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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

Lester Molz of the Santa Fe ticket aud
iting department will spend Sunday IN
Kansas City.
c. T. McWillams is a new brakeman in
the employ of the Santa Fe. He began
work. the first of October.
Bert Symmes is a new employe of the
Santa Fe water service. Mr. Symmes was
formerly a structural iron worker.
Arthur Sherer of the Santa Fe ticket
audit ng department. has returned to work
after short absence, due to sickness.
William Finnegan is another new brake
man in the employ of the Santa Fe he
begaE working for the company on the
first Of the month.
E. Hewitt of the office of the Santa Fe
ticket auditor will go to Kansas CITY on
Tuesday to attend the Priests OF Pall las
parade. He will be accompanied by ms
wife.
George Brolzaw of the Santa Fe civil
engineering department has returned 20
ifornia, where he has been doing some
work for the company.
George w. McGili, international secre-
tary of the Railroad Y M. G: A. is in the
city today in conference with Thomas E.
Prout. secretary of the local association.
Mr.. McGnl and Mr.. Prout will both go
over the plans for the coming year and
devise means to improve and make more
effective the work of the association.
The Railroad Y NJ. C. A educational
classes will open tonight with a large at
tendance. Many of the shop men hay 2
been induced to take advantage of the
opportunities which the classes offer and
the class rooms have been arranged so as
to accommodate many more. At present
| the association IS handicapped to some
extent on account of the lack of sufficient
class rooms, but as soon as the new build
ing is completed this trouble will be done
away with.
The Santa FTe is making plans for the
| construction of a store room ON the esass
side of the boiler shop, where sheet iron
| rs to be stored The new room is to be
quite an extensive affair and "a force Of
men have already been put to work on
| the foundation. In connection with the
new room it is stated that large five
ton crane will be installed. This latter
| Improvement will be used to unload and
| rack the big sheets of iron as they arrive
at the shops for use in the boiler de-
| partment.
The Sunday afternoon meeting at the
rooms of the Railroad Y. M. c. A. was
one OF the many successes which that as
sociation has to be proud of, The. asso-
citation rooms were packed full of men
who were anxious to hear both the speak
ing aud the singing. They were not dis
/ APPOINTED in either. The address by r. E.
! Copeland of the Reformed Presbyterian
chruch. was a good one and the vocal
/ solo by Mrs. Matte Howard. wife of
Brakeman Howard, was also appreciated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
RAILROAD NEWS.
Eli Gould Railroads to Be
Consolidated.
Eastern and Western Systems
Will Be Formed.
17,4OO MILES OF ROAD.
Western System Will Include
Missouri Pacific.
Plan VIII Be Submitted to Vote
of Stockholders.
I7,4OO MILES OF ROAD.

New York, Oct. George j. Gould
has informed some of the largest stock
holders of railroads controlled by him
that within a short time a plan for the
consolidation of all the Gould COM
panfes into one notwithstanding cor
poration will be submitted to a vote of
the stockholders. Inasmuch as the
Gould family and affiliated interests
own control of all the roads in the
Gould system, there is little doubt of a
prompt Endorsement Of the plan pro-
posed.
The Gould system now comprises H.
400 miles of railroads. and important
additions to existing lines are under
way. The largest part Of the system is
west of the Mississippi, and it has been
suggested that. for purposes of CONVEX
fence in operation, the different lines
will be combined into two groups.
western and an eastern system.
The western system is likely to in
clude the Missouri Pacific, Iron Noun
tain, Denver and Rio Grande, Rio
GTande Western, St. Louis Southwest
ern, International and Great Northern
and the Texas Pacific. Geographically
these roads are closely connected, and
their aggregate mileage is about 1890
miles.
In the eastern system there will be
the WABASH, WneennS ana Lake Erie,
with its Pittsburg extension now under
construction; the Ann Arbor, western
Maryland, West Virginia Central and
Pittsburg, and some small Ohio and
Virginia lines making in all about 1000
miles of railroad. President Ramsey or
the Wabash system is practically at the
head of all of these eastern lines, and
he is rapidly welding them into com
pact system.
The proposed consolidation of Gould
railroad interests does not contemplate
any additional issue OF. stocks. A blan-
ket mortgage may be spread over the
properties. taking the place of the
present companies. New properties
taken over will be paid for in new
bonds
Mr.. Gould has had this consolidation
plan under consideration for two or
three years but conditions have not
been entirely favorable to its promulga-
ton. Wall street hears that the Gouius
we're never more strongly intrenched
in the control of their railroad proper
ties than now. George J. Gould mas
admittedly strengthened his financial
position by his close utilization with the
Rockefeller and the Hartman interests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05

