-foot
channel In tbe Missouri river from St
Louis to Sloux City will be asked of
Congress as a result of the first annual
convention of the Missouri River Navi
gation Congress, whleb met In Sloux
City.
Governors and Congressmen from
seven ' States bordering on the Mis
souri River were in attendance at the
convention. It was tbe voice of the
convention that the Missouri River
as well as the Mississippi should be
made navigable as soon as Congress
can see Its way clear to spend' that
much money. It was the sentiment of
tbe convention that the deepening . of
the Missouri River channel would be
BOUTE OF PBOPOSED CHANNEL.
the greatest stroke toward the settle
ment of railroad rate troubles In the
great Middle West.
Engineers reported that the Mis
souri River, If Improved according to
the plans of this convention, would
have the carrying capacity of 600 rail
roads fifty times the capacity of all
the roads running between the Missis
sippi River and the lower Missouri,
and more than twenty-five times the
capacity of all the railroads running
from the Mississippi to the Missouri
at all points. These engineers reported
that making tbe Missouri River nav
igable from Sloux City to St Louis
would cost less than' paralleling any
single railroad between these two
points.
Tbe navigable length of the Missouri
River Is greater than the distance by
rail from St Louis to San Francisco.
It has a navigable length three , times
as great as tbe entire length of the
Ohio River.
If Congress does not want this ap
propriation, tbe boosters of the Middle
West may ask for legislation assessing
a tax against land lying within 100
miles of the Missouri River. It has
been figured out that the entire $40,
000,000 could be raised by an assess
ment of 50 cents per acre against the
land bordering upon the stream for 100
miles back. This . territory produces
crops and live stock annually worth
over $200,000,000.
r
Onions are now said to cure lots of dis
eases, but what will cure onions?
Couldn't we express the grip somewhert
else, Instead of carrying it around with
us?
The advance In the price of dukes wlh
further tend to discourage the leap-year
business.
A theatrical man reports a scarcity of
stage villains. Yet there are a lot of very
bad actors.
Next to opera singing the most highly
paid industry is that of expert witnessing
In big trials.
Money Is again getting so plentiful that
a man can carry a piece around in his
pocket for luck.
The United States Supreme Court calls
attention to the "fact that the States are
still on the map.
Cuba has enough kickers already with
out sending that shipload of Missouri
mules down there.
; A little mistake of $100,000,000 In the
original estimates doesn't bother the Pan
ama canal people.
The new $20 gold pieces are mighty
ugly. Still, a great many have .decided
not to refuse them.
i Fashion's latest Innovation is the hlp
css walk. It must be another of Fash
on's senseless fads.
; The mother-in-law joke reaches the cli
max in the case of the Delawaro man
who has just married his.
. Dead men tell no tales, but In the
Druce case the unearthing of a corpse
completely reversed the adage.
The Chicago Federation of Labor Is
urging the formation of a Vegetable
(Growers' Union. This beets all!
I The London Times used to be "The
Thunderer," but It Is now being Ameri
canised so It will be more like lightning.
Women Worry
More than men, says Dr. McComb, and
one reason Is that their nervous organiza
tions are more delicate. True, and Hood's
Sarsaparllla Is'Just tbe nerve-builder, appetite-giver,
and blood-purifier tbey need.
Indigestion 3 Years-"I was troubled
with Indigestion for three rears. I read of
Hood's Saraaparilla and tried It After tak
inc a number of bottles I was completely
cured." Mas. J. H. Hallct, DeSuto, Ho.
Nervous, In Pain, No Appetite
"Had poor health for years, pain in shoulders,
back and hips, with constant headache, ner
vousness and no appetite. Took Hood's Sar
saparllla. gained strength and can work hard
all dar. eat heartily and sleep welt" Has. E.
GimLS, Moose Lake, Minn.
Rheumatism "I had rheumatism In one
of my ankles, but Hood's Sarsaparllla soon
rave ne permanent relief. I recommend
Hood's SartaparilhC Mas. Ann Hutchinson,
Lafayette, CoL
Hood's Sarsaparllla Is sold everywhere.
In tbe usual liquid, or in tablet form called
areataba. 100 Doses One Dollar. Pre
pared only by C L Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
It Sarprlsaa Bar.
"When my husband was In Spain
last year," said Mrs. Swellman, "he
succeeded In buying In quite a lot of
the king's wines."
"Well, well." exclaimed Mrs. Nu
rl ten, "the Idee o' buying second-hand
wines!" Philadelphia Press.
. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure an;
case of Itching, Blind. Jleedlng or Protruding
Files In 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c
aulaf Dope,
"Charles, dear," said young Mrs. Tor
kins, "why do you call racing calcula
tions 'dope? I thought that was a
slang name for. a urn." ,
"You're quite right,' was the answer.
"They call It that because all It gen
erally gets you Is a pleasant dream and
a rude awakening." Washington Star.
Proafroosa Horror.
"Well, what do you want?" the proof
' reader asked.
As hs eyed the intruder with doubt.
"I'm just a loafin'," answered the hjphoa.
And the proofreader hustled hint out
Chicago Tribune.
Stan, ft
A tired feeling once
Came over the busy bee.
Twas when a budding poet
Rhymed it with vis-a-vis.
Good Judges
Americans as Judges are keenly dis
criminating. They measure everything
by the success it attains, which meth
od, considered In the light of the com
mon experience of mankind, is cer
tainly not a bad one. The high stand
ard of intelligence and discernment in
this country, where education is the
rale and not the exception, renders it
difficult and surprising to find a general
national success not based on actual
worth. Hence it wsb that with the
presentation of St. Jacobs Oil tbey cor
rectly Judged it at once, and decided
that rare intrinsic, worth only oould be
the source of its sutoess. The decision
with them was equivalent to an adop
tion ; and it is a rare thing to find a
family without St. Jacobs Oil in the
house.
Not the Saasa.
"I suppose you have been pinched
by penury?" ,
"No, - mum ; the cop's name was -O'Brien
; he's Irish."
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