The second half started with the Nor
NAL kickoff TO Washburn's 10 yard line.
Mehl should have taken the ball on the
fiy, but he shirked the responsibility,
and it came to Millice on an awkward
bound. The best Millice could do was to
fall on the OVAL 1t was a critical sit
uation. and one which most teams
would have fastened to get out of by
punting especially in view of the ire
ouent fumbles which had characterized
the game But the Washburn quarter
signalled for an end run, and Caldwell
did the trick to the extent of yards
There was no gain on the next line up,
and on the third down, Washburn was
forced to punt Caldwell fumbled the
ball on the II yard line, and the Normal
enthusiasts were crazy with delfghC
over what seemed the certainty OF a
touchdown L was a case of hafd
lucIx.' however, for on the very f1rst
line UP. the Normal fumbled ana
WashblIrn recovered the ball Here the
tide of battle changed, and the teachers
were on the defensive till the END
Washburn's backs. with some splendid
work by Cunningham. advanced the
bal to the 35 yard lire, where with only
half a yard to go on the third down,
Anderson fumbIed and the Normal TOOK
the ball Into the line the big Norman
half was hurled. but by fiery work, the
Washburr team stopped the buck with
no gain The next buck gained only a
ward Again buck was attempted.
and again Washburn piled up the tiger
striped aggressors for no gain 1t was
Washburn's ball on downs-the nrst
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
SECURED RESTRAINING ORDER
Winners Electric Line Fighting the
z. C. Metropolitan.

Kansas City Mo, Oct 5.-William
II. MECHANISM. attorney for the Kansas
City, Lawrence &, Topeka Electric Rail-
way company. one of w. E. Winner 5
enterprises. field injunction proceed
City. Kan, Saturday against the Met
ropolitan street railway to prevent that
company from grading across the
right-of-way of the Topeka line in lay
ing track to the new Kansas City.
Kan, park. west of Grardview. Judge
+. L. Fischer granted a temporary re-
streining order. ard the case was set
for hearing next Saturday
The temporary restraining order was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
The Northumberland Football
Game Was a Draw.
Topeka Players, Though Light,
Made a Good Showing.
ONCE NEAR THE GOAL.
Caldwell's Punt All That Saved
the Day.
Much Fumbling Characterized
Playing on Both Sides.

Washburn and the Kansas State Nor
NAL We're both made happy by the re-
suit of the football game at Emporia
Saturday. Neither side made score,
and both celebrated the event as though
it were a victory. Washburn was de-
lighted because it's eleven, which was
outweighed 10 pounds to the man and
which had been in signal practice for
only four days prior to the game, had
held its own in what was considered the
most critical game of the schedule and
the Normal crowd rejoiced because it
had escaped defeat in spite of the fact
that both of its regular half backs
were disabled and out of the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05

time the thing had happened during
the game. Caldwell gained yards, and
Millice more. Mehl and Cunningham
made some satisfactory Advances.
Caldwell sneaked around the left end
for Is yards. On the 81 yard line Cald-
well tried another field goal, and the
ball missed the right hand goal post by
a few feet Smell punted out for the
Normal. and Caldwell returned 10 yards.
The ball was advanced to sthe Normal
40 yard line, where it was held for
downs The Normal again tested the
Washburn line and found it as solid as
before A punt was cesOrted to, and
Anderson got the ball on the Wash
burn 30 yard line, and returned yards.
Washburn advanced the ball rapidly
to the center of the field, where time
was called Score, to 0.
The Washburn team returned to To-
=peka on the train arriving here at S:25.
and was escorted from the train to the
college by a hundred Washburn stu
dents who made Kansas avenue echo
with the Washburn yslls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
NIcKERk1E a. 5 !: :,
1asHoAyak 0ma9oJ stksssRR TRAM Ts ns'

Three Express Trains East every day in the year
Pullman Drawing Room slesping Cars on 81.
CHICAGO ri W eekI- on Tuesdays and Saturdays
at 2:5O p. M. on Wednesdays at 1o;So =. m
Chicago to Boston without change. Modern Din
ing Cars serving meals on individual CLUB plans
ranging in price from S5c to 81 .Oo' slso service
a la carte. Direct line to Fort Wsyns, Ftndlays
Cleveland, Eric. Buffalo. Rochester,. SYRACUSE
Biprharnton, Scranton. New York City, BOSTON
ana ali points East. Rates always The lowest
Colorsd porters in uniform In atDsndanco on All
Coach Passengers. II you contemplate q trip
East call on any convenient Ticket Agent. OF
address JOHN Y. CALLAHAN. Gen1 Agent
113 Adams St. Chicago Ius
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05

1t was stubborn contest of beef
against speed. Washburn's swift-foot-
ed baclzfield made good gains around
the Normal ends, while the teachers
ripped open the Washburn line at all
most every effort. In the first half, the
Normal had the best of it, and a. superb
so yard punt by Caldwell was probably
all that saved the Topeka team. In
the second half. WaahhzIrn took Won
derful brace, and kept the Normal on
the defensive most of the time, stopping
the heavy line plunging of the Emporia
team for very small gains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
ANr1-pAss AGREEMENT.
Old Agitation Resumed by Western
Railroad Officials.

Chicago, Oct. 5-Efforts are being
made bv the chief executive officers or
the principal roads to obtain the adop-
ton of an anti-pass agreement for l9O4
that will make it more difficult than
ever to secure free characterization.
There will be a special meeting here
within a few days of the vice presl-
dents and traffic directors of the Gould
lines Hartman lines, Hill roads,
Northwestern, Milwaukee and st. Paul,
and other systems, to consider means
for the regulation of the pass question
The issue of free transportation to sub
ordinate officials will be restricted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
NEW ALLIANCE FORMED.
Rio Grande and Santa Fe Central
Seem to Be Friendly.

Santa Fe, N NJ, Oct 5.-w. D. Lee,
Of Salida, Colo. for eleven years SUI
periistendent of the Rio Grand South
crn. now a part of the Denver & Rio
Cfrande system. today succeeded@W. s.
Hopewell as manager of the Santa Fe
Central system This is supposed to
indicate a very close alliance between
the Santa F'e Central and the Denver &
Rio Grande. Mr. Hopewell remains
manager of the New Mexico Fuel and
iron company and will superintend the
construction of the Albuquerque East
ern railway
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
Gravel Train Wrecked.

Columbus, Kan. Oct 5-A north
bound gravel train on the Missouri. Kan
sas & Texas railroad was wrecked two
miles north of here at 10 o'clock Sun
day morning. The engine and seven cars
were thrown from the track and almost
completely demolished G. E. Eisenhart,
brakeman of Stuart. Neb., was dam
ayerously if not fatally, injured. The
rest of the crew escaped injury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
Muller Denies the Harris Report.

Chicago. Oct 5.-Darius Miller, first
vice president of the Burlington. de-
clared today there was no truth in the
report that Geo. B. Harris was to sue
coed c. S. Mellen as president of the
Northern Pacific There viii be no
changes here whatsoever" he said. II
do not know who is to succeed Mr..
NTelIer1 :"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05

lies Washburn's hope of success this
season. The interference must be i'm
proved if the team is to make a show
ing against such teams as K. U. and
Lindsborg. With good interference.
Caldwell and Nehl can be depended
upon to gain enough ground to win any
game on the Washburn schedule.
The team lined up as follows:
Washburn. Position. Normal
Stewart right end. Hensley
Cunningham. right tackle ........ GiSt
Bushler-....- right guard. Rickenhouser
Dadisman center --....-.--. Meek
Brown ..........left guard 49,. Langley
Hill ............left tackle. Hensley
Lakin ..........left end. mn. Dunlap
Anderson quarter ..-......... Smell
Millice -......right half. ......-.. Kent
Caldwell. left half. Masters
Mehl .tulIback. III ynman
The Normal won the toss, and elected
that Washburn should kick Off Cald-
well kicked to the Normal 10 yard line,
and it was returned to the % yard line.
The Normal attacked the right tackle
yards. The ball was fumbled, and
Washburn got it on the Normal "a yard
line. Washburn carried the ball 10
yards, and lost it on a tumble. The
Normal gained 10 yards on a left guard
buck. Fifteen yards more were added
by succession of bucks. Then the first
end run of the game was tried, and it
cost the Normal yards However, this
loss was all made by some more line
bucking, and the ball was advanced to
the Washburn 80 yard line where it was
lost to Washburn on tumble. Wash
burn tried two end bucks. but could gain
nothing. Then Caldwell punted the ball
to the Normal Is yards line and the sons
of Eli were out of their perilous situa-
ton. The Normal commenced another
la borious bucking match down the field,
and lost on another try at an end run.
In the center of the field, Washburn got
the ball on a tumble. Caldwell got
around one end for 10 yards, and Mehl
around the other for 10 more. At this
point, Caldwell was given try at a
field goal but the Washburn line did not
! hold and the kick was blocked. En-
poria got the ball on her 30 yard line
Hynman. the hurdler. and the other
bucks advanced the ball by steady gains
to the Washburn 80 yard line. With only
| 10 seconds to play. the ball was passed
| to Masters, who got around the left end
of the Washburn line for Is yards. Then
the whistle blew, and the half was over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05

Mr.. Kidder-"Af, Iow-der-do. Doc
tori If you have few minutes TO
nv house and chloroferm my youngest
hoy" DR.. Price-"WFat is the matter
with the lad?" Mr.. zzidder-"Oh. his
mother wants to comb his hair. "-Har-
per's $2azar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
MUST BE NEUTRAL.
Plans for the Trans-Alaskan Railw a
Are DELAYED

Colonel James Hamilton Lewis has re-
turned to Chicago from Europe He
said that the final plans of the Trans
Alaska Siberian railway projectors nave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05
Powerful Gas Explosion.

Fredonia- Kan. Oct. 5.-The Timmons
gas well. one mile from the city, broke
loose at 8 O'Clock Saturday night, badly
wrecking the derrick and demolishing
much other drilling property. The report
was heard for miles around. The well is
.o4O feet deep and was successfully cap
SEED Ten hundred feet of two-inch tubing
was blown out some of which was found
200 yards away kinked up like straws.
The well was thoroughly anchored end
contained a good packer. The check valve
. annct be found A steam gauge of 25e
pounds was applied yesterday. but was
found insufficient to test the wells rock
PRESSURE
Children like Piso's Cure. 1t is pleasant
60 take and cures their coughs. At drug
Nists CSC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-05

KANSAS City and Return So via Santa
Fe.
Tickets on sale October to 10. Good
returning as late as October u.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-04

The following cases will be up for
trial tomorrow: State VS.. John Thomp-
son; Richard Shettel, of. Penaock;
Otto Ronning, of Spicer; Hans Lar
son; and Imsd al Simonson. s s. s.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-04
took Peterson's money and starteds
out. Coming on the sidewalk be met
a nhnu,, With uhona he WAS hut sliQht-I

took Peterson's money and starteds Is
out. Coming on the sidewalk be met
a "boy" with whom he was but slight
ly acquainted. Thought his name
was Anderson and that he lived seven;
miles south of Willmar, and that he
was over 20 years old. This "boy $
2 accosted the defendant and offered
him a drink. They retired to q shed:
at the rear of the shop TO take drink:
Then asked the "boy' if he could se-s
cure a bottle for him which he UNDER
took to do. Witness did not see I'M
which direction the ''boy" started nor:
from whence he came when he return
ed. Witness took the bottle so se-==
cured and delivered it to Mr. PETERSON
in the shop. Upon cross examination
by the assistant county attorney the
witness did not improve his case. He
had been unable to secure the atten-
dance at court of corroboratipg witt
ness he had named. He saw nothing
strange about being offered drink
on the sidewalk by comparative
stranger. Had paid no attention to
which direction his alleged agent had
gone to secure the liquor but remained
in the shed till his return. Finally
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-04

[eug and cited several dec sions.
The contention of the defendants at
bOrney that the justice would not have
jurisdiction in case whe"e- property
would be con6scated as a result of
verd Ct the judge did not hold good,
citing supreme court decisions of this
state in the matter. While the Judge
took pains to emphasize that he did
not care to at this time nor did tn S
case owing to defe ective papers require
that he pass upon the constitution ality
of the ''search and seizure act,'' it.
might be inferred from his rema~ks
that he. did not regard the same as the
best of law. He stated however tha'
the legislature unquesttonably Lad the
power to declare property unlawfully
used subject to seizure and c>n6sce-
tion. While the judge in this case
would not validate the coniscation
OF bar. fixtures, e:c., to the value
of about $500 taken from the Stree
Country" saloon, he did sustain the
verdict of guilty in the matter of main
tanning public nuisance and Hans
Larson vas adjudged to pay fine of
$50 and costs of the court and his
bondsmen in the appeal case are to be
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-04

icated condition with the bottle in his
pocket, and having taken him before
Justice Bitterness where he had given
the testimony which resulted in the
binding over of the defendant.
This ended the States side of the
evidence, and after Judge Qvale had
denied motion to dismiss the case the
defense was presented. The theory Of
this was that Olson had acted as agent
for. Peterson in buying the liquor, and
that while he might be guilty of pro-.
curing liquor he was innocent Of SELL
ing liquor as charged. Judge Muller
in presenting his case, said that it is
not yet q crime to buy liquor. He
called the defendant in to be sworn in
his own behalf. ..=:.... ST
Peter Olson testified that on Jan. 8
Edward Peterson came to his shop as
stated and asked him to buy . bottle
Of whiskey for him. He replied that
he would try his best to do 50. He
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-04

called upon If he did not pay the
same.
Lars Larson Pleads Guilty.
At five O'Clock Lars Larson ap-
peared aud wished to plead guilty to
having sold Intoxicating liquor in the
old Rodlun building. He had been in
the business but few days, having
worked in a hardware store before
New Years and as hou. emover pre-
vious to that. The judge sent him to
Jail for thirty days and assessed a
Fl ne of 5000. A second Indictment
will hang over his head to be tried in
June. Court adjourned until this
morning.
Walter Nelson Pleaded Guilty.
This morning Walter Nelson ap-
peared and changed his plea from
''not guilty" to ''guilty." Sentence
will be pronounced this afternoon.
Matt w. Thom's Case.
The liquor case of M. W. Thorn
came up this morning. He was de-
Tended by Judge Muller. The follow
ing jurors were selected totry the case:
Arne Larson, A. Q. Hildahl, Herman
Larson, Fred Flygare, Oscar Knutson,
E. r. Olson, August Betzin, Peter
Henderson, K:=@T.. Rykken, Henry
Stenson, J. thomson and Peter
Skoglund. r. *..@.s. :. ...
The case of the State consisted of
the testimony of two boys who had en-
tered Thom's place il the Rodlun
building on Benson avenue on the eve
ming of Dec. q. Their purpose was
to buy bottle Of beer. The premises
were described..e There are two rooms
at the place. The outside room is a
confectionery store presided over by
Mr.. Thorn. The insideroom was sup
posed to be exclusiVely lysunder the con-
troll of one Lars Larson, who conduc-
ted a, temperance" saloon there, The
boys testified thatsLarson was not in
on this occasion and they made their.
wants known to Mr. Thom. They went
into the back room and the boys asked
for q bottle Of malt Thorn gave
them bottle after he had pulled the.
cork, and they drank its contents and
paid for it. It was called 'tmalt' but
tasted like beer, foamed like beer,
had the odor % beer and appeared.
like beer. One Of. the boys felt adizzy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-04

when suddenly asked If the bottle ex-
hibited in court was the one he sold to
Peterson, he stated that he could not
positively identify it as such. The
County Attorney briefly summed the
case for the state and Muller spoke
for the defendant. The charge was
brief and the jury retired as the clock
struck twelve. The jury required two
hours to agree and were ready to re-
port as court re-convened at two
O'Clock, bringing in the verdict Of
''guilty." Judge Muller gave notice
that he would argue a motion for a
new trial and sentence was suspended
pending disposition of this motion.
Ltndbsrg coe. to Jail.
The case of Paul Lindberg of New
London was called at the beginning of
the afternoon session yesterday. He
appeared without an attorney aud
stated that he was ready to plead
guilty to one charge. His plea was
accepted. He was sentenced to serve
thirty days in the county Jail and to
pay q fine of $500; in default of pay.
ment of which he must serve thirty
days additional. Sheriff Lund uist
took the erring young man into his
custody. The second Indictment
against Lindberg was continued until
next term of court. The jury was ex-
cused until today and the court took
recess until four o'clock.
Bud Miller and Victor Nelson Sen
III. fenced.
: At four o'clock Miller and Nelson
we're given their sentences. Miller was
sentenced to the county jail for thirty
days and adjudged to pay a fine of
Sl00 with the proviso that if fine was
not paid he must remain in Jail addi-
tional 40. days. Victor Nelson was
given the, same penalty. Miller
thanked the Judge and wore q very
grave and serious countenauce in con-
trast:to his usual good spirits. Nell
son did not seem to care much.
Free Country" Appeal Case.
Judge Qvale next took up the case
appealed from Bitterness justice court
in the matter OF Hans Larson, who.
was convicted Of f,maintaining . public
nuisance and whose bar fixtures and
stock had been seized BY Sheriff Odell.
The Judge reviewed the case at some.